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Go deeper: The NSA deletion story that sparked a Trump tweet
Trump has called into question why the National Security Agency announced last week it had started deleting years' worth of call records in May that were wrongly collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
What they're saying: The NSA said last week it was deleting 685 million records because of "technical irregularities" that enabled the agency to collect data it wasn't supposed to. Trump said Tuesday: "Wow! The NSA has deleted 685 million phone calls and text messages. Privacy violations? They blame technical irregularities. Such a disgrace. The Witch Hunt continues!"
What happened:
- The Director of National Intelligence issued a transparency report in May showing the intelligence gathered in 2017 was three times larger than the previous year.
- The DNI started producing the transparency report at the behest of Congress after former NSA contractor Ed Snowden's revelations about the NSA's spying.
- "NSA notified the Congressional Oversight Committees, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and the Department of Justice of this decision," per the NSA's announcement.
Driving the conversation: Whether the NSA is incapable of complying with the limits on collecting call data records, whether they were ignoring them, and whether there were technical irregularities that allowed the collection.

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Our biggest challenge was driving more people nationwide to help children in need during the holidays, the time of year that is most competitive for charities and when kids are most in need. We needed to create work that could truly stand out, grab our audience's attention, and ultimately inspire action over apathy. Our story needed to be instantly relatable but not cliched and forgettable like so much holiday work can be.
Anyone Can Be Santa
Marine Corps Toys for Tots program promotes holiday giving
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Toys For Tots called on WT to come up with a new PSA for its 75th year. Our objective was to increase donations to Toys For Tots and help children in need across the country by inspiring viewers to realize the massive impact their simple actions can achieve this holiday season. Toys For Tots is an iconic charity, having created many beautiful PSAs during past holiday seasons, but this year our goal was to tell a story that centered on the donor instead of the receiving child, to empower the viewer and drive them to action by showing the connection between their donation and a child in need.
For children everywhere, Santa is this elusive character that delivers the magic of the holiday season each year. However, a bit of Santa's magic exists inside of everyone, all of us, just waiting to be unleashed. It's the power of giving. We want people across the country, of all backgrounds, shapes and sizes, to realize that when they give to Toys For Tots with the Marines, they too can be Santa for a child in need.
With this new campaign, we hope to inspire more givers and increase donations for Toys for Tots.


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Update - Sedbergh Memorabilia
Dear Old Sedberghians,
More than a decade ago, Sedbergh permanently closed its doors, and since that time the memorabilia and school artifacts have waited quietly in Andy Convery's workshop near Montebello. I have examined a number of plans to find a permanent home for the material, including an offer by the Chateau Montebello and one by the Bonsecours Village Hall but these have fallen by the wayside for various reasons, so it has become increasingly urgent that a home be found for the memorabilia.
As you know, when the last reunion was held at the Bonsecours Village Hall ten years ago, the awards and sports cups, a few photographs, the school bells, and the school crest which used to be on the wall of the Founder's Room,and the statue commemorating those Sedberghians who had died before their time, as well as two of the old huts from West Field were installed at the Village Hall, and to this day they can be seen there, but the bulk of the memorabilia found no place at Bonsecours.
I am pleased to tell you that an appropriate venue for the material has now been found. The Societe Historique de la Petite Nation, based in Montebello, and part of a much larger group,(Societe Historique de Quebec) has asked to house, to catalogue, and to maintain our Sedbergh memorabilia. Their plan is, over time, to build a database on the internet, which will include information about the school, to add its photographs, and to publish its history as well as its relationship with Montebello and the surrounding areas. Relevant stories of Sedbergh's 70 year existence will be included.
There is a lot of work ahead, but at last we can be assured that Sedbergh's name will permanently be inscribed on record through the Societe Historique de la Petite Nation. Periodic exhibitions of Sedbergh material will be on view in Montebello and Sedbergh will be a member of the organization. Old Sedberghians will be able to have access to the site and examine its history. I am very relieved with this result, as I have felt a particular responsibility to find a permanent home for a place which has meant such a great deal to me and which, I know, has meant a great deal
to so many of its students. I shall keep you informed of progress.
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Le Palais des Congrès de Paris: An Iconic BuildingA vast venue just steps away from the Arc de Triomphe and Les Champs Elysées
4 amphitheatres that can seat between 370 to 3 700 guests, 22 conference rooms for between 120 and 380 people 82 meeting rooms, 7 exhibition halls totalling 18,000 m² and more than hotel rooms in the near vicinity.
The Congress (exhibition, conferences, lunches, sponsor meetings, interop event, social events) will be held on level 3 of the Palais des Congrès
Palais des Congrès de Paris2 Place de la Porte Maillot
75017 Paris
Public TransportMetro Line 1, Porte Maillot Station - Exit 3
RER Line C, Neuilly-Porte Maillot Station
BUS Lines 43 73 82 244 PC
Taxi from AirportsA taxi from Paris Airports to the Palais des Congrès takes approximately 35 minutes to an hour, depending on traffic.
From Roissy - Paris - Charles de Gaulle: Flat rate: € 55
From Orly: Flat rate: € 41
ParkingIndigo Porte Maillot Car Park
Due to works at Porte Maillot, we recommend that you use public transport as part of your visit to the Palais des Congrès de Paris.


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NC Offering Grants Of Up To $150K To Support Opioid Crisis
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is distributing grants of up to $150,000 to support community projects that fight the opioid crisis.The N.C. Opioid Action Plan seeks to prevent or treat opioid addiction, limit overdoses, and reduce the spread of diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C, according to Dr. Susan Kansagra.
Kansagra said needle exchanges are one type of intervention that limits harm among people who use intravenous drugs.
"Not only are they proven in reducing communicable disease risk, but they also open the doors to have additional conversation with this population that's hard to reach," she said. "So that also includes conversations around naloxone and increasing access to those individuals. And it also includes conversations around treatment and recovery."
Organizations, municipalities and businesses have until May 4 to apply for grants.
Kansagra said projects should align with the goals of the state's Opioid Action Plan. These can include efforts to prevent or treat opioid addiction, limit overdoses, or reduce the spread of communicable diseases.
"Through syringe exchange programs that we have in North Carolina, there's been over 3,000 referrals to treatment and recovery supports," she said. "This is a strategy that engages people and moves them on the path to treatment and recovery if they're ready for it."
Grants will go to as many as 20 community projects. Grant recipients will be announced in June.


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Who's Responsible for…?
Each month, I write a message of inspiration for the department managers of La Estancia de Cafayate. That's the beautiful community in northwest Argentina where I'm fortunate to live. This month's message seemed like a good topic for The Unity Community. Here's what I offered them, and now offer you.
How are you getting along in the current state of the hysteria over COVID-19?
Here's a concept that may be new for some.
You are responsible! Whether or not you choose to accept it, YOU are responsible.
COVID-19 got you down? You can't change the virus and the restrictions resulting from it. Accept responsibility for how you deal with it!
Dry weather, wet weather, hot weather, cold weather interfering with your plans? You can't change the weather. Accept responsibility for how you plan, and function, around it!
Does a person, an event, or an obstacle make you angry?
No! YOU make you angry! Decide not to! It's always possible to decide how you'll react to things. Make the decision not to get angry. Only you will be hurt by it if you get angry.
When you are angry it eats you up inside. It damages you more than anyone. Anger, and hatred, are harmful emotions – to the person who is angry, or who hates. Not only that – you usually make poor decisions when you're angry or feeling hate. Poor decisions may compound the damage.
When it's a person, forgive them! You don't even have to tell them if you don't want to. Truly forgiving releases the negative emotion within you. To help assure your forgiveness is genuine, write a message to the person. Send it or not, as you choose. The biggest benefactor of that message will be you, whether or not you send it to the other person.
Do you like to complain about:
Your aches and pains?
Other people?
Whenever you do that, you are seeking to avoid, or shift, responsibility. If it's something you can fix, fix it. (This might include discussing it with someone who can control it). If it's something you have no control over, get along with it the best you can – quietly. No one else wants to hear your complaining. It just makes you unpopular, and signals that you view your life as controlled by outside influences – a pessimistic view. Avoid complaining!
Here's a slightly different slant on these ideas from Jim Smith, a coach I've recently connected with.


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Every lady has the right to feel extravagant and feminine! This tulle skirt is the key to feeling all the right feelings again! It features a stretchy elastic waistband and just enough layers of tool to twirl around in, but also keep it simple. Learn to love yourself while mixing and matching this lovely piece.
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To complete this costume as a Witch, consider pairing this skirt with the
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If you cannot locate your package, we first recommend you reach out to the postal office with the tracking number for the item. Majority of the times the package is delivered at a wrong location and could easily be resolved. If the issue is still not resolved with the post office, please reach out to email@example.com and we will take care of you! :) Your satisfaction is our #1 priority.
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text: Did you know that this year marks the 124th anniversary of Ventnor Carnival making it the second oldest carnival in England? We're heading over to join in the celebrations on Wednesday the 14th of August and if you'd like to join us then make sure you've bagged your place along the route by the time the parade moves off from Albert Street, Ventnor at 7pm. See you there!


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So if you haven't heard the catchy indie track 'Somebody I Use To Know' by Gotye, get ready because it's on it's way to becoming the next 'Pumped Up Kicks'. I've started to see a huge amount of remixes of the track surface lately, but I'm excited to bring you the premiere of the sickest one I've heard yet. It's from Jakob Liedholm, the 15 year old Swedish producer who brought the remix to The Knocks – The Prize a few weeks ago with that happy house Avicii vibe. This track has the perfect amount of the orignal vocals, blended with the massive melodic huge progressive house build ups and drops. It's really got a great happy feeling, turn it up, sing along, enjoy!
Gotye – Somebody I Used To Know (Jakob Liedholm Remix) | Direct Download
Be Sure to Follow Jakob Liedholm through Official Facebook Here


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Betaworks' unveiling of its new Alphaworks investment platform this week was the latest effort bolstering crowdfunding as a legitimate and even mainstream alternative for financing. Of course, crowdfunding also has well-known players like Kickstarter and Indiegogo as well.
Venture capital investors are playing a big role in the rise of alternative financial services – putting funding dollars toward both crowdfunding (equity, donation, reward etc.) as well as peer-to-peer lending platforms, matching individual borrowers and unrelated lenders or "peers."
Demand for both crowdfunding and P2P lending platforms has grown but as the chart below highlights, P2P lending platforms have raised nearly $715M vs. $237M to crowdfunding platforms since 2009.
The most well-funded P2P lending company is Lending Club, which counts investors including Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners and Union Square Ventures and is currently valued at $3.8B and is a Tech IPO Pipeline company. Chinese P2P lending company Renrendai announced a mega $130M round led by Trustbridge Partners in January. Other P2P lending startups that have raised $25M+ just since 2009 include UK-based Funding Circle, Benchmark Capital-backed Prosper Marketplace and Zopa, which raised a $25M round from hedge fund Arrowgrass Capital Partners last month.
There have been some notable VC financings in the crowdfunding space. Just last month, online crowdfunding platform Indiegogo raised a notable $40M round from investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners. Equity crowdfunding platform Angellist raised $24M last year at a rumored $150M valuation.
Interestingly, Union Square Ventures-backed KickStarter is among the most prominent crowdfunding platforms but last raised funding 48 months ago so will be one to watch in the coming months.
A list of the 20 most well-funded crowdfunding and P2P lending companies is available to subscribers on the 'Research' tab after logging into CB Insights. Login to or create a CB Insights account to identify and track all the companies that make up this analysis.
Note: Data in this analysis is as of February 2014.If you aren't already a client, sign up for a free trial to learn more about our platform.


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In the midst of wedding planning, it can be difficult to decide when to complete each of the important steps. Of course, the wedding dress is a major necessity. It's not as simple as finding the perfect dress though. As Maureen Callaghan Dressmaker (her website) notes, you need to know when to order it and how long it will take for it to come in. We're going to go over how to order a wedding dress so that goes well for you.
Before you begin shopping for a dress, you should do a few different things:
By preparing for this search, the whole process will be much easier on you!
First, you will have to actually go to a bridal shop. You will have the opportunity to try on dresses. Your measurements will be taken too so that your dress can be custom made.
Next, once you have selected a dress, you will pay a deposit. Most bridal stores charge a 60% deposit fee, but it can vary. Then you will have to wait for your dress to come in.
Once your dress is ready, you will have to go back to try it on several times. This is so that alterations can be made. Almost every bride requires several alterations.
Most brides choose to order dresses from a physical bridal shop. You can also shop for a wedding dress online. You should just make sure you have your measurements. According to PopSugar, you should also be aware of scams. Be cautious and look for secure payment options.
According to The Knot, you will likely be buying a custom made dress. There are a couple of exceptions, including:
Dresses are custom made so that you can get a dress that fits you perfectly. Sometimes you might be able to get a dress that fits you just right. If this happens, you won't need to wait for the dress to come in.
According to Brides.com, custom wedding dresses take about nine months to be made. This means that you should start the process as soon as possible.
Keep in mind that you will likely need alterations after you receive it. We'll get into that later. There can be other delays with your wedding dress too. Try your best to order it quickly.
In most cases, your wedding dress should be ready on time. Everything doesn't always go as planned though. The fabric may be on back order. There might be an influx of orders.
When you order your wedding dress, you should be notified if it's going to take longer than expected. This can help you to plan ahead. This also gives you the opportunity to order a different dress if needed.
Once you receive your wedding dress, you may still need to make some changes to it. You should find a good tailor, preferably one who has experience with wedding dresses.
Keep in mind that some bridal shops have tailors there for you to use. Most of them should be aware of the urgency and be willing to work efficiently. Then you will know that the tailor is familiar with wedding dresses too.
Some brides end up having their dress altered several times after it is delivered. Be sure to factor in time for alterations. Not all tailors will be able to get you in right away. There may also be some turnaround time too.
If you get lucky, you may not need to make any alterations. Be prepared and plan ahead just in case!
Do some research before you go wedding dress shopping. This will help you know what you want. You can find the dress of your dreams as long as you leave yourself enough time to do so. Remember that a wedding dress takes nine months to make. The dress should be selected as soon as possible!Tags: How Far in Advance Should You Order a Wedding Dress, How to Order a Wedding Dress, Orpington, When to Order a Wedding Gown


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In late October, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the implementation of a new Farm Bill initiative: the Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion, available nationwide for farmers of select crops starting for Spring 2015.
The APH Yield Exclusion allows farmers to exclude yields in exceptionally bad years (such as a year in which a natural disaster or other extreme weather occurs) from their production history when calculating yields used to establish their crop insurance coverage. The level of insurance coverage available to a farmer is based on the farmer's average recent yields.
In the past, a year of particularly low yields that occurred due to severe weather beyond the farmer's control would reduce the level of insurance coverage available to the farmer in future years. By excluding unusually bad years, farmers will not have to worry that a natural disaster will reduce their insurance coverage for years to come.
Under the new Farm Bill program, yields can be excluded from farm actual production history when the county average yield for that crop year is at least 50 percent below the 10 previous consecutive crop years' average yield.
Spring crops eligible for APH Yield Exclusion include corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, barley, canola, sunflowers, peanuts, and popcorn.
The USDA's Risk Management Agency and Farm Service Agency staff worked hard to implement several 2014 Farm Bill programs ahead of schedule, such as Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) and Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX). The USDA was able to leverage data from the ARC and PLC programs to extract the information needed to implement APH Yield Exclusion earlier than expected.
"Key programs launched or extended as part of the 2014 Farm Bill are essential to USDA's commitment to help rural communities grow. These efforts give farmers, ranchers, and their families, better security as they work to ensure Americans have safe and affordable food," said Vilsack. "By getting other 2014 Farm Bill programs implemented efficiently, we are now able to offer yield exclusion for Spring 2015 crops, providing relief to farmers impacted by severe weather."
RMA will provide additional program details in December 2014.
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Kimberley Gomez' work has been centered in examining teachers' and students' development and use of literate practices in formal and informal contexts. She views the investigation and support of literate practices as a foundational area of inquiry because of its singularly important role in providing access to educational opportunity, and supporting equitable achievement and attainment outcomes. She employs the design and study of literate practices to enhance learning in mathematics, science, and technology use with an aim of informing theoretical and practical understandings. Broadly speaking, literate practices, here, refer to the disciplined use of language in reading, writing, and talking to engage in effective inquiry and analysis with complex expository text. She approaches inquiry into literate practices as a learning scientist. This means that she places context at the center of the design of learning environments (tools, routines and interventions). And, she views context as the primary lens in understanding the development of experiences and outcomes associated with learning. A corollary of this commitment is that she designs educational interventions and professional development opportunities in a collaborative and participatory manner working side-by-side with teachers and other frontline practitioners.
She belongs to a small, but growing, group of researchers in the nation who have been involved in long-term, sustained efforts to deeply understand the contribution of literate practices to science and mathematics education at the pedagogical and curricular levels. From the literacy perspective, she focuses on the structural, semantic, and pragmatic features of language, and how an appreciation of those features allows learners to gain access to the content as well as how skillful awareness, and use, of such features characterizes expert readers and complex communicators. From the science and math education perspectives, she attends to the role that these features of language play in helping learners acquire mathematics and science content. As such, her focus on literate practices provides a means for supporting instructors' ability to recognize the language and literacy skills that students bring to bear when learning content, as support for facilitating students' access to mathematics and science content and as tools and routines for quickly gauging what students understand and can represent through discourse (e.g., writing). She collaboratively designs interventions with practitioners to support teaching and learning.
Gomez received the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1994. She served as a post-doctoral fellow and a research associate in the Learning Technologies in Urban Schools (LeTUS) NSF-funded study at Northwestern, in Northwestern University's , Learning Sciences program. Gomez has been a tenured faculty member at University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Pittsburgh, and is currently an Associate Professor of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is jointly appointed in the Information Studies department at UCLA. Since 2011, Gomez has been the lead language and literacy fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She is an Osher Fellowship recipient (awarded by the Exploratorium). She is a Sudikoff Family Institute for Education & New Media fellow (2013-14) and received the Harold A. and Lois Haytin Faculty Award, from Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA for her collaborative work with practitioners. She is the author of 47 refereed journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceeding articles. She also recently published a blog in the Huffington Post and an essay in the Center for International Relations' International Affairs Online Forum.


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If the mismatched-buddy cop movie seems egregiously overdone, the idea of a parody of that genre would seem especially needless — which is what makes "The Other Guys" such a wonderful surprise.
On paper, this could have been painfully lame. Will Ferrell is doing a variation on his tried-and-true film persona: the overly earnest guy who's totally confident and oblivious to his buffoonery. Mark Wahlberg, meanwhile, is playing with his screen image as a tough guy and a hothead, doing a version of his Oscar-nominated role in "The Departed." And the joke you see in the TV commercials — in which Ferrell blasts Little River Band's mellow '70s hit "Reminiscing" on the way to a crime scene — is good for a laugh but it makes you wonder, is that the best they've got?
It all could have been too familiar, too cute. But there are just enough tweaks to these characters and this formula — and a refreshingly weird, kinky streak throughout — that make "The Other Guys" an unexpected kick. It runs out of steam in the third act and probably could have been tightened a bit. And we didn't need the Powerpoint-style presentation over the closing credits preaching to us about corporate greed: We're all quite aware it's a problem. But the majority of it works.
A big reason for the film's success is that the action sequences are played totally straight. The chases and shootouts on the streets of New York are elaborately staged and detailed — down to the cliche that the bad guys always have crazy amounts of automatic weaponry but still manage to miss our heroes, even when firing from a helicopter. There's also an homage to John Woo that takes place in a glassed-off conference room with documents and bullets and bodies flying in artful slow-motion; again, because it's choreographed so well and not played cartoonishly, it's more effective.
The comedy similarly has a deadpan tone; it's self-aware but not tongue-in-cheek. This is not over the top like a "Scary Movie" parody, and that makes it more appealing, too. The tossed-off pop culture references feel naturally like a part of the fabric. Like the previous movies Ferrell has collaborated on with writer-director Adam McKay, "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" and (with lesser success) "Step Brothers," "The Other Guys" comes from a realistic, often understated place, which makes the wild moments pop out that much more. (Chris Henchy co-wrote the script, but Ferrell obviously had lots of room to improvise.)
Ferrell stars as Allen Gamble, a New York police detective with the demeanor (and wardrobe) of an accountant. He'd rather solve crimes from the comfort and safety of his desk, but he's always happy to support his colleagues with some hearty words of encouragement. Wahlberg plays his partner, Terry Hoitz, who used to be out on the streets and is itching to get back, but is stuck in the office with Allen because of an accidental shooting. (There's a flashback to it, and if you're a Red Sox fan, you'll enjoy it.)
The city's hotshot detectives (Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson, also toying with their larger-than-life personae) dominate by solving the most high-profile cases. But Allen and Terry stumble across something that looks shady involving corporate financial guru David Ershon (Steve Coogan), a sort of British version of Bernie Madoff. Coogan adds his own style of dry humor to the mix and is among a strong supporting cast that includes Michael Keaton, Rob Riggle and Eva Mendes.
And speaking of Mendes, she's crucial to a running joke that, surprisingly, works the whole time. We won't say much more about it, though. You should really meet and get to know these guys for yourself.


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The season pass for Arkham Knight promises six months worth of content, but is rather vague on what that content actually entails.
Another AAA game, another $40 season pass. Today, Warner Bros. has announced the Batman: Arkham Knight season pass, giving Batman fanatics a chance to pay money for content that doesn't actually exist yet. This time, the pass is even more ambiguous than usual, promising new content for six months post-launch including new story missions, additional super-villains invading Gotham City, legendary Batmobile skins, advanced challenge maps, alternative character skins, and new drivable race tracks.
Some of the extras are fairly straight forward (alternative character skins and new race tracks), but others… less so. What do these new story missions entail? What does "additional super-villains invading Gotham City" mean? What is the legendary Batmobile and how does it differ from the regular Batmobile? Furthermore, it offers no indication of how frequently the Season Pass's content will trickle down over the six months, and how large each content update will be.
The season pass will set you back $39.99, but you can purchase it together with the base game in a new "Premium Edition" for $99.99. It is worth noting that the base game has a RRP of $59.99, so purchasing the Premium edition doesn't actually save you any money over buying the two separately, and appears to have no additional extras included.
The previous Arkham games contained DLC that allowed you to play as new characters in challenge maps (such as Nightwing), as well as small, self-contained story missions and cosmetic extras.


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Myanmar's military has finally taken control of the small town of Mindat in the country's western Chin state, after three weeks of savage fighting.
The local militia Mindat Defense Force (MDF) says its fighters have retreated from the town in nearby hills after three weeks of brave resistance.
MDF spokesman "John" told IANS that Myanmar military troops entered the town on Sunday evening using villagers as shields.
"How can we shoot at our own people? The Tatmadaw (military) had taken many villagers hostage from areas around Mindat and put them in front of their advancing columns. That is when our leaders decided to withdraw from the town," said John, who has refused to disclose his full name because his family was left behind at Mindat.
Nearly 300 to 350 local Chins had joined the MDF three weeks ago to stop the Tatmadaw from entering the town.
The army was forced to use helicopters to bring in troop reinforcements, as at least three of its road convoys were ambushed.
Later, it started pounding the town with artillery fire.
Local residents in Mindat set up what they called a People's Administration Team, stating that they did not recognise the authority of the military government.
Last week, the government declared martial law in the town. It has described those defying its authority there as terrorists, and says it will set up a military tribunal to put on trial those responsible for attacks on the security forces.
The defense at Mindat has become the symbol of resistance, initially peaceful but now armed as well to the February 1 military takeover.
The crisis caused by the takeover has now snowballed into a full scale civil war with large ethnic rebel armies like Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and Karen National Union (KNU) reneging on ceasefire they had maintained with Aung Saan Suu Kyi's NLD government.
Both groups are sheltering, training and arming ethnic Burmese hardliners who have organised themselves into urban insurgent groups like the Federal Army and United Defense Force.
Some of these insurgents have entered Burmese cities and attacked police informers and Chinese business interests including an offtake station on the 800 km oil-gas pipeline connecting Kyaukphyu on Myanmar's Rakhine coast with China's Yunnan province.
Last week, Burmese beauty queen Htar Htet Htet hit the social media, gun on shoulder and dressed in military fatigues, with an appeal to bring down the military junta.
Htar claimed that she was now a member of one of the insurgent groups.
MDF spokesman John said their fighters have braved massive artillery barrages and several infantry charges by the Tatmadaw troops.
Six of their fighters have died in the fighting against more than 25 Tatmadaw troops who were killed in ambushes.
The Chins are ethnic cousins of the Mizos in India and doughty hill fighters.
"Our fighters were armed with local hunting rifles. Our ammunition ran out and we decided to spare the town any more artillery bombardment," he told IANS.
Mindat is one of several towns where opponents of the military have armed themselves.
This happened after nearly 800 people were killed in indiscrimnate firing by troops and policemen during largely peaceful protests after the February coup which ousted the elected government of Suu Kyi.
"We will not stay any more in the town, but we will come back to attack soon," John told IANS.
"We only have homemade guns. This was not enough. We retreated out of concern over damage to the town. We will get proper weapons to assault the Tatmadaw."
With fighting taking place so close to the India-Myanmar border, it is being feared that a large-scale migration of refugees from the neighbouring country into India's Mizoram state might take place.
Meanwhile, the US and the UK have condemned the violence. India has been silent.
"The military's use of weapons of war against civilians, including this week in Mindat, is a further demonstration of the depths the regime will sink to hold onto power," the US Embassy said in a statement.
"Attacks on civilians are illegal and cannot be justified," the British embassy said.


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DEFINE 'SKEPTICISM'…. The Politico reports this morning that policy makers in D.C. are facing "a skeptical public" when it comes to selling an ambitious economic recovery plan.
Obama comes to power … after a period of extraordinary intervention already by Treasury and the Federal Reserve. The results of that activity have been mixed. And while most economists agree that the country is better off for having acted, the huge costs have also fed skepticism among the public.
"There's a sense out there that we keep throwing more and more money at the problem," pollster Neil Newhouse told Politico. "There's a ton of skepticism out there whether this will make a difference."
The Politico also reports this morning that most of the public is already convinced that we need an ambitious economic recovery plan.
By a large majority, voters favor President-elect Barack Obama's wide-ranging policy prescriptions to aid the faltering economy, according to a new Politico/Allstate poll.
The survey of 1,007 registered voters conducted Dec. 27-29 showed that 79 percent of respondents favored Obama's plan. The president-elect is advocating a $775 billion stimulus that includes a major investment in infrastructure projects and alternative energy as well as middle-class tax cuts, job training and health care reform.
When eight in 10 Americans already support Obama's approach to improving the economy, it doesn't sound like he should be too terribly concerned about "a skeptical public."
Note to the president-elect: the electorate wants you to be bold. Don't hold back.


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Host Christopher Habig spoke with Dr. Ashlie Olp of Olp Family Medicine of Carmel about her motivations for becoming a Direct Primary Care (DPC) physician after years of suffering as a patient.
Dr. Olp experienced the nightmare of navigating the health system after a rare condition left her without answers. Facing the prospect of losing her leg, she took matters into her own hands. If she wasn't a physician, things could have turned out much worse.


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Bottled water, individually wrapped snacks, beef jerky and dog treats are handed out to hunters as they travel to western Kansas to go bird hunting. Volunteer on the day of the event. Donations of items for the outreach are appreciated and can be left at the church! Contact Carroll Fasse at (785) 806-6967 for more information on how to help out.
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How Generation C is influencing holiday purchasing for the entire family
Insight and predictions for brands for the 2020 holiday season
Covid has made kids the family decision-makers this holiday season
Covid has made kids the family decision-makers this holiday season.
Amid all of this year's uncertainties, this is clear: Generation C is in charge.
In this report you will learn:
- How "present-prepping" will make the holiday season longer than previous years
- How families are adapting their festive behaviors to make up for the lack of travel
- The increasing importance of digital wish lists in the holiday purchase funnel
- The growth of the meta verse as both playground and discover platform.
Download our latest report for actionable insights in what is set to be the longest and biggest holiday season yet.
Selected Findings
Holiday shopping has already started
80% of parents will have started buying gifts by the end of October. Find out where parents are going to shop and how can your brand leverage the early spenders.
Kids' wish lists have gone digital
46% of kids want one big present whilst 54% want lots of little presents. Find out what's at the top of kids' wishlists this holiday season.
Holiday spending won't end with the festive season
70% of kids prefer to receive some form of money as a holiday gift. Find out what your brand needs to do to engage with these key decision-makers to make connections that last.


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Winter can be broken down into two main categories of weather. How much snow will fall the temperatures impacted by mountains or water. Snow in Maryland really highlights multiple climate zones across a small area.Learn More
The 'average' of 20 inches is a three decade average between 1980 to 2010.Learn More
December 5th 2001 was a day the record high temperature, December 5th 2002 the record snowfall of 7.4″ was measured at the BWI. ONE YEAR LATER!Read More
Weather Precipitation Center, Storm Prediction Center, and National Hurricane CenterLearn More
The area National Weather Service Offices put out a product that displays potential snowfall for an upcoming eventLearn More
Make your morning commute easier by tracking which roads the snow plows are out on.View Here
Since winter weather records began in 1883, Baltimore has NEVER had a winter void of snow.Learn More
A stormy pattern across the southern US that can turn into Nor'easters for us.Learn More
The storm track from the Pacific Ocean tends to take a northern route, diving across the central plains, then up the Ohio Valley.Learn More
Long Wave Cycles are global scale weather patterns. These are observed higher in the atmosphere at jet stream level.Learn More
Snow events in the winter can arrive in the Mid Atlantic region in many waysLearn More
Note: Snow along the boarder of southern PA with northern Maryland, they don't match!Learn More
Winter precipitation can best be described as a variation of frozen 'stuff' falling from the clouds.Learn More
Click on a camera on the interactive map to view a live roadway and assess current conditions.View Here
This webcam is positioned at the very popular Rocky Gap Casino.Learn More
Seasonal Snow As Of 02/12/2021Learn More
Explore More Wind Chill CalculatorsLearn More
Winter weather in and around Baltimore Maryland and the Mid Atlantic can be widely variable in our region. It can range from mild with low snow in some years, to blockbuster storms producing feet of snow. Those historically come from large coastal storms called Nor'easters.
What makes forecasting much more complicated is our geography in the Mid Atlantic, especially in Maryland. The ocean to our east can supply moisture, but supply warm (above freezing) air to storm. That can mix snow to sleet, and a chilly rain. We also see the influence of the Chesapeake Bay warming nearby areas.
To the west, the Piedmont hills lead to rugged mountains between 2,000 and 3,000 Feet high. A few peaks in West Virginia top 4,000 Feet. Temperatures are cooler in the higher terrain on average 3 to 5 degrees cooler per every 1,000 Feet up. But ridges can also help direct storms, block moisture, and even provide warm dry air when the winds blow directly down, creating a rain or show shadow effect.
Just about every big city in the Mid Atlantic and New England has I-95 running through it. This was built on the Fall Line, operating the coastal plain from the Piedmont foothills. This often acts as a boundary for the influence of warmer air east, and more snow just west. Thus making a snow forecast in the most densely populated part of the region most complicated. It is possible to have 6" or more of snow in a storm in one area contrasted with just rain simply 30 to 50 miles away.
I hope the resources on this page can help you track the winter weather and history with ease.


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Posted on September 2, 2020
Ellis Torrance, a doctoral candidate in Louis-Marie Bobay's research group at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, has received a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) to support her Environmental Health Science research.
Torrance, from Murphys, California, is among the 5 percent of applicants chosen for the fellowship this year.
DOE's Office of Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration support the DOE CSGF and the Krell Institute of Ames, Iowa, administers it. Each year, the program grants fellowships to doctoral students whose education and research focus on using high-performance computers to solve complex science and engineering problems of national importance. Since it was launched in 1991, the DOE CSGF has supported more than 500 students at more than 70 universities.
Fellows receive full tuition and fees plus an annual stipend and academic allowance, renewable for up to four years. In return, they must complete courses in a scientific or engineering discipline plus computer science and applied mathematics. They also must conduct research at one of 21 DOE laboratories or sites across the country on a three-month practicum.
Torrance is one of 26 first-year fellows for 2020, bringing the total number of current DOE CSGF recipients to 95 students in 23 states.
The fellowship and related practicum experiences are effective workforce recruitment tools for the national laboratories. Nearly a quarter of all DOE CSGF alumni work or have worked in a DOE lab setting. Others pursue careers in academia, industry or government, where they introduce and advocate for computational science as a tool for discovery.
For more information on the DOE CSGF, contact the Krell Institute.


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Make use of drones in geolocation and multi-media things
Make use of drones in geolocation and multi-media things
Drones are leading applications on the community. The dimensions of the application is known as a main concern, considering never assume all smartphones may very well deal with it. Therefore despite the fact that an application has several features to address at your age, there ought to be room space reserved for other features. This could possibly fundamentally be handled when full functionalities are combined and merged as you are adopting easiness although evolving the application. Countries have taken advantage of drones, within both the civil and interpersonal realms (Mande, 2011).
Multimedia system applications of drones: Systems involved
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GIS applications of drones
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Weak points using drones
Despite the includes that these job application is proud of, there exists obstacles in step with the existing identities among the regions. There had been also a worry using the new structures that remember to keep cropping up every single day, virtually all of that have been certainly never integrated in your application's road map. This put together the full experiences verify approximately futile, but after all, one can possibly try to find some providers. This created an entire happening a worthy dialing, where one can have interaction with a brand new applying out there. Still, eventually it ended up being an event worth recollecting (Lisa, 2011).
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Dr. Irina Sinakevitch & Nat Klein Publish in JoVe
Dr. Irina Sinakevitch's paper titled, "Anti-RDL and Anti-mGlutR1 Receptors Antibody Testing in Honeybee Brain Sections using CRISPR-Cas9" , has been accepted by the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). Dr. Sinakevitch is with the Gronenberg Lab and Nat Klein, a co-author of the paper, is with the Bhattacharya Lab. Both labs are in the Department of Neuroscience. Congratulations to all the authors on this paper.
Oland receives Education Award
Dr. Lynne Oland was nominated for the 2019 College of Science Teaching and Advising Award. The selection committee reviewed the nomination and was very impressed with Lynne's long‐time commitment and dedication to the students in the Neuroscience/Cognitive Science Undergraduate Program (NSCS). To honor Lynne's efforts, the committee created a special award, the Excellence in Transformative Education Award. This Award acknowledges Lynne's work in creating the NSCS Program and making it a huge success.
Lynne will be honored and presented the Excellence in Transformative Education Award at the Annual College of Science Faculty Reception, held on Tuesday, September 24 at 5:30 P.M. at the Arizona Inn. Congratulations, Lynne.
Bhattacharya and Yin receive BIO5 Team Scholars Program Award
Dr. Bhattacharya and Dr. Yin have been granted the BIO5 Team Scholars Program award for collaborating on neuron-glia co-cultures from the Yin lab and infected with a virus built in the Bhattacharya lab. Dr. Bhagyashree Manivannan, Bhattacharya lab, is performing biochemical and proteomic analysis on the separate cell populations.
The BIO5 Team Scholars Program award is granted through the BIO5 Institute, one of the Research Discovery & Innovation (RDI) University Research Institutes/Centers (URICs).
The award offers support for scholarships to allow a faculty member release time and other support for full implementation of collaborative, interdisciplinary projects. URICs are intended to be the campus hubs for large scale transdisciplinary work, and yet many faculty are not fully utilizing the resources and connections available at the URICs in their work. The goal of these BIO5 Institute Team awards is to develop, produce and submit a collaborative proposal for external funding, and to enhance the connection of faculty to the BIO5 Institute and other colleagues.
These neurons affect how much you do, or don't, want to eat
UA researchers, in Dr. Haijiang Cai's Lab, have identified a network of neurons that coordinate with other brain regions to influence eating behaviors. These findings could help those suffering from disease-induced appetite loss or over-eating. Cai's co-authors, all of whom were associated with the Department of Neuroscience during the research, are lead author Dr. Yong Wang, JungMin Kim, Matthew B. Schmit, Tiffany S. Cho and Dr. Caohui Fang. The research was partially funded by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
This content originated with a UANews release: https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/these-neurons-affect-how-much-you-do-o…
Published in: Neuroscience News, ScienceDaily, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, Daily Mail, News Medical, and EurekAlert
Keating receives Andrew C. Comrie GIDP Doctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Rebekah Keating (Godfrey) for being selected to receive the Andrew C. Comrie Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDP) Doctoral Fellowship. "Keating" is part of the Gronenberg Lab in the Department of Neuroscience, and is the first person to receive this disguished honor.


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India, US collaboration in health sector R&D commendable: MoS Health Pawar
She also highlighted the mutual solidarity between both sides during the Covid-19 pandemic
The manner in which India and the US have enhanced collaboration in research and development (R&D), especially with respect to pharmaceuticals, therapeutics, and vaccine development, is commendable, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar has said.
This could be seen in the manner in which Indian vaccine companies collaborated with US-based agencies to develop COVID-19 vaccine, she said while addressing the inaugural session of the two-day 4th Indo-US Health Dialogue, being hosted by India, on Monday.
She also highlighted the mutual solidarity between both sides during the COVID-19 pandemic, where both sides extended their support.
Referring to the MoU on Mental Health signed in 2020, she pointed to enhanced cooperation and strengthened bilateral ties in the health sector between both countries.
Another MoU between India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the US Department of Health and Human Services in the field of health sector has been finalized, she added.
Then major areas of cooperation cover issues like Health Safety and Security; Communicable Diseases & Non-Communicable Diseases; Health Systems; and Health Policy.
Pawar reiterated the need to focus on these emerging areas to prevent and control infectious diseases relying on well-designed and validated scientific approaches and collaboration between countries to aid in advance scientific discovery and management of global health threats.
The MoS Health also recognized that the public and private sector should work together and combine its strengths in fighting the inequities of the health systems through innovations.
The US delegation for the dialogue is led by Loyce Pace, Director, Office of Global Affairs at US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Michelle McConnell, Director, Asia and Pacific, Office of Global Affairs at U.S. Dept. (HHS), Dr. Mitchell Wolfe, Ms Diana M. Bensyl were also present in the meeting.
Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary, Health Research among other senior officials of the Ministry represented India at the event.
According to the health ministry, the dialogue will be leveraged as a platform to deliberate upon multiple ongoing collaborations in the health sector between the two countries.
The issues planned for deliberations in this round also encompass areas of concern pertaining to strengthening of epidemiological research and surveillance, vaccine development, One Health, zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, health systems and health policies etc.


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The 2017 Academy Awards, popularly called the Oscars, was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles California. The 89th Academy Awards ceremony was presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the best films of 2016.
See full list of winners
Best Picture: "Moonlight"
Actor: Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"
Actress: Emma Stone, "La La Land"
Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight"
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, "Fences"
Animated Feature: "Zootopia"
Cinematography: "La La Land"
Costume Design: "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"
Direction: Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"
Documentary Feature: "O.J.: Made in America"
Documentary Short: "The White Helmets"
Film Editing: "Hacksaw Ridge"
Foreign Language Film: "The Salesman"
Makeup and Hairstyling: "Suicide Squad"
Score: "La La Land"
Song: "City of Stars" from "La La Land"
Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Production Design: "La La Land"
Animated Short: "Piper"
Live Action Short: "Sing"
Sound Editing: "Arrival"
Sound Mixing: "Hacksaw Ridge"
Visual Effects: "The Jungle Book"
Adapted Screenplay: "Moonlight"
Original Screenplay: "Manchester by the Sea"


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Stunning yellow gold!
I purchased this bracelet just before a trip to Miami to visit my gold connoisseur of a brother and he was floored at the beauty of this piece! It is such a deep yellow and looks great alone or as a stack! And hey Maeve has so many lovely options that you can't go wrong in the pairing department!


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Statistics & Research
Industry Statistics & Research
Each year, direct selling companies provide data to the WFDSA (World Federation of Direct Selling Association) and local associations such as DSA (Direct Selling Australia).
This data includes sales figures, product categories and the demographic information of independent sales people (ISP) performance all used to identify and map the health of the industry.
Find below a summary of the survey results undertaken by the WFDSA and Direct Selling Australia for 2021.
Global Statistics
- In 2021, the direct selling industry generated over $186.1B USD annually to the global economy.
- From 2018-2021, direct selling generated a compound annual growth rate of +3.8%.
- In 2021, 42% of sales were made in the Asia-Pacific, 36% in Americas and 21% in Europe.
- Over 128 million Independent Sales Persons (ISPs) are involved in direct selling worldwide. 55% are located in Asia, 27% in Americas and 12% in Europe.
- The direct selling industry generally operates with independent salespeople contracted to these direct selling companies to market and sell their goods and services, being remunerated by reselling margins or commissions on the sales made.
- The 2 top-selling product categories for 2021 were – Wellness & Cosmetics/Personal Care
- In 2021, 74% of independent salespeople were women and 26% were men.
- Independent salespeople in direct selling are small and micro-businesspeople seeking supplementary income for their families and flexibility in the way they earn this income.
Australian Statistics
- There are approximately 399,000 people involved in direct selling with member companies in Australia.
- 42,000 are full-time, business builders, 140,000 are part time, business builders and 216,000 include those who have recently joined; that either love the product and want a discounted rate or others who have never become active.
- In 2021, the gross revenue of DSA member companies totaled $1.2 billion AUD.
- In 2021, 168,000 new people joined a DSA member company.
- Direct selling provides opportunities to female entrepreneurs. In 2021, 77% of independent salespeople were women.
- In 2021, the top categories of products sold include wellness (39%) and cosmetics (26%).
- Australia is ranked 24 globally for retail sales in direct selling.
About DSA
- DSA was established in 1967 and is the recognised trade body for direct selling companies in Australia.
- DSA is the industry association that represents approximately 50 member companies that utilise direct selling to market and sell goods and services directly to consumers.
- DSA members commit to our Code of Practice which promotes high standards of consumer protection, professionalism and ethics.
- Direct selling isn't about buying boats or bigger houses, our stories come from real people across all parts of Australia earning additional income that contributes to school fees, weekly groceries, saving for a holiday and bills.


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Navigating the Love of a Father
My dad was pretty cheesy. I guess that means cheesiness is in my genes. This may also explain why I am incredibly corny myself.
Greeting Cards
With my dad, however, this mostly showed up in two ways. The first is he never wrote a card. Instead, he preferred to give Hallmark cards with detailed cliché messages already written in. This is very much the opposite of me. I like to get a card with the shortest amount of text possible and then fill in the blank space to overflowing with a personal, heartfelt note. I never liked that he chose to give me the corny words of greeting card writers to mark birthdays and other special occasions. Why would he not take the time to write a personal message in his cards?
Country Music
The other silly thing my dad loved to do was force me to listen to the songs he enjoyed. Love songs were his favorite, but Country Music would also enter the rotation. Once, he called my brother and me into the living room to play a new song that was sweeping the dance floors of America. Then blasted Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy Breaky Heart" from the two giant speakers in the living room. He would also play songs like Garth Brook's, "The Dance." In the car, he would quiet me down to listen to "That's My Job" by Conway Twitty when it came on the radio.
Eventually, my dad became very devout in his faith. Christian music replaced the country songs he required me to listen to with undivided attention. I am so thankful for this change in his life. Without him making the decision to follow Christ, I would not be serving God today.
Rules, Demands, and Discipline
At the same time, I still didn't know how to deal with my feelings towards my dad. He was harsh. Often, he was mean and controlling. That softened a bit when he became more serious about his faith, but that part of him never really went away. The anger and intensity were always just beneath the surface.
Our home was strict. While full of rules and hard-work, it wasn't absent of love and fun. We laughed with and at each other. I would never say my dad was affectionate, though. This isolated us from each other.
Before living with my dad as a teenager, I spent my early years with my mom. My three guardian angels during that time were my mom, grandmother, and aunt. Being raised primarily by three females may be why I so strongly crave affection and expressions of feelings from those around me. That was something I didn't really get from my dad. Mostly just rules, demands, and discipline.
Seeing Through a New Lens
One day, towards the end of my dad's life, I noticed a book on the counter of his kitchen. It was for Adult Children of Alcoholics. It took a moment for that to sink in. Then the realization came over me like a splash of cold water. My dad was raised by an abusive alcoholic. Just because he was my dad, it didn't mean he was over the hurts of his dad. The wounds and the gore of that kind of childhood were seeping through the cracks of the life he was trying to build, and even into his role as my father.
At that moment, I felt compassion for my dad, and I saw his shortcomings through a new lens. He couldn't give me the affection he never received but did his best despite his own experience with his father.
All of a sudden, those cheesy greeting cards and times he made me stop playing video games to listen to his music took on new meaning. He didn't have the vocabulary to give me the fatherly intimacy I so desperately needed. So he used Hallmark cards and tear jerker Country Music songs to pass on the parts of himself that were important to him.
Choosing Your Compass
My dad wasn't cheesy or superficial. He was doing the best he could with the tools he had amid the pain he didn't know how to deal with. I am learning more and more that these are the choppy waters every parent has to navigate their love for their children through. Our ships sail in winds of legacy and pain. What we focus on becomes the compass that guides on these mysterious seas.
When it comes to my dad, I choose legacy instead of hurt; love instead of frustration. If my kids use the same measure of forgiveness towards me and my mistakes that I have used for my dad, then I want it to be as generous as possible. I think that is the only way we make it to the treasure of a lasting legacy.


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Three solo home runs were enough to power the San Diego Padres past the Miami Marlins.
Franmil Reyes, Hunter Renfroe and Ian Kinsler homered, and left-hander Joey Lucchesi combined with two relievers on a four-hitter for his first victory in six starts to lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-2 victory Friday night.
"We thrive with the long ball and we've got the guys who can hit them," manager Andy Green said. "You have to embrace who you are. We've got a lot of slug as a club. It's nice when you get guys on base and hit two- and three-run homers, but solos did it today."
Lucchesi certainly enjoyed the power display.
"I love it. I love when guys hit them," the big lefty said. "It makes them feel good, it makes us feel good. It's great."
Lucchesi (4-3) hadn't won since beating Cincinnati at home on April 21. He retired his first seven batters before allowing a double by Miguel Rojas in the third. He then retired eight straight before allowing a home run by pinch-hitter Rosell Herrera with one out in the sixth. Lucchesi struck out five and walked one.
Craig Stammen pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings, Phil Maton allowed two singles to open the Marlins' ninth and Kirby Yates came on to get the final three outs for his 22nd save, best in the majors.
Herrera was pinch-hitting for lefty Caleb Smith (3-3), who lost his third straight decision after allowing two runs and three hits in five innings. He struck out eight and walked two.
"I thought he threw the ball really well," manager Don Mattingly said. "Gives up the two solos, but I think we saw the finish that we talked about before, more swing and miss. Definitely a lot better out of Caleb tonight."
The Padres "don't really chase too far out of the zone," Mattingly said. "They've got swing and miss but they don't chase all over the place, so there were a lot of deep counts and you've got to make pitches, so we know they're dangerous from that standpoint."
Reyes homered on a line shot to left with one out in the first, his 16th. Renfroe hit a moonshot into the second balcony on the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left-field corner with one out in the fourth for his 15th.
"I felt like my stuff was pretty good," Smith said. "Just made a couple mistakes and I've got to stop giving up the long ball."
Kinsler homered off Austin Brice with one out in the seventh for his seventh.


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Moreton Island is a smaller version of Fraser Island but is much nicer because the lack of backpackers and tourist buses. The camping areas are good but recommend to check the EPA site about the camp areas and availaility. Driving isn\'t recommended 1.5 hours either side of high tide and some areas you may need to give 2 - 2.5 hours.
Tracks can be rough but tyre pressures set to 20lb should get you everywhere.
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|Great week away
|Isuzu D Max
|Oct 1, 2013
|Great weekend away with the family. Middle Road was very chopped up and care was needed. There were people bogged all over the place, especially in the Cowan bypass. Access to the 'Desert' is exceptionally soft, Great Weekend away though
|Mazda BT-50
|Jan 5, 2012
|Great place, great views, only thing ive seen bog here was a brand new BT50 being driven by a young lady. This island is tops.
|Toyota Hilux Surf
|Jan 9, 2011
|Can't wait to go back
|Toyota Hilux Surf
|Jan 3, 2011
|Me and the girlfriend spend a week there - very cool place to chill out. We camped on the ocean side. ahrdy anyone about which was very nice. Shhhh don't tell anyone :)
|LandRover Discovery
|Oct 8, 2010
|worked on here for a couple of days had an awesome time, excellent fishing.
|Toyota Hilux Surf
|May 10, 2009
|LandRover Discovery
|Aug 10, 2007
|Camped at Cowan Cowan. Dived on the wrecks for a week.
|Toyota Landcruiser
|Apr 13, 2007
|Toyota Landcruiser
|Toyota Landcruiser


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Amass Copenhagen Vodka
Nose of citrus and warm lemon drop candy turns to hay and sweet tea, before fading to frost and cold iron. Bitter lemon on the palate at first, then grassy notes of dry summer and iced tea. On the finish more hay and wildflowers, and then finally cereal and a grainy sweetness.


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This service is now discontinued and the underlying software not maintained any more. The underlying software is available publicly if someone is interested re-establishing the service somewhere.
This service implements the W3C IG Note on converting microdata to RDF (Second Edition).
If you intend to use this service regularly on large scale, consider downloading the package and use it locally. Storing a (conceptually) "cached" version of the generated RDF, instead of referring to the live service, might also be an alternative to consider in trying to avoid overloading this server…
Microdata is a specification for attributes to be used with HTML5 to express structured data. A separate Semantic Web Interest Group Note defines a mapping from HTML5+Microdata to RDF. pyMicrodata is a distiller that generates the RDF triples from HTML5 file annotated by Microdata in various RDF serialization formats. It can either be used directly from a command line or via a CGI service. To learn more about Microdata, please consult the HTML5 Microdata Document, as well as the RDF Conversion algorithm. See also below for the possibilities to download the package.
As installed in this service is a server-side implementation of the conversion. This also means that pages that generate their (X)HTML content dynamically (e.g., using AJAX) will not be properly processed by this distiller.
format; values:
If you use Firefox, Safari, Chrome, or Opera, you can also drag the following bookmarklets to your browser bar and use them to distill the current page: "MD it (Turtle)!", "MD it (RDF/XML)!", "MD it (N triples)!".
When using the distiller URI directly, the option names for the default options can be ommited. Some examples:
http://www.example.com/microdata.html, serialized in Turtle:
http://www.example.com/rdfa.html, serialized in RDF/XML:
The underlying package, called pyMicrodata, implemented as a Python package, is available for download from GitHub. The package is based on the standard Python 2.x.y distribution, where 'x' should be 5 or higher. (It has been tested on version 2.7.6, which is the highest, and probably the last stable release in Python 2.x; if possible, better use that one). The module may run on the Python 3.x family with the latest release of RDFLib, but has not been thoroughly tested on that version.
The core package relies on the RDFLib package.
To install the package, download the distribution file from github and either move the pyRdfa directory to your PYTHONPATH or modify your PYTHONPATH to to include that directory. Alternatively, you can use the standard 'setup.py' script.
This software is available for use under the W3C® SOFTWARE NOTICE AND LICENSE


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All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation—and may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels, and grant him peace and security—likewise to his family, Companions and true followers.
[12/02/2021] Imān: Its Levels and Branches and how to Make it Strong – Explanation of Kitāb As-Sunnah from Sunan Ibn Mājah [Lesson 50] – by Abu Khadeejah.
Some of the points discussed in this lesson:
– Ḥadīth #57: Al-Īmān is 60 and odd branches, or 70 and odd branches…"
– Īmān is belief, statement and action.
– The believers are of different levels as it relates to īmān.
– How to increase and strengthen īmān.
– The branches of īmān.
– The great station of Lā ilāha illAllāh.
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