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09 April, 2020
The only thing cooler than living in a community where it's dark enough to see the stars is being able to name them! Check out this guide to the constellations you can see from our master-planned community.
27 February, 2020
Fandoms unite! Characterized by a feeling of camaraderie, fandoms create a family of people who share similar passions. From music festivals and art to esports and Comicon, explore some of the Valley's top fandoms.
19 February, 2020
Open the door to your new life in Goodyear. A thriving community, Goodyear offers a serene hometown feel with endless big-city amenities. From its family-friendly events and high-quality jobs, to scenic mountain views and picturesque neighborhoods, Goodyear is the perfect place to call home. Read on to learn more about our action-packed city.
18 December, 2019
With weather this beautiful, there's no wonder Arizona is buzzing with activity this time of year. Here are a few of our favorite upcoming events.
16 December, 2019
Arizona is filled with unique and thrilling adventures perfect for a quick daytrip. Check out our list of ultimate Arizona experiences to add to the top of your list.
04 December, 2019
Looking for a workout that allows you to explore the great outdoors? Ditch the gym and consider trail running with these helpful tips.
24 October, 2019
Is operation Find Your Perfect Home about to commence? Make sure your mission is a success by considering these key amenities in the Estrella community.
18 September, 2019
When it comes to sports, Estrella residents are close to all the action. Here's more information about our local professional sports teams and the best places to catch a game.
09 September, 2019
The Estrella community is ideally located next to the beautiful Estrella Mountain Regional Park. Check out the fun activities the park has to offer.
30 August, 2019
Summer is the perfect time to put your beautiful, new kitchen to use and create tasty dishes that are both delicious and refreshing. Set some time aside to try out these must-try summer recipes.
26 July, 2019
With more than 10 miles of paths and trails, there are plenty of new routes to explore. Check out more information about the new trails you'll find in Lucero.
13 July, 2019
Not only is Star Tower a beloved landmark in Estrella, but it's the perfect place to admire the stars that light up our night sky.
13 June, 2019
The state of Arizona is home to a diverse range of landscapes, historic sites, and unique attractions. We rounded up a few must-visit places in the state. Check them out and plan your next adventure.
03 June, 2019
We asked Estrella residents about their favorite things in the community, and we couldn't agree more with their choices. Take a look at the results!
01 June, 2019
Part of the "Good in Goodyear" for Estrella residents is living in the Phoenix West Valley, which offers events, amenities and unique experiences for residents to enjoy. Here are upcoming Estrella and West Valley events in June.
23 May, 2019
The Estrella community truly embodies the beauty of Arizona, making it the ideal place to capture picture-perfect moments. If you're in need of a scenic spot for engagement, prom, or family pictures, check out a few of the best photo spots in Estrella.
01 April, 2019
Part of the "Good in Goodyear" for Estrella residents is living in the Phoenix West Valley, which offers plenty of events, amenities, and unique experiences for residents to enjoy.
01 March, 2019
6th Annual Goodyear Lakeside Music Festival Returns With Headliner Smash Mouth. This free event includes local performers, food, and activities for all ages.
22 February, 2019
Those new to the area – or considering a move – may not realize how many uniquely Arizona things there are do and see in our great state. Check out these must see events!
21 February, 2019
Whether you're planning a grand road trip across Arizona or prefer to keep things closer to your lovely home in Estrella, here's how to make the most of Spring Break.
13 February, 2019
Once a year, nearly two million baseball fans from around the country stream into the Phoenix area for the annual spring training extravaganza.
10 January, 2019
Located just down the hill from Estrella, ISM Raceway is the perfect spot for Estrella residents to spend the weekend with family and friends.
01 January, 2019
Part of the "Good in Goodyear" for Estrella residents is living in the Phoenix West Valley. Check out this round up of upcoming events happening in January.
01 December, 2018
Part of the "Good in Goodyear" for Estrella residents is living in the Phoenix West Valley.
27 November, 2018
A new year brings a variety of fun, annual events that draw spectators from across the country to the Valley. Check out some local events this month.
01 November, 2018
Part of the "Good in Goodyear" for Estrella residents is plenty of events, amenities, and unique experiences for residents to enjoy.
01 October, 2018
Estrella residents, check out this round up of upcoming Estrella and West Valley events happening in October.
22 September, 2018
The Estrella master-planned community in Goodyear is nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Estrella Mountains. Here are a few fun facts to enjoy.
01 July, 2018
Come explore the wonderful Estrella community, full of activities for residents, their guests, and non-residents alike!
22 June, 2018
Check out these family-friendly places for a relaxing dip this summer, all easily visited in a day.
13 June, 2018
Estrella is home to several ways for residents of all ages to enjoy the outdoors and get a dose of vitamin D.
25 April, 2018
We can't imagine a better way to enjoy the outdoors than with these fun activities in Estrella's signature parks.
24 April, 2018
Estrella residents and fellow music junkies who can't get enough live music enjoy many Arizona music festivals throughout the year.
23 March, 2018
The fifth annual Goodyear Lakeside Musical Fest takes place on Saturday, April 7.
07 March, 2018
Estrella is home to some of the best desert views around. Learn more about the native plant life found throughout our community.
07 February, 2018
Learn more about the 5 C's of Arizona: Copper, Cotton, Citrus, Cattle and Climate.
10 January, 2018
Estrella residents have access to a variety of fun options just beyond the community. Check out this list of local favorites to enjoy.
28 July, 2017
Beat the heat this summer without having to leave our master-planned community of Estrella.
11 April, 2017
Check out these great Phoenix Metro museums and cultural centers, most within 30 miles of Estrella.
22 December, 2016
Arizona is home to a diverse variety of cultural adventures for the whole family. From musical arrangements to Western History, you'll find the right culture fix for one and all.
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A great activity to celebrate Thanksgiving is to make thanksgiving ornaments! This is a fun activity because it prepares you for the Christmas season as well as celebrating Thanksgiving! About.com has provided this fun activity!
Here is all you will need:
1. Cheap round ball ornaments
2. Either puff paint or paint pens.
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Give each person an ornament and then have them think of one thing that they are thankful for from this past year. It can also be a praise report for something God did this year. Then have them think of a fun way to decorate it that is meaningful to them!
This could be a great activity to do as a side activity during your Thanksgiving day celebration. Set up a special table in the corner of the main room so that if people do not feel like socializing this is a great option!
If you like what you read about this Bible Miracle, check out our children's book, Hooked on the Book, on this website. It is great for parents and kids because it provides the Big Story of God's miraculous plan for His children in all 66 books in the Bible including colorful illustrations, rhymes and a surprise on every page.
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text: Make Imagination Your Secret Weapon September 17, 2016 Live Close your eyes for a second. Imagine the body of your dreams. Now open your eyes and go after it. Aidan Bricker tells us why our imagination is our secret weapon and how the best of the best use it in their training. If you are struggling to stay motivated in the gym, try using mental imagery to boost your performance. A 2012 study in the Strength and Conditioning Journal showed that college athletes, who used visualisation techniques before strength training, were more confident and lifted more weight on moves like the leg press than those who did not. Visualise the gym in which you train, the equipment that you will be using and how your body will feel when you start training. Most importantly, imagine getting the results you want and how it would feel to reach your goals. This will help you to focus on the physical challenge presented by your workout. Top tip: For the best results, visualise your session before you begin. Picture the exact moves that you plan to perform and how it will feel to perform those moves. Try to recreate as vivid a picture of your surroundings as possible. Famous visualisers Many accomplished athletes understand how much power the mind has over the body. They respect the mind-muscle connection and recognise that visualisation is the first step to actualisation. Frank Zane Mr. Olympia Frank Zane was a big advocate of mental visualisation and meditation. Explaining his approach, he once stated: "The technique I use is to sit in a quiet place, preferably a darkened room, close my eyes and focus my attention on my forehead. I'd imagine a large movie or TV screen there, and then I'd see an image of what I looked like gradually transforming it into what I wanted to look like." Zane used these visualisation techniques all through his very successful bodybuilding career, and attributed much of his success to them, describing them as the "blueprint for moving into new body space". Muhammad Ali Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was a huge believer in visualisation techniques, once saying: "If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it". The former heavyweight champion used different mental practices to enhance his performance in the ring, such as visualisations, mental rehearsals, and perhaps the most powerful epigram of personal worth ever uttered: "I am the greatest". He always rehearsed the fight in his head before he stepped into the ring. Of the 19 fights in which he predicted the outcome – saying things like "Archie Moore, you're going in round four" – 17 happened exactly the way that he had planned. Leon Taylor Leon Taylor, retired British 10m platform diver and mentor to young diver, Tom Daley, kept coming fourth in major events – the worst place of all to finish. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he decided to change his preparation for the event. Instead of just visualising the dive, he also visualised the seven days leading up to the final. He 'saw' what he would be doing and how he would be feeling in vivid detail every day. Before previous competitions he had struggled with nerves and was always unable to sleep. In Athens it was different. His sleep was undisturbed and when he woke up on the day of the final, he felt that competing was "like putting in a DVD and pressing play". Later that day he won a silver medal and became the first British diver to win an Olympic medal for 47 Years. Related Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.


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Moon Pie
Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
- For "Moon Pies", see Moon Pies.
Moon Pie is a food product.
The product is seen for sale at the Kwik-E-Mart. When Jasper thought he was in the future, he discovered that product existed.
The product was also referenced by Mrs. Glick, as a reward to spend a hard earned "two quarters" on, after Bart was trying to make money doing chores for her.
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Moon pie is a real product.


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Reflecting recent upward momentum, stocks are likely to move to the upside in early trading on Friday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a higher open for the markets, with the Dow futures up by 84 points.
The markets may continue to benefit from renewed optimism about the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates as soon as its next meeting later this month.
Congressional testimony from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell indicating crosscurrents, such as trade tensions and concerns about global growth, have continued to weigh on the U.S. economic outlook helped spark the resurgence in optimism about a rate cut.
Powell's remarks have triggered an upward trend on Wall Street that lifted the Dow above the 27,000 level for the first time ever.
Trading activity may be somewhat subdued, however, as traders brace for the unofficial start of earnings season next week.
Citigroup (C), Goldman Sachs (GS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), IBM (IBM), Netflix (NFLX), Microsoft (MSFT), and American Express (AXP) are among the slew of companies due to report their quarterly results.
Meanwhile, traders have largely shrugged off a report from the Labor Department showing U.S. producer prices unexpectedly edged higher in the month of June.
The Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand inched up by 0.1 percent in June, matching the uptick seen in May. Economists had expected producer prices to come in unchanged.
Excluding food and energy prices, core producer prices climbed by 0.3 percent in June after rising by 0.2 percent in May. Core prices had been expected to show another 0.2 percent increase.
Stocks fluctuated over the course of the trading session on Thursday before eventually ending the day mixed. Despite the choppy trading, the Dow and the S&P 500 reached new record closing highs, with the Dow closing above 27,000 for the first time ever.
While the Dow jumped 227.88 points or 0.9 percent to 27,088.08 and the S&P 500 rose 6.84 points or 0.2 percent to 2,999.91, the tech-heavy Nasdaq edged down 6.49 points or 0.1 percent to 8,196.04.
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region moved mostly higher during trading on Friday. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index edged up by 0.2 percent, while China's Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.4 percent.
The major European markets have also shown modest moves to the upside on the day. While the French CAC 40 Index has risen by 0.4 percent, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index and the German DAX Index are both up by 0.1 percent.
In commodities trading, crude oil futures are inching up $0.09 to $60.29 a barrel after slipping $0.23 to $60.20 a barrel on Thursday. Meanwhile, after falling $5.80 to $1,406.70 an ounce in the previous session, gold futures are edging down $0.20 to $1,406.50 an ounce.
On the currency front, the U.S. dollar is trading at 108.24 yen versus the 108.50 yen it fetched at the close of New York trading on Thursday. Against the euro, the dollar is valued at $1.1243 compared to yesterday's $1.1254.
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Miami Halloween Guide
Halloween in The Magic City. Be afraid; be very afraid. Miami has a fair share of interesting characters year round; even more during October Halloween season. Thousands of outrageously costumed party-goers travel to Miami for Halloween celebrations every year; and 2019 is no exception. Don't miss out on all the over-the-top Miami Halloween events and things to do. Dress in your best sexy/ scary costumes, plan accordingly, and read on to learn about this year's best Halloween happenings in Miami for adults.
Where to Party Miami This Halloween: A Complete Party Guide
If you're trying to go all out for Halloween; then you need to be in The Magic City. Get your freak on with this complete guide to this year's top Halloween special events. For a night of fun (or fright), MiamiNightLife.com has you covered across the spectrum with the most spooktacular things to do this Halloween. Got a party to post and want to sell tickets through us? Register HERE.
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Not only is Miami the ultimate playground for adults but it's arguably the best place to celebrate a birthday, bachelor or bachelorette party — or any holiday for that matter. If you want to turn the fun meter all the way up; then contact MiamiNightLife.com for an only-in-Miami Halloween celebration. Give us a call at (305) 747-7660 and talk to one of our specialists about your soon-to-be greatest day or night out in Miami.


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Jock Zonfrillo of Adelaide restaurant Orana has won this year's Basque Culinary World Prize out of a field that included Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez, Marc Puig-Pey of El Bulli fame and Norway's Heidi Bjerkan. The prize of €100,000 acknowledges chefs who work for positive change beyond their kitchens through projects involving research, entrepreneurship, education and more.
"It was so amazing to be amongst those nine other finalists who are, many of them, friends and also people I admire very much," Zonfrillo says. "Just being a finalist I was a winner."
Zonfrillo's restaurant Orana, which opened in 2013, has been at the forefront of the renewed interest in Australia's Indigenous culinary history, taking home GT's Restaurant of the Year award in August 2017 for not only its menu that features hundreds of native ingredients each year, but also for the work of the Orana Foundation. The Foundation promotes Australia's first peoples and their knowledge of the land through research with the University of Adelaide which will eventually result in an online native-food database and economic development initiatives that benefit Indigenous communities.
Chair of the Prize Jury, Spanish chef Joan Roca, acknowledged the 15-plus years Zonfrillo has spent learning about Australia's Indigenous communities and foodways since emigrating from Scotland in 2000.
"Through the identification of ingredients and traditions and his commitment to transforming the knowledge of these people into development opportunities, Zonfrillo sows the seeds for a better future," he said. "His work is inspiring and has a multiplier effect."
Zonfrillo says he'll be discussing how to use the prize money with his team at the Orana Foundation, considering all their current projects and looking for one that will both benefit Indigenous communities and have a lasting effect.
Among the nine finalists for this year's Basque Culinary World Prize were chefs leading social enterprises, such as Ebru Baybara Demir and her Harran Gastronomy School which employs and trains Syrian and Turkish women in the border regions of Turkey, others championing zero-waste practices, and those working to create employment opportunities for marginalised groups or make restricted diets both healthier and tastier.
The prize, established in 2016 by the Basque Culinary Centre and the Basque Government, is awarded by a jury which this year included the likes of Massimo Bottura, Dominique Crenn, Ruth Reichl and Yoshihiro Narisawa. Previous winners are Colombian chef Leonor Espinosa for her profiling of the knowledge of indigenous and Afro-Colombian peoples through the Funleo Foundation and Maria Fernanda Di Giacobbe, a champion of fair-trade and gender equality in Venezuela's cacao industry.
"Global awards like these are very significant," Zonfrillo says. "Certainly at times like this it's a little reminder that the work we're doing in the Foundation is very important and worthy of global attention."


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Benzino is said to be controversial artist. But sometimes hearing the truth makes people uncomfortable. Especially when it doesnt fit into mainstream commercial beliefs of life. But Benzino stays true to the game. I found many songs on this CD worthy of recognition like "Gangsta Touch, X-tra Hot, Would You, Get It On , Redemption Rosary, and 44 Call Killa".
True Hustlers in the game and those that have retired will feel where Benzino is coming from with Redemption. They will ride straight the fuck out on this album.
Benzino lines up a strong cameo of artists Jadakiss, Mario Winans, Lisa Raye, Wyclef, M3, Caddillac Tah, Black Child, Fatal Hussein, Kid Javi, Daz Dillinge, Jewel, Lil'Kim, Petey Pablo, and Young Heffs remix of "Rock The Party".


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Set of 4 chairs from the 1960's. The chairs are in a original condition and have a blue colored upholstery. The frame of the chairs is black. The condition is fairly good given it's age, see for details the pictures. The dimension is 46 cm W/ 45,5 cm SH/ 78 cm H.


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Oxidative stress in Nipah virus-infected human small airway epithelial cells
Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic emerging pathogen that can cause severe and often fatal respiratory disease in humans. The pathogenesis of NiV infection of the human respiratory tract remains unknown. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by airway epithelial cells in response to viral infections contribute to lung injury by inducing inflammation and oxidative stress; however, the role of ROS in NiV-induced respiratory disease is unknown. To investigate whether NiV induces oxidative stress in human respiratory epithelial cells, we used oxidative stress markers and monitored antioxidant gene expression. We also used ROS scavengers to assess their role in immune response modulation. Oxidative stress was confirmed in infected cells and correlated with the reduction in antioxidant enzyme gene expression. Infected cells treated by ROS scavengers resulted in a significant decrease of the (F2)-8-isoprostane marker, inflammatory responses and virus replication. In conclusion, ROS are induced during NiV infection in human respiratory epithelium and contribute to the inflammatory response. Understanding how oxidative stress contributes to NiV pathogenesis is crucial for therapeutic development.
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Escaffre, O. (Olivier), Halliday, H. (Hailey), Borisevich, V. (Viktoriya), Casola, A. (Antonella), & Rockx, B. (2015). Oxidative stress in Nipah virus-infected human small airway epithelial cells. Journal of General Virology, 96(10), 2961–2970. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.000243


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Police tighten security measures for Holy Week
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He said police will be augmented by personnel from Task Force Davao (TFD) and Traffic Management Center (TMC) in monitoring and guarding every church, especially at Shrine Hills and San Pedro Cathedral where a lot of devotees are expected to gather for religious rituals.
Uniformed policemen will also be deployed in populated areas like malls and parks.
Other personnel from DCPO and TFD with the Philippine Coast Guard are deployed to set up checkpoints, while the City Environment and Natural Resources Office will be around to maintain cleanliness in the city.
Holy Week, otherwise known as Semana Santa, is a religious celebration in the Philippines with Filipino Catholics attending religious services and spending time with the families. Others would go for the beach.
"Halos magpenitensya lahat niyan, yung iba naman nasa bakasyon, at trabaho naman namin mga kapulisan ang bantayan yung ating seguridad. We're on full alert palagi," Aspera said, adding the public should also be vigilant.
Earlier, DCPO spokesperson Superintendent Antonio Rivera said they have requested 100 personnel from the Regional Management Group to augment city policemen in providing security measures for the Holy Week.
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A divided Virginia Supreme Court on Friday overturned a series of executive orders issued by Gov. Terry McAuliffe that had restored the voting rights of more than 200,000 convicted felons.
The court, in a 4-to-3 decision, disputed the governor's assertion that his clemency power was absolute under the state's Constitution. "We respectfully disagree," the majority justices wrote. "The clemency power may be broad, but it is not absolute."
The court ordered that the state's Elections Department and its commissioner delete from voter rolls all felons who may have registered as a result of the executive orders, which were issued on April 22, May 31 and June 24. More than 11,000 felons registered to vote under the orders, The Associated Press reported.
The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons, noted that none of the 71 preceding governors had issued a clemency order of any kind — including pardons, reprieves, commutations and restoration orders — to a group of unnamed felons without considering the nature of their crimes.
"To be sure, no governor of this commonwealth, until now, has even suggested that such a power exists," the majority opinion said. "And the only governors who have seriously considered the question concluded that no such power exists."
Three justices, William C. Mims, S. Bernard Goodwyn and Cleo E. Powell, filed dissenting opinions. Carl W. Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, said that all the dissenting judges found that the petitioners lacked standing to bring the case and that Justices Goodwyn and Powell also disagreed on the merits.
In a statement on Friday night, the governor said he would sign nearly 13,000 individual orders to restore voter registration rights and would continue to sign orders until he accounted for all 200,000. "My faith remains strong in all of our citizens to choose their leaders, and I am prepared to back up that faith with my executive pen," he said.
Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington, called the ruling "unfortunate and a setback for those working to expand access to democracy."
"This ruling essentially tells people who have paid their debt to society and want to participate in our democracy that their votes don't matter," she said.
With his executive orders, the governor, a Democrat, sought to circumvent the Republican-run legislature and effectively overturn a Civil War-era provision in the state's constitution aimed, he said, at disenfranchising African-Americans.
The orders, in a swing state that could play a role in deciding the November presidential election, would have allowed all felons who have served their prison time and finished parole or probation to register to vote. Nearly half were African-American, a core constituency of Democrats.
In May, William J. Howell, the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Thomas K. Norment Jr., the majority leader of the State Senate, and four other registered voters petitioned the court to cancel the registrations. They claimed that the governor's assertion of executive authority "defies the plain text of the constitution, flouts the separation of powers, and has no precedent in the annals of Virginia," according to the ruling.
The majority judges found that the plaintiffs had standing to bring the petition because their votes had effectively been diluted by the "unconstitutional addition of 206,000 disqualified voters to the statewide electorate."
The ruling noted that the governor had the power to act on requests to restore felons' civil rights but that such orders had previously been issued to specific felons.
The ruling said the governor's assertion that he had the power to grant blanket pardons was irreconcilable with requirements that he relay to the General Assembly the "particulars of every case" and the reasons for each pardon.


text: ExcerptExperience had taught Justin Sween an undisputable truth that guided his travels throughout much of the world: at the core of ancient places existed an irremovable layer of blood, sorrow, and resentment that could not be veiled or diluted by any superficial brushing of contemporary ambiance. Nowhere was this lesson more relevant than in the Islamic lands of the once formidable Ottoman Empire. Everything about Turkey seemed tenuous and duplicitous, as it remained split between obliging the occidental influences of Europe and reveling in a rebirth of the antiquated ways of its faded glory. The Grand Kervansaray Hotel was no exception. It was a converted caravanserai built in the sixteenth century to accommodate merchants traveling the old Silk Road connecting India with Istanbul. The structures facade of chipped pillars, blemished engravings, arched corridors, and rustic fountains gave way to modern amenities, including a fitness center and an upscale restaurant.When traveling, Sween preferred this edifying blend to the sterile comforts of ultra-modern hotels, and he marveled at the structures aged craftsmanship as he walked within an expansive courtyard, which at this hour stood deserted. He grabbed a steel-rimmed chair and leaned back into its embrace, finding solitude in the isolation and silence. Everyone who mattered to him had questioned when he would shake loose from his aloof and somber demeanor-- why he needed to be here. For a moment, he resented them for their heartfelt concerns and indirect insinuations that he was anchorless and adrift. He wanted them to have more faith in him, knowing the plunge from Mach II to inertia, and the journey back, was a disobliging road taken at unpredictable speeds. What they could not know was he had quietly battled his most implacable regrets for months to no ones notice: at times winning, at times still losing, and on occasion simply making peace with them. Sween gazed up and studied the constellations; foreign in location, yet familiar in configuration and the grand tales they told. He navigated them determinately, reviewing his strategy to place his life back in order, though after the basics, such plans never produced a consistent, clear pathway.He would leave National Geographic on his own terms and return to Maine. He would turn the page of this soured novel and revisit earlier chapters in his life: simple pleasures that his youth, his wanderlust, and his god-given talents had left forgotten, underappreciated, and too quickly forsaken. Most importantly-- he would do his best to mend the one life he knew his actions in the military had shattered beyond all possible salvation. And then? He tried to reassure himself that it did not need to be cut and dry, and that it was good that his future held so many wildcards. He closed his eyes and thought of Aferdita Kavalle. "Hey there, flyboy. Fancy meeting you here." The sultry greeting sent him darting to his feet. "Whatever are you doing in this part of the world?" Cassie Carlisle shuffled over and kissed him on the cheek. "Abner pulled me off holiday and told me to get my fannie on assignment. So.., this is your last hurrah." "I wish you called. I would have met you at the airport." "I just finished checking in and came cruisin' for ya. The hotel bar has an hour's stock left to it. What do you say we give it a run for its money?"They took a wood table deep within the rustic tavern, which was otherwise void of westerners. The farther east he had traveled, the more tilted Sween found the tone and temperament of the Turkish populace favoring the legacies of Salaamed and bin Laden over the allure of the Euro and a Calvin Klein wardrobe. He felt the silent inspection of many eyes and the forced courtesies of the professional hospitality industry from those who had seated them. He ordered a Heineken and a whiskey sour for Cassie. "Did you come straight from Australia, or were you back in the States?" "Air Qantas swayed the day." She lit a cigarette with the table's candle, indifferent to the tempest stirred by her presence, and then fanned her cleavage with one flap of her blouse. "My body is still on Melbourne time. Not a very fair fight for ya." "I plan to be unconscious long before the sun rises," he warned, sensing her overflow of mischievous energy. "Did you see the smashing pool out there?" He gave pause not to strangle her. Cassie globetrotted exotic lands like others sampled nightclubs: always looking for a beat and rhythm just a little more chic than the last. It had been hard enough keeping up with her even on two legs. "I'm not going skinny-dipping, or engaging in anything else, that might land me the starring role in a remake of Midnight Express." She flashed him a playful gaze and reached across the table to place a hand on his. "I'm just riding ya, Sweenie. Just so damn smashing seeing you up and about again!" The waiter placed down their drinks. "'Rose-lipped maidens; light-foot lads,'" Cassie toasted. Sween raised his beer, impassive to her inadvertent choice of words; it was just her way. She had seen him through his darkest hours and he would never begrudge her anything. He glanced over to some rugged looking men who were overtly eavesdropping on their conversation. One of them brusquely ordered the bartender to change the television from CNN International to Al Jazeera. "Let's take the next round out onto the courtyard." "Gibberish. I'm just starting to fall for this ghastly place." He whispered, "Al Qaeda types at the bar. They like you." She managed not to look over. "Probably just some local blokes itchin' to show me their weapons of mass destruction." Sween could not help but to laugh. "Don't be such a feather. I know the difference." "Are you armed?" To his half nod, she surmised, "Then we best take our drinks to my suite. Either way we're courting trouble."


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far larger considerations than pure Political Economy affords—that he gives that well-grounded feeling of command over the principles of the subject for pur. poses of practice, owing to which the "Wealth of Nations," alone among treatises on Political Econ. omy, has not only been popular with general readers, but has impressed itself strongly on the minds of men of the world and of legislators.
It appears to the present writer, that a work similar in its object and general conception to that of Adam Smith, but adapted to the more extended knowledge and improved ideas of the present age, is the kind of contribution which Political Economy at present requires. The "Wealth of Nations" is in many parts obsolete, and in all, imperfect. Political Economy, properly so called, has grown up almost from infancy since the time of Adam Smith: and the philosophy of society, from which practically that eminent thinker never separated his more peculiar theme, though still in a very early stage of its prog. ress, has advanced many steps beyond the point at which he left it. No attempt, however, has yet been made to combine his practical mode of treating his subject with the increased knowledge since acquired of its theory, or to exhibit the economical phenomena of society in the relation in which they stand to the best social ideas of the present time, as he did, with such admirable success, in reference to the philosophy of his century.
Such is the idea which the writer of the present work has kept before him. To succeed even par. tially in realizing it, would be a sufficiently useful achievement, to induce him to incur willingly all the chances of failure. It is requisite, however, to add, that although his object is practical, and, as far as the nature of the subject admits, popular, he has not attempted to purchase either of those advantages by the sacrifice of strict scientific reasoning. Though he desires that his treatise should be more than a mere exposition of the abstract doctrines of Political Econ. omy, he is also desirous that such an exposition should be found in it.
The present fifth edition has been revised through. out, and the facts, on several subjects, brought down to a later date than in the former editions. Addi. tional arguments and illustrations have been inserted where they seemed necessary, but not in general at any considerable length.
CHAPTER I. Of the Requisites of Production.
§ 1. Requisites of production, what, . . . . . .
2. The function of labour defined, .
3. Does nature contribute more to the efficacy of labour in
some occupations than in others ? . . .
4. Some natural agents limited, others practically unlimited, in
CHAPTER II. Of Labour, as an Agent of Production.
§ 1. Labour employed either directly about the thing produced,
or in operations preparatory to its production, . .
2. Labour employed in producing subsistence for subsequent
labour, . . . . . . . . . .
– in producing materials, .
- or implements,
5. Labour employed in the protection of labour, . .
6. — in the transport and distribution of the produce, .
7. Labour which relates to human beings,
8. Labour of invention and discovery, .
CHAPTER III. Of Unproductive Labour.
§ 1. Labour does not produce objects, but utilities, . . .
2. — which are of three kinds, . .
3. Productive labour is that which produces utilities fixed and
embodied in material objects, . . . . . .
4. All other labour, however useful, is classed as unproductive
5. Productive and Unproductive Consumption,
6. Labour for the supply of Productive Consumption, and la-
$ 1. Capital is wealth appropriated to reproductive employment,
2. More capital devoted to production than actually employed
3. Examination of some cases illustrative of the idea of Capital,
CHAPTER V. Fundamental Propositions respecting
§ 1. Industry is limited by Capital, ..
2. — but does not always come up to that limit,
3. Increase of capital gives increased employment to labour,
4. Capital is the result of saving, .
5. All capital is consumed, . .
6. Capital is kept up, not by preservation, but by perpetual re-
production, . . . . . . . . .
7. Why countries recover rapidly from a state of devastation, 108
8. Effects of defraying government expenditure by loans,
9. Demand for commodities is not demand for labour,
CHAPTER VI. Of Circulating and Fixed Capital.
§ 1. Fixed and Circulating Capital, what, .
2. Increase of fixed capital, when at the expense of circulating,
might be detrimental to the labourers, . . . . 130
3. — this seldom if ever occurs, . . . . . . 134
§ 1. Land, labour, and capital, are of different productiveness at
different times and places, . .
2. Causes of superior productiveness. Natural advantages, . 140
3. — greater energy of labour, . . . . .
4. – superior skill and knowledge, . .
5. - superiority of intelligence and trustworthiness in the com-
CHAPTER VIII. Of Co-operation, or the Combination
§ 1. Combination of Labour a principal cause of superior produc-
tiveness, . . . . . . . . . 156
2. Effects of separation of employments analysed, .
3. Combination of labour between town and country, . 162
4. The higher degrees of the division of labour,
5. Analysis of its advantages, . . .


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If you don't know what 2-Step Verification is here is a simple explanation: The two-step system uses both a password and a numerical code tied to your mobile phone, which can be sent by Google via SMS or generated by a smartphone app. Either way, it means a prospective hacker would need to obtain both your password and your phone to access your account.
I've been aware of Google's two-step verification system for some time, but I felt my very strong password, the fact that I don't use that password anywhere else and that it could not be ascertained by usual social engineering methods, was more than adequate protection. I was also concerned the system might be a hassle to use since I routinely sign in from so many different computers and locations. I already do use a password manager (KeePass) that requires not only a master password but I also use a key file too. [There are other very effective password managers out there I suggest you use one. Ars has a good article about that here.]
But with the massive increase in hacking and high jacking of information and the advancement of brute force cracking technologies and techniques I felt it was time to get onto the 2-step wagon.
Also I suggest that if you use Yahoo mail for anything you migrate towards Gmail or some other ISP. Yahoo has one of the worst records for email security. They are hacked all the time! One recent article is here.
And for petesake please do NOT 'link' your Facebook account with Yahoo – that too is a major source of hacked Facebook account activity. If you currently have it linked I suggest you separate it. You can read how here and here.
So here is a brief explanation of how to enable 2-step verification. I will also link to some other resources on how to enable and use it at the bottom. If you find this too complicated or too much of a hassle you can always disable it very easily.
So let's get started. Login to your account and go to Account then. Security
In the Security list you'll see 2-step verification. This is where you can 'turn it on' and edit the settings.
Printable backup codes. Warning: If your phone is unavailable, these codes will be the only way to sign in to your account. Keep them someplace accessible, like your wallet, desk drawer or other safe place. Printable backup codes.
Here click on 'Show backup Codes'
I printed out a set and put them someplace safe. I also saved them to a text file and imported and copied that text file of codes into my Password management application – KeePass.
If you click on the Application Specific Passwords you can create them for you other applications like Outlook, iMail, ThunderBird etc. Just give it some useful name, click on 'Generate Password' and then make sure to copy (or right down) that password – it is only shown once! I just copied each one to a text file so I could then paste them into the proper field (password) on my Outlook/configuration setups.
Some other links and info.
Here's Google's info page. And more here.
One more thing to consider if you're a paranoid guy like me. I have all my browsers set to delete Internet history, cache and cookies when I close my Browsers AND I also run CCleaner many times a day to clean out temp files. Doing this will clear out the 2-Step 'security token' so you must manually enter some specific cookies to NOT be deleted in your browser and/or CCleaner.
To create 'safe cookies' in Firefox here is a good article. For Chrome go here and read the 'Make exceptions for cookies for specific websites. The method is just about the same for InternetExplorer and Safari.
For CCleaner you can add the cookies to keep manually. Read here.
The actual cookie names you need to keep are here:
Hope this helps some. Peace out.


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Willamette University encourages students, employees, parents, alumni, prospective students and community members to use social media to enhance learning, facilitate discussion, communicate news and build community.
The Social Media Advisory Committee met during the 2016–17 academic year to formulate the university's social media guidelines. Based upon current university policies governing behavior, copyright, confidentiality, etc., these guidelines are a working document that will change as social media evolve.
Community members who produce content for, comment on and manage social media affiliated with Willamette are asked to follow these guidelines.
If you're starting a new social media account affiliated with Willamette, contact Tom Mayhall Rastrelli, director of digital communications. He will be happy to help you evaluate which social media best fit your needs.
New Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube Accounts
If you are interested in starting one of these accounts, please contact Tom Mayhall Rastrelli, director of digital communications, before starting your own account. There may be options for you to contribute videos to to Willamette's main YouTube and TikTok accounts or to takeover the Snapchat account.
New Student Organization Accounts
See the Student Organization Handbook for instructions.
New Departmental or Office Accounts
All pages owned by a department or office must register their account information, including content curators' information with Willamette's Social Media Directory. Changes in account administration must be updated regularly.
For more information, see Willamette's Social Media Directory's best practices and conditions.
All social media pages that are owned by a university department or office and linked to from willamette.edu must be registered with the Social Media Directory and adhere to the conditions for being listed on the directory.
- This is so people are referred to active social media pages and so the director of digital communications may assist page administrators in the rare case of an emergency, such as a page being hacked.
- Changes in account administrators and content curators must be reported to the director of digital communications via email@example.com as they occur.
Student organizations are governed by the Office of Student Activities and the Student Organization Handbook.
Current and updated contact information for all page administrators must be provided to the director of digital communications.
For platforms, such as Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter, with a single username and password for all administrators:
- Accounts must be registered with an @willamette.edu email address.
- Account recovery preferences must be set up using the same @willamette.edu email address.
- At least two Willamette employees in the department, office or group that owns the account, must have access to each account's password.
For platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, where pages are curated by administrators who sign into the platform via personal accounts:
- Each page must have at least three administrators.
- At least two administrators must be Willamette University employees, preferably in the department or office that owns the account.
- The director of digital communications can serve as a second administrator but will not interfere with the page except by request or in case of emergency.
- Students and alumni may only serve as moderators and editors. They can not be administrators with the ability to assign and remove other administrators from the account.
- On Facebook, students and alumni can be assigned the roles of moderator or editor on pages and moderator on groups. Facebook provides directions on how to assign and change page roles and group roles.
- On YouTube, roles are content owner and content manager. There can only be only one content owner and this must be a staff or faculty member. Students and alumni can serve as content managers under the supervision of the content owner.
- On LinkedIn, there is only one role available on pages for content producers: company page administrator. Each page must have at least two administrators that are university employees. If students or alumni are going to serve as page administrators, they must agree not to remove or assign other page administrators.
Whether you're making comments or moderating them, these guidelines are meant to assist you.
- Willamette University supports freedom of speech and dialogue. Social media administrators should moderate comments lightly to provide room for conversation.
- Willamette University does not endorse all comments that appear on its institutional social media and directory-approved accounts and pages.
Emergency Situations
If commenters threaten harm to anyone including themselves, users and administrators should immediately call Campus Safety at 503-370-6911 (24 hours per day).
Nonemergency Situations
Take a screenshot of the inappropriate content. Email it and any pertinent information describing the situation to the director of digital communications at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Post Curation
Administrators are page curators. They give life and personality to an account. They keep posts and comments upbeat, inquisitive, helpful and interactive. They put Willamette's best face forward.
Engage your followers.
- Affirm followers.
- Like their comments.
- Thank users who share photos, links, etc.
Be positive and helpful.
- When replying to questions, identify yourself and your role, so commenters know who the person behind the account is.
- Refer commenters with questions to the appropriate person, department or organization.
Don't delete negative comments, unless they fall into the categories defining "offensive and inappropriate comments" below.
- When appropriate, send commenters a private message to discuss a critical comment.
- If commenters are not friendly to dialog, wish them well and move on. If they persist, you may chose to block them from posting.
Write in the voice of your office, department or organization.
- Save your opinions for your personal social media accounts.
For post ideas, follow other Willamette accounts and other schools.
- Search online for the best college social media posts. See what's trending.
- Look at what works for accounts with audiences similar to yours.
- Experiment and then watch your metrics to see which types of posts generate the most interaction.
Offensive and inappropriate comments
Directory-approved accounts will not post material that includes and will remove comments that include:
- Abusive, derogatory, profane, obscene or similarly objectionable language.
- Copyrighted material.
- Spam, including deliberate repetition of comments.
- Personal attacks, threats and insults.
- Harassment, discrimination and bullying of any form.
- For-profit promotions, business ads and commercial transactions.
- Misinformation and potentially libelous statements.
- Violations of confidentiality and privacy.
- Links leading to material in the aforementioned categories.
- Anonymous comments and reviews, or those posted with fake names, that fall into the aforementioned categories.
Some social media have comment filters. For help filtering profanity and blocking abusive commenters, see the following links: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Users committing comment violations, especially repeated violations, may be blocked from the university's social media. University students, faculty and staff may be subject to discipline according to university conduct policies.
Outside Business Hours
Around the clock moderation of university-affiliated social media accounts is not possible. Administrators may not see inappropriate comments right away.
- Users who see inappropriate material are discouraged from engaging those posting questionable material.
- In an emergency situation, contact Campus Safety at 503-370-6911 (24 hours per day).
General rules for copyright
Unless you have explicit, written permission from the copyright holder:
- Do not use copyrighted images, videos, music or text outside of the classroom.
- Do not use copyrighted material on the university's website, including on the calendar and in the Bearcat Bulletin.
- Do not use copyrighted material on social media.
- Providing attribution or credit to a source is not a substitute for obtaining permission.
Fair use
If you are using copyrighted material and plan to claim fair use, consider the following:
- You may use copyrighted materials only for educational purposes, within the walls of a classroom.
- You may use copyrighted materials for a limited and transformative purpose, such as commentary, criticism and parody.
- If you are sharing or storing copyrighted materials online for classroom, the materials must be hosted on the university's website behind the login, such as on WISE.
- Once you leave the confines of the classroom or the password-protected sections of the website, you have a more difficult time claiming fair use.
- More information on fair use
- More information on filesharing
Public domain
You may use images, texts and recordings in a public forum if the copyright of the material has expired. You are responsible for doing the appropriate research to confirm material is in public domain. Here are a few resources:
- Creative Commons
- The Stocks
- YouTube Audio Library (music and sound effects)
- Internet Archive
- Free Music Archive
University policies related to copyright
When posting on social media and the university's website, Willamette students and employees will observe the university's policies concerning copyright and intellectual property.
Contact Marketing and Communications if you are unable to determine whether you have permission to use something.
- Design images and graphics: Mike Wright, creative director
- Photo and video: Frank Miller, visual media manager
- Social media, Bearcat Bulletin, online calendar: Tom Mayhall Rastrelli, director of digital communication
- Legal assistance: Yvonne Tamayo, university general counsel
When posting on social media, be respectful of people's personal boundaries and privacy. Ask people permission before posting their private information, photos and videos.
Students' educational records — FERPA
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of students' educational records.
When posting on social media, it is your responsibility to adhere to the university's Education Records Policy and FERPA.
- The Office of the Registrar has resources to assist employees with this task.
- A good starting point is "FERPA: What faculty and staff members need to know."
Guidelines for photographers, videographers and social media content-producers
When covering university events, photographers, videographers and social media content-producers must make a good faith effort to identify themselves and the fact they are recording the event.
- Wear an official Willamette University name tag.
- If possible, introduce yourself to the crowd at the start of the event.
- If possible, personally introduce yourself to individuals after taking photos. This can be done when asking for someone's name to put in a caption.
- If filming in Sparks Center, consult the Sparks Photography/Filming Policy.
If someone asks not to be recorded or photographed
- Kindly, inform them of the signage that said the event was being recorded.
- If they do not want their photo used, delete it.
For event photography and recording
Organizers are encouraged to post signs at main entrances notifying attendees that photos, videos and other recordings will be taken. When feasible, notice may be given through event programs, via the ticket purchasing/distribution process or verbally at the opening of an event.
- Language for signage, ticket purchase "Terms and Conditions" and verbal notice should include the following:
Willamette University Notice of Photographic and Media Recording: This Willamette University event is being photographed, video recorded or both. By attending, you consent to this recording and authorize Willamette University and its employees and agents to use your name, photograph, voice or other likeness for purposes related to the university's mission, including but not limited to marketing, publicity, website and other social, print, electronic and broadcast media.
- If there are additional notices that particular events demand, these can be printed in a second paragraph underneath the Notice of Photographic and Media Recording. For example:
The following are prohibited and grounds for dismissal from this event: signage, profane gestures and language, etc.
- University logos, scripts and photos are reserved for use on social media accounts owned by and under the staff supervision of Willamette University's offices and departments.
- Those wishing to use an official university logo or script in a geofilter or similar item should contact the university's creative director.
- Those interested in using a photo owned by the university on social media should contact the university's visual media manager.
- Cover photos and university logos are available here for use on social media accounts owned by the university's offices and departments.
If you are running a contest on social media, be sure to clearly define the rules of your contest on your social media.
- #WillamettePartner must be used with all social media posts related to contests. The Federal Trade Commission requires a hashtag to indicate that a user is participating in a sweepstakes or contest where social sharing takes place.
- If you ask followers post on behalf of your account and offer any sort of incentive, such as a prize, as part of the process, you must have users use #WillamettePartner in their posts.
Social media content producers should be familiar with these university resources.


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Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is an intriguing guy...[he] asks great questions and answers others with style, flair, reason and wit. On the blogroll he goes. Make him a part of your regular blogospheric reading. I certainly will.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Common Sense Junction: Misha @ Anti-Idiotarian never ceases to amaze me. He keeps finding other good blogs. I went over to A.I. this morning for my daily Misha fix and he had found this guy named Morgan Freeberg in Fair Oaks, California, that has a blog, House of Eratosthenes. Freeberg says its "The Blog That Nobody Reads" but it may now become the blog that everybody reads.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
The Heat Is On: From House of Eratosthenes comes yet another enlightening piece on liberals. All I can say is "Dayum, does this guy have libs pegged or what?" Excellent work, Morgan. Here's to ya!
Jaded Haven: Good God, Morgan, you cover a topic from front to back with a screwy thoroughness I find mind boggling. I'm in awe of your thought proccesses, my friend, you're an exceptional talent. You start by throwing in the kitchen sink, tie in someone's syphilitic uncle, bend around a rip tide of brilliance and bring it all home in a neat, diamond dripping package of an exceptionally readable moment of damn fine wordsmithing. I love reading you.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
Pajamas Media: Over at The House of Eratosthenes ("The blog nobody reads"), Morgan Freeberg is taking a candid look at one of America's most indulgent habits.
Philmon: When Morgan meanders, stick with him - he's got a point and it'll be worth it in the end. He's not a hit-and-run snarky quip kind of guy. The pieces all fall into place like tumblers in a lock and bang! He's opened a cognative door for you.
Rightlinx: Morgan at House of Eratosthenes is one of the best writers out there. I read him nearly every day because he manages to provide an interesting perspective, even though I don't always agree.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
You've got to read this thing from Rachel. It's priceless. It's about that thing we've known and loved for forty years now — here's a profession, only X% of the people in it are female, therefore there are sexist knuckledraggers running amok — only this time it is the blogging profession. Yeah that highly-compensated coveted occupation…
The New York Times wrote about about the Blogher conference (it's a "community for women who blog"! yeeeee!), which complained about "blogging's glass ceiling" and how all these women bloggers are so powerful and creative and smart yet just can't get taken as seriously as men's blogs such as DailyKos. Which, who takes DailyKos seriously? That's really the big question on my mind.
I've written about this before, and as ever, what makes me roll my eyes at the whole thing is the air of entitlement – I blog, therefore I should be taken seriously. The article mentions "top blog" lists by Techcult and Forbes and implies that it's just wrong that more of these women bloggers aren't on those lists, but almost every Blogher blog they mention in almost the same breath is a mommyblog or a diabetes blog or a romance blog. Is this that confusing?
Anyway, so the BlogHer chicks were upset about not being taken seriously, and then the fembloggers spontaneously menstruated when they noticed the article was in the Fashion/Style section of the Times. I would like to thank the writer of that post I just linked to for reminding me how important it is to use the F-bomb in moderation. Jesus. Also, I don't know about anyone else, but I'd find it easier to take the feminists seriously if they didn't express their displeasure like this:
Yeah, those fucking laydeez are so heinous, they even took over the manly-man bathrooms!! And they're such feeble-minded superficial silly bitchez, all they care about is "nurturing messages", neck massages, and the trappings of femininity. LACTATION!!1!!!!11!1!! Why aren't those bitchez at home taking care of the damn baybeez properly, anyway!?!?
Yes of course, that is exactly what the NYT was thinking. Pigs!
I have a confession to make: Sometimes, when I've a mind to skim through a blog or two before getting my day started, I get it in my head "This is a lady blogger day" and I skim through only the female-operated blogs. Cassy, Rachel, Toldjah, Michelle, Karol, Anchoress, Melissa, Neo-Neocon, Princess.
Because women put out an entirely different product. Their disclaimers, should they put in any at all, are much shorter. Simply put: A lady blogger can type in things like "this chick is messed up in the head" with no preamble. Guys? Heh…"Now, don't get me wrong, I have long been an advocate of equal opportunity, and I know all women aren't like this, it's just that…" blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. And I'm one of the worst offenders, because friends and relatives read my stuff and it's known my love life has been somewhat…tempestuous…
…I digress. The point is, I can only evaluate my own behavior on this issue, and I do not take bloggers less seriously just because they are bloggresses. Far from it. I exercise the most flattering brand of "affirmative action" — the kind that cares about the end results, and discriminates to get what's wanted, not to showcase the discrimination. But then, if the next fella is discriminating the other way, avoiding female blogs, and avoiding any positive acknowledgment of them — what am I supposed to do about that? What the hell is anyone supposed to do about it?
Because, it should be noted, that is the focus of the New York Times' bitch pitch. Not the number of women blogging, but the decisions of the readers as they peruse the blogs, and nominate their favorites for recognition:
There is a measure of parity on the Web. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, among Internet users, 14 percent of men and 11 percent of women blog.
A study conducted by BlogHer and Compass Partners last year found that 36 million women participate in the blogosphere each week, and 15 million of them have their own blogs.
Yet, when Techcult, a technology Web site, recently listed its top 100 Web celebrities, only 11 of them were women. Last year, Forbes.com ran a similar list, naming 4 women on its list of 25.
Two points, both painfully obvious:
One, if women can't fail, they can't succeed. That means, if each and every time the ladies are perceived by someone as having their clocks cleaned, we have to go back and do it over again, ultimately we're all going to have to disrespect women and, more importantly, whatever "accomplishments" they pull off. In anything. That includes Danica Patrick. The sentiment will unavoidably arise that, ho hum, another woman did something wonderful and we're all supposed to applaud. We'll applaud, but nobody will mean it.
Two, if people are entitled to their own opinions about things in our society, there's gonna be racism and sexism out there. Regulated or unregulated, pick one. But — if you want things regulated, and you want to somehow ostracize or expunge any notions that aren't to your liking, I hope you don't do it in the name of "tolerance" because what you're advocating is exactly the opposite.
And then, if unregulated is the way to go, there's no point to having conferences like this, or the New York Times pieces that cover them. But deep down you knew that already.
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There will be little distinction made between musicians and dancers in the workshop for the most part, but the tasks will include both sound and movement. We will also explore ways in which music and movement can co-exist on stage without falling into too familiar relationships. Musicians are welcome to bring in their instruments.
This workshop is suitable for choreographers/makers and composers/musicians.


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It's an 8-Bit invasion when you build and collect your favorite pop culture icons with Kubros! These collectible figures brings it back to the old school with a blocky shape and retro-fied design inspired by the era of classic gaming. With its signature coin detail on the foot, and arms and head that move, you can pose each figure in different ways for a showcase-worthy display.
Collect all your favourite characters from movies, video games and more, and build your fandom with Kubros!
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For a hassle free cruise-transfer, arrange a private driver from central Istanbul to Istanbul Port. Transfer services are available 7 days a week. When making a booking, you will need to advise your cruise details and your Istanbul tour details (if applicable).
When making a booking, you will need to advise your cruise details and your Istanbul Hotel details. Your transfer will be confirmed instantaneously and you will be provided with a travel voucher to present to the driver. 24-48 hours prior to your transfer, you will be required to call the supplier directly (the contact number will be provided on your travel voucher) to reconfirm exact pick up times and places.If you would like to combine this transfer with a tour concluding in Istanbul passengers must be aware that the trip from central Istanbul to the Istanbul Port can take approximately 1 hours. Please allow for adequate time to board the cruise ship.
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We will ensure your timely return to Istanbul for this activity. In the rare event your ship has departed, we will arrange for transportation to the next port-of-call. See our terms and conditions for full details.
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Mango Materials produces non-toxic, biodegradable plastics that will reduce global warming and can be used for many applications. Current plastics are everywhere, and they are produced from non-sustainable petrochemicals and persist indefinitely in landfills and the natural environment. Mango Materials is excited to change this through their new plastic that is produced from waste methane gas and will degrade at the end of its useful life.
Mango Materials' bioplastic is made from bacteria using methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas that is abundantly available and often considered "waste". They produce pellets, which can be used by manufacturers to convert into a variety of plastic products such as children's toys, electronic casings, water bottles, and food packaging.
This bioplastic will replace conventional plastics that accumulate in the environment, harming ecosystems and consuming space and resources. Mango Materials' bioplastic naturally biodegrades back to methane; thus, the process is a closed loop, cradle-to-cradle solution.


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PAR-17-339 NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)(R25). The over-arching goal of the NIGMS SEPA program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To assure the vitality and continued productivity of the research enterprise, the NIGMS provides leadership in training the next generation of scientists, in enhancing the diversity of the scientific workforce and in developing research capacities throughout the country. The SEPA program supports P-12 and informal science education (ISE) activities that: (1) enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce and (2) foster a better understanding of NIH-funded biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its public health implications. Applications that target P-12 or ISE topics that may not be addressed by existing school, community or ISE-based activities are encouraged. Proposed projects may focus on any area of NIH-funded research.
NOT-GM-001 Notice of Correction to Educational Activities Supported by PAR-17-339. Next application receipt date is July 9, 2018
PAR-18-402 SEPA-Related Interactive Digital Media STEM Resources for Pre-College and Informal Science Education Audiences SBIR Program Announcement. Next application receipt date is September 5, 2018.
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For more information about SEPA awards, contact:
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Do you know how to clean mouse pad? Yes – same like other components of computer you need to clean mousepad.
The mousepad is an essential component of the computer that is used for improving the function, mobility and control of a computer mouse. It is also named a computer pad. In short, it is essential for maximising the mouse accuracy. There is a varied variety of mousepad available in markets. Normally, it is made with lesser density rubber composites or fabric, plastic, vinyl, or synthetic fibers, and some other available in genuine leather. It is very component for computer user all around the world.
So, it is important to keep clean the mousepad. Otherwise, it is disrupting in your work. When you use mousepad regularly, it becomes dirty due to dust, debris, or all sort of particle. When your mousepad become dirty, then it will reduce the functionality of a mouse and reduce performance.
Why The MousePad Becomes Dirty?
These are the following reasons due to which it becomes dirty:
- It becomes dirty when the fabric of mousepad absorbing your blood, sweat, and tears
- It becomes dirty when you spilled some drinks or foods on it
- Mostly, the fabric of mousepad becomes dirty due to the air dust
Well – there is a need to unfold the question of how to clean mouse pad. Give a read to this article and come to know about the legitimate and tested methods of cleaning mouse pad. There are hundreds of people who neglect the cleaning process and clean dirty mousepad in the bin. If you a little bit of knowledge about the cleaning process, then it becomes easy to get rid of all the stains. You can clean mousepad within a couple of minutes and get the new and glorious mousepad. According to Howtoclean.info, you can also wash mousepad in the washing machine, if you know the exact way.
The Fastest and Simplest Way – Method 1:
It is the simplest method through which you can perform the instant cleaning task of the mousepad, follow the following way to clean mousepad.
The Things You Should Have:
- Baby Wipe
- Sponge
- Damp Cloth
What You Need to Do:
If you are looking for instant cleaning method, then you have to use a baby wipe (if available), a wet sponge or a damp cloth to wipe down the surface of your mousepad. But this trick works if you're the surface of the mousepad isn't stained or too dirty. If your mousepad is dirty or stained, then you ought to follow the below method and fulfil the process of cleaning mouse pad.
How to Wash Mousepad – Method 2:
If your mousepad is dirty and stained, then this method does magic. Get ready to unfold the question of how to wash mousepad in the sink. Following are the ways that you have to adapt and get rid of stains.
The Things You Should Have:
- Warm Water
- Dish Soap
- Scrub Brush or A Sponge
What You Need to Do:
- The prior thing is that you ought to fill up the sink with warm water
- After that, get dish soap and add a small amount of in the warm water
- Then, get your dirty computer pad and put it into the soapy water
- Once done, get a scrub brush or a sponge and lightly go over the mouse pad in the water
- Then, drain the sink and rinse both sides of the mouse pad very well
- Ultimately, Let the pad air dry overnight – Alternatively, you can use a hair dryer to speed up the process of drying
Thankfully – you unfold the question of how to clean a mousepad. Well, follow the above methods and get rid of stubborn stains within a couple of minutes. Good Luck!


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THE MAYOR of Otley has congratulated the town's latest centenarian.
Peggy Raftery marked her 100th birthday with a party at Otley Leg Club's meeting, at the Otley Old People's Welfare Centre, on Wednesday, October 16.
Otley Action for Older People volunteers helped organise the celebrations and made bunting, baked a special cake and bought Peggy some gifts.
She also received a surprise visit from Otley Town Mayor Councillor Peter Jackson.
He said: "I had the pleasure of attending Peggy's 100th birthday celebration. It was my pleasure to present her with a bouquet of flowers and card from myself and a gift from the Town Council.
"A remarkable lady who talked to me about her family, her childhood years and her time working as a nurse.
"The event was attended by a lot of friends and family congratulating her on reaching this milestone.
"I wish her all the best for many more years."


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The latest release of FlowTraq offers a ton of new and upgraded features – including fast visualization of long-term trends, lightning-fast DDoS detection, and scalability that allows users to detect threats on a site-by-site basis, or give end customers a view into their own traffic data.
And then there's our new policies and alerts functionality – the ultimate in detection capabilities with no performance impact concerns. What's new?
For a real-world look at what's new in policies and alerts, check out the use case below – and see how easy it was for our user to set up custom alerts to flag increases in the number of new connections on a specific traffic group or an exporter.
A policy for an alert on new connections can use a learned baseline, where FlowTraq is continually learning the hourly average – and can be set to graphically display by hour or day of the week.
This makes setting a threshold as a percent of the baseline more effective, as it follows your daily traffic patterns to the hour.
An example of this is setting a threshold of 120% of baseline for new connections, where if the number of new connections were to increase 20% over your learned average, an alert is triggered.
The policy page: for this example, we added "new connections, workstations," which has 2.7 connections per second in the box
Multiple thresholds can be set, each with its own severity level and action. In this case:
The policy page provides an overview of all policies that can be set – and when they are added, users can see in the overview if the policy has been met and if the alert was triggered within the past hour. A red exclamation mark in the specific policy box indicates that a user's threshold has been exceeded, while a green check box means that no alerts have been triggered in the past hour.
Policy detail: multiple thresholds
This provides powerful and easy customization to leverage NetFlow data to integrate into your operational workflow.
The alert within FlowTraq


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BKSN is expanding its practice into Wisconsin, including the cities of Milwaukee and Madison!
Alex Nelson was just recently sworn in to the Wisconsin Bar! While maintaining our practices in Colorado, Minnesota, and Texas, we look forward to serving the Wisconsin legal market.
"We're really excited to expand our practice across the border into Wisconsin. We can't find another plaintiff's law firm quite like ours in Milwaukee or Madison, that handles almost exclusively construction defect claims the way that we do. I think that our firm's contingent fees and attorney-advanced litigation costs will be well received by homeowners and HOAs that need legal services but can't afford to pay for them out-of-pocket, or that don't want the risk of funding a lawsuit that has an uncertain outcome. We're really looking forward to getting involved in the Wisconsin legal community and advocating for Wisconsin property owners." - Alex Nelson, Partner


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|Mike Keeler
| Height
| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
195 lb (89 kg)
|New England Whalers (WHA)
| May 21 1950,
|NHL Draft
| 71st overall, 1970
Buffalo Sabres
|Pro Career
|1970 – 1979
Mike Keeler (born May 21, 1950) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League in the sixth round, 71st overall, of the 1970 NHL Entry Draft; however, he never played in that league. He played two games in the World Hockey Association with the New England Whalers in the 1973–74 season.
External linksEdit
- Mike Keeler's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Mike Keeler's profile at Hockey Reference.com]
|This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Mike Keeler. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).
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SEO: The Long & Short Of It
Modern Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) isn't about quick tricks and wins, those days are gone. The concept and application of SEO has matured, bringing changes that will impact businesses both in the short and long term. One person who knows all about this is Sam Clarke from Shooting Star, who delivered his insights on how SEO has evolved in recent years during his Main Stage talk at OW19: Focus on the Future.
An experienced advertising and marketing professional, Sam has worked for international clients in various sectors for over seven years. During his session at OW19, he analysed with the audience what is overhyped when it comes to SEO, and what is now redundant:
"The first thing that needs to go is keyword stuffing; the idea that businesses can puff up a blog post or article with keywords is dead. It's an old-school technique that doesn't provide value to readers and it's too obvious to crawl bots that read websites for Google. If it reads poorly for potential customers and is frowned upon by Google, then it's a no-go.
Another more dangerous tactic is the use of advertorial which is also known as native advertising. Like with many things in marketing, the US dog wags the UK tail and people blindly accept standard practice over there as being totally legal here too. That is simply not the case; our laws are stricter, and Google has clamped down on this easy link-building method as well. Don't think you can fool people by paying for what are essentially fake endorsements. If the Advertising Standards Agency catches you, you could face a significant fine.
The key to SEO success is the same as all marketing. Once you understand that outputs and results regarding SEO are linked to other parts of marketing, everything will work together. If you have a piece of strong creative advertising or a significant award win that is publicised in the media, the likelihood is that it will contribute to an increase in web traffic.
Google's goal is to create a system that can mimic human judgement and use tried and trusted signals. This includes age of websites, user experience, inbound links from high quality websites such as national and trade media.
Getting the basics right of technical SEO is important, but also bear in mind that success in SEO is often a by-product of good overall marketing. The effects are integrated and like a house of cards, one weak card means the whole thing won't stand up."
For a full recap on OW19: Focus on the Future, read our dedicated blog.
For more on Shooting Star, visit their website.


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About Train With Danny TWD
Everyone has an athlete inside of them, yes even you. Train With Danny and its extensive network of health professionals help you find it. With various people and various approaches, we tailor our services to meet each unique client's needs. Some of our clients tried for years to lose that stubborn ten pounds before coming to us. With our specialized and balanced approach, not only does the weight come off and stay off, but also we teach you the essentials to do it on your own. Along with a specialized fitness regimen, TWD has food specialists who design a specific nutrition plan for you that is sustainable and enjoyable and also promotes weight loss, muscle gain, toning, and tightening. Although we challenge and push our clients, we are not drill instructors or boot camp leaders, rather we use a human approach to achieve sustainable results. So drop the cookie and do something.
What differentiates us
We challenge and push our clients, we are not drill instructors or boot camp leaders, rather we use a human approach to achieve sustainable results.
Why we love what we do
With 12 years worth of knowledge and experience, we look to help others find balance in their lives. We love helping all of our clients achieve their goals, and find this process very satisfying.
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By Ryan Zimba | Staff Writer
April 22, 2017
The Pitt men's basketball team isn't only suffering from an exodus of transfers — now, it's losing recruits as well. According to a press release Friday night, the university granted incoming freshman point guard Aaron Thompson a release from his National Letter of Intent, which he signed Nov....
Next year will be turning point for Panthers' program after lost season
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
March 14, 2017
Now that we know the season is over for Pitt's men's basketball team — with no postseason appearance and no winning record for the first time in 17 years — one question remains. Where do the Panthers go from here? Some have called for the axing of head coach Kevin Stallings after just one year on...
Pitt basketball nets two more recruits
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
February 6, 2017
Amidst all the excitement of National Signing Day for prospective college football recruits last Wednesday, the Pitt men's basketball team added to its own 2017 recruiting class. The Panthers received a pair of verbal commitments last week, one from small forward Shamiel Stevenson Tuesday then anoth...
Pitt men's and women's basketball teams sign 2017 recruits
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
November 10, 2016
Even though the 2016-2017 basketball seasons are just days away, both Pitt men's basketball head coach Kevin Stallings and women's basketball head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio solidified their rosters for next year on Thursday. Stallings officially inked four players to the Panthers' 2017 recruiting class...
Pitt's newest basketball recruits for 2017 class
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
September 13, 2016
The Pitt women's basketball team received a verbal commitment to its recruiting 2017 class on Monday from Angelique Rodriguez, a 6-foot shooting guard from Capital Prep Magnet High School in Hartford, Connecticut, who averaged 16.5 points per game last season. Rodriguez announced her decision on Monday v...


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Greetings all,
As a newly Registered User and Supporter of Bandicam, I would like to share a video capture test that I did for my gaming blog, playing Diablo3 yesterday (Launch Day), woot!
The video is short, but I was mainly testing a few things:
1) D3's performance, with all options maxed out
2) Capture quality of Bandicam's 'For Edit Premiere/Sony Vegas' Preset, performance/lag of using it
3) The Logo/Watermark capability of Bandicam
4) YouTube's quality maintainability
Recorded with: Bandicam
- v.179204 (Latest at time of this post)
- 'For Edit (Premiere, Sony Vegas)' Preset
- MJPEG, "Full Size", 80%quality (Preset), 30fps, Uncompressed PCM Audio at 48kHz
- Logo option (our GTAM watermark), lower right, 10% opacity
Game: Diablo III (Retail Release) Launch Day
- Witch Doctor, Cathedral Level 3
- Texture Quality: High
- Shadow Quality: High
- Physics: High
- Clutter Density: High
- "Anti-Aliasing" checkbox ticked ON
Resolution: 1680x1050 (1.6AR) recorded at 1680x1050 ("Full Size")**
Filtering: 4xMSAA, 4xAF, set in Control Panel of Videocard
Framerate while not recording: 80-100fps
Framerate while recording: 80-100fps
For people trying out Bandicam and finding your recordings are choppy/laggy on playback (when looking at the original generated/recorded file), you should find that compressing it to a file with a smaller bitrate/size in a format you will keep it permanently in, it will play back that file just fine
** The above video was Lanzcos3 resized from the original 1680x1050 capture to a 1728x1080 (1.6 AR) [MPEG-4 H.264 AVC/AAC file with a bitrate of 20000kbps (audio at 384kbps) using a Deblocking Filter setting of +0+0] because the original upload was down-sized to 1280x720 by YouTube and looked much worse, see here below:
I chose this clip because it was a good example of both fast movements/action on the screen, as well as slow/non-moving parts, including text. It has dark and light areas, high contrast edges, and tests wide area panning as well.
Bandicam's "For Edit" Preset worked great, with clear text and action in the original recording, while flatter, darker parts were not overly compressed which would create excessive macroblocks or be too smoothed out. There were some Gibbs Effects/Mosquito Noise around text and on some of the button logos in the original recording, but you had to look closely to see it, which is pretty good for not being a 100% Quality setting.
The very small amount of color banding present in the original recording was somewhat generated by the Game Engine (seen in the lower-right quadrant of this video, and in the Diablo3 login screen around the moon, etc.), and there shouldn't be much, due to using MJPEG as a recording codec.
If you are having problems with Color Banding, try MJPEG as your recording codec
Average bitrate of the original was about 40Mbps, which meant a writing stream to the disk of about 5MB/s, which any hard drive can handle (recorded onto a drive capable of 150MB/s).
Framerate during recording was maintained at 80-100fps (same framerate as not recording). The original 1 minute file is about 300MB in size with these settings. The recompressed MPEG-4, resized to 1080p file, has an average bitrate of 20Mbps and is about 140MB in size.
While this Preset in Bandicam is designed for compatibility with editing programs (every frame an independent Keyframe or I-Frame (Information Frame) that can be cut/started from), an original was uploaded directly from the recording/generated file to test the effects of uploading to YouTube from an original recording.
If you are planning on editing, Bandicam's 'For Edit Premiere/Sony Vegas' Preset has wonderful compatibility with video editing programs (I use Sony Vegas and it recognized the recording instantly, using it without a problem)
The Result:
Recorded at 1680x1050, YouTube had resized that one to 720 vertical lines. The Gibbs Effects were no longer present because of this, but excessive smoothing and other compression artifacts were introduced. Text was far less readable and nothing on the screen was as crisp as the original 1050p recording. Aliasing was also introduced. This was unfortunate but understandable however, as YouTube can no doubt not keep 'everything' at 'very high bitrates' on their servers, and since it was not 1080p, it simply scaled it down.
The resized-from-1050p-to-1080p version has maintained much of its detail after uploading to YouTube. The text is closer to the crispness of the original recording, and there is only slight smoothing and deblocking being done. There are some macroblock artifacts and color banding accentuation in the darker areas however (for instance, the lower-right quadrant much of the time) but other than that, it is a decent quality version of the 1080p upload.
For those recording at 1680x1050, I recommend upsizing it to 1728x1080 so that YouTube keeps most of the detail of your recordings
Well done, Bandi! I'm glad I bought your product


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About 5.8 million Americans currently have Alzheimer's Disease, a slow-forming disease that affects all parts of the body. It occurs when brain cells and their connections die, destroying along with them the function of the memory and other vital mental tasks.
It's important to recognize the various stages of this disease. The sooner it's discovered, the sooner medical management and treatment can begin.
While Alzheimer's disease is generally broken down into three main stages (mild, moderate, and severe), here we dive further into seven different stages focused on specific symptoms.
Alzheimer's Disease Not Yet Diagnosed
Stage One: No Cognitive Decline - At this stage in development, Alzheimer's disease isn't detectable unless through a PET scan. Essentially, there are no symptoms during this stage.
Stage Two: Very Mild Cognitive Decline - Those with Alzheimer's disease in this stage begin to forget smaller things, such as where they left their keys or wallet. Usually, neither family members nor doctors are able to identify Alzheimer's at this point, because these moments of forgetfulness are associated with growing older.
Stage Three: Mild Cognitive Decline - Loved ones do begin to notice changes at this point. Thinking and reasoning begin to alter. Those with the disease might be unable to remember new names, ask the same questions over and over again, can't organize themselves, have decreased work performance, and are unable to concentrate.
Early-Stage Dementia Begins
Stage Four: Moderate Cognitive Decline - In addition to the above-stated issues, this person will begin to experience problems with day to day life. Paying bills, traveling, cooking, and chores all become struggles. In addition, people with this stage will struggle with expressing their emotions and socialization skills.
Mid-Stage Dementia Begins
Stage Five: Moderately Severe Cognitive Decline - Loved ones with this stage will need help with daily living tasks, such as bathing and dressing. Their address, phone number, location, and even the time of day will be challenging to remember.
Stage Six: Severe Cognitive Decline - Forgetting names and confusing major people in their lives is a common occurrence for those with this stage of Alzheimer's Disease. Speech quality will begin to decline, and other medical issues like incontinence will begin. Delusions are often a big part of this stage.
Late-Stage Dementia Begins
Stage Seven: Very Severe Cognitive Decline - As the final stage of Alzheimer's Disease, those experiencing this will not be able to communicate nor will they be able to walk. In addition to this, they will need assistance in completing all of their daily tasks like using the restroom and eating their food.
The Atlanta Center for Medical Research is one of the largest and most respected medical research institutions in the country. Our studies impact the future of medicine and lead us closer to new discoveries to treat conditions like Alzheimer's Disease. If you or a loved one are interested in participating in a clinical research trial for Alzheimer's, click here to sign up and learn more.


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Classification for Kingdom
Plantae Down to
Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. ssp. fruticosa (Rupr.) Nyman
Click on names to expand them, and on P for
PLANTS profiles.
Enter a scientific or common name at any rank. The report
will display the kingdom and all descendants leading down to
the name you choose.