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PORTLAND, Ore. – Business owners are in the nation's capital today, urging members of Congress to protect more public lands before the lame-duck session ends.
Members of the Conservation Alliance, outdoor businesses that advocate for public lands, are meeting with lawmakers in an effort to get several bills passed.
That includes the Oregon Wildlands Act, which would protect more parts of the Chetco, Mollala and Rogue rivers and Devil's Staircase.
In D.C. on behalf of Portland-based footwear company KEEN, Chief Marketing Officer Tyler LaMotte said his company makes products to help people enjoy these lands.
As LaMotte put it, "We feel that, as a brand, we definitely have a duty to work with the alliance and take action on behalf of our fans and our customers to protect these places in perpetuity, so we can keep doing what we love to do – getting more people outside, and getting them to care about wild places."
There are 35 Oregon businesses in the 220-member Conservation Alliance.
The Oregon Wildlands Act would designate more than 90,000 acres as wilderness and add 250 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers protections.
Outdoor recreation is a major boon to Oregon's economy. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, the state's recreation economy annually generates $16.4 billion in consumer spending, 172,000 jobs and $749 million in state and local taxes.
LaMotte said he and his colleagues in the alliance will make sure members of Congress understand this is a $900 billion industry nationally.
"That's a huge contributor to the overall economic sector," he stressed. "And so, we're going to come there with muscle, and with facts and figures, and make sure that the case is heard – and really try to give no reason for this not going through, from our point of view."
Public-lands advocates are pushing for lawmakers to add protections before the 116th Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, 2019.
Support for this reporting was provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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March 9, 2009: Dhaka, Bangladesh. At first glance, Bably Akter looks like any other nine-year-old Bangladeshi girl, dressed in a brightly coloured pink and turquoise skirt and top trimmed with silver sequins.
A matching headband conceals her left ear, badly deformed and the only obvious sign she is the victim of an acid attack, a practice rampant in the impoverished country, used mainly in domestic disputes and against women and children.
As her mother, Parul, recounts the story of how Bably's father put drops of acid on different parts of her body every day for five days when she was a baby, the little girl lifts her skirt to reveal a large scar on her legs and feet.
"Her father wanted a son. He'd been violent towards me before Bably was born but it was not until day five, when he actually fed her acid I realised something was seriously wrong," Parul, 26, said.
She complained to the police but charges were never laid.
"We ran away and spent two years at the Acid Survivors' Foundation (ASF) hospital where Bably had a lot of plastic surgery on her mouth. She still needs more operations."
With her broad grin and her love of dancing, Bably speaks about her dreams of one day becoming a doctor to help others in the South Asian nation.
"She says she doesn't remember what happened but sometimes she cries for no reason. Her speech is a little bit impaired and she gets teased at school," Parul said.
The Dhaka-based ASF says most victims of acid attacks bear obvious physical scars, which make them pariahs. Bably is one of the lucky ones.
Efforts in Bangladesh in recent years to curb the practice mean cases are slowly declining, but human rights campaigners say acid remains too easy to buy.
"Acid throwing is rampant in the southern and northern parts of Bangladesh where it is used for dying the fishing nets and in the handloom industry," said ASF doctor Imtiaz Bahar Choudhury.
Last year 179 people — three-quarters of those women and children — were victims of acid violence in Bangladesh, with 20 cases already recorded for 2009, according to the ASF.
The most common reasons for the attacks are disputes over property and dowry payments, and unrequited love where spurned suitors try to disfigure women who reject them.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said this week one woman in five around the globe has been a victim of rape or attempted rape, and that in some countries one woman in three has been beaten or subjected to some kind of violent act.
"Violence against women is an abomination. I'd like to call it a crime against humanity," Ban said ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday.
The last major study into domestic violence in Bangladesh found that about 60 percent of women had been physically or sexually abused.
About 19 percent of those had experienced severe physical violence, defined as being hit with a fist or object, kicked or dragged, beaten up, choked, burnt, or threatened with a weapon.
Poverty, especially hunger, played a significant role in determining the degree and frequency of violence against women at home in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, where 40 percent of people live below the poverty line.
March 9, 2009: Badaber, Pakistan. A bomb-laden car exploded this morning in northwest Pakistan as police tried to pull a body from it, authorities said, killing seven police and a bystander
After an unknown caller told them a body was in a parked car, according to Police Chief Rahim Shah.
"Police went there. They found the white car. They also saw a body inside, but when they were pulling it out, the car bomb went off," he said, calling the set-up a "new technique."
Footage from the scene showed a police van whose front was decimated.
People comfort a man who lost his brother, the police officer, killed in the car bombing, at a local hospital in Peshawar,
A man wearing an explosive vest and riding a motorcycle also laden with explosives drove into a crowd of Baghdad police recruits and blew himself up, killing 28 people including five policemen.The injured people, with some in critical condition, were immediately taken to the nearby Al-Kindi and Ibn al-Nafees hospitals in the area as the security forces cordoned off the site of attack.
The suicide bomber carried out the attack at the back entrance of the capital city's largest police academy, where a group of potential recruits were waiting in line.


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Broadband customers who feel they're not getting the advertised download speed will be relieved to hear that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today announced a crackdown on how internet providers can promote their line speeds.
Following a public consultation, broadband providers will no longer be permitted to claim "up to" line speeds in advertising and instead must describe "average" speeds.
These average speeds must be based on the download speed available to at least 50% of customers at peak time.
The new guidance is set to take effect from 23 May 2018 after a six-month implementation period to ensure providers become compliant.
Current guidance only demands that 10% of customers should experience the advertised speed, meaning the vast majority of users could be achieving line speeds of under what providers have promised in their adverts. The ASA found that in many cases consumers are likely to be misled by claims of speeds "up to" certain levels.
Director of the committees of advertising practice, Shahriar Coupal says: "There are a lot of factors that affect the broadband speed a customer is going to get in their own home - from technology to geography, to how a household uses broadband. While we know these factors mean some people will get significantly slower speeds than others, when it comes to broadband ads, our new standards will give consumers a better understanding of the broadband speeds offered by different providers when deciding to switch providers.
"We continually review our standards to make sure they reflect consumers' experiences, the technology available and the evidence base to make sure our standards are in the right place. Following extensive research and consultation, we hope our new standards will improve customer confidence in future ads."
'Advertising speeds only a fraction of customers can receive helps no one'
Dan Howdle, consumer telecoms analyst at broadband advice site Cable.co.uk, comments: "Up until now, broadband has been the only utility you can buy without knowing precisely what it is you're going to get. The speeds advertised are the expectation you set, no matter how you try to qualify them. Advertising speeds only a fraction of customers can receive helps no one – it damages provider reputation and stokes fury among customers. Adding the words 'up to' was never going to cut it.
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School crews launch into another rowing season
Emerging talent was on show as Ballarat crews flexed their muscles in a Rowing Victoria schools regatta on Lake Wendouree on Saturday.
With Loreto College and Ballarat Grammar School girls being only the open division one crews on the water, there was a focus on the lower divisions.
Six schools tasted success – Ballarat Grammar, Loreto, Ballarat High School, St Patrick's College, Damascus College, and Ballarat and Clarendon College.
The boys' coxed four open division two provided one of the most competitive finishes of the day, with Ballarat Grammar (1) hitting the line just 3.76 seconds clear of another Grammar boat after 1000m in a five-way final.
The Grammar girls' coxed four open division three crew also had to fight all the way, edging out Loreto by 2.2 seconds.
The regatta attracted almost 400 athletes.
Wendouree Ballarat Rowing Club has entered 11 crews for the next regatta on the Rowing Victoria calendar – Dimboola on the Wimmera River on Saturday.


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Greetings to the 432 members of the South Dakota Chapter of the ACP!
2019 has already been a busy year for your Governor and the Executive Committee. In March the Executive Committee met in Sioux Falls to develop a strategic plan for the chapter. Two days of hard work gave us great guidance in what our amazing chapter sees as a vision of the future. Advocacy, membership, chapter finances, and a focus on Early Career Physicians, Residents and Students rose to the top of our brainstorming sessions. These topics will shape my first year as Governor as we move to grow our chapter and make it even more 'valuable' to our members. We mobilized our membership committee to reach out to past members and were the best chapter in the country to retain our members through our campaign and were recognized nationally for our efforts.
April brought the Board of Governors meeting in Philadelphia, PA just a day prior to ACP IM 2019. If you haven't been to a national meeting in a while it's time to re-energize yourself. It's the perfect prescription for work-life balance problems and 20 years into my career I look back and wonder why I haven't attended more. Thanks to Matt and Darcie Bien for being there for me when a winter storm prevented my wife from flying in to see my Masters' ceremony, it truly was an amazing honor.
May brought Leadership Day, and we descended on Washington DC in full force. Led by Drs. Kelly Evans-Hullinger (HPPC Chair), Rob Allison (Governor), Nazia Qazi (Hepatologist), Prince Sethi (Resident), and Mr. John Fanta (Medical Student), we were able to get the message of the ACP to our national leadership. Every year we build stronger relationships and advocate for our patients and our physicians in practice and training. Please consider joining us next year in DC.
In June we turned back to our Executive Committee to finish the fiscal year-end work of the chapter. We changed our long-standing financial relationships with our bank to meet our new strategic goals and redefined our investment policy. Our Executive Director Kris Rahm was given the heroic challenge of coordinating our members to meet the 'GOLD' criteria for Chapter Excellence, a goal that has never been accomplished by a small chapter. With luck we will be reporting success in the near future.
As we prepare for the next 6 months and our annual state meeting in Deadwood October 2-4, 2019 with the Nebraska Chapter, I want to thank all the members who have helped so far. Realize that as a small chapter we can do great things with the help of each other.
Please reach out to me email@example.com or Kris (email@example.com) to give us your thoughts on how we are doing.
Also, please consider following us on social media (see below) to share with the other internists across the state what is important to you about "your" South Dakota ACP. We are proud to have you as members and I am proud to be your Governor.
– Josh Henderson, DO FACP, Program Chair
The dog days of Summer can only mean one thing….Fall is just around the corner. After last winter, we are not trying to look past some of the much-anticipated warmer weather of the year, but the thought of Fall for internists in SD conjures up excitement for "the best meeting of the year" being just around the corner.
We take a lot of pride in our SD Chapter ACP meeting and for good reason. It consistently features outstanding speakers and presentations, not to mention collegiality that is second to none.
This year looks to continue the streak of great meetings in great locations. Our meeting has yet another special offering, a chance to join forces with our colleagues to the south as Nebraska's ACP chapter will be joining us at The Lodge in Deadwood in the beautiful Black Hills of SD.
This year's meeting includes the opportunity to hear presentations from National Regent Dr. George Abraham, on Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine. Lectures that are sure to offer valuable insights on a variety of subjects including antibiotic stewardship, insomnia management, opioids in primary care, adult immunizations, and an endocrinologist's update on the latest in the ever-increasing options of diabetes medications.
The meeting will feature our very own Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind, which is always popular at national meetings. Finally, the chance to see your old friends and colleagues and the opportunity to see new faces and form new relationships is a fine way to top the many reasons to attend this year's meeting, Oct 2-4 at The Lodge in Deadwood, SD.
Josh Henderson, DO (email@example.com)
– Kelly Evans-Hullinger, MD FACP, Chair of HPPC
Greetings Physicians!
I am glad to report we had another great trip to Washington DC with the South Dakota delegation. We had an excellent showing on Leadership Day in May, as I was joined by Governor Rob Allison, MACP, hepatologist Nazia Qazi, FACP, resident member Prince Sethi, and medical student John Fanta. We learned about the ACP's national advocacy efforts, met with staffs of our congressional delegation, and enjoyed fellowship with each other and physicians and trainees from around the country.
I was particularly inspired by ACP Senior VP in Governmental Affairs Bob Doherty's talk titled "Being in the Room Where it Happens." Bob reminded us that advocacy is not something that happens in a single day on Capitol Hill but results from years of forming relationships and insisting on giving our input when the big decisions are being made. We have a unique opportunity in our state to be advocates, as our national, state, and local lawmakers are our also neighbors and patients.
As always, the ACP had a wide array of legislative topics for us to address in Washington which included:
You can locate the ACP's many position papers here https://www.acponline.org/advocacy/where-we-stand
I encourage you all to stay updated on the ACP's advocacy efforts and policy updates by joining the Advocates in Internal Medicine Network (AIMn). You can join the network and get periodic email updates here https://www.acponline.org/advocacy/advocates-for-internal-medicine-network
I hope to see many of you at our Annual Scientific Meeting in October, where we will be joined and updated on advocacy by Bob Doherty. Take care until then!
Kelly Evans, MD, FACP (email@example.com)
Caption: Drs. Robert Allison (Governor), Kelly Evans-Hullinger (Chair-HPPC), Nazia Qazi (Hepatologist), Prince Sethi (Resident) and John Fanta (USD SSOM Medical Student)
– John Fanta, MS
Earlier this month I was given the opportunity to attend Leadership Day May 14-15, a conference dedicated to advocating for Internal Medicine physicians and sub-specialists. I am a third-year medical student attending the Sanford School of Medicine, originally from Yankton and now back in Yankton for the start of my Pillar 2 Clerkship.
Entering the conference, I was intimidated by the thought of advocating for the expansive group that the ACP represents. During the first two years of medical school we learned an immense amount of medical knowledge, but healthcare policy was left out of these discussions. Thus, before this trip my only exposure to healthcare policy was limited to the bits and pieces I heard from the news. This trip dramatically changed my perspective on the importance of the ACP's representation in Washington, D.C. During this week, I was able to witness the hard work and commitment of ACP members who advocate for the issues in healthcare delivery that physician's face each day. It was incredible to see the hundreds of students, residents and physicians from every state joining forces with the unified message of improving healthcare quality and delivery.
Our SD delegation met with staffers from the offices of Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune, as well as Representative Dusty Johnson. The issues that we focused on addressing included increased funding for Graduate Medical Education, the high costs of prescription drugs, as well as decreasing administrative burden imposed on physicians.
As a medical student my input focused primarily on increasing funding for GME, an issue especially pertinent to our state due to physician shortages in rural areas. I was able to help advocate for two bills, the first focused on adding 15,000 new residency spots over the next five years and the other providing interest free loans for residents.
It was truly a privilege to be able to represent the students in our healthcare system and advocate for legislation that could make such a big impact. Thank you to the SDACP for making this trip possible and I look forward to continuing to be involved in the organization in the years to come.
John Fanta (email@example.com)
– Cathy Leadabrand, MD FACP
I want to point out a little-known and probably under-utilized benefit of belonging to ACP–the opportunity to obtain group disability insurance.
Like many busy physicians, I was naïve and undereducated regarding financial issues. After a recent job switch, I realized to my horror that I had been without disability insurance for the last 3 years. I immediately sought a new policy (avoiding ladders and extreme sports while I did so)!
I had an excellent plan at a former job 20 years earlier, but now with age and some accompanying unpreventable (and, I'll admit it, preventable) health issues the best option my trusted financial advisor could find cost four times my old plan! Nonetheless, not wanting to play Russian Roulette, I signed up.
One day, dejected after writing yet another exorbitant premium check, I was sorting through my mail. Mindlessly, I started to toss the familiar ACP mailer on group disability that I'd received and discarded regularly for the last 20 years. This time, I caught myself and checked out the plan online. Long story short, after a few months I have now switched to the ACP Group Disability Plan, with almost identical coverage at a savings of $500/month ($6000/year!).
While surveying my colleagues, I was surprised at how many (especially the younger ones) don't carry a disability plan. I believe this is a mistake, for according to White Coat Investor: "Studies have shown that 10-20% of people will have a period of disability of some kind between the ages of 25 and 65. Those odds are simply too high not to insure against that type of financial catastrophe. If you do not currently have disability insurance, it is time to get serious about it and cover that risk."
There are many excellent plans out there but for me, the ACP Group Disability Insurance Plan gave me the best bang for my buck with the following benefits:
There is also an option to pursue disability insurance for one's spouse or children. One caveat is that the plan lapses should the insured not maintain continuous ACP membership. This requirement isn't an issue for me, as the savings on my premium and many other benefits of belonging to ACP more than cover my dues.
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There are approximately 500 internal medicine residency programs in the United States, and residents at USD Sanford School of Medicine's internal medicine residency program earned the nation's top performance scores. Residency leaders credit a curriculum redesign for this impressive achievement.
In 2014, leadership of USD Sanford School of Medicine's internal medicine residency program embarked on an ambitious redesign of curriculum and all other aspects of the three-year program. "We completely overhauled the program," said Dr. Joseph Fanciullo, director of the residency.
Fanciullo and others at the medical school wanted to create a residency that was more responsive to the needs of residents and would better serve patients, too. "We prioritized resident well-being, including having our residents work more reasonable hours, and we also greatly reduced the number of overnights they worked," explained Fanciullo. "We wanted the residents to be more engaged with their patients during their clinical rotations by minimizing conflicts in their clinical schedules." This new model, he added, also provided the opportunity to integrate or weave together the various components of internal medicine, and that strengthened resident preparation for practice.
The results of this curriculum restructuring, said Fanciullo, began to reveal themselves very quickly. "Within one year, our in-training examination scores began to climb," he reported.
So-called in-training exams are annually administered to residents in nearly every residency program across the country, not just internal medicine residencies. The exam and its results –known as a program performance tool- allow the many different residency programs in many different specialties to understand resident knowledge as well as their own successes and shortcomings. It also enables each program to evaluate their standing when contrasted with similar subject programs.
By 2018, when resident in-training exam scores are most recently available, it had become clear that USD's revamped internal medicine residency curriculum and program appeared at least partially responsible for an astonishing fact: Scores in the in-training exam by USD's internal medicine residents topped those scores recorded by residents at all other internal medicine residency programs in the country. USD Sanford School of Medicine's internal medicine residents in their second and third years posted exam scores that were rated at the 100th percentile of all internal medicine residency program in the United States. It's worth noting that across the nation there are approximately 500 internal medicine residency programs, and that more than 7,000 residents are training in each of the three years of a residency at these different programs.
Those outstanding 2018 test scores at USD's internal medicine residency continued a sharply rising trajectory. In 2017 scores had already elevated the program to nationally significant stature. This important metric –the results of in-training exams- has also portended impressive certification exam success by residents. One hundred percent of those residents who have completed the program within the past three years and have taken the American Board of Internal Medicine certification examination have passed the exam.
Although the program's leadership expects exam scores to remain exemplary, many factors –some unrelated to the program- can impact results. "Sustaining this level of excellence," Fanciullo acknowledged, "is a big challenge, but a good one."
Fanciullo reported that he is hearing lots of positive feedback about the program's residents. "Other physicians are telling me how impressed they are with the quality of our residents," he said. "It's also gratifying to see that many of our residents are being hired by health care facilities in South Dakota."
USD's categorical internal medicine three-year residency program contains 24 residents, with eight residents training during each year.
Typically, close to 1,600 recently graduated students from medical schools located around the world apply to enter USD's internal medical residency program. "Through this highly competitive situation, we've been able to determine that the graduates of certain medical schools and certain types of applicants best fit our program," said Fanciullo. "That helps us determine which applicants to select."
The program relies on the help of both Avera and Sanford in Sioux Falls. "Both institutions," explained Fanciullo, "have been highly supportive of the residency." According to Fanciullo, the program's redesign involved the support, input and energy from all levels of the medical school. "The dean, the program's leadership, its faculty and the residents themselves participated in this effort."
Fanciullo noted that the curriculum redesign not only increased exam scores, but it has compelled a deeper level of devotion by residents. "Our residents are pursuing excellence like never before," said Fanciullo. "They are challenging themselves to become better physicians, and we are witnessing this high level of ambition throughout the residency program."
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Tom Jennings shovels snow Friday in Alton. Much of the region got 1-3 inches of snow.
An Illinois Department of Transportation engineer said cleaning up the icy roads today has been "a little bit of a challenge."
"We're making slow but steady progress," said Joe Monroe, an IDOT District 8 (composed of 11 counties, including Madison) operations engineer. "If we could get the freezing drizzle to leave the area, it would clean up quick. It's very persistent."
The Greater Alton area received a light freezing drizzle and snow most of the day, according to the National Weather Service.
Monroe said IDOT's District 8 has about 80 drivers who have been driving since 5 a.m. this morning cleaning up the snowy sludge.
Car crashes have numbered about 15 in Illinois State Police District 11 since 9 a.m., Illinois State Police Shift Commander Craig Campbell said.
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Firecheck Type X is a fire resistant drywall enhanced with glass fibers to offer greater strength and fire protection for use in interior walls and ceilings.
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Here is what the stock market's monster January rally means for February (Thomas R.)
Analysts at Bespoke Investment Group highlighted just how mediocre February can be by demonstrating the lackluster amount of money investors would have made on $100 invested in the S&P 500 during the month over the last half-century.
"Had you only owned the S&P 500 during the month of February over the last 50 years, your $100 would now be worth just $106—for a gain of 6%," said the analysts in a report.
Michael Hudson: Trump's Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony (PaulJam)
Calling the U.S. coup being sponsored in Venezuela a defense of democracy reveals the Doublethink underlying U.S. foreign policy. It defines "democracy" to mean supporting U.S. foreign policy, pursuing neoliberal privatization of public infrastructure, dismantling government regulation and following the direction of U.S.-dominated global institutions, from the IMF and World Bank to NATO. For decades, the resulting foreign wars, domestic austerity programs and military interventions have brought more violence, not democracy.
Gannett lays off journalists across the country (edelinski)
At the Indianapolis Star, three journalists were laid off, including well-known columnist Tim Swarens. At the Knoxville (Tennessee) News Sentinel, University of Tennessee women's basketball reporter Dan Fleser is out after more than 30 years in sports. The Tennessean cut three positions, including high school sports reporter Michael Murphy. Traci Bauer, executive editor of LoHud (New York), was let go.
Does Journalism Have a Future? (jdargis)
The numbers mask an uglier story. In the past half century, and especially in the past two decades, journalism itself—the way news is covered, reported, written, and edited—has changed, including in ways that have made possible the rise of fake news, and not only because of mergers and acquisitions, and corporate ownership, and job losses, and Google Search, and Facebook and BuzzFeed. There's no shortage of amazing journalists at work, clear-eyed and courageous, broad-minded and brilliant, and no end of fascinating innovation in matters of form, especially in visual storytelling. Still, journalism, as a field, is as addled as an addict, gaunt, wasted, and twitchy, its pockets as empty as its nights are sleepless. It's faster than it used to be, so fast. It's also edgier, and needier, and angrier. It wants and it wants and it wants. But what does it need?
The 16th Amendment: How the U.S. Federal Income Tax Became D.C.'s Favorite Political Weapon (Alex)
Could you imagine a time in the U.S. when roads were being paved, there was zero national debt, and the federal government was completely operational – all without income taxes? This may sound like a Libertarian fantasy, but it's actually an image of the America of yesteryear. Before the advent of the income tax, the U.S. government relied exclusively on tariffs and user fees to finance operations.
Video: Robber Barons and the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad (Don R.)
During the gilded age ruthless businessmen fought for control of railway lines. The Albany and Susquehanna railroad was another battlefield in the "Railroad wars."
Typhus Epidemic Worsens in Los Angeles (thc0655)
"It felt like somebody was driving railroad stakes through my eyes and out the back of my neck," Greenwood told the I-Team. "Who gets typhus? It's a medieval disease that's caused by trash."
Tesla begins sales of cheaper Model 3 car variant in China (Thomas R.)
Previously, the starting price for a Model 3 in China was 499,000 yuan, for an all-wheel-drive long range version. Tesla said earlier this year that it plans to start delivering Model 3 cars to customers in China in March.
Tesla currently imports all the cars it sells in China but is in the process of building a factory in Shanghai that will manufacture Model 3 cars in the initial phase.
Venezuela's collapse is a window into how the Oil Age will unravel (debu)
So how does a country like Venezuela with the largest reserves of crude oil in the world end up incapable of developing them? While various elements of socialism, corruption and neoliberal capitalism are all implicated in various ways, what no one's talking about — especially the global oil industry — is that over the last decade, we've shifted into a new era. The world has moved from largely extracting cheap, easy crude, to becoming increasingly dependent on unconventional forms of oil and gas that are much more difficult and expensive to produce.
Massive Starfish Die-Off Is Tied To Global Warming (edelinski)
"What we think is that the warm water anomalies made these starfish more susceptible to the disease that was already out there," says Joe Gaydos, the science director at the University of California, Davis' SeaDoc Society and one author of a study out today in the journal Science Advances.
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A Saline County teen was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident on the morning of August 16, 2013.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report Jeffrey Pycke, 35 years old, of Slater was driving eastbound on Missouri 240 when the vehicle driven by 19 year old Dusty Reeves, of Miami, pulled into the path of Pycke. Reeves was traveling northbound on Thomson Lane. Reeves vehicle was struck on the driver's side.


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Spring Sports Recognition Night was held in the North Olmsted gymnasium on Tuesday, May 16th. Congratulations to all of our spring athletes!
Spring Sports Season Recap Video – Extra Pictures Included
This year's scholar athlete award winners are:
Girls Track Samantha Bereznay Softball Kaitlin Bittel
Boys Track Nathaniel Stumph Baseball Cole Wagner
Boys Tennis Taylor Benjamin
This year's OHSAA scholar athlete award winners are:
Girls – Samantha Bereznay
Boys – Taylor Benjamin
The 2017 Spring Sportsmanship winners are:
Tennis – Omar Wahdan Softball – Mary Fuerst
Boys Track – Chandler Johnson Baseball – Dynis Frigic
Girls Track – Sara Bereznay
This year's OHSAA Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award Winners are:
Girls – Mary Fuerst
Boys – Chandler Johnson
OHSAA AWARDS – As part of an ongoing program to promote Courage, Sportsmanship, Ethics, and Integrity, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has set up a program to recognize exemplary students.
OHSAA Award of Excellence
Jacqueline Brady
Andrew Bussman
OHSAA Exemplary Contribution and Service
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OHSAA Courageous Student Award
Josh Hufstetler
Silver and Gold Eagle Awards
The tradition of the gold and silver eagle awards started in 1992. The gold and silver eagle awards are given to seniors during the spring season of their senior year. These awards are determined by sport participation, varsity letters, exemplary sportsmanship, and all-conference honors.
Congratulations to the following athletes who have qualified for the silver eagle award.
Silver Eagle Winners – Female athletes
Samantha Bereznay, Sarah Bereznay, Kaitlin Bittel, Jacqueline Brady, Sarah Bukala, Nicole Clancy, Bailey Ensign, Mary Fuerst, Alison Gouch, Veronica Janosek, Juliana Kemp, Jennifer Maroli, Taylor Perkins, Alyssa Rachid, Megan Seighman, Taylor Sharosky, Rachael Sladky, Emma Stec, Rebecca Sweany, Kaylie Varney, Abigail Warszaawski, and Alexandra Yasenchack
Silver Eagle Winners – Male athletes
Alahit Ahmad, Andrew Bussman, Ryan Cummings, Benjamin Gebura, Joshua Hufstetler, Chandler Johnson, Seamus Kean, Kevin Kelly, Jared Kinkipf, Justin Malinak, Shane Malinak, Phillip Re, Alex Roth, Jae Shin,and Nathaniel Stumph
Golden Eagle Awards
The golden eagle is awarded to the top male and female senior athletes. Congratulations to the class of 2017 winners:
Joshua Hufstetler
Emma Stec
Team Photos from last evening
The North Olmsted athletic department would like to congratulate all of the student-athletes for their hard work, commitment and dedication during the spring sports season.
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House of Restless Spirits - Dates for Halloween 2009
Great news! The supremely spooky House of Restless Spirits - one of the best ways to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles - will be back for 2009. The Santa Monica yard haunt will be open on Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31, from 7:00pm until 11:00pm on both nights. If you have never been, you absolutely must go!
We have extolled the virtues of this haunted house several times before. Its strength lies in the amazing series of illusions you see, both in the yard and inside the windows, as you take a self-guided tour around the house. Like the old Hallowed Haunting Grounds, this is a Halloween attraction best enjoyed at a leisurely pace, so that you do not miss any of the manifestations. There are no shock scares; instead there are a series of evocative effects that impress you with their virtuosity - that is, when they are not making the hair stand on the back of your neck!
In order to savor the scares as deeply as possible, small groups are allowed through at discrete intervals, so there will probably be quite a wait on Halloween night, perhaps somewhat less so the night before. In either case, the House of Restless Spirits is worth the time.
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Joitiba College of Nursing, Gujarat, stands because of the captivating efforts of Mr. Bhogilal Laljibhai Patel and him team of devoted professionals and family members. In 1978, Mr. Bhogilal Patel decided to open social service centres and educational institution in a small village in Gujarat, Valam. During the year, 2008-09 the Trust established the Jotiba College of Nursing with intake capacity of 30 seats. Joitiba College of Nursing was established with an aim of training the students to become proficient nurses for first align position in nursing, to cater quality care in hospitals and to society and thereby contributing to heath care of the country. The campus of the college is beautifully landscaped 25 acre land at Bhandu.
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A quick blast of news, notes and rumors rumbling through the Oshkosh beer scene.
all about town. This time, my Oshkosh Beer Garden column covers a flight of summer beers produced by Wisconsin breweries. But there's one beer mentioned therein you'll have a hard time finding. New Glarus announced last week that it was pulling its wonderful Berliner Weiss from store shelves after receiving complaints that the beer was over-carbonated. What? A Berliner Weiss is supposed to be carb loaded. What the brewery didn't mention is that bottles were exploding. Check out this BeerAdvocate forum where folks are sharing their experiences with Berliner-Weiss bottle bombs.
Speaking of New Glarus, Dublin's will host a beer dinner featuring the much-loved brewery on August 14. Details are now being hashed out, but I'll post something here when tickets become available.
Speaking of Dublin's, they're also working on plans for their Third Annual Craft Beer Festival. That one will land in September. Once the date is fixed, I'll pass it along here. Word is that this year's fest will even feature some homebrew. We all know that's where the best beer really comes from.
Speaking of Homebrew, the Society of Oshkosh Brewers have set the date for their Third Annual Cask & Caskets Homebrew Event for Charity. This year, the homebrew flows on November 1 at the Oshkosh Convention Center. Check out the Facebook Event Page for more.
Speaking of brewing your own, NDC in Oshkosh is planning on expanding their food section and moving their brewing supplies to the second floor of their building at 457 N. Main St. I hope that means they'll expand their selection. If you haven't been to NDC in a while for brewing supplies, you ought to check them out. It's not the perfect homebrew shop by any means, but they usually have some pretty good deals, especially on bagged malt. If you go today (Wednesday, July 9) Take THIS COUPON in and get 5% off on anything you purchase.
Speaking of stores, we're going to have a new place to buy craft beer in Downtown Oshkosh. Ski's Meat Market is preparing to open downtown at 502 N. Main St. (where Great Estates used to be). And they say they're going to have a selection of good beer available. I doubt that's just happy talk. The folks behind this venture are the same people who bring you Beckets. They know what they're doing when it comes to craft beer. The opening date has yet to be announced, but their website promises that it's coming soon.
Speaking of craft beer, rumor is that Ballast Point Brewing will soon be distributing its beer in Wisconsin. This San Diego brewery is known for producing hop-forward ales including the coveted Sculpin IPA, which gets much love from the geeks. Look to see Ballast Point around here in early Fall.
Speaking of early Fall, time for me to get my ass out of this chair and get outside before summer slips by. Prost!
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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7 Avocado Halloween Costumes For Pregnant Women Because This Opportunity Comes Once In A Lifetime
Being pregnant during the fall gives women lots of unique chances that aren't possible during other times of the year. For one thing, maternity sweaters are way cuter than other maternity clothes. Pumpkin spice tastes even better, and you're finally not dying of heat stroke whenever you step outside. But perhaps the best thing about being pregnant during the month of October is the chance to get creative with your Halloween costume for the year. Although your bump may feel limiting, there are some solid ideas that you don't want to miss. Take avocado costumes for pregnant women, for example. They're as hilarious, creative, and culturally relevant as costumes come.
Layering a fitted green top with the belly cut out over a fitted brown tank as Julianne Smith of The Garter Girl did is just one clever way to get your avocado on this Halloween, but of course there are many other ways to pay homage to this popular fruit. And whether you're a fan of the fruit or not (yes, I had to Google whether or not every millennials' favorite food was a fruit or a veggie), you have to admit that it's conveniently shaped quite similarly to your growing bump, and can be as easy as whipping up a serving of avocado toast.
So pull up a chair, grab a bowl of chips and guac (for research purposes, obviously) and plan out the perfect avocado pregnancy costume.
1. Baby = Chip, Mama = Guac
If you're hoping to put a twist on the standard avocado costume, dress yourself as the guacamole and your sweet little bump as the chip.
For this costume, your bump will be dressed as the guacamole. Put on a green dress ($10, Kohls) and stagger pieces of red and purple fabric around your belly to represent the tomatoes and red onions of your artisanal dip.
For the chips, cut out triangles from a poster board and paint them tan. Position them around your bump. Maybe cut a bite mark out of one too.
2. Simple Avocado Suit
If you disregard the adult male in the photo, it's apparent that this avocado costume ($40, Halloween Costumes) can work for any gender, or belly size. Add a pair of black leggings ($15, H&M) and you're all set.
3. DIY Avocado Suit
DIY-ing your own avocado suit is perhaps a cuter and more affordable route. Follow this tutorial from the blog Hello, Wonderful to make an adorable avocado cutout to wear this Halloween.
Under your avocado, wear a brown dress ($43, Vertbaudet) and whatever other avocado paraphernalia you can scrounge up. Match your lip to the dress if you want to add a glam touch.
4. Non-Avocado
If you'd rather wear a costume that's inspired by the avocado, as opposed to dressing up as the fruit itself, here's a simple (and hilarious) avocado dress ($42, Red Bubble) and avocado maternity t-shirt ($25, Blue09) that show you're team avocado. Just pair them with a pair of leggings.
5. Friend Costume: Avocado And Egg
If you just happen to be pregnant at the same time as a friend, why not dress up as the most powerful breakfast duo: an egg with avocado. For the basics, you'll need a yellow maternity shirt ($18, H&M) and a green maternity shirt ($8, Walmart). From there, follow this tutorial from Brit + Co. to create egg and avocado cutouts very similar to the tutorial above.
6. Avocado Toast
Not surprisingly, the trendiest food also makes a great costume if you're pregnant. Find a green maternity dress ($28, Target), create a toast cut out using a square piece of cardboard with a hole for your belly, and grab a bottle or sriracha or maybe even a sriracha hat ($25, Forever 21) for a spicy finish.
7. Family Breakfast Costume
If you're making it a family affair, dress up your entourage as a full breakfast spread. You, of course, should be the avocado (using any of the above tutorials), and your partner, kids and pets can dress as a slice of toast, eggs, and even a glass of juice. Hello, Wonderful has a great tutorial for getting the entire family involved using foam boards and paint to create each part of the meal.
Watch Romper's new video series, Romper's Doula Diaries:
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