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Dear Yathrighas:
We at STARS wish you all auspiciousness throughout the Manmatha Varusham. Let us pray to Divayadampathis to shower their choicest blessings to you all.
As you are aware, Akshaya Thrithiyay 2015 marks the beginning of our Eleventh year of operations (successful completion of a Decade) , since the day of April 2004, when we started our maiden Divyadesa Yathra visit to Chozha Naattu Thirupathigal.
At the outset, we would like to thank you all for the confidence and trust you have reposed on us and without your confidence in our services, our story would not have been so successful in these 10 years of operations.
Through the years, we have continued to appreciate the goodwill of Yathrighas such as you and it is the time to recognize and thank the valued Yathrighas who have expressed confidence in us.
You all have travelled with us as part of STARS family and at times corrected us; shared your concerns; and your needs with us. You have also passed our name on to your friends, relatives, neighbours and colleagues. How could we ask for more? And for that, we owe you a great deal of appreciation. Once again thank you so much for contributing to our success.
As we move into next year, it seems appropriate to take a pause and reflect.
The contribution from Yathrighas like you helped us to carry out the various kainkaryam such as –
1. Vastrams to Patasala Students, Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff of Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashram Patasala (8 Branches);
2. Swami Dayananda Saraswathi Agama & Veda Patasala (Kodavasal & Manjakudi);
3. Kainkaryapara (Bhatters & Office staff) of Ahobila Shetram
4. Distribution of Mangalya Saradu at 10 different Divyadesams and 6 kshethrams around Chennai at free of cost.
5. Rice / Provision for various utsavams at Temples.
The above mentioned kainkaryams are done primarily because of the active support of the Yathrighas and abhimanis of STARS and would like to thank them for their continued support.
Infact, we would like to distribute vasthirams to the Vidyarthis and teachers of many other Agama / Veda Patasalas across the Country. We would be able to achieve the noble task and let us wish & pray the almighty to give us strength to engage in greater kainkaryam to Lord in the year ahead.
As regards this portal, this was started with the idea that we want to give more information on Divyadesams & Sampradayam related information and we shall update you with the free flow of information in the coming days.
We strongly believe that there is still plenty of room to grow; we will keep on listening to your needs, as we will never forget, that your ideas have helped keep us on target. We pledge to you our continued efforts to improve our service to you. That is our commitment to your interest and support.
As you all aware, we will be entering in to the 11th Year of Service and would like to widen our services by including more programs, which will be liked by you all.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Yathrighas, Volunteers, and various other agencies that have helped STARS to go from strength to strength over the past 10 years.
We do hope that you enjoy the travel and company of us. Should you have any comments or suggestions, you can always get in touch with us at - email@example.com
With your support, we plan to keep on growing to serve you better.
Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanamasthu !!!
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Texas attorney general: Guns allowed in some churches
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas' attorney general says licensed handgun owners can legally carry firearms into some churches in the wake of a gunman killing 26 worshippers during a Sunday service.
Republican Ken Paxton said Thursday exceptions are churches with posted signs banning firearms. He issued the opinion nearly two months after the massacre in the town of Sutherland Springs.
Paxton suggested after the Nov. 5 shooting that churches need armed parishioners or professional security. He also clarified Thursday that a state law passed this year exempts churches from paying certain private security fees.
U.S. House Republicans this month rammed through a bill that would make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines. The vote was the first significant action on guns in Congress since the church shooting.


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In gardens we fall
in love with what grows:
heirloom harvests of Brandywines and Ox Hearts,
Mortgage Lifters and Big Rainbows,
as if love itself were a green
tomato ripening on the windowsill
of its own momentum,
like dumb luck and not
what brings us to our knees
in rich soil, so that what we lift
from the vine and take inside us
is not only sweet firmness
but back ache and blemish, not just
fine juices but the threat of early frost.
Through thistle and sunlight,
blight year and bounty,
we carry on—this work
of life, this cultivating and caring,
putting up glass quarts of ripe Hearts
that will bear us through December
drifts and longest nights
like a dreamsong of summer.
It will feed us season after season
after ever-fruiting season—
this attention to what grows, this
dedication, this harvest, this labor of love.


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As you all know I love my cloches.
I added three cloches and my favorite gold mercury trees. They are so elegant. I have lighted garland along the back of the mantel and I tucked my cloches around the garland.
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Welcome to fall, friends! As I mourn the loss of the long days of summer and when I have exhausted my family of peach crisp, blueberry muffins and pasta with fresh pesto, I turn to baking with cranberries, pumpkin and apples. There's something exciting about the promise of new ingredients that go along with the seasons of New England. These muffins have been a staple in my family for years and are perfect for a quick breakfast or hearty snack with a warm cup of tea. This recipe makes 12-13 muffins
- 3/4 cup oat flour (you can make your own by pulverizing rolled gluten free oats in the food processor)
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1 cup gluten-free corn meal
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/3 orange juice
- 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
- 1 egg
- 4 tsp. grated orange rind
- 1 cup cranberries, coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 400 F. Line the muffin cups with paper liners (alternately, you can grease the muffins cups).
In a large bowl, combine the oat flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a large 2-cup measuring cup or small bowl, combine the buttermilk, orange juice, coconut oil, egg and orange rind.
Add the wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Stir in the cranberries.
Distribute the batter among the 12 prepared muffins cups, filling 3/4 of the way up. You may end up with 13 muffins.
Bake 15-20 minutes until a tooth pick inserted in the middle of the muffin comes out clean.


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Premier League: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes finishing in top four not a big deal
Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can still salvage their turbulent season by defying the odds to snatch a Champions League place on the final day.
London: Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can still salvage their turbulent season by defying the odds to snatch a Champions League place on the final day.
Wenger's side kept alive their faint hopes of qualifying for Europe's elite club competition as Alexis Sanchez's double clinched a 2-0 win over relegated Sunderland on Tuesday.
The Gunners' sixth victory in their last seven games leaves them in fifth place, one point behind fourth-placed Liverpool and three adrift of third-placed Manchester City.
For Arsenal to avoid missing out on the Champions League for the first time in 20 years, they must beat Everton at home on Sunday, while hoping for a slip from either Liverpool or City.
If Liverpool beat relegated Middlesbrough and City avoid defeat at Watford, then Arsenal are consigned to the Europa League, but Wenger hasn't given up yet.
"We want to get in there, let's give ourselves every chance," he said. "If you have only a one percent chance you still have to give everything.
"I think we have a good chance. If we win we know the most we will be behind is one point, so let's see what happens."
At the conclusion of a season that only served to underline how far Arsenal have declined in recent years, Wenger knows missing out on the top four would be the last straw for a large section of his club's disenchanted support.
There were swathes of empty seats at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday as fans stayed away in protest at Wenger's failings and the indignity of spending their Thursday nights trekking to unglamourous destinations in the Europa League would be the final straw.
Wenger has yet to confirm if he will remain in charge next season, but despite his team's predicament, he opted to take a swipe at the critics who have ridiculed his pride in leading Arsenal into the Champions League for the last 19 years.
"I answered for 20 years the question that being in the top four is not a big deal," he said.
"I'm surprised all of a sudden it becomes a big deal. We can talk and talk, at the end let's make 75 points. It would be one of our best in the last 10 years.
"We won more games than last year and we have one point more already."
Asked if he and the players were affected by a large number of stay-away fans, Wenger said he wasn't surprised by the low attendance.
"No, it's Tuesday night against Sunderland, everyone expects us to win," he said.
"I didn't count the number of empty seats. We do our job, we have shown that again.
"We play because we want to win and we enjoy playing football."
If Arsenal do miss out on the Champions League, Wenger has already pinpointed the cause; a series of damaging away defeats.
"We shouldn't have lost at West Brom and Palace, that is where we lost our chance," he said.
"At Man City as well we were really unlucky with some decisions."
Arsenal are only in with a shout of the top four thanks to Sanchez, who played through the pain of a thigh injury to see off Sunderland, emphasising how much they need him to sign a new contract.
"I didn't decide to play him until four in the afternoon today," Wenger said.
"Once he is on the pitch and has the ball he becomes a devil and forgets his pain.
"He has become a top class player here. He has not wasted his time. Hopefully, he will be here a long time."
Meanwhile, Sunderland manager David Moyes took umbrage at Wenger's suggestion this week that Arsenal's top four rivals benefited from playing teams with their minds on their holidays.
"That's an insult to footballers. I'd hate anyone questioning whether we would chuck a game," Moyes said.
"I don't think Sunderland did that tonight, We had a go."
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Manchester United report £115.5m loss for 2021/22 season
Manchester United revaled they have suffered a net loss of £115.5 million ($130.4 million, 132.2 million euros) for the 2021/22 season despite a rise in revenues to £583 million.
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The Wiccans, who place most of their religious focus on nature, say they're good soldiers and patriotic Americans.
``But we change 'God bless America' to 'goddess bless America,''' said Laurie MacNeill, a former Army sergeant and the coven's high priestess.
A group of 10 calling itself the Coven of the Dragon Warriors, say it's outgrowing its off-post meeting place.
Members say they've submitted a request in writing, but Fort Bragg officials haven't responded.
Military officials say they have never received a written request. The Wiccans say they'll resubmit it.
Area religious leaders say the post risks its relationship with neighboring communities if it condones the religion, which they liken to witchcraft.
``This is not some kind of harmless religion. It is extremely dangerous,'' said Dr. Ralph Richardson, chancellor of Carolina Bible College.
``I would hate to see anything hurt that relationship or tarnish our image,'' said Dr. Bruce Martin, senior pastor of Village Baptist Church, one of the largest Southern Baptist churches in Fayetteville.
The Army has regulations on everything from sideburns and wristwatch style to fingernail length. And Army regulations on Wicca are clear.
``We respect the right of military members to practice their faith consistent with the requirements of good order and discipline, and health and safety standards,'' said Maj. Scott Ross, a Fort Bragg spokesman. ``The military services do not show preference for religious groups or particular religious beliefs.''
The Wicca is a pagan religion whose practitioners say is older than Christianity. But the Coven of the Dragon Warriors, which named itself after the 18th Airborne Corps symbol, the dragon, say they have no place to worship off post. The coven has outgrown its high priestess' small Spring Lake apartment where members meet for lessons, worship and fellowship.
There are about 10,000 pagans in the military and an estimated 200 to 400 at Fort Bragg, according to the Military Pagan Network, an international support group for military pagans that is based in Columbia, Md.
Although Wicca is a religion recognized by federal courts, as well as by the military, Fort Bragg's Wiccans say many worship in hiding, fearing persecution from others and reprimands from their superiors.
``We want to be allowed to worship like anyone else,'' MacNeill said. ``But a lot of people don't want to listen to us.''
The coven, formed in January, is asking for a room to hold classes and a place outside for its ceremonies, which include full-moon festivals and rituals to mark the changing of the seasons.
John Machate, coordinator for the Military Pagan Network, said 11 installations and one Navy ship already allow pagan worship. From staff and wire reports.


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Your clients want to know you've been through struggles and come out the other end . They want to know what lights you up and what makes you cry.
Everyone's got a story, right?
Revealing this makes you more human and more trustworthy- people buy from those they trust. Given the choice between two individuals of equivalent technical or business skill, people will hire someone they feel they KNOW better.
Sometimes it takes only one introduction, such as hearing you on a teleseminar or meeting you at a networking event, before folks know you're the one they want to work with.
The personal relationship that you develop — sometimes over years — that leads to new business. That's what your blogs, newsletters and presentations are for!
Getting personal is literally sharing parts of your personal, non-professional life with your readers and seminar attendees. Sometimes your personal note is related to a business message, and sometimes it's just not.
For example, when I wrote about my experience of my empty nest getting emptier- when my daughters each moved to Europe- there was no business message. It was completely personal. I share this story and many of my clients stories in my 2nd edition of my book, SOAR! with Resilience™ and my presentations, too. Everyone's got a story, right?
Writing about your personal life can feel scary at first. It did to me, too. But try it, and I can practically guarantee, over time, greater success in your business.


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Craft is the one such subject that is always known to everyone from the very young age. Its such a distinctive thing that could be seen everywhere you go because every place have own specialty- craft of that city which have own art & grandeur. There is a legacy in making of it, there is story, a reason behind that's why it is practicing from years. It's just not a contemporary piece of furniture that is made by a creative person.
Today while browsing one of my favorite blog I came across 'Crafting all the way to bank' on Design Observer. And it made me to think about craftsmen. Once I pointed out about 'Indian & African crafts'.
I come to know about the first references to Indian handicrafts was found from the Indus Valley Civilization. This civilization is well versed in the craft of bead making, ceramics, shell etc. Other golden periods were Mughal era and the Gupta period. As the India is diverse country so there is huge diversity in Indian crafts too. Colors of Gujarat to Rajasthani puppets to Agra's stone work and Kashmiri shawls and South Indian sarees so much with own specialty that you will fall for everything and would like to take home.
Taking about craft is not so easy as now craft is merging more into design and trends. Products that were earlier known for traditional value and have a particular pattern or color scheme, today's have more of selling power because of abstract form or use of colors in demands. It is all about customer taste, what he will like, he would like to spend money on. And what about the creator? Who are following the trade of patola silk sari (Patan, Gujarat) from years by using the same colors & pattern. How Chinese market is grasping the years old Banarasi silk sarees market by offering the same stuff at cheaper rate. Technology overruling intricate handwork.
Spending few hours with craftsmen and understanding their problem is one issue. But how exactly you can help, your role as designer. What is Design intervention, so many things that will come to your mind. How to prevent years practiced craft, And why craftsmen would like to pursue their grandfather skills.
Some continuos effort are made like opening of International Centre for Indian Crafts (ICIC). That will conduct number of need based knowledge and skill dissemination workshops and training programmes, and also work towards developing international collaborative network of experts in various areas of crafts and provide the exchange and knowledge transfer opportunities for the craftsperson. Which is very important. Like when I was documenting Wooden lacquerware toys of Varanasi, UP, India, craftsmen told me- 'Now noone comes here for buying wooden Kitchen set so we are more interested in export, through our knowledge about how to do is almost nil. We have to be dependent on someone & that might take the advantage of our unawareness.'
So here comes the Awareness, the solution. This is what we need to do- establishing channels, mediums and frameworks that could help them to survive in changed scenarios. As with the emergence of market it is important that there should be qualitative market intelligence flow between market- place and the Crafts person.
With the understanding on production's quality, crafts promotion and sustainability by keeping in mind market development, IPR issues and traditions.
Well managed and formed communities and centre for crafts, conducting skill enhancement workshops for craftsmen, giving training to the new or interested craftsmen. Conducting design research, exposuring the craftsmen to different cultures and doing design interventions for the upliftment of the crafts communities and improving the networking by approaching government, other countries for the mutual social-economic growth are some of the approaches.
Such makers have a unique & genuine connection with the natural world and it manifests itself in a creative excellence to world that take the wondrous elements of this earth coming up to exceptional terms which only he can make and we can only learn and 'redesign'.


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NEB BSB: Huskers Edged by Bluejays, 5-4
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Omaha, Neb. – The Nebraska baseball team (22-24) fell to Creighton, 5-4, in the season series finale between the intrastate rivals at TD Ameritrade Park on Tuesday night.
Junior righty Mike Waldron, who made his third start of the season and 19th appearance overall, went 3.2 innings and allowed two runs on six hits. Freshman Andrew Abrahamowicz threw 2.1 scoreless innings, while Ben Klenke (1.0) and Max Schreiber (2.0) also came out of the bullpen for the Big Red.
Creighton struck first with one run in the top of the opening frame. Clark Brinkman hit a leadoff single and then scored on a sacrifice fly later in the inning. The Huskers went down in order in the bottom of the first.
The Bluejays managed one baserunner in the top of the second, but left him stranded. Luke Roskam blistered a leadoff double and then advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt. Jaxon Hallmark drove him in with a single up the middle and tied the score at 1-1.
Creighton's first two batters in the third reached base with a double and a single, but couldn't convert as NU recorded three straight outs on fielder's choices. The Huskers went down in order in the bottom of the third.
Creighton's leadoff hitter in the fourth singled and then scored to give the Bluejays a 2-1 advantage. The Huskers went down in order in the bottom of the fourth.
CU had a leadoff walk, but left the runner stranded in a scoreless fifth frame. NU went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the fifth.
Abrahamowicz retired all three Jays he faced in the top of the sixth with a pair of strikeouts. NU scored one run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at 2-2. Mojo Hagge roped a leadoff double and then advanced to third on a flyout. Hagge scored on Hellstrom's sacrifice fly.
Klenke retired all three Bluejays in the top of the seventh with two groundouts and a flyout. Angelo Altavilla drew a leadoff walk in the seventh, but remained stranded after three consecutive outs.
Creighton scored three runs in the top of the eighth to take a 5-2 lead. Three of the first four Bluejay batters in the innings reached base on a single and two walks. NU responded with two runs to cut the deficit to 5-4. Hagge drew a leadoff walk before Scott Schreiber singled. Wilkening laced a double to score one run. Schreiber scored on Hellstrom's sacrifice fly.
The Bluejays went down in order in the top of the ninth with a pair of strikeouts. Henwood walked in the leadoff spot in the ninth inning before Carter Cross laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance him to second. Hagge singled to advance Henwood to third. Back-to-back outs left the runners stranded and ended the game.
The Huskers finish up their home schedule this weekend when they host Indiana at Hawks Field for a three-game series, beginning on Friday at 6:35 p.m. (CT).


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Meet The Team
DeJavone Cribbs
DJ is originally from Harper Woods. He prides himself on being a role model, as he is the oldest of five children in his family. DJ attended Adrian College and majored in Marketing. DJ also played collegiate football while at Adrian and achieved numerous awards, including the MLK Student Service award, which honors a student's hard work and dedication within the community.
Since establishing VPG in 2018 DJ's office and team have flourished becoming the number one office in the country. In his first year of business DJ won rookie owner of the year. DJ's competitive drive, motivational speeches, and goal driven attitude are what propel his team to strive to be better and continue to hit their personal and professional goals.
Human Resource Director
Anna Callahan
Anna was born and raised in Buchanan, MI a small town right on the edge of Lake Michigan. While attending Albion College Anna majored in Sociology and Anthropology. Anna also ran track while at Albion College. She is an avid reader and die-hard Notre Dame fan.
Anna began her career as a corporate Trainer and worked with multiple clients on the non-profit and for-profit fronts. She has since moved over to the role of HR Director here at VPG. Anna is most excited to continue to see our team members hit their potential and take advantage of this amazing opportunity.
Assistant Director
Cesar Polanco
Cesar was raised in Livonia, Michigan. He grew up playing soccer but participated in anything that was competitive. Graduating from Franklin High School in 2017, Cesar is one of our youngest Assistant Directors. Cesar originally had dreams of going into the medical field but changed his direction after starting at VPG. Taking on as many roles as necessary to achieve his goals and accomplishments is what drives Cesar to grow and learn everyday in our business.
Paul Taylor
Growing up in Detroit Michigan, being the oldest of 8, Paul has always been a leader. Paul comes from a sports background that made him competitive and a team player. He played basketball and ran track in high school and also was apart of the chess team. After high school Paul knew that it was time find something to potentially grow my future.
Paul remembers vividly sitting down on a preliminary Interview and being asked, what are the things that I am looking for in a company? Growth, mentor ship, and atmosphere were his answers. In a year he was able to start a journey that most people weren't able to take advantage of. The atmosphere was ecstatic and office nights, team nights, and traveling made the opportunity feel like home for him.
Day in and day out Paul always wants to be in a better position. There are so many tools and people that we can use to our advantage to be successful at VPG. It's just up to us to actually take advantage of it and enjoy the ride!


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But scramble as they may, there is no denying that the Republican majority and the Bush energy plan are bought and paid for by the Oil and Gas industry. According to data published by the Center for Responsive Politics, since 1990, the oil and gas industry has donated $140,870,847 to Republican candidates including the President and leading members of Congress. In the 2000 elections alone, in which George W. Bush was elected President, oil and gas companies gave more than $26 million to Bush and his fellow Republicans. A full 80 percent of oil and gas contributions, more than $20 million, went to Republicans during the 2004 election cycle.
It is these same oil and gas companies that are now reaping record profits. Exxon Mobil reported profits of $36.1 billion in 2005 -- the largest-ever annual profit for a U.S. firm. And numerous news reports say that the nations three largest oil and gas companies are expected to report combined 2006 first-quarter profits in excess of $16 billion, an increase of almost 20 percent from last year. These three companies, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., and Chevron Corp. have already given Republican candidates $390,000 to date in the 2006 election cycle.
So excuse me if I chuckle a little when I hear Rep. Joe Barton, Republican of Texas, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee say we may need hearings to determine how oil companies invest their profits, as was reported by the Associated Press. Barton has received $109,450 to date in oil and gas contributions for his current re-election campaign and more than $879,000 in oil and gas contributions since 1994. Barton by the way is the guy who carried the water on the Energy Bill provisions providing oil companies with what the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation estimates as about $10 billion in tax breaks that gas and oil companies will receive over the next five years.
I also dont hold out much hope for rumors of a windfall profits tax being floated by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. and others. According the GOP website, President Bush is already on record saying that he would veto a tax on windfall oil profits. Bush, by the way, received more than $2.5 million in oil and gas contributions during his 2004 re-election campaign.
Instead Republican leaders apparently plan to use the current gas price crisis to ease restrictions on oil companies, open protected wilderness areas and circumvent environmental protections safeguarding air and water quality. Their first step is to blame Democrats for failing to vote to open the Alaskan Artic Wilderness refuge to oil drilling and to introduce new legislation to do just that. According to The Hill Republican leaders have scheduled a press conference Thursday at which House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) will introduce a legislative package that would include drilling in the refuge. Pombo by the way has received $66,200 in political contributions to date in 2006 from oil and gas interests in support of his current re-election campaign and more than $180,000 since 2000.
Never mind that oil analysts say that a shortage of crude oil is not the problem. The effort to tie gas prices to the need to drill in the Alaskan Wilderness Refuge first surfaced in a research-strategy memo developed by the Council of Republican Environmental Advocates (CREA) suggesting that the Bush administration use higher gas prices to promote increased drilling and open the Alaskan National Wilderness Area to oil exploration. CREA is a pseudo environmental front group funded by oil, gas and other energy companies that the organization Republicans for Environmental Protections says has a Steering Committee that includes lobbyists for Amoco, Texaco, Shell Oil, Total Petroleum, Lion Oil and others. The research memo was paid for in part by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff who provided $250,000 in funds from his Indian tribe clients in support of the project. The memo was developed for the Department of Interior, then headed by CREA founder Gale Norton, and somehow apparently wound up in materials collected for Vice President Dick Cheneys secretive energy policy planning process. Imagine that.


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Today, in the United States, a cultural as well as a security challenge is posed by radical Muslims who deny the need for assimilation. Those hoping to deal with the challenge posed by young Muslim females attracted to groups like … Continue reading
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While post-election media coverage of Russian involvement in U.S. politics focused on a Democratic Party belief that Russian President Vladimir Putin somehow tipped the scales against Hillary Clinton's billion dollar presidential campaign, detailed studies show that the Kremlin has a … Continue reading
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B rion McClanahan, who holds a PhD in American history from the University of South Carolina, is author or co-author of four important books dealing with issues fundamental to our survival as a free, constitutional system. He previously wrote The … Continue reading
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Reagan could tell a good joke and recount an amusing anecdote. However, more importantly, it showed that he understood the value of restraint and that he could disagree without impugning the character of his political opponents. A lighthearted response had greater impact than a strident or bitter denunciation of an adversary. Reagan sought and achieved political victories without indulging in the politics of personal destruction. He did not see his rivals as enemies but as components of a free political system in which debate and disagreements are inevitable. Continue reading
How Conservative is Trump?
The 2016 presidential election is likely to be the most consequential of the century. Its outcome will likely govern the selection three Supreme Court appointments as well as numerous other federal judgeships, it will determine whether or not our national sovereignty continues to be stripped away and if the federal bureaucracy will intensify its vilification of conservatives and Christians. In fact, it will affect our ability to have free elections decided by legitimately cast votes of U.S. citizens. In short, it is so consequential that a failure to participate is simply not conservative. Continue reading
The Bond between Faith and Freedom
It was half a century ago that Ronald Reagan emerged as America's most eloquent spokesman for conservative principles. In his 1964 speech, "A Time for Choosing," Reagan demonstrated that he was a more consequential campaigner for Barry Goldwater than was … Continue reading
Civic Values and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in post-communist Romania
In an era when post-communist systems are struggling under the weight of economic failures, dictatorial tendencies, and Russian military threats, Romania's Ministry of Internal Affairs has set a standard for cultivation of civic values.
The Cold War Museum at Vint Hill Farms
The end of the Cold War in 1991, an event often heralded as an ideological victory for anti-communists and conservatives, brought about numerous calls for the creation of official landmarks, museums, and monuments as commemoration of this juncture in not only U.S. history, but global history as well. From Berlin to California, independent groups and various governmental entities designated sites to enable present and future generations to remember the events that for almost half a century shaped the nature of global conflicts.
Humor as a Political Weapon
With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, commentators and scholars initially focused on broader themes such as the moves by President Ronald Reagan and the subsequent Soviet recognition of the regime's inability to stand up in the face of a determined, effective Western adversary.
Ramzan Kadyrov and the Chechen Political Landscape
In the 21st century, the pantheon of tyrants has reached proportions which are almost unimaginable by the standards of previous historical periods. It is not simply that there are so many in this era but, perhaps more notably, that today's tyrants are both shameless and constantly in the public eye.
Chechens: Sochi or Syria?
In June of 2013, Doku Umarov, who considers himself leader of the Caucasus Emirate and is regarded as Russia's most recent version of Osama bin Laden, resurfaced after a long period of self-imposed obscurity. The main purpose of his short video statement, which appeared on YouTube, was to offer condolences to the families of Islamic insurgents who died in a series of unsuccessful operations. Because he had not been seen since November 2012, there was speculation that he was dead or, at a minimum, irrelevant as Russia prepared to host the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
'False Dawn' and 'High Stalinism'
For years the "basic book" on Communism in Eastern Europe was Zbigniew Brzezinski's The Soviet Bloc. While it was an excellent and definitive work, Brzezinski did not have access to a mountain of documentation about how dictatorships were imposed on the East European states. With this data, Anne Applebaum has compiled a precise and detailed account of the process by which this was done.
The South Caucasus and the Importance of U.S. Interests
When the American public learned the identities of the Boston Marathon terrorists, a nation which had relegated Caucasus issues to obscurity was forced to turn to maps and remind itself of the location and significance of this large and turbulent region.
Georgia's 2012 Parliamentary Elections: Domestic and International Concerns
The long Russian campaign to create a "Eurasian Union" that could challenge the European Union as well as China took another step forward in the most recent Georgian elections.


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The 13-bout lineup for "UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum" has been finalized … sort of. Every scrap in the June 8 event has been confirmed, except for the two middleweights competing in the finals of "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2."
A little known 185-pounder will secure his short-term future by winning a six-figure UFC contract by taking the tournament.
Opposing TUF Brazil coaches Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (pictured) and Fabricio Werdum headline the show.
The UFC's Facebook page streams the preliminary card live at approximately 4:30PM ET/1:30PM PT. FUEL TV broadcasts the main bouts immediately after beginning at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
Ginasio Paulo Sarasate in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil hosts the fiesta.
Here is the event's roster:
Preliminary Card:
(Facebook 4:30PM ET/1:30PM PT)
Anthony Smith vs. Antonio Braga Neto
Caio Magalhaes vs. Karlos Vemola
Rodrigo Damm vs. Mizuto Hirota
Ildemar Alcantara vs. Leandro Silva
Godofredo Pepey vs. Felipe Arantes
Derek Brunson vs. Ronny Markes
Rafael Assuncao vs. Vaughan Lee
Main Card:
Rony Jason vs. Mike Wilkinson
Daniel Sarafian vs. Eddie Mendes
Erick Silva vs. Jason High
Thiago Silva vs. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante
TUF Brazil 2 welterweight final (TBD)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum


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Warning: Do not eat plants or fungi found in the woods based on my photos!
I'm taking a botany class on local flora, and puttyroot is one of the species I have to memorize this semester. I first noticed puttyroot last year because it is one of the few green plants in winter. It has only one leaf which sits directly on the forest floor. Puttyroot is in the orchid family (Orchidaceae Aplectrum hyemale), but it has a rather boring flower so it isn't cultivated like more showy orchids. There is a colony of them in the woods behind my house. I counted 80 individual plants in my field of view, so I didn't think it would be harmful to dig up two plants to eat.
My edible plant book says:
Puttyroot Use: Cooked vegetable. Boil the bulblike corms for 20min and serve with butter.
Note: Relatively uncommon; use only in emergencies.
An alternative name to puttyroot is Adam and Eve Orchid which is named for the fused corms. One of the plants I dug up had 3 fused corms, so I guess it was an Adam, Eve and Cain Orchid. The corms are very sticky and can somehow be used to create a glue-like substance. I decided not to eat them because they didn't smell like something I would like to eat. It is good to know that these are edible, though, just in case I should ever find myself lost in the woods.
If you live in the following states, then you should follow the state laws and not disturb puttyroot:
Connecticut: Special Concern
If you live in the following states, then you should follow the state laws and not disturb puttyroot:
Connecticut: Special Concern
Massachusetts: Endangered
New Jersey: Endangered
New York: Endangered
Pennsylvania: Rare
Vermont: Threatened


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Triall today announces that it will be presenting at the ClinOpsDag 2019 ('Clinical Operations Day') event on the 15th of May. As part of the event, Joost Flach, Triall's director of clinical affairs, will be giving an educational workshop on the possible implementations of blockchain technology in clinical trials.
The ClinOpsDag is hosted by the Dutch Association for Pharmaceutical Medicine (NVFG) and invites all who are involved in clinical development. It is an intensive networking and training day targeted at Dutch clinical research professionals and includes a varied program consisting of workshops, plenary sessions, and lectures.
Implementing blockchain in clinical trials
Joost will explain how blockchain technology can play a role in the day-to-day operations of clinical trial stakeholders. In his presentation, he will dive into the impact this technology can have on clinical trial data management and recordkeeping as well as other topics such as patient data ownership, regulatory submissions, decentralized identifiers, automated payments, and drug supply traceability.


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I fell in love with The Grid Food Market's holiday-themed dishes!
It's beginning to look (and taste) a lot like Christmas at The Grid Food Market!
I went to The Grid inside Power Plant Mall in Rockwell just recently together with misis and our daughter because we found out that they were showcasing holiday themed dishes for a limited time. And since we know that the stalls inside The Grid serve up really good food, confident din kami that their new Christmas offerings would taste great as well.
And as expected, The Grid Food Market truly did not disappoint!
So much to love at The Grid Food Market
We ordered the following Holiday themed dishes:
- Christmas Spice Milk Tea (Stall 03)
- Ham Burger (Stall 07)
- Meatloaf with Roasted Mushrooms, Mashed Potato and Gravy (Stall 02)
- Quezo de Bola Tsukemen (Stall 04)
- Enchilada Verde (Stall 10)
- Bibingka and Puto Bumbong (Stall 05)
- Single Origin Dark Chocolate Gelato (Stall 19)
Parang ang dami naming kinain. Actually, hindi "parang"! Hahaha! burp! (Excuse me! LOL!)
Guys, every single dish we ordered was suuuuuuuper duper sarap! And Christmas feels talaga with every bite.
My two fave dishes are the "Ham Burger" and the "Quezo de Bola Tsukemen". Homayghad!!! When you dip the Tsukemen noodles sa broth and then sa melted Quezo de Bola sauce, then you put it in your mouth — GRAAAAAABE!!! Grabe! Grabe! Hindi ko makalimutan! Merry Christmas talagaaaaaa! Hahahaha!
Basta! You guys should drop by The Grid and try these dishes also and get into the holiday spirit. Sobrang worth the trip even if you're coming from far away.
Hurry up because the limited-time holiday offerings of The Grid are only available until January 15, 2020. Lezgoooooooo, gaiz!
The Grid Food Market is located at R2 Level Expansion, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell, Makati City. You can check out their Instagram account by clicking here.


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The perfect accompaniment to our coffee scrub, this coffee-infused oil will leave your skin
looking and smelling fantastic.
Shelf Life: 1 year
Benefits: The heavy hitters in this oil are the antioxidants and caffeine found in the coffee, both of which help to improve circulation and tighten the skin. Caffeine also helps to reduce fluid retention, which will then give the skin a tighter appearance.
As mentioned above, physically massaging the oil into the skin is also beneficial and helps to break up cellulite and bring blood and lymph flow to the tissues.
We chose almond oil for this recipe because it is rich in vitamin E, which is an antioxidant that helps to combat cellulite. Other oils that are high in vitamin E include avocado and grapeseed.
Tips and Tricks: Be sure to use unflavored organic coffee. Coffee is one of the most heavily sprayed foods, so you want to use organic to avoid having pesticides and chemicals in your oil.
Variations: Another awesome cellulite busting recipe that doesn't require infusing is to add 50-70 drops of essential oil to 1 cup of oil. Oils that are great for treating cellulite include grapefruit, cinnamon, rosemary, and geranium.
How to Use: Massage daily into cellulite area, spending a few minutes on your massage. This will help to bring lymph and blood flow to the area, which helps to minimize cellulite! You can also use this as an all over body oil.
Level of Difficulty: EasyPrint
Homemade Coffee Infused Cellulite Oil
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 oz. 1x
Want a natural way to minimize cellulite? Try this homemade cellulite oil that is infused with coffee. It will leave your skin looking and smelling fantastic.
- 1 cup almond oil
- 1/2 cup fresh organic coffee grounds
Tools & Supplies
- Mason Jar
- Measuring cups
- Cheesecloth/nut milk bag
- Bowl
- Funnel
- Sanitized glass pump bottle
- To infuse your oil, add coffee grounds and oil into a mason jar and shake well.
- Place your jar near a window, but out of direct sunlight for 4-6 weeks to allow the oil to infuse.
- Once your infusion is ready, place cheesecloth or a nut milk bag over a bowl, and carefully strain oil from the coffee grinds.
- Squeeze any remaining oil from the grinds then discard the coffee.
- Using a funnel, pour the oil into your pump bottle.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: natural body recipes
Keywords: cellulite oil, massage oil, coffee oil
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Meet The Pan of Hamgee: coward, unwilling adventurer and, by some miracle, K'Barth's longest surviving outlaw. He just wants a quiet life so working as getaway driver is probably a bad career move. Then he falls in love at first sight with a woman he hasn't even met who comes from an alternative reality. That's when things really begin to get complicated.
Meet Ruth Cochrane: she's the Chosen One, destined to play a pivotal role in saving K'Barth from a cruel dictator. She's never heard of K'Barth, though. She's a public relations executive from London and she's totally unaware of the chaos about to hit her life.
Meet Lord Vernon: power hungry psychopath on the brink of world domination. He wants to cement his hold on K'Barth by kidnapping the Chosen One and forcing her to marry him. Only one person is standing in his way: someone who doesn't even realise it, The Pan of Hamgee. For The Pan, and Ruth, that's a deadly problem.
Review: I've given this work five stars because it's a very imaginative story and is very well written. Not sure that it's exactly my thing and it took me a while to get into it, but I'm impressed with the quality of the story. I think M.T. must be influenced by the disc-world fantasies and definitely Hitchhiker's Guide. We are all influenced in some way by the greats! Well done M.T. Great work.


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Note - if you are fitting adjustable quad wobble rollers to the trailer, omit this step.
If you are welding the rear quad rollers directly onto the trailer chassis, you first need to determine the correct position. If your boat is a flat hull without strakes, mount the quad roller U bracket approx. 485mm up from the centre of the cross member.
For straked boats, measure the strake position on the boat hull from the keel. Cut a rough cardboard profile of the hull with the position of the strakes marked on it.
Set the profile on the rear cross member, centred with the keel roller.
Position a quad wobble roller unit on the cross member and line it up until the rollers have clearance around the strake position on the profile. 30 to 50mm clearance from the strake to roller is adequate.
Mark the quad arm centre position on the cross member. This mark is the centre for the quad roller U bracket.
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We are currently fully operational and our research staff are on-site to assist with your experiments and answer your inquiries.
Please check back to this website for updates on our operational schedule.
Research Imaging NSW (RINSW) is a strategic initiative developed in partnership between UNSW and South East Sydney Local Health District to provide researchers with state-of-the-art MR imaging capabilities, and increase collaboration between leading academic, research and health care institutions, including the Sydney Children's Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women. The fully integrated clinical setting at the Prince of Wales Hospital supports basic through to translational and clinical research in patients/participant cohorts from neonates to centenarians.
The facility comprises of two 3T MRI systems, the Siemens MAGNETOM Vida and MAGNETOM Prisma, in a newly refurbished purpose-designed space in the Prince of Wales Hospital. The Vida was installed and commissioned in late 2018 and is available to take bookings. The Prisma is now operational and available to take bookings as of September 2020.
If you are interested in accessing the facility please contact us via:
General enquiries email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Or submit a: Project Application Form
Location: Level 1, Building 3, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW 2031.
A/Prof Claudia Hillenbrand can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com if you wish to discuss research projects and future collaborations with the facility.
A Siemens Clinical Scientist has also joined the team recently and will be providing expertise to Research Imaging NSW.
RINSW has capabilities to assist researchers in sequence design, testing and implementation onto the facility's systems. An expert team of technical and scientific support staff comprised of Radiologists, Radiographers, MR Physicist and Siemens Clinical Scientist are available for advice and training.
The 3T MRI systems at RINSW are:
The Siemens MAGNETOM Vida is a 70 cm bore magnet design with a 60 mT and 200 T/m/s slew rate gradient system. It is equipped with a 64 channel head coil, 60 channel body coil and high density MSK coils enabling high end neuro, cardiac, body and musculoskeletal imaging. Cutting edge sequences enabling fMRI, DTI, perfusion, diffusion, asl, single breath hold cardiac and body imaging, T1 and T2 mapping, vascular imaging and Radiotherapy MR are also available. The facility has recently purchased the Cambridge Research Systems BOLDscreen 32" LCD display and Lumina response pads for fMRI studies.
The Siemens 3T Magnetom Prisma is a 60 cm bore magnet design with 80mT/m gradients and a maximum slew rate of 200 T/m/s. It is equipped with a 64 channel head/ neck coil, 32 channel spine and 18 channel body coils for neuro, cardiac, body and musculoskeletal imaging. It also has sequencing capabilities for fMRI, DTI, contrast‐ and arterial spin labelling based perfusion,diffusion, cardiac and body imaging, T1 and T2 mapping, vascular imaging. Elastography hardware and software, Cambridge Research Systems BOLDscreen 32" LCD display and Lumina response pads for fMRI studies, Contrast injector, Physiology monitoring and recording, cardiac and respiratory gating are also available.
For publicly funded research, the fee of $725 / hour* is applicable with the following conditions:
Price inclusions:
• Use of facility's core equipment**
• Data transfer
• Medical supervision, including Duty of Care reporting
• Reasonable*** amount of training by facility staff on set up and use of core equipment and data analysis
• Training on safety aspects relating to the operation of core equipment (users are required to complete MR safety training prior to using the facility)
• Use of facility amenities for preparation and wind-down time (e.g. preparing the participant)
• Use of interview room (if available and booked prior)
Users are responsible for leaving the equipment in default settings and correct working order for the next user.
No charges apply to enquiries / initial consultation with facility staff on the feasibility of research projects.
Charges for pilot scans will be decided on a case by case basis. Up to 2 hours of pilot scanning for a given project will not be charged. No charges will apply to set up of standard protocols. More extensive method development specific to a research project will be charged.
Use of contrast agents, nursing support, general anaesthesia and sedation will be charged at cost, quoted on a case by case basis. Researchers are to approach the facility for quotes.
Fees will be reviewed annually. An annual price increase of 3% to cover cost of living increases is expected.
Cancellation policy:
Cancellations will be charged as follows:
• Greater than 5 working days (121 hours) notice – no charge
• Less than 5 working days (121 hours) notice – 25% charge
• Less than 2 working days (48 hours) notice – 100% charge
Cancellations due to the following will be fully charged:
• MRI safety contraindications where a participant has not been adequately pre-screened. It is the responsibility of researchers to adequately pre-screen participants prior to attendance. Final screening will be conducted by Facility/POWH staff who explicitly reserve the right to exclude anyone from participation based on safety concerns. Exceptional circumstances where an adequate pre-screen is documented but participants cannot be scanned due to safety contraindications on the day will be assessed on a case by case basis.
• Insufficient detail on participant's nominated medical practitioner. A nominated medical practitioner needs to be on file to enable the Facility's Duty of Care process. The nominated medical practitioner may be a clinician who is part of the research study.
• Late arrivals of participant or researcher. It is the responsibility of the researchers to confirm attendance with participants.
Cancellation charges will be waived, if the user is able to find another user to take over the booking.
For research projects with more than 25% of bookings cancelled or changed, a flat cancellation rate of 50% will apply.
Cancellation fees may be waived for projects with unwell or unstable participant cohorts. Researchers are to approach facility staff to discuss the circumstances of their projects.
Bookings running over time will be charged a $200 fee. Bookings will not be permitted to run overtime if it would negatively impact a subsequent user's booking.
To avoid running over time, researchers are advised to:
• Expect things to take 25% longer than planned;
• Ensure participant arrives 15 min early for safety checks;
• Allow for sufficient preparation and wind-down time
Cancellations due to equipment or staffing downtime or urgent maintenance will not be charged.
*Minimum unit of booking. Full fee will be charged even if scan time falls short of full hour.
**List to be compiled but will comprise the scanner itself plus peripheral equipment such as coils, fMRI kit, physiological monitoring equipment, etc.
***Defined as the amount of training expected to be required by a PhD or post doc with a basic understanding of the technique.
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Researchers are required to have the appropriate research ethics approval in place before scanning can proceed. The primary Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) for this facility is the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) HREC. UNSW researchers with research projects involving only healthy volunteers may be able to obtain approval from the UNSW HREC.
Please contact us if you require information on how to apply for ethics approval for research projects conducted at the facility.
All scans are read by a radiologist as part of the 'Duty of Care' process and will receive a 'Duty of Care' report. More information on the Duty of Care process at RINSW that ensures incidental pathological findings are addressed appropriately is available here.
RINSW is open to researchers from any institution. Please fill out the Project Application Form and RINSW staff will contact you within 5 working days to discuss your project.
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A pilot scheme is available to subsidise feasibility studies and collection of preliminary data for grant applications. Researchers may be eligible for free scan time under the RINSW Pilot Scheme. Up to 10 hours of scan time plus technical and scientific support from RINSW staff may be granted to new research projects for the following reasons:
• Collection of preliminary data for grant application: free scan time to provide sufficient preliminary data to allow the researcher to apply for competitive grant funding for a full study.
• Feasibility studies: free scan time to assess the suitability and/or technical feasibility of a new or existing MR methodology for a given project.
Applications to the Scheme are assessed by the RINSW Scientific Management Committee for merit, technical feasibility and availability of resources.
The RINSW Pilot Scheme is open to researchers from UNSW, SESLHD and NeuRA. The subsidy is offered with the expectation that any resulting fully-funded projects will be carried out at RINSW. Researchers who receive allocations of pilot scan time will need to report on outcomes (e.g. grant submissions and awards, publications, theses) in any future applications.
The RINSW Pilot Scheme is expected to be available throughout 2020 but may be revised, reduced or cancelled at any time without prior notice. To apply to the RINSW Pilot Scheme, complete the RINSW Project Application Form, making sure to address why your project qualifies for the Scheme in Question 18. For new MRI users in particular, a preliminary discussion with RINSW staff is strongly recommended, prior to submission. Please contact us via firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions.
Download the pilot scheme guidelines here.
All All RINSW users will be given access to Flywheel, an online data sharing platform to download their data. Flywheel is a commercial solution to allow quick and easy download of deidentified MRI research data. Each research groups has access only to their own data and data access can be further restricted based on a projects.
Data will be available for download within 24 hours after the scan. Data can be accessed as DICOM, NIfTI or similar common format. Additional or computational intensive processing may incur separate charges. See here for basic and advanced processing capabilities. Contact RINSW if advanced processing is needed.
For researchers wishing to use the facility, RINSW offers assistance with preparation of grant budgets and methodology relating to MR projects carried out at RINSW. Please contact us to discuss your project.
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Telephone: +61 (2) 9385 1496
Location of MRI Suite: Level 1, Building 3, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW 2031


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NewPath Math Skills Curriculum Mastery Game, Grade 6
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*Editor's Note: I'm posting this after watching the Celtics lose to the Heat in five games last night. That series was easily a seven game series fit inside of five competitive, exciting and hard fought games that featured excellent defense without slogging play. I hope this is not the end of this Celtics team as we've known them. Even though I have wanted the Heat to win the title all year out of curiosity for their great experiment and what they could possibly achieve if they ever figured it out, I love this Boston Celtics team. I've loved them for the past four seasons. There is something right about the team, from their mixture of talent and chemistry right down to their love of each other and their toughness. Now that they are out of the playoffs, it feels like I have finished a novel where I loved the characters so much that I didn't want to see them go. However, I had to because there was still another story to keep reading and that story may just be the more compelling one than the novel with the characters I loved so much.
It's no secret that I watch a lot of sports. However, as much as I watch sports, I read about them ten times that amount. I love finding out what all the sportswriters thought about the action of the night before; what meaning they ascribed to a shot or facial expression or the dynamics between players on a specific play. Sports are rife with symbolism, and signs and symbols are what lie at the heart of our conversations and at the root of our thought.
Despite the amount of sports I watch, I perhaps have only one or two friends who truly love sports, the act of watching a game, the meaning to be gained from a sporting event and the warmth of story and of history wrapping and unfolding around you as the action plays on the screen. My childhood friend Jeff is the main person I talk to about sports. We text during basketball games, football games and even huge golf or tennis events. Hell, one of my favorite sports memories was watching Smarty Jones lose at the Belmont back in 2004 while we ate steaks and drank beer at his old house on the Long Island Sound as the sun set in May and we prepared for our first college summer. I talk to Jeff about sports because I know he understands the moment. My brain retains stats and history better than his (sorry, Jeff, its true) but we both understand the moment and what it means. Plus he has more channels on his TV in the house he lives in now so he gets to watch more games than me.
This past weekend, on Mother's Day, I happened to be texting with another friend of mine who is starting to love basketball. He was watching the Lakers implode and lash out against the Mavericks as they lost in disgrace in the Western Conference Semifinals. He texted me about some of Phil Jackson's funny and off-the-cuff remarks during his press conference about taking peyote. I was immediately itchy and jealous because I wanted to be watching Phil speak, but I was out to dinner with my family. I pictured Phil at the podium or press table, that slow grin on his face that's stuck there after any loss because he's won so much in his career. I could hear his gravelly voice. And I imagined the weight of the moment sinking in. Far off reporter's voices would sound their muffled questions and Phil would answer. The room would be warm with stale May air and the stadium smell of popcorn, while outside, people in Dallas sunk into the rest of their Sunday afternoon. "This might have been Phil Jackson's last game as a coach in the NBA."
I texted my friend: I hate family and I hate girls. They take me away from sports. Of course I was joking—maybe.
The NBA Playoffs have been fantastic, but I'm ashamed to say that I have missed two defining games of these playoffs and also maybe in NBA lore: The Roy Time Machine Game and the Rondo Elbow Game. These are two performances that make it known immediately that History is happening and making itself clearly known to you. History occurs every day in every small aspect of our lives—we are most definitely History, the culmination of History and Myth—but it is only in those rare instances where History actually makes itself completely visible and graspable and many of those instances occur in sports.
Earlier in the season, they said that Brandon Roy was done. Roy has been the face of the Portland Trailblazers since 2006 when he was drafted into the league. He has helped reclaim the Portland franchise from being known as the Jailblazers and restored them to the Blazers of Bill Walton's day—a roster of hard working, team-oriented players. However, like Walton, Roy's knees have been an issue from Day 1. And this year it was reported that Roy had no meniscus in his knee, no cartilage to absorb the impact that comes with playing the game of basketball at the highest level, which is what Roy has done since he entered the league. Then, on Saturday, April 23, 2011 Brandon Roy and History crossed paths. The Blazers were down to the Mavericks by 23 points in the third quarter and then trailed by 16 entering the fourth quarter. That is when Brandon Roy took over. He started driving into the lane, using his unique blend of size and off-speed movement and laying in floaters. He spilled to the baseline as the normally fervent Rose Garden crowd took their pitch to another level, bodies exploding up with raised hands after each basket. Barely anyone was sitting as you could almost feel them trying to figure out if they were in 2008 or in 2011. Roy tied the game at 82-82 with a little over a minute remaining by converting a four-point play. It seemed like the crowd's collective head was going to explode. Then, with under a minute to go, Roy hit a bank shot to put the Blazers up 84-82. It was as if the knee problems, the rumors of his career being over, never happened. And when Jason Terry missed a last second three that had a chance to go, the crowd erupted even more than they had before. Seeing everyone pump their fists and jump up and down as a dejected Dirk Nowitzki walked off the floor gave me goose bumps. And I didn't even see any of this live. It just gave me goose bumps as I watched the recap on mute on my computer at work. That's when you know a game was great. But I missed out on the jaw dropping phenomenon of watching a game like that live, when your skin crawls the entire time and the power of the moment spreads to you, the viewer at home, and you feel like you could take on the world, just like Brandon Roy did on April 23, 2011. Where was I at the time? I was on a miserable ride home on the LIRR, tracking the game on my iPhone.
Rajon Rondo is currently one of my favorite players in the NBA. He may not be as dependable or offensively skilled as a scorer like Derrick Rose is, but he is a playmaking freak and force of nature. Rondo's ability to control the basketball, to make freakish layups with his alien hands, is unparalleled in the league (well, maybe, Chris Paul can match it). Some of the moves and motions he makes when he drives or moves the ball around the key have never been seen on a basketball court. Rose is a phenomenal player, an MVP, but he is not singular. We do have Russell Westbrook after all.
This past Saturday, the Boston Celtics played the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Heat had taken a 2-0 lead in the series and were clearly acting as the aggressors against an aging Boston team that usually prides itself on its toughness, on being the team that lands the first blow to the face. The Celtics needed Game 3 and they came out like it. I watched in the kitchen of my parents' home as Boston pulled ahead early. However, Miami came back and took a lead going into halftime, as the Boston Garden crowd grew anxious.
The Celtics came out with aggression in the third quarter and took a lead. However, during the quarter as Dwyane Wade drove to the basket, he and Rondo got tangled and fell to the floor. I received a text message from my friend Jeff.
Jeff: I just almost threw up seeing that hyperextension on Rondo's elbow
Me: I missed it
Jeff: Oh man it like bent the way it should but backwards so sickening
Where was I? I was in the basement of my friend's mom's house drinking beer and waiting to go the local bar in my hometown. We didn't have the TV on because no one likes watching basketball. I saw the footage after the fact. How it looked like Wade might have swept Rondo down in the awkward position, but it was really just incidental contact. Then, how Rondo had to leave the court and how the initial rumors from the locker room were that his season might be over due to a dislocated elbow. I watched further as Rondo then came back to a roaring ovation from the crowd and proceeded to fuel the Celtics to a victory running around the court with his left arm looking like dead weight. He managed to play with one hand and even came up with an amazing steal before swooping in for a patented, slinky Rondo layup. I scanned the crowd as I watched the replays and saw the Boston Garden crowd, which is already one of my favorite crowds in the NBA, going absolutely nuts each time Rondo did something. They exploded with ten times the force of a reaction to a Ray Allen three pointer and that is the single best crowd reaction in the NBA today. I got chills seeing Rondo walk back onto the court and as I watched, I focused on one fan who was just idly clapping as he noticed Rondo entering the game again. The fan pauses for a second and then immediately explodes as the excitement spreads to the rest of the crowd. Rondo was not Rondo for the rest of the game, but he tipped a ball away with his injured hand and put the effort out there and that stood as a symbol to the crowd and the team, that they weren't going to let History be written without their say, not on that night. Rondo and History intersected and it was a brief moment where History gleamed bright and apparent.
Basically, this is a literary way of saying that as a sports fan you feel a constant urge to be in front of the TV whenever there is a game on because you might miss that very direct line to seeing History directly. We can move about each day in our own mundane, yet mythically important ways, but its never easier, never more direct than when a great sporting moment arrives. There are plenty of blowouts and no shows. There are teams that are simply overmatched no matter how much we want them to succeed as the underdog. However, there are those rare days and nights, those special games where history crosses paths with a specific team or individual and it is loud and clear. History is in the hands of that player or that team and they can mold it. That's why we sift through the everyday, for that chance to take History by the reins and write what we want. That's why the sports fan never wants to leave the TV.


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Phosphorus recovery piloted in Portage la Prairie
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Portage la Prairie is testing new systems to remove phosphorus and nitrogen from Lake Winnipeg.
A pilot program at the Portage la Prairie Water Pollution Control Facility is evaluating new technology to help manage nutrient loads treated at the plant, including one developed by Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies that recovers phosphorus from treated wastewater streams and transforms it into an eco-friendly, slow-release fertilizer.
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The goal is for Portage to reduce the phosphorus load to the wastewater treatment plant in order to meet the new affluent limit being imposed by the province with a January 2016 deadline to meet the limit of one milligram per litre of total phosphorus.
"Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource that's required for all life on earth and us as humans have approximately one per cent of our makeup as phosphorus," he said.
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He said it won't break the bank but it is a new revenue stream for the city.
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We searched the options because there is also this: A 2017 study published in the European Journal of Sport Science found that well-trained female athletes had less post-exercise muscle damage when running on soft sand versus grass; while another study in the Journal of Sport Sciences found female athletes also experienced improved aerobic fitness due to increased exercise intensity.
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Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California: Los Angeles' many beaches provide long stretches of interrupted sand and sun that are great for both short and long runs. For the quintessential route, start under Santa Monica Pier and head the three miles south to Venice, where you'll get views of the Pacific Ocean on one side, and a taste of Southern California beach life on the other—skateboard parks, funky boardwalk shops, Venice's historic Muscle Beach, and more. Test your endurance on The Marvin Braude Bike Trail (also known as The Strand), a 22-mile paved trail for both bikers and pedestrians that stays on the beach almost the entire length.
Carmel Beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Tucked away along California's central coast, Carmel Beach is about a one-mile crescent-shaped white-sand beach idyllically located between two scenic points—Point Lobos and Pebble Beach—and flanked by wind-swept Cypress trees. The coastal climate provides cool temperatures year-round, though the winter months can be heavy with fog and wind. Early mornings you'll find low tide, packed sand that shimmers at the surfline, and the beach to yourself—save for a few locals walking their dogs.
Miami Beach, Florida: The bustling Miami scene extends out to the ocean, where nine miles of beach await. The sand is packed in most areas and there is a nearby running path. Colorful lifeguard towers and the glitzy Miami skyline will greet you all up and down the wide shore, and in South Beach, you'll pass the pastel Art Deco buildings from the '20s and '30s. Temperatures are hot and humid all year, which make beach running an option even when it's winter in the rest of the country.
Hilton Head Island Beach, South Carolina: Hilton Head Island has 12 miles of gorgeous, flat, continuous beachfront along the Atlantic Ocean—a string of several beaches with slightly different personalities. The water is warm all year, and the hard-packed sand is popular with runners, walkers, and bikers alike. Hide tide can eliminate most of the beach's accessible dry area, so aim to head out in the early morning when the tide is low, and be prepared for some wind to add a little extra challenge.
Ala Moana Regional Park, Honolulu, Hawaii: A couple miles west of Oahu's Waikiki, you'll find a wide beach and grassy area called Ala Moana Regional Park. The sand is packed near the calm water, and there is also a paved trail overlooking the beach and ocean, right across from the Ala Moana Shopping Center. Continue past the beach to the adjacent man-made peninsula and park, Magic Island, which has a path that cruises past seawalls and a shallow lagoon.
Chicago Lakefront Trail, Chicago: Follow 18 miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline on the Chicago Lakefront Trail, which has markers every half mile and connects the city's various parks, marinas, and beaches. Start at the northern section around Foster Beach and run along the sand or trail, with the lake's blue waters and the Chicago skyline in full view.
Coney Island, New York: Mornings are the best for a quiet seaside morning run along the three miles of sandy beaches or boardwalk. In the afternoon, you can get the full (and crowded) Coney Island experience, where your jog will be accompanied by great people watching and all the sights, sounds, and smells of a carnival.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware: Rehoboth Beach is known as a family-friendly vacation spot, but it also has about a mile and a half of fairly flat, packed sand for runners, who can also extend their path north to the peaceful Cape Henlopin State Park or south to the hopping Dewey Beach. The nearby Rehoboth Boardwalk is another fun yet busy extension of a beach run; it's a mile long and filled with restaurants, shops, and galleries.
Narragansett Town Beach, Rhode Island: Even though it's just a mile long, this Rhode Island beach is big on small town charm, great surfing waves, and relaxing vibes. It's located in the center of town, easy to access for both visitors and residents, and the beach is flat, clean, and scenic. To avoid the crowds, aim for an early morning or late afternoon run. Also note the beach charges admission.


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Finding Louisa May Alcott's name in a Ticket Holders' volume
One ledger, Athenaeum Share Holders and Ticket Holders, lists readers for the period 1869 to 1894. This well-worn volume lists the shareholder's name above the names of people to whom he or she gave tickets allowing use of the Library. For the past year, I have been transcribing names and dates with the assistance of an intern who has since graduated and left for a professional job. This is a slow endeavor because some of the entries have been erased in an effort to be frugal and reuse the pages of the ledger. (Thrift is not the historian's friend.)
Transcribing these names has taught me how varied the readers were: men, women, professionals, organizations, leaders of churches, professors, writers, doctors, etc. etc. As it turns out, women seem to be in the majority.
Among the notable ticket holders is Louisa May Alcott, listed as follows in the ledger: "Jan. 1, 1869 Alcott, Miss. L.M., one year." Samuel May (her maternal uncle who held Share 32), arranged for Alcott to have access to the Library.
Two other women ticket holders were involved with the New England Hospital for Women and Children, located in Roxbury, MA. Dr. C. Augusta Pope (b. Boston, 1846) was given a ticket by Octavius B. Frothingham (Share 891) in 1891. Dr. Sarah Ellen Palmer (b. New Hampshire, 1856), one of the first women surgeons hired at the hospital, was given a ticket by Cyrus Woodman (Share 855) in 1892 and 1893. It is exciting to think about these two women in the Library reading medical pamphlets, relaxing with a book of verse or prose, or reading a newspaper. The Archive does not reveal what these ticket holders read or saw in the Library; however, imagining the possibilities is not only fun, but an opportunity for scholarly speculation as well.


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This is a response to a Flash Fiction prompt from 'Putting My Feet In the Dirt', Writing Prompts hosted by 'M'.
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Prompt ~ FROSTED FOREHEADS
by John Yeo
Night, under the railway bridges in Winter, the wind whistling along graffiti covered walls.
Homeless people sleeping under assorted rags, cardboard box rubbish and grubby woollen blankets.
Twenty supine forms lined alongside each other guarding bin bags full of treasured possessions.
No visible individual recognition characteristics, just a row of naked faces with frosted foreheads.
A mangy mongrel tied up with a piece of string, licks the frost off the forehead of one sleeper.
Showing simple animal care for the owner of the hand that periodically provides food.
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Anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine may not benefit hospitalized patients with coronavirus (COVID-19), according to clinical trial conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The NIH stopped the clinical trial after its data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) determined that while there was no harm, Hydroxychloroquine provides no benefit.
The DSMB, which regularly monitors the trial, recommended to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of NIH, after its fourth interim analysis, to stop the study. NHLBI halted the trial immediately.
The symptomatic Disease study, or ORCHID Study, was being conducted by the Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Clinical Trials Network of NHLBI.
ORCHID participants had been randomly assigned to receive hydroxychloroquine 400 mg twice daily for two doses (day one), then 200 mg twice daily for the subsequent eight doses (days two to five) or a placebo twice daily for five days.
The data from this study indicate that this drug provided no additional benefit compared to placebo control for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.
The blinded, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial aimed to enroll more than 500 adults who are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 or in an emergency department with anticipated hospitalization. More than 470 were enrolled at the time of study's closure. The first participants enrolled in the trial in April.
The move to stop the clinical trial comes close on the heels of the FDA revoking the EUA to hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients early last week. The World Health Organization had dropped hydroxychloroquine from its global study last week.
The FDA too had warned health care providers about the co-administration of investigational antiviral drug remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe disease.
Hydroxychloroquine is already FDA-approved to treat or prevent malaria. It is also FDA-approved to treat autoimmune conditions such as chronic discoid lupus erythematosus, systemic lupus erythematosus in adults, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Drug companies around the world arevying with each other to develop an effective treatment and vaccines against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Across the United States, confirmed coronavirus cases have exceeded 2.28 million and the death toll has risen to nearly 119,980, as of this writing. New York continues to be the worst-hit state in the U.S. Worldwide, just over 8.97 million people have been infected, and nearly 468,590 people have died of the novel coronavirus so far, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Sharing too much
It's late, and I'm too tired to write anything (besides, it hurts to type...yes...it's called chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and it's great fun) but I thought I would take a moment tonight to frankly ask for prayers.
I'm not actually doing too terribly well, and have been told that the second round, set to start July 18, is going to be worse than the first. The nerve damage has made things difficult in ways I didn't expect, and it takes months for nerves to heal, if they are going to do so at all. So with only three weeks in between doses of poison there isn't enough time for the nerves to re-grow and the damage is going to be compounded. It means a lot of pain, difficulty walking and falls. Which in turn means a lot of lying around at home unable to move.
For the first week, they gave me the wrong kind of painkillers so it wasn't much fun. I've got better pain medication now, but it is a lot stronger and is leaving me pretty addled, so it's a bit difficult constructing sentences. (I'm fine with that last part, actually. Thinking too much has been one of the biggest fun-killers of my whole life, so it's a relief to have an excuse not to do it at all for a while.)
My Evil Brain is also getting in on the act; seeing I'm weak and taking this opportunity to attack, the monster that lives between my ears and spends all its leisure time trying to figure out how to kill me, has started whispering all manner of horrible things to me. Your brain is not your friend. Don't forget it.
Truthfully, I don't remember ever being this ill and helpless. It's annoying. And boring. And painful. And frightening. And lonely.
And since going into the hospital, I was thinking, "Well, at least I can get to the Gardone conference," but as it turns out, even though I am out of the hospital, I'm so flattened that I can't get to the end of the block, never mind getting on a train to the top of the Boot. It's killing me that I'm lying around at home while all these cool friends of mine are here, having fun without me.
And just to add to the press, all of this is turning out to be very hard on the people who are trying to help me.
So, not much fun around here, I'm afraid. But praying helps, so I'm told, and at the moment, I'm not really up to doing it myself. So...
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Hi Hilary. Every sympathy for your situation.
I'm just out of hospital and empathize with your comments on the boredom and the rest.
(Almost my only pleasure was upsetting friends by saying that I had prepared by making my will and going to confession.)
Anyways, you are certainly in my prayers.
- 2:28 am
Dear Hilary,
We offer prayers, and our deepest sympathy for your sufferings. We hurt for you. With the help of our Blessed Mother we pray that God will grant you the blessings of renewed health.
In Christ's love,
Audrey and Ted Amberg
- 3:52 am
Absolutely, you have my prayers - every day, every Mass.
You are very courageous, Hilary. Try your best to ignore that lurking monster, or at least stick out your tongue and taunt it with a few, "Nyah, nyah, nyah(s)" whenever you get the chance.
If you don't mind, I will bother John to keep me posted.
- 4:20 am
- The Crescat said...
you have my continued prayers.
- 5:14 am
Novena to St Peregine for you, dear. - Karen
- 6:23 am
I am praying for you Hilary.
- 8:28 am
- John said...
Hilary, I am so sorry. I do pray for you every day and will continue to do so. I wish my prayers were worth more in God's eyes.
- 8:30 am
Hi, Hilary Jane!
I'm very sorry for the discomform and pain you have now. I'll gladly pray for you.
Sincerely, Sean
- 9:17 am
Hillary, I am so sorry. I mean it. I will pray. Hugs from Okinawa
- 2:05 pm
- Wendy in VA said...
We'll keep praying for you.
- 5:22 pm
You are in my prayers each & every day . Pax et bonum.
- 5:52 pm
Have been praying for you all along, will redouble efforts.
- 6:02 pm
- Agellius said...
I am distressed to hear it and will certainly remember you.
- 8:38 pm