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Shadows Over Innistrad
Innistrad, land of eternal night, a small kingdom nestled snugly in the mountains of Nordheim, a land of constant winter. Here in Innistrad the people thrive, farmers mostly, raise livestock, a few hearty vegetables and fruits that can grow in the climate.
Unfortunately all is not peaceful and pleasant in Innistrad. There are creatures in the night; werewolves stalk the winter forests, undead plague the outskirts of the city and occasionally make encroachments inside the walls. Vampires rule the night and witches with their evil magicks have the townsfolk afraid to go too deep into the forests during what passes for day in these parts.
It is these horrors and more that the people of Innistrad seek shelter from, seek saving, seek heroes who can and will help. Riders were sent far and wide to all the major countries seeking those versed in supernatural knowledge or skilled warriors who know how to fight such evils, they even seek help from Nordheim and from within Innistrad itself.


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An astrophysicist explains why scientists are eager to learn more about the elusive, "pathologically shy" neutrino.
"[N]eutrinos are the most abundant matter particles in the universe," writes Jayawardhana (Observational Astrophysics/Univ. of Toronto; Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System, 2011, etc.). "[A]bout a hundred-trillion neutrinos produced in the nuclear furnace at the Sun's core pass through your body every second…yet they do no harm and leave no trace." The author traces their discovery to the dawn of the quantum age, when the release of radioactive materials appeared to challenge conservation of energy. In 1930, physicist Wolfgang Pauli suggested the existence of a putative, still-undetected particle (the neutrino) as a way to balance the energy equation. At that time, only three elementary particles (the proton, the electron and the photon) were known. With the discovery of the neutron, the role of the neutrino in transformations between neutrons and protons became clearer. Jayawardhana explains that despite the fact that fission and fusion release "staggering bursts of these particles," their experimental verification only became possible as an outgrowth of the effort to produce an atomic bomb in the days leading up to World War I. "Since then," he writes, "we have realized that the shy neutrinos hold the key to unraveling a great many cosmic mysteries." Further experiments led to new anomalies and the recognition that the ghostly neutrino was not, as first thought, without mass. Today, we may now be on the verge of "solving the great mystery of how matter came to dominate the universe."
Jayawardhana includes a fascinating account of the disputes between the theorists and experimentalists in this epic scientific adventure story with—as of yet—no last chapter.

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Bacterial meningitis is a life – threatening condition requiring rapid evaluation and therapy. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis are the primary pathogens. In neonates, Group B beta – hemolytic streptococcus and Escherichia coli are also important pathogens. Listeria monocytogenes is a rare potential cause in all age groups.
Direct Examination
Examine the fluid for colour, xanthochromia, turbidity and the presence of visible blood or clots. Record the observations and volume.
If Cryptococcus, India ink preparation or Fungal culture is requested perform a cryptococcal antigen test on the supernatant or from the original specimen.
Centrifuge the remaining specimen at 3000 rpm x 10 minutes.
Transfer the supernatant to a sterile tube which can be used for biochemical, viral, molecular, Cryptococcal antigen or serological tests if required. Label clearly remaining supernatant and refrigerate.
Use the sediment to prepare Gram stain and to inoculate the culture media listed below. Label clearly any remaining sediment and refrigerate.
See Gram stain preparation See Gram stain procedure
|Blood Agar (BA)
|CO2, 35°C x 48 hours
|Chocolate Agar (CHOC)
|CO2, 35°C x 48 hours
|Wilkins Chalgren Agar (WC)
|AnO2, 35°C x 48 hours
|Thioglycolate broth (THIO)
|O2, 35°C x 48 hours (If shunt 7days)
If fungus or Crytococcus requested add:
|Sabouraud's Heart Infusion Agar (SABHI)
|O2, 30°C x 4 weeks
If more than one test is ordered, call the ordering physician and request prioritization.
For routine C&S, prepare a Gram smear using a drop of CSF and then directly inoculate the culture media listed above.
Gram stain
Report the presence or absence of organisms and WBCs. Do not quantitate.
Negative "No growth".
Positive Report all isolates with appropriate sensitivities. Do not quantitate except if it is from the fluid medium only – add Comment "From broth culture only, indicative of small numbers and/or contamination."
Report all positive stain, latex or culture results ASAP by telephone to the ward/ordering physician.
H.D. Izenberg. 2003. Blood Cultures-General Detection and Interpretation, p.126.96.36.199-184.108.40.206 In Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, 2nd ed. Vol.1 ASM Press, Washington, D.C.
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You can plan and plan, and life often doesn't fall into place the way you want it to. This last weekend, is an example. Faith's birthday was Saturday. This was the first year we decided to "celebrate" it. Rori wanted to make her cupcakes--Oreo cupcakes! She was very excited and asked, "who are we going to celebrate with?" Well, it just so happened that we had planned on going to my parent's house on Saturday and my sister and her family were coming too. So we made cupcakes, I made cookies--just to make sure there would be enough dessert. It was working out well that we were all going to be there on Saturday because my mom was having her gallbladder out on Monday. I think my mom was looking forward to the distraction.
The kids decorated the cupcakes--I even swirled the frosting on to make them prettier. Then my mom called and Jenna and her family wouldn't be coming. Jenna had a stressful week and was exhausted. I was bummed because we were looking forward to seeing the kids too.
After we made the cupcakes, the kids were all upstairs watching television in my bedroom. I came downstairs to start working on Faith's blog post. I heard coughing. And then a shout. More coughing while I was running up the stairs. Rori had vomited all over our bed, my pillows, and carpet. I called Bill's mom to come over to help me take care of the other two kids while I stripped the sheets and got Rori cleaned up. A few hours later, Liam started throwing up. Every half hour until the wee hours of the morning, the kids were vomiting. We were officially in the vomitorium. I called my mom and broke the news to her that we wouldn't be coming the next day either. I would be going to the store for new pillows!
We were all really disappointed, and the kids still felt a little off on Saturday, so while we sang "Happy Birthday" to Faith, we didn't partake in cupcakes (really, who wants the cupcakes made by children who proceded to toss their cookies within an hour of frosting them). Rori was very disappointed and still really wants to celebrate and make new cupcakes. So, we will do that in two weeks. Alas, it was not what we had planned, but life so rarely is. Just ask Brendan ;-)
I would appreciate prayers for my mom's recovery--she has a tougher recovery than normal because of her diabetes as well as the fact that her gallbladder was pretty inflamed. She's feeling pretty miserable and would appreciate prayers for a speedy healing!


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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Sam Houston State Bearkats took both games in the doubleheader against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday to clinch the three-game series at Chapman Softball Field.
Lindsey McLeod (11-9) carried the load with a nine-strikeout complete game in the opener, only allowing three hits to propel the Kats to a 6-1 victory. Annie Bailey would follow that up with a 5.2 innings pitched, only allowing just one run on six hits and one walk with McLeod coming back in the sixth to secure the win.
Bailey White had four combined hits and three RBI for to lead the Bearkat offense. Codi Carpenter and Megan Crosby added three hits apiece with Carpenter adding two RBI in the opener.
The Bearkats will close out the series with the Islanders on Saturday afternoon with first pitch set for noon from Chapman Softball Field.
GAME 1 – Box Score
Sam Houston 6, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi 1
McLeod turned in a beauty of an afternoon in the series opener, punching out nine hitters with only walking a batter as the Bearkats took Game 1, 6-1.
Sam Houston jumped put to an early 4-0 lead in the top of the second inning behind the bat of Carpenter who shot a two-run single. That came after Karlee Canada reached on a fielder's choice scoring Megan Crosby from third before a wild pitch would tack on one more run.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christ tried to respond as they earned a run from a RBI double up the middle by Destiney Diaz with an interference being called on the play scoring Keagen Helson making the score 4-1.
The Bearkats added two more runs through the fifth and sixth inning after Kayte Martinez scored from third on a wild push the lead to 5-1 in the fifth. White tacked another run on using a deep sacrifice fly into left field to bring in Megan McDonald.
GAME 2 – Box Score
Sam Houston 3, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1
Sam Houston clinched the three-games series against AMCC behind Bailey White, who had a two-RBI game to win 3-1 in the day's finale.
Bearkat starting pitcher Annie Bailey (4-3) pitched 5.2 innings, only allowing one run on six hits and walking one batter before handing the ball off to McLeod for her second appearance of the day. She earned first save striking by retiring four of the five Islanders she faced.
Sam Houston struck first in the top of the third inning where Carpenter blasted a RBI triple into deep right field to score Canada, and White brought Carpenter home with a RBI single through the left side three batters later to jump the lead up to 2-0.
The Kats would add another run again behind the bat of White who used her power to fire a RBI double deep into center field, bringing Tiffany Thompson home from second to give Sam Houston a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning.
AMCC responded in the bottom of the sixth thanks to a Destiney Diaz double and Kaylon Johnson RBI single that went through the left side to give the Islanders their first run. McLeod would take Bailey's place in the circle and would force a ground out to end the inning.
Three up and three down for the Beakats in the top of the seventh gave the Islanders one last chance, but with the first two batters grounding out it was slim. Kaylee Hoppens singled up the middle with two outs allowing the tying run at the plate versus McLeod who struck out her first batter of the game securing the series win.


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Word Study
Noun, Verb (transitive)
scythe, n. [OE. sithe, AS. sī&edh;e, sig&edh;e; akin to Icel. sig&edh;r a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.].
- An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use. [1913 Webster]"The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass." [1913 Webster]"Whatever thing
The scythe of Time mows down." [1913 Webster]
- A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. [1913 Webster]
scythe, v. t.
To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [1913 Webster]
"Time had not scythed all that youth begun." [1913 Webster]
scythe, n. & v.
--n. a mowing and reaping implement with a long curved blade swung over the ground by a long pole with two short handles projecting from it.
--v.tr. cut with a scythe.
--n. a mowing and reaping implement with a long curved blade swung over the ground by a long pole with two short handles projecting from it.
--v.tr. cut with a scythe.
OE sithe f. Gmc
TimeN time, duration, period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season, the whole time, the whole period, space-time, course, snap, intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency, intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude, respite, era, epoch, time of life, age, year, date, decade, moment, glass of time, sands of time, march of time, Father Time, ravages of time, arrow of time, river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time, scythe, continuing, on foot, permanent, while, whilst, during, pending, during the time, during the interval, in the course of, at that point, at that point in time, for the time being, day by day, in the time of, when, meantime, meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim, ad interim, pendente lite, de die in diem, from day to day, from hour to hour, hourly, always, for a time, for a season, till, until, up to, yet, as far as, by that time, so far, hereunto, heretofore, prior to this, up to this point, the whole time, all the time, all along, throughout, for good, hereupon, thereupon, whereupon, then, anno Domini, A, D, ante Christum, A, C, before Christ, B, C, anno urbis conditae, A, U, C, anno regni, A, R, once upon a time, one fine morning, one fine day, one day, once, time flies, tempus fugit, time runs out, time runs against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, time and tide wait for no man, ad calendas Groecas, panting Time toileth after him in vain, 'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion, rich with the spoils of time, tempus edax rerum, the long hours come and go, the time is out of joint, Time rolls his ceaseless course, Time the foe of man's dominion, time wasted is existence, used is life, truditur dies die, volat hora per orbem, carpe diem.
AngularityN angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.
SharpnessN sharpness, acuity, acumination, spinosity, point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum, needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin, prick, prickle, spur, rowel, barb, spit, cusp, horn, antler, snag, tag thorn, bristle, Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca, nib, tooth, tusk, spoke, cog, ratchet, crag, crest, arete, cone peak, sugar loaf, pike, aiguille, spire, pyramid, steeple, beard, chevaux de frise, porcupine, hedgehog, brier, bramble, thistle, comb, awn, beggar's lice, bur, burr, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, goose, grass, hairif, hariff, flax comb, hackle, hatchel, heckle, wedge, knife edge, cutting edge, blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor, scalpel, bistoury, lancet, plowshare, coulter, colter, hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill, billhook, cleaver, cutter, scythe, sickle, scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter, sword, bodkin, belduque, bowie knife, paring knife, bushwhacker, drawing knife, drawing shave, microtome, chisel, screwdriver blade, flint blade, guillotine, sharpener, hone, strop, grindstone, whetstone, novaculite, steel, emery, sharp, keen, acute, acicular, aciform, aculeated, acuminated, pointed, tapering, conical, pyramidal, mucronate, mucronated, spindle shaped, needle shaped, spiked, spiky, ensiform, peaked, salient, cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated, cornute, cornuted, cornicultate, prickly, spiny, spinous, spicular, thorny, bristling, muricated, pectinated, studded, thistly, briary, craggy, snaggy, digitated, two-edged, fusiform, dentiform, denticulated, toothed, odontoid, starlike, stellated, stelliform, sagittate, sagittiform, arrowheaded, arrowy, barbed, spurred, acinaciform, apiculate, apiculated, aristate, awned, awny, bearded, calamiform, cone-shaped, coniform, crestate, echinate, gladiate, lanceolate, lanciform, awl, awl-shaped, lance-shaped, awl- shaped, scimitar-shaped, sword-shaped, setarious, spinuliferous, subulate, tetrahedral, xiphoid, cutting, sharp edged, knife edged, sharp as a razor, keen as a razor, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, sharpened, set.
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Now you're playing with power. Nintendo Power.
Yes, that's right. I'm Mario. Shigeru Miyamoto created me in a Japanese mushroom garden back in the 1980s, and I've been power jumping from turtle shell to turtle shell on the other side of a cathode-ray-tube every since. My princess is always in another castle, and I'll never be done saving her.
Absent is Luigi, because he's a dick.
And now for something else.
Since this self portrait exercise seems to be firmly locked in as a weekly habit at this point, I might take the opportunity to use it as a sort of check-in with what's going on in my life; particular to nothing really, except the time that's passed since the last.
Media of the Week:
This concert has really been stuck in my head all week.
I'd seen Camera Obscura perform their new album Desire Lines live a couple of years ago at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. The new material stuck out in my mind then, though I didn't pick up the album until much later. I did however get a cool shirt.
A few nights ago I was in my theatre chasing myself down some musical rabbit holes, when I happened upon Camera Obscura's 4AD session – recorded right around the time I saw them.
The full set list is not only beautifully lit, shot, and edited, but the musical performances surpass their studio counterparts. I was so into it I ended up watching the whole thing a couple of times over.
The two that really stand out to me are "Fifth in Line to the Throne" and "Every Weekday" – both swapping places as the record playing constantly on the turntable in the back of my head.
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-- Several of the top FCW talents will be getting looks on the road over the next few weeks. At this time, no names are confirmed.
-- Juggalo Championship Wrestling will be making their debut at the former ECW Arena on December 30th. Former WWF Tag Team champions The Headbangers will make their debut for the promotion that weekend.
-- This Saturday in Essington, PA at the K&S Wrestlefest, WWE Hall of Famers Roddy Piper and Bob Orton will reunite on the set of Piper's Pit. Also appearing will be Sgt. Slaughter, Arn Anderson, The Strongbows, The Nasty Boys, Gail Kim, Zach Gowen, Rip Rogers and more.
-- Tommy Dreamer and CW Anderson will be having a rematch of their 2001 I Quit match on December 10th for Crystal Coast Wrestling in North Carolina.


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Unfortunately PETA ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) harass the horse drawn carriage industry on a regular basis. Especially in large cities like New York where they go so far as to harass the drivers at the carriage stands.
Now to understand this one needs to keep in mind their true agenda. You see they do not want people to eat meat, use leather, or own animals at all. They also have a dream of seeing the day when your pet could be represented by one of their lawyer's and sue you the owner for violating the animals "rights" which are determined of course by them.
Now one of the things the anti-carriage horse clan loves to spout off about is the "sad" eyes on the carriage horses, and the use of blinders which are a useful and traditional piece of harness that has been around for many centuries. Along with a whole host of other uneducated, unfounded, and sensationally untrue claims in an effort to dupe the general public into supporting their causes.
At any rate I posted this very close up picture of my horse Duke's eye at the last wedding we were at just this last Friday evening. I don't know about you, but what I see showing in my horses eye is brightness, intelligence, and positively twinkling with life (blinders and all!) Which by the way don't "blind" anything, but direct his nearly 360 degree vision forward. This helps keep a driving horse from being distracted from the side and helps keep his field of vision forward more like ours. Notice I said "helps". If he wants to see something at his side he simply has to turn his head.
Anyway...tell me what you see. I am welcome to comments. Like they say, "Opinions... everybody has one". So...what say you?


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Sex-offending celebrities could see their public image used against them when being punished as part of an overhaul of sentencing guidance for judges.
New guidelines drawn up by the Sentencing Council said previous "good character" may now be considered as an aggravating factor when it has been used to commit a sexual offence.
Covering more than 50 offences including rape, child sex offences and trafficking, the official guidance places more emphasis on the long-term and psychological impact on victims than the previous 2004 guidelines it replaces next year.
The new guidelines also bring in higher starting points for sentences for some offences, such as rape, which the new guideline now allowing a starting point of 15 years for top category sentences.
This means the likes of disgraced It's A Knockout presenter Stuart Hall, who used his fame to commit crimes against women and children, would receive severer sentences.
Chief Constable David Whatton, national policing lead for violence and public protection said: "Across the justice system, changes have been made to ensure the alleged offenders' behaviour and the context and circumstances of the incident are scrutinised, rather than the credibility of the victim."
Other significant changes include the removal of "ostensible consent" from the guidance, that is, the idea that a child over 13 can agree to sex, while greater emphasis will be placed on grooming by individuals and gangs.
Sentencing Council chairman Lord Justice Treacy said: "This guideline will make real changes to the way offenders are sentenced for these very serious, sensitive and complex offences.
"It will help judges and magistrates sentence in a way which protects our communities from this kind of offending and the suffering it causes.
Lord Justice Treacy said the new approach would bring about sentences reflected what the victim had been through and take in a full profile of what the offender had done, such as grooming victims or abusing trust.
The new guidance also takes into account the increased use of technology in sex offending since the previous guidelines were issued.
In many of the offences, a new aggravating factor is "recording the crime", as filming and photographing victims has become more common.
Due to the growth in online offending, the Council has included offending committed remotely, such as via a webcam, when dealing with offences like sexual activity with a child.
Judges will also have to take into account aspects such as offenders lying about their age, grooming via social media or asking children to share indecent photos of themselves.
The guidelines, which will come into effect next April, are the largest most complex produced by the council and were drawn up after a consultation with victims groups, judges, magistrates, lawyers, the police, NGOs, the Government, academics, medical practitioners and the wider public.
While the Sentencing Council can recommend a starting point, offenders can still only receive the maximum sentence available at the time the offence was committed.


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Thanks to Sarah Minty, Commissioning Editor for SEN at RS Assessment from Hodder Education, for the following article.
Following a government consultation on the Rochford Review, the pre-key stage standards, which have been in place for 2017/2018, are now final, after a review by teachers and other educational experts.
From summer 2019, teachers must use these pre-key stage standards to make statutory assessment judgements at the end of KS1 and KS2, for any pupils who are working below the national curriculum teacher assessment frameworks and above P scale 4. Continue reading →


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Teenagers naturally build muscle at a rapid pace. Hormones produced during adolescence supply teens with an abundance of anabolic hormones, such as testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH), that make building lean muscle mass possible. Avoid the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs, and focus on proper nutrition and strength-training exercises. A strength-training routine helps improve your fitness level and body composition, and it helps you develop healthy habits you can carry into adulthood.
Step 1
Schedule an appointment with your doctor and a personal trainer. Your doctor can address any necessary limitations or modifications that a 15-year-old might need to make before beginning a fitness regimen. A personal trainer offers expert advice and training about building muscle mass, using weights and exercise machines and using the proper technique.
Step 2
Consume the appropriate amount of calories each day. Calories are essential for your development as a teen and necessary for muscle growth during a training program. Moderately active males between the ages of 14 and 18 need 2,400 to 2,800 calories a day, while those who exercise at a vigorous pace need up to 3,200 calories a day, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Step 3
Include one serving of protein with each meal. Protein helps to repair and build muscle tissue. Choose lean protein options, such as turkey, fish, whey or skinless chicken, to avoid adding excess fat to your meals. One serving of protein is about the size of your fist.
Step 4
Perform strength-training exercises three or more times a week for about 45 minutes. Work your upper and lower body on alternating days. Allow your muscles one day of rest to recover before working the same muscle group again. Use a variety of resistance tools, including free weights, stability or medicine balls, tubing and machines. The KidsHealth website recommends having a spotter available when you perform exercises with free weights or certain machines. Perform two or more sets of 10 to 12 repetitions for each exercise.
Step 5
Use appropriate weights when you exercise. The weights should be light enough to lift for 10 to 12 repetitions, but heavy enough that the last few repetitions are a challenge. Using light weights and high repetitions stimulates muscle growth without overtraining.
Step 6
Perform compound exercises that target multiple muscles and joints in the same movement. For example, a squat exercise engages multiple muscles in the lower body, including your hamstrings, calves, quadriceps, glutes, lower back and core. These exercises allow to you get a full-body workout without spending excessive amounts of time at the gym. Compound exercises also keep your heart rate up, decrease your risk of injury and improve coordination and balance.


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Futurist doesn't want to know the future, after all it's just a game
It's coming to light, more and more, that the first business of colleges and universities is…business. The recent controversy at the University of Missouri, reminds us that the great American preoccupation with head-banging football is also a huge business, reflecting a priority in many schools that in part explains our country's ever descending ranking in education, actual productivity and more.
It exemplifies how the sleight of hand that has resulted in American jobs by the ton being out-sourced overseas has been accomplished, with entertainment loving Americans encouraged to live happily vicarious, pretend lives, to indulge in worship of sports heroes and celebrities, and stay ceaselessly absorbed in playing video games, etc., while remaining oblivious to the bottom falling out economically and otherwise for as long as they can. (Of course by next November things should be so undeniably bad that the masses will rally around some incompetent or other who will promise them salvation from all these woes, most likely through war, etc.)
The big concern is with watching and playing…games. We pay overgrown adolescents millions of dollars to run around throwing balls to each other, through hoops, etc., and then get excited when "we" win or lose. Ever noticed how the fans think that they actually did anything other than swill beer, scream and shout and otherwise perform on command like Pavlov's pups?
Our Future History
That brings us to the future, as life always does moment by moment and, once again, to ASU. Their latest information informed me of a new spring course, cleverly titled The History of the Future*, which kinda reminded me of my own article about rewriting our own future history. Buoyed up with hope that the professor, Dr. Paul Hirt, might be receptive to information about and from the most prophetically accurate person to ever live, I sent him the following:
Dear Prof. Hirt,
I was unable to reach you by phone and I wish to provide you with information that should both interest you and be more than worthy for inclusion in your course.
ASU notified me that you'll be co-teaching Predictions of the Future this spring, which appears to be far superior to such previous lightweight fare from CSI, focusing on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Daffy Duck, Looney Tunes, etc., about which I've been openly quite critical.
First, some explanation. Last March I attended The Skeptical Classroom at NAU. One of the featured presenters at this all-day event was Prof. Scott Antes. He emphasized that in his classroom beliefs need to be left at the door and that only credible, factual information was worthy of discussion and consideration in determining the truth.
While I didn't get a chance to speak with Prof. Antes at the time, fortuitous circumstances led to our meeting in early July. At that time, I informed him that I appreciated his hardcore, skeptical approach – and his disdain for political correctness – and that I was involved with unusual information that warranted his critical, skeptical evaluation. Consistent with what he had publicly stated in March, he reminded me that he was indeed "a tough nut to crack".
Our interactions in the ensuing four months have led to his inviting me to make a multi-media presentation to his anthropology class on November 17.
During that presentation I will touch on some of the abundant, specific, prophetically accurate scientific information published by Billy Meier, the Swiss the man who is at the center of the material I lecture and make films about. Since I hope to develop this conversation with you, I won't saturate this message with all of the links and information that are available.
However, I'll list a few of the many things that Meier verifiably foretold:
Unnatural, manmade climate change and global warming
Two US-Iraq Gulf Wars
AIDS (by name)
A-bomb/ozone layer destruction connection
Extraction of oil/gas connected to earthquakes
Io most volcanically active body in solar system
The Ebola epidemic
Radical Islamist terrorism
The WTC attack on 9/11
Russian military movements
Europa encrusted in ice
Mercury's core causes contraction of planet
Genetic manipulation and cloning
Computerized weapons and AI
Neptune's rings
Home computers and internet
Water and flora/fauna lifeforms on Mars
Ability of neutrinos to change
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Portable telephones and plastic credit cards
The danger of bio-metric chipping
Discovery of two planets beyond Pluto
Meier began publishing this information (of which we now have about 150+ specific examples) in 1951…when he was 14 years-old. I should state that he never publishes theories but only statements of fact and, to date, we've not found any incorrect prophetic/predictive information.
Obviously you'll be able to do some independent sleuthing on my site, skeptical sites, etc. So I'll add that Michael Malin, David Froning, NASA aerospace engineer, Matthew Wieczkiewicz, and Kenneth Smith, the Director of Operations at Orbital Launch System Group (Ret) have endorsed Meier's singular authenticity and the independently authenticated physical evidence in the case. (Both Mr. Wieczkiewicz and Mr. Smith are willing to join me in presentations as well, as Dr. Froning previously did.)
One of the core reasons the Plejaren extraterrestrials came here was to try to help us assure our very threatened future survival – not for us to chase lights-in-the-sky, or to create careers for so-called "UFO experts", etc.
Of course I'll be glad to engage in a similar process to the one that led to Prof. Antes' invitation. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
His reply:
Thanks, Michael, but I'm not interested. —Paul
Yup, that was it. So I sent the following warm and fuzzy response to him:
Well thank you for such an in-depth, thoughtful, comprehensive and detailed response to documentation spanning 64 years, as well as my own 36 years of research, all of which of course you failed to refute, in the grand tradition of mediocrity at ASU.
I wonder what it would be, i.e. funding, tenure, reputation, the lack of initials before or after my name, etc.?
Of course history is replete with "experts" who are more comfortable not looking through the telescope, who have reached some status, a sense of self-satisfaction that supersedes intellectual curiosity…at the risk of being shown to not be quite the experts they fancied themselves to be.
It's a shame that this only adds to the well deserved cynicism about many scientists and the difference between their professed expertise – you are presenting about prophecies, right? – and their integrity.
Most sincerely,
…which lit a few tiny embers resulting in this:
My course is not about prophesies at all. It is about how we humans imagine the future, about creative visioning, and about how those imaginative futures are shaped by contemporary cultures, values, and events. I do not teach about prophets and prophesies, or about contact with extraterrestrials. And since you chose to insult me after I simply noted my lack of interest in following up with you about Billy Meier and UFOs, I request that you do not contact me again. This is the last you will hear from me.
…ooooh, a little touchy there! So of course I pointed out:
For the record – although you've stated that you won't see it – I have two suggestions for you.
First, this is what I received about your course from ASU:
Visions and predictions of the future are artifacts of particular times and places: they often tell us more about the hopes, values, anxieties, and prejudices of their creators than they do about how the future will actually turn out. In this course, we will examine a diverse set of visions of the future – ranging from policy reports to science fiction novels to Hollywood films – crafted by people from different times, places, and walks of life.
Secondly, you seem rather thin-skinned considering your initial response was a curt dismissal of someone who simply happens to know far more than you about a rather important body of authenticated, impeccably credible and uniquely significant evidence and information that is rather pertinent to your supposed topic, which you now disavow.
That information also pertains to your stated interest in "global environmental history, environmental policy and sustainability studies" – and which comes from the first man to warn in detail about these now nearly insurmountable, approaching realities when he was only 14 years-old.
While participants can "envision the future, and write imaginative visions of our own" perhaps if they compared what the Pentagon considers "threat multipliers" with what Meier has long warned of, they might be inspired to something even more pertinent than an academic exercise.
This unfortunately impeccably accurate information should compel any environmentalist, let alone futurist, concerned human being, etc., to prioritize its thorough examination.
I invite you to rise to the occasion.
Naturally there was no further word from Paul.
It's All About the Money
So why would a futurist, environmentalist, conservationist, etc., run like hell from such painfully pertinent, easily verifiable information as Meier's?
Well in case you missed the update here, this just may help to explain it:
"Researchers at Arizona State University have received a four-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)"
"'From 'Star Trek' to the ever-expanding Lego universe, we've come to expect our most exciting stories to unfold across novels, video games, the silver screen and a host of other media. This project asks if we can use that phenomenon — which we call 'transmedia storytelling' — to deepen public engagement on crucial questions at the intersection of science and society,' says Ed Finn, director of the Center for Science and the Imagination (CSI) and the lead investigator on the project."
That's right, the money flows in to help accelerate the deepening, dumbing downward plunge that will assure that more and more American students being "educated" in these corporate amusement palaces will move into occupations as overly entertained, game playing, hopelessly indebted burger flippers in this ever more competitive world, preparing Happy Meals for the imported workers who are now taking the jobs they thought they were being trained and educated for.
All together now, students, "Do ya want fries with that?"
Given the opportunity to present urgent, life essential information, once again CSI ASU chooses to snatch cutesy irrelevance from the jaws of significance so that students can "write imaginative visions of our own", deliberately deprived of the necessary knowledge and awareness, i.e. seeing things as they really are, so that their visions can be based in an understanding of reality, not some "Lego universe" that will leave them…lost in space.
NOTE: My own musings about the underlying aggression of American culture, the worship of the football god and the future were expressed in my somewhat prophetic painting titled Wait, in 1965 (number 24). You may notice the partly visible word "Hero" behind the football god's head. (Ironically, 19 years later, I would write a hero song extolling complete self-responsibility.) There's the false piety of the sleazy prayerful figure hiding behind sunglasses like a Mafioso, the jet plane coming in to bomb everything and the American wearing a hat with an "A" on it, beneath a modified Confederate flag with a skull and bones, who hides one hand in his pocket while reaching out with a more foreboding one. The slain civil rights leader, Malcolm X, is in the upper right hand corner, fallen onto the death flag, while a train keeps on coming down the tracks…towards us.
|The History of the Future
Spring 2016 course: HST/SOS 394 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00 – 4:15pm Arizona State University, Tempe campus
|Visions and predictions of the future are artifacts of particular times and places: they often tell us more about the hopes, values, anxieties, and prejudices of their creators than they do about how the future will actually turn out. In this course, we will examine a diverse set of visions of the future – ranging from policy reports to science fiction novels to Hollywood films – crafted by people from different times, places, and walks of life.
We will examine the values, assumptions, and ideologies underlying these imagined futures, apply critical perspectives to how societies—both past and present—envision the future, and write imaginative visions of our own. Particular attention will be paid to issues of sustainability and the environment, which pervade both historical and contemporary thinking about our collective prospects for the future.
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (HarperCollins, 2014) the Center for Science and the Imagination's recent anthology of optimistic, technically grounded, near-future science fiction, will be a key grounding text for the course, providing rich examples of stories that integrate actual scientific, technical, social, and cultural insights into compelling visions of the future.
Students from all majors are welcome. This course is co-taught by Dr. Paul Hirt, Professor of History and Senior Sustainability Scholar, and Joey Eschrich, Editor and Program Manager at the Center for Science and the Imagination.


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What is a flex crop, and what does this mean for food, land, climate, and people?
Este documento de debate presenta un análisis preliminar del concepto y fenómeno de los "cultivos y las materias primas flexibles", fundamentado en un análisis anterior e inicial y una idea resumida presentada por algunos de los autores y autoras de este trabajo.
The 'how' and 'why' of oil palm flexing is heavily influenced by a synthesis of forces and relations within and around the oil palm value web. These dynamics impact the way flexing among oil palm's different uses is influenced and/or carried out by various powerful actors within the state, the private sector, and civil society.
Flex crops, spread over greater expanses of land, are increasingly interlinked through international exchange in food, feed and fuel. Brazilian exports of sugarcane ethanol to the US are in part influenced by the domestic US production of maize ethanol, which in turn is shaped by the price of feed and the soybean supply.
The trajectories of soy developments in Brazil and China are related despite moving largely in opposite directions.
Flex trees seem to offer timely opportunities for socio-environmentally sustainable solutions, but also present dangers, particularly if such changes accelerate the concentration of land and plantation-based development, whereby forests compete with and may replace food production.
Flex crops are crops that can be used for food, feed, fuel or industrial material. Their emergence as critical global commodities is integral to understanding today's agroindustrial economy.


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MD1643 Olympicopolis - Leases for Stratford Waterfront
Executive summary
At its Board meeting on 10 March 2016, the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) agreed, subject to Mayoral consent, to enter into an Agreement for Leases (AfLs), and subsequently leases, with the Olympicopolis partners - University of the Arts London (UAL), Sadler's Wells and the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) - on the Stratford Waterfront site on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP). By entering into each AfL, the Legacy Corporation and each of the partners are committing to enter into a long lease once the three conditions of the AfLs have been met. Mayoral consent is required to enable the LLDC to enter into the AfLs. (Consent will be sought separately in relation to the Smithsonian Institute.)
(i) Grant consent to LLDC to enter into AfLs with UAL, Sadler's Wells and the V&A and flowing from these AfLs, to subsequently grant leases to these organisations for three sites on QEOP as part of the Olympicopolis initiative, which will involve 'land transactions' as defined by clause 2 of the National Lottery Funding Repayment Agreement (NLFRA). (Under paragraph 4.5 of the GLA's Corporate Governance Direction to the LLDC, approved by MD 1227, such 'land transactions' can only be entered into by the Legacy Corporation with the Mayor's prior consent);
(ii) Grant consent to LLDC to dispose of land for less than best the consideration than can reasonably, to which the LLDC will be committing by entering into the AfLs. (Under section 209(1) of the Local ism Act 2011, the Legacy Corporation may not dispose of land for less than best the consideration that can reasonably be obtained unless the Mayor consents);
(iii) Consent to the granting of a loan by LLDC to UAL alongside the AFL with that organisation. ((Under Section 213 of the Localism Act 2011 Mayoral consent is required to give financial assistance)
Part 1: Non-confidential facts and advice
1. Introduction and background
1.1. The LLDC has been working closely with the Mayor of London, Government, University College London, V&A, UAL, Sadler's Wells and other cultural partners since 2013 to develop the Olympicopolis project to bring together world leading culture and university institutions on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP) to create an inspirational centrepiece to drive aspiration and opportunity for the people of East London.
1.2. An Outline Business Case (OBC) for the Olympicopolis project was approved by Government in November 2014. In December 2014, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed in his National Infrastructure Plan that he would provide up to £141 m for the project. This is set out in a memorandum of understanding between the GLA and the Department for Communities and Local Government approved under MD 1422. The Spending Review 2015 confirmed Government support for Olympicopolis and increased the Government capital grant to £151m.
1.3. Heads of Terms were agreed with UAL, Sadler's Wells and the V &A in December 2014 following agreement on the direction of travel from the LLDC Board and delegation to the Chief Executive to sign provisional heads of terms with institutions on 18 November 2014. These Heads of Terms have formed the basis of the Agreements for Lease (AfLs) and leases.
1.4. UCL has signed an AfL and lease (approved by the LLDC Board in February 2015) and this has also informed the AfLs and Leases for the Stratford Waterfront partners. That land transaction was approved under MD 1473.
1.5. Since Heads of Terms were agreed, substantive terms of the AfLs with development obligations have been negotiated with UAL, Sadler's Wells and V&A. Under the terms of each of the AfLs, once obligations on both the Legacy Corporation and partners have been discharged, the agreement becomes unconditional and the lease is granted to the tenant.
1.6. The LLDC owns the freehold interest of Stratford Waterfront, a 4.2 acre site adjacent to the London Aquatics Centre in QEOP. The Legacy Corporation, or its successor body, will retain the freehold and grant leasehold interests in Stratford Waterfront to the partners, and manage the public realm.
1.7. At its meeting on 10 March 2016, the Legacy Corporation's Board approved entering into an AfLs with UAL, Sadler's Wells and the V&A, subject to Mayoral consent.
1.8. Description of the different schemes:
• UAL – 32,000 sqm academic building. This will be a 399 year lease
• Sadler's Wells – 7,000 sqm theatre and dance studios. This will be a 200 year lease.
• V&A – 17,000 sqm museum space. This will be a 200 year lease.
• In addition, there will be public realm around the buildings at the waterfront and podium levels
1.9. The LLDC will enter into construction contracts to deliver the buildings to shell and core with the partners undertaking fit out works.
1.10. The budget for these buildings is to be funded by the GLA supported by Government funding for the Olympicopolis project, partner contributions and philanthropic fundraising.
1.11. Detailed information on the terms of the AfLs, leases and various ancillary documents is contained in confidential supporting documents to Part Two of this Form. The information is in Part Two for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
2.1. The Mayor's consent is required in respect of three matters relating to the proposal for the Legacy Corporation to enter into AfLs with the V&A, UAL and Sadler's Wells.
Paragraph 4.5 of the GLA Governance Direction to the LLDC 2013
2.2. The Governance Direction 2013 sets out how the Legacy Corporation and the GLA have agreed where the consent of the Mayor is required and how this will be obtained. Paragraph 4.5 of the Governance Direction 2013 provides:
Prior consent must be obtained to any decision by LLDC...to approve a 'Land Transaction' as defined in Clause 2 of the National Lottery Fund Repayment Agreement (NLFRA) regarding returns to the Lottery and LLDC shall in advance share with GLA the details of all such anticipated Land Transactions.
2.3. The sites for the three institutions are on land on QEOP that is subject to the NLFRA, and therefore the LLDC's decision to enter into AfLs, and subsequently, long leases for these sites fall within the terms of the Direction.
Section 209 of the Localism Act 2011 ("the Localism Act")
2.4. Section 209 of the Localism Act empowers the Legacy Corporation to dispose of land held by it in any way it considers appropriate but specifies that it must not dispose of land for less than the best consideration that can reasonably be obtained unless the Mayor consents.
2.5. Entering into the AfLs with V&A and Sadler's Wells will commit the LLDC to disposals of land which, as explained in Part Two of this paper, are at less than the best the consideration that can reasonably be obtained. The Mayor's specific consent is therefore required under section 209(1) of the Localism Act.
2.6. Whilst not directly relevant to the issuing of such Mayoral consent, "Circular 06/03: Local Government Act 1972 general disposal consent (England) 2003 disposal of land for less than the best consideration that can reasonably be obtained" sets out what information local authorities should provide when applying to the Secretary of State for Specific Consent for Disposal at less than best consideration.
2.7. It is considered appropriate that a similar level of detail should be provided to and considered by the Mayor when deciding whether or not to give his consent to a disposal by the LLDC at less than best consideration.
2.8. Circular 06/03 provides:
"10. Once an application for a specific consent is submitted, the Secretary of State is obliged to make a decision on the proposed disposal on its merits. However, if he is of the opinion that his consent is not required (i.e. the sale is not at an undervalue).....his statutory function to give specific consent will not arise
11. Applications for specific consent should be sent to the Secretary of State via the Director of Planning at the Government Office for the relevant Region. The Secretary of State will require the following information:
i) a written description of the site and buildings, its physical characteristics, location and surroundings together with a plan which should be accurate enough to allow it to be used to identify the land in the Secretary of State's decision in cases where consent is given;
ii) a written description of the authority's tenure and a summary of the details of any leases, encumbrances, such as easements etc, to which it is subject. Details should be given of the purpose(s) for which the authority holds the land. Normally land is held for the purposes of the power under which it was acquired, or taken on lease, unless it has since been formally appropriated to another purpose;
iii) a written description of the existing use(s), current planning consents and alternative planning uses(s) that are likely to be permitted;
iv) a summary of the proposed transaction, noting the reasons for disposing at an undervalue, the key terms and any restrictions to be imposed by the authority; and
v) a detailed Valuation Report covering the matters listed in the Technical Appendix, and signed by a qualified valuer (a member of the RICS). The Department would normally expect the valuation to have been undertaken no earlier than six months before the submission."
2.9. A similar level of detail to that referred to at (i-v) in the paragraph above is contained in this Mayoral Decision (including Part Two) in respect of the proposed disposals at less than best consideration.
2.10. The reasons for disposals at less than best consideration include the proposed change of use from residential to cultural, and the long-term benefits of the Olympicopolis project, which are expected to support a wide range of policy objectives, and are expected to significantly outweigh the cost to the public purse of creating the new urban quarter at QEOP. They include the following: Olympicopolis is an important contribution to LLDC's plans to drive tangible social, economic and cultural growth in order to leave a lasting legacy on the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games; the project is anticipated to benefit not only Stratford and east London life chances of the communities and economy but also to go beyond London and the UK as a whole, including 3,000 jobs, 1.5m additional visitors, £2.8bn of economic value for Stratford and surrounding area; it will bring together organisations to showcase art, dance, history, craft, science, technology and design to create a world class centre for the arts and education; it will act as a step change to the cultural and educational offer in East London which in turn would act as a catalyst to economic growth that would flow from the proposal. It is felt that left to the market in isolation, there would be very little prospect for the provision of the broad range or academic and cultural facilities
2.11. The Outline Business Case for Olympicopolis, of which these AfLs are a part and which is supported by Government, also shows that the expected net benefits are greater than those that would be delivered by the alternative residential housing-led scheme, which delivers more housing.
Section 213 of the Localism Act 2011 ("the Localism Act")
2.12. Under Section 213 of the Localism Act Mayoral consent is required to give financial assistance. Complementary to the AfL with UAL, LLDC will give a loan to UAL as cashflow support for the project. Paragraph 2.10 above provides the justification for the Mayor consenting to the financial assistance involved.
3.1. The Mayor's vision is that Olympicopolis will support LLDC's ability to deliver a meaningful and sustainable legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Olympicopolis has been designed to ensure that the QEOP area becomes an exciting new district of London, providing a unique offer to residents and visitors. The proposition for Olympicopolis will support wider economic growth, greater access to education provision, as well as new skills and employment opportunities, generated by a strong visitor economy and an innovative learning and research location for inward investors.
3.2. Olympicopolis has been designed specifically to ensure that future infrastructure investment on QEOP supports the Mayor's legacy priorities of physical, social and economic regeneration for east London. The new facilities being developed for Olympicopolis will be designed and delivered to ensure they support the Mayor's regeneration priorities, including:
• economic growth;
• enhanced education and skills levels;
• sustainable local jobs;
• raising local aspirations;
• supporting the delivery of a successful and accessible Park;
• helping to redefine Stratford's place in London's economy, as a new heart for east London.
3.3. This will be enabled through the provision of:
• 125,000 m2 of Higher Education space;
• up to 40,000m2 of cultural space;
• up to 800 new residential units.
4.1. The LLDC priority theme of championing equalities and inclusion was taken into account in the development of the proposition for Olympicopolis, in consultation with all the project partners. LLDC will ensure that equalities, access and sustainability considerations are applied to procurement, employment, participation and inclusive design as required throughout the project.
4.2. The LLDC is a public body with a responsibility to promote equality, tackle discrimination and promote good relations between different groups of people with protected characteristics. The LLDC undertook a strategic equality impact assessment on its renewed priorities, including its emerging five year organisational strategy and the Olympicopolis plans. As part of this process the Legacy Corporation consulted with equality groups and tested whether its approach is helping to promote its equality priorities. The outcomes of the strategic equality impact assessment in relation to Olympicopolis have been used to inform the planning process and public consultations.
a) key risks and issues
5.1. There are a number of programme, funding and delivery risks that have been identified that are typical of a project of this scale and complexity. These are addressed in the Part 2 report including the mitigation strategies.
b) links to Mayoral strategies and priorities
5.2. The Mayor's London Plan states that 'The Mayor will work with partners to develop and implement a viable and sustainable legacy for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to deliver fundamental economic, social and environmental change within east London (known as 'Convergence'). This will be London's single most important regeneration project for the next 25 years". Olympicopolis directly addresses the Convergence ambition for east London, supported by the Mayor and DCLG. It also supports the Growth Deal for London 2014, within the context of detailed regional objectives, as set out in the Mayor's Vision 2020, Jobs & Growth Plan for London (2013) and the Mayor's Culture Strategy (2014).
5.3. The Strategic Case in the OBC focuses on three principal policy areas that capture the objectives of the project around: legacy, economy, and convergence.
c) impact assessments and consultations
5.4. An economic impact assessment was undertaken as part of the Olympicopolis Outline Business Case submitted to Government. It showed that the Olympicopolis project will generate 3,000 jobs, 1.5 million additional visitors and £2.8 billion of economic value to Stratford and the surrounding area.
5.5. The Legacy Corporation undertook a strategic equality impact assessment on its emerging five year organisational strategy and the Olympicopolis plans. The outcomes in relation to Olympicopolis have been used to inform the planning process and public consultations. The public consultations on the masterplans for Stratford Waterfront are taking place in March-May 2016.
5.6. The pre-application consultations will give both statutory and non-statutory consultees, including the local community, an opportunity to express their opinions on the proposed development before the planning application is submitted, thus ensuring significant issues can be considered as part of the design and planning application process.
5.7. The Legacy Corporation's Board and Investment Committee, Stratford Waterfront partners, TfL Legal and external legal advisors were consulted during the development of the AfLs.
6.1. MD1422 approved the GLA entering in to a MOU with the Government for the funding of Olympicopolis which required the GLA to underwrite the cost of the project. This set out the financial risks that the GLA would be exposed to. There are significant financial implications arising from the LLDC's entry into these agreements, but they have been taken into account in LLDC's updated 10 year financial plan (which is subject to a separate Mayoral decision) and are included in the GLA's support for LLDC in its budget and longer term financial projections. Additional comments are set out in part 2 of this decision.
No other significant legal implications concerning the giving of consent require reporting which are not mentioned elsewhere in his report.
This is an LLDC project that has been considered by its own Investment Committee and Board. LLDC's ten year plan is due to be considered by IPB on 19 April.
Legacy Corporation enters into Agreement for Leases with UAL, V&A, Sadler's Wells
May 2016
Planning application submitted
December 2016
Full Business Case approval
April 2017
Planning approval
July 2017
Construction contracts awarded
July 2017
Reserved matters and pre-commencement conditions approved
Feb 2018
Start on site
Feb 2018
Stratford Waterfront buildings operational from
Autumn 2021


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NASA Bone & Joint Specialists, LLP
Notice of Privacy Practices
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
This practice uses and discloses health information about you for treatment, to obtain payment for treatment, for administrative purposes, and to evaluate the quality of care that you receive. This notice describes our privacy practices. You can request a copy of this notice at any time. For more information about this notice or our privacy practices and policies, please contact the security officer listed on the last page.
Treatment, Payment, Health Care Operations
We are permitted to use and disclose your medical information to those involved in your treatment. For example, your care may require the involvement of a specialist. When we refer you to a specialist, we will share some or all of your medical information with that physician to facilitate the delivery of care.
The physician in this practice is a specialist. When we provide treatment, we may request that your primary care physician share your medical information with us. Also, we may provide your primary care physician information about your particular condition so that he or she can appropriately treat you for other medical conditions, if any.
We are permitted to use and disclose your medical information to bill and collect payment for the services provided to you. For example, we may complete a claim form to obtain payment from your insurer or HMO. The form will contain medical information, such as a description of the medical service provided to you, that your insurer or HMO need to approve payment to us.
Health Care Operations
We are permitted to use or disclose your medical information for the purposes of health care operations, which are activities that support this practice and ensure that quality of care is delivered. For example, we may engage the services of a professional to aid this practice in its compliance programs. This person will review billing and medical files to ensure we maintain our compliance with regulations and the law.
For example, we may ask another physician to review this practice's charts and medical records to evaluate our performance so that we may ensure that only the best health care is provided by this practice.


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Including people with autism in our lives requires change in thinking
Until quite recently, autism was generally regarded as a rare medical condition of childhood, in which affected individuals were severely handicapped and usually had to be institutionalized and cared for for lengthy periods of time — sometimes for life. In only the past few years we have come to realize that this viewpoint was far too narrow and that our way of thinking had to radically change.
For a long time, most of what was written about autism was largely confined to children's issues. There was almost nothing written about what happened to these children when they grew up, as they surely did. Virtually unnoticed was that many went on to live useful and productive lives — but they did it differently. Does this matter? Not according to Temple Grandin a university professor with autism and an authority on animal behaviour, who described herself as "Different, not less." She published a book, with the title Different, not less, which was made up of mini biographies of similar people, who were all living useful and productive, but different, lives.
The 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction was won by Steve Silberman for a book entitled Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and The Future of Neurodiversity. The book describes how societies and individuals have had to change their whole way of thinking about autism and people with autism. The story is fascinating and, at times, unbelievable.
The author starts off by pointing out that there have always been people with autism but in by-gone days they tended to be absorbed into society and simply regarded as eccentric oddities. Silberman then goes on to tell a remarkable story explaining how the Nazi terror in Europe in the 1930s and early 1940s influenced and suppressed Hans Asperger's work, both clinically and academically. The tale moves on to the abominable medical research of British gastroenterologist, Andrew Wakefield, who incorrectly and fraudulently linked autism with vaccination. The Nazis were eventually beaten and Wakefield was struck off the medical register but these two pieces of dark history had profound consequences, incorrectly steering public attitudes about autism and, for decades, adversely affecting funding for research, community resources and advancement of knowledge.
The last half of Silberman's book, almost in the manner of a good fairy tale, tells of the triumph of good over evil. He tells us how the parents of children with autism, who for a long time were made to feel guilty because they were blamed for causing their son's or daughter's condition by their 'cold parenting,' began to seek out the real truth and to speak up and ask questions. The media also played a huge role in changing public awareness. Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of the difficulties of living with autism, so perfectly acted out in his portrayal of the autistic savant, Raymond, in the 1988 movie Rain Man, had an enormous influence on public thinking: and, since then, more movies, TV programs and many books and news articles. Yes, those children with autism grew up. Many are among us and living useful and productive lives — but differently. We have now moved on to a time when some of them, too, are beginning to speak up.
Silberman's book describes how the diligent and honest work of good clinicians and researchers such as Lorna Wing, Simon Baron-Cohen and Tony Attwood has come to prevail and mould current thinking. Together with parental advocates and people with autism speaking up, society is slowly, all too slowly, starting to realize that autism is not a disease to be cured. Rather, it is an example of neurodiversity: people who have brains that are wired in a different way. They think and do things differently. They have difficulty with certain tasks, mostly involving social interactions, but they also have huge strengths, often seen in the form of an incredible ability to highly focus of problems that need to be solved or complex tasks that need to be done. Some of the greatest achievements of mankind have been made by people who are either known to have, or thought to have, autistic wiring.
As I read Silberman's book I could not prevent myself from thinking that the story of autism is, in many respects, an example of what can be achieved when society is tolerant. The story shows how intolerance achieved nothing. Research and development was held back or inappropriately diverted and people with autism, and those around them, were quashed. When tolerance increased, however, knowledge moved forward, progress was made and many were able to benefit by utilizing the strengths of people with autistic wiring.
It seems that, nowadays, there is so much intolerance in the world around us, near and far: religious intolerance, racial intolerance, gender intolerance, intolerance based on sexual orientation and intolerance to those with mental illness. Why? What is to be gained from it? Dare I suggest looking at all these issues from a completely new perspective, rather like Tony Attwood and Carol Gray suggested for autism. They defined the condition by its strengths, rather than by its weaknesses. How different it looks from their perspective!
The fictional character, Mr. Spock, from Star Trek, was competent, reliable and not unpleasant. Yet he was different. He showed little emotion. He was an expat extraterrestrial, a term that has been used to describe people with autism. Yet, he was indispensable in his role as science officer and first officer on the starship Enterprise. He may have been occasionally teased for his differences but he was not stigmatized. He was not only tolerated but his employer specifically hired him to use his strengths to ensure the smooth operation of the complex systems which ran the starship. Isn't this a good way to think about, to work with, and to live with those who are a little different?
April is Autism Awareness Month. Vaughan Bowen is a Calgary physician with a family member on the spectrum.


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ADN Mobility (San Jacinto Nursing Student Association)
Description: For students enrolled in the mobility program as a way to offer support to those transitioning to the RN profession.
President: Joe martinez
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Advisors: Josephine West
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None.
Membership: Students enrolled in the nursing program.
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Anime Club
Description: To serve as the gathering point for all of those interested in the trends and culture included in and regarded as a portion of the Japanese Anime Community.
Advisors: Pamela Betts
Email: email@example.com
Website: None.
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
SJC South Creative Collective
Description: Any interested student looking to explore the world of all aspects of art, design, and media. Check out the student exhibit in the Library to see what the members have done.
President: Lauren Lowe
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Advisors: Michael Yost, Bradly Brown
Email: email@example.com , firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: https://www.instagram.com/sjcsouth.cc/
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
Meetings: Every other Wednesday monthly; Contact Advisor for meeting date and time.
Artificial Intelligence Tech (formerly - Game Enterprise Guild)
Description: Promote educational multi-media/game development.
Advisors: James Meeks, Pamela Betts
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com , firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.sanjac.edu/ait
Membership: Open to all SJC students.
Meetings: Contact Advisors for more information
Board of Gamers
Description: Provide students with unique opportunity to explore diverse board games.
President: Colton Griffith
Advisors: Pamela Betts
Email: email@example.com
Website: None.
Membership: Open to all SJC students.
Meetings: Tuesday and Thursday's weekly at 3:00pm
Berean Bible Study
Description: To provide a ministry to persons of the SJC community.
President: Noe Sosa
Advisors: Sheema Nassir
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
Meetings: Contact President
Description: To provide a ministry to persons of the SJC community, leading them toward faith in God through Jesus Christ as savior and Lord.
President: Miguel Reyes
Advisors: Eddie Weller
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
Meetings: Bible Studies Tuesday & Wednesday weekly at 5:30pm; S11-Atrium
Christian Leadership
Advisors: Greg Smith; Dr. David Herrington
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None.
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Cosmetology Club (Cuttin' Crew)
Description: An active club that seeks to support the college, its values, and other student organizations. Must be enrolled in the cosmetology program to be a member.
President: Jennifer O'Quinn
Email: email@example.com
Advisors: Pandora Freestone, Dana Belt
Email: email@example.com , email@example.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/SJCCosmetologySouth/
Membership: Must be in the Cosmetology Program; $2 fee per year
Meetings: Tuesday's monthly at 2:00pm in S13. Upstairs foyer.
Engineering Design Graphics Club
Description: Promote knowledge in engineering design.
Advisors: Mary Ann Blake, William Buel
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com , firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: San Jacinto College Engineering Design Graphics
Membership: Open to all SJC south students
E-Sports Club
Description: Competitive video gamimg.
President: Darian Ngo
Advisors: Daniel Byars; Pamela Betts
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
Meetings: Wednesdays at 3:00pm in S11.115
Film Club
Description: To create short films and movies.
President: Avery Canaday
Advisors: Brittany Bonds
Email: email@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Future Teacher's Club
Description: Provide students with opportunities to explore teaching as a career option.
President: Kurt Brown
Email: email@example.com
Advisors: Dr. L. Joy Thompson-Grim, Dr. Crystal Tewes
Email: email@example.com , email@example.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/San-Jacinto-College-South-Future-Teachers-Club-485211241503705/
Membership: Any South Campus student interested in teaching.
Meetings: 2nd & 4th Wednesday's of each month in S7.200A at 3:00pm.
Honors Club
Description: Provides the opportunity for innovative learning for students enrolled in at least one honors course.
President: Steven Smiddy
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Advisors: Abbie Grubb, Eddie Weller
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com , firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to members of the Honors program.
International Student Organization (ISO)
Description: Social, cultural and educational activities bringing together individuals of various ethnic origins.
President: Peter Ofon Uko
Email: email@example.com
Advisors: Diep Le, Phuong Doan
Email: email@example.com , email@example.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/iso.sanjacsouth/
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Mixed Martial Arts Club (MMA)
Description: Promote life wellness through various martial arts styles.
President: Andy Cordova
Advisors: Trenton Denton, Stephen Bonnette
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com
Mu Alpha Theta: San Jacinto College Chapter (Not Currently Active)
Description: Promote scholarship in, enjoyment and understanding of, math among college students.
Advisors: Abigail Payne, Eduardo Rossi
Email: abigail.payne@sjcd , firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/SJCSMathLab/
National Society for Leadership & Success
Description: Teaching and exposing members to vital leadership qualities and techniques.
President: Kerri Kroen
Email: email@example.com
Advisors: Jennifer Clark
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None
Membership: $85.00 fee yearly; Lifetime membership
Meetings: Contact Advisor
National Technical Honor Society (NTHS)
Description: Honor society for technical students.
President: Melissa Hammack
Advisors: Elida Petkovich, Diana Perez
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com , email@example.com
Website: None
Meetings: Monday's in S13.212 at 4:00pm.
Pharmacy Tech Club (Pharm Tech)
Description: Must be a Pharmacy Tech student.
President: Ellis Batres
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Advisors: Regina Ram, Mario Garcia
Email: email@example.com , email@example.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/235772190173951/
Membership: Must be in the Pharmacy Tech program
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Phi Beta Lambda (PBL)
Description: National organization for students who have an interest in business.
President: Nicholas DeLauro
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Advisors: Kristy McAuliffe, Janet Blackburn
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com , email@example.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sjcsouthpbl/
Membership: $35 membership fee
Meetings: Wednesday's each month bi-weekly in S8.2014 at 3:00pm.
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)
Description: National Honors Society. Must have a minimum GPA of 3.5.
President: Tien Duong
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Advisors: Elizabeth McKinley, Lambrini Nicopoulos
Email: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ptkagz
Membership: one time $99 fee
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month of the regular semester at 1:00 in S6.152
Philosophy Club
Description: For students interested in philosophy.
President: Andy Cordova
Email: email@example.com
Advisors: Danny Brown, Fredi Durano
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com , firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC students; no fee
Meetings: Wednesdays, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Room S7 118
Science Club
Description: For students who are interested in learning more about science and the careers associated with science.
President: Naureen Islam
Advisors: Katlynn Rae Colquitt
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC South students.
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Description: To unite in a common bond all students enrolled in trade, industrial, technical, technology and health occupations education.
President: Emily Phillips
Email: email@example.com
Advisors: Dana Belt, Pandora Freestone
Email: email@example.com , firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Contact Advisor
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Student Government Association (SGA)
Description: Liaison between student body and college administration. Also a programming board.
President: Laura Culp
Advisors: Daniel Byars
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/SanJacSouthSga/?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Membership: Open to all SJC students.
Meetings: Every other Friday in S11.115 at 11:00am.
Student Physical Therapist Assistant (Club)
Description: Must be a Physical Therapist Assistant Student.
President: Tisha Enriquez
Advisors: Susan Hinson
Website: None
Membership: For students in the Physical Therapy program
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Student Veterans Association (SVA) (Not currently Active)
Description: Provides peer-to-peer networking for the needs of student veterans.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/San-Jacinto-College-South-Student-Veterans-Association-157490854276112/
Membership: open to all enrolled San Jacinto College South veterans
Student Vocational Nursing Club
Description: For enrolled nursing students.
President: Shelbi Kershaw
Email: email@example.com
Advisors: Becky Shuttlesworth, Laurene Mathews
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com , email@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Must be a nursing student.
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Undergraduate Research Club
Description: Promote student engagement in undergraduate research activities.
Advisors: Sheema Nassir
Email: email@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC students.
Meetings: Contact Advisor
Webb Historical Society
Description: Preserve historical data whether it be through word of mouth or documentation, locally as well as generally.
President: Jay Gish
Email: email@example.com
Advisors: Abbie Grubb; Eddie Weller
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC students.
Meetings: Tuesday's in S9.200 at 3:00pm
Writer's Block (Not Currently Active)
Description: Creative writing at its best.
Advisors: Dr. Greg Smith
Email: email@example.com
Website: None
Membership: Open to all SJC South Students
Meetings: Once a month on Wednesday at 3:00pm (no meetings yet)


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This page discusses hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) keys, which you can use to authenticate requests to Cloud Storage. For a guide to creating and managing service account HMAC keys, see Managing HMAC keys for service accounts.
An HMAC key is a type of credential and can be associated with a service account or a user account in Cloud Storage. You use an HMAC key to create signatures which are then included in requests to Cloud Storage. Signatures show that a given request is authorized by the user or service account.
HMAC keys have two primary pieces, an access ID and a secret. Both the access ID and secret uniquely identify an HMAC key, but the secret is much more sensitive information, because it's used to create signatures.
HMAC keys are useful when:
- You want to move data between other cloud storage providers and Cloud Storage, because HMAC keys allow you to reuse your existing code to access Cloud Storage.
Storing secrets
When you create an HMAC key for a service account, you are given the secret for the key once. You must securely store the secret, along with the associated access ID. If you lose the secret, it cannot be retrieved by you or Google, and you will need to create a new HMAC key for the service account to continue authenticating requests.
When you create an HMAC key for a user account, you can view the key's secret from the Google Cloud Console. To do so, you must be logged into the Cloud Console with the user account. Secrets associated with the user account are found in the Cloud Storage Settings menu, in the Interoperability tab.
HMAC keys can only be used to make requests to the XML API, not the JSON API.
You can have a maximum of 5 HMAC keys per service account. Deleted keys do not count towards this limit.
Migration from user account HMAC keys
Generally, associating HMAC keys with service accounts are a better option than doing so with user accounts, particularly for production workloads:
Service accounts allow for better administrative oversight, and they eliminate the security and privacy implications of accounts held by individual users.
Service accounts reduce the risk of service outages associated with relying on user accounts, such as when a user account is disabled because the user leaves the project or company.
If you currently use HMAC keys with user accounts but want to migrate to service accounts, keep the following in mind:
Your project must have a service account and have an HMAC key associated with it.
The service account must be granted the required permissions to perform actions in Cloud Storage.
Broad permission to work with objects is contained in the
Storage Object Adminrole, but you may want to have separate service accounts for performing different actions. For example, you may want one service account for reading, which would have the
Storage Object Viewerrole and a second service account for writing, which would have the
Storage Object Creatorrole.
You should test to make certain the service account behaves as expected before pushing any update out to production.
After your production work transitions to service account HMAC keys, you should check the following Stackdriver metric to verify that the HMAC keys associated with the user account are no longer in use:
Metric Description
The number of times HMAC keys have been used to authenticate requests.
You can set the following labels to track user account keys that are still in use during the migration progress:
access_id: identifies which access key made the request. You can also use
access_idduring a key rotation to watch traffic move from one key to another.
authentication_method: identifies if keys are user account or service account keys.
Once you've verified the user account HMAC keys are no longer used, you should delete those HMAC keys. Doing so reduces the risk of inappropriate data access.
If the user account is no longer used to access Cloud Storage resources, revoke any access to Cloud Storage that it has.


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- Purchase your plane ticket upon receiving our registration confirmation
- If not included take out comprehensive travel insurance
- Get in touch with your mutualized health insurance
- Consult a doctor and a dentist
- Update your vaccines. We can provide a list of mandatory or recommended vaccinations
- Do not hesitate to contact us for any further information you may need. Our team remains at your entire disposal if you have any additional questions and will be pleased to assist you
- Take into account the fact that the Reserve is isolated and that communications may often be disrupted
How to reach the Reserve
Please let us know the date and time of your arrival at Lima airport together with your flight number. It takes about an hour to retrieve your luggage. A member of the team will pick you up at the Puerto Maldonado airport. He will accompany you to the boat which will bring you to the Reserve in an hour down the river Madre de Dios. You will both join the rest of the team waiting to show you around and help with settling in.
Refer to this appendix for a non-exhaustive list of indispensables things to enjoy your stay in the best conditions
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