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Rescuers Refuse To Break Their Promise To Sick Shelter Dog
"I told her I would do whatever I could to get her adopted before her time was up."
A black and brindle pup known to rescuers as "the sweetest dog at the shelter" sat alone behind the chain-linked fence of a kennel for nearly a year. Now, she's getting the send-off of a lifetime.
Lady, as the dog was known to staffers at the Brookhaven Animal Shelter in New York, was passed over again and again after she was first brought to the shelter as a stray in November 2015, along with a male dog named Tramp.
Lady's health slowly deteriorated and her caretakers began to fear the worst. Though only estimated to be between 4 and 6 years of age, Lady was found to be suffering from a distended abdomen and an enlarged spleen - symptoms possibly indicating cancer - which likely scared away potential adopters who might not have wanted to rescue a dog with an uncertain medical diagnosis. A medical aspiration didn't reveal anything cancerous, but putting her under anesthesia for a biopsy was too risky at the time.
A Brookhaven volunteer named Amelia James couldn't stand the thought of Lady spending her final days in a shelter. "She was a favorite of mine at the shelter, yet constantly overlooked by potential adopters when she got sick," James told The Dodo. "I told her I would do whatever I could to get her adopted before her time was up."
With that, James put together her first ever bucket list video to try to find Lady a home.
Volunteers at Brookhaven have been taking very good care of Lady and trying to make her as comfortable and happy as possible.
Her bucket list may not be comprised of cross-country road trips or fancy meals, but it is full of the simple things she loves:
A serene drive ...
Feeling beach sand between her toes ...
Taking a luxurious bubble bath ...
A shopping trip ...
"Lady and I had so much fun fulfilling the wishes on her bucket list," James said.
James hoped the video would get Lady the exposure she needed to find a new home. With four out of five wishes checked off, Lady had just this one more item, which was proving to be difficult ... until she met Annette March and her 12-year-old son, Scott.
The mother and son duo came to an adoption event looking for a special dog to call their own, and that's exactly what they found in Lady. They spent a lot of time with her and just couldn't seem to walk away.
The March family packed up Lady's few possessions, and, with a tennis ball in her mouth, brought Lady home with them.
Ashley Boyd, director at Brookhaven, said the Marches weren't turned off by Lady's medical issues. In fact, Scott was adamant that Lady was the dog for him. "It's a lot to ask of people, both emotionally and physically," Boyd told The Dodo. "It's the most incredible thing when someone takes on the responsibility of caring for a sick animal, especially people such as the Marches."
And Lady is not letting her illness stop her from enjoying her new home.
"As soon as we got home, she jumped into my son's bed and now that's her spot," Annette March told The Dodo.
Brookhaven has set up a GoFundMe account for help with Lady's medical bills and care. Please visit the shelter's website here to find out more about how you can help.
Lady's full bucket list video can be seen below:


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Screening With the Big, Safe Dividend Formula
This week's AAII Weekly Digest highlights these "must-read" AAII articles:
What's in a Yield?
Yield is a term that is used quite often in the investment universe. But it is also frequently a source of investor confusion. The problem is that "yield" has many different meanings, and thus many different implications for investors. The basic dilemma is that yield may or may not be synonymous with total return—the bottom line for investors. This article aims to remove the confusion surrounding yield.
The Power of Compounded Growth and Reinvested Dividends
What's the allure of dividend-paying stocks? Dividends provide a portion of return that is always positive. Increases in dividends provide an increased positive cash return and, consequently, increase the value of the instrument producing that return. Positive fluctuations are normal in the world of cash payments to shareholders; negative fluctuations are a rarity. Over time, reinvesting income that increases can result in yield from income alone that's far higher than anyone can reasonably expect from the total return in the equity market.
Factor Investing and Dividends
AAII's Dividend Investing portfolio targets dividend-paying stocks. However, it also "tilts" toward other factors or premiums, something the professionals also do. The lingo of "tilting," "factors," and "premiums" is not a language most individual investors incorporate into their conversations. They are words frequently mentioned in investment industry conferences and various research studies. This article explains these terms and how you can apply them to your own investment portfolio.
Screening With the Big, Safe Dividend Formula
Updated screening results based on Charles Carlson's "Big Safe Dividend" (BSD) approach outlined in his book "The Little Book of Big Dividends: A Safe Formula for Guaranteed Returns." Carlson's BSD approach is based on two premises: that a company cannot pay dividends if it doesn't have the money to do so, and investors should choose stocks based on their total return potential, not just dividend return (yield).
Our Member Question for this week is:
Political risk is the risk an investment's returns could suffer because of political changes or instability. Instability affecting investment returns could stem from a change in government, legislative bodies, other foreign policy makers or military control. How worried are you about political risk affecting U.S. markets over the next several months?
Vote to answer this week's Special Question:
Considering political developments in the U.S. over the last several weeks, have you made any significant changes to your investment portfolio? If so, what changes have you made?
Last Week's Results:
How worried are you about rising cybersecurity threats to your financial information in the aftermath of the "WannaCry" ransomware cyberattacks?
Poll results are as of 9 a.m. (Central) on Monday. 2,312 respondents.
Retail Investors Worry About Rising Cybersecurity Threat
In the aftermath of the recent "WannaCry" ransomware attack, cybersecurity is once again in the spotlight. Hackers typically prey on exploits in software and the lax security measures used by individuals and organizations. As investors, it becomes even more important to take steps to protect our important personal and financial information. Our latest reader survey asked how worried people are about their financial information falling into the wrong hands. Our follow-up special question asked what steps our readers are taking to protect their financial information.
AAII Investor Classroom: Investing in Bonds
Think of the bond market as a mystery wrapped in an enigma? You are not alone. But this AAII classroom—a member exclusive—pulls back the curtain so that you can analyze individual bonds with confidence.
The AAII Weekly Digest is one of the many benefits of AAII membership. To learn more, consider a 30-day Trial AAII Membership to start becoming an effective manager of your own assets.

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4 best places for photographing big cats
Africa is the default destination for spotting big game.
But once you've bagged the Big Five, what's next?
One emerging activity for wildlife lovers is searching for Big Cats.
Tour operators specializing in feline safaris have emerged over the past several years, and, as with everything safari-based, most commonly operate in Africa.
But there are also Asian and Latin American treks to be made for Big Cat experiences.
Jaguars, Brazil
Found in Mexico and Central and South America, the jaguar is the world's third largest cat, after the tiger and lion.
Defined by its yellow-brown coat decorated with black spots, jaguars are similar to leopards but with broader heads and more solid torsos.
The Brazilian Pantanal -- the world's largest wetland, spanning 54,000 square miles and with more open terrain than the Amazon -- offers some of the best viewing with a reported 5,000 jaguars inhabiting the area.
Safaris take place on small motorboats that travel the rivers, passing by savannah, scrubland and flood plains.
Latin American tour operator, SouthWild, guarantees at least one jaguar sighting if you stay three nights in a floating hotel.
So far they boast a 100% success rate. I had three sightings on a three-night, four-day trip.
SouthWild; +51 1422 9888; from US$3,795 per person for six nights; firstname.lastname@example.com; www.southwild.com
Tigers and leopards, India
India's Bengal tigers aren't easy to spot.
At the Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces property of Baghvan Lodge in Madhya Pradesh, guests wake at 5 a.m. for the chance to spot them on safaris around Pench National Park.
The park is open between November and March (monsoon season forces closure between June and October).
On a four-night stay in January, I saw plenty of paw prints and discarded kills, but no tigers.
March is the month that brings most tiger sightings, but there's no guarantee -- there's just too much undergrowth for the big cats to hide in.
I did, however, spot three leopards -- a mother and two cubs, lying on a large stone waiting for the sun to set.
Enchanting Travels; +1 888 263 2574; from US$3,890 per person for six nights; www.enchanting-travels.com
Lions, Botswana
Botswana isn't about rows of 4WDs crowding round a kill. Instead, the country follows a philosophy of low impact, high yield eco-tourism.
This means higher prices, lower numbers of tourists and better quality sightings.
Expert Africa's Lion Safari covers both the Okavango Delta and more unusual Linyanti region further north.
Both are places for high quality sightings, and evenings spent kicking back in the lap of rustic luxury.
Among many sightings, I watched as a lioness and her cubs fed on a giraffe.
Expert Africa; +1 800 242 2434; from US$6,000 per person for seven nights at three different camps; www.expertafrica.com; firstname.lastname@example.com
Also on CNN: Searching for hippos in the Okavango Delta
Pumas, Chile
The puma is the world's fourth largest cat. Native to the Americas, the puma has more than 40 names in English alone, including mountain lion and cougar.
In Patagonia, pumas are known to prowl through Torres del Paine National Park. Sightings, however, are rare.
That doesn't stop some tour operators from "guaranteeing" a photo op.
With the help of local park guides, and some painful 3 a.m. wake-up calls (safari and sleep never seem to go hand in hand), I did manage to notch four separate sightings.
The most memorable was a mother with a pair of yearling cubs in tow, standing on a ridge, silhouetted against the early morning sky.
SouthWild; +51 1422 9888; from US$3,000 per person for four nights; www.southwild.com; firstname.lastname@example.com


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text: Primal-style workouts are becoming the latest and one of the hottest new ways of exercising. When you understand the way these exercises work, it is easy to see why this is taking the fitness industry by storm. All the selected exercises are chosen based around "natural" movement. This different way of exercising really brings back the fun factor into your workout, compared to the more traditional strength exercises that we are used to doing. This type of exercise will challenge your entire body all at once. Working in this way will really burn the calories too. In this animal style workout you will work on all aspects of your fitness including strength, flexibility, power, endurance purely using your own body weight. So keep your eyes open for the next new trend to hit your gym soon!


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The 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences delivered a zinger of a paradox. People's behavior is predictably irrational. The wisdom that springs from it is known as behavioral economics and aims to systematize people's actual behaviors rather than preconceived, idealized behaviors.
It's proven useful for economics (thus the prize), and yet it's counterintuitive (thus the prize).
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Check out UFC light heavyweight Dominick Reyes' favorite fights of all-time on UFC.com and on UFC Fight Pass
After the fight with Jon Jones and now under quarantine, Dominick Reyes is preparing for a new chapter in life.
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I took on a project a few years ago to transfer my parents' old reels of 8mm movies to DVD video. There are a few ways to transfer 8mm to DVD. I'll explain the best way, and the process I went through to transfer my 8mm to DVD.
DO IT YOURSELF? -- If you want to do this process yourself, you will need an 8mm film projector and a video camera. There are 'converter boxes' available, like I have pictured, which makes this process easier and a little better quality than just projecting onto a screen and videotaping it with a camcorder. However, if you want top quality (these are your memories, remember?), I suggest using a professional service. They have much better and very expensive equipment, and can also do some minor restoration of your film for an additional fee.
CHOOSE PIXEL-BY-PIXEL TRANSFER -- What I wanted was frame-by-frame (or pixel-by-pixel nowadays) conversion, not simply projecting the running movie film into a camera lens. This process is much more accurate and there is no film flicker in the resulting video. If a company does not offer at least frame-by-frame transfer, find another one. If you are going to send out your film, you want it done right the first time.
CHOOSE A MEDIUM -- Your film will be digitized, but you will need to select a medium (DVD, MiniDV, hard drive, Digital8, etc) for your digital master. I wanted to produce my own DVDs so that I could add a background sound track, titles, do color-correction, and choose my own DVD menu and chapters, so I chose Digital8 because I have a Digital8 camcorder I can use to copy the video to my PC. However, if that's not important to you, you can have the company create a DVD for you, ready to play with simple chapters.
RESEARCH COMPANIES -- The tough part of this process is finding a friendly, quality company. What I did was wrote emails to several companies that offered frame-by-frame transfer. I immediately rejected any that either did not respond within a couple days or sent me a form letter; I want personalized service. Next, I personally called the narrowed-down 2 or 3 services. I want to talk to the person who will be doing my transfer - What equipment will you use (Rank Cintel is about as good as it gets)? Will you clean my film? What if I don't like the results, will you redo it? Can I choose what medium the resulting video will be on?
CHOOSE SUPERVISED OR NOT -- All film will fade over time. You can have your film color-corrected and have brightness and contrast adjusted by the person doing the transfer. You will of course pay extra for that service. Personally, since color correction is up to the subjective eye of the person doing it, I wanted control over that process myself, so I opted for just a 'raw', unsupervised transfer from film to video.
SEND YOUR FILM -- Choose a reliable and insured carrier, where you can track the progress of your film, like UPS or FedEx. Number the reels in the order they should be processed. The company will likely splice all of the reels together onto a larger storage reel for you.
INSPECT TRANSFERRED VIDEO -- You should receive your transferred video back in a few weeks. Check it to be sure you're happy with the result. If not, call the company and find out if there's anything they can do to improve it. When I did mine, I had the company keep the film itself while I inspected the resulting video they sent. That way you don't risk losing both the original film and video if it's shipped together, and if you want them to redo it, they still have the film.
UPLOAD VIDEO TO COMPUTER -- Depending on the medium you chose, upload the video to your computer. Some companies offer an external hard drive as a medium, which you would just need to connect via USB port. In my case, I played the Digital8 tape through my camcorder into the computer.
CREATE DVD -- If you have a DVD burner and its burning software, you should be able to now burn the video file to one or more DVDs. In my case, I have ULead MediaStudio, which allowed me to edit the video, add titles and a background track. What I did, which turned out pretty cool, was I played the video on my computer with my Dad and sisters watching it, and recorded their comments on my computer as it played. Then, I put that recording into the DVD soundtrack -- instant family memories! :-)
- movies-to-dvd.com, www.mymovietransfer.com, oaktreevintage.com


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PSX 2015: Guns Up Available Today
Today at PSX: 2015 Sony Computer Entertainment announced that there newest title Guns Up, is available today. Guns Up is a real time strategy game where you attack another players camp, which they built. Guns Up is available for free starting today. Also PS Plus subscribers will get free DLC, to start the game with a bang.
I was lucky enough to have this for the last month and really enjoy it. When I get the time I'll jump back in and build up my base, and maybe attack yours! – Bring it! 😉
Chazz H., PS Nation Writer, Reviewer


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I had no delusions that installing the safe would be easy. I knew it would not be. However, I was surprised by what parts of the procedure gave me the most trouble.
For some time, Lydia and I had been interested in buying a small safe to store hard to replace items like important documents (e.g., passports, insurance, and legal papers) and such.
A few weeks ago, Lydia located and bought a safe that offers theft, fire, and water protection, which seemed ideal for our needs. It also had a method for securing it to a wall or floor to make removal difficult. Also a good feature to have.
Unfortunately, the installation kit was missing from the safe. However, the company was very accommodating in sending a replacement kit. Today, Lydia asked if I would install the safe in a spot we had picked for it. Since that was a good idea, I agreed.
The first part of the process was to tip the safe onto its side and drill two holes in diagonally opposite corners of the bottom. Since there were two predetermined spots for this, the drilling, even through the metal exterior, went easily. I was surprised to see that there was a lot of clay or putty on the drill bit when I removed it. This filling evidently provides the heat and water resistance.
With the holes drilled, the next step is to move the safe into position and mark the floor through the holes. This would let me move the safe to the side, but still see where to drill pilot holes for the lag screws. Seemed like this would be the easy bit of the procedure. Yes, it seemed so.
The first wrinkle was that the area where the safe was to go is carpeted. Once the safe was positioned, I needed to push a pen (or something similar) through the holes far enough to mark the carpet underneath the safe. This took several attempts. After each attempt, I had to move the safe out of the way to confirm that the mark was visible. When it wasn't, I had to push the safe back into position and try something else.
As it turned out, a ball point pen was thin enough to pass through the holes, but left no mark on the carpet. On the other hand, a marker would leave a mark, but was too large for the hole. What could I use? Both Lydia and I thought spraying paint into the hole would do the trick. And we just happened to have some fluorescent pink spray paint, too.
Since we didn't want to mark the inside of the safe, I folded and taped some newspaper around the one hole, then the other, spraying a few short squirts into each hole. I waited for a few seconds to let the paint settle through the holes and onto the carpet. While I did, I read the panel on the spray paint can as saw this warning:
Needless to say, I opened the nearest window. Wide. My brain and I have been good friends for a long time and I saw no need to cause it unnecessary damage. Neither to my nervous system, arms, legs, eyes, skin, nose, nor throat.
Feeling somewhat less in danger, I moved the safe to see if the paint had done the trick, but it hadn't. Rats! Once again, I move the safe back to its intended position to try again. I needed a longer burst of paint, but I didn't want it all over the inside of the safe or, much worse, inside my lungs. To help direct the spray, I rigged a small funnel out of paper, which actually worked well.
I was able to get a longer, directed blast of paint into the hole. Again I waited to let the paint drip down on to the carpet. As I move the safe, I made sure to tip it on its edge, so that I wouldn't smudge the spots that were marking the drill points. This time, success. Two small, bright pink paint spots right where they were supposed to be. Yippee!
Since the safe was heavy and awkward to hold on an edge, I set down where it was. Almost instantly, I had a bad feeling. I tipped the safe back up and looked at where it had been sitting. Ah, Jiminy Cricket! Sure enough, there were three bright pink, fluorescent paint smudges on the carpet in a very visible spot.
Moving quickly, I tipped the safe all the way onto its side and wiped off the excess paint from the holes. With Lydia's help, and some nail polish remover, we were able to get almost all the paint up. Whew! (However, in the process, I also marked the butt of my jeans with a nice pink "kiss" that did not come out.) Oh well, time for some new jeans, anyway.
After that excitement, it was time to drill the pilot holes. Again, the drilling went easily. The final step was to position the safe for the last time and attach it to the floor with long lag screws. It took some time and a few false starts to find the pilot holes. Yet, found they were and the safe was finally in place and secured.
Lydia has already started to populate it and I feel safer already.


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What is clickbait? It's a term used to describe sensationalist headlines used specifically for generating traffic. The "bait" part of this Internet portmanteau comes from "bait and switch": you are promised one thing but given something else after you've paid. While on the surface it may seem harmless, the reason clickbait exists is to generate traffic and revenue. More traffic means more ads may be loaded, which in turn generates money for the host site. You might've seen something like this all over Facebook:
Rather than a simple explanation of what the video is about in the title, it instead uses a hyperbolic statement. Most of these videos are uploaded to Youtube, but take a look at the URL; rather than a direct link, the host site, Distractify, embeds the video link so that it can use its own titling scheme. The actual name of the video is "Natural Pools – Natural Pool selfbuild". So why do this? Why jump through so many hoops just to get you to visit their site to load ads most people will probably never see or click on? Think back to my earlier post on our insidious little friend, the tracking cookie. Each time your computer loads an ad or website, tracking cookies are used to gather information about you and your activity; this data can include geographical locations, other sites you've visited, your email address, and if you choose to log in via your social networks, ANY AND ALL DATA YOU'VE CHOSEN TO LIST AS PUBLIC ON YOUR PROFILES.
So how many tracking cookies can you expect to see from your average site? Usually 1-3, which is the case with popular social sites like Reddit and Youtube. How many are on clickbait sites like Distractify? According to a handy add-on called Ghostery, there are 12 tracking cookies on that page alone. TWELVE!
Three of them are overtly advertising, four are social widgets, and the remaining five are analytics trackers – cookies used to study your behavior online. They will gather information that affects what ads are shown to you, what videos are suggested to you at a later date, the types of emails you receive, all with the main purpose of manipulating your behavior. If you think Facebook's recent psychological "study" was offensive and wrong, trackers and advertisers have been doing it for years, and right under our noses! Here are some browser add-ons that will make your life a lot simpler. If you have any to add, please share:
Adblock Plus: Prevents ads and trackers from loading when you visit a website. Also blocks ads on Youtube so you can enjoy the video without being interrupted. Note: these are indiscriminate, so if you want to support your favorite broadcaster, you'll have to manually turn it off for them to get ad revenues.
Ghostery: Tracks the trackers attempting to load on a website, blocks them, and gives you a description of what they do and who they are. Highly recommended. Updates frequently.
Lightbeam (Formerly Collusion): Shows you the third party trackers connected to any site you've allowed cookies to be installed. Wonderful tool.


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Mamani Mamani painted cross to receive the Pope in Chile
The Bolivian artist Roberto Mamani Mamani took his art to Chile to receive Pope Francis.
He painted one of the three "Crosses of Virtues" that welcomed the Supreme Pontiff to his arrival in Santiago.
Mamani Mamani, in an interview with EL DIARIO, said that the monumental crosses, which measure 7 meters, are located in the Sanctuary of Father Hurtado (place that the Pope visited yesterday) and later they will tour Chile for a year. The artist explained that the work represents the combination of the Andean cosmovision as Alaxpacha, Akapacha and Manq'apacha (distant place, where you are and food land).


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Jahlil Okafor -- Viral Sex Story Is B.S. ... 'Considering Legal Action'
Jahlil Okafor Viral Sex Story Is B.S. 'Considering Legal Action'
NBA rookie Jahlil Okafor claims he's been targeted by an Internet "troll" -- who is spreading disgusting lies about a sexual encounter that NEVER happened ... and now he's taking action to shut her down.
Social media exploded over the past 24 hours after someone claiming to be a woman named "Chanel" went to Twitter and posted a story about hooking up with Okafor ... complete with embarrassing details involving his junk and bedroom performance.
But Okafor's camp tells TMZ Sports ... the story is "absolutely false" ... adding, Jahlil has never met the person and has no idea who she is.
We're told Team Okafor has already contacted Twitter to get "Chanel" to take down the tweets. Okafor's team was told the tweets fall under Twitter's abuse policy ... especially posts where she threatens to leak nude pics ... and if she doesn't delete them, her account will be suspended.
Okafor's camp says they have already kicked the matter over to their legal counsel and are considering their legal options moving forward.
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Longer Maturity option offers more flexibility to meet borrowers' needs while maintaining fixed, below-market interest rate.
Nevada State Development Corporation, the state's largest SBA 504 loan provider, is excited to announce that SBA now has a new 25-year 504 loan option to better meet the needs of some small business borrowers.
The new 25-year loan program, which complements the existing 10- and 20-year options, is designed to make it easier than ever for borrowers to reach their goals. All three terms available offer fixed, below-market interest rates.
"The new 25-year option, which we have just added to our terms available under the U.S. Small Business Administration's 504 loan program, promises to be an ideal solution for some of our borrowers," said Evan Dickson, president of Nevada State Development Corporation. "Business owners who opt for the 25-year program will typically see savings of thousands of dollars a year on their payments, which means increased cash flow for the small business. With more cash on hand, business owners can focus on expansion, acquisitions, payroll, adding more staff, enhancing client services, or whatever their particular needs may be."
As an illustration, consider the distinctions between the total payments a business would encounter on a $1 million project under a 20-year loan versus a 25-year loan, assuming a 10 percent down payment, which is common for SBA 504 loans.
With a 20-year loan, the monthly payment on the SBA portion of the package would amount to $2,628.79, based on 20-year amortization at 4.95 percent on $400,000, or 40 percent of the finance package. Payment on the bank portion would amount to $3,070.44, based on 25-year amortization at 5.50 percent on $500,000, or 50 percent of the finance package. So the business's total monthly payment would come to $5,699.23.
However, under the 25-year option, the monthly payment on the SBA portion would amount to $2,326.72, based on a 25-year amortization at 4.95 percent on $400,000, while the bank portion would remain the same.
The final result is total monthly payment of $5,397.16 under the 25-year program for the hypothetical $1 million project — a savings for the business owner of $302.07 per month.
The new 25-year option conforms to the standards of traditional SBA 504 loans. Business owners may use it for real estate purchases, including land or buildings; improvements to existing buildings; or the purchase of equipment. It offers a fixed, below-market interest rate. Down payments are as low as 10 percent.
SBA 504 loans of 10 or 20 years remain available for businesses that prefer a loan with a shorter maturity.


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My boyfriend won't stop smoking and is using my weight as an excuse, is this wrong?
We've been together 9 years & he was a smoker when we met. He has said he wants to quit & moved from cigarettes to vaping. The vape after 3 years caused his lung to collapse & he ended up in hospital for a week (same month his mother was diagnosed with lung cancer from smoking) When he came out he had successfully gone without smoking for long enough to not crave one. Over the following month he started up again, even though he said he didn't want to. It's been over a year now and he's back to smoking. He has since tried medication but because he wouldn't take it properly it didn't work for him. The reason I'm expressing my concern again is because I'm now 4 months pregnant. I don't want him smoking around me and I don't want him smoking around the baby when they are born. Every time I bring it up he calls me a hypocrite, saying that I can't practice what I preach because I ignore my own problems. My BMI is 30 (which I know is too much) I have stopped habits which I knew were contributing to my weight years ago and even started up the gym. I no longer binge eat or eat unhealthy like I used to. My cholesterol & blood pressure are 'perfect' according to the doctor. But he keeps throwing it in my face & getting nasty about it, a common sentence is "only c*nts point things like that out." Is he using my weight as an excuse to not change, am I wrong to try & talk it over with him? I know from the last 9 years that if I say nothing he will just continue the way he is.
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- FoofaLv 79 months ago
Sounds like you both have addictive personalities and you both have to struggle with that. Obviously you can't do a lot of reduction dieting when you're pregnant but even though pregnancy feels like forever it does come to an end eventually. So make him smoke outside until the baby's born then you commit to getting down to a healthy weight. Once you're proving that you have willpower it'll be easier for him to work on his bad habits.
- GBLv 59 months ago
You have to decide whether it's better to be a single mom or accept being with a smoker. You are not ignoring your own health problems, you are trying to do something about them. He is the hypocrite, making nasty comments about your weight, while he carries on smoking.
You say he gave up and lost the craving. The stupidest thing he said he started smoking again although he didn't want to. Unless someone held him down and forced him - he CHOSE to try a cigarette. He might have naively believed he could just have one. It doesn't work that way.
- heart o' goldLv 79 months ago
Drop this moron immediately.
- Serene ELv 79 months ago
Sigh......he was a smoker when you met, yes. But now you are bringing a baby into the world and everyone knows second hand smoke is not good for babies/children.
So this isn't about your weight, it's not about his health, it's about smoking around the baby.
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- Alan HLv 79 months ago
Addictions are hard to break.
But, if it is such an issue...move on
- YearoftheRatLv 59 months ago
He's not actively doing anything to quit, and he's absolutely using your weight as an excuse to avoid changing. Unfortunately, although can easily keep avoiding change, he cannot use that strategy to avoid cancer. It's a horrid disease that doesn't care one bit about our loved ones, our dreams, or our plans. It's killed nearly everyone on my mother's side of the family (all smokers or wives of smokers). Until he realizes that nightmare (which I wouldn't wish on anyone!!) will very likely become his life, my bet is that he'll continue to make more excuses. Even if you lost weight and won an Olympic medal, my bet is he'd still say something like, "I'm too stressed right now" or "I'll quit when you become vegan!". He's in denial and doesn't sound particularly mature. People like him *sometimes* change when they are scared straight by real pain, but he's already suffered and is still shirking responsibility onto you. I'm not hopeful that he'll change. But that's no reason for you or your baby to suffer. I actually *don't* think you're a hypocrite, but when he calls you that, one way to take the power out of his accusation might be to say: "I see your point. I'm not at my ideal weight, so you see me as a hypocrite. And yet, second-hand smoke isn't a risk I can take." You can't save him, but you can kindly and compassionately protect yourself and your little one. That isn't an unfair decision. Your boyfriend sounds rather immature, so expect him to throw a temper tantrum, but please hold firm. You're not in the wrong and your little one needs you to be confident in your own wisdom.
- Coach SimonLv 79 months ago
One really has to wonder why on earth you are having a child with this disrespectful and immature individual, or how you have lasted for nine years. If you say nothing, nothing will change you say - but it seems that if you do talk to him he just swears at you and calls you names. What sort of role model will he be for your child? I strongly suggest some relationship guidance or coaching. Good Luck!
- PatriciaLv 79 months ago
Being a bit overweight and being a smoker are two different things all together. Of course, we have the potential for inflammation, diabetes and other issues when we are overweight but smoking impacts all of our organs. Even vaping likely does, but i don't think there's enough research on this to know the true impacts (but you said your boyfriend's lung collapsed).
You're not wrong to try and talk with him and a baby shouldn't be around cigarette smoke at all. Can't he smoke outdoors? Most smokers i know always smoke outdoors, not inside their homes.
- PearlLv 79 months ago
you cant stop someone from smoking but maybe you shouldnt be around him if hes going to smoke around you and the baby
- RickLv 79 months ago
He's hurting you with a topic he knows you're sensitive about. This works because it takes the attention away from him so that he's not being reminded of something he doesn't want to deal with.


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"I know that we all think that we are immortal, we are supposed to feel that way, we are graduating, the future is and should be bright, but like our brief 4 years in high school, what makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever, what makes it precious is that it ends. Today of all days I am here to remind us that time is love, so don't waste it living somebody else's life, make you stand for something. Fight for what matters, no matter what! Because even if we fall short, what's better way to live?"
-Gwendolyn Maxine Stacy
I wasn't really a huge fanatic of Spiderman even though both of my parents are huge (understatement) fans of Marvel. It all started this year. With this person who liked Emma Stone and I liked Andrew Garfield and we both watched The Amazing Spiderman. Eventually, we started fangirling and doing all possible research as much as we possibly can before the premiere of the sequel comes. We knew it was inevitable. We knew they were going to stick with the comics. But still, I can't contain my feels, my emotions. What happened was really really sad. So don't tell me that it was just a movie. for me, it wasn't. If you're going to hate me for this, go sit in the corner and screw it. I won't listen to you even if you tried.
I know that I will sound really overdramatic by doing this but I don't care because I'm not the only one. So I watched, The Amazing Spiderman 2 last night and may I tell you I'm still crying. Like any other movie, this has really released all the feels I could ever muster. Of course, it's because of Gwen's death. I already knew that it was going to happen because this annoying person told me long before it showed in the theaters and I googled it out of curiosity and may I tell you, I sobbed. I cried. I felt it. I felt Peter's pain. I don't know. It seems weird but I really felt it. It's so surreal. It's amazing how powerful one moment is. How it can affect millions of people. How some scene, no matter how unexpected, can bring even the strongest person to tears. Even for me, who knew Gwen's death was inevitable, still felt this indescribable sadness. I was moved, really. Moved to the summit of Mt. Everest where I fell and snapped my neck. (See the pun) It was all so sudden. Then again, the movie wouldn't be as good as it is if it wasn't for Gwen's untimely death. I feel Peter's sadness. He wasn't able to keep Gwen safe as promised. But nevertheless, Gwen Stacy will remain in us, the fans, forever.


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ALMOST 250 food producers battled it out to be Hampshire's best meat producer and an Andover man has realised a dream to become Supreme Champion.
The Great Hampshire Sausage, Pie and Ready Meal Competition was held at Sparsholt College near Winchester yesterday (February 14) and attracted 244 individual entries from 28 Hampshire butchers and meat farmers.
Martin Martindale, of Greenfield Pork Products, was crowned as champion for his pork and bramley apple sausage and also won four other awards.
Receiving his trophy, Mr Martindale said: "I am chuffed to bits. I started making sausages about five years ago and have entered this competition for the last five years.
"I have been working towards winning Supreme Champion, and came close a couple of times, so to win this year is fantastic."
The winning sausage contained Greenfield's own free-range pork, Hill Farm apple juice and Blackmoor Farm Shop bramley apples.
The competition is organised by food group, Hampshire Fare, and backed by the British Pig Executive, Hampshire County Council, Lucas Ingredients and New Forest Marque.
Competition facilitator, John Holden, said it was a "keenly fought contest".
He added: "Given that entries come from a single county, this is the best attended regional competition that I am involved in."
A team of professional sausage makers from across the UK judged the entries.
Competition organiser, Tim Brock, of Hampshire Fare, added: "The competition was a resounding success, attracting a good mix of butchers and farmers from across Hampshire to enter some good quality products.
"Hopefully these results will encourage more people to buy their meat directly from Hampshire's independent butchers, farm shops and at Hampshire farmers' markets."
Given the date of this year's contest, there was a special seasonal category for a Valentine's Day Sausage – entries included Cupid's Red Devil', Love in the Afternoon', Valentino', and Heart of Hampshire'.
Find out more at www.hampshirefare.co.uk.
Full results: Hampshire Supreme Sausage Champion: Pork & Bramley Apple Sausage, Greenfield Pork Products, Andover.
Traditional Pork Sausage Champion: Traditional Pork Sausage, Hedge End Butchers.
Speciality Pork Sausage Champion: Pork, Sage & Onion Sausage, Greenfield Pork Products.
Beef and Lamb Speciality Sausage Champion: Beef Sausage, Hedge End Butchers.
Hampshire Sausage Champion: Pork & Bramley Apple Sausage, Greenfield Pork Products.
New Forest Marque Sausage: Traditional Hampshire Sausage, Uptons of Bassett.
Speciality Cold Eating Pie Champion: Pork, Turkey & Cranberry Pie, Manydown Farm Shop, Basingstoke.
Speciality Hot Eating Pie Champion: Lamb & Mint Pie, Manydown Farm Shop, Basingstoke.
BBQ Product Champion: Creamy Garlic & Herb Chicken Breast Fillets, Stephen E Humby Butcher, Portsmouth.
Ready Meal Champion: Faggots, Chalcroft Farm Shop, West End.
Home Cured Bacon Champion: New Forest Oak Smoked Back Bacon, B Drummond Butchers, Romsey.
Valentine Sausage Champion; Heart of Hampshire Sausage, Greenfield Pork Products, Andover.
Best Hampshire Farmers Market Entry: Pork & Bramley Apple Sausage, Greenfield Pork Products, Andover.


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May 27, 2016
The New Revolution Virtual Reality Coaster Opens At Six Flags St. Louis
Ground-Breaking Technology Offers Fully Immersive, 360° Experience
Six Flags St. Louis, The Coaster Capital of Missouri, in partnership with Samsung Electronics America, is set to open its first virtual reality coaster on May 29. The New Revolution Virtual Reality (VR) Coaster on Ninja features state-of-the-art technology that will forever change the way people ride roller coasters.
"Six Flags is known for the innovative thrills we bring to our guests, "said Peter Carmichael, Six Flags St. Louis park president. "And now we are taking it to the next level by merging reality with the virtual world to deliver an unparalleled coaster experience. This really does change everything."
Virtual Reality on Ninja Facts:
- Riders wearing Samsung Gear VR powered by Oculus headsets, find themselves in the copilot seat of a fighter jet as they take on aliens in a battle to save the world
- This 360°, fully immersive, virtual battle takes guests flying through 2,430 feet of track at up to 65 mph
- The fighter jet darts between buildings, completing intense aerial acrobatics while guests travel through the 360°loop and corkscrew of the coasters steel track
- Sensors and proxies along the coaster track sync the movement of the coaster to the video riders are watching on their Samsung Gear VR headsets
- The experience begins as soon as riders leave the station house and start up the lift hill. While climbing the lift hill or going through the launch pad, guests can shoot at targets with a touch pad on the side of the headsets, making this the first game play ever used on a roller coaster
The New Revolution VR Coaster on Ninja, Fireball…The Ultimate Coaster Loop and Holiday in the Park coming in November highlight the park's longest season since opening in 1971. Guests can experience all the thrills the theme park and Hurricane Harbor waterpark have to offer with a 2016 Season Pass, the best value with unlimited visits to both parks, special eCoupon offers and admission to all Six Flags theme parks. For an even greater value, Season Pass holders may purchase a Gold Season Dining Pass, which includes lunch, dinner and a snack during every park visit, plus a 2016 Souvenir Bottle for unlimited drink refills. Gold Season Dining Passes may be used at any Six Flags theme park.
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Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is the world's largest regional theme park company with $1.3 billion in revenue and 18 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. For 55 years, Six Flags has entertained millions of families with world-class coasters, themed rides, thrilling water parks and unique attractions.


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"Your merciful God? He destroyed his own beloved, rather than let a mediocrity share in the smallest part of his glory. *He* killed Mozart, and kept me alive to torture. *Years* of torture. Years . . . of slowly watching myself become extinct; my music growing fainter, all the time fainter, 'till no one plays it at all. And *his* . . . I will speak for you, Father. I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint. Mediocrities everywhere . . . I absolve you."
—F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus
What happens to us as a society when we stop cultivating talent?
Our parish priest once asked us why, if we were paying for private school anyway, we weren't sending our kids to our parish school. The answer at the time was pretty simple: St. Laurence didn't have any kind of an honors program for academically gifted students, while the nearby secular school was nothing but an accelerated curriculum. When we inquired as to why that was so, what we were told was that St. Laurence's mission was to provide basic education to as broad a swath of the community as possible, so their sole focus was on the average student. I suppose if you're privately funding an educational endeavor, you are free to craft its charter any way you choose.
But watch the pattern here.
Fast forward several years, and our eldest has moved on to high school. For a number of reasons not germane here, we steered her into the local public high school, which is one of the very best in Texas and a major reason we moved to this area. Our school district has established a number of "academies" spread among the several high schools. These are special programs that provide accelerated college-level curricula (and credit) for students with special talent and interest in specific areas such as computers, engineering, international business, math/science, etc. The academies operate on a "magnet" basis, meaning that students who qualify for one can enroll regardless of whether they reside in an area zoned to attend the high school hosting it.
Well, it seems someone on the school board has gotten a burr under their saddle about the academy program. A meeting was convened last week to discuss the "fact" that the district is spending too much on the academies at the expense of not spending enough on the regular curriculum for the average students. Of course, no one had any hard figures as to how much was "too much" or why it was too much, nor on what was "too little" or why; these were just truisms to be accepted on their face. Much of the blame, however, apparently is being cast at the cost of the extra busing required to move academy students away from their zoned schools. But rather than consider the obvious solution of eliminating the busing (or charging for it), the board is looking at two draconian alternatives: (1) cancel the academy program altogether, or (2) consolidate the program at one high school that is underutilized because it is in so dangerous an area that everyone has moved out (which will effectively kill the program because everyone will pull their kids out). Either way, the effect is the same: diverting resources away from talent to funnel them to mediocrity.
This is where we've come as a society, and it is positively insane.
I am not for one minute suggesting that there is anything wrong with average students or that they should be looked down upon. Nor am I suggesting that they should be denied an education. But we as a collective whole do ourselves an enormous disservice when we don't do everything we can to identify talent and provide it with the means truly to excel. We should be celebrating the gifted and investing in their success; otherwise we dumb everything down.
But Rusty, won't the gifted students still be more successful than the average students if they're all pooled into the regular curriculum?
Most likely, sure. But those gifted students won't become what they could have. The average students will still reach the same level of achievement with or without the accelerated programs (which they don't attend, and in which many, if not most, would likely not succeed if they did). What killing the accelerated programs does is hold back those who would have been capable of more than the average students are, if given the resources and support to nurture and develop that additional ability.
Rather than maximizing our potential for development by investing in talent, we are increasingly about celebrating the average at the expense of the successful. This was one of the principal warnings in Atlas Shrugged. Consider the story of Midas Mulligan, the world's most successful banker, who was sued under a law that forbade discrimination in any matter involving a person's livelihood. The plaintiff in that case was a failed businessman who demonstrated that due to his own incompetence his only chance to make a living was to be given the money to buy a factory. As Mulligan tells it:
"[A] court of law ordered that I honor, as first right to my depositors' funds, the demand of those who would offer proof that they had no right to demand it. I was ordered to hand out money earned by men, to a worthless rotter whose only claim consisted of his inability to earn it."
A court ordered him to make a loan to a man whose only qualification for the loan was that he lacked the business talent to qualify for that loan. Ineptitude equaled need, and thus constituted the trump card over ability in the claim on resources. Mulligan refused to participate in such an absurdity, and instead chose to close shop and drop out of society altogether.
This is where we're heading. We've already dumbed-down most of our core classwork in favor of standardized-testing based checklists; today's average high school senior would flunk the 8th grade of 1950, not because of a lack of intelligence, but because we don't teach the material anymore. Many school districts have abolished Fs in a misguided attempt to protect children's self-esteem and curb their dropout rate at the expense of actually making the kids learn. And now we're making a conscious decision to refuse to give those students who have the ability to excel the opportunity to make the most of that ability, choosing instead to increase our societal investment in those whose more modest potential is already more or less being maximized.
When we focus our resources on the average, when we shift our support from the gifted to the lowest common denominator, we as a society become limited to that which the mediocre can achieve. The median is the ceiling, and we deny ourselves the opportunity to realize the much greater heights that could have been achieved had we nurtured the ability to fly in those that could. This is the Peter Principle in its ultimate manifestation.
Why would we cheat ourselves like that?
BENGHAZI UPDATE: 107 days since a military attack on sovereign U.S. soil killed four Americans while somebody in intelligence or the White House watched live via spy drone, and the President still hasn't addressed the American people about it. He's on vacation in Hawaii, and his Secretary of State is nowhere to be found.


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Producer: Southold Farm + Cellar
Region: Texas High Plains AVA
Blend: 100% alicante bouschet
Winemaking Notes: 50% Whole Cluster, 50% Carbonic Maceration (15 days) with ambient yeast and aged 3 months in stainless and concrete tanks
Production: 550 cases
Price: $28
Southold Farm + Cellar 2017 "Foregone Conclusion" Alicante Bouschet
Fruit forward and fresh on the nose with cassis, just-crushed blackberries and hints of plum.
Lighter bodied and super fresh -- there is a fresh grape quality that you don't find in many wines -- with brambleberry and currants dominating with a savory/umami edge and a minerally raw meatiness on the finish. Not super complex, but decidedly delicious.


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Heartland Classic - Team Ohio
Heartland Classic Webpage
The annual Sunbelt Classic held in Oklahoma, showcases high school baseball players from the states of Ohio, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Texas. Any current Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association member coach may nominate a player for his outstanding week of baseball held in early June.
During the OHSBCA Annual State Clinic in January, Heartland Classic Team Ohio will have a booth located in the exhibit hall with information and player nomination forms.
Please send Nomination Forms to:
Jeff Mielcarek
3521 Woodbine
Toledo, OH 43614
Check out the live game feed for this year's tournament using the link below! 2014 Heartland Classic - Team Ohio
Tyler Cowles Grove City OF Sinclair
Mark Delas Perrysburg C / 3B / RHP Toledo
Luke Fraley Sandusky Perkins RHP / 3B Tiffin
Austin Hancock Defiance SS / RHP Olney Central JC
Colin Hites Fairport Harbor SS Hillsdale
Ben Hughes Tippecanoe RHP Eastern Illinois
Pierce Knisley Waverly RHP Northern Kentucky
Eli Kraus Buckeye LHP Kent State
Zac Lowther Cuyahoga Heights LHP Xavier
Alec McCurry Olentangy Orange C / 2B Tiffin
Braun Miller Sandusky Perkins LHP 2015
Jake Miller Massillon Jackson OF IMG Academy
Nate Romans Walsh Jesuit SS Ohio State
John Schreiber Mayfield LHP Kent State
Nolan Silberhorn St. John's Jesuit RHP Toledo
Bryan Stopar Columbus De Sales 1B / RHP Otterbein
Zach Weatherford Northmont OF Wright State
Ty Warnimont Gallia Academy C / OF Union University
Zach Willeman Napoleon RHP Kent State
Jarod Yoakam Marysville RHP / 1B Cincinnati
Coaching Staff
Chairman/ Manager:
Jeff Mielcarek Toledo Central Catholic High School / OHSBCA Business Manager
Tony Cleveland Dublin Coffman High School / Past OHSBCA District Representative
Jason Wright Oak Hill High School / OHSBCA District Rep
Mike O'Reilly Retired Coach / Sylvania Southview & Toledo St. John Jesuit
Marc Lowther Cuyahoga Heights High School
Dugout Assistant:
Brett Lowther Cuyahoga Heights High School
Major Sponsor of "Team Ohio"
Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association
Major Sponsor
Coach Tim Saunders (Dublin Coffman High School)
Use of their facilities on the Sunday of departure
Bliss Charters
Transportation carrier for Team Ohio
Heartland Classic Tournament Committee
Organizing a first class tournament & Countless Hours of time
Mr. Jerry Wilson
Major Tournament Sponsor
Pathfinder Rental Car
Provide the Coaches with a car for the week
Sooner Legends Hotel & Staff
Tournament Hotel & Best Stay in Norman
Coach Cale Gundy
Tuesday Tour of the Switzer Center @ OU
Southmoore High School, Norman High School & Norman North High School
Use of their facilities as well as the work of coaches & players
Player Jerseys & Bags
Team Hats
Team Ohio Host Families


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Second prize announced for Tehran Stock Exchange
The second prize for the Tehran Stock Exchange competition has been won by Hadi Teherani Office + Design Core [4S] for its simplistic two-part structure design.
The cubic-shaped building, as well as the ecological and building services, is reminiscent of the Iranian 'wind catcher,' the traditional architectural element of natural ventilation.
A support-free entrance level piazza on the ground floor includes water features, footbridges and an upwards-rotating feature void, influenced by Persian domes of traditional buildings.
The design of the building is conceptualised to include a transparent two-storey 'communication zone' in every third storey, an area for staff members to socialise with one another. It includes magnificent views of the mountains and Tehran skyline.
The façade of the building has a double skin layer with the inner layer acting as a curtain wall with triple insulating glazing with sun blinds on the outer side.
The second layer features a second curtain wall made up of perforated metal plating. Due to the different sizes of the perforation holes, the superimposed figures of traditional Iranian motifs are made visible.


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On Good Friday, 14th April 2017, throughout the day over 2000 people were rescued by SAR agencies, mostly NGOs and coast guard vessels. The Phoenix participated in the rescue of 273 people, transferring everyone to an Italian coast guard vessel so that the MOAS crew could remain in the area to assist with further rescues the following day.
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On Saturday 15th April in the early hours of the morning The Phoenix began receiving messages from the MOAS aircraft, the Rescue Coordination Center in Rome and other SAR assets nearby of multiple vessels in distress at various locations in the area of operations. By 05:10 the Phoenix had engaged in the first rescue of the day- a blue rubber boat with 116 persons on board, which was immediately followed by a large wooden boat nearby. Throughout the day fresh sightings of vessels in desperate need of assistance continued to come in from all sides.
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All assets in the area, including tug boats and fishing vessels, were taking people on board and fighting to stabilize those they could not rescue. Life jackets and emergency rations were distributed to all boats in the area and women, children and emergency medical cases were all transferred onto the Phoenix, while the crew redistributed people among the surrounding boats in a desperate attempt to stabilize the worst affected before night fell.
By the time evening drew in the Phoenix was surrounded by seven rubber boats and two wooden boats, between them carrying an estimated 1000 people on board in desperate need. The crew had been engaged in rescues for over 15 hours and resources were stretched thin.
"Just when we thought we had some control, more boats appeared. The big wooden boat was the most complex; on the one hand, we needed the engines to keep running to keep the pumps going and stop the boat from sinking, but on the other hand, we knew of over 200 people in the hold who could be suffocating from the fumes produced by the engine. As each hour passed our concern increased: would we run out of fuel, or would we find bodies?"
Paul, MOAS Rescue Swimmer
As other rescue vessels came and went to assist in other incidents the Phoenix was left alone and seriously concerned, as crew members supervised an estimated 1,500 vulnerable, frightened people in distress across the boats in the water and the groups embarked on board.
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Throughout the night the Phoenix waited for assistance, desperately trying to maintain control in the rising swell. Just before midnight, another SAR NGO, Jugend Rettet, arrived back on the scene soon followed by a merchant vessel and began to take people from the most at risk boats on board.
In the early morning of Easter Sunday the MOAS aircraft began its patrol, spotting vessels previously unseen. The Phoenix distributed life jackets to one small wooden boat and immediately headed to a severely deflated rubber boat nearby to assist the Sea Eye in an incredibly delicate rescue where people were already in the water.
MOAS deployed both RHIBs, several inflatables and yet more life jackets. Despite desperate efforts by the crews of both NGOs and the safe rescue of approximately 100 people, at least seven people lost their lives, including one boy of around eight years old. All seven casualties were taken on the Phoenix, before the MOAS crew headed back to the ongoing rescues to continue to assist.
By this time the Phoenix crew had been working without rest for over 40 hours and were at maximum capacity, with a total of 453 people on board, among them 15 pregnant women and several very young infants, some as young as 14 days old.
Help had arrived in many different forms; NGO vessels, merchant and fishing vessels ready to assist in the desperate situation. Through the next hours the Phoenix continued to assist as people from boat after boat were transfered onto safer vessels and, with the swell still growing, the rescues became more challenging, particularly as people were assisted onto a large fishing vessel, having to scale the sides in dangerous conditions.
The solidarity demonstrated by all present over the weekend saved many lives. The efforts and dedication of all those involved can be credited for the mitigation of a significant loss of human life this weekend.
"I don't know how we didn't get any fatalities that night. Some people on board have said it's a miracle. I'm not sure about that, but what I do know is how much of a testament it is to our team. They were relentless in their efforts to save each and every person around us. Their determination is what kept these people alive. I'm proud to be able to say I'm on that team. No one was going to die that day, they just weren't going to allow it if they possibly could."
Annie, Paramedic
Following many more hours of tireless work among everyone at the scene, rescues finally came to a close. In total, around 1,800 people were rescued or assisted by MOAS this weekend, while the total number of people rescued across the weekend has been estimated to be around 8,000. The Phoenix has now disembarked in the Italian port of Augusta and the crew are on their way back to Malta for some much needed rest.


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Muhammad Ali is one of most famous and iconic sportsperson ever. On June 3rd 2016, he died at the age of 74. However, before he died he inspired a generation, and his life will inspire the generations to come. He was suffering from Parkinson's disease for more than 30 years and in the fight of life, he lost.
Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest Boxer ever born; his was born in 1942 and at the age of 12 he started training for Boxing. IN 1964 he won World Heavyweight Championship against Sonny Liston in an upset. Moreover, since then there was no-one who could stop Ali. IN his lifetime, he fought 61 fights and won 56 and lost just 5.
Ali was known for his charismatic personality and bold quotes. In his lifetime, he gave some amazing and inspiring quotes that will remain with us always. Here are some of his best quotes –
Top 10 Best Quotes by Muhammad Ali –
- "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't."
- "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
- "I'm young; I'm handsome; I'm fast. I can't possibly be beat."
- "Don't count the days; make the days count."
- "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."
- "Braggin' is when a person says something and can't do it. I do what I say."
- "I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was."
- "I'm so mean, I make medicine sick."
- "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
- "A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
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ERT has been granted one of ten contracts awarded for the Omaha MEGA solicitation for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The contract—the Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Environmental Remediation Services with Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP)—is an IDIQ contract with a shared capacity of $250 million.
Omaha MEGA will be divided between the three USACE Divisions: Northwestern, South Pacific, and Southwestern. Task orders under this contract may include, but are not limited to, the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances, radioactive materials, and hazardous materials.


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Work commenced Monday to restore parts of the Belle Harbor's iconic beachfront streets that were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy.
The nearly $12 million project, which was funded by federal and city money, will make extensive repairs to the sidewalks curbs, roadways, sewers and water mains between Beach 127th Street and Beach 149th Street. In addition to the repairs, the city's Department of Transportation and Department of Design and Construction will install features that will beautify the neighborhood and safeguard it from future storms.
"This project is the result of an inspiring collaborative effort amongst all levels of government and community leaders," Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said in a statement.
Construction, which is expected to be done in June 2016, will include key improvements to dozens of sections of the neighborhood.
The roadway, sidewalk and curb will be reconstructed at Beach 9th Street from the beach to Seagirt Avenue. The city will install a "shoreline rehabilitation end treatment" that includes structures to prevent erosion.
Similar work will take place at East 10th Road from Cross Bay Boulevard to Jamaica Bay and 127th Place from 34th Avenue to Northern Boulevard.


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- Neighbors in Need $13,688 (local SEC churches received $20,000 in grants)
- Strengthen the Church $7,040
- Christmas Fund $10,592
The generosity of the churches and individuals of the Southeast Conference makes ministry possible here in our region and supports the work of the national setting of the UCC through our 10% tithe of OCWM and amounts for special offerings.
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Review Eagle Brae Inverness: Back in the Summer myself and nine other bloggers went on a retreat to Riverside Cottage. We had such a fantastic time that we decided to do something similar six months later. Which is why we flew to Inverness last week. When someone suggested visiting Inverness in January I did wonder if we were slightly mad! I had visions of 6ft of snow. Thankfully that wasn't the case when we visited last week. I am so glad we did as its not the sort of break I would normally look to go on. Yet its opened my eyes up to a whole new holidaying experience. One which I hope to introduce Hubby and the children to.
Eagle Brae is approximately a forty minute drive from Inverness airport. For someone who is use to driving on the M25 pretty much everyday the lack of traffic on the roads was noticeable. Yet its a reasonably direct route on A roads. On each side you are flanked by the stunning scenery and mountain ranges of the highlands. Having never visited before I wasn't sure what I was expecting. But I wasn't expecting the beauty, even the air in some way felt cleaner.
Arriving early evening we missed the turning first time. Its quite difficult to spot as there is no light on the sign. As you turn into the entrance you are presented with quite a steep, windy hill. The owners are use to the potential problems the weather causes and will ferry people around if needed. If we were to visit again I think I would look to try and hire a 4×4. When we arrived there was lots of deer grazing on the side of the road and around the cabins. It really added to the magic.
Review Eagle Brae Inverness – The Cabins
The cabins all have individual names and sleep either two or six. Eagle Brae are currently building some 4 berth cabins. Not that you would know as its being so sympathetically done we didn't notice it at all. Our cabins were Loxia and Aquila both sleep six, they were a short five minute walk away from each other.
Each cabin has the same layout. You walk into a generous entrance hallway with lots of space for boots and coats. This leads into the living area. Immediately you are taken back by the beautiful wood carvings that adorn the mezzanine. Downstairs is open plan with room for two large leather sofas in the lounge area, snuggled around a log burner. A perfectly proportioned kitchen with all mod cons and as many glasses as you could need. Theres even a dishwasher! The separate dinning area will seat six. On the wall is the sate of the art pioneer stero system. The cabins also has a number of board games and books.
Also downstairs is a large family bathroom with rain shower and a twin bedroom. Upstairs on the mezzanine area is a little office area and two single beds built into the cabin wall. They have their own little curtains for privacy and I can imagine Monkey loving sleeping in one. There is also another twin room with its own on-suite bathroom.
I have made a video of our stay which you can watch below:
So what did I think of our stay at Eagle Brae?
The Pros:
- The ground floor is heated throughout
- Its the little touches such as the monogrammed towels, plenty of toiletries and everything you need for a self catering holiday including washing up liquid, dishwasher tablet and rubbish bags
- High quality fixtures and fittings which you would choose for your one home
- The little gift basket was a nice touch
- Its homely without being personal. Traditional Scottish and hunting niknacks adorn the shelves and walls. Yet it doesn't feel cluttered
- Impeccably clean, all the linen was crisp and white he towels soft and snuggly.
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- One of the books on the coffee table was a photo book showing how the cabins are built. Its fascinating to see just how much work goes into them
- On the first night we ate in with Eagle Brae providing some prepared meals. Ideal to make self catering easier on your first night they offer ten different options to choose from. The best but is that they only need to be heated up on the oven
- In reception there are plenty of details of things to do in the local area, including walking & hiking routes, suggestions on sight seeing and golf courses. There is also free hot drinks and snacks to fuel you while you make your plans. While we visited we visited Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle.
It was really quite dark by the time we arrived on the Monday evening. Which meant we didn't get to see the stunning views until we woke on Tuesday. It really is so beautiful I wish we had, had more time to sit outside and take it all in. On the last day we took a walk down to reception and met a very special guest. One of the young stags decided to say hello. It was a beautiful end to our stay.
The cons:
Well to be honest there aren't any which I experienced, we had such a wonderful time. Its not the sort of holiday that I would normally consider. Yet I can imagine the boys running wild and enjoying the freedom it would give us.
While we were visiting Inverness we were also invited to be guests of Kingsmill Hotel for an evening meal. We were treated to Bill playing the bagpipes and piping in the haggis as well as a five courses. Set in a private dining room, the food was first class, the atmosphere relaxing and the people we came across very friendly and welcoming. Needless to say we all felt very full afterwards.
Our menu consisted of Cullen Stink, Haggis Tower, Feather Blade of Scottish Beef, Spiced Apple & Raisin Crumble. Followed by tea an coffee with Highland Tablet.
We had a fantastic time away. Our trip has definitely made me view holidays in Scotland in a different light. I cant wait to explore more with the boys and Hubby.
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Looking for population shifts on satellite images could be a way to deliver vaccines and prevent or control disease outbreaks, a new study finds.
The findings, published in Scientific Reports, are based on analysis of satellite images, vaccine records, and measles case reports.
"Remote measures, like satellite imagery, allow us to make pretty rapid assessment of regular movements that could lead to better targeting."
"Access to vaccinations, and other preventative health services, is limited in much of the developing world," says Nita Bharti, assistant professor of biology at Penn State and an author of the paper. "We've shown, however, that access to vaccines isn't static through time.
"The same seasonal gatherings of people that we've previously shown to correlate with times of disease transmission risk could also be used to better target public health interventions—taking advantage of times of high population density to more efficiently distribute care."
The researchers studied a measles outbreak in Niamey, Niger that resulted in more than 10,000 cases and nearly 400 deaths in 2003 and 2004. Population estimates available at the time of a vaccination campaign to combat the outbreak did not take into account seasonal migrations into Niamey.
This missing information led to an underestimate of the population in Niamey and therefore an overestimate of the proportion of children vaccinated during the campaign. The team used satellite images of nighttime lights in Niamey to more accurately estimate the size of the population at the time of the outbreak and estimate the percentage of the population that received the vaccination.
The team's retrospective estimates much more closely matched actual measurements of the coverage of the vaccination campaign that were made following the outbreak.
"Lots of recent work has been done on remote measures of human movement," says Bharti. "Satellites are actually a pretty old technology compared to cell phones and social media. But satellite-based measures are really appealing, because we can look back in time and assess trends in patterns of human movement and distribution.
Cell phones are an exciting new technology and have great potential for public health outreach, but the rapid rate of adoption means that we need to be careful about interpreting trends—the patterns might reveal changes in behavior, or they might just reflect trends in accessibility to phones."
Early intervention is key
The researchers further constructed a computer model based on population estimates from satellite images, vaccination records, and measles case studies to simulate measles outbreaks and evaluate the effectiveness of vaccination strategies. Their models showed that in a reactive vaccination campaign—one that tries to control an ongoing outbreak—early intervention was the most effective, regardless of fluctuating population size.
The model also showed that the coverage and reach of a preventative vaccination campaign—one that tries to prevent outbreaks before they start—could be improved by timing the campaigns with peaks in population size.
Machine scans millions of satellite images to map poverty
"Human movement and gathering have been a big part of understanding the epidemiology of directly transmissible diseases, like measles," says Matthew Ferrari, associate professor of biology and statistics at Penn State and an author of the paper. "What was exciting about this project was to turn that phenomenon into a potential solution.
"Rather than looking at times of large gatherings—harvest season, or cultural festivals—as high risk periods, we can look at them as opportunities to serve people who are normally beyond the reach of conventional health systems."
Lights at night
The researchers also showed that estimates of population fluctuations based on satellite images of nighttime lights in two other cities in Niger, Maradi and Zinder, could be used to coordinate vaccination campaigns and other public health interventions even when detailed vaccination records or disease case studies are not available. With the satellite data, the effectiveness of vaccination campaigns can be maximized by coordinating with predictable seasonal peaks in population size in the cities, expanding the reach of the campaign to many people who might otherwise have been missed.
"There's a lot of discussion about the difficulty of reaching the 'last mile,' those people who are well beyond the reach of the conventional health system," says Ferrari. "But if we recognize that the 'last mile' is a moving target because populations are constantly in flux, then we can target efforts in ways to make more efficient use of limited public health resources.
"Remote measures, like satellite imagery, allow us to make pretty rapid assessment of regular movements that could lead to better targeting—it doesn't replace 'boots on the ground' evaluation, but it could go a long way to helping to prioritize efforts."
The team included researchers from Princeton University and the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health, the Université de Niamey in Niger, the University of Southampton, and the Flowminder Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.
Branco Weiss: the Society in Science, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, the Research and Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) program of the Science and Technology Directorate of the US Department of Homeland Security, the Fogarty International Center, the US National Institutes of Health, and the Wellcome Trust funded the study.
Source: Penn State


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