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ARC athletic department kicks off fall season with preview event
August 29, 2017
By Luis Gael Jimenez
American River College's athletic department held a season preview where it honored student athletes with 4.0 GPAs, congratulated the reigning Northern California football champion Beavers and encouraged all athletes to approach school with the same tenacity that they do with sports.
The ceremony was led by student personnel assistant Olga Prizhbilov on Friday Aug. 25 inside the main gymnasium.
The festivities began with a hula hoop-themed challenge where different representatives from each sport linked arms and tried to pass a hula hoop through a line of people without letting go of one another's arms while the college's mascot Bucky the Beaver, cheered them on.
Prizhbilov also praised ARC's student athletes for their continued academic success. "Not many community colleges can compete with us [academically]," Prizhbilov said.
All student athletes who had 4.0 GPAs were then presented with honorary medals.
Prizhiblov then went on to introduce counselor Robert Quintero. "This man inspired me and I hope he can inspire you in the same way," Prizhiblov said.
Quintero urged students to be aware of the impact that sports can have on one's body and to not forget the importance of school.
"In sports we never know what's going to happen… [but] no one can ever take away your education," Quintero said.
Quintero went on to once again reiterate just how important education should be to student athletes.
"Every single one of you has the ability to be an excellent student. That's why you're a 'student' before 'athlete,'" Quintero said.


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Las Vegas – The first ProSource board of directors was announced here this week, marking the formal merger of the Progressive Retailers Organization (PRO Group) and the Home Entertainment Source (HES) buying groups.
The announcement was made on the eve of International CES at PRO Group's traditional Monday night reception at Bally's, which was co-sponsored this year by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
More than two years in the making, the merger creates a $3.1 billion retail group with "the largest book of business in luxury, integration and specialty CE," ProSource executive VP Jim Ristow told TWICE.
Ristow, formerly head of HES, will run the new organization with ProSource president/CEO Dave Workman, who previously headed PRO Group.
ProSource is a chapter of the $14 billion BrandSource buying cooperative for independent CE, appliance and home furnishings dealers. Its longtime CEO, Bob Lawrence, plans to step down by year's end and a search is underway for a successor.
Going forward, ProSource will organize its retail and custom-install membership into three distinct tiers defined by size and business model: a custom install tier will encompass "400 of the best integrators in the country with more integration volume than all the other groups combined," Ristow said; a power custom install tier will include 60 to 70 of the nation's largest integrators; and a pro tier will represent the largest specialty CE retailers and e-tailers.
Ristow said ProSource will also be "more marketing focused," with forthcoming initiatives that will introduce Ultra HD TV and whole-home audio and control to "the hard to reach masses."
He added that the PRO Group and HES names will fade this year.
To cement the merger, the new ProSource board is comprised of members from each of its component groups. Chairman is Murray Huppin, principal of Huppin's/OneCall; treasurer is Andy Kersey, CEO of Hamlin & Kersey, and the directors include David Pidgeon, president/CEO, Starpower Home Entertainment Systems; Walt Stinson, president and co-founder, ListenUp Audio/Video; Rick Souder, merchandising executive VP, Crutchfield; Bob Cole, president/founder, World Wide Stereo; Bill Janka, president, Mission Audio Video; and Bob Dodge, CEO of Talk of the Town.
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Mediacom, Sinclair averts TV blackout in 11 states
(AP) -- Sinclair Broadcasting Group's television stations will remain on the lineups of Mediacom Communications Corp.'s cable TV systems after the two companies announced a new fee agreement Thursday to avert a blackout.
About 700,000 Mediacom subscribers in 11 states had been at risk of losing Sinclair programming over Sinclair's demands that Mediacom pay more to carry its stations. A Jan. 1 deadline was extended to midnight Friday so football fans could still watch college bowl games on Sinclair stations as the two sides continued to negotiate.
As the new deadline approached, Mediacom announced a one-year agreement allowing it to carry 22 Sinclair television stations, including Fox and CBS affiliates in Cedar Rapids and a Fox affiliate in Des Moines. Details of the agreement were not released.
More than half of the affected Mediacom subscribers are in Iowa. The rest are in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
The dispute came less than a week after the Fox television network reached a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks, averting threats to remove Fox-owned stations from more than 6 million cable TV customers in New York, Los Angeles, Orlando, Fla., and other markets. The cable companies and Fox owner News Corp. had similarly sparred over the fees paid by the cable operators.
Cable companies and broadcasters across the country have been engaged in tough negotiations as broadcasters face declines in advertising revenue along with the rising cost of carrying sporting events and other programs. The broadcasters argue that they cannot afford to let cable systems carry their stations for free when cable channels they increasingly compete with earn subscriber fees in addition to ad revenue.
Tom Larsen, vice president of legal and public affairs for Mediacom, said confidentiality agreements between the companies prevented him from discussing details of the new deal. He said the two sides had been involved in "really active negotiations the past few days."
David Smith, president and chief executive officer of Sinclair, said the Hunt Valley, Md., company was pleased with the agreement and its "acceptable economic arrangement."
As part of the deal, Mediacom, which is based in Middletown, N.Y., agreed to drop a complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission against Sinclair, arguing the broadcaster had not negotiated in good faith.
A similar dispute two years ago resulted in Sinclair stations being removed from Mediacom for about five weeks. That time, an agreement was reached two days before the Super Bowl.
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Modern tech, rising middle class drive cinema revival in Africa
2 November 2017
Like the plot in an old-fashioned movie, cinemas in Africa are making a third-reel comeback after years of worrying decline.
In many countries south of the Sahara, digital technology, strong investment and modern theatres are bringing about a major revival of movie-going, ending years of cinema closures.
But this good news for film-lovers also comes with a drawback: the new cinema complexes tend to give precedence to Hollywood blockbusters rather than films made by African directors.
In the 1980s, a wave of cinema closures began to unfurl across the continent as rundown picture palaces were turned into auto repair shops, supermarkets, restaurants and even churches.
The survivors were a number of privately owned venues and cinemas inside international cultural centres.
Today, continent-wide figures for the industry are sketchy, but cinema owners say the sector is making a comeback. It is being driven by demographic demand and digital technology that provides immediate, low-cost distribution, compared to the expensive business of printing and trucking around reels of celluloid.
"The demand is there," says Jean-Marc Bejani, the chief executive of the Majestic chain, which has opened three cinemas in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan in the past two years. Next year, Majestic will open three more in the coastal city's working-class Yopougon district.
A senior manager in the oil industry, Bejani threw himself into the movie business on discovering that there were no cinemas left in Ivory Coast. The success of Majestic's venture came fast, with 75,000 tickets sold for a single screen in 2015 and 175,000 in 2016 when all three new screens were in use.
"Before this, the movie theatres were old and technically outdated, with films being shown three months later than in Europe," Bejani says.
"I wanted high definition pictures, with 3D, comfortable seats and films coming out the same time as in France."
New 'middle class' market
"I come often," says schoolgirl Marie Benoit, standing in front of the bar selling soft drinks and popcorn inside a Majestic cinema as smart as any European multiplex. The young girl had for years lived in a city with no big screen.
Canal Olympia has applied a similar high-tech approach to its bid to conquer west and central Africa. Since 2016, this subsidiary of global entertainment group Vivendi has opened six cinemas in Cameroon, Senegal, Niger, Burkina Faso and Guinea.
The group's aim is to construct several dozen multi-role complexes in the coming years. Work is already in hand to build three new venues in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.
"A middle class is developing in Africa ... with a desire to be entertained," says Corinne Bach, the head of Canal Olympia.
"It's a lot of work to get people used to going to the cinema, notably youngsters who have never been before," she adds. "The first results are encouraging."
To succeed, Canal Olympia is betting on mixed programming of American, African and European films, notably the productions of the Canal+ Group, another Vivendi company playing a major role in cinema as well as television.
The new venues are intended to host concerts and popular shows, as well as being available to hire as business conference centres, to make the network economically viable.
But in a number of countries, old cinemas are being upgraded or reopened, including half a dozen in the Angolan capital Luanda, the CineKin in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Normandie in Chad's capital N'Djamena, renovated in 2011.
In Burkina Faso, the poor west African nation that proudly hosts the biennial Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television (FESPACO), the Guimbi will soon be reborn as a full-fledged cultural centre in the second city, Bobo Dioulasso.
Promote African films
In Dakar, a privately owned triplex is due to open, named after Senegalese film-maker Ousmane Sembene who died in 2007. The Senegalese state is paying for "four projects to renovate theatres with digital technology" around the country, according to Hugues Diaz, the culture ministry official responsible for cinema.
On the far side of the continent, in Kenya the renewal of cinema began about a decade ago. The east African nation has some 10 modern cinemas, usually located in shopping malls, in place of the small venues of yore.
South Africa and Nigeria -- whose thriving "Nollywood" industry made the 2016 romantic comedy hit "The Wedding Party" -- are outstanding exceptions to the rule of past closures.
The rapid progress of the film-making business in the past 15 years in Nigeria has led to the opening of modern cinemas run by several different networks in the biggest towns.
The big showcase for African film is the biennial Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), held in the capital of Burkina Faso. But getting the film out of the festival and onto the screen remains the big challenge The big showcase for African film is the biennial Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), held in the capital of Burkina Faso. But getting the film out of the festival and onto the screen remains the big challenge
The 130 screens in about 30 venues raised $95 million (82 million euros) at the box-office in 2015 in Nigeria, while South African cinemas made $76 million, according to figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
In most countries, blockbuster movies from the United States dominate releases because they are what makes most money by public demand and "for lack of support from the state", Bejani says.
Franco-Gabonese director Samantha Biffot bemoans the lack of African films.
"The cinemas need to screen our work, because most African films are only to be seen at festivals or abroad," she says.
FESPACO official Ardiouma Soma argues that the African taste for movies is wide, from big box-office draws to art cinema.
"The African public likes African films," Soma says, declaring that the new venues are "an opportunity to be seized".
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- Journal Details
- Format
- Journal
- eISSN
- 1339-4584
- First Published
- 06 Mar 2015
- Publication timeframe
- 3 times per year
- Languages
- English
- Open Access
Teaching Reading and Writing Skills to Young Learners in English as a Foreign Language Using Blogs: A Case Study
Page range: 1 - 20
This study focused on the development of reading and writing skills to a group of B1 level learners of English in a private language institute in Athens, Greece with the aid of blogs (a web tool), since Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) enhances foreign language learning. To this end, two groups of young learners were formed; the control group which was taught through the traditional coursebook and the experimental group which was taught through a differentiated approach to language teaching. The differentiated approach which was applied involved eight teaching sessions in a private language institute. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to both groups in order to evaluate the use of CALL in the improvement of literacy skills. Pre- and post- semi-structured interviews were also conducted with the students of the experimental group to evaluate their attitudes and feelings before and after the instruction. The aim of using blogs, as a web tool, was to enhance collaborative learning and social interaction. This research attempted to prove that blogs create a social interaction between students, and between the students and the teacher. For the purposes of this research, students were involved in process writing by making drafts and writing their posts and in active reading when they read other posts and texts from other web sites.
- computer assisted language learning
- blogs
- literacy skills
- differentiated instruction
- foreign language teaching
- Open Access
Chinese TESOL Students' Perception of Their Speaking Anxiety in Workshops
Page range: 21 - 50
Foreign language anxiety (FLA) is perceived as a negative factor influencing learners' language achievement. Targeting Chinese overseas students, this paper investigates whether communicative confidence, fear of negative evaluation, attitude towards using English in workshops and trait anxiety are related to Chinese students' speaking anxiety. The present study also aims to examine how students perceive their speaking anxiety and coping strategies both from teachers and students. The questionnaire and the semi-structured interview were adopted for data collection. 80 TESOL students at the University of Edinburgh were invited to complete the questionnaires, with 6 students participating in the interviews to get deeper insights into Chinese students' perception of their speaking anxiety. Research findings revealed that communicative confidence, fear of negative evaluation, attitude towards using English in workshops and traits anxiety were strongly related to Chinese students' speaking anxiety. In the interviews, 6 respondents commented that instructors' characteristics, such as patience and humor, and their preparation before class can alleviate their speaking anxiety in workshops. It is hoped that the current study can contribute to a deeper understanding of Chinese students' speaking anxiety in UK universities.
- speaking anxiety
- Chinese overseas students
- instructors
- communicative confidence
- fear of negative evaluation
- attitude towards using English
- trait anxiety
- Open Access
Novice Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in the Czech Republic and their Drop-Out Intentions
Page range: 51 - 77
Problems with staffing play a crucial role among factors influencing the quality of English language teaching at Czech primary and lower secondary schools. Since 1990 the shortage of teachers of English as a foreign language has been repeatedly reported by the Czech School Inspectorate. The shortage is largely caused by the reluctance of English language teacher education study programme graduates to accept teaching positions at primary and lower secondary schools. A drop-out syndrome in the early stages of the teachers' career is another factor that may contribute to the lack of teachers of English. Unfortunately, it has not been researched in the Czech Republic and it has not been systematically monitored by the state. In the research study focusing on novice teacher drop-out, conducted in 2015–2017, we deal with the process of socialisation of novice teachers in schools and with external factors that influence the socialisation and that can be seen as predictors of novice teachers' decision to stay in their current school or leave either the school or the teaching profession. The current paper presents partial findings related to drop-out intentions of novice teachers of English as a foreign language in comparison with teachers of other subjects. Our findings indicate that drop-out intentions are more frequent in teachers of English as a foreign language than for other teachers and that teachers of English evaluate their cooperation with colleagues and leadership at their schools more critically than other teachers.
- teaching English as a foreign language
- novice teachers
- drop-out
- Open Access
Test Banking in English for Medical Purposes (Dentistry)
Page range: 78 - 94
Activities and questions to assess knowledge in English for medical purposes were designed to incorporate terminology, academic vocabulary and grammar items in computer-based tests for bachelor students in Dentistry at Medical University - Varna. During the two-semester study course identification of key words, core lexical patterns, specific collocations and emphasis on their recurrent use were the selected strategies for student retention of specialized language and improved learning outcomes. Medical terms as single-word lexical units with straightforward definitions are easy to learn compared to collocations and multi-word terms including polysemous adjectives. In the present paper we concentrate on the process of formation of structures containing attributive adjectives which can be quite a problematic and error-generating area for second language learners. The aim of the on-going research study is to extract current lists of the sub-technical vocabulary and the terminological units in specialized medical domains as linguistic resources. The collection of assessment materials into a test bank for specific educational purposes is a customizable electronic resource, imported into the University platform to facilitate the process of compilation and creation of new tests.
By implementing corpus linguistic tools into test design, the instructor aims at providing an authentic e-assessment environment based on the idea of key words in context, concordances, and lexical patterns as per the contents of the selected textbooks and teaching materials during the course. The paper highlights some strategic issues about creating test resources in EMP such as the adherence to a set of selected linguistic items and grammatical structures based on their frequency in the domain.
- key words in context
- lexical patterns
- specialized language assessment
- computer-based tests
- Open Access
Teaching Medical English through Professional Captioning Videos
Page range: 95 - 107
Since the Barcelona objective released on 16 March 2002, European Union met an ambitious goal: to promote learning of "at least two foreign languages from an early age" (European Commission 2019). Thus, bilingualism, multilingualism, and linguistic diversity became a part of European policy (Pokrivčáková 2013a; Pokrivčáková 2013b; Schunz 2012). Nevertheless, English language is still considered to be the global language, used as
- medical English
- captions
- videos
- listening comprehension
- questionnaire
- t-test
- Open Access
Impact of Teachers' Beliefs on Teaching Phonetic Aspects: the Case of Czech as L1
Page range: 108 - 139
Cultivated speech with correct pronunciation and adequate prosody is important from a social, communicative and also didactic point of view. It can be regarded a "universal quality" of one's self-presentation. Even though the Czech curriculum sets the development of phonetic aspects as one of the important elements of L1 teaching, various sources show that the educational reality in school differs. Based on a sample of 148 teachers of all educational levels from across the Czech Republic, the study analyses the teachers' stated beliefs and pedagogical content knowledge of teaching phonetic aspects of Czech, and attempts to give at least an assumption of the actual classroom practices of teaching phonetic aspects in Czech classes and through that the extent of the mismatch between the intended and implemented curriculum. The results show that phonetic aspects are not treated with as much attention as they ought to and that teachers' beliefs about the actual process of teaching and learning phonetic aspects seem to influence the implemented curriculum more than the intended curriculum and other formal requirements given by the government do.
- teachers' beliefs
- phonetics
- phonetic aspects
- L1 teaching
- Czech
- Open Access
Current Issues in Pronunciation Teaching to Non-Native Learners of English
Page range: 140 - 155
Pronunciation plays an indisputable role in communication; even more so in communication between native and non-native speakers of English. The goals for pronunciation teaching have shifted from accent-free or native-like pronunciation to comprehensibility and teaching practices aimed at non-native English learners vary and are often based on teachers' opinions rather than research findings. The paper aims to present the current topics in twenty selected research papers dealing with pronunciation teaching (teaching practices in the English language classrooms, selected segmental and suprasegmental features). The analysed papers indicate that a teacher's good theoretical background can raise students' awareness and the overall performance of pronunciation phenomena, whether at the segmental or the suprasegmental level. Students may benefit from different strategies applied to pronunciation learning, but traditional teaching methods are still prevalent in the contemporary English language classroom.
The contribution presents partial results of the research project KEGA 001TTU-4/2019.
- pronunciation
- intelligibility
- nativeness
- research
- teaching
- non-native learners
- pronunciation
- Open Access
Faithful Prodigals, Precarious Polity and Re-Jigging National Discourse: Readings from Two African Novels
Page range: 156 - 172
This study is informed by the observation of some dangerous threats to faith's missionary and human developmental goals as well as Salvationist stance. The alarm has been sounded that fanaticism of any colour at all is not only inimical to the raison detre of faith's cardinal objectives but more tellingly, constitutes a serious endangerment of humanity, particularly the Nigerian enterprise. Deploying exemplifications from Chinua Achebe's
- faithful prodigals
- precarious polity
- re-jig
- national discourse
- formative years
- religious (in)tolerance
- christianity
- islam
- reification
- Open Access
Teaching Slovak Language and Literature in the 1st Grade of Grammar Schools: the Verification of the Development of Critical Thinking of Pupils
Page range: 173 - 187
Slovak language and literature belongs to the leading subjects in the system of secondary education in the Slovak Republic. The persistent traditional teaching techniques (encyclopedic-memorization) and the absence of systematic development of critical thinking in the process of education has caused an identified below average state of critical thinking of students at secondary grammar schools. The aim of our half-year experiment was to verify the effectiveness of The Programme of Development of Critical Thinking of Pupils in the Subject of Slovak Language and Literature. To meet the set target we implemented an experiment (a single-factor technique of parallel groups). Out of 16 first-grade secondary grammar schools classes (
- critical thinking
- research findings
- the experimental verification of the development of critical thinking of pupils


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Following the success of its two first seasons in France, Unibail-Rodamco announces the launch of UR Link, its business accelerator, in Germany. From today, April 6th, 2017, 3 startups enter the programme, contributing to build tomorrow's shopping centers: Green City Solutions (a connected city tree to reduce air pollution), ArtNight (memorable and fun art experiences with local artists), and Advertima (interactive and targeted advertisement thanks to artificial intelligence)
For the first edition, 3 startups were chosen by Unibail-Rodamco teams in Germany, in partnership with NUMA. Just like in France, the Group wishes to collaborate with innovative businesses, able to improve the services of shopping centers and satisfy concrete needs. The 3 startups all address one of the 3 critical issues driving Unibail-Rodamco:
- Smart retail: improving customer experience and retailers efficiency
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- Social Places (Services & Communities): creating memorable experiences in centres to improve their experience
Discover UR Link Germany 3 startups:
- Green City Solutions combines cutting-edge Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology with specific moss cultures to build smart city trees and purify air from harmful pollutants
- ArtNight offers unique art experiences to bring people together, around local artists
- Advertima uses machine learning and big data to create interactive and personalised advertisements
Startups will have the opportunity to work with Unibail-Rodamco teams for 4 months, and test their concept in real-size, in one of the German assets of the Group. They will be regularly coached by Unibail-Rodamco mentors and business owners, benefitting from workshops to improve their expertise and help them grow. The programme will take place in the offices of the Group in Düsseldorf, as well as in Berlin, where NUMA is located.
At the end of the 4-month period, they will present their work to the Board in Düsseldorf, and discuss about bringing the partnership to the next level.


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Derrick stared at the red button. Jagged pieces of melted plastic stuck out at odd angles from the surface and sides. The button sat under a clear case, cut from some discarded item, the purpose long forgotten, which was tied down with a piece of old copper wire. Smudges of grease and dirt dotted the cover. Behind him, a clock on the wall with bright red numbers counted down from ten minutes. At zero, Derrick would have a ninety-second window to press the button. Ninety seconds to go home.
A light pulsed on a monitor built into the wall. Derrick tapped the screen and a graphical display of the inner solar system came alive. The inner planets rotated around a bright orange orb at their center. A green line connected the asteroid, which he had lived on nearly his entire life, with Earth. In just under ten minutes their orbits would align in such a way that, if he left in that precious ninety second window, he would slip gently into Earth orbit. If not, he'd have to wait a year to try again.
A red light blinked on the screen and Derrick tapped it. A diagnostic report detailed the status of his pod, the red button, and the explosives that he stole. Those explosives would fire when the button was pressed and push him out from the mining facility and towards Earth.
A ding sounded to Derrick's right accompanied by the smell of burning chemicals and fried meat. His reprocessed protein dinner, pressed into a chicken thigh molded shape, was ready. The dinner was shit. Literally shit. Waste from a thousand people was churned, sifted, processed and refined until the feces could be served back to the miners. Nutrients and minerals were added to the meal along with whatever chemical cocktail the Corporate wanted to add.
Derrick pulled himself back to the button and ate his chicken-shit. A white light shone into his pod from the only window and illuminated the opposite wall. Derrick cursed. He had forgotten to put up the curtain. Doves and Phil had just returned to their pod and were getting ready for downtime. With his left hand he grabbed a metal support pole and pulled himself towards the window.
Joon waved from across the asteroid landscape at Derrick who smiled and waved back. Their pods were separated by thirty feet of cold dead rock and open space. A loud ring sounded from the old phone attached to his wall. Chips of plastic had fallen off and been replaced over decades with different generations of duct tape. Layers of dried grease helped hold the rest of the ancient device together. The receiver was older than anyone on the station but, unlike most of the miners, it still worked and that's all the Corporate cared about. Derrick stared at the phone. He knew who was calling as only one person ever did. If he didn't answer, she'd know. Besides, she was staring at him.
"Hello?" Derrick said.
"Why do you stay in that pod all by yourself? We have room in this one. Aren't you lonely?" Joon said.
Derrick looked back out the window. Joon smiled, her head rested in her hand.
"I like being alone," Derrick said.
"That's a load of shit. That's why we talk on this every night?"
"Didn't say I didn't like talking," Derrick said.
Joon laughed, "You hear the corporate suits want another one percent efficiency hike on number four digger?"
"Again? When'd that come down?"
"After shift. Was on the wall monitors in the rec room."
Derrick shook his head, "Great. What's that, the thirteenth one-percent this month?"
"What do they care if a few dozen of us die on the drill heads? We're just a part to get replaced," Joon said.
Derrick didn't answer. He took another bite from his food and swallowed. His mouth tasted like he threw up and choked the bile back down. But he needed to eat. Once his pod separated from the main mining facility his reclamation system would be self-contained and he needed all the calories he could get. Over his shoulder, Derrick checked the time. Bright red numbers flashed five minutes. He scanned his pod and checked off that everything was in place and tied down.
"You hear about Jase?"
"No, what happened?" Derrick looked back to the window at Joon.
"Got his arm yanked off by faulty worker-bee," Joon said. She frowned as she looked across the small gulf between them.
"Christ. Can they reattach it?"
"Nope, the arm got sucked into a re-processor. It's gone."
Derrick looked down at his protein dinner and frowned. Any found biomass was thrown into the reclamation system by automated robots, including dead miners. Most people tried not to think about the cannibalistic nature of their meals. Nobody had died recently, and Jase's arm was too recent, so tonight's chicken was probably human-free.
He sighed and took another bite. "Where is he now?"
"Already has his transit order. They are sending him to one of the processing plants. Desk gig."
"Nice if you can get it."
"Tell me about it," Joon chuckled once and smiled.
"You don't seem so broken up."
Joon shrugged, "Corporate must have already added some anti-depressants to the meals. Can't even fucking feel bad for the guy."
"Least we aren't behind on the quota. I've had enough of the stimulants."
"What, you don't like not sleeping for a week and have your heart at 150?"
"Not so much." Derrick poked his molded food with a fork. A large dry piece flaked off and floated next to the plate. Derrick flicked the floating faux-chicken with his finger. The force sent the piece downward to the floor. With his foot, Derrick pinned it down where the floor met the wall.
"You OK, Derrick?"
Derrick didn't answer. He continued to poke at the remaining chicken on his plate and forced another bite down. He cringed at the synthetic feel. The former waste product slid down his throat and fell into his stomach like a lead weight. Over his shoulder, the clock was down to two minutes.
Outside, across the small gap of empty space, Joon pressed her head to the window. To the right the dry desolate asteroid surface stretched off to the horizon. Derrick looked at Joon and tried to smile. Though they did have occasional sex, they didn't go beyond that. He had sex with others as well. Everybody did. Intimate contact was the only thing they could do to feel human. Whatever being human meant.
"Yeah?" Derrick said.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing, just tired I guess," Derrick said. One corner of Derrick's mouth pulled up into a weak grin.
Joon's face wrinkled into something between a smile and a frown, "Well, get some sleep. Shift's in six hours."
"You too, Joony," Derrick said. He put his hand, filled with calluses and caked with dried grease, on the window. He looked at the cracks "Hey Joony?"
"Yeah?" Joon said.
Derrick looked at the piece of chicken on the floor. The once fecal matter lay there as if it was destined to. As if Derrick's whole life, being sold to the Corporate, raised by emotionless teachers, having electrical implants installed to keep his muscles from atrophy, taught how to mine asteroid rock, all of that led to that piece inanimate matter at his feet.
"Nothing. Have good night, Joony."
"OK, weirdo. See ya on number four tomorrow."
"Yeah," Derrick's voice fell to a whisper.
A click sounded. Derrick watched Joon place her receiver in its cradle and wave goodnight. He put his own back but didn't take his eyes off Joon. A piece of plastic from the phone broke free of the greased duct tape and fell. It floated downward and rested next to the chicken on the floor. Derrick checked the clock. Only three minutes to go. He pushed off from the window and floated to his air tanks. Pressure, levels, everything seemed fine.
The buzzer sounded from the clock. It was time. Ninety seconds. Derrick looked at the clock and nodded to himself. Motors turned on somewhere in the pod filling the room with a breeze. The air was a mix of smoke and stale bread. Derrick could barely smell it anymore.
Sixty seconds. Derrick ran through everything in his mind. The bolts were connected and installed. The explosion would propel him out with enough momentum to start the trip. With the extra calories he had been eating, his reclamation system would provide enough food and water if he rationed.
Fifty seconds. He had every right to go. So what if he was stealing and damaging corporate property? They wouldn't care. Derrick had seen the automated robot constructors. They hopped from one asteroid to another building mining bases. There were countless facilities sitting empty on dozens of asteroids. Everything they did here was criminal. Once he wondered why they just didn't replace the miners with robots but the reason was simple, robots were worth more than miners that eat their own shit.
Forty seconds. Derrick turned to the red button and lifted the plastic case. The malformed plastic button stared back at him promising freedom, fresh air, and real sunshine, even a family. He could find his parents, his siblings. Did he have brothers or sisters or both? Derrick couldn't remember. What country would it be? Where was he even from? Would there be rain? Maybe he could even find a girl, reverse his corporate mandated sterilization, and have kids.
Thirty seconds. Derrick thought about Joon. There was no way he could invite her. There would not have been enough air for them both. She had told him once of the Atlantic Ocean. How birds flew just inches off the surface and whales bigger than half the pods glided through the endless blue, though he didn't believe it. He remembered holding her at night when her best friend had died in an accident. Joon had refused to eat for two days. She wanted to feel something for her friend and had cried until morning.
Twenty seconds. Derrick thought about the explosive bolts again. The original ones weren't strong enough to propel the pod far enough out. Derrick had found them in an old storage bin buried deep in the mining facility. He added high-grade explosives he grabbed from storage bins to the underside of the pod. Those explosives would give him enough force to send his pod on its way. But it wouldn't just send him off. Those explosions would tear off the structural supports for this entire section, where Joon slept, and depressurize the entire facility, killing over a thousand souls.
Ten seconds. Derrick had every right to go. He never asked for this life. His parents were lied to. He was stolen and forced into being property, something the Corporate could declare that it owned. An object. With their chemical cocktails they could make him feel anyway they wanted. He wasn't stealing anything. He was a free man and could come and go as he pleased and no one had the right to tell him otherwise.
Five seconds. Derrick put his hand on the red button. He could feel the jagged pieces poke his skin. The wiring underneath was put together from scraps found in a broken radio. He took a deep breath and focused on his decision to go.
Three seconds. Derrick closed his eyes. Flashes of his mother filled his mind. He tried to picture her face but he couldn't remember. She had sold him when he was five years old so her other children could eat. All he could see was the slick smile of the well-dressed corporate recruiter; We will give them a home.
Two seconds. Derrick opened his eyes and looked at the window. Outside he could still see Joon. She waved to him one more time. She hadn't chosen this life either. None of them had. Not Joon, or Phil or Jase, or anyone. But it was still theirs. As soon as he pressed the button, their lives wouldn't be theirs anymore. Derrick would have chosen for them.
One second. The clock went to zero behind him. Derrick lifted his hand away from the button and sighed. He reached up to the plastic cover, pulled it down and tied it secure with the piece of old wire. He picked up the piece of plastic and chicken from the floor, threw them both into the reclamation system and turned to his bed.
The ringer from the phone erupted in his tiny room and Derrick spun his head toward the phone. No one should be calling this late with shift starting in the morning. He picked up the receiver and was shocked to hear the voice on the other end.
"Couldn't do it, could you?" Joon said.
"Joony? Do what?"
Lights turned on in Joon's pod. She sat next to the window smiling and holding up a handful of bolts. Derrick recognized them at once. He gulped down a lump in his throat and tried to smile across the darkness.
"How?" Derrick said.
"Are you kidding? Can't do much on this station without another grease monkey finding out. And it was a piss poor job. You would have blown your pod to shit. Even if you didn't, you think the robot patrols wouldn't have caught you? And even if you got pass those, Earth would have blown your ass out of the sky as soon as you entered orbit."
"Joony –" Derrick leaned into the window and tried his best not to look embarrassed. He failed.
"Shut up, Derrick. You think you're the only one that tried to go home? Remember Nelson? Stuffed himself in a faulty waste reclamation system. How about Cara? Ate a pound of iron ore to fool the bio-sensors and tried to sneak onto a mineral transport."
"They didn't try to kill anyone else," Derrick said.
"Neither did you. Though it's a good thing you didn't press that button. I rerouted your electronics last shift. Your pod would have filled with gas emissions from the pisser." Joon snorted a laugh and cupped her hand to her mouth.
Derrick let his forehead rest on the window and looked out across the darkness. Joon smiled back and shook her head. She'd hang this over his head for years, Derrick knew.
"What happens now?"
Joon smiled. "Want some company?"
Derrick nodded. They both hung up the receiver and Joon left her window to walk the short distance to Derrick's pod. Maybe he wasn't going home tonight, but he would spend it with Joon. He climbed into bed and didn't bother taking off his clothes as a wide smile grew across his face. For the first time in is life, he'd made his own choice. Maybe he wasn't going home tonight. But then again, maybe this was home.
Header photograph: By włodi from London, UK (The Big Red Button Uploaded by Yarl) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons


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TipME Tip Calculator and Tab Splitter
A simple and easy to use application with a watchOS companion to quickly calculate a tip based upon the service recieved. This nifty app will also allow for easy splitting of a tab up to 10 ways.Requires iPhone 6 or higher.What's New-------------User interface for iOS application reworked-Added option to include tax before the tip is calculated


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Warning: This extension should only be used if you are using/testing nightly builds and/or betas.
Note: This extension is not hosted on Mozilla's Firefox Add-Ons, but I have deemed this extension and its source as trustworthy.
At some point I downloaded a milestone version of Gran Paradiso (Firefox 3.0a1) which caused me to no longer get the Minefield nightly builds. I really didn't want to go digging through the Mozilla FTP, download and install the nightly, so I thought I could go into about:config and change the app.update.channel setting to nightly. Of course this seemed too easy, change the setting and I would get start getting the nightly builds again. Turns out that was too easy, doesn't quite work that way. What I needed to do was get the Update Channel Changer extension. The extension allows you to change your update channel to one of the following:
- release: The release channel will provide stable release versions, including security updates (e.g. Firefox 2.0, 18.104.22.168, etc. and their release candidates).
- beta (milestone): The beta channel lets you receive every beta, release candidate, and release version of the product (e.g. Firefox 18.104.22.168 beta 1, Firefox 22.214.171.124 RC 1, Firefox 184.108.40.206, etc.).
- nightly: The nightly channel allows you to update to every nightly test build that is produced. There are nightly channels for the trunk, and the Mozilla1.9a2 branch.
- default: This channel is used when there is no channel information, for example if you build Firefox or Thunderbird yourself. There are no updates on this channel.
Once installed you will need to restart Firefox and then select via the Help Menu, Check For Updates. Firefox will check for updates on the current update channel and if there are none will display "There are no new updates available". At that point a new option, Change Update Channel will appear in the box.
After I installed the extension and restarted my Gran Paradiso 3.0a1 build I was able to download the current nightly for Minefield 3.0a2!
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Turning The Tide On Inequality
It is hard to believe that it is any coincidence that by far the most economically unequal large country in the European Union, the UK, was the one that narrowly voted to leave it in 2016. The UK has severe social problems due to severe economic inequality. These include an inability to see unfairness as a problem, and a susceptibility to simplistic immigration-blaming arguments.
The remainder of Europe enjoys greater equality. In every other large European country the ruling elite are far more closely connected to the people because they are economically less separated. Living standards for the median family in France and Germany are higher than in the UK, and the quality of housing is higher.
The UK recently provided the best warning within Europe of what goes wrong when you allow inequality to rise and rise ever higher. Nevertheless, there remain wide variations in economic inequality within mainland Europe that may well also be very instructive.
After the UK, the second most unequal large country in the EU is Spain. For those of us that have studied inequalities for many years there is a somewhat depressing regularity emerging between where a country ranks on the league table of economic inequality, and then its economic, social, and political difficulties.
People may say that the issue of separatism in Spain has little to do with economic inequality; but higher inequality between households within a country is often a symptom of so much more going wrong. As the former BBC economics editor Duncan Weldon recently put it when trying to explain the rise of Trump in the USA: "it's the inequality stupid". Weldon was not talking about the inequality between US states, but the inequality between families within those states.
Spain is not as unequal as the UK or USA. It is at no risk of leaving the EU or starting a war with North Korea. But you might be left wondering whether its national government would deal better with devolution, identity and autonomy in Catalonia if Spain taken as a whole were more equitable as a society. The ruling elite in Madrid might make fewer mistakes were Spain as cohesive as France and Germany have become. What matters most is the inequality between individuals and households in a country. The most equitable countries in the world, Norway, Sweden and Japan have few secessionist movements, much less militaristic posturing, and tend not to elect fools to high office.
Extract from a longer article published by "Social Europe" on October 25th 2017 which in turn is taken from the new book "Do we need economic inequality"


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Frank Peterson
was born in 1963 in Hamburg and raised near Lübeck. After living for six years in Munich, Madrid and on Ibiza, Frank now commutes between Hamburg and Miami, Florida.
Frank is the founder and owner of Nemo-Studios and omeN-Publishing and the international award winning recording and touring act Gregorian. Apart from Gregorian, Frank has done productions for artists like:
• Enigma • Alannah Myles • Justin Timberlake • Sarah Brightman
• José Carreras • Tom Jones • Andrea Bocelli • Placido Domingo
• Errol Brown • Ofra Haza • Paul Stanley (Kiss) • Backstreet Boys • Sandra
• Josh Groban • Alessandro Safina • Mario Frangoulis • Marky Mark
• I Muvrini • Florent Pagny • Ricardo Cocciante
For record sales exceeding 60.000.000 units Frank has received more than 160 gold and platinum awards from 42 countries on all 5 continents.
He has also composed and/or produced music for international blockbuster movies and global advertising campaigns and produced/directed global concert tours as well as TV-programmes for Sarah Brightman and Gregorian.
Frank plays drums, keyboards and bass, his hobbies are boating, scubadiving, horseback riding, architecture, design, motion pictures, concerts and stage productions.
Frank's musical taste is very diverse and ranges from core classical to rock.
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Watford of England striker, Isaac Success is still basking in the euphoria of his stunning goal at the weekend, and put it down to concise technical instructions from his coach and his own personal physical attributes.
Making his secrets known during Mega Sports programme on Star 101.5 FM, Lagos, Success further states that he was able to score through his ability to get past opponents with power and speed.
Success was happy to hit home The Hornets' second goal on the dot of 90 minutes, as they won 2-0 away to Newcastle United in the English FA Cup, after which he also hailed his side's coach for employing effective tactics.
He stated further that The Hornets' boss, Javier 'Javi' Gracia Carlos knows how to employ his strengths and speed to the best of value in the team.
Although Success also admitted that many of the opposing clubs know his strengths as well, the former BJ Foundation of Benin City, Udinese of Italy and Granada of Spain star says he always finds a way to overcome them.
Success affirmed: "All credit must go to the coach. He knows my strengths – power and speed – which I use to help the team.
"They also know my strengths, but I always try to give my best and get the goals that are needed.
"Once I keep trying, I keep powering and running, the goals will come, as it was in our FA Cup match against Newcastle. I am very happy we won."


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The Mobile Movie's goal is to provide an alternative path for film artists to release their films. Fruition of this goal means a world in which independent films, those which challenge our opinions and views, are given the same chance at the public stage as mainstream, corporate-backed pictures.
In this video, Tony Shawcross of Deproduction.org provides a compelling picture for how the public can take control of our media. Watch it now.


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Wonder Festival
This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (October 2008)
The Wonder Festival (ワンダーフェスティバル), or Wonfes (ワンフェス, Wanfesu), is a semiannual (February and August) event held in the Makuhari Messe, in Chiba, Japan. It is sponsored by the Kaiyodo manufacturing company. The main focus is to display and sell "garage kits", which are sculptures that usually represent not only anime and game characters, but also popular mecha/sci-fi characters and creatures such as Kuratas. These models are extremely detail oriented, and many of these sculptures appear in very small quantities due to the amateur nature of their reproduction. Unusually skilled artisans are promoted specifically during the "wonder showcase" (WSC), in which their works are given special attention and limited quantities of their masterpieces are sold for high prices to avid collectors.[1] It also showcases future releases by major toy companies.
External links[edit]
- Official Site (in Japanese)
- Official Wonder show case site (in Japanese)


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Go to Tom Ray's home page. Go to the Tierra home page.
Life on Earth is the product of evolution by natural selection operating in the medium of carbon chemistry. However, in theory, the process of evolution is neither limited to occuring on the Earth, nor in carbon chemistry. Just as it may occur on other planets, it may also operate in other media, such as the medium of digital computation. And just as evolution on other planets is not a model of life on Earth, nor is natural evolution in the digital medium.
The Tierra C source code creates a virtual computer and its Darwinian operating system, whose architecture has been designed in such a way that the executable machine codes are evolvable. This means that the machine code can be mutated (by flipping bits at random) or recombined (by swapping segments of code between algorithms), and the resulting code remains functional enough of the time for natural (or presumably artificial) selection to be able to improve the code over time.
Along with the C source code which generates the virtual computer, we provide several programs written in the assembler code of the virtual computer. Some of these were written by a human and do nothing more than make copies of themselves in the RAM of the virtual computer. The others evolved from the first, and are included to illustrate the power of natural selection.
The operating system of the virtual computer provides memory management and timesharing services. It also provides control for a variety of factors that affect the course of evolution: three kinds of mutation rates, disturbances, the allocation of CPU time to each creature, the size of the soup, etc. In addition, the operating system provides a very elaborate observational system that keeps a record of births and deaths, sequences the code of every creature, and maintains a genebank of successful genomes. The operating system also provides facilities for automating the ecological analysis, that is, for recording the kinds of interactions taking place between creatures.
This system results in the production of synthetic organisms based on a computer metaphor of organic life in which CPU time is the ``energy'' resource and memory is the ``material'' resource. Memory is organized into informational patterns that exploit CPU time for self-replication. Mutation generates new forms, and evolution proceeds by natural selection as different genotypes compete for CPU time and memory space.
Diverse ecological communities have emerged. These digital communities have been used to experimentally examine ecological and evolutionary processes: e.g., competitive exclusion and coexistence, host/parasite density dependent population regulation, the effect of parasites in enhancing community diversity, evolutionary arms race, punctuated equilibrium, and the role of chance and historical factors in evolution. This evolution in a bottle may prove to be a valuable tool for the study of evolution and ecology.


text: We didn't have a Meatless Monday post this week, but we have a really delicious Meatless Monday post for you next week and an amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe is in the works. Hard life recipe testing. Anyway, thanks for visiting us today. Growing up, my mom always made the best meatloaf. It was simple without a lot of fillers, but always so good. Now, I make my own version using extra lean ground turkey. It is one of my boyfriend's favorite meals and I probably end up making it once a month. I serve the turkey meatloaf with veggies and sweet potatoes or quinoa on the side. It makes great leftovers, too!


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#59: The Demon Castle
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I like the milage I get out of Mummy also. He's such a "simple" character, and yet for me he exists at times as this hyper-intelligent being... and other times he eats people's heads. It's great.
When evil spreads across the land, and darkness rises and the monsters roam. When the creatures of the night make beautiful music, and the things that go bump in the night go bump with greater enthusiasm. When the world is in peril and is in need of a hero...
These guys are, sadly, the best the world can hope for. These are the adventures of the heroes of CVRPG. They mean well, they try hard, and occasionally they do the impossible...
They actually do something heroic.


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A big component of the "Wellness" theme in our Humanities class over the past several weeks has been mindfulness. We end every single session with a mindfulness activity. We started with relaxing activities that brought our attention to different parts of our bodies (like a quick body scan or breathing exercises). I knew I had them hooked when they came into class asking, "What are we doing for mindfulness today?"
From there, I was lucky to have my mom come to my classes to walk us through some mindful yoga practices. She did such a wonderful job explaining how yoga can capture your attention and focus in the moment. Every student was engaged and did their very best to keep up with the flow of movements. We discovered how challenging yoga can be for the body and mind along with how exhilarating yet calming it can also be. It was such a great day!
We took advantage of the weather last week and went on a "rainbow" walk, heightening our sense of sight to identify items or objects outside in as many colors as we could find. We lay silently in the grass and heightened our sense of hearing while identifying all of the sounds around us we hadn't noticed before.
The past two weeks, we have connected mindfulness strategies to having feelings of stress and anxiety to help bring ourselves back to a balanced focus. We have used breathing techniques to "ground" ourselves, and just last week we used artistic expression as a mindful, stress-relieving activity. We imagined a piece of paper represented an overwhelming task or cause of stress, and we tore that piece of paper into tiny, more manageable pieces to create something creative and positive (a mosaic). I was surprised at how many students really loved this activity.
This week, we are approaching mindfulness from a new direction. Practicing mindful listening led to some really profound and sensitive conversations yesterday. The discussions took an unanticipated turn in every single class, which confirmed my intentions. When we listen mindfully to others, we show them we care about what they have to say, and we establish a new level of trust and respect. It is no wonder that when my students were listening mindfully to one another, many of them felt comfortable sharing personal stories, some leading members of our group to tears.
I am reminded frequently how lucky I am to work with such a kind and insightful group of students. The relationships they are building with one another and the circle of trust we are establishing makes me so proud to have created an environment in which they feel comfortable and safe with me, Mr. Brown, and one another. I can only imagine what three years together will allow.


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Serenity Oaks Addiction Treatment Center Joins in Mental Health Awareness Month
Fort Lauderdale, Florida -
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Although it is not often talked about, mental illness accounts for several of the top causes of disability in the United States. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in the US, nearly one in five (approximately 53 million) adults over the age of 18 live with some degree of mental illness, while Johns Hopkins rates this number closer to one in four, with young adults showing the highest prevalence of mental health challenges. Under half of this population received mental health resources like therapy, counseling, or doctor-prescribed medication, leaving a huge number of people suffering from mental illness without proper support and care.
The reasons many people do not seek help include experiencing feelings of shame or embarrassment for being unable to control their own impulses or behaviors, not having mental health care resources available to them or not knowing how to access them, and feeling a stigma around asking for help, or finding that issues like social phobia or lack of personal care prevent them from reaching out. There can also be a lack of crisis care, suicide prevention initiatives, and behavioral health care, especially in rural communities.
Oftentimes people suffering from mental health issues will turn to substances like drugs and alcohol to help manage the symptoms and discomfort they are experiencing. They may even develop a substance use disorder (addiction) along with their mental illness. When substance abuse and mental health disorders cooccur it's called a dual diagnosis and it requires specialized treatment to address both conditions together.
Oftentimes, loved ones will not understand another's mental illness, or may not know what to do to help. For this reason, mental health providers and wellness centers across the US are celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month to promote understanding of mental health disorders and how to access effective treatment.
Mental Health Awareness Month occurs every year during the month of May as a national movement to raise awareness about mental health through social media engagement, videos, blog posts, national events, and the sharing of personal stories. The 2022 theme is "Together for Mental Health", with the goal of educating the public on the topic of mental illness (especially since the COVID 19 pandemic), supporting those with mental health issues, fighting the stigmas attached to mental health issues, and advocating for policies that support mental health providers, the people living with these mental health issues and their families, loved ones, and caregivers.
Some of the ways people are getting involved in the Mental Health Awareness Month in the US include fundraising activities such as walkathons, taking pledges to be "stigma free" (vowing to avoid making judgments or viewing a person in a negative way just because they have a mental illness), working to expand access to resources in the community, working to improve access to rural health care for mental illness, providing education on the nuances of mental illness, attending mental health month conventions and awareness events, and sharing personal stories about mental health challenges to help others feel less alone.
Serenity Oaks Wellness Center and Addiction Treatment Clinic in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been publishing articles related to mental health issues and substance use disorders on their blog in order to help raise awareness of the issues that may arise from undiagnosed and untreated mental health conditions like bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
As this facility is licensed to treat the combination of addiction and mental health issues through dual diagnosis treatment, all care providers are well-versed in trauma-informed care, with treatment focused on simultaneously treating both concerns at the same time to achieve the best possible outcome, helping clients reach their recovery goals and attain long-lasting recovery, while finding new, healthy ways to integrate behavioral health protocols into their lives and manage their mental health disorders, including ongoing therapy, counseling, peer support, and prescription psychiatric medication if needed.
When surrounded by a supportive community, people who are dealing with mental health issues are much more likely to live a healthy, balanced life. If facilities such as Serenity Oaks treatment center continue to join mental health month to raise mental illness awareness and provide education, therapy, counseling, and other help for those dealing with mental health issues within themselves or in their community, the American public will be more likely to become that community health support system, replacing stigma and fear with the loving support and proper care that is needed.
Anyone in need of help with mental health, substance use disorder, or a combination of these, can speak with a treatment specialist anytime, 24/7 by calling (833) 720-0708. Visit their website to learn more.
For more information about Serenity Oaks Wellness Center, contact the company here:
Serenity Oaks Wellness Center
(954) 289-9980
4200 SW 54th Ct, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314


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Atomic LED Watch is Classy!
Here comes another Tokyoflash LED watch design which is extremely super-classy. I guess the designers are improving now, and they are coming up with better ideas.
Like I always say, it's not just about uniqueness, the usability factor and the style factor should also be there. This time I am happy to see that Jeanne has incorporated all the necessary elements into one LED watch design.
She describes the watch as 'Downtown'. It is a battery-powered atomic watch that comes with not only an LED screen capable of displaying time but also with a compass. Here's the creative part – the screen and the way it displays time is based on a downtown night theme with three buildings, a traffic light, taxi cab, and a cloud (which is optional) to display the time. That is what I call true creativity. Look at how wonderfully she has combined a cool theme in a watch design that doesn't even look awkward.
You can get the dates of yesterday, today, and tomorrow from the date screen which is actually the traffic signals. You can change the language to whichever in there is on-board that you like. The compass screen has the same colors as those present in the date screen to avoid confusion. That is actually the good part because with most of the LED watches, there are so many different lights and colors, that you need the manual on hand every time to read the time and date. But this one thing has been made easier. The band or straps of the watch are made from rubber, and the watch is available in four different colors: grey, dark green, navy blue, and black. Apart from everything else, the watch is super-cool and you can't ask for anything else from an LED watch. This one is one of the best LED watches I have seen in the last month.
Time is presented by the buildings on the screen. The right one represents minutes from 1-9, the left one is for hours, and the one in the center is for showing 10-minute groups. Moreover, it gets more fun to see that the AM/PM is a traffic light indicator. Awesome design Jeanne!
Check out some more watch concepts here: TokyoFlash On-Air and The Simple yet Stylish LED watch