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With the votes almost all counted and the winners of the various races decided, we can start to analyze the 2012 elections. There were some clear trends at all levels of the election. So what we can take away? Here are a few of the trends.
Tea Party candidates were rejected
Aside from the presidential election, the Senate and House races in 2012 were also an important metric for the United States, as they marked the first true test of the Tea Party rhetoric after the Republican Party took control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterms. During the primaries, the Tea Party seemed like it was performing well at the Senate level. In Texas, Tea Party activist Ted Cruz narrowly defeated lieutenant governor David Dewhurst in the Senate Republican primary. In Indiana, six-term senator Dick Lugar had earned ire from Tea Party activists due to siding with the Democrats on several bills including the DREAM Act and some gun control bills. Lugar, running for his seventh senate term, was defeated in the Republican primary by the Tea Party backed candidate, Richard Mourdock.
However, in the general campaign, the more vocal Tea Party-backed Republican candidates did not fare well. Ted Cruz won the Texas senate race, but Mourdock did not. Mourdock and Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin, ruined their chances at election late in the campaign after both candidates made controversial comments regarding abortion policy in cases of rape. The Missouri senate race, in what was expected to be a defeat for incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill for much of the year, ended with Akin soundly losing and receiving under 40 percent of the vote. Richard Mourdock did better in the Indiana race, but still lost the seat to Democrat Joe Donnelly that Senator Lugar had held since 1977. In the House, two of the most outspoken Representatives associated with the Tea Party also faced difficult election campaigns in normally solid Republican districts. Representative Allen West of Florida's 18th district was narrowly defeated by Democrat Patrick Murphy. Michele Bachmann, who ran in the Republican primary but ultimately dropped out, barely won the race for her Minnesota seat by only 4,000 votes. Even Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate and strict fiscal conservative, faced a tough campaign to keep his seat in the Milwaukee suburbs. In all but his first race in 1998, Ryan had never received less than 63 percent of the vote in Wisconsin's 1st district while his challenger never received more than 37 percent. However in the 2012 campaign against Rob Zerban, Representative Ryan won only 55 percent while Zerban won 43.5 percent.
A good result for Gary Johnson
For much of the election campaign, the media ignored all of the third party candidates. In late October, many outlets in the media began reporting on the possibility of Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party as being a spoiler in the election for either President Obama or Governor Romney. The spoiler effect did not materialize on Tuesday, however, and Gary Johnson received only 0.9 percent of the national popular vote. While this was not enough to have any significant impact in any state (not even Florida), it was a very good result for a third party in a standard election year. Additionally, Gary Johnson became the first Libertarian presidential candidate to receive over one million votes. The Libertarians performed particularly well in a few states. Johnson received 3.5% of the vote in his home state of New Mexico, and over 2% of the vote in Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and Maine.
Colorado, Nevada, and Virginia were cemented as swing states
One of the big questions going into 2012 was how much of President Obama's overwhelming victory in 2008 was going to be permanent and how much of it was a one-time result due to dissatisfaction with the Bush administration and the Republican Party. It was certain, for example, that Obama's carrying of Indiana in 2008 was an anomaly and that the President was not going to carry the state again this time around. However, with other 2008 swing states such as Colorado and Virginia, their results in 2012 were more difficult to predict. Now after the election, it is evident that these states have shifted from being fairly solid Republican to even battlegrounds, or possibly leaning Democratic.
But why is this? For a long time, all of the Mountain West was considered solid Republican territory, and prior to 2008 Virginia has voted Republican since Lyndon Johnson's landslide victory in 1964. However, recent trends of urbanization and growing minority populations have made these states more liberal. Nevada, the country's fastest growing state over the last decade, had a population increase of over 33% in the past decade. Growth among Nevada's Hispanic population accounted for almost half of the state's total growth, and Hispanics now number almost a quarter of the state's population. In Colorado, the Denver metropolitan area has seen an influx of people and now makes up almost 60% of the state's 5 million people. This growth has made the suburban Jefferson and Adams counties more densely populated and more educated, trending the two countries often seen as bellwethers for the state toward the Democratic Party. In Virginia, almost half of the state's population growth over the past decade has occurred in Fairfax, Louodun, and Prince William counties, along with the neighboring independent cities. This growth is due to the outward expansion of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. These facotrs in Nevada, Colorado, and Virginia have led to permanent demographic changes in these states that have shifted them away from the present ideology of the Republicans and more competitive.
The First Steps Toward Marijuana Legalisation
One of the major issues in the state ballot initiatives during the elections was the legalisation of marijuana. Three states; Colorado, Washington, and Oregon, had initiatives on the ballot to legalise recreational marijuana. Two more states, Massachusetts and Arkansas, had ballot measures to legalise medical marijuana. Of these five measures, three of them passed. Support for marijuana legalisation has been growing over the past few years, with the effects of the drug war in Mexico becoming more apparent to the American public and with American attitudes toward cannabis changing. Colorado and Washington were two of the states that passed their measures, making them the first two places in the United States, if not in the world, to fully legalise cannabis. Colorado's measure is significant because it adapts many of the current restrictions on alcohol to its marijuana regulation, so the legal framework for the measure in the event of its passage was already in place. Oregon rejected its legalisation initiative. Meanwhile, Massachusetts joined the now 18 states that have legalised medical marijuana. Arkansas's measure almost made that state the 19th, but failed 51 percent to 49 percent.
The Fifty-First State?
Another significant measure in this year's elections occurred not in a state, but in Puerto Rico. On the 6th, Puerto Rican's voted on a two-part referendum on the island's status within the United States. The first section of the referendum was on whether the current status of Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory should be kept. 54 percent of Puerto Ricans voted against maintaining the island's current status. The second part of the referendum had Puerto Ricans vote on whether they would prefer statehood, independence, or becoming a sovereign free associated state, regardless of how they voted in the previous question. On the second question, 61 percent of the votes cast supported Puerto Rico becoming a state. This marked the first time since the United States took the island in 1898 that Puerto Ricans have solidly expressed interest in being admitted as a state. However, the referendum was non-binding and Puerto Ricans also elected Alejandro Garcia Padilla of the Popular Democratic Party, which opposes statehood, as the island's new governor. Statehood would also require passage through Congress, which seems unlikely in the current heated political climate. While the island may not become a state in the immediate future, if progress continues, the United States could have its 51st state in this decade. It would be the first time the country has added a state in over half a century.


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The winners in the main categories at this year's Angoulême festival raise interesting questions about French cartooning and satire. Continue reading
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Carrying on momentarily with the Superhero analogy from my earlier post (The Pen Name – A Shield to accompany the Literary Sword?) … how many superheroes really ever worked alone? Even the famous 'singletons' were all part of the Justice League!
Being a writer is a lonely profession. Unless you are one of the lucky few to work in television or film, the chances are that most of your 'working' hours are spent alone. And yet, in my opinion, to write good fiction, you can't be a loner! You need to understand people! You need to understand their relationships, and their dialogue … and those aren't things you can properly grasp if your only relationships are with your computer screen and your characters!
And so your friends and family are extremely valuable. Not only are they your general support network, but they will undoubtedly be a source of inspiration, no matter how loosely you base your plots and characters on your own real life.
But friends and family also provide a very vital role in the writing process. Because most of the time, they will be the first people to read your work.
In my post 'So am I an Author yet?!' I explained how my personal defining moment as an 'author' was realising that I had a dedicated reader in my agent, Lucy Dundas of Peters, Fraser & Dunlop. However, the more I think about it, the more I sold short some of my friends with that post. Even before that post was Freshly Pressed, I had a readership of more than one. In fact, over the past two years, without realising, I had cultivated a veritable A-Team of readers. A mixed bag of close friends, whose contributions, talents and personalities have spanned the whole range of attributes required in the ideal sidekick. In the ideal reader!
The Action Man
My very dear friend Eric is a Hollywood producer. His area of expertise is action. He sees my books in 3D, translating them into movies in his imagination, and then identifying the gaps that lie within the texts. If you ever read one of my stories, and come across a kick-ass fight, or a heart-stopping high action moment, then the chances are that Eric suggested it. Whereas I see my books as a series of chapters, Eric approaches each book as a whole, and it is this difference of vision which benefits my writing so greatly.
The Mirror Image
My best friend Mel is like a blonde version of me. Of course we have our differences, but where stories are concerned, we were made by the same mould. We read the same books, watch the same TV shows, and cry at the same points in movies. In terms of literary criticism, these similarities are not without their drawbacks. Mel loves everything that I love, and it is rare that her criticism is anything other than positive. However, for that very reason, she is the perfect addition to my team of reading sidekicks. Mel picks me up when I'm down. No matter how dubious or unfinished my writing, Mel is there at the sidelines rallying me on. My own personal cheerleader. And in the absence of a mother, she's exactly what I need. Someone who believes in me, and in my writing, and who will encourage me on those days when writer's block, or the self-doubt that comes with still being unpublished, get me down.
Mr. Sarcastic
My other best friend, Ibs, is my polar opposite. He reads different books, ridicules everything I watch on TV, and wouldn't be caught dead seeing any of the movies that I'd pay good money to see! He is the antithesis of my target audience. I write predominantly for teenage girls, and Ibs is about the blokiest bloke you can get. He loves football and beer and rolls his eyes if anyone so much as mentions the word vampire! But these are all qualities which I need in a reader. Not ALL my readers, obviously. But definitely in at least one! Because Ibs adds something else to my books. When I forward a chapter to Ibs, I prepare myself for a stream of sardonic responses. He will call me out on anything and everything … and because of it, my novels are far more streamlined, and far less … gushy! Ibs sees the world from a very different angle – a very masculine one. And particularly where scenes with male characters are involved, this is a great asset. On several occasions he has (very sarcastically) pulled me up on not getting the tone of a boy-on-boy conversation quite right. 'Guys don't talk like that!' he will tell me. And as long as I ask the obvious, 'Ok, how do they talk?' and listen to his response, then my writing will benefit from his input.
The One in the Know
And finally, that brings me to Lucy. The perfect 'new' addition to the team. When my representation dramas finally settled, and I found myself with a bona fide, invested agent, I gained an extra member of my team of reading sidekicks. I gained someone with insider information. Someone who knew this minefield of an industry which I am trying to establish myself in, and who was able to offer me criticism, and suggest changes, which reflected the needs and trends of that industry. Now, obviously as a writer, getting an agent is a huge hurdle, and one which I will talk about in later posts. It is a great asset to have 'The One in the Know' on your team, but even if you don't yet, that doesn't mean you, or one of your dedicated followers can't step in and play at least part of that role. Publishing isn't a secret society. It's an industry literally built on communication. And so (most) of the answers are out there. It's simply a question of finding them! If you haven't yet secured an agent, that's no excuse not to know the market you are targeting. READ! Read books in your genre, read blogs, read Twitter, read websites. The internet is bursting with people trying to give you information. You simply need to search them out, and adjust your writing accordingly.
And that brings me to my final point. You will only be 'The Writer and Her (or His) Sidekicks' if you LISTEN! It's all well and good forming your perfect support team, but if you don't want to listen to the things they have to say, then you may as well be going at this all on your own. It can be hard to modify something which is so inherently close to your heart, but trust me, you will reap the benefits if you swallow your pride, and yield to at least some of their suggestions!


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Sacred Yoga
Sacred Yoga is a home studio, offering a combination of Vinyasa Flow, Pranayama, Bikram Postures & Meditation to all levels of Yogis. A maximum Capacity of 10. There are no structured fees, therefore offering a flexi arrangement, no booking required, but rather a donation based on one's means.
Facilitated by Michelle Reid, who has many years of Yoga experience but is not a certified Yoga Instructor. She instructs whilst practicing.
Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday
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"Bandai" brings to you this adorable Solan Hair Decoration Set! From the "Remin and Solan" series comes Solan in a Queen Anna costume, from the Disney movie "Frozen"! Using the included hair tool and snow crystal accessories, you can easily decorate her beautiful hair in any style you want! Order today!
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Realm of the Mad God (RotMG) is a massively co-op action RPG that drops players into the thick of the fight in a world overwhelmed by monsters. The game features online co-op gameplay in a huge "live world", thousands of enemies, real-time action combat, leveling, loot, equipment and magic. There are no downloads, installs or patches required. Load the game page, register, pick a class, and go!
This wiki serves as a player-generated resource containing content documentation, instructions, gameplay tips, FAQs and other resources. While this wiki is accessible to any visitor, only players who are at least rank 14 and registered on RealmEye can add and edit pages.
You may not vandalize the Wiki. All changes can be seen, as well as who made them. Trolling or vandalism can result in a ban.
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Sarasota County, FLHome Menu
Prior to January 8, 2020, the wastewater fee per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) was $2,627.16. Effective March 24, 2020, it will return to $2,627.16 per EDU through September 30, 2020. On October 1, 2020, the fee per EDU will be reinstated to $3,190. Property owners can save $562.84 per EDU if the wastewater capacity fee is paid before October 1, 2020.
Sarasota County is in a multiyear utilities project. We began a phased construction in 2001 with the installation of central sewers. The septic system replacement program began to improve wastewater treatment for homes and businesses. About 14,000 septic tanks will be eliminated over the life of the project.
- The map below shows the project areas.
- All properties within the boundaries will be assessed through a Non-ad Valorem assessment on the annual property tax when the work is completed.
Neighborhood Roads Get Resurfaced
When the central sewer construction is complete, the roads in each area will be resurfaced. This new surface will eliminate potholes, uneven surfaces and the "patchwork" look of existing roads. If you have any questions, contact us at 941-861-5000.
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In the year UC 0123, Years after the completion of the Federations Frontier Side Initiative intended to be an answer to the growing population, A new threat emerges in the form of a faction calling themselves "Cosmo Babylonia". Intent on forming their own empire, they deploy the forces of The Crossbone Vanguard to conquer and invade the Frontier Side. The unprepared Federation Forces are no match for them and quickly retreat. On the Colony Frontier IV, Seabook Arno and his friends are caught in one of these attacks, witnessing the loss of life and destruction around them. After their friend Cecily Fairchild is captured by members of the Crossbone Vanguard that claim she is the lost heir to the Ronah Family, Seabook and his friends escape on the Federation Ship Space Ark.
Little does Seabook know at the time, Space Ark is transporting an experimental Federation Mobile Suit designed by his own mother, the F91 Gundam. Forced to pilot this highly advanced Mobile Suit, will Seabook be able to stop the Crossbone Vanguard and thwart the efforts of Cosmo Babylonia? Will he be able to defeat the ace pilot and military director of the Crossbone Vanguard, Carazzo "Iron Mask" Ronah? And will he be able to fight Cecily, now calling her Berah Ronah? All this is answered in the fast-paced movie, Mobile Suit Gundam F91!!
So there is not a lot to say about this movie, but I will say as much as I can. First, in terms of significance, Mobile Suit Gundam F91 is the first addition to the UC that took place in years far separated from the One Year War. It takes place 30 Years after the events of Char's Counter Attack, which at this time had been the latest date written into the UC timeline up until the release of F91. In this series the Mobile suits are described as smaller than the previous suits of the Universal Century, this in-universe explanation was a marketing pretext for Bandai to make smaller model kits to reduce costs. However the cost of making smaller joint pieces and tools to paint the models, Bandai abandoned this strategy and returned the mobile suits as well as the model kits to normal size by the release of Turn A Gundam.
Gundam F91 also introduced a new antagonist in the form of the aggressive and totalitarian Cosmo Babylonia Empire. The Gundam Wiki describes Cosmo Babylonia as being "dedicated to the principles of aristocracy and noblesse oblige", and it is noticeable they decide to honour the Babylonian Empire in their name and the imagery of their flag. Their fighting force, The Crossbone Vanguard, would go on to take the focal role in a Manga known as "Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam" which spans the years between the events of Gundam F91 and Mobile Suit Victory Gundam. It was hinted at the end of the Gundam F91 Movie that they would return with some material serving as a prequel or sequel, but such a project never came to fruition. The idea of a Crossbone Gundam Anime, however, has been popular with fans for a couple of decades now however so it is not impossible that the promise of the film will be filled in that manner one day.
As it was, I found Gundam F91 left a lot to be desired, and that "a lot" was more. It was a pretty good addition to the UC timeline (they usually all are, to be honest), but it was so brief and deserved more elaboration. A movie was just not enough to satisfy what F91 introduced us to in expanding the UC Timeline. Luckily, the film is easily obtained on Blueray from Amazon. You can get it here, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.


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Now, at last, there is a comprehensive and readable guide designed to help librarians, scholars, and the general public quickly find the legal information they need. While most legal research books focus on the needs of beginning law students or litigants, Legal Information takes a broader view of the law, including its value in other disciplines. It explains why legal information exists in certain formats, and describes how to get the most out of the major legal reference tools. It also suggests the best sources for different kinds of information and explains how these resources compare to other available materials.
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The heat wave of the past several weeks may come to an end this weekend.
Northeast winds 20-25 knots with a heavy groundswell are predicted. These conditions will bring down our water temperatures and make fishing conditions tough for this weekend.
Today's tides are 5:15 a.m. for low tide, and high tide is occurring around 11:47 a.m. Be on the water early to catch the first half of the incoming tide.
Due to the high winds expected, you may want to spend your fishing time in the backwaters. A live mud minnow, finger mullet or a live shrimp fished from a quarter-ounce jighead bounced along the bottom can be deadly this time of year.
A topwater plug is always deadly along the oyster bars and around structures. Look for schools of finger mullet and glass minnows for some hot topwater action. Several doormat flounder were caught last week at these locations.
Mark Lyons reported some excellent flounder fishing from the banks of Fort Clinch for the last two consecutive weekends.
You may also want to try for sheepshead on the lower level of the tide at your favorite backwater location.
I don't expect to be able to make the run offshore this weekend due to the predicted high seas and high winds.
The bait pods along Cumberland and Amelia Island will be scattered, and the high seas will prevent most of us from making the turn at the tip of the north or south jetties.
This past week anglers caught tarpon, bull reds, as well as many sharks on cut pogy at the north and south jetties.
Flounder, slot reds and sheepshead were caught when fishing along the rocks of either jetty on the last of the outgoing tide and the first of the incoming.
If you plan to surf fish this weekend, you'd better stock up on some sputniks. The surf will be rough, although you may be able to fish the Amelia Island State Park area which will provide a little protection from the northeast winds.
The current will be strong, but fishing from the bank is better, always better, than sitting at home.
Until next week, Capt. Jim.
Capt. Jim Johnson is owner of Amelia Island Bait and Tackle and Rappi Charters.
Send high-resolution photos of recent catches to email@example.com. Be sure to include your full name and information about the catch.


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GSL version issue on MacOS
I have an issue where
./configure fails on my MacOS laptop with a GSL version error, while the GSL verison is high enough ...:
$ ./configure --prefix=/Users/vivien/conda/ligo-py36/
checking for gcc... x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0-clang
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for GSL... yes
checking for gsl_version in -lgsl... yes
checking for GSL version >= 1.15... configure: error: could not find required version of GSL
This is using
environment-py36.yml. config.log is attached. But, in this
ligo-py36 environment:
$ pkg-config --libs gsl
-L/Users/vivien/miniconda3/envs/ligo-py36/lib -lgsl -lgslcblas -lcblas -lm
$ which gsl-config
$ gsl-config --version
And 2.4 >= 1.15 (I checked on google.com). There could be something fishy with my installation, but I hoped being inside the conda environment would isolate me from the mess that is
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Fly on by to Monkey Haven where we're caring for a pair of adorable Owlets. Check out the pictures above – and watch the cutest ever vid, below, showing one of the owlets in action!
Wisp and Casper the Barn Owls were born at the Haven at the end of June, after we successfully incubated their eggs – the eggs often don't hatch when the mothers sit on them, so we wanted to give them the best chance of survival.
Now they're flourishing under the tender care of our Keepers, who are hand rearing them. They're eating a balanced meaty diet, starting to pick at the food themselves, and becoming more alert and active every day. They look like tiny Pterodactyls… but soon they'll grow into big, beautiful birds of prey, like the raptor shown at the end of the slideshow. They've come a long way already, since the little scraps you can see cuddling up on the blue blanket – that picture was taken just days after their birth.
The babies are being introduced to their adoring public at the Have a Hoot with the Owls talks, giving our other birds a bit of a break over the busy season.
"They love all the attention", says Keeper Terri. "They're so sociable and sweet – you seriously need to meet these little guys as soon as possible!"


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Royal Tome
Between a royal wedding and just recently, announcement of a royal baby for Harry and Meghan, 2018 has been a fun year to be an anglophile. So naturally we were thrilled to hear that a new Rizzoli coffee table book about Buckingham Palace would be coming out in October. In Buckingham Palace: The Interiors, British author, interior designer, and artist Ashley Hicks presents his photographs and description of Buckingham Palace—home of Britain's royal family since 1837. An important representation of Regency, Victorian, and Edwardian styles, the Palace is the work of such noted architects as John Nash and Sir Aston Webb. Starting at the Grand Staircase, Hicks leads us through the State Rooms, the Ballroom; and the Throne Room, used by Queen Victoria for spectacular costume balls in the 1840s. This intimate tour through Buckingham Palace will surely appeal to devotees of English architecture, decoration, and the fine arts (and fits perfectly under any tree). Purchase at your favorite local bookstore, amazon.com or at rizzoliusa.com.
Costume Props For Citadel
Lake Forest's own Citadel Theatre was honored in the 50th Annual Joseph Jefferson ("Jeff") Awards in late October at Drury Lane Theater in Oakbrook Terrace. Paul Kim's costume designs for the period comedy The Explorers Club (presented earlier this spring) earned the prestigious award. Those who had a chance to catch the comedy know that The Explorers Club is set in an English private club in the late 19th Century and featured an array of colorful and fanciful costumes for characters that included explorers of exotic lands, English aristocrats, and an indigenous man. The show was also nominated for its scenic design by Jose Manuel Diaz-Soto. The ceremony and awards were for the Jeff Awards Equity Wing—honoring theaters that employ actors who are members of Actors Equity Association, the trade union for professional actors. Within this wing, the awards have separate classifications in certain categories for the area's larger theaters such the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Writers Theatre; and classifications for categories for "midsize" theater companies (including Citadel) who nonetheless employ professional actors. Congratulations to Artistic Director and Founder Scott Phelps, to Kim and Diaz-Soto, and the rest of the Citadel family.
Global Generation
Lake Forest Academy Class of 1966 alumnus Mike Leonard was back on campus this fall to work on a new film about the school's global approach to education. "Global Generation" aired on WTTW-Channel 11 in late October. Leonard, an Emmy Award-winning correspondent and New York Times best-selling author, joined Mary Kay Wall, producer for inCommon Chicago, for the project—highlighting LFA's mission to develop global citizens through unique educational experiences within a diverse community. Leonard and Wall spent an academic year with students from 33 countries around the world—all represented at LFA. In the documentary, they discover how an integrated group of students live and learn together; overcome misconceptions; create, connect, and cope with their generational challenges; social media vs. solitude; parents, pressure, and peer reinforcement; individuality and diversity. The overarching question: What do these interactions teach viewers about common humanity and human possibility against the backdrop of a divided country and world? LFA is a co-ed, day and boarding college prep school with 434 high school students who come from 33 countries and 16 states. Its 150-acre campus is located right here in Lake Forest. If you didn't catch "Global Generation" the first time, look for it online or in a rerun.


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Cryptocurrency enjoys a notable increase in its price. Especially when it crosses the gold and dollar price. It became the center of attention to the media and another financial sector. Recent price of bitcoin is,
We know that bitcoin market value varies from time to time. Its price is not stable. Which factor is contributing in price fluctuation of the bitcoin? How they create a positive or negative impact on the users. In this article, we will discuss the factors creating the strong impression on a price of the bitcoin.
Government rules & regulation
When government regulates the bitcoin, it declares whether bitcoin is legal or illegal. If it is legal by the government, they will guide people on how to use bitcoin.
There is a large group of people who afraid of government regulations. Whereas, the government controls the circulation of digital currency in the country. They are not able to decrease the amount of money but they have the ability to generate more money. Bitcoin store in wallet addresses. In addition, Which is being the cause of rising in the value of bitcoin.
Now, the scenario is that government declare that only they will mine cryptocurrency. And, only government's currency will legal in the country. Accordingly, we have the situation od currency same as before cryptocurrency. The government will have the authority to mint all money and shut down the system. Furthermore, they can change the code for more currency mining when. There is a lot of scary things like above discussion. That is why people get afraid of these new regulations.
People who are in favor of bitcoin regulation will buy more bitcoin. Whereas, who are afraid of government regulations might start selling of bitcoins in the response to the news like NYDFS BitLicense. That is a factor of government regulation.
When people use bitcoin as a currency. They show to the world that they admire the credibility of the bitcoins. People do transactions including sale and purchase with bitcoin. The companies like Dell, New Egg and much more allow its customer to purchase their products pay in bitcoin. In addition, Xapo introduces a new credit card to spend with bitcoin market. Even though shoppers don't have the direct influence on price. Indirectly or directly they help to spread bitcoin around the world. Therefore, shopping factor of the bitcoin has offered a large market with no short-term influence.
All the transactions of bitcoin are because of the bitcoin mining. The network is secure because the more miners, the network will be more secure. Where no one owns the 51% of the network. A 51% attack is only possible in case of one entity own all mining power on a network. Basically, 51% attack is potential panic selling. Which being the factor of bitcoin price decrease in value. Some miners keep saving their bitcoin while other cash it out.
News is the most effective part of any society. People who read news can also have an ability to act on it. For example, if a person has 51% mining power on the network. And, this news spread from a television channel. In addition, the reaction of the people regarding bitcoin value will entirely change. Few of them get panic and sell their bitcoin and other will try to overcome this difficulty. This factor of news provides articles to the public about the fluctuation of bitcoin prices.
Dumping to fit
For example, a business wants to sell a number of bitcoin to pay business expenses. In addition, they don't want to own the bitcoin. This discarding will tend the bitcoin to depress state. It all depend on the company's capacity of selling bitcoin. This factor is basically a depression in the bitcoin value.
Selling on exchange
If a person has 1000+ bitcoin and sells them in exchange, a price of the bitcoin decrease automatically.
Buying on exchange
The number one thing that influences the value of a Bitcoin is how much someone is willing to pay for one Bitcoin, of course. When you place an order on an exchange in order to buy Bitcoin, you decide what is the value of a Bitcoin to you. The more people who are willing to buy Bitcoins, the greater the chance for an increase in the overall value of a Bitcoin. Sellers sell to the highest bid price first, so whoever is the highest bidder at the moment, is the one who decides the value of a Bitcoin at the moment.
The Bitcoin price factor of someone buying Bitcoins on an exchange is always a rise in the value of bitcoin.
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Used Portable Concrete Crusher For Sale
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Did lemmings push soldiers over the edge?
A LEMMING population explosion may have caused an epidemic that laid low
a thousand German troops in Finland in 1942. A Finnish virologist warns that a
similar epidemic may lie around the corner.
Antti Vaheri, a virologist at the University of Helsinki, says that the
rodents probably infected the soldiers with a type of hantavirus. These viruses
can cause fever and sometimes fatal kidney damage in humans.
A thousand German soldiers, and with a smaller number of Finns, were struck
down by a severe viral infection in 1942. Around 10 per cent of those infected
died, Vaheri told the 8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases in Lausanne last week. Given that hantaviruses are commonly
spread by rodents—and that 1942 saw a glut of lemmings—Vaheri
suspected that the animals might have been carrying the fatal virus.
"In May 1942 there was a big viral epidemic that produced exactly the same
symptoms as hantavirus—haemorrhagic fever and kidney damage," says
After a year testing blood samples from lemmings near the Arctic Circle,
Vaheri and his team believe they have identified a new type of hantavirus, which
they have named Topografov virus, after a river in Siberia. The team has yet to
establish that the virus causes illness in humans.
Related hantaviruses, spread through rodents' faeces and urine, have led to
outbreaks of disease in other parts of the world. Hantaan virus strikes more
than 100 000 people in China each year, often causing fatal fever and kidney
failure. And in 1993, in the first known hantavirus outbreak in the US, 26
people in the southwest, most of them Navajo Indians, died after contracting a
hantavirus from deer mice.
To confirm that the German and Finnish soldiers really were ambushed by
Topografov virus, Vaheri and his colleagues want to trace survivors of the
outbreak and test their blood for antibodies. He plans to do the same tests on
people who suffered unusual viral illness in 1970, the last year in which there
was a lemming boom.
Lemmings follow a boom-and-bust cycle, with population explosions every 25 to
30 years. So Vaheri could soon have another group of patients to study.


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Mental Benefits of Reading - How Books Keep You Grounded
Our culture must maintain brain power and the ability to learn if we expect to succeed as individuals and as a society. That means we must retrain ourselves to focus for extended periods of time and to retain information through the enjoyable exercise of simply reading!
Our habits as a society have changed drastically and very quickly with the development of social media, smartphones, and technology. The only thing is, they might not be actually making us smarter. Our attention span is now down to just a few seconds, which means that our nervous system is constantly taxed and we aren't able to focus on long-term goals; we are instead seeking instant forms of gratification and income.
In order to hold onto our ability to learn as individuals and as a society, we need to keep reading. Here are some really hard-hitting reasons you should be reading daily and how it will give you an edge in today's chaotic technological boom.
Read to Make Steady Progress Toward Your Goals
While everyone else is "busy" looking at 5-second videos of dogs, scanning through pictures of what other people are eating, and seeing every baby under age 2's play-by-play, you can actually get things done and work towards goals you feel passionate about.
We know that long-term goals take dedication, relentless willpower, and lots of learning. Sustained efforts to read often will lead to real change. Staying grounded and taking action towards your goals means that in 10 years you'll have accomplished so much more. Plus, your bookshelves will look a lot more impressive.
Reading Makes Your Mind Work Better
Studies have shown that reading helps the memory, reduces the onset of dementia and Alzheimers, as well as keeps your brain strong so you can compute and analyze when needed. Besides keeping the analytical side of the brain active which helps you stay organized and learn how to be an influential member of society who is intelligent, informed, and able to converse with a strong vocabulary, reading also feeds the creative side of the brain where your unlimited potential lives.
If you were born in a family that saw limited outcomes for your future, or if you've always felt like you weren't truly capable of being happy and fulfilled in life, books offer you insights into the minds of our greatest leaders and thinkers so that you can expand your consciousness. If you want to be fulfilled, you need to figure out how to be a part of the solution to the real issues society faces today. Reading spiritual books by enlightened mystics can truly open our minds to experience reality in a different way where we become empowered in our thinking and are able to overcome setbacks while unleashing our greatest potential to be of service to humanity. We can learn how to be better humans in so many ways simply by reading the works of those who have studied a subject extensively and synthesized information that sometimes took many years to compile and build.
Reading Allows Your Body To Recover From Stress
From a health perspective, we are not a very relaxed society these days. I often regret teaching my mother about social media because I miss our conversations and the times before we began constantly checking our phones. Having unlimited distractions and options literally at our fingertips puts an unhealthy sense in our minds that something "better" could be one click away and we are less inclined to value what is right in front of us.
We need real face time.
We need to sit in a room with people just appreciate each other's company more. We need to regain our ability to sit in silence with another human, relax, and read. Expanding our minds needs to be an important part of our culture and we need to encourage others to keep doing it. Who is going to get us to Mars if we aren't even able to remember what we did the day before?
Concluding Thoughts…
Last year Entrepreneur.com reported the average American spends 2 hours per day on social media.
And what can we say we have learned from this time? We know the effects of social media and technology can contribute to depression, isolation, and identity crises, so why are we spending 14 hours a week on our phones? What's most scary is that we haven't seen the long-term effects and what it's like to live in a society whose ability to learn and hold conversations is being severely stunted. What will happen to the roads, the bridges, the skyscrapers, and the courtrooms which all require highly educated specialists to keep them functioning?
If we do not make reading a priority, our brains will cease to function in a useful way and we will become illiterate, unable to learn the most basic new skills like cooking or doing an oil change. As a society, that means we're making negative progress. However, if we make it our mission to become self-aware people in our communities and cultures, we can regain our ability to focus and start to use technology to do actual good in the world.
If you yearn to be a hero, pick up a book today and then do it again tomorrow. Turn your brain on again and even consider taking brain supplements and eating superfoods that feed your brain so it will regrow. We could end up with no memory, no focus and literally be at the whim of the few who still can plan and think well. Let's not give our power away one more day to these social media frenzies which give us anxiety and a false sense of who we really are.
Here are 5 Books To Inspire Your Soul to get you started on your next read. Also, check out the 5 Best Apps to Help You Create New Habits so your phone will can help you reach your goals instead of pushing you further away from them.


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South Coast Throwdown 2018
Onsite Competition for Individuals
Event description
For the 6th year running South Coast Throwdown is back!
An individual competition for all abilities.
3 WODs and a final for qualifying athletes.
Masters Category is age 40 or above on the day of the competition.
A fun, friendly and challenging day for all!


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Yesterday in my Spanish for Healthcare Workers class I cracked myself up by composing this sentence:
El bebe el bebé.
Translates as "He drinks the baby." From the perspective of today I realize that I'm stoopid, but dang it was funny yesterday.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
3 comments:
- Anonymous12:07 AM, July 27, 2006
Damn baby drinkers.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:24 AM, July 27, 2006
I think it's amusing. Then again, I spent several minutes yesterday seeing how many different ways I could pronounce the word "pie" ... so perhaps, I'm not the best judge...ReplyDelete
I'm sitting here wanting to chastise you. However, I don't think I can do that while I keep giggling.ReplyDelete
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Transform Your Life. 26K shares and counting…
"The quieter you become the more you can hear." -Ram Dass
In the spirit of Throwback Thursday and my signature workshop this Sunday in London, today I share on my blog the following article that was originally posted on the top U.S. lifestyle media brand Mind Body Green with nearly 26,000 shares and counting!!!
Yin yoga is a deliciously deep, meditative and reflective practice in which floor-based postures are held for an extended period of time.
Unlike a dynamic yang practice that works the muscles through repetition, Yin works the deeper layers of the body such as the fascia, connective tissues, joints and bones. Yin is a deeply healing and nourishing practice with profound physical, emotional and energetic effects. During challenging times in our lives, our emotions can deplete our bodies of energy. The nourishing practice of Yin yoga helps to restore that energy for overall wellbeing.Read More


text: These nearly 3 meters long recycled teak table allow room for at least 8 chairs and form a central point in your garden. The wood comes from various regions in Indonesia and is specially selected for us. The table is solid wood and of exceptional quality and with the sturdy wicker chairs it will be a real pleasure to sit at this table. The Bilbao chairs are of exceptional quality and are very sturdy. The chair is made of 5 mm round wicker and has a 4 cm thick cushion, chocolate in colour.


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Help Chuck eat as much food as he can, but watch out for Mr.
Teeth. There are several different foods to eat as you work your way through the levels. Each food has a different point value, and if you keep Chuck moving, you can earn multi-munch combos and powerups.


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By Rep. Scott Fetgatter
The Legislative session adjourned a week early after the House, Senate and governor agreed on a final state appropriation for Fiscal Year 2020.
This $8.1 billion general appropriations' bill represents an increase of about 6 percent to all core service areas such as education, transportation, health care and public safety as well overall economic growth activities and job recruitment efforts.
This budget prioritizes education, giving teachers a $1,220 pay raise – the second raise in two years to get Oklahoma teacher pay to the top of the region. We also devoted an additional $74.3 million more this year than last toward classroom spending. The Reading Sufficiency Act is fully funded, for the first time ever, to help ensure children in early grades can read on grade level. Concurrent enrollment programs are funded so high school juniors and seniors can earn college credit. And, we gave more money to CareerTech and higher education to help with staff and professor pay raises and to help universities build their research programs.
In transportation, we restored $30 million to the County Improvements for Roads and Bridges Fund and fully funded the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to keep their 8-year project list on track.
In health care, we increased our Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage (FMAP) match to increase provider rates by 5 percent, which in turn will increase funding support to hospitals, health clinics, health providers and nursing homes. We saved $29 million in a Medicaid preservation fund so when the federal government's 3-year rolling average results in a rate decline our provider rates will stay level. When matched by federal dollars, that should net the state over $80 million. The budget also provides $62.8 million for graduate medical education programs to support physician training for those who will serve in rural hospitals. And, it includes $10 million to decrease the Developmental Disability Services waiting list and increase provider rates, which will help some of our most vulnerable citizens. Finally, a $4.6 million increase is designated for immunizations and to staff county health departments throughout the state.
On the public safety front, we increased pay for correctional officers by 14 percent, or $2 an hour, to help with understaffing and high turnover at our state prisons. We will fund two new Highway Patrol Trooper Academies next year and we put $1 million toward reducing the backlog of untested rape kits. We also are spending more money for Women in Recovery programs, substance abuse services and for mental health care services to help divert people away from prison who suffer from addiction or mental illness.
This budget also will help us grow our economy and the number of jobs in our state. We were able to put $19 million into the governor's Quick Action Closing Fund to prioritize job recruitment opportunities in Oklahoma. We put $1 million for additional job growth and economic development specifically in the automotive industry and in aerospace through the Department of Commerce's Aerospace Commerce Economic Services (ACES) program. We designated $1 million to assist new entrepreneurs and small business innovators through the Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology. And, we allocated $5.3 million to modernize and expedite the Oklahoma Corporation Commissions' permit processing for energy development.
For rural Oklahoma, we gave $1.5 million to improve rural flood control dams. We allocated $1 million to our county extension offices to help them continue to provided needed services to our rural residents and to provide for our great 4-H programs for our youth. And, we added $3 million to Rural Economic Action Partnerships (REAP) programs to help us attract jobs and economic activity to our rural areas, among other things.


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When looking for the perfect accessory to fill your wardrobe, make sure to include something glamorous mixed with something cowgirl. Make sure it has the right amount of class mixed with the right amount of edge. And make sure it's the Annie Rose 1 fashion belt to pair with any outfit and instantly add extra glam.
On a buckskin leather background, a botanic affair dances and mingles inside dark chocolate leather stitching. Green, blue, orange and pink florals enhance the signature red roses. Retro chic peachy roses mix up the party. Baby blue and red rhinestones burnish the leather belt. Camel colored leather fringe mingles amongst the cowgirl Annie Rose 2 flower party.
Annie Rose 2 is also available in a rodeo belt style. Buckle is not included.