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Virginia Representative Randy Forbes, member of the House Armed Services Committee, told the Washington Free Beacon Monday that the treatment of US sailors in January by Iran would disturb Americans – if they knew the full story:
"I think that when the details actually come out, most Americans are going to be kind of taken aback by the entire incident, both how Iran handled it and how we handled it…I think that's going to be huge cause for concern for most Americans. That's why I've encouraged members of Congress to get that briefing so they do know exactly what did take place. I think clearly there were violations of international and maritime law that took place here…We [the United States] did almost nothing in response, in fact, to have Secretary [of State John] Kerry actually thank them for releasing our sailors after they way they captured them, I think was a slap in the sailors' face."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Obama administration is classifying many of the details behind the incident. Critics of the administration charge that this has become a routine strategy to mitigate political damage from foreign policy failures.
Publicly available information disseminated by Iranian state media include videos showing the military personnel apologizing while held at gunpoint and a clip of one sailor crying. So Forbes' assertion that additional details of the sailors' capture will be even more shocking begs the question – what else were member of the US military subjected to during their ordeal?
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We're finished with our simple home improvement in the house. We have successfully added a new room for my Mom's use and we're all happy about it especially she's now feeling more comfortable with the new setup. Now she can do everything without going up and about the two floors of our house. As it's not advisable for her to go upstairs the new setup suits her perfectly and we can see all her activities the whole day. Since we also have our bedroom downstairs it's hard for us to always go up and check on her when she wants to stay in her upper room.
Now we can proceed to our next project which is repainting of our own bedroom and kitchen. For the last three Saturdays I've been doing a lot of inventory and have taken note of my several dining items. I would like to have them grouped and labeled in the next weekends to come. I also want to add some personalized items like mugs with logo and name, embroidered kitchen towels, linens made in crochet and some other nice items beautifully carved with names. I'm quite happy that we have started with our goal of restoring the beauty of our house and hope to have enough finances to finish it in a year.

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We know that everyone has different needs and that's why Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South offers a comprehensive healthcare plan that provides coverage for hospitalization, pharmacy and other medical services. All coverage is offered to eligible full-time and part-time employees. Coverage is also available for eligible dependents at an additional cost.
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We offer three types of non-interchangeable Flexible Spending Accounts — medical, dependent day care, and adoption. Federal law allows employees to deposit a portion of gross income into a spending account on a pre-tax basis, for a savings of 25 to 40 percent on federal, state, and FICA (Social Security) taxes. Federal law requires that monies set aside be used in the same year or be forfeited.
Disability coverage protects an employee's ability to earn an income in the event of injury or illness. Short-term disability insurance provides an income while you are unable to perform your job. It can also bridge the gap until you are eligible for Social Security disability or group long-term disability benefits. Long-term disability insurance provides monthly financial protection should a disability continue beyond short-term coverage.
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We provide EAP benefits at no cost to eligible employees, their spouses, and eligible dependents. Services include face-to-face counseling for marital and family relationships, stress management, alcohol and drug issues, work-related concerns, depression, and anxiety. Counselors are available 24/7 for a free evaluation, telephonic support, and a referral for up to 5 counseling sessions with mental health providers. Legal and financial consultations and referrals are also available.
Time off is funded by money accrued while employees work regular hours. For example, a new employee accrues 8 percent of gross earnings up to 40 hours a week. PDO begins accruing on the first day of work, with days eligible for use during the pay period following 91 days of employment, for most job classes. This accrual pays for vacation, holidays, and sick days. An employee simply schedules time off with the supervisor and uses it as desired.
Tuition reimbursement is available after one year of employment for work or health care-related undergraduate or graduate study or national certifications. Full-time employees are eligible for up to up to $4,000/year.
Texas Health Huguley maintains an excellent retirement program for its eligible employees. The plan, called the Adventist Healthcare Retirement Plan (AHRP), provides for annual cash contributions of 2.6% of total pay to eligible employee accounts. Texas Health Huguley also matches at 50% the first 4% of funds that you voluntarily contribute to the plan. You may choose from over 30 different mutual funds for investing the money in your retirement account. The Plan's vesting requirement is five years (1 year = 1000 paid hours) of vesting service. In addition to the AHRP, voluntary Tax Sheltered Annuity (TSA) programs are available, providing you with even more investment opportunities as you plan for retirement.
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text: Home INTERVIEW: Increased Asian nickel demand to coincide with advent of new Russian mine – Amur Minerals Nickel demand is set to outstrip supply as soon as 2023, Amur Minerals chief executive officer Robin Young told Fastmarkets in an interview on Wednesday February 27. The junior mining company owns the Russia-based Kun-Manie project, the world's largest Asia-adjacent unexploited nickel deposit, home to an estimated 1.2 million tonnes of mineable nickel ore. And if nickel demand outstrips supply as Young envisages, he believes that the current London Metal Exchange three-month nickel price, which closed trade at $13,160 per tonne on March 1, will rise accordingly. "An $17,636 per tonne nickel price, yes that's optimistic compared to today, today let's just call it $13,227 per tonne. When you look at the long-term pricing, [pricing agencies are] saying $19,841-22,046 per tonne about the time we come into production," he told Fastmarkets. UK on-warrant nickel stocks are down 50% year on year in 2019, while Shanghai Futures Exchange-listed inventory is down further by 75%, with inventory drawdown continuing in a market forecast 3% growth in 2020. The International Nickel Study Group forecasts that nickel production will continue to grow. Production of the metal has already increased by 319,000 tonnes in 2019, rising to 2.39 million tonnes from 2.07 million tonnes in 2017. But Amur Minerals is confident that there will be healthy demand for their mined output despite this when they come into production, slated for 2023. Kun-Manie's production is forecast at 24,000 tonnes per year of nickel concentrate should the company opt to toll smelt the mined ore, or 26,000 tpy of low grade material should they opt to build their own furnace or flash smelter. Looking to export their product to the Asian market, Young pointed out that continued demand for stainless steel in the region must be sated as the market grows. And with anticipated nickel battery demand from electric vehicles (EVs) projected to materially affect the market in 2025, he believes that supply will soon be unable to satisfy demand. Young projects that 700,000 tpy of nickel will be required for nickel matte batteries alone, even before the new 8:1:1 nickel, cobalt manganese battery chemistry becomes an industry preference. Kun-Manie's deposit of just 1.2 million tonnes of nickel ore would satisfy less than two years of EV battery consumption. But EVs aside, Young believes that the market for nickel-based batteries for grid and non-automotive energy storage is an underrated key target market which is ripe for exploitation. "[There is] a shift to create batteries that capture that energy and save it so it's available for on demand usage. A complete market that few are even discussing," Young told Fastmarkets. Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Cancel Ok Amy Hinton email@example.com Published Amy Hinton March 05, 2019 14:50 GMT London Keywords nickel Amur Minerals EVs batteries stainless steel Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}


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For a look at what climate change could do to the world's food supply, consider what the weather did to the American Corn Belt last year.
At the beginning of 2012, the Agriculture Department projected the largest corn crop in the country's history. But then a savage heat wave and drought struck over the summer. Plants withered, prices spiked, and the final harvest came in 27 per cent below the forecast.
The situation bore a striking resemblance to what happened in Europe in 2003, after a heat wave cut agricultural production for some crops by as much as 30 per cent and sent prices soaring.
Several researchers concluded that the European heat wave was made more likely by human-caused climate change; scientists are still arguing over the 2012 heat blast in the United States. Whatever their origin, heat waves like these give us a taste of what could be in store in a future with global warming.
"The negative impacts of global climate change on agriculture are only expected to get worse," said a report earlier this year from researchers at the London School of Economics and a Washington think tank, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. The report cited a need for "more resilient crops and agricultural production systems than we currently possess in today's world".
This may be the greatest single fear about global warming: that climate change could so destabilise the world's food system as to lead to rising hunger or even mass starvation. A leaked draft of a report by the United Nations climate committee, known as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, suggested that the group's concerns have grown, and that the report, scheduled for release in March, is likely to contain a sharp warning about risks to the food supply.
The tone is strikingly different from that of a report from the same group in 2007, which discussed some risks, but saw global warming as likely to benefit agriculture in many important growing regions. In the years since, new scientific research has checked those assumptions.
For one, a group of young scientists has pioneered more sophisticated ways of analysing the relationship between agriculture and climate. People like David Lobell at Stanford and Wolfram Schlenker at Columbia have used elaborate statistical techniques to get a detailed picture of what heat does to crop yields.
Their work suggests that rising heat stress in some major growing areas is already putting a drag on production, and raises the possibility of much more serious effects as global warming continues.
Scientists had long hoped that the effect of heat and water stress on crops might be offset by the very thing driving global warming: the sharp increase of carbon dioxide in the air. The gas is the main food supply for plants, and a large body of evidence suggested that the ongoing rise could boost crop yields.
But a lot of that evidence came from tests in artificial environments like greenhouses. Younger scientists, who insisted on testing crops in open-air conditions more closely resembling the real world, found that the bump in yield, while certainly real, was not as high as expected. And it may not be high enough to offset other stresses from global warming. The good news is that agriculture has a tremendous capacity to adapt to new conditions, including a warming climate. Crops can be planted earlier, and new varieties that are more resistant to climate stress can be developed.
"Our past successes in agriculture have lulled many of those in decision making positions into a false sense of security," said LVal Giddings, a fellow with the Washington think tank and a co-author of its report. "It's been so long since any of them were actually hungry."
1. Why did the final harvest in 2012 come to a remarkably lower level than what was forecast by the Agriculture Department?
(A) Heavy rainfall and flood caused severe harm to the crops.
(B) A heat wave and drought led the plants to wither away.
(C) A severe cold wave during the winter damaged the plants to a great deal.
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B) 3) Only (C) 4) Only (A) and (B) 5) All (A), (B) and (C)
2. What did the research report from London School of Economics say about the impacts of global climate change on
1) There will be bumper crops in years to come.
2) There will be quantitative increase but qualitative deterioration in crops.
3) Global climate change will have adverse effect on agriculture.
4) There is a need for more resilient crops and agricultural production systems.
5) Only 3) and 4)
3. What is/are the greatest single fear about climate change? Give your answer in the context of the given passage.
1) Climate change will result in large - scale global changes in natural and social system.
2) Climate change will result in the extinction of many species.
3) Climate change will destabilise the world's food system and may lead to rising hunger or even mass starvation.
4) Climate change will cause increased malnutrition and increased health impacts.
5) All the above
4. What had the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assumed about the effect of global warming in2007?
(A) That global warming would harm agriculture only in the tropical region
(B) That global warming would help agriculture in a lot of important growing regions
(C) That global warming is harmful in coastal areas but beneficial in hilly regions
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B) 3) Only (C) 4) Only (A) and (B) 5) Only (B) and (C)
5. Which of the following is/are the outcome(s) of the research work of young scientists David Lobell and Wolfram Schelenker?
1) That global warming is a temporary phenomenon and will have little effect on crops in desert regions
2) That the rising heat stress in some major growing areas is putting a drag on production
3) That global warming will have harmful effects on such crops as are grown in the winter season.
4) That global warming has no effect on the troposphere
5) All the above
6. What was the reason of soaring prices of crops in Europe in 2003?
1) Rising inflation across the globe
2) Cyclonic storms which completely destroyed the standing crops
3) Heat wave
4) Heavy rainfall during crop seasons
5) None of these
7. What was the reason for the difference between the expected and actual results of crop yields?
1) The increase in CO2 level was not so high as it was expected.
2) It was a factual mistake to assume that the rise in gas level would boost crop yields.
3) Artificial environment and open-air condition produced different crop yields.
4) In artificial environment the rate of photosynthesis was at optimum level whereas in open-air condition the rate of photosynthesis varied throughout the growing season.
5) None of these
8. Which of the following gases is responsible for food supply for plants?
1) Methane 2) Nitrogen 3) Carbon dioxide 4) Ozone 5) All the above
9. Which of the following is not true about agriculture?
(A) Agriculture cannot withstand warming climate.
(B) Climate-resistant varieties of crops cannot be developed by any means.
(C) Agriculture has a huge capacity to adapt to new conditions.
1) Only (A) and (B) 2) Only (B) and (C) 3) Only (A) and (C) 4) Only (B) 5) All (A), (B) and (C)
Directions (Q. 10 ): Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
10. Spiked
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The London Eye lights up Pink for The MoonWalk
London shows support of charity marathon, The MoonWalk London, as landmarks light up pink to help breast cancer walk raise breast cancer awareness
London shows support of charity marathon, The MoonWalk London, as landmarks light up pink to help breast cancer walk raise breast cancer awareness
We're very excited that for the very first time, the iconic London Eye will be uniting with Walk the Walk by lighting up pink on the night of the 21st MoonWalk London.
You won't be able to miss it! As you pass by the London Eye on the South Bank of the Thames the pavements really will be pretty in pink, encouraging each and every Walker.
As the London Eye is 135 metres tall it'll be visible from many places throughout your challenge and the skyline will be glowing pink! A reminder to all our MoonWalkers and Volunteers of just how brilliant they are.
The London Eye's General Manager, Sunny Jouhal, said:
"We are looking forward to supporting The MoonWalk London by turning the London Eye pink in support of this fantastic cause. We hope that the lights will give all the participants a boost on their long walk to raise both awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer."
Thank you to the Coca-Cola London Eye for uniting with us, for helping us to shine a big pink light on The MoonWalk London and highlighting the vital breast cancer causes which Walk the Walk supports.
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Car seat history
It's hard to imagine that less than 30 years ago, car seats weren't required by law.
In the 20th century automobiles started to be used globally and the first car seat was invented in the 1930s, to help children see outside and to sit still while in a car, but it was only around 1968 that car manufacturers realized they could be used as a way of protecting children. By 1985, all US states had child restraint laws, but car seats still weren't used as often as they should've been.
The modern day car seat: Nowadays, all harnesses have a harness which can be tightened and altered in height, and a push button mechanism to secure and unfasten.
How to choose a car seat
When choosing a car seat, the first thing to consider if your baby's age and height. As a general rule:
Infants up to 15 months should be in a rear-facing seat. Rear-facing is the safest option for your baby, so if the seat allows up to a higher weight limit, you may be able to use rear-facing until age 2 or older, but you should ever exceed the weight limit as your baby wouldn't receive the same protection in an accident.
Up to 40lbs (18kg) which is around age 4, a forward-facing child seat is best. Then, at age 4 they can switch to a booster seat, which thy should continues to use until they are big enough to use a car seat belt without a booster seat which is around 9 years old.
One thing that parents don't tend to consider, but later find they hate, is the re-threading of harness straps when you need to adjust the harness height or take off the seat cover to wash. Nowadays, more and more brands make this easier for you, by allowing height adjustment and seat cover removal without the need to re-thread! You might consider this a minor detail, but it is such a hassle to do if ever there's an accident or spillage, and with a small baby anything to save time is worth it. Like I said nowadays it's more and more common, but older seat models and cheaper versions might not have this feature, so it's worth looking out for.
The different kinds of car seats
Convertible car seats
This is an example of a convertible car seat. The can be used from birth as a rear-facing seat and turned around later on to use in the forward-facing position. These cannot be used with a stroller but the advantage is tat you can use them for a very long amount of time. For comparisons, real parents' opinions and more information, check out the convertible car seat page.
Infant carrier (rear-facing car seat)
Infant-only car seats are the baby carrier part of a travel system, meaning the part of a stroller that can be lifted off to carry baby to and from the house and to the car. The downside is that they can't be used for very long so you would still need to buy a different kind of seat later on. But, the advantage is that they are extremely practical for infants as you don't need to lift them out of the seat in order to put them into the car, which means you wot wake them and have to deal with a crying baby just before a car ride. For more details and infant car seat comparisons, as well as the opinions from real parents, just like you, check out this page.
If you want more information on travel systems we have a page specially dedicated to them right here.
Forward-facing-only seats and booster seats
You don't need to buy every kind of car seat in the world, as it will cost you a fortune. If you buy an infant car seat and don't want to also buy a convertible car seat, another option is a harness booster. They provide the safety of a convertible car seat, but can be used later on without a harness. These seats are a great transition form toddler to child, but are not suitable for newborn babies. For more information and parent reviews check out these forward-facing car seats.


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Mario Ruel, 2019-2020 CGS President, Président de la SCG
Hello Everyone!
This is our team's second year of our mandate at the helm of the CGS and we have started this first quarter of 2020 with a lot of exciting activities, developments and transitions. Last year was successful on all fronts with the CCLT, Colloquium Lecture Series and our St. John's Annual Conference. We kept our CGS strong and healthy and advanced on several initiatives such as putting together a team to work on the new CFEM 2021 and creating Student Chapters. We are starting 2020 in sprint mode since there is a lot to do to complete our various projects
We are experiencing an important communication transition with the introduction of our new quarterly CGS magazine, Canadian Geotechnique. I am very proud to be part of the very first issue of this CGS magazine. Best of success to Lisa Reny and the Karma-Link team. Thank you again to John Gadsby and Lynn Pugh for 37 very good years with the Geotechnical News magazine.
I would like 2020 to set the tone for the next decade. Let me share my vision.
In 2030, I see our CGS being very prosperous, with a diversified and inclusive group, more present and relevant than ever for our members and the society we live in. Our electronic Manual CFEM 2021 will be in its ninth year of publication, regularly enhanced and expanded to make it "THE" Geotechnical Reference Manual in Canada – more than a must for Canadian geo-professionals and one of the most respected publications worldwide.
Moreover, the CGS will continue to progress on the four pillars which inspired our team's mission in 2019:
I am confident that all of this and much more will be a reality in the coming years.
On behalf of the CGS, I would like to express our appreciation and sincere thanks to outgoing members of the CGS Executive Committee: Andrea Lougheed for representing all Sections across Canada, and Maraika DeGroot and Jack Seto as representatives for Young Professionals and Technical Divisions respectively. We are all thankful for their contribution, their time, and commitment to our CGS.
We are very glad to welcome within the CGS Executive Committee Billy Singh as Sections Representative, Dave Gauthier as Representative for the Divisions and Committees, and Vincent Castonguay taking over for the Young Professionals. Thank you so much for accepting to work with me and our VPs: VP Technical Rob Kenyon, VP Finance Kent Bannister and VP Communications and Member Services Judith Bouchard.
Thanks also to our lean and efficient CGS National Office headed by our Executive Director, Michel Aubertin, Director Communications and Society Operations Lisa Reny, and Coordinator Communications and Member Services Emily Fournier. They are essential to ensure continuity, reliability and professionalism in our organization.
We certainly hope you will appreciate our dynamic program for 2020 with our upcoming high calibre CCLT and Colloquium lecture Series from coast to coast, along with the programs organized by our 20 local chapters and specialty sessions lined up by our active Divisions and Committees. Of course, this will all culminate at our annual technical highlight and fun party at the GeoCalgary 2020 Conference, September 13-16, 2020.
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The Chevy Volt will cost $41,000. GM finally went live with the second to last piece of the Chevy Volt puzzle and select dealers are ready to take orders with delivery expected "later this year." After the available $7,500 tax credit, the effective price drops down to a much more reasonable $33,500. A tad pricey, yes, but GM is fully prepared to counter that higher price with an affordable leasing program that gets drivers into the Volt for only $350 per month with $2,500 due at signing.
The Volt will slowly roll out nationwide starting with California, New York, Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey, and the Washington D.C. area. GetMyVolt.com will locate your nearest dealership who should be able to start processing orders as soon as today. Customers will then receive a phone call from a dedicated Volt advisor who will be able to answer any further questions.
But will GM have any issue moving the $41k Volt off of dealer's lots? Probably not.
The $7,500 tax credit also applies to leases, which is how GM can offer the $41,000 vehicle for only $350 per month. Of course not everyone qualifies for the full amount as it's dependent on the buyers tax situation. However, many buyers should get the full amount that drops the lease payment down to around what a fully loaded Chevy Impala currently goes for. Plus leasers have the piece of mind knowing that if this vehicle does work out like GM says it will, they're not out everything and are well within the Volt's 3-year bumper to bumper total coverage. Buyers on the other hand still get the same 3-year deal with that continues up through a 6-year, 100k corrosion protection and 8-years on the battery packs.
But even at the full $41,000 MSRP, GM probably will not have any issues working through the initial 2011 shipment of just 10,000 vehicles. A good portion will likely be eaten up right away by pre-orders. Clearly with price usually reserved for a mid-level Cadillac, GM knows not everyone will be able to afford the Volt. It's pricey. But it's the first extended-range electric vehicle to be mass-produced and sold in the US market. First generation products are rarely inexpensive. Think back to the first Blu-ray player or even VCR. The middle class wasn't the target market.
Will the Volt be GM's cash cow? That's the final question in the Volt story.
For Release: 7/27/2010 @ 12:00 PM ET
Chevrolet Begins Taking Volt Orders; Pricing Announced
– Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price starts at $41,000 ($33,500 net of full federal income tax credit, which ranges from $0 to $7,500); Lease payment on a 36-month lease at MSRP as low as $350 per month with $2,500 due at lease signing including security deposit
– OnStar provides unprecedented connectivity through Volt mobile app; five years of OnStar (Directions and Connections)service standard
– Volt's eight-year/100,000-mile battery pack warranty provides added peace of mind
– Volt can be your primary car; approximately 340 miles of total range provides freedom to drive wherever, whenever
SAN JOSE, CA – Starting today, participating Chevrolet dealers in launch markets will begin taking customer orders for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the industry's first electric vehicle with extended-range capability.
Chevrolet is so confident in the overall value of the Volt that the brand will offer a lease program on the Volt with a monthly payment as low as $350 for 36 months at Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price with $2,500 due at lease signing, including security deposit based on current conditions, which could vary at time of delivery. The benefit of the $7,500 tax credit is included in the reduced lease payment, with the tax credit going to the lessor. The Volt's MSRP will start at $41,000 ($33,500 net of the full federal tax credit, which ranges from $0-$7,500) including a destination freight charge of $720. Customer deliveries of the Chevrolet Volt are scheduled to begin in launch markets late this year with initial production limited.
"The Chevrolet Volt will be the best vehicle in its class…because it's in a class by itself," said Joel Ewanick, vice president of U.S. marketing for General Motors, who made the announcement at the Plug-In 2010 conference. "No other automaker offers an electrically driven vehicle that can be your everyday driver, to take you wherever, whenever. The Volt will be packed with premium content and innovation, standard."
The Volt will be initially available to Chevrolet customers in California, New York, Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey and the Washington D.C. area. To be among the first to purchase a Volt, customers can visit their nearest participating Chevrolet Volt dealer. A Volt dealer locator can be found at http://www.getmyvolt.com. The dealer will begin the order process, which will be followed up by contact from a dedicated Volt advisor who will be available to answer any questions and keep the customer apprised of the progress of their order. For customers needing general Volt information, Chevrolet will have a team of Volt advisors available to answer questions starting today at 1-888-VOLT-4-YOU (1-888-865-8469).
The Chevrolet Volt is the only electric vehicle that can operate under a range of weather climates and driving conditions with little concern of being stranded by a depleted battery. Volt has a total driving range of about 340 miles and is powered by electricity at all times. For up to the first 40 miles, the Volt drives gas- and tailpipe-emissions-free using electricity stored in its 16-kWh lithium-ion battery. When the Volt's battery runs low, a gas powered range-extending engine/generator seamlessly operates to extend the driving range another 300 miles on a full tank.
Depending on their tax situation, Volt owners can qualify for up to $7,500 in U.S. Federal income tax credit, as well as other potential state and local tax credits, depending on location. Owners in certain states may qualify for the added convenience of High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane access.
While the Chevrolet Volt will come standard with a 120-volt charge cord that will provide owners with the ability to charge their Volt directly from a standard home electrical outlet, a total of 4,400 Volt buyers in launch markets could be eligible for a free 240-volt charging station, including home installation. The installations are part of a program developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to install approximately 15,000 240-volt home charging stations across the U.S.
Technologies Keep Volt Customers Connected
When it comes to advanced technology, Volt customers are on the leading edge. The 2011 Chevrolet Volt has standard technology features that link and entertain in innovative ways, starting with standard seven-inch touch screen navigation and an energy-efficient Bose premium audio system.
The Volt is the first GM vehicle to offer five years of OnStar Directions and Connections service, which includes Automatic Crash Response, stolen vehicle assistance and connected navigation, all standard. Volt will expand on OnStar's foundation of leading-edge safety and security technology through the introduction of an OnStar-enabled mobile app that connects the vehicle to the owner's smartphone.
"We wanted to make the Volt ownership experience unlike anything we've done at Chevrolet, because the Volt is unlike any vehicle we've offered," said Tony DiSalle, director of Chevrolet Volt product marketing. "We want customers to fully enjoy the Volt lifestyle by providing unprecedented connectivity to their vehicle through the Volt mobile app."
Unprecedented Warranties Bring Value and Peace of Mind
Volt owners will be provided outstanding battery and vehicle limited warranties. The Volt's 16-kWh lithium-ion battery is covered by an industry-leading transferable warranty of eight years or 100,000 miles. In addition, Chevrolet will provide:
• 3-year / 36,000-mile bumper-to-bumper coverage
• 5-year / 100,000-mile roadside assistance and courtesy transportation
• 5-year/100,000-mile limited gas engine coverage
• 6-year/100,000-mile corrosion protection coverage
The Volt also has an array of standard safety features, including eight air bags — dual-stage frontal, side-impact, knee, and roof-rail side-impact—and StabiliTrak electronic stability control with Traction Control. The Volt is constructed of 80 percent high-strength steel for additional safety and protection.
Chevrolet will also provide customer assistance via a Volt advisor available 24/7 by phone or Internet. Dealers will also provide on-site dedicated Volt service and sales experts who will be able to address inquiries.
NOTE: Later today, Volt marketing director Tony DiSalle and Volt vehicle line director Tony Posawatz will host a live video webchat at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT from Plug-In 2010 to answer consumer questions about Volt pricing. Media and consumers can join the conversation on Chevrolet Voltage and the Chevrolet Volt Facebook page.
About Chevrolet: Chevrolet is a global automotive brand, with annual sales of about 3.5 million vehicles in more than 130 countries. Chevrolet provides consumers with fuel-efficient, safe and reliable vehicles that deliver high quality, expressive design, spirited performance and value. In the U.S., the Chevrolet portfolio includes: iconic performance cars, such as Corvette and Camaro; dependable, long lasting pickups and SUVs, such as Silverado and Suburban; and award-winning passenger cars and crossovers, such as Malibu, Equinox and Traverse. Chevrolet also offers gas-friendly solutions including the Cruze Eco and Volt, both arriving in late 2010. Cruze Eco will offer up to an estimated 40 mpg highway while the Chevrolet Volt will offer up to 40 miles of electric, gas-free driving and an additional 300 miles of extended range through a gas powered generator (figures based on GM testing; official EPA estimates not yet available). Most new Chevrolet models offer OnStar safety, security, and convenience technologies including OnStar Hands-Free Calling, Automatic Crash Response, and Stolen Vehicle Slowdown. More information regarding Chevrolet models, fuel solutions, and OnStar availability can be found at www.chevrolet.com or join the conversation at www.chevroletvoltage.com.


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a bunch of 3 quarter sweaty naked men, with nothing but towel sitting inside a steamy hot room yet not a word can be spoken.
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CSK Team 2020 Players List
Chennai Super Kings 2020 Team
IPL 2020 CSK players list is placed here. The Chennai Super Kings weren't expected to do much business in the IPL auctions and that's exactly how it turned out for them. They did not go for any batsman, at least not a pure batsman, while bringing in a total of just four players into the squad.
Chennai Super Kings home games 2020 tickets are available here.
The 2018 season champions have a lot of fans support and not just because they have won the IPL three times. For a side to have the presence of MS Dhoni as their captain given his idol worship, you expect the team to be as well-followed too. And their squad reflects the thinking of their skipper – a need to back most of the players who had won them the trophy in 2018. CSK squad 2020 is placed below.
One of the most surprising picks was Sam Curran, the English all-rounder who had made life difficult for Virat Kohli and his men in the longer format of the game back in 2018. Curran has also had a hat-trick in the IPL for Kings XI Punjab but what is surprising was their decision to go with a youngster in a squad full of 30-plus-year-olds. The other three who were contracted during the IPL auction were three out and out bowlers.
Sam Curran, however, will miss the major part of the tournament as he will be playing for the national side in a series against Sri Lanka. He may also be unavailable for playoffs– if Chennai qualify. Mitchell Santner is the other player who won't be available at the beginning of the tournament as he will be playing for the national side against Australia in a limited-overs series that will end on March 29th.
Piyush Chawla, the 31-year-old leggie, makes the squad for a whopping price INR 6.75 crore which, given Chennai have spinners like Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma and Harbhajan Singh, is a surprise pick. So is pace bowler Josh Hazlewood, the Aussie who hasn't been in the IPL before and R Sai Kishore, brought in at their base prices of INR 2 crore and 20 lakhs respectively.
Now, the Chennai Super Kings are known to not change things around. They have selected and backed their players irrespective of their age and more often than not, this tactic has come good during the tournament. This can be seen from how well they have gone about their business over the last two seasons, winning one title and finishing as runner-up in the previous year.
Under the stewardship of MS Dhoni, they have won three titles including one on their return from the ban but what they now might need is a change in tactics. The experienced but ageing batsmen from the previous two seasons would have gotten older and with Dhoni himself has struggled to get going in recent times the way it's needed in this format of the game, he might need help around him. What that means is someone like Rituraj Gaikwad, already a part of the CSK squad could be given more chances.
Harbhajan Singh's solid performances should allow him more chances, while Imran Tahir will bolster the overseas spin bowling department. If Lungi Ngidi is fit, he will be the side's leading bowler while Deepak Chahar will continue to look to swing the ball early. IPL Chennai super kings squad 2020 players list is placed below.
CSK 2020 Team Squad
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|CSK Players List 2020
|MS Dhoni (wk), Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina (pulls out of the tournament), N Jagadeesan (wk), M Vijay, Rituraj Gaikwad
|Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, Sam Curran
|Harbhajan Singh (pulls out of the tournament), Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
|Fast bowlers
|Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood


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Center for Advanced Training in Hemophilia and Inhibitor Management (CATHIM) Workshop
The Nationwide Children's Hospital Pediatric Hematology Division along with its affiliated institution, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, are jointly hosting an upcoming educational workshop, the Center for Advanced Training in Hemophilia and Inhibitor Management (CATHIM), focused on the clinical care of patients with hemophilia and inhibitors.
CATHIM is a focused, hands-on workshop with the goal of inciting interest in the field of coagulation medicine in the attendees, and to fill a gap that exists in many current hematology training programs with respect to managing patients with complex hemostatic disorders. The target audience is physicians in adult and pediatric hematology fellowships, trainees in hematology and immunology, and Advance Practice Nurses.
The workshop will be held Friday, October 20, 2017 – Sunday, October 22, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. There are scholarships available to cover travel and/or hotel expenses for those individuals who may be eligible to apply.
3rd Annual Inhibitors to Factor VIII /IX Symposium
The Nationwide Children's Hospital Pediatric Hematology Division along with its affiliated institution, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, are jointly hosting the third annual educational symposium, Inhibitors Symposium to Factor VIII Symposium, focused on hemophilia healthcare providers along with basic/translational scientists with interest in protein therapeutics, immunology, statistics and genetics with a special interest in Hemophilia.
Registration is open to hemophilia providers and researchers, and covers all course materials, group meals and breaks.
Scholarships are available for participants and cover transportation and one night's accommodations.
The workshop will be held Monday, October 23, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio.
Conference Objectives
Understand the clinical scenarios in which inhibitors maybe initially detected
- Describe the age-specific patterns of bleeding that hemophilia patients with inhibitors may experience
- Understand the treatment options available to treat hemophilia patients with inhibitors
- Discuss the role of factor concentrates on inhibitor development
- Assess the hemophilia patient-specific risks for inhibitor development
- Understand the treatment options available to treat hemophilia patients with inhibitors
- Describe the regimens used to induce immune tolerance in hemophilia patient with inhibitors and the outcomes with these regimens
- Describe the options, alternatives, risks and benefits of the different modalities for venous access in patients with hemophilia
- Understand the role of the clinical laboratory in the evaluation and management of patients with hemostatic disorders
- Appreciate the pathobiology of hemophilic arthropathy
- Gain confidence in the clinical management of elective surgery in hemophilia patients with inhibitors
- Gain experience in the practical application of knowledge through case studies and simulation training in hemophilia care
- Describe basic tenants of quality improvement methodology
- Describe the use of point-of-care ultrasound in the assessment of hemophilic joints
Analyze the Role of Genomic Investigation in Rare Conditions
Examine the role of the My Life Our Future Biorepository in Inhibitor Research
Discuss the role of Major Histocompatibility Proteins in the Immune Response
Investigate the Role of Glycan's in the Early Immune Response
Compare Novel Hemophilia Therapeutics
Describe Laboratory Monitoring Options for Novel Therapeutics
Evaluate the Role of Oral Tolerance Strategies at Preventing Inhibitor Development
Analyze the Role of Particle Loading in Inhibitor Treatment
Frequently Asked Questions
Planning Committee & Faculty
Welcome Reception
Friday, October 20, 2017; 06:30PM – 09:30PM
The Hilton
Symposium attendees are invited to join us for dinner at a special welcome reception on Friday evening.
07:00AM | Breakfast
08:00AM | Welcome & Introductions
Amy Dunn, MD (Columbus, OH)
08:15AM | Hemophilia Overview and Treatment (Including factor options, prophylaxis, adherence, etc.)
Alice Ma, MD (Chapel Hill, NC)
09:00AM | Introduction to Inhibitors (risk factors)
Riten Kumar, MD (Columbus, OH)
09:45AM | Break
10:00AM | Laboratory Evaluation of Inhibitors and Treatment (factor levels, Bethesda titers, Global hemostatic assays)
Rahiv Pruthi, MBBS (Rochester, MN)
10:45AM | Immunology and Immune Tolerance Therapy for Eradication of Inhibitors
Shannon Meeks, MD (Atlanta, GA)
11:30AM | Introduction to point of care ultrasound
Bruno Steiner, PT, RMSK (Seattle, WA) & Nihal Bakeer, MD (Indianapolis, IN)
12:15PM | Lunch
01:00PM | Hemophilic Arthropathy (pathophysiology, radiologic, evaluation, interventions)
Amy Dunn, MD (Columbus, OH)
01:40PM | Clinical Breakout
- Clinical Breakout: 6 groups of 5
- Each participant can choose 2 of the 4 sessions to attend
- Each session is 30 minutes with 15 minutes to switch sessions
- Ultrasound groups will be groups of 5
- Group 5 will stay in ultrasound from 1:40-2:40 p.m.
- Group 6 will stay in ultrasound from 2:20-3:40 p.m.
- Participants will have one ultrasound session and one break-out session or 2 break-out sessions
Group1-Dunn and Kruse-Jarres | The factor VIII molecule utilizing virtual reality platform
Group 2-Kumar and Pruthi | Practical Bethesda Assay
Group 3-Meeks and Pruthi | Practical Bethesda Assay
Group 4-Singleton and Reding | Hemophilia Jeopardy
Group5– Steiner and Bakeer | Ultrasound hands-on
03:40PM | Break
03:45PM | Introduction to Quality Improvement in Hemophilia
Mike Fetzer (Columbus, OH)
04:30PM | Wrap- up
Riten Kumar, MD (Columbus, OH)
06:30 | Dinner at Barley Brewing Company Followed by Highball Halloween Party
08:15AM | Breakfast
08:45AM | Venous Access and Other Pediatric Issues in Hemophilia
Tammuella Singleton, MD (New Orleans, LA)
09:30AM | Acquired Hemophilia
Rebecca Kruse- Jarres, MD (Seattle, WA)
10:15AM | Break
10:30AM | Treatment and Prevention of Bleeds in Patients with Inhibitors
Mark Reding, MD (Minneapolis, MN)
10:45PM | Clinical Breakout
- Emergency Management of Bleeding and hands-on ultrasound training 6 groups of 2-3 participants.
- Each ultrasound group will spend 60 minutes and each small group will spend 20 minutes per session.
- Ultrasound groups of 5 participants
- 10:45-11:45 a.m.
- 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
- Each person would get one hour for ultrasound and 3 small groups or 6 small groups
Group 1 – Dunn | Joint bleeding
Group 2 – Kruse-Jarres | Compartment syndrome
Group 3 – Kumar | Pseudotumor
Group 4 – Ma | Cardiac surgery
Group 5 – Meeks | PAC placement
Group 6 – Pruthi | Iliopsoas bleed
Group 7 – Reding | GI bleeding
Group 8 – Singleton | Intracranial hemorrhage
Ultrasound group – Steiner and Bakeer
12:45PM | Wrap-up and evaluations
Amy Dunn, MD (Columbus, OH)
01:00PM | Lunch & Departures
Welcome Reception & Dinner
Sunday, October 22, 2017; 7:00PM – 9:00PM
Martini Modern Italian
445 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
08:00AM | Continental Breakfast
08:30AM | Welcome & Introductions
Amy Dunn, MD (Columbus, OH)
Symposium Co- Chair, Nationwide Children's Hospital
08:40AM | The Role of Genomic Investigation in Rare Conditions
Rick Wilson, PhD (Columbus, OH)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
09:20AM | The Role of My Life our Future In Inhibitor Research
Barbara Konkle, MD (Seattle, WA)
University of Washington School of Medicine
10:00AM | Break
10:15AM | The Role of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Inhibitor Development
Surbhi Saini, MD (Hershey, PA)
Penn State Children's Hospital
10:55AM | The Role Of Glycans In The Early Immune Response
Sean Stowell, MD, PhD (Atlanta, GA)
Emory University School of Medicine
11:35AM | A Review of Novel Therapeutic Agents
Riten Kumar, MD (Columbus, OH)
Symposium Co- Chair, Nationwide Children's Hospital
12:15PM | Lunch
01:00PM | Laboratory Monitoring of New Hemophilia Agents
Shannon L. Meeks, MD (Atlanta, GA)
Emory University School of Medicine
01:40PM | Engineering less Immunogenic and Antigenic FVIII proteins
Kate Pratt, PhD (Bethesda, MD)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
02:20PM | Break
02:35PM | Plant Based Oral Tolerance Strategies
Roland Herzog, PhD (Gainesville, FL)
University of Florida
03:15PM | Particle Loading
Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD (Atlanta, GA)
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine
03:55PM | Wrap- up/ evaluations
04:10PM | Discussion time and Departures
Educational Grants
Registration/ Scholarships
THE CATHIM WORKSHOP IS FULL. No more applications are being accepted for the 2017 Program.
If interested in adding your name to the mailing list for future Nationwide Children's Hospital Hemophilia Conferences or CATHIM Meetings, please email Connie Hieatt at email@example.com
FREE Registration, in the form of a scholarship, is available to hemophilia providers. Scholarships cover all course materials, group meals and breaks. For registration information, all Industry Participants and Sponsor Representatives should email email@example.com.
Scholarships are available for participants and cover transportation and 1 night's hotel accommodations.
Before a registration can be confirmed and travel and hotel arranged, a scholarship application needs to be submitted by the participant and must be approved by the directors of the meeting.
Submit the following two (2) documents to complete your scholarship information to email@example.com. (1) CV; (2) a brief (500 word) personal statement explaining why you would like to attend Inhibitors to Factor VIII Symposium. Selected participants will receive a confirmation if your scholarship is approved. If you do not qualify for attendance, your registration will be cancelled and you will be notified. If approved, you will receive flight and hotel confirmations to attend the meeting.
Registration is limited and is on a first come, first serve basis. Registration is restricted to four (4) fellows per fellowship program.
The first function begins with an optional Welcome Reception and Dinner on Sunday, October 22nd, at 6:30 p.m. The last function ends at 4:10 p.m. on Monday, October 23rd. A complete tentative agenda may be found on the Agenda tab of this website.
Subject line of email must read: Inhibitors Scholarship Submission
Travel & Accommodations
Hilton Columbus Downtown
Participants for CATHIM Workshop and the Inhibitors Symposium will stay at the Hilton Downtown Columbus Hotel. Once scholarships are awarded, rooms will be reserved by the Nationwide Children's Hospital Events Coordinator. CATHIM Workshop and Inhibitors Symposium participants should NOT make their own reservation. Shuttle service will be provided from the hotel to the Nationwide Children's Hospital Education Center for the Inhibitors Symposium.
Hilton Columbus Downtown offers a contemporary presence in the eclectic hub of Columbus. Explore our $1 million art collection featuring original works from more than 100 area artists. Our Columbus, OH hotel is within walking distance to over 300 dining and entertainment venues. Take our unique spiral staircase for dining and fitness options. Unwind over dinner and drinks at our Gallerie Bar.
The CATHIM Workshop will be held at the Hilton Downtown Columbus. Address: 401 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215.
The Inhibitors Symposium sessions will be held at the Nationwide Children's Hospital, Education Center, Stecker Auditorium at 700 Children's Dr. Columbus, OH 43205. Parking is not available at the hospital for meeting participants. Shuttle services will be provided daily from the hotel to the hospital.
Getting to Columbus
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From John Glenn Columbus International Airport, the best mode of transportation is via taxi readily available 24-hours a day at the cab stand outside baggage claim. The 15-minute ride should run around $25 inclusive. The hotel does not have an airport shuttle.
Columbus also offers Uber car services as well as a number of private scheduled sedan services including Cardinal Transportation.
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As a follow up from Snail #9 which I completed a week or so ago, I've actually completed a second piece in this series. Here's Snail #8. Both are layered and hand cut pictures created from 15 individual original photographs.Honestly, it's been like pulling teeth trying to get these done. I feel I've been cutting paper for far too long now and I need to have a break and think about the direction I'm heading in. I'm always trying to make progress in my own head….
Reading back that last sentence makes sense to me but I know it sounds a bit odd so I'll try and explain. I'm always trying to move myself forward mentally. I cut pictures and create art for my own mental well-being. I challenge my own creative thinking and in turn it enables me to challenge my own thinking with other things that I do. By continually using the same method to create things I end up stagnating. I end up resenting the work I'm making and avoiding the studio. It's for this reason I don't want to make any more snail pictures. The Do Snails Believe in Reincarnation series is complete (or suspended indefinitely). If there is nowhere new for it to go then I don't want to go there. So Snail #9 and Snail #8 will be the only two framed pieces created from the ten original snail sculptures I made for the ….Reincarnation series.*
So where next? I'm planning on revisiting some concept art I made a while back for a client which was ultimately rejected. I'm not sure what I'll be doing with it but I know it will be framed when it's finished. It will be based on a photograph but no layers and no cutting. I feel like it needs to be a collage of some sort though. Give me a while to order my ideas. Perhaps until the end of summer… or the end of the year at my current rate of working!
I'm hoping to get Snail #9 and Snail #8 on show at a gallery soon. Meanwhile I'm showing as part of the Taboo exhibition at the Workers gallery in Ynyshir, Wales. This runs until 4th August. Click HERE to find out more.
*If I ever make it famous I'll delete this blog. Completists in auction houses across the globe will be hunting forever for the rest of this series. "Where are Snails #1-7 ?" they'll ask. I'll be giggling from the afterlife….. or not… and I'm wasting my time and only a tiny handful of people will ever own my art. As long as it gives them pleasure I'm happy 🙂


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Today, I'm just posting an excerpt in the continuing series of posts about how my novel, The Cedar Tree, sprang forth over a span of many years. If anyone has tried to download the ebook version without success, I apologize and hope that Amazon has it fixed by now.
And now the excerpt from Broken Winged Buzzard Dreams Part 3:
(At the end of the previous post in my Broken Winged Buzzard Dreams series, Broken Winged Buzzard Dreams Part ll, we left young Danni traveling all over the country with Gramps (not known as Gramps then), her three little kids, and a big stack of books. She was just living real life and gathering giant piles of experience while make-believe characters had begun to grow in her brains again.)
(above) An almost exact replica of young Danni except she had some hair and different eye color
Our little McGriffith clan lived like nomads for about seven years, occasionally touching down at our small mountain rancho in Colorado. Once, when we landed at the rancho for a while, Son #1 took a turn around the outside of the house, carefully examining the bottom of it. Then he looked at me and asked, "Where are the wheels on this house?"
My first novel as a teenager–a wild romance featuring the dashing protagonist, Rory, and his dumb love interest, Kate–had ended up in the trashcan years before. Sometime during the time when our little clan was traveling around, however, I began to write again in journal format.
At first, embarrassed by the sheer romantic passion of my novel attempt, I kept the journal entries to the point :
Illinois, Sun. May 26–Sat June 1, 1985… $7.82 eats, 16.68 shoes, 18.50 gas, 8.00 diapers…
Gradually, the journal entries picked up somewhat:
North Carolina Coast, January 19, 1987 …We walked on the beach, found some seashells, took pictures, watched the gulls. Last night, we went and ate seafood. Son #2 puked on the floor and spilled his tea. Son #3 pooped his pants. Other than that it went off pretty smooth…
If you've ever hauled three little boys and their stuff from pillar to post across the United States, you know how wearying that is. Eventually, I began to stay at the rancho more while Gramps kept traveling.
The journal entries settled into a matter-of-fact rhythm:
3-2-88 Sister and I took #1 and #2 skiing yesterday. #1 skied into a tree, knocked himself out. Ended up with a big knot on his head and a skinned face. Other than that we had a real nice time…
A lot of my entries ended with–other than that we had a real nice time…
Gramps kept traveling around, working and raking in big piles of cash with which I began to stock the rancho. Cattle, horses, chickens, sheep, goats, pigs, emus, and even a lama–Laban the lama–joined the sons, all clamoring for food.
My first typewriter was a model just like the one above. (I know. A dinosaur. Computers were rare to nonexistent in homes. Mine particularly.)
With our rancho an hour from town, my social interactions were limited to church attendance. The conversations at home mostly consisted of me yelling over the racket of hungry animals and this tiresome repeat with my sons: You gotta go potty? You sure? You better not potty your pants…
I hadn't used the ol' Smith Corona since Rory and Kate's disastrous love affair, but who could blame me for dragging out the old beast, blowing off the dust, rolling up my sleeves, and making up conversations with myself? (And, as you can see from the other photo above, I needed to get those characters out of my brains so I could wear a normal sized hat.)
Anyway, I began a completely new novel set in the modern-day ranching country of western Colorado. (Well, 1985 Colorado, if you're my age or older and consider that modern.) Rory had died in a trashcan fire, so I invented a new protagonist, Gil. I have no idea why I named him that. His love interest was…you'll never guess…
She just wouldn't die. Or maybe she was the other Kate's great-great grandaughter. Anyway, in the dark of night when the animals had bedded down and my boys were sleeping and wetting in their beds, I began tapping away on the old Smith Corona. I had no writing skills, no outlining skills, and no knowledge of story structure.
I also had no idea the story would turn into a family saga I'd intermittently fiddle with for over TWENTY YEARS…
Thank you so much for reading. And thanks to all of you for your kind words, emails, and reviews. I really appreciate all of you.
God bless all y'all and enjoy David Wesley doing a beautiful job on In Christ Alone.[youtube.com/watch?v=oab9giH2cG0]
*This artist doesn't necessarily endorse my blog, I just like him.
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Here we are on the cusp of it all; the penultimate day of the chin-up challenge. I can undoubtedly say I am stronger. While I increased the heaviness of the weights I used throughout the challenge, this fact is much more clearly evident in my fighting prowess during the champions grunge match tickle fight.
You see, I am awesome at the tickle fight. I've got the moves, the strategy, and the burning desire to triumph. However, my weak left side hampers what moves I can pull and any serious tickler knows my right side is where I pack the heat. Yet, in my latest bout defending the championship I surprised even myself. My left arm muscled up and pulled off the old roll-over flip all by itself. That means my left arm single-handedly moved my opponent into a pin-move (which is key for getting maximum tickles in) all by itself.
To give a little background, in the past I have sometimes been unable to prop myself up using my left arm which is a pretty basic and simple thing to do. This is due to the titanium plate that is still in my elbow and which still gives me pain and/or trouble at times. But now, due to this challenge, my left side isn't quite as pathetic as it used to be. It's like Rocky Balboa when he trains using his opposite arm as dominant and so his opponent is ill-prepared and doesn't see it coming when the wrecking crew comes to town.
Tickling aside, I am stronger and I have gained more respect for weight workouts. I've historically been a cardio gal, but now I don't have quite the fear for weights that I used to. I will also say that weight training, although perhaps only in reference to this particular challenge, seems to be just as mentally as physically demanding. While no matter what workout or sport you do, they all have a mental aspect, but weight lifting was perhaps one of the most intense for me. I had a very serious goal in a tight deadline which I wouldn't recommend. It's okay to have a big goal, but make sure you focus on the little goals – the steps you take – along the way because those will add up and get you where you need to go, while focusing on one big end goal can easily be your undoing.
As a final note, the challenge comes to a close in good time as my cat decided to Mufasa my stability ball awhile ago – puncturing it – and the tape job hasn't really been holding up (picture a cat clawing their way up the ball like Mufasa tried to claw his way over the ledge before, well, you all know what happens.)
Today's Workout
- Push ups
- Assisted chin-ups
- Inverted row
- Chest press
- Dumbbell row
- Bicep curl
- Shoulder press
- Tricep overhead press
- Sit ups
- Squats
- Reverse lunge


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Italy forward Giuseppe Rossi begins training at Fiorentina
Italy forward Giuseppe Rossi has started training with his new club Fiorentina after a long injury layoff.
The U.S.-born forward arrived in Florence on Tuesday and did two gym sessions on Wednesday.
Rossi had been recuperating at home in New Jersey after 16 months out and three operations since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee against Real Madrid in October 2011.
Rossi will remain with Fiorentina for the next two weeks then fly to Colorado for a checkup with physician Richard Steadman, from whom he hopes to gain clearance to start playing again.
Rossi signed a 4 1/2-year deal with Fiorentina in January after transferring from Villarreal. He was a regular starter for Italy before his injury.