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Chronologic: you put your activity feeds in it
A talk by Adam Keys at Lone Star Ruby Conference 2011
About the Talk
August 13, 2011 10:45 AM
Austin, TXAustin, TX
The need to maintain social activity feeds is an increasingly useful thing in a variety of software. Whether its a project management app or a social site, many kinds of software can make use of a list of events that have happened in the system, filtered for each user and listed in reverse chronological order. However, this sort of data presents many storage and privacy challenges.
Gowalla has built Chronologic to meet all these needs. Chronologic is an application built for dealing with events, timelines, and pushing those events to the right subscribers. It is a general service for dealing with activity feeds. On top of that, it implements privacy, a flexible follow model, and the ability to fetch incremental updates to a feed.
Chronologic is built with Ruby, Sinatra, and Cassandra. We'll show how this trio played nicely together and how it could be improved. Most importantly, we'll show how to get started with Chronologic, how to adapt it to your own application, and how to deploy it in your datacenter.

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Durant scores 33, Thunder beat Wizards in OT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 33 points, including a game-leveling 3 pointer late in regulation and the go-ahead foul shots in overtime to send the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Washington Wizards 106-105 on Sunday.
John Wall missed a driving layup attempt at the buzzer for Washington, which was seeking its third straight win. Bradley Beal scored a career-high 34 points for the Wizards.
Oklahoma City trailed 92-82 with 3:26 left with the fourth quarter, but went on a 14-4 run. Durant capped the burst with a straightaway 3-pointer with 13.6 seconds left.
Minnesota's Kevin Martin scored 27 points and Kevin Love had 18 of his 25 points during a 47-point first quarter as the Timberwolves ended a 22-game losing streak against the Los Angeles Lakers with a 113-90 win.
Ricky Rubio had 12 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who hadn't beaten the Lakers since March 6, 2007. Minnesota took a 28-point lead during the highest-scoring quarter in franchise history and maintained a healthy advantage all night in their first win over the Lakers at Staples Center since Dec. 2, 2005.
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Here's tonight's batting order for the Mets at Atlanta:
Jose Reyes, SS
Angel Pagan, CF
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, RF
Ike Davis, 1B
Willie Harris, LF
Brad Emaus, 2B
Josh Thole, C
D.J. Carrasco, RP
LINEUP COMMENTS: Pagan is hitting second, which is what Terry Collins first went with in spring training. Hopefully, he'll continue with that order. That being said, the order doesn't really matter if the hitters aren't producing.
METS NOTEBOOK: Ronnie Paulino is starting a rehab assignment at Class A St. Lucie. … LHP Pat Misch was held from his start last night at Triple-A Buffalo in anticipation of the Mets needing a starter this weekend. … Hardly a surprise, but Fernando Martinez was placed on the minor league DL with a strained hamstring.


text: RussiaFeed News Economy Russia's real estate sector is starting to rebound Investment into Russian real estate is now up by 9% Published 11 months ago on January 10, 2018 By RussiaFeed 40 Views Share Tweet (bne IntelliNews) – Russia real estate sector is starting to recover after years in the doldrums, with the investment volume up 9% in 2017 to $4.6bn, reports JLL. Russia's real estate investments reached $1.9bn in the last quarter of 2017, up 88% y/y versus $1bn in last quarter of 2016, according to JLL calculations. This brought the full year volume to $4.6bn, up 9% from $4.3bn in 2016. "In 2017, the market underwent both positive and negative changes. The Russian economy has been recovering," Olesya Dzuba, Head of Research, JLL, Russia & CIS, said in a report. "The ruble traded within a narrow range. Inflation declined below the Central Bank target. Despite the raising concerns about the banking sector stability, a number of large deals closed at the year-end. These included the sale of Immofinanz shopping centre portfolio and the part of Sever-2 warehouse complex. We expect the investment volume to climb to $5bn in 2018, up 9% y/y." In 2017, the retail sector accounted for 40% of the total volume. Offices followed, with 34% of all deals. The retail sector dominated over the whole year, with the sale of the Immofinanz shopping centre portfolio to Fort Group supporting this in the fourth quarter. "Moscow remains the main investment destination in Russia. In 2017, its share was close to the level in the previous year, at 79%," JLL said in its report. But higher investment activity was recorded in St. Petersburg, whose share had increased from 9% in 2016 to 16% in 2017. In absolute terms, the St Petersburg investment volume grew by 96% y/y, from $380m to $744m. Investors considered St Petersburg assets as an alternative to those in Moscow, increasing their activity in the Northern capital. And foreigners are getting back into the market. The share of foreign investments increased from 6% in 2016 to 17% in 2017. "In 2017, new foreign investors entered the market. At the same time, those who have already been present there became more active. The newcomers included the Chinese company Fosun Group, which purchased the Vozdvizhenka Centre office building in Moscow. Raven Russia, the British investment fund, which acquired assets both in Moscow and in St Petersburg, led the 'old timer' list," Evgeniy Semenov, Regional Director, Head of Capital Markets, JLL, Russia & CIS, notes. "The investment market recovers gradually, with the share of restructuring deals dropping from 48% to 2% in 2017." Prime yields remained flat last year. As benchmarks for the market players, JLL analysts consider Moscow prime yields between 9.0-10.5% for offices and shopping centres and 11.0-12.5% for warehouses; St Petersburg prime yields were at 9.5-11.5% for offices and shopping centres and 11.5-13.5% for warehouses. Following key rate cuts by the Central Bank, the cost of bank financing will continue declining and will likely lead to yield compression this year. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! 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Published 2 days ago on December 15, 2018 By RT Via RT… Forces are aligning against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, lead by elements within the CIA and strong players in the mainstream media. But what is really behind this deterioration in relationship, and what are its implications? Following the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, western media and various entities, including the CIA, appear to have turned their back on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS). In response to the scandal, the Guardian released a video which its celebutante, Owen Jones, captioned"Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest threats on Earth. Time to stop propping up its repulsive regime." The Guardian was not alone in its condemnation. "It's high time to end Saudi impunity," wrote Hana Al-Khamri in Al-Jazeera. "It's time for Saudi Arabia to tell the truth on Jamal Khashoggi," the Washington Post's Editorial Board argued. Politico called it "the tragedy of Jamal Khashoggi." Even shadowy think-tanks like the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Atlantic Council released articles criticising Saudi Arabia in the wake of Khashoggi's death. A number of companies began backing away from Saudi money after the journalist's death, including the world's largest media companies such as the New York Times, the Economist's editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, Arianna Huffington, CNN, CNBC, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Google Cloud CEO, just to name a few. The CIA concluded that MBS personally ordered Khashoggi's death, and was reportedly quite open in its provision of this assessment. Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the UN, also took time out of his schedule to express concern over Saudi Arabia's confirmation of the killing. At the time of the scandal, former CIA director John Brennan went on MSNBC to state that the Khashoggi's death would be the downfall of MBS. Furthermore, the US Senate just voted in favour of ending American involvement in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen (a somewhat symbolic victory, though this is a topic for another article), but nonetheless was a clear stab at MBS personally. The only person who appeared to continue to uphold America's unfaltering support for MBS, even after all the publicly made evidence against MBS, was the US president himself. So after years of bombarding Yemen, sponsoring terror groups across the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific and beyond, why is it only now that there has been mounting opposition to Saudi Arabia's leadership? Let's just bear in mind that western media had spent years investing in a heavy PR campaign to paint MBS as a "reformer." Former national security adviser under Barack Obama's second term, Susan Rice, wrote an article in the New York Times, in which she called MBS a "partner we can't depend on." Rice concludes that MBS is "not and can no longer be viewed as a reliable partner of the United States and our allies." But why is this? Is it because MBS is responsible for some of the most egregious human rights abuses inside his own kingdom as well as in Yemen? Is it because of MBS' support for groups such as ISIS and al-Qaeda? No, according to Rice, we "should not rupture our important relationship with the kingdom, but we must make it clear it cannot be business as usual so long as Prince Mohammad continues to wield unlimited power." One will observe that the latter segment of Rice's article almost mirrors former CIA director Brennan's word on MSNBC word for word who stated that: "I think ultimately this is going to come out. And it's very important for us to maintain the relations with Saudi Arabia. And if it's Mohammed bin Salman who's the cancer here, well, we need to be able to find ways to eliminate the cancer and to move forward with this relationship that is critical to regional stability and our national interests." In reality, this is probably the issue that western media and government advisors have taken up with MBS. Aside from the fact he allegedly held a huge hand in the brutal murder of one of their own establishment journalists (Saudi Arabia reportedly tortured and killed another journalist not long after Khashoggi, but western media was eerily silent on this incident) MBS is not opposed for his reckless disregard for human rights. With insight into Rice's mindset, we actually learn that if the US were to punish MBS, he would be likely to "behave more irresponsibly to demonstrate his independence and exact retribution against his erstwhile Western partners." You see, the problem with MBS isn't that he is a mass murdering war criminal, it is that he is too "independent" for the United States' liking. Last week, Saudi Arabia and the other major oil producers met in Vienna at the year's final big OPEC meeting of the year. As Foreign Policy notes, Saudi Arabia remains the largest oil producer inside OPEC but has to contend with the US and Russia who are "pumping oil at record levels." Together, the three countries are the world's biggest oil producers, meaning any coordinated decision made between these three nations can be somewhat monumental. However, it appears that one of these three nations will end up drawing the short end of the stick as the other two begin forming a closer alliance. As Foreign Policy explains: "But Saudi Arabia has bigger game in mind at Vienna than just stabilizing oil prices. Recognizing that it can't shape the global oil market by itself anymore but rather needs the cooperation of Russia, Saudi Arabia is hoping to formalize an ad hoc agreement between OPEC and Moscow that began in 2016, a time when dirt-cheap oil also posed a threat to oil-dependent regimes. That informal agreement expires at the end of the year, but the Saudis would like to make Russia's participation with the cartel more permanent." Russian officials have been signalling their intention to formalise this agreement for quite some time now. Given the hysteria in western media about any and all things Russian, it is not too much of a stretch to suggest that this is the kind of news that is not sitting too well with the powers-that-be. Earlier this year, Russia and Saudi Arabia announced that it would "institutionalize" the two-year-old bilateral agreement to coordinate oil production targets in order to maintain an edge on the global market. While US president Trump has been supportive and incredibly defensive of MBS during this "crisis", the truth is that the US only has itself to blame. It was not all too long ago that Trump announced that he had told Saudi King Salman that his kingdom would not last two weeks without US support. Saudi Arabia is learning for themselves quite quickly that, ultimately, it may pay not to have all its eggs in one geopolitical superpower basket. Saudi Arabia has been increasingly interested in Moscow since King Salman made a historic visit to Moscow in October 2017. While Trump has openly bragged about his record-breaking arms deals with the Saudis, the blunt truth is that the $110 billion arms agreements were reportedly only ever letters of interest or intent, but not actual contracts. As such, the US-Saudi arms deal is still yet to be locked in, all the while Saudi Arabia is negotiating with Russia for its S-400 air defence system. This is, as the Washington Post notes, despite repeated US requests to Saudi Arabia for it disavow its interest in Russia's arms. The economic threat that an "independent" Saudi Arabia under MBS' leadership poses to Washington runs deeper than meets the eye and may indeed have a domino effect. According to CNN, Russia and Saudi Arabia "are engaged in an intense battle over who will be the top supplier to China, a major energy importer with an insatiable appetite for crude." The unveiling of China's petro-yuan poses a major headache for Washington and its control over Saudi Arabia as well.According to Carl Weinberg, chief economist and managing director at High-Frequency Economics, China will "compel"Saudi Arabia to trade oil in Chinese yuan instead of US dollars. One must bear in mind that China has now surpassed the US as the "biggest oil importer on the planet," these direct attacks on the US dollar will have huge implications for its current world reserve status. If Saudi Arabia jumps on board China's petro-yuan, the rest of OPEC will eventually follow, and the US might be left with no choice but to declare all of these countries in need of some vital freedom and democracy. Therefore, ousting MBS and replacing him with a Crown Prince who doesn't stray too far from the tree that is US imperialism may put a dent in pending relationships with Saudi Arabia and Washington's adversaries, Russia and China. Once we get over the certainty that the US media and the CIA are not against MBS for his long-list of human rights abuses, the question then becomes: why – why now, and in this manner, have they decided to put the spotlight on MBS and expose him exactly for what he is. Clearly, the driving force behind this media outrage is a bit more complex than first meets the eye. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Multipolar World Order in the Making: Qatar Dumps OPEC Russia and Qatar's global strategy also brings together and includes partners like Turkey. Published 4 days ago on December 13, 2018 By Federico Pieraccini Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation: The decision by Qatar to abandon OPEC threatens to redefine the global energy market, especially in light of Saudi Arabia's growing difficulties and the growing influence of the Russian Federation in the OPEC+ mechanism. In a surprising statement, Qatari energy minister Saad al-Kaabi warned OPEC on Monday December 3 that his country had sent all the necessary documentation to start the country's withdrawal from the oil organization in January 2019. Al-Kaabi stressed that the decision had nothing to do with recent conflicts with Riyadh but was rather a strategic choice by Doha to focus on the production of LNG, which Qatar, together with the Russian Federation, is one of the largest global exporters of. Despite an annual oil extraction rate of only 1.8% of the total of OPEC countries (about 600,000 barrels a day), Qatar is one of the founding members of the organization and has always had a strong political influence on the governance of the organization. In a global context where international relations are entering a multipolar phase, things like cooperation and development become fundamental; so it should not surprise that Doha has decide to abandon OPEC. OPEC is one of the few unipolar organizations that no longer has a meaningful purpose in 2018, given the new realities governing international relations and the importance of the Russian Federation in the oil market. Besides that, Saudi Arabia requires the organization to maintain a high level of oil production due to pressure coming from Washington to achieve a very low cost per barrel of oil. The US energy strategy targets Iranian and Russian revenue from oil exports, but it also aims to give the US a speedy economic boost. Trump often talks about the price of oil falling as his personal victory. The US imports about 10 million barrels of oil a day, which is why Trump wrongly believes that a decrease in the cost per barrel could favor a boost to the US economy. The economic reality shows a strong correlation between the price of oil and the financial growth of a country, with low prices of crude oil often synonymous of a slowing down in the economy. It must be remembered that to keep oil prices low, OPEC countries are required to maintain a high rate of production, doubling the damage to themselves. Firstly, they take less income than expected and, secondly, they deplete their oil reserves to favor the strategy imposed by Saudi Arabia on OPEC to please the White House. It is clearly a strategy that for a country like Qatar (and perhaps Venezuela and Iran in the near future) makes little sense, given the diplomatic and commercial rupture with Riyadh stemming from tensions between the Gulf countries. In contrast, the OPEC+ organization, which also includes other countries like the Russian Federation, Mexico and Kazakhstan, seems to now to determine oil and its cost per barrel. At the moment, OPEC and Russia have agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day, contradicting Trump's desire for high oil output. With this last choice Qatar sends a clear signal to the region and to traditional allies, moving to the side of OPEC+ and bringing its interests closer in line with those of the Russian Federation and its all-encompassing oil and gas strategy, two sectors in which Qatar and Russia dominate market share. In addition, Russia and Qatar's global strategy also brings together and includes partners like Turkey (a future energy hub connecting east and west as well as north and south) and Venezuela. In this sense, the meeting between Maduro and Erdogan seems to be a prelude to further reorganization of OPEC and its members. The declining leadership role of Saudi Arabia in the oil and financial market goes hand in hand with the increase of power that countries like Qatar and Russia in the energy sectors are enjoying. The realignment of energy and finance signals the evident decline of the Israel-US-Saudi Arabia partnership. Not a day goes by without corruption scandals in Israel, accusations against the Saudis over Khashoggi or Yemen, and Trump's unsuccessful strategies in the commercial, financial or energy arenas. The path this doomed trio is taking will only procure less influence and power, isolating them more and more from their opponents and even historical allies. Moscow, Beijing and New Delhi, the Eurasian powerhouses, seem to have every intention, as seen at the trilateral summit in Buenos Aires, of developing the ideal multipolar frameworks to avoid continued US dominance of the oil market through shale revenues or submissive allies as Saudi Arabia, even though the latest spike in production is a clear signal from Riyadh to the USA. In this sense, Qatar's decision to abandon OPEC and start a complex and historical discussion with Moscow on LNG in the format of an enlarged OPEC marks the definitive decline of Saudi Arabia as a global energy power, to be replaced by Moscow and Doha as the main players in the energy market. Qatar's decision is, officially speaking, unconnected to the feud triggered by Saudi Arabia against the small emirate. However, it is evident that a host of factors has led to this historic decision. The unsuccessful military campaign in Yemen has weakened Saudi Arabia on all fronts, especially militarily and economically. The self-inflicted fall in the price of oil is rapidly consuming Saudi currency reserves, now at a new low of less than 500 billion dollars. Events related to Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) have de-legitimized the role of Riyadh in the world as a reliable diplomatic interlocutor. The internal and external repression by the Kingdom has provoked NGOs and governments like Canada's to issue public rebukes that have done little to help MBS's precarious position. In Syria, the victory of Damascus and her allies has consolidated the role of Moscow in the region, increased Iranian influence, and brought Turkey and Qatar to the multipolar side, with Tehran and Moscow now the main players in the Middle East. In terms of military dominance, there has been a clear regional shift from Washington to Moscow; and from an energy perspective, Doha and Moscow are turning out to be the winners, with Riyadh once again on the losing side. As long as the Saudi royal family continues to please Donald Trump, who is prone to catering to Israeli interests in the region, the situation of the Kingdom will only get worse. The latest agreement on oil production between Moscow and Riyad signals that someone in the Saudi royal family has probably figured this out. Countries like Turkey, India, China, Russia and Iran understand the advantages of belonging to a multipolar world, thereby providing a collective geopolitical ballast that is mutually beneficial. The energy alignment between Qatar and the Russian Federation seems to support this general direction, a sort of G2 of LNG gas that will only strengthen the position of Moscow on the global chessboard, while guaranteeing a formidable military umbrella for Doha in case of a further worsening of relations between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Constantinople: Ukrainian Church leader is now uncanonical October 12 letter proclaims Metropolitan Onuphry as uncanonical and tries to strong-arm him into acquiescing through bribery and force. Published 1 week ago on December 7, 2018 By Seraphim Hanisch The pressure in Ukraine kept ratcheting up over the last few days, with a big revelation today that Patriarch Bartholomew now considers Metropolitan Onuphy "uncanonical." This news was published on 6 December by a hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (running under the Moscow Patriarchate). This assessment marks a complete 180-degree turn by the leader of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, and it further embitters the split that has developed to quite a major row between this church's leadership and the Moscow Patriarchate. OrthoChristian reported this today (we have added emphasis): A letter of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine was published yesterday by a hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in which the Patriarch informed the Metropolitan that his title and position is, in fact, uncanonical. This assertion represents a negation of the position held by Pat. Bartholomew himself until April of this year, when the latest stage in the Ukrainian crisis began… The same letter was independently published by the Greek news agency Romfea today as well. It is dated October 12, meaning it was written just one day after Constantinople made its historic decision to rehabilitate the Ukrainian schismatics and rescind the 1686 document whereby the Kiev Metropolitanate was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, thereby, in Constantinople's view, taking full control of Ukraine. In the letter, Pat. Bartholomew informs Met. Onuphry that after the council, currently scheduled for December 15, he will no longer be able to carry his current title of "Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine." The Patriarch immediately opens his letter with Constantinople's newly-developed historical claim about the jurisdictional alignment of Kiev: "You know from history and from indisputable archival documents that the holy Metropolitanate of Kiev has always belonged to the jurisdiction of the Mother Church of Constantinople…" Constantinople has done an about-face on its position regarding Ukraine in recent months, given that it had previously always recognized the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate as the sole canonical primate in Ukraine. …The bulk of the Patriarch's letter is a rehash of Constantinople's historical and canonical arguments, which have already been laid out and discussed elsewhere. (See also here and here). Pat. Bartholomew also writes that Constantinople stepped into the Ukrainian ecclesiastical sphere as the Russian Church had not managed to overcome the schisms that have persisted for 30 years. It should be noted that the schisms began and have persisted precisely as anti-Russian movements and thus the relevant groups refused to accept union with the Russian Church. Continuing, Pat. Bartholomew informs Met. Onuphry that his position and title are uncanonical: Addressing you as 'Your Eminence the Metropolitan of Kiev' as a form of economia [indulgence/condescension—OC] and mercy, we inform you that after the elections for the primate of the Ukrainian Church by a body that will consist of clergy and laity, you will not be able ecclesiologically and canonically to bear the title of Metropolitan of Kiev, which, in any case, you now bear in violation of the described conditions of the official documents of 1686. He also entreats Met. Onuphry to "promptly and in a spirit of harmony and unity" participate, with the other hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in the founding council of the new Ukrainian church that Constantinople is planning to create, and in the election of its primate. The Constantinople head also writes that he "allows" Met. Onuphry to be a candidate for the position of primate. He further implores Met. Onuphry and the UOC hierarchy to communicate with Philaret Denisenko, the former Metropolitan of Kiev, and Makary Maletich, the heads of the schismatic "Kiev Patriarchate" and the schismatic "Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church" respectively—both of which have been subsumed into Constantinople—but whose canonical condemnations remain in force for the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The hierarchs of the Serbian and Polish Churches have also officially rejected the rehabilitation of the Ukrainian schismatics. Pat. Bartholomew concludes expressing his confidence that Met. Onuphry will decide to heal the schism through the creation of a new church in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church under Metropolitan Onuphry's leadership is recognized as the sole canonical Orthodox jurisdiction in Ukraine by just about every other canonical Orthodox Jurisdiction besides Constantinople. Even NATO member Albania, whose expressed reaction was "both sides are wrong for recent actions" still does not accept the canonicity of the "restored hierarchs." In fact, about the only people in this dispute that seem to be in support of the "restored" hierarchs, Filaret and Makary, are President Poroshenko, Patriarch Bartholomew, Filaret and Makary… and NATO. While this letter was released to the public eye yesterday, the nearly two months that Metropolitan Onuphry has had to comply with it have not been helped in any way by the actions of both the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Ukrainian government. Priests of the Canonical Church in Ukraine awaiting interrogation by the State authorities For example, in parallel reports released on December 6th, the government is reportedly accusing canonical priests in Ukraine of treason because they are carrying and distributing a brochure entitled (in English): The Ukrainian Orthodox Church: Relations with the State. The Attitude Towards the Conflict in Donbass and to the Church Schism. Questions and Answers. In a manner that would do any American liberal proud, these priests are being accused of inciting religious hatred, though really all they are doing is offering an explanation for the situation in Ukraine as it exists. A further piece also released yesterday notes that the Ukrainian government rehabilitated an old Soviet-style technique of performing "inspections of church artifacts" at the Pochaev Lavra. This move appears to be both intended to intimidate the monastics who are living there now, who are members of the canonical Church, as well as preparation for an expected forcible takeover by the new "united Church" that is under creation. The brotherhood characterized the inspections in this way: The brotherhood of the Pochaev Lavra previously characterized the state's actions as communist methods of putting pressure on the monastery and aimed at destroying monasticism. Commenting on the situation with the Pochaev Lavra, His Eminence Archbishop Clement of Nizhyn and Prilusk, the head of the Ukrainian Church's Information-Education Department, noted: This is a formal raiding, because no reserve ever built the Pochaev Lavra, and no Ministry of Culture ever invested a single penny to restoring the Lavra, and the state has done nothing to preserve the Lavra in its modern form. The state destroyed the Lavra, turned it into a psychiatric hospital, a hospital for infectious diseases, and so on—the state has done nothing more. And now it just declares that it all belongs to the state. No one asked the Church, the people that built it. When did the Lavra and the land become state property? They belonged to the Church from time immemorial. With the massive pressure both geopolitically and ecclesiastically building in Ukraine almost by the day, it is anyone's guess what will happen next. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading JOIN OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL Your donations make all the difference. Together we can expose fake news lies and deliver truth. Amount to donate in USD$: 5 100 Validating payment information... Waiting for PayPal...Validating payment information...Waiting for PayPal... 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– Production capacity of 200,000 vehicles and engines per year;
– Production starts with the brand new Nissan March;
– Creation of 2,000 direct Nissan jobs expected;
– Incorporates environmentally friendly "green belt" design surrounding complex and Turfeira Lagoon Preservation Unit.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, 15 April 2014 —— Nissan officially opened its R $2.6 billion (US$1.5 billion) * industrial complex in Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking one of the largest automotive investments by any manufacturer in the country. This investment is part of an effort to achieve 5 percent market share and to become the number one Japanese automotive brand in Brazil.
The new Nissan facility already employs about 1,500 people and is expected to grow to around 2,000. The complex includes all facets of automotive production – from the stamping of sheet metal into parts to vehicle assembly and road course testing for the estimated 200,000 vehicles and 200,000 engines the complex will have the capacity to produce each year.
Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn joined the governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Luis Fernando Pezão; Nissan chairman for Latin America, José Luís Valls; and president of Nissan Brazil, François Dossa along with other authorities, company employees and guests in the event.
"The Nissan Industrial Complex of Resende is fundamental to achieving our growth objectives in Brazil, which is the fourth largest automotive market in the world and a key part for our development in Latin America. Our goal is to achieve 5 percent market share and to lead Japanese automakers in quality and customer service in Brazil by 2016," said Ghosn.
The Nissan Resende complex will produce Nissan's "Platform V" vehicles and engines starting with Nissan March and the 1.6-litre 16V flexfuel engine.
"Nissan's expansion of our manufacturing capacity throughout the Americas over the last two years, with new plants opened in the United States (2012), México (2013) and now in Brazil (2014) underscores the untapped opportunities that we foresee throughout the hemisphere and, specifically, in Brazil," said Jose Luis Valls, chairman of Nissan Latin America.
"Nissan began operations in Brazil in 2000, and the opening of the Resende complex consolidates its presence, launching a new phase for growth in the country. The new site in Resende will help Nissan to deliver more quality, and more technological and up to date products," said François Dossa, president of Nissan Brazil.
All Nissan Resende employees have undergone special training, and more than 300 have trained outside Brazil for three months at Nissan's plants in Japan, Mexico, the United States and England. Because quality is a priority for Nissan, the vehicle quality control team underwent six months of special training in Japan and Mexico. In the last year, Nissan has invested more than $4 million in technical training for the Resende workers.
Technology on Behalf of Quality and Sustainability
Training has followed the guidelines of the Nissan Production Way, with the creativity and perseverance of Brazilian employees complementing the technology of the most modern Japanese processes and equipment to ensure the highest quality vehicles and engines in a way that protects the surrounding environment.
In total, 88 robots carry out tasks that demand more precision or could incur safety or ergonomic risks. In most areas, Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) – small self-driven robots – move small carts of parts, eliminating the need for transportation belts with combustion engines or platforms activated by chains, making the operation safer and quieter.
The vehicle painting process follows the modern and sustainable "3Wet" water-based paint system with base and varnish done soon after primer application, making the process shorter and reducing energy consumption. The robots use cartridges that reduce the waste of paint and solvents, reducing the emission of volatile organic components (VOCs) and making the operation more environmentally friendly.
A Green Plant Inside and Outside
The principles of ensuring that Nissan's Industrial Complex in Resende is sustainable and environmentally friendly go beyond improved assembly equipment and advanced processes to the original design of the buildings and the entire infrastructure. The buildings showcase natural illumination and ventilation systems, which reduce energy consumption and have low environmental impact. Production processes also reuse water by filtering solids for recycling or proper disposal. The objective is to constantly reduce CO2 emissions and the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) created by production.
Outside the walls of the plant, a green "belt" will be planted to surround the entire complex, which will help to reducing both emissions and noise. The belt will reflect the region's natural habitat and occupy an area of more than 12 acres.
Nissan also has committed to investing in the preservation green areas in the region with reforestation in some habitats. The company will create an environmental preserve for the Turfeira Lagoon located next to its industrial complex, which is fundamental to maintaining biodiversity and an ecosystem that's required for the survival of more than 150 species of birds.
Even More Brazilian Investment and Content with Supplier Park
The new industrial complex gives Nissan an opportunity to create a much larger presence in Brazil and continue to grow. To accommodate additional growth, infrastructure for a supplier park has been set up adjacent to the complex. The supplier park already has four auto parts suppliers set up in addition to two that operate inside the plant. These suppliers, which have moved to the region to support Nissan, include:
– Tachi-S, seat producers
– Yorozu, suspension supplier
– Kinugawa, rubber seal producer
– Calsonic Kansei, cockpit components
– Mitsui Steel, plates supplier
– Sanoh, brakes and fuels pipes
Nissan aims to reach a rate of nearly 80 percent local content in Resende by 2016.
* (USD $1.5 billion ; exchange rate from October 2011 when facility was announced)
Technical Data of the Complex of Resende
Local:Resende, Rio de Janeiro
Investment:R $2.6 billion (US$1.2 billion)
Total area:3,050,000 m2
Constructed area:220,000 m2
Plants:1 vehicle plant and 1 engine plant
Production capacity:200,000 vehicles and 200,000 engines per year
Products:Nissan New March and 1.6 16V flexfuel engine
Direct jobs:Currently, 1,500 employees (expectations to reach 2,000)
About Nissan Brazil
Growing significantly over the recent years, Nissan is in Brazil since 2000 and aims to achieve 5 percent market share by 2016. Nissan of Brazil currently operates with 169 dealers across the country and has plans to increase this number to 240 until 2016. Nissan produces in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, Parana, since 2002 and in Resende, Rio de Janeiro since 2014.
Underlining its commitment to the country, Nissan of Brazil is official sponsor of the Rio 2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016™. This partnership includes the supply of about 4,500 vehicles of various types that will meet the needs of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016™ and Team Brazil. This fleet will prioritise clean energy (ethanol or electricity), supporting the Rio 2016™ efforts to achieve the sustainability goals of the Games.
About Nissan LATAM
Nissan LATAM encompasses two business units: Nissan Brazil (NBA) and Nissan Latin America and the Caribbean (NLAC). The region services 38 diverse markets, almost 500 dealerships and two automotive manufacturing operations. One is a R $2.6 billion project in Resende, Rio de Janeiro which will have the capacity to produce 200,000 vehicles as April 2014. The second has operated under the Renault-Nissan Alliance in Curitiba over the last 10 years.
About Nissan Motor Co.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan's second-largest automotive company, is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and is part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Operating with approximately 236,000 employees globally, Nissan sold more than 4.9 million vehicles and generated revenue of 9.6 trillion yen (US$ 116.16 billion) in fiscal 2012. Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of over 60 models under the Nissan and Infiniti brands. In 2010, Nissan introduced the Nissan LEAF, and continues to lead in zero-emission mobility. The LEAF, the first mass-market, pure-electric vehicle launched globally, is now the best-selling EV in history.
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YPN is the Young Professionals Network, a national brand, associated with the National Association of Realtors. Silicon Valley YPN services the Silicon Valley Region. More: www.ypnsiliconvalley.com
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YPN is a state of mind, we encourage Realtors of all ages to participate to share ideas and learn more about technology and cutting edge innovations. The young professionals have a lot to gain from our seasoned agents in the field. Furthermore, the seasoned agents can gain valuable insight from the younger generation of high-tech agents as well – this combination is a win-win for everyone.
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When people think of tax-free organizations, most people think of charities, hospitals or universities. What many people don't realize is that the NFL — as in the National Football League – is in this august company even though it generates some $9.5 billion in annual revenue.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., aims to fix this injustice though odds are better that the inept Jacksonville Jaguars will win the Super Bowl. Liberals and progressives should encourage him to fight the good fight.
As I wrote in MSN Money:
The conservative Republican yesterday introduced The Pro Sports Act, a bill that would prohibit sports organizations with annual revenue of more than $10 million from enjoying the same tax-exempt status that trade associations and public interest groups enjoy.
If passed, his bill would affect a variety of sports groups such as golf's PGA Tour, the National Hockey League and tennis' ATP World Tour, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Interestingly, it wouldn't apply to Major League Baseball, which gave up its tax-exempt status in 2007, or to the National Basketball Association, which is a for-profit business, the publication says.


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We've been kind of obsessed with France on parenting.com lately, both pining for and feeling defensive about the French way of parenting. But now there's a whole new reason to be fascinated by the French Republic. In addition to the ample maternity leave, home nurse visits, and government-subsidized preschool, women who give birth in France get another benefit: postpartum vaginal assessment and strengthening.
Plus:Birth Control After Baby
Slate writer Claire Lundberg lives in France, and recently gave birth there. Soon afterward, she discovered her follow-up care included "perineal re-education," aka vajayjay rehab. She was asked frank and exhaustive questions about the state of things below the belt, and then prescribed a variety of somewhat intimate therapies, both manual and biofeedback. Although she admitted the whole experience frequently sent her into embarrassed giggles, she appreciated that the state cares that you have a comfortable post-baby sex life, as well as the ability to sneeze without peeing yourself. Contrast this with the US, where you only found out if what's going on down there is normal if you dare to ask at your one postpartum check-up.
Plus: How I Learned to Love My Postpartum Body
Would you have tried this therapy had it been offered to you? Were you left with some, um, issues down there after birth?


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A new streak begins
The old streak was broken on Friday as Iker Casillas and Sara Carbonero remained undercover on holiday. They resurfaced however on the weekend in Los Angeles. Evidently it's a tour through California, home of so many paps, and therefore a gift to me, and you, the obsessed.
Know what I love? I love that they pack light. Especially Sara. This is not Victoria Beckham with a different outfit every day. This girl is practical. The jeans, the shoes, there's not much variety. And why should there be when you look like that? He's all over that.
Am dying over the shot of her arm around his neck and his mouth all over her hand. Please. It's too much. It's not enough. Por favor mas amor...is that how you say it?
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The Bucs (16-5, 5-1 A-Sun) took game one of the doubleheader 15-6 powered by a 3-for-5 performance by centerfielder Matthew Scruggs (
Booker got a complete game win, 6-3, in game two as he limited the Bisons (7-17, 2-4 A-sun) to three runs on six hits with a season-high eight strikeouts to improve to 3-0.
With the two wins, the Bucs are off to the best start in school history through 20 games, and are in sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Sun. ETSU is also a perfect 5-0 in weekend series.
Offensively ETSU was led by first baseman Paul Hoilman (
In the first game,
The Bisons evened the game at 1-all in the bottom half of the inning as Andrew Nickerson came in to score on a Tyler Wilson single up the middle.
In the bottom of the third, Lee Wilson came in to score on a single through the left side by Zach Messer to put Lipscomb in front 2-1.
ETSU exploded for eight runs on eight hits including doubles by Trent, Bo Reeder (Cookeville, Tenn.) and Garrett May (Marietta, Ga.) to make the score 9-2 Bucs.
Lipscomb cut the ETSU lead to 9-6 in the bottom of the fourth scoring four runs on two hits a couple Buccaneer wild pitches.
Scruggs tripled in two runs in the fifth driving a ball to deep left center to increase the ETSU lead to 11-6. Scruggs then came in to score on a wild pitch to put the Buccaneers ahead 12-6.
In the next inning, Reeder came in to score on a sacrifice fly by Derek Niesman (
ETSU capped off its scoring in the ninth scoring two runs on RBI singles by Scruggs and Hoilman to make the final of the first game 15-6.
The Bucs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second in game two as Reeder came in to score on an Andrew Green (
The Bisons grabbed the lead in the bottom of the third as Messer hit a bases loaded triple to put Lipscomb in front 3-1.
ETSU answered in the top of the fourth as they retook the lead 5-3, scoring four runs in the inning. With the bases loaded, freshman Michael Gonzalez (Jupiter,
Hoilman added a run for ETSU in the seventh inning as he crushed his league leading 11th home run of the season over the fence in left to make the final 6-3.
The Bucs are back in action Tuesday at 3 p.m. as they head to
Game 1: ETSU 15, Lipscomb 6 (March 27, 2010 at
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LU.................. 011 400 000 - 6 11 2 (7-16, 2-3 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Bo Reeder; Scott McNally (4)
LU - Alex Ross; Matt Bowling (4); Dannie Strable (4);
Win - Scott McNally (4-0) Loss - Alex Ross (1-2)
HR - ETSU - Derek Trent (6)
Game 2: ETSU 6, Lipscomb 3 (March 27, 2010 at
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Pitchers: ETSU - Ben Booker
LU - Davey Hackett;
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic America, today announced that Jonathan Schwartz, 51, has been named general counsel of Univision Communications. Schwartz succeeds C. Douglas Kranwinkle, 72, executive vice president and general counsel for 12 years, who announced last year he would be retiring after a distinguished 47-year career in law.
Schwartz most recently served as managing director and general counsel for JPMorgan's Investment Bank. Previously, he spent six years at Cablevision Systems as executive vice president and general counsel. Prior to that, Schwartz held various roles including senior vice president and deputy general counsel of Time Warner Inc., and as general counsel of online music company Napster. Early in his career, Schwartz worked as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for five years. He then joined the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where he worked for Attorney General Janet Reno and then Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder. Schwartz was also a law clerk for Judge Harry T. Edwards on the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., and for Justice Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court. Schwartz received his juris doctorate degree from Stanford Law School in 1986 and graduated from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 with a bachelor's of science degree in economics. He was also awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to attend Cambridge University, where he earned a master's degree in international relations.
Randy Falco, president and CEO of Univision Communications, said: "Doug has been an outstanding counselor and contributor to Univision for more than a decade. He's a leader in the industry and I'm fortunate to have benefited from his trusted advice and valued friendship. As a vital member of Univision's senior leadership team, Doug was instrumental in the Company's evolution into a leading multi-media company in a competitive, changing environment. His keen judgment, leadership, industry knowledge and sense of humor made it an absolute privilege to work with him. I want to thank Doug for his significant contributions and for agreeing to remain a consultant to the board and management."
Falco continued, "While we will certainly miss Doug, I am delighted that our extensive, nationwide search -- which included candidates of the highest caliber -- resulted in Jonathan joining the Univision family. Having been a member of the senior management teams of industry leaders including Cablevision and Time Warner, Jonathan is recognized as a legal expert within the media space and brings over two decades of relevant experience. I would like to welcome him to the team and am confident that he will contribute significantly to our continued growth."
Haim Saban, chairman of Univision, commented: "On behalf of the Board, we are extremely grateful to Doug for his twelve years of unwavering dedication and service to Univision. He has provided thoughtful insight and extraordinary leadership during a time of great change at Univision and rapid evolution in the media industry. He is an outstanding advocate for the company as well as the community we serve. We wish him the very best in this new chapter."
Saban continued, "We are very fortunate that Jonathan will be joining Univision to lead our legal efforts, and are confident his deep industry knowledge will prove to be a tremendous asset to our Company's future."
"It's been a great privilege to work at Univision. I'm proud of what we have accomplished as a team over the last decade, but even prouder of how the Company is positioned for the future," said Kranwinkle. "Helping build a company that serves as such an important voice for the Hispanic community has been one of the most gratifying aspects of my career, and I'm confident that with the world-class team in place, Univision will emerge as the No. 1 media company in any language in the very near future. I am looking forward to my retirement, spending more time with my family while continuing to contribute in my consultancy role at the Company and as I embark on this next phase of my life."
"I am honored to be selected as the new general counsel of Univision," said Schwartz. "There are few companies in this country with a growth story as exciting as Univision's, and I'm grateful to become a part of such a unique enterprise. I look forward to working with the management team, employees and Board to help drive the Company's long-term success."
Schwartz will be based in New York and will report to Randy Falco. The Company also announced that Phyllis Verdugo, a 15-year veteran of Univision and currently the executive vice president and deputy general counsel, will relocate to New York.
About Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is the leading media company serving Hispanic America. Its assets include Univision Network, one of the top five broadcast networks in the U.S. regardless of language and the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the country which is available in approximately 96% of U.S. Hispanic television households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network which is available in approximately 88% of U.S. Hispanic television households; Univision Cable Networks, including Galavisión, the leading Spanish-language cable television network in the United States, which is available in approximately 10 million U.S. Hispanic households, as well as Univision tlnovelas, Univision Deportes and ForoTV, new 24-hour cable networks dedicated to novelas, sports and news, respectively; Univision Emerging Networks, LLC which includes a suite of six cable offerings - De Película, De Película Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson, Telehit and Clásico TV; Univision Studios, which produces and co-produces reality shows, dramatic series and other programming formats for the Company's platforms; Univision Television Group, which owns and/or operates 62 television stations in the United States and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the largest Spanish-language broadcasting company in the United States which owns and/or operates 69 radio stations, including 64 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and five radio stations in Puerto Rico; Digital, which owns and operates a network of national and local online and mobile sites including Univision.com, the country's leading Spanish-language online publisher, which features comprehensive entertainment, news and information and continues to be the #1 most-visited Spanish-language website among U.S. online Hispanics, Univision Móvil, a longstanding industry-leader with unique, relevant mobile products and services for the Hispanic mobile market, and Univision Partner Group, a specialized advertising and publisher network comprised of Spanish-language publishers. Headquartered in New York City, UCI has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit Univision.net


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Land Trust identifies 15 species in migration corridor
Using a motion sensor activated camera in Round Valley, members of the Eastern Sierra Land Trust have made a startling discovery.
With a camera purchased with grant funds from the Norcross Wildlife Foundation, ESLT documented 15 different species over a period of five months, ranging from tiny deer mice to the tawny mountain lion.
"Wildlife migration corridors are defined as historic routes that many different wildlife species use to travel between different types of crucial habitats," said the ESLT's Karen Ferrell-Ingram.
"Commonly, migration corridors link winter ranges where wildlife can avoid deep snow and find food to summer ranges where wildlife breed, give birth, and regain strength by consuming abundant plants or other nourishment.
"A diversity of healthy habitats and wide-open spaces ensure that wildlife can find mates, food, and room to roam.
"Locally, migration corridors in the Eastern Sierra are used by insects such as monarch butterflies, large mammals that travel long distances such as mule deer, small mammals such as silver-haired bats, and many bird species such as osprey, American robin, rufous hummingbird, and Western bluebirds."
Many wildlife species may reside within a migration corridor and spend their whole lives there, she said.
They may have a small range such as a black-tailed jackrabbit or sagebrush lizard.
The grey fox spends its life in a small two-mile diameter home range, living opportunistically on wild fruit, insects, reptiles, and rodents.
She said scientists are finding that fencing, highways, housing developments, energy development, wind turbines, and climate change threaten the phenomenon.
In the Eastern Sierra, she said, "wildlife migration may not be completely secure but we're lucky to have many interesting and beautiful animals utilizing the special habitats of our local migration corridors."


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Spaced Versus Massed Skill Learning
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00426465
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 24, 2007
Last Update Posted : December 4, 2018
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This study will explore the optimum training schedule for stroke patients to learn motor skills. It will see if motor training is more effective when training sessions are distributed over time (spaced training) or when the sessions are scheduled close together (massed training). The results of this study may help researchers devise the best training schedule for patients to derive the maximum benefit from rehabilitation therapy.
Healthy normal volunteers and people who have had a stroke may be eligible for this study. Patients must be 3 months post-stroke. All participants must be right-handed and between 18 and 80 years of age.
Participants practice a pinch motor task and receive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Hand muscle activity is measured using surface electromyography (EMG). Pinch training involves training the participant to pinch as strongly as possible, using a device that records the force. For TMS, a wire coil is held on the subject s scalp. A brief electrical current is passed through the coil, creating a magnetic pulse that stimulates the brain. The subject hears a click and may feel a pulling sensation on the skin under the coil. There may be a twitch in the muscles of the face, arm or leg. For surface EMG, electrodes (small metal disks) are filled with a conductive gel and taped to the skin over the muscle.
Following one practice session of pinch task training and TMS, participants have four training sessions, which are scheduled 24 hours, 2 weeks, 1 month and 3 months after the practice session.
For the 4- to 5-hour practice session, subjects do the following:
- Perform a single session of pinch motor task for familiarization
- Undergo TMS to measure brain activity
- Practice five 6-minute blocks of pinch motor task with rest periods between sessions and perform a calculation task (addition and subtraction tasks) during each rest period
- Receive TMS over 15 minutes. (Some sessions may have sham TMS.)
- Read books and magazines during a 45-minute rest period
- Perform a single block of the pinch motor task
- Undergo TMS to measure brain activity
- Complete a questionnaire that measures attention, fatigue and mood
For the remaining four sessions, participants perform one practice block and TMS. Each session lasts about 2 hours.
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In cognitive psychology, practice is most effective when training sessions are distributed over time (spaced), rather than when they are close to each other (massed). This phenomenon, thought to engage long-term potentiation-like mechanisms in animal models and described as spacing effect, has not been investigated in the motor domain. It is not known if spaced motor training elicits longer lasting learning effects than massed motor training.
Objective and Study Population:
The purpose of this investigation is to assess the relevance of the spacing effect in motor skill learning in healthy volunteers and in patients with chronic stroke.
Experiment 1: Determination of long term learning in healthy volunteers with spaced and massed practice:
The first hypothesis is that spaced practice will enhance long-lasting learning of a motor task (defined as performance improvements measured 1 and 3 months post training) to a larger extent than massed practice in separate groups of healthy volunteers. Healthy volunteers will practice a well-characterized pinch force task following spaced or massed schedules in a factorial design (n=26). If this hypothesis is proven correct, we will proceed as suggested by PIRC, to Experiments 2 and 3, to gain information on the mechanisms underlying the superior training strategy in healthy volunteers (Exp 2) and to determine if this training strategy is also superior to massed practice in stroke patients (Exp 3), an issue of crucial importance in neurorehabilitation.
Experiment 2: Study of mechanisms underlying superior effects of spaced over massed practice in healthy volunteers, rTMS:
Previous work demonstrated the involvement of the primary motor cortex (M1) in consolidation of motor learning and the importance of top-down attentional control by the prefrontal cortex. It is possible that an enhanced recruitment of these two regions mediates the superior performance levels reached with spaced training. Here, we plan to study the effects of inhibitory 1 Hz TMS applied to M1 and PFC on performance improvements with spaced training. We hypothesize that the superiority of spaced practice, relative to massed practice, will be cancelled by down regulation of activity in M1 and PFC but not by sham or posterior parietal cortex (PPC) stimulation (n=104).
Experiment 3: Determination of long term learning in stroke patients with spaced and massed practice:
We hypothesize that motor learning in chronic stroke patients will improve to a larger extent with spaced than with massed practice (n=42).
This study is expected to delineate the role of the spacing effect on human motor learning and identify two of the possible neural cortical substrates in healthy volunteers and its possible beneficial effects on motor learning after stroke.
Experiment 4: Determination of whether original findings with the spacing effect in explicit motor learning generalized to implicit/procedural motor learning:
The ability to generalize to implicit motor learning is important because implicit learning (also known as procedural learning), which is defined as learning which occurs without awareness and without intention, underlies the development of automaticity which characterizes all well-learned motor skills (Reber, 1993; Squire, 2004). Hence, for the purposes of stroke rehabilitation, it is important to determine if and how the spacing effect occurs for implicit (procedural) learning which underlies the development of automaticity that characterizes all well-learned motor skills. In addition, using explicit motor sequencing tasks, it is difficult to determine if the spacing effect helps general motor skill or sequence-specific skill. In other words, performance benefits from the spacing effect can derive from improvements in the visuomotor transformation required to push the keys on the board independently of the presence or absence of sequence, or from motor sequencing improvements. Both of these issues can be addressed using the serial reaction time task (or SRTT), a well-studied implicit motor sequence learning task which is described in more detail in this protocol (Nissen and Bullemer, 1984).
We hypothesize that the spacing effect occurs in a sequence-specific manner for implicit motor sequence learning. We hypothesize that an SMA-based motor network underlies the superiority of the spacing effect for implicit motor sequence learning. We will show this by using 1Hz TMS to create virtual lesions and establish a cause-effect link between the SMA (or M1 but not CZ or sham) and superior motor skill with Spaced over Massed training (n=80).
Outcome Measures:
The primary outcome measure will be improvement in pinch force. Secondary outcome measurements will be measures of motor cortical excitability including motor evoked potential amplitudes, intracortical inhibition and facilitation.
For procedural/implicit motor sequence learning, the primary outcome measure will be an improvement in skill as seen by a difference in reaction time between sequenced and randomly ordered trials.
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|213 participants
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|Neural Substrates of Lasting Motor Skill Learning by Spacing Effect
|Study Start Date :
|January 17, 2007
|Study Completion Date :
|December 16, 2013
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
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- Age between 18-80 years
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- Have a normal physical and neurological examination
- Right Handed as assessed by the Edinburgh inventory scale (Edinburgh, 1971)
EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Healthy Volunteers
- History of alcohol or drug abuse, and psychiatric illness such as severe depression.
- Receiving drugs acting primarily on the central nervous system, which lower the seizure threshold such as antipsychotic drugs (chlorpromazine, clozapine) or tricyclic antidepressants.
Patients must be between the ages of 18 and 80 years of age, inclusive. Included will be those with chronic (more than 3 months) stroke who recovered motor function to the point of being able to perform the ballistic pinch force task. Stroke patients will be recruited through the NIH Clinical Research Volunteer Program. Assessment of severity of initial hemiparesis will be taken either from patient report or medical records.
- with a history of severe alcohol or drug abuse, psychiatric illness like severe depression, severe language disturbances, particularly of receptive nature or with serious cognitive deficits (defined as equivalent to a mini-mental state exam (Folstein, 1976) score of 23 or less)
- with severe uncontrolled medical problems (e.g., cardiovascular disease, severe rheumatoid arthritis, active joint deformity of arthritic origin, active cancer or renal disease, any kind of end-stage pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, or a deteriorated condition due to age, uncontrolled epilepsy or others)
- with metal in the body (metal in the cranium, metal fragments from occupational exposure, surgical clips in or near the brain, cardiac or neural pacemakers, intracardiac lines, implanted medication pumps, blood vessel, cochlear or eye implants)
- with history of loss of consciousness or epilepsy
- with history of hyperthyroidism or individuals receiving drugs acting primarily on the central nervous system, which lower the seizure threshold such as antipsychotic drugs (chlorpromazine, clozapine) or tricyclic antidepressants.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00426465
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Leonardo G Cohen, M.D.
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|Last Update Posted:
|December 4, 2018
|Last Verified:
|December 16, 2013
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LOWELL -- Potentially thousands of voters who arrive at the polls to cast their vote on Nov. 6 would have faced some obstacles to voting if the city and the Secretary of State's Office hadn't intervened, officials say.
Approximately 14,000 registered voters in Lowell were moved to the inactive list prior to the Sept. 6 primary election. Voters who do not return an annual city census sent to residences in January and have not voted in the past two state elections are moved to the inactive list.
State law requires that local registrars send a notice in writing to voters who are moving to the inactive voter list. The voter will be put back on the active list if he or she responds to the notice.
The statute requires that a pre-addressed and postage prepaid return card is included in the notice, which voters send back to the city to remain active.
A spokesman from the Secretary of State's Office said other communities have also had problems with inactive voter lists this election season.
A review by City Solicitor Christine O'Connor found that protocol in Lowell had not been followed.
"We reviewed the process, which was utilized in the election's office," O'Connor said. "Based on that review, I contacted the Secretary of State's Office and inquired whether there was compliance with the statutory requirements. In my opinion, there wasn't. They agreed.
O'Connor said according to her review, the pre-addressed and postage prepaid return card was not included in the notice sent to voters who were moved to the inactive list.
Inactive voters are still able to vote, but the voting process is slowed down. At the polls, voters have to show identification and sign an affidavit declaring current and continuous residence.
"The concern that the city had was really for the overall integrity of the election process, long lines, long delays and people not getting the opportunity to vote who otherwise should have," O'Connor said.
She also said the fact that this is a presidential election year made the stakes even higher.
Lowell, and the Merrimack Valley, is also an important battleground in the U.S. Senate race. Both Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren have spent a great deal of time campaigning in the Mill City.
At the polls during the primary, some voters found themselves on the inactive list and went through the process of showing I.D. and signing an affidavit, O'Connor said.
O'Connor said she became aware of the problem after the primary.
"The election office had been aware of it some time before," she said.
Brian McNiff, a spokesman from the Secretary of State's office, said other communities have not had necessarily the same problem as the city of Lowell, but similar problems with inactive voters.
After the election, O'Connor said her office will spend time reviewing the process and looking at what might have gone wrong and what improvements can be made.
"The first and primary concern was getting it rectified, so voters going to cast their ballots wouldn't see any abnormal obstruction to voting," she said.
Gail Cenik, office manager at the elections and census commission, said there are now 5,000 voters on the inactive list, an amount she termed as average.
"There are going to be some inactive, not the large number that we had at the primary," she said.
Cenik said during the primary about 18,700 voters were listed as inactive.
In another matter related to the city's elections operation, The Sun has learned that the city has hired Joseph Kaplan, of Mansfield, to work in the office. Kaplan was formerly employed in the City of Cambridge Election Department. Kaplan was one of several finalists interviewed by the City Council for the city clerk's job last December. Councilors eventually chose former city councilor Michael Geary for the post.
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The Bianconeri took their time in making the breakthrough, but finally found their rhythm in the second half as goals from the striker and midfielder earned maximum points
The defending champions struggled early on break down a dogged rival, but once Mirko Vucinic gave his side the lead it was all too easy, and victory was assured when Claudio Marchisio doubled the Old Lady's advantage.
Looking for a win that would further cement their status as runaway favourites for the 2012-13 Serie A title, Juve started brightly and immediately began pushing forward in search of an opener. It was Bologna, however, who played patiently and on the break, that had the game's first clear chance.
Gianluigi Buffon came steaming out of goal and performed a well-timed tackle on Alberto Gilardino outside of his area, but the veteran goalkeeper had left the net unguarded. The rebound fell to Alessandro Diamanti, and it took a vital intervention from Giorgio Chiellini to deflect the midfielder's shot over the bar and prevent a goal.
Sebastian Giovinco was quiet in the opening minutes, but when the forward sprung to life he almost turned the game in Juve's favour. Taking the ball from Federico Peluso, he performed an impeccable nutmeg to break free of his marker and go through against Gianluca Curci, but the shot lacked venom and was saved comfortably.
Seconds later, an intelligent lay-off from Mirko Vucinic opened the net up for Arturo Vidal, but from the edge of the box the Chilean blazed well over.
The Old Lady continued to probe, dominating possession, but chances were few and far between against a Bologna side who defended deep in their own half and effectively. Simone Padoin was the architect of one of the league leader's few clear opportunities, wriggling free down the right flank and firing in a low cross. Vucinic was waiting, but could connect and Mikael Antonsson came to the rescue for the hosts, intercepting and clearing well. Juve shaded the first 45 minutes, but went into the dressing rooms with the game still poised at 0-0.
The visitors came out after the break resolved to take the advantage, and Giovinco went close to obliging in the first minutes after the restart. A slick build-up stretched the Rossoblu back line and left the striker with space, and his looping effort flew agonisingly close to Curci's left post as it went wide. Bologna, however, were still very much in the game; Gilardino thought he had opened the scoring after heading in an impeccable Diamanti free kick, only to see his celebrations cut short by the linesman's raised flag.
The match was opening up, and Curci had to react well to stop Giovinco's left-footed effort after the forward twisted away from the attentions of Nicolo Cherubin. With just over an hour played, Juventus finally made the breakthrough they so desperately desired.
Vucinic had enjoyed few chances on goal, but did brilliantly to turn Naldo with his back to goal and clean through with Curci, powered an unstoppable shot to put his side in the ascendancy.
Juve were boosted by that goal, and never looked like relinquishing their hold on the game. Victory was assured 17 minutes from the end. Bologna's defence was ripped open by a brilliant sequence of passes, and Claudio Marchisio was the beneficiary as he stayed onside and stroked the ball passed Curci to put his team 2-0 up, and end the game as a contest.
The win puts the Bianconeri well out in front at the summit of Serie A, as they enjoy a 12-point lead over their rivals. Second-placed Napoli can cut the deficit to nine once more with victory on Sunday over Atalanta at the San Paolo.


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Rory McIlroy aspires to be more than Tiger Woods, and here's hoping he gets there. As a golfer, he's just as talented. "Such a fluid motion," Luke Donald marveled. Not that that means he'll get to 14 major victories. It has taken Phil Mickelson 20 years to win four. Ernie Els has three. And there are a mess of talented players (Davis Love III and Tom Weiskopf come to mind) who have only one.
Where McIlroy already has Tiger crushed is off the course. He doesn't surround himself with handlers who are really just paid goons. He won't screw up his life by impersonating Hugh...


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NEW Review Group Week 5! Black Panther:TMDMA #526!
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by Punchy » Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:46 pmUpdated
by sdsichero » Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:25 pmSounds like something Stephen Day would pick.
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I like the title a lot personally
by Amoebas » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:03 pmO then E
by Frag » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:41 amSo this is why I decided to join the Review Group, to try books that I haven't been reading.
I've heard a lot of good things about this Black Panther run and this issue made me want to go back and pick up the rest of the series. It wasn't perfect though. The story was basic, but interesting. I liked that BP acknowledged that he couldn't take on both Lady Bullseye and Typhoid Mary. One of the things that I didn't like about Black Panther was that he was Marvel's Bat God. Showing him have some weakness was great. I also enjoyed the funny bit in the kitchen.
My only problems came about in the last two pages.
1) the chess match is such an overused cliche. I'm sick of it. Also, anyone who has ever played chess would know that going from being in check to checkmating someone means that either you are amazing or that person sucks.
2) Black Panther getting help from Cage and Falcon. Really? His two best buds are conveniently both black? Was Misty Knight unavailable? I'm sure Captain America or Iron Man wouldn't be much help? This is like Nacireman writing a book with Ryan Conklin, Matt Ryan and himself all fighting Randy Orton. It's gratuitous and stupid.
The art was ok. There was a bit too much shadow stuff, but I'll live.
Story: 8
Art: 6
Overall: 7
by SilverPhoenix » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:33 am
I really don't get the issue you have with this. If nothing else, aren't Captain America and Iron Man in enough monthly books already?
by Punchy » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:36 amThe reason Luke Cage showed up was because he's been a presence in the background of the book for a while now, making occasional guest-appearances. The Falcon... he's just under-used, so it's cool to see him.
Plus, what with the covers to this arc, I think Liss is going for a bit of a 70s Blaxploitation vibe, so grouping a bunch of Marvel's best black characters together makes sense. I do with Iron Fist was involved though.
by Greg » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:37 amHow's this any different from a white character asking his white buddies help for a team up?
Plus, T'Challa has a history with both. He's fought along side them both. Luke and him got really close during Hudlin's run and Luke sorta became his unofficial best man. They've sorta been on shaky ends in this current run but ended up on the same page. T'Challa built Falcon's Vibranium wings.
by Frag » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:40 am
My point is that instead of integrated BP into the MU, they try this dumb stunt of getting all the black characters together for no reason.
It's like if GL Jon Stewart teamed up with Cyborg and Black Lightning instead of calling the GLC. Or that terrible story (I don't remember what comic it was in) where all the MU women teamed up - including Sue Storm, because the rest of the FF wouldn't have been a big help right?
by Greg » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:46 am...Despite that the character already has a history with those two characters? Or maybe they both fit the tone that the writer is going for? Maybe he's a fan of them? But of course if a creator wants to put black people together, its forced and needs a specific reason for it to happen, but a regular fully white team up is normal? Oh, I see where this is going.
by Frag » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:53 am
No you don't see where this is going. Don't jump to conclusions. I'm not GOSD or Thunderstorm so don't put that shit on me.
The fact is that they were put together for that reason. It's the same reason they married BP and Storm as well.
by Greg » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:58 am
I didn't compare you to GOSD or Thunderstorm. I just described pretty much what you're saying. I've heard this argument so many times over the years I've been reading comics: Get a group of black characters together, it's forced. Black people in comics can't have just a regular team up, they need to have a specific reason as to how/why they're teaming it as it apparently doesn't feel "realistic" for it to happen. Is that not what you're saying?
by Frag » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:03 am
There needs to be a context. BP is an Avenger. Luke is the leader of an Avengers team. Why wouldn't they call in the rest? Why would he choose these two characters? What are their expertise? Now, maybe in the next issue it turns out he needs a guy with unbreakable skin and a guy who can fly. Then I will take it back, but at the moment it looks like an editorial mandate to pander.
by Greg » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:07 am
Maybe the writer just wanted to write them and liked the history T'Challa had with both? It makes sense for Luke to be there given his guest appearances in the run. Falcon is a bit of a wild card and is good with espionage and is already a trusted ally to T'Challa. He called in two of his friends who he trusts, I see no reason why this is getting a suspicious eye. Given that T'Challa and Kingpin are also turning this into a chess type match, T'Challa knows both characters well enough that he trust in their skills and know it's their skills that will work for their specific plan?
by Frag » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:08 amAh I found it. The Lady Liberators in Hulk 7-8. That was stupid (Loeb of course).
http://michaelmay.blogspot.com/2008/12/ ... -hulk.html
by Frag » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:10 am
We'll see if that's these case. Again, I will take it back if there's a point. Remind me next month if you want and I'll start a new thread. I've just seen this too many times that I'm a bit cynical.
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By Dianne R. Davis
What to ask a woman who is a day away from hosting the 2014 AVN Award Show, the most glamourous event of the adult entertainment industry? There I was on January 17 at the AVN with about ten minutes allotted to chat with Chanel Preston in the media room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
She is lovely with a wholesome look. A girl you would bring home to meet your family. Chanel was the trophy girl in 2011 and was excited to be co hosting the show. By her own admission, she knows that, "hosting the AVN Awards is the most high profile job in the industry."
The native Alaskan began her career in adult entertainment in 2010 for Vivid Entertainment's "Brand New Faces" series and has become one of the stars of the industry, known for both volcanic sex scenes and superior acting skills.
She was one of the nominees for Performer of the Year and was nominated for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and many other categories which can't be listed here. Her movie, "Chanel Preston: No Limits", was nominated for Best Star Showcase.
Chanel admitted to being a little nervous about her co-host assignment, telling me that, "I don't do a lot of public speaking in front of huge crowds so that part makes me nervous." She said, "I do a lot of interviews, but that's different." When you think about it, she's usually scripted so that makes sense. At age 27, she hosts "Inside Adult" for the X3Sixty Network, the entertainment channel's flagship show. And in October of 2012, both she and her AVN Award Show co-host Samantha Saint were named Penthouse Pets.
Well, since she does so many interviews, I thought I'd take a different approach so I asked her what she would like me to ask her. Dead end. Didn't work. So, I said, let's have some fun with this and not talk all abut the "porn industry." We'll go in a few other directions as well.
I asked about her childhood. What did she want to be when she grew up? I loved her answer. "When I was a little girl, I wanted to grow up to be everything. A ballerina, a policewoman, a fireman, all over the place."
Next topic was Las Vegas. I challenged her to finish the sentence, "When I'm in Vegas I love to …"
Well, unfortunately, she doesn't get to enjoy our city that much. "I'm never here for pleasure," she said, "I'm always working when I come here. I do like to see the shows," she told me but lamented that that doesn't often happen.
So what about the Adult Video industry? I've heard plenty of rumors that the industry might be moving to Vegas and thought she might have some information on it. "I don't think the whole industry will be here although it's much cheaper here then in LA." But she expects they may be spending more time shooting in Las Vegas.
I asked what's next? "I'm working on a Webisode series, similar to TV but on the web, addressing sexuality in America so my goal is after this I maybe becoming an educator about sex, a public speaker. More like personality driven TV, stuff like that."
Did she have any regrets about her chosen profession? "Absolutely none. I like changing people's minds about sex and women and sexuality which is a big one for me." I wondered what was the best part of her job and her life. "Flexibility, I can travel when I want. I get to have sex a lot. I feel lucky that I have this perspective on life and sex in general sex and I feel very lucky that I have such a laid back attitude toward sex.... I really enjoy it."
How does your family feel about what you do? They would love for me to do something else but they are supportive in that I am an I adult, I went into it mindfully. They are proud that I made it so far.
They know I am smart and capable but they would rather I didn't have sex for a living. No dad wants to know that his friends might be watching his daughter have sex."
I asked her to finish this sentence. Someone points to you and says that's Chanel Preston she's ___________. "A porn star" she replied.
Okay, with just a few minutes left, I gave her the quicky questions.
Favorite food - Japanese, anything Japanese
Favorite movie - Closer with Natalie Portman
Favorite sport - I don't play sports. Pilates sometimes
Any pets- two cats. Princess Dior and Julien.
Finally, I asked, how do you feel about the AEE and the AVN? " I get worn out, but I enjoy meeting my fans and talking to the media." I thoroughly enjoyed talking to Chanel Preston.


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Wind Broke My Car, Toyota Warranty Guy Blows Smoke
All it took to turn Bobby's Toyota Highlander into a mess was a gust of wind. The incident damaged the door's functions, but Toyota has determined that the vehicle isn't covered under warranty because the damage was caused by outside forces.
Bobby writes:
I own a 09 Toyota Highlander. One day I opened my car door (here in Brooklyn, not Chicago) a gust of wind blew the door open which damaged the door checks. It took Toyota dealer three visits to figure this out. Then they decided to call the local Toyota Field Technical Specialist to inspect the car. Well he decide that the door check were not made to withstand a gust of wind therefore it is not under warranty.
Toyota's response to Bobby:
On behalf of Toyota, I sincerely apologize for the concern and dissatisfaction you experienced with the door of your 2009 Highlander.
I have thoroughly reviewed your concern. [redacted], Field Technical Specialist, responsible for Toyota inspected your vehicle and found that the door was excessively forced open due to a wind gust causing the door check to exceed its threshold. This caused the body of the door to become deformed as a result of the force.
The warranty on your vehicle will cover repairs and adjustments needed to correct defects in materials or workmanship of any part supplied by Toyota. The warranty will not cover damage or failures relating to outside forces.
The decision rendered by [redacted] was made on behalf of Toyota as the manufacturer. As [redacted] has been trained by Toyota and is an employee of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and not the dealership, the decision rendered represents Toyota's final position.
Toyota recommends contacting your insurance company to file a claim to see if they will assist with any needed repair costs.
I again apologize for this unfortunate situation.
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At the Gettin' PlaceBy Aaron Gilbreath
If someone had asked my granddad where he got the chaps in this photo, he might have replied, "At the gettin' place." His speech was rich with colorful phrases. To him, a convincing salesman was someone who "could sell eggs to a chicken," the relationship between a person's actions and character best summarized with "Whatever's in the well comes up in the bucket." And when dismissing someone unsavory, he preferred the placid "Let 'em peck shit with the crows" to a crass "Fuck them." So many of his sayings reflected elements of the hardscrabble, rural world that shaped him.
The gettin' place in this picture is a roadside stand in Apache Junction, Arizona. Largely known nowadays for its scenery and suburbs, back in 1947, Apache Junction was a fringe outpost east of Phoenix with a few cafés and tourist traps along the highway. Signs announced: Postcards! Indian jewelry! Pan for gold! Read More


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