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Court’s Politicization Could Harm American Democracy Both parties have politicized the court at the same time as they have come to rely on it to make hard decisions. Nick Ottens March 16, 2016 October 24, 2021 Supreme Court of the United States in Washington DC (Shutterstock/Brandon Bourdages) Republicans’ refusal to even consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee reflects a much bigger problem in America’s relationship with its highest court. The president on Wednesday nominated Merrick Garland to fill the seat left vacant when Antonin Scalia died last month. Politico reports that Garland, who is now the top judge on the influential Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is widely respected by Democrats and Republicans alike. Yet the Republican majority in the Senate has vowed to block whomever Obama nominates, insisting that the replacement of the conservative Scalia should be made by his successor next year. It is a blatant move to deny the outgoing president a chance to tilt the court leftward. It’s not as though the Democrats haven’t played politics with the Supreme Court in the past, but the right’s refusal to even go through the motions and uphold some decorum is almost unprecedented. Judicialization Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle has argued that the reason replacing Supreme Court justices has become such a battle is that far too many Americans in both parties “want to do an end run around the legislation process by getting unelected judges to declare their particular concerns beyond the reach of legislators.” Why bother tediously lobbying senators and representatives when you can simply win the White House, appoint a few judges and get them to transform your most ardent desires into untouchable rights? This “judicialization” of American politics has several adverse effects. The first, McArdle argues, is that it needlessly federalizes issues. Consider gun rights. Should an advocate of more restrictive gun laws in Oregon care that they allow concealed carry in Oklahoma? Probably not, but it becomes a problem when fanatics on both sides of the argument force it all the way up to the Supreme Court. A second problem, writes McArdle, is that by putting any issue beyond legislative debate, “you leave a large number of Americans who are passionate on certain issues feeling like they have no democratic recourse. It’s a recipe for extreme reactions, like voting for Donald Trump or worse.” Thirdly, as The American Interest has pointed out, it threatens the perception of the court as a more-or-less neutral arbiter. Philosopher kings The Supreme Court was never impartial, but it has so far been accepted by the vast majority of Americans as a fair and final authority on vexing issues. That could change if the court is reduced to an extension of party politics. At the same time, as a result of the partisan gridlock in Congress, the court is asked to rule on more and more issues. In other words, it’s possible to imagine a scenario where the court gradually hemorrhages legitimacy even as it accumulates more and more power. That’s a dangerous combination for any institution, but especially for a judiciary that lacks the ability to enforce its will. At same point, Americans may decide “that they are effectively ruled over by an illegitimate council of philosopher kings” and start to defy its decisions. Justice Political Theory United States

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The Disney Corner store opens at Disney Springs as World of Disney goes under construction By February 14, 2018 February 14, 2018 Disney Springs has opened the female-focused Disney Corner store while World of Disney is being reimagined. The Disney Corner, a new two-story store full of princess and Minnie Mouse merchandise marketed towards women and girls, has opened at Disney Springs, just as large portions of the flagship World of Disney shop have closed for construction. Located near the Lime parking garage, The Disney Corner is the newest retail venue in Town Center at Disney Springs, and features toys, dolls, apparel and accessories for princess’ of all ages. It will only be open for a limited time, during the redesign of Walt Disney World’s largest Disney merchandise emporium. The Disney Corner is celebrating its opening with a full weekend of special events, starting Feb. 14 and going through Sunday, Feb. 18. On Thursday, Feb. 15, shoppers may receive a “cute-as-a-button” special gift with every Disney Corner purchase (limit one complimentary item per guest, while supplies last). On Friday, Feb. 16, guests can experience a karaoke style princess sing-a-long, every hour on the hour. On Saturday, Feb. 17, Disney PhotoPass photographers will be roaming the store from noon to 4:00 p.m. And surprise events are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18. Here’s a look at the nearby World of Disney store, which is still open for business despite approximately half of the interior being closed off with curtains: The Disney Corner is open daily from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m.; until 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. For more information about Disney Springs, visit disneysprings.com and watch these videos: Splitsville Luxury Lanes at Disney Springs West Side Tour the Coca-Cola Store at Disney Springs Town Center The Edison restaurant tour at Disney Springs UNIQLO store tour at Disney Springs Town Center Movie Review: ‘Black Panther’ is the spy movie you didn’t know the MCU needed The Attractions Show! – Star Wars Day at Sea; Wheel of Fortune; latest news

2014 Audi S1 Quattro [leak image] Home » 2014 Audi S1 Quattro [leak image] 2014 Audi S1 Quattro – The Pocket Rocket will make its official debut tomorrow, but it is already online, because of this leak image. The hot hatchback looks aggressive with the aerodynamics package including a new front bumper, mesh grille inserts and LED-infused headlights with red accents. There are also modified side skirts, bigger alloy wheels and a tailgate-mounted spoiler. Last, but not least are the dark metallic mirrors and “quattro” badging on the rear passenger side door. Nothing is mentioned about the engine, but probably it will be the same as in Golf GTI Performance – 2.0 liter TFSI 230HP (169 kW) and 350Nm (259 lb-ft) of torque. 0-100 km/h in 6.0 seconds and a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph). The engine will be connected to a 6-pseed manual and a standard quattro all-wheel drive system.

Austin Salad Drive-Thru Baby Greens Is Closing Because It Doesn’t Have Enough Employees ‘If we’re at a point where $17 or $20 dollars an hour is not enough for a person to have a normal life, then what happens?’ owner Sharon Mays asks by Nadia Chaudhury Oct 3, 2022, 5:19pm CDT Share All sharing options for: Austin Salad Drive-Thru Baby Greens Is Closing Because It Doesn’t Have Enough Employees A salad from Baby Greens. Baby Greens Salad drive-thru Baby Greens is closing this month. The last day of the 10611 Research Boulevard restaurant in the Gateway neighborhood will be on Friday, October 7. Owner Sharon Mays said she had to close her business because she “no longer had enough employees to run the restaurant,” as she explains in the Instagram video post announcement. Starting earlier this year, she said that she has been losing lots of employees because they’ve been leaving Austin to live in comparatively more affordable cities and areas. “I’m literally having to turn down money-making opportunities because I do not have enough employees,” Mays tells Eater. She was at the point where she’s been toeing the fine line of staying just busy enough to operate with a small team and making enough money while not becoming too busy that she and her employees get overwhelmed. Mays notes that her starting wages are $17 an hour, has been recruiting nonstop, and offered signing bonuses. “All of these things should be working on paper, but there’s more to it than this,” she says. “Nobody is showing up.” To make up for her small staff, she’s been putting in 12- to 14-hour days alongside her employees. But Baby Greens’s higher wages didn’t fix Mays’s problem. “If we’re at a point where $17 or $20 dollars an hour is not enough for a person to have a normal life, then what happens?” she asks. “Who do we become as a community and the industry?” A post shared by Baby Greens (@eatbabygreens) This staffing issue coupled with the increasing lack of affordable housing and the growing higher cost of living in the city are things that Mays believes the restaurant industry needs to get more serious about. She doesn’t understand how people can even start out in Austin without not-crazily-priced rents and homes and decently-paying jobs. May reminisces about starting the original Baby Greens back in 2004, and how it was amazing to see all the restaurants, food trucks, and consumer packaged goods companies flourish in Austin. “But I look at our industry now, and I wonder what’s going to happen to everybody?” she asks. She also asks, “What does it mean for Black and brown kids who aren’t on college paths?” noting that usually first jobs are all fast-food and fast-casual restaurant chains, but if they can’t find jobs that help them afford and jumpstart their life, what will happen to them and those jobs and those restaurants? Mays first opened Baby Greens in 2004 and expanded with several locations throughout Austin, all of which closed in 2009. She revitalized her restaurant in 2016. Baby Greens will continue to honor catering jobs through the end of the year. Its current hours are from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. 18 Truly Amazing Salads in Austin 15 Quintessential Austin Drive-Thrus 10611 Research Boulevard, , TX 78759 (512) 494-6716 Visit Website

First Wave of 2021 Script Competition Semifinalist Judge Announcements! 05/05/2021 AFF Blog, Competitions, Juror Announcements, News, Screenplay Competition We’re excited to announce the first wave of judges for our 2021 Script Competitions! Here’s the list in alphabetical order: Jacobo Aparicio International TV and Film Coordinator at Anonymous Content Jacobo Aparicio works at Anonymous Content (Spotlight, The Revenant, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, True Detective, Mr. Robot, 13 Reasons Why, Homecoming, etc), focusing on producing and development, mainly for international TV and films. Before that, Jacobo graduated from the UCLA Producers Program while he was working as the International TV Coordinator at the literary management firm SGE, and previously worked at Warner Bros. in Spain. David Binns Founder, Rascality Entertainment David Binns founded Rascality Entertainment in 2018 as a literary management and production company, after spending several years at Energy Entertainment. The company’s focus is to find new undiscovered writers across the world, develop their work and their voices, and to connect them to producers and other creatives at the highest levels in both commercial and indie markets. Rascality seeks writers in all capacities whether they be screenwriters, playwrights, novelists, and writer/directors. Tracy Brigden Writer / Director / Producer Tracy Brigden has spent over 30 years in the theatre developing, producing and directing new work for the stage. She was Artistic Director of City Theatre in Pittsburgh for 16 years where she produced almost 200 new plays and musicals. Prior to City, Tracy served on the artistic staffs of Hartford Stage and Manhattan Theatre Club. In addition to the 50 plus plays she directed at City, she has also directed at Barrington Stage, Westport Playhouse, Cinncinati Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public, Atlantic Theater and many others. Tracy received her MFA in Dramatic Writing from Point Park University in 2019. Her play about Bram Stoker, Stage Struck, recently won the Pittsburgh Playlabs Competition. In addition to plays, Tracy is developing a film about QAnon with her brother, filmmaker Nick Brigden, and her first fictional podcast, Newfield, dropped in May and is available wherever you get your podcasts. Beth Bruckner O’Brien Senior VP of Development & Production at Solstice Studios Beth Bruckner O’Brien is currently the SVP of development and production at Solstice Studios, where she co-produced Unhinged starring Russell Crowe. Her notable previous credits include executive producing Leatherface and Bullet Head, and serving as a development executive on Hitman’s Bodyguard, Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Angel Has Fallen, Expendables 2, Expendables 3, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Homefront, Lovelace, The Iceman, and House at the End of the Street. She has worked for Millennium Films, A Bigger Boat, GreeneStreet Films and ICM. Glenn Cockburn Agent / President, Meridian Artists Glenn Cockburn is the founder of Meridian Artists. Glenn graduated with a B.F.A. Honours in Film and Television Production from York University in 1990 and a M.B.A. from the Ivey School of Business in 1996. Shortly after Glenn began working for New Line Cinema. In 2000 Glenn returned to Toronto and joined The Characters Talent Agency and in 2005 Glenn founded Meridian Artists, where he represents a select roster of some of Canada’s most talented and fastest rising writers and directors. Giselle Contreras Coordinator, Television at 3Pas Studios Prior to joining 3Pas Studios, Giselle Contreras attained a basis for storytelling at the UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television before learning the ropes of representation at a boutique talent agency. She sharpened her skills in the business side of the industry at FactoryMade, a venture company specializing in entertainment projects, and Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network, an English language, Latino-infused cable channel. Her experience also includes working at the intersection of media and philanthropy with The Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation, eventually transitioning to Overbrook Entertainment’s Film/TV production and development department. As the daughter of immigrants, she is passionate about the community and supports Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) as a volunteer interpreter for minors applying for asylum status. Chris Cook Literary Manager and Producer, Skyway Entertainment Chris Cook is a literary manager and producer at Skyway Entertainment, representing screenwriters in film and television. While finishing his studies in TV / Film and English at Cal State Fullerton, Chris interned for Harold Ramis’s Ocean Pictures, and then started his career working in development at Bob Zemeckis’s ImageMovers. He then transitioned into management, working at Kustom Entertainment and then Madhouse Entertainment, before opening his own shop, Skyway Entertainment in 2016. Andrea Dimity President of Pannon Entertainment Inc., Literary Manager / Producer Andrea Dimity is a literary manager, producer. For more than a decade, Andrea has been actively working in feature film development and production. Prior to management, she worked for producers such as Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Di Bonaventura Pictures; Transformers, G.I. Joe etc.), Todd Phillips (Joint Effort; Hangover, War Dogs.), Chris Meledandri (Illumination Entertainment; Despicable Me, Dr. Seuss, Hop). She has also served as Associate Producer (Untitled HL Project) at the Walt Disney Studios and was previously engaged on a local Walt Disney Studios production called the United that was shot entirely in Jordan. Andrea is currently executive producing Kandahar (Gerard Butler) for Thunder Road Pictures, Her client, Pete Barry is the writer of Marian, a twist on a Robin Hood tale that was sold to Amy Pascal and Colombia Pictures with Margot Robbie starring and producing along with Donald De Line. She also reps Launchpad Finalist Cate Honzl (Hockeytown, USA/Paperclip Ltd.)among others. Lit Entertainment Group Lit Entertainment Group is a Beverly Hills, CA-based literary management and feature film and television production company founded by Adam Kolbrenner. Upcoming producing projects for Lit Entertainment include Disney/Fox’s Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer directed by Shawn Levy, Paramount/Skydance’s The Tomorrow War starring Chris Pratt directed by Chris McKay, the HBO Max upcoming sci-fi television series Raised By Wolves directed by Ridley Scott, and the Netflix upcoming sequel for the franchise Christmas Chronicles among others. Each of these projects are original ideas from Lit Entertainment clients. On the management side, Lit Entertainment represents some of the top creators and filmmakers working today. Highlighted clients that have previously participated in AFF in some form include: Dave Andron (Snowfall), Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis (Curse of La Llorona from New Line, and CBS Films’ Five Feet Apart), Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners, Raised By Wolves), David Guggenheim (Safe House, Designated Survivor), Matt Lieberman (Addams Family, Playing With Fire, Scoob, Christmas Chronicles, Free Guy), Justin Marks (Disney’s Jungle Book, Top Gun 2, and Starz’s Counterpart), Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, and writer/director of The Slows), Ed Ricourt (Now You See Me franchise), and Trey Selman (Fruitcake) among several others. Lindsay Goffman Executive Producer, Gratitude Productions Executive Producer Lindsay Goffman launched her company, Gratitude Productions a couple of years ago. Currently, Gratitude has projects set up with Apple, FX, FOX, Perfect Storm (Justin Lin), The Roots, Day Zero (Trevor Noah), Get Lifted (John Legend), Jon M. Chu, Laverne Cox, Funny or Die, Killer Films, MGM, and Universal Television among others. Briggs Hatton Story Consultant Briggs Hatton is a story consultant, who has worked for development departments at Disney, Miramax, and eOne. Currently, he’s part of the Research team at Grandma’s House Entertainment, which produces the TBS game show The Misery Index, along with numerous other TV credits. As a WGA screenwriter himself, he wrote on the NBC sitcom Community. He’s written and performed at Upright Citizens Brigade LA, Second City Chicago and Hollywood, and Improv Olympic Chicago. He holds degrees from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Sherley Ibarra Writing Outreach & Engagement at Netflix Animation Sherley Ibarra is Netflix’s Manager of Animation Writing Outreach & Engagement. In this newly created role, she oversees the talent incubation initiatives designed to create opportunities for up and coming writing talent for animation across all verticals (Original Animation Series, Preschool, Features, and Adult Animation). Previously, Sherley served as Nickelodeon’s Vice-President of Creative Talent Development & Outreach, where she championed the network’s Writing and Artist Programs, and produced over 150 outreach events worldwide to identify and foster new pools of creative talent, while increasing brand awareness, and community engagement. John KD Graham Growing up in the vast deserts of New Mexico imbued Director John K.D. Graham with a sense of desolate beauty and a keen eye for imagery. From an early age he showed a love of storytelling and creating detailed worlds. Attending the Savannah College of Art and Design, John graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Film and Television. From creating his own feature films to world travel, both in front of and behind the camera,; John has demonstrated that his skill with the camera and editing systems make him a directorial force to be reckoned with. His feature films, including the most recent Switched have been released worldwide and can be found in Walmart, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes and other distribution platforms. His latest film, The Inheritance, starring Mena Suvari, is slated for release in late 2021. Liz Kelly Manager, Creative Talent Development & Inclusion at Disney General Entertainment Content Liz Kelly is Manager of Creative Talent Development & Inclusion at Disney General Entertainment Content. In this role, she works with Disney’s networks, studios, and streaming platforms to staff writers, directors, and BTL crew across ABC, ABC Signature, Freeform, Disney Channel, FX, 20th, Nat Geo, Disney+ and Hulu’s scripted television shows. She manages the industry-leading Disney Writing Program, Disney Directing Program, and Disney PA Program. She has staffed talent on AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, THE ROOKIE, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS, MOTHERLAND, THE GOLDBERGS, STATION 19, FOR LIFE, RAVEN’S HOME, and BLACK-ISH, among other scripted series. Prior to Disney, Kelly worked for 6 years at Fox, most recently as Associate Director of Production and Development Labs – Film & TV, for 21CF Global Inclusion. Kelly staffed writers and directors on FOX’s scripted television shows, including THE GIFTED, THE COOL KIDS, LUCIFER, LAST MAN ON EARTH, THE EXORCIST, THE RESIDENT, and LETHAL WEAPON, among others. She managed the Fox Writers Lab, Fox Directors Lab, Fox DP Lab, and Fox Filmmakers Lab, tracked and maintained network diversity statistics regarding on-air and behind-the-camera creative talent, and managed the department’s partnerships and sponsorships with non-profits and film and TV festivals. Kelly has been a judge, script reader, or panelist for numerous film and TV festivals across the country, including the Tribeca Film Festival, New York Television Festival, Austin Film Festival, ATX Television Festival, SeriesFest Denver, CAAMFest San Francisco, San Diego Latino Film Festival, NALIP Media Summit, LA Skins Fest, Outfest, BlackStar Philadelphia Film Festival, and Humanitas New Voices. In 2017, she was invited to be part of Creative Artists Agency’s “Amplify: Next Gen” group of up-and-coming entertainment artists, agents, and executives. Kelly is a member of the Hollywood Radio & Television Society. She has a BA from UCLA and is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater Film & Television’s graduate-level Professional Program in Screenwriting. Audrey Knox Manager, The Cartel Audrey Knox is a literary manager at Cartel, with clients in film and television, among whom are writers staffed on GROWN-ISH and P-VALLEY; who have written episodes of CREEPSHOW and THE GOLDBERGS; and are writing for Nickelodeon, Wayfarer, and Apple TV+. She worked her way up from Receptionist in 2016 to Manager in 2018. Audrey has experience in both scripted and unscripted television, on set, in production, and in writers’ rooms. She has a BFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University. Grace Ledding Literary Manager and Producer, Agile Entertainment Grace Ledding is a literary manager and producer at Agile Entertainment. Grace represents writers and directors in film, television, comic books, video games, and animation, as well as documentary filmmakers, authors, and game engineers. She got her start as an agent trainee at the William Morris Agency and then became a Creative Executive at foreign sales-based, film finance company, InterMedia, where she worked on BREACH, HUNTING PARTY, and Oliver Stone’s ALEXANDER among others. She then became Vice President at Paramount Pictures-based production company, Cerenzie-Peters, before launching her own management and production company ten years ago. Grace is currently an Executive Producer on Netflix’ animated series, HELLO NINJA!, which just launched Season 4, and developing a premium limited series at 20th Television with Bold Films, BARBIE & RUTH, based on Robin Gerber’s biography of Mattel founder, Ruth Handler. Jason Lubin Manager / Producer / Principal, First Story Entertainment Jason Lubin is a manager-producer and the principal at First Story Entertainment, which he founded in 2018. The lit management company represents a diverse roster of talented writers and directors with fresh voices in all genres for Film and TV. Jason also develops both feature film and television projects under the company’s banner. Prior to starting First Story, Jason was a seasoned development executive. He worked as the Head of Production & Development at Lynda Obst Productions, a Sony based production company. Prior to LOP, Jason worked at Lionsgate for seven and a half years where he rose to Story Editor in the Motion Picture Group and served as the junior creative executive on multiple feature projects. Jason cut his teeth as the assistant to CEO Jon Feltheimer and was named one of Variety’s Ten Assistants to Watch in 2013. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Jason currently sits on the board of the Trojan Entertainment Network where he was elected President of the organization for the 2018-2021 term. Kristin Mann Independent Film Producer + Head of Content for BFFoundation Kristin Mann spent four years working alongside acclaimed filmmakers Jeff Nichols and Terrence Malick and producer Sarah Green, working as an Associate Producer and facilitating production of critically-acclaimed films such as MUD, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, KNIGHT OF CUPS, SONG TO SONG, AFTER THE FALL, and Malick’s decades-in-the-making documentary VOYAGE OF TIME. Mann then went solo to produce the guerilla-style, desert-town independent feature POOR BOY, which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and opened theatrically in summer 2018. Her next feature film, the coming of age 1960s drama TO THE STARS, had its well-received world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in U.S. Dramatic Competition and international premiere as the only U.S. film in competition at the prestigious Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The film was directed by Martha Stephens (LAND HO!) and released by Samuel Goldwyn Films in 2020. Kristin’s latest, the dramatic thriller THE QUARRY, starring Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham was set to have its world premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival were it not for the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead the film was released On Demand in 2020 by Grindstone Entertainment and Lionsgate. Mann is already in development on a slate of films plus a TV series with producing partner, Laura D. Smith, with whom she shares a production company, Prowess Pictures. In addition to her own projects, Mann has just been brought on as Head of Content for Geena Davis’ BFFoundation overseeing the new production arm developing and creating films and television/episodic shows with a special focus on championing female and underrepresented voices on screen as well as behind the camera. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the BFFoundation. Born and raised in Arkansas, Mann now resides in Austin, Texas with her dog, Sammy. She is a member of the Producers Guild. Isabella Mastrodicasa Manager / Producer, Heroes and Villains Entertainment Isabella Mastrodicasa is a talent manager and producer at Heroes and Villains Entertainment where she runs the digital department on the representation side, and focuses on International IPs on the producing side. She has worked on the production of award winning documentary Finding Oscar executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and is actively producing upcoming content for both film and TV. Mette Norkjaer Creative Executive, BOOM! Studios Mette Norkjaer is the Creative Executive at BOOM! Studios, a production company and comic book publisher with a first look deal at Netflix. In her position, Mette oversees TV and Film adaptations based on the BOOM! Studios library. Mette earned her MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California in 2016. She is originally from Copenhagen, Denmark. Meredith Riley Stewart Actor, Producer, Content Creator Meredith Riley Stewart is an actor, producer, and content creator. Her most recent feature – a faith and family comedy entitled The Inheritance starring Mena Suvari and Jaleel White – shot in July 2020. Her next project, funded by the University of Alabama’s Blackburn Institute, is an animated PSA series about civic engagement, called Shaping Our State, aimed at empowering Black teen girls in her home state. Meredith was tapped by Women In Film to create their first-ever digital series, Flip The Script, a comedy about gender parity. It has over 9 million social media impressions, screened on the CW network, and has been developed into a half-hour scripted series. Her mash-up comedy short fan film, Orphan is the New Orange, has over 3 million YouTube channel views and toured the globe as part of ComicCon. Her digital series AutocorrectFU was featured on Funny or Die and Whohaha, and has been curated onto Amazon Prime Video. Her Virtual Reality (VR) project, a feminist experience entitled See Me spent the past two years on the festival circuit. A member of Women In Film, Meredith served on the board of the PSA program where she produced the Telly Award winning spot for River LA. She currently serves as a WIF Peer Mentor. Above all, Meredith is passionate about utilizing media as a platform for social change. Jordan Rubio Manager of Development, 3Pas Studios Jordan Rubio is a Manager of Development at 3Pas Studios, working in both English and Spanish language TV and film. In his two years at the company Jordan has been a part of the development, sale, and production of features and TV series at places like Amazon, NewLine, HBOMax, Pantaya, Apple, Netflix, Pantelion, and Lionsgate. Previously Jordan worked at the National Hispanic Media Coalition helping shepard writers into their “Latino TV writers program”, a prestigious TV writing incubator sponsored by NBC Universal and ABC/Disney. Jordan started his career as an intern at The Daily with Jon Stewart and also once co-produced a Star Trek documentary. Ryan Saul VP, Motion Picture Library Over the 25 years Mr. Saul has worked in the entertainment industry, he has garnered the reputation of being able to develop clients from unknown writers or young short film directors to become some of the leading creatives in Hollywood, working on some of the biggest studio films in production. Clients over the years like Tim Reckart (currently directing HIGH IN THE CLOUDS for Netflix), Josh Trank (CHRONICLE, FANTASTIC FOUR), and Wes Ball (MAZE RUNNER franchise, PLANET OF THE APES) all of them started as directors with shorts, and off of those shorts Ryan was able to get them their first studio films. In addition to the studio directors, he has also helped put together independent films such as STOCKHOLM (starring Ethan Hawke & Noomi Rapace), MEADOWLAND (Reed Murano’s debut film), DEAR ZOE (currently in post-production – starring Sadie Sink), as well as documentaries such as HIT SO HARD, and PIERRE CARDIN. Over the years, independent directors like Akin Omotoso, Sasie Sealy, Henry Hobson, Gren Wells (Variety director to watch), Oualid Mouaness (TIFF winner for 1982) and Alejandra Marquez Abella (Variety director to watch), have also been discovered by Ryan at film festivals from Berlin to Sundance, Toronto to Palm Springs. Discovering new talent and nurturing that talent isn’t the only aspect of his rise from executive assistant at the Walt Disney Company, to becoming head of Motion Picture Literary at APA. Ryan has also carved out a niche in animation, putting projects together like the Oscar nominated KLAUS, HEAD IN THE CLOUDS (Paul McCartney movie at Netflix), OPEN SEASON, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, CHICKEN LITTLE, and CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, to name a few. He has also booked over 300 hours of television directors during his tenure as well. Ross Saxon Head of Development, Braven Films A graduate of the Film Program at Bard College where his studies included work under acclaimed indie director Kelly Reichardt, his thesis was short listed for the Adolphus Mekas Award for Best Screenplay. He began his career working across NYC, learning the administrative and technical ins and outs of sets as well as working at a green screen studio in Manhattan, and several positions with the Woodstock Film Festival and The Hudson Valley Film Commission. Most recently, he has worked as the Head of Development for Braven Films. There, he oversaw their first production MAGIC MAGIC involved in the film from the first page of writing to final delivery of the film to its distributor. He had the same involvement with DISOBEDIENCE, an adaptation from the original novel by Naomi Alderman, written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Sebastian Lelio who directed it, starring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams and Alessandro Nivola and produced in conjunction with Film4, Film Nation and Ed Guiney. He has judged for the Austin Film Festival and Scriptapalooza Screenwriting competition as well as for Cinema Tropical and Urbanworld. Participated in Columbia’s Script Connect and Mentoring program for their graduate department. Daniel Seco Literary Manager and Partner, Empirical Evidence A former sports journalist covering U.S. Soccer, MLB, and the NBA, Seco began his Hollywood career in 2013 at Resolution. He joined CAA in 2014 where he worked in the motion picture literary department before venturing into literary management on the feature side at Writ Large in 2015 as a coordinator/junior manager. A series of consulting jobs including a stop at Netflix in its Original Film department gave way to Seco joining Schemers Entertainment as a literary manager in 2018. Currently, Seco is a literary manager and partner at Empirical Evidence, a literary creative company founded by Derrick Eppich. Seco is a proud graduate of the University of Maryland and the University of Florida as well as a cancer survivor. Samantha Shear Film and Television Development, Zoic Stuidos Samantha Shear currently runs film and television development at Zoic Studios via their new content arm Zoic Pictures. Zoic Pictures launched over two years ago with a new development fund devoted to script, teleplay, content creation and IP acquisition. With over twenty-five unique projects to date, Zoic has optioned a wide range of intellectual properties including comic books, television series, original scripts, picture books, novels, articles and memoirs in a diverse group of genres including, family, magic, fantasy, genre, historical and science fiction. Some of the projects in development so far include several features for Amazon Studios as well as and 1440/Universal and a limited series with Amblin Television. Shear joined Zoic with nearly two decades of development experience as a producer and a writer with a focus on family and genre content. Shear’s focus has been the adaptation of IP for film and television. In addition to Zoic’s upcoming slate, Shear is also attached to produce the feature adaptation of Katherine Applegate’s novel Crenshaw, at 20th Century Studios with James Mangold attached to direct, as well as Blacksmith with AGC Studios. Danny Sherman Manager / Producer, Thruline Entertainment Danny Sherman is a manager/producer at Thruline Entertainment, a management and production company in Beverly Hills. Born in Los Angeles he moved to the Netherlands at an early age with his mother who remarried a Dutchman. After graduating from a high school, Danny moved back to the States and studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University where he graduated with a BFA in Acting. After graduation, Danny moved to New York and pursued his passion for theater – eventually making the switch to the business side of entertainment. Danny has worked at several talent agencies and management companies before joining Thruline Entertainment in 2012. Danny represents writers, directors and producers including notable Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta (upcoming BLACK PANTHER 2), legendary actress Andie McDowell, Noah Pink (co-creator of GENIUS on Nat Geo), Glen Dolman (creator of BLOOM for STAN and Hulu) as well as over a dozen writer/producers and creators working in television and film. As a producer, he recently executive produced along with Steven Soderbergh a series for Quibi called Wireless starring Tye Sheridan and has several projects in development including a Village People biopic called THE PEOPLE at Studio Canal, a limited drama series called ALCATRAZ at History Channel and is an executive producer on an action feature called G20 starring Viola Davis and to be directed by Patrica Regan at MRC. Currently, Danny splits his time between Los Angeles and Mexico City. Jennifer Sorenson Writer / Producer / Actor Jennifer Sorenson is an actor/producer/writer/director. She wrote and played TEN roles in the award winning, viral parody Orphan is the New Orange which was named one of the Top Ten Shorts Films of the Decade. Other writing includes: See Me– a virtual reality short about the exploration of women reclaiming their bodies from the patriarchy, What Are the Odds– a healthcare PSA, Don’t Be a Chad– a Women in Film PSA Finalist & I Fart in My Sleep: Confessions of an Embarrassing Life a full-length play, which premiered in Los Angeles. As an actor, Jennifer has been working professionally for over twenty years and is a proud member of the prestigious theatre companies Rogue Machine Theatre and Pacific Resident Theatre in Los Angeles. She is currently producing the sci-fi/horror feature Suffer, filming in Idaho this summer. Lee Stobby Literary Manager, Producer, Founder, Lee Stobby Entertainment Lee Stobby is a producer, literary manager, and principal of Lee Stobby Entertainment who has over 10 years of management and producing experience. Some of his client highlights include: Shay Hatten, who was a writer on JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3, currently writing JOHN WICK 4, had his pilot (FUTURE) CULT CLASSIC produced at SyFy Channel with Lorne Michaels producing, and had his adaptation of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER ordered to series at Amazon with James Wan’s Atomic Monster Producing. He sold his female action script BALLERINA to Lionsgate that they are turning into a JOHN WICK spinoff, wrote the upcoming feature ARMY OF THE DEAD, and its two spinoffs currently in post, for Netflix and director Zack Snyder with Dave Bautista starring. Kate Trefry, who made the Black List in 2013 (PURE O) and 2016 (REVOLVER) who has an overall deal at Netflix and currently writes on STRANGER THINGS. Isaac Adamson (#1 Black List script BUBBLES), and just made the 2020 Black List with his script POSSUM SONG which is currently in prep, has an adaptation of the novel THE ICE TWINS at Alcon, ’51 DONS at Walden Media, an adaptation of his own novel TOKYO SUCKERPUNCH at Lionsgate with Greg Silverman producing, HELIOS for Fox 2000, and wrote CHIPPENDALES for David Permut, Bold Films and Red Hour with Dev Patel attached to star. Rodney Ascher (ROOM 237, THE NIGHTMARE), whose newest documentary A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX about how we live in a simulated reality premiered at this year’s virtual Sundance. Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (THE TRIBE), who is directing THE TIGER with Darren Aronofsky and Plan B producing. Stobby’s Producing highlights and credits include SISTER AIMEE, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival; WILDLING starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler and Brad Dourif and premiered at SXSW; as well as scripts set up with Matt Reeves’ 6th and Idaho, Universal, and Netflix. Scott Stoops Literary Manager, Good Fear Film + Management Scott Stoops is a literary manager @ Good Fear Content. He represents writers and directors in both Television and Film. His clients include Megan McDonnell (Captain Marvel, WandaVision), Rayna McClendon (Obi-Wan), Aisha Porter-Christie (The Boys Spin-Off), Stephen Herman (The Culling) and The Rasmussen Brothers (Crawl). Conrad Sun Literary Manager, Meridian Artists Conrad Sun joined Meridian Artists in 2014 to head their Los Angeles Division. Conrad devotes his efforts toward building the Los Angeles roster, and supporting all of Meridian’s LA based clients for both staffing and development. Additionally Conrad works with the Toronto office to develop properties for the US market and prepare clients who plan to work in Los Angeles. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Alberta, Conrad started his entertainment career by founding a Calgary-based video production company in 2004. Soon he took his passion for film producing and entrepreneurship to Los Angeles where he attained his Master’s Degree from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California. Ray Utarnachitt Co-Executive Producer on the Warner Bros/CW show DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Silas Wang Coordinator, United Talent Agency Qihan “Silas” Wang is a Coordinator at UTA. He works in both talent department and Asian business development department. Born and raised in China, Silas is well tuned in to the Asia market and Asian American market. Prior to joining UTA, Silas worked at The Weinstein Company in the Strategic Initiatives, Investments and Banking Group. He managed all structured finance, corporate lines of credit, sourcing of investments, film and television finance, as well as creative and strategic partnerships for the various company departments. Silas graduated from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC in 2017. Before moving to Los Angeles, he worked in advertising at BBDO China and on the Chinese version of THE VOICE. John Zaozirny Head of Bellevue Productions John runs Bellevue Productions, a leading literary management company with a focus on discovering and breaking new writers and writer-directors, in both the feature film and television spaces. John’s clients’ writing and directing credits include INFINITE, PARALLEL, ELI, BAD MATCH, BETTER WATCH OUT, HEAVY TRIP, OFFICE UPRISING, SPLINTER, A CROOKED SOMEBODY, amongst others. His clients have written feature scripts that are set up at Warner Bros, Paramount, Fox, Lionsgate, New Line, Focus Features, Fox 2000, Sony, Universal, amongst others. As well, his clients have had 20 scripts on the last 6 Black Lists, the annual list of the best unproduced feature scripts. His client Elyse Hollander wrote BLONDE AMBITION, the number one script on the 2016 Black List, and his client Sophie Dawson wrote HEADHUNTER, the number one script on the 2020 Black List. His clients have also written on TV shows such as FBI INTERNATIONAL, SHANTARAM, SMILF, BOSCH, MR ROBOT, TRAINING DAY, TINY PRETTY THINGS, HAWAII FIVE-O, THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE and HAND OF GOD, amongst others. He also reps the writer of the Eisner nominated comic book LITTLE BIRD. As a producer, John’s feature film projects include CRISTO (set up at Warner Bros, Black List 2010), WARDEN (set up at New Line) CAPSULE (set up at Fox, Black List 2013), BLONDE AMBITION (set up at Universal, Black List 2016), and LIONHUNTERS (set up at Warner Bros, Black List 2017.) He was an executive producer on the feature films ALWAYS WATCHING and PARALLEL and produced ELI, which was recently released by Netflix. He is producing INFINITE, which has Antoine Fuqua directing, Mark Wahlberg starring and is set to be released by Paramount on September 24, 2021. Raised in Vancouver, Canada, John is a graduate of the Tisch Film and Television program at New York University. Creston Whittington Executive, Freemantle Creston Whittington is an executive at Fremantle in the Scripted Programming division (The Young Pope, American Gods, Mosquito Coast) – building hour-long drama series for premium-cable and streaming platforms. Prior to working at Fremantle, Creston worked in development, production and acquisitions at both Broad Green Pictures and Participant Media. Creston Whittington is also a black list screenwriter, having been featured on the 2020 black list. Click Here to Submit to our Script Competitions AFF Blog, Competitions, Juror Announcements, News, Screenplay Competition

Comfy Studio 20 min from Caulfield Racecourse Comfy Studio 20 min from Caulfield Racecourse, Carnegie, Victoria, 3163 , Carnegie, 3163 Star Rating: N/A Comfy Studio 20 min from Caulfield Racecourse is set in Carnegie, 10 km from Victoria Golf Club, 13 km from Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, as well a...more Comfy Studio 20 min from Caulfield Racecourse is set in Carnegie, 10 km from Victoria Golf Club, 13 km from Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, as well as 13 km from National Gallery of Victoria. The air-conditioned accommodation is 2.8 km from Chadstone Shopping Mall, and guests benefit from complimentary WiFi and private parking available on site. The apartment is fitted with a flat-screen TV. The apartment also has a well-equipped kitchen with a fridge, an oven and a dishwasher, as well as free toiletries. Shrine of Remembrance is 13 km from the apartment, while Melbourne Cricket Ground is 13 km away. The nearest airport is Essendon Fields Airport, 25 km from Comfy Studio 20 min from Caulfield Racecourse.

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General Motors on Thursday said it had settled a wrongful death case that was set to go to trial next month as part of ongoing litigation over the company’s defective ignition switches. G.M., the nation’s largest automaker, had already won two so-called bellwether trials being conducted to resolve a variety of legal claims tied to its recall two years ago of vehicles equipped with faulty ignitions. The settlement of the latest case was unexpected, and an indication that G.M. may have wanted to avoid a protracted jury trial involving a fatal accident.

B.C. man who was mistaken for target, shot by police in 2013 has lawsuit dismissed Police surround the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Surrey. Nov. 7, 2013. (CTV) Nearly a decade ago, members of B.C.'s anti-gang police unit conducted a takedown in the parking lot of a Surrey strip mall. They believed they were arresting a notorious criminal with a history of violent firearms offences and numerous outstanding warrants. But they had the wrong guy. The man they actually targeted was Michael Minchin, who was not armed when Const. Vicken Movsessian shot him in the chest during the takedown on Nov. 7, 2013. On Wednesday, a B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed Minchin's civil lawsuit against Movsessian, finding that the civilian had not proven the officer was negligent in his actions. According to Justice Nitya Iyer's decision, four officers – including Movsessian – from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia were tasked with arresting Corey Foster in the takedown. Before leaving the detachment, Movsessian was given a "target sheet" with a photo of Foster and some details about his appearance, the decision reads. He was also given "a CFSEU press release" describing Foster as having ties to the Independent Soldiers gang and 30 outstanding warrants for his arrest, some of them related to firearms use. "As well, Const. Movsessian was informed that Mr. Foster might be at a particular address in Surrey, that he was looking to obtain a firearm and for two people to help him commit a home invasion, and that Mr. Foster was addicted to and actively using GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate)," the decision reads. Iyer notes that Movsessian had "never seen or interacted with" either Foster or Minchin before the takedown. The decision details the steps police took on the day, beginning by going to the address where they believed Foster might be, then following a Toyota Camry that left that address with three people inside. The officers reported watching Minchin get out of the vehicle at another address, go into the carport and retrieve a package from its rafters, and get back into the vehicle, according to the decision. They then followed the Camry to the strip mall, where Minchin and another man went into a restaurant. At that point, Iyer writes, the surveillance team – which did not include Movsessian – identified Minchin incorrectly as Foster, and Movsessian's uniformed team began preparing for the takedown. Movsessian was driving an unmarked Chevrolet Tahoe that police planned to use to block the Camry into its parking space. Because of another vehicle in the parking lot, however, the vehicles were positioned differently than planned, leaving Movsessian closest to Minchin, according to the decision. THE SHOOTING Movsessian got out of the Tahoe and drew his weapon. "He testified that he aimed it at the rear seat passenger’s torso, calling out that he was police and instructing that person to show his hands," Iyer writes in her decision. "He saw the rear seat passenger’s face very close to the window and his hands near his face. He noticed that the person’s eyes were darting from side to side. Const. Movsessian saw that he was complying with the instruction and turned to shut his car door. However, before he actually did that, he noticed that the rear seat passenger had moved away from the window, out of the illumination of the lights, and that his hands were no longer visible." The constable told the court that he saw movement in the backseat, which he interpreted as Minchin bracing his foot against the floor in order to lift his body up, as though grabbing something from his back pocket. "Const. Movsessian shot the person through the rear passenger window, shattering the glass, and hitting him in the upper left chest near his shoulder," the decision reads. "He saw the person’s body flung against the driver’s side window from the force of the blow. He saw the person’s hands in the air near his ears and heard him yell 'don’t shoot, don’t shoot.' As he approached the vehicle, Cst. Movsessian saw the person cower away from him, with his hands remaining in the air. He holstered his firearm before opening the door of the Camry." The Independent Investigations Office of B.C., which looks into all incidents involving police in the province that result in death or serious harm to a member of the public, was called to the scene. IIO investigations determine whether there are reasonable grounds to believe an officer may have committed an offence. If there are, the office forwards a report to the BC Prosecution Service, which considers charges. In April 2015, Movsessian was charged with careless use of a firearm in connection to his shooting of Minchin. He was acquitted at his criminal trial in December 2016, according to Iyer's decision. Minchin, who admitted during the civil trial to having illegal drugs in his possession at the time of the takedown, was never charged with a crime related to the 2013 incident. THE CIVIL LAWSUIT Iyer notes at the start of her decision that "there is no question that Const. Movsessian shot the wrong person." The question, according to Iyer, is whether he acted negligently in doing so. The judge notes that Minchin's lawsuit was brought against Movsessian, and did not claim negligence by anyone else involved in the incident. Because of this, Iyer writes in her decision, Minchin's submissions about police misidentifying him – as well as the location, timing and technique of the takedown – were "misplaced." "Const. Movsessian did not make those decisions," the judge writes. "I must consider whether it was reasonable for him to shoot Mr. Minchin based on the information he had and the circumstances that arose. It would be wrong to ascribe to Const. Movsessian responsibility for decisions made by others." Iyer describes Minchin's claim of negligence as having "three prongs." First, he submitted that Movsessian ought to have recognized that he wasn't Foster. Second, he submitted that it was not objectively reasonable for Movsessian to believe he was reaching for a gun. And Third, he submitted that Movsessian didn't adequately assess the possible consequences if he fired his gun and missed. In each of these ways, Minchin alleged that Movsessian failed to meet the standard of care that a police officer owes to a member of the public. Iyer disagreed, writing in her decision that the constable was acting based on the information provided to him by colleagues, and that nothing he saw in his brief interaction with Minchin before the shooting would have suggested to him that the person he was shooting wasn't the takedown's intended target. "In my view, Const. Movsessian’s failure to notice the differences between the person he actually shot and the person he believed he was shooting was reasonable in the circumstances," the judge's decision reads. Likewise, because he thought he was interacting with Foster, who he believed was a dangerous criminal with a history of firearms use, it was reasonable for Movsessian to suspect that Minchin was reaching for a gun, Iyer writes. "Obviously, the wisest course for a person faced with a police officer’s gun being pointed at them is to comply with their directions," the decision reads. "However, it is certainly possible that an individual might panic, leading them to drop their hands. While another officer might have drawn a different inference, I find that Const. Movsessian’s inference, and his decision to shoot, are consistent with the reasonableness standard … He may have made an error in judgment, but it was not unreasonable in the circumstances." Finally, on the question of the "backdrop" against which Movsessian shot Minchin, Iyer's decision notes that the officer was "relatively close to the vehicle and did not see anyone in that area of the strip mall or behind where he was pointing his gun." "His assessment was reasonable in the circumstances," the decision reads. Vancouver Top Stories

Home » "Towards a European Data Sharing Space" BDVA Position Paper "Towards a European Data Sharing Space" BDVA Position Paper On April 12th 2019 BDVA releases a Position Paper called "Towards a European Data Sharing Space: Enabling data exchange and unlocking AI potential". This position paper is meant to i) support the dialog among European and national policy makers, industry, research, public sector and civic society in the definition of a common roadmap for the development and adoption of a pan-European Data Sharing Space, and ii) guide public and private investments in this area in the next Multiannual Financial Framework. The successful development and adoption of a pan-European data sharing space will mark a milestone in the evolution of the new data economy. The envisaged macro-level space can incorporate existing vertical, cross-sectoral, personal and industrial data spaces, offering services and experimentation opportunities to all stakeholders. It also needs to adhere to and promote European values, e.g., democracy, privacy safeguards and equal opportunities. These values can become the trademark of European data economy technologies, products and practices. The paper extrapolates current trends to highlight opportunities in Europe for industry, private users (citizens), research and academia and the public sector, over the next decade. It also identifies and analyses foreseen technical and non-technical challenges (business, organizational, legal compliance and skills-related challenges) as well as specific challenges that need to be tackled in a coordinated manner at both national and regional levels. Finally the paper includes a list of recommendations for the successful development, implementation and adoption of a European Data Sharing Space that i) allows new and existing vertical, cross-sectoral, personal and industrial data spaces to interoperate, ii) offers services and experimentation opportunities to all stakeholders, and iii) promotes European values. Find the paper here. The content of this paper and outcomes of future dialogues will also feed into the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for a European Artificial Intelligent Public Private Partnership (AI-PPP SRIA)[1]. The version released on April 2019 will be enriched along the year incorporanting feedback from other communities and PPPs, and linked PPP projects. A new version is planned to be released at the end of 2019. Details for engagement can be found at the end of the position paper. [1] http://bdva.eu/AIPPP-Vision-paper-PressRelease

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Bee Keep Buzz Where Is Bee Cave Texas And Why You Need To Visit There February 14, 2022 by beekeepbuzz_udk3l0 Named by early settlers for the Mexican honey bees that inhabited the local creeks, Bee Cave, TX is a place where you can “bee” your best self. Today, it’s most widely recognized by gamers as the home of the deadly contraption building rough-neck “Fortress II” game character known as The Engineer – “a good old boy…who loves barbecue, guns, and higher education.” However, closer to home, it’s known as the eighth best suburb to raise a family near Austin and a perfect destination for a laid-back day trip. So, where is Bee Cave Texas, precisely? If you’d asked “Where is Bee Cave Texas?” back in 1986, your answer would have been nowhere. That’s because this area, which prides itself on offering life “without the influence of big city government,” didn’t come into existence until 1987, all two square miles of it. Today, fewer than 7,000 people call Bee Cave home. A far cry from its humble beginnings, this up-and-coming area has a small town appeal with a big vision that seeks to sustain the exceptional quality of life for its residents while reinvesting and adding businesses in a way that maintains a focus on the character of the city. Today, if you ask, “Where is Bee Cave Texas?,” the answer might surprise you. At the heart of this charming and culturally rich city lies the belief that outdoor and recreational activities promote community and build an enviable quality of life and mind-opening experiences. Even the city’s mission says so: “To create a sense of place/community by enhancing quality of life for residents and visitors through the provision of passive/active recreational opportunities; the preservation of gathering places such as facilities, parks, trails and open spaces; and the promotion of arts and culture through events and activities.” This is a town that’s small enough to keep you current on community events and activities via Facebook, yet large enough to have the vision and wherewithal to pursue their overarching and comprehensive plan for growth and development. Described as well-kept, family-friendly, and one of the best places to live in Texas, Bee Cave hasn’t earned its high ratings by accident. The small city is recognized for its great school systems, new and affordable housing, and many amenities and shopping. Additionally, it’s a safe place for families. Let us not forget that the people are friendly, and there’s easy access to the airport. Not only will this post answer the question “Where is Bee Cave Texas?,” but it’ll let you know what to do when you get there to make your experience memorable. On a map, this spot is located in Travis County, just 12 miles west of Austin, TX. That helps a bit, but really, where is Bee Cave Texas? It’s not just near Austin, as Bee Cave is a suburb with a population of 5,802. This spot is rated as one of the best places to live in Texas. Living in Bee Cave offers residents a suburban feel, and most residents own their homes. This little-known town is home to a variety of restaurants, coffee shops and parks. Many families live and play in Bee Cave, and residents tend to have moderate political views. The most important question to ask is not where Bee Cave Texas is, but where is Bee Cave Texas as it relates to the action and entertainment. While you may float like a butterfly or sting like a bee, it’s not all bees-ness in Bee Cave, TX. Don’t let the name fool you, as there’s something for everyone in Bee Cave. While it centers much of the activity around Hill Country Galleria within the Bee Cave city limits, venturing just a few miles out, the Austin and Lake Travis areas offer something for thrill seekers, romantics and the young at heart. Below is a list of the 10 best things to do in or near Bee Cave, TX based on the reviews of actual visitors. Get Active Like Locals Weaving throughout a seven-acre natural setting, The Bee Cave Sculpture Park showcases a combination of permanent and rotating sculptures. Not only that, you can spend your day viewing a spring-fed pond, some of the largest oak trees in the city and over 20 different native species of plants. Explore Your Inner Artist Con Olio’s Oils & Vinegar allows you to take a class and use, taste and possibly purchase the product. Many are shocked by how much you can actually learn about oil and truly enjoy the experience. Shop Until You Drop Hill Country Galleria and the Shops at the Galleria span all types of shopping needs and preferences. At the core of the city, you cannot visit Bee Cave without the Galleria. You’ll also want to stop by James Avery Jewelry if you’re looking for anything from a charm to a diamond. Explore And Get Physical Mountain bike, hike, or even rock climb in Travis County Park. If you name it, they have it for the outdoor enthusiasts. With almost three miles of continuous frontage along the Pedernales River, Reimers Ranch is recognized as a world-class destination for rock climbing. Plus, it boasts 18 miles of trails, bass fishing, deep canyons and panoramic views of the Texas Hill Country. Relax And Revitalize Milk & Honey Spa offers an upscale pampering experience that you can enjoy on your own, with a friend, or in a group. Its warm and inviting atmosphere make it a must visit location for massages, facials, mani-pedis or whatever your pampering desires. Sit Back And Simmer On Song The Backyard Live Oak Amphitheater is best known for its intimate, natural setting. It has hosted names such as Bob Dylan, David Bowie and Willie Nelson. Seek Thrills And Adventures Spend a magical day on Lake Travis. Chartering a yacht offers a unique way to enjoy a sunset cruise and take in some breathtaking views of the Texas Hill Country. There, you can also enjoy a Zipline excursion at one of the newest attraction for thrill seekers: Lake Travis Zipline Adventures. If you need more, experience the exhilaration of Fly Lake Austin offers more fun on the water. Satisfy Your Need For Competition Tee off at the full-service 18-hole golf course of Falconhead Golf Club. With picturesque rolling hills, creeks and ponds, this course, which was laid out by the PGA Design Center, offers you the same quality golf that the pros experience. Eat And Be Married Star Hill is a re-creation of a Texas Hill Country community typical of the early 1900s. They offer a unique backdrop for wedding ceremonies and receptions, holiday parties, film and production, and any event needing diverse facilities and flexibility in a beautiful setting. Kick Back After an afternoon of exploring, sink into the picturesque Sonesta Bee Cave hotel and resort. It’s chic, blends modern Austin luxury with the natural landscape, and provides a scene for both relaxation and rooftop food and fun. Some beekeepers may hear the city name and ask the question “where is Bee Cave Texas?” because they think it might be a great place for beekeeping. Let’s take a look. History of Bee Cave, TX Legend has it that big bee colonies once inhabited Bee Cave’s limestone cliffs along Little Barton Creek, which actually flows through the city, hence the origin of the name “Bee” Cave. Supposedly, this was back in the 1800s. While there may have been a lot of bees back then, today, there aren’t much. Really, the amount of bees in this city is so ordinary that it’s hard to bee-lieve there were ever any, at least not enough to inspire the city name. Ironically, some have tried to put the bees back in Bee Cave by introducing hives to the area. The impact has been minimal. Tours of the Bee Caves However, you may be interested in learning that back in 2013, the much-discussed, never seen, yet historically relevant bee caves were discovered on the property of local residents. Today, there are bee cave tours. While there are no bees, the area is rich in history and validates the authenticity of the Mexican honeybees stories. So, if beekeepers have Bee Cave, TX on their radar, they need only visit if they are history buffs or interested in shopping, outdoor trails or water fun. Even beekeepers need a vacation, right? Now that you don’t have to ask “Where is Bee Cave Texas?” anymore, you might be interested in visiting. So, let’s look at their weather. In Bee Cave, the summers are hot and muggy, and the winters are short, cold and windy. The best months to visit are September to November or March to May, when the daytime temperatures range in the 70s and 80s. The days are mild and comfortable. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 42°F to 95°F and is rarely below 30°F or above 100°F. Spring is the most beautiful for any outdoor or recreational activities and festivals abound in Bee Cave. Summertime sees heavy visitors, despite the 90+-degree temperatures, which makes Bee Cave a great place for water activities. The fall is festival time once again, offering music, film, Grand-Prix and fun. Winters are notoriously mild with short-lived cold fronts, snowfall is rare, and the average high ​temperatures are generally mild, while rest are in the low 60s. 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Voices + Comunidad International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Perspective From Dr. Migi Matthews, a Latina in STEM Dr. Esther Liberman Updated 2/27/2020 to reflect the news that Dr. Matthews’ employer is actively formulating a vaccine against the coronavirus with the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. For a century, the United States has turned its focus to particular groups within our population, honoring them for a day, a week, and up to a month. Veterans’ Day is perhaps the first example, dating back to late 1919 when it began as a celebration of Armistice Day at the end of World War I. This was a first effort to shine the spotlight on war heroes in recognition of their service. By the 1920s, the practice of designating a date to pay tribute to a specific demographic was a way of paying tribute to the contributions of minority populations that continued to be marginalized in society. The work of inclusion, recognition, and even reparation was attempted by these weeks, widening the dominant paradigm and narrative to allow for those formerly erased. For example, historian Carter G. Woodson inaugurated what he called “Negro History Week” in 1926, in an attempt to incorporate the African-American experience into the master narrative of American history. A week in February was chosen, coinciding with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln, the president who outlawed slavery, and Frederick Douglass, who escaped the cruel and unusual institution to spend the rest of his life fighting for freedom. Emerging 50 years after Emancipation and 50 before the abolition of Jim Crow laws, by the 1970s, the week would become a month — Black History Month — dedicated, to paraphrase President Ford, to rectify the gross omission of the vast contributions of African Americans to the nation. Just as the purpose of February’s designation is to recognize Black Americans, other marginalized demographics have also found a place on the calendar to call their own: National Hispanic Heritage Month (September), Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May), Women’s History Month (March). By the same logic, the fact that on February 11th we observe the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is proof that the role we play in STEM was in dire need of some attention across the world. Historically, the presence of women in science-related fields has been one of those absurd taboos in cultures around the world, as traditional gender roles have played into keeping women tied to domesticity and absent from spaces of inquiry, like laboratories. One would think that the smattering of prominent female scientists, those who managed to upturn these ossified conventions of the 20th century (chemists like Marie Curie, engineers like Amelia Earhart, astrophysicists like Katherine Johnson), would have sufficiently proven the exception to the rule theory, but no. Instead, it took a resolution passed by the United Nations in 2016 to highlight that the 21st century will require more of us as a species. It will be so much, in fact, that we will no longer have the luxury to squander the talents of more than half our global population by keeping women out of STEM. This day of celebration and recognition is a step in promoting gender equality and the advancement of science and infrastructure, in the hopes of increasing egalitarianism by 2030. At the moment, while women make up right around 51% of the world’s population, only 30% of researchers across the world are women. The statistics around the number of women who pursue STEM careers and work in manufacturing, construction, engineering, and related fields are even more disproportionately low. Clearly, we still need at least one day a year to shine a light onto all of our smart-at-STEM women and girls. Here at BELatina, we didn’t have to look much further than our backyard to find a remarkable member of the STEM community. Just as we are blessed to be surrounded by Latina artists, educators, and entrepreneurs in our communities, we can also find surgeons, architects, and, in this case, specialized researchers, working daily to use their knowledge and expertise for the public good. Highlighting the contributions of one of these women is our celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a spotlight on one Latina who has helped lay down a path for others to follow. Miguelina Matthews was born and raised in Manhattan, surrounded by a large extended family. Latina might be too general a label for this scientist who now works for a pharmaceutical company. More precisely, Dr. Matthews refers to herself as a Jewminican, half Dominican (on mom’s side), half Ashkenazi Jewish (on dad’s), fully identifying with both of her families’ cultures. Dr. Matthews grew up with her Spanish-speaking tías and grandmother, as well as her father’s English-speaking family, comfortably switching between the two. Her proximity to both languages and the fact that her father didn’t learn Spanish (“Until recently,” she chuckled, noting that all of a sudden, he seems to have a much greater command and comprehension than she remembered) firmly established her bilingualism. Spanish, though spoken domestically only, took sufficient root enough in her that she doubled up on majors, pursuing both a pre-med curriculum and a B.A. in Spanish literature. During her early years, attending a girls-only elementary school in Manhattan, Dr. Matthews was keenly aware of her languages and cultures at home. She felt then, and does still now, fully of her mother’s family and fully of her Bronx-born, Jewish family. The aspects of her hybridity refreshingly coexist without conflict, and I begin to ascribe her ease and self-awareness to New York City’s signature multiculturalism. But Dr. Matthews, who I have been calling by her familiar nickname, Migi, quicker disabuses me of that notion. “None of the people in my elementary school looked like me,” she assures me, noting that her cohort was largely Jewish but no one she knew spoke Spanish like her mother and their family. I take a moment to process this — as a Jew growing up in Latin America, my Jewish-ness is what set me apart. I ask Migi how this played out in effect, this homogeneity at her school, thinking about both her and my experience as Bizarro-versions of each other. “I vaguely remember feeling that I should…and I don’t know if someone actually said it or if I just felt as if I should but…I thought I needed to straighten my hair.” “Same!” I exclaim, carried away, and quickly try to bring it back to her but she seems as piqued by this mirror as I am.” Do you straighten it now?” I ask, clarifying that I don’t bother, living in a humid climate. “No, not really,” she said, and we both leave the rest unsaid, though I’m confident we are both long past the point of feeling the pressure to pass. But as girls in grade school, identity is still raw, more a vulnerability than an asset. Standing out from the crowd can be difficult. Anecdotally, I have never felt more Jewish than when I lived in Colombia, where I was very much in the minority. I imagine Migi’s Latinidad may have been a tricky wave to surf at a small, culturally uniform, unisex school, but difference is also a strong galvanizing force. She acknowledges the great gift her family gave her by sending her to private school, noting that though she felt different from everyone else, she found ways to navigate. In fact, Dr. Matthews acknowledges, she was happy to move onto a more diverse high school, one which, at the very least, also included boys. We must be exact contemporaries, Migi and I, I thought when her name jumped off the page of my monthly assignment sheet. As my mental Rolodex whirred through a couple of decades, it settled on my first years in the U.S., when I arrived for college. I couldn’t call up a face but felt as if this name — Miguelina Matthews — its simultaneous here-ness and there-ness, was one I had read on an attendance list or a program. Indeed, when I ask Migi if she went to Cornell for undergrad, she quickly confirms that we overlapped exactly. Given her diverse interests in both the arts and the sciences, it is quite likely that we sat in the same class at least once. “I’m definitely a face person, I’m sure if I saw you, I would remember you,” she notes graciously and I laugh because now I know I must have seen her name written out — I’m definitely more of a name person. Being at the same college during the same part of the decade, both of us GenXers, we might have both been sitting in the same Spanish literature class right around the time the word “Hispanic” was being replaced by “Latino.” Due to our peculiar background, however, me being Latin American (not Latina) and she being raised in Manhattan, where individualism is prized as a personality trait, we were in some ways spared the politics of this particular issue. Instead, after years of serving as representatives of our minority cultures, we were both released to a school with over 20,000 students, a place where diversity thrives as the inevitable result of the numbers game. “How did you like going to such a big and diverse school,” I ask her, thinking of the relief I felt when I left behind my years of moving through each grade with the same batch of 80 people. Nothing about the class size at Cornell was intimidating to Dr. Matthews when she went there, in part, she says, because her father is an alumnus and she’d had the opportunity to visit the campus and become familiar with its breadth. Instead, she remembers those years as being full of intense self-learning. Dr. Matthews went to college convinced that she would become a medical doctor. Unlike many freshmen, she started out with complete conviction, having always had a focused interest in biological sciences. She realized pretty quickly, mainly through following the prescribed pre-med curriculum, that her happy place was the lab, not the library. Losing momentum in her path toward pursuing an M.D., Migi ended up taking her degree in literature and leaving one or two classes in her biology major undone, graduating early but a few credits short of completing that second degree. Though she was put off from pursuing a medical degree, Dr. Matthew’s mentorship under Professor Elaine Tolson at the Vet School inspired her to stay in Ithaca for an extra semester. Though she had taken her degree, she wanted to stay and live the last few months of college life with her friends, sure, but the work she was doing up with Professor Tolson inspired her: research on Lyme disease. Her work in the lab even propelled her to finish all of the coursework she had left undone — classes in epidemiology and microbiology (also taught by inspiring female professors) — and develop a passion for studying infectious disease. After getting that first degree, Dr. Matthews enrolled at SUNY Stonybrook, one of the leading programs on infectious disease at the time. Her degree program required her to rotate through various labs for a year, searching for the right fit and committing to a single lab that focuses on a particular set of diseases. She did this very thing, only to find herself in a predicament: a year after joining the lab, the professor that ran it moved to Yale University, essentially to inaugurate their infectious disease lab. Migi moved with him, loading up everything from vials and cultures to tanks of liquid nitrogen into the back of the truck and helping to drive the entire operation from Stonybrook to New Haven, she reminisces. (Today, Yale boasts one of the leading labs in the country, a direct result of this move). At Yale, Migi became Dr. Matthews, not a medical doctor as she once imagined she would be, but a PhD in infectious diseases, with a specialty in pneumonia and similar viruses. “That reminds me,” I interrupt. “This doesn’t have to do with women in STEM but what do you think about the coronavirus?” I ask, feeling somewhat embarrassed about my question. But then I’m suddenly so glad I did, as Dr. Matthews is reminded of a story that makes me both cringe and laugh at once, empathizing with the discomfort she must have felt at the time. Evidently, she defended her dissertation in 2003, right around when the SARS outbreak had the whole world worried as we are now. Once she finished her presentation, she realized in horror that her father, invited to bear witness to her defense, had raised his hand to ask a question. Tentatively, Migi calls on him and he asks: “What does your research have to do with SARS?”, essentially asking her to solve the global conundrum or at least think fast to come up with a good response. She must have done just that because she passed her defense, but the stress of the moment has erased her memory of what exactly that was. Migi described that moment defending her dissertation so vividly that she entirely made me forget the original question about coronavirus. After telling me that she was not yet fearful of this particular virus — which when you understand the raw data as she does, shows to be less deadly than the SARS virus her dad asked about — she quickly moved on to another related subject. But as panic about it continues to spread faster than the virus itself, I found myself having to remember that Migi assured me this is an upper respiratory virus, not a flesh-eating thing like Ebola. There was hope — researchers, like her would find a cure. Remembering her words calmed me, but not nearly as much as the message I got from her a few days ago, weeks after my profile on her was originally published, telling me what she could not reveal during our prior conversation. Researchers are indeed on the brink of being able to produce something perhaps even better than a cure: a vaccine against the coronavirus. And if you thought Migi Matthews could not possibly get any cooler, her response to my emoji-laden message back was: “…and the vaccine is being developed right here in NY.” After obtaining her doctorate, Migi was expected to take on one post-doctoral position after the next, a convention of her field. These low-paying, high-output positions were not at all what she had in mind. She realized soon after graduation that she would have to jump through the right hoops in order to eventually land an academic position running her own lab and decided this wasn’t a good fit for her. “Yale,” she reflects, “did a poor job preparing us for any job outside academia. And I didn’t want to be post-doc forever. And I didn’t want to move too far from my family in NYC.” From my vantage point in the humanities, I had a similar experience. “So what did you do,” I ask her. “How did you get out?” Migi told me about attending a job fair in New York just after she took her doctoral degree. She was offered a position at a molecular biology company, asked to create a diagnostic. She took the job and never looked back. “Were your friends in academia supportive,” I ask, and I can practically see her shaking her head no. “They thought I was a sell-out, at first,” she says, noting that it was rare at the time not to follow the academic path. Evidently today, these non-academic jobs are less rare. Did they come around? I desperately want to know. “Eventually, yes,” she says. “Some of them did.” One of Dr. Matthew’s favorite jobs was in vaccine manufacturing. She felt fulfilled by following her viruses full circle — from understanding them, to curing them, to preventing them. An expert in pneumonia and similar diseases, that position was practically custom made. She has worked in research and development positions, manufacturing, and now in high-detail global quality control. Traveling around the world to places that produce both injectable and tablet-form medications, Miguelina Matthews makes sure that these various labs are doing their job correctly. Over the last 17 years, Dr. Matthews has had her fair share of job environments and managers. We talk about the great bosses she’s had, noting that many, though not all, have been women. More than their gender, she reflects on the qualities of a good boss: Someone who gives positive reinforcement, support, and credit when it’s due. She cites listening as the most crucial skill and micromanaging as the most destructive to her work. In previous positions, she, too, had managed people, and though she doesn’t mind doing it, she prefers to work on her own. “Has this all been more difficult for you being a woman?” I ask. Dr. Matthews doesn’t exactly say yes. She agrees that she once had a rude awakening when she realized that a male counterpart grossly out-earned her despite having lesser qualifications. I practically gasped. “How did you rectify the situation?” “I reported it to my boss, who was a woman, and she advocated for me and got me the same amount,” she said. “Now, I know how to advocate for myself and I always advise women never to take the first offer. Always negotiate, even if it’s just the intangibles, things like vacation time.” Not one to over-dramatize, Dr. Matthews cites a single incidence in which she has felt discriminated against at work. As a single woman without dependents, she is asked to travel a lot more than her counterparts who have partners or kids, regardless of gender. She both understands the rationale but is understandably irritated by the discrepancy. I murmur my assent and empathy. “So being a Latina in your field? Is it a positive? A superpower?” I ask. Dr. Matthews laughs a little. “I don’t know,” she says, and I get the feeling that she is consummately empirical, made uncomfortable by assumptions and generalizations. She changes the subject, suddenly remembering that I told her I’m Colombian. “I’m actually supposed to be in Colombia in March,” she says. “I’ll be in Bogotá for work, so I extended my trip for a week and will visit Medellín and Cartagena.” “You will have such a great time,” I assure her. “You chose great cities to visit; can I send you a couple of recommendations?” I ask. “Please do,” she says. “It’s my first trip to Colombia.” And that’s when I realized that her Latina identity might not have made Dr. Matthews who she is, but it certainly colors how she sees the world, both inside the lab and out. For Image credit or remove please email for immediate removal - info@belatina.com latinas in stem Previous articleMeet Mayes C. Rubeo, the First Latina in Oscar History to be Nominated for Best Costume Design Next articleBernie Sanders Sweeps Iowa’s Latino Vote Dr. Esther Liberman was born in Bogotá, Colombia back when electric typewriters and Liquid Paper were all the rage. 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November 18, 2020 November 18, 2020 libertydunworth How Metallica Returned To Their Prime: The Story Behind ‘Hardwired… To Self-Destruct’ Released on this day 4 years ago, find out how the band revived their discography with their revolutionary tenth studio album. On this day back in 2016, Metal legends, Metallica, released their most recent studio album, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct. Their tenth studio album, Hardwired quickly became the release that returned the band to the glory of their heyday, catapulting the band back to the legendary status they were held as during the era of The Black Album. Following an eight-year hiatus since their previous release, Death Magnetic, back in 2008, the time waiting for Hardwired… To Self-Destruct marked the longest break between albums throughout the band’s extensive career. Yet, this was one that paid off in excess for the band… establishing them as a force to be reckoned with once more- leaving the abysmal reviews of their St. Anger album firmly in the past. The band’s first release through their own independent record label, Blackened Records, Metallica sought a more refined and mature approach to the album than in their previous releases. Placing no pressure upon themselves to meet strict deadlines or rush to get the album finished, the methodical, no-frills approach to Hardwired became the reason for the album’s success, with the band returning to their Thrash, Heavy Metal roots in a more authentic way than seen over the decade prior. Having lost his phone, containing almost 250 ideas for songs, at Copenhagen Airport back in 2014, Kirk Hammett took a step back from the writing process of Hardwired, making it the first album not to feature his contributions since 1983… instead having next to all of the songs written by Hetfield and Ulrich instead. Abandoning the cliché, commercialised sound they had fallen into with previous tracks including ‘Some Kind Of Monster’ and ‘Invisible Kid’, Hardwired marked a transition from cliché action-film soundtrack into genuine emotion and powerful themes of pessimism. Tracks such as ‘Hardwired’, ‘Moth Into Flame’ and ‘Dream No More’ captured these issues of negativity, isolation and nihilism best, marking it as the prominent motif underlying throughout the album. Seeking a more heartfelt, emotion-orientated release than in previous albums, Metallica used the album to pay homage to some of the biggest names across the music industry. Addressing the struggles with fame and the pressures of widespread media publicity, ‘Moth Into Flame’ was dedicated to the Jazz vocalist, Amy Winehouse, following her tragic death five years prior. Similarly, ‘Murder One’ was written as a tribute to the late Motörhead frontman, Lemmy Kilmister, with the title referring to his favourite amplifier, whilst ‘ManUNkind’ was written in homage to the band’s ex-bassist, Cliff Burton. Venturing into themes of desperation, personal battles and a seemingly-inevitable destiny to follow the wrong path, the highly anticipated album quickly became a hit across the globe from the moment of its debut. Named as the Best Metal Album of the year by both Revolver and Rolling Stone, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct immediately became a hit with fans across the globe. Instantly peaking at number one on the Billboard 200, selling nearly 300,000 copies in its first week and earning a platinum certification, the album marked the return of Metallica to their heyday. Held in the same high regard as their previous landmark albums, Metallica, Ride The Lightning and Kill ‘Em All, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct placed Metallica back on the map as one of the greatest bands of all time. Now, four years since its debut, the album still stands as one of Metallica’s best. Topping the charts in 57 countries across the globe and becoming just the second band in history to have six consecutive studio albums debut at number one in the US, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct will continue to keep the momentum running for the legendary Thrash band, proving that 39 years since their formation, the band are still going stronger than ever. What are your thoughts on the album? Let us know in the comment section! Enjoyed this history of the album? Be sure to check out the story behind the band’s legendary Self-Titled album (AKA The Black Album) here! ...And Justice For All Album Analysis Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Kill 'Em All Master Of Puppets Ride The Lightning The Black Album Published by libertydunworth Music journalist from London specialising in Rock and Metal. I am the founder and owner of Beneath the Surface, a website specialising in the latest music-related advice and updates. I have also written for publications such as Blasting News and Louder Sound. View all posts by libertydunworth Previous Prog, Hardcore and Tackling Intersectional Oppression: Cryptodira- ‘Better Left Unsaid’ EP Review Next What You Didn’t Know About System Of A Down’s ‘Mezmerize’ and ‘Hypnotize’

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LA County rescue team saves eight people from San Gabriel River Los Angeles County Fire Rescue and Search and Rescue teams were on the San Gabriel River Monday evening, searching for people seen on an island. The river was full and fast due to the ongoing storm. The teams were trying to reach people one by one, taking at least three people out by air while others were coming out on foot. They rescued eight people in total. A ninth person is still missing, firefighters said. The risk of drowning was higher due to the rushing water, firefighters said. The LA River, which was also full and fast, was home to a homeless population of six children under bridges soaked with water. Rescue teams were on alert.”I’ve noticed the homeless people go further and further in hide away from everybody,” said Jose Quiroz, a Duarte resident who saw the rescues happen. “It was going to happen eventually with all the water coming down.” Meanwhile, flooding was occurring in other parts of Southern California, such as the Santa Anita Dam. Public works teams were busy clearing massive flows of rocks and dirt in debris basins to make room for the oncoming storm. Seven California counties issued evacuation warnings ahead of the storm, including Santa Barbara and Ventura County.LA County Fire Rescue and Search and Rescue teams are on high alert to ensure the safety of residents. Homeowners are also taking precautionary measures, such as working from home on days when heavy rain is expected, to stay off slippery roads. Create your free account or log in for more features. Tags: County, Gabriel, people, rescue, river, San, saves, team Previous Evacuation warnings issued for Ventura, Santa Barbara County residents ahead of incoming storm Next Storm prompts evacuation orders for parts of Santa Barbara County

Texas legislator files bill to save state park from being turned into multimillion-dollar homes, private golf course FAIRFIELD, Texas – Texas state officials are still trying to prevent a privately-owned property that contains a Texas state park from being turned into a multimillion-dollar private home community. Sen. Charles Schwertner filed Senate Bill 1656 on Monday, which would allow the state of Texas to acquire the land the park sits on through eminent domain. State Rep. Angelia Orr, whose District 13 includes the park, previously filed House Bill 2332 in February with the same intention of invoking eminent domain to acquire the parklands. Fairfield Lake State Park is a 1,460-acre park within a 5,025-acre property in Freestone County. Texas-based energy company, Vistra, put the entire acreage on the market several years ago for $110.5 million before it was purchased by a developer who plans to turn it into a golf course in addition to the private home community. The developer that bought the land, Dallas-based firm Todd Interests, previously indicated that there was no more room for discussion about the parkland. During a hearing of the House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism on Thursday, legislators and committee members expressed their desire to continue efforts to save Fairfield Lake State Park, which closed to the public on Feb. 28. In fiscal year 2022, the park welcomed 82,555 visitors, according to a press release from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “Visitation has increased significantly in the last four years – up from 58,991 in 2019. TPWD has committed $70 million in infrastructure, including buildings, barns, residences, roads, utilities and a boat ramp,” TPWD officials said. TPWD Commission Chairman Arch “Beaver” Aplin III called the park a “rare treasure providing vital recreational space.” “When I hear Texans talk about this park, I hear them call it ‘our park.’ I heard it again today, when Freestone County Judge Linda Grant talked about the significant economic impact ‘our park’ and its 80,000 annual visitors generate for her county. She referred to it as ‘our park,” and it is our park. It’s everyone’s park, and I look forward to coming back to the table to try to find a compromise that would allow Texans to keep it,” Aplin III said. Legislative leadership strongly supports helping Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquire the land that is now Fairfield Lake State Park. Funds now available from the constitutional amendment dedicating sporting goods sales tax to support state parks could be tapped to make the land purchase, along with federal land and water conservation funds, a prior press release from TPWD states. Fairfield Lake, the largest private lake in Texas, is part of the property TPWD is hoping to acquire. The lake is estimated to cover 2,400 acres with 21 miles of shoreline and is thought to be roughly 50 feet deep. The lake is known for some of the biggest bass in Texas and has produced 69 lunkers for the TPWD’s Toyota Sharelunker Program since 2020, making it one of the most productive fisheries maintained by TPWD. According to a press release from TPWD, an expected 14,000-acre feet of water is expected to be diverted from the lake if the land is not protected from development. Aplin III said this could reduce the lakeshore by half and devastate aquatic life. The state first leased the park from Texas Utilities in 1971-1972 and opened it in 1976. TPWD leased the land for years before it was sold. “After shuttering the power plant in 2018, Vistra placed a 5,000-acre tract — including the state park land — up for sale,” the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. “Officials with Texas Parks and Wildlife have repeatedly said that the state didn’t initially have enough money to purchase the full 5,000 acres, and Vistra was uninterested in selling just a piece of the land.” Executive Director of TPWD, David Yoskowitz, called the sale of the property an “unprecedented loss of a state treasure for Texans.” “It is unfortunate that Vistra and this private developer were unable to come to an agreement that would have allowed the state of Texas to purchase the park from Vistra to maintain it for future generations of Texans,” Sen. Charles Schwertner previously said. More headlines: Five free things to do with the kids on spring break Texas man kills Washington state podcast host, husband in home invasion

Blog Posts / Tags, Discussions, & Misc. Book Spotlight – Fight Like a Woman June 1, 2021 January 8, 2022 biblionerdreflectionsLeave a comment The Book Spotlight is a post featuring one novel that caught my eye in the last week and ended up on my TBR. It is a way to promote interesting work that I haven’t had a chance to add to my shelves yet, with an emphasis on indie/self-published stories. Today’s Spotlight Author: J.S. Frankel Find it in the Kindle store! Meet Kyle Sorton, teen, orphan, living a life of no purpose on a space station. Occupation: janitor. Future prospects: none. His only dream is to be someone. Anyone will do. Wish granted–sort of. An accident aboard his space station forces his flight, and his ship crash lands on an unknown world. Mortally wounded, he uses an experimental healing device called a Clavatar to transfer his consciousness to the body of an alien woman. When he awakens, he discovers that this woman not only has special abilities, but also that parts of her consciousness still exist. Even more surprising to him is the fact that his new host, named Rinarra, is married to Merat, another woman. She is understandably upset over losing her wife, and initially rejects the new Rinnara. Confusion reigns, and compounding his problem of understanding his new form is the existence of a hostile alien force known as the Droogs. Large, purple, and utterly evil, Droogs care not about any lives other than their own. Kyle, who slowly begins to not only identify as Rinnara but also to fall in love with Merat, decides to fight the invaders. Windeeri has become a home, and she’ll defend it, even at the cost of her own life. J.S. Frankel was born in Toronto, Canada and grew up there, receiving his tertiary education from the University of Toronto and graduating with a double major in English Literature and Political Science. After working at Gray Coach Lines for a grand total of three years, he came to Japan at the age of twenty-six and has been there ever since, teaching English to any and all students who enter his hallowed school of learning. In 1997, he married Akiko Koike. He, his wife and his two children, Kai and Ray, currently reside in Osaka. His hobbies include weight training, watching movies when his writing schedule allows, and listening to various kinds of music. His novels, all for the YA set, include Twisted, Lindsay Versus the Marauders and it’s sequels, Lindsay, Jo, and the Tree of Forever, and Lindsay, Jo and the Well of Nevermore, all courtesy of Regal Crest Enterprises. He has also written the Catnip series (five novels), Mr. Taxi, The Titans of Ardana and its sequel, The Titans of Ardana 2: Battlefield, along with Picture (Im)perfect and more novels, courtesy of DevineDestinies.com. Future projects for Devine Destinies include the final novel in the Titans trilogy, the final novel in the Just Another Quiet… trilogy, The Undernet, the re-release of Star Maps, and more. He is also the author of The Menagerie and The Nightmare Crew trilogy, all courtesy of Finch Books. bookblogger, Fight Like a Woman, J.S. Frankel, LGBT, Science Fiction, SciFi, spotlight, TBR Monthly Wrap-Up: May 2021 TBR: June 2021 Reading List

December 31, 2021 biblionerdreflections8 Comments Reading Review This has been such a huge year for me when it comes to reading. My reading habits have changed drastically from previous years, and I read 43,584 pages from 139 books, which is far more than ever before. My average length was 313 pages and my average rating this year was 4.0. I’m lucky to have not read many books I didn’t like this year. I love looking at numbers and data…so, here’s a ton of other stuff I learned from my Goodreads and Storygraph stats pages. This year I read many books that were adventurous, dark, and emotional. I’m sure I probably craved adventure due to being stuck in the house most of the time. I tended to read books of medium or fast pace more than slow-paced books. A majority of the books I read fell between 300 and 499 pages in length, which I can definitely say is my preference. If a book is too long, I tend to lose focus before the end and find myself just wanting them to be over. Most of the books I read this year were fantasy, YA, LGBT+, science fiction, or some combination of those four genres. I wasn’t surprised to see that because they are my favorites. This year has been especially exciting because of all the LGBT+ books/characters I’ve been able to read since I didn’t really read this genre much before this year. I’m incredibly happy to have found such great stories and representation. I’m curious to see what the next year will bring and discover if my preferences change at all as the new year progresses. Blogging Review When I started blogging, I didn’t really have any goals in mind because I had no idea what I was doing. I was mostly writing reviews for myself to help keep track of my thoughts about what I was reading. I still don’t feel like I know what I’m doing (LOL), but there are a few accomplishments I’m proud of this year. First and foremost, I reviewed 26 books on NetGalley and earned the 25 reviews badge. I set that goal pretty late in the year, and I’m happy to have achieved it. I’ve also had more views, likes, and comments than I ever anticipated when I started out. My total views for the year are approaching 7,000, which I still can’t really believe. So, thank you to everyone who has stopped by the blog and interacted in any way. I really appreciate it. Most Popular Posts of the Year Wrap-Up posts are typically the most viewed posts that I write, but I’m not going to include them in this list because that is all it would include if I did. Here are my top 5 posts of the year (not including monthly wrap-ups): Book Review – The Darkness Outside Us Book Review – Any Way the Wind Blows ARC Audiobook Review – Not My Ruckus Stacking the Shelves (16) – July 31, 2021 ARC Review – Shards of Earth Least Popular Posts of the Year Not all of my posts were super popular this year, especially toward the beginning of my blog. I think many of them had so few views because I didn’t have a lot of followers then. Check them out and see if they truly deserve the honor of least popular post. Here are my 5 least viewed posts of the year: Book Review – Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021 Book Review – Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark Book Review – Solaris Seethes Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious: Monstrous Beauty Book Review – Star Wars: Shadow Fall I hope you all have a great holiday, and I wish everyone the best for the new year. I’m excited about what is to come in the new year, and I’m looking forward to continuing to share my thoughts about great books with you all in the year to come! First Lines Fridays (35) – December 31, 2021 December 31, 2021 biblionerdreflectionsLeave a comment My Favorite 2021 Reads Hello, everyone! Today’s post highlights some of my favorite reads of 2021. It was so hard to pick my favorites because I’ve read so many great books this year. I decided to do something a bit different to highlight a wider range of books that I enjoyed. So, I’ve split my top 10 in two with half including books published in 2021 and half with books published prior to this year. I’ve also listed my top four 4-star and top three 3-star reads to highlight some of my favorite reads that didn’t quite reach 5-star status. My Ranking of the 2021 Star Wars Books December 29, 2021 December 29, 2021 biblionerdreflectionsLeave a comment Hello, everyone! As I’m sure you’ve figured out by now if you’ve been following my blog, I love Star Wars. I consume almost every type of Star Wars media that exists: movies, TV shows, cartoons, books, and comics. This makes today an exciting day due to the premiere of The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+, and I decided it would be the perfect day to reflect on all the Star Wars books from 2021 as the year draws to a close. So, here it is, my ranking of the Star Wars novels released this year. December Book Haul & Hiatus Wrap-Up Hello, everyone! My semi-hiatus is finally over, and it was a really great couple of weeks. I’ve read some really great books, had a wonderful holiday, and bought/received a ton of new books. Today I’ll be briefly wrapping up the last couple of weeks, giving an update on my reading progress, and showing you all the new books I’ve gotten. Mini Review – Warheart ARC Mini Review – Daughter of the Moon Goddess December 23, 2021 December 29, 2021 biblionerdreflections4 Comments 12 Days of Christmas Book Tag Hello, everyone! I know I’m supposed to be on hiatus from blog posts right now to focus on the holidays and finish up my Reindeer Readathon TBR, but I couldn’t let this book tag pass me by before the Christmas season ends. I first saw the tag at Fi’s Bibliofiles, and it was created by Lizzie Loves Books. I did my best to avoid repetition, but many of these could be used for multiple answers. Without further ado, here are the questions! Book Review – Of Blood and Fire December 19, 2021 December 19, 2021 biblionerdreflections1 Comment Mini Review – A Time of Prophecy In the years since Kitty, Nate and Thom escaped the Kingdom, the Plague has ravaged the population and the rebels have seized two of the northern countries. In an attempt to bring order to the chaos, the leader of the rebels, Nate’s old friend James, has agreed to hold trials for those responsible for intentionally leaking the Plague. Unfortunately, the rumour in the Kingdom is that Kitty is responsible. To make matters worse, Blaise tells Kitty that the Council, who still count her father as one of their own, are once again experimenting on Radiants. It’s a horrifying realisation that hits too close to home, and for the first time in her life, Kitty thirsts for vengeance. It’s a thirst that’s matched by the one person who has always been her mirror — her Complement, Thom. On the other side of the Wall in the Outlands, desperate to bring Kitty home and finish the Council once and for all, Thom begins plotting, using the skills he’s long honed to outsmart those with more power. But outsmarting his enemies might turn Thom into the very thing he’s always feared becoming, and war soon seems the only possible solution to stopping the Council and the Hangman. But with more than a few looking to the ancient prophecy of peace, Thom searches desperately for a way to circumvent more bloodshed. Yet the weight of the years have taken their toll, and as Thom’s physical and mental health deteriorate, Nate struggles with the fallout of past crimes, both the ones he did commit, and the ones he didn’t … This is a hard book to review because it is difficult to separate my feelings about this installment from my feelings of the series overall. I love this series and these characters so much. It has become one of my favorite dystopian reads of all time. Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot and liked where all the characters ended up. They each showed a lot of growth over the course of the series and that was brought to its logical end point here. I particularly love Thom and enjoyed reading his perspective here. He changed a lot over the course of the novel, and I liked who he ended up with romantically because it really showed how much he had changed. Although, I didn’t like that his growth was nonlinear. He made a big decision in this book that felt quite regressive for the character, and I kind of wish he had insisted on finding some other way to accomplish the goal. It just felt a bit expedient and made all the growth up to that point in the novel feel less impactful. As with all the books before, this book tackled trauma, relationships, and the interaction of the two in a brilliant, unflinchingly honest way. I also really enjoyed the continued world-building and the inclusion of many characters from previous books. It made this send off feel quite grand in scope. My only other major complaint would be that the story felt rushed. I think this would have worked better as two books as there was lot to unpack with the formation of the rebel government, rescuing Kitty, the new plague, and overthrowing crown and council (plus all the character/relationship stuff going on). Despite the fast pace, the book did a good job of tidying up all the loose ends and providing a satisfying conclusion to all the character arcs. Therefore, I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

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Don’s Map Posted on August 11, 2014 July 23, 2014 by bigsurkatePosted in Road ConditionsTagged Big Sur, Don Harlan, Highway One. Previous Previous post: Super Moon Moonset, 8/11/14 @ 6:15 am Next Next post: Oil & Gas Regulation in California 7 thoughts on “Don’s Map” bryanconant says: What is Don’s map? Looks great. What is the date…….. Very cool…I drove up from morro bay on sat and thought about all the descriptions from Don… Gunta says: What a treasure you have there. It’s great that his map and notes haven’t been lost and that you are sharing them. I am very glad it was given to me, I was able to digitalization it, and share with my readers. It is a treasure. For some reason I am not able to enlarge it, and otherwise it’s too small to read. I click on the magnifier, but I get redirected to nowhere helpful. Anyone else having this issue? Lois, don’t think one can enlarge this one. If printed, it is 8 1/2 by 11. It is hard to read anyway. Lois, I don’t know what is wrong, but it will send you a copy of the entire series, including the map, today. If it won’t send from home due to size, it will from town later.

Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets The Henry Schwartzman Endowed Faculty Seminar Elissa Bemporad Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY Bildner Center, 12 College Avenue Respondents: Paola Tartakoff, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History and Paul Hanebrink, Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Elissa Bemporad will discuss her new book, Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets (Oxford University Press), which explores the afterlife of the two most extreme manifestations of tsarist antisemitism—pogroms and blood libels. Based on witness accounts, memoirs, the press, and secret police reports from the archives and libraries of Kyiv, Lviv, Vilnius, Jerusalem, Washington D.C., and New York City, the book analyzes the role of the genocidal violence unleashed during the pogroms of the civil war in shaping the relationship among Jews, central and local authorities, and their neighbors. Bemporad traces the persistence and permutation of the blood libel in the atheistic Soviet Union throughout the interwar period and into the postwar period and reassesses the interplay between official and popular antisemitism in the USSR from 1917 to the early 1960s. By dissecting the phenomenon and the memory of anti-Jewish violence under the Bolsheviks, Bemporad sheds light on the ever-changing and at times ambivalent relationship between the state and the Jewish minority group in modern times. Elissa Bemporad is the Jerry and William Ungar Chair in East European Jewish History and the Holocaust and associate professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY. She is the author of Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk (Indiana University Press, 2013) which won a National Jewish Book Award, Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History, and runner-up for the Jordan Schnitzer Prize in Modern Jewish History. Bemporad is the coeditor of two volumes: Women and Genocide: Survivors, Victims, Perpetrators, with Joyce W. Warren (Indiana University Press, 2018); and Pogroms: A Documentary History of Anti-Jewish Violence (with Gene Avrutin, forthcoming with Oxford University Press). She recently earned an NEH fellowship and a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. This seminar is open to faculty and graduate students only. A New Turn in Holocaust Scholarship: The Role of the Unpredictable and the Irrational Debórah Dwork Inaugural Rose Professor of Holocaust History, Clark University Bildner Visiting Scholar, Rutgers University Holocaust research has been marked by series of sharp turns. Born into a vacuum of denial, the first wave of Holocaust scholarship documented destruction, starting with Hitler and shifting to his subordinates. Major turns soon followed: to the experiences of the Jews; the role of neighbors and civil society; the history of Jewish children; women; rescuers; families; the spatial turn. Drawing on her current research, Bildner Visiting Scholar Debórah Dwork suggests a new turn in Holocaust scholarship and explores the possibilities offered by plumbing the role of the unpredictable and the irrational. Debórah Dwork, internationally renowned scholar, is currently serving as the Bildner Visiting Scholar for the fall 2019 semester. Founding director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Inaugural Rose Professor of Holocaust History at Clark University, Dwork conducted pathbreaking work in her early recordings of Holocaust survivors, weaving their narratives into the history she writes. Faculty and graduate students only.

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Meet Jason Fowler Defying the Odds – Meet Jason Fowler Juice Plus+ Oct 15, 2019 Most people are lucky if they succeed at one discipline. For Jason Fowler, he’s defied the odds—twice. At the young age of 10, Jason was already a nationally ranked amateur motocross racer. Born with a natural competitive drive, he pushed himself to develop his skills and become the best in his field. Jason was well on his way to going pro. That is, until one fateful day when he was preparing for an upcoming race. While riding his motorcycle, he hit a rock, which caused him to land directly on his head, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. He was 17 years old. Despite a new world of challenges waiting for him, Jason refused to give up. “Life is going to throw curve balls—more things than you can imagine. I think through it all, you need to be true to yourself. And I think that includes never giving up on who you are, what you want and what is next in your life. I feel like we are best when we are going after our dreams,” says Jason. After shifting his talents from motocross racing to handcycling, he set out to take on marathons, triathlons, and even the IRONMAN® World Championship. He wanted to push himself to conquer the greatest challenge he could find. In preparation for such grueling competitions, Jason not only puts his physical training at the forefront but also what he consumes for fuel. “One of the most important parts about my training is my nutrition,” Jason emphasizes. “The most important part of triathlon and training—or just the high-performance life—is having the energy every day to go after it and to go after it with your best.” Even with being in top physical shape and eating greens, Jason notes that the boost he needs to get through his intense practices or competitions comes from Juice Plus+. “The one constant nutrition for me has been Juice Plus+. It’s the thing I have been taking for nine straight years. If I don’t take my Juice Plus+, I definitely feel a difference,” he says. While he has the mindset of an athlete—constantly pushing himself to be better—Jason also recognizes the importance of listening to his body. “I believe that recovery is just as important as the workout itself—that includes nutrition, sleep, massage, and stretching,” says Jason. “For me, it’s about getting stronger every day, and without recovery, it doesn’t happen.” To keep things simple after an exhausting workout, Jason loves to whip up a shake using Complete. “No matter what you run out of, you can always make a good shake that’s easy and nutritious.” With over 150 road races, 36 marathons, 37 triathlons, and five IRONMAN® World Championships (two of which he won) under his belt, Jason is nowhere near slowing down. When he’s not busy training for the next big race, he dedicates his time to coaching people on how to achieve their own dreams. As he looks to the future, Jason stays true to his belief that despite challenges and setbacks, it’s important to stick with it. “I’m most proud of never lying down…never giving up on who I am and what I want. There were times where I always wanted to give up,” says Jason. “I’m proud of never giving up on myself and never giving up on what was possible.” To follow Jason’s journey, check out his Facebook & Instagram profiles and catch him at the Juice Plus+ conference this October in Austin, TX.

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Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Spent 27 Years in Prison is Now Fighting For Prison Reform Charleston, WV — Jimmie C. Garder, an African American man who was imprisoned for nearly 3 decades for a crime he did not commit, is now a well-known motivational speaker and advocate for other wrongfully imprisoned men and women. In 1989, Gardner was accused of the 1987 sexual assault of two elderly white women in Charleston, West Virginia. During that time, Gardner had a bright future waiting for him as he was in college studying business management and playing minor league basketball with the Charleston Wheelers. But it was cut short when the police apparently targeted him. Gardner, who was then living in Tampa, Florida with his great aunt, was questioned by Charleston police about the crime. “They asked [me] for fingerprints, photographs, saliva, urine and blood. I readily gave it because I didn’t do the crime and I wanted to prove that I did not do the crime. That’s something that I tell everyone not to do today — never give up your forensic characteristics,” Gardner told Rolling Out. He was later arrested and charged with two separate counts of robbery and sexual assault, as well as burglary and assault during the commission of a felony. He was put on trial where he was assigned with an incompetent public defendant. He has since maintained his innocence but he was found guilty and was sentenced to 110 years in prison in 1990. It was only in 2016 — about 27 years later — when it was determined that there was no forensic evidence connecting him to the crime nor did he match the description of the attacker. It was found that the assigned chief serologist in the case falsified forensic evidence to have him convicted. Gardner was then released from custody and his convictions were overturned. He has also reached a $175,000 settlement with the city of Charleston. Despite that, the emotional distress his wrongful conviction caused him and his family still remains. Since his release, Gardner has been an advocate for the wrongfully imprisoned and over-incarcerated. With his firsthand experience of injustice in the legal system, he is fighting for prison reform and inmates’ rights in the country. “We should make it so everyone has an opportunity to receive proper representation. That’s something that I did not have,” said Gardner. “We should also try to come together to eradicate some of these archaic laws throughout the United States of America and some of the prison punishments. I believe that judges, prosecutors and lawyers should be held accountable for their actions and not be given full immunity. We need to stop sending these young men and women like myself to prison with these exponential amounts of time in years. We need to stop this now.” Moreover, he is a motivational speaker, delivers messages of hope, encouragement, and positive thinking at schools, churches, and some prisons in the country. He is also currently developing the Gardner House, a re-entry home for formerly incarcerated people which aims to help them make a successful return to society. “I am for second chances because everyone can change if given the opportunity,” he said. For more details about Jimmie C. Garder, visit www.jcgardnerspeaks.com

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McMurtry (1977) Charter of Thelema Lodge (1981) Copy of Crowley’s La Gauloise signed by Hymenaeus Alpha (1981) Interview with Grady McMurtry Photos: Pre-1940 (1920’s) Young Grady in Big Cabin, Oklahoma Photos: 1940’s (early 1940s) Grady McMurtry in Yogic Pose (05/01/1941) War Department Identification card (1950s) Grady McMurtry during the Korean War (late 1950’s) Grady McMurtry after the War (12/1969) Grady McMurtry in late 1969 (1970) Grady McMurtry, Israel Regardie, and Phyllis Seckler (1970s) Miscellaneous Photos of Grady in the 70’s (1975) Grady McMurtry with Israel Regardie, William Heidrick, and others (late 1970’s) Grady McMurtry performing a Pentagram ritual at Heidricks’s house in San Anselmo (08/1979) Grady McMurtry at the Renaissance Fair (1979) Grady in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (1980) Grady McMurtry at Brocken Mountain Lodge in Connecticut (1982) Grady McMurtry with Robert Anton Wilson in Berkeley (1983) Grady in Turban and Robe (1983) Grady with his pipe (1983/10/08) Grady McMurtry’s visit to SFR Yugoslavia Netherwood, St. Leonards-on-Sea 9th July, 1945 Dear Grady, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. What a shock! after ransacking England for the “Yogi & the Commissar” without success, a copy turns up from the depths of the Black Forest. Thanks a thousand times. There is nothing else to say at the moment, except the business about “Golden Twigs.” I am asking Miss Kingston to copy my account of the said incident from my letter to Karl. I am not feeling in the mood for writing letters. I wanted to see the Eclipse, and the whole sky is overcast. [Quote from letter to Karl. — annotation in A.C.’s hand] “Events here may assume a very serious aspect at any moment. You probably remember that my book of short stores called ‘Golden Twigs’ was being published by the Mandrake Press and got as far as galley proofs. This bundle was sent by me to Lady Harris during the first big blitz of London, with some other books and MSS for safety; at least I am 90 per cent sure that this bundle was in the box that I sent to her. When she returned them I found that these proofs are missing. I wrote to ask her about it, and she did not know anything; she was not sure that she had ever had them. Well, whether I sent them to her or not, they were stolen and a few weeks ago while he was here, Grant thought that he had seen them in the Atlantis Bookshop and that they were for sale, but he could not be certain of the identity. “As it happened, Michael Just{?} came down here, as he occasionally does, at Easter, and I had a long and quite amiable talk with him. He also was uncertain as to whether these were the proofs that had been stolen from me, and protested that if anything like that came into his hands he would immediately return them to me. He said however ‘If these are what you want I suppose you won’t mind paying a few pounds.’ I returned an oracular answer. He also promised to let me have the copy of The Giant’s Thumb proofs bound up, which had also been stolen from me originally by Norman Mudd. They passed through the hands of Michael Just{?} on more occasions than one. I found it among the books of John Jamieson when we had the house in Chelsea together, and I wrote in the book the facts about the theft. Jamieson should of course have returned them to me, but he did not do so and after he went all to pieces sold that and a number of other books which he had bought either from Atlantis or from me to Michael. All I was really anxious to do was to get hold of that copy, and have typed some few poems which were not in my possession in some other form. “Now back to Easter of this year. “Michael said he would let me have this book for the purpose of copying, but he did not do so, and when Grant asked him about it, he was told that that book was no longer accessible. “I wrote to Michael after consulting my lawyer, saying that I wanted the identification of the Golden Twigs proofs made certain, and it would be sufficient for that purpose if he sent me a copy of the title page and the list of contents. He however sent me the whole bundle and ended his covering letter as follows :- ‘If you are retaining them, I am asking £5.’ He then added in capital letters ‘DO WHO YOU WILL — THAT IS MY LAW.’ “I went to my lawyer with that letter and said “It looks to me as if the Lord had delivered him into our hands.” He has written to Michael asking him to disclose the source from which he obtained the proofs, but so far he has not had a reply. My lawyer wrote about the 4th or 5th of this month, and no doubt Michael is taking his time about replying; probably has seen his own lawyer. “My instructions were to give Michael a chance to exhibit the proper reaction. The person I want to get at is the actual thief who is stealing things from myself or Freda, for this scheme has been going on really a little too long.” I think that is all for to-day. Love is the law, love under will. Yours ever, {signed} Aleister. Note: Originally published in Thelema Lodge Calendar, May 1995. 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We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us. The above is the partial sign off of the now infamous Anonymous 'hacktivists'. In their early days the group pursued online attacks as a form of non-violent protest, essentially striking back at anyone they perceived to be an enemy of freedom (Poulsen, 2011). These strike backs were usually in the form of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) that were designed to disrupt the communications of targeted websites. Whilst the group have been portrayed as an open source brand of radical protesters, their name in recent years has been used in other related ‘causes’, most recently for snuffing out paedophile rings. The Telegraph, in January 2015 published the headline: "Anonymous hackers turn fire on global paedophile menace" (Telegraph, 2015). However, this is not the first time that this vigilante brand of online activism has turned its attention to indecent images of children. Operation DarkNet was the group’s first campaign against online paedophilia in October 2011. The group recognised that child sex offenders (CSA) were becoming increasingly Internet savvy and had begun to mask their online identity through ToR. Anonymous used the same technology to shut them down. Additionally, they targeted the web host ‘Freedom Hosting’ accusing it of knowingly hosting indecent images of children. In 2011 a discussion ensued as to whether Anonymous were now a force for good, a champion to sanitise our online space. In fact, a poll commissioned by naked security revealed that just over 81% of voters believed Anonymous did the right thing by shutting down websites that hosted indecent images of children (nakedsecurity, 2011). However, the implications of such unsolicited action did not receive support from law enforcement and child protection experts who criticised them for compromising existing investigations by preventing police from gathering the necessary evidence for successful prosecutions and by inadvertently putting more children at risk. The new mission of 2015, named “Operation DeathEaters” is designed to expose international paedophile networks in the wake of the Westminster child abuse scandal and allegations of institutional cover-ups. Anonymous states the objective of Op DeathEaters is to achieve an independent, internationally linked, victim-led tribunal or inquiry into the trafficking and “paedosadism industry” (Telegraph, 2015). This could in fact garner greater public support than its predecessor because evidence reveals that when Anonymous activists expose the shadowy workings of the state they tend to make the most impact on wider society (Coleman, 2012). There is no doubt that sexual offending is a devastating crime and one that is currently capturing worldwide media attention, with an almost daily digest of tales of historical child abuse involving celebrities, or institutional abuse that has taken place in a range of settings. Sexual offending behaviour results in a magnitude of complex issues not only for the victim and the offender, but also for wider society as a whole. What media reports like that in the Telegraph don't tell the public is that there is no 'usual' or standard pathway whereby someone will 'become' a sexual offender. We have no idea how many people access child abuse images, but what evidence from convicted offenders does reveal is that they are heterogeneous group (Quayle, 2004). Child abuse images online and also chat groups/forums may have removed some of the barriers that previously discouraged some people from pursuing their sexual interest in children. However, the function of abuse images and their relationship to contact offending remains unclear. Therefore, we need to question whether crusades like the one instigated by Anonymous actually do anything to prevent child sexual abuse from occurring in the first place. In debating this issue what we need to be careful of is not to lose sight of the victim in the imagery - the child who has been abused. Essentially, what must be remembered is that the computer is the tool. Sexual offending against children predates the evolution of Internet technology. What we must address is the behaviour, it is by addressing offending behaviour in an evidence based way that children will be protected. For the general public, child sex abuse is a highly emotive topic with 'knowledge' and misinformation usually emanating from the media. The simplistic undifferentiated approach to sexual offending that is presented is a risky strategy and could in fact dissuade those who want to seek help for their behaviour coming forward to support organisations. Undoubtedly though sexual offending is an issue that the media will continue to pay attention to and, one that society expects will be dealt with. The impact and repercussions of "OpDeathEaters" remains to be seen. What we can be certain of at this stage is that these net vigilantes will not prevent child sex abuse, they will not protect children, nor will this vendetta address offending behaviour. If the ultimate goal is to make society safer and to protect children then it is evidence based practice that must be adopted, rather than vigilantes developing their own crusades which will ultimately be detrimental for the whole community. Ruth McAlister, Ph.D University of Ulster, UK Coleman, G. (2012) Beacons of Freedom. Available online at: http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/12/beacons-freedom-hacking-anonymous/ (accessed 3/2/15) Naked Security (2011) Did Anonymous hackers do the right thing? https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/10/24/lolita-city-and-other-alleged-child-porn-websites-attacked-by-anonymous/ (accessed 31/1/15) Poulsen, K. (2011) Anonymous raids, feds work from list of top 1,000 protesters. Avialable online at: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/op_payback/ (accessed 27/1/15) Quayle, E. (2004) The Internet: Potential problems and pathways to hands-on sexual offending, in M. Calder (ed.) Child Sexual Abuse and the Internet: Tackling the New Frontier. Dorset: Russell House Publishing Telegraph (2015) Anonymous hackers turn fire on global paedophile menace. 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By Scott Gabehart, Valuation Expert and Author and V-P of Valuation Support and Services for BizEquity As noted in the previous blog, anything that the entrepreneur can do to increase profits or cash flows and/or lower their risk will enhance business value however measured. An even earlier blog ( Business Value and Size) described the “size effect” and how higher cash flows increase business value via two channels, i.e. the greater the amount of cash flows, the higher the pertinent valuation multiples (all other things equal). Before concerning ourselves with how to increase the pool of earnings or cash flow or improve their risk profile, it is necessary to learn what these measures are, how they are calculated, when they are most likely to be used and how they relate or differ from one metric to the next. Here is a short list of cash flow or profit “measures” which can be utilized to estimate business value: Primary Measures of Profit or Cash Flow § After-Tax Net Income or Earnings After Taxes (EAT) § Pretax Income or Earnings Before Taxes (EBT) § Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) § Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) § Adjusted EBITDA § Adjusted Cash Flow or Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE) § Net Cash Flow to Equity (NCFE) § Net Cash Flow to Invested Capital (NCFIC) § Gross Profits § Total Revenues Each of these “streams” of profits or cash flow varies in their composition but can be calculated for virtually any type and size of business. They are used across all valuation approaches (asset, income and market) and can be “transformed” into value estimates by way of multiples, capitalization rates and discount rates. There are other metrics used for certain industries or developed for proprietary usage, but the preceding list captures the most commonly used measures today. Importantly, each given measure is utilized in specific methods for unique valuation purposes and uniquely-sized or type of business. For example, “seller’s discretionary earnings” or SDE are pivotal when valuing smaller, owner-operated businesses via both income and market approach methods whereas “net cash flows to equity or invested capital” or NCFE/NCFIC are the focal point of income approach valuation applications related to high growth or middle-market companies with layers of management. Adjusted EBITDA is extremely common when utilizing “rules of thumb” and earnings after taxes or EAT is required when using “price to earnings” or P/E ratios in the market approach method known as the Guideline Public Company Method. In the big picture, it is these four distinct measures of cash flow which play the primary role in the vast majority of business valuations today. Let’s take a quick look at the general nature of each of these four key measures of profit or cash flow before considering their formulas and the all important “normalization” process. “Measure of pretax “discretionary” cash flows available to a single active owner-operator in privately-held business” The measure known as SDE is widely used by buyers, sellers, brokers, CPA’s and bankers to assess the income producing capability of businesses which are operated by their owners. The major market comp databases present the historical transactions based in large part on “price to SDE” multiples, making this measure “required” for most valuation assignments wherein the “return on owner’s labor” perspective is at hand (as opposed to the “return on investment” perspective associated with larger, middle-market firms). In general, SDE is calculated as the sum of “pretax income plus a series of add backs” and represents: “The pretax, cash equivalent financial benefits generated by a full-time owner working the business on a full-time basis.” Taking this concept full circle, it is also interpreted as: “The pretax, cash equivalent financial resources available to a new owner to use as desired, i.e. to service acquisition-related debt, pay an owner’s salary and hopefully earn a positive return on invested cash.” As such, the SDE framework represents an attempt to consistently capture the underlying financial benefits associated with the ownership and operation of the typical privately-held or closely-held enterprise. The “framework” component refers to facets such as the “single owner working full-time basis”, i.e. the final SDE figure used for valuation purposes must ALWAYS be adjusted to this single-owner perspective. For example, if there are two active owner-operators, the “financial benefits” as captured via SDE must be reduced by a “replacement salary” for the second owner to reach the single-owner viewpoint. SDE can be transformed into a value estimate by a pretax multiple or cap rate which reflects the unique nature of this stream. A risk factor model such as the BizEquity proprietary version can be utilized in the income approach and “comparable transaction multiples” can be gleaned through the market approach and databases such as BizComps. “Measure of after-tax net cash flows available to shareholders only (net cash flow to equity) or available to shareholders and creditors (net cash flow to invested capital).” The important attributes of these measures include their “true bottom line” orientation with respect to cash flows which remain for shareholders and creditors AFTER paying all expenses including taxes and after making all required investments into working capital and fixed assets. The relevance of net cash flows to equity is heightened by the fact that the public stock rates of return used to “build up” discount rates for discounted cash flow analysis are essentially reflective of this net cash flow to equity metric, i.e. NCFE are equal to the dividends paid by public companies plus the reinvestment of remaining cash flows to the extent they are not paid as dividends. The public firm’s long run rate of return is calculated by way of both dividend payouts and the appreciation in share price, both of which are determined by the level of net cash flows to equity produced by the firm. In short, this cash flow stream is readily and properly (empirically-based) converted into a measure of value via rates of return that are based on historical net cash flows generated by the publicly-traded companies. The difference between NCFE and NCFIC involves the firm’s capital structure and the payment of principal and interest to creditors. Whereas NCFE is AFTER the payment of interest expense and the repayment of debt principal (or plus an increase in long term debt principal), NCFIC is BEFORE such payments – with both reflecting the payment of all other expenses, taxes and investments into working capital and fixed assets. NCFIC is a measure of the cash flows generated by the firm that are available to both service debt and provide a return to shareholders, i.e. NCFIC is normally greater than NCFE (all other thing equal). Conceptually, the larger measure of cash flow is subject to a smaller discount rate in the form of the “weighted average cost of capital” or W.A.C.C.. While NCFE is discounted at the “cost of equity”, NCFIC is discounted at the W.A.C.C. – which in turn is a function of both the cost of equity and the cost of debt in proportion to the firm’s capital structure. Similar to the pretax SDE with the exception that the “cost of management” must be deducted when applying related multiples. By definition, EBITDA equals earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expense. Note that the word “before” is interpreted easily to mean “plus”, i.e. earnings after tax PLUS interest and “non-cash” charges depreciation and amortization expense. The “adjusted” portion refers to the fact that this variant is utilized primarily to value more significant companies in or near the “middle market”, which in turn requires a “return on investment” perspective rather than a “return on owner’s labor” perspective. In short, the adjustment here refers to the subtraction of a market level compensation package for the management team, i.e. this measure must be reflective of the probable management costs that would be incurred by the hypothetical buyer. When using public firm data and multiples, their reported EBITDA is generally assumed to reflect the full market cost of their management team while privately-held companies are subject to widely divergent ownership compensation levels that may or may not be at market level. “An accounting measure of profits after payment of entity level tax that is typically based on accrual basis accounting.” In its unadjusted format, this is the only measure that is a pure accounting figure based on GAAP. Although most obviously used in the Guideline Public Company Method via P/E multiples, after-tax income is also the foundation for calculating net cash flows to equity or invested capital. As discussed at length in the next blog, however, it is ultimately the firm’s “normalized earnings after taxes” which is of most interest to the valuator. These “normalization adjustments” will address management or owner compensation levels plus a wide range of other issues. Final Comments Some are pretax (SDE) and some are after-tax. Some include owner compensation and some do not. Some account for capital expenditures and some do not. Etc., etc., etc. Depending on what is being valued (assets or equity) ( Value of What?) and why it is being valued (just curious or for divorce purposes) and even which industry is involved (radio stations versus bowling alleys versus internet retail firms), one or more measures may play a dominant role in the valuation process. As noted, the next blog will deal with the precise formulas used to calculate these various measures of cash flow or profits and, perhaps most importantly, the many ways in which these figures must be adjusted or normalized to lead to a credible and justifiable estimate of value for the given business or business interest.

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Want to Appear on HGTV’s Lakefront Bargain Hunt? Published on March 2, 2020 March 2, 2020 by thelakeguy The continued success of the HGTV’s Lakefront Bargain Hunt show has sparked yet another season (#11) of filming. The producers of the show contacted Lakefront Living Realty to search for candidates. We’ve had a good track record with both Lakefront Bargain Hunt and Lakefront Bargain Hunt: Renovation…having more appearances than any other real estate brokerage. […] Why Choose a Lakefront Specialist When Selling your Lake Home? Published on March 19, 2018 by thelakeguy Lakefront property is unique, your home is unique… and it takes a focused marketing approach to attract & educate the best buyers from a nation-wide audience. So why would you trust your most important investment to a generalist? Most Real Estate agents sell every type of property they can get their hands on…and there’s nothing wrong with that. But lakefront […]

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Ochsner Patient Story: Silvia Harris-Payne In 2001, Silvia Harris-Payne, a professor at the University of San Francisco Business School, received a diagnosis of Stage 4 liver disease and cryptogenic cirrhosis. Liver disease had long plagued Silvia’s family. Her father had passed away from liver cancer at the age of 59, and several of her cousins and her sister also dealt with liver-related health issues. At the time, Silvia depended on the expertise of her hepatologist, Dr. Natalie Bzowej, at a medical center in San Francisco. For 13 years, Dr. Bzowej treated Silvia, and they investigated ways to maintain her quality of life and allow her to continue her passion for teaching. Despite her very best efforts, Silvia’s health eventually declined. Her wait for a liver transplant would be at least 18 more months and she knew that she wouldn’t make it. She was inordinately calm after the realization set in, determined to face the end with grace and peace. She did not know that fate had a different plan for her. Toward the end of 2012, Dr. Bzowej moved to New Orleans to work at Ochsner Medical Center. A short while later, she contacted Silvia to tell her that while she didn’t meet the qualifications for a transplant in California, Dr. Bzowej thought that she would meet the requirements in Louisiana. Silvia and her husband John flew to New Orleans in February 2013. After a week full of tests and meetings, they returned home hopeful. After receiving a life-changing phone call that informed them that she did indeed meet the requirements, they returned to Ochsner on February 22, prepared to wait as long as necessary. It is roughly 2,200 miles from San Francisco to New Orleans. But for some of the patients whom Dr. Bzowej had cared for when she practiced in California, that long journey was a quicker path to a lifesaving transplant. Silvia remembers being very excited rather than scared or nervous. She saw this as the end of a long and tiring chapter of her life and had hope for a brighter future. Just one month later after returning to New Orleans, Silvia and John were shocked when they received a call asking if they could be at the hospital in ten minutes for the transplant. Dr. Humberto Bohorquez, her surgeon at the Ochsner Transplant Institute, explained the procedure to Silvia as several nurses diligently prepared her for surgery. On March 30, 2013, Silvia received a new liver and her second chance at life. With John by her side, Silvia spent two more months at Ochsner, returning home to San Francisco in May. By spring in 2014, she was teaching again and felt as though her life had gone back to what it should have been before her long health-related detour. Her gratitude for her experience at Ochsner and for this gift of life even led her to make a gift in her estate plan, wanting to give future patients hope while providing resources for advances in transplants. It is because of the phenomenal dedication of Dr. Bzowej to both her current and past patients that Silvia and many others have been given a second chance at life. When her old friend, Dr. Nigel Girgrah, Medical Director of the Ochsner Transplant Institute, asked her to come on board at Ochsner, it was a big move in many ways. Soon after she arrived, Dr. Bzowej realized that some of her patients in California could be helped at Ochsner. “I was like a kid in a candy store,” Dr. Bzowej recalls after making the move to Ochsner. “I was so pleased and excited to offer some hope to Silvia and my other previous patients in San Francisco. It is hard to put into words how satisfying it is for me to be able to help them. They get to watch their kids grow up, go back to work and enjoy their lives again!” Shown in photo above: Silvia Harris-Payne (center) with her sister, Nora Rodriguez and husband, John. If you would like to change and save lives through a planned gift like Silvia, please contact Craig Bardell with Ochsner’s Department of Philanthropy at Craig.Bardell@ochsner.org. Liver Transplant Facts to Know Of the roughly 114,000 people who are currently in need of a lifesaving organ transplant, nearly 13,000 are waiting for a new liver. By Ian Carmody, MD

What is Neurology and When Should You See a Neurologist? By Allison Gardner, NP What is neurology and when do you need to see a neurologist or neurosurgeon? For many patients, navigating these terms and finding the right care for their condition can be confusing. What is neurology? Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, function and disorders of the nervous system. What is the nervous system? The nervous system is made up on the brain, spinal cord and a network of nerves throughout your body. Your nervous system controls your movement, thoughts, physical responses and bodily processes and is made of two parts two parts: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system is made of the brain and spinal cord. The brain is responsible for how we think, feel, learn, remember and move. The spinal cord delivers messages between the body and the brain. Peripheral nervous system The peripheral nervous system refers to the nerves outside the central nervous system and is responsible for sending information back and forth from your body to your brain. It has two ways of sending this information, which are known as autonomic and somatic processes. Autonomic - The autonomic nervous system manages processes that your body performs without you thinking about it, like your heartbeat, blood pressure and digestion. Somatic - The somatic nervous system manages processes that you control. This includes movement and muscle control throughout your body. This also includes input from your four senses: smell, taste, hearing and touch. What is the difference between a neurologist and a neurosurgeon? Neurologists and neurosurgeons both treat conditions affecting the nervous system, but neurosurgeons preform surgery, while neurologists don’t. For some conditions, a neurologist and neurosurgeon may work together to coordinate a care plan for a patient that includes surgery and additional therapies. For other patients, a neurologist may be the only physician that is needed to treat their condition, as many treatment options do not require surgery. Examples of some of common conditions treated by neurologist include: Radiculopathy, or pinched nerves Neuropathy, or nerve damage, usually in the hands or feet Walking/gait disorders Neuromuscular diseases, like multiple sclerosis and ALS Neurocognitive disorders, like Alzheimer's disease Examples of common conditions treated by a neurosurgeon include: Chronic pain in your back or neck Herniated disks Spinal deformities, such as scoliosis and spondylolisthesis Traumatic head, brain, neck or spine injuries Are there different kinds of neurologists? Some neurologists subspecialize in certain parts of the nervous system. This may include: Clinical neurophysiology - Clinical neurophysiologists specialize in the treatment of the central and peripheral nervous system as well as the electric activity in the brain, spinal cord and muscles Vascular neurology- Vascular neurologists specialize in the treatment of conditions that deal with the blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord. Vascular neurologists are sometimes known as “stroke doctors.” Neuromuscular – Neurologists specializing in neuromuscular disorders deal with conditions that affect the nerves and muscles. This includes conditions like multiple sclerosis and ALS. Neurocritical care – Neurologists specializing in neurocritical care work to treat complex and serious neurological illness and injury, such as severe strokes, brain and spine injuries and meningitis. Neuro-oncology – Neuro-oncology neurologists focus on the treatment of cancerous brain tumors Pediatric neurologist - Pediatric neurologists care for children and young adults with neurological disorders. Since neurological disorders vary among infants, children and adults, having a neurologist who specializes in pediatrics is essential to caring for a child’s unique needs. When should I see a neurologist? There are many symptoms that may lead someone to seek care from a neurologist. Some of the most common are: Recurring headaches or migraines Numbness, weakness or tingling Trouble with movement, balance or coordination Memory problems or confusion If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms, it may be appropriate to talk to your primary care doctor about seeing a neurologist. What can I expect for an appointment with a neurologist? For most people, a neurological disorder is not the first diagnosis. In order to assess you needs, your care team will conduct a complete review of your medical history and recommend certain tests be done to make certain there are no underlying causes for your neurological condition or any genetically passed disorders. During a neurological examination, the neurologist or neurology advanced practice provider, such as a nurse practitioner, will review the patient’s health history in depth while paying close attention to the neurological complaints. A typical neurological exam will test mental status, the ability to see, smell, hear and control the muscles in your head and neck, strength, coordination, reflexes, sensation and walking pattern This information helps guide the provider to determine whether a problem exists in the nervous system. Determining the root of your symptoms is the key to receiving a diagnosis. Once a diagnosis emerges, more testing may be needed to guide treatment. This additional testing may include: Electromyography (EMG) Learn more about neurology at Ochsner and schedule an appointment today. What are the Early Signs of Dementia? Early diagnosis and treatment is crucial in slowing the progression of dementia. By LaToya Cameron, NP 7 Frequently Asked Questions About Seizures and Epilepsy from a Neurologist Epilepsy is a spectrum disorder with many different types of seizures at varying levels of severity. Here is what you need to know. By Amy Jones, MD 5 Things Women Need to Know About Epilepsy Epilepsy is a condition that can affect both men and women, but there are special considerations for women diagnosed with epilepsy.

About TERC Products & Materials TERC Scholars Program The STEAMworks Room Hands On! Magazine Honorary and Former Board Accessibility Standards TERC Blog 3D Making as a Context for Learning Math, Spatial Reasoning, and Computational Thinking “I really appreciate MPACT because it has been a really positive, engaging activity that we could be doing with the kids in a crazy, crazy time.” That’s what one teacher said about the MPACT (Math and Computational Thinking Through 3D Making) projects her students did in the school year 2020-2021, during the coronavirus pandemic. MPACT is a set of materials that structure “making” projects for middle-grades students, developed by TERC mathematics curriculum experts. Making is defined as “a class of activities focused on designing, building, modifying material objects, oriented toward making a ‘product’ of some sort that can be used, interacted with, or demonstrated” (Martin, 2015, p. 31). MPACT projects get students involved in designing and making a useful or beautiful object, such as a toy for a younger child. These activities serve as grounding for developing understanding of important mathematics topics that span fourth through seventh grade — in addition to spatial reasoning and computational thinking skills closely related to mathematics. For example, students have the opportunity to learn about volume as they model parts of the toy using a computer-aided design (CAD) tool, and then see their design take shape as a real object on the bed of a 3D printer. Then students combine this digital making process with more traditional craft materials, creating a more complete making experience. MPACT’s Design Conjecture MPACT developers made a design conjecture that if students work with real 3D prototypes and plans, model them on a 2D digital device screen, and then 3D print the final product, it will provide support for learning math concepts such as volume, spatial reasoning skills such as mental rotation, and computational thinking practices such as making and testing algorithms. Results from an assessment of student learning and reports of teachers’ understanding of the approach provide evidence to support this conjecture. One teacher participating in the study said, “I think the excitement of kids, being able to design something … first on paper and then on a computer and then actually physically hold it — the kids bought into what we were trying to do immediately.” From Conjecture to Curriculum In the curricular materials, MPACT supports standards-based mathematics that is embedded in students’ design and making work. For example, in a cube-puzzle project, students complete the following tasks: Make the puzzle out of linking cubes. Digitally design the puzzle using Tinkercad™, Autodesk’s kid-friendly CAD. 3D print the puzzle based on their designs. Compare the linking-cube puzzle, the digital design, and the 3D-printed object. Important basic concepts of measuring volume are developed: A 3D measurement (cm3) can be based on measurements of length (cm). Various methods can be used to find the volume of an object, from organized counting to formulas. Two objects that appear very different can have the same volume. The volume of two or more objects stuck together can be found by adding up the volume of each of them. In another project, seventh graders modify a board game so that visually impaired and sighted children can play the game together. Students have the opportunity to learn about the mathematical concept of scale as they make game boards from cardstock to fit the game pieces they prototype, design on the computer, and 3D print. Teachers report the project also provides students a chance to further develop empathy for others. The spatial reasoning that can arise in MPACT projects correlates with success in STEM college classes and careers (Wai, Lubinski & Benbow, 2009). One project that emphasizes spatial reasoning allows students to design a simple stamp of their name in Tinkercad™, including a base and raised letters that can be colored with ink. After this first step, students should notice that the stamped names are printing backwards, so they can revise their approach. They can draw their designs on paper, creating a reflection of the letters they want on the stamp. Finally, students test their 3D-printed stamps to check whether the reflected letters make “correct” prints (Figure 2). If not, students may continue to revise their designs until they get the desired text. Once the making process is complete, students are presented with paper-and-pencil brain-teasers, similar to those found on STEM aptitude tests, which allow them to try out their new skills. MPACT projects provide opportunities to learn computational thinking (CT) as well. While CT was once found mostly in computer science courses, MPACT is among recent efforts to integrate CT into math classes. Each time students digitally model a 3D object, they have opportunity to engage in algorithmic thinking, a key CT practice. They must decide the best order for placing 3D objects on the screen and what functions to use to create a more complex shape with irregular surfaces. By recording that process so others can duplicate it and get the same results, students can verify that they have made an effective algorithm. As part of the program, students also interact with professionals who design using a CAD and a 3D printer. In a series of interactive video conferences sponsored by the international chemical company Henkel, engineers and others shared their excitement over the new uses and advancements in this rapidly evolving technology. Students learned how 3D printing can build prosthetics for penguins and that it is used in everything from agriculture to aerospace to housing for the homeless. As part of a two-year evaluation study conducted by SRI International, more than 50 teachers in four states (CA, NC, SC, WV) are teaching with MPACT projects. The feedback from teachers at the end of the first year of the evaluation, 2020-2021, was quite positive overall. According to one participant, “These are the type of activities that our students crave. They love to dive in and start manipulating and putting math into something real. They love this stuff.” SRI also reports that students using MPACT units showed statistically significant gains in learning geometry, computational thinking, and spatial reasoning. They developed assessments for fourth and fifth graders to measure students’ learning and administered it in classrooms in fall 2020 and spring 2021. On average, MPACT students improved from pre- to post-test by an effect size of 0.62, roughly equal to a ten percentage-point higher score on the post-test (i.e., a letter grade difference). Results are presented in the graph (Figure 3), which displays the average student score at pre-and post-test, adjusted for grade level. Once the evaluation of MPACT is complete, the projects will be available to all teachers nationwide at no cost. The program is currently funded by the U.S. Department of Education, through its Education Innovation and Research competition. Learn more at https://www.terc.edu/projects/mpact/ MPACT is supported by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), U.S. Department of Education, through Grant U411C180070 to SRI International. The federal grant provides $3,926,461, or 90% of the total project funds. Ten percent of project funds are provided by additional donors. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by OESE, the U.S. Department of Education, or our other donors. Jennifer Knudsen is a mathematics educator at TERC whose work is at the crossroads of research and design. A veteran curriculum and professional development designer, Knudsen has led many projects, from mathematical argumentation to 3D modeling and printing for learning mathematics and computational thinking. Charles, R. I., (2005). Big ideas and understandings as the foundation for elementary and middle school mathematics. Journal of Mathematics Education, 7(3), 9-24. Wai, J., Lubinski, D., & Benbow, C. P. (2009). Spatial ability for STEM domains: Aligning over 50 years of cumulative psychological knowledge solidifies its importance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 101(4), 817. Martin, L. (2015). The promise of the maker movement for education. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 5(1), 4. 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Super Opportunity Topics: Advertising The Super Bowl is considered advertising's biggest day. Some brands put forth their biggest effort on Super Bowl Sunday. In fact Master Lock used to spend it's entire budget that one day alone (remember the lock that survived the bullet spot?). My hope is that more (all) of those involved in the game this year will make it marketing's biggest day. In other words, they'll use their ads as part of a much larger marketing program that initiates and supports relationships with consumers. Here are some random thoughts on the Super Bowl: The Fox Network gets the game this year. They are reportedly running 4 minutes of ads during the game to promote their own programming. With about 100 million viewers tuning in, Fox has the opportunity to expose their programming to those that don't normally watch the network. The opportunity that comes with the Super Bowl is much greater than the revenue they will generate ($3mm per 30 second spot). If they can increase viewers to their other programs, the long-term benefit dwarfs the one day opportunity. Larger audiences bring more revenues. Every week. 4 minutes isn't taking full advantage of the opportunity. General Motors directed their agencies to ignore the ad polls (which ads consumers like best) and focus on the brand. That's good direction every day. However, they need to recognize the stage they're on and not show up as milquetoast. As you watch the ads on Sunday, pay attention to who is supporting their brand and who is just trying to be the funniest. The ones that do both gain the most. I have tended to skip buying ads in the game from a local market level because the local affiliate doesn't get a break until halftime. I have always felt that people stop paying as much attention to the ads by halftime for a variety of reasons (the game, they eventually take breaks during the breaks, etc). But, a new study by Millward Brown Optimor (MBO) says that recall is not affected by the time or quarter in which an ad runs. That's pretty significant data and will certainly influence my attitude going forward. The same study said that in order to get the same brand lift that a spot in the Super Bowl provides, you'd have to spend about $9 million (about 250 spots). To me, this means an engaged audience is more important than a large one. Obviously the Super Bowl has both. But, we have been talking for two years about switching ads to live shows for this very reason. An engaged consumer is key to any effort. I'll say it again and again: Your marketing plans need to have ways to engage your prospects. The MBO study also said that a spot for a particular product within a brand family lifts the entire brand. Last year, Skechers ran a spot with Joe Montana for their Shape-up toning shoes (yes, Joe had his man card revoked shortly after). That effort lifted the entire brand and sales across the Skechers family of products were up 30% last year. Recent Advertising Blogs

Home » Student Writing Contest » Global Health in Healthcare Providers: The Doctors Without License Global Health in Healthcare Providers: The Doctors Without License July 10, 2022 Christina Torrealba 1 Comment This is the winning blogpost from the 2022 Student Writing Competition. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the writing competition, attended the writing workshops, and helped organize the competition. Finally, we would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Rebecca Babcock and Janice MacDonald Eddington, the judges for this year’s competition. By: Angela Tsai, Dalhousie Medicine, Class of 2023 Angela Tsai, Dalhousie Medical Student. Two days into my cardiology rotation, I was devastated to learn that there would be no residents for the remainder of the week. As a medical student who was not adept in reading an ECG, how could I look after an entire unit of heart attack patients? That was when I was greeted by my saviors – the clinical associates. On their badge, I was surprised to find the title of “Dr.”, because the only attending physician was in the cath lab trying to unblock a patient’s coronary vessels. They were confident and independent with their clinical decisions. They signed orders and interpreted lab results like it was their second nature. They called the nurses by their nicknames and knew where to find the hidden charts. I was very intrigued on how much more I could learn from them. I was quite surprised when the older gentleman told me that this would be his 19th year on the unit. He watched as the staff cardiologist matured from a junior resident to a fully-fledged physician, while he was confined to the role of a “clinical associate” indefinitely, with no chance of promotion. Even more disturbingly, they were only paid ~25% of a staff physician’s salary. They were thrown around to cover multiple units during shortages, and they were always scheduled the undesirable night shifts. In comparison, they were poorly respected by other healthcare professionals. And what was this marvellous physician’s background? He was a renowned anesthesiologist from a war-torn country. He escaped concentration camps and was thankful to have the opportunity to start a new life. Another clinical associate disclosed to me that he was the department head of Emergency Medicine in a Middle Eastern tertiary care hospital. He had tried to obtain necessary certifications to practice in Canada, but physician colleges were not standardized with their licensing criteria across provinces, and hospitals were not consistent in granting practice privileges to international medical graduates. To me, global health is about equality. We often emphasize fairness for patient care, but it is time that we strive for justice among our healthcare providers. How could we take pride in our system when we do not respect or appropriately compensate the clinicians who pour in their blood and sweat? How could we expect optimal patient care if we do not give our physicians the proper recognition they deserve? Regardless of their background, no matter how great or humble, we should not discriminate them based on nationality, ethnicity, or upbringing. If our healthcare system is truly concerned about their competency, they would not be allowed in the clinical setting in the first place. Even if there are knowledge gaps, we could provide additional training for them to overcome cultural and language barriers, but we are in no position to exploit their expertise and labour only because they were not trained locally. Global health is inclusion and justice in healthcare, not only for the patients, but also for the providers who carry the weight on their shoulders. Categories: Student Writing Contest Carmen says Beautifully written <3

Invitation To Celebrate Stone Pipe Days at Lethbridge College Events / By Blood Tribe Communications All invited to celebrate Stone Pipe Days at Lethbridge College March 13, 2023 – Stone Pipe Days, the annual celebration to recognize the pride, history and knowledge of the Indigenous community at Lethbridge College, will take place on campus March 15 and 16, and the community is invited to join in the festivities. In addition to showcasing drumming, dancing, singing, traditional Indigenous foods and more, this year’s celebration will include the historic signing of the Buffalo Treaty by the college. Stone Pipe Days will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, and 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, in the Val Matteotti Gymnasium. “This is a great opportunity to continue to building awareness about our Indigenous community here on campus,” says Marni Hope, Indigenous student support and events coordinator at the college. “We welcome everyone to come and join us in the celebration.” Stone Pipe Days will kick off with the treaty signing ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The special event will include an historic overview of the treaty by Dr. Leroy Little Bear, one of Canada’s most respected Indigenous academic voices, and that will be followed by entertainment, the serving of berry soup and bannock, and the chance to purchase creations by Indigenous craft vendors until 2 p.m. Thursday’s events will run from 10:30 to 12:30 p.m. and will include a performance and presentation by Olivia Tailfeathers and the Kainai Grassland Singers. Tailfeathers is a songstress from the Kainai First Nation who has helped to start filling the gap of traditional/contemporary Indigenous song for students in classrooms and communities. She founded the Kainai Grassland Singers, a youth singing group, in 1994. Following her performance Thursday, participants will be invited to take an Indigenous cuisine sampler with them as they leave. “We are proud to share and showcase the wonderful work we do here at Lethbridge College,” says Lethbridge College President and CEO Dr. Brad Donaldson. “We welcome the public to join us to witness these great events.” A new Stone Pipe Celebration 50-50 Lottery will also be launched at noon March 15 and run through May 28, raising funds to provide financial support to Indigenous students coming to the college for the first time. The draw will be held on May 29 during the Ohkotoki’aahkkoiyiiniimaan Pow Wow that will be held at Lethbridge College. Tickets will be available starting at noon at Stone Pipe Celebration 50-50 Lottery. Learn more about the treaty here, and get all of the details of the Stone Pipe Days schedule and celebration here.

Tag Archives: Miracles and Parables of Jesus The Miracles and Parables of Jesus, 2019 ‘The Miracles and Parables of Jesus 2019’ © May 19, 2019, by Steve Mickelson BLCF Bulletin May 19, 2019 Based on a Message Shared with BLCF on October 15, 2017 BLCF Bulletin October 15, 2017 Opening Hymn #182: Marvelous Message We Bring; Choruses Prayer and Tithing Hymn #572: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Responsive Reading #624: The Great Commission (Matthew 28, Luke 24, Acts 1, Mark 16) Message by Steve Mickelson: ‘The Miracles and Parables of Jesus’ Welcome to BLCF and our Sunday Morning Praise and Worship Service, and our lesson today is entitled: ‘The Miracles and Parables of Jesus’. The disciples recorded that throughout his ministry the Lord frequently performed miracles and made use of the parable. In our lesson today we will examine why Jesus used the miracle and the parable. While a miracle is doing something that is beyond the laws of nature, a parable is a metaphor used to teach a spiritual lesson. An example of a metaphor would be: suppose I ask sisters Jillian and Olivia to come forward and stand by the pillar to my right. If I refer to my two sisters in Christ as being “pillars of the Church” – we know that I do not mean that they are the same as the alabaster pillar beside them which is holding up the roof, which the literal meaning of the description. The expression is a metaphorical statement that these ladies are key members of our congregation, which is part of the greater bodies of believers who are Christ’s Church. But for today’s lesson, let us begin by looking first at the miracles that Jesus performed. The Bible records over forty miracles attributed to Jesus, during his ministry: The Miracles of Jesus Miracles of Jesus: Born of a virgin (Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:26-38) Miracles of Jesus: Changing water into wine (John 2:1-11) Healing of the royal official’s son (John 4:46-54) Healing of a man possessed by a demon in Capernaum (Mark 1:21-28, Luke 4:33-37) Healing of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14-15, Mark 1:29-31, Luke 4:38-39) Healing the sick during the evening (Matt 8:16, Mark 1:32, Luke 4:40) Catching a large number of fish (Luke 5:3-10) Healing a leper (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-15) Healing a centurion’s servant (Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10) Healing a paralyzed man (Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:18-26) Healing a withered hand (Matthew 12:9-14, Mark 3:1-6, Luke 6:6-10) Raising a widow’s son (Luke 7:11-17) Calming the stormy sea (Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25) Healing the Gerasene demon-possessed man (Matthew 8:28-32, Mark 5:1-13, Luke 8:26-33) Healing a woman with internal bleeding (Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 8:43-48) Raising Jairus’ daughter (Matthew 9:18-19, 23-25; Mark 5:22-24, 35-43; Luke 8:41-42, 49-56) Healing two blind men (Matthew 9:27-31) Healing a mute man possessed by a demon (Matthew 9:32-33) Healing a man who was crippled for 38 years (John 5:1-17) Feeding 5000 men and their families (Matthew 14:16-21, Mark 6:35-44, Luke 9:12-17, John 6:5-14) Jesus walks on water (Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-52, John 6:16-21) Healing of many in Gennesaret (Matthew 14:34-36; Mark 6:53-56) Healing a demon-possessed girl (Matthew 15:21-28, Mark 7:24-30) Healing a deaf man with a speech impediment (Mark 7:31-37) Feeding the 4000 men and their families (Matthew 15:29-39, Mark 8:1-10) Healing a blind man in Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26) Healing a man born blind (John 9:1-41) Healing a boy possessed by a demon (Matthew 17:14-20, Mark 9:17-29, Luke 9:37-43) Catching a fish with a coin in its mouth (Matthew 17:24-27) Healing a blind and mute man who was possessed by a demon (Matthew 12:22-23, Luke 11:14) Healing a woman with an 18 year infirmity (Luke 13:10-13) Healing a man with dropsy (Luke 14:1-6) Healing 10 men suffering from leprosy (Luke 17:11-19) Bringing Lazarus back to life (John 11:1-44) Healing Bartimaeus of blindness (Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43) The withering fig tree that produced no fruit (Matthew 21:18-22; Mark 11:12-14, 20-25) Restoring a severed ear (Luke 22:45-54) The resurrection of Jesus Christ ( 1 Corinthians 15, Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20 ) Catching of the 153 fish (John 21:4-11) The ascension of Jesus Christ ( Acts 1:1-11 ) https://www.quora.com/How-many-miracles-did-Jesus-perform-in-his-lifetime-What-are-the-Bible-verses-in-the-Gospel-of-John Scholars have attributed a wide assortment of often conflicting reasons for these miracles. These reasons range from the miracle being just an illustrative talking point in the teachings of Jesus to the miracle itself being dismissed as a parable of something more mundane. It seems that many of these authors seem to have neglected one of the most compelling and authoritative sources in researching their writings on the miracles of Christ, the Bible. Let us see what the Scriptures say about the subject. I would like to direct you to the account of the disciple Thomas, who was absent from the Upper Room when, Jesus first appeared to the other disciples as the Resurrected Christ, John 20:24-31 (ESV): 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,[a] was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” 26 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. Footnotes: a. John 20:24 Greek Didymus We see that when the Lord returns to the Upper Room, eight days after his first appearance so that Thomas would believe in the miracle of the resurrection. However, it is the next two verses of John’s Gospel that signify the intent of purpose to the inclusion of the signs of miracles of Jesus in his gospel, as well as the other inspired Scriptures of the New Testament: John acknowledges that there were many other signs or miracles not included in his gospel, but those that he did include, we do so that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and by believing this, we too may have life in his name. In the times of Jesus and the disciples, the Scriptures give us many accounts of false prophets of God, who used so-called magic sleight of hand to either challenge His authority or as a demonstration that they have been called as a disciple of God. Both are false. God performed miracles to change the heart of Pharaoh so that the ruler would release His people from their captivity, as we read in Exodus 7:8-12 (ESV): 8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. 12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. We also have in Acts 8:9-24, the account of Simon the Magician, who failed when he sought to purchase the power of the Holy Spirit from the disciples as we read specifically in verses 18-22: 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. Simon the Magician did not have an understanding receiving the power of God’s Holy Spirit is the reward to faith in Him, that the God’s Holy Spirit cannot be purchased nor subject commands of any person, and most importantly the Spirit is intended to facilitate God’s plan for humanity, not vice-versa. Today, we see many false prophets who desire to elevate themselves not to praise God. Like Simon the Magician, they may have been baptized, they know all the right phrases used by believers, they seek only to elevate themselves above God and above others. It is the sin of the Garden of Eden all over again. God used miracles to change the heart of Pharaoh and Simon the Magician could not receive the power of the Holy Spirit because his heart was not right with the Lord when he sought to buy the Spirit from the disciples. But like Pharaoh and Simon the Magician, people whose hearts are not right with God still seek a miracle, not out of their own faith, but from twisted desire to prove their own authority over the one true God, as we see in Matthew 16:1-12 (ESV): The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs 16 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered them,[a] “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.”So he left them and departed. The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees 5 When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 7 And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” 8 But Jesus, aware of this, said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? 9 Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 11 How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12 Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Footnotes: a, Matthew 16:2 Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3 The other key part of the ministry of Jesus was the use of the parable, to help bring an understanding of God’s purpose to both his disciples and others] An explanation of this method of teaching is found in Matthew 13:10-16 (ESV): The Purpose of the Parables 10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘“You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.” 15 For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’ 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. Sadly, there are those who will never believe the truth found in the miracles and parables of the Lord, as their lack of faith is a stumbling block to understanding the wisdom and power of God in Christ Jesus, 1 Corinthians 1:18 (ESV) : Christ the Wisdom and Power of God 18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Many Christians struggle with the symbolism Jesus used in his teachings, and we find on the back of today’s bulletin a good method of how to differentiate passages of Scriptures intended to be taken literally from those intended to teach us symbolically, as we see in this answer from the Web Page, gotquestions.com: Question: “How can I recognize and understand biblical symbolism?” Answer: The language of the Bible is rich with metaphor. The biblical writers used familiar, everyday objects to symbolize spiritual truth. Symbols are quite common in the poetic and prophetic portions of the Bible. By its very nature, poetry relies heavily on figurative language; when Solomon calls his bride “a lily among thorns” (Song of Solomon 2:2), he is using symbols to declare the desirability and uniqueness of the Shulamite. Prophecy, too, contains much figurative imagery. Isaiah often used trees and forests as symbols of strength (e.g., Isaiah 10:18-19; 32:19). Daniel saw “a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes” who “came from the west . . . without touching the ground” (Daniel 8:5), and we interpret this as a kingdom (Greece) and its king (Alexander the Great) who speedily conquered the world. Jesus’ teaching was full of symbolism. He presented Himself as a Shepherd, a Sower, a Bridegroom, a Door, a Cornerstone, a Vine, Light, Bread, and Water. He likened the kingdom of heaven to a wedding feast, a seed, a tree, a field, a net, a pearl, and yeast. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of other symbols in the Bible. Note that a literal interpretation of the Bible allows for figurative language. Here’s a simple rule: if the literal meaning of a passage of Scripture leads to obvious absurdity, but a figurative meaning yields clarity, then the passage is probably using symbols. For example, in Exodus 19:4, God tells Israel, “I carried you on eagles’ wings.” A literal reading of this statement would lead to absurdity—God did not use real eagles to airlift His people out of Egypt. The statement is obviously symbolic; God is emphasizing the speed and strength with which He delivered Israel. This leads to another rule of biblical interpretation: a symbol will have a non-symbolic meaning. In other words, there is something real (a real person, a real historical event, a real trait) behind every figure of speech. https://www.gotquestions.org/biblical-symbolism.html Closing Hymn #158: I Serve a Risen Savior Benediction – (Philippians 4:7): And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Acts 1, Acts 8:9-24, BLCF Church, Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship, Christ the Wisdom and Power, Corinthians 1:18, Exodus 7:8-12, Jesus and Thomas, John 20:24-31, Luke 24, Mark 16, Matthew 13:10-16, Matthew 16:1-12, Matthew 28, Miracles and Parables of Jesus, Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs, Philippians 4:7, Simon the magician, Steve Mickelson, The Great Commission, The Purpose of the Parables, The Purpose of This Book, Wisdom and Power of God The Miracles and Parables of Jesus ‘The Miracles and Parables of Jesus’ An example of a metaphor would be: suppose I ask sisters Corine and Amy to come forward and stand by the pillar to my right. If I refer to my two sisters in Christ as being “pillars of the Church” – we know that I do not mean that they are the same as the alabaster pillar beside them which is holding up the roof, which the literal meaning of the description. The expression is a metaphorical statement that these ladies are key members of our congregation, which is part of the greater bodies of believers who are Christ’s Church. 8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. 12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.. But like Pharaoh and Simon the Magician, people whose heart is not right with God still seek a miracle, not out of their own faith, but from twisted desire to prove their own authority over the one true God, as we see in Matthew 16:1-12 (ESV): The other key part of the ministry of Jesus was the use of the parable, to help bring an understanding of God’s purpose to his disciples and others. An explanation of this method of teaching is found in Matthew 13:10-16 (ESV): Many Christian struggle with the symbolism Jesus used in his teachings, and we find on the back of today’s bulletin a good method of how to differentiate passages of Scriptures intended to be taken literally from those intended to teach us symbolically, as we see in this answer from the Web Page, gotquestions.com: Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 1 Corinthians 1:18, Account of Simon the Magician, Acts 1, Acts 8:9-24, BLCF Church, Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship, Christ -Gods Wisdom and Power, Exodus 7:8-12, I Serve a Risen Savior, Jesus and Thomas, John 20:24-31, Leaven of Pharisees and Sadducees, Luke 24, Mark 16, Marvelous Message We Bring, Matthew 13:10-16, Matthew 16:1-12, Matthew 28, Miracles and Parables of Jesus, Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs, Philippians 4:7, recognize and understand biblical symbolism, Steve Mickelson, The Great Commission, The Miracles of Jesus, The Parables of Jesus, The Purpose of the Parables, The Purpose of This Book

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Blu-ray: Recommended Sale Price 6.99 List Price 9.99 3rd Party 2.99 Release Date: December 18th, 2007 The Simpsons Movie Review Date December 16th, 2007 by Peter Bracke Overview - The Simpsons Movie finds the fate of Springfield – the suburban setting that has been home to “The Simpsons” clan for more than 18 years – hanging in the balance when Homer and his new pet pig inadvertently cause a major ecological disaster in their hometown. Forced to flee, it is up to the paunchy patriarch to save his family, the Springfield community and possibly… the world. Technical Specs: Blu-ray English Descriptive Audio: English DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround (48kHz/24-bit) French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (448kbps) Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (448kbps) Special Features: Audio Commentaries Animated Shorts Movie Studio: Fox Home Entertainment The odds seemed to be against 'The Simpsons Movie' from the start. Years in development, the script for the movie went through a reported hundred-plus drafts and so many different concepts and iterations that even its creators publicly stated that it might never see the light of cinema screens. On top of that, the television series has been running for nearly twenty years now, and even its biggest fans will admit that its glory days are over. So what were the chances that audiences would pony up to see Homer, Bart and the rest of the Simpson clan on the big screen, when most weren't even bothering to watch them on TV for free? Turns out, there plenty of people who still care about The Simpsons. Their long-in-gestation epic finally roared into theaters this past summer, and it was an unqualified blockbuster. With grosses that took even Simpsons creator Matt Groening and Fox executives by surprise, the film has raked in over half a billion dollars worldwide, and still counting. Anyone concerned that Homer might have run out of dough for those donuts need not have worried. Still, despite the film's success, I have to wonder if the audience appeal of 'The Simpsons Movie' was simply the thrill of finally seeing such iconic, beloved characters on the big screen. Indeed, it's almost impossible not to smile while seeing a bright, shiny Simpsons logo flash by in panoramic widescreen dimensions, as the familiar strains of the theme song burst forth in Dolby surround. But watching the film for the second time now on Blu-ray, I've come to the harsh realization that for much of its thrifty 87-minute runtime, 'The Simpsons Movie' feels like little more than an overlong episode of the TV show. Make no mistake -- there is an actual plot, and it's quite global in scope. After Homer accidentally pollutes the Springfield's water supply, the town is encased in a gigantic dome by the Environmental Protection Agency (yes, Al Gore and Arnold Schwarzenegger are involved, and even Green Day, too). The Simpsons are soon declared fugitives by EPA head Russ Cargill, so Homer hatches a plan to move the family to the more family-friendly confines of Alaska. But when Cargill pronounces Springfield salvageable, and schedules it for destruction, Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa and Maggie must go on a rescue mission to save Springfield and, potentially, the entire planet. The story of 'The Simpsons Movie,' like any episode of the show, is really just an excuse to string along a host of pop culture references. It's always been a hit-or-miss affair, with one's enjoyment of any particular gag depending on how well the writer's allusions happen to connect. Happily, the success ratio is quite high here. I laughed throughout the movie -- often heartily -- even at the lamer material. (At one point, the movie even parodies 'Titanic' -- ten years after the fact.) If the filmmakers tamper not one iota with the established formula, at least they give the audience exactly what they want. Unfortunately, at the same time that makes 'The Simpsons Movie' an entirely safe proposition. Too safe, in my opinion. Aside from the PG-13 rating (which allows Groening and company to give us slightly "racier" fare, including lots of jokes about pedophilia), I found the movie's overall lack of ambition disappointing. Where the makers of, say, the "South Park" movie really pushed beyond the boundaries of what they could say on TV, as well as toying with a more creative narrative structure, 'The Simpsons Movie' doesn't take any such risks. For a show that's long prided itself on skewering everyone and everything (including itself), you'd hope for a more self-aware, post-modern vibrancy -- it's almost as if the makers were so exhausted by developing the movie for so many years that they forgot to consider what the point was in taking the show to the big screen in the first place. Still, if you're a Simpsons fan, there is absolutely no reason not to see this movie. It's a testament to the show's unique sensibilities and the amazing resiliency of its characters that watching Homer and Bart on the big screen elicits such emotion. They may be animated, but they are now firmly and irreplaceably a part of our shared American pop culture family, so it's impossible not to cheer their first trip to the big screen. 'The Simpsons Movie' may not be all that it could have been, but it's certainly a fun way to spend 87 minutes. English DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround (48kHz/24-bit) Audio Commentaries I have to admit walking into this one with relatively low expectations. Visually speaking, "The Simpsons" is certainly a step up from "South Park," but let's face it -- the TV show is a far cry from Pixar. However, the creative team behind the 'The Simpsons Movie' clearly put a lot of effort into upgrading the show's visuals for the big screen, and the results are often downright eye-popping. Likewise, this Blu-ray presentation looks way better than I expected it to. Fox presents 'The Simpsons Movie' in 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video. The most striking aspect of the presentation is certainly the colors. Hues are wonderfully vivid and smooth, with bold uses of primaries and subtle shadings and gradients that far exceed anything seen on the TV series. As you would expect, the source is immaculate, with not a whiff of grain or any other imperfections. Blacks are rock solid, with contrast expertly modulated across the entire grayscale. This image really pops with depth and detail, and it's sharp as a tack. I was continually surprised at how three-dimensional it all looks -- even "dark" scenes have a richness of texture that's faultless. Finally, despite the bold animation style, I noticed no posterization or macroblocking. I'm going to go out on a limb and award 'The Simpsons Movie' a five out of five stars for video. Not because I think this one replaces 'Ratatouille' as the greatest animated movie yet to hit high-def, but simply because I can't find a single thing wrong with this transfer. It appears to be a perfect representation of the source material, and you just can't get any better than that. So don't have a cow, okay man? The video quality of 'The Simpsons Movie' may have exceeded my expectations, but the audio doesn't offer any such surprises. Although this is a fine mix overall, the film's sound design is not nearly as creative as it might have been, and as a result this Blu-ray doesn't offer much in the way of a overwhelming aural experience. Fox offers up another of their DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround tracks (48kHz/24-bit), and it certainly handles the source material with ease. This is a bright and bouncy mix, with the familiar Simpsons theme and score sounding punchier than ever before. There is not tremendous bleed to the rear channels, but it is nicely opened up from the small screen. There's also a fair use of discrete effects, but atmosphere is not consistently engaged so envelopment remains sporadic. Dialogue is very crisp and very nicely balanced. Dynamics don't overpower, but this mix certainly sounds clean across the entire frequency range, and there is even a little bit of oomph to the low end. Again, don't expect to have your socks knocked off, but considering the content, this is a perfectly satisfying presentation. 'The Simpsons Movie' is hitting Blu-ray day-and-date with the standard-def DVD, with both releases receiving a matching set of extras. The good news is that Fox has bumped up the video on this Blu-ray edition to full 1080 high-def. The bad news is that despite the extra gloss, this assortment of throwaways feels like a bit of a rush job. Two Audio Commentaries - Normally, I list multiple commentaries separately, but since there's a lot of overlap between these two, I'm breaking that rule. The first (and superior) track features series creators James L. Brooks and Matt Groening, writer/producers Al Jean and Mike Scully, director David Silverman, plus stars Dan Castellaneta and Yeardley Smith, while the second track is dominated by production folk, including Silverman again, plus writers/producers Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore and Rich Moore. Both tracks spend an inordinate amount of time discussing the approximately 152 different drafts and rewrites that the script went through on its very long journey from small screen to to the local cinema. It's all quite interesting during the first track (and the good-natured ribbing between the participants is very entertaining), but by the time I got to the more serious second track (which covers a good deal of the same ground), I couldn't help but tune out. The cool thing about the first commentary, too, is that it's pseudo-interactive, meaning that at various points in the track, Brooks and Groening will "pause" the flick (it turns black & white) to go over important points that otherwise would have been missed. Cute. Deleted Scenes (HD, 5 minutes) - Writer/producer Al Jean introduces seven scenes in all here (including an alternate ending), but as we learn in the commentaries, a great deal more was ultimately tossed out of the finished film. I can't help but wonder if the other scenes are being held back for the inevitable double dip, or whether they were just never finished (all of these are fully completed with final animation and sound). In any case, the scenes we do get are only mildly amusing, although Simpsons fans will certainly enjoy that favorites Patty and Selma make an appearance in one of the scenes. Special Stuff (HD, 4 minutes) - Wow -- a whopping four minutes of TV fluff and throwaway shorts. Here, you can enjoy excerpts of "Homer's Monologue on The Tonight Show" (2 minutes), and "Homer Introduces American Idol"/"The Simpsons Judge American Idol" (less than 2 minutes combined), plus a twenty-second "Let’s All Go to the Lobby" parody of the classic intermission films that used to play at drive-in movie theaters. A Lot of Trailers (HD) - Rounding out the package are five spots -- four theatrical trailers, plus one teaser. Twenty years in the making, 'The Simpsons Movie' finally hit movie screens this past summer and was an unqualified blockbuster. Although the spectacle of the experience loses a bit of its luster when viewed again outside of an actual movie theater, there are certainly enough belly laughs here to satisfy any Simpsons fan. This Blu-ray is very nice in the technical department -- it looks as fantastic as a Simpsons movie possibly could, and the soundtrack isn't bad, either. The only real disappointment is the cobbled together supplements package, which screams "double dip." Otherwise, this is an easy recommend for Simpsons devotees and more casual fans of the series alike.

Review: From Adam and Israel to the Church May 14, 2020 May 13, 2020 / rtrube54 From Adam and Israel to the Church (Essential Studies in Biblical Theology [ESBT], Benjamin L. Gladd. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019. Summary: A study of the theme of the people of God, tracing this theme throughout scripture in Eden, in Israel, in Christ, and in the church. This is the inaugural volume of a new series looking at essential themes in the story line of scripture. This work is written by series editor Benjamin L. Gladd and traces the idea of the people of God through scripture. For many, particularly in the dispensationalist stream, this is defined by covenant with a sharp demarcation between Israel and the church. Gladd uses a different lens, focusing on the people of God as created in the image of God, expressed in terms of the functions of king, priest, and prophet. Kings control the environment, keeping it holy. Priests both worship holy God and discern between holy and unclean. Prophets speak truth on behalf of God. Gladd also develops a three level understanding of the world that mirrors the heavenly temple with the Holy of Holies (Eden), the Holy Place (the Garden) and the outer courts (the outer world). Gladd traces this from Eden, where Adam and Eve allow the unholy serpent into the Holy of Holies, yielding control of the environment, and shade and then disobey rather than speak the truth. He then shows how this image of God as king, priest, and prophet was reflected in the creation and fall of Israel, at Sinai, in the Tabernacle and Temple, and the nation’s decline into idolatry with unfaithful kings, apostasy with unfaithful priests, and prophets bringing the word of God competing with those who were false. Ultimately, in Nebuchadnezzar they experience what they’ve embraced in the anti-king, anti-priest, and anti-prophet. The prophets point to Israel’s restoration, centered in a person who would embody king, priest and prophet. Jesus embodies restored Israel in his person as the ideal king who succeeds where Adam and Israel fail, and gives himself for his people as great high priest, who is also the temple, the Holy of Holies, and speaks with authority the word of God that constitutes the people of God. These people, the church are the Israel of God, displaying the image of God who rule by standing and suffering with the king, to be vindicated by God, who are priests built as a temple for God to dwell on earth and who bear prophetic witness to the world and the cosmos and stand guard against the evil one’s wiles. Perhaps most bracing is the author’s thoughts about how kingship, priesthood, and prophets works out in the new creation: Perhaps another dimension of imaging God in the new creation will be the development of technology and science. Will we invent the wheel again? Will we learn how to start a fire once more? What about basic human knowledge such as math, language, music, and so on? I suspect that we will not start from scratch. One could possibly argue that we, being perfected in God’s image, will develop what we have learned in the past. The knowledge that humanity has acquired and is acquiring through observing the world around us may not only inform us about God’s creative power, but it may also prepare us for life in the new creation. The author speaks of the wedge between Israel and the church and the church as the true Israel, the people of God who image God, in continuity with ethnic Israel. I wish the author might have said more specifically about the Jews, and about how Romans 11 might be fulfilled in this people of God. The author allows for a “remnant of Christian Jews” saved through history (p. 128-129), which seems far from explaining how “all Israel will be saved” (Romans 11:26). He contends that the church does not replace Israel, yet he calls the church the true Israel of God. Granted that how these things shall be is unclear for any of us, this presentation seems to be murky at best. That said, Gladd paints a picture of the people of God throughout history, a people who images God in the world, and in our own day is called to be kings who rule without exploiting, who worship God alone and commend his excellence over all worldly idols, and who prize the truth in our lives and words. We pursue these in faithfulness to the great high king, high priest and ultimate prophet, Jesus. This is not insipid pablum but strong and substantive food for the follower of Jesus. I look forward to seeing what successive volumes in this series do to enlarge on the biblical story line. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary review copy of this book from the publisher. The opinions I have expressed are my own. Benjamin L. Gladd, Biblical theology, Church, Israel, People of God ← We Were Not Ready For This Review: The Sacred Chase → One thought on “Review: From Adam and Israel to the Church” Pingback: The Month in Reviews: May 2020 | Bob on Books

Prof. Shyamal Chowdhury (U of Sydney) Dr. Chowdhury is a professor at the School of Economics, University of Sydney. His research program has been and continues to be shaped by the broad goal of trying to understand how development interventions influence households, particularly poor households under market imperfections. Empirical evaluation of impacts of interventions particularly that are related to technologies and infrastructures are important to him. He received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from Bonn University, Germany. He is currently the co-editor of the Australasian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

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ize the construction and use of a railroad from the southerly side of Newtown creek, in the city of Brooklyn, to Astoria, and through certain streets of said village,' passed May 5, 1863," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on railroads. By unanimous consent, Mr. Harrower asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled “An act to repeal chapter 245 of the Laws of 1871, a entitled ‘An act relating to exemptions,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. By unanimous consent, Mr. Johnson asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled “An act to regulate railroad freight,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on railroads, By unanimous consent, Mr. Murphy asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to open and viden portions of Sackett, Douglass and President streets, and otherwise alter the commissioners' map of the city of Brooklyn, passed May 6, 1868,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the affairs of cities. The bill entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend an act to incorporate the Savings Bank of the city of Utica,' passed April 26th, 1839, passed April 11, 1870,” was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act authorizing the town of Naples to build a town and soldiers' memorial hall,” ” was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, as amended, and it was decided in the affirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Dickinson Lowery McGowan Robertson D. P. Wood Harrower Madden Tiemann Woodin Chatfield 22 Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same, The Assembly bill entitled "An act to authorize the election of a police justice in and for the village of Flushing, Queens county, and to pre. scribe his duties and compensation, and regulating charges in criminal od to proceedings in said village," was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a I majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, B and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows : Allams Robertson D. P. Wood Chattield Harrower McGowan Tiemann Woodin 20 Orderedl, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the The Assembly bill entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incoporate the village of Port Richmond,' passed April 24, 1866,” was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative, a inajority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said inembers being present, as follows: Harrower Murphy 21 FOR THE NEGATIVE. Woodin 1 Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the The Assembly bill entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the trustees of the village of Ellen ville to borrow money for the purpose of introducing water into the village, and to control and regulate the use of the same,' passed April 5, 1866, and supplemental thereto," was read a third time. Adams Chatfield Harrower McGowan Robertson Benedict Dickinson Lewis Lowery Perry Weismann 20 Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a meskage informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same. (Sexate JOURNAL.] The Assen bly bill entitled "An act to provide for supplying the vil lage of Flushing, Queens county, with pure and wholesome water," wa read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agre to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favo thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: O'Brien Wagner Robertson D. P. Wood Chatfield Harrower McGowan Tiemann Woodin 2 Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a mes sage informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same Mr. Robertson, from the committee on the judiciary, to which wa referred the bill entitled “An act to authorize the Clifton Mining Com pany to succeed to the rights of the Clifton Iron Company,” reporter in favor of the passaye of the same, with amendinents, and said bill wa committed to the committee of the whole. Mr. Lowery moved to take from the table the veto message of Hi Excellency, the Governor, of the bill entitled "An act to amend an ac entitled 'An act to establish a recorder's court in the city of Utica, and for other purposes,' passed May 7, 1844." The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to sait motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. The President put the question “Shall this bill pass notwithstanding the objection of the Governor ?” and it was decided in the affirmative two-thirds of all the Senators present and voting, voting in favor thereof as follows: Chatfield Lowery Dickinson McGowan Perry Benedict Harrower Madden Robertson D. P. Wood Bowen Lewis Murphy Tiemann Woodin FOR THE NEGATIVE. Johnson Ordered, That the Clerk return said bill to the Assembly, with a mes sage informing that the Senate have passed the same, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, two-thirds of all the Senators present and voting, voting in favor thereof. Mr. Madden moved that the bill entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend and consolidate the charter of the village of Midilletown,' passed March 31, 1866," be referred to the first committee of the whole. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative, two-thirds of all the Senators present voting in favor thereof. Mr. Benedict offered the following: Resolved, That the Clerk cause to be added to the desks of the Senators an'elevated strip at the back of the desk and at the front of the leaf or lid of the desk, so as to prevent papers from sliding off the desk. Mr. Johnson moved that the resolution be amended so as to apply only to the desk of the Senator from the fitth, Mr, Benedict, The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said !! notion, and it was decided in the negative. Mle. D. P. Wood moved that the desk of the Senator from the twentysixth Mr. Johnson, be excepted from the operation of the resolution. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said motion, and it was decided in the affirmative. The President then put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, as amended, and it was decided in the negative. Mr. Palmer moved that the bill entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act relating to appropriations and deficiencies in the city and county of New York, and the audit and payment of salaries and elains in said city and county,' passed January 30, 1872," be referred to the first committee of the whole. The Senate then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and proceeded to the consideration of general orders, being the bills entitled as follows: " An act to amend an act entitled 'An act relating to appropriations and deficienci es in the city and county of New York, and the audit and payment of salaries and claims in said city and county,' passed January 30, 1832." "An act relating to local improvements in the city of New York." * An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the charter of the village of Middletown,' passed March 31, 1866.” After some time spent therein the President resumed the chair, and Mr. D. P. Wood, from said committee, reported in favor of the passage of the first named bill, with amendments, which report was agreed to and said bill ordered engrossed for a third reading. Mfr . D. P. Wood, from the same committee, reported progress on the two last named bills, and asked and obtained leave to sit again. Mr. Madden moved that said last named bill be recommitted to the eorumittee on the affairs of villages, with power to report complete at any The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said notion to recommit , and it was decided in the affirmative. A message from the Assembly was received and read, as follows: His Excellency the Governor, asking the return of Assembly bill No. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That a respectful message be sent to 453 , entitled "An act to authorize the village of Flushing, Queens county, and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of paying the floating indebtedness of said village, and for the general improvement pended, in order that said resolution might be considered immediately. con motion of Mr. Cock, and by unanimous consent the rule was sussaid resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to By ananimous consent the rule was suspended, and the Clerk ordered in the tun said resolution to the Assembly immediately, with a message informing that the Senate have concurred in the passage of the same. A message from the Governor was received and read in the words fol. to borrow money thereof." for correction. |owing: State of New Yoxx7, Fercure, C642 BER, } STATE NEW YORK EXECUTIVE , ALBANY81872. 10 the Legislature : I transmit herewith the draft of a code of laws relating to the assessment of taxes in the State of New York, prepared by the Commissioners on Taxation under an act of the Legislature, passed May, 1871, together with their report relating to the same. Having, in my annual message, urged upon you an early and considerate examination of the system of taxation presented by the Commissioners, it is unnecessary for me to do more now than renew that recommendation, and at the same time to express iny satisfaction with the labor and care which has manifestly been expended by the Commissioners in their conscientious effort to arrive at à uniform, equitable, and productive system of taxation. JOHN T. HOFFMAN. Ordered, That said message be laid on the table and printed. (See Doc. No. 26.) Mr. Benedict offered the following: Resolved, That 5,000 copies of the report of the Commissioners on Taxation be printed for the use of the Legislature. Ordered, That said resolution be referred to the committee on public printing By unanimous consent, Mr. Perry asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled “An act to amend the charter of the city of Brooklyn,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the affairs of cities. By unanimous consent, Mr. Benedict asked and obtained leave to intro. duce a bill entitled "An act reappropriating a certain portion of the United States Deposit Fund for the benefit of academies," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on literature. Mr. Perry, from the committee on the affairs of cities, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled “An act to extend, widen, alter and improve Banker street, to close a portion of the same, and to improve Union avenue, in the city of Brooklyn," reported in favor of the passage of the same, and said bill was committed to the committee of the whole. Mr. Dickinson, from the committee on the affairs of villages, to which was referred the bill entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend and consolidate the charter of the village of Middletown,' passed March 31, 1866,” with power to report complete, reported the same complete, with amendments, which report was agreed to and said bill ordered engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Baker offered the following: Resolved, That the Senate hold a session this evening at half-past seven for the consideration of general orders. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the negative. Mr. Lowery offered the following: Resolved, s'hat the committee appointed to investigate the subject of legislative postage, have power to send for persons and papers. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Bowen, the Senate adjourned.

Mr. McGowan presented a petition of a majority of the tax-payers of the town of Herkimer, Herkimer county, for a law authorizing said town to issue bonds, and contribute money towards building a new courthouse for said county in said town; which was read and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. D. P. Wood presented a petition of Noah Joslin and others of the town of Fabins, Onondaga county, for the exemption of men of the age of 75 years and upwards from poll-tax; which was read and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Messrs. Allen and J. Wood presented remonstrances against placing the Erie railway under control of a British monopoly; which were read and referred to the committee on railroads. Mr. Foster presented a petition of the trustees of Falley Seminary for increase of the literature fund; which was read and referred to the committee on literature. Mr. Palmer presented petitions of citizens of Claverack, Columbia county, and the trustees of the Hudson River Institute, asking for an increase of the literature fund; which were read and referred to the committee on literature. A message from His Excellency, the Governor, was received and read in the words following: EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ALBANY, January 15, 1872. To the Senate : I transmit to you a report from a majority of the commissioners appointed to revise the statutes. JOHN T. HOFFMAN. Said report was laid on the table and ordered printed. (See Doc. No. 8.) Mr. J. Wood, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the bill entitled “An act to release the interest of the people of the State of New York, in and to certain lands in Oneida county, to George A. Reynolds,” reported in favor of the passage of the same with amendments, and said bill was committed to the committee of the whole. Mr. J. Wood, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the Assembly bill entitled "An act to legalize the acts of Robert H. Hill, a justice of the peace of the town of Kingston, Ulster county," reported in favor of the passage of the same, and said bill was committed to the committee of the whole. By unanimous consent, Mr. Robertson asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled “An act to amend an act passed April 26, 1869, entitled “An act for the election of a receiver of taxes and assessments for the town of Cortland and village of Peekskill,'” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time. On motion of Mr. Robertson, and by unanimous consent the rule was suspended, and the Senate resolved itself into a committee of the whole upon the said entitled bill. After some time spent therein, the President resumed the chair, and Mr. J. Wood, from said committee, reported in favor of the passage of said above named bill, which report was agreed to. Ou motion of Mr. Robertson, and by unanimous consent, the rule was suspended and said bill read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the aftirmative, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, and three-fifths of said members being present, as follows: Graham McGowan Robertson D. P. Wood Harrower O'Brien J. Wood Weismann Woodin 22 Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. By unanimous consent Mr. Baker asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Hudson river at the city of Troy,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on commerce and navigation. By unanimous consent Mr. McGowan asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act to authorize the town of Herkimer, Herkimer county, to issue bonds upon its credit for the purpose of raising moneys to be contributed toward building a new court-house for said county in said town,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Robertson offered the following: Whereas, At the last session of the Legislature the following amend ment to the Constitution was proposed in the Senate and Assembly, viz. " That the sixth article of the Constitution of this State be amended by adding thereto the following section: "$28. The Court of Appeals may order any of the causes, not exceed. ing five hundred in number, pending in that court at the time of the adoption of this provision, to be heard and determined by the Commissioners of Appeals; and the Legislature may extend the term of ser. vice of the Commissioners of Appeals not exceeding two years." And whereas, The said proposed amendment was agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the said Legislature, entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the then next general election of Senators; And whereas, Such election has taken place, and said proposed amendment was duly published for three months previous to the time of making such choice, in pursuance of the provisions of section one of article thirteen of the Constitution; therefore, Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That this Senate do agree to the said proposed amendment. Ordered, That said resolution be laid on the table. The Senate again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and proceeded to the consideration of the general orders, being the bills entitled as follows: "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish a recorder's court in the city of Utica, and for other purposes, passed May 7, 1844.” "An act to enable the board of education of the village of Salem to borrow money for school purposes, from the common school fund, or otherwise, and to provide for the payment thereof, with interest, by tax on said village.” (SENATE JOURNAL] After some time spent therein the President resumed the chair, and Mr. Robertson, from said committee, reported in favor of the passage of the said named bills, which report was agreed to and said bills ordered engrossed for a third reading. On motion of Mr. Allen, the Senate adjourned. TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1872. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Alderman. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. Mr. Baker presented a petition of citizens of Washington county for an increased appropriation for the literature fund; which was read and referred to the committee on literature. Messrs. J. Wood, Lord, Midden, Allen, Harrower, Chatfield, and Bowen, severally; presented remonstrances against placing the Erie railway mder the control of a British monopoly; which were read and referred to the committee on railroads. Mr. D. P. Wood, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported as correctly engrossed the bills entitled as follows: “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to stenographers in the circuit courts, courts of oyer and terminer, and special terms of the supreme court, in the sixth, seventh, and eighth judicial districts.'” "An act to legalize and confirm the election of Harrison Clute as superintendent of the poor of the county of Schenectady.” “An act to incorporate “The Association of the Bar of Oneida county.'” “An act to amend an act passed April 26, 1869, entitled 'An act for the election of a receiver of taxes and assessments for the town of Cortlandt and village of Peekskill.'” “An act to enable the board of education of the village of Salem to borrow money for school purposes from the common school fund or other. wise, and to provide for the payment thereof, with interest, by tax on said village.' “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish a recorder's court in the city of Utica, and for other purposes,' passed May 7, 1844." The President presented the third annual report of the Trustees of the Willard Asylum for the Insane; which was laid on the table and ordered printed. (See Doc. No. 9.) Mr. Winslow gave notice that he woull, at an early day, ask leave to introduce a bill 10 amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the National Trust Company of the city of New York, passed April 19, 1867." Mr. Robertson gave notice that he would, at an early day, ask leave to introduce a bill for the protection of tax-payers against frauds, embezzlements and wrongfuil acts of public officers and agents. Mr. D. P. Wood gave notice that he would, at an early day, ask leave to introduce a bill to incorporate the grand army of the republic. By unanimous consent, Mr. Adams asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled “An act to authorize the construction of an avenue from the city of Albany to the city of Cohoes,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the affairs of cities. By unanimous consent, Mr. Madden asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled “An act to dissolve the New York and Richmond Granite Company," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. By unanimous consent, Mr. Palmer asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act in reference to holding interests in real estate by aliens," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. In pursuance of previous notice, Mr. Madden asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act to legalize and confirm the acts and proceedings of Henry C. Duryea, as special surrogate of the county of Orange,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. By unanimous consent, Mr. Harrower asked and obtained leave io introduce a bill entitled “An act concerning the Sodus Bay, Corning and New York Railroad Company and providing for a change in its corporate name,” which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on railroads. By unanimous consent, Mr. Harrower asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled “An act to provide for an additional sinking fund for the payment of bonds issued by municipal corporations in aid of the Sodus Bay, Corning and New York Railroad Company," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on railroads. The bill entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to stenographers in the circuit courts, courts of oyer and terminer and special terms of the supreme court, in the sixth, seventh and eighth ja licial districts,” having been announced for a third reading, On motion of Mr. D. P. Wood, and by unanimous consent, said bill was amended by inserting after the word “fourth” the word "fifth." Insert as section 2 the following: Section 2, chapter 41, of the Laws of 1867, and 672 of the Laws of 1869, are bereby repealed. Change section 2 to section 3. Said bill, as amended, was read a third time. Chatfield Lewis Robertson D, P. Wood Harrower Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill entitled “An act to legalize and confirm the election of Harrison Clute, as superintendent of the poor of the county of Schenectady," was read a third time. Chatfield Graham Harrower Robertson D. P. Wood Woodin Benedict 21 FOR THE NEGATIVE. Lord 1 Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill entitled “An act to incorporate 'The Association of the Bar of Oneida county, was read a third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the final passage of said bill, and it was decided in the affirmative a majority of all the members elected to the Senate voting in favor thereof, as follows: Chatfield Harrower Palmer Johnson Perry D. P. Wood Robertson Woodin The bill entitlel “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish a recorder's court in the city of Utica, and for other purposes,' passed May 7, 1844,” was read a third time. Harrower Robertson D. P. Wood Baker Dickinson Madden Wagner Woodin 20 Ordered, That the Clerk deliver said bill to the Assembly, and request their concurrence therein. The bill entitled "An act to enable the board of education of the village of Salem to borrow money for school purposes, from the common school fund, or otherwise, and to provide for the payment thereof, with interest, by tax on said village,” having been announced for a third reading, Mr. Lewis moved to recommit the same to the committee on literature.

SCOTUS ruling expands impact of same-sex marriage in the U.S. The SCOTUS ruled that same-sex couples that decided to have children by birth have the right to be named as the parents on their child’s birth certificate. Michael Jermaine Cards One of the basic arguments against same-sex marriage was that, in biological terms, marriage can only be between members of the opposite sex. That conforms to the view that the purpose of marriage is having children and creating the family environment to raise them. However, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) had ruled on 26 June 2015 that marriage was a constitutional right of all U.S. citizens regardless of their gender and sexual preferences. Reaffirming its decision, it ordered all states to recognize same-sex marriages as valid and gave the same rights to same-sex and heterosexual couples. The full legal ramifications of this ruling are still unfolding. Recently, the Supreme Court again gave a decision that’s pitting the pro- and anti-same sex marriage camps against each other. The New York Times reported that the SCOTUS now prescribes that same-sex couples who decide to have children by birth may now be named as parents on the child’s birth certificate. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by two lesbian couples in Arkansas, who wanted to be the registered parents on their children’s birth certificates. Authorities registered the biological mothers, who conceived through sperm donors, as the mothers in the certificate. However, their partners were not registered as the fathers. Among their arguments before the court, the lesbian couples pointed out that Arkansas law only allows parents named on the child’s birth certificate to access the child’s educational information from public schools. The SCOTUS ruling in Arkansas is a milestone for gay couples with children. (Source) The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled against the couples, saying that paternity for children is based on “biological truths.” In other words, the only fathers that can be recognized by law were the anonymous biological fathers who donated their sperm. However, the SCOTUS did not agree. Ruling 6 against 3 in favor of the couples, the high court said that birth certificates are part of the rights, benefits, and responsibilities that go with marriage. This is only the latest in very interesting legal consequences of same-sex marriage in the U.S. Ever since the 2015 Supreme Court ruling, a whole range of cases, from Christian bakers refusing to make cakes for gay couples, to tangled, sometimes confusing local laws on the use of male and female restrooms, have come up. Christian bakers in Colorado and Oregon, for example, faced lawsuits for refusing to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples. They based their refusal on religious grounds, saying they believed gay marriages were sinful, and that as Christians, they have the right to refuse participation in such events. Gay couples and civil rights lawyers, however, said that these bakers’ religious rights would not be violated. They explained that as long as they operated a public business, the bakers are obliged to serve all members of the public, gay or straight. Furthermore, in serving gay couples, the bakers were not being asked to change their beliefs or express support for same-sex marriage. It all seems like a lot of trouble for what looks like fine points of legal and social transactions. Still, the impact on couples, their children, as well as small businesses, are very real. For example, the Oregon bakery was being run by a Christian family. Outrage from their refusal to serve the gay couple resulted in the loss of income and harassment, to the point where they had to close the business. 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Planting seeds: trigonometry Posted on April 26, 2021 January 4, 2022 At MathsConf 25, I spoke very briefly about trigonometry, amongst other things—such as pantographs, nomograms, and slide rules. Here I’ll share some of my thoughts on teaching trigonometry, which I’d been pondering for a while. What I found unhelpful In the past, I’ve often used applets like this one: A problem is that there’s a lot happening here. I thought that I was perhaps using the applet too quickly for all students to really take in, but manually controlling the animation (together with extra narration) didn’t help me “get” all students on board. The deeper problem isn’t that there’s a lot happening in the above animation. The real issue has been that not all students were ready to take it all in when they encountered this concept. A possible solution might involve planting seeds months or even years beforehand, to help get them to a position where they’re not overwhelmed by the above idea. Calculators, disembodiment, and trig tables While at heart I am a nonagenarian (albeit in a thirty-something’s skin), I am in fact young enough to have had my own scientific calculator throughout my school years. This means I was never exposed to trig tables at school. Even as a teacher, for years, I never thought to talk about trig tables when teaching trigonometry. The closest thing that my students would have seen would have been a table showing exact trig values for special angles: I think it is a great shame that so many of my students never got to see proper trig tables. Consider this problem. You’ll get to a stage where you want to work out \(\text{sin}(35)\). You can of course tap \(\text{sin}(35)\) into a calculator to find it is about 0.574, but that’s pretty much all you find out. You get a “disembodied” value that appears as if by magic. If you had to look up \(\text{sin}(35)\) in a trigonometric table, however, it would feel a lot less magical—and (eventually) more understandable. There are three things I like about trig tables: Looking things up in a table this way reinforces the idea that trig functions are functions. Occasionally I’ve found students that seem to think \(\text{sin}(35)\) is \(\text{sin} \times 35\). I’m not sure they’ve necessarily developed their thoughts as far as formally seeing \(\text{sin}\) as a constant like \(\pi\), but they’ve certainly not fully grasped that it’s a function. They may even cancel in ways consistent with this misconception eg \(\dfrac{\text{sin}(60)}{10} = \text{sin}(6)\). A trig table gives you a sense of where trig functions are increasing and decreasing. While looking for the relevant entry eg \(\text{sin}(35)\), you can’t help but scan other parts of the table. We can see that the sine of an angle is clearly increasing as an acute angle approaches a right angle, and that the opposite is true for the cosine. Thirdly, and relatedly, you get a sense of the symmetries involved. Of course, it is important for students to understand trig graphs, but appreciating graphs can sometimes be harder than appreciating tables of values. I would suggest that students will more readily spot that \(\text{sin}(x) = \text{cos}(90-x)\) from this table than from the graphs. They might not make this algebraic leap for themselves, but they are likely to spot how the sine and cosine columns for angles from 0º to 90º are the same, but in the opposite order. From here, it feels natural to investigate why this might be, perhaps by thinking about right-angled triangles. Of course, I’m not arguing that we should ditch calculators. I am suggesting that there might be value in using trig tables first, and only then showing students how they can use their calculators. In a future post, I’ll share some more general thoughts about planting mathematical seeds. Here I’ll limit myself to ideas based on the unit circle. In particular, here are some activities that are all based on a single GeoGebra applet that I shared in my MathsConf workshop. The idea is that these students can access these activities at various stages before they formally have to start using trigonometric functions. Coordinates and symmetry Here is an activity that students can access long before they formally meet trig functions. It’s surely too much for an introductory unit on coordinates, but it might be appropriate if you’re revisiting coordinates with confident students, or perhaps if you’re looking at rotational and reflection symmetry. There is no need to mention the phrase unit circle at all here. Here is an activity that would fit into a unit where students are looking at properties of triangles. Technically, the circle here need not be the unit circle; it could have any radius. This activity isn’t so much intended as an investment that will pay dividends when students encounter trig, but rather when they encounter circle theorems. It also offers a potential way to get them thinking about modular arithmetic (or clock arithmetic)—I think it’s a shame that this isn’t more of a thing in schools: Write down the labels of 3 points on the circumference that you can join to form an equilateral triangle. How many different sets of 3 points can you find? You are now allowed to use the point C. Write down the labels of 3 points that you can join to form an equilateral triangle that is not congruent to those you found in question 1. Write down the labels of 2 points that, together with C, form an isosceles triangle. Can you form more congruent isosceles triangles using different sets of three points? How many different sets of points can you find? Write down the labels of 3 points that form an isosceles triangle that is not congruent to the ones you found in question 3. Write down the labels of 2 points that, together with C, do not form an isosceles triangle (or even an equilateral triangle). How many different sets of points can you find? As mentioned above, I’ve often shown students how the sine and cosine graphs can be generated from an animation on the unit circle, and found there are often some for whom nothing “clicks” when they see it. I have found that students get a more visceral appreciation of what’s happening if they complete an activity like this. Students can click on the point in the applet below to (painstakingly!) populate the table for themselves. Here, \(\text{f}(x)\) is \(\text{cos}(x)\) and \(\text{g}(x)\) is \(\text{sin}(x)\), but I’ve chosen not to include the names of the trig functions at this stage. That’s so they can be revealed at the end, with a bit of fanfare. “You’ve probably seen those \(\text{sin}\) and \(\text{cos}\) buttons on your calculator. Well,..” This may seem tedious, but there are three points I’d make in response to that. The first is that the tediousness is part of what helps gives a more visceral appreciation of the trig functions—and their graphs, if they go as far as hand-plotting them using their populated tables. Secondly, this task needn’t be as tedious as it seems—we can reuse the idea from above and encourage students to spot rotational and reflective symmetries. If they know that the point at 5º has coordinates \((0.996,0.087)\), then they should immediately be able to write down the coordinates for seven other points—the ones at 85º, 95º, 175º, 195º, 265º, 275º, and 355º. Thirdly, if it still seems a bit much, the applet and table can be adapted so that students are only populating the table for, say, multiples of 10º rather than multiples of 5º. I wouldn’t include this anywhere near an introductory lesson on functions. I tend to use it much later, alongside examples of other “exotic” functions—by which I mean functions that don’t merely apply the four operations and exponentiation to an input to generate an output. I mentioned above that students sometimes don’t appreciate that trig functions are functions for various reasons. Another contributing factor might be that they’ve only encountered simple, “non-exotic” functions before. Exposure to a broader variety of functions, years before they formally encounter trig functions, might help them accept sine and cosine as “legit” functions (to use their vernacular). In the above activity, I only focussed on sine and cosine (though I would, for the most part, keep the names hidden from students). But we can plant some \(\text{tan}\) seeds while looking at gradient. Again, this wouldn’t make sense in an introductory unit on gradient. But at some point after students are introduced to functions and to gradients, they could complete the following activity using a version of the previous applet (updated to show more decimal places, to allow more accurate calculation of the gradient): There is considerable overlap between this and the above activity, but I think I prefer to keep this one separate for two reasons. Firstly, it provides yet another spaced opportunity for students to encounter the unit circle. Secondly, it allows students to focus on the key ideas here—eg that angles 180º apart gives us line segments with the same gradient. Having looked at similar triangles and used the unit circle, students can fill in the blanks here before being taught the usual procedures for right-angled triangle trigonometry. They don’t even need to know the definitions of opposite and adjacent at this stage. This post is now quite long, so I’ll just add that what I like about these activities are the interesting digression opportunities that present themselves. These digressions may not be totally relevant to trigonometry, but can be fantastically mathematical in their own right. I mentioned modular arithmetic above—there’s lots of potential there to explore aspects of regular polygons, including interior and exterior angles. From there, it’s possible to make a little hop to “polygons” with non-integer numbers of sides. For example, on a version of the applet with 36 points on the circumference, try joining every 8th point until you get back to your starting point. In what ways is it reasonable to call this a 4.5 sided polygon?

Recognizing Signs of Alzheimer’s In Patients Combination of two brain diagrams in one for comparison. In the left normal brain, in the right brain of a person with Alzheimer’s disease English: Diagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s Disease English: Diagram of a normal brain Русский: Изображение нормального мозга и мозга при болезни Альцгеймера Nederlands: Vergelijking van normale hersenen (links) met die van een alzheimerpatiënt.(rechts) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Alzheimer’s disease is a common type of dementia that gradually gets worse over time. The main thing affected by Alzheimer’s is a person’s memory and cognitive abilities. There are 3 stages of Alzheimer’s disease: mild, moderate, and severe. Typically, a person will live 8-10 years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, but every case is different, and people can live much longer. Here are some recognizing signs of Alzheimer’s in patients: • Memory loss – Memory loss is the most common sign of Alzheimer’s disease, especially forgetting things that a person recently learned. If a person asks for the same information over and over, it is a sign of Alzheimer’s. • Problem solving and concentration – If a person struggles with solving problems in his or her daily life or has problems concentrating with no prior history of such problems, this may be a sign of Alzheimer’s.If things take longer to do than they typically did before, this may be another sign. • Hard time completing daily tasks – Frequently, a person with Alzheimer’s has a hard time completing daily tasks such as remembering a recipe that they have made many times before or balancing a checkbook. • Vision problems – Vision problems can be one sign of Alzheimer’s disease in some people. Having a hard time reading or judging distances can be a sign. • Time confusion – A person with Alzheimer’s disease may be confused about the time or the passage of time. Such a person may have a hard time determining when an event happened, whether it was immediately right before or a longer time in the past. • Place confusion – One of the common signs of Alzheimer’s is if a person is confused where they are and how they got there. • Lack of good judgment – One sign of Alzheimer’s in patients is lack of good judgment and a lack of good decision-making. Paying less attention to details such as personal grooming and eating right is a sign to look for. • Speech problems – This is not having trouble speaking or not vocalizing. An Alzheimer’s patient may not be able to follow a conversation or may repeat something he or she has already said. Patients may also not be able to find the right word for something or may call things by the wrong name. • Misplacing things – One sign of Alzheimer’s disease is misplacing things and being unable to find them or putting things in strange places where they do not typically belong. • Mood changes – People with Alzheimer’s can experience mood changes from mild to severe. They can become more easily irritated because of what they are experiencing. Thus, they become frustrated and confused. • Social withdrawal – Withdrawing from such things as hobbies, work, activities, and friends and family can be a sign of Alzheimer’s in patients. It’s important to seek memory care right away when you see any warning signs. Tags: aging, Alzheimer, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, Conditions and Diseases, Disease, health, Health & Wellness, Neurological Disorders, Research, Seniors, United States

What is the Braverman Test? The Braverman Test, also known as the Braverman Assessment, is a comprehensive diagnostic tool used to assess an individual’s brain chemistry and identify any imbalances that may be affecting their mental health and cognitive function. Developed by Dr. Eric Braverman, a New York-based physician and author, the test is based on the premise that imbalances in neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers in the brain, can lead to a variety of mental and physical health problems. The Braverman Test is designed to evaluate an individual’s levels of four key neurotransmitters: dopamine, acetylcholine, GABA, and serotonin. These neurotransmitters play a critical role in regulating mood, attention, memory, energy, and motivation. The test consists of a series of questions that ask about a person’s physical and emotional symptoms, personality traits, and lifestyle habits. The results of the test are used to create a customized supplement plan that is tailored to the individual’s specific needs. One of the unique aspects of the Braverman Test is its focus on individualized treatment plans. Unlike many other diagnostic tools, which rely on a one-size-fits-all approach, the Braverman Test takes into account an individual’s unique brain chemistry and creates a personalized plan to address their specific needs. This approach has been shown to be highly effective in treating a wide range of mental and physical health problems. The Braverman Test has been used to treat a variety of conditions, including depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), addiction, and cognitive decline. It has also been used to improve athletic performance, enhance memory and concentration, and boost overall energy levels. Despite its many benefits, it’s important to note that the Braverman Test is not a substitute for professional medical care. It should be used in conjunction with a comprehensive treatment plan that includes regular check-ups with a healthcare provider, appropriate medication management, and therapy or counseling as needed. In conclusion, the Braverman Test is a valuable diagnostic tool that can help identify imbalances in brain chemistry and create personalized treatment plans to address them. By focusing on the individual needs of each patient, the Braverman Test has the potential to revolutionize the way we approach mental health and cognitive function. BravermanTest.net2023-03-19T18:43:32+01:00 About the Author: BravermanTest.net The Braverman test consists of a 32-part extensive questionnaire. You answer the questions. Safe SSL Finndustries B.V. Molengraaffsingel 12 2629 JD Delft Copyright | BravermanTest.net | All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy The information the Braverman Test provides is for educational and informational use only. The information is not intended to be used by the customer for any diagnostic purpose and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other healthcare providers with any questions you may have regarding diagnosis, cure, treatment, mitigation or prevention of any disease or other medical condition or impairment or the status of your health.

Harper and Modi, the Nuclear Prime Ministers by Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay and Lori Hanson Apr 20, 2015 4 min read Share On the first day of his state visit to Canada last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a deal with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa to confirm the export of 3,220 tonnes of uranium from northern Saskatchewan to India, a country that has never signed the United Nations Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). That very day in Quebec City, Indigenous activists from all over the world working to end uranium mining were meeting with allies at the World Uranium Symposium. The symposium brought together 200 activists and organisers, physicians, environmentalists, and researchers from the natural and social sciences, all working with the intent to dismantle the nuclear industry and the huge costs associated with it. Polls suggest that Canadians oppose a nuclear deal with New Delhi, perhaps out of fear of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. But Indigenous activists reminded the symposium that the most obvious costs were already being felt by their communities, even without the immediate threat of nuclear war. Uranium mining, nuclear power generation, and nuclear waste all result in grievous harm to ecological and human health that lasts for countless generations. Additionally, the social cost is high, in the public subsidies necessary to keep nuclear energy viable, in the diversion of immense amounts of water resources for nuclear industry use, and in the high carbon costs associated with mining, transport, and storage of uranium, which makes nuclear power a dubious choice to fight climate change. The only tangible benefit to Harper’s deal with India is the profit distributed to shareholders of Cameco, the company responsible for uranium mining in northern Saskatchewan. Attendees from Saskatchewan’s Committee for Future Generations suggested that the complicity between government and industry has led to a health system that refuses to acknowledge problems related to the industry. Saskatchewan environmentalist and former MLA Peter Prebble recalled that when it started in 1952, uranium mining was established in the province to provide plutonium for the nuclear arms industry of the USA, and baseline health studies were never done. While Harper appeases his constituents, the agreement must also be viewed in the context of longstanding grassroots resistance in India to nuclear plants, most famously at the plant in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, where the full repressive force of the Indian state has been deployed against anti-nuclear activists. Similar popular resistance occurs in Maharashtra at the Jaitapur plant. India’s civil nuclear programme has also been placed under scrutiny through the country’s mechanism for public interest litigation. Indian researchers attending the symposium affirmed that lax industry regulations are a concern, with companies preying on the poor. But Modi too is pandering to those who can extract profit in the short-term from the building and maintenance of nuclear power plants, rather than those who will deal with its long-term costs. Prime Minister Harper stated that the moratorium on export of nuclear industry materials to India, which has been in effect ever since New Delhi used Canadian technology to develop a nuclear bomb in the 1970s, had exerted an unnecessary pall over the collaboration possible between the two countries. While diversion of uranium into military purposes remains a concern, the symposium did note that the most pressing threat for nuclear war remained in the stockpiles of nuclear weapons still held by the five traditional nuclear powers, the vast majority of them in the United States and Russia, and called for complete disarmament. The symposium’s declaration also notes the dangers associated with uranium in all phases of its extraction and use – from mining, processing, civilian and military use, and storage. It calls for a worldwide ban on the exploration and use of uranium, especially in that such activities violate the rights of Indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent for activities on their territories. It insists that accountability for those harmed by uranium should last generations into the future while the mineral remains radioactive. That this list of demands has to be stated at all may seem depressing. But there is hope. World experts such as Mycle Schneider reported to the symposium that the world’s generation of nuclear power is decreasing, dropping in 2012 by 12 per cent over the historic maximum in 2006. Additionally, the world’s largest builder of reactors, French state-controlled company AREVA, lost up to 88 per cent of its share value between 2008 and 2012. Germany is now creating more jobs in renewable energy than in nuclear and coal energy production. The declaration also highlights that Quebec is now also home to some of the most promising work against uranium exploitation. The Cree Nation of Eeyou Itschee has stood in solidarity with its citizens in Mistissini who have resisted uranium exploration near their community, with Cree youth walking 850 km across Quebec last year to demonstrate their opposition to the plan. Their work has galvanised opposition around uranium mining, with the Inuit of Nunavik in northern Quebec, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador which includes 10 Indigenous nations across 43 communities, and over 300 municipalities in Quebec rejecting uranium mines. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan’s premier Brad Wall has welcomed the deal with India, stating that the 4,000 workers, including many Indigenous employees, stand to benefit from the deal. The struggle against uranium is not over, not across Canada, not in India, nor elsewhere. An immigrant who made Tio’tia:ke (Montréal) home, Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay is a family doctor in Eeyou Istchee (the Cree territories of James Bay). He is co-coordinator of the Canadian chapter of the People’s Health Movement, and a volunteer physician for the Montreal programs of Médecins du Monde. Lori Hanson has worked alongside of social movements in Latin America – particularly anti-mining and rural women’s movements in Nicaragua – for 35 years. She is a professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan. Tags: nuclear saskatchewan Socializing and decolonizing Saskatchewan’s oil Could an episode from Saskatchewan’s socialist past be the answer to the climate crisis and demands for decolonization? Decolonizing Relations on Treaty 4 territory Sask Wildfire operations funding remains “inadequate” When Board Meetings Are Not Enough: A Poem for Abolition by Emily Eaton and David Gray-Donald Apr 30, 2018 11 min read by Saima Desai Jan 14, 2021 13 min read Sask Dispatch Briefs by David Gray-Donald Jul 5, 2019 2 min read “…and in the high carbon costs associated with mining, transport, and storage of uranium, which makes nuclear power a dubious choice to fight climate change.” Actually, the IPCC published its results of the lifecycle ghg emissions per energy source and found nuclear on par with wind and less than solar. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse-gas_emissions_of_energy_sources]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse-gas_emissions_of_energy_sources[/url] “Uranium mining, nuclear power generation, and nuclear waste all result in grievous harm to ecological and human health that lasts for countless generations.” I keep hearing this, but there is no evidence to back it up. The reports out of the northern health region in northern Saskatchewan show cancer rates as lower than those in the rest of Saskatchewan. The one kind of cancer that has higher rates? Lung cancer. Why is that? More people smoke. It isn’t rocket science. I would plead with Briarpatch and their contributors to start doing their homework on this topic. Your anti-science stance is absurd. “Attendees from Saskatchewan’s Committee for Future Generations suggested that the complicity between government and industry has led to a health system that refuses to acknowledge problems related to the industry.” Again, where is the evidence of this? This is nothing but conjecture by a group of anti-uranium activists that have never let facts get in the way of a good story. You sound like a bunch of climate deniers when you spout stuff like this – no facts or substance to back up your wild claims. Shouldn’t Briarpatch be above this type of activist journalism and actually do some fact checking? From Johnny Fairplay in Canada on Apr 20th, 2015 at 3:32pm The association between lung cancer and uranium mining has been established for several decades. The US Public Health Service conducted the first studies in the 1960s, which incorporated smoking as a control factor. You can read a summary at the Centre for Disease Control’s website here: [url=http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pgms/worknotify/uranium.html]http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pgms/worknotify/uranium.html[/url]. Associations with other diseases known to be linked to mining were also present. Other ill effects may have been missed because the populations involved were too small. Despite improved working conditions in the intervening decades, evidence released as recently as this year examining cohorts of uranium miners in France ([url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25410273]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25410273[/url]) and in Germany ([url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25267854]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25267854[/url]) confirm the links established fifty years ago. The French cohort was also noted to have an increased risk of cerebrovascular disease (strokes) which a study this year ([url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25807316]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25807316[/url]) hinted was independent of the usual risk factors for circulatory illnesses. Another 2015 study of the over 4000 uranium miners in Colorado ([url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25837305]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25837305[/url]) even suggests that the increased risk of lung cancer in this population has been historically underestimated due to an error in statistical modelling. Given this science, we find it unwise to dismiss the increased incidence of lung cancer in northern Saskatchewan as simply due to smoking. Furthermore, the biological plausibility of chronic radiation exposure causing serious bodily harm would make us invoke the precautionary principle in limiting contact with uranium until definitive proof of its safety is determined. Along the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, gamma rays from uranium decay have the highest amount of energy delivered in them. In clinical medicine, it is standard practice to limit exposures to X-rays, which have about 100 times less energy than gamma rays. Long-term exposure to the relatively benign radiation from the sun, with its ultraviolet rays delivering less energy than even X-rays, is known to cause malignant skin damage, which has led to clinical guidelines encouraging sunscreen use. We are unconvinced that uranium can safely be exempt from even more stringent precautions. We do recognise that the IPCC notes, as you say, that the carbon costs of nuclear fuel are on par with other non-fossil fuel sources. This consensus has emerged from much scientific debate, with some studies placing nuclear energy’s carbon costs as midway between fossil fuel and wind. Confounding factors exist in these assessments: how much of the uranium cycle has been taken into account – including the carbon-intensive enrichment process, the carbon sustainability of uranium sourcing into the future, and the mix of energy in any particular grid are examples. A summary of some of these nuances can be found here: [url=http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0810/full/climate.2008.99.html]http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0810/full/climate.2008.99.html[/url]. We do also note that these confounding factors may resolve as nuclear technology becomes more carbon-efficient. Nonetheless, Symposium participant Mycle Schneider also suggests that even if we assume that carbon emissions of uranium are extraordinarily low, the investment of time required to set up a nuclear grid means that a high-carbon economy would persist for a while, when low-carbon alternatives are urgently needed to mitigate climate change. A shift to solar, as done in Germany for instance, can be established much more rapidly. While we are not endorsing solar as a solution, we are intrigued by the possibility of including this “cost-of-waiting” in carbon accounting of energy sources. One final philosophical note: while we hold science in high esteem, we also recognise that the institutions and processes that result in scientific knowledge are dynamic systems subject to social pressures. The interests of government and industry shape the resources devoted to exploring questions. Although often limited in research capacity itself, civil society can influence this distribution of resources through activism and advocacy, but sometimes has to face powerful interests that benefit from ignorance or manipulation at large. We have little reason to dismiss our contacts’ concerns in northern Saskatchewan that they find the transparency in public health officials lacking, and the health system woodenly unresponsive to their questions. For a long time, as governments and industry blew off the concerns of workers, people died because there was “no evidence” that asbestos can be lethal. Just because there is “no evidence” regarding a certain link does not necessarily mean that there are no real correlations. It could also mean that no one has bothered to pursue a question, or that everyone has been actively prevented from doing so. Contemporary science is rarely an eternal truth, but often a constant negotiation. From Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay and Lori Hanson in Montreal and Saskatoon, Canada on Apr 24th, 2015 at 8:01am

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VistaScreen Halloween: Stereoviews from Betty Brimmer’s Puppet Theatre Stanley Long set out to take some stereoviews of puppets for children to enjoy. Unfortunately he went to Betty Brimmer's Puppet Theatre, which is a thoroughly grotesque and ghastly place, full of misshapen ghouls, racist caricatures, and little girls who are soon to be bear food. Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Wickenburg Massacre and White Perspective T.H. O'Sullivan's portrayals of Indigenous peoples are indisputably amongst the most lauded. But are they also problematic? Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and I will utilize this opportunity to examine the white perspectives that have pervaded our culture - through the lens of one of the "great stereographers".

« For Julie… Be afraid… be very afraid… » For Jenny… Twenty two years ago today I was giving birth to my first child and celebrating my first Mother’s Day—all at the same time. Last night I watched that child walk down an aisle in cap and gown and receive her Bachelor’s degree in Arts. Today I salute her for her achievements and her perseverance. Last night at 12:03 A. M. I called a tearful child to be the first to wish her a Happy Birthday and remembered what it was like to be separated from my mother by obligations, time and some one else’s need. To this grown up toddler I say quite compassionately. It will be ok. The miles between us will never matter. The time that exists in between hugs and kisses will never be calculated and my heart while fickle about things like deciding between kosher or dill pickles and thick or thin crust pizza, will never falter in its admiration and love for the tiny child that first brought me the joys and terrors of motherhood. And to my other two daughters who taunt and terrorize me on a daily basis… I will always honor the gift you are to me. I will always be here and now thanks to Charley, I will know it is possible to always be at your side. Through this life… and the next… and the next… and the next… and the next… This entry was posted on May 8, 2010 at 12:07 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Why is Boba Tea Popular In Malaysia Bubble tea, first launched in Taiwan in the 1980s, gradually gained popularity with internet foodies and finally became a global craze. Social media influencers and customers share their colorful beverages on social media daily, attracting additional attention and increasing demand for the product. Why Is Boba Tea Banned In Germany Bubble tea (also known as “black pearl tea” or “boba tea”), which was invented in the 1980s, is a cherished Taiwanese staple. Boba tea has risen in popularity in Asia and throughout the world over the years. This bizarre mixture appears to have piqued the interest of the ordinary young adolescent due to its array of colors, flavors, and textures. Is Boba Tea Vegan? Is Boba tea vegan? Well, It all depends on the sort of tea you buy. Milk bubble tea is not vegan because it is made with dairy milk. So, it depends on what you put in your Boba tea since it may also be made with fruit teas, which are vegan-friendly. Milk Tea vs Bubble Tea Explained Boba developed throughout time as it became increasingly popular throughout Taiwan. Bubble tea orders in Southeast Asia increased by 3,000 percent in 2018, and the drink has been appearing on menus outside of Asia for quite some time. Bubble Tea vs Smoothie Explained There’s a lot of difference between Boba tea and a smoothie. Boba tea refers to various sweet and pleasant flavored drinks served with cold or hot chewy tapioca pearls. The recipe calls for combining numerous ingredients and adding the unique “bubbles,” which are tapioca pearls or balls that sit at the bottom of the drink. What Is the Most Unhealthy Bubble Tea? Is Boba Tea unhealthy? It depends. Most boba recipes have the option to add on sugar, so if you choose not to do so, it surely helps. Tea bases do not provide much nutritional benefit on their own. However, if you choose a green tea combination rather than a milky one, you’ll likely avoid even more sugar. Best Boba Flavors for Beginners Boba tea is a tea-based beverage that originated in Taiwan. When making it, tea and chewy tapioca balls are the traditional ingredients. However, a variety of other toppings can be added, such as nuts or dried fruit. Boba tea has grown in popularity over time, and it continues to gain ground in the public’s eyes. Underrated Bubble Tea Flavors Bubble tea, which originated in Taiwan, has become a popular international delicacy in the last decade. A spoonful of pea-sized spherical tapioca “pearls” combined with tea, milk, or juice in a variety of delectable flavors is what you’ll get. Bubble Tea And Its Ingredients Bubble tea was invented in Taiwan in the 1980s as a tea drink called “bubble tea.” Ms. Liu Han-Chieh of the Chun Shui Tang tea store in Taichung, Taiwan, is usually credited with inventing the drink. A relatively new beverage, its popularity swiftly expanded around the world. Boba Tea and Its Flavors To make boba tea, you need four ingredients: brewed Tea (sometimes with milk), flavorings and sweeteners, as well as tapioca pearls or other boba. A flavoring agent such as syrup or powder gives boba Tea its genuine flavor. Here are some of the most popular fruity drinks.

HomeAbout College Strategic Capabilities BLC has a rich history of 65 years being in the field of education. It is one of the oldest private schools in Colombo and established primarily with the philosophy of providing an exclusive girls only school built on the values of Buddhist teachings. BLC has proudly maintained this philosophy and is the process of transiting this legacy into its 3rd generation. The primary capabilities of BLC rests on three fundamental pillars. They are: The BLC brand & its legacy Accumulated knowledge about the industry and the behavioral patterns of its primary stakeholders, the parents, students and teachers School management capabilities built over the last 50 years under the able guidance of Mr. Mohanlal De Mel The primary strategic asset is the brand of BLC. The school remained strongly aligned to the noble cause on which it was founded by its founder Mr. Mohandas De Mel, Father of present Chairman Mr. Mohan De Mel. At no stage did BLC attempt to move out of this domain. Even though there proposed expansion. Staying focused true to their founding philosophy has helped BLC brand build a sense of reliability and consistency in the minds of the parents. Mr. Mohanlal De Mel has been at the forefront of managing the school along with his late brothers since 1974. At present Mr. Mohanlal De Mel is in full control of the management of the school ably assisted by his elder son Mr. Manjeev De Mel. Given the long years of association with the management of the school, Mr. Mohanlal De Mel has extensive managerial experience in running the affairs of the school. Having been a close follower of his father’s vision, Mr. De Mel has continued to manage the school quite well, inspite of several challenges which he has overcome successfully. His hands-on experience, knowledge and insights regarding the industry and the teacher-student dynamics are extremely important intangible assets for the organization. Financially the school is not in debt and therefore are free from any long-term liabilities. The proposed structural changes to strengthen the management of the school through a board of Management & an Academic Board which will include professionals of good repute will no doubt add greater credibility and management capabilities to the school. It is in this overall background, given the opportunity and given its long-time presence in the education industry coupled with its knowledge and expertise, that BLC is now looking to expand its operations to Gampaha district to begin with

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Free money from a bank is the first sign of a scam. This kind of scam is used again and again – because it works for the thieves. A quick look at the address it came from tells you it wasn’t a bank. And banks don’t just throw money around like this. If the bank wants to talk to you about money – they will be in touch with you directly. Some however will get taken in. Cardinal rules: If it looks too good to be true – that’s because it isn’t true – and if in doubt – don’t. May 31st, 2019 | Category: Crime, Government All, Headlines, News, Private Sector

Zakrzewski Joseph S AMARIN CORP PLC\UK [AMRN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner C/O AMARIN PHARMA, INC., 1430 ROUTE 206 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) BEDMINSTER, NJ 07921 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) Stock Option (right to buy) $ 3.21 05/14/2018 A 46,973 (1) 05/14/2028 Ordinary Shares (2) 46,973 $ 0 46,973 D Restricted Stock Units $ 0 (3) 05/14/2018 A 31,153 (4) (5) Ordinary Shares (2) 31,153 $ 0 31,153 D C/O AMARIN PHARMA, INC. BEDMINSTER, NJ 07921 X /s/ Michael W. Kalb, by power of attorney 10/02/2018 (1) On May 14, 2018, the Reporting Person was granted an option to purchase 46,973 Ordinary Shares under the Amarin Corporation plc 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The option shall vest and become exercisable in a single annual installment upon the earlier of (i) the anniversary of the grant date of May 14, 2018 or (ii) the Issuer's annual general meeting of shareholders in 2019. (2) The Ordinary Shares may be represented by American Depositary Shares, each of which currently represents one Ordinary Share. (3) Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one Ordinary Share or cash in lieu thereof at the Issuer's discretion, with settlement to be made on a deferred basis, specifically upon the non-employee director's separation of service with the Issuer. (4) On May 14, 2018, the Reporting Person was granted 31,153 RSUs under the Plan. The RSUs vest in equal annual installments over a three-year period, with each installment vesting upon the earlier of (i) the anniversary of the grant date of May 14, 2018 or (ii) the Issuer's annual general meeting of shareholders in such year. (5) Not applicable. These grants are made in accordance with the Issuer's previously disclosed non-employee director compensation program. In the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan), each of the grants described in this Form 4 vests in full.

Home African CEOs Interviews Visionaries Meet Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Sierre Leone’s Revolutionary Mayor Visionaries - April 24, 2022 Meet Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Sierre Leone’s Revolutionary Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr is the Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, a position she assumed in 2018 on a mandate to transform Freetown and better the lives of its inhabitants. Yvonne, a finance professional with over 25 years of experience, walks her talk and her work is a testament to this. Her transformation strategy focuses on human development, healthy city features, and urban mobility, with innovation as an underlying concept. She’s a Chartered Accountant with a master’s degree in world economic politics from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Fourah Bay College. She was listed on the BBC’s 100 Women 2020. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr’s involvement with the public sector began with her work during the 2014-2015 Ebola crisis, and her subsequent role as delivery Team Lead for the second phase of a multi-stakeholder program to advance Sierra Leone’s post-Ebola socioeconomic recovery. Ronald Karauri: The School Dropout that Launched East Africa’s Largest Betting Company Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr was born on January 7, 1968, in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s British Dominion, which is present-day Sierra Leone. She is a member of the Creole ethnic group of Sierra Leone. She was the head girl and Loreto House Captain at St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Freetown. In 1988, Aki-Sawyerr received her bachelor’s degree in Economics with honours from Fourah Bay College. She was involved with AIESEC (the International Association of Students in Economics and Management) while in the university. And in 1988, she became the first African to serve on AIESEC’s International Exchange Committee in Brussels. She graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a master’s degree in International Relations and World Economy Politics. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales awarded her certification in 1993. Aki-Sawyerr Career Mayor Aki-Sawyerr is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of private sector expertise delivering strategic planning, project management, risk management, corporate governance, and regulatory consulting services to high-profile clients in the UK financial services sector. In 1990, she started working at Arthur Andersen, a professional services firm. In 2009, she was appointed Investment Director of IDEA (Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award), where she was responsible for raising international funding for projects and managing local stakeholder groups. In 1999, Aki-Sawyerr co-founded the Sierra Leone War Trust (SLWT), a charity dedicated to improving the humanitarian, social, and welfare situations of children and youths in Sierra Leone. She led a campaign in the UK during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone in 2014 to raise international awareness about the disease. Aki-Sawyerr took a break from IDEA and became the Director of Planning at Sierra Leone’s National Ebola Response Centre (NERC). She moved to Sierra Leone and began recruiting volunteers for the Ebola Treatment Centers. From January 2016 until October 2017, she served as the delivery Team Lead for the President’s Recovery Priorities (PRP). She was a key member of the programme before vying for the top position at Freetown City Council. After the Ebola epidemic, PRP was the second phase of a multi-stakeholder program to generate long-term socioeconomic reform in Sierra Leone. Aki-Sawyerr was instrumental in developing and implementing “Operation Clean Freetown,” a PRP initiative aimed at establishing a sustainable domestic waste collection system in the city of Freetown. Since entering office on May 11, 2018, Aki-Sawyerr has been the Mayor of Freetown, having received 309,000 votes, or 59.92 percent of the total votes cast in the mayoral election. In December 2015, then-President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma awarded Aki-Sawyerr an Ebola Gold Medal for her work during the Ebola epidemic in the country. Queen Elizabeth II appointed her an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in January 2016. On November 23, 2020, Aki-Sawyerr was named to the BBC’s 100 Women (BBC) list. She was named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Next” honorees in February 2021. 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Orlando plans maglev; how will Vegas respond? For months, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter has been sounding the alarm that it’s imperative that Las Vegas enhance its tourism infrastructure to maintain its lead as the nation’s top tourism destination. By RICHARD N. VELOTTA LAS VEGAS BUSINESS PRESS June 1, 2015 - 3:00 am Artist's rendering of Orlando's planned maglev system, which is scheduled to break ground later this year. (Courtesy photo by Ricardo Plc) Ralenkotter’s focus has been on the Las Vegas Convention Center campus, which will be transformed into the Las Vegas Global Business District over the next decade. It started with the acquisition of the Riviera hotel-casino, and eventually will evolve into adding exhibit hall space, more meeting rooms, a general conference facility with thousands of seats and office space within a World Trade Center building. One of the less visible components under consideration is the enhancement of transportation facilities and that includes more than just the Convention Center campus, which may need an onsite circulator system to move conventioneers over the expanded area. It also includes mobility issues for the thousands of more people the convention industry hopes to attract as the Global Business District takes shape. That means efficiently moving people from the airport to the city’s major convention facilities and to the resorts. While some seem convinced that people will continue to come to Las Vegas regardless of what happens to the transportation infrastructure, others aren’t so sure. One of Las Vegas’ convention rivals, Orlando, Fla., will put that to the test in the next couple of years with plans to enhance its transportation system from Orlando International Airport to the Orange County Convention Center and a cluster of hotels. Last month, Orlando officials announced plans to begin construction next year of a magnetic levitation system that would link the airport east to the convention center and International Drive, the home of several hotels surrounding the center. Marietta, Ga.-based American Maglev Technology will break ground later this summer on the 13.7-mile, privately funded $400 million system that will transport passengers for between $10 and $16 a trip. American Maglev is partnering with Ricardo Plc, a British engineering and design company with an American presence in suburban Detroit, to provide the vehicles for the system. Contractors are promising a quick, smooth ride between the airport and International Drive. Many longtime Las Vegans have a familiarity with maglev technology because it was touted for possible use between Southern California and Las Vegas as an alternative to high-speed rail in the 1980s and ’90s. Maglev has many advantages over traditional steel wheels on rails, including reduced maintenance costs since there are minimal contact points between track and vehicle — the train levitates atop a magnetic field generated by a guideway. Another plus for maglev is its speed. In recent weeks, a Japanese maglev system broke records by reaching 373 mph on test runs. The Orlando project isn’t selling itself with speed records, but efficiency. After all, how fast do you have to go when you’re only traveling 13.7 miles? Las Vegas’ big advantage over most convention cities has been the close proximity between the airport, hotel rooms and convention centers. A conventioneer hypothetically could land at McCarran International Airport and be on the trade-show floor or in a hotel room within an hour. Once the Orlando maglev is place, Las Vegas’ close-proximity advantage disappears. With the new system in place, it’s likely that some trade shows would want to take a look at Orlando simply to check out the new system and see how much it enhances the visitor and convention experience. Which leads us to Las Vegas’ counterpunch. The details still haven’t been fleshed out, but Ralenkotter, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and several transportation experts recently unveiled some recommendations for what the city’s transportation scene could look like in the next five, 10 and 20 years. The Transportation Investment Business Plan, as it’s being called, is jaw-dropping in its breadth and its prospective expense. Imagine a subway beneath Las Vegas Boulevard serving the Strip corridor from Hacienda Avenue to Sahara Avenue with underground stations at Strip resorts and possibly extending farther north to downtown below or above ground. Consider a light-rail system connecting the airport with some existing or proposed transportation options across the valley. Think about the potential of connecting Southern Nevada’s three largest convention facilities — the Las Vegas Convention Center, the expanding Mandalay Bay Convention Center and the Sands Expo Center — with an extension of the Las Vegas Monorail to Mandalay Bay and construction of a new station near the Sands. Committee members also are considering that some day the often-discussed dream of building a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California would become a reality and extending the monorail to the most likely location for a station, across Interstate 15 from Mandalay Bay, would be a necessity. Those proposals, incidentally, are all on the list of long-term improvements, viewed as possibilities between 10 and 20 years from now, or midterm improvements, occurring between five and 10 years from today. There’s no doubt the projects would be expensive, some possibly prohibitively expensive. But that’s probably what those in Orlando thought about installing a maglev line from the airport to its resort and convention corridor. If Las Vegas doesn’t start thinking about solutions to looming transportation problems, it’ll someday be looking up to the Orlandos of the world and wondering what happened. Follow @RickVelotta on Twitter. Contact reporter Richard N. Velotta at rvelotta@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3893. Posted on: Conventions, Economy, Gaming & Hospitality Maverick Gaming rolls out cashless advances at Utah-Nevada ... Sands recognized for ECO360 Global Sustainability Program BY STAN HANEL LAS VEGAS BUSINESS PRESS Gaming experts see good times ahead

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Connecticut Health Investigative Team (https://c-hit.org/2015/11/06/game-teaches-sexual-safety-is-nothing-to-play-with-2/) Game Teaches Sexual Safety Is Nothing to Play With By Cara Rosner | November 6, 2015 Subscribe to Women's Health Researchers at Yale University are testing whether a humorous card game can help young, black women reduce their chances of contracting HIV and AIDS—part of a new but growing trend examining whether games can spur health behavior changes. Played among three to five people, “One Night Stan” has players draw cards to establish sexual scenarios and then prompts players to discuss how they would react in those settings. The game, developed by play2PREVENT, a gaming lab within the Yale School of Medicine, is still a prototype, but designers are hoping to launch a video game version eventually and bring it to a broader audience. “It’s really about evaluating sexual situations and encounters,” said Kimberly Hieftje, a developer of the game who is an associate research scientist at Yale School of Medicine and deputy director of the play2PREVENT Lab. A growing number of developers, in Connecticut and nationally, are testing whether card, video, online and mobile games are effective tools for getting people to make healthier choices. “Using games for social reasons is still relatively new,” said Elena Bertozzi, associate professor of game design and development at Quinnipiac University. She also is founder of the Engender Games Group Lab, which gives Quinnipiac students and alumni opportunities to develop and program games. In her research, Bertozzi developed a game intended to persuade children to get flu shots, and most recently has been assisting the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico by developing a smartphone-based game aimed at reducing sexually transmitted diseases among homosexual men in Mexico City. There is not much data on games’ effectiveness as behavior-changing tools, she said, though early indications suggest games “can be very effective” in addressing specific problems among a targeted demographic. Increasingly, game developers are making a concerted effort to collect data about games’ outcomes, for example, tracking whether game play makes players more likely to have safe sex, Bertozzi said. Women's Health Research at Yale Photo. Players test “One Night Stan.” Games, particularly ones that integrate some type of personal narrative, have been shown to spur health behavior changes among players, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), but further research into their effectiveness is needed. A 2009 NIH study examined the impact 25 health-related video games had on those who played them and found most people “demonstrated positive health-related changes from playing.” The most successful games were interactive, had a specifically tailored message, had a “moral” and told a story, according to NIH. “One good thing about play is it’s a way of getting around embarrassment and shame,” Bertozzi said, noting people seem more open to discussing personal topics as part of a game. “Knowledge is power, and a lot of people don’t have good information about sexual practices and that’s one of the reasons they make poor decisions.” People who have played Yale’s “One Night Stan” have been very receptive to its health-related messaging, more so than they would if it were presented differently, said Dr. Lynn Fiellin, associate professor of medicine at the Yale Child Study Center and director of the play2PREVENT Lab. “Games are particularly engaging and interactive,” she said. “You hope that not only are they more engaged but the content really sticks.” In “One Night Stan,” each player picks a card with a man’s name on it and another card telling her where she met the man. Subsequent cards give the player additional characteristics of the man and, at some point, she must decide whether or not to sleep with him. Should she opt to have unprotected sex, there are consequences. The game is geared for black women between the ages of 18 to 25. Women from Greater Bridgeport, through a partnership with the University of Bridgeport, and women from Greater New Haven tested the game in pilot groups. The game sparked real, serious conversations about sexual safety among players in the pilot groups, Hieftje said. “The goal is to empower women to insist their partners wear condoms and get tested for HIV,” Hieftje said. “We wanted to make this a humorous game. We wanted it to be fun and engaging.” Of the estimated 47,500 new HIV infections in the United States in 2010, women made up 20 percent, or 9,500 of the new infections, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). When comparing groups by race, and other factors, new cases among black women totaled 5,300 (64 percent) compared with 1,800 (18 percent) among whites and 1,400 (15 percent) among Hispanics/Latinos, the CDC reports. Other sexually transmitted diseases also are more prevalent among black women than other races. In 2013, the rate of chlamydia among black women was roughly six times higher than that among white women, according to the CDC, while gonorrhea rates were 12 times higher in black women than in whites. Hieftje said she is encouraged by the early results of card game, adding that players reported the game prompted them to get tested for HIV/AIDS and to ask their sexual partners to get tested. “The game actually was changing attitudes, knowledge and even behavior,” Hieftje said. So far, development of the game has been funded by a grant from Women’s Health Research at Yale, an independent center within Yale School of Medicine. Focus groups ended last December and developers have spent the months since exploring funding options to finalize the prototype version of the card game and develop a video game. This is not the first game the Yale lab has developed to address risky sexual behavior. In 2009, play2PREVENT created a game aimed at helping teens reduce their HIV risk. That game, called PlayForward: Elm City Stories, was piloted among more than 300 youths in Greater New Haven and participants are being tracked—against a control group that played typical puzzle games—to see whether playing the game has impacted their sexual behavior, Fiellin said. Video Games Aim To Reduce Risky Behavior Among Teens, Young Adults Women’s health is the next frontier for a team of medical researchers at Yale who believe video games can be powerful tools in the fight against HIV and other serious diseases. For the last several years, Yale’s Play2Prevent lab has been a hub of collaboration between doctors and computer programmers testing the capacity of games to educate users and, perhaps, even change risky behavior. 3 thoughts on “Game Teaches Sexual Safety Is Nothing to Play With” lisalake on November 18, 2015 at 6:40 am said: Shamefully pathetic and degrading… in 2015 this is what we get from “prestigious” medical researchers and think tanks… just painful. Grants for games. Kira Sullivan-Wiley on November 19, 2015 at 4:04 pm said: I disagree. There is nothing pathetic about research on identifying effective ways to educate and encourage less risky behavior. What’s painful is the reality of the differences in disease transmission rates in different populations in 2015. Research that figures out how to reduce these rates and help people to make healthier choices should get more funding, not less. Thomas Heinzen on May 30, 2016 at 8:46 am said: Yes, this is what we get from “prestigious” medical researchers or any other kind of researcher interested in penetrating the range of human motivations. Humans have been playing serious games for centuries, probably since pre-history, so it is about time we started tapping into what humans already love to do.

Connecticut Health Investigative Team (https://c-hit.org/tag/able-bodied-adults-without-dependents/) Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Stricter Rules For SNAP Would Hurt Those That Need It Most By Colleen Shaddox | June 20, 2019 Wanda Perez considers the price and nutritional value of everything she puts in her shopping cart, as the New Haven woman relies on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy groceries and is trying to eat healthy to manage multiple chronic illnesses. Just over 364,000 people receive SNAP benefits in the state, a number that has decreased about 4.7% in the past year. “I try to stay on top of everything that’s going on,” said Perez, a member of Witness To Hunger, which organizes SNAP users to speak about food policy and poverty. Perez lives on just over $700 in disability assistance a month, plus $192 in SNAP. Though her SNAP benefits are safe for now, proposed federal rule changes could push other Connecticut users off SNAP.

European Futsal Association I EFA INTERCONTINENTAL FUTSAL CUP 2017 II EFA INTERCONTINENTAL FUTSAL CUP 2017 III EFA INTERCONTINENTAL FUTSAL CUP 2018 IV EFA INTERCONTINENTAL FUTSAL CUP 2019 V EFA INTERCONTINENTAL FUTSAL CUP 2022 EFA INTERCONTINENTAL FUTSAL CUP 2020 EFA WOMEN´S INTERNATIONAL FUTSALCUP 20 Founded in the Basque Country on August 10th 2016 and registered on November 26th 2016, the European Futsal Association (EFA), has its headquarters in Vitoria - Basque Country). The European Futsal Association (EFA), held his first Congress on April 1st, 2017 in Barcelona, The European Futsal Association Congress elected Juanjo Bernal Cirre from Basque Country as EFA President. The philosophy of our entity, is to promote the Independent Futsal without exclusions, being able to participate in free international events all kinds of clubs, teams or national teams, without having into account the National or International Entity to which they belong. The main tournament of the EFA is the Open EFA World Intercontinental Cup of Futsal, (Club’s World Futsal Cup), in which participating teams come from all over the world. The first edition was held, 2nd to 7th May 2017 in Granollers (Barcelona - Spain). The second edition of the EFA World Intercontinental Futsal Cup was held 6th - 10th June 2017 in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country - Spain). The third edition of the EFA World Intercontinental Futsal Cup was held, 14th to 19th May 2018, in Lloret de Mar (Girona - Spain). The fourth edition of the EFA World Intercontinental Futsal Cup was held, 6th to 11st May 2019, in Lloret de Mar (Girona - Spain). The fifth edition of the EFA World Intercontinental Futsal Cup what was going to be celebrated from 11st to 16th May 2019 in Astana (Kazakhstan), was canceled due to the pandemic situation. The first edition of the EFA Women´s International Futsal Cup, what was going to be celebrated from 23rd to 26th September in Vitoria (Spain), was canceled due to the pandemic situation. In 2021 european Futsal Association decided not to organize any championship due to the pandemic. Finally, the fifth edition of the EFA World Intercontinental Futsal Cup will be host, 16th to 21st May 2022 in Lloret de Mar (Girona - Spain). The inscriptions are open. intercontinentalfutsalcup1@gmail.com Contact EFA Website by... European Futsal Association Social Media EFA World Intercontinental Futsal Cup Social Media

Who is Community Action? What is a Community Action agency? Community Action is unique! Virtually every county in the United States has a Community Action agency - which is a local organization charged by the federal government with the sweeping mission of fighting poverty. We help ensure a safety net for low-income individuals and families, but even more importantly, we create opportunities for people to move from poverty to independence. We address local causes and conditions of poverty with input from our entire community, including the low-income people we serve. We are distinct from other local organizations and nonprofits in several ways. First, we are governed by a volunteer tripartite Board of Directors. Our Board has equal representation from the low-income community, local elected officials, and a wide array of public and private community stakeholders. We conduct a comprehensive assessment of needs in our community, which then guides our decisions about programs and services. This assessment identifies the causes and conditions of poverty in our region, along with the barriers to self-sufficiency, and innovative ways to address these issues. As a result, we provide a holistic and comprehensive response to the full range of challenges facing low-income people. Everything we do is through partnerships with numerous public and private sector organizations. We know that local communities benefit from a broad but coordinated range of resources and initiatives, which also include volunteers donating their time and talent. We are a trusted organization with long-standing relationships and deep roots in our community. Our flexibility and close ties to the community make us able to respond quickly to emergent needs. The mission of Tri County Community Action is build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty. That we all live in a community free from poverty. Community Action changes peoples’ lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves, and each other.

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Most Expensive Areas in Luxembourg Luxembourg is a tiny country in Western Europe, but don’t let the small size fool you, this is a very affluent and important place. It’s the seat of the European Court of Justice, one of the EU’s capitals and one of the richest places in Europe, per capita. Just like Switzerland, this is a multilingual country, with a lot of affluent Europeans moving in. However, some parts of Luxembourg are richer and more expensive than others, and we have the list of the richest: Kirchberg is located in the North-Eastern part of Luxembourg-city. This district is dominated by the EU institutions, like the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Investment Banks, and a few other large Institutions and corporations. It’s a very international and affluent area, where seeing someone wearing a suit and tie is more common than jeans and a t-shirt. If you are a fan of politics, law, or the history of the European Union, this is a must-see area of Luxembourg. Per square meter, very few places in Europe how so much power. Cessange Cessange is a south-western district in Luxembourg, best characterized as a suburban and residential neighborhood. When it comes to tourist landmarks, there isn’t much to explore here, but it is a great place to raise a family. The district is away from the city center of Luxembourg, so you have a much more rural vibe. The only thing you can do here, except for life in a nice house, is to take a walk around the fields outside of the city. When most people hear ‘Bel Air’ they think of the extremely rich LA suburb. But Luxembourg has one, located just to the west of the city center. Of course, Luxembourg isn’t a huge city, but being close to the action is often preferable, especially on a night out. The Luxembourgian Belair is a nice, quiet residential district that is well connected to the rest of the city but still remains tranquil. Check out some laptop-friendly cafes in Lisbon and Tulum Most Expensive Areas in Bucharest Most Expensive Areas in Abu Dhabi

Truckee River Gets A Transplant Of Native Lahontan Cutthroat By Chris Cocoles 10:17 am Editor's Blog 0 Comments Photo by Dan Hottle/USFWS The following press release is courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, are on track to stock more than 50,000 native Lahontan cutthroat trout into the mainstem Truckee River and in Crystal Peak Park in Verdi, Nevada, this year. A Lahontan National Fish Hatchery stocking truck pulls into Verdi Pond in Verdi, Nevada, in preparation to stock thousands of native Lahontan cutthroat trout. The stocking is done each year in the Truckee River system. Credit: Dan Hottle/USFWS The stocking is part of an ongoing effort to increase recreational fishing opportunities and to provide public awareness of decades worth of conservation efforts for the famed “monster trout.” The Lahontan cutthroat is the state fish of Nevada. The prehistoric-era lacustrine, or lake-dwelling, form of the species resides in Nevada’s Pyramid Lake, the Truckee River and Tahoe Basin. It was conserved and raised from a broodstock at the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery in Gardnerville. Over the past 20 years, the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex, where the fish are raised, has expanded partnerships with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the state of California to help raise this unique population of Lahontan cutthroat trout. Every year, tens of thousands of fish are stocked in the Truckee River Basin, so anglers from all over the world can experience the thrill of catching a unique native species. Reno, Nevada resident Benjamin Harris and his son watch as hundreds of yearling Lahontan cutthroat trout are released into Rock Park in Reno in May. Credit: USFWS Benjamin Harris, a Reno resident, and his son were lucky enough to witness a recent stocking on the city’s north side Rock Park in late May. “My son and I had a great time watching these incredible fish being moved from the big hatchery truck into the river,” said Harris. “We appreciate the opportunity the biologists gave us that day to learn more about the Lahontan cutthroat and all the hard work that’s gone into conserving it. My son and I made a lot of great new fishing memories.” Stocked fish are 8-10-inch catchable yearlings that are transported by truck from the hatchery to ponds and stream locations and released at different points along the 120-mile length of the river system between Pyramid Lake and California’s Lake Tahoe. A total of 14 locations are being stocked with roughly 40,000 destined for the Truckee River and nearly 12,000 headed for local angling ponds in Verdi and Reno. A juvenile Lahontan cutthroat trout at Lahontan National Fish Hatchery. Credit: USFWS “The Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex is excited about the ongoing opportunity to collaborate with the Nevada Department of Wildlife to provide native Lahontan cutthroat trout to recreational anglers in the area,” said Lisa Heki, the complex’s project leader. “The re-establishment of this beautiful, unique trout back in its Truckee River home is the result of decades worth of work from our dedicated tribal, state and federal fish biologists who are proud to continue to make the Truckee Basin a world-class native fishing destination.” Stocking will continue into mid-July, and the hatchery crew hopes to release up to 50,000 new cutthroat before the season winds down. Fisheries biologists encourage members of the public to visit the Truckee River for a chance to catch a world-class, native trout. Biologist Erik Horgen releases Lahontan cutthroat trout into Nevada’s Pyramid Lake. Credit: USFWS Tags:featured content

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HomePosts tagged 'Storks' Worst to Best Animated Films of 2016 Part 2 April 15, 2017 camseyeview Editorials, Lists Belladonna of Sadness, Dreamworks, Editorial, Illumination Entertainment, Justice League vs Teen Titans, Lists, Sausage Party, SING, Storks, The Angry Birds Movie, The Monkey King: Hero is Back, The Secret of Kells, Trolls, Warner Animation Group, Worst to Best Animated Films of 2016 Welcome back, everyone, to part 2 of this very long list. As usual, if you haven’t seen part 1, here is a link to it. I’m counting down the worst-to-the-best animated films that I saw from 2016, and we shall now move onto the films that are middle of the road, disappointing, and at the very least, visually interesting. 27. Monkey King: Hero is Back Want an example of one of the worst dubs that I can ever think of? This movie is the prime example of a distributor that didn’t really care about pushing out a good dub for this popular Chinese-animated CGI action flick. It sounds like they were rushing to get this out, and ignored the level of quality. Even then, a good dub wouldn’t have saved the other problems this film has, like its very Hollywoodized version of the legendary folk tale, horrible jokes, the multiple times the kid should have died but didn’t, and the better than most, but still middling animation. The fight scenes are fun to watch, and out of all the Chinese-animation schlock that Lionsgate, for some reason, likes to bring over, Monkey King: Hero is Back is watchable. It’s the most watchable one out of those films, but that doesn’t mean much when the rest isn’t worth sitting through. 26. Justice League vs. Teen Titans Man, it was kind of tough to say this was better than The Killing Joke, because I don’t like this one a lot either. Not only is the title misleading, since the Titans don’t fight the actual League members, but rather fight Trigon-possessed version of them, and get floored by them, but it also focuses way too much on quite possibly the worst character in the current DC-animated film universe, Damian Wayne. Yes, I get why he is as he is, and he does get a good fight later on in the film, but they focused way too much on the guy when it wasn’t really his story. This left the film with very underdeveloped characters that I hope get more screen-time in the upcoming Teen Titans: The Judas Contract(spoiler alert: They do.). I do like some of the characters and the scenes in Justice League vs. Teen Titans, but if this was supposed to be the one reason why we got Young Justice season 3, or anything Teen Titans-related, then I feel scammed, because I had to support a bad movie to get good stuff! 25. The Angry Birds Movie Talk about a film that had no reason to be anything but terrible, and ended up a rather decent experience. While I don’t think it’s a great movie, it probably had more effort put into its writing and characters, than any of the previous films on this list. For the most part, I still enjoyed the film’s dialogue, the jokes, and Red and his cohorts were fun to watch. Yeah, everything starts to dissolve into terrible film tripe when the pigs show up, the Mighty Eagle played by Peter Dinklage was pointless and easily the worst part of the movie beyond the celebrity cameos, but by the end, I was enjoying myself due to the voice work. While definitely a mediocre film, it’s the best video game adaptation to have come out to put a lot of the video game film adaptations to shame. 24. The Secret Life of Pets While I’m fine with this film doing well in the box office, since it shows “original” films can do well, The Secret Life of Pets still feels so painfully average. It doesn’t do anything in its story well, but it’s not bad either in what it does. I can see why people were so upset with this film’s success, due to how unoriginal and bland it can be. It also doesn’t help that it had 100 different characters who had no real personality to them. Everything was well voice acted and animated well, but the writing was weak, and the characters needed more time to either be fleshed out or taken out of the film altogether. While definitely leagues better than most films from 2016, The Secret Life of Pets will be yet another example of Illumination Entertainment having a great idea, but no noteworthy execution of said idea. 23. Trolls Honestly, this film was much higher on the list at one time. I loved the art style, the animation, the voice work, and some of the fairytale-style ideas. I also loved the idea of happiness that it attempted to show throughout the film. Because of all this, it rose above such horrible first impressions with that very first teaser trailer. However, as time went on, I kept bumping it down the list. It might have great ideas, but it never takes full advantage of them. About 80% of the characters don’t have any real character to them outside of their celebrity voices, and much of this otherwise-solid movie felt very manufactured. Like, really? Did we need Gwen Stefani as one of the characters, when she barely has a voice or role? Still, it’s an enjoyable watch, but I get why some were not so happy about this film. 22. Belladonna of Sadness Yes, this one counts, since it was never released in the states, even though it came out in the 1970s. Belladonna of Sadness was the final film from this adult animated trilogy that was started by the grandfather of all anime creators, Osamu Tezuka. It’s a beautifully abstract animated film, with all the trippy sexual energy you would see in an animated films from the 70s aimed at adults. Unfortunately, due to how limited the actual animation is, and how uncomfortable the beginning of the film is, its sexual themes will probably turn off a lot of people to this film. It’s the one film I can think of where I will agree and disagree at the same time if you love or hate this movie. It’s a bizarre and interesting experience that is definitely worth checking out if you are into film or animation history. 21. Sausage Party Just like Trolls, Sausage Party was higher on the list at one point, but as usual, I thought about it and bumped it down a few pegs. It was mostly because while I found the film funny, a lot of its humor was “miss”, since I’m picky about my stoner humor, and of course, the controversy revolving around the abused animators really does bring this film down. It’s a shame, too, because there was a lot of effort put into its themes and writing, it was a hilarious parody of Pixar-style films, and it’s great that this film opened the door for more animated films to be aimed at adults. It’s still a blast to watch, but your mileage may vary depending on who you are, but hey, that’s comedy. 20. Storks This was an amusing surprise, and a sad tragedy that this film didn’t do better in terms of box office numbers. I won’t deny that I get why people are split on this film, but at the very least, I sat through the entire film and found it to be a really great comedic watch. Yes, its world-building and characters are not well fleshed out, but it had the best comedy of the comedy-based animated films of the year. It had beautiful, fast-paced animation, a great comedic cast of actors, and it’s an entertaining experience. I wish it was better, since it doesn’t reach The LEGO Movie or Shrek 2, in terms of animated comedy heights, but I’m definitely going to be watching this one again in the future. 19. SING Oh, hey, look, another Illumination Entertainment film is low on the list. While I do admire that the studio was branching out in 2016 with two new films that are not Despicable Me-related, it still had plenty of the flaws you would find in these films, with underdeveloped characters, stories, and, once again, a great crowd-pleasing idea that isn’t taken fully advantage of. It was really aggravating, because this film’s advertising was everywhere, to an extremely nauseating degree. Even then, I still had fun watching this movie. The animation was great, the designs are solid, the contestants are relatable and likable, the music is fantastic, the actors did a great job portraying their characters, and it was a film I’m glad was better than what I was thinking it would be. I always like being surprised. I just hope Illumination can step up their game with future films. That is it for Part 2 of the list, be prepared for part 3 in the future. The Other Side of Animation 74: Storks Review January 30, 2017 June 27, 2017 camseyeview Film Reviews American film, andy samberg, CGI animation, cgi film, Danny Trejo, Jennifer Aniston, Jordan Peele, Katie Crown, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelsey Grammar, Stephen Kramer Glickman, Storks, The LEGO Movie, Ty Burrell, Warner Bros. (If you like what you see, you can go to camseyeview.biz to see more of my work on video game reviews, editorials, lists, Kickstarters, developer interviews, and review/talk about animated films. If you would like, consider contributing to my Patreon at patreon.com. It would help support my work, and keeps the website up. Thanks for checking out my work, and I hope you like this review!) When The LEGO Movie came out back in 2014, it took the world by storm. It was one of the biggest films of the year, and one of the biggest surprises in movie history. Everyone thought this was going to be a cynical cash-in like Home or Minions, but it ended up being better than what anyone could imagine. The directors and writers put in their all for this one movie, and it paid off with being one of the best animated films of the decade. It also showed that just because you are based on a toy, doesn’t mean you have to be terrible. It was a huge victory for Warner Brothers, and a great start to their new redone animation branch. So, to me, Storks had a lot to live up to. Released back in 2016, Storks was released by Warner Brothers, and while not bombing, it didn’t do as well as The LEGO Movie, and got mixed reviews. You either enjoyed the movie, or you got really irritated with it. Where do I stand on this film from director duo Doug Sweetland and Nicholas Stoller? Well, let’s find out. Storks is set in a world where, well, storks don’t deliver babies to households anymore, and are more like a cartoon version of what Amazon wants to do with delivery drones and delivery-packaged goods. The lead or one of the leads is a stork named Junior, voiced by Andy Samberg, who is close to being the new boss of the company that is, as of right, now run by a stork named Hunter, voiced by Kelsey Grammar. While Junior may be close to getting the new position of boss, he is told to fire and get rid of the one human that is working there, an orphan named Tulip, voiced by Katie Crown. After some shenanigans, Junior and Tulip end up accidentally turning on the old baby-making machine (literally a machine) and, well, make a baby. It’s then up to them to get it to the family that requested it, while avoiding Hunter, a small pigeon voiced by Stephen Kramer Glickman, a pack of wolves played by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, and a stork that went rogue long ago named Jasper, voiced by Danny Trejo. So, this is a lot to take in with its comedic set-up, execution, and world. How does it all work? Well, for me at the very least, this is one of those movies that could and should have had a couple of more lookovers to polish it all out. I knew going in, that this movie would be more on the comedic side of things, and that would be okay. I’m fine when a comedy wants to be a comedy, but if you are going to add heart and soul to your comedy, it needs to be balanced out with the funny moments. I mean, think about some of the great comedies of the last two decades or so. Comedies like Hot Fuzz, Kung Fu Panda, and Shrek 2 work because while they are very funny, you still cared about the characters and what they were going through. It was icing on the cake that the movie was gut busting hilarious. At least for me, Storks doesn’t really reach that height of comedy. I don’t think its two leads, while well-voiced and can work off each other well, have the greatest of character development. You get Tulip’s drive to find her family and to make sure the baby gets to its family, but Junior doesn’t really have the best drive as a character. It doesn’t help either that it goes through a “liar’s reveal” trope, but I can give it credit that it doesn’t daudle too long on that part of the story. It also would have been nice if characters like Jasper and Hunter could have had more time to be fleshed out or be even funnier or more entertaining as characters. Even the family that the baby is supposed to be taken to, with parents played by Ty Burrell and Jennifer Aniston, should be funnier than what you get in the movie. Maybe it’s because they are fairly white bread overworked parents, but when you have those two actors, you can do more with them, and we know they can do more since both have been in fantastic animated films like The Iron Giant and Finding Dory. Now then, how is the comedy? Well, like most comedies that can be considered good or entertaining, there are some great jokes that are hilarious when done well, a few amusing jokes that make you chuckle, and some that fall flat. It’s a shame more films don’t take the route that the best comedies have taken, and pick and choose their jokes and not fall onto some of the more popular tropes in comedies. A lot of the visual gags and lines work, due to the animation of the film, but you do hear a groaner here and there, and characters like Pigeon Toady will either be annoying or hilarious depending on whom you are as an individual. Now, the film does try to cover up some plot holes by being very meta about it, with characters literally asking why these things exist, and that became fairly distracting. To me, meta humor is starting to slowly hit that point where it’s less about being very funny and clever, and more about using meta humor to hide and ignore that the story has issues. Why is the baby machine still around? Why were there storks delivering babies when there are more…natural ways of having babies? Why did the incident with Tulip shut down everything in terms of baby delivery? Why is the ‘off button’ behind a bunch of razor blades? I know when it comes to cartoon comedies, you have to just go with the flow, but the meta humor rides the line of covering up lazy world-building and writing. Now, that is not to say that I hate this movie. I know I just criticized it a whole bunch, but I found Storks to be an incredibly entertaining ride. The animation is great, it’s the right kind of fast, it helps the physical comedy hit it out of the park multiple times, and it’s got great designs. This is the same studio that did Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and it looks so much better than what the studio had to do with in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. Seriously, watch that movie and tell me that you see how cheap it looks compared to the original Cloudy film. Anyway, the voice cast also does a fantastic job. Sure, you get some pretty solid performances from some of the actors like Ty Burrell and Jennifer Aniston, and a majority of the cast sounds very engaged with their performances. I also give Warner Brothers so much credit for casting an actual honest-to-goodness voice actress for Tulip. Tulips’ actress, Katie Crown, is an actress most known for her role as Izzy from the Total Drama franchise. It’s just so rare that actual voice actors get major roles in animated films. It could have been so easy to just get a bubbly big-name actress to do this role, but they pretty much said “screw that”, and got an honest-to-gravy voice actress. As for a comedic cast, it’s really solid stuff. Andy Samberg, Keegan Michael Keye, Jordan Peele, Kelsey Grammar, Stephen Kramer Glickman, Danny Trejo, and Katie Crown all work off each other well and have some pretty great chemistry. For the comedy itself, I was laughing at multiple points in the movie, from the introduction of Key and Peele’s wolf characters, to the encounter with the penguins. Storks brings in very much “out there” brands of comedy that you would see in a Looney Toons short. I mean, it is Warner Brothers, they should know how this all works by now. Even the somewhat boring white bread family gets some great lines, but that should be no surprise, due to Ty Burrell and Jennifer Aniston being used to flexing their comedic muscles before. Storks might be a bit clunky in the world-building and story department, but it brings in so many laughs that it pretty much makes for an enjoyable ride. However, do I understand why it didn’t do well in the box office, and why critics were split on the film? Of course I do. I might like the film and recommend it for a good fun animated comedy, but you should be able to understand when someone else couldn’t get into it. Still, if you feel like you are in the mood for a comedy that’s less reliant on raunchy comedy and stock humor, Storks is that comedy. Well then, it’s time we look at films from 2017, and we shall start with Nerdland. Thank you for reading. I hope you all enjoyed the article, and I will see you next time.

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Value-based Procurement is Changing the Conversation in a Single-payer System Neil Fraser, president of Medtronic Canada and regional vice-president – Canada, Medtronic plc In Canada, I am often asked to speak about value-based procurement. Given our single-payer... Neil Fraser, president of Medtronic Canada and regional vice-president – Canada, Medtronic plc In Canada, I am often asked to speak about value-based procurement. Given our single-payer provincial healthcare systems in Canada, the importance of getting procurement right here is profound. I’m interested in the topic because it can help improve patient access to new therapies (e.g., leadless pacemakers and stent retrievers for stroke), and it could potentially serve as an enabler for value-based healthcare models. VALUE DEFINED Value is defined as patient outcomes relative to the cost to deliver those outcomes. Value-based procurement then is making purchasing decisions that consider how a product or solution can best deliver the outcomes being measured and reduce the total cost of care — rather than focusing exclusively on purchasing a specific product at the lowest possible price. FROM DOCTORS TO PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS For context, 10 years ago, physicians decided what medical device was right for their patients.1 For example, if a patient needed a pacemaker, his or her doctor might consider factors such as age and the likelihood of needing an MRI. To curb the rising cost of healthcare and standardize the process of procurement, hospitals have since relied more heavily on procurement professionals to make purchasing decisions. The consequence is that a doctors’ ability to get his or her patients access to a given pacemaker — e.g., a leadless pacemaker — is dependent on the outcome of a tender. Healthcare procurement professionals tend to work in isolation from the clinical environment, physically removed from what the hospital is doing. Over time the focus on cost reduction has been taken to such an extreme that clinical benefits and long-term value is often deprioritized for the sake of short-term savings. Progressive health systems in Canada are starting once again to include physicians in decision-making to better understand the usability and clinical outcomes of products and services. At the same time, hospitals and procurement organizations are trying to better understand the concepts of value-based healthcare. And at Medtronic, we are committed to bringing together key stakeholders — from procurement professionals to patient advocates — to help ensure our products and services are benefitting the entire system. This is the case in Ontario, where innovative procurement models have emerged thanks, in part, to the emergence of competitive dialogue, which allows hospitals to go to tender for a solution (rather than just a product). Competitive dialogue also means they can discuss that solution with suppliers during the tender process. Here are three things you can do to better understand innovative procurement: Read the story of the first hospital in Ontario to leverage this new model, Southlake Regional Health Centre, here. Watch a 5-minute masterclass on innovative procurement from Gary Ryan, former chief innovation officer at Southlake. Read CAHO’s latest report(opens new window on myths about procurement in Ontario. Implementing value-based healthcare and procurement is challenging. But it is possible. For Medtronic, it is integral to achieving our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. More importantly, the patients we serve deserve it. Neil Fraser. Neil Fraser is the president of Medtronic Canada and regional vice-president — Canada, Medtronic plc. He is also the chair of MEDEC, a board member of Baycrest Health Sciences, and member of the Federal Health and Biosciences Economic Strategy Table (ISED/Health). In 2014, he was a member of the federal advisory panel on healthcare innovation and the Ontario Health Innovation Council. Neil is a frequent speaker on the topics of value-based procurement, outcomes-based healthcare, and the medical device sector’s role in improving clinical outcomes, economic value, and access to quality healthcare.

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drjudywood.com Judy Wood Dr. Judy Wood earned a Ph.D. Degree from Virginia Tech and is a former professor of mechanical engineering. She has research expertise in experimental stress analysis, structural mechanics, deformation analysis, materials characterization and materials engineering science. Her research has involved testing materials, including complex-material systems, in the area of photomechanics, or the use of optical and image-analysis methods to determine physical properties of materials and measure how materials respond to forces placed on them. Her area of expertise involves interferometry in forensic science. She taught graduate and undergraduate engineering classes and has authored or co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed papers and journal publications in her areas of expertise. In the time since 9/11/01, she has applied her expertise in materials science, image analysis and interferometry, to a forensic study of over 40,000 images, hundreds of video clips, a large volume of witness testimony, analyses of dust samples, seismic data, and the analysis of other environmental evidence pertaining to the destruction of the World Trade Center complex. Dr. Wood has conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation of what physically happened to the World Trade Center site on 9/11. And, based on her analysis of the evidence she gathered, in 2007, she filed a federal Qui Tam case for science fraud against the contractors who contributed to the official National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report about the destruction of the World Trade Center towers. This case was filed in the US Supreme Court in Dec 2009. To this day, Dr. Wood’s investigation and body of evidence as compiled in her book is the only comprehensive forensic investigation in the public domain. WHERE DID THE TOWERS GO? is not a book of poetry, yet it has some beautiful prose. It is not a novel yet it tells a complete story. It is not a photography book, yet the pictures will grab you. It is not just a text book, yet its data is empirical and it teaches critical thinking. It is not the Bible yet it will be one of the most important books you will ever read. B.S. (Civil Engineering, 1981) (Structural Engineering),Dr. Wood received her M.S. (Engineering Mechanics (Applied Physics), 1983), and Ph.D. (Materials Engineering Science, 1992) from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her dissertation involved the development of an experimental method to measure thermal stresses in bimaterial joints. She has taught courses including Experimental Stress Analysis, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (Strength of Materials) Strength of Materials Testing Judy D. Wood is a former professor of mechanical engineering with research interests in experimental stress analysis, structural mechanics, optical methods, deformation analysis, and the materials characterization of biomaterials and composite materials. She is a member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), co-founded SEM’s Biological Systems and Materials Division, and has served on the SEM Composite Materials Technical Division. From 1999 to 2006 Dr. Wood has been an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. Before moving to Clemson she spent three years as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. One of Dr. Wood’s research interests is biomimicry, or applying the mechanical structures of biological materials to engineering design using engineering materials. Other recent research has investigated the deformation behavior of materials and structures with complex geometries and complex material properties, such as fiber-reinforced composite materials and biological materials. Dr. Wood is an expert in the use of moiré interferometry, a full-field optical method that is used in stress analysis, as well as materials characterization and other types of interference. In recent years, Dr. Wood and her students have developed optical systems with various wavelengths and waveguides. Dr. Wood has over 60 technical publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings, and edited monographs and special technical reports. Dr. Wood started to question the events of 9/11 on that same day when what she saw and heard on television was contradictory and appeared to violate the laws of physics. Since that day she has used her knowledge of engineering mechanics to prove that the collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers could not have happened as the American public was told.

Outcomes and Investments: 10 Opportunities to Partner with Enrollment By Billie Streufert Colleges and universities across the country are facing many challenges and enrollment is usually high on the list. Fewer students are able to pay for the ever-rising costs of higher education, while the number of high school graduates has been gradually declining and will continue in this trajectory until 2014/2015 (Higher Education Research Institute, 2010). Couple this with more aggressive and sophisticated marketing from peer institutions and it is the perfect combination for an increasingly competitive market. It is time for career services professionals to develop strategies and mobilize in response to these challenges. Given the scarcity of resources and the fact that the operating budgets of many institutions are dependent on tuition, we cannot afford to delay. The following is a list of opportunities for collaboration with the Enrollment or Admissions function on your campus. Outcome Data - When prospective students were asked to rate the factors that were influential in their selection of a college, 56.5 percent of respondents identified graduates’ employment status as very important. Thirty-six percent also selected alumni’s acceptance into top graduate programs (Higher Education Research Institute, 2010). At a minimum, our partnership with Enrollment should include following-up with graduates to identify if their degree helped them achieve their professional goals and secure satisfactory employment. Without this transparency, students may be unable to determine their interest in an institution. Facebook, LinkedIn and electronic survey systems have made this data collection even easier. Alumni & Student Profiles - In addition to quantitative data, we need to provide a face and a story. During the data collection, we can identify graduates who are working at noteworthy organizations or who were admitted into prestigious graduate/professional school programs. Geographical Advantage – Admissions not only markets the institution, but also the surrounding community. We can help them gain a competitive advantage over peer institutions by sharing information on professional job and internship opportunities. Vibrant communities may also provide more networking activities, as well as opportunities for students to confirm their major through job shadowing or externships. All of this information will capture the interest of prospective students and their families. Employer Feedback – Testimonials from reputable organizations that have sponsored interns or hired students can confirm the quality of our degree programs. We also have access to extensive employer surveys from our professional associations and media sources that confirm the needs of organizations and demonstrate the necessity of a college degree. Undecided Students – Some students struggle to select a college because they are unsure of their major. Career Services can not only normalize and reframe this uncertainty, but can also outline the many resources that exist to help them discover their career goals. Part-time Employment – In the current economic climate, affordability is also an influential factor in many students’ decision. Students who do not qualify for work study or who need to augment their financial aid package with part-time employment will need our help locating jobs, writing resumes and preparing for interviews. Personal Attention – It is one thing for Admissions to state that the faculty and staff care deeply about their students; it is quite another for students to experience it. Our most valuable resource is often a simple one: ourselves. We are trained to build rapport quickly with others and respond to their needs. This personal attention communicates to students that they are more than a number – they are a priority. Distinguishable Values – As the market becomes more competitive, we can help Admissions identify the attributes that make our university unique. For example, on my own campus, I have found that I am able to demonstrate the professional value of a liberal arts degree. Elaborate on some of the aspects of your institution which provide a career advantage. Co-sponsored events – If we host an event such as an alumni or employer panel, we should consider extending an invitation to prospective students or planning it around campus visits. It not only demonstrates the quality programming that occurs on campus, but prospective families are often interested in these topics. We can also volunteer to present during campus visits and tours, accepted student days or registration events. Professional Development – Finally, we can share information periodically with the Admissions team. Helping a student select a college is not that different from helping an individual choose a major or decide between job offers. Whether it is labor market trends, occupational requirements, salary surveys, or decision-making theory, we have expertise to share. Not only will a partnership advance the mission of Admissions, it will also help us leverage the objectives of our own department. Admissions may be willing to split the cost of a publication or advocate for a different physical location for our office so it can be showcased during campus tours. They can also communicate early messages to our future students about career planning and the resources available to them. In the book Involving Colleges, George Kuh and his associates called this “anticipatory socialization”, and it certainly will make our work less reactive and more effective. If you do not already have a strong alliance with Admissions, take action. Share this article with a colleague in Admissions and begin to engage in a meaningful discussion about future opportunities today. Higher Education Research Institute (2010). The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2009. Los Angeles, CA: University of California at Los Angeles. Retrieved online on June 2, 2011 from http://chronicle.com/article/This-Years-Freshmen-at-4-Year/63672/. Kuh, G., Schuh, J., Whitt, E., & Associates (1991). Involving Colleges: Successful Approaches to Fostering Student Learning and Development Outside the Classroom. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Billie Streufert is the director of Career Services at the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. She earned her Master’s Degree in Counseling and Student Personnel from Minnesota State University and has nearly ten years of experience in career and academic planning. She may be reached at billie.streufert@gmail.com

VISION FULFILLED Over the years, CTFF has bloomed into an annual centrepiece of entertainment for hugely diverse film audiences, young and old alike. It showcases the creativity of the Caribbean Diaspora and supports emerging and established filmmakers around the world in celebrating their Caribbean heritage cultures. In 2014, Caribbean Tales Inc. received official Canadian charity status in recognition of the brand’s lasting commitment to its original educational mandate to empower and serve under-represented communities in Canada; and to engage the interests and fuel the imaginations of young people of Caribbean heritage. Thus, they will be inspired to seek and find larger career possibilities. Today, CTFF stands on a firm business footing. It will continue to play a key role in strengthening the Caribbean film industry worldwide as the CaribbeanTales Media Group expands its reach and builds sustainable markets for indigenous films that contribute to the Caribbean’s global competitiveness. THE CARIBBEANTALES MEDIA GROUP The CaribbeanTales Media Group, based in Barbados and Toronto, is a group of companies that creates, produces, markets and sells Caribbean-themed audio-visual content. The Group includes: CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution – the first and only company dedicated to the production / marketing / sales of Caribbean-themed audiovisual content worldwide. The CTWD Catalogue has over three hundred titles to date. CaribbeanTales Inc. — a Registered Canadian Charity with an educational mandate to regularly screen Caribbean-themed films from across the Diaspora within Canadian neighbourhoods dominated by young people of Caribbean heritage in order to engage their interest in their heritage stories and thus broaden the scope of their life aspirations. The CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) that takes place annually in Toronto in September. It is a glorious celebration of Caribbean-themed films from all over the world and a key marketing and acquisitions event based on the CTWD Catalogue. The CaribbeanTales Incubator Program is hosted each year at CTFF. This unique filmmaker training program further enables the development of viable Caribbean-themed content for the international marketplace. It also provides lots of opportunities for established and emerging filmmakers to forge optimistic relationships for future work. CaribbeanTalesFlix – Established in 2013, this company was launched with the production of Kingston Paradise, directed by Mary Wells, a filmmaker based in Jamaica who also sits on the CaribbeanTales Board of Directors. The film won the “Festival Programmer’s Award for Narrative Feature” at the 2014 Pan African Film Festival; and “Best Diaspora Film” at the 2014 Africa Movie Academy Awards. In 2013, it won the CTFF “Audience Award for Best Feature”. Kingston Paradise also went to the 2014 Cannes Film Market. CaribbeanTales­-TV is a Netflix-style Video-on-Demand platform launched in 2013 that draws on the CTWD Catalogue to provide Caribbean-themed content to viewers all over the world.

Impactful, Influential Women As we celebrate the influential women of Carlsbad it allows me to reflect and think about how thankful I am to have had so many influential women in my life. I am proud to say these individuals and many others have had a profound impact on who I am today as a person. My grandmother, Joan Jacobs, has been an example of how to use her privilege and prominence to show what it truly means to give back to her community. In partnership with my grandfather, Irwin Jacobs, they have been champions for the advancements of the arts, culture, education, and science, among many other priorities, in our city, region, and around the world. Her commitment to taking a leading role on initiatives and encouraging others to join in the cause shows the type of role model and leader she is. Her generosity is unmatched. She always remembers her upbringing and the values she was taught and makes sure to pass those lessons to the generations to come. My mother, Jerri-Ann Jacobs, has never been one to take the easy road. Amid raising four children, she still always found time to volunteer within our schools, help with projects we were working on, perform as a musician in our plays, and even coach our sports teams. Never being one to shy away from a position where the social norm didn’t allow for female participation; like the time where a few parents would not allow their sons to play on my tee-ball team because it was coached by a woman; my mom took it as a challenge to prove that she was as good if not better of a coach than the men in the league were. My wife, Amy Jacobs, always dives right into whatever project or passion she has committed to, she shares in my belief that if you are going to do something, you give it your all. One example is when San Diego hosted the 2022 JCC Maccabi Games, Amy took on the chair position for the JCC Cares program, where she organized the over 2,500 athletes in community service projects all over the county; all while caring for our, at the time, 6-month-old daughter. My sister, Sara Jacobs, continues to prove that young women are the future of our country and world. She became the youngest US Congressperson to ever represent California and continues to fight for women’s rights including healthcare and childcare reform. My two younger siblings who I want to take the opportunity to recognize and acknowledge are my trans-brother and gender fluid sibling, whose bravery and toughness continues to have a profound influence on my life. My business partner and friend, Erin Scheriff, has been a thriving example of leadership. In addition to proving she and other women belong in the business world, she has become a leader in her role on the Century Club, where she works tirelessly to make sure women and other minorities are represented in the game of golf and beyond. My 1-year-old daughter, Aylana Jacobs, continues to be my reminder of what we are all working towards: ensuring she and future generations continue to have a better, healthier, and more equitable future. The women of our community deserve our praise and admiration for the people that they are. While an article doesn’t even come close to recognizing all of their achievements, my hope is that we can inspire others to identify and thank the influential women in their life.

From meme to meteoric rise: The story of GameStop and the stock market By Matt Tantillo and Brandon Alter | Feb 5, 2021 GameStop has been the focus of both short-sellers and the subreddit WallStreetBets in the last month. Photos by: Matt Tantillo GameStop’s company slogan is “Power to the Players,” but in mid-January, the company found new players it was never expecting: investors. On Jan. 12, GameStop’s stock price closed at $19.95, a one-cent or .05% increase from the day before. The stock was cheaper than the cost of buying Minecraft for the Xbox One. When the closing bell sounded the next day, the price had jumped 57.39% to $31.40 per share. New players had arrived, and they came in the form of a forum on Reddit called WallStreetBets. WSB saw that hedge funds like Melvin Capital Management “shorted” GameStop, meaning they made a bet that the stock price would go down, rather than up. In order to bet against a stock, hedge funds borrow shares and sell them. They hope to then buy them back at a lower price and return them to the lender, making a profit in the process. In retaliation, WSB investors decided to do the exact opposite. Instead of lowering the price of GameStop stocks, WSB banded together to buy as many stocks as they could, raising the price per stock and forcing the short-sellers to pay billions of dollars for their lost “bet.” It may seem like short-sellers profit off the pain of others, but Chao Jiang, an assistant professor in the finance department at the Darla Moore School of Business, believes people — most notably those in WSB — are forgetting their overall purpose in the market. “I think there is a general misunderstanding about what short-sellers do,” Jiang said. “What these guys do is they pick the overvalued stocks, short the stocks and push the price down to a fair value. People make money when the price goes down, but most likely, the price was too high.” The GameStop stock price continued to soar. By Jan. 22, the price was $65.01 more than its previous record close of $62.20 on Dec. 28, 2007. Jereme Hines, 23, quickly began to feel some regret. Although he was a member of WSB, he did not hop aboard what he once considered a “meme train.” “[I] fully regret it,” he said. “But honestly, for me, it was just about seeing how far they would take it and still taking it. It is fun to watch.” His fun became Melvin Capital’s worst nightmare. On Jan. 26, the stock had increased fivefold from what it was just two weeks prior as it surpassed the $100 threshold. It didn’t stop there. The stock price would hit its high of $483 shortly after 10 a.m. on Jan. 28. Those who got in on the ground floor exited at the penthouse as they capitalized on the record gains. “I know people who made a lot of money,” said Ian Walters, a first-year business management major. “One of my suitemates’ friends is going to pay off his student loans with GameStop. He made, like, over $100,000. It’s pretty wild.” The following morning, Robinhood, the platform that some investors use to purchase shares, announced it was going to restrict trading of multiple companies, including GameStop and others in the sights of WSB. Many felt outraged and betrayed by a company whose supposed goal was to “democratize finance for all.” “I think that it was kind of catered to be more like anyone can download it on their phone and use it to trade stocks,” said Ben Persohn, a first-year international business major. “Now that they’re limiting it, I don’t agree with that because your whole thing was for the average person.” Although traders weren’t pleased with this decision, some see where Robinhood was coming from in its decision making. “I think it [Robinhood limiting the buying of stocks from certain companies affected] was probably a good thing,” Walters said. “It probably needed to slow down. It was something that maybe needed to happen in the market just to give all the big companies a check, but I don’t think it should happen again, personally.” After a backlash, Robinhood slowly started lifting restrictions. On Feb. 2, long after many angry traders had abandoned the platform, Robinhood allowed traders to buy 100 stocks of GameStop, up from its previous limitation of 20 shares. By that time, the stock was plummeting. It reached a low of $74.22 around 11 a.m. after Robinhood began to lift its restrictions. It closed at $90.21, a 74.04% decrease from the time of closing just five days prior. “As a brokerage firm, we have many financial requirements, including U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) net capital obligations and clearinghouse deposits. Some of these requirements fluctuate based on volatility in the markets and can be substantial in the current environment. These requirements exist to protect investors and the markets,” Robinhood said in a blog post. It wasn’t long after the easing of restrictions that the price rebounded. This prompted conclusions from some that the restrictions were a large reason the stock dropped. “It is very clear to me that there is a serious discrepancy between who gets to use the stock market one way and [who gets to use it] another way,” Hines said. The stock price opened at $112.65 on Feb. 3 as traders were able to capitalize on the easing of restrictions and the movement to different platforms. What’s next remains unknown. In the wake of the market frenzy, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met Thursday with officials from the SEC and other regulators to discuss market volatility. What is known is that Melvin Capital lost billions of dollars, with CNBC reporting that it lost 53% in the month of January. They aren’t the only ones. Some people who boarded the train long after it left meme station put up hundreds of dollars expecting the stock price to continue to soar, only for the money to vanish within hours. “The biggest thing for me is, this is a meme,” Hines said. “It might have led to some consequences for Melvin Capital, but that’s only one stock market trader. There are literally thousands of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. This is literally a drop in the bucket.” Jereme Hines, 23, regrets not investing in GameStop before it took off. The stock market attracted savvy new investors as GameStop trended on social media and created volatility. Following the company’s decision to restrict trading on stocks targeted by WallStreetBets, many have chosen to stop trading with the Robinhood app. PreviousColumbia brewing industry grows amid relaxed regulations NextColumbia residents share their playbook on celebrating the Super Bowl

Amir Hadziomeragic NERMIN ORUČ WOJCIECH PACZYNSKI 01 Jul 2006 - 01 Feb 2007 Advisory, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe, international trade, Macroeconomics and macroeconomic policy, Post-communist transition and development issues, Trade, economic integration and globalization Bosnia and Herzegovina: Analysis of Free-Trade Agreements and Policy Measures for Enhancing their Effectiveness This project carried out an in-depth analyses the functioning of free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with its regional partners in the SEE Stability Pact process (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro). The ensuing policy recommendations aim at boosting the trade potential between Bosnia and Herzegovina and its regional partners. These recommendations are applicable to the new multilateral trade agreement (CEFTA 2006) that was signed by South east European countries in December 2006. The full report was published in CASE Network Reports No. 69: Regional Free Trade Agreements of Bosnia and Herzegovina: analysis and policy recommendations

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GOOD FOR THE SOUL Catherine’s Work and Words Awesomeness in the World Delightfully Unexpected Post author By catherinewemette No Comments on Delightfully Unexpected Over the weekend, my husband pointed out an article in the Washington Post, “How Kathmandu’s ‘kung fu nuns’ sprang into action after the quake.” It’s a quick read, and absolutely worth the time. These Buddhist nuns have been studying kung fu for about four years, not with the intent of fighting, but applying their learnings in ways that you wouldn’t expect. “The nuns began learning kung fu from a Vietnamese teacher in defiance of accepted gender codes in the Buddhist monastic system. But over time, they have harnessed the ancient Chinese martial art for meditation, community work, edgy campaigns against toxic waste, and for women’s empowerment and walkathons against the prevalence of plastic products in everyday life.” Most recently, they’ve used their physical and mental strength to help those affected by the horrific earthquake in Nepal. It’s easy to feel disconnected to something going on across the world and think there’s nothing we can do to help, but these nuns are a reminder that we can all have an impact in our own, and sometimes unexpected, way. And sometimes it’s a simple as that. For more on how to help those affected in Nepal, visit the Better Business Bureau’s website for accredited organizations collecting donations. Tags Creativity, Motivation, Personal Development ← Movie Therapy → Whitespace © 2023 GOOD FOR THE SOUL

Tiffany Brissette- The famous child actor from Small Wonder Who is Tiffany Brissette? Tiffany Brissette is a former child actor featured in several movies and TV shows in the 1980s. However, Tiffany is mainly known for her role in an American sitcom called Small Wonder, where she played the role of Vicky. Tiffany is a Greek name that means “Manifestation of God” or “Appearance of God.” Vicky was a Voice Input Child Identicant robot. Although Tiffany entered the entertainment industry at a young age and had a booming career in the field, she gave up on acting eventually and is said to be living a life away from all the razzle and dazzle. Here is everything you need to know about the actress and what she has been doing after retiring from her career in the entertainment industry. Tiffany Brissette Movies and TV Series Tiffany Brissette Net worth Tiffany Brissette Now Full name Tiffany Michelle Brissette Nicknames Tiff, Tiffie, Tiffy, Fanny, Fannie, etc Birthday December 26, 1974 Sun sign Capricorn Traits Positive: hardworking, ambitious, and responsible Negative: pessimistic, workaholic, and stubborn Birthplace Paradise, California, USA Currently residing Boulder, Colorado, USA Parents N/A Education San Clemente High School, Westmont College Profession Actress and nurse Hobby Singing, Classical Dancing, Concert piano, Gymnastics, Swimming, Skating, Horseback Riding Net worth USD 1 Million Social media Not Active Tiffany Brissette’s childhood photo Tiffany Michelle Brissette was born on December 26, 1974, in Paradise, California. She is a Capricorn. A Capricorn woman is hardworking, ambitious, and responsible; however, she is pessimistic, workaholic, and stubborn. Tiffany Brissette’s mother is credited for her popularity as she encouraged Tiffany to participate in several pageants and talent competitions. Tiffany completed her high school at San Clemente High School and her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Brain Science from Westmont College. The brown-eyed beauty stands 5 feet 5 inches tall. While many people would have loved to be in the limelight and reach where Tiffany was, it was not the same for her as she wanted something different from life. In an interview, she once revealed that she wanted to be an ordinary little girl. Still, her role as a robot led her to think about how a real one could change a family when asked about her support and perception of scientific organizations. Her role in Small Wonder has also led her to advocate for science education and museums like the California Museum of Science and Industry and Lawerence Center of Science and technology. Isaiah John: Bio, Career, Net worth, Son & morePeople Also Read Besides her incredible acting skills, some of Tiffany Brissette’s hobbies include singing, classical dancing, and concert piano. Likewise, according to IMDB, she also participated in the Los Angeles Marathon. Tiffany was 921st among 5312 female participants and 101st out of 545 participants of the same age as her. She also enjoys and has rated horseback riding as her number one pastime. Brissette is involved in numerous charitable events and activities. For example, she participated in telethons like Variety Club Telethon and Shriners Telethon, which aided sick and terminally ill children and benefitted children’s hospitals and burn centers. After ending her short-lived acting career, Tiffany Brissette kept a low profile regarding her personal life. Tiffany Brissette with her family People saw her last publicly in an interview with the New York Post after a story had broken out that her co-star Jerry Suprian was homeless and living under a bridge. Online sources say Tiffany is single to date; however, we cannot confirm it as she lives a very private life. Likewise, she also does not have any social media profile. So we are assuming she is still single and has not committed herself to any relationship for now. Tiffany Brissette started her career when she was only two years old. She participated in various beauty pageants and talent competitions, winning awards and titles on both local and state levels. The children’s pageant led her to commercials for companies like Jell-O Puddin’ Pops with Bill Cosby, Florida Gold orange juice, Care Bears, IBM, Beatrice Foods, Duncan Hines, Kenner, Kidco Toys, and many more. Vicki in Small Wonder Soon, she joined American Film Institute’s special called A Perfect Day for Banana Fish with Bop Hope. Tiffany Brissette officially entered the entertainment industry in 1982 when she was eight years old. Loni Love biographyPeople Also Read That year she bagged herself a role in a mini-series called “Marco Polo” and was also a voice actress in “A Women Called Golda,” a movie about the life of the fourth Prime Minister of Israel, Golda Meir. Brissette’s big break in the entertainment industry was when she appeared in a movie called Heart Like a Wheel (1983), which featured stars like Hoyt Axton and Bonnie Bedelia. In 1985, the FOX network cast Tiffany in a lead role in a television series called Small Wonders on the FOX network, where she played the role of Vicki, a child Robot. It is perhaps her most memorable role. After it ended, Tiffany Brissette did not receive good lead roles comparatively. Soon, Brissette quit her career in the entertainment industry and focused on her education. Brissette joined college to obtain a nursing degree. She then appeared for an interview on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet in 2009. In the interview, she disclosed that she voluntarily left acting to pursue an everyday life. She also revealed that she had achieved her second degree and became a registered nurse. Tiffany is now a proud nurse at Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, Colorado, United States. 1982 A Woman Called Golda Voice 1982 Marco Polo 1983 Heart Like a Wheel Little Shirley 1984 Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure Voice 1985 Webster Kathy 1985-1989 Small Wonder Vicki the Robot 1986 New Love, American Styles 1987 The adventure of Teddy Ruxpin Safety Tips Officer (voice) 1988 Fox’s Fun House 1990 Beanpole Alice Gillette 1990-1991 Equal Justice Katie Rogan 1990 Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect Winnifred Brown (voice) 1991 Parker Lewis Can’t Lose Annie Ricker 1985 Young Artist Award Best Young Actress Starring in New Television Series (Small Wonder) 1987 Young Artist Award Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Starring in Television. Comedy or Drama Series (Small Wonder) 1989 Young Artist Award Best Young Actress in a Family Syndicated Show (Small Wonder) 1990 Young Artist Award Best Young Actress in an Off-Primetime Family series (Small Wonder) As mentioned above, Brissette started her career when she was two. Since then, she has been the face of several products and was part of well-known TV series and movies when she was eight. Based on these factors, we can sum up that Tiffany Brissette earned a decent fortune while pursuing acting. Although it is not definite what Tiffany does and earns for a living today, her net worth is estimated to be around USD 1 million. Sadly, Brissette does not own any social media accounts to date. Giancarlo Giannini- The legendary Italian actorPeople Also Read Her decision to distance herself from the entertainment industry to live a regular life could be the reason for such actions. She has a LinkedIn profile. However, there isn’t much information about her besides being a nurse at Boulder Community Hospital. You can also check out Tiffany’s works and awards on IMDb. After her exit from the acting career, Tiffany is working as a nurse in Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder, Colorado, United States. Overall, Tiffany Brissette is a true example of someone who, despite having it all, wanted to live a simple life away from the limelight. What Happened To Tiffany Brissette? Tiffany Brissette left acting to live a regular life. She received another degree and became a registered nurse. The former actress works at Boulder Community Hospital in Colorado, United States. How Old Is Tiffany Brissette? Born on December 26, 1974, Tiffany Brissette is now 48 years old. Where Is Tiffany Brissette Today? Tiffany Brissette lives in Colorado, United States, where she works as a nurse. 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Lorgeril L’Orangerie Sauvignon Blanc St. George Terroir Gin 750ml [click image to zoom] image may not be actual bottle available One of a trio of new gins from this artisan distiller, this gin’s claim to fame is that it was inspired by a hike on Mt. Tam, and the distiller describes it as akin to “drinking a martini in a pine forest.” Some will find the juniper essence too strong, although it also reads as clean and bracing, and it’s laced with a peppery finish. Botanicals include Douglas fir, fennel, bay laurel and sage. A portion of the profits from the gin are donated to support California wilderness. 89 Points - Wine Enthusiast Producer: St. George Spirits Website: www.stgeorgespirits.com Type: Gin and Jenever Gin has come a long way since its infamous origins as the scourge of the working classes in 18th century in England. Once called "mother's ruin," gin and its closest relative, Jenever, enjoyed mass popularity during the early 20th century, in cocktails and punches across the globe, but declined with cocktail culture in the 60's and 70's. The international resurgence of martinis and speakeasies has led to a boom in microdistilleries producing high-quality gins for all tastes, from dry to sweet, and with all the aromatic variety of a spice market.

FeaturedPolitics Armenian military denies Azerbaijani accusations on opening fire The Armenian Ministry of Defense denied Azerbaijan’s accusations on opening fire at the border. “The Azerbaijani ministry of defense, continuing the practice of spreading disinformation about the border situation, released a statement according to which in the evening of May 11 the units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at the Azerbaijani military positions located in the eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border”, the Armenian defense ministry said in a statement. “This information has nothing to do with the reality”, the ministry said, adding that the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is relatively stable and is under the full control of the Armenian Armed Forces. Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh killed by gunfire in West Bank Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani FMs to meet in Dushanbe

Caring for children affected by HIV and AIDS Around the world, millions of children have lost one or both parents to AIDS, and millions more live with sick and dying family members. The profound trauma of losing one or both parents has devastating long-term implications, not only for a child’s well-being and development, but for the stability of some communities.AIDS is killing not only parents, but also brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, neighbours, teachers and other members of the community. It is emptying schools, wiping out families and extinguishing hope. If it takes a village to raise a child, what happens to that child when the village is besieged by the dying and the dead? © UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Bruning – Rechten van het kind Children’s Access to Employment-based Benefits