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A letter from our Co-Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Archana Shrestha
Dear Reader,
I wanted to share with you some of my biggest takeaways from last month's Women in White Coats Doctors' Lounge talk by contract's expert Dr. Bonnie Mason. She shared the "Top 5 Contract Mistakes that Doctors Make" and pitfalls to avoid.
This was such a great talk and so incredibly informative even for me, an attending physician of 12 years. I learned that you can negotiate out of a contract or job but that you must do that before you give in your letter of resignation. I also learned that when you are an employed physician and the hospital decides to bring in a contract management group to takeover your contract, you must band together as a unified group and negotiate together as a group for the greatest leverage.
One of the top 5 mistakes that Dr Bonnie shared though is that many people don't even attempt to negotiate before signing the dotted line. She shared a story where she spoke to a class of graduating residents asking them about their contract negotiations for their new jobs and none of them had even negotiated a single thing. And guess what? All of those residents were women.
When we don't even negotiate, we leave about 25% of pay on the table. Not to mention that we also lose an opportunity to negotiate things like maternity leave, paid time off, flexible scheduling or other things that could majorly impact you or your family. If you think you can negotiate those things after signing, you are sadly mistaken.
Dr. Mason spoke about how women doctors not negotiating is part of why we have the gender pay gap in medicine. We must know our worth and the going rates in the area and negotiate.
And if someone tells you that the contract is not negotiable, simply ask to have a discussion so that you can better understand the terms and to make sure its a good fit for both sides. And if they refuse to have even a discussion or insist on having it signed in a few days time, it's probably wise to walk away.
There were so many other things that I learned from this lively discussion and I want you to be able to watch the replay too because I'm sure there is some advice in there that could save you from costly mistakes.
That's why we are offering one month free in the Doctors Lounge. Just use promo code 1MONTHFREE (by March 19) and you will be able to join in for free! Trust me this is one talk you can't afford to miss.
One last thing, my friend…if no one has told you yet this week, I want you to hear it from me — What you do is so meaningful and impactful! You are saving lives and changing lives and making a huge difference in this world. Thank you for all you do! You are so appreciated!
To Uplifting One Another!
Archana Shrestha, MD
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Ripple Has Mixed Success in Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging Securities Fraud
The judge threw out some of the claims in the lawsuit but the case can continue based on others relating to allegedly misleading statements by CEO Brad Garlinghouse.
Blockchain payments firm Ripple has been only partially successful in its bid to have a class-action lawsuit over alleged securities fraud thrown out.
- In a court ruling filed last Friday, Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court of Northern California granted with prejudice two parts of Ripple's motion to dismiss the 10 claims against it and its CEO, Brad Garlinghouse.
- The accusations come as a consolidated action from a group of disgruntled investors who claim Ripple and Garlinghouse failed to register XRP as a security with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and made misleading statements about the cryptocurrency.
- In the ruling, Judge Hamilton agreed that lead plaintiff Bradley Sostack had failed to support two claims relating to a series of allegedly fraudulent statements made by Ripple and Garlinghouse in 2017.
- As such, Ripple's motion to dismiss the sixth claim over misleading XRP advertisements and a seventh alleging an illegal securities issuance.
- However, Judge Hamilton also denied other portions of Ripple's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was amended at the end of February.
- These include a fourth claim relating to the allegation that Garlinghouse "misrepresented the status" of his XRP investment.
- At issue is the CEO's claim to have been "very, very long XRP as a percentage of my personal balance sheet," when in fact he had sold off millions of dollars in the cryptocurrency.
- However, Sostack may now proceed with four of the 10 claims only on the basis of Garlinhouse's alleged misrepresentations pertaining to the "scope and character of his XRP holdings."
- These claims include statements about banks utilizing XRP to source liquidity and an increase in the token's demand based on its "value proposition."
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Love Is Great Britain: Celebrating the UK Government's Largest Participation in Pride Activities in the Americas
As part of VisitBritain's Love is GREAT campaign, the British government will celebrate LGBT rights by participating in local Pride events in 16 cities across the US, Mexico, and Canada this year, and will launch a nationwide sweepstakes on June 10th, 2017 to win a trip to Great Britain. The UK is proud to be recognized as one of the most progressive countries in the world for LGBT rights.
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The UK is the first foreign government to participate in Pride on such a significant scale in the Americas and is proud to continue the tradition this year. Activity will also commemorate the start of decriminalization of homosexuality in England & Wales with the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act of 1967. Love is GREAT will highlight the UK as a champion of LGBT equality and a global leader in human rights across policy, business, arts, culture, and tourism.
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In 2020, the Health Minister garnered international attention after his 'New World Order' Freudian slip.
Australian Health Minister of New South Wales Brad Hazzard has lashed out at people who have not yet taken their third Covid "vaccine" injection. Hazzard called the more than 30 percent of eligible state residents who have refused the injection "crazy" on Tuesday.
The minister went on to say that the experimental mRNA gene therapies are not preventing the "pesky" BA4 and BA5 variants from spreading in the state. However, he claimed that those who are "fully vaccinated" reduce their chances of illness and death.
"If you haven't your full three, to put it bluntly, you're crazy," he told reporters. "You should go and get them. That's what is going to make a difference in stopping or at least reducing the chances of you ending up in the hospital or ending up possibly dying. I can't stress this enough."
On Tuesday, New South Wales registered more than 10,000 'coronavirus cases' for the fifth time in the past seven days. Hazzard said he expects more than 30,000 cases a day. The Marxist-led World Health Organization said this week that Covid is increasing in more than 100 countries worldwide.
'New World Order'
In 2020, the Health Minister garnished international attention after his controversial slip during a Covid press conference. He said people are starting to get indifferent, apathetic, and complacent. "I'm not happy about it, but I can see it." Hazzard added that restaurants, cafes, and pubs, in particular, need to "turn it up a notch."
He warned that places we would typically see as the safest place on earth, such as our homes, are also dangerous. "You have already heard that a number of people have been infected with the virus at home. We must treat this New World Order… this new world of Covid more carefully, even in our own homes, with a high level of care and caution." Remarkably, the left-wing media omitted this Freudian slip.
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Where does the despair of a person who comes out of the house after COVID lead?
Well… to Paris hihi.
Oh, don't think that it has become an obsession (since I was there last September, and the last New Year's Eve, and during the summer of 2019…). But, what do you know, at the beginning of 2021, France is the only European destination where there are no restrictions either upon entering the country or at the return to Romania.
So I don't even think about it: at 7 o'clock in the evening I buy a ticket for… the next morning!
This is Otopeni at 7:30 a.m. Such a pleasure to travel!
In the plane we have to fill in a form. I think how proud I will be to check the "Yes, I had a covid" space! But… there's no question about that. Not if I came into contact with anyone, not even if I sneeze, at least. Too bad. I could have had the opportunity to brag about it J. It's just an identification and localization form. Ok – locate me in Paris, on the right side!
Paradoxically, it is a more lively Paris than I saw in September. But with all the museums, restaurants and bars closed.
"What the hell are you going to do there all day?" – friends ask me.
"I'll walk!"
God, I miss walking around so much! Even with the cold weather that they announced.
I walk the streets, slowly, as I still feel the fatigue that COVID left me with…
And, my friend, do I walk…
You cannot imagine the enormous joy I feel going through each known neighborhood, but also through the new places. It is a state of FREEDOM difficult to describe in words! Well, it is a limited freedom, because, from 8 pm, you are no longer allowed out in the streets. If the police catch you, you'll get a fine. At the first "offence", 135 euros, then the amount increases, after which they put you in jail…
In my eyes, Paris is divided into two sides now, since the restrictions: the touristic Paris, empty, and the Paris of the French, very much alive.
A Paris that at certain hours comes to life due to the infectious joy of the students who go or come from school. Something that seems we have been lacking for an entire eternity…
At the tourist attractions, it is deserted.
On the streets and in shops – it's much more lively! This gives me a very good feeling.
I go up to Montmartre, although it is very cold. And I discover with great enthusiasm the populated streets!
In the past I used to hate the crowds and the noise, but now these give Paris its life. I feel like greeting every passer-by…
More souvenir shops are open! Yessss! Let us go in, I say!
As I have become much more curious since the pandemic, I talk to the first seller, taking advantage of the fact that he has no other clients. I want to know how the situation has changed during recent months.
It hasn't changed, he tells me resignedly… It's all the same crap. And he continues: "every year, on December 31st and January 1st, we used to sell very well, much better even than during the summer! We had our top sales! Now we have sold merely… 1% compared to what we used to sell on the same days of the previous years".
My God!!! And we are talking about boutiques in mega-touristic areas!!!
I buy something from him and go on through the neighborhood.
A little old man plays the accordion in the rhythm of "La vie en rose". I look around me and everyone smiles as they pass through the area. His music is like a vitamin!
I give him one Euro. I haven't had such satisfaction offering someone a penny in a very long time!
At the George Pompidou Center for Modern Art, I come across another old man, who seems to be the master of all the pigeons in Paris!
The center is closed, as is the Brancusi Workshop. And like are all museums, by the way.
But I feel so proud when I see, at Pompidou as big as life, how these people chose to promote the exhibition of the painter Matisse:
La blouse roumaine – the Romanian blouse…
I saw the original painting a few years ago and I was just as proud then, especially noticing the visitors who stopped in front of it.
Speaking of posters, banners, billboards: I see a poster for a concert. Wow! A concert?! Are there any concerts???
Yes! It is the poster for the show "Carmen", for June 2022…
Museums are closed, but churches are open, so I get in everything that is on my way. Even if I did it I don't know how many times before J.
What I like most is that I, who missed Christmas because of COVID, live it now, in January, when in Paris it is still very much present…
The famous neighboring shops Lafayette and Printemps compete, as they do every year, with their animated shop windows… I stand like a child and I marvel in front of each one.
Even the luxurious fashion houses are not left behind for the holidays:
I didn't go to Dior, or Chanel, or Louis Vuitton, or to anyone else, because I forgot my card with the million Euros. Where?? In my dreams…
Instead, I went into the stores for the social category I belong to. You know how they say… stretch your leg according to the coverlet…
However, there are restrictions, you cannot enter freely. I saw in the door of many stores a poster with the maximum number of customers. At H&M I had a shock: 322 customers admitted! Wow, how big is the store?
In other shops, 199. Not 200, but 199.
Plus, in some of them you were greeted by some gentlemen at the entrance, with a bottle of disinfectant prepared for the attack. Mandatory condition for your access inside.
This is the queue at Zara. High demand, as you can see. I've seen similar queues at Apple and Louis Vuitton.
I take a walk, go up to the terrace of the Lafayette Galleries, in the past full of people who would come here to take pictures with the Eiffel Tower (I will do it too) and I don't forget the clock… 8 o'clock, the clock is ticking. I have to run to the hotel, not to get caught by the police…
What is difficult in these times with restrictions, until you reach 8 o'clock in the evening, is that you can't stop anywhere to drink something, to rest your legs, to warm up… Once you start the morning from the hotel, so you keep walking until you can't anymore! (I had the idea to sit down and try things on in the shops, but I found it harder to get all those clothes off than to walk around Paris all day.)
The famous cafes of Saint Germain des Près – Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots – frequented by so many celebrities over time, are also closed.
Either with the chairs turned upside down on the tables or with… a happier solution, to somehow reduce the bitterness of these days:
These bears hibernate perfectly here! In luxury and opulence.
I sincerely envy them, while my hands freeze on the phone I use for taking pictures.
If I don't have a place to sit and have a coffee, a snack, I am satisfied with a hot chocolate to go and the cold water from my favorites – the street wells. The beautifully crafted wells that now, in some places in Paris, have attached a soap dispenser!!! From a totally different story…
Well, from the "COVID" story, what the hell can we do.
With the mask and without the hood, without the mask and with the hood on, without any mask or hood, any number of combinations… If I don't take 100 selfies, I'm not sure I have the picture with the Eiffel Tower J)).
I was thinking I was going to go to the supermarket and I get some bread and baloney (in Romanian "parizer"). "Parizer" comes from "Pariz"? J))
Despite the fact that the restaurants are closed, you can find food everywhere, which for me was a surprise! Many sell at the door. Others even sell inside, but you take your package and you have to go and eat wherever you can. (Not to mention deliveries. The food deliveryman came to my neighbors at the hotel every night.)
I started with a "crêpe" with ham and cheese. Delicious! Eaten from the cornet, in the outside cold, on the go, being careful not to wear it, because I'm wearing my expensive jacket…
Then I came across a restaurant that sells real food. Pasta with various ingredients, lasagna and even seafood, only these I have no idea how to eat on the go.
Many bars are open, with offers for the cold outside, from hot wine to coffee and hot chocolate. And the traditional onion soup!
And for those who think winter is like summer, a whole list of beers. Cold, obviously.
That was my dinner one night. Taken in a hurry, just before 8 o'clock, from a famous store. I wanted a luxury dinner hihi. Humus with a sensational French baguette and a raspberry tart. Nice, in bed, on the towel from the hotel, in the warmth of the room.
But the cold did not scare anyone.
During the day, at noon, the benches in the parks, the bases of the statues and fountains in the squares, the steps of the churches are filled with people with bags. Everyone buys wherever they want and then they start eating.
And me too, like sheep… I'm just fed up with frugal snacks. I dream of a real lunch! I'm hungry for hot food, to fill my heart! (Well, and other parts of my body too, but I ignore those J)
I stop at the first restaurant on my way, I see the offer of the day – "tournedos façon Rossini, pommes Dauphine" and I order. 16 euros.
Waiting for it to be prepared, I see some bags ready for delivery and I realize the shit everyone in the hospitality industry is in (and I think about us too).
I like how they wrote beautifully with the marker "Thank you for your support!"… Because it is clear, without these orders, they would have to close!
God, you can't imagine how good this lunch was!!! It will be in the top of the best Parisian lunches of my life! My mouth waters even now, when I look at the picture (what you see on the bench is the rain from the sky, so that you know…)
Tender beef – I asked the cook to cut it into pieces, so that I wouldn't have to bother to cut it in the street – brown sauce with mushrooms and bacon and those potatoes that truly melt in your mouth!
And I found the perfect place for this lunch.
Next to a sculpture by Picasso – a tribute to the poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
I couldn't have found a more honorable neighborhood!
I was there at the time of this "Galette des Rois", the time of the Epiphany in Romania – when people flock to bakeries, pastry shops, confectioners to buy something like that, and then to eat it at home, with the family.
Chocolate stores attract me like a magnet, so I go inside all of them…
I craved and I bought a few bags of candy from each one of the shops, but some big boxes kept me there for a few minutes…
I combined the useful with the… tasting, so after a visit to the church of Saint Sulpice, I went to see the store of the famous confectioner Pierre Hermé, the coolest confectioner in France and one of the most appreciated in the whole world!
And that's how I got into trouble… This box of macaroons cost me more than the beef lunch! But no, I couldn't back down. In addition, I really wanted to taste Pierre Hermé's products.
Good, what can I say. I ate everything in the square with the church, on the monument-fountain in the center.
I want to make a complaint!
Take a look here: 7 at a table??? Well, what about following the rules in a restaurant???
No, really, that's discrimination! I will complain about the Human Rights, because Bears have more rights!
As a sign of revolt, I also commit an illegality, but during the last night…
I look at my watch, I see it's a little past 8, so the time when I'm no longer allowed out in the street, and I start walking in the hotel area.
I'm really curious if it's deserted, if the police are out, if any noise can be heard.
Well, there are a few people out. Very few. Probably with a document justifying their presence out in the street at this time.
I quickly take a selfie, while there are still Christmas trees around and I go back to the hotel.
In the silence of the street, some voices are heard. I turn my head. Ooops! Three gendarmes!
I start moving faster, but elegantly, so as not to look suspicious and to be stopped and left without 135 Euros. Ugh! Strong sensations at the end of my mini-holiday during the pandemic…
A pandemic that also brought news among the vintage postcards J. Just to keep up with fashion, right?
I thought this was nice!
On departure, at the airport, I notice the measures taken by the airport employees, who wear anti-COVID overalls.
Wait a minute!!! I realize that they are not local employees, but TRAVELERS!
Asians camouflaged from head to toe, wearing masks and visors, quietly go on shopping, peeing and other things you can do before boarding.
Do you remember? We looked curiously at the Asians wearing masks at a time when we were talking about pollution or colds. Now we look at them in a strange way as they wear overalls at a time when we are talking about COVID. Hmmm, that should make us think. I think we should not look at them in a strange way anymore, as who knows what else will happen on the planet? J)).
Au revoir, Paris! It's good that I left, because I managed by the skin of my teeth to avoid the obligation to enter quarantine for 14 days on my return from France. This was announced just 2 days after I returned!…


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We've played Final Fantasy XV - here's what you need to know
Late last week, we got to go and get hands-on with Final Fantasy XV for the first time, getting a good chunk of time to experience Episode Duscae, the upcoming demo of the game that's set to ship as a download code with first-print copies of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD later this month.
There's a lot to talk about - so rather than a regular article explaining what we played and what we thought, we've recorded a special edition of the TetraCast, RPG Site's Podcast. This special edition focuses only on Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae, with a whopping hour and a half of in-depth explanations and analysis of the content of the demo - all while remaining spoiler-free.
Check out the podcast, plus some additional new screenshots and media from Episode Duscae, below. The demo is to be available in a couple of weeks alongside Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. If you want to get your hands on the demo, you'll need to grab Type-0's first run, which is available for pre-order now.?
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Grand Canyon Arizona – Great Natural Architecture
Grand Canyon Arizona considered from Hopi Level, on the south rim. New proof suggests the western Grand Canyon was reduced to inside 70 p.c of its present depth lengthy earlier than the Colorado River existed.
The Grand Canyon is certainly a really huge gap within the floor. It's 277 miles (446 km) lengthy, as much as 18 miles (29 km) huge, and greater than a mile (6,000 toes / 1,800 meters) deep. It's the result of fixed erosion by the Colorado River over tens of millions of years.
The place is the Grand Canyon Arizona?
The Grand Canyon is within the northwest nook of Arizona, near the borders of Utah and Nevada.
A lot of the Grand Canyon Arizona lies inside Grand Canyon National Park and is managed by the Nationwide Park Service, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe.
The place is the Grand Canyon Arizona?
Grand Canyon in Arizona is within the northwest nook of Arizona, near the borders of Utah and Nevada.
The Colorado River, which flows by the canyon, drains water from seven states, however, the characteristic we all know as Grand Canyon in Arizona is fully in Arizona.
A big part of Grand Canyon lies inside Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and is managed by the Nationwide Park Service.
Nevertheless, the Grand Canyon Skywalk and the waterfalls of Havasupai are positioned on tribal lands exterior of the Nationwide Park.
Additionally, a portion of Grand Canyon in Arizona is positioned within the North Kaibab District of the Kaibab Nationwide Forest.
Why South and North Rims?
A 277 mile lengthy (446 km) canyon separates the park into South and North Rims.
Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is a mile-deep, (1.6 km) and creates a barrier that bisects the park.
The typical distance throughout the canyon is just 10 miles/ 16 km, however, it's a five-hour drive of 220 miles/ 354 km between the park's South Rim Village and the North Rim Village.
Surroundings, local weather, and vegetation are noticeably totally different between north and south rims due to variations in elevation. It's nearly like having two parks in a single
It takes time, planning and energy to have the ability to go to each Grand Canyon Arizona rim in a single journey.
How Do I Journey to the South Rim of the Park?
The South Rim of the Grand Canyon is Open All 12 months and is positioned on the "Arizona" facet of the Canyon.
The South Rim of the Grand Canyon Arizona receives 90% of the park's visitation.
The South Rim has an airport and rail service and is a 60-minute drive from Interstate 40 and the city of Williams, Arizona – and 90 minutes from Flagstaff, Arizona, additionally on Interstate 40.
A bigger metropolis with a significant airport, Phoenix, Arizona, can be south of Grand Canyon and is roughly a 4-hour drive
South Rim Customer Middle Location: 36°03'32″N 112°06'33″W
Grand Canyon in Arizona Village has a Customer Middle, Historic District, Lodges, Mather Campground, Trailer Village, a Financial institution Put up, Workplace, Normal Retailer, and quite a lot of Outlets and Museums. Study extra in regards to the South Rim: Grand Canyon Village
Hours of operation. Easy methods to make reservations for lodging and tenting at Grand Canyon Arizona.
Study extra in regards to the South Rim: Desert View (25 miles (41 OKs) east of Grand Canyon Village)
Positioned at Desert View is the Historic Watchtower, a Buying and selling Put up/Espresso Store, Normal Retailer, Fuel Station, and a first-come, first-served seasonal campground.
Grand Canyon Arizona Space Map: Reveals main highways, cities, cities, public and tribal lands. Grand Canyon Nationwide Park & Neighborhood.
Scroll down for approximate driving distances between the North Rim and close by cities and points of interest. A machine-readable description is beneath the map.
How Do I Journey to the North Rim of the Park?
The North Rim of the park is extra distant, and tougher to get to. It has a brief season.
Lodging, eating places and outlets are open from Could 15th by October 15 every year.
The North Rim receives solely 10% of the park's visitation.
Easy methods to Get There: The North Rim is positioned on the "Utah" facet of Grand Canyon and the doorway station is 30 miles south of Jacob Lake on Freeway 67.
The precise rim of the Grand Canyon Arizona with customer providers is a further 14 miles south of the doorway station.
There isn't any airport or rail service to the park. (that signifies that the North Rim village might solely be reached by highway).
Grand Canyon Arizona North Rim Customer Middle: 36°11'51″N 112°03'09" W
Map of the Grand Canyon Nationwide Park and area
The Colorado River, which flows by the canyon, touches seven states, however, the Grand Canyon Nationwide Park is throughout the Arizona state borders.
Whereas Arizona is called the Grand Canyon State, the hooked-up Glen Canyon National Recreation Space is in Utah and the Lake Mead Nationwide Recreation Space borders the Grand Canyon in Nevada.
The canyon's local weather is semi-arid, with some sections of the higher plateau dotted with forests, whereas the canyon bottoms are a collection of desert basins.
Greater than 1,500 plants, 355 chickens, 89 mammalians, 47 reptiles, 9 amphibians, and 17 fish species are present in the park, in keeping with the National Park Service.
The Grand Canyon Arizona is split into the North Rim and the South Rim. The South Rim is open all 12 months and receives 90 p.c of the park's guests.
The South Rim has an airport and rail service and can be near many transportation hubs and the Arizona cities of William and Flagstaff, in addition to Las Vegas, Nev.
The North Rim is positioned nearer to Utah and has beautiful views, however, it will not be practically as accessible because of the South Rim.
Whereas solely 10 miles (16 kilometers) separate the 2 rims should you might stroll throughout the canyon, it's only reachable by hikers who deal with the 21 miles (33.8) of the North and South Kaibab Trails, or those that journey 220 miles (354 kilometers) by automobile.
The North Rim is usually closed throughout the inclement climate because the roads rapidly change into harmful.
The Grand Canyon Skywalk, 4,000 toes above the ground within the Grand Canyon West space. (Picture credit score: Laslo Varga)
Grand Canyon in Arizona Skywalk
One widespread attraction is the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped glass walkway that's 4,000 toes (1,220 meters) above the canyon ground within the Grand Canyon Arizona West space of the principal canyon. Since opening in March 2007, about 300,000 guests have walked the Grand Canyon Skywalk annually.
Commissioned and owned by the Hualapai Indian tribe, the skywalk is an engineering marvel conceived by David Jin, a Las Vegas-based investor who had been concerned with tourism and the Hualapai Nation.
The mission sparked quite a lot of controversy relating to the continued commercialization of this pure phenomenon, however, proponents argued that it's half of a bigger plan to handle the tribe's excessive unemployment and poverty charges. The tribe unsuccessfully sued Lin relating to administration charges.
How was the Grand Canyon shaped?
The particular geologic processes and timing that shaped the Grand Canyon spark energetic debates by geologists.
The final scientific consensus, up to date at a 2010 convention, holds that the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon starting 5 million to six million years in the past.
Nonetheless, the latest advances in relationship strategies have upended the notion of a uniformly younger Grand Canyon.
The brand new method determines when erosion uncovered rocks within the canyon. The massive image: there have been two ancestral canyons, one within the west and one within the east. And the western canyon could also be as outdated as 70 million years.
Practically 40 recognized rock layers type the Grand Canyon's partitions. As a result of most layers are uncovered by Canyon's 277-mile size, they afford the chance to review geologic evolution over time.
For hundreds of years, the realm has been repeatedly inhabited by Native Individuals who constructed settlements throughout the canyon, and its quite a few caves.
The Pueblo individuals thought of the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi) as a holy website and made pilgrimages to it.
García López de Cárdenas, an explorer from Spain, was the primary European recognized to have considered the Grand Canyon Arizona.
As a member of the 1540 expedition of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, he led a celebration from Cibola, the Zuñi nation of New Mexico, to discover a river talked about by the Hopi.
After a 20-day journey, he was the primary white man to see the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon Arizona.
President Theodore Roosevelt, an avid outdoorsman, advocated for the preservation of the Grand Canyon Arizona space and hunted and took within the breathtaking surroundings there on quite a few events.
Nonetheless, it was an extended journey for it to change into the 15th National park.
Then-Senator Benjamin Harrison launched unsuccessfully launched payments in 1882, 1883, and 1886 to make it a nationwide park.
Theodore Roosevelt created the Grand Canyon in Arizona Recreation Protect by proclamation in 1906 and Grand Canyon Nationwide Monument in 1908.
The Grand Canyon National Park Act was lastly signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 and it was thought of a significant milestone by conservationists.
The National Park Service, established in 1916, assumed administration of the park at Grand Canyon.
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Nicholas Godejohn's Family Is Reportedly Working On A Show About His & Gypsy's Story
The Act has spent a few episodes setting up the fraught relationship between Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard. But now, Nicholas Godejohn has entered the story. He's included in the April 3 episode — which, for those familiar with the true story the show dramatizes, signals the beginning stages of he and Gypsy's plot to murder Dee Dee. (The real-life Gypsy and Godejohn both admitted to their roles in the crime, and are now serving out their respective prison sentences).
Gypsy was sentenced to 10 years in prison — the minimum for a second-degree murder charge — back in 2016, per the Springfield News-Leader. However, Godejohn's sentencing occurred more recently. In February, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a charge of first-degree murder, according to another News-Leader report. The article further states that the case never hinged upon whether or not Godejohn killed Dee Dee, as he admitted to it, but rather his motive. His defense team argued that he was in love with Gypsy, that he wanted to "save her" from her mother, and that he was mentally incapable of deliberation due to his autism diagnosis. The prosecution countered that Godejohn had a sound mind and that his motivation was driven by sex and a desire to be with Gypsy. The jury sided with the prosecution, finding Godejohn guilty in November 2018, as reported by Missouri news station KY3.
According to BuzzFeed, Dee Dee was suspected to have had Munchausen by proxy — a syndrome that causes a parent or caretaker to make up or cause an illness or injury in a person under his or her care. Gypsy has said she was raised to believe she was disabled and chronically ill, and that she came up with the murder scheme because she wanted to escape her mother. As she told ABC News in 2018, the older she got, the more independence and freedom she wanted from her mother. Ultimately, that desire led her to start an online relationship with Godejohn.
Per ABC, their relationship persisted for more than two years before meeting in person in March 2015. Gypsy had hoped that Dee Dee would approve of Godejohn, but told ABC that wasn't the case. "She got jealous, because I was spending a little too much attention on him, and she had ordered me to stay away from him," Gypsy said. "And needless to say, that was a very long argument that lasted a couple weeks."
ABC reports that the night of the murder, Godejohn and Gypsy waited until Dee Dee fell asleep, then Godejohn stabbed Dee Dee while Gypsy hid in the next room. Godejohn told the outlet that he did it because he wanted to protect Gypsy and rescue her from her mother. "I felt horrible about it. When me and her were in the hotel room ... she kept on telling me, 'Stop crying, stop crying. There's no reason to cry. It was my idea, it wasn't yours,'" Godejohn told 20/20 in an interview from prison, per the same ABC piece. "[Gypsy] comforted me about it. I prayed once I got here. I tried to get her mother's soul to forgive me."
According to Missouri prison records, Godejohn is currently assigned to the Fulton Reception & Diagnostic Center in Fulton, Missouri. It's unlikely that he has seen any of The Act from prison, but his family is reportedly working on a separate show. "At this point, I have the legal life rights to [Gypsy and Dee Dee's] story, and I'm the only person who has the official story from all sides, and I'm even working with the Godejohns at this point," screenwriter Franchesca Macelli, who's working on a series called By Proxy, told the Springfield News-Leader. However, neither Godejohn or his family have confirmed any involvement in By Proxy.
If and when Godejohn decides to share his side of the story, he will have to do so from prison.


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Jim Kutsogiannis, MHS, MD, BSc
University of Alberta
Member: Scientific Review Committee
Dr. Jim Kutsogiannis is a Professor in the Division of Critical Care Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta. He is currently the Medical Director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, University of Alberta Hospital, and an attending physician in the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Alexandra Hospital. He is the Medical Director of the HOPE (Human Organ Procurement Exchange) Program. Dr. Kutsogiannis obtained his BSc (Honours Biochemistry) and MD from Queen's University, and his MHS (Clinical Epidemiology) from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. He is the Director of the RAH Critical Care Research Group. His research interests include neurocritical care, organ donation, ICU nutrition, high perioperative risk management, acute renal failure, cardiac arrest, and end-of-life care.


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Emergency plumbing is a term that covers all reasons that one would call on the expertise of a plumber with no advanced notice of any kind. These plumbers can show up at your home, even on holidays and odd hours of the night.
As you might expect, emergency plumbers tend to charge higher fees than their regular counterparts. That said, there are times when emergency plumbing services are necessary and well worth the cost.
So when is it necessary to call an emergency plumber?
Well, a good example is water or sewage leakage in your home. As you might imagine, such a problem can crop up at any time, even in the middle of the night. In this case, it's crucial to get in touch with an expert on Emergency Plumbing in Sydney and attend to the problem immediately.
Think about it — water and sewage leaks have the potential to ruin wooden surfaces and support structures. If you wait until the afternoon of the next day to have a regular plumber look at the problem, then damage to your home may already be too extensive.
Water/sewage leaks can also have serious health implications as it contributes to the growth of mold and bacteria. Depending on where you leave, it might even be legally obligated to vacate your home until the appropriate plumbing repairs are completed.
Things to consider before hiring an emergency plumbing service
Not all plumbing related issues require the attention of an emergency plumber — running toilet, leaky faucets, etc. In this case, it would be prudent to wait and contact a regular plumber during normal business hours. The rate is likely cheaper, and your home is not in any danger.
Of course, there's always the risk of homeowners underestimating the severity of their plumbing problems. Hence what might have seemed like a regular plumbing job could turn out to be a severe emergency. That's why it's a good practice to retain both standard and emergency plumbers' contact information. That way, you can quickly get in touch with a specialist, if and when the situation changes.
Keep in mind that just because a plumbing job is done during regular business hours doesn't automatically mean that your plumber isn't charging you for emergency fees. Hence it's essential to discuss the matter with your plumber before he starts working on anything.
The plumbing service should be transparent and explain every job they're looking to do and how much they're charging for it. This would go a long way in making sure that you don't run into any nasty surprises along the way.
Simply put, emergency plumbing can mean the difference between getting on top of plumbing-related issues and having to deal with extensive damages to your property. The last thing you want is to spend hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars on repair jobs when an emergency plumber could have prevented the problem for much less. In the end, it ultimately boils down to you making a sound judgment whether a plumbing issue constitutes an emergency or not.


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Weld: Clinton has gotten 'a pretty raw deal'
William Weld, the Libertarian vice presidential candidate who has taken to defending Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, did so again on Sunday, telling CNN's Jake Tapper that she "recently has been receiving a pretty raw deal" in the wake of renewed attention on her email practices.
"Frankly, I think, you know, Mrs. Clinton recently has been receiving a pretty raw deal from people trying to fan the flames that there's some huge FBI new investigation of her email server," Weld said on "State of the Union," referring to news that the FBI is reviewing new materials that may or may not be significant to its previous probe into her email set-up. That development, to the anger of Democrats, dominated news cycles last week.
"There are obviously Republican members of Congress who are in that hunt," Weld added.
Weld, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts, has gotten attention for arguing that Clinton, a Democrat, would be a better president than Donald Trump, despite the fact that Weld and his running mate Gary Johnson are running against both of them, although their ticket is not expected to win any electoral votes.
While Weld, a Trump critic, told Tapper on Sunday that he dislikes the "two-party monopoly" that kept his ticket out of the presidential debates, he doubled down on his assertion that he would much prefer Clinton to win the White House than Trump.
Weld also said that he thinks the Johnson-Weld ticket is taking more votes from the Republican ticket than the Democratic one.
"My belief is that the Libertarian Party pulls substantially more from Mr. Trump than from Mrs. Clinton," Weld said. "I'm well aware there was an earlier media boomlet the idea that, oh no, all our voters were millennials and we were pulling millennials from Mrs. Clinton; that's not what my understanding of what the detailed polling shows."


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MEDICAL PRIVACY: Bennett Bill to be Unveiled Today
A medical records privacy bill slated for introduction today by Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) is already drawing charges that it falls short of the consumer protections proposed under competing measures, but his bill looks to have early health industry support. Bennett's bill differs from the measure introduced by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and also the bill from Sens. Jim Jeffords (R-VT) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT), in that it would preempt "virtually all state laws," and would not limit health plans to a list of specific uses for consumer health data. CongressDaily reports that all the proposals would require patients to provide plans with the information needed "to render treatment and pay providers." The Jeffords-Dodd bill also includes a "finite list" of other allowable uses for data, while the Bennett measure provides "only illustrations of allowable 'health care operations'" (Rovner, 4/23). Bennett's bill would also require medical research to be approved by a review board, encourage the use of patients whose privacy can be protected, and call for further study by the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences.
Balancing Act
Bennett said, "Trying to find the right balance between the legitimate uses of health care data and the need for privacy has been a very difficult road to go down. They are not as private as Americans think they are. ... In today's world this information goes across state lines, and with no single standard of confidentiality." His bill, which carries penalties of up to $250,000 and 10 years in prison, is co-sponsored by Sens. Connie Mack (R-FL) and Frank Murkowski (R-AK). The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Bennett avoided including "the hot-button issue of whether law enforcement officials should have access to sensitive mental health information when conducting background checks for gun ownership," fearful it would upset his carefully negotiated support (Heilprin, 4/26).
Falling Short?
Janlori Goldman of Georgetown University's Health Privacy Project argued that the ambiguity of the "health care operations" measure in Bennett's bill would enable a "clever health plan or drug company [to] put everything in that box," including marketing activities. Heidi Wagner of Genentech, which is "part of an industry coordinating coalition," countered that Bennett's bill allows "only things that relate to the actual operations of a health plan -- it's not open ended." While the industry contends that a federal preemption of state laws of various strictness is necessary for the operation of nationwide health plans, Goldman said the federal standard mandated by Bennett's measure would "wipe out a whole body of state law," including protections for HIV/AIDS patients, adopted children, and people with mental illnesses and "genetic predispositions to certain diseases" (CongressDaily, 4/23). The nation's largest group of medical records professionals, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), today endorsed Bennett's Medical Information Protection Act. Linda L. Kloss, AHIMA executive vice president and CEO, said Bennett's measure includes several provisions that "will go a long way toward protecting patient information" (AHIMA release, 4/26).
Under the Gun
The Senate Health , Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a final hearing on the issue tomorrow, heading for a tentative May mark-up date -- the start of "a four-month push to meet an Aug. 21 deadline for Congress to address the issue or else have the HHS Department do it for them," under the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) said Congress' race against the clock is "do-able," but that "people are consumed by Kosovo" (CongressDaily, 4/23).
Nice Try; No Cigar
A Washington state bill that would have provided additional protection for DNA records was stopped in the state House last week, after Senate Democrats attached a rider to a criminal DNA database measure to "prohibit physicians, hospitals and researchers from creating" genetic databases of ordinary citizens. The House voted unanimously to reject the amended measure, sending it back to the Senate "in the hope the original bill on criminal DNA tracking will be approved." If the amendment had succeeded, patients would have been able to "sue under the state Consumer Protection Act if the genetic testing results were ever released." Hospitals and biotech companies said the rider would "hamper genetic research" (CongressDaily/A.M., 4/26). Click here for further coverage from last week's Seattle Times.


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A Mobile police Force (PMF) personnel attached to Bayelsa Police Command has been arrested and taken into custody for suspicion of Discreditable Conduct and Unlawful Use of his Firearm.
The incident leading to his arrest happened on 6th January, 2020 when the police personnel attached to a leading commercial bank in Yenegoa had an altercation with a driver of a commercial bus over parking rights.
In the ensuing argument, the policeman allegedly pulled the trigger of his rifle injuring the driver and a corps member. This altercation allegedly left the Corps member dead, while the bus driver is in critical condition fighting for his life at the Federal Medical Centre.
The suspect was arrested on the orders of the state commissioner of police and is currently in detention at the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department.


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god mode error when marking card (good, hard ect)
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Am doing Kanji practise in god mode.
I have changed the marking of the cards back to good, hard etc..)
If I see a card and mark it as good or other then no error.
But if I "mark known and delete card" (usually I do this twice in a row b/c a similar card appears again) and then mark the next card I then get the following error (can replicate everytime)
An error occurred. Please start Anki while holding down the shift key, which will temporarily disable the add-ons you have installed.
If the issue only occurs when add-ons are enabled, please use the Tools>Add-ons menu item to disable some add-ons and restart Anki, repeat until you discover the add-on that is causing the problem.
When you've discovered the add-on that is causing the problem, please report the issue on the add-ons section of our support site.
Debug info:
Anki 2.1.49 (dc80804a) Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
Platform: Windows 10
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=2
Add-ons, last update check: 2022-05-10 13:33:51
Caught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "aqt\webview.py", line 41, in cmd
File "aqt\webview.py", line 142, in _onCmd
File "aqt\webview.py", line 595, in _onBridgeCmd
File "decorator.py", line 232, in fun
File "anki\hooks.py", line 89, in decorator_wrapper
File "anki\hooks.py", line 86, in repl
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\Migaku Kanji GOD\reviewer.py", line 16, in reviewer_bridge_hook
return _old(reviewer, cmd)
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1846879528\card_type_selector.py", line 47, in reviewer_link_handler
Reviewer_linkHandler(self, url)
File "aqt\reviewer.py", line 503, in _linkHandler
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\1846879528\reviewer.py", line 93, in reviewer_mod_answer_ease
Reviewer_answerCard(self, ease)
File "aqt\reviewer.py", line 422, in answerCard
File "anki\scheduler\v2.py", line 463, in answerCard
File "anki\cards.py", line 117, in flush
File "anki_backend\generated.py", line 936, in update_cards
File "anki_backend_init.py", line 131, in _run_command
When you press "mark known and delete", the same card pops up again, but when you press "mark known and delete" again you are actually marking the card that came after this card as known (though you cant see what kanji it is, because it just shows the same kanji as the first time)
Pretty sure the same thing happens to me
I reproduce this by:
- Open up my recognition deck
- Mark the card as known, and delete
- The same kanji pops up, though I have already marked it as known and it should be deleted.
At this point, If I exit and go back to my deck overview and press the recognition deck again, the card is gone.
If I instead mark the kanji as known again, it will show a new kanji. If I mark this kanji as "Good", it will throw the error OP described.


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We had an Intentional Tuesday session with Caryn Terradas this week on how to leverage LinkedIn to boost your professional brand. Caryn is a social media guru and owner of a digital marketing company, Social U.
Caryn shared so many highly practical tips, it was easy to leave with lots of action items. We've recorded the whole session and will be posting here, but if you just want a few of the highlights, here are our top five take-aways:
1. Update Your Profile
Use an updated, professional headshot. Edit your LinkedIn url so people can find you easily; if you have a common name, try adding your city or your position to your name (e.g. Christin Johnson_CPA_Birmingham.) Keep your Summary to a few short sentences, with your main "selling point" in the first line. Get more detailed in your work experience, listing out each position you held in a company to show progression. Don't forget to list volunteer experience! Get about 10 good recommendations; the higher profile the recommender, the better.
2. Connect with Other Users
Start with people you really do know. Look at the suggestions LinkedIn proposes (connections of your connections) and add the ones you know or would like to meet. Get to 250 as quickly as possible. Connect with thought leaders in the Groups you join. Once you hit 500 connections, LinkedIn just displays "500+ connections."
3. Join Groups
Speaking of groups, join a few. People are not using the Groups in LinkedIn as much as they used to, but if you can find a few active Groups in your field, it's a good way to show your professional interests and to expand your network beyond the local scene.
4. Post Content
Ideally you want to generate content on LinkedIn about 20 times per month. It's easier than it sounds. You can share content from others, post links you spot elsewhere on social media, comment on current events (diplomatically), post events, and share volunteer opportunities. Make your posts part of your daily routine, and post during business hours. A good habit is to post first thing, upon your return from lunch, or when you need an afternoon break.
5. Use Graphics
The more visually appealing you can make your posts, the better off you'll be. Canva is the free, easy to use tool Caryn suggested for making professional looking graphics quickly. Canva has social media templates that are already correctly sized, and hundreds of royalty free photos. She also suggested Unsplash for even more royalty free photo choices.
Connect with Momentum! (Okay, so that's #6)
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Bob Dylan, the poet laureate of the rock era, whose body of work has influenced generations of songwriters and been densely analyzed by fans, critics and academics, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.
It is the first time the honor has gone to a musician. In its citation, the Swedish Academy credited Mr. Dylan with "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."


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I recently noticed this frequency that I've circled in black. I can't get rid of it, and I've tried a fair few things.
I have:
- Tried recording audio with the gain turned all the way down on both ports
-Tried changing XLR ports. (I also found that I can hear the sound coming from the unused port if I turn the gain up all the way)
-Turned off all electronics in my room except for the computer/interface itself
-Tried unplugging my headphones
-Tried unplugging the microphone and leaving phantom power on. Turning phantom power off, however, eliminates the sound
-Cleaned all the connections and unplugged/plugged everything back in again
-Changed USB ports on the computer
It's worth noting that I had significant trouble getting the interface to connect to my computer in the first place. I did read that it should be plugged directly into the mother board, but for some reason, it doesn't like any other USB cable except for the one that came with it.
The only thing I've done that works is turning phantom power off, and since the microphone I use requires phantom power, that isn't really an option.
I'm using a Rode NT1 microphone. My computer is custom built, and uses an ASUS X99-A motherboard. I'm running windows 10 home premium. The Audiobox USB is running the latest drivers. As far as I know, the error has always been there. I just haven't noticed it before. I first purchased the interface itself just under a month ago.
The noise is the high pitched ringing in this audio (LOUD! LOWER VOLUME ON HEADPHONES): https://vocaroo.com/i/s1FAjGa3OZyj
Any help is most appreciated.
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Express Entry candidates who were invited to a provincial nomination in the April 29 draw. Canada invited a total of 589 candidates to this Express Entry draw, with a minimum score requirement of 692 in Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) with another 600 points from getting a provincial nomination, that means that the basic requirement for human capital points were only 92.
It is the lowest CRS criterion so far this year for a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)- specific Express Entry draw. It is six points below the April 9 draw, which welcomed provincial nominees with a CRS of at least 698.
The year has begun as a great one for Express Entry, although coronavirus has changed the immigration landscape in Canada. During the first quarter of 2020, there were more Express Entry applicants invited to apply for permanent residency than in the first quarters of the two preceding years.
Although the Canadian government has diverged from scheduled all-program draws following the introduction of special measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, invitations are being given consistently.
The Government of Canada has held seven Express Entry draws since March 18, 2020, inviting applicants from the provinces and candidates from the Canadian Experience Class immigration system.
The preceding draw held on April 16, also saw the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) minimum score drop to 455 — the 2020 lowest score requirement.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has already released 8,389 Invitations to apply (ITAs) in April, so far. In the month of February this year, 8000 invitations were the most ITA's released by IRCC prior to April.
Since COVID-19 travel restrictions were put in place on March 18, 2020, several of Canada's Express Entry-aligned provincial nomination streams have issued invitations including streams in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and British Columbia. In fact, since the start of 2020, more than 30 draws have been held by the different PNP streams in Canada.


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Enjoying Mexican Food in Bozeman
From traditional to trendy, the Mexican food in Bozeman does not disappoint. Each establishment has a unique vibe and their house specialties reflect different regions and cooking styles. Margarita lovers can find a wide array of tequilas, and for the home cook, an authentic Latin market carries ingredients you don't typically find.
El Mercadito
Meaning "The Little Market," El Mercadito's inventory is anything but small. Filled with authentic ingredients imported from Mexico, Peru, Honduras and El Salvador, you can get lost just looking through the shelves. The produce selection is full of fruits and veggies you don't always find in Montana, and the pre-made meals are perfect for a quick snack or easy meal. (Local tip: try the tamales and pastor tacos!) Located in Four Corners, it's a great stop on the way back from exploring Big Sky or Yellowstone National Park.
El Rodeo
Watching the food being prepared from scratch in El Rodeo's tiny kitchen is impressive. Huge pots of simmering meats, beans and sauces are simply tantalizing. The tacos, burritos and enchiladas are traditional and delicious. The portions are huge, and the prices reasonable. The original food truck is located in the parking lot of 2121 W. Main Street, with a second location in the Gallatin Valley Mall.
Fiesta Mexicana
Fiesta Mexicana has a loyal local following, filling tables throughout the day. You'll have a hard time choosing from 25 combination specials and their house specialties include staples such as Carne Asado and Chile Colorado. If you're feeling adventurous, try one of their famous Blue Margaritas! If you're just flying in or out of Bozeman, stop at their Belgrade location, a short drive from the airport.
La Tinga
From simple to special, La Tinga puts out delicious, authentic dishes. The tacos are always a favorite but watch for unique specials like Cotillistas; pork spare ribs in a Tamarindo sauce. Their salsas are a must on any of the dishes, and the Agua de Jamaica (aka Hibiscus tea) is something you start to crave. A small, family run business, the restaurant closes for a spell during January and February when they trade the cold winter for Mexico's warm sun!
Nina's Tacos + Tequila
Bozeman's newest restaurant, Nina's serves more than tacos; dishes such as Chile Fried Chicken and Surf and Turf Tortas grace the menu. The Pozole is rich and thick and their build-your-own, burritos, bowls or salads comprise unique mix and match ingredients. Tequila connoisseurs will have a hard time selecting from over 60 types of tequila and mezcal. Summer is the perfect time to enjoy Nina's Perfect Margarita topped with a snow cone, huckleberry syrup and orange liqueur.
Taco Bus
Another well-loved taco truck, this converted school bus in Belgrade is an easy stop off of I-90. The tacos are great, but for a real treat, try one of the meal platters (we love the enchiladas.) If you like it hot, don't skimp on the hot sauce, you'll be pleasantly surprised at the balance of heat and flavor.
Taco Montes
Located across from Montana State University, Taco Montes is one of the few late night restaurants in Bozeman. This isn't your normal taco shop, the handmade tortillas are filled with unique combinations. Try the coconut crusted langoustine with sumo mandarin slaw and sweet chili sauce or the fried avocado taco with strawberry salsa and chipotle lime creama. (Don't worry, purists can still find delicious classics like Pastor tacos and carne asada!)
Looking for something other than Mexican food? Check out Bozeman's many dining options!
If you enjoyed this blog, take a look at some of our other related articles:
- Bozeman Restaruants with Great Pub Food
- Bozeman Dining: Don't Forget About the Food Trucks
- Bozeman Breweries: Enjoying the Best Beers Around Town
In our never-ending quest to keep up with all things new in Bozeman, we have been producing content for years and can't possibly update every blog when new businesses open or existing businesses close. Please reference the publish date and do your own due diligence when making plans.


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[Recommended Items] Kasane
Kasane of "Sakiya Tsuchiya" of Ogaki City, Ogaki City, which is perfect for spring.
From the top, it is a peach, plum, mint taste, and it is a dish that is unmet enough to have a good texture of sugar and a good sweetness of the lilured agar.
Of course, it looks good for a little gift.


text: So you have an idea for some software, some spare cash, but you can't program. "I know!" you think. "I will just pay someone to write me an app! What could go wrong???". Well, lots. And there are a few things that you should look for when paying someone to build your great idea or next business differentiator that may help ensure that you end up with at least some chance of a good outcome. Contractual Stuff. There are a few things that you should look to build into a contract. Now, I am NOT a contract lawyer, so (disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer) you have been warned. But there are some things that you can use to address maintenance cost, which according to Robert Glass in "Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Engineering" is on average 60% of software costs. Yes, that is right. It is more costly to maintain your bespoke software than to build it initially. State an 80% Unit Test Coverage as part of the contract. This should provide a much more maintainable system for the original or any other vendor that attempts to maintain the code. This coverage statistic should be available from pretty much any CI server (explained below). If the vendor does not know what you are talking about, rule them out as a vendor. This will probably (or at least should) have additional cost implications, but the return of investment is measured in months, not years. Ensure a warranty period, generally 30 days or so. This provides you a remediation window when the software is initially implemented for use, which can be when a lot of initial defects associated with misunderstood requirements or bad coding surface. Waterfall or Agile. Know how they are going to deliver the software. This will change your input into the process, and their are pros and cons to both. This is a big, religious war type thing, but generally people favour Agile for modern software development. Read about both and get comfortable with which works for you. The two approaches can be summarised as: Waterfall: "Big Bang" delivery, lots of design up front, long lead time until you see the product. Agile: Iterative, piecemeal delivery of small features, design as you go, short lead time to see small incremental slices of the product. Source Control. You have to have it. Think "track changes" on a Microsoft Word document, but for code and on steroids. Often referred to as your "SCM", "repository" or just your "repo". Without this, you essentially wont be able to easily modify or rebuild the application you paid for. There are a lot of different flavours out there, but the most standard these days is Git (to push the analogy, think "Microsoft Word" rather than "LibreOffice"). You can host this internally, but in many ways it is much cheaper and simpler to host in the "cloud" (some of these I am not going to help you on!). As a quick example of current hosts: Github has private repository plans starting at $7/month. Generally considered the best hosting. BitBucket has free private repositories, which is pretty hard to beat. Continuous Integration (CI). Think of it as spell checking for your Word document. You wouldn't publish with bad spelling with red underlining all over the page, right? Continuous Integration hooks up to your Source Control Repository and will attempt to build your application whenever it detects a change. It will generally run any tests that are stored with the code to ensure that those changes haven't broken any functionality, and the results if successful will generally be the application itself, ready for deployment. Having this hooked up to your source control repository also guarantees that you have what you paid for (the code) as you can confirm that the code you can access builds the application you paid for. Again, a CI server can be hosted internally, however it is generally cheaper and easier to host in the cloud. A few good examples: Drone.io is pretty fantastic for a lot of reasons, but will not (currently) build Windows based applications. Starts at $25/month. Appveyor is the next best thing for the Windows folk out there. Starts at $19/month but is pretty restrictive at that price tier. Deployment Scripts. You should really know how your application is deployed. If it is on an internal server, this is still something that you want to understand, and have a repeatable process for. If it is in the cloud, then doubly so. Ensure that this is the only way your application is deployed, and ensure your vendor uses it every time. This way you can be sure you have a repeatable process that does not rely on the vendor's knowledge of the application, something that is unlikely to be passed on to a new contractor coming in to a maintenance role. Passwords and Keys. This is particularly important if you are deploying to the cloud. You should own all the things that make your application function, and if your application is hosted by a third party, that means the information related to that hosting. There may be some gymnastics around this, such as ensuring that you provide an online hosting account up front to any vendor to ensure you are in control from the start. Of course, even if you get the right answers from a vendor, how do you verify? This is where the idea of independent software certifiers would make so much sense. Helping companies validate third party software delivery is definitely something I can see as a growth industry in the future. There are probably many more checks that could be added to this list, but collating an exhaustive list would probably exhaust me. This should cover off the biggest issues I have seen recently, and if everyone did just the things on this list it would make it a lot easier to come in and help most companies with software maintenance issues. If you can think of any glaring omissions, please feel free to comment below and I will update as required! Tweet


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Sterling silver Standard poodle continental clip
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Beautiful sterling silver jewel of a Standard poodle continental clip. This life-like pedigree dog is made by hand in our own jewelry studio.
The dog is available in size S and in size L and as a loving memory jewel.The loving memory jewel can be filled with an symbolic amounth of ash.
On request this beautiful dog is also available in gold.
The dogs are provided with an oval bail but can also be provided with a carabiner or a deluxe engravable bail. Our Deluxe bail also fits a pandora or trollbeads bracelet.
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Marian Rivera did not hesitate to wear a custom velvet bustier dress by Yong Davalos during the Sunday PinaSaya Awards last January 27.
Pregnant with her second child, the celebrity mom proved that you can still be a hot momma even with a baby bump.
She sported a sleek lob—a long bob—wig to spice up her ensemble.
Early that afternoon, Marian showcased her versatile taste in maternity fashion when she sported a daintier look.
The future mother-of-two was glowing in a pink custom Steph Tan Couture gown.
READ: Marian Rivera looks chic even in loose maternity OOTDs


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Online video platforms have evolved significantly, both in terms of the richness of their offerings and in the uses they are put to, over the last two decades. It is undoubtedly an accepted fact that an audio video content on video platforms is able to explain a concept much more effectively than pure theory. Although video content started taking shape primarily for entertainment purposes in the early years, they have transformed into a more serious business over the last decade. While companies such as Microsoft, Apply, Real Networks were some of the early adopters and contributors in this space, the last few years have seen tremendous growth with open source and other commercial players including Kaltura, Ooyala, Brightcove, Cisco etc.
Google's YouTube introduced in 2005 was certainly a paradigm shift in the online video world showing the world how far reaching and easy to use video content could be. While on one hand video players were making huge strides with rich features and performance aspects that were being engineered, some of these were left untapped in the market due to poor network bandwidth. Video platform engineering is a classic example in the digital world of how growth in a certain discipline has to be accompanied with parallel growth in other disciplines for the potential to be fully reaped. For example, it was able to get a true facelift only when internet revolution with fast speeds and reliable network availability became a reality. Similarly video content sharing and consumption has grown leaps and bounds with the growth in social and mobile computing. Cloud computing has made large sized content sharing possible.
All of these have helped OTT Platform reach disciplines beyond just entertainment – paid sports viewing, knowledge content both in educational institutions and enterprises, aviation, healthcare are all newer areas that are beginning to leverage online video content. And as the digital world is getting ready to transform our lives in newer ways and shapes in the coming years, video has taken a pivotal positioning to be a part of this upcoming second round of revolution.


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Mesut Ozil says he is enjoying his football once more under new manager Mikel Arteta, with the Arsenal playmaker not giving up hope of concluding a "difficult" season by helping his team sneak a top-four spot in the Premier League.
The London club, currently in Dubai on a warm-weather training camp, sit 10th in the table with 12 matches remaining, 10 points off Chelsea, who occupy the final Champions League spot.
Improvements at Arsenal have been made since former captain Arteta replaced Unai Emery in late December, although the Spaniard's seven league matches thus far have yielded five draws, one defeat and a solitary victory.
Nevertheless, Arteta's appointment has breathed some life back into Ozil, after the German had fallen out of favour under Emery. He may have still registered only one assist this season, but Ozil has started every match in the league since Arteta took charge, typically in his preferred No 10 role.
Asked on Monday at Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex if he is happy again with life on the pitch, Ozil gave an emphatic yes before adding that a specific one-to-one with Arteta wasn't necessary for him to turn around his form.
"We didn't speak to each other, but I know him," Ozil said. "We played together under [Arsene] Wenger. He's just arrived here, but everyone knows what he wants. Our goal - or my goal - is to give everything on the pitch to help the team, and I think the coach sees that, because I'm playing.
"My personal goal was always to stay healthy and help the team. This is my goal this season, as well. Of course, I had a difficult time under Unai, so I didn't play. Right now, I'm happy, I'm playing. And let's see."
Ozil's future has for some time been the subject of much conjecture, with reports this week linking him with a move away in the summer. The former Germany international, in his seventh season with the club, signed a new contract in January 2018 that keeps him at Arsenal until next summer. At the time, it also made Ozil the highest earner in the squad.
On whether Arteta's arrival would impact his long-term future, Ozil said: "After this season I have one more year, so after that I will know because I can't see the future. The thing I can do is give everything for the team, for myself, to be successful and let's see what happens.
"What I know is that I will give everything for this club, for my teammates. We've had a difficult season, but we want to win games again, to take points, to maybe be in the top four at the end of the season.
"Our goal is to be in Champions League. This year we had difficult times, but I think we're in a good way."
Ozil praised Arteta's tactical acumen, as Arsenal seek to end the campaign in as positive fashion as possible. The club remain in the FA Cup – they travel to Portsmouth in the fifth round early next month - while next week they return to action in the Europa League.
Arsenal face Greek side Olympiakos in the last 32 across two legs, with the first encounter away on February 20. Last season, they were beaten in the final by Chelsea.
Yet Ozil, 31, says he seen enough in his short time working alongside Arteta to be confident his former teammate can spearhead a successful end to the campaign.
"Everyone knows," said Ozil, at a media day organised through Arsenal's principal sponsors, Emirates. "Even the players - let's say that after 60 or 70 minutes, if that player's changing, everyone knows now in which position they have to play or how [the manager] wants to attack or make a lot of pressure on the opposite team. This kind of stuff.
"So, right now, everybody knows tactically that we're improving. It's just two months that Mikel has been here, and we have improved a lot tactically.
"Of course, now it's hard times for us. It's difficult to say because right now everything is not going well, but we know if everything is going well, if the confidence is back and if we take the right results, we will end in the top four, in the top five.
"We have to believe in ourselves, believe in us as a team, to do what the coach wants. We're in a good way; you see it as well on the pitch, everyone enjoys, everyone is happy. As a player, you have to be happy to give everything on the pitch."


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I haven't taken a shower in three days because all of my bath towels are dirty and I'm too lazy to get coins to do my laundry. Beat that. See, I knew you couldn't. I'm the undisputed king of not taking showers this week and in a few hours I will relinquish my crown with Irish Spring and a sponge. My bed sheets smell like Frito Lays and navel. In my kitchen lives a family of gnats that love to buzz around my eyes when I'm playing Mechwarrior Tactics. I'm basically the most attractive person in the universe, and all I have to show for it are a few nunchuck moves I learned on YouTube that I practice with my white dish towel.
Despite how cool all of that sounds, this video from Poland is infinitely better. My god this Poland. The country that never sleeps, but produces an influx of bizarre videos on the internet. Check out this clip of a guy displaying his horrible punching accuracy — and he pays for it. Props to TDM for the +100 news tip.
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Essential oils have been growing their name in the market, I remember a friend of mine introduces me to this brand of essential oils with a diffuser that can give many health benefits, but because It is so expensive I didn't have any interest at all. Then suddenly almost everyone I knew used these essential oils to help them get better sleep. I guess essential oils really make miracles. I really wanted to try one, but it's really expensive for my pocket until I discovered this handy dandy essential oil roll-on Blith BKK.
Blith BKK essential oils roll-on is convenient and travel-friendly, all their essential oils are organic, vegan-friendly, cruelty-free, and heart-made. They have 5 kinds of oils namely, Sleep; Calm; Breathe; Happy and Self Love.
Sleep blend - Lavender, Cedarwood, Kaffir lime, Neroli Grape seed oil.
Calm Blend - Clary sage, Lavender, Majoram, Orange Leaf, Lemon, Grapeseed oil.
Breathe blend - Eucalyptus, Peppermint, Fir needles clove, Grapeseed oil.
Happy Blend - Lavender, Orange, Lemon, Clary sage Frankincense, Grapeseed oil
Self Love blend - Grapefruit, Patchouli, Geranium Lavender, Bergamot, Grapeseed oil.
I get 4 kinds of essential oils from Blith BKK Sleep, Inspire, Calm, and Self Love. Each bottled roll-on contains 10 ml of essential oils, that's why it is so convenient to bring along wherever you are. I honestly love the packaging so minimalist and on point with their roll-on names. Let's be honest here, at first I was so surprised with the smell of the oils it's just that I never expected that oils will smell very organic, I thought they smell just like perfumes. But later on, I get addicted to them, let me review each oil that I received from the least favorite to the most. Starting with Calm, it reminds me of my grandma's house in the middle of rice fields. So natural, organic, and smells of healthy vegetables. Inspire smells like grapes that are being stored in chill places, it reminds me of spring or the dancing grasses in the meadow with fresh air. Self-love smells sweet, it smells like fresh mixed fruits washed in freshwater or like the freshwater river stream. And my most favorite essential oil is Sleep, the smell is so calming, it feels like enjoying the bed with a lot of soft pillows or it reminds me of playing with soft feathers floating around me. I really like the Sleep essential oil it really helps my unscheduled headaches or if I feel tired I just grab my Sleep essential oil and it really helps to ease my pain and brighten up my day.
I'm not a fan of essential oils but since I discovered Blith BKK I became obsessed with them, I just started smelling them before I sleep or just a random hour or day, sometimes I apply it around my back nape, the wrist of the sole of the feet. However, there is a tiny bit of suggestion I hope they will try in their next new product, hope they could put a mint on it, it feels good that when you inhale an oil there's a minty sensation or when you apply it on the skin it feels more relaxing. Blith BKK is so much affordable and so travel friendly and convenient. I highly recommend trying Blith BKK if you are new to the essential oils world and if you want an oil where you can carry anywhere you go. You can visit their Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/blithbkk/.


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Be Cool Sweater Tank
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The Be Cool Sweater Tank will keep you looking cute and stylish all day long. This top is made from a soft knit material that is very comfy and breathable. You will love the cropped cut and body-slimming silhouette. This tank top comes in a variety of colors and all are extremely versatile and definitely a basic staple. You can pair this top with almost anything, whether it is denim shorts, midi skirt, or jeans, you will look cute and put together either way. This top runs true to size.
Model is 5'8", bust 33", waist 27", hips 37", and is wearing a size small.Materials and care
This top is made of 80% polyester and 20% nylon. Dry cleaning only. Imported


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Help our local partners realise their vision of hope for their communities
BJ Habibie, former Indonesian president who granted Timor-Leste an independence referendum in 1999, died last Wednesday (11/09/2019) at age 83.
Habibie came into power in 1998, taking over from General Suharto, who had governed with an oppressive regime for 32 years. Habibie ruled for a short 17 months after the Timorese population voted overwhelmingly in favour for their independence.
The decision to hold a vote on such a matter was controversial and caused an explosion of violence on the island. The violence continued and strengthened after the vote's results, with Indonesian forces being responsible for 200,000 deaths.
Before his death, Habibie was visited and comforted by Xanana Gusmao, the first president of an independent Timor-Leste. He was received by Habibie's family members, including his two sons.
His death seems somewhat timely, passing almost exactly 20 years after the 1999 referendum vote, marking and reminding people of his legacy.
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Continued disruption and innovation will dictate the need for creative solutions.
From healthcare-retail partnerships to the introduction of apps, wearables, and data-driven AI applications, disruption and innovation are now central to healthcare. This is about the need to do things different. The status quo is not an option. The successful healthcare organizations of the future are those that realize they need to fundamentally do things differently and are willing to experiment and be bold. One way organizations can adapt to these changes is to think outside the box by seeking expertise from other industries. What are some lessons to be learned from retail in how they've adapted to consumer demands? How might healthcare apply those same strategies?
The popularity and use of alternative healthcare delivery channels will continue to grow.
Telehealth and other digital tools are gaining in popularity, as patients continue to embrace digital interactions. In a 2014 Strategy survey, up to 40 percent of respondents under the age of 45 identified digital as their preferred means of engagement to manage their health, outranking facility visits or phone calls. The survey also revealed that more than four in five respondents younger than 35 said they embraced care via virtual marketplaces, and 46 percent of healthcare consumers want as much data about their health as possible.
Additionally, a 2016 Accenture survey found that 54 percent of healthcare consumers want to interact more with providers through apps on their smartphones. In a separate report, Accenture research revealed that by late 2019, 66 percent of health systems will offer digital self-scheduling and 64 percent of patients will use it. Digital will be a major disruptor to the market in the future and companies such as Amazon and Microsoft are already leveraging these technologies to improve care and the patient experience.
There will be a continued emphasis on process improvement in healthcare.
As healthcare organizations seek to maximize budgets and improve efficiencies they will continue to employ process improvement disciplines to reduce variation and drive out waste. This seems obvious but most healthcare organizations do not do this well, and it is hard work. The current cost structure of most healthcare organizations is too high and not sustainable in the long run given declining reimbursement and increasing competition.
From leveraging lean principles to improve productivity, reduce inventory, improve testing accuracy, reduce costs and more, to the use of daily management systems that support daily problem solving and strategy execution and organizational training activities, healthcare organizations will adopt process improvement strategies used by other industries. Process improvement will also become more critical with the movement to value-based payment which rewards organizations based on specific outcomes.
Prediction 4: Health plans and providers will seek out ways to work together for greater effectiveness.
With continued reforms to Medicare and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – whatever form those may take in the future – we expect to see a continuation of the payer/provider partnerships. As payers and providers seek to navigate the complexities of healthcare, the "provider" model, which combines the functions of providing care and paying for it, will require bridging the information gap that exists within many healthcare organizations, and simplifying processes, as mentioned above. These efforts have tremendous potential to reduce overhead and improve care coordination as well as align incentives across organizations.
The healthcare industry also will realize significant challenges in the coming years, with the biggest pain points being:
- The ability to derive value from M&A activity.
- Gaining actionable insights from data and analytics.
- Developing and executing a digital strategy that benefits both patients and providers.
- Incorporating collaboration and other tools to create a work environment for the future.
- Taking a structured and holistic approach to business transformation to derive value and achieve organizational outcomes.
- There is certainly a lot to be excited about as the industry evolves. And while the challenges may seem great they are surmountable.


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Mountain Equipment Dispersion Jacket
Brand: Mountain Equipment
Model: Dispersion
Our take For high-output missions where breathability was the priority—but where weather protection was never far from our minds—we grabbed this shell. The Dispersion has thin, double-weave nylon softshell sections across the back and down the underside of the arms that vented sweat vapor well, making it our top choice for heart-pounding days of Nordic skiing and trail running. "While ski touring into Colorado's Continental Divide Cabin in 40°F temps, I never felt damp," one tester says. Gripe: Moving all that sweat stinkified the shell after one day of hard use.
The Details Waterproof/breathable Gore-Tex C-Knit material everywhere else provided extra weather protection against spitting rain in Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains. The drop hem covered our rumps, and the Dispersion's athletic fit allowed for versatile layering. We also like the chin-protecting collar and adjustable, helmet-compatible hood. Cons: The elastic cuffs are tough to fit over heavy gloves, and the drawstring hem is loose enough to let in snow when we crashed.
Trail cred "This jacket withstood a full day of bushwhacking in Alaska's Chugach State Park—devil's club and alder brush left no mark," one tester says.
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Vibrant, comfortable and a bit spicy - just like our hometown!
All Field Day Apparel clothing is designed, cut and sewn in Oakland by a small team of seamstresses using reclaimed deadstock fabric.
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In Warhammer: Chaosbane, each class offers the player distinct abilities and gameplay. As you cooperate, online or locally, with up to 4 players, cooperation and strategy will be essential to doing away with the hordes of Chaos. Unleash Bloodlust, a unique mechanic in Warhammer: Chaosbane, which lets loose a devastating power that can change the outcome of a battle.
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One of my Diamond clients is launching her very first ever online class. She's over-the-top excited because with her first email she already had 5 people sign up (and pay)!
It's a real celebration because this is something she's wanted for some time, but never did it.
She had lots of inner conversations that had stopped her for a long time: "What if they don't like it?" "What if nobody signs up?" What if it's a big waste of my time and effort?" "What if I mess up?!"
Those "what ifs" will stop you every time. If you let them.
She told to me, "I just decided I was going to do it. I told people I was going to do it and then set a date. The real reason it happened is this: I told people. That one thing held me accountable."
This is the power of your word.
The incredible power of integrity.
And the power of accountability.
This is what happens when you tell people you're going to do something: you actually do it.
Because otherwise the fear of being embarrassed is too big. And who wants to be "that person" who says one thing and does another?
Accountability works, it really does.
If you have something in your heart to do, just go start doing it. And be sure to tell someone (or a bunch of someones) that you're going to do it. Because that will help you stay accountable to yourself.
Divine Question
How do you stay accountable?
What works for you?
Until next time, lovey…