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A group of former diplomats sent a letter to Congress on Monday morning, urging members of both chambers not to reject the Obama administration's controversial Iran deal.
The letter, signed by former undersecretaries of state and former American ambassadors to Israel, states that the group has determined the deal, "will leave Iran no legitimate avenue to produce a nuclear weapon during the next 10 to 15 years."
The signees included five former U.S. ambassadors to Israel: James Cunningham, William Harrop, Edward S. Walker Jr., Thomas Pickering and Daniel Kurtzer. Also on the list are former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs and Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns and former Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Frank G. Wisner.
The Iran deal, which has drawn the criticism of some lawmakers, allows certain sanctions to be lifted on Iran in exchange for the curtailment of nuclear arms research. The international agreement is designed to prevent Iran from being able to build a nuclear bomb; its opponents claim it will not do that.
Two letters were sent Monday, one to the House and one to Senate. The diplomats state that they are motivated by commitment to an "enduring objective of American policy" and aim to quell fears the deal is not strict enough and inadequately protects Israel.
"We acknowledge that [the deal], does not achieve all of the goals its current detractors have set for it," the letter states. "But it does meet all of the key goals required for high confidence that, should Iran violate it and move toward building a nuclear weapon, the international intelligence community and the [International Atomic Energy Agency] will discover Iran's actions early and in sufficient time for strong countermeasures to be taken to stop Iran's activities."
On Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz proposed an amendment to the deal that would force Iran to officially recognize Israel's right to exist, and require it to release four American hostages. However during Sunday's rare Senate session, several lawmakers raised concerns that Cruz's proposal set a dangerous precedent and could sour voters' opinions.
But Cruz is not the only 2016 hopeful to have recently offered thoughts on the agreement with Iran. Mike Huckabee, for instance, drew comparisons to the Holocaust.
"This is the most idiotic thing, this Iran deal. It should be rejected by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and by the American people," Huckabee told Breitbart editor-in-chief Alexander Marlow.
Monday's letter, however, chastises the agreement's critics, urging that without the deal, "the risks will be much higher for the United States and Israel."
"Those who advocate rejection of the JCPOA should assess carefully the value and feasibility of any alternative strategy to meet the goal of better protecting the security of the U.S. and Israel and more effectively prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," it states.
President Barack Obama recently began meeting with House Democrats in a campaign aimed at whipping support for the deal, an important foreign policy achievement for him.
The former officials conclude their message with a simple statement, defining the one goal that both sides are likely to agree on:
"The prevention of a nuclear-armed Iran must remain a highest priority of U.S. policy in the Middle East."


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Who can become a CSO?
Students in 6th through 12th grade are elected to serve as Chief Science Officers for their site.
How are CSOs chosen?
Chief Science Officers are elected by their peers after completing a self-nomination form.
What types of students are elected as CSOs?
Generally, students who enjoy or advocate for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math – but also student leaders hoping to make a difference in the community!
What does a CSO do?
A CSO participates in a Leadership Training Institute and Cabinet Meetings focused on creating a global network of diverse STEM leaders. They are expected to positively impact the STEM culture within their community. During the year, CSOs are expected to create an Action Plan and collaborate with peers, mentors and professionals to complete their project.
How many CSOs are currently serving in the program and where?
As the startup start of the program, Arizona trained over 300 CSOs. In the recent years, additional 300 CSOs represent programs in Oregon, Michigan, Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. In the country of Kuwait, over 75 CSOs have been trained! Sonora and Guanajuato of Mexico have also trained over 275 CSOs while over 50 students in Nairobi, Kenya have completed the required training. New cabinets are preparing to join the program, including New Jersey, Louisiana, Iowa, California, South Carolina and we are currently coordinating with additional states in Mexico.
What makes the CSO Program different from other leadership programs?
Chief Science Officers are required to complete Action Plans at their campus and in their communities to advocate for STEM awareness. CSOs can progress through requirements to level up in the program to advance their leadership skills and collaborate with community partners to create opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. CSOs are expected to participate in a Community Impact Project during level 3 and a Global Networking Project as they continue to progress to level 5. Mentors are STEM industry professionals and support in a variety of ways during the project planning at all levels.
What have they done so far?
The CSOs are focused on our motto – Don't just HOPE it happens, MAKE it happen. They are always working to make an impact! Some CSOs have taken on STEMonstration projects to present to PK-5th grade levels while other CSOs have created clubs on their campus to engage their peers in STEM. Many CSOs have organized presentations, morning announcements, informational bulletin boards, STEM Nights, STEAM Weeks, Professional Panels, community events and STEAM Challenges. CSOs serve on various Advisory Councils, including the National Inventor's Hall of Fame and NASA's Infiniscope Project. CSOs from Michigan, Oregon, Kuwait, Georgia, Sonora and Arizona have traveled to Washington, D.C. for CSO International Summits and many conferences to include the U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions Conference and STEM Ecosystems Convenings. CSOs have also presented at the National Science Foundation's ITEST STELAR Conference 3 years in a row. CSOs from all regions are invited to travel to Arizona for the CSO Leadership Conference in 2022!
Be sure to check out our Instagram to see what the CSOs are doing around the world at: https://www.instagram.com/cso_international/
Diverse groups?
Yes! 6-12th graders ranging from all background and ethnicity categories. Over 60% of the CSOs are female.
How do the CSOs work together?
CSOs are members of an online learning community and collaborate through discussions, blogs and assignments. Chief Science Officers also attend annual Leadership Training Institutes, Cabinet Meetings, STEM events and meet ups in the community. Mentors work with groups of students to coordinate projects and support implementation of action planning. The CSO International Team plans opportunities for students to interact with one another on and offline!
Why was the CSO program created?
Dr. Jeremy Babendure created the CSO program to amplify student voice and create a global network of diverse STEM leaders by placing them in conversations regarding current innovations. The program is designed to foster communication and collaboration with all stakeholders to enrich the STEM culture for all students! Partnerships with business and industry helps to build strong communities and increase career awareness. The growth will broaden the impact as a CSO network worldwide.
Do CSOs serve on Student Government?
Not necessarily. However, many CSOs work with their Student Government to coordinate and collaborate on events to best serve their student population.
How can I get involved?
Contact us and let us know how you would like to help! We are willing to train and guide you through a variety of roles to be involved in the Chief Science Officer Program – no matter who you are, what you do or where you live! Technology is an amazing tool and we want you to get connected.
What is the value of becoming a CSO or starting the program?
Empowering a student to make a difference is valuable and after 5 years of tracking individual growth, we have learned the impact has been life changing on the CSO and the individuals they interact with during their Action Plans. When you consider return on investment, the cost of the program has a value of $1500 during the year, based on the training, experiences and collateral (uniform, business cards and online community learning system). However, the actual return on investment varies with each individual CSO.
"The CSO program is amazing. It's also what you make of it, and how you take initiative within the program." CSO Dana, Arizona
How is the program financially supported?
The Chief Science Officer Program has amazing corporate, business and community sponsors across the country, including grant funding from the National Science Foundation and CISCO. With the start of the program, research and evaluation tools have been created to analyze the impact of the CSOs. Individual schools may be required to pay a participant fee per CSO or donations are made to the Science For All 501(3)c charitable organization.

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Apple has long positioned itself as the one tech company that respects and protects its users' privacy, so this won't be welcome news. According to a security researcher, the iPhone 11 will collect your location data even when instructed not to.
KrebsOnSecurity's Brian Krebs noted that the iPhone 11 Pro "intermittently seeks the user's location information even when all applications and system services on the phone are individually set to never request this data." Apple says that this isn't a bug but by design.
Users can turn off all location services on the iPhone by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and toggling the option. For those who don't want a total block, it's also possible to turn off location services for each individual app and system service. But Krebs notes that "there are some system services on this model (and possibly other iPhone 11 models) which request location data and cannot be disabled by users without completely turning off location services."
So, even if you switch off location services for every app and system service, the handset will still be seeking your location occasionally. The only way to stop it completely is to switch the master setting for location services to Off.
In a statement, Apple explained that this wasn't a security issue. "We do not see any actual security implications," wrote a company engineer. "It is expected behavior that the Location Services icon appears in the status bar when Location Services is enabled. The icon appears for system services that do not have a switch in Settings."
Turning off the master setting for location services is easy enough, but if a user picks a single app, such as Maps, to use the feature, they would expect that app to be the only one accessing their location.
Earlier this week, Apple admitted that some 13-inch MacBook Pros were shutting down unexpectedly.


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We are delighted to feature our Woman Who…Business Network Finalists today. Seanna Holland is the Vice Chair of Kenilworth Chamber of Trade.
"I am now in my 3rd year as Vice-Chair of Kenilworth Chamber of Trade, I became involved with the Chamber to meet other like-minded business people and also help to give something back to the town I love.
During my involvement with the Chamber it has grown from 53 members to over 100 members and we have launched a wide variety of new events including quarterly breakfast meetings and monthly social events, we have also grown the existing Business Fair to an extremely popular Business Expo providing over 50 exhibitors with a platform to promote their business locally. Our guest speakers include Sir Digby Jones and the Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Andrew Haldane.
Last year we launched our own Awards, The Worthies, this was my brainchild as we recognised that there are a number of awards locally but not many which recognise the general community and not just businesses. The Worthies was designed to recognise the people who put the Worth into Kenilworth. It has been a learning curve with nine categories eligible for public vote, co-ordinating the nomination procedure, then encouraging the public to vote, arranging the interviews for the shortlisted nominees and now putting the finishing touches to the awards dinner which will take place in May. We were keen to ensure the event was affordable for all and all nominees will receive a free ticket with main tickets being sold at £25 for the evening.
We run a twitter hour on a Tuesday morning between 11 and 12 which I manage behind the scenes, we have revamped our website and I handle the day to day updates and we have an active facebook page which I am one of the administrators of. All of the Chamber committee are volunteers and we all devote what time we can alongside running our own businesses, I have my own business Pack Smart Ltd which is a thriving fulfilment company employing 9 full time staff, I also teach 9 gym classes a week and am a keen runner.
I believe that Kenilworth has a lot to offer and we promote all the local businesses through the chamber, our current Chair Richard Hales comes to the end of his run in July and I will be the natural replacement so I am looking forward to the extra challenges and responsibilities the Chair position will have in store for me. I want to continue supporting local and try to secure some more high profile speakers in the months ahead and continue the great work which Richard has completed in his role as Chair.
I have made some great connections during my time with the Chamber and have found it a valuable way to share ideas and problems with other business owners who help you through difficult or challenging times. I also like to think that I have been on hand to help and advise others as they grow and develop their businesses."
Congratulations Seanna on being a Woman Who…Business Network Finalist.
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Open Way 2015 in Novo Mesto, Slovenia
I was happy to be invited this year at Open Way in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Open Way is a barcamp style event about everything open source, held in the small town of Novo Mesto in Slovenia, on the 24th of April. It was my first time in Slovenia and I must say: wow, it's so freaking green.
Tourism aside, the event was organized by the local Startup scene and Mozilla Slovenia with the aim to promote open source and open culture locally. Quite a few speakers from Croatia attended and I was humbled to receive "special treatment" as a non Slovenian speaker. Also, did I tell you how green Slovenia is?
The event was relatively small but quite intensive, which was quite refreshing, as most attendees knew about open source or were genuinely interested to learn more about it.
It was also the first time in months I gave a talk again, making me a bit nervous again, however I received highly positive feedback afterwards, which is the fuel motivating every speaker I suppose. As part of the Community Design team at Mozilla, I talked about overcoming your ego as a designer in an open source community.
While this is a quite exotic topic, the audience understood the importance of open design as a way to express the values of an open organization in visual ways. The experience to discuss such topic with likeminded was very rewarding. I am currently polishing the slides for future talk opportunities, so there will be more coming up regarding this.
I also had the chance to meet up with local Mozillians and check out their small but cozy community space. I must say, although I mostly grew up in Germany, the Balkan culture and hospitality is irreplaceable. Lots of beer and good food with fellow geeks at the open office made a perfect aftermath for the event too. The atmosphere was pretty inspiring, indeed.
Thanks to the local Mozilla community, especially to Nino Vranesic and Brian King for the great hospitality, I will definitely come back next year!
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My blogging buddy Kalliope was nommed for an award so here's my hat-tip to her. Congrats chick.
And now I do the thing…
- Answer 8 questions that the blogger gave you
- Give 8 random thoughts about yourself
- Nominate 8 other bloggers and notify them of their nomination
- Ask your nominees 8 questions.
The 8 Pointless questions…
- Would you rather be loved for your mind, your heart, or your body? Currently keen to be loved for my mind. This is the drive behind constant, bordering on maniacal learning of new shit.
- Your life is suddenly accompanied by a strong and persistent musical soundtrack. Does the show belong on Broadway, a Disney film, a rock opera or a hotel lobby? Broadway, defs. Jazz hands at the ready.
- Identify the opening theme song and imagery montage that heralds your appearance. My 'I Am' song should come later in the piece. The opening scene involves me trying out various personas in Paris. Funny Face-mode Audrey Hepburn, Collette, Simone de Beauvoir. Music by Hans Zimmer.
- Which body of blood is more ominous: a river, a puddle, a slow ooze, or a persistent percussive drip? Drip all the way.
- How did you get that scar? I tripped on a log at school. What? Oh, that one? C-Section.
- When (and why) was the last time you cried? Sunday night. So bad a coming home.
- You're suddenly in high school again. What is the single most important thing you would change or do differently if you could? Say no to the boy. Just no. Even though he's cute. Sooo cute.
- Prepare your ultimate funeral. Setting, music, eulogies, your body, etc. There's a file, saved to my desktop. God knows that my funeral would be like if my husband planned it. Lucky I'd be dead!
mmmm, I need to nominate people… oh god…
Loved this one from Meg Dowell.
This great post full of timely information from Janet Mary Cobb.
This one from Christine Seery spoke to my soul…
Great advice as we head into the new year from Catherine Lanser.
This quirk-filled blog from Ann Koplow.
Pretty much everything on A Writer's Path.
Okay, that's me…This procrastination has been brought to you by Networking and Reading 400 blogs. I really should be editing…
I didn't make it to 8…and here are some Qs for you to A should you be keen
1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? 2. What's your dream writer's retreat location? 3. If you could meet just one famous person and have a meal with them, what would you eat? 4. Most recent vacation? 5. Do you think your home town informs your writing/art? 5. How long have you been blogging? 6. What do you want to be when you grow up? 7. Fave movie? 8. If you were a painter, what would you name your Retrospective?
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Systech International has established an office in Mumbai, India in response to a growing need for its solutions and an expanding client base in the region.
To further support its entry, Systech will convene its next Uniquity Global Conference in Mumbai on October 6, 2016, featuring a roster of prominent guest speakers. The focus of Uniquity India will be on global serialization regulations affecting the pharmaceutical industry and how effective technologies will be necessary to meet a wide range of compliance requirements. Attendance at this exclusive event is by invitation only, with confirmation to selected qualified representatives.
Robert DeJean, CEO of Systech International, states, "With the incredible opportunity to service the pharmaceutical industry comes the demand for globally-compliant solutions that meet the vast array of complex regulations that continue to evolve. As a result, there's a need for solutions that are comprehensive, versatile, and cost-effective. Systech's industry-leading serialization and track-and-trace offerings have been proven for more than 30 years as the best solutions to meet this need."
Pharmaceutical manufacturers in India supply a high volume of superior quality medicines to every market in the world, and the nation's pharmaceutical export segment has more than doubled from $7.8 billion in 2008 to $16.5 billion in 2014, according to the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry. In 2016, sales are expected to increase by nearly 84% to $26.1 billion with generic drugs dominating, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the market. Furthermore, over 55 percent of exports from India are to highly regulated markets whose governments have enacted stringent serialization and tracing regulations.
"The problem is that no two of these regulations are the same, and therefore Indian exporters must not only comply with all the individual mandates, but also keep abreast of a rapidly-changing regulatory landscape," notes Dr. Avi Chaudhuri, who is spearheading Systech's India expansion. "Our core commitments to the industry are that we provide a comprehensive set of solutions and ensure full compliance against any and all new regulations that come into force."
Systech International offers a full suite of software applications to manage these complex requirements, allowing serialization mandates to be met anywhere in the world — including the export serialization requirements of the Indian Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). Systech is already seeing significant demand for its solutions as Indian pharmaceutical companies rush toward complying with the looming deadlines for key regulations such as the US DSCSA, EU FMD, and others.
According to Harry Saint-Preux, Director, Global Alliances & Channels, "Systech is the only provider in the world that offers a complete palette of solutions encompassing serialization, aggregation, reporting, rework, and enterprise traceability. Companies that implement Systech's stack obtain a unified solution to cover the entirety of pharmaceutical requirements. This unique capability increases the value we bring to our clients."
The demand for Systech's services in India is also due to the versatility of its offerings. By being hardware-agnostic, Systech can collaborate with a multitude of local vendors and integrators who have served the Indian market with distinction. Many pharmaceutical companies have already made significant investments in line-level hardware. Systech can work with such existing setups to preserve those past investments, and therefore deploy only the subset of its highly configurable solutions that would be needed to complete the task toward DSCSA or other regulatory compliance. This in turn makes for a highly economical offering to its prospective clients.
The combination of advantages offered by Systech also makes it particularly attractive to contract manufacturers and packagers. Mid-market companies that offer services to other drug manufacturers must develop and follow a program of adding multiple serialization-related capabilities to all of their packaging lines within the next 15 months, or risk losing their business to competitors who are DSCSA-compliant. Systech's product suite is extremely attractive to the Indian SME sector because it is designed to work with a wide array of packaging and labeling equipment to ensure cost containment.
In addition to its serialization and traceability solutions, Systech is also introducing its highly acclaimed, award-winning brand protection technology, UniSecure™. Pharmaceutical and consumer brands are major targets of counterfeiters in Asian markets. UniSecure offers a revolutionary approach to global brand protection due to its immunity from many of the problems that affect other anti-counterfeiting solutions. As an example, UniSecure does not require brand owners to fit any printers on the packaging line, or to make major investments for variable coding.
According to Chaudhuri, "The biggest benefit to UniSecure is its non-additive and non-intrusive technology, instead using an existing overt mark already produced during packaging—such as a linear barcode—to create a unique covert identifier. The UniSecure technology does not require addition of any print matter on a package, and yet it can be used with serialized barcodes to create a highly robust solution that simply cannot be copied or reverse-engineered. In effect, it serializes a non-serialized product and, in doing so, averts all of the security issues that have been problematic with use of mass serialization purely for brand protection."
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Acres is a shareholder of the Metro Animal Emergency Clinic (MAEC). The MAEC provides emergency care for our patients while we are closed overnight, on weekends, and for holidays. This means that our staff does not need to be oncall 24-7. It allows us to rest without worries so that we can be bright and alert when treating patients during regular business hours.
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Our veterinarians and our practice maintain a number of professional affiliations to ensure that the care we provide to our patients is humane, ethical, and of high quality.
Acres is credited as a small animal hospital and an equine mobile clinic (for acupuncture and chiropractic) by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) through our membership with the Nova Scotia Veterinary Medical Association (NSVMA). Dr. Lee is members in good standing of the CVMA and the NSVMA.
Dr. Lee became certified in veterinary acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) in 2000.
Since 2003, Dr. Lee has been certified in Animal Chiropractic by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA).
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Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology
Morton Prince and Floyd Henry Allport
With this Volume (beginning April 1, 1921) The JOURNAL will extend its field to include that of Social Psychology. In conformity with this policy the title of the Journal will be changed to
The reasons for combining the two fields are set forth in the following statement:
At its inception, less than two decades ago, social psychology was variously defined according to different opinions as to its subject matter. The following classes of data were among those stressed in the various definitions: crowd action, the social bases of human nature, the psychological aspects of social formations and movements, and "planes and currents" of thought and action which arise by virtue of the association of human beings. Through the enterprise of the pioneers these formulations, supplemented by many incidental contributions from others, have grown into a science having as its field a unique set of natural phenomena, and a wide range of practical application. A distinct method also is emerging, though progress here is necessarily slow owing to the large scale and the intangibility of much of the data. Interest in the subject is rapidly growing, and there are many courses given in it in colleges throughout the country. It is doubtful whether this stage of interest and importance would have
(2) been attained but for the contemporary development of a sister science, abnormal psychology. Psychopathologists have in recent years delved deeply into the dynamics of human nature. This statement by no means refers to the Freudian School alone. Social psychology, because it is interested more deeply than any other branch (unless it be educational psychology) in the forces underlying human conduct, has been able to profit in a peculiar way by the discoveries of psycho-pathology. It seems eminently fitting therefore that a journal should be provided as the direct means of expression for workers in social psychology, and that this organ should be affiliated with THE JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY.
It is appropriate, in view of this enlargement of scope, to attempt an outline of the various interests now properly included under the head of social psychology. The definition of a science is always an arbitrary matter. Quibbling over what should be included or excluded is futile. The intention here is rather to offer suggestions than to set definite limits.
There is first the foundation-study of human traits in so far as they have importance for social life. The individual is our point of departure. His innate and acquired bases of conduct must be examined. Here instinct, learning, and emotion are important according as they adjust or prevent the adjustment of the individual to the social environment. Gregariousness, sympathy, kindliness, rivalry, and other social traits are fundamental. In a broad sense the personality of the individual as one of the radiant points of social action offers a field for practical and theoretical investigation. The technique of personality study and measurement is undergoing a rapid development. Our knowledge of the subject has been immeasureably broadened by contributions from abnormal psychology. The fears and obsessions, the unconscious mental processes, the disassociations, the persistence of infantile traits repressed or expressed, passivity and activity, relation to reality, balance and compensation in the emotional sphere, all make their appearance and play their part in normal human personality and the adjustments between the personality and the social order.
After the canvass of the individual comes the study of the interaction between the individual and the group. On the conscious side this relation takes the form of social consciousness, and acting upon ideal or imaginal social stimuli (such as the feeling of the attitudes of others, codes of conduct, etc.). The old question of whether and in what sense there exists a group mind or a group personality is here
(3) involved. The growth of consciousness of self and its dependence on the consciousness of other selves, as well as the foundation of concepts, meanings, and ideals upon social tradition and acceptance, are kindred problems.
Approached from the standpoint of behavior there is offered the whole field of communication : gesture, speech, language, and facial and bodily expression. These functions have been unjustly neglected by psychologists. They are the substructure of the social order; from them develops the entire mechanism of social control, both in the child and in the race. The psychology of the group influence is primarily a matter of social behavior. How do individuals working or acting in a group influence the mental processes of one another? In this important field an experimental method peculiar to social psychology has already attained some recognition. There are experimental results both for the more mechanical and the more intellectual group occupations.
The behavioristic study of the crowd is an interesting division of social psychology. The latent power of instincts and autonomic drives, the mechanisms of imitation (e. g. circular reflex), suggestion, influence of prestige and large numbers, the facilitation, "contagion," or sympathetic induction of emotional response—all really individual phenomena characteristically evoked only by social stimuli —are the leading topics. In this field also abnormal psychology has made important contributions through its studies upon hypnosis, suggestion, automatisms, repressions, and lapse of conscious control.
If we enter the sphere of more permanent social relations, the many adjustments of the human being to his social environment require an understanding of socio-psychological laws. The adjustments of husband and wife as well as those between parents and children bring us into close touch with contributions from the abnormal psychology of the Freudian school. In the social adjustments of deviating personalities abnormal concepts are also of great value. The psychology of ultra-radical movements, of Bolshevism, spiritualistic fanaticism, and the like, is really that of the abnormal personality and its "falling out" with the regime of society. The failure to adjust to the requirements of the social group is the ground for many departures from the normal. In fact it constitutes in many cases of insanity the leading and most comprehensive symptom of modern diagnosis.
We may consider also larger and more permanent groups such as the caste, the professional society, the nation, and the race. To the
(4) study of such bodies sociology has heretofore given considerable attention. It is important however to have a psychological statement of nationality and "the national mind." The role of nations in peace and war, and the problems of a society or league of nations call for aid from the psychological student of these large units. Biology and comparative methods are also brought to bear with social psychology in considering the differentiation, development, and improvement of racial stocks. We are led further in this direction to primitive society and the intricate relations of social and abnormal psychology to folklore, tradition, myth, and custom.
There is indeed a large body of problems in the treatment of which social psychology has been employed as an adjunct to sociology. The interest of the sociologists in psychological explanations of social movement, imitation, change and progress constitutes one of the lines of descent of our present social psychology. Psychological interest in these subjects is still rife. There are many theories of the nature and origin of society itself which are drawn from a consideration of human nature. Theories of imitation, consciousness of kind, ejective consciousness, social instincts, gregariousness, familial social origins, l'egoism, and a number of others illustrate the contributions of psychology to sociological theory. Invention, leadership, control, and progress are forward-pointing interests of socio-psychological science.
There remain for enumeration the various applications of social psychology. The most important of these are the problems of socialization, in a broad sense the fitting of the behavior of the individual to the social order. Socialization involves likewise a reconstruction or reorganization of the social order so that it shall be better fitted to the individual. In the problems of capital and labor, the formation or trade unions and industrial organizations, the claim of the I. W. W., and the various economic and political reconstructions proposed, we find a complex blending of economic and psychological factors. This general problem involving as it does a conflict of group interests, is a most intricate one. More obvious and hopeful examples of socialization are to be found in the Americanization movement, plans for community organization, and the like.
The laws of group influence and crowd action are not without their importance for government. There is no doubt that legislation in representative democratic bodies is strongly affected (and by no means always for the best) by social influence brought to bear in the conditions (deliberations, discussions, etc.) under which it was enact-
(5) -ed. Group discussion and its psychology is an important practical theme. Not only government but other social institutions such as the church, the press, the school, and the university have many aims and problems peculiar to the conditions of human association. Formation of opinion, revivals, school spirit, inculcation of ideals, work in the classrooms,—these are a few examples. There are other less frequently recognized, but important, applications of social psychology to the work of society. Social Ethics, with its program of amelioration, needs the support of social psychology. A knowledge of the laws both of abnormal and of social behavior is a necessary part of the equipment of the social worker. In many of the professions of individuals, such as medicine, law, public speaking, dramatic performance, executive work, and salesmanship, a working acquaintance with the psychology of human contact is an asset of unusual value. In enterprises and movements comprising large numbers of persons such as political and moral campaigns, patriotic rallies, feminism, prohibition, and military service, the social influence is seen at its strongest. Social psychology should afford not only an understanding, but also a means of directing these great streams of combined human energy. Morale, the psychology of "cause," can be made a driving force in social progress.
Finally, the various social maladjustments of delinquency, mental and characterial defect, criminality, and other forms of social inadequacy should interest the student of social behavior. In this field the endeavors of the students of social psychology combine again most intimately with those of the students of abnormal psychology. The efficacy of punishment and reformation requires suggestion and psycho-analytic re-education in combination with the social psychologist's experience with the laws of social influence and control.
In view therefore both of the present need of an organ for social psychology and of the mutually helpful contacts between that science and abnormal psychology, The Journal is pleased to announce the extension of its scope to include the former, and cordially invites those who are interested in the advancement of social psychology to join the ranks of its readers and contributors.


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Off-shore Wind War
by Timlynn Babitsky
The war over off-shore wind power in the US may soon be over! The first large-scale US off-shore wind project has been stalled for nearly eight years by a very rich and famous NIMBY campaign of resistors. Yet despite every effort to kill the Cape Wind project, it may be just months away from finally starting construction.
The Cape Wind project plans to place 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound, south of Cape Cod. An untiring handful of grassroots organizers have waged a mighty battle with Cape Cod property owners, heiresses, billionaires, well-funded and well-organized opposition lobbying, and the likes of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Senator Edward M. Kennedy. But, David may yet defeat these Goliaths. In a few months The Cape Wind project expects to get authorization to begin construction.
The incredible case history of the early days of this project is documented in the book Cape Wind by Wendy Williams and Robert Whitcomb. It is a classic case study of how even the most powerful resistance can be overcome with dogged research (doing your homework!), developing a wide network of supporters and allies, and frankly (when dealing with a whole gaggle of the rich and VERY powerful) – a whole lot of money.
There is much to be learned from the Cape Wind project. It is important to note here that the size of this project and the wealth of the resistors made this battle an expensive one. But aside from the costs unique to this particular project, the strategies and tactics used by these grassroots activists have some major lessons for all wind activists and advocates.
Click here for an update on the Cape Wind project and on the trends in US off-shore wind power projects in general.
For information on the evolution of what started out as a grassroots campaign and is now a major agenda, visit the Clean Power Now website.


text: Viking 2's first picture on the surface of Mars was taken within minutes after the spacecraft touched down on September 3. The scene reveals a wide variety of rocks littering a surface of fine-grained deposit. Boulders in the 10 to 20-centimeter (4 to 8-inch) size range-- some vesicular (holes) and some apparently fluted by wind--are common. Many of the pebbles have tabular or platy shapes, suggesting that they may be derived from layered strata. The fluted boulder just above the Lander s footpad displays a dust-covered or scraped surface, suggesting it was overturned or altered by the foot at touchdown. Just as occurred with Viking l s first picture on July 20, brightness variations at the beginning of the picture scan (left edge) probably are due to dust settling after landing. A substantial amount of fine-grained material kicked up by the descent engines has accumulated in the concave interior of the footpad. Center of the image is about 1.4 meters (5 feet) from the camera. Field of view extends 70 from left to right and 20 from top to bottom. Viking 2 landed at a region called Utopia in the northern latitudes about 7500 kilometers (4600 miles) northeast of Viking l s landing on the Chryse plain 45 days earlier.


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What Should You Look For When Buying A Juicer?
Drinking a glass of juice in the morning is a healthy way to start your day. It completes your breakfast and gives you all the nutrients of fruits and vegetables. However, many of you must be either drinking canned juices or relying on roadside stalls for fresh juices. While packaged juices lack the freshness and contain preservatives, drinking juices from the roadside stalls may not be a hygienic option. It is for these reasons that you need to have a juicer on your kitchen counter. With a juicer at home, you can have nutrient-rich juices at any time of the day. If you are wondering which is the best juicer to buy, then you are on the right page.
Here are a few factors that will help you choose the best type of juicer:
1. Nutrients: The whole point of buying a juicer is to get all the nutrients of fruits and vegetables. Make sure that the juicer you choose is able to extract juices not just from fruits but also from leafy vegetables like kale and spinach. Kutchina juicer has a superior juicing capacity as it is equipped with a high-power copper motor. The precision blade makes the juicer great at juicing leafy greens too. The juicer comes with a plunger that ensures no part of the fruit or vegetable is wasted.
2. Cleaning: Most people don't buy a juicer because they think that cleaning a juicer is a tedious task. However, this isn't true if you buy a Kutchina juicer. If easy cleaning up is a priority for you then go for Kutchina juicer, it comes with a detachable pulp container. This container can be easily removed and cleaned. And, the stainless filter is also detachable and washable.
3. Speed: Most juicers come with one button — not letting you choose the speed settings. The ability to choose a speed setting is quite useful as different types of fruits and vegetables require different speed adjustments. However, this is not the case with Kutchina juicer. It comes with 2 different settings. You can juice soft fruits like strawberries, blueberries, oranges, etc, at low speed. For vegetables like kale and spinach and hard fruits like carrots and beetroots, high speed is ideal.
4. Size and cord length: A lot of people don't want to spare their valuable kitchen counter space just for a juicer. However, Kutchina juicer is compact and doesn't take up a lot of space. It is so compact that you can either place it on the counter or store it in the cabinets. The length of the cord is also decent.
Kutchina juicer has a stylish design that will go well with any kitchen. Here's to a healthy way of life!


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Regatta Girls Valentine Waterproof Jacket for Children
Product Review & Walking Gear Test
Girls Valentine Waterproof Jacket for Children
Vital Statistics:
Features to Note:
- Waterproof and breathable Isotex 5000 coated polyester fabric
- Taped seams
- Concealed hood
- 2 zipped lower pockets
- Adjustable drawcord hem age 7+
- Printed name label (up to age 8)
- Interactive
In-use Test:
Our young tester (and her Mum) love the overall design of the Regatta Valentine - especially the colour (Strawberry/Firewood). The length is good - the jacket reachs to the top of the leg - and although the arm length is slightly long, the velcro at the cuffs mean that these are easy to adjust to fit.
The pockets are at a perfect height and angled so that it is easy to slip your hands in and out. Would be useful to have an additional inside, pouch-like pocket for purse, tissues etc.
The Valentine was great in the rain - there was certainly no leakage of rain nor any build-up of condensation at all. The hood works well and folds away easily when not in use.
It is good to see the reflectors - a very useful safety feature.
The overall quality is generally very good, but there are some loose ends in the stitching over the side seams where the elastic tightener is.
We've not yet tested out how it washes - it's in use too much at the moment!
Perhaps a tad expensive for casual/infrequent use, but if your daughter is keen on walking or other outdoor pursuits then the Regatta Valentine is a very attractive and functional little walking jacket.
Have you got a Regatta Girls Valentine Waterproof Jacket for Children?
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text: Two final pages for April. Ocean Grove concert page and Jon McLaughlin. It is becoming a bit more difficult to limit myself to 1 page per show, but I am trying to stuff as much as I can on there as evident by the Jon page. The Ocean Grove page I had some room to spare once I cropped everything down!


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Product Overview
Learn how to promote breastfeeding in both medical and community settings with this two book bundle. Each book is a collection of recent monographs from top experts in their respective fields.
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Promoting Breastfeeding: Medical Settings
Articles included:
Increasing Hospital Breastfeeding Rates Through Online Education for Staff Registered Nurses
by Ann Baker, DNP
Yvonne Weideman, DNP
Debra Facello, PhD
Pilot Study of Breastfeeding Support on the Night Shift
by Betsy Ayers, BSN, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Jane Grassley, PhD, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Kristen Koprowski, BSN, RN
What Breastfeeding Mothers Want Specific Contextualized Help
by Amy Sarah Miller, BS
Anna Clarissa Jeanne Telford BS
Brechtje Huizinga, BS
Manu Pinkster, BS
Jorieke ten Heggeler, BS
Joyce Elaine Miller, BS, DC, PhD
Where Are We Going Wrong?
by Sharanjit Kaur, MPH
Julie Smith-Fehr, RN, BScN, MN
Jana Stockham, RN, IBCLC
Angela Bowen, RN, PhD
Improving Communication and Collaboration Between Lactation Consultants and Doctors for Better Breastfeeding Outcomes
by Janice Fyfe, B. Comm (Hons), ND
Shelagh Quinn, IBCLC
Tristan Kiraly, RN, IBCLC
Edith Kernerman, IBCLC, RLC
Using Avatars to Enhance Breastfeeding Education for Undergraduate Nursing Students
by Jeanie Flood, PhD, RN, IBCLC
Kathleen Commendador, PhD, WHNP-BC
Standardizing Prenatal Breastfeeding Education in the Clinic Setting
by Sherry L. Seibenhener, DNP, FNP-C, WHNP-BC
Leigh Minchew, DNP, RN, WHNP-BC
Breastfeeding Knowledge and Intent to Breastfeed
by Emily Lee, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CLC
Joanie Jackson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
The Effect of an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting on Breastfeeding Duration and Exclusivity During the First Year of Life
by Cynthia A. Morris, DNP, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Judith L. Gutowski, BA, IBCLC, RLC
Hospitalization for Nipple Confusion
by Asti Praborini, MD, IBCLC
Hani Purnamasari, MD
Agusnawati Munandar, MD, IBCLC, CIMI
Ratih Ayu Wulandari, MD, IBCLC
Improving Maternity Practices and Working Toward Baby-Friendly in Hangzhou, China
by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, RLC, FAPA
Editors : Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Copyright: 2018
Total Pages: 178
Promoting Breastfeeding: Community Settings
Articles included:
Campus Climate
by Janis Henderson, PhD
Jennifer K. Chapman, PhD Student
Shea Thoma-Jackson, PhD, IBCLC, RLC, CPST
Lauren Kelly, PhD
Miriam Mulsow
Problems With Breastfeeding/Breast Milk Feeding Reported by Women Participating in a Workplace Lactation Program
by Jane A. Johnston Balkam, PhD, APRN, CPNP, IBCLC, RLC
The North Carolina Lactation Educator Training Program
by Georganna Cogburn, MS, RD, LDN, IBCLC, RLC
Mona Brown Ketner, MSN, RN, C-EFM
Continuing Breastfeeding With Paid Employment
by Shela Akbar Ali Hirani, IBCLC, RLC, MScN, BScN
The Bottle-Feeding Culture Is Alive and Well
by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, RLC, FAPA
Mothers' Perspectives on Effective Assistance With Breastfeeding Problems
by Jamie Mahurin-Smith, PhD, IBCLC, RLC, CCC-SLP
Is Breastfeeding Only Good for Babies?
by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, RLC, FAPA
Evaluation of an Initiative to Increase Exclusive
Breastfeeding Among Rural Hispanic Women
by Naomi Pitcock, DNP, RN, APHN | Emily Drake, PhD, RN, FAAN
Pamela A. Kulbok, DNSc, RN, PHCNS-BC, FAAN | Kimberly Pineda, MA, CHE
Mary Gibson, PhD, RN | Laura Yoder, PhD, RN
Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in a Clinic Setting Did Not Increase Its Rates
by Allison L. Scott, DNP, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Marie-Rachelle Narcisse, PhD, CHCQM | Lyla Lindholm, DNP, RN, CNS
Massachusetts Parents' Experiences With Insurance Coverage for Lactation Consultant Services
by Robin Snyder-Drummond, BA, IBCLC, RLC
Heather Bingham, BA, IBCLC, RLC | Jessica M. Lang, PhD, IBCLC, RLC, MPH
The Lactivism Backlash Unwittingly Identifies a Serious Problem for Mothers in the United States
by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, RLC, FAPA
Editors : Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Copyright: 2018
Total Pages: 164
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, FAPA. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and the Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is Editor-in-Chief of two peer-reviewed journals: Clinical Lactation and Psychological Trauma. She is Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Health and Trauma Psychology, Past President of the APA Division of Trauma Psychology, and a member of the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest. Dr. Kendall-Tackett specializes in women's-health research including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health psychology, and has won many awards for her work including the 2016 Outstanding Service to the Field of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association's Division 56. Dr. Kendall-Tackett has authored more than 410 articles or chapters, and 35 books, Her most recent books include: Depression in New Mothers, 3rd Edition (2017, Routledge UK), Women's Mental Health Across the Lifespan (2017, Routledge US, with Lesia Ruglass), Psychology of Trauma 101 (2015, Springer, with Lesia Ruglass) and The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep (2014, Praeclarus, with Wendy Middlemiss). Her websites are UppityScienceChick.com, BreastfeedingMadeSimple.com, KathleenKendall-Tackett.com, and PraeclarusPress.com.


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A mysterious benefactor offers you enough for Hollywood University, the most prestigious college for anyone who wants to make a living in show business. Will you attend as a movie star, fashionista or a director?
Even though Pixelberry abandoned this game for Choices, you can still download it on your smart phone or handheld device. This game does have a story attached to it, such as finding out whom the mysterious benefactor is paying your way through Hollywood University. You also have your own enemies to deal with in the form of Bianca and her father. The MC and Bianca have a rivalry similar to Jem and Pizzazz from the 80s cartoon show. However, there are two differences. For instance, Bianca knows how to turn everyone against the MC and make herself look like the innocent victim. This is something Pizzazz could never pull off. The other difference is that the MC doesn't get everything handed to her as Jem did. He or she has to struggle through various obstacles in order to succeed. Let me tell you, it gets rather tough. I can't recall how many times I've empathized with the MC and actually felt frustrated or upset with what he or she goes through.
The game does not shy away from certain issues found in Hollywood. For instance, one of the characters, Addison, used to be a movie star until she had an affair with a director. The director in question lied to her about leaving his wife and, when the affair became public knowledge, he lied by claiming that Addison seduced him. However, if you ask me, even if his version turned out to be true, he's still at fault. These incidents happen in Hollywood with one example being Kristen Stewart's casting as the title character in Snow White and the Huntsman. The news reports revealed that the reason the director cast her is because of an affair. Many people slut shame her though, since I don't know the whole story, I won't pass judgment. I do know that it cost Kristen Stewart her job while they still kept the director. Some people call a double standard but, personally, I believe that it's because Kristen Stewart was more expendable. I'm sure you can find many other stories of such instances all throughout Hollywood but, more often than not, people blame the woman and it ruins her career.
Another instance from real life the game drew inspiration from is Miley Cyrus in order to create the character of Lisa Valentine. She is a former teen pop star who played the main character in a children's show called Lisa Mermaid. Now that Lisa's all grown up, she goes out of her way to remind everyone of this, something her mother and manager disapproves. While most works would portray Lisa's mother as the sympathetic one and Lisa as the evil slut, this game does not fall victim to such thinking. Instead, Lisa is the one in the right and the game implies that, if she wants to be a party girl, that's her choice. No one has any right to judge her for it. As I said, the game drew inspiration from Miley Cyrus for this after her Hannah Montana days were far behind her. Except I always suspected that her father encouraged her to act crazy in order to stay in the spotlight. Now that Miley Cyrus is voicing one of the original Guardians of the Galaxy, I don't think she needs to act crazy anymore. I am not kidding; she voiced the robot in the credits teaser showing the original Guardians.
The game play is that of a typical smart phone game, with you assigning characters to task. It can take up to 24 hours to finish tasks, so you're free to clean house, do homework and take care of anything else while you wait. I call it the video game version of the Crockpot. You can also throw parties to attract certain character types and go on dates. You can hook up various characters in Couples Corner and send the MC on dates in the Amour. You can also purchase buildings and collect money.
Oh, and those character types you collect from partying each come with their own side quests. The game comes with many extras, such as A-Listers and side quests, but you have to pay in diamonds, which costs real money to purchase. Let me tell you, the game is very addictive and you'll want to see everything it has to offer. After you've collected all the characters and done all of the side quests, the game loses most of its appeal. By then, you just want to continue playing to see what happens in the story.
This game is addictive and intriguing. It deserves 9 out of 10, emotionally affective but not enough for a full mark.


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Since the early days of her modeling career, Lola Monroe had always known she wanted to pursue a career as a Hip hop female emcee eventually. So in 2007 she was still a music video model but in the ears to come, she would be best known for her singles "Don't Wake Me" and "Overtime." In 2009 she released her first mix tape called Boss Bitch's World, The Lola Monroe Chronicles: the Art of Motivation, and her collaborative mix tape called Untouchables all in one year! In 2010, she released her fourth mix tape called Batteries Not Included.
In 2013, she was nominated for Best Female Hip hop Artist on the BET Awards. She featured Kid Ink in a song called "Lick It (U Nasty)" and associated with Whiz Khalifa in her 2012 single called "Darling." Lola became a part of Whiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang movement as the first lady. She was there along with other important artists such as Juicy J, Chevy Woods and many more. Her first album release now as a part of this label was 2013's Lipstick & Pistols.
That same year she released another album called Boss Bitch's World II along with Juicy J and Chevy woods. Ten days after her album release along with her producer Cardo she left Taylor Gang. It was rumored that they had kicked her out but she said she had never actually signed to the label. Her musical influences have been Jay-Z, Tupac Shakur, MC Lyte, etc. Lola has an amazing future if she continues with all these successes.


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Recycled Aggregate
Why Use Recycled Aggregate?
Why use recycled aggregate? As far as recycling is concerned, asphalt and concrete are among the simplest materials to recycle and re-use, with significant markets available for recycled aggregate.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet on Recycled Aggregates, more than 100 million tons of asphalt is recovered annually in the United States, with 80% of it being recycled (the other 20% still goes to landfills). Of the recycled asphalt, about two-thirds is used as recycled aggregate for road base, with the remaining one-third used to produce new asphalt hot mixes.
Using recycled aggregate earns credits for the LEED Green Building Rating System.
About 100 million tons of concrete also is recycled annually, with about 68% of that being reused as recycled aggregate in road base and the remainder in new concrete mixes, asphalt hot mixes, riprap and general fill.
Production of recycled aggregate can occur at the construction site, where worn out asphalt and concrete is removed, crushed and screened, or hauled to a local recycling facility for processing.
Recycling asphalt and concrete on-site for use in recycled aggregate provides the benefits of:
- Reduced use of landfill space
- Lower costs for heavy materials hauling
- Less wear and tear on roads and equipment
- Decreased energy costs for transportation vehicles
- Reduced cost of road base material – PK Crushing estimates its recycled aggregate saves up to 40% of the cost compared with virgin aggregates
- Earned credits for the LEED Green Building Rating System.
Recycled aggregate performs as well as virgin aggregate in numerous applications, such as:
- Aggregate base, sub-base and shoulders for paved roads
- Surfacing of gravel roads
- Base for building foundations
- Fill in trenches


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If you are in need so something to do tomorrow, I highly recommend heading to the MN State Fair Grounds for the Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition.
The three day competition ends tomorrow when you get to vote for your favorite sculpture in the People's Choice Awards 11am-1pm.
Don't forget to stick around to watch the awards ceremony at 2pm.
Come see the incredible works of art, built using only hand tools.
The finished sculptures beautifully lit after dark and can be seen through February 5th.


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Last week, reports emerged that Kirsten Dunst had got engaged to her Fargo co-star Jesse Plemons. While neither actor has commented on the matter, this rock is kinda, like, screaming it out loud.
Kirsten was in Paris for the Ralph and Russo AW17 show on Monday, where she proudly showed off her sparkler.
It suits her hand perfectly - which, of course, is important - and it also totally complements her personal style. Speaking of which, if you're a Kirsten Dunst
stalker fan you might recognise her vintage Christian Lacroix dress from the last time she wore it, back in 2004. Love. It.
Kirsten Dunst provando que quando investimos em peças de qualidade, que representam nossa personalidade e estilo, elas se tornam atemporais, podendo serem usadas por muito tempo! O mesmo vestido, um @lacroixofficiel , usado em 2004 e esta semana, aliás, a atriz está mais linda atualmente. #kirstendunst #atemporal #estilo #quemguardatem #pecasatemporais #consultoriademoda #consultoriadeimagem #dicaNataliaIsaia
In case you were wondering what Kiki's been up to lately, apart from being engaged and looking fabulous, she's in an Oscar-nominated film, Hidden Fences, that we can't wait to see.


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Summary of
Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future Generations
by Avner de-Shalit
Summary written by T.A. O'Lonergan, Conflict Research Consortium
Citation: Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future Generations, Avner de-Shalit, (London: Routledge, 1995) 155pp.
Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future Generations is required reading for PHIL 5140 as taught by Professor Dale Jamieson. This work is of interest to those who are concerned with the effect of contemporary environmental policy on future generations. de-Shalit begins his book with an explanation of a "trans- generational community" and an examination of the possibility of this re-conceptualization of community supporting obligations to future generations. Thus, de-Shalit hopes that a communitarian theory writ-large will support both positive and negative obligations to even remote generations. The author asserts that lack of temporal continuity between remote generations is not problematic because they have; cultural interaction and moral similarity.
Chapter two focuses upon applications of the theory of trans-generational communities. Chapter three examines Utilitarian theory and the not-yet-born. de-Shalit addresses Utilitarian theory and population policy and questions of trans-generational distribution. In support of his views that Utilitarianism is more trans-generational friendly than other moral theories, and that it would disallow discounting, the author quotes Sidgwick: "... the time at which a man exists cannot affect the value of his happiness from a universal point of view."
Contractarian theories, specifically that of John Rawls, are examined in chapter four. Theories of mutual advantage and the multi-generational context, and theories of justice as impartiality and inter-generational justice are examined. In the next chapter, the controversial question of the rights of future people are addressed. Specifically, the author examines: human rights and welfare rights. de-Shalit concludes with a chapter which succinctly presents the advantages to his communitarian theory of inter- generational justice. The most promising of these advantages is that de-Shalit's theory releases the present generation from: dependence upon impossible information about future generations, the ontological issue of potential versus actual persons and: the theory is non-atomistic and assists the present generation in identifying the content of our obligations to future generations.
Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future Generations offers a new theory which seems intuitively appealing and a promising move toward structuring substantive obligations to future generations.


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By Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) - Tour de France organisers have designed a highly treacherous route for the 2022 edition which will feature rides in gusting winds, cobblestones and punishing mountain stages.
The race will start with a 13km individual time trial in Copenhagen before the second stage takes the peloton over the 18km Great Belt bridge.
"It's windy 364 days a year, here," Tour director Christian Prudhomme told reporters on Thursday.
"This Tour can be lost as early as the second day."
Those who get past the three-day opening block in Denmark and fourth stage through the Flanders hills must cope with the fifth stage through cobbled sectors between Lille and Arenberg.
That is when light climbers are expected to suffer on a day that could be marred by crashes and mechanicals due to the tricky terrain which usually favours one-day race specialists.
"To go through these stages and hope to win the Tour you will need to be a versatile rider and have a strong team at your disposal," said Tour deputy director Thierry Gouvenou.
The first test for climbers will come on the seventh stage with the first of five summit finishes at the top of the Planche des Belles Filles, where this year's defending champion Tadej Pogacar effectively claimed his first title in 2020 by upsetting fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic in the final time trial.
Pogacar, who hammered his rivals in the mountains in the last edition, has also proved he is a strong one-day classic rider, having won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Giro di Lombardia Monument classics this year and, given the nature of the route, it is hard to see beyond him for a Tour favourite.
The race will reach its highest point at the top of the lung-busting ascent to the Col du Galibier, 2,607 metres above sea level, on the way to a summit finish at the Col du Granon (2,413 metres) after a punishing 11.3km effort at an average gradient of 9.3%.
The 12th stage starts from Briancon and ends atop the iconic Alpe d'Huez (13.8km at 8.1%), taking the same route as the 1986 Tour when five-time winner Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond crossed the line hand-in-hand for a famous one-two.
The Frenchman had said he would help his La Vie Claire team win the race a year after benefiting from the American's help in the previous edition.
"Both should be on the Tour for this stage next year," Prudhomme said of the former riders.
After two brutal stages in the Pyrenees, the race will be completed with a 40km individual time trial in Southwestern France and the mostly processional ride to the Champs Elysees in Paris.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ken Ferris)


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© Jerry Couch
Originally published November 30, 2017 in the final print edition of the Clinch Valley Times
The Tri-County News
Ancestor of the Clinch Valley Times
The first issue of the Tri-County News was published in St. Paul on Thursday, December 29, 1938. The paper's masthead featured its optimistic slogan, "The Biggest Little Paper Around Here." Publishers of the newspaper were Rev. Finis Jennings Dake and his wife, Rev. Dorothy Dake.
During the year the Dakes spent in St. Paul, Finis Dake did not actively serve as minister of a church. Instead, he devoted his time to publishing his fledgling newspaper as well as printing religious tracts and leaflets which were distributed in person and by mail. Dake may also have been involved in religious broadcasts at a radio station in Bristol.
Mrs. Dorothy Dake served as minister of the Banner Gospel Tabernacle near Coeburn. Particularly noteworthy was one of her teaching tools; a large and very complicated tapestry which illustrated "God's Plan For The Ages."
The Tri-County News' headquarters was originally located in a small building behind the old Assembly of God church on Third Avenue (currently the Masonic Lodge). The Dakes had probably known Rev. Caleb McAfee of the Assembly of God prior to their arrival in St. Paul. According to an account in The Story of Wise County Virginia by Luther Addington, type for the Tri-County News was set at a larger newspaper which had the special equipment for the work. The paper itself was printed on a small press in St. Paul. The Dakes also used a large mimeograph machine for other types of printing.
Advertising trickled in at first. Because the Dakes weren't local people, they lacked the social and family network which would have helped smooth their way. Also, St Paul had been without a community newspaper of its own since the short-lived St. Paul News had gone out of business in the 1920's. Local folks probably weren't very interested in this new paper at first, figuring the Dakes wouldn't stick around St. Paul very long. And there was another problem….
Prior to coming to St. Paul, Finis Dake had done time in Federal prison. In 1937, he pled guilty to charges he had violated the Mann Act by transporting a 16-year-old girl over the Wisconsin state line for an "immoral purpose." To avoid risking the maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, Dake entered into a plea bargain with the prosecutor. Mrs. Dake and many members of his congregation maintained his innocence, asserting that he had been set up. A large crowd of loyal supporters were spectators in court when he was sentenced and taken to prison.
Whether by request or by choice, Dake resigned his Assembly of God ministry and forfeited his ordination. The case had gained embarrassing national media attention. Despite his low profile in St. Paul, people here were aware of what he had done. The Dakes endured this gauntlet of curious looks and whispered speculation, though it must have been very difficult for them and for their young daughter.
Meanwhile, the little newspaper grew ever so slowly. Soon it had outgrown its humble beginnings in the Assembly of God's shed. The Tri-County News moved to a new location in the basement of the old St. Paul National Bank on Fourth Avenue. The paper featured more advertising, including an ad for Dorothy Dake's fresh, homemade donuts which were available at the newspaper office one day each week. The St. Paul Baking Company (the present location of Giovanni's Pizza) had closed by this time, so Mrs. Dake's donuts were a nice way to attract potential customers to the newspaper office.
In his spare time, we can be sure Finis Dake continued work on what would become his lifetime achievement – The Dake Annotated Reference Bible. This is a monumental effort which took years to create. Today, The Dake Annotated Reference Bible remains both popular and controversial. Many ministers and evangelists, including Jimmy Swaggart and Benny Hinn have stated they use it and find it to be of merit. Others say it is one man's opinion and nothing more.
As for the Dakes, they left St. Paul in 1939 when Finis Dake became affiliated with the Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee. The Tri-County News was sold to George McIndoe and Harley McClanahan. Finis and Dorothy Dake enjoyed an enduring marriage of 60 years and their life was free of further scandal. He died in 1987, having added his name to the long list of people who once called St. Paul "home."
George Coleman
Another early owner of the Tri-County News was George T. Coleman, Jr. Around 1940, Coleman purchased the paper rom George McIndoe and Harley McClanahan of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Coleman was the right man for the newspaper, its time and its place. He was restless and ambitious, determined to seize all opportunities that were within his reach. He apparently enjoyed people and, in time, his life would intersect with the lives of nearly every person in St. Paul.
In addition to the reminisces of various individuals, an early local reference to Coleman comes from the June 30, 1938 edition of the Kingsport Times. Coleman's name is listed among the teachers who had been hired by Russell County for the 1938-1939 school year at the Dante Central School. Later, George Coleman operated the St. Paul Theatre, which had formerly been known as the Gaiety Theatre. During WWII he joined the military and became a member of the 95th Infantry Division.
In surviving issues of the Tri-County News, George Coleman's editorial style is humorous and thoughtful. He wrote about himself and his reactions to life and to local and world events. Meanwhile, the paper was growing. It was being printed in a larger format and featured more pages.
By 1941, George Coleman had leased the Tri-County News to A. E. Bales. Advertising increased, making the paper a delight to modern eyes. The country was preparing for war and St. Paul was being pulled along by this current of events.
At the conclusion of WWII, George Coleman embarked upon a new and challenging project – construction of the Cavalier Theatre on Broad Street (known today as The Phillips Building). Kyle Fletcher recalls Coleman working on the new theater building as it took shape. Upon its completion, Coleman and his wife, Hazel, lived in an apartment at the rear of the building. It was a fine achievement for a former high school teacher and member of "The Greatest Generation."
On November 11, 1954, Coleman died of injuries sustained in a fall from a ladder at the Lyric Theatre. He had been helping prepare the theater for the second performance of the annual Lions Club Minstrel Show. His career had been brief, but it had been significant. Today George Coleman is well-remembered by senior St. Paul residents.
The Lebanon News and the Clinch Valley Times
The history of the Clinch Valley Times is also entwined with the history of the Lebanon News. The Lebanon News proudly proclaims it has been "Russell County's Family Newspaper Since 1880."
In 1958, the Bausell family (owners of the Lebanon News) decided to expand the scope of their operations by purchasing the Clinch Valley Times in St. Paul. At the time of their purchase, the Clinch Valley Times has been dormant for several years.
A quick look through the pages of the August 28, 1958 issue of the Clinch Valley Times indicates it was off to a good start with interesting local news and several "personal columns" from St. Paul's surrounding areas. However, advertising revenue wasn't exactly pouring in. The paper appears to have been its own chief advertiser, with two quarter-page ads and several smaller ads, all making a strong business case for merchants to let their customers know what they were offering for sale.
Advertisers, prominent in this issue included C. C. Tiller, Ammar Brothers, and B & G Radio & Appliance Co. These businesses were located in recently constructed buildings on St. Paul's bustling Broad Street. Of this trio, only Ammar Brothers remains in operation today – though not under the same name and not in St. Paul. The Ammar family's chain of retail stores are now known as "Magic Mart" and bear no resemblance to the modest 1958 downtown business which occupied a single 25 foot storefront.
In 1958, a young woman named Peyton Richmond Russo was the Clinch Valley Times' photographer. Mrs. Russo's commercial photography studio was located on the second floor of the St. Paul Apartments, which was also her home for many years. In addition to newspaper photos and portrait work, Mrs. Russo shot crime scene photos for the Wise County coroner's office. In doing so, she witnessed some gruesome sights. She took it in stride.
During the Bausell's ownership, the Clinch Valley Times occupied rented space in the old St. Paul Supply building on Russell Street (now Frank Kilgore's law office).
Eugene and Gladys Stewart
Eugene and Gladys Stewart both grew up in Norton and were married following Eugene's military service in World War II. Eugene gained experience as a newspaperman through his employment at the Big Stone Gap Post and later at the Indianapolis Star. Next, he and his family moved to Manchester, Tennessee where he was employed by the Manchester Times.
In 1960, Eugene Stewart learned that the Bausell family of Lebanon was interested in selling the Clinch Valley Times in St. Paul. He and Gladys bought the paper; a huge step for them at that time. It meant another relocation for the Stewart's five lively children, this time to St. Paul.
Most people who lived in St. Paul in the 1960's will recall the Clinch Valley Times' location in those days. It occupied the basement level underneath W. A. Turner's commercial building on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Broad Street (present location of Samson's Gym). Type for the paper was set on a Linotype machine. Linotypes were large, complicated pieces of equipment which cast type from molten lead. The resulting "lines of type" came out of the machine upside down and backwards. Linotype operators quickly developed the unique skill required to read the type produced by these machines.
It was hot work. The noise of the press, the fumes of printers' ink and the solvents used to clean the press, all combined to make the newspaper office a challenging work environment. Children of that time period enjoyed peeking through the open bulkhead windows to catch a glimpse of a newspaper in production.
During the 1960's and 1970's the Clinch Valley Times was a larger newspaper than it is today. Because the local highway system was less sophisticated back then, most people did their daily shopping at home. Local family-owned businesses were the rule, not the exception. The Clinch Valley Times was chock-full of advertising, both from local businesses as well as those in surrounding communities – even businesses in Bristol and Kingsport. Competition for the Southwest Virginia dollars was keen, especially during the back-to-school season and the Christmas season.
A family business is challenging but it bonds family members in a unique way. The Stewart children were very much aware that even though they may have had less free time than other children, they were helping support their family and themselves. In spite of their heavy workload, both Eugene and Gladys Stewart made time to be active in the political and civic affairs of the St. Paul community, as well as their church. As a result of the self-discipline modeled by their parents, the Stewart children all became high achievers who performed well both in school and in extracurricular activities.
In 1972 the Stewarts moved the Clinch Valley Times to a new location – the old post office building on Broad Street. Printing technology had evolved and the massive, heavy equipment required in former days had become obsolete. Printing machinery had become both smaller and faster. The Broad Street location made both the newspaper and the commercial printing business more accessible and inviting to customers.
Regardless of its location, the paper's greatest PR asset was still Gladys Stewart with her warm and welcoming personality. Mrs. Stewart never met a stranger. She set a high standard for her employees but she also knew how to make the work fun and less stressful.
Over the years, the Stewarts worked hard and they prospered. By the late 1960's, they began to diversify their business interests. By 1974 it was time to focus on these new business enterprises and move forward. The Stewarts sold the Clinch Valley Times to Polly Young, Ann Gregory, and Allen Gregory.
Polly Young, Ann Gregory, Allen Gregory
In December of 1973, Mrs. Pauline Adams Young, her daughter Ann Young Gregory, and Ann's husband, Allen Gregory, made the decision to embark upon a business venture. That business venture was the Clinch Valley Times.
David and Pauline Adams Young were both graduates of the University of Kentucky. David studied geology and Pauline (Polly) studied art. After competing graduate school, David spent 15 years as Professor of Geology at his Alma Mater, then left teaching to embark upon a successful career in private industry. By the early 1950's, he had become Chief Geologist for Clinchfield Coal Company at Dante.
David and Polly Young began their married life and their working careers at the onset of the Great Depression. During the depression, credentials, a strong work ethic, and marketable skills were no guarantee you'd be able to earn a living. The couple endured some lean times when David did not receive his teaching salary because the college had no funds with which to m\pay him. But the Youngs were resourceful and they persevered, despite having to live on canned soup from time to time. And then their marriage was blessed by the arrival of a baby daughter. They named her Ann….
As she grew up, Ann acquired the love of learning and reading from her parents. Continuing the family tradition, Ann attended the University of Kentucky where she majored in communications. She graduated with honors and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Ann exemplifies that group's motto, "Love of learning is the guide of life."
While in college, Ann met a tall, lanky former soldier named Allen Gregory. Allen grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and had recently completed an enlistment in the U. S. Air Force. During his enlistment, he was stationed in France for 37 months, an experience which changed his view of the world. Allen told me that before meeting Ann, he was less serious about his education, perhaps drifting. That soon changed because Ann influenced her young man in a positive way, as young ladies often do.
Allen and Ann were married in 1957. This event took place at "The Clinchfield House" on Gray Hill. There was a glitch, however. Ann's parents must have forgotten to invite Mother Nature to the wedding because that very week Mother Nature put on an event of her own – the Flood of 1957. High water in many parts of Southwest Virginia prevented some of the invited guests from attending the ceremony. Guests who had the good fortune to arrive early soon found themselves marooned in St. Paul and waiting for the floodwaters to recede. When they left St. Paul for their honeymoon, Allen and Ann's car was the last one allowed to cross the Bickley Bridge leading out of town. It had been a hectic and eventful day.
Allen and Ann returned to Lexington to begin their married life. There, Allen worked part-time while attending graduate school. Ann found a job at WVLK in Lexington, where she became the radio station's "traffic controller." This job entailed coordinating and scheduling the station's daily advertising and making it fit into the station's regular programming. The trick was to schedule everything in such a way that commercials for rival products or conflicting services did not follow one another. The job was challenging but Ann enjoyed her work. This experience would prove useful in years to come.
In the early 1960's, David Young was diagnosed with throat cancer. To be near him, Allen and Ann left their jobs in Lexington and moved to St. Paul. Allen accepted a job with Erwin supply in Dickenson County. He and Ann lived in an apartment over Halls Drugstore (now Appalachian Graphics). This apartment would be the first home of the Gregory's son, David. Meanwhile, Ann became acquainted with the Stewart family, publishers of the Clinch Valley Times. Soon, Ann was writing a weekly newspaper column consisting of interviews with local people. Embracing life in their new hometown, both she and Allen became involved in community affairs as well as local clubs and organizations.
The Gregorys also became members of the St. Paul United Methodist Church. During their many years of church membership, they taught Sunday school, served on church boards, and performed whatever work their hands found to do. They did it well.
Two years after their son David was born, the Gregory family was blessed with a new arrival – a daughter they named Mary Peyton. The family needed more room and a yard where the children could play, so Allen, Ann, and their children moved to a house on Gray Hill.
The years passed by quietly, then in 1972, David Young died. He was deeply mourned by his family. After a period of adjustment, Polly Young decided to return to work. She had been employed by the Paintsville Herald newspaper for several years during the family's residence in that city and she decided she would like to be part of the newspaper business once again. And that brings us back to the beginning of this story. But we're far from its end.
Over the years, Mrs. Young and the Gregorys would write thousands of articles, attending thousands of sports events, scholastic events, political events, elections, and hundreds of St. Paul Town Council meetings along the way. As a yardstick by which their efforts can be measured, just how many of you readers living within the Town of St. Paul have attended even one council meeting? Oh…I see. You didn't have to attend those meetings because Ann and Allen were there writing it all down for you.
Both Ann and Allen Gregory displayed unconditional support for the young people of this area, providing newspaper recognition of students' academic and sports achievements. Ann worked tirelessly as a member of the Wise County School Board and as a concerned citizen to support quality education at every level in Wise County and in the state. Allen served as a member of the St. Paul Town Council for a total of 27 years, and even ran for mayor once. Both the Gregorys supported the St. Paul Redevelopment Project, the efforts of St. Paul Tomorrow, and the Downtown Revitalization Project. They staunchly opposed the closing of St. Paul High School and stood fast in their belief that community schools are the best schools, and that education must never be a bargain-basement proposition.
Allen and Ann Gregory were my friends. They may not have been born here, and they may not be related to everyone in four counties, but no two people loved St. Paul more than they did. I am thankful God let them here….where they belonged.


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Well, after a morning and afternoon filled with all sorts of fun and excitement, it's time to take a break for a bit. So, with that, here's an open thread for everyone to talk about whatever. It doesn't have to be football-related. . .in this case, it's probably better that it's not. . .so feel free to let the conversations take you where they will.
Yours truly has some charity work to attend to this afternoon. . .some of my co-workers and I are going to get local families registered for the local Toys for Tots drive in one of the towns just down the road. Not giving the actual gifts yet or anything. . .that doesn't come until the week before Christmas. This is making sure that families are qualified for Toys for Tots and things of that nature.
It sounds like it should be a fairly straight-forward process, but at the orientation thing the other day, we got a couple of stories of families with over $100,000 in combined income that tried to sign their families up for Toys for Tots. That's kind of messed up, but that's the mindset some people have, I guess.
I do wish I could have pulled myself out of my self-pity over last night a bit sooner than I did, because something like Toys for Tots kind of puts things like football into the proper perspective. Yes, as football fans, we're down at the moment, and getting kicked on a fairly regular basis. (It's amazing how many people just show up out of the woodwork when things are going poorly. I guess the saying isn't "kick 'em while they're up." But I digress.) These families are down, not because of football, but because of real life stuff, and things like Toys for Tots are really a huge deal. Yeah, in this age of PlayStations and iPods and what not, a $10 or $15 toy (which is the recommended donation for Toys for Tots, if you were planning on making a donation to your local chapter) may not seem like that big a deal to a lot of us, but it means a lot to these kids.
Sometimes we. . .and by "we" I mean "I". . .have issues with keeping things in the proper perspective. That's obviously not the reason to do things like Toys for Tots. . .the main reason is the kids, after all. . .but it is a nice side benefit.
So, that's your open thread for this Tuesday afternoon. . .again, go ahead and get into video games, movies, TV, cars, whatever the case may be. I'm not sure if I'll be posting anything today, but by tomorrow hopefully I (and anyone else that needs it) will be refreshed and ready to go again to deal with the Oakland Raiders.


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In 2002, CMS Cameron McKenna published a bulletin on proposals to update the law on public procurement as it applied to the oil and gas industry, and the possibility of a total exemption being granted. In that bulletin we stated that it would be at least 12 months until the draft Directive was adopted. So, 18 months on, is there any sign of it? Well, after proceeding through the grindingly slow EU legislative process the Directive was finally adopted by the Council of Ministers on 2 February 2004. Member states will have 21 months to bring it into force domestically from the time ...