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Tennessee lawmaker: 'I wouldn't be here today' under current abortion ban
As efforts to amend Tennessee's no-exceptions abortion ban continue to get kicked down the road, Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, told legislative colleagues on Tuesday she could have died without abortion care when she was in her 20s.
Johnson has sponsored a slate of bills aiming to roll back abortion bans in the state, which currently do not allow any legal exceptions, even for doctors who need to perform an abortion to save the life of a pregnant patient.
Two Republican-backed bills aimed at adding some limited exceptions have been continually delayed and were once again rolled on Tuesday for consideration in key committees until next week.
"I want to tell you a story about a young woman, 21, in college, getting married, finding out she has a syndrome called Marfan syndrome," Johnson said Tuesday in a House subcommittee meeting.
When she became pregnant, Johnson said, she was diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm, which doctors warned could rupture before the fetus was viable. Treatment would harm the fetus, she was told.
"You're young, married and pregnant," Johnson said. "You know, from all of your physicians, if you were attempt to carry that pregnancy, you would die."
"You have to make a decision. If we had the current trigger ban in place, I wouldn't be here today. I wouldn't have been able to make the decision that I had to make, as a young person who wanted to start a family. But I could not and be healthy and survive with an aortic aneurysm."
Johnson's bills failed along a party line vote in the House Population Health Subcommittee.
More:Tennessee bill to add rape, incest exceptions to abortion ban falters
Abortion exceptions:Why doctors are decrying Tennessee's 'dangerous' abortion ban as lawmakers debate change
"We did pass a bill out of here three weeks ago that's going to protect the lives of mothers in medical need and physicians," Rep. Ron Travis, R-Dayton, said.
That bill, HB 883, received near-unanimous support in an early subcommittee meeting but has so far stalled amid anti-abortion activist pushback over language they say weakens Tennessee's current law. Some supporters of the law have argued pregnant patients should be in immediate medical crisis before doctors can choose to terminate a pregnancy, an assertion many doctors argue directly contradicts ethical and sound medical practice.
Under the current law, a doctor must knowingly commit a felony to perform any abortion, and Tennessee doctors say many patients are forced to seek out-of-state healthcare for treatment that was legal in the state just months ago.
Democrats like Johnson have continually called for wider abortion access beyond limited legal exceptions, often pointing to general support among Tennesseans for abortion access, but the minority party can make little progress on the issue with the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly.
"I wouldn't be here today if we had the trigger ban in place," Johnson said. "That's what we're asking of women now. I'm not embarrassed, I'm not ashamed of the decision I made. I made the right decision, and I never questioned whether or not I made the right decision. Some of you might think that's terrible.
"I hated the situation I was in, and I hated the decision I had to make. But it was the decision I had to make. I did it, and I didn't look back."
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PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- These might have been the toughest 35 miles British Army veteran Neil Davis has had to walk.
Davis continued his nationwide walk across America Thursday, walking 35 miles from Danbury to Putnam County , then ending up in Peekskill by nightfall. Davis is hoping to raise awareness about veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. (PTSD)
Overall, Davis is walking 3,178 miles through 15 states. He served for 24 years in the British Army and also worked as a contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense in war-torn Afghanistan and Iraq.
Davis said Thursday's walk was hard due to the distance, the hills and all of the traffic.
"It was terrifying," said Davis, who is staying at a hotel in Peekskill overnight.
But the outpouring of support from people helped keep Davis going.
"It was amazing," Davis said. "People were honking their horn at me. People are definitely recognizing me."
Davis' favorite part of being in Putnam and Westchester was the people he encountered along the way.
"The people are so good here," Davis said. "Everyone is so nice. People are making everything so easier. I've received some really warm hospitality."
Focusing on his walk meant Davis didn't get a chance to look at some of the famous landmarks that dot the area, but he said Putnam and Westchester had lots of trees and some beautiful roads.
"I could've walked by the Empire State Building and not noticed it," Davis said. "I was only looking at the traffic in front of me."
Davis is raising money for Wounded Warriors and Combat Stress and said veterans from the United Kingdom and the US deserve more.
"I'm concerned about the rate of suicide and homelessness among veterans," Davis said. "There are thousands of veterans who don't want to talk about their problems. We're very proud, we don't like to show weakness."
The response from veterans and their families has been very positive.
"It's really emotional," Davis said. "I've met veterans from many different wars. We're one big brotherhood. Everyone changes when they go to war. You don't come back the same person."
To follow his journey across America, which he hopes to complete by Nov. 30, like his Facebook Page: Not Broken Just Damaged Walk Across America 2015 . Donations can also be made in honor of his walk online at the Wounded Warriors Project website. All donations go to charity.
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The shake-up at the Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City continued into a second week with the resignation of CEO Jeff Kaczmarek.
Kaczmarek resigned from the city’s business recruitment and retention agency on Friday, three days after the departure of three key EDC executives.
Missy Wilson, vice president of business development, and Mike Kirchhoff, vice president of business retention and recruitment, were let go on July 12. Joe Gonzales, director of the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City and an EDC employee, will retire by the end of the year.
Kaczmarek, who spent nearly six years leading the EDC, said his last day will be Friday. The Michigan native said he plans to seek employment in Kansas City.
“It is a good time to leave because it’s a positive situation,” he said. “I wish (Mayor Sly James) and the board and the EDC all the best. It’s a great staff, and they are poised to do really good things.”
Kaczmarek is negotiating a separation package with the city but is offering to assist with the EDC’s leadership transition.
“Whoever it is, I am here to help that person in any way or shape that I can,” he said. “I want to make sure it is a smooth, seamless transition.”

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Emmegi (UK) has announced the very sad death of Kully Hunter, the company’s service manager. She died suddenly on Friday January 8, 2021.
Ian Latimer, Emmegi (UK)’s managing director, said: “The whole team here is devastated by the news. Kully was a friend as well as a colleague, and we will all miss her terribly.
“Kully had worked in this industry for many years and was really popular and well liked, so I know her death will be felt by many.
“All our thoughts are obviously with her husband Wayne, daughter Jess, and her family and wide circle of friends.”


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Looking at the date of the last post, I cringed to think I've been neglecting my blog so much. I won't promise to never do it again I'll just begin again.
I've entered one of my art beads necklace in the October Art Bead Scene Contest. I've been wanting to do that for a long time now and this morning I just did. I chose this one because I made this sculptural bead this summer and was waiting for a place to show it. Art Bead Scene is a great place for that! I love that blog, there are always beautiful pieces for inspiration or awing at. So, without further ado, here are 2 photos of my entry. Wish me luck!

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Conventional wisdom says to stock up your cupboards as hurricanes approach just in case you lose power for a prolonged period of time.
But it’s also important to make sure you have the tech you need for those emergencies.
Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to find free or affordable tools that will make life easier if you’re ever in the path of a storm.
Here are some of them:
County government tools
Orange County’s mobile app OCFL Alert (Apple: HERE. Android: HERE.) provides a real-time look at emergency situations in the county. The app, available for the iPhone and iPad, alerts users to active emergency calls for fire, medical and traffic incidents. A monitoring level informs residents how dangerous a situation might be. Residents should also follow @OrangeCoFL on Twitter.
Alert Osceola, AlertLake.com and Alert Seminole are all notification services for each of those counties’ residents available on their websites. Their Twitter handles, respectively, are @OsceolaEOC, @lakeemergency and @seminolecounty. You should visit their Facebook pages and sign up before severe storm approaches.
Hurricane: American Red Cross – This educational app tests users on hurricane preparation while also allowing them to broadcast an "I'm safe" message on their social media channels or through email. In addition, the app provides one-touch access to the phone's flashlight and allows users to sound an alarm, in case of emergency. Free to download. Apple: HERE. Android: HERE.
My Hurricane Tracker & Alerts – Not to be confused with the previuos entry, this free app gives interactive maps and storm history along with real-time updates and push notifications for local weather warnings. Apple: HERE. Android: Not available.
National Hurricane Center Data – A more hurricane-centric version of NOAA’s app, this one gives tropical storm outlooks and hurricane forecasts. It also taps directly into the agency’s Miami-based National Hurricane Center. Apple: HERE. Android: Not available.
Check out your favorite local news sources on Facebook and Twitter. Here are some Twitter handles to follow:
@NHC_Atlantic: Public advisories, updates on storm positions in the Atlantic, along with links to NOAA.
@NHC_Surge: The latest information on storm surges.
@FLSERT: Florida Division of Emergency Management’s State Emergency Response Team.
@OUCReliableOne: Updates from the Orlando Utilities Commission on power restoration.
@InsideFPL: News from Florida Power & Light.
@Ask_Spectrum: Updates on Spectrum cable service restoration.
@ATTCustomerCare: Updates on AT&T service for cell phones, landlines and television.
National Hurricane Center: www.nhc.noaa.gov
Florida Division of Emergency Management: FloridaDisaster.org
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Raising my four girls has been the hardest, yet most rewarding job. Although I do not view it as a job, but my biggest priority. Somehow (and without a guidebook) parents must take these tiny human beings and mold them into productive members of society. Gulp, that’s a big responsibility to swallow. We also need to monitor their physical and emotional wellness. Then some parents must add in additional factors, like mental health struggles. So, how can we parent our teen through mental health struggles?
An Open and Honest Relationship
First, having an open and honest relationship with your children is important. If you see something is not right, try and talk with them about it. I find one-on-one time with each child is important and this would be an excellent time to address your concerns. You can start with, “how have things been” or “what’s going on with you lately?” If the teen responds with, “good” or “not much,” give them a little nudge. You can say things such as “I’ve noticed that you’ve been (fill in the blank) lately, what’s going on?” Sometimes teens just need to know you are noticing them.
Ask How You Can Best Support Them
Second, triage their symptoms and ask them how you can best support them. Regular check-ins help them see that you are there to support them. Although it is a parent’s second nature to give advice, sometimes teens just need a sounding board to voice their concerns. Teens are in the adolescent stage of development where they are learning their identity and exploring their independence. As many know, they often do not want to be told what to do and may think they have all the answers. As stated previously, my husband and I are raising four daughters, ranging from the ages of 10 to 17. Yes, oh my! We have found when they are talking to us, we need to ask them – are they looking for advice or just wanting us to listen. Nine times out of 10 they are just wanting us to listen.
Seek Help and Support for Them
Third, seek help for them. There are lots of areas for support, including school teachers, guidance counselors, church leaders, youth support groups, and therapists. That old saying, “it takes a village” is not too far off when raising teens. Sometimes just incorporating another positive relationship in their life can make all the difference. That also takes humility. As a parent, we must let go of the notion that we have all the answers. We must also give ourselves grace and not blame ourselves for not being able to control the situation or to make everything better.
A Little Extra Love and Attention
Lastly, as teens are working through their mental health struggles, provide extra support and attention. This should not look like “helicopter parenting.” Instead, as stated previously, provide regular check-ins. This could be a check in before they go to school, after school, or before bed. Ensure they know they are loved and supported.
Dawn is here to support you and your teen, contact us today.

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FS1E - Once Upon a Time in Silkingrad (*A Review*)
Following on from their self titled debut single comes FS1E's debut album Once Upon A Time in Silkingrad. A 'concept album' (my words not theirs) of sorts, a record of reflection. The 10 tracks are poems, prose and raps from the past that have grown into the present. Tales of love and loss, lyrical journeys of lives lived and lives still being lived. Reflective but not regretful, emotive and uplifting, music that moves yer and takes you on a journey of discovery to different places. FS1E are beyond Reggae, beyond Punk, beyond Prog Rock, and certainly not middle of the road, they are riding their own musical path down the rock'n'roll highway, which takes you to nowhere you've been before. Vocals are sung and spoken as mournful bass lines meander along with solid and sound drums, acoustic guitars chime while the keyboards float in and out, leaving the listener engulfed and enveloped by the sound and songs. This album is beautiful, it is haunting and harmonious, it skanks and rocks while swinging with traces of soul and jazz, it is quirky and poppy, but most of all it is brilliant. FS1E are camping outside the left field with a melting pot of musical influences bubbling and boiling on the fire. Join the gathering because “Divided we are weak, together we are strong.” Chill out music for people that should be angry instead of just chasing pound notes. You can find out more about FS1E and where to get the album here at their web site.


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As well as the UK Q-School list, a provisional list of entries for the 2020 PDC European Q-School has also been released via DartConnect with 214 players currently on the list.
This year the European version will run at the same time as the UK Q-School and will be once again at Halle 39 in Hildesheim with players competing for Tour Cards on the PDC circuit with around ten Tour Cards expected to be distributed in this event.
Players registered range from those who have previously had Tour Cards such as Dirk van Duijvenbode, Zoran Lerchbacher and Mike de Decker to those who will be trying to join the PDC circuit for the first time.
These include those who recently took part in the BDO World Championship including Willem Mandigers, Chris Landman, Richard Veenstra and Thibault Tricole. Martijn Kleermaker also revealed recently that he is set to be involved so he will likely be on the list before the deadline.
Other well-known names involved include multiple soft tip World Champion, Boris Krcmar who has played a bit of steel tip in the past including at the PDC World Championship but is known as one of the best soft tip players in the world. Registration is set to close on Tuesday afternoon.

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Bank of America wants to shove its IT into an OpenCompute cloud. What could go wrong?
Cheaper customised hardware is good for Facebook
Selling hardware to the financial industry used to be a cash cow for big-name server makers, but they will be getting short shrift from Bank of America, which is shifting its IT into a white-box-powered, software-defined cloud.
"I worry that some of the partners that we work closely with won't be able to make this journey," David Reilly, chief technology officer at the bank, told The Wall Street Journal.
Bank of America made the decision to slide the bulk of its backend computing systems to the cloud in 2013, and wants to have 80 per cent of its systems running in software-defined data centres within the next three years. Last year it spent over $3bn on new computing kit.
To make the move, the bank is talking to hardware manufacturers building low-cost, no-brand cloud boxes as part of the OpenCompute Project, which was started by Facebook as a way to reduce the cost of data centre hardware while customizing machines for particular jobs.
"What works for a Facebook or a Google may not work in a highly regulated environment such as the one we operate within," Reilly noted.
A lot of that regulation will be a software issue, however, and Reilly said the bank is chatting to factories about that. But for servers, the days of cushy deals for HP, Dell, and Lenovo could well be numbered. ®

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South Korea national soccer team head coach Jürgen Klinsmann will return home on June 2 after a break in the United States. Klinsmann will return to South Korea to work with the coaching staff to prepare for the two June A matches.
“Coach Klinsmann and other coaches who have been staying in Europe will arrive in Korea on the 1-2th of next month to prepare for the June A match,” an official from the Korea Football Association (KFA) said, according to News1 on June 30.
Klinsmann traveled to Europe and Qatar last month to check on Korean players playing in Europe, attend the Asian Cup group stage draw, and search for a base camp.
He spent the last 12 days in the 메이저놀이터 United States to recharge his batteries. After taking a break, Klinsmann will stay at his home in Seodaemun-gu and continue his work with the national team.
Next month, Klinsmann’s team will play two A matches against Peru in Busan on the 16th and El Salvador in Daejeon on the 20th. The A matches will allow Klinsmann to select resources that fit his soccer philosophy.
A KFA official explained, “Coach Klinsmann is very motivated to prepare for the June A match because he considers it the first stage where he will play with his own players.”
Klinsmann made his debut in March against Colombia and Uruguay. At the time, Klinsmann was so new to the job that he was unable to pick his own players, so the squad was largely comprised of players from the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The federation plans to announce the roster on the 5th of next month and convene the players at the National Training Center (NFC) in Paju on the 12th.


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Even though I’ve got way too many in-progress pieces right now, I recently had a “lightbulb” moment regarding saddles and immediately had to get started on a new one.
It’s been three years since I last built an English saddle. I find them incredibly intimidating and am often discouraged before I begin. So wanting to have another go at one was something I really couldn’t ignore.
Once I found a nice reference photo, I worked out a pattern of sorts and began with the tree and seat:
This was cut from sheet metal instead of the pop cans I’ve used in the past… it is holding it’s shape much nicer. I also built up the back a bit with epoxy before covering the entire thing with very thin skiver. It’s got a nice weight to it now and so far, so good.
The skirt came next, which is tooling leather I skived down.
After being dyed I (temporarily) stuck it all together with a couple of headpins. I am SO glad I had the sense to punch holes in the tree before covering it with anything.
I think I’ll tackle the flaps next. Wish me luck? o_o

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If you have ever tried to play a real guitar, you know it isn’t the best thing on the planet to do. It takes ability and lots and lots of follow to grasp the artwork of placing your fingers in the best locations whereas strumming the strings to provide these magical sounds. The open strings of a guitar tuned to straightforward concert pitch, starting with the 6th (fattest) string, are the notes E-A-D-G-B-E. I recommend getting a reasonable digital tuner and learning how to use it.
It will present you the way to get those strings perfectly in tune, and you’ll know your guitar is at pitch each time you practice. The type of guitar you should be taught on should match the kind of music you want to play. If you need to play music meant for electric guitar, you need to study on an electric guitar.
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Funny story. Circumstances happened, requiring me to shut down eve on a computer with no keyboard - only a mouse.
Turns out there is no button, right click menu, or combination of actions that gives you the ability to leave the game using only a mouse.
We have a winner! You can rt Click your capacitor in space to log-off safely! (Would still be nice to have that button on the neocom somewhere though)

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There is one word that never seems to go away during relationship counseling: communication.
Sometimes it feels like the only word that exists in relationship counseling. Good communication is the central solution for struggling relationships. If you master it, you can navigate any problem. You can truly achieve marital bliss.
However, consider this: a recent study showed that, although more-satisfied couples communicate better, good communication does not necessarily predict relationship satisfaction.
Why? Because it is also important that your communication is authentic. Happy couples engage each other emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Studies bear this out: people who are truthful about themselves experience more relationship intimacy and well-being.
So while you are learning the tools and techniques to help you communicate more effectively, it is also important to ensure you are communicating who you truly are.
Strengthen Your Relationship: What Authenticity Looks Like
We are committed to our partners, day and night, year after year. When our relationship is celebrated and secured through the sacred bond of marriage, we recognize our two beings, hearts and souls, becoming one. But we also must understand ourselves apart from our partner to let them into our world.
When you are bonded to a partner for life, you cannot hide who you are. Insecurities, confusion, or unrealistic expectations can make it easy for us to strive to be someone else or not accept who we are.
When we fail to accept ourselves, we fail to accept the tools and powers we have to grow our relationships. Marriages and partnerships come to a standstill when either partner isn’t communicating their authentic self.
Here is what that means on a practical level:
Be open with your partner. This means letting go of your inhibitions and defensiveness. It also means acknowledging your reluctance to reveal parts of yourself to your partner.
And allow your partner to be open with you. Be receptive to their reality, feelings, wishes, desire, fears, and differences. Encourage your partner to truly express him or herself.
This is work that both you and your partner must commit to for marital bliss. Dig deep within yourself. Accept things that you may have separated yourself from in the past. Be brave, and be honest with your partner.
If you do this, you’ll find the true beauty of having a loving partner. You’ll have a partner that loves you for your authentic self, and together you can bring your true selves to the light. Build and accept each other for your true selves, and everything else will begin to fall in line.
Rooting for you!

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Majority of apologies 'ways of killing a story'
Speaking to Radio 4's Today programme, writer Leo Benedictus has described the majority of apologies in the media as being "ways of killing a story".
Clinical psychologist Dr Jennifer Wild added that meaningless apologies can cause "anger in the public" and "have no beneficial effect" for victims.
She added that it is not necessary to be responsible for an act to apologise for it, referencing Prime Minister David Cameron's apology for Bloody Sunday in June 2010.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday 21 January 2014.
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Natural Health News — Daily electroacupuncture to stimulate an point on the stomach meridian could help to reduce the intestinal inflammation associated with Crohn’s disease.
Chinese and US researchers presented early evidence from from their study of this non-invasive therapy at a recent meeting of the International Neuromodulation Society 12th World Congress.
The small study recruited 17 Crohn’s disease patients and 20 matched individuals without Crohn’s between June 2014 and December 2014. The patients received transdermal acupoint electrical stimulation (TAES) for an hour twice a day, two hours after a meal, at an acupoint on the stomach meridian below the knee – the Zusanli (ST 36).
» Electric stimulation of acupuncture points in non-invasive and does not involve needles
» Chinese and US researches report that stimulating a point along the stomach meridian can help reduce signs of inflammation in Crohn’s sufferers.
» Animal studies have shown similar results.
Data from humans and animals
Co-author Jiande Chen, Ph.D. of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, said:
“We have published numerous studies showing that electrical stimulation via the acupuncture points using surface electrodes can enhance vagal activity,” he commented. “By enhancing vagal activity, we have shown in animals with intestinal inflammation that such electrical stimulation can suppress pro-inflammatory cytokines and thus reduce inflammation.”
In the clinical study, the patients received the electrical stimulation through a watch-sized battery powered stick-on device. The needle-less stimulation device can deliver a variety of stimulation digitally, and was developed by Chen through a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Rebalancing the nervous system
For the first three days, stimulation was administered at the hospital, and then the patients were instructed in use and placement of the stimulator and sent home.
Results suggest that the treatment can help balance the function of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems resulting in less inflammation.
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text: It all started with the building. Nestled between the shores of Lake Champlain and the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, The Depot Theatre originated out of a community-wide effort in 1978 to save the historic Westport train station (circa 1876) from demolition. In 1985, The Depot Theatre stepped out from under the Historical Societys umbrella to become its own separate not-for-profit entity. In 1988, it became a professional theatre company operating under an agreement with Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. Amtrak continues to service rail passengers on the Adirondack Line between New York City and Montreal. The Westport stop is a primary gateway to the Adirondack Park, and the train station and the Theatre have developed a unique partnership to keep this historical space vibrantly used and maintained, as the Depot Theatre continues to be the steward of this historical site. Today, The Depot Theatre is the only professional Actors Equity Association (AEA) and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) affiliated theatre company in the Adirondack Park, a 6 million-acre publicly and privately held natural resource, that includes many small communities like Westport.

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Up until not that long ago, virtual reality seemed like a distant and abstract entity that touched the lives of those who were into IT, techy gadgets and even science fiction. Fast-forward several years later and we find ourselves attached to virtual reality on a daily basis through our phones, various apps they provide, different smart devices, and even social media. Speaking of social media and our celebrity-obsessed culture, it doesn’t hurt to mention that famous people use various means to influence the public and have a tremendous effect on fashion, design, style, and the way we perceive what is beautiful. Just take a look at some of Celebrity Snapchats for instance and you’ll see what we are talking about.
In terms of virtual reality, its impact on fashion is huge in areas such as retail, fashion experience, and design, and we’ll take a look at just how it can influence our fashion choices.
Virtual Reality in Retail
In 2014, LCST created an app that lets you see different shoes on your feet through the lens of your smart phone without actually putting any shoes on. You don’t even have to hold them in your hands.
For Christmas shopping in London in 2016, Blippar created a 360° shopping experience that was set up like a treasure hunt for Santa’s reindeer. Shoppers could access it from any smart phone, and more than 140 stores participated in it.
Although virtual reality in fashion is still in its early stages, one of the things that are expected in the near future is creating mirrors in which you can ‘try on’ any garment before actually getting a hold of it.
Virtual Reality and Fashion Experience
Mimeme is a fashion app for smart devices that will let its users wear clothes that they do not physically own in virtual reality. This particular app and many others that will be built in the future will let you put on any piece of clothing that you’ve never even laid eyes on in the real world, see how it fits, match it with various other fashions and compare it to what you usually wear.
This kind of experience will expand any fashionista’s views and let her be a tomboy one day, a classy ballerina the next day, and a street styler the day after. Even people who are not overly obsessed with fashion will be able to ‘get their hands’ of styles that they never would have tried on in the offline world, which will undoubtedly influence their taste and choice of clothing when they actually do dress.
Virtual Reality and Design
In the world of design you can enter a virtual reality with headsets and create designs in 3D, test your ideas, play with layers of design all you like and eventually make a decision that will appear in the offline world as the finished product. Fashion design in virtual reality can range from art projects that will never see the light of day outside of virtual space to creating designs that can go into production as soon as they are created. Not only can virtual reality speed up the creative process, it can inspire ideas never before seen in the real world.


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A PUNTER has won more than £63,000 with just a 50p bet.
The middle-aged man correctly predicted the results of 12 football matches at staggering odds of 126,322 to 1.
He was so overjoyed he posted his winning slip on Twitter and declared: “I have done it.”
But the BetFred online punter, from the south of England — who now wants to remain anonymous — shut his Twitter account after it was bombarded by wellwishers.
He forecast the weekend’s Liverpool v Stoke and Southampton v Fulham draws, Tottenham’s win over Aston Villa and Celtic’s win over Hearts — and the outcomes of European games in his 50p accumulator.
One betting industry source said: “He picked matches from six countries. It’s a shame he didn’t put on a tenner — he’d be a millionaire.”
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Nobody was ready to say goodbye. I wasn’t, and I’m sure neither were you.
But if you watched the circumstances unfold closely, as much as you refused to believe it, you realized it was inevitable that the Indianapolis Colts would release Peyton Manning. How in the world could this have happened? Only if your legendary future Hall-of-Fame-quarterback—who had not missed a single start in his career—suddenly misses the entire 2011 season with a neck injury, causing a stunning collapse from nine consecutive playoff seasons with 10-plus wins, to a 2-14 last place record, and the position to land the top overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.
For months, fans and media wondered what the future held for Peyton Manning. Many speculated if Peyton would ever return healthy enough to play football again, let alone for the Colts. Some debated whether or not the Colts could afford to have two quarterbacks, while others wondered if it would be worth it for the Colts to keep him at 36 years old and approaching the end of his career. That, to go along with other expensive, aging veterans. Few even feared the unthinkable—Peyton Manning’s time with the Colts was coming to an end.
With Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck as the top overall pick waiting in the wings, Colts owner Jim Irsay made it clear that they would select him. The upside on Luck was tremendous. Some scouts had him ranked as the top quarterback to come out of college since…Peyton Manning. All signs pointed to the Colts rebuilding and starting over with Andrew Luck.
On March 7, the Manning era officially ended. In his biggest and most difficult decision as an NFL owner, Irsay decided to part ways with the legendary quarterback—the face of the Colts and the city of Indianapolis for 14 years. Some might have seen it coming, but still, to hear the news that Peyton Manning was no longer a Colt was very much a shock. It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Peyton Manning was destined to be a Colt for his entire career, and just the idea of him playing anywhere else was unthinkable.
But yet, for whatever reason, it happened. It was time to move on. With the franchise now clearly in transition mode, many long-time fan favorites were also released, including running back Joseph Addai, tight end Dallas Clark, linebacker Gary Brackett, and safety Melvin Bullitt. Wide receiver Pierre Garçon signed as a free agent with the Washington Redskins. Head coach Jim Caldwell was also relieved of his duties, as well as longtime president Bill Polian, as well his son and vice-president of football operations and general manager, Chris. Spoiled fans in Blue Nation, still in shock from all the sudden change, gave up their season tickets, not wanting any part in watching a rebuilding project.
On April 26, the Colts officially selected Andrew Luck with the first overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft. A new era of football had begun now that they had their quarterback of the future. With so many new young faces (and an entirely new coaching staff and front office), many believed that the Colts would certainly have the look of an expansion team, meaning Luck would not have much talent to work with as a rookie. While analysts believed he would eventually become an All-Pro quarterback, Luck was expected to struggle as a rookie.
In his highly anticipated regular season debut against the Bears, he did just that, going 23-45 for 309 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions in a 41-21 loss. Given that Manning seemed like his old self in his first game with the Broncos (he went 19-26 for 253 yards and two touchdowns in a win over the Steelers), some fans were quick to jump the gun on Luck, believing that the Colts should’ve kept Manning. However, other fans that had finally come to terms with Manning’s release knew that it would simply take time for Luck to adjust to the NFL, not to mention deal with the pressure of replacing a legend. After all, Luck’s statistics from his rookie debut were nearly identical to that of Manning’s, and look how he turned out.
Luck continued to have his ups and downs through the first three games, but in week 4 at home against Green Bay, a legend was born. Down 21-3 at halftime, Luck orchestrated a monumental comeback with the help of Reggie Wayne (who, to the surprise of many, re-signed with the Colts in the offseason) on the way to an emotional 30-27 win with head coach Chuck Pagano in the hospital fighting leukemia. In throwing for a career-best 362 yards and two touchdowns (along with another rushing touchdown), Luck removed any doubt on whether or not he could succeed Peyton Manning as the new face of the Indianapolis Colts.
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'Mork & Mindy': The Show That Made Robin Williams a Star
ET is looking back at Mork & Mindy -- the show that made Robin Williams a star.
PICS: Remembering Robin Williams
In 1978 the world was introduced to the alien character Mork, which stole the show when it debuted on Happy Days. The character became so popular that it warranted its own spinoff which premiered later that same year. The series went four seasons before it was canceled in 1982.
The impact that Mork had on television viewers had a lasting effect that continued to resonate throughout Williams' career.
"You know, it's weird," Williams told us. "Even after I won an Academy Award, it was a week later there were still people going, 'Mork!'" Robin told us.
NEWS: The Latest on Robin Williams' Death
Williams' Mork & Mindy co-star Pam Dawber gave ET a statement following the comedian's tragic passing.
"I am completely and totally devastated," said Dawber, whom Williams once called his dream co-star. "What more can be said?"
We caught up with the two actors on the set of The Crazy Ones where they reunited for the CBS series.
"There's a certain something that we have," Dawber said. "Robin was just like one of these magical people that just was so much fun."


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"It is telling that Vice President Cheney and others seem to be more focused on criticizing the Administration than condemning the attackers," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer wrote on the White House's official blog. "Unfortunately too many are engaged in the typical Washington game of pointing fingers and making political hay, instead of working together to find solutions to make our country safer."
The response comes hours after Cheney delivered a blistering statement saying the administration's response is proof that the president "is trying to pretend we are not at war."
"He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won't be at war," Cheney said in the statement. "He seems to think if we bring the mastermind of 9/11 to New York, give him a lawyer and trial in civilian court, we won't be at war. He seems to think if he closes Guantanamo and releases the hard-core al Qaeda-trained terrorists still there, we won't be at war."
Cheney also said Obama outwardly "pretends we aren't [at war]," and the former vice president repeated his months-long criticism that the new president has made America "less safe."
In his blog posting Wednesday, Pfeiffer writes the Bush-Cheney strategy of focusing on Iraq led to a strengthened al-Qaeda on the boarder region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and maintained it is President Obama's new policy of focusing resources on the war in Afghanistan that has made the country more safe.
"To put it simply: this President is not interested in bellicose rhetoric, he is focused on action," Pffiefer writes. "Seven years of bellicose rhetoric failed to reduce the threat from al Qaeda and succeeded in dividing this country. And it seems strangely off-key now, at a time when our country is under attack, for the architect of those policies to be attacking the President."
Pfeifer also takes issue with the former vice president's contention that Obama "pretends we aren't at [war]," saying the president and members of his administration have referred to being at war with al Qaeda several times.
"There are numerous…public statements that explicitly state we are at war," writes Pfeifer. "The difference is this: President Obama doesn't need to beat his chest to prove it, and – unlike the last Administration – we are not at war with a tactic ("terrorism"), we at war with something that is tangible: al Qaeda and its violent extremist allies. And we will prosecute that war as long as the American people are endangered."


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A Brief History of the Kakure Kirishitan
The other day I was reading about the Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638) in Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate. Christians played a major role in the rebellion, possibly even forming a majority of its membership, so when the rebellion was crushed, Christianity was suppressed. However, many of the Japanese Roman Catholics went underground and became known as the kakure kirishitan, the “hidden Christians.” These Christians worshipped in secret rooms in their homes; because of the expulsion of the clergy the kakure kirishitan depended upon lay leadership. To remain hidden, their statues of the saints and the Virgin Mary were transformed to look like the traditional statues of the Buddha and Shinto dieties. Likewise, prayers were adapted to sound like Buddhist and Shinto prayers, though they retained many untranslated words from Latin, Portuguese and Spanish. The Bible was passed down orally, since printing it was considered too dangerous. When religious freedom was reestablished two hundred years later many of the kakure kirishitan came out of hiding, renounced any unorthodox and syncretic practices that had grown up and rejoined the Roman Catholic Church. Isn’t that wild?


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Jury Reaches Split Verdict After 4-Year-Old Burned by McNugget
The parents of a 4-year-old girl filed a lawsuit against a McDonald’s franchisee after she suffered second-degree burns related to a piping hot McNugget. According to the lawsuit, the McNugget fell on the car seat where it was wedged between the seat and the 4-year-old’s leg. There, it caused second-degree burns to the child’s leg. Her parents then sued both McDonald’s and the owner of the individual franchise for damages.
The jury reached a split verdict in the case. The plaintiff had made two distinct allegations against the companies. First they said that the McDonald’s was the cause of the burn injury. Second, they said that McDonald’s failed to warn patrons that the McNuggets were served hot enough to cause burn injuries. The jury found that McDonald’s was not responsible for the burn injury that the 4-year-old suffered. However, they did find that the company was responsible for failing to warn patrons about how hot their McNuggets were.
With a partial victory for the plaintiff, the case will be sent back to court to determine damages.
Burn injury lawsuits
McDonald’s will go down in history as the world champion of burn injury lawsuits after losing a highly-publicized case involving a spilled cup of coffee. In that lawsuit, McDonald’s was faulted for serving their coffee at 180 degrees which caused third-degree burns to an elderly plaintiff and required skin grafts to repair. While the lawsuit is best remembered as an example of a woman spilling coffee on herself and getting a million-dollar payday, that isn’t actually how the lawsuit played out. In fact, after McDonald’s lost the suit, they began serving their coffee at a lower temperature to avoid future claims against the company.
Today, hot coffee lawsuits are still filed in the United States. Many of the incidents that give rise to burn injury lawsuits involve the exchange of hot coffee through drive-thru windows. In these cases, the cashier spills the coffee onto the customer and the customer sues after they suffer burn injuries. Such lawsuits are much easier to win because the plaintiff can claim that the coffee was spilled because of the negligence of the cashier or their failure to attach the lid properly.
Other types of burn injury lawsuits involve product liability claims made against companies that manufacture products. These include claims related to lithium-ion batteries that overheat and cause injury to a plaintiff. Sometimes, cellphones can overheat causing burn injuries. Other lawsuits have been filed against e-cigarette companies for overheating e-cigarettes. In the case mentioned above, you have a hot McNugget resulting in a burn injury lawsuit.
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40th Anniversary Neonatology Conference Draws a Global Audience of Pediatric Professionals
Pediatricians who care for newborn infants from all over the world gathered in November at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for the 40th Anniversary Miami Neonatology Conference, sponsored by the Miller School of Medicine and presented by the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Neonatology. Four keynote speakers addressed the historical perspectives of neonatology over the past 40 years. In addition, this year’s conference featured eight of the field’s leading experts sharing the latest research and clinical knowledge in a series of presentations and panel discussions.
“We had 1,177 attendees from 53 countries, and our guest faculty came from six countries,” said Charles R. Bauer, M.D., professor of pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology and psychology, Associate Director of the Division of Neonatology and Director of the Early Steps Program, who is one of the conference’s co-directors. “Many of our attendees come every year. Some group practices trade off among their members so everyone has a chance to attend. This has become one of the largest and most respected conferences on newborn medicine in the country and in the world.”
“Our attendees look forward to it because it’s a real knowledge-sharing event,” said the conference’s other co-director, Eduardo H. Bancalari, M.D., professor of pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology and Director of the Division of Neonatology. “It is significant to them that the program includes expert speakers from premier institutions around the world.”
In celebration of the conference’s 40th anniversary, 70 graduates of the Neonatology Fellowship Training Program attended the conference. This was an amazing reunion, said Bauer, with more than 50 percent of all the returning fellows trained in this program over the last 43 years. The annual fellows luncheon provided an opportunity for networking and for each fellow to give an update on their professional and personal status. The annual fellows reunion luncheon is always one of the highlights of the conference for the current faculty and staff, and having such a large turnout was remarkable, Bauer said.
“The Department of Pediatrics is proud to sponsor this annual conference,” said Judy Schaechter, M.D., M.B.A., professor and Chair of Pediatrics. “Just as our research resonates beyond our borders, our educational mission has always been worldwide. I am grateful to Drs. Bancalari and Bauer and their entire team for building a global learning collaborative in neonatology.”


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Clio in the Clinic: History in Medical Practice
Published: April 2005© 2004
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Page Count: 350 Pages
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Sometimes, history can solve a medical mystery; at other times, it can point to the right treatment or console a despairing doctor by demonstrating a timeless connection to unchanging aspects of human existence. In Clio in the Clinic, twenty-three doctors, each of whom is also an accomplished historian, write autobiographically about how they use history in their practice of medicine. Their stories of clinical experiences show that historical thinking can serve in the diagnosis and care of patients.
These essays constitute new evidence for an old argument about the utility of history in medicine. They open an intimate window on how history informs and serves clinical practice and describe what life is like for doctors when they leave the history meetings and go back to the wards.
The contributors to this volume hail from five countries and represent sixty years of training; the most senior completed medical school in 1943, the youngest in 2003. They include several internists, four pediatricians, two psychiatrists, two infectious disease specialists, one neurologist, one emergentologist, and one surgeon. Topics include: history in the service of patients, the doctor-patient relationship, disease causation, administrative dilemmas, and the use of history to reflect on current trends in the practice of medicine.
Many books make claims for the value of teaching history to future physicians, but none have explored the clinical experience of those doctors who are experts in history. Clio in the Clinic shows how knowledge of history can shape a physician's view of the profession and how it can be a surprising asset at the bedside for diagnosis and treatment. Not all the endings are happy, but these tales of medical life are written with insight, honesty, humour, and great affection for medicine, its history, and its people.


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The donation comes as part of Kia Motor’s Accelerate The Good program which includes nation-wide and local level initiatives implemented in response to the pandemic. Additionally, All of Kia’s 757 nationwide retailers are making similar donations to hospitals or medical facilities of their choosing. The total number of face shields donated nationwide is over 75,000.
“Kia has really stepped up in this time of need and we are honored to do our part and by helping Mountain View Elementary in the fight against COVID-19 by providing badly needed face shields to educators here in Windsor,” said Jeffrey Taylor, Owner of Peak Kia North.
The Accelerate The Good program initially began with Kia donating $1 million to a multitude of non-profit partners including Covenant House, StandUp for Kids and Family Promise who all deal with helping homeless youth across the nation. The donation was made to aid homeless youth across the nation in receiving much-needed shelter and care needed during the pandemic. Furthermore, over 300,000 face shields have been donated to hospitals and medical facilities in metropolitan areas dealing with the pandemic the most including Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and New York City.
“We are grateful for the hard work and dedication these educators exhibit every day to support our community,” said Jeffrey.
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The results of international encirclement against the militant group, the Islamic State and the future challenges
Ikuzo Kobayashi, President of NPO Salaam Association
From the Autumn issue of the electronic Salaam Quarterly Bulletin, No.15, August 2015
One year has transpired since ISIS exalted a caliph and declared establishment of the Islamic State (IS) on June 29, 2014. The declaration was made on the first day of Ramadan and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi himself delivered a sermon on the first Friday prayers in Ramadan. The emergence of the “caliph” during the Friday prayers at a mosque in Mosul, the second largest city of Iraq, was a dramatic debut of IS in the Islamic society.
Shortly after the start of Ramadan this year, simultaneous terrorist attacks occurred in three countries (1) (four countries) on June 26. Although those terrorist attacks in three countries are still under investigation, it is clear that the attacks were carried out with instructions or under influence of IS because IS posted their audio message urging Muslims “to attack enemies and become a martyr during Ramadan” on the Internet.
The international encirclement against IS is examined here.
The situation of terrorist attacks in three countries
Japanese newspapers dated June 27 reported on terrorist attack in France which took place on June 26 at a factory near Grenoble, southeast part of France. In the photo policemen and others overcroweded in front of the factory.
1) The attack at a gas factory in the suburb of Lyon in south eastern France: A suspect called Yassin Salhi (35) drove a car into a gas factory and caused a big explosion. A decapitated body of the suspect’s employer (54) was found near the car and the victim’s head was covered with two flags relating to Islam. The brutal act of decapitation is reminiscent of the execution method by IS. According to French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, the suspect was under surveillance by the authority for some time for radicalization influenced by Islamic extremism. According to local media reports, the suspect is refusing to give a detailed statement, and determination of his motive is expected to be difficult.
People lay flowers on the beach in front of Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba, in the coastal city of Sousse, Tunisia on Saturday, June 27. Gunmen killed at least 38 people at site.(CNN)
2) The attack at a resort hotel in Sousse in central Tunisia: Tunisian student Saif Al-Deen Al Rezgui from the town of Gaafour opened fire on tourists with a gun hidden in a beach parasol, and was shot on site. Prime Minister Habib Essid announced that 38 people were killed. The number of victims exceeded 20 victimes including some Japanese killed in the shooting attack at a museum in Tunis in March. Someone in the name of IS claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter holds a press conference after meeting with senior commanders attending a regional security conference on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 23, 2015.
3) The suicide attack at a Shia mosque in Kuwait: A attacker, named Fahad Al-Gabbaa of Saudi Arabian nationality, in a suicide vest blew himself up inside a Shia mosque during Friday prayers, killing 27 people participating the prayers and wounded more than 200. The Kuwaiti authority arrested a few people who are connected to the suspect. A militant group called Islamic State of Najd (a central plateau of the Arabian Peninsula) which carried out terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia in May claimed responsibility for the attack. It justified the attack, saying that the mosque was trying to spread Shia ideology among Sunnis.
Coalition of the Willing led by the United States
Theirs were the faces that stood out in the chaotic helicopter evacuation off the Sinjar Mountains.Tears streamed down the cheeks of 15-year-old Aziza Hamid and her 17-year-old sister. U.S. President Barack Obama ordered targeted airstrikes last week, partly to protect the Yazidis and others fleeing ISIS. He also ordered humanitarian airdrops.(CNN, August 20, 2014)
While the wisdom of the total withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Iraq in December, 2011 carried out by President Obama is in question, he sent military advisors to help Iraq fight the Islamic State, carried out aerial bombings by drones and formed the Coalition of the Willing including Arab and Gulf countries in 2014. It was in response to the request from the Iraqi national government and Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi.
Aerial bombings in Syria were initially a limited one under the pretext of rescuing Yazidis, Christian minority in August last year. Although the United States denies cooperation with the Assad regime of Syria, she notified Syrian government about the start of aerial bombings. The Assad regime stated that it was ready for cooperation to fight international terrorism and presented a posture to seek improvement of the relationship with the United States.
International encirclement against the Islamic State
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Regional Partners meeting participants in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on September 11, 2014. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
The strategy of forming the Coalition of the Willing to militarily defeat IS has been criticized by Republicans in the United States as well as the top brass of the U.S. military. Evaluation of the strategy has not been conclusive. Nevertheless, the successful formation of the international encirclement network should be credited. While the Obama administration has been strongly criticized for allowing Syrian civil war to drag on endlessly, it regained some credibility through the formation of the Coalition of the Willing including Arab and Gulf countries.
The United States conducted more than 100 sorties in Iraq in August. On September 24, the first aerial bombings against four IS targets in Syria including command and control facilities in Raqqa which is the de fact capital of IS by fighters, bombers, drones and Tomahawk cruise missiles in joint operations with Middle Eastern countries such as Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE.
The broad international encirclement network formed by more than 60 countries made it possible to achieve the international coordination to prevent and deter diffusion of Al Qaeda, IS, Islamic extremist groups and jihadists, encircle and contain their domain.
The U.S. military campaign against IS in 2015
This year, armed gunmen affiliated with IS attacked the French satirist weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people including two policemen, the newspaper’s chief editor, satirist cartoon editors and columnists. IS then committed murder by executing two Japanese hostages. IS subsequently committed shooting attack at a museum in Tunis, killing 20 people.
In Iraq, IS amassed its forces in Anbar Province in western Iraq and seized Ramadi. In Syria, IS seized Der Zor using Raqqa as the base and seized (2)Palmyra, a World Heritage site on May 14.
Overview of the Palmyra historic site (Wikipedia/Stobkcuf)
In response, the Iraqi government requested the United States’ support to regain Ramadi, and the United States decided to send additional 450 military personnel. They are stationed at the Iraqi military’s command post in the east of Ramadi and quickly organized posture to carry out aerial bombings while they are not involved in ground battles. The total number of the United States troops stationed there has reached 3,550. Ben Rhodes, White House Deputy National Security Advisor stated, “The best method to regain national territory is that Iraqis themselves fight in the front line,” and pointed out that the increase of the U.S. personnel does not represent a change of the existing strategy.
Iraqi army soldiers with 73rd Brigade, 15th Division, look on as U.S. instructors from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, discuss movement techniques and squad-level tactics at a training area on Camp Taji, Iraq, March 24, 2015. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cody Quinn
The Kurdish units reclaimed Tal Abyad, a town in the northern Syria near the Turkish border with air support from the U.S. forces. The town is located to the east of Ain al Arab controlled by IS and closer to Raqqa, the de fact capital of IS. It is also on the main IS supply line of fighters and materials to Raqqa. It is also on the oil smuggling route to Turkey and loss of the town is expected to cause major disruption to the funding for IS.
The coordination with the ground forces is the key to the effective aerial bombing operations. In the Kurdish autonomous region in the northern Iraq, many areas have been regained through good coordination with the Kurdish security force Peshmerga. On the other hand, the failure to coordinate between Iraqi ground forces and the U.S.-led aerial bombing operations was considered to be a major factor for loss of Ramadi, and additional 450 U.S. personnel were sent based on the lesson.
Battles are underway between Kurdish militias and IS in the north western Syria near the Turkish border. On July 4 and 5, the Coalition of the Willing conducted aearial bombardments in Raqqa and killed 30 people. Also, 100 Syrian rebel fighters completed their training in Turkey and are expected to be deployed in Syria soon.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter testify before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2015. DoD photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Hinton
It was reported that the “Southern Front” of the Free Syrian Army trained in Jordan expelled the Syrian government forces from Daraa which is a major Syrian military base In the southern Syria near the Jordanian border. Daraa is less than 100 km from Damascus.
Those developments indicate that the United States forces are successfully coordinating with the Kurdish forces and taking back areas from the control of IS. On the other hand, the United States forces’ coordination with Arab Sunni tribes is not going well, and this appears to be a reason why (3) the additional U.S. personnel were sent.
The Free Syrian Army, Syrian anti-government force, which keeps distance from Islamic extremism or jihad ideology, is increasing its capability through military trainings in Jordan, and making advance in the battle fields.
Decrease of IS fighters
The near-simultaneous terrorist attacks in three countries right before June 29 first anniversary of the declaration of establishment of IS may have been carried out under a direct order from IS or by (4) lone wolf terrorists influenced by IS. Although the nature of the attacks cannot be determined for sure, those incidents were caused directly or indirectly by IS without doubt.
Viewed from another angle, IS was preoccupied with their battles in Iraq and Syria and had no spare fighters to send to other countries. Besides, IS lost control over the border area between Syria and Turkey which has been the best passageway for fighters to go out of IS territories. It is assumed that the movement of IS fighters in and out of IS territories has been curtailed greatly as the result.
Recently, an intriguing article appeared, which reads, “A former extremist Egyptian man continues his desperate effort on the Internet to persuade fighters who joined IS and are active in Iraq and Syria to leave the group. His attempts are bearing fruits, and 50 Egyptians already left the group and returned to their country.” (Jiji Press, Alexandria, Egypt)
This news article reveals the fact which IS does not want to be known. That is because this fact will negatively impact on their efforts to recruit fighters using advanced IT technology.
The future challenges
The international society should continue the efforts to maintain encirclement against IS and cooperate with the operation to regain territories in Iraq and Syria from IS control.
It is also important for Muslims as a relevant party to speak out that “Extremist or jihadist ideology is deviation from the teachings of Islam” in order to testify that “Islam is a peaceful and moderate religion.”
It is hoped that such action on the part of Muslims can lead to solution with minimum sacrifices.
(1) (four countries)
Terrorist attacks took place in four countries on June 26, but the attack in Somalia was carried out by the Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab. There appeared to be little involvement by IS in the attack.
“On June 26 (local time), the Burundi force base of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Leego in the Lower Shabelle, about 100 km north-west of the capital Mogadishu, was attacked by the Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab and AMISOM suffered heavy casualties.” (Ministry of Foreign Affairs homepage) of the U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011. Because of this, it is in question whether the additional U.S. military personnel sent this time can re-establish friendship with the local Sunni tribes.
(2)Palmyra, a World Heritage
Palmyra is in danger of destruction by ISIL. Palmyra in central Syria is a historic city site of Roman Empire age, registered as UNESCO world heritage in 1980. Roman style rchitectures are many, such as theater in the round, bathhouse, and Tetrapylon. (Wikipedia)
(3) additional U.S. personnel
The “Awakening of Anbar” initiated by Sunni tribes with support from additional U.S. troops commanded by General Petraeus completely defeated the Al Qaeda of Iraq (the predecessor of IS) in 2006 and 2007. However,Sunni tribal chiefs were abandoned after complete withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011. Because of this, it is in question whether the dditional U.S. military personnel sent this time can re-establish friendship with the local Sunni tribes.
(4) lone wolf terrorists (lone-wolf type terrorism)
Individuals plan and carry out terrorist attacks with support in a limited scope from siblings and relatives. After terrorist attacks were carried out, based on individual consciousness and the objective situation, they are found to have been inspired by Al Qaeda (or IS) … (cited from page 39 of “Impact of the Islamic State” authored by Satoshi Ikeuchi)
◆Palmyra, a World Heritage
Temple of Bel in Palmyr（Wikipedia/Zeledi）
Palmyra, Syria, ancient Decumanus（Wikipedia/Zeledi）
Panoramic view of the Roman theatre in Palmyra（Wikipedia/Eusebius）
More articles available in the electronic “Salaam Quarterly Bulletin”, No.15, August 2015.


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LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Linton Police Department log for Sept. 19 included: One animal cruelty case, one public intoxication, two animal complaints, one harassment complaint, one theft case, one domestic dispute and six traffic stops.
* Sept. 19 -- A 3rd Street SE resident reported that $361 was missing from her purse. The alleged theft took place between 12:30 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. The money was allegedly taken from the purse in the resident's bedroom or at the doctor's office. She told police the money was going to be used to pay an utility bill.
City Ordinance Violation
Jake White, speeding.
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* Sept. 20 -- Roger A. Burris, 21, of Route 2, Jasonville, was arrested by the Linton City Police Department on a preliminary charge of manufacturing methamphetmine. No bond set pending a court appearance.
* Sept. 19 -- Amy L. (Forker) Collins, 39, of Jasonville, was arrested by the Greene County Sheriff's Department on a warrant to revoke a suspended sentence on a drug dealing conviction. No bond set pending a court appearance.
* Sept. 19 -- Donald D. Stelzel, 30, of Bloomington, was arrested by the Greene County Sheriff's Department on a warrant to revoke a suspended sentence for a criminal mischief conviction. Released from jail after posting $5,000 bond. Court date set for 1 p.m. on Sept. 26.


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There’s more than one route into studying in our creative community. From Evening & Saturday Courses, to Foundation and BA courses, to research degrees, you’ll find a path through AUB that suits you. Simply select the course level you’d like to study.
Six installation projects have been developed in various locations across Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. The participating artists have engaged with various aspects of the site’s institutional heritage and topography, considering the island as a historic, tangible place and a symbolic space more broadly. The artworks reflect upon conditions of interiority and exteriority in a uniquely Australian context. This relates to a perspective that encompasses contradictory and conflicting extremes, a geographic imaginary particular to the Island Continent. A Peloton Project curated by Claire Taylor.
‘Three plays for rural audiences’ by Dan Allum, Josephine Carter and Shiona Morton, edited by Sean Aita
Sean Aita was a plenary speaker at the International Conference on Cultural Empathy and Communicative Intelligence hosted by the 2010 European-Off Meeting and Europe Art Space Platform, 6-9 May 2010, at Istanbul Archeology Museum, Turkey. Artists and academics, governmental bodies, cultural institutions and NGOs discussed the common future of Turkey and Europe in the cultural and artistic field, intercultural dialogue and cooperation projects and new opportunities for peace. Representatives from Cultural Contact Point Turkey, Istanbul State Opera and Ballet, Austrian Cultural Office and Italian Cultural Center, IETM and academics from various universities of Europe were among the plenary speakers of the conference.
The Conference provided an opportunity to promote intercultural dialogue; by establishing a conceptual framework for cultural and artistic exchange throughout Europe and the rest of the world; emphasizing the pioneering role of arts as a direct communication medium, and reflecting on the idea that Arts can be an effective tool to advance understanding and dialogue by creating new forms of communication.
‘To the marrow’ a play by Sean Aita
Published in ‘Theater in times of war’ a report of the meeting of the European Off Network (EON) which took place in Brunnen:passage, Vienna between October 15th and 19th 2008. The meeting was supported by Kultur Kontakt Austria,
bm:uk, city of Vienna, ÖESTIG and the British Council Austria, and organized by IG Freie Theaterarbeit. The meeting took the form of a conference of more than forty artists, and theatre experts, from different parts of Europe and the Middle East.
This chapter derives from research undertaken towards Worth’s PhD thesis, ‘Representations of rural working-class dress 1840-1900 (Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 2003). The starting point for this research was a paper delivered at a conference, which accompanied the exhibition, ‘The englishness of english dress’, London College of fashion, May 2000.
The article is based on research undertaken for Ward’s PhD thesis ‘The place of animation within film and media studies: a theoretical and pedagogic approach’ (Institute of Education, University of London, 2004)
This article is part of a larger research project. See also ‘British Animated Propaganda Cartoons of the First World War: Issues of Topicality’ (Animation Journal, vol. 11, 2003, pp.64-83). Both articles are related to a conference paper, ‘British Animated Cartoons and Topical Propaganda 1914-18’ delivered by Ward at ‘Crossing the Pond: The Special Relationship between Britain and America’ (The Fourth British Silent Cinema Weekend, Nottingham Broadway Centre, 6-8 April 2001).
In using case studies such as Touching the Void (2003) and the films of Nick Broomfield, this timely introduction to the growing field of documentary explores the definition and understanding of the form, as well as the relationship between documentary and drama, specifically the notion
of reconstruction and re-enactment. Paul Ward also discusses animated documentaries, the fertile genre of comedy, and feature-length contemporary works that have achieved widespread cinematic release.
This chapter is based upon research undertaken for a paper delivered at ‘The history of the future: visions from the past’ (The International Association of Media History Annual Conference, Leicester University, 16-19 July 2003).


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.—Lauds state house staff for supporting his govt
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday at the valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council, FEC commended his ministers for their loyalty since 2015.
The President also lauded staff of the State House for their support in his eight years administration.
In his remark at the valedictory session held at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President thanked all the ministers for their steadfastness in pursuing the goals of the administration, urging support for the incoming President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, even from outside government.
He appreciated the ministers for working closely together, despite many odds and challenges, and sustaining the synergy that translated into many achievements, saying, “I am proud to say we gave our best.”
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Are you ready to have a billion people around the world reading your articles, watching your videos and playing your games on mobile? You'd better be. Chances are you've seen the charts about the growth of smartphone use, with those steep curves zooming upward. People have embraced mobile at an unprecedented clip. We're glued to the devices, and we're constantly engaged with what we broadly call "content" anywhere and everywhere.
For publishers, this is great news. More smartphones and more mobile engagement mean more opportunities to reach and build one's core audience through mobile websites and applications.
That is a step in the right direction, but there's still a lot of room for improvement. Our survey results show that many online publishers are not investing quickly enough in mobile:
--More than half the respondents said that more than 5% of their Web traffic originated from mobile devices, yet only one in four were focusing 5% or more of their budget on mobile development.
--15% of respondents didn't even know how much traffic originated from mobile.
--Of the respondents that do not have a site or app, 30% are still unsure of the value of having a mobile presence.
It is, of course, still early, and many online content providers are just getting started in mobile. But that's all the more reason to take the gloves off, remove budget constraints, and build a dynamite mobile presence before your competitors do. The successes we've already seen reflect the tremendous opportunities for publishers. TV Guide Digital's story is illustrative. TV Guide started with a simple mobile goal, to enable users to access its content regardless of the screen they used. Relying largely on a cross-platform mobile strategy and mobile advertising, TV Guide Digital has seen very positive results since it launched its iPhone app in October 2009--more than 1 million downloads of the app within six months of launch, and a total of 3.5 million downloads so far across iPhone, iPad and Android.
What was the strategy? Christy Tanner, the general manager of TV Guide Digital, used existing online properties to promote the initial mobile app and then worked to improve it as her team learned how people were using it. She remarked, "The feedback loop for a mobile app is much better than on the Web. By monitoring ratings and reviews we were able to promptly identify the features that customers expected in the app." TV Guide's success with mobile is the result, at least in part, of its deep understanding of the platform and its mobile customers.
Of course it can be daunting to tackle a new platform and adapt your business to it, particularly when the platform itself is evolving at a dizzying pace. But with more than 60% of our survey respondents already implementing mobile strategies, now's the time for you to be bold and take action. Your customers are already on mobile, and they are likely already looking to interact with your content on it. Make sure you continue to delight them on the new screen. With that in mind, here are a few tips to keep in mind as you build out your mobile presence:
Build for mobile.
Mobile is different from online, so you should think about the ways you can engage users with unique mobile features like location services, voice commands and the use of touch screens and embedded cameras.Think about when, why and how people will interact with your content on mobile versus online. OpenTable is a company that built for the mobile consumer and now handles 10% of its reservations on mobile. Its location feature allows you to search for restaurants nearby and book a table instantly. OpenTable understands that people on computers may be looking for reservations several days out, but on mobile they want a reservation tonight.
Don't worry about monetizing--at first.
We've seen great success at companies that build for the user and wrap a monetization model around their apps only after they've achieved scale. Fight the urge to port your existing business model to mobile. It may work, but mobile, again, may require something different. With the explosion of apps we've seen a greater willingness for consumers to buy content. A combination of ad-supported content, paid content and in-app purchases may be the best mix, but it all depends on how your users engage with your content.
Test and iterate.
Developing a mobile presence is step one. Next you need to make it great. There is no silver bullet, so get something to market quickly and focus on learning from your users and updating both your presence and your business model based on how people interact with your content. If you're doing a mobile website, build in a feedback mechanism. With an app, monitor the user reviews, both to learn what people want and to understand how to improve your ratings. With apps I also recommend that you prompt users to rate the app after using it for a while. Otherwise, they'll only be asked to rate it when they uninstall, and that can drive down your rating score.
Learn from the innovators.
Entrepreneurs are finding new ways to engage mobile consumers. Shorten your own learning curve by understanding how mobile pioneers have achieved success. Rovio's Angry Birds app has more than 100 million downloads, and Backflip Studios has more 85 million across its app portfolio. These mobile experts understand what metrics to track and how to build a large user base and maintain user engagement well beyond the initial download. Rovio, for example, tracks retention by looking at the number of people who update the app when new releases are available. Often the causes of success on mobiletranscend app categories, so check out our video interviews with Rovio, Backflip and TV Guide Digital to see how they think about mobile.
Let me end on a note that will help you rest easy at night as your mobile team reinvents your business for mobile consumption. We've seen that mobile use peaks when desktop wanes, during mornings and evenings and on the weekends, making it complementary to your existing business. People now want to be connected wherever they are--at lunch, on the bus, on the beach and more. For a content provider, that's good, even great news.
Chris LaSala is the director of mobile partnerships for Google.
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