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In Summers -v- The City and County of Cardiff [2015] EWHC 3066 (QB) Mr Justice Hickinbottom considered what was meant by "significant" in s.14(1) of the Limitation Act 1980.
"The test for "significance" of injury is one of quantum alone, and does not invite consideration of the cause or nature of the injury …. But, for an injury to be "significant" for these purposes, the quantum level is low: it has been said that the test comes close to the test of seriousness of an injury for which the courts could properly award damages and thus in respect of which a cause of action in negligence accrues …. That test is essentially an illustration of the principle "de minimis non curat lex". Thus, where an injury is any more than very minor, it will generally satisfy the test for "significance" in section 14(2)"
The claimant was bringing an action for a condition of the pleura caused by asbestos. Proceedings were issued in August 2014. In 2000 he had seen his doctors in relation to difficulties with his chest and "asbestosis" was recorded. The medical notes also stated "Considering claim now against employer from when he was a boilerman in Cardiff."
- The claimant knew he had chest problems arising, in part, from exposure to asbestos, in 2000.
- The claimant knew he was suffering from a symptomatic asbestos-related condition from 2000 and that was sufficient to fix him with knowledge that the symptoms were significant.
The judge set out the relevant terms of the Act
Section 11 of the Limitation Act 1980 applies a special time limit for the commencement of any action in respect of personal injuries, such as this. It provides, so far as relevant to this claim:
"(3) An action to which this section applies shall not be brought after the expiry of the period applicable in accordance with sub-section (4)….
(4) … [T]he period applicable is three years from –
(a) the date on which the cause of action accrued; or
(b) the date of knowledge (if later) of the person injured."
"(1) … [I]n section 11… references to a person's date of knowledge are references to the date in which he first had knowledge of the following facts –
(a) that the injury in question was significant; and
(b) that the injury was attributable in whole or in part to the act or omission which is alleged to constitute negligence… or breach of duty; and
(c) the identity of the defendant; …
(2) For the purposes of this section an injury is significant if the person whose date of knowledge is in question would reasonably have considered it sufficiently serious to justify his instituting proceedings for damages against a defendant who did not dispute liability and was able to satisfy a judgment."
The judge set out the legal principles in relation to the date of knowledge and meaning of "significant".
In relation to these provisions, the following propositions were common ground before me, and are uncontroversial.
i) The effect of section 11(4)(a) and (b) is that, where proceedings are not commenced within three years of the cause of action arising, generally the claimant has the burden of proving that he did not have the requisite knowledge until a date within the three years preceding the date of issue of proceedings (Nash v Eli Lilly & Co [1993] 1 WLR 782 at page 793H, paragraph 6).
ii) "Knowledge" in the context of section 14 does not mean know for certain: it means know with sufficient confidence reasonably to justify embarking upon steps preliminary to the institution of proceedings against those whose act or omission has caused the significant injury concerned, such as submitting a claim to the proposed defendant, taking legal and other advice and collecting evidence (Halford v Brookes [1991] 1 WLR 428 at page 443, approved in Dobbie v Medway Health Authority[1994] 1 WLR 1234 at page 1240B; and Nash at page 793C-D, paragraph 3). Of course, even where a particular individual has that level of confidence, he may have perfectly good reasons for not pursuing a claim and may quite reasonably decide not take steps to do so (see A v Hoare[2008] UKHL 6; [2008] 2 WLR 311 at [38] per Lord Hoffmann); but whether or not steps are in fact taken does not affect the date of knowledge.
iii) The test for "significance" of injury is one of quantum alone, and does not invite consideration of the cause or nature of the injury (Dobbie at page 1241H). But, for an injury to be "significant" for these purposes, the quantum level is low: it has been said that the test comes close to the test of seriousness of an injury for which the courts could properly award damages and thus in respect of which a cause of action in negligence accrues (Cartledge v E Jopling & Sons Limited [1963] AC 758 at 781; Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Company Limited[2006] EWCA Civ 27; [2006] ICR 1458 at [21]). That test is essentially an illustration of the principle "de minimis non curat lex". Thus, where an injury is any more than very minor, it will generally satisfy the test for "significance" in section 14(2).
iv) However, the House of Lords in Rothwell held that, where a breach of duty has given rise to physiological changes but the condition is symptomless, and does not presage or threaten a more serious condition, that will not satisfy the test for bringing a negligence action; nor will it, even if known, be sufficient to satisfy the knowledge test in section 14(2). The opinions were handed down in Rothwell on 26 January 2006. Prior to that, it was at least arguable that an asymptomatic condition which does not presage or threaten a more serious condition could nevertheless found a suit in negligence.
The claimant argued that the claimant thought he was suffering from nothing more than symptomless pleural plaques in 2000 and that he believed many of his symptoms arose from smoking.
That was a bold submission, ably put – but I am unpersuaded by it. In my judgment, the Claimant suffered from a symptomatic asbestos-related condition from 2000 – that is when his cause of action arose – and he first had knowledge that his injury was significant then. Consequently, the limitation period applicable under section 11(4) expired well before 2011.
In coming to that conclusion, I have particularly taken into account the following.
i) In respect of the facts about a prospective claim of which an individual must have knowledge under section 14(1), in 2000 the Claimant knew that he had been injured, in the sense that he had suffered pleural abnormalities; and that that injury was attributable to exposure to asbestos dust whilst in the employ of the Council and as a result of its act or omission. It is therefore not in dispute that the Claimant had knowledge of all relevant facts, except (the Claimant contends) knowledge that his injury was "significant".
ii) I respectfully agree with the joint memorandum of the experts which concluded that it would be an arid exercise to attempt to categorise the Claimant's condition as "pleural plaques" or "diffuse pleural thickening". Whatever label might be attached to the condition, as an injury it would be "significant" if it was (or as soon as it became) symptomatic (i.e. there were more than very minor symptoms) and would not be "significant" if it were asymptomatic.
iii) The use of medical terms in this area has changed, and become more specific, over time. In this case, the terms used by the medics contemporaneously are inconsistent and of limited value in determining whether they considered the asbestos-related condition to be symptomatic. After the 22 November 2000 consultation, Dr Jones used both of the terms "large area of pleural thickening" (letter to Dr Cooke of 24 November 2000) "sharply defined… large innocent pleural plaque" (letter to Dr Cooke of 6 December 2000). Even as late as the January 2012 MDT, the condition was talked of in terms of "pleural plaques only…"; although, by then, of course it was understood that the Claimant's symptoms arose from something more than simple, asymptomatic pleural plaques. The position is made more complicated by the following:
a) From a clinical point of view whether a patient is suffering from pleural plaques or diffuse pleural thickening is of limited value, because neither is treatable. What matters from a clinical point of view is whether the condition is malignant (cancerous) or benign (non-cancerous). Thus, in 2012, once the Claimant's condition was confirmed as being benign, the hospital simply discharged him – although giving him advice as to how he might pursue a claim for the symptoms that they considered resulted from the condition. "Simple" pleural plaques may therefore be used, not to differentiate the condition from diffuse pleural plaques, but rather from a malign condition.
b) Until Rothwell in 2006, asbestos-related conditions were thought to be actionable whether symptomatic or not.
c) Pleural plaques can, occasionally, be symptomatic.
iv) I accept that the medical records do not point consistently one way: for example, there is reference in the Dr Jones' 6 December 2000 letter to the lesions being "sharply defined", and the consultant in 2003 reported to the Claimant's GP that he thought the symptoms of chronic breathlessness appeared to be related to his heavy smoking. Nevertheless, the contemporaneous medical records from 2000 regularly refer to something more than "pleural plaques"; and they suggest that the clinicians considered that, whilst the pleural condition was benign, there was something more than straightforward pleural plaques present. This makes it more likely that the pleural condition was symptomatic.
v) Although parts of the expert evidence suggest the Claimant might be regarded as suffering from two conditions – asymptomatic pleural plaques and symptomatic diffuse pleural thickening – their joint memorandum appears to postulate a single condition of uncertain label. The contemporaneous medical records do not suggest more than one condition. Although the thickened area of the pleura may have altered over time – for example, by engaging more with the underlying morphological structures – the physiology appears to have changed little in nature. The Claimant was told of "Christmas tree-like" projections from the "lump" at a very early stage. Furthermore, although the frequency and severity of the breathlessness and chest pains has increased over time, the nature and type of symptoms was described by the Claimant in consistent terms over the whole period. The Claimant's condition is best considered as a single progressing condition, rather than one (symptomless) condition being overlain by a second (symptomatic) condition.
vi) In their joint memorandum, the experts do not deal with the question as to when the asbestos-related condition became symptomatic. However, in paragraph 9.10 of his report dated 17 February 2013, Dr Sinclair says;
"There is evidence of progression of Mr Summers' diffuse pleural thickening, as demonstrated by him having a forced vital capacity of 2.95l in 2007, which by 2012 had reduced to 2.46, a reduction of approximately 500ml whilst forced expiratory volume in 1 second has reduced from 1.97l to 1.76l. The greater reduction in forced vital capacity confirms progression of diffuse pleural thickening as opposed to COPD…".
That suggests that Dr Sinclair is of the view that the Claimant first suffered from diffuse pleural thickening by 2007 at the latest. Dr Moore-Gillon, on page 16 of his report dated 20 February 2015, did consider the onset of symptoms:
"Dating the onset of disability due to asbestos-related problems (and their associated parenchymal lung changes) is very difficult…. My general feeling is that the asbestos-related pleural change has probably progressed only extremely slowly if at all and that Mr Summers became aware of progressively worsening symptoms because of progression of his airways disease with continued smoking."
That is far from a firm or confident view. However, the experts are agreed that the Claimant has parallel conditions involving his chest, those involving the pleura being asbestos-related and others not being caused by exposure to asbestos but rather tobacco smoke. It is common ground between the experts that the latter has progressed (and continues to progress) more quickly than the former. Dr Moore-Gillon appears to suggest the early respiratory symptoms suffered by the Claimant were a result of his asbestos-related disease, and his COPD has been responsible for a higher proportion of the more recent symptoms.
vii) Although an increase in the Claimant's asbestos-related chest symptoms has been masked by an even greater increase in COPD-derived chest symptoms, the symptoms from which he was suffering in 2000 are characteristic of pleural thickening, they have not changed in their essential nature, and one characteristic of pleural thickening is that it is progressive.
viii) The Claimant's own evidence is also noteworthy. As I have described, although he thought that his heavy smoking may have contributed, he considered that, from 2000, his breathlessness and chest pains were due to the asbestos-related changes to his pleura. I accept that there is no direct evidence from the Claimant, or anyone else, to the effect that he was told by the medics in 2000 that his asbestos-related condition was symptomatic – and I have explained why that may not have been at the forefront of their minds – but it is clear that, after his various consultations, the Claimant was left with the impression that his breathlessness and chest pains did derive from his pleural condition. Of course, in 2000-1 it would have been thought open to him to pursue a claim for his pleural condition even if it were symptomless. However, he said that he did not pursue a claim (and did not attend chest clinic appointments) after the negative biopsy in 2001, not because he thought that he had no asbestos-related symptoms, but because those symptoms he believed were asbestos-related did not bother him and he did not consider those symptoms (although worsening) were sufficiently debilitating to make pursuit of a claim worthwhile.
ix) In my judgment, on all the evidence, it is therefore far more likely that some of the Claimant's breathlessness and chest pains in 2000 were caused by his pleural condition; and the Claimant's understanding then that they were so caused was true.
I therefore conclude that the Claimant's date of knowledge for the purposes of sections 11 and 14 of the Limitation Act 1980 was well before 18 August 2011.
This claim thus fails; and I shall direct judgment be entered for the Defendant.
- The date of knowledge and Section 33
- Limitation and the date of knowledge considered in the context of hearing loss.
- The accrual of the limitation period for loss of earnings
- The date of knowledge under section 14A of the Limitation Act 1980.
- Issuing contribution proceedings within the limitation period.
- Deliberate concealment by the defendant extends the limitation period.
- Section 14A of the Limitation Act 1980
- Limitation in a breach of contract claim.
- Amending pleadings: has the limitation period expired?
- Limitation: what's the position when the defendants won't tell you who they are?


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Apple has posted up their diversity stats along with a message from the CEO, Tim Cook –
Some people will read this page and see our progress. Others will recognize how much farther we have to go. We see both. And more important than these statistics, we see tens of thousands of Apple employees all over the world, speaking dozens of languages, working together. We celebrate their differences and the many benefits we and our customers enjoy as a result.
There wasn't one place that had all the company/industry diversity reports, so here are the ones we could find.
Building a more diverse eBay & PayPal (2015).
Diversity at Google (2014).
Microsoft diversity and demographics.
Twitter diversity blog post (2014).
Facebook diversity report (2014) & 2015 update.
Diversity at Amazon (2014).
Workforce diversity at Yahoo (2014).
LinkedIn 2015 workforce diversity report.
Pandora diversity report (2014).
Diversity at INDIEGOGO (2014).
BuzzFeed diversity (2014).
Pinterest diversity report (2014).
Venture capital diversity (CB Insights).
Gender Diversity in Silicon Valley, PDF (2014).
Y Combinator diversity post (2014).
Hacking Tech's Diversity Problem – HBR.

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US will not support Turkish operation in northern Syria, the White House said. US troops will not participate in Turkey's military operation in northern Syria, according to a White House press release after a telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Erdogan.
"Turkey will soon launch a long-planned operation in northern Syria. The US military will not support or participate in that operation. The US forces that defeated the local ISIL caliphate will no longer be in close proximity," the statement said.
It says Turkey will now be held responsible for all ISIL ammunition captured in the last two years.
On Sunday, it was revealed that Turkish President Recep Erdogan and US President Donald Trump have agreed to meet in Washington next month to discuss a security zone in northern Syria, the Turkish presidency said.
Earlier, Erdogan said the decision to launch a Turkish military operation in northern Syria, east of the Euphrates River, could be made in the coming days. He added that the aim of the operation would be to clear the border area in the territories bordering Turkey of the Kurdish Self-Defense Forces and to create a security zone there to house Syrian refugees in Turkey.
"Our president had a phone call today with Donald Trump. Alongside bilateral issues, the two sides exchanged views on a planned security zone in northern Syria, east of Euphrates. Erdogan stressed the need to create this zone to eradicate the terrorist threat. the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Syrian Kurdish Self-Defense Forces and the creation of conditions for the return of Syrian refugees", said in a statement.
Erdogan has raised concerns with Trump over "the US military bureaucracy and the security industry that has failed to implement the August agreement." Under the agreement, a buffer zone at the Turkish border had to be created.


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This appeared on QRP-L over the weekend, in a post by Bruce N1RX:
"Here are the steps to download an official copy of your license (authorization). Go to the FCC ULS database at:
Log in with your FRN number and password by clicking on the "LOG IN" button, next to "ONLINE FILING".
After logging in, click on "Download Electronic Authorizations" in the left-hand column.
Enter your callsign and click search. Your license will appear in the left box titled "My Authorizations". Click the "ADD" button, to add it to the list of Authorizations to download.
Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click on the "DOWNLOAD" button in the lower right hand corner. Your computer should then prompt you to "open or save" the PDF file."
Following Bruce's steps will get you to the "Official Copy". If you just go to the ULS and do a simple search on your call, you will be able to print out a "Reference Copy". The "Official Copy" should be the one you hang on the wall and carry in your wallet.
Your FRN number (if you have one, and just about all of us should have one by now) can be found at the bottom of your license. If you've never registered online with FCC via the Universal Licensing System website, you'll be asked to set up a password. This, of course, will allow you to log on to your account in the future. If you've registered before, but forgot your password, you'll be asked a security question which you had previously set up. If you answer correctly, you will be allowed to reset your password.
It's not a hard process - just one more password in a virtual blizzard of passwords to remember these days. Not sure how much money this actually saves the FCC, but it is convenient and it takes away having to wait for an envelope to come through the mail. It was nice, however, to get your license on whatever color paper they happened to be using with the official FCC emblem on it in the background.
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
Monday, May 11, 2015
US Amateurs - how to print out your license.
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- Anonymous11:42 AM
Thank you for these instructions, they worked fine for me in the latest Firefox browser. But there are some caveats:ReplyDelete
2. In your browser, you must allow pop-ups, otherwise you will not get the pop-up download box to download the .pdf file.
Best 73's, David WB4ONA
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James 1
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes[a] in the Dispersion:
Faith and Wisdom
2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7, 8 For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.
Poverty and Riches
9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Trial and Temptation
12 Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one; 14 but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[b] 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Hearing and Doing the Word
19 Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, 20 for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.[c] 23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing.
26 If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
- 1.1 twelve tribes: i.e., Jewish Christians outside Palestine.
- James 1:17 Other ancient authorities read variation due to a shadow of turning
- 1.22 This is the main theme of the letter.
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EU offers China solution over aviation CO2
BRUSSELS–The European Union has told Chinese airlines they can win an exemption from the EU's carbon market if they follow Europe's lead in cutting greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Sunday.
From Jan. 1 next year, the EU will require all airlines flying to Europe to be included in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a system that forces polluters to buy permits for each tonne of carbon dioxide they emit above a certain cap.
But China's aviation authority opposes the measure, saying it will cost Chinese airlines 800 million yuan (US$123 million) in the first year and more than triple that by 2020.
China says that Europe should adjust the ETS to reflect the differences between rich and poor countries.
The issue has angered many airlines fearing higher costs and raising the specter of a trade fight. The EU scheme covers aircraft emissions from the point of departure, a particular concern for non-EU long-haul carriers.
Many airlines prefer a global emissions market for aviation, rather than a fragmented system.
The row over inclusion of aviation emissions in the EU scheme is a major focus of the June 5-7 annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association in Singapore. The association is the aviation sector's main trade body.
The European Commission, which manages the ETS, wrote a letter to the China Air Transport Association last week offering a solution — using provisions in the ETS rules to exempt the airlines of any country that can prove it is taking equivalent steps to cut emissions from aviation.
"The legislation contains provisions which enables the removal of all arriving flights from the scope the EU ETS in the event the third countries implement measures of their own to limit the climate change impact of these flights," said the letter to CATA, sent on May 31.
"The Commission is open to discussing further regarding measures that are being developed to limit the climate impacts of international flights departing China, with a view to these measures being considered equivalent."
U.S. airlines also oppose inclusion in the ETS, but some of Europe's biggest airlines say the move is preferable to leaving airlines out, which would make them vulnerable to different environmental taxes from national governments.
The U.S. industry group Air Transport Association of America is challenging the move in EU courts.
France, Germany and Britain in particular are trying to find a compromise with China, EU diplomats say.
The letter to CATA said the EU continued to work with two United Nations bodies, ICAO and UNFCCC, to reduce aviation emissions, but added: "Discussions in ICAO have been taking place for over 15 years and limited progress has been made."
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Rules of doubles table tennis
China has won gold in all but one Olympic doubles table tennis event.
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Doubles table tennis has been featured in the Summer Olympics Games since its introduction in the 1988 Seoul games. Doubles presents a more complex strategic challenge than singles table tennis, because teammates must take turns hitting the ball. Efficiently shuffling on and off the table between hits is a key to cutting down your opponents' opportunities for an angled winner and mastering the flow of doubles play.
1. Flip a coin to determine which team serves first.
2. Serve the ball from the right side of the near court to the left side of the far court. On serve, the ball must bounce once on your side of the net before landing on the opponent's side.
3. Step off to the right of the table after hitting the serve. Your partner steps to the center of the table in preparation for the next shot.
4. Watch your partner hit the ball, then slide left, back to the center of the table, as your partner slides left away from the table.
5. Alternate hitting shots with your partner until the point is over. If any player hits a shot out of turn the point goes to the opposing team.
6. Serve a second point to the same opponent.
7. Swap sides of the table with your teammate after your second service point concludes. Your teammate now receives two serves from the player that you just served to, after which your teammate serves two points.
8. Switch sides with your teammate at the conclusion of his second service point. You receive the next two points, then serve the following two points.
9. Continue play until one team wins the game by reaching 11 points. If the score reaches 10-10, continue until one team has two points more than the other.
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GG from 'Shahs of Sunset' is detailing her journey with IVF on the Bravo series. She's since announced her pregnancy, but when is her due date?.
When viewers first met Golnesa "GG" Gharachedaghi on Season 1 of Shahs of Sunset in 2012, she was completely dependent on her father, she wasn't exactly interested in working, and she was unlucky in love. In the years since, GG has become an entrepreneur in her own right, as the founder of a cannabis brand and a hair extensions line.
GG has had her fair share of romantic struggles in the years since the show premiered. She was engaged to Omid Kalantari following the second season, but the two soon split. In 2017, GG wed Shalom Yeroushalmi, but their marriage came to an end after less than two months.
On Season 8 of Shahs, GG chronicled her decision to use a sperm donor and have a baby on her own. While keeping it all a secret from her co-stars, GG embarked on her journey to motherhood, and she is now pregnant with her first child.
When is GG from Shahs of Sunset's due date? The reality star dished on all things related to her upcoming bundle of joy, including what she is going to name the baby.
When is GG from 'Shahs of Sunset's due date?
Much to the surprise of fans, back in October of 2019, GG announced that she was pregnant in an Instagram video showcasing her sonogram appointment. While many weren't aware that GG was looking to get pregnant, she later opened up about her journey. On the show, GG hinted that she had gotten pregnant before during her twenties, but that the pregnancies did not continue because she wasn't ready to be a mother.
She got pregnant in August of 2019, but she had an ectopic pregnancy before that from her first round of IVF.
She said that her battle with rheumatoid arthritis had likely led to the ectopic pregnancy, and that it would also affect her due date with her current pregnancy.
"The biggest struggle I've had in general has just been having rheumatoid arthritis and dealing with the pregnancy," GG said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live in February of 2020.
At BravoCon in November of 2019, GG confirmed that her due date was May 15, but that she was likely going to deliver a couple of weeks early because of her arthritis.
GG revealed the sex of her baby and the name during her baby shower.
While GG has been candid about her IVF journey and how she's been feeling since announcing the news, she did remain tight-lipped about other major details until her March 2 baby shower. Instead of having a reveal for herself, she decided to surprise her baby shower guests with a name announcement, which she then shared with her followers.
"I know what I'm having. So I'm like, 'Why do I need to surprise myself with what I'm having?' So it's more of like a reveal to friends and family who are attending," she told Page Six ahead of the shower. "It's kind of going to they'll know when they see the baby's name, you know, up, they'll be like, 'Oh, it's a … !'"
She later shared that she is having a baby boy, and that his name will be Elijah.
While much of the Shahs cast celebrated with GG at her shower, the other mother of the group, Mercedes "M.J." Javid was not in attendance. Looks like we can't count on a Shahs playdate any time soon.
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It only takes putting a few pieces of a puzzle together to start seeing a clear picture when it comes to OpSec and keeping quiet about certain bits of information.
Lessons learned from Wartime
I was 10 and living overseas on a military base when the Gulf War happened. Suddenly, OpSec (Operational Security) became the name of the game and more important than ever.
All the building signs that could be seen from outside the fence were covered in black garbage bags. I was just a child, and I pictured the enemy on top of nearby buildings with binoculars watching our every move and trying to gather information on the activity on the base.
All of this gave me an early lesson on the importance of information, and the lessons continued as my father and husband both served during the current conflicts.
Lessons I have Learned
1. Social media is not secure
As a military wife, information became more important for me to keep secure. Social media is not secure and if I were to announce that my husband was going on a work trip and where he was going, that piece of information could be found and become another puzzle piece for the enemy. Privacy settings should be checked often to make sure they are the most secure. Avoid advertising where you are by checking in places on Twitter and Facebook, which also advertises where you are not (at home).
2. Photos give a lot away
Digital photos often have date stamps on them, but if you take them with a smartphone, they can also have location stamps on them. A seemingly innocent family photo on your front porch can let people know where you live and how many people are in your family. You can go into your phone's setting and disable the location stamp function. Then if you do post a photo to social media, make sure your settings are as secure as they can be.
3. Beware of eavesdroppers
Watch where you are when you talk as well. I knew military wives that were comfortable talking to other military wives no matter where they were, but restaurants and malls can be full of people who don't need to know details that military wives know. Be aware of where you are when you talk with your friends about your preps.
4. View through a stranger's eyes
What information do you give out on your vehicles and house? Does your bumper sticker show how many children and pets you have and where your child goes to school or plays soccer? What would someone know about your family by looking through your trash? Remove, and possibly shred, items that give out information you would rather people not have. Then decide what kind of information you want to present to a stranger. Large-size men's boots (visible on the porch or in your vehicle), a home security sign, a Marine Corps flag, and an NRA sticker might convey a more powerful message to people driving by than just having potted flowers.
5. Have a family code word
There should be a family code word that someone would have to use to pick up your child from an activity if you can't make it so the child knows that you sent that person.
6. Parents need code, too
Adults should also have code words or signals for situations that may arise. This can be a helpful way for parents to talk about a situation without alarming the children.
7. What is your story?
I've learned that you do not need to lie to keep information secure, but you don't have to tell all the facts. Be general instead of specific in answers to questions – but make sure your family is on the same page. When a store clerk asks why you are buying 10 pounds of rice, it doesn't help if you say, "We're having a party," at the same time your daughter says, "We try to only go grocery shopping once a month." Answers should have at least some truth to them to also make them easier to sell.
8. Children need reasons
You can't expect to ask your children to not show their friends the basement and then not have them ask you, "Why can't they know about it?" You will need to take the time to explain to you children why you are asking them to keep some information private.
It's important to tell them what they can say – "We like to be prepared for emergencies" – and explain to them that it is a family's private business how much and what food and supplies they have on hand. You can explain to them that just as we close the blinds when we leave the house so people don't see the TV and want to break in and steal it, we don't want to advertise all our supplies to people or they may want to come take those for themselves.
9. Artificial intelligence is changing everything
With the advent of ChatGPT and is successor GPT4, society is set to become the wild, wild west as far as the veracity of what we see and hear. Read more about this form of artificial intelligence and how to protect yourself here.
10. Don't drive yourself crazy
Amidst all this, find someone you can talk to. Make sure your children know whom they can safely talk to. Not talking to anyone about anything about your family could start to drive you crazy. There are like-minded people out there and there is no reason to live your life paranoid about every little detail.
There is a balance to be found between being secretive and being open. We should find ways to encourage our friends and family to be more self-sufficient, but we can be careful about how we do it. What other OpSec lessons would you add to the list?


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I would be lying if I claimed that my initial approach to By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed was an unprejudiced one—I am firmly convinced that no Christian who truly understands his or her faith can possibly defend the practice of capital punishment—but I was not unwilling to give the book a fair hearing. My convictions on the matter may be fixed, but they are not always passionate. There have been various occasions over the years when I have found myself desiring the deaths of some especially vicious criminals, including two who casually murdered an exceptionally gentle friend of mine when I was in college. And I have never shed a tear over the Nazis executed by the Allies after the Second World War. I am quite able to be heartless toward the heartless. But this book would exhaust the ruthlessness of Torquemada.
I might have guessed that something was terribly amiss just from the title. There is nothing especially mysterious about it: it is more or less inevitable that any substantial attempt at a Christian defense of capital punishment will repeat two tediously persistent exegetical errors—a misuse of Genesis 9:6 (hence the title) and a misreading of Romans 13:1–7. But it makes some difference which of the two is accorded priority. If the latter, then in all likelihood the argument being made is merely that the death penalty is theologically licit; if the former, that it is morally necessary. And so it is in this case: the claim Feser and Bessette advance is not simply that Catholics may approve of capital punishment, but that they must, and that it actually borders on heresy not to do so. Needless to say, an assertion that bold requires a formidable array of corroborating evidence, and this Feser and Bessette fail to provide. What they have produced instead is relentlessly ill-conceived. Its arguments, philosophical and historical, are feeble. Its treatment of biblical texts is crude, its patristic scholarship careless. And all too often it exhibits a moral insensibility that is truly repellant.


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A Closer Look
Let's take a closer look and see what actually happens. In the early years, your client doesn't feel each of the five-year incremental increases because they're very small. The dividend refunds during the first 20 years (ages 25 to 45) are in the 40 percent to 45 percent range, and your client is made to feel association term life insurance is inexpensive and the best deal possible, because for the first 20 years, several life insurance agents had unsuccessfully tried to compete for his business with a lower price but couldn't because the association rates were extremely inexpensive.
However, once your client hits age 45, his cost for the same $1 million of coverage over the past five years triples. Once that same individual hits age 50, the cost almost doubles, and it increases 90 percent at age 55. The cost then continues to increase by approximately 90 percent every five years up until age 75, when the coverage gets cut by 50 percent.
Those dividends that reduced the premium by 46 percent at ages 20 to 40, and were thought to continue throughout the life of the policy, have now been reduced to 36 percent at ages 40 to 50, 20 percent at ages 50 to 60 and down to 10 percent at ages 60 to 80.
A significantly better strategy, if your client's intent is to keep the coverage for 10 years or more, would be to lock in the premium for a 10-, 15-, 20- or even 30-year period, which would result in a significantly less expensive cumulative premium. Not only would the cost be less, but more important, the death benefit wouldn't be cut in half at age 75.
Conversion Due to Ill Health
Another significant drawback with association insurance is that if the client needs to convert to a permanent policy due to ill health, there's often only one poor option, which is extremely overpriced, because they know he's trapped. A private term product would provide an array of more competitive products to choose from. An example is an individual age 64 who becomes ill, can't get coverage elsewhere and would like to continue his coverage beyond age 75. His cost to convert his $1 million policy to the association's conversion product is $44,000. Had he initially purchased a nonassociation private term product, the cost to convert $1 million of coverage would have been $16,000.
Keep in mind that although the association makes it easy by not requiring a medical exam and providing convenient, automatic payroll deduction, it's simply not worth the additional cost if your client plans to keep his coverage beyond age 50. If he's relatively healthy and chooses an association term product, he's unintentionally subsidizing those individuals who have health issues and are unable to qualify for a standard or preferred rating on their own.
Group Term Insurance
Group term insurance is often the same story. A recently evaluated situation showed a husband and wife's group coverage was so outrageously expensive that they could cut their costs by more than half out of the gate. Furthermore, in five years, their cost for individual coverage would be 25 percent of what they were paying for group coverage, and in the last five years of a 20-year term policy, the monthly premium for their group coverage would be equal to the premium for an entire year of an underwritten market alternative.
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Association term is a competitive, if not quality, product if your client is under age 40 and looking for short-term coverage. This is especially so if he's unable to qualify for life insurance coverage on his own. However, if he's over age 40, in good health and would like to continue his life insurance coverage for 10 years or more or through retirement or even beyond, then it will likely be substantially less expensive to lock in a nonassociation 20- or 30-year premium, as it will have a cumulative lower net cost and, if desired, will provide better conversion options and longer coverage duration. Every type of life insurance policy, even term insurance, should be periodically reevaluated to determine if what your client has can be improved upon with what else may be available in the marketplace today. Sometimes the answer to an individual requiring additional coverage may simply be to rearrange what he already has.
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30 seconds Mountain Climbers
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1 minute Jack Squat
30 Push-ups
20 High Jumps
20 Dumbbell Deadlift*
30 seconds High Knees
50 Vertical Crunches
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Jump Rope — If you do not have a jump rope, do the motion holding 2 – 3 lb weights.
Mountain Climbers – Get in the plank position. Bring one leg forward under your chest while the other leg is extended and then switch. Continue alternating your legs to your chest. Go as fast as you can while keeping your body and abs tight.
Jack Squats — Perform a jumping jack, but when you jump into the "out" position, lower into a squat.
Dumbbell Deadlift – Holding two dumbbells, reach for your toes keeping your back straight, weight in your heels and abs tight. When you feel the stretch in the back of you legs (hamstrings), return to a standing position. Make sure to keep your back flat throughout the entire exercise.
Vertical Crunches – Lying on your back, bring your legs straight up from your hips. Keeping legs straight, perform basic crunches.


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Tesla is riding high after a new report said it may be the world's most important car company.
A Morgan Stanley research analyst made that claim to investors this week, saying Tesla is now being viewed as a true competitor to other carmakers.
General Motors and BMW have even created their own development teams to create long-range electric vehicles.
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Anti-boycott laws: Solid despite the wrinkles
In one of the most successful legislative efforts in recent memory, 22 states have passed laws aimed to push back against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. To date, 21 states and New York, which enacted an Executive Order, have some form of anti-BDS legislation enshrined in law.
The common and unifying theme of these laws is that they call out BDS for what it is — a discriminatory form of economic warfare directed against the only Jewish state in the world.
For years, Israel – and only Israel – has been targeted by this deceptive attempt to delegitimize its very right to exist. Hiding behind laudable rhetoric on human rights, boycott advocates single out the Jewish state for special punishment.
BDS proponents do not seek a better life for the Palestinians, nor do they aim to create a political environment favorable to a lasting peace between Israel and its neighbors. Their true aim is Israel's destruction. Omar Barghouti – a founder of this hate campaign said, "Definitely, most definitely we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine."
From the Atlantic to the Pacific – and with strong bipartisan support – lawmakers in 22 US states have seen this vile campaign for what it is and enacted laws to protect taxpayer money from supporting it. They have declared BDS a form of hate and sent a clear signal that their states will not tolerate or condone taxpayer dollars going to subsidize a hate movement.
Israel's detractors argue that these laws seek to inhibit free speech. But they still have not explained how it affects their right or their ability to malign the Jewish state. Under these laws, they remain free to call for Israel's destruction. The rest of us just won't be paying for it.
These new laws are not in any way designed to impinge upon our sacred First Amendment rights. As Americans, we consider these essential freedoms sacrosanct and they should never be impeded.
As with any new law, states that have passed anti-BDS legislation must now write rules governing how those laws will be implemented. That process is never simple, especially when the laws apply to government contracting and the regulation of commercial activity. As the complex rule-making process moves forward in all 22 states, the scope, and application, of anti-BDS laws in each state can and should come under scrutiny. Texas and Kansas are examples of this.
When he signed the Texas anti-BDS bill into law, Governor Greg Abbot said, "As Israel's number one trading partner in the United States, Texas is proud to reaffirm its support for the people of Israel and we will continue to build on our historic partnership. Anti-Israel policies are anti-Texas policies, and we will not tolerate such actions against an important ally."
With what recently occurred in Dickinson, Texas appears to be an overly aggressive enforcer of the new law. Clearly, Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey, who apply to receive aid, are not providing "goods or services" to the state of Texas. In such a case, the law should not apply. Additionally, the law does not apply, and is not intended to apply, to all state contracts; just contracts for procurement from vendors. Those in Dickinson are not vendors.
Representative Phil King, the chief author of the Texas legislation in question, said in a recent interview, "It's not uncommon when you've got brand-new legislation, particularly substantive legislation, for it to be misinterpreted, or for there to be some confusion….And I think that's all that's going on here. I think it's just a simple misunderstanding by the city."
King is correct that implementing new legislation can be complicated. In Kansas, where the ACLU has initiated a lawsuit, we see a similar situation. It appears that the plaintiff's personal consumer boycott of Israel is not within the scope of the professional services she is attempting to provide to the state of Kansas.
Northwestern law professor Eugene Kontorovich writes, "The new laws only relate to state contracting and public pension funds' investments. They simply limit a state's business relationships with companies that discriminatorily limit their own business relations."
He further clarifies: "These laws do not prohibit or penalize any kind of speech. Proponents of boycotting Israel are free to call for such boycotts, encourage others to join them, and participate in them."'
As Kontorovich notes, states already have various restrictions in place that govern the awarding of state contracts. In fact, anti-discrimination restrictions on government contractors are commonplace and a normal requirement for government funding.
A company that discriminates against LGBT individuals, for example, would surely not be considered a serious bidder for a state contract. In some states, companies need to "buy American", or use a certain percentage of recycled materials, to obtain state contracts.
Part of what makes America great is the ability for citizens to challenge laws and redress government, if a law is being incorrectly applied. The situations in Texas and in Kansas are not indicative of defective laws, rather an expression of American democracy in action.


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A new thanksgiving prayer
This year, Thanksgiving feels different. I've been so blessed to be able to travel to different parts of the world this year and hear the stories of people from all walks of life. I was able to listen to the stories from refugee families in Iraq who invited me in their homes to share their hearts and losses. I got to play with kids in refugee camps who had lost their parents, families, and homes. I was privileged to spend time with my friends, and now family, in Egypt who passionately the Lord, who share Jesus relentlessly, and are an example of the Church being Christ's hands and feet, even though they live somewhere where it costs them everything. I'm thankful for new things I never thought to be thankful for. I'm thankful for clean cold water. I'm thankful for a warm home and a healthy family. I'm thankful to live in a place in the world where I'm overwhelmingly privileged, where anyone can be anything. I'm thankful for a global family of people from all over the world who have taught me things I never could have learned without them. I'm thankful for clothes and food and shoes to wear, and a million things that God has transformed my heart to appreciate. My prayer this coming year is to remember that privilege is something that not many people in our world have, and that God gave it to me to use on behalf of others. I pray that I will have a heart like Jesus to love the broken and serve them like He did. ❤
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Debating Common Ancestry
As those of us at Discovery Institute have emphasized #questionsAboutIntelligentDesign for a long time, intelligent design is not incompatible with the idea that living things share a common ancestor. In other words, one can believe that nature displays evidence of intentional design, and still believe in common descent.
Indeed, I would argue that one of the forebears of the modern intelligent design movement is none other than Alfred Russel Wallace, who is credited with Darwin as co-discoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Wallace believed that nature displayed powerful evidence of design by an overruling intelligence. Today, Discovery Institute has a number of affiliated scholars who similarly affirm the idea of common descent, including biologist Michael Behe and geneticist Michael Denton. Denton makes his views clear in his book Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, which Discovery Institute Press published earlier this year.
Of course, we have other affiliated scholars who are strongly critical of universal common descent, the claim that all living things are descended from one original primordial organism. I think that our diversity on this issue is a good thing.
You can see it on display in the recent, fascinating exchanges between ID proponents Cornelius Hunter (a biologist and Discovery Institute Fellow) and ID-supporter Vincent Torley, a gifted philosopher who writes at Uncommon Descent. This type of robust exchange on the evidence for common descent is the sort of thing you would be hard pressed to find among supporters of modern Darwinism, either atheist or religious.
Although supporters of Darwinism typically try to claim the mantle of being fearless free-thinkers, many of them appear to have an exceptionally narrow tolerance for genuine diversity of thought, especially when it comes to allowing any debate on the scientific evidence relating to evolution. In my experience, this narrow tolerance for scientific debate relating to evolution is just as true among religious supporters of Darwin's theory as it is among secularists.
Indeed, I have come across many religious supporters of Darwin's theory who make common descent a litmus test on whether one is "anti-science" and who won't entertain any discussion of the scientific evidence. On this and other topics, I think it's the ID community that is showing the way.
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New Design Team Members
Good Morning! I'm so pleased to be able to announce the new Design Team members for Phindy's Place. I'm sorry for the delay,it has been very hard to make a decision between the very talented applicants. I would like to thank all those who took the time to apply for a place on the team, please don't be discouraged. And of course I would like to welcome three very gifted ladies to our team, I can't wait to see the creations from the very talented Sharon Harding, Marlena Peduzzi and Catherine Ward. Do check out their blogs and make them welcome to the Phindy Team:)
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WOWEE, a BIG Congratulations ladies.... I'm looking forward to seeing your creative and inspiring work. =)ReplyDelete
Congratulations! I am sure you will have as much fun as I had on the team. All the best!ReplyDelete
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A major component of modern ecological research focuses on understanding what influences the abundance of organisms within a population, and why this abundance changes over time. A population is a group of individuals of the same species that occupy a specific area over a certain period of time. Population dynamics refers to how populations of a species change over time. The study of a species' population dynamics usually seeks to answer questions such as:
- What explains average abundance of a population?
- What causes fluctuations in abundance?
There are several processes that occur simultaneously that can affect population size and dynamics. First, population size is influenced by the per capita population growth rate, which is the rate at which the population size changes per individual in the population. This growth rate is determined by the birth, death, emigration, and migration rates in the population. When the per capita growth rate remains constant, the population can experience exponential growth followed by exponential decline. Interestingly, Charles Darwin was one of the first scientists to realize that high rates of population growth can cause massive mortality events – he related this to evolutionary changes in heritable traits or genes. The maximum per capita growth rate for a population is called the intrinsic rate of increase.
As a population grows in an area, a population may experience the effects of increased densities. In a given area, is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain is called the carrying capacity. Carrying capacity is determined by the amount of available resources (food, habitat, water). As the density of individuals in a population increases, these individuals must begin competing for limited resources with each other (same species, or intra-specific competition) or with other species (inter-specific competition). If the population grows indefinitely, less and less resources will be available to sustain the population. This process in which per capita population growth changes when population density changes is referred to as density dependence.
The Ricker model is a classic population model which gives the expected number of individuals in a generation as a function of the number of individuals in the previous generation. It is commonly used to represent the dynamics of a population that is affected by density-dependent processes. The equation is:
where the parameter r represents the intrinsic growth rate, K is the carrying capacity, and N0 is the initial population size. It is important to note that simplified population models such as the Ricker model are extremely valuable for understanding and learning ecological processes involved in population dynamics. However, many simple models are not always realistic when observing natural populations.
Lesson Plan
The following activity has been designed to teach basic principles of ecological population dynamics to high school and college level students. The activity utilizes online, interactive tools that allow students to manipulate characteristics of populations and analyze how these changes affect population sizes in real-time. This activity is best paired with a lecture on concepts such as (but not limited to) populations in ecology, carrying capacity, limited resources, or population growth. Students can complete the lesson with just a computer or tablet and internet access. Click here for the full lesson plan document.
Student Objectives
- Explain what a population is in ecology.
- Describe what r, K, and N0 are in a population.
- Analyze how r, K, and N0 can change population sizes over time both individually and together.
- Devise a way to stabilize a hypothetical fish population by varying r, K, and N0 and propose a set of management strategies using these concepts.
- Justify this proposal in a group presentation.
Activity Procedure
Part 1: Changing r
We will first focus on understanding r (the intrinsic growth rate of a population) and how it affects population dynamics (or the size of populations over time). The intrinsic growth rate is the theoretical maximum rate of increase of a population per individual. Write your answers to the bolded questions on a separate sheet of paper.
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- Use the interactive app above to complete the activity.
- The model begins with r=4, meaning that the population is growing by 4 for every 1 individual. First, become acquainted with the graph.
- What are the x and y axes?
- How does the population size change over time when r=4?
- Move the slidebar to make r=1.
- Describe how the size of the population changes over time when r=1.
- What does it mean when r=1, or the intrinsic growth is 1?
- Use the slidebar to slowly increase the value of r, noting when the dynamics in the plot changes.
- Describe the pattern of how the dynamics change as r increases. Note any changes in scaling of the y axis.
- How does this parameter (or "characteristic") influence population dynamics?
Part 2: Changing K and N0
Now that we have a better sense for how r, or the intrinsic growth rate, affects population sizes over time, let's now learn how carrying capacity and initial population size are also important.
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- Use the interactive app above to complete the activity.
- In our first activity, K and N0 were kept constant: K = 20 and N0 = 10. Begin by making r=1. Use the slidebar to change the value of K (the carrying capacity).
- Describe what happens to the population when r=1 and K is changed.
- Explain why this observed pattern is happening in terms of growth rate and carrying capacity.
- Return K to 20, and set r=2.
- Describe what happens to the population size over time.
- How much does the population size vary?
- Now, set r=1 and K=20. Move the slidebar to increase the value of N0.
- How does population size respond to changes in this parameter?
- Explain why you see this pattern.
- Set r=2 and K=10. Move the slidebar to increase the value (starting at 0) of N0.
- Describe what happens to the population size over time.
- Explore moving all 3 of the population parameters.
- How does K (carrying capacity) influence population dynamics?
- How does N0 (initial population size) influence population dynamics?
Part 3: Applying concepts for fisheries management
Real-world context of populations
Population dynamics of fishes are of particular interest for people involved in fisheries, from fishermen to managers to ecologists. The application of population dynamics enables fisheries scientists to understand changing patterns of the population and determine sustainable yields.
This activity includes two forms of evaluation: questions designed to guide the student through the activity and describe how population dynamics change with each task, and a rubric which will assess student knowledge of concepts during a group presentation of a proposal (Part 3 of activity above). The example rubric is located on page 3 of the lesson plan (link above).
Education Standards
This activity is designed to meet the following standards:
- North Carolina Science Standard Bio.2.1: Analyze the independence of living organisms within their environments. Bio.2.1.3: Explain various ways organisms interact with each other and with their environments resulting in stability within ecosystems. Bio.2.1.4: Explain why ecosystems can be relatively stable over hundreds or thousands of years, even though populations may fluctuate.
- North Carolina Science Standard Bio.2.2: Understand the impact of human activities on the environment (one generation affects the next). Bio.2.2.1: Infer how human activities may impact the environment. Bio.2.2.2: Explain how the use, protection and conservation of natural resources by humans impact the environment from one generation to the next.
- NC Next Generation Science Standard HS-LS2-1: Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.
- NC Next Generation Science Standard HS-LS2-6: Evaluate the claims, evidence and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.


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It's the one year anniversary of silent disco this Friday! Get your headphones, choose 3 music channels and get on the dance floor like no one's watching. It's one of a kind. It's a great way to kickoff the weekend. There will be free shots, ice cream, cake and fashion auction from Style Factory by Ada. Only few headphones left, don't miss this!
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In celebration of Nigerian history and culture with art, music & folk tales by Jinmi Abduls, Laime, Kizz Ernie, Remy Baggings, Ayo Folarin and many more of Nigerian heritage, Coalition for Youth Development is following up the #IAmAConcernedYouth campaign with another edition of Roots Festival which is also a tribute to the co-founder of this initiative, Kika Onyibe. Let's get culture'd!
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Wole Soyinka's 83rd birthday celebration continues this weekend! King Baabu is a stage presentation of Prof. Wole Soyinka's book, directed by Toyin Oshinaike, set to satirically discuss our choice of leadership amidst the recession going on in Nigeria.
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I've been posting a lot of pumpkin recipes lately, I know, but I just can't help it! From pies and tarts to soups, salads and stuffing, pumpkins are easily my favorite squash and such an incredibly versatile food that I am convinced they should be in everything. Ever.
I'll tell you a secret: I'm not a vegan. Gluten free, yes. But vegan? Not me, no sirree! Over the years, the growing number of roommates/friends/family members who have adopted a vegan lifestyle has prompted me to give it serious thought. I look at vegan baking as a puzzle -- kind of like a Rubik's cube. I know what the end result is, but getting there means investigating ingredients and techniques that I would have otherwise never known about! So this holiday season, arm yourself with an array of allergy friendly (gluten free + vegan aka milk / dairy free and eggless!) dessert recipes to astound your family and friends.
Bourbon Pumpkin Pie with Walnut Crumble
Serves 4-6 // Gluten free, milk/dairy free, vegan
1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked for at least 1 hour and then drained
1/4 cup bourbon
2 tbsp flaxseed meal mixed with 4 tbsp water
3/4 cups organic granulated sugar
2 cups canned pumpkin (if using fresh: make sure it is super well drained or the pie will be watery)
1/4 cup +1 Tbsp coconut milk
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves, ground
1/4 tsp cardamom, ground
1 tsp fresh ginger, minced
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 Tbsp superfine brown rice flour
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A chemical weapons watchdog group reported Wednesday that Syrian troops have "systematically and repeatedly" used chlorine as a weapon in the country's ongoing civil war.
The Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says its team found evidence on the ground that soldiers deployed the toxic gas on villages in northern Syria.
An Associated Press review of the full report noted that at least 13 people died in the attacks, and dozens were injured.
Chlorine was not on the list of chemicals Syria had to declare as part of a chemical disarmament agreement in 2013.
The OPCW based its report on testimony from victims, physicians, first responders and eyewitnesses, as well as medical records.
Although toxic, chlorine is not considered a chemical weapon. Other chemicals that could be used as weapons were required to be destroyed or shipped out of the country.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf squarely blamed President Bashar al Assad's government on Wednesday, saying it is the only entity with the helicopter force to carry out the attacks.
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Remember when your Grandpa, or that Uncle, pulled a coin from behind your ear when you were a kid? That's the first time we ever really encounter sleight of hand magic. SPOILER ALERT: Grandpa was secretly hiding the coin in his hand and made it seem like he pulled it from your ear. Of course we all know that now, but at the time, didn't it feel like the most amazing thing you'd ever seen? That's what you can create when you study sleight of hand.
This page was created to give you a list of resources to help you improve your manual dexterity and learn sleight of hand. This branch of magic is almost certainly the most rewarding. It will allow you to perform magic with borrowed objects at your friend's house, at school, at the bar, when your family come over. At a moment's notice, you can perform card tricks with any deck of cards. Someone can hand you a coin and ask you to "do something" and if you learn the basics of coin magic, you'll be able to amaze your audience.
From card magic with playing cards to money magic with coins and bills, when you study sleight of hand, a whole new world opens up to you.
Here's a list of where you can get started learning sleight of hand today:
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The short story is that magicians worked out how to control what their audience sees - or perceive they see. Watch this video to see how easy it is to trick the brain.
You never think it was possible to do what happens in this next video. All you need to do is count how many times the basketball is passed.
See, you weren't expecting that, were you?
It's easy to understand how if your brain can filter out an entire gorilla, it can also filter out aspects of magic sleight of hand without you even realizing it.
Or rather, don't. Another secret of getting sleight of hand magic to work is that the brain really isn't good at remembering things it deems to be unimportant. So much of magic uses this knowledge. You will swear blind that the magician didn't do something, when he did, and that is how the whole trick fundamentally works.
Don't feel bad about this, it's just science!
Another amazing thing the brain does that helps sleight of hand artists perform tricks is it assumes things all the time. It will assume a deck of card being taken out of a sealed box is devoid of artífice. When in fact, it could be a special deck of cards used to do magic with. It will assume a coin is regular, because it knows what coins are. In fact, there are a range of special coins magicians use to achieve their effects.
We hope you enjoy learning sleight of hand, click on any of the links above to get started - be warned though, once you start, it's very hard to stop!
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The Volga Neuroscience Meeting 2018 isorganized by the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod.It will take place on board of a comfortable river cruiser traveling from a vibrant city of Nizhny Novgorod to Samara and back between July 22 and 27, 2018. The meeting will include four parallel sections: developmental neuroscience, cellular neuroscience, neuro-interface & neuro-engineering, and neurodynamics with two workshops on mathematical and clinical neuroscience. There will be a poster session for students as well.
Conference participants will have an excellent opportunity to enjoy stunning views of Russian nature. The social program for the participants and accompanying persons will include music concerts and the welcome reception and banquet.
Please note that foreign participants and accompanying persons will require a Russian humanitarian visa. To initiate the visa formalities, please fill out the application form on the website of the meeting
If you have any questions regarding this event, please do not hesitate to ask.
We look forward to welcoming you on board of the VNM-2018.
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