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This is a quick one-fer to share an image from over the weekend. The original plan was just to get out of the house for a few hours, but that turned into an all-day thing which included a trip to the … Continue reading
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Marymere Falls in the Winter
It was late February when we took a day trip into the Olympic National Park. The weather was mild for this time of year, but it was still gray, rainy and a little chilly. Although there would be no pictures … Continue reading
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Lake Crescent Gallery Posted
More images from my trip to Lake Crescent have been posted over at my Smugmug site. This first one is of the sunset on our first night. In fact, I arrived at the lake while sunset was already in-progress. Our … Continue reading
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Skagit Valley Tulips
We were in Mount Vernon, WA (confusing, I know, but this is Washington state) recently to see the tulips. We missed the actual Tulip Festival by a couple days but fortunately the flowers themselves don't pack up and leave on … Continue reading
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Taxidermy Kit
Taxidermy Kits allow players to use corpses of certain creatures to create trophy House Addon deeds. Only Carpenters with at least 90.1 skill can use or buy the kit, as those without master or grandmaster status in the skill cannot figure out it's workings.
They are found on NPC Tanners, usually within "leather and hide" shops. They average around 90,000 gold to purchase (assuming you're buying in Felucca, where prices tend to be far cheaper).
The player will need the following items to create a trophy:
- Taxidermy Kit
- 10 Boards
- Corpse of one of the following:
- Orc
- Gorilla
- Troll
- Brown Bear
- Polar Bear
- Great Hart
- Big Fish (Note that if stacked with other fish they will not be usable by the taxidermy kit.)
Ultima Online: High Seas booster pack introduced new rare Fish types that can be turned into a trophy:
If your character has the appropriate carpentry skill and materials, double-clicking a taxidermy kit will give you a targeting cursor. This cursor must be targeted on the corpse of the creature intended to be the trophy. You must have looting rights to the corpse in order to process it. The taxidermy kit will disappear upon successful usage, and a deed for the resulting trophy will be placed within your pack.
Note that unlike most other craftables, assuming you have the required skill and components, there is no chance of failure. Rules for placing the item in a House are the same as for any other Addon.
One other trophy, the Dragon Head, was introduced as part of the Spring Cleaning 2008 event and is still available as part of the Clean Up Britannia 2011 event. Taxidermy Kits cannot be used on Dragons to produce trophy deeds.

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PEARL – Nine Mississippi counties are now eligible for all categories of Public Assistance, which provides assistance to state, tribal and local governments, as well as certain non-profit organizations.
Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Rankin, Wayne and Winston counties were previously declared for categories A and B, but have been granted all categories of Public Assistance. Madison County was declared for categories A and B only.
Jones, Leake and Newton counties have been granted all categories of Public Assistance.
"Mississippi is already beginning the recovery process following these devastating storms, and this additional assistance will allow communities to begin long-term repairs and rebuilding," Gov. Phil Bryant said.
The Public Assistance categories are as follows:
- Category A: Debris Removal.
- Category B: Emergency Protective Measures.
- Category C: Roads and Bridges.
- Category D: Water Control Facilities.
- Category E: Buildings and Equipment.
- Category F: Utilities.
- Category G: Parks, Recreational Facilities and Other Items.
The Public Assistance Grant Program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency is a reimbursement grant program paid to state, tribal and local governments, and certain non-profit groups. Typically, the federal share is 75 percent, and the remaining non-federal share of 25 percent is shared between the state and local governments at a rate of 12.5 percent respectively. Eligible private non-profit groups are responsible for the full 25 percent.
Following last week's Special Legislative Session, the state was authorized to pay all of the non-federal cost share (state and local shares) of all eligible and reasonable costs incurred by local governments for debris removal in the declared counties. The special session also authorized the state to provide advances to local governments as they begin to pay for other authorized recovery costs.


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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Mykita and Romain Kremer Sunglasses Experience
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Mykita goes deep into the realm of creative eyewear by collaborating with Romain Kremer, the French designer known for very original and difficult-to-find-a-place-to-wear men's fashion. It is like nothing I've ever seen before.
Mykita x Romain Kremer Sunglasses - Looks best on the bald
Providing little actual UV blockage, this pair is for the extremely brave. It's been spotted on Lady Gaga and not on myself. I think it is a great pair in that it doubles as a helmet.
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Today was a beautiful, snowy day -- the perfect kind to throw away all other plans and head outside to study snowflakes (and a little physics, too -- my little ones are always ready to go sledding)!
I've been excited to try this snowflake preserving activity ever since Montessori Mom pointed the way last week (for some reason I'm unable to open http://blog.montessorimom.com/ but I'll update with the link if/when I can. Her Snowflakes post was on Jan 3, in case you want to try connecting directly). So we took the glass out of an unused dollar-store picture frame, grabbed a can of clear Krylon spray out of the closet and headed out to the barn!
I'm not sure exactly what I expected, but I can't say that our efforts resulted in "delicate white plastic snowflakes" that can be "carefully stored." However, the snowflakes did adhere to the spray-coated glass, and when dry, left a few study-able snowflake imprints!
We don't own a "real" microscope (let alone one with photographic capacity), but we do have a little mini-microscope (30x power -- I think it came with a kit). We were so excited to actually be able to see snowflakes on our glass that I decided to try to take a picture through the eyepiece.
I'm actually rather amazed at the results -- check these out!


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Overcoming the Trauma of Abandonment
Abandonment has its own kind of grief trauma – a powerful grief universal to human beings. The grief can be acute – as when we go through the ending of a relationship, or chronic – as when we feel the impact of earlier losses and disconnection.
The natural folds in abandonment's grief process fall into five universal stages: Shattering, Withdrawal, Internalizing, Rage, and Lifting. These stages overlap one another as part of one inexorable process of grief and recovery. They spell SWIRL which is descriptive of the cyclonic nature of this all-encompassing cloud of human emotion. Each stage affects a different aspect of human functioning and calls forth a different emotional response.
Abandonment is a universal wound – a primal fear. It's what makes heartbreak so painful and what is behind the turmoil and uncertainty of divorce. It's why separation arouses such intense anxiety and why losing a friend, a job, or a lover causes us to doubt our self worth.
The underlying wound of abandonment is what complicates our grief when someone dies: we may feel left behind, forsaken. We rue the conflict left unresolved and the words left unsaid, left alone to pick up the pieces of a beloved relationship.
Loss of love stirs up feelings of not being worthy, not belonging, not being in control of our lives. The trauma of abandonment is powerful to implant an invisible drain deep within the self which insidiously leeches self-esteem from within. No matter what you do to try to rebuild your self-esteem, the invisible drain of abandonment is always siphoning it away.
Abandonment's wound lies deep and invisible. It tugs and pulls, making it hard to let go, always acting beneath the surface, spilling primal fear into moments of disconnection, disappointment, and loss, generating feelings of insecurity and self-doubt that persist into future relationships.
Abandonment left unresolved is a primary source of self sabotage. People have a lot of Outer Child behaviors – self-defeating patterns that lead to a vicious cycle of self-abandonment.
People in abandonment grief include those going through heartbreak, separation, or divorce, as well as those who can't find a relationship and feel isolated and alone and those caught up in patterns where they keep getting abandoned again and again.
People going through abandonment may be grieving a death, or seeking recovery from a childhood wound that still impinges in their current wellbeing, or may have lost their job, friend, home, or sense of purpose – feeling life itself has left them behind. Abandonment grief goes beyond the specifics of the loss to the universal source of primal fear and despair – abandonment – the crux of the human condition and the wellspring of renewal.
Exploring S.W.I.R.L. – Five Phases of Abandonment Grief
This brief overview of the SWIRL process is written from the perspective of someone surviving a loss of love, but it reflects the grief process of the many other types and degrees of loss mentioned above.
Shattering The painful tear in your attachment, stab-wound to the heart. The sudden disconnection sends you into panic, devastation, shock, and bewilderment. This can occur even when the relationship had only been one date and he failed to return your text. You feel the disconnection as a painful jolt, instantly catapulting you out of the positive sense of future that that connection had given you, and sending you back to the beginning where you were abjectly alone. In a long term relationship, you feel symbiotically attached to your lost love –as if you can't survive without him or her – which throws you into an intense emotional crisis – a true trauma. You've been severed from your Siamese twin and you're in the recovery room, alone, crying out in pain. Where is your other half? You try to keep remnants of your fractured self together, but your whole sense of reality feels destroyed. One minute you succumb to the overwhelming despair, suicidal feelings, and sorrow. The next, you see glimmers of hope, only to be dashed again on the shores of despair.
Withdrawal Love-withdrawal is just like Heroin withdrawal – each involves intense yearning for the object of desire, and its craving is mediated by opiates (opioids) within your body. You feel aching, craving, longing, needing a love-fix that you can't get. You're strung out, incessantly waiting for your lost love to call or return. You're plagued with separation anxiety – an expectant, urgent feeling of heightened vulnerability. Physical components of withdrawal from love are the same as they are for withdrawal from Heroin. You're in withdrawal from your endogenous opiates with flu-like symptoms, as well as suffused with fight or flight stress hormones which give you butterflies and taut nerves. Your withdrawal symptoms may include intense anxiety and restlessness, sleeplessness, loss of appetite – sick to stomach, and jumpiness. Just surviving the day feels like a fulltime job. Your day is all about pain management.
Internalizing You begin to turn your anger you feel about being rejected toward yourself and beat yourself up, which creates the intense depression that accompanies abandonment. You idealize your lost love at your own expense, indicting yourself for "not being good enough", for losing the most important person in your life. You internalize the rejection, interpreting the dismissal as evidence of your alleged personal unworthiness. Internalizing is the most critical stage when your wound becomes infected and can leave scarring on your self-image. You inculcate a narcissistic injury. You have grave doubts about your 'attachment worthiness' – that is, your ability to hold someone's love. You blame yourself for the loss. Old feelings of insecurity merge into your new wound. Without recovery, this onslaught to your self esteem can persist and interfere in future relationships in the form of intrusive insecurity, a symptom of abandonment's post traumatic stress.
Rage You attempt to reverse the rejection, expressing rage over being left and over the situation you are in. You are restless to get your life back in order, riddled with low frustration tolerance, your anger spurting out of control. You resent being thrust into aloneness against your will. You regress into fantasies of revenge and retaliation. Your aggressive energy is like a pressure cooker. You boil over easily, sometimes spewing anger onto innocent bystanders (like your friends when they suggest simplistic things like, "You gotta move forward" or "Just let go.") You may have difficulty with assertiveness, tend to under-react – afraid to express your anger directly to your abandoner for fear of losing any more crumbs of his love and approval. So your rage can remain impotent and can get inverted into an agitated depression.
Lifting Life begins to distract you, lifting you back into itself. You experience intervals of peace and confidence. Abandonment's lessons are learned and you get ready to love again. Without recovery, people can make the mistake of lifting above their feelings, losing touch with their emotional center, causing them to become more isolated than before, losing some of their capacity for love and connection. This causes many people to
become attracted to the unavailable ("abandoholic") because insecurity and rejection are the only feelings they are still able to "feel."
We experience the stages not as discrete time packets, but rather one continuous process, sometimes going back and forth between phases or experiencing two or more at once, and just as we think we're through, something happens that thrusts us right back to the beginning. We swirl through the phases within an hour, a day, a year, cycles in cycles, until we emerge out the end of its funnel-shaped cloud a changed person.
The goal of abandonment recovery is to benefit by the experience rather than be diminished by it. The program of hands-on exercises helps us reduce the impact of abandonment trauma and constructively work with the feelings at each stage – to turn abandonment into a wellspring for profound personal growth.
SWIRL is a universal process. We've all been through it at one time or another – swirling through the disconnections of everyday life. We swirled through the hurts and disappointments of childhood. Our own unique style of swirling is based on patterns we developed from having survived previous losses, heartbreaks, and losses, as well as our temperament and personality, and our susceptibility to feeling rejected.
For abandonment survivors, with our heightened vulnerability, almost anything can cause us to swirl. It can be very subtle. Feeling left out, ignored by a friend, or failing to get recognition at work can set swirl in motion. On a bad day, losing your car keys can send you swirling. Rather than fault ourselves for overreacting, we need to recognize that we are going through the universal process of SWIRL beneath our taut nerves and tender feelings.
You might go into a mild swirl if, for example, a member of your abandonment support group fails to show up one night. You and other group members feel the absence of that person as a nearly imperceptible letdown, a slight 'disconnection' (a mild form of Shattering). You feel a slight anticipation in waiting, hoping for him to arrive (Withdrawal). You feel imperceptibly rejected, dismissed, as if the group "wasn't important enough to him" barely conscious of any self-depreciation setting in (Internalizing). Then you feel some imperceptible annoyance that he "didn't bother to call" (Rage). And finally, even before these subliminal thoughts reach your awareness, your lift into the group discussion as it gets underway (Lifting). You went through swirl on such a subtle level you weren't even conscious of it. But the vulnerability may have been there, tingeing the moment with subliminal self-doubt, disappointment, and slight agitation – even if you weren't aware of it.
Abandonment recovery
Abandonment recovery offers professional and self-help methods to abandonment survivors from around the world. Its program consists of techniques and exercises that are hands-on, practical, and easy to use. Abandonment recovery can help everyone resolve their abandonment wounds from past or present losses and to progress toward their goals for greater life and love.
The Abandonment Recovery Workbook is designed to make this process as easy to follow as possible, a well illuminated path to healing. The other books provide detailed guidance through the recovery process as well.
Five Phases of Abandonment Recovery
- Shattering is when we experience the painful tear in the dense tissues of our attachment– when we feel our emotional support threatened or torn away; it is primal fear erupting. The recovery protocol for shattering incorporates the findings on mindfulness and LovingKindess meditation studies into an easy-to-apply method that restores our emotional balance, enhances wellbeing, self-reliance, and self regulation, and whose effects on mental wellbeing, when practiced regularly and over time, have shown to be permanent.
- Withdrawal is yearning and craving for the lost object, akin to heroin withdrawal. The protocol for withdrawal is grounded in a separation therapy technique. Through a hands-on exercise, we build and nurture a significant new relationship with our emotional core, allowing us to directly administer to our oldest, deepest needs and feelings, thereby reversing self-abandonment.(The workbook provides easy delivery.)
- Internalizing is when we internalize the rejection – take it personally and interpret it as proof that we are unworthy, a self injurious process that leaves residual damages in self esteem. The protocol for internalizing involves a mental program that works like physical therapy for the brain. It taps into the powers of the imagination and gets them to increase self confidence, expand our scope, set new goals, and change life direction.
- Rage is the beleaguered self's attempt to fight back and reclaim our ego strength. The protocol for rage involves an awareness tool (Outer Child) and a step by step action plan that effectively overcomes our most deeply entrenched patterns of self sabotage, substitutes positive behaviors that become healthy new habits, and promotes incremental behavior change.
- Lifting is when we experience increasing intervals of relief from abandonment's emotional deluge. The protocol for lifting involves using love as a substrate to integrate the exercises into a goal promoting program that helps increase our capacity for life and love and reach our goals.
The workbook helps to create the love-focus throughout our daily activity.
Primal abandonment fear is not something we get rid of like the flu; it is universal and essential, a vital ingredient in the concoction that motivates us to sustain our human connections and build secure foundations within the self and within our lives. The techniques of abandonment recovery show us how to embrace this primal force as an essential part of what makes us human and channel it productively. The program is step-by-step, forward looking, and action oriented – targeted to incremental emotional and behavioral change. In overcoming abandonment, we overcome its traumatic aftermath of self defeating patterns.
See Also:
PTSD of abandonment: 30 characteristics
What is unresolved abandonment?
Physical therapy for the brain
How abandonment trauma differs from borderline personality disorder What is an abandonment syndrome?
Abandonment recovery: Everyone can benefit
Healing the primal wound of abandonment
Abandonment recovery workshops and groups
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Dupont Invests to Expand Manufacturing in Londonderry
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Barry Gardiner, MP, today welcomed the news that DuPont's Maydown facility is to benefit from a $70m (£40m) investment the company is making to expand its global KEVLAR® manufacturing operations.
Speaking during a visit to the Maydown site, Mr Gardiner said: "This is a terrific endorsement by DuPont of the skills of employees and track record of successful innovation that have made this plant one of the most technologically advanced manufacturing facilities in the world.
"Invest Northern Ireland is providing selective financial assistance of £2.5 million towards this investment, which is also expected to create 40 new jobs in the KEVLAR® plant over the next two years. In addition, construction and commissioning work is expected to provide significant, related employment opportunities for many more."
The Minister continued: "Maydown's experience in the development of innovative manufacturing technology for DuPont's synthetic fibre operations helped it to secure a significant share of a massive expansion in KEVLAR® production.
"Since its establishment in Derry almost 50 years ago, DuPont has been an important part of the North West community, creating wealth through direct employment and through successful long term business relationships with local suppliers.
"Not only will DuPont benefit from an already excellent relationship with the community, the North West will gain significantly from the new, high quality jobs that will be provided in a growing and successful technology-focused industry.
In outlining the new investment, Mr Ian Hudson, DuPont's Advanced Fiber Systems European Director, said: "Global demand for DuPont™ KEVLAR® has soared with the need for safety and security worldwide, In addition, new applications are being developed that harness the lightweight strength of KEVLAR® fiber to enhance protection and performance. This capacity expansion is a critical step in growing the KEVLAR® business, maintaining DuPont leadership in the performance fibers market, and delivering the innovative new products customers expect from DuPont. "
Dr David Spence, DuPont's Maydown Plant Manager, said: "This news is a tremendous boost for the Maydown organization. It will allow us to build on the Maydown Team's KEVLAR® manufacturing expertise, strengthen ties with the community, and further solidify our position as the global leader in performance and safety materials
The investment will provide opportunities for companies from Northern Ireland and other parts of the United Kingdom in the fabrication of parts and construction and commissioning of the new equipment, as well as in the ongoing operation of the plant.


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The NAIAS is an important event for Macomb County, Michigan's third most populous county. During this annual expo, our automotive industry – which includes 400 companies involved in the R&D, production, wholesale, retail and maintenance of motor vehicles – can showcase its innovations, designs, technologies and products. It's also a period for the county to highlight its "Future Tech, Future Talent" and to promote the area as a desirable location for opening, relocating or expanding a business, especially in the manufacturing sector.
Success in business is dependent on access to a deep pool of talent and experience, a resource abundant in Macomb County. All told, its labor force is more than 421,000 individuals strong, with over 75,000 in the skilled trades, 87,000 engineers and 70,000 R&D professionals.
Since 2010, automotive companies have invested more than $10.3 billion in Macomb, including substantial investments by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company and General Motors. $1.2 billion was invested in 2018 alone, which resulted in the creation of 4,584 jobs.
Macomb County is helping to build a workforce for the future by partnering with business and education leaders. For instance, the county supports 22 local FIRST Robotics teams. It also promotes STEM programming at Macomb Community College, which recently saw a 400% increase in robotic-related course completion.


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Manchester United partners include many familiar to U.S.Some 60 rubber ducks drop off the Wabash Bridge into the Chicago River on Aug.Didier Deschamps' side know a victory over Belarus – live on the red button – book their place Russia next year.3 AFC playoff seed, ESPN's Michael DiRocco relays that Jacksonville coach Doug Marrone doesn't plan to rest his starters this weekend.
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Many of filmmakers are smart "? in fact, most of them are. Even Uwe Boll got through medical school. But being smart doesn't mean that they make smart movies. Summer 2009 has been loaded with entertaining eye candy that was dumber than a Redman spit cup.
Just when I'd given up all hope for a smart summer movie, along came that glourious basterd Quentin Tarantino ("Grindhouse") with his latest metafilm, a picture that's got it all: drama, comedy, suspense, satire, a clever script, great acting. Actually, "Inglourious Basterds" is an entire summer season all by itself.
Tarantino takes the stuff of spaghetti Westerns and turns it into an alternate history of World War II. Like the movie's title, the action of the film seems to be correct, but you know there's something wrong with it.
The picture details the adventures of three central characters: the good, the bad, and the gorgeous. We meet the bad first, Col. Hans Landa (German actor Christoph Waltz), nicknamed "The Jew Hunter" for his prowess in tracking and eliminating Jews from Nazi-occupied France. He's a psychological sadist, a cat-and-mouse kind of torturer "? he's the cat "? who comes on like a decent guy, all reasonable affability, until before you know it, he's reduced you to a quivering plate of escargot.
The good is, like Blondie in the Sergio Leone picture Tarantino uses as his template, a man you probably wouldn't consider a pillar of morality under ordinary circumstances. This is Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), Gentile leader of a small American force of Jewish commandoes whose mission it is to terrorize German soldiers. Like Landa, he's a chatty guy, all crap-eating grins and down-home friendliness "? unless you're wearing the wrong uniform. Then he'll either have his "basterds" scalp you or, if he decides to let you go, he'll carve a swastika into your forehead.
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SINGAPORE, March 19 — In the new economy where new types of jobs are created every other day, making the transition from a secure profession to untested waters can be daunting. But veteran banker-turned-country head of Facebook Singapore took the plunge and hasn't looked back since.
Sandhya Devanathan left a banking career after 15 years to enter the tech industry. Having held top managerial roles in Standard Chartered Singapore and Citibank in the United States, she transited to Facebook Singapore in January 2016 and now runs the Singapore office. She also helms the role of Regional Lead for Facebook's e-commerce, travel and financial services.
The onslaught of the mobile revolution has not only impacted jobs but is also changing the way people interact and how companies work. Facebook, which is making the world more open and connected, is at the heart of all the action, said Devanathan in an exclusive interview with TODAY.
"We have now more phones in the world than people. Mobile has been this big megatrend that has underpinned the rise of many new companies and new business models. It has been a huge and quick change for society," Devanathan noted.
Facebook is uniquely placed to take advantage of the trends unfolding in the fastevolving landscape, as trending forms of e-commerce such as mobile commerce and conversational commerce hit our wallets. In recent years, we have seen the growing trend towards business transactions conducted through messaging applications like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Talk and WeChat.
These trends are even more significant in South-east Asia, which is in particular a 'mobile-first' market, she added. By the end of 2015, Singapore's mobile penetration rate was at 148 per cent, according to Data.gov.sg.
"We are seeing interest definitely on messaging and using bots to service, communicate and reach an audience. Conversational commerce plays directly into that," Devanathan added. For starters, Facebook Messenger is not just a chat service.
In the United States and across Europe, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines sends boarding passes directly to customers through Facebook Messenger. In select locations in the US, you can also order a ride on Uber services through Facebook Messenger, as well as conduct person-to-person payments through Mastercard, she shared.
"We are looking at trends that are coming out from there, (and) there is appetite," said Devanathan.
Meanwhile, there has been a push in recent years to develop capabilities and resources in the tech sector. As Singapore seeks to attract students and graduates to study and work in the STEM sectors – or science, technology, engineering and math – in line with the Smart Nation initiatives, there is a need to break the misconception towards the kind of roles in tech industries today, said Devanathan.
"If you think about the roles that are getting created, a lot of the roles didn't exist years ago. Social media didn't exist 15 years ago, or ride sharing didn't exist until 9-10 years ago. Many of the companies that are here today haven't existed in the past."
"In the new economy, (some) jobs did not exist last week. There's no precedent in the roles that are opening up Which means there are new kinds of demands on the kinds of roles that are opening up. But if you are someone that is able to apply your skills, is able to adapt to a new set of circumstances, you will do phenomenally well," she added.
Facebook, as Devanathan says, holds diversity for its workforce close to its heart. The company champions cognitive diversity in the workplace, from gender, ethnicity, orientation, age and career background.
About 32 per cent of the workforce are women. The company has been driving various initiatives to bring more women into the industry. What was found is that there are not enough women choosing to graduate in STEM fields. Many also have misconceptions about tech-industry related jobs.
"Not all jobs in Facebook are coding jobs. There are roles where you manage a country, there are business development roles, there are marketing, sales roles," shared Devanathan.
In Facebook, almost the entire leadership team has been through a managing bias programme, which helps them acknowledge biases or stereotypes they may have in their heads and manage through the process to make for a more diverse and inclusive workforce.
Having diversity is crucial for a company like Facebook which serves 1.8 billion people on a monthly basis globally.
"We believe that cognitive diversity helps us do good business. It's not a good-to-have, it's a must-have if you want to build a sustainable business for the future," she added.
Singapore has very visible role models of women helming top positions and with its support systems in place, Singapore is actually more empowering of women, noted Devanathan.
Despite her busy schedule, she still makes it a point to spend time with her nine-year-old son.
"The question is the balance and the trade-offs that you make. This is not a work-life balance question, but a work-life integration. What's important to you, (is to) know your priorities and go after them." — TODAY


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Tomek Setowski is known worldwide as one of the most prominent representatives of the style called "Magical Realism". Fairytale Characters, Underwater Worlds, Sky Cities, Beautiful Women, manifestations of his dreams form deep symbolism of Magical Realism.
Tomek began his artistic career after having graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Czestochowa, Poland in 1989.
Setowski is acclaimed one of the most original and gifted painters, who managed to create his own unique and recognizable style. His art aroused interest of the best galleries around the world.
Tomek Setowski was born in 1961 in Czestochowa, Poland, where he is still residing and where his main gallery called Museum of imagination is located.
In 1995 his paintings were included in a road show exhibition called "Polish Surrealists" which presented the best artists taking their ideas from this surrealism trend. Thanks to this event, Setowski was acclaimed one of the most original and gifted painters, who managed to create his own unique and recognizable style. His art aroused interest of the best Polish galleries, as well as foreign international art experts - exhibitions in France, Germany and Switzerland were very successful.
The breaking point in Setowski's career was 1998, when Stricoff Fine Arts one of New York best galleries was looking for new, promising artist with original style of painting. From a group of several dozens of artists the Americans decided to bet on Setowski. It was the most important step for Tomek's carrier overseas.
Since then Setowski has had his own stall and exhibits under his own signboard "The Museum of Imagination" on the New Yorker ARTEXPO. The presentations on the art fair turned out to be a success. Setowski's works can be found in Stricoff and InterArt galleries in New York and have been lately shown on an individual exhibition in Las Vegas. Parallel to this, the exhibitions in Great Britain and Germany are being organized.
For many years Setowski has been put under the wide notion of surrealism. Only recently it was decided that artists having a similar style fall under "magical realism" or "fantastic realism" and the artists themselves (what is often stressed by Setowski) are closer to Bosch than Salvadore Dali. There are not many representatives of this trend in the world, for creating such works deserves a faultless, almost masterly technique and immense imagination.


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IAS Seminar "High statistics measurements of pedestrian dynamics and modelling"
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- 09 Feb 2017 14:00
- end
- 09 Feb 2017 15:00
- venue
- Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Besprechungsraum 1, building 16.3, room 350
- Speaker:
- Dr. Alessandro Corbetta, Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Abstract:
The dynamics of pedestrian crowds is a relevant topic for the design and safety of civil infrastructures and furthermore a fascinating subject deeply connected with many scientific disciplines, including statistical physics and fluid dynamics. Walking pedestrians exhibit a large variety of dynamical behaviors, possibly influenced by the surrounding crowd and by the environment. Even in very simple geometries, individuals always display, in addition to average behaviors, small fluctuations and, rarely, large 'anomalous' deviations. Observations of crowds with very high statistics are thus expected to be able to display the statistical signature of both frequent and rare fluctuations. Quantifying and modeling such signature is hence a paramount step to increase our understanding of the physics of crowds and our quantitative simulation capabilities.
To investigate the statistics of fluctuations and of rare events, in 2013 we started different year-long experimental campaigns in real-life settings. We collected on a 24/7 basis the trajectories of pedestrians walking in different locations, namely a corridor within Eindhoven University of Technology, the main walkway of Eindhoven train station and during the Eindhoven 2016 Glow festival. The heart of this data collection are grids of overhead Microsoft Kinect 3D range sensors and ad hoc detection and tracking algorithms. These enabled reliable and highly accurate measurements, unprecedented in scale, both offline and, more recently, in real-time.
First, we will discuss the measurement setups and techniques along with the challenging problem of identifying similar flow conditions occurring randomly within our measurements. This is a necessary step to ensure coherent statistical analysis. Then we focus on diluted flow conditions: considering pedestrians walking undisturbed, we discuss a Langevin-like stochastic model recently proposed by us reproducing quantitatively measured statistics of position and velocity, as well as rare velocity inversion events. Thus, we complement the model with mutual avoidance terms comparing their statistical properties with the experimental data.
- Date:
- Thursday, 9 February 2017, 14:00
- Venue:
- Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Besprechungsraum 1, building 16.3, room 350
- Announcement as pdf file:
Anyone interested is cordially invited to participate in this seminar.
Contact: Dr. Maik Boltes, JSC


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The nation is struggling with high temperatures and dry weather, not just in Ky or Oh for that matter. So bad that the grass is now a crunchy brown, the fruit trees are looking like it is fall with dried up fruit and withered leaves. The tops of the corn stalks look like pineapple tops, struggling for a drink of water.
So how do we beat the heat? The swimming pool is not refreshing at all anymore, probably close to 90 degrees after all of this heat. Want a nice warm bath, then the pool would work! We considered putting ice in it, but it would take ALOT of ice.
The kids have been filling plastic totes on the porch with cold water from the hose, and making their own hillbilly pool. That is helping to cool them off a bit. (These pics are from a couple years ago, that is why the grass looks green here!)
With no AC in either of our cars, we struggle to even go out and run errands. Praising God for a good AC in the house! I am beating the heat by staying inside. Because of our move we are behind on school, yes I know how can you be behind if you homeschool.. but I feel like we are. We are beating the heat by staying inside and doing some extra school things. Reading, playing guitar, board games, and arts and crafts.
I am seriously considering having a spring break for 2 months rather than a summer break! Spring was gorgeous, great temperatures and perfect for being outside. We hit 100 degrees daily right now and are pretty much forced inside.
Maybe we aren't behind in our homeschool year, maybe we are just getting started early!!


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The article states that Flagstone is a generic description of flat stone that is most often used in building and landscaping, but not to be confused with slate.
I've seen flat, irregularly shaped metamorphic slate used in the same applications as sandstone flagstone but it's made out of a more durable slate..hard, slick etc. It's cut into flat irregular segments used to pave walkways, etc. Is this still considered flagstone or slate flagstone, or just slate?
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is flagstone the same as limestone
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A whole variety of sandstone is commercially known as flagstone.
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Mans 2008 : winning duo : Skating Peters Inlajn.Cz
A new category was born in 2008 in the "24 Heures du Mans" : the duo. Online-skating published some remarkable teams testimonies. We enclose this publishing with the interview of the Czech team, widely victorious with more 635 km. A performance which makes of this first edition a serious reference...
2 bus, 6 teams, 3 duos, 2 solos.. the Czech came in force !
Why choosing to participate as Duo ?We wanted to try something more challenging than team race and we haven't felt strong enough for solos yet.
What was your previous long skating experience for your Duo ?Peter Choc (PCH): last year I raced in Switzerland at One Eleven (111 km) and in Germany (107 km). I generally prefer longer tracks as I'm more endurance-runner and my speed is not any more what it used to be.
Peter Vasek (PV): Just last years experience from 24h Le Mans in a team.
How did you prepare this event ?PV: Individually during the winter (cca 1 training together once a week) and from may on 70% trainings together (which is about 5 times a week with Peter).
PCH: as we are not professionals and both have our civil jobs, we train almost in the evenings and on weekends. In winter we also ski (cross-country).
What kind of equipment did you choose ?We both chose speed skates, PCH kept his FILAs F100, 4x100 all the race and PV started on FILAs Matrix, 4x100 (first two laps and then between the second and sixth hour of the race), then changed to BONT Vaypor, 4x110 mm.
Have you been support by a staff ?PV: my partner Lenka
PCH: Petr´s girlfriend Lenka, until she fall asleep; from that moment it was just us and colleagues from our depot.
Tell us about the start and the first few hours ?PV: Start was fine. It was my honour to begin our duo and I was a little afraid about it but at the end it was really fine. First four hours were absolutly no problem and we went in a quite high cadence (maybe to high - from the 7th hour on I had spasms in the uphill).
PCH: After the start we ran little faster but we managed to slow down just in time to keep going. In the morning I felt some two-hours sleeping crisis which disappeared with the dawn. All the rest of time was OK.
During the 24h, did you eat, sleep ?PV: We mainly cared about our drinking regime and each two hours we tried to eat something (except energy-gels and tablets). There was no time to sleep, I took one quick shower in the middle of the race.
PCH: I went to the shower 3 times and during my breaks I tried to jog-trot, mainly at night when it got much colder. I had no problems with sleeping as with 3laps exchange, there was no time and it would not help at all.
Did you manage to communicate between partners over the 24 hours?PV: Our communication? Just one word in the exchange area - GO!
PCH: Sometimes we used czech veteran team supports and from our previous experiences we knew what is sufficient for each of us and therefore we didn´t need to try new ways.
Did you find support on the track ?PV: I was glad to see all the participants, each skater on the track was good support for me. :-)
PCH: You know, there are hundreds of racers on the track all the time, so there are lot of chances to catch someone and go with him/her. You also have to watch for slower bladers which keeps your concentration on high level and there is just a small chance to underestimate something.
Tell us about the last hours and the finish ?PV: The last hour? Just perfect - it was only a small piece to the finish, end of all that sweat. And crossing the finish line - can´t be described, maybe one word - euphory (not for the victory, but more for all the atmosphere and relief we have happily skate until finish).
PCH: It was Peter´s part, so had time to enjoy the whole event from our depo and last minutes on the stand with other Czechs.
Did you kept to the planned strategy ?PV: no, we didn´t. We did 130km more then we wanted to. :-) !
PCH: yes, we did. On Tuesday at 7am I was already at work and able to create meaningful values all day long.
What will you remember (the best and the worst) of this first Duo edition ?PV: The best - definitely finish line. The worst - 18 hours long fighting with the spasms.
PCH: As something similar is not possible to see in the CR, it´s the atmosphere and the big number of equally 'involved'/crazy people as we are. The worst - getting off the bus in Liberec.
Have you other long skating project to come ?PV: Because we can not resolve the question who contributed to the victory more, we will run solos next year in Le Mans.
PCH: right :-)
Mans 2008 : Bilan général (French)
Mans 2008 : Interview du LondonSkater 2.0 (2èmes) (French)
Mans 2008 : Interview du London Duo (3èmes) (French)
Mans 2008 : Récit du duo Alex-Rick (French)
Mans 2008 : Récit du duo 8wd-Gillou (French)
Mans 2008 : L'épopée du duo Mystic et des MIL (French)
Mans 2008 : Miklc, pourquoi pas en duo ? (French)Interview : 8wd
Translated from the Czech by Víta Zalud
Pictures : Roller-Numerique.net and rollerenligne.com


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What to watch in the leading soccer leagues in Europe this weekend:
Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, left, speaks with coach Michael Carrick during a Premier League soccer match against Newcastle United at St James' Park, Jan 2, 2019, in Newcastle, England. (OWEN HUMPHREYS / PA VIA AP)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gets his first big test as Manchester United manager in an away match at Premier League title contender Tottenham.
With four victories in the league and another in the FA Cup since taking over from Jose Mourinho, Solskjaer is only the second manager - after the great Matt Busby - to win his first five matches in charge of United.
It has brought United back to within six points of fourth-place Chelsea, which occupies the final Champions League qualification place.
ALSO READ: Man United revitalized with Solskjaer at the wheel
Yet, Tottenham has won nine of its last 11 games in all competitions, with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min in particularly impressive form. The game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday will be Son's last before he joins up with South Korea at the Asian Cup.
With only one fit senior center back in Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool heads to Brighton on Saturday holding a four-point lead over Manchester City, which hosts Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday. Tottenham is two points behind City.
Chelsea is at home to Newcastle on Saturday, when fifth-place Arsenal visits West Ham.
- By Steve Douglas.
Forget about winning the title - Real Madrid is battling just to finish in the Champions League qualification positions heading into the second half of the La Liga season.
Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr, left, celebrates after scoring during a Spanish Copa del Rey soccer match between Real Madrid and Leganes at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Jan 9, 2019. (MANU FERNANDEZ / AP PHOTO)
Trailing leader Barcelona by 10 points, Madrid is in fifth place and faces a difficult stretch of matches beginning Sunday with a trip to sixth-place Real Betis. The European champions then host third-place Sevilla before playing six straight games against teams in the top half of the table, culminating with the "clasico" against Barcelona at home on March 3. The stretch includes a visit to Atletico Madrid in February.
Madrid is coming off a 2-2 draw at Villarreal and a 2-0 loss to Real Sociedad, and is facing a series of injuries to key players, including Gareth Bale, Thibaut Courtois and Toni Kroos. None are expected to play at Benito Villamarin Stadium this weekend.
Barcelona will defend its lead at home on Sunday against 13th-place Eibar, which has drawn its last five matches in all competitions. Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde rested Lionel Messi and several other regular starters in the team's Copa del Rey match against Levante on Thursday.
Second-place Atletico, which is five points behind Barcelona, visits Levante on Sunday. Sevilla, seven points off the lead, plays at Athletic Bilbao the same day.
- By Tales Azzoni.
With hopes of another domestic treble over after losing in the League Cup, Paris Saint-Germain gets back to action in the French league with a trip to struggling Amiens on Saturday.
PSG Kylian Mbappe, center, scores his side's fourth goal during the Champions League group C soccer match between Red Star and Paris Saint Germain, in Belgrade, Serbia, Dec 11, 2018. (MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC / AP PHOTO)
PSG's last two league games were postponed because police resources were stretched amid nationwide anti-government protests, but the game at Amiens was set to go ahead as scheduled.
Amiens has one of the weakest defenses in Ligue 1, while PSG averages three goals per game. Amiens has at least shown signs of improvement at the back, with clean sheets in the past two matches.
PSG leads second-place Lille by 13 points and has played two games fewer. Coach Thomas Tuchel will surely demand an emphatic response from his players after their lackluster cup performance in a 2-1 home loss to Guingamp, in which his side conceded three second-half penalties.
On Friday, Lille is away to Caen and third-place Lyon hosts Reims. Lyon will move into second spot, which guarantees automatic entry into next season's Champions League, if it wins and Lille loses.
- By Jerome Pugmire.
Two third-division clubs will attempt to pull off upsets in the Italian Cup.
Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo, third from left, scores his side's second goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Juventus in Bergamo, Italy, Dec 26, 2018. (PAOLO MAGNI / ANSA VIA AP)
Virtus Entella, which eliminated top-flight Genoa in the fourth round, visits nine-time winner Roma in the last 16 on Monday.
Novara also faces a trip to the Italian capital to play Lazio on Saturday.
The only other team outside the top division that is still in the competition is Serie B side Benevento, which is away to Inter Milan on Sunday.
READ MORE: Ronaldo scores twice as VAR helps Juventus to 2-1 win
Juventus, which has won the cup a record 13 times - including each of the past four editions - visits Bologna on Sunday.
Last year's runner-up, AC Milan, is away to Sampdoria, and Napoli hosts Sassuolo.
- By Daniella Matar.


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Update at The Queen's Head!21st August 2018 , in Uncategorised
An Update!
It's hard to believe we're nearly at the end of August already! It's been a stunning summer, but has been a struggle to maintain the gardens, with the poor plants already thinking it's much later in the season than it really is, due to the incredible heat we've had! Steve has done an incredible job of keeping the gardens looking vibrant, for which we're very grateful. We're busily working on the final touches to our Autumn menus, which will launch later this week, and we're excited about our new Wednesday event nights launching on Wednesday 12th September, kicking off with Steak Night (read more about our event nights on our News page, just here) The chimney sweep is booked, the logs are soon to be ordered and we're thinking ahead to all things Autumnal – think fuzzy scarves, hearty comfort dishes, mulled wine…and festive parties! Our Christmas menu is out now and you can view it here
At The Bar…
Our gin collection seems to grow larger by the day, and we're delighted to welcome the splendid Boadicea Gin to the bar as a permanent fixture. This wonderful gin from Norfolk has an extract of nettle infused in a nod to the first Warrior Queen of Iceni, Boadicea, and we're loving it with a slice of fresh orange, some fresh thyme and an Elderflower Fever Tree tonic. It's the perfect gin for the pub, as The Queen's Head in question belongs to Queen Boadicea!
Staying on the bar, we're pleased to now offer three real ales all year round, almost always from East Anglian brewers. In addition, the epic Giggler Dry Cider joins us also on handpull. Giggler is made right here in Bramfield village by Tim with lots and love (and quite a few apples!) We also now stock the Red Label slightly sweeter variant in bottles at 6.5% abv.
Kate's Been On The Pull…
In other news, I'd like to extend a massive THANK YOU to everyone who sponsored me recently for my Lorry Pull. On Sunday 19th August, I drove to the Top Gear test track (Dunsfold Park in Surrey) to help raise funds for The Lucy Rayner Foundation. The challenge was to pull HGV's and lorries for 20 metres. I pulled a 10.5 tonne dumper truck, followed by a 22.5 tonne articulated HGV (you can view the video here), and then attempted TWO HGV's in tandem – an astonishing 45 tonnes in weight. The day raised over £7,000 for the foundation and everyone gave their everything, a wonderful testament to community spirit and determination.
Kate here on the right pulling 22.5 tonnes of articulated lorry. As you do…
Finally, both Kev and I would like to say a hearty THANK YOU to everyone who's joined us since opening 3 weeks ago – we can see already that Bramfield and its residents are wonderful people – thank you for making us feel so welcome and for supporting your village pub; here's to many happy years in Bramfield!


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Are our kids overstimulated?
Last year we attended an interesting conference on nature education. The keynote speaker Richard Louv discussed the problem of 'Nature Deficit Disorder'. The premise of this is that our children are deprived of meaningful and lasting contact with nature and it is impacting on their lives in profound ways. With both school and home time dominated by many busy and varied tasks often using electronics, when do kids get out into the bush, build treehouses and catch tadpoles? Of course many of our committed and excellent teachers provide nature experiences for their students and this helps, but we are often forced to create meaningful learning experiences and curriculum links. Do we just need unstructured time to 'be' in nature?
We had an interesting discussion here amongst staff after the success of our Earthkeepers program. One of the most popular activities amongst the students was the 45 minutes of quiet time alone in the bush called the 'magic spot' activity. Students returned to their magic spot each day to be quiet and alone with nature. It was intriguing for us to witness the discoveries that this brought to different students. Some of the students were absorbed with birds, building small villages out of sticks and stones and writing in their diaries. others just sat still and quietly, enjoying the bush.
What are your thoughts on the need for quiet time in nature. Do we all need some down time to just 'Be'? Do we need to teach our kids to be still sometimes!? Please post thoughts and comments. I have posted student responses from the camp below – very interesting reading. I have highlighted all the magic spot comments
What was the best part of Earthkeeper's camp?
Toby – playing spotlight with all my friends.
Jermaine – The best part about Earthkeeper's camp is the key ceremony and magic spot and the game show and more.
Kade – I think the best bit was sleeping in the cabins.
Molly – Going to my magic spot, getting the keys and having the campfire. When we were at the campfire I saw two shooting stars and one was green. I liked getting the keys because I knew I was closer to becoming an Earthkeeper. I liked the magic spot because it was calm and peaceful. The animals were so fun. All of it.
Pelin – The best part of camp was the camp fire and marshmallows and the spotlight. We saw nothing but it was still fun in the dark with our teachers. It was late. It was so much fun.
Lukas – The best part about camp was when we had the key ceremony and the game show at the end. I also liked my magic spot.
Megan – I think the best part of Earthkeepers Camp was when we went up to the pond to catch tadpoles. We used sieves taped to long wooden poles.
Abigail – I liked where we got to sit in our magic spot for 45 minutes and write in our diaries why we listen to the bush. I also liked the camp fire with marshmallows and singing. I liked all the food very much. I liked the activity where we partnered up and got blindfolds and put our hands in bags.
Charlotte – I thought the best part was the magic spot and the camp fires because for the magic spot you got to go into the bush and observe all the trees and animals. For the camp fire it was just lovely listening to the sound of the wind and all the animals climbing up those huge trees.
Simon – The best thing I did was sleeping in the cabin.
Mimi – I think one of the best parts was being able to hold a baby crocodile and also holding a python. I was really scared about holding them but I really enjoyed it too. Another one of my favourites was just being with my friends.
Isaac – My magic spot was my favourite thing at Earthkeepers camp. I got a badge for making the most comfortable lounge. I also loved hugging the crocodile because they're my favourite animal.
Olivia – Collecting keys and opening boxes. Going to my magic spot. Doing bug fishing and seeing what lives in the pond. Tom came and let us touch all the animals.
Riley – I liked all of it.
Paris – I think the best part was when we went into E.M.'s lab. I was very interested and I also liked the magic spot and the sign off.
Bobby – It was getting into the cabins and being with all my friends.
Jeremiah – Our magic spot was the best because we saw a bower bird and I was right next to the nest and we listened to the beautiful nature.
Joel – Seeing the diprotodont foot and learning about it and also holding the crocodile and the snake.
Nils – Doing the speck dissector and catching tadpoles.
Josie – The games night because I liked when people dressed up it was funny.


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However, he's not allowed to charge for it.
Last month it was reported that Meek Mill was not allowed to record or release music while under house arrest, so it came as a great surprise when his remix of Drake's "Summer Sixteen" arrived earlier this week. Today, TMZ cleared up the confusion, uncovering that Meek has been given the green light to release music while serving his sentence -- on one condition -- that it's released free of charge.
Somehow, we don't see Meek fans complaining about the rapper is only allowed to put his mediums like YouTube and SoundCloud for the time being, which the court reportedly ruled would be allowed in order to "protect his brand".
Seeing that he still has a lot of time on his hands, we suspect more music could be on the way soon. Perhaps he may even drop that Dreamchasers 4 project he's been hinting at since last year?


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When Article 50 is triggered, do all UK payments to the EU stop?
No. Just as the Referendum result didn't stop or change anything, nor does triggering Article 50; it's only by finishing Article 50 that you get change taking place. Article 50 is not an end, it's a process for leaving the EU. The principle is that until you've left you remain a member state, and as long as the UK is a member state – so until it's finished Article 50 – it is liable for paying budgetary contributions, it's liable to rulings by the European Court of Justice in relevant areas, and EU laws have the same effect they do now.
Do we need to repeal a law to stop payments? No, because the payments the UK makes to the EU are bound up with the payments that member states are required to make. The UK could pass a law saying it's not sending any more money to the EU but it would then be in breach of its obligations. If you're trying to negotiate a good deal for exit then that's probably not going to endear you to the other countries. There's another question about what kind of deal you have with the remaining states in the EU afterwards, but until Article 50 is finished the UK has just the same obligations as all of them.
Read more of Simon Underwood's Brexit commentary here.


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Insecurities leading my life
My dad cheated a lot on my mom for a long time. I saw days/weeks/months/years of my mom crying and suffering.
And I saw what it did to my family.
want to know what i did? I cheated on my bf with 2 married guys.
and one of their wives found out.
I have cheated in all the relationships i have been in, and some multiple times.
I feel so insecure, even if my bf looks at another girl or brushes up against one my stomach cringes. so i feel like as a defense mechanism, i do stuff like this.
Will i ever stop? i just cheated with my bf, who wants to be with me forever. i broke up with him last week. and now i am falling for this new guy. what if i cheat again?
i think people like me should just stay single? i have been with 7 guys in whats going to be 3 years now. best part is, i was in a relationship for 2.5 years. so pretty much all this was done when i was in a relationship. gosh, i am so messed up
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I have an alternitive for you...
Grow the f*** up & take responsibility for your actions..
"gosh, i am so messed up"
No you're not, you are just selfish. You're not confessing, you're bragging..
This must actually be hard for you because when you're young your parents are like role models. We often decide what we want and don't want in our future relationships through observing our parents. But to grow up in an environment where you have only seen a continuous pattern of behaviour (your father always cheating on your mother and your mother getting hurt) you think this is how you/your partner should be treated as this is the only behaviour you've really learned. You didn't want to be the one constantly getting hurt, so you chose to be the cheater.
I don't believe this is a genetic thing. You're like your father, but you're only like him because you chose to be like him through following this behaviour. Although you have witnessed this kind of behaviour between your mother and father, your father is not to blame for YOUR mistakes. You did have a choice, but you chose to follow in his footsteps. Now that you're used to this behaviour pattern you have lack of self control and commitment issues no wonder you're feeling messed up. But you still have choice. You can still stop this kind of behaviour. But only you can stop doing this. No one can do it for you.
Do you want to continue cheating on your partners, or do you genuinely want to change? If you do want to change, it's not going to happen over night. It's a slow process.
I suggest you seek advice from someone like a counsellor or therapist and they will guide you to see past this. But only you can have the control and strength to stop it for good..you have to be willing to change and stick by it.
You are one f*****-up b****...but, I'll bet you are fun to party with...my suggestion...get a sugar-daddy...find some older rich guy to buy you an apartment, a nice car, and give you a salary...like $7000 a month...of course, you will be his s** slave....be a good listener...never complain...try it for one year...don't get married...you will only ruin some poor guy's life.


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(Grand Rapids, OH) A coalition of 27 grassroots environmental organizations and 15 Ohio individual citizens have joined together and formally challenged new rules proffered by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) to weaken air quality regulation for compressor station installations, which are key parts of gas mega-pipelines planned to serve the unconventional shale drilling (fracking) industry. The coalition, led by the FreshWater Accountability Project with support from the Buckeye Forest Council and Food and Water Watch, formed in opposition to OEPA's efforts to "streamline and expedite" this important aspect of permitting process, which would further promote the horizontal hydrofracking (fracking) industry in Ohio. The streamlining, activists claim, comes at the expense of local residents who are likely to be detrimentally impacted by toxic chemical and radiological exposures in the vicinity of compressor stations.
If the OEPA grants such "general permits" to polluters for these facilities, there will be no public notice or comment period as a prerequisite to controlling emissions of benzene, volatile organic chemicals, radon gas and radium-226. Moreover, polluters will be able to keep the permit even if they are polluting beyond the allowable amount. Despite growing opposition from local citizens who object to fracking and mega-pipeline projects in their communities, there would be no means to voice opposition under the proposed shift to general permits.
The opponents asserted in their letter that, "The proposed permitting scheme does not provide specific, technically accurate limits on potential to emit and does not establish specific operating parameters to ensure those limits are achieved," which could then put the proposed general permitting process in violation of Federal laws. Another claimed omission is specific to unconventional gas: "There are no provisions for identification of, measurement of, or mitigation of releases of radon gas, Ra-226, Ra-228, Th-232 or other radioisotopes common to hydraulically-fractured gas," thus allowing radon and radioactive particulate matter to be emitted without regulation. The letter to the OEPA can be accessed at: https://fwap.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/FINAL-comments.pdf.
The coalition leaders continue to try to understand the reasoning behind this policy change by the OEPA in order to inform and organize those who are likely to be most affected in anticipation of a second, formal comment period required by law. "The OEPA cannot be used as a captive regulatory agency to serve the fracking industry rather than the citizens of Ohio," stated Lea Harper, Managing Director of FreshWater Accountability Project. "This scheme would exclude the very people who would be most impacted, and is essentially a way to promote more fracking through expediting pipeline build-out and permitting, leaving citizens with no options for dissent or the ability to demand necessary oversight. We need to make sure that any new rules put in place will strengthen public protections rather than dilute the already inadequate regulatory and enforcement schemes for the highly toxic and environmentally damaging industry of unconventional shale drilling."


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A lot happened in the pharma sector in the week, with some bringing joy to investors while some caused heartbreaks.
On Tuesday (Sept.4), EyeGate Pharmaceuticals Inc. (EYEG) announced disappointing results from its phase III study of EGP-437 in patients with non-infectious anterior segment uveitis, sending the shares down 14% to $0.48 that day. The stock has since lost another 20%, and closed Friday's trading at $0.38.
Shares of ProQR Therapeutics N.V. (PRQR) touched a 52-week high of $17.55 on Wednesday (Sep.5), thanks to positive results from its phase I/II trial of QR-110 in patients with Leber's congenital amaurosis 10, a rare genetic eye disorder. However, some of the gains were erased, following a secondary offering, and the stock closed Friday's trading at $15.80.
Histogenics Corp. (HSGX) plunged 73% on Wednesday to $0.76 as its phase III clinical trial of NeoCart in patients with knee cartilage damage failed to meet the primary endpoint of a statistically significant improvement in pain and function. The shares, which have since lost another 7%, closed Friday's trading at $0.72.
Now, here are some of the pharma/biotech stocks to watch out for in the week starting September 10.
1. Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (KNSA)
Kiniksa Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to treat a spectrum of autoinflammatory & autoimmune diseases.
The Company's advanced drug candidate is Rilonacept, which is moving into a pivotal phase III clinical trial in approximately 60 subjects with recurrent pericarditis in the second half of 2018.
Also in the pipeline are Mavrilimumab for the treatment of giant cell arteritis, which will advance to a phase II clinical trial of in the second half of 2018; KPL-716, under phase 1a/1b clinical trial in healthy volunteers and subjects with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis experiencing moderate-to-severe pruritus; KPL-045 and KPL-404, under pre-clinical testing for autoimmune diseases.
Watch out for...
Data from the single-dose, phase 1a/1b clinical trial of KPL-716 in healthy volunteers and subjects with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis experiencing moderate-to-severe pruritus will be presented at the 27th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress in Paris on September 15, 2018.
KNSA closed Friday's trading at $26.98, up 2.74%.
2. Incyte Corp. (INCY)
Incyte is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company. Its first commercial product is Jakafi (ruxolitinib), approved in the United States for patients with intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis and for patients with polycythemia The Company also has a diverse and growing portfolio of product candidates.
Data from a recently completed phase II randomized trial of topical Ruxolitinib in patients with mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis are scheduled to be presented at the 27th European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology Congress, September 12-16, 2018 in Paris, France. The data showed a showed a significant benefit over vehicle control.
Preparations are already underway for a global, pivotal phase III program with topical Ruxolitinib in patients with mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis.
INCY closed Friday's trading at $69.17, down 4.21%.
3. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(TEVA)
The FDA is slated to decide whether or not to approve Teva's Fremanezumab on September 16.
Fremanezumab is an investigational therapy proposed as a quarterly or monthly injection for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults.
The first approved therapy designed specifically for migraine prevention is Novartis' Aimovig. It was approved in the U.S. in May of this year, and in the EU in July.Aimovig works by blocking calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor (CGRP-R), which plays an important role in migraine. Fremanezumab also belongs to the same class as that of Aimovig.
If approved, Fremanezumab is expected to generate peak sales of about $960 million by 2022, according to Clarivate Analytics.
TEVA closed Friday's trading at $21.50, down 1.15%.
4. AnaptysBio Inc. (ANAB)
AnaptysBio is a clinical-stage antibody development company focused on unmet medical needs in inflammation. The Company's lead drug candidate is Etokimab (ANB020), an inhibitor of interleukin-33 cytokine, or IL-33, which has a role to play in various infectious and inflammatory diseases.
A phase IIb trial of Etokimab (ANB020) in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, dubbed ATLAS, and phase IIa trial of Etokimab in severe eosinophilic asthma are ongoing. A phase II trial of Etokimab in adult chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, called ECLIPSE, is expected to commence soon.
The top-line efficacy and safety data, including improvement in Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second (FEV1), from the ongoing phase IIa trial of Etokimab in severe eosinophilic asthma are expected to be reported this month.
ANAB closed Friday's trading at $87.77, up 1.89%.
5. Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (FOMX)
Foamix is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary topical foams to address unmet needs in dermatology.
Three phase III trials are underway namely, one phase III trial of FMX101, the Company's minocycline foam 4%, in patients with moderate-to-severe acne , and two phase III trials of FMX103, topical minocycline foam 1.5%, for the treatment of papulopustular rosacea.
Top-line results from the phase III trial of FMX101 in patients with moderate-to-severe acne are expected this month.
FOMX closed Friday's trading at $5.83, up 1.75%.
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