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Last year, Boston Marathon participants ran past a WetBulb Globe Temperature device on the Boston Marathon race route. Since 2012, the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine has been an official course weather monitoring authority for the Boston Athletic Association and the Boston Marathon.
As runners get ready for the Boston Marathon, many no doubt partake in training programs aimed at helping them to be optimally prepared, whether it be helping them achieve their best time and reduce physical injuries or simply to finish. With all this preparation, many may be surprised to find out about the wild card that April brings - the weather.
In 1967, snow squalls accompanied the runners through the first five miles. In 2004, temperatures reached midsummer levels, topping out at 86 degrees. In 2012, as many as 2,100 runners were treated at medical tents along the 26.2-mile course for dehydration, heat exhaustion and other ailments as temperatures soared into the upper 80s, smashing records.
"April is a very volatile month in Massachusetts in terms of weather," explained Samuel Cheuvront, a research physiologist with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. "Conditions can vary greatly from extreme cold to extreme heat. Extreme heat can be challenging for marathon runners who have been training in the cold for months. This can lead to excessive heat injuries."
Since 2012, USARIEM has been an official course weather monitoring authority for the Boston Athletic Association. Collaborative research between USARIEM and the BAA is focused on determining how many locations are required for monitoring along the 26.2 mile route, as well as to determine if a 72-hour forecast would give accurate results for race day planning.
According to Cheuvront, USARIEM provides real-time, hourly WetBulb Globe Temperature measures on the course for race officials.
"Since last year, our researchers have been stationed at three places along the marathon route with portable WetBulb Globe Temperature devices that provide real time readings of the conditions as racers go by," Cheuvront said. "We have also done and will continue this testing through September to give us more data to help us achieve long term accurate readings."
Cheuvront said the BAA chose USARIEM for this task partly because of their long standing partnership since the 1970s, when Soldier medics would volunteer in caring for runners in medical tents while simultaneously conducting light weather monitoring. The other and more scientific reason is the military's expertise in the use of the WetBulb Globe Temperature Index, or WBGT, and its important use in sports medicine.
The WBGT measures heat stress in direct sunlight, which takes into account humidity, temperature, wind speed, sun angle and cloud cover (solar radiation). Cheuvront said it is a more sophisticated measurement than a simpler heat index, which accounts for air temperature and humidity only, and was not designed with heavy activity in mind.
"Military agencies, the American College of Sports Medicine and many nations use the WBGT as a guide to managing heat stress," Cheuvront said. "The majority of the heat gained by runners comes from muscle contraction. The WBGT informs us of how easy or difficult it will be for runners to balance that heat gain with heat loss."
Since the 1950s, U.S. military installations have displayed flags to indicate the heat category based on WBGT. White, green, amber, red and black flags represent conditions ranging from WBGT readings of 79.9 degrees (white) to over 90 degrees (black). Each flag serves as an indicator for guidelines for water intake and physical activity level for individuals based on the heat category. The sports medicine community uses WBGT flag categories also, though the absolute values used for guidance are different.
"Our hope is that by measuring the WBGT on the course we can provide more accurate information than airport weather given many miles away, Cheuvront said. "We also hope that accurate 72 hour forecasting may be possible.
"If the WBGT can be accurately forecasted, and we know that race day's flag will be red, for example, then the organizers can plan for more water stations, more ambulances and more signage to alert runners that they may have to take it easier on the course."
This research is not just going to benefit marathon runners. It will also be used to update the guidance that USARIEM provides to service members through the doctrine they publish for heat injury management.
"The information we learn here will be taken to update the guidance we push out to the field to help protect the Soldier from heat injury. That is always a huge priority for us," Cheuvront said.
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These shoes fit great and work well. They also last a long time.
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Daughter wears a size 7 in women's shoe. She is 11yrs old and 4'11", 98lbs. These are a perfect fit for now.
They get the job done. Sometimes the 1 strap will slip off my heel.
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This is the third pair I've ordered, which is a replacement for the second that just deteriorated within a month. The first pair lasted a year and a half. I don't know if quality or material was defective but we will see how this pair lasts.
got it for my 11 year old using the size chart provided. She wears street shoe youth 3, so I got her this Sophia shoe in size Adult M. It is way too small, I'm reordering in size Adult XL hoping it will fit. Not sure what will she be wearing when she grows up a little since Adult XL is the largest size available.
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I have been using these since elementary school and they last me about 6 months at a time(I dance in these for 3 hours consecutively a day) My first pair lasted me for almost 2 years and I finally had to replace them because I had worn a hole in the bottom of the big toe from turning and going on releve. These are amazing. I am a womens size 7 and I always order a medium so that it covers more of the ball of my foot.
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We were so excited to receive these shoes. However, when we tried them on, they were so small, toes were curled! Now...to return them I'm spending additional money to return them and purchase the next size up. BTW, if you too run into this, don't use their return label. It's cheaper to do it yourself.
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My Daughter loves them! Only turners I will buy for her
These run very small. My daughter is already in the largest size & she is 11.
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I previously wrote a review on the children's sizes stating my daughter won't wear anything else and that still remains true, she LOVES these turners and refuses anything else however, once in adult sizes, they do fit SUPER SMALL just as everyone else states. My daughter is almost 11 years old and wears a street size 6-7, she now needs an adult XL. If her foot grows anymore (which it will) then what? I really wish Capezio would take a second look at their sizing and realize children are wearing adults and they need to increase lengths.
My daughter loves these. She wears a street size 6 in womens, but I hate how the manufacturer says that's a medium. They only last a few weeks at most, but she wears them for 4-6 classes a week, and wears them hard. The leather is very thin, but that's part of why they are so comfortable. They are a much better value here than at our dance studio.
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Helpful at turns, Love this shoe ❤
The "Turning Pointe 55" Pirouette Shoes by Sophia Lucia are a much better fit for my daughter's feet. She has long, slender feet and these shoes conform to her feet better than the traditional leather or canvas pirouette shoes. There are no gaps or bulkiness on the sides of her feet. These shoes help show off her lines a lot better and they do not cut off her foot on top. She can turn so much better in these as well. They're easy to break in too with the soft leather. I would definitely recommend these shoes for everyday dancewear and the competition season.
Bought 4 pairs as my daughter needs 2-3 at all times. I bought the 2 med based on her shoe size 7-7.5 and they were too small. The 2 large fit her but she if she grows anymore, she won't be able to use them long. Now I have 2 pairs sitting since I forgot to return them being the start of the season and 30 days runs real fast these days. Too bad if I used the local company for sizing they charge just to try on. I was hoping that she'd be able to have the large to grow into, but that didn't happen. If I knew it was this way, I would've just bought them locally.
This half sole is perfect if you our your daughter is a turner. My girls are especially my youngest. The sole is made similar to the Bloch Neoflex that my girls dance in on a regular basis. Both of my girls love the fit and comfort. I was worried about size since most reviews say they run small. My oldest wears a 9 in ladies and the XL fits perfect for her. My youngest wears a 7 in ladies and the L works great for her. I hope this review helps!
I don't like the plastic foot pad on the bottom and runs small.
Very nice shoes, but they run very small. My daughter wears a 7.5-8 street shoe so I ordered a medium and she could not straighten out her toes. Returning for a large.
I purchased a Medium pair online for my daughter who wears a 6.5 street shoe (Size 7 Bloch super jazz) from another company. The shipment was extremely delayed, and she needed them for a performance, so I took her (and my little daughter) to a storefront to buy them. I'm so glad I did. They run extremely small. She needed a Large. My younger daughter who wears a street size 8.5 Toddler was able to fit into the child Mediums with just a tiny bit of growing room. They are very well made and have shown little signs of wear in the few months they have had them. The elastics are still in great shape and the leather is heavy and durable. All in all a great shoe, just very misleading sizing.
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Going by the sizing guidelines, I should've ordered a small. I'm typically a 6 1/2 in all dance shoes, but usually veer towards a 7 to be safe. The medium suggests size 8-9 which my feet would never come close to, so I thought the small would be the best choice. After receiving them, the back band is so tight that I'd be afraid it'd snap if I danced in them even once. These will go back. Sadly so, too. They seem to be made very well, just very small.
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I can't speak on the quality of these shoes yet as my daughter has not worn them yet. She wears size 8-8.5 shoe so we ordered the M per the sizing chart. They were way to small (she could barely get them on). They went to a dance friend who needed this style. She wears 7-7.5 shoe size and they fit her snugly (the girls thought they would stretch a little). I am re-ordering the L for my daughter.
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Every now and then there comes a musical act that slowly draws you in until you find yourself hooked. Even more rarely, comes an act like the French duo "Esteban and Diego" that grabs you by both hands and starts dancing the passo doblo with you!Â
"It feels like we were designed to play together so it explodes on stage!†– Esteban
 I first encountered Esteban and Diego when looking for musical contributions to the International Christmas Child charity album. If I were to summarise these boys in one word it would have to be 'energy'. All the exuberant, cheeky, humour so characteristic of young boys, but also the energy apparent in their dedication to their music and in their commitment to each other.
The Story BeginsÂ
Esteban and Diego's mothers are sisters and as close as sisters can be, so it was natural that the young cousins began playing together from an early age.
During a New Year celebration, the family discovered with amazement that Esteban had an incredible talent for singing. Diego was already a gifted guitarist and, since they were inseparable, the duo was born!Â
"I started taking lessons at age 9, and a year later, Esteban started learning. Because our mothers are so close, we are always together. So it is natural that we started playing together.†Diego
They take guitar lessons from Manu who is a guitar teacher of the association "El Hogar de los Españoles" in La Plaine Saint Denis, near Paris. Hence, you will hear a distinctly Spanish, Flamenco flavour to their music and may see them referred to either as "Esteban y Diego†(Spanish) or "Esteban et Diego†(French) or indeed, since I am writing in English, I will refer to them as "Esteban and Diego†to avoid confusion!
In December 2009, they played for the first time as "Esteban and Diego" to an association for the mayor of the 19th in Paris. Soon after, they were performing various concerts in Paris and its suburbs.
October 12, 2011, they opened the French live music festival "Cities of World Music." On 09 November 2011, they performed on the show "France has got Talentâ€. Performance requests began pouring in from all over France and the young musicians continued to grow their fan base at home and abroad.Â
The Journey continues…
Following their TV appearances, they were noticed by Marie Jo Audouard of the production company "Be my sound: Hope records." Soon Esteban and Diego had released their first single "Cuando Bailas†which was composed and performed by the boys. The track is available for download on several internet platforms (Deezer, Amazon etc …).Â
Rémi Castillo – radio host, journalist and producer – also has a heart for this little duo. After hearing their single "Cuando Bailas" he decided to delight the boys by helping them make a music video for their song. Today, Rémi Castillo guides them and helps them grow. In May 2013, he released a book "The Epic of Young Talents" in which he speaks of them.Â
Esteban and Diego have since had numerous TV appearances including "The Voice kids" in September 2014 and a program called "Gulli" in October 2014.
An incredible story of loyalty
"We know each other so well. We share everything together, in private as well as on stage. We cannot imagine our music without each other.†– Diego
As well as being incredibly talented and entertaining, Esteban and Diego have a special quality which sets them apart from many other groups of their age: they are completely committed to each other. This is not difficult while success remains limited and neither party has much to lose, but for the friendship to survive at the dizzying heights that Esteban and Diego have reached proves that the bond they share is very powerful.Â
"Diego is like my big brother. Sometimes we fight a bit, but in the music we are always united.†– Esteban
I know the boys and their families will not mind me sharing a fairly personal story of when this loyalty was truly put to the test.Â
Esteban and Diego travelled to England to audition for "Britain's Got Talent†a few years ago. This was before their numerous television appearances so, no doubt, it was a big deal for them. The producers liked what they saw and heard. A lot. But there was one condition: Esteban and Diego would have to separate as the producers were not interested in promoting a duo.
The boys made their decision quickly and unanimously. They picked up their guitars and went home to France! They were "Esteban and Diego†not "Esteban or Diegoâ€!
It is such a delight to see the success the boys are enjoying now. Not only in France but, increasingly, all over the world. It is an honour to be able to feature them here and wish them every success for an exciting future, fuelled by the energy that only Esteban and Diego can give!
"When we began to see that people liked what we were doing, we were amazed. Even today we are surprised every time people take notice of us.†– Esteban
"We do not know where this will lead us – we thought it would stop after our first TV appearance – but it's been more than 3 years and the adventure continues! Thank you to all those who make it possible.†– Diego
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When you think of it, words get in the way of appreciating typography. You find yourself reading what's said and paying scant attention to the characters from which the words are composed. In fact, idiosyncratic typefaces can be distracting and irritating if you are trying to read long passages. Type should affect the reader on a subliminal level, adding to the reader's enjoyment, not stressing the eyes or competing for the reader's attention. But as graphic forms, typefaces can be beautiful, elegant, whimsical, futuristic, historic, geometric, sculptural, and even funny, if you count Comic Sans. Used as a design element, quirky fonts can add a lot of spice to a page.


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But what on earth did I do prior to TpT and TN & the bloggy world?!? Well, I spent A LOT of time coloring, cutting, laminating, and cutting again. I still cut & laminate until I get a blister on my thumb. (Yes, that's true. I actually did that last weekend- cutting cardstock will get ya!)
I still use these activities that I've made in the past, but it's been a while since I've had to pull out my markers, crayons, and construction paper to create lesson materials. (Aside from an art project of course!) This week I did. This is the first time I've done a penguin unit & while I did have some printable TpT and TN activities, I supplemented with some classic cut & color activities!
I wanted to share this activity with you, but you'd have to make it yourself if you want it! :) I used patterns from this pattern kit I purchased from Staples last year with a gift card. It's awesome if you don't have it. Not only does it have tons of patterns that can be used for just about anything, but they also have activity suggestions listed on the back- standards included! :)
We had color matching penguins! We had talked about what penguins eat & they had to match the fish to the scarf color on the penguin. I have still kiddos working on color identification & matching on their IEPs so this is great practice. I told them if they feed the penguin the wrong color fish, he was going to get a belly ache and be really sick. If they matched the wrong color I'd totally exaggerate it & they loved it!


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Sam Smith Had Hair Transplant Surgery: 'I Was Losing My Hair'
Sam Smith revealed that he had hair transplant surgery.
The "Dancing With a Stranger" singer spoke candidly about his hair loss in a video for Vogue, in which he also shared his beauty secrets and daily makeup routine.
"My hair … it's been a touchy place for me," he admitted in the video. "I haven't actually spoken about this before, so I'm gonna speak about it because I don't actually feel like I have anything to hide."
"I was losing my hair here," he said, pointing to the top front area of his hairline. "[It happened] about two years ago. My hairdresser Paul said that he thinks it would be good for me to get a transplant and to look into it."
And so, Smith did some research and booked the a procedure.
"I have had hair transplant surgery," the musician revealed. "How stunning is it? It's nice to have hair, but also if I was bald I would still own it, too. Because bald is beautiful."
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Development and Evaluation of a self-amplifying RNA vaccine against the S and N proteins of SARS-CoV-2
This project seeks to advance a thermostable RNA vaccine against COVID that would afford broad protection and will be manufactured in Cape Town, South Africa. The project comprises preclinical studies, complete toxicology studies for the lead candidate, and conduct a Phase 1 trial in healthy adult volunteers in Johannesburg.
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The Art of Dramatic Writing for Stage, Screen, and Television with Bill Bigelow (via Zoom)
This is a course designed for writers looking to create screenplays, stage plays, and teleplays for television shows. Paramount in this effort, we will focus on an approach which is necessary in all dramatic writing — the importance of conflict. How we define, pinpoint and create interesting, unusual characters. How structure is the backbone of a dramatic piece, and how narrative drive and the understanding of the elements of the construction of a story are critical to any piece of dramatic writing. The individual requirements of each discipline will be addressed, as well as the specific look and formatting of each form of dramatic writing. The instructor will arrange for individual, one-on-one sessions with each student above and beyond classroom instruction. All levels of writers are welcome!
This class will meet on Friday, September 1 and take place on six consecutive Fridays. This class will be taught online via Zoom. Zoom login information will be included in the email confirming class registration, as well as the day before the session starts. Please check your spam filter for this email or write to firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions.
William Bigelow is an American screenwriter, television writer and playwright. He has written for numerous television shows, among them Murder, She Wrote, The Commish, Silk Stalkings, Pacific Blue, Sliders, and most recently GRIMM on NBC. His play Leap Year, was performed at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, earning him a prestigious Edgerton Award for Best New American Plays of 2013. He has recently moved to Westchester County where he hopes to help inspire and develop the next generation of dramatic writers.
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Velocity 2019 will feature more than 80 breakout tracks and training sessions geared to help attendees accelerate their digital supply chain transformation and take advantage of advances in artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics and automation. With the increasing complexity of today's global supply chains, companies must have the right combination of people, process and technology in place to ensure their supply chains operate at peak performance. Velocity 2019 will help supply chain leaders leverage best practices and new technology innovations to drive greater speed, precision and value for their companies.
Keynote Highlights
- "Innovate, Disrupt and Scale the Digital Supply Chain" – Gartner's Amber Salley will leverage best practices to help attendees accelerate their digital supply chain transformation and support customer-centric models that converge business processes, analytics, big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
- "Going Digital: Work Faster and Smarter, Not Harder" – Sean Willems, Ph.D. of The University of Tennessee will take the audience on a journey to understand how to make better decisions faster through the practical implementation of machine learning and artificial intelligence to accelerate supply chain performance across strategic, tactical and operational time horizons.
At the conference, attendees will:
- Connect – Engage, network and collaborate with industry experts to make great connections and get inspired by pioneering leaders in technology
- Accelerate – Learn strategies, industry challenges and trends to build the practical skills needed to maximize the technology they have and bring more speed to their supply chain
- Innovate – Take advantage of the strategic and visionary sessions to gain technology innovation insights and transform their customer's experiences
To learn more about Velocity 2019, please visit: https://velocity-conference.com/registration/.
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NEW YORK (AP) Sept. 18, 2012 -- NFL Films President Steve Sabol, half of the father-son team that revolutionized sports broadcasting and mythologized pro football into the country's favorite sport, died Tuesday from brain cancer. He was 69.
In March 2011, Sabol was diagnosed with a tumor on the left side of his brain after being hospitalized for a seizure.
His father, Ed, founded NFL Films, and Steve was there working beside him right from the start in 1964. They introduced a series of innovations now taken for granted today, from slow-motion replays to blooper reels to sticking microphones on coaches and players. And they hired the ''Voice of God,'' John Facenda, to read lyrical descriptions in solemn tones.
''Steve Sabol was the creative genius behind the remarkable work of NFL Films,'' NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement from the league confirming Sabol's death. ''Steve's passion for football was matched by his incredible talent and energy. Steve's legacy will be part of the NFL forever. He was a major contributor to the success of the NFL, a man who changed the way we look at football and sports, and a great friend.''
Ed Sabol was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year. The two received the Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2003.
''We see the game as art as much as sport,'' Steve Sabol told The Associated Press before his father's Hall induction. ''That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra.''
Steve Sabol received 35 Emmys for writing, cinematography, editing, directing and producing. No one else had ever earned that many in as many different categories.
He began his career as a cinematographer under his father. Steve was the perfect fit for the job: an all-Rocky Mountain Conference running back at Colorado College majoring in art history.
''His work humanized the players, coaches and people who have made the National Football League so great,'' said San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York.
The Sabols' advances included everything from reverse angle replays to filming pregame locker room speeches to setting highlights to pop music.
''Today of course those techniques are so common it's hard to imagine just how radical they once were,'' the younger Sabol told the AP last year. ''Believe me, it wasn't always easy getting people to accept them, but I think it was worth the effort.''
An accomplished collage artist, Sabol exhibited at the ArtExpo in New York, the Avant Gallery in Miami, the Govinda Gallery in Washington, the Milan Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Garth Davidson Gallery in Moorestown, N.J.
It was Steve's high school football games in Philadelphia that gave Ed his only experience filming sports before he won the rights to chronicle the 1962 NFL championship game.
''This is a sad day for football fans everywhere,'' Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said. ''As someone who grew up watching NFL Films creations, I can attest to Steve's vision and contribution to the incredible popularity of this sport. His, along with his father, Ed's, creativity and passion for the game cultivated many, many avid fans.''


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Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the founder of the Auchi-based Omega Fire Ministries, Edo state, has been accused of dumping his pregnant lover, whom he promised marriage, and is using the police to silence her. The lover, Miss Stephanie Otobo, is a musician based in Ontario, Canada, who goes by the stage name of Kimora.
Miss Otobo's attorneys, Festus Keyamo Chambers, in a letter to the Inspector-General of Police, said she was arrested on March 3 at a United Bank of Africa branch by heavily armed policemen from Federal Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Alagbon, at the Anthony Village area of Lagos. She has since been in detention, where she has been denied food and visitation by her lawyers.
Apostle Suleiman and Miss Otobo, according to her lawyers, met in September 2016, when she visited Nigeria from her base in Canada. They began a relationship, with Apostle Suleiman telling her that he had divorced his wife and wanted more male children. The affair grew stronger. Apostle Suleiman made a marriage proposal to Miss Otobo, which she accepted.
This was followed by a formal introduction of Apostle Suleiman to her family. On the occasion, the preacher took along drinks and gifts and informed Miss Otobo's family in Delta state of his desire to marry their daughter.
With the affair gaining in intensity, Miss Otobo abandoned her blossoming musical career in Canada to move over to Nigeria to the delight of Apostle Suleiman, who promised to buy her a house and provide her the standard of living to which she was used in Canada.
So strong was the relationship that Apostle Suleiman made a habit of licking Miss Otobo's body from her toes to her private part any time they wanted to make love. Miss Otobo also became a member of the Apostle Suleiman's church, following him around the world, selecting sermon topics for him and choosing songs for his church services. Apostle Suleiman also sent Miss Otobo money on a regular basis.
The pastor's desire to have more male children, according to Miss Otobo's lawyers, made him demand that his lover should get pregnant. She subsequently got pregnant. But in September 2016, Miss Otobo visited Nigeria and told the preacher that she was pregnant in a hotel she was lodged in Ikeja, Lagos.
The news of the pregnancy angered Apostle Suleiman, who apparently was afraid of the scandal such could bring. He wanted her to have an abortion and proceeded to give her a concoction, which made Miss Otobo bleed profusely and subsequently abandoned her, calling off the marriage proposal. Miss Otobo later went to Warri, where he met another pastor and told him his story. The pastor recorded her story and started using it to extort money from Apostle Suleiman.
After the disagreement over the pregnancy, Miss Otobo returned to Canada. But Apostle Suleiman got in touch with her and apologized for abandoning her. He subsequently started to persuade her to return to Nigeria. Last week, Miss Otobo returned to Nigeria. Apostle Suleiman, working on a scheme to silence her, paid money into her account and then got the account frozen.
It was while Miss Otobo was trying to make a withdrawal from her account, having tried unsuccessfully to use an Automated Teller Machine, that she was arrested on the orders of Apostle Suleiman.
According to Miss Otobo, Apostle Suleiman is a spectacularly dissolute man. He once requested her, she said, to bring her friends along for group sex, a request turned down given that there was a plan to get married.
Miss Otobo, through her lawyers, warned Apostle Suleiman that she has their naked pictures together, raunchy text messages, bank statements, and other implicating items.
They lawyers disclosed that Miss Otobo used to send nude pictures to Apostle Suleiman every Sunday, just before he went on the pulpit.
Despite these, Suleiman called off the marriage proposal. However, Miss Otobo is not willing to take it lying down. She is demanding to be paid the sum of N500million as damages for not honoring the promise to marry her. Miss Otobo also wants Apostle Suleiman to stop harassing her and threatening her life.
Her lawyers have given the preacher a seven-day ultimatum to meet the demands or get reported to law enforcement agencies for the threat to her life and face trial for breaching the promise to marry her.


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Dental Crowns in Hollywood, Florida
Protect and keep badly decayed or fractured teeth
The Problem:
- Badly decayed teeth
- Fractured teeth
- Need to protect and strengthen teeth
The Solution:
A crown (often called a cap) covers the tooth and restores it to its original shape and size. Decay is removed and cleaned from the tooth and a highly accurate impression or mold is made of the prepared surface. This mold is used to create a model of the tooth which is then sent to a special laboratory that will create a gold or porcelain (tooth colored) crown. The crown is then cemented onto the prepared surface of the tooth.
Crowns are incredibly strong due to the fact that they are created in a laboratory. This protects and strengthens the remaining tooth structure. In the hands of a skilled dentist, a crown will fit almost perfectly onto the prepared surface of the tooth, reducing the size of the seam between the crown and the tooth. This helps keep decay from eventually occurring under the crown.
Crowns should be placed before the tooth is so decayed that it may fracture. This can often help prevent the expense of root canal therapy in the future. It can also prevent the possibility that a fractured tooth may need to be removed, requiring the expense of a bridge or implant to replace the missing tooth.
Crowns are excellent restorations and have few disadvantages. They are highly durable, but they will eventually need to be re-cemented or replaced due to normal wear.
Occasionally, a tooth may still need root canal therapy after being crowned. However, this indicates that the interior of the tooth was already sick (infected) and would have eventually needed root canal therapy anyway.
In the event that a tooth is so decayed or fractured that it needs to be removed, the best alternatives to a crown are bridges and implants that replace the missing tooth.


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There are four different variants in the Nestle Temptations Flavors of the World line, including the newest addition - Dutch Speculoos. I had the chance to try this flavor, after receiving some samples from Nestle Ice Cream Philippines.
Goodies in the mail! :) |
Thank you, Nestle Philippines! |
Dutch Speculoos. |
Representing the Netherlands. |
Tempting, indeed. |
Cookie butter ripple smack dab in the middle. :) |
Ribbons and chunks. |
Creamy! :) |
Shared with Food Friday and Food Trip Friday.


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SAN FRANCISCO, June 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloudflare, the leading Internet performance and security company, today named Thomas Seifert as chief financial officer (CFO). Seifert, who will be joining the company as its first CFO, will oversee Cloudflare's global finance department, reporting to Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare.
"Over the last two years, we've interviewed many terrific CFO candidates, but when we met Thomas, we immediately knew he was the right person for Cloudflare," said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. "Thomas' reputation with public investors, knowledge of U.S. and European markets, and deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities of a fast-growing company like Cloudflare will be of tremendous help as we enter our next phase."
Most recently, Seifert served as executive vice president and CFO at Symantec where he led the finance organization since March 2014. While at Symantec, Seifert laid the groundwork for the company's financial and strategic transformation and oversaw Symantec's acquisition of BlueCoat.
Seifert brings significant leadership, financial and operational expertise to Cloudflare. As Cloudflare's first CFO, Seifert will be tasked with building out the finance and investor relations teams and preparing the company to scale for its next phase of growth.
"With Cloudflare's visionary team and strong business model, it's clear that there is tremendous opportunity in the markets in which we operate," said Thomas Seifert, CFO of Cloudflare. "I am eager to get to work with the Cloudflare team and prepare the company to scale moving forward."
Prior to Symantec, Seifert served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Brightstar. He was responsible for managing the company's financial operations, corporate accounting, treasury, and information technology. Before Brightstar, he was chief financial officer and chief accounting officer at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) from 2009 until 2012. He managed the company's financial operations and was AMD's interim chief executive officer for eight months in 2012. Seifert also held a number of executive roles earlier in his career in the technology and wireless industries at Qimonda AG, Infineon Technologies AG, and Wirelines Communications Business Group.
Seifert earned his bachelor's degree and an M.B.A. from Friedrich Alexander University in Germany. He also holds a master's degree in economics from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
About Cloudflare
Cloudflare, Inc. (www.cloudflare.com / @cloudflare) is on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers more than 10 trillion requests per month, which is nearly 10 percent of all Internet requests for more than 2.5 billion people worldwide. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Web properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with each new site added. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, named the Most Innovative Network & Internet Technology Company for two years running by the Wall Street Journal, and ranked among the world's 50 most innovative companies by Fast Company. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Cloudflare has offices in Austin, TX, Champaign, IL, Boston, MA, Washington, DC, London, and Singapore.


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I have reviewed many Jordon Essentials products and still use every one of them. Kathy Miranda a caring and always helpful consultant with Jordon Essentials asked me to once again please try a brand new product. Now I am no doctor and as I always suggest please ask your doctor before trying anything new. It seems that the metal which is also a mineral Magnesium is very important. We do have it in our bodies from foods including Pumpkin and sunflower seeds,Green leafy vegetables, including spinach and Swiss chard,Green beans Navy, pinto, lima and kidney beans, Cashews and almonds, Seaweed, Whole grains, Bananas, Baked potatoes (with the skin) and happily Chocolate and cocoa powder. However from what I have read in various articles we don't really get enough-or at least most of us don't. I suggest you read Are You Getting Enough Magnesium? an article in CNCA Health to find out more about the importance of Magnesium to your body and the symptoms that you might have if you do not. Again-your Doctor is the person you should go to if you think you are Magnesium deficient.
As most of us know by now--anything you put on your skin does end up inside your body! If you read the chart above it will give you an idea of some of the uses Jordon Essentials Magnesium Lotion may be useful in alleviating. (click on the pic to make it easier to read!)
I have been experiencing a painful patch on my lower arm and my poor shoulder is still not totally better so I decided to try the samples on those two places. It seemed to immediately take away the pain from my lower arm. My shoulder may take longer but it did feel a bit less stiff. The samples I were given were both the peppermint scent-smells yummy. They also have an unscented which is the one I will probably get when I go buy the full size! This lotion is thinner then most of the other Jordon Essential lotions I have used (You really need to try those as well!!) but goes in quickly and is completely adsorbed into the skin.
As with all Jordon Essential Products I highly recommend the Magnesium lotion.
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President Barack Obama cleared the way Monday for the U.S. to arm and train Somali forces, taking a step toward normal relations with the East African nation as it works to build confidence in its newly recognized government.
In a memo to Secretary of State John Kerry, Obama said he has determined that supplying defense equipment and services "will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace." The move doesn't immediately provide new assistance to Somalia, but allows Kerry to consider taking that step in the future.
Somalia is trying to preserve fragile progress toward establishing its first functional government after two decades of chaos. The U.S. formally recognized the African nation's new government in January — the first time the U.S. had recognized a Somali government since 1991, when warlords overthrew longtime dictator Siad Barre and then turned on one another.
"The United States is committed to being a long-term partner in assisting the defense forces in Somalia defense to become a professional military force," said National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden.
A relative peace has returned to Somalia's war-battered capital of Mogadishu since African Union forces ousted al-Shabab — a militant group loosely associated with al-Qaida — from the city over 18 months ago. But al-Shabab rebels are not yet defeated, and the U.S. remains concerned about the threat the group could pose to the region's stability. The U.S. designated al-Shabab a terrorist group in 2008.
Obama's decision was not tied to any new threat assessment in Somalia, said a senior administration official, who was not authorized to discuss security assessments publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The move follows a decision by the U.N. Security Council, after an appeal from Somali officials, to partially suspend the arms embargo on Somalia for 12 months. The council preserved a ban on exports of a list of heavy military hardware, including surface-to-air missiles, anti-tank guided weapons and night-vision weapons.
The U.S. government has provided funds and training to African Union forces fighting al-Shabab in Somalia, and has also provided more than $133 million to Somalia since 2007 in security sector assistance, intended to help the country build up and professionalize its security forces. Obama's memorandum on Friday opens the door for military-to-military relations, allowing the U.S. to provide equipment, training and other assistance directly to Somalia's government and military.
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Wave atoms are a recent addition to the repertoire of mathematical transforms of computational harmonic analysis. They come either as an orthonormal basis or a tight frame of directional wave packets, and are particularly well suited for representing oscillatory patterns in images. They also provide a sparse representation of wave equations, hence the name wave atoms.
What sets them apart from other transform architectures like wavelets or curvelets is that they obey the scaling law
support size ~ sqrt(wavelength)
while retaining an isotropic aspect ratio. As a result, wave atoms precisely interpolate between Gabor (fixed support size) and wavelets (support size ~ wavelength).
Wave atoms have a sharp frequency localization that cannot be obtained from filterbank-based wavelet packets. In 2002, Lars Villemoes presented an elegant alternative 1D wave packet design with proper time-frequency localization, that we have built upon and expanded into what has become the Matlab WaveAtom toolbox. The software now includes several variants of the transform: 1D, 2D, and 3D; orthobasis and two different tight frames including shift-invariant; periodized and mirror-extended at image edges. A C++ version is also available.
Enjoy, and please email us with your feedback.
Laurent Demanet and Lexing Ying.


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This plugin adds to default WordPress search engine the ability to search by content from selected fields of Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
Everything works automatically, no need to add any additional code. The plugin does not create a search results page, but modifies the SQL database query to make your search engine work better.
Additionally you can search for whole phrases instead of each single word of phrase. As a result, search will be more accurate than before.
New search core
We modified the code of search engine. Content search is now faster by about 75% (depending on the level of complexity of searched phrase)!
Support to the development of plugin
We spend hours working on the development of this plugin. Technical support also requires a lot of time, but we do it because we want to offer you the best plugin. We enjoy every new plugin installation.
If you would like to appreciate it, you can provide us a coffee. If every user bought at least one, we could work on the plugin 24 hours a day!
Please also read the FAQ below. Thank you for being with us!
- Upload the plugin files to
directory, or install plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate plugin through
screen in WordPress Admin Panel. - Use
Settings -> ACF: Better Search
screen to configure the plugin.
What version of Advanced Custom Fields is supported?
Advanced Custom Fields in version 5 (also free). ACF below version 5 has a different data structure in database and is not supported.
In what fields does the plugin search?
Our plugin supports the following fields: Text, Text Area, Number, Email, Url, File, Wysiwyg Editor, Select, Checkbox and Radio Button.
All these fields may be located in both the Repeater or Flexible Content field.
How does this work?
Plugin changes all SQL queries by extending the standard search to selected fields of Advanced Custom Fields.
The plugin in admin panel works same as for the search page.
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How to activate advanced search?
Everythings works automatically. For custom
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What to do when not searching for posts?
Sometimes it happens that the data in your database is incorrectly arranged. This happens when you import or duplicate posts.
You can use
Incorrect Mode
. This is a slower search, but it does not take into account the order of records in the_postmeta
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How does searching for whole phrases?
The default search in WordPress is to search for each of words listed. An additional option in the plugin settings allows you to search for occurrences of the whole phrase entered in the search field without word division.
You can enable it at any time.
How does Lite mode work?
In this mode, the plugin does not check the field types. Phrases are searched in all ACF fields. Thanks to this, the query to the database is smaller and faster by about 25%. However, we do not have control over which fields are taken into account when searching.
Is the plugin completely free?
Yes. The plugin is completely free.
However, working on plugins and technical support requires many hours of work. If you want to appreciate it, you can provide us a coffee. Thanks everyone!
Thank you for all the ratings and reviews.
If you are satisfied with this plugin, please recommend it to your friends. Every new person using our plugin is valuable to us.
This is all very important to us and allows us to do even better things for you!
Contributors & Developers
"ACF: Better Search" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors"ACF: Better Search" has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate "ACF: Better Search" into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
4.2.1 (2024-04-12)
Searching for content in file field when Lite Mode is active[Fixed]
UX of plugin settings page[Added]
Support for WordPress 6.5
4.2.0 (2023-09-11)
Duplicated search results for modified SQL query
4.1.1 (2023-06-29)
to add new supported field types
4.1.0 (2023-03-02)
Appearance of plugin settings page[Added]
Support for Table field type generated by Advanced Custom Fields: Table Field plugin[Added]
Support for WordPress 6.2
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With the Eyeglasses of Faith
Author: Father Barry O'Toole, LC | Source: Catholic.net
As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
Introductory Prayer: You are true goodness and life, Lord. Closeness to you brings peace and joy. You deserve all of my trust and my love. Thank you for the gift of life, my family and above all of my faith. I'm grateful too, for the gift of the Church which you founded on the Apostles.
.Petition: Lord, help me to be simple and straightforward in my faith.
1. Simplicity Is Bliss: The tax collectors were considered traitors of the Jewish people since they were working for the Romans, the "oppressors" of God's chosen people. The ordinary Jew would not even converse with one such as this. But Jesus says to him, "Follow me." Matthew got up and followed him immediately, no questions asked, no conditions. What beautiful simplicity! He didn't know that Christ was going to make him one of the Twelve. In a certain sense, we might say that he signed a blank check and gave it to Jesus. Matthew doesn't sit down to calculate, he only accepts. He then goes a step further: He invites Jesus to his house for dinner. A Jew generally invited only his true and closest friends and relatives to dinner. It was a sign of intimacy, friendship and love. Matthew goes overboard and lays out the red carpet for Christ in his life.
2. Complicated Calculations: In contrast to Matthew's straightforwardness, we see the Pharisees' "righteousness." Jesus' dining with a sinner like Matthew is a scandal for them. They really have to confront this Rabbi about his "shameful conduct." The problem is that they haven't understood the first thing about the Messiah. Their very point of departure is flawed. They are looking at Christ (and God) from a very rational perspective when the only valid outlook is faith and love. This happens frequently in our lives as we begin to judge events, circumstances and others without faith and charity. Before we realize it, we may have rejected and possibly even defamed our neighbor, a civil authority, or a priest or bishop. We are not looking at things from a supernatural vantage point but rather from our merely human standards.
3. Back to the Basics: Christ puts everything back into perspective. "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners." Once again Jesus invites us to elevate our thoughts to a supernatural plain. Why did God become man? We repeat it frequently, at least every Sunday in the Creed: "For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven.…" It is important to examine the degree to which I see and judge everything in my life through the prism of faith. A true believer, a real apostle, must form this "sixth sense" in all of his daily dealings. We form this habit through prayer, our frequent and intimate contact with God. We need to ask God for the gift of faith, which gives us a new perspective on life.
Conversation with Christ: Lord Jesus, I want to be a simple person, one who accepts you and your demands without calculations and complications. Free me from all impediments and grant me your grace so that I might become a convinced, faithful and intrepid apostle of your kingdom, as was St Matthew.
Resolution: In prayerful dialogue with God, I will examine at least three moments or events of my day. (This I can do even at home, in the car or waiting in line, etc.)


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Don't see the size You need? Now you can order any size of Custom Canvas print you like, Custom canvas prints come in any whole-inch size up to 54" x 54"
International customers outside USA and Canada - please contact me for shipping cost.
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Title: "Shabbat"
We bring artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. The image gets printed on one of our premium canvases and then stretched on a wooden frame. All stretched canvases ship within 1-3 business days
The Canvas print is ready to hang. YOU DON'T NEED THE FRAME!
Delivery time is between 5-10 business days, depending on the destination.
Do you need to USE any IMAGE from my Art Collection for any Web or Print Application?
Please contact me and you will get the quick Quote for usage and any size of high quality 300dpi or higher digital file of the art.
The ORIGINAL painting is sold. To buy Original art directly from the artist and get discount prices or to make an OFFER on a price by contacting me, go to "Original Art Paintings" section of the Shop page. If you would like to make a CUSTOM ORDER of a SIMILAR ORIGINAL ART of any size you need from any art image on my website, please contact me and get full information about the price, the process and FREE SHIPPING.
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I don't accept returns for the items on sale and custom made prints
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Radar Lyric Inside-Out Women's Ski Gloves 2023
Ladies rejoice the Lyric glove is here! Inside-out stitching removes any unwanted stitching rub, and a full neoprene backhand makes it silky smooth to put on.
- Power-Pull Closure System
- Inside Out Stitching
- Double Gauge Thread
- Neoprene Stretch Zone
- Amara Palm
- Pre-Curved Fingers
- Convert to Fingerless
Engineered Mesh
Forms perfectly to your hand for a precise fit.
Allows the glove to breathe easily and flex perfectly.
Dial in the perfect fit every time.
External Grip Dowel
Take the strain off your forearms and ski longer.
Aramid Palm
Our most durable palm material.
Amara Palm
The stickiest palm material on the market.
Eliminating side gussets for a seamless fit.
Sewn inside-out to give your fingers relief from pesky stitching.
Laser Cut Backhand
Custom cut silicone backhand pattern to optimize stretch and fit.
Simple and efficient backhand closure.
Pre-Curved Fingers
Prevents material from bunching in your palm.
Neoprene Stretch Zone
Neo is placed only where you need your glove to stretch.
Double Gauge Thread
Thicker thread for better and longer lasting seams.
Double Layer Palm
Two layers of Amara for the best palm protection.
PU Foil
The perfect combination of lightweight and silky smooth.
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A material that stretches in every direction.
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A neoprene bumper that prevents handle wear.
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Nobody likes blisters.
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I was fortunate recently to have a friend bring me some Salmon from Alaska. Oh yeah! I could not wait to cook these babies! There are so many ways I enjoy Salmon, but because it is Summer and I am watching my waistline, I decided to go for a poach. I do believe blackened pan fried is my absolute favorite way to enjoy it. Baked is healthy too, but a poach in a little bit of white wine and Salmon just falls apart like butter. Here is an easy recipe that every one in my house enjoyed. Naturally gluten free!
Gluten Free Poached Salmon with Mustard Sauce
adapted from Bon Appétit
2/3 cup dry white wine
2 TBSP shallots chopped
4 6-ounce Salmon filets
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 green onions, sliced on the bias
Bring wine and shallots to simmer in heavy large skillet.
Add fish, cover and simmer until fish is just cooked through, about 8 minutes.


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To borrow a phrase from Raymond Carver, Korean director (and School of the Art Institute alum) Hong Sang-soo makes films about what we talk about when we talk about love. When men and women are attracted to one another, how exactly do they communicate? How do specific turns of phrase become gambits designed to seduce? Why does flirtation sometimes become awkward and occasionally go horribly wrong? The prolific Hong has turned such questions into a veritable cottage industry, cranking out 17 character-driven comedies—many featuring innovative two-part structures—in less than 20 years. Hong's latest, the ingenious Right Now, Wrong Then, receives its local premiere at Facets on Friday.
The premise: Cheon-soo (Jeong Jae-yeong) is a pretentious "arthouse filmmaker" from Seoul who arrives in a university town the day before his new movie screens at a local festival. He meets and immediately falls for Hee-jeong (Kim Min-hee), a beautiful but shy painter. The sexual tension between them is palpable as they spend the day engaged in a series of conversations at a coffee shop, a bar and a restaurant before parting ways at night. Although Hee-jeong is clearly attracted to Cheon-soo (not to mention impressed by his celebrity), he seems to be trying a little too hard to woo her and ultimately drives her away.
But wait: halfway through the film, the narrative unexpectedly starts over. The two characters meet again for the first time, only now Cheon-soo is more honest and relaxed. They again visit the same coffee shop, bar and restaurant, but the conversation flows more naturally and the two seem to connect more intimately. By having the same chance meeting play out in two separate realities, Hong offers a whimsical, droll and ultimately profound metaphysical inquiry into the nature of communication. He asks viewers to question how minor variations in word choice and intonation of speech can lead to different outcomes. It's fun to watch and even more fun to think about afterwards.
For more information and screening times visit the Facets website.


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Hugs with family and friends and indoor pints to return in England next week
Hugs with family and friends are expected to be "restored" from next week, alongside indoor socialising, as the UK government announces further easing of restrictions in England.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will confirm on Monday (10 May) the relaxation of rules for the next stage of the lockdown roadmap, which is due to take effect from 17 May.
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Ministers will hold a meeting on Monday morning to agree the next set of lockdown changes, which will take place in a week's time.
The next phase will see most social contact rules outdoors lifted, although gatherings of more than 30 will still be illegal.
The rule of six, or two households, will apply indoors, and Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has hinted that physical contact between family and friends will be allowed.
Speaking on BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Mr Gove said: "All being well, the Prime Minister will confirm tomorrow that there will be a relaxation, we've already indicated a proportionate relaxation on international travel, very limited at this stage because we have to be safe.
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Hide Ad"In the same way, as we move into stage three of our road map it will be the case that we will see people capable of meeting indoors.
"And without prejudice to a broader review of social distancing, it is also the case that friendly contact, intimate contact, between friends and family is something we want to see restored."
Indoor hospitality will also reopen, alongside indoor entertainment venues, including cinemas, museums and soft play areas.
The rest of the accommodation sector will reopen, such as hotels, hostels and B&Bs, and indoor adult group sports and exercise classe are expected to resume.
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Other measures include allowing up to 30 people to attend weddings, receptions and wakes, as well as funerals.
Mr Gove also said the government is reviewing whether pupils should continue to wear masks in schools from 17 May.
Third of UK adults vaccinated
The government has said the latest data suggests that easing restrictions from 17 May is unlikely to risk a resurgence in infections, with Covid rates currently at their lowest level since September.
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The next phase of changes comes as latest figures show a third of UK adults are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus, with a total of 17,669,379 people having received both jabs – the equivalent of 33.5 per cent of all people aged 18 and over.
England and Northern Ireland are both estimated to have given two doses to 33.6 per cent of their adult population, slightly ahead of Wales at 33.4 per cent and Scotland 33.1 per cent.
More than 50 million vaccine doses have been administered in the UK as a whole and the government said it is on track to offer all adults a first dose by the end of July.
Mr Johnson will host a press conference on Monday (10 May) afternoon to confirm the further easing of restrictions.


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October 31
Contact: Pat Vaughan Tremmel at 847-491-4892 or
Adults Who Go To Bed Lonely Get Stress Hormone Boost Next Morning
Dr. Emma K. Adam |
EVANSTON, Ill.—A new study that takes a rare look at the physiological, social, and emotional dynamics of day-to-day experiences in real-life settings shows that when older adults go to bed lonely, sad, or overwhelmed, they have elevated levels of cortisol shortly after waking the next morning.
Elevated levels of cortisol—a stress hormone linked to depression, obesity, and other health problems when chronic—actually cue the body on a day-to-day basis that it is time to rev up to deal with loneliness and other negative experiences, according to Northwestern University's Emma K. Adam, PhD, the lead investigator of the study.
The study, "Day-to-day experience-cortisol dynamics," will be published online the week of October 30 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
"You've gone to bed with loneliness, sadness, feelings of being overwhelmed, then along comes a boost of hormones in the morning to give you the energy you need to meet the demands of the day," said Dr. Adam, assistant professor of education and social policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research.
The morning cortisol boost could help adults who went to bed with troubled or overwhelming feelings go out in the world the next day and have the types of positive social experiences that help regulate hormone levels, she said.
Dr. Adam also is a faculty fellow at C2S: The Center on Social Disparities and Health. C2S is a new center within the Institute for Policy Research that is reaching across Northwestern's two campuses and a number of social, life, and biomedical disciplines to offer a 21st century look at how biological, social, and cultural dynamics intersect and affect health throughout the life span.
Cortisol is often characterized as a negative hormone because of evidence, mostly in animal models, that long-term elevations could be potentially harmful to physical health. But in the short term the stress hormone is adaptive and helpful, according to Dr. Adam.
"Cortisol helps us respond to stressful experiences and do something about them," she said. "It is necessary for survival—fluctuations in this hormone assist us in meeting the changing demands we face in our daily lives."
The first of its type, the study shows that it is not just on average that people who have more negative emotions have higher levels of cortisol. Rather, with its detailed and intricate methodology, the study shows a sensitive day-to-day dance between experience and cortisol. Experience influences stress hormones, and stress hormones influence experience, the study shows.
"Cortisol responds to and interacts with our daily experiences in subtle and important ways," Dr. Adam concluded.
Cortisol levels are generally high immediately upon waking, increase in the first 30 minutes after waking and then decline to low values at bedtime.
Dr. Adam, with her colleagues John T. Cacioppo, PhD, and Louise C. Hawkley, PhD, at the University of Chicago, and Brigitte M. Kudielka, PhD, from the University of Trier, Germany, showed that changes in this pattern from one day to the next are closely interwoven with changes in our daily experiences.
The study, based on data from the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study at the University of Chicago, includes 156 older adults living in Cook County who were born between 1935 and 1952 and represent a range of socioeconomic classes. Their cortisol levels were measured from small samples of saliva provided three times a day for three consecutive days. Study participants reported their feelings each night in a diary, and researchers looked at whether cortisol levels on a particular day were predicted by experiences the day before or were predictive of experiences that same day.
In addition to noting that loneliness the night before predicted higher cortisol the next morning, Adam and colleagues found that people who experience anger throughout the day have higher bedtime levels of cortisol and flatter overall levels of the stress hormone, typically considered a risk factor for disorder. "High levels of cortisol in the evening are a kind of biological signature of a bad day," Adam noted.
The study also provided evidence that, in addition to simply being at the mercy of your daily experiences, cortisol plays a role in influencing them. Individuals with lower levels of cortisol in the morning experienced greater fatigue during the day, a result with potential implications for understanding chronic fatigue.
In all of her work, Dr. Adam is interested in how people's changing social environments get under the skin to influence their biology and health. "Stress systems are designed to translate social experience into biological action," she said. "They are designed to be a conduit from the outside world to our internal worlds so that we can better respond to our social context. The overarching question of my studies of these systems in a variety of contexts is whether overuse of these systems plays a role in disease outcomes."
The research was supported by the National Institute of Aging and the John Templeton Foundation.


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Childhood cancer survivor. That's the good news. Bad news? Chemo and radiation zapped my eggs leaving me infertile. Egg donors were found, several attempts were made and finally we were blessed with beautiful twin girls - born too early (21 wks, 5 days on Dec. 5, 2008). Hang out with me while we savor life with Big Baby Boy, who arrived via gestational surrogate on March 25, 2013.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
No Dice
As so many of you unfortunately know, making the thaw does not necessarily mean turning into embryos that are ready to grow and flourish. Three thawed. None grew. Nurse tried to reach us all morning to: a.) tell us before we started the drive and b.) to be sure she was the one to tell us. And these are just 2 reasons why she is awesome.
But, well fuck, we were already dressed and on our way out the door, both of us had called off sick, and the prospect of sitting at home today sounded beyond awful, so we got in the car and drove to the clinic anyway. Not for a transfer, but for a review of any donor profiles they might have.
Lots of tears. From us, from Nurse (who frankly, looked worse than we did), from the financial advisor who told Nurse she looked like shit and wanted to know why, from the grief counselor who sat with us for most of the day. None from our RE. She gave us what we needed, which was hope and encouragement to keep moving forward. If there was any consolation to be had, at least we didn't spend the day feeling alone.
Its funny, this is pretty much the same cast of characters we spend our very first day with, back at square one. And in a sense, we are back there again. But this time with a lot more baggage.
We are home now. Drying our eyes. Thinking about what next. No donors in sight. Lots cycling now though at our clinic, so there may be some options opening up later. Later. It's all about waiting, isn't it?
If I sound calm and rational right now, it is simply because I am all cried out. M. too. I think we dumped off most of our despair and feelings of hopelessness with the counselor. Now we are just looking forward to dinner - like the very first day, we spent the morning on the road, the day in a cubicle and the early evening in traffic. All on an empty stomach. So, I am clearing off the little coccoon I had made on the bed filled with knitting, magazines and such, tidying up the house since there is no bedrest in sight and getting ready to roll some tortillas. It is all I can do not to pull every last radish from the garden.
23 comments:
- Two Shorten the Road said...
Aw man. :( :( :(
- August 6, 2009 at 6:06 PM
- Mo said...
m., I can't even begin to tell you how sorry I am. With you,
Mo - August 6, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- April said...
I'm so sorry. I wish there was something more I could say.
- August 6, 2009 at 7:31 PM
- Monica said...
Argghh, I'm sorry. ((Hugs)) and hang in there.
- August 6, 2009 at 10:50 PM
- Stacie said...
Just so unfair...I am so, so sorry. I am crossing all I've got that the wait for your perfect donor is a very short one. Hugs.
- August 6, 2009 at 11:09 PM
- FET Accompli said...
I am so, so sorry. That sucks. That really sucks. There is so much waiting and I wish there was no more waiting, and that you could have had the transfer. Those embies just weren't meant to be yours. The right ones will come along and they will be meant for you.
- August 6, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- jill said...
Oh no - I'm so sorry :( I'll be thinking of you and M.
*hug* - August 6, 2009 at 11:21 PM
- 'Murgdan' said...
I'm so sorry. Ugh. That sucks. And waiting sucks.
- August 7, 2009 at 4:47 AM
- Nadine said...
I sat here for a while wondering what the hell I could possibly write to make it better, or at the very least not trite, not another "I'm Sorry" but something more.
I know it's hard, some people have sex to have children, some people do an iui cycle or an ivf cycle (and when you get to the point when you are looking at thrid party reproduction, like me, and you, I am more jealous of those who just do 1 ivf and get pregnant then anything). it's hard. But when you get a plan, it does get a little better. - August 7, 2009 at 6:32 AM
- still life angie said...
Lots of tears over here too. So fucking unfair. Sending you much love today. Both of you.
- August 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM
I am so sorry, M. I really don't know what to say either, except that I'm thinking of you guys.
- August 7, 2009 at 8:40 AM
- T said...
I'm sorry. :(
- August 7, 2009 at 9:01 AM
- ~Hollie said...
Keep your radishes, take some time for yourself. I pray for your peace and hope to be restored.
- August 7, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- Bluebird said...
Oh honey. I've gone from disbelief, to anger, to tears, and back again, just reading this short post - I can't imagine what *you've* been through!
I am so, so sorry for you and M. My heart absolutely hurts right now.
I'll just end the way I planned on starting this comment (before the anger moved on to tears) -
Email if you want to talk - firstname.lastname@example.com - August 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Lori Lavender Luz said...
I can't decide whether I am angry or sad on your behalf.
Probably both.
Probably just like you are.
I wish there were something I could do to make it all better.
{{{hugs}}} for both of you. - August 7, 2009 at 11:20 AM
- areyoukiddingme said...
I'm so sorry
- August 7, 2009 at 11:24 AM
- Barbara said...
Oh Shit. I'm sorry.
Oh I feel like shaking my fist at the universe and yelling "stop it, that's enough!"
xxx - August 7, 2009 at 11:32 AM
- Kate said...
Oh, I'm so sorry. That totally sucks. I was not expecting to hear this from you - thought that for sure at least a couple would continue to do well.
Maybe that's an advantage of thawing at 3day stage - you can see if they grow to blast. I don't know what my clinic does when they thaw blasts, because I wouldn't think they'd wait an extra day to see what happens growth-wise. I'd actually rather have transfer be cancelled because none grew than live in hope for 2 weeks, not knowing that none had a chance to start with.
Still doesn't change the fact that this absolutely sucks for you and DH though.
I hope some fantastic donor options pop up in the very near future so that you don't wait forever for your next step. - August 7, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- Kami said...
Oh, m, I am so sorry. I like how Ryan's Mommy put it too.
May the next trip through go more smoothly and leave you with less baggage instead of more. - August 7, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- niobe said...
I'm so incredibly sorry. You're in my thoughts.
- August 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM
- Sue said...
I'm late to learn the news - so sorry. Sounds like your clinic really cares and wants you to succeed so much. I hope they'll be able to help you move things forward.
- August 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM
- Yo-yo Mama said...
I was there once, too. 3 embryos, all survived thaw and SLOWLY divided over the next few days. Day of transfer? We called at the last minute before leaving the house for the 2 1/2 hr drive. Reading this post reminded me how much it just sucks and is so unfair. I'm sorry.
- August 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM
- loribeth said...
That totally sucks. :( I'm glad the people at the clinic were a comfort to you, though.
- August 10, 2009 at 9:26 AM


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