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When professional mountain biker Paul Basagoitia suffers a devastating spinal cord injury (SCI), his life is changed in an instant. Discovering that he's become paralyzed, Paul begins a grueling battle against his own body and mind, in the hope of one day being able to walk again. His excruciating recovery unfolds in real time through raw, intimate footage— much of which was filmed by Paul himself—as we see him fight through the agonies of an unpredictable journey and uncertain future. A chorus of other diverse SCI survivors weaves through the film, shining light on the struggles that Paul now faces. After years of relentless hard work, intense physical therapy, and even controversial stem cell treatments, Paul slowly begins to build a new life for himself. Any One of Us shows how lives can change forever in the blink of an eye— and the resilience, grit, and determination it takes to stay open to life's possibilities, even under the most trying of circumstances.
All proceeds from Any One of Us will be donated to the Wings for Life Foundation to help find a cure for spinal cord injury. To learn more, visit www.wingsforlife.com
Fernando makes his directorial debut after two decades of editing feature films and documentaries. His credits include Rize, Crank: High Voltage, Every Little Step and Mom and Dad. He recently produced "American Chaos," which follows a staunch Democrat through the 2016 Presidential election as he struggles to get a better understanding of Trumps' rise to success. Fernando has worked with an array of notable directors including Davis Guggenheim, Marc Webb, Francis Lawrence, Brian Taylor and Michel Gondry.
Paul Basagoitia, or Paul "Bas" as he's more widely known, is no stranger to surpassing expectations and overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds. Born and raised in Minden, Nevada, Basagoitia was riding bikes – without training wheels – from the age of two. By the time he turned seven, he was winning BMX contests.
In 2004 when Basagoitia was still in his teens, he tagged along with friend and fellow Reno-area native, professional mountain biker Cam Zink, who was heading to one of the world's premier mountain biking competitions, Crankworx held annually in Whistler, BC. Once there, he decided to not let the fact that he didn't even have a mountain bike hold him back, and he entered the mountain bike slopestyle contest. On a bike borrowed from Zink, Basagoitia pulled off a stunning run that ended with a perfect backflip onto a massive step-up to win the event. "The reason I won was because I translated the tricks and discipline I'd learned in BMX into mountain biking. I was the only person doing these tricks at the time and it's the reason I won. I was ahead of the game," Basagoitia explained.
He returned to Crankworx the next year to prove that his win wasn't a fluke; repeating his slopestyle win and cementing his place at the top of mountain biking. As he reached his twenties, he began looking for ways to progress his sport becoming the first person to complete a 720 on a mountain bike and landing the first double backflip on natural terrain in front of a global audience at the 2012 Red Bull Rampage event in Utah.
It was only a short three years later back at Red Bull Rampage, where Basagoitia came in as one of the favorites to win, that his life changed forever. A slight mistake saw him off his line and tumbling down the rock face. He suffered a burst-fracture of his 12th vertebrae and partially severed his spinal cord.
Starting from the first days in the hospital, where he found out that he was paralyzed, Basagoitia turned his camera onto himself and began to capture his tremendous recovery experience. These personal video clips share his struggles and triumphs, as he moves from the hospital to rehab and eventually home. Nine months into his recovery, Red Bull Media House with director Fernando Villena began working with Basagoitia to tell his story in a way that could raise awareness and help others who have suffered spinal cord injuries.
As we see in the documentary Any One of Us, Basagoitia's drive and determination push him to set big goals and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. When asked if he has any regrets, Basagoitia is quick to answer: "No regrets! I have a sour taste from my last crash, that one big mistake still haunts me. But to look back at everything before that moment it was worth it. I competed at a very high level for 12 years, I travelled the world, met cool people and lived out a childhood dream." With his fiancée, Nichole Munk by his side, he is amazingly back on his bike, and sharing his inspiring story.
All proceeds from Any One Of Us will be donated to the Wings For Life Foundation - a not-for-profit research foundation with a mission to find a cure for spinal cord injury. 100% of all donations directly fund cutting-edge scientific research and clinical trials around the globe aimed at healing the injured spinal cord.


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There is so much advice out there about USMLE prep – where you should go, what you should do, who you should listen to.
What ever you do, when you are practicing, be sure to above all pay attention and give time to your patients. This means standardized patients as well. This would seem obvious, but sometimes students are so focused on diagnosing, they miss the case entirely! This is NOT a game of "Name That Diagnosis! You have three minutes! Go!"
Sometimes, Occam's Razor be dammed! Heresy you say? Read on….
Find a terrific example here, on another blog I really like, Musings of a Distractable Mind. Dr. Rob Lamberts really understands the vital necessity of excellent communication skills, to the benefit of his patients, and his readers. Things are not always what they seem. Here is just an excerpt from the article:
- Listen to the story. Patients will usually tell you what is wrong with them. Pay attention to the entire history, and don't make theories until you've heard everything.
- Don't assume you've heard everything. Even after you've heard everything, you are inevitably missing important information. This may be "chapter 1" of a the patient story, and simply the passage of time will make a confusing story begin to make sense.
- First focus on the things that pose the largest risk. Make sure chest pain is not the heart, fever and cough is not pneumonia, and abdominal pain is not appendicitis. This can be done simply by getting a clearer history, or it may require further testing.
- Then address problems that are common. Common problems presenting in uncommon ways are more common than weird stuff. I look for patterns: episodic abdominal pain suggests gallbladder. Constant chest pain lasting for two days is never ischemic heart pain. Weird chest pain in a 50 year old diabetic smoker is more worrisome than classic pain in a 20 year old female.
There is much more if you read the rest of the article.
So when considering USMLE prep, make sure find a place that will emphasize listening to the patient, gathering the proper data, and THEN reaching the right conclusion.
Yours in excellent USMLE prep,
The C3NY team

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We all have dedicated faults in our dating life or our interactions. Some we have lived to regret. Through some investigation below are the most typical regrets of dating people or people in a romantic relationship.
one. Most people regret not settling down with their childhood sweetheart or 1st love at school. They constantly believe that that there will be much more fish out there so why settle down? There may possibly be much more fish out there but do they in fact fit your flavor and persona. When compared to that proven fish that you have previously set up with your childhood sweetheart or 1st school love. Some people who didnt marry their childhood sweetheart will only think that they have settled for 2nd greatest only. This will be unfair to the other celebration, mainly because you will constantly be pondering about that 1st love.
two. Dating people for the extremely wrong factors constantly consequence in disasters. There may possibly be some that could pull it off but it could be uncommon. Some people date for factors of that individual becoming physically appealing, business enterprise factors, business enterprise contracts, sexual intercourse or even just out of sympathy. We as a substitute should really date people who we appear to be to like mainly because of their fantastic persona or that becoming a match for us. A close friend of mine tried to date a Muslim mainly because she was fairly appealing, sooner or later things didnt perform out mainly because of cultural distinctions. If you know that you are moving into a dating predicament wherever things will actually not perform out, dont squander your time on it. There could be other folks out there while youre wasting your time on the wrong individual.
3. Folks constantly regret not taking the offer of the date when the offer was there. Folks will constantly check with the what if issue. Just picture all the women who turned down Bill Gates now. Base line give the individual a possibility, it wont hurt to have a sip of espresso for only 30 minutes. You may possibly even locate out you may possibly simply click.
4. In our recent culture most twenty one thing people will place occupation ahead of their love lifetime. This is not a negative factor while. But once you strike your 30s you will appear to be to lose one thing in you. You will turn into significantly less appealing mainly because of growing old signals. Our human body clocks will sooner or later capture up on us. Also most very good catches will be fewer. Test to harmony out your occupation and social lifetime. Obtaining a love lifetime doesnt suggest you need to get married and sacrifice your occupation. It may possibly even inspire you to perform more difficult. Its just how you look at the predicament.
five. Hardly ever date a married individual. Dating a married individual constantly guarantees disaster. This romantic relationship will constantly be about deceit, lies and cheating. The single celebration will also be led to anticipate one thing that could or may possibly hardly ever transpire which is becoming in a serious romantic relationship with the married individual. It may possibly also bother your conscience that you are destroying the lifetime of the married couple. This romantic relationship or dating time period will hardly ever ever perform out and be entertaining. It will constantly be filled with question.
six. Silly regrets below, people go away the individual they love. Dont know why. If you love the individual why go away him or her? Often factors for a individual leaving his or her companion are owing to infidelity. If things do sooner or later go broke it may possibly be too late to go back again. I suggest if you love the individual why be unfaithful? It may possibly be tempting but its only a check of your romantic relationship. Base-line, be devoted.
7. Folks also regret not ending a actually negative romantic relationship before. There may possibly have been a time in the course of the negative romantic relationship that there was another person much better who wouldve preferred to be with you. But mainly because you were in that negative romantic relationship you handed out on that other excellent individual. So if you think youre just not in the proper predicament have the braveness to stop it.
eight. Dont be jackass in your romantic relationship. Folks often regret that they could have been nicer to their companion. It will constantly haunt you when you address your companion terribly. How could our romantic relationship have finished if I was nicer? Test to be courteous, remembering exclusive dates (no make any difference how tacky they are), kind, compromising, obtaining one thing exclusive, becoming spontaneous. Dont be too late to transform, mainly because you may possibly regret it.
9. Dont be callous when dumping a individual. It certainly hurts and karma has a way of acquiring you.


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Assessment meeting of Independence Day Anniversary
Asmara, 12 June 2017- An assessment meeting of the 26th Independence Day anniversary celebrations in the Central region was held on June 9th at the Central region's hall here in Asmara.
In the meeting in which Director Generals and branch heads in the Central region, sub-zonal administrators, committee representatives as well as artists and organizers of the celebrations were present, it was stated that this year's celebrations which included carnival shows, students' week and community gatherings among others were commendable thanks to the active participation of the residents.
Following the handing over of certificates of participation to sub-zonal administrations, Major General Romadan Osman Awelyai, Governor of the Central region, pointed out that Eritrea's national holidays are vivid demonstrations of the unity and harmony of the Eritrean people.
Mr. Tewolde Yohannes, Chairman of the Holidays Coordinating Committee in the Central region, made detailed briefings on the achievements registered and the challenges encountered during this year's Independence Day celebrations.
It's to be recalled that over 200 community gatherings and carnival shows that depicted the major historical events of Eritrea were held marking the 26th Independence Day Anniversary.


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Taylor Force Act, which Penalizes PA for Terror Support, Becomes Law with Bipartisan Backing
Three Hostages Killed by Gunman Who Pledged Allegiance to ISIS in Southern France
DOJ Indicts Nine Iranians for "Massive" Hacking Attack against U.S. Universities
Israeli Startup Works with Indian Nonprofit to Supply Handwashing Systems for Better Hygiene
Taylor Force Act, which Penalizes PA for Terror Support, Becomes Law with Bipartisan Backing
The Taylor Force Act, which would cut funding to the Palestinian Authority as long as it pays rewards to terrorists, passed with bipartisan support as part of a $1.3 trillion spending bill, The Times of Israel reported Friday.
The bill is named after Taylor Force, an American veteran, who was stabbed to death in a terror attack two year ago.
The law would end U.S. funding of the PA until it stops paying terrorists and their families stipends, often referred to as the "pay to slay" program. Exceptions to the law would be made for payments made for water, childhood vaccination programs, and Palestinian hospitals in what is called "East Jerusalem."
"Passage of the Taylor Force Act will serve as a shot across the bow to President Abbas, as he must be held accountable for the Palestinian Authority's record of incitement and subsidizing of terror." Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Texas) took credit for co-sponsoring the bill, praising the Taylor Force Act with halting "U.S. taxpayer dollars from going to the Palestinian Authority if it continues its policy of paying monetary rewards to terrorists and their families."
"The bipartisan measure passed today will send a very clear warning to the Palestinian Authority: the double-game is over and terrorism will not be tolerated, not in any form. Those who enable, inspire, or incite, will also pay a price," The Israel Project President Josh Block said. The Israel Project publishes The Tower.
Three Hostages Killed by Gunman Who Pledged Allegiance to ISIS in Southern France
Three people have been killed in southern France after a terrorist hijacked a car and took hostages in the town of Trèbes. Police shot the gunman dead after a four-hour standoff Friday at the Super U supermarket.
The BBC reported that the attacker was heavily armed. He killed and wounded his victims in three separate incidents which began in Carcassonne, a 15 minutes' drive from Trèbes.
Redouane Lakdim, the 26-year-old Moroccan, demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the group of ISIS attackers which carried out coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people in November 2015.
In the town of Trebes he charged into a Super-U supermarket, shouting, "I am a soldier of Daesh [Arabic for ISIS]!" and took hostages. The gunman was also heard shouting slogans about the war in Syria.
In a statement released online, ISIS described the hostage taker as a "soldier of the Islamic State" and said that the killing was in response to calls by the group's leadership to target countries fighting ISIS.
A French police officer agreed to give himself over to the gunman in exchange for the release of a hostage. That officer entered the supermarket and then reportedly shot the gunman. The police officer was also shot and seriously wounded in the fire exchange.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who was in Brussels at an EU summit, described the hostage incident as a "terror attack" and said he would return to France immediately.
DOJ Indicts Nine Iranians for "Massive" Hacking Attack against U.S. Universities
The United States Department of Justice announced indictments of nine Iranians for their participation in a "massive and brazen cyber-assault" on over 100 American academic institutions and several government agencies, Politico reported Friday.
The Iranian hackers were affiliated with the Mabna Institute, which, according to DOJ, was established in 2013 "to assist Iranian universities and scientific and research organizations in stealing access to non-Iranian scientific resources." The hackers working for the Mabna Institute are charged with stealing over 31 terabytes of data worth an estimated $3.4 billion from 144 American academic institutions over a four-year period.
In addition to universities, the Mabna hackers attacked the state governments of Hawaii and Indiana, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Department of Labor. The group also attacked the United Nations and the U.N. Children's Fund according to the DOJ statement announcing the indictments.
The hacking ring was described as a "massive and brazen cyber-assault" and "one of the largest state-sponsored hacking campaigns ever prosecuted" by the U.S. according to Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Two years ago, the Justice Department indicted seven Iranians for carrying out cyber-attacks against dozens of American banks as well as a dam located in upstate New York. The hackers were identified as working for private security firms on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
In December of last year, a report released by FireEye, a cybersecurity firm, characterized Iranian hacking attempts as a "coordinated, probably military, endeavor."
Israeli Startup Works with Indian Nonprofit to Supply Handwashing Systems for Better Hygiene
Max Simonovsky's two-and-a-half-year-old son was well trained in routine handwashing. But one day when the water in his Rehovot neighborhood was shut off for repairs, the boy reasoned that if water wasn't available, he therefore had no need to wash his hands after playing outside.
The Israeli dad was fascinated by his toddler's way of thinking and discussed it with friends. They realized that the same line of logic may apply to millions of children in areas of the world that lack running water or electricity.
Further investigation revealed that two leading causes of death in young children in the developing world are diarrhea and respiratory infections. UNICEF and the World Health Organization say both could be significantly reduced by hygiene practices such as handwashing.
Simonovsky had discovered the basis for a social-impact startup, Soapy, which he founded in 2017.
"Better hygiene habits require water, soap and training, and also positive feedback and community support," says Simonvsky. "We realized we could provide all of that."
Soapy's off-grid, solar-powered, self-sustaining hygiene station uses water pulled from the atmosphere. A smart system starts the washing cycle automatically when someone approaches, producing an accurate dose of soap and water. The unit operates around the clock.
Local stakeholders partnered with the Israeli startup.
The first Soapy Station is setup in Bagepalli, India, with others coming in Delhi and Bangalore through a partnership with Swasti Health Catalyst, a nonprofit that implements social innovations to ensure health and wellbeing of marginalized Indian communities.
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Are you looking for a management position, either now or at some point in the future? Would you like to improve your leadership skills? Here are some tips that may help:
Listen to the people that you are supervising.
If they feel that they have your ear, the people that you are supervising will be more than willing to communicate with you. By listening to what they have to say, you will be more responsive to their needs, you will make them feel respected, and you will probably hear some good ideas.
Build your confidence. If you don't have confidence in yourself, you will always be a weak leader. Believe in yourself, your skills, and your ability to lead, and your team will rally behind you.
Make a plan. Whenever you are working to achieve a goal, it helps to have an action plan that outlines the steps that you will take to get there. When you are leading a team, an action plan is absolutely essential. An action plan ensures that everyone is on the same page, it focuses the team's energy, and it lets everyone know what to expect.
Delegate tasks. To be an effective leader, you need to be willing and able to delegate tasks to your team. A manager who does everything themselves will not be able to accomplish much. When you delegate, it is important that you give your team the space that they need to complete the task. In some cases, this may even mean allowing them to make mistakes.
Set the standard. You should always do your best, achieve your targets, and expect nothing less from your team. You are not doing anyone any favours by accepting unprofessional behaviour or substandard performance.
Motivate your team. Take the time to motivate your team. Schedule team building activities and provide recognition and rewards for hard work and significant accomplishments.
Allow the individuals on your team to develop themselves. As much as possible, assign your members tasks based on their interests and their skill sets. Give them the opportunity to grow professionally, and show them that they are also appreciated individually.
Always treat your team with compassion and respect. When you are working under a strict deadline or other pressures, there can be a temptation to forgo social niceties in order to get the job done. Be careful with this; there is a fine line between being task-oriented and disrespecting people. Never compromise on the level respect that you show your coworkers, regardless of the circumstances. With a strong team (and an atmosphere of respect within your team ) you will be able to weather any storm. Also keep in mind that as the leader, you set the tone for the team; if you are being disrespectful to your team members, then there is a good chance that they will also be disrespectful to each other.
Ask for feedback. If you aren't confident in your leadership skills, ask for feedback from your colleagues or from people who you worked with in the past. Other people are able to see both weaknesses and strengths that we aren't able to identify ourselves.
Leadership is not easy, but it's also not complicated. Most of the traits that you need to be a good leader are probably traits that you have developed while working with other people. Be confident, be respectful, have a plan, and most importantly, be yourself. In the words of Jack Welch, "Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."
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B-CU's New Student Run Record Label Signs 2 Artists
Daytona Beach, FL – Bethune Cookman's new student-run record label has already signed 2 artists, and will hold an on-campus reception to showcase their work.
HBCU Records recently signed L. Paul Jackson, Jr., contemporary gospel, and DJ DGlove, hip hop/EDM, both B-CU students. Music and videos from the artists are set to premiere at a reception on Thursday, April 28th in the atrium of the Athletic Training Center from 6 PM to 8 PM. The reception is open to students and the B-CU community.
HBCU Records is a student-run record label on the campus of B-CU, formed by the Mike Curb Music Business, Entertainment & Sports Institute (Curb Institute).
For more information on HBCU Records and Thursdays' reception, click here.
HBCU's website can be found here.
(Photos courtesy HBCU)
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Skytech Millivolt Wireless On/Off With Timer Remote And Receiver - SKY-1001T/LCD-A
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- Remote allows you to turn your gas logs on or off or set them on a timer
- LCD screen shows when the unit is on and if the battery is low
- Remote can operate receiver up to 20 feet away
- Suitable for use with millivolt safety pilot valve or electronic spark ignition gas appliances
- Includes remote, receiver, wall plate, batteries, and wiring to connect receiver to valve
With the click of a button, you can control your gas logs from the comfort of your chair using a Skytech remote. This wireless remote and receiver can be used with a millivolt safety pilot valve or electronic spark ignition for conveniently turning the unit on or off or using the 3 hour countdown timer. The remote features an LCD screen with a flame icon to let you know the unit is on and a low battery indicator. The battery operated receiver uses a radio frequency signal (within a 20 foot range) to communicate with the remote. You can mount the receiver on the wall or on the fireplace hearth. The receiver uses one of 1,048,576 security codes and also has a learn function and snap on wall plate. In addition, the receiver will learn up to two more Skytech remotes.
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NEW YORK — Thesp Chris Kattan and "Saturday Night Live" scribe Scott Wainio have entered into a development deal with Paramount-based producer Donald De Line and Paramount Pictures to write an untitled comedy as a starring vehicle for Kattan.
Pic, to be produced by De Line, centers on a man (Kattan) who is being driven crazy by his wife. When he learns she is doing this on purpose, he pretends to be really crazy as a way of catching her at her own game.
Kattan will next be seen in the title role of "Corky Romano," to be released by Disney on Oct. 12. He also appears in Universal's "Undercover Brother," due out from U next summer.
De Line currently is in post-production on "Domestic Disturbance," starring John Travolta, Vince Vaughn and Steve Buscemi, helmed by Harold Becker.
In the coming months he expects to put into production "Girl in the Curl" by "Legally Blonde" scribes Karen Lutz and Kirsten Smith, rewritten by "Toy Story" scribes Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow.
Also set up at his shingle is Larry Levin's script "Let's Make Friends"; "The Italian Job," being penned by Donna and Wayne Powers; and the untitled Scotsboro Trial project, which Lem Dobbs ("The Score") is writing.


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Carlos Tevez has decided enough is enough, and finally handed in a transfer request at Man City. It's hardly surprising as Tevez has been very vocal about his home sickness and his desire to even retire from football. But it's a baffling football decision, despite all of Citys negative headlines and bad results they sit very firmly in the top four. With Chelsea struggling and Arsenal's erratic home form, City should be capable of mounting a title challenge. January is looming and im sure City will be looking to add another quality player or two to their already bulging wage bill.
No doubt about it, City are a team which will eventually win the league in the next few years and Tevez is central to Mancini's plans. With the right tweaks here and there City could go on to dominate English football and even Europe. Unless, the Sheikh gets bored and pulls the plug on his expensive fantasy football experiment. So, for Tevez to decide he wants to leave is a strange one, if you base this on footballing reasons. It wasn't long ago that Carlos was asking for a pay rise and contract extension (just over a year into his five year contract!). City refuse to neogiate, now Tevez spits his dummy out and hands in a transfer request.
This must be the reason that Tevez's relationship with certain directors has broken down. Mancini must devastated with this news, what more could Mancini have done to keep Tevez, it's obvious he is Citys best player and Mancini even made him club captain this season. Short of letting Tevez design the kit I don't believe Mancini could have done any more to keep the star striker. I still don't believe that Tevez will go back to Argentina at this stage in his career, I hope he does, but the cynical part of me thinks he will end up in Spain, playing in the white of Real Madrid.
This could just be the start of the problems for the ego's inside Citys dressing room. Adebayour and Balotelli spring to mind as players with absolutely stinking attitudes who could erupt at anytime. I think the moral of the story for City is to look at the attitude of the players they are signing, its all well and good having an abundance of talent but if the players head isn't right, this is where the problems start.


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The state Department of Education is seeking another "pause" in the annual "report cards" it gives on the academic performance of public schools. The new pause would mean that Tri-County and other state public schools wouldn't get new report cards until 2018 - three years after the last ratings.
The Department of Education is seeking the delay to better align its work on school performance with the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced the No Child Left Behind legislation. ESSA gives states more flexibility in meetings academic performance standards.
A second pause in report cards would come at an especially important time for Tri-County public schools, which are trying, but so far not very successfully, to close the historic achievement gaps between the performance of white and black students. The extent of those gaps was underscored by the results of the 2015 ACT Aspire assessment tests given to elementary and middle-school students. The results showed that black students were performing far worse in reading, writing and math than they were under the old, less rigorous PASS assessment system.
Charleston County School Superintendent Gerrita Postlewait on Feb. 22 issued a "brutal facts" report on widespread failures in the system to close minority academic performance gaps. Postlewait said the gaps begin to open up in the early years of education and continue through high school, and pledged widespread reforms to close them.
The state has developed a new assessment system - SC Ready - to replace ACT Aspire. The SC Ready tests will be given this spring in all state public schools. But it's not yet clear how rigorously the state will grade student performance with SC Ready. How well students do in the assessment test will be a big part of their schools' final report cards - which wouldn't be issued until 2018 under the proposed new "pause."


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More Fangirl! And a spiffy new website!
Hey look, the website got a major refresher. I gave up on my old (cheaper, admittedly) host and look how shiny and clean it is around here! (Forgive me for any broken links that may have snuck by me. I'm not a prolific blogger by any means, so I think I checked them all, but they're rascally little buggers.)
Now! More squee!
In no particular order, other stuff I fucking loved this year. (Yes, this requires cursing. Have you met me?)
TV (because everyone needs a mental break):
Jane the Virgin. Romancelandia strikes again with the amazing recommendations (seriously, I think almost all the TV I fell in love with this year is because of other romance writers' recs). This show, guys. It's so good. Gloriously off the wall in true telenovela style one minute, smartly tackling feminism, family, and romance the next. And dear, sweet heck Gina Rodriguez. I want her to be in all the things.
And speaking of gloriously off the wall, you should be watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, too. I wasn't sure if I was going to be into it, but it turns out a musical about a lawyer who's high-functioning professionally but grapples with severe anxiety and depression and completely upends her life on a whim is right up my street. Gee, I wonder how I could possible identify with Rebecca.
Most recently, oh my God, Yuri on Ice. I'm making a high-pitched noise of glee just thinking about it. Yeah, I didn't think I would be so into an anime about men's figure skating either but holy mother of goats, am I ever. It's so fucking cute. And sneaky with the feels. The main characters are each struggling with shades of depression/anxiety/aggressively being fifteen in the midst of a highly competitive sport and I literally cried at the season finale. (I'm not even going to attempt to gif it, or I'll come out of a fanart rabbit hole three days from now.)
And other stuff:
After years of gentle prodding from my husband and various mental health professionals, I took up meditation towards the end of this year. I think it's helping. I've been liking the Calm app. Her voice is soothing, and the sessions are generally only ten to fifteen minutes long, which makes it easier to commit to daily, and less intimidating.
I'm also back on my yoga mat after a very long time away. I am LOVING the online classes from Jessamyn Stanley and Dana Falsetti that I got through Cody. The upfront cost made me gulp a little, but it's less than a studio membership, that's for sure. As someone who has struggled with her perception of her body for most of her life, I am so grateful for a practice focused on building strength, and not tightening, toning, slimming, whatever. You do you, but I'm not interested in yoga as aerobics class. I'm happy to have found a way to reconnect with a practice that helps me celebrate and respect my body as it is each day.
And finally, in a wrap-up for this total doozy, mindfuck of a year, in which it has been hard to imagine the future, who needs a new planner? I realized at some point this year that I don't really use planners to actually plan, but more like a journal. I'd like to be flying less by the seat of my pants, but that's kind of how I roll. Nevertheless, I buy a new planer every year. So far, I'm liking the one I got from Inkwell Press. It's huge, but the paper stock is nice and heavy and it looks like it should be nigh-indestructible. (And hey, if you want, use this link and get ten dollars off your order. Here ends talk about money and selling things.)
Cheers to the death of this goddamn year, in which it has been hard to hold on the good and amazing things that have happened. Have a puppy picture on me.


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Friday Five: Top 5 healthcare business news items from the MCOL Weekend edition
Every business day, MCOL posts feature stories making news on the business of health care. Here are five we think are particularly important for this week:
House Tax Bill Would Scrap Deduction For Medical Expenses
The tax bill unveiled by Republicans in the House on Thursday would not, as had been rumored, eliminate the tax penalty for failure to have health insurance. But it would eliminate a decades-old deduction for people with very high medical costs.
Kaiser Health News
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Hospital groups to sue CMS over $1.6 billion cut to 340B program
Less than an hour after the CMS released the final rule, America's Essential Hospitals, the American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges said they believe the agency has overstepped its statutory authority by cutting 340B drug payments by $1.6 billion, or 22.5% less than the average sales price.
Modern Healthcare
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Panel Recommends Opioid Solutions but Puts No Price Tag on Them
President Trump's bipartisan commission on the opioid crisis made dozens of final recommendations on Wednesday to combat a deadly addiction epidemic, ranging from creating more drug courts to vastly expanding access to medications that treat addiction, including in jails.
The New York Times
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
U.S. states allege broad generic drug price-fixing collusion
A large group of U.S. states accused key players in the generic drug industry of a broad price-fixing conspiracy, moving on Tuesday to widen an earlier lawsuit to add many more drugmakers and medicines in an action that sent some company shares tumbling.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Money For Health Law Navigators Slashed — Except Where It's Not
Despite all the efforts in Congress to repeal the health law this summer and fall, the Affordable Care Act is still the law of the land. People can start signing up for health insurance for 2018 starting Nov. 1. But the landscape for that law has changed a lot.
Kaiser Health News
Monday, October 30, 2017
These and more weekly news items on the business of healthcare are featured in the MCOL Weekend edition, along with the MCOL Tidbits, and more, for MCOL Premium level members.


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For more information & to support the fight against GMO products, visit Non-GMO Project
If you are looking to grow your own fruit & vegetables, visit Seeds Now for tips, GMO-free organic seeds, & useful information!
What Are GMO's?
GMO stands for "genetically modified organism" and the organism is commonly is referring to is food sources found in nature. This consists of altering & cross breeding of plant & even animal species. GMO foods have only been widely spread since the 1990s and now can be found in almost everything at your local market. Genetically modifying foods usually starts within the seeds themselves. Altering its natural make-up to produce vegetables & fruit, even flower, that will grow faster, stronger & yield in higher amounts. Some even reject insects! How is that possible? The most common foods that are altered to have pesticide right inside the seed is corn, which is ironically the highest selling vegetable in the United States. They are genetically altered in their DNA to make this possibly. GMO altering has gone as far as crossing strawberries with fish.. YES! FISH!
The Numbers
- 59% of sugar produced in the US is made from sugar beets & 90% of the beets are genetically engineered.
- Over 90% of canola oil is genetically engineered.
- 90% of the cotton planted in the US is genetically modified.
- 94% of all soybeans planted in the US are genetically modified.
- 88% of US Corn is genetically modified.
The Dangers of GMO Food
We are being fed bold face lies when it comes to GMO foods. They tell us high fructose corn syrup is no different from sugar found in nature. They tell us that GMO foods are healthy & will lead to saving the world of starvation. They tell us they are no different from non-GMO foods...
Fact: Mice fed GM pesticide producing corn have abnormal cell structure in the organisms, chemical changes throughout the body & severely increased infertility.
The US is the number one seller of GMO foods and does NOT mandate labeling such foods to let consumers know what they are buying.
4 Common Negative Effects on the Body
Food Allergy Symptoms Increase - If you or someone you know has food allergies, then you know just how deadly they can be, especially for children! With GMO foods, we see an increased toxin rate with in the food, taking much less of a food allergenic to cause body altering effects, and even death.
Bodily Toxins Increase - The human body, as well as the bodies of animals, are designed to digest & use EVERYTHING that enters it. Only vitamins & minerals that are no longer needed are released from the body. In GMO foods, there are pesticides, poisons, medication, and more that the body simply does not know how to digest, so much like fat, it stores it for later use, if it gets used at all. This leads to increased levels of medication, poisons & pesticides that HARM the body, stuck in fat cells, muscle tissue & organs.
Negative Reproductive Effects - As seen in the mice, GMO foods, especially soy products, reek utter havoc on the reproductive system. They cause spikes of testosterone in women & girls and decreased levels in men & boys. In women/girls this leads to excess body hair, premature balding, acne, irregular periods, hormonal imbalances, ovarian cysts, ovarian cancers, breast cancers, infertility, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, pituitary problems, and more! In men/boys this leads to premature balding, acne, decreased semen levels, erectile dysfunction, increased fat storage on the chest (moobs), male specific cancers, breast cancers and more!
Negative Effects in the Digestive System - The body is not designed to ingest high amounts of poison every day. When eating GMO food on a daily basis you are disrupting your body's natural digestive system & causing it to not work properly. This can lead to acid reflux, constipation, IBS, colon cancers, candida over growth and so, so much more. GMO foods, like stated above, will be digested the best they can be by the body and the abnormal structures of the food will be stored in fat cells, organs and muscle tissue. They can & do make you fat!
Prolonged exposure to GMO products will cause everything from arthritis & head aches to cancers & death. It is very hard to avoid them today but if you cut out the source, you can help your body out. Eating GMO-free brands of food is a start but I encourage you to go one step further & grow your own fruits & vegetables from GMO-free, organic seeds.
Take A Stand
Do not settle for DNA altered food! They are poisoning us, our children & our animals! Share this information with the people you love. While it is hard to go GMO-free, it is not impossible. I understand the financial hit the economy is under & organic & GMO-free food is more expensive so look for alternatives. Find a local farmer who is GMO-free, grow your own fruits & vegetables, if you don't have the time only shop locally - organic - & in season fruits & vegetables. Learning to pickle, can and store vegetables & fruit will be beneficial! Read your ingredients list! Avoid anything containing corn when you can! If you are going to eat corn, only eat organic or certified GMO-free brands. Since most soy is GMO, avoid it all together. Be sure to eat your seeds from all your fruits & vegetables that are GMO free. They have the highest count of B-17 which is beneficial for fighting & preventing cancers.
We are not science projects & should not be treated like them! In the Holy Bible, God was infuriated when people messed with the DNA of plants & animals. It was created a certain way for a purpose, no DNA should ever be messed with!
Look into getting your family a seed vault of non-GMO heirloom seeds. These seed will be the quality found in nature, 100% pure. They come in large quanities which is great for supplying fruits & vegetables to your family & to save for emergencies. Alls it takes to rule the world is to have control over our seed! E-bay offers great seed vaults all the time!
Brands of GMO-Free Food
Below are some food brands that carry certain GMO-free products. For a complete list, visit Non-GMO Project & download the complete list!
Ener-G Foods
Pacific Natural Foods
Artisan Bistro
Artisan Bistro Home Direct
Atlantic Rose
Better Bean
Bhakti Chai
Brad's Leafy Kale
Brad's Raw 4 Paws
Brad's Raw Chips
Braga Organic Farms
Chappaqua Crunch Granola
Chez Marie, Inc.
Chosen Foods
Chunks O' Fruti
Ciao Bella Gelato
Coconut Secret
Coral LLC
Drew's LLC
Engine 2
Enjoy Life Foods
Essential Living Foods, Inc
Follow Your Heart
Fruit Bliss
Fungi Perfecti, LLC
Garden of Life
Gluten Free Pantry by Glutino
Grains of Wellness
Growing Naturals
Guiltless Gourmet
Hail Merry
Harvest Bay
Health is Wealth
House Foods
Kettle Foods
Lotus Foods
Mamma Chia
Marconi Naturals
Mary's Gone Crackers
Mediterranean Organic
Mediterranean Snacks
Mt Vikos
Napa Valley Naturals
Napa Valley Naturals
Natural Vitality
Nature's Path
Navitas Naturals
New York Superfoods
Once Again
Pacific Natural Foods
Peace Cereal
Peeled Snacks
Peeled Snacks
Planet Rice
Purely Decadent
Qrunch Foods
Quinn Popcorn
Red Hat Co-operative Ltd
Sally's Smart Foods
Secret Squirrel
Sir Kensington's
So Delicious Dairy Free
Sol Cuisine
The Fresh Market
The Republic of Tea
Traditional Medicinals
Tree of Life
Tru Joy Sweets
Van's Natural Foods
Whole Earth
Wholesome Chow
Wild Veggie
Zing Bars
Dear Fellow Hubber,
Thank you for an important, yet chilling article. We have gone so dangerously far down this path. I wholeheartedly agree, we need to WAKE UP, Take A Stand & Do Something before it is too late...I fervently pray we are not yet there!
Blessings, Linda
This totally creeps me out. Great Hub. The sad thing is I only know of a few of the companies that do not use GMO. Voted up and shared.


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Old fashioned style Asian hand job.
A lot of guys I know say they actually prefer the hand job thing over actual sex. I'm thinking this is largely what older guys want as in general they are just too drunk or lazy to ride their girls properly. I'm aware that the girls like it as it makes their guys happy but doesn't involve their vaginas or get their hair messed up too much. Ans also there is the time factor, as I suppose your average working girl can do a lot more with her hands in an evening than on her back.


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Trends in Dark Tourism: Communities taking spook to a whole new levelOctober 19, 2016
Ghost and spooky tourism is a big hit this time of year, but as tourists increasingly seek out "authentic" experiences, some communities are extending the spook season year-round. This is because more consumers are deliberately choosing to spend money to engage their senses and have a memorable, emotional experience over buying more stuff. Spooky tourism offers the opportunity to engage every sense, even the sixth sense if you're lucky (or maybe un-lucky, depending…). Some of my favorite communities that have successfully turned scare into an year-round affair include:
Sleepy Hollow, NY
As the setting of Washington Irving's 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," this is a community that knows how to tell a tale. The iconic ghost story of the unfortunate pedagogue Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman is woven into nearly everything that Sleepy Hollow does. But, they also have a sense of humor and put together a great YouTube video poking fun at the community's obsession with its own legend.
Source: Visit Sleepy Hollow
"From the listless repose of the place, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of Sleepy Hollow. Some say that the place was bewitched during the early days of the Dutch settlement; others, that an old Indian chief, the wizard of his tribe, held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson. Certain it is, the place still continues under the sway of some witching power that holds a spell over the minds of the descendants of the original settlers."
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving
Gettysburg, PA
The sleepy Town of Gettysburg, PA, is the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War where over 50,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fell. They don't have to try hard to sell scare – it's everywhere. Even if you're not into the guided ghost tours with promises of paranormal encounters, I can tell you that it's nearly impossible to explore the town's historic buildings and rolling farm fields without getting shivers down your spine as you listen to the stories of what occurred there over the course of three summer days in 1863 - it's fascinating and terrifying.
Source: Destination Gettysburg
"...But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract..."
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
Salem, MA
There are no ghosts to believe in when you hear Salem's story, which makes it all the more frightening. As history tells it, in 1692 many young girls started writhing in pain experiencing fits. The official diagnosis at the time was bewitchment, but today's toxicologists suggest a fungus found in rye caused the symptoms. Whatever it was, it caused hysteria to spread throughout Salem leading to a series of trials and hangings of twenty people accused of witchcraft. Today, Salem owns its horrifying history by branding the modern witch. Their police cars that have witch logos and high school sports teams are the Witches. They also have a great tourism website that weaves in hints of Salem's witchy past without overdoing it.
Source: Salem.org
You say I'm a Witch like it's a bad thing...
New Orleans, LA
The eclectic city of New Orleans has many claims to fame, one of which is America's Most Haunted City. Mark Twain even coined the cemeteries of New Orleans "Cities of the Dead." With a storied past rich with natural and man-made disasters, New Orleans' haunts are easy to find. But, a surprise to none, this city's brand of scare is deeply rooted in its celebratory culture where death is a cause for celebration with Day of the Dead, Krewe de Boo Parade (on Halloween), and Jazz Funerals. Who's game for a Bloody Mary Tour of Bourbon Street with Ramon, the resident vampire?
Source: New Orleans Official Guide
What's your ghost story?
Each community has a unique story and, therefore, their own brand of scare. Tell us your ghost stories in the comments!
Image Sources
- Visit Sleepy Hollow http://visitsleepyhollow.com/horsemans-hollow/
- Destination Gettysburg http://www.destinationgettysburg.com/things-to-do/gettysburg-ghost-tours.asp
- Salem http://salem.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Salem_MA_HowardStreetCemetery.jpg?x33238
- New Orleans: http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/tours/hauntedtours.html


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Jeremiah 17:7-8
[7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
[8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Isaiah 61:3-7
[3] To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
[4] And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
[5] And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
[6] But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
[7] For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
2 Timothy 1:6-14
[6] Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
[7] For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
[8] Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
[9] Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
[10] But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
[11] Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
[12] For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
[13] Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
[14] That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
Luke 11:29-32
[29] And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
[30] For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
[31] The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
[32] The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.


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Marc Jacobs Highliner
A few weeks ago I received the Marc Jacobs Highliners to review. I wanted to really test these out before jumping to post a review about them. My initial thought was how sleek the packaging was, so simple and chic. I was even more excited when I discovered that there is a sharpener at the opposite end of the pencil. The colors that were sent to me are "Pink Of Me" and "Earthquake" I have yet to use the "Pink Of Me". I don't think the pink works best with my complexion. But I have used the Earthquake and I love this stuff. The consistency is very smooth ,when you apply to your under eye, so you don't have to worry about scratches. I'm sure there are plenty of ways you can use this Highliner but I used it as a eyeliner.
Wednesday's blogpost you will be able to see how I applied the Highliner I think it really opened up my eyes and I will definitely continue to use this.
What is your favorite eye product or makeup product? If you don't wear a lot of makeup what is one of your favorite beauty products.
*Disclaimer These products were sent to me complimentary by Marc Jacobs Beauty and Influenster. All thoughts and Opinions are my own.


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In light of the seemingly endless news of mass shootings in public places in the U.S., some say what's missing in the conversation is talking about gun violence as a public health issue.
To discuss further, Dr. Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, joined Morning Edition.
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"The possibilities for signage are limited only by imagination and budget. In fact, many businesses will benefit from using more than one type of sign as part of their overall strategy" (1).
When businesses think of purchasing signage for their company, they are often considering just one sign type. They might have just moved into a location and need a new sign above their store, so they stay focused on purchasing just a Channel Letter Sign. Or maybe a property owner sees the need for a Monument Sign so that his or her tenants can advertise on it from the street. And there are those that want to capitalize on having a business right by the freeway so they get a Pole Sign to be seen from far distances.
While all of these investments are worth it, a business does itself harm when it gets hyper focused on just one sigh type and does not see the other opportunities that different sign types can provide them. This is often the result of companies wanting to fix the immediate problem. However, in an article entitled Why Great Business Leaders Must Address the Big Picture, it states that
"big picture thinking means strategic thinking. Brand strategy and business strategy are all about seeing the whole picture. Considering things in a silo never creates impactful strategy. And often leaders get hung up on tactical details that stall powerful, strategic thinking" (2).
Signage is a critical part of your big picture business strategy, and if it isn't already, now is the time to make it a part of your brand strategy. There are many reasons that signage is an integral part of marketing a business (click here to learn more), including the fact that 75% of consumers have said that they have referred a business simply because of its signage (3). The value of that word of mouth marketing cannot be overstated. So it is vital that when purchasing signage, a business thinks long term and examines all the sign opportunities they have.
Common Sign Mistake #5: Only Having One Sign Type
It is important that in order to capitalize on the benefits of signage, a company invests in several sign types since each sign type has its own unique advantage. Let's take a closer look at a few of the different sign types and what they can do for your business.
Wall & Building Signs
These are some of the most common sign types, since Wall & Building Signs go directly above a store's door or right on the building. While they most obviously provide the opportunity for a customer to identify your company and its location, it also provides other benefits.
First of all, a Wall Sign, like a Channel Letter Sign, if it is done well and is of high quality, often makes the first impression upon your customers. They usually see this sign before even being greeted by your receptionist. Additionally, a company that takes the time to put up a Building Sign shows those passing by that they are a company that is there to stay. And like with most signs, if you illuminate your Wall Sign, then you will stand out even more from all the other signs in the area (to learn about the other benefits of illuminated signage, click here).
Monument Signs
While you may not know what they are called, you have most definitely seen a Monument Sign. They are the ones that are located right by the street.
What is the point in having a Monument Sign? Well there are many reasons. One of which is the fact that they get your business to be seen by people driving by on the street. This is vital if your building is set back from the street and further in the complex. This is also helpful if your building is blocked by trees, another building, or some other obstruction that makes your building hard to see from the street.
Furthermore, a Monument Sign, made out of substantial materials and large in size, tells your potential customers that your business is substantial and permanent. Click here to learn even more about how Monument Signs can help your business grow.
Directional Signs
Directional Signs are located within a building and outside of it around a complex. For schools, malls, hospitals, and more these signs are a must. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to find the location of a company and not being able to. Directional Signs can ensure that your customers arrive at your company easily and in a good mood.
In addition to helping your customers quickly find your building or office, Directional Signage also shows a consumer that you care about them and want to make sure that they are taken care of. It also sends that message that you are a legitimate company and have invested in not only your business, but also in your customers. Click here for even more information about Directional Signage.
These are only three of the many different sign types that are necessary for most, if not all businesses. In order to make sure that you take advantage of all the benefits that signs have to offer, contact Landmark Signs today. Check out this blog to learn about even more sign types.
Landmark Signs
Experience and innovation have been the backbone of Landmark Signs for more than 40 years. Located in Orange and servicing all of California, our services include sign design, sign manufacturing, and sign installation. Choose our specialized sign expertise to turn your ordinary sign into a Landmark!


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The official documentation of PassportJS is quite confusing for SQL based database system as its documentation contains the model function of mongoDB's ORM mongoose. Once it took me a while to implement it in a postgreSQL project using only node pg package. Then I came across with a awesome npm package called Sequelize which is a Object Relation Mapper for SQL based databases like MySQL ,Postgres, SQLite, msSQL etc. It provide functions for SQL queries which is quite handy. I recommend to watch this playlist to learn more about sequelize.
Lets code a auth system with passport using postgreSQL
- You have to be familiar with passport and its local strategy.
- Obviously you need to know node and some basics of db handling.
Our user model
In this example we are first bringing in
sequelize using node
require. Then we are defining the
connection variable and setting it to the
Sequelize constructor. The constructor takes 4 parameters first one is
database name, second one is
username, third one is
password and last one is an object of
options. In options we had defined the
dialect to be postgres and
host which is the address where the server of database is located. Then we are defining the
User model which is equivalent to table in the database. We are using the
define function for it which takes
name and a object of
columns as parameters. Each member of the object is a column in the table of DB. We can define column type by using sequelize. It also provide all options like
primary key,
auto increment etc. Then after we are connecting and syncing with the database. It will create the table if it doesn't exists in the database. At last we are exporting the
User model for our use in the application.
Our express server
In this example we are first just importing some
dependencies and setting up some
middlewares. That stuff should be familiar to you. We are using
express-session and
body-parser middlewares. Come to the part where we are setting up our passport strategy. We are calling
passport.use() which takes a passport strategy object. In this case
LocalStrategy take a function with all the fields required and a
callback function done. Then we are using the
sequelize model function
findOne() which takes an object of options . Here in options we are specifying
where email = provided email. SQL query it makes is
SELECT * FROM <tablename> WHERE email= <provided email> LIMIT 1; It returns a
promise with the data retrieved. Then we are checking for the user if it is null. If null so we are sending no user and no error in the callback. Then we are checking the password. You should use hashed password checking logic here for security. Some of password hashing libraries are
bcrypt, crypto etc. If password do not match we will return no user. At last if all goes right we are return user with no error in the callback. Then there is standered passport
serialize and deserialize function. But in
deserialize we are using sequelize
findOne() function as we have done above. Then there is a
postrequest handler of express using passport middleware for authentication. Then we have a middleware function for
auth guard. This function take
request, response and call next middleware as parameters. In this we are checking if request contains the user then we are going to call next middleware else we are responding with
forbidden status(403) with a unauthorised message. Then we have a protected route using this middleware. Then we have a logout route calling
request.logout() when executed to log the user out and then send a success message. At last we are starting the app the to listen on
port 3000.Tip:- Use Postman to test the apis.


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The study, of nearly 89,000 U.S. patients, found that people given physical therapy for their pain were 7 percent to 16 percent less likely to fill a prescription for an opioid.
The researchers said the findings suggest that early physical therapy is one way to reduce Americans' use of the risky, potentially addictive painkillers.
"For people dealing with these types of musculoskeletal pain, it may really be worth considering physical therapy -- and suggesting that your health care provider give you a referral," said lead researcher Dr. Eric Sun. He is an assistant professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at Stanford University.
Dr. Houman Danesh, a pain management specialist who was not involved in the study, agreed.
"This study shows how important physical therapy can be," said Danesh, who directs the division of integrative pain management at Mount Sinai Hospital, in New York City.
Physical therapy does require a much bigger investment than taking pain medication -- and, he said, patients may have to travel to find a therapist who is the best fit for them.
"Physical therapy is highly variable," Danesh said. "Not all physical therapists are equal -- just like not all doctors are."
But the effort can be worth it, according to Danesh, because unlike painkillers, physical therapy can help people get at the root of their pain -- such as imbalances in muscle strength.
"You can take an opioid for a month, but if you don't get at the underlying issue [for the pain], you'll go back to where you started," he explained.
The findings, published online Dec. 14 in JAMA Network Open, come amid a growing national opioid epidemic. While many people who abuse opioids are hooked on illegal versions -- like heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl -- prescription opioid abuse remains a major concern.
Medical guidelines, from groups like the American College of Physicians, now urge doctors to first offer non-drug options for muscle and joint pain. Opioids, such as Vicodin and OxyContin, should be reserved as a last resort.
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The results are based on insurance records from nearly 89,000 Americans who were diagnosed with pain affecting the lower back, knee, shoulder or neck.
All of the patients had a second doctor visit within a month of the diagnosis, and an opioid prescription within 90 days. So the group included only people with significant pain, the researchers said.
Overall, 29 percent of the patients started physical therapy within 90 days of being diagnosed. Compared with those who did not have physical therapy, the therapy patients were 7 percent to 16 percent less likely to fill an opioid prescription -- depending on the type of pain they had.
And when physical therapy patients did use opioids, they tended to use a little less -- about 10 percent less, on average, the researchers found.
The findings do not prove that physical therapy directly prevented some opioid use.
Sun explained that, "since physical therapy is more work than simply taking an opioid, patients who are willing to try physical therapy may be patients who are more motivated in general to reduce opioid use."
But his team did account for some other factors -- such as a patient's age and any chronic medical conditions. And physical therapy was still linked to less opioid use.
While this study focused on physical therapy, Danesh said, there are other opioid alternatives with evidence to support them.
Depending on the cause of the pain, he said, people may find relief from acupuncture; exercises to strengthen particular muscle groups; injections of anti-inflammatory steroids or other medications; platelet-rich plasma -- where a patient's own platelets (a type of blood cell) are injected into an injured tendon or cartilage; and nerve ablation, where precisely controlled heat is used to temporarily disable nerves causing the pain.
It's also possible that some simple lifestyle adjustments will help, Danesh pointed out. An old worn-out mattress could be part of your back pain woes, for instance. Ill-fitting, non-supportive or worn shoes could be feeding your knee pain.
What's important, Danesh said, is to get at the underlying issues.
"We have to match patients with the right treatment for them," he said.
More information
The U.S. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health has more on managing pain.
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Shabbat shalom! My Torah portion is Parshat Bo. In my portion, the Israelites are in Egypt, still in slavery. According to the Torah, God sends ten plagues to the Egyptians to make Pharaoh free the Israelites. (Extra credit points on the test if anyone can name all ten! Wait, seriously, can we get extra points on the term finals for that?) After each plague, Pharaoh plans on freeing the Israelites, but suddenly "hardens his heart," and decides not to allow them to leave. For the first five plagues, the Torah says that Pharaoh hardened his heart, but for the last five plagues, the Torah reads, "God hardened Pharaoh's heart."
This repeated statement raises the question: If God truly wants what is best for the Israelites and tries to get them out of slavery in Egypt, why did God continue to harden Pharaoh's heart? The Torah also says that God sends Moses to Pharaoh and instructs Moses to tell him, "Let my people go." That means that God was both making Moses tell Pharaoh to free the Israelites and making Pharaoh refuse to let the Israelites go. So who exactly is God, and what gives God the right or a reason to play the somewhat twisted cat-and-mouse game described in the Torah?
Many commentators have tried to find different solutions to this question. Centuries ago, Rabbi Yochanan tried to answer this question. He claimed that God was trying to prove a point to Pharaoh that God has control over everyone and everything on Earth. This suggests that no human is truly free to make their own decisions, and that all of our moral decisions are simply an illusion. Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish, who is a brother-in-law to Rabbi Yochanan, also tried to answer the question of God hardening Pharaoh's heart. Simeon ben Lakish stated that the plagues were warnings to the Egyptians, saying that "Since God warned him five times and Pharaoh refused to pay attention and stiffened his heart, God told him 'I will now add more trouble to what you have made for yourself.' " The point of view shown in these two commentaries is that God is a being with control over everything, and that God gets angry at people and punishes them when they think otherwise. In this case, Simeon ben Lakish suggests that because Pharaoh was considered to be a god, God punishes the Egyptians with not only ten plagues, but also a leader (i.e. Pharaoh) that cannot make the choice to stop them.
There are two more commentaries that I found important. These are that of Moses Maimonides, the great Jewish scholar of the 12th century and 20th century psychologist Erich Fromm. Maimonides was one of the first to suggest that God was not truly the one hardening Pharaoh's heart, and that Pharaoh made one bad choice after another, eventually leading him to a point where he had fewer and fewer options on what to do. Around 800 years later, Fromm amplifies this idea and describes this as Pharaoh reaching "a point of no return." Fromm also explains that every evil act committed by a person leads to more evil acts and eventually a hardened or quote "deadened" heart, while every good act causes more good acts and leads to a softer or quote "more alive" heart. The step that Fromm described as reaching a point of no return is when eventually, when your heart is completely hardened, evil acts no longer become choices, and they simply continue until there is nothing left.
Before I talk about my opinions on the matter, I first need to step back and talk about one big, general question: who and what is God? One of the first things that got me thinking about an answer to this question happened during my mitzvah project. For my project, I worked with my mom at her job at Jewish Family and Children's Services Family Table. Family Table is New England's largest kosher food pantry. According to the JF&CS website, "Everyone should have enough nutritious food to feed their family. Family Table provides healthy food on a monthly and emergency basis to individuals and families in need. Our mission is to offer food in a way that meets nutritional and spiritual needs." (For more information on Family Table, check out the JF&CS website.) Distributions of food to needy families take place one Sunday a month. Every month, I went to Waltham with my mom to set out rows and rows of shelf-stable food, pack bags for people coming to pick up their groceries, and help other volunteers who were packing food to deliver to clients.
The thing that struck me most about the whole experience is that there were large amounts of people who came month after month after month to volunteer. They all could have decided that it was a waste of their perfectly good Sunday. They could have thought it would be a better idea to stay home and sleep late, and sit on the couch with a cup of coffee. (I know that I wished that's what I was doing the first few times I volunteered.) But they didn't. They came all the way down to Waltham and worked as hard as they could to make sure that these families got what they needed. These incredible people have helped me come to a conclusion: they were working because their conscience told them that it was the right thing to do. Their conscience told them that if everybody was selfish and stayed home to take a break for themselves, Family Table wouldn't be able to run the way it does, and the people who rely on it would be in dire situations.
Thanks to this incredible experience, I have been able to see God in a new light. I stopped trying to picture God as something in stories that I could never believe in and began thinking of God as our conscience and our ability to feel empathy. Every person has God inside of them, and it's up to us whether or not we pay any attention. And just like our conscience, the more we ignore God, the easier it becomes to completely forget that God exists. Based on that new image of God, I believe that a "hardened heart" is actually a heart that has made so many selfish decisions that completely ignore God that God is no longer even there.
But being a selfish person isn't the only way to have a hardened heart. There are also sometimes situations that we are born into that make it practically impossible not to have a hardened heart. For example, Pharaoh was never taught that it was necessary to show empathy towards other people. Imagine being a little kid growing up with everything you could ever want. You've never been put into a position where you need to consider how your actions affect other people's feelings. All you have been told is that one day, you will be in charge, and that you need to consider how your actions will benefit your country. With that single goal in mind, Pharaoh doesn't stop to think about how the Israelites or his people feel, and only thinks about if it is in the economic benefit of Egypt to keep slaves. And, unfortunately, in a nation that's entire survival is based around slaves making things for the Egyptians, it makes a whole lot of sense to keep them there.
I'd say that the biggest thing I have learned about what it means to have a hardened heart is that you should try your best to never ignore your conscience; God is inside of every person for a reason. Pharaoh took his own partially hardened heart and amplified the damage, but eventually, he had gone so far down the road of "evil acts" that God has finally left him, and in that way it is not God choosing to harden Pharaoh's heart, but more the absence of God that forces Pharaoh to continue keeping the Israelites as slaves.
A big mistake that people make is forgetting that this voice is in everybody. Somewhat recently, I have been in a situation where I was having trouble deciding the right thing to do. With the somewhat forceful help of a few amazing friends, I was able to contact someone who has the ability to help sort out the problem. However, I was internally conflicted. I couldn't shake the feeling that the people causing me problems didn't deserve to be treated with as much respect as the people who helped me, but that is where people often go wrong. People, myself included, often forget that the people we don't respect are people, and that they have feelings too. Because of this, we end up making the problems worse and worse because those feelings don't allow us to see the other person as human enough to sit down and have an honest conversation with them. We then enter a vicious cycle. We dislike the person, so we have less empathy towards them, so we don't think rationally and assertively about the problem, so we dislike the person more, and so on. It's possible to make sure that you don't enter this cycle. When you are in a situation where you could treat someone without respect, stop and think. What could this person be thinking about what just happened? I can't say that you will like everyone and be friends with the entire world, but I can tell you that there is in fact a right way and a wrong way to dislike a person. I know it sounds a bit too idealistic, but if you remember about everyone else's thoughts as well as your own, you won't have as much of a bad experience. When you remember other people's thoughts, your heart will not be hardened, and you will still have the ability to make these decisions for yourself instead of being disrespectful on impulse.
There are many people that have helped me a lot over this entire process. First of all, I would like to thank my parents for being supportive of me every step of my journey, and to my brother Eli, who somehow managed to not forget about me even through his senior year of high school, something that I can't imagine was easy to do. I want to thank my tutor Beth Polasky for teaching me how to chant my Torah and Haftarah, all of my teachers here at the HBT Chaverim school, both current and former, for giving me a strong background in reading Hebrew and chanting all the blessings and prayers, and of course Rabbi Penzner for helping me write my d'var Torah. I want to thank all of my friends for helping to calm me down when I was stressing out (so, almost every day,). Finally, I of course want to thank everyone who came today to support me. I can't express how much it means to me that you all care enough to come out, even if it meant long car or plane rides to make it into Boston. Shabbat shalom!


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Food Advocacy for Discouraging Times
When I wrote Food Politics in 2002, it never occurred to me that readers would find the book depressing. I intended the book to inspire advocacy for healthier and more sustainable food and nutrition policies. But, alas, some readers were disheartened by evidence that food companies, like any other businesses, valued sales over public health.
It's easy to fall into depression over the abuse of corporate power and so much else that is happening in food policy these days. At a time when healthy food systems require close integration of agriculture and nutrition policy, our government seems to want to move in the opposite direction. The FDA is delaying updated food labels for at least another three years. The USDA is losing interest in international meat safety. Congress could not care less about promoting sustainable agriculture.
But perhaps as a triumph of hope over experience, I remain optimistic. How could I not? I am privileged to teach food system politics to students and other young people who want to change the world. Their first question: How can they, as individuals, use their love of food in all its dimensions—taste, culture, history, science, economics—to create a good, clean and fair food system in a more just and equitable society?
For anyone who has this question, I offer the same answer: Become an advocate. To do advocacy well, like it or not, you need to engage with politics. To do food advocacy well means engaging in food politics. Here are some quick suggestions for how to start.
UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM: You can't remember a thing about high school civics? Try a quick refresher. Politico offers an Essential Guide to Legislation. To get deeper into the weeds, try the Blueprint for a National Food Strategy from the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School and the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic.
DO ADVOCACY BY THE BOOK: Effective advocacy means identifying a goal, recruiting others to support that goal, figuring out who or what can make that goal happen, working with others to plan and carry out a strategy and doing a lot of community organizing to gain support for your strategy. The Berkeley soda tax advocates did all this, which is why they won an astonishing 76% of the vote.
JOIN AN ORGANIZATION: I wish there were a catalog of all the advocacy groups working on food and nutrition issues, but there are too many to count. Food Tank has collected a hundred or so into a Good Food Guide searchable by location. That's a great way to start. A simple search of "[your town] food advocacy"
usually turns up any number of anti-hunger, school food and small farming groups, along with farmers' markets, food banks, and community supported agriculture programs. When I'm
in another state and want to know what's going on in the food world, the local Edible magazine is a quick entry point into local advocacy groups.
WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, OP-EDS, BLOG POSTS, TWEETS: If you have an idea about what might make a difference in your community's food system, say so. Try your idea out in public. It's the best way I know to locate other people who share your views and who
can be called on to work with you (they will write you). Every newspaper and magazine has guides for contributors; The New York Times, for example, provides instructions for op-eds and letters to the editor. Take a look. Get published!
CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES: Hard to believe as it may be, constituents' views matter to elected officials. If you don't tell them what you think about issues, how will they know? Call, write, email, text: all count. To be more effective, get some like-minded friends together and visit their local offices. Ask to speak with the staff member who deals with the issue you care about. Come prepared with a short written statement of what you want your representative to do—the ask. Various organizations have prepared guidelines for successful lobbying visits. These emphasize that you know who you are talking to and are prepared to ask for something specific. If you approve of how your representatives are voting, let them know that too.
THINK LOCAL: The federal government may be hopelessly mired in partisan politics, but plenty of officials in local communities, cities and states try hard to do what they can for constituents. Let the members of your local council or school board know what you think needs to be improved. If you visit as a group, your message will be even stronger. Tell officials what you like about what they are doing, and tell them what they should be doing better. Ask for what you think is right. Officials can't read minds; you need to tell them what you want them to do, and be as specific as possible.
RUN FOR OFFICE: If "honest politician" seems like an oxymoron, here's your chance. If you run on a platform of improving your local food system, school food and food environment, you will be a breath of fresh air and an inspiration to everyone else who wants to make a difference—even if you don't win. And if you do win, you will have some power to strengthen your local food system.
Advocate! If you don't, who will? Advocacy works. It does much good. And it's fun.