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Replace calming but damaging nicotine breaks with this zen-inducing snack, devised by nutritional therapist Miguel Toribio-Mateas. Prep and enjoy in less than 10 minutes.
A High tryptophan levels in eggs boost relaxing brain chemicals. To cook at work: place in a full kettle; boil; stand for 2 minutes; boil again.
B Let the egg cool. Slice up six shiitake mushrooms, which contain beta-glucan, a complex sugar that protects you against stress.
C Load your plate with watercress. Its packed with the enzymes which process stress hormones, helping you feel calm.
D Chop the egg, mix the ingredients and season. Then eat between tasks in the office when you need a 10-minute screen break.
Use light therapy
Finnish studies found that a fast way to relax is to beam light into your brain via headphones. No, really. Valkee, right, is an iPod-like device that shines rays into your head via your ears to lift your mood. If anyone asks, youre listening to Nirvana, not striving for it.
Upgrade your cuppa
Lime flower tea has an antispasmodic effect, which is great for stomachs knotted with stress, says Toribio-Mateas. Wait for 6 minutes before drinking: the tea will cool to an optimum 60°C.
Release pressure
Wring out stress with this 10-minute pressure-points massage from acupuncture specialist Mami Tsang. Work in a circular motion for 15 seconds, stopping for 5 seconds between each step.
A Massage the point midway between your eyes with a fingertip. Then move to your temples, using the tips of your fingers.
B Use your finger tips to work on your trapezius muscle, then massage the base of your neck with your thumbs.
C Work your Pericardium 6 point. Its on your inner wrist, three fingers width down from the crease. Repeat on your other arm.
D Massage the webbed area between your thumb and index finger. Repeat A-D twice, then return to that report refreshed.
Write now
Take 10 minutes to type a list of work frustrations, says business coach Anne Corstorphine. Youll instantly feel calmer. Paste this into an email, but instead of sending it to your boss, fire it to email@example.com. In place of a P45, youll receive bespoke stress-crushing tips from The Stress Management Society.
Drink blood
Put the squeeze on stress with two juiced blood oranges. Their aroma induces the production of alpha brain waves, making you feel calmer, says Toribio-Mateas. Before drinking, add a few drops of Max B6. This B-vitamin complex relieves anxiety, while giving you an energy boost, he says.


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DOD Nonproliferation Work to Suffer Under Budget Cuts
WASHINGTON -- The White House on Friday said it plans in coming months to eliminate tens of millions of dollars in planned Defense Department spending aimed at securing and destroying weapons of mass destruction at home and around the world.
Among the likely victims of the budget sequester are projects to eliminate U.S. chemical weapons and to secure or destroy nuclear warheads and other unconventional arms left behind by the former Soviet Union.
The announcement came as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the nation's military leaders are committed to preserving combat readiness from the impact of tens of billions of dollars in across-the-board federal spending cuts mandated under sequestration, which took effect on Friday. The 2011 Budget Control Act requires the Pentagon to eliminate $46 billion in planned funds for a wide array of programs between now and the end of September.
The indiscriminate nature of the mandated curbs has attracted broad, bipartisan scorn; however, the Obama administration and Congress do not appear close to agreement on a long-promised replacement for the plan, which could force the Pentagon to slash planned spending by as much as $100 billion in each successive budget year for about a decade.
"As sequester continues, we will be forced to assume more risk, with steps that will progressively have far-reaching effects," Hagel said at a Pentagon press briefing on Friday. He urged President Obama and lawmakers to agree on "a balanced deficit reduction plan that leads to an end to sequestration."
The United States possesses the "most powerful fighting force in the world," Hagel said after meeting for 90 minutes with the Joint Chiefs of Staff earlier in the day. The military's top officers and other U.S. defense leaders would not "allow this ... capacity to erode," he said.
"We will manage these issues. These are adjustments. We anticipated these kinds of realities. And we will do what we need to do to assure the capabilities ... of our forces," Hagel later said.
The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction initiative faces a $57 million funding cut amounting to 7.8 percent of its projected remaining fiscal 2013 budget and carryover funds from prior spending cycles, the White House Management and Budget Office said in a Friday report to Congress. The program -- overseen by the Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency -- has provided U.S. financial and technical assistance since the early 1990s for disposal of unconventional weapons, primarily in former Soviet states. Russia has demanded changes to an implementing deal due to expire in June.
Funding cuts of 7.8 percent are also set to strike $122 million from the nation's $1.6 billion chemical-weapon destruction budget, as well as $6 million from the $75 million budget for "chemical demilitarization construction," the White House document indicates. It is unclear how the cuts could affect the disarmament initiatives; an unfinished chemical arms disposal site at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky was already facing a budget squeeze prior to sequestration, according to a report last week. Another demilitarization plant is being prepared at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado while several facilities are being decommissioned after completing operations.
Hagel also struck a cautionary note on the looming expiration of a short-term measure to fund the federal government. The United States could face a government shutdown if lawmakers fail to negotiate a follow-on to the continuing budget resolution due to lapse on March 27, but Hagel cautioned against extending the measure "in its current form."
The continuing resolution holds spending at levels from the previous budget year, but the nation's defense requirements have changed under an updated strategy issued in 2012, according to a DOD fact sheet. The short-term budget measure prevents the Pentagon from launching new investment programs or increasing output of equipment, the document says, adding that the spending arrangement requires the department to fund the "exact same" quantity and type of ships as in the prior budget cycle.
The Pentagon chief urged Congress to replace the short-term funding measure with "appropriations bills for DOD and all federal agencies."
Hagel said the United States would continue to pursue goals articulated in the new defense strategy, despite warnings by senior Pentagon staff that the spending restrictions would limit the nation's ability to abide by the plan.
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter reaffirmed plans to prevent funding cuts from affecting flying hours involving the "nuclear-capable Air Force" and aerial missions over Afghanistan, but he warned that protecting those operations would subject the service's other combat activities to even greater hits.
The Air Force Global Strike Command, which manages the nation's nuclear bombers and ICBMs. last month said sequestration cuts would force it to to furlough 2,900 nonmilitary personnel. Furloughs across the department are scheduled to take effect in late April, the Pentagon fact sheet says.
WASHINGTON -- The White House on Friday said it plans in coming months to eliminate tens of millions of dollars in planned Defense Department spending aimed at securing and destroying weapons of mass destruction at home and around the world.


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A jump in pharmacy revenue is fueling sales growth for two of the nation's largest drugstore chains, and they may start adding gains from the health care overhaul later this year.
Pharmacy revenue at established stores climbed more than 11 percent at Walgreen and 5 percent at Rite Aid last month. That counters slower growth from the retail areas of their stores.
The federal health care overhaul has expanded insurance coverage to millions of people, largely through an open enrollment period that wound down this spring. Analysts who cover drugstores say the potential wave of new business from the law has yet to reach drugstores, but that may change as the newly insured start using their coverage.
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The founder, CEO, and CIO of Twin Capital Management, LLC, David Simon is an accomplished hedge fund manager based in New York. He is one of the industry's longest-running investment managers, with more than three decades of experience in alternative investment research and portfolio management. David Simon founded Twin Capital in 1988 after heading up risk arbitrage research at Mercury Securities and directing research arbitrage research at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg.
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Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond
Kundalini Yoga Warrior Workout
Note from Day Four: Last night I watched 2 movies on Netflix while I knitted. I paused to get up and let Ms. E Beagle in and out, or to get a drink several times during the evening. Normally after sitting that long, I look like I am decades older than I am, bent over, stiff, hard to walk. Last night I felt very inspired because I could stand up straight with ease and walk normally. It is amazing what a difference an hour of yoga a day, for just several days can make! I am feeling very inspired and grateful.
Day Five: Mother's Day – Sunday, May 8, 2011 – Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond
I did both sets on this DVD:
Set 1: Rise and Spine aka Basic Spinal Series
Set 2: The Five Tibetans
and also the Meditation for Deep Relaxation
I had an enjoyable day. Fabulous breakfast of Chai Rooibos Tea with Organic Soy milk and Daughter Lu's Ultra Yummy Gluten Free Pistachio Cake. Lovie sent a very touching message. We picked up dinner from Jenni's Noodle Bowl, which has both vegan and Gluten Free options and spent the afternoon at my folk's house with the family.


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|2012-08-27, 12:16
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It's also possible it just always was white and only appeared red for the stories, although then you run into the question of "Why was it like that in the stories, then?" I'd say it's to distinguish his appearance from Kyrie and Ange, but um... Ange's hair is red too. And we never see what Asumu's hair looked like really. And the stories themselves contain no such descriptions of hair colors.
So what's up with that?
|2012-08-27, 12:33
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Maybe Battler's red hair was to not make that early the question about his real mother (If Kyrie was a redhead and Battler too, someone would raise the point sooner than the ep where it's layed).
And because, you know, hot-blooded protagonists gotta have red hair. White hair is best for the cool/cold type... or the mentally unstable ones.
But maybe I'm overthinking it.
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|2012-08-27, 14:40
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There are different reasons. Sometimes it's because it's a fantasy setting, or when they're depicting a character as being foreign they might deliberately give them a strange hair color.
In an anime I saw once one of the main characters was looking for the protagonist and he asked "have you seen this kid? he has black hair" But the protagonist's hair was visually blue. It didn't make sense until I figured this out.
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|2012-08-27, 17:07
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Detective, Witch, Pirate.
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ruins of the Golden Land
Bern's blue hair is a natural blue as declared by herself in EP5.
Seriously now, many cartoons do that, putting purple or blue in place of black, but I've never seen it in any anime. There, wierd colors are the norm in most cases. But the Ange-Battler hair is a bit bothersome, where do they get it from? It has to be someone on Rudolf's side.
Or maybe it hints towards Kyrie's secret affair with a red-haired dude which got her pregnant simultaneously with Asumu and thus little Battler was born, and then likewise, we got Ange. After Asumu's death she ditched him and married Rudolf, beacuse Rudolf is the rich one, but never found the courage to tell him about it. What do you think, everyone?
|2012-08-27, 17:31
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The problem with seagulls is that this game is unbelievably anal with some word-by-word/circumstantial/trollish interpretation. Is madness! Everything must have some meaning! Erika's chopsticks, for example. The hell is that supposed to mean? Maybe she was a non-japanese girl. Maybe she's some reference to some obscure literary work. Or maybe... she just likes chopsticks? No! Has to be something trickier!
So you see, we're paranoic here. That's what playing with witches causes to a bunch of normal guys.
Its just natural that we have intense debates about important details... and intense debates about silly things. Visual cues included. That visual thing would not be as silly if Umineko's art wasn't crappy as f*ck.
I stay in my ground: Rudolf's incredible affairs will always be part of the enigmas in Umineko. Because, like that mess about Battler's birth, we can make a case of just about ANYONE being a bastard child of this fool. Cuz, you know, condoms weren't that popular in the eighties. XD
EDIT: I wonder why Bern had the sudden impulse of revealing that her hair is natural blue. Maybe she tought that her hair is more important that anything we might wish to know. Besides, I can safely bet a finger in Bern's hair is BLACK. Really. Try me.
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|2012-08-27, 21:49
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@Patchwork Chimera - welcome to Goat Land, and congrats on finishing the series!
In general, again, I mean, about these hair colors ... as others have said, the humans all have black hair, EVEN ERIKA, and they only have wild anime hair for visual aesthetics and lol-tropes.
Firstly, we consider that Beatrice's anglo-features (blue eyes, blonde hair) are SO plot relevant the narration almost never shuts up about it until Chiru, and we get nothin' on the family members. If they had those colors for real, they would at least have been MENTIONED, or NOTED, as unusual for a Japanese. I mean, we even get a discussion about the western style bathrooms, and Castiglioni joking about Japanese hair being dyed with soy sauce ... to an apparently white haired Kinzo..?! Come on, now.
Erika likely has plain old black hair, also - Bern's comment about their blue hair is almost certainly because she is aware that she's in a narrative (the one we ourselves are reading) and she has blue hair in it. I highly doubt that a mysterious 19th person who drifted to Rokkenjima, a super detective with bright blue ass hair, would only be noted for, physically, "being a bit shorter than Jessica."
Alsooo, I'm pretty sure that her chopsticks craze was just a very Mary Sue type-quirk to add charm and a window for some genuine comedy when she was first having dinner with the family. It was a chance for her to be a perfect charming pigtail wearing, short-skirt-having, more-desu housegest. Y'know, before the bitch started sawing off heads with kitchen knives.
|2012-08-27, 22:05
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Okay I'm just gonna say about hair colors that I think we need to just step back and realize that in Imagination Land everything is possible and the characters really have the hair colors we are shown because Umineko is an anime so I think trying to figure out the real hair color of fictional characters is dumb and we should just take it as is. Battler has red hair, Bern and Erika have blue hair.
|2012-08-27, 22:45
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Eaten by goats
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Umineko is extremely likely to be one of the latter type, given that nobody ever talks about or even mentions the strange hair colours the Ushiromiya family apparently have, even in the narration. It would throw up a whole load of oddities if they didn't actually have black hair. In particular, I think that Battler and Ange's hair colour would have been brought up. Things like Ange and Maria's blue eyes, too. And Jessica might have been creeped on by Kinzo for having blonde hair...Etcetera.
|2012-08-27, 23:24
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The True Culprit
We do know, however, that Jessica does not have blonde hair, because the blonde hair of Beatrice is specifically made distinct from every other character's, even when Jessica is in the room. No one even suggests anything like "Jessica dressed up like the witch, she has the hair for it."
|2012-08-28, 05:06
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As for the hair, let's not forget artists are artists. Who would want to draw a series with 40 or so characters ALL WITH THE SAME HAIR COLOUR (or also grey or white). There are only so many shades of black. You may as well ask why every single character is white with pretty non-Asian eyes.
|2012-08-28, 05:20
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Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima
Yasu=Ikuko ----> the conflict between Battler and Beatrice is like Touya and Ikuko engaging in mental sex.
As far as theorizing that someone is lying...? Testimony ain't worth shit in Umineko. Let's just focus on the facts we know, which about Ikuko really aren't that much: She goes by the name Ikuko, she's comfortably rich, she has a weird personality, she's a hermit, she writes mysteries, and she adopted and hid an amnesiac from the street.
The only major facts we have about her that go against her being Yasu have to do with the timing logistics involved in a hypothetical transition from Shannon to Ikuko. But if Touya=random, timing isn't even an issue.
How about it actually uses Touya's narrative as something instead of just making it pure whateverthefuck?
|2012-08-28, 05:22
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Here's a topic of discussion, which is related to my theory above but is also very interesting in its own right: Why is it that we learn so little about Battler outside of Rokkenjima? He's the protagonist, but he never mentions his school life or his friends that he had for the last 6 years anywhere, be it in the bottle stories, the Hachijou forgeries, or even in the meta-world. He only mentions the bare facts about his recently passed grandfather who took care of him from age 12-18. The only off-the-island stuff we ever learn about involves Jessica-Kanon, Shannon-George, Maria-Rosa, or young Yasu. Or Ange, of course, but I think that's a different animal.
So Battler is the main character (with quite a lot of inner monologue I might add), but we don't know anything about his life experiences off the island. Why is that?
|2012-08-28, 08:03
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|2012-08-28, 08:20
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As for the school stuff...
We did hear about Battler's everyday life, at least related to school. We know he was a guy with lots of female admirers, goofed off in class and didn't really try for tests, he was a good athlete and even when he was a child used to play superheros. We know he visited his dad rarely and had a cool relationship with Kyrie.
|2012-08-28, 08:26
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Location: Crime Scene
1) Okay, so maybe your standards for Ryuukishi are a little bit low after Higurashi (you cant's say that Higurashi's art wasn't terrifying...), but the only orginal art in Umineko are the sprites of the characters... yeah. He just made a body base and changed some eyes, mouths and clothes. Just for lazyness I substract points.
Hm... Maybe if he made the portraits I will retire my statement and apologize. Those are really cool.
2) Blue hair migh be important to Bernkastel. But Bern is Ikuko's old black cat. Checkmate *Trollface*
3) We're trying to find some profound reason that Ryuukishi might have to make those outstanding hair colors. Pfft. Yeah, pretty foolish.
Mion's green hair would be important if nobody mentioned Shion's real family name and we'd have to guess. Or if Ryu gave her a misleading last name name/story about her mother. You know, Mion's mom has also green hair.
Okay, really. I'll stop with this. I'm starting to sound serious about this matter *shudders*
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|2012-08-28, 09:01
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Personally, I love Ryukishi's art, I even like it better than some more proffesional visual novels, and a lot more than the ugly PS3 art, but I think I'm the only person in the world who does.
And, nope, he doesn't do the portraits, I'm not really sure who does though...
I believe that is called a checkmate.
|2012-08-28, 09:09
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Yet more reason to question the Yasu = Baby thing. Not a single prominent western-looking feature in somebody who is genetically half-European? Nevermind looking like Kinzo. Seriously, if the whole incest baby thing is true Kinzo and Beatrice-II's kid would be really distinct in appearance. You wouldn't be able to miss that the child is an Ushiromiya and has Italian ancestry. How Kinzo would've thought Natsuhi would go along with that is beyond me, given that the child would grow up looking nothing like her or Krauss.
But then... no? So I have no fucking idea.
We need to know these things especially because Ryukishi himself floated the Battler Culprit idea but hasn't given us enough information to know if we should take it seriously. Given only the stories, it seems entirely absurd that such a thing would be possible, because Battler has no motive and no disposition to do it. So why even bring up the prospect in ep7/8 and an extra TIP? But we can't really take that line of thinking anywhere, because we just don't know what other details there were in his life.
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I had went back home to Lake Arrowhead to be with my Wife and other Family who had spent about 6 weeks with her Sister in her final days.
Wendy had Lost Her battle with cancer and we all got together to celebrate this true Guardian Angels life…
The day After the service, My wife was on a flight back to Texas and since I drove out I would be here a few more days…the San Bernardinos were glorious and I could amost hear Wendy say, go hiking you Love that stuff as clear as My Wife when she said it the day before…to myself,I said, this is for Wendy and Im gonna go big as time allows.
It hit me Big Bear,on the way up I can drop in on My ol running buddy Jim Hess a forest Service Ledged and then head to Big Bear and do one of the chutes of the Arctic Circle these chutes are pretty gnarly chutes of snow ice and rock that climb off the Highway going to Big Bear
I made it to Jims House but he and his wife were not home…Damn it I adore them both…on to Big Bear and the chutes I saw so muchheading up so many great memories here and a few close calls
Snow Valley where when I had the first Sims Snowboard in the San Bernardinos but with a little help from local Ski patrol we could walk half the day up and "bootleg" one run down to a waiting car Where we would make our get away only to walk back up our broken trail for one more run before the lights went on for the night sesh.
Across from SV is the Cabin a Buddy Jim Lyons once had on a 100 year FS Lease featured in my "Cabin Mistake" post
The snow was coming down real light and the sky had broken clouds at different levels I stopped at Lake view point but knew I could not capture the beauty with my phone cam so I just took that all in.I was literally moved to tears I miss those Mountains so much…
The first chute turnout on the downhill lane was crawling with sledders and though they only used about 40 or 50 yards of the chute I couldnt park due to the hap hazard flatlanderedness nor could I stand the thought of wading through thier littering, snotting carcasses with my old timey Alpine kit…I kept driving towards the chute below Butler's peak but the same scene of snow ticks were en-massed…
CASTLE ROCK! sez I that where I'll go.
I crossed the dam and gave thanks as I hit the curves snaking through the boulders…Jim Lyons runs a Swiss 6 wheel off road service and I looked it up maybe ill check up on him.I spent about 400 hours or more doing followups on San Gorgonio with Jim and a chap named Pete Liapez who is a Mountain beast and knows more about the Natives that lived here than science since they once told Pete The San Bernardino county museum knows everything about the Yuhaviatam (Serrano ) and did not need his help…dicks
We did followups on San Gorgonio after the search for Jarred Negrette was called off we looked it all the weird stuff from reports from a Psychic,wild man,survivalist (cringe),cult chanting you name it this was in 92 and Jim Got the boot after he reported a pentagram was found layed out in rocks He was also the local news Man who featured yours truley on the local TV show demonstrating various Survival and Woodcraft skills…the County Sherriff demanded who ever said that shit is fired theres now devil worship in my forrest…but there was a big ass pentagram cause we found it and thats odd considering how big that intial search was…we'll cover that later
Notes:Gave Jim a call, left message and headed to Castle Rock
Got a spot in theturnout aka Castle Rock trail head
From the road it looked like a load of snow and that meant I aint gonna f### around basic pack ice ax and crampons
There is a trick to crossing roads dressed like a extra in the Eiger Sanction it is the same as crossing a road dressed like a down aircrew member behind enemy lines…its pretty cool thats all im gonna say
Crossed the line of communication, I mean road, and shot up a gulley to the cover of some boulders and I was winded lol Big Bear is up there and it was a good burn ofthe lung and once thats over you just take your time
On with the "manclaws"…
To be continued


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Utah Defense Attorney
Have you been Arrested or accused of a criminal charge in Utah?
The process of being handcuffed and taken to the police station, or even just accused of a crime an summoned to criminal court is extremely stressful and intimidating.
It is not something anyone ever expects to happen to them, so it's unlikely you feel prepared for what is about to happen to you.
That's why you need an experienced Utah criminal defense attorney at your side during the process. Someone who can be there to explain to you what is happening, and what your options are.
And most importantly, an advocate who can fight for you, and protect you against a system where you, quite honestly, don't have any other allies.
There are many questions you face, including:
- What possible penalties and punishment could result if I am found guilty?
- How will this affect my life, my job, my drivers license?
- Can this case be won? If the case can't be dismissed, can it be won at trial?
- Is there any opportunity to get the charges reduced to a plea deal that I can live with?


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Obama announces 250 new military personnel for Syria
United States (U.S.) President Barack Obama has said he plans to send 250 more troops to Syria, a sharp increase in the number of Americans working with local Syrian forces.
"I've decided to increase U.S. support for local forces fighting ISIL in Syria … I've approved the deployment of up to 250 U.S. personnel in Syria, including special forces," Obama said, announcing the decision after a meeting in Hanover with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
The deployment, which will increase U.S. forces in Syria to about 300, aims to accelerate the process of driving back the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), White House adviser, Ben Rhodes, said.
Obama also said that Europe needed to take on its share of the burden to ensure collective security, adding that the Western allies could do more in the fight against ISIL.
ISIL controls the cities of Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq and is proving a potent threat abroad, claiming credit for major attacks in Paris in November and Brussels in March.
While Obama has resisted deploying U.S. troops in Syria, he initially sent 50 U.S. special operations personnel there last year.
The U.S. officials described the forces as being on a "counterterrorism" mission rather than involved in an effort to tip the scales in the war, which United Nations (UN) envoy, Staffan De Mistura, estimates has killed 400,000 people.
Obama pledged to wind down wars in the Middle East when he was first elected in 2008. However, in the latter part of his presidency, he has made decisions to keep or add to the numbers of troops deployed to conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
The president is ending a six-day international trip that began in Riyadh, where he held talks with Gulf Arab monarchs concerned that Washington's commitment to the Middle East had waned.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn may combine their considerable acting talents for The Revenant.
According to Deadline, New Regency wants the actors to star in the revenge western that will be helmed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who previously directed Penn in 21 Grams.
An adaptation of Michael Punke's fact-based novel, The Revenant recounts the horrific tale of frontiersman Hugh Glass who was a 36-year-old member of a fur-trapping expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1823 when he was mauled by a grizzly. The group's captain left behind two men -- John Fitzgerald and the legendary Jim Bridger -- to stay with Glass until he died from his injuries. But they didn't. Fearful that Indians weren't going to get them, Fitzgerald and Bridger stripped Glass of his weapons and equipment and fled. Glass didn't die. Instead, the mutilated trapper crawled over 200 miles through the wilderness to find Fitzgerald and Bridger and exact his revenge. That's a real-life badass, folks.
DiCaprio would play Glass, while Penn would play one of the men who left Glass behind.
Glass's legend served as the basis for the 1971 western Man in the Wilderness, starring Richard Harris and John Huston.


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Sadly, Orgasmatronics has gone out of business. 🙁
On paper, the Orgasmatronics X2 Orgasmatron shouldn't work for us. It plugs into the wall. It comes with a long list of CYA warnings. It's loud. It's pricey. It's a vulva hog.
Yet, just like the Ambrosia 2.0 looked perfect for us on paper, but didn't quite work out, the X2 Orgasmatron was a surprise. The X2 blew us away. Even though it bruised my cunt the first time I turned it up to full power without any attachments, I regret nothing. I have absolutely no qualms telling you to invest in this handheld sex machine if you can and you need deep, powerful vibrations.
The X2 Orgasmatron is not technically a vibrator. It's a gyrator. It's a lightbulb-shaped ABS orb that includes a removable silicone skin, easily cleaned or sanitized. The cord is 8′ long, and a wheel box adjusts the speed. The sides are flat to facilitate its attachments. It fits in the Aslan Handsolo harness, which you can bundle with it at a discount, but you can rig it to fit into any forced orgasm harness.
Orgasmatronics generously sent us all of the attachments to try out. Made of 100% matte finish silicone, they're boilable and dishwasher safe. All of the attachments are named after famous female scientists:
Named after Rosalind Franklin, the X-ray crystallographer who discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, the Rosa is a line of nubs in increasing size. The nubs reach between the labia or butt cheeks. I use this most often for quickie clitoral orgasms, usually with underwear and/or pj pants on. The large nub rests right on my clitoris with my labia majora wrap around it, and I can hold it there with my thighs. I use this often.
The Grace is the "rabbit" style attachment, named after Grace Hopper, computer programming language pioneer. When you put the Rosa on top of the Grace, it looks like a chicken. What the grace doesn't do for me is hit both my G-Spot and my clitoris at the same time. I can place the clitoral nub against my clitoris and have the internal nub against or just inside my vagina, but if I try to insert the curved nub inside my vagina, the clitoral nub hits my urethra and it's uncomfortable. Even this way, it never reaches my G-Spot and is uncomfortably girthy for such a short insertable. You'll want lots of lube if you think this one will fit your body.
Jane's namesake hasn't been announced yet, but I'm going to assume Jane Marcet or Jane Goodall. Jane is a simple pink silicone phallus that won't hit your G-Spot or prostate directly but will rock your world from the inside anyway. The motion of the X2 allows it to shimmy internal pleasure structures, while simultaneously allowing you to thrust. It's 4″ long and a standard 1.7″ in diameter at its widest point. Carrie's never had a straight or non-bulbous toy give them a prostate orgasm the way this does, and neither have I. Splurge on this if you can.
Named after immunologist Polly Matziger, the Polly is a game-changer. The Polly allows for various dildos to be attached to the X2 and is harness compatible (although we didn't use it in a harness) Polly is a super-stretchy thin silicone sleeve with multiple openings that accommodate a wide range of sizes of insertables, although some fantasy toys with ornate bases will be a tight fit. It's well worth the extra expense to bundle it with the X2. Do it.
The Polly lets the X2 provide powerful, deep vibrations to any dildo. This fundamentally changes how we review every dildo from here on out. We get all the texture and shape variations of our favorite dildos and deep, powerful, penetrating vibrations. The first time we used it with the Tantus Gary I came in under a minute – we're talking a stars-aligning out-of-body puddle-squirting orgasm that left me breathless and soaked:
So, the @Orgasmatronics X2+Polly+ @tantus Gary = Squirt City, folks. In, like, about a minute. pic.twitter.com/bo7x9zB3cq
— Mary Q. Contrary (@MaryQConfesses) October 7, 2015
From here on out, I'm going to include an X2 section for dildo reviews, because I want every reason to use it and it does so much more than vibrate toys that don't otherwise vibrate. I can angle dildos so the bulb is against my clit and I can clench on a gyrating dildo while holding the whole set-up between my thighs – hands free. Your mileage on this technique may vary – I'm a rather large woman.
Since milage varies, this isn't for everyone. It's louder than the Magic Wand, and it's about as heavy in a more compact shape. It's not recommended for people who are pregnant or who have heart conditions, seizures, or IUD's, which is a real bummer (BUT even they have admitted this is a CYA warning, just in case – you know your body best). If you're a fan of pinpoint clitoral stimulation, it may not work for you. It's also really, really strong. You will feel it throughout your body, and even in the back of your throat if you've had anything fizzy to drink lately. That's not a deal-breaker for us, obviously.
My only nitpick is I found the controller to be a bit too close to the unit. I'd prefer it be farther away down the cord. Really, that's it. I love this thing and am trying hard to get the distributors for my sex toy party company to carry it.
We both highly recommend the X2, and if you only get one attachment, get the Polly. The others are nice-to-haves if you can afford them, but the Polly really makes this hand held sex machine worth its weight in gold. If you run a dungeon, need powerful stimulation, or wish you could add vibration to some of your favorite stationary dildos, the X2 Orgasmatron is worth every penny.
EDIT: Sadly, Orgasmatronics went out of business in May of 2016 and the X2 Orgasmatron is no longer available.


text: Few things could seem as nave today as someone putting out a collection of alt-rock/pop songs played on guitars, bass and drums, with likable lyrics and hummable melodies, and expecting it to sell. After all, what chance does a band from, say, Knoxville, Tenn., have against the likes of Eminem, 'N Sync and Limp Bizkit? Color the members of Superdrag eternal optimists, then, because they've seldom wavered from their belief that their kind of music will win out in the end. Record companies, unfortunately, are not so sure, and despite a pair of fine records -- 1995's Regretfully Yours and 1998's Head Trip in Every Key -- Superdrag was dropped from its major-label deal. True, the band didn't do themselves any favors with a couple of songs on Head Trip -- "Do the Vampire" and "Bankrupt Vibration" -- blasting fickle fans and radio stations that championed them and then turned their backs, but you can't blame them for telling it like it is. Now Superdrag has returned with a slightly reconfigured lineup and a new album In the Valley of Dying Stars (on indie label Arena Rock), the opening lines of which are priceless: "I want rock & roll, but I don't want to deal with the hassle/I know what I know, but I don't want to feel like an asshole." Their songs have some lyrical bite but musically are as sweet as (non-boy-band) popular music gets these days.


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New Zealand and Pakistan open their Test series on Friday, keen to salvage reputations despite the series' sideline status on a tour dominated by the short form of the game and eyes focused on the spot-fixing scandal.
Only two Tests are on the schedule, instead of the customary three, with the focus of the Pakistan tour more on the six one-day internationals to follow as a warm to the World Cup.
But New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said the teams needed to make the most of their limited Test time as their current world rankings -- Pakistan are sixth and New Zealand eighth -- show a need for improvement.
Pakistan, however, are without opener Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer who are facing a six-day Independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing starting in Doha on Thursday.
The three face charges of spot-fixing during Pakistan's tour of England last year.
With batsman Mohammad Yousuf left out of the touring squad, the pressure will be on captain Misbah-ul-Haq along with Younis Khan and Azhar Ali to provide the backbone of their batting.
New Zealand, Pakistan on Test salvage mission
New Zealand and Pakistan open their Test series on Friday, keen to salvage reputations despite the series' sideline status on a tour dominated by the short form of the game and eyes focused on the spot-fixing scandal.
Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz will spearhead the bowling while Abdur Rehman is the only spin option after Saeed Ajmal returned home following the sudden death of his father on Tuesday.
Pakistan enter the first Test here on the back of a 1-2 loss to New Zealand in a Twenty20 series. Importantly at Test level they drew a two-match series against South Africa 0-0 in November.
New Zealand in the same month were beaten 1-0 by India in a three-Test series.
"We competed in India because we scored big first innings runs and were able to stay in the game, so that's our first goal, and bring as much penetration as we can with the ball," said Vettori, whose side has a more settled look than Pakistan.
Opening batsman Brendon McCullum, who scored 206 for a New Zealand XI against Pakistan earlier in the week, said he was in tune with the philosophy of new coach John Wright that the batsmen lay the foundation.
"Individually each batsman has got to be accountable for their own game and make sure their performances stack up. That's where my focus is," McCullum said.
"We've got some quite brilliant strokemakers in our lineup. Given the right conditions to express their talent they're as good as anyone in the world."
The weather in Hamilton over the past week has been hot with high humidity indicating it will offer swing and should favour the bowlers in the opening sessions.
Test squads:
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Brendon McCullum, Tim McIntosh, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Kane Williamson, Reece Young, Tim Southee, Brent Arnel, Chris Martin, James Franklin, Daryl Tuffey.
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Adnan Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Tanvir Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz.


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De Soto, WI – The American Standardbred Adoption Program (ASAP) was hit by a wall of water that destroyed a pasture and took equipment. "It was devastating. A 15-foot wall of water swept away a round bale feeder and broke fences in one pasture where three horses were quartered in a 150-by-300-foot pen with a shelter," founder Sue Wellman said. "The shelter survived, but we can't find a water tank that also was sent bobbing down the swollen creek."
Wellman said she had no idea the rescue had flooded until she arrived at the property and found horses standing in 3 feet of water. "We were crying and apologizing to the horses."
Wellman founded the organization 23 years ago to help find off the track Standardbred quality homes. Rebuilding the rescue will take time and money. "I can smile today because everything survived, although the organization, operated by a small number of volunteers, needs hay and monetary donations."
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Battle lines are being drawn as Menifee and Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District prepare for a hearing this fall to determine the fate of the parks, recreation centers and special tax districts on the city's east side.
The date for a detachment hearing before the Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCO — in which the city is proposing that its Community Services Department replace Valley-Wide as the parks operator east of I-215 — has been set for Nov. 10.
At the Menifee City Council meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 17, Don Beckendorf, a boardmember of the Menifee Lakes Home Owners Association, expressed concern that the HOA would be held responsible for maintaining certain right-of-ways within its jurisdiction.
Beckendorf told the city council that if the association has to "pick … up" 12-foot right-of-ways on Newport Road and Menifee Road, it could bankrupt them.
"We don't have the budget to to it," said Beckendorf.
Although Beckendorf said some might conclude that should the city prevail in the detachment hearing and begin to receive taxes that currently go to Valley-Wide, it would assume responsibility for the upkeep of those strips of land, but he wants something more concrete.
Beckendorf said he would need "something in writing" saying the HOA would not be held financially responsible as it crafts its upcoming budget over the next couple of months.
The landscaping in that area includes walls, trees and grass, according to Beckendorf.
City Manager Rob Johnson said that he hopes to learn more about the issue at the Parks, Recreation and Trails Commission meeting on Thursday, Aug. 18, when Valley-Wide is scheduled to give a presentation.
Mayor Scott Mann asked Johnson if Valley-Wide's presentation would address those specific right-of-ways.
"Not to go too far into it but yes, that is a bone of contention," said Johnson.
Prior to the incorporation of the city in 2008, Valley-Wide and Riverside County split the responsibilities as the parks operator on the two sides of what is now the city footprint. Menifee formed its own Community Services Department last summer and replaced the county as the agency overseeing the area west of the 215.
The city has scheduled a community meeting to go over the detachment process on Sept. 27 at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center.


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Olympia Beekeepers Association
May 8th, 2017
Chinook Middle School
Meeting called to order at 7:06 pm.
Treasurer's report: Savings account $4570.16, Checking account $4347.39 and cash on hand is $14.33.
Secretaries minutes from the April meeting were recorded as written, no corrections made. Mechele asked for new members in the audience to stand. We had one new couple to the meeting tonight.
Old Business:
Past President Laurie Pyne made an announcement about passing around a sheet to collect data about the over-winterization colony loss of Olympia beekeeper members. This information will be used for Dewey Caron's study on the total loss of overwintered bees for Washington State and our region. This data will be presented by Dewey Caron at the June meeting. Members can also record their losses electronically which is all used for the research.
Mechele presented the idea of circulating an online and paper survey to get member input on what they would like to see during meetings. If any member has suggestions that they would like to see on the survey to please bring that idea to the board members at the head table.
Officers Report:
Membership Chair Duane McBride: Reported there to be 212 paid members the highest number that Olympia Beekeepers Association has had.
Past President Laurie Pyne: Duane, Jeff and Laurie attended the Governors organic planting event that was held on May 8th. She mentioned that the DES was being proactive in minimizing the use of herbicides and pesticides. On Olympia Beekeepers Association Facebook page there was a thank you letter/card that allowed members to sign to show the appreciation to DES for helping take the steps to help the pollinators.
Swarm List - Gail: She received one call on Sunday May 7th, 2017 about a swarm 50 feet up in a tree. We need members on the swarm call list. If you are already on the list please re-enter your information as we will be updating the call list to make sure we have all correct information.
Vice President Tim Weible: Nothing to report at this time.
Airport Hive- Frank updated us that the airport has 4 hives total. 2 packaged hives are laying really well. One of the hives was in the process of swarming as there were 7 to 8 swarm cells. They took one frame out of the hive that had 3 to 5 swarm cells on it and did a walk about split which could lead to 4.5 hives at the airport.
Observation hive report: 2 colonies of bees were donated by the club to start the observation hive and they installed nicely. 1 package had queen cells that they spilt with and they will also use these for resources in displays that they have upcoming such as the STEM.
Library update: Ernie is looking to find or get more books that would be of interest to members and increase the supply that the club has on hand. Laurie mentioned that Mann Lake sometimes will donate books that people are interested in. She suggested writing a letter to them and see if that is something that they would be willing to do.
Website update: Nathan let the members know that if you are interested in writing articles to have them published on the website to get a hold of him and he will show you how make this happen. He also shared that Madison Elementary School is having a plant sale on Saturday May 13th so come on down and purchase some plants to help your bees.
Mentorship - Roger: Roger made the announcement that 4 people want/need mentors. If any members are willing to be mentors for any of 4 new mentees people to please contact Roger.
Education chair Bob Smith: Bob talked to the club about entering honey at the Thurston County Fair. The honey judging will take place August 1st at roughly 10 am at the Thurston County Fair if any members would like to learn how to judge honey. In order to enter honey, a member must use 3 one pound queen line jars. Honey is judged by the jar it is in, the content and lids. Honey for judging must not contain any air bubbles, no foam, no honey on the lid and lastly all honey must be filled the same amount in each jar. Bob gave the example of blue ribbon honey that was a more dark honey and it received a blue ribbon for 3rd place, even though presentation was not good. Gail received Grand Champion last year at the Thurston County Fair. Members asked to have the rules and regulations for the honey judging to be published on the website for easy access. Louis Matej would love to see some honey entered into the Puyallup Fair by local members of the Olympia Club.
Member Carter: Brought up his usage of tetracycline. He has been using it for 50 years on his bees as a way to inhibit the growth of tracheal mites. It is now being taken off the market and he is coming for help from local beekeepers to know where he can find it. Members suggested Mann Lake and or a large animal vet. Bob Smith mentioned that fact that the critters or bees that carry the tetracycline it doesn't work which makes them immune to the medication.
Pollinators Study Group: Will meet the 4th Monday at 7 pm where they will be attending the Garden Success and Pollinators workshop.
Dixon was asked to speak in regard to the mead judging at the Puyallup and Thurston County Fair. He asked to bring more mead to the festivities. The more mead you bring the better.
Paul was not present for his report.
Fair baskets are going to be given out to the winners of the honey baking contest at the fair. If you would like to donate items for the baskets bring anything bee related. There is one youth basket and one adult basket.
Mechele mentioned they may want to repaint the inside of the bee building where the booth is located at the Thurston County Fair. We first have to figure out if we can paint and when we can paint. We will be looking for volunteers, or kids organizations or members who just love to paint to help with the project.
Break at 7:47 pm. Refreshments provided and raffle tickets sold.
Speaker after the break was Phil and he talked to the group about The Bee Gym. This particular item helps with varroa mites on the bees. It is a yellow plastic square that has tab on one end of it that bees will walk over and rub on the tab to help reduce the mites. You place the larger bee gyms on the screen bottom or bottom boards and let the bees have free range in the hive. There are also mini bee gyms that can be placed within frames as well. Each Bee Gym covers a hive for up to one year. Phil wrapped up his topic at 8:40 pm.
Mechele let members know that June's meeting will be held at Chinook Middle School and our Speaker would be Dewey Caron.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:42 pm.


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It's been two weeks since the StarCraft II beta hit the Internet, and we've had a few chances to screw around. We gave our thoughts on the terrans, and since then, like most betas, there have been tweaks, rebalances, and minor changes.
That's not what I want to talk about here, though. What I want to talk about here is the protoss race. I've played probably eight or nine matches with them, and in that time I've come to three conclusions: they're completely different from the protoss of old, they're arguably the toughest to play, and they're awesome.
The first major departure protoss players are likely to notice is the special ability available at the Nexus called Chrono Boost. This new ability is the key to the protoss being able to keep up with the other races in the early game, and being able to overwhelm in the late game. The ability, the only cost of which is power at the Nexus, speeds up the actions of any other building. This means warping in units and researching technology and upgrades is sped up while the boost is applied. At the moment, the speed increase only lasts a little while, but speeds up the actions of the building by about 50 percent. Much of the time spent early in matches involved bouncing the ability between my Gateway to defend against an early rush (or cause one of my own), and the Nexus itself to speed up resourcing, and if you're a better player than me, you'll be doing the same throughout the game to push your research out faster and pump out some of the scarier units. I usually forget about the ability in lieu of trying to manage my units in the face of total destruction.
The next, and arguably largest change, which I'd go so far as to say is a vast improvement, is the massive increase in protoss mobility. In StarCraft I, the protoss were limited by cliffs - only scalable by loading up a shuttle - and the slow speed for their strongest units. Both of these things are now negated with the introduction of Warp Gates. Warp Gates are Gateways that have been augmented (with some research) into buildings that, rather than just spawn units, spit them out within seconds into any location within your psi field (the area around pylons). This makes building a pylon in a hidden corner of the map a very effective strategy. Even more potent is the ability to create a Warp Prism (SC2's answer to the shuttle), which can be "deployed" as a mobile pylon, effectively letting you teleport your units anywhere at all.
Then there are the other units who, by their nature, are mobile. The Stalker is the best example, as it can be obtained relatively early, and can be upgraded with the Blink ability. Blink allows stalkers to teleport a short distance, past any obstacle, and to anywhere with line-of-sight. They make not only very effective raiders, but with good micromanagement, very effective combatants. When combined with my personal favorite unit - the sentry (capable of deploying a ranged-damage dampening shield and localized force fields) – you can prevent most units from ever really harming you. I can't stress how awesome the Sentry is. You can block off entire areas, trap units in, or just lower the damage being dealt to your army. The only real downsides about the Sentry unit are its speed (or lack-of), and its meager health. Oh, and you can research an ability called Hallucination, which allows you to make a copy of almost any other protoss unit, regardless of whether or not you actually have them available to you.
The other super-mobile unit is the stunning Colossus. These tall, lanky units are capable of walking up cliffs, and their height provides them with line-of-sight on taller areas too. This also makes them vulnerable to attacks from both air and ground units, but a squad of colossus can tear through almost anything on the ground in a matter of seconds as their beam attack (which has a surprisingly long range) hits all the units in a line for substantial damage.
The Mothership is supposed to be the ultimate protoss unit, but its size and speed, and the limit of one-per-player at any one time makes them very situational. They deal good damage, have two powerful activated abilities -- Vortex, which paralyses units in a small area for a while and pulls any others that stray nearby into the same state, and Mass Recall, which teleports friendly units in a much larger area to directly beneath the Mothership – and one very good passive ability which cloaks all nearby friendly units and structures, but they move extremely slowly, and don't have a whole lot of health. That said, I've seen it used to great effect (against me) before, so it's not exactly useless. Plus, the Mothership has undergone more changes than any other unit in the game, and it is likely that we'll see further tweaks in the coming days.
There are other new units and abilities that I haven't had a chance to extensively test out, but my overall impression is that, whereas the terrans are about unit formations and combinations, the protoss are about abilities and micromanagement. There seems to be a higher difficulty curve for them for that reason, but it's well worth learning the ropes.


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Situated between the track and the Meydan Grandstand, the expansive Apron will be catering to everyone's fizzy favourites on the Apron and hosts the Style Stakes. The concert stage is also located in Apron Views and all Apron Views patrons can watch the post-race concert.
We expect the 2018 Style Stakes 'Best Dressed Lady', 'Best Dressed Man', 'Best Dressed Couple', 'Best Hat' and 'Most Creative Hat'competitions to be fiercely contested and attract even more contestants, as Dubai's increasingly style conscious racegoers battle it out for the fantastic prizes on offer. Registration forms will be available at the registration desks in Concourse A,C & D on the day. Ensure you plan ahead of time as entries are limited.
A variety of food and beverages is readily available for sale on cash basis at the Rails Food Court, situated inside the Meydan Grandstand on the Ground Floor. Guests can enter the Food Court area directly from the Apron. Guests are advised to bring sunscreen as this is an outdoor event.
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Male Survivors of Sexual Violence in Kampala Demand for Better Services
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Aside from working papers and seminars the RLP produces a range of publications for multiple purposes. The research is targeted at a range of audiences (eg academia, government officials or the public) and aims to produce information quickly on time-sensitive issues. These result in special reports compiled either through individual consultancies or for external publications, including briefing notes that represent immediate but preliminary observations from the field, letters sent to the national newspapers or advocacy briefs that attempt to bring attention to specific thematic areas.
ACCS Project's Rapid Assesment Report. From the time the current violent conflict started in South Sudan, the Districts bordering South Sudan within Northern Uganda have been receiving refugees fleeing from the conflict in large numbers. The immediate concerns have been security implications for post-conflict northern Uganda and attendant humanitarian crisis. This report assessed the situation on the ground inside the Ugandan border and highlights the issues, figures, patterns and perceptions of refugees, asylum seekers, and key stakeholders. The report also looked at the immediate social-economic and political impact of the crisis within the refugee host districts including the relationships between the asylum seekers/refugees and local communities. The report was prepared for early warning purposes and presented sub-regional leaders (LCVs, RDCs, DPCs, CAOs, DISOs, and UPDF representatives) from Acholi and West Nile sub-regions in Gulu on 20th January 2014.
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This presentation titled "Identifying sexual violence and access to HIV service among male refugees in Uganda" was delivered in Bangkok in October 2013 during SVRI conference, and was jointly developed with our partners from Johns Hopkins University of Public Health.
In January 2013, the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Refugee Law Project, School of Law, Makerere Universtiy started a collaborative research project on "Assessment Screening to Identify Survivors Toolkit for Gender Based Violence (ASIST-GBV) for Men and Boys in Uganda" funded by the United States Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration funded this project. It builds on JHU's previous research and success in developing the ASIST-GBV to screen and identify female refugee and IDP survivors of GBV in Ethiopia and Colombia, as well as on Refugee Law Project's extensive experience working in Uganda with male refugee and IDP survivors of sexual violence.
The aim of the project was to develop a screening tool for systematic identification of refugees and IDP men and boy survivors of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. Prior to this project, no such screening tool has ever been developed, and it is seemed highly probable that only a small proportion of male survivors of GBV ever report their experience and/or access appropriate services.


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Great Bear Recreation Park Updates Holiday Schedule Due to Forecasted Frigid Temperatures
Due to a wind chill advisory forecasted by the National Weather Service, Great Bear Recreation Park will delay opening times for Sunday, December 31, and Monday, January 1. Below is the updated schedule for the remainder of the holiday break:
|Friday, December 29
|9 a.m.–10 p.m.
|Saturday, December 30
|9 a.m.–10 p.m.
|Sunday, December 31
|12 noon–10 p.m.
|Monday, January 1
|12 noon–10 p.m.
|Tuesday, January 2
|9 a.m.–9 p.m.
Lazer Tubing is back! Join us for a cosmic experience of lights, music and fun! Be sure to check out our Lazer Tubing schedule and buy your tickets online at www.greatbearpark.com/rates-passes.
Great Bear Recreation Park is located at 5901 East Rice Street, three miles east of I-229. For more information and current conditions, please visit www.greatbearpark.com or call 605‑367‑4309.
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Brasil (mythical island)
|Native name: Hy-Brasil, Hy Brasil, Hy Breasil, Hy Breasail, Hy Breasal, Hy Brazil, I-Brasil
Brasil as shown in relation to Ireland on a map by Abraham Ortelius (1572)
|Uí Breasail: in honour of the descendants of Bresail[1]
|Mythical, Atlantic Ocean
Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil or several other variants,[2] is a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean[3] west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years, when it becomes visible but still cannot be reached.
The etymology of the names Brasil and Hy-Brasil is unknown, but in Irish tradition it is thought to come from the Irish Uí Breasail (meaning "descendants (i.e., clan) of Bresail"), one of the ancient clans of northeastern Ireland. cf. Old Irish: Í: island; bres: beauty, worth, great, mighty.[1]
Despite the similarity, the name of the country Brazil, also spelled Brasil, has no connection to the mythical islands. The South American country was at first named Ilha de Vera Cruz (Island of the True Cross) and later Terra de Santa Cruz (Land of the Holy Cross) by the Portuguese navigators who arrived there. After some decades, it started to be called "Brazil" (Brasil, in Portuguese) due to the exploitation of native brazilwood, at that time the only export of the land. In Portuguese, brazilwood is called pau-brasil, with the word brasil commonly given the etymology "red like an ember", formed from Latin brasa ("ember") and the suffix -il (from -iculum or -ilium).[4][5][6]
Appearance on maps[edit]
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Nautical charts identified an island called "Bracile" west of Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean as far back as 1325, in a portolan chart by Angelino Dulcert. Later it appeared as Insula de Brasil in the Venetian map of Andrea Bianco (1436), attached to one of the larger islands of a group of islands in the Atlantic. This was identified for a time with the modern island of Terceira in the Azores.
A Catalan chart of about 1480 labels two islands "Illa de brasil", one to the south west of Ireland (where the mythical place was supposed to be) and one south of "Illa verde" or Greenland.
On maps the island was shown as being circular, often with a central strait or river running east-west across its diameter. Despite the failure of attempts to find it, this appeared regularly on maps lying south west of Galway Bay until 1865, by which time it was called Brasil Rock.
Map gallery[edit]
Piri Reis' map of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea from 1513
Abraham Ortelius' map of Europe from 1595
Gerardus Mercator's map from 1595
Searches for the island[edit]
Expeditions left Bristol in 1480 and 1481 to search for the island; and a letter written by Pedro de Ayala, shortly after the return of John Cabot (from his expedition in 1497), reports that land found by Cabot had been "discovered in the past by the men from Bristol who found Brasil".[7]
In 1674 a Captain John Nisbet claimed to have seen the island when on a journey from France to Ireland, stating that the island was inhabited by large black rabbits and a magician who lived alone in a stone castle, yet the character and the story were a literary invention by Irish author Richard Head.[8] Roderick O'Flaherty in A Chorographical Description of West or H-Iar Connaught (1684) tells us "There is now living, Morogh O'Ley (Murrough Ó Laoí), who imagines he was personally on O'Brasil for two days, and saw out of it the iles of Aran, Golamhead [by Lettermullen], Irrosbeghill, and other places of the west continent he was acquainted with."
Hy-Brasil has also been identified with Porcupine Bank, a shoal in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of Ireland[9] and discovered in 1862. As early as 1870 a paper was read to the Geological Society of Ireland suggesting this identification.[10] The suggestion has since appeared more than once, e.g., in an 1883 edition of Notes and Queries[11] and in various twentieth-century publications, one of the more recent being Graham Hancock's book Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization.
In popular culture[edit]
- Frederick Delius wrote a song titled I-Brasil (c. 1913) with words attributed to Fiona McLeod, pseudonym of the Celtic revival writer William Sharp.[12]
- Hy-Brasil was featured in the 1989 British comedy-fantasy film Erik the Viking starring Tim Robbins.
- Peter Bishop mysteriously travels to Hy-Brasil in the Beyond the Fringe comic book, a tie-in for the Fringe television series.
- In the PC Massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot, Hybrasil was expansion content for the Hibernia faction in the first expansion pack, Shrouded Isles, which depicted it as being occupied by attacking Fomorians.
- The island of Hybras is the setting of Lyonesse trilogy by Jack Vance, and was geographically located in the Sea of Biscay, west of France and north of Spain, but it sank into the sea, in a parallel to Atlantis.
- "Hy-Brasil" is featured on signs affixed on the façade of the Embassy of Brazil to Bridgetown, Barbados, something which may reference when Barbados was claimed but later abandoned by the Portuguese.
- A land called Hy Brasil features in Alan Moore's comic Promethea.
- J. R. R. Tolkien mentions the isle of "Breazail" in one of his Corrigan poems contained in the book 'The Lay of Aotrou & Itroun'.
- Margaret Elphinstone's 2002 novel Hy Brasil is set on the mythical island.
- In Mary Stewart's 1973 novel The Hollow Hills, second of a five-part Arthurian saga, it is rumored between the commonfolk that Merlin hid the infant Arthur in the island of "Hy-Brasil".
- Mary Burke's short story "Hy-Brasil" in The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories, 2004–5.[13][14]
See also[edit]
- Irish mythology in popular culture
- Inisheer
- Tech Duinn a mythological island to the west of Ireland where souls go after death.
- Great Ireland a similarly west-of-Ireland place, Irish myths of which, are believed to have influenced the Vikings.
- ^ a b McKillop, James (1998). "Hy Brasil". A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Hy Brasil, Hy Breasil, Hy Breasail, Hy Breasal, Hy Brazil, I-Brasil
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brazil, or Brasil". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 438.
- ^ CNRTL – Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales (in French)
- ^ Michaelis – Moderno Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese)
- ^ iDicionário Aulete Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Seaver, K.A. (1995) The Frozen Echo, Stanford University Press, p. 212 ISBN 0-8047-3161-6
- ^ Barbara Freitag – Hy Brasil: The Metamorphosis of an Island, Rodopi, 2013
- ^ Velasco, Francisco; Jorge Landa; Joaquín Barrado; Marian Blanco (2008). "Distribution, abundance, and growth of anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) on the Porcupine Bank (west of Ireland)". ICES Journal of Marine Science. 65 (7): 1316. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn130. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ Winsor, Justin (1889). Narrative and critical history of America (Volume 01). Houghton, Mifflin and Company. p. 51.
- ^ Frazer, W. (December 1883), "O'Brazile or Hy Brazile", Notes and Queries, s6-VIII: 475
- ^ The score, published 1915, has a note in German, mentioning I-Brasil as a legendary Irish island.
- ^ "'Hy-Brasil,' The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories, 2004–5, Faber & Faber, 2005, pp. 101–05". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Marcus, David, ed. (2005), The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2004–05, Faber, ISBN 978-0571224197
Further reading[edit]
- Freitag, Barbara (2013). Hy Brasil: the metamorphosis of an island: from cartographic error to Celtic Elysium. Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 9789042036413.
- Sean Lynch (2010). "Preliminary Sketches for the Reappearance of HyBrazil". Utopian Studies. 21 (1): 5–15. doi:10.1353/utp.0.0003.


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Mountain Hardwear Potrero Parka - Insulated (For Women)
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About Mountain Hardwear Potrero Parka - Insulated (For Women)
Closeouts. Mountain Hardwear's Potrero parka offers premium protection for winter outings in the city. AirShield Core shell fabric is wind- and water-resistant, Thermal.Q insulation has an excellent warmth-to-weight ratio and thoughtful details like faux-fur hood trim and streetwise style.
- AirShield Core nylon shell is wind- and water-resistant
- 120g Thermal.Q Elite synthetic insulation offers better compression rebound and retains warmth when damp
- Quilting detail at side body for a flattering look
- Snap-adjustable side waist tabs for a customized fit
- Removable, insulated and adjustable hood with removable faux-fur trim
- Two-way YKK® front zip with internal storm flap
- Zip hand pockets
- Made in Viet Nam
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Specs about Mountain Hardwear Potrero Parka - Insulated (For Women)
- Fabric: 100% nylon
- Length: 34" (based on size Medium)
- Closure: YKK®,Zipper
- Lining: 100% nylon
- Faux fur: 39% acrylic, 31% polyester, 30% modacrylic
- Insulation: Thermal.Q Elite
- Care: Machine wash, tumble dry
- Weight: 1 lb. 12.9 oz.
- Made in Viet Nam
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Mountain Hardwear Womens Size Chart
|4 - 6
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|12 - 14
|34 - 35
|36 - 37.5
|39 - 40.5
|26 - 27
|28 - 29.5
|31 - 32.5
|36 - 37
|38 - 39.5
|41 - 42.5
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Verified Buyer Reviewed by Hannah from Rochester, NY on Friday, December 23, 2016
I was initially weary about this jacket due to the feel of it but it is actually very warm without all the added bulk. The hood probably is great because it really protects your face if you have the zipper all the way up.
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Warm coat...small on topReviewed by Amae from Virginia on Friday, February 2, 2018This coat is attractive and warm without being bulky. It keeps me warm in the coldest weather. It's high quality and looks great. My one issue with the coat is that is seems small on top through the shoulders and chest. It fits a bit tight through the chest (I'm a C cup, so not I'm not huge and it definitely feels tight in the chest area). The tummy and hips area fits great. Bigger busted gals may want to size up. I am 5'8" and 145lbs. I ordered a medium, which fits great everywhere except the chest/shoulders are a tiny bit snug.
belt is differentReviewed by skimomof3 from New York on Tuesday, December 19, 2017Like another reviewer, I got a coat which is not as pictured. I ordered the black parka which is pictured with a cinch waist detailing in the back with no belt. The cream colored coat in the item description has a belt with a buckle. The black parka I received had a belt as well. It is NOT as pictured, so it is getting returned. The photo should be updated.
Not as picturedVerified Buyer Reviewed by Indy from Indiana on Saturday, December 16, 2017The coat I received was not the coat in the photo, It was similar but the one I got had a full belt that had to cinched in the front, The reason I wanted the one in the photo was that it could be adjusted on the sides. I like coats that are zip and go and don't want to take the time with a belt. I sent it back, Other than that it seemed like a nice coat.
Great coatVerified Buyer Reviewed by Mom in Chicago from Chicago on Tuesday, December 12, 2017I got this coat for my daughter, who lives in Milwaukee. The first day she wore it the temperature was 31, with a wind chill that made it feel like it was in the low 20's. She said she's never had a warmer coat and it kept her perfectly comfortable as she walked around all day. The hood is a big plus, as it extends outward so really helps to block the wind.
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Love this parka!Verified Buyer Reviewed by Cara H from California on Monday, July 3, 2017Great purchase. It's true to size and very flattering. I'm 5'6", 145lb and the small fit really well. You can fit a thin/medium shirt underneath and it doesn't look too bulky. Like other reviews say, it's lightweight, but keeps you really warm. So happy I purchased it!
Wore it every day all winterVerified Buyer Reviewed by Reading Review from Pennsylvania on Friday, April 14, 2017I am so glad I found this coat. So lightweight yet very warm and completely waterproof. It is also shaped so it did not turn me into a rectangle with legs.
beautiful coatVerified Buyer Reviewed by Outdoor walker from Missouri on Monday, March 27, 2017This is a beautiful coat, very light yet warm. I own the shorter version of this parka which I purchased on STP last year, but my teenage daughter keeps borrowing it, so I got this one for myself. Love the longer length and the warm insulated hood. Keep in mind that it runs small. I normally wear a small, but this medium fits me just right.
heavy syntheticVerified Buyer Reviewed by ChattMD from TN on Wednesday, February 15, 2017Not what I was looking for. I wanted a parka I could layer for winter. This started out heavier than I wanted. Looks cute if it fits what you want. I really liked that the good was removeable.
Stylish and warmVerified Buyer Reviewed by Hannah from Rochester, NY on Friday, December 23, 2016I was initially weary about this jacket due to the feel of it but it is actually very warm without all the added bulk. The hood probably is great because it really protects your face if you have the zipper all the way up.
Sleek and stylish. Good coverage and a stretchy pull tie on the bottom if you want to cinch it tighter so a cold breeze doesn't get in.
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With six rallies behind them and five to go, Guy and Phil remain optimistic that their fortunes for the rest of 2011 will turn around in their IRC title hunt. After the disappointment in the Azores, the pair feels there is everything to play for in the forthcoming venues, with there being points-and-a-half available in Scotland and double-points in Cyprus.
Wilks, who is driving a Peugeot UK-backed 207 Super 2000 is presently placed sixth and 38 points adrift of the leader, Juho Hänninen.
Team manager, Marc Van Dalen said: "Everything is still possible with many rallies left including multi-points-scoring Scotland and Cyprus. It is very important Guy is on the podium but for sure he has the speed to do it and we know the car is at the right level. I know Guy is 100 per cent motivated to be successful and so are we."
Barum Czech Rally Zlín takes place from Friday 26 – Sunday 28 August and counts as round seven of the 11-event IRC season.
Still flying the flag as the top placed UK team, Peugeot UK and driver pairing Guy Wilks and Phil Pugh will be fully focused on producing a strong result and scoring valuable points towards the Championship.
Championship Positions ahead of the Barum Czech Rally Zlin
Drivers Points Manufacturers Points
1 Juho Hänninen Skoda Fabia S2000 83 1 Skoda 232
2 Jan Kopecky Skoda Fabia S2000 70 2 Peugeot 151
3 Freddy Loix Skoda Fabia S2000 70 3 M-Sport 50
4 Thierry Neuville Peugeot 207 S2000 48 4 Subaru 49
5 Guy Wilks Peugeot 207 S2000 45 5 Ralliart 44
6 BryanBouffier Peugeot 207 S2000 43 6 Honda 28
7 Andreas Mikkelsen Skoda Fabia S2000 28 7 Proton 17


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Elliott Earls and Family at Cranbrook Art Museum
ArtMembers' Opening Reception: Friday, November 15, 2013The Blog Art 21, has an interesting article posted today entitled The Anchor Art Museums in and of Detroit. In the Article Colin Darke interviews me about the importance of the museum, and he profiles my new work Elegy for the Collapse of the Empire.
Interpretive skills are a critical part of a Museum's mission. Elliott eloquently observed: "I feel the Museum has a deeply important social role … In some ways the idea of the Museum as a repository of musty but beautiful and esoteric crap, is finished… the Museum should be on the frontline in a war for our collective soul. The humanities–those things that make us human–are under ceaseless attack." He went on to observe that The Cranbrook Museum "should be one essential player in defending a social space for activities that are not economic in nature. The Museum should be a public refuge for the Humanities. The Museum should be a leading warrior in an attempt to claw-back a social fabric that includes the contemplative, aesthetic, and thoughtful.