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"Michigan to require body weight reports on kids ", subtitled "Governor wants doctors to submit BMI information to state registry to track obesity."
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder plans to direct doctors in his state to begin monitoring the body weight of their young patients and provide the data to a new state registry, in one of the most extensive government efforts to address the growing problem of pediatric obesity, the Associated Press has learned.
They say that the data will be used for statistical purposes only, and it's true that asking doctors to report children's BMI is more appropriate than weighing them in school and putting their BMI category on their report card, as they're now requiring in Arkansas. However, this does seem a bit big brother-ish, it reinforces the idea that weight is more important than (or is equivalent to) health, and I can't help but find it ironic that it's being instituted by a "small government" Republican.
It's surely a disappointment to see this happening in the only state that has a non-discrimination law that includes weight and height. Also, this may well discourage parents from taking their fat kids to the doctor's office.
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Oh for crying out loud, I am
Oh for crying out loud, I am so thoroughly sick of this. BMI is utterly meaningless, especially in kids, and trying to make it 'central' to healthcare is lunacy given its limitations. Size, however it's measured, does not indicate 'health' or the absence of it. Fat people are more than aware of this fact and the way in which it not only allegedly turns them in to health timebombs but renders them lesser in the eyes of society, without the need for yet more unwelcome and unwanted 'conversations' about it. And if parents don't 'recognise obesity' in their kids it's because the definition of 'obesity' (particularly in infants who shouldn't even be deemed 'deviant' before they've had chance to develop) has been set so ridiculously low.
Personally I believe that someone's dietary / exercise habits are their own business unless they specifically raise them in the doctor's office, but if those MDs and their masters are so deperate to beat people around the head with unsolicited lifestyle advice (probably at the expense of properly addressing whatever issue the patient actually WANTED to discuss) why are they just singling out the fatties, when plenty of thin folk ALSO eat the so-called 'wrong' foods and don't exercise?
Of course, to acknowledge that last point would be to undermine the shaky foundations on which the whole creaky edifice of the 'obesity epidemic' is built and bring it crashing down, and we couldn't have that, oh no. As we know all too well, the focus on 'weight problems' is not about health but presenting the easily quantifiable, visible ILLUSION of health; the triumph of headline-grabbing gesture politics and the need to be 'seen to be doing something' about an invented 'problem' which DESPITE a decade-long, daily barrage of coverage and resultant hardening of attitudes against fat people as individuals was still ranked at the bottom of a poll of issues of concern to the general public.
The recent Dundee 'fat family' case (and those of Anamarie Regino, Connor Macreadie and many others before it) demonstrates exactly where weighing, measuring and labelling kids can and increasingly does ultimately lead, and explains why the powers-that-be are therefore so keen to get hold of this information. Little hope of this being ditched given not only Gubernatorial support and that of Fatfinder General Ms. Obama but also that of a typical 'crusading' health official who as the worst kind of 'reformed fattie' no doubt thinks what 'worked' for her (for now) should be imposed upon everyone else.
The very desire to collect the data and the accompanying rhetoric for me represents a worrying development in what was previously regarded in FA circles as a relatively enlightened state, but I can only hope that if this information does ultimately end up being misused to persecute fat residents of Michigan that an anti-sizism statute passed back when 'the obese' were still regarded as people rather than problems is dusted off and used to moderate some of the excesses and developments we've witnessed elsewhere, rather than repealed as a relic of an age naive to the 'need' to avert an impending Fattypocalypse. At least the balance of the comments on the MSNBC article is, for once, suitably critical.
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I'd be interested to see
I'd be interested to see this hair-brained scheme in its entirety and its effect on doctor-patient confidentiality. It is unethical for a doctor to divulge such information and the law cannot compel it even if fatness was illegal (not yet, but watch this space!). I would hope doctors would make a big stink about this "direction" from the state, even if only because it's their licences on the line. But basically, hell yeah, what Richie said.
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Ah yes, small government at
Ah yes, small government at its finest.
Here's an idea, if you want kids to be healthier, stop underfunding WIC, food stamps, and unemployment so families can buy healthy food for their kids. Offer everybody health insurance for preventative care, and stop taking a sales tax from vitamin supplements so more people could afford them.
Well, I'm sure adding an increased stigma on fat kids will solve everything...
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Uh, so what happens if, as a
Uh, so what happens if, as a parent in Michigan, you refuse to let them weigh your child? Is your doctor going to drop you as a liability to his/her practice?
And, as far as I know, there are no other tests etc that are *required* to be reported by private family doctors, correct? Is this the only one? (in MIchigan, obv)
This, like most well-intentioned interventions based on moral panic psuedoscience, is insanely stupid and will do more harm than good.
Also, everything Richie said. Damn, that man is eloquent!
I've made no secret that I'm against government intervention in most things (if not all). But there are times when the inefficacy and downright harmfulness of a interventionist scheme is so nakedly apparent that one wonders just how stupid and power-hungry the individuals signing off on these initiatives, and how inattentive the voters, must be.
As for putting personal info into a government database, yeah, NO THANKS on this one. I'm already forced to give out so much information about myself and my property that the only thing some bureaucrat *doesn't* have reasonable access to are my health numbers. Shit. I don't believe in the benevolence of 98% of politicians, whatever it is they pretend to care about in their single-minded rise to power over us slack-jawed peons. I also don't believe in the benevolence of the corporations who feed these power-hungry politicians. You think for a minute that one day in the not-so-near future fat kids *aren't* going to be a reason for heath insurers to raise family premiums, with the blessing of whatever state/local/federal administration they've so heavily donated to? Or worse--that some Anti-Fat Crusader isn't going to use this information to target certain families and households, if they think doing so will win them more votes from the health hand-wringers? Yeah, right. Buy me a ticket to THAT fantasyland.
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As she was walking down the winding roads embedded in the coast's mountaintops, she herniated a disk in her back.
"I immediately felt tremendous pain in my lower back shooting down my leg – my right leg," Kaplan, from Rockville Centre, New York, told FoxNews.com. "It was just constant."
After an excruciating trip home, the mother of four had surgery to remove the disk in New York. But when she woke up the next day, the pain was worse than before.
"I was unable to move. I would literally scream from morning till night. I was shot up with morphine constantly, all kinds of medications," Kaplan said.
After a frustrating six months, Kaplan finally went to see a pain specialist. She tried more pain medications, epidurals and acupuncture – but nothing worked.
Eventually, Dr. Neel Mehta with New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center suggested spinal cord stimulation, a procedure that uses mild electronic shocks to block nerve impulses in the spine. The treatment ultimately helps to interrupt the body's pain signals with more pleasant ones.
"The best analogy would be if we stubbed our toe and we started to rub it, we pretty much know that rubbing our toe doesn't have any healing property, but it certainly makes our pain much more bearable," said Mehta, medical director for pain medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
The procedure, which takes 30 minutes to an hour-and-a-half to complete, involves placing electrodes next to the spine. The patient uses a remote to control the stimulation, which feels like little shocks underneath the skin.
"We make a small incision in their back – about less than an inch – and we make a small incision around their buttock area, where we implant the battery, and everything is connected under the skin," Mehta said.
Kaplan said she was initially too afraid to undergo the surgery, but she finally gave it a try in October 2012. Now, she said she's very happy she had the procedure done.
"From the moment I awakened I just felt such a relief of pain," Kaplan said.
The treatment has allowed Kaplan to regain most of her mobility, though she still needs assistance with cooking and family events. The stimulation technology needs to be reprogrammed every few months, and Mehta noted the battery needs to be replaced every five to 10 years.


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hen Bullz-Eye reviewed the first season of "My Wife and Kids," we opened with a lengthy "damn, it's hard bein' a sitcom on ABC" rant, where we went on and on about how the network's "TGIF" line-up from the '80s had killed their credibility as a place to go for comedy. Since then, the curse has been broken, thanks to the trifecta of "The Middle," "Modern Family," and "Cougar Town," but that doesn't mean we can't still take this opportunity to praise one of our favorite shows that's often shrugged off by hipper critics.
Season Two of "My Wife and Kids" followed approximately the same format as Season One, though there was at least one notable change amongst the kids: Claire, the eldest daughter, was no longer being played by Jazz Raycole. Stepping into the character's shoes was Jennifer Freeman, giving Damon Wayans – who plays Michael, the patriarch of the Kyle family – the opportunity to make the inevitable joke about how he doesn't know what she's changed about herself but that she looks completely different.
There's one more absence for the first several episodes, and it's one that no doubt required some considerable rewrites: Tisha Campbell-Martin, who gave birth right around the beginning of Season Two. Although they managed to find a way to utilize her in the season premiere by incorporating a flashback to the birth of youngest child Kady (Parker McKenna Posey), it would be several episodes before she made her way back to work, necessitating the unexpected development that her character, Jay, would be on a business trip for six weeks. How convenient. Still, it made for a few fun plots around Michael having to play the role of a single dad, and kudos go to Campbell-Martin for her willingness to poke fun at her residual baby weight in her first episode back.
In its second season, "My Wife and Kids" continued to offer a great deal of spot-on material about marriage and raising a family, even touching on the trials of growing older by introducing Michael to the wonderful world of colonoscopies. (You haven't lived 'til you've seen the exam given by Dr. Lou Rawls.) There are a number of storylines about Claire's teenage rebellion and Kady's youthful naiveté, but the least effective child still remains Junior (George O. Gore II), who provides a seemingly never-ending series of "you're so stupid" jokes but not a great deal else. The show doesn't utilize guest stars on a regular basis, and when they do, it often feels forced, as with Shaquille O'Neal and Gary Coleman in the two-part season premiere, but it's fun that they've given Michael a nemesis, played by the always-great Larry Miller.
Ultimately, it's the relationship between Michael and Jay which makes for the best comedy, and when it touches on familiar topics and scenarios, it's hilarious. Unfortunately, though, there's more of a tendency this season for Wayans to be more ridiculous with his character, and that's a shame: the reality of Season One was what made it so enjoyable.
Special Features: Clearly, Lionsgate is not reading our site. In the Season One review, we laid it on the line and said that the set would've gotten a 4-star review if they'd bothered to make even the slightest attempt at providing bonus material. So what do they give us for Season Two? The same bare-boned treatment. Boo, hiss, etcetera.
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5th International Conference on Heat
Transfer and Fluid Flow (HTFF'18)
August 16 - 18, 2018 | Madrid, SpainSubmissions
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5th International Conference on Heat
Transfer and Fluid Flow (HTFF'18)
August 16 - 18, 2018 | Madrid, SpainSubmissions
·Important Dates
Past Events
The previous event in this conference series, HTFF, was held on June 8 - 10, 2017, in Rome, Italy. HTFF is one of the 4 conferences that make up the World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (MCM). Our year-long planning and organization of several committees resulted in the conference becoming a major success. Please see below some of the highlights of the event.
- Best Paper Award Winners
- Congress Proceedings
- Video: MCM'17 Congress
- Photos of the Congress
- HTFF'17 Website
- Congress Program
Best Paper Award Winners
We would like to congratulate the following authors for winning the Best Paper Award:
- Kimberley C. Y. Kueh
for the paper entitled: "Particle Temperature Measurements in a Flow Using Laser-Induced Phosphorescence"
- Negar Saeidi
for the paper entitled: "Towards Improving the Performance of Creighton Mine's Natural Heat Exchange Area"
- Jennifer de León
for the paper entitled: "Asphaltene Molecular Representation: Impact on Aggregation Evaluation"
- Jin-Sung Kim
for the paper entitled: "Failure Prediction of Composite Laminates under Out-of-Plane Loading"
- Adrián Solorzano
for the paper entitled: "Subsidence Analysis and Comparison between GPS Measurements and Interferometry"
- Dr. Huihe Qiu
for the paper entitled: "Interfacial Flows of Contact Line Dynamics and Liquid Displacement in a Circular Microchannel"
- Dr. María Soria Sánchez
for the paper entitled: "Graphene Reinforced Nanocomposites for 3D Printing Applications"
MCM'17 Congress Proceedings
Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (MCM'17). are open acess. You can find them in the link below.
Video: MCM'17 Congress
Photos of the Congress
To view the photos taken during the MCM'17 Congress please visit: www.mcmcongress.com/MCM17Pictures.
HTFF'17 Website
To view the website for the previous event in this conference series, please visit: www.2017.htffconference.com.
Congress Program
The Program for MCM'17 is available in the link below.
MCMh'17 Program
HTFF'18 is part of the 4th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (MCM'18). Congress Website | Congress Flyer
Poster Board Dimensions:
Authors presenting via poster boards are to be informed that poster boards are 100 cm height and 70 cm width.
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A year after the untimely death of her husband and fellow filmmaker Jacques Demy, director Agnès Varda produced this film based on Demy's memoirs. Focusing on Demy's childhood, Jacquot de Nantes explores the more
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Speedway Tour
Climb aboard one of our open-air trams and you will be transported into a world unto itself: the "World Center of Racing." As you enter the "World Center of Racing", a flurry of action, color and grandeur will explode before your eyes and you'll know that you're on hallowed ground.
Experience the 31-degree high banks for yourself as the tram coasts along turns 3 and 4 before finding yourself walking in the footsteps of legends past and present as you climb atop the podium in Gatorade Victory Lane for a photo.
End this thirty-minute Speedway Tour by standing next to the car of this year's DAYTONA 500 champion, left in the same condition as the day it captured the checkered flag.
Following your tour, fans can now access the new Motorsports Hall of Fame of America that is now housed in the DIS Ticket and Tours Building, showcasing spectacular displays honoring all forms of motorsports: Stock Cars, Sports Cars, Open-Wheel, Motorcycles, Drag Racing, Land Speed Records, Powerboating and Aviation.
Memories of a lifetime await you here at Daytona International Speedway.
Duration: 30 minutes
Available Times: 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
Adults: $18.00
Children (6-12): $12.00
Children (5 and younger): Free
LIMITED AVAILABILITY: Daily tickets are sold beginning at 9 am at the DIS Ticket Office; no advance sales are offered. Each tour capacity is limited and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours will leave promptly at their scheduled time and ticket sales will be cut off five minutes prior to each tour time.
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*Please be sure to arrive early and get in line as tours are on a first-come, first-serve basis and leave promptly at their scheduled time. Ticket sales will be cut off five minutes prior to each tour time.
*If you or someone in your party has special needs, please let your ticket agent know so we may be able to best assist you.
* The start/finish line and pit road experiences are dependent on track activity and will not occur if there are events scheduled. Please visit the track calendar to ensure you have the best experience.
*This tour is conducted on an open-air tram and will continue to run in the rain. There is a chance you could get wet. Please check our weather radar for the most up to date weather info.
*Tours will NOT continue if there is lightning within five miles of the track. Rain checks may be issued but no refunds will be offered.


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Welcome to the UCAES website! We are a Seventh-day Adventist elementary school located in Spangle, Washington right across the street from the well known 'Upper Columbia Academy'. Grades K-8 are offered here, as well as some advanced classes that are offered by the Academy for our upper-grade students.
Our mission is to provide excellent Christ-centered education in academics, character, and training for healthy relationships with Jesus and others.
UCAES is part of the world-wide Seventh-day Adventist school network, the largest Protestant educational system in the world.
UCAES has a Certificate of Private School Approval from the Washington State Board of Education and is accredited by: North American Division Commission on Accreditation, Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities; Northwest Accreditation Commission; and the National Council for Private School Accreditation.
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As well as appointing this new expert the management team at Free face cream Ltd. are also giving away a free sample of face cream this week.
Houston, TX. (PRWEB) April 09, 2012
Skin peels that one can make up at home will be just some of the topics that the new homemade skin peel expert who has just joined Free face cream Ltd. will be writing about in the coming weeks. People who are interested in skin peels can check out the Company's website right now at freefacecream.net for more details on this expert.
Linda Coulter, one of the Directors at Free face cream Ltd. said that "this expert that we have hired has been making up her own DIY skin peels for years now and she has kindly come on board with us to write some articles over the coming months where she will share her methods for making up these peels. She will initially be starting off with some very simple skin peeling concoctions and she will then be presenting more complicated ones in later posts that she will be doing. We are hoping that many of our readers will check out the posts and will put the knowledge to good use".
The news of the appointment of this homemade skin peel expert has spread to a number of sites online that are in the health and beauty sector. These sites are now attracting comments from their readers about this new appointment. Many of the commentators have been very positive in their remarks and many of them are saying that they are going to be checking out posts on skin peeling.
As well as appointing this new expert the management team at Free face cream Ltd. are also giving away a free sample of face cream this week. The free sample can be accessed right now at http://freefacecream.net/homemade-skin-peel/. The team on the site are hoping that their readers will appreciate this gesture.


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FIFA 16 TOTGS – Team of the Champions League Group Stage
Each week FIFA Ultimate Team assembles the best players from international and club competition around the world. This collection of players is available to challenge in FUT.
This limited-time Team of the Group Stage (TOTGS) celebrates player performances from Europe's biggest club competition.
Start: Friday, 11/12/2015 at 6pm UK
Friday, 11/12/2015 at 11am PT
End: Monday, 14/12/2015 at 5:45pm UK
Monday, 14/12/2015 at 10:45am PT
Starting XI
GK: Gianluigi Buffon – Juventus (Italy)
CB: Diego Godín – Atlético de Madrid (Spain)
CB: Naldo – VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)
CB: David Alaba – Bayern München (Germany)
LM: Douglas Costa – Bayern München (Germany)
LM: Alexis Sánchez – Arsenal (England)
RM: Isco – Real Madrid (Spain)
RM: Willian – Chelsea (England)
RM: Hulk – Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia)
ST: Luis Suárez – FC Barcelona (Spain)
LW: Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid (Spain)
Substitutes & Reserves
GK: Matz Sels – AA Gent (Belgium)
CB: Giorgio Chiellini – Juventus (Italy)
LM: Raheem Sterling – Manchester City (England)
LM: Nicolás Gaitán – Benfica (Portugal)
ST: Antoine Griezmann – Atlético de Madrid (Spain)
ST: Robert Lewandowski – Bayern München (Germany)
LW: Neymar Jr. – FC Barcelona (Spain)
CB: Kurt Zouma – Chelsea (England)
CB: Jeffrey Bruma – PSV (The Netherlands)
CM: Miralem Pjanic – AS Roma (Italy)
RW: Angel Di Maria – Paris Saint-Germain (France)
ST: Artem Dzyuba – Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia)


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The Base Line
Evocative rather than overwhelming
Dances With Films
Nerea Duhart, Scotty Crowe, Dan O'Brien, Jessica Cummings
Kristjan Thor
Entirely bereft of cyborgs, zombies, or super heroes, Kristjan Thor's sophomore function is a contemplative post-apocalyptic dilemma based by an available innovative situation and excellent collection activities. Although showier stand up often tends to overcome smaller-scale content like Astraea, it's a movie with adequate singularity of perspective to progressively develop an grateful viewers with broader visibility.
t's been two decades since almost the whole Northern United states inhabitants shown in to the extremely communicable, risky illness known as "the falls." In that period, young Astraea's (Nerea Duhart) only partner on a risky travel from the Western Shore to east Northern america is her mid-20s half-brother Matthew (Scotty Crowe). Regularly suffering from complicated thoughts that may indicate growing clairvoyance, Astraea depends on her extrasensory capabilities to help information them on their journey. Her skills falters, however, when they suddenly run across a 30-ish several residing pretty perfectly in an separated New Britain farm house, the first individuals they've seen on their whole journey.
Their originally aggressive experience, which almost outcomes in Matthew capturing shotgun-wielding Wayne (Dan O'Brien) as he tries to secure his relative Callie (Jessica Cummings), progressively de-escalates when the weapons are reduced and Callie hesitantly encourages Astraea and Matthew to remain for a homecooked venison supper. Following a few times of recovery, Astraea is desperate to shift on, optimistic that she and Matthew will find out their young sibling and granny still in existence in Nova Scotia, as her sporadic thoughts recommend. They have to wait their programs, however, after Astraea encounters a concussion in a car incident. As her recovery extends into several weeks, Matthew and Callie attract nearer together, much to the disappointment of Wayne, who still doesn't believe in the newcomers' objectives and encounters regular suits of envy over the surprising competition for Callie's passion.
Production companies: Portage Innovative, Circular One Production
Cast: Nerea Duhart, Scotty Crowe, Dan O'Brien, Jessica Cummings
Director: Kristjan Thor
Screenwriter: Ashlin Halfnight
Producers: Scotty Crowe, Jessica Cummings, Ashlin Halfnight, Kristjan Thor
Director of photography: Matthew Mendelson
Production designer: Wayne Bolenbaugh
Editor: Jackeline Tejada
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Becoming a Golden Hawk means more than just cheering on our (really good) varsity teams – it means being a student who cares about your community, who works hard in the classroom, and who takes advantage of all the learning opportunities that can happen outside the classroom, too.
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Laurier's Film Studies program is considered one of the top film programs in Canada. The recent partnership with the Vancouver Film School, is providing students a pathway to combine academic study of film with hands-on training in film production, writing, or acting. You will complete the Honours BA in Film Studies at Laurier and receive a diploma from the Vancouver Film School in either Film Production, Acting for Film or Writing for Film and Television in just four years instead of five.
Our Film Studies program addresses the prominent role visual media plays in our experience of the world today. Our courses equip you with an understanding of the history of film, the key methods of critical analysis and film theory, the relationship of film style to its social and industrial contexts, and the variety of film genres and national cinemas.
With three wide-ranging introductory courses, you'll have a choice of entry into the field of film studies in your first year. For upper-year students, we offer courses on film genres, theory, film history and national cinemas. Our range of courses makes Film Studies at Laurier an engaging, richly diverse program both in Canada and internationally.
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Dreamy Dad Podcast: Better Sleep And No More Night Terrors
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Night terrors are a horrible experience for parents. Your child will often wake up crying, screaming, shouting, thrashing about and basically having a tantrum in their sleep. They will often be inconsolable and difficult to wake up. In this podcast we discuss what night terrors are, what causes night terrors and how you can stop night terrors in your child, toddler or baby. Which should hopefully lead to a better nights sleep.Read more »


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59th of 106 teams
Undeniably our fastest and most advanced car to date, had SFR007 had the reliability it would have our highest placing car ever, outstripping many other UK teams in the process. Unfortunately, the car got caught up on some technicalities during scrutineering and therefore didn't manage to compete in every dynamic event, and secondly a small steering issue caused us to retire in the first lap of endurance. A fantastic platform to build on for next year, with plenty of testing planned for the 16-17 season.
46th of 96 teams
A car that was technologically superior to anything we've ever constructed, featuring cutting edge technologies and manufacturing techniques that were unique on the grid. However due to unfortunate circumstances we missed out on valuable points in dynamic events due to being caught up in scrutineering. This car provided a steep learning curve but gives us a strong platform to spring off into the 2015/16 season.
59th of 84 teams
In many aspects, an improved design, however problems passing the noise test took valuable time. A differential mount stiffness issue caused the car to lose drive in dynamic events. As it can be seen, we are a progressive team. We are moving to a new design for SFR005, with smaller wheels and a single cylinder engine and we are confident this new design will produce our most successful car to date.
38th of 82 teams
Building on our first year knowledge, we built a much improved car, including one of the most outrageous paint-jobs to ever appear on the Formula Student Grid. Component failures due to lack of testing caused some problems however we managed to compete in the endurance event, unfortunately spinning out due to changing conditions. Testing later showed that this car could have easily completed the race had we stayed on track.
41st of 97 teams
Fundamentally, a much-improved design on SFR004; the team passed scrutineering in record time having experienced none of the noise level issues from FS 2013 and competed in all events. A chain failure curtailed our run in the endurance event, which impacted significantly on our position in the final standings. We aim to record our best finishing position so far at FS 2015 by improving the reliability of the car, which will be achieved by track testing SFR005 extensively throughout the 2014/15 season.
37th of 102 teams
Good car, although packaging issues caused overheating of the electronics. A faulty fuel tank breather also compromised performance as the engine was occasionally starved of fuel. We performed very well in the static events, however, as highlighted by our 2nd place finish in the Cost event.
62nd of 76 teams
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Title: The Hunger Games (book #1 of The Hunger Games)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic
In Collins's vision, the region once known as the US has been reduced to 12 districts subservient to a decadent Capitol. Each year, each district has to send tributes – a boy and a girl – to compete in the annual Hunger Games, the ultimate in reality TV. The winner not only gets to live, but will have enough food to eat for the rest of their life, in addition to being a celebrity.
Indeed, there is little that is more chilling than the individual's objectification and loss of sovereignty. The novel's apt nod towards ancient Rome is a not-so-subtle dig at the socioeconomic disparities of those times.
Our protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, steps into the arena when she volunteers to take her younger sister's place as tribute. Her hunting skills also makes her an ideal contender. She is well aware that the stakes are high, but her emotions become conflicted when she gets to know the other candidate from her district – Peeta.
Herein lies the rub – and the almost ubiquitous young adult love triangle. Katniss is in denial about her feelings towards her best friend back in the district, but Peeta has apparently held a torch for Katniss for ages. She just never knew about it until now. While they play out a supposedly sham romance for the benefit of their viewers, Katniss questions her own loyalties. At some point she might have to kill Peeta.
Some might find the casual violence in the novel shocking, but it pales in comparison to the gladiators in the popular television series Spartacus, where main characters kill their opponents without compunction.
The Hunger Games presents an ideal vehicle in which to examine how being in the arena would affect young Katniss. Her kills are mostly by accident rather than design. Katniss faces challenge after challenge, yet one does not step away with the sense that she has grown much as a character. Indeed, in that respect, the ending goes off like the proverbial damp squib.
While The Hunger Games is an adequate dystopian read, by the same measure I feel the hype surrounding it has hugely inflated its popularity. Don't expect literary fireworks.


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Adorable Kitten Seeks Loving Home in Kampala
I will be leaving Kampala in about a month and am looking for a new loving home for my adorable kitten, Kalungi. Kalungi is a sweet, affectionate, playful, and energetic kitten and would be a wonderful addition to any home. He is a loyal companion who will greet you at the door whenever you come home and loves to curl up in your lap and purr.
Kalungi also adapts well to new environments--he stayed with a friend of mine for two weeks while I was traveling in December, and he immediately felt right at home. He has lived happily alone with me in my apartment, but would also do well with a family or someone who has other pets because he likes to play and loves attention. Access to a yard or garden is a plus because he enjoys running around outside, although he spends most of his time indoors.
Kalungi is a black and grey tabby shorthaired kitten who is about six months old, and he has recently been vaccinated and neutered. I would be happy to give him for free to a new loving owner--and he comes with his litter box and toys, so you'll be all set to care for him as soon as he comes to your home.
Please share this message with anyone who might be interested. If you'd like to meet Kalungi and consider becoming his new owner, please call me at Protected content email me at Protected content . I can email photos to you if you contact me at my personal email address.
--Heidi Boas
p.s. Kalungi means "a small, nice thing" in Luganda: a Lugandan name for a Ugandan cat! Although the new owner can certainly give him a new name.


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Every week we bring you our special selection of all things arty. From interesting websites to highly anticipated performances for your diary, there is something to spark all kinds of creative interest.
1. Twenty stunning Winter wonderland photos
This article on Demilked gathers 20 inspiring winter landscapes; "even if you hate the cold, you've got to admit that winter is a stunningly beautiful season." All the photographs are breathtaking, and we particularly like the snowy deer and the three geese. View all of the photos and the full article here on Demilked.
2. Shortlist revealed for Artes Mundi Prize
The Artes Mundi is a Cardiff-based prize for contemporary arts which is awarded every two years. The £40,000 prize will be awarded on January 22 2015 midway through a 17 week exhibition at Wales' National Museum of Art. Read more here in the BBC article.
3. Opportunity to work as an actor or backstage alongside industry professionals in 'Jerusalem'
Common Players in association with Exeter Northcott Theatre are seeking new and aspiring professionals and skilled amateurs alike to perform in Jez Butterworths' play Jerusalem in Devon, May and June 2014.
"It's an opportunity for new and aspiring professionals and skilled amateurs alike. The lively characters in the play are mostly in their 20's and 50's. And this offer is not just for actors, we are also offering people keen to work backstage and in other supporting roles, the chance to hone their skills working alongside industry professionals."
"All participants will get significant exposure to professional practice and a real developmental challenge.We are now accepting interest and applications from people of all walks of life to take up voluntary roles that include Actors, Wardrobe Assistants, an Assistant Director, Assistant Stage Managers, Set Construction Assistants, and Technical Assistants."
Details about all of these roles and how to apply can be found here on the project website. Make sure you do not miss the deadline of Monday January 13 2014.
Contact Sophie McCormack at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions about how to take part and come along to the Exeter Northcott Theatre on Thursday 9 January at 7pm for more information and to meet the creative team.
4. The Salvador Dali Elimination game
Enjoying your much needed relaxation time from essay deadlines and term-time rush? Do something unproductive for once, and play this fun Salvador Dali elimination game. It's pretty simple, but really addictive.
"Move Salvador Dali paintings via free paths to make horizontal, vertical or diagonal rows of the same painting. Rows of five or more of the same painting are eliminated and increase your score. Each move lowers your score one point, and each remaining painting lowers your score 10 points."
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5. Beautiful time-lapse winter video
This video depicts the interaction of the wildlife with Winter, and the effect of Winter upon the landscape. It was shot in the Dutch nature reserve 'the Oostvaardersplassen' during one of the coldest Winters in Holland.
Winter from Paul Klaver on Vimeo.
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Kimberley Sands 5 star resort captures the essence of an exotic wedding destination, reflecting both Broomes' unique beauty of turquoise blue waters and salt white sands of Cable Beach.
Broome-Time Lodge is centrally located on the Broome Peninsula between Cable Beach to the West and China Town/Roebuck Bay and Old Broome to the east. Our 58 self contained studio, family and king studio rooms are set amongst established gardens around a sparkling free form pool with a spacious outdoor garden dining area ...
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Posing before the "Huck-a-Beast" bus that carried Mike Huckabee around Iowa for the pre-caucus events, from left: Jennifer Schoenle, Kristi Sattison, Benjamin Martin, Stephen Hendricks, Andrew Doub , Jason Ray, Holly DeNeve, Ellen Zemlin and Jessica Smith.
Manchester students head to Iowa
for close contact
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A class of 15 Manchester College students and their professor
are jumping into the thick of the Iowa caucuses.
As they study the 2008 presidential campaign, the students
are attending pre-caucus events, volunteering for candidates of their choice and observing precinct caucuses for Republicans and Democrats. While Manchester students in "Contemporary Politics: Presidential Campaign" are learning about nomination politics, we can learn along with them by reading a class blog, said Professor Leonard Williams.
Students must post to mccaucus.blogspot.com at least daily. The blog is a journal for class members, but the general public also
has access, so students are prepared to reply to readers. Students will blog about their campaign activities and their impressions of the campaigns and the caucuses.
"This class gives them first-hand experiences about presidential politics in an exciting election year," said Williams. "The students
are discovering how Iowans assess the candidates and hone their own skills for analyzing presidential campaigns." They departed Dec. 31,
are observing and campaigning in Des Moines and Ames, and will continue their studies on campus Jan. 7.
are volunteering for a diverse field of candidates, with considerable interest in Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards, as well as Republican John McCain. Other Republican candidates selected by the students include Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee. Students also
are campaigning for Democrats Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson.
The trip is among nine off-campus classes world-wide offered by Manchester College during its three-week January Session. (More than 50 classes meet daily on campus, and students also are doing internships and individual study.) When the political science class returns from Iowa, students will study the influence of the caucuses on the nomination campaign.
During election times particularly, political scientist Leonard Williams has provided commentary for media, including The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, The Associated Press, The Kansas City Star, major Indiana newspapers and television networks, as well as radio stations in New York City, California, Florida, Utah and People's Radio Network.
Manchester College political science majors have exciting side-by-side experiences with their professors, from lobbying state legislators to mock trials to Model United Nations to study abroad (and in Iowa!). To learn more, visit www.manchester.edu
Manchester Media Relations
Jennifer Schoenle observes campaigning by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Jennifer is right above Clinton's head.)
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MC students in Iowa
Emily J. Ashbrook, Peru, Ind.
Holly DeNeve, New Carlisle, Ind.
Andrew Doub,
Michigantown, Ind.
Brittney Gick, Fowler, Ind.
Stephen Hendricks,
South Bend
Joshua Kunkel, Huntertown, Ind.
Benjamin Martin, Myersville, Md.
Jason Ray, Liberty, Ind.
Kristi Sattison, Garrett, Ind.
Jennifer Schoenle, New Haven, Ind.
Benjamin Simons-Scalise,
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Jessica Smith, Pendleton, Ind.
Trenton Weisser, Milford, Ind.
Tyler Yeager, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Ellen Zemlin, Carmel, Ind.
With former Sen. John Edwards, front row from left: Ellen Zemlin, Kristi Sattison and Edwards. Back row: Stephen Hendricks, Benjamin Martin and Andrew Doub


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First of all, thanks for all the emails, comments and tweets. I especially want to call out the people who compared it to a breakup. I woke up the next day feeling guilty and remembering all the good times ... so yeah, pretty much nailed that one.
Anyway, I missed a couple housekeeping things in that last post. First of all, for the folks wondering about Tommy's next gig, I'll post the info here so people on a desert island right now will know where to go. For everyone else, though, the easiest thing to do will just be following @lawlornfl on twitter. You'll hear it there first. (@bountybowl and @shlynch will echo chamber it too, I'm sure.)
I also spent some time playing with twitter this weekend, since I was pretty much trapped and the walls were closing in (more on that below). I'm honestly not sure what my long-term commitment to the medium will be -- although I'm enjoying reading things from the folks I know here as commenters -- but you may want to throw a follow out to @igglesblog, just in case there's ever news. Please note that unlike the last week of the blog, I'm not foreshadowing anything with this announcement.
Finally, there was a little consternation in the comments about the "real" reason things were shutting down here. Hopefully this is clarifying:
That's Evie holding her new little sister, Calla, who entered the world six hours before the final posts went up. (Not pictured: Dad, Mom -- sleeping)


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Philvie Daniel, Stephanie Gayotte Bonbon, Migline Pier -- A trio of students graduating from Suffolk University took special meaning from the words of commencement speaker Dr. Paul Farmer, a man who has devoted his life to helping the people of Haiti.
Three of Suffolk's graduates are from the earthquake-ravaged nation, and set to invest their educations in their homeland.
Philvie Daniel, Stephanie Gayotte Bonbon and Migline Pier have dreamt of this day their entire lives.
"When Haiti pulls out of its slump, it's going to be this generation who does it," Dr. Farmer said. "I'm very excited to be part of it."
The country faces a long road to recovery, with infrastructure having crumbled in the earthquake. But the trio of graduates looks to Dr. Farmer for inspiration.
"He's been to Haiti, so I know he knows the struggles that the people in Haiti are facing right now," Daniel said.
"It's a lot to put yourself up for a nation that's not even yours," Gayotte Bonbon said.
"It makes me feel really proud that someone from outside the Haitian community took his time to do important work in our country," Pier said. "I'm actually inspired."
These three young women want to take this inspiration back to Haiti.
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On April 19, 2017, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with visiting National Security Advisor U Thaung Tun of Myanmar.
Wang Yi said that China and Myanmar are friendly neighbors. China has always pursued a friendly policy towards Myanmar, and supported the people of Myanmar to take a development path suitable to its national conditions. President U Htin Kyaw of Myanmar had a successful official visit to China, and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is coming to China for the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Both sides should cooperate closely, well implement the achievements of talks between the two heads of state, well prepare the proposed high-level meetings, and propel cooperation projects such as Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone, so as to enrich the connotations of China-Myanmar relations, promote the economic development of Myanmar and improve the people's livelihood in the country.
Wang Yi expressed that the Chinese side supports Myanmar's efforts in advancing the domestic peace process, supports Myanmar to uphold the Panglong Spirit, achieve national reconciliation through dialogues and consultations and earnestly safeguard peace and stability in the China-Myanmar border area. China will continue to play its constructive role to this end.
U Thaung Tun said that the Myanmar side attaches great importance to developing relations with China, and is willing to work along with Chinese side to well implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, and promote Myanmar-China relations for a further development. The Myanmar side appreciates China's active supports for the peace process in Myanmar, as well as the effective assistance in regional and international affairs, and stands ready to strengthen cooperation with China and safeguard the stability in Myanmar-China border area.


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Absolute Automation became one of the first major importers of Dakota Alert products into Canada in 2002
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Absolute Automation Inc. started installing driveway alarms in 1995 and has since moved to become a leading online distributor of all major driveway alarm brands. Absolute Automation became one of the first major importers of Dakota Alert products into Canada in 2002 and has since grown with Dakota Alert as both companies have enjoyed over a decade of growth in the driveway alarm industry. With the close relationship shared between the two companies Absolute Automation is the Canadian distributor for all Dakota Alert products.
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Titled The Shepherd in Love, the performance focuses on music inspired by love and nature. The band has selected pieces ranging from the 17th century to a world premiere of Three Sacred Songs composed by Ozed Zehavi, a member of the band and a leading musician in Israel.
Other band members also include singer Einat Aronstein, flautist Margalit Gafni Maltz and pianist Irena Friedland. The group has performed in many countries including the UK, France, Spain, the US and Mexico.
Last Friday, Oded Zehavi, who works as the chairman of the Music Department of the University of Haifa, held a lecture with teachers and students at Viet Nam's National Academy of Music in Ha Noi. VNS


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The story goes that a Rabbi Pinkas founded this synagogue in 1479 after falling out with the elders at the Old-New Synagogue. The building was enlarged in 1535, and a Renaissance façade was added in 1625. In the 1950s, the names of more than 80,000 men, women and children of Bohemia and Moravia who died in the Holocaust were inscribed on the synagogue's walls as a memorial.
In 1967, after the Six Day War, the Czechoslovak government expelled the Israeli ambassador and closed the synagogue for 'restoration'. In the ensuing 22 years, the writing became indecipherable. Not until after 1989 could the museum begin carefully restoring the names, a job that was completed in 1994. The Pinkas also houses a particularly powerful exhibition of drawings by children interned in Terezín, the last stop en route to the death camps in the east.
This museum is part of the Židovské Muzeum (Jewish Museum).
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John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719) was born of a titled family in Rheims. Although a private fortune and a high order of talent promised a brilliant secular career, John Baptist studied for the priesthood (at St. Sulpice), offering his first Mass with an intensity of devotion that never afterward left him. Gradually the heretical mood of the times and the abysmal ignorance of the poor disclosed a special vocation to him" "to teach the poor and to lead the young in the path of truth" (Collect). Weathering the reverses and heartbreaks that beleaguer every creative spirit, John baptist established the Brothers of the Christian Schools, whose vocation would be to teach and only to teach.
Although good teaching was important to John Baptist, spiritual formation was more so; and, in the face of a rampant Jansenism, he was advocating frequent and even daily Communion. When his foundation was firmly rooted and oriented, he resigned as superior, living thereafter as the humblest of his subjects. He died two years later, on Good Friday.
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INTROIT Ps. 36:30-31
The mouth of the just man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justly. The law of God is in his heart. Alleluia, alleluia!
Be not envious of evildoers, nor jealous of those who do wrong.
V. Glory be to the Father . . .
|Probably the most famous portrait of St. John Baptist de La Salle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
O God, You inspired the holy confessor John Baptist to teach the poor and to lead the young in the path of truth, and then founded a new congregation in Your Church through him. May his intercession and example fill us with zeal to glorify You by the saving of souls, so that we may also share his reward in Heaven. Through Our Lord . . .
LESSON Eccl. (31:8-11)
[Sirach 31:8-11]
8 Blessed is the man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.
9 Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.
10 Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them:
11 Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.
[Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition]
ALLELUIA, alleluia. Jac. 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Matt. 18: 1-5
At that time, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in their midst, and said, "Amen I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whoever, therefore, humbles himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one such little child for My sake, receives Me."
We offer You, O Lord, this sacrifice of praise in memory of Your Saints. Free us from evil now and in the future through their intercession. Through our Lord . . .
Refreshed with heavenly Food and Drink we humbly pray You, our God, that we may be strengthened by the prayers of Your Saint, in whose memory we have received this Sacrament. Through our Lord . . .
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Prayer: Hear us, O God, Our Saviour, as we honor St. Dymphna, patron of those afflicted with mental and emotional illness. Help us to be inspired by her example and comforted by her merciful help. Amen.