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The execution of prominent Shi'a cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities on 2 January for terror-related offences has inflamed sectarian divisions and geopolitical tensions across the Middle East.
Violent protests against Saudi diplomatic facilities in Iran have led Riyadh and several of its allies to downgrade their ties with Tehran in what appears to be an effort to rally Sunni-led governments against Iran.
- Deteriorating relations with Sunni powers come as Washington is reportedly preparing new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile programme. Although this and current regional hostilities are unlikely to affect the implementation of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, recent developments highlight how external crises will remain important political and operational considerations for investors in Iran.
Growing regional tensions
Divisions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have grown since the landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers in July 2014. Although the deal paved the way for the West's re-engagement with Iran, it has fuelled fears in Riyadh that an easing of US pressure on Tehran could lead to a shift in the regional balance of power. Saudi Arabia has taken an increasingly aggressive stance on Iran over the past 18 months by boosting support for rival factions in proxy conflicts in both Syria and Yemen. Economic rivalries have also increased as the two countries prepare for Iran's return to world oil markets once the sanctions are lifted, which could take place in the first quarter of 2016 under the nuclear deal. Tehran has accused Riyadh of maintaining surplus crude production in an attempt to weaken prices and undercut its attempts to regain oil revenues from oil exports.
In the context of these escalating tensions, the execution of Sheikh Nimr was undoubtedly going to be viewed as provocation by Iran, and the subsequent storming of Saudi diplomatic missions is of little surprise. Nimr was a highly regarded Shi'a cleric from Saudi Arabia's restive Eastern Province, where the predominant Shi'a population has long complained of marginalisation by the Sunni authorities. Riyadh had accused Nimr of receiving support from Iran to destabilise the region, and although the full extent of the Sheikh's ties to Iran is uncertain, his vocal support for Shi'a protests in the Sunni monarchies had made him a revered figure in Iran.
Bahrain, Sudan and Djibouti have all severed diplomatic ties with Iran, while Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE have downgraded their relationship with Tehran by withdrawing diplomats. In keeping with its more neutral stance in regional conflicts, Oman is the sole member of the Gulf Cooperation Council to have criticised Riyadh's decision to break off relations with Tehran, though it has also expressed regret over the attacks on Saudi diplomatic posts in Iran.
The potential for a further escalation of the crisis was reinforced by Iranian claims on 7 January that Saudi-led coalition forces had deliberately targeted Tehran's embassy in an air strike on Sana'a. Coalition forces said an investigation had proved that the claims were unfounded, and unconfirmed press reports from the AP and Reuters also indicated that the complex itself was not struck and gave no indication that an Iranian guard had been injured as Tehran claimed. The dispute illustrates the volatility of the situation and the potential for an unintended deterioration of bilateral relations as the two countries vie for influence in regional conflicts.
Iran's commercial ties with Gulf powers will undoubtedly suffer as a result of the breakdown in regional relations. Saudi Arabia suspended all flights with Iran, affecting around 150 direct flights per month, and halted all bilateral trade, though the overall volume is modest, at around USD 172.5 mn since March 2015. In response to claims of a deliberate Saudi attack on Tehran's embassy in Yemen, the hostility of rhetoric on both sides is likely to escalate even further. Iran could also attempt to challenge the Saudi military presence in Yemen as it did in May 2015, when Iranian warships threatened to escort a cargo ship to Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen in violation of a coalition blockade.
Of greater consequence for Tehran may be any long-term disruption of trade and investment ties with the UAE. Dubai, with around 10,000 Iranian businesses, is considered among the best positioned in the region to benefit from the lifting of international sanctions on Iran. The UAE has pursued an increasingly assertive foreign policy over recent years and Dubai could come under pressure to limit Iran's access to its lucrative capital markets and logistic networks. Dubai's Jebal Ali free zone is a major hub for oilfield services, and includes Western companies such as Amec and Petrofac with the requisite technology and capability to support a recovery of Iran's oil sector. The crisis could also affect Iran's access to financial institutions in Dubai, which Iranian officials are targeting to support the country's post-sanctions recovery.
The latest hostilities will reinforce investor perceptions of elevated risks in Iran that stem in part from its volatile foreign relations. Despite the significant business opportunities presented by a large population and significant natural resource endowment, Iran is ranked 118 out of 189 economies in the World Bank's 2016 Ease of Doing Business Report, underscoring the extent of challenges presented by corruption, bureaucracy and poor infrastructure. These existing barriers to investment are exacerbated by continued external tensions, which taken together will encourage further caution among potential investors who already face significant legal and reputational considerations in Iran.
Risks to businesses
Elevated hostilities and continued diplomatic breaches could increase the risk of unrest targeting foreign interests, while providing a useful narrative for selective discrimination against investors by Iranian hardliners who oppose the nuclear deal and greater foreign engagement. Protracted tensions between Iran and foreign powers could damage the prospects for reforms by empowering conservative elites who already seek to undermine reformist President Hassan Rouhani's effort to improve his country's ties with the outside world. The October 2015 detention of a Dubai-based US-Iranian businessmen by the Iranian security services was one in a series of arrests since the nuclear deal was announced targeting dual nationals, as well as Iranian businessmen and journalists with foreign ties. As evidenced by the crackdown, hardliners may use their positions in the judiciary, security services and other institutions to target foreign interests.
External events could provoke an escalation of Iranian efforts to limit the opportunities to individuals or entities associated with regimes deemed unfriendly to the country. Parliamentary scrutiny of oil contracts signed with Western companies in the 2000s was motivated in part by conservative opposition. Although the Rouhani administration has prioritised efforts to attract Western capital, potential investors will remain vulnerable to formal or informal obstacles that may be erected by hardliners. As foreign brands become increasingly prominent in Iran, they are also likely to emerge as potential targets for demonstrations – some of which are said to be mobilised by elements close to the regime – in the event of future diplomatic crises.
Competing agendas between Saudi Arabia and Iran will sustain challenges in Tehran's relations with foreign powers indefinitely. Unresolved proxy conflicts in Yemen, Lebanon and Syria will see tensions between Iran and Sunni powers maintained at high levels, while the return of Iranian oil volumes to market will increase competition and economic anxiety among Iran's fellow OPEC members. The competition for regional influence between Iran and Saudi Arabia will exacerbate regional sectarian divisions, fuelling continued unrest and potential violence among Shi'a communities in Bahrain, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. This has already manifested in unrest in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province since Nimr's execution, where daily protests have been reported, and on 5 January unknown gunmen attacked a Saudi Aramco bus in an incident with unclear motivations. A hardening of divisions will also damage the prospects for collective action on resolving regional conflicts and reducing the surplus of crude on world markets that has suppressed global prices.
Iran-US relations set to remain tense
As yet, the crisis is unlikely to affect the 2015 nuclear agreement or lead to a re-imposition of Western economic sanctions on Iran. The US has responded cautiously to the stand-off and has appealed to both sides to de-escalate the situation, fearing broader instability across the Middle East. Relations between the West and Iran are likely to remain fraught, and earlier in January the prospect of fresh sanctions was widely reported in response to Iranian ballistic missile tests since October 2015. Under a 2010 UN resolution, Iran is banned from developing or testing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and once the nuclear deal goes into effect, Iran's missile programme will be restricted for a further eight years. In response to the threat of sanctions, Rouhani ordered an acceleration of Iran's missile programme, highlighting the potential for repeat bilateral tensions despite the détente over the nuclear programme.
Although any punitive sanctions by the West would be carefully crafted and targeted not to disturb the implementation of the nuclear deal, the potential for a miscalculation remains high. In late December, Washington reassured Iran that it would honour its obligations under the nuclear deal, after Tehran complained that a recently adopted US law increasing scrutiny of US visitors who have recently travelled to Iran amounted to a violation of the July 2015 agreement. Further sanctions and continued tensions may weaken interest among investors, while making it more difficult for moderates in Iran to engage with Western firms, thereby damaging the prospects for Iran's economy and undermining any potential rapprochement between Iran and some Western states.
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Many students take courses at SIL-UND to prepare for field service as linguist/translators, literacy specialists, language surveyors, or signed language specialists. Others want training in intercultural community work or how to learn a language to prepare for a variety of other roles.
Every organization has its own expectations, so you should contact the organization you are interested in directly. We provide some information here about how SIL-UND training tracks relate to various SIL International job roles. But job role requirements change frequently, and for a complete and up-to-date list of training requirements for service with SIL in various specializations, you should see the separate page for general information about SIL schools in North America, and especially the training tracks listed there.
- Linguist/translators
- This is our primary track, taken by the most students, especially those interested in field service with SIL or similar organizations as linguists or translators.
1st summer Package A: Language and Linguistics (Introductory) Package
- Articulatory Phonetics
- Learner-Directed Second Language Acquisition
- Syntax and Morphology I
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Language Development
2nd summer Package B: Linguistic Fieldwork Package
- Phonology I
- Media Technology for Linguistic Research
- Ethnographic Methods in Field Linguistics
- Field Methods
First field term (1-3 years) Some countries of service accept new workers at this point in their training. Others require additional training before the first field term. Later summers Advanced courses, possibly working toward an M.A. in linguistics. Beyond… Field service together with ongoing training (in field workshops, at an SIL school, or at another university).
- Language acquisition for general cross-cultural workers
- A modification of Package A (Language and Linguistics) can provide a helpful and thorough preparation for learning a language in a field situation. This package is for people whose primary purpose is not linguistics, literacy or translation—people such as missionaries, anthropologists, community development workers, educators, diplomats, and business people.
1 summer only Two courses form the core that teaches you how to learn a language:
- Learner-Directed Second Language Acquisition
- Articulatory Phonetics
Other courses can make you even more successful as you learn to function in another language and culture. You may choose from the following courses (5 credits max) to fill up your course schedule:
- Syntax and Morphology I (3 credits)
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Language Development (2 credits)
- Ethnographic Methods (3 credits)
Beyond… Proceed to field service.
- Literacy specialists
- Students who want to serve as literacy specialists with SIL should plan to take (at a minimum) two summers of courses, one of general linguistics and one consisting of the Literacy Megacourse, as shown below. Since the Megacourse is not offered every summer, consult with the SIL-UND Director about when you can take each package of courses. Students who are not planning to work with SIL, especially those who are actively involved in teaching literacy in formal or nonformal settings, sometimes take the Literacy Megacourse without training in linguistics.
1 summer of general linguistics Package A: Language and Linguistics (Introductory) Package
- Articulatory Phonetics
- Syntax and Morphology I
- Learner-Directed Second Language Acquisition
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Language Development
Important note: People training to be literacy specialists sometimes substitute Phonology I for one of the courses in Package A in order to complete as much training as possible in two summers. However, Phonology I requires special permission to be taken at the same time as Phonetics, and there are also scheduling issues to consider. If you are interested in this option, please contact the SIL-UND Director.
1 summer focused on literacy Package L: Literacy Megacourse
- Community-based Literacy
- Literacy Program Planning and Management
- Materials and Methods in Literacy
- Introduction to Writing Systems
Graduate students may be eligible to earn a Certificate in Community-Based Literacy as Applied Linguistics by taking the four courses in the Literacy Megacourse.
Students in the Megacourse who have not previously taken courses in Phonology and Sociolinguistics should discuss with the SIL-UND director or the megacourse instructor whether they should take Introduction to Writing Systems for credit or audit.
Optional later summers Other Advanced courses, possibly working toward an M.A. in linguistics. Beyond… Field service as a literacy specialist in a multilingual society.
- Language surveyors
- Our primary course for this track, Sociolinguistic Methods in Language Survey, is taught at SIL-UND only in odd-numbered years. As such, the courses that you take depend on whether you start studying in an odd-numbered or even-numbered year. Thus, there are two training tracks below.The courses that you need to be a language surveyor are also available from the Summer@CanIL program (every summer) and the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (every January and by distance ed). As long as you get all the courses you need, you can take them from different SIL schools.Because there are so many options, the following is only a general guide; your specific training path may be rather different. Contact us for advice about how to choose among the various possibilities.
Starting in an odd-numbered year Starting in an even-numbered year 1st summer
- Sociolinguistic Methods in Language Survey
- Articulatory Phonetics or Sign Language Phonetics
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Language Development
- Learner-Directed Second Language Acquisition
- Articulatory Phonetics or Sign Language Phonetics
- Learner-Directed Second Language Acquisition
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Language Development
- Ethnographic Methods (or possibly Syntax and Morphology I)
2nd summer
- Phonology I
- Ethnographic Methods
- 1 other course (perhaps Syntax and Morphology I)
- Sociolinguistic Methods in Language Survey
- Phonology I
- Ethnographic Methods (if not taken in the first summer) or some other course
Beyond… Field service as a language surveyor. (If you will be working with SIL, there is normally a 2-year term of service, which includes a 6-month internship under experienced survey personnel.)
Some surveyors continue on with graduate study in linguistics or sociolinguistics, such as the M.A. program at UND. For example, see the M.A. theses by Calvin Tiessen and Jason Parks.
- Signed language specialists
- If you are interested in taking these courses, please contact the SIL-UND director to discuss your particular needs and interests and how well they fit with what we have to offer.
1st summer A modified version of Package A: Language and Linguistics (Introductory) Package. These courses are offered every summer. Most of them cover both signed and spoken languages, and lay the foundation for the advanced courses on sign languages below.
- Phonetics of Signed Languages
- Learner-Directed Second Language Acquisition (using a signed language when available)
- Syntax and Morphology I
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Language Development
2nd summer Advanced courses focused on signed languages are offered most summers. Check our course listings on our UND site for availability in a particular year. The following courses presuppose proficiency in a natural sign language equivalent to one year of college-level instruction.
- Phonology of Signed Languages
- Morphosyntax of Signed Languages
- Field Methods (using a signed language)
- Technological Tools for Signed Language Research
Beyond… Field service in a particular signed language and/or further training (e.g. in language survey or other advanced courses), possibly working toward an M.A. in linguistics.
- Intercultural community workers
- SIL-UND does not offer all the courses that are required for service as an intercultural community worker with SIL, but it does offer a basic set of courses that you can take during the summer. Then you would take the rest of the courses elsewhere. See SIL International's description of this specialty for further information about courses required and contact information where you can ask questions.
Summer at SIL-UND
- Articulatory Phonetics
- Learner-Directed Second Language Acquisition
- Ethnographic Methods
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics and Language Development
Take other courses elsewhere Additional courses for this specialization are available from GIAL and CANIL. Beyond… Field service as an intercultural community worker.
If you have questions about how to customize your training for your particular situation, feel free to contact the SIL-UND Director.
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March 9 (Reuters) - Rambus Inc:
* RAMBUS INC CEO RONALD BLACK'S 2017 TOTAL COMPENSATION WAS $10.3 MILLION VERSUS $6.0 MILLION IN 2016 – SEC FILING Source text: (bit.ly/2p6C80q) Further company coverage:
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Discussion in 'Wii - Hacking' started by blueoakleyz, Mar 31, 2009.
I have a 3.2 (usa version) Wii. Just installed cios36rev9. What else do I need to install?
you need to upgrade to 4.0
I don't think so.
You only need to install the 2 new IOSes (60 and 61) that are used by the virtual console games.
You can do it on a 3.2 (without upgrading to 4.0) by connecting to the net and running ppc_gba's IOS60 installer.
You can find it in the 4.0hacktools.rar file available with this tutorial: http://www.yafaze.com/wii/menu4.0hack.html
I did it yesterday and it worked.
You can even install the new "Shop channel" (that uses IOS60) and use it to really buy new VC games and install them
on the old 3.2 menu (protected by preloader).


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Hundreds of international students came out to meet with the representatives from the associational life of Aalborg, when the sports- and culture fair was held last week at "kedehallen" in Nordkraft.
The participants at the sports- and culture fair came to Nordkraft despite the good weather, to learn more about the sport and leisure activities available to them, while studying in Aalborg City. Study Aalborg was also present to meet the new students, and answer their study related questions. There was a good and vibrant atmosphere, and the participants of the fair got to see stands filled with exiting props and activities, ranging from fencing to badminton.
The Sports- and Culture Fair Is a yearly recurring event meant to increase the knowledge of the city's sports and culture institutions. The associational life in Aalborg use the fair as a platform to get in touch with new members and hopefully convince some people to join. At the same time there is a strong wish from the students to know more about all the exiting activities there are to indulge in after school.
The educational city of Aalborg offers its students an exiting and activity filled life outside of their studies during their stay. An increased knowledge of the many great activities available for the students is a great way to be introduced to the city. The Sports- and Culture Fair is arranged, as part of the municipality yearly plan for the educational city of Aalborg, and is one of several events to be held throughout the year.
Find more information about sports- and culture life in Aalborg : http://www.studyaalborg.com/sports-and-activities.aspx


text: Tuesday Tunes // That Good Good Feel 3:21 PM There's a chill in the air now in Los Angeles and getting out of bed seems to be more of a challenging feat as the lingering warmth of my last night's slumber entices me to lay with it for just a few seconds more (which then turns to 15 minutes wasted on more sleep). I know the struggle. So for the upcoming cold mornings that require a little a lot more help kickstarting your day, turn these songs on in the AM and get ready to dance in your PJs while you brush your teeth. (Because I know I'm not the only one who does this!) Imagine waking up everyday & having this song be your morning routine song. I LOVE IT. Follow me on Soundcloud for music updates. Make sure to check out my different playlists to see what fits your mood the best. (*Note the quirky titles*) Thanks for stopping by! Do what makes you EUNIQUE! xoxo, Eunice Kim Share This Story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin this Post Tags: #tuesdaytunes, music, playlist, soundcloud Newer Post Older Post You Might Also Like 0 comments


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Spiritual Formation as a goal of Theological Education
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Author: Derek Tidball
A lecture given at the Centre for Theological Education in Belfast – March 2006
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Many institutions and programmes training people for Christian service and ministry today are accredited by universities or government approved accrediting agencies. This was not always the case and the article examines historical reasons for this reversal, the supporting arguments for such a linkage and the critics of such a relationship between Christian seminaries or colleges and secular accreditation. The conclusion is reached…
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Spiritual formation has almost always been a strength of the evangelical tradition. This is true as to intention, that we have generally stated discipleship to be the greatest objective in theological education, and as to delivery in that there is a strong history of missionary and ministry preparation which has worked to produce godly missionaries and ministers because we regard them as the most effective for the Kingdom.
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When you come to think of it, the coffee break in a theological college or seminary is a strange thing. We call a halt to lecturing and training the future leaders of the churches in order for us all to imbibe a drug together, and then resume our activities.
Coffee breaks seem to have begun in the USA early in the 20th century as part of the improvement in working conditions in factories and first had the name "coffee break" attached to them around 1952 when a coffee company used the phrase "give yourself a Coffee Break" in advertising. At some stage, the practice must have transferred across to theological schools, possibly via the universities, so now it is an almost universal practice.
In the minds of the teaching staff, a coffee break generally performs a refreshing function for the students – increased blood sugar levels, caffeine acting as a neuro-transmitter and a short rest for tired brains, all make for more attention in the next few lectures. But the student see the social function of the coffee break as paramount. The formal structure of interaction in the lecture room gives way to the more attractive informal chat and bonding over coffee, which is at least as important to them as academics.
But is there a more intimate connection between beverages and theology? (please take what follows with a small pinch of salt).
In the Reformation era, it was common for theologians to drink wine or beer. Luther was famous for his beer froth on the table at Marburg, Calvin was partly paid by the city of Geneva in wine for his cellar and many of the first batch of English reformers used to meet at the White Horse Inn in Cambridge. They wrote a type of theology which was deeply concerned with the fundamental issues, the big ideas of theology.
In the last few hundred years, the total abstinence movement in North America, UK and a few places on the continent has meant that the usual beverage for theologians, when they are on their own and when they meet in theological seminaries, conferences, etc. is no longer alcohol, but coffee.
Has this affected the nature of the theology done? Does the mind of someone who has drunk an alcoholic drink tend to concentrate on the big ideas and a mind affected by caffeine tends to make fine distinctions – preferring the trees to the wood?
Actually, Christian theologians were comparatively late in discovering the blessings of coffee in their calling. Below is a poem from the Arabic dated around 1511 in Mecca. I found it while browsing a book on the history of coffee houses (The Penny Universities) in the British Library a few years ago. It says all that needs to be said…….
"O coffee, thou dost dispel all cares,
Thou art the object of desire to the scholar.
This is the beverage of the friends of God;
It gives health to those in its service,
Who strive after wisdom."
Maybe there is a case for coffee times interspersed by lecture breaks.


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Background: The GRADE Working Group provides an approach to assessing the quality of a body of evidence that is increasingly being used, involving explicit consideration of all sources of uncertainty. One of these sources is imprecision, or random error. Many currently published meta-analyses are underpowered and likely to be updated in the future. When data are sparse and there are repeated updates, the risk of random error is increased. Trial sequential analysis (TSA) is one of several methodologies that estimates this increased risk in meta-analyses. With nominally statistically significant meta-analyses of anaesthesia interventions, we used TSA to estimate power and imprecision in the context of sparse data and repeated updates.
Methods: We searched for systematic reviews with meta-analyses that investigated anaesthesia interventions.We randomly selected 50 meta-analyses that reported a statistically significant dichotomous outcome in their abstract. We applied TSA to these meta-analyses, using two main TSA approaches: relative risk reduction (RRR) 20% and RRR corresponding to the border of the conventional 95% confidence interval (CI) closest to the null. We calculated the power achieved by each included meta-analysis, using each TSA approach, and we calculated the proportion that maintained statistical significance when allowing for sparse data and repeated updates.
Results: In our sample, the median number of trials included was eight (interquartile range (IQR) 5 to 14), the median number of participants was 964 (IQR 523 to 1736) and the median number of events was 202 (IQR 96 to 443). Using both of our main TSA approaches, only 12% (95% CI 5% to 25%) of the meta-analyses had power ≥ 80%, and only 32% (95% CI 20% to 47%) of the meta-analyses preserved the risk of type I below 5%.
Conclusion: The majority of nominally statistically significant meta-analyses of anesthesia interventions are underpowered, and a large proportion do not maintain their risk of type 1 error below 5% if TSA monitoring boundaries are applied. A consideration of the effect of sparse data and repeated updates is needed when assessing imprecision in anaesthesia meta-analyses.


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Courier Mail covers Suspended Coffees
Cup From Above was honoured to be featured in article by the Courier Mail on Suspended Coffees today! A big thank you to Leanne Edmistone for writing the article. Get the PDF here Courier Mail 7Oct14.Read More
Glen Sheppard's book launch at CFA covered by the Courier Mail
Here is an article from page 9 of the Courier Mail on the 16th October 2012. Glen had his birthday party here on Friday, 12th October 2012. We were very honoured to have Yvette D'ath, the federal member for Petrie, along for the festivities. Glen & Yvette had a great chat. We also had Amy Kelly along from the Courier Mail & Jacqueline Husson from the Star Newspaper.
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ROAD FC 23 is going down on May 2nd, 2015 at JangChung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. It features a bantamweight title fight as the main event between Champion Lee Yoon-Jun and challenger Moon Jea-Hoon.
The remainder of the main card consists of Lee Chang-Seob vs Karim Bouraarassi, Nandin Erdene vs Kim Seung-Yeon, Emi Fujino vs Park Jeong-Eun, Kim Ji-Yeon vs Hatice Ozyurt, and Choi Mu-Bae vs Lucas Tani.
May 2nd, 2015
JangChung Gymnasium
Seoul, South Korea
Middleweight Bout (-84kg)
Lee Chang-Seob (Gumi MMA) vs Karim Bouraarassi (Tatsujin Dojo)
Round 1 – They touch gloves. Karim throws a left hook that drops Lee. Karim jumps on his back and lands a barrage of right hands hard to the side of Lee's head. Lee goes limp and the ref jumps in.
Result:Karim Bouraarassi wins via TKO 1st RD (:18)


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Temporary greenway tests out a possible future for north Minneapolis
"Why can't we have nice things?" is a common refrain in north Minneapolis, where people look down at the parks, homes, and leafy quiet of south Minneapolis' tonier neighborhoods and rightly demand equality. Take the Midtown Greenway, the crown jewel of Minneapolis' vaunted bicycle infrastructure. The wide bike/walk path runs along 29th Street, connecting the Chain of Lakes with the Mississippi River. It's a world-famous amenity that has fueled an urban development boom, but like most Minneapolis trends, it sits in the city's better-off southern half.
A few weeks ago, after years of community work, a "test greenway" was installed along a half-mile of Irving Avenue North, connecting two parks through the middle of north Minneapolis' Jordan and Folwell neighborhoods. In today's car-saturated city, the odd mix of traffic-calming elements seems an almost impossible feat of political experimentation. The temporary project presents its north Minneapolis neighbors with a riveting question: What kind of street do you want? What happens over the next year will offer a telling reply.
Years in the making
There are only so many disused urban railroad trenches to be found, and infrastructure like the Midtown Greenway is the kind of project that can only rarely be recreated. But if the Midtown Greenway is one inspiration for the test, Seward neighborhood's Milwaukee Avenue is another.
"I like to think of it as just a lovely stretch of street that's closed to cars, and open to pedestrians," northside resident Dacia Durham told me three years ago, when the greenway was just a plan on paper. "You can turn it into park space, and the hope is that it will bring neighborhoods together, especially over north. That people will make an effort to get to know their neighbors more, that's the way I think of it."
In 2013, Durham was working with an organization called Twin Cities Greenways, trying to get greenway-style pedestrian streets built in different neighborhoods of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Back in 2008, the group looked at a few potential choices and identified this part of north Minneapolis as an ideal place for the region's first on-street greenway.
"It'll be like Milwaukee Avenue, but Milwaukee is very narrow," Matthew Hendricks, one of the group's founders, explained at the time. "A greenway in north Minneapolis would have a much wider feel and have a little more green space."
After years of community meetings, city permits, and funding applications, the seemingly far-fetched greenway idea got a key grant from Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Along with city, state, and federal money, today the the pipe dream has become reality.
The big test arrives
At first glance the street looks like a jumble, but that is by design. Traveling north along the six blocks of Irving Avenue North that form the "test greenway," you encounter a tasting menu of traffic-calming treatments.
The first is the "half-and-half," where concrete barriers have been installed to form a one-way walkable space. Sturdy plastic picnic tables sit in the new spaces along the block, and cars slow to a fast crawl.
"I hate it because of the parking," Reggie Myles told me, getting into his car on his way to his job at the Embassy Suites. "Come wintertime, how are you going to park here? Who's going to plow the alleys? This is north side, they don't plow here."
Myles lives on a stretch of the greenway south of Lowry Avenue, which means he can drive in only one direction down the block. But in the next breath, Myles admitted that there was an upside.
"As far as what's good about it, this block we have a lot of kids here, kids playing in the street. So that's good," he said.
The next four blocks are the least invasive, an impromptu bicycle boulevard. Large metal planters demarcate car-free zones alternating down the east and west sides of the street. It's what street designers refer to as a chicane, a term common in auto racing. As a result, cars slow down, and the brightly painted pavement — yellow, pink, and green — transforms Irving Avenue's sloping hill into a surprisingly festive sight.
Another key factor of the greenway design is temporary bollard pedestrian crossings at the two of the busiest intersections, Lowry Avenue and North 33rd Street.
"Do you like the colors?" Nate Pentz, a northside resident and secretary for the Northside Greenway Council, asked me earnestly. "We were going to paint it green, but then went for more color."
(For the record, I do.)
As someone who has spent hours attending public meetings about on-street parking, the final stretch of the street is the most astonishing. It's the "full greenway" treatment, a block of the street closed off to cars. A bike lane has been painted along the asphalt, weaving back and forth between the curbs. Residents needing access park around the corner or use their alleys (most homes in this part of town have always relied on alleys), though it remains possible to drive over the plastic bollards in an emergency.
Just like Milwaukee Avenue, the street itself has become a public space where people can walk, play, bike, or just hang out.
"It's not nothing, it's something," one resident told me, walking her black-and-white dog up the pedestrianized block. "Some people are against, and I see where people are coming from. I like the crosswalks, especially on 33rd, because it's a busy street and people speed."
The conversation begins
Because it's a temporary test — like the recent artistic crosswalk in St. Paul, part of a trend of "pop-up" urbanism — the actual on-the-ground treatments are flexible. Pentz says that the City Council is willing to change some street details, moving bollards, a picnic table, or traffic diverters.
"If anything ever does end up taking place, there's still a lot of process time for it to be changed, adjusted block by block," Nate Pentz told me, making sure to describe the project as temporary. "It's for neighbors to decide what they want. Do they want to do a bike boulevard, a half-and-half, or a full linear greenway? There's ability for neighbors to lead the discussion of where this goes … if it happens."
So far, the jury is out. As with most things, some folks love it, others hate it, and most are somewhere in the middle.
"I have children, and I remember growing up in this neighborhood," said Will Lumpkins, a local bike advocate. "I remember traversing the neighborhood and how big a deal it was having to cross a major intersection, having to worry about getting hit by a car. This kind of creates something where I can envision my son being able to have a linear pathway where he can safely traverse the north side."
The city has placed a large message board in the streets with comment cards for neighbors to fill out. The next few months — or for however long the test greenway stays operational — will offer a flurry of community feedback. So far, neighbors are concerned about parking, access for Metro Mobility, alley and street safety, and a few other technical details.
As the project launches, the organizers are promising to work out the kinks. Yet to me, given the radical change to the street, it's amazing that the change seems so smooth.
"It's an opportunity for north Minneapolis to reimagine a new amenity they'd like to see for themselves," explained Alexis Pennie, who is coordinating outreach for the Northside Greenway Council. "We're going to get a really great investment here in the middle of north Minneapolis that helps produce a quality of life and connectivity that we don't currently have."
Pennie is hosting a meeting at his house on Friday for people who'd like to help with outreach. His current plans include signs, buttons, and door knocking to start conversations. (I imagine that, without the noise of speeding cars, conversations will be improved in volume, if not in tenor. And now there are picnic tables where people can sit and complain about parking in relative comfort.)
The official greenway kickoff is [update] this Sunday, an all-day event with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5 p.m.
A big chance for change
Spending time along the test greenway is an almost eerie experience, like being in an alternate universe. The one constant seems to be the kids, emerging from front doors like clockwork to run around in the newly liberated open spaces.
"My biggest takeaway is that I love the experience of walking and biking on it," Nate Pentz agreed. "Three or four residents who live on the greenway route temporary installation told me that they really like that kids could have places, playing in the streets and more out in the yards in general because traffic doesn't go as fast."
Heading down the new Irving Avenue, I was surprised to look up and see a friend's old house on the corner. Years ago I had spent an entire day cleaning up his yard after a destructive tornado had swept through the neighborhood, knocking down trees like dominoes. Five years later, the replacement maples still look scrawny, though the sidewalks have been repaired.
Pausing at the corner, I watched a school bus negotiate the painted chicanes, stopping to let off a young man in a white T-shirt. Further down the street, a couple sat in the shade on their stoop as two kids popped out from a house to kick a soccer ball back and forth between the flower planters. A block away, a police car idled, an officer gazing off into the distance at something ineffable. In the next block, a pickup basketball game had broken out in the very place where I'd almost seen a fistfight a half-hour earlier.
If it works, the new greenway will change the neighborhood even more than the tornado did, dramatically shifting how the street functions for people living here. Today's Irving Avenue has been quieted down and opened up to let a hundred new activities flourish. The greenway won't solve the neighborhood's problems by itself, but watching kids playing in the street, it's almost impossible not to fill with hope for the future.
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If they don't want it...
...then I'll take a greenway on my southside street, please. It would be nice to not see drivers speeding past while kids are playing on the sidewalk and in front yards.
You're welcome to it. . .
Although it seems that it is only going to go where it isn't wanted.
i think that the green way is
i think that the green way is such a good idea and that all of these peoples problems could easily be fixed if they make it a full thing.
Posting this just to make sure people know there IS strong opposition, since it seems to be assumed whenever we don't want to join sites that have horrible journalism that there's no opposition.
This is the most one sided reporting I've ever seen and its just pathetic. Yes, it's the COLORS we don't like. It has nothing to do with the fact that residents will be losing access to transport (there are several disabled and elderly people on this route and those that realize that they may need to access special transportation one day because they're in touch with reality), will be forced to enter and exit their homes through the unsafe (very little line of site, can't be picked up or see when things like metro mobility have arrived at the house) and unmaintained alleys (who is going to pay to widen them and I'm highly doubtful the city would make plowing of an alley a high priority), or that they've repeatedly not been given answers to questions about who will maintain the greenway space, what will be done when they can't call police on suspicious strangers entering their yards because "they have every right to be on public property" (we already get that response when drug deals happen in the street) or what will happen regarding the sewers, water drainage, or where guests are supposed to park (I'm sorry but "you can park at the end of the block" is not a suitable answer for an area of the city that barely has enough parking space as it is), or how condoning children to play right next to a road (I hate to tell you but people still speed even when roads look like a Mario Kart track, they speed on my street that's full of speed bumps, in fact it's almost a challenge to speeders) is going to help their safety in any way, OR what's going to be done when these loafers start crapping all over peoples yards (yes, it's a problem already, which you'd know if you knew anything about the area).
People initially loved this idea but through underhanded tactics (cancellations of meetings right before "test runs" were put up "out of respect for peoples schedules" for example) and the extremely juvenile responses of many supporters (for example the meeting notes being recorded as "Community Concerns: Rapists! Highly Hypothetical Situation!" followed by little anime drawings of a guy in a hoodie holding a knife) and even those on the board this project has become a bane to most of the residence on the proposed Greenway. If you ACTUALLY did some real reporting and actually went and talked to residents yourself you'd find, as the person who handed out those signs that are now everywhere and growing did, that an overwhelming majority of people AGGRESSIVELY hate this Greenway was it is proposed.
It's going to take a LOT of backpedaling (see my pun?) and actually working for the community this time to make this Greenway go through without lawsuits happening (hear of the ADA? You BET it applies, especially once this becomes a "public space"), and so far that hasn't happened.
Nomi Greenway
Meta great write and I would like to add there is no comparison to the Midway Greenway and Milwaukee Ave in South Mpls. The Midtown Greenway does not involve people's front yards and very needed parking spots nor have the crime that North Mpls has. Milwaukee Ave is not a mile long and does not have renters in the same numbers North Mpls does. These are huge differences and the fact that many of the people living a long the proposed North Greenway do not want it. Ummm 10 people on the commission do not represent the hundreds of people affected.
A Few Thoughts from a Folwell Resident
1) Everyone living on this stretch can already get to a park without crossing a busy street.
2) Not everyone has a driveway or a sidewalk to the alley.
3) Teaching kids to play in the street is cruel and borders on attempted homicide.
4) They didn't go door-to-door through the neighborhoods ~ whoever told the author that is lying.
5) We already have lovely parks in North Minneapolis ~ why not use this money to have some activities in the parks we already have? This is like putting an addition on a house full of broken windows, rather than fixing the windows.
6) For all practical purposes, residents along the greenway are no longer allowed visitors, as there is no place to park.
7) Home improvements (particularly roofs) become a nightmare since there no place for a dumpster.
8) A greenway is not bulletproof.
The effing"Have Greenaway"
This is a fiasco being forced upon residents by people who do not live near it and are being paid to be supporters of it. It is not being welcomed by residents of the immediate area and a remarkable level of non-profit planning has been demonstrated. The fire station that provides services to the area was not informed of the project and the layout of the street did not accommodate emergency vehicles!
In short this is a danger to the community and needs to go away!
Residents Rejecting Greenway
I live directly on the Greenway and more and more "Say No To The Greenway" signs are popping up in the front yards of frustrated homeowners on the Greenway route.
We are forcefully being denied our fair and rightful access to our front doors, to ample, appropriate and safe parking, to delivery vehicles, to police/fire department vehicles.
If you don't live on Irving Ave directly on the Greenway I don't think you should be able to have an opinion/vote on whether our street is taken away from us in this most inconvenient and unattractive way.
I suggest the Northside Greenway Council finds a stretch of street where the overwhelming majority of residents are excited to lose personal and public access to their homes and to appropriate parking as well - and then put a Greenway there. But good luck. What community would be comfortable losing basic rights and access just so non-local bicyclists can roll through our messily-painted "greenway" streets?
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Undocumented immigrants granted work permits as a result of President Obama's executive amnesty would be able to claim Social Security benefits for work performed illegally, according to a new Congressional Research Service memo.
The CRS memo, issued at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, confirms that amnesty beneficiaries would not only be able to claim Social Security benefits but would be able to receive credit for work they did before their status was adjusted. In other words, illegal work.
"Under the November 20, 2014, policy memorandum, foreign nationals who receive deferred action status may be eligible for work authorization," the memo reads. "As a result, a foreign national who receives deferred action status may be able to have all of his or her Social Security-covered earnings count toward qualifying for a Social Security benefit (all earnings from authorized and unauthorized work)."
The report notes that while undocumented immigrants granted amnesty will technically be able to receive credit toward their Social Security benefit calculation, it could be difficult to prove their earnings — ironically because they would have been accruing benefits for a stolen or false Social Security number.
"[I]t is unclear how easy it will be for a foreign national to prove that earnings credited to a Social Security number that was not issued to the foreign national (i.e., credits earned while the person was working without authorization) belong on his or her earnings record," the report reads.
Interestingly still, in terms of Social Security benefit policy, foreign nationals granted Social Security benefits do not even need to be in the U.S. to claim those benefits.
"Notably, the concept of lawfully present is only a factor when an alien is trying to receive a benefit payment in the United States. In many situations, foreign nationals who qualify for a Social Security benefit are able to receive benefits outside the country," the report notes.
The CRS memo comes on the heels of revelations that amnesty beneficiaries will also be able to claim up to three years of earned income tax credits — before they were granted deferred status and a Social Security number — for work performed illegally.
Tuesday Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a bill to prevent illegals granted amnesty from claiming the EITC for illegal work.
"Obviously, if the object of the earned income tax credit is to encourage work, it makes no sense to provide such an incentive to those who are not legally allowed to work," Grassley said on the Senate floor. "Why would we want to encourage individuals to break our immigration laws?"


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Berlin knows how to party
Berlin wouldn't be complete without experiencing its wild nightlife. Where grit meets weird, Berlin's 'poor but sexy' appeal has given birth to some of the best nightlife in Europe, if not the world. The Berlin nightlife experience comes in all shapes and sizes. You could grab a cheap beer and mingle with the hipsters on street corners, or rage for days in marathon club sessions.
Pride and Street Parties
Unlike most cities that masquerade under the notion of being '24 hours' (London amongst others), Berlin is truly out and proud when it comes to being 24-7. The U-Bahn operates throughout the night, meaning no last minute dash to the tube or metro before going out at 12.30am, here any time is party time. The party culture is clear when you experience the likes of the Christopher's Street Day parade (gay pride) that runs through to Brandenburg Gate or the 'Love Parade 2.0' running along the East Side Gallery. These public gatherings start as political demonstrations, but are soon drowned out by the sound of techno and bass. Enormous trucks the size of houses set up shop in the street and blast delicious tunes into a welcoming crowd of young, old and everyone in between – we even saw babies on the shoulders of eager parents (ear protection of course, this is Germany!).
Forget America, truly taste freedom
The conclusion so far is acceptance, love and inclusivity. Perhaps a testament to darker times fraught with oppression and lack of freedom, Berlin is a wild explosion of hedonism and 'anything goes' attitude that really means it. Berlin as we know it is relatively young, a city divided in two until 1989 after mauerfall. Reunification has spawned a relentless energy, optimism and open arms to all.
This is no more obvious than within the club institutions of Berlin. In places like Kit Kat or Pornceptual, Freikörperkultur (Free Body Culture) a hangover from the East German days reigns supreme. Unlike 99% of places in the world, nudity is okay and even mainstream. You can see why in the sweltering heat of a dungeon-like club, the temperature soars past 30C, no air and people still smoke inside – you won't feel the cigarette burns (but yes you will get them).
The cult of Berghain
We won't linger on the whole, 'how to get into Berghain' thing, as part of the fun is finding out how to gain entry your own way. Berghain is one of the best clubs in the world and equally as exclusive. You could wait 3 hours in the freezing cold only to be turned away with a gesturing nod – no explanation. We see the benefits however, as a strict filter allows only the most die hard music fans in (think Berliners and no tourists). Welcome to Klubnacht @ Berghain, and the cult of marathon partying. This place is like no other, expect to find partygoers in here Thursday through Monday (your stamp gives you entry whole weekend, so don't wash).
Joining other weary eyed creatures of the night, early morning sees us slip past the door and into Berghain. It's Sunday Mass, for all those fallen from grace. The music chills you, shocks you, the sound is electrifying. The venue is cavernous, industrial and deliberately designed without dead ends. The toilets fit six to a cubicle and without mirrors on the walls, you're denied a glimpse at yourself. There are also no windows, no light, no circadian rhythm here. It is no wonder we bumped into a disheveled guy in his 40's, 'I've missed my flight to New York, I've been here for days'. This is the ultimate clubbing experience, a chaotic experience refined into something almost religious. Despite all the hype, Berghain lives up to and exceeds expectations – we recommend you go check it out before it's too late!


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New Yorker -[ Survivalism, the practice of preparing for a crackup of civilization, tends to evoke a certain picture: the woodsman in the tinfoil hat, the hysteric with the hoard of beans, the religious doomsayer. But in recent years survivalism has expanded to more affluent quarters, taking root in Silicon Valley and New York City, among technology executives, hedge-fund managers, and others in their economic cohort.
Last spring, as the Presidential campaign exposed increasingly toxic divisions in America, Antonio García Martínez, a forty-year-old former Facebook product manager living in San Francisco, bought five wooded acres on an island in the Pacific Northwest and brought in generators, solar panels, and thousands of rounds of ammunition. "When society loses a healthy founding myth, it descends into chaos," he told me.
The author of "Chaos Monkeys," an acerbic Silicon Valley memoir, García Martínez wanted a refuge that would be far from cities but not entirely isolated. "All these dudes think that one guy alone could somehow withstand the roving mob," he said. "No, you're going to need to form a local militia. You just need so many things to actually ride out the apocalypse." Once he started telling peers in the Bay Area about his "little island project," they came "out of the woodwork" to describe their own preparations, he said. "I think people who are particularly attuned to the levers by which society actually works understand that we are skating on really thin cultural ice right now."
In private Facebook groups, wealthy survivalists swap tips on gas masks, bunkers, and locations safe from the effects of climate change. One member, the head of an investment firm, told me, "I keep a helicopter gassed up all the time, and I have an underground bunker with an air-filtration system." He said that his preparations probably put him at the "extreme" end among his peers. But he added, "A lot of my friends do the guns and the motorcycles and the gold coins. That's not too rare anymore."
Tim Chang, a forty-four-year-old managing director at Mayfield Fund, a venture-capital firm, told me, "There's a bunch of us in the Valley. We meet up and have these financial-hacking dinners and talk about backup plans people are doing. It runs the gamut from a lot of people stocking up on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, to figuring out how to get second passports if they need it, to having vacation homes in other countries that could be escape havens." He said, "I'll be candid: I'm stockpiling now on real estate to generate passive income but also to have havens to go to." He and his wife, who is in technology, keep a set of bags packed for themselves and their four-year-old daughter. He told me, "I kind of have this terror scenario: 'Oh, my God, if there is a civil war or a giant earthquake that cleaves off part of California, we want to be ready.' "


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Follow the story of three sisters who spend the summer of 1968 in Oakland with their mother who abandoned them seven years ago, getting to know her and exploring a new city bubbling with diversity, activism, and social change.
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Trace the true-life story of Dr. Victor Rios, a college professor who grew up amid poverty and violence, in Oakland, California. He inspires us with his perseverance and resiliency to conquer obstacles.
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Travel across the country with Salamanca Tree Hiddle, a thirteen-year-old girl who grew up in Kentucky, and then moved to Ohio with her dad, who journeys to discover the fate of her beloved and missing mother.


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Drinking Less
Is this your child's symptom?
- Child drinks less than normal amounts of fluid
If NOT, try one of these:
When to Call
Select the First Symptom that Applies
Call 911 Now
- Not moving or very weak
- You think your child has a life-threatening emergency
Go to ER Now
- Could have swallowed a coin or other foreign object
Call Doctor Now or Go to ER
- Too weak to suck or drink
- Signs of dehydration, such as:
- Has not passed urine in more than 8 hours
- Crying does not cause tears
- Very dry mouth
- Sunken soft spot
- Sleepy child
- Will not drink or drinks very little for more than 8 hours
- Will not drink and new onset of drooling
- Trouble breathing
- Your child looks or acts very sick
- You think your child needs to be seen, and the problem is urgent
Call Doctor Within 24 Hours
- Poor drinking and also has fever
- Poor drinking lasts more than 3 days
- You think your child needs to be seen, but the problem is not urgent
Call Doctor During Office Hours
- You have other questions or concerns
Self Care at Home
- Drinking adequate amount of fluids and no signs of dehydration
Care Advice for Decreased Fluid Intake
- What You Should Know About A Decreased Fluid Intake:
- Eating less solids during an illness is normal.
- Drinking less fluids is not.
- So far, your child does not have any signs of dehydration.
- Here are some tips to help increase fluid intake.
- Fluids - Offer More:
- Give your child lots of their favorite liquid.
- Use fluids like chocolate milk, fruit drinks, water or even soft drinks. The type doesn't matter. The type only matters if your child has diarrhea or starts throwing up.
- Solid Foods - Less Important:
- Don't worry about solid food intake.
- It's normal not to feel hungry or want to eat when sick.
- Preventing dehydration is the only thing that is important.
- Sore Mouth Treatment:
- If the mouth is sore, give cold drinks.
- Do not use citrus juices.
- For babies, offer fluids in a cup, spoon or syringe rather than a bottle. Reason: The nipple may increase pain.
- To help with the pain, give an acetaminophen product (such as Tylenol). Another choice is an ibuprofen product (such as Advil). Use as needed.
- Liquid Antacid for Mouth Pain (Age 1 Year and Older):
- For mouth pain, use a liquid antacid (such as Mylanta or the store brand). Give 4 times per day as needed. After meals often is a good time.
- Age 1 to 6 years. Put a few drops in the mouth. Can also put it on with a cotton swab.
- Age over 6 years. Use 1 teaspoon (5 ml) as a mouth wash. Keep it on the ulcers as long as possible. Then can spit it out or swallow it.
- Caution: Do not use regular mouth washes, because they sting.
- Nasal Washes To Open a Blocked Nose:
- Use saline nose spray (such as store brand) to loosen up the dried mucus. If you don't have saline, you can use a few drops of tap water. (If under 1 year old, use distilled water or boiled tap water.)
- Step 1. Put 3 drops in each nostril. (If under 1 year old, use 1 drop.)
- Step 2. Blow (or suction) each nostril out while closing off the other nostril. Then, do the other side.
- Step 3. Repeat nose drops and blowing (or suctioning) until the discharge is clear.
- How Often. Do nasal washes when your child can't breathe through the nose.
- Limit. If under 1 year old, no more than 4 times per day or before every feeding.
- Saline nose drops or spray can be bought in any drugstore. No prescription is needed.
- Saline nose drops can also be made at home. Use ½ teaspoon (2 ml) of table salt. Stir the salt into 1 cup (8 ounces or 240 ml) of warm water. Use bottled water or boiled water to make saline nose drops.
- Reason for nose drops: Suction or blowing alone can't remove dried or sticky mucus. Also, babies can't nurse or drink from a bottle unless the nose is open.
- Other option: use a warm shower to loosen mucus. Breathe in the moist air, then blow each nostril.
- For young children, can also use a wet cotton swab to remove sticky mucus.
- For Shortness of Breath - Give Smaller Feedings:
- For trouble breathing, feed more often. Feed every ½ hour.
- Offer smaller amounts per feeding.
- Reason: This allows your baby to rest in between feedings.
- Call Your Doctor If:
- Trouble swallowing gets worse
- Signs of dehydration occur
- Poor drinking lasts more than 3 days
- You think your child needs to be seen
- Your child becomes worse
Causes and Background Information
Causes For Drinking Less Fluid Than Normal
- Sore Throat. A sore throat is the most common cause. The pain is made worse by swallowing. Most sore throats are caused by a virus. Strep bacteria cause 20% of sore throats with fever.
- Mouth Ulcers. Mouth ulcers are another common cause of a painful mouth. The pain is made worse by swallowing. Most mouth ulcers are caused by a virus (such as Coxsackie virus).
- Nausea. Nausea means a sick stomach feeling and loss of appetite. Also called an upset stomach, but without vomiting. Usually from a viral infection of the stomach or liver.
- Blocked Nose. A common cause in bottle or breastfed infant. Reason: If nose is clogged, the baby can't breathe while sucking.
- Trouble Breathing (Serious). Shortness of breath from any lung disease can reduce fluid intake. Examples are pneumonia, wheezing or severe croup. Reason: The baby quickly gets tired from sucking and breathing at the same time.
- Foreign Body (Object) in the Esophagus (Serious). The esophagus is the tube from the mouth to the stomach. A swallowed foreign object can become stuck here. Examples are coins or small toy parts. The main symptoms are gagging, refusal of fluids or drooling. The peak age is 1 to 3 years.
- Abscess of Tonsil (Serious). A bacterial infection of the tonsil can spread to the surrounding tissues. The main symptoms are severe trouble swallowing, fever and one-sided throat pain. It's also hard to fully open the mouth. The peak age is teens.
- Dehydration. This is the health problem where the body has lost too much fluid.
Copyright 1994-2015 Barton D. Schmitt, MD. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer: This information is not intended be a substitute for professional medical advice. It is provided for educational purposes only. You assume full responsibility for how you choose to use this information.


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Mickey Hart, Jon Fishman and Tommy Lee to Collaborate at Green Apple
Jon Fishman, Tommy Lee, O.A.R., will.i.am and Jordin Sparks are among the latest additions to the third annual Green Apple Festival. As previously reported, the multi-city Earth Day event will present an eclectic mix of free performances in Washington DC, New York City, Miami, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles on Sunday, April 20th.
In San Franciscos Golden Gate Park, Fishman and Lee will both join Hart and a troupe of leading African, Cuban and Brazilian drummers for a performance that is being billed as Mickey Harts Mass Drum. The performance marks the first time Fishman and Hart have collaborated together onstage. The afternoon of music will also feature performances by Yonder Mountain String Band and Brett Dennen. In addition, Fishman will play a Green Apple club show with Yonder at San Franciscos The Warfield on April 18. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, Escalera (featuring pro-skateboard legends Danny Way and Bob Burnquist) has been added to Green Apple Santa Monica Pier festivities.
On the other side of the country, several artists have been added to Green Apples flagship event in Washington, DCs National Mall. 19 Recordings/Jive Recording artist Jordin Sparks will now perform the National Anthem, while O.A.R. will kick off the days festivities at noon with a rare acoustic set. After performances by the DCC Boys Choir, Umphreys McGee, Warren Haynes, Thievery Corporation, Toots and the Maytals and Govt Mule, The Roots will close out the event with special guests will.i.am, Ne-Yo, Doug E. Fresh, Talib Kweli and Chrisette Michele. The Bacon Brothers have also been added to Green Apples New York Central Park festivities.
Green Apple will also present club shows at a number of venues in the days leading up to Earth Day. Please visit www.greenapplemusicfestival.com for a complete list of confirmed performers.


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ATENA Dairy Plant
• PASHA Bank has invested in a milk processing plant that belongs to Atropatena LTD and is located in the Agjabedi region.
• The project is of particular significance as it provides the population with natural and high quality local produce.
• In a country with increasing demand for dairy products, it is vital for the provision of food security.
Metal Structures Plant
• A new Garadagh Metal Structures Plant "Azeristeel" with 12,600 m2 production area and consistent with all the relevant standards started its operations with the financial support of PASHA Bank.
• Currently, monthly output of the plant is 5,000 tons of metal products conforming to all modern standards.
• The plant is equipped with modern Kaltenbach (Germany), Corimpex (Italy) and Akyapak (Turkey) equipment.
Cement Plant
• PASHA Bank and German Commerzbank AG signed a EURO 17 million Individual Loan Agreement to finance the purchase of equipment from Germany for Qizildash Cement Plant.
• The plant is to be built in Garadagh, Baku; The total cost of the project is USD 240 million.


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A family run business, Midfurn Furniture Superstore was established in 1980 and has expanded ever since, to become one of the regions finest furniture retailers in the Midlands, with furniture from some of the world's best known manufacturers!
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This editorial was written by the Quad-City Times editorial board and ran in the Oct. 22, 2017, edition of the Quad-City Times:
Plutocracy (noun): When even a Kennedy can't hang.
You have to be a billionaire to run for governor in Illinois. That's the takeaway from the quarterly financial disclosures filed this past week. The amount of cash raised by the campaigns of Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker could run some small countries. And for both men, the heaps of cash are coming from their own pockets.
Move over super PACs. Illinois is on the verge of full-blown oligarchy.
Try to keep your jaw from smacking the table as we run through the numbers.
For the year, Rauner's campaign has raised $71 million. More than $50 million has come from his own pockets. Pritzker is no slouch, with every penny of his $28 million flowing directly from his personal fortune. Like clockwork, Pritzker dumps another cool $7 million into his campaign every few months, spends it on attack ads and writes another check.
Chicago Alderman Ameya Pawar recently cried "uncle" and dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination because he couldn't keep pace. Democratic state Sen. Daniel Biss — considered by many the race's progressive dark horse — has had to rely on $120,000 from immediate family, including $30,000 from his mother, according to disclosure reports. And Democrat Chris Kennedy pumped more than $200,000 into his campaign this past quarter and is quickly losing ground to Rauner and Pritzker.
Bobby Kennedy's son — with his pedigree, name recognition and access to East Coast cash — looks destined to be steamrolled by the massive wealth of his competition.
Only Congress can stem the burgeoning plutocracy in Illinois and elsewhere with a complete and total overhaul of how elections are funded.
Rauner and Pritzker are in an arms race, one that, a decade ago, would have easily funded numerous successful campaigns for U.S. Senate.
On Tuesday, Prtizker's wealth placed him No. 219 on Forbes' annual 400 Richest Americans. The hotel magnate is worth $3.4 billion, the publication estimated. By this rarefied metric, Rauner is the pauper among the two gubernatorial front runners. With an estimated net wealth of just $1 billion, Rauner didn't even make the Forbes list.
There's been increasing concern nationally about dark money in U.S. politics. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court opened the flood gates that created massive super PACs and provided those on their secret donor lists unprecedented power in American politics. One's ability to influence elections is — and always has been — directly correlated with what's in their checkbook. Now, seats are quite literally for sale.
But the situation in Illinois is fundamentally different and cannot be addressed with solutions now kicking around statehouses throughout the country. For example, this past year, voters in Washington state and South Dakota considered referendums on sweeping campaign finance reforms intended to rein in outside dark money. Included in the measures were provisions for optional public financing, only accessible if a candidate adhered to severe restrictions on large donors and cash flowing in from out of state. The measure failed in Washington, garnering just 46 percent of the vote. South Dakota voters approved it only to see the state Legislature shoot it down.
Purely optional access to public money wouldn't right things in Illinois' gubernatorial race, though. The two leading candidates don't need outside cash. They already have plenty. In a lot of ways, Rauner has become his own super PAC, tossing money to fellow Republicans who've stuck by him and hanging it over those who haven't.
Both Rauner and Pritzker are free from the muck that is fundraising in this country, which empowers interest groups over constituents. Yet they represent a worrisome trend where only the 0.00001 percent can afford to hold office. Kennedy — whose campaign has issues far beyond a lack of cash — could wrack up support from a slew of powerful unions and he still wouldn't be in the same solar system as Rauner and Pritzker.
Even the millionaires — the oft-derided 1 percent — couldn't run for governor in Illinois. The race looks open solely to billionaires, an ugly reality seemingly embraced by Democratic and GOP leadership.
Voters deserve choice and a legitimate debate about ideas. They deserve an election that's not accessible only to the uber-wealthy. To that end, candidates such as Biss, Pawar and Kennedy each have something to contribute.
But good luck hearing it over the gold and platinum din bought and paid for by Rauner and Pritzker.


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Thanks to Cyn for pointing me in the right direction with this challenge. It was a lot of fun to find some structure in the bookstagrams I post. Since I did manage to successfully get one out for each day (HUZZAH!), I'm going to split this into two posts so the photos aren't overwhelming. Haha. I'm currently doing a November challenge, so feel free to follow me on Instagram.
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Um. Not sure what to say....
I shouldn't have been surprised, I was warned this would probably happen. But I kind of am suprised and very, very saddened.
Nobody came.
The first email from Hannah at the Big Issue warned me that this might well happen. I guess she wanted to protect me from being disappointed. I knew I'd probably jinxed it by mentioning it to students at the Freshers Fair, having the Oxford Mail run a story (in my defence about Yoga Quota not necessarily about Big Issue), all of you knew it was supposed to happen. But there we have it. I still kind of thought inside me that at least the Vendor (remaining nameless on here) who I chat to regularly and who said he'd come would pop in for coffee even if he didn't want to do yoga. Hoped that the people who signed up would make it.
The guy who set up Big Issue said that charity is not enough, it's about welcoming people into your class, into your activities, into your society. Which is what I want to do with Yoga Quota. I want the homeless Big Issue Vendors to join in with this Yoga craze which is benefiting yummy mummies, sports men and rich mindful londonites. Social mobility. Maybe the problem is that I did a charity class?
So the offer still stands, if you happen to read this, and if you are a Big Issue vendor (or just plain homeless) you are welcome to ALL of Yoga Quota's yoga classes. You don't have to book on a PC/tablet/phone you can drop in in future at any of my classes.
I asked the photographer not to take pictures, we all had a good chat and a tea instead. I didn't want the paper to run a non-success story and give the vendors bad press. By this logic, I shouldn't blog this either, but who reads the blog anyway?
Last week I cried because I was moved by the delight in the faces of the Yellow Submarine Teens as they did yoga, shook my hand and thanked me afterwards. This Friday I cried because, if you are homeless, you don't look after yourself, you're thinking about where to sleep, probably just thinking that you are damn cold and where the next big issue sell will come from will it make ends meet? It's pretty dire actually. Obviously, if the Anne I currently am were made a Big Issue vendor today (with no other changes) I would have come to the yoga class.... I'd have taken the opportunity and the warmth and the food and the experience. BUT, I am not homeless, and let's do a little mental check on what would need to happen to me now to get in their situation. All of the following: Husband to lose his job, divorce, death of all my family or alienation from them, alienation from all my friends, running through all my savings, loss of my confidence and loss of my skills to get a job. How could that happen? Well quite easily, actually. For that to happen I would have to have been hit by a big event (take divorce or loss of family or both) I would have had to either turned to drugs or triggered a severe mental illness episode, either of those consequences could then get me to run through my savings, alienate my friends and/or not be able to get a job. And an Anne in that situation would not be thinking logically as an Anne in my lucky situation here. An Anne in that situation may not have participated in Big Issue Health Week either.
I gave the homemade banana muffins out anyway to the two remaining Big Issue vendors in town and they were thankful and shook my hand. But I wish they would have accepted the muffin with 1 hour in the warm, a tea and a yoga class therefore doing what so many people in society are raving about and 'joining in society' as the Big Issue founder said.
Still I reiterate. If you are a Big Issue Vendor, or just homeless and not even doing the Big Issue. You are always welcome to any of my yoga classes at Yoga Quota. If my regular clients don't like it they can stuff it.
John Bird on social mobility
John Bird on charity exacerbating homelessness
Health Week:
Monday 3rd November
Health Survey (in Office) – come to the office, complete a survey and receive a FREE Health Pack.
Health Survey (Outreach) – come to the office, complete a survey and receive a FREE Health Pack.
Tuesday 4th November
Drug and Alcohol
Harm Minimisation (Drug & Alcohol) Workshop 10-11am
Come to the office for a drug and alcohol workshop and receive 5 free magazines as well as tea or coffee.
Harm Minimisation Outreach
Meet with Simon and Jenna on pitch to hear about the harm minimisation service in Oxford.
Wednesday 5th November
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Affordable Healthy Eating Recipes and Ideas
Drop in to see Hannah and enjoy a free healthy breakfast and a chat about affordable and healthy eating.
Smoking Cessation Outreach – with Julia Singh and Hannah. Get information and advice about how to stop smoking.
Thursday 6th November
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Mind (Mental Health) Drop-in 9-11am – come to the office to find out about how Mind can help you look after your mental health, with Adam from Mind. Receive 2 Free Magazines if you attend
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Minecraft : Hexxit - Ep 2 - I LOVE ELEPHANTS!
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Published: August 2, 2016Updated: September 5, 2016
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Smash. Sizzle. Savor. That was the slogan of the flashy start-up burger joint where Callista Gingrich made her solo debut on the campaign trail -- hardly an obvious choice for the willowy and well-coifed spouse, dressed in an azure blue jacket and matching pencil skirt. But with her husband's numbers falling in national polls, Callista is adopting the role of good will ambassador for the campaign and easing herself into the spotlight.
"Newt and I are engaged in this race because we believe America is at a crossroads and care deeply about the future of this country," Callista said to a intimate gathering of about 30 people, reading from prepared remarks. "There are only a few months left before the most important election in our lifetime. Our only opponent is Barack Obama, and we are committed to removing him from the White House."
If Newt Gingrich's extramarital affairs have been the topic of public scrutiny for much of his campaign, then Callista, supporters say, has served as the public buffer standing quietly at her husband's side during his stump speeches. When a blogger asked after a rally whether she and her husband believed in an open marriage, Callista was caught on video casually laughing off the question when she said no, while her husband gave a much curter, sterner response.
Any hint of scandal was absent from the introduction given Tuesday by Lynn Ann Reagan, president of the San Diego County Federation of American. Reagan focused on Callista's accomplishments, which included her graduation as high school valedictorian, achievements as a musician, and career on Capitol Hill. "It's time to move on," Reagan explained to Fox News when asked to explain how she crafted her remarks.
And while Callista spoke for just five minutes Tuesday, praising the virtues of the city of San Diego and thanking the audience for their support, she left a positive impression among the attendees, whose hands she shook afterward.
"She's a gifted person. With her understanding of the arts, it brings a loveliness to our country, so I hope she's the first lady," said Judy Wade, sister to Pastor Jim Garlow, an in fluential pastor who has endorsed Gingrich.
Taking questions from reporters after her speech, Callista displayed a keen understanding of the campaign strategy moving forward.
"We're looking towards Super Tuesday, I think we've got some good states -- Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Ohio. It could be good for Newt. So, we're encouraged, we're working, and -- as I said earlier, this race has been a rollercoaster and so we're just going to keep working as hard as we can."
Grace Lee, a Korean-American real estate agent who is the national coordinator for Asian Americans for Newt Gingrich, was the first to show up for Callista's speech. At 9 a.m., she and her husband were hanging up a banner and setting up flyers they had designed and printed themselves.
"Made from my heart," she said when she described them as her personal donation to the campaign.
"They look beautiful, thank you so much," Callista said to Lee after the event, complimenting the graphic design and evoking the glow of pride from her supporter.