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Card of the Day: Vin Scully 2016 Topps The Mint Auto
Card of the Day: Alan "Mr. Mint" Rosen 2000 Mr. Mint, Inc. Auto
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Card of the Day: Sylvester Stallone "Rocky Balboa" 2016 Topps The Mint Auto
Card of the Day: Jamie Moyer 2011 Topps Heritage '62 Mint Penny
The Official Booklet From Hell
After Mark McGwire announced yesterday that he used steroids for 10 years including when he broke Roger Maris's single season home run record back in 1998, I couldn't help but think about this little piece of memorabilia I have sitting in a dark corner. This Sammy Sosa / Mark McGwire dual gold card booklet commemorating that once magical season was produced by the Danbury Mint. When I first started collecting back then I thought these gold cards were the greatest thing in the world. I have a Mantle 1952 Topps Gold reprint and a Ruth too. These gold cards aren't worth very much to collectors today and can easily be found for a few dollars. You could say this is the official booklet from hell. I think you'ed be happier with a booklet of a terrible rookie filled with plain white swatches versus this thing.
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Fake 1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle PSA 9
Today, Sports Cards Uncensored reported about a fake Mickey Mantle 1952 Bowman PSA Mint 9 that has been popping-up on eBay. It looks as if somone has learned how to counterfeit the PSA lable and holder. Getting a card from that era graded a Mint 9 is so hard, you really just have to stop and think. If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Its almost getting to the point that the only way you know a vintage card like this is real, is if you find one in a trunk locked away in your grandma's attic.
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Flashback Product of the Week: 1997 Pinnacle Mint Football
1997 wasn't the first year for Pinnacle Mint football, but I remember this set better than the others. Each pack contained 1 die cut, 2 coins made of brass, nickel-silver, solid silver or solid gold plate, and 2 foil cards. Many of the cards in the set feature an empty hole where you can place the coin. I purchased a lot of these packs when I began collecting, and still have a bunch to this day. Shaking a box of this stuff sounded like a treasure chest.
If the economy keeps going the way it is, we all might be forced to used these coins as currency.
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Some People Just Don't Give Up
This was brought to my attention earlier today. I got their auction kicked off eBay and now they are trying to scam some poor person using this site called ioffer.com. Some people just don't give up! If this card was graded a MINT 9, the last place I would try and sell it is on a site like that.
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Ken from Scoreboard is back
Last year I found a video on YouTube that featured Ken from the now dead sports card company Scoreboard, selling cards on HSN. Just like back in the mid 90's he was trying to pass off cards that he said were rookies when they really aren't. Everytime he is on HSN all the cards that they are selling are graded by WCG, who basically give any card in the world a Gem Mint 10 grade. Searching YouTube today, I found another video of Ken, back on HSN last month selling more junk to new collectors. All of those cards could be purchased on eBay, probably for less than $10.00 (that includes shipping).
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text: "Talking about "New Captain," the first episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine's third season, without disclosing the particulars of its more delightful surprises isn't easy. If you've seen TV promos for the premiere, then Fox has already done the grim task of spoiling [actor]'s appearance as [character] for you, and, rightly, you're probably a little bummed. But would discussing what happens with [actor]'s role on Brooklyn Nine-Nine constitute even more of a spoiler? Should all mention of [character]'s purpose and fate be left out of a review entirely?" (Via Paste Magazine.)

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Understand the program being developed in this assignment.
Since this assignment includes code for a UI application, lets first take a moment to go over the distinct components of the code to frame the parts you will be implementing.
Application GUI¶
Run the main application.
mazes package contains the main application code for this assignment; find and run
Main.java inside the package. This will launch a program that will (eventually) generate and solve mazes.
If IntelliJ fails to run (e.g. cannot find symbol
ExtrinsicMinPQ), remember to refresh Gradle manually through the Gradle tool window (in the upper right by default).
The GUI consists of two main regions: the large region at the top that displays the current maze, and a few options and buttons at the bottom.
The "Maze base shape" drop-down controls what underlying "shape" your maze will have. The default is "Grid", which creates a maze where each room is a rectangle.
Try switching the option to "Voronoi" and click the "Generate new maze" button to the left. This will generate a maze where the rooms are more irregular.
The "Maze generator" drop-down controls the actual maze generation process—it takes the initial set of room and removes walls to generate a plausible maze.
The default option is "Do not delete any walls", which, as you may have guessed, does not delete any walls.
Now, try picking one of the "Delete random walls" options and generate a new maze. You should now see some of the walls removed and see something that more closely resembles a maze.
Unfortunately, the "randomly remove walls" strategy is not that great. If we remove 30% of the walls, the maze is too easy. If we remove 50% of the walls, we often end up with an unsolvable maze. (The red dots in the upper-left and lower-right corners are our starting and ending points.)
The final option labeled "Run (randomized) Kruskal" is what you will be implementing later. It turns out we can use the properties of minimum spanning trees to generate a much more interesting (and yet always solvable) maze!
The "Find shortest path" button, once implemented, will draw the shortest path between the two red dots.
Clicking this button should currently throw an exception—you'll be implementing this later as well.
If you want to customize the different options (e.g. change the number of rows and columns in the grid maze, change the percentage of walls removed), you can modify the
mainmethod to do so—we will not be looking at this file when grading, so feel free to change anything there.
Navigating the Codebase¶
Understand the package layout.
You don't need to understand everything immediately, but it will be difficult to complete the assignment if you don't know where anything is.
Of course, there's more in the
mazes package than just the
Main class.
- The
mazes.entitiespackage contains basic data structures representing individual components of the maze.
- The
Roomclasses should be the only ones you need to interact with directly to complete the assignment.
- The
- The
mazes.guipackage includes all the GUI code; you shouldn't need to reference these files, but you're welcome to take a look if you're curious.
- The
mazes.logicpackage contains all the main application logic—the code used to generate and solve mazes.
mazes.logic.generatorscontains the generators for grid-based and Voronoi-based mazes.
mazes.logic.carverscontains the maze "carvers"—the random removal carver and the Kruskal-based on that you will implement later.
mazes.logicalso includes a
MazeGraphclass that serves as the primary graph representation used throughout the application, but the class itself does not contain much code and merely extends a graph from the
graphspackage instead.
Meanwhile, the
graphs package is a generic library of graph data structures and algorithms.
graphs.Graph: a basic directed graph, with generic type parameters for vertex and edge types.
graphs.KruskalGraph: extends
Graphto be undirected, and adds a few more methods required by Kruskal's algorithm.
graphs.AdjacencyListUndirectedGraph: an adjacency list implementation of
MazeGraphextends this class.
- There are additional
Graphimplementations in the test module.
graphs.BaseEdge: the base edge class; always directed and weighted.
graphs.Edge: the primary implementation of
graphs.EdgeWithData: a
BaseEdgethat additionally contains some extra, generic data; used by
graphs.minspantrees: contains algorithms for finding minimum spanning trees
graphs.shortestpaths: contains algorithms for finding shortest paths
Priority Queues¶
Since Dijkstra's algorithm relies heavily on a priority queue, we've provided an alternate priority queue implementation in the skeleton code. If you wish to try using your own heap from the previous assignment anyway, you may change
DijkstraShortestPathFinder to do so, as described in the class itself.
Disjoint Sets¶
Lastly, the
disjointsets package contains the disjoint sets data structures required by Kruskal's algorithm. A default, inefficient implementation is included in the skeleton. Later, you will implement an optimized version.
Solving Mazes¶
Understand the interfaces involved in the first portion of the assignment.
The primary maze-solving logic is in
mazes.logic.MazeSolver, but the class basically just constructs a
MazeGraph and uses a
ShortestPathsFinder. This means that you won't need to interact directly with
MazeSolver; instead, in order to get maze solving working, you just need to implement a
ShortestPathsFinder: namely, the
We won't go over all the interfaces here; only the most important ones. Make sure to look around in the code to find documentation for other classes.
Shortest-Path Finder¶
ShortestPathFinder interface describes an object with a method that computes shortest paths.
The generic type declaration for this interface (and some others in this assignment) is particularly nasty. Fortunately, you shouldn't need to worry about the exact definitions while implementing the code; the only important thing to know is that
G is a
V can be any object, and
E is a
ShortestPath<V, E> findShortestPath(
G graph, V start, V end)
|Computes a shortest path from start to end in given graph, and returns a ShortestPath object.
In the Dijkstra-based implementation that you will be implementing, the method above is broken into two sub-methods:
Map<V, E> constructShortestPathsTree(
G graph, V start, V end)
|Returns a (partial) shortest paths tree (a map from vertex to preceding edge) containing the shortest path from start to end in given graph.
ShortestPath<V, E> extractShortestPath(
Map<V, E> spt, V start, V end)
|Extracts the shortest path from start to end from given shortest paths tree.
ShortestPath object returned is essentially a container for edges, but also includes some other convenience methods.
Since all information needed is provided as method parameters, normal implementations shouldn't require any fields or other persistent state. (This functionality could be defined as a static method, but having an associated object allows our grader code to be more flexible.)
The path finder only requires the most basic functionality from the
Graph it operates on:
Collection<E> outgoingEdgesFrom(V vertex)
|Returns an unmodifiable collection of the outgoing edges from the given vertex.
The method returns a
Collection; this means that it's up to the implementation to decide exactly what
Collection implementation to use (usually a
List or
The returned
Collection is unmodifiable, so any attempts to modify it directly will throw an
UnsupportedOperationException. (It's still possible to create a copy of the collection and modify that, though.)
Sample Lazy Implementation¶
LazyShortestPathFinder class provides examples for working with the other interfaces.
It will probably be useful to take a look at this class before you begin implementing Dijkstra's algorithm. (The code doesn't actually compute correct shortest paths most of the time, but the syntax for using
BasicEdge, and
ShortestPath is correct.)
Dijkstra Implementation¶
DijkstraShortestPathFinder using (a modified version of) Dijkstra's algorithm to implement the
ShortestPathFinder interface.
With all the interfaces out of the way, you can finally start implementing Dijkstra's algorithm.
Some implementation notes:
- You can use the
Double.POSITIVE_INFINITYconstant to represent infinity.
- Recall that Dijkstra's algorithm requires that we start by initializing the distances of all possible vertices to infinity. This isn't actually possible with our graph interface, and also may not be feasible in practice for graphs with many vertices—more than a computer could store in memory, or potentially even infinitely many vertices. To save memory, we will implement a slightly-different version of Dijkstra's algorithm with a couple fundamental differences:
- Instead of initializing values for all vertices at the beginning of the algorithm, we'll initialize values for only the starting vertex. This necessitates that we also change our relaxation operation to match, to initialize values for new vertices as they are encountered.
- Additionally, since the maze application has a particular destination in mind, our algorithm does not need to compute the full SPT; we can stop as soon as we have found the shortest path from the starting vertex to the destination.
Once you're done and all your tests are passing, try re-running the program and click the "Find shortest path" button. If everything went well, the program should now draw a red line connecting the start and the end! (Or, if there is no valid path, display an alert box stating so.)
Unfortunately, if you find yourself passing our unit tests, but failing stress tests on the grader, your best course of action will be to carefully review your code until you figure out where your code deviates from Dijkstra's algorithm.
Some of our stress tests will also check your code's runtime; one will time your code on random graphs with many vertices and edges (so the shortest paths end up being only several edges in length), whereas another will test your runtime with very long paths. Again, if you fail these tests, make sure that you're following the pseudocode correctly.
As always, if you find yourself debugging for over an hour, definitely post on Piazza or come to office hours for assistance—we're here to help you learn, and struggling on your own through multiple hours of debugging is not an efficient way to learn. (Additionally, by bringing our attention to bugs that our unit tests don't catch, you help us write better tests for future quarters.)
Finally, for your convenience, here are some diagrams of graphs from provided tests.
Test graph diagrams:
Start and end vertices have bold outlines.
Graph with multiple paths between start and end:
Graph where least-cost path has more edges than other paths:
Graph requiring relaxation:
Commit and push your changes to GitLab before submitting to Gradescope.
Code from the second portion of the assignment does not interact with the code from this portion, so now is a good time to try submitting.
When you're ready, continue on to the next section: Kruskal's algorithm.


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When The Physical Exam May Not Be Enough
I've been presenting cases of important diagnoses made simply by physical exam. A ganglion cyst, a foot ulcer, and a dissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm were all correctly identified with a basic physical exam. However, there are times when a physical exam may not be enough – and reliance on it alone can be quite misleading.
A middle aged man was referred to our sports rehabilitation clinic after undergoing an unsuccessful orthopedic surgical procedure. He had been lifting heavy weights at his gym for some time, and was complaining of weakness in his right arm. He eventually got an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon, who noted that his right biceps muscle was severely reduced in its bulk. Assuming he had ruptured his biceps tendon, he was scheduled for repair the next week.
The surgeon was baffled after opening the arm and exploring the anatomy – the biceps tendons were both perfectly in tact, though the muscle was indeed quite atrophic.
What he didn't realize was that the man had not ruptured his tendon, but had severely impinged his musculocutaneous nerve where it travels through the coracobrachialis muscle. The heavy weight lifting had caused his coracobrachialis muscle to hypertrophy to a point where the nerve supplying the biceps muscle was actually crushed by the size of the muscle.
The man slowly regained nerve function and was fine so long as he didn't lift heavy weights again. The only long term side effect that he suffered was a surgical scar on the inner side of his right arm.This post originally appeared on Dr. Val's blog at RevolutionHealth.com.


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Ring Top 15mm x 14mm
The Moon and Disc ring can be made to a custom size. Please note that once your ring is customised it will no longer be eligible for return. Resizing takes 10 working days.
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Landon Johnson, 2018-2022
These planters were created by Landon Johnson. The project was coordinated by the City's Public Art Committee and the Parks and Recreation Department, the project painted more than 25 planter boxes in Old Town Tustin with various designs, some reflecting Tustin's agricultural history.
Medium type: Paint
Date created: 2018-2022
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DOI: 10. 30472 /ijaep.v8i1.329
Resistance training (RT) has beneficial effects on the cardiovascular (CV) system and potentially can be an effective treatment for a variety of clinical conditions, such as heart disease (HD). However, the impacts of RT on cardiac risk factors in older men are less known .The current study was investigated the effect of RT on serum levels of NT-proBNP, GDF-15, and markers of cardiac damage (CK and CK-MB) in the elderly men.
24 elderly men (aged 72.1 ± 5.3 years, height 164.3 ± 5.5 cm, and BMI 27.2 ± 4.3 kg/m2 ) were randomly assigned to one of the two intervention groups: RT (n=12) and control (n=12). The RT protocol included eight movements (3 × 10 repetitions with ∼70% of one repetition maximum [1RM], 1-min rest intervals) for eight weeks and three sessions per week. Serum levels of NT-proBNP, GDF-15, CK and CK-MB were tested at baseline as well as after eight weeks of intervention. All analyses were performed with SPSS version 24 at a significance level of P≤ 0.05. Serum levels of NT-proBNP significantly decreased in the RT group after 8 weeks (p≤0.05). Moreover, resistance training significantly increased serum
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Worried your kids aren't getting enough exercise while they're stuck at home? It's a valid concern. Fortunately, there are some fun, classic gym class activities that can motivate your kids to get up and moving!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends school-aged children get at least an hour of exercise per day. If your family's not meeting this goal, we recommend you make it a priority in the daily schedule.
It's just as important as academics and chores. In fact, with the extra boost from exercise, you might find your kids' ability to focus on schoolwork improves.
It's time to put down those screens and get those hearts racing!
A Parachute
Parachutes are a versatile gym class accessory that kids absolutely love. While the kind gym teachers use for a class of 20+ kids are quite large, you can purchase a smaller one. This six-foot parachute is easy to use in your backyard, or even your living room.
If you have a larger family or a playgroup pod, you can size up to a 12- or even 20-foot parachute.
Not sure what to do with it? Check out these fun parachute games. If you have a small family, you can tie one end of the parachute to a tree or the side of a deck.
Freeze Dance
A dance party is a great way to squeeze in some exercise. The freeze element just makes it more of a game.
Start by picking a song everyone loves. Then, encourage your kids to dance like uninhibited wildebeests (that's how mine dance, anyway). Hit pause at random intervals and call on anyone who's still moving or talking. The goal is to remain as still as possible whenever the music stops.
You can make it more challenging by calling out specific movements during the dance portions, like hop on one foot, act like a monkey, or do froggy jumps. Or, tell everyone they have to balance on one foot when the music stops—just make sure there's enough space for some kiddos to fall over!
Simon Says
Not only does this game get everyone moving, but it helps strengthen your kids' attention and listening skills. You can call out any action, such as, "Simon says jump in circles," or, "Simon says do cartwheels."
The key is to shout out the instructions one after another, and then eventually drop the "Simon says" part and see who still obeys the command.
Give every child a chance to be Simon (this is especially fun for younger kids). You can also play a socially-distanced version of this game with friends or neighbors in the backyard. Just make sure everyone wears a mask and remains six feet apart.
Ball Toss
Have a large ball lying around? Form a circle outside and toss it from person to person. Expand the circle if it's too easy.
On rainy, cold days, consider tossing a stuffed animal around inside. If you can, slide some furniture out of the way to make more space.
You can also take this game to the next level by including an action. For example, try shouting, "Jump!" as you toss the ball.
An Obstacle Course
Get your kids sweating by creating an exciting, challenging obstacle course. They'll be worn out in no time!
You can use anything you have on hand, such as chairs, hoops, old stumps—you name it! Check out the video above to create a course using only stuff you can buy at the dollar store. Talk about cheap! You can also add a slack line for an extra challenge.
Once your kids get the hang of it, time them to see if they can beat their previous scores. Feel free to join in—after all, exercise is good for you, too.
If you lack supplies or cash, there's nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned race. Kids love to run, and it'll get everyone's heart rate up. You can have them race from one end of the yard and back, or down the sidewalk.
Check out these in- and outdoor relay races for some more inspiration.
Ah, the classic don't-get-hit-by-a-ball game. Fun times, right?
Make sure you use a ball that's soft enough and instruct your kids not to aim at each other's heads, or other sensitive areas. Alternatively, you can have everyone put on their swimsuits and fill up some water balloons!
This game can easily transition into tag if things get too intense.
Jump Rope
Jumping rope is a great way to get fit, and jump ropes don't cost much either! You can also watch the video above and learn how to make your own out of old T-shirts.
Once everyone has a rope, check out these fun games and activities to get started.
Hula Hoop
The art of hula hooping is far more complex than simply spinning a hoop around your waist. Get the kids to try some new tricks, like spinning the hoop around their knees.
You can also use hula hoops for other activities, like including it in an obstacle course or using it as a jump rope. Cool!
Capture the Flag
This fun, fast-paced game will not only get your kids moving, but it will also teach them the importance of teamwork.
Below are a few things you'll need, and the general rules of the game:
- Open space: They'll need space to run. Obstacles, like bushes, trees, or sheds, can make the game more challenging. Go to a nearby park, if necessary.
- Flags: Each team will need to make a flag. You can use old socks, T-shirts, bandannas, or cut up some towels.
- Two teams: Split the players evenly. You can do mixed-age teams, or play kids versus adults.
- Territories: Mark off an equal-sized territory for each team. You can use cones, tape, ribbons, chalk, or whatever you have on hand to define the boundaries.
- Safety: Examine the terrain before playing, and remove any lawn tools, balls, toys, and so on.
- Capture the flag: The goal is to grab an opposing team's flag and return to your territory, without getting caught!
Here are the full rules, along with some variations to make it even more fun.
Get a small tumbling mat and teach your kids how to do somersaults, cartwheels, or even handstands.
More advanced stuff, like the hands-free aerial cartwheel, is probably best left at the tumbling gym with a gymnastics coach, though.
Planking and Push-Ups
Planking is not only easy to do, but it requires no equipment! It also strengthens tons of core muscles. Add in some push-ups and a round of sit-ups, and the whole family can get some daily core training!
If you get bored with regular push-ups, there are lots of variations. Try a different one each day for an extra challenge.
You can also make planking a competition, with family members taking turns calling out "Plank!" throughout the day. Everyone then has to drop whatever they're doing, assume plank position, and then see who can hold it the longest. Offering prizes and incentives can make it even more fun.
Including some daily exercise in your quarantine life doesn't have to be a struggle. In fact, it can even be fun! These PE classics might even have your kids begging for more. Don't forget to join in and get your heart pumping, too. If you want some more activities, consider signing up for an online fitness class.


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As a "foodie" I pride myself in trying to find the most unique restaurants. Often times I find myself asking help from other people who are fellow foodies to get an idea of what I should try. During my visit to the beautiful city of Houston, I asked at least seven people where I should
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I just want to start this review off by saying, I sat at my table for 15 minutes before I was offered water. I don't hold grudges, but facts are facts. A manager came over to apologize, but a real apology would've came with some flowers and a hug. I didn't get either, so I'm
When in Rome, you do as the Romans do, right? Well, unless you're in Houston, TX. Houston is most known for their barbecue, but sometimes is good to stray away from the norm. I researched some great Italian restaurants in Houston, but mostly chain restaurants appeared. I mean, who the hell wants to go to


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Every Arsenal fan will have a different opinion on what is the absolute minimum expected from Unai Emery next season, some will expect simply finishing in the top four, some will say winning a trophy and no doubt some will say finishing above Tottenham but the chances are that the majority will agree there is a bottom line and anything below that should result in a change of manager.
I will not profess to speak for all Arsenal fans on this subject but what I will do is give an educated guess at what I feel the majority will find acceptable and keep Emery in his job.
I feel that progress on last season is the priority expectation and by that, I mean a defence that lets in fewer goals, far more points on the road and of course, qualification for the Champions League.
I do not feel it is an overriding expectation to challenge for the title, we are a realistic bunch and know our limitations at this stage but it is unacceptable if we do not at least close the gap.
I also do not think we care too much about winning silverware, of course, it would be nice to lift an FA Cup but the brutal truth is that now takes a distant second place to qualifying for the Champions League.
It would be very nice to finish above Tottenham but I do not feel it is anywhere near a sackable offence if we do not as long as we achieve our own goals.
To conclude, if Emery fails to show sufficient progress on last season and does not get us into the Champions League then I feel his position would become untenable and for the avoidance of doubt if Arsenal finished tenth and won the Europa League I would call for his removal because that is not sufficient progress.


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Went to my grandsons' swim meet and track events on Sunday. To while away my time waiting for the outdoor track events, I found some great storm clouds to photograph. I took each photo with a three-bracket exposure and post-processed them using Nik HDR Efex Pro.
Then I converted them to black and white using Nik Silver Efex Pro. The clouds in the second image were made a bit more "angry" using Nik Color Efex Pro filters (details enhancer and dark details). All were taken with the Canon 28-135mm lens.


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Marlborough Economic Development Corporation launches new city shuttle
In an effort to raise awareness and ridership, the Marlborough Economic Development Corporation has launched a campaign to promote the new City Shuttle from Marlborough to Boston departing daily at 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. from the corner of Granger Boulevard and Newton Street in Marlborough with stops upon request at four locations in downtown Boston.
The MEDC hopes to encourage more commuters to make use of the bus route by emphasizing its comfort, convenience and cost. Launched in October 2015 by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and operated by Peter Pan, the bus makes two round trips every weekday and costs $6 one way. The daily return trips from Boston at 4:45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.
City shuttle riders can park for free at the Newton Street Parking Garage in Marlborough and enjoy free wifi onboard the bus.
"There are number of Marlborough residents who commute to Boston for work," said MEDC executive director Tim Cummings. "Until recently, these people had to drive to the Southborough commuter station, pay $4 for parking and another $9 or so for a one-hour train ride into Boston. The new daily shuttle service takes people directly from Marlborough to Boston in almost the same amount of time and at half the cost."
"Instead of worrying about the traffic to Boston or the unpredictable school-time traffic all the way to Ashland, I'm greeted by a bus driver in the center of town," said Marlborough resident and rider Brian Silver. "The bus picks me up promptly at 7:30 a.m. and I can take advantage of the wifi that is good enough to hold Google Hangout chats, email and anything else I need to conduct business as usual. Not only is having a driver to deal with the pains of Boston traffic convenient, but it feels great to use public transportation to show a smaller carbon footprint."
For more information and a schedule, visit http://marlboroughedc.com/live-work-play/city-shuttle.


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Indonesian Coffee
Indonesia is third biggest coffee producer in the world and it is well known for exporter of high quality coffee. Indonesian coffee plantation started in Jakarta area of Java island during Dutch colonial time in the 1600. later, the coffee plantation is expanded to Ambarawa which is located in the center of Java island. After coffee plantation is widened to Sumatera, Bali and Papua, Coffee is flourishing in Indonesia. Indonesian Coffee has an authentic flavor and scent which eventually makes it one of the best Coffee around the world. Today, Indonesian Luwak Coffee and Wine Coffee is recognized as the highest Coffee in the world.
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A successful surrogacy in Columbus, Georgia, isn't going to be achieved with just a generous surrogate and willing intended parents. You'll need an entire team of experienced Columbus surrogacy professionals to help you complete the Georgia surrogacy process.
We've made a list of everything you may need during the process of surrogacy in Columbus, G.A., so you can find the top fertility clinics, attorneys, Columbus surrogacy agencies and programs and other useful local resources. Ready to become a parent or a surrogate? Contact a professional to begin.
Surrogacy Agencies nearest Columbus, Georgia
A Columbus surrogacy agency may also be referred to as a surrogacy program or a matching program. You can receive all the services that you'll need through this type of professional, including screening, matching, counseling, case management and more.
It can be beneficial to partner with a surrogacy agency in Columbus, G.A, especially if you don't have prior experience with surrogacy. An agency acts as the primary point of contact and handles everything on your behalf.
The nearest surrogacy agencies that are able to work with Columbus surrogates and hopeful parents include:
Surrogacy Clinics in Columbus, Georgia
You'll need to partner with a local fertility clinic, also sometimes called a Columbus surrogacy clinic, to complete the medical steps of the process. This is where procedures like IVF and embryo transfers will take place.
Sometimes the intended parents will have pursued fertility treatments prior to choosing surrogacy, so they will have worked with a certain professional already. If you don't already have a Columbus, GA, surrogacy clinic in mind, you can turn to your primary professional for a trusted provider like this local clinic:
Columbus Surrogacy Lawyers
Throughout the legal stages of the Columbus, Georgia, surrogacy process, you'll need to work with a surrogacy attorney. Intended parents and their surrogate will need to be individually represented by Columbus surrogacy attorneys to ensure that everyone is fairly advocated for. Your contract will also need to be finalized before you take any medical steps.
Contracts cover several important points, like the legal rights of intended parents, surrogate compensation, how everyone agrees to proceed in the event of potential scenarios and more.
There are several options for local attorneys who will be able to help you navigate the Georgia surrogacy laws, including:
Maternity Hospitals in Columbus
A surrogate will typically establish a birth plan during the creation of the surrogacy contract. During this process, she can outline where and how she wants to deliver the baby, and the intended parents can discuss their rough travel plans for when she's in labor.
Local surrogates may find these nearby options around Columbus useful when planning for the arrival of the baby:
Starting Your Columbus Surrogacy Journey
One of the most important ways you can ensure a safer and smoother experience is to select the right professional for surrogacy in Columbus, Georgia. Choose a professional who is able to meet your unique needs, but also someone who is ready to keep you informed, will be transparent with you and will provide you with the support you need throughout the Columbus surrogacy process.
A good way to assess whether or not a potential professional is going to be a good match for you is to ask plenty of questions. Be sure to ask questions about:
- The requirements for intended parents and surrogates working with this professional
- The screening process that surrogates and intended parents need to complete before being accepted
- Any matching services they offer for surrogates and intended parents, and what that process entails
- Any other services that are offered to intended parents and surrogates
- The average cost for intended parents who are working with this professional
You should feel at ease with your primary professional, because they'll serve as your main guide and allow you to enjoy the life-changing experiences that surrogacy offers.
If you're interested in learning more about how to become a parent through surrogacy in Columbus, Georgia, or about becoming a surrogate mother in Columbus, contact a surrogacy professional now. They'll help you get started.


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We have received some questions about why we chose to use the word "disability" in the name of the Albany Disability Squad. This word can feel controversial to some people, and not all people with disabilities feel comfortable with this label. After a lot of debate, the founders of the Squad chose to include this word in our name for several reasons:
- Disability is the basis for the three main pieces of federal legislation that give rights to students with disabilities. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) created the Special Education as we know it, along with the Individualized Education Program (IEP). The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability, and it is the source of the Section 504 Plan. And there is the Americans with Disabilities Act, another civil rights law that protects the rights of people with disabilities in public life.
- The Albany Disability Squad seeks to advocate for the educational rights of students with a very wide range of disabilities, including physical, developmental, genetic, and learning disabilities to name a few. Not all students with disabilities (such as those with 504 Plans) are in Special Education, so using the term "Special Education" would have left them out. We don't want our name to limit our activism to Special Education issues only.
- We believe, along with many activists who have disabilities themselves, that disability can be an important component of a person's identity. For this reason, activist Lydia X. Z. Brown prefers to use "identity-first" language and be called an autistic person, not a person with autism. Identity-first language uses proper adjectives to describe someone (disabled person, autistic boy, dyslexic woman). Please note that calling someone a "Down Syndrome person" is not using identity-first language, because "Down Syndrome" is a noun, not an adjective. In this case, it would be appropriate to refer to a "person with Down Syndrome."
In the end, we should follow the lead of the people who have a particular disability in determining how to refer to them. We can't assume that even all individuals with the same disability will agree on how they prefer to be referred to. When in doubt, the most respectful thing to do is to ask a person what their preference is!


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St. Andrews Church
Mt. Pleasant, SC
70,300 SF New Construction & 420 SF Addition to Historic Building
Within the old historic district of Mt. Pleasant, SC, you will find the St. Andrews Church Campus extending through the tree line. At the heart of the campus is the historic church. Dedicated in 1858, it has outlived many trials and is still in use today for traditional services and ceremonial celebrations. The new annex to the historic building offers additional restrooms and a bridegroom parlor and the exterior esthetic is designed to be the perfect complement to the long-standing landmark.
The BGW St. Andrews Ministry Center was originally added to the campus in 1996 and has faced its own unique trials. On April 22, 2018, the morning before construction was to begin on the interior renovation and a 47,000+ SF three-story classroom addition, a fire engulfed the entire building, causing the roof to collapse on the floor below. Shook but undeterred, St. Andrews chose to move forward with the demolition of the burned remains and the rebuilding of the Ministry Center. In late 2020, the beautiful three-story 70,300 SF building emerged out of the ashes.
The first floor of the new Ministry Center features 23,172 SF of new classroom space with direct access to an exterior playground, designed to meet the educational needs of the growing Day School. The second floor includes 23,000 SF of adult classroom space, a newly designed worship center with a 1,200 SF platform and seating capacity for over 400. Highlighting tall gable ceilings with exposed wood trusses, the large storefront and curtainwall windows run along the entire length of an expansive gallery. The gallery serves as the main entry and connection point between the two sides of the building, also offering access to a coffee shop and art gallery. The third floor features 15,100 SF of office space, a lecture hall, and adult classrooms and study space to support theological training at the Riddle Institute.


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Fatherhood is frequently an exercise in living outside of your comfort zone and as kids grow, new situations keep kicking you out of the zone just when you think that you're finally in it. Much of that is due to the variety and prevalence of youth sports.
Kids want to try new things and with only a few guidelines – you start the season, you finish the season whether you like it or not – that's what we encourage. There are a wider variety of sports available now than when I was in high school and that means that more than a few fathers are on a learning curve as the nascent high school programs begin building rec league feeder programs to develop a pool of upcoming players with skills. Those few fathers with experience step up and help coach, both the kids and the other fathers who don't have experience.
This was the case this weekend as we trooped to a high school in another county to watch MIddle participate in a volleyball tournament at the middle school level. Because that level is only a club sport in our area, there are few teams and in this particular instance, we entered the high school gym to find that the other two teams were the individual grade teams for the host school district. Each was composed of the same number of boys as Middle's team while Middle's team also includes several very talented upper elementary school boys who are already developing wicked serves. My own previous experience was limited to smacking a ball around with neighborhood kids and in my twenties, watching female beach volleyball on ESPN. I've at least expanded my knowledge base since – unlike with women's beach volleyball – I'm actually watching the course of play and have managed to puzzle out certain rudiments of the game such as general positions and why net serves can actually be playable. It's also refreshing to see the kids slap hands and buck each other up when things don't go well, a far cry from my own scholastic days of Helen Keller could've caught that pass, you dumbass.
As the small cadre of families entered the gymnasium and sat down, we were able to look at the various sports history banners that decorated the walls as they do at every high school. The Boys Volleyball banner revealed that this school had championship teams back to the early 1960s, when they still had to inflate the balls with blacksmith bellows, and I wondered whether I'd have to find a local pharmacy to purchase first aid supplies for what promised to be a ritual bloodletting. As boys and families watched this volleyball machine run through it's clockwork drills, one father commented that they needed to start since our guys were getting psyched out watching this display of efficiency and I could only concur. It was like watching the visiting University of Nebraska football team warm up prior to gametime with your kid's team at Hooterville Community College. As one midwestern university student pep club banner once read in the early 1990s, Maintain Dignity Against Nebraska.
The first game was a walkaway and a clinic for Middle's team but as play continued, gears began to mesh and actual volleys took place as players found their groove and began playing as a team. Adjustments were made after the first two games and suddenly, scores became respectable and games were actually won as the other side proved that they were middle school boys as well. Man, that girl in the third row is smokin' – what ball? By the end of the afternoon, there was grace and fluidity on both sides of the net and as one father commented to me, you really have to watch it to appreciate and understand it.
So I'll go outside the comfort zone again, as I did with basketball and baseball. I won't pretend that I can handle the physical and coaching side of the house, which is what often happens with so many sports as fathers step up to spend their evenings watching instructional videos and reading Idiot Guides. There are other opportunities to help and one of those opportunities will be filled somehow. Rules will be learned and games dissected as happens already with soccer and baseball.
Who knows? Perhaps someday, Middle will find himself helping drill rudiments into a pack of small kids, slapping their hands when they smack the ball in the direction of the net.


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Teen accused of killing 80-year-old near Strafford allegedly stole meds, syringes
The Republic teen accused of killing an 80-year-old woman near Strafford last week is also accused of stealing syringes, medication and a bone-handled knife from the woman, according to a petition filed in juvenile court.
The petition, which was obtained by the News-Leader through a records request, does not provide the name of the 16-year-old charged with killing 80-year-old Mary Shisler on Friday in northeastern Greene County, but the document does provide some additional details about the case.
The document lists and explains the seven charges the teen is facing in juvenile court. The equivalent of those charges if they brought against an adult are first-degree murder, armed criminal action, abandonment of a corpse, second-degree burglary, stealing, attempted arson and tampering with a motor vehicle.
In the explanation for the murder charge, the document says, the teen killed Shisler "after deliberation" by stabbing her in the head multiple times with a knife.
For the burglary charge, the document says, the teen entered Shisler's residence for the purpose of committing two crimes — stealing and arson.
In the explanation for the stealing charge, the document says, the teen stole several items from Shisler: nails, syringes, medications, a purse and a knife.
The petition does not say whether authorities believe that bone-handled knife was used in the homicide.
In the explanation for the attempted arson charge, the document says, the teen poured lighter fluid on the floors of Shisler's residence, turned on a gas heater, turned on a stove burner, soaked toilet paper in gas and stuck a lit match in the gas-soaked toilet paper.
The sheriff's office did not find a fire, however, when deputies responded to Shisler's home on Friday evening.
Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott said investigators believe the killing was "totally random," and the suspect did not know Shisler.
The sheriff said Tuesday he could not comment on the motive for the killing.
Shisler's cause of death, Arnott said, was blunt force trauma to the head.
According to a news release from the Greene County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called out to a home in the 8300 block of North Farm Road 223 near Strafford at about 5:45 p.m. Friday to check on Shisler after a neighbor noticed an unfamiliar car in the driveway.
The release says the neighbor told deputies the home had been ransacked, there was a strong odor of gas inside and Shisler's pickup truck was missing.
Authorities later found the truck when it pulled into someone's driveway in Webster County, and the resident called 911 to report suspicious behavior, according to the release.
The release says authorities stopped the truck in Webster County and arrested the driver, a 16-year-old boy from Republic.
Later that night, at about 11 p.m., the release says, authorities found Shisler's body with stab wounds in a field near her home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bill Prince, the family court administrator and chief juvenile officer in Greene County, explained that in a murder case, juvenile prosecutors are required to file a motion to dismiss to allow prosecution under the general law.
At a future hearing, a judge will decide to either accept that motion and have the juvenile charged as an adult, or keep the case in juvenile court, according to Prince.
Arnott said Tuesday he hopes the teen will be charged as an adult.


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We recently sold our 2002 Country Coach motorhome after owning it for 12 years. There were a number of reasons, but basically it boiled down to we had her and used her extensively for those 12 years and it was time to do something different.
Selling our motorhome is really going against the trend. The last year or so any kind of RV has been a hot seller for both motorhomes and trailers. But for my wife and I it was just time to sell. Here are some of the reasons.
- My right knee which I injured when I was a teen ager in a bike accident finally just wore out and needed to be replaced. So I figured we would not be able to do a summer trip this year.
- Before this motorhome we had a smaller one of 26′ for four years. So for 16 years we were very active RVers.
- Our coach was a 2002 and it just needed more repairs than it did a few years ago. And this is combined that most work on it I don't want to do, so I have to hire it out, which costs a lot. At 19 years old our coach should be owned by someone who wants to do most of the repairs on it by themselves in my opinion.
- We want to go outside the USA to see some places that you need to take a plane to get to. Our budget and time did not allow to do both RVing and extensive long distance travel.
- By 2020 we had been to most of the places we wanted to go in the motorhome at least once. In many cases we had been to some places many times.
- And here is a big one, my wife did not want to drive the coach. So I was the only driver. Long trips were too tiring for me. When my wife and I travel by car we split driving duties.
I still liked the motorhome we owned and overall it worked out well. When we were looking for a coach back in 2009 my goal was to find a coach that had everything we wanted and we would be happy with for a long time. We looked almost exclusively at high end coaches that were very well made and were not too old. I did lots of research to find out which coaches had the best reputations for build quality, good design, quality assembly, drove well, and had high quality components. Back then the top models with these characteristics were Country Coach, Foretravel, Travel Supreme, Bluebird, and some Monaco's and Beavers and Alpines. At the time all these people made production coaches and not only special order builds. We also looked at a few new coaches but since I was in the used industrial machinery business I decided used was the way to go.
When we bought our coach she was 7 years old with 85,000 miles on her. We bought her from a private party and got a high end extended maintenance insurance that we split the cost of with the seller. The insurance we got paid for itself several times over. We tried to renew it after three years but at that time nobody would give insurance to a coach over ten years old and over 100,000 miles.
What are some of the things we learned
- The very first thing on the list and in my mind is the most important is – Make sure the coach that you buy is stable and steers well so you feel comfortable driving it at freeway speeds (58-62mph). What ever you do, do not buy a coach that does not handle well before you buy it. Do not buy anything you plan to add stuff to so that it steers OK later. Good handling means it goes down the road straight with little input and it does not "ramble" around going down the high way.
- If you plan to drive longer distances and are a couple both people should be OK driving the rig. If you partner does not like driving the coach then keep looking till you find one they do like.
- Heavier coaches with heavier duty components and motors are usually better. My experience is that there is very little mpg penalty with a heavier coach as long as it has a newer post year 2000 main motor. If you have a big coach you need a big motor. Do not go cheap and get a too small base motor. Larger higher torque motors are better.
- Be sure to get a well insulated coach with double pane windows.
- Bigger coaches 40′ and over need three top air conditioners to cool properly in warm places.
- The biggest problem we had with our coach was maintaining the two slides. Most coaches today have 4 slides. So double the problems we had. Be sure to lube your slide seals with spray lube as often as needed. If it rains hard with wind it is likely rain will accumulate on top of the slides. When you bring in the slides if the water is still there it can come in the coach. This is common to most coaches.
I have been motor homing since 1980 and have mostly loved doing it. I don't see any way that you can explore the US better than with a motorhome or towable. I have always preferred motorhomes because we tend not to stay in one place too long. My motto was alway that if you motor more than you home then you should buy a motorhome, and if you home more than you motor a 5th wheel or trailer is better.


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The expansion of the world's population to 10 billion people all striving for a better quality of life is expected to double the world's energy consumption by the year 2050. The increasing demand of energy cannot be addressed by today's energy production mix without devastating impact on the environment. Therefore, a renaissance of nuclear energy, which is the most prominent among the non-greenhouse emitting energy sources, seems at hand.
Today, 440 nuclear power plants produce about 17% of the world's electricity; a share that is steadily increasing despite temporary stagnation in the US and Europe. Within the next two decades, new nuclear power plants, like the Advanced Light Water Reactor and the High Temperature Reactor, will have to be built as a replacement of the current plants and to cover the increased energy needs.
These reactors will continue to produce plutonium and minor actinides. This means a strong need for reactors that can 'burn' these nuclides, while on the other hand the requirement of sustainability calls for high-conversion reactors or reactors that even breed new fissile material. The Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) can meet both requirements, and seems therefore the most promising and challenging concept for the future. Apart from the advantages of a flexible fuel cycle, the coolant temperature (850 °C) is much higher than of today's reactors leading to a high thermal efficiency and the application of the MSR for hydrogen production via thermo-chemical processes.
A MSR produces fission power in a circulating molten salt fuel mixture at ambient pressure. Only when the salt enters the graphite core, the neutrons released in a fission event can moderate to thermal energies and initiate new fission. Because the fluoride salt is used to remove the heat from the core and to circulate the fuel, a fraction of the salt stream can be diverged to extract the fission products and to add fresh fuel. This means that no refuel outages are needed, which reduces the operation costs considerably.
Due to the online removal of fission products fewer neutrons are lost by parasitic neutron capture. This enables the MSR to operate either as a burner reactor using the excess neutrons to transmute non-fissile actinides to fissile ones or as a breeder reactor converting abundantly available thorium to fissile U-233. The use of the Th-U fuel cycle is of particular interest to the MSR, because this reactor is the only one in which the Pa-233 can be stored in a hold-up tank to let it decay to U-233. To eliminate the proliferation risk of the highly fissile U-233, several innovative options could be considered.
Nuclear reactors can be controlled by the grace of delayed neutrons emitted by some fission products (precursor atoms) up to some tens of seconds after the fission event. This means the effective lifetime of neutrons is a thousand times larger than that of prompt neutrons. Due to the circulating fuel in a MSR, a fraction of these delayed neutrons is produced outside the core, which effectively reduces the margin to prompt criticality (the point at which a rapid power transient might occur). This poses no problem as long as the power feedback coefficient is sufficiently negative. In a properly designed MSR, this can easily be assured by the prompt effect of fuel expansion when the temperature rises. Knowledge about the density and the temperature distribution of the molten salt fuel are of utmost importance to predict accurately the dynamics behavior of the reactor during normal operation and during transients.
The coupled calculation of all physics aspects of a MSR is a challenging task never undertaken before. Applying present-day computing power, one should be able to calculate simultaneously the spatial distribution of the neutron flux, the power, the salt density, the precursor atom density, and the temperature during steady state reactor operation and during transients.
In conclusion: all nuclear reactors in operation today use solid fuel. The new nuclear reactor proposed here uses molten salt fuel with
the potential of safe, clean and sustainable energy production. The application of molten salt fuel ensures:
More information can be found in the PhD project description.
Results of the research can be found in the PhD thesis.
|For more information, please contact j.l.kloosterman (at) tudelft.nl


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HotHeels InMotion
2004 APHA Solid Red Dun Mare
Sire: HotWheels InMotion
Dam: Centerfold Mr.
HotHeels InMotion is another great mare we are pleased to have in our broodmare band. As a weanling, "Heels" was Res. World Champion Breeding Stock Weanling mare. She also won every futurity we entered her in as a weanling. This big 16 hand mare has the looks and pedigree to produce some of the top horses in the industry.
100% of this mare's foals that have been shown are futurity winners!
HotHeels InMotion is bred to bred to Awesome Andy for an early April 2016 foal


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I have had interesting times lately. I was tired, stressed, and almost exhausted. But then things moved, issues understood, and most importantly I realized my own stamina and the importance of small things in life that attract my attention and give me joy 🙂
1. I am grateful for walking this morning to the office. I missed the bus literally by 30 sec and thought I would just walk. It was windy and chilly, but walking gave me a chance to clear my mind and feel good about life as a whole.
2. I am grateful for going thru the meetings without losing my cool and already thinned nerves.
3. I am grateful for shopping this evening and purchasing frozen berries 🙂 I will be making marmalade with them. I want to do this this weekend but I want to also wait for the canning kit I ordered so that I an start using the kit and water can the jars. I will see how I feel this weekend.
4. I am grateful for walking in the afternoon without difficulty. It feels good to return back to my regular walking routine. It is healthy, free, and quite an accomplishment for a lazy person like myself 🙂
5. I am grateful for tomorrow being Friday! Three more meetings to go through and then the weekend will be here 🙂 I plan to slow down next weekend, only finish the ends and bits and welcome the free time after that.
6. I am grateful for the fresh produce I bought today. I want to cook a couple of dishes this weekend so that I can eat better in the coming days.
7. I am grateful for the frozen meals I have eaten yesterday and today. I had a beautiful soup yesterday and a bean meal today; I had cooked and frozen them sometime ago. It is such a great pleasure to be able to eat home-made food when I am busy.
8. I am grateful for all the socks and clothes that keep my body warm and sound during the cold temperatures.
9. I am grateful for having money at the chequing account that enables me to afford what I need.
10. I am grateful for trusting life and take it as it is sometime.
11. I am grateful for liking to try new hobbies, like jamming and canning, and sharing the food with friends and neighbours.
12. I am grateful for having the night to myself – no distraction and all peace 🙂
13. I am grateful for the internet, my computer, and TV that make my life enjoyable and time passing fast.
14. I am grateful for the three little jars that one of my colleagues gave me. They are cute and cute and cute 🙂 It is one of these little things in life that makes me joyful and excited 🙂
15. I am grateful for being healthy and safe.
16. I m grateful that my family is doing well and they are healthy and safe too.
Things that I appreciate myself for today:
- I appreciate the fact that I am generous with my team members and friends
- I appreciate the fact that I decided to prioritize my financial needs this year
- I appreciate the fact that I have become more self-sustaining with my new canning interest
- I appreciate the fact that I walked today twice
- I appreciate the fact that I keep my sanity despite what have happened at the work-place lately; re; pressure of keeping our positions, increasing our work load, and demoralizing atmosphere
- I appreciate the fact that I decided to undertake less of others' work in the coming years and prioritize my own time for my own work


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A short short story:
-It's 2245 on Monday 4 July 2022. My name is Detective Inspector Jan Bricker, and with me is Sergeant Milnet and George Dulmer. Please state your name and address for the record, George.
-Why am I here?
-Come on, George. You're not under arrest. We just want to have a chat.
-The accident at the restaurant.
-Happo's place? What's that got to do with me?
-You were seen in the back laneway.
-My shop backs that laneway. It's where I load and unload.
-On a Sunday evening.
-Chalk it up to a rush job for a themed wedding.
-When was the wedding scheduled?
-I'd have to check the books.
-It was Sunday.
-Why ask if you know?
-Maybe I was there for the clean-up after.
-Nothing in your bins.
-Maybe I used Happo's bins.
-Why would you do that if yours are empty?
-He owes me.
-What does he owe you?
-It's personal.
-Let's talk about that.
-No, thanks.
-Okay, about the accident.
-What about it?
-Did you see anything? Was there anyone else in the laneway when you were working?
-Is anything missing from your shop?
-Are you certain? Did you leave the doors open or unlocked when you took the rubbish out?
-No. I always lock it and take the key with me.
-'Cos you never know when some low-life is going to sneak in and nick stuff. I have good stuff, you know. None of this knick-knack fakery. Real stuff.
-What about the Neptune costume?
-What about it?
-The pitch-fork.
-Okay, the trident. Where is it?
-Locked away, behind glass. Why the interest?
-It's what you threatened to use.
-Who's saying that? The only threat I made was …
-Go on, this is your chance to give your version of those events.
-I don't think so.
-That makes us think you're hiding something.
-He … she … they … I believe in the sanctity of marriage. They … I just yelled at them, waved a fist, yelled some more.
-Nothing else?
-Nothing else.
-What if I told you it didn't work?
-What didn't work?
-The trap was set but it didn't go off. The rubber was perished, and the tension broke it.
-What trap?
-You were good, George, but the tines you sharpened with your steel identified you.
-I don't do that part of it.
-Tools are great at adapting to the user, until it's as good as a fingerprint. Unique to the user.
-She has keys.
-Open the door, Sergeant Milnet, and show the witnesses into the identification room, no mirror so George here knows they're both alive, and I'll write up the attempted murder charges. Now it's time for the warnings, George, because you're under arrest, and anything you say is –
-I know my rights. Where's my legal rep?


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Femi Fani-Kayode, the former minister of aviation has condemned the postponement of presidential and governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Saturday morning announced the shift of the 2019 presidential and governorship election by a week.
Mahmood attributed the postponement of all the scheduled elections to logistic and operational problems.
The decision by INEC to postpone the polls has been met with shock and scorn across the country.
Fani-Kayode, reacting to the development said President Muhammadu Buhari will still be unseated no matter how many times INEC postponed election.
The former minister on his Twitter page. Wrote; "Postpone the election as many times as you like, you are on your way out! And after you have been unseated you will be bundled to the International Criminal Court at the Hague to answer for mass murder, ethnic cleansing, genocide and crimes against humanity. Glory halellujah!"


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("Tell me a story from when you were a kid. Please. Pleee-ase."
It was a nighttime ritual by now, my daughter asking me to tell her one of my childhood stories. I knew what it REALLY was, a ploy for her to stay up later. Or a ploy for me to have a little more time with her alone. Who's fooling whom, I thought. I smiled, both inside and out.
"Okay, remember how I told you about how I used to have trouble getting to sleep? Well, one night…")
The little boy did not mind going to bed. That didn't scare him. In fact, it was reassuring to be snug in bed and see the bright light under his door, the light that indicated his parents were still up and about.
The best nights were those Saturdays when his parents entertained and stayed up very late, and the smell of a cigarette from one of the guests wafted to his room. As long as the smell lingered his parents would be up and he would be safe.
No, it wasn't going to bed that scared him.
As long as he fell asleep before the light under his door went out he would be fine. He knew this and developed all kinds of tricks to help himself fall asleep quickly. His stuffed animal friends, especially his bunny, would talk quietly to him. Or the radio, tuned to a Top 40 station, counted down the most popular songs and soothed him, like counting sheep jumping a fence.
He'd look up at the big blue clock his parents bought him, the one with the bright white numbers so he could tell time in the dark. Those numbers seemed so friendly to him and the blue, his favorite color, matched his walls, his sheets, his bunny, his eyes…
His eyes which now were closed. He was asleep.
Invariably, though, some time in the night, every night, he would awaken. It wasn't nightmares, at least not most nights, that caused him to wake up. He just did, wake up that is, every night, some time around 2 in the morning, like clockwork.
Sometimes he woke up slowly, sleepy-eyed, and fought the inevitable consciousness.
He tried, in this not-quite-awake state, to lull himself back to sleep, knowing that if he awoke the terror would begin. But this never worked. Every time he began thinking to himself, "I know I'm still asleep and should stay asleep but if I don't wake up I won't be alert and then I'm vulnerable so I need to wake up, I need to waKE UP. I NEED TO WAKE UP! WAKE UP!!"
And he'd wake himself up, wide-eyed, alert.
Sometimes he just awoke with a start, to that same wide-eyed, wide-awake state, immediately scared. Every time he'd look at the bottom of his door for the reassuring light but his parents were long ago in bed, asleep. And THIS is what scared him to the marrow of his bones, that he would be the only one in the house awake, the only one available to protect his house, his family, himself from all that the darkness brought.
His way of dealing with being the only one awake in the house was to awaken someone else.
And somehow all the logic that he so well understood in the comfort of the daylight disappeared in the lonely darkness of 2am. The well-intentioned promises made at family meetings, the star chart of promised rewards taped to the refrigerator, the talks with his therapist. They all added up to a big fat nothing when the little boy was scared and lonely and scared and alone and wanted more than anything to be near his awake mother. Every night it was the same.
"MOM!!! MOM!!!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
And she would come and he would ignore or just not notice her frustration and her exhaustion as her calming presence and the touch of her hand rubbing his head or his back, or her, in her tired, tired state, laying down next to him, blotted out all else.
He knew the meaning of peace and serenity. It was your mom laying down next to you and rubbing your back at 2am moments after being so terribly scared. There is peace in this world and this is it.
In his mother's presence, he would quickly and quietly fall back asleep.
After months and months of this pattern there came the night he feared. The predictable pattern played out again. In bed, the light shining from under his door, he found his way into sleep. And, as always, he began to awaken and he told himself he should just fall back into a deep slumber.
But this time something was different.
He felt a presence in the room and then hands on him, touching his blankets. He was wide awake in a flash but his body froze with fear. He could not move a muscle. His eyes would not open, no noise would come from his throat. And still the hands moved over and on him.
His mind raced, trying to make sense of what was happening. Maybe he was still asleep and this was one of those rare nightmares. No, he could tell this was real, could tell he was awake.
Maybe his overactive nighttime imagination was getting the best of him. No, he could tell when he was scaring himself, even when he couldn't stop it from happening, and this was different.
Maybe it was his older brothers playing a trick on him, like the time, thinking he was asleep, they put his hand in warm water to see if he would wet the bed. No, they knew enough about his nighttime fear to not tease him about this.
What was it then?
The touching of his blankets stopped and he sensed the presence move away from his bed. He heard the familiar squeak of the hinges on his door and knew that whomever or whatever it was had left. This knowledge propelled him out of his paralyzed state and he screamed like no other scream in his life:
She was in like a flash, faster than ever before, like she sensed the urgency in his voice, like she was already close by. It all came out in a jumbled mix of frightened words, "Somebody… touching me… in my room!"
She rubbed his head, soothed him, brought the covers up around him as it was a cold winter night.
"Oh, honey," she said, "That was me. It is so chilly tonight and I thought you'd be cold so I brought you another blanket. You must have felt me spreading it out over you." She hugged him and lay down next to him. "You are fine."
The truth and logic of what she said slowly dawned on him and relief came over him in waves, finally overtaking him and calming him. The peace of his mother's presence took hold and he fell back asleep.
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Mayor Eric Adams on Friday released a new plan to improve safety on the subway, saying he intends to mobilize his entire administration to prevent violence underground and ensure those experiencing homelessness in the system get the help they need.
The plan, unveiled by Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul at the Fulton Street subway hub, calls for increased NYPD deployment and "omnipresence" in the subterranean transit system, a requirement to enforce the MTA's "code of conduct," cross-agency teams tasked with outreach towards those experiencing homelessness and mental illness, and connecting them to services.
"The subway plan is a comprehensive civic strategy that will do more than deal with a temporary fix," the mayor said. "You cannot put a band-aid on a cancerous sore."
The new plan comes amid a rash of violent incidents in the subway attributed to those experiencing homelessness and untreated mental illness, most notably the death of Michelle Go after she was pushed onto the subway tracks at Times Square.
"Going forward, we will no longer give an option to exist in the system in this way," Adams said. "The system is not made to be housing, it's made to be transportation. And we have to return back to that basic philosophy, if someone is in physical or emotional distress, we can't leave them on the train, for their own safety and the safety of others. That's a betrayal. We must intervene and get help."
Up to 30 of the interagency "Joint Response Teams," collaborations between the Health Department, Homeless Services, NYPD, and community-based providers, will be deployed at transit hubs and at end-of-line subway stations with the aim of engaging homeless people in the system and connecting them to shelter, housing, and services. The mayor said that the aim of the new plan was to ensure people get the help they need and that offending behavior is corrected, rather than a show of force, but said that people would be forcibly ejected if they were found to pose a danger to themselves or others.
Meanwhile, officers will have to be more dogged in enforcing the MTA's code of conduct, which prohibits smoking, using drugs, panhandling, carrying one's belongings in a large shopping cart, and otherwise using the system as shelter rather than transportation.
The measures on the city level will be coupled with an increased investment in mental health services on the state level. The governor said that her budget proposal includes $27.5 million for more psychiatric beds, $12.5 million for 500 new supportive housing beds, and $9 million to recruit psychiatric health care personnel.
The plan also calls for new "drop-in centers" for those experiencing homelessness and an increse in "safe haven" and stabilization beds this year. The mayor also called on the state to expand "Kendra's Law," which empowers authorities to involuntarily commit people to outpatient treatment.
Homelessness in the subway has been on the rise in recent years but has come to the forefront in the wake of Go's death, where a mentally ill homeless man who had encountered barriers to treatment pushed her onto the tracks, to her death.
Homeless advocate Shams DeBaron enthusiastically endorsed the plan while standing side-by-side with the mayor and governor on Friday, arguing that the plan seeks to help those dealing with homelessness rather than criminalize them.
"I'm so overwhelmed, it's triggering in a good way," DeBaron said. "I finally see that I'm dealing with an administration and a government that really cares for vulnerable New Yorkers and for all New Yorkers. And that's what I'm about."
But not every advocate shares his view. The Coalition for the Homeless said in a statement that the plan was cruel to those experiencing homelessness and would do little to end the homelessness epidemic, which affects tens of thousands of New Yorkers on a daily basis.
"Repeating the failed outreach-based policing strategies of the past will not end the suffering of homeless people bedding down on the subway," said Shelly Nortz, deputy executive director for policy at the Coalition for the Homeless. "It is sickening to hear Mayor Adams liken unsheltered homeless people to a cancer. They are human beings. The Mayor's own police department recently noted that those who shelter in the transit system are there because they believe they have no safer alternative. Criminalizi


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In Florida, in order to recover restitution for pain and suffering after a car accident, there's a much larger hurdle that you have to overcome than say if you were injured in a trip and fall or some other accident like a premise liability type, slip and fall or trip and fall accident. When you have a premise liability case, you do not have to show that you've got a permanent injury in order to recover money or restitution for pain and suffering. If you hurt for six months and you got better, you're still entitled to pain and suffering for the six months after trip and fall.
But in Florida, in a car accident, in order to get that same compensation or restitution for pain and suffering, you have to show that you suffered a permanent injury. The law does not define what a permanent injury is, and that's often what the whole trial is about. The issue at trial often times is, does the plaintiff or does the injured person have a permanent injury? If you're involved in a car accident in Florida and you have six months of pain and suffering but you don't have a permanent injury, you're entitled to zero money for pain and suffering.


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Mad MikeOctober 22nd, 2014 - 11:00:04It's been a while for me too. That said, this is an excellent track. Second only to the superb Starbase - Under a Red Sky. Thanks for the music everyone. May fortune smile upon you all.IamnothereJune 5th, 2009 - 16:25:11Me like.
Me like lots.
Ta very much!ThaumhApril 16th, 2009 - 04:13:41I agree with Dan, and they also give you hope (as they see it). If you prove your self worthy in battle, you will reincarnate as a Kohr-Ah.
Meanwhile: To all those haters out their who poo-poo the first faster remix. I have come to realize that one way to look at it is; you meet them, you play the first remix, they fight you, you play 'Kohr-Ah Battle', you come back and say "The Words!", you play this while they explain it all to you.
Just sayin'...DanAugust 14th, 2006 - 23:39:03Fits the Kohr-Ah a lot better than "Cleansing Required." When you listen to it, think of what the Kohr-Ah say and how they say it: "We are the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah. We cleanse our destiny. You will soon die. Make whatever rituals are necessary for your species."
See? No inherent malice in it at all, and yet it chills one to the bone.Jeep-eepDecember 2nd, 2005 - 01:11:08spooky. very spooky. very, very, very
TomerMJune 14th, 2005 - 19:10:57Sorry for second post,
But i must confuss, this music is the best music ever!
Not just because it is relaxing, but because it is also breathinking, i don't know about others but i get inspired by it each time i listen to it.
Its not just a normal regular "space-chillout-trance" type of music, it is a very special music, to me, i can listen to it 10 hours long, non-stop, without getting boored of it, this music can perfectly describe my life.
Thnx again for creating it.
I hope that there would be more amazing music-tracks just like this, but none will change The Eternal Doctrine, The Eternal Doctrine will guide me through the rest of my life.TomerMMay 14th, 2005 - 11:11:43All the albums are GREAT!
But this one is the best out of them all, just can't stop listening to it, so relaxing and wonder bringing.
Great work!FreakyM (Once Again)January 12th, 2005 - 20:11:53(By now you are probably fed up with my repeated comments)
This remix is as good as it can get. It is so.. neutral. It is really disturbing to hear the Kohr-Ah speak out loud,clear and calm sentences such as the one they say about the trophy bone pits. And unlike the Kzer-Za, they NEVER lose their temper, Calm, silent slaughterers. I mean, a bit more evil, and the UQM team should have a Nazi banner hanging behind the Kohr. Theyre THAT evil.Death_999August 24th, 2004 - 22:17:04This mixes the worker aspect of the Kohr-Ah with their ancientness -- and does it well. It does seem to border on mystical, which is, I guess kind of appropriate... it seems to lose its vaguely industrial underpinnings after a while.Profound_DarknessAugust 17th, 2004 - 04:50:05I like this a LOT better for the Kohr-Ah. It's not bad outside of the game either. Not quite spine tingling but it's a good match IMO. Rarely does it get high pitched or sound even remotely happy.ArtJuly 28th, 2004 - 05:21:24More appropriate for the Kohr-Ah than the main CD's music by far. Very soft, soothing menace. A real keeper.


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BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - China should advance the modernisation of its national defence and armed forces to build a strong country, said President Xi Jinping.
Mr Xi, who is also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee last Thursday (July 30), two days before China's Army Day.
To develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and realise the great national rejuvenation, efforts must be made to strengthen coordination between economic development and efforts to build a strong military, he said.
This will ensure that the modernisation of national defence and the armed forces accommodates the national modernisation process and the country's military capability matches national strategic needs, Mr Xi said.
Stressing that building a strong national defence and armed forces is a goal that the Communist Party of China has assiduously sought, Mr Xi said that China will achieve the targets and missions of strengthening the national defence and armed forces for 2020 and begin a new journey to fully transform the people's armed forces into a world-class one.
According to Mr Xi's report to the 19th CPC National Congress, the national defence and military will generally achieve mechanisation by the year 2020 with significantly enhanced informatisation and greatly improved strategic capabilities.
Facing the accelerated evolution of profound changes unseen in a century and the Covid-19 pandemic's deep impact on the global situation, Mr Xi stressed that China's security situation is undergoing growing uncertainty and instability.
He said the formulation of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for military development should be coordinated with national development planning and make reform of military policies and institutions a priority.
Mr Xi underlined the importance of independent innovation in army-building, urging efforts to accelerate breakthroughs in key and core technologies, speed development of strategic, advanced and disruptive technologies and implement major strategic projects related to national defence technology and weaponry.
While high-quality, professional military talent with ability and integrity should be cultivated, Mr Xi said efforts should be made to recruit excellent talent in various fields to throw themselves into the building of a strong army.
He also stressed civilian support for advancing the modernisation of national defence and the armed forces, requiring central and State organs, Party committees and governments at all levels to help solve problems concerning the employment of army dependents, education of service members' children and the treatment of veterans.


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Growing Protectionism Now German Companies' Main Concern, Survey Finds
For the first time, German companies doing business abroad regard growing protectionism and trade barriers as their top risk, according to a survey published Tuesday by a business group that calls on the Group of 20 leading nations to push for fair and free trade at their meeting later this week in Germany.
The survey of 4,000 German companies doing business abroad was conducted by the DIHK Chambers of Commerce in May. While it shows that a majority of 56% expect their business to grow over the next twelve months, the findings also highlight the vulnerability of the country's export-oriented economy to global developments.
"Every second company sees in economic policy conditions a risk to its business in the coming twelve months--more than ever before," said Volker Treier, who is DIHK deputy managing director.
"The main reasons for this are Brexit, trade policy comments by the U.S. government and the growing protectionism in many regions of the world."
He said nearly one in four companies sees its business activities at risk due to growing trade barriers.
World leaders meeting in Hamburg on Friday and Saturday should therefore put this issue on their agenda, Mr. Treier said.
"These warning signals shouldn't be missed," he said. "The G-20 should send a clear message in favor of free trade and fair competition at their summit in Hamburg. Clear support for closer international cross-border cooperation is now urgently needed because economic growth is no sure-fire success."
The warnings came as President Donald Trump has pursued an "America First" policy and questioned some global trade agreements that Washington believes disadvantage the U.S.
German officials expect G-20 talks in Hamburg to be tough because the U.S. has given no indication that it might relax efforts to rebalance the terms of global trade in favor of the U.S.
But German companies are also concerned that the U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union could make trade between Germany and Britain more difficult if London opted for complete departure from the EU's single market that allows restriction- and tariff-free trade between the EU and Britain.
Already, German exports to and imports from the U.K. have declined since the U.K.'s Brexit vote 12 months ago, according to DIHK.
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No more gag orderObama's lifting the gag order that restricts organizations that receive federal funding from mentioning abortion, which Reagan had put in place, then Clinton reversed, then Bush re-reversed. In short: exciting!
Also, folks I volunteer with related to say that things are in the works to allow federal funding for needle exchange programs. People have a lot of strong feelings about such programs, but I believe I've seen the importance of needle exchange firsthand, so again: exciting!
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