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UW-Madison News – Continuing the University of Wisconsin-Madison's strong tradition of global engagement, the campus is ranked once again in the top 10 of research institutions nationwide in the number of Fulbright Fellowships awarded to students.
That ranking is according to 2009-10 data recently released by the Fulbright Program. UW-Madison is tied with Indiana University at Bloomington and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities for ninth place. Full rankings can be found here.
Seventeen UW-Madison students received Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships fellowships for 2009-10, and 14 accepted. In total, 1,559 U.S. citizens in more than 100 different fields of study have been offered grants in more than 125 countries through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program beginning this fall.
"We should all be proud to be part of a global public university with this kind of international reach and influence," says Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and International Institute director. "These are the people whose work today will help solve tomorrow's global challenges."
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides funding for one academic year of study, research or assistant teaching abroad. The program is sponsored by the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, with significant contributions from participating governments and host institutions.
In addition to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships, eight doctoral students from UW-Madison received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Research Abroad awards for dissertation research abroad.
Since its establishment in 1946, under legislation introduced by the late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program has provided approximately 294,000 participants worldwide with an opportunity to research and teach in different political, economic, educational and cultural institutions to exchange ideas and embark on joint ventures for general welfare of the world's inhabitants. In the past 63 years, more than 42,000 students from the United States have benefited from the Fulbright experience.
Following is a list of UW-Madison students who received Fulbright awards for 2009-10, their destinations and their research areas.
Receiving Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships were Leif Brottem, Mali, geography; Emma Condon, Nepal, public administration; Tim Frandy, Finland, area studies; Corey Hade, Sweden, engineering; Mathew Holland, Denmark, area studies; Jessica Kirstein, Argentina, history; Chris Limburg, Nepal, geography; Jeremy Menchik, Indonesia, political science; Jennifer Miller, Japan, history; Bradley Moore, Czech Republic, history; Carly Schall, Sweden, sociology; Jennifer Skiba, South Korea, English teaching assistantship; Catherine Skroch, Morocco, political science; and Molly Thomasy, Russia, languages and literature.
Receiving Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships were Matthew Brown, Nigeria/South Africa, languages and literature; Bennett Cross, Nigeria/Mali, history; Nicole Eggers, Democratic Republic of Congo, African history; Joshua Gedacht, Philippines/Indonesia, history; Gwendolyn Kelly, India, anthropology; Jessica Krug, Angola/Brazil, history; Carmen McCain, Nigeria/Niger, African languages and literature; and Melissa Tully, Kenya, mass communication.
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Why You Want A Music Producer
I've had many artists and songwriters inform me that they do not want a music producer. Then, they're questioning why they don't seem to be getting the air play, the gigs, or promoting many CDs they anticipated. That is what I inform them, I say, "If you're constructing a brick dwelling, you should purchase the mortar, you should purchase the brick, and lay the brick your self. However until you're a skilled bricklayer, you are not going to have an awesome trying brick dwelling. In case your automobile wants to portray, you should purchase the paint, the gun and so forth… however until you could have the know-how and expertise – it should appear to be crap."
Many individuals suppose they will produce their very own CDs, however, most frequently that is what they'll sound like. Some others will go to an awesome studio that has nice gear and a very good audio engineer, and so forth. However, an engineer often is somebody who is worried about getting the correct ranges and readability of what is being recorded and most are superb at delivering that and what you ask them to do. However, that is not producing.
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Selecting the best music producer is essential. Some music producers have a distinct segment and, usually, all their productions just about have the identical taste, regardless of who the artist is. That is good in case you want that specific sound without an excessive amount of variance. Different producers, together with myself, have a special method. I and we produce a large divergence of music from mariachi, jazz, blues, rock, rap, nation, people and so forth.
Music producers which have the identical method as I often decide initiatives which might be distinctive and get this within the recording, however nonetheless hold the market and objectives in thoughts. So take into consideration your objectives and what market you wish to attain, then select a music producer properly. Take heed to their prior recordings. Keep in mind that most good music producers have many contacts within the business that may show you how to alongside your means.
So why do you want a music producer? As a result of, until you could have the data and expertise you can't and won't create a viable product that can add your objectives in an expedient method. Lay your bricks and paint your automobiles your self, or go get a professional. Make an awesome recording and study the ins and outs of the course of.
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RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (RAPT) announced positive topline results from its randomized placebo-controlled Phase 1b clinical trial of RPT193 as monotherapy in 31 patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD).
Atopic dermatitis (eczema) is a condition that makes your skin red and itchy. It's common in children but can occur at any age. Atopic dermatitis is long lasting (chronic) and tends to flare periodically. It may be accompanied by asthma or hay fever.
After four weeks of treatment, patients with moderate-to-severe AD who received RPT193 showed a 36.3% improvement from baseline in the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) score, a standard measure of disease severity, compared to 17.0% in the placebo group.
Notably, in the two-week period following the end of treatment, the RPT193 group showed continued improvement and further separation from placebo with a 53.2% improvement in EASI at the six-week time point compared to 9.6% in the placebo group. This continued improvement may be related to RPT193's mechanism of action, which is upstream of other agents targeting cytokines or signaling pathways.
Emma Guttman-Yassky, M.D., Ph.D., the Waldman Professor of Dermatology and System Chair Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and member of RAPT's Scientific Advisory Board, added, "I am very excited about these results as they not only demonstrate clinically meaningful improvement after just four weeks of treatment, but also further improvement for two weeks after completion of treatment. This may suggest that this novel mechanism of action targeting CCR4 on Th2 cells could have prolonged, disease-modifying effects, which could differentiate it from other agents. Along with being an oral drug that seems to have promising clinical activity and a well-tolerated safety profile, RPT193 could fill a high unmet medical need for AD patients."
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Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Alethia Young raised the firm's price target on Rapt Therapeutics to $71 from $51 and reiterates an Overweight rating on the shares. The stock in midday trading is up 110%, or $19.60, to $38.17. This morning's RPT193 data update "was robust with clear clinical benefit compared to placebo on all exploratory endpoints," Young tells investors in a research note.
The analyst took the drug's probability of success in atopic dermatitis to 50% from 25% previously, and increased her peak sales estimates. Young sees a "large unmet need" for a safe and effective oral treatment which is separate from the injectable market, and models peak sales of $4B in atopic dermatitis by 2035. She views Rapt's risk/benefit profile as potentially best-in-class for an oral treatment.
RAPT is up 107% to $37.70.
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Schools and businesses invited to support campaign for visually impaired and disabled in lead up to World Sight Day.
Harrogate based Charity Henshaws Society for Blind People is calling on businesses, schools and communities to join its Bright For Sight Campaign next week (7-13 October 2013).
Hebden Bridge soap star Paula Lane, dancer Faye Huddleston and actor Tom Shaw are among those supporting 'Bright For Sight' – designed to raise awareness for and brighten up the lives of people with visual impairments and other disabilities across the north of England.
The campaign is the key focus of activity for the charity, which celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2012, making it one of the oldest in the UK. Activity will run from 7th to 13th October 2013 (in conjunction with World Sight Day on 10th October).
Paula Lane, who plays Kyle Platt in Coronation Street, said:
Henshaws is a fantastic cause which provides essential support to visually impaired and disabled people in the north of England. Their invaluable work has positively touched the lives of thousands in our region and Bright for Sight is a great, fun, way for people of all ages to get involved!
The campaign aims to raise tens of thousands of pounds for much-needed services and Henshaws is offering businesses, schools and members of the community guidance and fundraising packs in return for their commitment of support.
Henshaws Chief Executive, Nick Marr, said:
Bright For Sight is a very visual campaign providing the opportunity for people from across our community to support Henshaws. Almost two million people in the UK are living with sight loss. That's approximately one person in 30. Every day 100 people in the UK start to lose their sight, with over 100,000 people a year in the North and 45,000 in the North West needing support.
Businesses and communities are being urged to get involved and the campaign, which has educational, inclusion and equality benefits. For schools Henshaws is able to offer tailor made tasks and assemblies – with a member of the team visiting those participating for a fun and entertaining session.
The Henshaws Arts & Crafts Centre in Knaresborough has a variety of confirmed activities during the week for schools and service users.
Those wishing to support Bright for Sight and seeking an information pack or further information – or those wishing to attend a local event – can visit www.brightforsight.org.uk or by calling 01423 886 451.
Henshaws Society for Blind People (registered charity no. 221888) is a specialist charity providing expert support, advice and training to anyone affected by sight loss. It also works with people with other disabilities and, because sight loss and disability affects family, friends and colleagues, supports them too.
The charity was founded in 1837 after Oldham businessman Thomas Henshaw left £20,000 in his will to the development of a 'blind asylum.' Now, Henshaws employs over 400 members of staff who have helped thousands of people and their families across the UK.
The charity works throughout the North of England, with centres and communities in Manchester, Merseyside, Harrogate, Knaresborough, and Newcastle.
Each centre offers different services and programmes whilst sharing a clear and common goal: To enable the people who use our services to live independent and fulfilling lives.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Neither of the debt ceiling bills before Congress would meaningfully alter the country's debt trajectory and thus won't bolster the United States' chance of preserving its AAA rating, a key rating agency said Friday.
"Reductions of the magnitude now being proposed, if adopted, would likely lead Moody's to adopt a negative outlook on the AAA rating," Moody's Investors Service said.
A "negative outlook" would indicate the possibility that Moody's would downgrade the country's sovereign credit rating within a year or two.
The debt ceiling bill proposed by House Speaker John Boehner and the one offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would each reduce the country's deficits over 10 years by a little more than $900 billion, primarily by capping discretionary spending, excluding costs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Neither bill includes proposals to raise more revenue or tackle the entitlement programs -- namely Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
The cuts proposed by both bills are a far cry from the $4 trillion "grand bargain" plans -- such as the one put forth last year by President Obama's bipartisan debt commission -- that addressed the entire federal ledger.
Moody's said a downgrade could come sooner if there isn't some acceleration in economic growth in 2012, and if no substantial deficit reduction measures are adopted. Higher-than-expected interest costs on U.S. debt might also hasten a downgrade.
Moody's also weighed in on the prospect of a downgrade due to default if lawmakers fail to raise the debt ceiling by Tuesday. That's when Treasury has said it will no longer be able to continue to pay all the country's bills in full and on time.
The agency stressed it would only render the country in default if it missed interest or principal payments to bond investors -- a scenario it considers unlikely. Should that happen, however, it would downgrade U.S. credit.
The agency also addressed one of the crucial issues dividing lawmakers: How long to extend the debt ceiling.
Moody's said an increase of more than six months "would likely lead to a confirmation of the rating at AAA because the risk of default was no longer present."
In mid-July, Moody's announced it was placing the U.S. credit rating under review for a possible downgrade. Its rival, Standard & Poor's, meanwhile, announced it might downgrade the United States within 90 days.
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NASA has uncovered an entirely new life form on our planet that "doesn't share the biological building blocks of anything currently living" on Earth.
The lead scientist behind the research Dr. Felisa Wolfe-Simon says, "This microbe is doing something different than what we know."
She adds, "We've cracked open the door for what's possible for life elsewhere in the universe. and that's profound to understand how life is formed and where life is going."
NASA says this could "impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life."


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Supplemental Material (available on CD with the book)
From a technical point of view, the Internet is a collection of thousands of networks, distributed throughout the world, that agree to communicate using certain rules or protocols.
Each site on the Internet has a unique numeric address called its IP
address and usually a corresponding name called the domain name. Information
is passed around the Internet in packets. The emphasis is placed on the
packets, not on the connections between systems. Users generally access
sites by giving a domain name; the hardware and software convert a domain
name to an IP address.
All information on the Internet is in digital format. This includes text, programs, charts, images, graphics, video, and audio. When using the WWW, you work in a hypertext or hypermedia environment. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specifies items, services, and resources. These are used by Web browsers to specify the type of Internet service or protocol to use and the location of the item.
The documents on the WWW are called Web pages. These are written and constructed using a language or set of rules called hypertext markup language (HTML).
A Web browser is your access point to the information and resources that make up the World Wide Web. When you click on a hyperlink or type a URL in the location field or address box, the browser requests information from a Web server. When the information is delivered, it is the browser's job to display the information or start another program to deal with it.
The commands you use to work with the Web browser are available through the menu bar, the toolbars, the keyboard, and the menus that pop up when you use the right or secondary mouse button. Once a page is in the browser's window, you can move around the page using the keyboard, scroll bars, or mouse. You can search for words in the page.
Move the mouse to a hyperlink (the pointer turns to a hand) and click on it. A URL can be typed in the location bar or address box and then press Enter to access it.
The browser keeps track of the sites you've visited during recent sessions. It does this so that you can backtrack and return to sites during a session.
This material has been prepared to accompany the book "Learning to Use the Internet and the World Wide Web" (ISBN 1-887902-78-3) by Ernest Ackermann and Karen Hartman, and published by Franklin, Beedle and Associates, Incorporated, Wilsonville, OR. © 2002. No part of this may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed without permission of the publisher.
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Former Army helicopter pilot, Susan Turner is Selected as the next President of the United States. In order to avoid a nuclear war, she must overcome personal demons and learn to navigate the murky waters of international diplomacy.
Former Army helicopter pilot, Susan Turner is Selected as the next President of the United States. In order to avoid a nuclear war, she must overcome personal demons and learn to navigate the murky waters of international diplomacy.
Five years ago, the Dove Revolution changed the political structure of the United States. The President, Senate, and Congress are no longer elected by the public, they are Selected at random every two years. A shadow organization known only as The Board, advances their sinister agenda by taking advantage of their anonymity and Susan's tendency to make brash decisions. Blackmail, espionage and murder are all in play as The Board manipulates geo-political events to spark a war between the Soviet Union and the United States.
With the help of her former Squadron Commander, General LeMae, Susan Turner attempts to lead the nation through these turbulent times while battling her own internal demons. Susan is a battle-hardened war veteran but she must learn what it takes to be a world leader. Nuclear war and the future of the human race hang in the balance.
A different war
The protagonist of my debut novel, Selected, is a former Army helicopter pilot, Susan Turner. The novel takes place after a political revolution that resulted in politicians being selected at random instead of elected by popular vote. When Susan first arrives in Washington D.C., she feels at home. On her first day in the Oval Office, she even runs into her former commanding officer, the Presidency is going to be a cake walk.
Her overconfidence quickly causes problems. A team of special forces operators is killed in a helicopter crash due to her brash decision making. It's not abundantly clear that the decision she made was incorrect, but she feels responsible for their deaths and it causes her to have doubts about her ability to lead.
Susan's Military background causes her to fail in her first attempt at diplomacy with the Soviet Ambassador. She has to learn that politics is different than the Military, the highest ranking person cannot simply give orders. Over time she adapts to the job but her Military background isn't specifically responsible for her ability to succeed as President.
Her major successes as President only come after she learns that other world leaders act in their own self interests. Aligning the self interests of other countries is where progress can be made. It is impossible to force another world super power to bend to your will. Susan ultimately learns this lesson but it doesn't come easy. Her biggest success occurs when she creates a scenario in which two world leaders who despise each other lead the way for a multinational economic treaty. If Susan would have solely relied on her prior Military training, she would have failed as a President.
There is a good case to be made that her Military training gave her the ability to adapt to her new environment and succeed. In short, her Military training was harmful at first but ultimately proved to be the key to her success.
About the author:
J. Allen Wolfrum is a fiction author and former Marine. He served four years as a Marine Corps Infantryman in the most decorated Regiment in Marine Corps history. During Operation Iraqi Freedom he led an infantry squad on missions spanning from the oil fields of Southern Iraq to the streets of Baghdad.
After the Marine Corps, he spent the next fifteen years exploring life from several perspectives: press operator in a plastics factory, warehouse stocker, confused college student, Certified Public Accountant, bearded graduate student, management consultant, and data analyst.
J. Allen Wolfrum's writing career began in 2017 with his debut novel, Selected. He uses the unique combination of his Marine Corps, professional and life experience to create a realistic perspective on the political thriller genre. He lives in Southern California with his beautiful wife and two cats.
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We describe an experiment designed to determine the time required to process Multibeam Echosounder (MBES) data using the CUBE (Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator) [Calder & Mayer, 2003; Calder, 2003] and Navigation Surface [Smith et al., 2002; Smith, 2003] algorithms. We collected data for a small (22.3xl06 soundings) survey in Valdez Narrows, Alaska, and monitored person-hours expended on processing for a traditional MBES processing stream and the proposed computer-assisted method operating on identical data. The analysis shows that the vast majority of time expended in a traditional processing stream is in subjective hand-editing of data, followed by line planning and quality control, and that the computer-assisted method is significantly faster than the traditional process through its elimination of human interaction time. The potential improvement in editing time is shown to be on the order of 25-37:1 over traditional methods.
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Reduction in preterm births during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland: a natural experiment allowing analysis of data from the prior two decades - June 5
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"VLBW rate per 1000 live births for January to April, 2001-2019 was 8.18 (95% CI: 7.21, 9.29).
During January to April 2020, an unusually low VLBW rate of just 2.17 per 1000 live births was observed.
The rate ratio of 3.77 (95% CI: 1.21, 11.75), p = 0.022"
From Michael Cawley, Ireland Personalized Vitamin D3 For MS with Michael Cawley Facebook group
"According to the owner of Sona nutritional supplier in Ireland,
he sold a typical 6 months of D3 supplements every 7 days since March 2020.
The Government have not recommended Vitamin D3 supplementation (even in hospitals and care homes)
but everyone is ignoring their advice and taking it anyway."
Suspect that other places around the world will also find
COVID-19 ==> want to improve immune system
==>take more vitamin D ==> improved pregnancies, asthma, etc..
Approximately 25X increased sales of Vitamin D in a 3 month time period
Imagine how much better the pregnancies would have been if the women had been taking the VItamin D for 8, 9, or 10 months
Afew relevant studies in Vitamin D Life
- Low birth weight associated low Vitamin D (little sunshine in China in this case) - Dec 2019
- Low birth weight far more likely if African-American (low vitamin D) – 1997, Aug 2018
- Vitamin D intervention reduces preterm births and low birth weight by 60 percent – Cochrane Reviews – Nov 2017
- 7X more likely to have low birth weight babies when mother very low on vitamin D – March 2010
- Low birth weight 3X more likely if mother had less than 25 nanograms of vitamin D – May 2012
- Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D has the following
Pregnancy category starts with
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- Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D
- Number of articles in both categories of Pregnancy and:
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25 ; Depression 17 ; Diabetes 39 ; Obesity 12 ; Hypertension 35 ; Breathing 29 ; Omega-3 30 ; Vitamin D Receptor 18
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- Preeclampsia 825 items as of Jan 2018
- Pre-term 368 items (not in PDF) as of Nov 2020
- "polycystic ovary syndrome" OR PCOS 303 items as of Jan 2018
- Gestational Diabetes
- c-section OR "caesarean section" (various spellings) 937 items as of Aug 2020
- postpartum depression 208 items as of Aug 2018
- Search VitaminDiiki for MISCARRIAGE OR "Spontaneous abortion" 794 as of Feb 2020
- Search Vitamin D Life for "Assisted reproduction" 33 items as of Feb 2017
- Fertility and Sperm category listing has
109 items along with related searches
- (Stunting OR "low birth weight" OR LBW) 1180 items as of June 2020
- Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D
- Ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby - take Vitamin D before conception
Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summaryProblem
Reduces Evidence 0. Chance of not conceiving 3.4 times Observe 1. Miscarriage 2.5 times Observe 2. Pre-eclampsia 3.6 times RCT 3. Gestational Diabetes 3 times RCT 4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality 3.5 times Observe 5. Premature birth 2 times RCT 6. C-section - unplanned 1.6 times Observe Stillbirth - OMEGA-3 4 times RCT - Omega-3 7. Depression AFTER pregnancy 1.4 times RCT 8. Small for Gestational Age 1.6 times meta-analysis 9. Infant height, weight, head size
within normal limits
RCT 10. Childhood Wheezing 1.3 times RCT 11. Additional child is Autistic 4 times Intervention 12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis 1.9 times Observe 13. Preeclampsia in young adult 3.5 times RCT 14. Good motor skills @ age 3 1.4 times Observe 15. Childhood Mite allergy 5 times RCT 16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits 2.5 times RCT
RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial
Subsequent reports
COVID-19 resulted in 3.7X decrease in Irish Very Low Weight Births (Vitamin D) - June 2020
- 2X to 10 X reduction in rate of preemies during COVID-19 in some countries NYT July 19
- No mention about any possible increased Vitamin D sales in Denmark, Ireland, Calgary,
- Did Lockdowns Lower Premature Births? A New Study Adds Evidence NY Times Oct 15
- https://www.ipopstudy.com/ a group of > 75 researchers trying to understand it.
- Vitamin D Life sent them a note (Oct 15) suggesting that they look at increased Vitamin D supplementation
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- TPS designation is effective November 21, 2014 and remains in effect for 18 months. You can register for TPS between November 21, 2014 and May 20, 2015.
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These initiatives include:
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Temporary Protected Status Designations for Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone
Department of Homeland Security Announces Temporary Protected Status Designations for Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone
WASHINGTON— Due to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has announced his decision to designate Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. As a result, eligible nationals of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone who are currently residing in the United States may apply for TPS with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The Federal Register notices provide details and procedures for applying for TPS and are available at www.uscis.gov/tps.
The TPS designations for the three countries are effective Nov. 21, 2014 and will be in effect for 18 months. The designations mean that eligible nationals of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone (and people without nationality who last habitually resided in one of those three countries) will not be removed from the United States and are authorized to work and obtain an Employment Authorization Document (EAD). The 180-day TPS registration period begins Nov. 21, 2014 and runs through May 20, 2015.
To be eligible for TPS, applicants must demonstrate that they satisfy all eligibility criteria, including that they have been "continuously residing" in the United States since Nov. 20, 2014 and "continuously physically present in" the United States since Nov. 21, 2014. Applicants also undergo thorough security checks. Individuals with certain criminal records or who pose a threat to national security are not eligible for TPS. The eligibility requirements are fully described in the Federal Register notices and on the TPS Web page at www.uscis.gov/tps
Liberians currently covered under the two-year extension of Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) based on President Obama's Sept. 26, 2014 memorandum may apply for TPS. If they do not apply for TPS within the initial 180-day registration period, they risk being ineligible for TPS because they will have missed the initial registration period. Liberians covered by DED who already possess or have applied for an EAD do not need to also apply for one related to this TPS designation. However, such individuals who are granted TPS may request a TPS-related EAD at a later date as long as the TPS designation for Liberia remains in effect.
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Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Statement
This statement sets out Software Solved's actions to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. This statement relates to actions and activities during the financial year 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020. Software Solved recognises that it has a responsibility under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to take a robust approach to slavery and human trafficking and is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities, and to ensuring that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.
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Software Solved provides tailored business system software and data solutions. We operate across the UK and our supply chains are predominately based within this country. This statement applies to employees at all levels including directors as well as contractors.
Relevant Documentation
Software Solved operates the following policies that describe its approach to the identification of modern slavery risks and steps to be taken to prevent slavery and human trafficking in its operations. Our policies are clearly defined and communicated to all employees and contractors.
Dignity at Work
We have a zero-tolerance approach to any victimisation, bullying or harassment either in the workplace or any work-related setting.
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Software Solved encourages all its workers, customers and other business partners to report any concerns related to the direct activities, or the supply chains of, Software Solved. This includes any circumstances that may give rise to an enhanced risk of slavery or human trafficking. Software Solved's whistleblowing procedure is designed to make it easy for workers to make disclosures, without fear of retaliation.
Software Solved uses only specified, reputable employment agencies to source labour and always verifies the practices of any new agency it is using before accepting workers from that agency.
All our employees are treated fairly and equally and are paid at least the national minimum wage. Our employees will not be forced to work more than the number of hours permitted in law, and normal working hours will not exceed 48 hours per week average unless the employee expressly agrees.
Due Diligence
The organisation undertakes due diligence when considering taking on new suppliers, and regularly reviews its existing suppliers. The organisation's due diligence and reviews include:
- evaluating the modern slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier;
- reviewing on a regular basis all aspects of the supply chain based on the supply chain mapping;
- conducting supplier audits should this be deemed prudent;
Awareness-Raising Programme
Software Solved will raise awareness of modern slavery issues by circulating information relating to modern slavery and human trafficking to staff in its team handbook.
Board Approval
This statement was approved on 15 June 2022 by Software Solved's board of directors who will review and update it annually.
Director's name:
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Busy Weekend
By Roneil Icatar
So we have a pretty busy weekend coming up. Isabella is scheduled to have an MRI on Saturday morning, so we'll drive into the city to have that done. On Sunday morning, I have a baseball game in the morning, then in the afternoon, the Making Headway organization is having their annual Family Fun Day. We've heard that in the past, President Clinton attended the party, so we're excited to see what luminaries may be present. Of course, this is all dependent on the weather cooperating as we are expecting rain this weekend.
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- AnonymousJune 19, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Best wishes for a good MRI report. May the tumor be gone.ReplyDelete
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY RONEIL!!!!!!ReplyDelete
You are definately a SuperDad! Annalise, Isabella and Nathaniel are very lucky to have 1/2 your genes and have you for their Daddy!!
- AnonymousJune 21, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Happy Father's Day!!ReplyDelete
How did Isabella do at the MRI?
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Effective Communication: Communities and Bushfires
Before and during a bushfire, communication with a community depends on how the community interacts and is organised. Strong networks and well-planned communication and engagement strategies increase resilience to bushfires.
Researchers will use various methods to develop an understanding of how to better communicate with communities vulnerable to bushfire. A model for improving community communication strategies will be developed that will incorporate community diversity.
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The West Cork Graveyard Survey (WCGS) has completed another three graveyards in the area. They are Caheragh Old Graveyard and the Abbeymahon and Chapel Lane graveyards of Skibbereen. The latter featured in the etchings by James Mahony that were published in the Illustrated London News in 1847.
In addition to recording the inscriptions in the graveyards, the local community was involved by providing information on those who had been buried either without a headstone or with an uninscribed stone marker.
The survey results have now been added to Skibbereen Heritage Centre's website where they are fully searchable and free to access. Follow the link to the Graveyards Database.
The project was undertaken by a team of local volunteers with support from the Heritage Council.


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We humans often notice the passage of time by observing our watches; the movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars across the sky; or by the records left by our ancestors in diaries or other historical records—but these are just fleeting moments in the eyes of geological time. We are used to thinking about recorded history. But recorded history is just a blink when compared to the length of time called pre-history. Recorded history only goes back a few thousand years. The Earth is far older.
It's hard for humans to grasp just how long the Earth has been here. Using a variety of methods, geologists have been able to put together many pieces of a very complicated puzzle. After all, how do you assemble a puzzle when you're not sure what the finished picture should look like? From studying processes that are happening today, such as geological composition, rates of deposition, weathering, climatology, biology, and Earth's magnetic field, geologists can extend these processes back to ancient times and learn what the Earth was like billions of years ago. When combined with data points such as those found in the fossil record, these extrapolations can be constrained, and the picture starts to emerge from the puzzle. More »
Yesterday an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 struck the South Pacific, near the Samoan islands. Wolfram|Alpha's earthquake feed immediately brought information on that quake into the system, and continues to pick up data on aftershocks in the region. Here's the latest 24-hour view of earthquake activity within 250 miles of Upolu, one of the Samoan islands devastated by the resulting tsunami.
(The image below reflects activity within the 24 hours before this post was written; click the image for current information.)
That earthquake in the South Pacific was the largest quake in the past 24 hours, but not the only one. Today there have been several other major quakes near Indonesia, including one of magnitude 7.6, and smaller quakes near China.
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2019 , 2019 Designs , accessories , cables and textured knitting , color knitting , shawls and shawlettes , yarn suggestions
The Hamptons … a shawlette
My latest design, and available only in my Ravelry shop, is called "The Hamptons" because it just is so sophisticated and elegant … much like communities on Long Island that are collectively known as "The Hamptons".
For immediate download, this shawlette has cables, garter-striping, lace, and in-the-round knitting throughout. It starts as a rectangular opening at the neck and then smooths out to be a full circle.
For an explanation of why this one should really be blocked, check out my post from last week.
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6 cups Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
2 cups Swiss cheese, grated
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 1/4 cups chicken broth
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a 9˝ square baking dish, layer half the potato slices, half the onion and half the cheese; sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Repeat layers.
4. In a bowl, gradually stir chicken broth into flour until smooth.
5. Pour over potatoes and cheese.
6. Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until potatoes are tender and cheese is golden brown.
7. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
Nutritional information is available from Dairy Goodness.


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If you like airplanes, then you will most definitely like airplanes coloring pages, Airplanes are powerful flying machines that fly in the sky and that carry people and cargo. Can you remember what color the airplane is? Well, planes exist in all colors, just like cars, so with these coloring pages you can be very creative. Try all colors, airplane wings may be different colors than airplane fuselage.
On this page you can find many interesting images ready for printing and coloring. Find a picture of a bunny flying an airplane, make sure to paint the bunny beautifully,
People that fly the planes are called pilots. The pilots operate the planes and they are responsible for ensuring that the planes reach their destinations safely.
We know that children are very fond of airplanes and are fascinated by them. Many children when they grow up want to be pilots and this is extremely positive because managing a plane is a wonderful job, you have all the freedom in this world. One of the best ways to learn about planes is to paint pictures.
This may be your first step into the world of airplanes, metal birds flying through the sky. Explore all about airlines and planes, what they look like, what their colors are, and make sure you paint these pictures as well.
When you look up in the sky you may see one or two planes pass by, but actually there could be hundreds of planes in the far distant sky at any one time. That's a lot of planes, imagine how many color options you have.
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As you see the possibilities are limitless, choose an image from this page and make beautiful pictures that will amaze your friends. Print these images and start the real fun.
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You are probably aware that the eThekwini Municipality now requires compliance with SANS 10252-1 when submitting plans where municipal water service is to be utilised. The 'Guide to Building Application Water Layouts' is attached
In terms of Regulation 509 of the Water Services Act, compliance has in fact been compulsory since 2001.
The course has now been made more user-friendly, in the following ways:
- The information is presented in the same sequence as the newly released eThekwini Guide to Water Layouts
- The Pressure Loss and Pipe Sizing pro-formae have been streamlined, and one uniform pro-forma is now used for all calculations
- The 'Exam' questions are based on the example building forming part of the eThekwini Guide
- Certain additional sections of SANS 10252-1 have been relegated to 'Private reading' status; other sections which seemed important in 2014 are now recognised as plain boring, and have been omitted.
- Revising of wording, over and over again, has resulted in the audio-visual component being easier to understand
You are invited to attend this presentation, with the promise that after it, reticulation calculations will no longer be a mystery.
Guide to Building Application Water Layouts


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Only if they enjoy doing so. Artists paint only things that they enjoy and if that is the way to do it, more power to them.
Wasn't quite sure how to answer this at first. That is, in some way, anyone's culture is part of their identity .. who they are .. and thus "informs" the artist .. and like all else .. is evident in their work. The only difference is whether artists - no matter what kind - decide to DIRECTLY vs indirectly take on cultural themes in what they create. To me, no artist should be held accountable by anyone or anything re: what themes or topics they convey in their art! An artist is an artist. No matter the form, art comes from deep inside. So the only way "one's culture" could or should be in a creative work is because it's part of what makes up who the artist is as a human being. Sure wouldn't want to see some kind of "rule" that said "thou shalt do a cultural piece" - whatever the heck "that" might be. Nope. Freedom for the soul to shine through expressions called art. By artist's choice. And our delight. Let's not build cages on them.
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It took a recession for entrepreneurs to finally start launching startups the right way. But in my experience, a lean startup approach is ideal in any economy.
The two key pillars of the lean startup are customer development and agile product development. Both involve a systematic process of learning through feedback and driving improvement through metrics driven testing. Contrast this to the traditional startup approach of bloated budgets supporting large marketing and development initiatives based purely on intuition.
While I have been working hard to evolve and promote metrics driven customer development, Eric Ries has evangelized the complete lean startup approach. And he has included practical execution guidance (often to the annoyance of more guarded practitioners of agile development).
All startup founders and engineers should find the time to attend Eric's workshop – if you can get in. You won't be disappointed.


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Waycon Manufacturing handles a custom variety of welding manufacturing projects. We execute carbon steel welding, aluminum welding, and stainless steel welding ensuring high-quality and safety standards. We specialize in flux core, metal core, MIG, TIG, stick, hardwire and full pen welding. Between our knowledgeable team and multitude of certified welding procedures, we can handle welding and fabrication projects of almost any scope.
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Read here the statement of the British member organisation of the Party of the European Left, Left Unity, on the current political situation in the UK.
Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament is the latest stage of a right-wing Tory coup that has been unfolding since the Brexit referendum in 2016. The suspension of parliament will presage a calamitous hard Brexit – very likely followed by a general election. In this, Johnson will posture as the person who carried out the Brexit will of the people, as well as advancing an utterly reactionary programme based on being 'tough' on crime and fake spending promises.
Johnson's suspension of parliament has revealed the utter cynicism of the Tory leaders. If it suits them, they will trumpet the sovereignty of parliament; if not they will suspend it. Apoplectic anger and stern denunciations by opposition politicians will not stop this coup. Labour has taken legal advice on a judicial review, which will almost certainly fail. Mass anger has to be turned into mass action in communities and on the streets to impose the re-opening of parliament.
Brexit, especially a Tory hard Brexit, is the centre-piece of a programme of super-Thatcherism, that the Johnson government is preparing to implement. Their plan is to turn Britain into a deregulated, cheap labour, low-tax, outpost with minimal workplace and environmental regulations. With no EU deal, Johnson would cleave to a trade deal imposed by the United States – reducing Britain to the status of a vassal state. A cornucopia for ruthless billionaires, exporting cheap labour as its major product.
The huge tax cuts for the rich would be immediately paid for by the working class. Cue soaring prices, stagnant or reduced wages, a collapsing health service and social care sector. Cue a huge extension of zero hours contracts, with a reduction or abolition of the national minimum wage further on down the line. Cue rampant racism and attacks on immigrants. Cue new attacks on trade unions and democratic rights. And cue British servility to American militarism and counter-revolution world wide.
As a first stage to prevent that tragedy, Labour and the unions should call for a million-person march to Westminster to impose the re-opening of parliament. This is a hugely dangerous situation and time is not on our side. The labour and trade union movement has the power to defeat this hard-right government. The leadership of the Labour Party must call mass rallies throughout the country. Now is the time to act.
Turning the tables on Johnson now can help prepare for resisting the Tory onslaught in the general election.
Left Unity National Secretary Felicity Dowling said:
'The rights of Parliament were hard won. In the 21st century, in the context of the rise of the Right internationally, attacks on the rights of Parliament are especially dangerous. Johnson and co are radical right-wingers, prepared to strip away workers' rights and weaponise the rise in racism and social disruption. Poverty and public service crises make the strong-man tactic still more dangerous. Johnson is already using the media, including social media, to build his project. The Labour movement must respond powerfully to reassert the commitment to democracy and to all our hard won rights. A better world is possible.'
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Hal Lindsey Oracle Cartoons
|Original review author:
|Phillip Chanter, edited for improvements by The Luigiian
|Webcomic name:
|"Hal Lindsey Oracle Cartoons" AKA: "One Image: HIS Image"
|Hal Lindsey (author), John Rule (artist)
|Start Date:
|Sometime in 2001
|End Date:
|Uncertain but the webcomic is definitely gone.
|Political, Religious
|Defining Flaw:
|Hateful and Racist
Rating Summary
God could hire Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel; between this and Jack Chick Tracts, I think he needs a long hard look at His graphic novels division.
Again, a troubling look into Heaven's corporate bureaucracy. Considering that this is several steps below a Hardy Boys novel, I think the celestial powers that be need to go looking for some decent writers.
Not applicable really.
If this is God's spokesman, he needs to be fired.
A Cracked article on The 5 circles of Webcomic Hell led me towards this so-called "Christian" comic, but I could have found it just about anywhere bad webcomics are found. Cracked mentioned that they found it on Comedy Central on its Indecision Blog, so you know they struck comedy gold when they found this!
This comic started in the year 2001, most likely after the September 11th attacks. Not that that's a bad thing; many Americans desired to show their patriotism after the tragic attacks. Unfortunately, a lot of people also used this to act like screaming, hateful, shit-heads, as this comic attests. Some efforts at patriotism took a turn for the outright bigoted, as many Americans started to believe that not just radical Islamists, but all those who believe in Islam are horrible, horrible people and the only reason we should be nice to them is out of political correctness, and since they don't believe in a Christian God, they're obviously on the side of war-mongering criminals, like those dirty, Godless, socialist liberals we hear so much about on the local right-wing bigot radio show.
Hal Lindsey Oracle Cartoons quickly goes downhill the moment the writer starts expressing his "religious beliefs" (read: thinly veiled racism), as he so tastefully does here, which also leads me to wonder what the hell is the meaning of that comic I just linked? Is that guy a blasphemous piece of crap for not having a sheep that's got white wool? Is this some kind of racial jab where the only acceptable "sheep" is a white one? I'll get to that later in the writing review...
Story and Plot
Yes, the power of God is indeed powerful. Hal Lindsey thinks it's so powerful that he can pretty much replace anything resembling a coherent story and plot with mindless fundamentalist-type Christian rhetoric. Amazing! It can do quite a lot, ya know? Don't believe Hal Lindsey? Well through the power of God you can figure out where you wish to go in your life (or die if you chose the wrong path), how to defend ourselves for when the end of days finally arrives literally on our doorstep, and what you should do in case of fire. Why, it even helped our former President Bush when he alone had to support the world, through the power of prayer he was able to violate the rules of war, torture fellow human beings bringing us down to the level of terrorists, fuck the whole American financial system up, cheat his way into office,
find WMD's in Iraq create another war to line his and big oil's pockets with an endless amount of cash, spy on his own citizens, and in general create a near tyrannical dictatorship not unlike that of Nazi Germany where nobody was allowed to question whatever he did least they be considered "Unpatriotic" and told to leave the countr...
...OK, sorry, I'm projecting here. But, yes, the 'Power of God' as idealized by Hal Lindsey is in great abundance in these comics as it has the power to blind the two masterminds behind this into thinking that keeping a Holy Bible to your chest will not only fight off terrorists, but it can probably also deflect a bullet that's shot at you. Yes, America's only true defense is prayer, duh. got a problem in your life? Pray. Fear is literally outside your doorstep? Pray. Your friendly
towelhead Muslim-American (phew can't forget to be politically correct) neighbor smiles and waves to you as he mows his lawn? Pray! Being held up at gunpoint by a thug who wants your money or your life? PRAY! And try not to crap yourself in fear whenever you have to pray, Muslims and thugs get really pissed off and can smell that sign of fear from miles away!
That is what I would say if I were Hal Lindsey, apparently. In all seriousness, I'm fairly religious myself. I do believe that there IS a higher power somewhere out there and I wouldn't want to fuck with it, seeing how it gave me life and all that, but there's a saying that "You can do more with 2 hands in motion, than with a thousand in prayer." Meaning that it's better to achieve your goals by working towards it than relying on a higher power to constantly guide you in your life. A little faith here and there isn't a bad thing, but reading this comic makes me think this guy is constantly praying for better things to come along in his life while sitting in front of the TV and watching Fox News.
Art review
Surprisingly enough, it's not that bad, but the fact is that, like most political cartoons, Hal Lindsey's "artworks" are butt ugly caricatures with some bullshit meaning attached. This is a butt fuckin' ugly comic, even more so than other political comics. Most of the time I don't know who or what I'm looking at since he makes every character horrifically ugly, including baby Billy Crystal, er, Jesus. Of course this art style leads to some unintentionally hilarious moments like God about to drop his gigantic infant son onto an unsuspecting town (That shaking text also adds this effect), a whole bunch of people stripped down to nothing but black underwear in front of a government office, and former President George W. chasing a democratic mule on a wave of blood! Even when the artist here tries to take his work seriously it ends up looking like he traced his work from somewhere else, for example: this has some finely made heads of big cats, but looking at it's feet makes me wonder if it's wearing those fuzzy bedtime slippers.
All that detail into a rather kick ass looking monster, and it looks like it's wearing it's mother's slippers, again that seems to be unintentionally hilarious for me as it totally ruins the message the writer is trying to portray here (that being that the euro is bad or something and we're all going to be under one currency...?), and turns it into a joke. It especially doesn't help when you try to make a point about Global Warming being "a bunch of hot air from Al Gore's mouth", and instead you draw him blasting Saturn with cosmic radiation.
Writing review
We all know political cartoons are basically broken shopping carts: They either veer hard to the right, or hard to the left. This comic, as if you couldn't have already figured out by now, is far on the right with bible in hand and it's rarin' to go a thumpin'. As you saw in the art, the comics are so vague in the art department that it's comical, the only thing that bogs the comic down is the biblical quotes and right wing propaganda. A fine example of this is the left has a political agenda to support terrorism, and to undermine the very way of life in the US. Of course when the writer isn't spewing out that crud, he's spewing out his message of god and how it's the only solution to all of life's trials and tribulations.
Moving up to 2009's comics I bring you back to something I mentioned earlier about a slight hint of racism. Obama was elected president, but our good friend Hal couldn't say no to the classic (and oh-so-American) tactic of painting your enemy (in this case the President and by extension the United States, har har) into a colorfully stereotypical corner. Ol' Aryan Hal ends up saying the democratically-elected President of the United States, elected by the majority of the American people, is un-American because he is supported by women exercising their right to freedom of religion by wearing burkas in public. Scandalous! Along with how bad it is to be unashamedly black, because it's wrong to not be ashamed of the color of your skin. Then we get a Glenn Beck styled projecting of one's own beliefs onto the president, making up something he never said in order to make him look anti Christian (anybody else notice his pupils leaving his eyeballs?), bury God's Word and other laws with his "EFT" stick, and "Jerusalem-ing" a guy. (Seriously, does that not sound like something you'd expect from Strong Bad?)
This one I don't get though. Since when is PeeWee Herman black, and when did he start holding babies up at gunpoint?
Overall Hal Lindsey's magnum opus is a nightmare of Biblical proportions. It consists of Bible verses whose meaning is stretched like taffy in Lindsey's incompetent hands, along with right wing fear mongering, making it a pure Hell to read unless you believe all of this fundamentalist insanity and keep a Bible next to your gun in your nightstand. The only thing redeeming about it is the art which, in spite of its hilarious badness, is still pretty damn ugly!
Author biography
I think it's safe to assume that the author of this webcomic is highly xenophobic, a bit racist, and an all around nut job who would be all too quick to pull out his Bible to lecture somebody on how sinful they are. Actually, one TV Troper happened to mention something very interesting about ol' Hal Lindsey, he's actually a pretty famous person, don't believe me? Check out his very own Wikipedia article. Reading it however does prove one thing to me after reading this...
- Hal Lindsey
WOW I'm not a fan of politicians myself... but I think I'll draw the line at calling somebody SATAN!
The artist behind this comic is pretty damn stupid as well for drawing this shit, he has no idea how to construct a human face without it looking like one of those terrifying porcelain clowns, and can't even draw a decent background without slapping down some awful gradients or texture from Photoshop. Sloppy sloppy work my friend.
UPDATE: The webcomic seems to be gone. But the website does have a sales page for Christianity-related items.
After writing this review, I am most certainly going to Hell, but I did read Billy the Heretic. So I became Hell-bound long before the review.
- Media Matters For those of you who want something both intelligent and political without bias from both sides.
- Cracked Thanks for finding this awful awful thing through the Indecision Blog.
- Indecision Forever For being the first to find this shit.


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And so it begins again. All the way from the far reaches of the great halls, taverns, pubs, trains, highways and byways of New England come the howls of its' citizens. With anger not seen in New England since Grady Little left Pedro Martinez in a little too long in the ALCS, the residents of the Hub of the Universe and its surrounding burbs and towns are up in arms. This time, because a three-judge panel from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a 2-1 decision that Tom Brady will have his four-game suspension from the "Deflategate" Scandal reinstated. Yes, that Tom Brady, the fantasy baby's daddy of half of New England (and actual baby's daddy of who knows how many) is suspended again. For now. And like it or not, it is entirely justified.
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