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Week of Jan 21-25
Here are the announcements for the Week of Jan 21-25:
In observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr holiday, there's no school for staff and students tomorrow, January 21.
Parents of 8th grade students:
Your child(ren) will be coming home on Tuesday afternoon with informational flyers regarding the Early Colleges and their parent nights as well as another document with important dates to remember.
On Wednesday, Jan 23 all HJM students will take their ELA Benchmark. This assessment will help teachers determine how our Warcubs are progressing towards mastering their ELA standards. Data from these assessments will guide the instructional planning and delivery. Students are encouraged to do their very best so that accurate data can be obtained.
To all 8th graders : NBHS AVID would like to thank those who came out to their AVID Recruitment night. Remember all applications are due Friday February 1st to your counselor. For those unable to attend, applications are available from your counselor.
Looking ahead... Our AVID staff and students are planning a Valentine's Day Dance. The dance will be held on Friday, February 15, 2019 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm. Admission is $5 and it's open to ALL current HJM students in good standing. Students who consistently demonstrate the inability to follow behavior expectations during school hours will not be eligible to attend the dance. The theme of the dance is "Dress to Impress". Leading up to dance students will vote for the 6th grade Prince and Princess, 7th grade Duke and Duchess, and 8th grade King and Queen. The winners will crowned at the dance.
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Thur, Jan 24 - Wrestling @ HJM - 4:00 pm $5 admission
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To our Water Monitoring Colleagues around the Nation:
As Co-Chairs of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council (or "Council"), we are pleased to release the sixth edition of our online newsletter National Water Monitoring News : http://acwi.gov/monitoring/
This newsletter provides a forum of communication among water practitioners across the Nation. In support of the national Council's mission, this newsletter is geared to foster partnerships and collaboration; advance water science; improve monitoring strategies; and enhance data integration, comparability, and reporting.
This edition highlights many events, activities, and new products and we hope the information is useful for your water needs. Among the topics included:
Highlights from the Council's 8th National Monitoring Conference (April 30 – May 4, 2012, Portland, OR) New Council Resource – Water Quality Data Portal Tools and Technology
- Electronic field forms for the 2012 National Lakes Assessment
- New How's My Waterway? mobile website
Updates on monitoring including:
- U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Water Program
- U.S. EPA's National Aquatic Resource Surveys
- U.S. Forest Service's Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment Program
- Chesapeake Bay Program monitoring of 2011 storm effects
- Wildfire effects on source water quality
Spotlight on the State monitoring programs from California, Vermont and Florida Volunteers monitoring and the coastal Phytoplankton Monitoring Network Updates on National Monitoring Networks including:
- National Ground Water Monitoring Network
- Albemarle Sound's study as part of the National Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters and Their Tributaries
- Lake Michigan water quality near Chicago
Many thanks to the editorial board: Cathy Tate, Dan Sullivan, Wendy Norton, Alice Mayio, and John Hummer; Kim Martz for the layout, and to all contributors nationwide.
On behalf of the entire Council, we hope you enjoy this newsletter and we encourage your feedback and input in future editions!
Respectfully yours,
Mike Yurewicz, USGS Co-Chair and Susan Holdsworth, EPA Co-Chair
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50-ft. weighted walking lunge 16 toes-to-bars
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Did you lose the remote again? If you can't watch Keith Olbermann — voted Playgirl's Sexiest Anchorman — at 8 p.m. ET, get your fill online. Live blogs of 'Countdown' are available exclusively at Countdown.msnbc.com. Click and let the fun begin!
Media under fire — What would foment more violence in this country and other Western nations? Some sort of Muslim group burning down a Bible publishing plant, killing all the employees? Or the same group burning one copy of the Bible? Our answer would almost unanimously be 'burning down the plant.' Not in the Muslim World. There, a report that the U.S. was investigating whether interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had flushed a copy of the Quran down a toilet, not only preceded rioting that claimed fifteen lives. But it also led to strained international diplomacy, sharp words from the Pentagon and the White House about the reporting, and today, a retraction from the magazine that reported it — even though it wasn't the first publication to report it. While the White House attributed Anti-American rioting in Afghanistan last week to the revelation, the U.S. military disagreed. The violence caused at least 15 deaths, then spread throughout the Muslim world. Newsweek first apologized for the report over the weekend. Then, late today, they retracting it .
Hurricane predictions —
Hurricane predictions —If you have forgotten those six weeks at the end of last summer...Congratulations — or shame on you — depending on where you live. Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne...August and September, almost always on a Friday or Saturday night...One or the other of them, dragged itself across a strip of Florida like a box-cutter. Riviera Beach, Pensacola, Jupiter, Punta Gorda. The damage is far from repaired, and yet, the hurricane forecast for next year is already out — and it's not good either .
Chappelle no show — The incisiveness, the surgical precision, with which the comedian Dave Chappelle cuts up modern culture might be summarized in a quote. In the first explanation he's given of why he suddenly bolted out of his 50 million dollar contract with "Comedy Central." He told Time magazine he was stressed out — but neither crazy nor smoking crack. He explained he simply needed a 'spiritual retreat.' In his own words, Chappelle says, "Let me just cut myself off from everybody, take a minute, and pull a Flintstone — stop a speeding car by using my bare feet as the brakes."
Anything that floats — Houston's "Anything That Floats Parade" gives new meaning to whatever floats your boat. Fifteen entries — the rules simple...the crafts have to be environmentally sound, float for at least 400 feet and well, no alcohol on the boats. Although nobody checks if you're pre-liquored-up. Many of this year's entrants were physics students from local Bell-Air High School looking for extra credit. Good times were had by all. Countdown was an event sponsor, the proceeds benefiting the Buffalo Bayou conservation and development efforts.


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These snaps are of Silver Falls State Park, which we revisited in the month of September. In my earlier post, we shared snaps taken in the month of May. In our last visit we could not get to see Upper North Falls since the way was closed due to unsafe passage but this time we could and that was the only high point of the trip. South Falls and North Falls had considerably less quantum of water falling in September. I have included snaps of South Falls taken in the month of May and September from two different views. First view compares this snap taken in September with this snap taken in May and Second view compares this with this. Similarly with North Falls, where this snap taken in September is compared with this taken in May. So probably the best time to visit is in May when rain is taking a break and sun is looking to smile in Oregon or probably in Fall season when the colorful leaves makes up the scenery more spectacular.
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According to news reports, a major impediment to progress will not seek reelection in the U.S. Senate in 2016.
Harry Reid is one of the filthiest, corrupt pieces of garbage a mass of people has ever sent to represent their interest in Washington D.C.
Here are more details on this fantastic news from CNBC:
Senator Harry Reid, the tough tactician who has led Senate Democrats since 2005, will not seek re-election next year, bringing an end to a three-decade congressional career that culminated with his push of President Obama's ambitious agenda against fierce Republican resistance.
Mr. Reid, 75, who suffered serious eye and facial injuries in a Jan. 1 exercise accident at his Las Vegas home, said he had been contemplating retiring from the Senate for months. He said his decision was not attributable either to the accident or to his demotion to minority leader after Democrats lost the majority in November's midterm elections.
Harry Reid went from a boxer to a big corrupt bag of Congressional crap.
Reid came to Washington 30 years ago with little money. When he was asked how he had made his millions, Daily Surge publisher Jason Mattera was physically assaulted by one of Harry Reid's goons. Then the Capitol Hill police tried covering up the incident.
I say good riddance to Harry Reid, a special kind of scumbag.
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Pupil Premium
Meadowhead School strives to provide an outstanding education for all 11 to 18 year olds, ensuring that students aspire and are challenged to achieve academic success whilst supporting and developing individuals to prepare for the future.
The pupil premium is extra money paid to schools by the government to help disadvantaged children achieve more in education. It is given to schools according to the number of pupils who have been:
- registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years
- have parents in the Armed Forces
- children adopted from care or who have left care.
In the academic year 2017-2018, the basic pupil premium per eligible secondary-aged student was £935. For children who have parents in the armed forces this increased to £1235 and for children who had left local authority care the premium was £1900.
Children who are under the care of a Local Authority attracted a premium of £1900. This premium is managed by the virtual schools head (VSH) and must be used for the benefit of the looked-after child's (LAC) educational needs as described in their personal education plan.
For the academic year 2017-2018 Meadowhead School received LAC funding of £16,683.
For the academic year 2017-2018 Meadowhead School received direct Pupil Premium Grant funding of £421,722 The grant does not have to be completely spent in the financial year beginning April 2018; some or all of it may be carried forward to future financial years.
The DfE states the grant may be spent in the following ways:
- for the purpose of the school i.e. for the educational benefit of pupils registered at that school
- for the benefit of pupils registered at other maintained schools or academies
- on community facilities e.g. services whose provision furthers any charitable purpose for the benefit of pupils at the school or their families, or people who live or work in the locality in which the school is situated.
Additionally Meadowhead received £27,256 Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium funding.
NOTE: For the academic year 2018-2019, the value of grant for children in care and those who have left local authority care increased to £2,300. All other values are unchanged.
Future plans for 2018-2019 focuses on 6 main areas for further improvement based on the review for 2017-2018 (this is detailed in the document below):
- Higher levels of literacy and numeracy for Year 7 students eligible for PP funding
- Improvements in attainment and progress 8 scores measured through GCSE outcomes
- Behaviour concerns addressed leading to improved standards across the school
- Aspiration, self-belief and resilience levels are raised
- An increase in attendance rates and a decrease in the proportion of students that are categorised as persistently absent
- Levels of family engagement are increased for PP students
Date of Pupil Premium review: October 2018
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Development of an Alkaline Fuel Cell Power Conditioner
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This paper presents the development of a prototype 400W alkaline fuel cell power conditioner. The power conditioner serves to boost the 4V DC produced by the fuel cell into 400V DC suitable for conversion to 230Vrms AC to power domestic loads. To compensate for the slow transient behaviour of the fuel cell a power flow buffer, incorporating supercapacitor energy storage has been developed which interfaces directly to the 400V DC bus. The result is a modular system where communication between system blocks is minimal and control is achieved by monitoring the 400V DC bus. Simulation results and experimental measurements are given for the prototype system, as well as a discussion of the practical design issues of the power electronic converters designed to operate with high voltage transformation ratios.


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Church Bulletin 5.13.18
Scripture Acts 4: 1-22
"#RelationshipGoals: From Friend to Disciple"
Rev. Troy Nanninga
Feel free to grab a cup of coffee from the Fellowship Hall/Kitchen serving ledge downstairs before the service! You are also invited to stay for a time of fellowship and refreshments in the Fellowship Hall after the service!
THE REGULAR OFFERING will be received for the General Fund.
10:45 – 11:45 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL for all ages.
(Parents: please pick your child up in his/her classroom.)
w 3 yr. olds – 2nd grade meet in the Promiseland area to sing and have snack time then go to their classrooms.
w 3rd & 4th grade will meet in the Bible Drill Room #21.
w 5th – 12th grade will meet in their respective classrooms.
w 3rd grade – 12th grade meet in respective classrooms.
w Starting Point adult class will meet in the Cry Room.
w An adult small group will meet in the Library.
w An adult current events class will meet in the Consistory Room.
6:00 – 7:30 P.M. IMPACT will meet in the Youth Room.
Snacks – Lindsay Zeldenrust
6:00 P.M. PRAYER MEETING/BIBLE STUDY will be in Consistory Room.
TUESDAY – May 15
6:00 & 7:15 P.M. FAITHFIT YOGA will be in the Fellowship Hall.
WEDNESDAY – May 16
§ DINNER will be served from 5:15 – 6:30 P.M. Everyone Welcome! Invite Friends! Menu: hot dogs, mac & cheese, baked beans, salads
§ BACKPACKS for our Backpack Food Ministry distributed to the children of DeMotte Elementary will be stuffed at 6:00 P.M. We invite you to come and help stuff a backpack!
THURSDAY – May 17
4:30 P.M. VBS WORK NIGHT will be in the Fellowship Hall. Please come and help if you can. We have many projects and we will show you what to do!
SATURDAY – May 19
WORK DAY We will do light work, clean up, and fix up for both indoors and out. Volunteers are asked to sign up on the sheet by the kitchen. All ages are welcome to help. Please see Eric Veldman or Jonathan Hart with questions.
NEXT LORD'S DAY – May 20
WE WILL celebrate communion during worship. Please call the church office if you desire home communion.
THE REGULAR OFFERING will be received for the General Fund.
10:45 – 11:45 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL – This will be the last Children's Church/Sunday School until fall.
SCHOOL PICNIC will be at Spencer Park! Join us for food, fellowship, and fun! Please bring a side dish or dessert to share.
2:30 – 4:00 P.M. JOURNEY will meet in the Fireside Room.
Snacks – Kendra Zylstra
4:30 – 6:00 P.M. SENIOR RECOGNITION for seniors and parents will
be in the Fireside Room.
6:00 – 7:30 P.M. IMPACT will meet in the Youth Room.
Snacks – Youth Leaders
6:00 P.M. PRAYER MEETING/BIBLE STUDY will be in Consistory Room.
Please continue to remember in prayer…
♦ Sharon Bovenkerk ♦ Donna Zandstra
♦ Jeff Mehan continues to recover in Community Hospital after his heart surgery.
STUDENTS: The deadline for the summer mission trip to Detroit is TODAY.
SAVE THE DATE: The Baccalaureate Service for the graduating class of 2018 will be next Wednesday, May 23 at Kankakee Valley High School.
IF YOU HAVE someone graduating this year from college, high school or 8th grade, please call the office with his/her name and school.
"THANK YOU for your words of affirmation and overwhelming support on Youth Sunday. We spoke from our hearts, as we know discipleship is what moves the Kingdom. It is our prayer that you continue to be blessed by the message we shared. Your generous financial gifts humbled us as well - thank you, as we are truly appreciative and grateful. In Christ, The Impact Youth"
TO ALL OUR VETERANS, if you have not in previous years submitted pictures for our Memorial weekend presentation, please turn in one military picture and one more contemporary picture to Tim Sietsma's mailbox or email them to email@example.com. When emailing Tim, please put "Memorial Day Presentation" in the subject field. Also, please be sure to include the correct name spelling of the service person. The deadline to turn pictures/info in is next Sunday, May 20. We also ask that you check the list posted by the church office for accuracy in listing all our veterans and those currently serving our nation.
This year's theme is "Shipwrecked: Rescued by Jesus" and the dates are June 11-15. We look forward to having you join the fun! Online registration at demottearc.com as well as paper registration forms on your way downstairs to the Fellowship Hall are available for both kids and volunteers. Crew Leaders and Assistants are still needed and welcome to register! If you are 16 years or older, we want you!
Stop and check out the donation tags on the bulletin board on your way to the Fellowship Hall. Many items are needed! So, please take a tag! Another item needed is paper towel and toilet paper rolls. Please save them up for us! Donation instructions are posted on the donation bulletin board. Thanks! J


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2019 Annual NYSARH – Conference Sponsorship Opportunities
The 2019 Annual Rural Health Conference will feature national and state healthcare experts and will focus on the challenging issues of our time in rural New York State.
This event provides a prime opportunity for you to market to and network with key players from a multitude of areas in New York State's health arena: large and small hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and clinics, physician offices, insurance companies, medical and electronic technology, lobbyists and advocacy groups, management service groups, state and county officials, emergency medical service providers, and many others.
Our sponsorship opportunity outline highlights the affordable and effective sponsorship and promotional opportunities that will give you unparalleled exposure and focused access to NYSARH's influential conference attendees and decision-makers in healthcare from across New York State.
We know 2019 is a pivotal year in healthcare delivery, healthcare reform and finances. Join us to learn national and state perspectives as they relate to rural healthcare and connect with potential clients and new markets.
A sample of some of the past NYSARH sponsors of our well-attended, well-received, and well-reviewed annual conferences have included: Excellus Blue Cross/Blue Shield; HANYS; HealthLinkNY, NYS Health Foundation, MVP Healthcare, HealtheConnections, Rural Health Networks and many others.


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Rosemary Gruyere Popovers
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, plus more for pan
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup grated gruyere cheese
- 2 tablespoons rosemary, finely chopped
Heat oven to 450. Grease popover pan with butter and set aside. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small saucepan. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Stir in eggs and milk. Mix together flour and salt and then whisk in egg mixture - working slowly so to avoid lumps. Fold in cheese and rosemary. Divide batter between prepared popover cups and place in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake an additional 20 minutes. Remove from oven and serve immediately with whatever other food you happen to still have in the house - a crisp green salad is nice.


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Staggered starts will once again be on the Brunswick County Board of Education agenda.
Board members will take up the issue and possibly the fate of staggered starts at their next meeting, which is 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at the Brunswick County commissioners' chambers in Bolivia.
Brunswick County Schools Superintendent Edward Pruden said it would cost the school district more than $1 million to revert back to a traditional school bell schedule for the upcoming school year.
A well-known Ocean Isle Beach resident known as "The Fisherman" was killed in a tractor accident last Wednesday night.
Brunswick County Coroner Greg White said 52-year-old Bruce Henry died when his Oliver farm tractor overturned around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 21.
White said Henry was on his property on Old Shallotte Road pulling roots with the tractor. Henry had a rope tied around the roots and the tractor flipped over, killing him.
White, a Supply resident, said he had known Henry since their Little League days together.
A Brunswick County Sheriff's deputy who was cleared of any wrongdoing in a shooting last year has recently been fired from the sheriff's office.
Last month District Attorney Jon David cleared Sgt. Brian Tully of any wrongdoing in a December 2011 shooting, but Tully was fired from the sheriff's office March 23.
BOILING SPRING LAKES—West Brunswick beat South Brunswick 14-2 in seven innings March 27 and improved to 6-0 this baseball season in the Waccamaw Conference.
West trailed 2-1 entering the top of the fifth but scored five runs in taking a 6-2 lead en route to the victory.
For Frank Pinkerton, building models is a way of life and leisure.
"I build and do all the scenic, and my son does the wiring," Pinkerton says, showing a visitor the expansive HO-gauge model Pennsylvania Railroad he built inside his "man cave" inside his home near Carolina Shores.
SHALLOTTE—Sarah Simmons proudly put in sweat equity as she worked on her future home Tuesday.
Simmons and her three children are recipients of Brunswick County Habitat for Humanity's latest home under construction—house No. 39—to be precise.
Thanks to teams of volunteers who have been helping Simmons and her family, including a group from Coldwell Banker Sloane Realty on Tuesday, the house is going up fast on Evans Circle in Shallotte.
The Sunset Beach Police Department has arrested two people in the past week.
Laura Dorothy Kong, 44, of Sunset Beach, was charged March 21 with driving while impaired (DWI).
Russell Dean Hunt, 34, of Pembroke, was arrested during a traffic stop and charged on several felony and misdemeanor warrants out of several different counties.
On March 24, police took a report of a breaking-and-entering and larceny of a storage shed on Dogwood Drive.
If you've never had a family member, friend or loved one who has been diagnosed with cancer, you're either very, very lucky or you're a liar.
I remember back when I was in high school, cancer was something that your friend's neighbor's uncle had. It seemed so foreign.
Then, when I got to college, it was something that happened to my friends' mothers. It began to get more real.
Year after year, it kept hitting closer to home until, last year, bam, like a smack upside the head, it did hit home.
In 1991, senior tackle Tony Caison helped lead the West Brunswick Trojans to a state runner-up football season.
Today, Caison, 37, is a loving father of two boys, a doting husband to his wife Shannon and a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan. He's traded in his No. 70 Trojan jersey for a detective's badge, having worked for the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office for the past 13 years.
Caison's most recent challenge is to add "cancer survivor" to his resume.
The 2012 primary election is just around the corner, and here are some important dates to remember:
•Absentee voting began by mail Monday, March 19.
•The last day to register to vote or to change one's party affiliation is Friday, April 13.
•One-stop absentee voting begins Thursday, April 19, and continues until Saturday, May 5.
•The last day to request an absentee ballot by mail is 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 1.
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A day doesn't go by that someone, somewhere, doesn't refer to China as the economic power of the future, although those voices have dimmed recently. The seemingly unstoppable "state capitalism" is nothing but a mirage. The second stage of Chinese economic reforms in the late 80s and early 90s, which were further stimulated by the discontent displayed in Tiananmen Square in 1989, set the political decline in motion. These have been masked thus far by economic growth. In short, once one goes from pure servitude to an environment of opportunity, there's no going back - at least not without kicking and screaming.
Certainly the boom that took place after China embraced "state capitalism" is visible, but the economic well-being is hardly widespread, and China's claim to fame is mostly due to cheap labor and avid western buyers looking to save and make a buck. As reported by Reuters, "China's acceptance of a slower rate of growth" is only a public acknowledgement of well-known internal economic constrains that have been building over time. And without the usual consumption suspects, there's no outlet for the capacity in place -- and that's the main issue.
Oil, copper and equities all fell after Premier Wen Jiabao, in his annual state-of-the nation report to China's parliament, penciled in growth for 2012 of 7.5 percent. That would be the slowest pace of expansion since 1990 and well down on last year's 9.2 percent growth rate.
Last month, Bloomberg had already given a preview of what Wen Jiabao would communicate, and the two key words that kept surfacing were "inequality" and "instability". Although, the latter is not confined to the financial system, and is ultimately the core concern of the government.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao is seen signaling next month that curbing pollution, inequality and the risk of financial instability eclipse the benefits of faster economic growth, a survey of analysts indicated.
Despite the official word that slower growth is "acceptable," the focus is still on keeping the boat afloat. Caixin reported that "hopes are running high that a government push for affordable housing construction will stimulate investment growth."
But the potential for these projects to underpin investment growth is closely tied to spending by local governments, including some that are already heavily in debt, as the central government wants local coffers to match its housing funds. Some say uncertain private investor and bank support will be needed as well.
In addition, and according to China Daily, "China reduces holdings of U.S. govt bonds," coinciding with a decline in China's foreign reserves.
According to the latest monthly figures from the U.S. Treasury Department, China's holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds dropped for a fifth consecutive month in December to $1.15 trillion.
And I am certain that the reduction in U.S. Treasuries did not, and will not, find its way into European debt, because the domestic economic issues are quite substantial, and although I believe that lower future demand for U.S. Treasuries will drive rates higher, the impact thus far has been muted. The political power issue will stay on the front burner, and any reform must be weighed against the need for the state to remain in control. The issue of inequality is best highlighted by a Bloomberg article, "China's Billionaire People's Congress Makes Capitol Hill Look Like Pauper."
The net worth of the 70 richest delegates in China's National People's Congress, which opens its annual session on March 5, rose to 565.8 billion yuan ($89.8 billion) in 2011, a gain of $11.5 billion from 2010, according to figures from the Hurun Report, which tracks the country's wealthy. That compares to the $7.5 billion net worth of all 660 top officials in the three branches of the U.S. government.
But as Stratfor pointed out, inequality in China is nothing new, although the numbers above are a "bit" beyond the norm.
Historically, when China involves itself in global trade, as it did in the 19th and early 20th century, the coastal region prospers, while the interior of China -- which begins about 100 miles from the coast and runs about 1,000 miles to the west -- languishes. Roughly 80 percent of all Chinese citizens currently have household incomes lower than the average household income in Bolivia. Most of China's poor are located west of the richer coastal region; this disparity of wealth time and again has exposed tensions between the interests of the coast and those of the interior.
Certainly we have grown accustomed to despising wealthy politicians and the 1% citizen category of the west, and it is true that inequality is growing, is well visible in these parts of the world, and is unhealthy for our future. But to think that the "superior" ideological foundation of the People's Republic of China, which ends up providing for everyone except the people, is a good alternative, makes one cringe. Then again, how exactly is China the economic power of the future?
Last month and according to ABC News, "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted Russia and China as "despicable" for opposing U.N. action aimed at stopping the bloodshed in Syria." But why did China, and Russia for that matter, veto the U.N. resolution? Because eventually China will find itself in the same position, also known as the defendant's table. From the Berlin Wall to the Great Wall of China, they all tumble in due time for obvious reasons.
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|Mitsuko Coudenhove-Kalergi
|July 7, 1874 (Tokyo)
|August 27, 1941 (Mödling)
Mitsuko, Countess of Coudenhove-Kalergi (German: Mitsuko, Gräfin von Coudenhove-Kalergi; 7 July 1874 – 27 August 1941), formerly known as Mitsu Aoyama (青山みつ), was one of the first Japanese people to emigrate to Europe, after becoming the wife of an Austrian diplomat, Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi, in Tokyo. She was the mother of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi.
She was born as the daughter of Aoyama family, an antiques and oil dealer in Tokyo. Aoyama family was also a landowner of large estates. Aged 17 she met the Austro-Hungarian diplomat Dr. Count Heinrich von Coudenhove (from 1903, Coudenhove-Kalergi) when she came to help him when his horse slipped on ice (Heinrich often visited her father's shop, not far from the Austrian legation). Heinrich gained her father's permission for her to be employed as a parlour maid in the legation and then (after they fell in love) for them to marry. The latter request was refused, but the couple defied him, marrying on 16 March 1892 in Tokyo with the consent of the Austrian and Japanese foreign ministries. This left her disinherited and banned from her father's house. She became a Catholic baptized by an anti-masonic Catholic priest, Francois A. Ligneul, in Japan. In 1896 she was received at an imperial reception for foreign diplomats' wives by Empress Eishō (as a commoner Mitsuko would never have been granted such an audience, but as a countess and ambassador's wife she was) and again on the end of Heinrich's diplomatic work shortly afterwards.
The couple then returned to Europe, where Mitsuko and their two sons Johannes and Richard took over management of the family estates in Bohemian Ronsperg. Once established, Mitsuko learned French, German, math, geography and history in an attempt to counter the hostility to Heinrich concerning his return with a foreign wife. Five more children would be born to Heinrich and Mitsuko. Heinrich died in 1906 and Mitsuko took over the estates and the children's upbringing and education, while studying law and economics herself.
When her second son Richard was going to marry an actress, Ida Roland, Mitsuko became intensely angry and forbade their marriage. She disparaged Roland and his bride with the words "beggar" and "witch", because actresses were seen as a lowly occupation in Japan. She disinherited him in a certain period from 1916.
Mitsuko never again returned to Japan, and when she died in 1941 due to the second stroke in her life, she was buried in the Hietzinger Cemetery.
Children and descendents
- Johann Evangelist Virgilio Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi (1893-1965), born in Tokyo
- Richard Nikolaus Graf von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894-1972), born in Tokyo, founder of Paneuropean Union
- Gerolf Joseph Benedikt Maria Valentin Franz Coudenhove-Kalergi (1896-1978), born in Austria, father of the journalist Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi and the artist Michael Coudenhove-Kalergi
- Ida Friederike Görres, born in Austria, writer
- Elisabeth Maria Anna Coudenhove-Kalergi (1898-1936), born in Austria, secretary of Engelbert Dollfuss
- Karl Heinrich Franz Maria Coudenhove-Kalergi (1903-1987), born in Austria
- Olga Marietta Henriette Maria Coudenhove-Kalergi (1900-1976), born in Austria
- Familie Coudenhove. Paneuropa Deutschland - Paneuropa-Union.
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By Lajla R.
A look back at one of the most popular young adult stories in the past decade.
Recently, I have become very interested in the Twilight saga, both the books and the movies. Some love them, some strongly dislike them. Some people think they won't like the books because they hated the movies, while others won't watch the movies because they didn't like the books. Whatever your thoughts, it is important to look back and see what a huge splash it made – it has almost been ten years since Twilight [the movie] was created.
In October of 2005, Stephenie Meyer released her new book Twilight, a novel with 498 pages in hardcover. This novel popularized Stephenie's career of being a writer. One critic wrote, "Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife-between desire and danger. Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite."
Meyer wrote four excellent books in the Twilight saga. What she didn't know was that movies would be created, too. In November of 2008, the movie Twilight made its debut. The novel became popular overnight with over 29 million books sold in 2008 and 26.5 million books in 2009. The movie was a winner at the MTV movie awards in June 2009. Kristen Stewart played main character Bella Swan; she really did remind readers of "Bella Swan — the girl from the Twilight series." It is amazing how the director of Twilight, Catherine Hardwicke, not only made it so that the movie was very similar to the book, but there were also funny moments, such as when Bella and Edward went to school together for the very first time side by side. Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, walked by her side as she got out of the car. Everyone turned to them outside because they were very surprised at this. Bella spoke, "Everyone is staring." Edward then spoke, "Not that guy. No, he just looked." The movies still had humor, but at the same time, stuck to the storyline.
In the Twilight film, Charlie, Bella's father, was played very well by Billy Burke. He stayed very true to the character in the book and acted like a loving caring father. Overall the cast members did an amazing job, whether they were flying through the air as a stunt or being more of a side character such as Jacob Black or Esme Cullen.
There was a special reason the acting has to be extra good for Twilight. No one who played a vampire could see through the special contacts they had to wear. One time, Peter Facinelli accidentally hit Nikki Reed in the face. Another time, Kellan Lutz accidently knocked Jackson Rathbone out.
Something fun to learn is that a couple of people from the movie got to keep things they wore while making the movie Twilight. Kellan Lutz got to keep his baseball cap. Nikki Reed got to keep baseball shoes she used for the baseball scene. Luckily, Kristen Stewart brought them home for her after filming because she loved them so much. She never wore them because there was mud on them. She never washed them because being dirty "made them special." They all had a lot of fun making the movie and it is still fun almost ten years later to watch it!


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Updated at 2:35 p.m. Tuesday: Revised to include the suspect's identity.
Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a driver accused of fleeing after she fatally hit a Grand Prairie bicyclist early Sunday.
Kallie Wright, 38, of Fort Worth, will be charged with accident involving death, police said Tuesday.
Calvin John Middleton, 42, of Cedar Hill, was killed when he was hit by a car at South Belt Line Road and the eastbound Interstate 20 frontage road around 6 a.m., police said.
Middleton was a member of the Iron Riders cycling club in Dallas. The group planned to honor him during a group ride on Saturday, club president Sheryl Porter said.
Police seized a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu determined to be involved in the crash. Surveillance video released Monday showed the car returning to the scene of the crash with damage to the passenger-side headlight, police said.
Video also shows a white truck that police say was a witness trying to stop the suspect vehicle.
Police didn't expect to file charges against a passenger in the vehicle.


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Custody and Access and Withholding of Children/
When parents decide to go their separate ways, issues of child custody and access can be a source of significant conflict. However, when one parent withholds a child from the other parent following a separation, it hurts everyone – especially the child.
The Children's Law Reform Act and Divorce Act
The Ontario Children's Law Reform Act applies to parents in three sets of circumstances:
- Married couples with children who decide to stay married but live separately
- Common law spouses who decide to separate
- Parties who share a child but who are neither married nor common law spouses
When married parents separate and proceed with divorce, they are governed by the Federal Divorce Act, although the factors espoused in the Ontario legislation are often still relevant to the custody and access determinations.
Entitlement to Custody and Access under the CLRA
Section 20, subsection 1 of the Children's Law Reform Act states that except as otherwise provided by the legislation "the father and the mother of a child are equally entitled to custody of the child."
Section 20, subsection 4 provides that where parents live separate and apart and a child continues to reside with one parent with the consent, either implied or explicit, of the other, the right to custody, but not access, is suspended until a separation agreement or order provides otherwise.
Section 20, subsection 5 states that "[t]he entitlement to access to a child includes the right to visit with and be visited by the child and the same right as a parent to make inquiries and to be given information as to the health, education and welfare of the child."
Factors Courts Consider for Determining Custody and Access
Parents and non-parents have the ability to file an application for an order of custody or access with the court pursuant to Section 21(1) of the Children's Law Reform Act.
Once an application has been filed, the court has the power to determine custody and access on both an interim and final basis and has broad discretion regarding the form and nature of these orders under Section 28 (1).
Courts consider a long list of factors when deciding whether it's in a child's best interest for the court to grant a parent custody or access rights with respect to the child. These factors are found in Section 24(2) and include:
- The love, affection, and emotional ties between the child and the parent, as well as other members of the parent's household and people involved in the child's care and upbringing
- The child's wishes
- The amount of time the child has lived in a stable home
- Each parent's willingness and ability to provide the child with guidance, education, and support
- How each parent plans to provide for the child's care and upbringing
- The stability of the family environment where the child will reside
- The parenting skills of each parent
- The relationship, whether by blood or adoption, between the parent and the child
- The parent's past conduct; and
- Whether the parent has committed any acts of domestic violence against a spouse, child, or member of his or her household
In the vast majority of cases, the courts will award some access between the child and the non-custodial parent, although there may be restrictions, including supervision by a family member or professional facility or the requirement not to engage in certain conduct during or before access, such as drinking or smoking.
If a parent is withholding a child from another parent because he or she believes that these types of restrictions are required, it is important that this parent seeks immediate legal advice on how to proceed to ensure that the disruption of the child's contact with the other parent is minimized as much as possible.


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Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter's book, Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade, is the subject of a recent podcast on New Books in Terrorism and Organized Crime hosted by Mark Lauchs. This interview with Maguire covers the backdrop of surfer culture in the 60's and how this culture got involved with the drug smuggling trade into Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada.
Reading Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter's book Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade (Columbia Press, 2013) is the most fun I have had doing this podcast.
This is an important and overlooked story in the history of crime. The book provides an insight into how people can turn to crime in a manner that contradicts the strongly held theories of the life-course criminologists.
Maguire and Lauchs discuss the history of how surfers came to be involved with Thai drug smuggling – from surfers trying to make enough money to continue their endless summer, to those who took on bigger hauls and made a fortune in the process, only to be taken down by the DEA in the end. They discuss the DEA's involvement in the Thai drug trade, the effects of America's War on Drugs on the smugglers and the trajectory of the drug culture, and the state of illegal and pharmaceutical drugs in America and Australia today.
This is a fascinating conversation between two fellow academics (Mark Lauchs is with the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. He studies organised crime and corruption with an associated interest in terrorism and is host of the New Books in Terrorism and Organized Crime podcasts).
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Not long ago Harry Reid looked like he might go the way of Chris Dodd. And he still has a hell of a battle on his hands for reelection. But for an interlocking series of reasons, things seem at least a little brighter than they did only a couple months ago. (The latest poll shows him neck and neck with his probable opponents compared to the ten to fifteen point deficits he faced only a couple months ago.) And one of the biggest reasons has been a staggering series of unforced errors by his would-be competitors.You know about former frontrunner Sue Lowden's spastastic self-immolation in ChickenGate, a series of truly unforced errors that now make her a deeply damaged general election candidate. But it doesn't stop there. Whatever Rand Paul's scruples about the Civil Rights Act and whatever else anyone else might think in their heart of hearts, I think we can all agree that for the moment Republicans have a really clear and unified message on the CRA and that's they like it Big Time. So you would have thought that when she was asked about it on Face to Face, the interview show of Jon Ralston, the dean of Nevada political reporters, she wouldn't have much trouble hitting it out of the park.
But you'd be wrong.
When Ralston asked Lowden her views on the CRA she first dodged the question and then on follow up refused to answer it outright. Why? Good question. Apparently after the interview her staff convinced her that this was almost as needless a self-inflicted wound as the chicken thing and her campaign sent out a release protesting Lowden's unequivocal attachment and support for the law. It got Lowden yet another 24 hours of bad press. But whether or not it adds any lasting damage it shows one thing clearly: that under pressure and on camera, Lowden makes more or less constant unforced errors, which would be a big on-going advantage for Reid in the general if she's the nominee.
But that's not all of it. Since Lowden's implosion, Club for Growth has come out for Sharron Angle and they're now running attack ads against Lowden. And Lowden in turn is attacking Angle for alleged ties to Scientology.
That may play well in the GOP primary. But if Angle holds on and gets the nomination, Reid will certainly hit her on her open advocacy of scrapping Social Security — a position so toxic in Nevada, even in 2010, that even Lowden is attacking her for it. On top of this add on that in the aftermath of the Lowden collapse, part of the state's Tea Party support is now going to yet another candidate, John Chachas. And if that's not enough you've still got Danny Tarkanian, the other major candidate in the race who played a decent part in Lowden's drop in the polls by hammering her for the Chicken nonsense.
Put it all together, and Reid faces either Lowden, who's now deeply damaged, or Angle, who would go into the general with far-right positions on things like Social Security which may put her too far to the right even in 2010. And they'll clearly all keep clobbering each other for the next week and a half before the primary on June 8th.
None of this guarantees Reid reelection. Far from it. His popularity levels back in Nevada are still hovering just over lethal territory for an incumbent. But if his luck in opponents continues this way, he has a real chance.


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One thing that I have always found is that once you drop out of a game for a week, even a few days, it's near impossible to generate the enthusiasm to get back into that game again. Sometimes it can be a real life issue, another game or a multitude of other reasons but now I think about it this has happened to me a few times this year and usually with the big open world titles.
I remember earlier in the year getting distracted from the Witcher 3 (for a reason I can't remember) and it took a gargantuan amount of willpower to boot up my old save. I've heard this happens to at least some of my gaming friends - in fact one of my gaming habits is to play a game for a few hours and then restart afresh. This in itself I can't really explain other than I find it satisfying applying the things I've learned and usually games will make you do most of the learning in the first hour or two.
So what on earth distracted me from the acclaimed Fallout 4 you may ask - it was a little game called Subnautica. You can find a preview on the articles section for this early access oceanic survival/exploration game and trust me when I tell you it deserves more than a passing look. As my preview explains I picked up Subnautica and Wolfenstein: The New Order in the latest Steam sale, after having a 'quick look' it took nearly a week to finally prise myself away from it and get back on the Fallout 4 horse. Incidentally I have also been plugging away at Wolfenstein and if you enjoy shooters this title is an absolute blast: not only is the gameplay top drawer but there were also a few welcome surprises in the mix. So once again Scully is in search of her infant son in the apocalyptic wasteland and after a few hours sorting through my junk pile I feel like I'm back in the groove - it was touch and go whether I would start a brand new game but after fifty five hours I thought that would be ridiculous even for me.
Last month also saw Valves VR headset ,the Vive, not launch on the 8th of December and in fact get confirmation that it will arrive some time in April of 2016. This was due to a 'major breakthrough' which many are now saying is the front facing camera which will allow the user to see the outside world without having to take the unit off: a very cool feature indeed. This is yet another reason why right now the Vive is the headset I would go for: so the question of which to save my pennies for once again has to be revisited. Oculus have also now started taking preorders for the Rift and the price (£500) revealed has many gamers up in arms: largely due to the fact Palmer Lucky gave the impression it would be far less. Regardless the stage is set for 2016 being the year VR finally became a reality: I personally cannot wait to give it a whirl in Elite Dangerous which now has just implemented planetary landings in the expansion Horizons. Expect features on VR and Elite Dangerous very soon.
So now we have Christmas tucked away behind us it's time to set the wheels in motion again for what should be one amazing year in PC gaming.
I hope wherever you are your gaming is epic.
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Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. But isn't it everybody's?!? Any breakfast meal isn't complete without WAFFLES! What is it about waffles? I know people who say they hate pancakes but love waffles. Aren't they the same thing just different shapes? In the south, there's only 2 ways to improve upon one of your favorite dishes: (1) deep fry it or (2) find a way to make a red velvet version. I decided on the latter. I found this great recipe from Just a Pinch. Red velvet waffles = magical.
2 c. all purpose flour
2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
6 t. sugar
4 t. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 large eggs
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
1/4 c. sour cream
2 t. red food coloring
4 t. vanilla
Combine dry ingredients. Set aside. In a separate bowl add remaining ingredients. Add wet ingredients into dry, combine.
Heat waffle iron, spray with cooking spray, using 1/3 c. batter, pour into iron. Eat!


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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something in your life. Winston Churchill
There are a number of reasons why leaders will have enemies... and not all of them are good reasons.
1. You may have an enemy because of poor, inept leadership and the decisons flowing from such leadership that makes things hard for others.
No commentary added, just the encouragement to continue your own reflection, discernment and prayerfulness.
It is a Painful Problem and a Deep Mystery
I provide this first image - not to offend anyone, but to put it in simple, graphic images. This is how many non-Christians think about God and suffering. How can there be an all powerful God and an all loving God and suffering. Does God care? Does God notice? If he does - then why doesn't God DO SOMETHING ABOUT EVIL?
I can't begin to deal with this greatest of questions and most painful of problems in a post... or even a series of posts. This question-problem has occupied the minds of the greatest thinkers (both religious and non-religious) through the long centuries.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - In the spirit of the holiday, the retail sector was dressed in green Friday, and with some luck, ended the session robust and its highest point in nearly two years.
That made for a few new 52-week highs and a number of issues coming awfully close.
Going into the weekend, the S&P Retail Index $RLX stood at 976.28, up nearly 2 percent, or 17.12. The last time it even flirted with those levels was early April 2000.
Since hitting a three-year bottom shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the sector has rebounded by better than 45 percent.
Discounters led the parade with Family Dollar FDO, +0.97% squarely in front, ahead 4.4 percent, or $1.35, to $32.30.
Big Lots BLI added 56 cents, or 4.2 percent, to $13.99 - one penny away from matching a 52-week high. On Friday, Big Lots named Lisa Bachmann, a former Ames Department Stores executive, senior vice president of merchandise planning, allocation and presentation.
Wal-Mart Stores WMT, +0.19% stretched to a new high at $63.75, up $1.48, or 2.4 percent. On Thursday, Wal-Mart said it was in talks with Seiyu Ltd. to take a majority interest in the Japanese supermarket chain. That would give the world's largest retailer a running start in a country that's largely been untapped for the Bentonville, Ark.-based discounter.
Target TGT, +1.69% shares moved up $1.22, or 2.8 percent, to $45.
Best Buy BBY, +2.11% shares rose $2.30, or 3 percent, to new a level of $78.91. Commerce Capital initiated coverage of the electronics giant at "market outperform" and a price target of $85 a share.
Dillard's DDS, +0.53% broke new ground too, up 66 cents, or 2.8 percent, to $24.38. Since the start of February, Dillard's shares have shot up better than 70 percent, partly on speculation that the company would be sold since founder William Dillard's death last month.
Earlier this week, A.G. Edwards analyst Bob Buchanan urged investors to buy Dillard's stock after carrying a "hold" rating on the stock. Buchanan was particularly impressed with Dillard's inventory and expense controls. In the fourth quarter, released earlier this month, inventories were down 3.3 percent.
"This was the eighth time in the past nine quarters that Dillard's has shown a good match between inventories and sales - this is a testament to management's efforts both with respect to cutting receipt levels as well as taking timelier markdowns on slow-moving styles," he wrote in a note to clients.
CVS Corp. CVS, +0.67% lost its lead of percentage gainers, but maintained a strong showing. The drug store chain ended the session up 93 cents, or 2.8 percent, to $34.31. Credit Suisse First Boston urged clients to buy the stock after the drug-store chain launched an online baby department. The department, of course, will feature baby products - big sellers at drug stores - as well as specials and promotions for mothers.
Rival Walgreen WAG, +0.00% was up 45 cents, or 1.1 percent, to an even $40.
Toys "R" Us TOY, -0.68% was higher by 35 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $19.28 amid reports that the toy seller is in discussions with online partner Amazon AMZN, +0.15% to renegotiate lower its payments to Amazon.
Meanwhile, Amazon shares were down 45 cents, or 3.1 percent, to $14.03. A Lehman analyst said a renegotiation with Toys "R" Us could be problematic for Amazon's profit center. Read the full story.
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Shiva decided to test Vishnu. One day, he stole a lotus flower from the thousand that were to be offered. When Vishnu realized that there was one lotus flower less, he gouged out his own eye and offered it in place of the missing lotus flower. Shiva was now pleased and appeared before Vishnu. He offered to grant Vishnu a boon.
You know that the powerful demons have been oppressing the gods, said Vishnu. I need a weapon to fight the demons with. Please give me a weapon.
Shiva then gave Vishnu the sudarshana chakra. And with this weapon, Vishnu killed the demons.


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2016 Rumble Back in Time Open Hanger Day
The Heart of America Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in conjunction with Rusty Metal Productions held on open Hangar Day at the New Century Airport in Gardner, Kansas on June 4, 2016.
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Having your hip replaced is a huge deal that requires a lot of thought and planning. One thing that you don't want to happen is that you end up having a problem with the hip after the surgery.
Nearly 6,000 pedestrians killed in vehicle collisions in 2017
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Could a fall on another person's property have been prevented?
Imagine shopping at your favorite boutique in downtown Denver. After perusing the second floor, you start to make your way back down the stairs to pay for your items. As you descend, the banister gives way and you fall down the rest of the stairs.
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A car crash can lead to a traumatic brain injury
It doesn't matter how much caution you take when you're behind the wheel, you never know if another driver will make a mistake that causes an accident. This can be as simple as another person sending a text message when he or she should be paying attention to the traffic and road conditions.
Are you overlooking these common causes of truck accidents?
If you spend any time driving in or around the Denver, Colorado, area, you know that you are always sharing the road with truckers.
What should I know if I have a metal-on-metal hip implant?
A hip replacement is a huge deal. You know that you will have to be off work for a while, but you likely don't think that the choice to have a replacement could make your life difficult as it often does for people in this situation.
Baby powder products pose threat to women
Although baby powder has been a product on the market for decades, its potential danger has only been recognized in the last 15 years or so. While the scientific community remains divided on some of the specifics, there is a growing amount of research that indicates some uses of baby powder increase the risk of certain kinds of cancer.
Herniated disc injuries can lead to lots of lost work
Most people, especially those in manual labor trades, experience back pain at some point. However, some back injuries can result in serious mid- and long-term damage, and often result in many days of missed work.
High-cervical nerve injury? Know what to expect
Injuring the vertebrae of your spinal cord can change your entire life in an instant, especially when your injury occurs in the higher vertebrae C1 through C4. While injuring vertebrae and enclosed nerves in any part of you back can inflict serious, long-term damage, the result of a high-cervical nerve (HCN) injury can be absolutely devastating.


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Its intrusion into the census could well have unanticipated consequences for the long-term distribution of power and money. Census results drive both political representation and funding — for large groups of people in broad areas. This means the decision to roll loaded dice on enumeration does not merely impact undocumented individuals, or permanent residents or minority citizens. Everyone in an area that loses numbers also loses clout and cash.
Yes, an undercount affects urban minorities — but also conservative rural agricultural communities dependent on farmworkers, and plenty of areas in between.


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Have you ever met a Renaissance Dog? Allow me to introduce you to Indy and Duke... They are considered top model material - seriously how can you look at these faces and not have your heart melt eve-ry time!?!
They faithfully guard against intruders.
They are expert cuddlers. The best in the biz.
They are also masters of the 20 minute power nap.
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I'm going to get a dog of my own once I move out of my parents' house. I know I'll gravitate toward a larger breed, like the American Mastiff.
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When you go to the theater, you do not see everything.
There is this handy velvet curtain to keep your eyes away from the scurrying actors and shoved sets, the flashing costume changes and blatant breaches of the illusion.
On occasion I go to a dress rehearsal, because the director wants a small audience for the actors to practice on before opening night. Then I can expect to see imperfect entrances, and dropped lines. The last time I did it a whole plate of brownies went flying, and a mike fell off its perch on the lady's collar. But this was not as much a travesty as good information about how to shine up the show.
Imagine if a student majoring in theater spent four years watching performances. Suppose he or she was never privy to the activity back stage. There is certainly value in seeing things go well, but if we are blind to how those actors and sets got there, we would be unprepared to go out and get a job on Broadway. Even if the plays you are one day hired to produce are not the exact ones you worked on as an undergrad, you learn how the process works. People can figure it out, given a chance to observe.
The other day I was visiting with a dear couple. Mid conversation their daughter came barreling in, begging for the keys to her father's car.
"My car doesn't work, dad! It won't start and I am late for work!!!" she pleaded.
I assumed he would hand them over, but he did not.
"What happens when you try to start it," he calmly asked. He did not seem as anxious as she wanted him to be. He knew that her job was one mile away and had a flexible start time.
"It's old, dad, I don't know," she seemed irritated.
"My car is full of gas, and I think you want my gas as much as my car," he suggested. The two of them went outside, and I saw him holding a red gas can. It turns out she was on empty, and had kind of forgotten that until now.
My friend mentioned that good boundaries are hard for this child, and they are learning how to love her without getting trampled. I am not sure if the daughter learned what they wanted her to, but I got a quick peek behind the curtain of family life. I will not forget that solving the immediate emergency may not always be the wisest course of action. Probably that exact scene will not show up in my house, but given a chance to observe good parenting, I might figure it out.


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