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There is one whole, universal, bleeding constant: you are never supposed to listen to the water sing.
Of course - water isn’t supposed to sing, but people are not supposed to hurt. People are not supposed to hurt, love is not supposed to hurt, hurting is not supposed to make the intensity of your love grow wings & fly fly fly away. So the water sings. So: human beings rot strangely. It really is that simple. It really is: love & love & love & love & love & hurt puckering inside of a body, sweet and sour. And the water sings. And people were not made for suffering, but they trudge through the toughness of life, suffering. And the water sings. And humans were not created hateful, but teach themselves hatred regardless.
And the water sings.
He’s good at this, you know: being alien, detached from all “love” when he needs to be. Oh. Yes, he loves - but it is love, and never Love. Love can make an entirely new being, transform parts & awaken parts, and we just - we can’t have that, we cannot change yet. He is good at it - he is good at - he is good, and the same unenlightened parts that compose him - they know the world. The universal, bleeding constant.
You are never supposed to listen to the water sing. It, of course, sings anyways.
The Doctor steps out of his TARDIS. “The Doctor steps out of his TARDIS” is the beginning of too many stories.
You are never supposed to listen to the water sing but the forest is beautiful, but the forest feels like some new kind of home. There’s home here; he follows the singing down every pathway, every pathway already in his mind - he already knows the way to the water, instinctively. Instinctively.
This part of Earth is barren. Yet the water sings on.
Something deep inside tells him to take his jacket off, wade in the water, submerge in it - everything will be okay because it always, always is - but the water continues to sing and the forest continues to be beautiful.
A little bit too beautiful.
Can you tell us the place where…
the elders chew the sky?
(The Doctor looks for the source of the music, spins around, three times, clicks t here’s no place like —)
Where love is like
(but the water looks so—)
a perfectly quilled arrow.
Can you tell us? Can you tell us?
A face pops out of the water, wing-fast. It stares into his eyes. It—oh, he —is beautiful, the water is beautiful, the forest is beautiful, beautiful.
“I don’t know what you’re —” but then there are cold, wet hands on his neck. Now he is one with the water, wing-fast again. The hands grasp his shoulders now. Can’t you hear the world’s heart breaking, plays in his mind - or bubbling in the water - sharp voiced. He fights upwards; don’t worry, says the hands, don’t be afraid.
It’s so cold underneath————
“You’re not human.”
The first thing he hears, upon regaining his consciousness, is: you’re not human. The voice is sharp. The voice is sharp, and the room around him is wooden, old, creaking, bonewhite. On a second glance: the room around him is made entirely of bone, old and creaking; his body is wooden.
“Um. No, I’m not.”
“Thankfully . ” A laugh, deep and distorted. “Come on, sit up.”
The Doctor tries - tries - tries to move his body. It is so heavy, and wooden-about-to-break-into-pieces. It is so heavy, like: his heart.
“I said sit up. You’ll choke on all that water if you don’t.” A pause. “At least, I think so. I’m so used to human anatomy.”
He grabs the Doctor, right around the ribs, oh, and pulls him upwards. They’re on some kind of bed; soft and inviting, like the water, like the song, like the man (“man”) touching him—
the Doctor could sleep here, forever. He coughs up the water and he doesn’t need the TARDIS—
THE TARDIS. Of course. How could he be so foolish? Of course. He needs to leave. He needs - so heavy - to - so inviting - leave, he cannot stay - so soft - here, even if he - bones - wants - wants - to.
“What are you, anyway?”
“What are you? ” he says in response. It is supposed to be defensive.
The man smiles; all teeth; all sharp teeth, razorsharp. One bite and he’d be gone. “I’m Turlough.”
“Is that your species?”
“No, that’s my name. ”
“Oh. So what—”
Turlough sighs. “I honestly don’t know. I was…” (he stops for a moment, shakes) “not here, then I was, and then…”
Hm. “And then?”
“Then I got hungry,” Turlough says, dark and distorted. In the bones he looks almost human, wrapped in a suit and tie, dress pants, dress shoes. The giveaway: the scales underneath his eyes, the bright color of his hair. Almost human, but not quite. Never reaching.
He decides not to press further. “Okay. Well, if you don’t mind, I’ll be going now.”
“You think you can leave?” says Turlough (he hopes it is Turlough) (it does not sound like Turlough). The whiteness of the bone begins to fade. Yellow and brittle, some with old meat still clinging to the center.
The Doctor stands up, body no longer heavy. No longer feeling. No longer soft. The - the bed - is flesh-colored and pink, is - is - skin piled on skin piled on skin piled on skin piled on -
You get the picture.
Everything is red.
“You can’t leave.”
Turlough is the only thing in the room that looks normal. That still looks inviting, after the reveal. He’s still sitting there, on the skinbed, face twisted into a smile, a smile, a sick smile.
“And why is that?”
“Because no one can,” he replies. “Because I’ve tried.”
It clicks. “You don’t want me to leave, though, do you.”
Turlough closes his eyes; a few red tears trickle down his face until they suck back up into his ducts, his cheeks stained crimson. “I don’t think you understand.”
“Make me understand.”
His eyes open. They are black, now, voidlike. Spacelike, the color of loving. “I have been alone,” he says, “for so long. ”
The Doctor stares down at him, suit clinging tight to his body. Turlough is pitiful, something to be pitied. Imagine being banished. Imagine being ripped from your world, and being banished. Imagine being Turlough, if Turlough is telling the truth; imagine being a monster, imagine being a body, a body, a body, stuck underneath the underneath of the water. How long has he been here? How long? Imagine suffering. He knows exactly how to imagine suffering.
[He knows that Turlough is telling the truth. It is so easy - to recognize brokenness.]
The Doctor sits down next to him, on the bonefloor. It cracks. “Tell me,” he says, “about your life before, then.”
Turlough wipes his cheeks. “I don’t remember any specifics.” He sighs. “What I do remember, is that it was terrible… I think - that I was exiled, and - so many people h…”
He looks up at the Doctor, doesn’t have to complete the sentence; something in him, the Doctor knows, can recognize other people who have been hurt.
The house is exactly like the TARDIS; it goes on forever, Turlough at his side, Turlough holding his hand, get lost in the bonehouse and you’re lost forever, he says, stick with me and we’ll unravel those forevers, and I will save you. He doesn’t say “together” out loud. He doesn’t need to - the Doctor can feel it, together. He can feel every flutter inside of Turlough; the bonehouse does this to you, Turlough tells him also, it was built this way. Eventually all individuality bleeds away into meat. Eventually Turlough’s essence absorbs any other human essence residing in the house, and he’s alone again, alone unravelling him like bones, alone unravelling his bones and everything else in his body, filling him up instead with lakewater.
Also, it isn’t a house.
The Doctor figures this out himself; it is a temple. The bones give it away. You don’t make houses out of bones. In every story: offerings. Gifts to the Gods, thanking them for their presence or, more often, to make them happy and benevolent so humans can live their lives peaceful and unafraid of wrath. The other inconsistency is the glamour, why it felt so calming and inviting during his first few moments inside of the temple, and how quickly reality faded when Turlough got - upset, boiling.
Houses are not magical. Houses are never magical. There is too much trauma buried in houses. There is too much trauma buried here, but the Doctor can feel it in the walls; the trauma is transforming. In Turlough’s mind: the trauma is transforming, and the Doctor has the sensation in the strings of his hearts. There is already a spark.
Turlough must feel the spark, too, because he squeezes the Doctor’s hand. “I trust you.”
“We’ve just met,” the Doctor says, frowning. “You have no reason to trust me.”
He places the Doctor’s arm behind him, pulls his closer. “I can feel you, though,” he says, “you’re a good person, you really are,” he says, running scaled fingers over the Doctor’s neck, “I want to be like you, I do,” he says, closer now, one bite and he’d be gone, remember, remember, would anyone remember, “but I forgot how to be good.” He laughs against the Doctor’s ear, soft and warm. “You will, too. Eventually.”
“I won’t,” the Doctor says-gasps. “I never will.” Something pulses through them, empty words, Turlough’s heart may have been ripped and smoked but oh the Doctor has enough for both of them, enough love, enough metaphors to run a heart for eternity. He would rip out one of his own if it meant saving this boy, who he just met, who stole him from the world. He sees a mirror in Turlough’s voideyes, watches himself desperate on the screen. He can feel how Turlough feels him. Like: salvation. Like the end of hunger. Like a guardian angel ripped from above, like a heart. Like he is learning how to love again. He will never forget how to be good. He is going to save Turlough. He is going to leave the lake. He is going to burn the temple. He is going to be good, he is good, he always will be good —
“You still think you can leave,” Turlough says, letting go of him (the warmth against the Doctor dissipates and), leaving his hand (and he), leaving him lost (and he wants), looking at the Doctor (AND HE WANTS) like he is the beginning of a story ( to be warm again ), the beginning of the world. “Why?”
“I have a spaceship.”
He doesn’t know. There is no way to get the TARDIS underneath the lake. There is no—
well there is always hope there is a l w a y s salvation he can a lways find a way, but —
they are trapped, truly, together.
“Just face it… Doctor” (the walls whisper his name) “we’re going to be here forever. You and me, always.”
He says nothing. Turlough takes his hand again, and then they’re walking through the temple, voiceless and wholly empty.
The most troubling thing about the temple is that time never seems to truly pass. It never gets dark. It is never light, either - the aura of the temple is just white, artificial and blinding, unholy. There is a door on one of the walls; the temple grows longer and more vast every time the Doctor guides Turlough towards it. They are trapped. It takes a while for the Doctor to adjust to being trapped; such positions are true rarities, he can always get himself out of every situation, he’s smart, he’s Everything—
but he is trapped.
He doesn’t know how long it has been since he was lured to the temple. It feels as if he’s walked with Turlough for many, many years. Many centuries. Since the “beginning of time”, to the “end of time”. Maybe time has ended and the temple is omnipotent. Maybe this is before time and the temple is omnipotent. Maybe. There are so many variables to balance here and not enough time.
He is brave enough to pull himself down and sit against the wall. Turlough follows, leans against him.
“Do you sleep?” he asks.
“I don’t need to anymore,” Turlough replies. “You don’t get tired here. It’s been like that for everyone—”
His eyes widen. The Doctor feels it immediately; he was not supposed to bring up everyone else.
“There have been others? Aliens, like me?”
“No,” Turlough says, biting his cheek, blood. “No one like you. Whoever put me here… sent me with… one of my friends. Human, if I remember correctly.”
“I didn’t kill him, if you’re wondering.”
“Yes, you were. I can feel your thoughts, remember?” Turlough looks away. “He tried to leave the lake. Made it out for about a second, then he fell back into my arms… his head and shoulders were burned completely. He wasn’t recognizable anymore, just… ash and char. It’s one of my only vivid memories, and I think whoever put me here made it that way on purpose.”
“And then you ate him,” the Doctor finishes. “I can feel your thoughts too, remember.”
In Turlough’s thoughts: painpainpainwhiteblackgraypainachelossfear fear and fear and fear andandaggression bubbles and bubbles and pains of loss and hunger.
“I didn’t want to. I liked him. I think I liked him, I mean.”
“But I got too hungry, too desperate. I couldn’t stand looking at Hip— his body any longer, either.”
He almost feels sorry. He looks at this monster with its big, sharp, monstrous teeth & its big, sharp monstrous claws and feels sorry. He looks at this monster with its humanhunger past and feels sorry. He looks at this monster and thinks: this is not a monster.
“I don’t want your pity, Doctor.”
“You don’t understand. I feel no pity for you.”
“Then what are you feeling?”
Love, the Doctor thinks, and says nothing.
It’s not - love - in the traditional sense. He doesn’t feel any romantic connection to Turlough, there is nothing in him that is foolish enough to love a hungry, hungry man---but he sees mirror shards inside of Turlough and his hunger. His own faces staring back at him in the body of a man who he is not foolish enough to love. He loves Turlough as what Turlough represents: an eternity of desperation, of the Doctor’s form in a monster, he was once like this, of course, an eternity of not loving, not being foolish, not loving, knowing, not loving, feeling, not loving, not loving, never loving. Repetition of the mind. He will never love Turlough in such a way, but he is certainly interesting company; their eternity together will be bright and scintillating, and he will not be foolish enough to love. He is intelligent. He knows.
Unless Turlough eats him. This has been a possibility since their first words---- can you tell us the place where-- --he gets hungry, eventually---- love is like--- -and kills and is monstrous---- haunting. But. But the haunting. But the haunting is. But. The haunting thing. But the haunting thing inside of the Doctor says: I would let him do it. I would let him eat me. The Doctor estimates that they have been stuck here for a year, now, he is getting desperate. He would let Turlough eat him, if Turlough wanted to. If Turlough felt the need to be alone again. He has done so many good things for the universe, has saved so many lives and worlds and souls and, he is content with his life. It can end here. It was always going to end up like this: the Doctor trapped, and falling.
He is not foolish. But he’s been here for a year; time has no true meaning, but he’s been here for a year. It should be torturous. It was never torturous.
The song continues to play. The hauntings, the hauntings. Like magma into the caverns, for the hauntings. Make a graph of our death
beat, pulse, murmur, quiet,
pulse, murmur, quiet.
There’s a hand on his shoulder. Turlough is colder now. “I’d never eat you,” he says, and something daggers into the Doctor, like: foolishness, “I haven’t even been hungry since you came.”
The Doctor sighs. “You can’t lie to me. I know the hunger has been getting worse.”
“I’d never eat you, ” Turlough says, and, like magic, like hope, hello? echoes through the temple. Someone has been listening.
Turlough is gone, leaving only cold air to bite him.
He was right about the temple; it is incredibly easy to get lost in, if you don’t know what you’re doing. But he can’t feel Turlough anymore, and Turlough is his only—
it is imperative that he finds Turlough. Neither of them deserve to be alone.
There are low growls coming from - the floor of the temple. He doesn’t let it bother him; find Turlough runs through his mind
beat, pulse, murmur, quiet
and he walks.
And he walks.
He turns and oh - Turlough looks - the scales and blueness of him have all faded, his suitjacket and tie have been discarded, and his eyes look nearly - hu - m - a - n
beat, pulse, murmur, quiet —
“I’ve been looking everywhere for you,” Turlough says. “Why’d you leave me?”
“I didn’t mean to.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Turlough says, and he grabs the lapels of the Doctor’s jacket, and —
then he’s kissing the Doctor, but his body is warm. He feels human. He feels like foolishness. He feels like - God - like love. Like everything the Doctor has or has had or knows or wants is falling out of him and he’s touching Turlough back and whatever they’ve been here for eternity and they can have the rest of time like this, like , like, like , like , he’s learning how to love , again. He is loving.
A hand slides to his hips, moves his clothing upward-- - - - - a hard hand, warmest hand--
he opens his eyes. It’s bone, now; body half-eaten, meat clinging to the skinless forearm. He pushes it away & it falls to the ground, its chest ripped open, heartless and lungless, open and desecrated. Its head has been bashed open & its brain ripped out. It isn’t Turlough. It was never Turlough.
The body dissipates into the air. He should have known.
Turlough touches his shoulder again. It is the real Turlough; he knows this by the blood and flesh clinging to his mouth, in his sharp teeth. His clothing is stained deep. “I’m sorry,” he says, wiping his chin. “I - really am. At least it wasn’t you.”
He would recoil in disgust if he couldn’t feel Turlough’s self-hatred pulsing inside of his own body. It grabs the Doctor’s entrails like eating and pulls them, hate hate what have I become what have I, and he does pity, he does, this is someone who has lost everything and he should hate Turlough like Turlough hates himself but he
just cannot stuff these things back inside of him. Turlough is a man with blood on his hands (and in his mouth in his stomach ruining his body—) and the Doctor just pities. He mourns the dead. There is a monster before him, but he has known this monster for years and years and years and years.
“What’s wrong?” Turlough asks; he keeps forgetting that Turlough can feel it, and it felt real—the kiss, the touches.
“I thought we were past the lies.”
The Doctor sighs, considers. “I’m going to figure out what exactly this place is,” he says. “It’s been too long. I should’ve - should’ve done this a while ago.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, this isn’t - this isn’t a house. It’s a temple, to some sort of Godlike being. And it seems like, whoever that is, is keeping you here on purpose, alone on purpose, forcing you to give it offerings. Or sacrifices, what have you.”
“You’re saying I’m a pawn,” Turlough says, and his eyes go dark again, dark.
“And you,” Turlough says, voice distorted, voice inhuman, deep and haunting (the hauntings and beat pulse) and, “knew. You knew this, and you didn’t tell me.”
“Turlough. I’m sorry.”
“I’m not someone’s pet. I’m not. ”
Turlough is restraining himself. He wants - he wants to hurt andpainpainpain murmur - but he doesn’t. He knows better. He wants to hurt but he doesn’t, but the Doctor is - oh. In Turlough’s mind: salvation.
“No, you’re not.”
His shoulders relax. He - melts, tension of the body unraveling. He looks up into the Doctor, defeated entirely.
“I want to know something.”
He approaches Turlough gently, watches him melt even more, even more when he puts both of his hands on Turlough’s shoulders. “When did you fall in love with me?”
Turlough bares his teeth, pushes the Doctor away, turns redbloodred. He is a monster now, truly. Nothing about him now is human.
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He’s still restraining himself. He is still lovable.
“Turlough, wait,” the Doctor says, wholly desperate. “I don’t mind.”
“Of course you would,” he hisses back. “Just stop lying to me. You can’t love me and I can’t love you.”
Turlough inhales, exhales. Claws poke out from his fingers, so he clenches his fists, hides. He goes even redder, scales on his body turning void black. ‘You know why,” he says, and his teeth are protruding from his mouth, down to his chin.
Oh. “I think you’re lovable.”
His body melts, again, into almosthuman this time, into normal, no teeth or claws or. “Really.”
“Let me show you,” the Doctor says, and touches him softly.


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October 30, 2018 ApisProtect have begun the USA technology validation phase of its previous work in the use of Internet of Things (IoT) technology and machine learning for the improvement of honey bee health.
ApisProtect is partnering with the National Agricultural Genotyping Center (NAGC) to analyze hive health. This monitoring will involve the ApisMonitor in-hive devices installed by ApisProtect with bee health assessments and data provided by the NAGC headquartered in Creve Coeur. Validation is expected to run through June, 2019.
The following pathogens will be tested for; Acute Bee Paralysis Virus, Black Queen Cell Virus, Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus, Deformed Wing Virus, Israeli Acute Bee Paralysis Virus, Kashmir Bee Virus, Lake Sinai Virus 1, Lake Sinai Virus 2, Slow Bee Paralysis Virus, American Foulbrood Bacteria and European Foulbrood Bacteria.
The mission of the NAGC is to translate scientific discoveries into solutions for production agriculture, food safety, functional foods and bioenergy. Pete Snyder, CEO and President of NAGC explains “Our laboratory in Fargo, ND works at the genetic and molecular levels to develop, execute and analyze tests across a range of agriculturally-oriented topics. We are delighted to be working with ApisProtect on this global project and exploring how technology can help improve colony health here in America.”
ApisProtect has committed to installing their device in 200 hives across the world for testing and development of this new monitoring technology, utilizing IoT enabled sensors and machine learning.
According to ApisProtect’s Chairperson Andrew Wood, “The goal is to provide beekeepers with important information when it’s difficult to inspect, say at night, during poor weather or when hives are a distance away. The information they receive will allow them to respond quicker to possible health concerns and be positioned to make more effective decisions. The economic impact we are looking for will provide cost savings for pollination services, improve honey production, and better prevent colony loss for beekeepers worldwide.”
ApisProtect is an Irish company, located in Cork, Ireland and headed up by Dr Fiona Edwards Murphy, Dr Pádraig Whelan and Andrew Wood, a team with complimentary backgrounds including engineering, scientific, beekeeping and commercial experience.
Dr Edwards Murphy has a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a BE from University College Cork in 2013. Her work has received international recognition, including at least eight academic publications, awards from the
Irish Research Council, IBM, The Irish Laboratory Awards, and Google. ApisProtect was partially funded by St. Louis-based Agtech accelerator The Yield Lab in 2016.
The National Agricultural Genotyping Center, headquartered in Creve Coeur and headed by Pete Snyder, President and CEO has laboratories in Fargo, ND. It is a 501(c)5 not-for-profit corporation serving private and public scientists, from breeders to quality control and food safety researchers. NAGC was established in 2016 by The National Corn Growers Association in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The United States commercial apiculture industry currently manages 2.6 million hives to pollinate over 90 different crops, creating a multi-billion dollar honey bee industry, the world’s largest. ApisProtect is now monitoring the health of over six million honey bees across Europe and North America.
Watch this video (https://bit.ly/2I7AIxV) to learn more about ApisProtect and Dr Fiona Edwards Murphy’s vision for a future full of healthy honey bees.

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Not only an interesting discussion of the possibilities for the future of WP themes, but also ends up including some very helpful links as well to theme development resources.
I love it when other people have done the hard work of searching through WordPress plugins and then save ME the work by sharing their knowledge!
Adventures in learning all about the BlackBerry Pearl by a new Pearl user.
Great web resource for all things graphic design, digital photo, print design, fonts, etc.
The title pretty much explains it.
A 16 part, step-by-step guide to building a WordPress Theme.
A quarterly, culture-related, audio journal (well) produced by a church in Spokane, WA. This is a great model for something I’d love to do! Besides the quarterly CD release, the past releases are available online and there are intermediate online releases of other content as well.

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Despite California’s unprecedented investment in the well-being of children and families, this is the gap between policies promised on paper and what is actually being achieved for young people and families. I have never felt so big.
My children are ex-foster youths living with complex medical needs and are considered high priority for behavioral health care, but waiting times for services can be months. , in some cases for several years.
I have many privileges and experiences working in health care over many decades. you can’t.
I can only imagine what it would be like for families with less understanding and fewer resources to navigate this system.
Citing the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2021 report, at a recent conference warning that youth mental health was becoming a “devastating” crisis, I put my 15-year-old daughter in medical care for ADHD. It’s been months since I started trying to get it back. and depression. Her psychiatric referral, which had been in place since she was 12 years old, was inexplicably closed due to apparent paperwork glitches. I was told I had to restart the whole process.
So I appreciate the Instagram post raising awareness of adolescent mental health, and how black kids (like my daughter) are at higher risk for depression and anxiety. While we applaud efforts to highlight the disparities we face, we also know firsthand that this system is deeply flawed.
This is especially true for families like ours who have insurance through Medi-Cal. At best, access to Medi-Cal behavioral health services is difficult. Most of the time they are a big sieve where children and families are lost, not their fault.
This is not a new problem. When my youngest daughter was diagnosed with a debilitating, incurable disease at the age of five, I asked her pediatrician to help her develop her resilience and support our family by treating her behavior problems. I asked how I could access health resources. was.
There was no preventative care available for her or our family.
That particular policy changed last year, and while Medi-Cal children who are involved in the system or who have experienced trauma are theoretically eligible for benefits, their ability to actually receive care is substantially reduced. has not been improved to
My same daughter, now 14, was diagnosed with post-viral syndrome after experiencing COVID-19, and her symptoms exacerbated her pre-existing illness, leading to the development of depression and anxiety. Her pediatrician (who is wonderful) said there are no more referrals to child psychiatry at this clinic, but if she is in danger, call 911 or seek emergency care. can do.
As a former therapist, I know that when children, especially adolescents, say they are suffering, there is a significant window of opportunity for treatment that cannot be delayed. , all he did was tell me to wait.
our kids are not okay. We need something better than hotlines, first responders, and local hospitals as a safety net. State leaders must recognize the depth of the current emergency and support the mental health needs of the youth involved in the system, who are some of the state’s most vulnerable populations.
Specifically, the state should allocate dedicated nonfederal funds to counties in this year’s budget to put promising new Professional Mental Health Services eligibility criteria policies into practice. If we are to help children, local behavioral health delivery systems need to resource, support and inform in an immediate and sustainable manner.
Nancy Netherland is a mother of two teens with complicated health conditions. She founded Kids and Caregivers and is the Director of Caregiver Engagement for her Trust for California Children. Distributed by CalMatters.org.


A virtuous suburb
Novate Milanese is part of Milan’s northern suburbia, close to the motorway and Balossa park. The railway station and municipal council offices are located nearby. This typical Milanese landscape is home to a particularly interesting residential complex. The whole area, like much of metropolitan Milan, is extremely varied in terms of development and architecture. Visitors are struck by a sense of disorder, triggered by a dramatic mix of buildings constructed in different decades since the Second World War and varying extensively in size, height and façade type.
One of the main objectives of architect Cristian Giazzoli and his studio, who were commissioned to plan the complex and to direct work carried out by the Miculi construction company, was to design a building capable of aesthetically and functionally linking the motley assortment of blocks surrounding it, and to find an architectural language and form able to turn the construction (which stands at a major crossroads) into a distinctive but not extravagant local feature.
In the architect’s own words, «The location is surrounded by blocks of different type and appearance. Some of the residential buildings, dating back to the 1960s and 70s, are quite tall and typical of cooperative style constructions. The more recently redeveloped ex-Cucirini factory building is more interesting in its composition. We particularly needed to relate to that, because some of the ground level spaces and the routes interconnecting the surrounding roads are shared by our complex. The block to the east of Via Raffaello Sanzio contains extremely mixed architecture, and another block near the railway, a classic multi-apartment residence refurbished in the 1980s, has a row of industrial buildings alongside extending to the end of the road. In short, we were dealing with a typical agri-industrial area of Milanese suburbia, with buildings varying from 10 to nearly 20 metres in height.»
In this rather ramshackle context, Giazzoli’s residential complex is a flat-roof construction with a varying, modular shape that blends in harmoniously with the older buildings around it. The complex consists of fifteen apartments accessed via two stairwells. A first underground floor provides lockup garages for residents’ cars while a second contains storage units. «The planimetric and volumetric layout of the complex», the architect continues, «features a rising façade that begins at the recent, two-storey building bordering Via Sanzio and reaches its maximum height at Via Volta where it aligns with the buildings in nearby blocks. The construction ranges from two to four floors, the top floor being an attic, and has a grid of pillars supporting the tallest section. This solution achieves a good relationship between space and mass. It also provides common, open areas on the ground floor and achieves a better visual and practical correlation between the interior and exterior.» It should be added that the design has also created an open space, partly covered by the overhanging structure of the upper floors, where lawns and borders combine with a walkway to create a mini-garden.
The various floors, connected by lifts and elegant stairways, are laid out in dissimilar ways and consist of apartments with different floor plans, each with a front balcony overlooking the road and a back balcony overlooking the courtyard. The two attic apartments even have a terrace running around three sides of the building.
This varied interior layout is reflected, at different intervals, by changes in the elevation. The ventilated façade is covered in large stoneware tiles while the recesses are finished in a system of insulation and coloured plaster. Giazzoli explains: «We chose Sand colour stoneware wall tiles from the Rethink collection by Cerim, one of the brands of the Florim Group, because their uniform finish and typical colour are perfect for the sober look we wanted for the project, and stand out from the surroundings without too much contrast. Our choice of Cerim material was also partly dictated by an important and often underestimated technical consideration: Cerim supplies a genuine turnkey system in the form of structure and covering together.»
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An evening with the Monsorate Brothers recreated all the old-fashioned magic of a big brass band and its rich sounds
It isn’t often that someone with the voice and stature of a Kishore Kumar is relegated to the backdrop. Perhaps Kishore da himself, an ardent admirer of musicians, would not have minded the brass band stealing the show at Geet Gaata Hoon Main, the full-house finale of the Chennai edition of The Hindu Friday Review November Fest 2013. The evening’s indisputable heroes were the Monsorate Brothers.
For two-and-a-half-hours, with a script that merely introduced the composer and the singer on stage, the troupe’s performance was all about recreating the magic of music from an era gone by. It was about discovering the ingenuity, innovation and modernity that went into the creation of music by the Burmans, both S.D. and R.D., and the complexity of styles and arrangements in the music of Rajesh Roshan. It was about the poets and song-writers who once penned pieces laced with romance and longing, songs that continue to sparkle long after they were written. If you were in the audience, you would have noticed how many listeners hummed along, especially to old favourites like ‘Zindagi Ke Safar Mein’ or ‘Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai’.
The performance was also about remembering the stars who hummed these songs on the silver screen, making it their own, whether Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, or Amitabh Bachchan. In fact, one of the singers did a charming little Dev Anand mimicry while singing the timeless ‘Gata Rahe Mera Dil’ from Guide. The show was about nostalgia; it was about memories. If like me you belonged to the television era, it was about picturing these songs in the mind’s eye and reliving the moments.
Kishore da was one of the many elements that made this performance a whole. Don’t get me wrong; I’m a die-hard Kishore Kumar aficionado, which is why the concert tugged at my heart but not for the ability of the three male singers — who tried and earnestly so — but could not recreate the magic of that legendary voice. Who can blame them? Kishore da came and went in bits and pieces — in the singer Sandeep’s zesty rendering of ‘Chala Jaata Hoon’ from Meere Jeevan Saathi, in Dr. Ajit’s romantic rendering of ‘O Hansini’ (from Zehreela Insaan),in Kiran’s flirty recreation of ‘Haal Kaisa Hai Janaab Ka’ (with Ananya’s excellent voice for company). In Sandeep’s treatment of ‘Dilbar Mere’ (from Satte Pe Satta) Amitabh sashayed in my head but unfortunately Kishore da didn’t.
What did though make an impact in almost every song that unfolded, journeying through the 60s and 70s, was the ensemble — the trumpets (Joseph and Bosco Monsorate) and the trombone (Blasco Monsorate) sequences and interludes that were recreated with poise and perfection by the Bosco Brothers, a few among them having recorded the originals with Pancham da and Kishore da. At one point, as all eyes were glued to the stage, Bosco Monsorate and his shiny brass trumpet suddenly made an entrance from behind the audience, playing the magnificent introductory trumpet solo in ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ (Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin) much to the audiences’ delight. Incidentally, the brothers’ father, Peter Monsorate had played the original.
In an era where collaborations are commonplace, the concert was also reflective of the depth and complexity of collaboration during an era when technology was still young and where musical labour and dexterity could not be replaced by computer tricks. More importantly, it reinstated one’s belief that it is possible perhaps — the way the Monsorate Brothers did — to recreate music and its musical complexities. But the voice of Kishore Kumar will always be undoubtedly his own.

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From temporary need of help for household chores after a short stay at the hospital to complex healthcare due to chronic conditions, an important number of professional caregivers belonging to different organizations are involved in providing help and healthcare services at home. Despite the well-defined role of each professional, these organizations are complaining of a lack of coordination and visibility of each other work, especially in case of incident. Coordination between organizations appears here as essential but is at the same time the responsibility of all and of no one of the involved professionals. In this context, our research aims at supporting coordination for home care work through the design and implementation of a web platform.


PETALING JAYA: The Philippine armed forces believes that Malaysian militant Amin Baco has already been killed in clashes in Marawi City, the Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported.
Armed forces spokesman Major-General Restituto Padilla in a message to the media yesterday, said that the military “strongly believes” Baco died during efforts to retake Marawi City from the clutches of the Maute militant group.
This contradicted comments by Philippine police chief Ronaldo dela Rosa yesterday, who said that the Sabahan was still alive and is now the new emir of the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Southeast Asia.
“Contrary to recent pronouncements by some officials that the militant group is now headed by a certain Amin Baco, the armed forces strongly believe that the group is now leaderless and without direction.
“Amin Baco is believed to have been among those killed in Marawi recently. Baco’s remains is now the subject of an ongoing aggressive search,” Padilla was quoted as saying by PNA.
He also dismissed any hope of the militants still holding out in Marawi of having any ability to influence the overall security situation in the city where an all-out war broke out between Philippine forces and the pro-Islamic State militant group from May to last month.
“The AFP following its successful combat operations in Marawi City is aggressively pursuing its clearing operations.
“Clearing operations are focused on the remaining areas of Marawi believed to hold terrorist stragglers fighting for survival and hiding it out in the hope of escaping the MBA (main battle area),” Padillo said, according to PNA.
He added that the armed forces chief of staff Lt-Gen Rey Leonardo Guerrero will be leading the efforts to help the city return to normalcy.
More than 1,100 people, mostly militants, were killed, while 165 soldiers and police officers died in the offensive by Philippine forces to retake the city.


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We had two roads that led to our destination – one was the highway which was buzzing with traffic, and the glare of glasses on the windows of convenience stores. The other road was free of all signs of urbanization – pure and untouched. This road was, in Robert Frost’s words, “the one less traveled by”. And this was the road we chose, “And that has made all the difference.”
The road passes near the hills around Fortress Raigad, it was the capital of King Shivaji’s empire. The road is relatively untouched (close to no tourists at all), which adds the serenity to it. And you get a glimpse of the life that people live there, away from the chaos and hassles of the city, in the lap of nature.


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With nearly 60% of Karnataka’s total dengue cases this year being reported in Bengaluru city (BBMP limits), the State Health Department and BBMP have come out with a mobile application for effective monitoring of the vector-borne disease. This app along with an Artificial Intelligence-based model that can provide dengue predictive analysis will be launched in the city on Friday (September 8), said Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao.
The Minister, who along with top health officials reviewed the dengue situation in Bengaluru, said the AI-based model that will provide dengue predictive analysis four weeks in advance has been developed by experts from IISc’s AI and Robotics Technology (ART) Park.
“We can use this model to predict other diseases in future. As of now, it will be used to predict dengue. The mobile app will help monitor preventive measures, including spraying and fogging and door-to-door IEC activities,” the Minister said., asserting that situation is not alarming..
“The mobile application will help get an accurate ground-level picture of prevention activities and incidence. The field staff will update the status of prevention activities and the incidence in their jurisdiction on the mobile app that will also be displayed on a dashboard in the head office. This will ensure that any areas of concern are quickly attended to,” Mr. Gundu Rao said.
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From 905 cases on July 12, Bengaluru’s dengue tally touched 4,703 as of September 7. The spurt has been recorded from July onwards. While 1,649 cases were recorded in July, 1,589 were reported in August. In September, 416 cases have been reported so far, the Minister said.
“I have asked the BBMP officials to intensify preventive measures. Field staff will ensure awareness creation on prevention, regular door-to-door surveillance to check larvae breeding in open water storage containers apart from fogging and spraying to prevent mosquito breeding,” he said.
The Minister said dengue testing will be increased. “The BBMP has six sentinel laboratories for dengue testing. All samples collected in Namma Clinics, Primary Health Centres (PHCs), and other government health facilities should be transported to these labs for testing. The civic body will need more funds for a hub and spoke model, which will be provided under National Health Mission (NHM) grants,” he said.
To tackle the paucity of ANMs and male health workers in the BBMP, a decision has been taken to enhance salaries for these posts from the existing ₹12,000 to ₹18,000 per the Minimum Wages Act. The Health Department will bear the additional amount required for this, the Minister said.
He said there is a shortage of 179 ANMs and 108 male health workers in the BBMP. “Due to the low salaries there are not many takers for these posts. We have permitted the BBMP to enhance their salaries and we will bear the additional expenses,” he said.


Leading automobile manufacturer Tata Motors is now working on alternative plans for its small car Nano whose sales have fallen making its production not a viable proposition, an official of the company said. Asked about the upcoming Nano, COO of Tata Motors Satish Borwankar said “going forward, additional tactics for Nano is being measured. For instance, the electric version of the car. The production of Nano is not a viable proposition”. But he clarified that the firm wouldn’t phase out Nano as there were sentimental reasons devoted to it and the stockholders also wanted its manufacture to continue. The official said that efforts would be made to make production of the small car viable.
After the company abandoned the Singur plant, Tata Motors moved the manufacture facility to Sanand in Gujarat. “About 1000 Nano cars are being traded every month at the moment”, he said. He said that the Sanand plant’s assembly line produces three passenger vehicles (PV), namely Nano, Tiago and Tigor. “The production volumes of Tiago and Tigor are substantial as compared to Nano which is very small”, the official said. Asked about the arresting the falling market share of both its commercial vehicles (CV) and PVs, Borwankar said “there was an issue of customer connect which is now being addressed”.


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Frosh stop Salado to remain undefeated
The Rockdale Tigers freshman team scored last and held off a Salado rally in posting their second win of the season 28-20.
The frosh built up a 22-8 halftime advantage, led off by Derek Whitsel’s 10-yard pass reception from Dylan McCartney in the first quarter.
The Tigers took the the ground in the secnd quarter as Hayden Offield broke loose for a 12-yard scoring trip to make it 14-0.
After a short Salado run, Ed Dansby scampered four yards and after another successful twopoint conversion, the Tigers led 22-8 at the break.
Salado scored twice in the second half on the ground, but Offield’s 5-yard run sealed the victory for the Tigers.
According to coaches, Loth, Offield and Justin Offield were the standouts, while on defense, Dansby, Jon Hines and Quondrous Ayala were the leaders.
The Rockdale junior varsity had trouble putting points on the board in its 31- 6 loss to Salado.
Pete Heintze’s 25-yard toss to Darius Ford in the second quarter represented the Tigers (0-2) lone score.
Offensively, Devonte Burgess, Ronnie Mancillas and Jose Abila had good games, while Abila and Burgess were the defensive leaders.


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Saturday's ‘Song of the Wild’ performance canceled
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‘Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood’ February blood drives
Students, faculty and staff planning to participate in the Syracuse University vs. University of Connecticut, “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” blood drive competition can still donate blood this month and automatically pre-register for the April competition.
For the second year, SU and UConn will compete to determine which school donates the most pints of blood to the American Red Cross. The SU vs. UConn Blood Battle, sponsored by the American Red Cross and Student Affairs, officially takes place mid-April, but participants are encouraged to give blood and pre-register at any of the following blood drives:
- Wednesday, Feb.16,Watson Hall, 12:30-5:30 p.m.
- Thursday, Feb.17, Schine Student Center, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Friday, Feb.18, Brewster-Boland Lounge, noon-5 p.m.
- Monday, Feb. 21, Flint Hall, 1-6 p.m.
The SU vs. UConn Blood Battle was initiated by the Connecticut and New York-Penn American Red Cross offices in 2009-2010 in an effort to increase blood donations at college campuses. The SU vs. UConn Battle was patterned after the Ohio State vs. Michigan Blood Battle, which began in 2004.
UConn won the challenge last year, collecting 501 April units with an enrollment of 16,998, for a winning ratio of 2.95 percent. SU collected 208 April units with an enrollment of 12,491, for a participation ratio of 1.66 percent. To win this year, SU students, faculty and staff need to collect 438 units of blood in April for a participation rate of 3.10 percent.
Each pint of blood can help save three lives. Over that past five years, students, faculty and staff have increased their blood donations by 58 percent—from 915 pints collected in 2005-06, to 42 drives and a total of 1,447 pints donated in 2009-10. The Sigma Lambda Upsilon benefit drive for Sickle Cell Anemia patients saw 36 first-time minority donors. The Winnick Hillel Jewish Student Organization grew from a single drive to three drives annually, while Greek organizations Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Mu and Sigma Chi sponsor two drives annually. In all, SU blood drives have helped save more than 100,000 lives since the partnership began 40 years ago.
By giving blood in February, participants will automatically be pre-registered for the five-day mega-drive from April 11-15. Blood donation sites will include both the Schine and Goldstein student centers and Day Hall. Only the pints collected during the April Blood Battle count in the competition.
For more information about the February blood drives or the April SU vs. UConn Blood Battle, contact Anthony Otero, business manager, University Events office, at 443-1193 or firstname.lastname@example.org.


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- The fresh new investigation reveals that most people are pessimistic about to order a house now.
- Merely twenty four% out of consumers trust now’s a great time to buy.
Monthly, Federal national mortgage association launches a survey to judge domestic buyer belief. With its February statement, 73% from participants mentioned that now could be a bad time for you buy a household, and simply twenty four% believed the present marketplace is amicable so you’re able to home buyers. Sadly, people thought it is an adverse time and energy to pick are place-towards the for those secret factors.
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When you look at the February, the new median present household deals price is $357,three hundred, depending on the National Organization regarding Real estate agents (NAR). That signifies an excellent fifteen% increase out-of a-year past. In addition it marks 120 successive weeks of the year-over-season rate grows, which is the longest-running streak to the record.
Certainly, high home prices wade hands-in-give with cost facts. Of a lot very first-big date people in particular have discovered challenging to split with the the brand new housing marketplace.
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Whether or not home values had been large for more than per year, during the latter section of 2020 and all sorts of 2021, consumers was able to make use of lowest mortgage prices. However, rates have been hiking because start of the 2022, as well as rose a great deal within the March.
Today, the typical 29-season home loan rate try hanging doing 5%. Over the years talking, that isn’t the best prices have remaining — not really personal. In brand new perspective of recent decades, that isn’t precisely an aggressive rate. Whenever your put expensive borrowing from the bank cost towards the top of inflated home values, you get a scenario where lots of customers can simply bow aside.
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After significant strides were made in the field of human contraception in the 1960s, zoos across the United States jumped on the birth control bandwagon. Sterilization seemed to be a perfect solution for keeping zoo populations at a manageable level, both in terms of space and financial resources.
The New York Times reported that "Chimps take human birth control pills, giraffes are served hormones in their feed, and grizzly bears have slow-releasing hormones implanted in their forelegs. Even small rodents are included. The ethical argument is simple: prevent the birth of more animals than the zoo would like, and spend your resources caring for the animals you have."
Prior to contraception, zoos either had to keep animals of the opposite sex separated, or they were forced to accommodate growing numbers of residents if they couldn't sell or give the offspring to other zoos.
"By preventing the birth of animals beyond carrying capacity, more animals can be well cared for," explains Cheryl Asa, director of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Wildlife Contraception Center (WCC) at the St. Louis Zoo.
Another benefit of birth control is that males and females can be kept together--a more natural arrangement in many cases--without worrying about pregnancy.
Birth control is regularly administered to many female Western lowland gorillas in American zoos, according to the WCC. As a result, a young female is able to stay with her family group upon reaching maturity without the unwanted possibility of inbreeding, which is critically counterproductive to zoos' laborious efforts to perform reproductive management and maintain genetic diversity among the wildlife in their care.
Another species that has benefitted from birth control is the Mexican wolf, a species that was nearly hunted to extinction in the 1970s. Zoo breeding programs put the wolf on the path to recovery, starting with just seven surviving wolves. As the captive population grew, biologists began reintroducing captive-bred wolves into the American southwest in 1998. Since then, the federal government has reduced funding for captive breeding facilities, so, birth control has helped zoos perform selective breeding to maximize genetic diversity of Mexican wolves without running out of room altogether.
Because contraceptives can be given to both sexes, zookeepers have also found it helpful to medicate mature males of some species in order to subdue their instinctively aggressive tendencies toward other animals in their exhibits. Competitive behavior involving disputes over mating and territory not only endanger other zoo inhabitants but also pose potential threats to keepers and disturb visitors.
The WCC contends that contraception is an essential tool in worldwide wildlife conservation. "Contraceptive research carried out in zoos and aquariums is directly applicable to the management of wild populations in parks and reserves around the world."
The Science and Conservation Center at Zoo Montana has applied contraceptive technology to the management of specific species and populations of animals that are at risk of expanding to the point of crisis, including the wild horse population of Assateague Island National Seashore, white-tailed deer in seven states, African elephants (to eliminate the need to legally kill them in African National Parks), water buffalo in Guam, feral burros in Virgin Islands National Park, and elk on Point Reyes National Seashore.
Although hormonal birth control is generally accepted by the zoo community as being a humane tool for animal management, it is not a blanket science that can be applied uniformly to all species in zoos. A contraception method that is safe and effective for one species may not be appropriate for another. Apes, for example, are closely linked to humans, and caution must be exercised to reduce similar side effects from the use of birth control pills. Also like some humans, elephants can have trouble restarting their reproductive cycle after being treated with chemical contraception. Disturbingly, hormonal implants were found to cause uterine infections and tumors in big cats and canine species, so the type of birth control had to be modified.
The science of zoo contraception is constantly evolving, and the experts at the Wildlife Contraception Center work diligently to make sure our nation's zoos are safe and hospitable places where animals can coexist as naturally as possible.

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PHOTOGRAPHER Richard Young, famous for snapping every celebrity worth their salt, has joined forces with the London College of Fashion once again to launch a new student photography exhibition entitled Capsule#2. The show features the work of LCF's finest emerging photography talent, showcasing their imagery in Young's Kensington-based gallery space.
"I am thrilled to be working with London College of Fashion for the second year running," said Young. "It is vital that I continue to support emerging talent in the hope that the next generation can follow in my footsteps and launch their own successful careers."
The exhibition showcases 56 works by 56 BA (Hons) Fashion Photography 56 graduates. Last night an impressive judging panel chose Shiva Araghi as the budding photographer to show the most creative potential. The panel including Penny Martin, professor of fashion imagery at LCF and editor in chief of The Gentlewoman, Simon Coleman from Nikon and Richard Young, awarded Araghi with the latest Nikon D700 camera.
"We're delighted to be working with Richard, one of the UK's most successful photographers, again this year," said course director Edward Barber. " We're very grateful for his continuing support and for giving our students the opportunity to show in such a prestigious photographic venue that reinforces the importance of our graduates within the creative industries."
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Art & Hotel Aeroporto is a 4-star functional property offering a modern accommodation steps away from Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore Baptistry, Social Theater of Bergamo and Campanone o Torre Civica.
The city center lies within 5 km from the venue. A palace, a museum and a basilica lie a short distance away.
Orio al Serio airport can be reached in 5 minutes by car from Art & Hotel Aeroporto.
This property has 84 guestrooms including Spa Double Room, Triple Room and Superior Double Room appointed with a private safe, pay TV, LCD flat-screen TV, climate control and a minibar. They feature bathrooms with a hairdryer, a spa bathtub and a shower.
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A rich buffet breakfast is served daily. Guests can try complimentary drinks in the café bar. Fornel No5 Restaurant and Da Michele are situated in an industrial area, about 400 meters away of the property.
A meeting room, a business center and a photocopier are also offered at the hotel.
Guests will enjoy using a Finnish sauna and a Jacuzzi after a busy day in Bergamo.
Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel for free.
Free public parking is possible on site.

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(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.)— It is not every day that young football players get an opportunity to talk with some of their football role models, but that's what happened Wednesday at Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp.
"I believe that the mind is the most powerful thing and once you change your mind and thoughts, your actions will change," Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones said.
With Mosaic Life Care, Jones spoke to high school football players from across St. Joseph about the lessons football can teach.
"He said don't give up on your hopes and dreams and always believe in yourself," Lafayette sophomore Brayden Addington said. "Don't let anyone stop you from getting where you want to be."
The Chiefs have one more practice at Missouri Western before Saturday night's preseason game.
- Chiefs' defensive lineman Chris Jones speaks to high school football players
- Chiefs Defense Regroups In 2018
- Chiefs finalize defensive coaching staff
- Chiefs sign practice squad players
- Chiefs Defense Requires Grit And Toughness
- Chiefs Defense led by Eric Berry
- Chiefs fire defensive coordinator Bob Sutton
- Chiefs add defensive back to roster
- Clark brings new attitude to Chiefs' defense
- Chiefs linebacker Dee Ford named AFC Defensive Player of the Month for October


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We always love getting emails from our customers & readers asking us to feature their dog or favorite breed for our Best Bully Sticks Spotlight on a Breed blog series every Thursday. As always we are honored to oblige. Thanks Paula for submitting Franky, your Rat Terrier to be featured in our series.
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Height: 10 – 18 inches
Weight: 10 – 25 lbs
Coat: The Rat Terrier sports a short, smooth coat made up of very dense, very shiny fur.
Color: They may come in a variety of colors including white, black with tan, black with rust, white and black or tan, red, blue, lemon, chocolate or orange. Some dogs may have ticking, and almost all Rat Terriers have white markings.
Appearance: Rat Terriers are lively, muscular dogs that are often described by fanciers as “compact but meaty.” They have strong shoulders, deep chests and muscular legs. The ears of the Rat Terrier are carried erect when alert and can be either tipped or upright when the dog is in repose. The head is wedge shaped and muzzle is strong and slightly shorter than the skull. The nose color should correspond with the color of the coat. The jaw is strong and the teeth should meet in a scissors bite. The tail can either be docked between the second and third joint, or left natural, whether long or bobbed. The tail can be carried in various positions, but should not curl over the back. Rat terriers come in a variety of colors and color combination’s, and almost all Rat Terriers have white markings.
Temperament: The Rat Terrier (little digging escape artist) are alert, energetic, lively, vermin chasing, intelligent, funny, active, lively, fearless, feisty, playful and incapable of being bored. Rat Terriers are sometimes described as having double personalities as they can be tireless, courageous hunters on the one hand while also making friendly, gentle companions on the other. Rat Terriers get along with everyone including, children, household pets, other dogs and also with strangers. Rat Terriers love being included in family activities and thrive on human companionship. They are generally quick to learn and straightforward to train with positive reinforcement. Stubborn as all get out, they are not big on pleasing people, but the people who love them laugh all the time. Rat Terriers make great alarm dogs, without being yappy.
Health: The Life expectancy for Rat Terrier is 15-18 years. Rat Terriers are generally healthy, but like all breeds, they’re prone to certain health conditions. Not all Rat Terriers will get any or all of these diseases, but it’s important to be aware of them if you’re considering this breed. Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, hypothyroidism, eye issues and von Willebrand’s disease.
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Cycle by cycle variations in combustion are investigated as a means to characterize the lean misfire limit of a spark ignited, internal combustion engine. The cyclic variations are represented as parameters of the cylinder pressure versus crankangle curves. The specific parameters investigated are peak pressure, maximum rate of pressure rise, crankangle of maximum pressure, crankangle of maximum rate of rise, indicated mean effective pressure, and area of the pressure curve. The variations are statistically analyzed on a digital computer. Exhaust gas analysis is performed to determine the correlation between the misfire limit and emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and formaldehyde.
Imep and area variations are found to be the most promising as an indicator of the lean misfire limit. As the equivalence ratio decreases from stoichiometric, the variations stay constant, until a sharp linear increase is achieved. Correlation with hydrocarbon emissions shows a strong combustion change occurs at this point of rapid variation increase. This point is adopted as the definition of the lean misfire limit.


Working with a steering committee of private- and public-sector experts and specialists, over the past five years SocInvest has pioneered discussion of:
- Local asset backed vehicles
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Neuroprotective evaluation of Tilia americana and Annona diversifolia in the neuronal damage induced by intestinal ischemia.
Neurochem Res. 2013 Aug ;38(8):1632-40. Epub 2013 Jun 6. PMID: 23739919
Guadalupe E Angeles-López
Tilia americana and Annona diversifolia are plants widely distributed in Mexico and sold in markets for their medicinal properties on the central nervous system (CNS) including possible neuroprotection. Pharmacological studies have corroborated CNS activities due to flavonoid constituents, but evidence of their neuroprotector effects are lacking. This study was conducted to test aqueous and organic extracts of these two plants for neuroprotective effects in a novel experimental model of intestinal ischemia in situ. T. americana and A. diversifolia aqueous and organic extracts were administrated to guinea pigs at an oral dose of 100 and 300 mg/kg for 15 days. Twenty four hours after the last administration, the animals were anesthetized and intestinal ischemia in situ was induced by clamping for 80 min selected branches of the superior mesenteric artery. Ischemic segments placed in an in vitro organ bath were stimulated electrically (0.3 Hz frequency, 3.0 ms duration, 14 V intensity) and chemically (ACh; 1 × 10(-9) to 1×10(-5) M). Neuroprotection was considered present when the depressed contractile response of the ischemic tissue to electrical stimulation was normalized in the treated animals. Results showed that pretreatment with the T. americana hexane and aqueous extracts, but not with those from A. diversifolia, significantly improved responses of the ischemic tissue. These results suggest that T. americana possesses neuroprotective effects against neuronal damage induced by ischemia, and that flavonoids aswell as non-polar constituents are involved. Our study supports the use of this plant in folk medicine and suggests its possible effectiveness for stroke prevention.


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Did you know that the medlar fruit, which has been grown and consumed for 3000 years, has incredible benefits for human health? We have searched for you who are curious about the medlar, which contains high levels of vitamins and minerals. The miracle nutrient that prevents iron deficiency balances the rates of blood. So what are the benefits of medlar? What diseases is medlar good for? How to consume medlar? The answer to all these questions is in the details of the news…
The name of the medlar fruit, which belongs to the rose family, in the scientific literature is mespilus. Medlar, which grows on a tree in the bush formation, grows in the climate of Turkey, Iran, Caucasus and South East Europe for over 3000 years. Medlar, which has a very hard structure, is consumed after being fermented after being collected. When the medlar, which is sold in its mature form, becomes soft, it becomes a fruit suitable for consumption. Medlar, which is widely used in traditional medicine literature, contains B vitamin complex. This nutrient, which experts recommend to be consumed daily, is also effective in cleaning the liver and lungs. Medlar, which is high in terms of liquid content, also provides water balance. It also supports the functioning of the adrenal glands. In alternative medicine, porridge is made and consumed for constipation. The tea, which is boiled with its leaves, is an ideal drink for throat infections. Medlar with high calcium content strengthens the muscle and bone structure.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MUSMULA? FOR WHICH DISEASES MUSMULA IS GOOD FOR?
– Medlar, which is rich in melovin, reduces the number of damaged cells in the nervous system and supports healthier functioning. Especially when the bark is boiled and drunk, it is beneficial for ailments such as stress and depression.
– Since the liquid rate is high, it is an ideal fruit for people who neglect to drink water in winter. It increases the functions of the kidneys. Balances the intestinal flora.
–It helps to shed ailments such as sand and stones formed in the kidney and bile for various reasons.
–In addition, it prevents serious health problems such as diarrhea and dysentery by eliminating intestinal inflammation.
– It contributes to muscle and bone development as it contains high amount of calcium. That’s why experts recommend that children consume regularly. It provides easy recovery of the affected bone structure.
– Medlar, which we say is good for the nervous system, also supports blood circulation. Regular blood circulation increases the oxygen rate to the brain. Thus, the person becomes more vigorous during the day. In addition, by secreting blood-forming substances, it prevents conditions that predispose to anemia.
– It also benefits women whose ovaries and uterine walls are not intact. It increases the pregnancy rate.
–This fruit, which has a high fiber content, helps to lose weight as it affects the metabolism positively as well as eliminating the need to eat more thanks to the feeling of satiety.
–The fruit with a high liquid content not only meets the body’s water needs, but also supports the urinary excretion of free radicals circulating in the body.
DOES MEDIUM HAVE DAMAGE?
It rarely causes allergies in some people. Caution should be exercised before consuming medlar, which causes reddening of the skin. The daily consumption dose should not be exceeded. It also causes gas compression when consumed in excess. Experts recommend that it be consumed in medlar as in every food. At the same time, those who use drugs due to chronic diseases should consume it carefully.


Since the end of the election I've watched people argue over what happened to the Republicans and Senator McCain. A lot of folks have jumped on the Republican don't get the internet mantra and I've always known that was never the answer. Some people think it was Governor Palin and once again I never believed that. I've always known we lost because of an extremely unpopular President, the economy blowing up on 9/15, and running into the great Obama money making machine. The blow up in the economy was a double whammy with President Bush's unpopularity which continues to haunt Republicans because of out of control spending, Government growth, and lack of fiscal discipline; all things that go against Reagan's strategies for winning elections.
I attended quite a few AAPC panels and not just the ones where my fellow Campaign Solutions friends were on. Two in particular were quite fascinating for me and both were recaps of the 2008 courtesy of Whit Ayers, Charlie Cook, and Ron Brownstein. From that panel I learned a lot of interesting points including (these are my notes and so the exact number below might be incorrect, but directionally...):
- Obama won 80% of the non-white vote and also won like 2/3 of the under 29 year old crowd; there will be 18 million more of them (Millennials) by 2012
- Obama also won white, college educated while the only group that Senator McCain won was non-college educated whites
- Aiming at the South has issues because of the Electoral College vote. The last non-narrow Republican win that included major Shore states was 1988.
- Since 1992, 14 Shore states representing 69% of 270 Electoral votes have consistently voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate (*exception is NH 2000). That's basically starting down 190 votes to ZERO putting the pressure on OH, FL, and VA (increasingly going blue) for the GOP to compete. This means narrow Republican Presidential victories (see 2000 and 2004) when we win if we continue on this strategy; this also only means continuing to focus on the Republican base.
shore states are WA, OR, CA, ME, NH*, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, PA, NJ, MD, and DE
and they haven't voted for a Republican in 20 years. Let that sink in for
a second. In 20 years almost 70% of the electoral college hasn't gone to
a Republican and that points to a branding and messaging problem in
attracting voters in these states. Simply stated, these states include
big businesses like media, agencies, pharma, banking, financial services,
internet, ivy league colleges - well you get the idea: targets that the current
Republican message falls short. BTW - would it surprise you that these states are also where the MONEY comes from?
Prior to going off on my own and working with CDI, I spent 15 years in corporate America. I basically grew up at AT&T and then worked at Harrisdirect. At AT&T I worked with some of the largest agencies in the world while working on major product launches. At Harrisdirect, we were the company constantly rebranding as the name switched from DLJdirect to CSFBdirect, to Harrisdirect, and then finally E*Trade.
What does this all tell me? If a brand was EVER in need of a rebranding it would be the Republican Party and here's where I'd start if this was my product.
- I'd start with a hypothesis that Reagan's core messages of a strong economy, job growth, military strength, and smaller government are still valuable. Other issues while still important would be pushed to the background (see Obama note below).
- Focus groups and quantitative studies to firm up strategies and tactics. I'd run these on a monthly basis to watch changes.
- I'd look for candidates that can pull in Shore states. That probably means pushing issues that play in the South to the background. Basically, an Obama messaging strategy of being a liberal in disguise as a centrist. Behind the scenes work your agenda, but on the surface focus on core issues, #1 above.
- Engage youth and Latino markets because that's where the new voters are.
- Stop competing with President Obama on small issues and focus on jobs and economy (tea parties are a great start). 2010 is our key election which puts September 2010 as ground zero. Obama has offered up a lot of information and I'd track that job forecast and GDP forecast and hammer away. Eventually even with non-job creating expenditures and pork, the economy will turn around but everything I read says that real growth won't be until 2010.
- Think Twitter sound bites and explanations (I know this post is long). If you can't explain why Obama's military budget is wrong, don't give the liberal press and comedians their own sound bite of why Republicans say he cut the budget when the bottom line # went up 4% or so.
- Ronald Reagan is our brand essence and not a major message. It is time to stop putting President Reagan in TV ads, debates, and political talking points. It is time to stop looking for the next Ronald Reagan. Today's new voters don't care and the ones in between them and 40 year old voters like me, were not voting when Reagan was a political force (Governor to President). Continuing to mention him in messaging is like Major League Baseball talking about their heritage.
- Finally, the internet isn't just a fund raising ATM. It is a way to reach voters in the Shore states cheaply and effectively organize and communicate. Stop dropping direct mail.
It is time to rebrand and plan for 2010. It is time to win some Shore States. It is time that the Republican brand become competitive in these states because that's where the voters are.


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September 14, 1942
Today in World War II Pacific History
Day by day chronology
MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 1942
ALASKA (11th Air Force): In the first combined heavy mission over Kiska 13 B-24s, 1 B-17, 14 P-38s, and 14 P-39s fly low-altitude and photo runs; the
P-39s shell 3 submarines in the harbor; the other aircraft bomb and strafe many
installations including AA guns and the submarine base; a single aircraft also
strafes Segula; enemy losses are 5 float planes shot down and 1 flying
boat destroyed on the water; 2 mine sweepers sunk and another vessel slightly
damaged; while a large cargo vessel and several small barges and vessels sustain
hits; 2 P-38s are lost, colliding head-on while after a fighter.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th Air Force): A single A-20
bombs ground forces and installations at Myola; and HQ 43d Bombardment Group
moves from Torrens Creek to Port Moresby. Lost is F-4 Lightning 41-2098 pilot 1st Lt. Andrew W. Peterson (MIA) near Buna.

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Thank you so much!
The 27th FILMFEST DRESDEN has come to a successful conclusion and we would like to thank our audiences, guests and partners for a great festival week. The atmosphere
The prizes have been awarded, the party is over. Festival director Katrin Küchler is very satisfied. Filmmaker Sebastian Linda from Dresden tells about his
And the Winner is...
Here are the Award winners of the 27. FILMEST DRESDEN:
The Golden Horseman Animation in the International Competition went to FUGA NA WIOLOCZELĘ,
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Saturday, August 06, 2005
Prairie Passage in Kansas ::
Smoke Trails (5806am)
Kansas Sunset Smoke Trails ... Later in the afternoon
I could see the smoke from the fire south west of where I work and live.
On the drive home, I was in the middle of the smoke trails from both fires
Eco-Futures Forum Mission:
Conserving Landscapes & Cultivating Mindscapes
FutureThought Leadership mapXchange :: Learn & Share Tales ...
Sacred Stones: How the Power of the Earth Can Change Your Life
Contact him at: email@example.com. Tonya Whitedeer Cargill lives in the
... Karen Coussens’ delight is her gift for storytelling, discovered as the ... www.sacredfeathers.com/STONES/contributors.htm
Paperback: 271 pages
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (December 31, 2004)

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Weighing the Evidence
Choices and Chances
The evidence is clear: Everyday choices impact our chances of getting cancer.
Some choices increase our risk; many help to reduce it.
There are no guarantees, but decades of research have shown that we can take steps to protect ourselves against cancer.
An AICR Expert Panel prepared a comprehensive global report that looked at thousands of studies involving many things potentially linked to cancer risk. Our Continuous Update Project continues to update the research.
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective (2007) is the largest report of its kind ever published and its recommendations are based on the most up-to-date research available.
Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention (2009) examines the factors that influence behaviors associated with cancer risk; provides recommendations for government, industry, and others; and includes estimates of the cancers that could be prevented.
Maintains a central database of evidence related to food, nutrition, physical activity and cancer, and updates it as relevant new research is published worldwide.
Find out which factors are associated with diet, physical activity and body weight for different cancer sites.

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