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Silversea was founded and run by one family - the Lefebvres of Rome, who pioneered the all-inclusive ultra-luxury cruise concept. This meant the true Italian passion for embracing the best of life and a personal commitment to maintain the high standards of cruise excellence that has been the cornerstone of Silversea ever since. Silversea has recently partnered with Royal Caribbean Cruises bringing together two companies with bold, long-term visions for the luxury cruise industry.
The cruise line was born of a vision to create a whole new category of ultra-luxury cruising: smaller ships with an unmatched, all-inclusive lifestyle and the ability to slip into smaller, more exotic ports worldwide. Silversea launched Silver Cloud in 1994 and Silver Wind in 1995, followed by the slightly larger sister ships, Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper in 2000 and 2001, Silver Spirit in 2009; and in 2017, Silversea's beautiful flagship Silver Muse.
In 2008 the company introduced Silversea Expeditions and Silver Explorer, a purpose-built expedition ship that combines adventure cruising with Silversea’s signature lifestyle. A second expedition ship, Silver Galapagos, was launched in 2013, and Silver Discoverer in 2014. After an extensive refurbishment, Silversea’s matriarch ship Silver Cloud became an ice-strengthened expedition ship in 2017.
Today Silversea operates a fleet of nine ships and a cruise programme that encompasses all seven continents and over 900 destinations. With a capacity of just 100 to 608 guests, Silversea ships are small in comparison to mass-market vessels, yet inordinately spacious in feel and appearance thanks to their unexcelled space ratios. Exceptional service is also a distinction. All accommodations are spacious, ocean-view suites with butler service and most include private verandas.
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The conflict around the Gamestop stock started with hedge funds shorting a stock, then into retail traders investing which overturned the actions of the hedge funds. This led to an SEC investigation into the retail traders, and a flurry of news articles and social media posts. The conflict later led to investment app Robinhood blocking select investments on its app, and users have now responded with a class-action lawsuit against it. To learn more about what's happening we've invited to speak with us Charles Mizrahi, Host of The Charles Mizrahi Show, who also runs the Alpha Investor newsletter.
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By Laura Slay
Ten years ago, in response to a court challenge related to how we fund our public K12 education, Missouri’s schools and taxpayers were handed a new formula for determining how much financial support each district would receive from the state. At that time, a growth cap of no more than 5% over two years was set is place to ensure that the legislature could fulfill its new fiscal obligations.
In 1992, voters approved a constitutional amendment that allowed a portion of Missouri Lottery proceeds to be directed to K-12 public schools and state universities. In 2009, after voters removed loss limits at the casinos, the 5% cap on funding to schools was removed in anticipation of increased revenue from casinos. That increase was never realized.
Unfortunately, Lottery funds simply replaced general revenue funds and our public schools never saw an increase in funding. According to the former dean of UMKC’s Business School, O. Homer Erekson, “Legislators merely substituted general revenue funds with Lottery dollars so the schools don’t really gain any additional funding.” Since this time, the mere mention of the school funding formula has elicited a panoply of groans and eye-rolling, and triggered widespread consternation among legislators, educators, ed reformers and all who work on improving education in our state.
Last week, the Missouri legislature overrode Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of SB586 which reinstated the cap. Their concern was that without a cap, a few well performing districts would continue to drive the growth of the adequacy target. The adequacy target, in simple terms, is the dollar amount calculated in an effort to ensure that students’ basic learning needs are met and that the distribution of the funds is fair and equitable. “The adequacy target is the leverage point or focal point that drives the state funding,” Ron Lankford, deputy commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said.
Without the caps the adequacy target has increased through the years. In response, the state froze the target claiming that the state was not been able to keep up with the increasing funding requirements. According to Senator Jay Wasson, SB586 would reduce a purported school funding shortfall from $456 million to $54 million. Wasson went on to explain that the $456 million shortfall was due to seven years of lottery funding that never found its way to increasing funding to public schools and that SB586 would have fixed the issue of Lottery “phantom money” that has never provided an increase in education funding.
St. Louis Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal also took aim at the Governor’s veto, saying that some of St. Louis’ most disadvantaged youth will suffer most from his actions. The bill also provides funding for early childhood education programs in charter schools in Kansas City and St. Louis. In St. Louis, one-third of public school children attend charter schools.
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Kristaps Porzingis boxing during quarantine to stay in shape
Kristaps Porzingis’ transformation into Ivan Drago may soon be complete.
During an Instagram Live session Monday from the official NBA account, the Dallas Mavericks star talked about how he was doing some boxing to keep himself in shape during the current quarantine period.
“I have a little weight room here with a bike and stuff so I can do some cardio, and I do a little bit of boxing,” said Porzingis. “I try to work on my boxing skills, too, so I have a little bag right here, a little [basketball] basket over here, too, so I can keep working on my game. Just trying to stay busy and stay in shape. We don’t know when we’re going to re-start everything, so I’m just making sure I do the max I can to just stay in shape and stay ready.”
The Latvian big man also discussed his fascination with combat sports.
“I love boxing,” he went on. “I’ve always been a big fan of boxing and mixed martial arts, so I’m keeping myself entertained and doing a little bit of that myself here at home. And I’m a YouTube guy, so I’m on YouTube a lot just watching videos and learning new stuff. Like I said, just trying to keep myself busy. I kind of always been a big fan of Mike Tyson. And also, now with the MMA scene growing and Conor McGregor making it such a mainstream sport, I also became a big fan of MMA. That’s something I’d love to work on also in the offseason once I’m not playing, so we’ll see. I don’t know when, but I’ve always kind of been interested in the combat sports.”
Porzingis, who was averaging 19.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game before the season was suspended, would certainly be a menace in the ring. He stands a whopping 7-foot-3, and his 7-foot-6 wingspan would make him even more of a nightmare to box against.
The former All-Star Porzingis actually once compared himself to Drago, and now he seems to be taking the comparison to another level (and literally so).

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Ranchers at Black Hills Stock Show pay big bucks for cattle genes
RAPID CITY S.D. – The Black Hills Stock Show has always been about the exchange of products and ideas in the cattle industry.
But in addition to trading livestock, ranchers are also trading DNA. At the Stock Show, ranchers buy and sell diverse breeds of cattle, each with their own unique traits. But if ranchers want to make those characteristics part of their own herd, they can pay top dollar for cattle semen and embryos.
“It takes some of the guessing out as much as it can,” said Colt Keffer with the American International Charolais Association. “You know the genetics, you know as much about them as you can so when you make that breeding decision two years down the road when you finally get paid, it takes some of the guessing work out.”
Ranchers are able to take semen and embryos from the leading gene pools, and reproduce with those genetics. Keffer said in most markets, cattle is sold by the pound.
“They don’t want to produce just a commodity type of product, they want to produce the best product they can,” said Keffer, “So they source the genetics from the best cattle they can, whether you’re looking for low birth weight bulls or you’re looking for high birth weight genetics, you want the best in that particular niche.”
The right genetics could influence the herd for generations. It depends on the breed and the characteristics but an average embryo can go for $1,000. And when the cattle grow up and go to market, it’s about raking in the bucks.
“It makes them look the same, it makes them gain the same, it gives them the best chance of being uniform at sale time,” Keffer said.


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Nokia: Six Ways to a Comeback
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Nokia is the world's mobile-phone superpower. It holds roughly 40 percent of the global market. In some countries, the brand is even synonymous with the word "phone." Go anywhere outside the U.S., and you'll probably have to rely on a Nokia (NOK) phone to get around.
Of course, inside the U.S. it's a very different story. And that's the problem.
Over the past two to three years, the mobile-phone giant has become all but obsolete in the U.S. as it failed to develop smartphone devices that could compete with Apple (AAPL), Android, and Research in Motion (RIMM). What worries the company, and many analysts, is that the U.S. revolution could spread globally—gobbling up the rest of its market share. Recent estimates by Gartner predict that by the end of next year, Nokia's Symbian platform (34 percent) could be surpassed by Apple's iOS (17 percent) and Google's Android (22 percent). Sanford C. Bernstein also forecast on Sept. 14 that Android and Apple combined could control 52 percent of the overall smartphone market by the end of 2011.
Over the past 18 months Nokia has been fighting back—just not very effectively. It recently announced the replacement of its chief executive, however, with a former Microsoft (MSFT) executive, Stephen Elop, and this week revealed four new Symbian 3 devices—the N8, E7, C7 and C6—all aimed at the burgeoning smartphone market.
These new smartphones are impressive, but Nokia's problems go further than its devices. If the company is going to defend its position in the global market and gain traction in the U.S., it has to transform radically.
1. Adopt new operating systems. Some analysts suspect that the appointment of Stephen Elop as CEO means the company will end up forming tighter ties with Microsoft and could eventually become a close partner. I can't say I agree with that, but neither do I think it would be such a bad thing. After all, Nokia has never been able to ignite the same level of excitement with its own operating system (OS) that other platforms. such as Apple's iOS and Google's Android, have. Although the Symbian 3 next-generation OS appears to be a vast improvement over the previous version, I remain doubtful whether it will be enough to compete with those other two platforms, both on the technical and emotional level. It's important to remember that both Apple and Android have helped create a lifestyle brand with their products. As a result, consumers have become more personally attached to these products and have also made a significant emotional investment, increasing the challenge to Nokia. Nokia will most likely still have work to do on the OS front, but during that time, it should seek to partner with other platforms—particularly Android, but also Microsoft Windows Mobile—to fill the gap. Just as Android has sought to establish partnerships with as many device manufacturers and mobile network operators as possible, so too should Nokia seek to build its own partnerships.
2. Mobile network operators. It is vital for the company to establish a sustained relationship with AT&T (T) as well as regain momentum with T-Mobile USA. Sprint (S) and Verizon (VZ) remain tough challenges, because Nokia has never been committed to the CDMA radio technology on which those two networks run. Unlike the wireless market in Europe and Asia, consumers in the U.S. have become dependent on the heavy discounts mobile operators provide. Nokia must forge strong partnerships with these operators and heavily subsidize its devices, or it will never make it in the U.S. smartphone market. While Nokia is a strong brand, its previous retail strategy was weak and could not sustain longevity, like a Best Buy Mobile (BBY) or the retail presence provided by a mobile operator. As we saw with Google's Nexus One, even great smartphones do not sell well online—they must have a physical store presence.
3. Handset market segmentation. The mobile-phone market has become too big and too segmented for a one-size-fits-all approach. Nokia might even want to consider segmenting its brand—between smartphone and feature phone—in order to represent itself effectively in these markets. Motorola (MOT), for example, has decided to promote only smartphones, given that market's better profitability.
4. Manage innovation in software. Nokia has made many important software purchases over the years, but it has handled them badly. A few examples: Avvenu, enPocket, Loudeye, and Plazes. These acquisitions have failed to generate significant revenue for the company nor have they been able to compete effectively with other point solutions in the market. (For instance, enPocket is outperformed by Google's AdMob, Apple's iAd (Quattro Wireless), and Millennial Media; Loudeye is no match for Pandora; and Plazes can't compete with Foursquare or Gowalla.) It is critical for the company to manage its software acquisitions better and innovate faster and more dramatically in this field. Software is key. I would like to see clarity and sound execution on the Nokia Software Roadmap in order to improve the public's perception. And don't be afraid to jettison these acquisitions if they would function better as subsidiaries or spinoffs.
5. Think past the iPhone. Each time a new smartphone is unveiled, analysts and the media play the "beat the iPhone" game. While this type of comparison is more entertaining for consumers, it is counterproductive for device manufacturers. Nokia must not let itself get stuck in this mentality. Instead, the company has to become a genuine innovator and learn how to think beyond the iPhone—to the next evolutionary step.
6. Advertise. Marketing and advertising is one area where Nokia has consistently failed to measure up with other companies—particularly Apple, Google, and RIM. The company's mobile division is sitting on enormous cash reserves—$12.3 billion in total cash and liquid assets, according to the second-quarter earnings statement—and it should tap these. At this point, Nokia isn't going to win the U.S. market by hoping for word-of-mouth buzz. It has to pay for it. But it is important that Nokia make an effective presentation to the American market—and therefore its ads must be edgy and clever and be able to compete with the likes of Apple, Google, and Samsung.


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With an increasing demand for endoprosthetic treatment of patients leading an active and demanding lifestyle, the need for optimizing tribological properties of implants has arisen. Minimum wear rates are required in order to secure longevity of the implants.
In comparison to metal-on-polyethylene, ceramic-on-polyethylene or metal-on-metal bearings, ceramic-on-ceramic bearings show the lowest wear rates. The linear wear has been measured at 0.005 mm/year, and the volumetric wear at 0.04 mm3/year. Furthermore, the minimum risk of ionization of ceramic particles guarantees excellent biocompatibility. Excellent clinical results with a reported survival rate of more than 85% in cementless fixation at long-term follow-up of a mean 19.7 years have been documented .
However, ceramics still have a reputation of being unreliable due to first generation ceramics, which have been linked to an increased risk of fracture of ceramic components with reported fracture rates of up to 13.4%. Consequently, an uncertainty amongst surgeons developed, and other bearings were thus favoured. However, with the introduction of improved manufacturing processes and designs, the fracture rates could be dropped dramatically. The fracture rate reported for contemporary ceramic heads ranges from 0.002% to 0.2% propagated by the manufacturer (Source: Ceramtec™) to 0.004% and 1.4% in clinical reports, and the risk for liner fracture is assumed to be as low as 0.01–2%.
Ceramic-on-ceramic bearings have shed the stigma of high fracture rates and are nowadays acknowledged to be the material of choice for the high-demand, young and active patient.
Recently, numerous reports on audible phenomena generated by ceramic-on-ceramic bearings have been published and caused new concern. A distinct squeaking noise has been reported in between 0.3% and 10.7%.
Various other noises like clicking, grinding or grating can reach an incidence of 32.8%.
Up to date, the aetiology is still unclear and most likely multifactorial. Multiple studies have linked it to prosthetic design, malpositioning of components, edge loading, stripe wear, bone stock and patient activity levels.
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The FA Cup takes centre stage this weekend with Coventry City hoping to get their name in the hat for the fourth-round draw at the expense of National League opposition.
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It took Premier League opposition and extra-time to dash Coventry’s dreams in last season’s competition as Southampton came from behind in a fourth-round tie on the south coast before going on a run to the quarter-finals.
A former Saints trainee is in the opposing dugout on Saturday as Phil Parkinson leads out a Welsh side who boast one of the most famous FA Cup giant-killings of all time, a third-round slaying of top-flight Arsenal in 1992.
Wrexham are also flying high this season just two points behind National League leaders Notts County, but they face third-round opponents with a rich FA Cup history of their own, and the 1987 winners are hot favourites to back up their strong league form by securing passage into the last 32.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa convenience-store chain wants a
federal jury to rule that the term "footlong" belongs in the general English vocabulary and is not the special property of Subway and its 12-inch-long sub sandwiches.
Ankeny-based Casey's General stores filed a petition in U.S. District Court on Friday seeking a judgment that the term "footlong" is generic and violates nobody's trademark or patent, pending or otherwise.
A Subway lawyer wrote to Casey's about three weeks ago threatening legal action because Casey's describes sandwiches in some of its stores as "footlong."
Subway has used the phrase "$5 footlong" or "five-dollar footlong" at its 34,000 stories for years, and has a trademark request pending with the U.S. Patent Office.
Subway's lawyers haven't filed a response to the lawsuit.
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Pre-1980, there was much less differentiation between the parties on what we now call “women’s issues,” partly because Republicans were in many ways more liberal then. Look at Republican Party platforms from the 1970s, and you’ll see that the GOP not only endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment but also bragged that it was the first national party to do so. The 1972 platform called for the federal government to develop more child-care services. The 1976 platform pledged to support “part-time and flexible-time work that enables men and women to combine employment and family responsibilities.” Even the party’s position on abortion was a little mealy-mouthed (“The Republican Party favors a continuance of the public dialogue”), despite ultimately calling for a constitutional ban.
Then, as it lined up behind Reagan in 1980, the GOP pivoted rightward. The platform dropped official support for the ERA, fretted about the destruction of the “traditional American family” and emphasized that the private sector should deal with child-care issues.
“In the past it could be said that there wasn’t a sort of winner or loser in terms of the positions you took on women’s issues. Gerald Ford was as supportive of women’s issues as Jimmy Carter was,” says Kathleen Dolan, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. “It wasn’t until Reagan that Republicans clearly showed women that there are sides.”


Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS) deserved the commemorative armor presented by Emirates Environmental Group in its annual celebration organized under the theme (One world… One family) for SCHS vital role in coordinating for the organization (Clean UAE) campaign years ago.
Mrs. Khadijah Ahmed Bamakhramah, Head of SCHS Environmental Association, has confirmed the importance of raising people’s awareness of environmental issues such as reducing pollution.
She said, “SCHS contribution to Emirates Environmental Group is not restricted to taking part in the campaign. In addition, SCHS organizes a group of activities and programs to raise people’s awareness of environmental issues. For example, SCHS organized an activity in which students with disabilities sketched some magnificent drawings about environment. SCHS has chosen many of these drawings for its official calendar”.
“More than 194 students, parents, and teachers from SCHS participated in the campaign this year under the supervision of Sharjah Municipality and BEAA Company”, added Mrs. Bamakhramah.
Mrs. Bamakhramah has pointed out that raising people’s awareness of environmental issues as well as SCHS participation in (Clean UAE) campaign every year confirms institute’s commitment to a clean natural surroundings and proves that persons with disabilities care to the safety and hygiene of the environment. This reflects the high quality services of education and rehabilitation, which Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services offers to persons with disabilities according to the best practices worldwide.
The Head of SCHS Environmental Association has praised the honoring of Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services, which takes part in (Clean UAE) campaign every year due to its great concern to environmental issues and its endless efforts in raising persons with disabilities awareness of its importance.
She has confirmed that SCHS continue its efforts to consolidate the relationships of cooperation with local, regional, and international bodies in order to include, advocate, and empower persons with disabilities. This would lead to achieving the goals of sustainable development program according to the best practices worldwide.
Mrs. Bamakhramah directed her sincerest thanks to Mrs. Habiba Al Marashi, Chairperson of Emirates Environmental Group, and her working team for their huge efforts in order to raise people’s awareness of environmental issues.


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Are usually meaning of Rock Crushing?
Rock crushing is a practice used in the construction, mining, in addition to aggregate industry. As the label suggests, it involves breaking down rock and roll into fine, small parts. The process usually involves numerous major pieces of equipment. A loader loads the crusher with the large pieces of rock. The crusher cannot crush boulder sized stone. The optimal dimensions are about that of a basketball. There is also a crusher that crushes typically the rock into smaller measurements and feeds the killed material into another appliance called a rock screener. The job of the screener is to dimensions the stone into hemroids of different sizes. There are typically three sizes of gemstone produced. One is 1-2" rock, another is commonly called crusher run and another is definitely ¾" gravel.
There are a number of factors which influence the mashing process. Some of the factors affecting crushing ratio are firmness, material resistance strength, measurement, shape, density and wetness. There are some external factors also such as the interaction and syndication of materials when crushing is conducted.
In mashing, the external force needs to be great to overcome the particular binding force between the rock particles. The structure regarding crystals in the rock determines how strong the combination is in the rock.
There are 3 stages.
(1) Splintering period: where energy absorption develops and the rock is depressed in a few large pieces.
(2) Crushing stage, where huge pieces are further killed
(3) Compaction stage, where sheet pieces are damaged. This stage produces small chucks.
Rocks are killed on construction sites including quarries. Rocks are completely crushed on demolition and also recycling sites. Excavated boulders on jobsites that may usually be regarded as a waste materials product can be turned into benefit with crushing. Crushed natural stone can later be used in concrete, in the construction connected with roads, as fill material in building foundations, for erosion control, as entrée, to bed piping regarding underground utilities, in paved foundations under pavers, and landscaping.
Often not noticed by most people, crushed stone is used as a foundation under concrete slabs, under paved in all roads and freeways and is an integral component of almost any construction. Many excavation firms that excavate rock in addition have a portable rock crusher to help crush the excavated boulders on the jobsite. Excavated rock and roll on a jobsite should not be removed as it can always be turned into a handy product.
Crushing rock within the jobsite saves money in a pair of ways. Crushed rock is definitely in demand on jobsites. In case the rock is crushed onsite, there is no need to purchase crushed natural stone from a quarry or visit the expense of hauling rock onto the jobsite to get concrete and asphalt. If your product is used onsite, another highlight is no need to haul off the unwanted. It is also a more environmentally friendly to use onsite product.
There are several diverse machines which crush rocks. Some of the crushers include jaw line crushers, cone crushers, impact crushers and roller crushers. Mostly, rock or fresh material is inserted into these machines through the hopper on top. The crushed material comes out from an opening towards the end of the machine.
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CORONADO, Calif. — A survival benefit was found among patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma who underwent total/near-total thyroidectomy followed by radioactive iodine therapy, according to study findings presented here.
“To date there are no prospective studies evaluating the longitudinal effects of initial long-term therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer. … The challenge for clinicians becomes balancing the potential risks of more aggressive therapy — such as aggressive thyroid hormone suppression — and the risks associated with long-term thyrotoxicosis with the potential benefits of treatment. This is not always clear, especially in patients who are at a variety of risks for cancer-specific mortality,” Aubrey A. Carhill, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, said during her presentation. “There remains a need for accurate prognostication in order to identify which patients will benefit from different treatment modalities.”


Experiencing the Stigma of Food Assistance for the First Time
“When we have to ask for help, we have to show our vulnerability and that’s not easy for many of us to do — and when we have to ask for help with food, it can make it even harder because some people feel a greater sense of shame of not being able to meet a basic need.”
“Firsts” signify change. They can signify new beginnings and refreshing starts. But not all “firsts” are the result of desirable circumstances. In some contexts, a “first” can introduce emotions of anxiety, apprehension, and embarrassment. Such is the case for some of our food-insecure neighbors thrust into positions where they need to seek assistance and visit a food pantry for the first time.
Overcoming Psychological Stigmas
“In situations where people find themselves in need, especially for the first time, it’s common for them to feel embarrassment, anxiety, shame, depression, fear, and even a sense of isolation,” said Dr. Neda Gould, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “These emotions can be barriers to asking for help.”
According to Dr. Gould, there’s a “bi-directional” relationship between mood disorders, such as clinical depression, and a person’s capability to satisfy their basic needs.
“If someone has depression or anxiety and it’s really getting in the way of their functioning, that in and of itself can lead to food insecurity. Cyclically, if you’re unable to work, then the food insecurity that may result from that can lead to greater feelings of depression and anxiety,” said Dr. Gould. “Then there’s an aspect of the nutritional component where needs are not being met. And so that person isn’t feeling well or motivated to address underlying issues.”
Marge Blum, the food administrator and donation coordinator at Shining Star Baptist Church Food Pantry in Middle River, Md., has some very personal feelings about the stigma surrounding food assistance.
“Many people were raised to think that you have to work for what you want and what you need, especially when you have children. When you don’t have that anymore, how can you explain it to your children? You don’t want them to think you’re poor,” said Blum, who herself, has had her fair share of struggles with food insecurity. “My kids lived with that, so I can tell that people are thinking about their families, and then they just get embarrassed.”
Once an individual musters enough courage to take the first step and seek food assistance, these emotions are likely to be further exacerbated by the unknown circumstances they encounter when they first arrive at a food pantry.
For eight years, Aaron’s Place (formerly known as Living Waters Food Pantry) has been making sure hungry people in Denton, Md., have access to nutritious food. The organization’s Executive Director, Cheryl Beulah, has noticed a pattern among how people new to food assistance react during their first visit to the pantry.
“The first time that people come here, they are often very humble since they’ve never had to use a food pantry before. Because of that, they’re a little apprehensive,” she said. “They’ll ask ‘what should we do?’ or ‘what are the rules?’ or ‘what is it going to take for me to get food,’ not knowing that they can just walk in. People are pleasantly surprised when they realize that all I have to do is register their name and then they can go ‘shopping’.”
Marge and Cheryl are just two representatives of the hundreds of MFB Network Partners all over the state who treat Marylanders in need with kindness and dignity, welcoming and shepherding first-time food recipients through the process of helping them get back on their feet.
Increases in First-Time Pantry Goers
Last spring, as COVID-19 began to ravage Maryland – taking away jobs, health, and hope – more and more Marylanders found themselves in need of food assistance, many for the first time in their lives. We know that across the state, the demand for food has essentially doubled, and both Cheryl and Marge are seeing many new faces at their pantries.
“We actually have documented a 45% increase in first-timers since this pandemic started – people from all walks of life; it’s just been amazing,” noted Beulah. While some of the individuals and families have only been to Aaron’s Place a “couple of times and are now over the hump,” more and more of them are becoming regulars.
Prior to the pandemic, the Shining Star Baptist Church Food Pantry served about 135 individuals on an average day when it was open. Then, starting in mid-March, that number began to climb, and climb, and climb.
“The number of first timers coming in has increased by about 55 or 60%,” said Blum. “We’ve converted to doing strictly drive-through now so that we can help all people. I’ve gone from putting 200 cars through a drive-thru line to 300 and 400 cars some days!”
A Hopeful Look Forward to a Stigma-Free World
“When someone is experiencing something difficult, it’s very hard for us to imagine: ‘that could be me,’” said Dr, Gould. “And so, we distance ourselves from people in need. We look down on some individuals so that it doesn’t affect our own sense of self-worth.”
The challenges that food insecurity can create — the agonizing choices like buying groceries or paying bills, purchasing food or medicine, or even having to forgo some meals to ensure their children have enough to eat — are overwhelming enough, without the extra burdens of stigma.
“The people that are in these lines feel so disrespected sometimes,” said Blum. “Society has to see it differently. Somebody has to get through to society and say, ‘they’re the same as us.’ We’re all human and every living human needs some food source. That’s one thing that everybody shares in common – you need food to survive.”
“I hope that this pandemic has, in some ways, brought everyone closer and made us realize our common humanity. We need to think of this period of time as an exceptional one in our lives, where we all need some form of assistance, and that it really does take bravery and strength to ask for help,” said Dr. Gould.
COVID-19’s varying effects on individuals across the state has elevated the issue of hunger, making now the optimal time to move on from decades of stereotypical thinking and finally eliminate the stigma surrounding food assistance.
“The individuals who are struggling with the food insecurity are really no different than others,” Dr. Gould added. “They are human beings that had their lives derailed in some way, and it can happen to any of us at any time. If we can really practice compassion and empathy, we can start to eliminate some of these stigmas.”
If you or someone you know is in need of food assistance, please use our Find Food tool to locate a MFB Network Partner near you.
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I'm more of a Survivorman kind of gal myself but can't deny that the other survival dude on the block, Bear Grylls of Man vs. Wild fame, is easy on the eyes (which makes it pretty darn difficult to turn the channel).
It was announced at this year's E3 that Man vs. Wild would be parlayed into a video game this Fall, and the star of the series recently met up with MTV Multiplayer to chat about the game, and even dished out some survival tactics for other gamer scenarios. It doesn't seem that Bear is too familiar with the games in question, but he does give an interesting perspective on gamer survival. What does he recommend for surviving a Super Mario Bros.-type situation? Well, if you're ever surrounded by hungry turtles and only have a mushroom in hand to fight with, Bear recommends using the mushroom as a decoy and running to safety!
Check out what other tips Bear has up his sleeve for games like Doom and Half-Life in the video after the break.
Check out the full story on MTV Multiplayer, but in the meantime, enjoy the video below!

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Claretta Petacci's journals, which will be published this week, describe a meeting he [Mussolini] had with the German leader in 1938 after British prime minister Neville Chamberlain agreed to Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland.
"The Fuhrer was very kind. At heart, Hitler is an old sentimentalist. When he saw me he had tears in his eyes," Mussolini told his lover.
The diaries also show Mussolini was irritated by being regarded as a junior partner to Hitler, maintaining that his fascism and anti-Semitism dated back to the 1920s, before Hitler rose to prominence.
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) — A man was injured and arrested after setting a Fort Worth apartment on fire Saturday evening.
Just before 6 p.m. Feb. 15, police responded to a barricaded person call at the Villa Del Mar Apartments on Las Vegas Court. When officers arrived, a man was making threats to burn down the building and refusing to surrender.READ MORE: Fort Worth's Club 1401 Aims To Help Those Experiencing Homelessness
SWAT was then called and began working toward getting the man to come out when he proceeded to set the apartment he was in on fire.READ MORE: Man Dies In Fort Worth After Being Struck By Train
The man was shortly taken into custody where he was assessed by on scene medical personnel and transported to a nearby hospital for his injuries.MORE NEWS: 3 Houston Police Officers Wounded After Chase, Shootout
His identity has not been released at this time.


Harvest is underway in West Central Indiana. Out on Rippy Farms just south of Lafayette, Ryan Rippy let me ride along to cut beans Thursday afternoon. He said this year’s early harvest rushed them a bit to get things ready.
“We were scrambling a bit there the last week to get ready. We built a new bin and we were rushing them a bit to get that done. It’s great to get started early. I feel like a day in September is worth two in November.”
“The rest of the corn wasn’t quite ready; it was still a bit wet. We had soybeans ready and it was beautiful weather, so we thought we’d better get going on some soybeans.”
Rippy says they’re approaching 50% completion of harvesting their beans and will likely finish that prior to returning to corn. So far, he’s been harvesting his non-dicamba soybeans that are part of the Plenish program from Dupont Pioneer. He said he’s been dealing with some giant ragweed, but soybean yields should still set a record on his farm.
He said his early corn yield was very impressive.
“It was the best early corn that we’ve ever ran. By a significant margin. I feel like as move out into the fuller season stuff it will be even better. Where I sit right now, I’d say we’re looking at record corn and soybean yields on our farm.”
We’d love to hear about your yields and see some pictures from the combine this harvest season. Use the hashtag #HATHarvest18 on Facebook and Twitter to share and, if you think you could put up with me, even invite me out for a combine ride.


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though i'll be looking for more images of orichimaru-sama..many thanks
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well, iuts all the pics that i can find of orochimaru...
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If you like it, theme will be uploaded in the gallery..
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hello phayzedbutterfly, the maker of the wondergul medusa theme. have yuou noticed my fascination with snakes and antagonists? anmyway, love your theme!!! i think its marvelous!!
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*hehe* Hey Elle_Driver.. Btw, what's antagonists? But I'm glad you like it, when it's in the gallery, I'll tell you..
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Theme is in gallery already..
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Message from Humberside Police:
Following today’s announcement that funding has been secured to be able to provide an additional 120 tasers (40 in 2020 and 80 in 2021) to Humberside Police officers Assistant Chief Constable Chris Noble said, “This news has been very much welcomed by the Force.
“When our officers respond to any situation our primary aim is to protect the public. It is paramount though to protect our police officers so they are not subject to physical violence and assaults.
“In 2019 over 265 police officers in our area were victims of assaults. They have been punched, kicked, spat at, verbally abused and bitten, suffering bruising, cuts and even broken bones.
“Police officers are often faced with violent and unpredictable people, the drawing of a taser can often de-escalate a situation and have a calming effect on individuals which then means that taser is not fully deployed at all.
“We currently have 150 tasers at police locations throughout the Force area and have over 420 officers trained in their use. By the end of 2021 it is predicted that over 600 Humberside Police officers will be taser trained.
“What this funding will do is enable us to train many more officers in taser use and provide our officers with this additional protective equipment. It will be carried by trained officers alongside handcuffs, spray and batons.
“I know the news of this extra level of protection is welcomed by all front line officers and their families.”
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A knowledge of human biology helps physical therapists to understand what is best for their patient and aids them in selecting the most effective treatment options. Aimless, careless, reckless, or uninformed clinicians will almost always do more harm than good.
How is physics used in physical therapy?
Physical therapy focuses on movement and the recovery of that movement. physics is applicable to torque and forces as the body bends, stretches and moves. physics can be applied to a number of subjects in kinesiology, physiology, and biomechanics.
What kind of technology is used in physical therapy?
Virtual Reality VR technology in physical therapy is primarily used to simulate environments for movement, such as walking, skiing, running, and sports. When used for assessment purposes, these simulations help the therapist develop a more accurate perspective on the patient’s condition or ability.
What kind of math do physical therapists use?
Most physical therapy programs require completion of geometry, algebra and pre-calculus.
Do you need chemistry for physiotherapist?
To prepare for a program in physiotherapy, take high school courses with an emphasis on English, math, biology, chemistry, physics, and physical and health education.
Why is physics important to physical therapy?
These conditions typically involve muscles, bones, tendons, nerves, and skin. One is manipulating physical objects with forces when doing physical therapy. The methods of physics are useful in understanding how much force a patient is able to exert or in measuring a range of motion.
How has technology affected physical therapy?
Advances in robotics and bionics help therapists diagnose more precisely, increase clinic efficiencies, and reach more patients. Furthermore, such technologies improve patient engagement and HEP compliance. All of this boils down to a better patient experience, which in turn can lead to improved outcomes.
Why is innovation important in physical therapy?
The Importance of Physical Therapy Innovations In the physical therapy space, innovative advancements have continuously evolved to help enhance recovery and accelerate mobility after an injury, accident, or serious health event.
What is innovation in physical therapy?
An innovative, evidence-based physical therapy practice provides patient-centered care that is responsive to discovery and emerging evidence to achieve highest outcomes.
Why is math involved in physical therapy?
You use math in things such as calculating percentage heart rate for concussion return to play protocols, measuring degree of range of motion and in exercise and drug prescription. This is an example of a research paper an athletic therapist would analyze fore evidence based research.
How much math do you need for physical therapy?
75% of PTCAS programs have no math prerequisites besides statistics. For the ones that do, it can be college algebra, trigonometry, pre-calc or calculus (rare). If you take trig and college algebra but don’t make it to calc, you’re probably covering >90% of schools.
Is trigonometry used in physical therapy?
Physical Therapists use trigonometry to determine how much they need to bend or straighten the limb to be able to exercise or stretch it.
How long is physical therapy school?
The traditional DPT program is three years, but some programs compress academic requirements into a shorter time span, which could help you manage the total cost of your education experience and enter the field faster. Demographics and setting. You will be investing a lot into your physical therapy education.
Why is it important for physiotherapists to learn physiology and pathophysiology?
Physiology often provides the research that allows physiotherapists to treat patients. Pathology degrees are focused on the molecular study of organisms, to detect disease in cells and tissues.
What do you mean physiology?
Physiology is the study of how the human body works. It describes the chemistry and physics behind basic body functions, from how molecules behave in cells to how systems of organs work together. It helps us understand what happens in a healthy body in everyday life and what goes wrong when someone gets sick.
Can I study physiotherapy without physics and chemistry?
No, you cannot take a Physiotherapy as your career if you have not taken biology in class 12th because for enrolling you need to have an aggregate mark of 50% in Biology, Physics, Chemistry. Physiotherapy course has subjects that is purely based on human Biology. So Biology is a must.
What subjects do you need for physiotherapy?
- Introduction to Medical Sciences I.
- Chemistry I.
- Introduction to Physiotherapy I.
- Physics I.
- Introduction to Psychology I.
- Basic Principles of Group and Individual Psychology I.
- Human Behavioural Sciences I.
Do physiotherapists earn a lot of money?
The progression in designations is Physiotherapist followed by Senior Physiotherapist earning about Rs. 45,000 per month, followed by Superintendent earning about Rs. 60,000-70,000 per month and then Chief Physiotherapist earning about Rs. 80,000 per month.
The physical therapy area is able to flourish and progress in the methods of learning about the body and how to handle it because of research behind physics. As a system of pulleys and levers, think of the body’s skeletal system. The exercise used in the therapy can be defined > by the law of motion of Newton.
How forces and Newton’s laws of motion can be applied to physical therapy?
The physical therapist applies Newton’s second law of motion when the speed or acceleration (change in velocity over time) of a therapeutic exercise is increased. When speed or acceleration increase, the load (force) on the limb must also be increased to achieve the faster motion.
Do physical Therapists need physics?
Core Prerequisites for Physical Therapy Programs There are 5 core prerequisites that are common between most programs: Biology 1,2. Chemistry 1,2. Physics 1,2.
How has physical therapy evolved?
The profession of physical therapy was first developed in the early 1900’s. Physical therapists helped patients recover from polio and assisted in rehabilitating soldiers returning from the first World War. In 1936, students only needed two years of education to practice physical therapy.
Is there a shortage of physical therapists in USA?
The United States is currently in the middle of a national shortage of physical therapists and physical therapy professionals. Estimates show that by 2025, an additional 27,000 physical therapists will be needed to meet growing demand.
When did modern physical therapy start?
Modern physical therapy began to take shape in the late 1800s as a way to treat rampant bone disorders throughout Europe. Rapid advancements in physical therapy techniques developed with the Polio outbreak in 1916 and the onset of World War I.
What are some current issues in physical therapy?
- 2020 is here and with it comes new challenges. The physical therapy landscape has changed dramatically in 2020.
- Telehealth Services.
- In-Home Therapy.
- Patient Retention.
- Practice Management.
- Career Development and Growth.
- PT Self Care.

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TOKYO (TR) – For one male Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) member, the start of the New Year was a bit of a drag.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday announced the arrest of the 30-year-old GSDF member for allegedly trespassing into a bathhouse in Shinagawa Ward, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Feb. 3).
At around 9:15 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Yuki Imamura, a sergeant third class assigned to Camp Asaka in Nerima Ward, allegedly entered the women’s changing room at the sento, located near JR Oimachi Station.
At the time, Imamura was dressed in a brown wig and a white skirt and women’s coat.
“I wanted to see nude women,” Imamura was quoted by the Omori Police Station in admitting to the allegations.
“I thought it would be fine if I dressed as a woman“
After receiving a complaint from a female customer about a “suspicious woman,” a staff member found Imamura in another part of the sento. He spent about three minutes inside the changing area.
“I thought it would be fine if I dressed as a woman,” the suspect told police arriving at the scene.
Imamura serves within a systems communications group at Camp Asaka.
“It is truly regrettable,” said Toshio Kanno the head of the system communications group. “After confirming the facts, we will deal with the matter strictly.”


Pending the official announcement by LG in a few days, here are some new information about the crispy Korean smartphone.
It's now official, the new LG G3 phones coming out will be presented by the Korean company on 27 and 28 May , when six separate events that take place around the world. During these events, so we should finally see that LG has put together to meet the latest competition, namely the S5 Galaxy, HTC One M8 or the Sony Xperia Z2.
Despite the numerous leaks revealing the promising features of the device or its new flat interface design , we had been right so far only two small pictures showing what look like the G3, one via a accessories manufacturer where the smartphone was barely visible and the other via GSM Arena who had got hold of a photo does not any clear revealing a small part of the mobile, but interesting though.
A version with 2 GB of RAM, another with 3 GB
Fortunately for fans of crisp information that we, leaks continue and new photos have appeared on the net. The famous photo had circulated GSM Arena for example back, but this time in a much clearer version of which leaves us thus foresee the entire back of the camera. Two new photographs have also been shared on a Chinese website, they show for the first time smartphone in its entirety and, if you can not see the screen from the front (and on), you can see it says the surrounding edges should be even thinner than the G2.
Note also that the notes arranged in the mobile Photo GSM Arena are also more visible, which gives us the opportunity to learn more about the features of this new LG G3 phones coming out and thus confirm that it will be equipped a qHD screen, a camera equipped with techno OIS +, the 3000 mAh battery is removable or there will be a 32GB version with 3GB of RAM. Note that the site indicates that the source has clarified the issue of 2 or 3 GB of RAM, it would appear that the G3 is available in two versions, one with 16GB of storage and 2 GB of RAM, and the other with 32 GB of internet storage and 3GB of RAM.
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This is my first try and creating an animated GIF. I thought that a few of the shots that I took last night at the cemetery would work well, but I probably needed a few more shots in the loop and a few more experiments to get it right. If you are trying to make an animated GIF, the tutorial located at the 99designs.com has simple easy to follow instructions.
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Biofarma produces Covid-19 diagnostic tools with gargle method
BANDUNG - PT. Biofarma produces COVID-19 diagnostic tool using the gargle method. The tool is called BioSaliva which is claimed to be comfortable when used.
The RT Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test kit has a sensitivity of up to 95% so it can be used as an alternative to using a PCR Kit. BioSaliva has also received a distribution permit from the Ministry of Health on April 1, 2021 with the RI Ministry of Health Number AKD 10302120673
This virus carrier media serves to detect Sars-CoV2 RNA that causes COVID-19 using the RT PCR method using gargled saliva samples. The shelf life of BioSaliva can reach 2 years. Saliva samples can also be stable at room temperature for up to 30 days, at -20°C, and at -80°C.
Marketing Director. Bio Farma, dr. Sri Harsi Teteki, said Biofarma continues to contribute to the independent process in terms of COVID-19 diagnosis.
"As we know, many products are still imported, so that the research we are doing (through BioSaliva) hopefully can be an option from the Ministry of Health for future regulation of domestic products," he said in a direct meeting between Biofarma and the Ministry of Health at the Biofarma building, Bandung, Thursday (2/9). (LM)


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Egyptian film Mawlana (Photo: courtesy of DIFF)
The Egyptian drama Mawlana (The Preacher) will get a special evening gala screening on Saturday, 10 December, within a lineup of special gala screenings taking place at Madinat Arena throughout the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
Directed by Magdy Ahmed Aly, Mawlana is written by Egyptian journalist and editor in-chief of El-Tahrir newspaper Ibrahim Eissa.
Mawlana, a work that tackles the phenomenon of sheikhs appearing on television in recent years, is the first novel by Eissa.
Published by Bloomsbury Qatar, the novel explores the hidden world of sheikhs and their ties with security institutions, politicians as well as businessmen. Ultimately, the novel aims to show how religion is misused in politics.
In Egypt, the book was already adapted on stage and performed by the Egyptian Modern Dance Theatre Company, directed and choreographed by Monadel Antar.
The newly released film Mawlana stars Amr Saad, Dorra Zarrouk and Ahmed Magdy, and looks into the lives of preachers (sheikhs) in Egypt through the story of one of them. It is also competing in DIFF's Muhr features category, and will be screened at Mall of The Emirates on 13 December.
Madinat Arena is a state of the art screening venue with a seating capacity of 1,800 audience members, specially built to host DIFF’s lavish "Red Carpet Galas" and provide the luxury of a VIP experience. Movie goers can get tickets for these screenings, at a higher price than DIFF's regular screenings, and share the screening hall with A-list stars.
DIFF’s gala screenings will take place throughout the festival’s days (7-14 December). On the same day as Mawlana, the morning gala screenings will open with Rock Dog, a comedy animation directed by Ash Brannon with the voices of Luke Wilson and J K Simmons. Damien Chazelle’s musical comedy La La Land starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and J K Simons will screen in the afternoon.
After Mawlana, The Founder will be screened, directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Michael Keaton, to close the gala screenings.
From the Arab world, the Lebanese comedy Solitaire (Mahbas) will have its world premiere with a gala screening on Sunday, 11 November. The film is directed by Sophie Boutros and stars Julia Kassar, Ali El-Khalil and Bassam Koussa
“DIFF’s special gala screenings are the crowning glory of the festival and something we really look forward to each year. The setting at the Madinat Arena adds even more magic to the wonder of cinema and provides a truly memorable film experience for all our guests as they have the chance to view some of the latest and greatest films from around the globe in a bespoke venue created just for the festival,” Masoud Amralla Al Ali, DIFF’s artistic director, said in a press release.
DIFF’s extensive programme of international films will be held across eight days at the Madinat Jumeirah Arena, Madinat Theatre, Souk Madinat Jumeirah and VOX Cinemas, Mall of the Emirates and The Beach.
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There were a lot of awkward and uncomfortable moments at this years MTV VMA’s held at Barclay’s in Brooklyn.But before the show even got started, a host of some of our favorite singers and entertainers hit the red carpet in looks that were hot and others that had us totally bothered. Just in case you missed it, here’s the best and the worst of it.
Rita Ora hit a high note in this Alexandre Vauthier Couture ensemble. And, that bob? It deserves a round of applause.
Ciara stunned in this Givenchy gown, slightly reminiscent of Beyonce’s 2012 Met gala gown, but Ciara still rocked it.
And CiCi’s showed up with her man Future who showed up in this patchwork Alexander McQueen suit. We’re not sure if we’re loving it, but we do like how well he cleans up.
Paula Patton posed it up on the carpet in this black sequined strapless gown looking gorgeous as usual.
And Robin Thicke also looked daper in this black suit. We won’t even mention that Beetle Juice looking striped ensemble he wore for his performance with Miley Cyrus.
Joan Smalls gave her simple white sheath some edge with these black leather Viktor & Rolf boots.
Ashanti showed some skin in this aqua Michael Costello gown … which we’re pretty sure is also the same dress Laura Govan wore as a bridesmaid in her sister Gloria’s wedding.
Will Smith was on daddy duty at this years VMA’s escorting his kiddies, Willow and Jaden, to the show wearing this navy jacket and shirt combo with slacks and green shoes.
Meanwhile Willow, sporting G-star denim overalls and Givenchy suede wedge boots, posed with her brother Jaden on hit the carpet.
Miley Cyrus wants us to believe this was “vintage” Dolce and Gabbana. It looks more like American Apparel cropped top and leggings embellished with Christmas decoration.
Lil Kim arrived in this laser-cut leather bodysuit by Anthony Latimore and yellow suede boots. Not an awful look, until we noticed that Kim was wearing her thong on the outside of the jumpsuit.
The ladies of Danity Kane made their official return on the red carpet in coordinating black and white ensembles.
Jennifer Hudson looked sleek and snatched in this leather Christian Dior dress.
Drake gave us all black everything, while promoting his upcoming album “Nothing Was the Same” on the red carpet. We’re not mad at it.
And Jordin Sparks showed off her curves in this white cropped skirt and top ensemble. While it appears to be a little too tight, we still love the look she’s going for.
‘Annihilation’s’ Leading Ladies Use Intense Military Training As Bonding Experience
Annihilation is one hell of a visually stunning sci-fi film with five female leads on an expedition to uncover the mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline.
For Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson and Gina Rodriguez, the film, which also lends a voice to what is being called the year of the woman, dressing in head to toe military gear and going through tactical training was a bonding experience.
“”t was really fun. It’s weird to say that. But to have all these women in military training together, where we had to do these exercises … it was a great bonding experience with each other.” Portman told us.
And although the women had the opportunity to use real guns, firearms is not something the ladies of Hollywood advocate. “I’m anti gun to be honest,” Rodriguez said. “I say no guns. There’s no reason for people to have guns especially when you have these,” she said while holding up her firsts.
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Here is my first experience at an indoor field. Close quarters is just the start of it. Had a great time. Bruce has one hell of a little indoor field for when the weather is not ideal for outdoor play. And from what I understand, Storm Warnings outdoor field is pretty impressive. Hope I get to return so I can check out the outdoor field as well. Great place guys, really nice staff and the players I met were top notch.


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Inventors of the Year 2017
An overhead power line for commercial vehicles: For congested municipal areas, this is a solution that Siemens is already putting into action. In doing so, the company faces a special challenge posed by the pantograph, the unit on a vehicle that draws power from an overhead line. The pantograph must safely move up and down, depending on whether the vehicle is being powered by electricity or its internal combustion engine. Florian Bühs developed the architecture for the pantograph.
Los Angeles has a tremendous problem with nitrogen oxide emissions and fine particulate matter. As a result of its legendary traffic, the California metropolitan area suffers from chronically poor air quality. In their search for potential solutions, scientists at the South Coast Air Quality Districts (SCAQMD), a regulatory authority for air pollution, discovered the eHighway project being conducted by Mobility.
“We definitely have to lower our high nitrogen oxide levels,” Dr. Clark E. Parker, a member of the SCAQM’s Governing Board, said during a visit to the German proving ground.
During a trip on a freeway, the pantograph must be moved up and down, depending on whether the vehicle is traveling beneath an overhead power line, passing another vehicle or using a stretch of highway that has no power lines at all. To address this need, Bühs developed sensor systems that assess the current situation and instruct the control unit to trigger the pantograph mechanism.
Above all, I want to develop technology that in some way helps humanity, be it environmental protection or power generation now, but always with some sense behind it.


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Lady Gaga wasn’t always pursuing a career in music. Her first love, she says, was theater — and she isn’t giving up on her Broadway dreams.
“I’ve always been a theater lover,” she said. “I would absolutely do Broadway.”
During Variety’s Actors on Actors, Gaga shared her love of theater with Lin-Manuel Miranda and opened up about her desire to write her own musicals.


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Everyone has their own reasons for disliking Bill Clinton. You can despise his politics from the right or the left, deplore his all around sliminess, or get technical about the definition of a blowjob.
I personally do not like the man for the first reason. As has been written about at length in left journals, Clinton betrayed virtually every liberal cause he should have championed: the poor, the environment, gays in the military, antitrust law--the list goes on. Dragging the Democratic party to the right has hurt millions of Americans and weakened the power of the Party to act as a future motor for progressive change in the US. This and this pisses me off.
But listening to the American media, one gets the impression that the problem with Clinton was not that he illegally bombed other nations, not that he pushed poor mothers off welfare while jacking up military spending, not that he gutted the Kyoto protocol--but rather that he received oral sex, fibbed about it and later let some slimy rich friends of his off the hook during his last days in power. But since the establishment media insists that these are indeed his 'offenses' let's look at them as such.
The first offense, extramarital getting down, is not illegal in the United States of America. The second of charge on the list--fibbing under oath--does constitute a crime for a President, and an inquiry and censure was justified. That it should have taken so much time and energy was ludicrous, but an investigation of perjury is understandable.
The idea currently being pumped around the country that Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich warrants investigation, however, is just silly. Presidents have the Constitutional right to unlimited pardon. They can pardon anybody except themselves. It is certainly unnerving that Clinton pardoned a cokehead financier while letting Leonard Peltier rot to death in prison, but the choice was legal nonetheless. Whatever the circumstances around the pardon, it makes no difference. Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, even though Tricky Dick had committed far worse offenses at a far higher level than anyone on Clinton's list.
But that's ancient history; I understand if the media chooses not to go so far back to offer Americans perspective on the controversial Clinton pardons. Less ancient, however, and holding not a little political relevance given the new President, is the pardon list of Clinton's immediate predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush.
It is a well-known fact in journalism (and politics) that the year's slowest news day in Christmas. And so on Christmas Eve, December 24th 1992, outgoing president George Bush pardoned 24 people then under criminal investigation. Among these were six high ranking officials in the Reagan-Bush administrations and the CIA, including former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger, former assistant to the Secretary of State Elliot Abrams, and former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane--all then under investigation for their roles in the Iran-Contra affair. Like Nixon's infamous 'Christmas bombing' of North Vietnam, these are now known as the 'Christmas pardons.'
Amidst the uproar surrounding the pardon of Marc Rich and friends, it is worth remembering these Bush pardons involved men who had committed serious violations against both US and international law, to say nothing of their contempt for the US Constitution. They knowingly committed shadow diplomacy with a foreign government (with Iran in the run-up to the 1980 election), transported narcotics on United States military planes for sale to American citizens (roughly 1983--1986), funded a proxy war against the Sandanista government in violation of international law and the legislative branch of the US government, and--"I did not have sexual relations with that woman"--lied to Congress about it. Repeatedly.
In other words, these were bad, bad men responsible for very, very bad things that hurt and killed a lot of people. But compared to Marc Rich, these Bush pardons were and are considered relatively uncontroversial. By what calculus do reporters and pundits muster outrage over Clinton's pardons? Do they still agree with Bush, who described the Iran-Contra defendants as "true patriots"? Or is all of that simply too painful to remember? Are they really so shocked that money curries favor in the White House? Not wanting to bring back any of that "bitterness" Bush sought to end when he made the pardons, the media has been content to treat the Rich pardon as if it was an outrageous event in the history of the Oval Office. It isn't. By refusing to put yet another Clinton "scandal" in perspective and by amplifying right-wing screams about "crimes", the fourth estate has erased the difference between slimy, everyday Democratic corruption and unprecedented, blood-soaked Republican corruption. The difference has simply been flushed down the memory hole.
Although unseemly, the Marc Rich pardon was ultimately just about money, that dull blood pumping through the veins of our capital and its two parties. Rich's family gave a lot of it to the Clinton coffers and was rewarded--just like Mobil or Microsoft would expect to be rewarded. Yes he traded with countries facing (in many cases unilateral) sanctions by the US, but it is an open secret in Washington that so do many of the biggest American-based corporations. Rich was a comparative minnow; nothing more. His pardon further illustrates the personal faults of Bill Clinton and of our system of financing elections, but unlike the Bush pardons, it stops short of condoning war crimes and the sustained, extralegal and murderous abuse of executive power.
When soon to be inaugurated Bill Clinton was asked about the Bush pardons in 1992, he said he was concerned "by any action which sends a signal that, if you work for the government, you're above the law, or that not telling the truth to Congress under oath is somehow less serious than not telling the truth to some other body." This is a measured statement, but the essence of the point--that power should not provide immunity from justice--holds as much truth for Marc Rich as it should have for Casper Weinberger.
But the difference between these two men--the difference in the size of their crimes and pardons--is the difference between a pub dart and a mortar shell.
Let's remember that.

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If you are thinking about purchasing a searching scope, then you will want to review this write-up. Particularly we will certainly review the advantages of a searching range in connection with open websites, and after that damage down the three vital aspects– price, quality, and range– one must take into consideration when acquiring a searching range. When we are done, you should have every one of the info you need to pick the very best searching extent for this hunting season. Making use of numerous help for optical discovery and date back to the 1600s, but the first telescopic sight making use of a refractor telescope was the creation of August Fiedler in 1880. Since then, hunting ranges have actually advanced by leaps and bounds.
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It is not the complete story, just the first part.
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Really dam its a good tease. Marvel did some motion comic movies but never got around to motion comics cool concept
There are a few hidden gems like that if you look hard enough. You should do a search for Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter also. It is awesome.

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With the release of NVIDIA's new flagship GPU - the GeForce GTX580 - they've been kind enough to release some WHQL drivers to go with it, enter 262.99 Forceware drivers.
The 262.99 release is available for Windows XP, Vista and 7 based systems in both 32 and 64-bit flavors.
Release notes for this set of drivers are:
This is a WHQL-certified driver for the new GeForce GTX 580 GPU.
Installs HD Audio driver to version 184.108.40.206.
Includes PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514.
Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports OpenGL 4.1 for GeForce 400 series and later GPUs.
Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
GeForce 500 series: GTX 580
You can grab them here!
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