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Find a Connecticut Trade School or Community College
Students in the state of Connecticut have a good reason to be optimistic about their future. In this state, you'll find a quaint New England atmosphere, as well as plenty of opportunities in chemical products, scientific instruments, and transportation equipment. These industries create many jobs for Connecticut residents, and you can take advantage of them as well. First, you'll need to lay the foundation with a good education. For many students, this educational foundation comes in the form of trade school, a convenient, affordable way to get training and education for a specific career. Connecticut trade schools are particularly beneficial for those in industrial mechanics, technology, business administration, massage therapy, and other careers that require a specific set of skills.
You'll find that trade school is generally more affordable than traditional four year universities, as it takes less time and offers a much simpler format in which to receive your education. Although it is cheaper, trade school can still be quite expensive, and many students find that they do not have funds immediately available to pay for school. Of course, this does not mean that trade school is out of reach. Rather, it means that you'll need to take advantage of the financial aid programs that are made available to Connecticut students. The Connecticut Department of Higher Education makes it possible for Connecticut students to receive financial aid from a variety of sources, including the government, banks, groups, unions, colleges, and more in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, and other financial aid programs. Taking advantage of one or many of the options made available to Connecticut students can help you make trade school a more affordable investment in your future.
Connecticut students can have a positive outlook for job prospects when they graduate. According to reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Connecticut's job economy has had slow, steady growth in recent months. Specific industries that have experienced growth in the past few months includ natural resources and mining as well as leisure and hospitality. That means that it's a great time to be a culinary artist, industrial mechanic, or hotel and restaurant manager in Connecticut, as these sectors of the economy in the state can be expected to do well in the near future.
You'll be able to choose from a number of different community colleges in order to complete your education in Connecticut. Several of these colleges include:
- Briarwood College
- Capital Community College
- Housatonic Community College
- Manchester Community College
- Middlesex Community College
- Naugatuck Valley Community College
- Norwalk Community College
- Quinebaug Valley Community College
- Three Rivers Community College
Featured Online Universities
Purdue University Global - Associate's, Bachelor's, & Master's Degrees. Purdue University Global offers unique programs for those wanting to change or advance in their career. Their programs present a quicker degree path with the same quality and superiority that other universities promise.
Liberty University - Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's & Doctoral Degrees. Liberty University provides students with the most current knowledge and skills needed to succeed in today's fast-growing environment. The college is dedicated to empowering students in pursuing their individual career goals.
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Penn Foster - Career Diplomas and Certificates. Pnn Foster Career School, one of the world's largest regionally accredited distance learning career schools, has educated millions of adults through their study-at-home programs.


text: Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a computer. Last week, Happiness Engineers Marjorie R. Asturias and Andrea Badgley attended the fifth annual Wine Tourism Conference in Loudoun County, Virginia.

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Jaron Lanier founded VPL research in 1984 and is credited with coining and popularizing the term "virtual reality." Lanier's company developed a variety of VR hardware and software, included glove, audio enhancements, and a visual device called the EyePhone (no relation).
Unfortunately, VR's popularity growth failed to match public expectations of the technology. People soon became dissatisfied with VR, and Lanier's company became one of several that scaled back their VR research or went bankrupt altogether.
30 years later, VR and its sister, augmented reality (AR) are back in vogue and more popular than ever. Mark Zuckerberg, confident that the technology is within grasp, bought Oculus in 2014 for two billion dollars. He believes that VR/AR will be "the most social platform ever." Facebook has since doubled down on this theory and has priced the Oculus Go at $199 with the intent of integrating more people into the VR/AR experience.
With the Oculus Go and other VR/AR-related devices, consumers can not only see a product but also interact with it. Thus, VR/AR provides a platform for businesses to discover new, innovative ways to stand out among their rivals.
Imagine a Facebook where you aren't watching an ad, but also interacting with it. Companies like Cadillac won't just show you a car, but invite you into their a virtual showroom. NASCAR can take you on a ride, and the New York Times can bring you on location to the stories they're reporting on.
VR/AR lets people experience a 360-degree view of their place and offers them the freedom to explore their surroundings. They become immersed in a world where they can go anywhere, as opposed to merely watching a 30-second commercial created by a filmmaker.
By understanding what this content looks like and how your customer can interact with your product in VR/AR, you'll have the blueprints to prepare a successful VR/AR campaign.
VR in the Social Media Era
We remain far away from the social integration that VR/AR provided in Ready Player One. However, Facebook is finding ways to make VR a more socially-integrating experience. One such way is with Facebook Spaces, which allows people to interact with one another in VR, make and receive Messenger video calls, and take VR selfies.
For Facebook, VR ties right in with the theme of connecting people. Whether it's from across the world or right next door, Facebook strives to create a virtual space where people can interact with one another. Pricing the Oculus Go at only $199 will help bolster the number of users and quickly take the concept mainstream.
VR is making rapid headway when it comes to the kind of integration that Facebook is looking to achieve:
- The number of VR users has gone from 200,000 in 2014 to approximately 171,000,000 in 2018
- 71% of consumers think a brand that uses VR is forward-thinking
- The predicted number of sold VR headsets will reach 82 million by 2020
- By 2020, the economic impact of VR/AR is predicted to reach 29.5 billion
Instagram and AR
While Facebook is focused on VR, Instagram is taking full advantage of augmented reality. Augmented reality is the integration of digital information with the user's environment in real time. This is done by taking an existing environment and overlaying new information on top of it. While this sounds futuristic, it's actually a very common occurrence. Instagram users do it every day.
At the F8 Conference, Instagram revealed that businesses and influencers would be able to create custom AR filters for Instagram Stories using Facebook's Spark AR Studio. This allows users to superimpose objects onto the real camera, like this #2 pencil:
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These AR filters give brands new and creative ways to reach out to their consumers. The ability to overlay images gives companies the ability to integrate their color schemes, logos, and many other forms of messaging that they'd like when advertising to their base. You can even use AR in Instagram Stories ads.
Adidas, for example, is just one of the many IG accounts that have integrated AR into their marketing campaigns. Their IG account is full of AR that blends their message with their brand colors and cross-promoted with shows (like Dragon Ball Z, for instance).
On Rihanna's account, you can find videos of the singer bobbing her head while wearing an AR circlet of diamonds. Meanwhile, Hugh Jackson and Ryan Reynolds use AR while plugging their Marvel movies and playfully jabbing at each other:
(Photo Credit: NeoParzival829)
Augmented Reality is a fun, easy-to-use way of enhancing images with vast and exciting potential. It's also quickly converting from one-off use to being used as an "always-on" communication channel, and something you should expect to see a lot more of this year.
Heightened Customer Interaction
VR/AR campaigns offer consumers new ways to interact with your product that wasn't possible before.
VR can bring your customers into the workroom and give them a virtual tour behind the curtain. Instead of watching a product demonstration, consumers can partake in demonstrations themselves. You can get a 360-degree view of the product and interact with it in various ways without ever leaving your living room.
Meanwhile, AR's overlaying of images allows for people to better forecast and address issues, and log and capture photos and videos. VR may be better known, but AR is considered by many to be an advertising game-changer. Michael Terrill, a technician for Coca Cola who regularly uses AR glasses for work, claims that "we've only scratched the surface of how this technology can be used."
For social media giants like Facebook and Instagram, regular VR/AR ad campaigns are likely to become a new normal.
Are VR/AR Ads Right for Your Company?
VR/AR technology has grown and improved tremendously. While it still has a long way to go, running VR/AR campaigns are among the most popular marketing strategies you can expect to see this year.
While this technology is enamoring, it's important for advertisers to keep their brand message in mind. Know who your customers are and how they can benefit from a VR/AR campaign. What about your product can be used in VR/AR to help connect your target customer with the experience you're trying to provide? By understanding this and utilizing VR/AR technology in a fun, creative way, you'll stand out among the competition.
Anthony Greer is a twice-published author and content marketer with a focus in marketing, brand, and product development.


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Another old or original Pokemon from the past is a big greenish-blue and white colored creature that resembles a sleeping penguin. Today, I will go ahead and shape you "how to draw Snorlax", step by step. This normal type Pokemon falls in the sleeping species category, and as you can see it gets its name because it is almost always sleeping. One of the cool things about Snorlax is how tricky it is to catch one if you're a trainer looking for this particular species. I say this because anyone who is going to catch a Snorlax, should already know that you need to wake up the critter by using a Poke flute or Pokegear. The size of the Snoralx is huge; they can get to be as tall as almost seven feet, and can weigh roughly around one thousand pounds or more. The majority of Snorlax in existence are male with only about twelve percent being female. This means if you catch one, the chances of it being male is a high probability. As far as abilities goes, when trained by a good Pokemon trainer, these guys can become so strong, that they give off punches that can knock down a tree, and even cause earthquakes. I have always been fond of this big jelly roll, and if you're a fan of the older species, you should have a blast as you draw Snorlax too. I will be back in a jiff, so stay tuned in to see what comes up next. Peace out people!
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Chemical formula: C17H14CIF2N2O2
Molecular Weight: 478.7 g/mol
Purity: 95%
Appearance: White to off-white solid
Solubility: soluble in DMSO
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Justia Idaho Supreme Court Opinion SummariesArticles Posted in Insurance Law
Klein v. Farmers Insurance Co.
In its motion for summary judgment, Farmers Insurance Company of Idaho argued that Erica Klein was barred from pursuing a supplemental UIM claim because the five-year statute of limitations in Idaho Code section 5-216 had run. Farmers asserted the statute of limitations began to run on either the date of the accident or the date Klein settled with the third party tortfeasor, both of which occurred more than five years prior to Klein filing her complaint to compel arbitration of her UIM claim. The district court denied Farmers's motion and subsequent motion for reconsideration, holding that the "breach of contract" rule was the proper method of calculating the accrual date for Klein's cause of action. Farmers appealed the district court's denial of both motions. The Idaho Supreme Court determined the issue raised by this case was one of first impression, inasmuch as it was asked to determine when the statute of limitations began to run on a cause of action for UIM benefits under an automobile insurance policy. After considering the different approaches taken by other states, the Court adopted the majority's "breach of contract" rule and affirmed the district court's decisions. View "Klein v. Farmers Insurance Co." on Justia Law
Posted in: Contracts, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Insurance Law, Personal Injury
McGivney v. Aerocet, Inc
This case involved an appeal brought by Aerocet, Inc., and its surety, the State Insurance Fund, in which they appealed an Idaho Industrial Commission decision involving two worker's compensation claims brought by George McGivney. The Commission awarded McGivney benefits for injuries he sustained to his left knee while working for both Aerocet and Quest Aircraft (Quest). The Referee consolidated the two cases and issued a recommendation that attributed the vast majority of liability to Quest. The Commission rejected the bulk of the Referee's recommendations and apportioned liability equally between Aerocet and Quest. Aerocet appealed, alleging the Commission inappropriately consolidated McGivney's two injury claims. Aerocet also argued the Commission failed to determine McGivney's disability in excess of impairment from his 2011 accident at Aerocet prior to his 2014 accident at Quest, and that the Commission erred in its application of Brown v. Home Depot, 272 P.3d 577 (2012). Aerocet also contended the Commission's decision was not supported by substantial and competent evidence. After review, the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed the Commission's decisions. The matter was remanded back to the Commission to enable it to calculate the amount due Quest's surety from Aerocet's surety for any amounts overpaid by Quest's surety. View "McGivney v. Aerocet, Inc" on Justia Law
Greenwald v. Western Surety
At the summary judgment stage, the district court found that an employee of Greenwald Neurosurgical, P.C. caused over $100,000 in losses to the P.C., while he was acting in the ordinary course of the P.C.'s business. The district court then issued a judgment to the P.C. for the policy amount of $100,000 pursuant to a Dishonesty Bond issued by Western Surety Company. Western appealed the district court's determinations that the employee caused the loss while acting in the ordinary course of business and that the P.C. actually suffered the loss. The P.C. cross-appealed the district court's findings that it was the only entity insured under the bond and argued it was awarded too little by way of attorney's fees. The Idaho Supreme Court determined: (1) the district court correctly concluded that only the P.C. was an insured and the only entity that could recover under the bond; (2) whether the employee was acting the "ordinary course of [the P.C.'s] business" was a jury question; (3) a genuine issue of fact existed regarding the amount of losses the P.C. sustained; and (4) the district court erred in awarding attorney's fees to the P.C. The Supreme Court therefore vacated summary judgment, and remanded for further proceedings. View "Greenwald v. Western Surety" on Justia Law
Posted in: Business Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice & Ethics
McFarland v. Liberty Insurance Corp
Appellants Ryan and Kathryn McFarland owned real property in Garden Valley, Idaho, which feathred three structures insured through Liberty Mutual Insurance Group: a main cabin; a detached garage with an upstairs "bonus room"; and a pump house containing a geothermal well. The policy provided two types of coverage for structures. Coverage A ("Dwelling Coverage") provided up to $188,500 in coverage for "the dwelling on the 'residence premises'. . . including structures attached to the dwelling . . ." and Coverage B ("Other Structures Coverage") provided up to $22,350 for "other structures on the 'residence premises' set apart from the dwelling by clear space." In February 2017, a radiant heater burst in the bonus room and damaged the garage and its contents. After the McFarlands filed a claim, Liberty stated that the damage was covered under the policy. Believing the damage to fall under the Dwelling Coverage, the McFarlands hired contractors to repair the damage. However, after Liberty paid out a total of $23,467.50 in March 2017, Liberty stated that the coverage was exhausted because the damage fell under the Other Structures Coverage. This led the McFarlands to sue, alleging among other claims, breach of contract based on Liberty's interpretation of the policy. The parties filed cross motions for summary judgment on the issue of whether the damage fell under the Dwelling Coverage or the Other Structures Coverage. Ruling that the policy unambiguously provided coverage for the garage under the Other Structures Coverage, the district court denied the McFarlands' motion and granted Liberty's. The McFarlands appealed. Finding that the policy at issue here failed to define the term "dwelling", and the term was reasonably subject to differing interpretations, the Idaho Supreme Court reversed the award of summary judgment and remanded for further proceedings. View "McFarland v. Liberty Insurance Corp" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Contracts, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Insurance Law, Real Estate & Property Law
Scout, LLC v. Truck Insurance
This case stemmed from Truck Insurance's refusal to defend its insured, Scout, LLC, in a trademark infringement action brought over Scout's use of the trademark ROGUE in the advertisement of its restaurant, Gone Rogue Pub. Scout claimed its use of ROGUE constituted an advertising injury that was covered by the insurance it purchased from Truck Insurance. Truck Insurance did not dispute that ordinarily Scout's advertising injury would be covered and it would accordingly have a duty to defend, but coverage was properly declined in this instance based on a prior publication exclusion found in the policy. The district court granted summary judgment to Truck Insurance after determining that a Facebook post of Scout's Gone Rogue Pub logo before insurance coverage began triggered the prior publication exclusion, thereby relieving Truck Insurance of the duty to defend Scout. Scout appealed. Finding no reversible error, the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed the district court. View "Scout, LLC v. Truck Insurance" on Justia Law
Western Community Ins v. Burks Tractor
This appeal concerned the guardianship of a ten-year-old child, Jane Doe II ("Jane"), whose parents passed away in 2017. A family friend petitioned for guardianship; Jane's aunt (twin sister of her mother) also petitioned for guardianship. A guardian ad litem recommended the friend be awarded temporary guardianship for Jane to finish the school year, then the aunt be permanent guardian. The friend appealed. The final decree appointing Aunt as Jane's permanent guardian was vacated by the Idaho Supreme Court, which remanded the case for the magistrate court to conduct a hearing to determine whether Jane possessed sufficient maturity to direct her own attorney prior to a new trial. View "Western Community Ins v. Burks Tractor" on Justia Law
Posted in: Consumer Law, Contracts, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Insurance Law
Eastman v. Farmers Insurance
Appellant Jennifer Eastman sought a declaratory judgment that she was entitled to underinsured motorist insurance coverage ("UIM coverage") under her auto insurance policy (the "Policy") with Respondent Farmers Insurance Company ("Farmers"). Eastman was involved in a motor vehicle accident while traveling in a van operated by the Spokane Transit Authority ("STA"). Eastman sustained injuries as a result of the accident. Both the at-fault driver and STA held insurance policies. Eastman collected $50,000 from the at-fault driver's insurance policy. Additionally, Eastman collected $48,846 in UIM coverage from STA's insurance policy. Eastman's special damages from the accident exceeded the amount that she collected from the two insurance policies. Eastman thereafter filed a claim with her insurer, Farmers, in an attempt to collect her own UIM coverage under the Policy. Specifically, Eastman sought her UIM coverage limit ($500,000) minus the $98,846 that she had already collected from the other insurance policies. Farmers denied Eastman's claim based on an exclusion within the Policy which eliminated UIM coverage in situations where the insured was riding in another vehicle that had UIM coverage. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Farmers, ruling that an exclusion contained in the Policy precluded UIM coverage for Eastman's injuries. Finding that the clause in Eastman's policy violated Idaho's public policy, the Idaho Supreme Court vacated the district court's judgment and remanded this case with direction to invalidate the insurance exclusion at issue here. View "Eastman v. Farmers Insurance" on Justia Law
Posted in: Contracts, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Insurance Law
Ekic v. Geico
Ibrahim and Halida Ekic (the Ekics) and the estate of Aldina Ekic appealed district court decisions to grant summary judgment to Geico Indemnity Company (Geico) on their claims of breach of contract, misrepresentations in the inducement, breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, and promissory estoppel and to award attorney fees to Geico. Aldina was killed in an automobile accident caused by the negligence of a third party. The Ekics recovered the total policy proceeds of $25,000 from the third party's insurance carrier. The Ekics demanded payment from Geico for the payment of $25,000 under Aldina's underinsured motorist policy. Geico refused to issue a payment under the language of the policy. The Ekics filed suit. Sometime after Geico filed an answer, Geico filed a motion for summary judgment with a supporting affidavit from Geico's counsel that included a copy of the Ekics' answers to several interrogatories, a copy of Aldina's Geico policy, and the vehicle collision report for the accident involving Aldina and the third party. The district court granted summary judgment for Geico on each of these claims. The Ekics then amended their complaint, with the permission of the district court, to add the additional claim of promissory estoppel and Geico filed an amended answer. Counsel for Geico advised the district court during a scheduling conference that Geico would be filing a motion for summary judgment on the additional claim. At the hearing, the district court granted Geico's motion for summary judgment because the court found that "even viewing all the facts in light most favorable to the Plaintiff, there was no admissible evidence to support" their claim. The Ekics filed a motion to set aside the judgment which was denied by the district court. Geico requested attorney fees and the district court awarded them pursuant to Idaho Code section 41- 1839(4). The Ekics argued the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Geico, but finding no such error, the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed the district court's judgments. View "Ekic v. Geico" on Justia Law
Farm Bureau Ins v. Cook
Edgar and Laurie Cook owned 200 acres of property in Bonner County, Idaho. The Property included Bloom Lake, a cabin, and a campground. The Cooks allowed people to use the lake and campground without charging a fee, but they solicited voluntary donations to help with the Property's upkeep. Approximately twenty years ago, Michael Chisholm asked the Cooks if he could stay in the cabin in exchange for maintaining the Property. They agreed, and Chisholm began caring for the Property. In 2015, Joseph Stanczak and his girlfriend were camping at the Property. Chisholm invited them into the cabin, and a dispute later arose between Chisholm and Stanczak. Chisholm shot Stanczak twice with a .45 caliber handgun, then left the scene. Authorities later apprehended Chisholm and charged him with Aggravated Battery and Use of a Deadly Weapon in Commission of a Felony. Chisholm entered an Alford plea, by which he pleaded guilty without admitting guilt as to all the elements of the crimes. He was sentenced to prison. At issue in this was was the interpretation of the insuring clause of a bodily injury liability provision in a property insurance contract. The insurer, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho, determined it had no duty to defend or indemnify the Cooks because the shooting was not a covered act under the policy. Farm Bureau filed a declaratory judgment action seeking judicial confirmation of its determination. Farm Bureau then filed a motion for summary judgment, requesting that the district court find as a matter of law that the intentional shooting was not an "occurrence." The district court granted Farm Bureau's motion. Finding no reversible error in the district court's decision, the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed judgment in favor of Farm Bureau. View "Farm Bureau Ins v. Cook" on Justia Law
Cedillo v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Idaho
This was an insurance bad faith case arising out of a claim for underinsured motorist coverage. In May 2008, Peggy Cedillo was injured in a collision while riding as a passenger on the back of a motorcycle. About a year after the collision, she settled her claim against the motorcycle driver for $105,000, the total amount available under his insurance policy. Cedillo married the motorcycle driver about eight months after the collision, and he was her lawyer in this lawsuit and designated as one of her experts. Cedillo claimed the district court erred when it: (1) granted summary judgment in favor of Farmers on her bad faith claim; (2) denied discovery of the entirety of Farmers' claims file and certain electronic information; and (3) denied a motion to amend her complaint to include a claim for punitive damages. The Idaho Supreme Court, after review of the terms of the insurance contract and the district court record, affirmed the grant of summary judgment on Farmers' motion relating to the bad faith claim: "General conclusions about Farmer's conduct do not provide the facts needed to overcome summary judgment on the 'fairly debatable' element. Thus, the district court did not err in granting Farmers' motion for summary judgment." View "Cedillo v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Idaho" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Contracts, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Insurance Law


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Veterans burial fund has more money, but access still restricted: PBO
OTTAWA -- Despite changes made last spring to a federal fund meant to give impoverished veterans a dignified burial, the agency is expected to spend less than a third of what it was allocated in the last budget.
A new report by the parliamentary budget office estimates that only $18.4 million of the $65 million set aside for the Last Post Fund, which is overseen by Veterans Affairs, will actually be handed out.
The government was put in an embarrassing position last year when it was revealed that the fund had rejected 67 per cent of the requests put before it in the previous five years.
The last federal budget increased the amount of money available for funeral expenses, but did not loosen the eligibility criteria, which have not been revised in decades.
The rules essentially exclude many modern-day soldiers who served in the Cold War and Afghanistan and impose a means test that says a qualifying veteran's annual income must have been less than $12,010 per year.
Since the program is geared towards a dwindling population of Second World War and Korean veterans, the spending will be much less than what has been budgeted.
The budget office estimates the changes will mean an incremental bump this year of $3.6 million for the fund. It will plateau the following year and begin to decline.
"A slight increase in the number of projected mortalities is anticipated to increase the incremental costs to the Last Post Fund in 2014-15, followed by a steady decline in veteran mortalities and total costs to the fund," said the report, which was prepared at the request of the Liberals.
The fund has faced an increasing number of requests to bury poor ex-soldiers who don't qualify under existing regulations and it took to private fundraising to order to help in some cases.
Since it began canvassing for donations two years ago, the fund has used $93,000 to bury 29 ineligible vets.
In a fundraising letter, retired lieutenant-general Louis Cuppens, a past president of the fund, pointed out that Corrections Canada pays for the funerals and grave markers of dead inmates.
"A veteran is not a convict and deserves our gratitude," wrote Cuppens.
Often, the fund gets requests from municipalities looking to bury homeless veterans. In its recent throne speech, the Harper government promised to pay closer attention to ex-soldiers who end up on the streets.
Before the changes last spring, the federal government only contributed $3,600 toward the funerals of destitute ex-soldiers, a figure that is substantially lower than what some social services departments pay for the burial of the homeless and those on welfare.
The current entitlement can run up to $7,376, depending on a veteran's income. Other expenses, including the provision of a casket or urn, ceremonial services, death notices and transportation costs, also became eligible for reimbursement, according to the new report.
Analysts in the budget office want to see a full accounting of these "other" entitlements.
"At the time of the publication of this report, a complete list of eligible program expense items was not available," said the report. "(Veterans Affairs) indicates eligible expense categories will be clarified in the program's policy, yet to be published."


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- FeaturesClubhouse, Gated Community, Golf Course, Pool, Tennis Courts, Deed Restricted, Gated Community, Golf Community
- ParkingOpen
- GaragesUnder Building Parking
- ViewStreet Paved, Garden View, Pool View
- Has PoolYes
- PoolIn Ground, Screen Enclosure
- ExteriorBlock, Stucco
- Exterior FeaturesSidewalk, Trees/Landscaped, Patio/Porch Screened
- Lot DescriptionUp to 10,889 Sq. Ft.
- RoofTile
- FoundationCrawlspace, Slab
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Community Information
- Address1597 Moon Valley Dr
- AreaDavenport / Champions Gate
- SubdivisionStoneybrook South Ph I-1 & J-1
- CityChampions Gate
- CountyOsceola County
- StateFL
- Zip Code33896
- InteriorCarpet, Ceramic Tile
- Interior FeaturesBuilt in Features, Ceiling Fans(s), Thermostat
- AppliancesDishwasher, Dryer, Microwave, Range, Refrigerator, Washer
- HeatingCentral, Electric
- CoolingCentral Air
- # of Stories2
- StoriesTwo Story, Townhouse 2-3 Floors
Additional Information
- Days on Market241
- ZoningRES
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Make It: Fun Team Member – Holly Gagnon
Holly is the creator behind Ribbons & Glue, a DIY, craft blog sharing creative inspiration made out of everything from wood, fabrics, clay, paint, up-cycled finds and her first love, paper.
Holly's love of papercrafting started back in 2004 while making a scrapbook for her son and now has grown into full time blog. Her creative resume includes designing for leading craft manufactures and her work has been published in a variety of papercraft magazines.
Holly also loves trash to treasure finds, vintage junkin' and creating unique and personalized gifts to give to friends and family.
Check out her foam Halloween Centerpiece!


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Aging in Place in Howard County: A Survey of Older Adults
Amjed, Owais
Bravo, Joselin
Coulibaly, Dandio
Datagni, Ifare
Dialino, Karmel
Duong, Jenny
Duran, Janice
Ewane, Leticia
Flores, Nancy
Giron, Christopher
Goli, Yasaman
Goonewardene, Dilani
Harrison, Tiffany
Hong, Mason
Jackson, Jonee
Jang, Michelle
Le, Thy
Lopez, Elizabeth
Nallo, Satta
O'Neal, Aleeyah
Ramirez, Flor
Riesberg, Kristen
Saliente, Keith
Sande, Thokozani
Smet, Brenna
Thomas, Tenyamen
Villanueva, Juan
Young-Sebok, Orsolya
Cook, Lynn
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This report is a compilation of original research conducted by students in the course SPGL498G, Pubic Health in the City, during the spring 2016 semester at the University of Maryland College Park. (See Appendix A) Students interviewed older adults in Howard County to determine factors that could impact their ability to age in place. We defined aging in place (AIP) as, "the ability to live in one's own home and community safely, independently and comfortably regardless of age, income or ability level." (CDC, n.d.) Research has shown that 90% of older adults express a desire to age in place and many characteristics affect their ability to do so, including their financial status, social supports, functional abilities, and access to housing. (Golant, 2008). We sought the answers to the following research questions: What percentage of older adults in Howard County desire to AIP, and how does this vary by age, gender, race/ethnicity?; Can we distinguish between different levels of preference? (generalized preference vs. desire to AIP even with a disability); What are the characteristics of those who wish to AIP?; How do County residents use existing resources such as 50+ Centers?; What is the impact of 50+ Centers on older adults' well-being? Currently, 10.1% of Howard County's population is 65 years of age or older. By the year 2040, it is estimated that this population will more than double, to 22.4%. (Engelberg, 2016) We aimed to both identify barriers and facilitating factors to aging in place in Howard County. Finally, we make recommendations for changes to existing programming or policies that could assist residents who want to age in place.
Final project for SPHL498G: Public Health in the City (Spring 2016). University of Maryland, College Park.


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South African casinos are feeling the heat of the prevailing economic downturn as their revenue dries up this year.
Quoting the Casino Association of South Africa (CASA), the Sunday Times reported that the casino industry is experiencing a decrease in revenue "due to current economic conditions negatively impacting consumers' disposable income and revenue erosion from illegal gambling."
It was also the first recorded gross gaming revenue slide since South Africa built it casino industry.
CASA data showed that its members posted total revenue of R17.8 billion (US$1.30 billion) for the fiscal year of 2017, 1.8 percent lower than last year's R18.2 billion ($1.33 billion).
Of all South Africa's casino regions, CASA considered the North West the biggest loser. The government's controversial decision to allow another casino in the province last year – now the subject of a lawsuit – sent the North West's revenue plunging 22.1 percent.
Gauteng, considered to be the largest gross gaming contributor in South Africa, joins North West on the losing side with a 1.6 percent revenue drop.
South Africa's silver lining can be found in Western Cape, as the region posted 5.3 percent revenue growth.
"What emerges is a picture of an industry that' although displaying strengths in certain key areas' is undeniably facing a number of challenges," Dr. Jabu Mabuza, chairperson of CASA, explained. "Our current economic climate' has also had significant implications on how much money is available to consumers as disposable income and how they choose to spend it."
Mabuza called on the government to stamp out illegal gambling activities in South Africa, reminding them that the gambling industry is a main contributor to government revenue.
Despite the revenue slump, CASA members continue to fulfill their obligations in areas such as responsible gambling' education' health' sports' arts and culture' and the environment. The group said they already spent a total of R155 million ($11.34 million) on these initiatives.


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Yes DVD's are dead, it happened in October, no DVD orders in two months.
So we have closed the DVD store and we will only supply Download Movies from now on.
We are sorry for this, if you still want DVD's you can download the movie and make your own DVD.
Finally is the store back up!
If you get redirected back to the blog when you click on the https://www.budoshop.se/store/ link you need to clear your cache.
I have checked everything and as far as I can see the store seem to work fine. If you have problems, please let me know! Comment here twitter to @budoshop, facebook or by e-mail.
Sorry for the delay!
The Bujinkan theme for 2012 is SWORD…
The Bujinkan Theme for 2012 training is "futsu" and there will be a lot of trainings with the sword. When I'm writing this the trainings haven't started yet, and no one really knows what the trainings will be like. I've already seen some good articles explaining some concepts, but I'm not sure if they will help you or plant something different in your mind that will distract you from what Hatsumi Soke will teach us this year.
At Budoshop.se we got many Bujinkan sword DVD's from the past years that might be good for studying the base sword work that is taught in the Bujinkan. We also have Swedish Tai Kai DVD's with Hatsumi Soke, he always taught a lot of sword techniques in the past to. If you haven't been around that long or just want to recap from the old days we got some good DVD's for you. Check them out!
Paying problems and Facebook comments.
It has come to my attention that some of you had problems paying and download. I think it has to do with Payloadz credit card gateway only allowing a few countries. If you have problems, please try to use the PayPal option instead. PayPal also allows payment with credit cards, and from a lot more countries. So please use the PayPal as Payment method.
Facebook comments
I also noticed that the comment option was not working (I don't know for how long because no one said anything since I installed and tested it, and it worked). Please feel free to go and add comments to each video. You need a Facebook account to do it, I know some don't use FB but this way we will filter out 99% of the spam comments.
We won't censor the comments, we think that everyone can stand for what they say even when everyone can see who said what (compared to anonymous posts with silly comments).
Store problem…
I was just notified that the web shop system isn't working properly (not the download store which works fine). I don't know for how long it's been like that, but it's been awfully quiet for a very long time know. I don't know why it's broken, but I made a back up of the whole site now, and will update with the latest patches ASAP. And hope this will resolve the problems.
Even the contact form was broken :-/. But I switched to the wordpress contact form instead of the shop system… http://budoshop.se/contact/
You can e-mail or use the contact form and notify what you want to order, and we will reply with a Paypal money request ASAP. And then ship the order when cleared, even if we haven't got the web site up and working properly.
Thanks to you guys who notified us by e-mail and Facebook!
Edit: Minor problems with the update. The contact form worked, but the installation changed all the files where telephone number and e-mail address is. I need to manually change all the 20 files :-/ (this happens everytime I upgrade, it is stupid!).
Please let me know if it still doesn't work!
New blog theme is Arras
Magento commerce fails another upgrade
If you're thinking of setting up a web store, don't choose Magento! Upgrades always fuck up the the SQL tables, always.
If you're a smart guy and remember to back up before happily click on the upgrade to the newest "stable" version button, or do it when you know you have unlimited hours to spare you can go for it.
Magento is a very good but extremely complicated system. It is not like WordPress which is very simple, and never fails an upgrade.
I fucked up with the upgrade, and wish I postponed it until I have plenty of time to handle the errors. This never fails… there is always something :-).
I have no idea when the store will be up again. If you are in a hurry you can contact me and we fix it without this shitty Magento cart system.
Now I want my coffe!
Edit (day after)… I didn't do anything and now everything works again, so I'm happy now. I guess it was the web server cache or something? Anyway now that it is upgraded I ordered a back up. My web host only allow 30 second php executions which is way too little to back up the huge database from the Magento admin panel. I will clean it up from log files as soon as I have the backup, there is no button from the admin to do this so I have to install a script, or do it manually :-/. Maybe then the back up script from the admin panel will finish within 30 seconds (I hope).
My web host do take backup daily, so if I don't do it hey do it. Worst case scenario is that I loose data just before the daily backup. But all payments are done on PayPal servers, and I'm sure they do backup the whole time.
Our customers credit card numbers and PayPal accounts is safely stored on PayPal, we never have access to your credit card information. If they screw up it will be on the news all over the world since millions of people use their service.
So there is no cause for you to worry!
New Ajax search on the web Store
I installed a new Ajax search function on the web store site, in the top search box and in the right column (not on the advanced search page).
When you have typed three characters it will start searching on the fly, you can keep typing or click on one of the items showing up on the search.
Please let me know if you have problems!
Also if you want your stuff until Christmas, please make the order soon. We will ship within 1-2 days as usual, but the post office might be more busy than usual.
New stuff in stock
We are back from Japan, had great trainings as usual :-). We just updated this blog site.
We have new tabi sizes 26, 27 and 28 back in stock. We also have the popular aluminium training knife back in stock. We also got new sheaths for the aliminium training knife, very nice (see the picture).
New currency mod to Budoshop
I just added an exchange currency mod to the store. It means that when you add stuff to the shopping cart, you will see the price in SEK, and EUR, GBP, JPY and USD for totals. Note the currency is retrieved from Yahoo Finance on the fly. If you experience that it takes to long for the pages to load, please contact me and I will make it to Ajax script instead. I didn't notice it tooks longer to load, same speed more or less.
Note this is only in the shopping cart, so add stuff to the cart if you want to see the prices in EUR, GBP, JPY and USD.


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Cambodia Spends About US$20 Million Each Year on Pesticides – Saturday, 12.12.2009
The Mirror, Vol. 13, No. 642
"Phnom Penh: A secretary of state of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Mr. Om Kimsea, said recently that according to a study, each year about 3,200,000 liters of pesticides are used, corresponding to about US$20 million, and 57% of those pesticides are applied to vegetables.
"Mr. Om Kimsea added that in agriculture, chemicals like anorganic fertilizer and agricultural pesticides are one of the most well known means farmers use due to their effectiveness. However, if those chemicals do not conform to proper technical standards [or if they are not used properly!!!], they might be hazardous to human health, to animals, and to the environment.
"Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries is trying to find all necessary measures to deal with this complex problem.
"Mr. Om Kimsea went on to say that the Ministry has created a mixed program for crop management for training farmers in the skills to manage crops to grow well and to provide high yields by considering the sustainability of the production, its economic efficiency, and the protection of the citizens' wellbeing and of the environment, aiming to guarantee food security and food safety. He continued to say that this program focuses on reducing the use of chemicals, especially of agricultural pesticides in agriculture, in order to boost sustainable agricultural practices. Besides, the Ministry cooperates with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Industry, and other relevant institutions regarding agricultural pesticides, their security, and the wellbeing of the citizens. He added that the Ministry works also with non-government organizations, national and international, to encourage the implementation of work related to this sector, to function efficiently and to improve gradually.
"He said that in the meantime, the Ministry is carefully checking international laws, such as the codes of procedures about the distribution and use of agricultural pesticides, like the Rotterdam Convention about chemicals and agricultural pesticides in international trade, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, in order to regularize and to expand the checking on trade and the use of agricultural pesticides in Cambodia." Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.8, #2122, 12.12.2009
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Deum Ampil, Vol.3, #360, 12.12.2009
- Siam [Thailand] Sent 24 Khmers from Kampuchea Krom to Cambodia [through the Poipet border crossing], and They Ask the Head of the Government for Asylum
- A Greek Man Was Sentenced to Serve 5 Years in Prison for Debauchery with a Child [Phnom Penh]
- [Thai ousted fugitive former prime minister] Thaksin Shinawatra: I Want to Return to the Country to Serve the People, but I Do Not Want to Be Prime Minister [he stated, via live television, to his supporters, red-shirt demonstrators]
- In America 10,000 People Died of A/H1N1 [and there are worldwide (?) more than 50 million cases of people infected with A/H1N1]
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.8, #2122, 12.12.2009
- Cambodia Spends About US$20 Million Each Year on Pesticides
- The Anti-Corruption Draft Law Has Already Passed the Cabinet in the Morning of 11 December 2009 [the draft has been discussed and approved during a cabinet meeting and will be sent to the National Assembly]
Khmer Machas Srok, Vol.3, #553, 12.12.2009
- A Khmer Court Sentenced a Siamese [Thai] Spy to Seven Years in Prison, but Will Release Him in Less Than Seven Days
- Khmer Kampuchea Krom Citizens Celebrated the 61st International Human Rights Day in Phnom Penh [mentioning difficulties as well as the desperate need for human rights respect for Khmer Kampuchea Krom people who are at home in Vietnam]
Koh Santepheap, Vol.42, #6829, 12-13.12.2009
- The Cambodian King Pardoned a Thai Convict; the Puea Thai Party Demands [Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs] Kasit Piromya and First Secretary of the Thai Embassy [in Cambodia] to Resign
- Japan Granted US$170,880 to Three Provincial Departments of Education, Youth, and Sports
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.17, #5071, 12.12.2009
- The Cambodian King Granted a Pardon for a Thai [alleged spy] Engineer; on Monday, He Will Be Released
- Seeking Snails at a Ditch, Two Sisters [9 and 10 years old] Drowned [Kompong Thom]
- A Taiwanese Boyfriend and Girlfriend Were Detained for Bringing Heroin for Their Friends in the Prey Sar Prison [Phnom Penh]
Have a look at the last editorial – you can access it directly from the main page of the Mirror.
And please recommend us also to your colleagues and friends.


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Dear Steve,
Court TV had a Dickensian quality about it. I went to LA for the Menendez and O.J. trials, but then followed them religiously on Court TV. So many people did that that we had a common prism through which to talk, perceive the world. The backyard fence was temporarily reconstructed when we could discuss Lyle and Eric's crew-neck sweaters, Kato Kaelin as perpetual freeloader, the dog-walking habits in Brentwood.
Dependence on the media is part of why it's so loathed. You always hate the thing you need and have no control over. My voice mail is full of people venting over the coverage of Littleton–too little, too much, glorifying the killers, not glorifying the police. And as ubiquitous as TV is for things like the Colorado shooting, it is not a factor in our national conversation otherwise. For my parents, a new act on Ed Sullivan was as much as a touchstone for them as O.J. or Monica is for us today. Among my friends, there are many who watch the public-affairs programs but few, like me, who watch bad TV. Unless something gathers a cult following (Seinfeld), it doesn't have cultural saliency. You're a lawyer, would you sink to watch The Practice? I do, happily, but there's no one to discuss it with on Monday morning. Any episode of Inspector Morse on Mystery (PBS) is better than almost any movie I've seen this year. But it gets blank stares.
Today the media brought good news: a new diet pill, a beacon of hope to a couch potato like me who doesn't exercise and intends to keep eating Ben & Jerry's into dotage.
As for that big Slate fee burning a hole in the pocket, my favorite charity is Save Our Aging Religious. Sounds like a Saturday Night Live joke, but it's money for nuns without 401(k)'s or Social Security who don't have a crop of young nuns coming along to look after them. They're largely responsible for the life I lead, and so I have a soft spot for the cause.


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19th Century Carved and Gilt Neo-Gothic King Sized Headboard
An ornately carved neo-Gothic frame transformed into a headboard for a king sized bed, the center upholstered with ivory silk shantung. There is a?certain wabi sabi balance?in the juxtaposition of the aging surface of the wood and the serene white fabric.
A word about provenance: the frame originally held a tapestry from the renowned Preston Pope Satterwhite collection in the Speed Art Museum of Louisville, Kentucky. Satterwhite's opulent taste blended Renaissance and Gothic styles, and he shared the rich collecting habits of the Gilded Age industrialists Hearst, Morgan and Frick. Satterwhite's acquisitions were often guided by legendary dealer Mitchell Samuels of French and Company, and many of the Satterwhite treasures remain at the Speed in dedicated galleries.
The upholstered board can easily be removed, and the frame can be fitted with mirror glass or used to hold a treasured textile or other artwork.


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Star Trek: Discovery brought the curtain down on the first half of its inaugural season leaving fans by and large satisfied with what they'd seen. In nine episodes, showrunner Aaron Harberts introduced plenty. So much, in fact, that looking back, it seems incredible they squeezed so much in.
Yet it felt far from overstuffed. It was a well-balanced, entertaining and thoughtful start to a show that fans had been trepidatious about ahead of its premiere. It certainly brought us much to set it apart from other Star Trek shows without straying too far away from that classic Star Trek feel. This is actually pretty crucial for the creators to get right, since Discovery is set 10 years before the events of The Original Series, and plans are for the show to lead into the beginning of the Gene Roddenberry's classic series.
Without further ado, here are five things we loved about Star Trek: Discovery:
Everything Michael Burnham
Firstly, casting Sasha from The Walking Dead in the lead role is a win. Sonequa Martin-Green kills it in the role. Plus, she's a woman. And a woman of colour, at that. Star Trek has always been progressive, and Michael Burnham's name is a nod towards equality.
At a recent fan event in London, Martin-Green said, "In story terms, [I came up with the idea that] I was named after my biological father who was obviously also Michael Burnham. And what I love about that is that it's … a political statement."
She added, "[It's about] gender roles in the future being a lot more fluid. And so a girl can be named after her dad and perhaps a son after his mother."
Raised by a Vulcan father and human mother – Spock's parents, no less, making Spock her adoptive brother – Burnham has an intriguing blend of Vulcan and human qualities despite being biologically fully human herself. She also has a special mental link to her adoptive father Sarek following a mind meld he performed on her to bring her back to life. She'd been targeted by Vulcan logic extremists and was caught up in an explosion. This connection allowed her to save his life in the show.
Burnham is a badass. Not only does she kill Klingon messiah T'Kuvma early on but she also survives a scrap in the midseason finale with Klingon leader Kol. Hero.
Saru's Admission of Jealousy
There was always tension between Saru and Michael. He would have you believe that he was mostly annoyed about her disregard for authority when she became a mutineer to seize control of the USS Shenzhou in order to attack the Klingons. Her actions ultimately led to Captain Georgiou's death.
But it was more about jealousy than anything. We love how Saru is able to confess his true feelings. He tells Michael in Episode 5 that he is jealous that Captain Georgiou favoured Burnham. And that because of what Michael did, he never got the chance to be First Officer to Georgiou. The heart-to-heart helps Saru to move on, and he finds a place where he's able to stand up for Michael, and speak out in support of her.
Of course, there's more to his jealousy than just that. A Kelpien, he's the first of his kind to join Starfleet. And so when he sees Michael who, in his eyes, squanders her opportunities at the same time as exhibiting a greater potential for success than him, it empowers that green-eyed monster. She gets his heckles up, his threat ganglia twitching whenever she's around.
Burnham is also bold and fearless, while he is ruled by fear. On his planet, you were either predator or prey – and his race was the hunted. It's in his nature to be on high alert and forever fearful, and it's something he struggles with.
Ripper the Tardigrade
What a glorious creature. Nicknamed Ripper by the Starfleet Commander who is eventually dispatched by it, the Tardigrade is regarded as a threat on first impressions. Found by a team from the Discovery on board the USS Glenn, whose crew had been using the creature to operate their spore drive, it became aggressive and tore through the ship, decimating Klingons.
Jason Isaacs' Captain Lorca wants to weaponise the creature. However, when they eventually discover that the beast is actually the key to controlling their own spore drive, its purpose changes. Michael learns that the animal suffers greatly during the process, and she's increasingly unhappy about what they put it through. She also discovers that it's not hostile by nature, acts only in self-defence and is indeed sentient. This all leads to her ultimately releasing Ripper, who responds favourably to being free. Yay!
Harcourt Fenton Mudd
Harcourt Fenton Mudd is a character well known to Star Trek fans. A swindler and con artist, Mudd was a recurring character in The Original Series and had several run-ins with Captain Kirk. In Discovery, a little more light is shed on Harry Mudd's backstory.
Lorca first encounters Mudd, played by Rainn Wilson, on the Klingon prison ship, where he spins them a yarn about getting into debt with creditors after trying to buy the respect of the father of his beloved, Stella. He says he'd borrowed money to purchase a moon for her. He says it was these loan sharks who came after him and chased him into Klingon territory, which is how come he wound up on board the prison ship.
In reality, Mudd had disappeared with his intended's dowry and was actually being pursued by her father, who had put a price on his head.
Wilson's Mudd is a delicious panto villain who is less threat, more irritant – although he did cause no end of trouble for Lorca and his crew in one of the series' best episodes. After warning Lorca that he hasn't seen the last of him when he's left by the Starfleet captain on board the prison ship, Mudd reappears in Episode 7 time-looping over and over until he figures out a way to steal the Discovery so he can sell it and pay off the Klingons.
But he doesn't bank on Burnham and co. playing him at his own game and upsetting his plans. They even bring Stella and her father to the Discovery, and he's forced to run back to his former intended with his tail between his legs.
The Klingon Sex Scene
Lorca met Ash Tyler on board that Klingon prison ship, at the same time he met Harry Mudd. Infinitely more trustworthy (seemingly), the two escape together and Lorca awards him a position on the Discovery.
While Ash was on board the prison ship, he claims he endured torture at the hands of Klingon L'Rell – ally to Voq who was left to rot on the wreckage of the USS Shenzhou by Klingon leader Kol. Ash survived, it seems, by submitting to L'Rell's demands to have sex with her.
In the midseason finale, we get a taste of how things went down. And they weren't pretty. Suffering from PTSD, Ash endures flashbacks to an encounter with L'Rell. It's nightmarish, all quick cuts and strobing effects, with the naked female Klingon writhing about on top of him, and even screaming.
It's definitely like nothing we've ever seen in Star Trek before. Is it rape? Quite possibly. Although there's a theory that Ash is actually a surgically altered Voq, and his memories are confused flashbacks to the painful surgical procedure, mixed with recollections of consensual sex with L'Rell, the Klingon who clearly feels strongly for him. There are definitely moments when his hands seem to be touching her tenderly in the vision…
When L'Rell and Ash come face to face after the tables turn and she's taken prisoner on board the Discovery, she tells him she'll never let anyone hurt him before enigmatically saying: "Soon."
Could there be some truth in the theory? We'll find out next year when Star Trek: Discovery returns to screens in January.


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Bourbon - 1214 Main St, Columbia, SC 29201 It's always a pleasure to visit my home away from home, Columbia, SC. Some of you may not know, I am a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina. GO GAMECOCKS!!! I usually have the opportunity to visit Columbia at least once a year, and when I… Continue reading Bring Me the Bourbon!
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Jazzy Brunching at Capers in Kennesaw
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Yummy Milk Honey
Milk & Honey - 5495 Cascade Rd Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30331 Black History Month continues, and I am continuing to feature black owned brunches across the city! Atlanta is a mecca for black professionals and talented black chefs are no different. I had the pleasure of visiting Milk & Honey, owned by award winning Chef… Continue reading Yummy Milk Honey
Mardi Gras Magic with Yola's Kitchen!
Adeola's Kitchen http://www.yolaskitchen.com IG: @yolaskitchen It's Fat Tuesday y'all! Cue the Big Band and get you a big ole' bowl of gumbeaux! Mardi Gras is one of my favorite unofficial holidays, I wanted to have something special for you guys, and luckily, the right feature fell into my lap. Today's post will be highlight Yola's… Continue reading Mardi Gras Magic with Yola's Kitchen!
Good Food on the Corner
The Corner Grille - 3823 Main Street Atlanta, GA 30337 It's Black History Month Brunch Babes! With that, I'll be featuring all black owned restaurants on the blog throughout the month of February. In Atlanta we have a plethora to try, so if you have any great black owned suggestions, please comment them below! The Corner… Continue reading Good Food on the Corner


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Friday, December 01, 2006
New digs
White-knuckled trip to school today through the ice: One tree, three large branches across our country road, 8 cars in the ditch on the interstate. Dumb sheep were just hanging out, all icy, in their yard. (Get inside!)
On Thanksgiving, Tom and my father-in-law jerryrigged a chicken run. I had kept the chickens indoors on Wednesday, only letting the remaining 3 out with me in the garden when I harvested potatoes for the next day's big meal. Let's just say the new pen doesn't meet my exacting construction standards, but it will suffice, certainly, to keep the birds safe. The overall pic is taken from Tom's office upstairs. We've enclosed their two favorite spots: the lilac bush to the left and their dusting area in the garden against the garage. Their coop is the new-looking wood structure to the right. You can barely see the garden at the back on the right.
I can't say they're completely happy about the new arrangement.
Last night, in the rain, Tom moved the chicken condo into their pen (you can kind of see it at the back on the left). I knew the weather would be awful today, so we needed to get those girls a nice dry place to be other than their coop.
3 comments:
- Madcap said...
Oh, chickens! We'll have chickens next year, cross my legs and hope to fly!
Thanks for stopping by and saying hello!
- Carol said...
That is a LOT of snow. We just had rain yesterday, then strong winds all day today.
- rusty in miami said...
How are the chickens handling the cold weather
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An elderly woman is under investigation after a car collided with a building in East Wittering on Thursday morning, according to a Sussex Police constable.
Firefighters assisted with scene safety after the road traffic collision in Cakeham Road at 10.28am.
A West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (WSFRS) spokesman added: "One engine was sent to the scene. On arrival, it was established a vehicle had collided with a single storey building.
"The crew carried out a full internal structural search of the building and the scene was made safe. Advice was given and the incident was left with the building manager. We left at 11.19am."
Sussex Police constable Tom Van Der Wee was on the scene with the county fire service and East Wittering Fire and Rescue Service.
PC Van Der Wee said: "We were called to the East Wittering medical centre to a report of a vehicle colliding with the side of a building.
"We arrived and liaised with WSFRS. A vehicle was seized and a female, aged in her 80s, is currently under police investigation."
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Six in 10 U.S. adults now have chronic health conditions like cancer, heart disease, diabetes and stroke, and 4 in 10 have two or more of these diseases, according to the CDC.1,2
While many of these diseases can be blamed on drinking, smoking or overeating — in other words, "lifestyle" choices, most people don't realize that much of their health care and subsequent wellness depends solely on corporations that value their profits over your well-being –– corporations like insurers, health benefit managers and food and drug makers.
It's a sad fact that prevention of chronic health conditions is not a priority of these organizations –– healthy people do not need medical care, so no money is made by getting or keeping the population healthy.
According to the documentary, "The Big Secret," unethical profiteering on the public's health can be traced back to John D. Rockefeller, (1839–1937) a wealthy U.S. industrialist credited with creating much of our current medical system. Specifically, Rockefeller's foundations along with the Carnegie foundation, revamped medical schools to emphasize the use of drugs made by companies they owned, instead of a less-drug intensive model that had been in use in schools.3
This "drugs first" approach to health care continues today at medical schools and in traditional medical practice, both of which are enmeshed with Big Pharma. The "patent medicines" Rockefeller pushed have simply been replaced by brand name drugs.
The sham of statins
A good example of our current medical system's misplaced preference of drugs over prevention can be seen with statins. Statins have been a blockbuster for Big Pharma since they were first introduced, with4 Lipitor being the best-selling drug in the history of the pharmaceutical industry.5 Today, more than 1 in 4 Americans over age 45 are on a statin.6
Since statins lower cholesterol, it's assumed they lower the risk of heart disease, yet cholesterol levels are only one risk factor in heart disease and, therefore, statins are much less effective than touted. In fact, studies show that less than half of those on statins actually ever reach the cholesterol goals intended.7
The real truth is cholesterol is found in every cell in your body, where it helps to produce cell membranes, hormones (including the sex hormones testosterone, progesterone and estrogen) and bile acids that help you digest fat. It's also important for the production of vitamin D.
Additionally, as experts point out in "The Big Secret," cholesterol serves positive functions in the brain, hormone systems and many other parts of the human body, Moreover, there are negative effects from lowering it too much.
As I have written in my newsletters many times, statins are also associated with many dangerous side effects, from muscle aches and damage to inhibiting the enzyme that produces CoQ10 and ketones, which are crucial nutrients to feed your mitochondria. Statins also inhibit the synthesis of vitamin K2 which protects your arteries from calcification and plaque.
Doctors speak out against statins
Dr. Barbara H. Roberts, author of "The Truth About Statins," served as director of the Women's Cardiac Center at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, and associate clinical professor of medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She also spent two years at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she was involved in statin clinical trials. This is what she had to say in 2012 about the use of statins in clinical practice:8
"Every week in my practice I see patients with serious side effects to statins, and many did not need to be treated with statins in the first place. These side effects range from debilitating muscle and joint pain to transient global amnesia, neuropathy, cognitive dysfunction, fatigue and muscle weakness.
Most of these symptoms subside or improve when they are taken off statins. There is even growing evidence of a statin link to Lou Gehrig's disease.
There is no question that many doctors have swallowed the Kool-Aid. Big Pharma has consistently exaggerated the benefits of statins and some physicians used scare tactics so that patients are afraid that if they go off the statins, they will have a heart attack immediately.
Yet high cholesterol, which the statins address, is a relatively weak risk factor for developing atherosclerosis. For example, diabetes and smoking are far more potent when it comes to increasing risk."
Rather than statins, simply donating blood reduces the risk of stroke by 70%, says Dr. Jonathan Wright in "The Big Secret." For more information on how this could be true, I encourage you to watch the video accompanying this article — you'll be shocked at how something as simple as a blood donation can work as well as or better than a drug.
Food that doesn't nourish
In 1971, President Richard Nixon's secretary of agriculture, Earl Butz, debuted a dangerous method of farming that continues today, in the form of the use of heavy synthetic fertilizers. With the advent of chemicals to "feed" it, farmland was no longer given a rest but tilled incessantly, resulting in serious mineral depletion.9
As a result studies show that fruits and vegetables today have less nourishing nutrients, thanks to this emphasis on size and quick growth of produce that Butz instituted. Of course, GMOs were to follow. Not surprisingly, Butz served as a board member on agribusiness companies that made the chemicals he promoted.
The drop in nutritional values in crops stems from widely used pesticides and herbicides which kill the bacteria that would otherwise predigest minerals and make them available to crops, says Peter Glidden, a naturopathic doctor featured in "The Big Secret" documentary.
What's worse, glyphosate, the ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, is highly correlated with liver, bile duct and thyroid cancers and stroke. And now, thanks to subpoenaed evidence produced in lawsuits against Roundup's manufacturer Monsanto, it's been proven that Monsanto (now Bayer) buried negative studies and attacked whistleblowers who tried to expose the danger of its popular herbicide.
The farmers are suffering too: Thanks to contracts forced on them by Monsanto and other agribusiness giants like DuPont and Syngenta, farmers can no longer save their seeds for planting or buy unpatented seeds, says farmer Paul Porter.
And, the environment suffers: Despite farmers' best efforts to avoid the harm of glyphosate and the many GMO seeds developed to survive the herbicide, glyphosate "drift" affects farmers who earnestly want to opt out of chemically produced food. Traces of glyphosate are now found everywhere, says the documentary –– in the soil, air, rain and even in most people's urine.
A dangerous sweetener made from corn
Another point "The Big Secret" makes is that the ubiquity of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), used to sweeten soft drinks and many other processed foods, is also a result of an agriculture secretary's decision-making. John Block, who served from 1981 to 1986 under President Ronald Reagan, abruptly ceased sugar imports when he took office, and boosted the use of HFSC, made from government subsidized corn.
One problem with HFCS, though, is that it's highly correlated with metabolic syndrome –– the type of obesity in which fat is concentrated at the waist, resulting in more health risks than mere obesity –– and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
As an example, the documentary highlights a study of residents of a county in Texas where only soft drinks with real sugar were available. With no access to HFCS, these people had significantly less fatty liver disease, obesity and diabetes — highlighting the probable, deleterious effects of HFCS.
Next up on this revealing documentary's list is the U.S. government's campaign against fat, which began in 1980 and resulted in the low-fat craze — a move that got the science practically backward, says Dr. Robert Lustig. In this debacle, fat was blamed for the cardiovascular disease while fructose, the real culprit, was exonerated. "You would never think about giving your kid a beer, but you don't think twice about giving them a Coke. They do the same thing," he asserts.
The soft drink lobby has huge power
I know it's hard to believe that governments would not protect their constituents from harmful food. But, time and again industry wins over any concern government may express for your health. For example, soft drink makers wield a huge amount of economic power. This is how Mother Jones described the conundrum in 2016:10
"Soda companies give big bucks to groups that promote public health — while at the same time lobbying against laws that are trying to do the same.
That's the takeaway from a study [that showed] Coca-Cola and PepsiCo donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to groups like the American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association and Save the Children from 2011-2015. The two companies, represented by American Beverage Association, also spent millions lobbying to defeat legislation aimed at reducing soda consumption across the country.
Coke gave the National Institutes of health nearly $2 million in recent years while also spending $6 million each year from 2011 to 2015 to fight efforts on implementing soda tax in cities like Philadelphia."
The bottom line is, government is literally taking handouts from the very industries that are making you sick! When you consider that the chief agency in charge of your health — the CDC — has been caught in a cozy relationship with Coke, to the point of allowing the beverage giant to influencing research, it makes you wonder just who to trust when it comes to health and wellness.
Real food provides natural weight control
Here's an interesting thought that "The Big Secret" poses: What happens when food still contains all the minerals and nutrients it was meant to have — foods that haven't been depleted by chemical farming and genetic engineering? The answer is people stop eating when they have had enough and do not overeat, Glidden says.
You see, overeating and obesity are a direct result of consumers failing to receive the nourishment they crave. In other words, the body seeks nourishment that is not there and you just continue eating.
This "missing nutrient" effect may be seen, for example, with artificial sweeteners. Research in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism suggests that artificially sweetened beverages may paradoxically cause people to gain, not lose, weight.11
"The negative impact of consuming sugar-sweetened beverages on weight and other health outcomes has been increasingly recognized; therefore, many people have turned to high-intensity sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, and saccharin as a way to reduce the risk of these consequences.
However, accumulating evidence suggests that frequent consumers of these sugar substitutes may also be at increased risk of excessive weight gain, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease."
Artificial sweeteners also might be addictive unto themselves, according to a 2011 study conducted at the University of Bordeaux in France.12 Researchers found that rats, when they were given a choice between an artificial sweetener and cocaine, always picked the artificial sweetener. In fact, even cocaine-addicted rats chose the artificial sweetener.
Municipal fluoridation imperils public health
For many years I have warned against the dangers of fluoride in drinking water and its widespread use in municipal water systems, so you're probably aware of how industry has overtaken the very water you drink. Fluoride is an endocrine-disrupting chemical13 and linked to the rising prevalence of thyroid disease which, in turn, is linked to obesity, heart disease, depression and other health problems.
Research in Environmental Health also suggests a link between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents in the United States, which has become epidemic, and exposure to fluoridated water.14
"State prevalence of artificial water fluoridation in 1992 significantly positively predicted state prevalence of ADHD in 2003, 2007 and 2011, even after controlling for socioeconomic status.
A multivariate regression analysis showed that after socioeconomic status was controlled each 1% increase in artificial fluoridation prevalence in 1992 was associated with approximately 67,000 to 131,000 additional ADHD diagnoses from 2003 to 2011.
Overall state water fluoridation prevalence (not distinguishing between fluoridation types) was also significantly positively correlated with state prevalence of ADHD for all but one year examined."
Municipal fluoridation, says "The Big Secret," saves local governments money by disposing of the neurotoxin while sparing the aluminum industry connected with its production, financial responsibility or harm.
There is also evidence that fluoride is an endocrine disruptor that can affect your bones, brain, thyroid, pineal gland and even your blood sugar levels.15 Importantly, it's a known neurotoxin shown to lower IQ in children.16,17 It's just another example of corporations and governments placing their profits over the public's well-being –– many of which are well described in "The Big Secret."
The message is clear: Many medicine practices, as well as popular foods and drugs are designed to make money, not protect public health.
About the Directors
I believe in bringing quality to my readers, which is why I wanted to share some information about the filmmakers, Dr. Susan Downs and Alex Voss, from "The Big Secret." Here is a little more about them and what went in to making this film. Thank you, Susan and Alex, for sharing with us.
Susan Downs, MD
Susan is boarded in integrative medicine and in psychiatry in the U.S. and is on the consultant registry in the U.K. To further her goals of getting health information to the public, she hosts the radio show, "Occupy Health," on Voiceamerica.com and is president of the cutting-edge Silicon Valley Health Institute.
Previously, she worked in 10 countries: for the NHS in the U.K.; as an assistant professor at INSEAD European School for Business Administration; and as a foreign service officer managing alternative energy projects in Asia. She has masters' degrees in engineering from MIT and Stanford and a Master in Public Health from Loma Linda Medical Center. Her interests include medicine, economics, spirituality and making the world a better place.
Alex Voss
Alex is a national and regional Emmy award-winning SBE-certified broadcast engineer, documentary film producer and video producer with more than 45 years' experience in television and radio production. Some of his work includes PBS news and documentary programs, with topics on people and drugs and "The Big Secret" documentary. He is also a member of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
What was Voss' and Downs' inspiration for making this film?
"The Big Secret" is the latest work by five-time Emmy Award-winning producer Alex Voss and multi-award-winning filmmaker and integrative physician, Susan Downs. What started as a personal journey to regain his health, Alex came face to face with the sad reality concerning the influence that big money has on our health and well-being.
In looking at the history of medicine in the U.S., Voss and Downs were disappointed in the influence that wealth and power have on doctors' decisions concerning medical care. This shocking documentary is the result of research and personal interviews with leading experts in the fields of medicine and nutrition.
"Our goal is to empower people with knowledge and start a conversation that will ultimately lead to life-saving changes to our personal health, and reform in our healthcare system," they explained.
However, "The Big Secret," Voss and Downs have been threatened online and targeted by U.S. thought police censors. "The Big Secret" was removed from Amazon Prime and health videos were removed from Voss' YouTube channel and cited as spam. Their IMDB page and accounts were hacked. Downs and Voss remain committed to get health information to the public and question why "book burning" is condoned by our government.
What was their favorite part of making the film?
Our goals are to get health information out to the public as the allopathic model of a symptom management is not serving us well. We strongly believe that health information should not be censored.
Where do the proceeds of the film go?
As we have funded the film ourselves, any proceeds will be put into our next film, "Toxified," which will cover the health effects of the toxic soup we all are exposed to, such as EMF and toxins in food.
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