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Guest Blogger, Allison Grant, reflects on the difficult decisions patients face following the identification of a BRCA mutation.
In the middle of January I began watching, or as I will shamelessly admit, re-watching, the television series, Grey’s Anatomy. After being wooed by the drama and attractive doctors during my first time watching, I was able to focus more on the “medicine” and on medical ethics the second time around. To my surprise and delight, an episode in season two, Let It Be, closely followed the case of a woman named Savvy who was found to carry a BRCA mutation. Although Savvy did not have cancer, she had seen ovarian cancer take the lives of her mother, sister, and cousin. Savvy and her husband traveled to Seattle to seek advice from their close friends and doctors, the Shepherds, and to decide whether or not to move forward with surgery. Although her husband disagreed, Savvy eventually opted to have a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy, oopherectomy, and hysterectomy (removing both breasts, ovaries, and the uterus). The decision was not made lightly, and was made only after considering all of the statistics, risks, and consulting with appropriate health care professionals, including a genetic counselor.
I applaud Shonda Rhimes for writing and producing this episode in a medically accurate way that, in my opinion, also did a great job of showcasing how a critical medical decision such as this one impacts interpersonal interactions and relationships. Different opinions, and the subsequent social and emotional interpersonal hardships that result, were presented through Savvy’s relationship with her husband, as well as with one of her doctors.
As I was watching this episode I was pained by the stress felt by Savvy, the tension that it created in her marriage, and the difficult anticipation of the life-altering surgeries she was about to endure. For a few seconds I questioned my unwavering belief that knowledge is power. If Savvy had not known about her BRCA mutation, she would not have been facing difficult decisions and these hardships (a fact that some people believe argues against genetic testing in the absence of compelling risk). But I took a step back and looked at this case from a wider perspective, and apparently so did Shonda Rhimes. Personally, I do believe that, in most situations (including this one), knowledge is power. I believe that medical education and awareness about one’s own health are critical components to leading a healthy life. To turn a blind eye when science is offering a chance to proactively enhance one’s health and life expectancy is a private choice, but one that I would argue is made out of fear and a lack of understanding of the risks that can be avoided with the benefit of crucial, and now available, medical information. This sentiment guided Savvy’s experience. After meeting with her gynecologist and genetic counselor, she became empowered to take charge of her health and made an informed decision that she felt was best. In reflecting on her decision she states, “I know what I’m losing. I get it. But think about what I’m gaining. My life. This gives me a shot.”
That is why I love my job–why I love working with professionals trained in genetics, who promote the sentiment that knowledge is power. We give people a shot.
Allison Grant is currently the study coordinator for the Program for Jewish Genetic Health‘s BRCAcommunity Study. She will be attending medical school in the fall. Learn more about BRCA testing at BRCAcommunity.com
Guest Blogger, Sherry Kabran, writes about her amazing new project, Tree of Life, A BRCA Conversation http://www.treeoflifebrca.org:
While in mourning, some try to cope with their emotions and loss by writing journals, going to support groups, blogging, running races, attending daily minyans, even starting cancer oriented organizations. The women in my family found their own ways to accept the loss of Carolyn Raizes Davis, mother and sister, but together we created Tree of Life: a BRCA Conversation guide for Passover, Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh.
Each guide helps Jews of Ashkenazi descent understand basic facts about hereditary cancer risks from BReast CAncer gene mutations. The highlighted message is that every family should create a family medical tree, look for red flags and consider genetic testing, if appropriate. The guides provide a Jewish setting in which to start a serious conversation that might save the 1 in 40 Jews of Ashkenazi descent, who unknowingly has a BRCA gene mutation.
This family project was our suggestion to FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered) to further reach out to the Jewish community with a teaching tool. How could we not try to help? Carolyn passionately believed in teaching the community about BRCA gene mutation risks and worked closely with The Methodist Hospital doctors in Houston, Texas, to develop an educational program. Her legacy was EDUCATE anyone who will listen!
My younger sister, Francine, and I decided Passover was an ideal time to have a multi-generational discussion about gathering medical histories. We know about oranges and coffee beans on the Seder plate. How about a tree branch, to represent the importance of medical family trees? Each guide provides: an introduction to start the conversation, a BRCA branch symbol of family trees, a choice of videos, a medical history form to gather health information, Debbie Friedman’s Mi Sheberach prayer and suggestions for next steps.
Of course I googled “Passover & family histories” and found Chani’s post suggesting families do just that, at the Seder table! Her blog is incredibly informative and thought provoking. Plus, she told me to take the conversation guide idea and run with it. Thank you, Chani, for your encouragement.
The Davis/Raizes/Kabran family hopes readers will explore the guides (http://www.treeoflifebrca.org) and decide to use one during family gatherings. Please tell us about the experience. Also, help us save lives by sharing the website on Facebook and forwarding the free downloadable guides to family members, friends and community leaders (Jewish organizations are beginning to offer BRCA educational programs). Your suggestions for use of the guides and ways to publicize would be greatly appreciated.
Sherry Kabran: email@example.com
Guest Blogger, Elana Bengualid, writes about her thoughts on the “Angelina Effect“:
Angelina Jolie is one of the world’s most prominent actresses, and is also a statistic of the 1 in 500- 1 in 800 people who have an increased risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer due to a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. Therefore, when she valiantly shared her story with the public it undoubtedly created an immediate medical and cultural phenomenon.
It is evident that Jolie has inspired many to be proactive about their genetic health as the labs that test for the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer mutations have experienced a dramatic increase in the demand of test orders since her story was published in The New York Times in May. Most notably, Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy consequently led to about 250,000 Google searches on the prophylactic surgery in just one day, greater than the amount of people who will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Jolie’s story is empowering for she was courageous in taking appropriate steps to decrease her risk of breast cancer from 87% to about 5%, and through her journey she was able to change the image of this somewhat daunting process by exuding confidence, and becoming a public example which others can emulate.
However, at what age should one confront this information? How will Jolie’s actions influence young men and women who have similar family histories of breast and ovarian cancer? It is important to note that genetic counselors do not normally recommend that a person get tested before the age of 25. Recommendations for screening and preventative surgeries for high risk start at the age of 25, for the patients would not be able to do anything with the information except process and share it with family a member (which is important too!).
As a summer intern for the Program for Jewish Genetic Health, I was privileged to able to shadow the genetic counselors. One of the cases I observed was counseling for a 23 year old woman whose mother had passed away from breast cancer at age 39. The patient had been waiting to get tested for the BRCA mutation since her mother’s diagnosis, four years prior. Although young for testing, the patient was mature and her determination to confront this situation with the utmost diligence was admirable. Seeing the strength with which this young woman, three years older than I, pursued genetic counseling was inspiring. She was empowered to be proactive about her health, and that unwavering resolve is a quality that everyone, no matter what the situation, can learn from.
Personally, I do feel that it is extremely important to know if an individual is a BRCA mutation carrier not only for that person’s health, but also for their family members’ health. Regardless of what is considered the “right” age by medical professionals, certain individuals may be emotionally and psychologically ready to undergo testing at an earlier age. For these young women, it is amazing to have a public figure like Angelina Jolie serve as a role model and give them someone to relate to who has already experienced this, and persevered with grace.
Elana is a summer intern for the Program for Jewish Genetic Health. She is a junior at Barnard College and is majoring in Spanish and Latin American Cultures.


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The big question is always what camera equipments to bring to a shoot. You know what you need but what if the condition changes and you need another set of equipments. You can’t bring your entire arsenal of gears especially when you’ll be travelling and weight is an issue. Are you willing to take the chance of missing a shot because you didn’t bring the gear needed for the shot. Continue reading “Over Prepare” »
In my fashion photography workshop last weekend I was surprised to see my students diverse in terms of camera brand. I normally just see domination with Canon but this time, no Nikon, it was an equal footing with Canon and Fujifilm. Not just the ordinary camera but we are talking about Canon’s 1DX and Fujifilm’s GFX.
I was so glad I didn’t bring a camera. Firstly, mine has no match with their camera and secondly, I can always grab their camera to do a demo. It was a very productive two days since the level of interest of the students was all worth it. I cannot forget another workshop I did when a student was holding a 5DMk4 with a 50mm 1.8 lens. My heart just broke at that very moment.
I’ve been a Canon fanatic ever since but I also get to experience using almost all brands during workshops and at times when I’m doing a review of other brands. There were many times, I’d trade off all my camera to shift to another brand but by the time I’m back and shooting with my camera again, I’m reminded again why I’m shooting with my brand of camera. Continue reading “Taste And Preference” »
In my basic photography workshop, I normally talk about the history of photography, how it started and where we are today. I always make it a point that no matter how much technology we put in cameras today, photography never changed. We are talking about the same lighting characteristic experienced in the past and now.
The physics of light never changed and it applies even to artificial light. It’s the same shadows, light reflection and color balance that’s present even before. So what’s changing today? Technology and the method of capturing light is the difference. The artistic side of photography is as hard as a rock, technology will influence it but not so much. Continue reading “Next Technology” »
The dreaded question. In all my seminar workshops all around the country, there’s always one participant that would ask me how to pose a model. I know somebody will ask at it at some point and it is just a matter of time that somebody will have the courage to ask. When the question is finally asked, I’m like a light bulb looking confident acknowledging the question.
I would almost always start by saying that I totally understand where you’re coming from because I really do. I know the feeling and the pressure when the model would finally raise the question and ask what will be her posing. It’s the feeling you get when you’re taking the finals exam at school and you have no idea how to answer it. Continue reading “The Right Posing” »
It’s always good to talk about photography over coffee. I had a chance to chat with Ms Arlene Donaire one afternoon and even after long hours of photography talk, it seems like the conversation keeps getting interesting. She asked to meet me in Harbour Square because of the chance to shoot the golden sunset of Manila Bay but we were lost of time with the never ending photography talk.
Just before the end of 2016, I had a meeting with a fellow photographer in my hometown in San Francisco Agusan del Sur. I was interested to know how the photography industry is doing and the skills of photographers in the area. My idea was to conduct a workshop so I can contribute additional knowledge about photography and improve the skills of my town folks.
Learning in photography is forever. There can only be a start but never an ending. A photographer will always be a student no matter what level of proficiency he is at. The basic principles can be learned in a matter of day and pretty much, you’ll be shooting with you camera the following day. However, it’s the art and style of photography that goes on and never ends. Continue reading “New Year, New Learning” »
I’ve been doing photography workshops for about 5 years now. Every time I start my workshop, I always ask why they chose to learn photography. A mix of answers would surface, some because there’s a camera lying around the house. A few would say my parents convinced me to enroll but almost always, one would say “because I’ve always wanted to do photography”.
Of course our learning curves are all unique. Some who joined without any expectation turned out to be a natural in seeing things creatively. And yeah, some with all the expensive gadgets will seem to have difficulty getting it right. There is really no absolute pattern or a common trait that a person may have for you to know that he will excel in photography. Continue reading “Pursuing Photography” »
I had a unique scenario few years back with a client who wants to see the shots while we were shooting. It was on outdoor shoot so we had to connect my camera through its USB port to my enclosed laptop and use Lightroom’s tethering feature. It was a solution at that time but we encountered some concerns along the way.
Yes, the client was happy even if the shots were coming in slow. There’s about 5 seconds delay and I have to shoot it with a good interval between shots so the transfer of data, given the fact that we were shooting raw, wouldn’t be that overwhelming. The connection between the computer and camera somehow keeps on disconnecting.
This is something that I have to deal with every time we need to shoot tethered. I know that I must have done something wrong or a setting that needs to be set since those that I see in youtube are working perfectly fine. Continue reading “Tethered Shooting” »
Photography is always perceived to be expensive. While it’s not entirely true, yes there are skyrocket price tag for some camera and lenses. However, you have to understand that in photography, the quality always speaks its price. I think that the decision to buy the expensive ones is critical in your journey in photography.
There is always the question of whether to buy and entry level camera and lenses or to go with the mid level set. There’s always the option to buy pro level equipments if money is not an issue. But if you’re starting up in photography, no matter if you choose to buy the entry level or the pro cameras, your output will almost always be the same.
The pro camera being expensive has features that are made for professional to be able for them to do their work more efficiently and effectively. By efficiently, I’m referring to the speed and quick functions for you to take your shots in split seconds. Effectively is more on the reliability issue. Continue reading “An Arm And A Leg” »
It’s quite an experience to be able to teach photography to students coming from different background. I normally ask them how they end up wanting to learn photography and their answer just adds to the complexity of why people love photography. There is really no pattern, just the same end in mind.
The bridge between starting up and gaining confidence with your shots is long and full of doubts. One student of mine told me that her shots looks really bad and it seems like photography is not for her. However, in that long journey of discovering and doubts, you’ll also experience moments of euphoria from exceptional photos you’ll get once in awhile.
This will drive you for another long haul til the next jackpot shot. Then you will realize that the gap becomes narrower and suddenly you’re in the zone. The thirst for getting the best shot is still very much the goal and mediocre becomes intolerable as your audience are left in awe with trail of amazing photos you’ve shot.


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Consultancy Maximixe found the rise has been mainly driven by shipments of the fruit in dehydrated, extract, flour or powder form, with a total camu camu export value of US$645,685 between January and August.
Around 76% of shipments were either in powder or flour form, while the remainder was shared between extract (13.4%), dehyrated (6.2%) and fresh (3.8%).
Export values to August represent a 105.4% year-on-year rise for the period, with a dramatic jump in shipments to the export markets of the U.S. (210.7%), the U.K. (111.5%) and Canada (36.3%).
The situation was not as positive in Japan however with shipments declining 17.5%, the story reported.
The U.S. imports 56% of Peru's camu camu shipments, followed by Canada with 18.9% and the U.K. at 5.3%. Other destinations for the fruit include Japan, France, Germany and Australia.
Camu camu itself is a purple-red cherry-shaped fruit that grows in the Amazon rainforest of Peru and Brazil, and is well-known for having high levels of vitamin C, antioxidants and antiviral properties.

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The effects of height-for-age and HIV on cognitive development of school-aged children in Nairobi, Kenya: a structural equation modelling analysis.
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BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence indicates that both HIV infection and stunting impede cognitive functions of school-going children. However, there is less evidence on how these two risk factors amplify each other's negative effects. This study aimed to examine the direct effects of stunting on cognitive outcomes and the extent to which stunting (partially) mediates the effects of HIV, age, and gender on cognitive outcomes. METHODOLOGY: We applied structural equation modelling to cross-sectional data from 328 children living with HIV and 260 children living without HIV aged 6-14 years from Nairobi, Kenya to test the mediating effect of stunting and predictive effects of HIV, age, and gender on cognitive latent variables flexibility, fluency, reasoning, and verbal memory. RESULTS: The model predicting the cognitive outcomes fitted well (RMSEA = 0.041, CFI = 0.966, χ2 = 154.29, DF = 77, p

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Monsignor Preston Moss: Look into the light
Fr. Preston Alexander Moss typically arose before sunrise to pray and to exercise. He began each day bathed in light, the light of Christ in prayer and the light of a new Bahamas day dawning over and warming the ocean as he swam at the beach nearest whichever parish he pastored at the time.
He loved visiting the Family Islands because he could swim alone and pray in the ocean, indulging a blessed freedom and solitude, allowing the grandeur of God’s creation to recreate in him a sense of awe and joy. And the promise of new life.
He delighted in the Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkin’s “God’s Grandeur”, a poetic tribute to creation and the striving, yearning, struggle of humanity for union with the Creator:
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
For a man who struggled with the sickle cell trait throughout his life, which often left him exhausted, and who experienced the early deaths of a number of relatives during his adolescence and young adulthood, he marveled at each new day, imagining them as gifts and as blessings.
In humility, Monsignor Moss knew that he needed the light to enlighten his own soul, to suppress, in his words, “needless anxiety”, and to help him to minister to other souls often weary, broken and on the verge of defeat or hopelessness or even suicide.
He offered the light of his faith and love to those whom he helped rescue and restore from heartbreak, the news of a terrible diagnosis, loneliness, the death of a child, spouse or parent, abandonment, betrayal, indifference by the church and the other suffering and ravages of life and dying.
While ministering to the dying and offering last rites, including to those who sometimes endured difficult and painful deaths, Monsignor Moss would often repeat: “Look into the light! Look into the light! Look into the light!”
The beloved priest took to heart the admonition of Fr. James Keenan, SJ, that mercy is “the willingness to enter into the chaos of others”. On occasion he had to physically rescue others paralyzed by addiction, fear and hopelessness, counselling others to “never absolutize” any moment in life.
He was a source of light for many prisoners, accompanying five men to death, who were hanged by the state. He vehemently opposed capital punishment, unyieldingly believing in the power of mercy, forgiveness and restorative justice.
Monsignor Moss’s empathy and compassion were naturally born but perfected in the furnace of suffering caused by the early deaths of his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother and sister. His only brother predeceased him years later.
He was a young teenager when his mother died in New York City. He was unable to attend her funeral. But he was compassionately ministered to by a lady at the office where he worked.
She told him to come to work dressed in a tie the day of the funeral. Around the time of his mother’s funeral she had him sit alone in a room with a candle as a mark of love and respect for his mother and as a way of mourning her death.
He looked into the light for hope and solace, his desire for faith growing stronger, a burgeoning vocation developing.
His spiritual growth and conversion to Roman Catholicism were nurtured by a number of lay people and by the force of nature of Fr. Brendan Forsyth, OSB, then rector at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. A young Preston converted to Roman Catholicism in 1956 at age 16.
On the eve of the church’s renewal through Vatican II, Preston Moss was ordained a priest on June, 4, 1965. He joined a company of other Bahamian men ordained to the priesthood, some as diocesan priests and others as priests in the Benedictine order.
He began his priestly ministry amidst the powerful and complex crosscurrents of the early days of Vatican II and the early days of majority rule and independence.
Within years of his ordination, the local presbyterate was decimated by a wholesale departure of his Bahamian confrères. It proved a sad, lonely and difficult time for a young prelate, on whom was now thrust an extraordinary burden of leadership and continuity in the local church.
Typical of his spirit of healing and love, he did not judge nor did he shun his former fellow-priests, a number of whom he loved as if they were blood brothers, and with whom he retained lifelong friendships.
He became an example and a source of light and inspiration for other Bahamian men considering the priesthood, including Archbishop Patrick Pinder, the first Bahamian to serve as ordinary of the archdiocese.
Monsignor Moss helped nurture a new generation of Bahamian priests, in what some termed, “the Second Spring”. In significant ways the local church was sustained and restored because of his light and his example.
Though he spent decades in the Chancery, including as vicar general, Preston Moss was at heart a pastor, serving in a number of parishes, including Our Lady’s, St. Joseph’s, St. Bede’s, St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and St. Anselm’s, where he will be interred.
St. Anselm’s symbolizes the life of Preston Moss. It is a church bathed in light and a Bahamian ethos, enriched by the symbols of salvation history and scripture and the liturgy of the church.
Monsignor Moss carried the people of each parish in his heart. One could see the light in his countenance when he preached or presided at mass.
Generations of students at every school in the archdiocese remember “Monsignor” whose presence as a Bahamian celebrated our nationhood and our possibilities as a people. He is rightly deemed a Bahamian prince.
A friend recalls this story. In the early 1970s, Fr. Moss went to a local Catholic school to mingle with the students and stayed to share lunch. He brought along a rather large Johnny cake and laid it on the table, inviting the students to break bread and to hold it up for a blessing.
The friend managed to break off a particularly large piece of which he gleefully boasted to someone sitting next to him. Observing this, Fr. Moss did not miss the moment or the lesson to impart.
To this day, the friend is convinced that Fr. Moss was looking directly at him, when, with a smile, he told the students that in the spirit of sharing and brotherly love he wanted them to pass their piece of Johnny cake to the person standing next to him.
When Monsignor Moss laughed, his entire body shook, engulfed by a humor aptly described by the title of Milan Kundera’s novel, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”.
Amidst his own struggles and the crosses he helped others to carry and endure, Preston Moss possessed an irrepressible joy, the gift of gratitude and surpassing generosity. He lived a life of simplicity eschewing the clutter of mind and material goods which often obscure the light around us.
During a retreat in the desert in the United States some years ago, he recalled the sun rising over the mountains and the barren desert sands, all of which he viewed as a master metaphor for life, with the darkness and the deserts of life banished by the possibility of new life, new light and resurrection.
Monsignor Moss died at the beginning of Lent and on the first day of the Lenten Mission for the archdiocese for New Providence.
By the manner in which he lived and departed this life he has offered an extraordinary Lenten meditation as we prepare for our own deaths and the dawn of Easter.
Our dear departed brother and friend is now fully, resplendently and eternally one with the light. He invites us still to look into the light.


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At a loss for any coherent topic, I'm splitting this blog 3 ways (also I forgot October's entry, so there.)
Part 1: Life is Better Without Television (but not without video games)
Seriously, it is. Try it.
Living at university in my 10x10 bunker/hole in the ground, I have very little contact with any technology apart from my cell phone (which is not a smartphone) and my laptop. I do not have a TV, and ss such I have had zero contact with television programming since I moved in.
I thought I'd miss it but then I realized there was nothing good on TV anyways, so I've found other ways to waste my time. Other just-as-unproductive but less stressful ways. There's anyways something "on" on the internet! There are a lot of interesting people on the internet too- interesting in a good way as in they're funny or entertaining, not interesting in a "trainwreck, can't look away" or "Why would you DO that?" kind of way.
But without TV I have no video games which, although a petty complaint, is still kind of hindering to my creativity. I write best when I'm gaming. And more habitual gamers will attest to the "game craving" phenomenon where you get a wicked jones to play a particular game that only worsens when you can't. Unfortunately this has been compounded by my habit of watching livestreams and walkthroughs of games I haven't played yet...agh. Oh well.
Part 2: On Hallowe'en
I might be too old for trick-or-treating, but I still went out collecting stuff this Hallowe'en, and let me tell you it was awesome! (Yes, I spell it with the apostrophe, it's technically an abbreviation.)
I was part of a volunteer dealy called Trick-Or-Eat, where a bunch of students from my university went out and collected canned and non-perishable stuff for the local food bank. Even though toting around bags full of cans is a touch painful, we managed to collect ("we" being the small sub-group of 4 I was with) a shopping cart full of stuff. Multiplied by the 6 sub-groups in our team, multiplied by the teams consisting of hundreds of university students, I think we did alright.
It's definitely something I would recommend doing, especially for teens who are a touch sore at losing the cute-factor that let them trick-or-treat in the first place (or those who don't want to get stuck handing out candy). Going door to door in costume in the dark of night was still as appealing as it's ever been.
And also Happy Day of the Dead to my readers south of the border (and to those who celebrate anyways)! I think Dia de los Muertos is something we should celebrate in Canada, I mean, it's just so cool! It's an actual celebration of the lives of those past with a cheerfully mock-morbid spin! I love it! There's a kind of day fo the dead in Buddhism called Obon, but it's not nearly as exciting as Dia de los Muertos.
Part 3: On Horror Games
Ok so....Horror games....I'm not a huge player of horror games but I do enjoy watching others play them. (See above for my livestream habit.) Anyways. I was watching a really neat livestream of an indie Horror/Adventure game called Decay. Now, it was a pretty restrained little game, more about atmosphere and a few jump-scares with the story built mostly through props and text with a few cutscenes.
I won't spoil anything but I will warn prospective players; Part 4 of Decay was a huge letdown. I didn't even see the end, I seriously couldn't sit through it. Puzzles have always been a part of horror games, that I can accept. Whether they're obscure fetch-quest type "puzzles" like in Silent Hill and Resident Evil, or your typical slidey-block picture puzzle, or number/logic puzzles like in Fatal Frame, they're there and they probably always will be. That's ok!
When your horror game becomes nothing BUT puzzles, it ceases to be scary, entertaining and enjoyable all at once with an almost audible CLUNK. This was the problem with Decay Part 4; it was one puzzle after another after another after another, all increasing in ridiculousness, arbitrarity and difficulty. And none of them really even fit with the feel of the first 3 parts of the game!
I suspect there was a change of developer somewhere between parts 3 and 4. The first 3 parts all took place within the same building, the same few rooms with similar kinds of puzzles. There was a minigame here or there but most of them were logic puzzles that spanned the entire environment and there was one particularly neat little sequence where you first had to decode and then descramble a cryptic message. THAT is cool! Fighting with a slidey picture puzzle, then a painful minigame, then a make-a-path puzzle (timed, no less) then a fiddly maze does NOT make good inclusion of puzzles.
I don't even know how Decay ended because I didn't stick around to find out. But the point I'm trying to make is that consistency can make or break a horror game, or any game, and I was sorely disappointed. The best horror games I've seen put strong emphasis on the atmosphere or circumstance, not on jump-scares or gore (I'm looking at you, Dead Space).
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, although I haven't played it msyelf, it probably one of the scariest games I've seen. The atmosphere in itself is actually used as a gameplay mechanic; dark areas put strain on your character's sanity while light areas increase your risk of being spotted and chased down by monsters. Now don't get me wrong, Dead Space is scary in its own way, but it's more of a persistent unpleasantness that comes from having to cut up space-mutant-zombies into boody bits to ensure you've killed them properly. It has a pretty good grasp of its atmosphere; being claustrophobic and dark with flickery lights and obligatory writing in blood on the walls...but jump-scares (and predictable music cues to accompany them) don't mesh well with the slow constricting atmosphere the game already has.
Resident Evil 4 (the only Resident Evil I've managed to get further than 5 mins into) isn't really much of a horror game by these standards but it does make good use of its circumstance (alone in a town of creepy cultists, a bit Lovecraftian really) and it definitely has its eerier bits (see the cutscene after the Del Lago battle, and go ahead and search the REwiki for "Iron Maiden"s, you'll see what I mean.). It's a touch gross in the combat but not as gory as Dead Space, but the weird parasite critters are definitely horrific. (Headbursters, man, they're exactly what they sound like.)
Anyways, end of rant.
Until next time!


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No, Juan García is not a footballer in the Spanish second division. It’s a local hero grape variety with some potential for stardom on a national level.
The grape is most likely to be found in western Castilla, towards the border with Portugal, and it’s maybe at its best in Arribes del Duero. There are not many varietals made though. It was traditionally used to strengthen wines from garnacha and other soft-skinned grapes. Arribes is one of the oldest wine growing regions in Spain, with roots back to the Phoenicians. But it wasn’t untill the 1990’s that they started to create a DO region, that today covers only 600 hectares of vineyard.
The bodega is located in Fornillos de Fermoselle, between Salamanca and Zamora. From here you can look over the border to the Portuguese side of the Duero/Douro river. La Setera means she who handles muschrooms (after seta = mushroom). But the winery is equally famous for making artisanal cheese from the local goat and cow’s milk. They have also started to make beer. Patxi and his wife Sarah have six hectares of own vineyards in Fermoselle and the neighbouring Pinilla. It’s almost exclusively old vines, with Spanish and Portuguese grape varieties such as tempranillo, touriga nacional, bruñal, rufete, alongside red verdeja (sic!). They also do some experiments with amphora, resulting in a juan garcía-mencía-bruñal-bastardo-rufete wine called Tinaja Crianza, aged first in clay, then oak.
The tinto joven is made as a joven in steel tanks, to accentuate the fruitiness, and it’s 100% juan garcía. This is really small-scale with only 2.000 bottles made of the young entry-level wine.
Francisco José “Patxi” Martínez in his small artisanal bodega
Juan García Tinto Joven 2016 (La Setera)
Dark cherry red with violet rim. Wild berries, elderberry, pepper, stony minerals. It’s very fresh, textural, with evident tannins, carbonic traces and a light bitterness in the finish. You could maybe call it a bit rustic, but I love it.
Food: A variety of meat, such as game, salads and cheeses

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The Director General of the National Taskforce has been praised for his transparent in handling of affairs of the agency, regarding to employment.
Beneficiaries, in separate interview with select journalists expressed surprise that they got employment despite not knowing any godfather as has been the culture in Nigeria.
One, Miss Bisi Bayo who said she is from Oyo State said: “Dr. Baba Mohammed gave us employment and even transport fare. We were three in number that day to collect our letters.”
Journalists who were at NATFORCE office to monitor developments on Monday, also met two other young men who identified themselves as John Ogohi Audu, and Mohammed Musapha from Mubi in Adamawa State. They also testified to the magnanimity of the new Director General.
Mustapha Mohammed said: “I thank God that I got this job despite not knowing the DG, Alhaji Baba Mohammed, or anyone else. Though, it’s was pretty difficult seeing him, but in the course of trying to see him, I was asked to submit my Curriculum Vitae, which I did and the next time, I was called for interview and screening.
“I was asked to go to Yola office for documentation, which the Director General personally offered me money for transport and feeding.”
“I can tell you that many others got employed without knowing anybody here,” he further explained.
In the words of John Ogohi Audu, “I subjected to thorough screening by the management team.
“They did my background checks and asked if I knew anybody to which I said no.
” After the letter of employment was given to me, I did my documentation immediately and was happy being rescued from the labour market.”
He admitted that the entire exercise was strictly based on merit.”

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Having done more than 20 movies in Hindi, English, Chinese and other regional languages, Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat is all set to make a comeback to the southern film industry after almost a decade.She was last seen as an actress in Kamal Haasan’s ‘Dasavatharam’.
Mallika is now said to be doing an important role in a Tamil-Telugu Bilingual thriller titled ‘Pambattam’ which is directed by VC.Vadivudaiyan.The movie makers of this film officially announced this news on their social media accounts.
Reports suggest that she will be seen in the role of a modern-day queen in the film and her character would travel throughout the script.It is also said that she was mightily impressed with the script and gave bulk dates for the project which will be shot majorly in South Africa, Mumbai and Chennai.
The movie shall star popular actor Jeevan in the lead role which is produced by V.Pazhanivel under his home banner Pazhanivel Film Garden.The film will be released in multiple languages – Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada.
Meanwhile Mallika will next make her web series debut with the horror-comedy ‘Booo Sabki Phategi’, alongside Tusshar Kapoor for ALT Balaji streaming platform which is directed by Farhad Samji.Keep watching this space for more updates!!.

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In More Is More: How the Best Companies Go Farther and Work Harder to Create Knock-Your-Socks-Off Customer Experiences by Blake Morgan, Morgan lays out an organizational psychology theory on how companies can gain and retain customers by creating exceptional customer experiences from initial advertising to customers becoming repeat customers of a brand. The typical company is not currently using advertising to their best advantage to inspire a customer to purchase their product. Further, the company doesn’t care about the customer’s experience purchasing their product and what happens after that customer has purchased the product. This flawed philosophy is costing companies business and even forcing them to close up shop. Through her acronym of DOMORE, Morgan shares her perspectives on how companies can fix this by sharing research and examples of companies that are thriving in their ability to give excellent customer experiences.
There is a lot of information in this book that is helpful to business leaders to improve their ability to not only reach customers but to keep them engaged with their brands leading to loyal customers. Some of the research in particular that was interesting was the generational research about purchasing behaviors and why companies need to shift their approaches to match up with the current market. I also enjoyed the practical examples of how many companies have forward thinking in mind with regards to their customers and how they have tailored their business to reflect the values and needs of their customers. While many of the concepts discuss the overall theme, it is helpful to have these examples since the paradigm of how businesses operate is shifting and these company examples are really paving the way to do it. There is a variety of information to keep the reader interested with plenty of beginning steps to begin the process of putting the customer at the center of the business. The editing is professional and the writing is clear.
There are several problems with this book. I felt let down through the whole book until I went back when I was done reading and really looked at the chapters. Then I understood what I was missing and had to go back through and make all the information connect. The book starts out with an introduction about this exciting DOMORE theory that I was looking forward to reading about. I finally hit chapter four where the acronym finally gets explained…only it wasn’t really explained. I realized later that the author titled each of her chapters after that on each letter of the acronym and was explaining it to me the entire time I was wondering what happened to it. The information was interesting and I kept hoping it would connect. It occurred to me at the end that the chapters were the explanations of the theory. I wish the author had been more detailed in her introduction of it. The chapters were clear and great after I realized what the set up was. The introduction to it should introduce the acronym, a graphic would be helpful, and set up the rest of that section of the book. The other complaint I had was with the graphics that existed. They were in black and white and so small I couldn’t read anything on them so they might be great, but I can’t read them to tell so they may as well have not been in the book. In the sections that discussed those graphics it was hard to follow the reading because I couldn’t refer to the graphic.
In spite of the criticisms I have of the book, I think the theory the author proposed is helpful and informative. It correlates with the research she shared and the practical experiences of companies who have thrived in aspects of the theory. The examples of companies and the way the research applies to how to make a business thrive is timely and a much needed read in this field. This is definitely a resource business leaders will want to read to modify their business in this shifting paradigm.

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Jessica Combes has joined CPI Financial as Editor of Finance ME. Jessica joins the magazine from Johannesburg, where she worked as a Journalist responsible for her own photographs, covering events and conducting interviews as well as creating digital media. As Editor of Finance ME, Jessica will be conducting interviews, attending events, liaising with PR companies and writing features. She will also be charged with the layout of the magazine which will involve working alongside the Finance ME sales division and designer.
“When the opportunity came to work with CPI Financial came, I grabbed it and everything seems to have happened incredibly quickly since,” says Jessica. “It’s a really exciting challenge. I’m fortunate enough to work closely with Georgina Enzer – she is so generous with her knowledge, experience and time.”

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What is green tea?
Green tea is made from the same plant (Camellia sinensis) as used for black tea. The difference between the two is that the leaves for green tea have not been overly processed. This way, they retain their powerful green colour and all the beneficial health properties are mostly unharmed by the oxidation processes which is used to produce black tea. Black tea contains the same antioxidants, nutrients and phytochemicals as green tea, but the overall properties are significantly lower compared to those of green tea. If you are looking for an alternative to coffee, green tea is a great substitute, it will give you energy plus help you keep your stress under control. Green tea is also considered among the 5 most favoured beverages in the world. 1. Research Shows that Green Tea Can Relieve Stress Green tea contains an important amino acid, naturally found in tea leaves, L-theanine. It has been proven that L-theanine promotes a state of tranquillity in the brain by promoting alpha waves. These waves (8-13 Hz) appear in our brain when we are in a state of calmness and relaxation.
Several studies performed in Japan, Canada and Israel, discovered that L-theanine reduces stress, anxiety levels, blood pressure and improves sleep quality in subjects that were part of these trials.
It is believed that L-theanine also reduces the levels of anxiety in people, as it has a direct impact on the GABA neurotransmitters. GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that is found predominately in the neurons of the cortex. Among it’s many contributions to the correct function of the brain, GABA neurotransmitters play a key role in regulating anxiety.
2. Green Tea Can Help You Lose Weight Naturally
Due to its caffeine content, that has been known to aid the process of fat burning, green tea can be a great combination together with physical exercises for an improved overall health.
Green tea has a good quantity of antioxidants, with an ORAC value of 1253. It has a high content of a certain category of antioxidants called catechins. One of the most important catechins is EGCG (Epigallocatechin gallate or epigallocatechin-3-gallate). EGCG, found in great quantities in tea, is a polyphenol that can boost metabolism and help with weight loss naturally.
3. Green Tea Can Improve Brain Function and Make You Smarter
The caffeine content of green tea aids the brain function by blocking an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain called, Adenosine. When Adenosine is being blocked in the brain, scientists have noticed an increase in the communication speed between neurons and also noticed a higher level of dopamine and norepinephrine.
As discussed above, green tea contains high levels of L-theanine. This has the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier that “provides a defence against disease-causing pathogens and toxins that may be present in our blood.”
Studies discovered that together, L-theanine and caffeine can improve the speed and accuracy of brain performance when the subject is asked to switch tasks and it can also reduce susceptibility to distracting information.
4. Green Tea Can Kill Bacteria, Which Improves Dental Health and Lowers Your Risk of Infection
The high catechins content found in green tea can also have an effect on bacteria, including the ones found in your mouth.
The EGCG or epigallocatechin-3-gallate is considered the key component in the green tea’s anticancer and antioxidant effects.
Green tea promotes oral health by reducing inflammation, preventing bone retraction and limiting the growth of certain bacteria associated with periodontal diseases.
Studies have also proven that green tea can reduce bad breath.

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Mary Magdalene - A Story Not Told, Living with Discrimination Then and Now
Linda Hansell, author
The Bible does not say Mary Magdalene was a prostitute, but some people even today believe that. What the Bible tells about Mary Magdalene is heavily slanted to the culture when women were considered inferior and men totally dominated their lives. Attempting to write Mary's story not told,, I still found clues in the Bible as to what' is missing. Mary was a victim of gender discrimina-tion. It. would continue for another 2,000 years.before equality finally began to emerge in the 20th Century and my lifetime. Through personal experience and women's history, I found reasons it lasted so long. And, you may realize women's rights in the U.S. may not be permanent. Women's diligence is still required to protect themselves and future generations.


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Galactic nuclei: dust structure & evolution, accretion & jet structure, spectral energy distributions, gas kinematics & black hole masses
Infrared observations: high-spatial resolution, mid-infrared, ground-based methods, dust & PAH emission
The subarcsecond MIR atlas of local AGN is a collection of all available N- and Q-band images obtained at ground-based 8-meter class telescopes with public archives (Gemini/Michelle, Gemini/T-ReCS, Subaru/COMICS, and VLT/VISIR). It includes in total 895 images, corresponding to 253 local AGN with a median redshift of 0.016 (Asmus et al. 2014) and is accessible in the Virtual Observatory. The atlas contains the uniformly processed and calibrated images and nuclear photometry obtained through Gauss and PSF fitting for all objects and filters. This also includes measurements of the nuclear extensions. In comparison to the arcsecond-scale MIR emission as probed by Spitzer, the continuum emission is much lower on subarcsecond scales in many cases. The silicate feature strength is similar on both scales and generally appears in emission (absorption) in type I (II) AGN. However, the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission appears weaker or absent on subarcsecond scales. The differences of the MIR SEDs on both scales are particularly large for AGN/starburst composites and close-by (and weak) AGN. The nucleus dominates over the total emission of the galaxy only at luminosities ≳1044 erg s-1. The AGN MIR atlas is well suited not only for detailed investigation of individual sources but also for statistical studies of AGN unification.
The mid-infrared -- X-ray correlation for AGN:
We used SASMIRALA to re-investigate the well-known correlation between the AGN emission at MIR and X-ray wavelengths (Asmus et al. 2015). This correlation is surprising for many reasons: 1. It extends over the full range of probed luminosities with a slope of unity not showing any change of slope as expected for example by the receding torus scenario.
2. It is very tight with a scatter of two, applicable to all AGN types (except maybe narrow-line Seyfert 1s), which implies very small differences in the emission of the different AGN types, in particular unobscured versus obscured AGN. Canonical torus models predict larger differences between these two.
3. Even radio-loud AGN seem to follow the correlation rather well, despite the expected additional contribution of jet synchrotron emission to the MIR. Looking very closely, it seems that the slope od this correlation is different for the radio-loud objects at least but with a normalisation such that the population overlap in the MIR--X-ray plane.
A possible explanation for at least the first two points, is given by the results from the next project:
The mid-infrared emission from polar dust:
Up to know the nuclear MIR emission has been associated directly with the dusty obscurer, and could well be fit with clumpy torus models. However, the structures at parsec sales resolved with MIR interferometry (Hönig et al. 2012, 2013, Tristram et al. 2014, and López-Gonzaga et al. 2014) show a surprising polar elongation which is somewhat at odds with the canonical clumpy torus.
This polar emission is also found on larger (10 to 100pc) scales as it turns out! We could show this statistically for the first time using the extended AGN in SASMIRALA, which have no significant star formation on nuclear scales (Asmus et al. 2016). The results indicate that the MIR emission of AGN is in fact dominated by dust on the edges of the ionisation cones (a dusty wind?) instead of a clumpy torus. This in turn implies that the real obscurer must be more compact and hotter than previously thought...


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The New Hampshire primary is here — the first presidential primary of 2020, which mercifully should be much less complicated than whatever happened last week in Iowa.
A few things to know as results come in: New Hampshire is a semi-open primary, so independents can vote in party primaries (but a registered Republican can’t vote in the Democratic primary, for instance). Polls mostly opened around 6 a.m. and will begin to close at 7 p.m. New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner is predicting a historic turnout with a winner declared around 9:30 p.m.
What do we know as voting begins about who will win? Bernie Sanders has a leg up in polling in the state, which he won convincingly in 2016. Pete Buttigieg, the other candidate to come out strong in Iowa, has appeared to gain in the last week.
How important is winning here? With just 24 pledged delegates at stake, New Hampshire doesn’t have a ton of direct electoral impact, especially relative to states coming up in early March. But performing well here is an important signal of strength for candidates hoping to continue their campaigns, and a poor result could make it hard for a candidate to raise enough money to keep going into the next two states: Nevada and South Carolina.


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11:00am - 3:00pm Habitat Environmental Center
3036 Bellflower Street, Kettering , OH 45429
Enjoy creative, hands-on art activities this spring at Art on the Playground, an award-winning, interactive art festival for kids of all ages. The event is free and all are welcome!
Art on the Playground features a range of hands-on, make-and-take art activities. Featuring clay mosaics, homemade wind charms, and some unique printmaking opportunities for the older kids, our youth-oriented artists will help everyone make their very own masterpieces to take home!
Art on the Playground features a fantastic lineup of performances from local community groups. This year’s event features:
11 a.m. – Southdale Elementary’s Schulwerk-Orff Ensemble
11:30 a.m. – Kettering Children’s Choir Chorus
12 p.m. – Kettering Children’s Theatre
1 p.m.- Kettering Children’s Choir Chorale
1:30 p.m. – 5 Points Cloggers
2:15 p.m. – Miami Valley Dance Company
Art on the Playground is organized by Rosewood Arts Center and hosted at the Habitat Environmental Center in Kettering. The event is sponsored in part by the Kettering Arts Council.
The event will take place rain or shine. In case of rain, the art activities will take place inside the Habitat Environmental Center.
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What is in this article?:
- Is nitrogen crisis looming?
- Huge production gains
• Some are promoting greater use of organic nitrogen substitutes as a way around this problem, but this will only take us so far.
• What is certain is that cheap nitrogen can no longer be taken for granted in farming.
Huge production gains
"We learned to take energy and do what Mother Nature does, only lots faster and in much larger quantities," Mitchell says. "Instead of getting 10 bushels of corn an acre, we now get 200."
This is part of where the curse factors into the equation: The more nitrogen is fixed from the atmosphere, the more the natural cycle becomes overloaded as more of this element washes into rivers and streams and, ultimately, into oceans.
"If you overload the soil with nitrogen, you're increasing the leaching of this element into groundwater — that's one example," Mitchell says. "That comes out into lakes and streams, runs into the Gulf of Mexico."
Excess nitrogen promotes algae growth, depriving marine species of oxygen, resulting in fish kills and, in some cases, massive oceanic dead zones.
"That's what nitrogen does — if it's in the soil, it produces green, leafy growth in the form of lush, green pastures," Mitchell says. "If it's in the Gulf of Mexico, it's producing algae and depriving water of oxygen."
A portion of this nitrogen also ends up in the air as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas some 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide as well as an ozone destroyer.
Some are promoting greater use of organic nitrogen substitutes as a way around this problem, but this will only take us so far, Mitchell says.
"Yes, we can do it organically, but organic fertilizer is simply using nitrogen that likely originated from some fixed nitrogen source," he says.
Legume crops, which are able to fix nitrogen on their own, are cited as another option. Yet, these crops present their own challenges.
For instance, research has revealed that kudzu, a legume, is one of the greatest nitrogen polluters, both to the atmosphere and groundwater.
"We could cover the world in legume crops, but we'd still have a nitrogen pollution problem," he says.
Yet another curse now factors in the equation: While atmospheric nitrogen is as readily available as ever, a key ingredient used in its manufacture — cheap energy — is not, even as farming struggles to feed an additional 2 to 2.5 billion people, Mitchell says.
Whether a brick wall awaits humanity in a few more decades remains an open question, Mitchell says. What is certain is that cheap nitrogen can no longer be taken for granted in farming.
"We've put on extra nitrogen to get that green leafy growth and assumed that this would make up for poor soils and bad management practices," he says. "But we can't do that anymore.
"Nitrogen is too expensive and we can't afford to mismanage it as we have in the past — we've got to switch to more sustainable approaches."


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ACTOR | MODEL
Marshay is an ambitious aspiring actress stepping into the entertainment industry. She has always had a passion for acting and was once heard telling her mother at the tender age of 4 years old, how she will one day be ‘in’ the television.
Marshay has stepped into the modelling world and worked with well known photographers and has built quite the portfolio but acting is where her real passion lies.
As an adolescent, she played in various skits and plays at school and took part in the drama club as an extra mural activity.


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Title:Ovum Lapel Pin 5-pack - Ova and Out!
Offer your ovaries some extra lovin' with this cute ovum 1.25" lapel pin. The ovum is the reproductive cell released from the ovary. Show ‘em you’ve got eggs.. Printed aluminum pin measures 1.25”, made in China.

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Media statement - Dam good news for Onkaparinga
Published on 30 August 2019
The City of Onkaparinga has welcomed this week’s announcement by Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack to invest $2.5 million into a 600 megalitre dam at Seaford Heights.
A joint project of the McLaren Vale Community Sustainability Company and Willunga Basin Water Company, the dam will receive recycled water from the Christies Beach Wastewater Plant, for vine irrigation across the McLaren Vale region.
Mayor Erin Thompson says further similar investment is required to future-proof the region.
She said recycled wastewater from the region’s wastewater treatment plants could be used for irrigation of urban open spaces including reserves, sporting grounds and school ovals across Onkaparinga.
“There is huge potential in sharing this resource to benefit the entire region and we’re very keen to work with SA Water and the state and federal governments to make that happen,” Mayor Thompson said.
“This idea makes perfect sense, and would build on the significant investment that the all three tiers of government have already made through the Waterproofing the South project.”
Waterproofing the South was constructed by the City of Onkaparinga between 2009 and 2014, providing stormwater harvesting facilities and an alternative water supply for the irrigation of open space across the region. Since construction, these schemes have been challenged by variable rainfall and stormwater flows.
Mayor Thompson says the introduction of recycled water into these existing networks would see a broad range of benefits for the community.
“Any increase in the re-use of wastewater reduces the amount of high quality potable water used for irrigation, reduces demand on the Murray, and reduces the amount of wastewater going into the gulf.
“We know demand for our region’s produce is growing and our urban population is climbing higher every year.
“Now is the time for SA Water and all levels of government to work closely together and invest in complementary water infrastructure in South Australia’s largest and fastest growing metropolitan council area,” Mayor Thompson said.


Earlier this month, Bangor University announced their plan for filling a £13m gap in their budget. Their foremost solution is a single word that has caused a flood of backlash, uncertainty and fear: redundancies.
With 200 of them on the horizon, staff and students can’t help but envision a disaster, despite university promises to protect the student experience. By compiling new interviews with the UCU trade union and the Bangor Students’ Union, in addition to surveys of student opinions and the latest statements from the university management, this report has been created to help answer the question on every student’s mind: How bad is it?
2020 has been a tough financial year for many in the wake of COVID-19. With furlough schemes being set up, independent venues and businesses shutting down, and the return of stricter lockdowns, it comes as no surprise that educational institutions are also struggling. The University has primarily attributed their “anticipated shortfall in income” to a lack of “international student recruitment” as a result of COVID-19.
In a statement, Bangor University addressed the proposed cuts:
“Last month the University started a period of consultation about how these savings might be achieved and has now shared proposals for a restructure with staff, as part of this consultation”.
Siân Gwenllian, Arfon’s Senedd member, said she was “hugely concerned that the decision announced… is being rushed”. Christine Lewis, UNISON’s Bangor branch secretary, suggested that the University is “rushing into redundancies without waiting until we know how many domestic and overseas students are going to be here next year.”
In a recent student survey by Seren (52 respondents), 50% of students believed the redundancies to be unnecessary and harsh. 32.7% believed them to be necessary and harsh, while only 5.8% believed them to be necessary and fair (11.5% answered ‘other’). A staggering 51.9% ‘strongly disagreed’ with the statement that they were getting good value for their money at university this year. With acknowledgement to the limited survey size, it remains evident that a large proportion of the student body does not feel that the university is handling the year well- and this may be down to a lack of adequate communication.
These are not the first cuts the University has experienced in recent years. The most significant of these was the 2019 decision to dissolve the school of chemistry, a decision which will see the loss of 18 staff and savings of £1.4m by 2022.
With a new batch being discussed, Seren spoke to some key members of Bangor University about the proposed plans and their potential impact on the student experience.
What has been done to explore avenues besides job cuts to save money?
Bangor University’s Students’ Union President, Henry Williams, helped shed some light on what the University has been doing to aid the situation besides redundancies. “We know that the University have made use of the Governments’ Job retention scheme to manage some of the reduction in income”, he said.
Henry Williams, Bangor University’s Student’s Union President. Photo credit: Richard. J
“Voluntary Redundancy is one of the measures that the University will be using to mitigate the need for compulsory redundancy”, he continues. Voluntary Redundancy involves a member of staff being asked by their employer to terminate their contract in return for a financial package, and usually given to long-term employees.
“We’re also aware that they have made an application for support through the Higher Education Council for Wales (HEFCW) HE Investment Recovery Fund which offers support to Universities during the Covid-19 pandemic”, Henry Williams added.
According to Henry Williams, the University also has a “bid for funding available” from the Arts Council for Wales Cultural Recovery Fund.
What does it mean for students?
The most important question lingers. With a £13 million deficit and up to 200 more jobs at risk, how can the student experience be “not only protected but enhanced,” as claimed by the university? Bangor University’s most recent student bulletin reassures students that no subject areas will close, and that the student experience is a priority.
Dyfrig Jones – senior lecturer in film and Bangor University’s UCU President – does not share that outlook. “There is no way that management can cut this number of staff, and preserve the student experience”, he said. “These cuts will impact everyone in the University, staff and students alike”.
Henry Williams also addressed student concern surrounding the plans:
“Students are understandably concerned and anxious about these proposed cuts and the impact it will have on their experience, especially during the current situation and the impact the Covid-19 pandemic is already having on their experiences”.
“One of the five strategic pillars underpinning the University’s response to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic is ‘Sustaining and progressing an excellent student experience,’ and we think this will be challenging to sustain when some of these cuts will be implemented.”
A series of focus groups are being held by the Student’s Union in order to establish and instigate student feedback and communication around the cuts. “We don’t feel the business cases adequately evaluate the impact on students on the ground,” Henry Williams added.
“We hope there will be an open dialogue with us as a Students’ Union and staff as part of this process to look creatively at the savings needed and to mitigate the effects any cuts will have on our students.”
“They have also committed to aim to continue to deliver student support services in order to preserve the student experience, and we will hold them to account on these promises.”
What does it mean for staff?
Of the 200 jobs proposed to be made redundant, 80 are expected from academic roles and 120 from professional services. On the latter, Dyfrig Jones says that they “deliver key services to every part of the University, and without their support, every single member of staff is going to struggle to get work done.”
Dyfrig Jones, lecturer in film and Bangor’s UCU President. Photo credit: Martha Jones
He also added that the three campus trade unions – Unison, Unite, and UCU – are working “incredibly hard” to find alternatives to the redundancies.
“We are looking at ways to save costs that will protect jobs, because the primary focus for us is to ensure that as many staff as possible are retained”, he adds. “If Bangor University is going to grow its way out of this crisis, we need as many of its excellent staff to remain here for as long as possible”.
“One of the problems we’re facing is the accelerated timescale; UCU contacted management in June, to open negotiations on cost savings, but to no avail”, he said. “We’re now up against the clock, working desperately hard to find answers to a problem that we – the unions – didn’t create.”
He also argues that the University relies heavily on staff working additional hours due to their dedication to teaching and their students. “But we can’t be expected to do this if our job security is constantly at risk,” he says.
“This is the fourth time in five years that management have decided to make staff redundant, and it is destroying morale.”
Earlier this year, staff at Bangor and other universities underwent strikes for better pension packages and working conditions. These occurred previously in 2018 and 2019. According to Dyfrig Jones, the disputes are “ongoing, and casts a long shadow over what’s happening here locally.”
What can be done?
It is partly the responsibility of the University and its management, and now that of the Unions involved, to secure staff careers, student experiences, and the institution’s reputation.
Dyfrig Jones also emphasises the importance of the Welsh Government in this situation. An additional £27m has been allocated to help Wales’ Higher Education sector, but he suggests “that’s nowhere near enough money”. He also argues that “University education is a public good, and the government need to step in to ensure its future survival here at Bangor.”
Henry Williams also said that the Students Union is “working closely with the University to ensure that the Student Voice remains at the forefront of every conversation, and that the student experience is at the heart of any subsequent decisions.”
However, students also have a part to play in the proceeding events.
“If you’re a member of staff, join a trade union. If you’re a student, put some pressure on the Students’ Union to speak up, and to take a stand,” Dyfrig Jones said. “The SU is there to articulate student voices, and should be prepared to engage in political discussions, even when that means challenging University management.”
Students can provide feedback, comments or concerns they have regarding the situation to Undeb Bangor on firstname.lastname@example.org. Undeb Bangor also encourages students to talk to their respective course representatives regarding “specific concerns about the possible impact on the experiences in their school or college”.


Police Locate Missing 6-Year-Old Eagle Mountain Girl
Jan 14, 2020, 8:36 PM | Updated: 8:45 pm
(Utah County Sheriff's Office)
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah – Police said they have located a 6-year-old girl who was reported missing out of Eagle Mountain.
Eagle Mountain City officials said Aniyah Vandenhoek had been missing since around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Police said she had been located just after 8:30 p.m.
6 year old @eaglemtncity girl has been found safe.
— Spencer Cannon (@SGTCannonPIO) January 15, 2020
Sergeant Spencer Cannon with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said Vandenhoek was found while riding her bicycle with some friends Tuesday evening.


If you have a wireless or wired home network, there are chances that you might be looking for some way to make it run as fast as possible. Well, there are many things that you can do such as minor software tweaks to the installation of new hardware to make your system run fast.
Place your router in the right spot
The router's position is the starting point of any wireless network. The wireless signal will be diminished with distance and penetration as it travels through the walls and doors. So, your router should be positioned in the center of the devices that are connected to it and it should be in the line of sight.
This is not always possible and you should work on reducing the obstructions affecting the performance of the wireless network. Position the router near the center of the home on a raised shelf. Try experimenting by placing the router in different positions and ensure that there are no blackspots in the house.
Should you consider the cable length?
If you use a wired network, the cable's length can impact the speed theoretically. But, when it comes to practice, this is unlikely to cause an issue in the home network.
Optimize the Router
After positioning the router, you should work on minimizing the signal interference. This can come from the electronic devices that are in your home such as microwave and cordless phone. So, it is a good idea to place the router away from other devices that might result in interference.
The channel that your router is set to can invite interference. Each router chooses a channel to send and get data. If your neighbors also use routers with the same channel, these can interfere and degrade the signal that will hamper the speed.
Some routers can select a channel automatically and you can use such routers or user programs that can scan and display information about the networks in your area. So, sort out based on the channel the others are using and get good network speed.
Upgrade the network speed
You can upgrade the speed of your network by just buying a new wireless AC router or with the help of fast Ethernet cables. The wireless and wired connections can maximize the transfer speeds dramatically than your internet connection.
Don't forget updates
The simplest way to make sure that you are getting the maximum performance from the network is to ensure that the hardware is up to date. Check for firmware updates regularly and the driver updates for the network cards and other components. Also, keep an eye on the operating system updates of your computer or laptop.
Disable Network Throttling
This is used in some Windows versions such as Windows Vista and Windows 7 as it gives priority to the multimedia applications. This can have adverse effects when it comes to transferring big files.
Network Hogs are an issue
The network hogs can be a major issue. It is an issue in which one device or application is making use of lots of bandwidth at the expense of the rest. You can have programs like NetBalancer that can analyze the network traffic on a Windows PC. Check for the programs using most bandwidth and restricting them if possible.
Shape the traffic
There many routers that come with the Quality of Service or QoS feature. This lets you shape the traffic passing through the network and prioritizing the applications.
Use this to allot more bandwidth to tasks such as streaming media, video calling, etc. Downloads or email can be given low priority traffic if you need.
Combine both wired and wireless
Wireless networks are preferred by people as the same leaves no clutter and it is more flexible to add the devices to it. But, when it comes to performance, these are not the better than the wired connections. These days, wireless networks come with several ethernet ports, so connecting a few devices using cables is possible.
If you can choose to add wires to the wireless network or find that you have Wi-Fi blackspots in your home, you can choose powerline networking. It uses the electrical wiring in your home as the wired data network and the ports will be attached to the power sockets.
The speed of the powerline adapter will depend on the model. Some will support up to 1 Gbps though the real world speed will be lower. Installing these powerline adapters is easy. Just select the adapter via ethernet cable and plug it to a power supply. Each device needs one adapter.


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Brownies with a Twist
This is probably the easiest recipe ever and it will have your new spouse or friends begging for more!!! If you like Brownies, you’ll love Brownies with a Twist!
Your Favorite Fudge Brownie Mix (I bought this one because it was on sale)
1/2 Bag Mini Chocolate Chips
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 TBSP Flavored Extract (I used Orange)
Prepare the Brownie Mix as directed on the box. Mine also called for Vegetable Oil and an Egg. Add in 1/2 of the bag of chocolate chip or all of it if you want! 1 tsp Vanilla Extract and 1 TBSP Flavored Extract. Bake as directed on the box and Wallah! You’ve got specialty brownies that will be loved by all!


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Title: The Cavalry
Editor: LT-COL James Lawford
Contributors: Brigadier Peter Young, R.A. Crosbie-Weston, Curt Johnson, Dr T. A. Heathcote, Lt-Col Alan Shepperd and David Chandler.
Publisher: Sampson Low
‘In war he was swift into action, instant of decision, careless of consequences. In his passing he has left behind him a tradition of light-hearted, debonair elegance, and a reckless courage in battle that is still far from dead.’
James Lawford, in the book’s concluding chapters, pinpoints some enduring traits of the horsed cavalryman. Whether a hussar, a lancer or a cuirasser, whether mounted on a small darting pony or a majestic, heavy charger, his enthusiasm for combat was prodigious.
This book unites two enthralling aspects of military life before the advent of the tank: the functions and behaviour of cavalry horses in war, and the duties, training, traditions and deeds of the men who rode them into battle. From the mounted archers of Assyria to the lancers of World War I, the story has a span of some 3,000 years.
Lt-Col James Lawford was a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Brigadier Peter Young during World War II was an outstanding colonel, and is now one of Britain’s best known military historians. He is a regular broadcaster and Captain-General of The Sealed Knot, an organisation that re-enacts battles of the English Civil War.
This book is twinned with Villiers Path by Lucy Furlong (pub. 2017), read more about it here.


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MARION –– Carroll County blew open a tight game with a six-run seventh inning and Rebecca Thomas flirted with perfection as the Cavaliers took an 8-0 win over Marion in a Southwest District softball game Thursday.
Thomas retired the first 20 batters she faced until Brooke Pennington reached on an error with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Thomas still finished with a no-hitter, striking out 14 of the 22 batters she faced.
The Cavaliers took the lead for good in the top of the first on base hits by Grace Ayers, Lillie Kimble, Lexi Hodge and Megan Snow.
The score stood at 2-0 until the top of the seventh. With two outs and none on, Kimble and Hodge had consecutive doubles, followed by a hit batter and a walk. Nikki Hawks drove in a run and Ayers added an RBI single.
Ayers and Kimble each collected four hits on the day while Hodge was 3-for-4. Hawks and Leanna Rippey added two hits apiece.
Floyd County 4, Grayson County 1: Amber Ingram struck out 11 and gave up just five hits as the Buffaloes won a nondistrict game Thursday in Floyd.
Floyd County broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Galax 9, Grayson County 0: The Maroon Tide improved to 7-0 in the district with a Thursday sweep of the Blue Devils in Independence.
Stuart Garland overcame a first-set tiebreaker loss to rally for a three-set win over Willie Lund at No. 2 singles. Matt Nelson, Bryan Martin, Rob Guynn, Pres Cardwell and Ethan Smith all won singles matches in straight sets.
Galax ran its overall record to 12-2 with the win. BOYS’ SOCCER
Fort Chiswell 4, Grayson County 1: Ricky Sanchez scored the Blue Devils’ only goal in an MED loss Thursday in Independence.
Dakota Mabe had two goals for the Pioneers, who also got goals from Storm Bond and Guiseppe Calo.
Richlands 3, Carroll County 0 (5 innings): The Blue Tornado avenged last week’s 9-8 loss to the Cavaliers with a rain-shortened SWD win Thursday in Wardell.
Taylor Sizemore blanked the Cavaliers on five hits, while Bradley Strong and Joel Elswick each had two hits for Richlands.
Some information provided by Landmark News Service.


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By JAMES YEARA
Joe Cocker growls “You feelin’ alright/ Not feelin’ too good myself” from the speakers in Capital Repertory’s intimate studio theater. A cute brunette nearby says aloud to no one in particular “They should have started with a dance party.” Thursday’s “Alive at Five” crowd seems to have filled the house, and lively party chatter plays back-up to Cocker’s “You sure took me for one big ride/ And even now I sit and I wonder why.” The set by Brian Prather seems to have been lifted whole from a Tinker Street bar in Woodstock right down to the eclectic mix of electric candles downstage acting as footlights, several mandala pattern carpets in different colors scattered on the stage floor, a slightly raised 3 by 4 foot platform down center, the only dive-bar anomaly two story stacks of aluminum struts packed with rotating led lights upstage left and right. The 8-piece band —1969 perfectly long-haired and bearded, fringe vested and denim bell-bottom wearing missing only the artisanal hand-rolled clove or other herbal cigarettes tucked behind an ear — waits upstage, guitars, drum, bass, trumpet, trombone, sax, and keyboard (doubling as the front of the wooden bar itself) at the ready. “It’s A HAPPENING!” the cute brunette nearby screams as a blond in the front row stands to dance to Cocker singing “You feelin’ alright/Don’t you get too lost in all I say.”
And “A Night with Janis Joplin” hadn’t even started yet.
Two and a half hours later, with a karaoke thumping sing-a-long to “Mercedes Benz” (the last song Joplin recorded, a pure and direct a cappella), the Thursday “Alive at Five” crowd not only had a good-time tribute show to Janis Joplin, but found out CapRep is “alive” 6 days a week, twice a day on Wednesdays and Saturdays. A splendid time is guaranteed for all who love to groove to music and be moved by its soul.
And while you may show up to spend the night with the Janis Joplin jukebox promise of the title, your ears and soul will leap to your feet at the performances of Danyel Fulton, Jannie Jones, Nikita Jones, and Kimberly Ann Steele singing the songs of the women whose souls influenced Joplin’s. Their performances and the weaving of Joplin’s story with the African-American artists who are the foundation of Joplin’s music are what make A Night With Janis Joplin a show not to miss.
The 25 songs in the show run atop Joplin’s (Kelly McIntyre, who leaves all of her onstage by the end of the night) influences, and fans will stand, dance, and sing along with Joplin’s hits; “Piece of My Heart” in particular grabbed part of mine and didn’t give it back. “Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)” and the poignant “Stay with Me,” done with a backdrop of projected Joplin family photos got people moving and grooving, while the Kris Kristofferson hit “Me and Bobby McGee” was curiously anti-climatic. Performed immediately after the stirring “I Shall Be Released” (performed by Fulton, the Joneses, and Steele as “Blues Singer,” Nina Simone, Bessie Smith, and Etta James respectively, i.e., the Soul behind Joplin’s soul), which ended with the audience leaping to its collective feet to applaud, “Me and Bobby McGee” kept us on our feet without remembering why we were standing.
That moment underscores the one weakness of “A Night with Janis Joplin”: the strength of the play is the singing of Joplin’s influences, and the staging of Etta James or Odetta or Bessie Smith singing was simply done, lighted without distraction, done with little accompaniment. When Janis sang the same song in her style, the lights flashed and moved and changed colors and the 8-piece band wailed like there were 25 instruments all about to be re-possessed. While Janis Joplin frequent addresses to the audience were how she would “tell like it is” or “don’t b*llsh!t anyone else and don’t b*llsh!t myself,” the staging pointed out that b*llsh!t is always lit with a lot of moving, changing lights. “When A Night with Janis Joplin” stays true to its roots, it is a happening. When the lights ballyhoo and Janis becomes a contestant on “The Voice” belting every note, the four women singers fade into the background and the second act jukebox tendency of the piece hits big downbeats. It’s a fun show, fans of pop Janis Joplin will love it, but a little bit of her heart is torn away by it. It’s a shame, because the woman could sing without all the b*llsh!t, as “A Night With Janis Joplin’s” first act makes clear.