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Coaching Winter Track in Time of War
by W. D. Ehrhart
The boys are running "suicides"
on the football field today:
ten-yard increments out to the fifty
and back again, push-ups in between.
It's thirty degrees, but they sweat
like it's summer in Baghdad,
curse like soldiers, swear to God
they'll see you burn in Hell.
You could fall in love with boys
like these: so earnest, so eager, so
ready to do whatever you ask, so
full of themselves and the world.
How do you tell them it's not that simple?
How do you tell them: question it all.
Question everything. Even a coach.
Even a president. How do you tell them:
ask the young dead soldiers coming home
each night in aluminum boxes
none of us is allowed to see,
an army of shades.
You tell the boys "good work" and call it a day,
stand alone in fading light while
memory's phantoms circle the track
like weary athletes running a race
without a finish line.
Editor's note: This poem was initially published under our original name, The Deadly Writer's Patrol, in issue #4 (2007). Reproduced here with consent of W. D. Ehrhart, a singular voice in American war poetry.


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The Wallich celebrated the Adult Learner's Week June 25 to July 1 with a range of activities from cartoon strips to sharing incredible service user stories.
Michael's inspirational story was published in the Wales on Sunday and Wales Online. Michael has been supported by The Wallich to volunteer as a Support Worker at our Swansea Shoreline project and has gained valuable skills and training (Michael pictured above courtesy of Wales Online/Media Wales).
Alex, our multi-talented Wallich Ambassador not only blogs for the organisation but did a five day cartoon strip all about education, training and skills offered by The Wallich and other agencies, along with statistics around why people want to continue to learn. See the rest of his cartoons on Twitter.
Our Skill Scheme team exhibited at the Learning and Skills Festival in the Bridgend Life Centre to promote the project that will deliver pre-employment training and qualifications while also providing participants with practical, on-the-job experience through volunteering and work placements.
We attended the Inspire Cymru Awards and learnt about the amazing adult learners who have transformed their lives through learning.
We can't wait until next year #lovetolearn

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This article originally appeared on VICE Greece
What you're seeing here, is a picture of something that looks remarkably like a cage holding humans – adults and children. The photo is of a space enclosed by fences, topped with barbed wire, and waiting inside is a group of refugees and immigrants who have just arrived in Greece.
VICE Greece exclusively obtained this picture, which is said to have been taken a few months ago on the Greek island of Chios at Vial, a so-called "hotspot" where refugees are taken in and identified. According to VICE Greece's source, there are two of these constructions on the centre's large, police-guarded premises, and both are used to detain men, women and children right after their arrival on the island.
After Macedonia built a fence at its border with Greece in November 2015, the so-called Balkan route was closed off for refugees, and thousands were subsequently left in limbo in Greece. A few months later, on 18 March 2016, the European Union and Turkey reached an agreement – Syrian refugees in Greece would be returned to Turkey, while other EU countries would take in the same number of Syrian asylum seekers currently stuck in Turkey. The deal implied that the EU sees Turkey as a "safe third country" for refugees to be sent back to. European human rights groups and other organisations involved with the refugee crisis called the deal "a dark day for Europe". Sending refugees back is a breach of international law, and as Amnesty International stated, instead of sending refugees back to Turkey, the European Union "should be working with the Greek authorities to urgently transfer asylum-seekers to mainland Greece for their cases to be processed."
Greek authorities cannot know the exact number of refugees currently in the country, as the registration process hasn't yet been completed. But it's estimated that about 30,000 refugees are waiting in camps in awful conditions. With many of the surrounding European countries closing their borders, Greece has been largely left to bear the burden of the refugee crisis alone, which also puts further pressure on the country's struggling economy.
"There are no cages."
VICE Greece reached out to the Reception and Identification Service – which manages the Vial hotspot – to ask about the cage. "Thank you for cross-checking this false piece of information," was the response we got in writing. "There are no cages within the RIS's premises in Chios, nor any other type of construction that could be characterised as such, in any kind of way." Further questions on whether there ever had been cages in the centre didn't get a reply. The Greek Ministry of Migration Policy responded to VICE Greece's questions that there are currently no cages in any centres.
"It looks like a cage, but it's not a cage."
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Citizen Protection, however, did confirm that there's a space in the centre in Vial which looks like – but isn't – a cage. According to the spokesperson, the construction is open and the barbed wire has by now been removed. "This is a fenced-off space used to help us deal with newcomers. It has been placed at the centre of the site and looks out over all the different offices. It's only used for the newcomers' initial inspection by the police and other services. The police perform body searches and search people's belongings, newcomers are provided with water and with health checks by health care professionals if they need it."
"The choice of material was very unfortunate."
The UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, confirmed the existence of the structure, and has raised the issue themselves. In a response, the UNHCR's spokesperson wrote: "It is not a prison or a cage. This 'thing' was created in August 2016 by local authorities in an effort to facilitate crowd management as well as the registration process. The choice of the material was very unfortunate, as the structure resembles a cage or a cell. The purpose was not to keep people in custody, but to facilitate their registration. The goal was very different, but unfortunately, they used this material that makes it look like a cage. Our agency took notice of it, and even though we agree with the purpose it serves – which is to help register people efficiently and as quickly as possible – we want this to be done in humanly dignified conditions. As soon as we found out, we raised the issue with the Greek authorities, warning that this process should not be reminiscent of a darker time in history. As a result, the barbed wire was removed two weeks ago – which clearly paints a less threatening picture. Please note that people are not locked up in there, this is just a way to control the queues."
Praxis, an NGO active in the area, confirmed the existence of the structure and noted: "All processes should be structured in such a way that they ensure the preservation of dignity and prevent the violation of human rights."
Adriano Silvestri, who heads the EU's Agency for Fundamental Rights' unit on migration and asylum, commented: "The infrastructure in Vial is not best suited for use as a hotspot. Space is limited and it is not easy to organise the flow of new arrivals. Following a number of security incidents and to separate the new arrivals from the rest, a separate area was created for new arrivals from where they are channeled to first registration. It's important that new arrivals are separated from others at the hotspot, so that they can be properly informed of their rights and duties, properly registered and channeled into the appropriate procedures. However, this can't result in first reception areas that do not provide dignified conditions. If new arrivals feel that they are treated without respect, they will be less likely to cooperate with authorities."
"It's not a cage if there is no roof."
VICE Greece contacted several people in charge of the Vial hotspot. Some of them denied the cage's existence, others claimed it couldn't be called a cage "if there was no roof." Whether there's a roof or not, and even if the barbed wire has been taken down at the time of writing – this picture is more proof that refugees who fled terror in their own country and survived a difficult journey to Europe, still face inhumane conditions and have their dignity taken from them.


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Bank Suey is located at the heart of Hamtramck, a 2 sq. mile city surrounded by Detroit. With approximately 25k+ residents, and over 27 languages spoken, Hamtramck is both the most diverse and most dense city in Michigan.
Hamtramck has recently made headlines for electing the first majority Muslim City Council and for residents filling their own potholes. It's a city of festivals, from Pączki Day to Porous Borders, Hamtramck's celebrations are unique. Home to Detroit City Futbol Club, housed in a community-funded rehabbed WPA football stadium. Hamtramck Disneyland, an immigrant-created, hobby turned public art turned community run museum and artist residency.
See the city charter here.
Hamtramck in the news**:
Karen Majewski, Mayor of Hamtramck: "The overall face of the American demographic is changing and Hamtramck is just more visible because we are so condensed. You can't retreat to your suburban backyard here, we live on top of each other. But that's a good thing, we learn how to get along."
--The Telegraph: "Refugee debate stokes tensions in Hamtramck, America's Muslim capital"
These Ukrainian and American sentiments suggest the ultimate mark of the immigrant experience: a state in which you exist in two places at once. This often unspoken, tangled duality, a yearning for a home left in the past combined with an appreciation for the one you have, finds expression in the larger structure of Szylak's work: Tangled symbols, over time, became a bridge, built of reclaimed wood and objects that don't often find themselves standing side by side.
--"The Disneyland of Detroit" by Liana Aghajanian
"Folks like to look @ Hamtramck as a kind of microcosm of the nation as a whole... this is the face of America, in this little hot house, just this one little corner of Michigan, so of course we are aware of the scrutiny that gets put on our city as a metaphor for the United States as a whole. We're very sensitive to the way our diversity and the interaction of our different communities plays out on a national stage. But as far as the kinds of fears, and the kind of fear mongering that takes place in the US as a whole, that has no place in the daily conversation in Hamtramck."
--Hamtramck on CNN Newsroom
Almasmari said. "We were elected by everybody and we will work for everybody regardless of their ethnicity, religion or gender."
--The Arab American News: Post-elections Hamtramck: Diversity and division
"Wedged into the densest and most diverse community in Michigan, Keyworth represents not only DCFC's future but also the possibility of creating the most exciting and accessible sporting atmosphere in the country ...DCFC has embarked on a campaign to breathe new life into this historic structure and grow our club at the same time. And we are taking on the rehabilitation of this historic stadium though the largest community investment campaign in Michigan's history. We proudly believe this is a true public-private partnership that genuinely benefits the community and its investors."
--Model D: Help Detroit City FC create the most exciting and accessible sporting atmosphere in the U.S.
The annual festival and self-guided gallery crawl was co-founded by Steve Hughes (of Public Pool) and Steve Panton (of 9338 Campau). These two galleries, along with Popps on the northwestern end, the Power House district on the northeastern border with Detroit, Hatch on the southeastern side, and Klinger Studios form a powerful core for a dense art scene that thrives on DIY initiatives, close ties and cultural interaction between maker-run spaces and the surrounding communities, full of new and old immigrant populations.
--Knight Foundation: Hamtramck festival showcases Michigan city's vibrant arts scene (Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival)
"I'm looking forward to it. Hamtramck is a cool town and a lot of younger people are moving in. You can see an uptick in people on the streets," says Melody Malosh, co-owner of Small's. "It's a rock and roll town. We know how to party."
--Model D: Hamtown rocks! (Hamtramck Music Festival)
** To stay up-to-date on Hamtramck, check out the Hamtramck Review and Model D's Hamtramck Neighborhood Section.


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Here you find more information about Malaga.
Malaga is the biggest city of the Costa del Sol. It's airport welcomes 12 million new visitors every year and is a top 5 airport in whole of Spain. Malaga is close to the sea and has almosts 600.000 habitants.
With his history of 2800 years old, Malaga is also one of the oldest cities in the world.
Of course tourism is the most important income for the city, but is has also a big construction and technology base is and is after Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia the place with the biggest economy.
If you want to visit Madrid when you are in Malaga, you can use the high speed train, that brings you to the capital of Spain within 3 hours. You can also take the boat to all kind of interesting places in Europe and Africa.
And last but not least Malaga has great wines. The wine Molino Real is considered as one of the best white wines of the world.


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AREA: Kapsalos it's one of the most desired areas for residential purpose. It's located down the highway road in a distance of 1 km from city centre. Kapsalos - one of the most idyllic and breath-taking areas of Limassol city.
FACILITIES: Kapsalos as one of the its offering a big variety of facilities and services. Some of them are: private schools, public schools, pharmacies, coffee shops, bakeries, supermarkets, sport academies, restaurants, fruit markets and many more.
THE BUILDING: The building it is designed in modern look and it's located in a quiet location. The building it's consisted of 15 units.
A development consisting of twelve 1 & 2 & 3 bedrooms apartments all with en-suite shower rooms.


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I'm always on the lookout of fun activities to do when travelling that give me a little insight into the local culture. When I met Lily from Rivera's Kitchen Tulum at the World Travel Market at the end of last year ahead of our upcoming trip to Tulum, I knew it was meant to be. So, when we arrived in Mexico, Lily welcomed us into her home and showed us how to cook her Nana's favourite dishes from Oaxaca. I hope you enjoy this week's very special vlog!
Until next time, safe travels.
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Planning for Dentists
Planning for the Future After Your Dental Practice Days are Done
You've worked hard to establish a successful practice and take care of your patients as well as your employees. Now, it's time to take care of yourself and get your financial house in order.
The decisions surrounding working less and transitioning your practice are as complicated financially as they are emotionally. Atlanta Financial can help. We'll show you how your practice, often your largest asset, fits into your financial plan now and for the future. We can also guide you toward new activities and interests as you shift from working full-time to part-time, or enter retirement.
Here are some of the questions we can help you answer:
- What will I do when/if I retire?
- Will my family and I have enough income if I decide to stop working?
- Am I saving enough for a sound financial future?
- What if something happens to me and I can't work? Will my family be taken care of?
- What steps do I have to take if I decide to sell my practice?
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At Atlanta Financial, we can answer these questions and others associated with building a solid financial future at a time of transition. We look at the big picture and then help you understand the details needed to develop and maintain your financial strength.
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Top 5 Video Games of 2015
So here we are, another year down. Now it's time for a fun look back at some of the great games that came out this year. Now remember, this list is my opinion and there are games that I myself did not play this year. If you feel like I left one of those off the list, that probably why. If you're really salty about it, write your own list and GGR would be happy to publish it. Let us get the ball rolling with number 5, which ironically enough has that in the name already.
This game was great, from both a technical standpoint (it plays better and smoother than past games) and visually it is gorgeous. This 5th installment into the Metal Gear series is a welcome addition to the ones that came before it. Blending the gameplay changes made in MGS4 and adding in an open world element that allows you to tackle missions how ever you see fit, is an awesome change to the everyday stealth shoot genre.
I love Blizzard games and am a huge fan of the universes they've made. So when I heard last year they were going to make a MOBA version bringing in all the characters I love and hate I was like HELL YEAH! (MOBA means Multi-player Online Battle Arena for the unitiated) But more importantly it delivered a solid game with a nice twist on the already huge MOBA world adding map objectives to the game rather than the standard push lane and win objective. This change up made the game feel fresh and new all over again, plus who doesn't want to play as the Lich King and crush some kid playing as Lili the Panda? #PandaskilledWow #nowigetmyrevenge.
Again, totally not a biased pick just 'cause I am from Boston, but this game is in friggin' BOSTON (insert thick accent here)! Fallout 4 was a like that hidden gift you find on your birthday. It was announced at E3 in June and came out in November, just 4 months later. Now the game does not bring much to its engine and it may be time for them to give it a face lift, but the game play and changes they made to the system has made this the most fun version from a combat perspective. It actually felt like I could survive in combat without having to spam VATS (even though I still use it a crap ton). The game is wicked awesome in this area plus seeing a post-apocalyptic Boston was really cool, now if they just go in and make the dialogue options better…
This game….this game has some of the coolest looking weapons and world in which it is set is incredible, but DAMN was it a bastard at times. Bloodborne is the spiritual successor to the Soul games, and boy do they continue the tradition of "hey you just died, hope enjoy fighting and clawing your way back to the sack of crap that killed you for a second bout, careful not to….oh looks like you fell off the edge…..you didn't really need those blood echoes right?" I don't know what I enjoy more about this game; the gothic London look, or the evil yet amazing looking weapons that are within the game waiting to be tried and mastered. This game has me coming back time and time again to explore its twisted beauty.
I mean, come on! We knew this was coming. I've been waiting for this game for a long time, and every time they pushed it back it was like torture, but it was all worth the wait, The Witcher 3 is the total package if you are looking for a dark fantasy open world game. It has great RPG options and the most polished combat in the Witcher series yet. This game promised a great many things to occupy your time and quest log, the best part was that it delivered on these promises while hitting everything you would expect from a AAA title. It's visually stunning, it possesses fun yet hard combat, a rich soundtrack, and quests where a choice can actually affect the world...and it doesn't get revealed for 4/5 hours! You find out when you're in town looking to sell some useless crap you accidentally picked up that your small choices make a huge impact. Wow! The Witcher 3 hits all these high points and even a few I probably forgot that's why it's my pick for best game of 2015.
Honorable Mentions:
Dying Light
This game just got edged out by MGS5, but I had a ton of fun playing this game, especially with friends. It took me a while to even pick it up since it was made by the studio who did Dead Island (shakes fist angrily). To my surprise, I had a crap load of fun running, jumping, and climbing around this island all the while killing zombies with my electric machete. I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a good FPS with zombies. OH and the guns actually were useful! Thanks again Dead Island.
Destiny-The Taken King
I know, I know. Technically, Destiny came out last year and man was this game a SUPER let down on what they promised. However, that all changed when TTK came out this year. This content breathed new life into this dying game and made it fresh and fun again. Adding new weapons, armor, strikes and a raid, but more importantly, it actually gave us a story with an enemy we can see and hate. Good for you Bungie, learning from your mistakes.
Batman Arkham Knight
The third entry into Rocksteady's Arkham series was huge, fun and brought all the iconic villains together for one last hurrah. The game's two crutches however were the heavy emphasis on the bat car (yeah I get it, new toy they want to show it off, but I can only do tank defense so many times against unmanned drones) and a villain who was supposed to be a fresh enemy we have never seen before…….yet it was just Jason Todd in a different outfit OOPS! Should I have said spoiler? These two details are what held it back from making the list.
Alright guys, that's going to do it for 2015's Top Video Games. I'm looking forward to what 2016 will bring us, I may even have a preview for you early next year. Enjoy your holidays, hope they're a "wicked pissah."
Al Futso is GGR's newest Video Game Consultant.


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When a headache strikes, your normal routine may include getting in bed and popping a pill. But did you know that certain foods may ease, and even prevent, headaches? Add these soothing foods to your shopping list to help relieve that throbbing in your temples.
1. Ginger
Ginger root has anti-inflammatory properties, which can help fight headaches as well as nausea-inducing migraines. Add some ginger to your smoothies, shave it in salads, or brew some tea to help combat your headaches.
2. Watermelon
Dehydration is a major cause of headaches, so instead of popping a pill the next time your head hurts, consider reaching for water-rich foods, like watermelon. Other foods with high water content include berries, cucumber, melon, soups, oatmeal, tomatoes and lettuce.
3. Potatoes
The side you love with dinner could help soothe your aching head, especially if your headache is alcohol-related. Like melons, potatoes are chock-full of potassium, which can help treat headaches if you're dehydrated.
4. Fatty Fish
Foods rich in B vitamins like B6, B12, and folic acid may help reduce your amount of headaches, which is why salmon and tuna are great additions for beating pain.
5. Spicy Salsa
It may sound unusual, but spicy foods such as salsa and hot peppers may help you snap back from a headache faster. If a headache is linked to sinus congestion,spicy foods may help to decrease congestion and open the airways, helping to decrease pressure and the accompanying headache.
6. Water
We know water is not actually a food, but staying hydrated is the most important thing you can do to prevent and treat headaches.
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The RSPB has made its debut into the world of Smartphone technology by launching two apps for the iPhone. The apps provide nature lovers with a … [Read more...]
ForestXplorer iPhone app helps in the forest
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Now in it's 31st year the RSPB big Garden Birdwatch is hoping to gather even more sightings of garden birds than ever before. Around half a … [Read more...]
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The survival of red squirrels in the Greater Morpeth area has been given an enormous boost after a £10,000 donation from regional developer The Banks … [Read more...]
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Pedestal Mold Set
Pedestal Mold Set
This is our new pedestal mold set. Easy to use and easy to move. When you buy most pedestal molds they are expensive and the cast from them is very heavy and you're stuck with one design if you want a different design you have to buy another pedestal mold. Not with our mold, it solves these problems. With our panel construction, you can have several different designs for the price of one pedestal mold. Its lightweight design enables you and your customers to be able to move the pedestal around with its modular design it makes setting up your new Concrete pedestal a breeze. Assemble the center sections. Now you are left with three sections that you can easily move around. Once you place the center section into the locking groove of the base it makes a very sturdy pedestal and we also offer a top That will turn your pedestal into a nice planter.
This is a full set of concrete molds. You will get 2 base molds and 4 side molds. This standard kit has plain sides. If you would like other designs in place of the plain please email me your choice.
Measures 16" x 19" x 18" Tall
Made from 3/16 or made from " $350.00
You will assemble the four sides while they are sitting inside the base, but you can leave the base loose so as to separate them later to make it easier to move. Will be updating instructions and adding a video as soon as possible. This video is roughly how it goes together with the exception mine can be bonded together with concrete only and has a grooved base for extra strength.
Pouring the 4 sides with wire in them you can then put them together by grouting or buttering up each inner corner with concrete, this will then lock in each corner together or pour bolts into each corner and bolt the corners. You can also use Masonry Adhesive.


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Warning for Cavendish Town/School Meetings/
WARNING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING: On Tuesday March 5, from 10-7 at the Proctorsville Fire Department, the legal voters of Cavendish will vote by Australian for: Town Officers; school budgets as well as "Shall the voters of the Town of Cavendish adopt the Town Plan as modified and approved by the Cavendish Board of Selectmen on January 25, 2018."
Of the elected town officers, there is only one position where there is a contest-the three term for Select Board between George Timko and Michael Kell. Vacancies still exist for Auditor (2 and 3 year terms) and for the Library Trustee five-year position. The position for a 2 year lister term is vacant while Jane Pixley is running for the three years. Note that in the town warning, Article 5 calls for the elimination of the Office of Town Lister to be replaced with a professional assessor.
The slate of elected positions will be as follows:
Town Moderator 1 year Michael J. Ripley
Town Agent 1 year Stuart Lindberg
Auditor 1 year Peter J. Labelle
Select Board 1 year Sandra Russo
Select Board 1 year Stuart Lindberg
Select Board 3 years George Timko & Michael F. Kell
Town Grand Juror 1 year Theresa H. McNamara
Lister 3 years Jane Pixley
Trustee of Public Funds 3 years Daniel W. Churchill GMUSD
Director 3 years Doug McBride
Town Meeting will be on Monday, March 4th, 7 pm at the Cavendish Town Elementary School. While the usual articles will be discussed and voted on (acceptance of town report; collection of all taxes; adopt the town budget; authorize the select board to set a tax rate to support the budget) there are two additional articles.
Article 5: Shall the voters eliminate the office of Town Lister and replace it with a professionally qualified assessor
Article 6: Shall Fletcher Farm Foundation, a non profit organization, be exempt from all taxes on real and personal property for the next five years.
Article 7: Shall the Black River Health Center, Inc., a 501 non profit be exempt from all taxes on real and personal property for the next five years on its building and lot in the Cavendish village.
The Town Warning Notice is available at the Town Website in PDF format.
GREEN MOUNTAIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WARNING: The vote for the school budget will take place on March 5 (Tuesday), 10-7 at the Proctorsville Fire Hall. Article 1 reads as follows: Shall the voters of Green Mountain Unified School District approve the School Board of Directors to expend $12,937,250.00 which is the amount the school board of directors has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that the proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $15,938.07 per equalized pupil." The Warning is available in PDF format.


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We would greatly appreciate your efforts in fundraising to raise money for the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation.
The mission of the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation is to fund and promote evidence-based research on how different forms of holistic treatments - such as exercise, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle choices - can benefit mental health.
100% of all money raised goes towards research on how holistic treatments-such as exercise, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle choices-benefit mental health. The John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation is helping to conduct a two-year, $1.2 million, Gold Standard study the JWB Foundation is funding to determine how different forms of positive stress affect depression.
At the conclusion of the registration process you will be asked if you would like to fundraise. You can fundraise as an individual or as part of a team or simply make a donation. This year we have made it easy for you to set up your own fundraising page and contact your friends and family to enlist their help. Even if you are not in the immediate area, you can run or walk the race virtually and still have a team or raise pledges. To find out more click here.
To go directly to the fundraising page or to make a donation today please click here.
NEW in 2018:
We will be at the historical Maryland State Fairgrounds, and are going to be joined by world renowned fitness and extreme athlete, author and personality Wim Hof "The Ice Man"!
This year, the JWB Resiliency 5k and Family Fun Run is proud and excited to host extreme athlete and motivator, Wim Hof "The Iceman." as our Celebrity MC along with Lynne Brick, Wim will lead a limited signature Wim Hof Experience (WHX) on Saturday, October 13th for the FIRST 100 registrants to this event. At the WHX he will take people through his Wim Hof Method (WHM) of deep breathing exercises, where he will get people to hold their breath for up to two to three minutes or more, and his cold therapy, in the form of a two-minute ice bath, in an effort to increase their circulation, which will decrease chronic inflammation, which will decrease chronic pain.
He holds several Guinness World Book of records and can frequently be found in an ice bath, somewhere, around the world! To learn more about the "Iceman" click here.
The WHM is part of a two-year, $1.2 million, Gold Standard study the Foundation is funding to determine how positive stress, in the form of holistic treatments, affect depression. The three treatments involved in the study are the WHM, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), and meditation. The study is being conducted by the University of California San Francisco and is under the direction of renowned researcher Dr. Elissa Epel. This will help the Foundation fulfill it's mission of funding and promoting evidence-based research on how holistic treatments - such as exercise, nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices- benefit mental health. 100% of all money raised from the race will go towards this research.


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2014 Bayliner 210 Deckboat- Powered by a quick, reliable Mercury 150hp Four stroke engine this one is ready for a day on the water! Just detailed, service records available, full cover and trailer included!
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Meet The New Generation of Mochi's 25 Game-Changers Under 25
Jessica Nguyen Amplifies Asian and Asian American Voices Through Her Inspiring Podcast, "Project Voice"
"It's been 3 years since we published our list of 25 game-changers under the age of 25. Since then, so many Asian Americans we've featured have continued doing great work, and there are, of course, new faces making waves. One of the our goals for the 2018 list was to celebrate more Asian Americans who are often underrepresented within our communities, including non-binary individuals and South Asians. While we've noticed more Asian Americans on the big and small screen, so many of them are creating their own content and leading the pack in digital media."
iTunes: Asian & Pacific American Voices
May 2018, May 2019
"For generations, the cross-pollination between Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the U.S. has cultivated a vibrant mix of cultures. Stories about food, art, family, music, and religion provide great ingredients for fascinating podcasts. From Code Switch—which explores issues of race and identity—to The Dave Chang Show, where the Momofuku chef engages celebrity guests in captivating conversations, we've gathered a little something for everyone."
Smith College: The Power of Shared Experience
April 12th, 2018
"Smithies are notoriously adept at seizing opportunities, which is exactly what Jessica Nguyen '16 did when she was still a student. While taking a digital media production course, Nguyen, the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, realized there were few safe spaces online for Asian American women to connect, share their stories and access resources regarding identity politics and social-justice issues. The concept for Project Voice was born."
Smith College Spring Symposium: Empowering Voices - AAPI Power Through Media
March 31st, 2018
"Empowering Voices: AAPI Power Through Media, co-hosted by Smith College Asian Students Association, Vietnamese Students Association, and Pan Asians in Action, provides a platform on campus for Asian American and Pacific Islander voices, bringing light to issues about identity. Content creators Sahra V. Nguyen and Jessica Nguyen use various mediums to raise awareness of AAPI identity and how it intersects with traditional cultural values. They will speak on how to challenge stereotypes, break away from a minority status, reclaim individual identity, and redefine what it means to be Asian American."
Project Yellow Dress
February 8th, 2018
"Project Yellow Dress (PYD) grew out of a desire to create a platform for the Southeast Asian diaspora to have a voice and to build community through our shared heritages and histories. The name is inspired by the yellow dress our main character wears in our future children's book about the Vietnamese Boat People experience."
Asians Doing Everything
July 31st, 2017
"Asians Doing Everything recognizes and celebrates the work being done by Asians and Pacific Islanders around the world. We transcend the roles often given to us by popular media; we're not just doctors, sidekicks, and nail salon owners...although we are those too. We pursue an infinite variety of jobs. But we are also passionate about things not connected to a paycheck. This blog seeks to uncover how we operate as striking, multifaceted, and global movers and shakers within our communities and economies."
A Day in the Life of Project Voice's Jessica Nguyen: #Unapologetic Asian
July 17th, 2017
"As part of Asian American Millenials Unite's #UnapologeticAsian series, we are spotlighting how the modern AAPI activist spends their day. To launch this facet of of this series, we're featuring Jessica Nguyen - the mind and brains behind the Podcast series, Project Voice."
Til Six: Jessica Nguyen + Project Voice
June 21st, 2017
"Six Things is a boutique brand strategy and user experience design firm with offices in Boston, Boulder and Los Angeles. Owned and operated by a small team of early-stage venture experts, we work with companies of all sizes to design, prototype, test and launch delightful products and services.
We sat down with Jessica, digital content creator and founder of Project Voice, to discuss the power of representation, Moderated Radicalism and the words 'thank you."
RAD ASIAN GIRLS: A Panel on Art, Race and Gender at Northwestern University
May 17th, 2017
"Join APAC for our FREE spring speaker event! We will be welcoming Olivia Park of Sad Asian Girls art collective for a workshop (details below), followed by a panel discussion with Park, Jessica Nguyen of Project Voice, and artist and writer Larissa Pham. They will be discussing how they use art and media as outlets for political and social activism. Come through to meet these RAD ASIAN GIRLS.
APAC is a sociopolitical organization which focuses on AAPI advocacy and throws a number of events throughout the year. One of APAC'S biggest events is Spring Speaker; their most recent past speakers include Kina Grannis, Wong Fu Productions, and acts of similar caliber."
The Tao of Self-Confidence with Sheena Yap Chan Ep. 350
April 7th, 2017
"Jessica used to have a hard time sharing her voice since she was not able to communicate in English in the beginning. It held back her confidence to speak her voice. After learning to express herself through writing and creating her podcast, Jessica is now more confident on sharing her voice and mission to the world.
This will also be the last episode for Season 2. The Tao of Self Confidence will back for Season 3 on September 1, 2017. In the meantime, enjoy past episodes of amazing women's journey to self confidence."


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Greene County prosecutor will seek death penalty against Hailey Owens' accused killer
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty against a youth football coach charged with killing a 10-year-old Springfield girl who was kidnapped just two blocks from her home.
Greene County Prosecutor Dan Patterson on Friday announced that he will pursue the death penalty against 46-year-old Craig Michael Wood.
Wood is accused of raping and killing fourth-grader Hailey Owens in February after throwing her into his pickup truck while she walked home from her best friend's house.
Patterson says that Hailey's death was "outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved torture, or depravity of mind," one of the legal standard required to seek death in first-degree murder cases in Missouri.


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What Comes First? FDA Excessive Claims Finding Or Facility Inspection?
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Recent warning letters to Reviva Labs and Ageless Derma manufacturer Crescent Health Center cite claims violations brought to FDA's attention through inspections of the companies' facilities. It's possible, however, that conspicuous website claims that overstep cosmetic boundaries are prompting inspections.
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Mammograms are used to diagnose breast problems. Self breast examinations and breast checks from your provider are two of the best ways to detect breast cancer.
The American Congress of Obstetrics & Gynecology recommends screenings start at the age of 40 (unless advised otherwise by your provider). Afterwards, yearly mammograms are recommended.
Do not wear powders, lotions or deodorants when having a mammogram. These products could show a suspicious area when the mammogram is being interpreted. OBGYN provides deodorant to be used after your mammogram.
• Breast Cancer Facts / Mammography Facts and Statistics


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How Andrea Uses Technology
Last year, my dad upgraded his cell phone and gave us his old one. My oldest daughter was twelve, so we decided it would be convenient for us and for her to give her the phone. We had just moved, none of us knew anyone, and we wanted her to be able to get a hold of us.
It didn't take long for us to realize we had made a mistake. After four or five months, things were popping up that we hadn't thought of. First, we realized that her after-school routine had changed. She used to come home and read to decompress. Now she was scrolling through her phone. She had downloaded a few social media apps (Instagram and Musical.ly) that we hadn't specifically forbidden, but she hadn't asked for permission to download them. Nothing that was happening was horrific, but it wasn't positive, either.
When we gave our daughter the phone, we had set some rules and talked about proper cell-phone use with the entire family, but we soon realized this wasn't enough. We decided we needed a better, more deliberate plan, and although it wasn't ideal to take away something we had already given, it wasn't too late to pull back on the reins.
Doing Our Homework
Thus far, it may sound like our family is naturally wary of technology, but we're actually big fans. My husband is a mechanical and software engineer, and loves keeping up on the latest technology. His own father fueled these interests by programming his computer so that as a kid my husband had to solve a complicated math problem to gain access to it.
My husband and I also ran a video editing business together for a while. We love that our five kids spend hours making movies together on our iPad. Our six-year-old son has started getting into coding. Our ten-year-old daughter has a dream to become a voice actor and spends hours at the computer recording herself read stories. She also likes to compose her own music and record it onto the computer through the electronic keyboard. Our oldest daughter likes to watch home-decorating and hand-lettering tutorials on Youtube.
Six months after giving our oldest daughter the smartphone, we realized that we needed to do more research and come up with a family technology strategy that allowed us to keep technology as a positive force in our home. As we researched, we found that a lot of people were talking about the challenges of technology online, but not a lot of people were attacking them head-on.
I started calling parents who were about five years ahead of us. These parents are pioneers in navigating technology with teenagers. A lot of them were blind-sided. The common thread was a lot of regret and lists of things they would have done differently. Rather than getting discouraged from these conversations, I was grateful to be able to learn from these parents who were ahead of us.
Of course, these parents dealt with big and little concerns related to technology, from cyber-bullying and pornography to anxiety, depression, and screen addiction. There were also subtle problems, like the way young teenagers learn to deal with awkward social situations. It's so much easier to pull out your phone and withdraw, rather than learning to work through social situations.
We realized that with five kids, we'd have to confront this problem five different times, and that we couldn't just create a one-size-fits-all process, because our kids (like kids in all families) are so different. We also realized how passionate we are about this topic and decided to launch our own website dedicated to helping other families tackle technology issues, betterscreentime.com.
The Family Tech Think Tank
My husband and I took all the research and developed a series of eight discussions for our family about technology, which we spread over the course of three or four months. The goal of these discussions was to work together as a family to create a personalized Family Technology Plan.
We started our discussions with a principle we learned from Simon Sinek: "Start With Why." We knew we had to talk with our kids about why it was important to have rules about technology before we could delve right in to making rules. Sinek's Golden Circle model then became the framework for our family discussions. After Why comes How (how we want to use technology in our family) and then What (our rules for screen time, device usage, etc.). During our research phase, we realized that many families started with the What instead, setting rules before really explaining the reasons behind them.
Here's a rough guide to what we covered in each discussion:
What is your purpose for using technology? We talked about using technology as a tool, and listed uses that were a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down".
How do we use screens? We worked on developing a family technology plan and created an approved list of sites for positive screen time.
We created a list of consequences for not following our family tech plan. We likened this to driving a car.
The progression. Some rules apply to everyone, other rules are dependent on ages and stages. Discuss who, what and when.
Formulate questions to ask your children when determining their readiness for the next phase.
Talk about social media—the implications, studies, etc. Video games can also be their own lesson if your family enjoys video games.
Get agreement on following the rules. Parents included. Plan one-on-one time to set up an agreement with kids that are old enough, or do it right after the meeting with everyone.
Summary/return to The Why
For more details about our Tech Think Tank, go to betterscreentime.com. Right now we have a rough outline available, and are working on more detailed guides for all eight discussions.
Our Family Technology Plan
By the end of our eight discussions, we emerged with a solid Family Technology Plan that works for us (although we will revisit it from time to time to make sure it's still working). Every family's plan will look a little different, but ours basically took the form of a four-step process to introducing a smartphone.
1. Start with a feature phone (aka flip phone). We decided to take the smartphone back from our daughter and get her a feature phone instead. She can call, text (though it's more inconvenient on this kind of phone), and take simple pictures.
2. Transition to a bare-bones smartphone. Once a child shows he or she can be responsible with a feature phone, upgrade to a smartphone with a few additional features enabled, such as music, a better camera, and email. Most phones make it easy to enable restrictions to keep the features simple.
3. Add a few non-social-media apps. Sit down with the child and determine which apps would be useful and fun to add, for example, a game or two.
4. Finally, add social media. The very last thing to add is social media. Many adults are still learning how to handle social media (including me), so unleashing this on a teen without a fully developed prefrontal cortex is not a good idea.
For more details on this, see our article, "Handing Your Child a Cell Phone: A Simple Four-Phase Process You May Not Have Considered."
We purposely did not set specific ages for each of these steps, because we know they will be different for each of our kids. Instead, we worked together as a family to create benchmarks for when they will be ready for each of these steps. For example, before transitioning to a smartphone, we decided a child must be able to show that they are responsible enough to complete homework on time and do assigned chores without being asked.
Our oldest daughter, of course, was not excited about this new plan, especially since it involved losing her smartphone, but she understood why we were setting these new rules, and she agreed to follow them. After a few weeks of a bit of moping and grumbling, our daughter soon adjusted to her new feature phone. Her after-school snack time no longer involved scrolling Instagram. Instead, she decompressed from the day by looking out the window, reading a book, or talking about her day.
We also set screen time limitations for the younger kids. When our kids are using technology for creative purposes or working together on a project, we don't really set limits. But we often set a 30-minute timer for any screen time during the week, once chores are done. Setting the timer keeps me from being the bad guy. I also try to have a plan for what we're going to do afterwards, so there's not a fight. Often this is a quick activity that I do with them, such as jumping on the trampoline or playing a game of UNO. These are things they'll happily leave technology for, and they don't take much of my time. We also have several days a week when we just don't use them at all. We try to fill out time with family activities or play with friends.
We're really excited about the changes we've seen in our family after creating a more deliberate technology plan, and about being able to share our strategy on Better Screen Time. We hope it becomes a great resource for other families as they develop their own Technology Plans!
Andrea Davis grew up in the heart of the Grand Tetons, so it's no surprise that she loves anything outdoors—biking, swimming, hiking, horse back riding, and her SUP. She has a B.A. in secondary education, and her teaching experience ranges from teaching preschool swimming lessons to college-level Spanish. However, her greatest learning has come from her daily work as a stay-at-home mom of five children. Andrea considers her husband, Tyler, the best co-captain she could ask for. Their motto has always been "Go Team!" They live in Hood River, Oregon.
Andrea is currently the managing director for Power of Moms and the creator of Better Screen Time. She also loves sharing "inspiration for high achievers learning to create greatness with just the basics" on an Instagram and FaceBook account called Do a Lot With a Little. You can follow her there!


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|Rapt French Poster
Based on a real life hostage incident that occurred in Belgium in the late 1970's Rapt (2009) updates the story and shifts the setting to Paris. Stanislas Graff (Yvan Attal) is the talented Chief Executive Officer of a multi national company, he has a sophisticated wife (Anne Consigny) two teenage girls but he also conceals a secret life! Graff has a mistress tucked up in a very well furnished apartment in a fashionable district of Paris and has a very serious gambling problem that is a constant drain on his bank balance. One morning, on his chauffeur driven journey to the office, he is kidnapped by a gang of masked men and whisked away to a secret location. His capturers cut off one of his fingers and send it to his family along with a ransom note demanding a very large sum of money. Because of the consequences of his gambling habit the family are unable to meet the demand. This is only the beginning of Graff's problems.
Not as exciting as it premise makes it seem, can be a weary watch at times although Yvan Attal performance is very good and makes the characters situation credible. Perhaps cutting the length of the movie with a little sharper editing would have made all the difference between an average thriller and a very good one.


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Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy. A country that in the 1980s and 1990s had experienced severe famine crises due to drought and war, is witnessing the greatest transformation of its recent history, with economic growth around 10% and one of the highest rates of urbanization in the world. In addition, Ethiopia has sought peace with its longtime adversary, Eritrea; it has freed prisoners; opened access to websites and television channels that it had blocked for political reasons, and it invited banned political organizations and their leaders to return from exile.
This unprecedented and rapid change comes against a more disconcerting backdrop of unrest, placing a massive strain on established political, economic and social systems. Despite the impressive growth and modernization, Ethiopia is still one of the poorest countries in the world and full of social contrasts, where nomadic shepherds with their Kalashnikovs rifles, live only a few miles from modern neighborhoods in the capital Addis Ababa.
As a multiethnic giant with around 100 million people belonging to more than 80 ethnic groups and under a questionable democratic system, the country is at a crucial moment in which society will have to deal with complex issues such as massive rural exodus, political freedom, and ethnic tensions.
Muhammad, from the Afar people, protects the herd from other rival tribes.
Afar Region is the most neglected area in Ethiopia. Despite its significant geopolitical position and untapped natural resources, the region is left in political and economic disarray by successive central powers. The combination of sinister political maneuver, rampant corruption, and inconsistent development projects have exacerbated the social, economic and environmental adversities of the Afar people. A major part of pastoralist community that makes 85% of the region's population has been displaced due to federal agricultural projects and regime-affiliated investors. This was done without sustainable resettlement and reorientation towards the agro-pastoral way of life. Environmental degradation, recurrent drought, highly polluted Awash River, unmet health needs and border conflicts are among the few challenges to mention. Consequently, the Afar region remains the poorest of all within Ethiopian federation.
Scarecrow Soldier, Tigray region. The Eritrean–Ethiopian War took place in 1998 with the final peace only agreed in 2018. The confrontation took place on the borders of the Tigray Region- Eritrea and both countries spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the war and suffered tens of thousands of casualties as a direct consequence of the conflict. Only minor border changes resulted.
Amhara Village, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. About 90% of the Amhara are rural and make their living through farming, mostly in the Ethiopian highlands. Recently, the government has invested in infrastructure such as houses, schools and wells for the rural population, in an effort to integrate the country.
A boy named Kofi stands in front of a gas station that is being built next to his house on the road around Awash. Ethiopia, for the first time ever, began producing crude oil at Kalub and Hilala fields on Thursday in the eastern part of the country. The Chinese company Poly-GCL Petroleum Investment Limited is responsible for the extraction of both crude oil and natural gas in the Ogaden area, Somali regional state in eastern Ethiopia.
Arega Tefera, left the rural area to work with tourism in the city of Lallibella.
Bole, suburb of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In order to modernize the capital Addis Ababa, the government has built a series of housing estates in the suburbs in order to allocate the population that has been removed from its original neighborhoods.
Adunga, resident of one of the housing estates built by the government, Bole, Ethiopia.
Modjo Dry Port is Ethiopia's first dry port development which started on a small scale at the end of 2009, relieving the congested Djibouti facilities and strengthen the Ethio-Djibouti trade corridor.
In capital Addis Ababa, an emerging consumer society is gaining ground, influenced by the presence of new Western and Chinese investments.
Berhanu and his helper Dula, a private street guard in Addis Ababa. Berhanu came from the countryside to the capital in search of better opportunities. According to the Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency, the urban population is projected to nearly triple with annual growth rate of 3.8 percent. This means, it will reach 42.3 million by 2037.
Ethiopia only opened recently to international tourism. The political context of closure, recurrent famines, and wars impeded the emergence of any tourist activity around the different Ethiopian World Heritage sites during the 1980s and 1990s. A "tourism master plan" is being finalized by the government to boost visitor numbers, which are already growing by 10% a year.
For much of the last decade, Ethiopia has been a leading investment destination in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly from China, which has loaned more than 13 billion dollars between 2006 and 2015 for everything from roads and railways to commercial and industrial parks. In the capital Addis Ababa, the Chinese presence is still more evident, they are rebuilding the city.
A skyscraper currently under construction by a Chinese company in Addis Ababa. Upon completion, it will be the tallest building in Addis Ababa and thus Ethiopia. It will serve as the headquarters of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the country's largest bank.
In the last decade, Brazil has become an emigration destination for the African continent. It is the largest flow recorded since the colonial period when about 5 million people crossed the Atlantic and made Brazil the country with the largest black population outside of the African continent.
In this context, the Senegalese are responsible for the second largest flow, establishing communities mainly in the South and Southeast regions of Brazil. Although Senegal is not at war, it is one of the poorest countries in the world with more than half of its population illiterate and two thirds unemployed. Work is at the center of the lives of these immigrants, and it is the main factor that legitimizes migratory decisions.
Another central feature of Senegalese migration is the affective relationship with those who stayed in Africa. Financial remittances reinforce the bonds between those who left and those who stayed. Therefore, this immigration must be understood in relation to both sides; there are projects and dreams of both, it is a family movement. The affective bonds are being reconstituted in different spaces, revealing internal agreements, economic and social dynamics and relations that preserve obligations, morals and family feelings. These links are facilitated by new communication technologies.
This essay arises from my personal experience with a group of Senegalese who works in the neighborhood I live in (Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro)
The population dynamics of rural areas in the semi-arid region of Brazil has been marked by a drastic decrease in population, especially in the last 50 years. Researchers of the demographic dynamics point out that the great change observed in the last years is the conversion of the generalized rural exodus into a more selective process, which preferentially sends the young and highly productive population to the cities. This selective exodus of young people intensifies the aging of the population, a social phenomenon that marks the most recent period.
Lack of perspective and newly arrived infrastructure in the field, as well as new technologies, have enabled a profound cultural transformation. The young generation, now connected to new references, tends to migrate in search of opportunities away from isolation and hard work in the fields. A large part of the new generation wants to be included in urban and contemporary class society, even as a proletarian and a resident on the periphery of the city, whether small or large. The countryside has aged and rural youth also want access to the assets of other youth.
Faced with this emptying, the old generation that remains may be the last representative of traditional culture, permeating survival away from their departed heirs. In this difficulty of convergence between the old and the new, many choose to remain in their places of origin, perpetuating the connection, even if alone, with their physical and symbolic universe.
This essay proposes a reflection on the current context of the traditional populations of the semi-arid country side of Brazil facing the youth exodus and modernization, which materializes in the isolation of its members unable to incorporate new contemporary practices.
Brazil, a country marked by a highly contested rural landscape that has pit traditional communities—quilombolas, indigenous people, and small-scale farmers—against capital investment. Too often, the result is violence.
A research shared with Unearthed by Brazilian hyman rights NGO (CPT), shows that 37 people have been killed in the first six months of 2017 in rural land conflicts, eight more than at the same time in 2016. Most deaths were attributed to plantations or large ranches on land that has been claimed by rural communities.
In many Brazilian states, vast amounts of land have no clear owner. This ambiguity has facilitated the entrance of agribusiness, mining, and logging activity, which has surged in north-central Brazilian states. Under state control, these areas can be granted in collective or individual titles to rural communities or sold to private interests. In some cases, they are targets of land grabbing. According to data from Amnesty International, hundreds of municipalities in states like Pará, Tocantins, and Maranhão have an impunity rate of 100% when it comes to murders of agricultural laborers over the past 43 years.
Comissioned by National Geographic
Located in the delta of Paraíba do Sul river, one of the most important rivers in the Brazilian southeast region, Atafona is a place that unveils the action of time on contemporary society and the crisis in the relation between men and nature. The primary object is a setting disrupted by the action of the dynamic and implacable nature, as well as the human issues presented by this universe.
In the past decades, the sea has been rising and submerging tens of the small town's quarters. Its dunes conceal about 400 buildings, among public constructions, residential blocks, hotels, a gas station and a church. A group of factors that include rising sea levels, strong winds and the disastrous human interventions all along the riverbed, made Atafona the biggest case of sea erosion in Brazil. In past years were build more than 12 dams and hundreds of extra irrigation canals. About 60% of its water volume are used to supplies the city of Rio de Janeiro. The hydric deficit at the river's estuary precisely caused by these kinds of interventions is the most responsible for so much erosion in the delta, as it cannot counteract the invading ocean.
Brazil has the world's largest renewable water resources — with nearly twice as much as Russia, which is in second place, and 12 to 16% of the world's total supply. The country is now facing the consequences of its abuses in the past. In 2015, other two important brazilian rivers, São Francisco and Rio Doce, were condemned. São Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, is running dry. It's a starting point for debates on the causes and trends regarding the use and conservation of Brazil's hydric resources.
Kibbutz Hulata is located in the Upper Galilee area of Northern Israel, in the southern part of the Hula Valley. It was founded as a fishing villagein 1936.
Buffeted badly as their economic model proved nonviable, by the late 1970s many kibbutz had descended into economic collapse, which was followed by an unfavorable debt arrangement. Bruised and battered, the kibbutzniks had to dump their own myth of the idealistic agricultural collective. They also found themselves reaping another bitter fruit entirely of their own making: children leaving and not returning. The next generation was moving away.
The kibbutz's had certain assets, though. The underlying idea, that man should work the land and live in brotherhood, freedom and equality, created forces that fed excellent education systems, a wealth of cultural activities and the platform for rethinking the model. In the past years, Hulata began by wooing back prodigal children, declared their effort to regain the lost generation, the kibbutz then looked outward more broadly, and began a second expansion accepting new members from the outside, most of them people that wants to work outside the kibbutz but enjoy their sense of community.
This essay is about the daily life of an Christian/Jewish family who lives in Hulata kibbutz for 2 yeras.
Over the past 10 years, I have created a mosaic of portraits, captured in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where I live. There is nothing specifically recognizable about this iconic place; rather I try to find universal imagery to capture the complexity of everyday life in an urban setting of its people. The "Tropical City" series brings the underworld and stereotypes: the corrupt governor, the police officer, the refugee, the prostitute, the zika generation, the soccer player, representations of people that I met along the years.
Commissioned by National Geographic (Brazil)
At the end of the 19th Century, the development of the vulcanization process to extract rubber from the native Amazonian Hevea Brasiliensis transformed rubber in an important raw material for the newborn automobile industry. Around 1903, the Amazon was responsible for almost the entire rubber output of the world, and foreign investments triggered major transformations in the region, giving birth to a short-lived period called the jungle belle époque.
The need to absorb areas distant from the main production centers gave birth to the idea of building a railroad to help the outflow of items produced in western Brazil and Bolivia to the Amazon River waterway. It would be the first major engineering enterprise of its kind undertaken by the United States abroad. A railroad built at the heart of the most wild, obscure and remote tropical forest in the world. Its construction claimed more than eight thousand lives and became the greatest epic of the Amazon in the 20th Century.
British success cultivating native Amazon rubber trees in their Asian possessions plummeted rubber production in Brazil. Like the epic railroad, the entire western Amazon region was sunk in deep lethargy.
A Century after being built and four decades after its deactivation, the railroad which was once the backbone of western Brazil and the founding myth of cities in the jungle reveals an unknown part of the Amazon. A witnesses of troubled times which has withstood the test of time, survived the steady march of the forest and outlived the solitude surrounding its tracks.
As opposed to past beliefs, there is strong evidence that the brazilian indigenous populations are growing in the last decades. In this context and taking into consideration the interactions and assimilation processes with other cultures, the issues of the indigenous' sense of identity are extremely delicate.
This essay is aimed to approach the issues surrounding the ethnical identity of Brazil's remaining indigenous peoples and how the rest of the society regards them. Willing to debate ways for their permanence at the core of the Brazilian nation as an essential part of its people, several questions come up, such as: Who is the indigenous person nowadays? What defines his/her identity? Why do they take up such a romanticized and distorted place within the Brazilian society's imagery?
The close shots portray members of a single ethnic background in their own environment and wearing day-to-day costumes, not those associated with traditional symbols and rituals. The images highlight the different phenotypic patterns among members of a same ethnicity and demystify the overwhelming idea of the traditional indigenous person as rationalized by the Brazilian society. This way, they explore the means through which changes prompted by decades of contacts with various references were incorporated into the indigenous cultures, giving their cultural identity a whole new meaning.
Ladakhi is a tri-border area (India, China and Pakistan) located on the inside of the Himalayan ridge, one of the most inhospitable places on earth. The only two roads that connect the region to the rest of India remain blocked by snow during 8 months a year. The isolation, the lack of resources and the adverse conditions contributed to the creation of a unique culture molded by the Buddhist philosophy and based on self-sustainability. In the 1950´s, when military tension across the border between India, China and Pakistan started to rise rapidly, things began to change. Two roads were built, one connecting the Ladakh to the southern state of Himachal Pradesh, and the other heading east, towards the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In Leh, infrastructure was built in order to attend the large contingent of troops that arrived every day, and the Capital saw the construction of gas stations, workshops and markets. In 1974, civilians were allowed inside the city, although with limited access. The development that was intensified after the 1970´s has brought to the Ladakh not only infrastructure and industrial goods but also the idealized imagery of a western culture shaped around consumption. Leh is going through a process that has been experienced by many other cultures that were isolated and eventually started to receive outside influence. If contact with these outside influences start to undermine local traditions, a culture that has thrived for centuries will be in jeopardy. Nowdays, Ladackhis are been submited to the greatest challenge they have ever faced, a challenge much more severe than isolation or harsh weather: the test of modern times.
Commissioned by The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Reforestation Program (Brazil)
Lalibela is best known for its monolithic churches, intimidating buildings carved from the red bedrock on which the city sits, joined by tunnels and still in use today by monks, priests, lay clergy, and not a few hermits. The 11 medieval churches hewn from solid, volcanic rock in the heart of Ethiopia were built on the orders of King Lalibela in the 12th century. Lalibela set out to construct a "New Jerusalem" in Africa after Muslims conquests halted Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land.
Even though Lalibela sits in a remote region of Ethiopia, the faithful will walk for days, even weeks, to get here, many of them traversing the rugged mountains barefoot. Amongst them, blind men and women and people with disabilities also join the pilgrimage, making their way along Lalibela's winding, hilly roads to reach the sacred site.
Ethiopia was one of the earliest nations to adopt Christianity in the first half of the fourth century, and its historical roots date to the time of the Apostles. The country only opened recently to international tourism. The political context of closure, recurrent famines, and wars impeded the emergence of any tourist activity around the different Ethiopian World Heritage sites during the 1980s and 1990s. In the past years, buses and Land Cruisers, carrying western tourists begin to arrive in Lalibela. Every year, around 40,000 international visitors travel to Lalibela to tour the site and its surroundings.
The tragedy related to the breaking of the dam at Brumadinho, which is responsible for almost 400 casualties, is also causing a disastrous environmental impact. Before pouring into the Três Marias dam and joining the São Francisco River, which supplies 18 million Brazilians in six states, the mud (mineral waste) coming from the ruptured dam administered by the mining company Vale, will cover 340 kilometers in Minas Gerais state, at an average speed of 800 meters per hour. With levels of mercury and lead 21 times higher than what is acceptable, along with the presence of other minerals, water must be avoided in all ways by the population along the banks of the Paraopeba river, pleads the Minas Gerais government.
I followed the mud's path from the epicenter of the tragedy in Brumadinho to the mouth of the river, documenting the lives of the people affected. Along the way, I found an indigenous village, Vale railways, cities with their water supply interrupted, and a fearful population.
Sivaldo Tarrão, 55 years old, from the Pataxó people at the Naô Xohã village. Muddy waste from a ruptured dam at a mine in Brazil's southeast is reaching his indigenous community, contaminating its water and food supplies.
Rescue teams look for victims in Córrego do Feijão, Brumadinho, MG.
Córrego do Feijão, Brumadinho, MG.
Rescue helicopter carries the bodies of the victims in Brumadinho, MG.
Marcelo Alves de Oliveira, 46, worked in the mine where the dam broke. On the day of the tragedy, he decided to have lunch at the top of the dam. Marcelo lost dozens of friends who were having lunch in the mine's cafeteria.
Jefferson Silva, 21, survived the complete destruction of the hotel where he worked. When he saw the mud coming, Jefferson ran up the hill with the mud behind him. The hotel owner, his relatives, guests, and some staff were unable to escape.
Railway bridge destroyed by mud flow, Brumadinho, MG.
Muddy waste from a ruptured dam at a mine in Brazil's southeast is reaching an indigenous community in the region, contaminating its water and food supplies.
Rosemeyre Aparecida Gomes, 29, Allan Frederic, 30, and their children Eduardo and Luana, residents of the city of Juatuba, observe the arrival of the the mud brought by the river Paraopeba from the tracks of the mining company Vale.
Luiz Cristino Dantas, 58, e Geraldo Otavio Rodrigues, 49, residents of the city of Juatuba, observe the arrival of the the mud brought by the river Paraopeba from the tracks of the mining company Vale.
Eudes Geraldo Alves, 50, examines the water of the Paraopeba River on his property with the arrival of Brumadinho's mud in Córrego do Barro, MG. The region's water supply has been disrupted, and residents are worried about contamination of livestock.
Paraopeba river around São José de Varginha, about 80 miles from Brumadinho, MG.


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comptia network+ practice questions
The following are list of practice questions for comptia network+ certification.
1. On which port does a http client work on
2. Which client server protocol is used for downloading a file from a website
3. Is the DNS protocol initiated when a user pings a website.
4. Which OSI layer corresponds to the Internet layer in TCP/IP model
5. Does a broadcast traffic from one VLAN reach other VLAN.
6. How many broadcast and collision domains are available on a 24 port switch.
7. What is the fundamental difference between a managed and unmanageable switch.
8. Which protocol is used by switches to avoid loops
9. How do routers avoid looping of IP packets.
10. Name two VPN protocols which works at Layer 2.
1. HTTP clients uses dynamic ports whereas servers use known port 80. The port number used by clients are random and are not constant for each connection.
2. HTTP is used for downloading a file from a website. User access a link on the website using a browser and clicks to download using HTTP.
3. Yes, when the user pings the website, the DNS name of the website is resolved into an IP address which is performed by DNS protocol.
4. The transport layer
5. VLAN's limit broadcast traffic to cross into another VLAN. So a broadcast traffic from one VLAN would not reach another VLAN.
6. A 24 port switch would have 1 broadcast domain and 24 collision domains.
7. A manageable switch would typically have an operating system with features which are configurable by the user. Unmanageable switch does not have the same.
8. Spanning tree protocol
9. Routers look into the TTL value in the IP header and reduces it by 1 every time it crosses a router. When a router receives a packet with TTL value 1, the packet is discarded by the router, avoiding looping of the packet.
10. L2TP and PPTP.


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"Ari Rang is a traditional Korean song (a populist movement is even pushing for it to be made the national anthem) plaintively sung by Park and used as a springboard for delicate variation. Over the course of the five tracks, the duo displays a beautiful restraint, slowly engaging (and disengaging) themes with a remarkable compatibility. While the different tunings and scales of traditional Eastern music can sound alien to Western ears, here the increasingly global language of joint improvisation bridges the divide.
Track Listing: Listen; Ari Rang; Grassy Hills; Third Sight; Embers.
Personnel: Jason Kao Hwang: violin; Sang Won Park: Kayagum, ajeng, voice.
Title: Local Lingo | Year Released: 2007 | Record Label: Euonymus Records
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Lapis Lazuli, a favorite stone of ancient Egypt, is known for its gorgeous deep blue color. Lapis Facial Oil is named for the precious deep blue oils it contains, including Blue Tansy and Blue Yarrow. These oils contain a component called Azulene which is deep blue in color and acts as a powerful anti inflammatory and anti bacterial that aids in reducing redness and clarifying the complexion. Formulated for combination, oily and blemish prone skin types or any skin in need of relief from inflammation.
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—Charlotte Brontë"
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Sandia Golf Club Wedding | Albuquerque, NM Wedding Photographer | Angela + Ronnie
He says he noticed her right away. That he liked her shoes and she had cool hair. She says she was smitten with him instantly. Angela and Ronnie met through church, after Angela had moved across the country -- she said she was ready for change, but what she found was her soul mate.
They promised to forever at Sandia Golf Course, surrounded by family and friends. It was a cloud covered day, but the clouds parted juuuuust enough for Angela + Ronnie's ceremony to go off without a hitch. Well, minus the wind blowing over the alter and bopping Ronnie in the head, but he handled that one like a champ and everyone giggled when it was all said and done. The clouds rolled back in as we did portraits, but nothing was going to take the beaming smiles off their faces. They laughed hard through toasts and games, wrapped themselves in Angela's (Angela's mothers!) dress for the first dance, and celebrated hard and the thunder boomed. It was the most wonderful day, AND it ended in the most wonderful way; s'mores!
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Plot: Receiving lots of Vee pressure from her friends, Vee Delmonico decides to join an online game called Nerve. This game allows people to be a watcher or a player and if you're a player you have to do a series of dares. However, things become dangerous when the stakes are upped and Vee's life is in danger. Will she get out the game alive?
Year: 2016
Director: Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost.
Starring: Dave Franco, Emma Roberts, Emily Meade, Machine Gun Kelly, Juliette Lewis and Miles Heizer.
I absolutely loved this film. I love it when films follow games because they make them so exciting and that's what this film delivered on. It was exciting fro start to finish and not to mention, very deadly. I'm not a fan of Emma Roberts so it put me off when I knew she was in it but I decided to watch it anyway because the premise looked cool. I'm glad I did. She was alright in it. I love Dave Franco but I wasn't so keen on his character. I think these two characters getting together was a bit rushed.
The film was a perfect representation of what is wrong with society today. All these people are peer-pressured into something they know is wrong but they will do it anyway. Also, if this game was to exist in the real world, everyone would want to play it and people will be dying all over the world. Teenagers nowadays will do anything for fun, even if that means putting their lives in danger.
The two main characters getting together as quick as they did was a bit rushed and I thought the ending was rushed too. It all happened so quick, the build up could have been better and it was kind of obvious that she hadn't been shot because of the lack of blood. Some of the dares were very exciting and intense to watch. I would definitely recommend Nerve for all the adrenaline junkies out there. It's an extremely entertaining film.
Rating: 7/10.


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Matt Barnes
I'm going to be Super Dad.
"I knew that if God blessed me with the opportunity to be a father, that was something I'd go all out at.
Matt Barnes
I'm one of those dads that smothers my kids with love.
We're always giving hugs and kisses...
The one thing I can say I learned from him is protect your family … at all costs.
Now we're great it's I love you all the time. He comes over, we cook, sit down, have drinks, chill out, talk about life…


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My Rating : *3 Stars*
What was the writer thinking…Really!
It should be sufficient to say that I am Juan Pablo Castel, the painter who killed Maria Iribarne.
This is how the story unfolds, the confession of a painter who killed a woman, who he was obsessed with.
I recently read a book called "The Stranger" by Albert Camus, which share the same theme as of this book, but if I compare both the main characters, they are worlds apart. On one hand, I for some reason loved the character of Merusault, on the other hand, I hated the character of Juan Pablo(I guess what I hate is this weird obsessive trait of his).
I have noticed this thing about me that when I read about weird terrifying situations, murders, criminals, or maybe freaky characteristics of a person(I mean his/her behavior), I never actually freak out or creep out. It is like my brain doesn't consider hypothetical situations dangerous or weird. It is only when I actually face these situations or see them happening in front of me, or when I'm the victim, I feel terrified. But then other times, I'm just a chill out person.
Why am I saying all this?
While I was reading this book, and learning more about this character, I thought that maybe at some point of time I have met a certain person like this and that somehow I can associate this character of Juan Pablo to someone or some other character maybe from a movie.
Then I remembered that recently I watched a movie called "The Resident"(it maybe disturbing for some people). So, the theme of this movies is also based on frightening obsession of a person and desire. When I watched it, I found it to be a bit creepy. And now when I read this book, I can totally relate it to what I saw and how I felt, which is not so good.
Also last year, I came across this person, who I thought was a nice person, until the next day he actually started forcing himself unto me(well this can be frightening, I'm telling you). So what I did is turned myself into a badass bitch and shooed(not the right word,I guess) him off, right thing I did.
And it's not always men, no no, don't take me wrong with the examples I have quoted above. I recently read some where. This man went on a date with a woman. She was very quiet and it took a whole lot of work to make her speak. The next day he got home and saw a package in the mail box. Well inside that package were two wedding rings with a note "We are destined to be together" or may be "We are destined to be one"(I don't remember well). He called her up and she asked, did you receive my package and said that she went to her psychic and that her psychic told her that we both are soulmates and we'll be together forever. After listening to this he hung up the phone.
Next day when he got back home, and saw that she was parked in his driveway to which he argued with her, that what the hell she think of herself that she came to his house uninvited. She replied, that this is not the kind of house she want, but they can live in it together until they get married. He asked her to leave and never return. She left and then the year followed, he got calls, love letters, emails everyday, to which he told her that nothing can happen between both of them, but to her, they were destined to be together.
Now you see what my point is, these kind of situations can be really terrifying, creepy and they literally give a whole lot of mental stress and can be annoying.
Out of all the examples I have quoted here, all these people(creepy people) were really interesting and wonderful for the first 25% of the total time they spent with the victims and then they opened up and turned out to be idiotically annoying and a whole lot of creepy, which I guess is so much for normal person to take and digest.
Similarly, the first 25% of this book, is very well crafted, beautifully written, interesting thoughts. It was good to read it, up until he met that woman and talked to her…
I hated his desperation and obsession with her, that was growing with every page that I was turning.
When I quoted those examples in the beginning, you might have noticed that the second person always tried to dissolve the situation. However in this case, the woman was also playing certain games…
But that was not it, he went to her house for receiving a letter, and discovered that she have a husband(blind husband), which I guess should be the point for him to lose hold of her and walk away to his different way.
He opened that letter and read:
I think of you,too.
Instead that letter should be :
You see I have a husband, so now fuck off.
But no, madam had different plans. She wanted to deceive everyone and have it all.
This is what happens when you play with fire, you get hurt.
Well she got killed!
Her husband was actually blind, but the painter was blinded by his desperation, obsession and his blinding need to consume her all. He made himself a criminal, a murderer.
"There was one person who could have understood me. But she was the very person I killed."
The starting was really good, middle was full of drama and a whole of hypothetical situations and dialogues that were total clique, at the same time annoying and funny. The end was abrupt.
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Legion baseball: Middletown blanks Shoreline
MIDDLETOWN >> Middletown Post 75 extended its Zone 3 winning streak to five with a double shutout sweep of Shoreline, 2-0 and 10-0, Wednesday night at Palmer Field.
"We got great pitching and great defense," Middletown coach Tim D'Aquila said. "We didn't hit much, but we got a lot of walks."
Ben Gilliland went the distance in the opener, firing a four-hitter and striking out nine. Middletown got both of its runs in the second inning and Gilliland made them stand up.
Losing pitcher Jake Falkingham gave up a leadoff single to Luigi Fazzino and after Fazzino stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch, Austin Rak singled him home. Nick Brenchak followed with a double down the right field line for the second run.
Gilliland retired the final 13 hitters.
Scott Marks threw five shutout innings in the second game, giving up just two hits, to earn the win.
The Post 75ers got three runs in the second as Brenchak (2-for-2) drove in one with a double, a second scored on Nick DeShais' sacrifice fly and the third on a throwing error.
Middletown (6-2 in the zone, 9-4 overall) got five in the fifth to blow the game open, Colin Horn's two-run single was the big hit of the inning. Then when the 75ers got three in the sixth to build the lead to 10 runs, the Legion Mercy Rule caused the game to end .
Middletown played errorless defense in both games and shortstop Jake Alonzo fielded nine ground balls flawlessly to lead the defense. Right-fielder Brenchak and first-baseman Nevin Sanchez also combined to nail a runner at the plate in the first game.
Middletown plays Shoreline in Deer River on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Valley Regional High School to make-up Tuesday's rain-out. The competition gets tougher Saturday when Wallingford visits Palmer Field for a 4 p.m. doubleheader.