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THE MOCLOMANIA COLLECTION
The protein with the poetic name mVenus is a yellow fluorescent protein and a derivation of the famous green fluorescent protein GFP, originally isolated from the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea victoria in 1962. Even though the purpose of this extraordinary sea creature‘s bioluminescence is still unknown, its fluorescent proteins are of immense importance to modern biological research. This is not surprising, considering the great practicability of fluorescent reporter systems. By coupling a protein of interest with a fluorescent tag such as mVenus, the target protein can be easily and non-invasively detected within living cells as well as cell preparations with the help of fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy.
Much like mVenus, the cyan fluorescent protein mCerulean is derived from the green fluorescent protein GFP originally isolated from the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea victoria in 1962. Like its molecular siblings, it can be cloned to a gene of interest and thus provide fast and non-invasive screening opportunities for the resulting fusion protein, for example via fluorescence spectroscopy or microscopy.
The 8His-tag is a so-called polyhistidine-tag, meaning that it is a small amino acid chain consisting of, in this case, eight consecutive histidine residues. The histidine sidechain contains a heterocyclic imidazole ring which is negatively charged in neutral to basic conditions and can coordinate with metal ions with very high affinity. Thus, equipping a target protein with a terminal histidine rich peptide sequence allows for purification of the protein via immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography. Here, divalent nickel or cobalt ions are attached to a carrier material and bound by the polyhistidine-tag upon addition of the cell lysate. Meanwhile, non-tagged proteins only display weak metal ion affinity and can be discarded in the flow through. Later on, the bound target protein can be easily eluted from the carrier material with the help of pH titration or high excess molecular imidazole which competes with the His tag for metal ion coordination. Since His tags are small in size and rely solely on the protein’s primary structure, they are the preferred choice for protein purification under denaturing conditions. The B3 version of this basic part is fused to an HRV 3C protease recognition site, whereas the B5 version is fused to a Strep-tag II.
When it comes to biomolecular detection and purification set-ups, the Strep-tag system is an absolute laboratory staple. In its principle it relies on the high affinity binding of the homo-tetrameric protein streptavidin, first isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces avidinii, to the vitamin biotin. The binding of these two biomolecules is one of the strongest non-covalent interactions observed in nature and inspired the creation of many derivatives with even further enhanced binding capabilities. The German biotech company IBA Life Sciences developed a synthetic eight amino acid peptide called Strep-tag II which binds to the specifically engineered streptavidin derivative Strep-Tactin with high specificity. Thus, fusing a gene of interest to a Strep-tag II allows for efficient purification of the target protein by affinity chromatography over immobilized Strep-Tactin. The bound target protein can later be eluted with desthiobiotin. Due to its small size and biochemical inertia, the addition of a Strep-tag usually doesn’t influence correct target protein folding and functionality. Furthermore, the purification procedure can be executed under physiological conditions, making the Strep-tag system particularly suitable for purification of native, functional proteins. The B3 version of this basic part is fused to an HRV 3C protease recognition site, whereas the B5 version is fused to an 8His-tag.
The GST-tag has been around since the late 1980s and, unlike most other purification tags, does not only consist of a small peptide, but rather an entire functional protein. GST is short for glutathione S-transferase, a highly abundant cytosolic enzyme that is usually involved in protecting prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic cells from extracellular toxins. It does this with the help of the redox peptide glutathione, to whose reduced form it binds with very high affinity. By fusing a gene of interest with a GST-tag, the resulting fusion protein can be purified from cell preparations with the help of affinity chromatography, employing reduced glutathione (GSH) as the respective column material. Due to the highly specific binding, only GST-tagged target protein should remain bound to the column and can afterwards be eluted by adding high excess molecular GSH. Since the affinity binding relies on the structural integrity of the GST protein, GST-tag purification can only be performed under native, non-denaturing conditions. The B3 version of this basic part is fused to an HRV 3C protease recognition site, whereas the B5 version is fused to a TEV protease recognition site.
The HA epitope tag was first established in 1988 by J. Field and his colleagues, making it one of the oldest protein tags still in use. Its characteristic amino acid sequence YPYDVPDYA is based on a small segment of the viral protein hemagglutinin (abbreviated as HA), one of three integral membrane proteins in the Influenza A virus. The epitope segment was chosen due to its high immunogenicity and antibody affinity which is further increased by fusing multiple epitope copies in a row (three copies = 3xHA). A vast variety of monoclonal primary antibodies from different species have been established against the HA epitope, eliminating the need for expensive protein-specific antibodies and facilitating target protein detection and purification.
size | 2.5 kDa
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The Myc-tag, along with 3xHA and 3xFLAG-tag, is yet another epitope tag designed for protein purification and detection with the help of specific antibodies. It consists of a small peptide whose amino acid sequence (EQKLISEEDL) was originally derived from the transcription factor MYC, which is encoded by the human protooncogene c-myc and plays an important role in the regulation of endogenous gene expression. A pathological, constitutive expression of c-myc may lead to an increased gene expression of genes involved in cell cycle regulation and cell proliferation, thus facilitating the formation of cancer. The gene’s and with it the tag’s name stems from the cancerous disease myelocytomatosis which is observed in birds and is caused by a virus-induced misregulation of c-myc gene expression. When it comes to experimental uses, the Myc-tag can be used for all detection and purification purposes that involve binding of the target protein to antibodies, such as immunoprecipitation or affinity chromatography, and eliminates the need for protein-specific antibodies. This basic part is fused to an HRV 3C protease recognition site.
size | 4.2 kDa
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Much like the 3xHA tag, the 3xFLAG®-tag is a small polypeptide epitope tag. Yet, unlike the 3xHA-tag, its amino acid sequence is not derived from a naturally occurring protein, but was instead artificially designed to be an epitope for specifically developed primary antibodies. It was first described in 1988 by Hopp et al. as a single Flag tag consisting of the eight amino acid sequence DYKDDDDK. The high content of polyvalently anionic amino acids (like aspartic acid and tyrosine) makes it less likely to interfere with target protein activity. Over the years, many variations of the original Flag-tag were established, including the very commonly used 3xFLAG®-tag patented by SigmaAldrich with the slightly modified sequence DYKDHDG-DYKDHDI-DYKDDDDK. It contains multiple epitope copies, hereby further increasing the tag’s affinity to the anti-Flag antibodies. The 3xFLAG®-tag can be used for all detection and purification purposes that involve binding of the target protein to antibodies, such as immunoprecipitation or affinity chromatography, and eliminates the need for protein-specific antibodies. This basic part is fused to an HRV 3C protease recognition site.
size | 2.3 kDa
available in cloning position B2
The sAP tag is a secretion signal peptide derived from the secretory protein secreted acid phosphatase 1 (sAP1) which was originally purified from Leishmania mexicana, a human pathogenic Leishmania strain. The secretion of acid phosphatases makes the parasites more resistant to oxidative stress induced by the host’s immune cells. The secretion signal peptide found in sAP1 mediates the exocytosis of the protein after its biosynthesis in the endoplasmatic reticulum (ER). This is extremely useful for recombinant protein production, since target proteins can be harvested directly from cell culture supernatant without the need for cell lysis. Since posttranslational glycosylation of proteins happens within ER and Golgi apparatus along the secretory pathway, the sAP1 signal peptide tag furthermore enables the production of glycosylated proteins in Leishmania. This makes the sAP1 tag a vital part of our cloning kit, since employing Leishmania as an alternative expression host for biopharmaceuticals relies on correct reconstruction of the proteins‘ glycosylation patterns.
OUR PROTEIN OF INTEREST
The COVID-19 pandemic has been sweeping the world for almost two years now, costing millions of lives and causing immense economical, cultural and social damage. The virus responsible for the outbreak of the eponymous respiratory disease was named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or short SARS-CoV-2. Much like other coronaviruses, its infectiousness relies on multimeric protein structures that project outwards from the virus envelope’s outer surface. Due to their appearance, these protein complexes are often called spikes. They consist of a trimeric complex of the so called spike protein and coordinate the recognition, binding and entry of the virus into the host’s cells. The spike protein itself is a glycoprotein consisting of two separate regions, S1 and S2, of which S1 contains the receptor binding domain (RBD) and mediates cell binding, while S2 contains a fusion peptide and initiates the actual endocytosis of the virus particle. As the entry point into host cells, Sars-CoV-2 makes use of the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a transmembrane protein mainly present in intestinal, kidney and cardiac cells and involved in blood pressure regulation. The highly specific binding of the Sars-CoV-2 receptor binding domain to ACE2 is significantly dependent on the posttranslational glycosylations that the RBD undergoes. This makes the recombinant production of correctly glycosylated spike protein very valuable for infectiological research and vaccine development. Thus, by including the Sars-CoV-2 RBD into our cloning kit, we not only demonstrate the significance of our expression system to the advancement in current coronavirus research, we also reveal the glycosylation capabilities of our expression host Leishmania tarentolae.
recognition motif | *NLYFQ ▼S, * = E,G,A,M,C,H
fused to B5 GST
The TEV protease is a cysteine protease domain originally derived from the tobacco etch virus (TEV), a plant virus that infects a wide variety of nightshades and weeds, including the eponymous tobacco plant. The protease is known for its extremely high sequence specificity, meaning that it only cleaves proteins upon recognition of a fixed set of amino acid sequences, with little to no off-target effects. This makes it a valuable tool in modern biotechnological research, since it allows for precise protein cleavage at easily predefined positions. By including a TEV recognition motif on either side of a tag sequence, the respective tag can be cleaved off after protein purification via the addition of TEV protease to the mix. Many commercially available TEV proteases are furthermore fused to an affinity tag themselves, making the retrieval of cleaved target protein even more feasible and minimizing the risk of uncoordinated proteolytic activity due to overexposure. The only requirement for a target protein to be fused with our B5 GST-tag and purified using TEV protease is that the protein sequence ought to be free of any intrinsic TEV recognition sequences. This should be ensured beforehand, via sequence analysis or PCR, and any observed recognition sequences should be removed, i.e. by the introduction of silent single point mutations.
HRV 3C Protease
recognition motif | LEVLFQ ▼GP
fused to all B3 parts
HRV 3C is short for human rhinovirus 3C protease (HRV 3C), a cysteine protease that usually helps rhinoviruses to infect human cells by disrupting the cells‘ endogenous transcription activity. By including a HRV 3C recognition motif on either side of a tag sequence, the respective tag can be cleaved off after protein purification via the addition of the protease to the mix. Most commercially available HRV 3C proteases are furthermore fused to an affinity tag themselves in order to facilitate the retrieval of cleaved target protein. The only requirement for a target protein to be fused with an HRV 3C tag and purified using HRV 3C protease is that the protein sequence ought to be free of any intrinsic HRV 3C recognition sequences. This should be ensured beforehand, via sequence analysis or PCR, and any observed recognition sequences should be removed, i.e. by the introduction of silent single point mutations.

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Leading the charge for equity and inclusion: Embracing intersectional identities and challenging inequities
Personal essay by Salvador Ramirez (he, him, el), DSST Manager of Equity and Inclusion
My identity as a first-generation, queer, Mexican-American, bilingual, cisgender man has influenced who I am as an educator in many ways. My college education allowed me to understand my positionality in society and gave me knowledge that informed my experiences of oppression as a person with marginalized identities. I knew that I wanted to provide the same opportunities to my students, so I built a social justice program that would give opportunities to high school students to engage in knowledge that helped me feel seen, valued and empowered. I was intentional in building a curriculum that helped my students unpack both white supremacy and patriarchy, and I often shared my personal experiences and valued those of my students as foundational knowledge. However, it wasn’t always easy being able to speak to all my identities.
Where there was comfort and power speaking to my experiences as a person of color, my experiences as a queer person brought discomfort and often fear that has been instilled in me from growing up in a patriarchal, machista culture. It’s difficult only living out your partial truth and having to hide part of who you are. This is why Pride is so vital for the self-determination of the LGBTQIA+ community in our society.
Pride for me is a celebration that brings visibility to identities in the LGBTQIA+ community that are often hidden in the margins of society. It is a reminder that we want more than just to survive but to thrive and live our lives as our most authentic selves. In a time with the most anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation ever, celebrating Pride at DSST is imperative in affirming our LGBTQIA+ staff and students that who they are matters. It is a commitment to continue doing the work to ensure our organization is "eliminating education inequity" for all our students.
Pride is also an opportunity to remember that la lucha sigue (the struggle continues) in doing the work, to have our voices heard, our power valued and our community celebrated. Especially when Black Trans women continue to have the highest murder rate in our country.
As Marsha P. Johnson, Black Trans Gay Liberation Activist, said, "No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us."
With that said, I am in the process of transformation as I learn to shed some internalized beliefs that have often held me back from speaking my truth in order to embrace and celebrate myself and all my intersectional identities. It’s hard. But, being surrounded by powerful LGBTQIA+ leaders in our network living their most authentic truths has helped remind me that it’s possible. I'm grateful for leaders like Bel Damiani (Science Teacher and Trans Youth Advocate at CG Middle School) and Meg Goble (Leadership Development Team) who model how we can show up as our whole selves in our leadership. I am also grateful for allies, like my team, Dr. Griffen (Chief Equity Officer) and Mercedes Blea-Davis (Senior Manager of Diversity and Belonging), who challenge me to show up as my most authentic self.
As streets fill up with rainbow everything and people celebrate with chosen families, I am reminded that there are others who are organizing to fight against dehumanizing legislation and create access to basic human rights. I am choosing to ground myself in the privileges I have been afforded as a cisgender man to do the work necessary as a network leader to create the change necessary that will move us closer to equity.
In the wise words of self-identified “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Audre Lorde:
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

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2015 WSOP Event 58
Tuesday June 30,2015 : DUHAMEL DOES IT AGAIN
A major poker win for Quebec pro in the $111,111 One Drop High Roller.
2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (27) has won another multi-million dollar poker tournament, besting the creme de la creme of international poker players in the $111,111 buy-in One Drop High Roller - event 58 at the 2015 World Series of Poker.
Highly skilled and motivated professionals like Phil Hellmuth (who finished sixth), Dan Colman (3rd), internet high stakes ace Ben Sulsky (4th), Andrew Lichtenberger (9th) and Phil Ivey populated the 135-strong entry list, which generated a prize pool of $14.25 million and allowed 16 players in all to cash.
Ivey's much-heralded arrival for the big event turned out to be a disappointment; he was eliminated on the first day by Chris Klodnicki, but was in good company as One Drop multi-millionaire Antonio Esfandiari and WSOP main event champs Greg Merson and Martin Jacobson, along with high profile pro Daniel Negreanu all headed for the exit empty handed.
Among the early casualties was philanthropist and hedge fund billionaire David Einhorn.
Down to three handed action, Duhamel faced retired manufacturing company owner Bill Klein and the often controversial Big One For One Drop multi-million dollar champion Dan Colman (24) when tragedy struck as a spectator at the rail succumbed to a medial ailment, necessitating a half-hour suspension whilst he was rushed to hospital.
When play resumed it was Colman who was eliminated by Klein and headed for the cashier and a third placing pay-out of $1,544,121.
Entering the heads up, Duhamel sat behind a 23 million-chip stack, facing Klein's almost 18 million chips; after a few tentative moves on each side the two reached the critical hand after just over 21 hands of heads up action, tangling over a 13 million chip pot that Klein lost, consigning him to the runner up position and a still-impressive pay check of $2,465,522.
Klein has generously committed his win to charity, and that significant amount of money will certainly help those less fortunate in the future.
Duhamel's first prize at $3,989,985, bringing his career earnings to almost $16 million, was less than Tony Gregg's $4.83 million in the last run of the High Roller back in 2013, when 166 players registered, but the One Drop Foundation still made $750,000 from the enormous prize pool.
Duhamel said he had enjoyed the 36-hour action of the tournament, and paid tribute to the One Drop Foundation.
“They really do some good things and help out a lot of people,” he said. “It’s one thing to win a tournament, but knowing that it’s going to help to save so many lives as well makes it even better and makes it like a double win tonight.”
Final table cashes were:
Jonathan Duhamel $3,989,985
Bill Klein $2,465,522
Daniel Colman $1,544,121
Ben Sulsky $1,118,049
Dan Perper $873,805
Phil Hellmuth $696,821
Anthony Zinno $565,864
Sergey Lebedev $466,970
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With the development of the logistics and transportation industry, the demand for large trucks on the market is increasing day by day. Truck body is generally made of aluminum alloy sheet. A few years ago, a lot of truck manufacturing using steel plate, but after a period of time, found that the steel plate is easy to rust corrosion, greatly shorten the service life of the truck. At present, the market is gradually replaced by aluminum sheet. Aluminum alloy sheet has good oxidation resistance, corrosion resistance and excellent antirust properties. In addition, the quality of the aluminum alloy sheet is lighter than that of the steel plate, because it is a good choice to use the body of the car.
5083 belong to Al-Mg-Si alloy, and has widely applications. The application of 5083 aluminum sheet belongs to the field of aluminum processing industry. With the vigorous development of the domestic rail transit market, as well as the arrival of the era of global automotive, has a huge market prospect. According to the market development of 5083 aluminum sheet and the demand of the light weight, the production of aluminum alloy sheet was increased, and the production process of aluminum alloy sheet was strictly controlled by 5083 aluminum alloy. Through the determination of alloy composition, casting process optimization, homogenization heat treatment and rolling process test, 5083 marine aluminum sheet of haomei aluminium with aluminum performance with foreign materials can meet user requirements, especially to meet the increasing demand of marine processing aluminum, rail transportation, high-grade car complex parts, and very broad prospects for application.
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Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL images leaked online courtesy, Evan Blass. We are just a few hours away from the launch of the device and Blass has given us our best look at the Google’s next Flagship devices. The phones will be launched on 4th Oct in an event along with a range of other products from Google.
The leaked images are not too different from the previous leaks we have seen, but the high-resolution images by Evan leave no space for doubt. To recall Google has recently bought the HTC’s Pixel team for a whopping $1.1 billion and have also partnered with LG for the Display panels for the new flagship phones.
The new Pixel devices were supposed to showcase the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 836 but due to a delay in the latest chip, the device will come with the same chipset as the LGV30 and all three Samsung flagship devices.
Both the devices will run Android 8 Oreo with a new Pixel Launcher. Google has equipped both phones with front firing stereo speakers which reminds me of the Nexus line-up. Unfortunately, the Google Pixel 2 has disappointingly large top and bottom bezels just like its predecessor. While the Google Pixel 2 XL has a 6-inch, 18:9 aspect ratio QHD+ display with smaller bezels which makes the device shorter and narrower.
The redesigned Android home screen puts the search bar at the bottom below the dock leaving behind the pill. The design, however, did not impress me as I think that the docked apps are used more often than the search bar. Not to forget the Google Assistant which can be called on any screen by holding the Home button or even by squeezing the sides making the search bar more irrelevant.
The Pixel smartphones will be powered by a Snapdragon 835 chip, 4GB of RAM, 64GB, and 128GB internal storage option and might also come with bigger batteries.
…and without a case pic.twitter.com/4QrvyM9Hro— Evan Blass (@evleaks) October 2, 2017
Unlike the other Android Flagships, Google has decided to stick with a single 12MP primary camera. The original Pixel devices had an excellent camera thanks to some excellent image processing and I hope to see the same this time.
Google Pixel 2 XL, encased pic.twitter.com/GvZZadmZZg— Evan Blass (@evleaks) October 2, 2017
I would have loved to see a 6GB of RAM in the Pixel 2 XL to compete with the likes of OnePlus 5 and Galaxy Note 8, and Google has dropped the headphone jack just a year after its Pixel campaigns mocked Apple for doing the same thing.
Blass claims that Google will stagger the release of the Pixel devices with the Pixel 2 releasing on October 19th but the Pixel 2 XL will make us wait till 15th November. Still, the new Pixels could be well worth the wait because their promise of truly stock Android and instant updates makes them unique in the smartphone world. Last year this combination also delivered phones with a level of responsive real world performance no Android rival could match.
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Dog flu (also called canine influenza virus or CIV) is currently active in 11 states. While veterinarians may have varying opinions on which dogs should be vaccinated, here are five undeniable dog flu facts, confirmed by Dr. Marikay Campbell of Port Royal, South Carolina:
- The H3N2 strain of dog flu arrived in the U.S. in the Chicago area in 2015 from Southeast Asia. No one knows specifically how that occurred, but the virus strain is novel to the U.S., so dogs have no built-in antibodies. Once exposed, nearly all dogs get the virus.
- Though the virus will hit any (unvaccinated) dog that is exposed, around 80 percent get ill (a handful of those seriously ill, and some die), and about 20 percent are asymptomatic, but are still contagious. Their owners have no idea their dog, who is acting totally normal, is spreading the virus.
- The vaccine is defined as a killed-vaccine, so it’s impossible for dogs to get flu from the vaccine.
- The vaccine, being a killed vaccine, has a particularly low number of side effects.
- For the vaccine to be effective, a booster is required two to four weeks after the initial shot.

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What is it?
Endovascular venous ablation is a procedure to close off varicose veins. It is an image-guided (ultrasound), minimally invasive treatment. It uses radiofrequency energy to cauterize (burn) and close the abnormal veins that lead to varicose veins.
‘Endovascular’ means that the procedure is done inside the blood vessel. ‘Ablation’ means to damage and close off the vein.
Varicose veins are twisted, enlarged veins near the surface of the skin.
The procedure seals off the main underlying faulty vein that is feeding the varicosities. This will either be the Great Saphenous Vein (GSV) in the thigh or the Short Saphenous Vein (SSV) behind the knee and calf. The traditional operation was to tie and strip these veins surgically. These minimally invasive ablation techniques have replaced surgery and are less painful with quicker recovery.
The procedure removes the LSV and SSV from the circulation without a wound and without stripping. The treatments can be performed under local anesthesia.
How is it done?
The procedure is done in the doctor's office. The procedure takes less than 1 hour.
Local anesthesia is used with a very thin needle on the leg.
A catheter is passed up the vein, from the ankle or knee level. It is carefully placed at the junction between the LSV/SSV and the deeper veins. An ultrasound scan is used to place the catheter precisely.
When the catheter is activated in contact with the vein wall an electrical current energy is passed through the vein wall. This causes the proteins in the vein wall to change shape and contract down. The catheter is slowly pulled back down the vein. This leaves the vein contracted down and no blood flows through it. The vein is effectively removed from the circulation achieving the same outcome that stripping of the vein does in traditional surgery. Long term follow up has shown that the veins largely remain closed off and rarely open up again.
After the procedure the doctor may wrap the leg with bandage. This will be replaced with a compression stocking, which is worn for 5-7 days. For the first few days it may be easier to wear the stocking day and night. After this, if the leg is comfortable without it at night, the stocking can be worn just during the day.
During the first week, the goal should be to stay active with walking and elevating the legs when resting. Standing for long period of time and crossing legs should be avoided.
After the ablation procedure, there may be some soreness in the legs. Anti-inflammatory pain killers will help with the discomfort.
Recovery is usually in 2-4 days.
In less than 10% of patients, small nerves next to the veins can be disturbed, leading to patches of numbness in the lower leg and foot. This resolves gradually but is sometimes permanent.
In less than 1% of patients, a rare side effect of clot in the deep vein (DVT) can occur. Keeping mobile after the procedure and wearing stockings help reduce the risk of this complication.
Infections in the very small wounds are uncommon.

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As first reported by MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, the Mets have re-signed right-hander Jeremy Hefner to a one-year contract. No word yet on the financials.
Hefner was non-tendered by the Mets earlier this month after undergoing Tommy John elbow surgery in late August. He’s likely to sit out for the entire 2014 season, so this deal basically just covers his rehab.
Hefner, 27, had a 4.34 ERA and 1.29 WHIP in 130 2/3 innings this past season with New York before his elbow gave out on him. He owns a 4.65 ERA (79 ERA+) in 224 1/3 career major league frames.


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Women's Suffrage Exhibition
Māpura Studios celebrates equality and diversity in the spirit of women’s suffrage. We identify with this fight of 125 years ago.
Our artists, who live with diversity and disability, are at the forefront of that fight in daily battles today. But their commitment to their art practice transcends prejudice.
The mahi is dedicated to the courage and resilience of women’s suffrage, to the invention and adaptability that creates change.
Everyone is welcome, nobody is left out.
ARTS WORKSHOP happening on the 19th January 2019.
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You’re a startup CEO. You’re running your business fast and lean. Getting your company’s financials cleaned up and organized is on your to-do list, but so are a thousand other things. You’ll get around to it—just as soon as you secure the loan that will help you scale up.
I hate to break it to you, but as long as your financials are a mess, that funding is going to stay forever out of your reach. At Lighter Capital, we field a lot of loan applications, and the number one reason we reject potential borrowers is that the entrepreneur is unable to produce financials. And we’re not the only ones who feel this way.

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When politicians want to hide a news story, they dump it on Friday night, after five o’clock, when it’s too late to make it onto the evening news. With luck, it will be forgotten by Monday, and will never get the attention it deserves. Tonight’s news dump was that Trump is replacing acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney with retiring North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows, a key Trump loyalist.
This move has been in the works since at least mid-December when Meadows announced he would not run for reelection. Mulvaney was the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as well as the acting Chief of Staff, making him key to the withholding of the money from Ukraine that was at the heart of the Ukraine Scandal. He was also apparently the one who put together the “Three Amigos”--Energy Secretary Rick Perry, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, and Kurt Volker, special envoy to Ukraine—to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce an investigation of Hunter Biden to weaken Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Mulvaney angered Trump in October when he admitted that the administration had withheld the Ukraine aid in exchange for the announcement. “We do that all the time with foreign policy,” he told reporters. “And I have news for everybody: Get over it. There’s going to be political influence in foreign policy.”
Trump’s advisors convinced him not to dump Mulvaney in the midst of the impeachment crisis, but the axe has dropped now as Trump is calling his most avid defenders to his side. Chiefs of staff tend to burn out quickly, but naming his fourth chief of staff in three years, and changing the guard at a time when his administration badly needs to give off the image of stability, suggests that Trump is aware his administration is in trouble. This means that his reelection is in trouble.
The novel coronavirus is not going away, and the administration’s handling of it is confusing and frustrating. As of Friday night, the U.S. has more than 300 cases of Covid-19 and at least 17 deaths. Trump has repeatedly downplayed concerns about Covid-19 and contradicted the statements of doctors and epidemiologists, saying, for example, that there would be a vaccine for the virus available in a few months, when experts say we’re looking at 12 to 18 months.
Trump toured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta today. The visit had been planned but then was left off his Friday schedule (the president’s daily schedule is released the night before). When asked why the trip had been cancelled, Trump told reporters: “They thought there was a problem at CDC with somebody that had the virus…. It turned out negative so we are seeing if we can do it. They've tested the person fully and it was a negative test. So I may be going. We're going to see if they can turn it around with Secret Service. We may be going.” But no one had been informed of a suspected coronavirus case, including Vice President Mike Pence, who is coordinating the administration response to the crisis. The White House would not confirm the president’s statement.
So he went, but provided little calm as he boasted of his "natural ability" to understand the science behind the virus, compared the "perfect" coronavirus test to his "perfect" phone call with Ukraine President Volodymr Zelensky that touched off the Ukraine Scandal, and called Democratic Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who is overseeing the epicenter of the U.S. infections, "a snake."
The coronavirus continues to impact the economy. Leaders in Austin, Texas, have canceled the South by Southwest festival, a ten-day music, technology, film, and conference gathering, after TikTok, Twitter, Apple, Facebook, HBO, Netflix, and intel, had decided to keep their employees home. SXSW was due to start on March 13, and was expected to bring $350 million into Austin. Officials are issuing a local disaster declaration, although there have not been any cases of Covid-19 cases in Austin yet (there are three in Houston).
United Airlines has announced that it’s cutting its April international flights by about 20% and domestic flights by about 10%. Leaders in the travel and hospitality industry are begging people to keep traveling, but with companies and schools cancelling travel, it is likely that this sector of the economy is going to take at least a temporary hit.
The impact of novel coronavirus on the economy is still driving the stock market down. It rallied on Wednesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 1,173 points after former Vice President Joe Biden did well on Super Tuesday, but dropped again on Thursday: the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 969 points, or 3.6%. It dropped again today by 253 points, slightly less than 1%. The faltering economy threatens Trump’s reelection since his strongest argument for another term was the strength of the economy. In a “town hall” last night on Fox News Channel, he insisted that the economy was the best it has ever been, and that in a second term, We’re… going to have growth like you’ve never seen before.” But experts say we’re in for a rough ride until we figure out how to counter the novel coronavirus.
Trump is worried how the economic slump will affect his reelection and, meanwhile, the administration has taken two bad hits in courts this week over its election ties to Russia. On Thursday, Judge Reggie Walton, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote that Attorney General William Barr’s efforts to mislead the public over the Mueller Report into Russian interference in the 2016 election "cause the Court to seriously question whether Attorney General Barr made a calculated attempt to influence public discourse about the Mueller Report in favor of President Trump despite certain findings in the redacted version of the Mueller Report to the contrary." Walton is presiding over a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that asks the court to make the Department of Justice release the unredacted report, which has not yet been made public. Walton says he will read the unredacted report himself to see if the Justice Department’s redactions (that is, blacking out of sections) was reasonable, or simply an attempt to protect the president. “I have never seen an attorney general called out this way before by a judge for making misrepresentations,” Harry Sandick, a former federal prosecutor, told TalkingPointsMemo.
On Friday, in a different FOIA case, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the National Security Agency to let her see a memo of a conversation between Trump and former NSA chief Admiral Mike Rogers, asking Rogers to push back against news reports that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia. Rogers’s deputy wrote the memo, and Mueller summarized it in his report. Transparency groups want to see it; Trump says it is classified under executive privilege. Kollar-Kotelly says she wants to see it to make a determination.
So Trump is fighting to retain control of the narrative for his reelection. The Trump Campaign has sued the New York Times, the Washington Post, and CNN for “false and defamatory statements” about the campaign’s apparent openness to working with Russia in 2020. The suits seemed designed to gin up the Trump base and to undercut stories of Russian intervention in the upcoming election, which experts say is already actively underway.
A final quick word about the Democratic contest for the presidential nomination. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren suspended her campaign yesterday after a poor showing on Super Tuesday. She has not endorsed either of her main opponents. The short-term takeaway from this is that it is a problem for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who badly wanted her endorsement to shore up his flagging campaign. But I think there is maybe a longer term takeaway too, and that is the reality that there are so very many issues at play in American politics right now that Warren is wisely taking a step back to see what the next several months bring.
Thanks for being so kind about last night's hiatus. I needed the ten hours of sleep, but sheesh! I look at today's news and think it might have been easier just to write....
Coronavirus numbers: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-cdc.html


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The prize for a single winning ticket is now $586-million.
That’s a cash payout of $316-million and sales could push the pot higher.
If no one wins by Christmas the jackpot could swell to $1-billion dollars.
So far, 21-straight drawings since October have failed to produce a winner –making round of the mega millions the longest to last without a winner.
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For quite some time I’ve shied away from wearing jewellery. This wasn’t always the case as there was a period in high school and my early twenties where I couldn’t leave my house without wearing my favourite pieces, which included a cocktail ring and a watch my father gifted me.
As my style evolved, my wardrobe simplified, reflecting the refinement I was seeking in life. Call it an occupational hazard, but being surrounded by beautifully crafted fashion and jewellery has resulted in a deepening love (and mission) of finding the exceptional.
While my selective nature has contributed to a highly edited wardrobe I cherish, working on this issue, the arrival of summer, and upcoming travel plans have reignited the desire to be more playful with fashion, and reintroduce jewellery into the mix.
Whether you’re diamond inclined, in pursuit of a statement keepsake, or, like me, and would rather opt for an investment piece on the quieter end of the style spectrum, jewellery is one category where there’s endless potential for expression, no matter your aesthetic.
Throughout our summer issue, the versatility and impact of jewellery is on full display. From our cover star Sydney Sweeney wearing Tiffany Hardwear earrings with a minimalist look to Tiffany & Co.’s newly unveiled The Landmark—which will house the brand’s largest high jewellery collection in world—and our dedicated jewellery shoot showcasing the next generation of heirlooms, the power of jewellery is more evident than ever.


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Codemasters, in an attempt to make players fall in love with firepower, have released the first in a new series of Bodycount
videos. Entitled ‘Behind the Bullets’, key development team members walk us through the game's focus on weapon design and their uses to demolish crates, destroy cover, and send enemies flying through walls.
Andrew Wilson, Game Director for Bodycount
FPS fans are going to enjoy Bodycount because it actually feels impactful to fire a weapon. It’s got a consequence, something always happens. We’ve spent a lot of time crafting that and making it feel really violent.
Codemasters' first-person shooter, Bodycount
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Sports Minister M S Gill today inspected the Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium here and said once completed, the 2010 Commonwealth Games venue would be at par with the stadiums seen during the Beijing Olympics last year.
On an hour-long visit, Gill held discussions with the Sports Authority of India officials and CPWD engineers, and reviewed the preparations at the stadium where Gymnastics, Cycling and Wrestling competitions would be held during the October 3 to 14 event next year.
The minister took a round of the main Gymnasium and the Cycling Velodrome at the site. Expressing satisfaction with the pace of work, Gill praised the engineers' effort.
"I have seen the stadium where we will have cycling, wrestling and gymnastics. The stadium is a mighty complex and a technological marvel. Once completed, it will be no less then the stadiums seen during the Beijing Olympics last year," said Gill after inspecting the stadium.
"SAI and CPWD people are doing a great job in building the stadium despite the earlier time loss. It's an impressive stadium shaping up greatly. SAI, CPWD and their teams are doing a great job. I compliment them for the dedication they have shown in last one year," Gill added.
The stadium, spread over 80 acre, is being built at a cost of Rs 675 crore. The stadium, with a capacity of around 25,000, is scheduled to be completed in March.
Gill said there construction work for the cycling Velodrome which started only in January this year has been considerably completed.
"You can look at the progress from January till today.
It's been only a year and work done by people involved is great. People should be little more patient and give time.
They (SAI and CPWD) are highly trained people and work will be completed on as per scheduled," Gill said.
"We signed the accord for organising the Games in 2003 in West Indies and in these six years, we have done a lot and are committed to do so. Most of the work of the stadium would be completed by December end or by February," he added.
The seating capacity of the various halls inside the stadium has been upgraded. Gymnastics will have 16,000 capacity hall, the wrestling hall will be able to accommodate 7,500 people, while the Cycling Velodrome would a 3,800 seating capacity.


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[News] Se7en to represent YG Family for a free kpop concert held by KBS in New York?
Some of the top Hallyu stars will be coming to New York in October!
The free concert from KBS, open to all ages, will be held on October 9th 2011 at Randall’s Island Park in New York and will feature atleast 10 kpop artists, the tentative list includes TVXQ, Wonder Girls, 2PM, B2ST, SHINee, Se7en, Sistar19, Lee Hyori, and 4Minute! (*Note: the lineup may change)
The concert will begin at around 7:00PM and is estimated to bring in about 10,000 fans.
The concert will promote the globalization of Korean culture through live music and performances in the US, but will also be featured in South Korea through a broadcast by KBS.


Recovering a deformable 3D surface from a single image is an ill-posed problem because of the depth ambiguities. The resolution to this ambiguity normally requires prior knowledge about the most probable deformations that the surface can support. Many methods that address this problem have been proposed in the literature. Some of them rely on physical properties, while others learn the principal deformations of the object or are based on a reference textured image. However, they present some limitations such as high computational cost or the lack of the possibility of recovering the 3D shape. As an alternative to existing solutions, this paper provides a novel approach that simultaneously recovers the non-rigid 3D shape and the camera pose in real time from a single image. This proposal relies on an efficient particle filter that performs an intelligent search of a database of deformations. We present an exhaustive Design of Experiments to obtain the optimal parametrization of the particle filter, as well as a set of results to demonstrate the visual quality and the performance of our approach. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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Hero Splendor has been the best selling motorcycle series in the Indian market for quite long time. With so many competitors in the 100cc to 125cc commuter segment, the Splendor series has remained unbeatable in motorcycle segment. The Hero MotoCorp earlier introduced the i3S technology to the Splendor 100cc motorcycle in 2014.
Earlier this year, the two wheeler manufacturer replaced the 100cc commuter with the 110cc Splendor, which came equipped with i3S technology. Now the company is also planning to introduce the iSmart tech to the 125cc Super Splendor, which has become quite popular in the Indian market. Introduction of the i3S tech to the Super Splendor will enhance the appeal of the motorcycle further.
The Hero Super Splendor iSmart commuter motorcycle has been already dispatched to the dealerships. Expect the model to launch sometime soon during festive season. The model comes powered by a 125cc single-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke engine. Mated to a 5-speed transmission, the engine churns out 9BHP of peak power at 7,000RPM, and the motorcycle delivers a fuel economy of 65kmpl.
Expect the motorcycle to come featuring a new instrument cluster, while the new colour theme could also make its way into the model. Apart from that any other change is unlikely to come in the Hero Super Splendor iSmart. The Super Splendor is already popular model in the Splendor series. No wonder, the iSmart technology will give the model a sales boost.
The Hero Super Splendor gets 130mm drum brakes at both the wheels as standard. The Super Splendor was first introduced in 2005, and it has been one of the long standing popular models from the two wheeler manufacturer.


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text: The description of this movie and the reviews were compelling, however upon watching it, I was wondering if this was the same movie everyone else watched. First off, the script is horrible. Not only there's a complete absence of tension or suspense (and this is supposed to be a thriller), most of the story simply makes no sense. It turns out, the directors based it on a 40's novel and transported it into modern times. I don't know if it's just a bad re-write, or the story is too old-fashioned for today's setting. Or perhaps a combination of the two. Second, the acting. Aside from Tilda Swinton, everyone else's performance is just downright horrid. It reminded me of daytime TV. It made Tilda Swinton seem as if she wondered in from a another movie, not being completely sure what she's doing in this train wreck.


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Learn about the benefits and risks of kidney transplantation, with some information from the Royal Free London renal team.
Every patient who is being assessed for transplantation at the RFL and is active on the transplant list needs to come to their transplant assessment appointments. Why? It is important for you to understand what having a transplant involves and that you are aware of the different types of kidney you might be offered. Giving you this information ahead of time allows you to think about what you might decide when you are told about the kidney you will be offered when your transplant offer happens.
Please look at these innovative short Royal Free London renal team videos. You may want to look at them a few times and get your friends and family to view them too. It may help them and you understand better what a transplant is all about.


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Providing mental health support to your team to ensure they are fit for work.
BSS Psychology can ensure your team is fit for work. Offering a range of services through our employee assistance program including counselling, training and education on the impacts of fatigue, mental health and drug and alcohol use. BSS also provides support to organisations via our supervisor and peer support programs tailored to the remote resource and heavy industries as well as those based in city locations.
Peer Support Program
Peer Support is a program in which people in industry are trained to assist workmates affected by stress.
STOP Suicide: Training on Prevention
Increase your understanding of suicidal behaviour and provide the basic tools you need to potentially help someone in your workplace who may be at risk of suicide.
Dealing with Difficult Behaviour
This training assists with understanding the emotional basis of difficult behaviour.
Fatigue training provides individuals with comprehensive training to manage both fatigue and shift work.
Alcohol and Other Drugs
The Alcohol and Other Drugs education program provides employees with an understanding of “fitness for work” and its importance in creating a safe workplace.
The BSS Resilience training helps individuals to cope with challenging situations, bounce back from difficult circumstances and perform effectively under pressure.
BSS Psychology can put together a single or series of customised workshops for your team addressing specific areas of concern.
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Critical Incident Response
A Critical Incident is a sudden, unexpected event which has the potentially to cause disruption to routines and functioning and create a significant degree of stress for those involved.
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Fit for work means that an individual is in a state (physically, mentally, and emotionally) that allows them to perform their assigned duties effectively and does not threaten their own or others’ safety or health.
When people are in conflict, emotions run high, trust disappears, judgment becomes clouded and one or both parties feel intimidated by the other. In such situations a skilled third party can assist each person to clearly specify their concerns and identify what may assist in reducing or resolving the conflict.
BSS undertakes roster assessments utilising a process based on the various Australian Codes of Practice / Regulations.
Mental Health Gap Analysis
The “Mental Health Review” assesses an organisation’s current efforts to manage mental health in its workplaces.
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BSS has developed a process to assist an organisation to assess the level of mental health issues in its workforce and employees’ perceptions on the key risk and protective factors in their workplace.
Acute Mental Health Management
Many organisations have a large number of employees working in locations where there is limited access to specialist mental health support and facilities.
Wellness Support Program
The Wellness Support Program is an initiative designed to ‘check in’ with individuals who may have recently experienced an increase of stress or distress as a result of an event or general occurrence.
BSS and all its employees are required to abide by the legal, ethical and professional requirements that are mandated for any psychology practice in Australia.See more

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Parsing Policy: Lessons On How Well Private Health Insurance Companies Manage Costs; Do We Really Want To Regulate Doctors’ Decision Making Like This?
Editorial pages focus on the rising cost of health care.
The Wall Street Journal:
Be Grateful For Your Health-Insurance Company
Private health insurers are punching bags of choice in the Democratic presidential primary. “The insurance companies last year alone sucked $23 billion in profits out of the health-care system,” Elizabeth Warren fulminated in a June debate. Kamala Harris charged in January that “it is inhumane to make people go through a system where they literally cannot receive the benefit of what medical science has to offer because some insurance company has decided it doesn’t meet their bottom line in terms of their profit motivation.” (Chris Pope, 9/11)
The New York Times:
Physician, Regulate Yourself
On Jan. 1, 2020, a new Medicare policy is scheduled to go into effect that will eventually require doctors to use a computer algorithm to vet imaging tests to determine “appropriateness.” If the tests, such as CT scans and M.R.I.s, do not meet certain “appropriate-use criteria,” Medicare may not reimburse the cost. Intended to reduce unnecessary imaging, the policy may penalize doctors who don’t comply by requiring them to get “prior authorization” before ordering imaging tests in the future — in other words, to follow another regulation. (Sandeep Jauhar, 9/11)
The Washington Post:
Uninsured Rate Rose For The First Time In A Decade. Thanks, Trump.
As we have a vigorous debate among Democrats about what kind of health-care reform would most effectively and affordably provide health insurance for every American, the Trump administration just got some news showing that its efforts to undermine health security seem to be bearing fruit. (Paul Waldman, 9/11)
Los Angeles Times:
Even With 'Medicare For All,' We'll Still Need Medicaid
As the nation moves into the next round of Democratic presidential debates, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All” bill and others like it are once again expected to receive intensive focus. Unfortunately, the consequences for Medicaid, the nation’s single largest public insurer, have gone virtually undiscussed. This is a mistake. Any move toward a single-payer system needs to take account of Medicaid’s future and the more than 70 million Americans it covers — disproportionately people of color — who live in the most vulnerable urban and rural communities, marked by poverty, elevated health risks and a chronic shortage of accessible services. (Sara Rosenbaum and Stephen Warnke, 9/12)


Stabenow and Kildee introduce bills to help veterans who were exposed to PFAS
Congressman Dan Kildee and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow want to help veterans who were exposed to industrial chemicals known as PFAS.
That’s why they introduced legislation September 28 to help those veterans and their families get the healthcare they need.
PFAS chemicals were heavily used in AFFF firefighting foam at military bases around the country.
The first bill, The Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act, would make all illnesses that have been linked to PFAS exposure service-connected disabilities. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would foot the bill for the coverage.
The second bill, The Care for Veterans Act, would make sure veterans exposed to different contaminants at the base also receive health benefits from the VA.
Congressman Kildee says these bills would make good on this country’s promise to care for veterans and their families.
“These bills make good on that promise by ensuring that all service members exposed to toxic chemicals as a part of their military service get the health care they need,” Kildee said.
James Bussey, a veteran who was stationed at the Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, says he’s happy to see lawmakers helping veterans with an issue they have been vocal about.
“For several years it was just us trying to get things rolling and it was hard getting things done,” Bussey said.
Bussey, who served at Wurtsmith from 1989 to 1992, has been diagnosed with kidney and liver disease among other health issues that he is concerned might be related to PFAS exposure.
“You know, I just feel generally feel like a 95-year-old man when I’m only 51,” he said.


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Is cheating in a relationship ever okay? Yes! Some people may find this answer appalling, while others will fight the logic of cheating to the very end; however, the fact remains that cheating is natural and often encouraged in our society. Scientific theories argue that cheating is bred into all of us because humans weren’t meant to be monogamous. Men have an undeniable need to spread their seed, while women desire numerous partners to discover which one will be the overall better mate. This theory levels cheating in a relationship down to basic human instinct and primal urge.
In several recent Internet polls, over 79% of partners say they’ve thought about cheating on their significant others; while 43% have actually followed through with it, and 19% have continued to cheat on a regular basis. The other percentage of people who said they’ve never considered it, are probably lying. Just because you’re happy with certain aspects of your long-term relationship does not mean lustful urges towards others has dissipated.
There’s no magic button that you can push to make your desires disappear when it comes to experiencing other women or men. So, why bother? Why subject yourself to a monogamous relationship when your mind and body are fighting so hard against it? It goes against our nature as human beings and animals!
Some people struggle to define “cheating” because they feel that certain things would be acceptable in their relationship, while others would be deal breakers. A few examples of what people consider “cheating” would be: kissing someone else, watching pornography, sexting, cybersex, masturbating alone, oral sex or intercourse with someone else; and the list goes on.
The consensus of those who cheat has been that their partners think of them as property rather than significant others to share their life with. Just because you suddenly enter into a loving relationship, it doesn’t mean your sexual needs become immediately reserved for that person alone; and it also doesn’t mean your body becomes theirs only. Ultra possessive people justify their cheating partners’ actions simply by trying to control them. As long as they come home to you by the end of the night, who’s to say sex with someone else makes you both any less of a couple?
Cheating in a relationship is your way of “having your cake and eating it too,” and as long as you’re upfront about your infidelity, there shouldn’t be a problem. I’d consider it a bigger hurtful sin to be dishonest about wanting to nail someone else. A few cheating men that were interviewed for this article said that what their women don’t know, won’t hurt them; and this isn’t necessarily true because all cheaters will eventually get caught.
If your main lover knows they are the reason you come home in the evening, then having sex with a stranger who you don’t love isn’t a big deal. It’s all about how you manipulate the emotional aspects within your relationship, and how understanding you and your partner can be. While cheating in most circumstances is okay, you can’t be the hypocrite who says your partner can’t have a few flings too.
In a perfect world, we would enter into a relationship knowing exactly what our partners expect and what they expect of us. We could have multiple lovers to fulfill our sexual desires, while having our main relationship for intimacy, love, and communication. Even the best relationships can’t have all of these aspects, and there’s always still the chance that one or both partners are considering cheating. At least by discussing your belief that cheating is okay, you’ll weed out those who would feel jealous and wounded otherwise.


Skip to comments.Obama reportedly prepares three speeches ahead of health-care ruling
Posted on 06/28/2012 5:08:40 AM PDT by SJackson
WASHINGTON The White House has kept its preparations for the Supreme Courts decision on President Barack Obamas health care law close to the vest. Mr. Obama, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday, the West Wing is merely waiting for an opinion, a decision, and well assess.
But Mr. Obama has been doing more than sitting back and waiting. The president has three separate speeches prepared in anticipation of the ruling on his signature legislative achievement, a person familiar with them said.
One of the speeches addresses a complete overturn of the law, while another is crafted as if the court strikes down the laws individual mandate but upholds other provisions. The third speech, for if the court upholds the entire law, is more celebratory, according to this person.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Secret Service has Obammy on a suicide watch.
Maybe they'll take a long lunch.
1). Bush's fault!
2) 4 radical Republican honkeys and an uncle Tom on the USSC,
Will he give all three? Will anybody except MSNBC listen to him?
Why, he’s like Roosevelt before D-day.
cool, fire up people to vote against him.
Is this story to give cover to the rumor that the results have already been leaked to the White Crib - possibly via a
Obama does not prepare speeches. He speaks from the heart.
What about the secret 4th option?
I don’t buy this: Obama has known the decision since the day the Supremes held their secret vote. Remember the Obama meltdown the Saturday after? Maybe this “claim” is just trying to provide some cover for Kegan.
4) “The Supreme Court will no longer be of any concern to us. Using my power as Emperor I have dissolved them permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.”
Unfortunately, none of the three is a resignation speech.
He will cancel, get a burger and an ice cream and go golfing.
Hillary will send him a letter of condolence. :-)
Michelle will say it's whitey's fault.
Oops! I mean “Kagan.”
absolutely! This is a cover story, only a fool would believe the result has not been leaked. Down goes soetoro!
I believe Obammy will be viewing flames and destruction today in Colorado.
Rather interesting coincidence I think.
wouldn’t it be funny if they loaded the wrong speech into the TOTUS ?
This way, he can update the D-Day Ike exhibit, and where it says “Eisenhower prepared two press releases, in case....” they can say that the Great Hussein had THREE speeches prepared...
Let the teleprompter pick!
“Maybe this claim is just trying to provide some cover for Kegan”.
...Kegan is being provided “cover” under a “carpet” somewhere. Bwahahahaha.
That was my first thought.
Frack, of course it was Eisenhower (smacks own forehead). I’m sorry for assuming it was Roosevelt upthread.
You're close. Should read:
Obama does not prepare speeches. He speaks from Valerie Jarrett's heart.
“I’m betting that his pre-planned speeches won’t work...because the decision will include a reprimand of both Congress and the President.”
That reprimand will have been in the works for at least a couple years, when he first started dressing down the justices.
Only a racist minority freak would have been allowed to get away with that level of disrespect.
Big Media will work even harder today to tell us how great he is if the USSC spanks him.
Obammy most likely has only one speech.
Blame Bush, blame the Tea Party, and he needs a second chance.
He will openly beg for a second chance, and mostly will give several indications of veiled threats if he isn’t given his second chance.
Oh come on! Like Sotomayor & Kagan aren’t on the phone to the WH giving Obama a blow-by-blow of the court’s deliberations?! Obama already knows the decision. This is just smoke.
We're about ready to go!!!
How could that be with no severability clause?
Lets not get our hope up. Maybe that meltdown was done on purpose to give us the ideal that Obamacare is going down. Satan is a very sneaky person you know.
One speech if they don't reveal the secret NASA shuttle, one if they launch it and the space rescue doesn't work, one if they launch it and it does work.
Gist of Obama’s prepared speeches:
1. Upheld - Mixture of crowing and Lecturing his critics
2. Partially Struck Down — Mixture of crowing, threats agains SCOTUS and executive orders to implement anyway
3. Totally Struck Down — Mixture of threats against SCOTUS & and executive orders. Warning to Congressional Republicans not to “stand in the way of progress”.
The best option is the one they will never consider—silence.
“It is better to be silent and thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt.” :-)
>>Why, hes like Roosevelt before D-day.<<
More like Hitler and Mussolini before D-Day, but if they knew the plan but couldn’t stop it.
He doesn’t have 3 speeches prepared. He knew within minutes of the ruling what it was going to be.
Only needed “The Supreme Court has spoken and we will obey”.
The guy from Podesta’s group signaled the talking points yesterday on Hannity’s radio show.
The first thing out of the hack’s mouth was that Republican’s want to deny poor people health care. That’s going to be the main talking point, IMO.
Hannity missed an opportunity to stress that this wasn’t about health CARE, it was about health INSURANCE. Also he didn’t say that poor people did have access to health care via Medicaid.
Levin said that Obama will implement the law (if struck down) through executive orders, piece by piece and that the GOP better be prepared to fight back.
Other than golf and parties, this might be the most stress he’s and in years. It would be nice if he cared as much about the Constitution or national security as he does about socialized healthcare.
Or something like it.
Did he prepare like this for the Bin Laden raid? I don’t think so.
So speech number 3 spikes the football?
That does explain the fundraiser with Vogue magazine.
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interest of America first. America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.
To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President
FordBiden will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.
BO hasn’t prepared anything! He reads from the telepromter what he is supposed to read.
B.S. Kagan called him with the result ten minutes after the vote was taken. He has known for weeks. This story is just laying down some CYA for her.
It would be funny if he read the wrong prepared speech. All it needs is for a mixup to happen with the Teleprompter®. Somewhere out there is a technician who could arrange this. Oh, please do this! For the good of your country!
Quite possibly. However, I do expect him to try to implement the whole thing by Executive order ...somehow. Also, look for a lot of [scared] companies to say they’re going to abide by the rules anyway.
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I stumbled upon bailey's blog- let birds fly and loveddd this little craft she posted.
i think it would be a cute touch in a nursery! has a nice earthy look.
She had the block letters for a while...and already had yarn in the house.. so talk about a budget friendly detail in a room. nice job bailey! very cute.
Here's how she used her yarn wrapped letters! cute cute.


When President Reagan signed the Child Support Enforcement Amendments earlier this month, it was good news to the 56.7 percent of all parents who have been awarded child custody and who receive none or only part of the money they're entitled to.
But many men's groups see the bill in another light. ''The bill will do something good for children,'' says Don Logan of Free Men, a seven-year-old nonprofit group, ''but we also feel that the unfairness of (it) will become apparent to fathers and light a fire under them as nothing else has.''
The bill brings the collecting power of states to bear on all child-support cases and allows the states to begin withholding child support from the paycheck of a parent who is more than 30 days delinquent, once the parent entitled to the payment demonstrates to a court that no payment has been received. But it does little to address other grievances in the divorce process, which many men's groups say may be behind the nonpayment of child support.
''The lack of paying child support is a symptom of a whole morass of problems ,'' says Neil Gross of a Maryland chapter of Fathers United for Equal Rights.
The divorce process, says one spokesman for another men's group, tends to oust one parent (typically the father) from the family, reducing him to ''nothing but Mr. Moneybags.'' Nonpayment of child support, he believes, is a direct outgrowth of that distancing of the father from his family.
Chief among the complaints of many men's groups is the haphazard way, they say, that visitation rights are enforced. Alan Lebow, president of the National Congress for Men, says he thinks visitation is often simply not enforced, or is enforced so little that the custodial parent ''doesn't take it seriously. If a judge would just say that the right for each parent to see his child is sacred, and I don't want to see you in here again, we wouldn't have these problems.''
Ginny Nuta, spokeswoman for Parents Without Partners, notes that ''if a father skips a state and doesn't pay his child support, there's a mechanism in the present state laws for tracking him down. It's not a very good mechanism and it doesn't work very well,'' she admits, ''but at least it's there. But if a mother takes her child across state lines and refuses to let the father visit them, he's out of luck.''
The child-support bill does require that states set up commissions to study divorce issues such as visitation, an area where ''little is known,'' says Ms. Nuta. ''We don't even have any good statistics on it.''
One factor that may be adding to the problem is the writing of divorce settlements, which often base visitation on whatever is ''convenient'' or ''reasonable'' to the divorcing parties, says Mr. Logan. ''Well, it's never convenient'' for the custodial parent to have the noncustodial parent visit, he points out.
''We have fathers in our group who drive eight hours, both ways, just to see their children over the weekend,'' says Mr. Gross. ''But most fathers become discouraged when the custodial parent tries to shut them out and just give up.''
That, say men's groups, is where the tendency to fall behind on child-support payments begins.
Some of the groups hoped that the bill would link child support and visitation, a link that already occurs in the minds of many noncustodial fathers. ''The more you exclude a father from his role,'' says Mr. Gross, ''the more abuse you build into the system. If a father isn't being allowed to see his children, he may be disinclined to make those child-support payments.''
''We don't condone not paying child support as a weapon,'' says Mr. Logan, ''but we want to see visitation rights enforced rigidly.''
Some fathers also may fall behind in their payments out of resentment for the way they perceive those payments are used. ''You have zero to say about how that money is spent,'' Mr. Gross points out. ''We know of cases where the ex-wife is on drugs, or living with her boyfriend and spending it on him, or paying for a mortgage which will benefit her long after the children are raised, when she could rent and get something better.''
But a spokesman for Rep. Barbara Kennelly (D) of Connecticut, who introduced the bill, points out that most child-support payments are exceptionally low, ''roughly $2,000 annually, so I just don't know where (the mothers are) getting all this spare cash they (men's groups) talk about.''
''There are legitimate problems out there,'' says Ms. Nuta of Parents Without Partners, ''and fathers really are being cut out of their role as fathers. But this bill is for enforcing something which has already been ordered by a court, monies these women are entitled to and need.''
The fathers' groups - composed, they say, of fathers who for the most part do make their payments (''mine is $900 per month,'' says Mr. Gross) - would like legislation to address other issues in family law, such as:
* An emphasis on joint custody, now ''only an option in 60 percent of the states and a preference in none,'' according to Mr. Logan.
* The right for a noncustodial parent to pick a financial institute to administer the payment of child support through payroll deduction, an option Mr. Lebow thinks should ''save the taxpayers millions of dollars.'' Although the law relies primarily on state commissions to administer this task, Representative Kennelly's office believes that such an option would be legal.
* A better effort to gather statistics on the issues of child support, custody, and visitation. ''The statistics everyone uses were gathered by the Census Bureau from divorced mothers,'' says Mr. Lebow, ''who are not exactly unbiased sources.''
He suspects that the 28 percent of parents the Census Bureau says don't pay any of their court-ordered child support are uneducated, unemployed fathers with a history of not supporting the family prior to the divorce. But Representative Kennelly's aides say that academic studies they've seen show that nonpayment of child support runs across economic and social lines.
* Law that allows the court to review the custodial parent's behavior as to how often and how much she allows the noncustodial parent access to his child. ''The court never gives up its jurisdiction over child custody,'' says Mr. Gross , ''and there have been a few cases where custody has been reversed. The behavior of the noncustodial parent should be a factor in those sorts of review cases.''
All the groups contacted say they hope the new law will focus more attention on the need to keep both parents actively involved with their children after a divorce, an involvement that would greatly benefit all parties.
''The best statement for keeping both parents involved after the divorce,'' says Mr. Lebow, ''came from a nine-year-old in California who said, 'My Mom and Dad got a good divorce - I got to keep both of them.' That's want we want,'' he concludes.


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