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Below is a list of 20 plus 'quality of life' programs which supposedly [per Facebook, Vickie W] President Trump totally "killed". Really? Click link and see programs and current status of some So, Not so.
The programs supposedly "killed" include the National Enviornmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Migratory Bird Act, Clean Air Act, Noise Control Act, Farmlands Protection Act, Coastal Zone Management Act and Natiional Wildlife Refuge Act.
So — is Trump some 'barbarian' who hates all sorts of things that make America have better quality of life with safe water, birds that migrate, farms protected and wildlife taken care of ?
Yes different people disagree.
Yes — Trump is making changes. Major changes. That's clear. The MAJOR change is change of laws to speed up infra structure projects. To whit:
July 15 (UPI) —" President Donald Trump on Wednesday made sweeping changes to a pivotal environmental law, limiting public review of federal infrastructure projects to speed up approval for projects such as highways and pipelines.
"Speaking at a UPS facility in Atlanta, Trump announced that his administration had completed a "top to bottom overhaul" of the National Environmental Policy Act, issuing a final rule he said would save hundreds of millions of dollars over a decade by reducing the time to complete reviews of infrastructure projects.
"For decades the single biggest obstacle to building a modern transportation system has been the mountains and mountains of bureaucratic red tape in Washington, D.C.," Trump said. "All of that ends today."
The final rule would establish a two-year limit to finish impact statements and a one-year limit for environmental assessments, according to the White House."
Below is the list of supposedly totally "killed" by Trump programs supplied on Facebook by Vickie W. Best I can see, Trump is trying to change the regulatory process which used to mean getting permits for a highway could take more than 10 years …. Time for change? written by Cameron Jackson email@example.com

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The New York Times front page above tells an important story but not the one the Times hoped to tell. It tells a story of media collusion with the Clinton campaign and the DNC that was and is and has been the real threat to democracy.
When was the last time anyone saw a banner headline in the New York Times that was simply reporting what another news organization was reporting?
The answer is never.
And what were they reporting? That a number of anonymous super delegates who called the AP in the middle of the night, no doubt at the behest of Debby Wasserman-Schultz, the night before the crucial Democratic California primary, the last big piece in a primary battle where Bernie Sanders had already won 23 states and by landslide numbers, to say they would vote for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic convention to give her enough super delegate votes to win the nomination. Even though those anonymous "declarations" at the time didnt actually count as votes and there was no guarantee they ever would.
The message intended for Sanders voters by Clinton,the DNC and the media sending the message was clear: don't bother to show up tomorrow.No reason to vote. It's all over.
It was the equivalent of the Democrats', the DNC, Clinton campaign and news media colluding to pull off a Putsch -- a German word for the kind of middle of the night power grab that happened in Germany in the 1930's -- collusion to rig the nomination for Hillary Clinton and supress the vote for Bernie Sanders. And they did it with the help of a dishonest news media, the DNC and the unethical use of super delegates which the media also aided and abetted. Unethical because never in the history of the Democratic party has even one super delegate ever voiced a preference before the last primary was over, yet they began announcing preferences at the behest of Debby Wasserman-Schultz, to selected media outlets anonymously back in February who then included and counted the superdelegates,whose declarations didnt count along with pledged delegate totals to try to blunt the effect of landslide victories by Sanders over Clinton. And to also give the false impression that Clinton had an insurmountable lead.
Friendly to Clinton news media outlets like CNN and MSNBC included those "declarations" without even verifying them and added them to the raw totals of pledge delegates won in primaries, the only delegates that actually counted at the time. Super delegates hadnt voted to decide a nominee in 32 years. And there was no indication they would this time when their anonymous "intentions" were added to thepledged delegates won in primaries.
It was all designed to help rig the nomination for Hillary Clinton with the help of a Soviet style Pravda-like news media. They eventually succeeded when it came to the nomination. They tried it in the general election and failed.
After Clinton lost the election, the Democrats refrain or excuse, was that somehow the Russian email hack and subsequent publishing of those emails by Wikileaks was why Clinton lost. But all those emails did was expose the real fraud, rigging,deceit,rigging and collusion between the DNC,Clinton and her campaign and many in the mass media. What the emails partially exposed was the real undermining of democracy. But Democrats tried to make the issue focus on who exposed it instead of what was exposed.
It was almost like a burglar breaking into a house and discovering a man beating his wife, reporting it to the police and the abuser trying to make the case that everyone should ignore what the burglar saw because he was a burglar doing something illegal and had no business being in his house. The Russians had no business hacking the DNC and Clinton emails but what they found was domestic political abuse being committed by Clinton, the DNC and media outlets.
While the consensus of the intelligence agencies said that it was the Russians who hacked the DNC and Clinton campaign emails, then turned them over to Wikileaks, what Adam Schiff, the Democrats' spin merchant on the Intelligence Committee keeps trying to do using the Democrats predetermined strategy of hoping to bury what the emails exposed with over-generalized and even blatantly false language like "the Russian hack of the election" (they didnt "hack" the election which insinuates hacking actual vote) is try to shift the focus away from the content of those emails and the truth that they exposed and focus on who exposed it. They get some help from anti-Russian Republican hawks.
Any damage to Democrats, the DNC and the Clinton campaign as a result of those emails being made public was damage they did to themselves because of what those emails contained, not who exposed them.
So when you hear words like "Russian interference in our election that was damaging and denigrating to Hillary Clinton" what was "damaging and denigrating" to Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party was exposing the truth about what they were doing.
And what was exposed was emails showing Debby Wasserman-Schultz lying about her role and DNC collusion, doing everything she could to rig the nomination for Clinton, evidence of fraud in the results of the New York State primary, Donna Brazile feeding CNN presidential debate questions in advance to Clinton then lying about it,emails and transcripts exposing Clinton admitting in a closed door speech that she says one thing publicly about policy but privately intends on doing something else, Democratic super delegates colluding to rig the nomination for Clinton regardless of the vote, colluding to suppress the Sanders vote and his fund raising ability, and a lot more. None of which has anything to do with the Russians. The Russians, assuming they were the guilty party in the email hack,saw things that made their eyes light up and just exposed to the public through Wikileaks, what they found.
Though using the word "damaging to Hillary Clinton" is a little disengenous considering she began with the worst unfavorable ratings of any presidential candidate in history and polls showed 65% of the American people believed she was dishonest and untrustworthy.
The other false premise Democrats and the media have tried to push to both save face and continue the same deceit is that the email hack was done specifically to help Trump get elected. The argument is provably preposterous on many levels. And in the future could get some officials in legal trouble for inserting false information into an intelligence report.
First, given there were 20,000 emails from the DNC alone and another 20,000 0f Clinton campaign emails and that the Russians would have had to read them first and then give them to Wikileaks who would also have to read them and authenticate them, and given when they were released, days before the Democratic National convention ( timing the Russians had no control over) the timeline indicates the hack of the DNC first occurred sometime in February but no later than March,months before Trump won the nomination and months before he was even being taken seriously.
At the time of the first Russian hack and handing over the emails to Wikileaks most people including Republicans and almost every media outlet were mocking the idea that Trump was even running much less that he would win the nomination. So that it was done to specifically help Trump win is clearly false.
The other fact that proves it false is that the first batch of emails were released right before the Democratic convention, before Clinton was officially nominated. If anything those emails and what they exposed were to the benefit of Bernie Sanders, showing how Clinton and the DNC they were virtually cheating him and his voters and were trying to rig the system for Clinton. There was no way to know what affect those emails would have on the nominating process since neither candidate had won enough pledged delegates to secure the nomination so superdelegates were going to decide who it would be. And as every poll showed, Sanders was the candidate mostly likely to beat Trump, consistently beating Trump by 15 points, a much bigger margin than Clinton.
So idea that the Russians wanted Trump and colluded with the Trump campaign to win but released emails that would benefit the candidate most likely to beat Trump is as ludicrous and dishonest as every other argument that has been made and in some cases is still being made regarding Trump campaign collusion with Russia for which there hasnt been a shred of evidence.
Democrats and their allies have continued to deflect those facts with dishonest, distorted and overly exaggerated language like "a Russian attack on our democratic institutions".
Hillary Clinton and her presidential campaign were not "one of our democratic institutions".
People like playing the "imagine if the roles were reversed" game and often its a good way to get to the truth. And if the roles were reversed and an email hack by any foreign government, or even domestically, exposed the kind of lies, deceit, fraud, collusion and the rigging of the democratic nominating and election process by the GOP to help the Trump campaign despite public statements to the contrary and in collusion with friendly but corrupt media outlets trying to help rig the general election for Trump,one can imagine Democrats while admitting the hack illegal, praising the exposure as helping to save the democratic process and that we should all be grateful. And they would be right. We all should be grateful for what the emails exposed.
Had those DNC and Clinton campaign emails revealed paragons of honesty and truth protecting our democratic ideals and processes, had they shown Clinton and Democrats to be pillars of integrity instead of the opposite, the Russians would have had nothing to show for their hack. But what they found didn't disappoint.
That the Democrats would rig a nomination for a candidate with the highest unfavorable rating in history and a candidate who 65% said was dishonest and untrustworthy is something Democrats cant blame on the Russians. That has a lot more in common with Groucho Marx than Karl Marx.
In an answer to a question by Rep (D) Denny Heck of Washington State during the House Intelligence Committee hearings in exploring unproven ties between the Trump campaign Director of the NSA, Admiral Mike Rogers said that what is most important and inherent to democracy is to preserve the choice of the voters.
To that end Rep. Heck who comes from a state whose voters in the Democratic primary voted for Bernie Sanders to be the nominee 80-20 over Hillary Clinton but as a super delegate voted for Hillary Clinton to follow the corrupt party line, as did Al Franken in Minnesota and both senators from Washington state as well as all super delegates in states Sanders won by landslide numbers, all of them did more to undermine our democratic processes and institutions by not preserving the choice of the voters and doing what the party ordered, than Vladimir Putin and the Russians could ever do.


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Max von Baden, the heir to the German principality of Baden, was born in 1867. A public opponent of unrestricted submarine warfare, he became leader of the moderates in Germany during 1917. Baden was appointed Chancellor of Germany on 3rd October 1918 and was placed in charge of obtaining a negotiated peace with the Allies.
The Reichstag was deeply divided between socialists demanding the abdication of Wilhelm II and the right-wing who wanted the monarchy to be retained. On 9th November Baden made his decision and announced that Wilhelm would be leaving the country.
Before resigning from office, Baden appointed Frederich Ebert, the leader of the Social Democrat Party(SDP), as Chancellor of Germany. As a result of his actions, Baden was deeply hated by right-wing elements in post-war Germany.
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text: Opportunities in video marketing remain, as brands become media companiesNews / OnlineBy Nick Vivion | August 6, 2014Share This article was originally published on Consumers increasingly perceive brands as media companies, a perception that is both fueled by companies creating more engaging content and consumer expectation of more interactive and interesting advertising.A recent report sheds some light for travel marketers looking to engage more deeply with video content - a medium ideally suited to the beauty and story of the travel experience.The survey of 1,000 Americans, and 500 marketers, comes from content marketers LevelsBeyond, and points out that brands are leaving opportunities on the table, as many brands don't believe that their customers even want to see videos from the brands.There's also a disconnect between what consumers want to watch and what brands provide.Surprisingly, consumers are especially eager to consume videos that are instructive and teach how to do a particular skill. This insight could be leveraged by travel marketers in spaces where active sports or other insider knowledge could be packaged as a "how to" for a specific destination, vacation or location.Comedy comes in a second, following by product videos, micro-documentaries and animations. Travel marketers should take note of the 33% of surveyed consumers that enjoy micro-documentaries - this result is a sign that this type of content could be a way to hook browsing travelers into a purchase mindset.However, the surveyed marketers did not match what the surveyed consumers wanted to watch. Brands are focusing less on instructive videos and more videos from their own branded events. A slight focus switch from "event videos" to "micro-documentaries" could be a welcome move by consumersSocial sharing also becomes a very important component of successful online video, as consumers are much more likely to watch videos that were shared within a network. And when a video is trending, a solid 38% of respondents would be more inclined to watch that video.Despite this compelling evidence that successful social sharing drives ROI of video, brands are behind in understanding how this mechanic works.Another piece of data from Videology shows an immense shift into what video advertisers are seeking for the investment. The jump in cross-screen analysis reveals that this has quickly become one of the most important metrics for video advertising.The videos are pegged to their ability to bring attention and traffic across screens, liberating some of the conversion pressure for one particular platform as its impact can be tracked across screens.Marketers are finally starting to see video as a key component of the cross-platform marketing mix; now brands must be more considered when it comes to matching consumer appetite for video.The full report can be downloaded here.NB: Nerdy video cat courtesy Shutterstock. Marketing


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Father Michael McGivney is one step closer to recognition as a saint. The Vatican has announced that yesterday, May 26, Pope Francis approved a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to him, elevating his status to 'Blessed'. He is the first parish priest of the United States to be raised to this honor.
McGivney's cause was opened in 1997 in the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut where he ministered. Please continue to ask for his intercession, particularly during this pandemic similar to the one of Father McGivney's day in the late 19th century.
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A conveyer belt caught fire around 11:30 Thursday morning in the St. Mary's Cement company. The plant is just off I-75 near railroad tracks.
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The third round of the 26th European Club Cup saw tightly contested matches on the top six tables, all finishing in a 3.5-2.5 result. SOCAR Azerbaijan came out on the top from the clash with A DAN DZO & PGMB Chernigiv, thanks to the full points of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexander Grischuk.
If Vassily Ivanchuk was the hero of St.Petersburg Chess Club in the previous round, today it was Levon Aronian's turn to shine as he defeated exactly Ivanchuk to bring a minimal victory to Mika Yerevan. The other games in this match finished in draws.
The duo of young superstars of ShSM-64 Moscow, Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana, netted a victory against the German multiple team champion Baden-Baden OSG. For Economist-SGSEU-1 the most valuable result came from the 6th board where Michael Roiz used the advantage of white pieces.
Top round four pairings are ShSM-64 Moscow – Economist-SGSEU-1, Mika Yerevan – Bihac CK, Vesnianka Gran – SOCAR Azerbaijan, G-Team Novy Bor – Viking Stockholm, Oslo Schakselskap – St.Petersburg Chess Club, Naiden Voinov CC – Baden-Baden OSG and Beer Sheva CC – Yugra.
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Samaia Tbilisi continues with the good play at the 15th European Club Cup for Women and defeats neighbors from Armenia, Mika Yerevan, in the third round of the competition. At the same time, AVS narrowly beats another Russian team, Giprorechtrans, thanks to IM Muzychuk Mariya on the 4th board.
The defending champion Cercle d'Echecs de Monte Carlo, angered after yesterday's setback, sat to play against CS Fischer Chieti. One draw, on the third board, was all that the sympathic Italians are taking home tonight.
BAS bounced back easier than expected, with a victory against USV Volksbank Halle.
Round four pairings are Samaia Tbilisi – AVS, St.Petersburg Chess Club – Cercle d'Echecs de Monte Carlo, MIKA Yerevan – BAS Beograd, Giprorechtrans – USV Volksbank Halle, CS Fischer Chieti – Lokomotiv 2000, Ashdod Elite CC – Herzliya Chess Club and KSC Komarno – Oslo Schakselkap.


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One of the most enduring of all dramatic superstitions is the belief that William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, is cursed. Merely mentioning the name of the Scottish play in a theatre is said to be enough to invoke the hex.
Could it be that all the talk of supernatural influences is mere the product of the infamous 'artistic temperament'? The truth is stranger than you might think.
Talk of Witches
16th century England was a superstitious place. Belief in fairies, witches, and other magical beings was rife. King James I instigated witch-hunts and even wrote a book about demonology.
According to some scholars, Shakespeare turned to the king's book, as well as the trial records of Scottish witches, for reference material while writing Macbeth. However, according to other commentators, the bard's research led him to actual spells and incantations used by real witches. The witches were none too pleased that old Will published their secret recipes, and they were believed to have cursed the play in retaliation. At least angry witches are not something you ever need to worry about when you play Roulette for real money online.
Effects of the Curse
According to the Royal Shakespeare Company, the effects of the curse have been felt since the very first production – at least, that is what the legends say. One story is that real daggers were used as props; something that resulted in an actor's death.
Another is that the man in the role of Lady Macbeth died suddenly and had to be replaced by Shakespeare himself. An unhappy audience member set a theatre on fire in 1721. Rivalry between actors playing in opposing productions lead to New York's Astor Place Riot in 1849.
Sir Laurence Olivier narrowly escaped being injured by stage weight that fell, although other actors sustained injuries in other ways during a 1937 performance at London's Old Vic theatre. While playing the role of Lady Macbeth in 1948, Diana Wynyard fell almost 5m off the rostrum.
During a lead role performance in Bermuda in 1954, Charlton Heston suffered burns to his groin due to heat, sweat, and the kerosene in which the launderer had dipped his tights.
Macbeth was being staged at the D. Maria II National Theatre in Lisbon, Portugal, when it burned to the ground in December 1964. A 1980 production starring Peter O'Toole at the Old Vic received such terrible reviews that the theatre company disbanded. Bulgarian-born singer, singing coach and translation Bantcho Bantchevsky committed suicide during a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera version of the play in New York in 1988.
Countering the Curse
If you blurt the name 'Macbeth' either inadvertently or on purpose while in a theatre, the first thing to remember is not to panic. Secondly, you need to leave the theatre.
Once you have exited it, you need to turn around three times, spit, utter a dirty word, and then knock on the door to be let back in. Some of the insults and swear words in the works of Shakespeare include elf-skin, bull's-pizzle, scurvy companion, puke-stocking, and whoreson obscene greasy tallow-catch.


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While painting on canvas has its advantages, such as the absorption of paint into the canvas and the texture, it also presents the painter with a variety of challenges. For example, if you make an error or simply want to change an element of the painting, it can seem more difficult than if you were working in another medium on another type of surface. However, it is still possible to fix mistakes in a canvas painting.
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Check to see if the paint is completely dry. Oil paint takes several days to dry, and the method of removal will depend on the state of your painting.
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Remove any wet paint with the dull side of a butter knife, blotting the remaining paint with a rag to dry it more quickly. If the paint is still wet, consider blending it with surrounding colors to make the mistake less noticeable, letting the paint dry and painting over it.
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May 13, 2020
NWS hosts virtual Audition Intensive
As one of three co-founders and partners of the National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS), NWS will host a virtual Audition Intensive – the first one to be all online. The application deadline is May 22, 2020. Click here to apply.
Since NAAS's formation in 2018, NWS has hosted over 65 participants at the New World Center for Audition Intensives at no cost to the participants. The three-day sessions include instrumental and performance training faculty from major orchestras and institutions across the country, many of them NWS alumni. In the virtual realm, the summer's Audition Intensive will now take place across two months and feature numerous distance learning opportunities for participants.
All activities will be held online through various media platforms, allowing coaches and participants to participate from the comfort and safety of their homes. These include live-streamed webinars and master classes, two mock audition opportunities with feedback by faculty, two remote lessons with intensive faculty, performance psychology training with Noa Kageyama, and additional group classes.
Former NAAS participants and faculty at the New World Center
In a joint statement JT Kane, NWS's Dean of Visiting Faculty and Orchestra Manager, and Bill Neri, Sphinx's NAAS Project Manager, said:
The National Alliance for Audition Support is an unprecedented national initiative to increase diversity in American orchestras. The NAAS Audition Intensive, regularly hosted by the New World Symphony, will be held entirely online and will offer participants a number of distance learning opportunities. The curriculum will include remote private lessons, performance psychology training, and a number of classes on a range of topics to help participants hone their orchestral skills. By going online, we will be able to include a far greater number of musicians to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. More musicians will be able to work with our distinguished coaches for multiple mock auditions, lessons, and master classes over several weeks. We're very excited about the possibilities the online NAAS Audition Intensive brings to further our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in the orchestral field.
Meet the Faculty
The Summer 2020 Audition Intensive includes eight instrumental faculty, half of whom are NWS alumni.
Wind/Brass coaches:
Demarre McGill, Principal Flute, Seattle Symphony
Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe, Nashville Symphony
* Alexander Laing, Principal Clarinet, Phoenix Symphony
* Alberto Suarez, Principal Horn, Kansas City Symphony
Weston Sprott, trombone, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
String coaches:
* Philip Payton, violin, Freelance Artist in New York City
Beverly Kane Baker, Principal Viola, Virginia Symphony
Owen Young, cello, Boston Symphony
* Ju-Fang Liu, Principal Bass, Indianapolis Symphony
* NWS alumni
Noa Kageyama, founder of the Bulletproof Musician, will be the Audition Intensive's Performance Psychology Training coach.
Noa Kageyama leads a performance psychology session for NAAS participants at the New World Center
More Information
NAAS Audition Intensives: http://www.sphinxmusic.org/naas-audition-intensives/
History of NAAS: https://nws.edu/news/nws-helps-launch-national-alliance-for-audition-support/
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Protein Factory Review
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How about the new one that biggest loser/kim lyons are promoting protein freeze?
- April 19, 2009 at 5:47 AM
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How has your experience with these products changed, after three months? Still satisfied with your order and the company in general? Did you ever try recipes with either of these?
I agree with you re: the percentages-of-whole thing. It's a real balancing act getting one's ingredients right.
- July 30, 2009 at 1:55 PM
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Although, I recently decided to cut lactose out of my diet, so I no longer use the Protein Factory products and have switched to Living Harvest hemp protein powder. Although, my husband still uses the Protein Factory protein powder.
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The "Antibacterial" Myth
In a world that's increasingly filled with organic and inorganic pathogens that pose a host of threats to anyone or anything that comes in contact with them, it's no wonder that we live in times that is ripe for the promotion and marketing of hyper-sanitization as the prescribed way of life. Antibacterial everything is the new ideal.
Antibacterial substances were originally used in environments such as hospitals and laboratories that required a superior level of sanitisation, given the nature of the work that they conduct within these premises. But as we're relooking at everything we know about cleaning, and its impact on our health as well as that of the environment, it's becoming increasingly clear that we may be living an antibacterial myth. We're waking up to the fact that perhaps the entire antibacterial approach to cleaning is causing us more harm than we know.
How much is too much?
At the end of the day, antibacterials and antimicrobials are chemicals employed for the strict purpose of killing bacteria and microbes. As with any other chemical, they must be used with caution and deliberation. Indiscriminate use can inevitably have adverse consequences. When antibacterial chemicals were first introduced, they were limited to use in environments in need of sterilization. However today, they've made their way into a range of products including wet-wipes, cutting boards and other household plastics, toilet seats and other bathroom accessories, hand gels and some cosmetics too. We're well into an era of overuse of antibacterials.
In early 2016, the US FDA began looking into this indiscriminate use of antibacterial chemicals in products, specifically how they employed Triclosan, and revealed that they added no additional cleaning benefits, and could be skipped altogether. But, it wasn't until late 2016, that the FDA issued a mandate on the safe use of antibacterial products, pushing us to question if the idea that antibacterial products are essential, or if it is merely a convenient marketing-friendly myth.
Triclosan and the antibiotic resistance problem
Triclosan is widely used in antibacterial products. It is a biocide – a bacteria-killing substance – and an active ingredient in a range of consumer products with germicidal properties. Curiously, while antibacterials are ostensibly marketed as essential and required for our health, they are now being linked to the rise of superbugs due to the presence of biocides like triclosan that are destroying not just our health, but our eco-systems too.
That is not all. Today, superbugs are being linked to antibiotic resistance enhanced by the overuse of antibiotics, disinfectants and biocides in our environment. Infections such as salmonellosis, pneumonia, gonorrhoea and tuberculosis are on the rise, with greater resistance to the chemicals once used to fight them, making it harder and harder to build stronger antidotes. Over time, this could pose a huge challenge, especially for developing nations like India, that is fighting to handle rising medical care costs. Higher incidence of superbugs inevitably comes with rising antibiotic resistance which consequently means higher hospital costs, longer stays, a heightened risk of epidemic outbreak, and eventually an unhealthy mortality rate.
How do we combat this?
A good place to begin would be to fundamentally question if antibacterial chemicals deserve a place in your home, office or immediate environment. First and foremost let's understand the difference between cleaning, disinfection and sterilization to determine what is needed in our homes.
Secondly, let's understand the issue with antibiotic resistance and how overuse of antibacterial chemicals can enhance it. Much like the overuse of antibiotics – bacteria killing chemicals – are linked to bacteria developing resistance to medication, the same is true for the overuse of antibacterial chemicals causing bacteria to develop resistance to them.
When a bacterium repeatedly encounters its antidote with enough frequency, it has the capacity to develop mechanisms within it to fight the antidote. This occurs due to an organic change within the organism that either protects it from the action of the antidote or neutralizes it altogether, rendering it ineffective either way. A morphed bacterium, or what we call a superbug, becomes dangerous because it now has the capacity to multiply and pass on its capacity to resist the antidotes. In the case of antibacterial chemicals, the biocide, the same occurs with harmful bacteria within the home. This is essentially why we need to regulate the use of antibacterial substances altogether. The emphasis placed on hyper clean, sanitized surroundings that the modern, urban society tends to obsess over these days may very well be the reason why we are at this juncture today. This is also being linked to the sudden spike in instances of allergic asthma and conditions such as hay fever or allergic rhinitis.
The Hygiene Hypothesis is a theory that espouses a healthy degree of exposure to moderately "unclean" conditions. It questions current trends to over-clean and disinfect living environments that wipe out all microbes – good and bad. The theory also challenges norms of cleaning, making a case for safer, natural cleaning processes that can ensure that we are safe from the potential imbalance in the microbial biodiversity that is caused by over cleaning. It was introduced by Professor David P Stachan in the the 1980s based on his observation that when children were exposed to a range of germs, they actually experienced fewer instances of hay fever. Early, controlled exposure had helped build immunity and a capacity to fight infection when it struck. This formed the basis for his research and study of how exposure unclean conditions can in fact promote some degree of health and wellness in children.
According to the Hygiene Hypothesis, being in an environment that is not 100% free of microbes, is better than being in an environment cleaned using strong chemical antibacterials that not only strip away good microbes, but also introduce harmful chemicals into our system. Being in contact with a moderate degree of bacteria can therefore be good for building immunity and maintaining a required balance in microbes outside and inside our bodies. In other words, it's probably good to get down and dirty every now and then. Ditch the antibacterial myth and explore alternative, natural cleaners instead.


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"The fears, the tensions, the dramas, the personality clashes, the tedium of training, the problems of motivation, injuries, loss of form, the highs and lows, new people coming through, old stars beginning to fade, that sort of stuff goes on, and will go on forever."
More than anything else, this quote by Hunter Davies in the introduction to The Glory Game explains why it is still being read and why it is rightfully considered a classic of the sport. On the one hand, so much has changed around the sport over the last 40 years since the book was written. On the other hand, so many of the fundamental things have not. Last Saturday, watching Tottenham face Everton, the Spurs scored in the 65th minute from a set piece that had me flipping through to the last pages of this book. One of the appendices diagrams the scoring set pieces that the team used during the 1971-1972 season. It wasn't there, but I looked.
Hunter Davies, author of the only authorized biography of The Beatles, wrote in his introduction to the 2011 edition of The Glory Game about a concern he had when the book first appeared in 1973. He hoped that it would appeal to an audience larger than Tottenham Hotspur fans. Through the unprecedented access Mr. Davies was granted by Tottenham, he was able to examine the club from all sides, to give a complete look at the inner workings of a top division team, and write a story that transcends the lines of fandom, and the hands of time.
The book moves across one season through chapters on the players, manager, staff, directors, and even fans. Almost anyone connected with the team who would talk to him, and even a few who were reluctant to, are profiled. In the chapter 'Bill Goes to Bristol ', Davies takes a trip with manager Bill Nicholson to watch a reserves match. For all of the difficulties in getting the manager to open up, the conversation that they share in this chapter reveals Nicholson as a man whose life is as measured and considered as the answers he gives. "I get no pleasure out of being a manager," he tells Davies. "It's a job."
First day: We passed a school and all the kids in the playground stopped to cheer and wave. One or two shouted 'Arsenal, Arsenal'.
Reserves and Nerves: All the Spurs' players who work their way up internally, starting with the club as youngsters, say that they have this worry that Spurs, because of their resources and reputation, will buy somebody better, or perhaps just more famous, and they'll be out of the team.
Nantes: "All they have to do is play it simple. That's the answer, but they won't do it. When you get into difficulties, when the opposing team are doing well and not letting you do anything, all you do is play it very simple and things go your way."
Pat Jennings: His arrival in football was sudden and meteoric. In just eighteen months, from never having played in any sort of football team before, he was in the English First Division.
Something unexpectedly nice about the book is that there are no photographs. At the time it was written, most readers, especially Spurs fans, would have known what the players looked like. Now you realize them on a different and deeper level, as humans rather than an image. Through Hunter Davies' descriptions, for example of Martin Chivers popping the plate with his front teeth out before games, you draw the characters in your own mind.
The chapters are short, typically a dozen pages each, stories that build on each other in layers rather than by momentum. It is not a diary of a year and the domestic season isn't examined in great depth. Instead, the matches on which trophies hinge are described in the greatest detail, games that through their intensity spotlight the best and worst of the team's development: Super Leeds (FA Cup), Nantes (UEFA), The Battle of Bucharest (UEFA), and Milan ( Anglo-Italian League Winners' Cup) .
This book's many layers, like those of a sweet onion, will add flavor to your appreciation of the game. The Glory Game is the seminal work on the inner life of a club, as relevant today as it was when it was published over 40 years ago.
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Measure of Academic Progress - MAP Testing
What is NWEA?
NWEA stands for Northwest Evaluation Association. NWEA is a non-profit organization that has assessed over 4.5 million students. NWEA has a presence in 49 foreign countries, 50 states, and 3400 districts.
What is MAP?
MAP stands for Measures of Academic Progress. MAP is an online assessment that is aligned to the PA Common Core standards.
What is different about MAP?
These computerized tests are adaptive and offered in Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics. When taking a MAP test, the difficulty of each question is based on how well a student answers all of the previous questions. As the student answers correctly, questions become more difficult. If the student answers incorrectly, the questions become easier. In an optimal test, a student answers approximately half the items correctly and half incorrectly. The final score is an estimate of the student's achievement level.
Why MAP?
Results from MAP tests are typically available to teachers, schools, and districts with 48 hours of when the student completes the test. Whereas, results of State assessments are typically not available for a minimum of three months. MAP allows schools to assess students for growth during the school year and between school years. MAP data allows schools to differentiate and adjust instruction for individuals students, groups of students, or entire classes based on results of the assessment. The results can be used by students, parents, teachers, grade levels, subject areas, schools, and the school district for a variety of purposes.
How long does it take to complete a test?
Although the tests are not timed, it usually takes students about one hour to complete each MAP test. MAP for Primary Grades tests take from 20 to 30 minutes to complete.
How often will my child be tested?
Students will be tested in Fall, Winter, and Spring.
What are MAP tests used for?
MAP assessments are used to measure each student's progress or growth in school. Parents may have a chart in their home that marks their child's height at certain times, such as on his or her birthday. This is a growth chart. It shows how much he or she has grown from one year to the next. MAP assessments do the same sort of thing, except they measure each child's growth in mathematics, reading, and language usage. The scale used to measure each child's progress is called a RIT scale (Rasch unIT), which is an equal-interval scale much like feet and inches on a yardstick. It is used to chart each child's academic growth from year to year.
How will the school use the test scores?
MAP tests are important to teachers because they keep track of progress and growth in basic skills. The test scores let teachers know where a student's strengths are OR if help might be needed in any specific areas. Teachers use this information to help guide individual and group instruction in the classroom. Grade levels, subject areas, schools, and the district will use results to continue to improve teaching and learning and helping each student grow as much as they can.
More Information Related to MAP
- District Average: the average RIT score for all students in the school district in the same grade who were tested at the same time as your child.
- Norm Group Average: the average score of students who were in the same grade and tested in the same term as observed in the latest NWEA norming study.
- Percentile Range: percentiles are used to compare one student's performance to that of the norm group. Percentile means the student score as well as, or better than, that percent of students taking the test in his/her grade.
- Percentile Rank: this number indicates the percentage of students in the NWEA norm group for this grade that this student's score equaled or exceeded. The percentile rank is a normative statistic that indicates how well a student performance in comparison to the student in the norm group. A student percentile rank indicates that the student scored as well as, or better than, the percent of student in the norm group. In other words, a student with a percentile rank of 72 scored as well as, or better than, 72 percent of the students in the norm group.
- RIT: tests developed by NWEA use a scale called a RIT to measure student achievement and growth. RIT stands for Rasch unIT, which is a measurement scale developed to simplify the interpretation of test scores. The RIT score relates directly to the curriculum scale in each subject area.


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Abstract and Introduction
Context. Ionizing radiation is a well-established risk factor for brain tumors. During recent years, microwave exposure from the use of cellular telephones has been discussed as a potential risk factor.
Objective. To determine risk factors for brain tumors.
Design. A case-control study, with exposure assessed by questionnaires.
Participants. A total of 233 currently living men and women, aged 20 to 80 years, were included. The case patients had histopathologically verified brain tumors and lived in the Uppsala-Orebro region (1994-1996) or the Stockholm region (1995-1996). Two matched controls to each case were selected from the Swedish Population Register.
Main Outcome Measures. Ionizing radiation and use of cellular telephones as risk factors for brain tumors.
Results. A total of 209 cases (90%) and 425 controls (91%) answered the questionnaire. Work as a physician yielded an odds ratio (OR) of 6.00, with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 0.62 to 57.7. All three case patients had worked with fluoroscopy. Radiotherapy of the head and neck region yielded an OR of 3.61 (95% CI, 0.65-19.9). Medical diagnostic x-ray examination of the same area yielded an OR of 2.10 (95% CI, 1.25-3.53), with a tumor induction period of 5 years or more. Chemical industry work yielded an OR of 4.10 (95% CI, 1.25-13.4), and laboratory work yielded an OR of 3.21 (95% CI, 1.16-8.85). Ipsilateral use of cellular telephones increased the risk for tumors in the temporal, temporoparietal, and occipital lobes (OR, 2.42; 95% CI, 0.97-6.05), ie, the anatomic areas with highest exposure to microwaves from a mobile telephone. The result was further strengthened (OR, 2.62; 95% CI, 1.02-6.71) in a multivariate analysis that included laboratory work and medical diagnostic x-ray investigations of the head and neck.
Conclusion. Exposure to ionizing radiation, work in laboratories, and work in the chemical industry increased the risk of brain tumors. Use of a cellular telephone was associated with an increased risk in the anatomic area with highest exposure.
Keywords: Brain tumors, fluoroscopy, radiologist, radiation, medical x-ray, cellular telephones
Ionizing radiation is the only established risk factor for brain tumors. The highest risk has been reported for meningioma.[1,2] Recently, 2 cases of brain tumor diagnosed in 1997 among Toronto, Ontario, cardiologists were reported.[3] This might be a chance finding, but since both were occupationally exposed to radiation, a causal association with such exposure could not be excluded.
Some reports have associated pesticides and exposure to certain other chemicals with an increased risk for brain tumors.[1] Based on animal studies, the artificial sweetener aspartame has been discussed as a potential risk factor for especially malignant brain tumors.[4] It was introduced in Sweden in 1981 and is now widely used in different types of food, especially in low-calorie drinks.[5]
Recently, we published results from our case-control study on brain tumors and the use of cellular telephones.[6] For ipsilateral use of a cellular phone, an increased risk was found in the anatomic areas with highest exposure, ie, temporal, temporoparietal, and occipital lobes.
In the same questionnaire, lifetime occupational history and exposure to various agents while working and during leisure time were assessed. These results have not been published so far. Moreover, we have now grouped both sides of anatomic area of the brain and analyzed exposure to mobile phones in relation to the ear used for the calls. The matched control was assigned the same anatomic localization as the corresponding case. Finally, multivariate analysis was performed on risk factors for brain tumor in this study. Thus, in the following, we present further results from the investigation.
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Cite this: Case-Control Study on Radiology Work, Medical X-ray Investigations, and Use of Cellular Telephones as Risk Factors for Brain Tumors - Medscape - May 04, 2000.


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Just days after Ironman officials announced the swimming portion of Sunday's Chattanooga Ironman was canceled due to strong currents and higher levels of E. coli, participants were amazed to hear they would once again take to the water after the Army Corps of Engineers Ironman division were able to successfully drain and refill the Tennessee River.
Some competitors were fully prepared to put their lives and health on the line but were fine not having to do that as well.
"I was fully ready to be washed away or shit blood for the rest of eternity for a free t-shirt and bumper sticker", said Ironman participant Hans Pantski. "Not having to do that is cool too."
"The biggest challenge we faced was locating the stopper we placed at the bottom of the fast flowing river," explained Army Corp of Engineers Ironman department spokesman Ray Dankman. "We were also very fortunate that many residents along the river were gracious enough to lend their garden hoses and water for a faster refill time."


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Yesterday I talked about how Jesus' teachings provided an alternative to the other types of Judaism being practiced at his time. In an anxious world that was predicting its own destruction, Pharisees worked at mutating their religion so that it could survive, Sadducees doubled-down on the old ways and traditions, Zealots sharpened their weapons and prepared for revolution, and Jesus looked and saw all of these choices and realized that they were united by one thing. Each was an attempt to avoid the coming destruction, to somehow deflect the coming suffering. If only we follow the rules closely enough, the Pharisees said, we will not suffer. If only we maintain our power and privileges, the Sadducees said, we will not suffer. If we are successful in tearing down a corrupt and evil system, the Zealots said, we will not suffer. Jesus saw these beliefs as illusory. Suffering cannot be avoided, he said. The question is not whether we can escape suffering. The question is whether we can suffer and still love.
The disciples assume that they'll be saved from suffering. After all, they belong to Jesus' in-group. And, since the Kingdom of God is a vision of the world where there's no suffering at all, it's easy for them to assume that they can follow Jesus around the suffering. That the Kingdom of God is, for them, a kind of escape hatch. Yet when someone asks him if only a few will be saved, he tells them that there are no guarantees. "Try to enter by the narrow door," he says, and then he goes on to talk about his own coming suffering in Jerusalem. The narrow door is cross-shaped. It is not an escape from, but a journey through, suffering, and not everyone is very good at accepting and living through suffering. Many will try to escape it, like the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Zealots do.
I am one of those who is not very good at accepting suffering. Suffering always feels like an insult to my capacity for control. When I suffer, my prayer practices tend to fall away. I grow sad and angry. I eat too much. I know this about myself, yet it always takes me by surprise. I pray through the good times, dedicated to my devotions, and I expect them to support me in the bad times. They don't. This is mostly because they are mine, an effort of my own will. My ego is involved in them, and suffering strips the ego away. I strive to enter through the narrow door, but in the end, it is only grace that brings me through. Far from being the first, I am invariably the last to come to terms with suffering and let it shrive me.
Our world right now abounds with Pharisees, Sadducees, and Zealots. They're entwined in our political and religious lives. I am often one of them, or at least I let my mind travel down hallways of expected self-perfection, authority, and dominance. Yet these are the very things that have to be stripped away if we are to enter through the narrow door. We all journey to Jerusalems of our own making, and our crosses will find us eventually. There is no just and loving way around suffering. There is the only the passage through it.


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Unfortunately this is the only post I'm getting up, but I don't want you all to be disappointed that you couldn't see this awesome stuff I've found this week (and some last).
A Strong Mind is a Strong Body-Dr. Lisa Lewis is a super smart lady that can really teach us a lot about mindset in this field. This episode of the Nia Shanks podcast drops big time knowledge for us to all learn from.
Is an Exercise Science Degree Really Worth It?-In part 1 (also read part 2) of this series of post, Eric Cressey gives his thoughts on whether degrees in a related major for strength coaching is a necessity. When I discovered this article it was really funny timing because I had just graduated from UMaine with a degree in, guess what, yes Exercise Science.
10 Things Every Lifter Should Be Able to Do-Dan John is absolutely one of my favorite coaches to read and listen to. His article from September on T-Nation has a nicely packaged list of things to shoot for in your training goals.
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|Illustrative examples of the point made in the previous paragraph
- Retrieving the audio file
- Having the program which "plays" the sound parse the sound (analyze it)
- Connect to the computer speakers
- Play the sound.
While the steps are involve more technicality than this, it is obvious that the "play sound ___" block is not just one isolated step. It is a process which has been abstracted into a single block in the programming language.
|Each of these blocks is an abstraction inside of the scratch interface. They all have more complex underlying commands broken down into steps which perform the processes inside of the block.
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Growing up, I cannot remember being aware of there being a Mother's day until the late 90s when Archies Gallery shops started selling greeting cards for this particular day. Americana had arrived in urban India.
It is probably an invented holiday and has now ended up as a day – my email, SMS and push notifications, all get inundated with various discounts offers.
But today is different. It is the first one I am observing without my mother being around.
Coping with loss has been incredibly hard. The last six months remain the most difficult months in my life.
She was discharged from the hospital – and on the way back home I was with her in the ambulance. I held her hand and we joked about something I cannot recollect now. She was in great spirits looking forward to get back home and we were talking about random things. There was nothing to be alarmed about. She only had a leg infection that needed treatment.
She suddenly complained about feeling a bit giddy on the way home.
And she passed out in the next few seconds. We frantically took her to a nearby hospital within the next few minutes. She was gone by then.
Decades of memories, her voice, humour, laughter all coming to a halt suddenly in those 10-odd minutes in an ambulance. All ended by an embolism.
I was consoled by being told that she had me right next to her in her last moments. My face was what she saw last. It really did not matter to me. It did not feel like a consolation at all. It still does not.
Several weeks passed before I would actually manage to get any reasonable sleep. Most times I would sleep out of sheer fatigue. I cried to myself a lot, but it took a good three months before I felt any better after a good cry.
I still drift off, lose sleep, feel a sense of horror, desperation, fear, anger and so much more when I think of her last moments.
I have hardly spoken much about this, I write today because it important for me to be okay with her memories. I want to remember 'Aai' better and not through the prism of my grief or her last moments.
That started happening when I was walking in a nearby mall and the speakers were blaring out a popular song from the 80s "Wake me up, before you go go".
I remember her playing that particular song, on her red cassette player. I broke down in the middle of strangers hearing that song. But this time it felt good. It felt like she was around.
I was remembering her differently. I had for a few months stopped watching movies, listening to music she enjoyed because it was just too difficult.
Through songs she enjoyed and introduced me to, through movies we watched together, through books we exchanged notes about, through documentaries we watched, through discussing some creative writing done by one of her students, I started thinking about her life more from her perspective, her actions and choices rather than my grief.
Grief is difficult, it is also selfish and it takes time.
Today, on Mother's Day – I wanted to think about how she shaped me as a person.
There are many stories but this one stands out from my childhood.
I was six years old. I had a fight with my childhood friend (we are still good friends). We had a major falling out, as major a falling out 6 years olds can have. But words were exchanged. Even though he said something nasty, I remember I was not exactly the innocent party.
I don't remember what we fought over. What I do remember is going home and telling my mom sheepishly about it. I was feeling a bit guilty about my behaviour.
She told me to go over to my friend and apologise to him. I refused.
It was a bit shocking, I expected my mother to support me. She always encouraged me to speak up, to fight for something you felt strongly about. She was always in my corner.
But she insisted I apologise. We lived on the fourth floor and my friend on the ground floor of the apartment building. The apartment building had no elevator.
I told her I will do it the next day, his dad was home that day and I did not want his parents to laugh at me. That I was not willing to climb down 4 stories and back up home.
She opened the door and literally showed me out and stood at the door. Told me to get moving downstairs and come back home only after I had said "Sorry" to my friend.
I went down and rang the bell. The worst thing happened – my friend's dad opened the door. I asked for my friend and he called out for him.
There father and son stood in front of me. I gathered some courage and apologised to my friend. I saw my friend showed confusion, his father looked on with a smile I can still remember very vividly. My friend barely said its okay and I ran up back home. I felt incredibly light hearted.
Sure enough mom was still at the door. She asked what happened and as I told her how I apologised, she conjured up magically some treat for me to eat. It was reward for learning to say "Sorry" she told me.
I learned it feels good to admit mistakes and correct them. It taught me to think with empathy, even though I doubt I could have spelled that word correctly at that point of time.
My mother taught me and my sister loads through such words, actions and her own example.
A week after she was gone, a student of hers contacted me. This fifteen or sixteen year old was telling me he was thankful that she was his teacher. He learned a lot about from her about life and character apart from his studies. His words now give me some perspective of how others remember her.
It wouldn't be fair to remember her through only the prism of my grief or through those last moments I was with her. I have to remember her as a person, with her imperfections, with her incredible laughter and joy. I have to remember her well. It will take some more time, but I will get there.
Happy mother's day to all of you.


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Catherine spends that night in Henry's room, making love and watching searchlights roam the sky. In the morning, she prepares him for the operation and warns him that the anesthetic tends to make people chatty, so he should be careful not to brag about her.
The searchlights are part of the Milan defenses. Even as they make love, they can't escape the war. And in the daytime, they must hide their relationship entirely.
Catherine then asks Henry how many other women he has loved. He says "None." Next, she asks how many he has slept with. He gives the same answer, though they both know he's lying. Even so, Catherine is pleased at these responses.


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DC carryout owner back on her feet 43 days after being shot by man she tried to help
WASHINGTON - The owner of a Jamaican carryout has made a remarkable recovery after being shot four times during a robbery outside her Northwest D.C. business. It was a vicious assault she did not see coming, especially after she fought with the suspect with the suspect and ended up pulling off his mask.
It has been 43 days since "Pinkie" was critically wounded outside her North Capitol Street carryout. She was shot once in each arm and leg on the night of Jan. 25 after fighting with a man she knew well.
RELATED: Jamaican carryout owner shot by known customer, daughter says
Pinkie has been trying to reclaim her life for the last several weeks in the physical therapy room at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. In the past day or so, she has finally been able to place the full weight of her body on her badly-wounded leg.
Sitting on her bed down the hall, she describes the wound to her right arm.
"On this hand, I got shot right below the wrist," she said. "Because this was so close, it shattered my bone."
On the night of the shooting, Pinkie and two co-workers had just closed the Jam Doung Style Cuisine carryout and were walking to their cars when a man came out of the shadows and announced a stick-up.
"I offered to give him the money," Pinkie recalled. "I said, 'I will give you the money.' But this guy wanted the pocketbook for some reason. He didn't want just the money. He wanted my pocketbook. So we struggled. I didn't know who it was at first."
From a camera mounted on the outside of a funeral home across the street, you can see the struggle take place. Pinkie decided she was going to fight. While screaming for help, she reached for the gunman's mask.
"I said, 'It's you! You robbing me?' I couldn't believe it was him," she said.
She said Chaval Reid was the man with the gun. He was a man she knew well.
"He is a guy that I feed," Pinkie said. "He comes into my store, he doesn't have money and I feed him. I talk to him like a mother. He calls me mom."
But he had no mercy as he shot Pinkie in each arm and leg.
"My body was burning like it was on fire," she described.
Reid is now dead. He was gunned down on Irving Street in Northeast D.C. on Feb. 7. There have been no arrests in connection to his death.
Reflecting 43 days later, Pinkie explained why she decided to fight.
"I work hard," she said. "I get up at seven o'clock in the morning, I go into that restaurant, I do 12, 13 hours every day. I was just not going to give up just like that."
Now it is what she misses most. The aroma of the food she has cooked with love all her life.
"I miss the face of my customers," said Pinkie. "There is just so much that I miss. It's my day."
But getting back to work might have to wait awhile. Those wounds still need to heal.
When Reid was shot and killed, D.C. police said there was already a warrant out for his arrest in the shooting of Pinkie outside the carryout.
In the 17 years the restaurant has been in business, it has been robbed five times.
Pinkie said she wants all her customers to know she misses them and hopes to see them soon.


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The average daily number of full-time prisoners in Australia in the June quarter 2008 was 26,677. This was an increase of 1% on the March quarter 2008, and of less than 1% on the June quarter 2007.
Nationally, the June quarter 2008 average daily imprisonment rate was 164 prisoners per 100,000 adult population, a decrease of 1% from the June quarter 2007 (166 prisoners). The Northern Territory had the highest imprisonment rate (590 prisoners per 100,000 adult population), followed by Western Australia (230) and New South Wales (182).
The national average daily Indigenous imprisonment rate in the June quarter 2008 was 2,190 per 100,000 adult Indigenous population, an increase of 2% from the previous quarter and a decrease of 1% from the June quarter 2007.
The largest proportional increase in the Indigenous imprisonment rate from the June quarter 2007 was recorded in South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory (including Australian Capital Territory prisoners held in New South Wales prisons), (both 8%). Western Australia recorded the largest proportional decrease (7%) over the same period.
Sentenced Prisoner Receptions
There were 7,439 sentenced prisoner receptions into full-time custody in Australia in the June quarter 2008. The number of sentenced receptions increased by 554 (8%) from the March quarter 2008, and by 738 (11%) from the June quarter 2007.
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COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS RATE(a), By states and territories
In the June quarter 2008, the rate of community-based corrections for males was 557 per 100,000 adult male population compared to 123 females per 100,000 adult female population. Males were almost five times more likely to be in community-based corrections than females.
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Things have been getting colorful in Cleveland's Gordon Square over the past few weeks: Eight murals have appeared on the sides of buildings throughout the neighborhood's Arts District.
"I used to live not to far from here, so it's great to be a part of this," Cleveland artist Darius Steward said. "I guess I can call it a face lift."
This is the first time Steward has used spray paint, instead of a brush. Steward wanted his mural to depict struggle, and being pulled back to reality.
"I didn't want to just come here and make a piece that looks nice" he said. "I still wanted to make a piece that had an impact."
The artwork is helping to revitalize the neighborhood.
"Public art really rallies people around have pride in their neighborhood," Carrie Carpenter, President and CEO of the Gordon Arts District, said. "They are able to point to something and say, 'That's my neighborhood. This is something I'm part of this is here for me to enjoy.'"
Eileen Dorsery has her art studio in Gordon Square, and helped paint a mural called "More Heart than Art."
"Even though I don't live here, I have always thought I was part of the neighborhood so now everyone can see that," she said. "It's such a different experience than painting on a canvas. It's just so much more movement, you are kind of like dancing while you are painting."
Baltimore artist duo Jessie and Katey are painting the largest mural, meant to welcome people to the Arts District.
"We are not exactly telling a story with the mural," Katey Truhn said, "but it's a big splash that everybody else can appreciate and take away way they want from it."
"There is a lot of shapes, colors and fluid lines," Jessie Unterhalter said. "We really strive for balance and craziness all at the same time in our work."
All the murals should be done by the end of May, with artists happy to leave their mark on this neighborhood.
The Gordon Square Arts District partnered with LAND Studio and Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization to coordinate the mural installation. Funding from the Cleveland Foundation, the City of Cleveland Casino Revenue Fund, Cleveland Councilman Matt Zone, Hilton, the David and Inez Myers Foundation, American Greetings, and Sherwin-Williams also supported the project.


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My French friend Med from BMX Groupment sent through some images of his Sunn Royal BMX, a marque he has had extensive involvement with over the years. Sunn is a bastion of old school BMX and mountain biking, erupting upon the French scene in 1989. The company was originally focused exclusively on BMX, but grew over the years to incorporate downhill and cross country World Cup-winning teams, borne on the successes of legendary names such as Cédric Gracia, Nicolas Vouilloz, Anne Caroline-Chausson, Christophe Dupouey and Miguel Martinez.
The Sunn Royal enjoys a highly respected reputation for being an innovative, high-quality frame constructed from Columbus Nivacrom tubing. Med breaks his Royal down for us:
"What is interesting about this BMX is the international origin of components. Back in the 90's, not everything was made in Taiwan. See the list:
1. Made in France:
• Frame: 1999 Sunn Royal
• Stem: Sunn Forboy
• Sprocket: Sunn Trivial 44T, made by Specialites TA
• Chain: Sedis/Sachs
• Spokes: Mach 1
• Tires and tubes: Hutchinson Hooper
2. Made in USA:
• Grips: ODI Rogue
• Crank: Old school 1988 Boss 180 mm, 48 splines axle
• Pedals: Crupi square
• Rims: Sun Rims Rhino Lite
3. Made in Canada:
• Seatpost: Syncros
4. Made in Italy:
• Saddle: Selle Italia Nitrox plastic with titanium rails
5. Made in Japan:
• Freewheel: Shimano DX 16T
• Hubs: Suzue
6. Made in Taiwan:
• Fork: Sunn Bogota
• Headset: Dia-Compe
• Handlebar: Sunn Barbar
• Lever & V-brake: Avid
"Frame is made with Columbus Nivacrom steel tubes, almost 2 times stronger than regular cr-mo steel. Welded in the Sunn factory in St-Gaudens (south west of France) those frames were very hi-end frames, ridden by world class riders like Christophe Leveque, Thomas Allier, Dylan Clayton…"
"Sunn may have been the inventor of the 3D dropouts for BMX as well. There has been a real close work between Sunn and Columbus to make BMX specific tubes, especially for Sunn Pro Team racers".
Special thanks to Med for the photography and story.


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Tuppi is a simple trick-taking card game with no trump. It is based on the similar game of Minnesota Whist. The main difference between this game and Minnesota Whist is that only one team can have points at a time. Tuppi is a game played in Finland.
For additional information about Tuppi visit Pagat.com.
Tuppi is a trick-taking card game where the objective of the game is to take more or less (based on the bid) tricks then your opponent. Tuppi is played by 4 players in 2 teams of 2. A standard deck of 52 cards is used going from high to low: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. With a Sooli bid, the ace is the lowest card.
The dealer is randomly selected at the beginning of the game. All cards are dealt out to the 4 players each holding 13 cards.
After the deal, all players bid their hand. If a player thinks, their team is going to get less tricks then the other team they bid "Nolo"(Pass). If a player thinks, their team is going to get more tricks than the other team they bid "Rami"(Grand). If all players pass then the bid is "Nolo" and the team that takes fewer tricks wins the hand. If a player bids "Rami" and they earn more tricks then the other team, they win, if they take fewer tricks they lose.
If any player bids "Rami", the other team gets the option of bidding "Sooli". "Sooli" is played alone by the player who bid "Sooli" and it is a bid to take no tricks in the hand. The player who bids "Sooli" gets one card passed to them from their partner and the "Sooli" passes one card back.
If the bid is "Nolo", the player to the dealers left leads the first trick. If a player bid "Rami" the player to the right of the bidder leads first. In "Sooli" the "Sooli" always playes last into each trick.
There is a no trump; the player who plays the highest card of the suit led wins the trick. You must follow suit.
When playing "Nolo" the team who earned less tricks earns 4-points for each trick under 7 tricks. With "Rami" if the team who granded earns more tricks then the other team, they earn 4-points for each trick over 6, if the team who did not grand earns more tricks then the other team they earn 8-points for each trick over 6 tricks. In "Sooli" if the player who bid Sooli earns no tricks their team earns 24 points, if they earn one or more tricks the other team earns 24 points.
In Tuppi only one team can have points at a time. If one team should earn any points when the other team has points the score is rest to 0.
The first team to reach 52-points wins.
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Dallas, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/22/2007 --BMC Capital announced on March 19, 2007 that it originated a $10,800,000 loan for the acquisition of Blackbob Marketplace, a multi-tenant retail property located in Olathe, KS.
Blackbob Marketplace is one of the largest retail centers in Olathe, KS. The fully occupied center benefits from great location and strong anchor tenants, and is home to Starbucks, Henhouse, Go Wireless, and many more retailers. "We were able to accommodate the borrower's request by providing a 10-year fixed with 5-year interest-only rate on an 80% loan-to-value mortgage with a 30-year amortization," says Shawn Givens, a loan officer at BMC Capitals' Dallas headquarters.
"Like most clients, cash flow was very important to this buyer and we were able to get a very aggressive rate that, coupled with a long interest only portion, will give her phenomenal cash flow." The California based borrowers were represented by Ed Breslin and Keith Craven of Remax Commercial Brokerage.
BMC Capital is the leading lender for small-balance retail loans in the Midwest and anticipates originating at least 150 such transactions in 2007.
About BMC Capital, LP
BMC Capital, LP is the country's leading specialist for providing multifamily, commercial, owner/user and hospitality mortgage loans in the $500,000 to $5 million range, with funding capabilities up to $100 million per loan transaction. Headquartered in Dallas, BMC Capital has offices around the country and finances real estate in all 50 states.


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