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Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples on October 26th, 1685. The high rank of his godparents is proof of the esteem in which his father, Alessandro Scarlatti, was held as maestro di cappella. Domenico's musical gifts developed with an almost prodigious rapidity. At the age of sixteen he became a musician at the chapel royal, and two years later father and son left Naples and settled in Rome, where Domenico became the pupil of the most eminent musicians in Italy. The originality of Bernardo Pasquini"s inventions and his skill in elaborating them, and Francesco Gasparini's solid science and intense vitality united to form the basis on which Domenico developed his own genius. His association with Corelli (Gasparini being a pupil of Corelli) also contributed to the evolution of his adolescent genius and soon Domenico Scarlatti became famous in his country principally as a harpsichordist. He served for five years (1714-19) as maestro di cappella at the Cappella Giulia in the Vatican. He composed at least one oratorio (1709) and more than a dozen operas for his father's Neapolitan theatre, S Bartolomeo (1703-4), the Roman Palazzo Zuccari (1710-14), and Teatro Capranica (1715, 1718).
His patrons in Rome included the exiled Polish queen Maria Casimira (1709-14) and the Portuguese ambassador to the Vatican, the Marquis de Fontes (from 1714), who in 1720 was to succeed in winning Scarlatti for the patriarchal chapel in Lisbon (his serenata, Applause genetliaco, was performed at the Portuguese Embassy in 1714 and his Contesa delle stagioni at the Lisbon royal chapel in 1720).
Scarlatti was also a familiar figure at the weekly meetings of the Accademie Poetico-Musicali hosted by the indefatigable music-lover and entertainer Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, at which the finest musicians in Rome met and performed chamber music. There Scarlatti met Handel, who had been born in the same year as Scarlatti. At the time of their meeting, in 1708, they were both twenty-three, and were prevailed upon to compete together at the instigation and under the refereeship of Ottoboni; they were adjudged equal on the harpsichord, but Handel was considered the winner on the organ. Thenceforward they held each other in that mutual respect which forms the surest basis for a life friendship. Through Ottoboni, Scarlatti also met Thomas Roseingrave who became his enthusiastic champion and, back in London, published the first edition of Scarlatti's Essercizi per gravicembalo (1738-9) from which, in turn, the Newcastle-born English composer Charles Avison drew material from at least 29 Scarlatti sonatas to produce a set of 12 concertos in 1744. Joseph Kelway and Thomas Arne also helped to popularize Scarlatti's music in England.
Attracted by the unknown, Scarlatti abandoned the post of maestro di cappella at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Natural curiosity and the fascination of distant countries induced him to undertake a voyage to London, where his opera Narciso met with only a moderate success. From London Scarlatti went to Lisbon (1720-28). As a harpsichordist at the royal court he was entrusted with the musical education of the princesses. The death of his father recalled him to Naples in 1725, but he did not long remain in his native town. His old pupil, the Portuguese princess, who had married Ferdinand VI, invited him to the Spanish court. Scarlatti accepted and in 1733 after a period in Seville (from 1729-33) he went to Madrid, where he lived until his death.
With the thorough musical grounding he brought with him from Italy, and his own brilliance on the harpsichord, Scarlatti immersed himself in the folk tunes and dance rhythms of Spain, with their distinctive Moorish (Arabic) and later gypsy influences. He composed more than 500 harpsichord sonatas, unique in their total originality, and the use of the acaaccatura, the 'simultaneous mordent', the 'vamp' (usually at the beginning of the second half of a sonata). The "folk" element is constantly present throughout these works.
In addition, Scarlatti also composed at least 17 separate sinfonias and a harpsichord concerto. He exerted a major influence on such Portuguese and Spanish contemporaries as Carlos de Seixas and Antonio Soler.
Scarlatti returned to Italy on three occasions. In 1724 in Rome he met Quantz and Farinelli, who himself joined the Spanish court in 1737. In 1725 he returned at the death of his father in Naples – where he met Hasse. And in 1728 he returned to Rome, where he met and married his first wife by whom he had five children (she died in 1739, and by 1742 he was married again, to a Spanish woman, by whom he had four more children). In 1738, sponsored by King John V of Portugal, he passed secret trials to become a Knight of the Order of Santiago, and about 1740 Velasco painted his portrait, for which he wore the full regalia of the Order. He died in Madrid on July 23, 1757..

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IstanaOmbak is a like Nirvana for surfers. A mystical bay with a hollow left one side and a hollow right on the other. Intrepid surfers have been exploring this region for a short while but only those with a knack for the language and intimate knowledge of breaks have found success. East Java Wave Palace offers a chilled out surf trip with world class surf on the doorstep.
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The Malthusian League (1877–1927)
The Malthusian League, founded in London, England, in 1877 promoted the use of contraception to limit family size. Activists Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant established the Malthusian League after they were arrested and exonerated for publishing a pamphlet describing techniques to prevent pregnancy. Founders based the league on the principles of Thomas Malthus, a British nineteenth century economist, who wrote on the perils of a population growing beyond the resources available to support it.
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Fetal surgeries are a range of medical interventions performed in utero on the developing fetus of a pregnant woman to treat a number of congenital abnormalities. The first documented fetal surgical procedure occurred in 1963 in Auckland, New Zealand when A. William Liley treated fetal hemolytic anemia, or Rh disease, with a blood transfusion.
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Medical Vibrators for Treatment of Female Hysteria
During the late 1800s through the early 1900s, physicians administered pelvic massages involving clitoral stimulation by early electronic vibrators as treatments for what was called female hysteria. Until the early 1900s, physicians used female hysteria as a diagnosis for women who reported a wide range of complaints and symptoms unexplainable by any other diagnosis at the time. According to historian Rachel Maines, physicians provided pelvic massages for thousands of years to female patients without it being considered erotic or sexually stimulating.
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Recombinant Gonadotropins Used in Fertility Treatments
First manufactured in 1988 by Serono laboratories, recombinant gonadotropins are synthetic hormones that can stimulate egg production in women for use in fertility treatments. Recombinant gonadotropins are artificially created using recombinant DNA technology, a technology that joins together DNA from different organisms. In vertebrates, naturally-occurring gonadotropins regulate the growth and function of the gonads, known as testes in males and ovaries in females.
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"Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs" (2008), by Government Accountability Office
On 23 April 2008, the US Government Accountability Office, or GAO, released a report titled, "Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs," hereafter "Abstinence Education," in which it investigated the scientific accuracy and effectiveness of abstinence-only education programs sanctioned by individual states and the US Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS. GAO is a government agency whose role is to examine the use of public funds, evaluate federal programs and activities, and provide nonpartisan support to the US Congress.
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"Effects of Maternal Age, Parity, and Smoking on the Risk of Stillbirth" (1994), by Elizabeth Raymond, Sven Cnattingius, and John Kiely
In April 1994, Elizabeth Raymond, Sven Cnattingius, and John Kiely published "Effects of Maternal Age, Parity, and Smoking on the Risk of Stillbirth" in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, now known as BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The article examines how advanced maternal age, defined as delivery at thirty-five years old or older, cigarette smoking, and nulliparity, or the state of never having given birth, can negatively impact pregnancy.
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"The Infectious Origins of Stillbirth" (2003) by Robert L. Goldenberg and Cortney Thompson
In September 2003, Robert L. Goldenberg and Cortney Thompson published the article "The Infectious Origins of Stillbirth" in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In the article, the authors conducted a literature review of articles from the US National Library of Medicine database to review the relationship between perinatal infections, which are infections around the time of birth, and the occurrence of stillbirth. Stillbirth is the death of a fetus in the uterus after at least twenty weeks of pregnancy.
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"Labor and Delivery Outcomes among Young Adolescents" (2015), by Ana J. Torvie, Lisa S. Callegari, Melissa A. Schiff, Katherine E. Debiec
In July 2015, Ana J. Torvie, Lisa S. Callegari, Melissa A. Schiff, and Katherine E. Debiec published "Labor and Delivery Outcomes Among Young Adolescents," hereafter "Labor and Delivery Outcomes," in the American Journal for Obstetrics and Gynecology. The authors conducted a study using birth certificate data and hospital records in the state of Washington to compare the frequency and outcomes of cesarean and surgically assisted vaginal births among different age groups of pregnant people.
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"The Familial Factor in Toxemia of Pregnancy" (1968), by Leon C. Chesley, et al.
In the 1950s and 1960s, researchers Leon Chesley, John Annitto, and Robert Cosgrove investigated the possible familial factor for the conditions of preeclampsia and eclampsia in pregnant women. Preeclampsia and eclampsia, which are related to high blood pressure, have unknown causes and affect at least five percent of all pregnancies.
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Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells (UCBSC)
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells are hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) that are recovered from the blood of the umbilical cord and placenta after birth. Umbilical cord blood is rich in cells that express the CD34 molecule, a surface protein that identifies cells as stem cells. Prior to the discovery of UCB stem cells, it was standard procedure to discard the umbilical cord and placenta; now much effort is devoted to raising public awareness and to encouraging people to store or donate cord blood.
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The Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1910-1939)
From its founding in 1910 until it closed its doors in 1939, the Eugenics Record Office (ERO) at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York was the center of the American Eugenics Movement. Charles Davenport, a geneticist and biologist, founded the ERO, and served as its director until 1934. Under the direction of Davenport and his associate, superintendant Harry H. Laughlin, the influence of the ERO on science and public policy waxed during the early twentieth century until after World War II.
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The Birth Control Pill
The birth control pill, more commonly known as "the pill" is a form of contraception taken daily in pill form and consisting of synthetic hormones formulated to prevent ovulation, fertilization, and implantation of a fertilized egg. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first birth control pill, Enovid, in June 1960. It was the first contraceptive pill marketed worldwide. Since then a number of different pills have been developed, which differ in hormone type and dosage, and whether they contain one hormone (the minipill) or two (the combination pill).
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Cord Blood Banking
Cord blood banks are institutions designed to store umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells. UCB, a source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), has garnered attention from scientific and medical communities since its first successful use in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) in 1988. The umbilical cord is the lifeline by which the growing fetus is nourished by the mother. Once regarded as medical waste, the umbilical cord has become a source of lifesaving treatment.
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Pope Pius IX (1792-1878)
Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, marked his contribution to the abortion debate by removing the distinction between an "animated" and "unanimated" fetus from Catholic doctrine, and established the edict that a human should be protected starting from the moment of conception onward. This proclamation made abortion at any time of gestation punishable by excommunication. Pope Pius IX's decision became Canon Law of the Catholic Church.
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Abortion is the removal of the embryo or fetus from the womb, before birth can occur-either naturally or by induced labor. Prenatal development occurs in three stages: the zygote, or fertilized egg; the embryo, from post-conception to eight weeks; and the fetus, from eight weeks after conception until the baby is born. After abortion, the infant does not and cannot live. Spontaneous abortion is the loss of the infant naturally or accidentally, without the will of the mother. It is more commonly referred to as miscarriage.
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Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACT) is a biotechnology company that uses stem cell technology to develop novel therapies in the field of regenerative medicine. Formed in 1994, ACT grew from a small agricultural cloning research facility located in Worcester, Massachusetts, into a multi-locational corporation involved in using both human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and human adult stem cells as well as animal cells for therapeutic innovations.
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Amniocentesis Prior to 1980
The extraembryonic membranes that surround and originate from the embryos of vertebrates such as birds, reptiles, and mammals are crucial to their development. They are integral to increasing the surface area of the uterus, forming the chorion (which in turn produces the placenta) and the amnion, respectively. The amnion will ultimately surround the embryo in a fluid-filled amniotic cavity. This amniotic fluid, which cushions and protects the fetus and helps prevent the onset of labor, is sampled in amniocentesis to screen for genetic diseases.
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Francis Galton (1822-1911)
Sir Francis Galton was a British science writer and amateur researcher of the late nineteenth century. He contributed greatly to the fields of statistics, experimental psychology and biometry. In the history of biology, Galton is widely regarded as the originator of the early twentieth century eugenics movement. Galton published influential writings on nature versus nurture in human personality traits, developed a family study method to identify possible inherited traits, and devised laws of genetic inheritance prior to the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's work.
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Sterilization Act of 1924
The passage of the Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 demonstrates how science has been used to drive policy throughout history. In the case of the Virginia sterilization law, the science used to draft the law was based on the principles of eugenics. With the help of Harry Laughlin's Model Sterilization Law, the state of Virginia was able to pass its own law allowing sterilization of the feebleminded, expressing sterilization as a health issue that needed to be protected from the public.
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Ethics of Designer Babies
A designer baby is a baby genetically engineered in vitro for specially selected traits, which can vary from lowered disease-risk to gender selection. Before the advent of genetic engineering and in vitro fertilization (IVF), designer babies were primarily a science fiction concept. However, the rapid advancement of technology before and after the turn of the twenty-first century makes designer babies an increasingly real possibility.
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Parasitic Twins
Parasitic twins, a specific type of conjoined twins, occurs when one twin ceases development during gestation and becomes vestigial to the fully formed dominant twin, called the autositic twin. The underdeveloped twin is called parasitic because it is only partially formed, is not functional, or is wholly dependent on the autositic twin.
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Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Basal Ganglia Development
Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) in human and animal models results in a range of alcohol-induced developmental defects. In humans, those collective birth defects are called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, with the most severe manifestation being Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). FAS is defined by pre- and post-natal growth retardation, minor facial abnormalities, and deficiencies in the central nervous system (CNS). The basal ganglia, one of the central nervous system components, are affected by exposure to ethanol during development.
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Litowitz v. Litowitz [Brief] (2002)
Pursuant to an express provision of the embryo disposition contract they both signed, a husband and wife had to petition the court for instructions because they could not reach an agreement about what to do with frozen embryos when they divorced. The trial court awarded the pre-embryos to the husband and the Court of Appeals affirmed this decision. However, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the pre-embryos should be thawed out and allowed to expire because the dispute had not been resolved within a five year time frame prescribed by the Cryopreservation Agreement.
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Our Bodies, Ourselves (1973), by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Our Bodies, Ourselves, a succession to a pamphlet of resources pulled from co-ops of women in and around Boston, Massachusetts was published in New York in 1973 by Simon and Schuster. Retitled from the original Women and Their Bodies, Our Bodies, Ourselves was an effort by a group of educated, middle class women to reinforce women's ownership of their bodies. There have been eight editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves, as well as sequels such as Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause.
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The Silent Scream (1984), by Bernard Nathanson, Crusade for Life, and American Portrait Films
The Silent Scream is an anti-abortion film released in 1984 by American Portrait Films, then based in Brunswick, Ohio. The film was created and narrated by Bernard Nathanson, an obstetrician and gynecologist from New York, and it was produced by Crusade for Life, an evangelical anti-abortion organization. In the video, Nathanson narrates ultrasound footage of an abortion of a twelve-week-old fetus, claiming that the fetus opened its mouth in what Nathanson calls a silent scream during the procedure.
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Polaris Gives Away Ranger XP 900 To Wounded Warrior
Kevin McMahon gets behind the wheel of his new Polaris Ranger XP 900.
Over the past year Polaris has partnered with the Wounded Warrior Project and given away three RZR XP 900s to wounded veterans and donated an additional $154,125 to the organization. That generosity continued in December when Polaris gave away a new Ranger XP 900 and a hunting trip of a lifetime to another wounded veteran.
Babe Winkleman and Kevin McMahon pose for a photo during their hunting trip in South Dakota.
In conjunction with The Wounded Warrior Project, Polaris awarded Kevin McMahon the winner of "The Wounded Warrior Project Polaris Hunt Like A Pro and With One Sweepstakes." McMahon took home the aforementioned Ranger XP 900 and was treated to a pheasant hunting trip with his son, his friend and his friend's son to South Dakota with legendary outdoorsman, Babe Winkleman.
One of more than 3,800 entries in the sweepstakes, McMahon joined the United States Marine Corps in 1980. He retired from active military service in 2011 after more than 30 years of serving his country.
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Todays smartphones are more powerful than many computers from even just a few years ago. Unleash the power of your phone by giving it access to the same USB peripherals that make your PC easier to use – keyboards, mice, flash drives, and game controllers – using this USB On-The-Go Adapter from Monoprice. USB On-The-Go is an extension of the USB 2.0 specification. Basically it allows an OTG equipped device, such as your phone, to act as USB host. In host mode, you can connect peripheral devices, such as keyboards, mice, drives, etc., to your phone the same as you would connect them to your PC. The Android operating system is a powerful OS that includes support for these external peripherals. With an OTG adapter you can connect them to your phone and use them the same as you would use them on a PC. When combined with an MHL adapter to output the video from your phone to your HDTV, you've got a full-powered computer workstation in your pocket. Enjoy retro gaming using the proper controller for the emulated game system. Type up a report for work using a full-sized keyboard and mouse. You can even copy pictures and music from one phone to another without having to use a PC as an intermediate device. OTG opens up a world of possibilities and helps you get the most out of your digital life.
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Firebird. War songs.
To the 75th anniversary of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War
performance in 2 parts
Staged by the Golden Mask Award winner Filipp Razenkov
Musical Director and Conductor - Honored Artist of Russia Andrey Alekseev
Scenographer - Elena Vershinina
Choreographer - Vladimir Romanovsky
Choirmaster - Evgeny Takmakov
Lighting Designer - Denis Solntsev
Director - Vera Dombrovskaya
Premiere took place on September 8, 2020
1 act - sentimental poem "Firebird" (music by A. Kolker, libretto by G. Alekseev)
2 act - performance-concert "War songs"
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War, the theater invites 21st century viewers to touch the living nerve of history, concentrated in an hour and a half stage action. The director of the concert, the laureate of the Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask", Philip Razenkov, included the sentimental poem by Alexander Kolker "The Firebird" in the first part of the concert. The regulars of the theater well remember the "Leningrad poetry" "Reflection" directed by Vladimir Vorobyov (1975), one of the parts of which was "The Firebird". In it, the Leningrad poet, prose writer, art critic, artist and architect Gennady Alekseev (1932-1987) told the love story of a girl dying in besieged Leningrad while her lover was fighting on the outskirts of the city, reflecting the attacks of the enemy. In the episode of one human life that breaks out in a poem, it is a link in the greatest tragedy experienced by the Russian people.
Forty-five years later, pinching lines and unique music by the author of the musicals "Krechinsky's Wedding" and "Truffaldino" by Alexander Kolker preserved harmony with the events of those cruel days. And again bringing the heroes of this short but piercing musical poem onto the stage, the theater wants to recall how much the victory was paid for.
In contrast to the chamber "Firebird", in the second part of the concert, the theater will present an epic chronicle of military operations in songs and poems about the war created in different years. All of them entered the biography of several generations and are documents of the era that have not lost their effectiveness over time.
Stage Director Philipp Rosenkov:
"The history of Leningrad, which survived the most severe trials during the war, seems to me especially tragic. That's why it's exciting and valuable for me to stage a play about the war in this city and, no less important, in the only theater in the world that worked the whole blockade, the team of which performed a real feat.


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Ever Gold Gallery here in SF is about to open a new show this December 2nd w/ Mark Mulroney which we'll be telling you about next week. In the meantime, we think it's about time we add the photos from their previous show with LSD blotter acid artist and collector Mark McCloud. Here are some photos of the opening which went down a few weeks back.
Photos: Kid Yellow
"Mark McCloud was the head of an LSD conspiracy that gained a new generation to the cause of LSD," assistant U.S. attorney Mike Oliver said. "It is a cause that creates in people the capacity to make life-threatening and life-stealing decisions."
The artist continues to document the LSD hit or dose of blotter in minute detail as he comments on the state of the arts and politics in relation to psychedelics.


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Beale's Bridge is at the tail of the lock.
As can be seen from the most recent photos, nature is taking over, especially on the offside.
Construction: Beale's Lock is the westernmost of those on the Thames & Severn Canal designed solely to take craft up to the standard dimensions of the Thames barges. It is a little over 90 feet long and about 13 feet wide. It had a rise of 8 feet. The chamber is brick lined with a substantial stone coping.
There were ground paddles in the side walls above the top gates and traces of their winding apparatus survive.
There are also surviving traces of ironwork associated with the gate hangings, and some fragments of lock gates as well. The lock is heavily overgrown, especially on the off-side (where there is apparently a spill weir), but the lock chamber seems to be substantially intact. A concrete dam has been built above the sill across the top of the lock to hold back water in the partially restored channel.
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Dr. Elizabeth Torres' work on autism was featured on the SFARI (Simon Foundation Autism Research Institute) website in an article titled "Movement patterns may distinguish autism subgroups" by Sarah DeWeerdt 10/19/2012.
Analysis of the movement patterns of people with autism suggests a new approach to classifying the disorder, as well as opportunities for individualized treatment, according to research presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in New Orleans.
Motor difficulties are common among people with autism, although they are not considered one of the core features of the disorder.
In a new study, Elizabeth Torres and her colleagues analyzed thousands of movements made by several dozen adults and children with and without autism in ....
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(click here to watch the video and read the full article on the SFARI (Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative) Website)
Dr Torres' research was also featured on the Rutgers Focus website: "Rutgers Sensory Motor Integration Lab Pioneering New Method of Detecting Autism" by Carrie Stetler
Could a team at Rutgers University revolutionize the way autism is diagnosed and treated? Elizabeth Torres, a Rutgers computational neuroscientist, thinks they can.
Torres and her fellow researchers have developed a method of measuring minute fluctuations in body movements to potentially reveal, as early as infancy, whether the developmental trajectory of a child is off the typical course, says Torres, who worked on the project with help from researchers at ...
(click here to watch the videos and read the full article on the Rutgers Focus website)


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|Kitty Mitty Meow in 2003.
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- Valerian
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- Honeysuckle
|Kitty Mitty Meow in 2003.
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Were back :) . I thought every cat loved nip but have seen so many on the blogs that don't. Alfie will do somersaults for it xxoxxxxx
Mollie and Alfie
I heard before that some cats are just not into catnip. I yet have to encounter the first one though :)ReplyDelete
Well, Vanessa look no further. Miss Meow Meow never reacted to it while she was alive!Delete
My cat doesn't really care for catnip, either. He's naturally insane... He was a stray that a friends wife managed to capture and give to me. He was almost feral when I got him at ~6 months old. It took him months to get comfortable with me and to allow me to really interact with him. Now, he cuddles up with me at night as though he's a small child. He typically goes completely insane every morning at around 4:00 am, running back and forth in the room and launching himself off the wall on top of me. Catnip, however, seems to just annoy him. When I put it down, he stares at me like I'm stupid and walks away.Delete
I have 2 cats and Ezra loves it and gets super lovey and Aria just looks at it like yeah so what! She couldn't be bothered. I feel bad because she watches him as if I gave him something better.Delete
My Asuna is 16 months old and a rescue kitty and she's never cared for catnip at any point in her short life she'd rather sleep or run and playDelete
That's interesting! I thought all cats love it. I've heard it's a treatment when you have a cold, then you can use it for tea. Here a lot of people plant it around her flowerbeds, to keep bugs away.ReplyDelete
My cat bro Bert is a nip head. He has to have his nip every morning...he waits for it and if Mom forgets, no problem, he reminds her! Sophie has no interest in the stuff. Mom says that all her cats have been different with nip. She likens it to humans and "weed". Some like it, some don't and some can't control themselves and have to much of it!ReplyDelete
All of mom's cats have loved catnip, a little too much if you ask her! We always found it growing wild, they loved the fresh stuff, have you tried that? Then let it dry, much better than store bought. Love DollyReplyDelete
No cats over here, Miss Ann but that is pretty interesting that only 50% would enjoy being on the nip! BOL
Happy Monday,
Hone suckle! I remember eating the honey bulbs off those when I was a child!! They were great!!!!
Interesting info about nip! I had no idea it had different effects on some or even not at all!
((Husky hugz))
Frum our pack at love is being owned by a husky
No cats here but that is interesting as we thought all cats liked nip. Have a marvellous Monday.
Best wishes Molly
Skeeter doesn't "get" catnip. At all. Our previous cat, Petey, loved it and I grew it for him. Loved watching him roll around in it getting his "high" on :-)ReplyDelete
That was a great post, Five of us love catnip and all seven of us love silvervine!ReplyDelete
We didn't know about honeysuckle ; we have to try it ! PurrsReplyDelete
eye haz never like catnip....grazz...ewe bet cha...but never nip...fresh leaf, dried or in catnip balls...eye will hafta tell de food serviss gurl ta check out sum oh de other herbs tho !! thanx !!
tuna of moon
Very interesting. When I had cats, I always wondered why none of them seemed very interested in catnip. I guess, like you, I assumed all cats liked it.ReplyDelete
Oh we like the nip...probably a little bit too much. ;)ReplyDelete
All four of my cats love catnip. Each reacts a little differently, though, for the most part they just roll around and get silly. I usually give it to them when I want to distract them or need them to chill.
--Purrs (and woofs) from Life with Dogs and Cats.
Hi Ann! Just wanted to let you know that I just nominated you for the SUNSHINE AWARD today on my blog!ReplyDelete
We definitely have a few kitties at the shelter who don't care for catnip. Here at home, though, we are three for three. Moosey, Gracie and Zoe are all huge catnip fans. :)ReplyDelete
That's interesting. I thought all cats were affected by it. As for Rita... she's missing the peanut butter gene. :) Every other dog I've known loves the stuff!ReplyDelete
Woah, I didn't realise there were other uses for catnip! I only have ONE use for it myself...*snort drool*ReplyDelete
Love this! With twelve feline fur children of our own we have about half that love it and half that could care less. What is great is that the ones who don't like catnip seem to get a kick out of watching the ones that do get all goofy about it!ReplyDelete
Our cat Don Juan used to get kind of mean when he was on catnip....LOL....so we couldn't let him have it! Our current cats seemed to like it but never really went crazy or anything, I haven't given them any for a while and I wonder if they'll react differently now that they're older?ReplyDelete
I am a total nip freak!! It makes me sneeze, though. MOLReplyDelete
my jasmine, 17 year old siamese, does not like catnip either.ReplyDelete
Cats like valerian? I would suggest going to a health food store and smelling some for yourself, to see if you'd want to be in the same house with it. It's supposed to have a calming effect, but that stuff stinks.ReplyDelete
I thought all cats liked it also. After losing both my Siamese furbabies within a year time at 16 1/2 yrs old, I decided to rescue another Siamese furbaby. He is probably a year old and for three months now I've tried giving him catnip, dried and fresh. He just looks it and walks away. I will have to try the alternatives. Thank you for the info. TrishReplyDelete
My 11 yr. old kitty acts like the catnip is not even near her. My daughter's cat goes crazy for it, but then, she is only about 3 or 4 yrs. old. Age difference??
By the way, does anyone know why a cat does not purr?? Mine does not.
my cat started talking to me last night, I knew I shouldn't have changed her diet..ReplyDelete
My cat like dried catnip but won't go crazy for it, maybe because it's not fresh. I had to pour catnip tea on her food to make her drink it xd.ReplyDelete


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- The Truth About Love · 2012
- Beautiful Trauma · 2017
- Funhouse (Deluxe Version) · 2008
- Just Like Fire (From "Alice Through the Looking Glass") - Single · 2016
- Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film Moulin Rouge (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2001
- Walk Me Home - Single · 2019
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- Cosmic Hallelujah · 2016
- Beautiful Trauma · 2017
- The Truth About Love · 2012
Essential Albums
- Piano ballads and punk stomps from the only pop star willing to tell it like it is.
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- The pop phenom and aerial gymnast is on a summer tour. Get the set list here.
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- Jayde Donovan marks 20 years of P!nk's sophomore album, M!ssundaztood.
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About P!nk
From the start, P!nk made it her business to be different: "Tired of being compared to damn Britney Spears," she sang on 2001's "Don't Let Me Get Me." "She's so pretty/That just ain't me." Even as she rose in fame, she retained the whiff of an outsider—someone too frank, too unapologetic, too real for the show: not an icon, but a human being. As a girl, P!nk (born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in 1979) loved Madonna and Janis Joplin, and tried her hand at opera, show tunes, and punk rock. She started performing in clubs as a teenager, taking her name from Steve Buscemi's "Mr. Pink" character in the Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs: quippy, edgy, ready for trouble. After the demise of her first group, Choice, which was briefly signed to LaFace Records, P!nk released her 2000 debut, Can't Take Me Home, co-writing more than half the album's tracks. A year later, she released M!ssundaztood, a leap forward both artistically and commercially, bridging the immediacy of club pop with songs that were confessional, genuine, frustrated, and raw ("Family Portrait," "Just Like a Pill"). That style paved the way for artists like Halsey, Kesha, and just about every other major female pop star in her wake. While her attitude was central to her appeal—whether she was tilting toward rock on 2003's Try This or tipping back to dance on 2006's I'm Not Dead—what really set her apart was her versatility: It was hard to imagine another singer capable of tackling something as bitterly sarcastic as "I Got Money Now" ("You don't have to like me anymore/I've got money now") and then shifting, with total credibility, to "Dear Mr. President" or "Who Knew"—who could be a punk one minute and an embracing, almost maternal comfort the next. She also set new standards as a live act, incorporating aerial dance and acrobatics into her extravagant stage shows. (Check out her performance of "Sober" at the 2009 VMAs for proof.) In 2012, The Truth About Love marked another career high, tackling marriage, parenthood, and the heft of Real Adult Emotions with a frankness that was funny, touching, and refreshingly unsentimental ("It's whispered by the angels' lips," she sang on the title track, "and it can turn you into a son of a bitch"). Speaking to Beats 1 host Zane Lowe about 2019's Hurts 2B Human, she described the album's title track in classic P!nk fashion—welcoming, human, but with an edge: "Everybody is going through something. And the point is, it's all about your village, it's all about your people, and the circle you create around you to get through all the bullshit in this world."
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Proclamation 8404—National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 2009
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For generations, education has opened doors to untold opportunities and bright futures. Through quality instruction and a personal commitment to hard work, young people in every part of our Nation have gone on to achieve success. Established by men and women of great vision, leadership, and clarity of purpose, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have provided generations of Americans with opportunity, a solid education, and hope.
For more than 140 years, HBCUs have released the power of knowledge to countless Americans. Pivotal in the Civil Rights Movement, HBCUs offer us a window into our Nation's past as well as a path forward. Graduates of HBCUs have gone on to shape the course of American history—from W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington, to Langston Hughes and Thurgood Marshall. Today, in twenty States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, these colleges and universities are serving hundreds of thousands of students from every background and have contributed to the expansion of the African American middle class, to the growth of local communities, and to our Nation's overall economy.
This week, we celebrate the accomplishments of HBCUs and look to the future with conviction and optimism. These institutions will play a key role in reaching our ambitious national education goals, including having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. As our Nation strives toward this goal, we invite HBCUs to employ new, innovative, and ambitious strategies to help the next generation of Americans successfully complete college and prepare themselves for the global economy. During National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, we recommit ourselves to never resting until equality is real, opportunity is universal, and all citizens can realize their dreams.
Now, Therefore, I, Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 30 through September 5, 2009, as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week. I call upon public officials, educators, and all the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that acknowledge the tremendous contributions these institutions and their graduates have made to our country.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
NOTE: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on August 31, and it was published in the Federal Register on September 2.
Barack Obama, Proclamation 8404—National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 2009 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/287187


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Top Amazing iOS 7 APPS
Amazing iOS 7 APPS
The new iPhone has already hit the stores. This time, Apple has some features that are coming for killer Android phones League. The A7 chip makes the iPhone 5S, the first phone of 64 -bit world. IPhone 5S comes with new M7 co-processor that puts less pressure on the lifetime of the battery.
IOS 7 operating system is very new and has a new design and features. Application developers are so busy collecting applications running on the new iOS 7, OS.
So if you want to purchase the new iPhone 5S or 5C and you are belonging to people who want buy a new iPhone, or you just updated old iPhone, you definitely would like to try some new applications that run on iOS7
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Infinity Blade III
The 3D Fantasy – Fighting game provides you fight your way through a mystical world with a sword cutting through finger swipes subsidiaries. The game takes advantage of 64-bit processors; 5S A7 and its graphics are its stunning features. It is developed with most advanced iphone application development like apps manufactured by Enterprise Mobility. This game is exciting, since there are different strengths, weapons, fighting styles, 2 playable characters and 8 new worlds.
Fitness App
Strava Run
It is one of the first iPhone application for the new co – processor in the iPhone 5S movement M7 , which uses less battery supports packed and allows the application you track your rides and more accurately . Now the application comes with GPS tracking to measure the accelerometer, gyroscope and compass on the iPhone 5S, if you do not move, waiting at traffic lights or try to stop a breather. The application has two versions, a free and a premium.
iPhone 5S "camera" Apps
Although Apple has been working a lot camera technology, but the performance of the camera of the iPhone 5s ' is low because it provides light photography , and has a burst mode , which automatically selects the most added income , but there is always room for improvement . To add special effects such as filters, download Photo Editor App Aviary. The application allows you to optimize photos and comes with powerful effects such as blurring of images or to adjust your contrast.
Camera +
It is one of the best camera apps available in the App Store. Its application interface has been improved to align with iOS 7. The application comes with clear navigation bar and look flatter. Camera + offers you to use Airdrop to share photos with other Wi – Fi devices supported and easily send pictures wirelessly to AirPrint supported printer to send .
Supply Store
Application developers are now led by a reform iOS 7 to accompany the iPhone 5S updated camera. It is quite interactive iphone app interface. Some improvements, such as frames, set the special filter and stickers in one place made it easier to use. While the app is free, but many add – ons effects that you ask to lose your wallet.
Some other apps that have been updated to iOS 7.
Applications Media
The application has the ability to "switch" to change the display text, improved station list, and a very informative display on the larger screen. With latest version, now you can enjoy your music and favorite stations to share on Facebook and Twitter social property.
Vimeo underwent a complete overhaul. Well, the app looks better than ever. The application allows you to "see the videos in your playlist, and "Watch Later " My Videos", even in offline mode, a first for the app. Now, this updated app also supports video sharing with another user Airdrop 7 to iOS. It also hides some interesting functional changes.
Apps for Records
Even after OS 7 update, it seems like. Simple note lets blue, bubbly style of the first iOS in favor of an open design with a large, fine text.
The developers made a complete overhaul of the app. It's brighter, cleaner and easier now.
The application now has another cleaner navigation bar and easy to add new buttons.
Social Apps
You will not find much improvement in this app. However, their navigation bars have brightened flattened and their symbols can be simplified throughout the application.
Facebook was very quick to update its iOS 7 application now it has new toolbar having persistent tools at the bottom of the main screen with several other changes worthy of note.
Reading Apps
In addition to the fine fonts, blurred backgrounds that are semi – transparent menus slide-out and a change in the billing system are the same as most things in this app.
Flip chart remains the same, but the few changes. However, it is best to change is noticeable, Magazines covers a parallax effect as the new iOS home screen does.
Digg has changed. Now it seems cleaner and can even create new stories in the background.


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DALLAS (AP) — Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection he started around the age of 9 until his death more than half a century later. On Wednesday, most of that collection sold for a whopping $3.5 million.
Wright's 345 comics, nearly all of which were published from 1936 through 1941, included many of the most prized issues ever, including Detective Comics No. 27, which features the debut of Batman, and Action Comics No. 1, in which Superman's first appears.
Experts say Wright's collection, which included 44 of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's top 100 issues from comics' golden age, was remarkable for its number of rare issues, but also because it was compiled by a single person in childhood who kept it in good condition until his death in 1994 at age 66.
"This really has its place in the history of great comic book collections," said Lon Allen, the managing director of comics for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which oversaw the auction in New York City.
The copy of Detective Comics No. 27, from 1939, drew the highest bid Wednesday, selling for $523,000, including a buyer's premium, Allen said. Wright's Action Comics No. 1, from 1938, sold for about $299,000; Batman No. 1, from 1940, sold for about $275,000; and Captain America No. 2, a 1941 issue with Adolf Hitler on the cover, sold for about $114,000.
"It was amazing seeing what they went for," said Michael Rorrer, who discovered his late great uncle's neatly stacked comics in a basement closet while cleaning out his great aunt's Martinsville, Va., home after she died last year.
Most comics from the golden age — the late 1930s into the 1950s — fell victim to wartime paper drives, normal wear and tear and mothers throwing them out, said J.C. Vaughn, associate publisher of Overstreet. Of the 200,000 copies of Action Comics No. 1 produced, about 130,000 were sold and the about 70,000 that didn't sell were pulped. Today, experts believe only about 100 copies are left in the world, he said.
"The scope of this collection is, from a historian's perspective, dizzying," Vaughn said.
There were 227 of the collection's comic books sold on Wednesday for $3,466,264. The remaining comics, which are of lesser value, will be sold in online auctions Friday and Sunday and are expected to fetch about $100,000.
Rorrer, 31, said he didn't realize how valuable the comics were until months after returning home to Oxnard, Calif., when he mentioned them to a co-worker who mused that it would be quite something if he had Action Comics No. 1.
"I went home and was looking through some of them, and there it was," said Rorrer, who then began researching the collection's value in earnest.
He reached out to his mother, Lisa Hernandez, who still had half the comics at her home in League City, Texas, that she intended to give to his brother in Houston. They then went through their boxes, checking comic after comic off the list.
Hernandez said it really hit her how valuable the comics were when she saw the look on Allen's face when the auction house expert came to her house to look through the comics.
"It was kind of hard to wrap my head around it," Allen said.
The find was a complete surprise for the family, and it is unclear if Ruby Wright was aware of the collection's significance. Rorrer said he remembers her making only one fleeting reference to comics: Upon learning he and his brother liked comic books, she said she had some she would one day give them. He said his great uncle never mentioned his collection.
Allen, who called the collection "jaw-dropping," noted that Wright "seemed to have a knack" for picking up the ones that would be the most valuable.
"There were some really hard to find books that were in really, really great condition," said Paul Litch, the primary grader at Certified Guaranty Company, an independent certification service for comic books.
"You can see it was a real collection," Litch said. "Someone really cared about these and kept them in good shape."
Hernandez said it makes sense that her uncle — even as a boy — had a discerning eye. The man who went to The College of William and Mary before having a long career as a chemical engineer for DuPont was smart, she said. And, she added, Wright was an only child whose mother kept most everything he had. She said that they found games from the 1930s that were still in their original boxes.


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Home Page Chess Life Online 2010 June Fridman Tops G/10 as Las Vegas Chess Festival Begins
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|June 11, 2010
The National Open in Las Vegas kicked off Thursday afternoon with simuls by GM Varuzhan Akobian and 2009 US Women's Champion Anna Zatonskih. Zatonskih, called the simul one of her toughest ever. After six hours, she won 24 games, lost two and drew three.
In the quick tournament, Anna's husband, GM Daniel Fridman won clear first with 5.5/6. Daniel also tried to make his wife's simul even more difficult, sitting down in the middle of the action and setting up a tough position. Zatonskih, who was so focused on moving along, at first didn't notice the imposter!
Six GMs were half a point back in the Quick Championship with 5/6: Pavel Tregubov, Timur Gareyev, Jaan Ehlvest, Aleksandr Lenderman, Mikheil Kekelidze and Arthur Kogan.
The main event begins on Friday, at 11 AM PST. Follow the action on the official website or Monroi.com for live games, and look for updates on CLO this weekend.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says being a dad is sometimes his hardest job, but also the most rewarding.
Just ahead of Father's Day, the president devoted his Saturday radio and Internet address to fatherhood. He talked about growing up without a dad, his own failings as a father and the values he hopes to teach his daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, 10.
He described the responsibilities that all fathers have to their children and said his administration is trying to help during tough economic times and long deployments for U.S. troops.
The president spoke of helping to coach Sasha's basketball team. "In the end, that's what being a parent is all about � those precious moments with our children that fill us with pride and excitement for their future; the chances we have to set an example or offer a piece of advice; the opportunities to just be there and show them that we love them."
Obama, who was raised largely by his grandparents in Hawaii after his father left when Obama was very young, also talked about what he wishes he'd done differently.
"I felt his absence. And I wonder what my life would have been like had he been a greater presence," the president said.
"That's why I've tried so hard to be a good dad for my own children. I haven't always succeeded, of course � in the past, my job has kept me away from home more often than I liked, and the burden of raising two young girls would sometimes fall too heavily on Michelle."The president said he's learned that what children need most is their parents' time and a structure that instills self-discipline and responsibility, noting that even in the White House, Malia and Sasha do their chores and walk the dog. "Above all, children need our unconditional love," the president said, "whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough."
Republicans used their weekly address to call for progress on pacts to expand trade with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.
The Obama administration wants lawmakers to expand retraining assistance for American workers who lose their jobs because of foreign competition. Republicans say that issue should be addressed separately by the president.
"For the good of our economy � and our country � he needs to send these free (trade) agreements to the U.S.Senate for approval now, so that U.S. workers and businesses can begin to realize their benefits," said Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.
"Our country needs the kind of pro-jobs, pro-growth policies that will help us live up to our vision of a strong, peaceful, prosperous America," Hoeven said. "We have an opportunity right now to advance that vision and jumpstart the nation's economy. Robust international trade can help us do it."
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This One's For You Miss Denny - DT the ET
Perhaps the most noticeable change within you, will be your recognition of a deeper sense of calmness and peace. As you partake in further upliftments, so you will become even more at One, and others will "feel" the powerful energies that you are sending out. You are now in the time you have been waiting for, and as you look around you will see changes taking place everywhere. It will bring joy and happiness into being, and that again will lift the vibrations.
On a personal level nothing is more important than your preparations for Ascension. Whatever form you expect it to take, you will ascend and then all else will follow in quick order. Do not concern yourselves with material things, as all you need will be available to you, and indeed more.
The plan for your well being has considered all aspects of your needs, and there will be a smooth transition from your present dimension to the 5th dimension. Set out to enjoy the experience as it is unique and you are privileged to be one chosen for it. There is absolutely nothing to fear, and every soul will be loved and cared for at every stage. We will be accompanying you and ensure the process passes smoothly, and welcoming you into the higher realms.
Because your minds are otherwise occupied, there is one aspect of your future lives that does not seem to have received much consideration. We refer to your marriages or partnerships as they will relate to the higher dimensions. You will no longer be bound by 3D vows and it will be up to each individual as to whether you wish to continue on the same basis, and you will find that you have much more freedom.
Also unlike Earth where attraction is largely of a physical nature, the love of other souls is an exchange of energy that will be quite normal, as those you will be in the presence of will all have a vibration that will be in harmony with yours. However, you can "join" energies at an even higher level and for whatever purpose become as One. It may for example be to serve the Light together, and even introduce another soul in to your world. Such a union is far beyond anything you will have already experienced.
As we have told you before, almost every aspect of your life as you understand it now will change. You will quickly adapt to a new expanded way of life, that will offer you so many opportunities to travel, whereas previously you have been confined to Earth. Not only that, but also into the higher dimensions where some souls are ready to take their place. Your Earth has been referred to as a "prison planet" and it is an accurate description, as because of your low vibration you have been prevented from leaving it. It is also why the Earth's energies have been contained, to prevent them polluting space beyond it.
For the similar reasons you have also been kept in quarantine, so as to ensure that the experiment of experiencing duality was able to go ahead without outside interference. The only exception has been where certain Extraterrestrials have been given permission to contact you, because they have a similar low vibration to yours. Naturally as your vibrations have risen up which they have done so quite substantially over the last 30 years, you have attracted the attention of those who are more evolved. So you will in fact meet other civilizations of which you have little or no knowledge at present. We of the Galactic Federation of Light are of course already known to you, and are friends and family of long standing.
The Earth will always hold fond memories for you in spite of the trauma and misery of many lives that have been severe challenges for you. This can be offset by the rapid spiritual growth that has resulted from such experiences. Nowhere else in the Universe can offer similar opportunities for growth, and it's one of the main reasons that you took on such challenges. Eventually your memories of this period will fade into the background, but you will always benefit from the growth in your levels of consciousness. You will leave duality a far greater Being than when you first entered it, eons of time ago. So enjoy the coming weeks that are about to spring into action and bring you many of the changes you have been expecting.
The old paradigm is collapsing beyond the point where it can be re-established, and we are ready to help you bring the new one into being. Indeed, behind the scenes much has been going on to this end and has advanced quite quickly. We continue to make more appearances in your skies than ever before, and when we can finally commence our flyovers we know they will be well received. We feel that at last you are beginning to relax and accept things as they happen, knowing that all is in order and you will benefit from our assistance which will speed matters up. Whatever is required to take place this side of Ascension will come about as intended.
We wish that your media was released from the grip of those who adulterate your news, often deliberately distorting the facts to mislead you. Also so many laws have been introduced will be changed so that you have more freedom of information, and that no longer will secrecy be allowed as an excuse to hide the truth. The extent to which you have been kept in the dark is way beyond what you suspect, and you will be astonished at what has been developed for your Space programs. With the help of Extraterrestrials amazing advancements have been made in Space travel, as you will learn. Presently quite a few craft you see in your skies are your own, that you have been prevented from knowing about.
I am SaLuSa from Sirius, and looking forward to the occasion when we can meet you and exchange friendly greetings. You will easily take to us as we are you from a higher level of consciousness. We have so much to share with you, and it will be a wonderful time. Our love freely flows to you at all times.
Thank you SaLuSa.
Mike Quinsey
Website: Tree of the Golden Light


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CHINO HILLS, Calif. (AP) — LaMelo Ball, the younger brother of UCLA's star freshman Lonzo Ball, scored 92 points — 41 in the fourth quarter — to help Chino Hills beat Los Osos 146-123 on Tuesday night.
He only had 29 points at halftime. He made 37 of 61 shots from the floor, including 7 of 22 from behind the 3-point line, hit 11 of 14 free throws and had seven assists and five rebounds.
Their other brother LiAngelo, who leads Chino Hills in scoring, sat out because of an ankle injury. LaMelo and LiAngelo are both committed to UCLA like their older brother Lonzo, who is projected to be a top-five pick in the 2017 NBA draft.
Chino Hills (26-1) had won 60 straight games before losing to Oak Hill Academy last Saturday — in which LaMelo scored 36 points.
Lonzo tweeted: "Well I mean that's one way to bounce back after a loss … I see you lil bro."


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Bonanza Cabin
One of the old mining cabins in the ghost town of Bonanza, Idaho.
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Bonanza Dredge
The huge restored dredge in Bonanza Idaho. You can go on a self guided tour inside.
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Reflections in the puddle.
Bonanza Ruins
Ruins in the ghost town of Bonanza Idaho.
Giant Dredge Engines
This is one of my favorite shots. It is the two huge diesel engines inside the gold dredge at Bonanza Idaho.
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Watch Your Fingers!
This is a mining stamp mill used for crushing rocks to get the gold out. It is in Custer Idaho.
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Bug Squad Tracker Team
From Joomla! Documentation
This team has the very important and sometimes difficult job of filtering all of the forum posts and bug reports and sorting out which ones are real bugs that are ready to be worked on. From the standpoint of the tracker, their job is to move issues from Open status to Confirmed status. Of course, many issues will also be put into other status codes, including Information Required, Needs Review, Duplicate, Not a Bug, and so on.
Before an issue is marked Confirmed, it needs to be reproduced and documented so that others can reproduce the problem.
The Tracker Team should also make sure the issue has the correct Type and Priority. Remember, many users reporting bugs are not familiar with all of the fields and terminology. In many cases, this could be the user's first contribution or interaction with the project.
It is critically important that all JBS members follow the Code of Conduct and show courtesy and respect in all tracker comments. Remember, we are the ambassadors of the Joomla! project, and the way we behave reflects on the whole project. People will naturally be unhappy if an issue they report is not taken seriously or if they feel that it was closed improperly. So we need to be sensitive to that fact, while of course making the what we believe to be the correct decision. For example, if you close an issue as Not a Bug, please put a comment in telling the reporter why in a nice way.
Also, if someone is not following the Code of Conduct in a tracker comment, please point this out in a respectful way and remind the person that we need to follow the CoC at all times. If there is a persistent problem, please let your Team Leader or a JBS Coordinator know so we can take action. We absolutely do not want to tolerate rude or disrespectful behavior in the tracker or forum.
Suggestions about how to work in the tracker.
The purpose of the tracker team is mainly to help move new "Open" issues into other statuses.
It is also to keep the tracker well organized and useful for everyone.
You can help make this happen with just 15 minutes of work.
Open Issues[edit]
The easiest thing to do is to filter the tracker for open items. Sort by open date either ascending (to see the oldest items) or descending (to see the newest items).
Just pick an issue and see if you can move it into one of the other statuses. If you don't understand the issue or aren't sure you do, ask on Glip or on the mailing list.
Information Required[edit]
It's important to follow up on issues with the status of information required. If you sort by modified date descending you will find the information required issues that have changed. Read the information and decide what status to make them or if more information is needed. If there is no response to an information request for more than two weeks, you may close the issue making a note of this.
Confirmed and Pending[edit]
Although these are not the main focus of the tracker team sometimes you may want to look at older confirmed and pending issues to see if the issue still exists in the trunk. You can also ask the poster something like "does this issue still exist?" if you are not sure how to check it.


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Fully Charged: Mini Jambox and new Sony Reader details, LG's apocalyptic prank and Surface Pro 2 specs
Kick off your day the right way – with lovely, lovely tech news
Jawbone introduces Mini Jambox
The Bluetooth-wranglers over at Jawbone have announced a new addition to the Jambox wireless speaker line: the Mini Jambox. While looking similarly, er, boxy to the existing Jambox and Big Jambox models, the Mini is even more portable: just 255g in weight and measuring up 154 x 58 x 25mm. It's also made of a single piece of extruded aluminium, which is a step up from its predominantly plastic predecessors. The built-in battery delivers up to 10 hours of music playback per charge, and as well as play music via Bluetooth it works as a hands-free speakerphone. The Mini Jambox will be available "soon" for around £150, and in a wide range of colours.
Jawbone has also introduced a new app (on iOS and Android) which allows you to personalise the settings on a Mini Jambox, as well as (on iOS only at first, although Android will follow suit) put your iTunes, Spotify, Deezer and Rdio playlists in one place for easy access.
Sony Reader: now more book-like than ever
The Xperia Z1 Honami wasn't the only thing Sony announced at IFA. No, the company went H.A.M. on product launches during its press conference, and among the various items unveiled was a new 6in Reader model (the PRS-T3 if you want to know its full name). This one comes with an integrated snap-closed cover that makes it resemble, well, a book, as well as Wi-Fi, a quick-charge mode that gives it enough battery power for a 600-page novel in three minutes, and enough internal memory for 1,200 ebooks. It'll be available from this month, with price TBC.
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 coming with adjustable kickstand and better battery life
The Verge claims to have the scoop on the second generation of the Microsoft Surface Pro, claiming that the device will look near-identical to the current Pro but offer a number of key improvements. It'll have an Intel Haswell processor that should increase battery life by around two hours, as well as up to 8GB of RAM and a new adjustable kickstand that offers two angles. It's expect to launch by the end of 2013. [Source: The Verge]
LG Chile pranks innocents in end-of-the-world 4K ad
In order to advertise the capabilities of its 4K Ultra HD tellies, LG Chile came up with a clever concept: invite job applicants into a room with a "window" that was actually an 84in screen. Then pretend the world is ending and film their reactions. We're not entirely convinced of the authenticity of the video's job applicants, who are probably straight out of the Chilean answer to Central Casting, but it's a nice way to demonstrate 4K's "through a window" clarity regardless. Note: you can turn on English subtitles.