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Tumbleweeds, p.28Leila Meacham
“Come in, Betty!” he called, too sluggish to get out of bed.
“Father?” Betty stuck her head curiously around the door. “You’re not up?”
John rubbed his eyes. “Not quite. I had a sleepless night.”
“You mean the part of it when you finally got to bed?” Betty set the tray on a table and poured a mug from a carafe of extra dark roast brewed just for him, her disgust plain. “I heard the phone ring around midnight. Don’t people realize you’ve got to get your sleep?”
“I was awake,” John said. “I’m sorry if the ring disturbed you.”
“I didn’t mention it out of concern for myself, Father.”
“I know,” John said, propping himself up to take the mug. “You worry about me too much, Betty.”
“And who else will?” She favored him with a hairline smile as she drew open the draperies, the most anyone could usually pry from her. John had rarely heard her laugh. Only he and her husband and those who had known her for many years understood why.
“We’re going to have a guest with us for a few days, an old classmate of mine,” John said. “He’s arriving today and says he’ll be here in time for lunch. I hope the short notice won’t be a problem. I only learned he was coming last night.”
“The midnight caller,” Betty said. “No, it won’t be a problem. The women’s auxiliary is sending out Eunice Wellborn and Bella Gordon to help me this morning. An old friend, you say?”
“An old classmate,” John corrected. “I haven’t seen him since we graduated from high school. At least you don’t have to bother with breakfast for me. I have an early appointment in Kersey.”
Betty waited to be told more, the name of the visitor at least, but she recognized that Father was waiting patiently for her to leave before getting out of bed in his boxers and T-shirt. “It would be no bother,” she murmured. She took the tray and quietly pulled the door shut behind her. Whoever it was, Father didn’t seem too keen on seeing him. A freeloader, she’d bet. Father let people impose on him too much.
John threw off the covers and pushed his feet into slippers to go out onto his balcony. The coffee did not set well on his soured stomach, and his balcony presented a soothing view. It overlooked a large vegetable garden and livestock pens and corrals beyond where the children of Harbison House raised the animals for their FFA (Future Farmers of America) project. Felix, the orphanage’s pet dog, was eating his breakfast on the back porch steps, and all around the prairie, now in bloom, flowed toward a quiet, pastel infinity. An idyllic setting, but John had the sense of something building at a distance, unknown and unseen, that would soon threaten its tranquility, like a storm gathering just over the horizon.
He remembered the last contact he’d tried to make with TD Hall. It was the summer of 1990, in Guatemala. John was working with the Jesuit Refugee Service at an especially dangerous time when the brutal government security forces had escalated its slaughter of political dissidents and their suspected supporters, among them the Jesuits. Thousands had had to flee their homes and country, and his task was to assist refugees in completing documents for political asylum and to record human-rights abuses. After days of hearing their appalling stories, of eluding death squads and battling the jungle’s steaming heat, mud, snakes, and mosquitoes, it had come as a respite in the evenings to write to his old buddy back in the States. John had not given up hope that eventually he and Trey and Cathy would reunite. Father Richard had told him that a sizeable check arrived yearly from an anonymous donor to be deposited in the scholarship fund set up in Donny Harbison’s memory—an indication that his old pal was still recoverable. Trey had not forgotten his promise made to John the night of their heart-to-heart after the district game. But one night John had risen straight up out of an exhausted sleep on his cot and from then on had never written to Trey again.
It was one of those inexplicable moments when the subconscious reveals a truth that has heretofore been buried beneath a pile of denial. Trey was never coming home. He was as lost to him and Cathy as the origin of the Mayan civilization. Perhaps some night his subconscious might kick out the reason Trey had abandoned them and his child, but whatever the cause—real or imagined in that capricious head of his—it was enough to guarantee they’d probably never see Trey again. It was simply something John was certain of, like a twin knows instinctively that a mishap has befallen his womb mate. His letters, and even his prayers, sent with the hope that Trey would return to them, were pointless. He wrote at once to let Cathy know. She’d written back: “It’s all right, John. I let Trey go a long time ago.”
So why was he coming home now?
“Don’t bet on it, Tiger,” he’d said when John had told him it would be good to see him. Now what did Trey mean by that? What threat lurked behind those cryptic words?
Loose ends to tidy up, he’d said. When had TD Hall ever cared about loose ends? Mabel Church had been a loose end, the aunt who’d raised him and done her best by him, and Trey hadn’t even come to her funeral. He hadn’t bothered about the loose ends of leaving a girl pregnant in 1986 with the son he’d never acknowledged. When Trey had been halfway into his celebrated career, a reporter had gotten hold of a school picture of him at eight years old that showed a remarkable likeness to a boy of the same age in his hometown rumored to be his son. Trey was quoted as saying: “The Texas Panhandle breeds a bunch of us long, tall, drink-of-water look-alikes. We’re as common as tumbleweeds.”
Though she’d held her head high, John knew the implication had crushed Cathy and no telling what it had done to Will, but in the county it had boomeranged against Trey. It was one thing for a man to refuse to support his illegitimate child but another to deny the kid as his when everybody knew from his looks and the timing of his birth that he could only be the son of TD Hall. No wonder Trey hadn’t shown his mug in Kersey in twenty-two years.
So why now? Was he coming home to claim Will at last? To woo Cathy again? The possibility of it turned John’s stomach. Cathy’s “past indiscretion” had been forgiven, as she sardonically referred to it. John liked the way she’d once phrased her restoration to the town’s good graces: “If you keep your head up long enough, eventually the floodwaters will recede, and you can walk to shore on dry land.”
And indeed she had, as Trey would soon discover. Cathy was a vital contributor to the community, serving as president of the school board, a member of the city council, and a committeewoman on civic boards. Everybody adored her. She was lovelier than ever and owned a prosperous café hailed as one of the top small-town finds in the Southwest.
The town took as much pride in her son as it had in him and Trey. John Will Benson had batted his baseball team to the state finals, losing in the last nip-and-tuck inning. “He’d have been a natural on a football field,” Coach Turner once confided with both regret and relief that Will had not followed in his father’s footsteps. Will could have gone to most any college on a baseball scholarship, but his academic achievements had earned him a free ride to Rice University. He had recently graduated with a petroleum engineering degree and had accepted a job in Delton at a regional office of the oil company for which he’d interned. While John and Cathy were thrilled to have the boy close by, she’d hoped her son would have selected a position in the company’s other offices scattered around the country and the world. “He needs to expand his horizons, to experience life beyond Kersey County,” she had said, but Will loved the Panhandle and planned to buy a ranch in the county someday and raise horses.
So was Trey, forty, divorced, the glory days over, coming home to warm his backside at Cathy’s hearth?
Another surge of unease, like an electrical shock, made John go inside, and he caught sight of himself in the glass door. He stepped back from it, running his hand through his hair, and inspected his reflection for the first time in years. He had regained much of the weight he’d lost in Central America. He’d come home looking as if a wind had raced through his body and sucked his skin to his bones,
Going in to take his shower, John speculated what toll the years had taken on Trey after two failed marriages, messy divorces, legal battles, money problems, a serious concussion that took him from the game, and a nonstop life in the fast lane. Not much, John was willing to bet. Trey Hall had always lived a life impervious to consequences, and at forty his face and body probably proved it.
As John always did when leaving Harbison House, he stopped by the kitchen to say good-bye to Betty and leave word where he could be reached. He knew she expected and appreciated the courtesy. It satisfied a certain maternal need when he told her where he would be for the day and when he would be home. “I’m going by St. Matthew’s to hear confessions after I leave Kersey, but I’ll be back in time to meet our guest,” he said.
“And you’ll be where in Kersey, Father?”
“At Bennie’s. I have to speak with Cathy Benson.”
Betty’s lips cracked open in her thin smile. “So that’s the reason you won’t be eating breakfast here.”
“Guilty,” he said. He heard the usual boisterous breakfast noise coming from the big dining room where the residents of Harbison House—ten children aged six to twelve, abandoned all—ate their meals. He was anxious to see Cathy and decided not to step in to say good morning. They would be all over him, begging him to play ball, check out their vegetable plots, animals, achievements at the easel, piano, and archery range. Felix, a mutt adopted from the highway, had been let in. John gave him his morning pat and headed out.
He steered his truck down the drive that in June was littered with lacy white blossoms from two ancient mock orange trees flanking the gate. They fell like lazy snowflakes on the hood of his pickup as he passed under them, their gentle drift normally lifting his spirits, but they had no effect this morning. Trey had probably had a laugh years ago when Aunt Mabel told him that the Harbisons had turned their farmhouse over to the diocese as a home for unwanted children with the stipulation that Father John Caldwell be appointed its director. John had heard the sardonic amusement behind Trey’s remark last night, “That must be nice for you,” when he mentioned that the Harbisons helped him run the place.
He’d been the pastor of St. Matthew’s less than a year when Lou and Betty Harbison made an appointment to speak with him. It was November, almost to the day they had found their son in the barn nineteen years before. John had dreaded the month’s arrival ever since, so ushering them into his parish office on a golden afternoon of the anniversary of their son’s death had increased his melancholia. He couldn’t imagine why they’d asked to see him. They lived devout lives.
“How may I help you?” he’d asked.
They’d presented their proposal, asking only that they be allowed to stay on in their home as housekeeper and overseer of the property.
John had been dumfounded and struck with the blasphemous image of God in His heaven, observing the scene below in smirking amusement. “Why?” he asked. “Why would you give up title to your family home and serve as employees there?”
“It’s for Donny,” they answered.
“Our son,” Betty said. “Don’t you remember him, Father? You used to lay flowers on his grave. He… died when he was seventeen. His death was… an accident. He’d… be your age now.”
She’d spoken haltingly, in obvious pain and embarrassment.
“But he was a good boy,” Lou avowed in a tone urgent for John to believe him. “He was a devoted son.”
“I have no doubt,” John said, clearing the obstruction from his throat. He pushed some papers aside and leaned forward, deciding in the flash of a second to risk everything—his reputation, his calling, his and Trey’s freedom—to give the Harbisons the assurance their grief cried for. “Your son needs no absolution for anything he may have done upon this earth,” he told them. “Let your hearts no longer be troubled. Donny died in a full state of grace. You do not need to sacrifice your home to atone for him.”
They had stared at him in wonder, astounded by his insight into the root of their pain and the authority with which he spoke of a boy he’d barely known. John’s breath had held while he waited for the question that would have led him to confess everything.
How can you be so sure?
But they had accepted his pronouncement as typical of something a priest would say, and Betty had said, “Thank you for your confidence, Father, but we’ve made up our minds. If the bishop agrees, we wish to bestow our property to the diocese in memory of our son.”
The bishop had agreed, and John had moved to the upper floor of the sprawling farmhouse while the Harbisons kept their old room and turned the rest of the space over to “Father John’s children,” the little castoffs who trooped in and out of their lives yearly.
The change in his quarters and the enlargement of his pastoral duties had occurred almost four years ago. John had never been happier or more at peace in his life and work. The shadow of his old sin still lurked in the background, but he hardly felt its chill anymore. Some days he thought he was almost too happy, too at peace. Had TD Hall come home to change all of that?
From the living room window of her former home, Betty Harbison watched Father John’s Silverado pull away. The almost-like-new pickup had belonged to a parishioner, now deceased, who had bequeathed it to the home. In years past, the parish vehicle had been a Lexus, donated by the late Flora Turner, but that was long before Father John’s time. Betty observed the truck passing under the mock orange trees and out the gate with relief that it had replaced Father’s old station wagon clunker. At least that was one prayer for his safety that God had answered. Others for his well-being she could not be sure of. She’d glimpsed the scars Father John had brought home from his days in Central America.
Lost in nostalgia and memory, Betty remained at the window long past the disappearance of the pickup onto the road leading to the highway. How many Junes ago had she stood right here and watched her teenage son drive off in his father’s pickup and vanish behind a cloud of white, her heart in prayer for his safe return? He’d had his driver’s license for a year when he died. She’d had only one June to stand staring at the empty space where his truck had disappeared.
“Father John off somewhere this morning?” her husband asked behind her.
“To Kersey,” Betty said, blinking the wetness from her eyes and assuming her stoic expression. “We’re going to have company for a few days. He didn’t say who. I better go air out the guest room.”
Lou caught her arm gently. “That feeling come over you again, Betty?”
There was no hiding anything from Lou. He could sense when she was having one of those spells that could pierce as sharp and sudden as a knife thrower’s blade. “You’d think that after all these years…,” she said.
“Sweet darling, time makes no matter mind to a sorrow like ours, but at least we’ve got Father John, same age as Donny would have been. God was good to give him to us.”
Lou was right about that, she would have said, had the old wedge not lodged in her throat. At least they had Father John, a son to them in every way but one of birth. He had come to them as their parish priest after the nineteenth summer their boy had been gone. She and Lou had noted his concern for deserted and abused children and the lack of a facility in which to shelter them. One day they had come home from mass to their huge and empty house ringing with loneliness since Cindy had moved away to California with her husband and their children. Betty had said to Lou, “What if we offered this place to the Church as a home for unwanted children and asked for Father John to be its director?”
Lou’s face had bright
So it was done. Father John had moved in with them and, together with the children, they had made a family. Gradually the ache in her grew less, the emptiness in her filled. A day did not arrive but that she didn’t think of Donny, but never a day passed that she did not give thanks to God for giving them Father John.
JOHN HAD CALLED AHEAD to make sure Cathy would be available to speak in private with him. This time of the morning, she and Bebe were usually in a huddle to discuss the day’s business before supervising serving lunch to a packed crowd.
“Of course, John, but what’s the occasion? You sound… mysterious.”
“I’ll tell you when I see you, Cathy. In your office about nine?”
She’d agreed and told him to tell Betty to go easy on his breakfast, that she’d have fresh cinnamon rolls and coffee waiting.
A few minutes to the hour, he drove around to the back of the café and parked next to Cathy’s white Lexus. He’d driven past the front, taking in Bennie’s through Trey’s eyes, and wished he could see TD’s face when he saw the changes in the place. Even the partially walled-in rear entrance was a far cry from the days when Odell Wolfe used to come scrounging for a meal at the back door. In those days, the staff parking lot had been a storage area for overflowing garbage cans and old café equipment and a catchall for anything the wind blew in off the street.
“The junk and smell keep other cars out,” Bennie had defended the looks of his personal parking space, but Cathy had cleaned it up, built an attractive shed for the trash cans, and put up a polite sign that read: PLEASE… STAFF AND DELIVERY ONLY, and the lot had been respected as off-limits to all other vehicles since.
Except for his.
John climbed the short flight of stairs and rang the bell. Multicolored snapdragons in large urns on each side of the stoop waved in the mild June breeze. He stuck the tip of an index finger into a velvety throat, but there was no easing of the apprehension that a simple creation of God’s usually induced. He sensed a gathering of shadows—those long, reckoning shades cast by old sins that time cannot disperse.
Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham / Romance & Love have rating 4 out of 5 / Based on32 votes

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Leading the LIDAR charge in Europe, the ELMF team are building on the phenomenal success of the first event last year and the market is supporting them all the way when they take the show to Austria in November. “Exhibitors couldn’t be signing up faster!” Commented ELMF Event Manager Caroline Hobden. “In just 4 weeks, we have witnessed exhibitors old and new flocking to take stands with 60% of the floor plan already allocated”.
Recent additions to the exhibitor list include FARO, Optech, Topcon Europe, Ixblue, Leica, Optech – and ESRI and Leica are so keen to have their presence felt that they have invested in two stands each! They will be joining the likes of Geocue, Riegl, Topscan, virtualcitySYSTEMS and many more exhibitors who are involved in airborne, bathymetric and terrestrial LIDAR and/or mobile mapping systems, including system and component manufacturers, operators and service companies.
The ELMF is the premier event in Europe focussed on applying the technology of LIDAR and laser scanning to deliver outside mapping and imaging solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner across a variety of markets. The second ELMF is taking place at the Salzburg Congress, Salzburg, Austria from 29 – 30 November 2011. Last year’s inaugural event attracted 613 professionals from the mapping, surveying and GIS industries representing 46 countries.
Salzburg is often quoted as being at the heart of Europe. Centrally located, Salzburg is easily accessible for northern, southern, eastern and western European countries with excellent flights, road and rail connections.
The organisers are also enjoying a very positive response to the Call for Papers that was announced recently with many abstracts already submitted. Conference Chairman, Alastair MacDonald from TMSI commented, “The ELMF conference is a unique platform on which to launch the latest concepts from commercial or academic research, leading edge innovations in technologies, improved operating practices, reports on actual project experiences and to discuss new applications and markets being driven by the rapid improvements in LIDAR technology. Over two days the conference will focus on the use of LIDAR to support transport, urban modelling, coastal zone mapping, asset management and GIS applications.” The call for papers deadline is 25th July 2011 and abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.lidarmap.org/ELMF/conference/submit_papers.aspx
The organizers, Intelligent Exhibitions, have a successful record of 10 years of the International LiDAR Mapping Forum [ILMF] the premier international conference for LIDAR and Mobile Mapping which is held annually in the USA. With growing acceptance in Europe of the benefits of LIDAR in low cost mapping, the European LIDAR community wanted a showcase for their fast growing number of applications, and so the ELMF was born. The next ILMF is taking place in Denver, CO, USA from January 23 – 25, 2012.
For further information please contact email@example.com or go to www.lidarmap.org

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ROLI has shared an extensive series of videos, embedded below, that make up a complete introduction to the Seaboard RISE multidimensional MIDI controller.
Air Craft has released AC Sabre, a new gestural MIDI controller that’s designed to spontaneous, physical & expressive. “Modern synths have dozens of dimensions of tweakability,” notes creator Hari Karam Singh. “It’s always frustrated me that there weren’t better methods for taking advantage of this sonic versatility.”
The controllers offer custom integration with Bitwig, Cubase, Digital Performer, FL Studio, GarageBand, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason, Sonar and Studio One. … Read More Nektar Intros Impact LX49+ & LX61+ Keyboard Controllers
Faderfox has introduced the UC44 Fader Box – a suitcase-style universal MIDI controller. The controller has 8 push-encoders, each with a 2-digit-display, 16 faders (60mm) and 35 buttons. The encoders (with detents) are switchable to 32 groups, which allows it to control a total amount of 512 control parameters.
Axel Bluhme’s XOXX Composer is a tangible beat sequencer that uses magnets stuck to wheels to sequence cyclical rhythms. XOXX Composer features eight rotating discs, so eight sound samples can be sequenced at one time. Each disc is quantized into 16 steps. Below each disc there is a physical interface for pitch tuning and volume output. Here’s a demo of… Read More XOXX Composer Is ‘A Music Box For The Digital Era’
At the 2016 Summer NAMM Show, startup company Amelia’s Compass introduced the ControllerHub 8 – a device that lets you connect up to 8 expression pedals and foot switches and create your own custom MIDI pedal board. Company co-founder Steven Christensen gave us an overview and demo at the show.
ContinuuCon, the First Continuum Fingerboard Conference, took place June 9–11, 2016 in Asheville, NC. The event focused on the Haken Audio Continuum – a highly expressive music synthesizer and controller – and featured concerts, workshops, lectures and more. Speakers included: Dr. Lippold Haken, inventor of the Continuum; and Edmund Eagan, developer of the Continuum’s synthesis engine EaganMatrix.… Read More ContinuuCon – The Continuum Fingerboard Conference
This series of videos covers the features of the Future Retro 512 Touch Keyboard.


Voting (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
After a once-in-a-century pandemic, concerns about rising gun crime, debates about usage of our streets, and perennial conflict over integration of our schools and neighborhoods, the 2021 mayoral primary cycle's final day centered less on why we were voting than on the mechanics of how we'd be casting our ballots.
Watching Kathryn Garcia and Andrew Yang team up to campaign jointly over the home stretch, current vote leader Eric Adams baselessly compared the ranked-choice motivated alliance to a poll tax and said the instant-runoff system approved by New York voters three-to-one was effectively abetting voter suppression. Adams also continued to hedge about whether he'd even abide by the results of a ranked-choice tabulation. While in many instances he has been unequivocal about abiding by the outcome, he has at other times betrayed reluctance, including commenting that “no one is gonna steal the election from me,” bringing to mind Trump's Big Lie about his own loss and the resulting capital insurrection.
Fear-mongering about ranked-choice voting depressing turnout or confusing voters—from Adams and allies including City Council Members Laurie Cumbo and Daneek Miller, among others—didn’t bear out. Turnout was high, reporters profiled numerous voters expressing confidence about how to rank their preferences, and candidates are properly directing their supporters to wait until every vote is counted before declaring victory or acknowledging defeat.
The high voter turnout and ranking enthusiasm are great news, but it's not too late for us to blow it.
Judging by the Board of Elections' announced plans for ballot-counting and tabulation, they’re about to add confusion by running interim tabulations of ranked-choice results on incomplete sets of ballots every week until all ballots are processed. This means candidate rankings will shift unpredictably until certification.
In doing so, the Board of Elections runs the risk of telegraphing an inaccurate outcome that could indeed undermine confidence in the real one—especially if the changes impact Eric Adams’ final tally, and he uses those shifts to attack the system he and his allies so often question. It’s not just Adams who might find fodder in inaccurate tabulations: any of the twelve losing campaigns may do so in whiplashed tabulation results.
This unforced error is avoidable if New York changes course and decides to act more like Maine—the state whose ballot access efforts I led in 2020. Maine has been a national leader on successful usage of ranked-choice voting, and it waits until all votes are received and ready before performing its ranked-choice “instant runoffs.”
It would be a pity to muck the election up now: so far, RCV has been a huge success.
With over 120,000 Democratic absentee ballots yet to count, turnout appears to have surged to its highest levels since 1989. The New York Post ran a comprehensive feature about how intuitive and inclusionary voters found the process of ranking their preferred candidates. Reviews of Campaign Finance Board reports show a surprising paucity of attack ads. And, almost assuredly, this system will be the one under which New York elects a new mayor who is female, Black, or both—and a City Council with more than the aspirational 21 women members targeted by the "21 in ‘21" campaign.
Judging by the voters profiled across the city, New Yorkers' experience with RCV has made them feel more bought into the outcomes of their races and more interested in learning the details of candidates' platforms; these are the very benefits that have led Maine to nation-leading turnout and recommitment to the system on a second statewide ballot referendum.
Now it's time for voters to wait for the results.
Some commentators are mistakenly blaming Board of Elections mismanagement or RCV for the fact that final results remain a couple of weeks away, and the media could be doing a better job explaining that the cause of any further delay isn't running tabulations but processing absentee ballots.
That process is slow for good reason: voter-friendly rules allow receipt of ballots by a week after Election Day and include a window during which voters may "cure" certain ballot defects. The Legislature has already ensured this process will be faster in future elections by passing a law that will allow earlier processing of absentees received before election day.
If New Yorkers now just have to sit tight to let absentee ballots be processed, and then for RCV tabulations to be run, what could there possibly be to worry about?
Well, the problem is that the Board of Elections doesn't plan to do these steps serially, but to run tabulations on subsets of ballots while still processing others. This plan will do nothing but confuse voters about how the allocation of those votes will work out.
According to the current plan, beginning on Tuesday, June 29, the BOE will start modeling RCV tabulations—eliminating the lowest first-rank vote-getter from contention, then allocating their ballots to the second-place choices on those ballots, and continuing those "instant runoffs" until there are just two candidates left and showing a winner—on whatever subset of ballots they happen to have ready each week.
That won't be all the ballots, and it will be skewed heavily to early and primary day ballots to the exclusion of absentees. Absentees might be systematically different from the rest of the ballots (for example, if they’re more likely to be cast by older voters or by Manhattanites, or both).
FairVote, a nonpartisan organization that promotes use of RCV, notes that these "unofficial" tabulations have been done elsewhere—such as San Francisco—and says they're similar to unofficial vote counts from election night.
However, the logic of how election night vote totals will change as more ballots get counted is extremely straightforward. Eric Adams has 31.7% of the roughly 800,000 early and primary day first-place votes, Maya Wiley has 22.2%, and Karthryn Garcia has 19.5%. As well over 120,000 absentees get counted, those numbers will shift. Still, we know that each candidate’s current first-place vote numbers can only go up as more ballots get counted.
In spite of this clarity, even releasing early and primary day vote totals while absentees are coming in presents challenges to voters’ understanding of the results. For example, the simple "blue shift" of changes to the top-line numbers from election night in 2020—when mailed ballots favored Joe Biden over Donald Trump, showing a flip in states like Pennsylvania as they were counted—was enough to underpin the Big Lie.
RCV instant runoffs extend those normal shifts with an unimaginable butterfly effect, because the final order in which candidates finish determines the order in which their votes get reallocated. Running RCV tabulations before all ballots are in can thus have distressing consequences.
Imagine if the reallocation of lower-placing candidates’ ballots shifts who ends up in the final two with Eric Adams. Kathryn Garcia's voters, largely in Manhattan and influenced by the New York Times editorial board, may overwhelmingly prefer Wiley to Adams—giving Wiley a shot to win if she’s the last candidate standing with the Brooklyn borough president. Conversely, many Wiley voters may have ranked Adams, the other top-tier Black candidate, after her, meaning that Garcia wouldn't benefit as much from that reallocation. As more absentees get processed and included in forthcoming RCV tabulations, we might flip from one of those scenarios to the other.
These scenarios are conjectures. Still, what’s certain is that what we see in “unofficial” tabulations may not give us an accurate preview of the final result. Unlike primary night results reflecting the first-place top-lines, having processed 90% of the ballots doesn't mean RCV tabulations will be 90% representative of the final result. Indeed, they might be diametrically opposed to it.
What will happen if the multiple premature RCV tabulations show major variability in the final result, given that they will reflect results of runoffs that only include a subset of the electorate?
RCV is a fantastic system that leads to more representative, more inclusive outcomes. There is no reason to undermine New York voters' experience of it through the release of pointless interim tabulations. Instead, we should run RCV tabulations all at once after all ballots are received and cured, as Maine does.
Democracy advocates know that a slow and steady count is the best bulwark against claims of election fraud. When we're so close to the finish line, the BOE should be wise enough to hold out to deliver its own. New Yorkers will be patient if the BOE communicates that comprehensive results are worth waiting for.
Ryder Kessler, a former executive board member of Manhattan’s Community Board 2, served as the Maine Democratic Party’s 2020 Voter Protection Director for Joe Biden and down-ballot Democrats. On Twitter @ryderkessler.


It was just reported that a bug filed on Ubuntu Launchpad (dubbed Local authorization bypass by using suspend mode) about a month ago has been confirmed by several users. The bug allows an individual with physical access to a machine to evade the lock screen simply by removing its hard drive.
The bug could allow access to the latest user opened applications which are highly likely to contain sensitive details such as documents, all sorts of private information, passwords.
Apparently, as reported on Ubuntu Launchpad, the bug has been tested on the following:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Ubuntu 16.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 17.04
It has been confirmed that the bug affects all of the above-mentioned versions. It is still not known whether it affects other versions of Ubuntu as well as other distros. However, experts suspect that the bug may compromise other distributions that are based on Ubuntu 16.04, like Linux Mint 18. One user has confirmed that the bug also affects Mate 18.04.
How is an attack based on this bug possible?
As explained in the bug description:
1. open some applications (LibreOffice, browsers, editors, …)
2. go to suspend mode
3. extract hard drive
4. wake up
5. after that can be several behaviors:
* Ubuntu show lock screen. Enter ANY password -> access granted.
* Ubuntu show lock screen. Enter ANY password, access denied. Fast press the hardware shutdown button -> access granted.
* Ubuntu does not show lock screen, only black screen. We can repeat actions like in previous paragraphs
Attackers may also try the password and be denied access. In case this happens, they can fast press the hardware shut down button and obtain access nonetheless. Another possible scenario is that no lock screen appears but instead the screen goes black in which case the steps described above can still be put into motion.
Marc Deslauriers, a security engineer at Canonical, believes this bug will most likely never be fixed simply because having physical access means an attacker could access the hard disk directly or replace the password on it and unlock the machine anyway.
However, an Ubuntu user has pointed out that the screensaver software could handle the issue to prevent unauthorized access. “I believe that screensaver should handle exceptions in the underlying libraries in such a way to prevent unauthorized access even if underlying library is faulty,” the user said.
Another user underlined that “the system must not give an access to the system with wrong passwords“, asking Ubuntu developers to “pay attention” and “don’t ignore the issue“.


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And the Mainstream Media are pissed off.
And the celebrity jackasses are pissed off.
And the Race Baiting Hucksters are Pissed OFF
The US Department of Justice is opening a George Zimmerman "Tip Line"!
God knows why the Eric Holder gang would want to do that.
You will note that I make no apologies for stating that Eric Holder and his Boss Barack Obama are race baiting hucksters. The Chicago way.

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Congress picks up debate again on immigration reform, with some members saying the borders need to be locked down while others look for amnesty for “guest” workers. Senator Kit Bond say no matter which solution is chosen, it needs to recognize the fact that these immigrants do some jobs some Americans don’t want. But Bond says the country’s security and enforcement of its laws are of the utmost importance. He dismisses suggestions on each extreme – from keeping out all immigrants to wholesale opening of the borders.
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I have the good fortune this week of having the opportunity to raid the bookshelves of my former charges from my nannying days almost 15 years ago. Holy flying time! I’ve been coming across some old favorites (Oh, hello Eloise. Ooooh, I remember you, Ping! Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka, we meet again…) and some beautiful new finds.
First up: Orlando the Marmalade Cat: A Trip Abroad, by Kathleen Hale. This is a new book to me, but apparently it was originally published in 1939 and reprinted in 1998.
The London-born Orlando, along with his master, is on his way to a relaxing seaside vacation when he accidentally ends up on the wrong ship and heads for France. His detour is not all bad, as Orlando finds himself on a grand adventure anyhow.
Apparently this is one in a series of Orlando books that have been reprinted in a gorgeous oversized hardcover, where our intrepid hero has also found himself on a farm, at the seaside, and on a camping holiday. The illustrations are vivid and subtly amusing- the cat’s expressions? Priceless.
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Poor access to safe, affordable and timely surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia (SOA) care remains a major cause of global morbidity and mortality, impacting low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) most severely. Globally, approximately five billion people lack access to safe, affordable and timely SOA care. This accounts for about a third of the global burden of disease and drives close to 81 million people into catastrophic expenditure each year.1 In 2010, an estimated 16.9 million deaths worldwide, a third of all deaths, were attributable to surgical conditions.1 2 Annually, about 77.2 million disability-adjusted life years in LMICs could be averted with investments in basic, life-saving high quality SOA care.3
A major impediment to scaling surgical systems in resource-limited settings has been the notion that the cost is too high and the planning and orchestration too complex. SOA care systems require a functioning operating theatre along with specialised workforce, nurses, biomedical engineers, reliable supply chain systems for consumables and medicines, dependable blood banks, diagnostics, strong prehospital and referral systems and postoperative care. As Farmer and Kim succinctly put it, “there is no surgical equivalent to a vaccination campaign or a mosquito net”.4 This apparent complexity and the associated costs have made policy-makers reticent to invest in surgical systems, despite the need for these services to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC).5
Since 2015, notable progress has been made at both global and national levels. At the global level, surgical and anaesthesia care has been explicitly acknowledged as an essential component of UHC by all Member States of the World Health Assembly through Resolution 68.15.6 This commitment was recently re-emphasised in a recent address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the WHO, who stated that “no country can achieve universal health coverage unless its …
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The primary goal of the a State Central Committee member is to help get good candidates elected and help neighbors partner together to get involved. Peter "Pete" Janko was elected to this office for the 14th Congressional District in March of 2018 and has already been hard at work to fulfill this goal.
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F&A Services are desperately seeking a significant shift in value proposition. CFOs are no longer focused solely on cost reduction. Labor arbitrage is tiring out and providing diminishing incremental returns. On one hand, the F&A Services market is slowing down and is in danger of commoditization, but on the other hand, emerging technologies promise credible value creation levers to make a significant difference. The predominant cost-saving focus for F&A services is shifting to doing a lot more with a lot less. We at HfS are calling it F&A 3.0 (see Exhibit 1). Uncovering F&A 3.0 solutions and services is the focus of our F&A research for 2018. One solution that typifies F&A 3.0 is the Genpact—Lease Accelerator partnership.
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Dealing with Peer Pressure as an Adult
Meeting new people is part of everyday life and is important not only for our "grown up" socialization but also for making connections in the professional world. Sometimes, making friends as an adult can be just as challenging as it was as a teen.
Even when we feel self-assured and independent, we still want to fit in (who doesn't want to be accepted?). Peer pressure doesn't end in adolescence and even if you think you have the ability to say "no," it may be more difficult than you think.
According to a study published in Developmental Psychology, resistance to peer pressure decreases between the ages of 14 and 18 but remains unchanged until the age of 30. Therefore, it's safe to assume that many young adults continue to struggle with a bit of peer pressure.
Why Do We Care So Much About What Others Think?
As adults, aren't we supposed to feel comfortable in our own skins, stand strongly behind our opinions and decisions, and not care what others think? In a perfect world, yes, but there's the inherent need for approval and to feel part of a group. Unfortunately, negative peer pressure can steer us in a different direction.
Negative Peer Pressure
Experiencing negative peer pressure as an adult may be a little different than when you were a teen, but it can still be challenging. For instance, rather than being pressured to drink alcohol for the first time, you may be pressured to stay out late, have "just one more drink", drive while under the influence, and other risky behaviors.
You may be compelled to partake, particularly if a business contact is in the works or if you have a chance to catch the eye of someone you want to date. No prospective job or relationship should depend on whether or not you stray from your established, healthy routine.
Surrounding Yourself with "Good" People
If you spent a lot of your adolescence or early adulthood drinking heavily, smoking cigarettes, or even dabbling in drugs, you may be trying to steer clear now. Even if you are confident in saying "no," it can be exhausting when you feel the need to explain or defend yourself. Negative people will shame you, make you feel guilty, and not offer any support.
When you seek out or make connections with people who are supportive and respect you for who you are, it's easier to stick to your goals and be true to yourself.
Standing Your Ground
When you meet new people you want to make a good impression. You may find that you have a lot in common with someone who pressures you negatively. Does that mean you can't be friends? No, but you need to stand your ground. If the pressure is too toxic or too overwhelming, you'll need to recognize when to move on. Here are some tips to help you deal with negative peer pressure:
- Be Assertive. Say what's on your mind and if your difference of opinion isn't valued, it's not worth the trouble.
- Be Prepared to Have Critics. Do you hate criticism of any kind? You need to decide if you will allow criticism or avoid it; either way, you'll probably encounter some.
- Celebrate Diversity. Having a diverse group of friends may help you through social challenges and feel less affected by peer pressure.

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Uttlesford’s planning process set to be sped up
DRAWN out decisions on major planning applications are set to be a thing of the past as Uttlesford District Council takes on more responsibility.
Uttlesford has taken charge from Essex County Council (ECC) over the legal cash earmarked for highways improvements. The move will help to avoid lengthy delays that can occur when the county council needs to be a signatory.
Despite the change in responsibility, the district council will continue to consult with ECC on the need for contributions or other obligations. It will then secure agreement with the developer, collect the money and pay it to ECC.
A district council spokesman said: “The objective is to make the process quicker and avoid lengthy delays. This will be a significant factor determining major planning applications more quickly.”


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The liquid handling system can be integrated with other laboratory instruments, such as plate readers, centrifuges, and incubators, to create a fully automated workflow. The use of liquid handling systems has greatly improved the efficiency and accuracy of laboratory work, allowing researchers to handle larger volumes of samples and generate more reliable data.
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The tide is changing in Boston, and I just love the smell of the salty sea air.
The left-of-liberal Boston Phoenix is calling for an investigation into the Boston Redevelopment Authority transfer of city land to the Islamic Society of Boston. This op-ed follows the in-depth article from two weeks ago on "Menino's Mosque." From today's op-ed:
"...The city's blind dedication to building the mosque prevented BRA officials from considering other proposals. Anyone who thinks that the area is now a thriving economic hub should look again. While notable and worthwhile development has taken place in other parts of the city — a new Prudential Center project was announced just days ago — development in and around the area of the mosque stagnated. Would the public good have been better served if, during the 10 years when the mosque projected stalled, that land was opened up to others with competing ideas? Taxpayers will never know."
"Whatever one thinks of the favorable deal the city struck with the mosque, there remains a question as to whether this is the best way for the city to conduct itself. That is why the Phoenix joins in calling for the independent Boston Municipal Research Bureau to examine the mosque deal and offer its opinion on whether this is the way the city should be conducting its development business."
"Meanwhile, the City Council should look into whether the playgrounds by the mosque are being properly maintained; the attorney general should review whether the public's business was properly transacted; and the secretary of state should seek changes in the law governing public documents, so that in the future, getting answers to questions such as these might be possible."
Them's fightin' words.
The Mayor and the City Council were negligent in their fiduciary duties, and we now have a Muslim Brotherhood front organization running the largest mosque in New England under our noses. With the taxpayers' assistance. It's not too late! I applaud the Phoenix for this strong call for an investigation.

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When we think of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the name resonates with the fight for freedom from segregation and civil rights justice for people of all racial backgrounds and classes. Often overlooked and rarely the focus of media attention was his quiet fight against mental illness.
It has been speculated, though he was never officially diagnosed, that he suffered from depression—and according to a Time Magazine profile on his life, twice attempted suicide in his youth. Later in life, just prior to his assignation it is reported that several members of his staff attempted to secure a psychiatric intervention for him. Theorizing about his mental health is not meant to be a critique or an attempt to discredit the awesome and inspiring actions of Dr. King, but rather to quell the incessant myth that those who suffer with mental illness are incapable of historic accomplishments.
Dr. King rarely spoke publicly regarding mental health, but when he did, like everything else he said, his words continue to resonate and create a lasting impact to this day. Yet, at firsthand, we don’t tend to associate his legacy with the fight against mental health stigmas, and towards an equalized and proactive mental health system.
But throughout his adulthood, Dr. King’s social and political successes ran parallel with his mental illness battle, yet the latter was only known by close friends and family members. Sadly, King experienced the same mental health stigmas currently faced by countless people in the United States. He feared his political and social justice accomplishments would be overshadowed or discredited if news of his struggle with mental health came to light. Despite these personal and professional obstacles, Rev. King never altered his convictions, or faltered from his objectives. If anything, he believed that his ‘maladjustment’, a term he used in a keynote speech for the American Psychological Association in 1967, strengthened his resolve to continue the fight for equality.
His struggle with mental illness was internalized, something those suffering from mental illness in the United States still experience on a daily basis.
The stigma and stereotype are still so persistent and tenacious that the open and honest discussion of mental illness remains taboo in some communities of color; who still face marginalization, bigotry and discrimination in our country. Stereotypes depicting people with mental illness as being dangerous, unpredictable, dramatic, overly sensitive, or generally incapable bullies many into silence. This fear of alienation from the community combined with a historically rational distrust of medical institutions and a disparaging lack of resources, results in communities that are less likely to seek needed care and are more likely to receive substandard care when treated.
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Who's the next "Bachelor?" Reality TV fans are buzzing after the season finale of "The Bachelorette" failed to reveal who will be the next suitor. The night had another shocker, too: Andi Dorfman picked Josh Murray, the son of Central New York native Dennis Murray, but runner-up Nick Viall revealed they had sex in the fantasy suite on Monday's "After the Final Rose" special. Viall has since apologized for humiliating the brunette lawyer, but chances are good it means he won't be the next star of "The Bachelor." Rumored possibilities include Farmer Chris, who Andi called "the whole package"; Marcus, who may or may not be engaged to "Bachelor in Paradise" contestant Lacy Faddoul; race car driver Arie Luyendyk Jr.; or Marquel Martin, who would become the show's first African-American star.
» Read more at Time.
Good news, "Star Wars" fans: Harrison Ford is off crutches. The 72-year-old actor was spotted in Santa Monica with a bandage around his ankle, the only sign he suffered any injuries when the Millenium Falcon door fell on him six weeks ago. Ford was reprising his role as Han Solo for the upcoming "Star Wars: Episode VII" film, and is expected to return to set soon. J.J. Abrams says production has been delayed slightly, but the new movie is still scheduled for a Dec. 18, 2015 release date.
» See photos of Ford and read more at the New York Daily News.
"Party Up (In Here)" rapper DMX screaming on an amusement park ride is the funniest thing you'll see all week. TMZ video shows the gruff-voiced hip-hop star on the Magical Midway Sling Shot in Orlando, where he admits "this some scary s---." Among the countless bleeps and screams, X starts chanting "What?! What?! What?! Ugh, ugh, ugh, what?!?" like he's in the recording studio. The Ruff Ryders aren't so rough after all, are they?
Maksim Chmerkovskiy is quitting "Dancing with the Stars" -- as a dancer. "I'm done dancing," the pro said on "The View" Tuesday. "I feel like it's time...
When I came back to the show, it was not the same." "DWTS" executive producer Rob Wade says he hopes Maks returns to the show in another capacity, such as a guest on future episodes, but his brother Val Chmerkovskiy is expected to return on the next season, premiering Monday, Sept. 15 on ABC.
» Read more at E! News.
And Natalie Imbruglia is making a comeback. The Australian pop singer, who's been busy as stage actress, documentarian and philanthropist lately, has signed a record contract for a new covers album, which will feature male artists like Neil Young and Daft Punk. Billboard reports the Sony Masterworks release will hit stores in March 2015, nearly two decades after her 1997 debut "Left of the Middle" became a worldwide smash thanks to the lead single "Torn."
» Back on? Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin appear 'very flirty' at movies (NYDN)
» Certificate: James Garner's cause of death revealed to be a heart attack (TMZ)
» Kevin Smith jokes Jennifer Garner ended his friendship with Ben Affleck (ET)
» TV on the Radio announces new album 'Seeds' with trippy video (Billboard)
» Hilary Duff strips to bikini for new music video 'Chasing the Sun' (NY Daily News)
» YouTube reporter learns making fun of nerds at Comic-Con is a bad idea (FOD)
» Bethenny Frankel gets wet and wild on paddleboard with boy toy (Daily Mail)
» Classic Primus lineup reunites for 'Willy Wonka' tribute album (Rolling Stone)
» Jim Carrey's 'The Mask' came out 20 years ago today: See premiere photos (P)
» Audrina Patridge, boyfriend Corey Bohan split after five years (NY Daily News)
» Flyleaf releases first music video with new lead singer Kristen May (Billboard)
» Martha Stewart calls Blake Lively's decision to be a lifestyle guru 'stupid' (DM)
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Green ruffles basil is an annual herb with rich, lime green leaves that have a distinct ruffled and quilted appearance. It is larger plant than common sweet basil and very ornamental, so green ruffles basil makes a nice border or accent plant in the garden. This basil variety grows to 60cm high and 40cm wide. The leaves are deeply serrated, ovate and opposite and are quite large at 10-15cm long. The spikes of pink, sometimes white, flowers grow in racemes at the end of the stems.
This basil is flavoursome and is considered perfect for many pasta dishes, along with being ideal for salads and dressings. The flavour is reputed to be like sweet basil, but with a hint of cinnamon and liquorice. If your plants are kept warm and harvested regularly, green ruffles may last up to ten months in the warmer regions.
Green ruffles basil is easy to grow, but when sowing seeds it may be useful to use small pots to minimise disturbance. The seedlings have a reputation of being delicate at first, before becoming hardy garden plants. This variety is slower growing, has a medium water requirement and is frost tender. The roots are quite thin and spreading, so care needs to be taken when planting out seedlings. They will benefit from organic matter and some sources suggest that part shade is tolerated.
Each basil variety has distinctive features, however, the general properties and growing conditions are very similar and details can be found in our Basil entry.
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The First Women's suffrage Picket Line-College Day in the picket line
Ten suffragists were arrested on August 28, 1917, as they picketed the White House. The protesters were there in an effort to pressure President Woodrow Wilson to support the proposed “Anthony amendment” to the Constitution that would guarantee women the right to vote.
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Andrea Radrizzani has tonight completed his takeover of Leeds United, ending Massimo Cellino’s association with the Elland Road club.
Radrizzani’s purchase of Cellino’s 50 per cent shareholding was finalised this afternoon, handing him full control of Leeds and calling time on Cellino’s turbulent three-year reign.
Radrizzani, who agreed a 50-50 split of shares with Cellino in January, has been working for the past three weeks to take up an option to buy his fellow Italian out of Elland Road.
Leeds confirmed in a statement tonight that Cellino was leaving the club, more than three years after he first purchased a 75 per cent stake from Gulf Finance House in April 2014.
Cellino’s time in charge was marred by controversy and conflict with the footballing authorities and both staff and supporters at United but he has been increasingly absent from the club this season and was set on selling the club to Radrizzani after the club failed to make the Championship play-offs.
Radrizzani has replaced Cellino as club chairman with immediate effect.
“I’m delighted to have the opportunity to become a custodian of this great football club,” Radrizzani said. “The heritage and history of Leeds United attracted me to the club and having spent time at games and at Thorp Arch I can see that we are ready to move forward to the next level.
“This is a long-term commitment with a lot of hard work ahead of us and I am aware of my responsibilities as owner of Leeds United. I can assure all supporters that everyone at this club will be doing all we can to build a successful team at Elland Road.”
The completion of Radrizzani’s takeover will allow him to push on with major changes, including additions to the senior management team at Leeds.
West Ham United managing director Angus Kinnear is set to join the club in the days ahead following the news last week that current chief executive Ben Mansford will leave United on May 31.
Radrizzani is also set to address the contract held by head coach Garry Monk, whose existing deal ends this summer, and move to appoint a technical director to oversee the club’s footballing operations. Detailed discussions over Monk’s future were delayed while Radrizzani worked to finalise his takeover.
Radrizzani paid tribute to Cellino, saying: “Massimo has been incredibly supportive throughout the investment process and I am grateful that he has afforded me the opportunity to purchase Leeds United.
“We have had a positive 12 months and I am inheriting a club with a good squad and talented, hardworking staff. Massimo acquired a club in a difficult financial situation but he has created a sound platform for me to take Leeds United forward into a new era.”
Cellino is now expected to press ahead with plans to invest in Serie B club Brescia after bowing out of Elland Road.
The 60-year-old, who has been fighting a 12-month Football Association suspension since before Christmas, sold Cagliari to help finance the running of Leeds but is now likely to return to the Italian leagues.
Cellino said: “I have been proud to work at Leeds United, with nice people who have worked at the club with me. If you can survive working with me, you can survive anything!
“I have always taught people to work for the club and not for me and in the end the staff have done so in a beautiful way.
“I wish Andrea good luck, I am sure he will continue what I have started and show that people from our country are honest and hard working people.
“Owners come and go but Leeds United will be there forever, for the fans - keep Marching on Together. Goodbye and farewell.”


text: We appreciate the question. Scientifically, ‘toxic’ would refer to the dose of a substance necessary to produce an adverse effect. Sometimes, the term is used to create concern over something that could cause harm at a dose that people aren’t exposed to. In this context, 'toxic' can be a misleading term, as a person’s exposure to a substance has to be high enough for an adverse effect to actually occur. Vitamin D is a good example. We need it to live, but if we eat too much it interferes with the body’s ability to use calcium and can cause harm. Additionally, vitamin D is approved for use as a rat and mouse poison, however, few people would call vitamin D ‘toxic’ as they encounter it in their daily lives.


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Methods: This was a worldwide multi-institutional survey among members of the International Society of EUS Task Force (ISEUS-TF). The survey was administered by E-mail through the SurveyMonkey website. In some cases, percentage agreement with some statements was calculated; in others, the options with the greatest numbers of responses were summarized. Another questionnaire about the level of recommendation was designed to assess the respondents' answers.
Results: ISEUS-TF members developed a questionnaire containing 17 questions that was sent to 53 experts. Thirty-five experts completed the survey within the specified period. Among them, 40% and 54.3% performed 50-200 and more than 200 EUS sampling procedures annually, respectively. Some practice patterns regarding FNA/FNB were recommended.
Conclusion: This is the first worldwide survey of EUS-FNA and FNB practice patterns. The results showed wide variations in practice patterns. Randomized studies are urgently needed to establish the best approach for optimizing the FNA/FNB procedures.
METHODS: A 10-year retrospective analysis of SCARs cases in Penang General Hospital was carried out from January 2006 to December 2015. Data collection is based on the Malaysian Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee registry and dermatology clinic records.
RESULTS: A total of 189 cases of SCARs were encountered (F:M ratio; 1.2:1.0; mean age of 45 year). The commonest manifestation was Stevens-Johnson Syndrome [SJS] (55.0%), followed by toxic epidermal necrolysis [TEN] (23.8%), drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms [DRESS] (12.7%), acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis [AGEP] (4.8%), SJS/TEN overlap syndrome (2.6%) and generalised bullous fixed drug eruptions [GBFDE] (1.1%). Mean time to onset for TEN/SJS/Overlap syndrome was 10.5±13 days; AGEP, three days; GBFDE, 2.5±0.7 days, and DRESS, 29.4±5.7 days. The most common drugs implicated were antibiotics (33.3%), followed by allopurinol (18.9%) and anticonvulsant (18.4%). Out of 154 cases of SJS/TEN/overlap syndrome, allopurinol was the commonest causative agents (20.1%). In DRESS, allopurinol accounts for 45.8% of the cases. The mortality rate in SJS, TEN and DRESS were 1.9%, 13.3% and 12.5% respectively. No mortality was observed in AGEP and GBFDE.
CONCLUSION: The commonest manifestations of SCARs in our setting were SJS, TEN and DRESS. Allopurinol was the most common culprit. Thus, judicious allopurinol use is advocated and pre-emptive genetic screening for HLAB *5801 should be considered.
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Finnish Film Days In Budapest, 3 – 10 February
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But no need to worry, organisers have collected the best of the new Finnish films this year and also some good older ones to celebrate the Finnish Film Days being a part of the Budapest film festival scene for 10 years.
The films are in Finnish and subtitled in English and Hungarian.
Here is the programme for the film day:
The festival will start on 3 February with the screening of Games People Play directed by Jenni Toivoniemi.
This film is moving, funny and smart and an absolute joy as the cast consists of very talented Finnish actors and also one talented Swedish.
Find your favourite film and plan an evening at your TV, computer, ipad, phone or other device from where viewing is possible and enjoy Finnish cinema.
You can buy tickets to the movies here, for HUF 1,200.
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In the early 2000s, Yancey's career as a solo artist began to improve; A solo album Welcome 2 Detroit was followed by a collaborative album with California producer Madlib, Champion Sound, which catalyzed the careers of both artists.
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Tip Records is a Psytrance music recording label active since 1994. Tip Records is perhaps the most important label to have pioneered and developed the genre of Goa Trance and Psy Trance. Confessions Of a SuperModule Album. A Tribute To Bansi Ep. Mad Maxx – Mekkanikka. Just A Dub Ep. Ajja and Arcon.
Produced by Whitearmor. Album Poison Ivy. trashy Lyrics. Lately, I've been makin' money, magic But I'm caught up in the traffic Killin' verses, that's a habit Yeah, I'm always stackin', laser tracking Always down to make it happen, wrapped in plastic (Wrap it, wrap it up) Remember back, back, addicts in the attic I was working, Mickey D's, kinda trashy (yeah, I was.
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Betting odds have linked Robbie Keane with a move to League of Ireland side Shamrock Rovers.
With that in mind, we took the time to crunch the numbers and work out just how much the former Irish captain is worth and if a move home to Tallaght would suit him.
Despite Keane confirming that he would be leaving LA Galaxy before the start of the coming MLS season, the Dubliner is certainly not struggling to make ends meet despite currently being without a club.
According to TheRichest.com, Keane is worth a staggering $55million (€52m) making Ireland’s all-time leading international goalscorer one of the nations highest ever paid sportsmen.
This figure isn’t too difficult to believe considering Keane has amassed over £70m (€81m) in combined transfer fees throughout an illustrated career which has seen him play at some of Europe’s biggest clubs including Liverpool, Inter Milan and Celtic
Robbie definitely enjoys some of the finer things in life, and the former Ireland captain certainly deserves some down time after his fantastic career at both club and international level.
A video released on his Facebook page before Christmas showed Keane basking in the fruits of his work, blasting around Los Angeles in a convertible Ferrari.
With a shrewd property portfolio and multi-million dollar endorsements to boot, it is unlikely that a proposed move to the Airtricity League would have serious financial implications for the former Irish skipper despite a likely significant wage cut.
When Keane’s former team mate Damien Duff signed for Shamrock Rovers in 2015, he donated his €1,000 per week salary to charity.
Perhaps Keane would make similar waves if he returns from the West Coast of America.


The Toronto Argonauts have signed former NFL running back Karlos Williams.
Williams was originally drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round, 155th overall of the 2015 NFL Draft. The six-foot-one, 225-pound tailback rushed 93 times for 517 yards (5.6 yards per attempt) and seven touchdowns, while adding two more scores through the air in 11 games that year.
The Davenport, Florida native tied an NFL record during that same season recording a touchdown in six consecutive games to start his career. Williams then spent portions of 2016 and 2017 with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
He faced discipline for three separate substance abuse suspensions in the NFL for marijuana use, one for four games, another for 10 and the last was an entire year. But fortunately for Williams, weed is legal in Canada.
The former Florida State University Seminole spent four years (2011-2014) on campus. As a freshman and sophomore he played safety, making 39 tackles and one interception in 25 games.
After making the transition to running back one game into his junior season, Williams rushed for 1,419 yards and 22 touchdowns over 26 games during his final two years at FSU. Williams helped the ‘Noles win the BCS National Championship in 2014.
The Argos released international running back James Wilder Jr. at his request on the same day.


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FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., May 8, 1954
* Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends
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Increasing interest in whole grains and high-fiber brans has opened the door for a broad range of corn and other grain ingredients for use in cereals, snacks and other fiber-enhanced foods. Corn is a key food in the diets of people in most parts of the world, and some say corn has advantages over other grains. Research is still in progress, showing corn’s potential antioxidant properties. The corn bran is the highest in natural fiber available from all of the grains, and it also leads the way in flavor and functionality.
Dry milled corn products provide an excellent material for expansion, structure and mouthfeel when extruded because of the controlled particle size and moisture content. The “viscosity controlled” corn flours also provide consistent water absorption in breading and batter applications.
Corn is processed into grits, meals and flours as well as whole-grain corn meal. Most of Bunge Milling’s milled products are produced from yellow dent corn, but they are also milled from white corn and, to a lesser extent, blue corn. The next trend is already on the radar, whether it is a new variation of low-fat corn meal or whole-grain products that include elevated phytochemicals and antioxidants.
During dry milling, corn goes through a series of sampling, testing, storage, cleaning and tempering before it is then degermed and milled to specification. “Degermed corn products are naturally low in fat, the bran is high in fiber and they contain no trans fats or cholesterol, in addition to being an ‘all natural’ product,” offers Rodney Perry, vice president, Bunge Milling.
The quality of the corn is important. A product can only be as good as the corn that goes into it. That is why it is important to be particular about the corn purchased. Buying directly from growers and testing each truckload for weight, moisture, stress cracks and foreign material ensures availability of the highest quality corn products.
Bunge also processes soybeans, wheat and canola for food ingredients. Bulgur wheat products are considered a whole grain and are available in several granulations—from cracked wheat to a fine meal. Additionally, there is a line of corn bran products with high levels of total dietary fiber, available in a variety of granulations.
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The Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, along with other sponsors, hosted the Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network’s third annual conference on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at the Mount Ida campus of UMass Amherst.
The conference was designed to serve as a venue to shape conversation about ecosystem resilience, for participants to reflect on their own work, to boost morale and to network.
This year’s highlights included brainstorming on how to bring an ecosystems approach to urban climate adaptation, discussion on opportunities to engage with state adaptation initiatives and a round-robin consultation activity to share challenges and seek advice from peers. Conference Coordinator, Melissa Ocana, UMass Climate Adaption Educator, said, “The Mass ECAN Conference is unique because it creates a space for practitioners to build community and together advance climate adaptation with ecosystems in mind.”
Mass ECAN is a community of practice for those working at the intersection of climate adaption, ecosystem resilience and natural resources conservation in the Commonwealth. The community includes over 300 members from academia; non-profits; businesses and state; federal; regional and local agencies and boards.


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The swimtrek planned for Sunday 23 August has been cancelled as the weather is predicted to be windy and wet and we know how quickly things do change. It wouldn’t be enjoyable picnicking and walking that distance in the rain, and the long swim isn’t feasible in high winds.[continue reading...]
- Swimtrek 23 Aug 2015 cancelled
- VoTwo Salty Sea Dog Triathlon and Long Swim Request
- Energy plan pays dividends for Emily Clarke
- Volunteers needed to fill key roles
- Registration volunteers needed Aug & Sept 2015
- Exciting year ahead for EDOWSC
- Brownsea Swim 2015 Results
- Shore Road Social Aug 2015
- Marc Newman ready for World first Channel Swim crossing
- Top lifesaving tips for open water swimming with Ash Jones
Our thriving Club is supported entirely by volunteers : people like you! Even if you don't fancy a dip in the sea, we can always do with more help.You could:
– walk the beach, ensuring swimmers have a safe enjoyable experience
– man one of our safety canoes as a qualified lifeguard.
– take the register so we know all our swimmers are accounted for
– help prepare refreshments and hot drinks.
And if that hasn't whetted your appetite, Gerry Griffin will happily get you involved
You can contact Gerry by email: Gerry-Wareham2003@hotmail.co.uk
We are a group of open water swimming enthusiasts of varying abilities. Our members range from competitive swimmers and triathletes to social swimmers who enjoy swimming in relative safety with like-minded people. Swimmers are organised into small groups of similar abilities. When possible, the club arranges for safety cover in the form of accompanying kayaks and beach walking observers
Tuesday sessions for Club Members will recommence mid April 2015 through to September and Sunday sessions for experienced club open water swimmers begin May 2015. Initial taster swims are only available on the first Tuesday of the month, commencing May 2015 through to August.
You will find more information on the Club and how to book a taster session and become a member under the About menu tab.
– This was not an ASA event.
– You will find videos from previous Swims under the Gallery tab. Follow the menu links.
Click for 2015 report and results 2014 report and results and gallery; 2013 report and results; 2012 press release and 2012 results; 2011 swim results and 2010 press release and results.
In this interview recorded on 2 August 2015, Ali Budynkiewicz shares news of swims EDOWSC club members are planning and training for over the coming 12 months.
The 2015 around Brownsea Island Swim on 2 August 2015 was well-supported by EDOWSC swimmers and volunteers. Our thanks as always go
- RLSS Poole for organising the event and providing safety cover assisted by local lifeguarding clubs.
- National Trust
- John Lewis Partnership
Seahorse Swim prize sponsors Kitbrix are delighted to offer EDOWSC club members a £5.00 discount on their kitbags (using code edowsc5) via Kitbrix. Robert Aldous introduces his company and explains why the kitbags are particularly suitable for open water swimmers and triathletes.
Our sixth annual Seahorse Swim on 5 July 2015 attracted swimmers from all over the country to Knoll Beach, Studland for 3.8km and 2km events in support of the Seahorse Trust. It was a good to see current and former club swimmers winning their their categories.
Jordan Young (02:55:52), Rob Kellaway (03:05:12) and Mark Harris (03:05:40) were the fastest 3 finishers in the club sea swim from Sandbanks to Southbourne on 7 September 2014.
Update 16 Aug 2am #edCN14 – @edowsc Chilli Nutters got the go ahead for their Channel relay crossing and left Dover at 11am on Fri 15 Aug. They completed it after 15h 14m of challenging conditions – well done to all.
View official photos for sale, taken by David Beater and Dave Roberts. Gallery Password: seahorse.
Take advantage of the Early bird offer. The gallery will expire on 30 Sep 2015.
Click to view calendar which is being updated – please check back regularly for more 2015 listings. and when provided, events on British Swimming calendar * (with contact details of officials organiser).
The club meets at Shore Road in Poole (just east of Sandbanks) on Tuesdays 6.00 pm for a 6.15 pm swim. The first swim of the 2015 season for Club members will be mid April. Naturally the decision to swim is subject to weather and sea conditions. Contact Gerry Griffin for further details. Sunday swims for Club members who are experienced open water swimmers recommence in May 2015 (same time and place).
Please note initial taster sessions are only available on the first Tuesday of each month (commencing May to September). If bad weather prevents this on the first Tuesday, it will be on the following Tuesday.
* means Club targeted
Our annual 10km swim from Sandbanks to Southbourne will take place on 13 September 2015.
Further information will follow but please remember each participant will need to bring a beach walker.
The swimtrek planned for Sunday 23 August has been cancelled as the weather is predicted to be windy and wet and we know how quickly things do change. It wouldn’t be enjoyable picnicking and walking that distance in the rain, and the long swim isn’t feasible in high winds.
Gerry Griffin will be standing down from all of his Club roles at the AGM (held January / February 2016). This means there are several key roles for which the Club is requesting support from members.
A late challenge from Emily Clarke saw the Poole swimmer and EDOWSC member power her way to the wall to touch first in 9:02.87 and take gold in the 18yrs+ 800m Freestyle at the British Summer Championships in Ponds Forge, Sheffield, knocking 10 seconds off her PB.
Fi Glover introduces a conversation between men who share an interest in mindfulness and meditation, and who also brave the icy waters of Northern Ireland’s lakes, rivers and seas. Another chat in The Listening Project series on BBC Radio 4.


Rug Cleaning by Prolux Carpet Cleaning in Knightsbridge, SW1, Westminster
Rug cleaning is another service Prolux Carpet Cleaning performs.
Rugs come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials. They are indeed very beautiful. A fancy rug is the perfect way to finish off the room decoration in style. Some of the rugs are also quite valuable and unforgiving when it comes to washing and maintenance. Just imagine the effort and attention that goes into the conventional washing of a five square meters Persian rug with the opulent colors and the delicate fiber structure. To circumvent the risk of harm, the trouble of having to take the carpet for a wash and the fact that results from commonly used cleaning methods are doubtful, should prompt you to choose a professional grade rug cleaning in SW1 Knightsbridge (Westminster SW1H, SW1P, SW1X, SW1Y, SW1E, SW1A, WC2R, W1D, WC2N, WC2B, SW1, W1B, W1F, W1J, SW1W, WC2, SW1V, W1, WC2E, W1S, W1C, W1K). Just with any other steam cleaning treatment of fabrics, this happens to be the most sparing and risk free way to achieve enduring and noticeable cleaning results.
Our specialized and skilled SW1 Knightsbridge teams clean without using aggressive scrubbing, tough chemicals your much loved delicate rugs. Our scientifically proven methods are mild and gentle. They eliminate the dust trapped in your rugs, mats, and hallway runners. Prolux Carpet cleaning services provide professional assistance for both commercial and residential customers.
Prolux Carpet Cleaning professionals in Knightsbridge SW1, Westminster deliver a full range of rug maintenance services - pre-vacuuming, steam shampoo, sanitizing, deodorizing, dry dusting, etc.
The cleaning of rugs is essential important not only to keep their look but also to prolong their durability. Rugs have different construction than carpets. Their pile is usually longer and thus sand and dirt sink in and accumulate.
Using unsuitable vacuum machines could be very detrimental to your carpets. Unwittingly you might be grinding your rug's expensive yarn into worthless strings to just fill up your vacuum bag. The longer you wait, the worse your carpet will look.
Entrust us to get your rugs back to their former look. We use the newest tools in carpet vacuum and steam cleaning. The cleaning agents we use are self-neutralizing and eco-friendly. No deposits or nasty odors endure after the final rinse procedure.
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Please note: There is a minimum charge of £50 ((50 Pounds) per visit. You can combine services like rugs and upholstery, carpet and area rugs, carpets and curtains, rugs and hard floors, mattresses and carpets cleaning to add up or to exceed the minimum amount to get your money worth.
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Architect: FFKR Architects
Duration: July 2002 to September 2004
Project Value: $9,800,000
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The Edith Bowen Lab School project at Utah State University replaced the old laboratory school with a new state of the art facility. The project was built in two phases allowing the school to remain functioning during construction. This required careful planning and accurate scheduling so that the school was able to relocate and open on schedule. This project was further complicated by the need to construct a utility tunnel extension directly under the building and extend it for approximately four hundred feet.

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Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Glen Cove, NY
Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. The city of Glen Cove is bordered on three sides by the Town of Oyster Bay, and on the fourth by the Long Island Sound.
The city of Glen Cove has an extensive waterfront area on Hempstead Harbor and Long Island Sound. There are three public beaches: Crescent Beach, Morgan Beach (at Morgan Park), and Prybil Beach. Hempstead Harbor Yacht Club, Glen Cove City Yacht Club, and the Garvies Point Boating Association are the three major sailing clubs in the City. Brewer’s Boardyard is the only boating storage yard left in the city. The city has a boat launch ramp at the end of Garvies Point Road. The city has no facilities for kayaks.
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50 Cent and Drew Record a Special Video Message for Rapper Eminem
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The Power actor also talks about creating his own television universe!
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson sits down with Drew to talk about how he built a franchise at STARZ with five different shows, and what his new show BMF is about! The two also record a video message for Eminem.