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Abe's Apology: For Americans, Not for Asians
By David Eunpyoung Jee
In the heart of Washington D.C., trees along Massachusetts Avenue, where Embassy of Japan is located, were decorated with three flags: the District of Columbia, the United States, and Japan. Anyone could literally see that Washington was prepared to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Numerous standing ovations during his speech before the U.S. Congressdemonstrated how close the United States and Japan are each other.
In addition to the celebration of friendship between the United States and Japan, another remarkable point of Abe's visit came when he officially conveyed his "eternal condolences to the souls of all American people that were lost during World War II." In contrast, during a speech in Harvard University, Abe chose not to acknowledge Japanese involvement in the sexual slavery of Asian women during the Pacific War. Why is Japan so two-faced? What makes Japan apologize to Americans but remains reluctant to admit its past wrongdoings despite constant demands from Asian countries? In a word — national interest.
Read the full article in The Diplomat.
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Nokia gives key patents to former employees in smartphone start-up Jolla
Andrew Sadauskas / Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Ex-Nokia employees who recently launched a new smartphone start-up named Jolla have been granted a number of key patents by their former employer.
Earlier this week, SmartCompany reported that a group of former Nokia executives and engineers who had worked on MeeGo, a next generation Linux-based smartphone platform that Nokia has since abandoned in favour of Windows Phone, have formed the start-up to continue development on the platform.
According to reports, the start-up has received incubator support and key patents covering the MeeGo platform through Nokia's Bridge project.
Nokia's Bridge project aims to assist former employees wishing to launch their own businesses, following the recent announcement of 10,000 job cuts at the company.
According to the Finnish phone giant, as part of the Bridge project: "Nokia will offer training, funding, and help identify business opportunities and partnerships for those interested in starting a new business or a company on their own which can fuel new growth for impacted communities."
Andrew Sadauskas
Andrew Sadauskas is a former journalist at SmartCompany and a former editor of TechCompany.


HOUSTON Police say Jose Flores was a passenger in a vehicle traveling in the 4300 block of North Shepherd about 11:45pm when he was shot. The shooting happened after an unknown suspect and the driver of the vehicle Flores was riding in got into a verbal altercation while stopped at the red light at North Shepherd and Crosstimbers.
Flores, 16, suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was pronounced dead at Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital.
The suspect is described only as a black male, 25 to 30 years old, medium complexion, thin build (about 140 pounds), with corn rows in his hair and diamond stud earrings in each ear. He was driving in a silver or gray Buick, possibly a Le Sabre, late 1990s model with tinted windows and a paper plate with unknown numbers.


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John B. Gordon (* 30. Mai 1939 in New York City; † 2003) war ein amerikanischer Posaunist des Modern Jazz.

Leben und Wirken
Gordon lernte das Posaunenspiel in der Schule und nahm später Privatstunden. Er begann in Rhythm & Blues-Bands, bevor er bei Lionel Hampton und bei Lloyd Price spielte. In den 1960er und 1970er Jahren arbeitete er in Broadwayorchestern, trat aber auch bei Clark Terry, Count Basie, Frank Foster, Charles Tolliver und Howard McGhee hervor. 1975 nahm er in Sextettbesetzung mit Charles Tolliver, Roland Alexander, Stanley Cowell, Lisle Atkinson und Andrew Cyrille sein Debütalbum Step By Step auf, das bei Strata-East Records erschien, gefolgt von Erotica Suite (1976), mit Waymon Reed, James Spaulding, John Miller (Keyboards), Lisle Atkinson und Frank Derrick. 1987 spielte er mit Al Grey bzw. Benny Powell und Fred Joiner und einer Rhythmusgruppe als Trombones Incorporated. Dann gründete er mit Grey, Lou Blackburn und Slide Hampton die Gruppe Trombones Unlimited, mit der er international auf Tourneen ging. Später entstand daraus der Trombone Summit. Er spielte auch mit Thilo Berg und ist auch auf Aufnahmen von Axel Zwingenberger mit Lionel Hampton und dessen Band (1982) zu hören. 1992 legte er bei Chiaroscuro Records das Album John Gordon Quartett vor, das er mit Kevin Hays, Scott Colley und Bill Stewart eingespielt hatte. Im Bereich des Jazz war er zwischen 1969 und 2001 an 21 Aufnahmesessions beteiligt, zuletzt mit dem Nancie Banks Orchestra, dem er seit den frühen 1990er-Jahren angehört hatte.

Andrew Cyrille widmete ihm das Stück "Proximity".

Diskographische Hinweise
 Step by Step (1975)
 Trombones Incorporated No Tricks, No Gimmicks
 Trombones Unlimited Live in Concert (1995)

Literatur
 Martin Kunzler: Jazz-Lexikon. Band 1: A–L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Bd. 16512). 2. Auflage. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0.
 Otto Flückiger, John Gordon: N.Y.C. Trombone Master: Biography-Discography Jazz Profile 1982.

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Jazz-Posaunist
Komponist (Jazz)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1939
Gestorben 2003
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Dr Guy Leschziner is a busy man. He is a consultant neurologist at several London Hospitals, clinical lead for the Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's Hospital, one of Europe's largest sleep units and Reader in Neurology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London . He has also written a beautiful and interesting book, deserving a place on the bookshelves, not only of insomniacs, but also those who like stories, science, and want a greater understanding of the human psyche. I read it straight through, on a train from Cornwall, and was sorry when it ended. That's a treatment I usually reserve for novels.
There's another thing about Guy Leschziner, and it almost feels as though I am breaking a taboo to say it. He's a nice man. I am fed up with authors whose works knock others, who use "humour" to belittle, whose grandiosity interferes with their ability to appreciate others. Our world needs more kindness, compassion and tolerance, and it seems to me that Guy Leshziner has this, that he listens, and uses his considerable intelligence to seek understanding and explain. To me, this ability has greater benefits than just making us feel better: it engenders trust, so that information flows faster and more easily, diagnosis is more accurate and patient satisfaction improves. Not surprising that it was he, rather the many doctors who had gone before, who discovered that the client referred to the clinic when his girlfriend reported him saying frightening and abusive things in his sleep was actually the victim of a lying partner.
If I had a sleeping problem I'd consider myself lucky to end up at the clinic at Guy's Hospital.
So what about the book? From the beginning I was conscious of my own pleasure in reading it. I am a sucker for hardbacks anyway, but this is particularly nice example. I liked the author's use of language, its layout, the paper quality, and its authenticity. Perhaps the unusual care spent on a book in this price range is a result of the bidding war for the rights, won by Simon and Schuster. Sleep is big business. Matthew Walker's "Why we Sleep" has shown publishers the size of the potential market.
Martha Kearney, quoted on the cover, describes the book as "in the tradition of Oliver Sacks", and indeed it is. Subtitled "tales of nightmares and neuroscience" it is made up of stories intertwined with teaching and insights, which seem to hark back to an earlier age. I can almost smell the bees waxed oak furniture of the early 20th century consulting room. I remember the impact of Oliver Sacks 1985 book. Everyone I knew had a well-read copy, and yet those reading were unlikely to mistake their wife for a hat: we were curious, voyeurs, largely untouched by the phenomena described by Dr Sacks. In contrast, Dr Leschziner is writing about poor sleep, an issue experienced by most of us at some time in our lives. One in ten adults is a chronic insomniac. He describes extreme examples: a 79 year old woman togging up, unlocking her motorbike, and driving off in the middle of the night, waking in the morning without any recall of a trip undertaken when her conscious brain was still asleep; a middle aged man with such a pattern of sleep eating that locking his fridge results in him eating his parrot's birdseed. (I was glad that he didn't eat the parrot). At the same time, there is plenty of content with which the average insomniac will identify. Some solace, in that some of the problems encountered are overcome, but this is not a "how to" book. It does not offer solutions, other than as understandings that may arise from the case histories (stories) presented.
As for the "stories", I hate most popular self-help/health books. I loathe the case studies written in the same false voice, the packaged people put in boxes. It is a pleasure to hear individual voices in these stories. This book is a page-turner, and that is because the people described have their own individual character, and as readers, we care about them. As for the nature of the problems they experience, these include narcolepsy, epilepsy, sleepwalking, Kleine-Levin syndrome, REM parasomnias, REM sleep behaviour disorder and restless legs. This book should end any notion that sleep is the brain switching off. Rather it is a series of powerful brain states that are disassociated from consciousness, and when things go wrong repercussions can be dramatic. Sleep involves different parts of the brain and occasionally some parts of the brain (e.g. those that regulate movement) can be awake, whilst others (rational thinking and memory) are asleep.
Whilst we know much more about sleep and the brain than we did a few decades ago, I am most struck by how much we still don't know, and how inadequate our tools to detect the operations of the sleeping brain. EEG equipment was first developed in 1926, and the first functional MRI scanner was built in the 1970s. EEG data, collected via electrodes glued to the scalp, is awkward and time consuming to generate and provides only gross information of the electrical activity between points measured. MRI scanners are expensive, noisy and confined spaces, not conducive to sleep. Accelerometer data, as collected by our Fitbit, can provide some insights, but is not a very good guide as to non-REM sleep states. . We need more detail, easily collected, for a better picture of the brain aberrations that cause unusual sleep behaviour. Until then the human skills of Dr Leschzinger and his colleagues are vital in diagnosing causes and determining potential treatments for the sleep problems a that are prevalent, disturbing and expensive in today's world. I wish Dr Laschzinger many more stories, preferably with happy endings.


TAKOMA PARK — The Takoma Park City Council passed its FY2018-2019 budget Wednesday evening with a unanimous vote.
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Takoma Park held a presentation on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018, introducing new expenses and possible changes, including an increase to the city's stormwater fee.
ROCKVILLE – Questions about fair and equitable pay remain in the city despite the recent completion of the long-awaited compensation and classification study.


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Q: grant program more access Is there any way to grant  My Software full access on it's folder in Program Files,When I run windows Vista or Windows 7 and UAC is enabled?
My application can not write or delete it's files in Program File!
regards

A: Writing in the programs file folder is bad programming practice, that is the reason Microsoft made it so hard to do. Once the program has been set up it should never touch the program files directory unless it is being patched. If you need to save data it should be written to the folder
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How do I love thee, Tessa Farm to Fork? Let me count the ways. This place is less than a mile from my house and one of my new favorite restaurants in Greensboro. Tessa specializes in seasonal menus featuring locally sourced ingredients. Prices are reasonable, the space is bright and quaint, it's simple yet elegant. Service is great, and you can tell management knows what they're doing. I am so excited for them to be entering in their 8th month and can't wait to taste more from them.
Menus change fairly frequently, so I'll recap some of what I've sampled over the past month. At lunch, the Hickory Nut Gap Pulled Pork Sandwich piles a huge mound of savory pulled pork onto a brioche bun, where one side is slathered with whole grain mustard, and one side is spread with tangy blackberry jam. I adore the sweet and savory flavor combo this creates. Finally, a place that understands my condiment obsession! Sides are exciting, ranging from Broccoli and Bacon Salad to Curried Zucchini and Onions.
The Candied Beet Salad does honor to the vegetable, adding pickled onion, Thai basil and cashews for an Asian flare. When you add grilled shrimp, you get 7, and they have a nice charred flavor. The Seasonal Berry Salad combines plump blackberries and blueberries with almond chevre cheese and pork belly batons - a chewy and smoky "crouton". Tessa's housemade dressings are a nice change from your standard restaurant options. Orange, Carrot & Ginger or Cilantro & Sundrop anyone? Kudos to the chefs for thinking up such fun combos!
At dinner, Shrimp Tacos can be tempura or grilled (I prefer the latter) and chipotle greens (I'm thinking swiss chard) and a citrus aioli fill the corn tortilla. The greens could have been cooked a little longer, but who am I kidding? I'm a shredded iceberg lettuce on a taco kind of gal, and these are definitely more upscale. The Lemongrass and Purple Garlic Braised Beef is really just a tender beef brisket. Lots of savory flavor, but I missed the earthiness and umami from the promised ingredients. The cilantro, pickled onions, peanuts and butternut squash fries definitely made this dish exciting though!
Brunch is killer, most notably the specials. I'm talking a Fried Oyster Benedict with 6 crispy oysters on a soft, buttery biscuit, topped with fried eggs and pico de gallo. This is one of the best brunch items I have ever had. I appreciated the biscuit over an english muffin, and fried oysters > Canadian bacon any day. Most entrees are served with roasted potatoes, like fried potato cubes, sprinkled with sea salt, and a housemade molasses-ey ketchup. Scrumptious.
Weekday breakfast begins at 7:30am, Tuesday - Friday. I order Huevos Rancheros whenever it's an option, and Tessa's rendition is excellent: housemade chorizo, pico de gallo, refried black beans, queso fresco and sunny side up eggs between a crisp tostada? This is my heaven. Pancakes are thin and not too sweet, so you don't feel guilty having 1 or 2. You even get complimentary seasonal mini muffins. This is the best place to start your day.
The pastry chef at Tessa slays desserts. Caramel Banana Cake is a pound cake studded with walnuts, and glazed with a light caramel sauce. The Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake with cream cheese frosting is adorned with a brown butter, salted shortbread cookie. It's insanely good. Check out the chalkboard for rotating options.
Beauty in simplicity and local, is what Tessa does best. I strongly suggest you check it out as quickly as possible.


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Diocese concludes Jubilee Year with Advent Vespers Service
GREEN BAY — The Diocese of Green Bay celebrated the closing of its 150th anniversary on Dec. 9 with a Jubilee Vespers at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. It was the last of 12 jubilee year celebrations held this year at the cathedral.
Bishop David Ricken welcomed men and women religious serving in the Diocese of Green Bay to the diocese's mother church for the Advent vespers service. He was joined in the cathedral sanctuary by Norbertine Abbot Dane Radecki and Deacon Peter Gard.
Two candles on an Advent wreath are lit during a Jubilee Vespers Service Dec. 9, the second Sunday of Advent. The service at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral marked the conclusion of the Diocese of Green Bay's 150th anniversary. (Sam Lucero | The Compass)
Among the religious communities represented at the vespers were the Franciscans of the Assumption BVM Province; the Norbertine Community of St. Norbert Abbey; the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross, A New Genesis and the Missionaries of the Word.
Michael Poradek, director of Divine Worship for the Diocese of Green Bay, coordinated the Jubilee 150 celebrations for the diocese.
"Over the past few months, we have highlighted numerous members, groups and ministries in our diocese, especially those we may not directly recognize often enough throughout the year," he said. "We end the Jubilee Year with our religious communities, who make a tremendous impact day in and day out in prayer and outreach. They have served in a tremendous role in our diocese throughout the past 150 years and we look forward to their continued witness and ministry as we move to the next 150 years of faith and discipleship."
According to Poradek, concluding the jubilee year with Advent vespers was fitting, since similar Advent evening prayer services have been held in recent years.
"It allowed us the great opportunity to end (the jubilee) with this celebration, as we begin our new liturgical year and recognize that, while the Jubilee Year of 2018 is over, we now look to the future of our local church in anticipation for where the Holy Spirit will continue to guide us, rooted in prayer and unity," he said.
Members of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity participate in the Dec. 9 Jubilee Vespers Service at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. The liturgy, marking the close of the diocese's 150th anniversary, honored religious communities of men and women that have served in the diocese. (Sam Lucero | The Compass)
Bishop Ricken also gave the assembly a brief background on the monthly jubilee celebrations.
"They have been very joyful Masses and occasions of celebration," he said, "especially in that we were able to reach out to people who are often not recognized, and to tell them how grateful we are and to thank God for their ministries, their presence in the diocese."
"This is our 12th and last jubilee celebration today and it's a joy to be with all of the religious and to pray vespers this evening in gratitude for your presence and your witness," Bishop Ricken told the assembly. "Thank you so much to every one of you and we remember at this vespers all of those who have gone before you and have made such a vast contribution to the life and joy of the Gospel here in northeast Wisconsin."
He said that one reason he enjoys solemn vespers on Sundays during Advent "is that they remind me of the most important elements of our Advent journey."
"Silence is one of the features of this season, especially when winter is alive and brings a hushed stillness and silence that reminds us of the transitions and yearning for the birth of our savior," he said.
In quoting Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Bishop Ricken said, "If we do not understand the place of silence, we run the risk of bypassing the word of God itself."
"So during these days before Christmas, we can spend some time in praise and worship in honor of God and in quiet simplicity, thanking him for our 150 years of the blessing of consecrated and religious life here in our diocese," said Bishop Ricken. "We are his servants, and sometimes in silence, in the empty spaces between the notes of activity in our lives, that's where we truly discover God walking with us."
Following vespers, religious community members were invited to a reception in the Bishop Wycislo Center. Tours of the cathedral were also available for guests.
VIEW MORE PHOTOS: To view additional photos from the Jubilee Vespers, visit our Flickr photo album.
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ADULTRY KIDDING is similar and different at the same time.
For some people, electronica music is all the same, though Houston's ADULTRY KIDDING waste no time in proving that's not the case. On their recently released album Psalm 91, they keep what you might know about the genre, and add their own twist to it.
Opening with the varying synth clusters of "Feed The Clone," the duo make no apologies for keeping things dark with twists of pop thrown in. They go heavier on the second track "Antimatter," where their dark electronica is interspersed with elements of synth pop, though things stay darker than poppy.
The fourth track, "Don't Fret" is in many ways, the glue to this release, in that it contains many of the elements from all of the tracks on one song. Though only a couple of minutes long, the mix of dark electronica, dance pop, and synth pop come together to form a hard to forget song. They take things a bit more slowly on "Aquarium," before heading back into the darkness on "Black Holes." The electronics are written by Devin Finch while Gabby Mendoza provides the sultry vocals.
The darkness of "My Body" is intertwined with elements of '80s new wave synthesizers, and modern electronica to hone one of the most interesting compositions of the album before they close things off with the dark and almost brooding notes of "Erase From The Code."
You can stream Psalm 91 on all platforms, or purchase it or one of the other three albums ADULTRY KIDDING have released this year on the duo's Bandcamp. With no live shows on tap, you can follow them on Facebook to see what their next move will be.


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If a Guy Is Jealous, Does That Mean He Still Has Feelings for Me?
by Alexandra Yellin
Jealousy is a complex emotion, a combination of fear and anxiety. It is difficult to say whether jealousy in an ex indicates that he still cares for you. And determining this depends greatly on how your ex is portraying his jealousy, and what your relationship with him was like. Jealousy alone is an emotion, and thus your ex is still feeling something towards you. However, a few considerations may help you determine if he might still carry a torch for you.
Envy vs. Jealousy
Jealousy and envy can be difficult to distinguish. Jealousy is anxiety and suspicion that stems from fear of loss, or being replaced by someone else. Envy is coveting something another person possesses. When you are envious, you want something that someone else has. As envy is a sense of longing, if an ex is envious of your new beau he may have feelings for you. But jealousy is not so simple. A jealous ex is feeling anxious over the thought of being replaced, but this does not necessarily indicate that he still has feelings for you.
How to Recognize Jealousy
Men tend to portray jealousy in strange ways. Your ex might abruptly pick fights with you, or with your new boyfriend, and act anxious and angry. Or, on the contrary, he might suddenly seek your attention more often, even pursue a romantic relationship with you again. Or, he may strut a new girlfriend out in front of you and brag of new sexual exploits, in an attempt to make you jealous as well. Any of these behaviors could mean that he's jealous.
Fear, Ego and Humiliation
Jealousy occurs for several reasons. Fear of losing something he once possessed -- for example, you -- can cause jealousy. Another is ego. When a man sees a former lover with someone new, he sometimes feels he must prove his manliness by acting unduly aggressive. This is linked to the final cause of jealousy: humiliation. When you find yourself with a new man, your former beau may experience a deep sense of humiliation, a blow to his ego. Since jealousy is motivated by shame, the self-protective response of expressing anger can be triggered, notes psychologist Donald Nathanson.
Wanting What You Cannot Have
People want what they cannot have for three reasons: heightened attention, perceived scarcity, and psychological "reactance," notes psychologist Pauline Wallin. First, when something is hard to get or forbidden, you may automatically pay more attention to it. Next, when something is in short supply -- to your ex, that's you -- its perceived value increases. Then finally, there's the childlike reaction in people when they are told they cannot have something and immediately want it more.
Diffen: Defining Envy and Jealousy
Psychology Today: Jealousy and Envy: The Emotions of Comparison and Contrast
Self Growth: Why You Want What You Cannot Have
University of Minnesotta: Romantic Jealousy
Psych Central: 8 Ways to Overcome Jealousy and Envy
Alexandra Yellin works in communications and development at a nonprofit in Boston that provides services to individuals with psychological disorders and developmental disabilities. She has worked as a full-time assistant teacher in hospitals in London and Boston, and as a researcher and writer in the developmental psychology field.
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By 17 months, Olive was able to recite her numbers from 1 to 10 and a little more, in 3 different languages, and also a third of the alphabets but colours aren't quite her thing yet. When asked the colour of an object, Olive's favourite answer is blue, sometimes purple.
So I tried a little colour-sorting activity with her. Drew some boxes and labelled each box a different colour so that we could place objects we find in the house in their corresponding colours.
Nope, not at all for her. She got bored real quick and made her point by introducing other play activities for us instead, all the time pretending that this DIY activity sheet was covered by an invisibility cloak.
Looks like mama has to come up with better ideas.
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Thousands of people have attended four back-to-back funerals for a group of young men killed in a road crash in Co Donegal.
An 80-year-old pensioner has died after she was hit by a car on Tuesday afternoon.
A 48-year-old man has died after he was hit by a car on the Andersontown Road.
51-year-old John Winton died following a road traffic collision with a bin lorry in Co Londonderry.
A man in his 50s has died after he was involved in a single vehicle crash on the Carnreagh Road, Castlewellan.
It happened on Monday morning at between 9.30 and 10am.
Police are appealing for witnesses who were travelling on the Carnreagh Road around that time and who saw a purple coloured Isuzu pick-up truck and trailer, to contact them at Sprucefield on 101, quoting reference number 297 for 4/12/17.
The road was closed for a number of hours but has since re-opened.
A pedestrian has been hit by a car on the Limavady Road Londonderry.
The road has been temporarily closed.
Diversions are in place between King Street and Caw Roundabout.
Police have been dealing with a six-vehicle collision on the M1 city bound close to Lisburn.
One lane city-bound had been closed between Junction six at Saintfield Road and Ballyskeagh.
A cyclist in his 20s remains in a critical condition in hospital after a collision with a van on Thursday morning.
The crash happened on the Glenshane Road near Maghera at around 8:30am.
The driver of the Transit van was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily injury by careless driving. He has since been released on bail, pending further enquiries.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses who were on the Glenshane Road between 8.10 and 8.30am on Thursday to contact them on 101, quoting reference number 225 for 16/11/17.
A woman arrested after a crash in Scarva that left an elderly woman in hospital has been released.
The collision occurred at around 11.30am on Saturday on the Scarva Road close to Banbridge.
A woman in her 80's was airlifted to hospital for treatment, though her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Several others were treated for minor injuries.
A man in his 30's has died after the car he was in collided with a lorry in Toombebridge, Co Antrim.
The driver of the car, also in his 30s is in a critical condition, while the driver of the lorry was not injured in the crash.
It happened at around 7am on Wednesday on the Roguery Road, a portion of which was closed, but has now been re-opened.
Inspector Trevor Atkinson is appealing for anyone who was travelling on the Roguery Road around that time and who witnessed the collision to contact local officers in Ballymena or the Collision Investigation Unit on 101 quoting reference 167 08/11/17.


by Graham Towl and David Crighton. With a Foreword by Lord Toby Harris.
The definitive guide from two leading authors central to developments in the field. An invaluable book which covers everything from theoretical and community research to precisely what is known about prisoners and the risk of their completing suicide. Covers the Harris Review and Government Response to it as well as the stance of politicians, reform groups and other leading experts on what in 2017 is an escalating problem for UK prisons. Contains analysis and data from over 30 years, bringing together key knowledge and information at a critical time of concern and attention.
'This work is a major contribution to the study of prison suicide... a resource for all those concerned with reducing prisoner suicides. It can be recommended as just that'-- Independent Monitor.
'A comprehensive overview ... balancing pragmatic analysis with a humane appeal for this issue to be given the attention and resources it deserves and needs.. a practical book that contains real and grounded guidance and direction for the prison service and the politicians who resource it... an accessible and irrefutable case for how prisons themselves might start to do things differently'-- Probation Journal.
'A superb publication and coming at exactly the right time. This book cuts through the rhetoric with a forensic analysis of the problems coupled with practical, low cost and rapidly achievable recommendations. It makes for uncomfortable but essential reading for all those responsible for the policy and practice of suicide prevention'— John Podmore, International Prisons Consultant and former prison governor.
a call to arms for those working in penal research, policy and practice'— Philippa Tomczak PhD. Criminology Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Sheffield; Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow.
A book for practitioners, policy-makers, researchers and students alike'— Carol Robinson, University of York.
'An important book about a subject that receives too little attention'—John Bateson, San Francisco, author and former suicide prevention counsellor.
'Suicide in Prisons not only provides a unique platform where psychological theory and research meet, but also goes one step further, and puts the emphasis on the role of practitioners in the implementation of empirical findings in their everyday work. Written in a very clear, coherent and accessible way, this book is a, 'must-have' for everyone who works with prisoners'— Joanna Golec, MA in Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Professor David A. Crighton is a Consultant Psychologist and Hon. Professor of Psychology at Durham University (UK). Professor Graham J. Towl is Professor of Forensic Psychology at Durham University and Visiting Clinical Professor at Newcastle University (UK). He is the joint author of the award-winning Preventing Self-injury and Suicide in Women's Prisons (Waterside Press, 2016).
Lord Toby Harris was Chair of the critically placed Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody and Chair of the NOMS review into self-inflicted deaths in its custody (The Harris Review) 2009-2015.
All author proceeds go to the Samaritans.
Alternative format ISBNs: PDF ebook ISBN 9781910979303. EPUB / Kindle ebook ISBN 9781910979297.


Clifford L. Towles, 87, Oblong, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, Decemebr 26, 2018 at his residence in Oblong.
He was born on August 28, 1931 in Edgewood, IL. He was the son of Lester and Velma Fern (Moreland) Towles. On November 18, 1957 he married Evelyn (Hardsock) Towles who preceded him in death on April 18, 2011.
Clifford was a Journeyman / Lineman with CIPS and Ameren utility companies retiring from Ameren in 1994. He was a graduate of Altamont, IL high school. Clifford served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the Oblong Fire Department for many years until his health would not allow him to continue. He was also a member of the Yale Church of Christ and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Clifford enjoyed woodworking, fishing, motorcycles; he could ride anything with wheels and working on anything that was mechanical. Most of all Clifford enjoyed helping people and the time he spent with his family.
Clifford is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Gale and Debbie Towles of Charlotte, N.C. and Allan and Cibyll Towles of Robinson; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sue and Jim Spencer of Yale and Anita and Todd Atkins of Oblong; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and two in the oven; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Darrel Towles of Greenwood, IN and Glen and Joann Towles of Atlanta, GA; two sisters, Lois Sporleder of Farina and Peggy Eident of Effingham, as well as several nieces and nephews.
Preceding Clifford in death were his parents; wife; daughter Martha Kay Towles and a sister Wyvonne Winters.


Caroline's goal with Dog Joy is to raise awareness and raise money for dog rescue organizations, and to that end, over $2,000 has been raised by sales of Dog Joy and awarded to several of the organizations featured in the book.
From the very start, she wanted to donate 100% of the profits from the sale of Dog Joy goes to supporting a number of the rescue organizations featured in the book. The only expense covered is the cost of publishing the book – the rest of the money goes directly to the dogs, and as she sells more books, she will be able to donate more money.
You can read more about these donations here.
Caroline also donate copies of Dog Joy to rescue and shelter organizations in the book, so that they may sell them at events, fairs, etc. and keep 100% of the proceeds.


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Local Teens Make Washington International Horse Show Work
Show engages local teenagers to brainstorm, help with Kids' Day, Barn Night and more.
Washington International Horse Show welcomes 37 local teens attending schools in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. to serve on the 2019 WIHS Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. WIHS is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com. Photo courtesy of WIHS
Photo courtesy of WIHS
Maya Aryal, 15, of Fairfax, attends Oakton High School and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Julianne Karol, 14, of Alexandria attends St. Stephens and St. Agnes School and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Claire Jones, 14, of Herndon attends Herndon High School, and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Andrew Morin, 16, of McLean attends Langley High School and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Kendall Schuler, 15, of Great Falls attends Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac, and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Hanna Sing, 15, of McLean attends Sidwell Friends School, and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Katie Solomons, 17, of Fairfax Station attends Lake Braddock Secondary School, and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
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Lauren Weirmanski, 15, of Fairfax Station attends South County High School, and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Kayla Wolfe, 16, of Burke attends Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Abbie Olmsted, 14, of Potomac attends Winston Churchill High School and was selected to serve on the 2019 Washington International Horse Show Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
Erin Gill is the Youth Ambassador for the 2019 Washington International Horse Show. She is 17, from Reston and attends South Lakes High School. The show is Oct 22-27; see www.wihs.com.
The Washington International Horse Show, which will present its 61st event at Capital One Arena October 22-27, announced that Erin Gill of Reston has been selected as the 2019 Youth Ambassador. WIHS also welcomes 37 local teens attending schools in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. to serve on the 2019 WIHS Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics.
"The WIHS Junior Committee & Youth Ambassador Program represents the heart of the show," said WIHS President Vicki Lowell. "These motivated teens are passionate about horse sports, and that's what brings them to us, but they're also great students and actively involved in giving back to the local community. We appreciate their creativity and teamwork in helping make WIHS such an exciting and special event every year."
The WIHS Youth Ambassador holds a leadership role as chair of the Junior Committee and represents the show's youth perspective to the media. Gill wanted to be Youth Ambassador "because I really love the show, and I've loved being on the Junior Committee." She said she wants to be the kind of Youth Ambassador she herself had over the past few years.
Working alongside WIHS staff, the Junior Committee members participate in show planning and brainstorming, "meeting every month up until the show to help with themes for Kids' Day, Barn Night, and for merchandise," says Gill.
Gill, who first joined in the Junior Committee in 2016, details the value this passionate and motivated group of equestrians brings to each year's WIHS. "We contribute to the show happening. We run Kids' Day, making sure that all the kids are going in the right direction," she says. "We run all the booths for them: pony rides booth, the cupcake stand from Georgetown Cupcakes."
The WIHS Junior Committee "is a lot of fun and a great way to meet new people," says Gill. "People who are at horse shows can sometimes be a little intimidating," she says, noting that many of the individuals there are going to be her competitors in the ring, "but the Junior Committee really brings us all together.
"We're a team, and we have to work together to achieve this common goal that is the horse show. It makes us all closer. We're a really nice family."
Gill's love of horses began at a very young age. She first sat on a horse in Ireland when she was two years old, "and I haven't turned back since," she says. "I started riding at Stoneridge Farm in Great Falls, Va., when I was four. I rode and showed various horses and ponies until I was in the sixth grade."
"Since then, I have been showing at both the local and A-circuit levels in the Children's Hunters, Junior Hunters, Thoroughbred Hunters, and various other divisions."
Gill brings a thoughtful maturity of purpose and perspective to both her riding and scholastic lives. She is especially astute in detailing the rider's responsibility to be in an appropriate mindset while riding. "You need to make yourself accountable for how you feel, because if you feel sad, your horse will pick up on it. And if you deny it, it'll only get worse. It helps you to realize your emotions: 'Well, maybe I am feeling this way,' which is helpful in riding because then you can work towards fixing it, and making the relationship with your horse even better, so that you can perform better."
This discipline "helps in a lot of other ways in daily life. With assignments in school, or with anything you want to do," she says. "It's practice, to put yourself in the right mindset for other things in your life."
Supporting the Youth Ambassador and Junior Committee in their academic pursuits is Signature Academics. "We are delighted to return for the third year as sponsor of the WIHS Junior Committee," said Wendy Salomon, Executive Director of Signature Academics, a provider of educational services for student athletes, including one-to-one fully accredited school in Wellington, Fla.
Since 2014, Salomon, an avid equestrian herself, and her Signature team have been teaching equestrian student-athletes year-round in Wellington, seasonally in Ocala, Fla., and at major national horse shows, including Washington. "We specialize in supporting equestrian student-athletes who place a high value on education," says Salomon. "Our goal is to provide peace of mind to students and families that academic achievement remains the number one priority, even in the face of non-stop training, traveling, and competition."
Local members of the WIHS Junior Committee
Maya Aryal, 15, Hometown – Fairfax. Oakton High School
Julianne Karol, 14, Hometown – Alexandria. St. Stephens and St. Agnes School
Claire Jones, 14, Hometown – Herndon. Herndon High School
Andrew Morin, 16, Hometown – McLean. Langley High School
Kendall Schuler, 15, Hometown – Great Falls. Connelly School of the Holy Child
Hanna Sing, 15, Hometown – McLean. Sidwell Friends School
Katie Solomons, 17, Hometown – Fairfax Station. Lake Braddock Secondary School
Lauren Weirmanski, 15, Hometown – Fairfax Station. South County High School
Kayla Wolfe, 16, Hometown – Burke. Bishop Ireton High School
Abbie Olmsted, 14, Hometown – Potomac. Winston Churchill High School
Erin Gill (Youth Ambassador), 17, Hometown – Reston. South Lakes High School
About the Washington International Horse Show
Established in 1958, the Washington International Horse Show is one of North America's most prestigious equestrian events attracting more than 26,000 spectators annually to Washington, D.C., for Olympic-level competition plus community and charity events. More than 500 top horses and riders arrive from all over the globe to jump for more than a half a million dollars in prize money.
Madeira Student Named Horse Show Youth Ambassador
Elizabeth Kruse Leads WIHS Junior Committee as Youth Ambassador
Junior Committee: Work Horses


I met Agnetha Henne on a Facebook group for homeopaths. She makes these beautiful bags that protect homeopathic remedies and anything you want to put in them, from the destructive properties of mobile phone radiation, also known as EMF (electromagnetic field). She even has bags for your phone, to protect you from the destructive properties of mobile phone radiation. They are beautiful and reasonably priced. I like the simple beauty and logic behind her bags. I am sharing them with you.
Once my friends knew that I had a homeopathic first aid kit, they often asked me if I had it with me as they needed one remedy or the other. So I soon made a habit of taking the kit with me wherever I went. But my dilemma was that I was pretty certain that cell phone radiation has a negative impact on remedies, seeing that it is hazardous to our health. And even if I didn't have a cell phone on me, all the people around me certainly had theirs switched on. So I found this special fabric (which is actually fabric for curtains), bought a meter, cut it into small strips, bought some nice colored fabric for the outside and a few zips and sewed the fabrics together again. Because I had to buy a meter, I sewed a few more bags to see if others were interested, too and to my surprise, they sold quite quickly. So the next time I bought four meters … and the rest is, well, not history, but my business. And then I thought: Well, now I'm protecting my remedies, but what about myself, and particularly my brain!? Although I'm usually not too sensitive for external influences, I always get a slight pressure in my head when I'm making a call with my cell phone, even if it's only for 30 seconds. So that's when I decided to make special pouches for mobile phones. Visit Agnetha's website.
These special bags are made of fun outer colors and an inner fabric that contains silver threads. Silver is not only antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-fungal, but it also repels electromagnetic radiation (cell phone radiation, TV, radio, WiFi, microwave radiation, etc.). However, they do NOT protect the homeopathic remedies/flower essences/gemstones/ etc from x-rays! The large ones (roughly 21x20cm) are large enough to fit a standard-sized homeopathic first-aid-kit. The small ones (about 11×9,5cm) are the perfect size for a few vials of remedies. Custom sizes/colors are available. To order a remedy bag, go to Agnetha's website. Learn how to care for homeopathic remedies.
These mobile phone pouches have the protective, silver threaded material on one side only so that your mobile phone still has reception, but your body is protected as one wears it with the protective side towards the body. The cool thing: If you want to take/make a call, you connect and then put it back into the pouch and again, you hold it with the protective side towards your ear. This way you can hear the other person perfectly (and vice versa) but your brain is protected from the hazardous radiation for up to 70%! The bags are "color-coded" so that you know instantly which side is which. Usually, the protective side is plain and the other one is more colorful. Or for the gentlemen: I can offer two different blues/greys/reds, etc. The pouches can fit any mobile that measures roughly up to 7x14cm (iPhones, etc). custom sizes/colors are available. To order a phone pouch, go to Agnetha's website.
Here is a short video explaining what mobile phone radiation does to your brain. Here's some good info from Dr. Mercola.
Here is a brilliant research article proving that electromagnetic radiation (to which mobile phone radiation belongs) has a negative effect on homeopathic remedies.
Learn 10 Ways to use cell phones safely.
If you have questions about taking a homeopathic remedy or need help understanding how to use a particular type of container, please, contact Myra. To find out what homeopathy can do for you contact Myra to schedule a 30-Minute Homeopathic Wellness Assessment. Sign up for monthly news & tips.
Copyright © 2015–2019, Myra Nissen.


There are plenty of well-known model names in the Stevens portfolio, including China's Trumpeter, whose current range of kits was on display at iHobby Expo 2013, as was a test shot of the upcoming 1:200 scale USS Missouri battleship, due for release in November 2013, and seen (below) in the glass display stand.
Judging from what was visible, the kit will make a spectacular finished model, with more than 1573 components, including 11 photo-etch frets, a two-piece main hull, complete gunnery suite, recon seaplanes, decals and stand. It won't be cheap mind, with an expected US price of $479.95. But for keen ship modellers, it'll make a fine display piece.
Stevens also imports the Haynes 1:4 scale four-cylinder car engine (above). This was originally a Humbrol kit, but is currently available in the UK under the Airfix name. Haynes is an established name in the US, as it also publishes workshop manuals for many US cars. There will be a Haynes 1:4 scale V-8 model coming soon (below) and this seems to be a new-tool production, not a reissue of the classic kit from Renwal.
Stevens distributes HK Models' large-scale World War II bombers and the excellent 1:32 scale B-17 and B-25 (below) topped off the impressive stand. If you have room for them, these are excellent kits, and the upcoming Avro Lancaster looks to be every bit as good - and even bigger!
Alclad specialist airbrush paints (below) are also handled by Stevens. There is an increasing problem with sending any paints, even non-spray paints, through the mail, so the usual recommendation these days is to visit a model show and buy your paints there.
For UK readers this could mean a trip to the huge and splendid Scale ModelWorld, the UK IPMS Nationals, which will be held at the Telford International Conference Centre over the weekend of November 9-10, 2013.
I can also recommend as an Alclad supplier one of SMN's supporters little-cars.com soon to be rebranded as modellingtoolforsale.com.
Stevens also imports a Hong Kong-based relative newcomer to the modelling world, Meng Model, with its small but intriguing range of military vehicles. One of the newest of these is the 1:35 scale D9R Armored Bulldozer, which includes a moveable dozer blade and ripper, full cab interior, workable tracks, and photo-etch components.
Interestingly, Meng uses dinosaur names for kit categories, the D9R Armored Bulldozer coming as part of the 'Stegosaurus Series', logical perhaps, given its armour-plated appearance.
The Trumpeter product range includes a 1:35 scale armoured train. Note also the 1:350 scale HMS Dreadnought and a pair of US Navy LCS Littoral Combat Ships.
A test shot for the upcoming HK Models 1:32 scale Gloster Meteor sat on a glass shelf above the Trumpeter Missouri.
Trumpeter's display included this 1:32 scale carrier-strike A-6 Intruder. Handsomely finished display models like this show off the best in today's kit technology.
Still in 1:32 scale, Special Hobby showed a good range of kits, with an X-15-1 looking particularly tempting. The smaller 1:72 scale range at the bottom included a model rarity, the World War II F-82 Twin Mustang.
HK B-17G Flying Fortress here.


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A computation tree is a representation for the computation steps of a non-deterministic Turing machine on a specified input. A computation tree is a rooted tree of nodes and edges. Each node in the tree represents a single computational state, while each edge represents a transition to the next possible computation. The number of nodes of the tree is the size of the tree and the length of the path from the root to a given node is the depth of the node. The largest depth of an output node is the depth of the tree. The leaves of the tree are called output nodes.

In a computation tree for a decision problem, each output node is labeled Yes or No. If a tree, T, with an input space X, if  and the path for x ends in node labeled yes, then the input x is accepted. Else it is rejected.

The depth of the computation tree for a given input is the computation time for the Turing machine on that input.

Computation trees have also been used to study the computational complexity of problems in computational geometry and  real number calculations.

References

Computational complexity theory


Mongoose is a great object modeler for NodeJS -- saves us countless hours of writing the same boilerplate code which we would inadvertently litter with typos and bugs.
The process is simple, define a model, save that model, then finally call that model get an object.
There is one caveat which was not clear to me which is now. That onject when it comes back is not JSON.
When the Mongoose object was coming back I was treating it like JSON, trying to just add another property into it. The end result was a silent error and one fustrated developer.
The fix is simple, just convert the object to JSON, but be fore warned any functions inside that Mongoose objects will be discarded.


Nice to hear about our new Host. For one who admits to being 'uncomfortable' with a mic, I'd say you did quite well! Looking forward to the next episode. Best of luck!
Thank you Rob! I'll get more comfortable and it'll be even better, that's just who I am! Cheers!


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Q: IP Don't fragment bit on Mac OS I am writing a file transferring program over TCP.
I want to set the don't fragment flag on IP
On a socket this is what I want to do:
int val = 1;
setsockopt(sd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_DONTFRAG, &val, sizeof(val));

However IP_DONTFRAG does not seem available on Mac OS.  Am I missing something? or did I forget to include it correctly?
Thanks in advance if anyone knows
--Sam

A: google brought up this: http://lists.apple.com/archives/macnetworkprog/2006/Jul/msg00014.html

A: The DF bit is typically used for path MTU (PMTU) discovery automatically by the operating system with TCP connections. If anything, you may have a socket option for disabling PMTU discovery which will have the effect of never setting DF (it's the IP_MTU_DISCOVER socket option on linux). If you leave PMTU discovery on, it will have the effect of always setting DF.
It wouldn't make sense to set/unset it on a packet-by-packet basis because you're using TCP and TCP operates on segments, not packets. If you want to set packet-level stuff, you need to use a lower-layer protocol.

A: The Don't Fragment bit is typically set on all TCP packets anyway.  You don't have to do any special to achieve this.

A: Looking at /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers it seems to be called IP_DF here:
netinet/ip.h
99:#define IP_DF 0x4000                    /* dont fragment flag */
netinet6/in6.h
547:#define IPV6_DONTFRAG           62 /* bool; disable IPv6 fragmentation */


National Aviation Academy is a nationally recognized Aviation Maintenance training school offering its graduates job placement assistance. The NAA program will prepare you for certification by the Federal Aviation Administration in this hands-on, expanding field in just 14-months. Financial Aid and Montgomery GI-Bill benefits available to those who qualify.
The Associate in Science Degree in Aviation Technology prepares men and women for professional careers in aviation maintenance. Graduates may seek employment with airlines, fixed base operators, or aircraft manufacturers. Nashua Community College is an FAA approved training facility. Students who complete this program will be prepared to apply for the FAA oral, written, and practical exams for the Airframe and Powerplant Technician License.


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Tag: Flemish literature in translation
Lacemakers in Fiction: 'Wit Leven' ('White Life', 1897) by Stijn Streuvels
By davidh
On 30th May 2017
In Flemish literature, Lacemakers in Fiction
We continue our posts on lacemakers in Flemish fiction with a look at Stijn Streuvels. Unlike almost all the other Flemish authors considered in this series, you can read some of the novels and stories by the prolific Streuvels in English. We don't know why, but British publishers from the nineteenth century onwards took little interest in the cultural production of the Flemish Movement, and not much more of Belgian literature in French. Even in the case of Streuvels, who twice came close to winning the Nobel Prize for literature, translations are rare. His Langs de Wegen (1902) was translated in 1936 by Edward Crankshaw as Old Jan; while De Vlasschard (1907) was translated as The Flaxfield by Peter Glassgold and André Lefevere in 1988. Both are quite hard to come by, and neither are primarily concerned with lacemakers. Streuvels' 1909 novella 'De Blijde Dag' is set among lacemaking girls in an orphanage, but this is not available in English. (The title translates as 'The Happy Day'; we should add that happiness is at best a relative concept for Streuvels, whose work might be characterised as pastoral fatalism.) That leaves the stories translated byAlexander Teixeira de Mattos and gathered together in a volume entitled The Path of Life (London: Unwins, 1915). This collection is available online for free, and it includes 'Wit Leven' which first appeared in Flemish in the literary modernist magazine Van Nu en Straks in 1897, and in English as 'White Life' in The English Review in 1912.
Stijn Streuvels, 1917. From the 'digitale bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren'
Streuvels, whose real name was Franciscus (Frank) Lateur (Courtrai 1871 – Ingooigem 1969) started his working life not as a pastry chef, like Frans Carrein, but as a village baker in Avelgem in West Flanders. He read voraciously in between his bread-making tasks, and taught himself numerous languages. (In later life he would translate the work of another baker-writer who had been raised among lacemakers, Maxim Gorky.) He only gave up the bakery in 1905 to dedicate himself to literature when his reputation as an anticlerical and a freethinker began to damage the family business. West Flanders was then a bastion of clerical authority. Streuvels maternal uncle was the priest-poet Guido Gezelle, almost unknown in Britain but in Belgium probably rated as the most important writer in Flemish. Gezelle, too, ran foul of the ecclesiastical authorities for his writings, but he chose obedience rather than resistance.
'White Life' we think rather a good title for a story about a lacemaker. Its heroine, Sofie, does indeed live her life in white – 'Her life flowed on as a little brook flows under grass on a Sunday noon in summer, flowed on in calm seclusion, far from the bustle of the crowd, secretly, steadily, uninterrupted save by ever-recurring little incidents, peacefully approaching old age.' She works in a whitewashed room with white curtains under a cap of white, and at night sleeps between white sheets under a canopy of white. A statue of the Virgin, clad in white watches from the wall, while a canary in a white cage is her only company. The canary and the geraniums at her window are almost the only splashes of colour in her existence (one day we might write a blog about lacemakers, canaries and geraniums). Her 'white and peaceful little soul' is innocent of anything but her daily tasks and piety. She lives almost like a nun, or a beguine, dividing her time between lacemaking and readings from Thomas à Kempis' The Imitation of Christ and saying her rosary.
Erzgebirge lacemakers by Gustav Zindel. Note the canary and the geraniums. Zindel (1883-1959) was a Czech-German painter and illustrator of folk life.
Lacemaking is part of her separation from the 'bustle of the crowd', for it draws her into a world in itself. Her pillow
'was her only amusement, her treasure: this half-rounded arch of smooth, blue paper on the wooden pillow-stool, occupied by a swarm of copper pins, with coloured-glass heads, and of finely-turned wooden bobbins, with slender necks and notched bodies, hanging side by side from fine white threads or heaped up behind a steel bodkin. All this array of pins, holes, drawers and trays had for her its own form and meaning, a small world in which she knew her way so well. Her deft white fingers knew how to throw, change, catch and pick up those bobbins so nimbly, so swiftly; she stuck her pins, which were to give the thread its lie and form, so accurately and surely; and, under her hand, the lace grew slowly and imperceptibly into a light thread network, grew with the leaves and flowers of her geraniums and phlox and the silent course of time.'
This peaceful if monotonous existence is interrupted when the grate on her stove needs mending and she takes it to the smith, Sander, next door. He has already made his presence known, hammering away in the background. But now he takes to calling in the evening, sharing a cup of coffee and a bit of a gossip about village affairs. His eyes are kindly and impish, the smell of his pipe makes such a change in her routine. And she begins to think 'that calm rest, in which she had once found such a pure delight, was now a heavy weariness', that an alteration that brought together two lonely people of mature years might do them both good. She could teach him the rosary. Sander too has ambitions towards matrimony. This envisioned idyll comes to a shocking end when the smith gets drunk celebrating the feast of Saint Eligius (Eloi, the patron of metalworkers). He breaks into Sofie's house and assaults her. Neighbours hearing her screams haul him off. But now not only her new dreams of companionship but also her old 'white life' have been 'stamped to pieces', and she has been left like a naked child freezing in the snow.
We did warn you that happiness was in short supply in Streuvels' Flanders.


White Scar Cave: Ian, Beth with Fay and other BCC (14th August 2010).
Many thanks to Fay for the invitation to join this Burnley meet, which proved to be such a delight that I recommend WRPC readers to join a future trip here.
A wet night in the north east had me fearing a cancellation and I packed a few ropes for an alternative trip, but with Beth up early for her paper round we were bang on time at the cave for 10, finding the welcome sight of cavers in various states of undress in a quiet corner of the car park in improving weather.
Hearing of the abundant water in the cave, we were well kitted out in neoprene, with Beth being particularly cosy in my semi-dry suit, whilst I had to make do with my slightly battered 5mm wetsuit jacket and tatty neoprene gloves, allowing my daughter to use my pristine pair.
A quick romp along the show cave path, with a detour to view Battlefield chamber, brought us to the end of the walkway, with lights illuminating the deep water beyond, where a choice of swimming or hauling along the fixed line led to a choke blockage. Going up to the roof proved to be the wrong option, with some horribly poised blocks suggesting a retreat to the water, where a couple of squeezes, basically following an orange dive line allowed the streamway to be regained. And what a streamway – reminiscent of a northern dales passage on a grand scale – rather like Weardale's finest – with jagged black rock soaring up to about 30 or 40 feet for much of the way and the occasional fine flowstone formation to make one pause in admiration.
Since our party of 8 had become 2 x 4 at the choke, Beth led our group, whilst we were unsure of whether Fay's band were ahead or behind, until pools of cloudy water and wet marks on boulders indicated that we were following them. Reaching deep water, where scaffold bars suggested a climb out, Beth swam across the pool and I followed, where the character of the passage gradually changed, to low and wetter, with a series of ducks leading to sections of more open passage before a very aqueous path to the sump with its dive line tied to a huge bollard. Tremendous fun and I was pleased to see that Beth absolutely loved the experience.
On the way out I had a climb up to admire the formations in the Straw Chamber – a fine collection of strangely transparent straws that are well worth a careful viewing, whilst also trying to figure out where the Sleepwalker Series began – not on the agenda for the day, although Fay recounted tales of a visit with Denis and Bri, with some scary chimney traverses – sounds good!
Beth and I were first out, enjoying the bizarre experience of swimming towards the bright lights of the show cave to plop onto the metal walkway to wait for the others. With the party reunited, we all exited together, passing a party of punters on their tour to have the final task of getting changed in a crowded car park. Not easy for the non-van-owners amongst us!
A super day out – thanks to Fay and the BCC, as well as the cave staff.


We all dream about having our own tanning bed and benefit from round year tan. The cost of a home tanning system can however be a bit pricey especially if we want to buy high standard systems. That is why so many people today find used tanning bed so appealing. The cost of used tanning beds can range between $150 and $2000. The problem with used tanning beds is that they don't come with warranties. Also, many times they are as expensive as the new ones.
It is better to buy an used bed from an individual than one that was used hundreds of times a week in a tanning salon. Make sure you try out all the features, check out how the timer and the bulbs work and verify the wiring. The thing is, used tanning beds can in good condition right through to in very bad condition. If you buy one that turns out to be in the second category you will not be able to return it. Make sure you test out the used booth before you buy it. There's no reason why you should not trust a used equipment as long as you purchase it from a trustful source. Assure that the tanning bed you purchase conforms with FDA and state laws and regulations.


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2- How long should I wait before I notice a difference?
(Ans.) If you use the product as directed i.e. massaging Ervamatin into the Scalp for 30 seconds twice daily you will see results in three weeks.
3 – Can I use Ervamatin with other hair treatment ?
(Ans.) There is no need to use any other product while using Ervamatin.
4- Is it likely that hair fall may increase initially after I start using Ervamatin? If so for how long?
4 – Also, is it possible that after starting to use Ervamatin, there is no initial increase in hair fall and after one month or so, the hair gets to thicken and becomes dandruff free and gets better with continual usage?
5- For how long (in terms on month) should I need to use your product? Will my hair start to fall again if I discontinue to use Ervamatin?
6 – Can I use oil or hair gel along with Ervamatin because my hair is always dry?
7 – What are the pros and cons and the possible consequences of using Ervamatin?
8- How many bottles should I order first to see any effective change in the hair?
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9 – Also as I have read DHT is the main cause of Hair Loss. How does Ervamatin fight DHT?


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'Actions Speak Louder Than Words.' Ivanka Trump Is Walking a Fine Line on Women's Issues
Alana Abramson
Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, his daughter Ivanka Trump met with the president of Planned Parenthood.
It was an awkward situation for both. On the campaign trail, the elder Trump had suggested that women should be punished for receiving abortions (a statement he then retracted) and called for defunding Planned Parenthood if it continued providing abortions. For her part, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards had been a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton during the election, and once referred to one of Ivanka Trump's pet projects, a proposal on maternity leave, as "half-baked."
But the two made a good-faith effort to connect, with a Planned Parenthood spokesperson describing the meeting as "cordial and informative."
A little over two months later, Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate on a bill that allows states to withhold federal funding from Planned Parenthood and other organizations that provide abortion. On April 13, President Trump signed the bill into law. The First Daughter was spotted skiing in Canada that day, during the Jewish holiday of Passover.
On social media, the news was greeted by many Planned Parenthood supporters with a "Thanks, Ivanka," an increasingly common way for liberals to express their displeasure with the First Daughter. "The Planned Parenthood defunding is exactly the reason we don't trust Ivanka's 'influence' and never will," liberal pundit Zerlina Maxwell said on Twitter.
The Planned Parenthood outreach was emblematic of the tricky position that Ivanka Trump is in as First Daughter. As Trump's most visible emissary on women's issues, it remains to be seen if she can bridge the considerable partisan divide between the White House and liberals on abortion, equal pay, paid parental leave and other matters. So far it's looking less than likely, as liberal groups and their allies in government feel increasingly marginalized and frustrated with the Trump Administration. And it's the First Daughter who frequently bears the brunt of the backlash against actions her father has taken.
When President Trump defended Fox News host Bill O'Reilly in the face of sexual harassment charges, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters criticized the First Daughter.
"Where is Ivanka?" Waters asked in an interview. "I think she either advised him wrong or is absent."
As Richards, who has called Ivanka's silence "deafening," put it pointedly at the Women in the World Summit earlier this month: "Anyone who works in this White House is responsible for addressing why women are in the crosshairs of basically every single policy that we've seen out of this administration."
The White House declined to comment on the record for this article. In a recent interview on CBS This Morning, Ivanka Trump attempted to deflect the criticism, arguing that she works behind the scenes. "Where I disagree with my father, he knows it," she said.
The role of First Daughter has always been a challenging one — just ask Chelsea Clinton, the Bush twins or the Obama daughters how they felt about the public scrutiny. But Ivanka Trump is older than most first children, with her own public image to maintain and a brand that is inescapably linked to her father's.
Before Donald Trump got into politics, Ivanka Trump served as an executive in the family business and had cameos on The Apprentice while running her own fashion line. When he ran for President, she vouched for his advocacy of women in the workforce and stood onstage with him while he announced proposals for affordable childcare. She gave a well-received primetime speech on women's issues at the Republican National Convention, where she described herself as neither "categorically Republican or Democrat." And after serving as an informal adviser, she joined the White House staff in late March.
"We've never seen a presidential daughter involved in policy like this before," Kate Anderson Brower, the author of First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies, said in an email. "Some people might find it refreshing to see an intelligent woman in her mid-thirties being given a seat at the table, regardless of why or how."
Anderson Brower also noted the "fine line" Ivanka Trump has to walk "while trying to draw her father's attention to pursue issues like childcare and global warming and while still keeping a seat at the table."
Since the election, Ivanka Trump has been involved in some high-profile events while carefully staking out her own moderate public positions. She's met with former Vice President Al Gore to discuss climate change, attended a summit on women entrepreneurs with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chancellor Angela Merkel, and attended a White House panel on increasing the number of women in STEM fields. Later this month, she will attend the Women's 20 summit in Germany.
The White House has touted these meetings to showcase her advocacy, and she officially joined the White House staff as a government employee late last month.
"So far we haven't seen actual policies that show that she's being effective pushing her agenda yet," said Anderson Brower. "Look at who is head of the EPA," she added, referring to Scott Pruitt, a longtime EPA antagonist who has questioned the overwhelming scientific consensus of man-made climate change and now runs the agency he once sued frequently.
On some of her father's more controversial comments — on issues like his court-hobbled travel ban or building a wall on the border with Mexico — Ivanka Trump has refrained from public comment. That silence has drawn fierce criticism from Trump opponents. A viral Saturday Night Live sketch argued the silence makes her "complicit," while the actress who portrayed her in the sketch, Scarlett Johansson, argued that she needs to speak up more.
"If you take a job as a public advocate, then you must advocate publicly," Johansson said at the Women in the World Summit.
Her public silence has included times when President Trump has taken actions contrary to his daughter's stated goals. While Ivanka Trump has touted equal pay for women, posting a graph depicting the gender wage gap on her Instagram feed and noting her excitement about fighting for this goal on Equal Pay Day, her father signed an executive order rescinding an Obama Administration requirement that federal contractors be more transparent about salaries.
"Obviously we think it's a positive thing that she has talked about the importance of equal pay and paid family leave; certainly that is a good first step," said Emily Martin, a lawyer who handles workplace issues for the National Women's Law Center. "What we haven't heard in regards to equal pay is any sort of policy proposal or any sort of discussion what she feels, [or] what President Trump feels."
Views of Ivanka Trump are also divided along partisan lines in Congress. In February, she held a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House with a small group of female lawmakers to discuss paid leave and her childcare tax proposal. Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, who was among the attendees at that meeting and introduced the Workplace Advancement Act, which would prevent punishment for employees wanting to know or share information about salaries, said she is "thrilled" to have Ivanka Trump working on this issue.
"Working with Ivanka is really a benefit for us," Fischer said. "It's exciting because she brings a lot of attention to this issue. And to have the White House step up and use its platform will bring in a lot of outside groups, too."
But Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen the provisions of the 1963 Equal Pay Act, was less enthusiastic. Murray was not invited to the meeting in the Roosevelt Room, an official in her office confirmed, and there has been no contact between Murray and Trump on the issue of equal pay. The same goes for Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who re-introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act in Congress this year, as she has done for two decades.
"If the Trump Administration is serious about supporting women and equal pay, they have a lot of work to do to show women across the country they will stand up and fight for meaningful equal pay legislation," Murray said in a statement to Fortune. "For the millions of women being paid less than their male coworkers, actions speak louder than words."


I've known Blake for more than 25 years. I hate Blake. Blake is who I would be if I were smarter, better looking, and a hell of a lot more efficient. But I'm not and his silly business is too far away for me to hire him so I'm stuck doing my energy efficiency upgrades on my own, but as I already said, I'm just not as good at it as he is. Maybe I can find a local contractor who can do some of it but I can pretty much guarantee that they too will not be as smart as Blake and they will probably rip me off. And so, I hate Blake; he's too damn smart, honest, and he's annoyingly located in some dumb town too far away to be useful.


Karl Rahner's seemingly inscrutable theology of freedom can be summarized simply: human freedom makes manifest (or fails to make manifest) God's eternal decision to create, to save creation, and thereby to share Godself. Freedom is something real, a substantive freedom for: for saying "yes" to God's merciful self-giving. This freedom most often comes to light not in extraordinary triumphs of spirit, but amid small acts whereby common sinners and downtrodden people travel a pilgrim journey, gradually finding ways to form and to express a life that reflects –however dimly— God's refulgent light.
Freedom Made Manifest explicates Rahner's theology of freedom by elucidating its configuration and sources. Much of its inquiry centers on the fundamental option: each human person's eternal decision made, paradoxically, in time, as a definitive answer to God's personally-tailored call to salvation. This idea stems from three principal sources: Catholic conversations with transcendental-idealist philosophy, penitential theology and practice, and Ignatian spirituality. Rahner's unique redeployment of these sources inflects the fundamental option with theologies of concupiscence, mercy and forgiveness (especially as ecclesially mediated), and devotion to Jesus Christ. Awareness of these inflections can show how Rahner's theology of freedom may assist in theological reflection on freedom's susceptibility to injury and trauma.
To these clarifications the author adds a major emendation, arguing that Rahner's theology of freedom is most adequately interpreted as a theological aesthetic of freedom, attentive to freedom's depth dimension in the heart of each person, through which and out of which God's free decision to self-reveal is expressed or concealed. Following upon Karl Rahner's Theological Aesthetics (CUA Press, 2014), which introduced Rahner's "Catholic sublime," and anticipating a volume on "world," this volume contributes to theological-aesthetic thinking not at the stratospheric level of being's transcendentals, but within the sensed (aesthetic) friction of everyday existence.
Peter Joseph Fritz is associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross and author of Karl Rahner's Theological Aesthetics (CUA Press).


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Mudslides hit Shizuoka after torrential rain hits Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka
Kanako Mita and Noriko Watanabe
The prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka have been hit by torrential rain. Hence, evacuation orders have been implemented in parts of these prefectures.
Atami City, in Shizuoka, was hit by horrendous mudslides. Thus many houses were swept away and untold structural damages. Therefore, huge concern applies to approximately 20 people who remain missing.
The Daily Mainichi reports, "The Shizuoka prefectural government called for help from the Self-Defense Forces in dealing with the disaster, which occurred at about 10:30 a.m. in Atami, home to hot spa resorts."
Torrential rain hit many areas along the Pacific coast hour after hour. Similarly, in Kanagawa, places like Hakone have witnessed enormous amounts of rain. Indeed, the rainfall in Hakone already exceeds the average monthly figure.
Authorities in areas hit hard in Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka have issued landslide warnings. The fear is that many remote areas have been damaged. Therefore, all appropriate services are involved in recovery missions and search and rescue where needed.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is notifying people to remain observant concerning swollen rivers, mudslides, structural damage to bridges and housing, and the possibility of flooding.
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At the start of my HR career a manager said to me to always 'understand what your company's goals are and ensure whatever you are doing makes a clear and positive contribution'. I couldn't agree more and would always pass on this advice to anyone coming into HR or indeed any role.


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Monday Morning Rant (Natasha)
I had what can only be described as a magnificent Sunday yesterday. It started with three sausages and finished watching Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man on TV with an almost unbearably cute puppy fast-asleep on my right leg. In between my Mum and I drank copious amounts of Chablis and put the world to rights.
Yes, sometimes I eat sausages and drink alcohol. Shocking I know. However yesterday was Mother's Day and if you can't get squiffy with your Mum and eat anything she proffers in your direction on Mothering Sunday then just when can you? However, 6 days out of 7 I'm happily munching on at least 5 fruit and veg's per day and walking absolutely everywhere.
As such, despite being a size 16 and, I have no doubt, technically "obese" according to the evil BMI charts of wrongness (not that I would ever submit myself to be judged by such criteria), I can confidently assert that I'm a better role model for young women than any of Girls Aloud. This opinion was backed up today by the Daily Mail Online, who seem to have momentarily (and rather refreshingly) spared us all their usual penchant for unforgiving body fascism and deigned to concede that, just perhaps, Nadine Coyle and Cheryl Cole might be a tad too thin (although I did notice they couldn't resist mentioning the "obesity crisis" once. Old habits die hard).
I need to clarify my stance – Since during my recent visit to a high school in Walsall, I stated that I did not particularly think Cheryl Cole was anything to aspire to and was greeted by gasps of disbelief and 16 year old girls frantically fanning themselves and swooning with shock left, right and centre (almost. Although, interestingly, at the University everyone agreed with me so I suppose CC worship might just be a fleeting right-of-passage style phase all young women are currently destined to go through). To be absolutely clear: I do not hate Cheryl Cole. I don't hate any of Girls Aloud band members, particularly (I reserve that strength of emotion for people who deserve something more than my nonchalance). What I object to are the unseen external forces they have clearly been subjected to which have forced them to conform to the "never too rich or skinny" prototype. I hate what they represent. They are, without a shadow of a doubt bad role models, but this isn't necessarily their fault.
Liz Jones, the Mail Online journo was absolutely right when she said "alongside No. 1 singles and sell-out concerts comes responsibility" however, it's the industry generally which needs to acknowledge that responsibility not these poor, shrinking, malnourished girls who are merely pawns in a much larger, more sinister machine.
Furthermore, pointing the finger at any celebrity and accusing them of perpetuating anorexia is not only reductive, it's willfully missing the point – We cannot keep placing sticking plasters over something which is a much wider issue in a society which has its priorities all wrong. After all, if we didn't heap such utterly disproportionate amounts of adulation, wealth and fame on people whose talents are limited to miming and being a human coat hanger, then would it really matter how thin they were?
In my capacity as a Body Confidence campaigner working with young people, I've noticed that girls want to be thin, not because they equate thinness with beauty, but because they see it as a fast track to all the success, wealth and love that they crave. In a climate where many of them come from broken homes and even more are destined to be unemployed, even if they do achieve the qualifications which they are told are the be-all-and-end-all, who can blame them for searching for a more instantly gratuitous track to everything they have been missing?
Performers usually crave fame because they are emotionally unstable to begin with, for whatever reason – It might be a cliché but it's also usually true. Most creative people will admit that their talent was born out of some sort of personal tragedy, usually in their childhood, which left them feeling undervalued – "Applause fills the hole in my soul" as Krusty the Clown said on The Simpsons. People who feel invisible, insecure, unappreciated and unlovable also tend to be prime candidates for eating disorders. The two things go hand in hand. Rather than berating celebrities for something which is their natural tendency why don't we 1) give them the help they need and 2) stop looking to them for diet and lifestyle tips? After all, they are singers, models, WAGs and IT girls, not nutrition, style or fitness experts. When we relegate our entertainers to the correct pecking order, in the scheme of life (i.e. below, rather than above, Nobel peace prize winners, scientists, philosophers, scholars, soldiers, nurses and…well, everyone, really), young people will stop trying to emulate them. Simples.
To read the Daily Mail article click: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1257927/Girls-Aloud-Britains-successful-girl-band–suddenly-skinniest-too.html#ixzz0iEzCXk7t
On the delightful, sun-filled train journey to the picturesque little village which is home to my parents, I saw a woman who absolutely fascinated me.
She must have been in her 70s, with a wizened little face and an extremely frail frame, although she was nicely dressed in a waist cinching number and court shoes. Either her hairdresser was a magician, or she was wearing a wig – A voluminous, shiny affair, with a high crown and cascading ringlets in various colours falling to just below her shoulders. Think Dot Cotton with Dolly Parton's barnet. Luckily, I was wearing sunglasses, which allowed me to feed my fascination by staring at her like David Attenborough observing a beetle for the best part of the 15 minute journey.
I guessed that she had been very attractive back in her heyday and that she had learned the art of makeup artistry in the 1960s, failing to adapt it since. I watched as she applied a heavy, very pale foundation, several layers of black and grey eye-shadow and heavy handedly began lining her lips with a neural shade. The result was horrific, in a kind of can't-tear-my-eyes-away type way. This, I thought to myself, is what happens when women refuse to acknowledge the ageing process.
The prevailing social attitude of "youth = beauty" is symptomatic of exactly the same phenomenon which encourages young women so starve themselves right back to child-like proportions. Projects like Body Gossip are working to introduce more diversity into the beauty spectrum – but that isn't limited to body shapes, it also extends to races and ages we aren't used to seeing in the public eye. That's why my delight at the above Daily Mail article was somewhat tarnished when I subsequently clicked on this one:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1257962/The-future-face-40-Botox-fillers-high-tech-face-creams-mean-Big-Four-0-doesnt-look-like-used-to.html
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