Daisy is seven months old!
Daisy is seven months old – already! The year is just zooming by now and I cannot believe that we already have her Christmas presents. We are beginning to think about the family traditions that we will enjoy through the years and we have definitely settled into family life now.
Daisy is really thriving now. She has found her level with her height and weight, after being growth restricted, and it is a pleasure to spend everyday with her. Her reflux is much more controlled now and it is clear that she is feeling a lot happier.
I cannot believe our girl is seven months old already. Every month I am always surprised that another month has passed by. I love to create these posts monthly. It is a lovely chance for my husband and I to sit down and reflect on how well Daisy has developed in the last month. We don't typically look up what milestones she should be achieving each month as she is always going to learn at her own pace. Instead we like to talk about what she has learned and reminisce on her life so far.
These two are my whole World! I never would have thought in a million years that I would be someone who would get up, at 5am, and still feel so grateful. Daisy is so lovely and mornings are definitely her favourite time. She gives the best cuddles and lays watching me for ages after she finishes her bottle. My husband is a wonderful father and has been working night shifts this week so he has more time with us in the day.
We took Daisy to get weighed just before she turned seven months old. She was 19lbs and is on the 75th Centile for weight. This is her normal level now and has been for the last few visits. I'm really pleased to see she is still thriving despite cutting down to just 3 or 4 bottles a day from 5 or 6.
Contrary to her face her Daisy absolutely loves her #waterbabies swimming lessons! She is learning so much already and has started to kick her legs and has already been released under the water to swim back up to the surface. I'm so proud of us and we love our instructor Debbie.
Her reflux is controlled really well with omeprazole and despite a cold that has been lingering for about 10 days now she's doing really well. She is sleeping good (mostly!) and she is miles happier than she has been in previous months. I think this is contributed to by being able to sit up, play toys and generally reach things and explore more. Daisy has been teething and suffering from a really bad nappy rash.
Daisy is loving her @babease baby food! We've been trying lots of new lovely flavours with no dairy and no soya – we were fortunate to receive a big box to test! Blog post will be up in the next few days – we've been loving the convenience of the pouches and they have no added nasties too.
Daisy's particular favourite activities are attending her Water Babies swimming lessons, trips to the town with Grandma (where she always gets lots of toys, outfits and treats) and going for walks. Daisy loves to explore and spends hours sitting quietly in her pram looking at trees, cars, cats and more every single week.
Daisy loves her *Clanger, her *Iggle Piggle talking toy, her *jumperoo (even more now she can bounce lots in it), her *Lamaze doll, her teething keys and lots more. We rotate her toys every few days to avoid boredom and when her *Clanger came back out recently she still loved it just as much as the first day that she saw it.
I've been loving this Infacare bath product. It is leaving Daisy with lovely soft skin, no dryness and it smells lovely too. Daisy loves a few bubbles in her bath so this is great for her. I'm also really enjoying feeding Daisy her Organix porridge everyday. There are quite a few in the range and they have no dairy so she can enjoy a safe and filling breakfast every morning. Daisy is also loving rice cakes. I find these a really convenient, but healthy, snack and she is able to feed herself really well now. This allows me to sit her next to me in the kitchen while I complete a few chores. This means my home is finally getting back to the standard that I like it to be and overall I'm feeling more energised and happy.
Another shot from our holiday! Daisy had a lovely time and we can't wait to be back in just five weeks!! Daisy has a rotten viral infection at the moment and a nasty cold. We are staying in the warm this morning and later today we've got errands to run. Sigh. All the fun jobs today!
Daisy dislikes being told no, her bottle not releasing milk fast enough (it gets a smack!) and that is about it. I think at this age she is a little young to deliberately dislike something and she hasn't rejected any of the food that we have offered her yet.
Only 5 weeks until we are back to Centerparcs. Can't wait already as Daisy AND Daddy are poorly now! Must be a matter of time for me too Daisy loved the sensory class at Centerparcs and we had so much fun!
I have had the most blissful week with my little family. So blessed for this life and our beautiful little girl. All the years of waiting have been worth it! Tom is back to work tomorrow but only 6 weeks until our next holiday!
We had a wonderful family holiday and we are going away again in 3 weeks. We took part in lots of fun family activities in Centerparcs.
Got this done on our holiday! It's so lovely to see her hand and footprint together and to be able to remember just how small she was as she grows!
We created a hand and foot cast of Daisy at six months old. This is a great way to remember just how small she was and now it is displayed on the wall it is brightening up our home. I love looking up at her little prints and seeing how much she is already changing in just a few weeks. The time flies by and it is hard to remember just how small she was when she was born now.
The last month has been fantastic. I'm so grateful for my wonderful little family and I'm really enjoying being a Mum even more than I thought I would. There are days, and nights, when it is tougher than we ever imagined but we have a great support network. My in-laws and my Mum both have Daisy one or two times a month and this gives me a chance to catch up on work, tidy our home and free myself up for fun days with my little family.
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Daisy is doing amazingly well. I haven't tried letting Erin feed herself from a pouch yet!
Thanks love. Erin is too! Daisy loves making a mess. I don't love it but it's good for her to learn herself I guess!


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Avatsara was a Rishi of the Rig Veda. His name first appears in the Fifth Mandala which is older than the Second Mandala.

Background

Avatsara is the main poet of Sukta 44 of the Fifth Mandala of the Rig veda which hymn addressed to the Rigvedic deities, the Visvedevas. He is more known for the set of eight hymns of four mantras each appearing in the Rig Veda viz. Suktas IX.53 to IX.60, and also in the Samaveda (SV.757, SV.1717). He was the Hotr of the gods. He had delighted Agni by the six-syllable oblation – O Agni, enjoy the oblation, and was set-free. According to Satyasadha (21.3.13), the Parvaras of Kashyaps consist of three rishi – ancestors: – Kashyap, Avatsara and Naidhruva. There are eight notable rishis belonging to the Kashyap family – Kashyap, Avatsara, Nidhurva, Rebha, Devala, Asita, Bhutamsa and Vivrha; two unnamed sons of Rebha were also authors of Rigvedic hymns.

As Vedic Rishi

Avatsara was the son of Rishi Kashyap who was later than Rishi Vamadeva (son of Maharishi Gautam) but earlier than Rishi Atri. The word, Avata, denotes an artificially dug up water-source or an artificial well. Avatsara Prasravana, like his father Kashyap, was a Rishi of the Rig Veda. His name first appears in Sukta 44 of the Fifth Mandala.

He is more known for the  Suktas 53 to 60 of the Ninth Mandala; these Suktas contain four mantras each, all composed in the Gayatri Metre. In the Rig Veda, he addresses Ishvara as अद्रिवः, the fully armed and endowed with many subtle and fine divine powers and destroyer of all evil forces (RV.IX.53.1). He then addresses Ishvara as शुक्रम् which means the purifier or the pure, brilliant as the Sun.

His name appears in the Yajurveda, (Y.V.III.i & III.xviii) where he prays to Agni, and in the Aitareya Brahmana and the Kausitaki Brahmana. From the verses of the Aitareya Brahmana (A.B. ii.24) and Kausitaki Brahmana (K.B.viii.6), both pertaining to the Sacrifice of the Five Oblations, it is learnt that Avatsara had reached the home of Agni and had conquered the highest world.

In Rig Veda Sukta IX.53, he reminds us that the learned people extract the wisdom of the ancients from the Vedas which are enlightening, and in Rig Veda mantra IX.60.3 he tells us -
 अति वारन्यवमानो असिष्यद्त्कल्शां अभि धावति |
 इन्द्रस्य हार्द्याविशन् ||
that the Lord, in the form of knowledge and consciousness, resides in the cleansed mind and heart of the learned people and in the mind and heart of all those who know the Lord fully without being aware of knowing Him.

Kashyaps

Apart from Kashyap Marichi there appears to have been a second Kashyap who was the father of Avatsara, Narada and Arundhati, the wife of Rishi Vasistha and it was this second Kashyap who was one of the Sapta Rishis.
And, according to the list of Rishis provided by the Matsya Purana, Kashyap had two sons – Avatsara and Asita; Nidhruva and Rebha were Avatsara's son. But this list is doubted; the genealogy otherwise gives three groups among the Kashyaps, the Sandliyas, Naidhruvas and Raibhyas.

From Book IV Chapter VIII of the Srimad Bhagvatam it is learnt though Lord Maitreya that Dhruva, the son of Uttanapada through Suruti, and the grandson of Svyambhuva Manu, had by his first wife Brahmi, two sons, Vatsara and Kalmavatsara or Kalpa.

Gotra

Avatsara is a pravara of Kashyap Gotra and also belonging to the two of the Sandilya variations.

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The next meeting of MIFDI will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. We will be hosted once again by the Natick Fire Department, 22 East Central St. (Rt.135) courtesy of MIFDI member Captain Eugene Rothman, Natick Fire Training Officer. MIFDI last met in Natick for our October 2017 meeting.
The training will be provided by Mary Dozois, Supervisor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards. Mary's presentation will focus on the recent adoption of National OSHA Regulations and the affect it will have on the fire service. She will address the 4 major topics that OSHA is commonly watchful for within fire departments. As Training and Safety Officers, this is a very important program that we must have knowledge on to address potential issues or violations within our department.
SCHEDULE: 0930 Coffee, 1000 Presentation, 1130 Business Meeting, 1200 Lunch (off site).
DIRECTIONS: From Rt. 128/I 95 take Rt.9 WEST in Wellesley to Rt.27 SOUTH in Natick. Continue SOUTH on Rt.27 for 3-traffic lights, that will be Rt.135. Turn left on Rt.135 to the second left, that is Clarendon St which brings you to the parking lot in the rear of the Public Safety Bldg.
From the Mass Pike (I 90), Take EXIT 13 to Rt. 30 EAST. Follow Rt.30 to Rt. 27 (3-lights). Turn right on Rt.27 SOUTH to Rt. 135. Turn left on Rt.135 EAST to the second left which is Clarendon St. which brings you to the parking lot in the rear of the Public Safety Bldg.


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It's Show Time! Step out of the cold and into the season's hottest shows
From skiing on the slopes to slaying on a sleigh, there's always an abundance of amazing winter-time wonders to explore in the Sierra. After spending your days on the stunning snow-capped mountains, consider an escape from the cold and warm up at some of the hot shows lighting the region's stages.
Longing to hear some fabulous show tunes? Head to the Pioneer Center, a 1,500-seat theatre located in the heart of downtown Reno and catch a show from their Broadway comes to Renoseries. Upcoming options include classics like The King & Iand the Wizard of Oz. pioneercenter.com
Prefer a late-night belly laugh? Make your way downstairs to Reno-Tahoe Comedy at the Pioneer Underground for a large dose of laughter from established names and stars on the rise. Shows take place nightly Thursday – Saturday in a smoke-free theatre venue with no drink minimum. For laughter at the lake, catch some of the funniest names in comedy at The Improv at Harvey's Lake Tahoe. Shows feature two new comics every week, Wednesday – Sunday, in the Cabaret Theater. renotahoecomedy.com; caesars.com/harveys-tahoe
Sure, all theatre is an escape — but what about watching a master illusionist escape? At the Eldorado Resort CasinoShowroom, The Illusionistsis a mind-blowing showcase of five of the most incredible performers on earth. The show willdazzle audiences of all ages with a powerful mix of non-stop thrilling and sophisticated magic of unprecedented proportions. eldoradoreno.com
Looking for a more traditional magic show? Head to The Loft Theatre, where you'll be treated to the talents of award-winning magicians from around the world during their Magic Fusionshow. Located in South Lake Tahoe's Heavenly Village, the 75-minute performance is appropriate for all ages and runs seven days a week. thelofttahoe.com
From classic tales, to cutting-edge contemporary pieces, Reno's local theatre scene is thriving. The Reno Little Theater, founded in 1935, is breathing new life into Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, followed by Violet Sharpe, which is set against one of America's most notorious crimes — the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping case. Bruka Theatre has entertained audiences for over 20 years. Their current offerings are part of their 2019 classics revolution and include The Dresser, which takes you backstage at a theatre in the English provinces during WWII, followed by Agatha Christie's Akhnaton. Goodluck Macbeth Theatre Company, the region's premiere black box theatre, promises to deliver an innovative interpretation of Shakespeare in Love. Their next show is The Wolves, a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer prize for drama that centers around the experiences of high school girls through their weekly Saturday morning soccer game warm ups. renolittletheater.org; bruka.org; goodluckmacbeth.org
Whether you decide to share a laugh, be mesmerized by magic, shed a tear or sing along to a Broadway tune, you and your loved ones are sure to be wowed by the region's vibrant theatre scene.
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Aims and Objects of the Movement for Solution of the Negro Problem
Marcus Garvey | 1923
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Marcus Garvey > Aims and Objects of the Movement for Solution of the Negro Problem
Generally the public is kept misinformed of the truth surrounding new movements of reform. Very seldom, if ever, reformers get the truth told about them and their movements. Because of this natural attitude, the Universal Negro Improvement Association has been greatly handicapped in its work, causing thereby one of the most liberal and helpful human movements of the twentieth century to be held up to ridicule by those who take pride in poking fun at anything not already successfully established.
The white man of America has become the natural leader of the world. He, because of his exalted position, is called upon to help in all human efforts. From nations to individuals the appeal is made to him for aid in all things affecting humanity, so, naturally, there can be no great mass movement or change without first acquainting the leader on whose sympathy and advice the world moves.
It is because of this, and more so because of a desire to be Christian friends with the white race, why I explain the aims and objects of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
The Universal Negro Improvement Association is an organization among Negroes that is seeking to improve the condition of the race, with the view of establishing a nation in Africa where Negroes will be given the opportunity to develop by themselves, without creating the hatred and animosity that now exist in countries of the white race through Negroes rivaling them for the highest and best positions in government, politics, society and industry. The organization believes in the rights of all men, yellow, white and black. To us, the white race has a right to the peaceful possession and occupation of countries of its own and in like manner the yellow and black races have their rights. It is only by an honest and liberal consideration of such rights can the world be blessed with the peace that is sought by Christian teachers and leaders.
THE SPIRITUAL BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
The following preamble to the constitution of the organization speaks for itself:
"The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities&#146 League is a social, friendly, humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive, and expansive society, and is founded by persons, de-siring to the utmost to work for the general uplift of the Negro peoples of the world. And the members pledge themselves to do all in their power to conserve the rights of their noble race and to respect the rights of all man-kind, believing always in the Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God. The motto of the organization is: One God! One Aim! One Destiny! Therefore, let justice be done to all mankind, realizing that if the strong oppresses the weak confusion and discontent will ever mark the path of man, but with love, faith and charity toward all the reign of peace and plenty will be heralded into the world and the generation of men shall be called Blessed."
The declared objects of the association are:
"To establish a Universal Confraternity among the race; to promote the spirit of pride and love; to reclaim the fallen; to administer to and assist the needy; to assist in civilizing the backward tribes of Africa; to assist in the development of Independent Negro Nations and Communities; to establish a central nation for the race; to establish Commissaries or Agencies in the principal countries and cities of the world for the representation of all Negroes; to promote a conscientious Spiritual worship among the native tribes of Africa; to establish Universities, Colleges, Academies and Schools for the racial education and culture of the people; to work for better conditions among Negroes everywhere."
SUPPLYING A LONG FELT WANT
The organization of the Universal Negro Improvement Association has supplied among Negroes a long-felt want. Hitherto the other Negro movements in America, with the exception of the Tuskegee effort of Booker T. Washington, sought to teach the Negro to aspire to social equality with the whites, meaning thereby the right to intermarry and fraternize in every social way. This has been the source of much trouble and still some Negro organizations continue to preach this dangerous "race destroying doctrine" added to a program of political agitation and aggression. The Universal Negro Improvement Association on the other hand believes in and teaches the pride and purity of race. We believe that the white race should uphold its racial pride and perpetuate itself, and that the black race should do likewise. We believe that there is room enough in the world for the various race groups to grow and develop by them-selves without seeking to destroy the Creator&#146s plan by the constant introduction of mongrel types.
The unfortunate condition of slavery, as imposed upon the Negro, and which caused the mongrelization of the race, should not be legalized and continued now to the harm and detriment of both races.
The time has really come to give the Negro a chance to develop himself to a moral-standard-man, and it is for such an opportunity that the Universal Negro Improvement Association seeks in the creation of an African nation for Negroes, where the greatest latitude would be given to work out this racial ideal.
There are hundreds of thousands of colored people in America who desire race amalgamation and miscegenation as a solution of the race problem. These people are, therefore, opposed to the race pride ideas of black and white; but the thoughtful of both races will naturally ignore the ravings of such persons and honestly work for the solution of a problem that has been forced upon us.
Liberal white America and race loving Negroes are bound to think at this time and thus evolve a program or plan by which there can be a fair and amicable settlement of the question.
We cannot put off the consideration of the matter, for time is pressing on our hands. The educated Negro is making rightful constitutional demands. The great white majority will never grant them, and thus we march on to danger if we do not now stop and adjust the matter.
The time is opportune to regulate the relationship between both races. Let the Negro have a country of his own. Help him to return to his original home, Africa, and there give him the opportunity to climb from thelowest to the highest positions in a state of his own. If not, then the nation will have to hearken to the demand of the aggressive, "social equality" organization, known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, of which W. E. B. Du Bois is leader, which declares vehemently for social and political equality, viz.: Negroes and whites in the same hotels, homes, residential districts, public and private places, a Negro as president, members of the Cabinet, Governors of States, Mayors of cities, and leaders of society in the United States. In this agitation, Du Bois is ably supported by the "Chicago Defender," a colored newspaper published in Chicago. This paper advocated Negroes in the Cabinet and Senate. All these, as everybody knows, are the Negroes&#146 constitutional rights, but reason dictates that the masses of the white race will never stand by the ascendancy of an opposite minority group to the favored positions in a government, society and industry that exist by the will of the majority, hence the demand of the Du Bois group of colored leaders will only lead, ultimately, to further disturbances in riots, lynching and mob rule. The only logical solution therefore, is to supply the Negro with opportunities and environments of his own, and there point him to the fullness of his ambition.
NEGROES WHO SEEK SOCIAL EQUALITY
The Negro who seeks the White House in America could find ample play for his ambition in Africa. The Negro who seeks the office of Secretary of State in America would have a fair chance of demonstrating his diplomacy in Africa. The Negro who seeks a seat in the Senate or of being governor of a State in America, would be provided with a glorious chance for statesmanship in Africa.
The Negro has a claim on American white sympathy that cannot be denied. The Negro has labored for 300 years in contributing to America&#146s greatness. White America will not be unmindful, therefore, of this consideration, but will treat him kindly. Yet it is realized that all human beings have a limit to their humanity. The humanity of white America, we realize, will seek self-protection and self-preservation, and that is why the thoughtful and reasonable Negro sees no hope in America for satisfying the aggressive program of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, but advances the reasonable plan of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, that of creating in Africa a nation and government for the Negro race.
This plan when properly undertaken and prosecuted will solve the race problem in America in fifty years. Africa affords a wonderful opportunity at the present time for colonization by the Negroes of the Western world. There is Liberia, already established as an independent Negro government. Let white America assist Afro-Americans to go there and help develop the country. Then, there are the late German colonies; let white sentiment force England and France to turn them over to the American and West Indian Negroes who fought for the Allies in the World&#146s War. Then, France, England and Belgium owe America billions of dollars which they claim they cannot afford to repay immediately. Let them compromise by turning over Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast on the West Coast of Africa and add them to Liberia and help make Liberia a state worthy of her history.
The Negroes of Africa and America are one in blood. They have sprung from the same common stock. They can work and live together and thus make their own racial contribution to the world.
Will deep thinking and liberal white America help? It is a considerate duty.
It is true that a large number of self-seeking colored agitators and so-called political leaders, who hanker after social equality and fight for the impossible in politics and governments, will rave, but remember that the slave-holder raved, but the North said, "Let the slaves go free"; the British Parliament raved when the Colonists said, "We want a free and American nation"; the Monarchists of France raved when the people declared for a more liberal form of government.
The masses of Negroes think differently from the self-appointed leaders of the race. The majority of Negro leaders are selfish, self-appointed and not elected by the people. The people desire freedom in a land of their own, while the colored politician desires office and social equality for him-self in America, and that is why we are asking white America to help the masses to realize their objective.
"The Death of Captain Waskow"
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
On Being Brought from AFRICA to AMERICA


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What Fuels Lake Superior's Food Webs?
Where do the elements of a lake trout's body come from? Are they derivative of algae, fallen leaves, and sunken logs on the bottom of Lake Superior or a combination thereof? To answer such a question, researchers will collect organic matter, zooplankton, and fish from off of Minnesota's north shore, a site along Wisconsin's nearshore, and a third offshore site in Lake Superior. They will collect samples from the sites in spring when the water is vertically mixing, in summer after stratification occurs, and when autumn leaves are floating into the lake. Back in the laboratory, the researchers will conduct isotopic analyses on the samples. The laboratory technique will allow the researchers to determine where these elements came from and whether the sources change over the seasons. If they discover that land-based sources of carbon and nutrients are important in Lake Superior's food webs, fisheries managers might want to include the watershed in management plans. If the researchers' preliminary data are correct and Lake Superior's food webs are predominantly founded on lake-based elements recently fixed by algae, managers could potentially use this information to anticipate how fish populations might respond to annual algae abundance.
This project will define the connection between a deformity found in male smallmouth bass (testicular oocytes) and chemicals that affect endocrine systems. The researchers will examine the testicular tissue of smallmouth bass from the St. Louis River Estuary, Lake Superior, and inland sites in Minnesota. They will determine the levels of deformity and compare samples that have come from waters noticeably influenced by human activity to those from less altered sites. The researchers will conduct laboratory studies to document when gonads develop in smallmouth bass and how exposure to estrogen affects this development. This study will advance a growing understanding of the ways endocrine disrupting chemicals subtly alter development and reproduction, and potentially damage wild populations. The results of this study could be useful to industries, water quality regulators and pharmaceutical developers as they continue working toward sustainable coastal ecosystems.
Despite living in dimly lit environments, deepwater sculpin, kiyi, and siscowet primarily rely on visual cues to forage and to avoid predators. Researchers will define the visual acuity of these native Lake Superior species by studying their physiological and behavioral responses over a gradient of light intensities in thermally controlled aquariums. The laboratory investigations will help the researchers identify mechanisms that allow these species to thrive in exceedingly low-light environments. This information will be incorporated into computer simulations that could aid fisheries managers as they grapple with proposals to open a Lake Superior siscowet fishery. The simulations will indicate the degree to which harvesting siscowet would reverberate throughout Lake Superior's food web and affect the zooplankton populations that are presumed to be fundamental to sustaining these fish. Understanding the foraging mechanisms of these species will also contribute to predictions regarding the ways in which a potential rise in Lake Superior's deepwater temperatures could intensify the interactions between predatory siscowet and their prey.
This project extends a series of investigations into the unusual corrosion damaging steel within the Duluth-Superior Harbor and focuses on fine scale changes that occur near the steel surface. Now that iron-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing bacteria have been identified as contributing to the corrosion, researchers will examine the relationship between the microbial community and changes in oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfide concentrations near corroded surfaces. The researchers suspect that water quality may boost the activity of some microbial communities and that microbial processes close to steel surfaces control corrosion rates. Aided by electron microscopy and molecular biology, the researchers expect to uncover specific mechanisms that lead to corrosion, which will help them to refine a risk assessment tool for freshwater ports. This tool will help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, port authorities, and individual companies better predict conditions that lead to corrosion of port infrastructure in the Duluth Superior Harbor and elsewhere in the Great Lakes.
Combining water chemistry surveys with simulations of nutrient inputs and hydrologic mixing.
Examining dissolved organic matter and calculating the rates of primary production and respiration at multiple sites.
Measuring potential denitrification rates at multiple sites.
This research will contribute insights into the foundation of estuarine and nearshore food webs. New information about the biogeochemical processes supporting the estuary will enhance water quality monitoring programs and inform strategies for improving estuarine health. This study complements the goals of the Lake Superior National Estuary Research Reserve, the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, the U.S. Geological Survey, and other agencies.
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No. 6 LSU splits series with Alabama
BATON ROUGE - Sunday's LSU-Alabama baseball game was cancelled due to rain and lightning.
The Tigers (36-14-1, 14-11-1 SEC) conclude the regular season with a three-game SEC series at Auburn beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday night.
No. 19 Alabama defeated sixth-ranked LSU, 5-1, Saturday night in Alex Box Stadium. Earlier in the day, LSU blanked the Crimson Tide, 2-0, with a complete-game effort by junior right-hander Aaron Nola.
Alabama left-hander Justin Kamplain (5-3) posted a complete-game victory on Saturday night, limiting the Tigers to one run on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
Alabama took a 3-0 lead in the first inning against LSU starter Alden Cartwright (1-1) when Ben Moore blasted a two-run home run to left field.
LSU cut into the lead in the fifth inning with a solo home run by catcher Chris Chinea to make it 5-1.
In what was likely his last regular-season start at Alex Box Stadium, Nola delivered a masterful performance.
Nola (8-1) retired the first 15 batters he faced en route to the shutout, striking out nine and scattering four hits in the process.
The outing was the first shutout by an LSU pitcher this season and the fourth of Nola's storied career at LSU. His career strikeouts total increased to 322, as he claimed sole possession of fourth on LSU's all-time strikeouts list.
The Tigers struck first in the bottom of the second when freshman outfielder Jake Fraley hit an unconventional double off of the second base bag and scored on a single by catcher Tyler Moore


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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Comcast On 'Net Neutrality'; Internet Expected To Start Sucking
by: PhawkerPosted on: April 6, 2010
NEW YORK TIMES: A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt a sharp blow to the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission to set the rules of the road for the Internet, ruling that the agency lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks. The decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, specifically concerned the efforts of Comcast, the nation's largest cable provider, to slow down customers' access to a service called BitTorrent, which is used to exchange large video files, most often pirated copies of movies. After Comcast's blocking was exposed, the F.C.C. told Comcast to stop discriminating against BitTorrent traffic and in 2008 issued broader rules for the industry regarding "net neutrality," the principle that all Internet content should be treated equally by network providers. Comcast challenged the F.C.C.'s authority to issue such rules and argued that its throttling of BitTorrent was necessary to ensure that a few customers didn't unfairly hog the capacity of the network, slowing down Internet access for all of its customers. But Tuesday's court ruling has far larger implications than just the Comcast case. The ruling would allow Comcast and other Internet service providers to restrict consumers' ability to access certain kinds of Internet content, such as video sites like Hulu.com or Google's YouTube service, or charge certain heavy users of their networks more money for access. Google, Microsoft and other big producers of Web content have argued that such controls or pricing policies would thwart innovation and customer choice. Consumer advocates said the ruling, one of several that have challenged the F.C.C.'s regulatory reach, could also undermine all of the F.C.C.'s efforts to regulate Internet service providers and establish its authority over the Internet, including its recently released national broadband plan. MORE
EXPLAINER: Imagine that Comcast is the elevator operator in a 20 story building. Some people get on board and say '20th floor, please' and that is where Comcast takes them. Others get on board and say '20th floor please' and are told, 'Sorry, this elevator doesn't go that high.'
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If you want your pieces of jewelry to last as long as possible it´s important to take care of them and to wear them with thought. Here you have a small guide about how you should think and what to do to get the most out of your jewelry.
When you are using your jewelry they will be scratched. You can always take them to a goldsmith to get them polished to look almost like new again.
Gold (red, rose and white) is a great option for jewelry and very durable. Perfect for example engagement or wedding rings.
Many companies and goldsmiths choose to coat their white gold jewelry with rhodium to get it more white. This means they put a very,very thin surface of rhodium on the piece of jewelry. This was a standard back in the days due to that white gold in its own color were very yellow. Nowadays the white gold has a very beautiful color itself, a bit more grey than silver. That´s why I have decided that my standard is to use the white gold as it is without rhodium, do you want rhodium you need to say so! If you choose to have rhodium to get the more white color you have to put a new surface of rhodium now and then (take it to a goldsmith). On a pair of earrings the rhodium surface could last for years while the rhodium on a ring maybe lasts a year or less depending on how you are using your ring. Also if there is rhodium on the jewelry the surface is very soft and easily looks scratched. That´s why I have decided to not use rhodium, I want your Malin Ivarsson Jewelry pieces not to require so much maintenance.
When you are using your jewelry the will be scratched. You can always take them to a goldsmith to get them polished to look almost like new again.
Silver oxidizes (gets black) in time just by having contact with air. Therefor silver needs to get polished now and then. You can polish your silver jewelry yourself by buying a silver cloth or silver dip. I personally love silver dip where you just dip your silver for a few seconds and it gets all shiny again. But be careful, some gemstones and all pearls should never be dipped in a silver dip! The pearls and gemstones could be destoyed. You can always ask me for advice.
Silver is a comparatively soft metal and therefor I never recommend to choose silver in your engagement or wedding rings. But if you have a silver ring, be extra careful when using it. Read more about when and when not to wear jewelry down below.
If you buy a piece of jewelry in oxidized silver you should know that the black is only on the surface of the piece of jewelry. So where the jewelry is constantly touching your skin the black surface will go away and a regular silver surface will show. This doesn´t have to be a bad thing, some people like it. But if you want it to stay all black you need to get it oxidized by a goldsmith now and then. If you have bought the piece of jewelry from me you can just send it to me and I´ll fix it for free.
If you have any kind of jewelry with gemstones in you need to clean it now and then to make the stone shine again. If you look at your gemstone jewelry and see that the stone looks dull, it´s time for a clean up. A clean-up you can easily do at home, just take a soft toothbrush with some dish soap on and gently brush around the stone. Focus the brushing under the stone, where most of the dirt most likely is. Rinse with warm water and gently dry as much as you can with a towel and then let it air-dry for a while.
Some people can get eczema from not washing their jewelry. So be sure to keep your jewelry clean.
What kind of gemstone do you have in your jewelry? Different gemstones have different durabilities. Be sure to pick a gemstone that suits with your lifestyle.
Pearls are magical, but also very fragile compared to most of the gemstones. This means you have to be careful what you do when you wear them. It´s important to not spray perfume on them, get lotion on them or anything like that. Pearls are very sensitive to chemicals. It´s a big no,no to dip them in silver cleaning dip!
For a everyday ring a pearl is not a good idea, but if you want that, be prepered to exchange the pearl for a new one now and then.
Most people want to wear some kind of jewelry all of the time, but that is not a great idea.
Earrings - depends much on the size of the earring. Big and heavy earrings should not be used to long at a time. Small ones you can have all the time, even when you are sleeping if it feels comfortable. But remember to take them of an wash with dish soap now and then.
Necklace & Bracelet - Pretty much the same rules as for the earrings. Just remember to take them of at any activity where they could get stuck in something.
Rings - You are using your hands to many things and your rings will be very exposed to damage if you don´t take them of now and then. Example on things you better do without your rings: gardening, gym, baking, cleaning the house. If you have a very psysical job as a constructer or such, I recommend to leave your rings at home.
If you have any question about the care of your pieces of jewelry, just send me an E-mail and I´ll help you!


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Families Bury 40 Children Killed in Mexico Daycare Fire
HERMOSILLO, Mexico – Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 40 infants and toddlers, stunning Mexico and prompting its president to promise a thorough investigation.
Funeral processions drove slowly to churches in the northwestern city of Hermosillo decorated with balloons and flowers.
The family of 2-year-old Maria Magdalena Millan dropped white roses on her casket and attached a Dora the Explorer balloon to the cross marking her grave at one of the first funerals held on Saturday.
"I love you and I don't want to leave you here!" her mother screamed.
President Felipe Calderon arrived in the city late Saturday. He wished surviving children a speedy recovery and promised families full government support and a thorough investigation into the fire's cause.
"I want to say to the mothers and fathers of the little ones who died that we share their profound sadness," Calderon said earlier in the day.
The death toll rose to 40 on Sunday after two children died in hospitals, according to Sonora state health secretary Raymundo Lopez Vucovich. Most of the victims had died of organ collapse caused by smoke inhalation, he said.
The fire initially spread from an adjoining tire and car warehouse to the roof of the ABC day care and sent flames raining down. Fire officials still don't know how it started.
Delfina Ruelas, 60, said her grandchild German Leon died of his burns on Saturday, three days after his fourth birthday.
She and her husband saw televised reports about the fire Friday and rushed over.
"I thought he wasn't that burned and that we would find him OK, but he was very burned," said Ruelas, dissolving into tears outside the morgue, where she waited with 30 other relatives. "They operated on him yesterday, and he held on, but today he couldn't."
Firefighters carried injured children out the day care's front door — its only working exit — and through large holes that a civilian knocked into the walls before rescue crews arrived, according to a fire department official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the fire.
Noe Velasquez, who works at a nearby auto parts store and helped rescue five toddlers, said one of the children's fathers had rammed his pickup truck through a wall. Velasquez did not know if the man's child survived.
The deaths in Hermosillo, capital of the state of Sonora with a population of about 560,000, again raised questions about building safety in Mexico. Officials cracked down on code violations last year after a deadly stampede at a nightclub killed 12 and a disco fire nine years ago killed 21. Both clubs were in Mexico City.
An estimated 142 children, ranging from 6 months to 5 years in age, were in the day care at the time of the fire, along with six staffers who looked after them, Sonora state Gov. Eduardo Bours told a news conference.
That ratio is in line with legal standards, said Daniel Karam, director of Mexico's Social Security Institute, which outsourced services to the privately run center.
A May 26 inspection found that the building — a converted warehouse with a few windows high up — complied with safety standards, Karam added. He conceded that security requirements might need reevaluation.
Guadalupe Arvizu, who was visiting her injured 2-year-old grandson at a hospital, said the building's emergency exit could not be opened on Friday. She did not know why.
"The place is in bad condition. It's a warehouse. There are no windows in the classrooms," said Arvizu, whose daughter — the boy's mother — is a caretaker at the center but was not injured in the blaze.
Some of the children had third-degree burns, according to the Hermosillo fire department official. Thirty-three remain hospitalized, 23 of them in Hermosillo, including 13 who are in critical condition, Lopez said. One of them is brain dead.
Nine were transferred to Mexican hospitals in Ciudad Obregon in Sonora and the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, which has a special burn unit, he said.
Four children were released, along with two of six adults who had been admitted, Lopez said. The adults included five women who looked after children at the center and a security guard.
Two 3-year-olds were being treated at a pediatric burn center in northern California. One of them, a girl, was flown there with her father by a Mexican military transport, a great-uncle said. She had burns over 80 percent of her body and was expected to require months of care.
Dr. Tina Palmieri, assistant chief of burns at Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, said the survival rate in such cases is about 50 percent.
"A lot of it is how deep the burn is and where it's located and how bad is the smoke inhalation," she said.
Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, Mexico's consul general in Sacramento, said more victims may be headed there for treatment.
Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram of sympathy for those killed or injured, the Vatican said Sunday. The pontiff was "deeply pained" by the fire and offered his prayers for its victims as well as "heartfelt condolences" to their loved ones, the telegram said.


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Description: pr. Proconsolare; m. Cartagine
Jacques-Eugène Manna † (18 Aug 1902 Appointed - 15 Feb 1928 Died)
Lino Rodrigo Ruesca † (1 May 1929 Appointed - 28 Jan 1935 Appointed, Bishop of Huesca)
Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. † (11 Mar 1935 Appointed - 11 Apr 1946 Appointed, Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung])
Władysław Suszyński † (19 Jan 1948 Appointed - 27 Oct 1968 Died)
József Udvardy † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed - 7 Jan 1975 Appointed, Bishop of Csanád)
António dos Santos † (6 Dec 1975 Appointed - 17 Nov 1979 Appointed, Bishop of Guarda)
Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. † (20 Dec 1980 Appointed - 26 Mar 1984 Appointed, Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana)
Fernando Sáenz Lacalle (22 Dec 1984 Appointed - 22 Apr 1995 Appointed, Archbishop of San Salvador)
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Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. † (Titular Bishop: 11 Mar 1935 to 11 Apr 1946)
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Jacques-Eugène Manna † (Titular Bishop: 18 Aug 1902 to 15 Feb 1928)
Lino Rodrigo Ruesca † (Titular Bishop: 1 May 1929 to 28 Jan 1935)
Władysław Suszyński † (Titular Bishop: 19 Jan 1948 to 27 Oct 1968)
Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. † (Titular Bishop: 20 Dec 1980 to 26 Mar 1984)
József Udvardy † (Titular Bishop: 10 Jan 1969 to 7 Jan 1975)
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A small article on the front page of The Natchez Democrat on December 11, 1865, described a conflict between state militia and black freedmen almost two weeks earlier. The incident occurred as the militia attempted to search for arms in the black community Grenada, Mississippi. The militia seized "a large number of muskets, ammunition…from the negroes."


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Advanced Food Production Technologies To Thank for Keeping the Drought of 2012 at Bay
Had technology and improved farming practices not come into play, the yields of only a couple decades ago would now be causing incredible food security issues for the less prosperous.
Maurice Hladik
If today's farmers were forced to rely on technologies from 1956 or 1988, when there were two previous droughts comparable to this year, the results would have been devastating. Much has been said about the amount of corn we will or will not have next year, so let's use that crop as an example.
The USDA projects a drop in corn production from the estimated yield of 146 bushels per acre earlier in the season to 128 bushels, according to their most recent estimates. That's a reduction in available corn by close to two billion bushels, which will most certainly have an impact on food prices as the price of this grain and other farm commodities are at all time highs. Yet, historically, this is still expected to be perhaps the fifth largest corn harvest on record and would have been considered an excellent yield per acre only a decade ago in what was then a normal rainfall year. So, what gives?
Going back to the dry years of 1956 and 1988, the average yields according to USDA statistics were only 42 and 82 bushels per acre respectively, using the same USDA data, the same land and the same population of family farmers. So, why the huge increase in food produced per acre? Staying with the example of corn, it's safe to say that the plant has been reengineered to thrive with denser plantings with a root system that makes more efficient use of available moisture and with leaves above the ground that optimize the sun's energy.
Yes, genetic modification technology has a lot to do with such bounty. For example, companies such as Syngenta with their "Touchdown" ready corn, soybeans and canola can control weeds with minimal cultivation, saving fuel and precious moisture in the soil while reducing wind and water erosion at the same time. The European corn borer is also a pest of the past thanks to advanced plant breeding. With precision planting benefitting from the technology, farmers can be parsimonious with their chemical and fertilizer applications and have substantially reduced the amount required to produce a bushel of grain or oilseeds.
Had technology and improved farming practices not come into play, the yields of only a couple decades ago would now be causing incredible food security issues for the less prosperous. For example, the Food Stamp Program would be swamped with increases in both the numbers supported and the cost per person facing food insecurity.
And then there was the mother of all droughts, the 1930s; when the yield of corn per acre was slightly over a measly 20 bushels per acre. Interestingly, in an effort to feed the nation, about twenty million more acres of corn were planted then than is the case over the past five years. For those who maintain that modern farming has led to the lack of biodiversity, this is not necessarily the case. Thanks to advanced agriculture technologies, less land is actually required to feed a lot more people than in days gone by.
For those who lament that agriculture has moved on from its bucolic past and is no longer as depicted in Norman Rockwell's painting of "The County Agent," it should not be overlooked that the prime objective of the farming community is to feed the world, and the adoption of advanced farming technologies is the only way that this can be achieved.
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From Fields to Forks: Supply Chain Challenges and Lessons Learned
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It is said that in the land of Canaan, cities of refuge were so arranged, that any man might reach one of them within half a day at the . Even so the word of our salvation is near to us; Jesus is a present Saviour, and the way to him is short; it is but a simple renunciation of our own merit, and a laying hold of Jesus, to be our all in all. With regard to the roads to the city of refuge, we are told that they were strictly preserved, every river was bridged, and every obstruction removed, so that the man who fled might find an easy passage to the city. Once a year the elders went along the roads and saw to their order, so that nothing might impede the flight of any one, and cause him, through delay, to be overtaken and slain. How graciously do the promises of the gospel remove stumbling blocks from the way! Wherever there were by-roads and turnings, there were fixed up hand-posts, with the inscription upon them-"To the city of refuge!" This is a picture of the road to Christ Jesus. It is no roundabout road of the law; it is no obeying this, that, and the other; it is a straight road: "Believe, and live." It is a road so hard, that no self-righteous man can ever tread it, but so easy, that every sinner, who knows himself to be a sinner may by it find his way to heaven. No sooner did the man-slayer reach the outworks of the city than he was safe; it was not necessary for him to pass far within the walls, but the suburbs themselves were sufficient protection. Learn hence, that if you do but touch the hem of Christ's garment, you shall be made whole; if you do but lay hold upon him with "faith as a grain of mustard seed," you are safe.


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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros — музыкальный коллектив из Лос-Анджелеса. Помимо фронтмена Алекса Эберта в состав входят около десятка музыкантов. Их дебютный альбом Up from Below вышел в июле 2009 года; второй диск под названием Here группа выпустила 29 мая 2012 года.

История
Группа была сформирована в 2007 году Алексом Эбертом, вокалистом группы Ima Robot, исполняющей пауэр-поп. Незадолго до этого он расторг контракт с лейблом, расстался с девушкой, переехал из старого дома и вступил в общество анонимных алкоголиков. Около года музыкант провёл в уединении без телефона и Интернета.

Эдвард Шарп — это альтер эго Эберта, подросток-мессия из рассказа, который музыкант писал во время затворничества. «Шарп был послан на Землю, чтобы исцелить и спасти людей, — рассказал Эберт, — но девушки отвлекли его, и он влюбился».

Позже Эберт познакомился в кафе с певицей Джейд Кастринос, и они решили сочинять музыку вместе. Их первый концерт состоялся на кинофестивале в Марфе (штат Техас), а летом 2008 года группа завершила турне по США. Финансовую поддержку им оказывал Хит Леджер.

За дебютным мини-альбомом Here Comes, выпущенным в мае 2009 года, последовала студийная работа Up from Below, которая заняла 76-е место в хит-параде Billboard 200.

Сотрудничество
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros записали песню «Chickens in Love» для одноимённого благотворительного сборника от организации 826LA. Их кавер-версия «Memory of a Free Festival» вошла в трибьют Дэвиду Боуи We Were So Turned On, выпущенный в сентябре 2010 года в рамках благотворительного проекта организации War Child. В качестве приглашённого артиста они приняли участие в записи песни The Flaming Lips «Helping the Retarded to Know God», включённой в альбом The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends (2012).

Весной 2011 года ESMZ проводили концертное турне в США вместе с группами Mumford & Sons и Old Crow Medicine Show; видеозаписи этих гастролей легли в основу документального фильма Big Easy Express, премьера которого состоялась на фестивале South by Southwest в марте 2011 года.

Дискография

Студийные альбомы
 Up from Below (2009)
 Here (2012)
 Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (2013)

Мини-альбомы
 Here Comes (2009)

Синглы
 «40 Day Dream»/«Geez Louise» (2009)
 «Home» (2010)
 «Memory of a Free Festival» (2010)
 «Chickens in Love» (2010)

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Инди-поп-группы США
Фолк-рок-группы
Музыкальные коллективы из Лос-Анджелеса
Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 2007 году
Группы кантри-рока


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I have to check for these value contains in related_element table using jpa criteria query
CriteriaBuilder cb1=entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
        CriteriaQuery<RelatedElements> cq1=cb1.createQuery(RelatedElements.class);
        Root<RelatedElements> RelatedElementsRoot=cq1.from(RelatedElements.class);
    for (Integer tSet : tempSet) {
            ParameterExpression<Integer> pRelatedElement=cb1.parameter(Integer.class);
            cq1.multiselect(cb1.count(RelatedElementsRoot.<RelatedElements>get("relatedElementsPk").<Integer>get("relationId"))).where(cb1.equal(RelatedElementsRoot.get("relationId"), pRelatedElement));
            TypedQuery<RelatedElements> qry = entityManager.createQuery(cq1);
            qry.setParameter(pRelatedElement, tSet);
            count = entityManager.createQuery(cq1).getSingleResult().getRelationId();
        }

but its now working...any suggessions
second try
CriteriaBuilder cb1=entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
        CriteriaQuery<Integer> cq1 = cb1.createQuery(Integer.class);
        Root<RelatedElements> RelatedElementsRoot=cq1.from(RelatedElements.class);
        for (Integer tSet : tempSet) {
            ParameterExpression<Integer> pRelatedElement=cb1.parameter(Integer.class);
            cq1.multiselect(cb1.count(cq1.from(RelatedElements.class)));
            cq1.where((cb1.equal(RelatedElementsRoot.get("relatedElementsPk").get("relationId"), pRelatedElement)));
            TypedQuery<Integer> qry = entityManager.createQuery(cq1);
            qry.setParameter(pRelatedElement, tSet);
            count =qry.getSingleResult();
        }

its giving exception at qry.setParameter

Unable to locate appropriate constructor on class [java.lang.Integer] [select new java.lang.Integer(count(*)) from com.mcd.webex.model.RelatedElements as generatedAlias0, com.mcd.webex.model.RelatedElements as generatedAlias1 where generatedAlias0.relatedElementsPk.relationId=:param0]

A: CriteriaBuilder cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<Long> cq = cb.createQuery(Long.class);
Root<Dzialy> root = cq.from(Dzialy.class);
EntityType <Dzialy> Dzialy_ = root.getModel();

cq.select((cb.countDistinct(root)));
cq.where( cb.equal( root.get(Dzialy_.getSingularAttribute("DZI_id")), 1) );

long l = em.createQuery(cq).getSingleResult();

em - EntityManager
DZI_id - column name
1 - searching value
Dzialy - entity class

A: As documented, CriteriaBuilder.count returns Expression<java.lang.Long>. Consequently type argument to CriteriaQuery and TypedQuery should be Long as well. Same holds true for type of count variable.
When there is only one value to be selected, then it makes sense to use CriteriaQuery.select instead of multiselect, because then such an error is catched already in compile time.
Long count;
...
CriteriaQuery<Long> cq1 = cb1.createQuery(Long.class);
...
cq1.select(cb1.count(cq1.from(RelatedElements.class)));
...
TypedQuery<Long> qry = entityManager.createQuery(cq1);

A: CriteriaBuilder qb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<Long> cq = qb.createQuery(Long.class);
cq.select(qb.count(cq.from(YourEntity.class)));
cq.where(/*your stuff*/);
return entityManager.createQuery(cq).getSingleResult();

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December 9, 2010 by dandelionsalad
Anwar Al-Awlaqi: Judge Rules that President's Decision to Assassinate US Citizens Abroad, Without Due Process or Explanation, is "Judicially Unreviewable"
by Andy Worthington
www.andyworthington.co.uk
On Tuesday, in an extremely troubling ruling in the District Court in Washington D.C., Judge John D. Bates dismissed a lawsuit contesting what is described as President Obama's "targeted killing" policy, but which is, in fact, a program to assassinate US citizens anywhere in the world, without explanation, and without the involvement of Congress or the judiciary.
The case concerns Anwar al-Awlaqi (aka al-Awlaki or al-Aulaqi), an American citizen living in Yemen, who "was placed on kill lists maintained by the CIA and the US military's Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) earlier this year," as the Center for Constitutional Rights has explained. Al-Awlaki was also labeled as a "specially designated global terrorist" on July 16, even though, behind the rhetoric, doubts have been expressed about his significance, which make it obvious that there are profound problems in allowing the executive branch to have the unfettered power to decide when American citizens should be designated for assassination.
As Gregory Johnsen, a doctoral candidate in Near Eastern studies at Princeton University, who writes the blog Waq al-Waq, explained in an op-ed for the New York Times on November 19:
[N]o one should remain under the mistaken assumption that killing Mr. Awlaki will somehow make us safer. He is far from the terrorist kingpin that the West has made him out to be. In fact, he isn't even the head of his own organization, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. That would be Nasir al-Wuhayshi, who was Osama bin Laden's personal secretary for four years in Afghanistan … Mr. Awlaki isn't the group's top religious scholar (Adil al-Abab), its chief of military operations (Qassim al-Raymi), its bomb maker (Ibrahim Hassan Asiri) or even its leading ideologue … Rather, he is a midlevel religious functionary who happens to have American citizenship and speak English. This makes him a propaganda threat, but not one whose elimination would do anything to limit the reach of the Qaeda branch.
The lawsuit was submitted in August by the ACLU and CCR on behalf of Anwar al-Awlaqi's father, Nasser al-Awlaqi, against President Obama, CIA Director Leon Panetta, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, challenging their decision to authorize the "targeted killing" of Anwar Al-Awlaqi as a violation of the Constitution and international law.
Quite how Judge Bates reached his conclusion is beyond me. On technical grounds, it may well be that, as the ACLU explained, "the plaintiff did not have legal standing to challenge the targeting of his son," but I fail to understand how Judge Bates also concluded "that there are circumstances in which the Executive's unilateral decision to kill a US citizen overseas is 'constitutionally committed to the political branches' and judicially unreviewable."
Over nine years after the 9/11 attacks that prompted the Bush administration to launch the "War on Terror" that is clearly alive and well in the United States, despite a change of administration, it appears that the merest mention of "war" and "the executive" in the same breath is enough to send otherwise sane and responsible judges scuttling to abdicate their responsibilities.
Judge Bates, to be sure, made a show of struggling with this particular problem — before giving up on it. Referring to his conclusion about executive power, he acknowledged "the somewhat unsettling nature of its conclusion" and, as the ACLU explained, he also
called the case "unique and extraordinary," said it presented "[s]tark, and perplexing, questions" and found that the merits "present fundamental questions of separation of powers involving the proper role of the courts in our constitutional structure." Ultimately, however, he dismissed the case on procedural grounds and found that "the serious issues regarding the merits of the alleged authorization of the targeted killing of a US citizen overseas must await another day."
Unanswered, therefore, are the answers to three important questions posed by the ACLU and CCR:
Outside of the context of armed conflict, should it not be the case that the government can only carry out the "targeted killing" of an American citizen "as a last resort to address an imminent threat to life or physical safety"?
Why did the court not order the government to disclose the legal standard it uses to place US citizens on government kill lists?
"How is it that judicial approval is required when the United States decides to target a US citizen overseas for electronic surveillance, but that, according to defendants, judicial scrutiny is prohibited when the United States decides to target a US citizen overseas for death?"
After the ruling, CCR attorney Pardiss Kebriaei stated, "The court refused to hear a claim on behalf of a US citizen under threat of death by his own government that his personal constitutional rights have been violated — exactly what the court itself acknowledges it appears no court has ever done." She added, "The court's holding on the political question doctrine is indeed 'unsettling.'"
In addition, Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU, said:
If the court's ruling is correct, the government has unreviewable authority to carry out the targeted killing of any American, anywhere, whom the president deems to be a threat to the nation. It would be difficult to conceive of a proposition more inconsistent with the Constitution or more dangerous to American liberty. It's worth remembering that the power that the court invests in the president today will be available not just in this case but in future cases, and not just to the current president but to every future president. It is a profound mistake to allow this unparalleled power to be exercised free from the checks and balances that apply in every other context. We continue to believe that the government's power to use lethal force against American citizens should be subject to meaningful oversight by the courts.
This is not the end of the story, of course, as there will undoubtedly be an appeal. In the meantime, perhaps someone close to the administration might like to draw attention to the conclusion reached by Gregory Johnsen in his recent op-ed:
[U]ntil the Obama administration put him on its hit list, [Anwar al-Awlaqi] had little standing in the Arab world. Now, however, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is taking advantage of this free advertising. No propaganda from the group had ever mentioned his name before it was reported in January that the United States had decided he could be legally assassinated. Shortly after, an article in the official Qaeda journal trumpeted that Mr. Awlaki had not been killed in December, as had been reported, in an air attack on a gathering in Shabwa Province.
So now that it has given Mr. Awlaki such a high profile, the administration is in a bind: if it ignores him, it will look powerless; if it succeeds in killing him, it will have manufactured a martyr. The best way out is to redouble its efforts to track down the real, more dangerous leaders of the Yemen group like Mr. Wuhayshi and Mr. Asiri, who likely made the bombs used in the [recent, foiled] parcel attacks and carried by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber.
Mr. Awlaki's name may be the only one Americans know, but that doesn't make him the most dangerous threat to our security.
Moreover, when it comes to losing the propaganda war, someone close to the administration might also want to mention that it is nearly a year since, in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bombing, President Obama capitulated to Republican hysteria and announced a moratorium on the release of any more Yemenis from Guantánamo, even though the Guantánamo Review Task Force convened by President Obama had recommened that 29 of those held could be immediately released to Yemen — and that 30 more could be released if the security situation improved.
I have problems with the conditions attached to the release of those 30, but a more urgent problem is the fate of the 29 others recommended for immediate release. One of these men — Mohammed Hassan Odaini, a transparently innocent student seized by mistake — was freed last July after he won his habeas corpus petition, but the rest are still held, adding not to America's security, but to a feeling of ill-will in Yemen, where people have, rightly, concluded that the entire population has been tarred as terrorist sympathzers, and where the cleared Yemenis can, in all honesty, only be regarded as political prisoners.
As published exclusively on Cageprisoners.
Andy Worthington is the author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison (published by Pluto Press, distributed by Macmillan in the US, and available from Amazon — click on the following for the US and the UK) and of two other books: Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion and The Battle of the Beanfield. To receive new articles in your inbox, please subscribe to my RSS feed (and I can also be found on Facebook and Twitter). Also see my definitive Guantánamo prisoner list, updated in July 2010, details about the new documentary film, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo" (co-directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington, currently on tour in the UK, and available on DVD here), and my definitive Guantánamo habeas list, and, if you appreciate my work, feel free to make a donation.
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Morgan Folk | December 9, 2010 at 11:28 PM
Another indication that the American people are no longer given the rights of American citizens under Bush-Obama, but are conceived as subjects who are Terrorist suspects. We are no longer innocent until proven guility, we are guilty when accused. Indeed, we are no longer charged with crimes under the law, we are declared war against by American death squads.
The American people don't like to think about things like this- Unpatriotic and all– but it is past time that we start envisioning our future. Because the next case may well involve Americans living in the United States.


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Non-Review: Twilight Saga: Eclipse - A Shrunken Head Review
Thomas: Hello and welcome to another shrunken heads review. This week the boys and I will be discussing the new Twilight film. Smith I assume you have some biting remark you'd like to make.
Smith: Au contraire, I love the Twilight series. That is to say, I love the films; haven't read the books.
Thomas: Well, that is surprising. So then what did you think of the new movie?
Smith: Clearly the best in the series.
Thomas: Really? Do tell.
Smith: The tension really heats up in this one as a string of murders unfolds into a full out vampire war. New alliances, love torn triangles and plenty of werewolf action makes for a great story.
Thomas: What do you think of the leads?
Smith: Miss Stewart once again shines in the role of Bella, the young woman at the center of the story. Her counterpart Robert Pattinson has owned the role of Edward from the beginning and is in fine form here.
Thomas: Ok... how do you feel about Taylor Lautner?
Smith: Who the hell cares? Do I look like I'm team Jacob?
Thomas: Ha ha ha! That's very funny Smith.
Smith: What do you mean?
Thomas: Uh... Never mind. Jeffrey what did you think?
Jeffrey: I thought, as I still do, that Smith is a 12 year old girl.
Smith: Why, because I can enjoy a love story!?
Jeffrey: No, because you're obsessed with a teen series that's poorly written, poorly acted and features a bunch of half naked guys running around. Also you like hopscotch and playing Mystery Date.
Smith: Oh, I get it. It doesn't feature some geek in a silly red suit swinging around on a spider web, so clearly it must suck. Just because it's not aimed at your demographic doesn't mean that you have to knock it.
Thomas: Jeffrey, is it safe to assume you hated it?
Jeffrey: I thought it was bland as the other films have been, but I didn't inherently hate it. In fact I sort of agree, that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are perfect in the roles.
Smith: Nice to hear you finally making some sense. I thought you didn't care for them though.
Jeffrey: I don't. I think both Pattinson and Stewart in all their roles have the personality of a walking corpse. It just so happens that for these movies that's what's called for. Now that Taylor Lautner... big things ahead for him. He's a genius.
Smith: Nope... I'm not going to take the bate this time. I know you're just trying to make me lose it. I will not stoop to your level.
Thomas: Good for you Smith. There's more than the leads though. How'd feel about the supporting cast?
Smith: Anna Kendrick is quickly becoming a favorite actress of mine.
Jeffrey: I can't fault you there. I loved her a few years back in Rocket Science and again in Up in the Air. She's also in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World which comes out later this year. Very excited about that film.
Thomas: Oh, me too. I loved the comics.
Smith: You two are such geeks. You really should try to grow your mind with something of substance.
Jeffrey: Shut up team Jacob. Just cause we don't fantasize about being some anemic chick in love with a werewolf like you do, doesn't give you the right to insult us.
Smith: I'm team Edward! I like vampires!
Jeffrey: And most other things that suck.
Thomas: Ok, time for me to step in again. I guess I might as well close here. Personally, I found the film to be better than the previous entries. I'm no Twilight fan but then it's really not aimed at me. There have certainly been worse properties targeting teenage girls in the past. The film has some decent action, which is refreshing after the yawn of the first two films. Stewart and Pattinson are so ingrained in these roles that I can't even judge their performances on a stand alone basis. They are their characters. Ultimately, if you're a fan of the series, you'll love it, and if you're not, then you probably wouldn't. Any parting words you guys want to add?
Smith: You haters need to give it a rest. I'm straight, I'm a man and I love Twilight.
Jeffrey: And slumber parties and braiding your hair.
Labels: eclipse, kristen stewart, Robert Pattinson, Shrunken Head Review, Taylor Lautner, Twilight
Watery Tart June 30, 2010 at 2:04 PM
*snickersnort* Oh, this was fabulous! Love the bickering of your reviewers.
Bossy Betty June 30, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Loved this exchange!!
baygirl32 June 30, 2010 at 4:06 PM
You can really feel the tension in the air... Love it!
(here's to 1/2 dressed boys and love stories)
Alex J. Cavanaugh June 30, 2010 at 4:54 PM
Great exchange - I mean, review!
Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness June 30, 2010 at 6:01 PM
It's amazing how easy it is to make up conversation over these books. I have the same ones in my head all the time. I heard the other day that the author of the series is sick of vampires. Thanks alot bitch, you couldn't have gotten sick of them, like, two years ago so we didn't have to endure this. You know a franchise is so bad that I don't want to read the books or see the movies even though it would all but gaurentee me some hot MILF action. They are the ones lining up outside the theatres where I live.
Cotton Blossom June 30, 2010 at 10:58 PM
I find myself on team Jeffrey.
Marlene June 30, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Heehee...love your non-review.
LOVED the movie! No, really...I did!
Copyboy July 1, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Why does Jefferies always have his hate on? He should get one of your winning LI Iced Teas!!!! Oops, can shrunken heads drink?
i like your blog. =) please check out mine and follow if you wish:
http://jenniferscavone.blogspot.com/
Pat Tillett July 1, 2010 at 3:20 PM
One of these days, these guys are just gonna have to duke it out.
Carl (ILHM) July 3, 2010 at 9:59 AM
One thing has been made certain, the teenage girl in me needs to see this film lol
I have wanted to post something like this on my website and this gave me an idea. Cheers..


Friends of Nevada Wilderness is teaming up with the Sierra Club for a night of Defending The Desert.
You are invited to the Sierra Club's Las Vegas office to learn about public lands issues in Southern Nevada including the proposed military land withdrawal from the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. We will also discuss strategy on how to keep more public lands in public hands. It is by individual effort that the areas we enjoy and recreate within are protected for further generations.
This is night is intended to make attendees aware of certain political and organizational procedures that lead to land protections and inform them on what they can do to get involved. Signing petitions and forwarding information is a simple and free way to get started. We will show you just how important those little steps are to winning the tug-o-war over public lands.


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Home » Voices of NMO » Virginia's MOG story – A little child shall lead them Isaiah 11.6
Virginia's MOG story – A little child shall lead them Isaiah 11.6
Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in Caregiver, MOG, ON, Voices of NMO
Virginia was only 10 when, while checking the mail one day in April, she noticed a grayness in her vision,
"like leaves creeping up from the bottom of my eye."
The strange phenomenon went away in a few minutes. Her mother, Kimberlie, attributed the problem to Virginia's allergies. But when the vision problem returned, they went to an eye doctor. The physician diagnosed inflammation of the optic nerve and sent Virginia to the hospital.
While waiting and waiting for admittance to West Virginia University Hospital for an MRI, her parents could wait no longer, so they took Virginia to the ER. From there, she was admitted to wait for the imaging. They were told it would probably be the middle of the night before her MRI because she was not high priority. While waiting, Virginia fainted, which moved her up on the priority list. They diagnosed her with optic neuritis. She was then treated with IV steroids. She was given a spinal tap and had all her blood work done. The doctors thought she had MS. After five days in the hospital, they sent Virginia home with an oral steroid taper.
Virginia's legs felt a "little odd". The professionals thought it was stress or anxiety. She knew they thought she was making it up. About three weeks later, both of Virginia's legs were insensate to touch. Her vision had not returned. Then, her knees locked in place – she could not bend them at all, her toes curled up and her feet twisted to the side. She could only walk with a cane she fondly named "Rosie".
Kimberlie took Virginia back to the hospital where she was again admitted, and given another MRI, this time of her eyes, brain and spine. Again, the doctors questioned Virginia's description of her leg symptoms. They provided no treatment. All they suggested was physical therapy. Kimberlie let loose with fury at the doctors who questioned her daughter's veracity.
As a mother of a child who had sudden, terrifying and unexplained symptoms, Kimberlie had done her homework. Google had become her friend. So that day in the hospital, when nobody believed her daughter, Kimberlie pulled out the lab report and noted that Virginia was positive for the MOG (myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein) antibody. She showed it to the doctor and demanded, "Isn't this what this is?" The doctor replied, "Maybe, we don't know much about this. Come back in three months and we'll take another MRI." So Kimberlie made an appointment with the doctor whose name kept appearing in many of her Google searches.
Over the summer, Virginia's legs stopped working entirely for periods of time, during which she had to scoot along the floor to move. She was still half blind. Her parents took videos of everything they saw in their daughter. And then, in early August, Virginia, her mom, and her dad flew north to see Dr. Michael Levy at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her two younger sisters stayed behind with family.
Dr. Levy saw Virginia's blood work and the videos, and immediately knew that Virginia had MOG antibody disorder. Mom, dad, and daughter, for the first time in months, didn't feel crazy. He prescribed CellCept, but over the next few months, Virginia lost the ability to walk entirely. She attended school in a wheelchair. Dr. Levy therefore changed the prescription to IVIG. Though there was a national shortage, West Virginia University Children's Hospital had the therapy.
Virginia received her first infusions in October over three days. The infusions gave her severe nausea and headaches. But a few days after she got home, she was able to walk with a walker. Two weeks after that, Virginia could walk with Rosie. And a few months later, she was able to walk on her own.
Each monthly IVIG infusion continues to cause headaches and nausea for a few days. But other than that, Virginia has only a blind spot in the middle of her vision on the left, with a "halo" around the spot. Apart from periodic headaches, loss of vision, and some soreness, she feels good. She continues to walk without aid for the most part, only using Rosie from time to time.
But here's the story about Virginia. When her symptoms arose under a year ago, nobody around them knew anything about her symptoms, so she decided to create a blog https://sweetvirginiasjourney.blogspot.com so that "if I put information out on the web, maybe I can help other little girls." She also has a Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/sweetvirginiasjourney for the same reason.
When she went to the hospital for her infusions in November, Virginia forgot to bring pajamas. She asked the nurse for some, who brought her a nightgown because they had run out of PJs. Virginia thought,
"We should get pajamas and bring them to the hospital so they don't run out again."
Virginia and her family live in a town with a population of 650 in West Virginia. Every year before Christmas, the town holds a festival on Main Street. After her November hospital stay, Virginia and Kimberlie got moving. With their local chamber of commerce and the goodwill of volunteers, they offered photos with the Grinch on that Saturday in town. If you brought a pair of pajamas, the photo would be free. Virginia brought over 200 pairs of PJs to the hospital the next day. She and her mother have already committed to a spring pajama-raiser.
Both mother and daughter say that the worst part of everything they've gone through was not being believed. Virginia says that other kids can call her. She'll tell them, "It's OKAY. I believe you." Kimberlie says to tell other children to keep saying how they feel until someone believes them. She says to other parents,
"Don't give up. Trust yourself and your children, even if you don't know or understand what is happening."
She is also adamant that parents should seek second opinions, especially if they're not comfortable with a first diagnosis, attitude or treatment,
"Stand up for your child; you might be the only one who will do so."
Kimberlie and Virginia and the rest of their family want to help in any way they can. They feel that this gives them some control over a situation that wrenched control from their lives. When they do a pajama drive, they have something good on which to focus. MOG may have caused a major hurdle in Virginia's young life, but she turned her own experience into something that will help others. And she's still only 11.
As told to Gabriela Romanow in January 2020
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Casey's Corner in the Magic Kingdom has been celebrating each month with a specialty hot dog and in December they'll be offering all 12 during their 12 Days of Christmas Dogs promotion!
Sounds like a delicious way to celebrate the holiday season at the Magic Kingdom! Each of these hot dogs – with the exception of the foot long hot dogs at the end of the month – will only be available for the one day they are listed.


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PARTIES: Ms B (The Student) v. UTM
Hearing Date(s): September 27, 2005
Professor Emeritus R. Scane (Chair)
Professor C. Beghtol
Professor P. Byer
Mr. R. Campbell
Professor Ian McDonald
Dr. A.Gray, Judicial Affairs Officer
For the Student Appellant:
Ms B (The Student)
For UTM:
Professor G. Anderson
UTM – request for early return from three year suspension – failure to attain the required sessional and cumulative GPA – no mitigating factors contributing to academic performance – desired maturation had not occurred – Student did not realistically evaluate prospects – no consideration or investigation of likelihood of admission to education faculty – self–appraisal not reliable – appeal dismissed
Request to return early from a three year suspension. The Student was suspended for failure to attain the required sessional and cumulative GPA. The Student did not claim any mitigating circumstances contributed to her poor academic performance. The Student claimed that, during her recent suspension, she had gained maturity, and come to appreciate the value of an education. The Committee considered the policy underlying academic sanctions and the Student's academic history and found that the desired maturation had not occurred and that she had not realistically evaluated her prospects. The Student requested to resume her studies immediately but did not have a plan as to what courses she would select and she did not appear to have considered or investigated the likelihood of admission to an education faculty with her academic record. The Committee found that the Student presented herself well but that her failure to capitalize on the opportunity afforded to her by the lifting of a previous suspension seriously diminished the reliability of her self–appraisal. Appeal dismissed.


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