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today i was scheduled to work at 3:00pm and saw in the morning that the playstation 4 i'd ordered from amazon last week was scheduled to arrive sometime today. since i assumed this delivery was the sort i'd have to sign for, this presented some issues — when i work from 3 to 11 instead of 9 to 5, i generally run a couple errands before my shift begins. but today i was too scared to leave my house in case the delivery came while i was out and then got taken to a pick-up location when i wasn't around to sign.
by 2:00pm, with no knock on my door yet, i decided to make a quick run to the corner store to pick up a couple things i needed. when i walked around to the front of my house though, i saw a big amazon package sitting on my front step, having presumably been left there by the mailman at some point within the last hour or two, despite the fact that i'd specifically said "basement / back door" on the package, which was worth in excess of $400+. while i was excited to see that my ps4 had arrived, and relieved that it seemed untouched, i was still a bit miffed that it just had been left there — i mean, it would've been out in the open for hours if i had a real 9-5 job at some sort of office and didn't get home until 5:30 or whatever.
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Daniel Solórzano
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Areas of Expertise:Civil RIghts, Education
Daniel G. Solórzano, Ph.D., is the director of UC/ACCORD and a professor of social science and comparative education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. He is also a professor in the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department and in Women's Studies.
His teaching and research interests include critical race and gender studies on the educational access, persistence and graduation of underrepresented minority undergraduate and graduate students in the United States. Solórzano has authored more than 60 articles, book chapters and reports on issues of educational access and equity for underrepresented minority populations in the United States. In 2007, he was awarded the UCLA Distinguished Teacher Award. Solórzano received his Ph.D. in sociology of education from Claremont Graduate School.

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China makes headway in reversing desertification
This article is a very brief mention of the reforestation efforts now occurring in China. It states that China has reduced the desertification from roughly 10k km² in the 1990s to roughly about 2.5k km² average over the last ten years. This was done through a process of greening and it is stated that more efforts need to be made, due to global issues with desertification. The article goes on to say that China is projecting to reclaim over half of the country's reclaimable deserts by 2020. Finally, it adds that businesses will be rewarded for these continued efforts of greening and those leading to deforestation will be punished.


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Pep Guardiola has branded Manchester City retaining the Premier League title as the toughest of his nine major league triumphs.
City pipped Liverpool to the league crown by just one point following a 4-1 win at Brighton to conclude the greatest title battle in top-flight history.
Sergio Aguero, Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan all hit the net as City stormed home at the Amex Stadium after Glenn Murray had given the Seagulls a shock 28th-minute lead.
City rattled off 14 successive victories to seal the title, with Guardiola then declaring his players and coaches are nowhere near satisfied.
"That is the toughest league that we've won, the Premier League, Germany, Spain, that's the toughest that we've won," said Guardiola.
"I'm not going to deny it is exhausting but winning is so addictive and now we have the chance to win the FA Cup and a treble.
"Then we have to make decisions for next season to come back strong. Liverpool will maintain and so we have to be better.
"Competitive people are never satisfied, it's never enough. We want more and more.
"And that's why the second one, to make it back to back, shows me this kind of thing. It shows me it wasn't enough (for the players), that one wasn't enough."
Murray headed Brighton into the lead to hand City a scare but that fright lasted just 83 seconds.
Aguero buried the visitors' first chance, and after Laporte headed in from a corner 10 minutes later, Guardiola's men never relented.
City have racked up 198 points across their consecutive title victories, with Guardiola claiming Liverpool's chase has driven his side to new levels this term.
Liverpool's 97-point haul would have won all but these last two league campaigns.
City's madcap celebrations included Oasis star Noel Gallagher belting out his classic hit Wonderwall with the squad in the dressing room.
Guardiola was keen for his players to enjoy the moment but then confirmed City will quickly refocus on completing that unprecedented domestic treble.
Impromptu @NoelGallagher gig in the dressing room!! 😆— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 12, 2019
An anthem for the Champions!
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Adamant City will be ready for Saturday's FA Cup final against Watford, Guardiola joked his side still has weak points.
"Yes, there are weaknesses," he said. "I'm the tallest guy, so at set-pieces I must go to the church and pray. It's a trouble.
"No teams in England have done that before so we have to challenge, compete and be focused on this game. Of course, the FA Cup isn't easy to achieve to get to the final and we are going to try to win."
When asked if his side will go down as the best in English history, Guardiola simply said being in the conversation is all anyone can ask.
"When people suggest you can be one of the best that's enough," said Guardiola. "But we had this in Barcelona, too.
"If in 10, 15, 20 years people talk about this team, it's because we were good.
"Like books, movies, if they sustain the passage of time, if after 25 years people are watching the same movie, reading the same book.
"If people still talk about this team after that time, then it deserves to be considered alongside the best Man United, the best Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal."
Brighton boss Chris Hughton hailed City's iron will to drive to the title.
"We never go into any game feeling we're going to lose," said Hughton. "We know what we have to do to try to compete.
"At the moment it's a big gap that Liverpool and City have opened up but I don't worry about it because it changes.
"In two, three years' time it can be different. City are so clinical and they deserve their success."


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This review was originally posted on One Curvy BloggerNearly Gone is a book that I was recently drawn to thanks to #booksfortrade. It totally escaped my notice when it came out in March 2014, but since I am always a fan of YA murder mysteries, I quickly snatched it up. Unfortunately, I found Nearly Gone to be another YA thriller that could've spectacular had it had less irritating characters. While I did ultimately enjoy the mystery, the rest of the book underwhelmed me.
Nearly is an obsessive character that will do whatever it takes to find what she needs, no matter who she unwittingly steps on along the way. She is not clueless to the feelings of the people around her, but she rarely seems to think about them on her journey to find the missing puzzles of…well…everything. She also has a hard time listening to anyone else advice besides her own. This makes her hard to stand as the narrator of Nearly Gone.
Her obsession with searching the personal ads for messages from her father. This is one obsession she has had for years and has recently caused her friendship with best friend Jeremy to suffer and her already strained relationship with her mother to become even more tense. Though I can understand why she is trying to find him, seeing as he might have the answers to why she can feel people's emotions with a simple touch. It's this obsession that leads her to realize that the killer who has been offing the students she tutors has learned of said obsession and is now communicating with her, while also pinning the murders on her.
I get her need to solve this horrifyingly personal crime, find out who the serial killer is and clear her good name. What I don't understand is the need to alienate everyone Nearly came into contact by listening to no one except the (figurative) voice in her head that keeps getting her into stupid situations and those around her killed. What does she do when she realizes the students she is assign to tutor turn up dead? She hopes they don't turn up dead and continues to search for hidden messages without involving the police. All so she can get that community service credit and qualify for that science scholarship.
If you haven't realized yet, Nearly is an idiot.
Reece was nothing special
This is mostly because he was the least frustrating of the two. Reece takes an assignment from the police in exchange for an erased police record so he can start over and change his life. He is sent to Nearly's school to get close to her and uncover any evidence that she might be involved in the death of the students she tutored. It doesn't take long for him to realize he's in love with her and needs to be saved from herself. I normally don't like heroes that feel the need to fix everything for their love interests, but let's be honest, if anyone needs saving, it's Nearly.
To be honest, he just really didn't stand out when compared to other YA heroes. There isn't anything about him that makes him special, except that he wants to be a better person and atone for all the mistakes he made in his life, like getting his brother killed.
The mystery was fun, but the research was iffy
The mystery angle is really what saved this book for me. Serial killer mysteries are a dime-a-dozen in adult fiction, but it's always new and exciting when I come across one that is young adult. I had to keep reading more, because there was no way I was going to stop until the killer had been found. When I find out who the murderer was, I was floored! I thought I had it all figured out, but boy I was wrong wrong wrong.
The only issue I had was the bits of information that the author threw at us here and there that brought me to an expected conclusion: Cosimano didn't put nearly enough research into the process as I would have liked. For one, hospitals might look like they have lax security, but they're pretty secure, especially when the patient is a) a minor and b) recouping from an attempted assault. There were more issues here and there that took away from the plot, but all-in-all, I enjoyed the mystery aspect of the book.
So basically, Nearly Gone was flawed
I didn't care for the characters or the romance plot, but the mystery was successful in keeping my attention. I will probably pick up the sequel, (mostly because I want to know what could possibly come after capturing a serial killer), but it's not all that high up on my list of books I have to have. I will probably wind up checking it out at the library or something.


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Posted on December 14 2017
You know those people who buy a little something for themselves each holiday?
I hope you're one of them. I really do.
One year I bought myself so many gifts. Perfume, a new purse, silky pajamas, gold hoops... it was borderline excessive. I wrapped them up in cheerful paper and curled the ribbons with excitement and anticipation of the day in which I could enjoy my little gifts. And on Christmas morning, I thanked myself and my husband, who works so hard for us but is not a knock-em-out-of-the-park shopper, as I gleefully unwrapped each one. On top of it being a little funny, it was perhaps the most appreciated I've ever felt because I appreciated myself.
This year, I'm on a pretty tight budget and have no choice but to be frugal; but indeed, I caved in to the lure of Black Friday prices and purchased myself an exciting new toy: a much needed shiny new vacuum. It's not an extravagant gift like, "Hey guys check out my new vacuum, I think it really brings out my eyes." but I'm a happy girl. It's a small, practical thing, it makes my life easier and I deserve it.
I think we all can agree that most people don't need anything. We're all doing pretty good with what we got. Kids included. But it's been a weird year, has it not? In a political, professional and personal way, twists and turns and some stressful stuff. Along the way we all tend to forget to dole out the positive attention to ourselves and those around us.
And this time of year things are always particularly intense, goals are wrapping up, emotions are heightened and the pressure is on. We are expected to give the best gifts, create the Pinterest worthy treats, attend all the events, wrap the gifts, maintain the laundry, work a 40 hour work week, pay the bills on time, on an on and on. Its too much for me. And nothing make me more of a grinch than not knowing what amazing mind blowing gift to get someone.
So if you aren't one of those people who get yourself a little something, it's time to change that. It's time to be a little selfish, and a little generous with yourself. I don't care if its cookies, a new song in your library, a new shade of lipstick, fresh flowers, a gossip magazine, a pedicure or yet another Mombasa... there has to be an exchange of some kind, from yourself to yourself. Perhaps there's no price tag. Perhaps what you give yourself is time. Time alone or time with friends, which one do you need more of? Turn down the invites you aren't thrilled on, say no to the secret santa exchange, spend some time at the beach pretending holiday pressure doesn't exist. Give yourself permission to be selfish with your time and energy, knock a person or two off your gift list, to make room for yourself, at the top of the list. And if you can't muster up the courage to give yourself permission to do that than here I am, giving you permission. I can nearly promise you that once you treat yourself first the amount of giving and excitement for all the rest of the stuff with absolutely flow from you.
Or not. And thats okay too.
You don't have to be everywhere and everything for everyone else. You just need to be happy. If less stressed and less requirements means happy, than you need to find a way to make that happen.
Be selfish. Be generous. Be both. Be kind. It makes a difference.
Love you all and happy happy shopping (for yourself).
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There was no play possible on the opening day of the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific regional qualification finals in Papua New Guinea.
The host nation were due to face Vanuatu and the Philippines but excessive rainfall in recent days rendered the pitch at the Amini Park venue unplayable.
Cricket Papua New Guinea said the matches would be rearranged for the tournament's rest days, scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday (March 24), to ensure all teams could complete their games.
Teams were hopeful the matches would take place as planned, despite the adverse weather in Port Moresby.
UPDATE FROM PNG:— Philippines Cricket (@cricketphl) March 20, 2019
Team had a good two hours net session today. Weather is still holding on nicely. Another training session tomorrow.
"We can't control the weather but we are preparing the best we can and we will be focused and ready to go when the tournament starts," said Papua New Guinea captain Assadollah Vala.
The nation to finish top will book their place at the men's World Twenty20 qualifier set to be held in the United Arab Emirates in October and November.
Scotland, Zimbabwe, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Oman and Ireland have already booked a spot at the World Twenty20qualifier.
A group of six countries will advance through the tournament to earn a space at the 2020 World Twenty20 in Australia.


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"Our hearts cannot rest until justice exists for all people"
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IN MAY 1961, 13 activists took a bus trip. But it wasn't an ordinary bus trip.
The activists--six whites and seven Blacks traveling together--set out to challenge Jim Crow segregation in the U.S. South. The "Freedom Riders" rode through the South, refusing to segregate themselves on the bus and in bus stations. The white riders walked into "colored only" bathrooms, while the Blacks waited in the "whites only" waiting room.
For no greater "offense" than this, racist mobs beat them--and Southern state governments arrested and imprisoned them. BRIAN JONES tells the story of the Freedom Rides.
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RACISTS ALWAYS claimed that segregation was the "natural" way of things. In reality, Jim Crow was only upheld through brutal violence. From the end of the post-Civil War period of Reconstruction to the arrival of the Freedom Riders in 1961, 539 Blacks had been lynched in Mississippi alone.
The Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 were designed to end discrimination against Blacks in voting. Yet less than 2 percent of Black adults were registered to vote in Mississippi in 1961--with the Southern state governments, controlled by racist Democrats or "Dixiecrats," using fraud and terror to prevent Blacks from registering.
The mood for change, however, was growing. Returning from the Second World War--a war supposedly fought for democracy while the U.S. maintained a segregated army--increasing numbers of Blacks felt civil rights were long overdue.
This hunger for change erupted in Montgomery, Ala., during the 1955-57 bus boycott. But after the boycott won its demands--desegregation of the city's buses--the movement seemed to go quiet. And racists, organized through the White Citizens Councils, launched a massive attack against Black demands for civil rights.
Activists described an atmosphere of tension underneath the seeming passivity of millions of Black southerners. As one NAACP activist described it, "The situation here is just like one of those big balloons. One sharp little something could prick it--and 'Bam!'"
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FOUR FRESHMAN at historically Black North Carolina A&T College popped the balloon on February 1, 1960. They sat down at the Woolworth's "whites only" lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., demanding to be served.
Over the next two weeks, news of the "sit-in" spread across the South, with activists imitating the tactic. By the end of the year, some 50,000 people had participated in sit-ins, and 3,600 had been jailed.
In April 1960, 120 student leaders of the sit-in movement from 56 different colleges and high schools in 12 states gathered to found the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The new student activists weren't radicals. One leading member even connected the sit-ins to the battle against "communism," commenting that if Blacks were given equal education, "maybe one day a Negro will invent one of our missiles." Taking a page from the ideas of nonviolent civil disobedience put forward by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., SNCC's founding platform spoke of the power of love to "transform" hate.
Whatever its ideas, the sit-in movement's example of "direct action" to challenge segregation inspired others, including the Freedom Riders, to take similar actions.
The Freedom Rides weren't the first attempt to desegregate the buses. As far back as 1947, the pacifist Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) organized a "Journey of Reconciliation," in which interracial teams of activists rode buses to challenge segregation.
In 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate travel facilities--bus stations as well as buses. James Farmer of CORE and John Lewis of SNCC decided to lead another bus trip to challenge segregation in the southern bus terminals.
The first Freedom Riders left on two buses, run by Greyhound and Trailways, from Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961. The trip was relatively uneventful until the Greyhound bus pulled into the station in Anniston, Ala., and a racist mob armed with chains, sticks and iron rods began breaking bus windows.
The mob followed when the bus left and shot out its tires. The racists tossed a firebomb onboard. The riders escaped the burning bus, but the local hospital refused to treat them. When a racist mob gathered outside the hospital, veteran civil rights activist Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth rescued the Riders with an armed 15-car caravan.
Meanwhile, racists attacked the Trailways bus twice. One rider suffered permanent brain damage from the beatings.
In Birmingham, Ala., police under the direction of Eugene "Bull" Connor told the Ku Klux Klan that officers would be absent from the local bus station for 15 minutes after the Freedom Riders arrived. Connor watched from his window as the Klansmen gathered at the bus station, swinging metal pipes.
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THE "LIBERAL" Democratic President John F. Kennedy refused to take action. He didn't want to alienate the Dixiecrats.
JFK's image as a great supporter of civil rights is undeserved. He appointed open racists to federal judgeships in the South, gutted the new civil rights bill and actively tried to demobilize the movement.
And JFK's little brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, tried to stall the Freedom Rides, calling for a "cooling-off period." When that failed, he tried to buy off the activists, telling CORE leaders: "Why don't you guys cut all that shit, freedom riding and sitting-in shit, and concentrate on voter registration. If you do that, I'll get you tax-free status."
But the Freedom Rides continued, threatening to become an international embarrassment for the Kennedy administration. The Freedom Riders were able to travel from Birmingham to Montgomery, Ala., protected by 16 highway patrol cars and an airplane.
But when the bus pulled into the Montgomery station, all signs of protection disappeared--and another mob was waiting. "They were closing in on us, and we were standing still trying to decide what should we do in order to protect the whites we had with us," William Harbour recalled. "But then you had a middle-aged white female hollering, 'Git them niggers, git them niggers'...and that urged the crowd on." This time, the riders fled for their lives. Some hid in a nearby post office. The mob caught and beat others.
The next night, another mob collected outside a church where the Freedom Riders and 1,000 Black residents had gathered to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. RFK called in federal marshals, but they were quickly outnumbered. Gov. John Patterson declared martial law, and it took 800 National Guardsmen to clear the streets.
The federal government brought enormous pressure on the Freedom Riders to call off their protest. But activist Diane Nash argued that to stop the Freedom Rides would signal the racists that violence could prevent desegregation. They decided to continue, forcing Kennedy's Justice Department to give them protection.
Hopeful of avoiding the embarrassment of further violence, RFK struck a deal with officials in Jackson, Miss., that the Freedom Riders would be arrested as soon as they arrived. The Riders walked off the buses at the Jackson station and right onto a police wagon headed for Parchman Farm, a maximum-security prison.
Over the next few weeks, volunteers poured into Montgomery to ride to Jackson, in an attempt to fill the jails in protest. Spending time in jail didn't break the activists' spirit. Instead, it cemented their commitment. They tormented their jailers with freedom songs day and night. By the end of the summer, 328 people had been arrested for refusing to abide by segregation in the Jackson bus station.
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ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission announced new regulations prohibiting segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals, in compliance with the Supreme Court decision. A month later, three major railroads in the Deep South ended segregation in both trains and stations.
The Freedom Riders had won. They had desegregated the interstate buses. But what about voting rights? What about poverty?
Activists debated the usefulness of nonviolent civil disobedience--was it a principle or a tactic? In fact, the movement had never been purely nonviolent. It talked the language of love, but it also demanded forceful federal intervention against the racists. And almost every veteran activist--whether publicly committed to nonviolence or not--carried weapons for self-protection.
Moreover, the Freedom Riders began to see segregation as a symptom of a bigger problem, of "more serious evils which must be ripped out by any means: exploitation, socially destructive capital, evil political and legal structure, and myopic liberalism," radical Tom Hayden reported at the time. "Revolution permeates discussion like never before."
One symptom of the growing radicalization came at the 1963 March on Washington, when moderate civil rights leaders pressured SNCC's John Lewis to drop his sharp criticisms of Kennedy and denunciations of class inequality from his speech. "We all recognize the fact that if any radical social, political and economic changes are to take place in our society," Lewis planned to say, "the masses must bring them about...Our minds, souls and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all the people."


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This property will not disappoint and could be a true oasis for your whole family. This home boasts an impressive curb appeal along with 3.84 acres that includes a salt water pool, pool house, spacious back yard patio and additional heated garage. The home features 4 nice sized bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. One step through the front door and you will fall in love! The main floor features a very welcoming foyer, formal dining and living room, family room with beautiful vaulted ceilings, gas fireplace and views of the back yard. The master bedroom, office, laundry room and kitchen are also on this level. The kitchen and main floor bath feature beautiful tile work and granite counter tops. Upstairs you will find 3 additional bedrooms and a full bath. One of the bedrooms has an its own private bath. The basement has an amazing billiard room with a hot tub, family room with wood burning fireplace, wet bar, ¾ bath and exercise room that walks up to the 3 car, heated garage.
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Events on Tuesday, 13. August 2019
A Universe of Stories 2019 Summer Reading Program at the BVDL
Betsie Valley District Library 2019 Summer Reading Program Who: Ages 2 to Senior in High School Sign up starts June 8, 2019 and will run through August 17, 2019. Where: Come into the Betsie Valley District Library and sign up to receive your reading log. The Library is located at 14744 Thompson Ave., Thompsonville. ***YOU ARE A GALACTIC READER!! Read 2 hours each week, mark or color the pictures on your log for that week, and come into the Library to claim your prize! Color or circle each picture for every half-hour that you read! Read each week to earn a different prize! Keep reading to earn a prize each week! Beginning readers can have a parent or big brother or sister read to them! If you read ahead, you still must wait for the appropriate week to come in and get your prize for that week-we want you to enjoy reading all summer!
Betsie Valley District Library Board Meetings
The Library Board meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:00PM. All are welcome to attend. If the weather is inclement and the local Benzie Schools are closed, the Board meeting will be cancelled and rescheduled with the new date posted at the front door of the Library and published on the Library website and Facebook page.


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Amidst much Talk of age of Puberty for juvenile delinquents. A study sheds some light on Puberty age for Girls.
From the past one month, one issue is being debated on Indian news channels — the age of puberty of juvenile delinquents. The country is discussing as to how those minors involved in crimes like rape, sexual assault should be treated. Should they be treated as adults, considering the nature of their crime, or they be treated as minor, as the chronological age points so. In contrast to the previous Government, which decided to continue with the chronological age as the benchmark for adulthood, the new Government wants to set the age of puberty as the benchmark for those juvenile delinquents convicted for sex crimes. If said in simple words, the new Government is of the opinion that if a minor acts like an adult, he must be treated as one. The debate is still no, although there is a unanimity among Indians that age of puberty is different for different children. The debate is important as the time is changing.
Amidst this debate, a new study conducted by University of Cambridge , published a couple of days ago in the journal Nature, sheds some light on the Age of puberty of Girls. And the study specifically says that the age at which girls reach sexual maturity is influenced by genes.
According to the study and we quote,
The age at which girls reach sexual maturity is influenced by 'imprinted' genes, a small sub-set of genes whose activity differs depending on which parent passes on that gene,…
The research says that the age of sexual maturity depends on who of the two parents passes on the imprinted genes. Imprinted genes are genes whose expression is determined by the parent that contributed them. Imprinted genes violate the usual rule of inheritance that both alleles in a heterozygote (where there are two different traits or alleles in the pair ) are equally expressed. Imprinted genes are known to play a role before the birth of the child. The research extends their role to post birth as well.
This also points to a particular situation when it comes to Age of puberty of Sexual maturity in Girls. Our physical appearance takes nearly equal genes from the father and the mother. But, when it comes to age of puberty or sexual maturity , the imprinted genes place unequal weight on the influence of either the mother's or the father's genes. That's one parent plays the dominant role. The research for that , — "in a family, one parent may more profoundly affect puberty timing in their daughters than the other parent."
The findings come from an international study of more than 180,000 women involving scientists from 166 institutions worldwide, including the University of Cambridge. The researchers identified 123 genetic variations that were associated with the timing of when girls experienced their first menstrual cycle by analysing the DNA of 182,416 women of European descent from 57 studies. Six of these variants were found to be clustered within imprinted regions of the genome.
The Research further says that,
"The activity of imprinted genes differs depending on which parent the gene is inherited from. Some genes are only active when inherited from the mother, others are only active when inherited from the father. Both types of imprinted genes were identified as determining puberty timing in girls, indicating a possible biological conflict between the parents over their child's rate of development. Further evidence for the parental imbalance in inheritance patterns was obtained by analysing the association between these imprinted genes and timing of puberty in a study of over 35,000 women in Iceland, for whom detailed information on their family trees were available."
Thus during the study the Researchers are able to find the dominant genes in the age of puberty for the child. Puberty timing varies from 8 to 13 years.
Concluding the write-up on the question of puberty in India, one can say that the issue is not simple. But the very question whether a minor who acts like an adult, be treated as one is important. And one thing can be said for sure, when a minor convicted in a sex offence is treated like a major, then we are not punishing a minor, we are actually punishing the criminal tendencies in him.


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Stampin' Up came out with some terrific tree stamps this year. I used one of the new sets Branch Out and then an old time favorite of mine, Lovely As a Tree to create this scene.
For you people that love to sponge on ink, this tutorial is for you.
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Sponged Apricot Appeal ink on a 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White Card stock.
Sponged Not Quite Navy At the top of the card stock, getting darker towards the outside of the card stock.
Sponged Night of Navy ink in each of the top corners.
Tore a Post it note through the stick edge and used it as a mask to mask my sky area. I was sure to mask some of the Apricot area under the Not Quite Navy ink so the Apricot Appeal ink would show all across the card stock in the finished piece.
Sponged on Close to Cocoa ink, using a back and forth motion across the card-stock, letting some of the Apricot Appeal ink show through.
Sponged Black all around the unmasked area.
Colored directly on the stamp with a Black marker, just the center tree. Huffed on the stamp and stamped it on the card stock.
Colored directly on the stamp again, just the three left trees, huffed on the stamp and stamped it on the card stock.
Remember, you don't always have to use the entire stamped image. 🙂
Used the tore Post it Note Mask again to create a hill in the distance.
Sponged Not Quite Navy ink along the torn post it note edge.
Added a bit of Basic Black ink with a sponge, right at the post it note edge, not covering the Not Quite Navy ink entirely.
Removed mask.
Stamped Branched Out Tree in the foreground with Basic Black ink.
Stamped the leaf stamp from the Branched out set on the ground area with Close to Cocoa ink.
Stamped the same stamp again only with Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock.
Used a post it note to create the shadows on the ground.
Sponged Basic Black ink lightly at the post it note edge and repeated over and over by moving the post it note to create all of the shadows I wanted.
Highlighted the left side of the large tree with a White Gel pen. I also added a few dots in the small trees for highlights.
Sponged Black ink all the way around the card stock edge.
Although you cannot see the Cuttlebug Die cut corners in the photos they are there, lol. I put one in each corner of the main image panel.
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Hackers going after virtual currency are using phone numbers to take over people's devices after which they are able to reset passwords.
Stealing currency from online wallets is apparently not the only motive of the attackers. They have reportedly also held emails and sensitive documents including photographs and other such information to ransom, it was reported.
Attackers simply call phone carriers and request them to transfer control of a target's mobile number to a different phone that they have after which they take over a number of devices through the data on the "hacked" phone, reports the New York Times citing a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report. According to the FTC, phone number hijacking has been an ongoing scam since as early as 2013.
All that the attackers have to do, according to the report, is to reset every password that makes use of the phone's number as a security backup and this includes Facebook accounts, Google services, and other social media outlets.
Of particular interest to hackers are people with valuable online accounts, specifically those who make use of virtual currency. Chris Burniske, a virtual currency investor, who fell victim to such an attack, told the Times that after he lost control of his phone number, his iPad, phone and computer restarted. The report details that within minutes, his virtual wallet's password had been reset and he lost about $150,000.
"Everybody I know in the cryptocurrency space has gotten their phone number stolen," said Joby Weeks, a Bitcoin entrepreneur.
Such incidents have reportedly affected a number of prominent people, but they do not seem to want to admit it publicly.
In Weeks' case, it was not just a case of him losing control of his number. His family was attacked the same way and he went on to lose nearly a million dollars in virtual currency in spite of the fact that he requested his phone company to provide additional security for his number, he said.
Virtual currency transactions are not reversible, according to the report, and the attacks are concentrated around people who are virtual currency enthusiasts, or those who seem to discuss or post about them on social media. People who are known to own, invest and trade through virtual currencies are reportedly targeted.
According to NYT, traditional banks and brokerage firms may not be as big a target of this style of attack simply because "unintended and malicious" transactions are easily reversed by the institutions if they are caught early.
Apart from the money and virtual currency aspect, the attacks have reportedly exposed a major flaw in the phone-based account verification process that many sites make use of.
"It's really highlighting the insecurity of using any kind of telephone-based security," said Michael Perklin, chief information security officer with virtual currency exchange ShapeShift, whose several employees fell victims to such attacks, according to the report.


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ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP — A new event that will celebrate Ohio's agriculture, communities, and children is planned for the 2019 Ohio State Fair. The inaugural Dean's Charity Steer Show will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, at the Voinovich Livestock & Trade Center at the Ohio Expo Center and State Fair.
The event will be hosted by Cathann A. Kress, vice president for agricultural administration and dean of The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES).
"This will be an exciting event to bring together our community to celebrate agriculture and kids, both for our 4-H youth development programs as well as youth benefiting from the Ronald McDonald House," Kress said. "All proceeds from the show will benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio."
Thirteen celebrity exhibitors, most of whom have no livestock experience, will not only show a steer, but will also compete to see who can raise the most money for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio. Each exhibitor will be paired with an experienced 4-H livestock family and their steer, and practice with them before entering the show ring.
Local 4-H Club member Sam Sutherly, 15, of Troy, is directly involved with the charity auction. His steer, Buttercup, is one of the animals taking center stage in the show. Buttercup will be in the hands of Adam Sharp, executive vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau. Sharp is currently leading the contest with more than $7,500 in donations for the RMHC against his fellow "competitors."
Families and Ohio 4-H members will represent the counties of Athens, Carroll, Fayette, Geauga, Highland, Huron, Licking, Miami, Pickaway, Putnam, Tuscarawas, and Wood. Celebrity exhibitors, in addition to Kress, will include Matt Barnes, WCMH-TV Channel 4 anchor; Mark Berven, president and chief operating officer of Nationwide Property & Casualty; Bobby Carpenter, former Ohio State and NFL football player; Anthony Rothman, sports talk hosts for "Carpenter and Rothman" on 97.1 FM The Fan, Columbus; Jay Edwards, small business owner from Athens County; Clay Hall, sports director for Columbus' WSYX6/Fox 28 TV; Woody Johnson, host of "Woody and the Wake-Up Call" on WCOL-FM 92.3, Columbus; Clark Kellogg, former NBA player and lead CBS Sports college basketball analyst; Rick Malir, chief executive officer and co-founder of City Barbeque; Bob McElligott, sports broadcaster for the Columbus Blue Jackets; Shelley Meyer, former first lady of Ohio State football and instructor for Ohio State's College of Nursing; Bob Peterson, public servant and eighth-generation farmer from Fayette County; and Adam Sharp, executive vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
"Every dollar we raise means families can stay together only steps away from their hospitalized child during one of the most stressful times of their lives," Kress said. "Last year, more than 4,500 families were provided 82,000 nights of lodging by the Columbus Ronald McDonald House, the largest Ronald McDonald House in the world."
Sharp visited the Sutherlys last week to learn from an expert how to properly show a steer in the show ring. In addition to the obvious benefit of raising money for the Ronald McDonald House, Sharp said, "A lot of other people from around Ohio who are not in agriculture go to the fair, and to the event, and are doing it for a great cause. A lot of influential people, media, policy-makers, business leaders, who traditionally haven't been as involved in agriculture get to come out and have some fun, all for a great cause."
For Sutherly, and the Miami County 4-H community, the event has a personal connection.
"It helps us because one of my teacher's daughters, her husband had to stay in the Ronald McDonald House while her daughter finished her chemotherapy, so it shows how it has impacted our local community and helps everybody understand what the cause is for," Sutherly said.
The facility provides a home-away-from-home for families facing a child's illness and hospitalization. Located across the street from Nationwide Children's Hospital, the Columbus Ronald McDonald House provides not only lodging, but also meals, a place to rest, laundry facilities, an exercise room, informal gathering areas, and activities for siblings of hospitalized children.
The Dean's Charity Steer Show, which will be an annual event, will be coordinated by CFAES, the Telhio Credit Union, and the Ohio Cattlemen's Association.
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Art lovers can visit the art center of "la fuente" in Mojácar and enjoy the various exhibitions that take place regularly in Mojácar and in its surroundings.
During the summer a lot of concerts, dances and musical exhibitions are organized.
Located in Andalucía in the province of Almeria, on the Mediterranean coast, Mojacar is one of the prettiest 'white villages', typical to this region of Spain.
About twenty kilometres south of Mojacar is the Cabo de Gata, Nijar, Natural Park. A wild volcanic landscape offering tens of extremely varied beaches.
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Thursday's HOT MIC
Here is your HOT MIC for the day.
Good Thursday morning.
Here's what is on the president's agenda today:
- The president has lunch with the secretary of defense
- President Trump meets with the secretary general of NATO
- The president participates in an expanded bilateral meeting with the secretary general of NATO
Lots of jibber-jabber on the RUSSIA-collusion front
As you read stories about the Trump Tower transcripts, remember that Natalia Veselnitskaya (RUSSIAN) was a client of Fusion GPS, the firm responsible for the salacious and unverified dossier. Remember that Glenn Simpson met with Veselnitskaya right before and after the Trump Tower meeting. Crazy coincidence, right?
Senate releases interview transcripts from Trump Tower investigation. Read them at the link.
Not really. New Documents: Trump Tower Meeting Participant Apparently Accuses Donald Trump Jr. of 'Admitting to Collusion'
Senate committee agrees with intelligence community assessment of election meddling, breaking with GOP House investigation
What Paul Manafort's Trump Tower notes mean
Miscellaneous RUSSIA-collusion roundup
The New York Times has an awful, biased, misleading story: Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation. The piece is really a propaganda/PR piece for the intelligence community, extolling their virtues and how they toiled and battled with ethical dilemmas over the Clinton and Trump investigations. Gimme a break. It's so obvious an attempt to get out in front of whatever will be revealed in the IG report.
Yesterday we learned the FBI acknowledged it can't indict a sitting president because they want you to know that they would indict Trump but they can't. Of course we have no evidence of any crimes that Trump would be indicted for, yet CNN reports its wishcasting:
That conclusion is likely based on longstanding Justice Department guidelines. It is not about any assessment of the evidence Mueller's team has compiled.
A lack of an indictment would not necessarily mean the President is in the clear. Mueller could issue a report making referrals or recommendations to the House of Representatives.
They ignored the offer, but ABC News left that out of the headline: Russian social media giant offered pro-Trump effort during campaign
Leaker of Michael Cohen's financial records makes another explosive accusation
Russian company playing hardball with Mueller's team
Senate passes net neutrality
Senate Democrats approved a measure to quash the Federal Communications Commission's plan to overturn so-called net neutrality rules.
But major hurdles still face supporters of net neutrality, the principle that Internet Service Providers should give consumers access to all legal content and applications on an equal basis, not favoring some sources or blocking others.
Three Republicans crossed over to vote with the Democrats to drag the bill the across the finish line: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.; and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Thanks, guys.
Because it's campaign season, elected officials shun voting on anything "controversial" and start acting on legislation they think will gain them favor with their voters.
By forcing a public vote on the issue — one that's popular with voters — Democrats hope to hike pre-midterm election pressure on enough lawmakers to gain a majority in the House. Passage in the Senate would "send a clear message to American families that we support them, not the special interest agenda of President Trump and his broadband baron allies," said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who sponsored the CRA resolution.
And speaking of making stupid legislative moves during campaign season...
More GOPers sign on to DACA after Ryan tells them not to
So far, 20 Republicans have signed on to the bill. Only five more are needed to force a vote.
Two more Republicans signed on to a measure that would force an immigration vote in the House just hours after Speaker Paul Ryan urged his colleagues not to in a closed-door meeting Wednesday.
The momentum of the petition, paired with threats from conservatives to cause problems if the effort continues to move, prompted House leadership to summon both key moderate and conservative members to meet in Ryan's offices with the full GOP leadership team Wednesday evening. But the issue remained far from resolved.
If you are unaware of what's going on with this DACA bill and if you thought the GOP was in charge of the House, let me help you out:
A group of moderate Republicans are backing a plan to bypass GOP leaders by forcing a floor vote on four competing bills to preserve the Obama-era DACA program, which protected young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Trump has decided to end the program, though it's currently tied up in the courts.
The move, called a discharge petition, now has 20 Republican supporters. When Katko and Trott signed during the first vote series of the day -- which is the main opportunity that lawmakers have to sign by hand the petition kept on the House floor -- Republican petition backers, California's Jeff Denham and Curbelo, were seen walking the floor, talking to members and each other.
"Obviously we do not agree with discharge petitions. We think they're a big mistake -- they dis-unify our majority," Ryan said. "We want to advance something that has a chance of going into law where the President would support it."
Your daily WTF
Ten children removed from filthy California home were waterboarded, hit with crossbows and BBs, prosecutors say
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Other morsels:
Media Misinformation On Vaping May Be Scaring Smokers 'Away From E-Cigarettes'
House votes to expand veterans' access to private care
Trump HHS considers using military bases to house immigrant children
Airlines must continue to accept service animals: U.S. agency
Feel the Bern: Socialists celebrate winning four Democratic nominations in PA
Flake comes out against Haspel's nomination to lead CIA
YouTube removed GOP candidate's 'deportation bus' ad for hate speech — then put it back up
Trump asks Sessions to consider prosecuting Oakland mayor over ICE raid
Preet Bharara being drafted for war on Trump
Naked man shot by police after striking car was science teacher
New court papers suggest Las Vegas shooter ranted about gun control days before shooting
Las Vegas gunman was tidy, but made housekeeper uneasy, say papers that paint picture of the massacre
Boulder, Colorado, unanimously votes to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines
Surgeon General Jerome Adams saves the day when airline passenger suffers medical emergency
Michigan State University reaches $500 million settlement with Larry Nassar victims
Target quietly removes a t-shirt from its website after being accused of 'stealing the art of a gay Mexican artist'
An antibiotic-resistant strain of 'super gonorrhea' is spreading around the globe
White House says 'couple of bad actors' responsible for latest leaks
And that's all I've got, now go beat back that angry mob!
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Annunciata d'Alesandro, aka Nancy Pelosi, aka Maerose Prizzi, the once (and future?) speaker of the House:
I was surprised by this:
I really expected a lot of anti-Trump wishcasting (Can you blame me?) in the article but it's a pretty good assessment of why Kennedy might stay.
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On May 15th, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma found in favor of four Christian universities in the state, in a consolidated case known as Southern Nazarene University v. Azar.
For five years, the four universities (Southern Nazarene University, Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and Mid-America Christian University) had been seeking the ability to operate according to their Christian, pro-life beliefs. The case had been originally filed with the same federal district court as Southern Nazarene University v. Sebelius.
The contraceptive mandate was dealt a blow by the court — but not merely with regard to the four universities, which are permanently protected. The ruling also found that the mandate is in violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which was part of the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion when ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods.
Who knows how long it will take to undo the Obamacare plague. The Republican majority in Congress can't make it happen (Thanks Maverick!) but with time and the president's loading of the courts with non-activist judges, sanity and freedom will creep back into the American way of life.
Some Republicans must have a death wish this election year. A bunch of "moderates" (moderate compared to who?) want to bring a bill to the floor to legalize DACA recipients and are just 5 votes short of getting a discharge petition to bypass the leadership and bring it to the floor.
What's called a discharge petition -- a rare procedural move that bypasses the committee and leadership process to put a bill directly on the floor (more on that below) -- is that close to reaching the number of Republicans that would be needed, assuming all Democrats sign on as well. A floor vote on a series of immigration bills would likely result in the passage of a bill that would offer DACA recipients a path to citizenship along with a package of border security funding and policy changes.
The effort has gotten so close that it is spooking leadership and conservatives, who are seeking ways to fight back that only further put pressure on House leadership.
This is where the immigration battle is as of Thursday:
There is no chance the senate will even take up an immigration bill this year and Trump will almost certainly veto such a measure.
So why bother?
Moderates are tired of being promised a vote they still haven't had and it's moderates who feel like their jobs will be on the line in November if they don't do something. Rep. Mike Coffman, a moderate with a large Latino population in Colorado, said for example he's just tired of being patient.
This is a big deal because Republican leadership in the House is finally having to reckon with immigration, an issue that deeply divides their party and could become a liability for them in the midterms.
The party as a whole is apt to lose more votes by even taking up the issue than leaving it be. Republicans are going to need every one of their voters to make the effort to vote if they are going to hold on to the House.
Bringing an immigration issue to the floor -- especially DACA -- will be seen as another betrayal by conservatives. How many will stay home as a result is anyone's guess but it could conceivably cost the GOP a few seats.


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Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Nashville 19/11/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Z] Podington 27/12/43; Missing in Action Merkwiller, Fr. 3/8/44 with Neil Curtiss {325bs} (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Blanton, Navigator: George Chester, Bombardier: Gene Hamblin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Haun, Radio Operator: Jim Schafer, Ball turret gunner: Dick Anthony, Waist gunner: Bill Murray,Tail gunner: Bill Damian (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brulange, near Metz, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7698.
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am 28. Januar 2018 16:43 Uhr
Neil was the older brother of Bob Curtiss, to whom my mom's step-sister Pat was married. The brothers grew up in Kent, Ohio and were the only children of Carl and Della Curtiss. Bob enlisted as an infantryman in WWII and was killed in Italy. With confirmation of Neil's death, Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss joined the ranks of parents who tragically lost all their children in the war.
Although Aunt Pat remarried after the war, we always considered her deceased husband Bob an uncle. Our family – my siblings and I – grew up in Kent hearing stories of, and honoring, both of these men. Based on these stories I am reasonably certain that at the time of its downing, Neil as pilot was able to control the aircraft, Miss Liberty Belle, long and capably enough for the co-pilot and all 7 other crewmen to safely exit. All except Neil survived and apparently were held as POWs. It is also my understanding that eventually all of these men returned to Kent to visit Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss and pay respect to Neil for saving their lives. Online I once found a graphic description of the crash site, as found by German military, which confirmed the fate of Neil, who for some time after the crash was considered MIA. The description included mention of his terribly burned body within the wreckage, and, as I recall, still strapped into his harness and seat. I recollect also that this online account reported that the remnant's of Neil's wallet was found with the charred remains and confirmed his identity. His remains, along with those of Bob, were eventually returned to Kent together. Some detail of the Curtiss brothers can be found on the Find-A-Grave website by searching for " Lieut Neil LeRoy Curtiss". This information includes mention of a "soon to be published" book entitled "Mission to Merkwiller and the Last Flight of Miss Liberty Belle", by Ian White. I have yet to see this book or confirm its publication anywhere online, but in roughly 2008 I exchanged emails with a gentleman in the U.K. who was investigating Neil's story. At the time I recounted to the best of my ability what I knew of he and his brother Bob. It is worth mentioning that the Curtiss family house lies prominently on a high point along Main Street in Kent, Ohio and became the President's residence for Kent State University. I should also note that the brothers are buried with their parents at Standing Rock Cemetery in Kent. There are many other casualties of WW II there as well, including a gravestone for famed Marine Colonel and posthumous Medal of Honor winner Frank Goettge "(get-chee"), who was killed in a Japanese ambush at Guadalcanal leading what is known as the Lost Patrol. His body was never recovered. There is also a MOH winner from the Civil War buried at Standing Rock. Every Memorial Day for most of his adult life my step-dad, Jerry Wiland, a WW II navy veteran, would place American flags on the graves of veterans there at the cemetery.
am 31. Mai 2019 19:16 Uhr
Hello Jay, can you send me an email ? I have GRS dog tag of Neil CURTISS and I research more information about this hero.
The tag is graved curtiss neill l. 0-695157
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In 3643 BBY, at Ord Mantell during its civil war, a promising Republic Special Forces sergeant was assigned to prevent an ambush that the Separatists were preparing for a Republic convoy, in the Avilatan Badlands' road. The Sergeant was able to defeat the few Separatists there were, and disarm the bombs they had placed along the road, therefore preventing a bloodbath for the Republic side.
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The mission in the Avilatan Badlands appears in Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released by BioWare on December 20, 2011. The mission represents the events of the Republic trooper class story mission "The Ambush", where the player is sent by Harron Tavus, to clear the road for separatists and preventing their ambush on the Republic convoy, having to disarm several bombs along the road.
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I find it odd that I haven't yet either. I believe I have this hat 'fav'd' too.