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Dementia is not a normal part of the aging process, but it is possible to live well each day. People with dementia are people who still desire autonomy and control of their quality of life. A diagnosis of dementia does not mean the person loses their ability to actively participate in the decision-making that affects their lives. Together we can support people with dementia, ensuring their voice is heard throughout their care. The information on this page and throughout this website will help you or your loved one to plan for care and access the right services at the right time.
To speak to someone now, call the Alzheimer's 24/7 Helpline: 1-800-272-3900
Help Getting a Diagnosis
If you notice any of the early signs of Alzheimer's, one of the most important steps to take is to visit your healthcare professional to discuss your concerns. Typically, physicians will be able to do a preliminary screening and will refer you to a specialist for a diagnosis.
For more information on getting a diagnosis in Nevada, visit Alzheimer's Association.
I have an Alzheimer's Diagnosis
Having a diagnosis of Alzheimer's can be overwhelming for families. Fortunately, there are many resources available.
Clinical Trials
For more information on clinical trial, visit Trial Match. This comprehensive website provides an opportunity for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's to find and participate in clinical trials for treatment of the disease.
The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center specializes in caring for individuals with neurological conditions including those with Alzheimer's.
Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with Early-Stage Dementia?
EPIC (Early stage Partners In Care) is a free multi-week program for both care partners and individuals with Alzheimer's.
Each couple will learn about the diagnosis, services available, meet and work with other individuals on the Alzheimer's journey and discuss openly about the disease.
Through EPIC workshops, you will learn:
- About early-stage memory loss and its impact
- How to manage your concerns, stress, and distress
- How to prepare for changes because of the memory loss
- How to communicate about memory loss with your loved one
- How to stay engaged and plan for the future
What is my commitment?
- Each couple must reside in a community setting
- One 30-minute telephone interview, prior to the first workshop
- Seven 2.5-hour sessions over a seven-week period (one session in home)
For more information, please visit the Alzheimer's Association website www.alz.org/dsw to find a location near you
I am Caring for a Loved One
Caring for an individual with Alzheimer's can be stressful, but there are services to help.
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association has two chapters in Nevada: the Northern Nevada chapter and the Desert Southwest chapter. The Association provides individual and group support to caregivers and their families. They have a variety of programs to help you through this challenging disease.
Caregiver Support Program
The Nevada Senior Services Caregiver Support programs can provide you with access to a variety of programs that will support you in your care giving role.
- Are you a family caregiver residing in Nevada that helps care for someone with dementia or memory loss?
- Do you provide an average of 4 hours of care or supervision per day for that individual?
- Do you find caring for your loved one increasingly demanding of your time and energy?
If so, CarePRO may be able to help you. Through our free workshops, you will learn:
- About dementia and its impact
- How to manage your frustration, irritation, and stress
- How to communicate with your loved one
- How to take better care of your own health
For more information, please visit the Alzheimer's Association website www.alz.org/dsw to find a location near you
RCI REACH is a FREE PROGRAM for family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia.
RCI REACH provides evidence-based education, a focus on safety for the patient, support for the caregiver, and skills building to help caregivers manage difficult patient behaviors and decrease their own stress.
RCI REACH is an in-home, tailored, caregiver support program consisting of 12 individual sessions in the home and by telephone over a six-month period.
Program Objectives:
- Improvement in overall caregiver health and depression
- Reductions in feelings of burden from caregiving
- Improvement in management of troubling behaviors of the care recipient
- Keeping seniors in the community, with dignity to avoid institutionalization
For more information, please contact Nevada Senior Services at (702) 648-3425 or visit their website: www.nevadaseniorservices.org
Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
The State of Nevada along with partners are committed to helping Nevadans who are facing challenges related to Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease has created a State Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease which includes recommendations to strengthen services in Nevada.
For more information about the Task Force, including meeting dates and locations, visit the Aging and Disability Services Division website.


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Hey, friends! Today I want to sit down and chat with you about living life, toxin-free. It can be so easy to get overwhelmed by all the options, perspectives, research, details… especially so when you are pursuing a toxin-free lifestyle. We are immersed in a culture where fake food & artificial ingredients are hiding in just about everything consumable, even the things touted as "natural". You think that the homemade soap you bought from your friend will be toxin-free because it isn't coming from the big-box chemical companies… but then you find out it has synthetic fragrance or cheap essential oils, and you're right back where you started with the toxic soap from the store. It can get so frustrating. Today, however, I want to take out the guess-work and break down how and why a toxin-free lifestyle doesn't have to be complicated.
Pssst! Don't know what I mean by "toxins" and "synthetics"? Check out this video!
Prioritize, Prioritize, Prioritize!
First thing's first: you've got to prioritize! I can not emphasize this enough. When you are starting something new, you have to begin it in a way that will seamlessly transition it to a daily part of your lifestyle. You don't want a new fad that you pick up for a week and then forget about. Figure out what your priorities are, and then follow them. If it helps, write out a roadmap of where you want to be 6 or 12 months from now. Month 1, swap out your skin care, month 2, your cleaning supplies, etc.
Priorities also play a role in deciding what brands you buy from. It's helpful to use apps like Think Dirty to find out how toxin-laden your current products are. Once you educated yourself in that realm, then you need to set your priorities on what ingredients you are going to avoid. For us, if a label has anything that we know ranks a 10 (i.e- most toxic) on the Think Dirty app, we chuck it. If you want an easy list of nasties to avoid, check out my post on 12 toxins to avoid in your personal care products.
Bottom Line: Make it achievable for your lifestyle.
Narrow Down Your Options
Guys, there are SO MANY brands out there that say they're "all natural", "green", or "organic". A lot of the time, though, this label is just marketing jargon. It can be so hard to find a brand that is actually telling the truth, and not slipping in toxins under labels like "natural flavoring" or "natural fragrance", which turn out to be absolute garbage. You've got to narrow down your options, or else you will get overwhelmed and give up. Do your research, and find a select few brands that you trust for certain aspects of your lifestyle.
For us, Young Living checked all the boxes, and then some. They are totally transparent, honest, founded on good morals, and promise that all their products are pure, safe, and effective through their Seed to Seal process. Watch a video all about their Seed to Seal process here! We can trust them to supply us with Essential Oils, Supplements, Personal Care Products, Hormone Support, Makeup… the list goes on. And let me tell you, it's pretty incredible to have a company that takes out all the guess work, and supplies you with products that are both toxin-free and work.
Bottom Line: Do your research, and narrow down your options
Do You! Respect You!
Don't bog yourself down with too much information. Don't overwhelm yourself with too much research. Learn your boundaries, and respect them. I know for us Boyer Ladies, it's so easy to overload ourselves with TMI, and then develop toxic emotions like stress. You've got to accept that life is a journey, and it's not going to be a perfect one. No, your floss might not be toxin-free, but at least your tooth powder is! Embrace the positive, and accept the negative as a challenge.
It's amazing & healthy to surround yourself with a supportive community and be inspired by others! But, you've got to remember that you are you, and nobody else is you. Respecting your unique pace & priorities is the fastest route to your personal success. The best part about embracing your story? You have something personal and unique that you can use to inspire and motivate others. Toxin-Free isn't always just about you, it can also be about blessing others, too.
Bottom Line: Embrace your personal story, and go toxin-free as your lifestyle & boundaries allow.
Well, that's all I have for today. Let me know in the comments how you are making a toxin-free life achievable for you!
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- 5 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
- 6 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (manga)
Chapter 54
Santana is given a Shower when he is released from the pillar.
Chapter 81
Lisa Lisa takes a Bubble Bath in a Clawfoot Bathtub.
Chapter 82
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Steel Ball Run
Chapter 49
A Clawfoot Bathtub is shown in the estate belonging to Scarlet and Funny Valentine.
Chapter 50
A Clawfoot Bathtub is shown in the estate belonging to Scarlet and Funny Valentine.
Chapter 3
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (anime)
Episode 12
Santana is Showered as he is being released from the pillar wearing only a loincloth while trapped behind a glass prison in a Nazi base. As he awakens and has no memory, he clumsly slips on a puddle after the shower is turned off.
Episode 18
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Lisa Lisa strips off her dress and gets into a Bubble Bath in a Clawfoot Slipper Bathtub on her balcony as her servant Suzy Q is asking her which blouse she would like to wear after the Bath. Suzy Q leaves Lisa Lisa as she bathes and tells Joseph Joestar to wait in Lisa Lisa's room while she gets out of bath but instead Jojo peeps on her through the keyhole. He ends up seeing her sitting on the rim of the Bathtub stroking her hair but suspiciously finds that Suzy Q is in the bathroom when he just saw her downstairs and also notices a strange goo on the door handle. While Lisa Lisa is back in the tub, she notices that her power necklace the Aja is gone and asks Suzy Q where it is but then reveals that she is possessed by AC/DC as his last attack. Lisa Lisa covers her breasts and stands up as the possessed Suzy Q is twitching around and the jumps out of the bathtub holding a white Towel. after revealing he already sent the amulet off. Jojo who is still peeping sees this and jumps in the room to confront the possessed Suzy Q along with Caesar.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
Episode 7
- Aired May 16th, 2014
Episode 8
Episode 23
Suzie Quatro Joestar is seen in a Bathrobe after some Off Screen Bathing.
Episode 32
Jean Pierre Polnareff has a Furo session and is bathed by an unnamed woman.
Episode 33
Jean Pierre Polnareff is attacked by Alessi during his Bath that was being continued from last episode.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Episode 2
Episode 12
Episode 14
Off Screen Bathing with Koichi Hirose and Bathroom Scale usage.
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Keeneland President Nick Nicholson welcomed Lexington Forum, the civic issues discussion group, to the track Thursday for its monthly meeting.
He told forum members that he was chatting before the meeting with former Vice Mayor Isabel Yates, who, in her 80s, remains one of Lexington's most active citizens.
"I always like having Lexington Forum here because it gives me a chance to meet with Lexington's young leaders," Nicholson, 59, said he remarked to Yates.
"Without missing a beat, she replied, 'We also like meeting with Lexington's old men.'"
Later, Nicholson said, the track is ready for its spring meet, although the recent cold snap is a complication.
Keeneland planted 2,112 forsythias. "They were beautiful," he said. "Last week."
But the biggest laugh came when forum members introduced their guests.
University of Kentucky spokesman Jay Blanton rose and said he was glad to have with him "Billy Dono ..."
Later that day, Donovan said he would stay at Florida and not become Kentucky's next men's basketball coach.
Ripping good solution
If necessity is the mother of invention then frustration must be the daddy. Ask Lexington Realtor Maria Gnas.
About two years ago, Gnas had finished an open house and took down a heavy, angle-iron yard sign. It wouldn't fit in the trunk of her brand new Subaru Outback so she put the sign in the back seat and drove off.
Moments later, Gnas made a turn, the sign slid and its pointed legs ripped a hole in her car's leather upholstery.
"I was so upset," Gnas said. "I had sworn I would do better with this car and it didn't take me a week to tear it up."
Transporting yard signs is a big problem. They tear up the trunks and back seats of cars, and they get mud or dirt on everything they touch, including Realtors' clothing.
"I have torn a big hole in every car I've ever had in my real estate career and I got sick of it," Gnas said.
Long story short, she has invented and patented Sign-Slippers -- a plastic tube that fits over the sharp leg of a yard sign. It has a cap on one end and is held in place by a cloth bag tied to the sign's cross bar.
Gnas has been selling her invention to local Realtors and through www.sign-slippers.com. But beginning this week, a national real estate supplier, Sanzo Specialties, is planning to offer Sign-Slippers on its Web site, www.sanzospecialties.com.
The basic price is $14.95 for a pair, but there are discounts for larger orders.
Turning a problem into a profit, it's the Gnas way.
Counting down to April 14
Homeowners know spring is near when they start getting mailings from termite exterminators. Some are so personalized that they get the attention of even longtime homeowners.
One national company asks, "Do you want the facts about termites in Lexington? Or will you take the risk at (your street address)?
"According to our experts," the message continues, "homes in the (your zip code) area are 2 times more likely to suffer a termite infestation than the average home nationwide.
"And now, with termite swarm season predicted to start on 4/14/2007, it's even more critical to know that your home" is protected.
In other words, call us or termites will attack your house before you can finish your income tax returns. Bummer.
Don't "freak out," says Mike Potter, termite expert at the University of Kentucky. Some of their claims are a bit shaky.
Termites actually started swarming several weeks ago in Kentucky, where the risk of damage is rated "moderate." It's lower than in the "big time termite country" of the wet, warm South and higher than in colder Northern states.
Potter says forget the ads and remember the warning signs -- termite sightings, damaged wood, mud tubes, etc. If you find termites, call a professional exterminator. They have the best chemicals and know how to use them safely.
Got questions? Potter's got answers on the Web at www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef604.htm.
The Buzz is written by Jim Jordan with contributions from readers and the Herald-Leader staff. Reach Jordan at (859) 231-3242 or 1-800-950-6397, Ext. 3242, or email@example.com.


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I went to my Janome dealer today (I own a Pfaff 2170 and a Janome 350e) and she said the 11000SE was being upgraded next fall (2011) and that I might want to wait before buying.
That means the price will go up as usual for the new one but will probably come down on the current model.
She wasn't sure what the upgrade was but thought maybe a dual feed.
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user [ms13]fun have been abusing mutes left and right, and ruining game by not helping the team at all. can you guys find a solution for this? thanks and best regards
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but randomly? and refusing to help a team and then going afk on purpose is a gameruin. muting randomly is also gameruin since we could not chat with each other except by whispering. venomancer caused us the loss of game
The guy with nickname Zed_Ze4ka(from the opponents) muted our team all the time to not communicate with each other and to maybe loose the game. We haven't done anything wrong, but we chose to mute us. Please do something about this !!
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CrossFit is a fitness regimen developed by Greg Glassman over several decades. Glassman, CrossFit's Founder and CEO, was the first person in history to define fitness in a meaningful, measurable way: increased work capacity across broad time and modal domains. He then created a program specifically designed to improve fitness and health.
CrossFit is constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. All CrossFit workouts are based on functional movements, and these movements reflect the best aspects of gymnastics, weightlifting, running, rowing and more. These are the core movements of life. They move the largest loads the longest distances, so they are ideal for maximizing the amount of work done in the shortest time. Intensity is essential for results and is measurable as work divided by time—or power. The more work you do in less time, or the higher the power output, the more intense the effort. By employing a constantly varied approach to training, functional movements and intensity lead to dramatic gains in fitness.
The community that spontaneously arises when people do these workouts together is a key component of why CrossFit is so effective, and it gave birth to a global network of CrossFit affiliates that number over 13,000. Harnessing the natural camaraderie, competition and fun of sport or game yields an intensity that cannot be matched by other means.
The CrossFit program is driven by data. Using whiteboards as scoreboards, keeping accurate scores and records, running a clock, and precisely defining the rules and standards for performance, we not only motivate unprecedented output but derive both relative and absolute metrics at every workout. This data has important value well beyond motivation.
Overall, the aim of CrossFit is to forge a broad, general and inclusive fitness supported by measurable, observable and repeatable results. The program prepares trainees for any physical contingency—not only for the unknown but for the unknowable, too. Our specialty is not specializing.
While CrossFit challenges the world's fittest, the program is designed for universal scalability, making it the perfect application for any committed individual, regardless of experience. We scale load and intensity; we don't change the program. The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree, not kind.
Check out CrossFit.com to find out more and/or view the links below. If you'd like to learn more about the in-depth aspects of training and CrossFit subscribe to the CrossFit Journal.
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I have been using Kama Oil perfume over the past year or two, I've been repeatedly complimented on how lovely the scent is. This is not only very nice for me, but suggests you have a very good product.
Kama Oil has warmth and gentleness, and a fragrance that develops on the skin over the course of the day.
I just bought some of your oil spray and it arrived with a freebie bottle of oil. Nice touch, thanks heaps. I will purchased again :)
Just wanted to say that, as a 64-year-old retired man, I am still using an after shave daily dab of Kama Love Oil, forty-six years after "discovering" it as a 19 year old full on hippy student in Palmerston North. It's been all around the world with me. IOnly last week I was socialising with some friends here in Brisbane and a young woman commented on its subtle fragrance. I love it. Thank you.
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VMware vSphere 5.5 has been announced, but it's not available yet. New release of popular vSphere Book – Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5 has been announced and also only in pre-order at Amazon for now.
I believe that everyone else lives on What's happening during VMworld 2013 San Francisco, right? Check out my VMworld 2013 Blog Page! I just added few more videos from the event.
Ok, let's get back to the vSphere 5.5 book. This new release includes all new features that has been announced on VMware vSphere 5.5, like vSAN, vFlash, AppHA and others together with in-depth explanations of changes concerning SSO.
Author team is lead by Scott Lowe and Nick Marshall, well-known VMware experts and popular bloggers. They worked together with Forbes Guthrie, Matt Liebowitz and Josh Atwell. A names which are not unknown to our readers since all those folks are already book authors and bloggers. Matt Liebowitz recently written a book Virtualizing Microsoft Business Critical Applications on VMware vSphere. Check it out if you're enterprise admin and you have SQL or Exchange in your virtual environment. Check out my Books page too!
Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5 – The Authors:
Scott Lowe – blog/twitter, Nick Marshall – blog/twitter, Forbes Guthrie – blog/twitter, Matt Liebowitz – blog/twitter, Josh Atwell – blog/twitter.
If you're into virtualization you know that the previous release of the book was one of the best selling books on VMware Virtualization.
The 2013 edition of the bestselling vSphere book on the market
Virtualization remains the hottest trend in the IT world, and VMware vSphere is the industry's most widely deployed virtualization solution. The demand for IT professionals skilled in virtualization and cloud-related technologies is great and expected to keep growing. This comprehensive Sybex guide covers all the features and capabilities of VMware vSphere, showing administrators step by step how to install, configure, operate, manage, and secure it.
This perfect blend of hands-on instruction, conceptual explanation, and practical application is reinforced with real-world examples. Led by Scott Lowe and Nick Marshall, both VMware vExperts, the author team provides expertise that will prepare IT professionals to excel in using this virtualization technology.
- Virtualization is seen as a "best practice" for high availability and disaster recovery solutions, as well as for applications such as Exchange Server and SharePoint
- IDC estimates that there are as many as 7 million jobs available worldwide in virtualization and cloud technology
- Provides hands-on instruction in all the latest features and capabilities of VMware vSphere, with both conceptual explanations and practical applications
- Author team is lead by Scott Lowe and Nick Marshall, well-known VMware experts and popular bloggers
Mastering VMware vSphere provides what every virtualization professional needs to know.
The book is in pre-Order Now at Amazon. The cost
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Assange at the UN: Stop chasing WikiLeaks
|Swedish judiciary has international wanted Wikileaksgrundaren Assange to question him about a couple of women's complaints against him in 2010 for rape and sexual molestation. He is not charged with a crime.
|Ecuador says it can let Assange stay at its embassy in London in "for years if necessary." The news, the UK and Sweden have in negotiating his fate, writes AFP
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Kingdom of Sweden mentioned safe a hundred times a night Swedish time, and that was in less flattering terms.
The discussion was conducted almost entirely in Spanish which could be interpreted to mean that English is the world language is within the expiry date. South America is now definitely on a collision course with the U.S.. Sweden is squashed between the shields and it should start to hurt. How long is Sweden pretend that this is a non issue? Tourist Association acidic spent money on getting more tourists here seem to be discarded in favor of statsfeministerns campaign to highlight Sweden that feminism Saudi Arabia.
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Each Tuesday in Download Code, Daniel Kaszor looks inside the business of video games with news, analysis and a peek at the week's major releases
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is almost certainly going to become the best selling game of the year.
But outside of the gaming world, does anyone really care about MW3?
The last Call of Dutygame sold more than 20 million copies. The series has earned publisher Activision more than US$5-billion so far.
Yet, as Canadian technology reporter and author Peter Nowak pointed out earlier this week, despite getting to the point where Call of Duty appears to be on the verge of entering the cultural mainstream, the game still doesn't possess the cultural impact of similar franchises in other media — such as the Harry Potter books and movies — that have generated similar revenues for their creators.
Obviously, Call of Duty has a much narrower audience than Harry Potter. Its military bravado and violence appeals, for the most part, to men between the ages of 15 and 35, and not to rabid teenage fans of dueling wizards and sparkling vampires.
So, while the game is a huge deal among its core audience, it doesn't necessarily resonate with the general population.
Perhaps Call of Duty's cultural impact is overstated from a financial perspective. After all, the game costs at least $60, significantly more than the price of a book, DVD or movie ticket, masking the fact that a comparatively small number of people helped elevate Call of Duty's financial numbers to Star Wars levels.
Were the game at a lower price point, such as $30, an even larger audience would join in to take part in the multiplayer mayhem, thereby expanding and democratizing the fan base. Maybe then it would become true water cooler fodder.
Of course, a $30 price tag would likely decrease Activision's overall take on the game, even if it did increase its audience and cultural caché. Additionally, Call of Duty is near it's saturation point: there is only so much more audience left for it to gain. It's one of the few games that people seem actively eager to buy at $60.
The easiest way for the audience to expand will be with the movement to digital distribution. While a game like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 costs $60 to pick up at a retailer, upwards of 33% to 50% of that money is going to pay middle-men to get the disc from the manufacturer into your hands.
If home consoles had a viable, day-one download option, it would be much easier for publishers to cut their prices while maintaining their profits and expanding their audience.
Major Releases this week
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (All platforms)
If you are still confused about what CoD: Modern Warfare 3 is all about, check out my primer over on the National Post news site.
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Developer Bethesda is attempting some counter-programming with the release of Skyrim on the same week as Modern Warfare 3. The team there may be on to something. Although CoD is fairly ubiquitous, the audience for long, huge and involved RPGs like Skyrim is quite different than that of CoD. However, it's telling that the game is coming out on 11-11-11 (Friday) instead of head to head with Modern Warfare 3 on Tuesday.
Metal Gear Solid HD collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
The Metal Gear games are some of the most creative and challenging games to ever sell millions of copies, and this collection updates three of the games for HD. In addition to Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, the collection also includes the excellent Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, which came out on the PSP last year and was mostly ignored. The graphics here will be not only tweaked to run in HD, but the UI elements for the game will be modified to look best in the higher resolution. Sadly, since this is coming up against Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim it will likely be ignored completely.
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
This is more a next week game, as it comes out on Sunday, and it is aimed at a different audience than CoD, so it will likely avoid the CoD sales suck. Super Mario 3D Land is a new Mario game from the team behind Super Mario Galaxy, and while the title says 3D and the game will use the system's 3D effects, large portions of the game play more like the old 2D Mario games and less like the 3D games that debuted with Mario 64. Mario games always have a bit of a long tail, so it will be tough to determine the game's success off of first week sales. Hopefully we will have a review sometime next week.


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Arsenal WILL exercise their right to buy striker Carlos Vela back from Real Sociedad, according to the Spanish club.
The Mexico international was on the Gunners' books from 2005, when he signed from Guadalajara in his homeland at age 16, until he was sold to Sociedad two years ago.
In that time, he scored just three Premier League goals and made the same number of starts in the domestic top-flight - as well as 26 substitute appearances. He added eight goals in other competitions, again appearing more often as a sub than a starter.
After previous loans in Spain with Salamanca and Osasuna, he was farmed out to West Brom for the second half of the 2010-11 season, scoring twice in eight matches - late equalisers to secure back-to-back February draws with Stoke and arch-rivals Wolves.
A season-long loan at Sociedad for the following campaign brought a dozen goals and a permanent transfer which included an option for the Londoners to buy him back, reportedly for around £3.5million.
And now Sociedad president Jokin Aperribay has been quoted as telling Spanish radio station Cadena SUR: "Arsenal have informed us that Vela will be with them next season."
Should Arsenal re-sign Carlos Vela?
The Gunners need to add depth up front after a season in which there were almost no aternatives to Olivier Giroud after Theo Walcott's season ending injury in January saw their title push fizzle out in the spring.
Vela, 25, is not only relatively inexpensive but also versatile, as he can play up front, wide or off a main striker.
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1 – 30th November: WOVEMBER!!!! This year's theme is Woolness: where wool meets wellness
23 – 30th November: London Guild exhibition – The Thames and Southwark: Threads of London Life, Southwark Cathedral, 10:30am - 5:30pm daily, free entry. Also includes a free Introduction to Natural Dyeing drop in session on Sunday, 26 November from 3-5pm.
2 December: Pints, Purls and Prosecco with Nathan Taylor, from 7-10pm!
21 January: Waltham Abbey Wool Show, 10am–4pm
Make Happy – aka – What we're working on
Rachel has finished her Starting Point Shawl!!!! she's working on the yoke of her British Blue sweater and on the two Woolly Wormhead Mystery KAL hats. During the podcast, she finishes off a pair of socks in handspun Romney.
Weaving in ends video from Tabetha Hedrick at SweetGeorgia Yarns
Allison is working on Clue 2 of her Cederberg Shawl MKAL – in SGY Tough Love Sock. She's also started a Gaston jumper for Harrison for Christmas, but is running low on yarn. Does anyone have any Sirdar Eco Wool DK in "Clay" (soft fawn colour) they can spare? She needs 3-4 more 50 g balls...please get in touch!
A Woolly Good Time:
Alli has visited a couple of shows since the last podcast and gives us a brief rundown: Knit for Peace's The Great Knit Fest at Chelsea Old Town Hall, and the Nottingham Yarn Expo. Then we both get a bit philosophical about wool, yarn and it's importance in our day-to-day lives. How does wool play into your everyday world?
Wrap up
Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at The Goat on the Rise between 7 and 10pm. We are now back at the Goat now that their refurb is done.
Have a great couple of weeks and we'll chat with you soon!
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By William Fisher
Rob Herbert's New York Times article about Daryl Hunt's 19-year imprisonment in North Carolina for a crime he did not commit triggered my own sad memories of Southern justice as it was – and sometimes still is.
In the early 1950s, I worked in central Florida as the Volusia County Bureau Chief for the Daytona Beach News-Journal. I also happened to be one of very few white correspondents for the African-American newspaper, the Baltimore Afro-American, a position that did not exactly endear me to local law enforcement. Back then, Volusia County was identified in many college sociology textbooks as the most corrupt county in the United States.
The local cops in the sleepy cowtown county seat of Deland, the county sheriff's office, and the county courts, were part of my daily beat. In those days, law enforcement officers worked on the 'fee system'. That meant that their incomes were dependent on the number of citizens they arrested, plus a proportion of the bail bonds the 'suspects' posted. One of the results of this quaint entrepreneurial arrangement was that all the cops' paddy-wagons were mobilized every day at around sundown for sorties into what was then referred to as 'colored town', i.e. the part of town on the wrong side of the tracks where the 'black folk' lived in their shanty shacks.
Once inside the war zone, the cops swooped down and arrested everything that wasn't nailed down. Charges ranged from drunk and disorderly to disturbing the peace to resisting arrest to driving with a broken taillight to blocking police access to a crime scene. Each night, dozens of people were arrested, put in
paddy-wagons, and dispatched to the local jail, whereupon the 'homeland security' fleet turned around and went back for more. Everyone, that is, save those few lucky enough to have $25 in their pockets to pay off the arresting officer. Moreover, in the best spirit of Adam Smith, there was a healthy competition between the local police and the sheriff's office to win the headcount.
Saturday night was the biggest night of the week; the headcount climbed into the hundreds. As there was no night court, the arrested who could not come up with bond money spent the night in jail. In the morning, they appeared in court and were given a perfunctory chance to enter a plea. Those who pleaded guilty – the vast majority of prisoners – were fined. Those unable to pay were sentenced to various jail terms, usually up to 30 days. The length of the sentence was based solely on the testimony of the arresting officer. Because, in those dark days of Jim Crow justice, defendants were terrified to say anything. 'Uppity' blacks got the stiffest sentences.
The greatest misfortune was being black, pleading 'not guilty', and being tried in County Court. It will come as no surprise to anyone who has seen 'To Kill a Mockingbird' that 'nigra' defendants were routinely referred to as 'boy' (and worse). Many of these defendants spent long periods of time in custody, uncharged and without benefit of counsel. Many were illiterate and therefore unable to read Court documents. Few could afford lawyers, so the court appointed their lawyers. I covered dozens of these 'trials', and witnessed many of these lawyers arriving at Court unprepared, drunk and asleep through much of the proceedings. I never witnessed a black defendant being acquitted, nor do I recall any of these cases being appealed.
Those found guilty spent indeterminate amounts of time in jail. One reason was Volusia County's virtually non-existent record-keeping. The second reason was that the local police and sheriff's departments received public funds for each day of a prisoner's incarceration. For one or another of these reasons, 30-day sentences often stretched into months.
Reform came slowly to Volusia County, bit it did come. The fee system is long gone. The civil rights movement and the legislation it triggered eventually put an end to the Saturday Night Massacres. African-Americans are no longer called 'boy' in the Courtroom. They vote. Disney World brought a new infusion of diversity to the whole area from Orlando to Deland, and opened this antebellum vestige to people from everywhere, with money to spend.
Today law enforcement and the judicial system are not flawless, but they are as efficient and honest as those in most places across the American South. The Deland Police Department and the Volusia County Sheriff's offices, once the private preserves of good 'ol boy white Protestants, now include African-American officers, Latinos and women. The first woman to serve as a uniformed officer for the Sheriff's office joined in 1972. Today, there are 40 women officers, a bit over 9% of the total force. The Sheriff's office hired its first black deputy back in 1953. Two other African Americans joined the department in 1971 and 1972, and rose to become a Captain and Chief Deputy. The Department currently has 20 full-time sworn, African-American Deputies, or approximately 4.6% of its full-time force.
None of this provides failure-proof protection against Daryl Hunt-type miscarriages. As demonstrated by Barry Scheck's Innocence Project, the nation's prisons are still filled with many for whom DNA represents the only way out. Nor are the miscreants limited to the American South. Yet the evolution of one unspeakably corrupt Florida county should give all of us some reason for optimism.
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Video / 8 November 2019
Athi River Community Network
The Athi River Community Network is made up of communities who live along the Athi River watershed. Members of the Athi River Community Network promised to join forces with the Friends of Ondiri Wetland to ensure that this critical wetland is restored and conserved for the sake of current and future generations.
News / 8 November 2019
European Commission, help the European Investment Bank go Fossil Free!
On Thursday November 7th, a group of European NGO's including Both ENDS, sent a letter to Vice-President of the EU Frans Timmermans, in which they ask him to support the phase out of European Investment Bank's fossil fuel financing by the end of 2020.
News / 5 November 2019
Guatemalan women force Development Bank to investigate gender policy violations
After a complaint filed by women's groups from Ixquisis, Guatemala, the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has started an investigation on several policy violations, amongst which the Gender Equality policy. This is a unique chance to create a precedent, because complaints on the IDB's gender policy are very rare. The women from Ixquisis are fighting for their rights with support of the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA).
News / 31 October 2019
Call for investigation of the death of Indonesian human rights defender Golfrid Siregar
Earlier this month, we learned that Golfrid Siregar, an Indonesian environmental lawyer working for our partner organisation WALHI died under suspicious circumstances. We call for a thorough and transparent investigation and have brought the case to the attention of the Indonesian embassy in The Hague and to the Netherlands' embassy in Jakarta.
Press release / 24 October 2019
Press Release: These five criteria help investors go green
Press release 24 October 2019
Starting today, investors can use five criteria to test whether companies in the fossil sector are actively working on phasing out their fossil activities. Too many investors still seem hesitant to switch to a profitable future of sustainable energy and these criteria should help them do this. The organisations DivestInvest Network, Sustainable Energy (Denmark) and Both ENDS (the Netherlands) publish the report "Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Businesses" today, which describes these five criteria. The criteria aim to help investors choose investments that are in line with the Paris goal "stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius warming." The recommendations are presented at the World Pension Summit deliberately, because pension fund investors in particular can take more responsibility in this.
Publication / 24 October 2019
News / 11 October 2019
Rights for people, rules for corporations: the case of Indonesia
In Indonesia, US-based mining companies succeeded to roll back new laws that were meant to boost the country's economic development and protect its forests. This is the level of impact that investment treaties can have on social, environmental and economic development and rights. Why? Because of the 'Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement' (ISDS) clauses that are included in many such treaties.
News / 11 October 2019
Rights for people, rules for corporations: the case of Paraguay
Indigenous communities in Paraguay saw their attempts to regain their ancestral lands thwarted by German investors. This is the level of impact that investment treaties can have on social, environmental and economic development and rights. Why? Because of the 'Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement' (ISDS) clauses that are included in many such treaties.
Rights for People, Rules for Corporations – Stop ISDS!
Indigenous communities in Paraguay saw their attempts to regain their ancestral lands thwarted by German investors. In Indonesia, US-based mining companies succeeded to roll back new laws that were meant to boost the country's economic development and protect its forests. This is the level of impact that investment treaties can have on social, environmental and economic development and rights. Why? Because of the 'Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement' clauses that are included in many such treaties.
Publication / 4 October 2019
Event / 27 September 2019, 13:00
Climate Strike
On Friday 27 September, Both ENDS joins the Dutch Climate Strike and the march in The Hague.
This way we let our government know that there is no more time to waste and that it must take significant action in all policy areas to stop climate change.
More information on the Dutch Climate Strike can be found on https://klimaatstaking.nl/english/
News / 25 September 2019
More than 50 organisations unite for the climate
52 charity organisations, community groups, foundations and NGOs, many of whom are not primarily concerned with climate change, have come together to express their concern about the dangers of climate change for everyone and everything in a joint declaration. They call for urgent action and support the Climate Strike this Friday 27 September in The Hague.
Press release / 23 September 2019
World's 5th largest pension fund ABP increases fossil fuel investments
Amsterdam, 23 September 2019 - The world's 5th largest pension fund, with assets of over €430 billion, Dutch ABP is continuing to invest in companies that are on a collision course with the Paris climate goals, such as coal and oil companies.
Publication / 23 September 2019
News / 20 September 2019
Call for solidarity with Philippine environmental rights defenders
We are shocked and alarmed by the news of a planned raid into the headquarters of an environmental organisation in the Philippines. Although the raid has not materialised until now, we are deeply concerned for their wellbeing.
Event / 20 September 2019, 19:30
The Dutch Climate Roundtable 'International'
Last June, after months of negotiations in five different 'climate roundtables', the Dutch government presented its Climate Agreement . Negotiations had taken place in a roundtable for 'industry', for 'built environment', for 'electricity', 'mobility' and for 'agriculture and land use'. Climate measures that the Netherlands can take within its borders are pretty much covered by these climate roundtables. But the Netherlands also has a huge climate footprint outside its borders. It seems we have forgotten about the 'International' Climate Roundtable.
Blog / 19 September 2019
A forgotten opportunity worth 1.5 billion euros
Reward high-risk international business projects investing in a green future and stop support for the international fossil industry
The climate is 'hot'. Everyone is talking about it. 'Everyone needs to do something' calls the government in its recently started public campaign. Good plan. Let's really do something. For a start, we can stop supporting international trade in fossil energy by our own multinationals. That would free up 1.5 billion euros which we could use to combat climate change on an international scale and at the same time give our own innovative businesses a boost. Today's Vergeten Klimaattafel (Forgotten Climate Roundtable) will discuss the opportunities for the Netherlands to have a real impact. And those opportunities are enormous. Because our big money and our influence lie beyond our borders.
News / 17 September 2019
Both ENDS and the climate strike
On September 20 and 27 the global climate strike takes place. Both ENDS joins the Dutch Climate Strike on September 27 in The Hague. This is why.
Event / 12 September 2019, 08:00 - 10:00
UNCCD COP14: From global frameworks to local actions
At the UNCCD COP14 in India, which is taking place from 2-13 September 2019, Both ENDS is co-organising a number of side events.
Soy: trade in deforestation
The rising demand for soy is having negative consequences for people and the environment in South America. Both ENDS reminds Dutch actors in the soy industry of their responsibilities and is working with partners on fair and sustainable alternatives.


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Solaris STREAMS uses a facility known as perimeters for handling thread concurrency in STREAMS modules. Perimeters allow the module writer to select conditions that will result in exclusive access to a queue, a pair of queues, or all the queues in a module. This makes multithreading issues easier to work with in STREAMS.
Perimeters work somewhat like reader/writer locks, where there can be many readers, but only one writer. A synchronous access to the perimeter is similar to holding the writer lock, in that only one thread can be in the perimeter at a time. Synchronous entry will hold a perimeter exclusively until the thread eventually unwinds out of the perimeter (usually when it returns from a put/putnext or a qwriter call that initially invoked the synchronous behavior). While a thread has synchronous access to the perimeter, all other access (synchronous or asynchronous) will be deferred.
An asynchronous access is similar to the reader lock, where many threads can be in the perimeter at a time, including the possible recursive entry of a thread previously entering the perimeter. The asynchronous "claim" is not released until the thread winds out of the put/putnext. Because asynchronous access is similar to the reader lock, any synchronous access will be deferred or blocked until all asynchronous claims are released.
Hardening Information. The perimeter data is private to the STREAMS framework, and should not be modified by the module itself.
STREAMS enables the definition of two synchronous perimeters. One is an inner perimeter, and is used to define synchronous entry points on a queue or a queue pair (the read and write queue's for a specific module instance). It also identifies an outer perimeter, which is made up of all the inner perimeters for all the queues for a specific module.
There is also a special inner perimeter, PERMOD, that is similar to the outer perimeter, but does not have the overhead of the outer perimeter. PERMOD identifies a single synchronous entry point for all queues for this module. Because PERMOD is like a hybrid of an inner perimeter and outer perimeter, the PERMOD perimeter cannot have an outer perimeter.
For the most part, the module writer does not need to specify an inner perimeter, as the STREAMS framework automatically creates it for the module. What needs to be specified is the type of perimeter, and the concurrency of the perimeter.
Inner perimeters come in two types:
Enables synchronous entry to be different between the read queue and the write queue. Therefore, if a synchronous putnext is occurring on the read queue, a synchronous or asynchronous putnext can occur on the write queue (or other (a)synchronous access on the write queue).
Protects both the read queue and the write queue, so synchronous access to one queue will prevent synchronous or asynchronous access to the other queue.
Another perimeter, D_PERMOD is slightly different, and is discussed in PERMOD Perimeter.
An inner perimeter becomes exclusive (writer) whenever an inner synchronous entry point is encountered. By default all the entry points are considered to be synchronous until enabled as "shared" entry points. As previously stated, synchronous entry points remain exclusive until the thread returns to the caller of the synchronous entry point. If the synchronous function calls putnext, the perimeter remains exclusive across the putnext, up till the synchronous function can return to its caller, and subsequent entries into the perimeter will be deferred.
Inner perimeters can specify additional concurrency on the STREAMS entry points for open/close, put/putnext, service, and callbacks as shown in Table 12–4.
The module writer can also specify an outer perimeter. An outer perimeter is the linked list of all inner perimeters for all queues associated with the specified module. Entering the outer perimeter is equivalent to entering each of the inner perimeters. As this can also be an expensive operation, the outer perimeter is only entered synchronously, and upon successful completion of a qwriter(PERIM_OUTER) makes the outer perimeter exclusive. This also has the effect of making each of the inner perimeters exclusive.
Use of outer perimeters is reserved for module data that has an effect on all queue instances of the module, such as module state that might allow messages to pass between other instances of the module, information that allows a driver to configure shared hardware, or at open/close time when information is needed for all open instances for a module.
Outer perimeters, at this time, have only one concurrency modifier. This is D_MTOCEXCL, and instructs the framework to enter the outer perimeter on each open and close of queues for the module.
The PERMOD perimeter is a hybrid of the inner and outer perimeter. It is implemented primarily for modules that might have a large number of queue instances, and cannot afford the latency for entering the outer perimeter. Because it is a hybrid, PERMOD perimeters cannot have an outer perimeter, and modules that have D_MTPERMOD and D_MTOUTPERIM defined will fail at open. As PERMOD perimeters are implemented as inner perimeters, they share all the concurrency states as the inner perimeter, see Table 12–2.
All STREAMS modules and drivers in the Solaris operating environment must be D_MTSAFE, and must account for multithreading. Specifying an inner and/or outer perimeter will handle concurrency issues that the module writer may encounter while developing the module or driver. Experienced STREAMS programmers might decide that the perimeter should not have any synchronous entry points, and should run fully hot. To define a fully-hot perimeter, the module writer need only specify the D_MTSAFE flag without an inner perimeter type (D_MTPERQ, D_MTQPAIR, D_MTPERMOD) and without an outer perimeter (D_MTOUTPERIM).
Hardening Information. All STREAMS entry points run concurrently, and in a multiprocessor environment, there can be a put procedure running simultaneously with a service procedure or even a close procedure. So the writer must take precautions against kernel panics by making sure that other concurrent threads will not reference data the current thread is trying to change or remove.
To configure a module with perimeter types and concurrency types, use the f_flag field in fmodsw(9s) with D_MTSAFE or'd with the appropriate perimeter type flags. See Table 12–1.
The easiest method is to initially implement your module and configure it to be per-module single threaded, and increase the level of concurrency as needed. Sample Multithreaded Device Driver Using a Per Module Inner Perimeter provides a complete example of using a per-module perimeter, and Sample Multithreaded Module With Outer Perimeter provides a complete example with a higher level of concurrency.
To configure a driver with perimeter and concurrency types, put MT_SAFE and the appropriate perimeter flags in the cb_flag field of the cb_ops structure for the driver.
Table 12–1 summarizes examples of when to use an inner perimeter, or both an inner and outer perimeter for a STREAMS module.Table 12–1 Choosing a Perimeter Type
Module Description
Perimeter Type
A module where the put procedure reads as well as modifies module global data. Use a per-module inner perimeter on the single-threaded module.
A module where all the module private data associated with a queue (or a read/write pair of queues) can be configured to be single-threaded. Use an inner perimeter for each corresponding queue (or queue pair) .
A module where most of the module private data is associated with a queue (or a queue pair); but has some module global data that is mostly read. Use an inner perimeter for the queue (or queue pair) plus an outer perimeter for global data. Use qwriter to protect the sections where it modifies the module's global data (see qwriter).
inner and outer
A module that requires higher concurrency for certain message types while not requiring message ordering. Use an inner perimeter for shared access to the put procedures. Use an outer perimeter for put procedures that require exclusive access. Use qwriter when messages are handled in the put procedures that require exclusive access (see qwriter).
inner and outer
A hardware driver can use an appropriate set of inner and outer perimeters to restrict the concurrency in the open, close, put, and service procedures. With explicit synchronization primitives (mutex, condition variables, readers/writer, semaphore), these drivers restrict the concurrency when accessing the hardware registers in interrupt handlers. When designing such drivers, you need to be aware of the issues listed in MT SAFE Modules Using Explicit Locks.
inner and outer
Several flags specify the inner and outer perimeters (see Table 12–2 and Table 12–3). These flags fall into three categories:
Define the presence and scope of the inner perimeter
Define the presence of the outer perimeter (which can have only one scope)
Modify the default concurrency for the different entry points
You configure the inner perimeter by choosing one of the mutually exclusive flags shown in Table 12–2.Table 12–2 Inner Perimeter Flags
The module has an inner perimeter that encloses all the module's queues
The module has an inner perimeter around each read/write pair of queues
The module has an inner perimeter around each queue
The module has no inner perimeter
Configure the outer perimeter using the flag shown in Table 12–3.Table 12–3 Outer Perimeter Flag
In addition to an inner perimeter (or none), the module has an outer perimeter that encloses all the module's queues. This can be combined with all the inner perimeter options except D_MTPERMOD.
By default all synchronous entry points enter the inner perimeter exclusively and enter the outer perimeter shared. To modify this behavior use the flags shown in Table 12–4.Table 12–4 Modify Exclusive/Shared Access Flags
open/close entry points are synchronous.
put/putnext entry points are asynchronous
open/close entry points are asynchronous (experimental)
callbacks (via qtimeout, qbufcall) are asynchronous (experimental)
service procedures are asynchronous (experimental)
Hardening Information. Concurrency flags designated with a preceding underbar "_" are experimental, and their behavior might change in the future and should not be relied upon.


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Are we allowed to love in medicine?
No, really, are we allowed to love in medicine?
Love known from the womb,
Governing lives like the sun governs time,
Trickling from head to toe,
Running dry in clenched fists.
Love stands with us, yet apart from us.
You see, love isn't just a stranger in medicine. It's a stranger in our world. Look around.
Love is expected with family.
Love is accepted with friends.
Love is cautious among strangers.
But forgotten within ourselves.
We create closed, mutually exclusive circles of love.
Even when they intersect, they don't blend.
Love. The new four letter word.
Again I ask: Are we allowed to love in medicine?
Everyone asks,
Few ask in words,
Everyone searches,
Few know where to look.
As the birds navigate back for the winter, so too must we navigate home to replenish ourselves.
A home not far away,
Closer than words can convey,
The home of medicine,
Anoop Kumar, MD, MM is the author of Michelangelo's Medicine: How redefining the human body will transform health and healthcare. He is the creator of Meditation Starter Kit and a course on The Three Bodies. He is a practicing emergency physician in the Washington, DC metro area.


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Tinea pedis, commonly referred to as athlete's foot, is a contagious fungal infection that develops on the feet, typically starting between the toes. The condition often affects individuals who experience heavy sweating of the feet when wearing constrictive footwear.
In most cases, athlete's foot is caused by several types of fungi that are also responsible for jock itch and ringworm infections, explains WebMD. The fungi survive in enclosed moist environments and can be spread from person to person via floors, shoes and fabrics. In rare instances, athlete's foot infections can also be caused by yeast.
Symptoms of athlete's foot include peeling, cracked skin in between the toes and on the soles of the feet, itchy blisters on the feet, burning foot soles, and discolored toenails, explains Healthline. Individuals with athlete's foot may also experience burning or stinging sensations in the affected areas. In many cases, symptoms of athlete's foot can be relieved with over-the-counter anti-fungal topical creams. If the creams fail to work, oral anti-fungal medications may be prescribed. Preventative measures to minimize the chance of recurrence include daily washing of the feet and toes with soap and water, applying anti-fungal powder to the feet, and wearing breathable socks. Wearing sandals in wet, shared environments such as public showers and swimming pools is also advised.


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Prosecutors: Kingsmen members were 'vicious'
PROSECUTORS: Kingsmen trio tried to steer motorcycle club in bad direction.
Prosecutors described the trio of defendants as members of a larger network who took steps to turn a local motorcycle club into a "vicious gang" bent on "terrorizing" the Western New York area.
On Friday, they celebrated a victory in court against three members of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club who were found guilty by a federal court jury in Buffalo following a four-month trial.
"(Friday)'s verdict demonstrates that the rule of law, as enforced by the dedicated men and women of this office together with our partners in federal, state, and local law enforcement, is more powerful than even the murderous leaders of an outlaw biker gang," said James P. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the Western District whose office helped prosecute the case.
David Pirk, 67, a Lockport native who was the national president of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club, and Andre Jenkins, a 39-year-old club member also known as "Little Bear," were convicted on a host of charges, including RICO conspiracy, possession of firearms in furtherance of crime of violence, murder in aid of racketeering, possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, using and maintaining premises for drug dealing and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Jenkins was also convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
In addition, 58-year-old Timothy Enix, known in the motorcycle gang's circle as "Blaze," who was the club's Florida and Tennessee regional president, was convicted of RICO conspiracy, possession of firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence, using and maintaining premises for drug dealing and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
At the center of the prosecution's case was the Sept. 6, 2014 murders of Kingsmen motorcycle club members Paul Maue and Daniel "DJ" Szymanski who were shot behind the North Tonawanda KMC Chapter clubhouse.
Pirk was convicted of orchestrating the execution-style killing of Maue and Szymanski.
Jenkins was previously found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole for carrying out the murders.
"The ringleaders of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club have been exposed as the murderous, drug-dealing, gun-toting, misogynistic thugs that they are, and all of those responsible for the senseless murders of Paul Maue and Daniel 'DJ' Szymanski have been finally brought to justice," Kennedy said following the announcement about the jury's decision on Friday.
Pirk, Jenkins and Enix, along with 17 other regional officers and members of the motorcycle club were hit with a pair of grand jury indictments that charged them with numerous crimes.
In court documents and evidence presented at trial, prosecutors maintained that, beginning in 2013, certain motorcycle gang members, including Pirk, wanted to establish the Kingsmen as a "1 percent" club.
The 1 percent refers to a previous statement by a representative of the American Motorcycle Association that 99 percent of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens with the remaining 1 percent engaged in certain activities such as drug and firearm trafficking, and acts of violence. The defendants, and others, participated in, directly and indirectly, acts of murder, assault, robbery, kidnapping, drug trafficking, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering, prosecutors argued during trial.
In addition to the murders in North Tonawanda, prosecutors outlined other acts of violence committed by Kingsmen members, including:
• On June 7, 2013, the Kingsmen forcibly shut down the Springville Chapter and strip members of their colors because they were non-compliant members. Brandishing firearms, KMC members struck a victim in the head with a blunt object and stole items from the Springville clubhouse. They then used bleach to clean areas where the victim bled and cut and removed portions of the rug, which contained blood and
• On Sept. 12, 2009, a female victim was punched repeatedly in the face by a KMC member and then held against her will for three days to conceal her facial injuries from police.
"The defendants and their associates transformed the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club into a vicious gang that terrorized the Buffalo area, engaging in senseless murders, brutal violence, robberies, and drug trafficking," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Cronan. "But after today's verdict, the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club's reign of terror is coming to an end. The U.S. Department of Justice and our partners will aggressively pursue violent gangs wherever they are found and bring them to justice."
Sentencing is set for Sept. 25 before U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, who presided over the trial of the case.
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Reverse mortgages have become a popular financial asset for seniors aged 62 or older. Especially as more and more Americans are living longer and outlasting their liquid assets. Here's some more information on how reverse mortgages are a great option for seniors.
How Reverse Mortgages Are A Great Option for Seniors
A reverse mortgage – or a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage— provides a reliable stream of monthly revenue which can be attractive for seniors who need additional income. A reverse mortgage can relieve the strain of tight finances and fixed incomes while improving the quality of life for many seniors and creating peace of mind for family members.
But, you should carefully analyze this complicated financial tool to fully understand it. Reverse mortgages can help seniors keep their financial independence and standard of living. But they can also be an expensive way to borrow money.
Reverse mortgage solutions run on the idea of negative amortization. This means that interest and principal accumulate indefinitely until the loan is retired. So, unless the value of a home grows over time, borrowers can have little equity remaining after as little as ten years. That's the trade-off with reverse mortgages. Yes, it's designed to preserve or even enhance the quality of life for seniors for all of their remaining years. But in the end, two things will happen. The first is that the borrower will either no longer have their home as an asset. Or, heirs will be required to pay off the reverse mortgage balance to retain the home.
But if used properly, reverse mortgages can lessen the chance that seniors will run out of money. With a reverse mortgage, seniors can choose from a number of different payment options. Options include a lump sum payment, lines of credit or monthly payment options. With lump sum payments, the consumer gets one large payment to apply or use as they wish. A line of credit can provide consumers with more security than a lump sum payment because they are able to make withdrawals as needed. With the monthly payment option, the consumer can make a payment to themselves each month.
American retirees and senior citizens are often turning to reverse mortgages because it will let them live in their own home as long as they like without having to continue to make a mortgage payment. Understanding how a reverse mortgage works is important. This way, you'll know of the risks associated with negative amortization. Meanwhile, the equity in their home becomes a source of monthly income; except it is not treated as income by the IRS, an added benefit. For example, let's say market conditions caused a a home's value to suddenly drop. The drop would result in a reduced available equity for monthly income.
The best way to protect against potential problems during the reverse mortgage process is to enroll in a qualified, HUD-approved reverse mortgage counseling program. While required by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), counseling is in all cases the best consumer defense against financial fraud and abuse against seniors.
Reverse mortgages are a great option for seniors, but the first step is important. By taking part in a reverse mortgage counseling session, seniors can learn about the benefits and consequences to a borrower's estate, and then measure that against the benefits of steady income and peace of mind during retirement.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has a database of approved reverse mortgage counselors. These counselors must meet certain criteria and follow certain protocols in their counseling programs.
Reverse mortgages can give a significant financial boost for seniors if used in the right situation. Education and mortgage counseling programs are great tools that help seniors get the knowledge and peace of mind they need. This way, they can decide if a reverse mortgage is the best financial option for them and their families.
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Learn to embrace your desires to accomplish your highest goals and achieve fulfillment
Desires not only are crucial for the survival of the human race, but positive desires also make our life more fun and fulfilling.
Desires are the fuel of our lives
What is it that gets us up in the morning? Did you notice that when something exciting awaited you the next day, you got out of bed much more easily and energized? That's the power of desire. Our lives wouldn't be the same without desires. Desire keeps our flame burning.
You were likely motivated to perform whatever creative actions necessary to get the attention of your high school crush. Creativity and courage are only some of the aspects triggered by desire, apart from the basic desire for food, love, sex and achievement.
Desires can tell a lot about a person
A list of a person's highest desires would tell a lot about that person. Our desires reflect our realities and reveal our greatest dreams for the future. Many high achievers have had a burning desire for something from a young age. Arnold Schwarzenegger for example, was decided to become Mr. Olypmia since he was a little boy growing up in Austria. In fact, he accomplished all his major desires, becoming Mr. Olympia, becoming one of the best-paid action movie stars, and a politician.
But what did he do differently than most people who face similar desires? He didn't let fear get in his way. We have to tackle and overcome our fears and remain faithful that the achievement of our desires is possible.
Feelings air difficult decisions
We are often told that we shouldn't make decisions based on feelings but reason and facts. Facts, after all, are objectively true not subjective to a particular person like feelings.
But our feelings are crucial in our lives, they are the most powerful driving force, so it is better not to ignore and suppress them but instead, aligning with them.
Imagine you were stuck in a boring job. You feel dread about your work, and you just move through the daily routine because you are well paid and because, well, you get a good pay. In this case, rational thinking based on facts (a good salary) would probably be worse than a decision based on your feelings.
If you'd follow your feelings you would search something more fulfilling, probably getting an even higher income in the long term.
Embrace the unexpected and ignore criticism
Many of our desires are actually not ours, but we adopted them from society. The typical things society tells us that we want are getting a degree, getting a good stable job, getting married, and doing all that at a certain age. Sounds boring and unfulfilling? Then those are probably not your true desires.
How can we find our real desires? By discerning if you want something simply to prove yourself to your family or peers, or if it is really something which you want. You have to become more aware. Knowing your true desires will help you pursue things that really matter to you.
Once you decided to follow your real desires, keep open eyes and an open mind to chance encounters. Even if at first a random event might not be what you want, they can either lead to further events, or they can help you discover what you want more specifically. The latter is especially important if you don't really know what it is you want. In that case, you should try out as many different things as you can. Our desires manifest in different ways and often not the way we expect them to.
Value every moment when objects of desire fall into your life, even if they aren't exactly what you are looking for, they will provide you with more experiences and perhaps lead you closer to your true goals.
Set goals in accordance to your desires
Another way by which you will know if a desire was yours is if you achieved your goal but still feel empty. Drop those types of goals. Goals can make us feel nervous and daunted, but they should always make us feel excited and happy too.
When goals are inspiring, you will have a better time chasing them. And once you achieve them, you will feel exhilarated. That doesn't mean you won't be hungry for more. Wanting more is natural, it is our basic drive. It is likely that the achievement of your goal will spark your creativity and courage, you will feel capable of pursuing much bigger goals.
You should also help other people pursue their goals on your way, that will make you even more fulfilled. As the saying goes:
When you get to the top, it's your job to send the elevator back down.
Don't feel discouraged if you don't feel capable of achieving your goals at this moment
Often when you set goals, especially if they are ambitious or fantastic, a voice in your head will tell you that those aspirations are ridiculous. You must ignore that voice and focus on reasons why you can achieve your goals.
Make peace with your goals. If they make you feel you good and you know it is what you want, don't criticize yourself for having them. You should also never make fun of the goals of other people.
Sometimes your goals will be at odds with each other, in those cases, you will have to make a decision. That doesn't mean that you lose one goal, you might discover new goals in the process which are even more fulfilling for you.
Compromises can be blessings in disguise.
Limitation can help you grow
You will always encounter problems on your way to your goals. Don't see them as setbacks but as challenges from which you can learn from. Every issue can be a blessing if you become a better and stronger person in the process. Even more serious limitations don't mean you have to give up on your dreams. Simply admit your limitations and learn to work with them instead of feeling regret.
Desire is the engine used which keeps us constantly growing and become everything we can become. Instead of trying to ignore your desires due to fear of disappointment, embrace them and use them as an inspiration.
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Major Initiative Accomplished to Increase Shellfish Production in NJ
(12/P109) TRENTON - New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials today visited an oyster production area in the Delaware Bay, made possible by a joint effort by the Departments of Agriculture and Environmental Protection.
The oyster production by private businesses is taking place in what's called Aquaculture Development Zone – 4. Aquaculture Development Zones (ADZ) were a key recommendation in the Aquaculture Development Plan Update, Opportunities and Potential for Aquaculture in New Jersey, released by the Department of Agriculture and the state Aquaculture Advisory Council last December.
"An increase in aquaculture production will mean more jobs and more revenue for the state," said Secretary Fisher. "What is being produced in Aquaculture Development Zones from our coastal waters can be marketed as a local product with the Jersey Seafood logo, much like Jersey Fresh for our farmers' produce. By identifying these products in the marketplace, they can meet the demand by consumers for local products."
The four Aquaculture Development Zones were established six years ago but have not been in use until now, due to uncertainty over permitting. Through the commitment of the Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Shellfisheries and the New Jersey Shellfisheries Council, much of the regulatory uncertainty has now been removed because many of the permits for aquaculture production that would otherwise be the responsibility of the applicant are already held by the Bureau.
"The DEP has been working hand-in-hand with the Department of Agriculture to apply common sense strategies to improve the Delaware Bay oyster industry, which generates some $20 million for the bay region's economy," DEP Commissioner Bob Martin said. "Advancing the economic viability of these Aquaculture Development Zones will help protect this industry, enhance ecological protection of the Delaware Bay, and is a win for all of New Jersey."
Oyster bars are making a resurgence in the American culinary scene. ADZ-4, along the Cape Shore, expands the oyster production techniques that produce gourmet oysters for the half-shell raw bar market. Twelve individuals have secured leases and are currently in production in ADZ-4.
ADZ-4 alone could double New Jersey's current aquaculture production value of $6.6 million over the next two years.
Rutgers University Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory's Aquaculture Innovation Center in Cape May is producing seed that will be able to accommodate the seed requirements for oyster growers in the development zones.
There are approximately 107 10-acre lots available on a first-come, first-served basis with the Bureau of Shellfisheries. ADZ-2 and ADZ-3 are located offshore in the lower Delaware Bay. These sites are prime locations for both shellfish and macroalgae cultivation.
The Department of Agriculture is working with Rutgers and Stockton College to evaluate the potential to produce commercially valuable macroalgaes or seaweeds at these offshore sites. Macroalgaes are the second largest aquaculture sector in the world. They have a variety of uses, including industrial, pharmaceutical and food production.
Those interested in learning more about these aquaculture opportunities may call NJDA Aquaculture Specialist Joseph Myers at 609-984-2502 or e-mail him at email@example.com.
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You may think you're doing nothing at night, but to your brain, sleep means finally having some spare time to take stock of the day's events. Freed from the distractions of recording new experiences, a deeply sleeping brain can organize and strengthen memories, especially emotional ones.
For Katherina Hauner, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago who studies fear, that makes sleep a fascinating frontier. Hauner's latest research, just published in Nature Neuroscience, explores the connections between fear, memory, and sleep.
Walk me through your study in layman's terms.
The subjects were all healthy adults. While awake, they looked at pictures of faces with neutral expressions and learned to associate these with a mild electric shock, so that eventually these face pictures elicited a fear response in the brain. This is called fear conditioning. …
Just to clarify, these were not painful shocks! They were simply startling, like you might get from opening a car door.
And we included an additional stimulus during this fear conditioning: smell. Each face was associated with a neutral smell, like mint or lemon, so both the faces and the smells became associated with the fear response.
Then, when subjects were asleep, we exposed them continuously to one of the smells again–one smell per person, chosen at random. The idea was to initiate the process of fear extinction. …
When a feared stimulus is presented again and again until the fear response decreases. It's the principle behind exposure therapy. Obviously it's much easier if that feared stimulus isn't actually threatening. My most recent research, before this, was about how the brain changes after a patient has been successfully treated for a spider phobia using exposure therapy.
How does exposure therapy work? People just look at a lot of spiders and get over their fear?
It's basically just slowly, slowly approaching the thing you're afraid of, with a therapist who's demonstrating each step before you do it. In the case of spiders, you learn to slowly move them around, and you learn that they're predictable, controllable, and not out to get you. Unfortunately, I think most people are unaware that their lifelong phobias can be treated so effectively. And it's quick! In that experiment, people with a lifelong terror of spiders were holding a tarantula in their hand within two hours. We saw immediate changes in the brain. And six months later, they still weren't afraid. …
When the subjects awoke, we showed them all of the face pictures again, and measured their fear response from the amount of sweat on their skin. When they saw the target–the one face associated with the smell that they had experienced during sleep–their fear response was less than it had been before sleep. I should note that it was only a small decrease, though. If we'd asked people whether they felt less afraid, I don't know if they would have said they noticed a difference.
We also used MRIs to look at changes in the brain. After the sleep manipulation, we noticed that when subjects viewed the target, there were decreased responses in the hippocampus, an area of the brain that deals with processing memories. There were also changes in patterns of activity in the amygdala, which is associated with fear. …
Experiments like this remind me of the movie Inception. Should we fear scientists manipulating people's memories in their sleep?
I think the word "manipulate" has negative connotations involving deception, and that really couldn't be further from what any researcher is interested in doing. The term "manipulation of memory" can be thought of as a purposeful change in memory, which can be good or even necessary. So maybe "enhance" is a better word.
It can apply to physical learning, too, not just emotional memories. Part of my paradigm was inspired by other research going on at Northwestern that used similar procedures to enhance memories during sleep, to help people remember how to play a sequence of notes on a piano.
Does it matter what stage of sleep people are in?
Yes, most memory consolidation seems to occur specifically during slow-wave sleep, otherwise known as deep sleep.
So, reversing the idea, does this mean that lack of deep sleep makes it harder to remember things?
Yes, if people are woken up during slow-wave sleep, their memory for something recently learned turns out to be not as good. Older people tend to have less slow-wave sleep, so there's research being done to see if enhancing slow-wave sleep can improve memory. …
This might be a great tool to change your own fears, especially irrational ones.


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Massachusetts-Based Fish Company
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N E W SGloucester, Mass. – Federal fisheries authorities are seeking $10,000 and a 30-day suspension of rights to deal in any federally-regulated fish species from AmerAsia trade Corp., a fish company based in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The company is alleged to have illegally possessed several hundred live, undersized cod and haddock at Bar Harbor, Maine last July. Not only were the fish undersized, according to investigators, but Bar Harbor is not a legal port of entry for live fish.
Fisheries enforcement agents from NOAA Fisheries and the Maine Marine Patrol seized a truck containing the fish coming off a ferry arriving in Bar Harbor from Canada late on the evening of July 30, 1999. The truck was owned by AmerAsia Trade Corp. and allegedly contained 377 undersized live cod and 1 undersized live haddock. The minimum legal size is 19 inches. All the undersized fish were measured, then returned to the ocean.
Violations of the size limit are civil charges and the penalties are proposed by NOAA Fisheries attorneys under the federal rules governing northeastern groundfish harvest and possession. The violations are civil, not criminal matters, and are heard before an administrative law judge whose decisions can be appealed to the NOAA administrator and through the federal court system.
Any charges related to entering through a port not designated for live fish are under consideration by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service authorities.