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According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Plantar fasciitis (PF) is a painful inflammatory process of the plantar fascia, the connective tissue on the sole of the foot, that affects around 2 million Americans each year.
Dr. David Pierson, Chiropractic Physician, DC, CCSP, ICSSD, FICC and former president of the International Federation of Sports Chiropractors, says in athletes, bad core, foot, or knee mechanics can cause a muscular imbalance, and that most commonly PF manifests in people who practice high impact sports—runners, gymnasts, parachutists, and athletes who train on artificial surfaces.
"Combine pounding, a tight shoe with limited arch support and a hard surface, and you have problems, " says Pierson.
The imbalances Pierson describes can be sports-related, like tight calves from running. But there could be physiological predispositions, like high arches, collapsed arches or bunions. Or, they could be environmental factors, like stress or carrying a few extra pounds.
Under load from any of the above factors, the foot's fascia, which forms a tent between the heel and the base of the five toes to support the medial arch, can get micro-tears. When the body starts to heal those tears, small adhesions, almost like scabs, can form between the fascia and adjacent tendons, muscles or other tissue. The adhesions cause pain, usually felt in the heel, when the foot is under pressure walking or running. Over time, the fascia becomes shortened, ropy and fibrotic. And the condition can become chronic and debilitating if not treated.
Dr. Miles Colaprate, DC at Balance Chiropractic and Acupuncture in Shelburne, Vermont says, "many people try to treat PF with minor stretching and denial. They roll their foot on a golf ball, or ice and heat their foot, neither of which are the correct therapy.
But, both Pierson and Colaprete agree that you can treat PF at home, particularly if you catch it early.
"The first step is to strengthen the supporting muscular system," says Pierson. "Quit doing what irritates it. If it hurts when you run more than 10 miles, don't. Break up adhesions with stretching and strengthening."
Stretches to Treat Plantar Fasciitis
- "Toe Yoga." Standing on a flat surface, lift just your big toe. Drive your other toes into floor and hold for five seconds. Then, drop your big toe, and lift the other four toes. Do three sets of ten on each foot.
- Marble pickup. Use your big toe and second toe to pick up marbles from the floor by curling your toes over the marbles—small stones will also work. With yor toes, deposit the marbles/stones into a different location. Repeat 10-15 times.
- Towel scrunch. Place a dishtowel on the floor. With your heel on the ground, scrunch the towel up with your toes. Repeat 10 times per foot.
- Toe breaker posture. On the floor on all fours, tuck your toes under, then sit back onto your heels. Breathe deeply, sitting back further as you become more comfortable in the posture. Release for 30 seconds. Repeat three times.
- Self foot massage. Using your thumbs, with one leg crossed over the other so that you can easily access the sole of your sore foot, press into bottom of your foot while wiggling your big toe up and down. Move your thumbs up the center of your foot looking for sore spots. Pay particular attention pain adhesions between your fourth and fifth toe.
- Shin massage. With your sore foot crossed over your good leg, work your thumbs along the top of your shinbone with your leg crossed. Press on tender areas with your thumbs, while flexing your foot back and forth. Then, rub your shin muscles like you'd rub oil into a baseball mitt—work them to make them more pliable.
- Stair stretch. Standing on one foot with your heel hanging off a stair, raise up onto your toes, then drop down with your heel below the stair. Count to four with each raise and each drop. Repeat 15 times.
If strengthening and stretching along with modifying activity don't fix the problem, says Pierson, seek a specialist trained in the biomechanics that are perpetuating the imbalance—foot mechanics, knee mechanics, or gait—and break the faulty pattern. Your specialist should be able to provide assessment, exercises, advice, manipulation, soft tissue work, and possibly a brace or injections. You might be glad to hear, surgery is always the last option with PF, and it's usually not a good one, as it removes the foot's natural support system.


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Gen Con 2018 Day 1 is in the books. Today was Sheri's first day and sadly she got bitten by the headache bug. She stuck with it though and eventually the headache let up. I will say my first impression was that it is much more crowded than when I went the first time several years ago. Nowhere was that more apparent than the will call line. It was out of control bad. People were telling me that it took them 2 to 3 hours to get through the line. As far as I am concerned that is unacceptable. That is a huge part of someone's day. We have only one set of tickets that we need to pick up but I can flat out tell you that we are going to kiss that $12 goodbye if the line is that bad tomorrow. I have been to a lot of conventions, including Comic Con, and never waited 2 hours to pick up my badge to get in. They really need to separate ticket pick up from badge pickup or have a lot more people pushing people through.
That was my only negative though. I just love Gen Con. I love the energy. I love walking around and looking at games. I love demoing games (although we didn't do as much of that today). Today was my "buy games" day. So we spent a lot of time going around and picking up games. We went to pick up Root first but the line was nutso. As much as it hurt me to move on, we did. I wanted to make sure we got Villainous because I knew it was the one game that would be a Sheri pick. I wanted her to not leave without it. It was a smart move because I also wanted to pick up The Rise of Queensdale. The lines were reasonable and we got both. The nice gentleman at the booth said both were moving fast and would be gone in a couple of hours.
From there we picked up Ticket to Ride New York. We got to play it and it was delightful and fast. Our game finished in 15 minutes and everyone was smiling. I see us playing this a lot while traveling. We walked around and made a game plan for what we wanted to play over the next couple of days. Had a delightful conversation at the Flying Frog Booth about Shadows of Brimstone. Had Dice Throne demoed to us which then tricked us into buying it. That was top level Jedi Mind tricks going on there because we were not planning to buy anything else. Our last stop was to pick up my preorder of The Reckoners. On the way over to the booth we passed by Leder Games and that crazy line for Root was gone. We waited 0 minutes and got Root and its expansion. I was super stoked because that was the one game that I was really intrigued by. I just don't do lines well.
It was a great first day but we are just about done buying. Our suitcases are filled. We can maybe get one more game and just carry it onto the plane. I can't wait to see what games jump out at us and scream "buy me" (I can't imagine Dice Throne will be the only one). Now it's time to start cracking a few of these open and seeing what joy they have in store for us.


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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is more than constantly checking to make sure the door is locked. It's a mental health condition that causes tendencies of excessive orderliness, perfectionism, and attention to detail. ¹
If you struggle with OCD, then you're most likely already well aware of the qualities and symptoms of this condition. However, those around you probably aren't so keen on the topic.
This isn't out of the ordinary. While most people don't mean harm when trying to help others with OCD, they are usually clueless.
So, how can you explain OCD to those who don't have it?
Throughout this article, we're going to give you a detailed analysis on how to talk about OCD with others. At the end, we invite you to ask further questions.
The Seriousness of OCD
One of the biggest dilemmas with trying to explain your OCD to someone is, chances are, they won't take it seriously. Unfortunately, overcoming this obstacle may prove to be the hardest, but also the most rewarding.
The difficulty with all mental conditions are people can't physically see the problem. Unlike a broken bone or second-degree burn, the damage isn't visible and, therefore, appears irrelevant.
If you struggle with OCD, you're already well aware of how serious a condition it is. Now you have to find a way to explain the significance of this disorder.
To begin, it may help to offer some statistics to your listener about OCD. Here are just a few: ²
- It's estimated that at least 1.2% of the U.S. adult population struggles with OCD.
- OCD is more prevalent among the female population (1.8%) than the male population (0.5%).
- Out of the entire population with OCD, about half (50.6%) have had serious impairment.
- Out of the entire population with OCD, 34.8% have moderate impairment while 14.6% have mild impairment.
When presented these statistics, the prevalence of OCD becomes optical. The bottom line is a lot of people struggle with it and plenty of that population lets this condition go untreated.
The Darker Side of OCD
More often than not, people see OCD as a simple organization and cleanliness problem. They may put off the seriousness of this disorder as you being nothing more than a perfectionist.
The problem is, most people don't see the darker side of OCD. More importantly, they don't realize that OCD is a type of anxiety disorder. ³
Through unwanted and disturbing thoughts, images or urges (obsessions), you begin to feel a large influx of anxiety or discomfort. In order to reduce these unsettling feelings, you engage in repetitive behaviors and/or mental acts (compulsions).
This description of how OCD works within the brain really reveals the true nature of this condition.
The Importance of Speaking Out
We understand that it can be difficult to talk to others about your OCD. However, it's vital you refrain from keeping the condition a secret for a prolonged period of time.
According to the International OCD Foundation, a majority of those with the condition refrain from treatment between 14 and 17 years after the initial onset of symptoms.
Most of the time, people are simply embarrassed about their thoughts and behaviors. In many regards, they believe these traits are unique to them and, therefore, strange to come out and admit to those around them.
But as our statistics discussed above, these there are many out there who struggle with OCD. You are anything but alone in your battle.
It's important to speak out about OCD because if you don't, you run the risk of symptoms worsening over time. With the right treatment and support system, you have a much better chance at overcoming this condition.
Not to mention, untreated OCD can lead to other mental illnesses, such as eating disorders, depression, and other anxiety disorders. ⁴
Words From Those with OCD
Back in 2015, The Mighty put together a list of quotes from people who struggle with OCD first-hand. By sharing a few of these, we hope that you can get a sense of how others are able to define their OCD to others.
- "OCD is like having a bully stuck inside your head and nobody else can see it." – Krissy McDermott
- It's like being controlled by a puppeteer. Every time you try and just walk away, he pulls you back. Are you sure the stove is off and everything is unplugged? Back up we go. Are you sure your hands are clean as they can get? Back ya go. Are you sure the doors are securely locked? Back down we go. How many people have touched this object? Wash your hands again." – Toni Neville
- "A physical sensation crawls up my arm as I avoid compulsions. But if I complete it, the world resets itself for a moment like everything will be just fine. But only for a moment." – Mardy M. Berlinger
- "Imagine all your worst thoughts as a soundtrack running through your mind 24/7, day after day." – Adam Walker Cleveland
- It's like you have two brains – a rational brain and an irrational brain. And they're constantly fighting." – Emilie Ford
Metaphors are a great way to develop a picture for those who don't struggle with OCD. Being as this is a mental disease, it's important to give the person you're talking to a visualization as though it were a physical disease.
Final Word
Understandably, you may be in a position where it's difficult to find someone you can trust enough to talk about your OCD. Luckily, there is help available.
While we highly suggest speaking to a physician or psychiatrist, you also have the option to reach out to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline at 1 (800) 950-NAMI.
Your Questions
Still have questions about how to explain OCD to others?
We invite you to ask them in the comments section below. If you have any further knowledge to share – whether personal or professional – we'd also love to hear from you.
Reference Sources
¹ National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
² Harvard Medical School: National Comorbidity Survey (NCS): Lifetime and 12 Months Prevalence Estimates from the NCS-R and NCS-A
³ Department of Health & Human Services (HHS): What are the five major types of anxiety disorders?
⁴ Beyond OCD: Facts about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder


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The Montessori-way of teaching your child good behavior
Even a precious stone requires effort to turn it into an industry-grade jewel. Similarly, your child is a rough and non-glittering stone with many rough edges. Their rough edges have to be leveled and smoothened, they have to be polished to turn them into the ideal citizens of tomorrow. And mind you, that task is not as simple as you may think. One thing that any teacher or staff at Montessori San Dimas, CA should master is to be very, very… patient. Endless patience is needed to imbibe finer senses into the children.
Parents come to us with common problems – the child does not greet anyone, does not want to mingle with kids of his/her own age group, does not want to share toys or space with friends or siblings, etc. These are all common traits of childhood and we understand that it can be frustrating and at times annoying for you as a parent. But trust us, by admitting your child to a reputed Montessori or child care Diamond Bar, CA you are taking a big step towards making them behavior role models for the future years.
Now, you may ask what is so different in the way Montessori teachers go about teaching your child good behavior. Well, there are many activities that your child would be exposed to during preschool hours. And these are well thought out activities to imbibe the traits of sharing, caring and teamwork among your child.
When we ask your child to complete a certain activity with other classmates, we are not really looking for excellent outcomes of the task. Rather, we want your child to mingle with other classmates, and work together with them. And while doing so, they form great friendships. They also learn a lesson: that team working and sharing make things simpler in life!
Next, any preschool day starts with each and every staff and teacher greeting the child Good Morning, Good Afternoon, etc. In the early days, there is no response from the child. But this repeated practice soon bears fruit, and the child starts answering back. And they not only answer back, but there are also times they are the first to greet us. This behavior is reflected in life outside the preschool as well.
A similar approach is taken to Thanking and saying Sorry. The teachers keep on insisting that the child says Sorry when he/she has made some mistake and to thank someone for help. It takes time, but the child can be soon seen saying these words of kindness to others.
During the class hours at any Montessori San Dimas, CA your child has to abide by a certain set of rules. They might have a favorite toy to play with during the play hours, but they have to wait for their turn to get it. This teaches the kid art of sharing things. Then there is a rule whereby you have to keep your things at a certain locker. This again teaches the child the meaning of someone's personal space.
Good behavior is one of the most important character traits your child picks up from Montessori or child care Diamond Bar, CA.


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Concerning the effect of microphone location, our results showed that the CIC position generally led to more favourable high-frequency Signal-to-Noise Ratios (SNR) when the target was in front and the masker to the side or the rear of the manikin. Concerning the effect of room reverberation, our results confirmed that BEEs decrease as reverberation increases. Nevertheless, they also showed that significant BEEs can remain, even under "extreme" reverberant conditions.
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Hershey's Gold is company's first new bar brand since 1995
The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) is launching its first new Hershey bar brand in 22 years nationwide on Friday with the release of "Hershey's Gold," in the latest stage of the confectionary giant's wider expansion push.
The "Gold" bar is described as a caramelized crème bar that also contains peanuts and pretzels. The new product, which does not contain any of Hershey's trademark chocolate, is the first new candy bar to bear the Hershey's name since the release of "Cookies 'n' Crème" bar in 1995.
"The buttery, sweet taste of Hershey's Gold bars provides an entirely new way for consumers to enjoy our brand," Hershey's said in a press release. "We use a proprietary cooking process to transform the white crème into a golden bar by caramelizing the crème, which helps maintain a sweet, creamy taste."
Hershey's third-quarter revenue and earnings-per-share beat Wall Street's expectations last month. At the time, company executives touted the launch of "Hershey's Gold" during a call with analysts as part of its bid to reach new consumers.
"Hershey's Gold" will see heavy promotion during the 2018 Winter Olympics, which begin in February. The company has tapped U.S. speedskater and eight-time medalist Apollo Ohno, gymnast and four-time gold medalist Simone Biles and gold medal-winning Paralympian Rico Roman to serve as its brand ambassadors during the games.
The Hershey Company earned $1.5 billion of its $7.4 billion in revenue through its Hershey's brand in fiscal 2016. As of last year, Hershey said it held a 32.1% share of the U.S. confection market.
Hershey CEO Michele Buck told Fortune last October that she aims to expand from a primarily confection-focused company to an "innovation snacking powerhouse" and said she would not rule out a potential "transformational acquisition" to reach that goal. Hershey rejected a $23 billion acquisition bid in 2016 from Mondelez International, the maker of Cadbury chocolates and Oreo cookies.
"I'm very open to mergers and acquisitions. I see them playing a key role in our growth agenda going forward," said Buck. "We've an opportunity with mergers and acquisitions to go into spaces where our brands currently can't travel. And that will be one way we grow."
Hershey shares are up nearly 7% since January and were trading at roughly $111 as of market close on Thursday.


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The Abyss Looks Back: The Darkness and Delight of Maria SharapovaIan Walton/Getty Images
Maria Sharapova has a stare these days that has seen past the far end of midnight. She has looked into gray distance and come back changed, with a touch of gray distance in her eyes. For the most professionally glamorous player in women's tennis — the most marketable, the best paid, the most likely to be found whirling toward a camera in mid-smolder — her on-court mien is … well, it's grim enough that you want to use the word "mien" to describe it. She's like someone who dies on a castle wall in Tolkien. Maria of Nyagan, who went alone to her doom though the city was already lost. The abyss has cautionary sayings about gazing into her.
In her quarterfinal match this afternoon against the 23-year-old American Coco Vandeweghe, Sharapova's lethal bleakness was on full display. Vandeweghe, a sparkling terrier of a player who harrassed Sharapova through three tough sets on Centre Court, spent about half the match grinning. She flapped her arms for the crowd. She chortled after points. She urged herself on with a relentless, upbeat tenacity. Sharapova, meanwhile, seemed to gather herself into some grand kimono of gloom. Bouncing the ball before a serve, she glared into near space like someone about to lash out at fate itself. When she wasn't shrieking along with her groundstrokes, she was wreathed in silence. She won 73 percent of her first-serve points and took the match, 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-2.
There's something fascinating about Sharapova right now. She's still one of the best players in the world. She'll move up to no. 2 after Wimbledon, in fact, regardless of what happens during the rest of the tournament. But to fans, analysts, and the zeitgeist, she's become a weird sort of ghost. She's radiantly famous, forever a threat, and yet — who thinks about her? And why should we, since we know she can't beat Serena? Sharapova hasn't won a match against the world's best player since she was 17 years old and the glossy–magazine-ready future of women's tennis. That's a span of nearly 11 years, covering 16 matches. She hasn't exactly failed to deliver on her promise; she's won five majors, including two of the last four French Opens. She owns a career Grand Slam. But she's been so absolutely incapable of challenging her era's defining player that it's easy, even natural, to treat her as an afterthought.
And so it makes sense, in a way, that she's transformed herself into a mirthless warrior. When your main rival can always outdazzle you, what's left to do but keep plugging away? Winning Wimbledon made her a star in 2004. These days, though, she's virtually a clay-court specialist, and the contrast between her semimobile power-baseline game and Vandeweghe's net-charging aggression made their quarterfinal a strange study in alternate futures. Here, if you squinted your eyes a little, was the player Sharapova might have become 11 years ago: loose, fearless, a little cocky, self-consciously delightful. Vandeweghe's backhand sweeps through an incredible arc of space in a snapped second. "I try to have a good time out there on the court," she's said, "or at least fake it enough to where it looks like I'm having a good time." But Sharapova wasn't out to have a good time and wasn't there to fake it. Instead, she slugged mercilessly from deep while Coco scrambled forward, trying to clip the angles of the American's groundstrokes.
Vandeweghe put up flashier stats — 32 winners to 20, 23 attempts at net to eight — and soaked up most of the commentators' and the crowd's attention. But Sharapova knows how to smother a match. She converted six of 11 break points, compared to Vandeweghe's three of 14. Her serve deserted her at times (when doesn't it?) but came through when it counted. She stayed, if not exactly cool, then at least kind of starrily self-possessed. And during every rally, on every shot, she screamed that slasher-movie scream she has, the one where you can't quite tell whether she's the killer or the victim.
It's hard for me to side with fatalistic determination over flash and fun and dazzle. I'd rather watch Nick Kyrgios, always and forever, than whatever cyborg of humility and respect for cricket Kyrgios's critics wish he'd morph into. I've been thinking about confidence lately, though, about the types and stages of it, about adult confidence versus childhood confidence, about which sorts of confidence I'd like to have more of and of which I could stand to have less. The confidence of athletes often strikes me as useless in the setting of real life. It's easy and artificial, enabled and maintained by people with a stake in maintaining it. It comes from having your life streamlined, from keeping within routines that are effective in the context of sports but infantilizing outside it.
I love watchingVandeweghe, and I'm excited to see the player she'll become. But her confidence, I think, is a little like that — basically youthful, the product of a life in which suffering has always been stage-managed into a lesson, in which real fear has been kept carefully away. Sharapova's confidence feels harder-won. It has uncertainty in it. That stare knows some unanswerable questions. Vandeweghe's confidence might eventually be better on the tennis court. But in a crisis? As the basis of a life? When I see Sharapova these days, I tell myself I'm watching something deeper and stranger than tennis. She'll play Serena next, in the semifinals. Another hopeless struggle. But no matter who she's playing, what she's fighting always feels bigger than she is. She keeps fighting.
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A restored Victorian drinking fountain in Coventry is now on a list of nationally important historic buildings.
The Victorian cast iron drinking fountain in Earlsdon has been given Grade II listed status by government agency Historic England.
The agency listed the structure because it's a reminder of a time when clean public drinking water from the mains supply was a key part of the fight against waterborne diseases such as cholera.
They also listed it because it's the only one of its kind left and because of the elaborate design.
The fountain, in Earlsdon Avenue South, was made at the Sun Foundry in Glasgow in the 1860s. It was cast less than 20 years after a cholera outbreak in Coventry killed 200 people.
The fountain was originally positioned in Coventry city centre, but was moved to Earlsdon in 1921 and was used until the 1970s when it fell into disrepair.
It wasn't until two years ago that it was restored after a campaign by a group of local residents.
The project was co-ordinated by two local community groups, the South Earlsdon Neighbours Association and the Earlsdon Research Group, in partnership with Coventry City Council, Severn Trent Water and the specialist Fountain Company of Glossop in Derbyshire.
A Heritage Lottery Grant of £9,800 paid for the work.
Peter Walters, who chaired the organising committee, said, "It's wonderful news for us and we are hugely grateful to the Heritage Lottery Fund, who backed the project with a major grant, to Coventry City Council, who supported us all the way and to our restorers, The Fountains Company of Glossop, and to all those who have contributed to this accolade.
"What's most pleasing is that our fountain was made at a time when drinking fountains in the streets, fed by the mains, were an important contribution to public health.
"Now, more than 150 years later, it is still fulfilling an important function, helping to cut down the over-production of plastic bottles, which is so harmful to the environment."
The fountain is one of 25 structures in the city to be nationally listed for their special architectural or historic Interest.
Among others are Coventry Retail Market in the city centre, the cathedral ruins and Bond's Hospital in Hill Street, city centre.


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Nilüfer Egrican has recevied her B.S. from Istanbul Technical University in 1970 and her Ph.D. from Universty of Maryland in 1977 both in Mechanical Engineering. She joined the faculty of University of Maryland in August 1977, teaching Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer. Her research areas are solar energy systems, heating, cooling, air conditioning and refrigaration. In 1979 she joined the faculty of Istanbul Technical University where was promoted as a Professor. She has served as the Dean of School of Mechanical and Textile Engineering at Istanbul Technical University from 1994 to 2000. In 2002 she was transfered to Yeditepe University.She was the Vice President of Yeditepe University, responsible of acreditation of education, research and development and industrial relations until Nov.2010.Currently she is the President of Suntek International.
Dr. Egrican also worked as a consultant for several private companies including Arcelik R&D Department (ongoing); Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado, USA; International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.
Dr. Egrican is also a member of Istanbul Chamber of Industry, Committee of Quality and Technology (ISO-KATEK); National Innovation Initiative Group; Scientific Council of International Center of Applied Thermodynamics. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Heating, Cooling, Air Conditioning Research and Education Foundation (ISKAV) and an honorary member of Air Conditioning and Refrıgration Manfacturers Association (ISKID) and of Cogeneration Association (COGEN). Dr. Egrican has served as the Vice President of ASME International Region XIII from 2003 to 2005 and is a Fellow of ASME.
Dr. Egrican served as General Secretary of University-Industry Relations Council in Turkey.
Dr. Egrican is the President of International Center for Applied Thermodynamics (ICAT)and Scientific Member of International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer(ICHMT).She is the regional editor and past managing editor of International Journal of Applied Thermoydynamics (IJOT).
She has organized and chaired many technical conferences. She was the Conference Chair for three current conferences; SOLAR Future 2010, ESDA 2010 and ICAPM 2009 and currently she is organizing ICCHMT 2011.
She has mentored 9 PhD students and more then 50 MS students for thesis translated to industry. She has 116 publications related to energy, mostly on solar energy systems.


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Story Health partners with WVU to expand its virtual cardiac care platform
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Facebook is quickly becoming a leader in mobile advertising, and it is apparently looking to bolster that revenue even further with a new type of app.
The world's number one social network has been developing a new service, called Reader, will aggregate Facebook content, specifically news articles, posted by Facebook users, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
The service, which is said to resemble mobile media magazine app Flipboard, would be an app for smartphones and tablets app that would allow users swipe to flip through articles, sources said.
Though the project has been in development for at least a year, Facebook currently has no concrete plans to release it at this time. There is even speculation that Faceboo may chose not to release it at all, but Mark Zuckerberg is said to be personall invested in the project, providing input and reviewing aspects of the design at various points, so it seems unlikely that it will die without seeing the light of day.
A Reader app would fit in nicely with the direction that Facebook has been going for a while now, where it has been trying to become a service where people can more easily discover content put up by their friends,
This has included the development of Facebook Graph Search, its search engine that gathers information about people, such as photos, likes, wall posts and interests. And it has also involved an updated news feed that allowed users to choose how they wanted it to be sorted: either chronologically, or by only photos or music, or by articles that are trending.
"What we're trying to do is give everyone in the world the best personalized newspaper we can," Zuckerberg said at the time.
Most recently Facebook introduced hashtags, to give users a feed of what other people and Pages are saying about that event or topic.
But what reader app would really do is help Facebook bolster its fast growing mobile advertising revenue.
The company went from zero revenue in 2011 to a projected $2.04 billion globally this year, an increase of over 300%. A big contributing aspect to the company's rapid mobile growth was it allowing ads in mobile news feeds beginning last August.
There is obviously a market out there for these types of apps, as Flipboard recently reported having 50 million users. Facebook's Reader app would give the social network yet another platform to display those advertisements.
"We don't comment on rumor or speculation," a Facebook spokesperson told VatorNews.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has slashed its estimate for global oil demand in 2009 because of the worsening economic downturn. In its new survey, the IEA cut its forecast for demand this year by 570,000 barrels to 84.7 million barrels a day – 1.1 per cent lower than 2008.
The Paris-based agency yesterday said oil demand last year is estimated to have slid 0.4 per cent to 85.7 million barrels a day. This is for the first time in more than two decades that oil prices have slid for two consecutive years.
IEA cited the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) expectation of the world economy growing at a slower rate as the reason behind downward revising its forecast. The IMF now expected the world economy to grow by only 0.5 per cent. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US has already given grimmer forecast for oil demand in 2009.
With winter getting over in the northern hemisphere and demand for oil remaining stubbornly perched to the bottom, oil prices could only rise if the Opec curtails further supply and ensure that its members comply, analysts say. "With the demands having already taken a beating and expected to do so further in the coming months, it's the supply and demand fundamentals that need to work. Opec will need to cut production in the next meeting scheduled in March and I believe that they will do that," said Ole S Hansen, Manager, futures and fixed income, Saxo Bank, Copenhagen. Opec's next meeting is scheduled to be held on March 15 in Vienna.
Financial advisory firm Merrill Lynch said in its recent report that European demand for heating oil stayed firm in winters. Furthermore, European countries have used the low prices to build up inventories. ML gave a grim forecast for the approaching summers.
Hansen said there would, however, always be apprehensions about which Opec member is complying with the oil body's last decision to shave off 4.2 million barrels of oil daily from cumulative daily production. "Saudi Arabia has been playing its role. But are the other countries doing it? There are countries that talk a lot but do little. There are always countries who can be pointed out as non-compliant," he said. With supply still hanging out in the markets, oil producers need to ensure that an oil price of $45 a barrel is reached first. "There will be no business, if it goes below $38," Hanson said.
Fransisco Blanch the Merrill Lynch analyst who is famed for having closely predicting oil's July high of $147 a barrel maintained a "negative view on petroleum demand".
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There was a time when people went catfishing, and were happy to catch any kind of fish. But, just like everything else in this world today, catfishing has become specialized. Now, there are those who fish for channel cats, others who target Arkansas blues, and a growing number of anglers enjoy catching flatheads.
Flatheads are predators that follow bait and fish schools when they are hungry. If there are not significant amounts of bait or feeder fish around, they hide inside logs and other types of cover to ambush the next small bass or sunfish that swims their way. Flatheads have a large mouth and gullet capable of swallowing a rather large fish. It's not only their aggressiveness that makes them a favorite with fishermen; it's also their size. They grow to great sizes and put up a quite a fight when hooked. If that's not enough, they are arguably the best tasting of all cat fish species.
Flatheads have been in Lake Norman for years, but were seldom targeted until the recent influx of white perch and spotted bass. That's when anglers learned that big flatheads, followed schools of perch and spots to feast on the bits and pieces that settle to the bottom during feeding frenzies. The flathead is perfect for most area lakes since its brown color blends well with the clay lake bottom, and makes it almost invisible to fish feeding above.
Knowing this, anglers who target flatheads now search for white perch schools on the depth finder, and instead of fishing for them, they drop live baits and/or jigging spoons to the bottom. Both are great baits. A flathead cannot resist the fluttering action of a spoon or the vibrations of a live bait tethered to a hook and line.
The muddy water in this part of the world has produced dozens of flatheads that tipped the scales at over fifty pounds. Wide spool bait casting reels, loaded with thirty or fifty pound test line and medium to heavy action seven foot rods, are used for these large fish.
Flathead Cat Fishing Tips:
* Flatheads have a thick jaw bone, therefore a wide gapped 5/0 to 10/0 hook is best when fishing with live or cut bait.
* When jigging, a one and a half ounce (or larger) spoon with extra strength treble hooks is preferred.
* Flatheads will take line when hooked, so be sure the drag is set to less than half the breaking strength of the line.
*A large hooped net is required to land trophy flatheads. Don't leave home without a net.
The North Carolina State record flathead catfish is 78 pounds and was taken from the Cape Fear River on a live eel by Brain Newberger in 2005.
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Bad things happen.
One is female genital mutilation. A religious or geographical custom for hundreds of years. Generally in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Considered a rite of passage.
A young girl/lady has her clitoris cut and removed. Or, her vaginal opening narrowed. The reasons for this brutal experience then and now are sexual control and manageability of the victim.
Two hundred million girls and women have suffered from the procedure worldwide. The number excludes the U.S.
Female genital mutilation is cloaked in secrecy in the U.S. The suspicion is it is on the rise. Especially with immigrants arriving from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Many bring their customs with them.
Besides not wanting anyone to know, there is also the problem that the procedure is considered taboo. Those who have had their clitoris or vaginas mutilated are reluctant to come forward. The shame of it all.
In 2017, 2 Detroit doctors were charged with performing the procedure on 9 underage girls. Six mothers were also charged.
They were charged under a federal law passed in 1996 banning female genital mutilation. A Michigan federal judge dismissed the charges on the ground that the federal law overstepped its bounds. Such matters were solely within the purview of the states.
The U.S. Department of Justice refused to appeal. Note this case was decided after Trump took office. It was his Department of Justice that refused to appeal.
My research indicates no state has passed an anti-mutilation law.
Something may happen in the next few years. Groups are popping up all over the country. They generally are composed of women who have suffered such mutilations and know of the problem first hand.
One thing I have mentioned and written about in the past concerns immigrants and Sharia Law. Generally of the Muslim faith. They come to the U.S. for the better life. However, they want to bring their laws and customs with them. A no no. My position has always been if you want to live here, you live under U.S. laws, Not Sharia. If you don't like it, return from whence you came!
I feel better. A thousand times better.
I have received many e-mails expressing happiness for my recovery. Interestingly, pancreatitis is a somewhat prevalent problem. Many of those who wrote had a friend who was similarly afflicted. Most required hospitalization. Intravenous feeding. Dehydration big time. One was hospitalized for a whole month.
Most of the e-mails agreed with what I had been told re cause. Alcohol and smoking.
I thank all who wrote for their concern and good wishes.
My podcast show last night. Tuesday a with Key West Lou. Dwelled on Trump's London visit, Mueller's report not finished properly, and the various countries the U.S. has tariff wars with at the present time or will be in the immediate future.
During the month I was under the weather, I had to skip the podcast one tuesday. The energy was not there. I also stopped guesting on Laurie Thibaud's show. Too tired.
This is the day before. The day before D-Day.
Things were happening preparatory to actual invasion the next morning. One thousand British bombers dropped 5,000 tons of bombs on German guns at Normandy. Three thousand Allied ships loaded with troops and equipment were on their way across the English Channel.
Operation Overlord was on its way!
This day in 1919 a big one in the history of empowerment of women and recognition that they are co-equals with men. The U.S. Congress passed the 19th Amendment. The new Amendment had to be ratified by the States. Did not take long. The men knew they had been defeated.
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There are a bunch of refugee craftswomen living and working in camps along the Thailand/Burmese border. They make and sell lovely stuff to earn a wage and support their families, and the great news is it's fair trade. But when December/January rolls around, they get cold, which can cause illness and other disruptions to their work, and therefore their income. Claire @ Warm Women wants to do something about it, and she wants people like you and me to help out by making a scarf to send along to our chilly Karen refugee friends.
So do you think you can help? Actually, I know you can. I've seen you, pulling the all-nighter to make a costume/softie/ballgown for the toddler's/mother's/random stranger's birthday. I've seen you, knitting yourself a pair of socks in an evening or whipping up a fabulous little skirt in an hour from 'just something you had lying around in the stash'.
I can't knit to save myself. But I do have a long length of wool quilt batting that is lying around begging to keep someone's neck cosy. So now I just have to figure out how I want to make it pretty.
Why don't you join me in this venture? It's not just a practical gift of time and resources, but a gesture of respect towards, and solidarity with, our Karen refugee sisters who do it far, far tougher than any of us.
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Organization: City of Greenville, North Carolina
Salary: Highly competitive starting salary and excellent benefits negotiable depending upon qualifications and experience.
Close Date: March 27, 2017
Job Description:
Greenville is located in the north central coastal plain region of eastern North Carolina approximately 85 miles east of Raleigh. The City covers 35 square miles and has a rapidly growing current population of 90,600 which is expected to reach more than 100,000 by 2020. Greenville is home to East Carolina University which has more than 28,000 students enrolled. The City serves as the major industrial, economic, medical and cultural center for eastern North Carolina. Residents and visitors benefit from a wide range of highly attractive quality of life amenities and a very reasonable cost of living.
The City of Greenville has earned the Silver Circle Award from the City-County Communications & Marketing Association (3CMA) in Communication or Marketing Plans for its Street and Pedestrian Transportation Improvements Bond marketing efforts (2016); both Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) awards for Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its biennial budget document and its Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (current) and the Carolina Association of Governmental Purchasing's Sustained Professional Purchasing Award (2015). The Greenville Police Department is accredited by the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
Greenville has used the council-manager form of government since 1953. Under this form of government, a seven-member City Council is elected to two-year concurrent terms. The Council is the final authority on policy matters relating to Greenville's government. The City Council appoints a City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk. The City Manager is the chief administrative officer for the City and is responsible for managing day-to-day municipal operations as well as for implementing the policies established by the City Council. Greenville is a full-service municipality with approximately 750 full-time and 200 - 300 part-time employees. The City's 2017 All Funds Budget is $131,284,309 of which $82,640,550 is the General Fund. Services provided include Financial Services, Information Technology, Human Resources, Community Development, Fire/Rescue, Police, Public Works and Recreation and Parks. Greenville has an AA credit rating from Standard & Poors and an Aa2 rating from Moody's.
Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in public administration, business, or the equivalent (Master's degree preferred) and at least five years of local government management experience preferably as a Deputy City Manager or City Manager in a full-service municipal government or comparable organization. Must possess strong and proven financial and budgeting knowledge, skills and abilities. Some private sector management experience as well as experience gained in a diverse community and in a university community are pluses but are not required. Proven expertise in economic development is also a plus. Must have excellent interpersonal skills.
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|49th United States Congress
48th ←
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March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887
|76 senators
325 representatives
8 non-voting delegates
|Senate majority
|Senate President
|Thomas A. Hendricks (D)
(until November 25, 1885)
(from November 25, 1885)
|House majority
|House Speaker
|John Carlisle (D)
|Special: March 4, 1885 – April 2, 1885
1st: December 7, 1885 – August 5, 1886
2nd: December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1887
The 49th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1887, during the first two years of Grover Cleveland's first presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1880 United States census. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
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Major events
- March 4, 1885: Grover Cleveland became President of the United States
- November 25, 1885: Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks died
Major legislation
- January 19, 1886: Presidential Succession Act of 1886, ch. 4, 24 Stat. 1
- February 3, 1887: Electoral Count Act, ch. 90, 24 Stat. 373
- February 4, 1887: Interstate Commerce Act, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379
- February 8, 1887: Indian General Allotment Act ("Dawes Act"), ch. 119, 24 Stat. 388
- March 2, 1887: Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887
- March 2, 1887: Hatch Act of 1887, ch. 314, 24 Stat. 440
- March 3, 1887: Tucker Act, ch. 359, 24 Stat. 505
- March 3, 1887: Edmunds–Tucker Act, ch. 397 24 Stat. 635
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
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|End of previous congress
|Final voting share
|Beginning of next congress
House of Representatives
|House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic
80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic
60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic
Up to 60% Republican
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|End of previous congress
|Final voting share
|Beginning of next congress
- President: Thomas A. Hendricks (D), until November 25, 1885; vacant thereafter
- President pro tempore: John Sherman (R), December 7, 1885 – February 26, 1887
- John J. Ingalls (R), from February 26, 1887
- Republican Conference Chairman: George F. Edmunds
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: James B. Beck
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Arthur Pue Gorman
House of Representatives
- Speaker: John G. Carlisle (D)
- Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: John Randolph Tucker
- Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph Gurney Cannon
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are listed by district.
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
- Replacements: 7
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 1 seat net loss
- Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
- Deaths: 3
- Resignations: 6
- Interim appointments: 1
- Total seats with changes: 9
|Vacated by
|Reason for vacancy
|Date of successor's installation
|New Hampshire
|Appointed to fill vacancy in term.
|Henry W. Blair (R)
|March 5, 1885
|Legislature failed to elect, with several delays in election process held from February 18 to May 19. Incumbent Logan eventually chosen to retake seat.
|John A. Logan (R)
|May 19, 1885
|Failure to elect.
|John H. Mitchell (R)
|November 18, 1885
|Augustus H. Garland (D)
|Resigned March 6, 1885, after being appointed United States Attorney General. Successor was elected.
|James H. Berry (D)
|March 20, 1885
|Thomas F. Bayard (D)
|Resigned March 6, 1885, after being appointed United States Secretary of State. Successor was elected.
|George Gray (D)
|March 18, 1885
|Lucius Q. C. Lamar II (D)
|Resigned March 6, 1885, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.
|Edward C. Walthall (D)
|March 9, 1885
|John F. Miller (R)
|Died March 8, 1886. Successor was appointed.
|George Hearst (D)
|March 23, 1886
|Howell E. Jackson (D)
|Resigned April 14, 1886, after being appointed judge for the United States Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit. Successor was appointed.
|Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
|April 16, 1886
|George Hearst (D)
|Successor was elected August 4, 1886.
|Abram Williams (R)
|August 4, 1886
|New Hampshire
|Austin F. Pike (R)
|Died October 8, 1886. Successor was appointed.
|Person C. Cheney (R)
|November 24, 1886
|John A. Logan (R)
|Died December 26, 1886. Successor was elected.
|Charles B. Farwell (R)
|January 19, 1887
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 11
- Democratic: 2 seat net gain
- Republican: 2 seat net loss
- Deaths: 8
- Resignations: 7
- Contested election: 1
- Total seats with changes: 16
|Vacated by
|Reason for change
|Date successor seated
|Pennsylvania 19th
|Elected to finish term of Rep. William A. Duncan resigned during previous congress
|John A. Swope (D)
|November 3, 1885
|Arkansas 3rd
|Elected to finish term of Rep. James K. Jones resigned during previous congress
|Thomas C. McRae (D)
|December 7, 1885
|New York 8th
|Samuel S. Cox (D)
|Resigned May 20, 1885, after being appointed Minister to the Ottoman Empire
|Timothy J. Campbell (D)
|November 3, 1885
|Illinois 5th
|Reuben Ellwood (R)
|Died July 1, 1885
|Albert J. Hopkins (R)
|December 7, 1885
|Wisconsin 5th
|Joseph Rankin (D)
|Died January 24, 1886
|Thomas R. Hudd (D)
|March 8, 1886
|Louisiana 2nd
|Michael Hahn (R)
|Died March 15, 1886
|Nathaniel D. Wallace (D)
|December 9, 1886
|New York 9th
|Joseph Pulitzer (D)
|Resigned April 10, 1886
|Samuel S. Cox (D)
|November 2, 1886
|Maryland 3rd
|William H. Cole (D)
|Died July 8, 1886
|Harry W. Rusk (D)
|November 2, 1886
|New York 15th
|Lewis Beach (D)
|Died August 10, 1886
|Henry Bacon (D)
|December 6, 1886
|New York 28th
|John Arnot Jr. (D)
|Died November 20, 1886
|Vacant until next Congress
|Wisconsin 8th
|William T. Price (R)
|Died December 6, 1886
|Hugh H. Price (R)
|January 18, 1887
|New York 12th
|Abraham Dowdney (D)
|Died December 10, 1886
|Vacant until next Congress
|New York 10th
|Abram Hewitt (D)
|Resigned December 30, 1886, after being elected Mayor of New York
|Vacant until next Congress
|North Carolina 5th
|James W. Reid (D)
|Resigned December 31, 1886
|Vacant until next Congress
|New Jersey 3rd
|Robert S. Green (D)
|Resigned January 17, 1887, after being elected Governor of New Jersey
|Vacant until next Congress
|Rhode Island 2nd
|William A. Pirce (R)
|Seat declared vacant January 25, 1887, due to election irregularities
|Charles H. Page (D)
|February 21, 1887
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
- Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill)
- Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Warner Miller; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
- Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: John A. Logan)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
- Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
- Claims (Chairman: Austin F. Pike; Ranking Member: Howell E. Jackson)
- Coast Defenses (Chairman: Joseph N. Dolph; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
- Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J.R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom)
- Compensation of Members of Congress (Select)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
- Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call)
- Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: William B. Allison)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
- Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: John C. Spooner)
- Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Dwight M. Sabin; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
- Executive Departments Methods (Select)
- Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: James B. Beck)
- Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
- Fisheries (Chairman: Thomas W. Palmer; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
- Indian Traders (Select)
- Interstate Commerce (Select) (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: William M. Evarts)
- Library (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Charles F. Manderson)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
- Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Van Wyck; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
- Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: Samuel B. Maxey; Ranking Member: Benjamin Harrison)
- Ordnance and War Ships (Select) (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Johnson N. Camden)
- Patents (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: Johnson N. Camden)
- Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Howell E. Jackson)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
- Potomac River Front (Select)
- Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: George F. Edmunds)
- Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William Mahone; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
- Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Joseph E. Brown)
- Revision of the Laws (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: John E. Kenna)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Jones; Ranking Member: Samuel J.R. McMillan)
- Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
- Territories (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
- Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Randall L. Gibson)
- Whole
- Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Palmer)
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: John T. Spriggs; Ranking Member: George E. Adams)
- Admission to the Floor (Select)
- Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: Presley T. Glass)
- Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: James E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Truman A. Merriman)
- American Ship building (Select) (Chairman: Poindexter Dunn; Ranking Member: Charles C. Comstock)
- Appropriations (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: William L. Wilson)
- Banking and Currency (Chairman: James F. Miller; Ranking Member: John E. Hutton)
- Claims (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: William H. Sowden)
- Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: William D. Bynum)
- Commerce (Chairman: John H. Reagan; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Irion)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: John S. Barbour; Ranking Member: John T. Heard)
- Education (Chairman: D. Wyatt Aiken; Ranking Member: Peter P. Mahoney)
- Elections (Chairman: Henry G. Turner; Ranking Member: Benton J. Hall)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William H. Neece; Ranking Member: Adoniram J. Holmes)
- Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James B. Weaver; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm)
- Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Eustace Gibson; Ranking Member: Seth L. Milliken)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John M. Taylor; Ranking Member: Jonathan H. Rowell)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Seaborn Reese; Ranking Member: Zachary Taylor)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Risden T. Bennett; Ranking Member: Joseph A. Scranton)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert Lowry; Ranking Member: Michael Hahn)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Thomas A. Robertson; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Johnson)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Lewis Beach; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Pettibone)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Perry Belmont; Ranking Member: William H. Crain)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Olin Wellborn; Ranking Member: James H. Ward)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Courtland C. Matson; Ranking Member: John S. Pindar)
- Judiciary (Chairman: John R. Tucker; Ranking Member: Risden T. Bennett)
- Labor (Chairman: John J. O'Neill; Ranking Member: William H. Crain)
- Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: J. Floyd King; Ranking Member: William Dawson)
- Manufactures (Chairman: George D. Wise; Ranking Member: John S. Pindar)
- Mileage (Chairman: John H. Rogers; Ranking Member: Ambrose A. Ranney)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Edward S. Bragg; Ranking Member: Charles M. Anderson)
- Militia (Chairman: Nicholas Muller; Ranking Member: Barnes Compton)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin L. Clardy; Ranking Member: Frederick G. Barry)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers)
- Pacific Railroads (Chairman: James W. Throckmorton; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
- Patents (Chairman: Charles L. Mitchell; Ranking Member: William H.H. Cowles)
- Pensions (Chairman: Nathaniel B. Eldredge; Ranking Member: John E. Hutton)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James H. Blount; Ranking Member: Frederick G. Barry)
- Printing (Chairman: Ethelbert Barksdale; Ranking Member: John M. Farquhar)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: John E. Halsell; Ranking Member: Robert S. Green)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Samuel Dibble; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Johnston)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas R. Cobb; Ranking Member: Thomas Chipman McRae)
- Railways and Canals (Chairman: Robert H. M. Davidson; Ranking Member: James N. Pidcock)
- Revision of Laws (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: John B. Hale)
- Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Albert S. Willis; Ranking Member: John M. Glover)
- Rules (Chairman: John G. Carlisle; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: William D. Hill; Ranking Member: William Dawson)
- War Claims (Chairman: George W. Geddes; Ranking Member: James W. Reid)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Morrison; Ranking Member: William C.P. Breckinridge)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
- The Library (Chairman: Otho R. Singleton; Vice Chairman: Charles O'Neill)
- Printing
- Scientific Bureaus
- Democratic (House)
- Democratic (Senate)
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
- Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
- Public Printer of the United States: Sterling P. Rounds, until 1886
- Thomas E. Benedict, starting 1886
- Secretary: Anson G. McCook
- Librarian: George M. Weston
- Sergeant at Arms: William P. Canady
- Chaplain: Elias D. Huntley, Methodist, until March 15, 1886
- John G. Butler, Lutheran, elected March 15, 1886
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: John Summerfield Lindsay (Episcopalian), until December 7, 1885
- William H. Milburn (Methodist), elected December 7, 1885
- Doorkeeper: Samuel Donelson, elected December 7, 1885
- Clerk: John B. Clark Jr.
- Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
- Postmaster: Lycurgus Dalton
- Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
- Sergeant at Arms: John P. Leedom
- ^ Independent, Independent Democratic, Independent Republican, and Anti-Monopoly
See also
- 1884 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1886 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
- ^ "THE 25th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION / Grover Cleveland / March 4, 1885". United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
External links
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
- Congressional Directory for the 49th Congress, 1st Session.
- Congressional Directory for the 49th Congress, 1st Session (1st Revision).
- Congressional Directory for the 49th Congress, 1st Session (2nd Revision).
- Congressional Directory for the 49th Congress, 2nd Session.
- Congress, United States (1887). Congressional Directory for the 49th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).


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Thanks to an app that turns an Android phone into a more universal Bluetooth device, it is possible to control a PS3 with your Android phone as though it were a Bluetooth remote control. The connection allows the phone to be used as a virtual keyboard for entering text, and it even has a touchscreen trackpad for moving the cursor in the PS3's web browser.
The app, BlueputDroid, is in beta form right now, andis stilla bit tricky to use, as the list of supported Android phones is not exhaustive, some of the phones require custom firmware and once you get the app installed, there aretechnical hoops to work through. A list of believed supported and unsupported devices can be found onXDA-developers.com, where the app was introduced. It also has details on how to download the app for those who own a compatible Android handset.
The independent developer has tested it out on the Nexus One, HTC Wildfire, and LG Optimus One - all with rooted firmwares. He was not able to get it working on the Optimus One.
BlueputDroid isthe first app to allow a smartphone to pair up with the PS3 as an input device. There have been other Bluetooth apps for Android that more flexibility in syncing the phone to a computer, but this is the first working app for PS3 connectivity. If the dev can further refine the process and expand compatibility, we'll welcome the chance to use our phones to input PSN info or type in URLs - beats having a real keyboard tethered to your system, hm?
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Strategies of Current Musical Creation.
The aesthetic paradigm shift after the Second World War inspired the emergence of new expressive possibilities and the development of compositional techniques on the timbral use of instruments, changing the relationships and hierarchies that had previously existed among them. Additionally, the role that technology has played in recent years has clearly influenced many creators when composing their music and changing the sound possibilities of familiar classic instruments while encouraging the creation of completely new ones.
A new lexicon to define the same musical reality appears out of the development of these facts: the meta-instrument, a technique born from the idea of merging timbres in an autonomous entity that acts beyond the sum of its parts and produces an acoustic illusion in listening. Coming from different perspectives and yielding varying results, composers such as Giacinto Scelsi, Helmut Lachenmann, and José María Sánchez- Verdú have turned their gaze toward this strategy to solidify their musical thought.
Moreover, the digital revolution, whose influence on some aesthetics and current trends is already apparent, has opened up a space not without controversy that seeks to redefine, or at least expand, the classic definition of composition and even the very idea of music itself.
One way or another, listening is placed at the center of a debate to question, once again, the essential aspects of what it means to be human.
BOULEZ, Pierre, Timbre and composition – timbre and language. Contemporary Music Review, United Kingdom, 1987.
GAN QUESADA, Germán, José María Sánchez-Verdú. Músicas del límite. Festival de Música de Canarias, 2006.
LACHENMANN, Helmut, Musik als existentielle Erfahrung. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden, 1996.
MAHNKOPF, Claus-Steffan; Cox, Franz; Schurig, Wolfram, Musical morphology. Wolke Verlag, Hofhein, 2004.
REISSIG, Elfriede, Dialoghi. Annährungen an Scelsi. Wolke, Hofheim, 2015.
VLITAKIS, Emmanouil, Funktion und Farbe. Klang und Instrumentation in ausgewählten Kompositionen der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts: Lachenmann – Boulez – Ligeti – Grisey. Sinfonia 11. wolke, Berlin, 2008.
ZENDER, Hans, Speculations about Scelsi. KAIROS booklet from CD Giacinto Scelsi. Yamaon, Anahit, I presagi, Tre pezzi, Okanagon, 1999.


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