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One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back
Written by: PP on 30/11/2005 02:24:25
The Darkness is a band I really aspire to hate with my guts. Therefore when I find out it's my job to review their sophomore album "One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back", I'm looking forward to it with mixed feelings. On one hand I'm excited about the opportunity to give Justin Hawkins the shit he deserves for stating they're "the saviors of rock n roll" or whatever bullcrap he let out of his mouth last time around, but on the other hand I'm also really bothered by having to listen to his faggot-ass voice for at least ten listens in order to give an objective review. And to my great distress, I can't give it as bad grade as I precedently planning on.
To be honest with all of you, the album isn't half as bad as I thought it would be. There are songs on the album like "Hazel Eyes" and "English Country Garden" that are guaranteed to be played on every single club for the rest of the century, but before they get overplayed, they are surprisingly good songs. As much as I hate to admit this, every now and then my mouse voluntarily goes and clicks on "Hazel Eyes" just to hear that amusing yet awesome chorus "girl! with the hazel eyes, oahh-oahh-oahh-oahhhh" one more time.
I'm surprised over how different this album sounds in comparison to their debut. There isn't a single song directly reminding me of "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" or any of the other megahits from the debut. The band hasn't falled into the sophomore slump of just repeating their original album in hopes of selling as many records and continuing their luxorious life as before. But still, the album is catchy as hell just like the debut, and if it wouldn't be overplayed in the radios over the next couple of thousand years, I would actually enjoy it for much, much longer than I was originally planning to.
The artwork is great, too, but Justin: Just a reminder, a 'One way ticket and back' is actually a RETURN. Makes you sound stupider than you are. But regardless of this minor glitch, The Darkness has once again come out with a sound belonging to the Queen-era, something which no other band is quite capable of doing with as high quality as this band. Damn you for making me award this album with such a high grade!
Download: Hazel Eyes, English Country Garden
For the fans of: Queen
Release date 29.11.2005
Atlantic / Wea
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Chris Ofili was born in Manchester, England, in 1968. He currently lives and works in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He received his BA from the Chelsea School of Art in 1991 and his MA from the Royal College of Art in 1993. Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented internationally, including recent shows at the Arts Club of Chicago (2010), Tate Britain, London (2010 and 2005), Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover (2006), and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2005). He represented Britain in the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003 and won the Turner Prize in 1998.


AZAD NEWS founded in 2007, is North India`s prominent private Television production house. It was founded by its chairman Mr. M.S.Walia. Azad news currently has more than a two hundred employees and another hundred stringers spread all over the country. As of now Azad news is rated one of the best TV channels focused on north India. And, in north India, its focus area is Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi & NCR and parts of Madhya Pradesh.
24 X 1- Flagship program of Azad providing all the small and big news of the whole 24 hour in 1 hour.
Regional express - A news program covering all the regional news of the nation of the day.
World 360 - A current affairs programme based on the main burning topics of the week, which have global impact.
Food safari - A program that covers famous delicacies in restaurants, hotels and corners across India.
Kundali chikitsa - A program giving solutions for all the problems in your life through astrology .
Sumangalam - A program telling about daily forecast by the help of tarot cards.
Complete health show - A remedial program giving solutions of all the health related problems through allopathy, homeopathy and ayurveda.
SMS Feature - AZAD NEWS regularly asks viewers to send in their views and vote for various programmes through its website www. azadnews.in and its SMS feature. The SMS Number of AZAD NEWS is 5600601.
Veteran journalist Ambikanand sahay is at the helm of our news team. As the Director (News), he is guiding, spearheading and supervising Azad News and leading the channel to new horizons of success & glory.
Mr. Sahay has earlier worked as Senior Vice President at Sahara Samay. Prior to that he was associated with the Times of India, Lucknow as the Resident Editor and Co-ordinating Editor and Head of The TOI News Service, an all India assignment based in Delhi. Mr. Sahay started his career with The Statesman in 1972.
Every communication needs a thought and every thought needs a voice..so Aazad channel is initiatives to make every sect of society communicate with each other with azad channel acting as the society's voice. Azad channel targets the social issues, the society's problems and all the appreciable and critical deeds or happenings in and around us. In order to make your voice reach up to maximum we telecast on the highest distributing platforms like Dish T.V. Sun Direct and D.D. Direct with our programs like "Bol Janta Bol", "Baat Muddey Ki", "World 360", etc. which are directly related to people and society.
Mr. Salvi Designed and System Integrated AZAD News channel , complete automated system using VSN News Automated System , Spain for the first time in INDIA.
Mr. Salvi introduced the VSN System considering the following advantages of VSN Systems.
Allows automated process control without operators and remotely through a network. It controls devices such as video routers, AV mixers, VTR's, robot cameras, tape libraries , Interface available in several languages. International character support in the Character Generator and the TelePrompter. Compatible with the most popular NLE AV files in their original format: Pinnacle, Avid Xpress DV, Vegas Video, Canopus, Premiere, Final Cut Pro etc.
AZAD News equipped with VSN complete end to end digital automated system, Hitachi SK-888 Camera for studio, Online WASP 3D graphic system, Network Video Router, Ross- Synergy video Production Switcher, Makie ttv-24 Audio mixer, Snell & Wilcox digital glues etc. in their News Channel.
vsn communicates and optimizes the entire workflow of a TV station. It's the only system that allows building a fully automated TV station without video tapes and with truly integrated applications.
vsn features more than 20 software applications which allow a TV station to migrate, in a modular and expandable way, to completely digital and profitable production infrastructure.
vsn systems have a low cost, modular design, built using industry standards, which adapt to the existing equipment in your installation.
Optimize your technical resources, reduce tape needs notoriously, vtr maintenance and consumption. vsn automates repetitive tasks and optimizes employees' time.
vsn is not only a digital newsroom system but a brand new concept in the way of doing TV. All work is automated and computerized, creating a logical workflow between departments and people.
Immediate access to the servers and archive searching by categories and description. Video browsing in MPEG4 to reduce network traffic.
vsn allows you to edit video one minute after starting your ingest, while you are still recording it. Playlist events can be edited and changed just 5 seconds before going on air.
vsn is a global solution that integrates all areas of a TV station including news, scheduling, video archiving, master control room, graphic design, web publication and SMS business.
vsn integrates with DVLince, is MOS compatible and connects with Virtual Sets.
Broadcast: DV, DVCPro and MPEG-2 Browsing and Internet: Windows Media 9.
Automated process control without operators and remotely through a network. It controls devices such as video routers, AV mixers, VTR's, robot cameras, tape libraries, etc.
Interface available in several languages. International character support in the Character Generator and the Tele Prompter.
Compatible with the most popular NLE AV files in their original format: Pinnacle, Avid Xpress DV, Vegas Video, Canopus, Premiere, Final Cut Pro etc.
Maximum security for mission critical play-out and optional backup servers.


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DHR Home > Historic Registers > Charles City (County)
018-0052 Woodburn
Woodburn was erected for John Tyler, tenth president of the United States, and occupied by him while he served as a congressman and as governor of Virginia. Tyler purchased the tract in 1813 and built the house shortly afterwards. In 1831 he sold it to his brother Wat H. Tyler. The house, described by John Tyler as a "decent and comfortable dwelling," is a provincial version of the tripartite Palladian house, a form popular in the South during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The form consists of a two-story, gable-fronted center section flanked by one-story wings. Unlike more formal versions, Woodburn lacks classical proportions and details, but it maintains the form's bold outline. The house preserves plain but handsome interior woodwork as well as three early outbuildings. Woodburn is undergoing long-term restoration by its present owner, a Tyler descendant.


Today, Special Operations Speaks, a PAC formed by ex-Special Ops officers from four branches of the military, released a cartoon mocking President Obama for spiking the football on the Osama Bin Laden kill. The cartoon depicts Obama as a schoolchild, president of the student council; he has nothing but scorn for a group of students training for military service. Then he spots a girl being shot at by a group of thugs. He promptly orders the other students to do something about it, and after they do, he takes full credit – and actively spikes a football.
The analogy is clear: Obama gave the correct order on Bin Laden, but for him to take credit repeatedly for the Bin Laden kill is absurd. No doubt the folks at Special Operations Speaks speak for many current members of the military in their frustration with a Commander in Chief who seems far more willing to take credit for their actions than he is to support them more generally.


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The Travel Corporation appoints Nicholas Lim as Chief Executive Officer
in Featured, Movers & Shakers
Chennai: The Travel Corporation (TTC), the highly respected, family-owned-and-run global travel business with 40 award-winning brands, today announced the appointment of Nicholas Lim as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TTC effective August 16, 2021.
TTC serves over two million customers each year, from over 40 offices across all seven continents, offering more than 1,000 trips spanning 70 countries on six continents, appealing to every generation and style of traveller.
Gavin Tollman
On the appointment of Nicholas Lim, Gavin Tollman, President of The Travel Corporation said: "With a strong management team in place in Asia, we are excited to have Nicholas back to help us lead the change and replicate the fantastic success he has had in the past. As travelers of the world hit the road and take to the skies again, thanks to rising vaccination rates, manageable caseloads, and relaxing travel restrictions, we are confident of delivering the most enjoyable, safe, and enriching travel experiences for all our guests."
Nicholas Lim is no stranger to TTC having headed TTC Asia as Managing Director from 2018 to 2020, and before that was President (Asia) for Trafalgar from 2011 to 2018. Prior to his appointment as CEO of TTC Nicholas was General Manager of Norwegian Cruise Lines in Asia.
Nicholas Lim added: "I could not be prouder to join the dynamic team at TTC. As the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic ebb, most indicators are pointing towards travel returning with a passion as numerous vacationers want to get away from the confines of their homes and as people look to reconnect and explore new destinations. With the near-universal desire to travel and with borders gradually reopening, we at TTC are excited to meet the soaring demand."
In his role, Nicholas Lim will report to Gavin Tollman, and will focus on the transformation of TTC's distribution of key brands. He will work with each of the global brand executives to execute the brand strategies and set the direction to fuel further growth for the region, in particular the luxury travel market for international outbound leisure travel.
The company's business is split between its guided travel brands such as AAT Kings, Contiki Holidays, CostSaver, Insight Vacations, Thompsons Africa, Trafalgar, and its luxury brands Inspiring Journeys, Luxury Gold, Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection, and Red Carnation Boutique Hotel Collection – 19 luxury five and four-star boutique hotels across Africa, Channel Islands, Ireland, Switzerland, the United States and in the United Kingdom (including six in London).
Tags: Gavin Tollman The Travel CorporationNicholas LimThe Travel Corporation


Outstanding members of the Ohio's Hospice staff are recognized every quarter with the Bouquet of Recognition Awards. The Bouquet of Recognition Award honorees personify the qualities found in the Mission and Vision of Ohio's Hospice and are the foundation upon which a remarkable patient experience is built. These staff members consistently demonstrate excellence through their expertise and extraordinary compassionate support for patients and families. They are recognized as outstanding role models in our hospice community.


Hello, please provide a python (.py) file that web scrapes publicly available internet sites and returns NFL game data in a .csv file. The script should be able to pull data going back to August, 2014 as well as weekly data as soon as games are completed / posted results online.
The .csv may include one row per game or two, such that if one row per game, then most columns would need to specify which team it applies to. If two rows per game, then Home or Away would be yes/no column. See attached screen shot and I am open to hear suggestions.
Since some data is easier to get to than others, so I have divided this request into "Must Have" and "Nice to Have" below.
Hello. How are you? I am an expert in Web scraping area using Python libraries such as Selenium. Let's have a short chat and discuss in detail. Kindly send to me a message please. Regards. From Yongde.
Hello, I have an experience on web scrapping program, and I can manage you task. When do you want to start?


I used this winch to pull out my truck and a 18 foot trailer full of firewood out of the mud. With nearly 100 feet of cable and lots of power this winch is awesome. I now go anywhere with confidence I will get out.


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CIFNAL Awards Travel Stipends
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Judy Alspach - jalspach@crl.edu
CIFNAL, the Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections/Collectif international des fonds documentaires en langue française, is pleased to announce that two Birdie MacLennan Memorial Travel Stipends of $1,500 each have been awarded to librarians to attend international conferences in the coming year. The aim of these stipends is to increase communication and collaboration between CIFNAL members, librarians in Francophone areas, and with other Francophone organizations.
One of the stipends has been awarded to a librarian working in a Francophone country to support attendance at the American Library Association's Annual Conference in San Francisco, California from June 25-June 30, 2015.
Ms. Karine Jarrige works in the Bibliothèque Bernheim in New Caledonia. She received her library training in France in 2013-2014, and completed an internship in Glasgow, Scotland.
The second travel stipend was available to staff members of libraries that are institutional members of CIFNAL. The stipend was meant to encourage attendance at an international conference so the recipient could learn from and network with librarians from the French-speaking world.
Mr. Richard Hacken was awarded this travel stipend. He is the European Studies Librarian at Brigham Young University and has been very involved with WESS and CIFNAL activities for many years. He plans to attend the Salon du livre de Paris March 18-21, 2016 in Paris, France with a special focus on learning more about francophone African publications.
CIFNAL has named these travel stipends in memory of Birdie MacLennan, our colleague from the University of Vermont, whose enthusiasm for travel and the French language still inspires us.
Travel Stipends for Frankfurt Symposium
CIFNAL and GNARP Offer Travel Stipends to their Members for Frankfurt Symposium in October 2017
CIFNAL Offers Travel Stipends to its Members for AIFBD Conference in Switzerland
The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries: A Forum on the Future
5 Dec 2012 - 1:00am
CIFNAL Members Meeting
22 Jun 2019 - 8:30am


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Cincinnati German Americans Neighborhoods Stores and Shops
Home / Hamilton County / 32-31 Cincinnati Public Markets [8]
Cincinnati Public Markets
The Northern Liberties
Public markets housing butchers, fish merchants, and produce vendors were once the primary source of perishable foods for residents of America's cities. Cincinnati operated nine in 1859. Only Findlay Market, built here in 1852, survives. Cincinnati's lost indoor markets include: Fifth Street Market: 1829 to 1870, Fifth between Vine and Walnut Wade Street Market: 1848 to 1898, corner of Wade and Bauer Avenue Canal Market: 1829 to 1864, Court between Vine and Walnut Court Street Market: 1864 to 1914, replaced Canal Market Jabez Elliott Flower Market: 1890 to 1950, Sixth between Elm and Plum Sixth Street Market: 1895 to 1960, Sixth between Plum and Western Row Pearl Street Market: 1901 to 1934, Market between Sycamore and Broadway
Liberty Street, then called Northern Row, was once Cincinnati's northern boundary. The area beyond Northern Row, and also beyond the reach of municipal law, was appropriately called The Northern Liberties. The area attracted a concentration of bootleggers, entrepreneurs, saloons, gambling houses, brothels, and other institutions not tolerated in Cincinnati proper. Cincinnati's first Catholic Church was built in 1819 on the northwest corner of Liberty and Vine. As the Catholic population increased and intolerance abated, Catholic churches were later built within the city limits. Unregulated freedom beyond Liberty Street ended in 1849 when The Northern Liberties became the first suburb annexed to the growing Queen City. It is now included in Over-the-Rhine Local and National Historic District, an area originally settled by German immigrants that today reflects Cincinnati's rich ethnic heritage.
Commerce, Community Planning/Development, Ethnic Heritage, Historic District, German Americans, Neighborhoods, Stores and Shops
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Q: How To iterate the Start Date to end Date in java Hi I need to find the In between Dates for java the example for
StartDate=2017-01-28 and
EndDate=2017-02-03
I expect the output:
2017-01-28
2017-01-29
2017-01-30
2017-01-31
2017-02-01
2017-02-02
2017-02-03

Please help me thank You..

A: You can use Java Calendar to achieve this :
Date start = new Date();
Date end = new Date();

Calendar cStart = Calendar.getInstance(); cStart.setTime(start);
Calendar cEnd = Calendar.getInstance(); cEnd.setTime(end);

while (cStart.before(cEnd)) {

    //add one day to date
    cStart.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);

    //do something...
}

A: Answer in Java 8 using package java.time.
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
LocalDate startDate = LocalDate.parse("2017-01-28");
LocalDate endDate = LocalDate.parse("2017-02-03");
LocalDate d = startDate;

while (d.isBefore(endDate) || d.equals(endDate)) {
  builder.append(d.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE)).append(" ");
  d = d.plusDays(1);
}

// "2017-01-28 2017-01-29 2017-01-30 2017-01-31 2017-02-01 2017-02-02 2017-02-03"
String result = builder.toString().trim();

A: Well, you could do something like this (using Joda Time)
for (LocalDate date = startDate; date.isBefore(endDate); date =    date.plusDays(1))
{
   ...
}

I would thoroughly recommend using Joda Time over the built-in Date/Calendar classes.

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Classes are not held today at UMass Amherst and most university offices are closed.
Essential student services including residence halls, dining services, and UMass Amherst libraries remain open.
A Monday class scheduled will be followed onWednesday, November 14.


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Established in 1908, Mental Health Connecticut (MHC) is a statewide, nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve mental health for all Connecticut residents.
For more than 100 years, MHC has worked to improve mental health services, promote recovery for people with mental health conditions, educate the community about the importance of mental wellness, and combat discrimination resulting from a mental health diagnosis. Through advocacy, education, and service, MHC empowers people to promote mental wellness, instigate meaningful systems change, and engage in mental health recovery.
MHC strives to expand the breadth of and access to community-based services at the federal and state levels enabling people with mental health conditions to engage with the types of services they need when they need them. MHC also advocates on behalf of people with mental health conditions to ensure they are provided the same rights as people without mental health conditions and that they are not discriminated against as a result of their mental health diagnosis.
MHC is committed to educating people about mental health and wellness through community forums, workshops, materials and events. MHC believes our communities will attain whole health through information, tools and skill-building that promote understanding, acceptance, and hope.
MHC serves more than 3,200 people annually through residential services, case management, supported and transitional employment, supported education, psychosocial rehabilitation, and peer support services. Furthermore, MHC offers services and supports for adults who are deaf and have a mental condition as well as transition-age youth. MHC offers programs and services in Bridgeport, Danbury, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury, and West Hartford.
MHC's treatment programs are accredited by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities). Accreditation is the result of rigorous reviews and certifies that MHC conforms to nationally and internationally recognized service standards focused on quality and effectiveness.
MHC is the result of the vision of Clifford W. Beers (right). In the early 1900s, Beers was experiencing symptoms of what today may be diagnosed as Bipolar Disorder. After attempting to commit suicide, Beers was subjected to ineffective treatments and cruel conditions in Connecticut's mental health institutions during three years of hospitalizations. Upon achieving recovery, Beers vowed to make a difference in the mental health system and set out on the task of reform. His autobiography, A Mind That Found Itself, chronicled the harsh and unscientific treatments he had endured and his journey back to health.
On page one, Beers writes: "I am not telling the story of my life just to write a book. I tell it because it seems my plain duty to do so. A narrow escape from death and a seemingly miraculous return to health after an apparently fatal illness are enough to make a man ask himself: for what purpose was my life spared? That question I have asked myself, and this book is, in part, an answer." At his death in 1943, his book had been reprinted 25 times and was read around the world.
In conjunction with the first publication of his book in 1908, Beers launched the Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene from his home in New Haven, Connecticut. The organization is now Mental Health Connecticut and is based in West Hartford, Connecticut.
As a result of Beers' passion and persuasion, the National Society for Mental Hygiene was formed in 1909, which is today known as Mental Health America and is Mental Health Connecticut's national office. MHC works every day to realize Beers' vision to improve the mental health service system, increase understanding of mental health and wellness, and promote recovery for people with mental health conditions.
We would like to thank everyone who supports Mental Health Connecticut. Without your generosity, we would not have been able to assist our clients in their recovery, advocate at the state and national levels for mental health equity in our health care laws, and provide information and referrals to the thousands of people who call us seeking help. We are truly grateful for your support.
Our administrative office is located at 61 South Main Street, Suite 100 in West Hartford, CT.


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Shop My Work at Art Envy Cafe
Miki English
Hello friend, and welcome to my online home. Here, I share my art for your enjoyment, my journey to living an artful life, as well as my skills to help other creatives on their own creative path.
If you would like to purchase art:
I sell my artwork through my website Art Envy Cafe. Please visit my Artist Page and browse the artwork I have for sale. If you have any questions, or would just like to reach out, please don't hesitate. You can reach me through the Contact link on this site, or from my Artist Page on Art Envy Cafe.com.
Miki English is a mixed media artist who lives on a small farm in the Huntsville, AL area of the U.S. Miki is a self-taught artist with a professional background in small business and digital design. She works in primarily in acrylic, watercolor and digital mediums and enjoys mixing the three in new ways.
Morning Light Mermaid 2004
In 2006, Miki took an extended break from painting to pursue a business interest. She returned to painting in 2018 with 'Gossip' in acrylic and a growing collection of mixed media prints and surface pattern designs. Since then, she has steadily built an eclectic body of work mixing watercolor, acrylic and digital design.
Miki has been working in digital design since 1999 and started painting in acrylic in 2003. She exhibited her first acrylic work "Morning Light Mermaid" at the Panama City Beach 'Mermaids' exhibit in 2004 and her 'Jazz Sax Player' was chosen as the St Andrew Bay Jazz Festival official artwork in 2005.
In 2020, Miki created Art Envy Cafe.com as a platform to sell her own artwork and to support and represent other emerging artists.
Sax Man 2004
In my mind, an artful life is so much more than being a creative person. It's about discovering our core, replacing the hidden uglies with hope, and learning to experience joy in our authentic uniqueness.
'Gossip' 2018 by Miki English
Living authentically, is an art unto itself. It's a challenge to admit who we really are and to be brave enough to put that person into the world everyday. An artful life is one that shows up every day- authentic, with grace and dignity.
I believe that every life has the potential to be an original work of art. Beautiful, even in its worst moments. I believe it's our responsibility to build our life into a meaningful legacy- one brush stroke at a time.
In the end, it's not about what we collect, who we know or how many followers we have. Our true legacy is how we made others feel and how we've impacted their journey. That's an Artful Life.
One of my favorite truths of all time was put into the world by Maya Angelou:
I do my best to live by this truth. I hope you find something valuable in the pages of my website.
Creatively Yours,
Copyright © 2022 · Miki English


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Does Epidural Analgesia Predispose to Persistent Occiput Posterior?
By: Henci Goer, BA | 0 Comments
Photo by Patti Ramos Photography
In my January Science and Sensibility blog post, I answered the question 'Can We Prevent Persistent Occiput Posterior?' but because it wasn't relevant to the study that prompted the post, and the piece was already long, I didn't look at the role of epidural analgesia. Let me now rectify that.
All five studies examining the relationship between epidural analgesia and persistent occiput posterior (OP) find an association between them. Three studies compared women with an epidural versus no epidural according to whether they had an OP baby at delivery and found that 4 to 10 more women per 100 having an epidural had an OP baby at delivery (Cheng, 2006; Lieberman, 2005; Sizer, 2000). The other two compared women with an OP baby at delivery according to whether they had an epidural and found that 13 and 27 more women per 100 with a persistent OP baby had an epidural (Fitzpatrick, 2001; Ponkey, 2003).
Their results, however, aren't sufficient to convict epidurals because we can't tell whether having an epidural led to persistent OP or more painful and prolonged OP labor led to having an epidural. Investigators in one of the five studies argued for OP labor coming first on the grounds that while epidurals were more common in women with an OP baby at delivery than in women with an OA baby at delivery (74% vs. 47%) at their institution, a rise in epidural use from 3% in 1975 to 47% in 1998 had, if anything, decreased the hospital's overall rate of persistent OP (4% vs. 2%) (Fitzpatrick, 2001). This must mean that as epidurals became more freely available, women having difficult OP labors were more likely to opt for one. Epidurals were the result, not the cause, of persistent OP. On the other hand, we have some corroborating evidence for their guilt. For one thing, back pain is thought to be a major reason why women with OP babies are more likely to want epidurals, but it turns out that back pain isn't unique to OP. Serial sonograms reveal that virtually identical percentages of women laboring with an OA baby report back pain (Lieberman, 2005). For another, three of the five studies took into account other factors associated with difficult labor such as labor induction, labor augmentation, and birth weight and still found that epidurals were an independent risk factor for persistent OP (Cheng, 2006; Lieberman, 2005; Sizer, 2000).
Nevertheless, evidence from observational studies isn't strong enough to close the case. As I noted, observational studies can determine association but not causation. In addition, investigators may not be able to identify all the confounding and correlating factors that affect outcomes. For a more definitive answer, we need experimental studies. This brings us to randomized controlled trials (RCTs), in which participants are randomly allocated to one form of treatment or the other, and to meta-analysis of RCTs, in which statistical techniques are used to pool data from more than one trial.
The Cochrane systematic review of epidural versus no epidural in labor pools data from four RCTs (673 women overall) that reported on persistent OP (Anim-Somuah, 2011). Five more women per 100 assigned to the epidural group had a persistent OP baby, but meta-analysis found that the difference just missed achieving statistical significance. The risk ratio was 1.4, meaning a 40% increased risk of persistent OP in women assigned to the epidural group compared with women assigned to the no-epidural group, but the 95% confidence interval ranged from 1.0 to 2.0, meaning a 95% probability that the true value lies between no increase (ratio of 1:1) and double the risk (2.0). However, a problem with the RCTs of epidural versus no epidural is that substantial percentages of women assigned to the no-epidural group actually had epidurals, but, as is prescribed in RCT data analysis, they were kept in their original group. In two of the four trials (204 women), though, 10% or less of women assigned to the no-epidural group had epidurals. If we calculate the excess rate of persistent OP in these two trials, we find that the gap widens to 9 more women per 100 with epidurals having a persistent OP baby. We don't know whether this difference would achieve statistical significance, but the fact that the excess is in the same range as reported in the observational studies (4 to 10 more per 100) gives confidence in its validity.
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We also have two studies that suggest that the timing of the epidural may matter. One, of 320 women, reports that, after controlling for age, induction of labor, and birth weight, initiating an epidural at fetal station less than zero (above the ischial spines) resulted in 16 more women having a persistent OP or occiput transverse (OT) baby compared with initiation at 0 station or greater (at or lower than the ischial spines), an excess that rose to 20 more per 100 in first time mothers (Robinson, 1996). The other study analyzed outcomes in 500 first-time mothers according to whether an epidural was administered early (at or before 5 cm dilation), late (after 5 cm dilation), or not at all (Thorp, 1991). Seventeen more women per 100 in the early group had a persistent OP or OT baby compared with women in the late-epidural group, and 12 more had a persistent OP or OT baby compared with the no-epidural group, but rates were similar in women in the late and no epidural groups.
Taken all together, we may not have absolute proof of epidural culpability in predisposing to OP, but if I were on the jury, I would vote them 'guilty as charged.'
Take home: Even without certainty, the precautionary principle dictates recommending to women desiring an epidural that they use other measures to cope with labor pain until they enter active labor and until it seems clear that positioning and activities are not putting a slow labor on track.
What do you tell your clients, students and patients about the impact on fetal positioning in labor and birth? Will having this information change what you say? Let us know in the comments section.
Anim-Somuah, M., Smyth, R. M., & Jones, L. (2011). Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia in labour. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(12), CD000331.
Cheng, Y. W., Shaffer, B. L., & Caughey, A. B. (2006). Associated factors and outcomes of persistent occiput posterior position: A retrospective cohort study from 1976 to 2001. Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 19(9), 563-568.
Fitzpatrick, M., McQuillan, K., & O'Herlihy, C. (2001). Influence of persistent occiput posterior position on delivery outcome. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 98(6), 1027-1031.
Lieberman, E., Davidson, K., Lee-Parritz, A., & Shearer, E. (2005). Changes in fetal position during labor and their association with epidural analgesia. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 105(5 Pt 1), 974-982.
Ponkey, S. E., Cohen, A. P., Heffner, L. J., & Lieberman, E. (2003). Persistent fetal occiput posterior position: obstetric outcomes. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 101(5 Pt 1), 915-920.
Robinson, C. A., Macones, G. A., Roth, N. W., & Morgan, M. A. (1996). Does station of the fetal head at epidural placement affect the position of the fetal vertex at delivery? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 175(4 Pt 1), 991-994.
Sizer, A. R., & Nirmal, D. M. (2000). Occipitoposterior position: associated factors and obstetric outcome in nulliparas. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 96(5 Pt 1), 749-752.
Thorp, J. A., Eckert, L. O., Ang, M. S., Johnston, D. A., Peaceman, A. M., & Parisi, V. M. (1991).Epidural analgesia and cesarean section for dystocia: risk factors in nulliparas. American Journal of Perinatology, 8(6), 402-410.
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The Anne of Green Gables Collection
Anne Shirley Books 1-6 and Avonlea Short Stories
By: L.M. Montgomery
Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward
Fans of L. M. Montgomery's Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are six of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside. Published between 1908 and 1921, these heartwarming tales of hidden hopes and cherished dreams will enchant fans and new listeners alike.
Great collection 6 of 8 Anne Books
By Kimberly morgan on 12-28-18
Series: Anne of Green Gables, Book 1-6
Anne of Windy Poplars
By: L. M. Montgomery
Narrated by: Tara Ward
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they wanted to be principal of Summerside High School.
Curse You Narrator Change!
By Carole on 11-12-17
Series: Anne of Green Gables, Book 4
The Richest Man in Babylon: The Complete Original Edition Plus Bonus Material
(A GPS Guide to Life)
By: George S. Clason
Narrated by: Joel Fotinos, Nathan Osgood, Tara Ward
The Richest Man in Babylon is a transformative book that has changed the way millions of people think about money since it was first published in 1926. Through light, entertaining parables author George S. Clason shares profound truths about wealth and success that will revolutionize the way you relate to money and interact with your finances. Clason's wisdom has inspired countless readers and listeners to gain, grow, and maintain their wealth, making this one of the most beloved finance books of all time.
wonderful and full of insight
By krystal mcphee on 01-01-22
By: Anne Tyler
Narrated by: Amy Finegan, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes, and others
Thirty-eight-year-old Jeremy Pauling has never left home. He lives on the top floor of a Baltimore row house where he creates collages of little people snipped from wrapping paper. His elderly mother putters in the rooms below, until her death. And it is then that Jeremy is forced to take in Mary Tell and her child as boarders. Mary is unaware of how much courage it takes Jeremy to look her in the eye. For Jeremy, like one of his paper creations, is fragile and easily torn - especially when he's falling in love.
Narrated by: Amy Finegan, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes, Julie Rogers, Francine Brody
Anne of Avonlea
Five years after Anne Shirley came to the town of Avonlea, she feels (a little) more grown up, but she's still the same skinny, red-headed orphan Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert took in. After putting her dream of attending Redmond College on hold so she can help Marilla with the farm, Anne doubts she has many adventures ahead of her. But even in plain old Avonlea, her life proves to be anything but ordinary.
Transported back in time!
Anne of the Island
New adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags and heads for Redmond College. With old friend Prissy Grant waiting in the bustling city of Kingsport and frivolous new pal Philippa Gordon at her side, Anne tucks her memories of rural Avonlea away and discovers life on her own terms, filled with surprises...including a marriage proposal from the worst fellow imaginable, the sale of her very first story, and a tragedy that teaches her a painful lesson.
TERRIBLE narration
By Reader from California on 05-31-17
The Words I Never Wrote
By: Jane Thynne
Narrated by: Tara Ward, Nathalie Buscombe
New York, present day: On a whim, Juno Lambert buys a 1931 Underwood typewriter that once belonged to celebrated journalist Cordelia Capel. Within its case she discovers an unfinished novel, igniting a transatlantic journey to fill the gaps in the story of Cordelia and her sister and the secret that lies between them. Europe, 1936: Cordelia's socialite sister Irene marries a German industrialist who whisks her away to Berlin. Cordelia, feistier and more intellectual than Irene, gets a job at a newspaper in Paris, pursuing the journalism career she cherishes.
Naive political comparisons
BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
By: Louisa May Alcott
Narrated by: Bryony Hannah, full cast, John Bowler, and others
A brand-new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the evergreen classic novel by Louisa May Alcott.
With their father away in the American Civil War, the March sisters are facing a lean Christmas with their mother. As the years go by, we follow the fortunes of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy on their journey into womanhood.
My children loved this classic on audio!
Narrated by: Bryony Hannah, full cast, John Bowler, Julianna Jennings, Natasha J Barnes, Samantha Dakin, Tara Ward
You Can't Hide
By: Karen Rose
Someone is tormenting psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli's patients, pushing them to commit suicide, and setting her up to take the blame. But even police pressure won't make her break her oath to protect their secrets. Detective Aidan Reagan understands Tess's need to safeguard her clients, but all the clues suggest that a nameless, faceless enemy is set on destroying her career, her family, and finally, Tess herself. As Reagan and Tess race to stop the killer, one thing becomes clear - the noose is tightening around Tess's neck.
Series: Chicago, Book 4, Romantic Suspense Series, Book 5
The Woman from Paris
By: Santa Montefiore
When Lord Frampton dies in a skiing accident, a beautiful young woman named Phaedra appears at his funeral - claiming to be the Lord's illegitimate daughter. In his will, Lord Frampton has left the priceless Frampton suite of sapphires to this interloper, confirming her claim and outraging his three adult sons and widow. Eventually, however, Phaedra's sweet nature thaws the frosty relationships. She becomes the daughter that Antoinette Frampton never had and a wise and compassionate granddaughter to the formidable Dowager Lady Frampton.
Worth the time...
By Esther Cunningham on 09-28-16
The Lost Letters
By: Sarah Mitchell
When Martha's beloved father dies, he leaves her two things: a mysterious stash of letters to an English woman named "Catkins" and directions to a beach hut in the English seaside town of Wells-Next-the-Sea. Martha is at a painful crossroads in her own life and seizes this chance for a trip to England - to discover more about her family's past and the identity of her father's secret correspondent.
Intriguing story.
By LJStevie on 03-19-19
Narrated by: Tara Ward, Amy Finegan, Francine Brody, and others
Penguin presents the audio edition of Celestial Navigation by Anne Tyler. Jeremy is a childlike, painfully shy bachelor who has never left home. He lives on the third floor of his mother's boardinghouse and spends his days cutting up coloured paper to make mosaic sculptures - until the day his mother dies and the beautiful Mary Tell arrives to turn his world upside down. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amateur Marriage and Digging to America.
Narrated by: Tara Ward, Amy Finegan, Francine Brody, Barbara Barnes, Julie Rogers
The Tin Can Tree
In the small town of Larksville, the Pike family is hopelessly out of step with the daily rhythms of life. Mrs. Pike seldom speaks, while Mr. Pike maintains a forced stoicism. Only their 10-year-old, Simon, seems able to acknowledge that their world has changed. He just doesn't understand why. The Pikes may choose to stand still, to hide from an unnamable past, but the strange shroud over their home cannot be contained.
Packed with nail-baiting thrills, Nothing To Fear introduces Karen Rose's most dangerous killer. Ready or not, here Sue comes...Sue Conway is out of control. Recently released from prison she is determined to find the people responsible for putting her there and to give them a taste of what she has had to endure.
Another winner by Karen Rose
By Cindy on 12-27-12
Series: Romantic Suspense Series, Book 4, Chicago, Book 3
By: Karin Slaughter
On an ordinary spring day, Special Agent Faith Mitchell of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation returns home to a nightmare. Expecting to find her mother minding Faith's new baby daughter Emma, she is horrified to discover Emma locked in the shed, her mother's safe open, her gun missing and a trail of blood to the front door. Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house to a scene of carnage. It has been torn apart and a man lies dead in a pool of blood.
By: Valerie Wood
When Georgiana and her maid, Kitty, make the long sea journey from their native East Yorkshire to America, they are seeking a new life of freedom. But in New York Georgiana encounters a man passing himself off as her brother-in-law Edward Newmarch, a local mill-owner's son who has abandoned her sister and fled to America. Edward himself seems to have vanished....
When her husband dies in a tragic accident, Antoinette's world falls apart. He was her rock and the man she thought she knew better than she knew herself. But as she arrives at the church for George's funeral, she sees an unfamiliar woman. Phaedra loved George too, and could not bear to stay away from his funeral. As she sits before his wife, she knows that what she is about to reveal will change their lives forever….
America City
By: Chris Beckett
America, one century on: a warmer climate is causing vast movements of people. Droughts, floods and hurricanes force entire populations to simply abandon their homes. Tensions are mounting between North and South, and some Northern states are threatening to close their borders against homeless fellow Americans from the South.
Silent Scream
The Minneapolis Series, Book 2
The brilliant thriller from the incomparable Karen Rose, in which an arson leads to murder and blackmail, and David Hunter, who first appeared in Don't Tell, leads a desperate search for those responsible. Firelight, fire bright... Four kids set fire to a supposedly empty condominium block. But when they see the girl at an upper-floor window desperately banging on the glass, they realise their mistake. Although they don't all agree, the group leave the girl to her certain death, little realising that someone is watching their every move. Someone who has a nasty habit of blackmail...
Not her best story
By Helen on 08-12-17
Series: The Minneapolis Series, Book 2, Romantic Suspense Series, Book 11
Kill for Me
For years District Attorney Susannah Vartanian has refused to allow anyone close to her. Her life changed overnight when she was brutally raped by a vicious gang of youths. Detective Luke Papadopoulus is fast approaching burn-out. As a detective working on sex-crimes against children, he will do anything to find those responsible for such atrocities. Monica Cassidy is terrified. Kidnapped and held in a bunker with eleven other girls, she barely escaped with her life. Will Luke and Susannah be able to crack the ring?
What is with the main male lead's horrible voice?
By Pippmc on 04-17-14
Series: Romantic Suspense Series, Book 9, Philadelphia / Atlanta, Book 3
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Who are the Copts ?
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By Lindsay Griffin –
I get a lot of blank stares when asked what I do. For starters, many Americans have never heard of Copts. I'm certain some initially think I'm talking about cops or police. I then explain how Coptic Christians are some of the earliest Christians in the world, dating to when St. Mark brought the gospel to Egypt circa 60 A.D.
I try to explain that Copts now live as second- class citizens in Egypt, comparing them to pre-civil rights movement in the US, except that it's even worse in Egypt. I conclude by saying that I work towards ensuring Copts and other religious minorities in Egypt are treated as equal citizens.
I know from my work with Coptic Solidarity (CS) that these are common questions Copts face in their communities. Many Americans may fail to realize the severity of the situation for Copts in Egypt because those they do encounter tend to be successful leaders in their industries.
Most Copts who emigrated while Sadat and Mubarak were in power were educated and had sufficient resources to build better lives for themselves elsewhere. Often their children are unaware or uninterested in the situation of Copts in Egypt as they are so far removed from those experiences. Americans who encounter second generation Copts will typically hear even less about Copts in Egypt as they are so well assimilated.
Coptic Solidarity (CS) was founded by 90 activist Coptic immigrants in the diaspora who successfully established lives for themselves outside of Egypt but did not forget about the many more Copts left behind who live in poverty, endure persecution, and are without a voice to speak for them.
Coptic Solidarity is an independent, secular NGO that advocates for Copts' rights according to international norms of human rights. We hold the Egyptian government accountable for its treatment of Copts, and other governments to the extent their policies impact the Copts. Coptic Solidarity works with the US government, with our affiliates in France and Canada, and we advocate internationally at the EU and UN. We utilize quiet diplomacy and public advocacy and awareness campaigns.
One of our more recent initiatives was to assist Rep. French Hill's (R – AR) office draft a Congressional Resolution (H. RES. 673) titled, Expressing concern over attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt. We worked closely with his office to ensure bi-partisan support. We are proud that it was introduced with equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats sponsors, and now has 47 Congressional supporters including the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Sub -committee on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Rep. Ileana Ros – Lehtinen (R – FL).
Despite being mildly worded, the Egyptian government and media immediately responded to the introduction of this resolution by sending a Parliamentary delegation to Congress to convince US legislators that the state of religious freedom for Copts in Egypt is great. They published numerous articles vilifying CS and US legislators for supporting the resolution. As a resolution, it simply expresses the position of Congress on an issue. It is not a bill with any binding repercussions. Coptic Solidarity issued several public responses (see Campaign Background section) to these criticisms.
The purpose of the resolution is to push for greater protection of Copts in Egypt, and to advocate for their equality. While the situation facing Copts in Egypt may seem far removed from your daily life, it's important to realize that Copts are facing more attacks and severe persecution under President el-Sisi than they did under Mubarak or the Muslim Brothers. Coptic Solidarity's president, Dr. George Gurguis testified about this in a Congressional hearing in December 2017.
His message was reinforced during a more recent hearing Egypt:Security, Human Rights, and Reform, chaired by Rep. Ros – Lehtinen on July 24, 2018, in which the expert witnesses presented compelling evidence of the decimation of civil society and increased persecution of religious minorities in Egypt.
Despite widespread Congressional support for H. RES. 673, the Egyptian government has exerted intense pressure to ensure it does not get passed in Congress. After being introduced, H. RES. 673 was assigned to the (MENA) Subcommittee.
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen needs to schedule this resolution for a mark-up in the committee, otherwise it will die there. Once this session of Congress ends in December, any bill or resolution that has not passed, will have to be reintroduced in the next session.
This would be a real loss of momentum and hinder our effort to send a message of solidarity and support for Coptic equality. Coptic Solidarity believes that it is imperative to pass H. Res. 673 since it will put Egypt on notice that the Congress cares about the state of human rights and religious freedom in Egypt and is willing to address it.
Coptic Solidarity urges all interested individuals who care about religious freedom and the situation of the Copts in Egypt to help us create enough pressure on the House Foreign Affairs Leadership to get H. RES. 673 passed before it expires this session. We've recently launched an online grassroots campaign where individuals can send our sample letter, which will go directly to Rep. Royce and Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, asking them to urgently bring H. RES. 673 to mark-up.
Taking one minute to sign the provided letter will give us the critical support we need to get this resolution passed. I urge you to steward the blessings of freedom, education, and political power to speak out for those persecuted Copts who cannot do so for themselves, and take action today.
While there is an important role for non-Copts such as me, an American, in advocating for Coptic equality and protection, there can never be a replacement for Copts in the diaspora in sharing their own story and advocating for their brothers and sisters in Egypt. I leave you with this thought shared at CS's recent 9th Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
"We have an immense talent pool and if we don't tell that story who's going to tell it for us, it will be the wrong story that will be told. The same resiliency and hard work that allowed us to survive as a people in Egypt is the reason why we flourish in the world when we don't have opportunities denied to us." (*)
(*) Quote from Dr. Mark Eid, Coptic Solidarity Executive Committee Member
Lindsay Griffin (Vessey) is the Director of Development & Advocacy for the nonprofit Coptic Solidarity. In the past, she has worked in the field of international religious freedom since 2004 when she founded and served as the Advocacy Director for Open Doors USA until 2012. She joined Coptic Solidarity in 2013 and is the Director of Development & Advocacy. Griffin graduated with a B.A. in Intercultural Studies with Political Science from BIOLA University and from the Torrey Honors Institute at BIOLA University followed by an M.A. in Political Science from Cal State Fullerton.
This article was previously written for Coptic Voices:
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Nima Sherpa owned a lodge in Kutumsang in central Nepal when the earthquake of April 2015 struck and levelled every building in his village. Since then, he has had to build temporary wooden structures to house his family and to shelter trekkers.
The worst natural disaster to hit Nepal since 1934, the earthquake killed over 8,000 people, injured more than 21,000, and left two million homeless, with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country.
Late autumn is cold and clear in the Nepalese Himalayas, and in December we did the Gosainkund trek, a popular route for walkers and pilgrims on their way to see a series of sacred lakes in the high pass. Along the way, the lodge owners who sheltered and fed us talked about how the earthquake had affected their livelihoods.
Trekking is a lucrative industry for the country, and visitor numbers are down by more than half in the last 12 months. The government's optimistic stance is certainly not reflected in the experience of those working as guides. The government has promised around £1,250 compensation for destroyed homes but none for guesthouses. Nima has received only a tenth of that amount. Government engineers are meant to approve any building project before it goes ahead, but there has been no sign of them yet.
In Phedi, Dawa and Lakpa Sherpa tell us that three and half years ago, the National Park Authority informed the guesthouse owners that in five years, the land their lodges reside on will be put up for tender, effectively sold to the highest bidder. The earthquakes and the fuel blockade by India last autumn mean they will have less money to bid on the plots than they would have had otherwise. They say they've lost business because the government has done nothing to repair the trail after the quake. Instead, herders and hotel owners have had to pick their way through the landslides and the trail is more challenging now.
As we ascend towards the sacred lakes, clouds begin to dust the ground with snow. We take shelter in an abandoned lodge and light a fire. The next morning we have a clear view of some of the world's tallest mountains as we move along a pristine trail dotted with red panda prints, reminding us of what makes Nepal the world's foremost trekking destination.
"Without tourism," lodge owner Kanxa Sherpa says, "our life is very hard – impossible to live." He's still hopeful though; Nepal has dealt with political unrest and natural disasters before. The tourism industry has always bounced back.
Support from outside is coming from companies such as World Expeditions, which has been operating in Nepal for more than 40 years and had over 200 trekkers and staff in the region when the earthquake struck. It has run seven "Re-Build Nepal" community project trips during the 2015-16 trekking season, sending 1,000-plus travellers to the country. It will run two new projects in autumn 2016.


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A Decade of Change in America's Arctic: New Land Cover Data Released for Alaska
by GIS Resources , 2015-02-22
The latest edition of the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD 2011) for Alaska is now publicly available.
The extensive NLCD database continues to add to our understanding of where land cover change has occurred across the Nation over time. Derived from carefully calibrated, long-term observations of Landsat satellites, NLCD data are used for thousands of applications such as best practices in land management, indications of climate change, determining ecosystem status and health, and assessing spatial patterns of biodiversity.
"Recognizing that land cover is changing rapidly in the high latitudes of the Arctic, it is vital that we have the clearest view of the spatial and temporal patterns associated with those changes," said Suzette Kimball, acting Director of the U.S. Geological Survey. "As the Arctic becomes more accessible to human endeavors, understanding changes in land cover becomes critical in both using and preserving Alaska's precious resources."
For Alaska, this database is designed to provide ten-year cyclical updating of the state's land cover and associated changes. Based on Landsat satellite imagery taken in 2011, the data describe the land cover of each 30-meter cell of land in Alaska and identifies which ones have changed since the year 2001. Nearly six such cells – each 98 feet long and wide – would fit on a football field.
The updated information tells an objective 10-year land cover change story for Alaska. With a decade of change information available, resource managers, researchers, planners in government and industry —anyone who wishes to investigate the topic — can better understand the trajectory of land cover change patterns and gain insight about land cover change processes.
These three panels from the National Land Cover Database depict land cover change in the vicinity of Fairbanks, AK, from 2001 to 2011. The left panel shows the status of the land cover in 2001 (forests in green, shrublands in brown, wetlands in blue and urban in red) The middle panel shows the updated land cover in 2011 and the right panel shows areas where change occurred over this 10 years. This change was caused by a wildfire which converted large areas of forests to shrub and grasslands (shades of light brown in the right panel). Approximately one million acres burn across Alaska each year.
By far the greatest Alaska change across this decade has been the conversion of forests to shrub and grasslands, primarily as a result of wild land fire. Other land cover categories that have experienced losses from 2001-2011 include perennial ice and snow and wetlands.
NLCD is constructed by the 10-member federal interagency Multi‑Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC). This on-going 20 year collaboration of MRLC demonstrates an exemplary model of cooperation among government entities that combine resources to efficiently provide digital land cover for the Nation. Their teamwork in producing the NLCD not only significantly advances land cover science and data, but saves taxpayer money.
Land cover is broadly defined as the biophysical pattern of natural vegetation, agriculture, and urban areas. It is shaped by both natural processes and human influences. NLCD 2011 products provide 20 classes of land cover in Alaska and also define the degree of surface imperviousness in urban areas (usually composed of concrete, asphalt, stone, and metal — widely recognized as a key indicator of environmental quality in urban areas).
The range and spatial accuracy of this information have made it essential to thousands of users, enabling managers of public and private lands, urban planners, agricultural experts, and scientists with many different interests (for instance, climate, invasive species or hydrogeography) to identify critical characteristics of the land and patterns of land cover change. The data informs many fields of environmental investigation, from monitoring forests to modeling water runoff in urban areas.
NLCD 2011 products were released for the conterminous U.S. last year; products for Hawaii and Puerto Rico will be released later this year. NLCD data can be downloaded free of charge at the MRLC website.
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Ninety-five years ago on the campus of Howard University, five women stepped up to create an organization that would be action-oriented, scholastically advanced, engaged in their communities, and embody the true meaning of finer womanhood. They created this zealous organization that we all hold so dear to our hearts. Today as we honor our Founders' and celebrate 95 years of service, we are also stepping into the next level of achievement, the Centennial. I am so excited to lead you as we launch our Journey to Centennial.


This would be one of those moments where I absolutely lose my f'ing marbles, because for ONCE IN MY LIFE, I have outsmarted Pintrest, and come up with something completely on my own, and I think it is couch-hopping amazing. You, on the other hand, may think it is less than pivotal. We can agree to disagree.
Wanna know how I did it? No? Then move on; 'cause the rest of this post is for those who have nothing better to do with their time than make popsicles that won't make their asses any much bigger. P.S. – I started out with this recipe for the strawberry swirl ones from Woman's Day.
If you are into orangeifying your OJ, do that first. All you need is a smidgen of a drop to make it turn orange; any more and you have pink. Pour your OJ into the molds and chill in the freezer until the outside is frozen but the center is still liquid. That was about forty-five minutes for me, but it might be different depending on your freezer and molds.
Fill your Ziplock baggie with the yogurt and snip a tiny corner off the bag. Pipe those babies full, pop on the tops and freeze until set; about 4 hours.
Lastly, run them under hot water for a few seconds, slide them out of the molds and arm yourself with a wet wipe for sticky-toddler cleanup. Done and done.


KABUL -- An Afghan soldier opened fire on foreign troops yesterday at a military base in western Afghanistan, killing a U.S. soldier and wounding two Italian troops, an Afghan commander said.
The incident could heighten an already considerable sense of mistrust between Western troops and Afghan security forces.
Both Afghan and Western officials acknowledge serious gaps in the training of Afghan soldiers and police, and the poorly paid Afghans also have been vulnerable to Taliban infiltration.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a brief statement that a U.S. soldier "died following a shooting incident today in western Afghanistan." It said the incident was under investigation.
The Afghan National Army's regional commander, Gen. Jalandar Shah Bahnam, said the shooting occurred at a jointly run base in the Bala Murghab district of Baghdis province. The province, bordering Iran, has been the scene of several days of clashes.
Western and Afghan troops have been hunting for three Afghan police officers missing after their post was attacked over the weekend. Dozens of insurgents also had massed and attacked other Afghan security posts, causing the coalition to rush in Western reinforcements.
Bahnam said the shooting followed an altercation between the foreign forces and their Afghan counterparts that broke out when Western troops wouldn't allow an Afghan soldier near an area where a helicopter was about to land. After that Afghan soldier opened fire, both Western and Afghan troops fired back, wounding him.
Adding to the confusion, a Taliban spokesman claimed that insurgents had shot down a helicopter in Baghdis yesterday. It was not immediately known whether that claim was related to the shooting incident.
The episode comes amid new tensions between Western commanders and the government of President Hamid Karzai over the issue of civilian casualties.
Yesterday, Karzai dispatched a team to investigate reports from local leaders that 10 Afghan civilians were killed in a strike by coalition forces in Kunar province, in the remote northeast. Western military officials said those killed during fighting Sunday were all insurgents, and put the dead at nine.


In a scene from Alan Bennett's The History Boys, the offbeat, inspiring Mr Hector tells his students about the joy of books.
I think two such hands reach out to us from the Second Letter to Timothy, one to invite, one to warn.
But whose hands? The letter begins, 'Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus', but the style is different from the letters we know are by Paul, and some things it mentions fit better with conditions in the church a generation later. How to explain this? Some say it is because Paul writes this letter when he is very old, while most think it comes from the pen of a follower of Paul, writing in his name as an act of homage (not uncommon in those days) and to defend Paul's legacy.
The letter mentions several people by name. Some, like Tychicus, we know from elsewhere in the New Testament; others, like Crescens, occur only here. The names are significant. Paul was in a struggle against those whose vision of the gospel of Jesus was less generous than he thought the truth of that gospel required, but he was not on his own. The letters attributed to him contain over seventy personal names – something unparalleled in ancient literature – and together they form a picture of friends, colleagues, comrades – some diamonds, some wobblers, and the odd chocolate teapot – a picture we can recognise.
The hand that takes ours here wants to lead each of us in the direction of experiencing the church not as a valuable organisation you subscribe to and perhaps go to – a sort of National Trust at prayer – but as a community of encouragement. This is worth saying on Mothering Sunday: the godly task of encouragement goes far beyond the limits of biological parenthood and family; it is intrinsic to the people of God.
Our world is of course unimaginably different from that found in this letter. Once it had been written, it would have travelled no faster than the speed of horse or ship. Even a millennium later, when St Bernard, on this last day of March in Vézelay, called for a second crusade, how long did that news take to reach England? By contrast, when British MPs do more indicative voting tomorrow, any modern-day inhabitants of that French town who are interested will be able to watch them in real time.
Other things don't change, though. Paul and his followers never heard the phrase 'confirmation bias' (not even in Greek) but they knew all about what it describes. This is another hand that reaches out and takes ours, as we hear about those who 'accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires'. In their world, as in ours, the temptation was to listen to people who told them just what they wanted to hear, and to forget that truth is sometimes inconvenient. In their day, the controversy was about the belief and life of the church; for us it is about the direction of our nation.
The other says (in shouty capitals), 'I AM DISGUSTED WITH YOU AND YOUR FELLOW TRAITORS.' Both could do worse (as could we) than follow the example of a candidate for ordination I am working with, who sees it as part of her Christian discipleship regularly to read a newspaper she would not naturally choose.


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Game-changing Tech Shows Innovation's Influence
Eye on Innovation
Posted On September 1, 2017 By Angelo Gentile
Our hunt for innovation this month features a roundup of trends, products, and technology.
VW Electric Microbus Part of Surging Electric Car Trend
The microbus is back. Volkswagen has confirmed plans to build a production version of its all-electric ID Buzz van in 2022 for consumer and commercial markets, Autoweek recently reported. The van—or microbus as the iconic vehicle was once called—will actually be one of three electric vehicles VW is developing. An electric SUV and hatchback are also planned. These vehicles will join the all-electric Tesla Model 3, which was released this summer, and Chevrolet's Bolt, as affordable, long-range, battery-powered vehicles geared to a more mainstream market. Meanwhile, Volvo announced in July that all models it introduces starting in 2019 will be either hybrids or powered solely by batteries. Overall, sales of electric vehicles are surging as more drivers ditch the gas pump. The number of electric vehicles on the road soared to 2 million in 2016 after being nearly non-existent just five years ago, according to the International Energy Agency.
Keep Your Eyes on the Road, Your Hands upon the Wheel
Speaking of cars, more after-market companies are developing heads-up universal display systems for vehicles as a way to help reduce drivers' distractions behind the wheel. HUDWAY is one of those companies. Its HUDWAY Cast is a portable heads-up display for your car to get directions, receive calls, texts, and control music in a safer way. It works wirelessly with both iOS and Android devices. As its Kickstarter description states, "You always see your directions in your line of sight, while your phone acts as a quick-access control panel." A total of $235,000 of a $100,000 goal has been pledged so far on Kickstarter. The product hits the market this November.
French Press Coffee on the Go
The Stanley Classic Vacuum French Press is, as Amazon describes it, "rugged enough for the campsite and cool enough for the kitchen." So, now you can take your French-press brew with you wherever you go. With its all-steel construction, vacuum insulation, and classic Stanley hammertone green color, this trés chic thermos sells for about $65.
High Heels that Feel Like Sneakers
Antonia Saint NY are innovative high heels designed to feel more like running shoes. The keys to comfort are custom fitting the shoe for each individual buyer and a patent pending cushion and foam-support system. This product has captured the attention of Glamour Magazine, Huffington Post, Real Simple Magazine, and, oh yeah, nearly 5,000 backers on Kickstarter. A total of more than $1.3 million has been pledged. The original goal? A mere $50,000.
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Q: How to display a post and its comments? I want to view all posts, all comments for each post at once. While I have no problems with displaying posts, displaying comments is already a problem. One post can have multiple comments, so I have no idea how to create a query to display this. I tried to use LEFT JOIN but it didn't help. I include a table schema below the code to make my problem easier to understand.

  <?php foreach ($tweet->userData as $user)
    { ?>

                           <?php  echo $user['autor']    ?>

                           <?php echo $user['date_to_add'] ?>

                <?php echo $user['comment'] ?>
                <form action='' method='post' id="myForm">

                            <button class='button2' name='dodaj_like' style="background-color: <?php if($user['like_color']==1){echo '#00FA9A';}else{echo 'black';} ?>" ><input type='hidden' name='like' value="<?php echo $user['id']?>" /><?php echo $user['likes']?></button>
                            <button class='button2' name='dodaj_dislike' style="background-color: <?php if($user['dislike_color']==1){echo '#00FA9A';}else{echo 'black';} ?>"><input type='hidden' name='dislike' value="<?php echo $user['id']?>"/><?php echo $user['dislikes']?></button>
                            <button class='button2' name='dodaj_comment' id="com" ><input type='hidden' name='comment' value="<?php echo $user['id']?>"/>Comment</button>
                            <button class='button2' name='dodaj_share' style="background-color: <?php if($user['share_color']==1){echo '#00FA9A';}else{echo 'black';} ?>" ><input type='hidden' name='share' value="<?php echo $user['id']?>"/><?php echo $user['shares'] ?></button>

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        while ($row = $sql->fetch())
        {
            $this->userData[] = $row;
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    }
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$query="select * form post_comment where post_id=". $post_id;
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$servername = "localhost";
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    }
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Imagine if, while driving, the cars further up the road could tell you there's a speed trap ahead, or that a restaurant that's highly recommended by a Facebook friend is nearby.
That's what Ford hopes to create based on current in-car interface technology combined with wireless networks and smartphones.
Venkatesh Prasad, group and senior technical leader at Ford's Vehicle Design and Infotronics division, told attendees at M.I.T.'s Emerging Technology conference here that the automaker is already testing a network that would link cars with cloud-based applications.
"We're trying to reach out and explore new dimensions. The benchmark not what's in a [competitor's] car, but what's in the driver's hand," he said, referring to smartphone technology.
Prasad pointed out that interactive touch displays in today's vehicles -- even those using integrated chip technology -- are based on the auto industry's 10-year development cycles, meaning the estimated time a car will be on the road. So oftentimes. the technology available when a person buys a car is outdated.
Therefore, Ford believes that investing in embedded technology today may not be as fruitful in the long term as putting money into building network interface and hardware connectivity technology that would allow communication between next-generation tablets and smart phones and vehicles, Prasad said.
Ford envisions a day in the not too distant future when "socially networked road trips" will be very real, he added.
For example, last summer, Ford gave four students the opportunity to develop applications for Fiesta automobiles and then drive the cars from Michigan to California. The students chose to develop a one-touch application that would immediately alert the other cars in their caravan to speed traps. When the lead car was pulled over for speeding, the other three were immediately alerted to slow down, Prasad said.
Another application being beta tested today offers diabetic drivers to have their blood sugar levels tracked and to receive advice on when to test and when to eat. The application combines voice recognition technology from Nuance with a health monitoring service from WellDoc .
Demonstrating the technology in a Ford Edge vehicle parked outside M.I.T.'s Media Lab today, Prasad pushed a button and the vehicle asked what service he wanted. Prasad responded by saying, "glucose", and the service told him his last blood glucose level and then advised him that he should retest because it was low, and if necessary, eat "some fast acting carbs."
Because the vehicle's GPS navigation system knows where the car is located, it can also recommend where the nearest eatery or convenience store is to find those "fast acting carbs," he added.
While the service doesn't actually test blood glucose levels - it depends on data fed into it - it does act as a reminder and advisor.
Vehicle GPS technology can also prepare vehicles for oncoming weather changes or traffic jams.
For example, if cars down the road are experiencing heavy rain and slippery conditions, the vehicle's anti-lock break system can be adjusted to respond accordingly. Or, if there's an accident up ahead, the car's navigation system can suggest an alternate route, Prasad said.
"People spend 47 hours a year in their car going nowhere [in traffic]," he said. "That's the equivalent of a week's vacation."


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Children are amazing little beings! Think about all that they achieve on a day to day basis and the development they undergo from the time they are born. Childhood achievements and developments largely contribute to their lifetime potential so it all begins now! We all hope for the best in our children, so they can be the happiest and healthiest possible. We also wish for them to get the most from their education and allow their developing brains the opportunity to soak up and retain an expanding wealth of knowledge and information in this world.
Gotu Kola is a herb that is useful for brain function and a healthy immune system, circulation and also promotes healing.
Grape seed and pine bark extracts contain antioxidant compounds which are particularly good for improving memory, concentration and behaviour.
B vitamins are required for healthy energy levels and nervous system function. These are found more in wholegrain food products which children tend not to want to eat. As a result, supplementation may be the answer.
Essential fatty acids are beneficial fats and the best source of these good fats is oily fish. Unfortunately, many kids are fussy when it comes to sardines and mackerel, making it difficult for them to get good amounts of essential fatty acids, EPA and DHA, from fish in their diets. Therefore, supplementing with a highly purified and concentrated fish oil, containing therapeutic levels of EPA and DHA, is vital to support your child's developing brain. Just as 'Bob' builds wondrous things, we need to ensure our child's growing brain is being built correctly; this starts with laying a solid structural foundation in the brain. Phospholipids, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine, are another type of healthy fat. They are the building blocks in the structure of the every cell membrane in the body, including those in the brain and the nervous system. As a result, these fats are important for brain and nervous system health, as well as supporting memory, learning and behaviour in your children.
Good digestive health is also essential for healthy brain function. In fact around 80% of our immune function is located in our digestive system. Unfortunately, many foods which children like to consume such as chips, lollies, soft drinks, hot dogs, pies and sausage rolls are high in sugars, wheat, trans fats, artificial flavourings, colourings, preservatives, hormones, antibiotics and pesticides all of which are damaging to our gut lining. This may result in a condition called "leaky gut" whereby toxins escape into the blood stream. These toxins are linked to symptoms such as hay fever, asthma, headaches, eczema and behavioural and concentration problems.
Ensure they eat a nutritious breakfast – many cereals contain high levels of sugar and artificial chemicals which can affect their concentration. Choose a healthy unprocessed cereal like oats, gluten free weetbix or muesli. Eggs are also a great way to start the day, as the protein can help maintain healthy blood sugar levels throughout the morning, helping kids stay focused for longer. Breakfast smoothies containing fruits, vegetables, good fats such as chia seeds, coconut oil and ground nuts and seeds (if not allergic) are also packed full of brain powering foods.
Ensure they eat a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits daily. Blueberries in particular contain a compound called brain derived neurotrophic factor to promote a healthy brain. Other good brain foods include carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, asparagus and beetroot.
Get your children to bed at a reasonable time. Children need more sleep than adults and lack of sleep can negatively affect their learning and concentration.
Limit exposure to electronic devices such as mobile phones, iPads, wireless networks and computers. Not only do such devices cause exposure to harmful electromagnetic radiation but they also emit a blue spectrum of light which reduces melatonin production. In addition to regulating sleep-wake cycles, melatonin is a potent antioxidant and immune stimulant.
Get regular exercise and spend time outdoors in nature. Studies have found that exercise is crucial for healthy brain function and helps promote brain derived neurotrophic factor required for healthy brain cells.
If your child is struggling with tiredness, anxiety, sleep problems, concentration or behavioral problems, it may be useful to have them tested for food sensitivities and digestive problems. Sensitivities to common foods such as sugar, gluten, dairy, nuts, soy, artificial chemicals and even chemicals in fruits and vegetables such as amines and salicylates, can all adversely affect brain function.


Proceedings in aid of Puttinu Cares for their support and Kristy Vassallo.
Serving traditional Maltese suckling pig, burgers, nuggets for the kids, evening of music and entertainment. Bring your family along.


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The women's single sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Heats
First four of each heat qualify to the quarterfinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Repechage
First two qualify to the quarterfinals.

Repechage 1

Repechage 2

Quarterfinals
First three qualify to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Quarterfinal 2

Quarterfinal 3

Quarterfinal 4

Semifinals

Semifinals C/D
First three qualify to Final C, remainder to Final D.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Semifinals A/B
First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Finals

Final E

Final D

Final C

Final B

Final A

References

Women's single sculls
Women's single sculls