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2018 VBS Day 2
Today we:
Talked about acceptance
Learned that Jesus picked a strange guy named John to baptize him
- Why was John so strange?
- What does asperges mean? Did you like getting sprinkled?
Played with play dough and colored (preK) and made a campfire suncatcher
Tried to clean up oil from water (elementary)
- What method worked best?
- Why do people have to clean up oil in the real world?
Did a tarp "rafting" race (elementary)
Dunked treats into strawberry dip
Raised $17.72 in nickels and pennies!
- Bring dimes tomorrow


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I spy a wedding at Worcester Art Museum
Long before Prince William and lovely Kate became media darlings, the Worcester Art Museum hosted some pretty spectacular wedding gifts suitable for royalty.
WAM Director James Welu hopes anyone who didn't get invited to the April 29 royal nuptials at Westminster Abbey might check out Cornelis van Haarlem's spectacular "Wedding of Peleus and Thetis."
Painted around the late 16th century, the Dutch master's gorgeous oil painting features naked nymphs carousing around the young bride and groom displaying the sort of lusty abandon that'd make the Queen Mother blush even if it's only an allegory.
Since nearly all societies celebrate marriage as an essential human ritual, Welu said WAM's extensive collection showcases varied art from around the world depicting weddings, brides and grooms, lavish gifts and even a slice of cake.
He said one of the museum's treasures, a silver service set made by Paul Revere in 1773 -- before his "Midnight Ride" -- was commissioned by Dr. William Paine of Worcester as a wedding gift for his bride, Lois Orne.
Displayed in the Decorative Arts Gallery, it is considered one of the finest examples of craftsmanship and design by an 18th century silversmith. The original Paine service sold for 108 pounds, a princely sum in Colonial America that only the wealthiest families could afford.
Welu said several striking paintings, ceramics, pieces of jewelry and other artifacts related to weddings can be found in galleries throughout the museum. Visitors seeking specific works should ask docents for assistance, he said.
While he has no plans for donating a museum treasure to the royal couple, Welu said the museum's blown glass Peacock Feather Vase from 1900 by Louis Comfort Tiffany, now displayed in the American Decorative Arts section, would make a "spectacular gift."
Welu observed that a copper and painted enamel Sweetmeat Box from Qing Dynasty China (1644-1911) very well might have been a wedding gift because it bears the character conveying wishes for "double happiness" typically tendered at weddings. Shaped like an eight-petaled flower, the Sweetmeat Box, which is an anonymous loan, can be seen in the Chinese Decorative Arts Gallery.
Not every aristocrat about to get hitched in WAM's collection had Prince William's boy-next-door charm. For a case in point, check out Hyacinthe Rigaud's post-matrimonial "Portrait of Charles-Auguste d'Allonville, Marquis de Louville," a 1708 oil painting of the French royal with a pompadour-type wig and gaudy outfit that makes Lady Gaga look subdued.
Not all wedding-themed art on display at WAM presents marriage as the fairy tale romance the mass media has contrived for Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Welu cited Pieter Brueghel the Younger's 1623 oil painting "The Marriage Procession" for a more realistic view of tying the knot.
Painted in 1623, Brueghel's remarkably detailed tableau depicts a typical 17th century Flemish peasant couple heading to the altar, like countless others, surrounded by family and friends but no TV cameras or Victoria Beckham leading a train of glamorous celebrities.
Unlike the telegenic royal couple, Brueghel's groom, who leads the way, wears red stockings and a matching cap upon which sits a traditional wedding crown. Accompanied by two women, the stout bride trails behind looking like she has a bellyache.
Welu pointed out that in Dutch society the bride and groom -- unlike the ubiquitous William and Kate -- were kept apart before their vows to preserve their virtue. Noting art displayed at the museum reflects all aspects of life, Allison Berkeley, WAM director of communications, cited several masterpieces, created 16 centuries apart, that anticipate the ongoing political crisis in Libya and throughout the Middle East.
In a striking sandstone relief from the first century A.D., Prince Arikankharer of Kush, in what is now Sudan, towers above his enemies holding them by their topknots and hacking them with a sword while, beside him, a dog bites the face of a prostate soldier.
Berkeley said it would be natural for visitors viewing the 2,000-year-old sculpture to flash forward to Libyan despot Col. Muammar Gaddafi employing heavy weapons against civilians to maintain power in his divided kingdom.
In a prescient 16th century painting attributed only to "the Antwerp School" but reminiscent of work done by Hans Holbein the Younger, a mounted King Sapor of Persia tramples Roman Emperor Valerian after the Battle of Edessa around 250 A.D. According to historian Edward Gibbon, Sapor used the defeated emperor as a human footstool until his death and then kept his stuffed remains in Persia's grandest temple for years.
For Berkeley, the images of despotic barbarity and the emperor's humiliating downfall chronicle "history repeating itself" with disastrous consequences.
It's a message Gaddafi should heed. And maybe Prince William, too.
WHERE: Worcester Art Museum
HOURS: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month. ADMISSION: $14 adults; $12 seniors and college students with ID; and free for 17 and under. Free admission for all 10 a.m to noon on the first Saturday of the month.
INFO: 508-799-4406, www.worcesterart.org

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Winner: Marina Maher Communications - Head & Shoulders Season of the #Whiff
With the "Season of the #Whiff" campaign, Marina Maher Communications intrinsically linked Head & Shoulders to baseball, further solidifying the brand's partnership with Major League Baseball and contributing to sales 20% above the brand's original forecast.
Starting on Opening Day 2013, for every "whiff" (strikeout) across MLB during the 2013 regular season, Head & Shoulders made a $1 donation to the MLB Reviving Baseball in Inner cities (RBI) program. Fans got involved by tweeting whiffs throughout the season via #Whiff along with their favorite team's Twitter handle to rack up donations and also have the chance to win cool MLB prizes.
Part of the campaign involved Los Angeles Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson taking over the @HSforMen Twitter handle, answering fans' questions and commenting on the 2013 All-Star Game action. The campaign also tied Head & Shoulders into organic World Series conversation focused on #whiff by leveraging keyword targeting via social media posts on Facebook and Twitter, resulting in over 10K mentions of the #whiff hash tag for 24.4 million impressions. It also provided C.J. Wilson with pre-planned social media posts for deployment throughout the Series.
All 30 MLB clubs across the country participated in the campaign, and there were more than 1 billion Twitter impressions for the #whiff hashtag. On August 28 and 29, 2013 #Whiff was the #1 trending hashtag in the US.
Additional campaign results included the #Whiff hashtag receiving over 2,690,751 tweets and 212,956 contributors; a 489% increase in @HSforMen Twitter page followers throughout the entire campaign; and a 73.2 #whiff ratio, meaning for every strikeout, there were 25.1 #whiff tweets on average
Honorable Mentions:
- APCO Worldwide - U.S. Travel Association: Entry Reform Campaign
- Big Fuel and T-Mobile - T-Mobile Un-Carrier 3.0 Twitter Press Conference
- Finn Partners - Hotels.com #MyFreeNight Campaign
- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company - International Rare Disease Day Twitter Campaign
- Grand Ole Opry - Opry Engagement Inside and Out
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day 2013
- Weber Shandwick for Unilever N. America - CLEAR Scalp & Hair: #RightEnd Hair Revolution


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50 years on from the release of Rod's first album, Some Guys Have All The Luck –The Rod Stewart Story is back with a brand new show, bringing to the stage a fantastic live concert celebration of one of rock music's most successful artistes of all time.
Capturing the excitement, energy and charisma that have made Rod a true rock icon, including those infamous moves and all the hits like Handbags & Gladrags, Maggie May, Baby Jane, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy, Sailing, Tonight's The Night, The First Cut Is The Deepest, and You're In My Heart.
Walsall Arena and Arts Centre Box Office (0300 555 2898) is open Monday to Friday 10am - 2pm
Online booking is available 24 hours
Sat 15 Oct 7.30pm


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Don't blame personal life of actress for film's failure: Rani Mukerji
The actor is of the opinion that age or marital status of an actress has nothing to do with a films failure or success.
Mukerji, who is currently riding high on the success of her comeback film Hichki, says age or marital status of an actress has nothing to do with a films failure or success.
Asked if she feels that age and marital status of an actress considered detrimental in the industry, Rani said: "The success of Hichki has changed a lot of that thinking... It is important to understand that the audience is changing. They want to see a good film and a content oriented film... When you give them a good film they don't really care what your martial status is."
Rani, 40, says that the audience wants to be "entertained by films".
"What I am doing in my personal life is none of anyone's business... What I do outside my work is not really important as long as I am doing films and the roles that suit me and the roles which I feel the audience will connect with," she added.
The actress is married to Yash Raj Films's head honcho Aditya Chopra. She tied the knot in 2014 and welcomed her first child -- a daughter named Adira in 2015.
The Aiyyaa actress asserts that "so many actresses have already proven that marital status is not important".
"A film not doing well also happens to actors who are not married and who don't have babies. Just because a married actress comes back and her film is not do well lets not blame her personal life," she said.
The Mardaani actress concluded by saying: "Let's keep it casual and say that the film was not good that is why the film did not work or the film is really good and that's why the film is working."


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On Thursday night, the Giants announced they had signed free agent OF Denard Span to a three-year contract.
Jon Heyman of MLB Network said the deal was worth $31 million over those there years.
The Mets had been linked to Span during the early part of the off-season, but in late December signed another left-handed bat in Alejandro De Aza with the intention of using him in a platoon with Juan Lagares, ending the possibility of a pursuit for Span.
The Mets apparently had concerns about a long-term engagement with Span, presumably because of the health risks he comes with at age-32. That's understandable, considering he is coming off August hip labrum surgery, his third procedure in the last year.
Span was reportedly willing to workout for interested teams near his home in Tampa, Florida this month, and that was an indication other interested parties are concerned about Span's health as well, and are weary of meeting such demands.
But it's surprising the Mets wouldn't at least watch Span in some baseball activities before jumping the gun on De Aza, who seems like he should have been a mid-to-late January signing anyway.
If he is healthy, however, Span is a catalyst for the top of a lineup, and certainly would've been a better fit in center field than De Aza, who has played three games at that position since the 2013 season and was always a below-average defensive player at that position.
And Span has shown to be a winning presence, as the Nationals were 36-25 with him in the lineup in 2015, and 47-54 when he did not play.
Span doesn't draw a lot of walks, but he makes contact, has first-to-third speed, and when he's healthy, can be counted on for 200-plus total bases thanks to his ability to take advantage of big ballparks with his triples speed. Acquiring Span would have gone a long way towards improving the team's on-base percentage, and it would've allowed Curtis Granderson to be moved towards the middle of the lineup as well where his power could be much more valuable, and could help account for the loss of Yoenis Cespedes.
Contact rates and on-base percentage something the Mets have strived to improve upon this winter, evident by their pursuit of Ben Zobrist before he went to the Cubs, but haven't really accomplished in their offensive acquisitions to date.


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How biased are you?
This is a ridiculous question because nobody wants to think and moreover admit publicly that he or she has gender, race, age or any other biases. People lie and hide their real emotions. So how can we figure out their real attitude to things?
You may have already come across such abbreviations as "IAT" (Implicit Association Test), IRT (Implicit Reaction Time test), as well as such notions as priming test, implicit memory, implicit attitude, etc.
Well, these terms are common for psychology and sociology domains, but they are new for traditional market research. Recently the terms related to measuring "real" consumers' feelings, reactions and attitudes are featuring in market research articles and papers quite often. It proves that the industry has started using these new insightful approaches (GSR, EEG, ET – and many other innovative methods).
Even though scientific definitions of these approaches can sound a bit complicated, implicit tests are very insightful as they allow us to learn people's implicit attitudes and not their words. Let's see what it means and how it can be used in market research. But before moving onto implicit priming tests (IPTs) let's at first get a glimpse look at System 1 and System 2 of our brain.
Our mind consists of two systems of thinking: intuitive and analytical. These systems are responsible for our fast and slow reactions:
- System 1 (subconscious thinking) is responsible for quick, unconscious reactions
- System 2 (conscious thinking) is responsible for explicit responses, controlled reactions which require more time and mental effort.
The concept of a "binary" mind structure pertains to Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel-prize winning psychologist, who managed to explain complicated cognitive processes in a simple but concise way.
According to Kahneman, the aforementioned systems are characterized by the following:
|System 1
|System 2
|Majorly unconscious
|Requires cognitive effort
|Requires little information to make a decision
|Requires a lot of different information to make a decision
|Responsible for simple decisions
|Responsible for complex decisions
|High error probability
|Less error-prone
The implicit reaction time is very short, and according to studies, falls between ~200ms and ~600-700ms. As you may see, System 1 requires less than 1 second to generate the initial reaction to the stimuli, while System 2 even won't "plug in" within such short period of time. Faster reaction times indicate the stronger tendency to associate to objects, words or images and characteristics between each other. The implicit attitude is more "honest" because it reveals the automatic associations. Using this knowledge, psychologists designed the Implicit Association Test and its variations.
Implicit priming tests are based on our ability to create associations and react automatically. In cases where we consciously or unconsciously agree with something, we react very quickly, without thinking much. With the help of these tests, researchers capture and measure unconscious reactions of respondents to external stimuli. At the same time, if something contradicts our perception of things, we need more time to complete the same simple task.
The results of implicit priming tests are based on reaction time analysis. By comparing the reaction time with the combination of objects and their attributes, one can conclude which characteristic (beautiful, stylish, desirable or very expensive, useless) is more associated with Object A or Object B. With the help of implicit priming test, researchers can figure out real attitude of respondents both to objects (trademarks, companies, etc.) as well as politicians, political parties, celebrities, etc.
Below you will find an interesting graph, which shows that women are associated more with family than with career for the majority of people. This graph depicts the result of standard IAT.
But if we ask people directly we will have other results. According to surveys, men and women want to be successful both in career and in marriage, but subconsciously both of genders think that family is more important for women.
Let's take a closer look at how IPT works.
If you see a picture of a cow with the caption «raccoon», you will be stumbled for at least a second as your brain will disagree with what it "sees". Thus, if everything is simple, understandable and you agree with it, you react quickly while you will spend more time to adopt a decision if something contradicts your general perception of things or a particular situation.
Bearing the aforementioned in mind, let's consider an example of Implicit Priming Test conduction.
You have two buttons – with an image of a «Snake» and a «Cat». For a certain period of time, you are shown images of a snake and a cat on the screen and have to press the button with the relevant title as fast as you can. As soon as you learn to press buttons quickly enough when a certain object appears on the screen, some characteristics are added to the test, which helps to distinguish differences in the perception of these objects. Now, before every demonstration of a snake or a cat, a particular characteristic will appear on the screen for a short period of time. After that, you will be requested to push a «Cat» or a «Snake» button. For example, imagine that you see or hear the word «fluffy».
The brain will create a particular association very fast (based on the experience you obtained in course of life). The majority of respondents will start smiling as they will imagine a cute «fluffy» cat. At the moment when this association will pop-up in their brain, they will be shown a photo of a snake. You know for sure that the snake isn't fluffy, so your brain will hesitate for a couple of seconds before you will press «Snake», as it still sticks to the association created a second before – a fluffy, cute kitten. This short reaction time gap demonstrates that you applied some mental effort to make a logical conclusion (fluffy-snake-false). But if you had been shown a picture of a kitten after the word «fluffy» you would have pressed the «Kitten» button a lot faster as the combination «fluffy-kitten» is obvious for your brain.
That's how Implicit Priming Tests work. They are like games, which makes them particularly cool both for respondents and researchers.
If to apply "marketing" language, in order to identify the true attitude of respondents to tested objects (brands, political parties, art pieces, companies etc.) researchers analyze the time respondents spend to match these objects with different characteristics, such as: 'appealing or repelling', 'positive or negative', "awesome or disgusting", etc. Such tests are completed by respondents individually, in front of the PC screen. The absence of the survey as well as of an interviewer diminish the probability that a respondent will be unwilling to share his/her views or will provide false statements.
The potential of implicit tests for market research is enormous. Such tests allow to understand how a customer feels about the product even before he or she realizes his/her reaction or impression. Implicit priming tests together with other neuromarketing tools will allow you to achieve a previously unmatched quality of consumers' insights.
The implicit tests come in numerous forms and shapes and all these tests have some common advantages which make this neuromarketing tool equally relevant both for big and small companies. These are only some of them:
- The absence of survey and interviewer. People can lie about things they are biased to. Even if they don't speak with interviewer they know that their answers will be analyzed by a person. Thus, in IPTs the so-called "human factor" is absent.
- No special equipment required. You can conduct implicit tests using a smartphone or a tablet.
- User-friendly. IRTs are relatively easy to design and implement but the depth and quality of insights it provides, exceed those of more complicated research methods and tools (for example, traditional surveys).
These implicit tests will become increasingly popular among leading market research methods. And it's one of the easiest ways to try something other than traditional surveys. Biometric research is the future not only for research companies but for all startups and small businesses as well.
Are you ready to try?


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I lack consistency. I lack love. I lack devotion. I lack prayer. Pretty much everything that you need to be to be a devoted follower of Christ, I'm terrible at. My whole Christian life I've struggled with prayer. I've struggled to be consistent in my pursuit of prayer. I've struggled to make prayer a priority. And it's stunted my growth, it's stunted my faith, it's stunted my relationship with Jesus. I can't possibly be a fully devoted follower of my Jesus without prayer as an integral part. And up until now, I've lived a life of "prayerlessness," a life of worship and Bible study but a life lacking prayer.
Bottom line is, prayer isn't an optional part of being a follower of Jesus, it never has been.
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. {Acts 2:42}
Prayer is the most optimal resource to us as Christians. Prayer is our access to the Holy Spirt, prayer is our access to God Himself. Prayer allows us to worship our Father, it allows us to seek after Him, to know Him more. Prayer allows us to be broken, to be needy, to be grateful, to be angry, to rejoice, to grieve, to request, to praise. Prayer is the place that gives us the freedom for Jesus to meet us right where we're at, for Him to show us grace, for Him to know our hearts like He so desires, for us to talk to our Father. And after listing all of the things that prayer is to us, how could I find it so difficult, how could I be so apathetic about something that can bless me so much? My sin nature is at fault, but I can't allow it to be my excuse. In fact, I think we as Christians use our sin as an excuse to not fight for our relationship with Jesus all too often. We cannot allow that to be the case, if so, anything would be permissible and Jesus dying for us would mean nothing. Our sins are covered because of His sacrifice but we aren't at liberty to sin freely, nor to choose not to pray.
Prayer should bless us. It should bring us nearer to the heart of Jesus. It shouldn't be the cause of our frustration or just another thing to add to the list of to-dos in our faith. We should be drawn to prayer, we should need prayer in the way we have need for Jesus Himself.
For example, today, I was talking with a friend who needed some serious encouragement and prayer. And on the spot, I just stopped and prayed, I thanked God for who He is and for His faithfulness despite the circumstances and I asked for what my dear friend needed. See we need to get to a point where prayer becomes a conversation with Jesus rather than a request form. Where prayer doesn't just happen when we want something from Him. We need prayer because it relates us to Jesus and it humbles us before Him and unites us with fellow believers.
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests we have asked of him. {1 John 5:14-15}
I've found myself praying for a desire for prayer. And my thought is, if I can find some way to pray everyday even just for a desire to pray, something has to change eventually. I'm tired of prayers consisting of apologies to Jesus for not praying enough in that day, prayers being a "maybe" part of my walk with the Lord. I'm tired of using prayer just to get what I want rather than letting it build my relationship with Christ. In saying that, I have to be willing to make myself uncomfortable for the sake of knowing Jesus. Prayer is stretching me, Jesus is stretching me.
Be stretched. Be changed by the power of His calling. Pray for for desire, for devotion, for a love for Christ that leads to a need for prayer and please, pray for prayer.


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Descriptive Summary
|Georgia Historical Society
|Wright, James, Sir, 1716-1785.
|John Francis Triboudet land grant
|0.05 cubic feet (1 folder)
John Francis Triboudet received several grants of land in the Newington, Georgia, area, 1755-1762.
This collection consists of a fragment of a land grant for three lots in Newington Village to John Francis Triboudet, 1762. The document is signed by Governor James Wright, as well as Henry Yonge and W.G. DeBrahm, Surveyors. A pendant seal is attached.
Custodial History
Preferred Citation
[item identification], John Francis Triboudet land grant, MS 808, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of William Neyle Habersham, 1894.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
|Item 1: Fragment of a land grant of three lots in Newington Village to John Francis Triboudet, 1762 November 22
|Signed by James Wright, Governor; Henry Yonge and W.G. DeBrahm, Surveyors. Pendant seal.


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The WorldDAB Insight session on Monday in E102 is free to attend. It covers the latest developments in DAB digital radio and how the technology is evolving in the face of increased competition.
2017 has been an exciting year for the radio industry. Norway is switching off national FM broadcasts, the first country to do so, and Switzerland is due to start its own switchover process in 2020. DAB has been adopted in more countries across Europe, the Middle
East and Asia-Pacific, more cars are being sold with DAB fitted as standard and broadcasters are realising the business opportunities that digital radio enables.
The WorldDAB Insight Session takes place from 10:00-11:30 in E102.


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Join the club: Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne opens as a super-property
We're all used to the amalgamation of boldly-named hotel groups (hello Mr and Mrs Starwood-Marriott), but it's relatively rare to find a union like the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, in which four properties have been joined to form a singular super-property of 383 rooms (not counting a brand new complex of private residences), all serviced by a swanky spa, and seven restaurants and bars.
The centrepiece of the ambitious project is the original Bürgenstock. Built in 1873, over time it became a favourite retreat for the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Charlie Chaplin and the Carlo Pontis. The hotel sits in isolated splendour in the midst of 140 acres of alpine glory and views of Lake Lucerne, its perch on Mount Bürgenstock accessed by a spruced up electric railway.
MKV Design has enhanced the views with 6m-high glazed walls and modernised the original baroque silhouette with curvilinear lines, glass, mountain stone, copper and bronze-panelled walls. The bedrooms are equally soigné, MKV unfurling warm swathes of dark walnut parquet, oak cabinets, marble walls and glass doors of bronze mesh – a mood-board that blends seamlessly with the mountain views beyond the windows.
A corridor, meanwhile, links the Bürgenstock with the Palace Hotel. Here, MKV has layered the original 1904 façade and its pink, green and gold interiors with modern touches, by way of hand-blown chandeliers, low-slung furniture, distressed leather armchairs, felt cushions and oak.
And just to prove that one can never have enough of a good thing, a turn in the path leads to three other additions to Bürgenstock's grounds. One is the 12-room Pension Taverne 1879, whose untouched rusticity is quietly offset by the Waldhotel. The latter is a head-turning green terraced block designed by Matteo Thun as a 160-room medical retreat, blending spa treatments with facilities for patients with post-operative, weight and burn-out issues. The third is the Residence Suites, a 16,000 sq m complex of 29 sumptuous private villas on the site of the former Grand Hotel, whose interiors of silk, smoked oak floors and marble are, again, the work of MKV.
The resort's piéce-de-resistance, though, is the 10,000 sq m Bürgenstock Alpine Spa, a cantilevered glass cocoon that has been styled by MKV with glass walls, white marble and local stone. All the better to let floods of light and mountain views into the suite of treatment zones, including 18 rooms, three outdoor pools and, just in case there's a residual hankering for another novelty, a private garden with a labyrinth.
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My name is Shoshana Kessock and you might say I'm a few things.
- I'm a writer and game designer out of Brooklyn, New York. My full work can be seen here.
- I'm the creator of Phoenix Outlaw Productions, a game production company that I helm with my business partner, Josh Harrison.
- I'm a graduate of the NYU Game Center masters program in Game Design (Class of 2014).
- I was the organizer of the Living Games Conference, the first academic conference on live-action games in the United States, that happened in March 2014.
- I have spoken at conventions and events regarding game design, inclusivity, larp, women in game design and geek culture and safe space creation. Previous conventions include Pax, Escapist Expo, Metatopia, GeekGirlCon, Knudepunkt, WyrdCon, Dreamation, DexCon, InterCon, and GenCon. Check out the video of a few of my lectures and panel appearances here.
- I've worked as a blogger for places like Tor.com and LARPing.org, Ology.com, Jewneric.com and others.
When I'm not doing all that, I love taking photos and traveling and collecting all things geek. I've got a mad collection of Funko Pop figures, love watching pro-wrestling, playing fantastic co-op games with my friends, LARPing across the world, never go anywhere without a book to read, adore Stephen King and Neil Gaiman, and hope to have a dog one day I'll name Mr. Beefy.
I'm in the middle of developing a tabletop RPG called Wanderlust, a novel called Doors Open, Wide Awake, and a passel of other shorter projects. My favorite things in the world are a good night's sleep and guacamole. Not at the same time.
I can be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or found kicking around on Twitter!


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As Munroe Regional's financial picture worsens, voters are asked to approve a tax
For several years, officials at Munroe Regional Medical Center have been telling the public that the hospital can't continue on its current course.
While the public hospital remains financially sound, Munroe representatives say its financial picture is steadily eroding and they predict that within a few years, the institution will begin to operate in the red.
The problem, they say, is that much of the care Munroe provides is to patients with little or no ability to pay.
Hospital officials have put a referendum on the ballot asking for up to 1 mill of property tax for five years to support the community-owned facility. One mill is $1 for every $1,000 of taxable value after the homestead exemption is ac- counted for.
The additional mill would costs a homeowner whose house is valued at $100,000, with a $50,000 homestead exemption, about $50 annually.
The tax would back a $65 million bond issue that would be used to make improvements to the hospital. Munroe officials at one time wanted to pass a tax large enough to support a $130 million bond, which is the amount they believe they ultimately need to make improvements to the hospital to help it remain competitive.
But political pressure forced a compromise on the 1-mill tax. Officials say they know the money isn't enough to address all of Munroe's needs, but they say it will be enough to buy them time as they try to assess the impacts of health care reform.
Critics of the tax argue that if the public hospital cannot stay afloat without taxpayer support, the hospital trustees should lease or sell it to a private company.
Munroe officials and supporters insist, however, that any private company will have to cut critical services, such as labor and delivery, to improve the financial picture.
While hospital trustees await the outcome of the referendum on Nov. 6, they are entertaining proposals from three private health care companies interested in taking over Munroe.
They are asking the companies for a lump sum of more than $100 million to lease or buy the hospital and want them to invest another $150 million in improvements to the building and equipment.


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We hope you are having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend, and in honor of our armed service members we want to share some military wedding inspiration with you this week! Thank you to those men and women who gave their lives to protect our country, and those who continue to serve.
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Hand Painted Washington by Kurstin Roe
Melissa Arlena from Marine Corps wedding
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Hello People,
I have obviously been on a hiatus. I haven't been motivated, my life has no structure and I will admit this with out any shame. I had a little bit of down time in between my finals and the start of summer classes and in that time I became a useless blob of nothingness. I would lay in bed, eat and post an old photo on insta and call it a day. I have had no drive.
Today I met up with a friend for coffee and we talked about how its just been kind of a slump. How it's hard to be motivated and want to take care of yourself. So I went home and whipped out my planner and started from scratch. If you're like me and you need some help finding motivation here are some tips to help you get back in a groove:
- Make a list: I am a list person. I am a visual person. So when I have a planner and make a list of the things that I need to get done that week or even just for the day, I am much more productive. Even if I don't complete everything on the list, I can see what I got done and what I still need to do.
- Start your day early: I have found that lately if I don't have to be at work until 3 I won't get out of bed until 2. That is a whole day wasted. When I wake up around 8 and I have somewhere to be it starts that momentum for the rest of my day. Whether I have plans with a friend or plans to work out, just being up and out of bed that much earlier helps my productivity so much.
- Have a routine: I think this is the biggest problem that I have. My life has had no rhyme or reason. When you have a set routine, a set schedule it will give you more structure and motivate you to get through your day. For me I hope to start waking up at 8, going to work out, eating breakfast and then either going to work or school. THat's just a broad routine but I hope you get the picture. Having a routine to follow just makes me feel a little less hectic and a little less stressed out.
So those are my three tips but I am always looking for more! Please feel free to comment with any other tips on how to get back into a groove.
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Moreover, our company has a rental and an after-sales service department. Bobinindus originated from the rewinding of electric motors: "Winding operations for the industry". Our company specialised in power units to meet the needs of many customers looking for high-quality machines with reliable after-sales service.
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Read the book, like it. Well described behind the scene politics, internal and external.
Kevin Rudd, a former PM, a current Minister for Foreign Affairs
Julia Gillard, a current PM, and who challenged K.Rudd and overturned him.
ALP-Australian Liberal Party
Book review: The Party Thieves by Barry Cassidy.
The Party Thieves, while strangely named, is a thorough reporting by Barrie Cassidy of the replacement of Kevin Rudd as the Prime Minister by the parliamentary wing of the ALP, the first days of Julia Gillard's Prime Ministership and the 2010 election campaign up until the decision of September 7 that made Gillard Prime Minister in a minority government.
The book dives right into the detail. It's a great book for someone who wasn't in Australia at the time. It'll be a great reference for future generations of students of political science and journalism. The people who lived through it probably won't want to relive it, although the political "tragics" will find this book nourishing.
The book begins looking into the recent history of the federal parliamentary party and its leadership: with Mark Latham and Rudd's campaign for the leadership. That Gillard had the numbers to replace Beazley with Rudd is an eye opener for me. Gillard didn't simply have the ability. She also had the numbers. Rudd was the bridegroom, one that, unfortunately, disappointed the parliamentary party as well as the citizens of Australia.
Cont: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11342


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Back up and restore your Mac
To keep your files safe, it's important to back up your iMac regularly. The easiest way to back up is to use Time Machine—which is built into your Mac—to back up your apps, accounts, preferences, music, photos, movies, and documents (it doesn't back up the macOS operating system). Use Time Machine to back up to an external storage device connected to your iMac, or to a supported network volume. For a list of devices supported by Time Machine, see the Apple Support article Backup disks you can use with Time Machine.
Tip: You can use a shared Mac that's on the same network as your iMac as a backup destination. On the other Mac, go to the Sharing pane of System Preferences, then turn on File Sharing. Add a shared folder, Control-click the folder, choose Advanced Options, then click "Share as Time Machine backup destination."
Set up Time Machine. Make sure your iMac is on the same Wi-Fi network as your external storage device, or connect the storage device to your iMac. Open System Preferences, click Time Machine, then select Back Up Automatically. Select the drive you want to use for backup, and you're all set.
Back up with iCloud. Files in iCloud Drive and photos in iCloud Photos are automatically stored in iCloud and don't need to be part of your Time Machine backup. However, if you'd like to back them up, do the following:
iCloud Drive: Open System Preferences, click Apple ID, then click iCloud and deselect Optimize Mac Storage. The contents of your iCloud Drive will be stored on your Mac and included in your backup.
iCloud Photos: Open Photos, then choose Photos > Preferences. In the iCloud pane, select "Download Originals to this Mac." Full-resolution versions of your entire photo library will be stored on your Mac and included in your backup.
Restore your files. You can use Time Machine to restore all your files at once. Click the Time Machine icon in the menu bar, then choose Enter Time Machine. (If the Time Machine icon isn't in the menu bar, choose Apple Menu > System Preferences, click Time Machine, then select "Show Time Machine in menu bar.") Select one or more items that you want to restore (individual folders or your entire disk), then click Restore.
If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac, you can recover your files if the operating system or startup disk is damaged. To do this, you must first reinstall macOS on your Mac before you can restore your files using your Time Machine backup. Read on for more information.
Reinstall macOS. Your operating system files are kept separate from your personal files in a sealed system disk. However, some actions, like erasing or inadvertently damaging a disk, require that you restore your iMac. You can reinstall macOS and then use Time Machine to restore your personal files from your backup. With macOS Big Sur and later, there are several ways to restore your Mac. You may be required to install a newer version of macOS than what your computer originally came with, or what you were using before the disk was damaged. To learn more about these options, see Recover all your files from a Time Machine backup in the macOS User Guide and the Apple Support article How to reinstall macOS.
Important: Advanced users may want to create a bootable installer to reinstall macOS in the future. This can be useful if you want to use a specific version of macOS. See the Apple Support article How to create a bootable installer for macOS.
Restore factory settings. You can restore your Mac to its original state by erasing your Mac, then using macOS Recovery to reinstall macOS. See Erase your Mac in the macOS User Guide.
Learn more. See Back up your files with Time Machine and Time Machine troubleshooting on Mac in the macOS User Guide. Also see the Apple Support article What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac.


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After 30 years of mind-wiping work, an irrepressible comics auteur gets a career-spanning close-up in Patrick Meaney's documentary Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods.
The feature film presents Morrison – the soft-spoken writer of indispensable comics like The Invisibles, We3, All-Star Superman and Batman, Inc. – as a tireless experiential sponge in search of peace of mind and spirit.
See Also:For Trippier Comics Flicks, Hollywood Needs to Turn On to Grant Morrison, Warren EllisIt's a head-trip suitable for long-time Morrison fans, who fell in love with challenging graphic novels like Flex Mentallo and The Filth, as well as new adopters who've just discovered his work on DC Comics superstars like the Superman and Batman.
The Scottish writer possesses a deep and probing brain, Talking With Gods asserts. Morrison's intellect was nurtured early in life by his father, an ex-soldier whose wartime horrors led him to a life of nuclear activism, as well as a supportive mother who repeatedly encouraged her son's artistic ambitions and cosmological inquiries. That led, in turn, to a childhood and adolescence spent in the shadow of atomic holocaust and swallowed by comics anchored in one heroic rescue after another.
It also resulted in a thirst for global adventure, often spiked by Morrison's voracious appetite for drugs, and a devoted advocacy of chaos magic that persists to this day.
Talking With Gods reveals that Morrison's bottomless hunger for his hidden selves encouraged his insertion into metafictional comics like Flex Mentallo, Animal Man and especially The Invisibles, whose envelope-pushing gnostic superheroes, Morrison famously argued, were lifted by the Wachowski Brothers for the The Matrix.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btf9YscT0sIThe movie, released on DVD Oct. 26 by Respect Films but back-ordered until Nov. 22 due to unexpected demand, is well-stocked with such geek-friendly data.
One cool segment digs into the strained relationship between Morrison and writer Alan Moore, whose triumphant work on Swamp Thing and Watchmen paved the way for a British comics invasion that accelerated once Morrison quit touring with his psych-pop band The Mixers and wrote the critically and commercially successful Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.
Once Arkham Asylum went supernova, Talking With Gods illustrates, Morrison traded in his self-aware shyness for globe-trotting transcendence, absorbing every drug and theory under the sun and steeping himself so deeply in subculture that he barely made it back to reality intact.
Morrison's quiet but quick narration recalls these mind-expanding moments, like everything else in Meaney's doc, with contagious humor. The movie is enhanced by entertaining testimonials from Phil Jimenez, Jill Thompson, Frank Quitely (below), Warren Ellis, Geoff Johns, Douglas Rushkoff, Cameron Stewart, Matt Fraction and more.
The result is an accessible but nerd-friendly journey through the mind of comics' crossover philosopher. Talking With Gods doesn't require prior knowledge of Morrison's brain-busting comics, but it does compel viewers to search them out and dig into their intertextual possibilities. Short on cinematic bells and whistles but long on insightful analysis, Meaney's documentary is an instant classic for comics fans.


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Shawna here is an expert when it comes to progressively improving pushup and pullup performance in women so I thought it would be best to have her guide you.
If you remember a couple of days back I shared with you all a video of me giving my best effort to two super-popular bodyweight exercises i.e Pushups and Pullups.
And after looking through the comments received from you all and seeing the eagerness and drive to do better, I thought of bringing in an expert of this area to speak to you directly.
Everyone…Meet Shawna Kaminski, retired school teacher turned fitness professional and mother of two teenagers in her late forties.
Shawna here is an expert when it comes to progressively improving pushup and pullup performance in women so I thought it would be best to have her guide you. Over to you Shawna…
Pull Up – Start Somewhere
Guest blog by Shawna Kaminski
Pull up?
Maybe to a drive through…
That may be the only place some people feel confident of pull up success. I get many quizzical looks when folks hear that I can do multiple sets of multiple reps of pull ups.
Hey, I'm Shawna Kaminski, also known as the 'Pull Up Queen'. I have no business being able to do this feat. After all, I'm just a nearly a half century old mother of two. I've never been a Cirque de Soleil performer or gymnast of any sort. What I'm saying is that since I can do pull ups, you can too.
But it takes lots of effort. Serious effort.
Don't think that you can use the assisted pull up machine and graduate to the pull up bar. That machine only gives the illusion of doing pull ups.
Instead, you need to do pull ups to get better at them. Sort of a catch 22 wouldn't you say?
But assisted pull ups, especially band pull ups, are really a great way to eventually succeeding at the accomplishment of an unassisted pull up.
Another key to success is learning to engage the proper muscles. A simple exercise called 'scapular retraction' is a brilliant way to 'find' the stronger muscles of the back. Many try to muscle their way up to the pull up bar with the arms. This will get you no where fast, (except perhaps a physical therapist evenutally).
The scap retraction is done by simply hanging from the bar. Keep the arms extended, look up, squeeze the shoulder blades together and watch how you can 'magically' elevate yourself a few inches. This is the start of the pull up.
Here's a video explaining the scapular retraction and a beginner workout:
The mini-circuit looks like this:
10 assisted pull ups (use a band or jump or step up pull up)
10 per arm DB rows
Repeat up to 3 times
Follow with 2 sets of hanging leg raises to strengthen the core.
You won't be rocking the pull up bar in a week. Give yourself time. If by a month you haven't succeeded, guess what? It's going to take longer, but with relentless effort and a solid plan you WILL be able to do a pull up. Nothing worth having comes easy and this applies to moves like the pull up, muscle up, human flag etc. By the way, once you get your first pull up, your second to fifth will come A LOT easier. It's a matter of form and you'll be well on your way once you get one.
If you need a little help, I have you covered. You can check out Challenge Workouts to get a plan whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced trainee. You'll find a full body balanced program with an emphasis on building upper body strength so that the pull up is within your reach.
I hope you all will apply what Shawna has taught you. I have and that itself helped me progress from just one pullup to almost 5 (as shown in the video I shared with you a few days back).
Give it a shot and let me know how it helps you by dropping a comment below:


text: The myotubularin (MTM) enzymes are phosphotidylinositol-3-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 3 5 phosphatases. disturbance resulted in an increased level of phosphotidylinositol-3-phosphate and caused severe impairment of body movement of the worms at their post-reproductive ages and significantly shortened their lifespan. This study thus reveals an important role of the MTM phosphatases in maintaining muscle function which may have clinical implications in prevention and treatment of sarcopenia. Ridaforolimus genome with designation of T24A11.1 and T24A11.1b. To verify the cDNA sequence of the enzyme we employed the quick amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) strategy by using the Smart-RACE kit from Clontech following the manufacture's directions. First a RACE cDNA library was synthesized from the total RNA of N2 expression system with the pGex-2T vector. The purified protein was used to immunize a rabbit to generate anti-serum. The antibody was purified through unfavorable selection on GST-agarose and then positive selection on a GST-ceMTM3CT-agarose. Knockdown of ceMTM3 expression by feeding-based RNAi The full-length coding sequence of ceMTM3b (?6 to 2910 with translation starting codon ATG starting from 1) and two fragments F1 (27- 876) and F2 (877-2910) were cloned into the pPD129.36 vector (provided by Dr. Andrew Fire Stanford University or college). The vector has a bi-directional promoter configuration consisting of two T7 promoters flanking a single copy of a cDNA place to facilitate synthesis of both sense and anti-sense RNAs [Timmons et al 2001 Simple p129.36 vector was used as control throughout the study. The HT115(DE3) cells were employed as a host for expression of double strand RNAs and induction and feeding were as performed following the standard procedures [Timmons et al 2001 The Bristol N2 strain of hermaphrodite was used in the study and the worms were cultured on NGM plates at 20 °C according to standard protocols. Western blotting analyses and phosphatase activity assays worms in mixed populace or at different stages were collected and extracted by sonication in a whole cell extraction buffer made up of 25 mM 2-glycerol phosphatase (pH 7.3) 5 mM EDTA 5 mM EGTA 0.1 M NaCl 1 Triton X-100 10 β -mercaptolethanol and a cocktail of protease inhibitors (Roche Applied Science). Samples made up of 15 – 20 μg of total proteins were separated on SDS gel and transferred to polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane for Western blotting analysis using the enhanced chemiluminescence method. For phosphatase activity assays extracts made up of 200-300 μg of total proteins were subjected to immunoprecipitation with anti-ceMTM3. Activity assays were performed with the immunoprecipitates in the presence of 50 μM PI3P lipid vesicles at pH 6.0 according to procedure explained by Taylor et al. [2000]. Lipid-membrane overlay assays Nitrocellulose membranes spotted with numerous lipid compounds were incubated with 0.5 μg/ml GST or GST-ceMTM3CT in a buffer made up of 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) 0.15 M NaCl 0.1% Tween-20 and 3% fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin [Zhao et al 2003 After extensive washing with the buffer proteins bound to the membranes were probed with anti-GST antibodies and with horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated anti-mouse extra antibodies. Recognition was made by enhanced chemoluminescence reactions. To access the material of PI3P in control and RNAi-treated worms total phospholipids were extracted from your worms with methanol/chloroform Ridaforolimus (2:1 v/v) comprising 0.25% concentrated HCl and quantified by using the Malachite green phosphate method following ashing of the lipids with sulfuric acid and perchloric acid. Comparative amounts of crude phospholipids were then resolved by thin coating chromatography on silica plates [Sui et al Tmem15 2000 and the sections corresponding Ridaforolimus to standard PI3P (1 2 from Avanti Polar Lipids Alabaster AL) was scraped off and extracted in the aforementioned chloroform/methanol/HCl answer. The partially purified lipids were noticed on nitrocellulose membranes together with standard PI3P and then incubated with GST-ceMTM3CT as explained above. Immunofluorescent staining Whole mount worms were fixed onto Ridaforolimus glass slides by cracking freezing following standard procedures and the animals were treated in methanol for 5 min and then in acetone for 5 min at ?20°C. For paraffin embedding worms were Ridaforolimus fixed with 3.7% formaldehyde for 4 hr at 4°C and then put into melted soft agar. The solidified agar items were.


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Umpires May Boycott Serena Williams Over US Open Controversy
Umpires May Boycott Serena Williams Over US Open Controversy
After Serena Williams' US Open incident involving claims that Serena called chair umpire Carlos Ramos sexist, other umpires are toying with the idea of forming a union and refusing to officiate matches featuring the 23-time Grand Slam singles winner.
Following the US Open, the U.S. Tennis Association backed Serena's actions.
President Katrina Adams said in a statement that although Serena was frustrated during the match, how she handled things after the match showed
"a great deal of class and sportsmanship."
Statement from USTA Chairman of the Board and President Katrina Adams on US Open Women's Singles Final pic.twitter.com/fYOfYy5A04
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 9, 2018
On Tuesday, Adams said that there is definitely a difference between the treatment of male and female players and that a double standard does exist. She said,
"We shouldn't have to carry that extra weight on our back in anything that we do".
However, the International Tennis Federation is siding with Ramos, saying that his
"decisions were in accordance with the relevant rules"
Richard Ings, a former top-level umpire, revealed plans that umpires are considering a boycott against Williams.
They are all fearful that they could be the next Ramos. They feel that no one has their back when they have to make unpopular calls.
Serena was fined $17,000 following Saturday's disagreement with Ramos.


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The Forest
- Amenities:
- Golf
- Tennis
- Club House
- Fitness Center
The Forest Country Club of Fort Myers
features 36 holes of golf with its Bear and Bobcat golf courses. The Forest is a fabulous golf course community with a country club located among the Island Park area of South Fort Myers, Florida. Development of this neighborhood commenced in 1979 and over the years that have followed, it has emerged among the most esteemed of private neighborhoods in Southwest Florida. The Bobcat and Bear courses have hosted a number of USGA events which include qualifiers for the U.S. Open. GOLFWEEK Magazine has recognized the courses of The Forest with honors among "Florida's Top 25 of Most Distinctive Courses."
Golf, however, isn't the only amenity within this community. Residents have a range of recreational options to enjoy. There's tennis, bocce ball, swimming and a spacious fitness center. A spacious club house serves as the hub of amenities within The Forest. The club house offers an exceptional dining venue, lounge and more. This neighborhood compellingly caters to a range of interests and active lifestyles.
Home Options
Buyers will find great home options in The Forest. Among the 650 acres graced with lakes and preserves, there are single-family homes, condominiums, and villas. For more information on homes currently for sale in The Forest, connect with the community real estate specialist, Linda Tuffree, by submitting the contact form at upper right side of this page.


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Stan's MomPosted: September 4, 2016 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Chalk Boards, Halifax, NS, Maritimes, Toilets at Bars & Pubs Leave a comment
A return visit to the Lion & Bright chalkboards in Halifax after about 15 months!
This time Stan's mom featured prominently across both stalls:
Stan & I have both been in his mom (twice)
Canada Post may go on strike but Stan's Mom's box will always come on time
Stan = best mom. Fran = best mom for anal stimulation
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Stan's mom is the most wonderful polite proper lady I've paid for
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Ideal for low light fluorescence Applications, the cooled CCD USB 2.0 cameras offer cooling to 25⁰C below ambient. The Sony ICX285 ExView HAD sensor has a very dynamic range, excellent sensitivity and a 12-bit digital output. Designed to be used for a variety of applications, both color and monochrome models are available.
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This committee meets as needed, at least three times per year. Its members serve one-year terms, and include municipal officials, a licensed veterinarian, an animal shelter operator, and a representative from an animal welfare organization. The purpose of the Animal Advisory Committee is to advise the City Council and the City's animal services provider (Bayou Animal Services) on animal control problems and compliance with regulations of State or other governmental entity.


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Neymar: PSG boss Tuchel backs star after final confrontation
Thomas Tuchel admires how much Neymar hates to lose as the controversy over his post-Coupe de France final confrontation continues.
Neymar has received the backing of Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel after his reaction to Saturday's Coupe de France final loss continued to overshadow the build-up to Tuesday's Ligue 1 outing against Montpellier.
The Brazil superstar completed 120 minutes on his first start since suffering a foot injury in January, setting up Dani Alves' spectacular opener against Rennes, scoring the second and netting in the penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw.
Christopher Nkunku missed from the spot to hand Rennes their first major honour since 1971 and Neymar's confrontation with a supporter when PSG went up the Stade de France steps to collect their runners-up medals stole post-match headlines.
He appeared to bat a phone away from the fan, who was filming the PSG team, before a verbal exchange.
Neymar apologised for the incident in an Instagram post saying: "Did I act wrong? Yes, but no one can remain indifferent."
Neymar reportedly facing eight-match suspension for incident
RMC reported the world's most expensive player could face an eight-game suspension from the French Football Federation, but Tuchel was bullish in support of his man.
"I know what Ney meant, it's not something we have to talk about outside, only inside," he said on Monday.
"There are players who like to win and players who hate to lose. Everyone loves to win but it takes more to hate to lose.
"Neymar played 120 minutes, I was surprised at his performance. He scored, made a decisive pass and scored the fifth penalty. Almost all our dangerous actions were by him."
"We need to talk in the dressing room to grow and improve"
A season that promised much will end with PSG as Ligue 1 champions but amid fresh reports of dressing-room discontent following a chastening Champions League last-16 exit at the hands of Manchester United.
The club's usual domestic cup mastery also deserted them in Tuchel's first campaign at the helm.
"At PSG we have the goal of winning everything, including the Champions League," said the former Borussia Dortmund boss. "But you have to be careful, a team like Juventus have not won it for [23] years.
"We need to talk in the dressing room to grow and improve. But we have to do it between us. We can talk and have different opinions, but we have to do it inside [the dressing room]."
Thiago Silva sat out the Coupe de France final through injury and will be absent once more for the trip to the Stade de la Mosson.
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- Only having to carry day packs, meant we could carry more camera gear
If anything went wrong (altitude sickness, accident, whatever) we had some local help at hand to get us out
We could stay in the mountains for far longer each place than if we were carrying all our own food
It's nice getting to camp and your tent is already set up waiting for you so you can spend more time looking around
Speaking of tents - an expedition 4 person tent is nicer than squeezing in our lightweight 2 person tent
Local knowledge helps for doing some extra side trips
Booking early meant we could choose the maximum group size (6). More people means it's a bit cheaper.
You really only see the donkeys and their handlers at the camp and then briefly as they jog past you on the trail.
The agency we chose was Peruvian Andes Adventures and they were faultless. The guides, cooks, transport and general organisation were spot on. They also have a hotel standard guest house in Huaraz which was perfect for pre and post walk stays.
Despite the 4 days acclimatisation, walking uphill at over 4000 meters in altitude still took a while to get used to. The third lung just doesn't grow that fast! Cordillera Blanca is a little lower and not quite so cold overnight, so going in that order worked very well. With the less exertion required for the guided option, going to both locations in the one holiday also worked out really well and meant that by the time we got to the over 5000m meter pass in Cordillera Huayhuash, we were well acclimatised and weren't even really struggling with the breathing at altitude.
I was asked to compare the two cordillera given we were going to one after the other. It's a bit of an unfair comparison for Cordillera Blanca because we had some unseasonal rain there and also being better acclimatised at Cordillera Huayhuash I think meant we were able to relax and enjoy it more. Cordillera Blanca has a lot more vegetation and wild flowers than Huayhuash, but both have their spectacular peaks and passes.
A picture allegedly covers a thousand words, so lets have some photos...
Cordillera Blanca First up, Cordillera Huayhuash in the next post


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Uma Thurman in Versace
Karolina Kurkova looked amazing sporting a navy blue embellished one-shouldered gown from Armani Prive Fall 2009 Haute Couture collection. Karolina Kurkova's mermaid gown showed off her curves beautifully.
Kirsten Dunst wore a turquoise Chanel Resort 2011 dress. On runway this dress looked sexy and chic but on the red carpet it had an ordinary impact.
Salma Hayek shone in a custom Gucci strapless cocktail dress which she wore with a floral applique shrug
American actress Linda Cardellini in Alberta Ferretti
French actress Lea Seydoux in Louis Vuitton
Chinese actress Gong Li in Roberto Cavalli
Indian actress Minissha Lamba in Gauri & Nainika
Actress Melanie Laurent in Dior
Naomi Campbell in a Tiered floor length piece by Azzedine Alaia
Kirsten Dunst in Chloe
Milla Jovovich in Prada
Jodie Foster in Balenciaga at the 'Melancholia' premiere
Kirsten Dunst in Rodarte Fall 2011 at the "melancholia' premiere
Uma Thurman in Roland Mouret Fall 2011 at Cinema For Peace
Jane Fonda in Marios Schwab Spring 2011 at Cinema For Peace
Bar Refaeli in Roberto Cavalli
Fashion editor for Vogue Italy, Giovanna Battaglia
Model Nadja Auermann
Hofit Golan in Valentino
Goldie Hawn in Alberta Ferretti
Karolina Kurkova in Emilio Pucci Spring 2011
Model Bianca Balti
Slovak Model Adriana Karembeu
Italian author and entrepreneur Tiziana Rocca
Model Doutzen Kroes
Slovak model Adriana Karembeu
French actress Aure Atika
Bianca Balti in Dolce & Gabbana
Fan Bing Bing in Oscar de la Renta Spring 2011
Actress Sara Forestier
Gwen Stefani in Stella McCartney with husband, rocker Gavin Rossdale
Victoria Silvstedt
Jessica Chastain in Zac Posen custom made couture
Mia Wasikowska in Valentino Couture Spring 2011
Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace
Zoe Saldana in Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani's niece Roberta Armani
Li Bing Bing in Elie Saab Couture Spring 2011
Anna Dello Russo in custom made Alberta Ferretti
Mallika Sherawat
Zhang Zilin
Zoe Saldana in Vionnet Fall 2011
Bar Refaeli in Roberto Cavalli
Sarah Ann Schultz
Sonam Kapoor in The Row
Uma Thurman in Dolce & Gabbana
Hofit Golan
Naomi Campbell in Emilio Pucci Fall 2010
Fan Bing Bing in Atelier Versace Spring 2011
Li Bing Bing in Georges Chakra Spring 2011 Couture
Deborah Francois in Herve Leger
Frederique Bel in Herve Leger
Hofit Golan
Selita Ebanks
Vanessa Hudgens in Fendi
Michelle Rodriguez
Mallika Sherawat in Alexander McQueen
Sonam Kapoor in Jean Paul Gaultier Couture
Astrid Berges-Frisbey in Chanel Couture Spring 2009
Tang Wei in Chanel 2011
Uma Thurman in Chanel Couture Fall 2008
Penelope Cruz in Marchesa Fall 2011 with Johnny Depp
Karolina Kurkova In Chanel Spring 2011
Hofit Golan
Mallika Sherawat in Eric Tibusch
Model Candice Boucher in Gavin Rajah
Russian actress Svetlana Metkina
Gaia Bermani Amaral
Vanessa Hudgens
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Lanvin
Mia Wasikowska in Valentino
American song writer and socialite Denise Rich in Prada
French actress Chloe Lambert
French actress Frederique Bel
Cheryl Cole in Stephen Rolland Couture Spring Summer 2011
Italian Fashion Blogger Chiara Ferragni of The Blonde Salad in Alberta Ferretti
Miss France 2009 Chloe Mortaud in Christophe Guillarme
Sarah Jessica Parker in Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2011
Sarah Jessica Parker in Elie Saab Fall 2011
Chinese actress Tang Wei in Dior Couture
Chinese actress Fan Bing Bing in Elie Saab Couture
Chinese actress Fan Bing Bing in Atelier Versace Spring 2011
French TV celeb Celine Durand in a Leger bandage dress
Angelina Jolie in Salvatorre Ferragamo
Emily Browning in Louis Vuitton
Jane Fonda in Emilio Pucci
Aishwariya Rai in Armani Prive Spring Summer 2011
Rachel McAdams in a Monique Lhuillier Spring 2011
Sonam Kapoor in Masaba
Hofit Golan
Ines de la Fressange
Diane Kruger in Calvin Klein
Bryce Dallas Howard in Reem Acra
Mia Wasikowska in Roalnd Mouret
Tilda Swinton in Haider Ackerman
Jodie Foster
British Indian Actress Fagun Thakrar at the Hollywood Reporter party
Dutch Model Doutzen Kroes at the 'La Conquete' premiere
Model Laetitia Casta with Stefano Accorsi at the 'La Conquete' premiere
Model and actress Kiera Chaplin at the 'La Conquete' premiere
Brazilian Model Ana Araujo at the 'Melancholia' premiere
Tamara Beckwith at Cinema For Peace
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Projecting the 2021 Election, One Week Out
(Short on time? The projection is at the end of the post – search for "one-week projection" or scroll down.) Over the past few elections, the increasing number of polls being published and the increasing sophistication of polling aggregators like CBC Poll Tracker and 338Canada allow us to enjoy a much more accurate readContinue reading "Projecting the 2021 Election, One Week Out"
Greens Fail to Nominate Full Slate; up to $1,000,000 of Public Funding At Risk
The deadline to nominate candidates for the September 20th election has passed, and for the first time in two decades, the Green Party has failed to nominate a full slate. On August 15th, I raised the possibility that the Greens might fall short, nominating somewhere in the neighborhood of 245 candidates. As I writeContinue reading "Greens Fail to Nominate Full Slate; up to $1,000,000 of Public Funding At Risk"
Slate Canyon: Expense Reimbursements and the Dilemma for Small Parties
In my previous post, I discussed the possibility that the Green Party of Canada may not run a full slate in the 2021 election, and could potentially lose hundreds of thousands of dollars of public funding as a result. Why? The reason lies in Canada's system of reimbursing campaign expenses from public funds. ThisContinue reading "Slate Canyon: Expense Reimbursements and the Dilemma for Small Parties"
Candidate Shortage a Serious Problem For Greens
Sluggish candidate nominations could trigger a death spiral for the Greens, affecting finances, debate inclusion, and popular support.
Green Party of Canada Leadership Results: Updated Projection
This is a non-partisan projection of the outcome of the Green Party of Canada's 2020 leadership race. This post updates the projection I posted on September 26th to account for last-minute data. Projection Annamie Paul wins the leadership in the 7th round,defeating Dimitri Lascaris 53.6% to 46.4%. Expected Round-by-Round Results The table below showsContinue reading "Green Party of Canada Leadership Results: Updated Projection"
Green Party of Canada Leadership Results: A Projection
This is a non-partisan projection of the outcome of the Green Party of Canada's 2020 leadership race. The projection is based on a statistical model, developed over the past year, that was designed specifically to project ranked-ballot leadership races in Canada. Using this model, 100,000 simulations were run and the results analyzed. Projection AnnamieContinue reading "Green Party of Canada Leadership Results: A Projection"
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The winners of the RUBY SPARKS poster contest are revealed!
It was a long, arduous process of elimination, but the winners of our Make Ruby Real poster contest have finally been chosen!
There were 10 winners in all 5 winners based on the number of legitimate reblogs/likes, and we chose an additional 5 designers who really wowed us with their talent, and their interpretation of the movie. Each winner will receive a limited run of posters for their personal keepsake. Without further ado...
by Atheneas
by Lifecrushed
by jasp3ck
Thanksto all for participating! To check out all of the awesome submissions we got, head over to MakeRubyReal.tumblr.com. Remember: you're all winners.
RUBY SPARKS is in theaters now! Check out the official site for more info, and you can follow our own Tumblr adventures at FoxSearchlightPictures.tumblr.com.


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From now until December 30th at 4PM PT, complete Event Challenges by battling in Frontier Dungeons to earn Holiday Soul Fragments and other valuable rewards!
Holiday Soul Fragments can be spent in store on certain rare items, or you can claim 600 Holiday Soul Fragments to create 1 Holiday Soul.
The Holiday Soul is guaranteed to provide one of the following 5⭐ Special Edition characters:
- Samurai Emperor Eddie
- Corrupt Feldmarshall
- Pharaoh Ramesses Eddie
- Aces Bomber Eddie
- Van Helsing Eddie
Event Challenges will also award rare Cosmic Evo Materials and Snowflake Fragments.
Snowflake Fragments are the event currency of our overarching Arctic Avalanche event that is running through the holiday season.
Save your Snowflake Fragments to spend in the Snow Store on rare rewards including Frontier Coins, Catalyst Souls, Awakening Souls, the Ghost of Giving and MORE.
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Road fatalities claimed 11 lives over the weekend
Somila Nkosana
A man in his 40s was injured this morning after his car rolled on the M5 near the
Road in Kenilworth in the
. Western Cape
It is understood that the man had lost control of his vehicle, causing it to roll.
ER24 spokesperson, Russel Meiring said in a statement "ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene just after 09h30 and found the light motor vehicle laying on its side on the side of the road.
On inspection, paramedics discovered that the driver was still inside his vehicle.
Emergency services managed to break the windshield, allowing the man to climb out of the car.
Once out, paramedics assessed the man and found that he had sustained moderate injuries.
The man was treated for his injuries and thereafter transported by ER24 to
further treatment." Victoria Hospital
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
Meanwhile, eleven people have died and seven others were injured in an accident near Harding in southern
, transport officials said today.
KwaZulu-Natal Road Traffic Inspectorate spokeswoman Zinhle Mngomezulu said that a bakkie overturned late on Sunday afternoon along the D1079 road, about 10 kilometres southeast of Harding.
The fatalities included 10 females. Two of the dead were children.
Seven people were taken to St Andrew's
in Harding. District Hospital
All were described as being in a serious condition.
Mngomezulu said the 18 people had been travelling in an Isuzu bakkie with a Ladysmith registration when the tragedy occurred.


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Mandatory masks needed for pre-K to Grade 12 students: Sask. teachers' union pres.
SASKATOON -- The head of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) says one way the provincial government fell short in its back-to-school planning by not requiring masks in schools this fall.
"They should be implementing them as mandatory for all students right from pre-K to Grade 12," STF president Patrick Maze said while speaking to reporters over Zoom on Tuesday shortly after the province publicly revealed its back-to-school playbook.
While the Saskatchewan government tasked the province's school divisions with developing their own return-to-school plans, it provided a series of mandatory guidelines.
Unlike in neighbouring Alberta, which also rolled out its back-to-school planning on Tuesday, masks won't be mandatory for students.
The Alberta government's plan requires mask use for students in Grades 4 through 12.
However, Maze said he has consulted with pre-K and Kindergarten teachers who say even younger children can learn to wear masks.
"(They) say we should be expecting younger children to wear masks. They can learn to wear masks, they are capable of that," Maze said.
The Saskatchewan government's plan does lay out a scenario where mandatory mask use could be required if there's a spike in COVID-19 cases and the Chief Medical Health Officer deems it necessary.
Maze feels it would be better to commit to mandatory mask use now rather than have students make the switch later in the school year.
"Having the next three weeks to get students used to masks, used to wearing masks, would substantially reduce student anxiety and allow parents an opportunity to get their children used to wearing them," Maze said.
On Tuesday the provincial government said it's working to buy masks and distribute them to school divisions in the event their widespread use is needed — a move Maze called "a step in the right direction."
After the province's announcement of its Safe Schools Plan, Saskatchewan's school divisions began releasing their in-house return-to-school plans.
Both Saskatoon's public and Catholic school divisions make mention mask-wearing in their plans, but with different language.
In its plan, Saskatoon Public Schools says students are encouraged to wear their own masks at school when physical distancing is not achievable.
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools plan says masks are recommended for students—particularly for transitions into and out of the school.
Maze wants something unequivocal.
"They should be declared as mandatory for all who enter our schools."
During a news conference in Regina on Tuesday, Education Minister Gord Wyant said that the decision to not require mask use is "the best practice for Saskatchewan, at least at the beginning."
Wyant said the decision was made based on the advice of Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province's Chief Medical Health Officer.
"Many experts have said you need to provide as normal and reassuring environment as possible when school starts, especially for younger children," Shahab said during the news conference.
"You can safely start school without the use of masks in every grade," Shabab said, pointing to COVID-19 transmission trends seen in Saskatchewan since May.
Shahab also said the absence of outbreaks in daycares should offer some additional reassurance.


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Changes In Life To Be Welcomed In Order To Achieve Success
While starting a new year, we always put effort to set a resolution. This is done to be followed. The reason behind that is to enhance the style of living so that something better can be accomplished. But we do not tend to swear by the resolution most of the times, and thus, no change comes in life.
Likewise, if one aims to achieve something great and unusual, then there has to be a little change brought to the lifestyle as this can help in the accomplishing the goals that are set. In this article, the readers are enlightened about the hacks to change the lifestyle and thereby be successful, and some of them are enlisted as follows:
- Development of clarity in a gradual manner:
A major change in the lifestyle to achieve success is first having clarity in the minds. The reason behind that is this helps in clearing out the understanding in the within and thus; the determination is given more strength to be firm enough to compel you from within to make an attempt that can lead you to success.
- Enhancing relations:
The second thing that requires a change is the enhancement of the equations with all the people who are related to you in some way or the other. Getting the relations enhanced keeps everything sorted and thus, this is recommended to be done to achieve a nice result.
- Take good care of health:
Taking care of good health and maintaining it throughout life is one of the major requirement for the achievement of the goals. People are recommended to have a perfect health condition so that one need not suffer a lot. This is also a primary step to maintain good health.
- Try to be productive:
One must always make this to be positive and productive. Training the brain to keep on producing creative and productive things is the best thing. This helps in boosting motivation, and one can achieve his or her goals.
- Be organized:
One of the most important necessity is to be organized so that they can achieve a lot. Being organized is also one of the topmost responsibility.
- Be stimulated enough to start working now:
One must mandatorily get stimulated to work more so that he or she can achieve his goals sooner.
So these are the few things that one must know about the ways of getting the lifestyle changed to achieve something great. Waiting for a decent destination or a fair time where the luck supports you will be too creepy and handicapped though. Going to making a try is the best thing that one can go for.
The determination is one of the distinguishing factors that can help to add strength to the will of a persona and ultimately that will be served to be an aim. Above-listed pointer scan helps the readers know about the ways with which the lifestyle can be changed and how the goals can be achieved.


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By the time most people find their way to a couple's therapist, they have been having the same argument or fight for an average of 7 years. Seven years!
That's seven years of repeating patterns that have not been effective in creating the kind of relationship that the couples wants. Often, when people show up in our offices they are feeling:
- fatigued
- hurt
- exhausted
- hopeless
- angry
These feelings, in general, produce a tendency to shut down, defend, blame, and argue. And this, of course, is what has been happening at home for a long long time. There are a few simple steps, however, to help you move from where you are to where you want to be.
Step #1 To Change Your Relationship: Find Help
If you find yourself reading this then you likely have made some kind of commitment to yourself that something needs to change in your relationship. Congratulations! This is the first step to creating meaningful change. Realizing that something must change and then looking for help means you have already begun the process.
Step #2 To Change Your Relationship: Show Up
Make an appointment. Pick up the phone. Now is the time for action. If you were able to make the changes on your own, you probably would have by now. Don't wait another day.
Step #3 To Change Your Relationship: Be Teachable
Relationships are NOT 50/50 deal. Relationships require two adults who each take 100% accountability for what is happening. If your relationship stinks, where are you accountable for that? What kind of stinky have you contributed? Sure, your partner has her or his role but first, start with yourself. It is paramount that you be willing to be teachable and look at your role in this dynamic.
Step #4 To Change Your Relationship: Get uncomfortable
Even more uncomfortable than maybe you are right now. Change does not happen within your own comfort zone — it happens in the narrow field outside of your comfort zone. This process will make you uncomfortable, maybe anxious, and possibly a little scared. But this means that we will be helping to move you from the "comfortable dysfunction" that has long since stopped serving you.
Step #5 To Change Your Relationship: Practice new skills
The work that happens in between therapy sessions is the real work of therapy. This is when you practice new skills, you notice your old responses and slowly (or quickly!) replace them with new and more functional responses, this is the time when you get curious about yourself and how you have come to create the relationship that is causing you such distress. When you get stuck, bring this to your next therapy session and let you counselor help coach you to get you closer to your relationship goals.
Step #6 To Change Your Relationship: Relax
This process is not about perfection. It is not about arriving at some perfect destination. It is not about achieve the oh-so-elusive "balance". Human relationships are an unfolding process that take some time and when you are able to bring a sense of lightness and ease to the work, you are able to relax a bit which makes it feel a little bit nicer along the way.
Ready to get connected with a couples therapist who can help you? Call 720.457.3342 today or click the red button on the top of this page to schedule with one of our clinicians online now. If you have read this far, then you are ready! We look forward to meeting you!


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Researchers in Brazil identified a set of signs and symptoms of Gaucher disease to help establish a priority nursing diagnosis for the disease. This allows nurses to distinguish the rare cases of Gaucher from conditions that share some of the same features.
A nursing diagnosis is a nurse's best judgment concerning a response to health conditions or life processes, or the identification of a vulnerability. A nursing diagnosis provides the basis for interventions for which the nurse is accountable.
The study, "Signs and symptoms in Gaucher Disease: priority nursing diagnoses," was published in the Brazilian Journal of Nursing.
The study included 91 patients who were diagnosed with Gaucher disease based on genetic testing.
In 15.4% of the cases, the diagnosis were confirmed in the patients' parents. In 13.2% of patients, the diagnosis was confirmed by family screening. There were two (2.2%) cases of a history of consanguinity (marriage between blood relatives).
Regarding the clinical profile of the patients, the main signs identified were splenomegaly, or enlarged spleen; anemia (low blood iron), thrombocytopenia (low levels of platelets in the blood); hepatomegaly, or enlarged liver; and bone pain. Most of the patients (45.1%) showed at least one clinical sign, and 34.1% of patients had two signs.
Also, most patients (36.3%) had at least two symptoms of Gaucher disease, 17.6% had at least one, and 16.5% of patients had three symptoms.
The most frequent symptoms were fatigue, lack of appetite, bone and joint pain, and abdominal discomfort.
As a result, the study identified these nursing diagnoses that characterize Gaucher disease:
- fatigue;
- risk for bleeding;
- chronic pain;
- acute pain;
- impaired physical mobility;
- imbalanced nutrition: eating less than the body requires;
- risk for developmental delay.
The researchers point out that early diagnosis of Gaucher is the best way to control the disease and provides a positive impact on patients' quality of life.
They said the nursing diagnoses gathered from the study will allow nurses to better address patients' issues and result in better and more individualized care.
"The study could favor future nursing actions that meet the needs of patients with Gaucher disease, as well as improve care protocols and thus contribute to individualized care of these patients," the study's researchers wrote.
The diagnoses of fatigue, risk for bleeding, chronic pain, acute pain, impaired physical mobility, imbalanced nutrition, and risk for developmental delay "were inferred from the signs and symptoms identified in the sample studied [and] reinforces the selection of these nursing diagnostics as a priority in the care of patients with Gaucher disease," they added.
"The above-mentioned nursing diagnoses are in agreement with the defining characteristics and related factors selected from the clinical complaints of patients with Gaucher disease, which provides us [with] a reliable clinical judgment in the choice of interventions and nursing actions …," they concluded.


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Following two years of substantial cuts, training budgets saw what we can only hope is the beginning of a turnaround in 2010. This according to the Corporate Learning Factbook published by Bersin & Associates (which in 2010 surveyed 748 learning & development organizations from a range of company sizes and industries).
Overall, the Factbook tells us that companies spent 2% more in 2010 than in 2009, with average spending of $682 per learner. While this slight increase in L&D investment may be encouraging, it follows a pretty precipitous drop during the recent downturn, as the chart below indicates.
These figures tell us trends in overall practices; however, Bersin notes that the story is playing out differently in different segments. Large organizations, for example, fared better earlier in the downturn but have not been as quick to revive learning spending as their small and mid-size counterparts. Banking/financial services and government sectors are, in fact, continuing to curtail training expenditures while the technology, manufacturing, healthcare and retail sectors have seen increases of 4% or more.
And of course, like so many areas of people practice, the past few years have forced provided training professionals with the opportunity to fundamentally rethink how they deliver learning and development to their constituents. Another tiny piece of good news in this regard, training groups can pursue this objective with an average staffing increase of 6% in 2010 - to a median of 5.3 L&D staff for every 1,000 learners.
More information at the Bersin & Associates site.


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I would argue that a major cause of most (but not all) wars is religion. Religion divides people into separate groups and tells them that they are incompatible with each other. It provides justification for the killing of others and the promise of reward for martyrs.
There are numerous examples of religious wars. Some of the main ones include the Crusades, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, The War On Terror, The Thirty Year War, Northern Ireland and the numerous religious wars of England and France (which culminated in the Saint Bartholomew Day Massacre). A frequent justification for the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese etc, (which led to horrendous massacres) empires was so that the natives could be converted to Christianity. Religions claim they have the one truth that will save only them and all other religions are wrong and/or the work of the devil. The Torah, Bible and Koran all contain justifications for the killing of non-believers (who after all are going to Hell). They are clear that following a different religion is an unforgivable crime deserving death and destruction of entire cities (see here). 2nd Kings 10:19-27 records how every member of the religion of Baal was killed (with God's approval). 2nd Chronicles 28:6 records the killing of 120,000 "valiant" men because they did not worship God. These are two of many examples.
Religion played a part in causing World War Two (as well as nationalism). Hitler believed he was doing God's work (see a post on this topic), denounced atheism and regularly referred to God in his speeches. The Holocaust built upon the anti-Semitism that came from the Christian belief that Jews were guilty of murdering Jesus (see here). If there had been no religion, there would be no difference between Christians and Jews and therefore no persecution. Fascist dictatorships in Spain, Italy and Latin America were strongly supported and endorsed by the Catholic Church.
Some argue that Atheism is responsible for the crimes of Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot. However this is confusing correlation and causation. They killed people because they were brutal Communist dictators, not because of their religious beliefs (or lack of any). Collectivisation still would have failed and caused famines killing millions, regardless of the religious beliefs of the nation. For comparison, Scandinavian countries are very secular, yet are not dictatorships. (see here)
Even wars which were caused by reasons other than religion, religion was used to justify it and motivate soldiers. For example, the fact that Protestant Germany invaded Catholic Belgium was a main part of the recruitment process in Ireland during World War One, even though it was not a purely religious war.
Religion creates division between people who otherwise have little differences. It justifies hate and murder. It is responsible for numerous wars and conflicts. Along with nationalism it is the major cause of war.
(In my next post I will look at this topic in a specifically Irish context)