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Wildcats in the NFL – Week 1
Wildcats in the NFL – Week 1
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Each week throughout the 2015 season, k-statesports.com will recap the week for the 12 former Kansas State football players currently in the NFL.
Arthur Brown, LB – Baltimore Ravens
In his third year in Baltimore, Brown played in the Ravens’ 19-13 loss Sunday at Denver but did not record any statistics. A second-round draft pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, Brown has played in 18 career games with 15 tackles.
Bryce Brown, RB – Buffalo Bills
A seventh-round pick in 2012 by Philadelphia who was traded to Buffalo last offseason, Brown was inactive for the Bills’ 27-14 victory over Indianapolis on Sunday.
Randall Evans, DB – Philadelphia Eagles
Evans, a 2015 sixth-round draft pick by Philadelphia, is on the Eagles’ practice squad. Philadelphia fell at Atlanta, 26-24, on Monday night.
Chris Harper, WR – New York Giants
Harper, a 2013 draft pick by Seattle who has also played for San Francisco and Green Bay, is on injured reserve for the New York Giants. The Giants lost at Dallas, 27-26, Sunday night.
Emmanuel Lamur, LB – Cincinnati Bengals
An undrafted rookie free agent signee by Cincinnati in 2012, Lamur made a pair of tackles – including one special-teams stop – in the Bengals’ 33-13 win at Oakland on Sunday. In three years, Lamur has totaled 113 tackles, eight passes defended and two interceptions.
Tyler Lockett, WR/Returner – Seattle Seahawks
Lockett shined in his NFL debut as the 2015 third-round pick carded 153 all-purpose yards – featured by a 57-yard punt return touchdown – but it wasn’t enough as Seattle fell, 34-31, at St. Louis in overtime. Lockett, who had touchdowns via a kickoff return, punt return and reception in the preseason, caught all four passes intended for him for 34 yards, while he averaged 28 yards on two kickoff returns. His 153 all-purpose yards during week one was the fifth-most in the NFL, just two yards ahead of another former Wildcat, Darren Sproles.
Video Highlight: 57-yd punt-return TD (TV Call) | Seahawks Radio Call
Cornelius Lucas, OL – Detroit Lions
An undrafted rookie free agent signed by Detroit last year, Lucas started at right tackle in the Lions’ 33-28 last-minute loss at San Diego on Sunday. Lucas played in 15 games and made three starts during the regular season in 2014, while he also started the Lions’ playoff game at Dallas.
Ryan Mueller, OLB – San Diego Chargers
An undrafted free agent signee by San Diego in 2015, Mueller is on the Chargers’ practice squad. San Diego came from behind to defeat Detroit, 33-28, on Sunday.
Jordy Nelson, WR – Green Bay Packers
A Pro Bowler in 2014, Nelson will be out the entire 2015 season after suffering an injury during the preseason. Nelson has totaled 400 receptions for 6,109 yards and 49 touchdowns in his seven-year career, including a 98-reception, 1,519-yard, 13-touchdown effort in 2014.
Terence Newman, CB – Minnesota Vikings
Playing in his 13th NFL season and his first as a member of the Minnesota Vikings, Newman started and made seven tackles in Minnesota’s 20-3 Monday-night loss at San Francisco. It was Newman’s 175th career game played, including his 173rd career start, as he plays for his third team (Dallas: 2003-11, Cincinnati: 2012-14). Newman now has 748 tackles, two sacks, 147 passes defended and 37 interceptions in his career.
Darren Sproles, RB/Returner – Philadelphia Eagles
Entering his 11th NFL season and his second with Philadelphia, Sproles carded 151 all-purpose yards – including 76 receiving yards on seven catches – but the Eagles lost at Atlanta, 26-24, on Monday night. Sproles was also Philadelphia’s leading rusher with 50 yards on five carries – featured by a 27-yard burst – and 25 punt-return yards on three returns. In his 10-plus seasons, Sproles has 16,883 career all-purpose yards to rank 16th in NFL history and second among active players.
Video Highlights: 27-yd run | 14-yd catch
Justin Tuggle, LB – Houston Texans
An undrafted rookie free agent signee by Houston prior to the 2013 season, Tuggle played in the Texans’ 27-20 home loss to Kansas City on Sunday but did not record any statistics. In his two-plus year career, Tuggle has made 53 tackles, two passes defended and recorded one interception.
Video Highlights from NFL.com


Before the Iron Curtain fell at the end of the '80s, most communist countries from Eastern Europe had at least one national car brand. The only exceptions were Hungarians and Bulgarians. In Poland, the Government already had a deal with Fiat since 1932 so they went on and continued their business after WWII. In the mid '70s, Fiat and the Polish Government worked together and made a new generation of vehicles, called the FSO Polonez. Production started in 1978.
The base FSO Polonez Kombi prototype was shown in 1998 and the production started in 1999, under a joint-venture between FSO and Daewoo. The engine was based on a 1987 Polonez 1.6-liter unit, but with fuel injection. Strangely, the fuel-injected version had less performance than the original carbureted version. It was even worse than a Daewoo 1.5-liter engine. It had 80 hp and only 125 Nm (92 lb-ft) of torque. The car had a weight of 1160 kg (2557 lbs) and it had limited success.
By 2002, only a few Kombi models had been made when the factory closed down. Daewoo stepped back from Poland and the company shut its doors. FSO remained a former glory of the Polish automotive industry, even though it failed to produce anything better than a good, for 1978, vehicle.


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New Study Shows How “Good Bacteria” in Breast Milk Changes Over Time
The benefits of breastfeeding have been known for a long time: Breast milk carries protective properties and beneficial bacteria that help baby’s immune system. But most studies done on breast milk have focused on mothers who live in high-income countries. One recent study is aiming to change that in order to learn more about how breast milk’s protective properties work.
The study, conducted by scientists from Montreal and Guatemala and published in Frontiers in Microbiology, looked at how the “good bacteria” in breast milk may change over time and play a role in baby’s development and health. Researchers analyzed breast milk from a small group of women at both early (between 6 and 46 days postpartum) and late (between 109 and 184 days postpartum) stages of breastfeeding.
All the women delivered vaginally and were Mam-Mayan mothers living in rural communities in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Mam-Mayan mothers largely breastfeed baby exclusively for the entire six months, as recommended by the World Health Organization. (In North America, only 26 percent of moms do so.) The longer feeding time allowed the scientists to observe how the microbiome (which is genetic material consisting of bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc.) in human milk changes over time, Emmanuel Gonzalez, co-author of the study and a bioinformatics specialist at McGill University, explained in a press release.
The researchers used high-resolution imaging technology that was originally developed to find bacteria on the International Space Station for the analysis. They found a range of microbiome species that had never before been identified in human milk. The study also found the microbiome bacteria in breast milk could help protect baby against toxins, offering further insight on how breastfeeding could help build baby’s immunity. Plus, researchers found that common changes occur in the microbiome of healthy human breast milk in the first six months of breastfeeding, suggesting that the changes play a continued and positive role in baby’s health.
“Some bacterial species we observed in our sample breast milk had a common function in destroying foreign substances or xenobiotics and could play a role in protection against toxins and pollutants,” Gonzalez said.
The researches also highlight the importance of looking at microbiomes at different stages in breastfeeding from diverse communities to form a more complete picture of the human milk microbiome and the factors that help shape it.
“Studying microbiomes of diverse communities is important in order to understand the variation present in humans,” co-author Kristine Koski, an Associate Professor in the School of Human Nutrition at McGill, also said in the release. “Most human milk microbiome studies have been conducted with mothers from high income countries, generating an incomplete picture of the important bacteria passed to infants during early development.”
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By Betsy McCaughey
Rep. Anthony Weiner announced this week that he’s seeking treatment for sexual “addiction” — mortifying in formation that a private person would want to keep to himself. But it soon may be difficult to keep any sensitive medical problem strictly between you and your doctor.
The 2009 stimulus and the Obama health law enacted last year established a national electronic health database that will hold and display your lifelong medical history — making it accessible to a troubling number of strangers, including government employees and a variety of health-care personnel.
Government will oversee the network linking doctors and hospitals. Doctors will have to enter your treatments in the database, and your doctors’ decisions will be monitored for compliance with federal guidelines.
The stimulus legislation allocated billions for incentive payments to doctors and hospitals to become part of the network. In 2015, those incentives get replaced with penalties on the doctors and hospitals that haven’t complied. And Section 1311 of the Obama health law says that private health plans can pay only doctors who implement whatever the federal government dictates to improve “quality.” This is the first time the federal government has asserted a broad power to control how doctors treat privately insured patients.
Before the Obama health law, patients who voluntarily bought insurance shared information with their insurer. Now, government regulators will have access to oversee physician compliance.
The advantage of an electronic medical record is obvious. When you need emergency care, a doctor can get information about your past illnesses, tests and treatments with the click of a mouse. It will reduce testing, save money and sometimes save a life. But there are dangers.
Mark Rothstein, a University of Louisville School of Medicine bioethicist, worries that the system discloses information that’s no longer relevant but could be embarrassing. Your oral surgeon doesn’t need to know about your erectile dysfunction or your bout of depression 20 years ago. Nevertheless, such information will be visible.
Federal proposals to protect privacy have been half-hearted. On May 31, the Health and Human Services Department proposed allowing patients to request a report on who has electronically viewed their information.
After the fact is too late. Patients should have to give consent before their doctor links their record to a nationwide database, says the New York Civil Liberties Union.
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, a federal advisory committee, proposed permitting patients to keep categories of information, such as mental or reproductive health, out of the national database. The Goldwater Institute, a free-market think tank suing to overturn the Obama health law, argues that the law violates privacy rights by compelling Americans to share “with millions of strangers who are not physicians confidential private and personal medical history information they do not wish to share.”


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Photo by NW Documentary / Robert (Bobbie) Conner is the director of the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute and vice chair of EOU’s governing Board of Trustees. She is participating in the Story Gathering in Pendleton Saturday, Nov. 12.
PENDLETON, Ore. November 7, 2016 – Confluence is kicking-off a series of public forums intended to elevate indigenous voices in understanding of the Columbia River system.
Confluence Story Gatherings are story-driven discussions framed by excerpts from interviews of native elders and leaders. They are free and open to the public.
First-person story-telling has a unique power to deepen understanding of surrounding histories, cultures and environment. Confluence Story Gatherings are welcoming forums that feature the stories of native elders, told in their own voices, as a way to explore the interconnectedness of people and places of the Columbia River system.
The events feature video or audio selections of first-person narratives, produced by partners at NW Documentary, followed by a discussion led by a panel of native elders, leaders and writers.
Interviewees so far include: Greg Archuleta (Grand Ronde), Virginia Beavert (Yakama), Roberta and Leah Conner (Umatilla), Johnny Jackson (Yakama), Louie Pitt (Warm Springs), Aurelia Staccona (Warm Springs), Wilfred and Bessie Scott (Nez Perce) and Wilbur Slockish (Yakama).
Panelists for the November 12 Story Gathering at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute include Roberta (Bobbie) Conner, director of Tamástslikt and vice chair of Eastern Oregon University’s Board of Trustees. She was raised in Cayuse Country and spent most of her formative years on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Her work as an author, speaker, local and national leader, and a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation earned the 2007 Buffett Award.
Oregon Poet Laureate Elizabeth Woody is also participating. She is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Ore., of Yakama Nation descent, and is “born for” the Tódích’íinii (Bitter Water clan) of the Navajo Nation. Woody, who gave a craft talk and lecture at EOU in October, has published three books of poetry. She also writes short fiction and essays, and is a visual artist.
November 12 | 2-4 pm: Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton
February 18 | 2-4 pm: Liberty Theater, Astoria
April 15 | 1-3 pm: Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland
May 6 | 2-4 pm: Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles
To reserve seats, contact program manager Courtney Yilk at 360-693-0123 or Courtney@ConfluenceProject.org.
The events are sponsored by a generous grant from the Oregon Community Foundation. Support for Confluence interviews comes from Paul B. and Deborah D. Speer, Steve and Jan Oliva and Broughton and Mary Bishop.
Confluence is a community-supported nonprofit that connects people to place through art and education. The organization works in collaboration with Northwest communities, tribes and celebrated artist Maya Lin to create reflective moments that can shape the future of the Columbia River system. It shares stories of this river through six public art installations, educational programs, community engagement and a rich digital experience.
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“Senza la Sicilia l’Italia non imprimerebbe nell’anima una reale imagine di sè” (Goethe)
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The lovely and comfortable apartment in a villa, situated about 700 meters from the sea, is located in a residential area and resort and new construction.
It consists of a front garden with pine trees partly paved, a large living room with a sofa bed, a double bedroom with direct access to the garden, a room with bunk beds. a large kitchen with outdoor space and a bathroom with shower. In the rear courtyard is the swimming pool, not included in this offer, which can be shared or exclusive use in relation to the availability thereof.
The proposal is equipped with private parking and possible serviceBBQ in the garden and / or terrace. , umbrellas,table in the garden and other supplies are provided to each
solution. Other Services (dishwasher, washing machine, etc ...) are hired on the spot. 1 domestic help once a week.
Shop 1.5 km, restaurant 0.6 km, Pizzeria 0.3 km, supermarket
1.5 km in summer and 3 km in winter.
The Sicily region
Sicily is the largest and most important island in the Mediterranean, it extends for 25,460sq km. Planes of fertile red soil, excellent for the cultivation of vine grapes, citrus orchards and olive groves, alternate with hills, green in spring for the cultivation of wheat and, among the majestic mountains, Mount Etna, the most popular of active volcanoes. The climate is typically Mediterranean along the coasts, with mild, short winters and moderate rainfall.
Freeway connection, located 2000 meters away, will allow you to quickly connect, explore and discover remote areas of the island.
Altavilla Milicia is east of Palermo, so you will be closer and will not meet the city traffic when driving for a day trip to Cefalu', Taormina, Mount Etna, Siracusa, Agrigento, Selinunte. We recommend excursions to: Palermo e Monreale (20 km), Cefalu' (50 km), Segesta, Agrigento, Madonie Natural Park (80 km), Taormina (200 km), Mount Etna (200 km), Siracusa (250 km), Eolie Islands.
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Santa Flavia and Solunto, with its Graeco-Roman archaeological site,5 km west.
Bagheria, an active and very alive town, ideal for elegant shopping, with its seventeenth century scenographic mansions once summer retreat of the Palermitan aristocracy, 7 km west.
Porticello, a delightful fisherman village, 5 km west; Aspra, another unspoiled fisherman village, 7km west.
Altavilla, with its Sanctuary to the Holy Mary, 2 km east.
All are offering plenty of tourist attractions.
Additional fees to be charged upon arrival
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Refundable Security Deposit: 100€
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How you should prepare now for the death of a spouse
When Christine Baumgartner's husband, Tony, died suddenly at age 64 in 2012, it was tragic but not a shock. It was, unfortunately, something the couple had been planning for.
In fact, Tony had been planning for his death since his teenage years, long before he met Christine, a dating and relationship coach in Orange County, California. Tony was born with a heart condition. When he was 16, his father died of a heart attack. Two years later, when Tony was 18, his doctor told him he would probably be dead by 26.
When Christine met Tony in 2005, he was 57. On their fourth date, he explained that he had been living with a chronic heart condition, and had, as he put it, "outlived his expiration date."
SEE ALSO: 13 Money Tips for Married Couples
Despite the uncertainties, Tony and Christine married in 2007, and while they both hoped to be together for decades, they recognized the importance of planning for the worst. When the worst came five years later, Christine was free to grieve without worrying that she might become financially destitute. Long before Tony passed, he ensured he had a will in place, a retirement account, stocks and a small life insurance policy. (He couldn't get a big one with his medical history.)
"We've all heard of those horrible stories where the widow knew nothing about their finances and was either blindsided by debt or taken advantage of by people who offered to help her manage her finances," Christine says. And so, while Tony handled their money, including filing their taxes, Christine adds, "I knew about every financial detail in our lives."
As unpleasant as it may be, it's wise for spouses to do what they can to be prepared for the other person's death, even if both intend to live for a very long time. It's no easy task, but here's a roundup of important steps to take to prepare for the worst.
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Make sure your documents are in order. That includes any life insurance policies, wills, property deeds, car titles and bank account and investment details. You both should know where these are (ahem, not jammed in some desk drawer) and ensure they're up to date.
Don't neglect that will. Yes, you know you should have one. And yes, you're going to get around to it. But Gary Altman, founder and principal attorney at Altman & Associates, an estate planning firm in Rockville, Maryland, shares a cautionary tale that highlights why it's important to get one written – now.
He represents a 35-year-old mother of two young boys, whose husband recently died unexpectedly. He had no will in a state whose law dictates that 50 percent of his assets go to his wife and 50 percent to the kids unless otherwise legally specified. While this sounds nice in theory, the kids are young, and the money went into a court-controlled account she couldn't touch outright.
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The more money you make, the more important it is to draft a will, if you care about what happens to your assets when you're gone. The estate-planning industry is currently abuzz because superstar musician Prince, who was divorced and whose son died in infancy, reportedly didn't write a will before passing away.
Organize your shared and individual passwords. If you can't access a bank account, say, because your spouse had a special password you weren't privy to, you can see what sort of trouble can arise.
Spouses should make a list of passwords for all online accounts, including 401(k)s, investments, bank accounts, really everything. This list should be stored in a place that both spouses, and perhaps adult children, know about, says Lesley Weiner, a certified financial planner with MidAtlantic Resource Group in Totowa, New Jersey.
SEE ALSO: 10 Ways to Improve Your Finances With Social Media
Plan now, save headaches (and money) later. It isn't fun to talk about death, especially if you and your spouse are as healthy as the proverbial horse. But Keith Newcomb, a certified financial planner in Nashville, Tennessee, says it's a lot cheaper to work things out now versus waiting until you're grieving and emotionally wrenched.
Especially if you need legal help to get your family finances in order, he adds.
"The better organized and prepared you are, the more concisely you can communicate your wishes, and the faster the attorney can prepare documents," he says. After all, notes Newcomb: "Many attorneys work on an hourly rate."
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GetWellNetwork will host its 10th user conference from April 30 to May 3 in National Harbor, Md. The biennial event will bring together more than 500 attendees from hospitals and health systems around the country for three days of education, innovation and collaboration around the increasingly dynamic nature of how and where health care is delivered.
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|Manuscript Title: TRS: a program to calculate Landau levels and direct dipole transitions in uniaxially stressed semiconductors.|
|Authors: J. Schmitz, H.-R. Trebin, U. Rossler|
|Program title: TRS|
|Catalogue identifier: ACBH_v1_0|
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|Journal reference: Comput. Phys. Commun. 66(1991)308|
|Programming language: Fortran.|
|Computer: VAX II/GPX.|
|Operating system: VMS 4.6, TOS, CMSL 4.421.|
|RAM: 434K words|
|Word size: 32|
|Keywords: Narrow gap Semiconductors, Zincblende lattice, Landau levels, Uniaxially stress parallel to magnetic field, Effective hamiltonian, Invariant expansion, Eightfold space of Valence band and lowest Conduction band, Normal and inverted Bands, Energy eigenvalues, Eigenvectors, Direct inter- and Intraband dipole Transitions, Oscillator strengths, Gamma-point,  crystal axis.|
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An effective Hamiltonian constructed by invariant expansion is used to calculate Landau levels and wave functions in narrow-gap semiconductors with a zincblende lattice under uniaxial stress. It is based on an eightfold space of uppermost valence and lowest conduction bands at the center of the Brillouin zone and its vicinity. The wave functions are futher used to calculate the oscillator strengths of direct inter- and intraband dipole transitions. Thus program TRS is a valuable tool for the experimentalist to analyze quantum resonances measured in semiconductors.
The matrix elements of the Hamiltonian are set up one by one according to the equations derived from the theory. Then the resulting matrix is diagonalized using the QL method. Energy eigenvalues and eigenvectors are further used in the calculation of oscillator strengths.
The dimension of arrays are set to include Landau levels with oscillator quantum number up to na <=39 (na <=19 on computer(2)). Adaptations are easily made. Due to the limitations in the Kane-modell and the underly- ing perturbation theory the program is only suitable for eigenstates in the vicinity of the Gamma-point. Transitions are restricted to direct dipole transitions. All calculations are based on a geometry with magnetic field and uniaxial stress being parallel to the  crystal axis.
TRS contains a subroutine which clears the screen of the terminal before displaying a new page of text. This action is not essential to the operation of the program and may be entirely omitted. In order to preserve the intended screen display it must be adapted to the specific device used.
Execution times depend strongly on the maximum Landau oscillator quantum number and the number of transitions chosen. The test run described in the long write-up requires 25.68 s on the VAX II/GPX, 2.06 s on the Comparex 8/89 and 11 min 17 s on the Atari 1040st.
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Plus, updates to MacOS -- newly dubbed High Sierra -- a new iPad Pro and WatchOS improvements.
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For WWDC 2017, Apple headed south to San Jose, dogged by damning comparisons with Google, Facebook and Microsoft over its lack of attention to mixed reality (VR and AR), Siri's absence from your smart home in comparison with smart home hubs like the Google Home and Amazon Echo and other ways in which Apple seems to have fallen behind. Folks were eager to hear about Apple's plans to catch up in these leading-edge markets.
Even before the conference opening, we began to hear the numbers: iOS app developers earned $20 billion in 2016 (and given Apple's 30 percent cut, that means it made a not-so-paltry $6 billion) and downloads are growing at a nice pace. The company updated its Swift Playgrounds, a teach-kids-to-code-Swift (its proprietary programming language) app, to support control over robots and drones.
Watch this: Apple's HomePod is a smart speaker for your home
Interestingly, Apple positioned its new home speaker as a music experience rather than just the rumored a smart-home hub, ostensibly to "reinvent home music." You can't get it until later in 2017, though. Dubbed the HomePod, it has better audio specs than other hub speakers -- pretty good audio specs in general for its size -- and an A8 chip for processing (the same chip that's in the iPhone). It uses a wide-array mic that supposedly can hear you over the music, and naturally integrates with Apple Music and can control HomeKit devices. It will ship in December for $350.
Siri: She's got a more natural-sounding voice and can translate for you and suggest tasks. Plus there's a new more visual interface. And she knows you across your devices. But she'll respect your privacy.
Camera: New H.265 video encoding for more efficient storage and a new High Efficiency Image Format based on H.265 to replace JPEG. Threre's a new depth API (needed for AR). It will enable the faux defocus mode for portraits, too.
Photos: Welcome editable Live Photos with GIF-like tools like looping and reversing, and a long-exposure effect. Memories now recognizes pets and supports vertical video.
The iMacs get better displays, better storage options, an improved display and 2 Thunderbolt/USB-C connectors. Also, an update to Intel 7th-generation and the new integrated graphics, plus the Retina 4K incorporates the discrete RX500 series and the 5K model gives you Radeon RX500 series options. That puts them on par with Windows 10 all-in-ones. The 21.5-inch starts at $1,100 and the 5K 27-inch starts at $1,800. A 4K 21.5 inch starts at $1,300.
Both iPad Pros will get new displays, with True Tone, DCI-P3 gamut, 600-nit brightness and ultralow reflectivity. A new feature, Pro Motion, bumps the refresh rate to 120Hz. Latency drops to 20ms with the Apple Pencil. They're also faster, thanks to the 12-core GPU and six-core CPU Fusion A10X chip. A better camera with 4K and wide-gamut capture is another hardware highlight, along with USB-C fast charging. They both come with 64GB memory and start at $650 for the smaller and $800 for the larger model. They'll be available next week.
There are more iPad-specific features in iOS 11. Swipe up to bring up the dock to switch apps or bring one up and drag-and-drop anything. A new Files app brings a more desktoplike file system operation that supports third-party storage providers. There's a special markup mode for use with the Pencil and it does handwriting recognition in Notes.
MacOS High Sierra
The MacOS desktop operating system didn't get a major update, as you can tell from the name, just some refinements. But a lot of the High Sierra refinements are performance-focused, which is always welcome.
The big enhancements:
Safari: It "helps give you a serene browsing experience." Whut? But now it's faster, with autoplay blocking, intelligent tracking prevention to filter cross-site scripting and so on.
Mail: Split view for the compose window, smaller storage footprint.
Photos: New organization and editing tools, filter by keywords and file types, better face recognition, synchronization across devices. The editing tools can now synchronize with other editing tools. And there are new photo book partnerships.
The file system: This has needed an update for a long time, and now the much more modern APFS is the default.
Video: Support for hardware acceleration and a software encoder for H.265 video.
Graphics: An update to its acceleration architecture, Metal 2, with a lot of performance increases. It also supports a new external enclosure for MacBooks, with Thunderbolt 3 and A Radeon RX 580. Metal 2 also adds hooks for VR.


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Nearly a year ago, a new look was revealed for an Upper West Side development. Now, construction is well underway and YIMBY has the latest renderings for 207 West 75th Street.
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Back in July of 2014, YIMBY brought you renderings of the proposed 14-story, 10-unit residential building at 207 West 75th Street, on the Upper West Side. The project required a special permit from the Board of Standards and Appeals, but the developer was unsuccessful in obtaining a variance and the site was eventually unloaded for $13.25 million in 2015. The new developer, Opal Holdings, has since filed applications to expand the existing two-story building into a seven-story, five-unit mixed-use one. Real Estate Weekly now reports a $14.8 million construction loan has been secured for the 20,000-square-foot project. There will be 5,000 square feet of retail on the ground and cellar levels, and full-floor apartments beginning on the second floor. The sixth and seventh floors will contain a five-bedroom duplex penthouse featuring a terrace. Jeffrey Cole Architects is designing.
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Already in the early design stages at Ubi Soft's production studios in New York, the game will borrow the style, characters and settings of the award winning animated series "The Adventures of Batman and Robin."
"With Batman's universal character recognition and the innovative art style of 'The Adventures of Batman and Robin,' Ubi Soft hopes to broaden its international recognition, particularly in the United States," commented Alain Tascan, Vice President of Special Projects, Ubi Soft Entertainment.
Although gameplay details are scarce due to the title's early stage of completion, the Rayman developer is planning to use cutting edge 3D "open-space" engines for the game.
Batman and Robin are part of a super-hero renaissance of sorts, promising to take over the N64 starting later this year. Next to Titus's oft delayed Superman, Activision is also busily working on bringing The X-Men and Spiderman to the N64.
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If you’re worried that your next drug test might show a high amount of opiates, read on. We’ll talk about how much of a drug can show up in your urine, as well as morphine, codeine, and opium alkaloids. Hopefully, you’ll find this information useful. If you’re concerned about your test results, be aware of the warning signs and what to do in the case of a false positive.
How many poppy seeds does it take to test positive for morphine? A toxicology expert once expressed surprise at the 300-nanogram-per-milliliter cutoff for morphine in urine tests. But that was two decades ago, and the federal government was revising workplace drug testing policies in response to the possibility of false positives. In the United States, morphine concentrations above 300 nanograms per milliliter are deemed positive for opiates.
Poppy seeds are the seeds of the opium poppy plant, and their processing can lead to contamination with opium milk, which contains morphine. Though poppy seeds are cleaned and processed before being used in baking, some residual opiate residue may be present. This residue isn’t high enough to produce morphine-like effects, but it is enough to trigger a false positive on a sensitivity test. Fortunately, workplace drug testing has become more commonplace.
However, the amount of morphine residue present in poppy seeds varies with the harvesting and cleaning methods. Ingestion of poppy seeds has been linked to high urine morphine levels as much as two to three days after ingestion. However, if a patient consumes more than the LOQ of morphine, their urine concentration will stay elevated for about two days. Therefore, the question, “How many poppy seeds to test positive for morphine” is important.
The active principle of the poppy plant, ephedrine, has been around for many years. In fact, poppy seeds contain more codeine than any other known plant. Its effect on the central nervous system is similar to that of opioids such as morphine. In addition to its potency, ephedrine also contains norepinephrine, a neurotransmitter that promotes alertness. It also contains morphine, which is a cannabinoid receptor agonist.
Despite its potential to produce opiates, there is only limited information about the alkaloids present in poppy seeds. The amount of alkaloids in these seeds is affected by many natural parameters including the harvesting, packaging, and baking processes. The present study focused on morphine, the most common form of the opium alkaloid, as compared to the higher concentrations found in the seeds.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently updated its assessment on the opium alkaloids in poppy seed. The latest opinion expands the evidence regarding the safe levels of morphine in poppy seeds for direct human consumption. The assessment added codeine content to morphine, allowing for higher levels of codeine in some samples. This new opinion is not a recommendation for lowering morphine levels in poppy seeds, but rather a reference level for the purpose of harmonised legislation in the EU.
The EFSA’s Panel on Contaminants in Food has highlighted the uncertainties in determining the level of morphine present in poppy seeds. The high levels of alkaloids in poppy seeds are present despite the low occurrence. In addition, the amount of alkaloids in poppy seeds is reduced by at least 25 to 100 percent during processing. Thus, poppy seeds with a high morphine content will pass drug tests without warning.
Dosage needed to test positive for opiates
The opium poppy is a flowering plant with seed pods that contain a number of opioid alkaloids, including morphine, codeine, thebaine, and dihydrocodeine. These compounds are often used to make poppy seed tea, which contains about 50 mg of morphine per kilogram of body weight. While the opiate content of poppy seeds is small compared to other opiates, users can ingest hundreds of milligrams of these chemicals daily.
While poppy seeds are not likely to cause a drug-induced high, they do contain small amounts of codeine and morphine, which can show up in a urine drug test. However, these amounts are not enough to cause a false-positive result when a patient consumes poppy seeds. Moreover, the dosage needed to test positive for opiates in poppy seeds depends on the cut-off threshold of the drug test.
Despite their high morphine content, poppy seeds are not considered illegal to eat. However, in the U.S., the drug content can surpass the 2000mg/L threshold for drug testing. The level of morphine in poppy seeds is also high enough to distinguish heroin use from poppy seed consumption. This allows drug testing companies to determine if a person is consuming heroin and poppy seeds.
Symptoms of opiate abuse
If you have been arrested for drug abuse, you may be wondering how many poppy seeds should you eat before your next test. Although poppy seeds are not addictive, they can make your urine test more positive. Poppy seeds can increase the concentration of morphine in your sample, making them an obvious choice for an opiate-abuse test. However, poppy seeds are sold unwashed, and they are often marketed as natural pain relievers and sleep aids. There are few regulations regarding this product, and many deaths and overdoses have resulted from unwashed poppy seeds.
Although there are some strict guidelines about the amount of morphine found in urine, the lower cut-off level is 300 nanograms per milliliter. Even if you only eat a single poppy seed bagel, it is enough to trigger a positive urine test. This means that it is essential to avoid poppy seeds before you take a drug test. But if you don’t want to risk a negative result, you can always avoid eating them.
While poppy seeds are nutritious and tasty, they contain traces of morphine, which can register on urine drug tests. The question is, how many poppy seeds to eat before a urine drug test is not an easy one to answer. For example, if you are pregnant, don’t eat any poppy seeds right before the test. You might be surprised to find out that eating one poppy seed bagel the day before the test can make you fail your test for opiate abuse.
Do you know how many poppy seeds it takes to pass a drug test? This is a question that plagues many of us who have to take drug tests. Poppy seeds contain an amount of opium that is up to 90 percent less than the corresponding level in urine. While poppy seeds are processed to remove the opium, the resulting residue is still significant. Here are some ways to avoid them and pass a drug test.
First, poppy seeds contain a trace amount of codeine and morphine. Poppy seeds contain traces of d-methamphetamine. It is important to distinguish between the two when performing safety-sensitive duties. For example, if you’re a firefighter, it’s not a good idea to eat a poppy seed cake. In addition to its high-opiate content, poppy seeds can cause other health problems.
Those who use this defense should understand that it is illegal to eat a single seed of any kind. The federal government requires inmates to give up any food or drink that contains poppy seeds before being allowed out of the prison. The reason behind this is because poppy seed bagel can contain as much as 300 nanograms of morphine as 300 milligrams of feces.
Foods with poppy seeds
You probably have heard about the controversial question of how many poppy seeds are needed to test positive on a drug test. Many people have had to deal with this stressful situation at one point or another in their life. One of the most important things to think about when preparing for a drug test is what you ate and drank recently. While poppy seeds won’t appear on most drug tests, eating them can result in a positive test for morphine. Poppy seeds are a source of opium, which is a key ingredient in heroin and codeine.
While the exact amount of morphine residue found on poppy seeds varies depending on the region and harvesting process, there are some common ways to ingest them. People have even gotten surprise results after eating a poppy seed bagel, muffin, or pastry. The amount of morphine that can be detected in the urine remains elevated up to two days after eating them. Although this is a surprisingly long time to consume poppy seeds, the question of how many seeds to eat to test positive continues to be debated.
For decades, the standard of morphine in a blood sample was set at 300 nanograms per milliliter. Since then, the government has regulated the drug tests with more stringent standards than before. However, the hospital where Eden gave birth did use more stringent testing specifications. This has prompted the so-called “POPPY SEED BAGEL DEFENSE” to become popular. This method works in some cases, but it is not as foolproof as the famous Seinfeld episode.


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by Tory Gattis — Four drivers of Texas' rapid growth: a light touch on zoning, high standard of living, and family friendly housing prices in good school districts make for opportunity cities.
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Scott Beyer from the Market Urbanism Report, and Charles Blain and Tory Gattis from the Urban Reform Institute - A Center for Opportunity Urbanism are holding a Houston meetup 6pm this Thursday, May 13th at The Pit Room.
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by Tory Gattis — Going beyond all the usual reasons given for Texas' high growth, here's the technical overlooked one that I think is a big key: Texas does not allow unincorporated counties to regulate land use (i.e. create zoning), which creates pretty much a totally free market in development just outside cities.
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by Tory Gattis — Transit tips from Harvard and Japan could benefit Houston. Meanwhile, Houston has just been named a Life Science emerging market.
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by Tory Gattis — Houston could lose because of Harris County's Anti-NHHIP (IH-45) lawsuit; the highway project provides extensive, transformative improvements.
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by Tory Gattis — As we enter a distributed age of remote work, Houston's extensive infrastructure and affordable housing position the city for growth.
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by Tory Gattis — Texas can improve grid reliability without extraordinary costs: treat gas pumps like critical infrastructure during blackouts! This simple paperwork blunder left Texans cold during the deadly freeze.
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by Tory Gattis — What does the post-pandemic future of remote work mean for Houston? Is the city likely to benefit from remote work or not?
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by Tory Gattis — How does the Houston housing market achieve elasticity? Less regulation. The city famously lacks a zoning code, and many of its suburbs are also very pro-growth.
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by Jim Crump — That electricity was tragically unavailable to many Texans during the recent period of extreme cold is driving concerns about current policy and regulation of electricity in Texas.
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All of the best deals today have arrived now that a new week is underway, with a $99 discount on the latest 10.9-inch iPad Air leading the way. That’s alongside a notable markdown on the Apple Pencil 2 at $99, as well as a Philips Hue end-of-summer sale. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
Save $99 with this 10.9-inch iPad Air deal
Amazon is now taking $99 off nearly the entire selection of Apple’s latest 10.9-inch iPad Air with free shipping across the board. Available in all of the different colors, you’ll find entry-level Wi-Fi 64GB models starting at $500 alongside cellular configurations and higher-capacity offerings included. Today’s discounts are matching the second-best prices to date across the board, as well.
For those who want to bring home one of the more recent iPadOS experiences, but don’t need the power of the M1 Pro models, going with the latest iPad Air instead is worth a look. It delivers much of the same form-factor, just centered around 10.9-inch edge-to-edge Liquid Retina display with support for Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard. Powered by the new A14 Bionic processor, there’s also the grand return of Touch ID in the power button alongside USB-C charging and 10-hour battery life. Get a closer look at all the features in our launch coverage.
Apple Pencil 2 drops to $99
Following this morning’s iPad Air discount, Amazon is now discounting the Apple Pencil 2 to $99. Delivering $30 in savings, this is not only matching our previous mention for the best price of the year but also dropping to match the savings found on Apple’s latest 10.9-inch tablet.
So if you’re looking to pick up the iPad Air on sale, the savings will entirely cover the companion accessory. Redesigned for some of the latest releases, the second-generation Apple Pencil improves on the original model with wireless charging, magnetic attachment, and a refreshed form factor. Whether you’re looking to take notes, try your hand at crafting some digital art, or just want the precision of a stylus, Apple Pencil is a must-have for elevating your iPad experience.
Philips Hue end of summer sale goes live
To start off the week, Philips Hue has launched a new end-of-summer mix and match sale that’s taking15% off a selection of its smart lamps, lightstrips, and bulbs. Throughout the sale, you’ll be able to save on several offerings which rarely go on sale in the first place, alongside scoring some of the best discounts to date across its Hue Go, Iris, and Lightstrip Plus offerings. Whether you’re looking to bring some ambiance to the home theater with some TV bias lighting or outfit the office with a pop of color, there are some eye-catching price cuts in the sale right here.
Twelve South’s BookBook cases for iPhone, iPad, MacBook from $42
Amazon is now discounting a selection of Twelve South BookBook leather accessories for iPhone, MacBook, iPad, and more. Shipping is free across the board. Our top pick is the iPhone 12 mini Wallet Folio Case at $58. Down from $70, you’re looking at over $11 in savings with today’s offer coming within $1 of our previous mention and marking the second-best of the year. Covering your iPhone 12 mini in a full-grain leather cover, the Twelve South BookBook case delivers added protection. That’s alongside the convenience of a built-in wallet folio on the front that can magnetically snap to the back of the more rugged case.
Caseology’s AirTag Vault Case with carabiner just dropped to $13
The official Caseology Amazon storefront is now offering its AirTag Vault Case in matte black for $13. Regularly $20 direct from Caseology, it has been listed for between $14 and $15 at Amazon for months before now dropping to today’s all-time low. As you might know from our launch coverage, this one provides a waterproof home for your Apple AirTag with a sandstone textured TPU construction and an open design that doesn’t block transmission. It also includes a nice carabiner clip so you can attach it to just about anything (keys, bags, wallet, dog collar, and more).
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La Marelle is a creative residence facility, but also a permanent feature on the literary scene at la Friche and beyond its walls.
The Marelle Project
La Marelle, is a literary project supported by ADAAL (Association Des Auteurs Aux Lecteurs/ Association of Authors and Readers) which is based at the Villa de la Friche alongside the publishers Le Bec en l'air. Marelle's objectives are to encourage meetings between authors and readers and promote literary creativity and writers' readings. It designs and organises meetings, debates and literary events alongside other cultural practices in Marseille and elsewhere. It produces and broadcasts meetings, readings and original work, in writing, audiovisually, on radio and online.
Today, La Marelle is a veritable ‘Authors' Villa' able to accommodate authors in residence for different lengths of time. It invites them to imagine how to link their writing project to other artistic disciplines represented, or not, at la Friche.
This Villa is open to all authors' projects. It is the author who shapes artistic writing residencies, regardless of the form or approach of their work. Whether the authors write novels, poetry, plays, for radio, on photography or on digital media, authors at the Villa integrate their proposals with as many artistic activities and events as possible on offer at La Friche.
Residencies are awarded on the basis of the authors' projects and every resident is invited to invent the nature of their residency, linking their writing project as they see fit to their surroundings: La Friche itself, the cultural organisations in Marseille and the Region and the resources and texts provided. La Marelle is a place for meetings, experiments, cross-fertilisation and brainstorming.
Other Types of Residencies
La Marelle also welcomes:
- publishing residencies, to implement a project be it in the preparatory phase, or final stages, requiring time and space to bring together different parties for a publishing project (publisher, writer or photographer etc.)
- mixed residencies: two authors on simultaneous or overlapping residencies– a writer and fine artist working on a book project together ; a foreign writer and their translator, etc.
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When I talk about a healthy and balanced diet, how many of you think of water?
Normally you only care about the calories and the amount of food you eat, establishing a love and hate relationship with your scale! You rarely stop to evaluate the importance of the quantity and quality of water you drink during the day. I don’t know if you are aware that most people are in a subclinical condition of dehydration. When I analyze your “eating style” I realize that you always attribute a secondary role to water. A lot of the symptoms you tell me about can be traced back to an insufficient daily intake of water.
Water is our cells’ favorite food! Yes, because, for optimal health, you need to drink pure, alkaline water, loaded with nutrients and with an ideal molecular structure. A water capable of neutralizing the acidic waste accumulated as a result of nutrition and metabolism and, if consumed daily, also capable of removing toxins from our body, with the help of the excretory organs.
The real problem is that the damage that cells can suffer is underestimated when they become deficient in this very important nutrient. During life, a person drinks about 25 / 30,000 liters of water for the maintenance of his biological functions and organic structures. In fact, all our systems are in contact with water: circulatory, urogenital, respiratory, digestive, nervous, sensory.
Most of the water in our body is found in our cells, interstitial space and in our blood. The cells of the body are as healthy as the fluids they are immersed in. We don’t have to worry about replenishing lost fluids through sweating, only during physical activity or in the summer. There is no greater mistake!
Our cells need water at all times, which is why the best way to take it is to take it in small sips throughout the day. The problem is that many people, regardless of whether they are exercising or not, tell me that they have even lost the urge to thirst!
This means that the physiological mechanisms that should avoid the dangerous subclinical dehydration have been skipped. Look in the mirror. How is your skin and the sclera of your eyes? Maybe you have a swollen abdomen and suffer from constipation, or you can’t concentrate and lose your temper easily. Does your mood wobble and anxiety and depression alternate in your days as faithful “unwanted companions”? Lack of hydration is increasingly indicated as a contributing cause of psychoemotional and nervous system disorders. Do you know which organ is the richest in water? Needless to say: it’s the brain! He needs water as much as a seedling to grow strong and fruitful.
Nutrigenomics always emphasizes this: our cells, in order to function, reproduce, grow and repair themselves, essentially need oxygen, the nutrients contained in food, water and good thoughts. Four factors that can directly influence not only health, but also pathogenesis, that is the mechanism by which a disease is established. Well hydrated cells facilitate the healing process, delay aging, determine the general health of the body, prevent diseases and dysfunctions, better regulate daytime energy consumption, conciliating deep night sleep, but above all they are able to achieve and maintain internal homeostasis.
Nutrigenomics is always looking for the quality of nutrients, so “drinking” is not enough! It is necessary to choose water that is as free as possible of poisonous and cytotoxic substances such as phthalates, those dangerous toxic substances that form in plastic bottles, if forgotten in the scorching sun. Phthalates are synthetic endocrine disruptors, i.e. substances which, despite being composed of synthetic material, are exchanged by our body for hormones, thus upsetting the delicate balance of the endocrine system on which very important glands depend such as: the thyroid, pituitary gland, ovaries, adrenals and testes. So, when you tell me that you “drain” two or three liters of water a day, the first question I ask you is: which water? If you are drinking “polluted” water, the only goal you will achieve is to increase your toxin load and your acidosis, with considerable stress for all the excretory organs, primarily your kidneys. If there are no specific pathologies, the best water to consume is the slightly alkaline one, capable of neutralizing the acidic waste accumulated due to diet and metabolism. Of course, when we talk about water we cannot fail to refer also to all the other drinks that accompany our meals or our daily breaks.
At a nutrigenomic level, the worst are carbonated and sugary drinks. I have already pointed this out many times: the number one enemy of our cells is refined white sugar. Sucrose depresses the immune system and drains valuable minerals from the body. Think that taking ten teaspoons of sugar, equivalent to about a can of a drink, can reduce the germicidal activity of our white blood cells by 40%. This immunosuppression begins about half an hour after its intake and lasts up to five hours. White sugar is also harmful because it causes a glycemic peak, subjecting the pancreas to severe stress, while the recalled insulin will facilitate the transformation of excess sugars into fats that will accumulate in those already in surplus.
In addition, in order to be metabolized by our body, sugar takes away magnesium, an essential element for the optimal functioning of the immune system, muscles, brain and heart. But not only that, because high doses of sugars also increase the urinary excretion of calcium and zinc: minerals destined for our bones. Do you understand how important it is to drink the right quantity and quality of drinks? And if you really don’t love pure water, as always I suggest some alternatives, perhaps drinking something with a different flavor.
In addition to the well-known freshly squeezed orange juice (not everyone, however, tolerates it on a gastro level), you can try natural drinks that can be prepared at home following simple recipes, with natural foods such as lemon and mint or with fresh basil and the pink grapefruit.
My favorite is a fresh Acai berry juice mixed in plain water to which I add some lime juice. Or you can opt for the delicious fruit and vegetable extracts: pears, carrots and celery; green apple and cucumber; spinach, oranges and lemon; beetroot, lemon and ginger. The important thing is to have a good extractor which, unlike the centrifuge, works cold, thus keeping all the precious nutrients of the food unaltered. In short, as always, I encourage you to learn how to take care of your body at 360 °.
Do not underestimate how a correct intake of water and natural drinks can improve your health. You may be amazed, perhaps managing to solve problems that you have been carrying around for a long time.


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An oral history tradition, contemplative practices, love of the natural world (especially trees) and clowning provide a scaffolding for Karen Luke Jackson’s work. Whether crafting a poem, teaching a class, or serving as an Anam Cara, Karen searches for life-giving “role/soul” connections and helps others do the same. Stories, she says, provide an opening. They allow us to explore the core of our human experience and capture snippets of sacred mystery in everyday life.
An award-winning poet, Karen’s work has appeared in numerous journals including Ruminate, One, Friends Journal, Christian Feminism Today, TOWN Magazine, Kakalak, Great Smokies Review, and several anthologies. Karen is also the author of two poetry collections, The View Ever Changing exploring the power of place and family relationships and GRIT chronicling her sister’s life as Clancey the Clown. She is currently working on a memoir that spans six generations of a South Georgia family.
Karen holds a bachelor's degree in history from Valdosta State University, a master's in education from UNC-Chapel Hill, and a doctorate in education from North Carolina State University. She has served as executive director of two nonprofits, worked and taught in higher education, and for the past twenty years been a facilitator with the Center for Courage & Renewal. In that capacity, she has led workshops and retreats for groups throughout the Southeast, including a monastic community, clergy and hospital chaplains, Duke University’s advanced leadership program for nonprofits, churches, environmental activists, and interfaith groups.
Being a grandmother and living in a cottage adjoining a goat pasture in Western North Carolina are two of Karen’s greatest joys. When she’s not writing or companioning people on their spiritual journeys, she enjoys sitting on a porch nestled between pines and listening to bird song.

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‘Obviously intoxicated’ man accused of assaulting woman with pizza
BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — An Ohio man is accused of assaulting a woman with a pizza, according to ABC News.
Kenneth Avans, 24, is charged with assault and criminal damage after hitting the woman in the face with the food.
Brookfield Township police went to a home around midnight Tuesday in reference to a domestic assault. When an officer tried to open the door, Evans allegedly slammed it shut.
Once inside, officers found an “obviously intoxicated” Evans.
“He was highly intoxicated and his mood was rapidly shifting,” a police report says. “The house was completely trashed, with the couch upside down against the wall.”
The woman told police that Evan began screaming at her while she was driving him home. She said he pushed her head while she was driving and hit her in the face with a pizza.
He also allegedly tried to fight a neighbor, threw tires into the road and smashed a mailbox.
Evans was arrested and taken to the Trumbull County Jail. He has since been released.

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Architecture for Humanity - SF
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Don't forget tonight:
Lecture: Designing for the Homeless: Architecture That Works
PMAIA San Francisco, 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600, San Francisco
Sam Davis, author of Designing for the Homeless: Architecture That Works (University of California Press), talks about how to create well-designed places for the homeless and reviews innovative and successful building designs that now serve diverse communities across the United States.
Davis is an architect who has been designing and building affordable housing for thirty years. His book Designing for the Homeless: Architecture That Works argues for safe and functional architectural designs and programs that symbolically reintegrate the homeless into society in buildings that offer beauty, security, and hope to those most in need.
If you didnt RSVP, it might be too late.


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David Lettermen’s new show ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman’ premiered on Netflix on January 12, 2018. On the very first episode of ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman’, he was joined by former U.S. President Barack Obama.
The episode had plenty of funny moments, like Obama teasing Letterman about his foot long beard. But they covered substantive political topics, too — not just during the onstage interview, but also in Letterman’s walk across Selma’s famous Edmund Pettus Bridge with Civil Right’s activist and Congressman John Lewis.
From the beginning, Letterman seems to be treating the new show as an opportunity to move away from his usual satirical style and replacing it with more depth and seriousness. He ended the interview by telling Obama, “Without a question of a doubt, you are the first president I really and truly respect.”
On the social media front, Obama noted that he owes much of his own political success to social media, which helped him build “what ended up being the most effective political campaign, probably in modern political history.” So he initially had “a very optimistic feeling” about the technology, but he said, “I think that what we missed was the degree to which people who are in power … special interests, foreign governments, etc., can, in fact, manipulate that and propagandize.”
Obama then described an experiment where a liberal, conservative and a “quote-unquote moderate” were asked to search for “Egypt,” and Google presented each of them with very different results. “For the conservative, it came up Muslim Brotherhood, for the liberal, it came up Tahrir square, and for the moderate, it came up best vacation spots on the Nile.”
“Whatever your biases were, that’s where you were being sent, and that gets more reinforced over time,” he said. “That’s what’s happening with these Facebook pages where more and more people are getting their news from. At a certain point, you just live in a bubble, and that’s part of why our politics is so polarized right now.”
Closer to the end of his interview he did express some optimism for the future: “I think it is a solvable problem, but I think it’s one that we have to spend a lot of time thinking about.”
‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction to David Letterman’ will be back sometime in February with guest George Clooney, followed by Malala Yousafzai, Jay-Z, Tina Fey, and Howard Stern.


FOREST FIRES IN USA
When a forest fire starts in the US and a lot of trees and wildlife are being destroyed the country pulls together to save the land. The forest fire in Montana brought firemen from as far away as Canada, Pennsylvania and other states.
These firemen aren't paid to go and fight the fire but volunteer their training and skills because they don't want the fire to spread or to destroy a lot of our forest which we consider one of our most valuable resources. The forest fire was out of control so firemen left their homes and families to go to Montana to fight the fires. Many of them knew it may be weeks before they could return home but they went believing that with their help it could be brought under control.
Firemen in the US can be paid by their community or just be unpaid volunteers. The professional firemen may be paid to go to another state as a good neighbor and to help educate others who aren't familiar with firefighting techniques. The unpaid volunteer will get permission from their employer to go and fight a fire. Most employers allow them to go and continue to pay their wages others allow them to take vacation days so they will still receive their wages. The expense of getting to the fire can be covered by several means. The fire company that employs firemen may pay their way, the state may volunteer transportation, bus companies or air lines may donate transportation or the people in the area will donate money to help them get to the fire site.
Fire is one of the most dangerous disasters that can hit a state because it destroys homes, property, wildlife and leaves a lot of people with the need to rebuild their homes and lives. The fire in Montana had devasted a lot of property and will need help from the federal government to cope with the loss. USA has funds set aside for disasters such as floods, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earth quakes. Once you prove you need the help they will help you rebuild and start over again.


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Capcom to unleash zombies onto UK streets
Clean infected cities with smartphones
Capcom will bring a zombie outbreak to the streets of the UK this month with the release of a free augmented reality app in which gamers must track down and eradicate the undead.
And it's doing it for real - kind of - in central London on Thursday, 22 March.
The games publisher will celebrate the launch of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City by releasing waves of zombies onto the streets of Bristol, Manchester and the capital.
In the first two cities, you'll need the app - it runs on Android and on iOS - to see any flesh eating walkers. Londoners, however, have the option to get involved with an extra special live event too, which will feature a 'real life' zombie hunt around the city.
To register your interest, sign up on the Capcom Facecrack page. A random draw will decide who gets to take part, but there are several sessions throughout the day and hundreds of spaces available, Capcom told Reg Hardware.
Those lucky enough to be involved will walk away with Capcom goodies too, with a grand prize still being finalised for the winner.
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City hits shelves on 22 March 2012. ®


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Welcome to a new challenge at
Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog.
Our theme this time is
Isn't that perfect for this time of the year!! Just love Halloween, dressing up, seeing all the little kiddies dressed up too!! Giving out candy is always fun too!! Anyway come over and play along with us at
Glitter N Sparkle Challenge Blog
for your chance to win awesome prizes!!
My halloween card uses the image
AKV Witch Side Fly from
Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers.
All papers are from my stash!! I used spider washie tape in the top right corner!! I used a metal brad with a black cat!! I put tombstone ribbon across the bottom, and a black spider button on the bottom left corner of the image!! The sentiment is punched with a circle and scalloped circle punches!! The top right corner has 2 funky gem stones!!
I am entering this card in these challenges:
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