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Sobriety Is My Religion/
Ok so I think I've made it pretty clear in the past that the words God and religion are generally pretty icky to me. Organized religion gives me anxiety. No really, I think it's been at the crux of global wars, pandemics, hate crimes, child abuse cover-ups, and terrorists attacks since the beginning of time. Thousands of dollars go into religious entities each year while around the world millions starve. I didn't grow up with religion in my home. My dad grew up Catholic and my mom grew up Protestant, but both were disenchanted with religion and didn't want to force my sister and I to go to church. Religion was never a part of our lives and we were happy that way. We spent Sundays playing soccer, while my peers attended church and Sunday school. The closest we got to religion was a children's book explaining the bible and the basics of religion that my sister and I used to sometimes play "church" with each other. My mom generously offered to take us if we really wanted to go and see what it was all about, but we weren't that interested. I considered myself to be agnostic all my life, mostly because I was too afraid to declare myself an atheist. And I always believed in mediums, the supernatural, and astrology, enough that I felt like I disqualified myself from being an atheist.
I never really gave much thought about a higher power in my life, even after getting sober. It's part of the reason I avoided going to 12 step meetings until I was over a year sober. Word on the street was that 12 step = God and I wasn't about that. However, after finally deciding to go to a 12 step meeting learning about spirituality and a higher power were required. The God rhetoric and traditional masculine concept of a higher power that are embedded in 12 step literature were hard to get past for me at first. It's very discouraging for those of us who are agnostic or atheist. Even the chapter "We the Agnostics" basically says that you'll change your mind after going through the steps.
It helps that the program details a higher power of your own understanding, but it took me awhile to get comfortable with being the odd one out who didn't use the word "God" or refer to "Him" as my "Creator." Shudder. However, I could relate to believing the group is a higher power of sorts and I could agree that putting faith in this power felt good. For me, 12 step meetings have never been about going through the steps. It has always been about connecting with others who've been where I've been and are on the same sober journey. Sitting in those meetings and listening to women talk, cry, and interact feels spiritual to me and it's a feeling I never had when I was drinking. When I go to a meeting, I leave feeling more connected. In a way, meetings are my church and sobriety, my religion.
Most recently I've been attending a Wednesday night women's group where we're reading the book A Woman's Way Through The 12 Steps and this book has just been amazing so far. It's really making me feel included in terms of not believing in a traditional God and it not being necessary for going through the 12 steps. We just finished step two where it was defined as "to entertain the possibility that help is available, that we cannot and need not rely on our ego selves to break from our addiction." Simply, in step two, we need to acknowledge that help is available. What a simple concept! I was blown away. That's really what it's all about, knowing that you do not have to fight addiction on your own.
Another takeaway that I loved was this, "Where does the power exist for you? Outside or inside? Neither or both? Perhaps you believe in a Power inside you that is greater than your 'ego' self, the self that represents your outer identity but is really only one part of you. Your deep, inner Self is the self that is greater than who you seem to be on the surface." I just loved this description. It resonated with me because since getting sober, I've felt in touch with my inner spirit for the first time in my life. I honor it and connect with it. After feeling dead inside for years, this is very much a part of what I define as spirituality.
I've received many messages over the last year and I've noticed there is a common theme with people who want to get sober who aren't yet, and/or those who are curious about 12 step groups. They can't stand the God thing. Well, I'm right there with you people, but there is a way around it, or should I say, through it. Even though religion has never been a part of my life, sobriety has turned into my religion. It's what keeps me grounded, what I look to when I'm scared, anxious, sad, or content. It's helped me believe to be connected is a good thing.
If you're endlessly searching for something, it's not going to be at the bottom of a bottle, but you might find it in sobriety.
"In our addictions, we were isolated and alone. Now we have an opportunity to experience belonging. We belong to a recovery community that shares the power to give and receive support. We are also part of a larger universe that supports us. With the support of this foundation, we participate in the transformative work of our own recovery." - p.42 A Woman's Way Through The Twelve Steps.


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System Testing and Their Different Types
System Testing System testing is the type of testing to check the behavior of a complete and fully integrated software product based on the software requirements specification (SRS) document. The main focus of this testing is to evaluate Business / Functional / End-user requirements. This is black box type of testing where external working of the software is
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I realise I will be teaching my grandmother to suck eggs as far as many readers of this will be concerned, but I regularly get manuscripts for appraisal where even though the writing might be good in many ways, the whole thing is let down by the plot – if there is one at all!
To get back to basics, if the handsome prince meets and falls in love with the poor serving girl and they marry and live happily ever after, this is very nice for them but it isn't really a plot. But if the serving girl's two ugly sisters try to throw a spanner in the works and we're not sure how things are going to work out, then it becomes a plot.
There has to be a significant problem, a source of tension and suspense that makes us want or even need to know how things turn out, makes us hope for a good outcome for the protagonist. You can probably find exceptions, such as some 'literary' novels where nothing very much happens, but generally speaking this is an indispensable element of fiction. It's not at all uncommon for writers to put their central character or characters into a series of situations, one after another, with no single Big Idea at the heart of the novel even though there may be some vague concept linking everything. The novel then becomes, in effect, a series of short stories and is unlikely to be accepted.
(Collections of short stories, to digress for a moment, are much harder to get published than novels if you're an unknown, unpublished writer. It's not a route I would recommend.)
So it's not enough to come up with a great character and throw him or her into a few tricky situations. You need a Big Idea at the heart of the story, something that is going to really challenge your protagonist and which is likely to lead to a climactic ending. It doesn't have to be a threat from a monster or a murderer but can be something very subtle like unresolved tensions within a relationship.
And although it's usually most satisfying for the reader if your hero or heroine triumphs in the end, sometimes this isn't necessary for a successful plot. I was once recommended a book on the basis that 'By the end, I realised that nothing much had really happened – but I couldn't stop thinking about it for days after I'd finished it.' This was The Rector's Daughter by F.M. Mayor. It was published in 1924 and was about – surprise, surprise – a rector's daughter who has been looking after her disabled sister and feels a sense of filial duty to do the same for her ageing father. Then a young new vicar arrives on the scene…
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Movie Review: Drive Angry 3D
I've spent a large percentage of my life – sometimes in the foyers of cinemas, though often within the walls of my own brain – defending Nicholas Cage, making the argument that he's one of cinemas greatest living talents. "Consider his performance in Leaving Las Vegas or Bad Lieutenant" I propose, more often than not atop the buzz of people pretending to be bees. "Yes he's been in some bad films too – but that's what happens when you're forced to fund your addiction to buying supposed relics from King Arthur's kingdom!"
More buzzing, more bees, often some laughter. Ah Nicholas, you really don't make it easy for yourself…
Drive Angry is not a film I imagine I will ever be using in providing a defense of Cage's thespian chops. In it, Cage plays lowlife John Milton, a (predictably angry) man driving from Colorado to Louisiana in order to stop a religious cult from sacrificing his grandchild to the devil. Directed by Patrick Lussier, it contains a scene where Cage shoots dead six members of said cult whilst drinking Jack Daniels and having sex with a cocktail waitress. It is the sort of scene – and indeed film – that Quentin Tarantino would adore, if only it wasn't so shiny and new.
Drive Angry is trash. Filthy, sticky, gnawed on by rats trash. But it's also one of the most exciting things I've seen in a cinema so far this year.
Because here's the thing; despite my arguments outlined prior, Cage fans like myself have long accepted the actor will most likely never get the respect his talents deserve. Judging by his recent roles, you'd imagine he's come to terms with this too (three months into the year he's already stared in Season Of The Witch – a film in which he has a row with a wolf – next up is something called, gulp, The Hungry Rabbit Jumps). But the reason Cage fans keep coming back isn't just to pay of that suit of medieval chainmail he just bought…
No, we come back because there is nobody who makes being an actor look more fun than Nicholas Cage. Even at his most pay-cheque happy, his shear mania for dressing up in a character's skin is infectious, and while I can name you many bad movies on his CV, I'd struggle to name you a dull one. Drive Angry is neither of the above. It is puerile, tasteless and it makes Machete look like The Pianist. But while it's never going to validate my claim for Cage's acting genius, it does everything to substantiate my follow up claim: that Nicholas Cage is Hollywood's most fun.
Go on, admit it. You want to see it. Me? I'm already getting giddy about Drive Angrier…
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Last week, the governor of Kuwait's Central Bank said he expects GDP growth to continue in 2011, it having stalled in 2010. "For 2011 we expect between 3% and 4% and for this year I can say almost zero [growth]", Sheikh Salem Abdul Aziz Al-Sabah said in an interview.
Some are even more optimistic on Kuwait's immediate prospects for growth. The International Monetary Fund expects Kuwait's economy to grow 2.3% this year and 4.4% in 2011, according to figures on its website.
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"Finally !" the work for the flyover at Thakaraparambu has started on Monday after a long wait of nearly 7 years ! This is the second flyover under the Thiruvananthapuram City Road Improvement Project (TCRIP), after the one at Bakery Junction. The flyover will come up over MG Road connecting Thakaraparambu Road and Power House Road having a total length of 510m and a width of 12m. The piling work for the construction of 13 piers will start soon.
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Ankylosing Spondylitis and Exercise
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) affects up to two percent of the Australian population, where the prevalence of this condition is more common in men than women (3:1). The onset of AS ranges from early 20s to 45 years of age and has a detrimental lifetime impact on the individual (Brown, 2009). AS is a form of chronic systemic inflammatory disease that mainly affects the axial skeleton. Individuals that are diagnosed with AS report, pain, stiffness and a significantly reduced mobility of affected joint(s) (Millner et al., 2016). These changes in axial mobility impair postural control, creates a kyphotic posture, increases the patients risk of falling, reduces pulmonary function, and increases their risk of CVD (Berdal, Halvorsen, van der Heijde, Mowe, & Dagfinrud, 2012; Millner et al., 2016; Vergara, O'Shea, Inman, & Gage, 2012).
The studies
Multiple studies (Gyurcsik, 2012; Millner et al., 2016; Vergara et al., 2012 Atlan ,2011) concluded that standing postural control is significantly altered in those diagnosed with AS and trunk stability and core muscle recruitment is impaired. Further research conducted by Mathieu, Gossec, Dougados, & Soubrier (2011) and Masiero et al., (2011) reported those with AS who engaged in 20-minutes of light aerobic exercise (walking, swimming and cycling) in conjunction with daily spinal mobility exercises have a reduced pain and improved function. It is suggested that a supervised exercise program is undertaken two-times per week for three-months, which consists of postural education, spinal mobility exercise and stretches can decrease pain intensity and spine stiffness for AS sufferers (Gyurcsik et al., 2012).
Exercise Physiology and AS
Exercise has been proven (and well known) to play an important part in the management of AS in conjunction with appropriate anti-inflammatory medication. Exercise physiology is essential in facilitating and empowering patients diagnosed with AS to provide education, improving mobility, fitness and functional posture. Additionally, playing a role in preventing the rapid onset and management of structural deformities.
The aim of a tailored exercise program is to help alleviate patient's symptoms through improving spinal mobility, educating and teaching correct posture, improving postural stabilisation and breathing techniques, retrain poor muscular recruitment caused by changes in the disease state. Consistency seems to be key with AS management, performing a few exercises every day will help alleviate pain.
Due to the progression of the disease, balance and core stability exercise should be undertaken 2-3 x p.wk-1 under supervision to manage pain, improve spinal stability and decrease risk of a fall. Reported further by Millner et al., (2016) that exercise prescription that is delivered one-on-one is paramount in ensuring that appropriate exercise is prescribed for patients to manage their disease state.
The following table outline appropriate exercise routine for AS patient:
Exercise to assist with AS
(Important: These are suggested exercises to help manage symptoms of AS, and may not be suitable for everyone. For personalised exercises please contact your local PACE Exercise clinic.)
Exercise 1. Controlled breathing with spinal alignment.
This exercise assist with posture and rib movement to optimise breathing capacity. If lying flat on the floor is to uncomfortable place a pillow under the head.
Instructions: Lie on your back with knees bent in, neutral spine. Place hands on ribs and deeply breath, expanding ribs. Repeat 15 times.
Exercise 2. Seated posture
Sit up tall on a chair or swiss ball with chest wide, chin in and thumbs pointing away from your body. Hold for 60seconds as comfortable. Repeat through the day.
This is great to wake up the core and upper back muscles which support the spine
Exercise 3. 4 point core stability
This exercise improves core stability by engaging Transverse Abdominus and Multifidus muscle which support the vertebrae.
Instructions: Assume 4 point position with hands underneath shoulders and knees under hips. In neutral spine position lightly draw up pelvic floor muscles, and lightly belly button to spine. Breathe for 20- 60 sec, perform daily.
Exercise 4. Spinal extensions
This exercise help position the spine in extension, reversing the natural progression of AS.
Instructions: Lie on your tummy and slowly raise up into your elbows. Breath and try to open up your chest and lengthen the upper back. Hold and breath for 5 breaths, lower. Repeat 2-5 times.
Exercise 5. Lumbar flexion with thoracic mobilisation
This exercise helps mobilise the spine and thoracic area, which can become stiff with AS.
Instructions: Kneel, and place hands on a roller, raised object or chair. Slowly lower your bottom towards your heels. Breath relaxing into the stretch 3- 5 times. Relax and repeat 2-5 times.
Exercise 6. Total spine stretch
Lying on you back is onethe best way to realign your spine and reduce tension and assisting with kyphotic posture AS develops.
Instructions: Simply just lie on your back in a comfortable position and breath. Place a towel under your head if required to help support the head. Hold for 1-3 minutes. Repeat daily.
Altan, L., Korkmaz, N., Dizdar, M., & Yurtkuran, M. (2011). Effect of Pilates training on people with ankylosing spondylitis. Rheumatology International, pp. 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-011-1932-9
Berdal, G., Halvorsen, S., van der Heijde, D., Mowe, M., & Dagfinrud, H. (2012). Restrictive pulmonary function is more prevalent in patients with ankylosing spondylitis than in matched population controls and is associated with impaired spinal mobility: a comparative study. Arthritis Res Ther, 14(1), R19. https://doi.org/10.1186/ar3699
Brown , M. (2009). How to Treat: Ankylosing Spondylitis and The Spondyloarthropathies. Australian Doctor 25-32. Retrieved from https://www.australiandoctor.com.au/cmspages/getfile.aspx?guid=ddf8099c-41a4-4467-af84-4cbb8b24aaf5
Gyurcsik, Z. N., András, A., Bodnár, N., Szekanecz, Z., & Szántó, S. (2012). Improvement in pain intensity, spine stiffness, and mobility during a controlled individualized physiotherapy program in ankylosing spondylitis. Rheumatology International, 32(12), 3931–3936. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-011-2325-9
Masiero, S., Bonaldo, L., Pigatto, M., Lo Nigro, A., Ramonda, R., & Punzi, L. (2011). Rehabilitation treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis stabilized with tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy: a randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Rheumatology, 38(7), 1335–1342. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.100987
Mathieu, S., Gossec, L., Dougados, M., & Soubrier, M. (2011). Cardiovascular profile in ankylosing spondylitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arthritis Care & Research, 63(4), 557–563. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.20364
Millner, J. R., Barron, J. S., Beinke, K. M., Butterworth, R. H., Chasle, B. E., Dutton, L. J., … Zochling, J. (2016). Exercise for ankylosing spondylitis: An evidence-based consensus statement. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 45(4), 411–427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.08.003
Vergara, M. E., O'Shea, F. D., Inman, R. D., & Gage, W. H. (2012). Postural control is altered in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon), 27(4), 334–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.10.016


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Swoff's Blog: Transfer Portal Is NCAA's Version Of Free Agency
FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) – The free agency period of the professional sports season is always exciting. What does your favorite team do to improve their roster for the upcoming season?
That model has now made it's way to the college ranks as the NCAA transfer portal has crept into everyday conversation at your local watering hole.
No, the transfer portal isn't a term I picked up binge watching Ancient Aliens on the History Channel. Those are wormholes.
For those who haven't heard of the transfer portal, it's essentially a website that university personnel can access and see who is looking to transfer. The players listed are allowed to be contacted about their process as well.
Arkansas has been looking for a transfer quarterback since the time Chad Morris was hired as the Razorbacks head coach. Now that senior to be and graduate Ty Storey has entered his name into the portal, the pressure really turns up for the Hogs' staff.
There are tons of players listed at every position in the portal but not everyone could help a team that went 2-10 in 2018. Arkansas is now is desperate need of a quarterback with the news of Storey potentially (but not guaranteed) leaving. If Storey does leave, does Tennessee make sense? The Vols just hired Jim Chaney as their new offensive coordinator. The same OC that recruited him to come to Arkansas.
So what options do the Razorbacks have?
Over the past few days, big names have jumped into the portal like national champion winning quarterback Jalen Hurts from Alabama and the highly recruited Tate Martell from Ohio State. Martell is leaving the Buckeyes now that Justin Fields bailed on Georgia for Ohio State.
Both Hurts and Martell are long shots to end up in Fayetteville. Hurts to Houston makes sense he's from the area but TCU has made it clear they'd take the Crimson Tide QB.
As for the Razorbacks, there's two options that continue to stick out: 1) SMU grad transfer Ben Hicks and 2) Shane Buechele from Texas.
The Hicks connection is a rather obvious one. He played for Chad Morris and most of the Arkansas staff to start his college career at SMU and had decent success, albeit against lower competition than the SEC. I'd say Hicks is clearly in the mix as the staff's number two option.
That leaves Buechele. He's graduated from Texas and would have two years of eligibility left. Buechele began the 2018 season as the Longhorns starter before being replaced by sophomore Sam Ehlinger. Buechele was the No. 3 rated dual threat quarterback coming out of Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas. I don't need to paint the Texas connections for Morris and his staff.
Buechele completed 62 percent of his passes for 4,636 yards and 30 touchdowns with 16 interceptions during his time with the Longhorns.
They may not be throwing around millions of dollars like the pros but you better believe college teams, including the Razorbacks, are delivering their best sales pitch in hopes of landing a player (or two) who can make an immediate splash on their program.


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When you reach the final table of a tournament, this is when experience and skill really comes into play. As you play the bubble and break into the money, there is a large amount of blind stealing and crafting that is used simply because stacks are so small, but once you get to play real poker, because your stack will be larger, and the blinds don't raise as quickly. This article will tell you how to get it all once you get heads up.
The reason for the prize structure is set up. At most online poker sites, the tournament prize structure is extremely top heavy. This means that the 1st place prize is a larger than the 2nd place prize, even though both players outlay the rest of the field. This prize difference is what makes heads up poker so important in being a winning tournament player 우리카지노.
The main points that are important to consider in poker are stack size, position, and relative hand strength. We'll go over all three. The first one we'll discuss is stack size.
Stack size in heads up is as important as your cards. The reason for this is that the large stack has no risking his entire stack. What this means as far as your strategy goes is that the small stack you need to make stands, because the big stack will bluff you out of pots and wears you stack down. And also, as the big stack you need to be constantly pressuring the small stack, and don't be afraid to get it at winning it all.
Now, we'll talk about position. This is the biggest factor that makes you up play so aggressive. There are only two options here, you're in position or you're out of position. When you're in position you should be making more bluffs, steals, and raises, and when you're out of position you'll have to have a weaker hands more often because you have to act first.
Finally, we discuss relative hand strength. When you're playing a 9 handed table, you'll only make batches and raises with your best hands (high pocket pairs, and made hands on the flop). However, when you're heads up, it's only one man, so its likely that he has nothing either. What this means is that a match like JQ is worth much more, so you should be raising preflop with it. Also, the bottom pair on the flop, or a gutshot draw is worth a bet, because you're likely to win the pot


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Rand Paul Delivers Letter From Trump To Putin
Article from CNBC by Christina Wilkie.
President Donald Trump sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin recently, emphasizing "the importance of further engagement in … countering terrorism, enhancing legislative dialogue and resuming cultural exchanges."
This was according to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who delivered the letter to Putin's administration during a visit to Russia this week. The letter comes less than a month after Trump's heavily criticized performance at a joint press conference with Putin in Helsinki.
I was honored to deliver a letter from President Trump to President Vladimir Putin's administration. The letter emphasized the importance of further engagement in various areas including countering terrorism, enhancing legislative dialogue and resuming cultural exchanges.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 8, 2018
The letter also came just days after both Russia and China stopped just short of admitting they intend to ignore the reimposed U.S. sanctions on Iran that went into effect Monday, and to continue doing business with the country. Trump had threatened that "anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States."
The White House said the letter was Paul's idea, not Trump's. "At Senator Paul's request, President Trump provided a letter of introduction" to Putin, deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement Wednesday. "In the letter, the President mentioned topics of interest that Senator Paul wanted to discuss with President Putin."
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This is international diplomacy at its best. The US has to at least try to triangulate and finesse Russia away from allying in any way with China, vis a vis, North Korea, Iran, trade, etc etc….and POTUS Trump is trying to do just that. Good diplomacy, in the US best interests!
I am excited about potential rapprochement with Russia. They are such an old country, filled with marvelous wonders and culture. If Russia and America were able to work together in a mutually beneficial way just think what could be accomplished. Frenemies anybody?
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China BETTER honor the sanctions because if they don't and we cut off trade with them they will go out of business in a month,,,,,to say nothing of Home Depot. Lowe's and Harbor Freight.
(That's a joke, kiddies)
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SBE066 – Kevin Rogers
"How to create a 60 Second Impactful Gravitational Message"
Show Notes
In today's episode we interview Kevin Rogers who spent years traveling the United States as a dead-broke stand-up comedian until he discovered how a simple joke formula could be used as a powerful marketing hook and began teaching it to marketers. The formula worked so well that entrepreneurs and business owners all over the world have now used this deceptively simple 4 sentence formula to skyrocket their profits and grow their businesses at record pace.
Now, Kevin is one of the most in-demand sales consultants online, working closely with high-volume information marketers, corporations and local brick and mortar businesses alike to turn around sluggish ad campaigns. Kevin's unique background as a stand-up comic and in-the-trenches salesperson provide a rare spectrum of experience and ability. His greatest strength is teaching anyone to use the power of their own story to connect better with customers and compel them to take action.


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, NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 14 – Health officials in Garissa and the neighbouring Madogo Division of Tana River County have stepped up their campaigns to stop the spread of a cholera outbreak that has claimed eight lives so far.
Garissa Health Chief Officer Mohamed Farah says over 129 people have been diagnosed and treated for cholera at an isolation unit at the Garissa County Referral Hospital after the highly contagious disease was detected two weeks ago.
Farah says the department is working closely with health officials from neighbouring Tana River County where the disease was initially reported.
"Over 90 per cent of all the cases that we have received far at the Garissa County Referral Hospital isolation unit is from the neighbouring Tana River. We suspect some of these residents are using contaminated water," he said on Wednesday.
Among the measures the department has undertaken include treatment of water sources used by the residents in the affected areas.
Data compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that Kenya has experienced an upsurge of cholera cases since the beginning of 2017.
The first cholera outbreak reported in 2017 was in Tana River County. The outbreak started on October 10, 2016 and was controlled by April 2017.
The second wave of cholera outbreaks started in Garissa County on April 2, 2017 and was reported later in nine other counties including Nairobi, Murang'a Vihiga, Mombasa, Turkana, Kericho, Nakuru, Kiambu, and Narok.
"The outbreak is being reported in the general population and in refugee camps," a WHO report states.
In Garissa County, the report shows, the outbreak is affecting mainly Dadaab refugee camp and cases and deaths are being reported from Hagadera, Dagahaleh, and IFO2 camps. In Turkana County, the disease is also affecting Kakuma and Kalobeyei refugee camps.
Currently, the outbreak is active in two counties, namely Garissa and Nairobi. As of 17 July 2017, a total of 1216 suspected cases including 14 deaths (case fatality rate: 1.2pc) have been reported since 1 January 2017. In the week ending 16 July 2017, a total of 38 cases with no deaths were reported.
WHO lists cholera as a global burden, particularly in developing countries, with an estimated 2.8 million cases annually.
The burden of cholera is greatest in Africa and southern Asia, with about 99 per cent of the cases.


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Rory McIlroy has left open the possibility of skipping the climax to the Race to Dubai as he returns to action in the USA on Thursday.
The Ulsterman said he could miss the rest of the season to deal with a nagging rib injury after the US PGA. But he will tee up in the Northern Trust in New York tomorrow – the first of four events in the FedEx Cup.
Yet the world No.4, who intends to "hit the ground running in 2018", gave no guarantees he will play in the remaning four Rolex Series events back in Europe.
McIlroy, who is ninth on the Race to Dubai, said: "I am not sure. I am playing the FedEx Cup. I am going to play the Dunhill Cup in Europe with my dad a couple of weeks after that.
"And then I am really not sure. We don't get a proper off season like every other sport. I am excited for that.
"If that means I play through the FedEx playoffs and then maybe one more event back in Europe and shut it down for the rest of the year, I am happy to do that because it is an exciting prospect turning up in 2018 being ready to go."
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Morning, readers.
This is a letter I received from someone who I had previously not met, an individual that goes by the name of Mr. Tiberius Medusa Blick.
Hello. You do not know me, nor do I know you. However, I have heard of you and your culinary and literary exploits.
My name is Mr. Tiberius Medusa Blick, and I am in dire need of assistance. You see, my name used to just be Tiberius Blick, but that was quite a long time ago now. I'll explain that shortly.
Now, as you see from the package I enclosed with this letter, I am a hard plastic bean. I haven't always been, but that is my current form. Back when my name was simply Mr. Tiberius Blick, I lived in Germany. Not recently, though. I lived in a Germany your grandparents saw as an enemy. However, I did not support this enemy.
If you can't tell, I lived in World War II Germany. I was born in 1926 in Berlin, and I escaped the draft during the war due to my flat feet. This allowed me to take a passively antagonistic role to the Third Reich.
Before long, war, which I had survived, was over and Germany was split into two halves divided by the Berlin wall. I, much to my dismay, ended up in East Germany. I took on the same role as I did in Nazi Germany; never overtly doing anything but privately decrying the land where I lived and government that ruled over me. I knew I had to do something though, and eventually, I got an idea. I was a gymnast as a child, and retained some of my skill. I knew that one way to get closer to the government was to take advantage of this in the forthcoming Olympic games.
I was smart, and I knew that the East Germans weren't being honest about the makeup of their teams. So, under a rather poor disguise as a woman, since I knew the East Germans didn't care that there were men on their female teams, I tried out for the woman's East German Olympic gymnastics team, and I was made a part of the team. At various functions and training sessions and publicity meetings I got close to various key figures and attempted to learn how the government could be overthrown. None of them were privy to my true intentions, so I continued my plot. I attended the next several games on the East German Women's Gymnastics Team under the name Tiberia Blick. I made sure to not do well in as many events as possible so as to keep my name unpublicized.
By the time I was too old to compete, I had acquired a list of officials, actions, inner dealings, and general information that could be used to get rid of the government. Although I was not responsible for the actual destruction of the Berlin Wall, I had made numerous attempts to overthrow the government through manipulating government and through the symbolic destruction of the wall, though none were successful. I was never caught nor associated with the acts due to my former position on the team and my association with key political figures. That is, until my final attempt. I was caught attempting to kidnap a minor government official and sent to prison without trial. However, instead of executing me, the East Germans had a better idea.
They had recently struck an allegiance with a fledgling country called East Mangoustan (which I'm sure you've heard of). The East Mangoustanis were specialists in torture and interrogation, and they wanted custody of me for some experiments. The East German's accepted and I was sent to East Mangoustan. Their scientists were experimenting on chemical makeups of two things: humans and plastic. They kept me in prison for a good while, and actually kept me quite healthy. One day, it changed when two soldiers dragged me into a laboratory. They chloroformed me and I woke up feeling stiff.
Over the next several days, my skin began to look shiny and hard, and I gradually couldn't move my limbs. I started getting shorter. Eventually, I turned into what was essentially a plastic bean. They cut off my legs and put in a capsule with a magnet in place of them. They planned to clone my plastic body and make a children's game out of my image.
Thus was born the Blick Jumping Bean from Schylling, a front for the East Mangoustani government. The goal for the game is to roll me or one of my clones so that my weighted side fits in the ditch in the center of the playing board and I stand upright. Ironically enough, I, the original Mr. Blick, ended up in a house in West Germany. I'm still there, in an attic. I sent you one of my clone games. I was able to make it to a computer and rolled onto each key in order to type this message. Surprisingly easy with a magnet.
Now, I need your help. You've fought the East Mangoustanis before, and now I need you to fly to Germany and come to the house where I am (address is enclosed in this letter). Take me, and, with some allies, force them to change me back. I can then help you to overthrow the East Mangoustanis and restore peace to the region.
Help me Arren Kimbel-Sannit. You're my only hope.
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Nenescape and the University of Nottingham are looking for artists to join an innovative new project bringing together art, new digital technology and the history of Rushden. As part of Nenescape's wider Heritage Lottery funded landscape-scale work to promote and conserve the natural and cultural history of the Nene Valley, this project is using a new technology called 'artcodes', developed by the University of Nottingham. The project aims to encourage people in Rushden walking between the town centre and the new Rushden Lakes development along the Greenway path to find out about the former branch railway line and other interesting places to visit in Rushden, including the Historical Transport Museum, Rushden Museum and the many independent shops in the town centre.
Artcodes is an interactive image recognition technology that places the open collaboration between artist and programmer at the centre of creation (Benford et al 2017). The opening of the technology affords the artist the opportunity to design interactive imagery that is more in line with art than computer programming. Artcodes allows all manner of decorative surfaces to become interactive through the simple act of drawing. In following a set of drawing rules artists create a coded topography. Mastering the construction of this topography affords artists freedom to create more complex interactive imagery with minor imperceptible tweaks enabling different interactions through interactive relationship to a specific context or narrative.
We would like to invite visual and illustrative artists along to a workshop on Tuesday 10 July at 6.30pm to find out more about the project and begin playing with this technology, with no expectations of commitment from you at this stage. The workshop will be held at Rushden Historical Transport Museum and if you would like to attend, please reply to firstname.lastname@example.com by Thursday 5 July. In this workshop, we will also discuss the next steps with anyone who would like to be involved further in the project.
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Ep 35 - THCA: Juicing, Inflammation and Pain, Oh My!
Hey everyone! Let's talk about what's been on my mind lately ...THCA! I cannot stop talking about this incredible cannabinoid. I've converted my mom, my friends, acquaintances and hopefully some strangers after this. We break down the difference between THC and THCA, where you can find it, and how you can make it into medicine that works for you. Naturally I pimp my girl Soothing Sue. She's doing the hard work, I'm just reaping all the benes! This week we get to Safety too! We get naughty and discuss weed porn. Do you have a favorite? I'll show you mine, if you show me yours...
Full discovery ahead!
Granny Storm Crow's website, and Facebook
Soothing Sue's and where to get it; Bad Kitty Smiles recipe if you can't
And a whole lot more places to find info on THCA embedded for your adventuring.
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An Essay's Shape by Kevin Sebastian
Post date: Feb 4, 2018 8:55:57 PM
When learning to draw from life, art students are typically reminded to look for spatial relationships instead of trying to depict an object as the object. Take for example a typical still life subject that involves fruits, a bowl, and drapery. Instead of trying to draw the apple based on what we conceive of as an apple (which we learn from an early age is shaped like a heart with a butt), we draw the shape that we see in front of us: the shape that is articulated by its relationship with the other shapes beside it. If we look closely, we realize that the curve that forms the apple's cheek terminates abruptly because it is covered by another form—perhaps the orange, or the edge of the bowl. One can say that we are not drawing things—rather we are depicting the shapes of things. Writing involves something similar. Kurt Vonnegut, the celebrated author who wrote such classics as Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle, proposed a thesis that posits that all stories have shapes. (The thesis, as intriguing as it sounds, was rejected by more traditional academics sitting upon their ivory thrones in their ivory towers. However, if you, like me, respond positively to Vonnegut's idea, you can find a cool visualization of it here, or you can listen to a short talk given by the man himself here.) According to Vonnegut, a creation story is shaped like a set of steps. A Cinderella story, on the other hand, is charted by a steep incline upwards that then dips precipitously until it once more flies heavenwards.
If stories have shapes, then perhaps all writing does as well—even the kind of expository writing performed in college. Consider, too, that one of the major principles in journalistic writing is visualized as an inverted pyramid, which diagrams how the most important ideas should appear earlier and how specific details follow. (Here is Wikipedia's entry on the subject for those who might want to learn more about it.)
What does a college essay look like? I'm not sure. Sometimes when I read early drafts (of mine and of students of mine), I envision a Gordian knot of incomprehensibility. But perhaps it is instructive to think of the essay indeed as having a definite shape. After all, an essay, especially a college essay, must express a set of relationships between ideas: imagine a third body paragraph triangulating the main point, or a conclusion that rounds off all major points.
Perhaps I'm just being glib, especially in that last sentence. But if there's a point to all this, perhaps it is this: arranging ideas in a way that is structured, sensible, and logical leads to an effective piece of writing. This successful arrangement can be thought of as a shape—whether it be an inverted pyramid or a regular pyramid (both of which are discussed in this handout from Yale).
However, I like visualizing the shape of an essay as making use of the double-helix iconography of DNA, and my explanation for this, by necessity and by my own lack of knowledge of the actual science behind DNA, may grate upon the ears of those who know more about this.
Imagine, for instance, the main ideas of each of your paragraphs as the bridges (or what are known as base pairs) that bind together the strands that form the backbones of DNA. Consider those two backbones as your thesis and conclusion. One strategy that I suggest to students when they revise their essay is to highlight their topic sentences and to embolden their thesis statement and concluding remark because I believe that visualizing ideas this way helps writers recognize whether their ideas are held together by a structure. Seeing these marked lines reminds me of DNA.
Again, this figuration is naïve and has little basis in actual science. (Exploring the double-helix structure of DNA on the Internet as I write this makes my head dizzy as I swim through words like phosphodiester and pyrimidines.) But I do like thinking that the stuff that makes us up, our DNA, also could describe (at least visually) the stuff of ideas in writing. Or, from another perspective, that the molecules that form the structure of an essay are its ideas—and for an essay's argument to come alive, its molecules must come together coherently and shape themselves elegantly—like DNA.


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What's in Mani's mind?
>french art studio proposes a new format of exhibitions focused on a single artist in the lower showroom. Alongside a great selection of artworks, videos and texts offer a unique opportunity to get deeper into the intimacy of the artist's creation process.
focus#1 is dedicated to Mani, whom universe mesmerizes us by the richness of its details - created only with a ballpoint pen. In Mani's world, poetry and playfulness resonate with the child's part in every spectator.
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What does LIFO mean?
LIFO means Last In, First Out
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- LIFO - Last Input First Out
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Talk highlights for the 2013/2014 school year
27 August 2014
Speakers for Schools has had a busy year. This Spring alone we organised more talks than we did in our entire first year! Here are a few of the highlights from a record breaking year of talks across the UK:
New speakers
Our network is always growing, thanks to the support of new Speakers such as Emma Freud, whose first S4S talk at the Hathaway Academy in Essex was a great success. Reflecting on her wealth of experience interviewing some four thousand personalities, she spoke persuasively about the self-belief and enthusiasm that has led her to the top of her field. The students also learnt about Emma's work as Director of Comic Relief, as well as her time editing films in collaboration with her partner, Richard Curtis. The students were taught a great deal about the potential that self-confidence can bring, with memorable anecdotes spanning TV, radio and Britain's biggest charity campaign.
Group mentoring
Alan Rusbridger, Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, spoke to the students of Eastbury Comprehensive School in July. He spoke engagingly about the role of the press, even showing the students an old newspaper reporting the death of Admiral Nelson! After the talk and the Q & A, a group of Year 12 students attended a special mentoring session with Alan, discussing journalism as a career and ways to get started as a writer.
Many of the Speakers who joined Speakers for Schools this year did so through exciting new partnerships. We have been working with the Advertising Association since March, who have introduced scores of Speakers into the network including Matt Brittin, president of Google Europe, Unilever's Amanda Sourry, and Cilla Snowball, chairwoman of the Advertising Association.
Later in the year, we formed a partnership with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), who have brought many Speakers on board as part of their 'Give Something Back' campaign. From producers like Sarah Thornton to game developers like Chris Payne, our BAFTA Speakers received excellent feedback from schools over the Summer. We look forward to their continued participation with us this year!


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Bank of America is excited to share the results of its 2018 Women Business Owner Spotlight, an annual study exploring the goals, challenges and everyday realities of women entrepreneurs across the country.
This year, the findings show women entrepreneurs are increasingly confident about the business environment and their own outlook for growth, with economic optimism reaching a two-year high and more women expecting their revenues to increase compared to last year. The Spotlight also explores the digital transformation and the role of women-owned businesses in adopting game-changing technology to manage their business. Finally, it explores access to capital and how that's changed for women entrepreneurs over the last decade.
Building a Healthy Business
Nicole Centeno, the founder of Splendid Spoon, shares her inspiration for a business designed to help others improve their well-being through healthy (and tasty), on-demand, individually packaged meals—and how digital technology helps her deliver inspiration and meals to customers.
It began with a bowl of soup. Frustrated by the sparse—and conflicting—information she uncovered while researching pregnancy wellness tips, Nicole Centeno decided to step back and commit to one healthy choice each day. On day one, she made veggie soup, put away her phone and laptop and sat down to enjoy a quiet lunch. These meditative lunches quickly became routine, ultimately inspiring her to launch Splendid Spoon.
"Splendid Spoon is based on the idea that small changes can lead to big differences in health," Nicole said. "It's been five years since that fateful lunch, and Splendid Spoon is booming—we operate nationwide and offer customers a variety of wellness plans rooted in smoothies, plant bowls and soups."
As Splendid Spoon grows, she's continuing to focus on the details, from menus to marketing. "Consumers make a decision very quickly based on the look, feel and tone of your brand," Nicole said, discussing Splendid Spoon's approach to social media marketing. "I really enjoy that challenge because it forces us to be very disciplined in how every touch point affects our customers."
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Newcastle keeper Martin Dubravka will pull out all the stops to defeat his hero Petr Cech and Arsenal
Toon No1 had a poster of the Czech star on his bedroom door as a teenager and once sent him a get-well message - but hopes Cech has an agonising time today
PETR CECH might be starting to lose the backing of Arsenal supporters — but at Newcastle today the Gunners keeper will face his No1 fan.
Martin Dubravka had a poster of Cech on his bedroom door when he was a teenager.
The Toon goalkeeper even sent his hero a message after the Czech suffered his horror head injury playing for Chelsea at Reading in 2006.
Today, Dubravka will meet his opposite number Cech for a third time when Arsenal visit St James' Park.
The Slovakian, 29, said: "Petr Cech is a hero of mine. I had a poster of Iker Casillas — and one of Cech.
"When he had his head injury, I sent him a message on his official website. I was 17 at the time.
"The day before he got injured, I injured myself as well. I went for a cross and I hit the striker with my head. I was concussed.
"So I remember it well but he probably got thousands of messages and didn't see it.
"I met him for the first time in 2010 in the Champions League against Chelsea when I was at Žilina in Slovakia.
"We spoke a little bit but I was looking at him and thinking, 'I can't believe I am playing against him'. We swapped jerseys after the game.
"Then we met last season again when he was at Arsenal. I asked him if he remembered me or not and he said, 'Of course'.
"I was surprised because of how many keepers he must have met. It was nice of him to spend some time with me after that game and we changed jerseys again.
"I'd like him to sign them. I have a special place in my apartment where I hang up the jerseys."
No doubt Dubravka will want another jersey for his collection following this afternoon's clash.
But right now, Cech is desperately trying to hang on to his own No 1 shirt. The veteran, 36, has come under fire for his struggle to adapt to new boss Unai Emery's demands that he plays the ball out from the back.
In Arsenal's opening defeat to Manchester City, his hopeless attempted pass almost resulted in an embarrassing own goal.
Cech got in another pickle in this month's win over Cardiff when he knocked the ball to Harry Arter, only for the midfielder to blaze over.
His mistakes have led to fans calling for the gloves to be handed over to £19.2million summer signing Bernd Leno.
Dubravka knows as well as anyone how the demands of top-level keepers are different these days.
The Toon star said: "In modern football, you need to play with the ball, not just kick it long.
"But my boss, Rafa Benitez, knows I like to play football.
"When I was younger, if there was something wrong with my hands I would play as a midfielder in training — and the coach would ask, 'Why are you a goalkeeper?'."
As well as his footwork, another of Dubravka's great strengths is his communication skills.
Newcastle captain Jamaal Lascelles revealed his new team-mate was "bossing people about" in training as soon as he arrived, initially on loan, from Sparta Prague in January.
And Dubravka, who joined permanently for £4m in the summer, said: "When I was young, one of my coaches said, 'If you are a good keeper, the coaches sitting in the stands need to be able to hear you if they close their eyes'.
"That was the advice and I said, 'OK'. Sometimes I shouted too much when I was younger — even at the strikers who didn't score."
Dubravka is a deep thinker of the game and watches back every match he plays in so he can analyse his "every touch".
He is also a big reader and admitted: "We spend so much time travelling that I always put a book in my bag.
"I have read some autobiographies. My favourite was Zlatan Ibrahimovic's — I was laughing so much.
"Alex Ferguson's and Mike Tyson's are very interesting. Tyson — there were a lot of dirty words there!
"But he was something special — he trained hard, even if he was crazy."
Dubravka's interest in fighting goes further than boxing legend Tyson. He explained: "I like Mixed Martial Arts. I trained once with a fighter — he was so big and powerful.
"Their sport is very dangerous but how hard they train is amazing. I like Conor McGregor's attitude."
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Dubravka and his Newcastle pals will need to show their own fighting spirit after a poor start to the season that has left them third from bottom.
The Toon have lost to Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City, with their only point coming at Cardiff.
But Dubravka is upbeat as they search for their first win today against Arsenal.
He added: "I don't agree if anyone says we are not in good shape. We've played very tough opponents and in all of the games, they were very close.
"If we play like we did against Manchester City we can be successful. We have brilliant players and we have confidence."


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2 killed in Mumbai protest against Assam riots
In the afternoon, as many as 10 BEST buses were damaged by the unruly protesters who also vented their ire on a few shops in the subway leading to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. The OB vans of three television channels were attacked and the cameras of some reporters destroyed.
With the mob going on a rampage, police resorted to lathicharge and fired into the air. All roads leading to Azad Maidan, the venue of the protest, and CST were blocked as a precautionary measure.
Not only the movement of traffic, suburban train services were also affected by the violent protest.
Thousands attended the rally but the authorities did not anticipate that the large gathering would create trouble. When a section of the protesters started pelting stones at buses and setting vehicles on fire, the police were caught unawares and struggled to restore calm after an hour or so of mayhem.
In the evening, Rapid Action Force personnel were deployed in the area. They brought the situation under control.
The rally was organised by the Raza Academy. Members of the Sunni Jamaitul Ulma and Jamate Raza-e-Mustafa joined the rally. They urged the Centre and the Assam government to take steps to protect the minority community.
Incidentally, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has appealed for peace. He promised to talk to his Maharashtra counterpart Prithviraj Chavan.
Mumbai Crime Branch is expected to investigate the protest and the sudden unrest that it led to.
OneIndia News