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O Começo do fim do Mundo (The Beginning of the End of the World) was a punk festival that took place at the SESC Fábrica da Pompéia, in São Paulo, Brazil on November 27th and 28th, 1982, which was captured live and raw to cassette for a compilation LP of the same name, featuring most, if not all of the bigger names in 1980s Brazilian punk — INOCENTES, CÓLERA, LIXOMANIA, OLHO SECO, and RATOS DE PORÃO — as well as tracks from 14 more lesser-known bands, many of whom never recorded or released another song. With copies of the original compilation LP commanding three-figure price tags today (if you can even find one, especially a clean copy), this expanded double-LP reissue, timed to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the original festival was much needed. Included in this mammoth are the original 19-song LP; an additional 23-song second LP of tracks taken from the festival including tunes from SKISITAS and [the great] ULSTER, two bands that were absent from the original; a 36-page booklet of photos of the event captured by Paul Constantinides; repros of the original program and 90cm x 60cm poster; and a write up by Antonio Bivar, one of organizers of the original O Começo do fim do Mundo festival.


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I'm A Runner: Kimberly Dozier
The CBS News correspondent talks about running in the Middle East and the car bomb that nearly killed her.
By melanie radzicki mcmanus
Erika Larsen
I started running in high school. At the time I was into everything—horseback riding, sports, theater. Running got me away from all that. It was a solitary activity—my escape.
I was a foreign correspondent from 1992 to 2006. Running in the Middle East put me in a culture clash; women didn't run in public. In Egypt, I once had vegetables thrown at me. In Israel, it was okay to run in the more secular parts of town, but one time I got attacked outside a kibbutz.
While on the West Bank, my runs became critical to my job. I was covering riots and running among stone-throwing Palestinian kids. You have to run faster than the kids, but you're wearing a heavy flak jacket; they're not.
When I was in Baghdad in 2006, I was hit by a car bomb and nearly killed. My eardrums were blown out, I had shrapnel in my brain, and I lost more than half my blood. But my legs had the most damage; both femurs were fractured.
The first time I ran again, in November 2006, I went maybe 29 seconds. My cardio was shot, and it felt like I was running through sludge. But my legs worked! Now I'm running 11- or 12-minute miles.
I often wear really stiff Brooks. My right leg had so much damage that I was canting to one side, and I needed something to keep me running straight.
After living in the Middle East, I became fairly modest with what I wear running.
And now that my legs have so many scars and misshapen pits, troughs, and valleys, this suits where I am.
When people see me, they'll ask how I'm doing. Often I'll say, "I'm running," and they say, "I guess you're recovered!" If you can run, then you're considered whole in heart, mind, and body.
I campaigned for nearly three years to get a treadmill at the CBS bureau in Baghdad, and they finally got one a month after I got hit. They call it the Kimberly Dozier Memorial Running Machine. Thanks, guys.
"When I was younger, my dream was to do the Ironman. Now my triumph will be doing the Marine Corps 10-K."
In her memoir, Breathing the Fire, Dozier writes about her recovery from injuries she sustained during a bombing in Iraq.
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Post-Biblical History
Communal Offerings and Synagogue Dedications
Question: In Numbers, ch.28, the laws of the Mussaf offerings [a form communal sacrifices] are discussed. How were the animals, flour, oil, and wine paid for? From Temple funds, or did people 'bid' on them, as many congregations do today for certain honors in the synagogue? [I know of a certain congregation that even had donations made for part of the electric bill each month, with the donor's name posted!]
Answer: All of the communal sacrifices were purchased with communal funds. Every year, all Jewish males over the age of 20, from all over the world, had to donate half a shekel (a form of ancient currency) to the Temple. This money was used to purchase the mussaf offerings, as well as all other communal sacrifices, so that everyone would have an equal share in the Temple and its services. In fact, it was forbidden to bring a communal sacrifice from private funds because that would have disenfranchised the 'common man'. In other words, bidding on sacrifices that were brought on behalf of everybody was not permitted. However, there were many other things in the Temple that were donated by individuals and were known by their name (the precursor of the modern plaque – "Donated by…"). For example, there was one gate in the Temple that was donated by the people of Shushan [a Persian city] and was called the "Shushan Gate." Queen Helene donated a special, golden, sun reflector; and her son, Munbaz, paid to have the handles of some of the vessels made of gold. There are many other examples. So we see that donations, and giving credit to the donor, goes back at least to Temple times.
In more recent times (meaning several hundred years, rather than thousand), giving the money to pay for the lights in the synagogue or study hall was always an honor. By paying the electricity bill (or providing oil for the lamps, etc), the donor is providing the light that enables people to learn Torah. (This is especially apropos, as the Torah is likened to light – see Proverbs 6:23).
All the Best, Rabbi Azriel Schreiber
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Bullying's Evolution Amplifies its Effects
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By Sam Smith, MD, Surgeon in Chief, Arkansas Children's Hospital
As a kid, I was smaller than most of my classmates and was definitely considered bookish. I had a late August birthday, which meant I was also a good bit younger than some of the other kids. Not only did these traits set me apart, but they also made me a target for bullying.
I can still remember the heat in my face when other kids would pick on me and try to start a physical fight. I was angry and hurt. I fought back a couple of times, but that was never helpful. So I became skilled at running – by necessity.
Bullying was bad enough all those years ago. And the core of bullying hasn't changed – there will always be bigger, tougher kids with huge egos looking for a fight. But oh how the manner in which kids bully each other has evolved! It's difficult for me to imagine how much harder it is for kids to endure today in a world where others' jokes and threats are broadcast for a tremendous audience through the internet and social media.
I don't ever recall headlines while I was growing up – or even in the initial decade or so after medical school – about kids being pushed to suicide attempts because bullying had made them lose hope. Sadly, we see these stories all too often in the news now.
While bullying has clearly always existed, it's amplified by the megaphone of social media. When your perception of reality is formed mostly by the images and feedback in your smart phone – and during a time when you're especially concerned with peer approval – what others say about you in those forums seems particularly damaging.
Maybe a half dozen kids witnessed an older classmate try to fight with me in junior high. But how would it have felt if nearly an entire class of 150 seventh graders had seen it transpire and continued to gossip about it and shun me? This is what kids are dealing with today.
We know from research that bullying no longer occurs in the school environment alone. Kids bully each other several miles away while sitting on the sofa at home – sometimes while right next to Mom or Dad watching TV. This is one reason it is essential that families know what their kids are doing online.
So what can parents do to protect their kids?
First, parents should monitor their child's Internet activity by checking in on their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and any other social media accounts. They should set or obtain passwords to their children's accounts and be honest with them that they'll be watching their activity – both to protect them from bullying and to ensure they're not hurting others.
As each child is different, it will be important for parents to reach a decision together with the child about the age or maturity benchmark at which that monitoring will cease. This can be a difficult conversation, but it's important for parents to show older teens they can trust them as they become more independent and ready for the real-world.
Parents will also want to be aware of children's actions and look for an increase in missed school days, illnesses, anxiety, appearance or even revenge-seeking behavior. If your child is being bullied, he may be embarrassed to discuss it with you. Remind him that no one deserves to be treated this way, and it's not in the least bit his fault.
Just like my small stature and late birthday made me a target, children who stand out among their peers in any way are often the ones most likely to be bullied. This could be because of their appearance, race, sexual orientation, abilities or just about any other defining characteristic. Kids can be cruel no matter the circumstances when people are different from them.
If you feel that your child has been cyberbullied, it's a good idea to take screen shots of the messages and save texts with threatening languages or images. Document all of these communications and then block the bully from your child's online profile.
The Injury Prevention Center at Arkansas Children's Hospital recommends that families report incidents of cyberbullying to a child's school administration. In some scenarios and depending on severity, parents can also take the documented evidence to local law enforcement for prosecution.
I can't help but think that more togetherness and family time will help parents have a better idea of whether their child is becoming the victim of this kind of behavior. It can also provide a great opportunity for opening a conversation about how we deal with troubles in a healthy way.
When my sons were in middle and high school, we frequently watched the show "Smallville" together. Set in Superman's hometown when Clark Kent was a teen, the show brought up several themes about being different and coping. I loved that my kids could see that even a childhood hero like Superman had his struggles – and his bullies – and that they could learn healthy responses from these fictional stories.
Every family has some way they can carve out bonding time and learn from one another. Tailgating, ski trips, camping, board game nights – it doesn't matter what the format is. If we can use this time to gently explore what's happening in the lives of our teens and tweens, maybe we can prevent some of the strife and even tragedy that modern bullying can clearly cause.
Sam Smith, MD, is surgeon in chief at Arkansas Children's Hospital and a professor of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He writes a column each week covering a variety of kids' medical concerns. If you have a topic you'd like him to consider addressing, email achconnect@archildrens.org.
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It was expected that web design industry would have a new and innovative incarnation in couple of years. Web developers were filling their blogs with pages long speculations about the possible changes. Though, the change that came eventually did not relate with speculations. It was a surprising change in the business arena. It can be even said that not a single business organization was ready for this change. It is like a shocking change for traditional cyber business organizations.
In 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced a magical device called iPhone to the global mobile users. It was undoubtedly a revolutionary product in the world of keypad-based mobile phones. It started the era of touch-based SmartPhones. It may be irritating for you to read about launching of iPhone but the seeds of this revolutionary web design change are in emergence of touch based mobile devices.
Later on, other mobile device-manufacturing giants like Samsung, HTC, and Nokia also came forward in this trend. Moreover, all these devices were GPRS and WIFI enabled. Therefore, touch based mobile devices allowed the mobile users carry internet in pockets and access for their personal usage. It increased the number of internet users fervently. It is interesting to know about cross device activities that mobile users to reach on particular goals.
Unlike past, now some about 81 % of total mobile users use multiple devices for browsing internet all along the day. Some about 67% customers use their SmartPhones for online shopping. Surprisingly, some about 46 % internet users manage their finances via their mobiles and tablets. In addition, 43% customers use multiple devices for planning their travelling trips.
This phenomenal change in the internet accessing devices tended cyber business organizations to make their sites responsive for your customers. You may be interested to know the specialty of responsive website design. The responsive web design works on "write once run anywhere" design principal. Such websites detect viewing screen environment beforehand loading. Therefore, the server sends appropriate files to client-end server. Technically, these websites usage CSS3 media queries to keep the site auto responsive towards all screen sizes.
You may be asking questions with yourself about the possible benefits from this change. If it is so then it is good for you. You must be aware with possible benefits with anything before implementing in your website. Practically, your responsive website design will help you in increasing your number of online surfers. It has also been found in researches that mobile internet research often ends up in clinching of deals. In case of mobiles, unwanted ads do not distract customers in finalizing their choices. Apart from this, it is also a change of the future. You can acquire specific mobile internet space by quickly adopting responsive web designs. It will only bring benefits to your business organization.
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Frosty thrilled to get another win
STAFF WRITER | November 7, 2016 - 10:35am
PUKEKOHE, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 06: Mark Winterbottom drives the #1 The Bottle-O Racing Ford Falcon FGX leads Scott Pye drives the #17 DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FGX at the start of race 3 for the Supercars Auckland International SuperSprint on November 6, 2016 in Pukekohe, New Zealand. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)
Prodrive Racing took home its second, first place trophy for 2016 in race 26 at the Auckland SuperSprint on Sunday afternoon. Reigning series champion, Mark Winterbottom in the Bottle-O FG X returned to pace with a strong lead in the day's opening race and as a result finished second in the standings for the coveted Jason Richards Memorial Trophy after a consistent weekend on track.
In the day's opening race, number 26 for the season, Frosty made a stellar start from fourth on the grid, crossing the line with a one second gap over Scott Pye on the opening lap. A mistake between the Triple Eight duo further into the race gifted the Bottle-O driver a five second lead, which he extended to 10 seconds by the end of the 35 lap event.
The rain held off for the final race and Mark managed another strong start, falling into line behind his teammate after the first few corners. The two followed closely behind Scott McLaughlin for the duration of the race with Mark finishing fifth overall.
"It was good to get a win," he said. "It was not expected really. I had a good start and put down some good laps and then all of the mess unfolded behind so it was awesome to get the second win of the year."
"I thought one wasn't enough so it was great to get another win. That last race we had a really good start but it's hard with your teammate. We just kind of sat there and finished fourth and fifth with two straight cars and a couple of good results so it was a pretty good day."


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RFK Jr: Taking the Stolen Election Seriously /
RFK Jr: Taking the Stolen Election Seriously
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a brilliant new article about the biggest political story in the history of the United States: An American politician illegitimately took the office of president by outright theft and fraud. Although such high crimes and misdemeanors have been rumored in previous elections, none in the history of the republic have been so thoroughly documented. George W. Bush is not the legitimate president of the United States.
Schoolchildren read (in the few remaining civics classes in America) about the multiple pollings and tense standoff that led to Thomas Jefferson's election as president in "the Revolution of 1800," because newspapers of the day looked into and reported on such things. But -- unless we speak out -- odds are that few will read about what happened in Ohio in 2004 in future history books, because modern newspaper editors are increasingly corporate appendages, and many of today's "reporters" worry more about currying favor with institutional power than investigating stories that may inconvenience or upset their "sources."
Kennedy's story -- "Was The 2004 Election Stolen?" -- broke on Thursday, June 1, 2006, when Rolling Stone magazine put it on their website and it was reprinted on other websites. It hit the newsstands soon thereafter. In the article, Kennedy lays out the details of exactly how the Republican Party, in several states but particularly in Ohio, engaged in a criminal conspiracy to both steal the 2004 election and to cover up the evidence of that theft.
The subtitle of the article lays out Kennedy's foundational premise: "Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House." And that's just the beginning of the story, which includes ballot-box stuffing, electronic voting machine manipulation, "caging" in defiance of a court order banning Republicans from the notorious practice, threats and intimidation of Democratic voters by imported Republican goon squads, and multiple illegal uses of the office of the Secretary of State to disenfranchise Democratic voters.
The Republican rebuttals/attacks have already begun, starting with a particularly tragic hit-piece in one of the higher-profile "online magazines" that claims to authoritatively quote so-called but unnamed "experts" who doubt Kennedy's sources, and takes a clip of Ohio law so out of context as to essentially reverse its meaning in support of the Republican talking points.
The day Kennedy's article came out, Republican callers began dialing into talk radio shows complaining about "massive Democrat (sic) voter fraud by registering illegal immigrants" (to quote a caller to my Air America Radio program on 6/2/06). Clearly the meme Republicans will put out if Kennedy's story gets traction in the mainstream media is that "election fraud is something both parties do," and they'll use that meme to push even harder for more Republican-helpful restrictions on voters who are old, urban, or poor enough not to have or easily acquire two forms of government-issued ID. We can't let them -- this is about real crimes, and the destruction of democracy in our republic.
Kennedy's article is an in-depth, on-the-ground report from Ohio about the 2004 election. In it, he acknowledges that he is building on the work of many who preceded him - this was a story not particularly difficult to uncover, even though the mainstream media has chosen to ignore it. Seminal investigations were done by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman of the Columbus, Ohio Free Press, and by Michigan Congressman John Conyers, who held hearings in Ohio that resulted in a summary report now available in book form titled What Went Wrong In Ohio (all referenced by Kennedy).
Just after the 2002 elections, I wrote an article for Common Dreams outing Senator Chuck Hagel's odd journey from voting machine peddler to the US Senate (being elected on his own machines). Six months later, in the summer of 2003, MoveOn.org commissioned me to write a round-up article about voting machine problems which they emailed to over 2 million members, and was published on AlterNet. In both articles (and others since), I was building on the work of Bev Harris of blackboxvoting.org, Lynn Landes, and many others, just as Kennedy has done.
It's not like the theft of the 2004 election is a secret to anybody who is looking. Mark Crispin Miller devoted an entire (brilliant) book to the topic, "Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them)", and BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast lays it out in a chapter of his new book "Armed Madhouse" and articles at gregpalast.com.
Kennedy, however, has a name and reputation that demands instant recognition in the mainstream American media. And he didn't just recycle the work of those who preceded him - he went to Ohio, talked with elections officials, looked over records, investigated the investigators, and only included in his story those facts he felt were sufficiently solid that they could, as he told me, "convince a jury." In fact, he is calling for criminal investigations into his evidence, for indictments of culpable Republican officials, and jury trials.
Even with such a credible and high-profile figure involved, however, the response so far of America's corporate-owned mainstream media to Kennedy's article evokes echoes of the media's handling of similar Republican Party crimes in Florida in the 2000 election.
Although it was reported -- in The New York Times, no less -- that Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush in a statewide recount of Florida "no matter what standard was chosen to judge voter intent," most Americans don't know to this day that Gore actually won the 2000 election. The reason is a small percentage of Republican spin and a large percentage of journalistic cowardice in the mainstream media following 9/11. (This cowardice is limited to the USA, by the way -- the story was extensively covered in most of the rest of the world.)
In the 2000 case, The New York Times, on November 12, 2001, published a story summarizing the work of the newspaper consortium that spent nearly a year counting all the ballots in the 2000 Florida election. They found that a statewide recount -- the process the Florida Supreme Court had mandated and which had begun when George W. Bush sued before the US Supreme Court to stop the recount -- "could have produced enough votes to tilt the election his [Gore's] way, no matter what standard was chosen to judge voter intent."
The Times analysis further showed that had "spoiled" ballots -- ballots normally punched but "spoiled" because the voter also wrote onto the ballot the name of the candidate -- been counted, the results were even more spectacular. While 35,176 voters wrote in Bush's name after punching the hole for him, 80,775 wrote in Gore's name while punching the hole for Gore. Katherine Harris decided that these were "spoiled" ballots, and ordered that none of them should be counted. Many were from African American districts, where older and often broken machines were distributed, causing voters to write onto their ballots so their intent would be unambiguous. As the Times added in a sidebar article with a self-explanatory title by Ford Fessenden, in the 2000 election in Florida: "Ballots Cast by Blacks and Older Voters Were Tossed in Far Greater Numbers."
The November, 2001, New York Times article went on to document how, in a statewide recount, there was no possible doubt that Al Gore won Florida in 2000:
If all the ballots had been reviewed under any of seven single standards [all the ones that were used by either party], and combined with the results of an examination of overvotes, Mr. Gore would have won, by a very narrow margin. For example, using the most permissive ''dimpled chad'' standard, nearly 25,000 additional votes would have been reaped, yielding 644 net new votes for Mr. Gore and giving him a 107-vote victory margin. ...
Using the most restrictive standard -- the fully punched ballot card -- 5,252 new votes would have been added to the Florida total, producing a net gain of 652 votes for Mr. Gore, and a 115-vote victory margin.
All the other combinations likewise produced additional votes for Mr. Gore, giving him a slight margin over Mr. Bush, when at least two of the three coders agreed.
And yet all of this information was buried well after the 17th paragraph of the story, which carried the baffling headline "Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote."
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pointed out to me in an interview on my radio program on June 2, the reason the Times chose to bury the lede of their story and instead imply in the headline and first few paragraphs that Bush had legitimately won the 2000 election was because just a month earlier the US had been struck on 9/11 and the Times' publisher didn't want to undermine the president's legitimacy in a time of national crisis.
In a case eerily prescient of the Times' 2004 decision to delay reporting on Bush's illegal wiretapping of Americans until after the election, the Times' publisher and editors decided in November of 2001 that that wasn't a good time to reveal that Bush was an illegitimate president and that Al Gore actually had won the election, both by the majority vote and the electoral vote. (Although, to their credit, at least they reported that Gore got the most votes in Florida, as did The Washington Post, which also ran the story but buried it deep within an article that similarly seemed to imply Bush won legitimately. USA Today passed over it altogether, simply saying that Bush won.)
The big question for today is whether media history will repeat itself. Will the mainstream media do any first-source on-the-ground investigative reporting into the theft of the 2004 election, or simply treat it as a political "difference of opinion"? And if they do engage in the hard work of first-source reporting as the Times and their consortium did in 2001, and the results again come back that Bush is an illegitimate president, will they again bury that fact seventeen paragraphs into a story with a misleading headline and opening as they did when, in 2001, they counted the ballots and found that Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush did in Florida?
So far, it seems that the mainstream media is going to pass on doing any of their own first-source reporting, while Kenneth Blackwell begins the process of destroying evidence, which he'll be legally authorized to do in the next few months.
For example, on Friday, June 3, 2006, CNN briefly interviewed Kennedy, but treated the story as a political one rather than an example of investigative reporting. Instead of interviewing Kennedy about the details and substance of the story, Wolf Blitzer had on with Kennedy the infamous Terry Holt, spokesman for the Bush/Cheney campaign and a likely co-conspirator in the crime, instead of an investigative reporter who had examined Kennedy's evidence. Just as when Holt was confronted by Anderson Cooper in August of 2004 about the administration's manipulation of terror alerts during the campaign, Holt similarly ridiculed the idea of Republican election crimes, and Blitzer didn't challenge him -- or let Kennedy finish most of his sentences.
Three days after Kennedy's story broke in Rolling Stone, a Google news search shows no national "mainstream" media having picked up the story as a serious news report, or having done any follow-up reporting into the issues he raises whatsoever. An email reply from an editor at The Seattle Times, asking why they're not covering the story, is characteristic of the response from many other national newspapers: "We subscribe to many news services for our national and foreign coverage. However, Rolling Stone is not one of them."
The question should not be, "Is this a story we can quote or should investigate because it was first reported in a major newspaper?" Instead, it should be, "Is there credible evidence that the election of 2004 was stolen by Republicans engaged in openly criminal activity?" And, of course, "Are they preparing to do the same in 2006 and 2008?"
Our national mega-corporate-owned media -- now so driven by ad dollars that sensationalized "missing white girls" trump real news -- will only respond if enough of us raise enough questions with their editors and writers. Or if more of our members of congress (you can call your congressperson or senator at 202 225-3121) -- particularly the "media darlings" like Joe Biden and (gulp) Chuck Hagel, who are ubiquitous on the Sunday talking-head shows -- begin to speak out with the rare courage Congressman John Conyers showed when he pursued his investigation despite a virtual news blackout from the mainstream media.


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If Zoolander was a cat. Probably.
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PokeXFashion Is A Pokémon Trainer's Dream Fashion Blog.
Pokémon is so hot right now. So hot, in fact, that one Canadian fashion blogger has picked up on the trend to create their very own website, PokeXFashion, which fuses Pokémon into high fashion modeling campaigns. (Now we have to EVOLVE too? The beauty standards these days are insane.) Here are some of my favorite editorials: Clefairy for Mulberry Slowpoke for Louis Vuitton Minccino and Cinccino for Prada Munchlax for Balmain Haunter for Alexander Wang So which one of these is your favorite? Which other Pokémon do you think would be amazing models? Let me know in the comments below!
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Famous Sitcom Characters Turned Into People of Color
An artist by the name of Julio Salgado turned famous sitcom characters into people of color. Salgado immigrated from Mexico to the U.S. when he was a child and says he has always been a TV junkie, but has had a hard time relating to characters because they were mostly white, written by white writers. "...The drawings that I made were very much about nostalgia and what if these shows had been different while I was growing up. It would have been so powerful." (mic) Check out Salgado's creations! FRIENDS GILMORE GIRLS WILL & GRACE SEX AND THE CITY ROSEANNE What do you think about the drawing? Growing up, I also wished I saw more people who looked like me on television. I am very happy there are more people of color being represented in television. And what's important is that there is a shift on how people of color are characterized on television. Most often they were merely used as props, or to give more "diversity" in scenes. However, today, people of color are now acting in more profound, complex roles. Not so long ago, we saw Viola Davis make history as the first black woman to win an Emmy award for 'Best Actress.' Yay for more people of color in film and television!
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Sex and the City 15 years After: Where are they Now?
Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw): Since the show's premiere, SJP has become a fashion icon. She won an Emmy for her role in 2004 and later starred in "The Family Stone," "New Year's Eve" and appeared on "Glee." She had a son in 2007 and welcomed twins via surrogate in 2009. Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones): Kim won a Golden Globe for her role in 2002 and scored 5 Emmy noms. She later starred in "Baby Geniuses" and "Producing Parker." She was married to Mark Levinson (her 3rd husband) from 1998-2004. Kristin Davis (Charlotte York): Since the show's premiere, Kristin starred in a string of TV movies, "Deck the Halls," "Couples Retreat" and "Journey 2." She adopted a daughter in 2011. She scored SAG, Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in "SATC." Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes): Nixon won an Emmy in 2004 for the role. She later won an Emmy for a guest appearance on "Law & Order: SVU" and got a Tony nom for "Wit." She has 2 kids with ex Danny Mozes and another with Christine Marinoni, who she married in 2012. Chris Noth (Mr. Big): Chris scored a Globe nom for his role and was nominated again for his work on "The Good Wife" in 2013. He also starred on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." He has a son with Tara Lynn Wilson, who he married in 2012. John Corbett (Aidan Shaw): John would star in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Lucky" and "United States of Tara." He's been dating Bo Derek since 2002 and also lent his voice to Applebees and Walgreens commercials. He reprised his role as Aidan in "Sex and the City 2." David Eigenberg (Steve Brady): David would later voice Nermal in "Garfield" and appeared nude on the Broadway hit "Take Me Out." He currently stars on "Chicago Fire." He and wife Chrysti welcomed a son in 2009. Jason Lewis (Smith Jerrod): Jason later appeared on "Charmed" and "Brothers and Sisters." Evan Handler (Henry Goldenblatt): Evan later starred on "Hot Properties," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and "Californication." He married a chemist in 2003 and they welcomed a daughter in 2007. Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch): Willie later appeared on "White Collar," "John from Cincinnati" and "Fever Pitch." In 2010 he adopted an 8-year-old boy named Nathen.
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My friend Carrie jumped in. "Every time a man tells me he's a romantic, I want to scream." she said. "All it means that a man has a romanticized view of you, and as soon as you become real and stop playing into his fantasy, he gets turned off. That's what makes romantics dangerous . Stay away."
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Weekend Lookbook: Victoria's Secret Hair and Makeup Tutorial
Happy Friday! Anyone going out this weekend? If yes, you're in luck because I'm about to share a quick weekend beauty look inspired by Victoria's Secret 2014 runway show. So scroll down for a quick run through of how to style your hair and do your makeup the VS way. Loose Tousled Waves Have fun this week and add some gorgeous waves to your locks with this fun tutorial using velcro rollers. It doesn't take long to end up with a full body of soft curls. Victoria's Secret Eye Makeup Whether you have a special occasion coming up or love going glam you'll want to try these styles. I combine two of my favorite day and night look to give you some inspiration. The one on the left is not dramatic and has a more natural look to it. Wearing it during the day will give you the perfect glam eye under the sunlight. The one on the right is gorgeous for an evening out. The perfect cat eye and sultry smokey eye combination can add some drama looking too heavy. If it's too dark you can tone it down with a lighter eyeshadow color scheme. This last eye tutorial is from VS's offical beauty lab page. The bombshell look is another one of my favorite. The light, shimmery eye makeup is also suitable look for a day out on the beach. You'll see what I mean once you watch the tutorial.
The Pink Hair That Changed Her Life
We all heard of the term game changing hair but this phrase becomes a reality for Fernanda Ly, the Aussie model who took the runway by storm. For the past couple of months you probably heard of her story and seen her in a couple of magazines. In short, Fernanda was scouted on the street by her pink hair and and exquisites style. She was in the last year of high school when she was offered a runway gig with Louis Vuitton. That one show became the stepping stone to her career in the fashion industry. Everyone was talking about her hair and her rise to stardom became an inspiration for teenagers in the Asian American community. The girls were requesting the "Fernanda Pink Hair" at salons and some even tried to color their own hair. In the interview, Fernanda shared her secret of how she maintain the pastel pink. For care and maintenance, she uses Redken's All Soft Shampoo, daily conditioner and hydrating mask. For hair dye, she uses Manic Panic's Cotton Candy Pink. She stated, "was bright at first, but has naturally faded into a seafoam variation of the shade. To maintain the color she washes her hair every 3 days. And that's the story of how a hair color transformed someone's life. It's inspiring, unique and refreshing. Check out the gallery below for Fernanda's pink hair and style inspiration.
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Hopeless Romantic: The 5 Most Important Carrie Bradshaw Quotes
Carrie Bradshaw is an icon among hopeless romantics, shoe addicts and city girls alike. Her relatable wisdom can be a guide for all sorts of people, whether we're finding love, we're single or we're committed for life. Her quotes can guide us. Here are the 5 most important Carrie Bradshaw quotes about love. We never really know what people are going through. Even if their relationship seems picture perfect on the outside, they could still be struggling. Don't judge or try and hurt others, especially when they're dealing with relationship issues. Just be there to support, and help if needed. We often follow our minds instead of our hearts because we think it's the right thing to do, but when we're dealing with a relationship all bets are off. Sometimes you can't fight fate. The heart makes itself known when it wants something, and at times, the best thing you can do is follow it. We may feel alone in our weirdness, but we can't stop being ourselves to please others. Someone will come along that shares your interest and your weirdness. Just keep looking, never settle, and never be with someone who doesn't love the real you, because what's the point if you're not being real? This quote might be the most famous of all, because it's true. Most of us are looking for the real thing, and we have problems because we run into people who aren't what they seem. We settle for the people that are easy, or fun, but never last. If we admit to ourselves that the chase is about something very real and very consuming, then we're one step closer to actually finding it. Knowing what you want is a huge part of finding someone to be with. No, this one is the most famous! And the most important. We can't love someone else if we don't love and appreciate ourselves. We have to understand that we are worth it. A good relationship takes time, and we must be willing to spend time on ourselves too. Putting too much energy into someone else can be draining, and it can hurt you. As Samantha Jones said, "I love you, but I love me more." Damn right!
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Fashion flashback: white heels
White heels used to be a fashion faux pas, but not anymore! Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City made them look oh-so-cool again in the famous Paris scene (where steps in dog poop). This shoe style that was incredibly popular in the 1980s and early 2000s is making a major comeback. The best part about white heels coming back into fashion is that they go with absolutely everything! You don't have to worry about finding the right color shoes to go with your outfit because white goes with everything! I love when fashion is also easy. There are tons of options out there for white heels. Look for ones that fit your style best. There are many versions of white heels, including heels with cutouts and lots of straps. It's totally up to you! Pick the heels that make you feel like every street you walk down is a runway. It's pretty easy to see that the white heel trend is incredibly popular among celebrities, including style icons Vanessa Hudgens and Nicole Richie.
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Kate Upton versus Victoria's Secret
Kate Upton's sexy shot in the latest issue of the Victoria's Secret catalogue, an old photo from a 2011 shoot, has the blond bombshell thinking the retail giant is no angel. "Kate is not thrilled Victoria's Secret is using these photos," a source tell E! News. "She is not contracted to work with Victoria's Secret and was not notified before the images, taken in 2011, were used." Of course, the reason that Upton's upset could also have to do with the fact that Victoria's Secret casting agent Sophia Neophitou once famously told the New York Times she "would never use" the curvy model because she had the "kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy." cr:E!
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds extends COVID-19 emergency order with limited changes
Nick Coltrain
Gov. Kim Reynolds has extended Iowa's public health emergency proclamation for another 30 days in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but she modified it to allow all team athletic activities.
The proclamation continues the suspension of many regulations, such as expiration dates for professional licensing, and keeps in place 6-foot social distancing requirements for businesses and organizations that are hubs for gatherings and activities. The latest proclamation is in effect until 11:59 p.m. on July 25, unless canceled or modified beforehand.
It acknowledges that some team sports would break the 6-foot social distancing requirement, but requires organizers to implement "reasonable measures" to promote social distancing and other mitigation strategies.
The extension comes about a month after Reynolds relaxed some of the more onerous restrictions in Iowa and allowed many businesses to reopen, and about two weeks after she lifted the 50% capacity requirement on businesses and venues, though the social distancing requirement has remained in place.
Reynolds described the proclamation as "actively managing COVID-19 in Iowa." State officials are monitoring virus activity and the state's response daily, she said. Reynolds also highlighted heightened testing capacity, including Test Iowa cracking its 3,000 tests-per-day goal and contact tracing efforts as tools for helping the state return to normalcy.
"Every Iowan has a stake in the health of our state," Reynolds said. "We must all continue to do our part to keep the virus contained and manageable even as we return to more of our everyday activities. We understand virus activity may fluctuate based on the decisions that we make, whether gathering as large groups or exercising our individual freedoms."
As of about 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, 27,197 Iowans had tested positive for the coronavirus out of 277,444 total tests; 695 Iowans have died from COVID-19 since the state's first positive cases were reported in early March.
Iowa's hospitalization rate for COVID-19 has dropped by nearly two-thirds over the past six weeks; the average daily death toll has fallen from about 15 people a day to about three. The quick spread of the disease, caused by the novel coronavirus, led to the declaration of a global pandemic in late winter. Some countries and states shut down to stem its spread.
Reynolds acknowledged that the coronavirus is still in Iowa, and said it's important for people — particularly older Iowans and those with underlying health conditions — to continue to take precautions.
"I don't think we've ever said that nobody is ever going to get COVID-19," Reynolds said. "It's just not realistic. What we can do is try to manage and mitigate, practice social distancing, good hygiene, and make sure we're sanitizing equipment, and help these kids get to some type of normal activity."
She noted concerns with substance abuse and domestic violence while Iowa's more severe mitigation policies were in place.
"It is a balance," Reynolds said. We cannot shut down forever. We can't just pretend like we can't move forward. That's not healthy, either. Sometimes we don't do a good job telling both sides of the story. So it's a balance."
Reynolds 'would love' to attend Iowa college football games this fall
Reynolds also backed Iowa State University officials' decision to allow fans at Cyclone football games this fall and said she "would love the opportunity" to attend.
On Monday, the Story County Board of Health recommended Iowa State University prohibit fans from attending games this upcoming season out of concerns for COVID-19. On Wednesday, the university affirmed plans to allow fans at the games — albeit at half-capacity for the 61,500-seat stadium, and with additional mitigation policies in place.
Reynolds said at a Thursday news conference that it was the university's decision to make, and "we'll support that decision going forward." Asked if she would go to a game, she said she would love to attend a game at any of Iowa's colleges if she can work it into her schedule.
She did not specify if she would join the crowd, watch from a suite or take any additional precautions.
"We just have to be personally responsible when we do these things, as we can," Reynolds said. "And that's how we continue to move forward. Hopefully, we'll continue to see the downward trend we're seeing. Hopefully, we'll continue to see these positive results, and it's changing on a weekly basis. It's a long time between now and then, and we'll see what the numbers are and adjust accordingly."
Nick Coltrain is a politics and data reporter for the Register. Reach him at ncoltrain@registermedia.com or at 515-284-8361.
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Memo to the right: Stop acting like the left
Posted by Mark Milke | Aug 3, 2022
The ideological and political left has long engaged in anti-reality thinking and behaviour. Now the right is in danger of making the same mistake.
Let's begin with the left's errors:
the assumption that humans are mere pliable creatures to be directed from the top down and that societies and governments can therefore be recreated from scratch (as in France in 1789, Russia in 1917, China in 1949 and so on);
the belief that if only the 'proper' leader arises, many private or public ills can be cured;
the indulgence in rank tribalism: siding with a populist or autocrat because they share one's ideology, as Canadian leftists long have done with the likes of Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez;
the attack on institutions and those who represent them when they don't bend to ideological wishes, a feature of left-wing activism since the mid-1960s, when students in Berkeley, Calif., began what became a worldwide wave of occupying university administration buildings.
Modern versions of such behaviour include: the Occupy Wall Street movement; environmental activists blocking pipelines, mines and forestry operations; and anarchists and others squatting in city neighbourhoods (as in Seattle) or trashing large parts of a downtown (Portland, for example).
The ridiculously over-the-top language that labels even mild-mannered conservatives (e.g., Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts) as "fascists" or "Nazis."
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In stark contrast to this sort of leftist behaviour, post-1950s conservatives were mostly reality-recognizers. They grasped that: free enterprise would lead to reduced poverty worldwide; democratic institutions based on the rule of law and designed to prevent concentration of power were critical to protecting people's freedoms; flaws in society were best dealt with through reform and not revolution; and self-government – literally governing oneself first – mattered to a free, flourishing, civilized society.
Although some post-Second World War conservatives indulged in extreme beliefs and behaviour, they were mostly marginalized after William F. Buckley, founder of National Review, refused to publish conspiracy theorists or anti-Semites. He also made clear that otherwise sensible writers who associated with publications he correctly deemed extreme (his battle against the John Birch Society is one example) were unwelcome at his magazine.
That was then.
More recently, a segment of conservatism in the Anglosphere has abandoned such reality-based prudence.
While no conservative thinker adopts the left's fantasy that human nature is akin to putty, leader-worship is now in vogue among some on the right. This became obvious with the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president in 2016 and the excuse-making that has accompanied Trump ever since – whether playing down his admitted assaults on women (the Access Hollywood recording) or re-interpreting his anti-free trade/anti-free market protectionism as justified.
Apologias for Trump are often anchored in "Yes but we liked his policies/Supreme Court nominees" excuses. Excusing Trump's hollowing-out of fiscal and character conservatism was questionable before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol but has been utterly indefensible since.
Conservatives who seek to excuse or explain away the attack on the institutions of the American republic commit the same error as left-wingers: refusing to recognize that one's side has lost at the ballot box. That approach erodes a critical foundation of democracy: the rule of law.
It would be one thing to cheer on truckers who showed up in Ottawa to protest had they merely annoyed Ottawa bureaucrats for a few days. But it was another matter entirely to overlook or excuse border blockades. After all, conservatives have properly been critical of left-wing activists, Indigenous protesters and extreme environmental activists who regularly shut down roads, railways and pipelines. There can't be a double standard for one's ideological friends.
Most conservative thinkers once also followed George Orwell's advice to be accurate in language. Recently, however, some think-tank heads and conservative journalists have labelled Canada a "tyranny" and accused various politicians of being "communists" or "fascists."
That is nonsense. To be sure, the use of the Emergencies Act was a gross infringement of civil rights, likely unconstitutional and unnecessary to deal with the border blockades. But it didn't make Canada a dictatorship, and saying it did is the mirror error of those on the left who argue Canada has been a genocidal nation-state.
A piece of advice to those on the right from someone whose career has been anchored in the twin priorities of freedom and responsibility, with opportunity for all the goal, preferably by appealing, like Ronald Reagan, to our better angels: When the other side overreaches and is engaged in multiple anti-reality experiments, using extreme language and hurtling towards the brick wall of reality, don't distract the public with your own version of such zaniness. Instead, get out of the way and let the other side crash, as they are bound to.
Then we can all get back to reality- and reason-based remedies on how to create a freer, more flourishing Canada.
Mark Milke is executive director of The Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy. His latest book is The Victim Cult: How the Grievance Culture Hurts Everyone and Wrecks Civilization.
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Offshore, shrouded in fog, there is a mysterious island that is said to be the home of a family of monsters. It is strictly forbidden to approach it. But one day a human child, Mushroom, it loses and coming face to face with the mysterious creatures that live there. The arrival of Mushroom, makes panic on the island because the monsters are actually terrified of living humans.
Kunimi Hiro is a high school student, who is forced to give up his ambitions as a professional baseball player due to a serious injury. Now at a new high school, Hiro gets involved with Haruko and her goals of reviving that school's baseball team. At first they must overcome the refusal of school principle, who still remembers a dishonorable defeat that the school's baseball suffered some ten years earlier. Even with permission to form a school baseball team, there are still the players to recruit and train, and the challenges of building a reputation of the team within the high school baseball circuit. This is a story of group of high school students and their love of the game of baseball. Hiro is national class pitcher and batter, with his best friend who is a catcher and with Haruko as the team manager, together they struggle to build a baseball team worthy of the national championship.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.
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The Legend of Snow White is a Japanese anime series produced by Tatsunoko Production and based on the European fairy tale. Directed by Tsuneo Ninomiya and using a screenplay written by Jinzō Toriumi, the series premiered on NHK on April 6, 1994 and ran for 52-episodes until its conclusion on March 29, 1995.
The series uses two pieces of theme music: one opening theme, "Heart no mori e tsuretette" by Miki Sakai with Red Dolphins, and one ending theme, "Folk Dance" by Mebae Miyahara.


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No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one! – C. Joybell. C.
It's been a rather long time since I last wrote. Here, or on my personal blog (though I just recently started to pick things back up over there.) Frankly, I got burned out. I have lots excuses that I won't bore you with.
I took this photo several weeks ago. Probably late November. I still have yet to remove any of these old green bean vines.
Shortly before Christmas I sat down at the dinner table with my daughter to plant some seeds for the new growing season. Tomatoes and peppers. I made her label some of the tomatoes. I just hope I can remember what everything says in a few months. The last few years I have transplanted these out into the garden only to be welcomed by a late spring frost. Here's to waiting an extra week or so this year.
We harvested around 400 or so onions this year and are still eating on them. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever. They keep very well in our extra refrigerator in the garage for close to six months. Around the new year they start to sprout and go bad fast. Last Christmas we were given a Food Saver as a gift from my sister and brother in law. So the obvious thing to do is chop them up and freeze them. The picture above is maybe a third of whats left. It weighed in at 10 lbs 1 oz. We still have 3 five gallon buckets to go through.


Late last month, Prairie—Brussels-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Marc Jacobs—released his latest album, After The Flash Flood, on Denovali Records.
The album follows a 2013 EP (I'm So In Love I Almost Forgot I Survived A Disaster) and a 2015 LP (Like a Pack of Hounds) on Berlin imprint Shitkatapult with 10 deeply-moving cuts. The album showcases Jacobs' love of narrative in a cinematic offering that flows through blackened drones and frozen textures with a post-apocalyptic theme at its core—a soundtrack to the apocalypse if it "was painted in several layers of pastel gouache." Sonically ruined guitar lines, processed field recordings, subtle drum programming, and warped synths provide the source material across the album, which Jacobs flips into new territory.
In support of the album, Denovali has offered up tense album cut "Underwater Body Hunting" as today's XLR8R download, available via WeTransfer below.
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1. Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing (100084) Abstract MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) pathway exists extensively in cells. It plays important roles in physiological processes, such as cell growth, differentiation, proliferation and survival, etc. Various diseases including inflammation, cancer, etc., are closely related to the de-regulation of this pathway. It is therefore essential to understand its dynamic behavior and develop strategies to make a de-regulated pathway return to its normal state. Based on the simulation of an ODE (ordinary differential equation) model developed by Birgit Schoeberl,et al, numerical simulations show that the end product ERK displays abnormal activation. This observation implies that it is biologically significant to find targets to reduce its activity. Based on linearization and a multi-target estimation strategy, desirable targets are estimated in this paper that are both effective and easy to influence. The results are basically in agreement with the currently developed drug targets. Moreover, we have also found some new targets. These observations may be helpful in drug discovery.


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Newspaper front pages are showing pictures of a British royal baby and preparation for a royal wedding in one of the world's oldest democracies while in Poland, Hungary, Austria and other countries serious questions are being raised about the decline of democracy. Why are people so fascinated by the birth of Prince Louis Arthur and the marriage of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in Great Britain while at the same time we bemoan the rise of autocratic rule in other countries?
In many ways the answer is yes. Royalty and autocracy reduce the image of a country to a central figure. Rather than the messiness of rule by the people – never really knowing who is in charge – the royals and autocrats symbolize a much neater and definitive rule. Although it is politically correct to say that a country is ruled by the people, that they are the sovereign, there is an innate longing for something more parsimonious. People are secure specifically knowing who is in charge.
For example, when the government of Great Britain is in turmoil over Brexit and the weaknesses of Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative government, royalty represents a glamorous return to a noble tradition. Although the queen has little political power these days, there is security in knowing exactly who is next in line to the throne. It is much more exciting to talk about what Meghan will wear to the wedding or why Sarah Ferguson has been snubbed at the reception than to figure out what Amber Rudd's successor as Home Secretary will do about the Windrush scandal or immigration.
The British fascination with royalty is in direct contradiction to a democratic culture that dates to at least 1215 and the Magna Carta. But fascination with individuals who represent power is more than just a British problem. It is part of the current decline of democracy brought on by globalization.
In times of insecurity, dominant rulers and symbols of authority provide security. The rise of fascism after World War I was directly linked to the insecurity of the Great Depression. Today, what better time to exalt over a royal baby and royal wedding than when Great Britain's future and the future of the European Union are being called into question? What better way to ignore the trials and tribulations of instability than to burrow into the lives of the glamorous new generation of future monarchs?
The situations in Hungary, Poland and Austria also reflect a search for security. People have elected right-wing leaders in the face of overwhelming migration challenges. And the European Union has not turned out to be the answer at the supranational level. The EU remains a faceless bureaucracy with no symbolic leader in charge. The devolution of power among its members not only causes confusion about who is in charge, but it is necessarily slow and inefficient, just the qualities people reject in times of radical dislocation. With rapid change, simple solutions fulfil the public's need for security.
"We want our freedom and we want it now," John Lewis demanded for African-Americans at the 1963 March on Washington. Ironically, the rise of autocrats and the overwhelming interest in royal babies and weddings seems to be demanding just the opposite. "We want to be secure with strong leaders," voted the people of Poland, Hungary and Austria in recent elections. As for the British, their fascination with the royal family has pushed Brexit and immigration off the front pages.
It is not the autocratic rulers or royal families who are the heart of the today's problem for democracies. The problem for democracies is when people feel insecure and turn to others for answers. For the people to be truly sovereign, they must understand and promote their own sovereignty, not the rule of others.


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Conserve LandCare is about three things: the customer, the landscape, and the professionals on its team. What matters most to us is you - the customer, and your professionals needs, property, budget and fiduciary responsibility.
We believe in simplifying life for our customers and provide a dedicated representative who serves as a single point of contact for all Conserve's services and ensure they meet our highest standards.
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Resort properties, homeowner associations, hospitals, places of worship, educational facilities and municipalities serve a diverse population and purpose. In contrast to their uniqueness, they share a commonality - quality is non-negotiable. Our array of services are built on experienced professionals providing quality workmanship and attention to details.
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## SharePoint Server: PowerShell Script To Add The STSADM Path To The Environment Variables ##
## Usage: Works on both MOSS 2007 and SharePoint Server 2010 Farms

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"######################################################################"
"#PowerShell: Script to add STSADM path to System Environment Variable#"
"######################################################################"
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$Hive ="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\{0}\bin\"
$SPS2007= "12"
$SPS2010= "14"

#Getting Path Variable
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#Settng $add variable to null
$add = ""

#Testing Path for SharePoint Sharepoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010.
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#If $add is not set then no sharepoint exists
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{
    "Message: It looks like you don't even have SharePoint installed on this environment.."
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The classroom teacher heads over to the lightswitch as she hears the announcement. Lights off. Blinds closed. With a finger over her lips she points to the corner of the room where all the students scurry and huddle together.
School safety is on everyone's mind. From the Oval Office to the principal's office, the topic unfortunately is trending. Lockdown drills are now commonplace mandates that serve as a cornerstone for safety protocols. But, what impact do these drills have on our children? Let's look at it from a scientific perspective.
We know it's a drill. A drill means practice. We are just practicing in case a dangerous person were to come into the school. There isn't really someone posing a threat to our safety, it is just the building secretary checking to make sure the teacher locked the door.
However, when that door handle rattles, students will undoubtedly react. Even though students know in their cognitive minds that lockdown drills are just practice, the amygdala, the part of the brain responsible for survival, does not know. The protective part of the brain goes into action before our frontal lobe has a chance to explain the lack of threat. However much we prepare our children, we cannot reason with the amygdala.
So what happens when in that moment when the door handle shakes? The amygdala fires and sends out an SOS. In order to survive, our bodies go into fight, flight or freeze mode. Huddled together, holding their breath, students don't have the option to fight or flee, so they are left with freeze as the only means of survival. Adrenaline and cortisol are frozen in the nervous system.
Trauma counselors will tell us that the freeze response has the most detrimental long-term impact on the nervous system. When the amygdala is activated, it is crucial for the body discharges the influx of survival energy. When fight or flee are not options (as in the case of lockdown drills), the nervous system is left with excess. Repeated activation of the amygdala without allowing for completion of the cycle will leave adverse effects on the mind, body, and heart.
So, what can we do? Lockdown drills are our reality. The lights off, huddle and hide routine is now commonplace. However, integrating three Move Mindfully ™ strategies into your lockdown drill will mitigate some of the potentially negative lasting impacts.
When students assume the huddle position, cue them into Child's Pose. With head below the heart and a curved spine, this position naturally relaxes the body. Take long, deep breaths to activate the relaxation response. Another benefit to this pose is the elimination of the visual stimuli that can cause hyper-vigilance (i.e. waiting for the door handle to shake, sounds in the hallway). Blog Bonus- Download Child's Pose from our Move Mindfully Card Deck for suggested language. Please note: We want to practice these skills when the body and mind are calm so that we can easily access them during high stress times, like lockdown drills.
It is absolutely critical that students are given an opportunity to release after a lockdown drill. Our best option is to tap into the "flight" response and run a lap around the school. If that is not possible, shaking, jumping or tapping are viable options. The body uses these movements as a way to discharge the stress hormones released during the lockdown drill.
Finally, returning to a relaxed-activated state culminates the drill. Cue students into 2-3 Forward Folds, which helps the body tap into a calming response. To transition back to learning, use the breathing ball and take 10 belly breaths.
As long as lockdown drills are a reality for our schools, we can support our students with the science and practice of Mindful Movement. What have you tried during lockdown drills? Have you tried using child's pose? Leave a comment.
Our schools are trained in ALICE. I struggle with the idea of preparing kids and worrying about those that live with trauma. I love the idea of using something like our tornado drill position and turning it into "child's pose" to help reduce stress! I'm going to make that suggestion to our administration.
I love this and it's timely in more ways than one. We have a drill tomorrow and I will be sharing this with my staff. THANKS so very much!
I love these ideas! As a preschool teacher we mostly explain to children that we are practicing being quiet but it still can be scary and stressful to do something so outside our normal routines. Plus young children understand that it is a serious activity and feed off the adult energy. I'll be putting these into practice next time we have a drill!
This is so important and so timely! I'm definitely going to forward this article to my administration!
We had our first full lockdown today. I wish I would have had my kids do these, especially afterwards. We had no idea how long the lockdown would take so my kids read while sitting in front of bookcases under the windows with blinds. Afterwards, the suggested activities will be perfect the next time. Thank you!
I've always had my kiddos watch what I do and copy it…like tapping my shoulders, rubbing my belly, making a pattern (legs, legs, shoulders, head), to take their minds off of the drill. I have found that this takes their focus off the door and activity outside the classroom and focuses them on what's happening in front of them. We always do a movement activity afterward and then a refocusing activity to get back to learning. I love the idea of child's pose, but I'm afraid the children will be hyper-sensitive to the sounds around them. Thank you for the idea…I will give it a try one of these times. In the meantime, I will teach them this technique as a calming activity.


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using BEPUphysics.Constraints.TwoEntity.Joints;
using BEPUphysics.Entities;
using BEPUphysics.Entities.Prefabs;
using BEPUphysics.Constraints.SolverGroups;
using BEPUutilities;
using ConversionHelper;

namespace BEPUphysicsDemos.Demos
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A long string of blocks connected by joints.
    /// </summary>
    public class BridgeDemo : StandardDemo
    {

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a new demo.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="game">Game owning this demo.</param>
        public BridgeDemo(DemosGame game)
            : base(game)
        {
            //Form a long chain of planks connected by revolute joints.
            //The revolute joints control the three linear degrees of freedom and two angular degrees of freedom.
            //The third allowed angular degree of freedom allows the bridge to flex like a rope bridge.
            Vector3 startPosition = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
            var startPlatform = new Box(startPosition - new Vector3(0, 0, 3.2f), 8, .5f, 8);
            Space.Add(startPlatform);
            Vector3 offset = new Vector3(0, 0, 1.7f);
            Box previousLink = startPlatform;
            Vector3 position = new Vector3();
            for (int i = 1; i <= 200; i++)
            {
                position = startPosition + offset * i;
                Box link = new Box(position, 4.5f, .3f, 1.5f, 50);
                Space.Add(link);
                Space.Add(new RevoluteJoint(previousLink, link, position - offset * .5f, Vector3.Right));

                previousLink = link;
            }
            var endPlatform = new Box(position - new Vector3(0, 0, -4.8f), 8, .5f, 8);
            Space.Add(endPlatform);

            Space.Add(new RevoluteJoint(previousLink, endPlatform, position + offset * .5f, Vector3.Right));

            game.Camera.Position = startPosition + new Vector3(0, 1, offset.Z * 200 + 5);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the name of the simulation.
        /// </summary>
        public override string Name
        {
            get { return "Bridge"; }
        }
    }
}