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Proposed Stem Cell Rules Could Block Research
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This is SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News. I'm Ira Flatow. Later in the hour, we'll be talking about concrete and climate change and the latest findings about Mars and celebrating the birthday of the SETI@home computing project.
But first in March, President Obama signed an executive order directing the government to change the rules for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Under the policy established by the Bush administration, federal funding was limited to a handful of stem cell lines that had been created prior to August 9, 2001. The hundreds of thousands of frozen embryos stored in fertility clinics were off-limits, even though they were waiting to be destroyed.
Well, when President Obama signed that order changing the rules, many people assumed that the president's order would make it easier to do research, opening up many more embryos, but according to my next guest, the new draft rules published by the NIH could have the reverse effect: further limiting the lines of stem cells available, including those allowed since the Bush limits, in effect the cure becoming worse than the disease is what the fear is.
Here to talk about it is Pat Taylor, deputy general counsel and chief counsel for research affairs at Children's Hospital Boston, and professor at Harvard Med School. He's also the author of a commentary about the proposed rules in stem cell. Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.
Dr. PAT TAYLOR (Children's Hospital Boston): Hey, how are you?
FLATOW: Hey, is this - am I correct in summing it up that way?
Dr. TAYLOR: Well, I don't think it's a disaster exactly, and I hope that the cure isn't worse than the disease, but you're definitely right that there is some significant issues, which hopefully the NIH will fix. And maybe the best way to start it is just the way you did, with President Obama's really terrific executive order.
FLATOW: And tell us about the order.
Dr. TAYLOR: So that - you know, the title is great: Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research. And what the order did is directed the NIH to actually look at other widely recognized guidelines, and there are a lot of them, and we'll get to that, on human stem cell research and then to come up with ways of funding responsibly derived stem cell lines to the maximum extent permitted by law.
FLATOW: And what were some of the key changes in that proposal, the NIH proposal?
Dr. TAYLOR: Well, I think the major issue with the NIH proposal is it lays out some informed-consent standards that are both different than some of those really intense self-regulatory standards and also different than the federal regulations that many institutions actually have been using to make sure these are ethical.
So that really has two kinds of implications. There's sort of a formal aspect to the guidance, which says everything's got to be documented in a certain way. So despite, say, global diversity, and there's at least maybe 800-plus lines around the world, things have got to be documented just our way.
FLATOW: And if they're not documented in the past, you can't use them.
Dr. TAYLOR: Exactly. That's exactly right. And some of the documentation relates to things like IVF clinics. You know, for example, that they have a certain policy on protecting people from the influence of researchers. There's no question that keeping people front and center, patient care first for IVF clinics, is what has to happen. But many of these clinics wouldn't have had occasion to put in their consent forms something like that because they're just separate.
FLATOW: So what you're saying is that all these embryos in these in-vitro fertilization clinics may be off-limits because the people who donated them never signed these consent forms.
Dr. TAYLOR: Well, they've signed, you know, a different and appropriate consent form, but this new, formal requirement with some of these new, additional elements would be problematic.
I want to emphasize that, you know, there's been a tremendous effort over the last eight years. It's involved self-regulatory bodies, it's involved institutional review boards, which are the ethical bodies designated, you know, under federal law to make sure that human protection, human subjects are protected in research, tremendous effort - and also, of course, a tremendous effort at public engagement.
You know, media involvement has been critical. So this is not an area where we're talking about, you know, grandfathering in or protecting unethical lines. We're talking about lines where they have met federal regulations, been extensively reviewed, but unfortunately, due to some new formal requirements and a couple new pretty debatable substantive ones, as well, they would not be eligible.
So it's as if the last eight years of, you know, science and ethics, self-regulation and public engagement in this, donor intentions, all that just disappears.
FLATOW: Wow, that's something that no one expected.
Dr. TAYLOR: I think you're right. You know, you mentioned it, as you introduced this, that it started with just some old lines, and the funny thing now is that it's probably going to be, almost certainly going to be, just new lines. So it's as if the last eight years just didn't exist.
FLATOW: Is there any chance - now this is open for public review, and I would imagine people like you and people who want to maybe change these guidelines now have a chance to comment on this.
Dr. TAYLOR: That's right. There's actually - the NIH has given 30 days to comment, and the 30 days actually ends next week. So they've made it very easy to comment through a Web site available that shows both the guidelines and a very easy-to-file comment form.
FLATOW: And what would you like to see in the comments? What would you like to see specifically change?
Dr. TAYLOR: Well, I think there are a few things. First of all, these ethically derived lines, where there's been ethical review and high standards according to core principles, those should be grandfathered to mean donor intentions and, you know, to respect the IRB and so-on regulatory process that has occurred, to make sure they don't go to waste. It's also critical, by the way, for the global nature of this research. We can't expect every country to have done things just our way. That's one thing.
The second is there's a couple elements - like directed donation, and people shouldn't benefit from any downstream patents - that are new and interesting ideas, but they're very debatable. And for those two, I think that it's really critical that they be subject to more examination in exactly the way that's occurred before.
That means media discussion of it, which has again been very critical to public engagement in this policy. They are not straightforward. There's arguments both ways. So that's - a couple of these really need more discussion.
You know, what's at stake there is really how we do ethics. Does ethics belong to somebody else, or does ethics belong, in a sense, to a combination of that kind of discipline and us, and those ones need some discussion.
FLATOW: And you're looking for that discussion now.
Dr. TAYLOR: Absolutely. I think with respect to those two, that really should happen. The third thing is there is this formulistic element that says everything in this certain form. We know - I think the president is reminding us constantly that we are citizens of the world, and so there needs to be some ability to look at the other ways that different countries document things and the different ways that people historically have done so very legitimately and very ethically.
FLATOW: Well, thank you very much for taking time to be with us today. And you say that period runs out when, next week?
Dr. TAYLOR: Next week. I think it's maybe May 26. I might have the date wrong, but I think that's correct.
FLATOW: And how can one comment on it?
Dr. TAYLOR: So the form is really easy to fill out. There's a link. I'm happy to send it to your show, and…
FLATOW: Tell us what it is.
Dr. TAYLOR: Let's see, just one second.
FLATOW: We have it on our Web site, so we can…
Dr. TAYLOR: Yeah, I think you have it on your Web site.
FLATOW: Yeah, we have it on our Web site. If you want to comment, go to sciencefriday.com, and we have the link up there to make a comment.
Dr. TAYLOR: Yeah, it's kind of a long link.
FLATOW: Yeah.
(Soundbite of laughter)
FLATOW: Just looking at it.
Dr. TAYLOR: But they've made it very easy to comment, and it's really critical.
FLATOW: Thank you very much for taking time to talk with us.
Dr. TAYLOR: My pleasure, and thank you for having me.
FLATOW: You're welcome. Pat Taylor is the deputy general counsel and chief counsel for research affairs at Children's Hospital Boston, and professor at Harvard Med School.
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They look sharp. They sound funky. And they're probably the only R&B group featuring twin lead singers. The Los Angeles-based group The Whispers are arguably one of the most underrated soul acts of all time; while they cranked out hit after hit in the late 1970s and 1980s, the members remain relatively unknown to today's audiences. Younger listeners may know them best from their biggest hit, 1987's "Rock Steady" (produced by then up-and-comers L.A. Reid and Babyface), which inspired The Whispers' signature move: rocking side to side while swaying their arms in rhythm. But the quintet's patented harmonies, energetic stage presence, and soulful twin lead vocalists set them apart from other R&B groups, and their 1983 single "Keep on Lovin' Me" encapsulates all these distinctive qualities.
Formed in the early '60s by original members Walter and Wallace Scott, Nicholas Caldwell, Marcus Hutson, and Gordy Harmon, the quintet recorded nine singles for the Dore label from 1964-1967, ultimately scoring top ten R&B singles with 1969's "The Time Will Come" and "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong." Subsequently Harmon left The Whispers and was replaced by Leaveil Degree; this lineup remained throughout their hitmaking days. Although they were the first artist to be featured on the newly formed Soul Train label, their most successful period occurred during their tenure on Solar (Sound of Los Angeles Records). A series of smashes followed: the 1980 disco classic "And the Beat Goes On," "It's A Love Thing," and "In the Raw," among many others. Despite the ever-present '80s synthesizers, "Keep on Lovin' Me" seems timeless due to its danceable beat, memorable keyboard riff, and the group's tight harmonies.
Written by Kevin Spencer, Wardell Potts, Jr., and William Zimmerman, "Keep on Lovin' Me" features a groove that orders listeners to the dance floor, along with the introduction of the keyboard riff that drives the song. The Scott brothers sing of a woman who "stands by her man" no matter what, and the narrator appreciates her loyalty. "How many times, I took for granted/ But you know our love was sound," they croon, utilizing their voices' upper ranges. Toward the end, the back-and-forth repartee between the Scott twins and the other singers is not only fun, but represents the easy camaraderie that the band exudes. "Hey Scottie!/ Yeah?/ What does that mean?/ That means I'll never give up the love that's good to me," The Whispers sing, entering into a kind of dialogue. Brief scatting completes the track's catchiness and sophistication. Interestingly "Keep on Lovin' Me" was co-produced by Leon F. Sylvers, III and Ricky Sylvers of the 1970s family group The Sylvers; by 1983, Leon had become a very successful songwriter and producer.
Included on the album Love for Love, "Keep on Lovin' Me" reached number four on the R&B charts, propelling the LP to number two on the soul album charts. The Whispers would experience greater crossover success four years later, but their early 80s work equals or even surpasses the slicker "Rock Steady." "Keep on Lovin' Me" exemplifies not only The Whispers' unique talent, but some of the best of early 1980s soul.


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Toowoomba cafe expands to dinner service
AN established Toowoomba cafe has ventured into night-time dining with a menu focussed on modern Australian cuisine.
The Finch, on Ruthven St, already has a reputation as a destination for coffee, breakfast and lunch but last week launched a dinner service.
The latest menu has been designed by chef Bryan Nielsen who recently moved back to Toowoomba after a six-year stint in Byron Bay.
He trained at The Downs Club in Toowoomba and has worked at the exclusive Byron to Byron Resort as a sous chef for the past three years.
"Our menu is modern Australian, it is all fresh ingredients, all made from scratch," Mr Nielsen said.
"There is a lot of dining places in Toowoomba at the moment so just hoping to do something a little bit different."
Dinner at The Finch will he held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
Its menu includes main dishes like angel hair pasta with blue swimmer crab, rocket and chilli as well as confit duck leg with du puy lentils and apple and spinach salad.
There is also mouth-watering desserts like white chocolate brulee with burnt white chocolate and raspberries and a passionfruit parfait with eton mess. The cafe will be BYO at dinner.
The Finch was opened by Daniel and Edwina Farquar in July 2015 to take advantage of the city's obsession with coffee.
A year later the cafe more than doubled in size, taking its capacity from 30 to about 100 seats.
For more go to thefinch.com.au or to book a table for dinner call 46130159.


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The state Department of Social and Health Services notified a Ridgefield assisted living facility this week that it intends to revoke the center's operating license.
DSHS issued a licensing revocation notice Thursday to Carolees at Ridgefield, 888 S. Hillhurst Road, after learning the facility was scheduled for public auction later this month, said Nancy Tyson, district administrator for DSHS residential care services. No patient care issues were cited in the revocation notice, she said.
The Washington State Office of the Attorney General notified DSHS in early March that Carolees owner Carol Fox had fallen behind on her mortgage payments and was facing foreclosure, Tyson said. DSHS issued the revocation notice as a result of the pending auction, she said.
The state's appeal process gives Fox 29 days to respond to the notice. The public auction, however, is currently scheduled for March 29, Tyson said.
If the facility is auctioned due to foreclosure, the facility's lease with the state will be terminated and its 12 residents will be required to move out, Tyson said.
"At this point, it's unfortunate, but we don't know how all this is going to play out," she said.
With the future of the facility uncertain, DSHS took action to ensure residents
and their families had time to secure new living arrangements, if necessary, Tyson said.
Fox is confident the facility will remain in business without disruption to residents. Fox's attorney is negotiating mortgage refinancing terms with her lender, New York-based Matrix Advisors. The deal should be completed in a few days, Fox said.
If Fox is able to secure a new loan and avoid public auction, DSHS will review the deal and determine whether to proceed with the revocation process, Tyson said.
Fox has operated Carolees at Ridgefield, which is licensed for 35 residents, for 24 years. Fox originally had the Carolees' mortgage with the now-defunct Bank of Clark County. When the bank was shut down by regulators four years ago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sold the loan to Matrix Advisors, Fox said.
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SRUK supporters turned out in force to cheer on our record breaking Ride 100 Cycle Team on Sunday 30th July 2017. Our cheering point on Putney High Street offered fantastic views of one of the route's fastest points coming down Wimbledon Hill. We saw all of our riders passing the 90 mile point on their way to their finish in Central London, having left Stratford hours earlier and cycling 50 miles to the far side of the South Downs and back.
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"We are trying to bring new products for new markets. People are changing, the generations are changing, and this requires new products and new strategies", Carlos Roberto Carranza tells about his job as Vice President Brokerage and Support E-Post with the Deutsche Post DHL Group. "There are processes that don't go as fast as you want", he had to learn.
Was steht auf Deiner Visitenkarte?
Carlos Carranza, Vice President, Brokerage and Support Functions, Deutsche Post DHL E-Post.
Worum geht es in Deinem Job?
As we all know, Deutsche Post DHL stands for two very big areas. We are the logistic company of the world, and one of the leading logistic companies in the world, and also make sure that the postal services in Germany also work as required. My job is focused on Germany, so I work for the postal services in Germany for the area of mail, and within mail I also work for the strategy for the future of mail. That means the electronic services that we're going provide within the German society, and this is called the E-Post. My department has two main goals. One goal is to make sure that through the selective and strategic cooperation with partners, that we are able then to make sure that we bring the products, the Deutsche Post products, to the German society. On the other side, we make sure that any new orders that we get in into the company, that we ask the question should we do it ourselves, or should we buy it from a selected partner. Well, I live in Cologne, which is right near the Bonn, but I still have to drive a bit, half and hour, 45 minutes, if I'm lucky, which gives me time to start with my day already in the car, so there's a lot of calls sometimes, some things that need to be taken care of during my way to work. My day is filled with meetings. It's filled with a lot of interaction with other teams. We work together with a lot of other departments. We need to work very tightly with other departments, and this requires a lot of communication, a lot of meetings, a lot of calls with other colleagues, and if we have a need for a decision, or if we have a need for changes in our strategy, then we make sure we have the right people on board to make that decision. So there's a lot of meetings with my team, with other teams within the company.
Wie sieht Dein Werdegang aus?
I was born in Tegucigalpa. That's the capital city of Honduras, Central America. Where I went to school, I went to a private American school. That's where I got my American accent next to my Spanish language as a mother language, I would say. I started working during my first studies in Honduras in the areas of media, marketing, TV, sales, and I realized that I had an affinity for business, and also for these areas of marketing and sales. I decided to make a second studies in Germany, where I got a degree in business IT in Germany, and right after these studies I started to work with the Deutsche Post DHL, first as an enterprise architect in a global area, making sure that we had the right IT products and IT systems for our company worldwide, and then I decided to make a move three years later to the area of mail where I started working as a consultant in the area of E-Post, then I moved for two years as a head of sales for the products of E-Post also in Germany, and moved back in August to the headquarters, and now I'm managing this team with brokerage and support functions.
Ginge es auch ohne Deinem Werdegang?
I'm pretty sure, yes. I believe that my job is not based on an expertise in the market. Imagine, I'm from Honduras. I was not born in Germany, and I'm working very deep in the German market, so I hope they did not hire me for my expertise, but the important things are you need to have this management soft skills with you. You need to be committed to the goals. You need to make sure you stay hungry. You need to make sure you manage a team and yourself to develop those goals, or to reach those goals as the company needs them, and that's more important at the level I am than the real expertise for one subject.
Was ist das coolste an Deinem Job?
The thing I love most about my job is moving into new dimensions with the new strategy of the German post, of the postal services in Germany of the Deutsche Post. We are trying to bring new products for new markets. People are changing, the generations are changing, and this requires new products, new strategies, and in my job I'm allowed to create these strategies together with partners, and it gives me a lot of freedom in a market that everybody thought was already decided 500 years ago. And this is something I love, going out, just doing stuff, and making sure they fit the goals and the expectations of the company, but having the possibility to do.
Welche Einschränkungen bringt Dein Job mit sich?
I guess the limitations I feel in the job is sometimes for me personally to stay focused, because you have a lot of interesting things you could do with this company, and I've been changing positions for a long time, and the limitation is not to get distracted with the next position or somewhere else, because there are a lot of good areas. Another limitation within my job that I feel is that even though you're creating a new market, even though you are providing a new change, it takes time. There's some processes that do not go as fast as you want. You need to imagine yourself how big of a company, how many processes you need to change, even if you thought that was a great idea, you might have to bring a little bit of patience with you.
Drei Ratschläge an Dein 14jähriges Ich!
I guess three pieces of advice I would give him would be, one, foster your creativity through reading. Read more. My father used to say, "Read at least one page a day." I never did it, so I would ask myself to do it now, because it helps you for the future. Second, I would advise to ask questions. Don't be afraid about not knowing something. You can ask everyone. A lot of people have good answers to it, or they might have the same questions with you, so go through the world asking questions. Be hungry. And as a third point, I would say enjoy the time. Don't speed up trying to be older. Don't try to jump into your next year. Enjoy every phase of your life at that time, and you're going to be a lot happier.


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It took me some time to get to �The Shape of Water,� but its 12 (!) Academy Award nominations challenged me to haul myself to the theater and experience the latest product from Guillermo del Toro�s ever-fevered brain.
This is a lovely, darkly romantic fable harking to the monster-loves- lady tales of �King Kong� and �Creature from the Black Lagoon.� The film bites off a lot � Cold War paranoia, Jim Crow racism, pre-hashtag MeToo harassment, and the sticky questions surrounding interspecies consummation � yet despite all the ambitious statement-making, del Toro anchors his story in a single foundational sentiment: The heart wants what it wants.
Set in 1962 Baltimore, �Shape� follows a lonely janitor named Eliza (Sally Hawkins), who cleans the floors inside a government lab of indeterminate purpose. Eliza, who is mute, doesn�t enjoy much of a personal life. Her routine includes visits to the apartment of her neighbor and pal, Giles (Richard Jenkins), an unemployed commercial artist who wrongly imagines his terrible toupee makes him appear like a younger version of himself rather than himself wearing a terrible toupee. On adventurous days, the two go out for pie.
One evening, a large container is wheeled into the lab and its contents deposited inside a giant water-filled tank kept behind locked doors. Shortly after, the chief of security, Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon) comes staggering out of the room, bloodied, with two fingers missing. Eliza and her co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) are ordered to mop up the blood, when Eliza gets her first fleeting glance of the prisoner in the tank: a part-man, part-fish creature that Strickland has been systematically torturing.
From here, �The Shape of Water� evolves into a love story crossed with a heist picture, as Eliza schemes to free the creature from captivity. To accomplish the feat she must defy not one but two military-industrial complexes: the Americans, who want to vivisect the amphibian to discern his anatomical secrets, and the Soviets, who want to kidnap it and, yes, also cut it up. Only a lone sympathetic scientist objects, noting the manimal seems capable of higher thought. (The goonish argument for murder and autopsy isn�t presented with much complexity, a weak point. I suppose the villain always defers to death.)
del Toro does a wonderful job of contrasting the strange, magical love evolving between Eliza and the amphibian with Strickland�s obsessive mission to find and kill the creature. He�s a Cold War Javert loping among the shadows, driven to enact his warped sense of justice.
The acting here is powerful, particularly Hawkins� silent expressiveness as Eliza. For me, Hawkins is like Frances McDormand (with whom she�s competing for Best Actress at this year�s Academy Awards), continually upping her game, ever capable of surprising you. Hers is a brave performance, both for the physical requirements and for the risk involved with making a fairy tale notion somehow plausible. Shannon is good, too, as the hissable bad guy, as is Octavia Spencer as Zelda, though I wish she�d been given more to do.
Doug Jones deserves special mention for allowing the gentle spirit of the amphibian man to emerge from beneath his rubberized costume. Jones accomplishes this without the benefit of heavy computer-generated effects � a breath of fresh air delivered through the mouth and gills.


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A lot of time has passed since rumors about Kylie Jenner's pregnancy surfaced online. Neither she nor her alleged baby daddy Travis Scott hasn't said a word about this, so without an official confirmation, it's no wonder that all kinds of theories are popping up about the subject every day.
One of the latest theories regarding her pregnancy comes right after some photos of a pregnant Kylie that were taken back in September on her BFF's Jordyn Woods' birthday popped up and went viral during this week.
ok so @KylieJenner pregnant pic.twitter.com/Z5ZTByfUhC
— k (@kmqxo) December 27, 2017
We must admit that Ky does appear to have quite a developed baby bump in the pictures. Maybe this is one of the reasons for which there are a lot of conspiracy theorists who believed that she already had her baby months ago.
There are also others who are convinced that the Kardashians' annual Christmas card is a proof that Kylie and her new baby were present at the photo shooting as well.
Half of the Christmas card are looking at something THEY'RE LOOKING AT KYLIE JENNER HOLDING THAT BABY IM TELLING U pic.twitter.com/m6G6tORID1
— Call Me By My @ (@NotAgainBen) December 24, 2017
Kylie has been silent and hidden from the spotlight for quite a long time now, and her fans are beginning to ask themselves all kinds of questions about her health and well-being.
It is also rumored that her boyfriend, Travis Scott broke up with her just after Christmas and this has everyone concerned about the young mother's future. Hopefully, we'll be able to find out what is really going on shortly so that her fans can return to living their lives without thinking about all sorts of conspiracy theories.


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1932 – 2014
LEWISTON — Marlene Hanson, 82, of Temple passed away Thursday, Oct. 2, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
She was born in Londonderry, N.H., on April 14, 1932, the daughter of Harry and Lucy Goings. She moved to Maine at the age of 2. Marlene attended Wilton schools and worked at local shoe shops and restaurants, retiring in the late 1980s.
She had been going to Natanis Point in Chain of Ponds since the 1960s and loved spending time there relaxing, fishing, and meeting new friends. Over the years, many people passed by her camper, and she managed to meet most of them. She enjoyed sharing her love of the area surrounding "The Chain" with the people she met by sharing her stories or taking an adventurous trip to get wood.
Marlene is survived by her daughter, Lou Brackett and her husband, Russell, of Temple; her son, John Hanson of Livermore Falls; three grandchildren, Heather, Angelica and Shelly; three great-grandchildren, Jace, Dakota and Darius; her sister, Joan Farrington of Wilton; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her brother, Harry George Goings; and her sister, Lucille "Punky" Marquis.
Condolences may be sent for the family at www.adamsmcfarlane.com.
Guest Book
On this date in Maine history: Sept. 26
Sports on TV: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Obituary: Sr. Florence Dalpé
Obituary: David E. Hinkley
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In addition to Adults small to large, we've introduced Paris to our popular teen leotards range, meaning girls aged 11-14 can enjoy the same quality and design that our adult ballet dancers have come to rely on. Our Teen Paris Leotard features the same snug, high stretch performance fabric and delicate mesh, and is priced at just £15.95.
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Awhile back I bought the soft as snow outfit. Grace was wearing it so I took some pictures of it.
It comes with the sweater, skirt, leggings and boots. I absolutely love this outfit, I like the sweater and fuzzy skirt in white with purple boots.
Her is the back. The sweater opens completely and the boots have Velcro at the back.
Here she is sitting down.
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The subject of how much people weigh, on the average, now compared to 30 or 40 years ago came up twice this week at the Cave.
Yes, overall weight has gone up for both men and women since the 1960s.
Perceptions of what "being fat" is have also changed. Back then, where I grew up, it was common for a gal to think she was fat if she weighed 100lb or more. Which was actually not realistic at all, but it was perceived that it meant she was fat.
What a person weighs is a highly over-rated measure of their health and fitness.
Here are some other ways to consider.
It is more useful to look at how well you move, how your clothes fit, and if you just feel healthy. Don't get me wrong, if you are 5'2″ and weigh 300lb, you need to see a doctor ASAP!
The media has promoted ridiculous ideas of what people should look like
Don't become enslaved to other people's ideas of how you should look!
You don't have to have the cursed six pack or look like an anatomy chart with every blood vessel popping out to be fit and healthy.
In general, if you have an athletic appearance, feel great, and are loving life; keep up the good work!


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Video has surfaced of a Rivian R1T doing a "tank turn" — that is, spinning in place like a tracked vehicle. It's clearly CGI, but the video was apparently made for Rivian by one of the electric carmaker's ad or marketing agencies. And although the provenance and computer imagery could imply a hoax, the EV startup has itself talked up such a feature. TechCrunch ran a piece last December saying, "Rivian trademarked terms 'tank turn' and 'tank steer' referring to independently moving wheels that can enable extremely tight turns. [Rivian CEO R.J.] Scaringe confirmed that this feature would be available on the R1S, the R1T, and future quad-drive vehicles."
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Rivian filed to trademark Tank Turn and Tank Steer on Oct. 24, 2018, but both applications are dead. That feature, however, remains possible, since the R1T and R1S utilize four independent motors at the wheels; there's no reason they can't rotate the vehicles in place to avoid, as in the video, a washed-out road. And since Rivian filed for the vehicle names R1A, R1C, R2A, R2C, R2R, and R2S, there are likely a few more off-road-capable offerings that could make use of the trick — especially that rumored Rivian rally car.
We imagine there'll be a few restrictions imposed in the fine print, such as not pulling the maneuver on paved roads or other high-grip surfaces. A commenter on another article wrote, "Brian Gase from Rivian confirmed to me that this feature will be on dirt/gravel only. In his words, if you do this on pavement you will 'break shit,'" Gase being Rivian's chief engineer. Of course, the Audi RS3 converted to electric power with four Formula E motors and 1,183 horsepower spun quite the burnout-in-place before burning rubber out of frame, and didn't seem to have a problem, so anything is possible. We're eager to see what Rivian's come up with.


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A popular south London gay club, Eagle London, was the site of a recent horrific attack. Earlier this week a group of individuals, 2 men ages 42 and 30, and a woman age 20, were in the venue's smoking area and they were asked to leave. According to Evening Standard, instead of cooperating, the trio became violent and started shouting homophobic language at bar staff. Additionally, the group began assaulting them leaving one staff member with a fractured skull and another with a fracture foot.
The attackers were arrested and later released under investigation.
Detective Constable Phill Govett, the investigating officer said:
This was a particularly vicious attack which stemmed from a minor incident and involved the use of homophobic language. Hate crime in any form will not be tolerated by police and we will take all possible action to bring perpetrators of these offences to justice.
Eagle London is known for its weekly drag shows and dance nights established in 2004. The bar prides itself in being "the most eclectic and inclusive venue London has to offer" it's beyond disappointing that this incident occurred in yet another of the LGBTQ's safe spaces. Eagle London has not responded to our request for comment, but they did issue a public comment:
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Before you read any furthur we highly recomend that you read How To Deal With Dyslexia at Work Part 1, so this will make more since. If you don't have time, well I am Kati Watson, I work at Kavaliro and I have dyslexcia. This article has been left unedited intenchanly.
So, at the end of the last blog we were chatting about how I have scored an aswesome job working for an awesome company in marketing. I know what you are thinking most of marketing is writing things. You are absolutly correct, in your thoughts stranger who now knows about my life. I bet your next question is "Kati, what do you do to make your marketing blogs not look as missspelled and aweful as this one?" Well I am glad you asked becasue below are my top secrit ways I handle, mainly spelling, everysingle day.
Tips & Tricks:
1. Be Upfront
Be upfront about your dyslexcia or other learning issues. I told my bosses in my interviews that I was dyslexcic and that I had a hard time spelling. While not every one is comftorboul talking about their weekenesses, I do encourage honesty. It makes your coworkers more understanding.
2. Don't get grumpy
Look there is no reason to get grumpy when people point out mistakes. I welcome it becasue the sooner some one else catches that I wrote "fill out this from" the sooner I can change it to "fill out this form" (assuming it is on social or on a blog). My coworkers here are AWESOME about catching these things for me. Side note it is ok to feel disapointed in your self when you mess up (It has happened to me many times).
3. Find a Spelling Bee Champ
I have to give a little shout out to Leisha Samules and David Gilcher, they are my walking dictionarys. I ask them how to spell the easyest words and they oblige every time (I have asked David to spell secound for me to many times, sorry friend).
I also want to give a little pro tip here. Do you have an iPhone? If the answer is yes you can just ask Siri how to spell things, she will spell them right back to you! #brilliant
3. Use the Proofreading Tools
I have a love hate realationship with Microsoft Word. I love the auto capatlize and the auto fixes to little things. I hate how it is not intutative, how it does not understand context. Don't worry, I have a solution! Grammerly is my best friend, it checks my context, my spelling, and my grammer. Pretty much any thing I write from social media posts, to blogs, to emails I run my text through it to double check that everything looks great. They have a free version that anyone can use and there is a web plug in that allows grammerly to check your spelling while typing on the web!
4. Find Alternitive Tools
Did you know that google translater will read to you. I have found it really helpful to have my work read back to me. This allows me to catch those pesky form and from mix ups. When I think my work is almost 100% done I will copy and paste my writing in to google translater and have it read to me. If I hear some thing funny I will go back and double check it.
5. Make A List
Make a list of your commonly misspelled words and keep it near by. I know that everytime I write minute I will need to double check it and see if I wrote minute or minuet. I also have to keep a watchful eye out for some of those pesky homophones like their, there, and they'er.
6. Have An Editor
Most people with dyslexcia will problably not be writing blog posts for their company so this one may not apply to everyone. Having a checks and balance system is invaluabule. I have several editors (even though it is not their job they are nice enough to help). After I have done all of the things above I send my work over to my team of three editors, who then review the work and send me changes on content, or on spelling and grammer. After each of them have reviewd my work and I have made the changes it finaly becomes a live blog or piece of art.
More Feelings & Stuff:
Not everyone deals with the kind of rediculous spelling and grammer errors that I do, but I think it is really imporant that everyone review their work. I really hope that these tips and tricks help you or some one you know. I also have to say one last thing, if you have dyslexcia and feel down about it, don't. You are unique and special and your brain is just wired in a way that makes you think in a unique way compared to the vast majority of people. If you want to chat about your dyslecxia or how you deal with other learning based issues in the work place drop me a line, at email@example.com. I promis I will respond!


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Bristol – Local tourism jobs lose out with airport growth
18.11.2009 (Stop Bristol Airport Expansion)
Thousands of jobs in the local tourism industry have been lost despite Bristol
Airport's huge growth in recent years, a new report from Stop Bristol Airport
Expansion has revealed.
with airport growth figures, shows that the soaring passenger numbers at Bristol
Airport between 2001 and 2007 did not result in a boom for local tourism. In fact
the tourism sector shrank by 10% in real terms. [1].
Report author Jeremy Birch said that given the figures in the study, there was
no reason to think that BIA's proposed 60% expansion is likely to reverse this
Jeremy Birch said:
"When you start looking closely at the data it's clear that many people who would
have spent time and money in the South West have been flying abroad instead –
and it's the South West tourism industry, one of the region's major employers,
that's been losing out.
"There's no complicated maths in this study – the story is all there in the
data from government and regional tourism agencies. It is very clear that expanding
airports not only fails to boost regional tourism, but actually damages it.
While passenger numbers at BIA more than doubled – from 2.67 million in 2001
to 5.88 million in 2007 – the former Avon area lost 3,340 full-time jobs in tourism.
In the same period, a staggering total of 44,761 full-time jobs in tourism were
lost across the whole of the South West. Although the region's other airports
also grew during this period, BIA is by far the largest, handling six times more
passengers than Exeter.
All data used in the study comes from public sources such as the Civil Aviation
Authority (CAA), South West Tourism and the UK Tourism Survey for the SW. [2]
Jeremy Birch added:
";Bristol airport has claimed huge economic benefits from incoming tourism for
its planned expansion but the pattern so far has been in the opposite direction.
Those hoping for the airport's expansion to boost local tourism should reconsider
in the light of our findings."
The study shows that the majority of BIA's passengers, 85%, are travelling to
and from the South West, while 49.6% of BIA's passengers come from the former
Avon area, with 11.9% of these from Somerset. This indicates that BIA's catchment
area is mainly local.
Between 2001 and 2007, day trips within the South West fell from 148 million
to 96 million, a drop of 36% [3]. Most day trips are likely to be made by people
resident in the South West, suggesting that as people use BIA more, they spend
less on day trips. The study indicates that the rise in outbound tourism is the
most likely cause for the diversion of spending on trips that would otherwise
fuel jobs in South West tourism.
And as passenger numbers have dropped in 2009, local tourist attractions in North
Somerset have reported a 10% increase in visitors.
The study also shows that including day trips, 86% of tourism spending in the
region is by UK citizens. Most of these arrive by car and almost none by plane.
Overseas visitors to the South West generate only a small amount, 14%, of the
South West's tourism income. Only 15% of the total overseas visitors reach the
South West through BIA.
Although inbound passengers using BIA have increased from 80,000 trips to 300,000
trips over this period, this is still less than one in seven of the foreign tourists
who visit the South West each year. BIA is not a very significant way of bringing
money into the region; but it is a very effective way of sending money out.
'Tourism, its impacts and the relevance of Bristol International Airport' – see
Main data sources (all figures used are from public sources):
(no others available) (from www.visitsouthwest.co.uk or www.swtourism.org.uk)
In 2007, day visitors to the former Avon area contributed £743million; in 2001
day visitors to Avon spent £700million, equivalent to £798million in 2007 prices
(using RPI measure of inflation for adjustment).
£3.77 billion, equivalent to £4.3billion in 2007 prices.
Report summary:
BIA has meant lower domestic tourism income and has only partly compensated for
this by bringing inbound tourists. Future expansion would continue this pattern,
taking money away from the South West tourism, leisure and other sectors.
fell by 10% in real terms. At the same time the UK GDP grew by 16%, thus the sector
fell behind the rest of the economy by 25%
by 14.6%, a loss of 44,761 full-time jobs
tourists and only 10% inbound tourists
are domestic
BIA, most use airports in the South East or surface transport
inbound ones, but overall this has reduced total passenger numbers
numbers and incomes are up 10% in North Somerset, and up generally across the
of the South West.


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-perfect shift points for each specific transmission
-multiple electric motors with transmissions to choose from.
-Many configurations to choose from. Basic, sport, Race and ludicrous configs.
-heavy battery
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e = Well equipped
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I have been hearing many people talking about "quantitative easing" including on Newnight last night. It appears that the government and treasury are considering it and indeed modeling it.
Of course "quantitative easing" is a nice bit of jargon, but what it actually means is printing money. It is as simple as that. On the upside at least there will be no chance of deflation, on the downside, the value of the cash and savings you have will fall through the floor.
Well Guido has noticed an odd clause in the banking bill before parliament. It removes a clause from the 1844 Bank Charter act. That clause requires the Bank of England to tell government how much money it has printed, and also to publish that information. It makes the Bank of England transparent.
The only reason I can see for removing that clause is so that the Bank of England can let the presses roll and try to print our way out of this economic hole.
It won't work, it will be dire. What is more, the mere fact that that clause will be removed will damage confidence in the pound even if the Bank does not print any new notes.
Friday, December 05, 2008
Let the presses roll!
Posted by Benedict White at 6:15 pm
Labels: Economy, Governments Incompetence, The Pound
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Ok, so you saved your money, and are considering making a bike purchase! Smart move. Cross country mountain biking is a lot more fun and and lot easier on your body on good machinery.
Many riders opt to purchase a complete bike with a good frame and update / replace cheaper parts as they go. Others buy a frame and build there dream bike. In most cases you will spend a lot more on building your own bicycle, but of course it will have everything on it you want. If you know what you want? Some experience riding may be necessary to gain enough experience to know what is good, and what is junk.
I say first shop for deals on a bike that is exactly, or close to what you want. If you ride super hard you will only have the bike for 3-5 years. It is worth it to buy up, and never cop out on the suspension. Cheap suspension is worthless, and will have to be upgraded anyways in the future. Don't do that to yourself, right out of the gate get good suspension. At least rebound. Compression is a bonus, and you don't need a lockout if your not racing. Recreational riders will find their rides to be much more comfortable with only a very minor, minor loss of motion/energy climbing with their forks unlocked. Over super rocky climbs, it is best to be unlocked anyways.
Buying used is a bit dangerous with the fatigue bikes take on dirt. If you give me a bike, I will most likely break it in a couple years. I ride hard, and am very careful about my used purchases. Buy new if you can. Your life is on the line, and I am sure you think you're worth it.
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Valentines Day Matching Mommy and Me Pajamas
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. And although not traditionally "sexy", matching family pajamas will win the hearts of moms and dads everywhere. The truth is that there is nothing sexier than a loving, devoted parent/spouse. So Moms and Dads take note – why not create a special Valentine's Slumber Party Night for you and your kiddos
Some of the pajamas featured are clearly meant for Valentine's Day. Others are simply darling in pretty shades of pinks and reds. Whether you are looking for cozy and cuddly footed pajamas or cotton pajamas that can be worn through the warmer months, we have found Valentine's Day matching mommy and me pajamas for everyone. Enjoy! Keep checking back since we are constantly updating this post as new Valentines Day Matching Mommy and Me Pajamas become available.
Valentines Day Matching Mommy and Me Pajamas
Family Valentine's Day Pajamas
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Matching Family Red Pajamas | Red Footed Family Matching Fleece Pajamas
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My Mommy and My Baby has my Heart Shirts >> Zazzle Mom | Zazzle Baby | Mom's t-shirts can be paired with pajama shorts or long pajama pants
Plum Pretty Sugar Mother Daughter Matching Kimono Style Robes (available in both knee length & ankle length and in lots of different patterns!)
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Olian Nursing Pajama Sets (Lots more patterns, styles & colors!!!) We love these jammies!!!!!!
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And these Valentine's Day Jammies for kids are too cute not to feature 🙂 Just pair them with a coordinating pink or red nightgown or pajamas for mom. (Remember to use our exclusive coupon code 18OFFPM)
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Summary: Just in time for Valentine's Day we have gathered together some of the cutest matching family pajamas in pretty shades of pinks and reds. Some sets have hearts, others provide bear hugs or simply say LOVE.


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Best WordPress Social Sharing Plugins of 2017
Social Media has changed the way people communicate online. From the way we do business to how we shop, it seems social media has taken a central role in how information is delivered. When I first started blogging a few years ago, bloggers were already switching from RSS feeds to social media. Many larger sites even opted to remove their comment sections in favor of social media platforms to manage comments.
These days it's normal for people to subscribe to a sites Twitter, Facebook or Google+ page to comment, find out about new content and more. For WordPress users, there are a lot of great options when it comes to leveraging the power of social media. With a good plugin, you can share, monetize, connect with people and aggregate posts from different social media sites. There's plenty of places to start. But what can you do to get more traffic from your social network?
To start with – it's a good idea to make it as easy as possible for people to share your posts. In this article you will find some of the most effective social sharing plugins for WordPress from the past year. This list has plugins that provide lots of useful features to help you get people's attention by aggregating content, building timelines and more. Whether you want to build a social hub, let people comment with their Facebook profiles or add sharing buttons with enhanced function – these plugins can help you do it.
Flow-Flow Social Streams for WordPress
Flow-Flow Social Streams plugin is designed for WordPress administrators who are eager to effectively integrate social networks into the functionality of their site or blog. With Flow-Flow, you can create social walls with content from 16 social networks. Also for you will be available more than 40 types of social feeds, each of which is a unique opportunity for crawling of social media content.
Flow-Flow allows you to customize the appearance of each element of your social wall, depending on the individual characteristics of your project. You can choose from ready-made designs and grids, as well as take advantage of the Custom CSS customization feature. Connecting content from different social networks can require the use of different types of grids: masonry, fixed height and justified layouts. Select and change the type of layout is extremely simple with the WordPress admin panel.
Flow-Flow also pays great attention to meeting the latest requirements for the technical security of your site. The principle of the plugin excludes the transmission of your personal data through open internet channels. Also you will be able to pre-moderate posts from any social networks before they are published in your social wall. Thus, you can easily avoid the appearance of irrelevant or unwanted content on your WordPress site.
The post cards in your social wall are fully interactive. This means that visitors of your site will be able to spread the content of social networks further, but they will not have to leave your site. The buttons for like, share, retwitt and other social activities will be available to users right on your social wall page.
Keep in mind that you do not need to use only your own social accounts to create social wall with Flow-Flow. You can use any public personal pages or communities. Thus, you can create thematic social walls, which will be automatically updated with interesting content due to the activity of other communities.Get Flow-Flow View Demo
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress is one of the most complete and universal WordPress plugins for sharing of your content for the social networks. This plugin supports sharing opportunities for more than 45 modern social networks. In addition, Easy Social Share Buttons supports the work of modern instant messengers directly on your WordPress site or blog. Now you can give your users the opportunity to communicate with you directly.
Customizing the design for social share buttons will also pleasantly surprise you. More than 27 positions for placing social share buttons and more than 30 ready-made animated effects and styles are available to every WordPress administrator along with Easy Social Share Buttons.
Easy Social Share Buttons is an interactive plugin not only for users, but also for WordPress administrators. This means that you can configure various events that trigger after clicking on social buttons on your site. In addition, you have access to detailed analytics and A/B split testing for user activities. This will help to make the right decisions on the design and layout of social buttons on your site based on user reactions.Get Easy Social Share Buttons View Demo
Monarch — Social Media Sharing Plugin For WordPress
Monarch provides ample opportunities for social sharing via interactive buttons on your WordPress site or blog. The main feature of this plugin is attention to detail in the design of social buttons and their location on the site relative to the main content.
Monarch supports more than 35 social networks for convenient social sharing of users on your site. You can place buttons in various positions: in floating sidebar, above and below the content, on images and videos, through automatic pop-up window or automatic fly-in.
Monarch has 6 universal triggers for the appearance of social buttons on your site: time delay, bottom of the post, after commenting, on certain percentage of the scroll through the page, after purchasing or after a certain period of inactivity. These triggers will allow you to diversify the interactive component of your site and achieve greater involvement of users in the process of social sharing your content.
Monarch also offers a powerful dashboard that will easily manage the settings of social buttons and track user activity statistics. Detailed analytics will be an excellent basis for effective changes on the site for the sake of greater satisfaction of your audience.Get Monarch View Demo
MashShare — Social Media Share Buttons
MashShare is a free WordPress plugin for configuring social share buttons on your site or blog. The creators of the plugin focused their attention on the speed of the plugin and the ease for newcomers on WordPress administration. Thus, MashShare becomes a good choice for beginning site owners who want to test the possibilities of social share buttons without additional funds` spending.
MashShare offers extensive options for customizing social share buttons and is generally friendly to the subsequent development based on its source code. The plugin uses the features of shortcodes to insert ready-made social share buttons on the necessary pages of your site.Get MashShare
Social Share with Share Icons & Share Buttons
Social Share with Share Icons & Share Buttons also focuses on newbies in the WordPress administration area and offers a simple and intuitive interface for interaction. The plugin is free, which will be an added benefit for new website owners. There is also a paid version of the plugin that extends the number of social networks for work.
This plugin allows you to choose from 16 different ready-made styles for your social share buttons. In addition, you can use animated effects, activate social share counts, assign specific reactions to user interaction with social share buttons and much more. Displaying pop-ups and newsletter Icons & Share Buttons.Get Social Share
Jetpack by WordPress.com
Jetpack is a versatile WordPress tool that includes the possibility to add social share buttons on your website or blog. Jetpack opens an opportunity to add automatic sharing on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Reddit, and WhatsApp.
Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin. It means that you can obtain a full stack of WordPress tools in one package. This could be very handy for beginners in WordPress administration.Get Jetpack
Social Share & Locker Pro WordPress Plugin
Social Share & Locker Pro WordPress Plugin is another plugin that gives you everything you need to start sharing on your WordPress site. This one isn't too fancy, it just gives you exactly what you need to monitor sharing and make it easy. Display your social icons just the way you want with this plugin. Make it easy for your visitors to share content on their favorite social networks with ease.
This plugin is simple to setup and has advanced functionality including animations, share counts, a lock for registered users and display options. Get the option to connect to 28 of the biggest social networksGet Social Share & Locker View Demo
WordPress Social Board
WordPress Social Board is a social media aggregation tool that helps you build a single stream with all your favorite posts. With this plugin you can create a social media hub full of all your favorite posts. Include all of your social network profiles and display them in multiple formats. Currently there are 17 social networks supported and 30+ options for feeds.
Your guests can share posts on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or Google straight from your site. There's filter options, sharing options and style options. Use the admin panel and add custom CSS to customize your social board.Get WordPress Social Board View Demo
Social Network Tabs For WordPress
This premium plugin allows you to create tabs from multiple social networks to display on your WordPress site. This is a handy little plugin that currently supports 16 social networks and offers 60+ feed options. Share links to Twitter, Facebook, Google and LinkedIn. You can use shortcodes or custom fields to add social tabs to pages. You get some great options when it comes to configuring how you'd like your display to function.
The UI is drag and drop, allowing you to get things up and running in just a few clicks. Social Network Tabs plugin is responsive and gives you options to increase user interaction. The developers of this plugin also have a JavaScript version that you can run on other platforms other than WordPress.Get Social Network Tabs View Demo
Instagram Widget for WordPress – InstaLink
InstaLink is a plugin exlusively for displaying photos from an Instagram account or by tag in WordPress. This responsive, versatile plugin is easy to use and gives you everything needed to share impressive images from Instagram. Build a responsive display quickly with this simple tool. InstaLink is great for marketing campaigns, public figures, developers, brands, agencies, small businesses, photographers, eCommerce and more. It's easy to setup and use. It integrates seamlessly with Visual Composer, can be used as a shortcode and fits anywhere as a widget.Get Instagram Widget for WordPress View Demo
40 Animated SVG Social Media Icons for WordPress
Having animated icons is always a good way to get your visitors' attention. With animated SVG icons you can increase your chances of getting people to your social media sites. Every icon is an SVG (scalable vector graphic). This means small file sizes and fast loading times. You can make the icons any size you want without losing any quality.
Wrapping Up
We chose this list based on performance and popularity. Not all of these plugins were released this past year, but all of them have received recent update. This list contains tools that have evolved appropriately alongside social media channels and how people love to share. With so many popular sites for videos, news, personal sharing, marketing, photography etc. it can be tough to organize everything.
These tools are some of the most helpful, and provide plenty of value for their price. It's essential to have tools to help you get organized, make it easy for users to share content, start conversations, promote and get connected. I'm sure that you can find one out of this bunch to help you take your WordPress website to the next level. As always, let us know of any cool plugins you like to use for social sharing.


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While university cricket drew huge crowds in the 1960s and 70s, it has seen a gradual fall in interest over the last two decades. NDTV, in partnership with the Human Resource Development ministry, seeks to bring back the cheers, the talent and the adrenaline of cricket at this level and KyaZoonga is the official Ticketing and Accreditation partner of this revolutionary event!
The Toyota University Cricket Championship features Eight teams from four zones that will play in a T20 format for the title of being the best university in cricket. The aim is also to find future champions of the sport and nurture their talent. With Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan as the enthusiastic face of the tournament, this initiative also aims at promoting grass-root talent.
The UCC will be an extension of the 77-year-old Rohinton Baria Tournament. All matches will be telecast live on a sports channel and NDTV will also do extensive programming around it. Get your tickets now on KyaZoonga!


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WASHINGTON — Many people who think they cannot digest dairy products might do all right if they eat a small amount at a time, but surprisingly little is known about just how many have true lactose intolerance, a government panel concluded Wednesday.
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Lactose is a sugar in milk, and most babies are born producing enough of the enzyme lactase in the small intestine to digest it. But worldwide, most people's lactase levels progressively decrease throughout childhood. How low those levels drop determine whether a person can, for example, drink two cups of milk at a time without discomfort — pain, diarrhea, gas or bloating — by adulthood.
Mainly northern Europeans evolved to keep comfortably ingesting milk after childhood, while other populations where milk and cheese were less a part of the diet lost that ability.
Regardless of ancestry, how well people can digest lactose is highly variable, and there is no good count of how many experience symptoms that mean full-scale lactose intolerance, said a panel of specialists convened by the National Institutes of Health.
"There are huge gaps in knowledge," said panel chairman Dr. Frederick Suchy of Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Some studies show that people who think they are lactose intolerant actually can digest the sugar, and the NIH panel worried that people who completely avoid dairy products miss an important source of calcium and vitamin D, nutrients important for bone health and possibly other conditions, too.
The panel's advice:
- Seek a doctor's diagnosis, as symptoms may be due to irritable bowel syndrome or another disorder rather than lactose intolerance.
- If diagnosed, studies suggest some people still can tolerate small amounts of dairy, up to a cup of milk, if taken together with other foods. Also, some products like low-fat cheeses contain less lactose.
- Get enough calcium or vitamin D from other sources, such as fortified orange juice, lactose-removed dairy brands, calcium-rich broccoli, soy products or supplements.
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Grays Harbor Shorebirds
Join Portland Audubon on a trip to one of the West Coast's best birding hotspots, where you can expect to see a bevy of shorebirds, and even some seabirds. Early September is the perfect time to look for Pacific Golden-Plover, and even a Bar-tailed Godwit might turn up among the Marbled Godwit flocks in Westport. Many other shorebird species will be present during this peak shorebird migration time. Based in Ocean Shores, Washington, we will visit Bottle Beach, Westport harbor, Tokeland, Oyhut, and the Ocean Shores jetty.


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Vice Reversa Micro-Needling Pimple Patches are designed specifically for pimple-prone skin working rapidly to calm down the spot.
Micro-Needling Pimple Patches contain Hyaluronic acid, Salicylic Acid and Green Tea extract to hydrate, soothe and heal the pimple at the source. Designed specifically for pimple prone skin, Pimple Patches can show results after single use. Each patch contains thousands of microscopic active ingredients formed into micro fine needles which penetrate the epidermis and dissolve, nourishing and replenishing the cells from within.
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This is great advice
After taking time off to enjoy the holidays and then struggling with the flu for nearly two weeks, I am happy to report that I am finally back at it.
For those of you interested, I am currently working on editing book three in the Bobby Ether series, while simultaneously sketching ideas for book four. At the same time, I have begun work on a new MG/YA series that I hope to write. So far, I have just the general outline and some characters banging around in my head, but I am thrilled at the prospect of a new series and eager to see where it leads.
In the mean time, I thought I would share with you something I jotted down a while ago.
I'm not normally one for acronyms, but I thought it would be fun to create one based on one of my favorite expressions: "writing is rewriting."…
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A countywide probation compliance sweep last week yielded three arrests, including two for violations of probation and one on a warrant, according to Colusa County Chief Probation Officer Bill Fenton. The sweep also resulted in the confiscation of "a couple of weapons and ammo," Fenton added.
Representatives from six county law enforcement agencies, including the Colusa Police Department, the Colusa County Task Force, the Colusa County Sheriff's Office, the Colusa County Probation Department, and the Williams Police Department participated in the sweep on Nov. 6. Law enforcement personnel made a total of 39 probation contacts and conducted 25 drug tests on the spot.
Among those arrested for violating probation were Steven Joseph Kesterson, 26, of Maxwell, and Juan Jesus Ambriz,27, of Williams. According to the booking sheet from the Colusa County Sheriff's Office, Ambriz – a convicted felon – was found to be in possession of both ammunition and firearms, which were confiscated in the sweep. Also arrested was Serena Janassa Byrd, 37, of Colusa, who had an outstanding warrant for violating the terms of her probation. ■


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How and where to bet on Women's AFL
After years of amateur football and decades on the outskirts of Aussie Rules, Australian women finally have a professional league to ply their trade in and it is not a moment too soon.
Eight teams are set to play in the inaugural AFLW campaign which joins the Big Bash League and the A-League as the only top-tier competitions to have a professional female companion league at the highest level.
We all know women can play as well as the men, but are the betting markets reflective of that fact? Or do punters have limited options when it comes to the AFLW?
We took a look at Australia's newest and most exciting sporting competition provided some information on it and delivered a comprehensive betting guide for punters who are keen to get around the AFLW.
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What teams will participate in AFLW 2019?
Every state that has an AFL team is represented in the maiden women's season, and all teams participating in the AFLW season has a male affiliate.
The AFL elected to grant just eight franchise licenses in the inaugural AFLW season, but those numbers have already grown in the competition's short lifetime.
The 10 teams taking part in the 2019 AFLW season are:
- Adelaide Crows
- Brisbane Lions
- Carlton Blues
- Collingwood Magpies
- Geelong Cats
- GWS Giants
- Fremantle Dockers
- Melbourne Demons
- North Melbourne Kangaroos
- Western Bulldogs
The AFLW's expansion scheme continues in 2020, when Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast will fill out a 14-team league.
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Types of bets that can be placed on the women's AFL competition
Aside from the head-to-head markets that exist on every match of the AFLW season, all the favourite betting markets are represented in the women's incarnation.
Punters looking to place a futures bet on the AFLW Premiership market can do so prior to the commencement of the season, or as the campaign progresses – bearing in mind odds will fluctuate on team performance throughout the year.
A hugely popular type of bet that has come across from other sports to the AFLW is the Line Bet , which simply is a handicap bet. The underdog in the match will get a certain amount of points as a head start or the favourite will concede a lead before the match has begun.
Margin of Victory is a great option for those looking to add some spice to the head-to-head market. The bookmaker offers odds on either a certain amount of points in a frame – like 15-29 points – or a margin like Carlton Women's by 40+.
Tips for betting on women's AFL
Since this is the first ever AFLW season it is hard to know just how well each team will go until the season begins.
Of course there are big names taking part for most sides, but in the debut season of the competition we are looking to the teams who have had semi-professional women's teams for years now – the Western Bulldogs and the Melbourne Demons.
Both teams feature at the top of the AFLW futures markets and will look to utilise the experience, infrastructure and know-how that comes with getting a head start on the competition.
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Where to place a bet on the AFL Women's
The women's AFL competition is one of the most exciting additions to the Australian sporting calendar in recent memory, and any bookmaker who takes themselves and the clients seriously have added the AFLW to the sportsbook.BetEasy.com.au is the official betting partner of the AFL and have come to the party big-time for the women's incarnation.
BetEasy was the first bookmaker in Australia to open a futures market on the women's game, which goes to show the dedication the team is prepared to pay to the AFLW.
The self-proclaimed number one bookmaker in Australia Sportsbet.com.au talk a big game, and thankfully the team has included a plethora of markets for the AFLW.
Futures markets, Big Win Little Win, line betting and of course head-to-head markets all exist at Sportsbet, which is sure to include more markets as the season unfolds.
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Ruth Lewis is the founder and director of Dimensional Dance. She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, but spent the majority of her youth growing up in the pastoral town of Harvard, Massachusetts where her parents owned and operated an International Youth Hostel called Friendly Crossways. After graduating from the Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts she went on to dance professionally. She finished her dancing career with American Repertory Ballet then became assistant to the director, Septime Webre. She and her husband moved to Bermuda for four years where they had two children and where she was rehearsal director for National Ballet of Bermuda.
Ms. Lewis has steered Dimensional Dance to create meaningful inspiring programs. Most recently the company has focused on women's experiences and performed numerous pieces by female choreographers. These pieces include Phenomenal Woman inspired by Maya Angelou's poem, Fierce Like Frida about Frida Kahlo and One Art based on Elizabeth Bishop's iconic poem. For the 2020 season the company will be creating a new program about Prudence Crandall and her first student Sarah Harris. Prudence is the Connecticut social justice figure who in 1833 was one of the first in the nation to teach women of color higher education.