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Northern Kentucky woman killed in crash near Chicago
Lisa Barnes, 56, lived along East Bend Road near Rabbit Hash
Lisa Barnes, 56, lived along East Bend Road near Rabbit Hash
A Northern Kentucky woman was killed in a Wednesday crash near Chicago.
Lisa Barnes, 56, lived along East Bend Road near Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.
Officials said Barnes was the passenger in a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old. Two other teens, ages 17 and 14, were in the back seat.
Officials said the 17-year-old failed to yield to the right-of-way of another vehicle.
Barnes was pronounced dead at the scene. The three other teens were taken to a hospital for treatment, one with serious injuries.
Neighbors said the teens all attended Boon County schools and were involved in Band Boosters.
Barnes fostered dogs and cared for several animals at her home.
The news of her death has shaken many people in the small Northern Kentucky neighborhood.
"I think band camp starts next week, from what I understand, and all four of the kids I think are in band," said neighbor Karin Shattuck. "So she wanted to take them on a little trip; take a little vacation or something beforehand so -- just an awful way to start the summer."
Funeral arrangements have not been announced. The crash remains under investigation.

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When Will Paulsen's Committee Hold a Hearing on the Onerous Medical Device Tax ?
Paulsen Bill to Repeal Medical Device Tax Gains Critical 218th Cosponsor
"The message from the House is clear: it's time to repeal the medical device tax," said Rep. Paulsen. "Not only is repeal important to the 400,000 Americans whose jobs this vital industry supports, but for the countless patients and consumers who benefit from the life-saving and life-improving technologies developed by our nation's medical device innovators. Last year, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation repealing the tax, and I'm confident we'll do so again. Now it's time for the U.S. Senate to follow the House's lead, vote to repeal this onerous tax, and ensure the continued leadership of American medical device manufacturing."
Yep, with Paul Ryan's signature on April 9th, the tally is now enough for somebody to ask the assigned committee to explain its inaction. The assigned committee is the Ways and Means Committee … and as the rest of his press release reminds us :
Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.
So why hasn't the W&M moved the legislation … that what was John Boehner said would happen under the Pillars of a New Majority… legislation would be crafted in committee … amendments offered and debated … approved in committee and passed on to the full House and on to the Senate.
Well, Erik Paulsen (EP) was a guest on Hugh Hewitt's (HH) radio program, and he heard an earful (full transcript here) but the highlights are:
HH : When will your bill get a hearing in the Ways And Means Committee and passed by the Committee to the House floor?
HH: Congressman Paulsen, with all due respect, I will never give another dime to a Republican if you guys sit on this bill and do not pass it out. I will actively support primarying people who do not move this bill.
HH: We were promised that a GOP majority would pass good laws and send them to the Senate. We were not promised back room negotiations with obstructionist Democratic senators. I am fuming that you guys will not pass this bill.
EP: Well listen, Hugh, we are going to pass it.
HH: But Congressman, with all due respect, with all due respect, we are the leadership. The people who elect you are the leadership. I don't care what David Camp thinks. You have 218 co-sponsors. I don't care if Eric Cantor and John Boehner say no. You ought to be screaming at your conference
EP: Well, I understand that, but I will, and I know, like 10,000 layoffs have happened.
HH: Then why doesn't the conference remove Dave Camp as the chairman if he will not do the will of the conference?
EP: I understand the impact. It's real. I'm speaking at a medical device group next Monday, and momentum. It's all about momentum. I want to keep the momentum to make this actually happen.
HH: It is all about momentum. The Senate passed it two weeks ago. Are the staffers on Ways And Means dumb? Are they completely politically idiotic that they don't realize people are paying attention to this, and that if you send it right back, Mitch McConnell asked for you guys to send it right back. What in the world are they telling you about obstructing a bill that everybody wants to pass, which would save jobs? What do they say to you?
EP: Well, they give you the line, just as I mentioned before, and you know, that's again, that's above my pay grade.
HH: No, actually, what's happening is I'm shaming Republicans. Nothing is above your pay grade, Congressman. You're represented by the people of your district, and you told me you have 200 companies in your district…
EP: That's right.
HH: You ought to be doing a Bobby Knight. You ought to be throwing chairs in the conference. And people ought to be calling out Dave Camp for being an obstructionist, because that's what he is. He's killing jobs.
EP: Well, it's not, understand, though, also, I mean, my chairman is not killing jobs.
HH: When?
EP: I can't give you the exact timing. I've pushed. Believe me.
HH: I don't mean to be rude, Congressman, because you're one of the good guys. But I've had it with this stuff. All they do is talk. The House Republicans, if talk were money, we wouldn't have a deficit, because you guys talk all the time. Here, you have a chance to do, and your chairman won't move it
HH: So every week that he delays a vote, he kills jobs. That is like A is followed by B, and C follows B. And so if he is blocking a vote on this, and he is, then he is killing jobs. That means a Republican leadership that allows him to do so is killing jobs. And I can't believe that your constituents, and everyone in the United States, and you shouldn't catch the grief for this, because you're trying to get it done. But at least be blunt. Tell the people who are listening you want this to come to a vote immediately.
EP: Oh, believe me, Hugh, I do want it to come to a vote, and I am being as diplomatic as I can with my colleagues. I want to see it happen. I would like to see a lot of things happening.
HH: Well, good luck to you, and I hope you get a conference that gets behind you next week, because the people whose jobs are on the line deserve Republicans who actually do what they say, not just say what they say. Congressman Erik Paulsen from Minnesota, thank you.
End of interview.
Very interesting … it's a "job killing" but the House Chairman is not responsible … and will Representative Paulsen provide a listing of the 10,000 jobs that he claims have been lost specifically due to the 2.3% Excise Tax.
For more background on the infighting, Roll Call has a story.
Of course, if Representative Paulsen wanted to force the issue, he could draft a Discharge Petition … and while he is there to pick up the form, he could sign the Discharge Petition (which tallies 138 in just two days) for the Paycheck Fairness Act (which Chairman John Kline has failed to follow the Pillars of a New Majority and allow a hearing.)


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Ramadan Kareem! It's officially here.
This is my first Ramadan on Keto and the only question I seem to have is what on earth do I eat? especially for Suhoor. Back home and up till last year my go-to usually was eggs and bread or oats or something like that, but this year I am conscientiously making an effort to eat high fat, minimal carb food in the little window of time that we do have to eat. which brings me back to my question.. what on earth do I eat?
Simplification, meal prepping and lazy hacks seem to have the key to intelligent eating and saving yourself valuable time to focus on what's really important this month- spirituality.
Here are a couple of ideas for recipes, which I find super useful and I hope you do too! 🙂
Pre-Prep Recipes
Keto Egg wraps
Just skip the bacon or use beef bacon instead.
Keto Egg Muffins
You can prep a batch of these goodies and store them in airtight containers for up to 3 days- for those mid-week, can I skip Suhoor kind of days.
Keto Scotch Eggs – two ways
Turmeric Chia Pudding
Low Carb Keto Granola
Eggs, Avo & Greens
Need I say more?
Meals you may need to wake up half an hour earlier to prep
Baked Avocado Egg
Side note: It's preferable to pair this incredible recipe with some sort of veggies- such as celery or tomatoes for easy digestion.
Avo Smoothie
Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs With Avocado
Stuffed Capsicum


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Back in 2017, The Guardian reported on the theft of a beehive believed to be home to 30,000 to 40,000 bees,
An experienced beekeeper is suspected of stealing 40,000 bees from Anglesey in one of Britain's biggest bee rustling cases in years.
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The miserably rainy summer could have ruined the thief's own honey production and driven them to carry out the theft, one expert has suggested.
Poor weather, combined with the increased popularity of beekeeping, has also pushed up the price of a "nucleus" – a set of wooden frames plus a family of bees and a queen – from £50 to at least £200, according to Diane Roberts of the British Beekeepers Association. An experienced beekeeper is suspected of stealing 40,000 bees from Anglesey in one of Britain's biggest bee rustling cases in years.
Apparently bee hive heists are now also a problem in the United States and Canada. According to a National Geographic story on the peculiar crime,
Cattle raiding and horse thieving were common crimes in the Wild West, but bee rustling is a relatively new offense for the lawbooks. That's thanks in large part to the increasing necessity and profitability of trucking billions of bees to vast commercial orchards in dire need of pollination, as well as a thriving international market for gourmet honey.
"It's the perfect crime," said Butte County police detective Rowdy Jay Freeman, a member of the state's Rural Crime Prevention Task Force and a commercial apiarist himself. "You see a person in a white suit, and it looks like a beekeeper, but it could be a thief too—you'd never know."
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Big bee heists are making global headlines. In April 2016, a few weeks shy of blueberry pollination season, thieves struck one of the largest family apiaries in the Canadian province of Québec. The beekeeper, Jean Marc Labonte, told reporters the crooks made off with 180 hives worth an estimated $200,000. Of two likely suspects snagged by police, one was sentenced to nine months' probation, including five months' house arrest, and a $40,000 fine; the other was acquitted, according to reports by the Canadian Broadcasting Companyand other outlets.
A few months later, in June, bandits absconded with some of the most valuable bees in Canada, belonging to a $7.1 million research project at the University of Laval aimed at breeding stronger honeybees resistant to some of the ailments, from mites to fungi, currently plaguing colonies around the globe.
Where there is bee hive crime, inevitably bee hive detectives will shortly follow.
Investigating bee crimes isn't easy. "These cases are hard to crack because bees don't have VIN numbers like cars, and we can't track them by their DNA," said detective Isaac Torres, a Fresno-based member of California's rural crime prevention task force. Often the only witnesses at the crime scene would be an angry mob with stingers. Once while responding to a call, Torres's partner, Andres Solis, got stung eight times in the head, and his face "swelled up like a balloon," Torres said. Now Solis wears a beekeeper's veil when investigating bee cases.
In 2017, Solis and Torres managed to crack one of the biggest hive heists in California history. For three years in a row, an unusually high number of bee crimes were reported throughout the Central Valley—200, 300, 400 hives at a time in many different locations. "We knew it had to be someone in the business," Solis said. "They weren't just any crooks. They really knew what they were doing."
A few weeks after the almond bloom, the detectives investigated a report about a suspicious discovery: a vacant lot on the outskirts of Fresno with bee boxes in varied shapes, colors, and designs stacked and scattered about. At the scene, they found what appeared to be a chop shop, where boxes were being sanded, repainted, and stenciled with the name Allstate Apiaries Inc., a business operated by Pavel Tveretinov, who was on-site tending to the bees.
Officers arrested Tveretinov, a 51-year-old Ukrainian immigrant, and later an alleged accomplice, Vitaliy Yeroshenko, 48. As the investigation progressed, the detectives uncovered similar operations at two other locations. They say they recovered some 2,500 hives worth $875,000.
The California State Beekeepers Association devotes a significant amount of its blog updates to announcing new hive thefts and breaks in stolen bee cases. The organization currently offers up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of bees and/or beekeeping equipment.


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after yet another horrific national tragedy that could have been prevented by common sense gun regulations — but will simply be rushed into the past, forgotten until the next one — all i can do is apologize for ever using the phrase: fight for the little guy. by having used this phrase, i've diminished myself & whole groups of … Continue reading to hell with the little guy*
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being seen, part 1: why i protest why do you march? what do you have to protest for? these questions, in their many forms, are something i've been asked often since the women's march. & the simplicity of questions like these can stump the strongest of us, rooted as we are in the knowledge that the … Continue reading you bucking fitches
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This past weekend Doug and I went off to Yosemite from Friday-Sunday. It was the first time in a while that we have been away together and it was nice. The weather was amazing. On Friday it was in the upper 80s and on Saturday we heard thunder and got sprinkled on while we were up on Lambert Dome, but didn't really get wet. We got to see a coyote, and some deer as well.
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Hello, my name is Timea Huszti, living in Connemara for the last 11 years. Kermor is the name of the house meaning "home of the sea". The guest's rooms are on the second floor. We offer 2 big, spacious family rooms with en-suite bathrooms and 2 smaller rooms with a shared bathroom perfect for families with teenagers or friends who don't mind to share a bathroom.The smaller rooms can be booked separately, in this case, we close down the bookings for the other room to give you a private bathroom. Our area gives you a lot to do: Omey Island is just 5 min from Kermor, the Connemara National park has hiking routes for every level. The Kylemore Abbey attract locals and tourists not only with its historical buildings and walled garden but with concerts and different programs during the year. Nearby riding centres, golf track and pitch and put, fishing trips, fused glass workshop in Clifden, pubs, whiskey bar: we have something to do for everyone. Please don't hesitate to contact us!


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Police Files
Man allegedly tries to stab White House staff with fork
On Friday, May 17, at 9:29 p.m., LBPD officers were contacted by White House security in reference to a male subject who allegedly attempted to stab a security guard from the establishment at the 300 block of South Coast Hwy.
"Officers arrived on scene and immediately detained Laguna Beach citizen Craig Dunlap for the assault. An investigation was conducted and it was determined that Dunlap was inside of the establishment and making a large scene. When he was asked to leave, he tried to stab a security guard with a fork," LBPD Spokesperson PIO Sgt Jim Cota said.
Security was able to stop the attack and escort Dunlap outside and hold him until police arrived.
Craig Bland Dunlap, 67, of Laguna Beach, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
Bail was set at $25,000.
Laguna man arrested in alleged bike theft
On Thursday, May 16, at 7:41 p.m., LBPD officers responded to the 1100 block of Glenneyre Street for a report of an attempted theft.
The RP reported the suspect had jumped the fence into her yard and tried to take her bicycle.
"Officers arrived in the area and based on the description given detained a male just down the street near the entrance to Bluebird Beach," Sgt Cota said. "She positively identified the male as the suspect and was desirous of prosecution."
According to police records, the RP said that when she confronted the suspect he said, "I'm sorry, I just needed a bike."
Laguna Beach resident Ryan Terrance Conley, 18, was arrested for violation of trespassing, loitering, and attempted theft.
According to Stu News records, this is the fifth arrest for Conley by LBPD in the last year. Other arrests by LBPD included arrests on suspicion of shoplifting and battery, among others.
Bail was set at $1,000.
Cut & rescue crash, man transported to hospital
On Sunday, May 19, at 11:05 p.m., LBPD and LBFD personnel responded to Laguna Canyon Road and Phillips Road in reference to a cut and rescue traffic collision.
"Upon the officers' arrival, the male driver, a 22-year-old Lake Elsinore resident, had extricated himself and was standing outside his vehicle," Sgt Cota sad. "He had collided with a yellow parking pole, a fire hydrant, the Phillips Road street sign and an Edison pole before overturning his vehicle."
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A 22-year-old Lake Elsinore man is in the hospital after a cut and rescue
car collision in the Canyon
According to Sgt Cota, the suspect was arrested for suspicion of DUI and transported to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo for medical assistance.
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Archbishop Emil Shimoun Nona, whose election as the archbishop of Mosul of the Chaldeans was confirmed Nov. 13 by Benedict XVI, was officially installed in the archeparchy Sunday.
The 2008 wave of violence claimed the life of the former archbishop of Mosul of the Chaldeans, Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho.
He was kidnapped in February of that year outside of a church where he had led the Way of the Cross on a Lenten Friday. During the kidnapping, his three companions were killed.
For days there was no news from the archbishop or his kidnappers. Finally, after a phone call from the assailants, the prelate's body was found March 13 in a shallow grave. He was 65.
The election of Archbishop Nona took place according to the tradition in the Eastern-rite Churches. The synod of bishops of the Chaldean Church made the decision, which was then approved by the Pope.
Sunday's ceremony for Archbishop Nona was attended by several political and Muslim leaders.
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Meet Our Class of 2017 Valedictorians
We congratulate our Class of 2017 valedictorians! These students achieved the highest grade point averages in their respective senior classes. Their commitment to excellence serves as an inspiration to those who follow them.
They were honored at the May 2, 2017 Board of Education meeting.
Best wishes to these stellar students as they pursue their endeavors beyond graduation (as indicated).
- Apex: Hershel Wathore Dartmouth University - Engineering
- Athens Drive: Neeva Nicole Wernsman Young University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Chemistry
- Broughton: Kristen Gilyard Harvard University - Math/Computer Science
- Cary: Noah Jabusch North Carolina State University - Physics
- Enloe: Daniel Liu Princeton University - PreMed
- Fuquay-Varina: Brianna Monet Smith Howard University - Biology
- Garner: Aishik Ghosh University of Illinois, Champaign - Computer Science
- Green Hope: Emily Ryu Princeton - Chemistry/PreMed
- Heritage: Abigail Abella Nacional Duke University - Biomedical Engineering
- Holly Springs (tie): Micala Merino N.C. State - Biomedical Engineering; Michael Pupi Duke - Chemistry
- Knightdale: Kelly Phuc Uyen Tran UNC-Chapel Hill - Chemistry
- Leesville Road: Kathryn Konrad UNC-Chapel Hill - Biomedical Engineering/Neuroscience
- Millbrook (tie): Michael Corvin Pasca UNC-Chapel Hill - Physics; Samuel Zachary Thomas Duke - Econ/Political Science
- Middle Creek: Margaret Loughlin N.C. State - Physics
- Panther Creek: Christina Chen Duke - Statistical Science
- Mary Phillips: James Everette Cole Wake Technical Community College - Accounting
- Sanderson: Valerie Ann Lucas UNC-Chapel Hill - Public Policy/Public Health
- Southeast Raleigh: Korbyn Hackney N.C. State - Electrical Engineering
- Wake Forest: Salvador Chavero Arellano Duke - Statistical Science
- Wakefield: Robert Herhold N.C. State - Engineering/Computer Science
- Wake Early College of Health Sciences: Vidya Venkataganesan UNC-Chapel Hill - Psychology/PreMed
- Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy: Connor Lloyd Hughes School Undecided, Religious Studies/Pharmacy
- Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy: Emma Benjamin Campbell University - Pharmacy
Crossroads FLEX, East Wake High School, Wake STEM Early College, Rolesville High School and the Vernon Malone College and Career Academy have transitioned to the Latin system of honoring high academic achievers and will not name a valedictorian.
Apex Friendship High School will add seniors next year, but also is on the Latin system.


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11-09-2017 | Cardiovascular outcomes | News
Diabetes links sleep habits to CHD risk
medwireNews: Researchers say that incident diabetes may explain why sleep patterns affect coronary heart disease (CHD) risk.
In fact, Thomas Svensson (Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden) and team found that sleep duration was only significantly associated with CHD that was preceded by diabetes; if CHD occurred in isolation there was no significant link with sleep patterns.
Short sleep duration was defined as less than 6 hours per night, and was associated with risk increases of about 35–55% for incident diabetes, 40% for all CHD, and more than 200% for diabetes-preceded CHD, compared with normal sleep duration (7–8 hours).
The research is based on data from the Malmö Diet Cancer Study cohort, which included 6966 men and 9378 women aged 45–73 years. The effects of short sleep duration on diabetes and diabetes-preceded CHD were significant in both sexes, but Svensson and team also found that long sleep duration, of over 9 hours, had a similar influence in men only.
This association was significant despite exclusion of the first 3 years of follow-up and of people with diabetes or CHD at baseline, leading the researchers to conclude they were seeing a genuine sex difference, rather than detecting reverse causation in the male participants.
This highlights "the need for sex-stratified analyses with regard to diabetes risk factors and CHD complications," they conclude in Diabetologia.
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At Paddy Power Betfair, we believe fortune favours the brave. Bold thinkers and technological innovators, we never stop exploring. Especially not in our careers. From marketing to trading, high finance to tech, we can offer our graduates a real variety of opportunity
We're a serious FTSE 100 company with annual revenues of £1.5 billion – but our business is all about bringing entertainment to our 5 million customers.
We have the resources and reach of a global group with market-leading brands on three continents, but we also have a really bold and agile approach to the way we do business. We don't want to be a carbon copy corporate, graduate recruitment at Paddy Power Betfair is a serious game in a fun and challenging environment.
Over the last four years, we've consistently grown the programme offering graduates the chance to experience a range of integral areas of our business. This year, we have 20 openings across our commercial rotation programme and nine within our technology programmes including data, infrastructure, security, and platform development.
Our commercial programme
Our commercial scheme gives you the chance to explore what drives Paddy Power Betfair. From generating insights into our 5 million customers to developing products at the cutting edge of the industry.
You could be delivering pricing and risk management, working on commercial negotiations and developing new business. You can expect some serious development over the 18-month rotation programme and you'll soon understand what Paddy Power Betfair is all about. Different brands. Different teams. Different challenges.
Our technology programme
We design and engineer new products and technology for millions of customers. We support high-volume, real-time trading applications and mission critical websites all across the world. We live stream 100,000 sporting events per year. Like Google and eBay, we're members of the API billionaires club. We process 100 million betting transactions through our exchange every day, and monitor 100,000 data points a second.
Where are our graduates now?
Our great retention rate means that we've got some fantastic success stories. Over the last two full graduate cycles (2014 and 2015) we've retained just under 80% of the graduates that joined our programmes. As mentioned, this has resulted in some great success stories highlighting the incredible opportunities available. Our director of analytics & insights (and one of our key grad programme sponsors), joined the programme in 2008 along with our digital director. It doesn't stop there, our head of sportsbook marketing was part of our 2010 intake as well as our European commercial manager. As the programme has grown, we've had more and more grads find themselves in exciting and challenging careers from product managers to business analysts, developers to marketing managers and many more.
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No 2 (32')
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 4 (34')
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 5 (31')
ANDREW MANZE – Conductor
Da da da dum..! You will likely recognise the striking four notes that erupt from silence to begin Beethoven's iconic Symphony No 5. Can you imagine the audience of its 1808 premiere performance hearing it for the first time? Conductor Andrew Manze unleashes these hammer-blow accents, before leading us through the single most famous musical journey from expressive minor-key darkness to astounding major-key light.
The Fifth is performed alongside two of Beethoven's least-played yet significant symphonies. Both the Second and Fourth have a joyful and humorous air - perhaps expressing the vitality that provided comfort to a composer confronted with deteriorating hearing.
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Trump's record on race should speak for itself
So I see the Mirror published another letter bashing President Donald Trump by a person claiming he is a racist.
Let's look: Lowest black and hispanic unemployment ever, 40 percent higher growth than President Barack Obama, and Obama had the advantage of low employment, black wages and incomes are up since Trump was elected, an executive order for the Revitalization Council to help impoverished neighborhoods, the First Step Act to reform the criminal justice system, advancing the idea of school choice to give poor or minority children the same chance at a quality education.
He also nominated a black woman for Marine general — another first.
And why is his quote on "the squad" always taken out of context? He told them to come back in the same sentence. And why so many pictures of Trump with black celebrities?
Surely these people wouldn't want to hang around with a racist would they? The letter writer claims there are a half a million white illegals Trump is letting alone. Where does that info come from? There are almost 14 times that number from Mexico alone.
And no president has ever condoned illegal immigration, which is at its worst now just to make the president look bad.
Trump's a racist? No I don't think so.
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Research Areas: Comparative Politics, State-Society Relations in the non-Western Regions, Ethnic and National Relations, Conflict and Peace
Main Publications:
Nonstate Actors in Intrastate Conflict. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014 (edited with D. Miodownik).
Israel's Security Networks: A Theoretical and Comparative Perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013 (with G. Sheffer).
Militarism and Israeli Society. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010 (edited with G. Sheffer).
Existential Threats and Civil Security Relations. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2009 (edited with G. Sheffer).
The Lebanese Army: A National Institution in a Divided Society. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009.
An Army that Has A State: New Approaches to Israel's Civil-Security Relationship. Jerusalem: Carmel, 2008 (In Hebrew, edited with G. Sheffer and A. Oren).


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Students gear up for annual powder puff game
The roles are switched for powder puff, the girls act as the players while the boys are cheerleaders for each class. Parents and family are welcome to watch the girls compete against each other.
In previous years the senior class has dominated the lower classes with its determination and experience in the game. This year senior Madison Sieb hopes to continue the winning streak.
"This is my second year in powder puff," Sieb said. "I think that my team needs to encourage each other and continue the winning streak. To win all of our games on Friday would end my senior year on a great note."
Sophomore Marissa Parker believes her team will do better this year because of the experience from freshman year.
"Since this is our second year, we might have a better chance of winning," Parker said. "We need to focus on moving the ball and putting our plays to the test. This year I hope we win at least one game and if not two; I am excited to play the juniors."
This is my second year in Powderpuff. I think that my team needs to encourage each other and continue the winning streak. To win all of our games on friday would end my senior year on a great note. — Madison Sieb, '15
Junior Gillian Rea competes for her third time in powder puff and is looking to have a good time while trying to win.
"I think that we should focus on encouraging each other within the team to achieve a win," Rea said. "It's about having fun together while competing to win at the same time. I think my team could have a chance at winning if we work together and carry out plays we've worked on."
Freshman Erin Wilson looks forward to playing with her class in this year's Powderpuff.
"I am really excited, my sister Amber Wilson played it last year and had a lot of fun," Wilson said. "I don't know that much about football but I think our coaches, Roman Endicott and Tyler Villines, will help us. We already got together for a meeting and we are ready to have practices."
Come out to enjoy a fun night of football games and cheer stunts to wrap up the school year.
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By the Bi
#95 - Lady Headspace
NOTE: We are NOT trained therapists, doctors, or advice givers. We are a couple of sexy freaks who thought it important to chat about something we ALL deal with: depression and how it comingles within the lifestyle.
If you feel trapped and like you have nowhere to go and you need to speak with someone please please reach out to one of the many hotlines that can help you!
In Australia: Lifeline (13 11 14) is a 24-hour nationwide service that provides access to crisis support, suicide prevention, and mental health support services. They also offer an online chat service.
In the US: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK [8255]) is a United States-based suicide prevention network of 161 crisis centers that provides a 24/7, toll-free hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.
Or find someone in your country here!
Finally, there is one that we think is extremely important:
The Trevor Project is a US-based organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
While The Trevor Project is technically based in the US but they have a phone number, email support, online chat, and text support and can point you towards someone local who will listen to you and support you!
On with the show notes...
In this episode, we continue our talks about negative headspace and the pressures that, specifically, ladies put on themselves.
We address putting our emotions in boxes and the dangers with that. We also discuss letting go and allowing yourself to have fun by learning to ask for what you need and what you want.
So go grab a drink! Then, sit back, enjoy, and as always, thank you for listening!
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by LukeAmerica2020
In OPEN defiance of the OVERWHELMING will of the people, DC continues to ignore US about ending the ongoing bailouts using OUR money, about ending the countless earmarks using OUR money, about protecting OUR borders, and so on. And, now they want to run the banking industry, the energy industry, the health care industry, AND the automotive industry. President Obama just FIRED Rick Wagoner, the CEO of General Motors, a few days ago.
This is the SAME government that runs Social Security, Medicare, Amtrack, and the Post Office … ALL at year-after-year financial losses. This year alone, the U.S. Postal Service faces more than SIX BILLION dollars in debt.
It's time STOP the wanton spending sprees in DC with OUR grand-children's money! And, it's time to STOP these 'non-representing representatives' from attempting to take CONTROL of business after business in OUR country.
Not one of these POLITICIANS have EVER run a business themselves. Nancy Pelosi has not. Chris Dodd has not. Barney Frank has not. Harry Reid has not. Tim Geithner has not. AND, Barack Obama has not. In fact, they have NEVER even worked in the private sector. And, yet, as if through some MIRACULOUS dispensation of business skills, they believe that THEY can run ALL of these industries better than the TRAINED, SKILLED, EXPERIENCED leaders who currently run them.
Never before in our GREAT nation's history has there been such a COMPLETE disconnect between our federal government and the citizens that they SUPPOSEDLY represent. We can no longer sit on our hands while Congress drives OUR NATION into bankruptcy. We MUST take a stand before it is too late.
These Tea Party protests are a GOOD first step. UNITED, we MUST get Washington's attention. You can go to TaxDayTeaParty.com to find out where the April 15th protest will be in your area.
Plus, Tea Parties are a great way to get connected with folks in your area that you might not have ever met otherwise. These new friendships can last a lifetime. As our country moves ever closer to socialistic fascism, it is important to get connected with people in our communities and neighborhoods.
Another great way to get connected to like-minded folks in your area, your state, and around the country is through a social network that i joined a few months ago called The Patriotic Resistance. Grassroots efforts like participating in tea parties and joining political social networks will establish the foundation we need.
It's time … for we, THE PEOPLE, to take OUR country back!!!
Related References …
Google News Search: Tea Parties
Patriots for America: Social Network
The Patriotic Resistance: Social Network
We The People USA: Social Network
Tax Day Tea Party Invitation Video
Tea Party – Revolution Is Brewing


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Association of Punjab Geographers
Punjab Geographer
Annual Journal volume 4
October 2008
Editor: Dr. H.S. Mangat
Mananging Editor: K. Surjit Singh
Smita Bhutani: The Indian Monsoon: Recent Investigations.
Various issues relating to the Indian monsoon have been a subject of intensive scientific investigation ever since the last quarter of the 17th century when the English scientist Edmund Halley postulated that the Indian monsoon was the outcome of the differential heating of land and oceanic areas, resulting in convectional uplift of moist air. This basic concept of the convectional system resulting from differential heating is, with some modifications, still accepted. However, scientists have made an extensive study of various aspects of the monsoon and its relationship with other weather phenomena.
Abha Lakshmi Singh, Mansoor Alam Siddiqui: Effect of city expansion on the countryside: A case study.
The study investigates the expansion of Aligarh city during the last fifty years (1951 to 2001) and its effect on the countryside. Four particular kind of effects on the countryside deserves special attention i.e. loss of cultivated land, loss of biomass, land degradation, and changes in landuse and occupational pattern. This paper focuses on the loss of cultivated land and agricultural land put to non agricultural uses. The results show that during the last 50 year the city population has increased 5 times and area has increased 6 times, absorbing 72 villages and consuming 71.3 per cent of good fertile cultivated lands. Further it was also abserved that most of the cultivated lands are utilized for residential purposes with lack of infrastructural facilities like water, sanitation, electricity, roads etc.
Dr.B.R. Thakur, Praveen Kumar Thakur, V. Hari Prasad, S. P. Agarwal: Relief Analysis of Solani Watershead Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techonology.
The present study is aimed at analyzing the relief characteristics of Solani watershed using ASTER image (Dec. 2003) and Survey of India toposheets with combination of geospatial techniques. In the present study, an endeavor has been made to study quantitatively the relief characteristics of Solani watershed in terms of absolute relief, relative relief, dissection index, hypsometry and landscape profiles. These attributes of relief have been analysed while dividing the digital elevation model (DEM) of 30m spatial resolution and grids of 2 km2. The spatial variations in absolute relief, relative relief and dissection index have been shown with the help of maps. The hypsometric curves have been computed and prepared based on sliced DEM at an interval of 50m height above mean sea level. The study reveals that more than two-third of the watershed comes under the category of < 500m height. The areas of high relative relief coincide with areas of high absolute relief. The plains and valley flats support low dissection index, while gorges, scarps and steeply sloping divides and highs and crests of divides support moderate dissection index in Solani watershed. The study indicates that as the elevation increases beyond 850m, the areal coverage decreases in the watershed. The hypsometric integral computed for Solani watershed is as high as 82.50 per cent which indicates its youth or inequilibrium stage. The superimposed and composite profiles portray both the sharpness of relief features in the northern part and flatness of valley bottoms in the southern part of watershed. The slope analysis reveals that about 16.10 per cent of study area has nearly level slope. The area lying in very steep slope category accounts for about 12.60 per cent of total watershed.
Nandkumar Sawant: Goa: Demographic Transition And Population Agieing - An Insight For Future Demographic Planning.
Demographic transition is an analysis of the principle of population – a transition from a biological state of fertility to an economic or socio-cultural state of fertility whereby is becomes a function of changing socio-economic development. This results in modernization of society in term of increasing literacy , increasing life expectancy, higher income levels and population ageing. Thus, The process of Population Ageing is primarily determined by fertility (birth) rates and secondly by mortality (death) rates. Today, ageing has become an universal phenomenon but the rate of increase of aged population is higher for Less Developed Countries than Developed economies. Therefore, this is a growing concern and emerging field of research.Goa, one of the smallest State of Indian Union, in the recent decades has witnessed rapid socio - economic changes resulting in positive demographic dynamics. Apart from curbing population growth, low fertility and increase in literacy, it has also experienced increase in aged population. Thus, the sole objective of the paper is to analyze the demographic transition for Goa and its increasing proportion of ageing population. The data of crude birth rate and crude death rate for Goa has been collected for various decades and then the demographic transition has been plotted. Further, a relationship has been established with ageing population and factors influencing the process.Goa with low fertility and decreasing mortality has reached the III rd stage of demographic transition and the proportion of aged is on the rise. Presently, nearly 8.5 per cent of the population is aged population and is increasing at an average of 35 per cent per decade. The high life expectancy, literacy and low mortality rates are the main drivers of increasing the population in aged group. To conclude, the trend of population ageing is increasing and this draws attention towards better socio-economic planning.
Narinder Kumar, Dhian Kaur: Rural Non-Farm Workforce in Haryana, 2001: A Geographical Analysis.
In recent years a steady expansion of rural non-farm activities, practically, in all parts of rural India is a significant trend. The percentage of rural non-farm employment in the country has been constantly increasing with 15.2 per cent in 1971, 15.8 per cent in 1981, 19.76 per cent in 1991 and 29.37 per cent in 2001. It shows that rural workforce is gradually shifting out of agriculture at national level. The rural national economy therefore is moving towards diversification. Similarly the state of Haryana had 22.44 per cent workers engaged in rural non-farm employment in 1971 which grew to 24.52 per cent in 1981. This percentage further increased to 27.06 in 1991and 39.23 in 2001 census respectively. This increase is mainly due to shift of workforce from agricultural to non-agricultural activities and partly due to new workers adopting non-farm occupations. However, these two components are generally treated together. The increase in non-farm employment in rural Haryana is the result of a combined role played by many growth led factors like commercialization of agriculture, development of infrastructure, industrialisation, urbanisation, literacy, transport development and distress factors such as unemployment. Based on tehsilwise Census data, the present paper is an attempt to study the rural non-farm workers in the state to understand the regional patterns of diversification and nature of rural economy.
Rajeshwari: Sanitation Related Diseases in Haryana: A Geographical Analysis.
There is a direct relationship between availability of water, sanitation, nutrition and human well-being. In this context, the present paper draws attention to the sanitation situation in Haryana and its relationship with hygiene associated diseases. Haryana has been taken as a case study because in terms of per capita income and provision of physical infrastructure, it is one of the developed states of India. The paper seeks to study whether the wealth gets transformed in human well-being in terms of eradication of parasitic and infectious diseases, as these are invariably related to water, sanitation and hygiene. Hence, present study focuses on two issues. Firstly, it analyses district-wise sanitation pattern in the state and secondly, it tries to relate disease pattern with prevailing sanitation conditions. The paper is based on secondary sources of data. Interventions that are needed to meet these challenges are also suggested.
Gurinder Kaur: Trends of Urban-Rural Male Migration in Punjab: 1971-2001.
In the present study the trends of the urban-rural male migration which emerged during the period 1971-2001 in Punjab have been analysed. This flow of migration as compared to other three flows of migration has not been studied extensively by the geographers both in the state as well as in India. The state has been experiencing an overall decline in the proportion of the urban-rural male migrant since 1971. The district-wise analysis for the period 1971-1991 has revealed combined trends in the state. Some districts experienced increase in the proportion of these migrants, while in other this proportion has declined gradually. However, in 2001 a majority of the districts have experienced a decline in the proportion of these migrants.
Gurbakhsh Singh, Sandeep Kaur: Intensity of Irrigation in Jammu Province.
The main objective of this paper is to assess the temporal and spatial variations in the intensity of irrigation in Jammu region from 1990-91 to 2000-2001. It is an established fact that the intensity of irrigation cannot be uniform in any agricultural region. This fact assumes more significance in the region where there are great variations not only in physiographic and drainage patterns but also in climatic and agro-climatic conditions. Kuhl, canal and tubewells are the main sources of irrigation in the region. In 1990-91 , Jammu region has the highest intensity of irrigation (19.13 per cent) which was the lowest in 1995-96 (17.08 per cent) but in 2000-2001it could marginally improve to 18.22 per cent. After calculating the intensity of irrigation the study area has been divided into the regions of intensity of irrigation. Further, the study also attempts to analyze the changes that have occurd over space and in time.
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It's midnight, three days before I leave for my first hajj, the five-day religious pilgrimage that's among the most meaningful experiences in a Muslim's life. When I arrive in Mecca, I'll join nearly two million believers who've traveled from Virginia, Kabul, and everywhere in between: a dysfunctional but tight-knit family of believers, dreamers and sinners, briefly united under the piercing sun of Mecca.
Wearing white garments that conceal any clues about our professions or possessions, we'll embark on a journey retracing the steps and rituals of Abraham and the Prophet Muhammad and satisfying one of the five pillars of our faith. If we're lucky, we'll earn approving winks from God and return with purified hearts and spiritual clean slates.
And yet here I am, sitting in my kitchen feeding tiny bites of chicken kebab and rice to Ibrahim, my insomniac 3-year-old, as we finish an episode of "Paw Patrol" on his iPad. Nusayba, my 1-year-old daughter, circles us. She just learned to walk, and is now a tyrant in diapers. I often wonder aloud if someone is sneaking the two of them energy drinks. They rarely sleep before 1 a.m. As a result, my wife and I are brown zombies. She's convinced that her neck is permanently damaged from lifting small children. I complain of chronic "dad brain" — my sleep-deprived mind making daily tasks feel unmanageable. Lately, I'm fretting because exhaustion and the demands of domestic family life are standing between me and my pre-hajj checklist.
Yes, there's a checklist. My mother interviewed several hajj veterans about indispensable items for the trip and passed their responses on to me in an email: "Tylenol, medicine for diarrhea and stomach upset" — the extreme heat is known to take a toll — "strong chappals, not flip flops" (you can't have your shoes falling apart mid-trek); and "sunglasses, fanny pack and an umbrella." By the time I've scrolled to the end I'm overwhelmed.
Instead of attacking the list at Target, I just spent two hours at a discount grocery store with my wife, because, according to her, they had "excellent prices on bulk diapers and sweet iced tea." Helping to stock up on these essentials was the least I could do. I'm worried about how she'll handle two babies without me, not to mention how I'll manage jumping back into our routine after I return.
Many of my fellow pilgrims have already sent the obligatory "I am going to hajj" mass emails and posted on their Facebook walls. Like most holiday-pegged social media announcements, these modern additions to the spiritual journey tend to follow a formula. You can count on some combination of profound spiritual yearning, public requests for forgiveness, inspiring verses from the Quran, popular quotes from Rumi and pictures of the Kaaba, the black cubed "house" of Allah built by Abraham and his son Ishmael. Even if the words are prosaic, there's beauty in so many folks earnestly promising to humble themselves, make amends and do the right thing before embarking on a journey that could, realistically, kill them.
"Please don't die," one editor implored me, citing the numerous stories of deadly hajj stampedes, the most recent of which killed over 2,000 people in 2015. The risk is why it's traditional for each pilgrim to make a will before leaving. I've joked that I might just scrawl an "I.O.U." for my wife, perhaps on the back of one of our Toys-"R"-Us receipts.
My guilt about my failure to properly prepare is amplified by an awareness of how lucky I am to have been invited to God's "house," a yearning unrealized and unfulfilled by millions of far more pious men and women. Many save their entire lives to make the trip. I always imagined I'd make hajj after I reached a stage of stable adulthood — and accompanying income — that still sometimes feels distant. But in a fortuitous plot twist, a hajj tour company invited me as its guest, making it possible for a freelance writer to afford the trip.
"Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk" is what I and all pilgrims will chant in Arabic when arriving in Mecca. "Here I am, O Allah, here I am."
I recently complained to my wife about how our kids' sleep schedule (or lack thereof) was stealing the time I needed to be truly ready for this moment. I immediately felt guilty. It occurred to me that I had to think of these frazzled pretravel days — and all of our days — differently.
After all, what's the point of saying, "Here I am," when you're not present at home? What's the point of seeing the Kaaba if you can't appreciate the miracle that is two manic munchkins running around after midnight?
I haven't shown the selflessness and dedication of some of my peers in preparing for hajj, and I know it's likely too much to ask for this journey undo all of my flaws. But part of me believes I still have a chance to do it right — starting before I leave. That means watching another "Paw Patrol" episode with patience instead of resentment, and bringing renewed energy to being the kind of dad who will return to kids who have actually missed him.
I hope I'm lucky enough to have my hajj accepted. I hope to earn a wink from God. I hope to return to my family in Virginia, see a bag of soiled, affordable diapers in the trash near the doorstep, hear the voices of babies who are gearing up for another all-nighter, and smile, grateful to be home.


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Ed Jenkins (U.S. politician)
Edgar Lanier "Ed" Jenkins ( born January 4, 1933, Young Harris, Towns County, Georgia, † January 1, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia ) was an American politician. Between 1977 and 1993 he represented the state of Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ed Jenkins, born in Young Harris, Georgia, attended the public schools of his home. In 1951 he worked in the office for the FBI. Thereafter he served 1952-1955 in the U.S. Coast Guard. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Georgia in Athens, and his admission to the bar he began in 1958 to work in his new profession. From 1962 to 1964 Jenkins was deputy attorney general for the northern part of Georgia; 1968-1972 he served as a prosecutor in Pickens County.
Politically, Jenkins was a member of the Democratic Party. From 1959 to 1962 he served on the staff of Congressman Phillip M. Landrum. In the congressional elections of 1976 he was in the ninth constituency of Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor Landrum on January 3, 1977. After seven elections he could pass in Congress until January 3, 1993 eight legislatures. Jenkins stood up for the textile industry and tax cuts.
In 1992, Ed Jenkins opted not to run again. After he retired from politics. Most recently, he lived in Jasper.


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pierrot wrote:I fundamentally disagree with this determination of gender, though. It insinuates to me that people don't have any sort of agency when it comes to their own gender, or that because people view one as a particular gender, that is his gender. It insinuates to me that I would have been female as a kid because I was told by girls that I seemed like one of them. It seems to suggest that other people get to decide someone's gender based on interpretations of how that person acts. Am I misinterpreting what you're saying at all?
I'm also not trying to suggest that it's not a good topic for discussion, or trying to shut down conversation. My contention is really that I think it would most matter what Faris feels his gender is.
Thank you for bringing this up, because it's definitely something I've spoken about too vaguely here and should clarify my stance on.
I believe in gender as taking two forms in the world we live in right now: conceptually (via the self) and functionally (via society). They aren't two completely mutually exclusive things, but for the most part they are. Conceptual gender is the form that I personally subscribe to as the idealized version. It's what you say in the 2nd paragraph here, that someone's own determination of their gender is the final and only word on their gender, and it's what should be respected. In an ideal world, this is the only form that exists (which also kinda abolishes gender as a concept, ironically enough, as it would mean that there is no societal element to binary gender expression at all and therefore nothing to actually base one's own expression on, but that's another conversation).
The functional aspect is what I meant earlier when I said gender is all presentation. It's how your outward presentation allows other people to read you, and how they therefore will interpret your gender. It's something trans people struggle with every day and is the source of constant misgendering. It's why so many trans people focus so hard on "passing" for their desired gender. Finding that gender euphoria and the total acceptance of yourself from entirely within yourself, damned what society thinks, is very very difficult and something very few people can do. Given that we don't live in a world where asking for someone's pronouns just like you'd ask for their name is a normalized thing, people virtually don't have any agency over their gender outside of how they present to the outside world. If everyone is telling you you're a girl; commenting on your hips/boobs, using she/her/hers pronouns, assuming all you do is traditionally feminine hobbies; it makes it really fucking hard to feel like a man. It makes gender dysphoria rampage like crazy and makes it really hard to keep going out there every day to just be told that no, you and the way you see yourself don't matter. While the functional/societal form of gender really sucks 99% of the time, it's unfortunately a fact of life for just about every trans person at some point in their lives, and it's a struggle I saw mirrored really clearly in how Faris has to put up with people through their journey.


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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Both agreed that only Americans believe that win-win situations are even possible. One thought that was a positive, the other echoed the opinion of the rest of the world that win-win was just a disguise for the person getting 90% of the good throwing a bone for the one getting 10%. I tentatively (not knowing if it were an offensive stereotype) asked if he meant something similar to saving face. He agreed that this was exactly it. Victors in China either eliminate their opponents entirely or give them some 10% to save face. (Okay, you said it, not I.)
The other was quite adamant. No, in America it is sometimes, even often true. It is not a cliche because it is a delusion, but because it happens. Of course it doesn't always happen, but why should I be surprised at that?
I wonder now if the British especially dislike the cliche because they are one of the cultures that at least understands it, but it happens even less there.
Let me be on record as believing that win-win situations are indeed possible, and resenting the cliche much less than I did a few days ago. That the term is abused and isn't always true seems far less of a worry - since it seems to be the normal course of human interactions - than the idea that it is possible at all a rather stunning legacy for America to the world.
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- lelia said...
I did not realize that it was a rare concept. May the idea grow and prosper.
The buying and selling process is supposed to be a win-win situation. The purchaser purchases an item he wants to purchase. The seller sells something he wants to sell. While there have been some times over the years when I have made bad decisions in my purchases, generally I have benefited from my purchases.
- dmoelling said...
It comes from our free market background. As Gringo said, markets are almost always win/win. In many parts of the world (including Britain) class, family or political ties are much more important. Crushing your opponent is important to your survival.
Brits have a much more cynical corporate culture than the US. It's very "Terribly Sorry about the knife in your back". Mid level British execs really have a tough time adapting to the US business culture.
- Texan99 said...
I assume so readily that win-win is a real and common phenomenon that it surprises me very much to hear people doubt it. I'm sure the concept is often abused by people who intend their part of the win to be quite real and that of their partner-in-trade to be largely imaginary, but that doesn't mean that most profitable human interactions don't leave both sides better off. If that weren't so, why would people live in societies? Why not each human in his own tree alone in the forest?


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Anyway, I get a few more events done... I'm gonna try to figure out if I can somehow get that seed, or if it's gone forever. If that's the case, I'll just skip to the final boss tomorrow.
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'Moments Like These' is the single from French artist Mariama's upcoming new EP of the same name.
Mariama's musical style pays homage to Sierra Leone (her country of birth), Cologne, where she grew up and old American Jazz greats.
Of her music, Mariama explains that, "One of the greatest things is to know who you are and what you came to do in this life. I'm glad I started finding out quite early through music. It takes me to places I never expected to go, but it is so much more than that. Music is at the origin of humanity, it is sacred and powerful. Music is a connection to the soul, because that's where true inspiration always comes from."
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Here's the thing: Inspiration is rare. It's fleeting. You can't sit around waiting for it, you'll end up waiting forever!
So here is a list of things you may find helpful, to avoid having to rely on inspiration to be the driving force of your work:
Habit and routine
I have a studio space about a 15 minute bike ride from my house. So every day pretty much without fail, after I drop off my kids to school I just keep going. I'm already up and dressed and halfway to work. Well not quite, but you get the idea. The idea is this: I don't have to debate myself of whether to stay in and watch Netflix or get to work. I just go. And having other people at the studio makes me feel slightly guilty for the occasional day off, I'm sure that is a factor as well.
Allocated time
And it needs to be time enough to actually make a dent in the work. This depends on the type of work of course. If I only have a few hours, there's no way I'm going to get any writing done on that novel. I'll just mindlessly scroll through the document, correct a spelling here or there but it doesn't feel like progress. For me, I'm probably better off not even opening the document at all, since it always tend to leave me feeling like a s**tty writer.
The best thing you can do to make sure you have exactly the right time for the work, is for someone else to decide when they need it. You know of Parkinson's Law? Basically it's like this: "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". So if you have a week to do something, that's how long it will take. If you have a day however, you could probably do it in a day, whatever "it" is. Deadlines are a great way to beat the feeling like you need to be inspired, because you simply don't have the time to sit around and wait for it.
I can easily sit down and sketch a few pages if I already know what's going to be happening on them, if I already made thumbnails or roughs. A blank page and no script? Not so easy. So mental preparation is in order. The same goes for tools of course. If you spend the first half hour looking for stuff you need and getting the canvas ready, there's less time to do the actual work. As described in this post, the best productivity hack I can give you is decide the day before what to work on, so you can jump right in.
Shut up your inner critic
You know that voice in our head that tells us it's a piece of crap we're working on, that nobody would want it, it's a waste of time? Yeah, not really helping, is it? Steven Pressfield calls it The Resistance, an almost metaphysical force trying to stop us from what we want and need to do. I sometimes manage to shut that voice up by listening to the same soundtrack over and over. Like telling my brain we are in work mode. I've also recently found that Synthwave really put's me in the zone and makes me keep moving. If I'm drawing, I listen to audiobooks or podcasts, mostly to battle my anxiety/boredom/need-to-check-my-email-or-Facebook-every-5-minutes.
I'd love to know what works for you! Leave a comment below.
8 Responses to "The Cost of Feeling Inspired"
Denise van Hulst April 6, 2018 at 8:46 pm #
Sage advice. I do that thing with listening to songs on repeat and have for years. it really does help. Also helps set a mood for what I am working on so I can replay the song and get my head back where I was.
Gina McAdrian April 13, 2018 at 10:03 pm #
This is great! Thank you!
This is just what I needed! I am a single mom and finding time is really hard, but scheduling time is a great idea and one that I often forget.
My inner critic is relentless and I often forget to not listen and just hammer out something. It can always be adjusted and edited later.
Thank you for the reminder!
John Oakley June 15, 2018 at 5:37 pm #
There's a quote from Picasso: "There is such a thing as inspiration, but it has to find you working."


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We live in a time when everything has become digital, from public service departments to individual lives. So, in order to extend this trend further, the city's Excise Department has asked 100 per cent of the liquor stores in Delhi to digitise their sales by October this year.
The department, in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, had rolled out a circular directing all liquor stores in the city to digitise the real-time sale of alcohol at their outlets. The same circular had also warned the store dealers against selling liquor using 'coupon' or 'token' system and maintaining an updated brand-wise stock register. The move was intended to curb the distribution of liquor to influence voters during elections in Delhi.
The Excise Department has since then set month-wise digitisation targets for all liquor stores in Delhi, a violation of which may lead to heavy penalties. The department had instructed liquor stores to achieve 80 per cent of the target by May, 90 per cent by June, and 100 per cent by October this year.


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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently instituted the ' Elimination Research Alliance (MERA) India', a collaboration of affiliates interacting to prepare and also scale up study to get rid of Malaria from India by 2030.
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The major intention of the 'MERA India' partnership is to prioritise, strategize, conduct, and also range up study in a synchronized means to have a strong influence on the populace that may be at threat of malaria.India has actually made excellent progression in controlling malaria in the past years. The malaria incidence in India decreased by over 80 percent from 2.03 million instances in 2000 to 0.39 million in 2018. Fatalities by malaria likewise decreased by over 90 percent from 932 fatalities in 2000 to 85 in 2018.
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- The National Vector Borne Diseases Control Program (NVBDCP) created an extensive structure to accomplish "Malaria free India by 2030".
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- The partnership will certainly help with trans-institutional control and also partnership around a collective research study schedule.
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- Malaria is brought on by a Plasmodium Parasites that is transferred from one human to another by the bite of contaminated Anopheles mosquitoes.
- In human beings, the bloodsuckers (called sporozoites) move to the liver where they grow and also launch one more type, the merozoites.
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- There are 5 parasites that can create Malaria in human beings as well as the most dangerous of all is Plasmodium Falciparum.
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Runny nose, irritated and watery eyes, sneezing and general stuffiness are symptoms we all experience from time to time. These symptoms result from the release of a chemical called histamine from specific cells of our immune systems as a response to an external irritant or allergen. Histamine has many physiologic effects, including dilating blood vessels, making the walls of capillaries more permeable and being generally responsible for most of the symptoms associated with inflammation. Significantly, histamine is also found in the brain, and among other things, inhibits sleepiness. Because these symptoms are so common, it is not surprising that many of us routinely use a class of medications, antihistamines, to relieve our misery when those symptoms appear. So what does any of this have to do with pilots? As you'll see, plenty. A few years ago, I was part of a group that assisted in analyzing all the fatal accidents of a specific aircraft model, with the aim of finding "root causes." We weren't interested in, for example, that a pilot lost control on approach, but rather, what factors may have made a loss of control more likely.
One of the interesting and disconcerting findings of our study was that a surprising number of accident pilots, 21 percent, had a variety of unauthorized drugs in their system – legal, illegal, prescription and over the counter (OTC). We wondered whether these specific pilots were unique, or whether there was an already known association with fatal accidents and the presence of drugs in the blood of the accident pilots. A literature search led me to a series of articles from the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute – a branch of the FAA. These articles analyzed the results of toxicology studies on pilots killed in aircraft accidents over several five-year periods. The most recent study analyzed fatalities from 2004-2008 and compared the findings with those of the prior studies.1 All pilots killed in aviation accidents during that time period had their blood analyzed for the presence of Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS), Schedules I-II (these include heroin, LSD, marijuana, ecstasy codeine cocaine, morphine, Demerol, Dexedrine, Ritalin and hydrocodone); Controlled Dangerous Substances, Schedules III-V, (including pain killers with less than 90 mg of codeine per tablet, cough medications with less than 200 mg of codeine/100 ml, Xanax, Darvocet, Valium, Ambien and Lomotil); Prescription Drugs, Nonprescription Drugs and alcohol (which was considered positive only if it was found above the FAA limit of 0.04 percent). The results were compared with the results of the previous studies. The breakdown of the percentage of pilots with positive toxicology findings is shown in Table 1.
As you can see, the percentage of pilots who died in aviation accidents and were found to have Controlled Dangerous Substances or alcohol in their system remained fairly constant over the series of studies. The number of pilots found to have prescription medications rose continually. There was no information presented in this study to suggest that the presence of these drugs was in any way related to the accident sequence. It may simply be that as pilots age and require medication for conditions like hypertension, blood lipid control, etc., more of them are on prescription medications. There was no effort made to distinguish between prescription medications that were authorized (the drugs were approved by the FAA and listed on the pilot's FAA medical application) and those that were not. Interestingly, the most common drug found on the toxicology screens was diphenhydramine (Benadryl) which was found in 6.1 percent of the dead pilots. Diphenhydramine is available as a prescription medication, as well as over the counter, and in the FAA study was listed as a prescription medication. This listing of diphenhydramine as a prescription drug can also, at least partially, explain the apparent significant percentage of accident pilots on prescription medications versus nonprescription OTC preparations.
Years of Study
CDS Schedules III-V
Prescription Medications
Nonprescription Medications
Table 1: A breakdown of the percentage of pilots with positive toxicology findings in fatal accidents.
The finding of diphenhydramine in the blood of accident pilots is of very real concern. Diphenhydramine is a first generation antihistamine – a drug that counters the effects of histamine. Of significance is that diphenhydramine crosses the blood brain barrier and therefore counteracts the effects of histamine in the brain. Remember that in the brain, histamine impairs sleep and in doing so promotes alertness. Diphenhydramine therefore, in addition to calming the symptoms of colds and allergies, is also a fairly potent sedative, and, in fact, is used in a significant number of OTC sleep medications. What's worse is that the effects of diphenhydramine last longer than most pilots might think. In an interesting study done at the University of Iowa's driving simulator,2 driving abilities under the influence of different medications were monitored in four similar groups of drivers. One group, the placebo group, was medicated with a nonpharmacologically active agent, the second group was given alcohol sufficient to raise the blood alcohol concentration to 0.1 percent (legally impaired in all states), the third group was given 50 mg of diphenhydramine and the fourth group got a second generation antihistamine (fexofenadine, trade name Allegra™) which does not cross the blood brain barrier and therefore is non-sedating. The results of this study should give pause to all pilots who think OTC medications are safe to use when flying. The groups taking fexofenadine or placebo performed similarly and performed all driving tasks satisfactorily. The alcohol group performed significantly worse in tasks such as lane keeping, maintaining a specified distance from a preceding automobile and response time to avoiding a lane blocking vehicle. The diphenhydramine treated drivers performed uniformly worse than the alcohol impaired drivers, indicating that even relatively small doses of diphenhydramine affects driving ability more than an alcohol level consistent with the legal definition of drunk driving. Also of note is that there was no correlation between a feeling of drowsiness and driving ability in the diphenhydramine group. Meaning the diphenhydramine drivers performed poorly regardless of whether they felt drowsy or fully alert.
Diphenhydramine can be a silent killer. It is important for pilots to be very careful about any medications they take. For prescription drugs, check with your doctor and AME to ensure they are compatible with safe flying. For OTC medications, consider that if you feel poorly enough to take something, you probably shouldn't be flying at all. If you do choose to fly when taking OTC medications, read the list of ingredients and be especially aware of drugs with sedating effects including pain killers, first generation antihistamines, sleep aids or anything with codeine or hydrocodone (many cough preparations). If there is any question, consult your physician or AME. If an OTC preparation contains a caution not to use the drug while operating dangerous machinery, consider that an airplane is potentially a very dangerous machine. Also note that the FAA recommends you wait until at least five times the interval between the recommended dosing interval has passed after you stop taking an OTC medication until you fly. For example, if the recommended dose is one tablet every 12 hours, wait 60 (12 5) hours from your last dose until you advance the throttle. This issue is real. Many OTC (and prescription) medications can significantly impair your ability to fly your aircraft safely. The accident statistics speak for themselves. For an excellent overview of the issue of drugs and aviation safety, the NTSB has produced a document that I encourage all pilots to review.3 As they say, the life you save may be your own.
1) Canfield, Dennis V., et.al. Drugs and Alcohol in Civil Aviation Accident Pilot Fatalities From 2004-2008. FAA Aeromedical Institute. 2011. https://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/ oamtechreports/2010s/media/201113.pdf
2) Weiler, JM et.al. Effects of fexofenadine, diphenhydramine, and alcohol on driving performance. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial in the Iowa driving simulator. Annals of Internal Medicine; 2000 Mar 7;132(5):35463. Abstract available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10691585
3) Drug Use Trends in Aviation: Assessing the Risk of Pilot Impairment: NTSB Safety Study 14/01. http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/ Documents/SS1401.pdf


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