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Early on a cool, blue afternoon, Officer Eric Russell (that's him, above) slides behind the wheel of his police cruiser and pulls away from the precinct, straight into Friday gridlock. Just nine hour removed—the minimum downtime allowed—from an 18-hour SWAT-team assignment, he is starting his patrol of Hillsboro, Oregon, a city of some 100,000 about 15 miles west of Portland. You’d think he would be exhausted, but his eyes, bright and clear, shift seamlessly from the digital river of info filling his dashboard computer monitor to the streetscape unspooling beyond his windshield: a teenager tortoising into his hoodie as the cruiser rolls by; a driver fielding a text while veering out of her lane; a citizen frowning, disdainful of cops in this bleak season of Baltimore and Tulsa, Staten Island and Ferguson.
The previous night, a suspect in a homicide case had been reported to be armed and en route to a house. Russell’s SWAT team was deployed to intercept him. Seven beefy officers in body armor, crammed cheek to jowl in a minivan, waited for seven hours. The suspect failed to show. “Turned out to be a goose egg,” Russell says.
To relieve that kind of tension, some officers might hit the gym to slam barbells; others might crack a fifth of Jameson. But Russell, a thickly muscled, luxuriantly tatted 34-year-old former Marine Corps sniper, drove home, let the dogs out for a few minutes, and then climbed into bed beside his girlfriend. He quickly fell asleep.
One reason he’s resilient to the stress of work and able to recharge: mindfulness meditation, he says. “Meditation helps me keep things in their right box,” he says. “I’m able to fully engage in a situation without letting it eat away at me afterward. And when I’m engaged, I can step back—sometimes just for an instant. I can think instead of reacting.”
So often in America, making split-second decisions under life-or-death pressure, police officers must react first and think later. According to data compiled by The Washington Post, police fatally shot 987 people in 2017, 24 more than they killed in 2016, and 20 of those shot and killed were unarmed. The killing have provoked widespread protests, federal reviews and the Black Lives Matter movement. A Gallup poll reported that over the period of 2015 to 2017, just 54 percent of Americans had a high degree of trust in police; among black men and women, that figure was 30 percent. The stress cuts both ways: Research has shown that the pressures of law enforcement put officers at risk for high blood pressure, insomnia, heart disease, PTSD, and suicide.
Lt. Richard Goerling, 49, of the Hillsboro Police Department, who codesigned the class in which Russell learned to meditate, explains that instead of trying to eliminate or lessen the mental baggage that an officer may bring to a confrontation with a member of the public, mindfulness training teaches an officer tbe aware of and regulate his or her baggage to focus on the moment. The idea makes sense. Clarity and nonjudgment help defuse any kind of confrontation. Taught systematically, on a large scale, these skills could even help save lives.
Goerling’s program employs mindfulness-based stress reduction, or MBSR, developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979. MBSR draws on techniques developed in the Buddhist traditions of Asia. “Simply put, mindfulness is moment-to-moment awareness,” Kabat-Zinn wrote in his book Full Catastrophe Living. “It is a systematic approach to developing new kinds of control and wisdom in our lives, based on inner capacities for relaxation, paying attention, awareness, and insight."
Since Goerling introduced the program in Hillsboro in 2013, the training has spread to other police departments in Oregon (Portland, Bend), California (San Diego, El Cerrito, Menlo Park, Emeryville), Wisconsin (Madison), and elsewhere across the nation. “For years, practitioners in the field searched for a way to reach the predominantly male law-enforcement and first-responder communities,” says Steven Hickman, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and founding director of the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, “but we lacked the credibility, the vocabulary, to get through to them. Rich has been able to bridge that gap. Most men, especially men in a traditionally macho culture like law enforcement, aren’t comfortable with the terminology of mindfulness. Concepts such as self-compassion sound off-putting.”
At first, Russell was one of those skeptics. “The concept sounded sketchy to me,” he says. “I had my experience and training as a Marine to draw on. I work out and try to eat right. I felt like I was already in balance. I didn’t think I needed meditation. But Rich wanted a military veteran to be in his program. Anybody else asking, I would have said no. But I respected Rich’s work on the force. He’d been my commander, and he always had my back.”
Goerling takes a different view of Russell’s early experience with the training. “From my perspective, mindfulness resonated with him from the start, in particular with his warrior background," he says. “Eric came aboard the force from the Marine Corps, as a tenured combat veteran. I believe he was struggling to integrate the two cultures. Over time, he demonstrated that he believed mindfulness was a skills training that brought police officers closer to a warrior ethos and standard of both badassery and humanitarianism that many in his combat-veteran tribe expect in policing in America. He became a quiet practitioner and champion of mindfulness skill-building and influenced many.”
Russell’s initial doubt is typical of most American men. Hickman estimates that 70 to 80 percent of his mindfulness-class attendees are women. A recent National Institutes of Health study showed that meditators are more likely than non-meditators to be middle-aged, white, female, college educated, and living in the western U.S.
While mindfulness training stresses non-attachment, it also teaches people to move through negative thoughts and feelings instead of trying to escape them. Hickman explains the apparent paradox. “What we resist persists,” he says. “An effort to push away a negative thought or emotion only magnifies it, Mindfulness meditation teaches you to observe your thoughts rather than become your thoughts. In the silence of meditation whatever issue you’re dealing with—from a ringing in your ears to an argument with your girlfriend—will inevitably rise front and center in your consciousness. There’s no point in denying the presence of the thought or the feelings; they’re going to be there anyway. If you engage with your pain, observe it without judgment, then you can begin to see options for working with it differently.
The negativity moves through you instead of taking root. I taught one man, a very tough guy, a former wrestler and football player, who’d gotten injured and suffered intense chronic pain for 15 years. ‘All those years I was fighting my pain and losing,’ he said. ‘Meditation taught me how to dance with it instead.’ ”
Goerling points out that this runs counter to the basic male MO. “We typically spend our entire lives running away from our emotions, denying them through work, sex, beer—you name it.”
As a Coast Guard Officer earlier in his career, Goerling lifted Haitian and Cuban refugees out of the Caribbean and Chinese boat people out of the Pacific. He spent hundreds of hours on watch patrolling the Alaskan coast, studying the dip, rise, and shifting lights of the ocean. “People often ask me how long I’ve been meditating,” Goerling says. “I tell them, ‘My entire life.’”
After leaving active duty in the Coast Guard in 1995 and following a stint as an investigator for the U.S. Department of Transportation in Los Angeles, Goerling returned to his nativePortland area to join the Hillsboro Police Department. As he rose through the ranks, he watched Hillsboro grow from a largely white agriculture-based town into a multiracial city and saw the police force undergo a troubling shift. “I met younger guys, police with just a few years’ service, who had grown as callous and cynical about their work as 20-year veterans,” Goerling says. “I could understand it.” The drug problem had intensified, he explains, and there was an explosion of calls involving people with mental-health issues. There was new technology to master; there were different cultures to understand. Officers were beginning to feel overwhelmed.
Searching for ideas that would help, Goerling came across mindfulness training, which was just reaching mainstream acceptance. He learned that meditation had roots in the ancient warrior cultures of Japan. Elite units of the U.S. military practice it; so do professional athletes. So he decided to try it. “In some ways, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Goerling says. “Meditation seems so simple. Sit still, attend to your breathing, let your thoughts come and go. But for me and maybe for most men, that was incredibly difficult. Midway through my first six-hour intensive, I thought I was going crazy.”
But he persevered. “One day, sitting in meditation, it hit me. I was actually in the moment. I wasn’t going with my fantasies, or judging myself or others.” He quickly saw the potential benefits for police work. “Here was a practice that addressed the static, the guilt, the negative judgment—all the distrust and anger that build up every day from having to deal with addicts, abusers, repeat offenders."
Goerling tried to interest police leadership in his newfound performance skill, without success. But then, in January 2013, a respected member of the Hillsboro force came home on a Sunday night and went berserk. He took his wife and children hostage at gunpoint. A SWAT team was called in, but negotiations failed. The officer started shooting. The tactical team returned fire: 100 rounds ripped though the house. Finally, the cop released his family and surrendered. Miraculously, there were no serious physical injuries. But the department was shaken to its core.
Goerling saw an opening. He believed job stress contributed to the officer’s breakdown and couched his pitch in terms of resilience and enhanced performance. “My credo had always been to stuff my emotions and not admit any weakness,” says Officer Stephen Slade, 47, a hulking bear of a man. “I listened and thought,‘What the hell, meditation might make me a better sniper.’ ”
So in March 2013, Slade, Russell, and other officers pulled on sweatpants and reported for duty at a yoga studio. The first task: Objectively study a raisin. “It was hard to keep a straight face,” Russell says of the exercise, which is designed to focus attention. Next: Close your eyes and pay attention to your breathing. Feel the air .ow in and out of your lungs. Lay your hand on your diaphragm and feel it expand on your inhale and contract on your exhale. Let your thoughts come and go. Don’t try to stanch the torrent rushing through your brain. Just observe your thought stream; when you get distracted, concentrate on your breathing.
Skeptical but willing, Russell committed to the program—a two-hour class every week for two months, culminating in a six-hour intensive session. “I gave it my best shot, but my inner voice never stopped yammering,” Russell says. “Sometimes, trying to focus on my breathing, I would just fall asleep.”
But near the end of the training, some officers reported breakthroughs. Slade, for one, began to see that his wall of stoic denial had taken a toll on his wife and kids. Sgt. Rohn Richards, 53, a self-described “knuckle dragger,” discovered that mindfulness enhanced his focus in all aspects of life. “I tend to chase bright, shiny objects,” Richards says. “Meditation has helped me lock in on the moment, to listen better at home and on the job. It’s helped make me a better man, and that can’t help but make me a better police officer.”
Russell, for his part, valued some of the techniques he’d picked up through the training (notably the body scan—the tensing and relaxing of isolated muscle groups) but, at first, didn’t regard the experience as career-changing. As the weeks went by, however, his attitude started to shift; he began to recognize that mindfulness in fact offered a means of blending the “badassery” of the warrior ethos with the disciplined dispassion of a public servant.
“I find now that I can let things go,” Russell says. “I get it: The stress of this job sneaks up on you. Year by year, it eats away at you. You have to find a way of both protecting your core and staying open. Otherwise you don’t notice the corrosion, the callousness, until it’s too deep to deal with. Then you get bitter. You start resenting and judging the people you’re sworn to protect and serve. Meditation teaches you to stay nonjudgmental, which is the heart of police work.”
Originally published in the July/August 2018 print edition of Men's Health.


Seekins Precision has added a new rifle to their HAVAK family of rifles. This new bolt-action rifle is called HAVAK Bravo. The name Bravo probably derives from the KRG Bravo Chassis that was used in this build. The rifle is marketed as a “perfect platform for you to compete in the Precision Rifle Series production division“.
As you might have guessed, the new HAVAK Bravo rifle is built on a Seekins Precision Havak action. Here is how the company describes some of the features of this action:
The Havak action has a full diameter bolt and 4 locking lugs with 90-degree bolt throw. The bolt lugs, when locked in battery, are oriented at 3 and 9 o’clock. This is different from the typical 12 and 6 o’clock positioning that places the bottom lug directly behind the feed ramp where there is very little material in the action. Our Havak bolt design allows for a generous feed ramp situating the bolt lugs in the strongest area of the action.
Other features of the Havak action include the Armor-Blak coating, M-16 style extractor, helical extraction cam, 20 MOA top Picatinny rail and the integrated recoil lug.
The 24″ match grade barrel of HAVAK Bravo rifle is made of 416 stainless and features 5R rifling. The muzzle of the barrel is threaded with the 5/8-24 thread pitch and comes with a thread protector. The rifle is chambered in one of the following calibers: .308 Winchester, 6.5mm Creedmoor, 6mm Creedmoor or 6.5mm PRC. It is fed from a detachable AICS pattern box magazines. The rifle also comes with a Timney 510 trigger that is factory set at a 3 lb weight. The overall weight of the rifle is 9.8 lbs.
According to the description on Seekins Precision website, each of these rifles is hand built, inspected and test fired with factory match ammunition. The 6.5mm PRC version of HAVAK Bravo rifle is listed on the company’s website at an MSRP of $1,995. Other caliber options cost $45 less – $1,950. The choice of color won’t affect the price.
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Physiotherapy books for education and practice
Physiotherapy books for training and practice. Here are the books for the physio practice in the foreground. The latest specialist literature and practical guidelines provide physiotherapists with the necessary specialist knowledge for daily physiotherapy practice. However, these are also valuable for your physiotherapy studies. Whether books on clinical pictures, atlases or anatomy – we keep all important books for physiotherapists – including physiotherapy exam literature. In order to maintain clarity in the large number of Physio books, we have separated the Physio practice books and sports therapy.
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Many physiotherapists appreciate titles about starting a business in
the field of physiotherapy. Also the case book Physiotherapie of Krenek and the fee summary could be interesting for job beginners. Numerous books describe muscle chaining and topics ranging from functional training to the treatment of balance and dizziness.
What do you need as a physiotherapist? In the book by Hüter-Becker, treating in physiotherapy you will find tips and suggestions of typical treatments that you will come across in practice.
Read fit with various books on the various diagnostic forms and treatment methods. Your patients will thank you.

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I am scheduled to teach the blues mandolin track at Mandolin Camp North April 13-18th, 2018 in Charlton, Massachusetts. Due to family and school commitments, I was not able to host my Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us, so looking forward to visiting New England next year to talk and teach mandolin.
I’m looking to teach classes on blues mandolin history, music theory for blues musicians, shuffle rhythm workshop, arranging blues/classic rock guitar for mandolin, blues improving, and many more fun topics.
One of the requisite tunes that one learns as a young guitarist. This arrangement, though simple, is a challenge due to the double stop that is maintained on the high A and E strings while the walking bass is done on the low G. This is to keep the tonality of Neil’s acoustic guitar arrangement.
Here’s the first part of a series of 70s guitar anthem rock tunes I’ll soon put up. Everyone knows this tune by Free from the album Fire and Water. No more formidable duo than Kossoff and Rodgers. Clean stripped down blues based British classic rock that was the blueprint for everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd (who owed a lot to Free) to AC/DC.
Besides transcription of the tune for mandolin, I’ve also included another lesson on my process for moving a guitar classic to the mandolin.
Both of these are available on the tabs page. Remember, $5 per year gets you full access to my tablature!
I’m sorry about how long I’ve been away. Between a job promotion and helping a 17 year old go through the college application and scholarship process, I haven’t touched a mandolin much.
Here’s another installment in my blues series: Freddie King’s “Heads Up” I love this tune and it’s a jam favorite out in these parts. I love King’s guitar playing and writing and have spent many hours learning King licks and studying his phrasing. This is the head to the tune–afterwards, jam away using major pentatonic with some nice blue notes.
The Heads Up tablature is on the tablature page. Remember, a yearly subscription to the tablature page is only $5 per year!
It’s been awhile since I’ve focused on blues, so I will spotlight great riffs or tunes over the next few months. The first is SRV’s “Pride & Joy,” the quintessential Austin Tejas big balls roadhouse blues tune. This is the introduction to the first verse. YouTube video to follow shortly.
It is available on my Tablature page. This month celebrates the one year anniversary of my subscription tablature page (the low low price of $5 for 12 months access). To find out more information as to how to get the Pride & Joy tab, as well as existing and upcoming tabs, you can check out more here.
Coming in the next few months:
Freddie King “Hideaway” & “Heads Up”
John Lee Hooker “Dimples” riff
Magic Sam “I Just Need A Little Bit”
Howlin’ Wolf “Smokestack Lightnin'” & “Killing Floor”
Jethro Tull is one of my all time favorite rock bands. Ian Anderson and Martin Barre have been very influential in how I conceive of the confluence of light and dark (acoustic & electric; flute & guitar; etc.) in a rock setting. Most directly, Ian’s acoustic guitar playing heavily influenced how I play acoustic guitar and octave mandolin. There’s a uniqueness to his strumming style that has become a core of how I approach acoustic.
In many ways, I think Tull were much more successful than Led Zeppelin in incorporating acoustic tones into rock music (Zeppelin’s IIIrd album has received much credit for bridging the acoustic and rock worlds, but Tull–and Fairport Convention before them–were the true pioneers in doing this). It’s unfortunate that Ian dismantled Tull 3 or 4 years ago (though he continues to tour as “Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson”). I saw Ian last summer when he toured for the Thick as a Brick 40th anniversary tour. Ian’s voice was the best I had heard it in many years, but it was very disappointing to not have Martin Barre there. Unfortunately, I came to Tull in the late 80s after Ian’s voice had already peetered out, so never had an opportunity to see Ian live in the fine form you would have found him in the 70s.
An arrangement of the head of Jethro Tull’s Aqualung has been posted to the Tablature page. This is the 1st section of the tune up to the acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar section and solo will be posted at another time soon to come.
Per request of tablature subscriber Barry Hines, I’ve arranged Bon Jovi’s Wanted Dead or Alive for mandolin. It’s a great choice for mandolin. This is not an arrangement of the full song, but all the parts are there. Love Sambora’s playing on it and the solo, though not a note for note transcription, pays homage to the style of the original. The opening riff of the tune was made for mandolin, as it uses doubles stops (based around Dm/F) and crosspicking to full effect.
Tablature available on Tab page. Remember, you need to be a tablature subscriber to reach that content.

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Imperial County, CA — The Algodones Dunes, a scenic and active dune system harboring many rare, threatened, and endemic species, may be condemned to becoming an off-road vehicle sacrifice area. Last Friday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published their proposed Land Management Plan, which would open up over 40,000 acres that were protected from off-road vehicle damage. This decision flies in the face of several conservation organizations that fought to preserve more acreage in the dunes to ensure the survival of endangered species such as the attractive Peirson’s milkvetch plant that lives only on the dunes.
“The Algodones Dunes are a unique and amazing natural area, not an off-road sacrifice zone.” said Daniel R. Patterson, Desert Ecologist with the Center. “We will fight this BLM special-interest scheme to remove balanced dunes management, and we will win.”
Based on conversations with BLM managers, the plan’s preferred alternative would reopen all currently protected dunes and adopt an “adaptive management” program that would attempt to limit the number of off-road vehicles present at any time in designated areas to 525. However, with a small enforcement staff at the dunes, monitoring the number of vehicles present at any time in these sensitive areas will remain a problem as it has in the past. Currently, BLM limited use areas are closed to off-road travel, and conservationists are concerned this will set a bad precedent.
“The new leadership at the Department of Interior is undoing even the fragile progress made in the Dunes over the past two years,” stated PEER General Counsel Dan Meyer. “BLM’s retreat means more money devoted to litigation rather than preservation.”
The Algodones Dunes, stretching over 40 miles northward from the US-Mexico border in Eastern Imperial County, California, have been a topic of controversy for some time. National coverage has documented the off-roader violence toward BLM Rangers and extensive off-road vehicle abuse in the area whereby species such as the endangered milkvetch and desert tortoise habitat have been destroyed by off-roaders. Last fall, a New York Times headline declared the dunes, “The Most Illegal Place in the World.” Historically, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) allowed off road vehicles to dominate 77% of the 150,000 dune ecosystem, leaving only the 32,240 acre North Algodones Dunes Wilderness closed to off-roading.
In November 2000, to protect dunes, wildlife BLM and five off-road groups agreed to ban off-road vehicles from an additional 49,310 acres of the Algodones Dunes as the result of a lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club, and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The agreement, which leaves half the dunes open to off-roading, is to remain in effect until a permanent solution is developed to save the Peirson’s milkvetch from extinction by off-road activity. However, the Bureau’s plan is wrought with incorrect and misleading studies and a lack of appropriate analyses that would make the environmental impact statement complete and accurate. For example, by comparing aerial surveys done in a drought year to on-the-ground surveys by botanists in a very wet year, the BLM concluded that the milkvetch did not decline in the two seasons they looked. However, the Bureau is not an organization that can make that determination and it is speculated that the data used was old and inaccurate. It is not scientifically valid to draw this conclusion based on only two years study.
In November, the Center and California Native Plant Society sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service over their failure to designate critical habitat on the dunes for recovery of the Peirson’s milkvetch. Habitat has not been designated and this lawsuit has not been settled.
Formed in 1954, the Desert Protective Council, a national organization with a long history of plant monitoring at the Dunes, wants the new management plan to protect the portions of the dunes that have been closed to protect rare and endangered plants, and designate the large central closure area wilderness.
“After fifty years of intense off-road vehicle abuse, many of the plant and animal species that have historically inhabited the dunes have declined or been eliminated,” says Terry Weiner, Conservation Coordinator of the DPC. “We want the BLM to protect the remaining diversity of life in the dunes. Full protection for the remaining diversity in the fragile Algodones Dunes system is not even an alternative in the Draft ISDRA,” she says. “That’s a shame.”
Another concern regarding the Land Management Plan is that the dunes are located in an air quality non-attainment area, meaning that clean air considerations regarding particulate matter, specially PM 10 dust, must be part of the monitoring. According to Roxie Trost, the Plan Manager at the BLM in California, the Bureau has done no air quality testing at the dunes, nor to they plan to do it.
“With the Algodones Dunes being located so close to a non-attainment area, I find it hard to believe that the BLM would not monitor air quality,” said Alix Rauschman of the Natural Trails and Waters Coalition. “Failure to include this potentially required analysis calls this proposal immediately into question.”
Other people working for dunes conservation are: Paul Spitler, State of California OHV Commissioner and Executive Director of the California Wilderness Coalition in Davis CA, and Ileene Anderson, Botanist with the California Native Plant Society in Los Angeles.
There is a 90-day comment period for the Land Management Plan.
For more information on the BLM plan, contact Greg Thomsen, BLM El Centro Field Office Manager, 760.337.4410.
For photos and background on the Algodones Dunes, please visit: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/goldenstate/cdca/algodones.html


To track the login statistical information, enable thesp_configure value ‘common criteria compliance enabled‘ setting and restart SQL Server.
The sys.dm_exec_sessions DMV is one way to query the statistical login information.
The rows shown in this example belong to the sa user on my system. The values are different because the values are obtained when the specific session was created (at login time for the individual session.)
Session 57 logged in at 15:49:54.383 and the previous, sa, successful login took place at 15:49:54.360
Where-as Session 67 logged in at 15:51:02.410 and the previous, sa, successful login took place at 15:49:55.413
Note:The first time you login for a newly created user the last* (previous) values areNULLindicating that the user had not previously logged onto to the system.
The information flow:
Client sends login request to SQL Server
SQL Server creates new session object
SQL Server acquires lock for the LOGIN_STATS associated with the login user
Save the current row information (last values) with the new session object
Update the LOGIN_STATS row with the current time for successful login
LOGIN_STATS (Lock Type By Stat Row) – Partitioned
It just so happens that I was testing on a 2TB, 132 CPU system and encountered heavy blocking on the same lock for LOGIN_STATS (login id). Investigating the blocking I found the last login values are stored in a system table, in the master database and protected by the LOGIN_STATS (login id) lock.
Warning:Make sure you are backing up the master database properly to avoid log growth and loss of common criteria information.
The test I was running used thesame login, with hundreds of connections doing connect and disconnect operations with common criteria enabled. The same login pattern leads to the same LOGIN_STATS(login id) lock becoming a bottleneck. Each login is updating the last* information using the appropriate LOGIN_STATS, SCH_M lock. Instead, if the test used different users for the connections each connection would have obtained the SCH_M lock for the specific login and avoided the contention.
To make the investigation a bit more interesting the LOGIN_STATS lock type is one of a handful of lock types that is partitioned by the SQL Server Engine.
The 132 CPU system results in 132 possible lock partitions. Obtaining a shared (SH) lock on the session is a local partition only operation. However, the lock type requested is SCH_M because the last* values were being updated. To acquire the SCH_M the SCH_M must be granted in all 132 partitions, in order from 0 to 131. As you can envision the more CPUs the more partitions. The more partitions the longer it takes to acquire the SCH_M lock. The longer it takes for a single session to acquire the SCH_M then perform changes to the last* information and release the lock the longer the convey lasts/can become.
The solution:Turn off the LOGIN_STATS tracking (disable common criteria) or use a different login user for the various connections in the test.


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The 8520-PS2 is an Allen-Bradley 8520 CNC controller. The 8520-PS2 is a main power source type product with a rated output of 5.35 Volts DC. The 8520-PS2 comes with a line monitor that detects the loss of AC power and features 6 milliseconds of holdup time. The 8520-PS2 also features an input power consumption of 225 Watts at 50 degrees Celsius with an input fuse rating of 8 Amps or 250 Volts. The input connection type for the 8520-PS2 is A terminal block with a rated input of 115 Volts or 230 Volts AC. The rated frequency for the 8520-PS2 is 50 to 60 Hertz and comes with an input range of 90 to 265 Volts AC with 47 to 63 Hertz as the frequency rating.
The 8520-PS2 is part of the digital servo cards series that is manufactured by Allen-Bradley. The high technology digital servo card by Allen-Bradley is important in calculating, metering, and also protecting the functionality of the given servo stabilizer. This series of servo controllers features an open loop analog spindle motor and functions as a high-speed digital servo processor. The 8520-PS2 comes enclosed in a component enclosure and functions as a translator to the low-level PWM signals from the input that meets the specific power levels. The CNC controllers come available on 9/290 and 9/260 CNC devices. The Allen-Bradley 8510 is important when users are installing solid trapping features. A line monitor is installed for enabling the power supply to detect any loss of AC power. The 8520-PS2 comes with a holdup time of 6 milliseconds at 130 Watts.
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Serena Williams, born on September 26, 1981, is an American professional tennis player. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranked her world No. 1 in singles in the period between 2002 and 2017. Once, she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks.
Serena Williams won the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles combined among active players. She won 39 major titles.
Williams holds 23 Grand Slam singles titles, which makes her second player in the history of female players with numbers of titles, after Margaret Court (24).
Serena also holds the all-time record for the most women’s singles matches won at majors with 325 matches. Serena Williams has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with her sister Venus Williams.
Williams has also won four Olympic gold medals. She has been also the highest paid female athlete in 2016 and in 2017 when she was the only woman on Forbes’ list of the 100 highest paid athletes with $27 million in prize money and endorsements.
Serena Williams – family life
Serena Williams announced her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on December 2016. They got married on November 16, 2017.
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The staff was helpful and eager to please. The absence of mini-safes in the rooms. Valuables had to be stored in the hotel safe and all valuables and the amount of cash had to be disclosed.
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New Jerseyans Asked To Be On The Lookout For Connecticut Murder Suspect
UPDATE 5/27, 9:42 P.M. - The Connecticut State Police are confirming that Peter Manfredonia has been apprehended in Maryland.
Original article follows
A manhunt for an accused killer has spread to three states as Connecticut police and the FBI search for University of Connecticut student Peter Manfredonia in connection with a double murder and kidnapping last Friday.
According to the FBI, the crimes took place in Willington, Connecticut on Friday, May 22nd, and included an alleged home invasion, double murder, and kidnapping.
The kidnapping victim's car was later found in North Jersey, and Manfredonia was last spotted in East Stroudsburg, PA.
Because of the suspect's travel, law enforcement is searching in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Here's the official wanted poster from the FBI's Philadelphia office:
The FBI and law enforcement have posted a number of updates since the original wanted post was shared, including a surveillance photo believed to show Manfredonia in East Stroudsburg on Monday.
And an update from Tuesday afternoon, was just posted with information on a vehicle that was stolen in the area that Manfredonia was last spotted in:
Police and FBI say that if you spot Peter Mandredonia, you should consider him armed and dangerous, you should not approach him, and you should call 9-1-1 immediately.
You can click here to stay up to date with the latest updates from the FBI's Philadelphia office on Twitter.

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A Closetful of Skeletons
Article at Medium by long-time CTTT member, Margaret Seiler. “Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, my great-grandfather, was apparently one of the architects of the South’s “Lost Cause” narrative. A few years ago, I discovered that he wrote a book, The Confederate Cause & Conflict in the War Between the States, published in 1907.”
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The Denver City Council voted Monday night to add an extra $2.6 million in merit pay for city workers beyond what Mayor John Hickenlooper has proposed for next year.
The council’s 9-4 vote capped weeks of wrangling, and the approval margin is enough to override a mayoral veto if the nine-vote majority remains.
Kelly Brough, the mayor’s chief of staff, said that despite the veto-proof majority, the mayor will “disapprove” of the council’s action and force the council to take a second vote.
Monday’s vote marked one of the few times since Hickenlooper took office in 2003 that the council has challenged him on a major issue.
City workers who jammed the council chambers applauded enthusiastically when council President Michael Hancock, the last member to announce his intention, declared his support.
Hancock, who meets privately with Hickenlooper at least once a week and has been a strong ally of the mayor, said he made up his mind two hours before the council met, and only after city workers pleaded for his support.
“I met with several city employees who looked me in the eye and said, ‘Councilman Hancock, we need you to stand up for us,”‘ Hancock said. “Sometimes, people just need to know we are fighting for them. That eclipsed it for me.”
Councilwoman Carol Boigon had pushed the issue, sending memos to council members arguing that city workers were falling behind. She even met with council members from a hospital bed, where she was sent Wednesday after her blood stopped clotting. She received a four- hour reprieve from her doctors that allowed her to attend Monday night’s meetings.
Voting for the extra pay hike were council members Boigon, Paul Lopez, Doug Linkhart, Rick Garcia, Peggy Lehmann, Marcia Johnson, Chris Nevitt, Judy Montero and Hancock. Voting against the proposal were council members Jeanne Robb, Charlie Brown, Jeanne Faatz and Carla Madison.
“We don’t exactly have diamonds in our pockets,” Brown said, cautioning that a recession might be in the offing.
Boigon’s amendment would take the revenue from a cherished program of the mayor. The amount Hickenlooper had budgeted for a bonus pay program would be cut in half to pay for merit pay increases. Hickenlooper has touted the program, which gives bonuses to city workers if their agencies meet measurable goals, as an example of his efforts to reform government.
The Hickenlooper administration had budgeted $7 million for merit pay raises for city workers. The council actions would boost merit pay 1 percent beyond the 3.25 percent the mayor budgeted.
The Hickenlooper administration had argued that once bonus pay, specialized increases for certain job classifications and merit pay were considered, employee salaries were set to increase an average of 6.24 percent. The Hickenlooper administration also said the extra pay wasn’t needed because city workers have better benefits than those in the private sector.
When the council voted in 2005 to amend the mayor’s budget to hire more police than the mayor had proposed, Hickenlooper opted against a veto.
Garcia is set to be out of town over the next couple of weeks, which could complicate efforts to keep a nine- vote majority, but he said Monday that he might reconsider his plans and remain in town.
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I'm hoping Hendo has a breakout year. I have a feeling we're going to see a lot of improvement from Jeff Taylor too.
That's starting to look like a legit NBA team.
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Hyaluronic acid is a natural body substance that maintains skin elasticity. Over time, the human body loses this substance, leading to visual aging consequences like wrinkles and folds.
Many cosmetic procedures restore hyaluronic acid, but using dermal filler is perhaps the friendliest method. In many ways, dermal filler is a safer and less complex procedure to enhance facial features. The injections take less than half an hour, and the side effects are usually mild.
Continue reading to learn more about dermal filler, what to expect from the procedure, and how to get the treatment as safely as possible.
What Is a Dermal Filler?
Dermal filler is a type of injectable gel used in nonsurgical cosmetic procedures to enhance facial features. This substance varies depending on the filler type, but most achieve similar results.
Typical dermal fillers remove wrinkles, smooth facial lines, and restore skin volume. During application, the practitioner applies the injections under the skin.
How Does Dermal Filler Work?
The purpose of dermal filler is to replace hyaluronic acid lost throughout the year. It works in a really simple way. A practitioner uses an injection with a fine and a small needle to fill the desired area with dermal filler.
After application, the results are nearly instant. The dermal filler enhances facial folds, smooths wrinkles, and attracts more water to keep the skin hydrated.
Additionally, dermal filler works at a biological level. The product affects the body’s existing hyaluronic acid, making it produce more collagen and elastin. Over time, this biological response will improve skin integrity and consistency.
What Is Dermal Filler Made of?
The substances used to make dermal fillers vary depending on the filler type. These are the most common ones with their purposes and their constitution:
Hyaluronic acid, like Restylane
This filler is the most common, providing volume and hydration to the skin.
Calcium hydroxylapatite, like Radiesse
This substance is usually present in human bones and is more common to remove deeper wrinkles. The effects last for a year.
Poly-L-Lactic acid, like Sculptra
This filler type improves collagen production in the body. Typically, healthcare providers employ this substance to smooth wrinkles and lasts two years or longer.
Polymethylmethacrylate, like Bellafill
Dermatologists use this filler to increase skin volume and maintain its consistency. PMMA fillers have collagen and tiny balls that remain under the skin following dermal fillet application.
Is Dermal Filler Natural?
Dermal fillers contain several substances already habiting the human body naturally. While some risks are present, the application of fillers is common and safer with proper precautions. Thus, it’s a natural cosmetic procedure to rejuvenate facial features.
Process for Dermal Filler Application
Dermal filler application is relatively easy and quick. Most spend more time in consult with dermatologists than receiving the treatment. Here’s how it usually goes.
Step 1: Preparations
Go to the preferred dermatologist for a consult. Let them know about the areas desired to enhance, like the forehead, mouth, cheekbones, and nose.
The dermatologist shall provide a comprehensive description of how to get the most aesthetic results. Additionally, share any information about health conditions to assess potential risks.
Once the dermatologist agrees, schedule an appointment for the procedure.
Step 2: Dermal Filler Application
The practitioner will use a small dermal filler injection with a fine needle to ease the hyaluronic acid gel into the targeted area. This process is quick and painless, though some minor discomfort may be noticeable.
Dermal filler types like Juvederm have an anesthetic effect to make the procedure more comfortable during and after.
Step 3: Post Dermal Filler Application
With the dermal filler injected into the space of volume loss, the results are immediate. The substance improves volume in the area and softens deep lines. It will also remove wrinkles and facial folds.
Things to Consider After Applying Dermal Filler
- Leave the targeted area untouched for a minimum of six hours.
- Avoid high temperatures and outdoor activities.
6 Advantages of Using Dermal Filler
Dermal filler procedures offer the following advantages.
A Rejuvenated Look
The point of getting dermal filler injections is to restore the natural contours of the face. This procedure provides cheekbones definition, adds volume to sunken cheeks and lips, enhances areas around the mouth, removes wrinkles, and more.
Feel More Confident
Rejuvenating procedures to enhance facial features grants a sense of confidence. Patients perceive themselves under a new image, which boosts their self-esteem and may improve personal relationships.
The procedure to inject dermal filler is usually an hour long. These are often readily available at any healthcare provider, and the results are noticeable shortly after.
The filler type dictates how long the enhancement will last. Some will last a couple of years, whereas other dermal filler types provide facial improvement for months.
Most people can resume their routine and usual activities after the procedure. Some healthcare providers could recommend taking one or two days to rest, depending on a few factors.
For instance, the recovery time depends on how extensive was the treatment, the filler type, and the current health condition.
Dermal filler procedures are nonsurgical treatments. The injector does not use expensive equipment and will not require hours until completion. Therefore, the prices and costs are more affordable than surgical enhancement procedures.
Is Dermal Filler Safe?
Thorough research and tests have proven that dermal filler application is safe. Typically, patients experience mild side effects that only last for a few hours or up to two days.
These side effects are not permanent, including skin redness, swelling, bruises, minor pain, and slight tenderness. If more serious problems persist over time, consulting health care providers for assistance is necessary.
What are the Risks of Dermal Filler and How to Avoid Them?
Professional practitioners have the skill to minimize procedure risks to a minimum. However, the danger still exists if patients do not take the time to look for a serious injector.
These are the risks of using dermal filler and a few recommendations to avoid them.
Asymmetrical Facial Features
Avoid this risk by asking the practitioner for before and after photos. Do not rely entirely on social media pictures, as these can often be deceiving.
Physical Responses, Like Bleeding, Bruising, Or Swelling
These are often unavoidable side effects. Nonetheless, consult a dermatologist first to understand how the skin may react to the procedure. Decide whether or not to move forward with the dermal filler application based on the risks it poses.
Scars and Other Skin Damage
Look for a professional practitioner exhaustively, and do not make a hurried decision. Consider social media like Instagram, and talk to the health care provider directly for a background check. Less professional and careless injectors without an established background may be more likely to make these mistakes.
Make sure the injector is a proven and certified practitioner using sterilized equipment. The room must also be sterile and impeccable. Otherwise, the risk of getting an infection will be higher.
Other risks of dermal filler are rashes, itching, numbness, and lumps or bumps under the skin. If the individual has allergies history or is pregnant or breastfeeding, dermal filler is not suitable.
The Importance of a Good Injector
We cannot stress enough the importance of finding a good injector to perform the procedure.
Nowadays, many practitioners focus on eliminating wrinkles and fail to see the human face as a whole. They invest time working on specific spots without maintaining consistency and harmony between all facial features.
This problem usually results in many more issues, like the following:
Excessive Lip Line Filling, Resulting in Highly Noticeable Bulges
This level of negligence gives an unnatural facial look. It is the more common consequence of the wrongful application of cosmetic procedures.
Eradication of Nasolabial Folds
Nasolabial folds are a facial feature found between the mouth and the nose. Losing this particular feature results in a strangely flat face.
The Same Cosmetic Approach for Every Individual
Everyone’s different, including their faces. Therefore, each case is unique and requires an exclusive approach. Otherwise, the patients will have a similar look that is not harmonious with their particular characteristics.
Even the less meticulous observer will notice the result of a cosmetic procedure gone wrong. Take the time to find an injector that sees the human face as a sculpture and their work as art.
Final Verdict — Is Dermal Filler Necessary?
Compared to Botox and complex aesthetic procedures, dermal filler is safer and friendlier to the human body.
Naturally, finding a good injector is key. Only a certified practitioner can determine the right approach for effective dermal filler application.
Trust a qualified healthcare provider, and enhancing facial features for a beautiful and more youthful look will be a breeze.

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In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how everything is going — people aren’t seemingly doing too well. They talk about the need for the left to get its shit together, to focus less on internal issues and start or continue doing anything.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora argue that the reluctance of anyone in power to discuss the fall of the American empire is going to come back to bite us all on the ass someday soon.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the refusal of people in power to accept blame and instead, externalize their guilt however they can. Plus, we talk about how everything in society feels to be hanging by a thread.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about a new Toronto Star investigation that has found that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is regularly being violated by Canadian police.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what has just happened in Ontario, why voter turnout was so low and what we need to do to resist austerity. Plus, what are the lessons in other parts of Canada?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Buffalo shooting and how Canadians journalists have oriented around it. They call out journalists for not going deep enough into the issues and how liberal politics interact with the far right to make everything worse.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the fight for abortion in the US and what Canadian activists need to be watching for. Plus, they talk about lies and the Conservative leadership race.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the rise in radical worker action across North America. Plus, they revisit the Disability Filibuster — this time, raising concerns about what we’ve already seen under expanded MAID.
Listen to Sandy and Nora on MAID last year: https://sandyandnora.com/episode-138-dignity-in-life-versus-dignity-in-death/
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In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about organizing and relationships: are we striving too much to curate the perfect organizing spaces? Do we have the collective skills to ensure the level of accountability we wish we could see in organizing? Plus, we talk about Rich Chiarelli, the asshole and France’s new/old president.
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In this episode, Sandy and Nora examine Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Leadership campaign and ask: why? What did we do to deserve this? Also, they talk about COVID again, but not that much.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the federal budget and how much it sucks. Plus, they also talk about Palestine activism on campus, anti-Blackness within the Ontario NDP and Pierre Poilievre’s troll following.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora examine political choices being made right now, and ask — why are Canadians so complacent? Plus, Sandy gets into Slap Discourse and Nora did a commercial for what??
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the NDP-Liberal deal that gives cover to justify pouring billions into Canada’s war aspirations. Plus, they talk about Jerry Dias and corruption at Unifor.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about mutual aid and how it sometimes mirrors charity too closely. Plus: facial recognition software in Ukraine, Canada’s flexible refugee policy (all of a sudden…) and Patrick Brown’s exoneration (he creeps on 19 year olds, not 18 year olds, allegedly).
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the impact of neoliberalism on leftwing organizing. Plus, they talk about the economic benefits of going to war.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora deconstruct the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act, and why this game of political chicken being played by the Liberals is dangerous and will backfire.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the contradictions of this moment: from vaccine mandates to partisan politics, and how we should orient our struggles.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the Omicronvoy: the occupation in Ottawa, how we should orient towards it and what kinds of debates we need to sort through if we’re going to be able to effective confront the far right.
Sandy and Nora break down the pro-COVID Convoy and remind listeners to keep their eyes on the ball. You can watch the 5th anniversary commemoration of the shooting at the Ste-Foy mosque here, in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu1JqGkSBSQ
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In this episode, Sandy and Nora examine the current, flame some politicians and ask the question: how do we walk the line between COVID-19 pessimism and a little bit of optimism?

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Mission, Kan.—Target stores were swamped with shoppers early Tuesday morning as women flooded the store on a mission for Missoni, an Italian designer who is popular in Europe.
The designer is partnering with Target to give customers high fashion at a lower price.
"It was a surprise," said Target manager Aaron Brotherton. "I didn't expect it to be that busy. We probably had 35-40 people waiting to come into the store and the merchandise flew of the shelves and sold really well above my expectations."
Target sold out of Missoni products in the store and online. You can find several pages of Missoni by Target on eBay, but it's selling for three times the retail price.
eBay may be the only place to buy it because Target says this was a limited release.
"At this time, we probably won't see a lot more of that product coming in," Brotherton said.
Target has apologized to online customers for the problems with its website. The store has not said whether this is really the end or if there could be more Missoni released.

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Control of lipase digestibility of emulsified lipids by encapsulation within calcium alginate beads
- Li, Yan, Hu, Min, Du, Yumin, Xiao, Hang, McClements, David Julian
- Food hydrocolloids 2011 v.25 no.1 pp. 122-130
- bioavailability, calcium alginate, corn oil, crosslinking, digestibility, digestion, droplets, drugs, encapsulation, free fatty acids, functional foods, gastrointestinal system, humans, hydrocolloids, in vitro digestion, models, molecular weight, pH, polymers, satiety, shrinkage, trapping, triacylglycerol lipase, triacylglycerols, tributyrin
- Structured delivery systems, fabricated from natural lipids and polymers, are finding increasing use to improve the oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs and nutraceuticals, as well as to control the release of lipophilic bioactive molecules within the human gastrointestinal tract. This study focused on the development of filled hydrogel particles to control the digestion and release of encapsulated lipids. These filled hydrogel particles were fabricated by trapping sub-micron lipid droplets within calcium alginate beads. These particles remained intact when the pH was varied from 1 to 7, but exhibited some shrinkage at pH 1 and 2. The free fatty acids released from the filled hydrogel particles after addition of pancreatic lipase were monitored using a pH-stat in vitro digestion model. Encapsulation of lipid droplets within calcium alginate beads (d = 2.4 mm) reduced the free fatty acids released from around 100% to less than 12% after 120 min. The rate and extent of lipid digestion increased with decreasing bead size (from 3.4 to 0.8 mm), decreasing degree of cross-linking (i.e., lower calcium or alginate concentrations), and decreasing triglyceride molecular weight (i.e., tributyrin > MCT ≈ corn oil). These results have important implications for the design of delivery systems to protect and release lipophilic bioactive components within the human body, as well as to modulate satiety/satiation by controlling the rate of lipid digestibility.

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Effects of Strain Rate in Cold-Rolled Pure Copper Produced by Different Rolling Processes
To evaluate the microstructures and mechanical properties in cross-roll rolled pure copper, comparing with conventionally rolled materials, this work was carried out. Pure copper (99.99 mass%) sheets with thickness of 5 mm were cold rolled to 90% thickness reduction by cross-roll rolling (CRR) and subsequently annealed at 400 °C for 30 min. Also, to analyze the grain boundary character distributions (GBCDs), electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) technique was employed. As a result, the cold rolled and annealed materials consisted of significantly refined grains than that of the initial material (100 mm). Especially, the CRR processed material showed more refined grain size (6.5 mm) in average than that (9.8 mm) of conventional rolling (CR). These grain refinements directly affected an increase in mechanical properties. Therefore, the microstructural and mechanical properties development observed in both processes was systematically discussed in terms of the effective strain originated by the plastic deformation.
Hyungsun Kim, Jian Feng Yang, Chuleol Hee Han, Somchai Thongtem and Soo Wohn Lee
K. H. Song et al., "Effects of Strain Rate in Cold-Rolled Pure Copper Produced by Different Rolling Processes", Materials Science Forum, Vol. 695, pp. 307-311, 2011

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Pope Francis’ latest slam on church critics as cohorts of Satan stunned survivors of priest sex abuse and their advocates, who called the pontiff’s remarks “outrageous” on the eve of his clergy summit on the long-running scandal.
“It’s outrageous … He’s re-victimizing and re-traumatizing the very people he’s supposed to be meeting about,” said Robert Hoatson, co-founder of Road to Recovery. “Instead of criticizing people like us, he should be welcoming us into the dialogue and following the recommendations that we make.”
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, an advocate for victims of sexual abuse by priests, said he’s “not surprised the pope would try to portray the Catholic Church as the victim,” but that it’s “really going to reopen a lot of wounds for clerical sex abuse victims and is very harmful to those victims.”
Church critics and advocates for victims of priest sex abuse told the Herald they have little hope for concrete reform to come out of the four-day summit on clerical sex abuse, which begins Thursday and is set to draw about 190 members of bishops’ conferences, religious orders and Vatican offices for lectures and workshops on preventing and investigating sex abuse, as well as caring for victims.
The summit comes three months after the Vatican pushed the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to delay voting last November on proposed steps to address clergy sex abuse.
Victims who met with summit organizers on Wednesday demanded transparency and accountability from the church. Among them was Phil Saviano, who urged the Vatican “break the code of silence” and release the names of abusive priests.
Hoatson said the defrocking of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick last week, seen as a rare high-level act of accountability by the church, was also “an indication that cardinals and bishops are involved not only in the cover-up, but in the practice of clergy sex abuse.” But Hoatson said the church is “inherently incapable” of policing itself and that “we need outside forces to hold them accountable.”
Anne Barrett Doyle of BishopAccountability.org said she has “very low” expectations for the summit and that “the source of change in the church is going to come from the outside” — like the attorneys general who are investigating church sex abuse.
Zach Hiner, executive director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said the church needs to implement “proven sex abuse prevention programs” and teach bishops how to cooperate with local law enforcement when they do receive allegations of abuse.
But, Hiner said, the pope’s devil comments are “a sign that (survivors) are not taken seriously, that they’re not fully understood, and that it’s not something Pope Francis and the other cardinals in attendance particularly care about.”
“It’s looking like it’s just going to be another few days of praying about what went wrong,” Hiner said.
Meanwhile, sex abuse survivor Olan Horne, 59, of Chester, said he intended to go on a hunger strike at midnight Wednesday until the Vatican acknowledges receipt of messages from families of victims he gave to Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s office to deliver to Pope Francis.
Herald wire services contributed to this report.


The prime minister is expected to say "too high demands" on wages will make it hard to halt rising inflation.
Thousands of staff at Network Rail and 13 rail operators walked out from midnight after last-ditch talks to avoid the strikes failed.
The RMT rail union accused the government of preventing employers from freely negotiating on pay.
Services across England, Wales and Scotland began to be affected on Monday evening, and just one in five trains are expected to run on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday when workers are on strike.
The remaining trains will run predominantly on main lines and only for about 11 hours, with Network Rail urging passengers to travel by rail only if necessary.
London Underground workers also went on strike at midnight over job cuts and changes to pensions.
Talks over the national rail dispute continued into Monday evening, but both sides blamed the other for the lack of a breakthrough.
The RMT union is asking for a pay rise of at least 7% to offset the rising cost of living, but it says employers have offered a maximum of 3% - on condition they also accept job cuts and changes to working practices.
Ahead of a cabinet meeting, the prime minister will accuse unions of "driving away commuters who ultimately support the jobs of rail workers", while hurting businesses across the country.
"Too high demands on pay will also make it incredibly difficult to bring to an end the current challenges facing families around the world with rising costs of living," he will say.
"Now is the time to come to a sensible compromise for the good of the British people and the rail workforce."
The prime minister will say that "hard-working public sector workers" should be rewarded, but the pay increase must be "proportionate and balanced".
Otherwise, sustained high inflation would have a much bigger impact on people's pay packets in the long run, he will say.
The Bank of England has forecast that inflation is set to hit 11% in the autumn, with prices rising at the fastest rate for 40 years.
On Monday, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke said it was not a "sustainable expectation" that pay can match inflation across the private and public sector if the country was to avoid "a repeat of the 1970s" when wages and prices spiralled upwards together.
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said staff were being asked to accept thousands of job cuts, reduced pensions, worse terms and conditions and a cut in real-terms pay as living costs soar.
He said the "dead hand" of the government had been actively preventing employers and the union from reaching a settlement, although ministers have denied they played a role in talks.
The short answer to this is yes.
The transport secretary says he does not want to get involved in a dispute between the RMT on one side and Network Rail and the train operating companies on the other, but the interaction between the two employers means the government has a pivotal role.
According to government officials, Network Rail is in theory able to offer a higher pay settlement than the 3% they are currently offering by shuffling their large and complex overall budget.
However, the government accepts that any pay offer to Network Rail employees would set the bar for a settlement for the train operating companies.
Since the government is now also standing as the financial backstop to the Covid-ravaged train operating companies, that could frustrate its stated ambition of putting the rail industry on a sustainable financial footing. Revenues for the train companies are still languishing just above half their pre-pandemic levels.
The government may not be in the room but it is at the table.
Mr Lynch said industrial action would run "as long as it needs to", saying the strikes could last months if a deal was not reached.
Labour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh accused her opposite number Grant Shapps of not giving train operating companies "any mandate to negotiate", saying the talks were a "sham".
Rail services are expected to be disrupted until Sunday, with a reduced timetable in place until then.
Although ScotRail and Transport for Wales are not part of the dispute, services in Scotland and Wales are also affected because they rely on Network Rail staff. ScotRail said 90% of trains will be cancelled during the three days of industrial action.


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Accidents Preliminary Report: Falcon damaged after slip on icy runway
Dassault Falcon 20, Jamestown, N.Y., Dec. 21, 2008–The Falcon 20, registered as N165TW to Sierra America and operated by Ameristar Jet Charter, was substantially damaged when the aircraft left the runway while landing at Chautauqua County/ Jamestown Airport. The charter operator reported the jet overran the runway and came to a stop after the nose gear struck a snow berm. Upon examination, the aircraft was found to have suffered damage to the nose gear strut, the nose gear bin assembly and the fuselage skin. The operator reported that a Notam had been issued by the airport describing patchy snow and ice on the runways. According to the operator, during the landing the runway was covered in ice and braking action was “nil.” The captain noted in a written statement that the jet’s drag chute failed to deploy properly, and upon examination was found partially hanging from its storage pod. Neither
the airline transport-certified pilot nor the commercial-certified copilot was injured
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Internationally renowned Australian crime writer, Michael Robotham, will be the guest speaker at a Literary Luncheon on Monday, 19th of August.
Originally a country lad, Robotham started his career as a journalist before moving on as a ghost writer for people in the arts, military, politics and sports. These books include the autobiographies of Lulu and Geri Halliwell.
Robotham's Joe O'Loughlin series of books are much loved around the world, not only for the crime writing but also for the psychologist's endearing character, flaws notwithstanding.
His standalone novels include : -The Night Ferry Bombproof Life or Death The Secrets She Keeps
The author's recently released Good Girl Bad Girl will be the focus of this presentation with books available for purchase on the day.
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The IDF clashed with Palestinians in Nablus and in the Nur Shams refugee camp advance Tulkarm early Tuesday morning, in response to Palestinian experiences.
Israeli forces performed preparations to extinguish the home of the Hamas terrorist in the again of the shooting assault at some stage in which Hallel and Yagel Yaniv were murdered in Huwara in February on Monday evening in Nablus, in response to the experiences.
The Palestinian experiences come precise hours after the commander of the IDF’s Central Converse issued a demolition converse for the home. Palestinians and Israeli forces clashed amid the operation, in response to photos reportedly from the scene.
The terrorist, Abdel Fattah Hussain Harusha, was killed in a firefight with the IDF and the Nationwide Counter Terror Unit (YAMAM) in Jenin in March. An appeal filed by Harusha’s family was rejected.
Israeli forces mapped the properties of two Palestinian terrorists in a single day sooner than the planned razing of the Nablus properties, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit acknowledged on Tuesday.
No doubt one of the two properties mapped belonged to Hassan Qatnani, the terrorist who murdered Lucy Dee and her daughters Maia and Rina in April, in the Askar refugee camp advance Nablus. The second belonged to Hussam Aslim, a Lions’ Den terrorist who in response to safety forces, gave the converse to habits the assault at some stage in which IDF soldier Ido Baruch was murdered closing year.
Taking pictures targets Israeli forces advance Kiryat Arba, no injuries reported
Earlier in the evening, an IDF car was damaged after photos were fired in direction of Israeli forces on Toll road 60 advance Kiryat Arba. No injuries were reported in the assault.
Rapidly after the reported shooting, Israeli forces entered the Palestinian metropolis of Sa’ir, north of Hebron, and arrested a Palestinian known as Karam Nasr Jadarat, in response to Palestinian experiences. It is unclear as of yet if the arrest is expounded to the shooting.


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Settled in the midst of the grand pinnacles of the Karakoram Reach in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Haramosh Valley remains as a demonstration of nature’s unmatched excellence. This unexpected, yet invaluable treasure draws in globe-trotters and nature fans with its immaculate scenes. Various vegetation, and a plenty of open air exercises. In this blog, we will unwind the secrets of Haramosh Valley, investigating its novel area, the astonishing exercises it offers, and the most effective ways to get to this immaculate heaven.
Haramosh Valley is arranged in the Skardu Locale of Gilgit-Baltistan. A district famous for its stunning scenes and rich social legacy. The valley is named after Haramosh Pinnacle. One of the unmistakable mountains nearby. Remaining at a great height of 7,409 meters (24,308 feet). Encircled by grandiose pinnacles, rich glades, and completely clear lakes, the valley is a sanctuary for those looking for comfort in the lap of nature.
The valley is open from Skardu, a beautiful town that fills in as a passage to various experience locations in the locale. Skardu, which gives travelers a glimpse of the stunning landscapes along the Karakoram Highway. Can be reached by air from Islamabad or by road from Gilgit.
Traveling and Climbing:
Haramosh Valley is a traveler’s heaven, offering a scope of journeying choices for the two fledglings and prepared explorers. The paths lead through charming pine backwoods, snowcapped glades, and interesting towns, giving a strange encounter. The trek to Haramosh La, a high-altitude pass with views of the surrounding peaks, is particularly popular.
The valley gives an optimal setting to setting up camp lovers. Visitors are able to have a deeper connection with nature. When a campsite is set up in the tranquil surroundings. The twilight sky above Haramosh Valley is an exhibition.
Photographic artists are in for a treat as Haramosh Valley presents a horde of attractive scenes. Every nook and cranny of the valley is a blank canvas. That is just waiting to be painted. With its towering peaks, glistening lakes, and vibrant wildflowers.
The flawless waterways and lakes in the area make Haramosh Valley a magnificent objective for fishing fans. Earthy colored trout is bountiful in these waters, giving a quiet calculating encounter in the midst of the breathtaking landscape.
The towns encompassing Haramosh Valley are home to assorted societies and customs. Cooperating with the amicable local people permits guests to acquire bits of knowledge into the one of a kind lifestyle in this far off rugged district.
Arriving at Haramosh Valley requires cautious preparation because of its distant area. Most of the time, the journey begins in Skardu, where travelers can hire local guides and get around. Here are the best passages:
The speediest method for arriving at Skardu is via air. Departures from Islamabad to Skardu work during the traveler season, giving a stunning ethereal perspective on the Karakoram Reach.
For those looking for a grand excursion, the Karakoram Expressway offers an entrancing excursion from Gilgit to Skardu. Even though the road is hard, it’s worth it for the beautiful scenery and cultural encounters along the way. Hire local transportation to get to Haramosh Valley from Skardu.
Joining a directed visit coordinated by nearby experience organizations is a helpful choice. These visits frequently incorporate transportation, convenience, and experienced guides, guaranteeing an issue free and pleasant experience.
Haramosh Valley remains as an epitome of crude, immaculate excellence in the core of the Karakoram Reach. Its extraordinary area, various exercises, and the most ideal ways to get to it make it a must-visit objective for those looking for an outside of what might be expected experience. Haramosh Valley promises an experience that transcends the ordinary, leaving you with memories to last a lifetime, whether you are an avid trekker, a nature lover, or someone looking to disconnect from the chaos of everyday life.


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Grain prices dipped, then turned around following this week’s USDA reports. Jerry Gulke believes they still have upside potential.
USDA released its September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports on Wednesday, Sept. 12.
Overall, the report had a negative tone. Here are the highlights for corn and soybeans:
- Corn production is forecast at 10.7 billion bushels, down less than 1% from the August forecast and down 13 percent from 2011.
- Corn yields are expected to average 122.8 bushels per acre, down 0.6 bushel from the August forecast and 24.4 bushels below the 2011 average.
- Soybean production is forecast at 2.63 billion bushels, down 2% from August and down 14% from last year.
- Soybean yields are expected to average 35.3 bushels per acre, down 0.8 bushel from last month and down 6.2 bushels from last year.
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says corn initially fell after Wednesday’s report, but then turned around at the end of the week.
"We may have put in the seasonal lows for corn for the year. We’re going to have to see the October report."
For soybeans, Gulke says he was surprised that USDA lowered yields. The expected lower supply will definitely test demand.
"As you calculate the meal demand worldwide, there’s not movement left in the downside for demand. There’s a good possibility we may have to import meal next year."
Gulke says overall, the week was profitable for grains. "We’ve had a good week. You need to have a positive response to a negative report, and in corn we got that." See this week's market movement data: Tight Range for Corn Prices Ahead
News on the Economy
Of course, the other big news of the week came from the U.S. government. This week, the Fed announced its plan to buy $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities for an unspecified amount of time.
Gulke says it is exciting the government is committed to making the economy work.
"I’m optimistic about the economy. There may be people out there who are willing to buy $150 cattle and $110 hogs that we need in order to eat this $8 corn that may be around for the next nine months. The economy is much better than the pundits would lead us to believe."
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Task Force Vaccines and Viral DiseasesFunded under: TF-VACCINES C
The report opens with an introduction from the commissioners responsible for the initiation of the task force, and an explanation of the reasons for studying vaccines and viral diseases. The basic purpose of the task force is defined, taking into consideration consultation matters, resources, options and co-operation possibilities. Various sectors involved in the research are listed and economic development prospects discussesd A global perspective is considered on topics such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acute respiratory viral diseases and emerging viruses. Oral vaccines and vaccines against cancer are discussed . European networks of resources are considered.
Bibliographic Reference: Report: EN (1995) 7pp.
Availability: Available from the European Commission, Mr L Jodar, TF V-V, DG XII-E, 200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles (BE)
Record Number: 199630008 / Last updated on: 1996-03-18
Original language: en
Available languages: en


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The Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center is a nonprofit community based organization. The Center consists of highly trained culturally competent health care professionals that include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, alcohol/drug counselors, case managers, vocational rehabilitation counselors, and early childhood teachers. We have a multilingual staff fluent in Spanish and French. Programs : Addiction Counseling Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Family Therapy Individual Psychotherapy Specific Disorders Treated Alcohol Anxiety Depression Major Depression Other Substance Prescription Drugs Substance Abuse.


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My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book simply tried too hard. Abbott needs more practice with language; she writes like a poet trying to delve into prose. The amount of repetition in this novel makes the prose tiring instead of beautiful, which I am confident is the effect she was striving to achieve. The narrator sometimes strikes a poignant note with her observations and insights, but more often she seems too wise and reflective for her age. The topics covered in this novel are deep and sometimes disturbing in ways that are recognizable (e.g. having a crush on someone else's dad; hating a sibling for taking love and attention away from you); however, The End of Everything doesn't quite hit the right note. Abbott tells too little when we want more of her exquisite details, but then she tells too much when she should hold back and let us wonder.


Take the leading scorer in all of Hampton Roads, add one of the area's most improved players, and blend them with three athletes known more for their football prowess to form this season's all-Peninsula District boys basketball team.
That's what the district coaches did in choosing a dream team whose combined scoring average equals 93 points per game.
Kecoughtan point guard Marseilles Brown, a 31.1 scorer through 19 games, heads the group that includes Menchville guards David Macklin and Mike Ricks, Tabb center Brad Barnes and Hampton guard Ronald Curry.
On the girls side, two first-team repeaters from last year - district champion Menchville's Chalois Lias and runner-up Kecoughtan's Wilhemina Stroud - are joined by district-leading scorer Candice Edwards of Menchville, Bethel point guard ShaVohn McKinnon, and Warwick mainstays Sharonda Harrison and Ariann Connor.
Lias, Stroud and Harrison all reached the 1,000-point career scoring plateau this season.
Macklin and Barnes have signed football scholarships to Penn State and Virginia, respectively, while Curry was the Daily Press 1995 high school football Player of the Year after leading the Crabbers to the state Group AAA Division 5 championship. Curry, a sophomore, is the lone non-senior of the group.
Ricks has nearly doubled his scoring average from last season to 15.5 and has been the steadiest player in Menchville's quest for a second straight district title.
The 6-foot-7 Barnes has been the district's most productive post player, with a 15.6 scoring average. Curry has triggered Hampton's offense, scoring at a 16.9 clip.
Macklin has been Menchville's defensive stopper in addition to averaging more than 13 points per game.
''Macklin hurts you even when he doesn't score, because of his defensive ability,'' Tabb coach Doug Baggett said.
Brown's eye-opening shooting range and cat-like quickness have wowed crowds.
''Brown is worth the price of admission all by himself,'' Menchville coach Greg Henderson said of the University of Richmond recruit.
The boys and girls second teams each have one repeater from last season: Gloucester's Jon Bolden and Denbigh's Einky Marsh.
BOYS FIRST TEAM
Marseilles Brown, Kecoughtan, 5-10, Sr.; Ronald Curry, Hampton, 6-2, So.; Brad Barnes, Tabb, 6-7, Sr.; David Macklin, Menchville, 5-10, Sr.; Mike Ricks, Menchville, 6-1, Sr.
BOYS SECOND TEAM
Omari Gray, Phoebus, 6-2, Sr.; Jon Bolden, Gloucester, 6-5, Jr.; Carlos Heard, Denbigh, 6-2, So.; Michael Foster, Bethel, 6-2, Jr.; Lindwood Hilliard, Bethel, 6-3, Sr.
GIRLS FIRST TEAM
Candice Edwards, Menchville, 5-11, Jr.; Chalois Lias, Menchville, 6-1, Jr.; ShaVohn McKinnon, Bethel, 5-7, Jr.; Wilhemina Stroud, Kecoughtan, 5-8, Sr.; Sharonda Harrison, Warwick, 5-8, Sr.; Ariann Connor, Warwick, 5-7, Jr.
GIRLS SECOND TEAM
Tanga Williams, Phoebus, 5-6, So.; Einky Marsh, Denbigh, 5-8, Sr.; Koniki Aiken, Kecoughtan, 5-10, Sr.; Tina Williams, Kecoughtan, 5-4, So.; Crystal Yuille, Denbigh, 5-9, So.