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Over 10,000 people in the US suffer a spinal cord injury, also called SCI, each year. SCI is defined as any damage to the spinal cord that results in loss of function or mobility. Such injuries can be caused by trauma or disease and can result in temporary or permanent loss of sensation, loss of movement (paralysis), or loss of bowel or bladder control. Auto accidents are the primary cause but violence related accidents have been increasing steadily as a cause of SCI's. Falls and sports accidents also cause many SCI's each year.
There are two types of injury, complete and incomplete. A complete injury is one in which the victim has no sensation or voluntary motor movement on either side of the body below the level of the injury. If the victim has some feeling or partial movement, it is called an incomplete injury.
Injuries are usually defined with reference to the area of the spine affected. Nerves in the spine are defined by the area of the vertebrae – an injury to the spine in the neck area will affect the cervical vertebrae – injury to the nerves at the fifth cervical vertebra is called a C-5 injury, for instance. Below the neck are the thoracic vertebrae, so injuries there are defined as T-1, etc. Then there are lumbar and sacral vertebrae.
Generally speaking, neck injuries will lead to paralysis of all limbs (quadriplegia) while thoracic injuries cause paralysis to the lower limbs only (paraplegia). Both areas have variations in the amount of dysfunction, depending on the severity of the injury. An incomplete cervical injury can leave the patient with some hand use, while a complete injury at C-4 can require the patient to be on a ventilator. Thoracic injuries can leave the arms functional but interfere with walking, bowel and bladder control, and sexual function. Other functions that can be affected are blood pressure, body temperature, and pain levels.
A spinal cord injury usually involves swelling of the spinal cord which affects the whole body. When the swelling goes down, the patient may regain function months or years after the injury but it is rare for all functioning to be recovered. Treatment presently consists of stabilizing any broken vertebrae, maintaining the patient, preventing movement to the injured area, and reducing swelling. There is no cure for SCI but stem cell research has shown some signs of being useful in the future.
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Firefighters are urging children not to swim in lakes and reservoirs ahead of the school summer holidays.
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue says it has attended 282 water related incidents since 2012. Most were flooding or animal related, but 49 incidents involved rescuing people from open water. People died in three of those incidents.
Safety officers say children and young people should avoid open water- like rivers and lakes- because they may not always be aware of the danger it poses. River flows can be unpredictable and water is often deeper, colder and faster than expected. People should enjoy water safely in swimming pools or safer, specialist facilities instead.
Head of community safety Trevor Bernard, said: "We regularly receive 999 calls in the summer about children and young people getting into difficulty in water, so it's only a matter of time before someone's safety is really put at risk unless people listen to our advice.
"It can be tempting to cool off in the summer months, but stick to a swimming pool. Hundreds of people drown each year in the UK and places like rivers, lakes or flooded quarries are completely unsuitable for swimming as they hide a number of hidden dangers."
Over 400 people die in the water every year in the UK, and firefighters are urging people to follow some basic rules to stay safe.
The dangers of open water are:
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- Rivers, lakes, canals and reservoirs are much colder than you think
- Open water can carry water borne diseases, like Weils disease
- Cold water dramatically affects your ability to swim
- There may be hidden currents, which can pull you under the water
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White clay, feldspar (rock-forming tectosilicate minerals), and sand are used to make porcelain tiles. They last longer than ceramic tiles, absorb less water, and may be used both indoors and out. They are, however, more difficult to cut and come in fewer pattern options, but they are a terrific choice for floors in general.
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Our Nistos anti-slip floor tiles are large contemporary porcelain tiles with a high-end look. These lovely R12 anti-slip tiles come in two tones of grey and are a glamorous yet useful choice that is excellent for active family homes or as outdoor floor tiles.
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Warts in Kids Come From Family Members, Classmates
Public locker rooms may seem like breeding grounds for germs, but when it comes to warts, kids may be more likely to contract a wart-causing virus at home or school, a new study suggests.
Kids who had a family member with warts were more than twice as likely to develop warts over the one-year study period than those who didn't have a family member with warts.
Children's risk of developing warts increased if they had classmates with warts. In contrast, there was no increased risk of warts seen among kids who visited a public swimming pool or used a public shower, according to the study.
The cause of most warts is the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can be transmitted by skin-to-skin contact, or indirectly, via contact with an object.
The new findings suggest that it is the overall degree of a child's exposure to HPV that affects whether a child will develop warts, the researchers said.
"Having a family member with warts was a more important risk factor than school-class prevalence, which was more important than any public factor," the researchers wrote in their study.
Warts are common; up to one-third of kids in primary school have them, according to the study. Although most go away on their own, people may seek treatment for warts because of the discomfort they can cause.
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The study, conducted by researchers at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, looked at 1,000 children ages 4 to 12. Researchers looked for warts on the children's hands and feet, and recorded information such as whether any family members or classmates had warts, whether the children walked barefoot at home, and whether they visited public swimming pools, used public showers or played sports barefoot. At a follow-up exam a year later, the children were re-examined for warts.
Overall, 29 percent of the children in the study developed new warts during the year. Children who had warts at the start of the study were more likely to develop new warts than were children who had no warts at the beginning of the study, the researchers noted.
It's possible that a genetic susceptibility to developing warts runs in families, and that this played a role in the findings, the researchers said. However, because having classmates with warts was also linked with an increased chance of developing warts, exposure is more likely a determining factor, they said.
Public-health recommendations aimed at preventing warts often include wearing flip-flops in communal showers and covering warts while swimming. However, recommendations should be aimed at reducing transmission within families and classes, the researchers said. For example, covering warts at home, rather than in the swimming pool, might be a more effective way to prevent their transmission.
The study is published online today (April 22) in the journal Pediatrics.
Pass it on: Warts are spread easily among families and classmates.
This story was provided by MyHealthNewsDaily, a sister site to Live Science. Follow Karen Rowan @karenjrowan. Follow MyHealthNewsDaily @MyHealth_MHND, Facebook & Google+.


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Threatened with arrest in 2009, Lamin F. Bojang fled Gambia after publicly contradicting its president's claims that he could cure AIDS. Now 31, Mr. Bojang lives in Concourse Village in the Bronx with his wife and 2-year-old son and works as a receptionist at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, while working toward a bachelor's degree in political science at City College.
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With educational and professional opportunities in Gambia scarce for his generation, "the rest will have to find ways of leaving," he said, "and African migrants here, just as previous migrants, are likely not going to return to their countries of origin."
Niat Amare, 28, graduated from law school in Ethiopia where she grew up, she recalled, "watching the media portray the U.S. as the land of opportunities." She arrived here in 2010, lives in Harlem and said she felt welcome in New York. "Anyone would find one's countryman here, which eases the strange feeling we all have the first time we leave home," said Ms. Amare, a legal advocate for the African Services Committee, a nonprofit organization that assists new immigrants.
Lamin F. Bojang with his son, Ebrahim Bah, at his home in the Bronx.CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times
While the migration of black Africans is not new, the number of sub-Saharan immigrants has grown swiftly, an influx that is shifting the demographic landscape across the country, including in New York City.
Between 2000 and 2010, the number of legal black African immigrants in the United States about doubled, to around one million. During that single decade, according to the most reliable estimates, more black Africans arrived in this country on their own than were imported directly to North America during the more than three centuries of the slave trade.
And while New York State is home to the largest proportion and many have gravitated to ethnic enclaves like Little Senegal in West Harlem or the Concourse Village section of the West Bronx, to live among fellow Ghanaians, black immigrants from Africa have tended to disperse more widely across the country — to California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Texas and Virginia — than Caribbean-born blacks.
About a third of black New Yorkers were born abroad, mostly in the Caribbean. Africans constitute about 4 percent of the city's foreign-born population, but as much as 10 percent in the Bronx. At last count, according to an analysis of census estimates by the Department of City Planning, from 2000 to 2011 the African-born population increased 39 percent to 128,000, although other estimates suggest that many more are living here without legal residency.
"They've been doubling every 10 years since 1980," said Kim Nichols, an executive director of the African Services Committee, which is based in Harlem. "There's a more established family and community network here to come to."
Some come as refugees, some with work visas or special skills, many to stay and others to hone their talents and eventually apply them back home.
PhotoWorshipers, including many from Africa, at the Holy Fire Dynamic Word church in the Bronx. CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times
The yearly flow can be affected by wars and epidemics.
"They're a self-selected population," Ms. Nichols said. "They have to be the most ambitious and have the means to get here — at least one plane ticket — and a fearlessness about coming to a new place."
She recalled a boy who was 13 and fluent only in Soninke when he arrived alone from Mali after his family had finally scraped together enough money to pay for his airfare. The young man, now 18, just got his green card.
"His parents saved everything for years to buy a plane ticket," Ms. Nichols said. "They have this dream. They're dirt poor and the only way their kids are going to get ahead is to get them here by hook or crook."
An analysis of the Census Bureau's latest American Community Survey, which ended in 2012, found that 30 percent of African-born blacks in the city had a college degree, compared with 22 percent of native-born blacks, 18 percent of Caribbean-born blacks and 19 percent of the nonblack foreign born.
Immigrants like Mr. Bojang and Ms. Amare say they still identify more as African than as black or African-American.
PhotoNiat Amare at her office in Harlem. CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times
"Many black immigrants do not identify with the historical experiences of discrimination encountered by blacks in the United States," said Kevin D. Brown, a law professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law.
Two generations removed from colonialism and legal segregation, said Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, "the younger African immigrants tend to be less consciously 'black' and are somewhat reticent to link their fates with the history and contemporary protest traditions of African-Americans."
"Selma doesn't exactly cut it for them," he said.
Kobina Aidoo, director of "The Neo-African-Americans," a documentary, said, "I've heard people refer to themselves as everything from 'African African-American' to 'Halfrican American' to 'White African-American' to 'Real African-American' to 'American African" to 'Just black.' "
Dr. Muhammad, recalling the shooting by the police of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed immigrant from Guinea in the Bronx in 1999, and of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenagerin Ferguson, Mo., last month, said color still trumped place of origin.
"Diversity among African-descended communities remains a black box and a mystery to most Americans," he said. "Where public safety is concerned, black is all that matters."
Mr. Bojang, who hopes to study law here after graduating from City College, said it might seem paradoxical that young Africans, who centuries ago arrived in chains, now dream of coming to America — but largely because the educational and economic opportunities are so much better than back home.
"So, if you look at the factors in place and contrast that with the conditions of the continuous struggle of the African-Americans for economic and social justice, it will be an error in judgment to say that the U.S. is becoming the Mecca for Africans.
"After all," he said, "we are all Africans."


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The peacock network recently premiered a new mystery series for the summer called Persons Unknown. Will the series last? Will viewers get answers to their questions or be left hanging?
Persons Unknown revolves around a group of strangers who wake up in a strange hotel and find that they're in a ghost town and unable to leave. They see security cameras observing them and their unknown captors create mistrust among the group by offering freedom if they hurt the others. The cast includes Chadwick Boseman, Lee Purcell, Jason Wiles, Andy Greenfield, Daisy Betts, Tina Holmes, Alan Ruck, Kate Lang Johnson, Sean O'Bryan, and Gerald Kyd.
The NBC mystery series debuted on June 7th to very disappointing ratings. The premiere attracted a poor 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 4.38 million viewers. That represents a distant third place for the timeslot and is an even worse performance than last year's I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.
In week two, the numbers dropped to a 1.2 rating and 3.52 total viewers. Episode three's ratings dropped even further to a 1.0 in the demo and only 2.87 million viewers. How much lower can the numbers go?
The network is promoting Persons Unknown as a mini-series and say that all viewer questions will be answered by the end of the 13th episode. There have been talks that if the show is successful, it could return for a second season (like CBS' Harper's Island). The series was created with international buyers in mind so if it's successful in other countries, year two could be forthcoming (ala The Listener). However, with ratings like these, NBC wouldn't likely have an interest in buying it.
Actually, the peacock network could pull the show off the air before all of the current episodes have even aired. NBC has moved it up to 8pm for the next couple weeks, trying to attract a few more viewers. Hopefully, the network will let all 13 episodes air and allow faithful viewers to see the story reach its conclusion. At this point, a move to Saturday nights or forcing people to watch episodes online wouldn't come as a surprise.
What do you think? Is Persons Unknown worth watching or would you just cancel it before all the episodes have aired?
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Meat Loaf Announces 'Hell in a Handbasket' Tracklist, Art and Release Date
Meat Loaf is a man of his word. This summer, the former 'Celebrity Apprentice' star promised three new albums to commemorate his 40th anniversary of his career, and so far, he's delivering, with the first, 'Hell in a Handbasket,' slated for a March 13 release.
In addition to duets with Neverland Express vocalist Patti Russo, Meat Loaf shares the mic with some surprising collaborators on 'Handbasket.' Rap legend Chuck D is featured on 'Blue Sky/Mad Mad World/The Good God is a Woman and She Don't Like Ugly.'
On the track 'Stand in the Storm,' Meat Loaf is joined by country superstar Trace Adkins, rapper and 'Celebrity Apprentice' colleague Lil Jon and Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath.
In addition to sharing the spotlight, Meat Loaf is also sharing his soul on this record. "'Hell In A Handbasket' is the most personal record I've ever made," Meat Loaf said in a press release. "It's really the first record I've ever put out about how I feel about life and how I feel about what's going on at the moment."
Neverland Express guitar wizard Paul Crook produced the record, and the familiarity created a comfortable environment for Meat Loaf to convey his emotions through song. "Making this album was a great experience," Meat Loaf said, "and I hope my fans enjoy hearing it as much as I did making it."
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Fantastic food and gorgeous views, rich history, a music scene that rivals bigger cities', what do you love about Charlottesville? We got out there and asked, and the range of answers helps explain why this city earned the nickname "the Hook."
Terror on Stadium Road
A man accused of abducting a UVA student in November was in court on February 7, as his alleged victim detailed her courageous fight. With prosecutors claiming they already have a confession from Matthew Beaulieu, what tack will his attorney take?
Neighborhood watch
A beautiful house may help make a happy home, but the right neighborhood can clinch the deal. This week, the spotlight's on Dunlora, where convenience and spacious homes draw families and retirees.
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We've heard all about the victims of workplace bullying, and with so many of them, there must be a near equal number of bullies. Could you be one, and if so, what should you do? Hilary Holladay has some ideas.


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Liberal Arts college
In the United States, the term liberal arts college refers to an institution of higher learning which exclusively or mainly grants undergraduate degrees, and which focuses on a traditional general education rather than on specific career-oriented specialties. Historically, some liberal arts colleges in the United States began as divinity schools designed to train Protestant ministers for a life of service.
A university, in contrast, has one (or more) undergraduate "colleges," but also has "graduate schools" which require an undergraduate degree for entrance. A university might have a medical school, a law school, a business school, and possibly schools of agriculture, music, veterinary medicine, divinity, and others.
The phrase "liberal arts" was coined in classical times. It traditionally included the "trivium" of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, and the "quadrivium" of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. One dictionary definition of "liberal arts" in the modern sense is:
- Academic disciplines, such as languages, literature, history, philosophy, mathematics, and science, that provide information of general cultural concern.[1]
One liberal arts college expresses its modern meaning thus:
- A successful undergraduate education should primarily develop the essential skills of writing, researching, articulating and defending ideas, and working with others—the skills that prepare graduates for leadership in most any career.[2]
Famous liberal arts colleges include Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Middlebury, Carleton, Bowdoin, Pomona, Haverford, and Davidson.[3] The colleges of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)[4] are called the "little Ivies" and are sometimes seen analogous to the universities of the Ivy League. Most of them were historically men's colleges. The "Seven Sisters," another famous group, were historically women's liberal arts colleges; of the original seven, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and Barnard remain women's colleges (Barnard with an affiliation with Columbia University); Vassar is coeducational; and Radcliffe no longer exists as an independent undergraduate college (it is part of Harvard University).[5]
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- ↑ Liberal arts, American Heritage Dictionary online
- ↑ Williams College: Academics, Williams College website
- ↑ Liberal Arts Colleges: Top Schools, U. S. News and World Report
- ↑ NESCAC: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Williams
- ↑ The Seven Sisters, Mount Holyoke's website


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It's hard to believe, surveying the GOP field of possible presidential nominees, but back in 2008 the parties were not that far apart on climate change. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee, backed cap-and-trade for carbon emissions. After joining his ticket, so did Sarah Palin. But back then, lots of Republicans and conservatives also supported an individual mandate to buy health insurance. The Republican Party of 2008 was a big enough tent to include people who admitted demonstrable problems existed and supported free-market-oriented solutions. Not anymore. The rise of the Tea Party movement and the rightward shift of the Republican base and the politicians who pander to it put an end to all that. Whoever is the Republican nominee for president in 2016, it's a safe bet that he – and yes, it will be a he, as all the leading contenders are male – will oppose taking any action on climate change. Chances are that he won't even admit it exists.
The Republicans basically fall into four categories: (1) Flat-Earthers, who deny the existence of manmade climate change; (2) Born-Again Flat-Earthers, who do the same, but who had admitted climate change exists back before President Obama took office; (3) Do-Nothings, who sort of admit the reality of climate change but oppose actually taking any steps to prevent it; and (4) Dodgers, who have avoided saying whether they believe climate change is happening, and who also don't want to take any steps to alleviate it. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker fall into the latter category. The Do-Nothings are blue and purple state governors, Chris Christie of New Jersey and John Kasich of Ohio. In a sign of how far rightward Republicans have moved since 2008, these are actually the guys who are trying to position themselves as relatively moderate and pragmatic. The Born-Agains are Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Both are staunch conservatives but only partial wingnuts. Back when that meant believing in climate change, they did, but they have since followed their base into fantasyland. Everyone else is an outright denier and always has been.
Here's our full breakdown of all 13 of the top potential hopefuls, including their lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters if they served in Congress. No, we did not include Donald Trump even though he would probably lead in the polls if he ran. And alas, we cannot predict who might be the next Herman Cain. Maybe Papa John? If he, or any other pizza moguls, run, we'll add an update.
Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida
Category: Flat-Earther
While President George W. Bush never did anything about global warming, his brother goes further, by not even admitting it exists. In 2009, Jeb Bush told Esquire, "I'm a skeptic. I'm not a scientist. I think the science has been politicized. I would be very wary of hollowing out our industrial base even further … It may be only partially man-made. It may not be warming by the way. The last six years we've actually had mean temperatures that are cooler. I think we need to be very cautious before we dramatically alter who we are as a nation because of it." Last year, he talked about how generating power with natural gas instead of coal would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but he avoided actually saying the C-word or mentioning why reducing emissions would be a good thing.
Notable quote: "I think global warming may be real. … It is not unanimous among scientists that it is disproportionately manmade. What I get a little tired of on the left is this idea that somehow science has decided all this so you can't have a view." (2011)
Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey
Category: Do-Nothing
Compared to all of his competitors, Christie's position on climate change is refreshingly reality-based. In 2011, he said: "There's undeniable data that CO2 levels and other greenhouse gases in our atmosphere are increasing. This decade, average temperatures have been rising. Temperature changes are affecting weather patterns and our climate. … when you have over 90 percent of the world's scientists who have studied this stating that climate change is occurring and that humans play a contributing role, it's time to defer to the experts." Other than the fact that he understated the scientific consensus — it's more like 97 or 98 percent — there isn't much to find fault with there. But if you think that means Christie will back action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, think again. On the same day he made those comments, he withdrew New Jersey from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program for Northeastern energy utilities, complaining that it was "nothing more than a tax on electricity." He also rolled back his state's renewable energy goal, from 30 percent by 2021 to 22.5 percent. And the Christie administration conspicuously does not mention climate change in the context of Sandy recovery.
Notable quote: "I haven't been shown any definitive proof yet that [climate change] is what caused [Sandy]. And this is just, listen, this is a distraction. I've got a place to rebuild here and people want to talk to me about esoteric theories." (2013)
Ted Cruz, senator from Texas
Category: Flat-Earther
Cruz — a high school valedictorian, Princeton alum, and editor of the Harvard Law Review — is supposed to be smart. His grasp of climate science, however, leaves much to be desired. In a February interview with CNN, Cruz deployed classic, bogus GOP talking points about climate change. "The last 15 years, there has been no recorded warming. Contrary to all the theories that they are expounding, there should have been warming over the last 15 years. It hasn't happened," said Cruz. "You know, back in the '70s — I remember the '70s, we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded." There has, in fact, been global warming in the last 15 years. And it is not true that in the 1970s "everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem."
Notable quote: "Climate change, as they have defined it, can never be disproved, because whether it gets hotter or whether it gets colder, whatever happens, they'll say, well, it's changing, so it proves our theory." (2014)
LCV score: 15 percent
Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas
Category: Born-Again Flat-Earther
In 2007, when all the cool kids were for cap-and-trade, so was Huckabee. He said, "One thing that all of us have a responsibility to do is recognize that climate change is here, it's real. … I also support cap-and-trade of carbon emissions. And I was disappointed that the Senate rejected a carbon counting system to measure the sources of emissions, because that would have been the first and the most important step toward implementing true cap-and-trade." But Huckabee totally flip-flopped after the rise of the Tea Party and anti-Obamaism reshaped the GOP. In 2010, he even denied that he ever had supported cap-and-trade. "This kind of mandatory energy policy would have a horrible impact on this nation's job market," he wrote in a blog post. "I never did support and never would support it — period." By 2013, he was hosting climate-denier-in-chief Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) on his radio show to spread falsehoods. Among the ones Huck contributed himself: "When I was in college, all the literature at that time from the scientific community said that we were going to freeze to death."
Notable quote: "The volcano that erupted over in Northern Europe [in 2010] actually poured more CO2 into the air in that single act of nature than all of humans have in something like the past 100 years." (2013. And actually, no, the volcano did no such thing.)
Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana
Category: Dodger
Jindal was supposed to be the great hope of smart Republicans. He majored in biology at Brown, was a Rhodes scholar, and he famously declared, "We've got to stop being the stupid party." But he's done his fair share of dumbing down the GOP. As Brown biology professor Kenneth R. Miller wrote in Slate, "In [Jindal's] rise to prominence in Louisiana, he made a bargain with the religious right and compromised science and science education for the children of his state." He signed into law the Louisiana Science Education Act, which "allows 'supplemental textbooks and other instructional materials' to be brought into classrooms to support the 'open and objective discussion' of certain 'scientific theories,'" such as evolution and climate change. In other words, he's promoting creationism and climate change denialism in public schools. Still, Jindal has never come out and stated whether he accepts climate science.
Notable quote, on EPA's proposal to regulate CO2 from power plants: "This is such a dangerous overreach in terms of the potential threat to our economy and our ability to restore those manufacturing jobs, I absolutely do think litigation needs to be on the table." (2014)
LCV score: 6 percent
John Kasich, governor of Ohio
Category: Do-Nothing
In what passes for moderation in today's GOP, Kasich actually acknowledges the existence of global warming. That doesn't mean he wants to do much about it. "I happen to believe there is a problem with climate change. I don't want to overreact to it, I can't measure it all, but I respect the creation that the Lord has given us and I want to make sure we protect it," Kasich said in 2012 at an energy conference hosted by The Hill. Ohio is rich in coal and heavily dependent on it for energy, and Kasich pledged to keep it that way, touting the promise of ever-elusive "clean coal." In comments to reporters after that 2012 event, Kasich said he opposes EPA regulation of coal-fired power plants' CO2 emissions: "I believe there is something to [climate change], but to be unilaterally doing everything here while China and India are belching and putting us in a noncompetitive position isn't good." Still, give him credit for evolving; in 2008, he claimed, "Global warming is cyclical, and the focus of a ferocious debate."
Notable quote: "I am just saying that I am concerned about it, but I am not laying awake at night worrying the sky is falling." (2012)
LCV score: 27 percent
Rand Paul, senator from Kentucky
Category: Flat-Earther
What makes Paul so scary is that he actually believes the crazy things he says. When your average Republican talks about small government, you know it's all just code for "protecting the currently wealthy and their businesses." So, if you could convince most GOP politicians that it's in their political interest to take action on climate change, they could be moved. Paul isn't like that. He is actually committed to his far-right, small-government ideology. He doesn't even think, for example, that the federal government has the power to force businesses to racially integrate. So of course he doesn't support action to address climate change, and he never will. When he's trying to sound more mainstream, he says climate science is "not conclusive"; at other times, he caricatures the science of climate change to try to discredit it.
Notable quote: "If you listen to the hysterics …, you would think that the Statue of Liberty will shortly be under water and the polar bears are all drowning, and that we're dying from pollution. It's absolutely and utterly untrue." (2011)
LCV score: 11 percent
Mike Pence, governor of Indiana
Category: Flat-Earther
Pence is an ultra-conservative who does not much care for environmental regulation. He also remains unconvinced that the Earth is warming. "In the mainstream media, there is a denial of the growing skepticism in the scientific community on global warming," Pence claimed in a 2009 interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews. It is not clear what "growing skepticism" he was referring to. In the same interview, Pence refused to say if he believes in evolution but implied that he does not.
Notable quote: "I think the science is very mixed on the subject of global warming." (2009)
LCV score: 4 percent
Rick Perry, governor of Texas
Category: Flat-Earther
Perry is no one's idea of a man of science or an intellectual, not even his supporters'. Texas political insiders call him "Bush without the brains." At Texas A&M, he got mostly Cs and Ds, even in gym, and an F in organic chemistry. When drought parched Texas in 2011, Perry's solution was to call for three days of prayer for rain. Remarkably enough, that didn't work. Perry, who is extremely close with polluters who donate to his campaigns, simply invents facts to suit his conviction that climate change isn't happening. In 2011, he said, "I think we're seeing it almost weekly or even daily, scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change." The Washington Post fact-checker debunked this claim. Perry's 2012 presidential run was disastrous, in part because he proved himself too dumb even for Republican primary voters, which is sort of like being too white for Iceland. And yet, he is making noises about running again. And since Republican primary voters seem to get dumber with each election cycle, he could be a contender this time.
Notable quote: "I don't believe man-made global warming is settled in science enough." (2011)
Marco Rubio, senator from Florida
Category: Born-Again Flat-Earther
Like a lot of ambitious Republicans, Rubio tacitly accepted the science of climate change back in 2007. He talked up renewable energy and referred to global warming as one of the reasons to embrace it. By 2009, he had seen the error of his ways, saying, "There's a significant scientific dispute" about climate change. By 2010, he was using his Republican primary opponent Charlie Crist's belief in "man-made global warming" as an attack line. In May 2014, Rubio made an inept effort to deny climate science, saying, "Our climate is always changing. And what they have chosen to do is take a handful of decades of research and say that this is now evidence of a longer-term trend that's directly and almost solely attributable to manmade activities." Ah, merely "a handful of decades of research." That's nothing, right? After getting a lot of blowback for those comments, he tried to clarify and just dug himself in deeper.
Notable quote: "I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it." (2014)
LCV score: 11 percent
Paul Ryan, U.S. rep from Wisconsin
Category: Flat-Earther
Climate change can be a tough issue for someone who wants to present himself as a wonk, as Ryan so very badly does. To just ignore the science is to risk looking dumb. So, for Ryan, opposition to climate regulation is more about his intense opposition to economic regulation more generally. He constantly asserts that climate regulations, for example, would impose an enormous cost on our economy. Insofar as he discusses the underlying science of climate change, though, he tries to cast doubt on it, using a combination of phony concern for scientific accuracy and an even phonier regular-Midwestern-guy shtick. In a 2009 op-ed, he devoted several paragraphs to the trumped-up scandal at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit and suggested that climate change should be a low priority for Wisconsinites because it snows in their state in the winter, writing: "Unilateral economic restraint in the name of fighting global warming has been a tough sell in our communities, where much of the state is buried under snow." In July, while refusing to discuss the science of climate change, Ryan asserted that the EPA's proposed power plant regulations are "obnoxious." "I think they're exceeding their authority and I think they kill jobs," he said.
Notable quote: "[T]here is growing disagreement among scientists about climate change and its causes." (2010)
LCV score: 13 percent
Rick Santorum, former senator from Pennsylvania
Category: Flat-Earther
As you might expect from a religious extremist who once compared homosexuality to "man on dog," Santorum's beliefs on climate change are unapologetically ignorant. At least he can boast of having been consistent. As Politico noted of Santorum in 2011, "Unlike Romney and some of the other GOP presidential candidates, the former senator has never backed cap-and-trade legislation or other mandatory policies to curb greenhouse gases." Santorum attacked Romney for admitting that climate change was happening, calling it "junk science" that was invented by liberals to gain greater control over the economy. And his May 2014 book calls climate change a "hyped-up crisis."
Notable quote: "I for one never bought the hoax. I for one understand just from science that there are one hundred factors that influence the climate. To suggest that one minor factor of which man's contribution is a minor factor in the minor factor is the determining ingredient in the sauce that affects the entire global warming and cooling is just absurd on its face." (2012)
LCV score: 10 percent
Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin
Category: Dodger
Walker is a favorite of the Koch brothers — he notoriously kissed ass during a call with a prankster pretending to be David Koch. The oil oligarchs like him because he opposes governmental regulations, except for when the regulation stymies clean energy. Walker imposed regulations to keep wind turbines further away from homes and signed a pledge never to pass a carbon tax. He has also raised money for the Heartland Institute, an organization that spreads climate misinformation. But he's never actually said whether he accepts climate science.
Notable quote, criticizing his gubernatorial opponent for pushing climate legislation: "Governor [Jim] Doyle [D] has put his trust in international politicians, bureaucrats, celebrities and discredited scientists to replace the real manufacturing jobs Wisconsin is losing every day." (2009)


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Lucky Bamboo
Lucky bamboo charmed its way into the hearts of plant lovers because it requires only basic care to thrive. Just stick the stems in some water, surround them with pebbles for support, and watch them grow. The one complaint about lucky bamboo is that its leaves tend to develop dead, dry, and unattractive tips, or tip burn.
Prevent tip burn by:
1. Limiting the amount of fluoride the plant is exposed to. Many municipalities in the United States add fluoride to tap water to prevent tooth decay. So watering your plants with fluoride-free bottled water may reduce or even eliminate fluoride, chlorine, and salts.
2. Water with bottled water and give your plant the best possible growing conditions.
3. Place your plant in bright, indirect light and change the water once a week.
4. Fertilize only if the plant begins to yellow, and be sure to use an organic fertilizer, because the salts and high phosphorus concentrations often present in synthetic fertilizers can also cause tip burn.
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Lucky bamboo is not really a bamboo; it's Dracaena sanderiana. Dracaenas are members of the Lily family, which includes the Easter lily and spider plant,
says Alton Pertuit, Ph.D., professor emeritus at Clemson University, in South Carolina. Tip burn is common problem within this family, for a variety of reasons. Low humidity can cause tip burn,
Pertuit says. But in this family, it's mainly caused by fluoride.
For dracaenas, very small concentrations of fluoride can be phytotoxic, meaning that fluoride kills plant cells. As concentrations of fluoride build up in the tips of dracaena leaves, the plant cells die, leaving brown tips.
Although watering with fluoride-free water will help, it may not eliminate tip immediately: Plants can store elements in their cells, so even if you place your dracaena in water free of fluorides, the phytotoxicity might still occur due to fluorides already present within the plant,
Pertuit says.


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Juggling may sound like mere entertainment, but a study led by Johns Hopkins engineers has used this circus skill to gather critical clues about how vision and the sense of touch help control the way humans and animals move their limbs in a repetitive way, such as in running.
The findings eventually may aid in the treatment of people with neurological diseases and could lead to prosthetic limbs and robots that move more efficiently. The study has been published online by the Journal of Neurophysiology and will be the cover article for the journal's March 2014 print edition.
In their paper, the team led by Johns Hopkins researchers detailed the unusual jump from juggling for fun to serious science. Jugglers, they explained, rely on repetitive rhythmic motions to keep multiple balls aloft. Similar forms of rhythmic movement are also common in the animal world, where effective locomotion is equally important to a swift-moving gazelle and to the cheetah that's chasing it.
"It turns out that the art of juggling provides an interesting window into many of the same questions that you try to answer when you study forms of locomotion, such as walking or running," said Noah Cowan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering who supervised the research. "In our study, we had participants stand still and use their hands in a rhythmic way. It's very much like watching them move their feet as they run. But we used juggling as a model for rhythmic motor coordination because it's a simpler system to study."
Specifically, Cowan and his colleagues wanted to look at how the brain uses vision and touch to control this type of behavior. To do so, they set up a simple virtual juggling scenario. Participants held a real-world paddle connected to a computer and were told to bounce an on-screen ball repeatedly up to a target area between two lines, also drawn on the monitor. In some trials, the participants had only their vision to guide them. In others experiments, whenever the digital ball hit the onscreen paddle the participants also received a brief impulse on their real-world paddle. This mimicked the sensation they would feel if a real ball had actually struck the paddle they were holding.
With the added touch sensation—called haptic feedback—the participants made about half as many errors, the researchers reported.
"We have a pretty good understanding as to why," said Cowan, who has been an amateur juggler since middle school. "One of the tricky challenges in juggling is catching a rhythm; that is, getting yourself entrained with the movement of the ball. It's about timing your own action with the action in the environment. When you get the pulse of haptic feedback at the exact moment the ball hits the paddle, it give you a precise sense of the timing for the juggling pattern that you're trying to achieve."
Added M. Mert Ankarali, a Johns Hopkins mechanical engineering doctoral student who was lead author of the study: "The human nervous system gets feedback all of the time from our sense of vision. But the important thing about the sense of touch while juggling is that we get a precise timing cue that complements the continuous visual feedback. This timing cue is very important for us to get the rhythm of the juggling task."
A more surprising discovery was that adding the touch feedback didn't seem to improve the participants' ability to correct for any juggling errors they made while trying to hit the ball into the target zone. But it did enable them to make fewer errors overall. "The haptic sensation is just a tiny bit of feedback that's provided once per juggling cycle," Cowan said. "Yet that tiny bit of information seems to be critical for people to improve their juggling performance. We think that's because while vision provides excellent spatial and positioning information, the haptic information provides very important timing information."
When humans and animals walk or run, Cowan added, their sense of touch plays a key role: As the runner's feet touch the ground, they alert the nervous system to adjust the movement of the legs to accommodate changes in the running surface. He also noted that the brain's ability to instantly integrate information coming from both the eyes and the sense of touch is a critical part of successful running, juggling, and other repetitive movements.
The researchers say that future studies of the connection between sensory feedback, timing, and limb movements could help clinicians to better understand how some neurological diseases such as sensory ataxia might disrupt the brain's timing of movements by arms and legs. Future findings may also assist engineers who are trying to make touch-sensitive artificial limbs and robots that move as skillfully as animals in the wild.
Along with Cowan and Ankarali, the co-authors of the juggling study were H. Tutkun Sen, a Johns Hopkins computer science graduate student; Avik De, a University of Pennsylvania doctoral student who earned his undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins; and Allison M. Okamura, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University.
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Princeton University will end its early admission program and admit all undergraduates through a single process, beginning next year with students applying for the class that will enter Princeton in September 2008.
"We are making this change because we believe it is the right thing to do," said Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman. "The ultimate test of any admission process for Princeton is whether it is fair and equitable to all our applicants and whether it allows us to enroll the strongest possible class.
"In recent years we have instituted the most generous financial aid program in the country, and we have significantly increased the diversity of our student body. We believe that a single admission process will encourage an even broader pool of excellent students to apply to Princeton, knowing that they will be considered at the same time and on the same terms as all other applicants."
In making a similar announcement last week, Harvard pointed to the inequities of early admission programs for less advantaged students and concerns about early admission that many secondary schools have expressed with increasing urgency in recent years.
"We agree that early admission 'advantages the advantaged,'" Tilghman said. "Although we have worked hard in recent years to increase the diversity of our early decision applicants, we have concluded that adopting a single admission process is necessary to ensure equity for all applicants. We believe that elimination of early admission programs can reduce some of the frenzy, complexity and inequity in a process that even under the best of circumstances is inevitably stressful for students and their families. We hope very much that our decision will encourage other colleges and universities to join in eliminating early admission programs."
Princeton's decision was made by Tilghman, Dean of Admission Janet Lavin Rapelye and Dean of the College Nancy Weiss Malkiel. It follows a series of annual reviews in recent years that have included assessments of the impact of early admission programs. The decision to end Princeton's early program was discussed at length this past weekend by the Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled September meetings. The trustees expressed strong support for the decision.
Princeton has had some form of early admission program for almost 30 years. Since 1996 it has had an "early decision" program that requires students who apply early to Princeton as their first-choice school to commit to enroll at Princeton if admitted. This year 598 applicants were admitted early to the freshman class, accounting for almost 49 percent of the 1,231-member class.
This year's freshman class includes 37 percent minority students and 11 percent who are the first in their family to attend college. More than 55 percent of the class is receiving financial aid, and under Princeton's landmark financial aid policy, students receive their aid as grants that do not have to be repaid, not as loans. The average award for a student on financial aid is almost $30,000. Since loans are not required, all Princeton students have the opportunity to graduate debt-free.
"We want students from all backgrounds and financial circumstances to know that Princeton is affordable to them, and that they will receive full and thoughtful consideration in our admission process," said Rapelye. "We hope that eliminating early admission sends a strong message to students and schools around the country that Princeton is committed to the fairest and most equitable admission process we can devise.
"Adopting a single admission process allows us to reinforce our values," Rapelye added. "Our goals remain the same: We continue to aim to enroll students who demonstrate academic excellence, diversity of talents and interests, potential for leadership, strength of character and a determination to take full advantage of the exceptional educational opportunities Princeton makes available to them. We have been concerned about the senior year in high school and the way early admission can create a frenetic pace in some schools. We also have been concerned that early decision has been unreachable for many students from disadvantaged backgrounds and that it has caused other students to make premature decisions about their college choice. We have reviewed our policies and practices annually, and we have concluded that we can best address these concerns and achieve our goals by ending our early admission process."
Princeton's new policy will take effect with the admission process for students applying to enter Princeton in September 2008. According to Rapelye, next year's deadline for applications has not yet been established, but it could be set in mid- to late December to allow her office adequate time to carefully consider all applications prior to an early April notification date.
For this year, Princeton's admission process remains unchanged, with early decision applications due by Nov. 1 for notification in mid-December and regular decision applications due by Jan. 1 for notification in early April.
"One benefit of a single admission process is that my staff will have even more opportunity in the fall to travel to schools around the country and around the world to talk with students, parents and counselors about Princeton's exceptional commitment to undergraduate education and to financial aid for all who need it," Rapelye said.
Princeton is currently phasing in an increase in the size of its freshman class from the current 1,230 to just over 1,300, beginning with the class that will enroll in the fall of 2009.


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After last year's success, Blåkläder now extend their partnership with Toughest in 2016.
8 km, 40 obstacles, penalty rounds and fast lanes, it is not for nothing that Toughest is the leading Nordic obstacle race. The course consists of seaweed piles, bales of hay, tires and water passages, plus a variety of other challenging obstacles and is usually described in terminology as spectacular and tough.
- After an extremely successful season in 2015, we decided to be one of the main sponsors for the toughest obstacle race in the Nordic region even this year. The purpose with the main sponsorship is to strengthen the brand as a supplier that can withstand tough conditions and at the same time be given the opportunity to appear before a new audience, which we really think that the 2015 season lived up to.
Peter Mönhage, Country Manager Sweden at Blåkläder.
What is new this year is that Blåkläder owns the famous ramp that is the very last obstacle in the race, where several participants have had to yield to, because of its tough slope.
- Our participation during 2016 means even a higher hear and this year we choose to go with the toughest obstacle of the course, the ramp. It is not only extremely difficult to get past, it is also very well exposed on the event area and thus Blåkläder gets a larger spot at Toughest 2016.
Peter Mönhage, Country Manager Sweden at Blåkläder.
Blåkläder will be on site during all Toughest events and visitors are given the opportunity to try the company's durable craftsman trousers in the competition "Hang in the pants". In addition, you can buy exclusive Blåkläder garments branded with the Toughest logo at their boot.
- We are very pleased that Blåkläder choose to extend their partnership with us. Not least because they also entertain the audience and the participants on spot with their durable challenge - but also because we like Blåkläder as a brand. They have a cool profile and represent tough marketing.
Per Ögren, one of the founders of Toughest.
The first Toughest race of the year will take place in London May 23rd.


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OMAHA, Ne. — The old adage that education is the "great equalizer" of men is a classic, but for Chris Bettini, he knows one more thing that can do the trick: beer.
"If you belly up to the bar, the person to the right of you can be making 10 times more money than you, and the person to right can be making 10 times less, but for the price of a beer, you're kind of equal for the next 30 minutes," said Bettini, as he held a cold pint in his hand at the Crescent Moon Ale House in Omaha, Nebraska.
Bettini observed this for years as a bartender, but it wasn't until he started his own travel company that he lived it.
"My tours kind of came about out of an unknown love to travel," said Bettini. "I didn't have my first passport until 2008."
But after a few trips to Germany and brewing his own beer with European brew masters, he had an idea.
"Why just take a normal vacation if you can take a Beercation?" said Bettini.
That's just what he did.
"Ended up 18 people wanted to travel with me," said Bettini of his trip to try one of his collaboration brews he made overseas. "So, I actually went and got my LLC, and a tour operator insurance and officially made it an official company."
He became a one-man tour company, calling it: Pub Culture Beercations. His first trip was in 2017 to the Netherlands, and the good times took off from there.
"It's kind of a way to explore the world one pint at a time and to do it in a way where you kind of get in with the locals, you get to see more than your normal flashy fancy tourist sites," said Bettini.
2020 was going to be the first year the bartender turned business owner made a profit.
"Everything changed within 24 hours," he said of the moment COVID-19 hit the travel industry and the world. "Everything changed."
The coronavirus stopped his wanderlust in its tracks.
"I had to just start shutting down one after another. There was a trip to Germany in May, and another trip to Germany in June, and a trip to the Czech Republic in October."
All had to be canceled. Travelers and tour guides alike soon found: undoing weeks of elaborate planning was no easy task from thousands of miles away.
"The hotels had no staff. I would email but there was nobody to reply back," said Bettini.
Hotels refused to give Bettini refunds, which made it hard to pay back his customers.
"I said to people, 'Hey I will get you the refund. It might take me you know most of this year to do it, but I'll make it happen," said Bettini. "I did look into cashing in my for 401K for extra money to help pay for some of that because money was tied up in these deposits in hotels and money with bus companies and everything like that."
He worked for months to keep his word.
"I'm hoping that that will come back to me, and just being a good tour person will eventually help me to provide more tours and more memories and more experiences for other people around the country and the world," said Bettini of wanting to make sure his customers knew he would take care of them no matter what.
"Now, we're still looking at 18 months, maybe two years later, and we're not 100% sure what will happen," he said.
But he believes when it's safe, Beercations will be back.
"I hope people are ready to just say, 'Yeah I'm no longer putting off five years to take that trip I've always wanted to take.' I think that once the world is ready to travel again, people are going to want to travel again."
There's a German word Chris learned that describes just what his travels mean, a word he wants to be able to say once again.
"In German they say, 'Gemütlichkeit.' It loosely translates into 'the cozy feeling of belonging,'" said Bettini.
Once you've tasted that feeling, often packed in a pint sized, ice cold beer, Chris believes you'll never be able to forget it.
"Because we're sitting around and having a beer and enjoying ourselves, the world just keeps getting smaller, and I think that if we can approach the world that way to make it a smaller place, it maybe ends up also in the long run becoming a little bit more of a place where we all get along," he said.
He's hoping that will start happening again soon, and if you're interested in learning more about taking a Beercation, visit Chris' site HERE.


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A former U.S. commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, was the organizer of the July 15 military coup attempt in Turkey, sources said.
General John F. Campbell was one of the top figures who organized and managed the soldiers behind the failed coup attempt in Turkey, sources close to ongoing legal process of pro-coup detainees said.
Campbell also managed more than $2 billion money transactions via UBA Bank in Nigeria by using CIA links to distribute among the pro-coup military personnel in Turkey.
The ongoing investigation unveiled that Campbell had paid at least two secret visits to Turkey since May, until the day of the coup attempt.
The coup plot that was foiled by the comprehensive effort of Turkish Nation, including its citizens, politicians, media and police forces, was organized by the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) led-by so-called cleric Fethullah Gülen who has been living in self-exile in America for several years.
American Intelligence, Military and other institutions are accused of supporting the FETO leader Gülen and his gangs for the military coup.
Military sources said Campbell, who was the commander of ISAF between August 26, 2014 and May 1, 2016, had made some top secret meetings in Erzurum military base and Adana İnicrlik Airbase.
İncirlik Airbase has been used by the U.S. Military for conducting the anti-Daesh campaign in Syria.
Military sources said that Campbell was the man, who directed the process of trending / blacklisting the military officers in the base.
If the coup attempt was successful, Campbell would visit Turkey in a short time, according to the sources.
The Nigeria branch of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) was the main base for the last six-months of money transactions for the coup plotters.
Millions of dollars of money has been transferred from Nigeria to Turkey by a group of CIA personnel.
The money, which has been distributed to an 80-person special team of the CIA, was used to convince pro-coup generals.
More than 2 billion dollars were distributed during the process leading to the coup.
After taking money from their bank accounts, the CIA team hand delivered it to the terrorists under the military dresses.
The sources said that some familiar figures in the Eastern and Southeastern part of the country had taken active roles during the process, while the members of the Gülenist gang have been used in central and eastern region.
All officers who command a group of soldiers in a patrol station, unit, company, regiment, brigade, division, corps, or army were kept in close surveillance.
In 2015, the pro-Gülenist officers in the İncirlik base established an investigation desk. They drew the map of all soldiers under their command. They investigated the soldiers' trends, their personalities and family background.
All soldiers were categorized in three groups: opponents, neutrals, and supporters.
A commander from the smallest patrol station to all military units had been blacklisted under the process.
Soldiers who were marked as opponents to the junta, was debarred from the "financial support."
The military personnel who were in a neutral position received a difference in the amount of money, according to the importance of their position and ranks.
The money transactions were started in March 2015 through the commissioned "courier".
The supports who also were categorized as "those who will move with us," were provided a huge amount of money.
All soldiers and officers in this category were considered as the devoted members of the FETO terror group.
A bag with a large amount of money was found in the room of Brigadier General Mehmet Dişli, one of the top military officials detained for leading the coup attempt.


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So what types of front door locks do insurance companies approve of? There are three main types of door locks and one kind of window lock that could help you save on your insurance. But remember, regardless of the lock on the door, if you get burgled via an open window or even an open door, your claim could be invalidated, so always practice common sense in your security whatever extras you decide to invest in.
The five lever mortice deadlock
Despite what the name might suggest, you will actually be quite familiar with this lock and will have probably seen it fitted on many doors before. You will know if you have this type of lock on your door if you see a mortice, a type of hole or recess cut into the door or wall allowing the lock to be fitted into it. Essentially, the more levers a mortice deadlock has, the more secure it is, and the five lever mortice deadlock is the standard for the approved home insurance locks list. It may not be the easiest name to remember, so write it down before going lock shopping.
But what type of front door lock has a name even catchier than the five lever mortice deadlock and is still considered to be more secure? That will have to be the five lever mortice deadlock conforming to BS3621. This is essentially the same type of deadlock, but it conforms to the current approved British standards. Some insurers will insist, in order to give you a discount on premiums, that you have a five lever mortice deadlock conforming to BS3621 fitted to all outside doors and ground floor windows. Check what the home insurance policy conditions are first before buying the cover.
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The deadlatch, or night latch is an approved lock but home insurers would prefer it to be used in conjunction with one of the other locks as an extra measure, rather than a standalone lock. These types of locks are mounted onto the front door, rather than morticed into the wall, so as a result they are far less secure than the five lever mortice deadlock.
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All ground floor and accessible windows should have key operated window locks installed. These locks are usually fitted on the handle that opens and closes the window or at the bottom or top of the window frame. But the main thing about these locks is that they require a key; so when these windows are not in regular use or you are not at home, make sure to lock them with a key.
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Pan-Fried Gnocchi with Morels and Fiddleheads
Spring is here, and it brings with it two of my most favorite seasonal items: morels and fiddlehead ferns. At $28/lb here in Boston, fresh morels are definitely a splurge. But you only need to pick up a few to have them in this dish, and it's well worth it to do so.
If you live in the right area, you can try your luck at finding your own in the woods right now, but as with all foraging, make sure you have the right mushroom before you eat it. It's best to go with someone who knows what they are doing, but the locations where wild morels grow are usually carefully guarded secrets, considering the price they'll fetch at markets. It's easier and safer to pony-up some cash at Whole Foods, even though it's not as adventurous.
Fiddlehead ferns are lovely. Not only are they in season at the same time morels are, they also pair really well with them. You can read a little informational post I wrote about them here. I love their tender crunch, mild flavor, and beautiful swirl. And just like morels, use them as soon as you can, they don't store well.
The hardest part of this dish is definitely finding the morels and the fiddleheads. After that, it's cake! I used a pre-packaged fresh gnocchi (gluten free, too!) and further simplified it by pan-frying them instead of boiling them. Boiling is easy; pan-frying is even easier, not to mention faster. You can cook up the gnocchi faster than the time it takes to boil a pot of water. Pan-frying the gnocchi gives them a wonderful color and texture. If you've never tried it before, you definitely should!
All the other ingredients are quick sauteed, so this makes a really delicious, fast, and easy meal with practically no fuss. And if you can't find morels and fiddleheads, I encourage you to try the dish anyway with asparagus tips and your favorite mushroom.
Pan-Fried Gnocchi with Morels and Fiddleheads
Serves one filling meal, or two very light meals
2 Tbs Olive Oil, give or take
1 9-oz Package Fresh Gnocchi
3-5 Fresh Morels, halved (sub any wild mushroom)
1/3 Cup Fresh Fiddlehead Ferns, washed and dried (sub asparagus tips)
1/4 Cup Roasted Red Pepper, diced
2-3 Canned Water-Packed Artichoke Hearts, sliced
1/8 tsp Salt, plus more for seasoning
Fresh Black Pepper
Slice your morels in half and inspect them carefully for dirt and critters. Since morels are foraged for in the wild, they sometimes have surprises hiding inside. Just saying.
Heat a well-seasoned cast-iron skillet or non-stick pan over medium high heat. Add halved morels and a teaspoon or so of oil. Saute until golden brown, 2-3 minutes, adding a pinch of salt. Set aside.
Add the ferns, roasted pepper, and artichoke hearts to the pan, with a teaspoon or so more oil if needed. Add 1/8 tsp salt to season. Saute for 2-3 minutes until tender and the artichoke hearts and ferns are beginning to color. Remove from pan and set aside.
While the pan is still hot (medium-high heat), add the raw gnocchi and enough oil to coat well. Cook for 3-4 minutes until golden brown on all sides and slightly puffy. Once cooked through, add the fern/artichoke/pepper mixture back to the pan and toss gently until well combined. Season with more salt and pepper if needed.
Plate, adding the cooked morel mushrooms to the top before serving.


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Not all kids are happy about wearing #braces, especially teens. If teeth are slow erupting, a problem develops during a pubertal growth spurt, permanent teeth don't erupt properly, or finances were an issue, your child may not be a happy camper. Wearing braces between the ages of 11-14 is the most common age for treatment and normally the age of least resistance in most cases. However, after that, be prepared for opposition.
Your first discussion sets the stage for how your child accepts or rejects the news they require treatment at Klein and Walker Orthodontics. Allowing your apprehension and fears to surface can impact how your child responds.
Many different types of braces are available that will suit your child's personalized needs and reduce apprehension. #Clear braces and #Invisalign may be an option. Plus treatment time and discomfort is much less than in years past. But a child's personal perception of orthodontic treatment can make them believe otherwise. For this reason it is important to be upbeat, positive, and supportive when they receive the news they may need treatment.
Focusing on the pros of undergoing treatment, such as a beautiful smile and improved dental health rather than the discomfort, inconvenience, and negative social stigma provides best results. Proper orientation by parents and our team creates a positive response when informing a child that #orthodontic treatment is in their best interest.
At your child's first visit to Klein and Walker Orthodontics, we will explain everything they need to know about their problem, why they need braces to improve the situation, and what type of braces are recommended. We do our best to put your child at ease, answer all their questions, and make them feel at home in our office. If you child has questions before the appointment you can't answer, be honest: "I don't know that, let's ask Dr. Michael Klein or Dr. Cameron Walker during the appointment".
Wearing braces today is very common and you want your child to be excited about the treatment as well as understanding the importance of the cooperation required to create a beautiful smile. By the end of the appointment, our goal is to make your child jazzed about treatment rather than upset with the prospect of wearing braces. When offering positive feedback throughout the process, your child will be motivated every step of the way, making treatment as painless as possible while creating a good result.
If you have any concerns prior to the first visit that you feel may impact a negative response from your child, contact our office so we can discuss beforehand. Communication is the key to success on all levels. Let's all work together to make your child's initiation to orthodontics a good one.


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- Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP) is an electronic journal sponsored by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. The journal is an outlet for timely and innovative psychological and related social science scholarship with implications for social action and policy. We seek to be a forum for publishing new work as well as discussion on alternative approaches to a variety of important and current social problems. By encouraging timely publication of well-written peer-reviewed work, we aim to facilitate communication between social science researchers and policy makers as well as with the public as a whole. Articles will communicate with a broad spectrum of interested individuals as well as with the social science community. Articles are published electronically as soon as they are accepted for publication.
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- Levenson, J. S., Brannon, Y. N., Fortney, T., & Baker, J. (2007). Public perceptions about sex offenders and community protection policies. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 7, 1-25. Full text
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- Sommers, S. R., Apfelbaum, E. P., Dukes, K. N., Toosi, N., & Wang, E. J. (2006). Race and media coverage of Hurricane Katrina: Analysis, implications, and future research questions. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 1-17?. Full text
- Mullen, E. & Skitka, L. J. (2006). When outcomes prompt criticism of procedures: An analysis of the Rodney King Case. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 1-14?. Full text
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Public Response to DEA's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing
MAY 02 (WASHINGTON) -The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public's continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers.
On April 27, 742,497 pounds (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations manned by 4,312 state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies that partnered with DEA on the event. When added to the collections from DEA's previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 million pounds (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation.
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), twice as many Americans regularly abused prescription drugs than the number of those who regularly used cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, and inhalants combined. That same study revealed more than 70 percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends or relatives, a statistic that includes raiding the family medicine cabinet.
The DEA's Take-Back events are a significant piece of the White House's prescription drug abuse prevention strategy released in 2011 by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Disposal of unwanted, unused or expired drugs is one of four strategies for reducing prescription drug abuse and diversion laid out in Epidemic: Responding to America's Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis. The other strategies include education of health care providers, patients, parents and youth; enhancing and encouraging the establishment of prescription drug monitoring programs in all the states; and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills.
Shortly after DEA's first Take-Back Day event two-and-a-half years ago, Congress passed, and President Obama signed, the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amended the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to allow the DEA to develop permanent, ongoing, and responsible methods for disposing of controlled-substance medications. Prior to the passage of the above-cited Act, the CSA provided no legal means for transferring possession of controlled substance medications from users to other individuals for disposal. On December 21, 2012, DEA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Disposal of Controlled Substances that seeks to implement the above-cited Act.