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This large lamp is one of the masterpieces of Jerusalem's Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, the first modern design school for Jewish ritual objects. Such an impressive lamp would be appropriate for either a synagogue or a wealthy home. The lamp takes the form of the menorah, the seven-branched lamp stand of the wilderness tabernacle of the Israelites and Second Temple in Jerusalem. However, two more branches have been added to allow for the required eight lights of Hanukkah plus the central server light (shamash). The eight lights commemorate the miracle of Hanukkah: when the Temple plundered by the Greeks was rededicated, there was only enough consecrated oil for the eternal flame in the Temple to burn for one day, but the oil burned for eight days until a fresh supply of consecrated oil could be obtained.
Bezalel artists like Ze'ev Raban worked to create a self-consciously "Hebrew style," rooted in the romantic belief that the artistic traditions of the local Arab and Jewish communities were closest to the forms and styles of art of the ancient Hebrews.


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Tips on Choosing the Best Christian School
The selection of the right school will help your kid to learn good virtues.The consideration of a good school will help them gather the right knowledge that brightens their futureIn existence is many schools for your kid to learn.Despite the schools being many, they do not offer education that is similar when it comes to quality.The consideration of research will enable you to get the best school for your kid.The importance of remaining committed in research is that you will get the best school.You will have education which is right, despite the huge amount of money you will be needed to pay.You need, therefore, not fear the high cost you will incur but consider the quality of the services.The tips that follow will help find the best school.
First, ask the parents and students with experience.In order to have the right school for the education of your kids, use the advice of those with experience.There is need to get information from the parents concerning the manner the school treats the kids.In case a school addresses the challenges of the parents in the right manner it will be the best school.It is prudent to eliminate that school that does not have the capacity to treat the kids well. This is because it is the parents who play an important role to ensure the success of their kids.That school with a conducive environment will be obtained by making use of the advice from the parents as well as the children.
The school to consider is that which can be met by the budget you have.With the help of the right plan, you will have the best school for your kids.The cost you will incur for the education is an important determinant in the selection of a school.The affordable school should be the best one to consider since you will not get financially constrained.It is good to determine the money you have before selecting a school for your kid.It is important to put more weight on the quality of education rather than the price for the services.It is impossible to have the best school if you emphasize on the price.
Before choosing a Christian school, consider its online reviews. The reviews made online also play an important role in getting a good school.The comments of the clients will help you know if the school is good or not.In case, the feedback about the education services are good, the school will be good for your selection.The school which you ought to avoid is that with unfavorable feedback.

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So youve returned yet again. Cant get enough of my tales eh? What do you mean you dont know who I am? Ill have you know Im a very big deal in the literary world. Im known by many names and I have a million, million voices. All these voices are in your head.
Now dont panic, youre not insane. Well, you might be but still, dont worry because all people have these voices. For I am the all famous Narrator. Now Im sure youve not encountered too many narrators who talk directly to you. Well then again in todays media it is more common as breaking the fourth wall becomes more popular.
But I digress, as egotistical as I may be in the voice you give me, I really must get to work. For my job is to regale all people with stories and tales that can be read. Tales that can inspire the heart, expand the mind and set aflame to your loins.
I hope the tale that I am to share in the following book can achieve at the very least one of these three. Though I will be concerned if it does one of them. Im sure you can guess the one. (Psst. Its the loins one)
So the job of the prologue is generally to introduce you to the story, get the reader all pumped up for what theyre reading. Clarify things that may at first be a mystery. But the question I currently face is quite simple. Where should I start?
Where is the best place to begin? Let me check my notes Im sure Ive got an Idiots guide to Narrating a prologue somewhere. Err the setting. That does seem like a good place to start. Dont you agree? Im going to assume you said yes to that question
So this story dear readers is set in the grand world of Vestra. This is a world occupied by numerous races and ideas. War is commonplace and madness is ever prevalent in the ruling elite. Very much like your world now I think about it.
Ok, so weve got the setting, or at least the basics of the setting. What next? Err . The Characters I guess. This tale as its title may suggest is about a troublesome trio of heroes.
The first of our heroes is the mightiest warrior the world of Vestra has ever seen. His name is Bjorn the Invincible. Due to divine blessing, he can never be harmed on the battlefield. Swords and spears will literally break against his skin.
The second of our heroes is Vespasia the Sword Master. She is ranked as the single greatest sword master on the planet. But with her skill is a merciful heart. She will never kill anyone she fights and always spares those who challenge her.
Our third and final hero is Nacros the Demi-God. As his title would allude he is a demi-god who. He is widely known for his herculean strength.
The thing is many know them by these titles. But others know them by far more honest titles. Bjorn the Unlucky, Vespasia the Eleventh and Nacros the Sleeper. Why do they hold these titles? I suppose you are asking that very question. Well, thatll be a bit of a spoiler so if you really want to know read on and youll find out.
Of course, our heroes at the start of this tale arent as famous as they are now. They will form a group that will become the bane of criminals and the saviours of all monster fearing commoners.
I will reveal one tidbit though. The trio did face a big problem when they decided to join forces. What were they to name their group? They initially wanted the title Magnificent but it was already taken by a group of seven. They then applied for Amigos, but once again it had already been taken. They finally after many name attempts decided on Tremendous Trio (copyright pending). Because alliteration is always good.
The name would last throughout the ages. Well until they got the fourth member and had to think again. But thats a story for another time.
Well enough dilly-dallying about. Ill actually start the story now.


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Leeds, West Yorkshire
Job type:
£40000 - £55000 per annum + Additional Benefits
Sophie Binder
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Senior Automation Tester - Leeds- £40,000 - £55,000 + Extensive benefits
The Company:
One the country's largest travel groups is looking for a senior automation tester . You will be part of the digital platform team, the digital business, which was created to take the team on the next level of their journey. Utilising new and emerging technologies, this is a fast-moving, agile software house of ideas and innovation. As part of the next step of their journey they have built multiple digital products, which form a world first travel platform experience to support customers at every step of their physical and online journey. The team is growing, and the projects are becoming more innovative and exciting. This is the perfect time to join.
The Role
As the Senior Test Engineer, you will be managing the team of QA Engineers, that's right you will be in charge of leading the testing projects and making sure the team is doing everything to the highest possible standards.
The QA Engineers work within multi-disciplinary product teams and as such, have a great working relationship within the team and the other technical teams. Whether discussing the latest technology trends, holding lunch & learn sessions, working with the, or just having a good chat at our frequent social events, They are an approachable and inclusive team of highly skilled professional Testers, where everyone's opinion counts and everyone's opinion is called upon regularly!
As a Senior Test Engineer, your will focus on ensuring quality whilst enabling the business to move fast, change direction, and get product to our customer base quickly and efficiently.
You will be an experienced manager who not only is technically strong but also is able to lead a team enthusiastically and with strong communication skills. This team already have a strong and well established team and process in place, you will continue to identify gaps in the existing test strategy and provide solutions.
This team is looking for someone who can demonstrate extensive automation test knowledge and is able to develop, configure, code and test automation with high complexity, including the testing of API services. Knowledge of Cypress and Selenium is preferred along with knowledge of continuous Integration tools using Bit bucket and deployment tools using Octopus/CodeDeploy. In-depth knowledge of AWS will be highly regarded.
Whilst technical skills are a must, we are looking for someone who has exceptional communication skills and can work commercially with key stakeholders. You will have personality and flair!
What this team offer
Manage an ever-expanding team, which are working on a world's first platform you will be based in modern and styling offices near multiple public transport links. They offer a very competitive salary circa £50,000 plus 15% bonus, 11% pension, free onsite parking, reduced public transport from your home station, and various other company benefits.
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X Spanish Drug Discovery Network Meeting (SDDN)
Ikan Biotech participated at X Spanish Drug Discovery Network Meeting (SDDN) the 22nd-23rd of November in Bilbao. The conference brings together a multidisciplinary experts in drug discovery process to discuss how innovative tools can help to the drug discovery programs.
Ikan Biotech presented the poster "ZEBRAFISH: Speeding up the new compounds discovery process" a solution included in the SME H2020 project "ZEBRAONCOFISH".


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Reading out loud is an excellent exercise to strengthen mental and physical coordination, as well as improve our ability to speak with confidence. The type of literature that we choose to read aloud can reap even greater benefits. Poetry over, say, cereal boxes, can turn a practical exercise into an indelible moment.
The practice of reading aloud improves verbal articulation, pronunciation, flow and confidence in how we introduce ourselves to people, groups or deliver a presentation. We might be surprised at how awkward reading aloud can be compared to reading silently, if we don't do it often. The eyes, the mouth, the vocal chords are all going at the same time that our minds are interpreting the language, meaning and emotion of these funny marks that make up our written language. Quality presentation, personal or professional, requires quality physical and intellectual control. In addition, when we read a poem, like we were the poet who wrote it, we also exercise our range of emotion and empathy.
There is a little acting involved in reading poetry aloud. For those of us who aren't actors, the fun is there if we can surmount any fear of being foolish. Foolishness has a magical way of breaking down shyness, stress and insecurity and thereby providing us with an opportunity to shine as much as we can or want.
One of the coolest poems to read out loud is, Invictus, by William Ernest Henley. But only as cool as we can be convincing.
Another feel-gooder (I know that's not a real word) is by Sarah Williams, from the poem, The Old Astronomer to His Pupil:
Often when I meet people who don't like poetry, they often tell me that it's because they just don't/can't 'get' it. Aside from all the practical and personal benefits from reading poetry aloud, to me, the most important benefit is that it negates the reader's need to ever 'get' a poem again. If we read a poem like we were the person who wrote it, there would be nothing to get outside of ourselves and this old art-form can take on new life through us. I would love to hear and see more people embrace poetry this way.
In lieu of a poetry video created by me, I have copied below several Youtube links to excellent dramatic readings to great poetry. There aren't any grim readers in this list:
- François Villon's "Ballade pour France" read LIVE by OÁC
- Nike soccer commercial. Pablo Neruda poem
- La Belle Dame Sans Merci read by Ben Whishaw
- Bill Murray Reads Wallace Stevens
- Tom Hiddleston reading Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
- He wishes for the cloths of heaven, by William Butler Yeats, read by Anthony Hopkins
- Gathering Paradise: Bill Murray Reads to Construction Workers at Poets House.mov (the reading of Emily Dickinson's poem begins at the 3rd minute, the rest is just funny)
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I think it is about time to give some more feedback on my WiTopia CloakBox that I wrote about June 24. This is the new technology I installed to provide VPN to all of my Internet connected devices. The types of devices I have connected are my primary PC, a Mac Mini connected to my TV for video streaming, a PS3, an iPad, and a wireless laptop.
I am happy to report as of today it is running very stable and I am a happy camper.
The router did not perform as I wanted right out of the box. It seemed to have freeze-ups that would occur and the only way to remove them was to reboot the box by unplugging it and replugging it.
However, the problems once again pointed out another thing I have repeatedly found in dealing with WiTopia. Their customer service has been topnotch. They have an online chat capability and have always been available to work with me.
Now that I am running stable, let me take you through more of the process since I received the box.
WiTopia is now shipping a different router than they originally used. They now use a Buffalo router and it is a sleek looking box as pictured above. As far as I can tell most of the online documentation that WiTopia sent me while making configuration changes were for a previous manufacturer other than Buffalo. While most routers work similar, the differences in the routers made the instructions confusing.
The first thing I had to do was to turn on wireless support so I could use my iPad. WiTopia ships the device with wireless disabled for security reasons. Too many people use wireless in a very unsafe manner. In my apartment, I can usually see three to four wireless networks active. Most are secured and require a password to connect to them.
However, once in a while a network comes up in an open mode. If I wanted to connect, I could. The fact that I can see a router in broadcast mode sending it's ID is a security vulnerability by itself. I always turn broadcast off in my routers and recommend others do the same. If no one can see your router, they can't try to break into it.
When I received my router, it was configured to to a European location. To change the server location requires entering the administrative mode in the router and making a change. It is not a difficult task, but you have to feel comfortable making changes within a router. I have owned many routers before and am very familiar with the process. This is also how you have to turn on wireless and turn off wireless broadcast mode.
There are currently 13 US gateways, 2 Canadian gateways, 5 central America gateways, 19 European gateways, one Africa gateway, 7 Asian gateways and one in Australia.
After changing the server location to one that I wanted, I started using the system. While I have several devices that are connected to the router, rarely are more than two active.
As I said before, it was a bumpy road for a while. When I would bring up my PC in the morning I might get a lockup. Sometimes I would and sometimes I wouldn't. If I ran speedtest.net, it would always lockup when the upload test would begin. Likewise if I ran FTP to upload photos to Chiriquí Chatter, it would hang. I would have to turn of VPN and then all worked fine.
I had several live chats with support personnel in WiTopia, but nothing worked. Then they passed me to their CloakBox specialists and I was given some different instructions. After one misstep on my part of applying one fix incorrectly, the problem was solved.
I can now run speedtest.net without problem. I have done several FTPs without problem. I have used MagicJack without problem. Yesterday, I downloaded Apple Lion with only one problem and it had nothing to do with CloakBox. I have not rebooted my CloakBox in over 48 hours. I am using a trial of Amazon Prime and have watched several movies. Streaming has been fine to this point. I am enjoying being able to play Pandora on my iPad while surfing the net.
If I were asked what WiTopia needed to do better, I would say some of their documentation needs to be updated for the Buffalo router. This isn't a real big deal, because most router administration is similar. The other thing I would like to see is a $10 fee to add VPN to the iPad, if I am away from my house. At present, if I wanted to use the iPad on another trip, I would have to purchase a $39 personalVPN™ package.
In the PC only solution you could purchase a personalVPN™ Pro package for $10 more than a personalVPN™ package and have your PC and your iPad would be covered. That will only be a problem when I get ready for my next trip and who knows when that will be.
In conclusion, let me say I am super happy with my CloakBox™ Pro VPN Router and even more because the support I have had from WiTopia had been the best online service I have ever dealt with.


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Epic Games announced that they will be adding a PVP mode to their upcoming free to play sandbox shooter Fortnite on September 26. The Battle Royale mode will support up to 100 players at a time in one giant map. Players will need to scavenge for materials, build defenses, and kill off all the competition to be crowned the winner. The public test servers are available now for all Fortnite owners from now until launch.
Fortnite is currently in a paid early access phase. The game is normally $39.99 USD for a Founder's Pack, but Epic Games has put Fortnite on sale with a 25% discount from now until September 18.


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Anxiety. As ever, in matters of philosophy, I turn first to Billy Connolly.
"Nobody told me about that!"
Billy was lamenting the lack of warning that he received about the ageing process. Specifically, he was talking about the discovery of his first grey pubic hair.
Don't go! I'm not going to talk about pubes.
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Rooster Rock via High Ridge Trail Hike
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Start point: Old Bridge Trailhead
- End point: Chicken Rock
- Hike Type: In and out
- Distance: 11.5 miles
- Elevation gain: 3770 feet
- High Point: 4,600 feet
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Seasons: Summer - Fall
- Family Friendly: No
- Backpackable: Yes
- Crowded: No
If you're looking for solitude on a lightly traveled trail, try this ridge hike along the southern rim of the Table Rock Wilderness. The hike rises relentlessly through coniferous forest blooming with rhododendrons in June/July until you begin to undulate along a ridge crest that offers xeric meadows and vistas south to the Three Sisters. The destination is Chicken Rock, a gravely summit just west of the volcanic plug of Rooster Rock. This is a great wildflower hike through mid-summer and it is unlikely that you will meet anyone on a trail that served Native Americans trekking to huckleberry fields and then settlers heading from the Valley to Bagby Hot Springs.
This hike could be done as a hike and bike by leaving a bicycle at the Rooster Rock Road Trailhead. After visiting Chicken Rock, continue on the High Ridge Trail to the Rooster Rock Trail and hike down to Rooster Rock Road.
The forest down at the trailhead is Douglas-fir, western hemlock, vine maple, big-leaf maple, red alder, Pacific yew and groundcover of Oregon grape and salal. Pass an information board with a trail registration box. The groundcover switches to bracken and salal. Begin some big looping switchbacks, graded for horse travel, and pass some sizeable Douglas-firs and hemlocks which tower over Oregon grape in a very open understory. Pass through some vine maple thickets in the otherwise open understory. Note a few burned snags remaining from the big fires of the 1880s. More huckleberry bushes appear. Pass through an open grassy area rimmed by oaks and manzanita. The wildflowers are spectacular in mid-summer: woolly sunflower, rosy plectritis, blue-eyed Mary, Cascades mariposa, nodding microseris, desert-parsley, paintbrush, death-camas, and blue field gilia. Then pass above another, larger grassy south-facing expanse. Reentering the forest, salal and blooming rhododendron take over under Douglas-fir and hemlock. Eventually reach an old jeep track at the High Ridge-Bull Creek-Image Creek Junction.
Keep straight here and head steeply up to a broad ridge crest where the trail levels out as it keeps below the knobs on the ridge. Traverse below an outcrop of pillared Old Cascades basalt and then make a series of short switchbacks, about 16 of them, steeply up. In open woods, starry solomon-plume takes over as groundcover, with oxalis, sword fern and trillium as accompaniment. The trail still snakes steeply up and then levels in beautiful blooming rhododendron woods of Douglas-fir and hemlock. The path drops and rises on the ridge crest. Noble fir and some young silver fir begin to appear. There are glimpses of the hillsides across the Molalla River, with their secondary growth and clearcuts. The trail drops again along a ridge and rises gently again to an opening with pinemat manzanita and common juniper followed by some Douglas-fir/hemlock/rhododendron copses. Wildflowers blooming include death-camas, mariposa, paintbrush, woolly sunflower, phlox, and Martindale's desert-parsley. A short spur leads right to a rocky lookout over the Molalla drainage. Drop down, and note the many thatch ant nests as you rise to attain the crest again. Larkspur and groundsel bloom here. Reenter woods and then rise up to an xeric meadow on a saddle with death-camas, phlox, larkspur, parsley fern and scalloped onion. Back into the woods you go, and then come out at the open slope below Rooster Rock, which is blooms spectacularly with little sunflowers. Salmon polemonium, mountain meadow knotweed, wallflower, lupine and flax are also mid-summer blooms here. The High Ridge-Saddle Trail Junction may be rather overgrown with all of this botanical bounty.
Keep left and head up to the ridge. Just before you hit the noble and silver fir woods, a spur trail leads up to a rocky knob to the west of Rooster Rock, unofficially known as Chicken Rock. Mount Jefferson looms behind Rooster Rock. You should also be able to make out Three-fingered Jack, Mount Washington and the Three Sisters. Table Rock is across the Image Creek bowl to the north and Mount Hood's snowy peak rises behind it. On a clear day, Mount Adams, Mount Rainier, and Mount Saint Helens should also be visible; BLM brochures even tout the chance to make out the tip of Mount Shasta, but summer haze usually nullifies this opportunity. Among other sightings, there is Goat Mountain with its communication tower and the Willamette Valley, backed by the Coast Range, spread behind it. Dark pink patches of blooming rock penstemon dot the weathered basalt of Rooster Rock.
Fees, Regulations, etc.
- Sign in at the trail register if forms are available.
Trip Reports
- Search Trip Reports for Rooster Rock via High Ridge Trail Hike
- High Ridge TH to Pechuck Lookout 11/11/19
- A Tale of Two Roosters 5/21 & 5/28/16
- Table Rock Wilderness Wildflowers
- Table Rock Wilderness Loop (includes a section of the High Ridge Trail)
Related Discussions / Q&A
- Search Trail Q&A for Rooster Rock via High Ridge Trail Hike
Guidebooks that cover this hike
- Oregon's Wilderness Areas by George Wuerthner
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- bobcat (creator)


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Sienna is becoming the little entrepreneur of the family. With some help from her dad she has found a good place to by merchandise such as jewellery, watches, and sun glasses, which she intends to sell at flea markets. Here she is with her part-time co-worker Elliot at the local garden centre. They invited kids to come by and set up their stands but as they didn't advertise the event, and because everyone is away on vacation these days, the turnout was very limited. At the end of the day, however, Sienna had a revenue of 40$ which was not bad at all, considering. She has already re-invested this money in new merchandise and she is keeping track of her finances in an Excel sheet. Her parents are very proud of the initiative and skill she is showing.
Speaking of "keeping track" I have made it almost impossible to follow the blog, because I am so behind with the sorting and posting of pictures. Although it may seem like I haven't posted anything for a very long time, I actually have. All the posts are backdated, though, as I want them to appear in the months they took place. There are pictures from Halloween, our trip to Ireland, a picture from when Sienna won 1st place in the skating club, and pictures from Christmas and Christmas morning. Finally, there are also pictures from a cookie decorating session with my sister, from when Sienna made a snowman with the very little snow we got this winter, and from one of Elliot's hockey training sessions.


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OnePlus has a problem. It's a good problem, but a problem nonetheless.
See, the company can't keep its products in stock. I don't know the reason — either they keep selling out due to high demand, or they're just not making enough of them — but it means there are people who want things but can't get them.
Until recently, the OnePlus Bullets Wireless headphones fit into that category. After debuting in May alongside the OnePlus 6, the company's first pair of wireless headphones seemed to disappear from online shelves almost immediately, only to crop up here and there like a game of Whack-a-Mole. Thankfully, I got a pair alongside my OnePlus 6 review unit and, like so many accessories, paid little mind to them in comparison to the phone it ostensibly supported.
But on a sunny day in June, I unwrapped the packaging, charged them with a USB-C cable I had nearby (more on that later), turned them on and paired them to my phone, put them in my ears and... thud. They sucked. Thin and lifeless sound. And uncomfortable! What a disappointment!
I put the headphones aside for a couple of days and returned to my trusty LG Tone Infinims, which worked well but whose plastic exterior was bulky and not conducive to multi-hour sessions.
Thankfully, friends, the problem, was not with the OnePlus Bullets Wireless but with me and my stupidly-shaped ears. I decided to revisit the headphones sans wings, or fins as OnePlus calls them, and try the large-sized ear tip inserted a slightly different way than before. And voila, my world changed in that moment.
To say the OnePlus Bullets Wireless headphones are my most-used product of 2018 would be an understatement. Since finding the right fit, they have been my constant companion whenever I leave the house, be it on a short dog walk or a long trip overseas. They're the rare product that has bled into my real life, the kind that I return home for when I forget them by the front door. They're so good, in fact, that when, after brushing against my jacket on a walk last week, the right ear tip fell somewhere between home and the dog park, I spent more than half an hour digging through autumn detritus to find it, without a second thought as to whether I should go home, cut my losses and return to another pair. No. Way.
So why are they so good? At $70, there are certainly cheaper wireless headphones out there that do the job, and conversely ones far more expensive that sound better. They're not truly wireless, so there's still a cord, and they lack active noise cancellation, so you're not going to drown out the world.
Here's the reason: they're so good because they just disappear into your routine. The sound is bassy but not overwhelming, with highs that lack sibilance. Music sounds rich and dynamic without being artificial, and with the right fit (that I eventually found) they have enough passive isolation to block most, if not all, of a city's various indignities. They're lightweight and flexible, with a rubberized cord that sits around the neck without calling attention to itself. The earbuds, too, are the perfect length from the base, so when one or both drivers dangle while not in use they don't end up becoming distracting.
The three-button remote, which sits below the left earbud, is reliable and easy to use, even with gloves on. And perhaps my favorite feature is the magnetic latch that, while keeping the earbuds in order, automatically turn off the circuitry to save power. The battery is ample, and can be topped up via USB-C, a revelation that, as with phones and other accessories, I can barely live without anymore.
I think the reason I love the OnePlus Bullets Wireless is that they just work in every situation. I can bunch them together and throw them in a bag and not worry they're going to get destroyed. I can (and have) take them out in the rain and not fret about long-term damage. In short, I've abused the crap out of these and they've emerged unscathed.
The other reason I love these headphones is a bit more ephemeral — after preparing for, and having, a baby earlier this year, I really tried to simplify my tech life. As much as I love testing new gear, I just wanted to harmonize my everyday carry gear. I just want to use stuff that makes me feel good; I'm so tired of fighting to appreciate mediocre gadgets.
In the world of headphones, the choices are endless. Even the Bullets Wireless are kind of a BeatsX clone (though they sound significantly better). Doesn't bother me. These days, my worn pair of Bullets Wireless is like the comfortable shoes that you actively appreciate as much for their evocativeness as you do for getting you where you need to go.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Posted by Maya R at 10:58 AM Labels: abuse, acceptance, desteni, energy, journey to life, reaction, realize, self forgiveness, self honesty
Check out my previous blog: Day 37 - Accepting abuse and then blowing up
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to create an idea within myself that if I do not externally react to something it means I am stable / non reactive, I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realize that as long as I am reacting within myself as an energetic reaction as a movement within/as myself I am in fact reacting, within this I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to place blame on another for apparently abusing me while not noticing that I have reacted within/as my mind and thus am a full participant/creator of the situation, thus I commit myself to allow myself to see/face within self honesty points within me that I react to/towards and to investigate all points of reaction so that I can trust myself and my perspectives on the world/reality around me, because of as the moment, as long as I am reacting within energy I know I cannot be trusted, thus, I commit myself to clear myself from any an all reactions through writing, self forgiveness and self corrective statements to be able to stop myself as the blame character and trust myself to actually support myself as life within common sense within/as the physical
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to restrain myself from reacting in order to be able to blame the other for reacting/abusing and state within myself that I am stable and thus clear and thus am able to state that they are to blame, when in fact I have used this point as self manipulation to avoid taking self responsibility for myself as who I have accepted myself to become within the initial point of reacting to what the other had said or how they said it. I realize within this that as I walk the process of stopping participation with mind and investigating myself within self honesty to see who I am, what I am, why I do what I do and so forth, I must build myself as self honesty because I see how easy it is to manipulate myself within/as the tools of the process, and thus I commit myself to building self honesty within/as myself through always going back to self within never believing the mind constructs as blame because the moment I divert my attention to the other while I am still reacting I am missing me at that moment, missing an opportunity to see why I reacted, missing a chance to change within/as self support within/as breath.
I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to hide from myself through pointing a blaming figure at the other while within a state of self righteousness, not allowing myself to see the reaction I am participating in as feeding the mind with energy, within this I remind myself to always go back to the basics and bring it all back to self within humbleness as a self directed movement within self will to push myself more and more each day to expose more parts of myself that I have kept hidden, and within this I commit myself to notice the minor energetic reaction moving within me and when I experience it to simply stop and breathe, and keep on breathing as a directed movement, within realizing that the energy will pass and I will remain, thus I breathe, I let go the idea/opinion/backchat/desire to be right in my mind, and I breathe
I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to be self honest with/as myself within a self willed movement to open up points of reaction as more clues to who I am and how I created myself as such, thus I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to give up on myself and not push in every moment to self realize to be able to trust/respect/accept myself within the realization that I actually know who I am as the basic step stone to whatever comes next within this process
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to react within inferiority when being "spoken down upon" within that I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to interpret specific words/tonalities as demeaning and thus when I hear them I react like an organic robot and go into inferiority, within this I forgive myself for not allowing myself to see my own reaction within/as myself and to switch my inner experience to superiority through believing that I didn't react when in fact I did
I commit myself to through breathing and consistency within walking this process, to allow myself to see my reactions and take responsibility for them within self forgiveness, because I realize this will take time and I realize I must push/move myself to make it happen, it being seeing myself for how I really am as who I accepted and allowed myself to be, and then change/align myself to an effective being walking as support of all life within the principle of equality as what is best for all
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to suppress myself within fear of conflict and disguise it as being superior for not reacting while all along accumulating the energetic reaction within/as myself up to a point where I lose control of the damn and it all comes flowing out in some way or another, thus bringing myself to a point where I do not know what I will do next, explosive with the energy I have accumulated, instead of taking responsibility for myself within and every little movement of energy and stop/clear myself within/as breath
I commit myself to checking myself on a daily basis, ad seeing if I had missed a point of reaction that I tried to manipulate myself within suppression, and within that I commit myself to take responsibility for each and every reaction within/as breath and self forgiveness to be sure that I will not explode uncontrollably by the accumulation of all the little reactions I deliberately/manipulatively ignored
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to accumulate reactions towards a person and then allow myself to explode and let out all the energy I have built up within myself not taking into consideration the total abdication of self responsibility within it all as I a, taking out on another the consequences of my own allowed/accepted behavior within allowing myself to be directed by the mind instead of being self directed within/as breath within self honesty in every moment
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to suppress my reaction within self manipulation that I am not in fact reacting in order to not bring myself to conflict with the being within not allowing myself to trust myself to be able to handle such conflict and the outcome of this is that I end up creating a much bigger conflict instead of being self directed within/as self trust and dealing with any/all conflict as they come up within self honesty and communication with the other, as sharing the point of reaction within me in order to build a more stable foundation for our relationship/communication, within this I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realize that my fear of conflict is creating bigger conflict in my life through the accumulation of resistance/fear of conflict within the energy building up and then having to blow up to release itself
I commit myself to pa attention and not allow myself to build up energy because
I see the outflow of it and the destruction such behavior creates and I do not accept that any more, thus I commit myself to face every point of reaction/energy to be sure I am not accumulating it within me
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to define myself as less than according to how the other will speak to me, within that I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to take personally what/how others speak and react within inferiority to what/how they say, within that I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to accept the other within their current expression within realizing that we are each walking our process, within that I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to blame the for not expressing themselves how I think they should, Instead of focusing on myself within the investigation of the trigger point as self definition that had created the reaction within me
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to accept abuse from others within the self manipulation that I shouldn't react, within this I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to accept abuse from others within the justification that I am not reacting because I am stable when in fact I am not reacting because I fear facing the other in conflict because I don't yet trust myself to be able to handle face any situation, because I still allow myself to live in fear and self doubt which I simply showing me that I am still of the mind and have not yet allowed myself to be one with/as breath as I realize that only within the mind exist fear of the other, fear of conflict, fear of speaking up
I commit myself to keep on walking within building self honesty as self trust through writing, self forgiveness, and investigating all points, not leaving a point unturned, until I am able to trust myself and not to fear because I am here within/as breath
I commit myself to stopping myself within/as self judgment, when I am reacting I allow myself to be it from perspective of not hiding/suppressing it, and within allowing myself to be one with the reaction I stop myself as it, as myself, I stop myself. I am here, I breathe.
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Panther Connection
Hunter's Green Elementary Newsletter
Volume 27, Issue 19
Hunter's Green Elementary Newsletter
Volume 27, Issue 19
Important Dates:
6/3 – Uniform online shop opens
7/21 – Uniform order deadline to receive by first day of school
8/9 – Meet the Teacher
8/12 – First Day of School
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Dear Families,
I can't believe this is the last newsletter for the year! I'd like to thank Sarah Creter and PTA for creating this wonderful newsletter. I hope this form of communication has helped you keep in touch with activities in our school. Communication is a priority at Hunter's Green Elementary.
It has been such a wonderful year. Hunter's Green Elementary is a school family and you are an important part of it. We value your partnership with us, and hope you have enjoyed our family events throughout the year. When I see the smiles on the students' faces and hear their stories of success in the classroom, my heart is warmed. We want to thank everyone for your support, and look forward to it continuing in the upcoming year.
I want to thank all the fifth grade students for being such great students. I hope they have learned a lot and had fun at Hunter's Green Elementary. I want them to know the world is theirs to explore and continue to learn. The faculty and staff would like to wish them all the best!
Please save the date for August 9, from 1:00 – 4:00, for the 2019-2020 open house. This is a time for you to bring your child to meet their new teacher and learn about the expectations of the classroom. You will receive a letter the week prior to school starting, August 12, with detailed information about the open house and class placements.
We hope you will encourage your child to take adventures through reading this summer. Have a wonderful, fun, and restful summer.


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Mesa, AZ – Early Morning Auto Accident Closes Both Lanes on SR 87Arizona Legal News
Mesa, AZ (June 22, 2019) – On June 22nd, an early morning auto accident caused State Route 87 to close in both directions at milepost 258.
The auto accident occurred just before 1:44 a.m. around W. East Verdes Estates Road. It is unclear how many vehicles were involved at this time, and the conditions of the drivers have not been released. Investigators were on the scene to determine the cause of the crash. Both lanes reopened at 7:28 a.m.
Our thoughts are with the victims and their families at this time.
Auto Accidents in Arizona
In Arizona, dangerous auto accidents are on the rise. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, more than 120,000 auto accidents occurred in 2017, resulting in nearly 900 deaths and 55,000 injuries. Now that summer is heating up, more vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians are on the road, meaning a higher number of serious auto accidents, especially those with injuries and fatalities.
The victims and families affected by serious auto accidents often suffer unforeseen costs, expenses, and tragic consequences. But those affected can contact an auto accident attorney in Phoenix for help, and in some cases, get the justice and fair compensation they deserve.
Our knowledgeable auto accident attorneys at Escamilla Law Group, PLLC, have years of experience in helping victims and their families and are ready to help you today. Contact our auto accident attorneys in Phoenix, Arizona, at (623) 562-3838 for a free consultation.
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Disclaimer: As members of the local Phoenix and broader Arizona community, we hope everyone in our community is safe and protected. We cover the events included in this blog as a way to offer support to the victims in similar circumstances and to provide relief during these difficult times. However, this information should not be misconstrued as legal advice, and you should speak with a trained legal professional for more information regarding your situation.


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Jacob Baker was the right kid at the right time Tuesday afternoon.
A regular substitute for Hamilton West Side, Baker rose up with two hits and two RBIs off the bench as Hamilton remained alive in the losers' bracket of the Ohio Little League Tournament with an 8-2 victory over Tallmadge.
It was Baker's two-run double in the top of the fourth inning that erased a 2-1 deficit and pushed West Side ahead for good at the Hoover Community Recreation Complex.
» DAY BY DAY: State tournament schedule/results
» STATE GAME 2: Hamilton West Side 11, Kenton 1
» STATE GAME 1: Galion 10, Hamilton West Side 3
"They gave me the take sign at the first pitch," Baker said. "After two strikes, I just wanted to make contact and that's what I did and put it into the gap. It felt real good."
Hamilton coach Tim Nichting said Baker's hit "gave us the little momentum we needed to move forward. Bake likes to pull the ball a little bit, and he stayed back and shot it out to right field with two strikes. All the credit to him. He came to play today."
Baker added a single and scored twice for West Side in support of pitchers Ethan Stone and Jonathan Alcorn, who combined for a six-hitter with 10 strikeouts. Stone threw the first four innings to earn the win, and Alcorn finished to get the save.
Nichting said Clint Moak will get the mound start Wednesday at 6 p.m. when Hamilton meets Ironton in another losers' bracket affair in the double-elimination event.
West Side is 2-1 at state, having opened with a loss to Galion and then a win over Kenton. The locals need five more victories to claim their fourth consecutive 12-year-old state title.
"We had a good attitude and good energy today," Nichting said. "This week is a long haul, but I like our chances. I still think we can get in the middle of this and create a little noise."
Alcorn collected three hits and Noah Prewitt had two in the conquest of Tallmadge. Prewitt and Nick Brosius drove in two runs apiece, and Eddie Tanner and Moak each marked an RBI.
Baker's game-changing double was surprising. Not because he's a poor hitter, but because the role of a substitute isn't easy.
"You just get put on the spot, and they expect a lot out of you," Baker said. "You can do it, but you're not warm yet. Then you just come off the bench and you've got to do your job."
Nichting said his team's overall offense is improving.
"We're building. We're swinging the bats a little better every day," he said. "I still think we've got another gear offensively. Bake got the big hit when we needed it today, but it wouldn't have happened if the kids in front of him weren't getting on base."
Stone threw 65 pitches and Alcorn totaled 35. Stone isn't eligible to throw again until Saturday's finals if Hamilton gets there, while Alcorn can't have mound duty again until Thursday.
West Side 010-304—8-9-3
Tallmadge 002-000—2-6-1
WP — Ethan Stone; LP — Michael Ciavolella; S — Jonathan Alcorn


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Azarias is a young orphan shepherd, keeper of a herd of oxen, where the ox Mabata Bata stands out. One day, the ox steps into a mine – the result of the civil war in the country – and explodes.
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On a painting of The Annunciation
Deborah Beach Giordano
© November 28, 2011
There is the blessed Virgin
the first
of a countless multitude
coating wall after wall:
a holy mildew
of blue-clad girls
with flawless skin
clear eyes
and fulsome bodies;
resembling, most often
(so we are told),
the artists' concubines.
The ultimate example
of the whore-virgin dichotomy
revealed before our eyes.
What if Mary
wasn't perfectly pretty –
but undeniably unattractive?
Could we bear it
if the God-bearer
wasn't photogenic:
if her teeth were stained
or chipped
or a couple were missing,
if her smile
was lopsided,
her nose askew,
what if her brows were thick,
her hair was thin,
and she needed a manicure?
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Welcome to Source of Steel - The Heavy Metal Museum. For the metal head who likes to own or collect physical CDs, Source of Steel is my website dedicated to the love of physical metal on shiny plastic discs. Micro-reviews, thoughts, pics of my own collection and random utterances galore. The site started out purely as a way of sharing my rarities to like-minded fans, but now (for longevity's sake more than anything) it is open to new physical metal music bits I've picked up, including new releases and other random shit.
Black Sabbath - Forbidden / Cross Purposes / Tyr
In my opinion, the best of Tony Martin era Sabbath. Someone really needs to re-issue these. Original I.R.S pressings.
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Anyone who wants to access tertiary education should be given the opportunity to do so. Our selected curriculum allows seamless progression from one programme to the next, thus providing options for many working students; and second chances to those for whom accessing tertiary education may have previously been unattainable. We are continuously looking for ways to make education affordable, accessible and convenient; and for opportunities to expand our curriculum to meet the changing social and industry needs.
Having identified many of the gaps that exist between employer expectations and employee readiness, we understand what is needed to better prepare our students to meet the demands of the corporate world. We pay close attention to what employers, employees and researchers are saying, and realise that, apart from offering good qualifications, we must encourage certain personal traits in our students that allow them to contribute toward a capable, effective workforce.
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text: A pilot aimed at helping lower-income groups eat better will encourage them to buy healthy foods, and feature cooking demonstrations and prominent displays of nutritious options. Launched by the Health Promotion Board (HPB), the pilot is expected to help about 200 families in the Kembangan-Chai Chee neighbourhood. The board will also study how the programme can be expanded. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health and for Home Affairs Amrin Amin said at a community event yesterday that the pilot makes "incremental changes" to diets in a move to improve health. Mr Amrin said at a one-day supermarket event held in Viva Business Park in Chai Chee: "Habits are not easy to change. It takes time to wean out sugar (for example)." The pilot, which runs from January to June, includes new guidelines for donors on picking healthier food products for beneficiaries. An HPB spokesman said the board will work with donors to review the food products in donation packs for beneficiaries, and recommend how to improve their nutritional quality. The packs should contain products with HPB's Healthier Choice symbol and fewer snacks, sauces and condiments, among other things, he said. The pilot also complements existing neighbourhood projects such as the 100=50 initiative that gives poorer families a 50 per cent discount when they shop for groceries at an invite-only, pop-up supermarket once a month. At the temporary supermarket, six HPB-trained volunteers teach the beneficiaries how to read food labels and make healthier purchases. The board also organises other activities such as cooking demonstrations to promote healthier cooking methods and recipes. Technician Loo Leong Hock, 58, said in Mandarin that the 100=50 initiative that started in his neighbourhood in January last year has helped him financially. He knows of the healthier eating options promoted at the supermarket, but his primary concern is the rising cost of groceries. Mr Loo, who lives with his wife, their two children and his mother-in-law, said: "Prices are still the most important factor." Bus driver Faruk Abdullah, 54, who lives with his wife and their four children, said "the lower costs have helped me make healthier choices for my family". He spends about $200 a month on groceries, half of what he used to spend. Lower-income groups here have poorer health than the general public, according to two recent Singapore General Hospital studies on those who live in rental flats. Living in rental flats increases one's risk of being a frequently admitted hospital patient, which refers to three or more inpatient admissions in a year, and is also linked to a higher mortality rate, the studies found. Mr Amrin said the pilot programme gives residents a chance to try out healthier ingredients and to show them the food "can still be tasty, perhaps different, but still tasty". There are plans to scale the programme to help more people improve their diet, he added. Check out ST's Health Check podcast series: https://omny.fm/shows/st-bt/playlists/health-check Source: The Straits Times © Singapore Press Holdings Limited. Reproduced with permission. The views, material and information presented by any third party are strictly the views of such third party. Without prejudice to any third party content or materials whatsoever are provided for information purposes and convenience only. Council For The Third Age shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising directly or indirectly howsoever in connection with or as a result of any person accessing or acting on any information contained in such content or materials. The presentation of such information by third parties on this Council For The Third Age website does not imply and shall not be construed as any representation, warranty, endorsement or verification by Council For The Third Age in respect of such content or materials.


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Lobsters are pretty strange animals. For starters they have no vocal chords, possess two stomachs, and have been known to eat each other.
But you don't think about all that when a big red one lands on your dinner plate. There's nothing like extracting large pieces of lobster meat from the shell, swirling them in warm drawn butter, adding a squeeze of lemon, and savoring each sweet, delicious bite.
While lobster is usually considered a gourmet entrée, right up there with filet mignon, that wasn't always the case. Lobsters were once so plentiful in New England that they could easily be caught right at the shore and were eaten mainly by poor people and prisoners.
Let's look at this and nine other strange facts about lobsters. (For the purposes of this article, we're mostly focusing on the American or Maine lobster). Read on to find out how familiarity bred contempt.
Lobster Was Once Poor Man's Food
Lobsters were considered a delicacy during the Middle Ages in Europe, and even served as medicine. The rostrum, or frontal part of the body, was pulverized and used to help people pass kidney stones. The gastrolith, or gizzard stone which the lobster uses to help grind up food, was handy for treating stomach aches [source: Lobster Conservancy].
Fast-forward a few hundred years and attitudes changed drastically. Lobster was so abundant in 18th and early-19thcentury New England that it was fed to pigs and the shells used as fertilizer. Indentured servants in Massachusetts were so sick of eating it that they won a court case to keep their masters from feeding them lobster more than three times a week [source: Dembosky].
The first shift to luxury food item took place in the late 1800s, as wealthy city-dwellers flocked to the beach and enjoyed the novel taste (for them) of lobster. Advances in refrigeration allowed live ones to be transported all over the country. As demand increased, supply decreased, which drove up the price. Supply and demand has ebbed and flowed over the years, but these days lobster is considered fancy food.
They Aren't (Usually) Red Before Cooking
In the wild, most lobsters are a mottled greenish brown. They turn red when cooked because heating breaks the bond between pigmentation and protein in the shell. The red color comes from the expression of astaxanthin, a type of carotenoid pigment found in orange-colored plants, eaten by the animals the lobster eats [source: Cowan].
A small number of lobsters can be red prior to being cooked -- as well as orange, yellow, green, blue and various combinations of these colors. In some cases, these hues are a genetic mutation. Other times, it has to do with the food the lobster eats; if it only has one type of food available, it may turn a solid color as a result [source: Cowan].
So far, we've been referring to the American lobster. This big-clawed crustacean is found off the east coast of Canada and the United States. Its cousin, the European lobster, has smaller claws and its natural coloring is dark blue with spots and a yellow underbelly. It'd found in the waters around Western Europe and North Africa. Non-clawed lobsters, called rock lobsters or spiny lobsters, are found in warmer waters around the world and come in a variety of colors [sources: Gulf of Maine Research Institute, St. Lawrence Global Observatory].
Lobsters Pee Out of Their Faces
You might look a little differently at the next lobster you see when you learn how they excrete their waste. Good thing we don't eat their faces, right? A lobster pees from openings (nephrophores) located at the base of its second antennae. These excretory organs are called green glands and include a sac linked to a bladder by a coiled tube [source: Lobster Conservancy].
Lobsters also excrete from other places on their bodies, including their gills and digestive glands. Excreting from the nephrophores isn't just about getting rid of toxic waste products, though -- it's part of the lobster mating ritual.
Male lobsters love to fight. Female lobsters seek out the most aggressive, dominant male in the area and show their interest by peeing repeatedly into his shelter. Their urine contains pheromones, which calm him down and get him in the mood, so to speak. Lobsters also urinate in each others' faces during fights to express themselves [source: Markey].
Lobsters Have Two Stomachs
Just in case peeing from their faces isn't unusual enough for you, lobsters have some other unique anatomical characteristics. A lobster's eyes at the base of its antennae detect light and shadows, but not colors or images -- most of its seeing is done with its three pairs of antennae. The large pair is used for feeling around and the smaller two pairs help it navigate via smell [source: Lobster Conservancy]. An appendage between its eyes called a rostrum often gets mistaken for a nose, but it's just there to protect the eyes during fights.
And that's not all. Lobsters have two stomachs. One is located in what we'd consider the lobster's head -- right behind its eyes. This stomach contains teeth-like features (called a gastric mill) that are used to crush the lobster's food. Once the food is fine enough, it passes to the other stomach. Most of a lobster's abdomen is taken up by a digestive gland that serves as the filtration system -- sort of like your liver. Called the tomalley, it turns green when cooked, and some consider it a delicacy [source: Lobster Conservancy].
Losing a Claw is No Big Deal
Clawed lobsters typically have two differently-sized pincers. The larger of the two is the crusher, and it's used for -- you guessed it -- crushing through the shells and carapaces of its prey. The smaller of the two claws, the cutter or seizer, grabs onto meat and shreds it into smaller pieces so that the smallest antennae can carry it into the lobster's mouth.
Lobsters tend to have a dominant claw -- meaning that they are either right-clawed or left-clawed -- and their crusher claw can be on either side. Juvenile lobsters start out with two cutters, and one develops into a crusher over time as the lobster locates objects to pick up. Scientists have been able to induce lobsters to avoid developing a crusher claw, but not to generate two crushers -- those have only been seen in the wild [source: Cowan].
No matter which claw is dominant, the lobster isn't all that attached to it -- literally. If a lobster loses a claw or leg, it will grow another when molting. Molting happens several times a year until the lobster is a full-sized adult. During molting the carapace splits and every hard piece is shed. Any missing limbs regrow during this time, and are identical to the original. A lobster can also drop a limb or claw if necessary to save its life, such as to get away from a predator. This adaptive phenomenon is called autotomy or reflex amputation [sources: McCarthy, NOAA Fisheries Service].
They Don't Make Noise
Some people avoid cooking lobster at home because of the way that they're normally dispatched -- headfirst, live, into a pot of boiling water. Some home cooks have been horrified by sounds coming from the inside of the pot -- noises, which they believe, are the lobster screaming in pain as it dies. The thing is, lobster don't have vocal cords or any way of making noise. The sounds heard are probably air escaping from the lobster's shell. There may be a crackling noise from live lobsters as they rub their legs, together, but that's about it.
So if they're not screaming, do they feel pain at all? That's a matter of some debate. Some researchers claim that they don't because they lack a complex nervous system or brain like vertebrates do. A 2005 study by the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety concluded that any violent reaction by the lobster to being cooked is a reflexive response to an unpleasant stimuli, called nociception -- not the same thing as pain and suffering. But a 2013 study conducted at Queen's University Belfast in the U.K. had the opposite conclusion [source: Cressey]. The jury's still out, so if you love to eat lobster but want to know it's being prepared in the most humane way possible, seek out restaurants that use a CrustaStun, a machine that quickly kills lobster and other crustaceans via electrocution.
Relationships Last About Two Weeks
In a 1996 episode of the sitcom "Friends," the character Phoebe compared Ross and Rachel's turbulent romance to those of lobsters, stating, "It's a known fact that lobsters fall in love and mate for life." There are earlier examples of this theory as well, but it's simply not true. As we mentioned before, a female lobster visits the most dominant male in the neighborhood and entices him into mating by peeing in his shelter. After several visits, the male gets the message and lobster love ensues. First the female has to disrobe, err, molt. After the deed is done, she hangs around until her shell has re-grown, then takes off. The whole rendezvous takes between 10 days and two weeks [source: Markey].
But then another female comes by and does the same thing. And another... and another ... until all the female lobsters around have mated with the dominant male lobster. So instead of mating for life, lobsters are serial monogamists, having one exclusive, but very short-term, relationship after another [source: Markey]. If you're a fan of "Friends" you know that Ross and Rachel did eventually end up together -- after 10 seasons and numerous other relationships.
Females Carry Live Sperm Up to Two Years
When lobsters mate, the male deposits his sperm into the female before she leaves, but that doesn't mean that her eggs are fertilized right away. In some cases he hasn't provided enough sperm to fertilize all of her eggs -- there could be tens of thousands of them -- so she may seek out one or more additional males to get the job done [source: Gosselin]. But even then her eggs might not be fertilized, because the female decides when conditions are just right. She may store live sperm in her body for two years before using them to fertilize her eggs [source: NOAA Fisheries Service].
Once the lobster fertilizes the eggs, they may stay inside her for another year before she lays them. And then they can stay attached to her swimmerets -- the small legs under her tail -- for another 9 to 11 months [source: Cowan].
After they hatch, the larvae float for about a month before settling on the bottom of the ocean to grow. Only 1 percent of larvae make it to the bottom and in general, just two of every 50,000 eggs live long enough to become adult lobsters of catchable size [source: NOAA Fisheries Service]. The lengthy life cycle and small payoff help explain why female lobsters are discriminating about when they decide to fertilize and lay their eggs.
Lobsters Can Be Cannibals
One reason why more baby lobsters don't make it to adulthood? They tend to turn on each other. After hatching, lobsters go through numerous stages of development. Once they start to actually look like little lobsters, they're not just floating along and eating zooplankton, fish eggs and other types of larvae anymore. They're competing for food and going after prey like crab, gastropods, starfish and marine worms [source: St. Lawrence Global Observatory]. In close quarters, these juveniles will eat each other without any qualms. This behavior is part of why lobsters aren't often raised in captivity -- they have to be separated into individual containers [source: Anderson].
This cannibalistic behavior isn't limited to baby lobsters, though. It's common for adults to eat juveniles or lobsters that have just molted when they're in traps or tanks. Until recently, though, researchers hadn't witnessed this type of behavior in the wild. Then in 2012, scientists in Maine filmed lobsters practicing infanticide. They tethered a juvenile lobster, figuring that its natural predators, such as cod and skate, would take advantage. At night, though, adult lobsters fought over it. The cannibalism was blamed on a recent glut of lobsters. Warmer waters and overfishing practices had reduced the populations of their natural predators [source: Doucleff].
They Don't Show Signs of Aging
If you believe everything you read, you may recall seeing a lobster meme in the summer of 2013 -- a photo of a lobster with the phrase "biologically immortal, delicious with butter." I can attest to the latter part, but the former isn't true. Lobsters don't age in the same way as most other animals – they don't get weaker or lose their ability to reproduce, and will keep on molting and growing. However, that doesn't mean that they live forever. At some point, even if they aren't caught, they die due to natural causes. Often this is because they run out of energy to molt at all and not molting leads to fatal diseases [source: Koren].
So, we know that lobsters eventually die, but we aren't quite sure when. Lobsters reach their adult size when they weigh between 1.5 and 2 pounds (680 and 907 grams), but the heaviest one ever caught clocked in at 44 pounds (20 kilograms) [source: BBC]. Some estimate that lobsters in the wild can live up to 50 years.
Scientists estimate a lobster's age by measuring levels of materials known to accumulate in its body over time, such as deposits of fat in its eyestalks or a pigment called eurolipofuscin in its brain [source: Koren]. The latest research indicates that the best way to estimate lobster age may be by counting age bands well hidden inside the gastric mill in one of its stomachs [source: Poppick].
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Author's Note: 10 Unusual Lobster Facts
The entire time I was writing this article, I kept craving lobster. I've never ordered a whole one because I'm pretty sure I'd end up covering myself and other diners with pieces of it. And although I love to cook, I've never attempted a whole fresh lobster. I'm of the mind that lobsters probably don't suffer much if at all, but I still feel squeamish about cooking my own live food.
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What remained a continuous trend in 2017 on social media concerning Kashmir issue was the circulation of content—pictures, videos and audio messages of militants to garner public sympathy and support for 'Kashmir movement'.
Militants and their supporters—known by Over Ground Workers (OGWs) virtually used the cyberspace for propagating militant messages, the strategy which was the brainchild of Burhan Wani, the Hizbul Mujahideen commander who was killed on July 08 in 2016.
Although the level of circulation of such material by militants remained minimal in the later part of 2017, however, such content continues to appear on cyber space and invites large viewership in Valley.
The content mostly is circulated by militants of Hizb Mujahideen outfit while LeT militants also used the space occasionally. However, Jaish—an architect of fidayeen philosophy which managed to regroup the outfit's presence in 2017 after forces killed many of its top leaders in Kashmir, rarely use social media like other outfits.
In 2017, police also woke up to launch a battle against what it calls "negative propaganda" which is being circulated on social media.
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"For some time, elements inimical to peace are using social media to foment the trouble in the Valley and lure the innocent youth to join militant ranks. In order to counter the negative propaganda, media cells have been opened in all district headquarters," reads New Year message-2008, the book which was launched on 31 December 2017 by director general of police (DGP), Shesh Paul Vaid.
The book titled "Saga of Courage and Sacrifice" highlights various achievements—from fighting militancy to youth development endeavors by police in Jammu and Kashmir.
Such police media cells are functioning under the supervision of gazetted officers who have the task to highlight the achievements particularly police's people friendly measures, police officials say, adding: "Facebook pages and Twitter accounts have been opened at all districts and also on RPHQ, ZPHQ and police headquarter level."
"The propagation of correct information and highlighting the good work has gone a long way to showcase police work for the people of the state and country," the book reads.
However, despite these police media cells videos of militants continue to circulate on the digital space.
The latest video which has gone viral on Facebook and WhatsApp groups in Kashmir is of a 16-year-old militant Fardeen Ahmad Khanday of Nazneenpora Tral—the hometown of Burhan Wani. Khanday joined militancy some three months back and was killed in Lethpora encounter in Awantipora, South Kashmir after he and his two other associates mounted a fidayeen (suicide) attack on the CRPF camp in the area.
They carried out the attack after breaching the under construction security wall from the rear side.
Khanday's video, purportedly recorded before he was killed, has sent shock waves in Kashmir.
"When you will hear this message, I will be a guest in Allah's paradise," Fardeen said in a 7.41 minute video. He had made the statement with rifles and arms around him inside a room — the location of which remains unknown.
The teenage militant talks of alleged injustices and praises Jaish militants, who carried out an audacious attack on forces in Kashmir.
"They are shedding tears on our unemployment and saying that it is because of unemployment that boys are joining the ranks of militants. This doesn't serve more than a mere propaganda," he said in the video.
Social media is also used by Kashmiri militants to announce their joining of militancy as it has been observed in many cases when their pictures—holding guns and army uniform—appeared on social media after the youth went missing from their homes.
On the other side, police not only uses the same medium to address civic issues like drug menace and traffic management also tries "to wean away youth from militancy".
Recently, several families made video appeals to their sons to shun path of violence and some video appeals were shared widely on social media by people and police.
Nearly, as per reporters 10 youth have shunned militancy and the announcement comes first on social media. Among ten youth, three just came back on Monday and police usually makes such announcements on Twitter.
"Another 3 young boys in the Valley came back home in response to the call of their families. God bless them," DGP Vaid wrote on Twitter.
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At the same time, the Food and Drug Administration, which has tried for years to rein in antibiotic use, announced that it had made final a rule governing the role of veterinarians in the prescribing of medically important antibiotics for food animals. The rule requires farmers to obtain a prescription from a veterinarian to give antibiotics to their animals and instructs veterinarians to follow state guidelines. Until recently, farmers were free to buy antibiotics with little or no oversight.
Consumer advocates have been critical of the F.D.A.'s attempts to control antibiotic use in agriculture. A different rule from 2013 that forbade farmers to use antibiotics to make animals grow faster allowed them to use the drugs to prevent disease, which consumer advocates said left a loophole that let producers use just as much as before.
It has been difficult to measure whether that rule has had any effect, as the data-reporting requirements are spotty, something the administration has also been trying to change.
Walmart, one of the companies in attendance on Tuesday, reiterated a pledge it made last month to ask its meat suppliers to follow guidelines set by the American Veterinary Medical Association, including veterinary oversight and limits on antibiotic treatment to animals that are sick. A Walmart executive said on Tuesday that the company was asking suppliers to publicly report annual antibiotic use.
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