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Instead of selling, Walmart decides to freak us out.
They could have used this minute to tell us what they have to offer for the holidays. Or what kind of great deals they have. Or remind us that you might be able to do all your holiday shopping in one place. They could have even reminded us that in these tough economic times, your holiday budget will go farther at Walmart.
Instead, they decided to make a creepy yodeling cat video that most people won't even spend the entire time watching – thus missing the six seconds of branding at the end. Sad.
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App won't pair with humax dtr2100
I'm having a lot of difficulty getting the app to pair with the DVR. The app, running on Android 8.1.0, has no problem finding the DVR, but when I ok the Allow box on the DVR, there is a long pause before I get the message that it can't pair because the box is "not connected to the internet". This is obviously untrue because iPlayer, All4 etc are working.
Once, a couple of weeks ago, after many attempts, it did miraculously pair and all seemed well(ish - more on that later), but then some recordings I had scheduled failed to record, and I thought maybe disconnecting and reconnecting might fix that, so I disconnected and now I'm back to square one - I can't pair them at all now. I've tried restarting after switching off the mains but that didn't help.
The reason I said it worked well-ish was that for the entire time they were paired, MyTV was unbearably slow - none of those ridiculous and un-neccessary tiles (what's wrong with a list ffs?) had thumbnails (all blank), and navigation between them was glacial in the extreme. Immediately after disconnecting the app the thumbnails began to populate and MyTv is back to its annoying but usably quick self.
Sarah Administrator Posts: 1,551 adminHi @vibesmd
Welcome to the forum
The app doesn't affect the speed of the box so this is most likely to be a coincidence. It sounds like your internet may have been having a blip considering it was slow and none of the tiles were populating, this is usually a sign that it's unable to pick up the data from the cloud.
Can you clarify what you mean regarding the failed recordings? Were they marked as failed before or after they had been broadcast?
It'd also be useful to know the mobile device model you are using and how your box is connected to the internet (direct to router or via powerline adapters).
Hi SarahI accept that it was a coincidence as the box is once again refusing to update the MyTv tiles even though the phone app and the box have been unpaired for a couple of weeks now.So the issue lies entirely with the box. It connects directly to the router (well through a switch actually but that is working 100%). I am having no problems at all with my internet connection which is 38mbps FTTC. There are no dropouts on the logs, and everything else apart from the youview box is connecting fine. Yet the box is unable to pick up the tiles from the cloud, and navigating in MyTv is depressingly and almost unusably slow.I don't even want the tiles. They were forced on us by a completely unnecessary software upgrade a year or so ago, since which the tiling issues and consequent slowness have been a recurring problem.RegardsPhil0
redchiz Member, Super User Posts: 5,089 ✭✭✭Could you maybe try temporarily a direct ethernet connection between box and router just to rule out any issues with the switch?0

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"Funny how much of life feels like remembering & forgetting & remembering again. Perhaps if we did not forget what was essential we would miss out on the great AHA! & joy of all those moments of remembering." ~Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The quote above is one from a Facebook status that Oriah posted quite some time ago. I saved it because it sums up my experience so well, and I was reassured to know that I'm not the only one who seems to keep forgetting those essential things I've learned along the way, requiring me to keep learning the same lessons over and over again.
I was reminded of this quote the last few days as I've been going back through and looking at old posts on my blog. It's a bit embarrassing sometimes to see how many times I keep having to relearn some of the same lessons.
In all fairness, some of these lessons are ones that I am not re-learning from scratch; I'm deepening into the lesson by learning to live it in new ways. I'm continuing the process of bringing head knowledge down to heart level so I can embody it more fully.
But there are plenty of lessons that I feel like I'm learning for the first time only to discover that I wrote about learning that very same lesson six months, or a year, or two years earlier. It frustrates me that I don't hold onto these lessons better.
On the other hand, Oriah has a good point about the benefits of forgetting. Those moments of breakthrough when I experience the "AHA!" of deep recognition of a truth or an insight are moments of great joy. Even when I realize in the moment that it's a lesson I've learned before, there is such spaciousness and freedom in coming back to the lesson again, of realizing that I can lay down the burden of old patterns I am carrying and choose to do things a new way.
I've been learning all over again lately about letting go as I work through these questions about my future. This is one of those lessons that I keep thinking I've grasped … only to find out that I have only seen the smallest tip of the iceberg of what it means and how it works and how to do it sooner rather than later.
I continue to be amazed (and frustrated and embarrassed) by how long it often takes me to get to the place of even realizing that I need to let go. And then from there, I still have to get to the place of actually doing the letting go (again). It's an ongoing cycle of forgetting and remembering and forgetting again.
And yet, I am encouraged to find that I remember more quickly with each cycle, and gap between remembering and acting gets smaller with each cycle, too. Best of all, I spend less and less time on beating myself up for forgetting each time around. I'm too busy remembering again the joy and the freedom that comes from the letting go.
And for this perfectionist-in-recovery, that's some pretty awesome progress!
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Since 1985, the Hong Kong government has been collaborating with the selected non-profit private service providers to implement integrated kindergarten education in mainstream kindergarten programs initially designed for typically developing children. The term "integrated" is roughly equivalent to "inclusive" in the United States. This study's purpose is to describe kindergarten teachers' perspectives on the provision of quality integrated education for children with disabilities in Hong Kong contexts. The findings of this study offer empirical data that suggest ways to improve the quality of integrated kindergarten programs so that young children with disabilities can attain a high-quality early childhood education experience that lays a solid foundation upon which successful subsequent schooling can be built. In-depth, open-ended qualitative interviewing was the primary data collection method for this study. Four integrated kindergarten programs in Hong Kong were involved, and two kindergarten teachers from each program participated as informants. Each of the eight informants was interviewed three times; and data were analyzed using typological techniques. Two research questions guided the study: (a) How do early childhood educators describe their experience with integration? and (b) According to the teachers, what does instruction look like in integrated kindergarten programs? Findings were descriptions of teachers' perspectives on working in integrated kindergartens in Hong Kong. Analysis of informants' data identified two broad generalizations: (a) Kindergarten teachers in this study emphasized teaching academics to children without disabilities, but they focused on social developnlent at the exclusion of academic instruction for children with disabilities, and (b) According to the teachers, instruction was academic and skill-oriented in the integrated kindergarten programs. The results documented that kindergarten teachers felt compelled to teach academics to children without disabilities primarily due to the schools' academic goals, the standardized curriculum, parents' expectations for their children's academic achievement, primary schools' academic requirements for entering pupils, and the Hong Kong government's demand for students' academic competence. Contradictorily, kindergarten teachers felt no pressure to teach academics to children with disabilities due to negative teacher attitudes toward children with disabilities, resource constraints within school systems, the Hong Kong government's unsupported policy toward integrated education, and an unreceptive culture toward individuals with disabilities. Kindergarten teachers in this study commented that the integrated kindergarten programs they provided did not serve the interests ofchildren with or without disabilities.
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The battalion chief functions as the incident commander and can usually be found inside or at the rear of the vehicle. This area provides a calm environment with computers, radios, and necessary paperwork for the incident commander to manage the scene of an emergency. Additionally, the command vehicle is recognized as a resource as part of our Master Mutual Aid Plan with the State of California. On several occasions we have responded to wildfires in Orange County as well as outside the county to lead a strike team of five engines to assist other agencies protect life, property, and the environment.


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Black sheep: (n) a member of a family or group regarded as a disgrace
For there to be the existence of a black sheep, Mary's little lamb had to make a decision, at some point, to go urban.
In a society which publicly proclaims the value of righteousness, we privately revere the renegade.
We are obsessed with those who are possessed.
We like villains.
We like criminals.
Girls like bad boys because they think these notorious numbskulls have some sexual edge which cannot be acquired by those who favor a razor.
So even though we may say someone is "the black sheep of the family," we are also curious if this darkened kindred will be at the next family reunion–because if they aren't, then we're pretty sure it will be a dull party.
- What is so intriguing about walking on the wild side?
- What fascinates us about the rebel?
- Why do each one of us want to be considered pure of heart, yet a little dark around the liver?
It's because black sheep are so used to not being included that they've developed survival skills that make them handy in difficult situations.
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Assignment of sleep stages and scoring of sleep study data is done by certified specialists in sleep medicine. Sleep study equipment is hooked up by sleep nurse who also removes the equipment. Sleep study can be carried out at home. If needed patient can also sleep at Coronaria Sleep Clinic.
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Yiwugou [trade]
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- Sixteen-year-old Samantha Zumwalt runs her own business selling slime.
- Her business, named Samantha's Slime Shop, has sold tens of thousands of jars of slime.
- She even grossed six figures last year selling her products on Amazon.
You've seen lots of little kids play with it, probably on tons of videos on YouTube too. Slime is definitely something that can be strange, pretty, and entertaining, and a teen from Garland, Texas decided to turn that into a business.
Samantha Zumwalt was first introduced to slime by a friend who taught her how to make it. Samantha's mom, Jessica, "left it up" to her daughter to see how far she wanted to take it. The result was Samantha's Slime Shop.
The shop is based in Samantha's home, she makes her slime there too. Her "slime room" is lined with shelves and tables filled with containers of everything from glitter to charms, scents, food coloring, as well as the ingredients for a good slime base.
On Etsy alone, Samantha's Slime Shop has sold over 40,000 containers of slime. Just last year, she grossed hundreds of thousands of dollars on Amazon, selling around 9,000 of her products.
"I think slime is so popular because it's something you want to touch," the 16-year-old said. Her slime's so popular, the shop gets 20-40 orders. That number rises to 50-100 during the weekends.
It used to be just Samantha and her mom, but to keep up with the growing demand, they had to hire around 10 employees to help them out.
Samantha puts her full focus on her business because she's finished her schooling and is just waiting to take her GED's when she turns 17. It's great practice on how to be an entrepreneur and her mom helps Samantha out by teaching her finance and accounting since Jessica has a BBA in accounting and an MBA. Jessica also hopes that her daughter will inspire others as well with her success.
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Sunday, August 02, 2009
Send me some magic
I might have to break out the Nibs again....
11 comments:
- GARAGE SALE GAL said...
Hi Rachel,
You got me started on Nibs..cherry..I've been craving them..did you find any chocolate Twizzlers when you were here?!
Thanks for stopping by tonight...don't worry about the writer's block...take a day or two off and have some FUN!!!
Deb :)
- August 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
- Patty said...
I'll send you some if you send me some. I'm in the same boat. Book presentation on Tuesday trying to write it tonight.. no go I think I'll go to bed.
- August 2, 2009 at 9:51 PM
- What Comes Next? said...
go wander your garden plot, do a little weeding and take your mind of your course for a little while - might be a little dark out there now, so maybe after a good night's sleep??!! and if that doesn't work go for the NIBS!
- August 2, 2009 at 11:21 PM
- Stacy said...
I agree with Deb-- step away and do something fun. Maybe if you stop thinking about it, the answers you need will come :-)
- August 3, 2009 at 12:02 AM
- Tangos Treasures said...
*Poof* Magic is sent!! So go write up a paper & eat Nibs & giggle!
- August 3, 2009 at 3:53 AM
- Pat said...
Is it ideas that are escaping you? If so, what is the topic? Maybe we can throw out words and sometimes lots of words can help ease a writer's block...kind of like a word "web". I hope it's better for you today.
- August 3, 2009 at 5:32 AM
- PunkiePie (Jen) said...
Walk away and clear your head. The ideas will start flowing again.
- August 3, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- Julia said...
What's your topic?
- August 3, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Victoria Findlay Wolfe said...
take a bath. soak without a book, adn let your mind wander. Pulling weeds always works for me. You can come pull mine! that aught to get the ideas flowing! ;-)
- August 3, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- Unknown said...
I find chocolate helps just about any problem!
- August 3, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Thimbleanna said...
Hocus Pocus dominocus! Sorry, that's the best I could do -- I hope it works!
- August 3, 2009 at 9:49 PM


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Local groups having their say on Digital Technology for the future
Members of Blind Veterans UK, staff and volunteers from Blackpool Fulfilling Lives and the workforce from Empowerment Charity will engage with Healthwatch Blackpool and Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System to share their views, understanding and appetite to use digital technologies to support managing their own health and social care.
The events held in Blackpool this week are part of a wider project operating across Lancashire and South Cumbria with other local Healthwatch's Blackburn with Darwen, Cumbria and Lancashire holding similar events. The aim of these events is to inform a strategy for empowering people to help shape the future use of digital technology within health and social care.
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Buying a property is a major milestone in life. It is also something that is necessary to lead a good life. With the house rent increasing day by day, having your own house can save you a considerable amount of money. However, despite wanting to buy a house, many people are facing problems in purchasing a house. These are discussed below.
People have seen the hard times other house owners pass after buying a house. The struggle to pay the mortgage or selling out the house if the financial burden is too much, all these have created a negative image on people's mind. So, they are in a dilemma whether to go through all these stress or not.
Difficulty in getting mortgage
It is not easy to get a mortgage. You will need a high credit score in order to obtain a mortgage at a low-interest rate. Not many people have that credit score and so find it difficult to get a mortgage.
Student loan
The millennials are stuck on a student loan. After they get out of college, it takes them a long time to repay their student debt. As a result, it delays their purchase of a house. They cannot save money for downpayment and so cannot buy a house.
Lack of supply
The population has increased due to migration. There are job opportunities, so people are moving from other cities. But there is a shortage of small family houses. Even if they are available, the price is very high.
It is a big challenge to buy a house today. Getting money for the downpayment and mortgage is difficult. Even if you have the money to buy a house, there is a shortage of supply of your desired house. You need to become financially sound at an early age in order to become a homeowner and lead a comfortable life.


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Pantera Capital Raised $125M of Investments, Despite a Bear Market
Pantera Capital, one of the most famous crypto venture funds, raised $125 million of investments for its newly established fund. And this is despite the bearish moods that have reigned on the crypto market since the end of 2017.
According to CoinDesk, Pantera Capital creates the third investment fund in a row. In total, the company plans to raise $175 million by the end of March this year. Of this sum, the company already has been managed to get $125 million. Although most of this amount — $100 million — Pantera Capital raised before August 2018.
According to Pantera Capital partner Paul Veradittikit, the bear market has hit the industry hard, and fundraising is not an exception. Also, according to him, wealthy individual investors have contributed the most to the new fund, and in general, Pantera Capital will be able to raise all the amount before the scheduled deadline.
The newly established fund will invest in crypto companies in the late stages of fundraising.


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Port Report: Cosco Ports reports good volumes out of China, but overseas bets better
World's largest operator of marine terminals saw first quarter throughput at its non-China-based assets grow faster than China-based ones.
Cosco Shipping Ports (HKEX: 1199) reported a 28 percent drop in first quarter net income due to a one-off charge from the public share offering of one of its China terminal operations.
The world's largest operator of marine terminals said volumes at its Chinese terminals registered decent growth, but overseas operations were the standout with much stronger growth. And it issued a cautiously optimistic forecast for trade, as long as policymakers do not escalate a trade war.
Cosco Shipping Ports reported first quarter 2019 net income of $49.9 million, down from the $69.2 million it reported in the first quarter of 2018.
It recorded a $22.5 million loss after its stake in Qingdao Port International was diluted following an offering of shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Excluding the one-time effect, net income would have risen 4.7 percent from a year ago. Revenue was up just over 4 percent for the quarter to $247.7 million.
At the 36 marine terminals in which it has a controlling or partial stake, Cosco Shipping Ports said total volume rose 5.6 percent in the first quarter to 28.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). The rise came from the growth in vessel calls from its parent company, Cosco Shipping Holdings (HKEX: 1919), and its container ship alliance partner, Ocean Alliance.
Throughput at its China-based terminals was up 3.6 percent for the quarter to 22.1 million TEU, with its equity share of that volume up 3.1 percent to 6.3 million TEU.
The Bohai Rim region along China's northern coast and the company's largest by volume saw total throughput up 3.8 percent to 9.2 million TEU. An increase out of Qingdao Port International for the first quarter of 2019 was offset by a decline at Dalian Container Terminal, both of which are the region's largest.
Volumes out of the Pearl River Delta region were up 3 percent for the quarter with the two largest terminals, Yantian International Container Terminals and Guangzhou Terminal both up for the year.
Yangtze River Delta terminals saw volumes up 4.6 percent to 4.85 million TEU, with declines at Shanghai terminal offset by growth at other locations.
The standout for the quarter are the company's non-Chinese assets with total throughput up 13 percent to 6.6 million TEU.
Cosco's purchase of a majority stake in the Piraeus Container Terminal, Greece's largest, appears to be paying off with a 24 percent gain in volume. Likewise, Cosco's joint venture terminal with PSA International in Singapore saw 54 percent growth in the quarter.
Cosco Shipping Ports said "there are still uncertainties in the global economy in 2019." But it said it hopes the now 16-month old trade war between the U.S. and China will be resolved, the accommodative policy of federal reserve banks, and burgeoning trade ties between China and Europe "may gather momentum of growth for global economy."
As for future investment, Cosco Shipping Ports said it plans to install Navis N4 terminal operating software at three sites through the second half of 2019 to boost efficiency.
It is also looking at additional warehousing and logistics at the Port of Nansha.
Online quotes and booking of sea freight? Yeah we got that
CMA CGM launches eSolutions platform to expand its digital offerings to shippers. (Maritime Executive)
Brazil's biggest oil company readies for IMO 2020
Petrobras claims to have produced first batch of marine fuel that meets low-sulfur specs. (Ship & Bunker)
Danish shipping and logistics firm invests in marine bio-fuel
DFDS makes $1.5 million bet on company claiming to make low-carbon fuel from nuts. (Ship & Bunker)
Scrubber installation to pinch box ship supply
Upwards of 30 container ships per month may head to shipyards for sulfur-reducing kit. (World Maritime News)


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After reading Man's Search for Meaning*, Viktor Frankl's 1946 account of his internment at four concentration camps, including at the notorious Auschwitz, I find myself agreeing with his views on what it is that provides the means to endure suffering. It is to have a hope in the future, to find a meaning or purpose of life, which can eventually lead to contentment and happiness. This first starts with meaning; it takes a certain faith in the future, to hope against hope, that some future (personal) redemption will arrive.
This is not at all the same as the pursuit of happiness or hedonism or some other narcissistic or ego-driven pursuit. Not at all. The end result of such a pursuit is an inner life that is bereft of depth and richness.
A rich inner life, notably if it contains sparks of spiritual ideas, can help a person find meaning in spite of any current suffering. It can harness hope and provide the means to overcome obstcales. It can also help find a vision for the future in which one can work towards fulfilling. The past can provide a necessary place of refuge, but its purpose is for the most part as a means of survival to counter the meaningless of the present. It is the future where hope can be found, and it is in this place where the individual can make the necessary changes to find meaning. It takes a personal responsibility, where one is actively involved in bettering oneself.
For Frankl, he determined that meaning was found in helping others find meaning. Frankl, a psychiatrist and neurologist from Vienna, is known for logotherapy, a therapy based on finding meaning in life. This method, following on the work of Freud and Adler, is considered the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy. In a sense, it is the "Will to Meaning" and not the "Will For Pleasure" and not the "Will For Power."
No normal person seeks suffering, but when it does occur, how a person bears his burden, even the greatest trials, will (eventually and hopefully) inform him on what matters. In this sense, suffering can allow an individual, as a minimum, to see the benefit of its lack, thus impelling and encouraging him to work toward a life of meaning and of doing good. A life of meaning and purpose can act as an antidote to existential nihilism, which is prevalent today among the youth— many of whom are drifting through life without any understanding or hope or any genuine religious belief. Such is a superficial, provisional existence often filled with despair and marked with escapism. [For an excellent philosophical insight, see André Glucksmann's Dostoïevski à Manhattan (2002).
After human survival, Frankl discovered, while in the midst of such inhumanity, what was essential to man. Humans can live without many things, can survive many indignities, can be deprived of possessions, sleep and even a name, but without this deep connection to an another (or others), he is bereft of something essential. Not surprising, it is love, the kind of which poets write sonnets:
Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in the world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. (35)Love is more than an emotion, and it more than a feeling; it is undoubtedly not merely a biochemical reaction occurring in the brain (neuroscience might have precision, but it lacks poetry). A lack of love often accompanies a loss of hope. It is true that, without hope, one flounders in a sea of apathy, going through the motions of living a "provisional existence" (68). Such is a suffering in itself, a denial of life. (I think it is important today to give the young (and the old) some measure of hope in the future. This is not only the job of parents, but of teachers, religious leaders, business leaders and political leaders.)
There were many dark days inside the concentration camps of Nazi Germany; some days were darker than others. In this passage, Frankl speaks about hope, even when hope is hard to find, during a speech he have his fellow prisoners:
I asked the poor creatures who listened to me attentively in the darkness of that hut to face up to the seriousness of our position. They must not lose hope but should keep their courage in the certainty that the hopelessness of our struggle did not detract from its dignity and its meaning. I said that someone looks down on each of us in difficult hours—a friend, a wife. somebody alive or dead, or a God—and he would not expect us to disappoint him. He would hope to find us suffering proudly—not miserably—knowing how to die. (78)Suffering is never sought or desired, but when it does occur finding the courage to suffer with dignity seems like the right choice to make. Frankl in this passage gives it a spiritual meaning, calling it a "sacrifice," one that appears "pointless in the normal world, the world of material success," but easily understood by "those of us who had any religious faith" (78). Finding meaning in suffering, although it sounds absurd, can be beneficial in recovering a sense of self and of purpose.
Otherwise, the suffering will have victory over the individual, leading to bitterness and disillusionment, which occurred to a good number of prisoners after they were liberated from the camps: "There were some men who found that no one awaited him. Woe to him who found that the person whose memory alone had given him courage in camp did not exist any more" (86).
In such cases, the individual often falls into a depression, as Frankl himself says he did after his liberation (by American troops) from the Türkheim camp, a subcamp of Dachau, on April 27 1945. After returning to Vienna, in August, he finds out that his wife, Tilly Grosser, aged 24, had died at Bergen-Belsen; his parents at other camps (his father, Gabriel, at Theresienstadt, his mother, Elsa, at Auschwitz) and his brother (Walter & his wife) at Auschwitz. (A full chronology can be found here.)
Frankl was utterly alone. "I am terribly tired, terribly sad, terribly lonely. I have nothing more to hope for and nothing more to fear. I have no pleasure in life, only duties, and I live out of conscience," Frankl says in a letter to Wilhelm and Stepha Börner, September 14, 1945 (160). He, however finds a way to overcame his losses (153). The writing of this book was the beginning of the end of his period of depression.
Some people wake up in the morning and think, "What good can I do today?" Others the opposite. Both derive meaning from their actions, but I would argue that a meaning in doing good, while minimizing harm to others, is a meaning filled with greater satisfaction. And of course the greater good. This works, of course, only if the mind is well, and not ill and sickened with hate. If one has experienced kindness in the midst of suffering, this kindness is amplified, and given more weight than a person would give such a small gesture under normal circumstances.
Such is a sign of a grateful attitude, which marks a healthy mind. As does forgiveness, a not-so-human concept, it seems. Surprisingly, or perhaps not surprisingly, Frankl did not ascribe to the idea of collective guilt. It was, as Frankl says, "a true experimentum crucis" (170). In a "Commemorative speech for the deceased colleagues of the Society of Doctors in Vienna" (and which is included in the appendix to the book), Frankl says:
And there is only personal guilt! The talk should never be of collective guilt! Certainly, there is also the personal guilt of a man who "did nothing" but who neglected to do such things out of fear for himself or out of trembling trepidation for his relatives. But whosoever would reproach such a man for being a "coward" should first provide proof that he himself, in the same situation, would have been a hero. (171)This is a fair assessment of the situation. The book says that many persons who came out of the camps were not seeking revenge, but were seeking ways to normalize their lives. A good part has to do with a moral vision of goodness, a belief in the best of humanity, and not its worst. It is not ignoring the existence of evil, but, rather, seeking that which is good, when and where it can be found. This can be summed up in this idea:
Life in a concentration camp tore open the human soul and exposed its depths. It is surprising that in those depths we again found only human qualities which in their very nature were a mixture of good and evil. The rift dividing good from evil, which goes through all human beings, reaches into the lower depths and becomes apparent even on the bottom of the abyss which is laid open by the concentration camp (81).Such is not surprising, Primo Levi voiced similar thoughts.
*The book was originally written in German with the title Ein Psyholog Erlebt Das Konzentrationslager.


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With medical supplies depleted in the war-ravaged north Syrian town of Kobani, Kurdish activist Blesa Omar rushed three comrades wounded in battle against Islamic State fighters straight to the border to dispatch them to a Turkish hospital.
He said he spent the next four hours watching them die, one by one, from what he thinks were treatable shrapnel wounds as Turkish border guards refused to let them through the frontier.
"To me it is clear they died because they waited so long. If they had received help, even up to one hour before their deaths, they could have lived," said Omar, 34, an ethnic Kurd originally from Iraq who holds Swedish nationality.
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A rendering of the planned new configuration of Globe Life Park in Arlington that will become home to USL League One's North Texas SC in the 2020 season.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Two days before North Texas SC takes to the field in the 2019 USL League One Final at Toyota Stadium, details and renderings were released providing a glimpse of what life will like when the club moves into Globe Life Park in Arlington next season.
The reconfiguration from a baseball stadium to a multi-purpose facility begins this week, with NTSC set to share its new home – which was the home of the Texas Rangers for 26 seasons from 1994-2019 – with the XFL's Dallas Renegades of the new XFL starting next spring.
Among the changes that will be made during Globe Life Park in Arlington's repurposing:
THE NEW FIELD: The football field and soccer pitch will be built to run north and south along what was previously the first base/right field side of the park. The third base dugout and the lower 18 rows of the third base seating bowl (approximately 6,000 total seats) will be removed to accommodate the north end of the field. The south end zone of the field will begin approximately 50 feet out from the front row of the Home Run Porch in order to improve sightlines on the south side.
The first base dugout will remain with the tunnel to be used for access to the home locker rooms. A tunnel will be constructed in the north end zone for access to the visiting and officials locker rooms.
FIELD SURFACE: The playing surface will be a synthetic grass field provided by Shaw Sports Turf with installation completed by Paragon Sports Constructors. The Rangers are also utilizing a state-of the art synthetic grass field in the new Globe Life Field. The permanent field surface will be unmarked to allow for seamless field conversion. The appropriate field lines will be added for each event.
An aerial view of the field layout and new sideline stand that will be installed at Globe Life Park in Arlington ahead of North Texas SC's 2020 season.
ADDITIONAL SEATING: While the current first base bowl will provide the majority of the seating on the west side of the field, a permanent seating structure will be constructed on the field's east side in the area that was previously left field, the visiting bullpen, and the left field reserved seating area. Approximately 4,000 seats will be added below the left field club level. The new configuration will provide access to rest rooms and concessions on Vandergriff Plaza.
OTHER SEATING BOWL RENOVATIONS: A television booth as well as home and visiting coaches' booths will be constructed in the lower suite level at the mid-field location. The current press box will be utilized to accommodate all other media, broadcasting, and scoreboard operations for football and soccer events. Bench seating to accommodate bands attending football events will be installed in the current bowl down the left field and right field lines.
LOCKER ROOMS: The Texas Rangers clubhouse on the first base side will be renovated to accommodate the Dallas Renegades. This will include the addition of lockers to accommodate approximately 60 players in the main dressing area. Head coach Bob Stoops and the Renegades football staff will office in this location as well. The current visiting clubhouse on the third base side will be the visiting football locker room with lockers being added to this area.
In addition, two new auxiliary locker rooms are being built in the area that previously housed the Rangers' and visiting batting cages. Each locker room will accommodate up to 80 players and will have coaches' offices and shower facilities. This will allow for the hosting of multiple events and teams on the same day.
SBL Architecture of Arlington, which has its offices at Globe Life Park and has been involved in many of the facility's renovations over the years, designed the reconfiguration of the park. The project's general contractor is Manhattan Construction, which built The Ballpark in Arlington in the early 1990's and is currently constructing the new Globe Life Field.
The Globe Life Park in Arlington reconfiguration begins this week with the removal of the baseball playing field and seats in the right field corner, along the third base line, in the left field corner, and in the left field reserved areas. In addition, the modules on the upper left field video board have been removed as these will be utilized for the out-of-town scoreboard located in centerfield in the new Globe Life Field. Work on Globe Life Park is expected to be complete by early 2020. The Renegades season begins in early February with North Texas Soccer Club starting its schedule in March.


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Mission Possible – Celebrating NFRC's 30th Anniversary
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The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) is celebrating an important milestone in 2019 – 30 years as the leading, independent, nonprofit organization measuring window, door, and skylight energy performance. We're fenestration experts helping customers make informed purchases based on environmental and energy-saving impact. The NFRC label enables you to choose windows, doors, and skylights with confidence.
With over 30 years of promoting energy performance through the NFRC label, we are fulfilling our promise to the industry and driving energy performance nationwide. When you see the NFRC label, that's your assurance the product has been independently tested and certified by an independent third-party. Having expanded and grown our team, NFRC's success is built on trust in the energy industry, professionalism among our peers and passion for energy reliance performance.
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As the industry shifts toward a spike in green building the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) is front and center of the discussion. Deb Callahan, CEO and Paul Bush, Chairman of the Board, sat down with host Tom Herron, to discuss 30 years of providing energy performance ratings and how a new mission and vision is advancing the move towards sustainability.
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To commemorate our 30-year anniversary, we're kicking off our Mission Possible – Celebrating NFRC's 30th Anniversary campaign at our fall membership meeting in October. This effort will highlight 30 milestones and accomplishments of NFRC members and highlight the advances in the fenestration industry these past 30 years.
This means we need your help! Send us a brief, no more than 250 words summary explaining how your business has grown, improved or transformed in the last 30 years and how NFRC has positively influenced this progress.
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Jane Marchant
Jane Marchant, literary awards manager for PEN America, is a writer, photographer, and collage artist. She earned her BA and MFA from Columbia University's nonfiction writing programs, where she served as co-president of Our Word, a student group advocating for diversity and inclusion in the graduate writing program. She's taught creative writing in Columbia's Program for High School Students, as well as to young people incarcerated at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island. Her work has appeared in Guernica, Apogee, and elsewhere, as well as anthologized in The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives about Being Mixed Race in the Twenty-First Century. Originally from Berkeley, CA., she has lived in Munich, Amsterdam, and southern Turkey, and traveled extensively—including swimming in the Nile, driving across the Australian Outback, and exploring Lebanon's Jeita Grotto.


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Soothe sunburn the natural way
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3 big aloe vera leaves
1/4 cup petroleum jelly
1 tbsp. cold-pressed virgin coconut oil
Drops of lavender essential oil (optional)
Jar with a lid
Garden gloves for protection
Small whisk
Small sharp knife or sharp scissors
- Pick out three big leaves from your aloe vera plant and carefully cut them neatly (close to the soil) using a knife or scissors.
- Allow the resin (the yellow substance that oozes from the cut leaf) to drain, and then discard it.
- Cut each leaf into segments and then cut each segment open. Scoop out the gel using a spoon until you have about 1/4 of a cup.
- Add the petroleum jelly, coconut oil, and lavender essential oil. Whisk until everything is incorporated.
- Place the gel in a jar and store in the refrigerator to cool.
Note: Do not use on open wounds, and only keep for a week.
This story was originally published in Northern Living, May 2015.
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Pendant measures 1/2" H; solid sterling silver chain measures 18" L
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Every bar owner should know a good pairing. The following are some ideas to consider when making the perfect match.
Finding Resonance
Resonance, simply put, means finding the best combination of food and drink possible, to leave a lasting memory of the meal. Cider has fruity flavor notes, and is low in alcohol content, therefore it can be paired with heavier foods, and is also used to clean the palate in between bites.
The best way to think when pairing a cider, is considering anything with apples. Since the flavor is sweet, pork is one prime selection for a pairing, but it can also be paired with salads, butternut squash, soft cheeses, risotto, and chicken.
Staying on Top of Things
Since you're introducing new ciders with these plates, it is important your menu is up to date.
Pairing Flavors
The most common way to pair a dish with a cider, is to use similar flavors. Taste your new cider and determine whether it is dry, has notes of citrus, or is fruity. Dry ciders generally go good with fish, whereas you may want to offer a fruity salad for ciders with sweet notes.
Another method of pairing a cider is to match the intensity with the food. Think bold vs. subtlety. So lighter ciders go good with lighter dishes, and bolder pair with bold, like heavier meats.
Although sometimes difficult to achieve, you can also go the other route and seek contrasting flavors. If it works, people generally find these pairings the most impressive. If a cider is somewhat acidic, you can consider pairing it with a rich dish. Using opposite flavors can sometimes lead to a wholly balanced meal.
Ciders run the gamut of flavors, but since they cleanse the palate so well, think smaller dishes. A tasting menu is always ideal, and can be expedited from the kitchen quickly. If your a bar owner always looking for new flavors, think outside the box, and ditch the classic bar food. Not only will your patrons appreciate the effort, but it will keep them in your establishment longer, which can only lead to increased revenue for you. Stay on top of the ciders that are new, and take risks. You'll find the rewards as rich as fall!
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Hey guys,
I am trying to make a macro in solidworks that will allow me to update and change my design tables in my part models from an assembly model. I want to click on a macro button, open a userform, and have it bring up fields for controlling my design tables in my assembly and my parts within the assembly. Then when I hit "okay" button, I want it to update each design table I made a change to, and export them all into one excel spreadsheet. My first question, is that possible? Thanks.


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Areas of Expertise include: Executive Coaching International Business Leadership Development Strategic Planning
Russ Harrison is the Founding Principal of The Leadership Group, an advisory and consulting firm specializing in strategic change and executive coaching for US and International companies.
By upbringing and preference, and probably by nature, Russ is a problem solver. By dint of his professional path, he is also a deeply engaged student of leadership and teaming.
He has enjoyed a 40+ year career with multiple occasions as CEO, business unit leader and pragmatic strategist. Together with the men and women with whom he was fortunate to work, Russ created new companies, improved performance in under-achieving businesses, and guided executives, board members and operational organizations through the inevitable challenges and transitions that accompany growth.
Russ received his Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Southern California, and an MBA with Honors from Saint Mary's College of California. Russ began his life after college as an Officer in the US Marine Corps, where he served and was twice wounded as a Platoon Leader in Vietnam, as Marine Corps liaison to the White House, and at the Marine Barracks, Washington DC.
In business, his first stop was with the then fledgling Electronic Data Systems. In the years after, Russ served as Senior Vice President at Bank of America, as Chief Information Officer at McKesson and at SITA Telecommunications Holdings (a global communications firm in Paris), and as Founding President of American Airlines' Information Technology subsidiary. During the last two-dozen years, Russ has served as CEO of entrepreneurial and next-stage companies in both information and medical device technologies.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors at Brown and Caldwell Incorporated, a national environmental engineering firm. He has also served as President of the Board of Regents, and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Saint Mary's College of California.
Having created The Leadership Group, Russ continues to share his experience with aspiring teams and with senior and chief executives who seek to broaden their own insight in leadership, problem solving, strategy and effective team collaboration.
In addition to the companies and individuals to whom Russ is a trusted advisor, he has contributed as visiting lecturer on Leadership in the Flag and General Officer executive program at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California; as Adjunct Professor in Leadership and Strategy at Saint Mary's College graduate school of business; and, as lecturer on Leadership for the MBA program of La Salle University, Barcelona, Spain.


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Accountability systems
Censorship and Self-Censorship
Lebanon's media environment is known to be one the freest in the Arab Near Est. However, the country is plagued by a confessional government system, with most of the leaders supported by foreign countries, which inevitably influences media. Digitisation has not affected the business model Lebanese media rely on and that is fostered by partisan and foreign financial support. Most of the country's news outlets support and represent public personalities and/or a political party with little room for independent and marginalised voices, or for diversity. And the vast majority of these outlets are owned, managed, or financed by local or regional powers. News media all too often become propagandists for their patrons. Publishers are often politicians themselves linked to religious sects. They exert indirect and direct pressure on journalists. In some cases, reporters transform into political activists who reproduce a narrative, censoring and exaggerating it, without caring about professional ethics.
In 1967, censorship on foreign publications was abolished and three years later the government decided to withdraw censors from TV stations. But formally the Sureté Général (General Security) still maintains power to control and censor the press and media. Between 2008 and 2009 Tariq Mitri, who was then the Information minister, repeatedly expressed his willingness to abolish any form of censorship and on this point he has presented a draft law in Parliament that is still being debated in parliamentary committees. However, it is not difficult to imagine that reporters in fact practise self-censorship so as not to be subjected to various kinds of pressure and in order to protect themselves and their relatives both physically and psychologically.
Nevertheless, in 2016 Lebanon was ranked 98th in the Reporters Without Borders world press freedom index, before Israel (101st) and second among Arab States (after Tunisia, 96th). In the past years, Lebanon has been significantly downgraded, as it was 61th in 2009, 78th in 2010 and 93rd in 2011.
In this period, the government has targeted social media activists and bloggers to reduce online criticism and track down those responsible of it: Low-profile police arrests, interrogations, and intimidations have not been rare in the new media sphere. In June-July 2010, the public prosecutor accused three citizens of defaming President Michel Suleiman on their blogs and Facebook. In the same period, a local blogger was interrogated by military intelligence for posts critical of the armed forces and the president.
As the report entitled Mapping Digital Media by Open Society points out, extra-legal methods have been used to identify people behind anonymous online content, but such episodes are mostly low-profile and little known, partly because they are often not reported due to intimidations and threatens.


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It's the yummiest time of the year!
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" are great, but even better are the smells of buttery cookies baking in the oven, ready to be decorated or packed into tins and shared with friends and family. Crank up the Christmas carol playlist on Spotify, find your bottle of vanilla, and try one of these delicious recipes. Whether you favor cardamom, coconut, or cranberry, we have something for you.
Cardamom Cookies
Contributed by Melissa Mardis – "These are my go-to Christmas cookies. The dough can be frozen for up to a month in advance, and the baked cookies keep for up to two weeks in an airtight container. They're great for the busy holiday season!"
Makes 5 dozen cookies
5 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp. ground cardamom
1 tsp. ground allspice
¼ tsp. ground pepper
¼ tsp. ground cloves
1 c. unsalted butter, cubed, softened
1 c. dark brown sugar
½ c. granulated sugar
½ c. dark corn syrup
¼ c. water
¼ c. heavy cream
1 large egg
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cardamom, allspice, pepper, and cloves. Place butter pieces in a separate mixing bowl and set aside. Bring dark brown sugar, corn syrup, and water to a boil in a large saucepan, stirring constantly. Pour the sugar syrup over butter, then use a mixer to beat until uniform. In another smaller bowl, beat together heavy cream, egg, and vanilla. Add to the butter mixture and beat together until uniform. With the mixer on low, add flour mixture and mix until combined. Divide dough into thirds, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. When ready to cook, preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a floured surface, roll one third of the dough out to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with floured cookie cutters. Place on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. (For smaller cutters, check after 8 minutes.) Cool on wire racks before serving.
Kitchen Tip
Bringing all the ingredients to room temperature helps them combine easily in baking and minimizes lumps.
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allspice, baking soda, cloves, dark brown sugar, egg, flour, pepper, salt, sugar, vanilla
Shopping List
cardamom, dark corn syrup, heavy cream
Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Contributed by Mary Haymaker – "Cranberry white chocolate chip cookies are pretty much my ideal Christmas cookies. Just put the mix in a jar and you have the perfect gift!"
Makes 2 dozen cookies
½ c. unsalted butter, room temperature
1 egg
½ tsp. vanilla
¹⁄³ c. granulated sugar
¹⁄³ c. packed brown sugar
¾ c. all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
½ tsp. cinnamon
1 c. quick-cooking oats
1 c. dried cranberries
1 c. white chocolate chips
Beat together butter, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl. Add sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, oats, cranberries, and white chocolate chips and stir well to combine. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Scoop one-inch balls of dough onto parchment paper-lined cookie sheet and cook 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks before serving.
Kitchen Tip
This cookie mix makes the perfect gift. Layer dry ingredients in a large Mason jar. Attach a festive recipe card that includes the remaining ingredients and baking instructions.
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baking soda, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, egg, flour, quick-cooking oats, salt, sugar, vanilla
Shopping List
dried cranberries, white chocolate chips
Coconut & Cherry Cookies
Contributed by Jessica Weaver – "I've made these every year since I discovered the recipe. Cherry and coconut are two of my favorite things, and I love how cheery these sweet, old-fashioned cookies are. They're egg-free for any friends who have allergies."
Makes 2 dozen cookies
1 c. unsalted butter, softened
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ½ Tbsp. milk
2 ½ c. flour
¾ c. maraschino cherries, diced
1 tsp. maraschino cherries juice
1 c. shredded, sweetened coconut
Cream butter and sugar together with a mixer on medium speed. Add vanilla and milk and beat to combine. Mix in flour until just incorporated. Stir in cherries and cherry juice by hand. Divide dough in half and roll each half into an 8-inch log. Roll each log in shredded coconut. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or freeze for 30 minutes. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Slice logs into ¼-inch wide cookies, and place cookies on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes, or until lightly browned. After two minutes, remove to cooling racks.
Kitchen Tip
If you prefer to avoid red food coloring, you can find a dye-free maraschino cherry at most health food stores.
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butter, flour, milk, sugar, vanilla
Shopping List
maraschino cherries, shredded coconut
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More than half of the patients who might have been exposed to hepatitis C at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) have been tested negative.
In a statement by SGH yesterday, it said that 441 out of 678 patients have been screened. These patients were admitted to wards 64A and 67 from January to June.
Of those who have been screened, 368 have tested negative for hepatitis C - a blood- borne virus - and the patients have been informed.
The remaining 73 results are pending.
Also, 272 out of 319 staff have been screened, SGH said in its statement. The results of 263 of them are ready, and they have all tested negative, too.
Last week, SGH revealed that 22 kidney patients had contracted hepatitis C infections while receiving treatment in the hospital. Eight of the patients have died, and five deaths could be linked to the infection.
The Health Ministry has since launched a separate investigation of the matter.
The Independent Review Committee will be investigating how the hepatitis C infections occurred, and look into the timeline of events provided by the hospital to see whether there were any gaps in the process.


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Federated Authentication in Sitecore 9 with Custom Claims Using Identity Server 3
Federated Authentication in Sitecore allows you to authenticate users into the Sitecore CMS through an external auth provider. This post aims to provide guidance on how to achieve this, as well as demonstrating some powerful configuration options at your disposal when handling the mapping of claims. I will demonstrate how to take claims from Identity Server 3 and even add custom claims that can be processed by the Owin configuration.


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By Maya Tyler
For both medical professionals and patients alike, it can be difficult to understand why particular people are more vulnerable to addiction than others. Often referred to as "the disease that knows no boundaries," addiction doesn't seem to discriminate based on color, ethnicity, height, weight, or social status. Moreover, attempting to identify the cause of addiction usually yields a complex answer. There can be numerous risk factors that may predispose a person for addictive behavior, regardless of an individual's upbringing or moral code. While the risk factors for a drug addiction may differ than those for a sex or gambling problem, there tend to be many individual, social, and biological variables that combine to increase the chances there will be onset and progression of addiction of an individual if exposed to a substance or behavior.
Over the course of the last few decades, science has proven that addiction is not a matter of weak willpower or moral degeneration. It appears that the chemical reactions of an addicted brain are significantly different than those of a "normal," un-addicted brain. This explains why one person may be able to smoke cigarettes occasionally for pleasure, while another needs them on a daily basis in order to feel normal and to function properly.
Heredity, is a significant risk factor for addiction. In fact, scientists estimate that 40 to 60 percent of a person's predisposition for addiction is based on genetics. In families where addiction is present, children are far more likely to have addiction problems as adults, especially if they witness a parent's addictive behavior on a day-to- day basis.
Unfortunately, a person with the "addictive personality" may be at risk for a wide range of addictions. For example, a person with an alcoholic parent may choose not to drink, but will then become addicted to smoking or compulsive eating. Brain activity and pleasure responses in the addicted person appear to be the same, regardless of the addictive substance or behavior.
Environmental factors can also pose risks to a potential addict. For children and adolescents, lack of parental involvement or supervision can enable risky behaviors or experimentation with alcohol or drugs. Additionally, young people who experience abuse or neglect from parents may begin to use substances or engage in addictive behavior as an emotional coping mechanism.
In older adolescents and even adults, peer pressure is also a risk factor for addiction. Though it might not be overt or aggressive in nature, the pressure from friends to fit in or be accepted in a particular social circle can often create a breeding ground for addiction to take root and develop. The availability of a substance, as in the case of a college student having easy access to drugs or alcohol, may also make it much easier for an individual to become addicted.
Environmental factors can be so strong that an addict in recovery usually finds it necessary to avoid certain situations or people that may trigger a craving or a relapse into the addictive behavior.
Dual Diagnoses
In the medical community, a person with a "dual diagnosis" is someone who has an identified addiction as well as a mental health disorder, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder or depression. It's commonly believed that an underlying mental-emotional condition can predispose a person to addiction, and that the addiction can then exacerbate the symptoms or severity of the original condition. This causes a destructive cycle in which the addiction tends to progress rapidly and with severe negative consequences.
In other cases, a medical condition might predispose a person for addiction. For example, a person who is taking prescription pain pills after a surgery might become addicted to that substance. Or, an injury or illness could drastically change a person's lifestyle, which can encourage the use of drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Drug of Choice
While some addictions progress slowly over the course of several months or years, certain substances may pose higher risks for addiction than others. Physiologically, drugs like cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines tend to be more physically addicting than substances like alcohol or marijuana. Since the withdrawal or "come-down" from cocaine or heroin use tends to be severely painful, the person is more likely to use the drug frequently and in higher doses, thereby significantly "speeding up" the process of addiction.
Just as particular drugs may be more addictive than others, the method of use can also predispose a person for addiction. Substances that are smoked or injected into the body tend to be more addictive than those that are ingested. This is because the substance goes straight into the bloodstream and brain without being filtered by the liver and other detoxifying organs.
Early Use
Another risk factor for addiction is the age at which the use or behavior started. Research has shown that the younger the user is, the more likely he or she is to become addicted. Addictive behavior in the developing years can also have a negative impact on brain development, making young people more prone to mental-emotional disorders as the addiction progresses into their later years.


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By popular demand, The Greenspace is re-running a great evening seminar on thrifty eco-renovation.
6:30pm Monday 10 October 2011
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You'll see two informative presentations from owners who remodelled character homes – as well as a "backstage" view of The Greenspace to find out why it wins awards for green building design and management. The projects on show offer insight into the marriage between economic and ecologic renovation, proving that greening your home need not be expensive.
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|Forest management practices in European temperate and Mediterranean regions have frequently exploited coppicing and pollarding - two silvicultural techniques that promote vegetative regeneration. These practices were historically very common with trees being cut at ground level or above the level of browsing to produce shoots, which were harvested for a variety of uses. Many habitats created from such traditional management are now recognized as areas of high conservation value, being rich in biodiversity. Yet their persistence has been under threat after these practices suffered a decline in the nineteenth century. The focus of this review is to synthesize information on coppicing and pollarding from the ecosystem to the molecular level and to highlight characteristics that may help or hinder climate adaptation. Understanding the benefits and hazards of exploiting vegetative regeneration is the first step in assessing whether promoting this means of reproduction could be exploited for conservation by increasing forest persistence in unfavourable future climate conditions. Practical management recommendations are given and suggestions are made for future research.
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6 lamb shanks
4 onions, finely sliced
6 cloves of garlic, chopped
150ml red wine
300 ml (10 fl oz) stock
Plain flour for dusting
2 tablespoons olive oil
Handful of chopped thyme, oregano, rosemary and a bay leaf
Pre heat oven to 140C, 280F, Gas mark 1.
Dust the shanks in the flour seasoned with salt and pepper. In a casserole, heat the oil and brown the shanks all over and remove. Set aside and keep warm. Brown the onions, then add the herbs and garlic and cook for another couple of minutes. Raise the heat, add the wine and bubble furiously for a minute or two. It's important to cook the wine through. Add the stock.
Return the shanks to the pan. Cover and cook in the oven for about 3 hours.
Serve with lots of polenta or mashed potatoes, with a steamed cabbage cut in quarters.
From the lower leg, this traditional cut has enjoyed renewed popularity in recent years, making it a firm gastropub menu favourite.
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Cut from the shin, these are best cooked very slowly (roasted or braised). The results are worth the wait: rich, tasty meat that comes effortlessly...


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The first iPad was released in April of 2010, and it's grown to become one of the most recognizable tablet computers on the market. iPad bingo websites have started to appear in recent years, allowing next-generation players to enjoy a game of bingo while performing daily chores that would otherwise be tedious. Thanks to its virtual keyboard, multi-touch screen, and selection of over 800,000 apps, the iPad is an enduring reminder of the genius of the late Steve Jobs.
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One of the greatest advantages the iPad holds for bingo players is the size of the screen. While it's not as large as a PC monitor, the iPad's LCD screen is massive when compared to the tiny displays offered by cell phones and more traditional mobile devices. This allows older players to enjoy the game without constantly squinting or hunting for their glasses, and even those without visual difficulties notice a more enjoyable gaming experience.
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Finding an iPad bingo site can be a challenge, as the device has only been on the market for a few years. The world of technology moves quickly, however, and several sites have already jumped onboard by offering mobile support for their games.
If you're searching for the most popular sites now available, one option is to visit Google or Bing and take advantage of their search functions. Another option is to check back frequently with BingoWebsites.com, as we try to keep our readers updated on all the significant events within the online gaming industry. Either way, you should be able to locate the top compatible bingo destinations with a minimal amount of fuss.
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iPad bingo apps allow players to wager real money or just enjoy the game for free. In the case of real-money games, you need to visit the leading bingo sites and see if they support mobile gaming. If they do, then you should be able to get the necessary software straight from the source.
For free online bingo games, the Apple store has a number of apps to choose from. Many of these games are free to download and have minimal memory requirements, while others charge a nominal fee for their usage. Most apps have user reviews posted, which allows you to read about their pros and cons before paying for a download.
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Just like more conventional websites offering virtual bingo, you can make deposits with credit and debit cards, net banking services tied to your bank account, or online payment processing companies like Neteller, PayPal, or Moneybookers.
Once a deposit has been made, you may be eligible to receive sign-up or deposit bonuses from the site. Most Internet bingo halls offer this as an incentive to potential players, and it's not uncommon for a player to immediately add a few hundred bonus dollars to their bankroll. Just make sure to read the terms and conditions of the site in order to understand the requirements for withdrawing the bonus funds.
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Fans aren't opposed to change, but they've also found that certain games have stood the test of time. For this reason, almost all Internet bingo parlors offer the same classic versions, while occasionally mixing in newer variations like Poker Bingo. No matter which site you visit, expect to find the following three mainstays:
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While they may not be as common as traditional online bingo halls, the constant march of technology offers the hope that iPad bingo will be in the future. When that happy day arrives, you'll be able to choose from any Website, download their software, and start playing for serious cash and prizes. In the meantime, there are still enough sites available to keep even the most fanatical player entertained.


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Ever witness that perfect sunset that turns the hills bright orange and pink? This sticker illustration was inspired by just that, the perfect sunset!
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Sonji Dixon, 45, of Rome was arrested this week for committing forgery.
According to police, on August 9, 2018, Dixon presented a forged payroll check claiming to be from Sunbridge Nursing Home. She attempted to cash the check at East Rome Beverage Center for the amount of $364.12.
On October 31, 2018, Dixon presented another forged payroll check claiming to be from Southeastern Mills. She attempted to cash the check at Chuck's Corner for the amount of $380.21.
Both checks were claimed to be written from a fictitious SunTrust Bank account.
Dixon is charged with two counts of fourth-degree forgery.


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