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First deployment of the Gothenburg Seaglider (Semla) in the Southern Ocean as part of the British-led ORCHESTRA project. Semla was deployed at the southern end of the Drake Passage between November 2017 and February 2018, collecting high resolution measurements in conjunction with 4 Slocum gliders and a Wave Glider. Louise deployed Semla from the RRS James Clark Ross, and assisted with other oceanographic measurements taken on the SR1b line between the Antarctic Peninsula and Chile.
Second major deployment of Seagliders and Wave Gliders as part of the SOSCEx II campaign. Science conducted on the RV SA Agulhas II between Cape Town and Antarctica. Seb spent two weeks at SANAE base, assisting the geologists on fieldwork to Antarctic Nunatuks.
Photo credits: Rosie Dwight, Ken Findley, Dave Scott
The first Southern Ocean glider deployments ever made during the SOSCEx I campaign. A total of 5 Seagliders were deployed in one austral summer season, two deployed near Gough Island and three deployed along the GoodHope monitoring line. Science conducted on the RV SA Agulhas II.
South Georgia and Southern Thule research leg to conduct a CTD and UCTD survey on route between Antarctic ice shelf.
Photo credits: Phil Massie
Three month SANAE expedition between Cape Town and Antarctica on the grand old lady, SA Agulhas (I) along the GoodHope monitoring line with a visit to SANAE base.
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Recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings that a popular over-the-counter cold remedy could cause loss of sense of smell in users have drawn attention to potential risks associated with so-called homeopathic remedies.
Such products are usually allowed to be marketed as remedies for an array of health conditions without first demonstrating their safety and efficacy to the FDA. However, in June the FDA warned consumers that zinc-containing Zicam products (Cold Remedy Nasal Gel, Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs, and Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs, Kids Size) could cause anosmia, and warned the manufacturer, Matrixx Initiatives (Scottsdale, Ariz), to stop marketing them. The children's product was no longer being sold at the time of the warning, and Matrixx Initiatives has since voluntarily recalled the other 2 products, but disputed that they pose a risk. The warnings have renewed debate about the safety and efficacy of homeopathic products and whether they should be subjected to closer oversight.
Kuehn BM. Despite Health Claims by Manufacturers, Little Oversight for Homeopathic Products. JAMA. 2009;302(15):1631–1634. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1476
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INTERVIEW: Will Oldham talks about his upcoming Merle Haggard Tribute: "Best Troubador"
Will Oldham and I aren't friends. Hell, I've never actually met the guy face to face, despite the two of us sharing the same hometown and being in the same room watching bands play many times. Having said that, I've been a fan of his music since my late teens when a friend introduced me to his I See A Darkness record which over time has become a bonafide classic that has never completely abandoned my personal rotation.
While I know next to nothing about Oldham (aside from his massive catalogue of excellent records), I do know that we have something in common in that we share a passionate affection for the music of Merle Haggard. When I caught wind that Bonnie "Prince" Billy had a Haggard tribute record on the way, I knew I had to reach out to ask a few questions about this endeavor. Thankfully, he was kind enough to answer a few questions about the new record, titled Best Troubadour, which is set to be released May 5th via Drag City (pre-order it here).
Never Nervous: When did you first really fall in love with Merle Haggard, and what drew you to his music initially?
Will Oldham: Shit, writing this out feels like homework. I got my serious Merle crush from the DOWN EVERY ROAD box set. I fell head-over-heels with his 1996 CD. I think a key factor was what he did with his music once he became a master. He dug deeper.
"I wanted him to hear it. I wanted to have an unspoken artist dialogue with the man. Then he died before we made the record."
NN: Aside from being a fan of Merle's, what was the motivation behind recording a collection of your own renditions of his songs?
WO: I wanted him to hear it. I wanted to have an unspoken artist dialogue with the man. Then he died before we made the record. The goal with this record is to highlight a life spent obsessed with songs and with singing them.
NN: Considering Haggard's massive library of songs, how hard was it hard it to narrow down 16 songs, and how did you choose those in particular?
WO: It just took time. It was a pleasure to listen and listen with the intent of picking a group of songs to present to the musicians, and then to try out that group of songs (about 25-30 songs) until we had a distilled list of jammers that we could attack with love and singularity, songs that also fed off of and complimented each other in a collection.
NN: What can you tell us about the sound on Best Troubador? Was it recorded with a full band, or is it just your voice and a guitar?
WO: Aw man, you haven't heard it?! It's a big ole band, with flute and sax and everything. We recorded it live in a living room, like Merle did with his Roots Volume 1 CD.
NN: Where does the title Best Troubador come from? Is there a significance behind it that relates to Merle Haggard?
WO: One of the songs we worked on was Merle's "Troubadour", in which he says over and over again that he is a troubadour. Then I borrowed from his Bob Wills tribute record, which he says is for the "best damn fiddle player in the world" or something along those lines. Then I took out the 'u' in the last syllable to make it more American.
"It's the later songs that really get rich, that you can really sink your teeth into."
NN: Was it a conscious decision to mix older classics ("I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall" & "The Fugitive") with a healthy dose of newer, lesser known tracks ("Wouldn't That Be Something" & "I Am What I Am")?
WO: It's the later songs that really get rich, that you can really sink your teeth into. And I wanted to show how strong the foundation was upon which those songs were built.
NN: What would you consider to be your favorite track of his that isn't on Best Troubador?
WO: That is a tuffy. Bonnie Owens was asked once what her favorite Merle song was and she replied "You mean that he wrote?" because Merle owns a lot of songs, that he wrote, co-wrote, or covered. I've sung "Because of Your Eyes" a lot, I love that one. "After I Sing All My Songs", "This Time I Really Do", "My Own Kind of Hat", "How Did You Find Me Here", "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday"….
NN: I know you've played a few Merle Haggard songs live in the past, but would you ever consider playing a full set of nothing but Hag tunes?
WO: Oh, we've already done that a couple few times.
NN: Do you have a personal favorite collaborative song of his? It's cheesy, but I really like his joint effort with Willie Nelson on "Pancho & Lefty".
WO: "I Won't Give Up My Train", with Roger Miller.
NN: It is my understanding that you had the opportunity to interview Merle back in 2009 for Filter magazine. How did that come together, and what was that experience like?
WO: Pat McGuire at Filter made it happen, in cooperation with Tresa Redburn, who was Merle's publicist. The interview was conducted over the telephone. It was a decent experience. He sang to me.
"The interview (with Merle Haggard) was conducted over the telephone. It was a decent experience. He sang to me."
NN: In closing, is there a particular lyric from a Merle Haggard tune that resonates with you now more than ever?
WO: Sure, how about "The Immigrant":
American ranching consists of a mansion
Where illegal immigrants do much of the labor by hand
They sneak 'em through customs till time comes to bust 'em
Then haul 'em back over the border to their own native land
With a ragged sombrero and not much dinero
They'll be back again when the ole Rio Grande is down low
So border patroller don't stop the stroller
'Cause the Mexican immigrant is helping America grow
Viva La Mexico, go where they let you go
And do what you can for the land
Take home dinero and buy new sombrero
And come back again when you can
What makes a gringo use smart aleck lingo
When he stole his land from the Indian man way back when
Don't he remember the big money lender
That put him a Lincoln parked where his Pinto had been
The almighty peso that gives him the say so
To dry up the river whenever there's crops to bring in
is this a good neighbor? to take all his labor
Chase him back over the border till he's needed again


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Most tying groups meet in churches, in a meeting room in a store, or someone's home or even at colleges. Personally, I always thought it would be best if we could meet in a bar. Good company, beer, tying and food with a never ending jukebox and darts in the background.
Welcome to Chi-tie!
Eric Heckman, from Coren's, who has tied with the group before asked me to venture along with him on Monday night. The group meets the second Monday of the month, starting at 6:30 and they're currently at Galway Bay Bar.
The February gathering was the largest they've ever had. Which is good for the group and good for the bar. I had a chance to catch up with a buddy, Adam Marton, who works with the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, and heads up AM Film Productions. As good a guy as you'd ever want to fish with. And he has a really nice fly tying box that I've threatened to steal a number of times. Also there was Nikki, who manages the downtown Orvis Store, and a number of people whose names I've simply forgotten and apologize for. Except for Dave, who is the ringleader of sorts of this diverse tying group.
So here's what you need to know. This is a tying group, that is, you bring your stuff and you sit and tie and you chat and drink beer and socialize and tie some more. You talk about patterns, you talk about materials and you talk about fishing. (And drink beer.) There's no demonstrations, no videos, and no guy saying, "Well you see, I'm the president of the group and so on…" This is tiers getting together to tie.
So last night, Adam tied a floating crab with deerhair, Dave tied a nifty baitfish pattern, there was a foam frog, a pink clouser, a bugger type fly with a barred rabbit tail, I tied streamers, Eric tied a chickabou crayfish pattern and there were nymphs and so on being tied.
If you plan to go, and you should, a couple of suggestions.
Know what you want to tie and just bring those materials. The tables are bar tables and so room is a premium. If you have a light for your vise, you might want to bring it. This is a bar not a well lit room, although it's adequate, some supplemental lighting would be helpful. If you drop something on the floor…forget it unless it's big and shiny. It's a bar floor and dark. Tip the bartender, he's the one who lets you tie there. Thank Chi-tie for putting this together.
Also, parking isn't easy in the city. If you can car pool or take public transportation, do so.
As always, you'll meet nice people, if you walk around and chat with other tiers you'll earn some new things. You'll find sources of new and interesting materials and as always, discover that fly tying, while it has its traditions, isn't stuck in the past. The people you'll meet at a Chi-tie session aren't tying your daddy's dry flies.
So here's to beer and fellowship and a toast to Chi-tie!
See you in a month.
Blog address: http://chi-tie.blogspot.com/
Meeting: 6:30 start time on the Second Monday of the month.
Location is: Galway Bay bar
500 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60657


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Re: Pango/GLib debugging in VS2015
- Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 14:33:50 +0100
- From: Jeffrey Sheen <jeffrey.sheen00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: Pango/GLib debugging in VS2015
I got it.
It was bad reference algebra, due to my inexperience with pango layout lines. I assumed `pango_layout_get_line_read_only' calls were incrementing the line's reference count, and calling `pango_layout_line_unref' in tandem.
Obvious in hindsight.
Rafal was onto it in his original response.
On 7 July 2017 at 17:22, Jeffrey Sheen <jeffrey.sheen00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear list,I have started to build my own GTK Win32 DLLs using the gvsbuild project, as suggested by Nacho.However, these DLLs exhibit the same behaviour of a `magazine_chain_pop_head' being called on a NULL, after an arbitrary number of `pango_layout_clear_lines' calls being made.Chun-wei suggested building the GTK libraries to be thread safe. How can I achieve this? Are there preprocessor flags to be set by the compiler?I would like to have the most conservatively stable, and verbose version of the libraries to test against.P.S. is anyone out there using these libraries in the wild for Win32, and calling Pango and Cairo functions directly?On 6 June 2017 at 21:13, Jeffrey Sheen <jeffrey.sheen00@alumni.
imperial.ac.uk> wrote:Thank you both for the advice.I'll start the process of rebuilding GTK myself.N.B. Win XP will ultimately be a build target (legacy requirement). How can I determine the latest compatible versions of the component libraries?On 6 Jun 2017 07:43, "Ignacio Casal Quinteiro" <nacho.resa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Cheers.Jeffrey,I would also like to point you out https://github.com/wingtk/gvsb uildwhich is a fork of gtk-win32 having the packages more updated.--On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Chun-wei Fan (范君維) via gtk-list <gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Jeffrey,
The issue seems like that we need to get PangoWin32 (and if you are doing this via Cairo, Cairo) thread-safe on Windows. You might need to for the time being use a private thread (or so) to do this.
With blessings, and cheers!
Jeffrey Sheen 於 2017/6/6 上午 07:35 寫道:
N.B. I've found pdb files related to the GTK DLLs distributed as part of the hexchat gtk-win32 project (https://github.com/hexchat/gt
Executing with these in place, the VS 2015 debugger is showing me that there is an intermittent issue when "pango_layout_clear_lines" is called.
Ultimately a NULL pointer is passed to glib's "magazine_chain_prepare_fields
" function.
The issue can be recreated by creating and destroying a UI dialogue a specific number of times. Each text block in the UI dialogue is rendered by creating and destroying PangoLayout and PangoFontDescription objects.
As this is an intermittent issue, and at a glib memory management level, I am not sure how to proceed.
Any advice would be appreciated.
On 5 June 2017 at 20:08, Jeffrey Sheen <firstname.lastname@example.com
al.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear list,
I've got an issue with Pango, and have tried asking around in the GTK channel on gnome.org, but no bites.
Memory Access Violations are occurring upon PangoLayout function calls. I'm developing in MS VS2015, with no error text sent to output terminal.
It's a post "pango_layout_set_text" call to "pango_layout_get_pixel_extent
s" that's bombing out in "gobject-2.0.dll".
Do you have any tips on how to debug GTK in VS?
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Is there a way to get the "related " columns to "tag along" with the sort precipitated by the helper column?
For example, column A contains a mixed-string product code that I can now sort into sequence using the "helper column" technique but, attached to that same product code are product descriptions, dimensions and other characteristics (some of which are also mixed-string in nature) in several other columns, and I need those to follow the "helper column" sort.
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HiP's unique FCA permissions
As we continue our HiP Token sale, join Kai Peeters – HiP CEO – as he discusses HiP's unique FCA permissions and why they are so fundamental to the HiP business model.
*Our FCA Licence is under review whilst we work towards being live and public at the end of 2018.
Today, Kai Peeters talks about HiP's unique FCA permissions, and about the journey taken to get here. For those unfamiliar with the Financial Conduct Authority – the FCA, this is the UK's regulatory body responsible for protecting the public in the provision of financial services.
HiP's founding research was done two years before the company was officially formed. A competitive analysis of all the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer platforms that existed was conducted and it was found that the regulatory framework for these companies was outdated, restricting the possibility for huge growth. This is because to sell equity all assets had to be placed inside an SPV, a Special Purpose Vehicle, before they could be traded.
HiP wanted to create a solution that would be quickly adopted and easy to scale quickly. So in 2016, the early stages of the founding of the company, one of the first tasks was to begin discussions with the FCA. HiP would attempt to re-write the permissions through a Sandbox application, allowing the company to trade debt and equity on a contract – and not placed in an SPV or limited entity. A successful FCA Sandbox application would allow HiP to take innovative products, services, business models and delivery mechanisms to the market in real-time.
After a prolonged 18 month discussion, HiP WAS granted permission to trade debt and equity on a contract*. A major achievement, and is the prequel to a Smart Contract.
So essentially, HiP is the first regulated company in the world that will trade debt and equity on a contract, eliminating the need for SPV's and limited entities.
Why does this matter? It's all about liquidity and cost of operations. Without having to set up an SPV every time a building is onboarded, HiP saves time and money. HiP can therefore trade debt and equity across buildings via the HiP ecosystem.
HiP's FCA permissions have been the topic of much conversation and panel talks over the previous weeks. Last week HiP attended the Bitcoin CRE conference, focussed specifically on cryptocurrencies with regulation being a central topic of conversation.
HiP is the NEW Way
to finance property
Creating affordable financing packages
HiP will change the way property wealth can be accessed and afforded, opening the world of real estate to many more buyers, owners and investors.
Releasing value from their assets
HiP offers a first for home owners, developers, investors and buyers enabling them to take control of their property and the wealth within it.
Offering investment flexibility in high-yield property markets
The property market excludes a large part of the community from being able to buy and invest. HiP unlocks this investment market for all.
Initially, HiP Will revolutionise the world of property for four major markets within this sector:
"A record number of first time buyers must find at least £500,000 to get a foothold on the housing ladder in London." - London Evening Standard, 15th December 2017
Although HiP is not just about London, this headline tells a sad story. Combined with an average £80,000 debt for University graduates in the UK and we have a major social problem. HiP will help solve this by allowing investors to participate in first time buyers' home ownership, bringing the barriers to entry far lower than ever conceived possible before.
To release equity in a property today can only be achieved by either selling it entirely or taking out further debt. Having to pay interest to access wealth that already belongs to you is a deeply flawed model.
HiP will allow people to release equity into their own property bank account on the HiP platform; in multiple currencies and without incurring further debt or moving out of their home.
HiP will allow buy-to-let investors to leverage their entire portfolio to expand their portfolios faster, cheaper and more efficiently.
The HiP platform allows investors to choose from multiple opportunities with incredible flexibility.


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Grand Trailer Park Taverna, Melbourne
A special dessert edition, as I'm always on a lookout for a place for good sugar endings. Especially late night sugar ones. I heard good things. Well, not sure if good. More that it was over the top. Anyway, it was deemed worthy a try so back to Grand Trailer Park Taverna we went. I should mention I previously had the burger course here and was bitterly disappointed with a stale bun and lack of finesse in the components. Apparently it was good when it first opened. I was willing to give the another part of the menu another try, as I'm nice like that.
I couldn't go past the campfire cake with all it's caramel and sugar goodness and was stoked with the delivery. Peanut butter and maple cake with peanut butter parfait, peanut praline, popcorn and salted caramel sauce. What it lacks in delicateness it makes up in pure saccharine. I enjoyed it despite knowing each extra bite would make up twice it's weight in fat later on. The dish does need to be deconstructed to eat it properly, it was just a bit too rich for the size, perhaps worthwhile being shared.
My fellow diners went with a shake and waffle option, which for once was the healthier option. Shake was average apparently. They do a decent job with the parfaits here although it was a bit too frozen for my textural preferences, should have been a bit closer to room temperature.
The store itself is a cool spot, with booths decked out as trailers and a hip, busy crowd that's worth showing people to. Good people watching from the balcony as well. Handy wet wipes too.
Pro tip: start a diet
7.5/10 (dessert) 5/10 (burger)
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4 feb 1968 & lunar year celebration
#OTD Sunday 4 February 1968 The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (803 H Street, NW) held its annual Lunar Year Celebration between 5th and 9th on H streets, NW. It was the Year of the Monkey (the 4,666th new year) and it officially started on Tuesday 29 January at midnight.
More than 4,000 Washingtonians lined H Street NW to see the parade of masked figures and dragon lions. Those in front of the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association (618-620 H Street, NW) had the clearest—and loudest—view of the lighting of a "10-foot string of fireworks." Here, members of the Chinese Youth Club (CYC) were either preparing for or just finishing the Lion Dance.
Wally Lee joined the CYC in 1964. He was a member of the lion dance team, and the volleyball and basketball teams. Lee shared that the gentleman in the long coat and hat is Mr. Eng. The person in the white sweatshirt is Daniel Lim. The person to Lim's right, in the foreground in black high tops, is Wei Hong Lee. Lim and Lee were best friends.
Please comment below. Did you attend the lunar new year parade? Did you know Mr. Eng, Lim or Lee? Were you a member of the CYC? Were you part of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association or the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association? You may comment privately here.
Photo source: Chinese New Year's Parade, in front of 740 H Street, NW, 1968. Alexander Lmanian, photographer. Courtesy of Beinecke Library, Yale University.
I thank Ted Gong, director of the 1882 Foundation, Wally Lee and Tom Fong for sharing their insights and memories.


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Funeral services for Melita Frances Rivers, age 86, formerly of Mount Pleasant, Tex., were Sunday, April 29, 2018 in the Bates Cooper Sloan Chapel.
Burial followed in the Mount Vernon City Cemetery.
Mrs. Rivers was born Sept. 9, 1931, in Mount Vernon, Tex., to Luther and Nora King Johnson.
She was a member of the Southside Church of Christ and retired as the vice president of Stanley Home Products after working for 42 years.
She died in Statesville, N.C., on April 24, 2018. She was preceded in death by her daughter's father, Speedy Rivers; her parents; and brothers, L. C. and Elton Johnson.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Renee and Michael Thomas of Mooresville, NC; her brother and sister-in-law, James and June Johnson of Mount Pleasant; one grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.


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The ICAA Brings its Workshop in Classical Architectural Design to Charleston
On March 9th and 10th, 2018, a group of students and professionals met at the College of Charleston for a Workshop in Classical Architectural Design—part of an ongoing series of workshops by the ICAA aimed at bringing fundamental concepts of classical design to institutions of higher education across the United States.
Held in collaboration with the College of Charleston and the American College of the Building Arts, the workshop brought together a diverse crowd, from professionals to students in both graduate and undergraduate programs in a wide variety of subjects, such as architecture, historic preservation and art history. The broad range of backgrounds seen in the workshop offered an enriching breadth of perspectives on classical architecture. The students had the chance to discuss these perspectives further at a welcome reception at the American College of the Building Arts.
Much of the coursework centered on the core elements of classical architecture, including a study of the Tuscan order with instructors Michael Mesko and Clay Rokicki. The exercises helped students not only to learn about classical elements, but also to hone their skills in core areas such as drafting and proportion. This content was supplemented by measured drawing exercises, guided by instructors Patrick Alles and Mark Santrach, which took full advantage of the College of Charleston's architecture to bring the classroom content to life.
In addition, there were several lectures by guest speakers Matthew Blumenthal, Christopher Liberatos, and Steve Knight. All speakers gave inspiring perspectives on how the classical language is adapted to modern architectural contexts.
In all, the workshop was a great success due to the efforts of the students, instructors, and organizers. The students left the workshop with a greater understanding of both the fundamentals of classical design and their relevance in the modern world—concepts that will stay with them and enrich their future work.


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Find therapists for fertility challenges: NYC | Providence | Chicago |Boston
Infertility is often stressful for both individuals and couples, and it can cause significant strain in relationships between partners.
Sometimes, these stresses can lead to symptoms of common mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. If this is the case for you, infertility counseling can be a helpful way to move through these challenges.
Prevalence of infertility
Infertility is a relatively common in the United States, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting that about 12% of women ages 15 to 44 face challenges getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term. Additionally, about 6% of married women in the same age range are unable to get pregnant after one year of trying.
Infertility affects men as well as women; the CDC also reports that in about 35% of couples with infertility, a male factor was identified as well as a female factor. In about 8% of such couples, only a male cause of infertility could be identified.
Mental health challenges related to infertility
Several studies indicate that couples and individuals struggling with infertility commonly experience anxiety and depression in reaction to these challenges.
Other studies demonstrate that these mental health conditions do not necessarily cause infertility, but infertility and mental health symptoms seem nonetheless to be closely linked.
Symptoms that infertility counseling can treat
Infertility counselors are prepared to provide support around any number of challenges that might arise in relation to infertility.
Some of the most common symptoms they treat include:
- Anxiety or worry: You may be find yourself frequently preoccupied with thoughts about infertility, perhaps to the point of being overwhelmed, anxious, or unable to focus on other things.
- Sadness or depression: Challenges around infertility often cause feelings of sadness, loss, listlessness, depression, or hopelessness.
- Physiological symptoms of stress: You may have trouble sleeping or experience physical symptoms of stress, including muscle tension, headaches, and digestive troubles.
- Guilt, shame or self-blame: Especially in a culture that places a high value on reproduction and nuclear families, you may blame yourself and feel guilty or ashamed if you're struggling with infertility.
- Conflicts with partners: Infertility can often lead to conflicts between partners in intimate relationships.
Personal challenges related to infertility
Infertility counselors can help you at any point during your struggles with infertility; you don't need to have a specific problem or symptom in order to seek support. That said, some of the most common scenarios include:
- Wondering about options: If you've recently started dealing with infertility or are unsure of what your next steps should be, an infertility counselor can provide you with information about your options and help you figure out what would be the best choice for you.
- Considering egg or sperm donation, surrogacy, or adoption: Infertility counselors have experience with the nuances and emotional issues related to these big, sometimes confusing decisions. They can help you weigh your options and proceed thoughtfully with whatever choice you make.
- Facing relationship tension: An infertility counselor can help you and your partner work through the tension or conflict you may experience around your infertility challenges.
- Dealing with social, cultural, or family pressure: Infertility can often become a painful interpersonal issue, particularly in relation to family expectations or friends who are fertile. Infertility counselors can provide support around these external pressures.
- Considering not having children: If you're thinking about stopping fertility treatments or choosing not to have children, an infertility counselor can help you through this transition.
What to do if you're experiencing infertility challenges
If you're dealing with any of the challenges described here, consider exploring these options:
- Therapy. Find a therapist who can help you understand your challenges and find strategies for improving your related symptoms. You might work with a therapist on your own, or you and your partner(s) might choose to attend therapy together. (See more tips below on selecting a therapist.)
- Support groups. A support group can give you perspective, understanding, and solidarity from others who are facing similar challenges. You can search for a support group in your area through The National Infertility Association.
- Meditation or mindfulness practices. You might find it helpful to experiment with meditation or other mindfulness practices through classes or apps. Studies have shown that these practices can help reduce the symptoms of stress and anxiety that may accompany challenges around infertility.
- Exercise: Some studies show that regular physical activity can decrease the stress symptoms that may come with infertility.
- Hotlines: If you're having thoughts of suicide or need immediate support, you can always call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
How to find an infertility counselor
Look for a therapist who has experience helping clients work through infertility challenges
Therapists differ in their approaches to infertility counseling, and you'll want to make sure that your specific therapist has experience treating people who have faced challenges like yours.
Some common approaches to infertility counseling include aspects of the following:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Mindfulness Practices
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Couples Therapy
Know what questions you need to ask potential therapists
These questions may prove helpful when interviewing potential therapists:
- What therapy type (possibly one of the examples above) do you use when helping clients work through these situations?
- Does you have experience working with clients who have my particular symptoms?
Prioritize personal fit
While personality fit is a nuanced factor, it is critical to your success in therapy. Multiple studies have revealed the importance of this factor, often referred to as "therapeutic alliance."
On your initial phone call with the therapist, ask yourself:
- Could I see myself forming a connection with this therapist?
- Does their approach suit my personality?
- Do I feel like I will be heard and respected by this therapist?
Additionally, consider these factors:
- Some therapists are more reflective and spend most of the session listening and drawing insights about your patterns and coping styles.
- Some therapists are more directive, establishing weekly agendas and assigning tasks to complete between sessions.
- Some utilize specific techniques or tools (exposure exercises, eye movements, tapping, breath work, guided imagery, art and music, etc.).
- Some use a combination of multiple approaches.
Consider cost, location, and scheduling
Therapy will only work if it works for you. Before making an appointment, ask yourself honestly:
- Can I afford these session fees? The cost of therapy depends on location, practitioner, and whether you're using insurance.
- Can I commit to attending sessions regularly? Remember to account for travel time, and other demands in your schedule.
- Do the therapists' available times work for me? Some therapists offer evening and weekend appointments if you have an otherwise limited schedule.
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Find therapists who specialize in fertility counseling on Zencare, below.
Search by insurance, fees, and location; watch therapist introductory videos; and book free initial calls to find the right therapist for you!
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Make Your Business with Superforex
If you need advice for starting your partnership with us, you have come to the right place. Here you can find several different resources that will help you become informed about how to be a successful SuperForex partner and create a burgeoning business.
Partner's starter kit
The Partner's Starter Kit is our most comprehensive resource for partners. It is in the form of a booklet designed by our Partnership and Public Relations Departments to help guide you in the beginning of your partnership with us. The kit contains everything important about our Partnership Program - its structure, aims, and advantages. We have also included tips and advice on how to organize your business as a SuperForex partner and how to acquire new clients. You can even browse an overview of some of our most popular promo materials you can employ to advertise our brand.
If you feel like you don't need the full guide which the Starter Kit represents, then you can find shorter versions about online and offline promotion below. These cover the basic questions all partners have regarding our products and what you can do for us as a partner. These documents can be viewed on any device, for your convenience.
Online Promotion
In order to help you focus your attention on improving your promotional efforts without wasting too much time we have compiled an abridged manual with tips and marketing advice. This guide applies to all of our partnership types (Introducing Broker, Advisor Seller, Investment Project, Trader Partner, Exchanger, FX Signal Provider, and so on), since the importance of advertising and looking for clients online apply equally to all of them.
Offline Promotion
Even if we stress how crucial it is to do online marketing for client acquisition and support, we also cannot forget that traditional methods of offline advertising can still be quite helpful to expand your business. These more traditional methods of promotion require a certain know-how that we are willing to share with you: advice on how to plan and host different kinds of Forex-related events, purchasing media time (newspaper/magazine/radio/TV ads, for example), and even how to utilize out merchandise, among other options. We believe this brief guide on offline promotion will be helpful in this regard and would improve your business strategy.


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Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney was forced to apologize Thursday following an on-air chat with Republican Texas Representative Louie Gohmert, who very casually floated a conspiracy theory involving Democratic donor George Soros into a conversation about new Google technology developed for China. The tech giant has recently come under fire for its so-called "Project Dragonfly" search engine, which reportedly would assist Chinese government in essentially censoring and spying on its citizens.
In a Fox Business op-ed also published Thursday, Varney compared the project to a "modern-day version of George Orwell's Big Brother." While agreeing with that take, it was at that point that Gohmert went right the heck off the rails.
"You mentioned Orwell. It reminds me of another George, George Soros, because Google is born in a free country and then the go over and oppress others in other countries. George Soros is supposed to be Jewish but you wouldn't know it from the damage he inflicted on Israel and the fact that he turned on fellow Jews and helped take the property that they owned."
Soros, of course, is a popular target of far-right conspiracy theories, as well as alleged "MAGA bomber" Cesar Sayoc Jr. The billionaire philanthropist has been falsely accused of being a Nazi collaborator during World War II and confiscating property from Jews.


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In the movie School Daze, Spike Lee staged a dance number in which two bands of African American college students debated the merits of "Straight and Nappy" hair in song, and now comedian Chris Rock and filmmaker Jeff Stilson have extended the conversation to a full-length film in this witty documentary with serious undertones. Rock says he was inspired to make the film when his young daughter asked him, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" and he and Stilson examine black America's obsession with its hair as they visit the Bronner Brothers International Hair Show, an annual trade show for the African American hair care industry which includes fierce competitions among stylists from around the country and demonstrations of new hair products and techniques. Along the way, Rock interviews a number of African American celebrities and icons about their hair (including Maya Angelou, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Nia Long, Raven Symone, Ice-T, and Paul Mooney), researches the dangers of many common hair-straightening treatments, reveals the surprising expense of regular hair "relaxing" and weaves, and ponders what the pursuit of straight hair says about African American cultural identity. "Good Hair" received its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
For a preview, please visit http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3611230745/. Presented in partnership with the Shrine of the Black Madonna. A panel discussion will follow the screening. This event is FREE and open to the public. The Black History Month film series is sponsored by Comcast.
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The Cessnock Goanna junior is a talented young footballer.
He is a strong ball runner and defender, climbing his way through the grades at Newcastle.
Promoted from the 20s side to ISP NSW at the end of 2017, Jones featured in the extended NRL squad on several occasions during the 2018 season.
A reliable second rower, Jones has represented NSW in both Under 16s and 18s and was selected in 2016 for the Australian Schoolboys squad.
Training with NRL for the third year and entering his second year as a full-time player, Jones is a player to keep a close eye on.


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We do install new or replacement equipment.
A high quality installation is the key for any system to perform efficiently and last a long time. Our skills in servicing and correcting problems with other company's installations make us your best choice for installing new or replacement equipment.
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Europe Travel Guide
Travel Guide Ideas While Travelling to Portugal
There are many reasons that inspire travel to Madeira. It is the heart of a Macaronesian archipelago cousin-brother of the fortunate Canaries. A green drop drifting in the Atlantic where proudly files and for almost six centuries the Portuguese flag. Today we will provide a complete travel guide on Portugal Trip.
Madeira is a collage of landscapes that in just minutes make you stroll along the beach to watch the Ocean from the verticality of a clip to penetrate by a cloud forest flooded by Laurisilva (and protected by UNESCO as world heritage), wet with water from large waterfalls and reach pinnacles of volcanic stone emerging in the sea at the other end of the island.
If you are one of those who likes to go walking on trails of pure nature you must know that Madeira is one of the best options to do it, very typical routes which are watercourse that transfer water to points of the island where it does not rain so much and that form a network of more than 2500 kilometers. If you like trekking you will discover beautiful landscapes.travel guide on Portugal Trip.
Caldeiao Verde:
Caldeião Verde, which starts in the Forest das Queimadas Park, with fairytale houses that are the best trail with good views and waterfalls. You can do the whole in six hours or a small part of an hour going back and forth until one of the main waterfalls of the route.
No doubt, the gastronomy is a key when deciding for a getaway is a strong point of Madeira. The product is excellent and fresh both sea, land and the island is rapidly postulated as a destination for gourmets who are looking for sometimes the simplicity of taking a good fish by the sea or of the most innovative dishes overlooking the port of Funchal.
it is worth to say that Madeira makes up for it with a wonderful collection of natural pools of authentic postcard in the north of the island, especially in Porto Moniz, taking advantage of the volcanic formations and where you can submerge in the stillness of turquoise waters which are all a gift for the senses.
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From the port of Funchal tourists leave to enjoy another facet of Madeira related to the presence of marine fauna on its shores. It is enough to get away a little just a few minutes, to go hand in hand with dolphins or whales, whose presence is quite remarkable at this point in the Atlantic Ocean.
Funchal has a delightful historical center and many monuments remain of the first centuries in which it was inhabited (from the fifteenth century), mainly religious and military. For example next to the port is the Fort of Santiago, recognizable by its walls and yellows towers, is one of the best preserves vestiges of quality.
Now you do not have excuses to travel to Madeira.we will provide travel guide on Portugal Trip in more detail in our next Article stay connected with us.


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Diferentes invasores de España
Iberian Peninsula name comes from the Celtiberos. Galica still has influences of Celtic culture (bagpipes, language). Year 492 Roman empire desplomo. Segovia and Merida still have Roman remains. Visigoths invaded as well. Moors were the last invaders (from Africa). Arabs, Berbers, Syrians from North America invaded the peninsula in 711 A.D. They easily defeat visigoth kingdoms, conquering nearly all of the peninsula
Moors divido into many small kingdoms. Last moorish king, in Granada, defeated in January of 1492. Spain is now kinda Catholic. Reyes Catolicos(catholic kings). Fernando of Aragon and Isabel of Castilla got Married in 1469. Unio christian kingdoms against moors. Solidified their power through religion, military success. Ended Reconquista by defeating Moors in Granada in 1492
The Spanish Inquisition
1492- last moorish king defeated; all muslims remaining in Spain forced to marcho or convetir to Christianity; 1502; Given The success against the Muslims, it is now decided that all jews need to leave Spain or convert. But how do we know they've converted? We interrogate and torture them until they confess-- or put them on trial and later execute (or burn) them. Pope Sixtus IV. Pope Innocent IV
Carlos V
Carlos V used the funds that were pouring in from the colonies to costeándome the many religious war he was fighting across Europe. He passed on this legacy to his successor, his son Felipe. Continued wars against Protestants. Under Carlos V became one of the staunchest defenders of Catholicism, as it fought to interrumpió the spread of the Protest Reformation across
Continued wars against Protestants
Under Carlos V became one of the staunchest defenders of Catholicism, as it fought to stop the spread of the Protest Reformation across. In 1554, married Mary Tudor of England in an attempt to create an international Catholic alliance. A male heir from this marriage would have become King of England however there was no son and the protestant Elizabeth I came to power in England. Annexed Portugal, Dutch declare independence from Spain: empieza war involving England; 1588: Spain's invincible armada defeated by England. Black Legend- propaganda against Spain
War of Spanish Succession pitted royal families and their nations against each other to see who would rule Spain. War ends in 1713 w/ Spain losing gibraltar to England. Felipe V, the Bourbon grandson of Louis XIV, becomes King of Spain. The Bourbon family remains the royal family of Spain today
More Bourbon Troubles
Died in 1833 leaving only a daughter, Isabel, She doesn't get married. Country is divided on issue of woman ruler. Supporters of Fernando's brother, Carlos face off against more liberal supporters of Isabel in several "guerras Carlistas". Isabel II reigns from 1833-1868 Isabel II rules through political turmoil with the Carlistas continually opposing her authority. The first Spanish Republic is proclaimed in 1873. It ends in 1874
Alfonso XIII
Unable to put a stop to the political tension and low morale of the country, Alfonso XIII allows a military general to establish a dictatorship from 1923-1931. The dictatorship is unable to solve the problems of the country. In 1931, elections are held to determine if Spain should continue a monarchy or give democracy another try. The Second República de España is established in 1931, ushering in an era of hope and optimism. They set up a new progressive constitution which gives women the right to vote, allows divorce, separates the Church from the State, and creates public schools
Francisco Franco
Fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. Idealized "glory years" of Spain under Carlos V and Felipe II. Gender roles, religion, regionalism banned, censorship, Exile of artists, intellectuals, scientists. Basque terrorist group ETA assassinates Franco's chosen successor. Franco chooses grandson of Alfonso XIII to take over. Upon Franco's death in 1975, Juan Carlos I de Borbon becomes King of Spain
Instead of contributing Franco's policies or establishing an absolute monarchy, Juan Carlos declares democracy in Spain. He names Adolfo Suarez as first Prime Minister. Suarez begins the period known as the Transition
On March 11, 2004, Islamic fundamentalist terrorists place bombs on several commuter trains in Madrid killing 200 and injuring over 2000, 2 days after the attack, elections proclaim Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero the new Prime Minister of Spain. His first action, as promised, was to withdraw Spanish troops from the US war with Iraq. He won re-election in 2008. As a monarquía parlamentaria, spain retains royal family although all gov decisions are handled by parliament and the President of the Government
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Buzz about THE building and THE businesses
Pitchfork Farm Extends Its Season by Pickling Produce
SEVEN DAYS | July 30, 2019 | Sally Pollak
"At the pickle shop, vegetables are fermented and pickled to make long-lasting value-added products, including sauerkraut, kimchi, squickles (pickled butternut squash), dilly beans and sour pickles. The fermentory primarily uses produce grown at Pitchfork, a 21-acre farm owned by Rock and his business partner, Eric Seitz."
Burlington's CO Cellars expands seating, outdoor patio offers space to enjoy summer weather
Burlington Free Press | June 28, 2019
A Vermont Road Trip Reminded Me That Some of the Best Travel Is Here in the U.S.
O, The Oprah Magazine | May 23, 2019
"Next it was off to Burlington, where we stayed at the Hotel Vermont, which felt uniquely...well, Vermont, but somehow, in a different way. This college town was visibly more eclectic and urban than its sister, Manchester. As soon as we arrived, we were off to tour the Soda Plant, a small business base camp in Burlington that's home to burgeoning businesses including a boutique coffee retailer, Brio Coffeeworks, and the winery and tasting room Co Cellars." Read more
Eat This Week, March 6 to 12, 2019: Arts and Craft Beverages
SEVEN DAYS | March 6, 2019
Tastemakers from Burlington's South End food and arts community host a party with music from Mal Maiz. Tour the businesses in the renovated building, with stops at Alice & the Magician for aromatic tipples with Barr Hill Gin and at CO Cellars for sparkling natural wines and ciders. Peruse the baubles at Rackk & Ruin and Jennifer Kahn Jewelry, and take in the fine art at studios and galleries on the premises. If you begin to flag, find fresh-roasted joe at Brio Coffeeworks and vegetable-forward sustenance from Tomgirl Juice and Pitchfork Farm and Pickle. Read more
Follow the Locals: Vermonter Steve Conant's Tips on Visiting Burlington
SEVEN DAYS | November 10, 2018
"…he's one of the city's brightest lights himself in terms of creativity, community and character. Conant came to Burlington to attend the University of Vermont in the 1970s — and never left. "My interest in expressing myself creatively was embraced back in the day, and it still is," he said of his adopted hometown. These days, in addition to running his metalwork biz, he's the proprietor of one of the Queen City's most interesting buildings, at 266 Pine. Known as the Soda Plant — a reference to its century-old history as a ginger-ale manufacturing plant — the space is home to artists, entrepreneurs and artisanal beverage businesses. Read more
Burlington Drink Entrepreneurs Move, Aptly, Into the Soda Plant
Seven DAYS | June 19 2018
"I believe the South End is amazing ... and I always thought I was going to fill [the building] with makers," Conant said. "There are only a few large, industrial buildings here, and I feel very strongly that those buildings should be supporting innovation and entrepreneurship — and building the creative economy in the South End." Read more
The New Soda Plant Goes with the Flow in Burlington's Booming South End
Read more for the full story of this historic building that was once a bottling plant for M.& F.C. Dorn Brothers Venetian ginger ale!
ReSOURCE to Relocate, Soda Plant to Offer New Incubator Workspaces
Seven Days | January 18 2018
"I think the building supports fine artists very well through the S.P.A.C.E. Gallery and other small spaces," said Conant. "I think that the opportunity [for this space] is in more entrepreneurial artists and business-aspiring people." Read more
Shifting Places in Burlington's Soda Plant
Seven days | May 7 2017
Any transitions in the South End seem to evoke dismay on the part of artists. But Mitchell had this to say: "I don't think [artists] are being pushed out. I think things are changing. It's evolving. This is what we were hoping for [in the South End], and there's so much more work to do." Read more
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Nepean Towers, Douglas Park, NSW
c1870s. Group of nine albumen paper photographs, each titled in pencil on backing below image, 22.6 x 27.8cm (approx. each). Slight foxing overall, minor dents or surface loss to edges of some, each laid down on original album page. Titles include "Dr [Jenkins'] House; Chapel, Nepean Towers; and Nepean Towers."..... More about Nepean Towers, Douglas Park, NSW


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3 Tips for a Successful First Date
1. Be clear on what you are looking for
Each time you meet someone you connect with, regardless if its a friend or a romantic interest, add the positive character traits that you like onto a list that you should be compiling. Before you go on the first date (it is a date right, not some vague "lets get together") review the list and be on the look out for the other person to display those features.
Some people need time to open up, so if some of the traits show up but others don't, if you feel an attraction or connection, give it more time.
2. Let the first date be casual and interactive
It does not have to be dinner as that can be too formal and screams "interview". The time should be focused on getting to know her as a real person. Ask questions, if you aren't sure of what to ask, come up with some common questions based on interest, hobbies, where they grew up, went to school, work, etc. Back and forth banter is key to successful interactions at this stage.
- Don't act like he/she owes you anything for taking her you out for the evening.
- If the date isn't going your way, don't try to see how badly you can tank it.
- Don't get too intense with your emotions or feelings. Certainly stay away from hot button topics like politics till you know each other better.
- Thank him/her for getting together with you and don't take their time for granted even if you don't want a second date.
- Don't leave your manners at home.
As long as the other person is in agreement, try to do something interactive such as an activity. If, circumstances or the other person prefers something more "traditional" try places that offer tapas or other appetizers and drinks. The first date doesn't have to be more than 45-an hour and a half so there is no pressure on either person. By that time, one or both of you should know if you want to see each other again.
3. Have gratitude
Dating has become a chore and can feel like a job that most people no longer enjoy.
Try to keep in mind the other person has also gone through their share of dating challenges and are hoping to find the right one just as much as you are.
Be up front if you don't connect on a romantic level. You don't need to wait till a few days after the date to let them know that and certainly do not, under any circumstances just disappear, even if you think they feel the same way. I have set up previous dates with other people as sometimes that may be someone a good friend or colleague may connect with. Someone's recycling is someone else's treasure!
Feeling stuck in your dating attempts, schedule a consultation with me so we can help you meet more of the right people and enjoy the process of finding the right one for you.
Jason Wasser, LMFT is a Florida Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Addictions Professional and a Certified Neuro Emotional Technique Practitioner. He runs a full service Family Therapy practice in South Florida that sees kids, couples, adults and families from all backgrounds. He also is a speaker and coach who has spoke for organizations and retreats across the country.
For more information, call 954-324-3677 or visit www.thefamilyroomsfl.com and www.jasonwasserspeaks.com
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#InPictures: Murlands Solicitors raises nearly £2,700 for charity
Downpatrick-based Murlands Solicitors raised nearly £2,700 for Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke during its charity wills month in January.
The firm waived its fees for the preparation of straightforward wills and invited clients to donate to the charity instead.
Murlands announced that the total raised this year was £2,678, which will help fund life-changing activity support groups and care for the whole family as well as life-saving pioneering research.


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Christmas is for expressing yourself; that is, at least, what the retailers who want me to buy media for expressing myself keep telling me. This time of year when the aroma of Tall Pumpkin Spice Lattes fills the air, we usually feel the urge to tell someone (or the world) exactly what it is we are experiencing. We may not know exactly what it is we want to say or exactly where it is coming from up, but we do want to express it nonetheless: whether through cards and cookies, or through presents and wrapping jobs, or even through yet another Christmas album and yet another Christmas sweater. Whatever it is, we want to say it, and we want it to be said to us.
But words can fail, gestures can deceive, presents can disappoint and sweaters can wage a holiday campaign of "shock and awe." Our confident attempts at saying one thing can implode (or worse, explode) as we end up communicating something quite different. Even worse, our usual streak of babbling can drown us out when we actually have something important to say. To be honest, I have often even wished to become like the prophet Ezekiel, blessed by the Gift of Muteness. For the first part of his ministry, he could speak only when he had a message from God, and the rest of the time he existed in a state of tongue-paralysis. Though it is hardly in the spirit of Christmas, receiving such a gift from God might actually help me avoid inflicting or receiving the wounds caused by my wayward words.
And actually, when God broke his own four hundred-year silence by sending the angel Gabriel to an average priest named Zechariah, he gave him the Gift of Muteness. The message that Gabriel brought, namely that Zechariah's post-menopausal wife Elizabeth would bear a son who would prepare the way for the Messiah, was rather incredible, and Zechariah's own incredulous questioning was nearly life-threatening for him. As a result, Zechariah walked out of the temple that day stunned: he had heard a Gospel that he was utterly incapable of articulating to anyone but himself. All he could do was to go home to be with the elderly wife of his youth who would now conceive, carry, and bear his son while he sat silently waiting to speak God's words.
And what words! Zechariah's thoughts had been sealed in, allowed to marinate and stew as he reflected on what it all meant. In the better part of a year during which Zechariah waited on God to return to him the use of his speech, he had essentially tenderized his silent meditations into a song of praise and blessing which neither minces nor wastes words as it presents the Gospel. It is no surprise that Zechariah's song, traditionally called the Benedictus, was quickly picked up and learned by the early church and became forever immortalized in the Gospel of Luke. To this day, it is still sung around the world (as in fact a group of us did last night around a living-room piano), in large part because it expresses with both precision and amplitude the marvelous salvation that Almighty God has accomplished through his Messiah.
The song begins by praising God for fulfilling his own self-expression: the promises that he had given through his prophets. God had sworn oaths in the covenant that he made with Abraham both to save him and his descendants from all enemies and also to allow them all to worship him without fear forever in holiness and righteousness. No matter how sinful Israel had been towards God, no matter how far away from him they stood, no matter how broken they had become, God had promised to show infinite mercy to them by anointing a descendant of David to deliver them. And now this God (who has a real penchant for "self-expression") has made good on his oaths by actually coming into the world, by visiting his people in mercy. God who before had spoken at so many times and in so many ways has finally spoken his Final Word: the Word made Flesh, the only-begotten Son of God, full of grace and truth.
But in the last part of this song, the self-expression of God which gave voice to Zechariah gives voice to his son John as well. John would declare the total and imminent fulfillment of all of God's promises. He was called to announce the news of the forgiveness of sins, forgiveness through God's grace and mercy alone, secured by the Coming One whose arrival would be like the dawn breaking upon total darkness. At his advent, his people would be delivered from death itself and brought into perfect peace with God forever. When John opened his mouth, this would be his subject, his theme, and his passion. The mission of John's life was simply to prepare the way for God, and when he "expressed himself" he simply delivered the message that God had given him to say.
And I suppose that this is precisely why I find deep pleasure in singing Zechariah's song. I live immersed in a world of the incessant chatter of messages: phone, text, mail, email, radio, and video, not to mention actual face-to-face conversations with someone. And in this sea of words, most of which is drivel (emanating from me as much as anyone), I can find it difficult to find my voice. But when I sing his song, when I declare anew his Gospel, when I find his focus again on Christ, I find that voice which will endure beyond this mortal life and which will arise again to praise my Lord when he visits us again for good.


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Yancey County, SC - The Yancey County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday that somebody shot and killed K9 Chris while he was in his kennel at home.
K9 Chris was shot Thursday night or Wednesday morning in his kennel in the Bald Mountain community, according to the Sheriff's Office. He died from his injuries Wednesday morning.
The K9 was with the Sheriff's Office for the past 7 years, and was scheduled to retire at the end of the year.
The Yancey County Humane Society said, "Our hearts are broken and our anger at this injustice and cruelty is over-boiling. The shelter joins with our Sheriff's Department in giving the Wilson family our love. We loved K-9 Chris. We condemn with all our hearts this senseless act and ask that anyone who knows or hears anything, please call the Sheriff's Department."
There are currently no suspects, but the Yancey County Sheriff's Office is offering a $2,800 reward for information leading to the killer.
The Sheriff's Office is also accepting donations to increase the reward money. If you wish contribute to the reward money or to the K-9 program, checks may be mailed to PO Box 6, Burnsville, NC 28714 attention Chief Deputy Shane Hilliard. Please make checks out to the Yancey County Sheriff's Office.
The department says, "The reward will run for one year. If you choose to donate, please indicate if you wish for your money to be returned or donated to the K9 program in the event an arrest has not been made within the year."
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, July 20th at 2:00 PM in the auditorium of Mountain Heritage High School.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Yancey County Sheriff's Office. May they hunt down this killer and bring him to justice.


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Former Steel Exec Trying to Loosen Aluminum's Hold on Can Industry Graphic
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Steel industry veteran Tim Moran believes he can loosen aluminum's grip on the beverage can industry with a less expensive steel container that has won enthusiastic approval from Pepsi and Coke.
But if Moran and the steel industry are to penetrate aluminum's 96 percent share of the market, the key may not necessarily be in pricing their product but recycling it.
″If cost were the only factor, the potential switch from aluminum to steel would be greater,″ said Harold Sohn, an official at Ball Corp., a leading can producer based in Muncie, Ind.
The aluminum can, he said, ″really is an environmentally sound package, and brewers and soft drink manufacturers want to be in that kind of package.″
The steel industry recognizes the need to recycle, and has formed the Steel Can Recycling Institute. Moran also recognizes that need, and created a recycling division within his 2-year-old company, Bev-Pak Inc.
The 43-year-old Pittsburgh native left as general manager of the tin plate division of USX Corp. in 1987 to form Bev-Pak, which began production a year ago at Monticello in northwest Indiana, one of the world's largest steel- producing regions.
Moran had seen the two-piece aluminum can slowly replace the three-piece steel product while the aluminum industry built a recycling infrastructure so efficient that today more than half its cans come back as scrap. Aluminum, which in 1964 accounted for only 2 percent of the beverage can market, had half of it by 1977 and reached 92 percent in 1983.
In 1988, the last year for which the Can Manufacturers Institute has complete figures, aluminum accounted for 77.9 billion of the 81.2 billion beverage cans produced in this country.
The price of aluminum cans has risen with its market share, and the cost advantage of steel had reached as much as $8 per 1,000 cans when Bev-Pak was starting out.
Still, Moran sensed skepticism.
″Bev-Pak comes on the scene, builds a $100 million steel can plant, and the industry can't believe it,″ Moran said.
His 200-employee plant can produce 1,600 cans per minute, or 2 billion cans per year. That represents half the total steel beverage can output in this country.
Moran's customer base stretches around the key industrial cities of the Midwest. Soft-drink giants PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co., leading users of cans, supported him from the start - he considers them the ″core advocates that were the base of the business″ - and beer brewers are starting to show interest. Bev-Pak recently added a line to produce cans for Miller Brewing Co.
″There is a place in the market for Bev-Pak. We've got major, billion- dollar companies watching us,″ Moran said.
Moran estimates 20 percent of his cans are recycled, some collected through a Bev-Pak division called Recycle Indiana Resources. It draws upon a network of 400 recyclers in Indiana, Ohio and northern Illinois, operates 11 recycling trailers around Indianapolis and runs motor routes in other Indiana and Ohio cities.
The two-piece steel can, with its aluminum top, is nearly identical to the all-aluminum can but slightly heavier.
″They're both so light today that it's almost impossible for the consumer to tell the difference,″ said Sal Porrazzo, director of environmental affairs for PepsiCo Inc.
The competition between the two metals is fundamental to keeping prices down, Porrazzo said. Pepsi is using steel for 10 percent to 12 percent of its can packaging, he said.
The steel can is produced at a lower cost because steel is cheaper than aluminum, but that factor becomes a negative in recycling. Where aluminum cans can fetch about 50 cents a pound, steel is closer to 10 cents or less.
″We certainly want to be in environmentally sound packaging,″ Porrazzo said. ″The issue that comes up is, are steel cans recyclable?
″When you get to consumer recycling aspects, there's a value difference that singles steel out as not being recyclable because it is not as valuable,″ Porazzo said. ″You shouldn't penalize a package just because its recycled value is not as high.″
Sohn, director of industrial affairs for Ball's Denver-based Package Products Groups, said aluminum's market domination was based on recyclability.
Ball in 1973 opened a beverage can plant in Findlay, Ohio, with two steel lines, but converted one to aluminum by the mid-1980s. When it opened a new plant in Conroe, Texas, in 1987, it had one steel line and one aluminum. Its other five beverage can plants produce only aluminum cans, Sohn said.
″We make what the customer wants. We don't force something on them. Clearly, there's been a preference over the years for the aluminum, because of its recyclability and recycling weight,″ Sohn said.
Customer interest in steel is growing, and the chances of steel regaining a greater share of the market are strong if aluminum prices remain high and steel gets its recycling program off the ground, Sohn said.
The nation's top steel producers established the Steel Can Recycling Institute in 1988. Steel is the most recycled material in the world, and institute figures show twice as much steel was recycled in this country from 1979-88 than all other recycled materials combined.
However, consumers weren't getting the message.
″It is fair to say the industry has not done a very good job of telling people they had a recycling infrastructure in place,″ said Elizabeth Olenbush, the institute's director of marketing.
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Welcome to St Dominic's Sixth Form College
We are a 16 to 18 co-educational Catholic College, situated in Harrow on the Hill, North West London. We specialise in delivering high quality level 3 courses, offering some 29 different A-levels and BTEC courses, suited to the needs of all our learners.
St Dominic's has provided post 16 education in Harrow since 1979 and over that period of time has developed specialist teaching and support that is recognised for its excellence in the local area and beyond. In our last inspection, we were judged to be an 'outstanding' College and have been awarded many national accolades over recent years. The campus gives us a university feel and allows students to concentrate on their studies and to make the very best use of our superb academic facilities.
The two years of study post 16 are the most important of any to date in a young person's educational journey. Post 16 courses remain a benchmark qualification. When students arrive with us in September each year it is my expectation that they will work hard from day one in order to fulfil the demands of their courses. The support both in and out of the classroom is exemplary and providing the partnership between student, College and home are right then they will be successful with us and achieve highly at the end of the two year programme. We provide all our students with the best opportunity to achieve the highest possible examination grades as well as to develop spiritually and personally.
We are a confidently Catholic institution, clear in our beliefs and values and the importance of Jesus Christ in our daily lives. We are also welcoming of other faith groups and believe that our diverse faith community is enriching and makes us the very distinctive community that we are. We give priority to students from our two partner schools, Salvatorian College and Sacred Heart Language College. We then offer places to Catholics from the local area and to other faith groups who wish to pursue their sixth form education in a Christian context and who will support the ethos and mission of our College.
It is a tremendous privilege to lead this community. Our students are hard-working, dedicated and ambitious for their futures and my staff team are wholly committed to achieving excellence for every one of our young people with whom they work each day.
About us
St Dominic's came into existence initially as a Convent School for Girls on the Mount Estate in Harrow-on the-Hill in the 19th century. The school was established in 1879. The Dominican Nuns led by Mother Catherine Philip Bathurst OP were carrying out a direct request by Cardinal Manning, the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, to have a Catholic Girls School in Harrow. The Dominican nuns were committed to creating the opportunity for girls to have a good education and access to higher education.
In the 20th century, this Independent Girls Grammar School thrived, developed and underwent a major expansion in 1926 with the inauguration of the Old School Building – now the Catherine Building.
When the London Borough of Harrow reorganised its education system creating a specific Sixth Form sector, the Dominican Nuns agreed to transfer the school grounds to the Diocese of Westminster as the site of the new Catholic Sixth Form College. With the addition of a new block, the Hume Building, St Dominic's Sixth Form College opened its doors to its first 289 students, boys and girls, in September 1979, taking its intake from the Convent School itself, the Salvatorian College (boys) and the Sacred Heart Grammar School (girls).
Up until 1993 the College was part of the Harrow Local Authority maintained system, but following the Post-16 reorganisation by the government, the College became an independent college within the State Tertiary system, the Further Education Funding Council.
This change brought about new challenges and pressures on the College, primarily to increase student numbers and its educational provision in order to cater for the educational needs in the local area. Thus between 1997 and 2004, the College embarked on a series of expansions of the then current buildings. In addition, after many Planning Authority delays, in July 2006 a completely new construction, the Aquinas building was inaugurated by Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
The 21st century marked a series of successes for the College as its reputation for delivering high quality Sixth Form education continued to spread. By 2007 the College was among the elite group of Colleges awarded Beacon Status.
The College achieved a long-held dream of having its own indoor sports facilities. The new Gymnasium Complex, the Siena Building, was inaugurated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols in 2010.
The College is the holder of a number of national awards. With the establishment of formal National inspection systems, St Dominic's rose to the challenge achieving outstanding status by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster for the delivery of Catholic Education. The 2008 OFSTED Inspection too judged it to be Outstanding, a distinction it has held on to ever since. Indeed the College is now at the very top of the league of Sixth Form Colleges for 'Excellence' in its educational provision and for its A level results.
Facilities available
Study Plus is a supportive and vibrant learning environment for all students at St Dominic's Sixth Form College. Staffed by four members of the department, with teacher support, students are given guidance and motivated in a variety of ways.
We have 45 computers, laptops, subject text books, past exam papers and hand-outs, a stationery shop, photocopying, printing and scanning facilities.
Study Plus organise and run workshops on a rolling programme on numerous skills such as:
- essay planning and writing
- organisational skills
- proof–reading
- revision and exam techniques
- tips for improving grammar and punctuation
Study Plus offers an alternative working environment to the library, with support from fully qualified learning mentors and occasionally members of teaching staff.
Study Plans are offered to all students and updated every half term, to reflect any individual needs.
The Study Plus staff are very welcoming and always very attentive to student needs, they are kind and generous with their time and always available to help with anything students may need assistance with.
Students also play a vital role within the department by offering peer teaching sessions in an informal way. Second year students frequently tutor, mentor and act as role models. This not only develops their confidence in their subject, it enables individuals to network and interact with one another.
In additional to this, Study Plus provides assistance to individuals with educational needs and requirements and facilitates all exam access arrangements. The feedback received from students is always positive regarding this and how it alleviates stress and concerns relating to exams.
Additional support
On arrival at the College, students join a tutor group which meets together once a week. In addition, tutors set aside one hour per week for 1:1 meetings with their students. This allows for effective communication, administration and support. The tutor is the first point of contact for students and parents/carers. In addition, there are Senior Tutors who, together with support staff, form the Pastoral Team under the direction of the Assistant Principal. We also have a College counsellor who is available each week to see students with particular worries or difficulties.
The Careers Education and Guidance programme is supplemented by careers talks from external speakers, as well as qualified staff based in the Library & Learning Centre. Second year students receive effective guidance that ensures an excellent record of progression to higher education. All students follow a PSHE programme with sessions on such topics as community volunteering, alcohol and drug awareness and staying safe.
We have a College counsellor who is available each week to see students with particular worries or difficulties.
Learner success
Every year St Dominic's secures several places at Oxford and Cambridge universities in a wide variety of subjects ranging from Medicine, Maths and Engineering to Economics, Law and History, and all points in between.
However we have also had success in many other subjects in the past few years including: Music, History, Theology, Biochemistry, English, Biosciences, Computer Science, Philosophy, Modern Languages, Economics, PPE, Chemistry and Theology to name but a few.
How to apply
If you want to apply for courses, you will need to contact St Dominic's Sixth Form College directly.


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Scientists have developed a remote-controlled pollinator using a miniature drone equipped with a sticky gel, a technological solution of the future as more and more bee species faces extinction.
Currently, high extinction pressures lies on bees and the world's other natural pollinators.
The bee-pocalypse estimated to threaten up to US$577 billion worth of global food production annually. Due to the huge global backlogs, experts sees artificial pollinators could be one way of taking the burden off insects and other animals that play a pivotal role in agriculture.
The invention of researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan only stumbled upon their artificial pollinator concept by chance.
A decade ago, chemist Eijiro Miyako was conducting research on ionic liquids – salts in a liquid state – to see if he could find any solvents that might make good electrical conductors.
Miyako ended up developing a gel that was as sticky as hair wax, but no good for conductivity. Considering the liquid a failure, he abandoned it, placing the gel in a storage cabinet in an uncapped bottle.
Several years later, Miyako rediscovered the substance, and was amazed to find that despite being lidless for so long, it hadn't altered or evaporated.
"This project is the result of serendipity," says Miyako. "We were surprised that after eight years, the ionic gel didn't degrade and was still so viscous. Conventional gels are mainly made of water and can't be used for a long time, so we decided to use this material for research."
When dropped on the floor, the researchers noticed that the gel's stickiness helped it pick up dust easily, and it occurred to them that it might make a good material for collecting pollen grains.
When flowering plants reproduce, their male organs (stamens) produce pollen that fertilises their female organs (pistils), but for cross-pollination between plants to occur, you need something sticky to transport the grains from one plant to another.
This is where bees and other insects come in, collecting the small grains of pollen that get stuck to their bodies, and ferrying them back and forth between plants during feeding.
In order to test their gel, Miyako's team put droplets of the liquid on ants and placed them in a box of tulips. The material helped the ants pick up more pollen on their bodies than untreated insects, which showed the gel could be a good adhesive.
All they needed now was something that could fly from flower to flower, so they decided to use miniature four-propeller drones, which sell at retail for around $100.
Since the drone's plastic body would be too smooth to hold onto significant amounts of pollen grains by itself, the team affixed a small brush made of horsehair to the underside of the unit, and immersed the brush in the gel.
In testing with their makeshift bee substitute, the remote-controlled drone was able to successfully pollinate Japanese lilies (Lilium japonicum) by ferrying the tiny grains from one plant to another – although manually piloting the miniature pollen taxi takes a little while to get used to.
"A certain amount of practice with remote control of the artificial pollination is necessary," the researchers explain in their paper.
Of course, needing human operators to individually control artificial pollinator drones won't be any kind of permanent solution to the bee decline problem.
But the researchers say that future versions of the system could become more energy efficient and offer better manoeuvrability – in addition to incorporating artificial intelligence and GPS systems, so that they could navigate and pollinate crops autonomously.
When the said technology becomes possible, pollinator drones in the future could help carry the burden of declining bee populations, if human efforts to stem the ongoing decline don't pan out.
In California, the almond industry alone involves some 35 billion bees from 1.8 million hives, pollinating about 3 trillion flowers over approximately 3,642 square kilometres (900,000 acres).
"If you think about the almond industry… you have orchards that stretch for kilometres and each individual tree can support 50,000 flowers," researcher Saul Cunningham from the Australian National University, who wasn't involved with the study, told New Scientist.
"So the scale on which you would have to operate your robotic pollinators is mind-boggling."
While they don't think their creation will ever replace natural pollination, unless we can turn bee extinction pressures around, we have to start somewhere.
"We hope this will help to counter the problem of bee declines," says Miyako.
"But importantly, bees and drones should be used together."
For more information on the research findings, it was reported on Chem.


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