The US government has allegedly targeted journalists, activists, reporters, and lawyers to raise awareness of issues facing migrants at the US-Mexico border in what appears to be a concerted assault on constitutional rights. What are the limits of the freedom of the press?
2nd week of March 2021, the NBC affiliate in San Diego released leaked documents revealing that officials, including US Customs and Border Protection and the FBI, targeted these journalists and activists for border scrutiny. They also created a secret database containing dossiers containing personal information, social media information, and their migrant-related work descriptions.
This comes after reports in February that CBP subjected journalists to prolonged interrogations and confiscation of their cameras and notes at border facilities. The US government also collaborates with Mexican authorities to prevent photojournalists from reporting on migrant issues in Mexico.
The First Amendment prohibits the government from interfering with press freedom or retaliating against people for their political beliefs. That means the government cannot single out individuals for punishment or harsher treatment merely because it disagrees with their messages.
In this case, the reported facts appear to be a First Amendment disaster. Officials from the Department of Homeland Security compiled a list of activists, advocates, and journalists working with or covering the migrant caravan to flag them for detention and questioning at the US border. And it appears that many activists and lawyers were singled out solely for engaging in First Amendment-protected speech and association, such as speaking out against government policies regarding asylum seekers’ treatment or providing legal representation to asylum seekers.
The Department of Homeland Security also singled out journalists who covered migrant issues. Many journalists were interrogated for hours about what they were reporting and who they had spoken to at the border. Some people were even denied entry to Mexico, ostensibly at the request of US officials.
Such actions jeopardize press freedom as well as the First Amendment rights of individual journalists. Using the border’s coercive environment to force journalists to disclose sources or other sensitive information may deter other journalists from reporting on topics that the US government is interested in. It also raises the possibility that the government would use its authority to suppress reporting on issues. It would prefer the American public didn’t know about the conditions facing migrants at the US border, putting democratic accountability in jeopardy.
CBP claimed that it wanted to interview the advocates and journalists in part because they were on the ground during the border unrest and thus may have witnessed criminal activity. This argument does not hold water. If it did, any journalist in the United States who sees or reports on pressing issues or possible illegal activity could be obliged to hand over sources and information. That would be an end-run around the Department of Justice’s rules for when the government will compel journalists to hand over data for a criminal investigation. According to the guidelines, before forcing journalists to provide information, the government must meet a higher threshold of need. They also serve as a bare minimum for ensuring press freedom.
The boundary is not and cannot be used to justify the government ignoring the Constitution. That would be an end-run around the Department of Justice’s rules for when the government will compel journalists to hand over information for a criminal investigation. According to the guidelines, before forcing journalists to provide information, the government must meet a higher threshold of need. They also serve as a bare minimum for ensuring press freedom.
The boundary is not and cannot be used to justify the government ignoring the Constitution. Even if CBP has the power to stop people at the border to ensure they’re admissible to the US and aren’t transporting contraband, it doesn’t mean it can violate their rights or collect intelligence in the process.
The US government’s retaliation against journalists and activists at the border is alarming and unacceptably harsh. We’re looking into all of our options for holding it accountable.
Journalists covering the arrival of Central American migrant caravans along the US-Mexico border have been harassed, subjected to extra screenings, and targeted by US and Mexican officials.
Since December 2018, the US Press Freedom Tracker has identified at least five journalists detained on the US side of the border while doing their work covering the migrant caravan. Some have been stopped multiple times and placed in situations that jeopardize their privacy, reporting procedures, and confidential sources.
In 2019, Mexican authorities denied entry to at least two journalists and two immigration lawyers trying to travel to the country, causing controversy and raising concerns about public access and press freedom along the border.
The accounts of the journalists — Kitra Cahana and Daniel Ochoa — and the attorneys were nearly identical. When they tried to enter Mexico, Mexican officials arrested them, told them that their passports had been “flagged,” and then turned them away.
Cahana told the Los Angeles Times, “I’m in limbo.” “How do I know what kind of list I’m on? Who put me on this list in the first place? And how many journalists are affected by this?”
It’s unclear whether the alert was put on their travel documents by the Mexican or US governments. Still, both journalists said their passports had previously been photographed by both US and Mexican authorities.
Journalists seeking to enter Mexico and those attempting to enter the United States have been affected by these passport alerts. Border officials told freelance journalist Ariana Drehsler that her passport had been flagged but that they didn’t know why she entered the country via San Diego at the end of last year.
Customs and Border Protection did not say what these “flags” on passports like Drehsler’s were for or why they were placed there. However, every time she has entered the United States since then, she has been subjected to secondary screenings, including questionings that made her feel like an “informant” and searches. She isn’t the only one who feels this way.
Manuel Rapalo, a freelance journalist for Al Jazeera, said he had been stopped at the US-Mexico border three times this year. (The US Press Freedom Tracker has more information on each border stop.)
He said he had changed his behavior to protect his sources and reporting materials because of the frequency of equipment searches during these stops. On each reporting trip, he takes new memory cards to reduce the amount of information that could end up in border officials’ hands.
CBP has recently targeted several journalists who were stopped at the border and questioned their work while covering Central American immigrants’ arrival in Mexico. In January, a filmmaker’s phone was taken by order officials who requested that he unlock it and then take it to a different room.
CBP officers questioned an Al-Jazeera anchor about his social media accounts after his device was confiscated at the border. According to a recent report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, the 37 journalists polled for the information were stopped for screenings more than 110 times between 2006 and June 2018. Journalists were frequently asked to unlock their devices, answer intrusive questions about their reporting, and have their personal belongings searched. Ed Ou, a well-known photojournalist and Canadian citizen, was denied entry to the United States in a particularly egregious case in 2016. CPJ found that CBP’s broad and largely unchecked powers pose a severe threat to press freedom, especially since the agency can share information obtained from journalists’ devices with other federal agencies, including sources and sensitive documents.
“With an administration that is openly hostile to the press and leaks, CBP should implement stricter guidelines to protect all individuals crossing the border’s First Amendment rights,” CPJ concluded.
What are the limits of the freedom of the press? “Press freedom rights should not end at the border,” said Trevor Timm, Executive Director of Freedom of the Press. “These egregious and intrusive border stops endanger both journalists and their sources,” says the report. They also provide authoritarian countries with an excuse to use similar tactics on their borders. CBP and the Trump administration must take responsibility for these upsetting events in public.”
President Biden is facing backlash from the leftover lack of transparency regarding the border crisis. At the same time, other liberals are irritated that he has yet to hold a formal press conference two months after taking office.
On Sunday, The Daily Beast cited an unnamed “veteran White House correspondent” who slammed the Biden administration for not holding a formal press conference yet.
“It’s a problem,” said the anonymous correspondent. “Who are we kidding in this situation? After more than two months, there hasn’t been a press conference. Let’s get this party started!”
According to the correspondent, the lack of availability is “stretching the boundaries of access and transparency,” accusing Biden of “ducking” duties.
“It makes perfect sense from a strategic perspective because why would he want to be constantly asked about his predecessor? Hunter Biden, perhaps? Uncomfortable questions will still arise, regardless of who is in office, “the anonymous correspondent went on. “But there’s a responsibility problem here that he’s been avoiding like the plague. It’s a tad too adorable. They appear to be doing this because they believe it will simply throw them off message.”
“Reporters call out Biden administration for lack of transparency at the US-Mexico border,” a CNN article titled “Reporters call out Biden administration for lack of transparency at the US-Mexico border,” detailed journalists’ dissatisfaction with the lack of access to the cage-like structures holding migrant children.
According to the press, members of the mainstream media are fed up with the lack of access to both Biden and the border crisis.
“I’ve photographed CBP under Bush, Obama, and Trump, but now — zero access is granted to media,” Getty Images special correspondent John Moore tweeted, which was one of CNN’s picks.
“I respectfully request that US Customs and Border Protection stop barring journalists from covering their border operations.”
The situation at the US-Mexico border is becoming so bad that CNN’s Pamela Brown chastised the Biden administration for denying migrants access to the airwaves.
In a segment over the weekend, Brown looked at the migrant surge and overburdened Border Patrol facilities, telling viewers that “as the situation at the US-Mexico border gets worse, the media is being kept away from it.”
The Biden administration was also chastised by the Radio Television Digital News Association over the situation. “The Border Patrol’s and Department of Homeland Security’s lack of information and cooperation has created a void that conventional biased sources are filling with information that serves only their political interests. This dynamic is not conducive to journalists’ attempts to transmit unbiased information to the public, nor is it conducive to heated debate among elected officials at both the local and national levels “In a letter to the administration, RTDNA executive director Dan Shelley requested greater Border Patrol access for journalists.
“At a time when the United States’ southern border is experiencing a historic surge of migrants, it is more crucial than ever that journalists be given the level of access to accurately report and independently on the Border Patrol’s reaction to the increased arrival of migrants and the well-being of those housed in Border Patrol facilities,” Shelley continued.
What are the limits of the freedom of the press? It is a dangerous road to trample on the civil liberties our great nation were founded upon.
President Biden will hold his first official news briefing on Thursday afternoon, marking the first time in the last 100 years that a new president has gone without one. People on both sides of the aisle are concerned about a lack of transparency.
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AT&T’s Predicament Rattles Investors as FCC Vote Looms: OptionsMichelle F. Davis
Traders are bracing for losses in AT&T Inc. before an FCC decision that threatens to upend the way the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier does business.
Demand for options that protect against losses in shares of AT&T rose to the highest level in more than three years relative to bullish ones, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The number of AT&T shares sold short has climbed to the most since 2007 amid the company’s pending acquisition of DirecTV.
Proposed rules on how companies deliver data over the Internet, set for a vote next week, would expand Federal Communications Commission oversight allowing it to regulate like utilities not only Internet service providers but also mobile broadband companies from AT&T to Verizon Communications Inc. Investors anticipating that the rules will pass are protecting against the specter of new regulation and the impact it may have on the profitability of the business.
Options trading “is reflecting some cautious sentiment on the part of investors about the what-ifs of FCC regulation,” Max Breier, a senior equity-derivatives trader at BMO Capital Markets Corp. in New York, said by telephone Feb. 13. “The likelihood that the proposal will regulate broadband similar to telephone lines will be a negative for telecom service providers.”
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, in an article published Feb. 4 on Wired.com, outlined rules to promote a “fast, fair and open” Internet that will be voted on at the Feb. 26 meeting. The rules, which would end more than a decade of debate over the open Internet, would reclassify broadband Internet as telecom instead of information services, and are designed to protect consumers by barring companies from blocking or slowing Web traffic.
Wireless providers would face a lot more regulation than they’re used to. For the first time, open-Internet protections would apply to the information sent over mobile networks to smartphones.
Phone companies have said they’d protest the regulations in court if they’re approved -- potentially pausing spending on infrastructure while the litigation plays out. AT&T Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson told CNBC in an interview earlier this month “there will be litigation” if the rules are implemented.
“I suspect that all of us in the industry will be asking for a stay, because it’s hard to put in something like this and then undo it,” Stephenson said. “What all this is doing is putting the industry in a moment of uncertainty and lack of clarity.”
Verizon warned in a statement that the regulation would “chill investment” among those touched by the rules “that now will need to consider FCC rules before launching new services.”
Net neutrality rules could also be “a significant issue” in the FCC’s review of a proposed transaction between AT&T and DirecTV, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Paul Sweeney and Sean Ford. The $48.5 billion deal, expected to close in the second quarter pending approval from the FCC and the Justice Department, would contribute to a reordering of the competitive landscape among pay-TV providers.
“While the merger is expected to close by the first half of 2015, there are no guarantees,” Breier said in an e-mailed response to questions Feb. 19. “It’s not surprising that some investors are willing to forgo a piece of the deal spread by buying protection in the event the deal falls apart.”
The cost of options contracts with an exercise price 10 percent below AT&T shares was 9.8 points more than calls priced 10 percent above on Feb. 12, according to three-month implied-volatility data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s the highest level since November 2011. The relationship known as skew was 9.4 on Feb. 18.
Verizon’s skew reached 6.5 on Jan. 21, the day before it reported fourth-quarter earnings, the highest since February 2013. It was 5.3 on Feb. 18.
“People might be getting out of the way or hedging their risks just based on the specter of new regulation and potential impacts it could have on that business and the profitability of that business,” John Butler, a telecommunications analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, said by telephone Feb. 13. “AT&T could pause in its investment on upgrading its broadband network if it doesn’t know what the economics are going to look like in the future.”
For some, next week’s vote will do little to affect AT&T’s intrinsic value. The company has jumped 1.5 percent this year, while Verizon has climbed 4.6 percent in 2015.
“It’s sort of rhetoric that is being used,” Paul de Sa, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. who rates AT&T a market perform and Verizon as outperform, said by telephone Feb. 17. “You’ll get a lot of noise about dangers and risks and all these things, so you’ll probably get a bunch of headlines but it has zero effect on any actual fundamentals.”
AT&T spokesman Fletcher Cook declined to comment on the options trading. Bob Varettoni, a Verizon spokesman, also declined to comment.
The number of AT&T shares sold short climbed to about 284 million, or 5.5 percent of shares outstanding, on Feb. 17, according to data compiled by Markit Ltd. That’s around the highest short interest since January 2007, Markit data show.
“Overall it’s a very profitable business for AT&T right now so any regulation of that business could threaten that profitability in unexpected ways,” Butler said. “Every new law has unintended consequences, unforeseen consequences.”
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Wounds in the womb are not always treated with cauterization
The cervix is the part of the uterus that we see in the vagina when we perform the Papanicola. The outer part of the neck, which is what we see when we introduce the speculum apparatus (duck's beak) is coated by a more resistant type of fabric. The inner part, which lines the endocervical canal, goes from the vagina to the cavity of the uterus (it is through this channel that sperm transit) and is covered by a more delicate tissue.
When a part of the skin that lines the endocervical canal is exposed to the vaginal environment - as if this skin were reversed - occurs what we doctors call ectopia or ectrópio and some still insist on calling "wounded", which ends up confusing women. The ectropion is healthy but has a reddish appearance. This can happen for a number of reasons, such as exposure to the female hormones themselves, or the canal tissue may move forward and overlap part of the outer portion of the cervix.
Ectopia is more susceptible to disease if the woman because it is a more delicate fabric. Therefore, we should reinforce guidelines such as condom use for these women and vaccination for HPV.
Ectropion is common in adolescents. After adolescence, they may be seen in women who take the pill, pregnant women or those who have had a laceration of the cervix during labor.
Cauterization is not always necessary
Ectropion should not be routinely treated , except in the occurrence of excessive secretion or lesions caused by infections such as HPV. In such cases, the malignancy should be excluded before starting any treatment through colposcopy and biopsy. If the woman experiences symptoms such as bleeding during or after intercourse, abnormal bleeding outside the menstrual period and recurrent discharge the risk is greater. In addition to changes in routine exams such as the Pap smear and colposcopy, cauterization may be indicated.
Ectopia is a healthy but more delicate tissue and therefore more likely to become ill. An accurate indication of cauterization of the cervix according to the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology are the cases in which there is the so-called low-grade lesion caused by HPV or CIN 1, which persists after two years of follow-up. techniques of cauterization of the cervix. Cauterization is a burn of this tissue with the purpose of stimulating its regeneration to improve symptoms. There are several techniques that can be used. A procedure using electrocautery or cryocauterization is effective but nonetheless invasive and can result in abundant vaginal discharge until healing is complete, which can take weeks. It can also result in closure of the cervical canal, which can negatively affect future fertility and, if pregnancy is achieved, the work is more likely to be difficult, since the cervix may not dilate properly due to healing.
Laser cauterization seems less aggressive, since it has a better control of the amount of attacked tissue. It is also possible to use chemical cauterization or even attempt treatment with medications through the vagina. But the choice of technique will depend on several factors and should be individualized according to the medical evaluation. Most of the time it can be done without outpatient anesthesia.
In general, the above mentioned complication rates are low, about 1 to 2% after cauterization.
While the woman is of childbearing age, risk of the problem coming back and there is a need for new cauterization. Women with extensive ectopia should be advised about options for non-hormonal contraceptive methods, as the pill worsens the condition.Recovery after cauterization occurs within a few weeks, there may be bleeding, discharge, colic. The woman should remain without sexual relations until medical release.
The most important is to keep regular visits to the gynecologist and clarify doubts.
To make teeth perfect and healthy many people end up following tips that come up on the internet or advice from family members, but this information is not always correct, so follow-up with the dentist is essential for To help people take better care of their teeth, see the following myths and truths about the topic: Health of teeth and gums influences general health TRUTH - And vice versa as well: general health also influences the health of your mouth.
Sex during menstruation is a subject that usually brings controversy. Some people do not feel comfortable with the situation, others believe that having sex in the shower can be a good alternative. Regardless of the choice, the best option - be it to fuck or not - is to leave the woman at ease and safe.

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Chevrolet F16D4 1.6L Engine Specs and More
The 1.6-liter Chevrolet engine named as the F16D4 engine is the result of the F16D3 evolution. This new engine was equipped with the variable valve timing system (VVT) and system what changes intake and exhaust channel lengths (variable intake manifold). Finally, the problem with valves was solved. The Exhaust Gas Recirculation system (EGR) was also removed. These are big changes. As a result, we got more powerful and reliable engine.
Like the previous version, the engine has cast iron cylinder block with steel crankshaft and forged steel conrods, 16 valves and two overhead camshafts (DOHC) aluminum head on top of the engine block, multi-point electronic fuel injection and ignition system, timing belt (not a chain). By the way, this engine is almost a copy of the A16XER produced by Opel.
Chevrolet 1.6l F16D4 Engine Problems and Reliability
1. If you don't look at the timing belt condition, in one day an engine disaster will happen - bent valves, crushed pistons, etc. 2. The thermostat is the weakest point of GM engines, and the F16D4 is not an exception. 3. Oil leaks from head cover, like on previous model the F16D3. 4. This engine doesn't have hydraulic tappets anymore. You need to adjust the valve gaps by yourself every 60,000 miles. But somebody thinks that's an advantage of this engine.
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Toronto versus Vancouver
About a month ago I packed up my life in Toronto and made the move to Vancouver. I didn't want to be one of those people that lives and dies within a 20km radius from where they were born. I also appreciate that being Canadian means that I have the opportunity to explore and experience several other livable cities in this great country. I chose Vancouver, frankly, because of the mountains and the ocean. So for now solitude will replace socializing as I build a life on the west coast.
One can try not to compare too much - I think it annoys people really - but I'm already finding there are several things about Toronto I miss. [If you're from Vancouver and hate to hear this stuff go back over to 604style and read about the the finds in your great city.]
1) Graffiti. Toronto has so many interesting back-alleys and bridges covered in street art. Vancouver alleys and walls are begging for it. Seriously thinking about designing some stencils to spray over. Something cute or socially motivating?
2) Food prices. Everything costs a fortune in Van. Try and make a cheap pasta and you'll be paying 3 times as much for a basic bag of rotini. Go out (in Kitsilano especially) and you'll be paying about $5 more for plate of Palak Paneer. The food, however, is pretty good in Vancouver. I know Torontonians think they've got that market covered but there is no lack of options for tasty treats.
3) Nightlife. I'd been warned and people in Toronto were right. There are only so many nights I can get so wasted that I no longer care where I am and what music I'm listening to.
4) The weather. Ha! Just joking, Vancouver has been beautiful so far. Don't remember ever having such a dark tan in Toronto by mid-May.

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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 ?C 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art.
Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Initially, Van Gogh worked only with sombre colours, until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. He incorporated their brighter colours and style of painting into a uniquely recognizable style, which was fully developed during the time he spent at Arles, France. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known works were produced in the final two years of his life, during which time he cut off part of his left ear following a breakdown in his friendship with Paul Gauguin. After this he suffered recurrent bouts of mental illness, which led to his suicide.
The central figure in Van Gogh's life was his brother Theo, who continually and selflessly provided financial support. Their lifelong friendship is documented in numerous letters they exchanged from August 1872 onwards. Van Gogh is a pioneer of what came to be known as Expressionism. He had an enormous influence on 20th century art, especially on the Fauves and German Expressionists. Related Paintings of Vincent Van Gogh :. | Starry Night over the Rhone | Still Life with Beer Mug and FRUIT (NN04) | The Roubine du Roi Canal wtih Washerwomen (nn04) | Two Peasant Women Digging Potatos (nn04) | Cottages and Cypresses:Reminiscence of the North (nn04) |
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was a French-born British artist who specialised in genre painting of children and women, typically in rural settings. Her work is loosely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. She was the daughter of Charles Gengembre, a Parisian architect, and his English wife. She was largely self-taught, but briefly studied portraiture with Charles de Steuben in Paris in 1843. The family left France for the United States to escape the 1848 revolution, They first lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, then in Manchester, Pennsylvania, where she met and married the British genre artist Walter Anderson. She initially worked in portraiture, including work for the chromolithographers Louis Prang & Co.. In 1854 the Andersons moved to London, where she exhibited her works in the Royal Academy. They returned to New York in 1858, then finally settled in London around 1863. Over the next three decades, her work was widely shown at venues including the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists and many regional galleries.Hans Heysen
Sir Hans Heysen, OBE (8 October 1877 - 2 July 1968) was a well-known German Australian artist. He was particularly recognized for his watercolours of the Australian bush. He won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting a record nine times.
(March 9, 1777 - March 13, 1832) was a Polish painter and sketch maker, pioneer of lithography in the Russian Empire.
Orłowski was born in 1777 in Warsaw to a tavern-keeper. In his early childhood he became known as a prodigy and soon Izabela Czartoryska financed his first classes of painting with the notable artist Jan Piotr Norblin. In 1793 Orłowski joined the Polish Army and fought in the Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and Prussia, but was wounded and returned to Warsaw for further studies, financed by Prince Jezef Poniatowski. He studied with many notable painters of the epoch, among them Norblin, Marcello Bacciarelli and Wincenty Lesserowicz. In 1802, after the Partitions of Poland, he moved to Russia, where he became one of the pioneers of lithography.
Among his works are countless sketches of everyday life in Poland and Russia, as well as scenes of the Kościuszko Uprising and other Polish wars.

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You have never experienced biathlon like here: so close to the athletes, so intense competitions and so many emotions. On December 30, 2018, around 17.00 hours, you’ll find yourself right in the middle of the town, just along the track, with thousands of enthusiastic spectators. Everybody is in high spirits. Suddenly you hear ear-shattering cheers. The athletes are rushing towards the shooting range. You can even feel their breath, as you are so close.
Biathlon live is really something very special. You watch the athletes passing by closely at the international City Biathlon in the center of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The official track leads through the Christmassy decorated and wonderfully enlightened town. In this unique atmosphere, you can enjoy world-class sports at very close range. Numerous top biathletes fight for seconds on the track and hope for a sure hand at the shooting range.
By the way: this mega-sports event is free of charge!

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This happy little fellow. Right before the Ahn'Qiraj war effort started up. Been my primary guy up 'til MoP. He has since taken a back seat to my tank toon. But I'll get back to him, one day...
About 2 months before BC I rolled a Nelf male Druid named Arnonius EU as my first toon.
Leveled him up to 85 then rolled a dwarf hunter named peekaboom also on scarshield EU. Was my primary pvp toon.
Now I'm taking a break for my exams when I'm done I'll level my druid up to 90 same for my hunter to then roll a monk :P
I started WoW during cata when the "free to 20" thing was implemented, and I actually don't use that account anymore. The first characters I rolled were shaman and druid. I leveled my shaman to like level 12 and my druid to level cap(20), Druid was the first I got to level 85 and shaman the second.
Human Paladin, 2 weeks before the end of the closed beta.
human lock bornlande on EU english beta 9. went to l. 14 over a week or so, then beta ended.
my first toon was my lock that i still play as my main now ^^ (but she has changed from human, to worgen, to gnome, back to human, and now she's undead)
Tauren Shaman, rerolled at lvl14 cause I couldn't see shit with that thing in the way.
My first char, made on day 1 of EU servers opening is still my main now - Knight Lieutenant Skalf (dwarf warrior)
was a tauren warrior. i had recently just gotten home from the army and a friend of mine suggested we both pick it up and level together. it was my first mmo and we played up until around level 30 and he lost interest and quit. i rerolled an orc warlock and he was my main up until wotlk when i switched to my dk so i could main tank for our guild.
name of Geraint, a paladin... oh gawd... takes me back.
worst memory - buying from the shops in SW as i read the manual and "Green" items were uncommon (it took me 30 levels before a green finally dropped). Didn't even realise there was an AH. My level 29 white item paladin was awesome. Man did i learn quickly after that
weirdest memory - someone in goldshire asking in general, that he was going to the store for his mum and how to pause the game. Poor guy got so ripped i felt sorry for him... just a little.
best memory - soloing the paladin quest for the 2 handed mace, it also gave me an introduction in "how far you can get in the dungeon by yourself".. hey i was a paladin back when we had 2 shields (one physical and one all divine without any breaks between them) plus lay on hands. (SoC fun)
never once used my paladin as a healer... wearing plate and standing back felt cowardly, even got kicked from a guild on Nagrand EU for being one of the first paladins to 70 and being able to tank better than the warrior (Paladins "can't tank", you heal)... oh really.
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Night Elf Druid which got lost somewhere in Northern Felwood after teleporting to Moonglade for Bear Form. My 2nd druid nearly suffered a similar fate, the journey from Darnassus to Goldshire for Aquatic Form took me over half a day, and over half of azeroth, I have never died so much in 1 journey since.
I think it was a Forsaken male warlock on my brother's account. I never played it for more than a few levels, because then I switched to a nelf male druid - also on my bro's account. That one made it to level 20 or so, before I got my own account and made the tauren male druid that I still play. (Although, he later on became a she, and after that a troll.)
"We don't care what people say, we know the truth. Enough is enough with this horse s***. I am not a freak, I was born with my free gun. Don't tell me I'm less than my freedom."
It was during BC shortly after the launch, I made a trail account I cannot remember the server but I rolled an NE rogue named something along the lines of Nocternia I rolled it to play with a friend and we didn't do a single thing passed that day together, that character never made it to lvl 20 and I ended up switching to horde a week or so afterwards.
Infectionate Serenades Bubblesbee[A] ↑ ↓ [H]
Nasturtium Fisticuffs Blesshu Sinnocence Shoctologist Ellipsis Hiddenfee Teddiursa
Undead mage named Dark. He's still my main even thought I dont play right now.
Night elf Warrior, in vanilla. God i loved that char. Then i got a UD Warlock that i think i loved even more
Human paladin on Scarshield Legion, badly modeled on Arthas from WC3, but without the sad copy of his name (DKARTHASLOL / etc etc)
Still have him on a old server I played on, not played in a LONG time, but never deleted or forgotten
Rolled an Undead Priest in 2006 leveled it to 36 and then left the server to play with friends, but still have the toon, i don't have the heart to delete it.
A human male retribution paladin, in classic, on my brother's account. I was hesitant to play the game, since online games were notorious for their boring content and they in-need-of-much-improvement attitude of some of their players, but the world seemed genuinely huge and filled with all sorts of content, while whether by luck or just the way things actually were the people I met were very friendly to the point where I made some friendships that last even up to now.
Needless to say I played in all kinds of newby ways, buying white-quality armour because it had the most armour points, and weapons because they looked nice and offered the best dps compared to quest rewards, etc. But it was one of the best times I had in the game. So soon afterwards I got my own account and made another similar character and have been playing ever since, with some breaks, but some time during Burning Crusade I switched to Horde just to try out the blood elves for a bit, and the priest I made is now my main.
my first char was a troll enhance shaman named Kanbar, and i loved playing him, got to like 45 (in vanilla) and ended up ditching him to play with some RL friends on darkspear-alliance. I really, really wanted to keep playing the shaman, but alas, ally shamans were still like a year away at the time and i dont think you could even do server transfers then, let alone faction changes (i actually remember them saying that faction changes would never be available lol) so I started a NE hunter, who after a xfer to my current realm in wotlk, is still one of my top 3 chars played today.


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Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil
by William Middleton
When I interviewed Dominique Schlumberger de Menil in Houston in 1987 for an article on her recently completed private gallery there by Renzo Piano—the Menil Collection, now universally esteemed as a pinnacle of modern museum architecture*—I found the seventy-nine-year-old collector and philanthropist, who was four decades my senior, to …
Minoru Yamasaki: Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World
by Dale Allen Gyure
Now that I’m about to turn seventy I finally feel able to reveal a shameful secret: I was a teenage Yamasaki addict. I have no good excuse for why I got hooked, but Minoru Yamasaki was the first contemporary architect who entranced me. I had already begun my architectural self-education …
Wiener Werkstätte, 1903–1932: The Luxury of Beauty
an exhibition at the Neue Galerie, New York City, October 26, 2017–January 29, 2018
The imaginative fervor that gripped avant-garde master builders and artisans around 1900 in Vienna, the capital of the vast and culturally diverse Austro-Hungarian Empire, paralleled equally radical innovation in other creative realms, including the music of Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg, the painting of Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, and the writings of Arthur Schnitzler and Sigmund Freud. Yet the singular contributions to the visual arts that the Viennese made during this epoch have never loomed large enough in general chronicles of modernism.
In the early 1980s, when I was an editor at Condé Nast’s House & Garden magazine, my colleagues and I were perturbed by an idée fixe of the company’s legendary editorial director, Alexander Liberman. He kept pressing us to make House & Garden more like Architectural Digest, the Los Angeles-based upstart that, under the editorship of Paige Rense, was fast approaching our once-impregnable circulation figures. He must be going gaga, we thought, as we contemplated the flashy, vulgar interiors in that veritable bible of bad taste, which we called Architectural Disgust. But as Rense understood, you don’t have to like something you are curious to see, a point that we at House & Garden never acknowledged, to our peril.
One of the consuming questions in architecture during the mid-twentieth century was whether or not what was once known as the building art could be reoriented from the technological preoccupations of the High Modernists and focused on more humane and aesthetic concerns. Venturi and Scott Brown, along with their teacher and employer Louis Kahn, did more to bring about this change than any of their peers, and the importance of what has, as a result of their all living there, been called the Philadelphia School, continues to influence the built environment in countless ways. Rather than being ironic and condescending, the partners’ commercial and quotidian borrowings represented their belief that “Main Street is almost all right,” and that there is much to be learned from popular taste.
So vivid are my memories of the incomparable Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005)—by general consent the foremost female Wagner exponent in the second half of the twentieth century and my favorite of all the artists I’ve ever seen in live performance—that it came as a shock to realize that this year is her centennial. I was lucky to attend many unforgettable Nilsson evenings during her peak decades, among them an overwhelming 1974 concert version of Richard Strauss’s Salome with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti, which, with her in the incendiary title part, nearly blew the roof off Carnegie Hall.
The material on view in “Cult of the Machine” is, to be sure, perennially popular with the general public, which can easily discern simple visual congruities among diverse mediums that all partake in the same visual vocabulary—cocktail shakers that look like skyscrapers, skyscrapers that look like cocktail shakers, paintings that resemble photographs, cars reminiscent of zeppelins. But to a great extent, it all comes down to stylization, and even mere styling, the manipulation of form in the service of image rather than meaning.
If curator Barry Bergdoll’s riveting MoMA preview talk was any indication, his six-part A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts series promises to be a landmark in our understanding of the display of architecture in museums.


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You received’t have too lengthy to attend to see and listen to what Mario will sound like on the massive display screen. The New York Comedian Con introduced that the primary teaser trailer for Nintendo and Illumination Studios’ new Tremendous Mario Bros. film will debut in the course of the occasion. It’ll be the primary time most people will see the film, which is scheduled to premiere in April 2023.
Take a look at the announcement beneath.
Be part of us October sixth at 4pm ET for the teaser trailer premiere of Nintendo & Illumination’s upcoming Tremendous Mario Bros. movie, releasing April 7, 2023. pic.twitter.com/1jEFnlvCnU
— New York Comedian Con (@NY_Comic_Con) September 22, 2022
The Tremendous Mario Bros. film teaser premiere will happen on the primary day of the 2022 New York Comedian Con, at 16:00 ET (about 13:00 PT). The NYCC itself opens its doorways on the identical day at 10:00 ET, which supplies attendees a couple of hours to roam the present ground and see different programming and points of interest.
The Tremendous Mario Bros. film is an animated movie, and being produced by Illumination Leisure. Illumination additionally created movies like Despicable Me and its Minions spin-off, Sing, The Secret Lifetime of Pets, and diversifications of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and The Grinch. It was first introduced again in 2018. The primary casting bulletins surfaced in the course of the September 2021 Nintendo Direct broadcast, the place Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto introduced the primary names connected to the movie. Mario might be performed by The Workplace and Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt. Luigi might be performed by It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia star Charlie Day. Princess Peach might be performed by The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Pleasure. Bowser might be performed by Faculty of Rock and Brutal Legend star Jack Black. Charles Martinet, who has voiced Mario since 1992, additionally has an unspecified position within the film.
Listed below are another solid bulletins made since then.
- Toad – Keegan Michael Key (Key and Peele)
- Donkey Kong – Seth Rogen (The Lion King (2019))
- Kamek – Kevin Michael Richardson (Household Man)
- Cranky Kong – Fred Armisen (Saturday Night time Dwell)
- Spike (a.ok.a. Foreman Spike) – Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman)
The Tremendous Mario Bros. film will premiere on April 7, 2023. The teaser trailer drops on the New York Comedian Con on October 6, 2022.


Car accidents, unfortunately, cause many deaths each year, including an increasing number of pedestrian deaths. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association’s recent data, in 2019, motor vehicle accidents killed more than 6,500 pedestrians. This data represents the highest number of pedestrian deaths in over 30 years.
No one can pinpoint the exact cause of the startling increase in MVA-related pedestrian fatalities. However, many experts point to the link between increased smartphone use and the sudden spike in pedestrian deaths.
Research shows that when a person focuses his or her attention on a particular thing — a phone screen, for example — he or she loses nearly all visible perception of his or her surroundings. Scientists refer to this effect as “inattentional blindness.” In studies, more than 60% of people veered substantially off-course when asked to use a phone and walk at the same time. It is, therefore, no surprise that pedestrians are much more likely to be seriously injured or even killed while looking at their phones.
The easy answer is to simply put the phone away while walking. Experts say that pedestrians who must use their phones can stay safer by following these tips:
Inattentional blindness is a dangerous problem for both drivers and pedestrians. For now, there does not appear to be a solution on the horizon…or the screen.


Dear Megyn Kelly, PLEASE get out of your bubble and understand that the real world is a diverse place with people who have other opinions. The former Fox host took on Halloween costumes on Megyn Kelly Today, and let’s just say that she shouldn’t have.
Megyn, along with Jenna Bush Hager, Jacob Soborof, and Melissa Rivers, were discussing costume guidelines set forth by the University of Kent in the UK when the issue of blackface came up. “What is racist?” Megyn asked. “You…get in trouble if you are a White person who puts on blackface for Halloween or a Black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character.” She specifically cited Luann de Lesseps, who dressed as Diana Ross. For the record, “The Real Housewives of New York” star darkened her skin to look like the singer. “People said that was racist!” Megyn noted. “She wants to look like Diana Ross for on day. I don’t know how that got racist on Halloween. It’s not like she’s walking around [wearing blackface] in general.”
Not everyone agreed with Kelly. Rivers said, “If you think it’s offensive, it probably is…One of my big complaints with society right now is whatever happened to just manners an polite society? Normal people kind of know where that line is.” Bush-Hager chimed in with, “I think there are limits on how far you want to go. If you’re making people feel bad…”
- The social media backlash was swift. Everyone from Padma Lakshmi and Patton Oswalt to DL Hughley and Chelsea Handler weighed in. DL said, “[Megyn Kelly] doesn’t see anything wrong [with blackface?] It’s ONLY the mockery of black [people] as slaves & subhuman happy-go-lucky darkies like Jim Crow & Uncle Tom.” Chelsea said, “Megyn Kelly talking about blackface just to let her old colleagues at Fox News know she’s still got it.”
- Megyn ended up having to issue an apology to her colleagues at NBC. She said, “I realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong, and I am sorry. The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent; the wounds too deep.” She’s also having Roland Martinon today’s show to discuss the issue.


global edge Electronics Based Questions and Answers
1.The breakdown mechanism in a lightly doped p-n junction under reverse biased condition is called
(A) avalanche breakdown.
(B) zener breakdown.
(C) breakdown by tunnelling.
(D) high voltage breakdown.
2.Removing bypass capacitor across the emitter-leg resistor in a CE amplifier causes
(A) increase in current gain.
(B) decrease in current gain.
(C) increase in voltage gain.
(D)decrease in voltage gain.
3.When a step-input is given to an op-amp integrator, the output will be
(A) a ramp.
(B) a sinusoidal wave.
(C) a rectangular wave.
(D) a triangular wave with dc bias.
4.Hysteresis is desirable in Schmitt-trigger, because
(A) energy is to be stored/discharged in parasitic capacitances.
(B) effects of temperature would be compensated.
(C) devices in the circuit should be allowed time for saturation and desaturation.
(D) it would prevent noise from causing false triggering.
5.Space charge region around a p-n junction
(A) does not contain mobile carriers
(B) contains both free electrons and holes
(C) contains one type of mobile carriers depending on the level of doping of the p or n
(D) contains electrons only as free carriers
6.The important characteristic of emitter-follower is
(A) high input impedance and high output impedance
(B) high input impedance and low output impedance
(C) low input impedance and low output impedance
(D) low input impedance and high output impedance
7.In a JFET, at pinch-off voltage applied on the gate
(A) the drain current becomes almost zero
(B) the drain current begins to decrease
(C) the drain current is almost at saturation value.
(D) the drain-to-source voltage is close to zero volts.
8.When an amplifier is provided with current series feedback, its
(A) input impedance increases and output impedance decreases
(B) input and output impedances both decrease
(C) input impedance decreases and output impedance increases
(D) input and output impedances both increase
9.The fan-out of a MOS-logic gate is higher than that of TTL gates because of its
(A) low input impedance
(B) high output impedance
(C) low output impedance
(D) high input impedance
10.In an intrinsic semiconductor, the Fermi-level is
(A) closer to the valence band
(B) midway between conduction and valence band
(C) closer to the conduction band
(D) within the valence band
11.The common collector amplifier is also known as
(A) collector follower
(B) Base follower
(C) Emitter follower
(D) Source follower
12.In an amplifier with negative feedback
(A) only the gain of the amplifier is affected
(B) only the gain and bandwidth of the amplifier are affected
(C) only the input and output impedances are affected
(D) All of the four parameters mentioned above would be affected
13.A differential amplifier, amplifies
(A) and mathematically differentiates the average of the voltages on the two input lines
(B) and differentiates the input waveform on one line when the other line is grounded
(C) the difference of voltages between the two input lines
(D) and differentiates the sum of the two input waveforms
14.It is required to construct a counter to count upto 100(decimal). The minimum number of flipflops
required to construct the counter is
15.A highly stable resonance characteristic is the property of a ____ oscillator.
16.The width of depleted region of a PN junction is of the order of a few tenths of a
17.In negative feedback the return ratio is __________.
(C) greater than 0
(D) greater than 1
Ex:In a negative feed back circuit, always the return ratio will be in the range of 0 to 1.
18.A phase shift oscillator uses __________________.
(A) LC tuning
(B) Piezoelectric crystal
(C) Balanced bridge
(D) Variable frequency operation
19.Transistor is a
(A) Current controlled current device.
(B) Current controlled voltage device.
(C) Voltage controlled current device.
(D) Voltage controlled voltage device.
Ex:The output current depends on the input current
20.A bistable multivibrator is a
(A) Free running oscillator.
(B) Triggered oscillator.
(C) Saw tooth wave generator.
(D) Crystal oscillator.
Ex:The transistors would change their state of operation from ON to OFF and vice versa
depending on the external trigger provided.


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After the original Friday the 13th, the epic tale of a mother getting revenge for the death of her son on some random teenagers, and it’s follow up, Friday the 13th Part 2, where the son gets revenge for his mother’s death who was getting revenge for his death, the story continued, but with a hockey mask, and in 3D. Finally, the end of the story had to be told, The Final Chapter so to speak. Pulling out all the stops the filmmakers went all out to end the series on a high: the climactic battle between the villainous psychopath Jason and a new random bunch of teenagers would rouse the spirits of the audiences witnessing such an end to a beloved series, an end that would be told down through the ages.
Or, you know, they could just do the same old shit they’ve done in the last few films and hope no one notices. Yes, they did that.
I once read a review that said the Friday the 13th films ran out of ideas half way through the first reel, and watching this it hard to argue with them. The story, and when I say story I mean the vague thing which links the scenes together, has Jason being taken to the hospital after having a 3D axe rammed into his face. Here, the orderly, who sexually harasses a nurse and is a general all round git and nightmare work colleague, has to lock his corpse up in the mortuary. Instead the said nurse, who openly hates the orderly, decides to get her whammers out for him, right in front of Jason’s stiff. Now, anyone who knows Jason knows that he has absolutely no time for sexual promiscuity, so before you know it he’s up and killing all over again.
Meanwhile, a bunch of deeply unlikeable teenagers are driving up to a cottage not far away from Camp Crystal Lake where all the murderin’s been a-happenin’. I thought there was only four in the car but at least ten of them die so I must have been counting wrong. The most famous of this horny bunch is Back to the Future ‘s Crispin Glover. While there’s not much in the way of character development (there are twins they meet on the way who’s character trait is they both like to take their tops off) Glover at least has a story arc. This is it:
Glover’ s mate tells him he’s heard he’s a deadfuck, apparently this means he’s awful in the sack.
Glover does a stupid dance that one of the girls thinks is cool, so takes him upstairs for a good seeing to.
Post coital, Glover asks if he was any good. She says he was amazing with all the right hip moves etc.
Glover, lacking all gentlemanly discretion, runs down to tell his mate that he is in fact not a deadfuck but a damned fine lay.
To celebrate he decides to open a bottle of wine but finds the corkscrew jammed into his hand before having his face cut open with a hacksaw.
A tragic and moving tale of one young man’s life cut short in his prime, I’m sure you’ll agree.
What it is with the swearing in this film? There’s the aforementioned deadfuck which has never been used in real life, then at one point one of the lads shouts “jesus christmas” at someone. What? Even the actor seems like he can’t believe what he’s just said, so he says it again, Jesus Christmas, why Jesus Christmas? Someone else insults a guy by calling him a “pack of patootsies” – I have no idea. Did the script writers worry there would be too much swearing? This has the most nudity out of all the Friday movies, but they’re worried about one too many fucks?
There really is an awful lot of nudity going on here. From the women only of course. One girl, who’s sole feature is that she likes to have sex a lot, arranges to meet a boy in the woods, for sex obviously. When he doesn’t show, she realises she might have been stood up so takes off all her clothes just in case. I’m not sure why she thinks this will help, it just looks cold. After some shouting, so anyone in the area will know there’s a naked girl by herself in the woods, she decides that she should climb, still naked, into a dingy and float about for a bit. Maybe someone, anyone, will come along and give her a good going over. Only trouble is, its Presbyterian Jason who shows up. She dies horribly.
The poor thing does pull a great goofy face when she buys it though:
Actually that last one isn’t a real face at all. Friday the 13th The Final Chapter does have one redeeming feature and it’s only bloody legendary make up fx artist Tom Savini’s fine, gory work. Right from the first kill where Jason tears open that sleazy orderly’s throat with a surgical saw you know you’re in for a good time. And there is a lot of hacking and slashing, maybe not quite as inventive as when Kevin Bacon has an arrow ripping out of his throat in the first film, but it’s very, er, pleasant to see all the same.
The rest of the film though is just awful. There’s a subplot about the brother of one of the victims from a previous chapter trying to hunt down Jason but this goes absolutely nowhere. When he finally does find the masked maniac he just gets butchered like the rest of them. The acting is uniformly dreadful like the performers aren’t sure they’re reading the right words. Even Crispin Glover, who would go on to some good stuff, doesn’t seem confident in front of the camera. Apparently the director was a tough bastard so maybe they were just scared of him. The one exception to this is young Corey Feldman who out acts everyone on the screen, and he was twelve at the time. This was his 24th screen role by this time so he was an old pro but still, twelve, and he makes everyone else look like they’re auditioning for the church Christmas show. Maybe to play Jesus Christmas.
Plus Corey gets to take finish off Jason in a climax which makes almost no sense whatsoever but is both mighty gory and stupid at the same time.
And that was the end of Friday the 13th. The evil lunatic/mentally handicapped child Jason, killed by a twelve year old kid with a machete through the face. The final chapter; and that was it. No more Friday the 13th films were ever made…


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Ciitizen Heart, Brain, and Rare Disorders Research Databank
Ciitizen is creating a databank of medical and survey data collected from children and adults living with heart, brain, or rare disorders, to be used for future research needs in collaboration with academic and pharmaceutical researchers (the “Databank”).
Ciitizen is a novel, patient-mediated online platform that allows patients to collect and store their medical records. Ciitizen turns these medical records into structured, longitudinal data that can be shared by patients (or their parents) with whomever they want - including for the patient’s medical treatment or for observational research and clinical trials.
Through this Databank, Ciitizen will enable patients with heart, brain, or rare disorders (or their parents/guardians, in the case of a child; or a representative for adults who have a legally authorized representative for making medical decisions) to become users of the Ciitizen platform. Through this partnership, Ciitizen will gather the patient’s medical records from their providers for population in the patient’s Ciitizen profile. Patients (or their parents/guardians) also have the opportunity to consent to share information from their medical records, as well as survey data and data maintained for research purposes, with the Databank.
Below is the informed consent to share information (including medical record information in the Ciitizen profile, as well as survey data and data maintained for research purposes) with the Databank. Please read it carefully. If you have any questions about this research, please contact email@example.com.
What type of research will be conducted with my data?
This consent is intended to allow you to consent broadly and in advance to any research that has the potential to improve the understanding and treatment of heart, brain, or rare disorders. For example, such research could include (but is not limited to) informing the natural history of rare disorders, serving as the control arm of a clinical trial, and studies looking for treatment and outcome patterns in certain subgroups of patients or subgroups of treatments.
Note: because you are broadly consenting in advance to the sharing of your (or your child’s) medical information with heart, brain, and/or rare disease researchers, you will not receive advance notice of the specific research projects being conducted with your (or your child’s) data. Although providing this broad consent does not give you the chance to vet research opportunities individually, it does give you the advantage of assuring that your data (or the data of your child) will be part of a broad range of research initiatives into your or your child’s condition.
What types of researchers will have access to my data and what type of information is shared?
Researchers at Ciitizen will have access to information in the Databank. In addition, Ciitizen may partner with other external researchers who are committed to developing knowledge about and advancing treatments and cures for heart, brain, and rare disorders. Such external researchers may include academic medical centers, nonprofit research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and independent clinical research organizations. In some cases, information about you (or your child) in the Databank may be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other pharmaceutical product regulatory authorities, to help them evaluate potential therapies and therapeutic approaches for heart, brain, and rare disorders.
The information to be shared with external research partners (and potentially with the FDA and other pharmaceutical product regulatory authorities) is information from your (or your child’s) Ciitizen profile, which will include demographic information and all of the clinical information and medical records gathered from your (or your child’s) treating providers. It also includes data from any surveys that you may have completed, for yourself or for your child, that were included in other studies prior to being shared with the Databank.
If you (or your child) learn about the Ciitizen Heart, Brain, and Rare Disorders Databank through an advocacy group, and if you provide consent to do so, Ciitizen will share contact information and identifiable information about your participation (or the participation of your child) in the Databank - for example, whether you have completed surveys, or whether relevant medical information about you or your child has been included in the Databank - to enable the advocacy group to help you maximize opportunities to contribute information about you or your child to the Databank.
Are there any risks to participating?
Because you are consenting to share your (or your child’s) information and images, there is no risk of bodily harm to you (or your child) from participating in this research. However, there is a risk of loss of privacy.
What are the benefits to participation?
It can take a long time for research to produce results, so participation in this research may not change your treatment options (or the options available for your child). But by participating, you will help power scientific discoveries about heart, brain, and rare disorders that could help others.
For some (but not all) research projects that include your data (or the data of your child), there may be an opportunity to have research results returned to you. We will notify you if this is the case and give you a chance to decide whether or not you want to receive those results.
How long will my information be made available to researchers?
Your (or your child’s) information will be available in the Databank indefinitely, until you withdraw your consent to participate (see below), or in the case of a child, when your child reaches the age of 18 years. When your child reaches the age of 18 years, he/she (or his/her legal representative) will have an opportunity to decide whether or not to continue to participate in the Databank.
Do I have alternatives? Can I withdraw from participation?
Your participation (or the participation of your child) in the Databank is completely voluntary. You can decide not to participate and still enjoy all of the benefits of having a Ciitizen profile for yourself or your child. If you are not comfortable providing advance consent to all research projects conducting research using information about you or your child from the Databank, we will contact you with opportunities for you (or your child) to share information on a per project basis.You can withdraw your consent to participate (or for your child to participate) in the Databank at any time by emailing firstname.lastname@example.org. It can take up to thirty (30) days for your withdrawal to take effect, and your withdrawal will be effective for researcher access occurring after this processing period. Information about you or your child that has already been shared with researchers as part of the Databank may not be recovered.
What if I have questions or concerns?
Please contact email@example.com if you have questions about this research, or if you believe you have experienced a research-related injury. If you have questions or concerns about this research and would like to contact the Institutional Review Board that approved this study, you may contact Pearl IRB from Monday through Friday 9-5 EST/EDT by writing, calling, or emailing the following:
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Mission & Vision
At wayahead, we believe there’s a smarter way of doing things. Teens & young adults shouldn’t have to figure life out alone, which is where we come in. Our goal is to create a community centered on sharing knowledge and empowering future generations to make smart decisions.
Problem worth solving
“What do I want to be when I grow up?”
That’s a question we all have to answer at some point in our lives, and our answer is bound to change. Choosing a life path is hard, especially when we feel pressured by what we’re told in school and the expectations set by our family and friends.
These external pressures make it hard for us to make our own decisions. In school, we’re told college is the only route to success. Our junior and senior years in high school are spent studying for standardized tests to make sure we’re accepted into the best schools. We write countless admissions essays without asking ourselves if it’s what we want for our lives. As a society, we’ve tied self-worth to alma mater.
To add to this, we try to live up to our family’s expectations. We never want to disappoint our loved ones, and we don’t want to fall short of our potential. This problem has forced so many of us to live a life we never wanted.
The Big Decision for Mentees
These are 3 challenges we face when planning for our future:
Anxiety about choosing the “right” path
Let’s face it, deciding what to do with our life is a huge decision, and there are endless possibilities for what we could do.
Limited Network to turn to for feedback, validation, and advice
- We all could benefit from a little perspective when making big decisions. That’s hard to get without a network
Pressure to follow social norms and people please
Everyone has an idea about what we should, and this outside pressure could make it difficult for us to live authentically.
“We’ve got your back”
At wayahead, you’re free to explore your future on your terms. You can find mentors based on job title or industry, what school they went to, whether they served in the military, and so much more. We want you to see yourself in the mentors you connect with to empower you to truly explore whether a particular path is right for you.
wayahead makes it super easy to connect you with mentees. You no longer need to commit hours a week to change lives. Helping someone along and sharing information is as easy as sending a text.

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J. Infertil. Reprod. Biol.
Volume 8, Issue 3, 2020
Adverse Effects of some of the Most Widely used Metal Nanoparticles on the Reproductive System
Shahla Abdollahii1, Marzieh Khodadadi2, Marjan Safari1, Faezeh Jadidi3, Amir Mohammad Akbari Javar4, Nasrin Beheshtkhoo5*, Mohammad Amin Jadidi Kouhbanani5*
1Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Payame Noor, University (PNU), P.O. Box, 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran
3Student Research Committee, Zarand School of nursing, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
4Department of Mathematics, faculty of Mathematics, Farhangian University, Kerman, Iran
5Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Nanotechnology, which allows the manipulation of molecular dimensions, is used in many aspects of human life, from industrial to medical and therapeutic aspects. Features of nanoparticles and their unique capabilities have attracted a lot of attention. Among nanotechnology structures, metal nanoparticles have been widely used in many aspects of industry and medicine. The unique properties of these nanoparticles make possible to produce and expand them on a large scale, thus making the possibility of exposure to these nanoparticles more likely. Nanotechnology and nanoparticles like a double-edged sword despite its many benefits, it also has a number of disadvantages. One of the most important of these disadvantages is their toxicity. This toxicity may have adverse effects on the environment and humans. One of the most important adverse effects of nanoparticles is adverse effects on the reproductive system. In this paper, the adverse effects of some of the most widely used metal nanoparticles on the reproductive system are described. These adverse effects can be on: sexual behaviors, sexual organs, sperm count, sperm motility, sperm shape, sperm maturity, ovarian and follicle maturation, their fertility rate and also the level of sex hormones in men and women. The adverse effects of these nanoparticles and their toxicity on a variety of tissues and organs lead us to use safer nanoparticles.
Keywords: Nanotechnology, Metal nanoparticles, Toxicity, Reproductive system
Prediction of Ovarian Response with Ovarian Response Prediction Index (Orpi) during Controlled Ovarian Stimulation in IVF
Mannem Haritha. M1, Agarwal Sonal. A2, Nayak Chaitra3, Pragnesh Gautham4, Kamini A Rao.5
1MBBS, MS (OBG), FMAS, FRM (REP MED) Infertility Specialist, Department of reproductive medicine, Milann Fertility Centre, Bangalore Assisted Conception Centre, Bengaluru, India
2MBBS,MS (OBG),FMAS,MNAMS,DNB,FNB(RM) Infertility Specialist, Department of reproductive Medicine, Milann Fertility Centre, Bangalore Assisted Conception Centre, Bengaluru, India
3MBBS, MS (OBG), FNB (RM) Infertility Specialist, Department of Reproductive Medicine, Milann Fertility Centre, Bangalore Assisted Conception Centre, Bengaluru, India
4MBBS, MD, DNB, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Reproductive Medicine, Milann Fertility Centre, Bangalore Assisted conception Centre, Bengaluru, India
5DGO, Dch, FICOG, FRCOG, PGDMLE, FNAMS, Medical Director, Department of Reproductive Medicine, Milann Fertility Centre, Bangalore Assisted Conception Centre, Bengaluru, India
(Background): To evaluate ORPI as an index to predict the response to ovarian stimulation. (Methods): It is an observational prospective study of 734 patients who underwent controlled ovarian stimulation during period of 1.5 years (July 2017 to December 2018) .Inclusion and exclusion criteria were taken into consideration when patients were recruited. ORPI is calculated by multiplying AMH level (ng/ml) and AFC (n) and the result is divided by age (years) of the patient. The primary outcome measured was number of MII oocytes and secondary outcome was total number of oocytes retrieved. (Results): Positive correlation of ORPI with MII oocytes and total number of oocytes is seen. Regarding the probability of collecting ≥4 oocytes under the ROC curve, the AUC for ORPI is 0.68 (95%CI 0.65-0.72) with sensitivity of 78.4 and specificity of 51.4 for a cut off of >0.44. For collecting ≥ 15 oocytes ROC curve had an AUC of 0.72 with sensitivity of 66.7 and specificity of 73.4 for a cut off of >1.28. ROC curve for the probability of collecting ≥4 MII oocytes depicted an AUC of 0.67 with cut off of >0.77. (Conclusion): The results of our study concluded that in a patient undergoing IVF treatment, ORPI has a poor ability to predict retrieval of ≥4 oocytes or ≥ 4 MII and fair ability for hyper response with ≥15 oocytes. ORPI can serve as a counselling tool for predicting ovarian response.
Keywords: Antral follicle count, Anti-Mullerianhormone, Controlled ovarian stimulation
Pedigree Analysis: An Important Diagnostic Tool for Calculating the Risk Factor in Infertile Men of Indian Population
Gresh Chander1, Susan Manohar2, Alibha Rawat1, N. Ganesh1*
1Department of Research Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Centre Idgah Hills Bhopal (India)
2Govt Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College Itarsi M.P (India)
The problem of male infertility is widespread in the modern world and it is of utmost importance to look for risk factors and its early diagnosis so that corrective measures can be taken early on. The pedigree chart analysis is a very important tool in this regard which gives us the pictorial representation of the disease within the family. The research work was conducted in the Department of Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital, and Research Center. Three-generation medical history of healthy control and infertile subjects were taken by preparing a pedigree chart in the form of pictorial representation. Physical examination was done for the Anthropometrical studies and other sexual inconvenience of the enrolled subjects. In the subjects enrolled for study the prevalence of infertility was found to be significantly high in families having a history of infertility and other habits in their generation line.
Keywords: Anogenital distance, Abortions, Infertility, Pedigree, Sperm Morphology
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Enrique Iglesias and Shakira Lead Billboard Latin Music Awards Noms
The 22nd Annual Billboard Latin Music Awards has just announced its nominees. Enrique Iglesias and Shakira dominate the list with 14 and 13 nods respectively. They are nominated in both Latin Digital Album of the Year and new category Latin Social Artist.
Enrique is additionally up for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male. "It's very exciting," he said. "I grew up reading Billboard and being on those charts is always important to me."
Shakira, meanwhile, is listed among the contenders for Latin Album of the Year and Hot Latin Songs Artist of the year, Female. In the latter category, she is competing against Lady GaGa. The other nominees in this awards show include Juan Luis Guerra, Camila and Chino y Nacho.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards, presented by State Farm, will take place at the BankUnited Center in the University of Miami. A culmination of the Billboard Latin Music Conference, it will air live April 28 on the Telemundo Network.
Full nominations list can be found on Telemundo official site.
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While Lamborghini has a presence and is popular among the masses. In order to achieve its goal, it has come out with special editions.on the other hand, The Ferrari 488 continues to be the same. It has never changed its basic and standards. It has been a few years since the change. However in the year 2019 which marks the arrival of all-new performance versions. So in order to find out which one is best between Ferrari 488 vs Lamborghini Gallardo. Let us go through the entire article to find the best option.
Below are certain points depicting which one is better to prefer between Ferrari 488 vs Lamborghini Gallardo.
It is like a long time and before the time comes that Gallardo retires in this light. Lamborghini wants to make sure it has a presence and is popular among the masses. In order to achieve its goal, it has come out with special editions over the past decade, and this final year of production will be no different.
The name of the hour here is Squadra Corse. It is s designation that identifies both the new motorsports department at Lamborghini Automobiles. The department handles all motorsport activities and other related stuff. While on the other side, the car will handle winning.
Inside and out
The all-new Squadra Corse is a road-legal version of the Gallardo Super Trofeo car. It is itself based on the Gallardo Super which is known as super light. The best and liberal use of aluminum and carbon fiber in the door panels, rear wings, racing seats, and center console cover.
The console cover means 150 pounds is like shaved off the 4 wheel performer. Moreover, a thick release hood echoes the racing chops of its inspiration.
Performance and fuel Consumption
The V10 which contains 5.2 liters gets the full treatment here and with 5700 hp. It gets pumped through a 6- speed “e gear”, a robotized sequential transmission. The square Corse can zip to 60 in just a bit of 3.4 seconds. It can even go to a top speed of 199 mph and cover the quarter-mile in 10.4 seconds. Moreover, the Squadra Corse comes with a side decal in the Italian-flag colors of green, red, and white. These colors run the length of the door which leads to rear brake scoop. Available in white, grey, and red, the 15 cars will be painted in Giallo Midas yellow in order to retain the understated character of the Gallardo.
The Ferrari 488 continues to be the same. It has never changed its basic and standards. It has been a few years since the change. However in the year 2019 which marks the arrival of all-new performance versions.
Ferrari delivers the 488 as a hardtop coupe which is known as the Gran Turismo Berlin Etta (GTB) and also as a retractable soft-top roadster. Both of them reflect an attractive body whose each and every surface, valley, crease, and air intake is as much about function as form. Inside the house, there is a space for two. You may rather find it as a Spartan car having control focused. All the versions of the 488 include 8.12 cubic feet of cargo space.
Inside and out
This model is creating comforts such as light on the 488. However keyless access, leather seats, dual-zone automatic air conditioning, power windows and locks, and a dual LCD instrument cluster with navigations.
All are standard though. Apart from it, you can outfit the 488 with the exterior paint colors, wheel designs, brake caliper colors, interior colors, trims, and upholstery designs.
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The 488 is inclusive of a twin-turbocharged 3.9 liter v8 that makes 660 horsepower and 561-pound feet of torque. This is basically mounted in the middle of the car. The power flows directly to the rear wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission with paddle shifters. You can expect a fuel economy return of 16 mpg city, 22 highway and 18 combined. The new 2019 Pista variant is also available in both GTB and roadster body styles. It has racing livery, carbon fiber weight savings, and a more powerful engine making 710 hp and 567 lb-ft. The 488 Pista can hit 60 mph in 8.5 seconds.
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It is one of the most present foods in our diet and, nevertheless, we do not know all its potential. In this case we stop what hides under its layers and, in particular, garlic oil that is extracted from this plant. The garlic oil pearls concentrate the best of the properties of this food.
The garlic is not only healthy, but it extols the taste of various dishes, without forgetting that it can be a good natural remedy for its therapeutic properties. The garlic can consume not only it natural but we can find it in dust, dehydrated and as oil in pearls. Does it keep the same properties? When it can be a good ally for health?
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11:45 PM No word yet if Tim Tebow plans to drop the "2" from GB².
11:11 PM The way Doug Farrar hears it, the Chiefs aren't going quietly: Just talked to a reliable source in KC -- the Chiefs aren't out of it either. Productive meetings between KC and Peyton's people.
11:07 PM As Mike Florio reports, the Cardinals have serious work to do to create cap space if they want to sign Manning: The Cardinals are $16.4 million over the cap, as adjusted to reflect $2 million in 2011 carryover and $1.333 million in downward adjustments. Amazingly, the Cardinals could have carried over $7.04 million. They opted only to carry over $2 million.
Not sure why the Cards didn't carry over the full amount. Did they not think this all the way until the end?
8:45 PM Klis reports that contracts were never discussed on either of Manning's visits to Denver and Arizona; Bowlen met with Manning for 20-30 minutes and Bowlen said he wants Super Bowls, not division titles; Brandon Stokley and John Lynch met with Manning while in Denver; Arizon was "red carpet" while Denver was "low key;" finally, Klis believes this could drag on until Tuesday if the Titans and/or 49ers were to make a run at Manning.
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Peyton Manning is currently in Arizona to visit with the Cardinals after having departed Denver last night . Expectations are that Manning will head back to his Miami home sometime tonight, potentially meet with the Dolphins at some point, and make his decision by Tuesday morning and the start of free agency.
Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen are reporting that Denver and Arizona are the favorites to sign Manning, who is apparently refusing Seattle's advances. Their source who spoke with Peyton sometime before his meeting with the Cardinals says Manning appears to be "leaning toward Denver."
Back in Denver, Woody Paige is pompously reminding us that he and Mike Klis were the first to report Manning's visit to Dove Valley despite having self-servingly written three days ago that Denver had no shot at landing the QB.
He says the two parties spoke for more than 15 hours between Friday and Saturday, and the Broncos apparently told Peyton they are willing to sign some of his fellow ex-Colts via free agency. According to Paige, Manning's people reached out to the Texans to gauge interest but were told the team is not interested (which John McClain of the Chronicle had made clear from the start).
Tebow stops at D1 training facility and meets with young boy with Leukemia
What they didn’t expect was not one, but several phone calls from the quarterback himself. Somehow Tebow learned Preston has Acute Myeloid Leukemia and is not responding to treatments. Tebow asked if he could meet their little boy in Tampa. Tebow was in town hosting a training experience at the D1 facility he co-owns.
“Whats up man,” said Tebow.
Tebow not only met Preston. He took him out to the turf.
“Are you ready to catch it? Are you chasing me?” said Tebow.
Tebow isn't talking to the media, but give him props for staying the course on meeting this little boy. There is no doubt he was facing distraction after distraction today.
Tebow made this little guy's world; completion percetage was immaterial.
BTW, the Broncos have 17 other FAs, not including tagged K Prater. DT Brodrick Bunkley only one Broncos trying to tie up before Tuesday.
If true, this means Denver is willing to let LB Wesley Woodyard, RB Eddie Royal, DT Marcus Thomas, and LB Mario Haggan test the market.
Jim Saccomano, Vice President of Public Relations for the Broncos, accomplished something today worth noting. He combined his typical effervescent I've been in this game longer than y'all have hubris and combined it with his other chief quality--namely, ass kissing.
First, he managed to bang out this tweet:
Critics are always there, but what TR said about the process remains true--the credit belongs to the one in the arena. #fb— Jim Saccomano (@broncos_sacco) March 10, 2012
This is a constant Sacco theme, and it goes something like this: critics suck, but we know what we are doing over here. Of course, he said this before Josh McDaniels, during Josh McDaniels, and after Josh McDaniels. He also did it before Tebow, during Tebow, and perhaps (now) after Tebow. In short, every decision the Broncos make is right, right now. I'd find this sort of loyalty laudable if it weren't purchased with six figures.
1:05 AM Steve Nash is now putting himself into the Manning chase on the side of the Cards. "It'd be a great fit here," Nash said. "There is a good offensive line and the best wide receiver in the game (Larry Fitzgerald), so that speaks for itself."
11:44 PM Alfred Williams places the Broncos' chances of landing Peyton Manning at 90%, for what that's worth
11:30 PM Kent Somers: Peyton Manning is definitely in Arizona, sources confirm
8:40 PM Mike Florio: A source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT that Manning currently is “making it up as he goes.” Per the source, Manning never envisioned being in this situation, and he simply hadn’t planned for it...Which means that it will be critical for the various suitors to establish with Peyton a real connection that will allow him to believe it’s the right move, wherever he ends up moving...In this regard, there’s also a benefit to being the last team who meets with Peyton. If it’s a close call, the folks he’s with when he’s close to making up his mind will have a decided advantage.
7:40 PM Fox31 in Denver: A source told FOX31 Sports that Manning’s visit went “very well” and Broncos management “feel(s) strongly they are the frontrunners at this point. The source indicated that Manning feels there are “no negatives with the Broncos.” Peyton would like to make a decision by Monday, but by Tuesday at the latest.
Sounds like Arizona has a small window here to blow Manning away. It better be all that and a bag of chips if they are going to beat John Elway.
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Friday was a remarkably eventful day for the Broncos - Peyton Manning spent at least 10 hours with the Denver leadership in Oklahoma, Dove Valley, and Cherry Hills, and there's a possibility the two parties will reconvene this morning. While Manning is expected to depart for visit(s) to Arizona and/or Miami, word is that no meetings have yet been scheduled, and there's thus always the slight chance Elway & Co. get Peyton to sign on before he can even make it out of town. Kansas City is asking Hey what about us?, but it's yet to be seen whether they're a real contender.
Less exciting for Denver was the announcement that D.J. Williams, Ryan McBean (six games each), and Virgil Green (four games) will be suspended for PED use, with allegations of non-human urine and the specter of federal lawsuits by the former two against the NFL adding to the drama. Green claims his suspension is for prescribed ADHD medication that he had failed to notify the NFL about initially, but he is cleared to take it going forward.
Elsewhere, Mike Shanahan ostensibly put all his chips in on Robert Griffin III, sending to St. Louis the #6 and #39 picks in this year's draft, plus Washington's first-rounders in 2013 and 2014, in exchange for the second-overall pick next month. There are reports that this move does not take Washington out of the Manning sweepstakes, but adding both RG3 and Peyton is wacky even by Shanny and Dan Snyder's standards, not to mention that signing in D.C. now makes even less sense for Manning than it already had.
Let me get this out of the way first: Robert Griffin III is one hell of a quarterback.
It doesn't matter. It's a bad deal for the Redskins. There are times you go all in. This is not one of those times. It strikes a desparate chord on the part of Mike Shanahan.
NFL draft picks are not created equal, but all have a significant chance of going bad: they are more like bets on a roulette wheel than they are sure-fire franchise players (or starters, for that matter). The fewer bets you have--or in Shanny's case, the more you take from yourself--the less likely you are to get lucky and hit on something.
According to FOX's Jay Glazer, the Rams have agreed to trade the #2 overall pick and the presumable chance to draft Robert Griffin III to Washington for a mighty haul: St. Louis will reportedly get Washington's first-rounder this year (#6 overall) along with their 2013 and 2014 first-round picks, and then some. Adam Schefter is reporting that along with the three first-rounders, Washington will also send St. Louis a second-rounder which Albert Breer says is in this draft.
With Peyton Manning having it made it quite clear he's not considering D.C., Shanny & Co. obviously felt they needed to move swiftly and decisively, and that's precisely what they have done. However steep the price may be, the Browns apparently made a late push to make a deal with St. Louis, to no avail.
Wherever Manning lands can alter course of team, division, league
One person described it this way: the Broncos were going to make an offer the former Colts great couldn’t refuse. The Broncos were so determined to get Manning, they actually told him he wasn’t leaving without a completed deal. The person said Denver’s selling points were these: a young team with a good offensive line, talent up and down the roster and the team’s position in a winnable division.
League sources still believe the Dolphins are the front-runners, but the Broncos are making this extremely interesting. A person close to the situation confirmed Manning also will visit this weekend with other teams, including possibly Arizona. The person said Manning’s desire is to have his team selected and a contract done by Tuesday, the start of free agency.
As we suspected, the Broncos don't plan to allow Peyton to leave without a contract. Here's thinking that if they allow him to do so, he's not coming back.

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