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The ARC Population Health is a program that provides a patient-centered model of health care through an organized system of communication and a proactive approach to care. This department within Austin Regional Clinic uses several approaches to accomplish the goal of improved care coordination.
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We've teamed up with Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) to offer a FREE Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, a six-week program that teaches older adults, 60 and older, with chronic illnesses the skills needed in the day-to-day management of treatment and to maintain and increase one’s activities.
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Belgian extreme metallers Aborted are excited to announce that they will be returning to Australia, where they will be touring in June together with the Australian tech-death machine Psycroptic. The opening act on this tour will be The Schoenberg Automaton. The list of tour dates is available below.
Through-out February and into early March, US technical death metallers Origin, together with Australian technical death metallers Psycroptic and Belgian razorgrinders Leng Tch'e, will embark on a European tour, taking off in Switzerland.
The Australian technical death metal outfit Psycroptic has revealed the cover art for its fifth studio album, The Inherited Repression, which will hit stores on February 7th in North America and February 10th in Europe on Nuclear Blast Records.
The Australian technical death metal outfit, Psycroptic, has announced that its fifth studio album, The Inherited Repression, will hit stores on February 7th in North America and February 10th in Europe. The upcoming nine-track full-length will mark the band's second release on Nuclear Blast Records.
Psycroptic will be joined by guest vocalist Zdenek Simecek (Godless Truth) on their upcoming US tour with Nile, Ex Deo, Keep Of Kalessin and Pathology. Vocalist Jason Peppiatt will be unable to join the band on the tour due to the imminent arrival of his newborn son.
"A month or so after we confirmed the US tour I was greeted with the excellent news that I would be a new father, halfway through the tour no less," commented Peppiatt. "Since I could not miss the birth, and I couldn't exactly drive from the US to Tasmania, I talked it through with the rest of the guys and decided to ask Zdenek in to fill for the last tour of the Ob(servant) album for me. Zdenek has been a long time friend of the band and is a super talented vocalist, so I'm happy to have him in my shoes for this run. I'll be working hard demoing the new material while at home (as well as changing nappy's), and I'll see you all in 2011!"
"Initiate" the new video from Tasmanian tech-death masters Psycroptic, can be viewed by clicking here.
The clip was directed by James Harmsworth of Express Media Productions and it reaches almost eight minutes in length. The song comes off Psycroptic's fourth album, "Ob(Servant)", which entered the AIR chart (Australian Independent Recordings) at position No.7.
A new Psycroptic track called "Ob(Servant)" is available for streaming on the band's official MySpace. The song is the title cut of the group's new album, "Ob(Servant)", which is scheduled for release in Europe on September 26th and in North America on October 14th via Nuclear Blast Records.
Psycroptic's record label Nuclear Blast have announced the following about the band's new album:
"The new album and Nuclear Blast debut, (Ob)Servant, by Tasmanian Tech Death Metallers Psycroptic will include a free bonus DVD featuring a studio diary as well as full live shows of their 2006 gig in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Wellington, New Zealand, 2008. The free bonus DVD will run about 85 minutes in total. (Ob)Servant will be released on September 26th as CD/DVD and will be on sale for the price of a regular CD".
Psycroptic have officially announced the title of their follow-up to 2006's Symbols of Failure. Ob(Servant), the band's first album for Nuclear Blast Records and fourth overall, will be released sometime in late 2008. Ob(Servant) was mixed and mastered by former Machine Head and Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader and recorded once again by guitarist Joe Haley.
Drummer Dave Haley commented on their upcoming release: "'Ob(Servant)' is definitely our finest hour (well, finest 49 minutes and 49 seconds anyway). It's of course a cliché of every band to say that their newest album is their best and so on, but we are very proud of what we have done on this album. The writing process was a little different for this album, with Joe (guitarist) writing pretty much all the material. This gives the album a very cohesive and flowing feel, and this album is definately our most diverse material thus far. The artwork is also amazing, having been completed by Raymand Swanland (Deeds Of Flesh). Those not familiar with his work should check it out - you will be amazed!"
Nuclear Blast have signed the Tasmanian Technical Death Metal band devils Psycroptic. US A&R Gerardo Martinez about the signing: "We are beyond excited to be working with one of the BEST Technical Death Metal bands in the world right now. We feel the band will reach the status they deserve in a short period of time. Also the band is euphoric about the cooperation: "To say that all of us are excited to be working with Nuclear Blast is quite an understatement ? We're over the moon! Nuclear Blast has always been the pinnacle of labels within the Metal realm, and to be signed with them is a huge honour for us...and to be the first Tasmanian band to ever be on the label is a pretty cool bonus as well. The artist roster is nothing short of amazing, and for us to be added to it...well, we couldn't be happier!!"
Psycroptic have issued an update on their website:
"Psycroptic have just returned from a short Australian tour and are now currently hard at work writing material for the as yet untitled new album. Live shows have been put on hold as the writing process is now the main priority and all energy is focused on this. It is hoped the band will enter the studio in late 2007 to record, with an early to mid 2008 release planned."

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Remember Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu, who was punished for inspection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree in 2017? Days after he ordered the inspection of Modi’s degree, he had lost his responsibility for the ministry of HRD.
Acharyulu, who remained out of public glare since then, is now back in new for his extraordinary commentary on the recommendations made by Srikrishna Committee recommendations on the RTI. Writing for a newspaper, Acharyulu said that the changes recommended by Srikrishna Committee, if implemented, will kill the RTI, which was enacted to ensure the transparency in governance and the functioning of the government.
In his extraordinary article, the information commissioner wrote that calling a thief, a thief was no defamation because ‘truth is justification for defamation as per law.’
“What the Srikrishna Committee has recommended is unconstitutional and unwarranted. The present Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI law offers a balance between right to privacy of public servants and the ‘public interest’ served by disclosure of information, much of which was held to be ‘official secrets’ until RTI Act was passed in 2005. The Srikrishna Committee’s amendments to RTI law must be rejected completely,” Acharyulu wrote in Deccan Herald.
Acharyulu is essentially contesting the basic argument made in favour of the changes by Srikrishna Committee that PIO can deny ‘information which relates to personal data which is likely to cause harm to a data principal, where such harm outweighs the public interest in accessing such information having due regard to the common good of promoting transparency and accountability in the functioning of the public authority.’
“It appears innocent. But, with wide-open and ambiguous expressions such as ‘relates to personal data’ and ‘likely’, the suggested amendment would practically kill the RTI,” he added.
Last month, Congress President Rahul Gandhi had reacted sharply to the proposals made by Srikrishna Conmittee saying that the proposed changes will render the RTI Act useless. He had tweeted, “Every Indian deserves to know the truth and the BJP wants to hide the truth.The BJP believes the truth must be hidden from the people and they must not question people in power. The changes proposed to the RTI will make it a useless Act.”
The Justice Srikrishna panel on data protection this July had called for amending the Right to Information Act to restrict non-disclosure of information only in cases where harm to an individual outweighs the common good of transparency and accountability in the functioning of public authorities.
In its 213-page report that calls for a new legislation to protect an individual’s right over his data, the committee said neither the right to privacy nor the right to information is absolute and the two will have to be balanced against each other in some circumstances.


Upper Mount Bethel Township Planning Commission last night rejected hiring a new engineer to review plans for the Bethel Heights residential development after the developer's attorney charged the commission engineer with bias.
Following the advice of engineer Richard Rutt, who said plans for the 272-townhouse development were incomplete and filed in an untimely manner, the planners revoked approval of the project in June.
The commission approved the first phase of the project in November 1988. The plan had not gone beyond the planning stage and had needed two yearlong extensions.
Bethel Heights Associates Inc. of Dover, N.J., has appealed the commission's rejection and says several township officials conspired against the project. The developer has since submitted plans that amend omissions in the original blue prints cited by Rutt.
Rutt had said the plan lacked the required permits, plans for a sewage treatment facility, plans for water distribution, an agreement for improvements to the site, and other things.
But the commission said it will wait for the court's decision before accepting the revised plans and would not replace Rutt.
"Let the judge tell us if we did it right the first time," Chairman Mike Baird said. "If we didn't do it right, then fine. I'll sit here no matter how many hours it takes and do it over again. But I want to know if everything we've been doing up to this point is what we should have been doing."
Bethel Heights attorney John Molnar asked the commission last night to replace Rutt with an independent engineer and said the developer would reimburse the township for its expense.
The proposed development would be on an 82-acre tract along the Delaware River.


A charity wine tasting and lunch to benefit autistic children in the Algarve is being held at the Veneza restaurant and wine cellar in Mem Moniz, near Paderne, on Saturday, November 14 at 1pm. Wines will be from the Herdade da Maroteira in the Alentejo, presented by producer Philip Mollett.
The Rotarian Wine Appreciation Fellowship and the Lions International Club of Loulé are working together to raise funds to sponsor underprivileged autistic children from the Algarve to attend a summer camp programme in 2016.
The wines being presented are made by António Maçanita, one of the rising stars of the Portuguese wine industry.
Several wines will be served with appropriately matched food and will also be available for sale at special promotional prices.
Guest Philip Mollett will make an additional contribution to the project for each bottle of wine purchased at the lunch. Philip’s young son participated in such a summer camp this year and it was, in fact, Philip’s idea to raise funds for autistic children.
The presentation of the wines will be in both Portuguese and English. Price for the lunch is €35 with €10 from each ticket to benefit the charity.
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We're excited to introduce the new Kakishibu series from Studio D'artisan made of garments dyed with traditional Japanese "Kakishibu" (Persimmon). The cotton yarns used in this fabric have been dyed with Kakishibu, an all-natural dye fermented from the juice of unripe persimmons in order to create the natural brown coloured dye. Given the labour intensive process of dyeing the yarns in a natural dye like Kakishibu, only a small production lot of these sweatshirts can be made.
Kakishibu is a traditional dyeing method often referred to as the sun-dye, using the discolouration caused by oxidation of the fermented juice of unripened persimmon fruit containing strong tannin. It also reacts to sunlight, so the colour changes slowly with time and sun exposure. This form of persimmon dyeing goes back 900 years; Japanese people enjoyed the changing colours and texture of the natural reactions after one week, one month, and one year later. However, because of fast-paced consumer society, Kakishibu traditions disappeared for many years.
The most remarkable attribute of this sweatshirt is that it will react to sunlight, so the colour changes slowly with time and sun exposure, which results in a unique patina over time.
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Under the slogan of "Reconstruction of great old things", Studio D'Artisan is one of the iconic brands of Japanese denim. Founded by Shigeharu Tagaki and reproducing classics of French and American workwear since 1979, Studio D'Artisan takes pride in having been one of the Osaka 5.
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The new decentralized economy is on the edge of glory now. All these DeFi projects create a new era of cryptocurrencies. Ampleforth is another cryptocurrency project that aims to improve the DeFi sector and the overall economy of the blockchain and crypto world.
Designed to be the new type of money, the AMPL coin solves the inflation problem with its algorithmically adjusted circulating supply. We’ve made a brief review of Ampleforth coin for you to get acquainted with the world of DeFi a little more.
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How Ampleforth Works?
Ampleforth cryptocurrency (AMPL) is a new type of money, which is called smart commodity money. Technically, the project is similar to a stablecoin. The implementation of countercyclical economic policy in the Ampleforth protocol sets it apart from other DeFi protocols. In simple terms, this means that if the demand for AMPL increases, the supply of tokens also increases to compensate for price changes.
This countercyclical nature has advantages from an investment point of view. It gives AMPL a low correlation with BTC and ETH. Such a system is optimal for establishing a stable price exchange environment over long periods of time.
Ampleforth exchange rates are collected from the oracles into a single weighted rate in the Aggregator. Simply put, the oracles report to the Aggregator how much AMPL is currently on the trusted exchanges. Based on that data, a decision will be made to regulate the issue and the current number of tokens in holders’ accounts. The offer changes once a day and is open to the community. The user control panel shows the time and planned changes.
The protocol is based on the following Ethereum smart contracts:
- the contract that executes an increase or decrease in tokens;
- the contract that is responsible for collecting data on the token price;
- the contract that is automatically executing the process in which any network participant can initiate the function of collecting information on the price and activating the change in the offer.
Ampleforth cryptocurrency is available for liquidity staking. Users can get AMPL for providing liquidity on Automated Market Makers (AMM). You can see the whole list of pools on the website.
What Is Ampleforth Used for?
The main goal of the project is to create such a class of assets that would not correlate either with the price of Bitcoin or with the price of other assets. The main feature is that the protocol, while taking into account the token price, changes their current and future supply and the balances of the holders. At the same time, there is no single programmatic influence on prices.
The AMPL token is used as collateral for decentralized banking systems and as an alternative to basic money for the crypto economy. AMPL has the ability to fairly and automatically adjust its supply in response to demand, without any need for a bank. The AMPL was designed to be the simplest direct solution to supply inelasticity that constrains assets like gold and Bitcoin.
The Ampleforth team is represented by seven members. Let’s look at the main characters:
- Evan Kuo is a CEO and co-founder. Graduated from the University of California with a degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation. He worked as a product manager at Yahoo for a year.
- Brandon Iles is a co-founder. Studied at Rice University, computer science. He worked for two years at ESI as a software engineer.
- Nithin Krishna is a backend engineer. He got a master’s degree at the University of Southern California in Data Science. He started out as a software engineer at Codebrahma in Bangalore, India. He worked for various companies where he was engaged in programming and data science.
AMPL Price Changes
Since the AMPL can be used as backup collateral in decentralized banks, many users trade it as a DeFi token, which is the reason for its rising prices. It may continue to rise in value as long as there are massive capital inflows. Eventually, its rising supply will push Ampleforth’s price down to $1.
As you can see on the AMPL price graph, the coin price was changing for some time in summer 2020. These changes were caused by the popularity of the DeFi and DEXes.
Ampleforth Wallets and Trading Platforms
Since the AMPL coin is an ERC-20 standard token, you can store coins in any ERC-20 wallet. Even though the AMPL token is designed to be pegged to $1, massive capital inflows have resulted in its price significantly exceeding that peg, and even at the beginning of July 2020, it was trading at almost $4.
Every day that Ampleforth undergoes a reboot, the system tries to bring the token price down to $1. This is achieved by adjusting the circulating flow for all wallets, making the AMPL flow more flexible. These supply adjustments occur across all wallets, so users retain ownership of the network.
If you are wondering where to buy Ampleforth coin, there are several exchanges that have listed AMPL in various trading pairs.
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Ampleforth (AMPL) Price Prediction
The main advantage of the project is the resistance to volatility and isolation from other assets. The main utility of AMPL is to serve as a medium of exchange. To remedy this disadvantage, AMPL can fairly and automatically adjust its supply in response to demand, without any need for a bank. The AMPL was designed to be the simplest direct solution to the problem of supply inelasticity.
Ampleforth can scale supply to meet the needs of billions of users, but can also contract for supply if it only serves 1,000 users. AMPL combines the best of Bitcoin and stablecoins.
The resilient AMPL movement makes it an ideal asset for building the digital economy. For this reason, it has the potential to be the ideal form of collateral for DeFi. Its countercyclical behavior also makes it a good addition to the crypto portfolio.
Ampleforth Coin – Summary
All in all, Ampleforth is a unique project that can suit you for diversifying your portfolio if you are interested in DeFi. AMPL token serves as reserve collateral for the whole decentralized finance sector. All this makes the token attractive for hedging, as well as an alternative to fiat currencies suffering from constant devaluation.

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As the food and cocktails columnist for the Island Times, Hayley Powell attends a lot of events - but this one will be murder. On the eve of her high school reunion, Hayley dreads seeing the trio of mean girls who used to torment her: Sabrina Merryweather, Nykki Temple, and former prom queen Ivy Foster. These days Ivy wears a different crown as the cupcake queen - and flaunting her success is just the icing on the cake. But maybe the prom queen should have been voted "most likely to die". At the reunion, Ivy is found murdered - cupcakes scattered around her. Is a killer out to teach the mean girls a lesson? As Hayley tries to get the scoop, she'll have to be careful...or someone may be writing this columnist's obituary next. Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley's kitchen! 1. Language: English. Narrator: Tara Ochs. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018705/bk_adbl_018705_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Let Ellery Queen clue you in on his special brand of high tension, brain-teasing mystery! This collection consists of novelettes and short stories from Queen's many escapades. Stories include: "Mum Is the Word" "Object Lesson" "No Parking" "No Place to Live" "Miracles Do Happen" "The Lonely Bride" "Mystery at the Library of Congress" "Dead Ringer" "The Broken T" "Half a Clue" "Eve of the Wedding" "Last Man to Die" "Payoff" "The Little Spy" "The President Regrets" "Abraham Lincoln's Clue" 1. Language: English. Narrator: Traber Burns. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009720/bk_blak_009720_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
It's one thing for a woman to submit to a man, but another for her to submit to another woman.Venture into a sultry world where women settle their differences through domination and subjugation. Everything is settled in the bedroom - or in the car, or in the office, or in the throne room....These five short stories are part of the Lesbian Submission series and contain a number of dominant situations, too risque to describe anywhere outside this book.From your therapist to your boss to the tribal Queen, get ready to submit and be taught a lesson by these alpha women. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Sierra Kline. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/183183/bk_acx0_183183_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Growing up in the city of London, a young lady has reached her limit living in the hustle and bustle of the UK's capital. Living with a shameless mother, adulterer father and working at a dead end job, Ophelia has just about given up on life in The Big Smoke. That is, until she is transported to the magical world of Pecopia - a land where she is tasked with overthrowing an evil witch queen. However, unlike most girls who learn a valuable lesson of love and hope by the end of their journey - Ophelia's only thought is one of revenge. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Georgina Tate. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058205/bk_acx0_058205_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense. For fans of E. Lockhart, Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn. They didn't mean to kill her...now the guilt will tear them apart. Alice King isn't expecting the holiday of her dreams when she sets off on a trip to the wilderness with her mates. But when her best friend, Cass, decides to teach mean girl Tara a lesson, Alice finds herself in a nightmare she can't escape. Now Alice is the guardian of a secret too horrific to tell and a secret too terrible to keep. A secret that will change all of their lives forever... 1. Language: English. Narrator: Meggie Foster. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/hkid/000224/bk_hkid_000224_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Learn the importance of forgiveness! Diary of a Forgiving Unicorn tells the story of a unicorn princess named Charmie who is bossy, rude, and extremely unforgiving. One day, the king and queen decide they have had enough of Princess Charmie's bad behavior so they send her to live with a family of regular unicorns. While staying with the family, the princess learns a valuable lesson that changes her forever! Diary of a Forgiving Unicorn helps to teach children an important lesson that can make them more forgiving and kindhearted. It also provides parents, teachers, and counselors with an entertaining way to teach kids that everyone deserves forgiveness and that forgiving will help make you a happier person. This tale will remind children the importance of being kind, friendly and forgiving. This well-written and inspirational story and delivers education in an easy to understand manner! For most children, story time is the best part of the day. It's when they get to curl up with their parents and enter a world filled with imagination and wonder. Make it fun with exciting, fun, and adventurous bedtime stories like this! 1. Language: English. Narrator: Nicky Delgado. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/086588/bk_acx0_086588_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
What had come over her? Exactly who was she - Brandy, lady of the night? Or B. J. Abbott, architect, whose dreams were filled not with erotic languor, but with visions of concrete and steel? Cast in an unfamiliar role, she had chosen to play it to the hilt, and loved the part...unaware that it would throw her into emotional chaos. The romance for every woman who's never had the nerve - a rousing passionate battle of the sexes takes place as each tries to outdo the other in a witty, erotic contest of wills! Feel the heat when Brandy plays into Griffen's male fantasy and becomes the smoldering, uninhibited lady of the night. Brandy Abbott decided to teach Griffen St. Clair a lesson when he assumed to know so much about her and pronounced her the queen of seducers. Outraged, she chose to play it to the hilt, and found herself loving the part. What she didn't count on was the fact he was soon to be her boss and her lover - and a man who needed to be taught a lesson about women. Soon she was thrown into emotional chaos and forced to choose between two of the sweetest things life offered: surrender and revenge! 1. Language: English. Narrator: Sheila Book. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002790/bk_acx0_002790_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
At their first riding lesson Sesame and Maddy are watching Silver being re-shod, when they're whisked back to Karisma to hunt for another magical charm. But they're up against Zorgan the sorcerer and his wicked pixie puppets, Nix and Dina. Treacherous Zorgan has raised the spirit of the dragon Agapogo who guards the fabled silver pool. Now the pool has dried up, there's no more silver and the Silversmith and Queen Charm are in despair. And when there are charms to find evil Morbrecia, the queen's older sister, and her gribblers are on the trail. The race is on to find the charms which will restore order and harmony to the kingdom. Charmingly written stories, appealing characters, a beautifully imagined world with its own. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Kate O'Sullivan. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000273/bk_orio_000273_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.


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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts to relocate Crew Dragon on Space Station
ISS astronauts to relocate SpaceX’s Crew-1 Dragon to prepare for the arrival of new Crew-2 mission to International Space Station.
NASA astronauts will undock Crew Dragon Resilience from the forward port of the station’s Harmony module at 6:29 a.m. and dock to the space-facing port at 7:15 a.m.
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LA VILLA, Texas (AP) - Schools are closed in a one-stoplight South Texas town after the city shut off their water amid a dispute over the bill.
CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago, which has fought for decades to keep guns out of the hands of its residents, now must craft an ordinance within 180 days that will allow gun stores to open there, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The suspect is dead, the fertility clinic where he reportedly replaced a customer's sperm with his own no longer operates, and the clinic left behind no records that might show the extent of the scandal, the University of Utah said Tuesday.
MAN FINED AFTER PACKERS-BEARS STUN GUN BET: JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man was fined $250 after allegedly using a stun gun on his wife after she lost a bet on a Packers-Bears game.
CLINTON, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man faces numerous drug charges after police say he posted a YouTube video of himself giving a tour of what he calls his marijuana garden.
SHARON, Mass. (AP) - Hundreds of people, including New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, attended the funeral Tuesday of a Massachusetts teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process inspired professional athletes and spurred medical research.
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - A 12-year-old New Mexico boy drew a shotgun from a band-instrument case and shot and wounded two classmates at his middle school Tuesday morning before a teacher talked him into dropping the weapon and he was taken into custody, officials and witnesses said.
DALLAS (AP) - The fate of a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman and her fetus likely will be decided in a courtroom after the woman's husband sued the hospital keeping her on life support against his wishes.
MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) - Google will pay $3.2 billion to buy Nest Labs, which develops high-tech versions of devices like thermostats and smoke detectors, in its second-largest acquisition ever.
VERMONT SETTLES WITH MAKER OF MISLABELED VERMINTS: BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont reached a settlement with VerMints, a company that mislabeled its tins of mints as Vermont products.
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) - An argument over texting in a Florida movie theater Monday triggered a retired Tampa police captain to fatally shoot a man sitting in front of him, as about 25 horrified moviegoers looked on, sheriff's officials said.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer's sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal judge said Monday that Arkansas can stop making payments in one of the nation's most historic desegregation efforts but cautioned that work remains to ensure Little Rock-area students receive a proper education.
FRANKLIN, Mass. (AP) - A 7-year-old boy and his 8-year-old sister died after getting trapped in a hope chest in their home, authorities said Monday.
SANTA ANA (AP) - Two California police officers who were videotaped in a violent struggle with a homeless man during an arrest were acquitted Monday of killing him.
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) - A man walks through Wal-Mart, holding something to his ear as he passes a gun case. He leans toward a shelf and steps back into view, now holding a long, dark object - a gun? - as he walks past customers, who show no obvious reaction. Eight minutes later, surveillance video from a different angle shows him farther away. Suddenly he drops the object and crumples to the floor. Two more people come into view, walking toward him with firearms drawn.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A weekend fire that tore through a North Las Vegas home with 93 small dogs - more than 15 times the maximum number of canines allowed in a house by the city - killed 45 of them and injured one man.
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Hundreds of suburban Denver high school students missed school again Monday as teachers shut down two high schools by calling in sick amid a controversy over proposed changes to an Advanced Placement history class and changes to their pay.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut firefighter says in a federal civil rights lawsuit that she was unfairly disciplined by a city fire department and forced to take unpaid leave because she was pregnant.
WITNESSES: SKYDIVERS WHO DIED DESCENDED TOO FAST: BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - The two skydivers killed after they crashed into a building during a tandem jump on Cape Cod appeared to be having problems as they descended, police said.
NEW YORK (AP) - When the economy tanks, women have fewer babies. But what happens in the following years, when conditions improve?
NEW YORK (AP) - Macy's plans to hire about 86,000 seasonal holiday workers nationwide to bolster its stores, call centers and distribution hubs, a 3.6 percent increase from last year.
FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) - Authorities searched Sunday for a suspect in the shooting of a police officer in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb where there have been angry protests since a white officer fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old black man last month.
TOKYO (AP) - Finally reaching the ash-covered summit of a still-erupting volcano in central Japan, rescue workers made a grim discovery Sunday: 31 apparently dead people, some reportedly buried in knee-deep ash.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A marijuana giveaway for veterans attracted about 1,000 people to a Colorado hotel.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A northern New Mexico sheriff who has fought off accusations of misconduct throughout his career was convicted Friday of abusing a driver during a bizarre traffic stop that prosecutors called a fit of road rage.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The arrests of several protesters for writing anti-police messages with chalk on a sidewalk last year have spawned a federal civil rights lawsuit against Las Vegas police.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A man fired from an Oklahoma food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official, police said Friday.

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While the Obama administration reiterates claims that its forthcoming attack on Syria will be a limited one-off affair, Pentagon planning envisions a much broader effort, according to a report Sunday by the Los Angeles Times .
The newspaper cited unnamed military officials who said the Pentagon “is preparing for a longer bombardment of Syria than it originally had planned, with a heavy barrage of missile strikes followed soon after by more attacks on targets that the opening salvos missed or failed to destroy…”
Two US officers told the newspaper that the Obama White House had asked for an expanded target list that would comprise “many more” than the 50 targets initially selected for possible attack. This gave an impulse to the planning of a more intense attack, which could involve at least three separate military components:
* Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by five US guided missile destroyers currently on patrol in the eastern Mediterranean.
* Cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles launched by Air Force bombers.
* Cruise missiles fired from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group, with one cruiser and three destroyers, now stationed in the Red Sea. These missiles would travel over Saudi Arabia, Israel or Jordan to hit targets in Syria.
The Washington Post gave additional details of the set of targets that could be struck with US missiles, including “air defense infrastructure, long-range missiles, rocket depots and airfields.” The newspaper noted, “With roughly three dozen Tomahawk missiles loaded onto each of the four destroyers, a US strike could inflict significant damage on government forces…”
The six main air bases used by the Syrian military, as well as two dozen stationary radars, are among the likely targets. Such an effort would have as its purpose crippling the ability of the Syrian military to resist a more protracted US military effort, such as the imposition of a no-fly zone on the country or an actual US invasion.
The Tomahawk missile has a range of 1,000 miles and can deliver either a 1,000 pound bomb or a package of 166 smaller “bomblets,” used against a more dispersed target such as a military encampment to cause maximum death and injury.
The Post also reported that Pentagon planners have drawn up a list of additional regime targets to be attacked in the event that the Syrian military retaliates against the US attack. In other words, if the Syrian regime opposes in any way the US aggression, that in turn will become a pretext for a further escalation of the violence.
The reference to restriking the same targets several times is a reminder of one of the most vicious tactics in the current US drone warfare in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and other countries. After a drone-fired missile hits a target and blows it up, a follow-up attack frequently targets rescuers, relatives of the victims and other “first responders,” often causing greater casualties than the initial strike.
It is a remarkable fact that the word “drone” does not appear in the vast outpouring of reporting and commentary on Syria in the US mainstream media. Given the reliance on drones by the Obama White House, this suggests that the press is following instructions to avoid the subject. There is little doubt that the first wave of cruise missiles will be preceded by drone-fired missiles aimed at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his immediate family members and other close regime allies.
Officially, from Obama on down, administration officials continue to claim that the planned attack on Syria is not the beginning of an open-ended military attack, that it would “not be another Iraq or Afghanistan,” as Obama declared in his Saturday Internet/radio speech, and that it has been proposed purely in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of el-Ghouta.
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough appeared on five Sunday morning television interview programs to reiterate this position. The next stage in the administration propaganda blitz will include appearances by Obama on six network news broadcasts Monday night and a nationally televised speech Tuesday night.
McDonough gave a hint of the broader strategic interests of American imperialism in the Middle East that underlie the attack on Syria, declaring on NBC’s Meet the Press, “This is an opportunity to be bold with the Iranians,” a reference to the government which is the leading ally of Assad and the main target of US military planning.
He elaborated on ABC’s “This Week” program, arguing that what Congress chose to do in response to the alleged nerve gas attack would have global consequences: “The answer to that question will be followed closely in Tehran, the answer to that question will be followed closely in Damascus, the answer to that question will be followed very closely by members of Lebanese Hezbollah.”
Underscoring the imperialist goals of the Syria campaign, the White House dispatched two former Bush administration officials, former national security adviser Stephen Hadley and former Cheney aide Eric Edelman, to make the case for war at a briefing for Republican congressional staff.
McDonough claimed that at congressional briefings mounted by the Obama administration, “nobody is rebutting the intelligence, nobody doubts the intelligence” claiming Assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attack.
This only proves the utter spinelessness of Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, in the face of a decision for war taken by the military-intelligence apparatus through its mouthpiece Obama. As it happens, McDonough was adding another lie to the litany from the administration, as it happens, McDonough was once again distorting the facts, since a handful of congressmen have declared the administration’s “proof” unconvincing or purely circumstantial.
In an effort to beat down public resistance to its war drive, the administration released thirteen video clips allegedly showing victims of the gas attack outside Damascus. Aside from the lack of any proof that these video clips are genuine, they say nothing about the perpetrators of the alleged chemical attack.
In fact, the Obama administration has no credible evidence to back up its assertions that a chemical attack was carried out by the Assad regime. On Sunday, the Bild am Sonntag newspaper cited German intelligence intercepts to conclude that Syrian President Assad did not order chemical attacks, contradicting repeated assertions by the Obama administration. It was also reported that the head of the German intelligence service, addressing a closed meeting of a parliamentary committee last week, said his agency did not have conclusive evidence as to the source of the alleged August 21 chemical attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta.
In his multiple television appearances on Sunday, White House Chief of Staff McDonough admitted that the Obama administration did not have “irrefutable, beyond-a-reasonable-doubt” evidence. “This is not a court of law,” he said, a remarkable statement from someone who is promoting a war that will kill untold thousands of Syrians, soldiers and civilians alike, and prepare the way for an even more bloody attack on Iran and an eventual military confrontation with Russia and China.


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I have a problem: my client want the search icon in mobile devices to be visible on top (right).
In mobile, on the left you have the hamburger menu that opens the menu that is ok. but on the right, the client wants the search icon. The desired place is where the bookmarks icon is displayed in mobiles (which by the way I disabled in Gillion Settings.).
Could you please help? thank you very much! best regards, Siaghos
Sorry for our late response.
At the moment we don’t have such feature built in to change that. We might try to change in via custom code if this issue is still relevant and you don’t mind to use child theme.
Dear Shuffelhound team,
Yes it would be great if you provided me a solution for the abovementioned problem because the client still insists in that feature. The client says the seach inside the menu and at the nth position there is not usable. Thank you very much, best regards, Siaghos.
Ok, we will try to figure this out.
Do you already have a child theme or we can use a blank one?
Here will be an article about what is a child theme.
In short – A child theme is a WordPress theme that inherits the functionality, features, and style of another WordPress theme, the parent theme. You can then customize the child theme without making any changes to the parent theme.
We will need an login details to your website, if you will like for us to create this custom change for you (can be shared in the private information bellow).


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Dr. Daniel S Khouri has the following 1 specialty
A urologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions affecting the male reproductive system, as well as the urinary tracts of both males and females.
These doctors cover the kidneys, ureter, urinary bladder, adrenal glands, urethra, and the male reproductive organs which include the testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and penis. Some common disorders that urologists treat are urinary tract infections (UTI), stress incontinence, benign prostatic hyperplasia, kidney stones, erectile dysfunction, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and cystitis. These urological specialists also perform vasectomies and vasectomy reversals.
- Urologic Emergencies
- Prostate Cancer
- Bladder Issues
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
- Overactive Urinary Bladder
- Kidney Stones
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My mother had a kidney stent put in by Dr. Khouri in the ER. She went to her followup to his office and he said he could not remove it since he does not accept her insurance, but that he would charge her $1,000 and he would do it right there. She went to her clinic to get referred elsewhere. A different urologist saw her to remove the stent, but after he saw a scan of the kidney/stent he told her Dr. Khouri had to finish his work and remove it himself. We have been calling Dr. Khouri's office everyday, but he is never available. My mother is in pain and he does not want to remove the stent. This has been going on for over a couple of months and is wrong on so many levels.
Incidental findings of my kidneys while having other issues. Dr Khouri, r has answered every question I have had, the wait in his office is always minimal, he spent as much time with me as I needed. He did sonogram in his office, showed my wife what he thoughtâ¦. He read my MRI's, CT Scans immediately while I waited in his office, he sent me to have these procedures done in the morning and same day I was back at his office hearing the finding and the plan of action. I recommend this doctor, his office is a bit of disarray, he may be remodeling, I didn't ask. I would recommend this Doctor to anyone having kidney issues.
Cant get doctor to do what he sayes, has lied to me 5 times in 4 weeks. I had a kidney stone 6 weeks ago and am still in bed and unable to work. I have had 6 surgical proceedure and still isent fixed yet. He told me he would take out kidney drain, and stent this week when called monday to get the time a day the ansering machine siad he took a week off!!! The friday before he gave me a perscription for pain medicine ( after 5 days of asking) only gave 3 days worth of pain med. knowing he was taking a week off! STAY AWAY FROM HIM complaints are being filed as we speek.
28 Years Experience
Universite De Sherbrooke
Graduated in 1990
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Locations & DirectionsPermian Basin Urology Center, 1200 W Wall St, Midland, TX
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text: Ure milk, the intensity of miRNAs was not linked with Bradykinin B2 Receptor (B2R) Modulator supplier maternal age at gestational or conception week. In addition, the contents of miR-378 and miR-30b have been higher in colostrum received by girls than in that received by boys. Soon after correcting for maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, this pattern remained for miR-378 . The levels of expression of let-7a, miR-30b and miR-378 have been negatively connected with BMI of maternal pre-pregnancy and late pregnancy, but positively linked with maternal weight acquire throughout pregnancy. Additionally, the amount of let-7a in mature milk in the late stage of pregnancy was adversely linked with maternal weight . As outlined by a recent study, there are actually 63 very expressed miRNAs in HBM. Of them, 13 are colostrum-specific miRNAs, 13 are mature-specific miRNAs along with the rest (37) are prevalent miRNAs . Table three lists these miRNAs and extensively discusses their physiological functions in standard and pathological conditions. Along with the functions listed in Table three, other studies have confirmed that miRNAs manage the expression levels of target genes via synergism, specially figuring out that various miRNAs can target 3’UTR on the same mRNA transcript .Biomedicines 2022, 10,15 ofTable 3. The abundantly expressed miRNAs in HBM and their physiological functions in standard and pathological circumstances.miRNA [Sequence] Colostrum-specific miRNAs Regulates cell morphology and migration by means of distinct signaling pathways in normal and pathogenic urethral fibroblasts ; protects against acute ischemic stroke ; controls the migration of head and neck cancer cells by means of downregulation of BMI1 protein ; inactivates localized scleroderma ; regulates MS pathogenesis by suppressing induction Treg by targeting IGF1R and TGFR1 ; protects against pneumoconiosis triggered by nanoparticles inhalation ; acts as an autophagy suppressor by targeting ATG10 and ATG16L1 in NPC and may perhaps represent a promising IL-10 Modulator Storage & Stability therapeutic target for NPC remedy ; targets HABP4 gene and functions as a tumor promoter in ccRCC, and hence delivers a potential target for treatment ; inhibits granulosa-luteal cell proliferation and oestradiol biosynthesis by straight targeting IMP2 ; inhibits KGN proliferation and decreases estradiol production in an IMP2-dependent manner, giving insights into the pathogenesis of PCOS ; promotes differentiation of hESCs ; inhibits the metastasis of TNBC . Regulates ovarian response to ovulation ; targets ING-4 and upregulates signaling molecules for instance p-AKT and p-ERK1/2, which support miR-423-5p functions as an oncogene in glioma and suggests targeting it as therapeutic prospective for glioma ; targets PTTG1 and SYT1 mRNAs, thus induces cell apoptosis, inhibits cell proliferation and reduces development hormone release and migration of GH3 cells ; regulates TGF- signaling by targeting SMAD2, thus functions within the improvement of bicuspid aortic valve BAV illness and its complication, bicuspid aortopathy ; induces silencing of the nerve development factor, which promotes retinal microvascular dysfunction, demonstrating the prospective for miRNA-based therapy for treating diabetic retinopathy ; promotes BC invasion . Negatively regulates normal human epidermal keratinocyte proliferation by targeting AKT3 to regulate the STAT3 and SAPK/JNK pathways, thus might participate in the pathogenesis of psoriasis, may possibly act as a novel diagnostic marker.


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Dwayne Johnson opens up on depression and suicide
Hollywood's highest-paid actor reveals his struggles after his mother tried to kill herself and injury ended his sporting dream.
Tuesday 3 April 2018 11:35, UK
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has shared for the first time the story behind his battle with depression.
The highest-paid actor in Hollywood spoke to the Sunday Express about his mother's suicide attempt, his crushed dream of being a professional American football player and the struggle that followed.
The interview received high praise from his fans, which prompted the Rampage star to thank them on Twitter.
"Got tons of responses to this," the former professional wrestler wrote.
"Thank you. We all go thru the sludge/s*** and depression never discriminates.
"Took me a long time to realise it but the key is to not be afraid to open up. Especially us dudes have a tendency to keep it in. You're not alone."
In the interview, Johnson told the story of how his mother Ata tried to kill herself in front of him after the two were evicted from their house.
"She got out of the car on Interstate 65 in Nashville and walked into oncoming traffic," he said.
"Big rigs and cars were swerving out of the way. I grabbed her and pulled her back on the gravel shoulder of the road.
"What's crazy about that suicide attempt is that to this day, she has no recollection of it whatsoever. Probably best she doesn't."
His own battle with depression began a few years later, when his dream of becoming a professional American football player in Canada was shattered after he suffered several injuries.
"That was my absolute worst time," Johnson said, adding his girlfriend broke up with him shortly after.
"I reached a point where I didn't want to do a thing or go anywhere. I was crying constantly."
But Johnson, who over the last decade evolved from a professional wrestler to Hollywood's highest-paid star, said he found strength to overcome his pain over fears of becoming suicidal like his mother.
"We both healed but we've always got to do our best to pay attention when other people are in pain," he said.
"We have to help them through it and remind them they are not alone."

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Why Can't I Get Pregnant Without Birth Control?
Are you wondering why you can't get pregnant even when you're not using birth control? There are various factors that could be affecting your fertility, from underlying health issues to lifestyle choices. In this article, we'll explore the common reasons why some women struggle to conceive, and provide helpful tips for improving your chances of getting pregnant. Whether you're actively trying to start a family or just curious about your reproductive health, understanding the reasons behind your difficulty in conceiving can be empowering.
Why can't I get pregnant if I don't use contraception?
If you are trying to conceive and are not using contraception, it may be frustrating to wonder why you are not getting pregnant. There are many factors that can contribute to infertility, and it's important to consider both physical and lifestyle factors. For example, age, health conditions, and hormonal imbalances can all affect fertility. It's also important to consider lifestyle factors such as stress, diet, and exercise, as these can also impact your ability to conceive.
It's important to consult with a healthcare professional if you are struggling to get pregnant without using contraception. A doctor can help identify any underlying health issues that may be affecting your fertility and provide guidance on potential treatment options. Additionally, they can offer advice on lifestyle changes that may improve your chances of conceiving. By seeking medical guidance, you can gain a better understanding of why you may be having difficulty getting pregnant and take steps to address any potential obstacles.
In some cases, infertility may be related to both partners, so it's important for both individuals to undergo testing and evaluation. By working with a healthcare provider, you can receive personalized support and guidance to help improve your chances of conceiving. Remember that infertility is a common issue, and seeking help from a professional can provide valuable insights and support as you navigate the journey to parenthood.
What are the reasons for not getting pregnant without using protection?
There are several reasons why a person may not get pregnant without using protection. One common reason is a lack of ovulation, which can be caused by factors such as stress, hormonal imbalances, or certain medical conditions. Additionally, issues with the reproductive organs, such as blocked fallopian tubes or uterine fibroids, can also prevent pregnancy. Another potential reason is a low sperm count or poor sperm quality in male partners, which can make conception more difficult.
Furthermore, lifestyle factors can play a significant role in fertility. Smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and being significantly under or overweight can all negatively impact fertility in both men and women. Additionally, age can also be a factor, as fertility declines with age, particularly for women. It's important to consider these factors and seek medical advice if pregnancy is a desired outcome. Overall, there are numerous factors that can contribute to difficulty in getting pregnant without using protection, and it's important to address any concerns with a healthcare professional.
Is it possible to get pregnant without using birth control?
Yes, it is possible to get pregnant without using birth control. Pregnancy can occur when a woman has unprotected sexual intercourse, as sperm can fertilize an egg during this time. It is important for individuals who are sexually active and not wishing to become pregnant to use some form of birth control to prevent unwanted pregnancies. It is also important to practice safe sex to protect against sexually transmitted infections.
How does not using protection affect my chances of getting pregnant?
Not using protection during sexual intercourse can greatly increase your chances of getting pregnant. Without the use of contraception, sperm can enter the uterus and fertilize an egg, leading to pregnancy. This is especially true during ovulation, when the chances of conception are highest. Therefore, it is important to be mindful of your fertility cycle and take necessary precautions if you are not looking to conceive.
Additionally, not using protection can also put you at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which can further impact your reproductive health. Unprotected sex can increase the likelihood of contracting STIs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and HIV, which can affect fertility and lead to complications during pregnancy. It is crucial to prioritize your sexual health and take precautions to prevent both pregnancy and STIs.
In conclusion, not using protection during sexual activity can significantly impact your chances of getting pregnant. It is important to be aware of the potential risks and take necessary precautions to protect your reproductive health. Whether you are looking to avoid pregnancy or protect yourself from STIs, using contraception is essential for maintaining your overall well-being.
Understanding Fertility: Exploring the Role of Birth Control
Understanding fertility is a complex and important aspect of reproductive health. It involves various factors such as hormonal balance, ovulation, and menstrual cycle. Exploring the role of birth control in fertility can provide valuable insights into how these methods can affect a person's ability to conceive. By understanding the mechanisms of birth control and how they interact with the reproductive system, individuals can make informed decisions about their family planning options.
Birth control plays a crucial role in managing fertility by preventing unwanted pregnancies. It offers individuals the ability to control the timing and spacing of their pregnancies, ultimately empowering them to make choices that align with their life goals. Whether it's through hormonal methods like the pill or non-hormonal methods like condoms, understanding the different types of birth control and how they impact fertility is essential for making informed decisions about reproductive health.
Exploring the role of birth control in fertility also highlights the importance of comprehensive reproductive education. By understanding how birth control works and its effects on fertility, individuals can make informed choices about their reproductive health. This knowledge empowers individuals to take control of their fertility and make decisions that align with their personal and family goals.
Breaking Down the Science: The Challenge of Conceiving Naturally
Navigating the complexities of fertility can be a daunting task for many couples. From understanding ovulation patterns to grappling with the emotional toll of unsuccessful attempts, conceiving naturally can feel like an uphill battle. However, by breaking down the science behind conception and arming oneself with knowledge about reproductive health, couples can approach the challenge with a sense of empowerment and hope. By staying informed about the latest research and seeking support from healthcare professionals, the journey towards parenthood can become a more manageable and optimistic experience.
Fertility Myths Debunked: The Truth Behind Conception without Birth Control
Are you tired of hearing fertility myths that have no scientific basis? It's time to debunk the misconceptions and get to the truth behind conception without relying on birth control. Contrary to popular belief, there are numerous factors that can affect fertility, and it's important to separate fact from fiction when it comes to family planning. From the impact of age and lifestyle choices to the effectiveness of different contraceptive methods, understanding the truth about conception can empower individuals to make informed decisions about their reproductive health. Say goodbye to the myths and embrace the reality of fertility and conception without birth control.
Navigating Infertility: Exploring the Options Beyond Birth Control
Struggling with infertility can be an emotional and overwhelming experience. However, there are various options available beyond birth control that can help individuals and couples navigate this challenging journey. From fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization and intrauterine insemination, to alternative therapies like acupuncture and herbal remedies, there are numerous paths to explore on the road to conception. By seeking out these options and working with healthcare professionals, individuals can find hope and support in their quest to start a family.
It's important for those facing infertility to know that there are alternatives to birth control that can help them achieve their goal of having a child. From adopting a healthy lifestyle and diet to exploring the potential benefits of holistic approaches, there are many avenues to consider. By educating themselves and seeking guidance from medical experts, individuals can navigate infertility with confidence and determination. Ultimately, by exploring the options beyond birth control, individuals can find the support and solutions they need to overcome the challenges of infertility and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.
In conclusion, it is important to understand that not using contraception does not guarantee pregnancy, and there may be various underlying factors that can affect fertility. It is essential to seek guidance from a healthcare professional to address any concerns and explore potential reasons for difficulty in conceiving. By taking proactive steps and seeking appropriate medical advice, individuals can better understand and address their fertility concerns. Remember, knowledge is power, and seeking support can help navigate the journey to parenthood.


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Cannabis Plant Training for Beginners
For indoor growers, training your plants not only helps make more room available, it also helps increase your yields. When plants are properly trained, the light gets to every part of the plant more evenly as well. This simple guide will help even the most novice cannabis grower improve the grow’s efficiency and increase crop yields.
Low-stress cannabis plant training (LST) is ideal for new growers or those that don’t have much time available. What you’re doing is bending the stems slightly and securing them to an anchor point. You’ll be able to have flatter plants to allow more light to get to more parts of the plant.
LST should be started when your plants are seedlings, because waiting longer than that may lead to plant breakage. Simply use plastic ties and lightly secure the stems to an anchor stake. You don’t necessarily have to use a twisty tie type of item; you can use anything you want as long as it won’t cut the stem.
If your plants don’t listen, you might need to make adjustments to keep your plants short and flat.
Supercropping is something you have to be really careful doing. If the conditions in y our grow aren’t just right or your plants aren’t perfectly healthy, supercropping could leave you with a disaster on your hands. You’ll only want to apply this technique when the stems are too “wood-like” which makes them hard to bend. The stem will need to be softened so that it can bend at an extreme angle without breaking.
Screen Restricted Training
Using a “Screen of Green” is a common plant training technique. It helps keep your plants at an equal, flat height. The screen forces them to spread out so that the light can hit more parts of the plant and penetrate it deeper. You’ll also notice more bud sites.
Keeping plants shorter often means that the heavier buds will be supported better.
If you need to top a “stretchy” plant, you’ll need to do it in the seedling stage of growth. Once your plant matures, topping it is likely to kill it. When you top a plant, you’re removing the top part of the main stem. You’ll get two main stems, which is ideal for producing more natural colas.
In the vegetative state, defoliation is good for your plant. Removing some of the bigger fan leaves helps your plant get more light and makes it less top-heavy. The first month of the flowering stage is a good time to defoliate to grow larger buds. Right before the flowering stretch, you can defoliate again. Newly developing buds will have better access to light and air circulation to prevent bud rot and mold.
Plant training makes indoor grows easier to maintain. Most outdoor growers skip many training techniques because natural sunshine is given to the cannabis plants from multiple angles daily. There’s also more room outdoors for plants to grow. Grow lights are limited on actual power, so training your plants to grow flat, by using the “Screen of Green” and LST help produce the best yields possible.

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Record setting wildfire in New Mexico declared contained
August 24, 2022 By Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than four grueling months and $300 million later, the federal government has declared the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history 100% contained, a notable milestone but just another step in what local residents and officials say will be a long journey toward recovery.
The blaze was sparked in the spring by two errant prescribed fires conducted by the U.S. Forest Service. More than 530 square miles (1,373 square kilometers) of the Rocky Mountain foothills burned, hundreds of homes were destroyed, livelihoods were lost and drinking water supplies were contaminated.
Local officials say there are years of work ahead of them to restore the landscape and protect against post-fire flooding.
San Miguel County Manager Joy Ansley and her team have been working nonstop since the first plumes of smoke began rising from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. They helped coordinate the evacuation of thousands of people from small mountain villages and worked with the state and the city of Las Vegas as flames approached.
With the summer rainy season in full swing, Ansley said parts of northern New Mexico are flooding on a weekly basis.
“It’s going to be a long process and just because the fire is contained, we’re certainly not out of the woods,” she said Tuesday.
In addition to costs related to fighting the fire, federal emergency managers have paid out more than $4.5 million in aid to affected individuals and households and $6.7 million in low-interest loans for smalls businesses.
While more than 1,200 applications for individual assistance have been vetted, the Federal Emergency Management Agency would not say how many total applications have been received or denied.
Some residents have voiced frustrations about denials over a lack of having a street address for their rural properties. Others have complained that federal officials don’t understand rural life in northern New Mexico and how fallout from the fire has affected them.
New Mexico’s major disaster declaration has been expanded to include flooding, mudflows and debris flows directly related to the wildfires. Dasha Castillo, a spokesperson for FEMA, said residents who already applied for wildfire disaster assistance just need to update their original application to include flooding or other damage.
Castillo encouraged people to contact FEMA if they applied and haven’t heard back.
Legislation is pending in Congress that would authorize full compensation for New Mexico residents and business owners for losses caused by the massive wildfire, but there’s uncertainty about the ultimate price tag.
The scar left behind by the wildfire includes some areas that were reduced to ash and others where the severity was less intense. More than 400 firefighters are still assigned to the blaze and have been busy repairing hundreds of miles of fire lines cut to corral the flames, digging trenches to control erosion and removing fallen trees and other debris.
The U.S. Forest Service said helicopters will distribute about 138 tons (125 metric tonnes) of seed and 5,440 tons (4,935 metric tonnes) of mulch. So far, about 4 square miles (10 square kilometers) have been seeded.
No hot spots have been reported for more than a month, but given the history of how the blaze started officials wanted to be confident when declaring containment, said Stefan La-Sky, a fire information officer with the U.S. Forest Service.
“We don’t take that number lightly,” he said of the designation.
New Mexico marked an early start to what has been a devastating wildfire season across the U.S. with a deadly fire in Ruidoso and then the blaze near Las Vegas.
In all, federal fire officials report more than 9,372 square miles (24,273 square kilometers) have burned since the start of the year to outpace the 10-year average, and predictions for more warm, dry weather mean some areas will see above-normal wildfire activity into the fall.


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After the Storm: Identity Parade
Now the dust has settled a little on what journalists call the "storm of controversy" its publication was met with, perhaps a more measured appraisal of Roddie Lumsden's recent anthology Identity Parade can be attempted. Unfortunately it seemed that most of the book's assailants had personal axes to grind: Todd Swift's online spat with Lumsden in his blog Eyewear- initially a valid discussion about issues of inclusion - soon turned remarkably ugly and vitriolic in a way that did favours to neither party. However, the fact that a generational anthology of this kind managed to provoke such fervent debate (don't recall Andy Motion getting into any cussing-matches over his notoriously dull 80s anthology) attests to both its importance and to the feather-ruffling boldness of Lumsden's editorship.
Having spent years concentrating on older and overseas poetry and harbouring a vaguely-founded assumption that the majority of contemporary UK stuff was chatty, middlebrow, anecdotal and twee, I've been consistently impressed at the overall quality and range of the work Lumsden includes in Identity Parade, alerting me to how many really interesting poets are writing here now and what a diversity of styles and registers they encompass. With 85 poets on show, the anthology covers a lot of ground and inevitably one likes some poets more and some less - with each permitted only about 5 poems apiece, however, there is seldom a really tedious stretch and one's interest is always re-piqued by newness.
I'm forced to revise my former prejudices, although in retrospect, based on the contemporary scenes of 15 or 20 years ago (when I first started getting into current poetry) I don't think they were unjustified. Looking back to the last overview-type anthology of this kind, 1993's The New Poetry (ed. Hulse, Kennedy and Morley), we find another varied, lively compilation of poems with a sense of positive ferment about it, but the development between that book and Identity Parade seems to me dramatic. The promise evinced by the earlier Bloodaxe selection feels like it has come to fruition in the new one and the general standard is considerably higher, born out of the healthier and more vibrant poetry-culture we are lucky enough to find ourselves in today.
A further difference is in how the editors of The New Poetry, in their lengthy introduction, attempted to make elaborate intellectual and political claims for their generation of poets as a whole, whereas I think Lumsden is right to consciously avoid this approach and merely emphasise the "plurality" of the various individuals he has chosen. A major strength of Identity Parade is indeed its inclusiveness in giving latitude to voices beyond the traditional white/middle-class/male bastions of poetry: it is certainly the first anthology of this kind to feature a higher proportion of females to males, and with no sense whatsoever of mere "positive discrimination".
A student from Porlock is forcing me to truncate this but I will continue it later.