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The Jayhawks and the Western Illinois Leathernecks will play a one day, two game series on Sunday. The series was originally planned to go the standard three games but was truncated due to the most recent bout of artic weather. Sunday is forecast to be sunny and around 50 degrees so come on out to Hoglund Field and watch some baseball.
KU (7-5) 2006 RPI #33 Full stats here
Western Illinois University (6-5) 2006 RPI #233 Full stats here
KU swept the a three game series last year and leads the all time series 12-0.
Likely Pitching Match-ups
Sun Noon - Zach Ashwood (1-1, 4.60 ERA) vs. Quinn Leath (0-1, 1.80 ERA) Live broadcast on KLWN 1320-AM.
Sun game #2 - Nick Czyz (1-1, 2.87 ERA) vs. Travis Tolsma (1-1, 5.94 ERA)
Western Illinois in a nutshell
So far this year WIU has done well against small schools from Alabama (5-0 vs. Alabama State and Alabama A&M), and not so well vs. the Big-12 (0-5 vs. Texas Tech and Oklahoma). In 2006 WIU won 20 of their last 26 games and finished with a record of 32-32. They almost made the NCAA tournament, loosing in the Mid-Continent Conference finals vs. KU's newest hereditary enemy, the Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts University. The Leathernecks are a program on the rise, winning 25, 29 and 32 games in each of the last three years, and they might have reached the point where they can give KU a scare. Last year WIU knocked off Texas Tech, and have already come close to notching additional marquee wins this year. They lost a close game to Texas Tech 13-11 and two nail-bitters to Oklahoma, 1-0 and 7-6. According to the WIU team home page the Leathernecks feel this is the year they can take the MCC title away from Oral Roberts. If so, it will be their first conference championship since 1984.
The Leatherneck's talent is in their line-up. As a team they are hitting .308/.411/.434 on the season and scoring 8.0 runs a game. Some members of their team are putting up ridiculous numbers:
Leatherneck key players. (Batting Average/ On-Base Percentage / Slugging Avg.)
15 Brett Pendell: 45 at bats (.511/.560/.711), 1 HR, 8 RBI, 5 SB.
23 Travis Check: 43 at bats (..395/.491/.581), 2 HR, 13 RBI, 4 SB.
19 Matt Newquist: 43 at bats (.372/.453/.535), 1 HR, 17 RBI. 17 RBI's in 11 games!
44 Peter Schneider: 28 at bats (.321/.485/.750), 3 HR, 8 RBI, 2 SB
09 Jake Corley: 44 at bats (.318/.434/.409), 1 HR, 11 RBI.
17 Cooper Stewart: 26 at bats (.269/.296/.308), 3 RBI, 1 SB.
02 Kyle Surprenant: 38 at bats (.263/.391/.289), 4 RBI.
10 T.J. Kistner: 32 at bats (.188/.341/.313), 1 HR, 9 RBI, 4 SB.
03 Kelly Flanery: 29 at bats (.138/.219/.138), 1 RBI, 2 SB.
While the WIU line-up is not deep any team that has five guys with OPS' between .843 and 1.271 is going to score some runs. Add to this the Leathernecks ability to run. They have 21 stolen bases in 28 attempts over the first 11 games. This could be a rough weekend for some KU pitchers. Thankfully, WIU also has to use its pitchers half the time as well. The Letherneck pitching staff, while not horrible, is as shallow as their line-up.
30 Todd Nelson: (1-1, 0.68 ERA), 13.1 Innings, 15 hits, 1/10 BB/K. Opp. hitting .273.
*42 Quinn Leath: (0-1, 1.80 ERA), 5 Innings, 5 hits, 2/1 BB/K. Opp. hitting .233.
31 Frank Zenisek: (0-1, 3.85 ERA), 7 Innings, 3 hits, 7/12 BB/K. Opp. hitting .111.
11 Rob Johnson: (2-0, 4.91 ERA), 18.1 Innings, 20 hits, 5/13 BB/K. Opp. hitting .299.
*21 Travis Tolsma: (1-1, 5.94 ERA), 16.2 Innings, 25 hits, 3/15 BB/K. Opp. hitting .355.
39 Asfandyar Khan: (0-0, 9.00 ERA), 4 Innings, 4 hits, 3/3 BB/K. Opp. hitting .235.
33 Aaron Madill: (2-0, 11.45 ERA), 11.0 Innings, 20 hits, 3/9 BB/K. Opp. hitting .377.
27 M. DiBernardo: (0-0, 15.52 ERA), 4.1 Innings, 15 hits, 0/3 BB/K. Opp. hitting .484.
* Likely starters vs. KU
...and that is about it. They have 13 pitchers who have appeared, but after these first eight none have thrown more than 3.1 innings. As a team WIU has a 5.85 ERA. Zenisek might be a pro-prospect. The Wichita native threw a 94-mph fastball in front of pro scouts, but clearly he needs to work on his control (seven walks in seven innings). In his start vs. Texas Tech he pitched 0.2 innings, gave up three runs on five walks and ZERO hits. Looks like a Nuke LaLoosh line. If Zenisek pitches this weekend he will probably come out of the bullpen so stay in your seat late, he might be worth checking out. How often do you get to see Baby Jay knocked out cold by a fastball into the bleachers?
In a nutshell, WIU is a great example of a good second-tier NCAA Div-I baseball team. They have five good hitters, and five reliable pitchers. This is enough to allow them to win a fair share of games vs. other second-tier schools, but not enough to allow them to remain competitive day after day vs. deeper more established programs. KU will have their hands full keeping the Letherneck offense in check, but once the Jayhawk bats work their way into the visitor's bullpen they should be able to put up crooked numbers late. Our friends over at the OU blog Crimson and Cream Machine describe WIU as a "streaky" offensive team which KU should be able to handle. In the five games WIU has played vs. Big-12 teams this year they have given up 12, 13, 1, 24 and 7 runs. The average score of these losses was 11-5. That is ugly baseball, but KU could use a few ugly wins right now. A sweep on Sunday will go a ways towards righting the ship as the Jayhawks prepare for a very difficult stretch. In the next two weeks KU will travel to (#11) Arkansas, (#30) Texas A&M and host (#16) Wichita State. That is seven games vs. ranked teams in the 14 days following this series. A little "mo" would be nice.


text: As the NHL lockout continues scheduled games are falling by the wayside with no end in sight. The latest casualty of the labor dispute is now the All-Star Game. The NHL announced that the game—which was scheduled for February 13 in Atlanta—will be cancelled. The negotiations to get the 2004-2005 season back on track have, by all accounts, come to a complete stand-still. The NHL doesn't want to even return to the bargaining table unless the NHLPA agrees to talk salary cap. The players have stated that they will not endorse any salary cap.

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Best RGB graphics cards? Well that's not an easy question to answer.
If you do tasks that involve processing and outputting high definition videos on your computer display, you will likely need a computer that has a dedicated graphics card. Video rendering requires a lot of processing power. Such power-hungry tasks are normally executed by a dedicated graphics processing unit (GPU) and not the Central Processing Unit (CPU).
The GPU is also referred to by many as the graphics card or RGB video card. Most CPUs have integrated graphics processors that can handle basic graphics processing. However, if you intend to do tasks that require HD video rendering, you will certainly need a dedicated RGB graphics card. In this article, we are going to share with you everything you need to know before you buy a graphics card and some of the best RGB graphics cards on Amazon.
How to choose RGB graphics cards
Let's first of all share with you a checklist of the things you need to consider to get the best graphics card that suits your needs.
- Mind the resolution of your monitor. While choosing an RGB video card, make sure you get one that supports the resolution of your monitor. It is actually better to get one that can support a resolution that is slightly higher than your current monitor resolution so that even when you upgrade your monitor, the graphics card will still be capable of doing a good job.
- Amount of power it uses. The fact that graphics cards have varying specifications, the amount of power they consume also varies. So, while choosing one, make sure its power consumption is not beyond what the power supply in your system unit can provide. The power connectors from the power supply in your system unit should also match the power input port of the graphics. Also, mind that there is always a trade-off between power and noise. If you want to have a quiet GPU or a silent video card you need to see if the power of the card is not too high.
- Check the launch price of the graphics card model. The launch price is what will give you a picture of whether the deal your getting is a good one or not. Cards that were released two or three years ago will likely cost you between 30 to 50% less than the launch price. Those launched less than a year ago may cost the same price or a price slightly below.
- The form-factor of the graphics card. The shape and size of the graphics card you buy is very key while buying a graphics card. Make sure you check your system unit case to determine the ideal size of the card that won't make the system unit overcrowded – something that may affect the cooling of the graphics card itself and the other system Unit components.
- Consider the heaviest graphics demanding software you intend to use. Before you buy a graphics card, you can list down all the graphics you intend to do with your computer. The GPU requirements of the most power-hungry software are what you should consider as your minimum requirements. For instance, if you want to use your computer for gaming, looking for the heaviest game of your games list and use its requirements as your minimum.
Best RGB graphics cards from Amazon
EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC ULTRA GAMING
This is a high-end RGB graphics card that has 1,7ghz clock speed and 8gb of GDDR6 RAM. It has dual HDB fans for effective cooling. The graphics card also has variable LED lights that you can configure based on what you find suitable.
- It has very fast GDDR6 memory that is ideal for heavy graphics processing.
- It has an efficient cooling system to keep the graphics card within the right temperature.
- The configurable rgb lighting gives users more room to make the graphics card personal.
- A little bit pricy.
- It consumes lots of power (212.7watts).
MSI Gaming GeForce Nvidia RGB graphics card RTX 2060
This is an older version of the Nvidia RGB graphics card RTX 2060 but it still a very competitive graphics processor that can handle video rendering tasks my most software in the market right now. It has 1.8ghz clock speed and 6gb of GDDR5 RAM. Its power consumption is rated at 180watts.
- It gives you value for money.
- Its GDDR5 RAM is still fast enough to give you good performance on most of the video rendering tasks that you are likely to do on your pc.
- It has high clock speeds compared to other graphics cards in the same price range.
- It consumes a lot of power.
XFX Radeon RX 570 RS XXX Edition
This is one of the most rated AMD graphics cards on Amazon – with about 4.5/5 stars. It has a close speed of 1.3gz and GDDR5 RAM of 8gb with 0.7ghz speed. The graphics card also has a dual-fan cooling system to ensure it is within the correct temperatures at all times. It uses 120 watts
- It is cheap compared to several other graphics cards that have similar specs.
- It doesn't consume a lot of power. So, a power supply of about 500watts can be able to power it with other CPU components.
- Its dual-fan cooling system is ideal for cooling the graphics even when performing heavy tasks.
- It RAM is not fast enough and the effect may be felt while doing power-hungry graphics tasks.
XFX RX 5700 Xt Thicc III Ultra 8GB Boost Up to 2025MHz GDDR6 3xDP HDMI Graphics Card
If we talk about power and nice design we have to take into consideration the new XFX thicc III ultra 5700 XT. This AMD RGB Graphics Card is the newest model on the market. With a game clock speed is 2025MHz, It can keep amazing performances at a very low temperature. It has a very efficient and quiets fan system.
- Quiet and efficient fans.
- Smooth gameplay.
- 4 Years Warranty.
- None
Final thoughts
A graphics card is an essential component of your computer especially if use software the involves rendering HD videos. But as you go out there to buy a graphics card, you must focus on the factors we shared above to avoid getting something that doesn't suit your needs. We have also shared 3 examples of the best RGB graphics cards that you can get based on your budget
You must consider your requirements first before you look into the budget because it better to scale up your budget than getting a graphics card that doesn't suit all your needs.


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OVAL3, the exclusive fantasy NFT Partner of Major League Rugby, has launched the OVAL3 MarketPlace. Right now, you can buy, sell, and trade official MLR digital player cards in the OVAL3 MarketPlace. In the future you can play and win.
The official Oval3 Fantasy NFT game is hopeful to launch in June, where fans can collect digital MLR player cards, to use in an global immersive fantasy gaming experience.
Each day 150 cards from MLR and other international rugby leagues will be added with the following ratio of rarity levels available:
105 Limited Cards
32 Rare Cards
10 Super Rare Cards
3 Unique Cards
When a card is added, there will be 48 hours of bidding.
A total of 300 cards will be available in the marketplace at a time.
There are 100 limited edition, 20 rare cards, 5 super rare cards, and 1 unique card per player.
Note: Not all versions of a player's card will be added to the marketplace at once. Cards will be sold according to their demand.
Minimum Price for a card is based on rarity:
Limited Cards: $1
Rare Cards: $5
Super Rare: $20
Unique: $50
These digital cards are for collecting, trading and selling. Once the fantasy game launches, fans will be able to use these digital cards to play.
Build Your Team: To play, you need a five-player lineup of the following:
1st card: 1st row (hooker or prop)
2nd card: 2/3rd row (lock, flanker, 8)
3rd card: Half (scrumhalf or flyhalf)
4th card: Back (center, wing, fullback)Build Your Team using cards in your collection.
5th card: Extra (any position)
Select Your Players: Points are related to the actual player performance stats during the match.
Statistical points are based five attributes:
Impact: 0 to 100 (starter, minutes played, penalties, cards)
Attack: 0 to 100 (passes, defenders beaten, meters made, clean breaks, try assist)
Defense: 0 to 100 (tackles, restarts, jackals, interceptions)
Skills: 0 to 100 (kicks, offloads, lineouts)
The player's Global Score is calculated by the 5 attributes (Impact, Attack, Defense, Skills, Strength), and each statistical attribute carries a different weight depending on the position.
For example, the Strength stats for a front-row player weigh more than they would for a wing.
The tries and kicking points of each player will also be counted.
Try Points:
1st player try = 15 points
2nd player try = 10 points
3rd player try and + = 5 points
Kicking Points: Equivalent to real points obtained in a match
Total Score of a player's card = stats score + real points
Rarity: Each player has cards of different rarities (limited, rare, super rare, unique). The rarity level allows you access to specific leagues. The rarer the card, the high the league rewards.
To bid on a player card, you need the crypto-currency: MATIC
- Go to the OVAL3 website and click "enter the marketplace" in the upper right-hand corner
- Log in with your email address
- Fill your MATIC wallet with a credit card via ramp (shown in the video)
- Go to the OVAL3 website, log in with your email & enter the Marketplace.
- Click "Authorize Bidding" at the top right corner of your wallet.
- Click "Swap to bid" and exchange your MATIC for wMATIC. You must keep MATIC to pay the transaction fee (a few cents) and have wMATIC to bid.
- Choose your favorite cards and bid by clicking "Bid" and entering your bid amount. Note: There are no transaction fees when you bid. Your funds are not locked in. This is a promise to buy.
- When another user outbids your bid, you must enter a new bid at 1.1x (+10%) of the current bid. Note: There is no maximum bid amount.
- During the last minute of an auction, once there is a new bid, one minute is added to the sale.
- At the end of the auction countdown, the transaction will be approved if you are the highest bidder and you can see the card directly in your OpenSea account.
No action is required for users who do not win auctions. The wMATICs remain intact in their wallet.
Your players are visible in "My Club," and you can trade them on the secondary market.
Visit the OVAL3 Marketplace
If a player changes teams, does their player card still work in the Fantasy Game?
Yes. The card will always be linked to the individual player ID. No matter what team the player is playing for, the player's stats will be provided and the card can still be used in the OVAL3 fantasy game.
Do the player cards work year to year? For instance, if a fan buys a player card for a player this season and that player plays the following season, does their card work in the fantasy game?
Yes. There are no limitations in time for the use of the player cards.
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Learning to program (1983)
John R. AndersonBibliographic Entry
Anderson, J. R. (1983). Learning to program. In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artifical Intelligence, 57-62.
Year: 1983
Type: inproceedings
Status: published
Category: Skill Acquisition
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November 5, 1999
Recently, we have been bombarded by a series of articles and TV documentaries, extolling the war against smoking conducted by authorities in Nazi Germany. These articles praise the Nazis for their foresight and vision, in "discovering" that smoking causes lung cancer (as well as nearly every other disease known to man).
All of this stems from a book, written by Robert N. Proctor, entitled "The Nazi War on Cancer". In the book, Proctor goes on and on, raving about the great work the Nazis did in finding a cure for cancer: i.e., the abolition of tobacco smoking. In page after page, Proctor describes and praises the work of the Nazi scientists. He is, however, long on hyperbole and adulation and short on descriptions of any real scientific studies, until we get to page 194, where we are told about "an exquisite piece of scholarship" by one Hans Muller who, in a paper published in 1939, finally "proved" that smoking causes lung cancer. Let's take a look at this "exquisite piece of scholarship".
What Muller did was to send a questionnaire to the relatives of deceased lung cancer victims. The questionnaire read as follows:
"1. Was the deceased Herr_____ a smoker? If so, what his daily consumption of cigars, cigarettes, or pipe tobacco? Please be numerically precise in your answer!
2. Did the deceased smoke at some point in his life and then stop? Until when did he smoke? If he did smoke, what was his daily consumption of cigars, cigarettes or pipe tobacco. (Please be precise!)
3. Did the deceased ever cut down on his smoking? How high was his daily use of tobacco products, before and after he cut back? (Please be precise!)
4. Can you say whether the deceased was ever exposed to polluted air for any length of time, either at work or off the job? Did this unclean air contain smoke, soot, dust, tar, fumes, motor exhaust, coal dust or metallic dust, industrial chemicals, cigarette smoke, or similar substances?"
Muller's paper does not state exactly how many questionnaires were sent out but he advised that 96 "cases" were obtained - 86 males and 10 females (which seems strange, since the questionnaire, by its express language, referred only to males). Anyway, the 86 males were divided into five classes: extremely heavy smoker, very heavy smoker, heavy smoker, moderate smoker, or non-smoker. The same was done for a group of 86 "controls" of the same age as the cases.
Proctor tells us that the results were "stunning"; the lung cancer victims were more than six times as likely to be extremely heavy smokers as the controls. 16% of the healthy group were non-smokers as opposed to 3.5% of the lung cancer victims. The lung cancer victims smoked a total of 2,900 grams of tobacco per day; the healthy controls smoked only 1,250 grams.
While Proctor may have considered this to be an "exquisite piece of scholarship", I demur. To me, it is a piece of trash. Why?
Well, for starters, we don't know how Muller selected either the lung cancer victims or the controls. Since he didn't tell us how many questionnaires he sent out, he was free, if he wished, to select from the questionnaires that came back, and cull out "faulty" questionnaires, just as do election judges in Chicago, when picking which ballots to be accepted or rejected. Furthermore, he was free to select his controls - the healthy people - on any criterion he might choose.
Even more important, Muller compared apples with oranges. He compared the recollections of relatives concerning the smoking habits of the deceased lung cancer victims, with the recollections of living people concerning their own smoking habits. That is a "no-no". Whenever the survivors of dead people are asked about the deceased's smoking habits, they always exaggerate those habits. In Germany in the 1930's, as in the U.S. today, a virulent propaganda campaign was underway, blaming smoking for lung cancer and almost every other disease known to man. Thus, when Hermann's widow was asked how much he smoked, her natural tendency was to visualize Hermann with a deadly cigarette in his mouth and respond, "He smoked a lot".
A reverse bias existed, for the healthy controls. Propaganda Minister Goebbels had been saturating the German press with advertisements and articles, suggesting that smokers were nearly as bad as Jews. Thus, when the living people were asked about their smoking habits, a strong bias existed to minimize the amount that they smoked. Simple conformity dictated that a Good German, like his leader, Adolf Hitler, didn't smoke or at least, didn't smoke very much - and the Germans were a very conformist people.
At the end of his book, Proctor cites figures, provided by the American Cancer Society and some German group called "Krebsforschungszentrum", purporting to show that the lung cancer death rate in West Germany in 1952 was 22 per 100,000 population in men and 4 for women, compared to 25 for men and 5 for women in the U.S. By 1990, allegedly because of the delayed effects of the successful Nazi efforts to eliminate smoking, especially among women, the German rates were 49 for men and 8 for women, while the U.S. rates were said to have climbed to 75 for men and 32 for women. We are told that these figures are "age adjusted".
I'm always a little suspicious of figures released by the cancer societies, because they have an ax to grind, and I'm especially suspicious of figures which are adjusted, when I'm not told exactly how the adjustment was made. Fortunately, we have the means to test these figures. If, as the anti-smokers claim, the elimination of smoking leads to the elimination of all sorts of diseases ranging from lung cancer to emphysema, and if, as they also claim, it takes anywhere from 25 to 45 years for the effects of youthful smoking to take their deadly toll, it follows that in Germany, where tobacco was in very short supply during and after World War II, and where women were virtually forbidden to smoke, the beneficial effects of smoking cessation should be reflected in a significant improvement in life expectancy. They are not.
To the contrary, according to a 1987 database, West German women had a life expectancy of 78 years, compared to 79 for their free smoking sisters in the United States, while German men had a life expectancy of 71, as compared to 72 for their brethren in this country. In neighboring Switzerland, which remained neutral during the War and where tobacco was never in short supply, the comparable life expectancies for women and men were 80 years and 73 years, respectively.
So the notion that doing away with smoking leads to an elimination of disease and a longer healthier life is scarcely born out by the German experience. In particular, it is not born out by the life expectancies of German women, which turn out to be less, 42 years after the War and 37 years after the end of the tobacco shortage in Germany, than those of women in the United States who smoked freely during the same time when smoking was either banned for German women or unavailable to them because of shortages of tobacco.


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It's hard to go wrong with such an iconic colorway involved. Such is the case when it comes to the LeBron 15 Air Max 95s. As part of the ongoing #LeBronWatch series of drops, these pay homage to one of LeBron's favorite shoes growing up: the iconic Air Max 95s. Featuring a BattleKnit runner's grey base, the hits of neon fill in the Airbag and Flywire lace loops. Another noticeable change is the placement of the Swoosh, which is embroidered near the upper heel as a nod to the Air Max 95's branding.
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"Winnipegger, the recovering alcoholic wants Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries to introduce a policy that would allow store employees to refuse to sell alcohol to customers who are chronic alcoholics.
Ryan Martens, who started drinking when he was just 13 years old to cope with childhood trauma, said he was stunned when he read Crown's response to a recent story.
An investigation revealed that Liquor Mart, located in the city center on Ellis, sold 103,553 bottles of London Westminster Canadian Apera - cheap sherry with a high alcohol content - during the three-year period from 2015 to 2017. If compared these sales to Liquor Mart in St. Vitale, which sold only 378 bottles in the same period.
"They prey on vulnerable and weak people. They know that these people are addicted to alcohol," said Martens.
A 33-year-old Martens just celebrated one year of sobriety past Christmas, said he drank 12-15 bottles of sherry a day before switching to strong drinks. "Alcohol to me made me lose everything. I lost my home. I lost my wife. I lost jobs I lost everything because of alcohol," he said. "We're so quick to talk about the meth crisis, well let's talk about the alcohol crisis.
Liquor and Lotteries claim that it refuses to sell alcohol to people who are intoxicated, and last year, employees at the Ellice store refused to serve such customers about 4,000 times.


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Once seniors hit their golden years, they tend to put off exercising. Those who do stay in the habit tend to walk or swim, but rarely include any type of strength training exercises. Even fewer include cardio exercise.
The fact is, if you want to stay healthy and in good shape, you need to include a variety of different exercises. Cardio exercise, strength training, and stretching exercises must all play a role if you want to keep the body in balance and as flexible as possible.
Exercising three or four times a week for at least 30 minutes a day will help to keep you on track and as healthy as possible for as long as possible!
Please click the button below to download a free PDF of the exercises in this article:
Keep in Mind:
Before starting any new exercise(s), we strongly recommend you follow the advice of the National Institute on Aging and consult your doctor.
What Are Resistance Band Exercises for Seniors?
Resistance band exercises involve the use of various sizes of rubber "bands". Each size (often color-coded) represents a different amount of resistance. Resistance band exercises are a great way for seniors to get the exercise they need in the comfort of their own home. Resistance bands can offer similar results to those that are provided by hand weights. As their strength increases, larger, more resistant bands can be used to bump up the work out. Seniors can change the size of bands they use at each workout. This prevents them from plateauing if they are also trying to lose weight.
What Are the Benefits of Resistance Band Exercises for Seniors?
Resistance bands use the body's own strength to perform the exercise. They are ideal for anyone who is trying to get fit on a budget. Bands are inexpensive and offer benefits no matter what fitness level a person is at. With resistance bands, you can exercise almost every part of the body. You can take them with you wherever you go and use them in almost any setting. Resistance bands are a great way to spice up your workout routine. The first time you use a resistance band, you will realize how effective they can be even if you only use them part of the time.
Best Resistance Band Exercises for Seniors
Seniors who have limited space in which to exercise can work almost every area of the body with varying levels of resistance. Because bands can be easily stored, they can be taken anywhere and used whenever a person has a few free minutes. There are many resistance band exercises you can rely on for positive results. The following exercises are some of the best.
Easy Resistance Band Exercises for Seniors
If a senior is just starting to exercise, they should keep the resistance band exercises fairly simply for the first few weeks. They need to move slowly until they figure out the proper mechanics of each exercise. Use milder resistance in the beginning and work up to the more difficult bands. This will prevent soreness and reduce your risk of an injury. One of the best things about resistance bands is that they come in varying levels of resistance. Seniors can start working out with as little resistance as possible and gradually increase it as they become more comfortable.
Chest Pull
With the chest pull exercise, you will want to grasp a band at each end and gently pull the ends as far apart as your arms will go. Make sure that you feel resistance as the muscles across your chest tighten. When you are ready to release the band, slowly allow your hands to return front and center to their original position. Perform 10 reps adding more as you become more comfortable.
Bicep Curl
In order to do a bicep curl, you will need to put the band under your feet and stand up straight. Grab the band with each hand, palm facing your body, and curl your arms upward. You should feel your bicep muscles tighten as the band becomes tighter. Slowly release the band by lowering your hands back down to their original position. Perform 10, adding more as you go along.
Lateral Raise
Start by placing the resistance band under your feet. Stand upright and with the band in each hand. Keep your arms straight and lift them up. Raise your arms out to your side and then straight up over your head. When you are ready to release, gradually lower your arms slowly to their original position. Depending on how strong the shoulders are, you may want to start out with 5 reps and gradually increase to 10.
Seated Resistance Band Exercises for Seniors
Seated resistance band exercises are a great option for seniors, especially if they are confined to a wheelchair or have limited mobility due to arthritis or other health conditions. Exercising from a seated position will help them build their strength and regain their balance. This allows them to be physically prepared for other types of exercise.
Seated Hip Flexion Exercises
Sit down with your feet flat on the floor. Place a resistance band around your left thigh, just above the knee. Put the other end of the resistance band under your right foot. Keeping your left knee bent, gradually lift your left foot up until it is about an inch or so off the ground. Hold for a few seconds and then slowly lower your foot back down. Repeat with your right leg.
Seated Shoulder Press
From a seated position, place a band under your feet. Sitting as upright as possible, grasp the band and hold it at shoulder height. Gradually push your hands upwards until your arms are straight and stretched up above your head. Hold for several seconds and then gradually lower your hands down to your shoulders where they originally started. Perform 10 and then gradually begin to increase the number and resistance as you begin to gain strength.
Seated Chest Press
While sitting down, wrap a band around your shoulders with an end in each hand. With your hands at chest level, begin to push your hands away from your body until your arms are straight and you are reaching as far out in front of you as possible. Hold the position for several seconds and then slowly release, pulling your arms back to their original position.
Resistance Band Core Exercises for Seniors
Core exercises are a must for seniors. Keeping the core muscles strong helps to support the organs and prevents the build-up of visceral fat around the organs. Core exercise also improves cardiovascular function and reduces your risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Inner Thigh Stretch
Place a band around both legs close to the knees while you are in a seated position. Spread your legs as far apart as you can. Hold for several seconds and then gradually allow your knees to come back together. You should feel a gentle pull along the inside of your thighs. This not only strengthens the hip flexors but will also support the pelvic floor and the gluteal muscles as well.
Side Stretching
With a band under each foot and the other end in each hand, stand up straight and lift your arms, one at a time over your head. Stretch your hand over to the opposite side and reach as far as you can. Stretch first with your left hand and then with your right. Once you've reached as far as you can, hold for a few seconds and then slowly release back to the original position and stretch with the other hand.
Reverse Russian Twist/Side to Side
Standing upright, put a band under your left foot and hold the end with your right hand. Pull the band up and back, stretching it across your body as you extend your arm out to your side. Pull as far as you can and hold for several seconds. Gradually release the hold, allowing your hand to go back down to your side. Repeat with your other arm. Do several reps for each side.
Upper Body Resistance Band Exercises for Seniors
Upper body resistance band exercises for seniors will help to keep your back, neck, and shoulders strong. Exercising your arms and neck especially will help you to maintain as much range of motion and flexibility as possible. The more you work your upper body, the stronger you will be when it comes to keeping up with your day to day activities.
Upper Back Stretch
While seated, extend your legs and place a band around your feet. Grab the band with each hand and pull back, arching your back. Stretch as far back as you possibly can. Hold the stretch for several seconds. As you release, gradually allow your back to uncurl and come back up. Repeat this exercise several times.
Neck and Shoulder Stretch
Place the end of the resistance band in each hand and place the center of the band along the back of the neck at the base. While seated, rest your hands on your thighs and gently pull upward against the band with the base of your neck and the shoulders. Do not force the stretch. Only go as far as you are comfortable. Hold the stretch for a few seconds and gradually release.
Overhead Pull-Apart Stretch
Take the end of a resistance band in each hand. Stretch your arms above your head and pull your hands apart. Pull the band as far apart as you can while keeping your arms as straight as possible and then hold for several seconds. Slowly release the hold and repeat 10 times. This exercise will work the shoulders, the neck, and much of the upper back.
Flexibility Exercises for Seniors Using Resistance Bands
Seniors who tend to be less active often lose their flexibility and range of motion. Because resistance bands can be used on all areas of the body, seniors can use them to improve both ranges of motion and flexibility. The more the bands are used, the more strength will be gained. Flexibility and balance are essential as a person ages.
While standing upright and holding the ends of the band in each hand, you will want to step on the band to secure it. From a squatted position, start to stand upright, pulling the resistance band taut on either side. Stretch your body as upright as you can and hold for several seconds. Gradually lower yourself back to a squat position.
Leg Press
From a seated position, place the ends of a resistance band in each hand. Put the toe of your foot onto the band and press away from the body, stretching the leg out until it is completely straight. Hold for several seconds and release by bending the knee and allowing the leg to return to its original position. Perform the same exercise with the other leg.
Tricep Press
The tricep press is performed in much the same way s the bicep press except for the position of the hands. With a tricep press, the palms of the hands are facing away from the body. Curl the arm upholding the end of the band in your hand. Hold for a few seconds and release. You will be able to feel the muscles along the back of your arms tighten.
Resistance band exercises are a good way for seniors to get back into the swing of things when it comes to exercising. If they haven't been exercising in a while, it may take time for them to get back on track. It's essential that seniors get a physical exam from their doctor before starting out on any type of new exercise routine. Once they have received the all-clear, it's important to start out slowly. Begin using resistance bands with the least amount of resistance to start. Gradually increasing resistance is the best way to move forward.
There will be minimal soreness and a reduced risk of injury. The benefits go far beyond the extended range of motion and improved flexibility. With resistance bands, seniors can improve cardiovascular function and become more active without having to purchase a gym membership or buy a lot of expensive equipment.
Supporting Scientific Studies
- 1Effect of physical training performed on unstable surfaces with use of elastic bands for resistance exercises on physical performance and quality of life in elderly persons
- 2Elastic Band Exercises Improved Activities of Daily Living and Functional Fitness of Wheelchair-bound Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment. A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
- 3An elastic band exercise program for older adults using wheelchairs in Taiwan nursing homes: A cluster randomized trial
- 4Feasible modalities and long-term effects of elastic band exercises in nursing home older adults in wheelchairs: A cluster randomized controlled trial
- 5Sleep quality and depression of nursing home older adults in wheelchairs after exercises
- 6Programs on People Older Than 80 Years
- 7Comparison of the effects of two selected exercises of Theraband and Pilates on the balance and strength of lower limb in elderly women
- 8Resource Manual for Active Seniors
- 9Influence of Two Different Exercise Programs on Physical Fitness and Cognitive Performance in Active Older Adults: Functional Resistance-Band Exercises vs. Recreational Oriented Exercises
- 10Efficacy of Progressive Resistance Tube Training in Community Dwelling Older Adults: A Pilot Study
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The silent barriers that individuals with disabilities face daily – and what teenagers can do to eliminate them
- What are the types of disabilities and how common is it among Canadians and in the world?
According to the World Health Organization, 15% of the world's population (an estimated 1.1 billion people) identify as having some form of disability, thus constituting the world's largest minority. In Canada, more than 5.3 million Canadians—almost 16% of the population in this country—are living with some form of disability that affects their level of freedom, independence or quality of life, according to Statistics Canada.
Of that number, over 200,000 are children and youth. In the latest Canadian Survey on Disability study conducted by Statistics Canada, "disability" has been identified into 10 types: seeing, hearing, mobility, flexibility, dexterity, pain, learning, developmental, mental/psychological, and memory. Many disabilities are not visible. These so-called «hidden disabilities» affect a large portion of Canadians. For example, the Learning Disability Association of Canada estimates that one in 10 Canadians has a learning disability. Moreover, more than 1.4 million working-age adults (15 to 64) reported needing help with everyday physical activities in 2006, according to Statistics Canada.
- Do Canadians with disabilities face any external barriers and/or discrimantion for their disability(ies)?
Despite these high numbers, Canadian youths who suffer from disabilities face incredible levels of financial, social, and accessibility barriers in their daily lives. For example, over 81% of people with disabilities reported using some kind of assistive technology or specialized equipment to help them move, communicate, learn or carry out the daily activities of life, according to Statistics Canada's 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability.
However, what is often not well-known among the public is that such assistive technologies and equipment can be extremely expensive and, in many cases, unaffordable. A customized power wheelchair can cost more than $25,000 while a porch lift can cost upwards of $5,000. A specially designed walker can cost up to $2,500. Modifications and renovations to make a home accessible can cost tens of thousands of dollars. This can cost a single family more than $40,000 a year to care for a child with a severe disability, yet some of these families have a total annual income of barely that much. Canadians also recognize there is a major problem with inclusion of disabled individuals. According to a 2004 Environics research, just 10% of Canadians believe people with disabilities are fully included in society. The majority of Canadians also want to help improve the lives of people with disabilities and agree the social benefit is worth the cost.
Unfortunately, nearly half of Canadians believe in a hiring bias against disabled people: a 2012 BMO study showed that 48% of all respondents believed candidates could be more likely to climb the corporate ladder if they kept their disability under wraps. There is also a huge gap in how much individuals with disabilities earn: in fact, according to a 2012 Canadian Human Rights Commission report, disabled men in the 15 to 64 age group earn $9,557 less than adult males in the same age group who don't have disabilities. Women between the ages of 15 to 64 earn $8,853 less.
This explains why the poverty rate among those who identified as suffering from either a visible or non-visible disability was 3.9% higher than the average Canadian national poverty rate in 2006 while the self-reported median income of Canadians with disabilities was just over $20,000, according to a 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability. On top of all such financial and social barriers, disabled citizens face multiple educational barriers due to many factors such as the lack of sufficient assistance, accessibilities, and facilities. The evidence of this is that adults with disabilities were only about half as likely to get their university-level degrees as adults without disabilities, according to the Canadian Human Rights Commission (20.2% vs. 40.7%, respectively).
- Can teenagers do anything to help reduce the negative impact of these barriers? If so, how?
Luckily, as more awareness is spread about such barriers among the Canadian and global public, more opportunities for disabled citizens and ways that anyone, like teenagers, can take to help eliminate these issues! Some of these impactful ways include:
The Enabling Accessibility Fund Youth Leader Opportunity: In 2019, the Government of Canada launched the Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) EAF provides funding for eligible capital projects that increase accessibility for people with disabilities in Canadian communities and workplaces, creating more opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in community activities, programs and services, or access employment opportunities. If you are between the ages of 15 and 30, you can register to become a volunteer Youth Accessibility Leaders to:
- Identify accessibility barriers that persons with disabilities encounter in your community, by identifying obstacles that might prevent them from entering the workforce or participating in community programs and services;
- Approach the organization with accessibility barriers and encourage them to apply for up to $10,000 in EAF funding to address these barriers; and
- Assist this organization in developing and submitting a project proposal for funding to the EAF to remove these barriers.
EAF can fund projects such as:
· Screen reader devices; · voice recognition & speech synthesizers; · symbolic software; · audiovisual fire alarm systems; · access ramps; · automated door openers; | · lifts and elevators; · snoezelen/multi-sensory rooms; · accessible kayaks or canoes; · accessible beach mats or wheelchairs; · accessible outdoor pathways or raised garden beds. |
If you're interested, before October 31st, 2019, go to www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/enabling-accessibility-fund-youth-innovation.html.
- The National Educational Association of Disabled Students has a website that lists information about awards and scholarships specifically for students with disabilities. The site is designed to make it easier for disabled students to search for relevant bursaries.
- Look for opportunities through organizations specific to your area. Call local hospitals and nursing homes to ask about where to volunteer or talk to someone you know works professionally with people who are disabled.
- Raise or donate money: Sometimes, fundraising is very helpful. People with disabilities sometimes need extra funds to cover medical costs, home renovations, and other expenses. Many organizations periodically conduct fundraisers and donating money, even a small amount, can help. You can also ask friends and family members to donate as well. You can organize a school fundraising bake sale or donation drive. However, always make sure you are donating to a reputable, well-known, and positive-impact driving organization.
Let's get working towards building a more accessible and inclusive world!
Written by: Shifa H. Sarker.
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- https://easterseals.ca/english/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Disability-in-Canada-Facts-Figures.pdf
- https://www.wikihow.com/Help-Those-Who-Have-a-Disability
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- Info in graphs from: World Health Organization (for the graph "Percentage of the World's Population That Identify as Having a Form of Disability")
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Novelist Samuel Butler said, "The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too." This quote highlights the joy of adults and children with their dog. Mr. Butler's quote fails to add this cautionary "tail" – while the dog may not scold you, he may bite you.
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In Washington dog owners are strictly liable for the bite injuries their dogs cause. RCW 16.08.040 provides that the owner of any dog that bites another person is liable to that person for the injuries the dog causes:
- If the attack happened while the person was in or on a public place or in or on a private place – including the dog owner's property.
- Regardless of whether the dog had displayed any former viciousness, or the owner knew of such viciousness (propensity to bite).
The law applies if you're in the owner's home. It applies if you're bitten while walking down the sidewalk of the owner. The law applies if the dog bites you while you're in a park with your dog, or at a retail store. If you're bitten anywhere you have a right to be, the dog owner is liable.
There's no need to show the dog owner was liable, either. You don't have to prove that the owner failed to have a warning sign on his or her property that the dog is present. You don't have to prove that the dog had a history of vicious behavior, or a tendency to bite. You don't even have to prove that the dog owner was negligent. If you get bit, the owner is liable – period.
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In some cases, a negligence case can also be filed. For example, if you're bitten while in a retail store, the owner of the retail store may be liable – if the owner was aware of the dog's presence and failed to exercise precautions.
What if I'm bitten by a police dog?
That's different. The law doesn't apply to the lawful use of "police dogs." However, if your civil rights are violated, you may be able to make a claim against the law enforcement agency. These are tricky claims, though, so you should give us a call and tell us about what happened. If we can't help you, we can recommend an attorney who can.
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- Seek medical attention immediately. Dog bites are dangerous for a number of reasons, and you shouldn't delay treatment.
- Call the police and file a police report. We understand – especially if you have a pet of your own – just how hard this step is. But it is critical, because:
- You need to have a record of the attack on file, and
- It should be on record that this dog bit someone, in case the dog bites someone else.
- Call the local health department. If you cannot tell if the dog is up-to-date with its shots, the health department may need to get involved.
- Take pictures of your injuries and the scene where the attack happened. These pictures can be used to bolster your personal injury case.
- Call us. Depending on the circumstances, we may file a premises liability claim or a claim against the government. We may also have a product liability claim, if, for example, the dog leash broke unexpectedly and the dog ran off, or if another defective product were to blame.
Who can file a dog bite claim in Vancouver, WA?
Several people may have valid dog bite claims. These include:
- An adult who was bitten
- The parents of a minor child who was bitten
- The personal representative of the estate of a person who died due to the dog bite
What injuries do dog bite victims suffer?
If you're bitten by a dog, you should seek immediate emergency medical help. Dog bite victims need to be treated for the following possible injuries:
- Puncture wounds
- Cuts and scratches
- Disfigurement
- Scarring
- Transmission of viruses, bacteria, and other potentially deadly infections
There's also the secondary danger that you or your child could fall when the dog bites you. Falls can cause traumatic brain injuries, back injuries, broken bones, and other complications.
What damages are permitted in dog bite cases in Washington?
If you've been bitten by a dog, your initial treatment will mostly likely be in an emergency room. You may require skin grafts. After the initial care, unless any serious complications arise, you (or your child) may need plastic surgery. Psychologists can help with the emotional trauma of a dog bite attack.
Our Vancouver, WA dog bite lawyers demand compensation for:
- All your medical expenses including ER care, surgeries, doctor visits, therapy, and medications
- Any income you lose because you can't work due to the dog bite
- The physical pain you suffer on a daily basis
- The emotional suffering of worrying about your health and living with any scarring, disfigurement, or any other upsetting issues
- The loss of functionality of any body part
- The loss of consortium of you and your spouse
- Other permissible damages that may apply
How does insurance work in a dog bite case?
You can use your own health insurance for your medical bills to ensure immediate treatment, but your damages will be paid by the homeowner's insurance for the liable dog owner. If the bite happens at a retail shop or in a dog park, someone else's insurance will pay for the damages.
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That's on Magnus' mind a lot while the thousand-year old "Chosen Warrior" deals with bikers, cartels, a Yaqui shaman,
visitations, explosions, crashes, brawls, and the occasional gunshot wound. Being an Einherjar hiding out from Odin and his Valkyrie is hard enough without having to wonder who is on your side and who is just waiting with a knife for your back. To make matters worse, it's one of Odin's own immortal wolves that Magnus aka Mouse is sworn to rescue. This time, being tough, scrappy, and a fair hand with runic magic might not be enough.
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This series is fun, fast-paced and filled with mythology, magical creatures, thugs and more. This installment moved at a faster pace than its predecessor as Curry peeled back Magnus's layers and expanded the world building.
Through it all Magus remains fairly calm as he battles the baddies, finds himself incarcerated, kidnapped and befriended. All the while he is thinking about one particular female, but an oath keeps him focused on the task at hand.
Curry blends Norse mythology with current culture references and even had me craving some roadside tamales.
As for Magnus, he may be over a thousand years old and an Einherjar, but he has his limits which gave way to brawls and beatings that required him to think fast and ask questions later.
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College paves path for students to earn two-year degree
By Kevin Spradlin
HAMLET — Academic officials often hinge their careers on an ability to anticipate. After two years on the job, then, Camille Gomes and Kary Edmonson might deserve a raise.
On Tuesday, the two women — Gomes as director of career and technical education with Scotland County Schools and Edmondson as Richmond Community College's director of K-12 partnerships in Richmond and Scotland counties — announced a partnership between SCS and RCC that aims to bolster high school students' ability to graduate high school with most, if not all, of a two-year degree in hand but also hands-on training and certifications to, in some cases, directly enter the workforce via the college pathways dual enrollment program.
The announcement was made during the RCC Board of Trustees regular monthly meeting at the main Hamlet campus.
The deal, to be finalized at the next Scotland County Board of Education meeting on Monday and effective July 1 in time for implementation this fall, will essentially give RCC the run of Building No. 5 on the Scotland High School campus currently used for RCC welding classes.
But from this fall forward, the menu of course options is expected to grow significantly to more than a dozen courses, including mechanical engineering, drafting, computer information systems, CAD and more.
Both Goins and Edmondson have been in their respective positions for about two years, and in that time their "efforts have revitalized the partnership and relation with Scotland County Schools in a very positive way."
It's a big win for Scotland High School students, as they'll be able to take, free of charge, courses that help transition them from a typical teen to a tried-and-true, and certified, future employee. SCS's career and technical education program will be responsible for the purchase of students' textbooks. The cost of tuition is at no charge to the students.
After a one-year trial during the 2013-14 academic year, Edmondson said she and Goins got together and determined that "we can make this bigger and better. We kind of came up with a plan to do that."
Last year, 30 students were enrolled in the program. The number of pre-registered students for the fall program is 270, and that's before the student body has been made aware of the breadth of classes available beginning this fall after RCC hires a full-time instructor, with additional hires to come in future years.
Goins said she has started to recruit potential students for the program at the middle school level. Dr. Dale McInnis, RCC president, was all for the initiative that could lead students to a free two-year degree.
"That's where I think we can be in a very short period of time," McInnis said.
RCC will be responsible for the cost associated with renaming and erecting signs for Building No. 5, but the consensus Tuesday was that it was a cost well worth the benefits.
RCC will have the course offerings for the 2015-16 year finalized by Nov. 30, 2014. Students entering the program in the fall of 2015 should know their schedules by the previous March, according to the memorandum of agreement signed Monday by both McInnis and Dr. Ron Hargrave, Scotland County Schools superintendent.
Also on Tuesday:
* Trustee James McCaskill announced his resignation from the board. McCaskill said he and his wife have moved out of Richmond County and though the board regulations would allow him to continue to serve as he lives in a contiguous county, he has decided against it.
* The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to modify a policy that previously required all incoming students to take a keyboarding test. Dr. Dale McInnis suggested the requirement was unnecessary for some students, and costly. In certain study paths, the test would still be required. In situations the test is not required but an instructor finds a student who needs assistance, the student will be referred to the Academic Success Center for help.
* The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a change in who can apply for the nursing program. Until Tuesday night, only nursing program applicants who had completed their CNA could apply. After the board's unanimous vote, those who don't yet have their CNA can apply but they must demonstrate they have their CNA being being accepted into the program.
* The Board of Trustees tabled a motion from member Bert Unger about renaming RCC's four parking lots, not including the one adjacent to Cole Auditorium, in honor of retired RCC staff, faculty or trustees.
While buildings and other structures are named for non-RCC related individuals, Unger said this would be a modest opportunity to "not sell 'em to the highest bidder."
The motion was not on the agenda and caught fellow board members by surprised. McCaskill suggested the matter be studied by a committee and brought back to the board at a later date.
* Thomas McDonald was introduced as the new president of the Student Government Association. By holding that position, McDonald is an ex-officio member of the board.


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Don't you just hate it when a pair of tights rip?
They're effectively useless and you end up having to throw them away. Another load to end up in landfill – but not anymore.
In terms of garment waste, tights are one of the most disposable items in the industry.
As many as 8 billion pairs of tights are manufactured and thrown away each year across the world.
Snag Tights is the first in the industry to help you recycle your old snagged hosiery so it ends up having another life as permanent industrial components.
Snag's new tights recycling scheme is part of the brand's ongoing dedication to ethical and sustainable practices.
Snag's commitment to sustainability
The scheme wouldn't be possible without Snag's commitment to the environment throughout the lifecycle of the tights.
The brand's production process is carbon neutral and the dyeing system uses recycled water.
In fact, the dyes themselves are vegan and most of the range is animal free – except the organic merino wool from New Zealand.
No single use plastic is used in the production of the tights right through to dispatch and Snag uses recycled materials where possible.
It's also been busy in the clothing department, launching a brand new clothing range made from a sustainable viscose which is derived from wood and pulp.
How the tights recycling scheme works
Gather up all your old and damaged Snags, post them back to headquarters using either Royal Mail or Hermes and Snag will take care of the rest.
The old tights will be turned into industrial components.
The brand is currently working on a way for customers to send them back for free.
If you have other pairs of tights you want to make use of, or if you want to get creative with your Snags, then check out the brand's new series on social media which demonstrates fun ways to repurpose old hosiery.
Brie Read, founder of Snag says: "We are proud to be leading the way and demonstrating to other retailers that it is fully possible to be a successful brand that is sustainable, ethical and inclusive.
We know there is more work to do and so we will continue to invest in developing sustainable solutions for the business as we grow and develop."
For more information go to Snag Tights.
Better tights for all
The brand is proud to be ethical and inclusive too. Everyone in the production process is treated fairly and paid a living wage.
You can also find clothes and tights from sizes 4-38 to cater to people of all genders, abilities, ethnicities, ages and styles in every aspect of their business from design through to marketing.
All these commitments allow the brand to bring their tights full circle and close the loop, setting the bar for the way such items are disposed of in the industry.


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You Know You Want a Piece of Automotive History
The Ferrari F40 is a legendary supercar of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Only around 1,300 examples were produced. Even fewer of the prototypes were made. Only eight to be exact, and one of them burned in a fire. Those super rare prototypes were never sold to the public, but now this one can be had thanks to Tom Hartley Jr. in the UK.
The car's specifications aren't listed in the posting, but they shouldn't differ from the regular F40 much. That means the car has a 2.9-liter twin-turbo V8 that makes 478 horsepower.
According to CarBuzz, the main differences between the prototype and the production version of the F40 were the mirrors, additional vents, a thinner rear wing, different kevlar weave in the tub, and a quilted headlining. The publication also notes that the car was recently given the Red Book Classiche Certification by Ferrari and officially claimed as a prototype.
Since the car left the factory in 1987, it accumulated only 4,971 miles on its odometer. That means hardly anyone drove it over the past several decades. That is a true shame considering how good the car must be to drive. The dealer says the owner received the car as a gift from Enzo Ferrari.
For more information, you can visit Tom Hartley Jr.'s website. The price is not listed. There are also several other amazing machines for sale at the dealer, including a regular production F40 if that's more to your fancy.


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There was a time when the only line of defense between the U.S. president and a potential assassin was a single policeman. Today, the President is protected by a dedicated team of Secret Service Agents, who are also tasked with protecting the Vice President, their immediate family, former presidents, and presidential candidates and their spouses.
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Why the heightened security? Over the course of American history, four out of 45 American presidents have been assassinated — and more than 17 have been the subject of assassination attempts. Here is a roundup of the most notorious presidential assassinations (and assassination attempts) in United States history.
Andrew Jackson (January 30, 1835)
On a chilly day in January, Richard Lawrence, an out-of-work house painter, misfired two bullets from two separate pistols at then-President Andrew Jackson. Lawrence, who believed himself to be the 15th-century English King Richard III, was found not guilty by reason of insanity and institutionalized for the rest of his life.
Abraham Lincoln (April 14, 1865)
Five days after the Civil War ended with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and confederate sympathizer, shot President Lincoln once in the head during a show at Ford's Theatre in Washington. Lincoln was pronounced dead the following morning.
James A. Garfield (July 2, 1881)
When James A. Garfield was only four months into his presidency, he was shot twice by Charles J. Guiteau, a frustrated politician, while walking through a railway waiting room in Washington D.C. Garfield lived for 79 days after being shot before dying on September 19, 1881, due to a lack of understanding of sanitary practices and antiseptic medicine.
William McKinley (September 6, 1901)
As 25th President William McKinley shook hands with attendees at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, he was shot twice in the chest by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. McKinley would die eight days later of gangrene infection. Czolgosz was executed in the electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York.
Theodore Roosevelt (October 13, 1912)
While giving a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Theodore Roosevelt was shot by saloon-owner John Schrank. Roosevelt continued his speech even after being shot, informing the audience:
"Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose. But fortunately, I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet — there is where the bullet went through — and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best."
Roosevelt gave the rest of his speech with a bullet in his chest, where it would stay until his passing in 1919.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (February 15, 1933)
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Before being sworn in as President, Franklin D. Roosevelt was shot at five times by bricklayer Giuseppe Zangara while speaking in Miami. Stray bullets ended up wounding four bystanders and killing Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak.
Henry S. Truman (November 1, 1950)
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, two Puerto Rican separatists, tried to shoot past the President's guards At the time, Truman was staying in the Blair House while the White House underwent renovations. Truman was unharmed, but one officer was killed and another injured. Torresola was also killed, and Collazo was sentenced to life in prison.
John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963)
As President Kennedy rode in a convertible through downtown Dallas in a presidential motorcade, he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald from a window in the Texas School Book Depository Building. Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally were injured, and Kennedy died 30 minutes later at Parkland Hospital. Two days later, Oswald was shot and killed on live television in the basement of the Dallas police headquarters by a local nightclub owner, Jack Ruby.
Richard Nixon (February 22, 1974)
Samuel Byck, an out-of-work tire salesman, attempted to hijack an airliner and crash it into the White House to kill President Nixon. Byck shot both pilots and eventually turned the gun on himself before he could be arrested.
Gerald Ford (September 1975)
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President Gerald Ford survived two separate assassination attempts in California in September 1975. The first occurred on September 5, when Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson family member, shot at Ford in a crowd in Sacramento. The second was in San Francisco on September 22, when self-proclaimed radical Sara Jane Moore pulled a revolver on the president. Both attempts left Ford unharmed, and both would-be assassins were sentenced to life in prison.
Jimmy Carter (May 5, 1979)
Ten minutes before Jimmy Carter was scheduled to speak at Civic Center Mall in Los Angeles, the police arrested Raymond Lee Harvey outside. Harvey reportedly was carrying a starter pistol and claimed to be part of a conspiracy to assassinate the president.
Ronald Reagan (March 30, 1981)
Hoping to impress actress Jodie Foster, John Hinkley Jr. open-fired at President Reagan outside a Washington Hotel. Reagan suffered serious injuries, as did Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and DC policeman Thomas Delahanty. Press Secretary James Brady was also wounded and would die of brain damage caused by the attack years later.
Bill Clinton (November 1996)
On a visit to Manila for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, President Bill Clinton narrowly avoided a bombing attempt. A bomb, allegedly planted by Osama Bin Laden, was discovered under a bridge that he was scheduled to cross over with his motorcade.
George W. Bush (February 7, 2001)
President Bush was inside the White House when he was shot at by Robert Pickett, a former IRS employee with a history of mental illness. Bush was unharmed, but Pickett was shot in the knee and sentenced to three years in prison.
Barack Obama (November 11, 2011)
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Claiming that Obama was the devil, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez used a semi-automatic rifle to fire at least eight rounds into the White House. The Obamas were not at the White House at the time.
Donald Trump (June 18, 2016)
During a Trump rally in Las Vegas, Michael Sandford, a British man with autism, tried to grab a police officer's gun in order to "shoot and kill" the presidential candidate. Sanford says he heard "voices telling me to kill Donald Trump". "They'd been coming on for a while and getting stronger and more frequent. At one point they were screaming at me," Sanford said. Sanford was released five months early from a year-long prison sentence and returned to the UK.


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We have released a CCTV still of a man who officers would like to speak to about an assault in Friar Gate, Derby in the early hours of Sunday, 18 August.
Officers on patrol in Derby City Centre were approached at about 4am by a member of the public who told them a woman had been punched.
Officers found the victim near to the Dining Room restaurant.
The victim, who is 48, required hospital treatment due to the injuries she sustained during the assault. These include a broken jaw and the loss of several teeth.
Detective Staff Investigator, Suzanne Barnes, said: "Since this incident happened we have been conducting enquiries to support our investigation and are now at a suitable point to ask for the public's help.
"The victim in this incident suffered serious injuries and is still undergoing ongoing hospital treatment, as a result.
"As such we are keen to hear from anyone who recognises the man in these images, as we believe he can help us with our ongoing enquiries."
Do you know this man? Or do you have any other information about this incident?
If so, please contact us quoting reference number 19*437481.
You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Michael Doran has an article in Mosaic in which he analyses Obama's intentions driven by his Iran deal. Doran's conclusion is summarized in this paragraph:
In Obama's eyes, [Iranian] containment is a fool's errand, and continuing to treat Iran as a pariah will simply ensure that it will never help us damp down Middle Eastern turmoil. To him, therefore, the nuclear deal is not an end in itself; it is a means to the larger end of a strategic partnership that will conduce to his sought-for "equilibrium" in the Middle East."
Doran goes on to refute the agreement as it is constructed.
Let us assume for a minute that Obama's high-risk gambit is indeed to cajole Iran into growing up and into a behavior worthy of American respect.
Let us assume for the time being that Obama's high-risk gambit is not as sinister as we believe it to be, which is to harm U.S. allies in the region as payback for his anti-Americanism.
Let us assume for a moment that Obama's high-risk gambit has nothing but the best intentions when Obama has signed a bad deal that gives away the house in return for delaying the breakout time for an Iranian nuclear bomb, which incidentally rests on the notion we could trust Iran to respect the deal.
In any agreement negotiated between two parties, there are methods and then there are goals.
The methods are based on knowledge of the other party, its motives, inclinations, strengths and weaknesses. In that regard, Obama's methods have failed miserably to understand the real motives of the Iranian side. As an example is Obama ignoring chants of "death to America" as simply fodder for domestic consumption. That the Mullahs truly hate America, which will shape any agreement into an inclining Pisa Tower defying gravity and reason has simply not crossed the minds of Obama's national security team.
Then there are the goals, which are based on some appraised logic of success. Failure to achieve the goals are calculated for their costs/benefits ratios. "Are the risks of Iran terrorizing the region, in addition to a high probability of cheating on its nuclear intentions, worth the rewards of the possibility of a delayed breakout time to build a bomb?" is the most basic of questions that must be answered. Obama is basing his goals on stubborn intent and hope; the stubborn intent to sign the Iran deal and the hope Iran would simply behave because he believes it would.
What happens if Iran fails to behave? What happens if Iran ignores Obama's high-risk gambit after its grandiose payday and all the sanctions are lifted? Ali Khamenei has already declared Iran will not roll back its support for Assad, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the myriad of other terrorist proxies. These are the questions that a robust cost/benefit analysis would answer. Obama's high-risk gambit cannot be based on human wishes and hopes.
If Iran ignores Obama's high-risk gambit after it is signed, there may be unsatisfactory, delayed and contentious repercussions if we can point to their duplicitous behavior. If Iran continues to terrorize the region using the funds Obama's high-risk gambit delivers to them, what are America's options then if a war is out of the question? By then, it is too late to sing the blues. The damage has been done.
This is the part that no one seems to be able to answer at the White House. What if you are wrong Mr. President? What if Iran attacks Israel using its many proxies in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza? What will you do Mr. President? Will you go to war?
This is the part we should pin the White House to answer clearly in order to awaken the American public to the bad possibilities Obama's high-risk gambit may produce. And even if Obama's promises and commitments fall short the way they fell short on his Syria's red line, at least the questions would begin the process of unraveling the costs and the benefits of Obama's high-risk gambit to America.
We are willing to bet that no one at this White House has constructed a cost/benefit analysis that would answer the question "what if the president is wrong?" because there is a supreme ideology that is driving every decision-making in the smallest circle of people running this country.


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I would like to see an eselect module that simplifies creating and deleting init scripts for network interfaces, /etc/init.d/net.*. Actually, creating/deleting these symlinks is simple enough, but (like rc.eselect, kernel.eselect and others) an eselect module coould show additional info and have some extra safeguards, for example to never delete /etc/init.d/net.lo and to ensure all created symlinks use a relative path. I have attached my attempt at writing this module (this is my first eselect module, so beware). I'm not sure if "net" is a good name for this module, it might be too generic - other suggestions are welcome (perhaps it could even be merged into the rc module). There also is an ebuild for app-admin/eselect-net in case this doesn't end up in the base app-admin/eselect. These are the features of the attached module: - "add <interface>" action: adds a symlink from /etc/init.d/net.<interface> to net.lo. - "delete <interface>" action: deletes /etc/init.d/net.<interface> if it is a symlink to net.lo. Prints a warning message if the init script is still in at least one runlevel. - "list" action: shows a list of /etc/init.d/net.* init scripts and their respective runlevels. - The parameter for "add" and "delete" can be optionally prefixed with "net.", so "add eth1" and "add net.eth1" do the same thing. "delete" also accepts numeric arguments that refer to the items printed by "list". - If a parameter is lo, net.lo or its numeric equivalent, the scripts bails out with an error message ("add net.lo" actually checks if net.lo is a executable regular file and prints a different error message if this is not the case). Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 280785 [details] eselect module suggestion, install to /usr/share/eselect/modules/net.eselect
Created attachment 280787 [details] Ebuild for separate installation


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When one scans the globe for challenging airports you can usually find landing strips that meet one or two of the criteria that might make them worthy to include in a list of exciting places to visit. You would be hard pressed to find one with as many challenges as those presented by the airport that serves as the doorway to the highest mountain on earth: the Mount Everest region's Tenzing-Hillary Airport, otherwise known as Lukla.
Located approximately 75 miles east of Kathmandu, Lukla is a short but exciting thirty-five minute flight that is riddled with challenges. Thousands of residents, porters, hikers, trekkers, and guides utilize the quick ferry service provided by airlines such as Yeti and Gorkha to shuttle in supplies during the compressed spring climbing season. So, let's have a look at what makes this airport unique.