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I was going on about a week of sobriety from pornography when I acted out just the other night. I was having trouble sleeping and I just went for it because it was something I viewed as comforting and easy. The truth of it is that it steals from me every time. I’m just hopeful that I’m not going to go back to my cycle of every other day looking at porn. Yesterday and today I’ve been having a certain scripture in my mind.
The scripture is Romans 6:14, “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” I started thinking about it and it seems pretty clear that I’m still trying to live by my works and by the law than trusting in God’s grace. I also started to re-read Joseph Prince’s book “The Power of Right Believing.” As I was reading today a thought crossed my mind. I have allowed the circumstances of having no communication with my friend to affect my relationship with God. Let me try and explain.
I’ve been thinking that if I could get this person to talk to me again or earn their friendship back, that God would be pleased with me. I’ve allowed the reverse to be true. I’ve allowed the fact that she wants nothing to do with me to affect my view of God. God never promised me that she and I would be friends again. I’ve thought at times that since things haven’t changed, that God is still not pleased with me. I know that sounds crazy, but it’s the truth. The problem with that view, is that it’s just not in line with what God’s word says.
God’s love for me has nothing to do with giving me what I think that I want. He loves me unconditionally and many times will even keep me from something that would be harmful for me. My goal for the next several days and weeks is to be more aware of His love for me. The reason that I’ve been in bondage to pornography has to do with a set of wrong beliefs about God and how He sees me. My friend practiced this awareness a lot better than I ever did. She knew that God loved her unconditionally and I believe that it gave her a peace in her heart that I have been longing for.
When I fall, because I’m bound to slip up in some area, I need to remind myself that I can run to God and not away from Him. His love doesn’t change based on my performance. His Son paid for all my sins, past, present, and future. I need for these things to become more than just head knowledge or some nice sounding concept. I need to believe the truth and play good movies in my mind. When I refer to playing good movies in my mind, I’m talking about seeing myself succeed at things. For most of my life I learned to be really good at playing movies in my mind that had me failing and being embarrassed. Having those films play over and over again in my mind has caused me to be fearful and unbelieving.
It’s no secret that I really struggle with guilt and shame. Many times I tend to live my life from the perspective of the person that I used to be instead of the person that I actually am. Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t arrived or anything like that. What I mean is that so many things have changed in my life, and yet I still find myself feeling shameful about my past. I’m no longer able to exhibit these life changes to the person I wanted to show them to the most. It’s as if you worked really hard in order to change some major flaws about yourself, and you were so excited to show someone that you were different. That shouldn’t matter to me, but I’ve somehow made it to mean that God doesn’t care about the changes I’ve made either.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. He is the author of those changes and is still working on me to this day. He says “I’ve been waiting for you son. I’ve been waiting for you to see things My way. I’ve wanted you to see yourself the way that I see you and have always seen you. You are my prized possession and the apple of my eye, says the Lord. My love for you is everlasting and nothing could ever change My heart toward you. Stop struggling to become, and allow yourself to just be. Am I not the One who gives you the strength to change? The more aware you are of My heart towards you, the more you are transformed into the image of My Son. I am not ashamed of you, says the Lord. No, I will never be ashamed to call you My son. May you receive double honor for your shame. My Holy Spirit in you will continue to work out the details. Your job is to trust Me and hear My voice when I speak to You. Indeed, I guide you with My eye and I do not fail. You are not waiting to overcome, says the Lord. You HAVE overcome! May My peace and steadfast love always be with you. I love you dearly and will always love you.”
Praise the Lord! He is worthy to be praised! I think that’s all for now. Till next time.

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Alex Trebek’s oldest daughter, Nicky, is honoring the late game show legend this Father's Day weekend.
Late Saturday, Nicky Trebek, 55, shared a photo on her Instagram of a sweet family moment with her dad surrounded by his three children, including Matthew, 31, and Emily, 28.
“Seems like a minute ago #missingyou #trebekgang #dadlove,” she captioned the post.
On her Instagram story, Nicky posted another family photo, this time a snap of Matthew and herself posing next to their father. Just above Alex Trebek’s head, she placed a small sticker that read, “I miss you.”
Alex Trebek adopted Nicky when he was married to his first wife, Elaine, whom he divorced in 1981. He went on to have two more children with his second wife, Jean Trebek.
Last year for Father’s Day, his three kids joined Jean Trebek ahead of the holiday to discuss what Trebek was like as a dad for an article on Insidewink, where Jean is as an editor. In the article, each of the children shared a personality trait of their father’s that they admired.
“His persistence when it comes to solving challenges. ... Never give up!” Matthew said.
Emily added, “His determination. ... When he has his mind set on something, nothing will change it!”
In her response, Nicky revealed that she was inspired by how he handled his cancer diagnosis and fought all the way through.
“His generosity to everyone and his humility about it,” she said. “I personally experienced him writing hundreds of thousands of thank-you notes while he battled for his life. It’s truly astounding. I honestly can’t even put it into words.”
Nicky also honored her father's life and his legacy earlier this year when she watched her dad’s last episode of the beloved game show, which aired Jan. 8. The episode was filmed 10 days before Trebek died.
“You were extraordinary!!!” she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo that read, “Jeopardy! Forever!"

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In a story for the Daily Gazette, L.D. Davidson points to the diminishing power of the middle class and growing income inequality as the reasons workers need the protection of unions now more than ever. Nurses at Bellevue were being forced to take on 10 patients at once and endure unilateral changes from management with no voice in patient care. That’s why they voted to join NYSNA.
We are making our NYSNA one strong, united voice for patient care and nursing practice. Join your fellow nurses at these upcoming Inter-Regional Meetings to find out how to get involved in our campaigns for quality patient care and good contracts. Contact your NYSNA delegate or rep today to let us know you’re coming to one of these important meetings!
On New Year’s Day, NYSNA leaders attended the inaugurations of Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Tish James, and Comptroller Scott Stringer, all of whom we endorsed because of their commitment to strengthening and expanding our public hospital system and protecting vital community hospitals. NYSNA played a pivotal role in electing these progressive patient advocates and we look forward to working together to build a better New York for our patients, and to holding these newly elected leaders accountable.
RNs at Bellevue Woman's Center voted overwhelmingly to join our union!
"I am so proud to become a NYSNA member," said Chris McCann, a nursery RN, when she announced the results at a victory party.
“This election is a great victory for nurses, our patients, and our entire community,” said Christine Walthers, Bellevue RN and a leader of the organizing drive. “We decided to join NYSNA after management started to make changes to how we care for our patients – without consulting us. Nurses and our patients need a voice in healthcare. NYSNA is that voice.”
On November 13th, a judge ordered that the hospital must stay open while further mediation occurs between owners that want to close the facility and the advocates of keeping Interfaith Medical Center open for care. NYSNA rallied at the courthouse while proceedings were occurring, and members were heartened by the news.
NYSNA members have noted that the facility is alone in serving the community, and that its closure would leave residents without medical care. Ari Moma, a NYSNA leader and RN in Psychiatric Services at Interfaith, noted that "today's decision to move forward with mediation was a positive step toward finding a solution that maintains healthcare access in Central Brooklyn. We are looking forward to contributing to the conversation with the goal of ensuring that any plan for the future of Interfaith takes the needs of the community into account.”
Moma went on to note that mental health services are of particular concern: “The Affordable Care Act mandates insurers to treat mental health care on par with physical health so the demand for psychiatric care will soon expand - at the same time we've seen cuts in mental health services, with fewer in-patient psychiatric beds in Brooklyn. Interfaith is the largest private provider of psychiatric services in the borough and essential to the care of thousands of mental health patients."
The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan (called Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines) has reached 10,000. Communication has been limited and family members are struggling to find each other in aftermath of the storm.
Many survivors lack access to food, shelter, clean water, or the medical care they desperately need.
Nurses are stepping up to do what we do best: care for those in need. NYSNA nurses took immediate action and began collecting donations for relief, circulating flyers in our facilities and sharing information online.
There are many ways to further help in relief efforts.
A little rain couldn't stop us from rallying for safe staffing!
More than 100 St. Joe's RNs, Yonkers City Council members, community supporters, and NYSNA RNs took the streets of Yonkers to rally for safe nurse-to-patient ratios.
"We do 200% sometimes so we don't abandon our patients, but we need more staffing," said Hasan Haman, RN at St. Joseph's.
St. Joseph's Medical Center is a vital community hospital in downtown Yonkers that served more than 48,000 patients in 2012. In 2012, CEO Michael J. Spicer made $772,606, plus $194,943 in other compensation – a 19% increase over the previous year.
NYSNA RNs are calling for a new contract that guarantees safe minimum staffing levels for patients.
"You keep us safe. I'll do whatever I can to keep you safe," promised Yonkers City Council Member Chris Johnson
"Definitely this is something that patients need, because we are really the last line of advocacy for our patients, aren't we?" NYSNA President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN told News 12. Check out the coverage.

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Posted on February 6, 2009
Imagine voting everyday. Terrible thought isn't it? Well I hate to break it to you, but that is exactly what we are doing, except for maybe those lazy Sundays where even rolling out of bed seems like an insurmountable challenge. But before I start thinking about the weekend, I have to finish this article as it's something I've discussed a bunch lately but never put the pen to the page on, er, keyboard to the (web)page. We vote every single day. It's like a federal election every 24 hours, except with higher turnout. Allow me to explain...
Every day, we vote with our dollars. Everything we buy (or don't buy), is a statement. Sometimes we make strong statements with our purchases, say, picking fair trade chocolate instead of the regular stuff. Other times, it's less inspiring, say choosing a 42" tv over a 40". But either way, a vote is being made. You just told Nestlé to stuff it, and you just told Toshiba that bigger really is better. And guess what? Toshiba and Nestlé are listening to you, they're counting the ballots and seeing if the people elected them to another term of profitability.
Okay, so maybe picking Special K Vanilla Almond above Red Berry isn't the most noble statement to make. Not all of our decisions can be inspiring.
But how much power do we really have? We've all heard that mumbo jumbo about how something like the wealthiest 5% of Americans earn 35% of the wealth (which is certainly a much smaller number in Canada thankfully). That sounds pretty bad, but if you look at it glass half full instead of half empty, that means 95% of us earn 65% the wealth. Okay, I won't lie, that still sounds pretty awful, but 65% is the majority of the wealth, and in other words, the majority of the votes. With that 65% majority, we effectively have all the power, since we can choose who we'd like the wealthiest 5% of the population to be depending on what we buy.
So what kind of choices are we making? Well, I might not be a certified market analyst, but fortunately I don't have to be to see a clear trend in the choices we make. The largest trend of our buying, or voting (yes I'll beat that metaphor to the death!), is that we like things that are CHEAP! Now, I can't blame us for wanting things cheap. Of course we want things cheap, it can be tough to save money. The problem is we haven't really been saving (though that should change now that the bubble has popped and a recession has started, but that's a whole other topic right there). Typically, we use the money we save to buy more things. More cheap things. And all is well, right?
Homer: Aw, twenty dollars! I wanted a peanut!
Homer's Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!
Homer: Explain how!
Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services.
All is not well. The bad thing about choosing products based solely on their price is that we neglect the other costs of the product. Environmental costs of producing and shipping the product aren't passed to you directly, but passed on to everyone through the destruction of our planet. Environment and economy aren't mutually exclusive, they're actually two sides of the same coin, and governments are beginning to wake up to the fact that environmental costs now will create real and massive economic costs later. While we should pressure our governments whenever we can for appropriate environmental regulation on business, instead of waiting to vote on the issue once every few years in elections, we can vote every week in grocery stores and in shopping malls.
Uh oh, it's another election day: B.C. or New Zealand gala apples? As much as I love New Zealand, I can't say I'm crazy on eating produce that has more frequent flyer miles than I do.
Buying responsibly makes a difference. Big corporations may appear to be faceless giants with little regard for the environment, but the fact is, if we keep buying products based solely on their price tag, we are voting in favour of their environmental negligence and driving their business plan. One purchase, just like one vote, will probably never change an outcome, but together, buying responsibly will make a difference. At the very least you can be proud of who you're voting for. Even if it is Vanilla Almond over Red Berry.

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Europa League: Andrea Stramaccioni proud of Inter Milan despite defeat
Inter Milan coach Andrea Stramaccioni hailed his side's monumental effort as they very nearly knocked out Tottenham.
By Nadia Carminati
Last Updated: 14/03/13 11:06pm
Trailing 3-0 from the first leg, the Italian outfit thrashed Tottenham 4-1 at the San Siro, but ended up exiting the competition on the away-goals rule, with Emmanuel Adebayor's extra-time strike proving decisive.
The 37-year-old has now called on his players to show the same kind of spirit for the remainder of the season as they look to qualify for next season's Champions League.
He told Sky Italia: "This is a fundamental sign we send today and the only positive I can see from this evening is that we won't have midweek games to worry about. It was our best performance of the season.
"The team shook off its fear and always held the initiative. It's a shame about the result, as we conceded after so many scoring opportunities.
"Playing 120 minutes at an incredible level of intensity is tough, but I saw a team that made a big step forward today.
"Now we have a mini-tournament to play in the final ten Serie A games. We've got Sampdoria on Sunday, then Juventus after that.
"The important thing is that today Inter gave their response, showed that we are united and that we won't be broken by the criticism."


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The Ptarmigan Tuck Drag Show
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Welcome to the launch of Banff's new Monthly Drag Spectacular!
Come on down to the Den & Meadow as these three queens set the stage on fire! Maybe even literally! It's going to be a wild night that you won't want to miss!
CHI CHI YYC, the Queen of the Rockies comes home!
ANGELINA STARCHILD, Calgary's Dancing Sweetheart!
and host KARLA MARX, What will she say next?!
SUNDAY 22 March, 2020
Den & Meadow, Banff AB
Show at 10 pm
We acknowledge that this event takes place on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy comprising the Sikisika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations, the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations. This area is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.

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The following Macon Moments in History were taken from October 1992 editions of the Macon Chronicle-Herald.
Theme: We Will Rock You
Final Score: Macon 35 - Fulton 6
Homecoming Queen: Sara Belt.
Attendants: Jennifer Dixon, Bridgette Laws, Leslie Ehly, Sarah Kohl, Natalie Thompson.
Class Queens: Kristie Douglas, Audri Elam, Toni Colombatto, Hillary Vandelft.
Oipi King & Queen: Travis Waller and Christina Todd.

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Come! Hang out here. My son John is live-blogging too. He's great at this, so check him out.
7:04 — Somehow, CNN is incorporating the Tea Party. We'll see how that works.
7:06 — Thumping music. And everyone's in a black suit tonight. Kind of scary... but finally a lady! It's Michele Bachmann, in a red jacket. For a while there, I thought it was going to turn into a boxing match.
7:07 — WTF? The National Anthem precedes a debate? This is making me want to switch over to the Brewers game. Is CNN all hot to prove it's patriotic? Ridiculous!
7:09 — Santorum and Romney mouth the anthem. Perry looks staunchly patriotic. This is soooo cheeseball. The singer goes all angry-face. Freeeeeeeeeee! Yikes. Give me a break. CNN has set this up to repel us.
7:12 — Introductory statements. Blah.
7:15 — "President Obama stole over $500 from Medicare for Obamacare" — says Bachmann.
7:16 — Perry assures the oldies they'll have Social Security. But "this is a broken system" — and lots of other people have called it a Ponzi scheme.
7:18 — Mitt Romney challenges Perry for saying SS shouldn't even be a federal matter, that it's unconstitutional. Does Perry want to retreat from that? Perry does retreat, saying we mainly need to "have a conversation" about it. Romney pushes him again and asserts it's "an essential program." Perry hits him back with his own statement, that it's criminal. The audience is so supportive of Perry, cheering every Perry jab.
7:20 — I think CNN's scheme is to have packed the audience with the Tea Party faithful, making it a cheering section for Rick Perry. It's a bit irritating. I think Mitt knows what's happening, and he has a great opportunity to show that he can keep his bearings.
7:31 — Funny how no one will take away the seniors' drug benefit. Even Paul. "We shouldn't have voted for it..." but we can't cut it.
7:40 — The American economy will "take off like a rocket ship" if you let small business folk get a return on their investment, says Romney. Pushed by Blitzer, Perry blurts out a slogan: "People are tired of spending money we don't have on programs we don't want."
7:43 — Romney says there are 7 things we need to do. He's counting them off. Are we going to be tested on this?
7:45 — "If you're dealt 4 aces, that doesn't necessarily make you a great poker player," quips Romney, asked how much credit Perry deserves for all his accomplishments in Texas. Apparently, Texas is the 4 aces. He ticks off 4 attributes of Texas. This could be an amusing Romney tic: numbered lists.
7:46 — Perry has some nicely Reaganesque speech cadences. Works well to make Romney seem rabbit-y.
7:48 — "There are people comin' to Texas — for 5 years in a row, the number 1 destination — they're not comin' because we're overtaxing them. They're comin' to Texas because they know there's still a land of freedom in America, freedom from overtaxation, freedom from overlitigation, and freedom from overregulation, and it's called Texas. We need to do the same thing for America." Well spoken! By Rick Perry.
7:50 — Huntsman says, no, it's Utah that is the best state of all.
7:59 — Bachmann wants to put the Federal Reserve on "such at tight leash that they will squeak."
8:00 — Perry stands by his "almost treasonous" remark, referring to the use of the Federal Reserve for political purposes. Think that's inflammatory? I don't. I think it's rather bland. And I love the total unrufflability of Perry. He seems so happy too, even as he represents viewpoints normally considered angry. I like his temperament. I think. Or is it a little odd?
8:01 —A young guys asks a classic question: "Out of every dollar that I earn, how much do you think I deserve to keep?"
8:13 — Very intense disagreement over inoculating schoolgirls against cervical cancer. Bachmann, Perry, and Santorum all sounded strong, even as Perry had to concede he's made a mistake. Bachmann accuses Perry of being bought for $5,000 and Perry says he's insulted that she'd think he could be bought so cheaply.
8:15 — John writes: "Perry keeps defending his HPV vaccination law by saying, 'My goal was to fight cancer,' and 'I will always err on the side of life.' Isn't that exactly the same principle used by supporters of government-sponsored health care, which Perry presumably thinks is tyrannical?"
8:22 — Michele Bachmann is on fire: "2012 is it. This is the election that's going to decide if we have socialized medicine in this country or not."
8:34 — Huntsman accuses Perry of treason for saying we can't secure the border. And just before that, Perry got a lot of boos for defending the Texas law that lets young people in Texas illegally pay in-state tuition at public colleges.
8:35 — Romney takes a tough position on illegal immigration. "Of course we build a fence."
8:51 — What would you bring to the White House? Perry says, "the most beautiful, most thoughtful, incredible First Lady that this country has ever seen — Anita." That seems to overshadow the ones that went before, making it hard for Romney, who follows, not to promote his wife, but Romney does well, saying he'd bring back the bust of Winston Churchill.
8:52 — Huntsman will bring his Harley Davidson. Does he win the quien-es-mas-macho game?
9:00 — So... what did you think? Ron Paul empathizing with al Qaeda was a bit... off. Perry lost some ground with the rowdy crowd by empathizing with undocumented aliens. Huntsman and Bachmann were feisty. Perry was solid and articulate. Romney was fine. Cain, Santorum, Newt... they got their statements in well enough, but I can't see them as serious contenders.


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Noel Gallagher has talked about the one thing he misses during lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s watching his beloved football matches.
The former Oasis rocker called into Matt Morgan’s Funny How? podcast this week, where he talked about everything from writing music to arts and crafts.
Asked about what he misses most during lockdown, he replied: “I’ve missed football more than anything.”
He added: ‘Cause I used to go down to the matches as well. The last week before lock down I was at Wembley, and they were big games, so I miss that”.
Asked if he misses playing live, he explained: “The live side of it, I’ve just done two years on the road, so I’m f**king done with that for a bit.
“I’ve got to go reinvent something before I go back and do that.”
Despite not being able to go down to the terraces, Noel has revealed he’s tried his hand at a bit of arts and crafts and used stickers to create a new look for his son’s bedroom door.
What started out as a little fun activity for the Holy Mountain singer and his sons Sonny and Donovan soon became an obsession, as he admitted he soon banished them to complete the task on his own and achieve a better finish, even sealing it with a clear varnish which he ordered online.
The whole project took me a couple of days, and they were great days,” recalled. “I haven’t done anything like that since I was at school.”
Sharing the image with Matt, he joked: “When I die, they’ll be worth literally hundreds of pounds”,
He added: “Listen, if we ever leaves this house, those bedroom doors are coming.”
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A Yahoo News-YouGov poll shows most registered voters don’t believe former President Donald Trump should be allowed to serve another term as President.
The poll is evidence the mounting legal battles the former President faces could affect his political future, at least, according to the 51 percent of registered voters who believe he shouldn’t be able to serve in the White House in the near future.
These voters say the allegations Trump faces for wrongdoing should be enough to preclude the former President from mounting another campaign.
Those who believe Trump should be allowed to mount another campaign only amount to 35 percent, with signs pointing to him losing his support among Republican voters.
The survey of 1,566 registered voters ran from September 23 to 27, starting a day after New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a $250 million lawsuit against Trump, his company, and three of his children, alleging they had been involved in a plot to mislead investors and lenders through false financial statements.
But, the lawsuit is only the latest development in a string of investigations Trump is facing as he floats the possibility of a 2024 Presidential run.
The most damaging investigation into Trump appears to be the DOJ’s probe into his handling of classified documents after the FBI seized classified material from his Mar-a-Lago home.
However, Trump is gaining on Biden. In a hypothetical 2024 matchup between the ex-President and the current President, Trump only trails Biden by two percentage points — a four percentage point drop from the six-point lead Biden held over him in a previous Yahoo News-You Gov poll.
Among Republicans and conservative-leaning independents, though, Trump only musters 47 percent support for a 2024 Presidential run, while 36 percent say they’d like someone else to run.


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Libby: As I was already involved with lyric writing, John challenged me to write a whole song that he would then write the music for. This is the opposite of his usual way of working so it posed a challenge for him too. For personal reasons, I wanted to write my own requiem that was also a love song. I was interested by the idea of the golden thread of a person’s life as referenced in the ancient Greek and Roman myths of the ‘Three Fates’. While researching the topic, I came across the 1885 painting, ‘A Golden Thread’ by John Melhuish Strudwick, a lesser-known Pre-Raphaelite artist. I’m a big fan of the Pre-Raphaelite movement so decided to dig deeper. I discovered that some of Strudwick’s paintings were inspired by the poetry of his close friend, George Frederick Bodley whose poetry turned out to be a rich source of inspiration for my lyrics.
We wanted the structure and feel of the song to be in keeping with love songs performed in Victorian parlours with a piano accompaniment. For me, the combination of John’s music, Oliver Wakeman’s piano, the sublime voices of That Joe Payne and Lauren Nolan plus the beautiful orchestral arrangement by Vikram Shankar have resulted in a track that perfectly conveys the meaning and emotion of the piece I had envisaged. I am deeply thankful to them all.

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Great news for those looking to break into the LPGA tour: The LPGA has announced a rule change benefitting non-members who manage to crack the top ten at a tour spot.
According to the new rule - which mirrors an existing rule of the PGA Tour - non-members of the tour who finish in the top ten at a tour event may join the next event on tour without the need for a sponsor exemption. (Majors and events that use qualifications beyond the priority list to flesh out their field are not included.)
Previously, the number of such placements was capped at a maximum of two. Now, young players and players from Europe or Asia will have more of an opportunity to turn a lucky break into a lucky streak on tour that ultimately earns them their card.
The new rule will come into effect as the season kicks off this weekend at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando.


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Construction on the new Mingo Road bridge south of 51st Street is nearing the halfway point, as the east half of the bridge is complete, and work is under way on hauling in dirt for the approaches. The west half of the bridge will not be rebuilt until traffic is switched to the new northbound lanes sometime in 1990. The tempoary traffic signal has been installed. This signal replaces the pole system installed in 1985. Photograph taken December 23, 1989.
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And here we go: Russia’s Oval Office Victory Dance:
When President Donald Trump hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday just hours after firing the FBI director who was overseeing an investigation into whether Trump’s team colluded the Russians, he was breaking with recent precedent at the specific request of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
And we need to keep the timeline in mind: this is the day after The Russian Usurper fired the FBI Director who was investigating the Trump Campaign’s ties to Russia. It was also the only event on Comrade Trump’s public calendar. Coincidence is a bitch, but Karma is a Fury. But we digress.
We note that the US
Press #fakenews was not invited, but the state press of Russia was in attendance, which thus leads to this sweet passage:
“For Lavrov, just having this meeting and the photo-op itself is a big demonstration to the world and to the Russian people that Russia is back, and that isolation has failed, irrespective of whether anything gets agreed,” said Alexander Vershbow, who served as ambassador to Russia under President George W. Bush and as a top Pentagon and NATO official with the Russia portfolio during Barack Obama’s presidency.
The Trumpskys today are claiming that they didn’t know that the photographers were with the Russian Press. I guess Trump assumed it was Paparazzi wanting to have a former Reality TeeVee star in their selfies?
And maybe this passage might resonate with some of us as the reason The Russian Usurper seemed so, well, chummy with the Russians:
On a personal level, Lavrov is universally disliked among U.S. diplomats. “He’s a complete asshole,” a top Bush official told me for that Foreign Policy profile. Added a top Obama official in a conversation Wednesday: “He’s a nasty SOB. He would be relentlessly berating and browbeating and sarcastic and nasty. His job was to berate and beat and harass us and Secretary Kerry into conceding the Russian view. It wasn’t defeating America; it was that Russia can’t win if it has to compromise at all.”
Sound familiar? As they say, water seeks its own level. Or in Trump-speak: “Takes one to know one.” Puppet.


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A review of the surgical treatment of vulval lymphangioma and lymphangiectasia: four case reviews.J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006; 59(12):1442-5.JP
To evaluate whether surgical management of vulval lymphoedema and/or lymphangiectasia conveys any longstanding patient benefit.
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A qualitative analysis of signs and symptoms that occurred before and after surgical treatment for vulval lymphoedema and/or lymphangiectasia was performed. This was done by analysis of patient notes and telephone conducted interview.
From a hospital database search, four patients were found to have had surgical treatment--three for lymphangioma and one for lymphangiectasia. Overall there was a clear improvement in the signs and symptoms associated with these conditions. In particular, all patients reported an improvement (i.e. a reduction or elimination) in the amount of oedema following surgery.
Carbon dioxide laser therapy and superficial radiotherapy have been previously described for the management of vulval lymphangioma and lymphangiectasia with limited success, whereas our data suggests surgery offers a more permanent solution. In particular, labial reduction seems to be more successful than methods such as lymphovenous anastomoses and lymphangioplasties. A single operation may provide benefit for up to ten years. This approach has the potential to allow patients to be rehabilitated to normal life and activity.

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This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
The CSAdmin web administration interface for Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 3.2(2) build 15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a flood of TCP connections to port 2002.
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I write as a civilian for the Department of Defense as part of the Army News Service.
I enlisted in the Air Force in May 1998 and after basic training in San Antonio, Texas, was trained as a writer at the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Md. My first assignment was to Dover Air Force Base, where I worked as a Public Affairs specialist, writer and editor for "The Airlifter," the newspaper of the 436th Airlift Wing.
I also served at Misawa Air Base, Japan, as part of the 35th Fighter Wing. There I worked as a media relations specialist. Instead of writing for the local base newspaper, I set up interviews for reporters from civilian newspapers, and helped them get their questions answered. In turn, the civilian reporters would write articles based on what the interview subject or I said and then the local population would read those stories. In that way, my words and messages reached the civilian audience outside our military gates.
I interview a Soldier at Mikhail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania. Photo by SFC James R. Legans Jr.
In 2002, I moved to Washington, D.C. to work for Detachment 16 Air Force News Agency. As part of AFNEWS, my job was to cover the Air Staff and Air Force programs and policy. Air Staff members are the men and women at the Pentagon who write policy and make decisions that affect the entire Air Force. I wrote about acquisition programs such as the F-22, the F-35 and the effort to purchase a new tanker aircraft. I also covered programs involving the Air Force's chief information officer, installation and logistics, installations environment and logistics, air and space operations and warfighting integration. My work for AFNEWS was published online at the Air Force's web site.
I separated from the Air Force in March 2007 and went to work in the private sector for Comprint Military Publications, writing Air Force related news involving both Bolling Air Force Base and Andrews Air Force Base. I also did a stint at the Defense Intelligence Agency working for their internal publications.
By December 2007, just nine months after separating from the Air Force, I was offered a job at Army News Service and Soldiers Magazine. I accepted that job and have been publishing on http://www.army.mil and in Soldiers Magazine since then. In October 2008, and as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005, the Department of Defense took over operations of several of the Armed Forces media agencies to form the new Defense Media Activity. Today I am an employee of the Department of Defense, though I continue to focus my writing on the Army.
The military has sent me to Japan, Turkey, Southwest Asia, Korea, Germany, Honduras, Romania, the Marshall Islands, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq. The stories and photos I have taken are here on my Web site. I've also had the privilege of covering the 2004 presidential inauguration parade, one of the 2004 inaugural balls, and one of the 2009 inaugural balls.
Since 1998, I've worked for and written for the following newspapers, news agencies, or organizations:
• The Airlifter, Dover Air Force Base, Del., Oct. 8, 1998 - May 23, 2000
• The Northern Light, Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 24, 2000 - June 11, 2002
• The Tip of the Sword, ONW, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Sept. 1 - Dec. 5, 2001
• The Desert Eagle, OIF, Southwest Asia, June 10, 2004 - Sept. 15, 2004
• AFNEWS, Washington D.C., June 11, 2002 - Sept.30, 2006
• Secretary of the Air Force, Public Affairs, Washington D.C., Oct. 1, 2006 - March 15, 2007
• Comprint Military Publications, Alexandria, Va., March 16 - July 13, 2007
• Defense Intelligence Agency Public Affairs, Washington D.C., July 16 - Dec. 9, 2007
• U.S. Army Soldier Media Center, Washington D.C., Dec. 10, 2007 - Sept. 30, 2008
• The Defense Media Activity, Washington D.C., Oct. 1, 2008 - present


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Media headlines about Cooper Tire & Rubber (NYSE:CTB) have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Cooper Tire & Rubber earned a news impact score of 0.06 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the company an impact score of 47.0389210441926 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
CTB has been the topic of several analyst reports. Longbow Research initiated coverage on Cooper Tire & Rubber in a research note on Wednesday, January 31st. They issued a “buy” rating and a $50.00 price objective on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Cooper Tire & Rubber from $43.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 21st. TheStreet lowered Cooper Tire & Rubber from a “b” rating to a “c” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Cooper Tire & Rubber from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $37.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd. Finally, ValuEngine lowered Cooper Tire & Rubber from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 7th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $41.50.
Cooper Tire & Rubber opened at $25.40 on Thursday, according to MarketBeat Ratings. The company has a market cap of $1.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.93 and a beta of 0.46. Cooper Tire & Rubber has a one year low of $22.58 and a one year high of $40.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a current ratio of 2.59.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.105 per share. This represents a $0.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. Cooper Tire & Rubber’s dividend payout ratio is 13.55%.
In other news, Director Robert D. Welding acquired 1,500 shares of Cooper Tire & Rubber stock in a transaction on Friday, March 9th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $32.30 per share, with a total value of $48,450.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 3,000 shares in the company, valued at $96,900. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. 1.74% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
About Cooper Tire & Rubber
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets replacement tires in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The company operates through Americas Tire Operations and International Tire Operations segments. It manufactures and markets passenger car, light truck, motorcycle, and racing tires, as well as tire retread material; and distributes tires for racing, medium trucks, and motorcycles.
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Once upon a time, I was a college freshman. Once upon a time, you were a college freshman. Hey, maybe you are a college freshman.
If you are a freshman, here's what we know about you: By now, you probably have a semester of college under your belt. You know the quirks of your dorm's laundry machines. You've bitched about textbook prices. You've bemoaned the dining hall's lack of fresh food. Eighty-eight percent of you think you're going to realistically graduate in four years. HA!
Every year, UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute conducts a big, fancy survey of incoming freshmen at four-year colleges. The researchers ask questions about froshie motivations, plans in college, and political views. Here's what we learned from the survey, via the Huffington Post:
College students are making decisions about where to attend based on the economy:
Two-thirds of incoming freshmen (67 percent) said their choice of which college to attend was significantly affected by current economic conditions, up from 62 percent two years ago, when UCLA first asked the question.
They're living with their parents! Laaaaaaaaaammmeeeeee:
More are also deciding to live with family or relatives (17 percent, up from 15 percent last year) and fewer in dorms (76 percent, down from 79 percent a year ago).
Almost all of them think they're going to graduate in four years. LOL: Good to have goals, guys! It's funny because, according to another recent study, 46 percent of America's college students don't graduate within six years.:
About 84 percent expect to graduate from college in four years. In fact, only about half are likely to do so.
They want jobs after graduating!
Among reasons for attending, getting a better job was the most common response and hit an all-time high of 88 percent, 20 points higher than in the mid-1970s. Other top reasons most students reported include making more money and gaining an appreciation of ideas.
Politically, they are more "middle of the road" than four years ago:
Politically, compared to 2008 when President Barack Obama was elected the first time, fewer freshmen now identify as liberal (30 percent, down from 34 percent). More students call themselves middle of the road (47 percent, up from 43 percent) and the number calling themselves conservative is about the same (23 percent).


DAYTONA BEACH, FL – February 16, 2021 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Progressive American Flat Track is pleased to confirm that The Cat® Rental Store will continue as the series’ Official Heavy Equipment Rental Store for a third consecutive season.
Few venues provide a better opportunity for The Cat Rental Store than those found on the Progressive AFT tour, where Caterpillar’s best-in-class earth-moving equipment plays an invaluable role in creating and maintaining the racetracks for the world’s preeminent two-wheeled dirt track racing series.
The 2021 season marks the highly anticipated return of the fabled Peoria TT, located just a few short miles from where Caterpillar was born nearly a century ago. That close relationship is more than merely proximal; the equipment and expert team of Caterpillar’s Edwards Demonstration & Learning Center has come to the rescue on more than one occasion in recent years to provide the superstars of Progressive AFT with a racey surface following heavy rain storms in the area.
“Progressive AFT looks forward to continuing to build this strong partnership with Caterpillar and The Cat Rental Store,” said Michael Lock, CEO of Progressive AFT. “Our fans recognize and trust this world-renowned brand and we are proud to use their equipment to provide a safe and entertaining racing experience for our teams and fans.”
Progressive American Flat Track will again call on the expansive network of The Cat Rental Store — which maintains the largest construction equipment rental fleet in the world — as it prepares tracks and holds races throughout the United States during the upcoming ‘21 season.
“We look forward to another season partnering with Progressive AFT,” said Steve Brown, Global Marketing & Operations Manager for The Cat Rental Store. “Some of our strongest brand ambassadors are our friends in dirt track racing. We look forward to another exciting racing season and extending the relationship beyond the track.”
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Progressive American Flat Track is the world’s premier dirt track motorcycle racing series and one of the longest-running championships in the history of motorsports. Sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing in Daytona Beach, Fla., the series is highly regarded as the most competitive form of dirt track motorcycle racing on the globe. For more information on Progressive American Flat Track, please visit http://www.americanflattrack.com, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, check us out on Instagram, live stream the events with TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold and catch all the Progressive American Flat Track racing action on NBCSN.
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Choreographers need an enormous amount of co-operation from their dancers before the product of their work can be enjoyed by both the participants and the audience. As we get used to the dance of the Lambeth Conference Indaba process, talking and listening with each other, it was apparent today that not all of the performers have learnt the steps of this particular dance. So there was a certain amount of stepping on toes, being in the wrong place, missing the beat and ending up without a partner.
Those who have quickly picked up the steps and dance movements were frustrated at the ponderous footwork of those more used to dancing to their own rhythms. The different styles of dancing have also been apparent, with some are clearly more comfortable with the set pieces of the ballet, rather than the interaction of this participatory dance which is so full of polyrhythms. As with so much about the Anglican Communion, the cultural agenda leads to much misunderstanding and people feeling wrong footed.
So we are still learning the steps and a great deal of patience is going to be needed from those who are keen to get on with the main performance. Those who want to rush ahead before we are all ready may just spoil the dance which has been so carefully crafted for us.
There is a fascinating connectivity between conversations each day – today the word which kept reappearing in the Bible study, at my Indaba Group and then in the afternoon self-select session with Brain McLaren was ‘authenticity’. So my thought from the day is that evangelism has to be rooted in authenticity, lest it just becomes recruitment. I am glad to say that this recognition seemed to be owned from across the cultures of the Communion……….perhaps we’re beginning to dance.


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About Blossom Music Festival
Opened in 1968 as the summer home of The Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Music Center is located just north of Akron, Ohio, and about 25 miles south of Cleveland. Blossom is situated on rolling hills surrounded by the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, which protects 33,000 acres along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland. Blossom lies within the city limits of Cuyahoga Falls, an Ohio community founded over two-hundred years ago.
Blossom was planned and built between 1966 and 1968 by the Musical Arts Association (the non-profit parent organization of The Cleve-land Orchestra) at a total cost of approximately $8 million. The Center’s name honors the Dudley S. Blossom family, major supporters of The Cleveland Orchestra throughout its history. (Mr. Blossom served as president of the Musical Arts Association 1936-38. His son, Dudley Jr., served as a trustee 1946-61.)
In 2002, Blossom Music Center underwent the first major capital improvements project in the history of the facility, which serves 400,000 visitors each summer. The Blossom Redevelopment Project featured a major renovation of the facility and enhancement of patron amenities, and was completed prior to the beginning of the 2003 Festival. Additional upgrading has continued since that time, including major accessibility work within an ongoing Americans with Disabilities Act project generously funded by the State of Ohio. With initial phases completed in 2013, this has included the construction of new restrooms and walkways, and the introduction of new trams.
The first Blossom season in 1968 consisted of six weeks of performances by The Cleveland Orchestra, gaining enthusiastic reviews for the Orchestra and its new summer home from critics throughout the country. The schedule expanded in subsequent seasons to feature the Blossom Music Festival of orchestral and band music from the Fourth of July to Labor Day weekend alongside a summer-long season of concerts devoted to rock, jazz, country, and other popular music presentations. Live Nation operates Blossom, and books and promotes each season’s non-orchestral attractions.
The Blossom Grounds
At the heart of Blossom is the Blossom Pavilion, situated at the base of a natural bowl. The design architect for this award-winning structure, widely celebrated for its distinctive architecture and superb acoustical qualities, was Peter van Dijk, who also served as architect for the Blossom Redevelopment Project in 2002-03 and continues to help direct Blossom upgrades and changes. The seating capacity of the Pavilion is now 5,470 — and another 13,500 patrons can be accommodated on the expansive hillside lawn seating area.
Surrounding the Pavilion, the Blossom grounds encompass a number of other unique facilities. Near the Main Entrance from Steels Corners Road is Porthouse Theatre. Here summer theatrical productions are presented by the Porthouse Theatre Company, a professional repertory company affiliated with Kent State University under the Kent/Blossom Theatre program.
In addition to the Blossom Pavilion, the main grounds include the Bandwagon Gift Shop, the Blossom Grille (open before and after each Festival concert), the Knight Grove (a party center accommodating groups of 25 to 450), and Eells Gallery, which is used by the Kent/Blossom Art program to exhibit works by regional and national artists.
Three landscaped gardens also are located on the main grounds. The Frank E. Joseph Garden was named in honor of the president of the Musical Arts Association at the time of Blossom’s construction and opening. Emily’s Garden was opened in 1992 to commemorate Emily (Mrs. Dudley S. Jr.) Blossom’s many contributions to Blossom Music Center. New in 2003 was the addition of the Herbert E. Strawbridge Garden, named in memory of Musical Arts Association trustee and civic leader Herb Strawbridge. The Blossom Redevelopment Project redesign of Emily’s Garden, as well as the design of the Herbert E. Strawbridge Garden, are by Michael Van Valkenburgh.
Partnering with Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the Trust for Public Land
Following the construction and opening of Blossom Music Center in 1968, additional ideas for redeveloping the Cuyahoga Valley spurred the creation of Cuyahoga Valley National Park to help preserve the natural beauty of the area chosen as The Cleveland Orchestra’s permanent summer home. Created as a recreational preserve in 1974, the land was designated as a National Park in 2000.
In the past decade, The Cleveland Orchestra worked with the Trust for Public Land (TPL) to conserve more than 500 acres of Blossom Music Center land into Cuyahoga Valley National Park through a sale funded by the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. This transfer helps protect the park experience for concertgoers at Blossom, conserves the land for preservation, and provided one-time funding for the Orchestra. This sale of Blossom Music Center land now connects over 5,000 acres of forest ecosystems within the park.
Read more about the Park and nearby attractions on pages 86-87 in the Program Book, or visit www.nps.gov/cuva to learn more.


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(StraightNews.org) — A group of local business owners in Santa Monica, California, have erected a sign in the Third Street Promenade shopping area saying “Santa Monica is Not Safe: Crime, Depravity, Outdoor Mental Asylum.”
The area was once a mecca for tourism and high-end shopping but has been blighted by crime and visible homelessness. The sign was displayed by the Santa Monica Coalition, an alliance of local business people and residents.
On its website, the group describes itself as a collective of homeowners, renters, business owners and locals that “was created to address the local humanitarian crisis, the rise in crime and the lack of responsiveness from the City of Santa Monica to address public safety concerns that are impacting the quality of life of residents, businesses, and tourists in Santa Monica.”
In April this year, the city was named one of the most dangerous in California. The Safewise.com report ranked Santa Monica as only the 224th safest city in the state, down from 222nd in 2021.
Santa Monica City Council says it is looking at ways to improve safety and will increase police presence there. “Everyone is in a constant state of alertness and nervousness, it seems. Everybody’s looking over their shoulder,” said City Councilman Phil Brock.
The growth in crime in the city is part of a trend of accelerating crime rates throughout the Golden State. The Public Policy Institute of California, in a report in October, said that violent crime had risen in almost every county. Throughout the state, homicide had increased by 7.7%, rape by 7.9%, and aggravated assaults by 8.9%. The report also showed that violent crime in California is higher than the national average.
“It’s humiliating,” said one Santa Monica resident. “We’ve been trying to get the word out. I feel really bad for people who don’t know, like tourists,” she said.
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A team of CiTR broadcasters were up bright and early this morning setting up for our LIVE BROADCAST from Vancouver Folk Festival at Jericho Beach Park which is on the air RIGHT NOW.
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