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Mt. Diablo State Park
Click the Staging Area/Trail Name above for park information.
City: Clayton Region: EastBay Park: Mt. Diablo State ParkPark Map URL: Click Here
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Sunday, February 17, 2019 @ 9:30 AM
Will it be 4 rainy hikes in a row for Steve? We are going to hike in the mud/rain/snow/cold anyway! Join us at Mitchell Canyon in Mount Diablo State Park starting at9:30 am from the parking area. This is a hiker's choice of a moderate+ 6 mile/1100'short hike or a challenging 7.2/1500'long hike. WARNING: The Falls Trail includes a steep and slippery portion of trail which we will be going up, if you want to avoid that please do the short hike. PLEASE NOTE: This hike is from the Mitchell Canyon gate at the end of Mitchell Canyon Road. $6 exact change is required, pay using the self-service envelope at the STOP sign leading through the gate.
Route leaves from the lower parking area up Bruce Lee Trail, right on Watertower Road, left on Oak Road, straight on Coulter Pine, right on Bruce Lee Rd., right on Back Creek, left on Tickwood, right on Donner Canyon Road to the end. Short hike turns left up Cardinet Oaks Rd. up past the Falls Trail turnoff to take a break. Continue right on Wasserman, right/straight on Donner Trail, straight onto Bruce Lee Springs Trail, right on Hetherington and across the creek. There is NO bridge. Turn right on Donner Canyon Rd., left on Murchio Rd., right on Bruce Lee Road passing Coulter Pond. Turn left on Watertower and right on Bruce Lee Trail to the start/finish.
The long hike turns right on Meridian Ridge Road, left on Middle Trail, straight onto Falls Trail. We will take a break along the way and continue on Falls Trail to a right on Cardinet Oaks. Follow the short route back.Please note: This group does not stay together on the hike instead relying on arrows put on the ground with flour to mark turns. You are encouraged to stay with others who are hiking your speed and you should also carry the trail route map either downloaded to your phone or in paper form.
Contact: Steve Smith
Please download and/or print out the route map here: Route Map
Email: [email protected]
Cell Phone: (925) 325-0805
Click Here for a Map
Meet at Mitchell Canyon Staging area.
Other Fees: none
The trailhead information on this page was last updated
Thursday, November 30, 2017.
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Do you know of an author who doesn't want to have a bestseller?
Well, they're rare and this article is not for them.
More than the money, most authors need the validation of knowing that readers are actually reading something they've poured their heart and soul into. But if they could also earn from it, then it's a dream come true. I'm not talking about the so-called writers who hire ghostwriters and flood Amazon with low quality books. I'm talking about real writers who spend hundreds of hours in front of a keyboard, researching and writing. Arguing with their characters, almost throwing their laptops and PCs in frustration when they have writer's block. Injecting coffee in their veins to keep the momentum going. Those writers --- they dream of and deserve to have bestsellers. A book enjoyed by so many readers it reaches the #1 spot overall on Amazon or #1 in a category in their genre.
To date, this is my favorite book by Ken Fry, and I edited them all except for Dying Days. An ancient mystery, suspense, romance --- all here. Editing it has been a joy, and reinforces my belief in Indie authors. Fry is a formidable writer. The Lazarus Succession has more meat in it than Dan Brown's Inferno, at par and I have to say even better than Angels and Demons.
In this book, a dying countess hires a disgraced judge to find a missing painting that's supposed to be miraculous. It's her last hope. The judge hires Brodie and Ulla, the main characters, to find it for him. But he has another agenda.. he sees the painting as a chance to redeem himself to society.
Unraveling the mystery of the Lazarus painting is the book's main theme. But the side plots are equally engaging. The struggle of the painters who had to choose between the women they love and their destiny, the desperation of the judge to take back what he has lost, the Condesa's hope that the painting can be found and for the legend to be real, and Brodie and Ulla's quest to get to the bottom of the mystery, while keeping their relationship intact.
It is mysterious, suspenseful, and a page turner.
The Lazarus Succession is a powerful and enjoyable read. It would be a blockbuster if it ever became a movie. More than the thrill, it's a book about how powerful hope and a quest for redemption can be.
An easy 5 stars for Ken Fry. He pulled this book from the publisher because it wasn't getting the attention and care it deserved. He's right about that.
Lacy Andersen is a client of mine and I've had the pleasure of proofing and formatting her books. She's here on Authors to Watch for the simple fact that Lacy is a superb urban fantasy and paranormal romance writer. I loved the Aya Harris series and Heart of a Demon. You will too. Working on them was like taking a vacation. (Shhh... don't tell her I said that.)
I highly recommend her books to fantasy readers. Get to know Lacy and her books.
Today on Authors to Watch, we'll get to know more about this wonderful romance author and actress (comedian!) Eichin Chang-Lim. Eichin's book, Flipping, is an Amazon Bestseller and was given the Award of Literary Excellence by Dog Ear Publishing.
She's also an Optometrist, currently in private practice with her husband somewhere in L.A, and a devoted mother to Theodore and Victoria.
A long long time ago, in a far away land, someone spread the word that 50 is the magic number of reviews needed for a book to be promoted by Amazon, on its newsletter, and on its recommendations. More eyeballs on the book, increased possibility of sales. We all want sales, and our fervent desire to gather 50 reviews has caused a reviewing industry to thrive.
Some sell reviews for as low as $5, some as high as $60 (although this high end reviewer makes it appear that you're simply paying to expedite the review). Indie authors, and some unscrupulous business people have used this method to give credibility to the book and attract buyers.
There I was feeling lonely that I've finished reading Anne Rice's Prince Lestat... who knows when the next one will come... and here comes this book with an unassuming cover... She Dies at the End. So, she's psychic. OK... I started reading and whoa! This book is EPIC. I fell in love and couldn't put the book down. So Happy!
I've read many vampire books but nothing ever came close to the The Vampire Chronicles, which I absolutely love. Except this book. The characters, the writing, the world, the dialogue -- nothing is forced or exaggerated and you'll get swept into the life of November Snow whether you like it or not. It's the best fantasy/supernatural book I've read from an Indie Writer. Tight... Sharp... Good choice of words. I forgot that I'm an Editor, and that made it all the more enjoyable.
I will update this list when I read a good Erotic Romance worth raving about. I like them hot but classy, honest and with a storyline that doesn't read like porn. That could get tiring sometimes.
These are some of the Eroticas I've read and enjoyed. Check them out.
LOST & BOUND (The Dream Dominant Collection) by Pandora Spocks
This book will be released on Jan. 31 and if you love erotica, this is a must read. Well, all her books are. Lost & Bound is part of Pandora's Dream Dominant Collection, light BDSM romance novels. It's fascinating and she writes so naturally.
In Lost & Bound, Actress and brat Shasta Pyke finds herself in a wilderness camp after an embarassing scene with her ex-boyfriend. Either agree to that or spend time in jail. She meets Blake, a wilderness counselor and dominant. Blake recognized the lost girl in Shasta, and invites her to be his submissive - not so he can dominate her in a bad way, silly. Dream dominants take good care of their baby girls, and they're usually strong, accomplished and sensitive men.
For ADULTS only. The love scenes are HOT as Blake introduces Shasta to his type of lovemaking. On the other hand, the romance is deeply touching. What I like most about Pandora's Dream Dominant books, is that the romance tackles deeper needs than the regular romance novels. These needs are not so different from yours and mine, and it's easy to relate to her well developed characters, if you can get past your... inhibitions.

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Rory McIlroy and his newly fit physique advance to the second round in match play. Remember all the way back to January, when Hank Haney and Brandel Chamblee had the golf world all worked up over how Tiger Woods’ overly bulked up biceps were wrecking the swing of the world No. Show More Summary
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You would think after a 2013 Player of the Year season, it would be some time before Tiger's swing was critiqued in the 2014 season. You would be wrong. It didn't take long for the swing of Tiger Woods to come under scrutiny in the 2014 season. Show More Summary
I noted it in my upcoming Golf World column on Tiger, as did
Forget the fact that Tiger Woods just came off a five-win season in 2013 where he won two World Golf Championships events and the Players Championship, not to mention Player of the Year, because after one bad week in 2014 the critics...Show More Summary
Recently Hank Haney tweeted his opinion on why Tiger struggled at the U.S. Open, I give my opinion on why he should keep his trap shut.
Tiger Woods loses a couple of golf tourneys by whopping margins and amateur psychologists start questioning the state of the world No. 1's inner Eldrick. First, Hank Haney teed off on what was going on inside the brain of his ex-student. Show More Summary
Hank Haney is back at it again, and this time it's Tiger Woods' major preparation that is under scrutiny. Haney, a former instructor of Woods and a man that wrote a book that jumped a little too deep into "off the record" talk between...Show More Summary
T iger Woods’ nagging elbow pain may hinder his chances of winning his 15th major at next month’s British Open, but it’s his game prep -- or lack thereof -- that has former coach, Hank Haney, expanding on why he believes the world No. Show More Summary
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Swing coach Hank Haney, whose working relationship with Tiger Woods ended abruptly after the golfer's fall from grace, said his former employer looks ready to resume his climb up the majors list at next week's U.S. Open.
Someone get Hank Haney on the phone.
In light of last week's video of Bubba Watson driving a hovercraft golf cart, here's an anecdote that we had totally forgotten about: Tiger Woods once owned a tricked-out golf cart. Hank Haney, Tiger's old swing coach, wrote in his book...Show More Summary
Michael Phelps may be an 18-time gold medal winner but that doesn’t mean he’s going to take to golf like, ahem, a duck to water. So when the frustrations of the game inevitably caught up with Hank Haney’s newest project during Monday’s...Show More Summary
If you are going to talk to an Olympian and have nothing to ask, you might as well embarrass yourself in front of the greatest one alive. Yes, yours truly recently had a chance to catch up with Olympic great Michael Phelps and his golfing coach Hank Haney – he only helped a little known [...]
Michael Phelps has traded in his flippers for a set of golf clubs and is the latest celebrity student of golf pro Hank Haney, on The Golf Channel’s Haney Project.
While it was fun to see what Hank Haney could do with Charles Barkley's
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Olympic legend Michael Phelps has picked up golf, taking on Hank Haney as an instructor and managing to register as a 24 handicap. He's playing with Paul Casey at the Dunhill Links Championship pro-am today in Scotland, and he managed to land a putt measured by the Daily Mail as a 50-yarder. Show More Summary


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This R2-D2 dome lampshade is beautifully done in stained glass. Turn it on and there will no longer be a Dark Side. Only Light. This is the droid lamp shade that you are looking for.
It was made by Dickie of Master Glasster (I see what you did there.) Sadly, it is not available in their shop anymore, but who knows, maybe they will make you one if you ask nicely. Or you might have to just settle for a stained glass TARDIS.
This thing looks awesome. Now I just want to see more droids as stained glass lamp shades. Like R5-D4 and BB-8.
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I have written so much these last few days, and it all feels too raw still to share. There are stories I want to tell you and people I want to sit down with and thank from the bottom of my heart: people for whom my presence may be nothing more than a passing interest, but who have shaken and awoken me in ways which are, in all probability, beyond words.
And so perhaps that is why I am writing and not posting. Perhaps the gratitude I want to express, and the tears I shed when I think about the gifts they’ve given me, is all that needs to be happening right now.
To Be, in the presence of the changes, in the acceptance of my past, in the love of my unknown future, and in the openness of allowing. That’s where I am. That’s the only place I need to be.
I’m back in Wales for thirteen more days, before I return to Sri Lanka. Some moments it feels like purgatory, and others, like sweet respite from the rollercoaster of emotions I felt and cannot wait to get back to.
And yet, I know that all I experienced in Sri Lanka, I can continue to experience and grow from here too. It’s a choice (thanks to my love @tylafowler ). I’ve also found more connection with my clients these last few weeks: like they somehow feel more open too, and the pinging open of my heart strings and dismantling of the walls have somehow found their way in to their hearts too.
Openness and vulnerability by osmosis – the way it always works.
At the end of the day that’s all that matters: to be able to sit with the feelings, good bad or otherwise, to be honest and to sit with another person in their pain and pleasure, bowing before the truth of the moment <3
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ~Laura Ingalls Wilder
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My wish for you today is that you may find the simple joy of Christmas as your share memories and become childlike in your joy.
For many of us, money is tight and forces us to make changes in our spending this year, but don't let that prevent you from giving.
Give of yourself, give of your time and give from your heart. If you are discouraged as Christmas approaches, take the time now to give thanks for all you have, for surely your wealth is great--if you but look.
Today, I am grateful for the winter sun that pales in comparison to its summer brightness, yet manages to set the world aglow shimmering against the snow. I am grateful for sparkling ice, for tiny prisms of light in every snowflake glittering in the sun, and evergreens that stand proud and tall.
I am grateful for children everywhere who anticipate the coming of Christmas with joy in their hearts. May their wishes be granted and may they find pleasure in all they receive.
I am grateful for the ability to make a comfortable living from doing what I love best, for the many readers and followers I have gained during the year and for the wisdom to provide what my readers need most.
And, I am grateful for you, dear reader, as you stop to share my day. May your days be filled with untold joy as you become a child again at Christmas.
It is easy to express gratitude when things in your life are running smoothly, but a little more difficult when things get rough. We ha...
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. Ralph Waldo EmersonSo often in life we look at opportunities, but instead of seeing all they have to offer, we concentrate on what might go wrong. We become so...
You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. Christopher ColumbusBy: lcg2001 Sometimes, we are frustrated because we think we can not reach our goals, yet spend our time clinging fearfully to old ha...
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Author(s):Eells JT, Henry MM, Lewandowski MF, Seme MT, Murray TG. Development and characterization of a rodent model of methanol-induced retinal and optic nerve toxicity. Neurotoxicology. 2000 Jun;21(3):321-30. Review. PMID 10894122
Journal: Neurotoxicology, Volume 21, Issue 3, Jun 2000
Methanol is an important public health and environmental concern because of the selective actions of its neurotoxic metabolite, formic acid, on the retina, optic nerve and central nervous system. Humans and non-human primates are uniquely sensitive to methanol-induced neurotoxicity as a consequence of the limited capacity of primate species to oxidize and thus detoxify formic acid. The toxic syndrome in primates is characterized by formic acidemia, metabolic acidosis and blindness or serious visual impairment. Nonprimate species are normally resistant to the accumulation of formate and associated metabolic and visual toxicity. We have characterized retinal and optic nerve toxicity in a nonprimate model of methanol toxicity using rats in which folate-dependent formate oxidation has been selectively inhibited, allowing formate to accumulate to toxic concentrations following methanol administration. Methanol-intoxicated rats developed formic acidemia, metabolic acidosis and visual toxicity analogous to the human methanol poisoning syndrome. Visual dysfunction was manifested as reductions in the electroretinogram and the flash-evoked cortical potential which occurred coincident with blood formate accumulation. Histological studies revealed mitochondrial disruption and vacuolation in the retinal pigment epithelium, photoreceptor inner segments and optic nerve. The temporal relationship between methanol administration and the onset and development of ocular toxicity, as well as, the degree of metabolic acidosis and extent of formic acidemia in this rodent model are remarkably similar to that documented in human methanol intoxication. Moreover, the functional and morphologic findings in methanol-intoxicated rats are consistent with the hypothesis that formate acts as a mitochondrial toxin in the retina and optic nerve. The establishment and characterization of this nonprimate animal model of methanol intoxication will facilitate research into the mechanistic aspects of methanol toxicity and the development and testing of treatments for human methanol poisoning.

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The end of 2015 is approaching. For me, the year just flew by, as they all seem to do the older I get. This year, I made some promises to myself, in lieu of “resolutions”, and although I wasn’t able to see every one of them through, I did try my best this year.
It’s been a year of self discovery for me. A year of looking deeply at the person that I am, the person who I have become in my 44 years. And trying to decide if I am being the best me I can be for myself and those around me.
It’s been a year of reflection and change. I’ve had to dig deep this year to make important decisions about my life and my path. I’ve had to embrace some things, and let go of others.
It was a year of bravery. I had to learn to be personally brave this year. I had to learn to understand that the world will not crumble if I say no. I had to learn that sometimes we hold on to things because we have invested our time and energy or our heart and soul into them, but that there comes a point when those things are no longer what we need. And conversely, there are things that we need to hold onto, to fight for, because they are the things that show us who we really are, that keep us grounded and maintain our sanity.
It was the year that wasn’t. There was lots of reflecting that never yielded answers. There were lots of goals set that I may have fallen short of accomplishing in a year’s time. There were moments when I needed to be braver, more decisive, and I wasn’t. But, I am a work in progress. And a year is just a year.
It was a full year of One Unified. It was our first full year of posting. We tweaked things here and there. We moved to a new home, a new format. We talked to countless interesting people. And we made new friends along the way.
It was a year of family. Another year that my children have grown. Another grade they’ve moved up. Another set of milestones they’ve reached. Throughout the year we have delighted in the everyday details, the routine. We’ve enjoyed family dinners, and holidays, fleeting days of summer, first (and last) days of school, report cards, Halloween costumes (this year for the record it was Mario of Mario and Luigi fame, Harley Quinn, and Dr. Who) sporting events and birthday parties, and all the days between. And in the moment, these things may not seem like big, significant life events, but as I get older I realize that it is true that life is made not in the big events, but in the everyday details.
When we look at the calendar spots between January 1st and December 31st, there is a clean slate, wide open space. There are 365 chances for anything that you want. 52 weeks to set a new goal. 12 months to complete something you started and never finished. Maybe you’ll do it, maybe you won’t. Try not to beat yourself up too much if you don’t. In some ways I was able to realize my goals this year, and take several steps on my journey of self discovery. And in some ways, I am still miles away.
Thanks goodness 2016 is another year.
Happy New Year! And endless thanks for your continued support, readership, friendship and love.
When Michelle and I talked about doing a New Years post, my initial reaction was, as follows “It’s redundant! Nobody wants to read, once again, about our retrospective experiences of the year.” What really happened or changed that is worthy of writing about? But the more I thought about it, about the year, I was reminded of what a big difference a year can make and how many great things (as well as some tough times) really happened this year. So, I’ll ask you to humor me while I bring to you “my year in review” for 2015…
It’s funny how as we get older, the days, weeks and months kind of meld into one another and we forget specifics, dates and times. There are exceptions though. June 12, 2015 is one of those exceptions. On the day I turned 44, my son graduated high school. I have never been so proud of anything in my whole life. I smiled that whole day (and teared up several times too). I remember telling people how I was happier that day for him than I was at my own graduation. He turned 18 five days later. It’s bitter sweet, having a grown child. There are more freedoms for my husband and I now to be adults again. But, it brings new challenges, worries and realizations. I’m getting older, for starters. It is also a rediscovery of ones self. Not that being a parent is over (it’s definitely not, it never is), but like a new parent, you’re trying to figure out what the hell you’re doing and assume that whatever it is, you’re probably doing it wrong. As with everything else, I’m a hands on learner and will figure this stage out too. In the meantime, I’m enjoying watching my son become the man he wants to be, while trying to guide him as much as I can.
Being the lover of music that I am, this year was one to go on the “best of” list for me. June 21 (the day after my sons graduation party), I was able to take him to see Paul McCartney at the Wells Fargo Center. It was my third Paul show, but my sons first. It was amazing to share that experience with him. And I’m grateful for my husband that didn’t complain that it fell on Father’s Day (he probably preferred having the TV and house to himself anyway). Then came July! Two glorious Monday’s in July. Tickets for the Foo Fighters went on sale that previous December at a time that my family was particularly strapped and unable to afford the tickets. But I’m blessed with wonderful people in my life, one of which was gracious enough to get the tickets as a gift for my husband and I, so we could go together. IT WAS AMAZING! So much so, that because I was in a better position at that time to afford a ticket for the following Monday, I went again. This November brought Dead and Company and became another memory to hold onto with my husband and friends. In between there were nights out seeing local and live music in the area, some familiar and some new. All wonderful. (Please support those local musicians out there)
I began a new professional venture this year too. More than one actually. One was temporary but something I’d never done…bartending. It was brief but I’m ever grateful for the opportunity to learn something new, meet some nice people and help to support my family. Three months in, an opportunity came my way that would become my now, full time job. Again, something I’ve never done but am eager to learn and get good at it. It shouldn’t matter what we do, we should always try for excellence and self improvement. Both of these opportunities came from people I’ve met along the way and have developed friendships with in the process. I’m extremely grateful for the faith they had in me to offer me a chance. I continue to run my Mary Kay business on a part time basis and love staying in touch with my customers.
Every year, I’m reminded of how precious life really is. This year was no different. We had to say goodbye to some friends and loved ones. And as hard as it is to go through, it’s harder to watch those closest to the one who died, as they try to figure out how to have a normal life. Seeing their pain makes me feel helpless. All one can do is be there to help in any way they can and everyday, be thankful for the gifts we’re given in family and friends. I don’t squander an opportunity to live life. And while I do, I remember those that have moved on with fond memories.
For the coming year I make no resolutions. What I promise myself though, is to continue to live life to the fullest…to appreciate those I surround myself with…to work hard and play hard…to love…and to write to you from my heart and bring you some great stories and topics. I appreciate you, our dear readers, for having interest in anything I have to say. For giving me fulfillment by way of written word. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Wishing you a year filled with love, laughter, peace and of course…music.


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What is a catastrophic injury?
Catastrophic injuries happen suddenly, without warning, and have a great impact on the lives of the individuals who experience them. The injury quite often severely disrupts the central nervous system, in turn, affecting other parts of the body. Many victims experience loss of sensation, movement, and cognitive and communicative abilities. The injury can also affect circulation, respiration, skin, the urinary system, the gastrointestinal system as well as the other body systems. The injury may involve loss of sight, quadriplegia, paraplegia or being in a coma. Victims may be unable to speak, walk or live without constant care.
Catastrophic injuries can be horrible, debilitating injuries, which affect the victims daily life. By finding a qualified catastrophic injury attorney you can help ensure your legal rights are well represented.
Types Of Catastrophic Injuries
- Severe burns
- Accidental amputation
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- Other neurological disorders
Factors Affecting Compensation in Catastrophic Injury Cases
Catastrophic injury patients and their families experience difficult life changes as they move from hospitalization to rehabilitation to returning home. These changes include an adverse effect on their employment, self esteem, enjoyment of life, ability to complete routine tasks and relationships.
With good, early medical treatment, some individuals may recover from their injuries. Others may be faced with great suffering, permanent disability and reduced life spans. Someone whose ability to earn income has been greatly affected and who needs a lifetime of care due to the injury may need financial support for decades.
Long term effects of the injury often do not become apparent until years after the injury occurs. For instance, someone injured as a child may need surgery to correct the problem in the future. Many burn victims are faced with having to get several reconstructive surgeries. The injury can include the costs of prosthetic devices. Additionally, the family of the victim may also be granted compensation for present and future expenses.
Determining Parties Responsible for Catastrophic Injuries
Identifying the responsible party is essential in order to seek compensation for catastrophic injuries. A victim may need to file a personal injury claim if the injury is caused by the intentional or negligent act of someone else or from a defective product. An experienced attorney in catastrophic injury claims will help ensure victims recover the compensation to which they may be entitled. Depending on the type of injury, vehicle owners, product manufacturers and medical personnel may be responsible.
Sometimes, filing a personal injury claim is the only way to provide the catastrophically injured victim with quality medical care, support and compensation for losses suffered as the result of such a tragic occurrence.

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Loud Quiet Loud Review
November 09, 2006
I've been watching "Loud Quiet Loud," the new documentary about the Pixies 2004 reunion tour. I recommend it for all fans, but for the uninitiated, this isn't the place to start. It's way too subtle and specific in its intentions. There's very little background info, because at the beginning it was meant to be a piece of cinema verite, a pure snapshot of the tour. Later the filmmakers added in interviews. The movie is so intimate that by the end I had stopped thinking of the bandmembers as rock stars. I was thinking of them as real people who just happened to be very talented. The filmmakers say in the commentary portion that Frank Black didn't trust them at the beginning, but at some point, he let them into his inner sanctum and even got so comfortable that he often wore underwear around them. The film also shows Black in his underwear, and though it's not a pleasant sight, it really illustrates how much access the filmmakers had gotten.
Since the bandmembers didn't spend a lot of time together backstage, there isn't gobs and gobs of revelatory footage, although there's enough. The movie is less about the actual band than it is about the proliferation of the mundane and banal on tour.
In the commentary the filmmakers don't try to hide the fact that instead of seeing the Pixies on their reunion tour, they decided to make a film and get real backstage passes. So, from the beginning, these guys didn't know what they were getting themselves into and the film had no direction. This is why the film is so subtle. The filmmakers had no pre-planned stories to follow from the beginning. Luckily for them, David's substance abuse, Charles' burgeoning family life, Joey's soundtrack recording, and Kim's struggle to stay on the wagon yielded enough footage so that there were obvious threads by the end of shooting.
The live footage they use is a cop-out. I coulda seen that on a live Pixies DVD, but apparently, the filmmakers didn't have enough good footage by the end.
All in all, the film is a half-interesting look into how four amazingly talented musicians manage to connect so well onstage and so horribly off of it.


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We interrupt the Tokyo - Kyoto - Osaka series just briefly for a fun post on some Japanese anime inspired dishes I made for my birthday.
Yes, today's my birthday.
It's been interesting looking at my blog and seeing what I've done in past years to celebrate. Time flies so quickly, it's kind of crazy!
In 2010 I had the privilege of being in Tokyo on my birthday (what a treat!), where I shopped for fun kitchen gadgets during the day in Kappabashi and then enjoyed a wacky, creative tasting menu at Tapas Molecular Bar in the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo - complete with stunning views of Tokyo down below.
In 2011, we stayed in Boston, enjoying a fabulous white Alba truffle tasting at the Chef's Table at Menton. And in 2012, we were in Australia celebrating Bryan's parents' retirement. After hiking all day in the Blue Mountains, we headed over to Din Tai Fung in Sydney for dinner. Yep, they let me pick any restaurant I wanted and that's what I chose.
What a crazy past five years!
This year I had a bit of fun with some Totoro and Domokun themed dishes that I made. Here's how I did it.
I made the Totoro Carrot by carving out one of my big carrots from my Siena Farms CSA. This mainly involves having lots of patience and using high quality knives. The eyes are cut from the thin root tip of a parsnip (I picked a part of the root where the circumference was the right size).
The belly is also parsnip, from a thicker part of the root. The eyes are black sesame seeds, and the nose is cut out from a purple carrot, though you can use almost any sort of dark colored thin sheet (e.g., eggplant skin, nori, etc). The leaf on his head is cilantro and his belly lines are bits of leeks.
Totoro soba noodles are really easy to make. Once you make the cold soba according to the package's instructions, just lay the noodles down on a plate (ideally on top of some sort of green background, like a bed of lettuce + scallions) and shape it accordingly. The eyes are parsnip, the eye balls are purple kohlrabi skin (though you can use eggplant, nori, etc), and the belly is kohlrabi as well. I used either a sharp knife or a pair of scissors to cut out the appropriate shapes.
I carved out the Domokun from a huge purple kohrabi I had received in my farm share last week. The pink inside his mouth is a thinly sliced watermelon radish, which I sort of tucked inside underneath the teeth. The rest of him is kohrabi. I drew the eyes with edible food coloring markers.
I also made a Domo "Taiwanese Meat Sauce" (lower right corner) by using Shitake mushrooms as his eyes, mashed beets as his mouth, and teeth hand cut from a thin kohlrabi slice. The Domo cake on the left corner was brought by a friend.
Tonight, I'll be headed to Uni Sashimi Bar with Bryan. It will be the first time I'm trying it since Chef Tony Messina joined on. I haven't tasted his cooking since 2009 when he won the S. Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef's competition in New England. He was working in the burbs for awhile, but just last year joined Uni Sashimi Bar.
I can't wait!
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The Lord Selkirk School Division has lifted a “hold and secure” for its schools after police determined a perceived threat was simply an old message that had been re-shared online, and not a new threat to the schools.
Schools had been put on the security status, which limits entry and exit but allows classes to continue, after more threats surfaced Tuesday morning.
The division posted the alert on its website and Twitter at about 11:30 a.m.
On Monday, the division closed all 15 of its schools, just north of Winnipeg, due to threats surfacing on social media. Three young people were arrested in connection with the threats and two have been charged.
“The last couple of days have been challenging for us,” RCMP Insp. Alan Hofland said.
Another threat was found by RCMP Tuesday morning, but was later determined to be an old threat that was reshared multiple times through social media, Hofland said.
The schools were placed in a modified hold-and-secure mode out of precaution, which means students could leave their classrooms, but not the school, and no one was allowed to enter the school.
It really did impede our ability to get to the bottom of the matter.– RCMP Insp. Alan Hofland
It was difficult to determine if the threat was new, or simply a previous threat that was being reshared as it had been reposted several times over on social media, Hofland said.
“It really did impede our ability to get to the bottom of the matter,” he said, adding that police are asking people to report anything suspicious that they see, rather than sharing it again online.
“We rely on people to keep us informed of what’s happening. We’re asking people to come forward if they do see anything suspicious,” he said.
“Any delay in doing that results in a hindrance to us to provide response to that threat.”
Hofland went on to say that a threat like this results in “stress, causes fear, causes uncertainty.”
“Wondering what to do, how to do it, am I going to be safe? Are my friends going to be safe?” he said. “Mom and dads wondering, do I come get my kid?… All kinds of questions, all kinds of uncertainty.”
No arrests were made Tuesday in connection with any threats to the school division, but the RCMP’s investigation is still ongoing, Hofland said.
Watch the full press conference with RCMP and the school division:


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UPDATE: The Obama Administration prevented an informant on Uranium One from speaking about Uranium ONE to anyone but President Trump has just released him from it so he can speak. Things just got interesting ... Sen. Grassley Called White House For Support Lifting Informant Gag Order
Everyone remembers the Podesta Leaks. Not everyone remembers what the very 1st thing Julian Assange spoke about regarding the Podesta Leaks.
It was about Uranium One.
Two hours after Julian released this on Wikileaks the infamous Trump/Billy Bush tape was dropped and America was intentionally distracted from what should have been the biggest story in the MSM. You have to give them credit, they are good aren't they? What's the bigger story? Some locker room trash talk from a presidential candidate that happened over 10 years ago or selling 20% of America's Uranium rights to Russian?
Don't even get me started on how Uranium one relates to the Bundy standoff in Oregon but it's important that we all connect the dots. In the interest of keeping your attention on Uranium I am not going to go further into that but you can and should here. It will make your skin crawl.
In the midst of the Uranium One story re-breaking this week we also learn this.... Collusion Discovered: DNC, Hillary, Comey and FBI ALL Financed Anti-Trump Fusion GPS Dossier Group
Deep State's House of Card's is falling and we need to help that along. How can we do that? Call Today! Call Senator Grassley and ask for an independent investigation into Uranium One! (202) 224-3744
Trump is just one man. He needs our help and support to keep the globalists who are working hard to get POTUS impeached. The truth will out....if we make it will out.
Will you lift a finger to help Make America Great Again? It's not going to happen without you so what are you waiting for?
Jack Posobiec did a periscope on this today. It's very interesting...

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“Beneath every behavior there is a feeling. And beneath each feeling is a need. And when we meet that need, rather than focus on the behavior, we begin to deal with the cause, not the symptom.” ~Ashleigh Warner
Do you ever wonder what creates anxiety and why so many people are anxious?
Anxiety doesn’t just come from a thought we’re thinking, it comes from inside our body—from our internal patterning, where unresolved trauma, deep shame, and painful experiences are still “running.”
It often comes from false underlying beliefs that say, “Something’s wrong with me, I’m flawed, I’m bad, I’m wrong, I don’t belong.”
Anxiety can be highly misunderstood because it’s not just a symptom, it often stems from what’s going on subconsciously as a result of past experiences, mostly from when we were little beings. And yes, the body does keep score and remembers even if the mind doesn’t.
Anxiety is often a signal/experience that happens automatically from our nervous system. It’s emotions/sensations letting us know that we don’t feel safe with ourselves, life, or the person we’re with or situation we’re in. It’s our inner child saying, “Hey, I need some love and attention.”
Maybe, instead of blaming, shaming, or making ourselves feel bad or wrong for experiencing anxiety, we can be more compassionate and caring, knowing it often comes from deep unresolved pain.
Just taking a medication or doing symptom relief may help ease the anxiety, but are we really healing the “root” cause? Are we taking time to understand what the anxiety is conveying? Where it’s actually coming from and what it’s showing us about what we need?
Many people are living with anxiety but aren’t even aware it’s happening. Our minds and bodies aren’t at ease, and we may try to soothe them by being busy, over-eating, drinking alcohol, scrolling through the internet, smoking, compulsive shopping, over-achieving, or constantly working.
From my earliest memory I felt anxious. I didn’t feel safe at home or at school. I felt different than the other kids; in a sense I was an outcast.
I was alone a lot, and food became my companion and coping mechanism. When I was eating, I felt like I was being soothed. It gave me a way to focus on something else to avoid my painful feelings, and it also helped me cope with being screamed at or ignored by my family.
At age eight I started experiencing dizziness, which was another form of anxiety showing up in my body. My parents took me to the doctor, and they checked my ears and did other tests but couldn’t find anything wrong with me physically.
That’s because the dizziness wasn’t caused by something physically wrong with my body, it was stemming from the fear and anxiety I was experiencing. I was afraid of everyone and everything—I was afraid of living and being.
I was experiencing extreme panic. I didn’t know how to be, and no one comforted me when I was afraid; instead, my father called me a “big baby.”
When I was ten my parents started leaving me at home alone, sometimes at night, where it was very scary for me, and I cried and sat at the door waiting for them to walk in. When they did, there was no acknowledgment. They just said, “Go to bed.”
They didn’t meet my needs for connection; my needs to be heard, loved, seen, and accepted; or my needs for safety and comfort when I was hurting and afraid. Because of that, I experienced severe panic and anxiety. I didn’t know how to be with myself when those feelings were happening, which was constantly.
Then, when I was thirteen, my doctor told me to go on a diet. I became afraid of food and started using exercise to soothe my anxiousness. Little did I know I would exercise compulsively, to the point of exhaustion, daily, for the next twenty-three years of my life.
I couldn’t sit still for a minute. If I did, my heart would race, and my body would sweat and shake. My trauma was surfacing, and I didn’t know how to be. The only way I felt okay was if I was constantly moving and being busy.
I was also self-harming and limiting my food intake, so at age fifteen I entered my first hospital for anorexia, depression, cutting/being suicidal, and anxiety.
Was there really something wrong with me? No, I was just a frightened human being trying desperately to feel loved, accepted, and at peace with who I was. I just wanted to feel safe in some way.
I didn’t realize what was going on at the time, and the people who were “treating me” didn’t understand true healing. They were just doing symptom relief, which never took care of my inner pain, the trauma my mind/body was stuck in.
Deep down I was living with the idea that there was something wrong with me, that I wasn’t a good enough human being, I didn’t fit into society. I had a shame-based identity, and I was trying to suppress my hurt and pain.
I was stuck in fear and worried about the future and what would happen to me. I was trying to make the “right” decisions, but no matter what I did my father called me a failure. No wonder I was so anxious all the time. I couldn’t meet the standards on how I should be according to my family and society, and I never felt safe.
When I was old enough, I started working and found that when I made money, I finally felt worthy, which temporarily eased my anxiety.
This became an obsession, and I became a workaholic, basing my identity on my income and trying to prove myself through my earnings.
I also hid my thoughts, feelings, and needs because I never knew, when I was a kid, if I would be punished for doing, saying, or asking for anything. This left me with many unmet needs and continuous anxious feelings.
How can someone live that way? We can’t. It’s not living, it’s running. It’s trying to just get through the day, but then the next day comes and the panic sets in, and the routine starts all over again. Living in proving, self-preserving, and trying to find a way to feel safe—what a life, eh?
I also had to deal with the anger my family projected onto me for “being a sick puppy.” They said I was ruining the family, not to mention all the money my parents spent on treatment that never helped me get better. That really upset my father and made me feel guilty.
All that panic, fear, guilt, shame, pain—feeling not good enough, unlovable, and unworthy—was going on unconsciously, and because I was trying to suppress how I was truly feeling I experienced the symptom of anxiety, as well as depression, eating disorders, cutting, and other ways of self-harming.
Many people have these feelings but do a great job of covering them up through physical means. Internally, they’re at war.
That’s why I share my story: I know there are other people out there who feel this too. If this is you, please be kind and gentle with yourself.
Please know that whatever your survival/coping mechanisms, you’re not bad or wrong; in fact, you’re pretty damn smart, you found a way to help yourself feel safe.
And, if you’re experiencing anxiety, please know it’s not your fault; it’s how your nervous system is responding to what’s happening internally and externally.
Sometimes anxiety can mean that we care deeply and we’re in a situation or with a person who means a lot to us. We want to be loved and accepted, so we get anxious about trying to do and say the right things, which makes it hard to express ourselves authentically.
Anxiety can also be a response from our nervous system letting us know we’re in dangerous situations or our needs for belonging, safety, and love aren’t being met. However, there’s a difference between a real threat and a perceived threat based on outdated neuro patterning stemming from traumatic past experiences.
Here’s the simple truth: We all have some anxiety—it’s part of being human—but when anxiety shows up in our daily living and it’s extreme like it was for me, it can be helpful to notice it with compassion and loving so we can do some inner healing.
I started feeling at ease by embracing the part of me that was experiencing anxiety, listening to why it was feeling how it was feeling, and giving it what it needed; this is called inner child healing, loving re-parenting.
I started feeling at ease when I made anxiety my friend and I saw it as a messenger from within. By taking the time to listen, I saw how anxiety was serving me; sometimes I really needed protection or a shift in perception, or to speak up or leave a situation, and I only knew this by listening.
When I started loving and accepting myself unconditionally—my insecurities, my imperfections, my wild ways of being, my free, authentic, and crazy expression, the ways I love and care deeply and the things that frightened me—I became truly free.
We’ve all been conditioned to be a certain way in order to be loved and accepted, and this often creates a disconnection from our soul’s loving essence and can cause us to be anxious with the false ideas that we’re not good enough and there’s something wrong with us.
For those of us who experienced trauma too—the trauma of not being heard, seen, or comforted when we were frightened or hurting, or not having our needs met as a little being, or being beaten physically or emotionally—well, it’s understandable that we would feel unsafe and anxious.
When we’re in situations that trigger our anxiety, we need to take a deep breath and ask ourselves:
What am I afraid of?
What is this experience bringing up for me?
What am I feeling and what am I believing to be true about myself, the other, and/or what’s happening?
Is that really true?
What do I need? How can I give this to myself?
One thing that has really helped me is the idea that it’s not really about the issue or the other person, it’s about how I’m feeling, what I think it means, and what’s going on internally, as we all see the world through our own filters, beliefs, and perceptions.
We find ease with anxiety when we make it our friend, relate with it, and respond to it instead of from it, and offer ourselves compassion instead of judgment.
We find ease with anxiety when we forgive ourselves for betraying ourselves to get love and approval and/or forgive ourselves for past mistakes, seeing what we can learn from them and how we can change.
We find ease with anxiety by taking risks and making small promises to ourselves daily, which helps us learn how to trust ourselves and our decisions, so we don’t feel anxious when there’s no one around to help us.
We find ease with anxiety when we realize there’s nothing wrong with us, and we take time to find out what unrealistic expectations we’re trying to meet in order to be a “good enough human being.”
We find ease with anxiety when we have a safe place to share our fears, shame, and insecurities so we no longer have to suppress that energy.
We find ease with anxiety when we notice the “war” between our mind and our heart—our conditioning and our true being.
We also find ease with anxiety when we see it as a positive thing. Because of my anxiety, I’m empathetic and sensitive to my own and other people’s feelings and needs. This helps me understand what I need, as well as what my friends, clients, and other people need and what they’re experiencing internally.
We find ease with anxiety when we understand what’s causing it internally; express, process, and resolve our anger, hurt, shame and pain; and offer those parts of ourselves compassion, love, and a new understanding.
We find ease with anxiety when we pause, take a deep breath, put our hands on our heart, and say, “I am safe, I am loved.” This calms our nervous system and brings us back to the present moment.
We find ease with anxiety when we experience a re-connection with our soul’s loving essence; this is where we experience a true homecoming, a loving integrating.
If you’re someone who has experienced trauma, please don’t force yourself to sit with your feelings alone. Find someone who can lovingly support you in your healing, someone who can assist you in working with those parts of you that are hurting to feel safe, loved, heard, and seen.
Oh, and one more thing, please be kind and gentle with yourself. You’re a precious and beautiful soul, and you’re worth being held in compassion and love.
About Debra Mittler
Debra Mittler is a warm and compassionate healer with a unique ability to touch people’s hearts and souls. She enjoys assisting others in loving and accepting themselves unconditionally, feeling at peace in their body, and living authentically. Debra is a leading authority in overcoming obstacles and supports her clients by holding a space of unconditional love and offering encouragement, effective tools, and valuable insights allowing them to experience and listen to their own inner wisdom.

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More turmoil ahead for Twitter as EU Digital Services Act tests Musk’s vision
Elon Musk’s promise to European regulators that Twitter would follow the rules set out in the European Union’s new Digital Services Act (DSA) will finally be put to the test. The first few weeks of Musk’s reign at the company suggest he could be embroiled in a fight.
Within hours of Musk’s takeover, racist language previously blocked on the platform increased. The billionaire praised targeted ads, which are the subject of a European crackdown aimed at better protecting users from pervasive online surveillance. He personally retweeted misinformation about the assault and attempted kidnapping that seriously injured the husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And he has now cut Twitter’s workforce in half and jettisoned the majority of the company’s thousands of contractors, who traditionally handle content moderation.
The DSA, which came into force on November 16, is a bold set of sweeping regulations on online content governance and accountability for digital services that subjects Twitter, Facebook and other platforms in many ways to the European Commission. and national authorities. These bodies will oversee compliance and enforcement and seem determined to make the internet a fairer place by limiting the power of Big Tech. Many expect this landmark EU legislation to set a new benchmark for other regulators around the world.
Concerns for safety and respect
The DSA’s content moderation rules could be a real challenge for Musk. While the DSA does not tell social media platforms what speech they can and cannot post, it sets new standards for terms of service and regulates the content moderation process to make it more transparent to users and regulators. The DSA is driven as much by security concerns and respect for fundamental rights as by the interests of the market. It draws attention to the impact of algorithmic decision-making (and there’s a fine line between Twitter’s new paid subscription model and algorithmic discrimination), and reinforces EU codes of conduct, such as the Misinformation Code of Practice, to which Twitter has subscribed.
And that requires platforms to remove illegal content. EU regulators say the DSA will ensure that anything illegal offline will also be illegal online. But what is considered illegal varies between EU member states. For example, an offensive statement flagged as illegal in Austria could be perfectly legal in France. It is true that the DSA has taken some steps to avoid imposing the law of one country on all other countries, but the fragmentation of the EU has led to and will continue to require significant compliance efforts from the share of platforms. There are also new due diligence obligations, some of which could increase the risk of legal discourse being swept aside as platforms err on the side of removal to avoid fines.
Perhaps working in Musk’s favor, the DSA does not require platforms to remove all harmful content, such as “awful but legal” hate speech. In fact, the DSA sets some limits on what can be removed, which means Musk may find it easier to remove as little as possible. But platforms are required to act responsibly and work with trusted flaggers and public authorities to ensure their services are not misused for illegal activity. And while platform operators have wide latitude to set their own speech standards, those standards must be clear and unambiguous, which Musk pledged to do anyway.
Sometimes it’s hard to take Musk at his word. He said in late October that no major content or account reinstatement decisions would occur until a content moderation board comprised of “widely diverse viewpoints” was formed. He has yet to announce the existence of such a council, but on November 20 several people fired the platforms for hate speech and misinformation, including former President Donald Trump – who was allowed to return to Twitter after Musk quizzed users — and Kanye West.
Twitter’s trust and safety and content moderation teams have suffered huge successes since Musk took over as “Chief Twit,” as he calls himself. Half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees have been laid off, with trust and security services the hardest hit. Twitter’s top trust and safety, human rights and compliance officers have left the company, as have some EU policy officials. That Musk fired the entire human rights team could backfire. This team has been tasked with ensuring that Twitter adheres to the United Nations Principles Establishing Corporate Responsibility to Protect Human Rights.
Media outlets reported that the company’s content moderation staff did not have access to their enforcement tools. Meanwhile, a second wave of global job cuts hit 4,400 of Twitter’s 5,500 external contractors last week, many of whom had worked as content moderators to tackle misinformation on the platform in the United States and abroad.
Extended obligations for large platforms
All of this raises questions about whether Twitter has the technical and political muscle to comply with and implement DSA obligations, particularly whether Twitter is designated as a “very large online platform” or VLOP (over 45 million users) under the DSA. If designated as such, the company will have to comply with important obligations and responsibly address systemic risks and abuses on its platform. They will be held accountable through independent annual compliance audits and public scrutiny and must provide a public repository of the online advertisements they have displayed over the past year. It is unlikely that Twitter will be able to meet these commitments if it does not have enough qualified personnel to understand the impact of its operations on human rights.
Additionally, Musk is a self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist,” who said he acquired Twitter because civilization needs “a common digital public square.” He criticized Twitter content moderation policies and says he opposes “censorship” which “goes far beyond the law”. Yet, after much criticism, he also said that Twitter cannot become a “free-for-all hellscape” where anything can be said without consequences.
Unfortunately, Twitter descended into pretty much that kind of a landscape soon after Musk took over. A flurry of racist slurs appeared on the platform in the first few days, while a revised paid subscription scheme that gives users a blue tick – which once indicated that the identity of the account holder had been verified as authenticated – was reintroduced but without the verification step. Anyone paying $7.99 could buy a blue check, and many who created fake accounts posing as people and businesses and tweeted out false information, from an Eli Lilly account announcing that its product to insulin base was now free to multiple accounts impersonating and parodying Musk himself.
Musk halted the deployment, but the damage was done. Margrethe Vestager, executive vice president of the European Commission, told CNBC that such a practice indicates that “your business model is fundamentally flawed.”
If Twitter is deemed a “very large online platform”, it will need to assess all kinds of risks, including misinformation, discrimination and lack of civic discourse arising from using the service, and take steps to mitigation to reduce societal harm. If Musk succeeds in his plans to grow Twitter’s user base over the next few years, Twitter will certainly face greater scrutiny under the DSA and could be forced to backtrack and staff its service. content moderation.
This is also the opinion of Thierry Breton. Commenting on the reduction in the number of moderators, the European commissioner for the internal market warned Musk that “he will have to increase them in Europe”.
“He will have to open his algorithms. We will have control, we will have access, people will no longer be able to talk nonsense,” Breton said.
Restrict user information for ads
Targeted advertising is another area where Musk’s plans could conflict with DSA obligations. Twitter’s advertising business is its main source of income. With the company losing money, Musk wants to increase his ad revenue. The DSA prohibits platforms from using sensitive user information, such as ethnicity or sexual orientation, for advertising purposes. Ads can no longer be targeted based on this data.
More broadly, the DSA increases transparency about the ads users see on their feeds: platforms must clearly differentiate content from advertising; ads should be labeled accordingly. It’s hard to see how all of these requirements will mesh neatly with Musk’s plans. He told advertisers that what Twitter needs are ads that are as relevant to users’ needs as possible. Highly relevant ads, he says, will serve as “real content.”
One of the most concerning things the DSA does not do is to fully protect anonymous speech. The provisions give government authorities alarming powers to flag controversial content and uncover data on anonymous speakers — and everyone else — without adequate procedural safeguards. Pseudonymity and anonymity are essential to protect users who may have opinions, identities or interests that do not match those in power.
Marginalized groups and human rights defenders can be in grave danger if those in power manage to discover their true identity. Musk pledged to “authentic all real humans” on Twitter; Unfortunately, the DSA is doing nothing to help them if Musk keeps his promise.
The DSA is an important tool for making the internet a fairer place, and it’s going to cause some turbulence for Twitter as Musk seeks to realize his vision for the platform. Much will depend on how social media platforms interpret their obligations under the DSA and how EU authorities enforce the regulation. Breton, the internal market commissioner, swore that Twitter “will fly by our rules.” For Musk, the seatbelt sign is on. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.


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Years In Business
Who We Are
We specialize in the manufacturing of high-quality lay-flat hoses and circular shuttle looms. We are based in Mandal, on the southern coast of Norway, and have been in business in the same location for nearly 250 years. We have come a long way since our establishment in 1775, and today we are one of the world’s most recognized manufacturers of lay-flat hoses and looms.
85% of our production is exported and our products are found across the globe thanks to our long-standing partners and distributors.
Malmø, Mandal in 1831. Mandals Reberbane can be seen in the middle. It was the longest rope factory in Norway at the time. Photo credits: Vest-Agder-Museet
Production of Ropes
Mandals was established in 1775 under the name Mandals Reberbane. In those days Norway was ruled by Denmark, thus it was the Danish king who approved the establishment of the company.
Back in the 18th century the city of Mandal, located at the southern tip of Norway, was a busy international port. All the sailing vessels needed lots of ropes, and this was the basis for the foundation of the company. Ropes remained the sole product for almost one hundred and fifty years, and not until 1922 did fire hoses become a supplementary product to the ropes.
Continuous Development & New Owners
Mandals continued the product development of hoses and became pioneers in lay-flat hose production technology. The “extrusion through the weave” technology was developed in the 1960s and is still vital to the company.
In 1988, while still a family-owned company, we started extruding hoses with thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a method that has set the standard for making lay-flat hoses worldwide.
In 2004, Mandals Reperbane Christiansen & Co. AS was sold to three local investors and our name changed to our internationally recognized name, Mandals AS.
UK-based Fenner PLC bought the company through their subsidiary, Fenner Norway AS, in 2012. The Michelin Group acquired Fenner PLC in 2018, allowing us to grow in exciting new ways.
Photo credit: Michelin
Legacy Through Innovation
Mandals has continued to grow and innovate through the decades. We proudly continue our journey together with Michelin and our partners to provide solutions to the current and future needs of our customers, stakeholders, and owners.
Sustainability is at the core of how we work and who we want to be in the future. We have several interesting projects under work to reduce our carbon footprint going forward. We are accelerating our innovation pace on materials together with Michelin and we are finding new, more sustainable ways to develop our business and products. Together we forge a new legacy.


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In 1885 HM Prison Dorchester was built on the site of an older prison (1796-1880), which in turn was built on the site of a castle dating back to 1154. It was a standard Victorian design and consisted of two main wings radiating from a central hub with galleried landings, providing space for around 300 prisoners.
History of Dorchester Prison
Before its closure in January 2014, it had a turbulent recent history- in 2006 25% of random drug tests came back positive, mostly for cannabis but also for heroin. In 2007 overcrowding and a lack of investment in buildings and facilities led to the Prison Reform Trust stating that prison staff were “battling against overwhelming odds in old and overcrowded premises.” The report also criticised the lack of work opportunities for inmates. Conditions did however improve, with Dorchester being awarded “Most improved Prision” in 2008. This was as a result of the £41 million spent on it in the 12 years prior to its closure, including new healthcare facilities that opened just six months before its closure.
In the run up to its closure HM Prison Dorchester held adult and young adult males, around half convicted prisoners and half remanded inmates. Further back in its history it held both men and women, and there was a debtors wing. Executions also took place in the grounds. It is believed Martha Brown, the last woman to be hanged in Dorset, is among former inmates buried in the prison. Her execution was witnessed by Thomas Hardy and inspired his novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
In 2019, as part of development plans for the site, permission was granted to exhume the bodies that remain. Other former inmates that remain buried at the site include the murderer David Jennings, who was the last person to be buried in the yard after he was executed in the yard in 1941. The last public execution was in 1858; James Seale was tried and found guilty of murder. All later execututions at the prison were behind closed doors.
Current Use & Future of Dorchester Prison
The prison site was sold to development company City and Country in 2014 who have plans to convert the site into 200 homes, but they do intend to preserve the Gatehouse as a museum. Progress on this seems to have stalled, but in the meantime the prison has seen a number of uses including community events and fitness classes, airsoft, tours, and it has been a filming location for series inlcuding Most Haunted, Luther and The Gold. The tours are guided by an ex-prison officer, but you have a lot of freedom to roam around on your own, making them a great way to see the inside of this abandoned prison.
Exploration of Dorchester Prison
We joined an evening tour of the prison, which was conducted in the dark, adding to the atmosphere of exploring the vast abanadoned and decaying site. Though the prison still sees use, as menioned above; large parts of it are only used for tours and airsoft games, meaning large sections have not been maintained. This made exploring the prison feel more authentic and closer to an “Urbex” experience than you would expect from paying to jon a guided tour!
To start with we circumnavigated the red brick Victorian buildings, inside the immense boundary walls within the prison yard, surrounded by barbed wire. We circled the site, heading into the exercise yard where prisoners could experience the outside world for an hour a day. Prisoners walked anti-clockwise in the exercise yard, as the Victorians believed that this helped turn back the time on their crimes. Our ex-prison guard guide gave an insight in to prison life, and detailed how red tape had impacted the prison service, with outsourcing of maintenance work both slowing down and increasing the cost of basic repairs and maintenance.
Inside the prison was a mix of Victorian architechture with semi-modern additions- the closest thing I could relate it to on the outside world would be a Victorian school. The air was dank and cold inside, moisture from condensation dripped from the walls and ceilings. Though the building was no longer maintained or heated, apparently conditions were not much more pleasant when the buildings were in use- prisoners often complained about the cold conditions.
Walking through corridors, passing offices, interview rooms and the canteen, we eventually reached the impressive central hub of the prison, Every level of walkway, lined with metal bars, could be seen from this point. Heading up the stairs, metal clanging and echoing beneath our feet, we made our way into the small musty cells. One still had newspaper clippings pasted to the wall by a previous inmate. Crossing the gangway and peeking into a few more cells, we made our way to the chapel. This was the only room of the prison that was carpeted, a small amount of light glinted through the stained glass window, illuminating the room. The chapel was used for meetings as well as its religious purpose, and was where staff were told the prison was closing nearly 10 years ago.
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Casa Mexico: At Home in Merida
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A mix of architecture and art, this book is a collection of artist Jose Albers’ photographs, collages, prints and paintings from his many visits to Mexico’s pre-Columbian archeological sites between 1935 and 1968. Buy here
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This stunning book is a collection of Mexico’s colorful casas and amazing abodes. Featuring the bold hues from Costa Careyes to the Yucatan Peninsula, feast your eyes on villas, casitas, haciendas, cabanas and palapas, all reflecting the beautiful style of Mexico. Buy here
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Recently named Mexico’s Designer of the Year, Olga Hanono is known for her bold use of color, making her one of the most sought-after interior designers. Her first book The Art of Beautiful Living chronicles some of her most awe-inspiring interiors and projects all over the world from start to finish. Buy here
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The 100 Terms and Conditions trailer is here, and it appears, well, dare I say, really awesome?
Brief analysis and reaction will follow!
This looks like what I have been finally been waiting for! Bellamy, Kane, and Sinclair ganging up on Pike for his damned blood-thirsty needs. But why is Lincoln beating up Sinclair? Grrr, I like Sinclair, and there better be a darn good explanation for this. Also, he better not die, as he is needed. Who will be the mentor of Raven then? I am glad to see more of the hero Bellamy that we know, and doing what is right. I just hope that it continues, despite what has been told.
The 100 Terms and Conditions will air March 10th on the CW at 9/8 central. Follow Grounders Source on Twitter and like the Facebook page for all the up to dates on the show!


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Thank you for your support this term.
It has been a wonderful term and I am so pleased that we were able to get through a full term.
The staff and students are very tired as it has been a very busy term. I hope as a family you get time to relax and enjoy some down time.
The tutoring program will begin next term. I will send out an Operoo, explaining the process that the school has been through to identify students that will be on the program for the first 10 weeks.
St Louis' Cross Country
The students in grade 3-6 will be participating in the St Louis' Cross Country on Monday 26 April. Mr Mitchell will send out more information in week 1 of Term 2.
St Louis Feast Day
The school will be celebrating St Louis' Feast Day on Tuesday 27 April. It will be a casual clothes day. The students will celebrate mass at 9.15 am and will have a special lunch that day.
The Grade 3 and 5 students will be participating in NAPLAN on Monday 10 May, Tuesday 11 May and Thursday 12 May. If you do not want your child to participate please email the office.
After a challenging year last year St Louis is very excited to announce that we will be taking part in the Wakakirri Challenge for 2021. The Aboriginal word Wakakirri means ‘to dance a story’. Each year hundreds of schools across Australia create and perform Story-Dances for Wakakirri that reflect students’ thoughts, ideas and aspirations. A Wakakirri Story-Dance is a performance that theatrically tells a story using a combination of dancing, creative movement and acting to pre-recorded music. St Louis will enrol to participate in the August in take and the performance will be recorded and sent in digitally. On Thursday the 25th of March over 100 students from years 4, 5 and 6 auditioned to be a part of our Wakakirri Challenge. Students performed a short routine to demonstrate their dance skills, coordination and enthusiasm. At the beginning of Term 2 the cast of students will be announced, as well as our theme and music choices. We look forward to a busy term of dancing, performing and demonstrating some of the amazing range of skills we have here at St Louis.
Emma Summers and Eliza Jones
I wish you all a very Happy and Holy Easter.
Please stay safe over the holidays and I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 19 April.


The Lok Sabha passed new Labour Law Codes on Monday, and Rajya Sabha passed it on Wednesday. The new labour codes contain several game-changing provisions to reform the current labour laws. The Rajya Sabha passed three labour bills for reforming the labour laws in the country.
The three labour bills passed are the Industrial Relations Code 2020, Code on Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code 2020 and Social Security Code 2020. The parliament has already passed the Wage Code. These three labour codes, along with Wage Code consolidate and comprise the present labour laws. They contain the current twenty-nine labour laws in a simplified, easy to understand and transparent manner.
With parliament approving these four codes, it replaces the current twenty-nine labour laws with just four labour codes throughout the country subsequently. The Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said in Rajya Sabha at the time of passing the labour codes that “It’s the demand of the changing time and changing requirements. It balances the labour welfare and industry welfare.”
The highlights of the three labour codes are many. They contain several new clauses which are not present in the current labour laws. The new labour codes envisage covering 50 crore workers from the organised, unorganised and self-employed sector for minimum wages. It widens the social security net of ESIC and EPFO to open for all workers and also the self-employed sector.
These codes aim to broaden the universal social security coverage by setting up a ‘Social Security Fund’ for 40 crore unorganised workers along with GIG and platform workers. Even the plantation workers will receive ESIC benefits along with GIG and platform workers.
These three codes also provide to minimise the pay parity to women workers as compared to their male counterparts. The fixed-term employee gets the same service condition, gratuity, leave and social security as that of the regular employee. In case of any accident takes place in the workplace, a 50% penalty to be paid by the company for workers. A ‘National Occupational Safety and Health Board’ will be set up to provide an international level safety environment. The changes will include Digital and Electronic Media in the definition of working journalists.
The present labour law covers only the workers bought by contractors. Now, these codes cover all migrant workers. A database on migrant workers is to be created through the law to help in better targeting, skill mapping and utilisation of Government Schemes by these workers. Migrant workers will get a journey allowance from employers to visit home town once a year. It provides for setting up helpline grievances for them.
The new labour codes promote harmonious industrial relations to achieve higher productivity and more employment generation. They establish a transparent and straightforward mechanism to reduce to one registration, one licence and one return for all four codes. The Inspector under the labour laws to be amended to be the Inspector-cum-Facilitator. It also introduces a Random, Web-Based Inspection System to remove Inspector Raj.
The four new labour codes which consolidate twenty-nine present labour laws introduce historical changes in labour laws of the country. These codes provide labour welfare reforms in the country which did not happen in the last 73 years.
The new labour code provides for simplified laws, replacing many current labour laws which complicated matters as they were too many provisions. The current labour laws will allow flexibility in doing business, hiring and firing and making strikes difficult in industries. They promote fixed-term employment, reduces the influence of trade unions and expands the social security net for all workers.
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Hyperoxaluria and oxalosis
Hyperoxaluria occurs when you have too much oxalate in your urine. Oxalate is a natural chemical in your body, and it's also found in certain types of food. But too much oxalate in your urine can cause serious problems.Hyperoxaluria can be caused by inherited (genetic) disorders, an intestinal disease or eating too many oxalate-rich foods. Quick diagnosis and treatment of hyperoxaluria is important to the long-term health of your kidneys.Oxalosis happens after the kidneys fail in people who have primary and intestinal causes of hyperoxaluria, and excess oxalate builds up in the blood. This can lead to oxalate deposits in blood vessels, bones and body organs.
Commonly, kidney stones are the first sign of hyperoxaluria. Kidney stones are uncommon in childhood. Kidney stones that form in children and teenagers are likely to be caused by an underlying condition, such as hyperoxaluria. For this reason, all young people with kidney stones should have a thorough evaluation, including measurement of oxalate in the urine. Adults with recurrent kidney stones also should be evaluated for oxalate in the urine.Symptoms of a kidney stone can include the following:Severe or sudden abdominal or flank pain,Blood in the urine,Frequent urge to urinate,Pain when urinating,Fever and chills.Primary hyperoxaluria (PH) that goes untreated can eventually damage your kidneys. Over time your kidneys may stop working. For some people, this is the first sign of the disease.
Treatment will depend on the type, symptoms and severity of hyperoxaluria and how well you respond to treatment.Medications. Prescription doses of vitamin B-6 can be effective in reducing oxalate in the urine in some people with primary hyperoxaluria. Oral preparations of phosphates and citrate help prevent the formation of calcium oxalate crystals. Other medications, such as thiazide diuretics, also may be considered, depending on which other abnormalities are present in your urine.High fluid intake. If your kidneys are still functioning normally, your doctor will likely tell you to drink more water or other fluids. This flushes the kidneys, prevents oxalate crystal buildup and helps keep kidney stones from forming.Dietary changes. The effectiveness of diet will depend on the cause of increased levels of oxalate. Diet may include restricting foods high in oxalates, limiting salt, and decreasing animal protein and sugar (high fructose corn syrup). This may help to lower urinary oxalate in people with enteric hyperoxaluria or excess dietary intake. Dietary restrictions may not be as important for all people with primary hyperoxaluria. Follow the advice of your doctor.
The risk for two carrier parents to both pass the defective gene and, therefore, have an affected child is 25% with each pregnancy. The risk to have a child who is a carrier like the parents is 50% with each pregnancy. The chance for a child to receive normal genes from both parents and be genetically normal for that particular trait is 25%. The risk is the same for males and females for genes that are not carried on either the X or Y chromosomes. There have been more than 170 different mutations in the AGXT gene identified that cause PH type 1. PH affects males and females in equal numbers. The exact incidence and prevalence of these disorders is unknown. Because some cases go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, determining these disorders’ true frequency in the general population is difficult. PH type I is the most common form. One estimate places the prevalence of PH type I at 1-3 cases per 1,000,000 people in the general population and the incidence at 1 case per 120,000 live births per year in Europe.

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Having a sexually-transmitted disease is not a fantastic place to come into. You will experience various changes in your body. You may manifest rashes, sores, and other symptoms.
Why you should get tested
The moment you notice these common STD signs and symptoms, it is imperative that you get an STD right away. Testing for STDs at the earliest chance will enable you to find the best treatment solution as soon as possible. You will be protecting yourself against the most gruesome and severe complications these STDs can bring.
Use a rapid STD test kit to test for STDs conveniently. You can get an STD test kit from a local drugstore or any health care centers close to you. You can also just go online and find online medical shops that sell rapid STD test kits. These devices are designed to accurately diagnose STDs and they are very affordable.
STDs with test kits
Here are examples of STDs that can be tested using rapid STD test kits:
- Human Papilloma Virus
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Genital Warts
These sexually-transmitted diseases have their own STD testing kits. All certified rapid STD test kits include an instruction manual that you need to read thoroughly so as to conduct the test correctly. Make sure to follow the instructions so as to get accurate test results that will be available in about 20 minutes.


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Inter-Korean summit chairs to feature disputed islands
Chairs for the inter-Korean summit feature a map of the peninsula showing islands controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo
South Korea has custom-made furniture for Friday's summit between President Moon Jae-in and the North's leader Kim Jong Un -- with chairs featuring disputed islands controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo.
One thing the rival Koreas share is a resentment of Japan, which imposed brutal colonial rule on the peninsula from 1910 to 1945, and the gesture is likely to irritate Tokyo.
Japan has already lodged a strong protest over photos of a summit dessert dish which also marks the disputed islands.
Japan and the South are both US allies but their relationship is strained by historical and territorial issues including Dokdo -- islands controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo, which calls them Takeshima.
The new walnut chairs to be used by the two leaders at Friday's summit at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) both feature a map of the peninsula.
The tiny disputed islands are clearly marked, pictures released by the presidential Blue House showed Wednesday.
Photographs of the dishes planned for the summit dinner show a mango mousse dessert that also displays a stylised map of the peninsula with the islands prominently marked.
Japanese media reported on the dessert map, though not the chairs, on Wednesday, and Tokyo said it had formally complained to South Korea.
The Japanese foreign ministry said it had lodged a protest Tuesday with its counterpart in Seoul as well as with Seoul's embassy in Tokyo.
"It is regrettable and we cannot accept this in light of our position over the sovereignty of Takeshima," said a ministry spokesman, reading from a brief prepared statement.
"We issued a strong protest" and reiterated Japan's position to South Korea, the statement said.
Symbolism also abounds in other aspects of the summit layout, with the seven-strong delegations meeting in the Peace House around an oval table 2,018 millimetres wide to mark the year.
"The oval table reflects the wish to see the North and the South sit down together and hold frank talks without any feeling of distance despite 65 years of division," the presidential Blue House said.
Traditional white porcelain vases will decorate corners of the room, filled with flowers including peonies to symbolise greetings, daisies for peace, and wild blooms from the DMZ.
The two previous inter-Korean summits in 2000 and 2007 both took place in Pyongyang.
It is not the first time Seoul has made a point of including the islands in diplomatic processes.
When US President Donald Trump visited Seoul last year, his meal included a prawn caught in waters around Dokdo, sparking protests from Tokyo.
At the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in February, the two Koreas marched together behind a unification flag that did not include Dokdo, after Tokyo denounced the emblem used at a practice event. Japan's chief Cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga described that flag, which did show the islands, as "unacceptable".
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Some desserts need heat before they can be cooling and awesome. One such dessert is panncotta. With a name meaning “cooked cream” you probably understand that you need to heat it up at some point, right? Vanilla pannacotta is the most awesome of summer time desserts because it can be served with the most amazing array of fruits and is perfect for whipping out of the fridge in a flourish of “here comes dessert!”.
You might be thinking that I’m crazy, that a dessert of such creamy amazingness takes hours of work and a stack of talent to make, but to be honest, it’s a really simple dessert that anyone with a saucepan and a spatula can make. There’s nothing particularly naughty about it either. And I’m going to give you a few flavouring options over the next couple of weeks so you can make it in a few different ways.
First though, we have to master the basic one. I set it in jelly moulds, but you could: set it in one big bowl, set it in cocktail glasses (I’ll do one of those next week in some of my granny’s chrystal), set it in little plastic cups for the kids or even in dessert bowls. So don’t feel limited by the jelly moulds and most definitely don’t go out and buy some when I’m sure you’ve got something at home that you can set this in! If you do set it in bowls or glasses you have the added benefit of not needing to turn them out of the mold.
This recipe uses gelatine to set the panncotta which has many health benefits that you can read about in the ever popular recipe for cloud jellies. This means that the pannacotta only needs a few hours to set completely.
Looking for more dessert ideas? Check out below some of favourites:
- Classic Aussie Pavlova, my mum’s secret recipe!
- Blueberry cloud jelly cheesecake slice
- Sticky date cake with caramel syrup
- 350 mls thickened cream
- ⅓ cup milk
- ¼ cup caster sugar
- 2 tsps vanilla paste
- 3 tbsps boiling water
- 2 ½ tsps gelatine
- Combine the milk, cream, caster sugar and vanilla paste in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Bring almost to the boil.
- Sprinkle the gelatine on top of the boiling water and leave for one minute.
- Then whisk rapidly to combine.
- Add the gelatine mixture to the cream mixture and pour into containers to set for at least 4 hours in the fridge.
- Top with fruit to serve.

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