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Pseudoscience Watch: You're Not Having a Nervous Breakdown
Are you having a nervous breakdown? Doubtful, as "nervous breakdowns" are not a real thing. It's just a phrase we use when we're "burned out," "anxious," "overwrought," or "on the edge." As Melinda Beck writes in a semi-trend, semi-historical, semi-service piece in today's Wall Street Journal, "'Nervous breakdown' was never an official diagnosis, just a popular euphemism and convenient catch-all for the inability to function due to psychological stress." We may have come a long way from the days of diagnosing women with "hysteria," but we still persist in using the pseudoscience phrase "nervous breakdown," which has yet to be included the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
So, why do we keep saying it, if we do keep saying it? (Beck says it appears more common than in years past, but "with no official definition there is little firm data": She points to a 2000 report that used data from 1996 indicating the percentage of people reporting "impending nervous breakdowns" was up a few percentage points from the '70s, and more so from the '50s. Meanwhile, Google nGram actually seems to chart a decline in the use of the phrase in the last few years, with a spike in the nervous-breakdown heyday of the 1940s.)
Read the full story at The Atlantic Wire.

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I'm sure you've heard of Trim Healthy Mama. It seems everyone has. I had heard about it from friends for years before I decided to buy the books and give it a try. I researched it for quite a long time before committing. I'm not really one to try diets, despite needing to loose weight. I did the Whole 30 a couple years ago with huge success. But since living that way is almost impossible for an active family, I decided to give Trim Healthy Mama a try. Everyone said it was whole family cooking and it wouldn't leave me in the kitchen all day long.
The good:
- The meals were made for large families in mind. I didn't have to double and triple recipes, which was refreshing. Most family meals feed 6-8. They do have lots of single serve recipes in the cookbook for things like breakfast and lunch, too.
- I found some ridiculously yummy recipes that my kids love in the cookbook. Swedish Meatballs in Cream Sauce, Slim Sloppy Joes, Blackened Chicken with Mango and Black Beans, Lentil Soup, Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup, Tomato Chicken Bisque, Nacho Stuffed Peppers, Trim Healthy Pancakes. Amazing food. Really.
- I found most of the sippers to be awesome and I love them! Good Girl Moonshine & Singing Canary are staying. Period.
- The Pastor lost lots of weight in the first month.
The Eh:
- I lost minimal weight. Very minimal. Likes, in 3 months maybe 8 lbs.
- While it was a whole family plan, you have to tweak every single meal for every single person. This meant adding cheese to kid food but not adult food. Adding an extra side for kids. So while I was only cooking one "meal", I was having to adjust at the table.
- While they claim you don't have to use specialty ingredients, I found that they were necessary if you don't want to be completely frustrated. So, you're buying special flours and weird stuff that are really hard to find and expensive.
- They also claim you can do the plan without Stevia. After reading their stuff, I just started using the Stevia, even though I really didn't want to. Cutting it out is a bigger deal than they make it.
- You can have brownies! they say. Then you make the brownies exactly like the recipe and they are gross. The online community then tells you that your taste buds are just messed up from years of real sugar. You'll adjust. But chocolate should never taste like chemicals. I don't want to get used to that. So these beloved desserts are apparently all acquired tastes that will eventually be okay to you once you forget what real baked goods taste like.
- Despite saying you can be a food purist to stick to the plan or a "drive through Sue", I found that I was having to make a lot of concessions to food purity. I was eating things that didn't seem normal for me to eat. So, I'm sure there was a way for me to not bend on my food standards, but they weren't easy if they were available.
- There are a lot of rules. It takes time to understand and properly implement the plan. While there is good support through their Facebook pages and such, you have to be careful what you say so you don't offend the plan. (Really just never critique the plan. Just watch how much hate mail will come from this post. And not all of the groups will be like this. You'll also find a lot of encouragement and a lot of help. Just don't complain- they don't like it.)
The Bad:
- My milk supply tanked, despite doing crossovers as described for nursing moms.
- My immune system plummeted. I had eczema and then Shingles. The nutrition just wasn't there.
- It was expensive. The specialty ingredients are very pricey. They say you don't need them, but over half the recipes call for them. Want to price them yourself? Whey Protein, Trim Healthy Mama Baking Blend, Stevia, Super Sweet, Gentle Sweet, MCT Oil, Gelatin, Collagen, Glucomannan, Not Naughty Noodles. Now, some of these things will last quite a while, like the Stevia and the Glucomannan. But some, like the baking blend and the super sweet will be monthly expenses at least.
- I was eating more meat and less veggies than usual. While they say vegetarian and vegan options are available, I don't really see how.
My Conclusions:
I have seen lots of people loose weight and have great health on this plan. I will still be using my cookbook, despite my not using the plan because some of the food is really yummy. But this plan is clearly not for me. I had so many health problems that started when I switched to this plan. I did not see results anything like I would have liked to see. And my family was just eating too many things I wasn't really super comfortable with. So, I am going to take some of the recipes, but leave the plan. It just didn't work for us. It certainly isn't for everyone. It worked fine for my husband.
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Since the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture came into effect on 1 January 1995, countries around the world have progressively reduced import tariffs and global agricultural trade has grown. The use of non-tariff measures (NTMs) has also grown (Nicita & Gourdon 2013). NTMs are 'policy measures other than ordinary customs tariffs that can potentially have an economic effect on international trade in goods, changing quantities traded, or prices or both' (UNCTAD 2012). This article provides an introduction to NTMs and explains their potential economic effects and prevalence in Australian agriculture.
Approximately half of all NTMs globally are applied to agricultural products. This is because governments prioritise a safe food supply for consumers, as well as biosecurity and environmental protection. Governments use a diverse range of NTMs to achieve this objective, and they cover a range of areas—from biosecurity to labelling requirements. These NTMs are designed to improve consumer confidence in imported products and maintenance of biosecurity, and can lead to greater benefits from trade despite additional compliance costs for exporters.
There are also measures which can introduce unnecessary inefficiencies in the trading system and others that are used for protectionist reasons to discourage trade. The latter are designed to be unnecessarily burdensome to exporters, and often adversely affect farmers in exporting countries and consumers in importing countries. Because of the increasing prevalence of NTMs, and the perception that many are purely protectionist and unjustifiably applied, they have become an increasing focus of trade liberalisation efforts.
NTMs are mostly imposed non-discriminately. This means that countries generally impose the same NTM on all imports regardless of country of origin, state of development or quality of its agricultural exports. NTMs can also be specific to a country of origin. These are called bilateral NTMs and comprise around 11% of NTMs applied to global agriculture.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Multi‑Agency Support Team (MAST) established a classification system which places NTMs into one of 16 categories. Classifying NTMs is useful for analysis because of the large number and variety currently in use:
- Sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS)
- Technical barriers to trade (TBT)
- Pre-shipment inspection
- Contingent trade-protective measures
- Non-automatic licensing, quotas, prohibitions and quantity control measures other than for SPS or TBT reasons
- Price-control measures, including additional taxes and charges
- Finance measures
- Measures affecting competition
- Trade-related investment measures
- Distribution restrictions
- Restrictions on post-sales services
- Subsidies (excluding export subsidies)
- Government procurement restrictions
- Intellectual property
- Rules of origin
- Export-related measures
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT) account for the majority of NTMs affecting Australian agricultural exports (Figure 1). SPS measures impose biosecurity, health and food safety requirements on imports, such as limits on antibiotics in meat production or pesticide residues in grains (UNCTAD 2012). TBT measures for agricultural imports include requirements for labelling, traceability information and importer authorisation.
NTM Non-tariff measure.
Source: UNCTAD 2019
SPS measures account for 55% of the NTMs imposed on agricultural exports globally. Of the nearly 18,000 NTMs applied to Australian agriculture, 54% are SPS measures. The large number of SPS measures imposed on agricultural commodities is a unique characteristic of the sector.
SPS measures account for only 21% of NTMs affecting Australia's non-agricultural exports. TBT measures account for 37% of NTMs imposed on both Australian and global agricultural exports. In non-agricultural industries, 70% of NTMs are TBT measures.
NTMs are an inherent cost of doing business faced by Australian agricultural exporters. SPS and TBT measures can include food quality and safety regulations which are appropriately imposed on imports. These typically increase compliance costs for exporters but are regarded as a reasonable consequence of conducting international commerce which support ongoing trade relationships.
Inefficient or poorly designed regulations also increase costs but hinder trade. For this reason, minimising these complications is a large part of trade liberalisation efforts since inefficient NTMs can be employed deliberately to serve protectionist roles. These measures intentionally incorporate unnecessarily burdensome costs of compliance which have little to no scientific or regulatory basis. For example, governments can impose SPS and TBT measures that mandate unnecessary laboratory testing and complex labelling, using them to disguise protectionist intent and hinder trade.
The third-largest category of NTMs applied to Australian agriculture is price control measures. These are implemented to protect domestically produced products from lower-priced imports, improve price stability or raise tax revenue. For example, several countries in the Middle East raise tax revenue through applying customs inspection fees to grain imports.
Two other NTM categories are particularly important for Australian agriculture: pre-shipment inspections and other formalities, and quantity controls. The total number of NTMs in these categories is low, but they can impose significant costs to Australian agricultural exporters. This is because they are more heavily applied to Australian broadacre crops, wool, meat and live animals—together accounting for over 70% of total agricultural exports by value.
Importing countries mandate pre-shipment inspections to be carried out in the exporting country. For example, the Philippines mandates that documentation be provided on the weight, volume and value of grains before the shipment is cleared for import (UNCTAD 2019).
Quantity controls include quotas and bans other than for SPS or TBT reasons. For example, the European Union imposes a tariff-rate quota on imports of high quality beef from Australia, and Afghanistan bans imports of pigs and pig products.
Other obstacles to trade
Trade can be impeded by other obstacles that are not policy measures. For example, the cost of doing business may increase as a result of uncertainty or a lack of clarity about future policy changes. Such obstacles are sometimes considered a natural part of international commerce. However, distinctions between NTMs and other trade obstacles can be unclear—hindering negotiations for improved market access.
NTM-related procedures required by importing countries to demonstrate compliance with an NTM can be trade obstacles. These are distinct from the NTM itself and can be more burdensome to exporters of agricultural products than the NTM (ITC 2015). Time delays and informal or unusually high payments are two common examples of such procedural obstacles.
Non-tariff measures applied to Australian agricultural exports
Australian agricultural exports are subject to nearly 18,000 NTMs worldwide as at 1 January 2019 (UNCTAD 2019), and these extend across all commodity types (Figure 2). Horticulture is affected by the greatest number of NTMs, followed by dairy, grains, oilseeds and pulses, and meat and livestock products. The high number of NTMs affecting these commodity groups does not necessarily reflect the potential trade cost. For example, the cost for Australian exporters of complying with one NTM imposed by one country can be higher than the total cost of complying with several NTMs imposed by several countries.
NTM Non-tariff measure. SPS Sanitary and phytosanitary measures. TBT Technical barriers to trade. Note: Many NTMs are applied across commodities, so the sum of individual commodity groups is greater than the total number of NTMs affecting all agricultural exports.
Source: UNCTAD 2019
Some exported commodities by their nature are more likely to be subject to NTMs. For example, horticultural exports (including fresh fruit and vegetables) are highly perishable and potential vectors for pests and diseases that could damage an importing country's agricultural sector. They are also often the object of food quality concerns. The diversity of products in the horticulture export category may also explain the higher number of NTMs. This distinction is important for industry and government when assessing implications of frequency across commodity groups.
SPS measures account for the dominant share of NTMs applied across each commodity group other than wool (Table 1). This reflects the importance of food safety and biosecurity in agriculture. TBT measures account for the largest share of NTMs for wool because health requirements are less significant for non-food items.
|Most common category
|Grains, oilseeds and pulses
|Industrial crops
|Meat and live animals
SPS Sanitary and phytosanitary measures. TBT Technical barriers to trade.
Note: Includes import-related non-tariff measures only, without regard to commercial significance.
Source: UNCTAD 2019
Effects on Australian agricultural exports
Because NTMs can increase the cost to export, there is often a perception that those applied to Australian agriculture reduce trade. However, it is often the case that the absence of such an NTM may actually destroy the possibility of any trade. An NTM that improves trade is referred to as trade-facilitating. For example, NTMs that ensure food meets health and safety requirements are common in agriculture and are used to provide quality assurance to agricultural products—increasing consumer demand and facilitating trade. Trade-reducing NTMs are those that increase the cost of compliance for exporters without a compensating improvement in demand.
Whether an NTM will have an overall trade-reducing or trade-facilitating effect is sometimes uncertain because often multiple NTMs apply to the same goods. Ascertaining the overall effect of an individual NTM in these circumstances is quantitatively challenging (Cadot, Gourdon & van Tongeren 2018; Piermartini & Yotov 2016).
Quantifying non-tariff measures
Researchers and international organisations like the OECD, UNCTAD and the World Bank have conducted extensive work on estimating the impact of NTMs on exports. How this work has been undertaken has varied because quantifying NTMs means different things to different people. Approaches for quantification include counting, cost modelling and holistic data-based approaches. Counting involves identifying NTMs and summing up the number of times they are applied while often also categorising them by their type. Cost modelling involves analysing the costs of compliance for a specific NTM and estimating how those costs affect exports.
The holistic data-based approach is the one most widely employed by researchers because it provides broad insights that summarise NTMs' effects across exporters and commodities by making use of globally available datasets. Different researchers in this field have different objectives and employ a variety of cutting-edge methodologies. The validity of the results depends on the objectives. Some researchers are interested in results at the sector level, such as agriculture, some at a commodity level, such as barley, and others at the tariff-line level, such as durum wheat seed.
At this time there is no single, accepted methodology for the data-based approach. It is an ongoing area of research. As a result, the validity of published results from analysis undertaken on a country-by-country basis at the commodity or tariff-line level is currently questionable for technical and statistical reasons. These relate to the fact that most NTMs are applied on a multilateral basis, so estimating their country-by-country effect is technically challenging. Leading quantification methods include those described by Anderson, Larch & Yotov (2015), Cadot, Gourdon & van Tongeren (2018) and Kee, Nicita & Olarreaga (2009).
Non-tariff measures imposed by Australia
Australia imposes a variety of NTMs on imported products, including around 368 on agricultural imports—nearly all of which are applied non-discriminately. SPS measures are the largest category of NTMs imposed by Australia on agricultural products (Figure 3). This is similar to the distribution of NTMs applied by importing countries in the rest of the world.
Note: NTMs reported as at January 2019.
Source: UnCTAD 2019
Over the past 25 years NTMs have become increasingly prevalent in international trade. NTMs can serve legitimate purposes such as safeguarding health and food safety, especially in agriculture. However, the increasing frequency of unjustified or inefficient trade-reducing NTMs has become a global concern. These NTMs impede consumers and farmers from fully realising the benefits of improved market access through free trade agreements. Governments and industry will need to continue to prioritise the removal or reform of inefficient and illegitimate NTMs to achieve meaningful outcomes from trade liberalisation negotiations.
Anderson, J, Larch, M and Yotov, Y 2015, Estimating general equilibrium trade policy effects: GE PPML, CESifo Working Paper no. 5592, November.
Cadot, O, Gourdon, J & van Tongeren, F 2018, Estimating ad valorem equivalents of non-tariff measures: combining price-based and quantity-based approaches, OECD Trade Policy Papers, no. 215, Paris, doi: 10.1787/18166873.
ITC 2015, The invisible barriers to trade: how businesses experience non-tariff measures, International Trade Centre, Geneva, June.
Kee, HL, Nicita, A and Olarreaga, M 2009, Estimating trade restrictiveness indices, The Economic Journal, no. 119, pp. 172–199.
Nicita, A & Gourdon, J 2013, A preliminary analysis on newly collected data on non-tariff measures, Policy issues in international trade and commodities study series, no. 53, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, New York.
Piermartini, R & Yotov, Y 2016, Estimating trade policy effects with structural gravity, WTO Working Paper, ERSD-2016–10, World Trade Organization, Geneva, July.
UNCTAD 2012, International classification of non-tariff measures: 2012 version, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, New York.
—— 2019, TRAINS: Global Database on Non-Tariff Measures, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, accessed 25 January 2019.


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Empathy is pretty complex. And contrary to popular belief, it's about a lot more than compassion or sensitivity.
The practice of empathy contains a broad spectrum of abilities that can have a profound impact on your relationships with others – and yourself.
There are several types of empaths in this world. But first, let's take a look at what it means to be empathetic.
What Type of Person Is an Empath?
Generally speaking, empaths are those who have the ability to understand and share the emotions of others better than most others. They're very emotionally intelligent and possess strong intuition through which they filter the world around them.
On the outside, they might appear to be shy and quiet individuals, but empaths have a rich and complex inner life that they often shield from the rest of the world. They do more listening than speaking but are still excellent communicators.
Of course, not all empaths are the same. Aside from a few traits that they all share, there are important differences between the three primary types of empaths.
Are there different kinds of empaths?
While researching different types of empaths, you might come across all kinds of categories. But here, we'll focus on the most widely accepted categories of empaths:
1. Cognitive empaths
Cognitive empaths are those with high emotional intelligence. This is reflected in their ability to understand others and in their ability to separate themselves from the emotional experiences of others. They're capable of looking at things from different perspectives and have a great deal of compassion.
2. Affective empaths
Affective empaths possess the same abilities as cognitive empaths with the added ability that they can absorb the feelings of people around them.
They tend to dislike large groups of people, as they can get overwhelmed quite easily. Intimate relationships can also be a source of trouble for affective empaths, as they tend to put the needs of their partners ahead of their own.
3. Compassionate empaths
Compassionate empaths are moved by the feelings of others in a way that calls them to action. If they use their empathy the right way, they can be very helpful to others. If not, they can take empathy too far and confuse the feelings of others with their own.
Regardless of the type, striking a balance is extremely important. Empathy can take over someone's mind quite easily, so it's important to practice setting healthy boundaries.
Are empaths rare?
Even though you can find many compassionate people, not are empaths.
True empaths are rare, as not many people manage to nurture this skill that most are born with by default.
Even worse, many empaths get taken advantage of so they might try to conceal their empathic side once they reach a critical burnout point. This is especially true for emotional empaths, who have a very hard time controlling their emotions.
So yes, empaths are quite rare. If you do come across one, however, chances are you'll create a strong, long-lasting relationship with them.
Do empaths attract other empaths?
Emotions are body wisdom.—Jon Butcher, trainer of Mindvalley's Lifebook Quest
Surprising as this might sound, most empaths don't attract like-minded people. This is one of those situations where the phrase "opposites attract" couldn't be truer. Empaths actually tend to attract narcissists rather than other empaths.
Narcissists depend on the attention of others, while empaths thrive on offering support and compassion. This makes them a perfect target for emotional energy vampires.
When they do find another empath, the relationship is often very turbulent. As both parties are apt at sensing and absorbing the emotions of others, this can cause friction and tension.
As you can see, there are many ways to express empathy. Work to nurture your own innate sense of empathy to strengthen and deepen your relationships.


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The Last Coincidence
3 / 5. Votos: 1
Synopsis of The Last Coincidence
After the heir to a frozen-food fortune gets iced, Wolfe's right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, becomes a suspect
When Lily Rowan doesn't laugh at his jokes, Archie Goodwin knows something is wrong. Her niece Noreen has been running around with Sparky Linville, a club-hopping bad boy who is the terror of Manhattan nightlife. And the last time she went out with him, Noreen wasn't herself when she came home.
All she would tell her aunt was that she had been assaulted. Springing into action, Goodwin waits for Linville outside of Morgana's, a chrome-and-glass palace that sits like a wart on Second Avenue. They nearly come to blows, but Linville's bodyguard intervenes, and Goodwin retreats to plan his next move.
In the morning Linville is dead, and Goodwin is the chief suspect. For years he has helped rotund genius Nero Wolfe out of jams, and now it is time for the master detective to return the favor.
Synopsis of The Last Coincidence taken from Amazon
Series: Nero Wolfe Mysteries; 4
Language: English
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The entire community is invited for an opening reception for a professional photography exhibition entitled "Shanghai, the City of Innovation, 2017".
The reception will be presented in the South Pasadena Library Community Room at 4 p.m. om Sunday, May 28th. The reception will feature opening remarks by Mayor Michael A. Cacciotti and others, and mark the launch of the weeklong photo exhibit for the public in the Community Room. After the reception on May 28th, the exhibit will remain open until 7 p.m.. On Monday, May 29th the photo exhibit will be closed all day in observance of Memorial Day. The exhibit will reopen on Tuesday, May 30th; Wednesday May 31st, and Thursday, June 1st when the viewing hours will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. For the exhibit's last day on Friday, June 2nd, the exhibit will be open from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Displayed in the exhibit will be significant new photographic artworks by highly accomplished American photographers who participated in the "Shanghai, in the Eyes of the World" professional photography competition. The contest was held as part of "Flying over Shanghai", a virtual reality spectacular to "bring the human visual experiences to their utmost."
The reception and the "Shanghai, the City of Innovation, 2017" photo exhibit are free and everyone is invited. No RSVPs are needed. The project is co-sponsored by the Information Office of Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Government, the City of South Pasadena, The South Pasadena Chinese American Club, EDI Media, and the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library .who will also provide refreshments for the Opening Reception with special thanks to East West Bank of South Pasadena. The project has also been supported by the County of Los Angeles and the County of San Bernardino. The South Pasadena Library Community Room is located at 1115 El Centro Street.


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We already knew why Terrell Owens wasn't voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, but someone who was inside the room has given us confirmation.
Hall of Fame voter Gary Myers, of the Daily News, went on The Dan Patrick Show and told guest host Ross Tucker exactly how the debate surrounding Owens went down:
"It was the second longest discussion we had in the room other than Eddie DeBartolo," Myers says. "The bottom line on T.O. is he was so disruptive. With (Lawrence Taylor), you don't count the off-the-field stuff. That's a mandate from the Hall of Fame — it's only what you've done on the field. The argument that was made in the room, and I agreed with this, is what T.O. did in the locker room is a part…"
"That counts?," Tucker interrupts. "Why don't you just evaluate what's inside the white lines?"
"I think the locker room is an extension of that," Myers answers.
"He's a Hall of Fame player that five teams couldn't wait to get rid of. So what does that tell about how disruptive he was?"
Well, Myers kind of trampled on his own argument by calling Owens a "Hall of Fame player," which is the crux of the entire debate.
This is how that conversation should go down:
Is he a Hall of Fame player?
OK, we should vote him in then.
Myers saying five teams couldn't wait to get rid of Owens is also a little over the top. He spent eight productive seasons in San Francisco before the 49ers traded him. And Owens' last two teams released him because his play had declined, not because he was a locker room cancer.
And by the same token, there were four teams that couldn't wait to sign him despite all of those locker room concerns.
As Tucker said, Myers and other voters can't know for sure what happened in the locker room. It's all speculation. Owens' play on the field, however, is not. He ranks second behind Rice in career receiving yards. He's third in career touchdowns behind Rice and Randy Moss. He has a legitimate argument for being the second greatest wide receiver ever, and we're going to keep him out because he celebrated with a Sharpie one time and forced his way out of Philadelphia?
Myers did admit that Owens would eventually get into Canton. But if he's a Hall of Famer in 12 months, why isn't he one today? The NFL's limit on inductees in a given year is probably a factor, but based on Myers' comments, this was more about punishing Owens for his behavior rather than choosing better players over him.
The notion that Owens tore teams apart is also questionable. Owens made the 49ers, Eagles and Cowboys better. It ended poorly in Philly, but was Owens' spat with the Eagles' front office anymore disruptive than Brett Favre's on-again-off-again retirement, which certainly created some locker room awkwardness in Green Bay? Favre had no trouble getting in with similar statistical accomplishments and a questionable off-field résumé.
Owens' exclusion shows how flawed the voting process is. It's based entirely around the opinions of relative outsiders. Sure, media members have more access than fans, but they don't know everything that is going on behind the scenes. The only thing voters know for sure is how a player performed on the field, and Owens did that better than just about anyone.


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Can you die from an asthma attack?
It's not just those with severe asthma who are at risk of death; even individuals with mild symptoms, who do not routinely take medication, die every day from asthma.
What is the death rate for asthma?
Asthma kills 10 people in the United States every day, and many of these deaths are avoidable. It is time to redefine the disease and bring diagnosis and treatment into the 21st century, says an international panel of experts.
There is, in fact, no such thing as one disease called asthma. Instead, asthma is an umbrella term for inflammation and swelling of the airways, which can result in a range of symptoms.
What percentage of population is asthmatic?
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 7.6 percent of adults and 8.4 percent of children in the U.S. have asthma. And in 2015, 3,615 people in the country died from it.
Worryingly, asthma kills indiscriminately. Anyone with asthma is at risk, and individuals with mild or moderate asthma – including those with few symptoms, who do not routinely take medication – die at roughly the same rate as those who are under specialist care due to their symptoms.
In a Clinical Commission report published in The Lancet, an international panel of experts criticizes the way that doctors view and treat asthma, saying that little progress has been made in the past 20 years.
So, why is asthma medicine stuck in the last century? Find out why experts think that it's time to redefine the term asthma, and why patients and doctors need to take an active part to make this a reality.
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Experiencing asthma is a very personal journey; no two individuals have exactly the same triggers or symptoms, and one person's asthma attack might be very different from one day to the next.
Ezra Kirk – from Bath, in the United Kingdom – is heavily asthmatic. He told Medical News Today that his asthma attacks give him "[a] tight chest and [tight] shoulders, pressure everywhere above the diaphragm, including the face and head, a constant grasping for breath, and an inability to breath deeply."
Hannah Bastick – from Brighton, also in the U.K. – has a 2-year-old daughter who has been to hospital several times since birth with severe wheezing. "An attack is very scary as a parent," she told MNT. "I couldn't leave her to sleep by herself when it's obvious how little oxygen is getting into her lungs."
Her daughter's symptoms are triggered by severe colds, and she has been officially diagnosed with virally induced wheeze. "When she gets a bad cold, she becomes permanently wheezy within 24 hours," Ms. Bastick explained.
"It becomes increasingly severe until we don't feel safe enough for her to sleep unwatched, so we take her to the hospital. By this stage, her breathing is very labored and she 'grunts' with every [exhalation]."
The number of new asthma cases has been steadily rising since the 1980s. The condition is the third-ranking reason for children to be admitted to hospital, and it kills 10 U.S. individuals every single day.
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Between 1980 and 2014, 157,066 people in the U.S. died as a result of asthma, according to a report published on September 26, 2017, in the journal JAMA.
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The body of an American scientist who went missing while at a conference in Greece last week was found Monday, according to authorities and her colleagues.
Suzanne Eaton, 59, a molecular biologist from California, was found dead by police in an area of caves and abandoned shooting ranges in Platanias on the island of Crete, the deputy mayor of the village, Kostas Bebelidakis, said.
Eaton vanished July 2. Her colleagues believe she had gone for a jog as her running shoes were missing. Bebelidakis said the area near where Eaton's body was found is a popular trekking site.
Crete is Greece's largest island and a popular tourist destination. Eaton, a scientist with the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany, was there for a conference at the Orthodox Academy in the village of Kolymbari, outside Chania.
Police, firefighters and local volunteers launched a search following her disappearance, and Eaton's husband and two sons had traveled to Crete to help look for her.
The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that it was aware a body had been recovered in Greece and it was working with authorities.
A statement from the Max Planck Institute said authorities were investigating what led to Eaton's death.
"We are deeply shocked and disturbed by this tragic event. Suzanne was an outstanding and inspiring scientist, a loving spouse and mother, an athlete as well as a truly wonderful person beloved to us all," the statement said. "Her loss is unbearable."
The institute described Eaton as a leading scientist in her field, who had earned a doctorate in microbiology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She was also a runner and a senior black belt in taekwondo.


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-- At age 3, Kyle Loh shocked his nursery school teachers when he started reading to the class. At 5, he tested off the charts on his kindergarten IQ test.
By 12, he was enrolling in college classes. At 14, he was spending his summer doing stem cell research at Harvard. Today, at age 16, he donned a cap and gown and became one of the youngest students to ever graduate from Rutgers University.
But Kyle is quick to dismiss any notion that being a child prodigy means he missed out on being a kid.
"If childhood refers to having a good time, then I definitely had it," Kyle said. "I think I lived it to the fullest."
|Kyle Loh becomes one of the youngest graduates of Rutgers University
His next goal is getting his doctorate — and his driver's license.
"I got my learner's permit a few months ago," he said. "Hopefully, I'll get my license soon."
Kyle, of Mendham Township, is the youngest of the 12,651 Rutgers graduates collecting their degrees in various ceremonies around the state this week. He was one of nearly 2,500 graduates who marched in today's university-wide commencement ceremony on the New Brunswick campus.
The cell biology and neuroscience major with a 3.9-grade point average joins a small group of students who graduated from Rutgers while they were still teenagers. In 1996, Hannes Sarkuni of Cranbury became the university's youngest graduate when he earned his degree at 14. His brother, Sehrope, and cousin, Shant, followed in his footsteps and graduated from Rutgers a few years later. They were both 15.
After graduation, Kyle plans to spend the summer working with a Harvard professor at a stem cell research lab in Genome Institute of Singapore. This fall, he will move to California to enroll in the developmental biology graduate program at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Born in Morristown to immigrant parents from Taiwan and Singapore, Kyle grew up in Mendham attending public schools. Though he was always advanced for his age, it wasn't until second grade that he began to suspect he was different from his classmates.
When the class was asked to bring in a book to read aloud, most of the 7-year-olds showed up with children's stories.
"Other kids read fairy tales," Kyle said. "I brought in a book about the Ebola virus."
With the encouragement of his parents and teachers, Kyle began to take classes at the County College of Morris while still in middle school. That led to his decision to enroll in Rutgers when he turned 13.
"Being a mother, I was a bit concerned," said Doreen Loh, Kyle's mother and a Rutgers alumnae. "But socially and emotionally, I think he was ready."
Kyle's mother, a bioinformatics specialist at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and his father, an engineer at a telecommunications firm, split time between their Mendham house and a second residence in Piscataway so their son could live close to Rutgers. They shuttled Kyle back and forth to campus while the teenager learned to navigate the Rutgers bus system and blend in with his older classmates.
Eager to get experience as a researcher, Kyle visited assistant professor Dale Woodbury's stem cell research lab on the Piscataway campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Woodbury wasn't sure what to make of the shaggy haired, bespectacled 13-year-old who proposed his own research project. But the professor took a "leap of faith" and gave him a job, allowing Kyle to impress everyone.
"He has this brain that can grasp all of these concepts and bring them together," Woodbury said. "He's going to be a superstar. Let's hope he remembers all of us."
Friends said Kyle never seemed stressed by the academic or social pressures of being in college.
"If you do something you really enjoy it's not really stressful," said Samar Shah, a 21-year-old Rutgers senior who befriended Kyle when they roomed together at a summer program at Harvard.
Outside of school, Kyle admits he reads scientific papers for fun. But he also writes science fiction stories, plays soccer, runs cross country, plays piano and hangs out on Facebook. Despite his new Rutgers degree, Kyle's parents said he can still be a typical teenager who spends too much time on the computer and leaves his room messy.
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In the A-Z section of the app (found in Search), any show that is non-English will be titled as such. For example, in the A-Z section you will see a listing for "Peppa Pig", which contains all of the English language episodes, and a separate listing for "Peppa Pig (Mandarin)", which contains all the Mandarin language episodes.
The titles of non-English language shows that may be available in the app are Play School Story Time: Languages (episodes in various languages), Arthur (Mandarin), hoopla doopla! (Mandarin), Luo Bao Bei (Mandarin), Octonauts (Mandarin), Peppa Pig (Mandarin), Peter Rabbit (Mandarin), Rainbow Chicks (Mandarin), Kiddets (Mandarin)
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Jewell Business Today, the quarterly publication of the William Jewell Department of Business and Leadership, is pleased to officially welcome Hannah Nicolay as Co-Managing Editor. Hannah has previously served as staff writer for Jewell Business Today and has assisted editors Gretchen Mayes and Madison Giles on the winter edition.
Hannah is a sophomore double majoring in Business and Communication. She is involved around campus in many organizations such as Delta Zeta and the Emerging Leaders Conference Leadership Team. Hannah is looking forward to helping people in and outside of Jewell to recognize the awesome activities and accomplishments of our students.
As Gretchen Mayes "retires" from her managing editor position, Hannah will be working along side of Madison Giles and the JewellBiz staff. Madison is grateful for Gretchen's many contributions and excited for Hannah to take on this new responsibility. "Hannah is an energetic and accomplished worker and will be a great asset to the Jewell Business Today team in her new leadership role."


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The SurpriseMeow is an enemy in Super Paper Mario. It is found only in Chapter 3-4. The SurpriseMeow shoots Meowbombs at the player when it spots them. While the outside is impenetrable, the player must use Thoreau to clog its cannon with a Meowbomb. When it explodes, it will destroy the SurpriseMeow. Two SurpriseMeows are found in the game.
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New Jersey CyberKnife at the J. Phillip Citta Regional Cancer Center recently joined efforts to raise awareness for hospital partner Community Medical Center's lung cancer screening program.
The CyberKnife is a radiation machine that treats patients through stereotactic radiosurgery, a noninvasive technique with high-dose radiation precisely aimed from different angles. This is currently the world's only robotic radiosurgery system and despite its name, it does not require surgery, resulting in painless and noninvasive treatment.
CyberKnife destroys cancerous and benign tumors with high-dose, highly accurate radiation beams, and minimizes collateral damages to healthy tissues, allowing physicians to treat difficult-to-reach tumors and significantly reducing treatment time for the patient as compared to traditional radiation therapy.
"The goal is to detect lung cancer in its early stages when it is much more curable than when found in later stages. When patients begin showing symptoms, the cancer can already be at an advanced stage. This program offers those at high risk for developing the disease the chance to be diagnosed earlier and receive treatment sooner," Dr. David D'Ambrosio, New Jersey CyberKnife medical director said in a PR Newswire press release.
In the beginning of 2014, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a finalized recommendation advising CT lung cancer screening for long-term smokers, advocating annual lung cancer screenings for adults between the ages of 55 to 80 who have a 30-year history of smoking at least a pack a day and who currently smoke or have quit within the last 15 years.
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DALLAS – Vivien Leigh's iconic dress worn in her Academy-Award-winning role as
Scarlett O'Hara may sell for $100,000 or more as the James Tumblin Collection of screen-used costumes, props and behind-the-scene rarities from MGM's 1939 classic "Gone With the Wind" crosses the block April 18 at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills. More than 150 lots of one-of-a-kind Hollywood studio pieces of the film – direct from the finest collection known to exist – offers fans a never-before-seen look at the classic film's enduring legacy.
"When it comes to 'Gone with the Wind' memorabilia, no one is more respected and recognized than Jim Tumblin," says Kathleen Guzman, managing director of Heritage Auctions in New York. "He has devoted his life and efforts to promoting Hollywood and this film, touring his items throughout the United States. Very rarely does memorabilia of this caliber come to market, and these pieces represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to collect these incredible treasures."
Tumblin, formerly in charge of the hair and makeup department at Universal Studios, began collecting screen-used costumes, props and behind-the-scene rarities associated with the Academy Award-winning film "Gone with the Wind" in the early 1960s. It was on a visit to the Western Costume Company when he saw on the floor what turned out to be a dress Vivien Leigh wore as Scarlett O'Hara. He was told it was being thrown away. After some negotiating and checking with a company manager, Tumblin paid $20, and the dress was his.
"I started getting inter-office memos and phone calls," Tumblin recalls, "and my secretary would get messages saying, 'Well, my aunt worked on that film. Would you be interested in this?' or 'My grandfather worked on this film. What about this?' And that's how it started."
Decades later, his collection now has more than 300,000 artifacts from the movie and has been exhibited across the country.
In addition to Leigh's remarkable period dress worn in four pivotal scenes in the film, the collection includes Clark Gable's period gray suit worn as Rhett Butler in the scene where he kicks down "Scarlett's" door ($30,000) and Leslie Howard's Confederate Soldier Uniform worn by Ashley Wilkes in the moving scene where he finds his way back to Tara Plantation ($30,000).
To learn more about Heritage Auctions' presentation of the James Tumblin Collection, visit www.ha.com.


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So, every night before my son (Barnabas) goes down for the night, we replay the day in our heads and talk about all our joys and disappointments. And at the end, we not only pray to thank God and for those who are in need, but we always lift-up special prayer requests like when my foot is in pain due to a gout attack. And although I often forget our prayers and wonder what Barnabas thinks of our faith (especially with his father being so busy with sermon preparations, going to church early and separately, as well as leaving the home some nights for various meetings) it put a smile on my face when my foot got better and my son pointed out it was all because God answered our prayers! And you know for my devotional, it pointed to Deuteronomy 6 and I was reminded how the bible tells us "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates." Thus friends, whether you are a parent or a member who promised to help raise the children of Gracepoint together, let's continue to teach the little ones that Christianity is not a business, nor a religion, nor is it about going to this meeting or that but instead it's really about a loving relationship with Jesus who cares and desires to bless every part of our life!
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REPORT: More Needed Against 'Insider Threat' At Airports
A congressional report on the terrorist threat posed by airport "insiders" says the Transportation Security Administration, airport operators and airlines must do a better job of screening workers such as baggage handlers or cleaning crews for possible security threats.
It's also treading depressingly familiar ground.
The report, released this week by the House Homeland Security Committee's majority staff, cites several cases going back as far as 2008 in which aviation workers, former employees or contractors were recruited to fight for ISIS or other terrorist groups or engaged in efforts to smuggle firearms or other contraband aboard aircraft.
It says the nation's approximately 450 airports remain vulnerable to insider attacks because they have not taken the steps necessary to properly check and periodically recheck employees' backgrounds in a comprehensive way. It cites instances where security badges have gone missing. It also says most airport and the aviation industry have still not implemented "full employee screening" – or even agreed what that means. And it urged the wider use of biometric controls and better sharing of information among law enforcement and national security agencies.
And yet to Glen Winn, an instructor at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering who specializes in aviation security, the most shocking thing about the report is that it's all been said before.
"We've been through this many, many times," Winn said. "Following even the Pan Am 103 terrorist act in 1983, they wrote a beautiful report, and it was issued in 1989. Many subjects in this report were included in that report."
Among them, Winn said, were the directive to national security and law enforcement agencies to share information more fluidly. Another was the idea that all aviation employees should undergo the sort of physical screening that passengers and flight crews must undergo before gaining access to planes, boarding ramps and tarmacs – a policy that would be difficult to put in place without great inconvenience and financial expense. Instead, many airports rely on random, periodic checks. The committee's report suggests that's not enough, or at least as it's done at most airports.
"That report was right on in that the majority of employees at high-risk airports are not being screened," Winn said. "Is it a shock? No, it's been known for a long time."
But if anything, the report already suggests that the enormous apparatus in place to vet and re-vet aviation workers is not exactly porous, and it notes some progress in tightening the perimeter. Under former Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson, workers who had badge access to secure areas were required to undergo fingerprint-based background checks every two years. The TSA is working with the FBI to deploy a system known as RapBack to do recurring background checks.
The Airports Council International-North America, an organization that bills itself as the "voice of airports," took an aggrieved tone in its response:
"Despite our best efforts to provide the subcommittee with accurate and valuable information about the security measures currently in place, the report does not speak adequately enough to the significant progress airports, airlines, and TSA have taken in recent years to further enhance measures to mitigate concerns about the insider threat and provide for the safety and security of the traveling public," the group said in a written statement.
Former TSA administrator Peter Neffenger also told the panel last May that employee screening has improved and become more effective. Neffenger has also testified on more than one occasion that providing security is a daunting task when even one lapse can lead to disaster.
"The big thing is that we have the threat, and it's real, and people better pay attention," Winn said. "It's amazing to me: How many commission reports do we have to write?"
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God has called each of us to be happy and fulfilled. Like St. Augustine, we Augustinians believe that happiness and fulfillment can often only be achieved by a prolonged search. Some people do not experience their normal participation in their local Church activities as answering this search. A number of… Continue reading


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The "Pointy Urchin" brown ash basket created by Passamaquoddy basketmaker Jeremy Frey took three major awards, including Best of Classification VIII - Baskets; First Place in Division A - Traditional Baskets and the coveted Best of Show Award, at the 53rd Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market on Friday, March 4, 2011. "Pointy Urchin" was Passamaquoddy basketmaker Jeremy Frey's first-ever Fair entry and this was his first Market appearance.
Frey, was also awarded an unrestricted $50,000 grant as the USA Ford Fellow in Crafts & Traditional Arts from the Los Angeles-based United States Artists in December 2010.
Basketmakers who won awards at this year's Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market include:
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy)
"Pointy Urchin"
Best of Classification
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy)
"Pointy Urchin"
Div A - Traditional
First Place
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy)
"Pointy Urchin"
Second Place
Eric J. Otter Bacon (Passamaquoddy)
"Golden Eagle/Landlock Salmon Birch Basket"
Honorable Mention
Theresa Secord (Penobscot Nation)
Honorable Mention
Kathryn Kooyahoema (Hopi)
Honorable Mention
Madeline Lamson (Hopi)
Large Coil Basket
Div B - Non-traditional
First Place
Lisa Telford (Haida)
"Cowboy Boots"
Second Place
Diane Douglas-Willard (Haida)
"Summer Harvest"
Judges for the competition in the baskets categories included Janet Cantley; Terry Dewald; Teri Greeves (Kiowa). In addition to other awards, each judge also gave a special Judge's Choice Award. The Heard's juried competition is among the most prestigious in the nation. Winning an award at the Indian Fair & Market is a significant mark in an artist's career.
Basketmakers who participated in the 53rd Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market included Annie Antone, Eric J. Otter Bacon, Peggy Black, Sally J. Black, Julia Calnimptewa, Kelly Church, Irma Day, Diane Douglas-Willard, Carol Emarthle-Douglas, Eugene Fredericks, Jeremy Frey, Dolores (Dolly) Garza, Dorlene Gashweseoma, Ronni-Leigh Goeman, Stonehorse Goeman, Andrew Harvier, Iva Honyestewa, Terrol Dew Johnson, Kathryn Kooyahoema, Madeline Lamson, Stephanie Lomatewama, Jennifer Sapiel Neptune, Darlene Nichols, Leona Antone Romero, Griselda Saufkie, Theresa Secord, Alberta Selina, Lisa Telford, Kathleen Thomas, Eliasica Timmerman and Gianna Willard.
The 54th Annual Guild Indian Fair & Market will take place on Saturday and Sunday, March 3 & 4, 2012.
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text: Uncategorized Lance W. Connell, 49, Adams Center August 24, 2018 ADAMS CENTER, NY — Lance W. Connell, 49, Adams Center, died unexpectedly Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. A graveside service in Dexter Cemetery will be announced. Arrangements are with Cummings Funeral Service, Inc., Watertown. Online condolences may be made at www.cummingsfuneral.com.


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After various setbacks in his recovery from December elbow surgery Frank Francisco resumed a minor-league rehab assignment yesterday by throwing a scoreless inning at high Single-A.
Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports that Francisco was clocked at 93-94 miles per hour while striking out two of the three batters he faced.
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Qin Feng 秦風 Xinjiang, China, b. 1961
Qin Feng is a leading international ink artist and one of the foremost representatives of China's avant-garde movement. He studied mural painting at the Shandong University of Art and Design in the early 1980s. Qin founded the Museum of Contemporary Art in Beijing in 2007 and began teaching at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in the same year. In 2008, Qin became a research associate at the Fairbank Centre for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.
Qin Feng moved to Berlin in the 1990s and the exposure to Western art prompted him to re-examine his own work and heritage. Qin chose to focus on calligraphy and traditional ink painting, the quintessentially Chinese art forms, merging Chinese calligraphic techniques with gestures from Western expressionism. For Qin, calligraphy is a motif to engage in broader dialogues, allowing him to question the past and the present, the conflict and concession of civilization, human desire, and to search for self-expression. Qin adopts the traditional mediums of ink and paper, adding elements such as coffee and tea to transform his self-produced linen paper into a golden tone that gives the effect of visual depth and serves as a metaphor of the fusion of the East and West. The thin red lines of paint that encircle the powerful black brushstrokes are evoking arteries connecting the past and present, and representing the interconnectivity of different cultures.
Qin splits his works into Civilization Landscape and Desire Scenery series, which are conflict and concession between civilization and desire both existed in mankind. Civilization lost impetus without lust, and desire would corrupt if not be ushered by civilization. Qin's works attempt to extend from plane to spacial and installation space, though not through stacking and adding, but through brushstrokes to form a powerful field that embraces the viewer. If we were to compare his work with music, his "scenery" is like a symphony that intertwines human emotions, desires, and self-control, or as the Zen Buddhism saying – "Accomplishing awakening by realizing the original nature and by pointing out the human mind directly."
Ink - A Witness to MilleniaLiu Kuo-Sung, Kurt Chan, Fong Chung-Ray, Fung Ming Chip, Lam Tung Pang, Li Hao, C. N. Liew, Qin Feng, Wesley Tongson, Wang Gongyi, Wu Chi-Tsung, Yan Shanchun 22 Aug - 29 Oct 2022Ink - A Witness to Millenia Exhibiting artists: Liu Kuo-Sung, Kurt Chan, Fong Chung-Ray, Fung Ming Chip, Lam Tung Pang, Li Hao, C. N. Liew, Qin Feng, Wesley Tongson, Wang...Read more
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BENIN—HOUSE of Representatives Minority Whip, Mr. Samson Osagie, has supported calls for amnesty for Islamist sect, Boko Haram, insisting that anything that will ensure peace and stability in the country should be encouraged.
Osagie described the move by the House of Representatives to confer immunity on its members as misunderstood, saying that what the members of the lower chamber in the National Assembly were demanding for was simply a protection over what they say in parliament during sittings.
Osagie, who spoke with Vanguard during the flag-off of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, campaign in Uhunmwode Local Government Area, for the April 20 local government elections, said government should be able to fish out members of Boko Haram, their sponsors and dialogue with them.
He said: "For me, I am in support of anything that will bring peace. If granting amnesty to Boko Haram will bring peace, I am all for it; but I believe too that it is something government needs to consider. We need to fish out those behind them and talk with them, as that will not amount to condoning crime.
"We know what happened in the Niger Delta, the militants took over the place, vandalised pipelines and did a lot of things, but the late President Yar'Adua, in his wisdom, thought it wise to grant them amnesty. I believe that Boko-Haram and their collaborators should be identified by government and once they are identified, they should be discussed with and other ways should be found to ensure that their activities are reduced."


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COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) – Dubbing itself as the "Gateway to Opportunity," Columbia City in Whitley County features a little something for everyone. The town says it welcomes everyone for a weekend or a lifetime.
Some may have taken that gesture literally. In downtown Columbia City, the haunts await you in a 19th-century jailhouse. The Columbia City Haunted Jail is located at 116 E Market Street.
"The jail was built in 1875. It's a really old second empire-style building. You are seeing a building that's on the list of Indiana's haunted places. And we're ranked number five nationally by USA Today." said Paul Herrington, owner of the Columbia City Haunted Jail.
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"I really love ice cream, but ice cream does not love me. I really saw a need in the community for more non-dairy ice cream, explained chef and owner of Moo-Over, Julie Hurd.
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(CNN) -- More than 1,000 troops have started a big push against insurgents in a militant stronghold of southern Afghanistan, the U.S. Marines said Friday.
Around 900 American and British troops and more than 150 Afghan soldiers and police are working to clear militants from the Now Zad Valley of northern Helmand province in an operation called Khareh Cobra, or Cobra's Anger.
Helicopter and ground operations began around 3 a.m. local time Friday to take hold of "key terrain," said Maj. William Pelletier.
So far, he said, there have been a handful of insurgent deaths during small-scale engagements and forces have found weapons caches, seizing rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. Troops also have discovered components used to make deadly roadside bombs.
The operation began as the United States and other NATO allies announced plans this week to escalate the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan and along its border with Pakistan.
The Obama administration pledged 30,000 more U.S. troops to complement the 68,000 in Afghanistan, and NATO command said other allies have promised around 7,000 more troops.
Helmand province -- where British troops long have been based -- has been a militant stronghold and a poppy-growing region that helps fund the insurgency. It supplies 90 percent of the world's opium, which is used in the production of heroin.
Now Zad had been the second-largest city in the province, the Marines said, but has become empty because of years of fighting.
The valley is "a major through-route" for transporting fighters and munitions from east to west and north to south, said Pelletier, who's at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand.
The Marines said insurgents have mined the region and troops intend to provide enough security for the Afghan government and nongovernmental organizations to begin clearing the mines and roadside bombs so they can repopulate the town.
Because the area is heavily mined and laden with roadside bombs, Marines are using mine rollers to clear roads, Pelletier said.
Pelletier said U.S. forces are closing in on the area from the north and south and British forces are operating to the east in the Musa Qalah.
The U.S. troops include Marines and sailors from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan. The British forces are from Task Force Helmand and are helping to clear insurgent forces in the Now Zad Valley.
The Marines said a company of Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7 is stationed at a forward operating base in Now Zad with Afghan soldiers and police.
Earlier this year, U.S. Marines launched a major operation against Taliban fighters in the southern part of Helmand province called Operation Khanjar, or strike of the sword, and they helped Afghan forces conduct security operations for the presidential elections.
Khanjar took place not long after U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal took over as the allied commander in Afghanistan in June.
CNN's Frederik Pleitgen contributed to this report.


text: O ALMIGHTY God, I sanctify, dedicate, and consecrate to Thee every beating of my heart, and every pulsation of my blood; and I desire to make this compact with Thee, that their every beating shall say to Thee: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; and I beseech Thee to impute this meaning to them, so that they may be before Thy Divine Majesty as the unceasing echo of that heavenly canticle, which seraphims sing without ceasing unto Thee. Amen. Amen.


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The Applicability of Patent-Agent Privilege After "In re Queen's University at Kingston"
Recently, the Federal Circuit in In Re Queen's University at Kingston recognized an independent patent-agent privilege. The Federal Circuit granted mandamus review of a district court's discovery order with the purpose of determining whether a patent-agent privilege should exist. In the court's examination into the appropriateness of this new privilege, the court relied on Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which authorizes courts to define new privileges using common law interpretation. By interpreting common law in absence of legislative or regulatory guidance, particularly a Supreme Court case from 1963, Sperry v. State of Florida ex rel. Florida Bar, the Federal Circuit found that an independent patent-agent privilege should be recognized. Although the Federal Circuit limited the scope of the privilege to tasks related the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, the new privilege's implications are sure to be widespread.


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Re: Protecting from evaluation
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg14622] Re: [mg14588] Protecting from evaluation
- From: Carl Woll <carlw at fermi.phys.washington.edu>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 13:46:51 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi William, The problem with your first function is that ToString evaluates its argument before turning it into a string. Thus, if v=20; ToString[v] will return 20. If you really want to use ToString in this way, it is better to create your own function, as in ClearAll[HoldToString] SetAttributes[HoldToString, {HoldAll}] HoldToString[x_] := ToString[Unevaluated[x]] However, what is wrong with the function HoldForm? For example, HoldForm[v] will display v, while it's FullForm is still HoldForm[v]. Thus, {HoldForm[v],v} will return {v,20} For the second part of your question, say you have a list li = {v,w} and then you set v=20; w=25; If I understand your question, you want to be able to display the unevaluated form of the first element of li. One idea is to use HoldForm again, as in heldlist=Thread[HoldForm[li]]; which will have the FullForm List[HoldForm[v],HoldForm[w]] Then, if you want to print v and the value of v, you could do {heldlist[[1]], ReleaseHold[heldlist[[1]]]} or some suitable variant. Carl Woll Dept of Physics U of Washington On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, William B. Marks wrote: > To display variable names along with their values I can put them in > quotes first using > > quote[var_] := ToString[var] > SetAttributes[quote,HoldAllComplete]. > > Then this works > quote[Unevaluated @ cVWGL] > cVWGL > but this fails > quote[cVWGL] > 20 > but since this fails > Unevaluated /@ {cVThGL, cVWGL} > {Unevaluated[900], Unevaluated[20.]} > > I can't see a way to protect members of a list of variables except by > putting quotes around them by hand. Any suggestions? > >


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Food plays a big role in Ramadan. But food waste shouldn't, according to a growing number of Muslims.
Food plays a big role in Ramadan. But food waste shouldn't, according to a growing number of Muslims.
Ivano Iannelli is the CEO of Dubai Carbon, which led a food waste awareness campaign in 2017.
Nidhal Guessoum is an astrophysicist at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and the author of Islam's Quantum Question: Reconciling Muslim Tradition and Modern Science. As part of a panel discussion on the implications of finding other worlds at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science […]
Bruce Riedel, director of the Brookings Intelligence Project and senior fellow at the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence and Center for Middle East Policy. His areas of expertise include counterterrorism, Arab-Israeli issues, Persian Gulf security, and India-Pakistan relations.
While 1 in five people practice Islam internationally, a Pew Research survey in 2010 found that about half of Americans are able to correctly identify the Quran and Ramadan as associated with Islam. Another Pew survey in 2007 revealed that 58 percent of Americans say they know little or nothing about Islam's practices, and often, what they do know […]
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This article describes how activists in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are encouraging expatriates to dress modestly and respect local culture.


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