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Chase Madar wrote: But GOP healthcare politics are at the moment spectacularly incoherent. Many GOP voters have told opinion polls that they hate Obamacare, but like the Affordable Care Act. And as the GOP healthcare bill continues to be massively unpopular, Donald Trump has lavished praise on Australiaâs healthcare system (socialized, and eating up only 9.4 percent of the GDP there). Even in the GOP, this is where the votes are: Trumpâs move to the center on questions of social insuranceâ...âwas a big part of his appeal in the primaries. The rising alt-Right, not to hold them up as any moral authority, donât seem to have any problem with universal Medicare either.
It will fall on âreform conservativesâ to convince themselves and others that single-payer or some kind of universal care is perfectly keeping with conservative principles, and, for the reasons outlined above, itâs really not much of a stretch. Lest this sound outlandish, consider how fully liberals have convinced themselves that the Affordable Care Actâa plan hatched at the Heritage Foundation for heavenâs sake, and first implemented by a Republican governorâis the every essence of liberal progressivism.
--"The Conservative Case for Universal Healthcare"
I would suggest you fellows read the first paragraph that SermonAudio put up for this article
It appears that the liberals in the Methodist Church even consider it has racist elements in it. Being a member of the Methodist Church many years ago, it appears that nothing has really changed in it when it comes to a racist problem. It did and I still does apparently have a racist problem.
RNS wrote: âI argued that white evangelical voters have really shifted from being values voters to being what I call ânostalgia voters,ââ said Jones. âTheyâre voting to protect a past view of America that they feel is slipping away. Thatâs driving evangelical politics much more than the old culture-war dynamics.â
--"Most US faith groups say country is on the wrong track"
The Irish Times wrote: .... So, for the greater part of the last millennium the Catholic Church did not hold that human life began at conception - its current teaching.
Indeed its adoption of that teaching in 1869 was dictated, not so much by a decision on when human life began, as by the dogma of the Immaculate Conception promulgated by Pius IX in 1854. It teaches that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived without original sin.
In 1701 Pope Clement XI had declared the Immaculate Conception a feast of universal obligation. He settled the feast date at December 8th, exactly nine months prior to the feast of Mary's birth on September 8th.
It meant the church believed Mary's sinless soul came into being at the moment of her conception. When in 1854 Pius IX proclaimed the Immaculate Conception as a dogma of the church, he stated that Mary had been free from sin "in the first instant of her conception". In 1869, therefore, he was being consistent with that teaching when he revived the penalty of excommunication for abortions at any stage of pregnancy. (This, by the way, was the same Pope who in 1870 promulgated the doctrine of papal infallibility)....
---"Time for a rational debate on when human life begins"
QC, of course this was some decades ago, but if a person was in the typical Methodist Church if he looked around all the people people see would be White ones. IFB congregations would be more racially mixed than that-- at least in later years. Methodist congregations certainly were divided by race and culture. So why even many of the Whites in the congregations -usually- did not express racists' ideas, though for a fact I knew it happened, I don't think the article is off about saying that there are racist problems. These are modern day Methodists stating as such.
Scott Horsley wrote: ... Foster, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, argues that restricting their access just makes poor women poorer. After all, it's hard to work full time with a baby or toddler. And government safety-net programs don't make up for that lost income or the additional cost of an extra person in the family. About 10% of the women denied abortion in the study put their babies up for adoption....
"If the government is going to step into reproductive decision-making, it's going to have to consider the economic implications of doing that," Foster said...
excerpt from, " " https://tinyurl.com/y67hylyk
As far as I've seen, the Republicans have not come up with a plan to support women for the high cost of giving birth, something they should be demanded to help these women out
The GOP is a party of death, in that it doesn't support something like, https://tinyurl.com/n4bpr8t (...Trump right about Australian healthcare...) Or even, https://tinyurl.com/6rhyyvp (If ObamaCare Is So Bad, How Does RomneyCare Survive?) -- actually RomneyCare is better than ObamaCare
Well this fellow said it before I did.
Michael Stafford wrote: .... The GOP is often described as America's pro-life political party. In reality, however, the GOP is not pro-life. At best, it's merely anti-abortion. At worst, it's simply misogynistic. Regardless, the Republican Party's concern for human dignity ends the moment someone is actually born. After that, it's the coldness and cruelty of Ayn Rand and social Darwinism, all the way down.
-- https://tinyurl.com/bx4zbqd (The politics of abortion: America does not have a pro-life party)
Something of an interesting article in that it is an accurate description of what's happening in the "United" Methodist Church. The number of women bishops are appalling.
The article is correct in saying that American Methodists aren't supporting non-white Methodist Church is outside the United States for racist reasons. The Conferences in the United States probably have some residual ideas that those are the actual Christian groups or at least groups closest to being Christian in the Methodist Church are part of the Central Conference. The church outside the United States probably could use the physical aid that the American church can provide.
But, the article also shows that the American Methodist churches are theologically bankruptâđ
Neil, yes we should have looked more at Doug Wilson then Klavan (thanks to my inattention and Google voice recognition, I have Klavan as Craven ). But you have made a very good point about Doug Wilson, a more detailed article about him can be found at:
https://tinyurl.com/y3g835ly (Scandal in Moscow)
Doug Wilson is not the proper guest for either a liberal or conservative school âđ
Warren Throckmorton wrote: .... HBC [Harvest Baptist Chapel] now joins Gospel for Asia as an organization kicked out of the ECFA due to public revelations generated by bloggers and news reporting. The ECFAâs process missed all of the violations. However, after investigative reporting brought issues to light, the ECFA acted....
excerpt from, "Gospel for Asia Class Action Suit Claims Process is Now Open"
John of UK, this organization which was started by Billy Graham, the https://tinyurl.com/y4vmh8qd (Wikipedia) ECFA is certainly not perfect, but serves a function that wasn't originally thereâFor example,
Emily McFarlan Miller wrote: CHICAGO (RNS) Bill Gothardâs Institute in Basic Life Principles has lost its membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, which gives accreditation to leading Christian nonprofit organizations.
Its membership was terminated last Friday (March 11)  for failure to comply with its standards for governance, according to the ECFA website....
excerpt from, "Scandal-plagued home schooling institute loses key accreditation"
https://tinyurl.com/yxuwc2b2 (Christian Research Institute (CRI) ) lost its accreditation in the 1990s. I don't know if it ever got it back or not?
"John Carr, founder of Georgetown Universityâs Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, urged Democrats to focus more on their personal faith and avoid wielding religion as a political weapon."
The above quote from the article; it's probably the most sensible one in the whole article âđ
I agree with many of your sentiments, QC, but of course both Democrats and Republicans have to be continually warned not to be acting like zealots.đ
âMany of my fellow Christians tell me that homosexuality is a sin. Maybe so, but itâs not my sin. Me, I feel that heterosexuality is the human norm, but there are harmless variants outside the norm and, you know, who cares?â
Sounds like a direct quotation from Trump â
excerpt from, "Sermon Audio article"
I would bet that Craven will be the most conservative person there - including the students â
Any Trumpian --especially Trump-- would accept Craven, so, the author of the author of the article knows that he's dealing with Anglicans, so what does one expect?
John of UK you brought up an interesting point there have been Protestant churches approved, as last year's Christianity Today's article points out, but not all Protestant groups are Christian either!
Jayson Casper wrote: .... âI am pleased,â said Andrea Zaki, president of the Protestant Churches of Egypt. âThe process has been slow in the beginning, but I think going forward it will be better.â
Zaki is optimistic, believing the government is gaining steam and taking seriously its obligations under the law. Churches also are becoming more familiar with the required procedures.
Egyptâs Protestants have submitted requests to license 1,070 church buildings, he said. Forty-two were approved in this most recent batch, bringing their total to more than 80.
Not everyone is as hopeful as Zaki, however.
âIf the easy cases have taken this long, what happens when they consider the difficult ones,â said Ishak Ibrahim, religion officer with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)....
excerpts from, " ... is governmentâs progress on legalizing worship sites slow or steady?"
Intriguing story of daughter of a Holocaust survivor
Alix Kirsta wrote: Rita Goldberg's mother was a Holocaust survivor whose epic escapes from the Nazis were worthy of a film script. But like many children of camp survivors, Rita has also been affected profoundly by her experience....
excerpts from, "The trauma of second-generation Holocaust survivors"
Tara Haelle wrote: Partial birthâ is a political, not medical, term, and it does not refer to all late-term abortions. It refers to a very specific and rare procedure called dilation and extraction*, in which a fetus is partially pulled through the birth canal and then aborted, nearly always when the fetus cannot live outside the womb and typically when the motherâs health is in danger, the fetus has a serious abnormality, or both. Such a procedure is not conducted lightly: the fetus has a fatal defect and will not survive, or the mother is at risk of death herself.
As this NPR article [ https://tinyurl.com/y7kp5lz3 ] notes about a partial-birth abortion ban passed in 2003, âwhen some members of Congress tried to amend the bill to ban only those procedures that take place after viability, abortion opponents complained that would leave most of the procedures legal.â And the Supreme Court ultimately declined to strike down the ban anyway. Further, most states donât allow late-term abortions:..and the rest have restrictions and other regulations in place.
excerpt from, https://tinyurl.com/y3ckyo8l (No, Late-Term Abortions Don't 'Rip' Babies Out Of Wombs -- And They Exist For A Reason)
media bias / fact check wrote: .... Overall, we rate The Jerusalem Post Right-Center biased based on editorial positions that favor the right leaning government. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record. (D. Van Zandt 8/29/2016) Updated (M. Huitsing 6/26/2019)
excerpt from, "Jerusalem Post"
Of course I always push the one state solution.
https://tinyurl.com/zde58a7 (One State Solution--YouTube)
Also from the Jerusalem Post:
"The death this week of Solomon Tekah and the protests by the Ethiopian-Israeli community, which in numerous cases turned violent, have brought the status and situation of Ethiopian-Israelis within society into sharp focus."
https://tinyurl.com/y5qosx5y (The concerns of the Ethiopian-Israeli community - has progress been made?)
The best way to control abortion, is to convert people to Christianity Probably the second best way, is to repair Obamacare âđ
Lori Robinson wrote: .... Some argue that having health insurance could lead to fewer abortions, not more....health insurance covers the cost of bearing a child, and the childâs health care expenses. For any women who get abortions out of concern for the medical costs involved in giving birth, insurance could tip the balance against ending the pregnancy.
So argues T.R. Reid, a journalist who has written about health care systems in other countries, in a recent op-ed in the Washington Post: "All the other advanced, free-market democracies provide health-care coverage for everybody. And all of them have lower rates of abortion than does the United States. This is not a coincidence. Thereâs a direct connection between greater health coverage and lower abortion rates." Reid quoted a Roman Catholic cardinal in England and Wales as telling him: "If that frightened, unemployed 19-year-old knows that she and her child will have access to medical care whenever itâs needed, sheâs more likely to carry the baby to term. Isnât it obvious?"...


My longtime friend Christian Beach is a talented musician based in New Jersey who fronted a few industrial and alternative rock bands from the early 1990s into the early 2000s. Around 2006, he made the transition to a traditional singer-songwriter influenced by Hank Williams Sr., Bob Dylan, The Band and contemporary artists like Jeff Tweedy (Wilco). Continue reading “Making a music video while quarantined”
Welp…so much for the year and the decade being off to a good start, as I stated at the top of the last update. Less than a month later, we are living in the midst of a global disaster thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Continue reading “BK Bulletin: March 2020 – Coronavirus Edition”
The new year—and decade—is off to a pretty good start, although I would have preferred if I sent this out a couple of weeks ago. The big news is that (fingers crossed), for the first time since 2017, a half-marathon race is going to be run in Trenton, NJ, in 2020. Also, I was able to see two favorite music acts of mine, China Crisis and Midge Ure, at an intimate venue just 15 minutes from my house.
Read on to find out what else has been going on since mid-December… Continue reading “BK Bulletin: January/February 2020 – A half marathon returns to Trenton!”
For the first time since 2017, New Jersey’s capital city will host a half marathon race this year. However, runners will need to wait a little longer than initially anticipated to hit the streets of Trenton.
For the first time since 2017, New Jersey’s capital city will host a half marathon race this year.
UPDATE (2/19/2020): NYCRUNS has announced the date of the race has been changed to Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. See this post for an update.
So…as we come to the close of the year — and the decade — I just wanted to recap a record-setting 5K and a Philadelphia Half Marathon result that was both disappointing and promising at the same time. Also, it’s 2020 Eagles Autism Challenge fundraising time, so once again I will be asking for your support.
Read on to find out what’s been going on since mid-October…
Continue reading “BK Bulletin: November/December 2019 — Philly Half Marathon recap and happy holidays!”
For a third straight year, I will be taking part in the Eagles Autism Challenge, taking place Saturday, May 16, 2020. This cause is especially important to me as my youngest son, Benjamin, has autism and is nonverbal.
However, I’m switching things up for 2020. After two years of running the 5K at the event, this time I will be riding my bike 10 miles around Philly.
Issue 12 (October 11, 2019)
So…what have I been up to lately? Well, I ran a 5K, saw the Pixies (!!!), connected with a present-day ambient musician whose NYC indie band in 2005 recorded one of my favorite songs ever. I also have to welcome my friend Katie to Philly! And, of course, there is new music to share.
Read on to find out what’s been going on since mid-August… Continue reading “BK Bulletin: September/October 2019 – WXPN 5K, a free Pixies show…and welcome to Philly, Katie!”
A lot has happened over the past few weeks. I completed my second-ever Olympic-distance triathlon, I made what is apparently now an annual trip to Six Flags Great Adventure with my son Graham, and I lost one of my musical heroes with the passing of legendary South African singer-songwriter and activist Johnny Clegg.
Read on to find out what’s been going on since June… Continue reading “BK Bulletin: July/August 2019 – A triathlon, a Great Adventure and the loss of a legend”


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Culture, Diversity and Health LecturePresentation Transcript
Culture, Diversity and Health in Practice Ben Harris-Roxas @ben_hr on Twitter
Who am I?
I’ve worked as a social worker and public health researcher. I consult and also teach at UNSW, UWS and the University of Newcastle I’m sorry I can’t be there.
A broader conceptualisation of the causes of health and illness require us to look atculture, gender and socioeconomic status
• Historical understandings
Miasma model of disease
The view that health ismerely the absence of illness and disease
controlling theenvironmental causes of disease =dealing with most public health concerns or does it?
many of the early gains in public health were linked to improving the environmental factors that cause disease the environmental determinants of health You’ll learn more about these during the course
sanitationvoted the most important medicaladvance since 1840.
air, water andsoil quality and toxicity
disease vector control
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But the global burdenof disease has shifted
Source: WHO Global Burden of Disease 2002
Much of this disease still has environmental causes Many of the new causes of disease seemed to be different in nature to traditional environmental health concernsUnder-considered factors that powerfully influence healthand health related behaviours
NSW Health (2006) Report of the NSW Chief Health Office, NSW Health: Sydney.http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/dia/dia_typehos.htm
The causes of the causes? Image: Supermietzi
Schroder S. (2007) We Can Do Better: Improving the health of the American people. NewEngland Journal of Medicine, 357, 1221-1228.
What determines health? (A fuzzy pie chart) Genetics Opportunities/ 10-25% Socioeconomic Status 20-30%Risk Factors 20-40% Health Environment Services & Place 15-30% 5-15%
Dahlgren G, Whitehead M. (1991) Policies and Strategies to Promote Social Equity in Health.Stockholm: Institute of Futures Studies.
The Social Determinants of Health• Stress• Early life• Social exclusion• Work• Unemployment• Social support• Addiction• Food• Transport• The social gradient in health
Health Statistics NSWhealthstats.nsw.gov.au/Indicator/ses_lomidhiavodth
Murphy M et al. (2006) TheWidening Gap in Mortality byEducational Level in theRussian Federation, 1980-2001. American Journal ofPublic Health, 96:1293–99.cited inMarmot M. (2007) AchievingHealth Equity: From rootcauses to fair outcomes.Lancet, 370:1153-1163.
Health Impact Assessment and Culture
A combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, program or project may be assessed for its potential and often unanticipated effects on the health of the population and the distribution of these impacts within the population. Gothenburg Consensus PaperEuropean Centre for Health Policy (1999) Gothenburg Consensus Paper on Health ImpactAssessment: main concepts and suggested approach, WHO Europe: Brussels (adapted byMahoney & Morgan).
HIA is a developing approach that can help to identify and consider the potential - or actual - health impacts of a proposal on a population. Its primary output is a set of evidence-based recommendations geared to informing the decision making process. Taylor & QuigleyTaylor L, Quigley R. (2002) Health Impact Assessment: A review of reviews. London: NationalHealth Service, Health Development Agency.
Key Aspects of HIA• A prospective activity• Uses a combination of methods• Looks at intended and unintended impacts• Looks at the distribution of impacts• Results in evidence- informed recommendations
When is an HIA done?
Explicit Focus on the Distribution of Impacts1. Age2.Gender3.Socioeconomic status4.Location5.Ethnicity and culture6.Existing levels of health anddisability
Assessment Recommendations If you These will be If you make These will beimplement the the impacts these changes the gains proposal
Health Impact Assessment of theNorthern Territory Emergency Response
• HIA conducted by the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association• Partly funded by Fred Hollows Foundation• Guided by communities in Central Australia and the Top End• CHETRE was a supporting partner (HIA expertise and data collection)
Overview• HIA of the Australian Northern Territory Emergency Response• Detailed discussions with four affected communities (some very remote), a panel of experts and a series of stakeholder interviews• Took almost 2 years and a large part of this involved building community trust and agreement to recommendations, ethics approval from three panels• Rethinking dimensions of health
The Dance of Lifeby Professor Helen Milroy
Selected indicators of Physical Psychologi Social Social Spirituality Cultural Health cal Health Health Wellbeing Integrity• premature • anxiety and • number of new • Autonomy – • recognition and • Evidence of mortality depression houses built personal and respect for having taken• morbidity • Suicide • number of new collective Aboriginal back from• self-reported • Stress houses • Opportunities people, world government health • trans- allocated to for social views, agencies• behavioural generational Aboriginal inclusion knowledge, certain rights of risks to health ‑ trauma, community • Participation in values and self- alcohol and cumulative members social decision aspirations government other trauma • number of making and • Aboriginal • Steps taken to substance • freedom from houses social action world views secure misuse, poor stigma, shame, meeting • Discrimination incorporated Aboriginal title nutrition, discrimination national quality • Trust (in other into policy to traditional smoking, • freedom from standards people and in development lands obesity, institutionalised • number of governments and • Degree of• physical racism school places, and their implementation community inactivity, teachers services, e.g. • alienation and control of interpersonal • opportunities health, justice despair services violence use of for employment and housing) • Official cultural health care • number and facilities to help services ‑ location of preserve and preventive and health services enrich cultural curative • number, lives, including services (e.g. qualifications, recognition and immunisation, and location of promotion of ear health, and health Aboriginal health checks) workforce languages • number, location of
The HIA predicts that“ the intended health outcomes.. are unlikely to be fully achieved through the NTER measures. It predicts that it will leave a negative legacy on psychological and social wellbeing, on the spirituality and cultural integrity of the prescribed communities. However it may be possible to minimise or mitigate these negative impacts if the Australian and NT governments commit to and invest in taking the steps necessary to work in respectful partnerships with Aboriginal leaders and organisations.”
Successes: Did the HIA have an impact?• No formal change to NTER• But better understanding of issues amongst all involved• Kept issue of health impacts of NTER on agenda• Expanded the discussion of impacts beyond physical and social health to look at social wellbeing, spirituality and cultural integrity
Challenges: The New Plan for Compulsory Income Management e.g. Stronger Futures in Bankstown
Opportunities: Thinking Differently?NTER Intervention recognised SDOH butnot the critical forces driving thedistribution of SDOH and the valuesneeded to drive the solution:•Democracy•Justice and Equity•Fairness•Transparency•Health•Sustainability
The importance of gender
Mental Illness and Gender Adrianna Mendrek CIHR Institute of Gender And Healthhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI-6Va_T7bw (6 mins)
• What factors determine the differences between men and women in terms of mental illness? – Biological and genetic – Behavioural – Social and cultural
My own clinical experience withdifferential diagnosis and culture
The End of Gender? Johanna Blakley TED Talkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR4LdnFGzPk’ (8 mins)
• Is this credible?• What’s wrong with her argument?• What’s right?• What does it tell us about the social construction of gender?
The Asian Super HighwayWhat are the potential healthimpacts?What information could we useto assess these potentialimpacts?
These slides are available atwww.slideshare.net/benharrisroxasEmail: firstname.lastname@example.orgTwitter: @ben_hr

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Liz Barcena got sticker shock, stopping at the Chevron gas station on Alton Road and 18th Street in Miami Beach on Wednesday, where a gallon of premium cost $3.57. So she only pumped $10 worth into her BMW's tank.
"I'm more concerned about how high things are going to get in the next day or two,'' said Barcena, 40, who lives in Miami Beach and teaches pre-law at Florida National College. " So, I'm putting in enough to get me to Hialeah, then I'll fill up where I know it's cheaper.''
No question, gas prices are on the rise in South Florida, up a steady two to four cents each week for the past four to six weeks - and the climb hasn't stopped yet, said Jessica Brady, spokeswoman for AAA Auto Club South.
In fact, this February has the highest monthly national average prices for regular retail gasoline of any February since 2000, when AAA began tracking rates.
In Miami, prices have skyrocketed monthly, from averaging $2.75 a gallon for regular gas in August, to $3.19 a gallon so far in February. Similarly, in Fort Lauderdale, they have risen from $2.74 a gallon in August to $3.17 a gallon this month.
"Prices are going up and they're going to continue to go up, especially with what is happening in the Mideast,'' Brady said. The price of crude oil has jumped $10 a barrel in the past five days, from $86.20 last Friday to $98.10 on Wednesday, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. "The closing price this Friday is probably going to be $96 to $98 a barrel, so unfortunately, we're going to see a jump.''
Across South Florida, the retail prices of regular unleaded, mid-range and premium gas fluctuate wildly from station to station, with a range in Miami-Dade on Wednesday from a low of $3.13 a gallon for regular at a Valero station in Miami Gardens to as high as $3.55 a gallon for regular at a Shell station near Miami International Airport .
Still, with some research and planning, consumers can find reasonably priced gas.
Savvy shoppers can check the websites gasbuddy.com, floridastategasprices.com or miamigasprices.com and others or to find the lowest and highest prices. Be careful, though. Some stations listed may be actually shuttered, such as the Sunoco at 1201 NW 167th St., in Miami Gardens, which ranks on miamigasprices.com as having the cheapest gas in Miami-Dade, at $2.899 a gallon.
Also, the site fuelgaugereport.aaa.com shows average retail gas prices in various cities around the country. On Wednesday, the average price nationwide was $3.19 for regular, and $3.18 in Florida. But prices in Miami-Dade and Broward tend to be higher than the state average, Brady said. The AAA TripTik mobile iPhone app, which is free to download, also lists rates at nearby stations, she said. Other smartphone apps are also available, such as Cheap Gas!
Murray Arthur, 63, who lives on a fixed income in Miami Gardens, knows where to find the cheapest gas, without having to check any website.
"I go up and down this area all the time, and I'm looking for the cheapest gas I can see, and when I feel like it's the cheapest, that's the one I stop at,'' said Arthur, who filled his white Ford pickup with regular gas, at $3.13 a gallon, at the Valero station on Northwest 183rd Street and 27th Avenue, the county's lowest priced on Wednesday.
"You have to try to stretch every penny you have right now,'' he said.
Nearby, at the RaceTrac station at 20696 NW 27th Ave., Chastity Moore let her son Marlin McGhee, 15, fill her Chevy Tahoe's tank, at $3.15 a gallon. "I have enough money for a snack, because the gas is so cheap,'' she said.
Kelly William, a RaceTrac manager, said the gas station surveys other stations daily to determine its prices.
Back in Miami Beach, Matt McKenna spent $74.78 on his black Maserati Quattroporte at the Shell station at Alton Road and 17th Street in Miami Beach. He pumped 20 gallons of V-power at $3.65 a gallon.
"This car takes a lot of gas,'' said McKenna, 34, who heads the mobile marketing company Redfish Media and lives in Bay Harbor Islands. "I was just thinking that I should have gotten gas in North Miami, where it's cheaper.''
Even higher were prices at the Shell station at 660 NW 42nd Ave., ranging from $3.55 a gallon for regular to $3.79 a gallon for premium. The station's manager, who did not want to disclose her name, said the rates are high because of the cost of operating the station, including $18,000 a month for rent .
Brady, of AAA, said prices tend to be higher near airports and highway entrances and exits, as gas stations capitalize on consumer ease of access.
Joel Rodriguez, a commercial real estate broker who lives in Miami Beach, chooses his gas stations based on convenience. But after learning he had chosen the priciest station in Miami-Dade according to one website, at that Shell near MIA, he decided to curtail his purchase for his Mercedes S-Class.
"I'll just put in $5, then wait until I get home and fill it up at the Hess station'' in North Bay Village.
Others are leaving their cars behind. Wayne Smith, of North Miami, has had to stop driving his truck altogether. Now he and his fiancé only drive her car, due to the rapid rise in fuel costs.
And at the Fort Lauderdale Tri-Rail station, on Broward Boulevard, a half-block west of I-95, at least one victim of rising gas prices sat waiting for a train Wednesday afternoon.
"I'm not even waiting for them to keep going up," Juan Colon said, shaking his head vigorously, while other commuters laughed and nodded in agreement. "I made the decision a long time ago, at least a couple months, that they were gonna keep going up and I couldn't afford it. So I take the train. I don't take it every day, but I try to take it at least three times a week.''
Miami Herald staff writer James H. Burnett III contributed to this report

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FRIDAY. Sept. 8 — The Lansing City Council on Thursday night adopted an ordinance limiting dispensary licenses in Lansing to 25, meaning many more will have to close.
However, no limit was set on how many licenses will be issued for testing facilities, grow operations, processing facilities and transport businesses. All licensed facilities will be subject to zoning regulations.
The ordinance was approved 5-3, with Kathie Dunbar, Judi Brown Clarke, Patricia Spitzley, Jessica Yorko and Tina Houghton voting yes,and Jody Washington, Adam Hussain and Carol Wood voting no.
The ordinance goes into effect 30 days after Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope publishes it.
Under the ordinance, Swope will establish the process by which dispensaries and other marijuana operations can apply. The ordinance lays out a scoring system for applications. Swope will be authorized to approve 20 licenses for dispensaries in a first round of applications and another five in a second round.
Spitzley, the Council president, said she expects Swope will move “expeditiously” on approving the initial 25 licenses.
The ordinance introduction says the regulations are necessary for economic development of the industry. Randy Hannan, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s chief of staff, told Council Thursday night that he expects that on top of the 25 dispensary licenses, the city will issue 20 licenses in the other industry areas. If that happens, he said, the city could see as much as $2 million in revenues from sales tax and licensing application fees.
Spitzley doubted there will be 20 licenses to non-dispensary operations.
“I just don’t think there will be the places for that, nor do I think that people will have the capital expenditures for that,” she said. Brown Clarke moved to adopt a version of the ordinance introduced on Thursday at the Committee of the Whole meeting. That version was unavailable to the public until over an hour into the Committee of the Whole meeting in which is was initially reviewed by the Council, and some Council members complained they did not have the opportunity to review the ordinance thoroughly. “That was an issue,” said Spitzley this morning in a phone interview. “We just didn’t have enough copies out there.”
The ordinance resulted from at least 18 months of meetings and nearly a dozen drafts of various regulatory schemes.
A City Pulse survey last spring showed there were about 60 dispensaries. Other estimates are higher.
Smiertka and Spitzley said they do not expect dispensaries to be targeted for closure immediately,
“There will be a phase in,” said Smiertka. “And I will exercise my prosecutorial discretion on this. It is unlikely I will be taking immediate actions.”
Spitzley was even more clear.
“I just don’t see Chief Yankowski doing raids to shut these places down,” she said, referring to Lansing’s police chief. “I just don’t.”
For more on this story, please see next week’s issue of City Pulse.

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Fairfax in partnership with Bicycle NSW presents Spring Financial Group Spring Cycle and Heart Foundation Gear Up Girl. They have copious amounts of event experience presenting the City2Surf for 80,000 runners along with the Canberra Times Fun Run, Sydney Running Festival, Night Noodle Markets, Open Air Cinemas and many more. Spring Cycle 2018 is the first time this team is leading a cycling event in NSW and it’s sure to make a splash!
Spring Financial Group
Coming on board as the Naming Rights Sponsor in 2017, Spring Financial Group are keen to see cycling increase in not just Sydney but around Australia. Their ambassador, Caroline Buchanan, is an 8 x World Mountain Bike and BMX champion - they do not discriminate when it comes to what bike you ride - as long as you’re on one! Their philosophy is simple: their entire business is centred on you and your goals.
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The Heart Foundation NSW joined Bicycle NSW as Brand Partner for our annual Gear Up Girl Ride in 2015 to help educate and encourage more women to get on their bikes and get active. They are once again on board for the Gear Up Girl in 2018 and we look forward to working with them to promote cycling as a great way to improve physical health.
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Blackchrome’s cycling range has been developed, extensively tested, and refined by cyclists with a kit to suit your every need. With industry-leading turnaround times and reliability, in-house graphic designers and our online Design Your Own and Kit Creator tools, here at Blackchrome we work through the entire order process with you. You can trust us to help you look your best when you’re putting yourself to the test.
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Name Professor’s Name CourseDate Assimilation of Haitians in America Experiencing a new kind of life in a foreign country is often coupled with various challenges at the beginning. The challenges that are associated with the life of immigrants or others seeking jobs in a foreign country include the process of assimilation and societal issues. While it is in public light that assimilation in a foreign country in the contemporary world is easy there are more problems that are inherent in this course. It is important to note other issues such as racial prejudice and discrimination based on the nationality of an individual are imperative in the assimilation process. The United States comprise of people of various nationalities from the natives to others who migrated in search of jobs education and for other sociological reasons. This essay explores the problems that are associated with the assimilation process of Haitians in country involves numerous challenges that are experienced in different levels. In this essay the assimilation of Haitians in America is presented as a troublesome adventure coupled with problems that deter the Haitians from succeeding. Reference is made to “The New York Day Women ” a story by Danticat. In the story the tribulations of a Haitian family in New York is presented. Suzette is the narrator and exhibits the problems through her mother. The ideas expressed in the story are related to the real-time problems that Haitians face in assimilating in America. The problems discussed above include; poverty financial exploitation homelessness and gender prejudice. Works Cited BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 2057 Batalova Jeanne. “Haitian Immigrants in the United States.” Migration Policy (2014): 2-4. Danticat Edwidge. “New York Day Women.” (n.d.). Mosley-Dozier Bernette A. “Double Minority: The Haitians in America.” (2103): 3-4. Perrin Richard. “Haitian Americans.” Countries andd their cultures (2015): 19-27. [...]
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Art show to feature Stonelick Covered Bridge
The art show, “A Local Icon Lives – The Stonelick Covered Bridge” opens July 18 and will run through July 25 at Row House Gallery.
The show celebrates the restoration and recent reopening of a Clermont County historical icon, the Stonelick Covered Bridge. Works of art by 35 local and regional artists will be on display and for sale in various formats including painting, photography, miniature, clay and mixed media, according to a press release.
“A Local Icon Lives – The Stonelick Covered Bridge” will open with an artists’ reception Saturday, July 18 from 5 p.m. to p.m. with many of the participating artists available to discuss their artistic interpretations of the bridge.
The show will continue during normal gallery hours through Saturday, July 25. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and closed on Sunday.
The Stonelick Covered Bridge is at 5266 Stonelick-Williams Corner Road in Batavia.
The bridge was originally built in 1878, according to the press release. It was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1974. It has been closed to traffic since May 2010.
Row House Gallery is at 211 Main St. in Milford.


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Dogs Update Part 1
- Added a ball object to throw to the dog.
- The dog will run and get the ball and bring it back
- The dog will damage and slow enemies it runs through while fetching
- The ball is craft-able in the tool work bench
- Dog will now dig in nearby dirt piles
- With included 'cute' animation
- Added a Dog House buildable
- Can change the dogs name from context menu
- Will add other features to further customize dog
- Dogs bark and slow enemies (not sure is this was in the previous update ::shrug)
- You can pet the dog for fun-zies
- Added the MG/Assault rifle back in. I had this is VERY old version of the game.
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If you want the best Black Friday deals on American-style fridge freezers, feast your eyes on this brilliant Black Friday deal from Currys. Never mind feeding the whole family this Christmas: the Samsung RS8000 American-style fridge freezer is so roomy you could probably fit your entire family inside it.
• Samsung RS8000 American-Style fridge freezer: was £1,499.99, now £999.99 at Currys (opens in new tab)
You won't need to worry about whether you can fit your festive food and drink in this Samsung: with 409 litres of space in the fridge and another 225 litres in the freezer you'll be able to store a festive season's worth of food and snacks. If like me you love cooking but hate queuing in supermarkets, you'll appreciate the sheer amount of room here: no need for multiple shops when you can do one big shop and stick the whole lot in your Samsung.
The RS8000 isn't just big, though. It's also clever. Samsung's clever food freshness technology is brilliant at prolonging the life of your fruit and veg, something that's particular handy right now when supermarket fruit and veg seem to have the shortest shelf lives ever, and the no-plumbing water and ice dispenser and frost-free freezer give you ice where you want it and no ice where you don't.
Sadly this Samsung is a little too big for my poky kitchen, so I'll be checking the best Black Friday fridge freezer deals for something a little smaller unless I can persuade my landlord to let me knock through a few walls.
Samsung RS8000 American-Style fridge freezer: was £1,499.99, now £999.99 at Currys (opens in new tab)
Don't let its sleek looks fool you: open the doors of this spectacular Samsung and you've got 409 litres of space in the fridge and another 225 in the freezer. There's a no-plumb water and ice dispenser, clever food freshening technology and enough storage for even the biggest family.

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However, on Tuesday morning, Ramona Singer shared a photo on Instagram of her and de Lesseps seated at a table with their Real Housewives castmates, including Sonja Morgan, Bethenny Frankel, Tinsley Mortimer, Dorinda Medley and Carole Radziwill.
"The gang's all here," Singer captioned the photo, which was later deleted.
Meanwhile, Morgan and Radziwill posted pics of the cast posing for fake mugshots, though de Lesseps was noticeably missing from the photo shoot. "#RHONY outlaws," Morgan cleverly captioned the post.
On Tuesday afternoon, de Lesseps herself tweeted that she was back home. "It’s good to be home. I’m doing great. Spending time with friends and family," she wrote. "Thanking everyone for your continued good wishes and support."
It’s good to be home. I’m doing great. Spending time with friends and family. Thanking everyone for your continued good wishes and support ❌⭕
Just prior to entering a treatment facility, de Lesseps issued several apologies in regard to her arrest.
"After the events of last Saturday night in Palm Beach, I am truly embarrassed. I have decided to seek professional guidance and will be voluntarily checking into an alcohol treatment center," she shared on Dec. 29 in a Facebook post. "I intend to turn this unfortunate incident into a positive life changing event."
She concluded, "I am committed to a transformative and hopeful 2018."
As ET previously reported, de Lesseps -- who divorced Tom D'Agostino in September -- was taken into custody at 1:25 a.m. local time and was released on her own recognizance from the jail 10 hours later. An assistant state's attorney told the Palm Beach Postthat ahead of the arrest, she slammed a door, kicked at least one officer and said, "I'm going to kill you all."
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This is a video for my solo exhibition that was held at SIA gallery in Chelsea, NY. It was project on the main wall and looped. Created in After Effects. Concept was started from the exhibition identity design I designed.
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The Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) is an InfiniBand™ specific protocol defined by the Software Working Group (SWG) of the InfiniBand(sm) Trade Association (IBTA). It defines a standard wire protocol over IBA fabric to support stream sockets (SOCK_STREAM) networking over IBA. SDP utilizes various InfiniBand features (such as remote DMA (RDMA), memory windows, solicited events etc.) for high-performance zero-copy data transfers. SDP is a pure wire-protocol level specification and does not specify socket API's or implementation details.
This project attempts to develop a generic socket offload framework for the Linux kernel and provides a reference implementation of Sockets Direct Protocol over InfiniBand fabric. Sockets Direct Protocol only deals with stream sockets, and if installed in a system, allows bypassing the OS resident TCP stack for all stream connections between any endpoints on the InfiniBand fabric. All other socket types (such as datagrams, raw, packet etc.) are supported by the Linux IP stack and operate over the IPoIB InfiniBand link drivers. The IPoIB driver has no dependency on the SDP stack; however, the SDP stack depends on an IPoIB link driver for local IP assignments and for IP address resolution.
While IPoIB specifies a mapping of IP (both v4 & v6) protocols over IBA fabric and treats the IBA fabric simply as the link layer, SDP facilitates direct mapping of stream connections to InfiniBand reliable connections (or virtual circuits). Conceptually, the IPoIB driver in Linux will look like a network driver and will plug-in underneath the IP stack as any standard Linux network device. The IPoIB driver exposes a network device per IBA port (and partition) on the host system and these devices are used to assign (statically, or dynamically using protocols such as DHCP) IP addresses. The SDP stack simply makes use of these IP assignments for endpoint identifications.
The high level architecture of the Linux Sockets offload framework and the SDP stack is briefly illustrated below.
High Level Architecture
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The SDP project attempts to provide a generic socket offload framework for Linux and utilizes this framework to add Socket Direct Protocol support to Linux. The major components of this project are
AF_INET_OFFLOAD address family module (also referred to as Offload Protocol Switch (OPS))
Socket Direct Protocol (SDP) module (also referred as Offload Protocol)
InfiniBand transport Module (also referred as Offload Transport)
An optional kernel patch for the Linux socket driver (socket.c)
To aid in the portability of this SDP implementation to a wide set of InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCA), the SDP InfiniBand transport module utilizes the services of the InfiniBand Access Layer infrastructure drivers project. Also, this implementation do not currently foresee any modifications to the Linux TCP/IP stack. A brief architectural overview of this implementation is provided here.
This section lists an initial set of requirements and goals for accelerated sockets support in Linux. The items listed in this section are by no means complete and need to be further refined.
All offload protocols/transports need to have a standard Linux network driver. This allows network administrators to use standard tools (like ipconfig) to configure and manage the network interfaces and assign IP addresses using static or dynamic methods.
The offload sockets framework should work with and
without kernel patches. To this effect, the offload protocols and
transports will reside under a new offload address family
(AF_INET_OFFLOAD) module. Applications will be able to create socket
instances over this new address family directly. However, for
complete application transparency, an optional minimal patch to the
Linux kernel can be applied (socket.c) to allow re-direction of
AF_INET sockets to the new AF_INET_OFFLOAD address family. The
AF_INET_OFFLOAD module will work as a protocol switch and interact
with the AF_INET address family. The patch also defines a new
address family called AF_INET_DIRECT for applications that want to
be strictly using the OS network stack. This kernel patch can be
optional based on distributor and/or customer requirements.
All standard socket APIs and File I/O APIs that are
supported over the OS resident network stack should be supported
over offload sockets.
Support for Asynchronous I/O
(AIO) being added to Linux. AIO support is being worked in
Linux community. The offload framework should utilize this to
support newer protocol and transports that are natively
asynchronous. (For example, SDP stack could utilize the AIO support
to support PIPELINED mode in SDP)
Architecture should support a layered design so as
to easily support multiple offload technologies, and not just SDP.
Makes sure the added offload sockets framework is useful for
multiple offload technologies.
The proposed architecture should support
implementations optimized for zero-copy data transfer modes between
application buffers across the connection. High performance can be
achieved by avoiding the data copies and using RDMA support in SANs
to do zero copy transfers. This mode is typically useful for large
data transfers where the overhead of setting up RDMA is negligible
compared to the buffer copying costs.
The proposed architecture should support
implementations optimized for low latency small data transfer
operations. Use of send/receive operations incurs lower latency than
RDMA operations that needs explicit setup.
Behavior with signals should be exactly same as with
existing standard sockets.
on sockets bound to multiple local interfaces (with IPADDR_ANY) on a
AF_INET socket should listen for connections on all available IP
network interfaces in the system (both offloaded, and
non-offloaded). This requires the listen() call from application
with IPADDR_ANY to be replicated across all protocol providers
including the in-kernel TCP stack.
select() should work across AF_INET socket file
descriptors (fd) supported by
different protocol/transport providers including the in-kernel IP
stack. This guarantees complete transparency at the socket layer
irrespective of which protocol/transport provider is bound to a
Operations over socket connections bound to the
in-kernel protocol (TCP/IP) stack should be directed to the kernel
TCP/IP stack with minimum overhead. Application bound to kernel
network stack should see negligible performance impact because of
offload sockets support.
Ability to fallback to kernel TCP/IP stack
dynamically in case of operation/connection failure in direct
mapping of stream connections to offloaded protocols/transports.
Connection requests for AF_INET sockets that fail over offload stack
is automatically retried with the kernel TCP/IP stack. Once a direct
mapped connection is established, it cannot be failed back to the
TCP stack, and any subsequent failures are reported to application
as typical socket operation failures.
Offload Socket framework enables sockets of type
STREAMS only. Other socket types will use only the OS network stack.
Offload sockets framework will support offloading of
stream sessions both within local subnet and outside local subnet
that needs routing. Offload protocols/transports will have the
ability to specify if they do self-routing or need routing
assistance. Ability to offload stream sessions to remote subnet will
be useful for TOE vendors in general and for IBA edge router vendors
who map SDP sessions on IBA fabric to TCP sessions outside fabric.
For protocols/transports that do self-routing, the offload sockets
framework simply forwards the requests. For protocols/transports
that need routing support (such as SDP), the framework utilizes the
OS route tables and applies its configurable policies before
forwarding requests to offload transports.
Since the socket extensions defined by the Interconnect
Software Consortium (ICSC) in the open group are work in
progress at this time, the offload sockets framework will not
attempt to address them in this phase. This could be attempted at a
Offload sockets framework should not affect any
existing Linux application designs that uses standard OS
abstractions and features (such as fork(), exec(), dup(), clone(),
etc.). Transparency to applications should be maintained.
Offload sockets framework should support both
user-mode and kernel-mode socket clients. Maintain the existing
socket semantics for existing user mode or kernel mode clients.
The offload sockets framework currently deals with only IPv4 address family. Even though the same offload concepts can be equally applied to offload IPv6 family, it is deferred for later stages of the project.
This software is being made available under a choice of one of two licenses. You may choose to be licensed under either the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, June 1991, available at http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html, or the Intel BSD + Patent License, further described here.
Offload Protocol Switch
Module - The offload protocol switch (OPS) module exposes a new address family
(AF_INET_OFFLOAD) and preserves the protocol operation semantics
with the kernel socket driver at the top while providing a new
offload sock structure, interface, and binding to offload
protocols modules underneath capable of offloading all reliable transport features.
The OPS module provides the standard socket
call interface for AF_INET_OFFLOAD and switches socket traffic
across multiple protocol providers underneath. The OPS module also
attempts to switch sock_stream connections to offload
protocols and falls back to standard AF_INET stack if failures
The OPS module provides the standard socket call interface for AF_INET_OFFLOAD and switches socket traffic across multiple protocol providers underneath. The OPS module also attempts to switch sock_stream connections to offload protocols and falls back to standard AF_INET stack if failures occurs.
SDP Offload Protocol Module – The SDP offload protocol module implements the SDP wire protocol and state machine to support stream socket connections across the InfiniBand fabric. The SDP module provides standard socket semantics via protocol operations exported up to offload protocol switch. The SDP module interfaces with the offload transport interface at the bottom edge to function over the InfiniBand transport drivers.
InfiniBand Offload Transport Module - The InfiniBand offload transport driver maps the InfiniBand Access Layer interfaces to standard Offload Transport Interface operations for socket based offload protocol modules. Transport services exported by this module include Dynamic transport registration, IP to IBA name services, IP and device plug-and-play, IBA connection services, memory mapping, and data transfer operations. The offload transport module allows offload protocol drivers such as SDP to treat underlying transport interfaces as IP/network endpoints, and hides the IBA fabric specifics such as HCAs, ports, partitions etc.
Optional Linux Socket Driver Patch - The offload protocol modules are by default exposed under a new address family called AF_INET_OFFLOAD. However for applications that need transparent offload capabilities for the sockets created under the AF_INET address family, a minimal kernel patch to the Linux socket driver (socket.c) is required. This patch allows socket driver to route AF_INET stream socket creation calls from application to be routed to the AF_INET_OFFLOAD address family if the offload protocol switch module is loaded. The patch also exposes a new address family called AF_INET_DIRECT for applications to restrict specific socket creation requests to be bound only to the OS network stack.
Actual sub-project timelines are not yet determined and will be formulated by the participants of the sub-project.
How to Get Involved
The best way to contribute to this effort is to get in touch with the contact for the area you are interested in. New participants are welcomed and encouraged to join in this effort to bring InfiniBand support to the Linux operating system.
The project news is included on the SourceForge site. Click the "News" link at the left under "SourceForge Services".
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Kevin Wald is leaving after three years as John Paul II Catholic School’s football coach.
Wald, who led the Golden Warriors to the SCISA Class AA state championship game last season, has accepted an offer to coach the football team at Olympic Heights Community High School in Boca Raton, Fla., a Class 7A school with more than 2,000 students.
Wald, who came to John Paul II in 2016 after four seasons at Hilton Head Prep, said he enjoyed coaching at smaller schools but he was attracted by the opportunity to see what he can accomplish at a bigger program.
“For years I’ve been satisfied with coaching at a smaller school, but the last year or two I was thirsting for a bigger opportunity,” he said. “This spring I was thirsty to see what I can do at a bigger school.”
Wald said he thought he was a long shot to be interviewed for the position, but he visited the school last weekend and was offered the job on Monday.
"I like the vision and where they want to go," he said. "The school has always had a strong reputation academically and athletically."
Olympic Heights was 5-5 last season and 17-12 in the last three years.
Wald has experience coaching in Florida. Prior to Hilton Head Prep, for three years he was coach of John Carroll High School’s team in Fort Pierce, Fla.
In a statement, John Paul II said even though it is disappointed to “lose someone of Coach Wald’s caliber,” it is happy for his opportunity to advance his coaching career.
“He has become a favorite of students, families and staff because of his polite, respectful and friendly demeanor,” the school said.
Athletic director Matt Dakolios said Wald's biggest impact was his influence on the kids at John Paul II.
"He taught accountability, responsibility, and I believe those men will be better husbands and fathers from working with Kevin," said Dakolios, who hopes to have a coach named by mid-May. "He advanced this program multiple steps in a short time, and he has left it in far better shape than when he found it."
Dakolios said he'll miss Wald's passion for the game.
"The pure joy he expresses for the game and for the kids will always stay with me," Dakolios said.
Wald helped build John Paul’s 11-man program from an 0-10 record in 2016, to 6-5 in 2017 and to 7-5 in 2018 and a trip to the title game.
Last season the team earned the first football playoff win in school history when it beat Greenwood Christian in the first round. John Paul II defeated Robert E. Lee, 49-6, in the Class AA state semifinals before losing in the state final to Florence Christian.
The Golden Warriors first made the playoffs in 2017.
“What stands out is the progress,” Wald said. “To start 0-10 then play for a state championship, it’s the buy-in of the kids. That stands out. I was honest with them since Day 1 and when you are honest with the players, they’ll buy-in.”
Wald said a highlight of his tenure at John Paul II was coaching the team to the win over Robert E. Lee in last season’s state semifinals.
“We dominated in every phase,” Wald said. “I thought we’d win, but to dominate, that made it pretty sweet.”
Even though the team lost to Florence Christian in the state title game, Wald said he was proud of his team and hopes John Paul II can make a run at the title next season.
“How many coaches never even get to a state championship game?” he said. “We would have loved to have won it and I hope they can get back and bring back the trophy. John Paul has an extremely bright future."


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l of Rocket League at any factor within the final 5 years? Anybody who Buy Rocket League Credits has performed an internet Rocket League consultation will obtain Legacy status and a handful of legacy bonuses. That includes all Rocket League DLC up to now (which includes any top rate DLC), the "Est. 20XX" title wearing the yr you first jumped in, over two hundred Common items all receiving a special Legacy label, a Golden Cosmos Boost, Dieci-Oro Wheels, a Huntress Player Banner, and a special Faded Cosmos Boost. Legacy gamers can discover all of this in their money owed as soon as Rocket League makes the bounce to loose-to-play.


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Mariah Carey makes pizza with daughter in Italy
Singer Mariah Carey took time off from her “Sweet Sweet Fantasy” tour here to make a pizza with the help of her daughter Monroe Cannon.
Carey shared several photographs on Instagram, giving a peek into the pizza making process, reports aceshowbiz.com.
In the first image Carey posted, she rocked white lingerie with a matching outer which she teamed with a pair of white high heels.
Carey smiled at the camera as she put the pizza into the oven.
“Making #pizza #Italy,” she captioned the photograph. She later posted some other images, including the ones featuring her daughter rolling the pizza dough. There’s also a photograph of the We Belong Together singer hugging a friend in a room as they appeared to throw a pajama party.
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No honest man will argue on every side
Quote by Sophocles
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...
Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...
There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...
What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
To him who is in fear everything rustles.
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...
A human being is only breath and shadow.
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...
It is God's giving if we laugh or weep
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.
Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

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After formation of Telangana, Government Launched Separate Directorate of Treasuries And Accounts website for Telangana Cyber Treasury.
TG / TS Treasury website will provide services to cyber Treasury. Cyber Challan Details, Reconciliation report, Treasury Challan Details, Treasury Bill Details, Treasury Bill Status, DDO Bill Status, PD Account Details, PD Account Details DDO wise and Information.
TS – TG – Telangana State Treasury Operations at Cyber Treasury Website.
- PRC Fixation at Cyber Treasury Website.
- Online Challan Entry Form at Cyber Treasury Website.
- DDOs can access TG Cyber Treasury Website.
Telangana Government has goven GO.Ms.No.126, two separate sites are established. following URLs for the DDOs of PAO to submit Pay bills on-line. (These portals are common to Both DTA & PAO offices)
Telangana Treasury website URL is http://treasury.telangana.gov.in
The above URL can be accessed through the web sites of telangana states. Web inks have been provided in the home page under the label “Pay & Accounts Office”.
The DDOs of Secretariat Departments, Head of the Departments of Telangana states can access the respective state portals for submission of Pay bills and other type of bills to PAO.
In case of DDOs of Hyderabad district can access Telangna State portal and submit the bills to PAO.
All the telangana Sate People and Employees can use the Telangana Sate Cyber Treasury Web Portal to Pay their Treasury Cyber Challan and etc with the TS / TG Treasury website.


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5 things you should know before doing a cleanse
As you’ve probably noticed, there are a ton of cleanses on the market, especially in spring since it’s a natural time to detoxify and shed winter weight.
Contrary to popular belief, a cleanse goes deeper than simply losing a couple pounds or making up for bad eating habits over the winter - it affects the entire functioning of the body. Cleanses affect people differently depending on a person’s current state of health as well as health history. It’s important to take a cleanse seriously by properly preparing your body, staying hydrated, allowing time to rest, minimizing stress, and staying active (without over-exerting yourself).
Here are a few ways you can set yourself up for success on your cleanse:
Prepare your body
As tempting as it may be to enter a cleanse after one last indulgent night of pizza and beer, before and after your cleanse is just as important as the cleanse itself. This time period can influence how effectively your body can remove toxins, so it’s important to eliminate all fried and processed foods, refined flour and sugar, and alcohol at least three days before and after your cleanse.
Detoxification requires water, and without adequate hydration, toxins can’t properly be eliminated and may re-accumulate. I recommend drinking at least 1-2 litres of filtered water while you’re cleansing to ensure a safe and effective detox.
During the cleansing process, it is not uncommon for fatigue, brain fog, anxiety or sadness to come up. Make sure your prepare for these symptoms and plan to spend more time on self-care during the cleansing period. Honour where you’re at and the changes in your body by spending extra time resting, relaxing, sleeping, meditating and nurturing yourself to provide to complete the cleanse feeling revitalized.
When you’re under stress, your body uses up vitamin C and B, which are essential during the detoxification process. Without these nutrients the body cannot cleanse adequately, which can compromise your health. It’s a good idea to plan your cleanse at a time when you won’t be overly-stressed and employ stress-reducing techniques throughout the process, such as yoga and meditation.
While I don’t recommend over-exerting yourself, it’s a good idea to do some light exercise. If you have enough energy, try going for a 30 minute walk each day of your cleanse. Exercise stimulates lymphatic flow and blood circulation, and improves the function of your kidneys, digestive tract, lungs and liver, which are all responsible for processing and eliminating toxins.

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Spring is always the busiest time of the Broadway season, but that doesn't mean Tony voters have short memories.
Founder of fitness company Built for the Stage Joe Rosko hosts the weekly interview and exercise show.
Halfords analyzed Spotify data to reveal the top 100 musical songs played on road trips.
The Tony nominee, who has also appeared on Sneaky Pete and Off-Broadway in Summer and Smoke, joins the hit series for its second season, premiering July 31.
Fagbenle, who created and stars in the six-episode series, talks about his extensive stage career, putting Chris Meloni in a kilt, and more.
The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child star joined Built for the Stage's Joe Rosko for the weekly exercise series.
The Tony and Emmy winner sings "For What It's Worth" over footage of protests against racial injustice and oppression.
The stage and screen star celebrates her birthday July 24.
This is the Dear Evan Hansen star's first time voicing a Disney character.
Currently streaming on Peacock, the British thriller stars Miles opposite Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner.
Seen on stage in The Little Dog Laughed and The Duchess of Malfi, Lloyd plays Bernard Marx on the new streaming adaptation of the classic Aldous Huxley dystopian novel.
The virtual fundraiser was scheduled for July 21.
The couple's daughter, Cecily Philips, was born July 14.
The company breaks down its health and safety protocols for the 56,000-square foot rehearsal studio in Long Island City.
The theatre alum can currently be seen on the new reimagining of the classic character, starring Matthew Rhys.
An intersection of theatre and social justice, the podcast premieres with guest Jocelyn Bioh tied to her School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play.
From backdrops to lighting, you can make your performance shine even while auditioning from home.
Cole Escola hosts the virtual event, featuring Shaina Taub, Michael R. Jackson, Cynthia Erivo, and more.
The new play, conceived by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen and presented by The Public, is available for free on YouTube.
The panel game show, hosted by Alec Baldwin, airs on ABC July 19 featuring Benanti, Sherri Shepherd, James Van Der Beek, and more.
Depending on your streaming service subscriptions, you could be mere moments from watching everything from Cabaret to Hairspray.
Looking to deepen your terpsichorean knowledge? Start with these looks at exemplars of the medium, from Broadway razzle dazzle to modern dance.
The Spelling Bee and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them star joined Playbill's Stream Stealers to talk about his film and TV career and new graphic novel.
Think you’re the next musical theatre star? Send us your audition.
The Network and Mary Page Marlowe alum can currently be seen as Sister Alice on the neo noir reboot of the beloved character, starring Matthew Rhys.
The beloved actor, known for his work in A Bronx Tale, Waitress, and more, passed away July 5.
The actor, who fought a long battle with the coronavirus, was Tony-nominated for creating the role of Cheech in Bullets Over Broadway.
Here are videos, speeches, and other Hamilmoments from the last five years to explore!


Is any PR good PR?
Once again, Tinder brought this good old saying back. Here’s the story:
Using Tinder’s verified account on Twitter, an employee tore apart Vanity Fair’s contributor Nancy Jo Sales, one week after she wrote a 6,000 words long article on how Tinder and other dating apps are encouraging the whole hook-up culture thing. Something that Tinder tried to turn into its own advantage.
A 31-tweet torrent of anger was tweeted for one hour on Tuesday night, something that kept many stayed up for and followed gleefully. Needless to say, the meltdown has been quick to make headlines across industry websites and even mainstream media.
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To sum it up, Tinder unsurprisingly dismissed most of Sales’ arguments expounding at length on how tons of “meaningful” relationships are created every day following a swipe to the right. It also claimed that the app makes connections possible in not-so-internet-friendly countries like China or North Korea, where Facebook and Twitter are banned.
It also attacked Sales on her journalistic skills, claiming that she did not reach out to Tinder for comments, thus making the article a really biased one. To wrap things up, the angry lad declared that Tinder is changing the world and creating a #GenerationTinder.
You can find the entire tirade below: (read from bottom up!)
That could have been it, but nope!
Few hours after the rant topped the headlines, it was revealed that the tweet storm was pre-planed and was in fact part of a calculated PR coup – a Buzzfeed writer indicated she was given notice prior to the Twitter rampage.
@summeranne I in fact got a pitch from a PR person that Tinder was about to tweet storm, and I should watch for it.
— Claudia Koerner (@ClaudiaKoerner) August 12, 2015
Was The Tirade A Smart Strategy?
Many knowledgeable PR peeps argue the stunt was awfully orchestrated. Even another VF journalist expressed regrets on Tinder’s clumsy attitude:
Reminder for @tinder: You’re a brand. Not the personal Twitter account belonging to a pissed off PR manager that has had three beers.
— Matt (@MattNavarra) August 12, 2015
— James Bigg (@JamesBigg) August 12, 2015
I had nothing to do with that great VF article and no personal experience with Tinder, but jeezy creezy this is not how we PR.
— Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) August 12, 2015
So, is any PR good PR? We’re eager to know your thoughts!
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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common inflammatory cutaneous diseases. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) has been demonstrated to be an important immunologic factor in the pathogenesis of AD. The production of TSLP can be induced by a high level of intracellular calcium concentration and activation of the receptor-interacting protein 2/caspase-1/NF-κB pathway. Andrographolide (ANDRO), a natural bicyclic diterpenoid lactone, has been found to exert anti-inflammatory effects in gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders through suppressing the NF-κB pathway.
To explore the effect of ANDRO on the production of TSLP in human mast cells and AD mice model.
We utilized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis, Western blot analysis, and immunofluorescence staining assay to investigate the effects of ANDRO on AD.
ANDRO ameliorated the increase in the intracellular calcium, protein, and messenger RNA levels of TSLP induced by phorbol myristate acetate/calcium ionophore A23187, through the blocking of the receptor-interacting protein 2/caspase-1/NF-κB pathway in human mast cell line 1 cells. ANDRO, via oral or local administration, also attenuated clinical symptoms in 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene-induced AD mice model and suppressed the levels of TSLP in lesional skin.

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Earlier this year, Mission: Impossible 7 (subtitle forthcoming) was one of the first big international productions to shut down following the outbreak of the coronavirus. It didn’t help, of course, that filming was about to commence on an elaborate chase sequence in Venice, one of the early epicenters of the disease. The production has been up and running for a few weeks now, with several epic stunts being filmed in Norway (where a small sliver of Mission: Impossible – Fallout was filmed). Now Mission: Impossible 7 is back in Italy, doing what they do best – causing mischief.
The Associated Press caught footage of stars Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell filming portions of a car chase in Rome (and Cruise, of course, stopping to wave to fans that had gathered nearby). The sequence they were filming seems to show Cruise pulling Atwell out of a wrecked police car (a BMW, naturally). Earlier paparazzi photos showed part of the chase that had Cruise handcuffed to Atwell, which should be a fun wrinkle. In the footage you can see writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, who returns after helming Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Fallout (he also worked on the script for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) and stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood (also returning from the previous two installments) conferring with Cruise. Also Cruise has the shortest hair style he’s had since the very first movie, which is exciting.
Currently the film is scheduled to be released on November 17, 2021, which seems optimistic, especially because Mission: Impossible 8 is scheduled for November 4, 2022. But if anybody can pull off the impossible, it’s this team.


When Elizabeth Schmidt wanted her three kids to spend some time with their elderly grandmother, they flew to Las Vegas, even though their grandmother lives in Wisconsin. Grandma flew to Vegas, too.
"It was a break from reality for a few days, all of us together," said Schmidt.
Schmidt, a teacher from Vermont, didn't want to wait for the family's annual summer trip to Wisconsin to see her 82-year-old mom. And since her mom didn't want to travel to Vermont in winter, they opted to go somewhere "fun" -- Las Vegas, with a side trip to the Grand Canyon.
"Taking rural Vermont kids to Las Vegas was amazing," Schmidt said. "Even the revolving doors were exciting [to them], and my mom was the most wonderful travel companion."
Many families in this post-Sept. 11 travel climate, anxious to spend more time with far-flung siblings and parents, are discovering that multigenerational getaways, even if they only last a few days, make a lot of sense.
"I think 9/11 was a jolt to a lot of Americans and made us realize how important it is to be with family," said Dallas executive William Ross. He spent Christmas at The Cloister, the historic Sea Island, Ga., resort, with his wife and daughters, his parents, his siblings and their children. The family has been vacationing at The Cloister since his parents honeymooned there in the early '50s.
"It's not just about the golf or the beach," Ross said. "It's about going out and watching the kids do the same things you did as a kid at the same place."
That's why old-fashioned resorts like The Cloister and the YMCA's Snow Mountain Ranch in Colorado -- places that have catered to families for generations -- are doing fine at a time when other tourist destinations continue to struggle.
"We sold out our children-stay-free program this past Presidents Week," said Mohonk Mountain House spokeswoman Kimberly Troudt.
(Call The Cloister at 800-732-4752 or visit www.seaisland.com; call Mohonk at 800-772-6646 or visit www.mohonk.com; call Snow Mountain Ranch at 970-887-2152 or visit www.ymcarockies.org.)
The trend started even before last fall. According to the newly released Meredith Family Vacation Study, one out of four family vacation trips last year included grandparents. They're going on cruises to Alaska and the Caribbean, on trips to Disney World and various national parks.
The travel club Hideaways International books these types of family groups in villas that are surprisingly affordable, in places ranging from North Carolina to Mexico. (Call 800-843-4433 and ask about the trial membership.)
Reunion business is up 150 percent at Smugglers' Notch Resort in Vermont over the last couple of years. (Visit www.smuggs.com.) Elderhostel got so many requests from veterans of its seniors learning vacations that a three-generation trip was offered for the first time this year. It promptly sold out. (Call 877-426-8056 or visit www.elderhostel.org.)
"These are young, active grandparents who want to do things with their grandchildren, and they're really going for it," said Emily Kanders, a spokeswoman for Loews Hotels. The popularity of Loews' "Generation G" packages, designed to make intergenerational travel easier for grandparents and grandkids, has been on the rise. (Call 800-235-6397 or visit www.loewshotels.com.)
This group also includes aging grandparents who don't want an opportunity to see the grandkids slip away. "My dad likes us all to be together having fun while he's still active and can do things with the kids," said Ross. In other cases, it's parents who worry that their children don't know their grandparents or their cousins, relationships we took for granted a generation ago. Blended families and stepfamilies may view these trips as a way to get to know one another on neutral turf.
Experts encourage this trend but warn that such trips can be fraught with pitfalls if the families think a dream vacation will solve major family problems.
"Would I encourage it? Yes," says Dr. Bennett Leventhal, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Chicago. "It's a good thing that families spend time together to learn about traditions and each other. But would I force it? No."
My advice: Be clear from the start about who is paying for what. Don't skimp on space, especially when it comes to bathrooms. I learned that the hard way. Count to 10 before making any caustic or sarcastic comment. Refrain from criticizing anyone's parenting style, a child's behavior, a career choice or a significant other. The repercussions of some offhand remark can last for years.
It won't be perfect. The family isn't, after all. They're annoying and frustrating, but also more fun than you'd remembered -- hopefully anyway.
Traveling With Kids alternates each Sunday with The Business Traveler. Eileen Ogintz welcomes questions and comments from readers. Write to her at Tribune Media Services, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60611. Send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.org.


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The micro-molecular structure of Cast Urethane is extremely soft but also very resistant. The Cast Urethane cover of the Vice Pro performance golf ball is about twice as thin as a conventional DuPont™ Surlyn® cover (which is usually used in distance golf balls). The result is a superbly smooth and on-demand feel of the ball. Despite the small thickness of the cover, the durability of the Vice Pro compared to other Urethane golf balls is surprisingly high.
Cast Urethane used in the Vice Pro golf ball is obtained through an extremely complex manufacturing process that stands out due to its special adhesion to the green. The result is a unique spin rate and therefore excellent control (S2TG: Stick to the Green).
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I have entered into this amazing place with God called rest. It was needed and accepted as the world and its inhabitants daily tried to engage me in petty situations. I love that God allows the Holy Spirit to give us exactly what we seek and that’s an opportunity to get closer to Him.
A calm has come over me; a peace that passes anything I can articulate with words. All I can say is , I am so in love with this feeling……
….. it came because I allowed myself to be in obedience and be quiet. I am hearing Him like never before!
Sleep escapes me right now. I have so much on my plate, my thoughts feel like a rat on a wheel. I can honestly say I have no clue what God is about to do in my life and that is terrifying!
Nothing moves me, but my one on one time with him. I am seeking like never before for an answer because I know change is inevitable. Through my exhaustion I encourage all that are going through a “transition ” to be open to whatever God wants to do in your life.
Growth is never easy and usually is uncomfortable , so prepare yourself in advance. God knows the plan for us, even when we don’t. His thoughts are not ours and ,of course , are higher. (ISAIAH 55:8&9 ref)
Rest in His ways.( And with that, I have written my self into peace that passes All my understanding. I am ready for sleep!)
Be open All!
Some of you are about to walk into a new season of blessings! I read this and thought of how true this becomes when we start being blessed in ways people just can’t (or won’t) grasp.
God loves to honor our obedience and faithfulness! Don’t let opinions of what others are saying or thinking deter you from rejoicing!
What are we looking at? What catches our attention? What are our eyes “set on” or focused on? …it seems like a simple insignificant question with a variety of answers. When we are speaking on our natural visual sight, it’s a easily answered question. But what about deeper than what you see with your eyes …
What is your heart and mind set on? One quick look at society today can give you answers.
I spent almost 12 hours in a hospital setting yesterday. I was able to watch people as we all waited for our friends and love ones to receive favorable diagnosis and/or treatment from doctors and staff. As we sat there, many were occupied with handheld devices. Visualize all the phones, tablets, and laptops we were all engaged in. While waiting, our heads were down!!! Mine included! Well, until I ran out of battery and was forced to look up. What had me occupied DIDN’T LAST! It kept me anxious and always aware of time, but didn’t truly fulfill me or give me peace during the wait…When forced to look up, I had to set my mind on other more valuable things God was drawing my attention to. ( LORD, THOSE TEACHABLE MOMENTS! )
BUT let’s transfer that into the spiritual. How often are we going around looking down, focused on the temporal things and not on the things above. ( REF 2 Corinthians 4:18 ) The eternal non seen things that are life to us give way to distractions of the seen… Our trials, tribulations, storms and afflictions keep are heads down as we ponder on how to survive… today I scream ( to myself and you readers ) LOOK UP!!!
God is in the speaking business! He longs for our friendship and quality time. He wants to share with His people His heart, will, and plans. But we have to set our mind on Him. That’s where we will keep our peace. ( Ref Isaiah 26:3 ) MAKE this a lifestyle. Create a new habit. Stop looking down at what we can see and look up! Set your mind on Christ above!
Healing is attached to wholeness! You have to heal from the scars of past tribulations in order transition into your destiny! But let’s look at things a little different on this morning….
From now on, let’s not push and strive to become who we think we need to be…
Let us get rid of, or die to, all the things this world has added to our personalities that isn’t Really us! God knew us in the womb (Ref Isaiah 44:2) and He creates GOOD THINGS! Strive to be that “good thing” He originally created!!!
Let go of anything, anyone and any mindset not like Christ…allow healing to form in You..
LIVE your life under the influence of The Holy Spirit! We temporarily reside in this world, but are not OF this world (following it’s thoughts, customs, and way of living…Ref John 17:14-16) How can we create change or affect people who NEED change if we resemble them.
Dare to be different! Allow your thoughts and actions to be framed by the Word of God! We are called to be peacemakers. We are suppose to exemplify love. We are new creatures in Christ, so our behavior should reflect the inner change! Be different today. Talk different, walk different, respond different! In the midst of a nation in turmoil, YOU SHOULD BE DIFFERENT!!!
BE AT PEACE
BE NOT OF THIS WORLD


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The World Premieres Film Festival which was recently launched by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) held its Awards Night at the SM Mall of Asia Centerstage last July 2.
The Philippine entry “Mula sa Kung ano Ang Noon” directed by Lav Diaz was awarded the Grand Festival Prize while Ecuador’s “Mono con Gallinas” or Open Wounds, directed by Alfredo León León, won the Grand Jury Prize.
“Mula sa Kung ano Ang Noon” also bagged the festival’s award for Best Ensemble Performance.
“Mono con Gallinas” also won the Technical Grand Prize and Best Performance by an Actor for its lead René Pástor. Director Alfredo León León, present to accept all three awards, expressed hope that the film festival would be a platform for Latin American cinema to be shown in Asia.
Other winners were:
–Iran’s Mitra Hajjar as best actress for Romantic Nostalgia
–Vicente Pérez Herrero for Best Cinematography for Crustacean
–Coast of Death by Lois Patiño for the Cine Verde Award for Best Environmental Feature
Also attending the red carpet awards night were Filipino directors Joel Lamangan, Gil Portes, Tikoy Aguiluz, and other film luminaries and celebritites.
The World Premieres Film Festival was held from July 2 to 8 in SM Cinemas. The FDCP project was in cooperation with the Philippine Daily Inquirer and SM Cinema.
The first-ever World Premieres Film Festival exhibited some forty festival films from twenty seven countries. The main competition featured films from Brazil, Ecuador, Iran, Spain, Turkey, and the Philippines.
Other sections in the festival were the Euroview Section featuring films from European countries, the Ibero-America Section featuring films from Latin states, and the ASEAN Skies Section featuring films from ASEAN member states.
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text: Intralobular (A) and interlobular (B) tissue fragments of the liver were separated from normal human liver tissue by tissue fractionation with a metal mesh. Connective tissue extracted from A was composed of reticulum fibers and that from B was thick and contained vascular structures, and a small amount of muscle and elastic fibers. It was revealed by histological methods that the tissue fragments and connective tissues retained the integrity of intra- and interlobular tissue as observed in vivo. These connective tissues were solubilized with either pepsin in acetic acid or 4 M guanidine-HCl, and analyzed for the amount of collagen, neutral sugar, fibronectin, laminin and hexuronic acid. Pepsin digestion resulted in solubilization of about 70% of total collagen. Collagen type analysis revealed that 29% was type I, 28% was type III and 43% was the other types in intralobular connective tissue, and that 42% was type I, 29% was type III and 29% was the other types in interlobular connective tissue. Guanidine-HCl extraction resulted in solubilization of 32.4% (A) and 22.1% (B) of total neutral sugar. The concentration of fibronectin and laminin in the guanidine extract were 16.4 μg and 53.6 ng per 1 g of A, and 3.4 μg and 157.0 ng per 1 g of B. Guanidine-HCl extraction resulted in solubilization of 41.8% (A) and 24.2% (B) of total hexuronic acid, which accounted for 3.1 mg/g and 1.3 mg/g, respectively. These results indicated that the two connective tissues histologically defined as intralobular and interlobular connective tissue were different in the amount of components.


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Rwandan importers are pushing for talks to resolve a longstanding problem of cargo that has overstayed at Tanzanian and Kenyan ports, and now face imminent auction to clear charges and penalties accrued due to delays attributed to the Covid-19.
The EastAfrican has learnt that 2,064 containers that arrived between December and May this year are stuck at the Dar es Salaam port, port of Mombasa and Naivasha ICD due to delays in processing logistics and paperwork.
This is in addition to introduction of new operational protocols governing borders and the drivers’ strike at borders of Benaco and Malaba respectively.
Importers say that while they had successfully received respective governments’ extension of free demurrage days from 14 days to 55 days, and nine days to 90 days for Tanzania and Kenya respectively, nothing substantive has taken place to resolve the matter.
The Rwanda Private Sector Federation’s Chamber of Commerce and Services director Joseph Akumuntu said the ports’ authorities, warehouse operators and revenue bodies continued counting Customs warehouse rent, port storage fees, and penalties thereof.
“Now the Tanzania International Container Terminal Services has threatened to auction our containers, notwithstanding several requests for the waiver, to which did not receive feedback. We are requesting the government to engage their Tanzanian and Kenyan counterparts to find a solution,” he said.
Source: The East African


Introduction The Evoked Potential option allows to the doctor to perform wide range of auditory and cognitive tests in his ERP studies. This add-on includes also all features for clinical use as well as advanced qEEG analysis. With Evoked Potential option combined to HBI database of healthy subjects your system becomes a power tool for diagnostics. ERP analysis Our analysis software included a lot of possibilities for advanced ERP analysis. EP analysis include Event-Related Potentials and Event-related De/Synchronization computation, Wavelet power and coherence analysis, ERP Independent component analysis and Task performance (omission and commission errors, reaction time and its variance) calculation. Data averaging and comparison of analysis results allow the doctor to perform pre- and post as well as different patients comparison. Available tests We have a number of world recognized long-latency ERP testes included in default list. Now following test types are available for the doctor: P300, MMN, CNV as well different Pattern tests. Stimuli presentation Stimuli are presented on the second monitor attached to the doctor computer. This new dual monitor mode makes ERP investigation very easy in setup and recording. And our ERP calibration procedure allow you to avoid any delays in stimuli presentation.
- Application domain: : EEG, medical
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The right technology to measure reduced visibility
Air saturated with water particles, fine dust, or sand can lead to reduced visibility - a risk factor that all too frequently leads to road and air traffic accidents. Between 2011 and 2015, there were 3,277 accidents on German highways, with 107 of the 3,686 people injured killed.1 Lufft's VS2k and VS20k sensors ensure greater safety on the roads and warn of emergent poor visibility conditions. Both sensors detect visibility at ranges of up to two or 20 kilometers respectively by using measuring reflectance in accordance with the 45° forward scattering principle and deliver updated results every minute. A maximum reading means that the visibility is clear.
Applications, technical details, and advantages of the new visibility sensor
Since meteorological services and airports require reliable sensors with a particularly large measuring range, Lufft has created the VS20k visibility sensor with a measurement range of up to 20 km. It complements theVS2k sensor which measures up to two km. The two sensors are based on the same measuring technique and only differ in terms of certain hardware components and the firmware. Both the VS2k and the VS20k are low-maintenance. This is due to the anodized and seawater-resistant housing offering IP66-class protection. An intelligent self-monitoring function detects and reports dirt on the lens. The electronics' automatic zero-point calibration also helps to reduce maintenance intervals. Lufft offers a suitable calibration kit for further on-site calibration measures. The Lufft UMB visibility sensors can connect with the measurement network via RS485 half- duplex 2-wire and SDI-12 interface.
At a glance: VS2k and VS20k visibility sensors
- 10 to 2,000 or 10 to 20,000 meters measuring range
- Forward scattering method
- Zero-point calibration of the electronics
- Active spider defense
- Self-monitoring of the lenses
- Anodized, seawater-resistant housing with special coating
- Calibration kit (optional)