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TV ReviewsOrange Is The New BlackSeason 2
Orange Is The New Black: "Hugs Can Be Deceiving"/"A Whole Other Hole"
Orange Is The New BlackSeason 2
"A Whole Other Hole" / "Hugs Can Be Deceiving"
"A Whole Other Hole"
"Hugs Can Be Deceiving"
As with Orange Is The New Black's first season, we will be covering two episodes of the show's second season weekly, with regular reviews posting Tuesday mornings at 11am Eastern. These reviews will be written without foreknowledge of what takes place in future episodes, and thus will feature no spoilers for later episodes. If you wish to discuss the entire season, visit Todd VanDerWerff's review of the complete season here —if posting here, please be respectful of those moving at a slower pace and avoid spoiling or heavily alluding to future developments in the comments.
"Hugs Can Be Deceiving" (season 2, episode 3)
The news that Uzo Aduba was among those made series regulars for the second season was not a huge surprise: Suzanne was easily the breakout character from the first season. When I was in Los Angeles for the Television Critics' Association press tour last summer, right when the series was catching fire, Aduba randomly crashed the NBC cocktail party to say hello to her co-star Pablo Schreiber (Pornstache), and was all but mobbed by journalists and stars alike. Suzanne was a character people connected to because she embodied the series' nuanced storytelling, introduced as the zany "Crazy Eyes" but then fleshed out with every subsequent interaction. You left the first season wanting more time with the character, and greater insight into her past, and "Hugs Can Be Deceiving" lives up to that.
I said last week that one of the benefits of flashbacks for Taystee or Suzanne is the fact that it feels like new information, compared with the third or fourth flashback for a character like Piper. To clarify, though, it's not as though these flashbacks are more compelling because they are intensely revelatory: there's no grand mystery in Taystee's nickname, and no smoking gun in Suzanne's past to explain why she is the way she is. Rather, these are characters we've wanted to see more from, and whom we want to understand better, and whose pasts offer another window into expanding their characters in their day-to-day lives at Litchfield.
In Suzanne's case, her flashbacks are—like Taystee's—not focused on the backstory of how she came to find herself in prison. They instead pivot through a collection of scenes that explore how Suzanne's struggles with her mental illness manifested throughout her childhood. The new details that emerge largely fit into an existing narrative constructed through conversations and scenes in the first season. We see more of her affluent white parents, who we learn adopted Suzanne before getting a "miracle" baby of their own: It's a complicated arrangement for any child, let alone one suffering as Suzanne was. We see her inability to adjust to social situations emerge at a sleepover party she wasn't invited to since she's four years older than her sister, and clearly struggles to find friends of her own. We see her stage fright manifest at her high school graduation. Everything fits into what we've seen of the character in the past, and what we see of her in this episode, where she's marginalized to timekeeping when the Black inmates play Celebrity after losing her cool too many times in the past—they still can't play Jenga because of her.
What I loved about the flashbacks was that they didn't try to reduce the character to one big moment, or try to solve the character in any way. It is not that Suzanne experienced something distinctly traumatic as a child: lots of people got anxious about new siblings, or got mean girled at a sleepover, or suffered from stage fright in front of their high school peers. Her parents did everything they could to make sure she got to have the same experiences as her sister, and that she pushed herself to be normal, not realizing that their anxiety about her skin color was obscuring a deeper sense of difference that would over time drive her to a darker place. They were neglectful only in the same way that so many others are neglectful to mental illness, in that there are so few resources to diagnose conditions that can be easily read as garden-variety growing pains. Suzanne is a product of a system that doesn't know how to address mental illness, and not any sense of tragedy or abuse (at least not to this point in her story).
There is no doubt these experiences have affected Suzanne: her childhood flashbacks are joined by a flashback to the Christmas pageant, where we see Suzanne herself flashing back to her high school stage fright, and taking it out on Piper after stumbling upon the fight in the yard that brought the first season to a close. The scene reframes Piper as a symbol for Suzanne's mother, and for the way she pushed Suzanne to take "her chance" to prove herself, and inadvertently makes it seem as though Piper's one-sided attack on Pennsatucky was something closer to a fair fight.
At the same time, the episode also wants to emphasize that Suzanne is not defined by her past. As Vee works her magic to regain control of the prison she once ruled, she quickly makes friends with Suzanne, treating her with patience that the other inmates ran out of long ago. She calls her by her name, and she thanks her for not interrupting their conversation (knowing it took effort), and she creates an opportunity for Suzanne to prove herself by prompting her to find the cigarettes without outright asking her to. She even gives her a pep talk about her sense of self-worth, reminding her she is a strong black woman, a garden rose to Piper's weed. Vee is an agent of chaos in a lot of ways, stirring up shit with stale cigarettes and forcing Red to get her head back in the game (literally, during her trip to Sophia's salon for a dye job). For Suzanne, however, a master manipulator is the perfect influence, because Vee is incentivized to make each and every inmate feel important and, most importantly, normal. Vee's arrival has really invigorated the broader politics of the prison system, and through Taystee and Suzanne the character has been sketched out really effectively while not taking away from their individual stories.
This is also the week that Piper returns to Litchfield, and I have to say that I like the show better with her in it. While the Internet went through a rollercoaster regarding Laura Prepon's status for the second season, Piper without Alex is just a more interesting figure from my perspective. Nicky calls Piper out on acting as though she's the star of her own show and everyone else's, and that was on some level necessary given the way the plot revolved around her. As she returns from Chicago, though, the plot of the season is largely operating outside of her sphere of influence. She's just grateful to be back at Litchfield, and even seems to have put Alex's betrayal behind her. The episode charts Piper's realization that she's a supporting player, that she is now officially "one of them" and has the ability to define her prison identity. Is she going to be the best friend who helps Brook through a tough night and becomes her friend? Or is she going to be the hardened survivor who refuses to take Brook's bullshit and who uses the reputation earned by her attack on Pennsatucky to her advantage? The episode has Piper accepting—for the first time, I'd argue—that she is capable of having a prison identity, and that she has some agency to make that determination for herself after being hardened by her recent experiences.
The episode finds time to check in on some smaller storylines, but it's really about the three hugs. As someone who is very unlikely to initiate but happy to accept hugs, I appreciate the title of the episode as an acknowledgement of what is an inherently ambiguous gesture. There are big stakes in these hugs, though. What history is wrapped up in Red and Vee's embrace? Does the emotional impact of Vee and Suzanne's hug for the latter resonate in any way with the former, who seems to be mainly out for power? And is the coldness of Pennsatucky and Piper's forced hug an indication that they can truly live in harmony, or a harbinger for the conflict that will inevitably rise to the surface? Much as the flashbacks work to set the stage for Suzanne's arc for the season, the action in these early episodes is setting the stage for the season to come. "Hugs Can Be Deceiving" does a nice job of subtly reintegrating Piper, delivering on the Suzanne back story we've been waiting for, and building out the larger "plot" of the season in ways that still boil down to character.
Ugh, Larry: I'm not sure why exactly Larry is in this episode, but I'll admit this is a better than usual Larry story given how much it shits on him. First the reporter wants to talk to him only as a conduit to talk to Piper about the corruption at the prison, and then his father sets him up on a date with a woman who has a fetish for men with no ambition. As long as Larry's a punching bag, I can sit through even fairly unnecessary Larry storylines, I've discovered.
I really don't know how to respond to the Bennett and Daya storyline. I'm not invested in them as a couple (the pregnancy stuff with Pornstache put an end to that), the threat of the administration learning about her pregnancy feels underdeveloped, and the idea of him smuggling pre-natal vitamins in his prosthetic doesn't make it any more interesting. I need a twist other than spinach under her pillow.
"The white Michelle Williams!"—where's my "Poussey and Taystee play Celebrity" transmedia Vine account, Netflix?
Pick your favorite moment of Morello's disturbingly endearing racial insensitivity: "But you don't look full Asia" vs. "You don't go Jessica Simpson when you got Rihanna…yes, I know Rihanna is black, thank you."
O'Neill walking in place to get his step count up makes his occasional appearances a delight.
So there's now two people whose involvement in Piper's attack on Pennsatucky is being hidden—I'll be curious if the truth about either Healy or Suzanne's involvement will emerge by the end of the season.
Leanne lives up to her happiness at Pennsatucky's absence and stands up to her—given that Taryn Manning was the other series regular added, I remain intrigued to see where that character goes from here.
I loved Nicky's journal entries breaking down her sexual encounters and how dissatisfied she is with them. It was charmingly scientific and fits the character nicely.
"A Whole Other Hole" (season 2, episode 4)
With Vee settled in and Piper reintegrated, "A Whole Other Hole" stands as the first episode of the season that starts with everything already in order, or in as much order as things can be at Litchfield. With Piper reassigned to a dormitory, the transitional period of the season is officially over, but of course whatever status quo is established will be chiseled away until the season devolved into the chaos we know awaits us by season's end.
What sets Orange Is The New Black apart from other shows is that when it has an episode like this one, it doesn't just settle into telling a single transitional story. There may be major storylines that clearly either structure the episode, like Morello's flashback and the inmates learning about female anatomy, or set up future developments, like Red's greenhouse sewer drain and its potential as a pipeline to the outside world. But then there's also a scene like Rosa's chemotherapy session, and the conversation she has with a punk teenager who just wants an iPhone charger. On any other show, that scene would've been cut, if it had been written at all—her chemo is only "necessary" to the larger episode in terms of giving Morello the circumstances to drive to Christopher's home and see the life she's missing. And yet OITNB is more than willing to stretch an episode out to an hour for no other reason than to show what happens with an inmate with cancer asks an ungrateful kid if he wants to hear a joke.
It's one of my favorite qualities about the show, even if there are admittedly times when having to set aside an entire hour to watch an episode can be a bit draining. It resists marginalizing a character like Rosa in a storyline where she would typically be reduced to a justification as opposed to a character in her own right. One doubts there's a grand plan for Rosa, but learning more about her past—she robbed banks—enriches the character, and the idea that the show could at any point pull a character out of the background and find a story to tell about them. While characters like Morello have been prominent enough that we have questions that we want answered as they are in this episode, the show works best when it reminds us that we should could just as easily have questions about Rosa.
We did have questions about Morello, and "A Whole Other Hole" answers them pretty definitively. It's a nice piece of misdirection, particularly given that it parallels the way Sophia's flashback was constructed last season. In Sophia's case, the episode establishes the crime immediately, with Sophia stealing the information necessary to commit what we presume to be combinations of identity theft and credit card fraud. The episode than tracks the parallel impacts of her crimes and her transition on her family, a slow-motion tragedy not unlike the ones our own Todd VanDerWerff wrote about regarding Hannibal's second season (which I haven't read because I haven't finished Hannibal's second season yet). And so when Morello is first introduced scamming an online retailer to refund her shoes, and meets the infamous Christopher while carrying piles of boxes (to the point where he jokes she might be committing mail fraud), it sets up a slow-motion tragedy as she finds the love of her dreams and loses him when he finds out how she's affording all these high-end clothes.
And then we stumble on her last flashback, and discover that she and Christopher went on a single date after their meet cute before he called it off. We also learn she subsequently stalked him, even threatening his new girlfriend Angela and planting a homemade explosive under her car. What was a slow-motion tragedy becomes a fast-motion tragedy the second Christopher clarifies they were never actually together, and we watch as Morello smiles and nods at every claim, eventually leaning to her lawyer and explaining that they've simply blown things out of proportion.
It's a striking reveal. It's foreshadowed, of course: we've always known Morello was obsessive given how she's gone on about her wedding with Christopher, and the scenes that precede it do feature Morello stealing away from the hospital to break into Christopher's home. And yet I've typically read Morello as having been broken by prison, when it turns out that she's in prison because she was broken. She is someone who struggles to live in her own reality, who met a guy wearing the same sweater as the model whose photo she had on her wall, and who convinced herself she was dating and then engaged to this man. The deluded fantasy of her wedding is obviously a huge part of what's keeping her sane in prison, but it's also the same deluded fantasy that landed her in prison in the first place. It adds another layer to the series' engagement with mental illness, as I don't know if any of her fellow inmates would think she was suffering in this way—when Morello cries through movie night with the stolen teddy bear, Yoga Jones has no reason to believe there's more than just an inmate missing her fiancé, and it allows her to pass as "normal" in a way that, for example, Suzanne can't.
It's another case of the show avoiding limiting its exploration of an issue—in this case mental illness—to a single example: Suzanne, Pennsatucky, and now Morello are all circling around similar ideas, with varied perspectives and space for discussion. The same goes for issues of sexuality, which we've seen in a range of same-sex relationships throughout the series (including Nicky and Big Boo's light-hearted battle to land Brook that plays out in this episode). "A Whole Other Hole" narrows in on Taystee and Poussey, and brings to the surface a question that faces a lot of close female friendships, particularly in this context. Seeded by Taystee's look of discomfort as Poussey casually outlines her up-close experience with female anatomy, it comes into full bloom as Poussey goes in for a kiss after a friendly tickle session. Taystee responds in a way that reinforces this is a conversation they've had before: She's not gay, Poussey knows it, and yet they're best friends who rely on one another for support and stability. As the Tumblr memes from last season showed, their relationship is one of the show's strongest, and so the idea that it could evolve into a romantic or sexual relationship is certainly within the realm of possibility given their circumstances.
There's a plot component here, as Vee uses her influence over Taystee to convince her to push Poussey away, a selfish move intended to secure her own control over the Black inmates. And yet while that continues to set up the power struggle between the Latina, Black, and White factions operating in Litchfield, Taystee's actually very sure of herself when she offers cuddling—which she reads as comfortable within a platonic relationship—in exchange for being unable to give Poussey what she wants (or needs). Navigating that relationship is challenging but not impossible, but it's Vee's influence that turns it into a crisis, and something that again threatens one of the most enjoyable partnerships in the series (regardless of whether or not it's romantic).
At the episode's heart is the tension between the inside and the outside, both as an inmate and a human being. At the risk of working too hard to collect together elements the episode is largely disinterested in forcing into an overarching theme, the mystery of the female anatomy mirrors the mystery of these women to each other. Who are they on the inside? How are they hiding that from everyone else? Who were they when they were on the outside? Who will they be when they're on the outside again? Who will they be when they're by themselves, versus how they are with someone else? While Sophia can give everyone an anatomy lesson to help them better understand their bodies, Morello's flashback reminds us there's no diagram that unlocks the inner-workings of their minds in the same way.
I love Piper so much this season. She's not a major part of this episode, but I enjoyed her silent pleas with O'Neill that she wouldn't be rooming with Brook, and her taking charge with Red, and her strong opinions on Inspector Gadget's failings as a detective, and her awkward attempts to pimp Brook out to Big Boo. I'm going to be so pissed when Alex shows up again and sends her into a drama spiral, because Prison Piper is delightful.
While I can't relate to the female anatomy storyline directly, I will say that it gave me flashbacks to reading The Diary of Anne Frank in eighth grade, and the class tittering over the self-examination entry. This is well-timed given this past weekend's release of a film set in part at the Anne Frank museum, and also brings back my rage at my stellar project on the book being graded based on completion after my teacher went on leave halfway through the year with no notice.
I'm a sucker for misdirection, so I really liked the way the rabbit was used in Morello's break-in. Framed as it was, it made me think that there was a hide-a-key, so the quick cut to her smashing the lock was great.
I hope when the series ends we get flashforwards to what each of the inmates did with their lives, and we see Poussey on Shark Tank with the She-Wee.
I tried IMDBing what Michael J. Fox movie would be a reinforcement of capitalism—I didn't recognize it—and there ended up being too many generic-looking starring vehicles to choose from.
O'Neill's close attention to Sophia's anatomy lesson goes on the list of great O'Neill moments this season.
I wrote this entire review with "Almost Paradise" on repeat, and have no regrets.
Ugh, Larry: Look, if he's going to sleep with Polly, just get it over with. I can't take this playing house bullshit if that's where it's going to end up. My stream buffered right before the final scene ended, and so I was stuck in my displeasure for a good minute and a half, and nearly suffered a rage blackout.


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National Watermelon Promotion Board
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The watermelon R&P program operates as the National Watermelon Promotion Board. The program's purpose is to maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for fresh watermelon. The program is administered under AMS oversight by the National Watermelon Promotion Board, which is composed of the watermelon industry – producers, handlers and importers nominated by their peers and appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. The Board conducts promotional, consumer information, and industry information programs. To fund these activities, producers and handlers each pay 3 cents per hundredweight (cwt.) on domestic watermelons, and importers pay 6 cents per cwt. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection collects the import assessments. The Board reimburses the Federal government for expenses incurred in administering that program.
No assessments are levied on watermelons grown by producers with fewer than 10 acres in watermelon production. Importers of less than 150,000 pounds of watermelons annually may request reimbursement of their assessments.
On June 8, 1989, the Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan became effective, creating the program under the authority of the Watermelon Research and Promotion Act (pdf).
The 30 member Board is composed of 10 producers, 10 handlers, 9 importers, and 1 public member. For the purpose of nominations, the production area is divided into five districts of approximately equal production. Each district is represented by two handlers and two producers on the Board. Producer members are nominated by producers, and handler members are nominated by handlers. Importer members are nominated by importers. The public member is nominated by the Board. The full Board meets twice yearly to develop and review programs and policy. The executive and program committees meet as necessary.
The Board's office is located in Winter Spring, Florida. It has seven full-time employees. You can access a listing of current Board members and alternates on the Watermelon Board roster.
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Students from Brunel University London have scooped first and second place in the annual Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition, with the judges praising the multi-functional qualities of their products.
BSc Product Design student, Alex Roquero, was the overall winner after impressing the competition judges with his 'Hook' – a cleverly designed shelf which is integrated with a flowerbox, and fits to any kind of railing or balcony – aimed at people who have no garden, or reduced space.
Thanks to its unique shape, it can also carry day-to-day products such as coffee mugs, wine glasses, beer bottles or even books.
In second place was William Oughton, an MSc Integrated Product Design student, with his 'Bulb – Garden Furniture', a concept of garden accessories which fit to any type of fence – panel, wire or post-built – and can be used as bird feeders, planters, bird houses or solar outdoor light.
DIP, which is organised by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Worshipful Company of Horners, and headline industry sponsored by Covestro, had given students the brief of 'Branching Out – Design For Garden Innovation'.
Chairman of judges, Richard Brown, commented: "It was evident that Alex's product could become a marketable item, as living spaces become smaller, and more 'Juliet' balconies are integrated into new builds, especially in Europe.
Alex wins a trip to Germany to visit the competition headline industry sponsor, the polymers manufacturer Covestro, and a placement with another competition sponsor, RJG Technology, which provides injection moulding industry support, training and advisory services.
He said taking part in the competition and getting this far had driven him to develop expertise and gain experience in areas he had not studied before, and to be especially aware of considerations such as sustainability, which had influenced even small decisions in the design and production of his balcony shelf.
Meanwhile, William was also praised by the judges for the versatility of his product.
The competition proved a big success for Brunel students, since a third finalist from the university, MSc Integrated Product Design student Zeina Mofti, was awarded highly commended, with 'G Cycle' – a product which combines modern indoor gardening with home aquariums. It uses the concept of a rotary hydroponic garden to recycle water between the aquarium and plants.
All the finalists are being offered a short placement with one of the competition sponsors, Brightworks, HellermannTyton, Innovate Product Design, PDD and RJG Technologies, as part of their prize.
The Design Innovation in Plastics Award is the longest-running student plastics design competition in Europe, having been established in 1985.


Most people think of billing as a pretty straightforward process. Unless they own their own business or are responsible for billing at work, most people don't realize how complicated it can be and easy it is to mess up. It can be difficult enough with regular business but in the health care profession, it's even worse. You have to keep up different insurance companies, unique policies, and even patients that don't have any insurance at all. For a chiropractic office that's where a high quality chiropractic billing software program is vital. When you choose a system that has all the features you need built in, you can almost guarantee perfect account keeping. If you are in the market for new chiropractic billing software, here are a few awesome features you should look for.
With the right kind of chiropractic billing software, you can track and record a patient's entire visit from beginning to end. If you are confused about why that is important, imagine you or a member of your staff trying to explain why an insurance company is being billed with no record of the treatment. Doesn't sound like a good time does it? For ease of use and excellent record keeping capabilities, you really are better off with software that keeps everything straight for you.
As far as the actual billing part goes, of course you want chiropractic billing software that handles all of that too. An excellent system will be able to give your patients' payment history and method at the push of a button. You should also be able to provide itemized invoices for clients and insurance companies. In order to help you keep things in order, payment processing features are very nice as is mobile access. That way if you at home or on vacation and need to see how the accounts are standing, you won't have any trouble.
Most good chiropractic billing software systems come with some nice extras built in for you. Reporting functions like data import and export are especially helpful. When you can customize your program with an easy to use user interface and customized invoices, tracking reports, and collections, the boring business side of your chiropractic business take less time and allow you to concentrate on healing patients instead of worrying about the bottom line all the time. In your quest for the right computer software program to meet your billing needs, review the information carefully and look for important details like customer support and available updates. Those little details can make a huge difference in your satisfaction with the product.
Finding and using the best chiropractic billing software for your office can save you valuable time and effort. Find one specifically for chiropractic offices and get back to the business of caring for your patients.


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Bartlett High School may refer to:

 Bartlett High School (Alaska)
 Bartlett High School (Illinois)
 Bartlett High School (Massachusetts), a school in Webster, Massachusetts
 Bartlett High School (Tennessee)
 Bartlett High School (Texas)
 Bartlett High School (Connecticut) (1855–1873)

See also
 Bartlett School (disambiguation)

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Will you win custody? Take the quiz.
This is a different kind of post. Two of the most successful co-parents I know have agreed to come up with a few tips to share with you. Just who are these wonderful people who are so generously offering their advice? My husband and my best friend (and office manager). Six years ago, BEFORE I knew either of them, they had a wonderful jewel named Carter. Without too much backstory, it's safe to say that they have worked their way through tough times and disagreements to become the best example of co-parents I could imagine.
Now they are offering some of their hard earned advice for you so that you don't have to learn it the hard way. Seems like common sense, but believe me, most people don't do these things.
1) Your child learns about love and relationships directly from the actions of his/her parents. A tumultuous or contentious relationship with the other parent is selfish and will fracture your children's ability to have good relationships in the future.
2) It's not about you, and it's not about the other parent. Everything is about your child and their best interest. No matter what happened in your relationship with each other, you have a responsibility to make sure your child knows that you love them so much that you would not ever attempt to compromise their relationship with the other parent.
1) It isn't worth it to be petty about things. For instance, if the other parent requests a change in the normal parenting time schedule, and it doesn't cause you much trouble, agree to it. Don't be overly stingy with "your time" as long as you are getting equal time. There is an art of compromise that will make things so much easier.
2) Insist that respect for the other parent always be demonstrated around your child. Even if it's your new spouse who loses their cool and says something negative about the other parent, correct them ( no, not this new spouse- I would never make that mistake🤨) Always insist that the utmost respect is shown in front of your child when it comes to the other parent, even if you don't respect certain decisions that they make. A healthy level of respect means everything.
Good luck Co-Parents! You can do this.
This is from Carter's 5th birthday party. Bill is the bald one, April has the long blonde hair, and I'm obviously the one next to the bald guy in the sunglasses. My mom is the lady with the glasses, Sally.
I predicted it, and it came true. I am proud to say that I am not only a Kentucky Attorney, but I am also an everyday witness and participant in a shared parenting family. Stay tuned for our story (It will be in a future post- a LONG one).
For today's purposes, I hope that you will read the article and learn about shared parenting and what it is going to mean for custody and family law in Kentucky going forward. It will affect child support. It will affect everything. It works for many reasons, but I'm gonna save the detail for later posts.
If you're confused, or struggling with what this new "Shared Parenting" is or how it affects your particular situation, give us a call at Mohon Law. Until August 1, 2018, we offer 15 minute informational sessions over the phone or email for FREE . This applies only to shared parenting questions.
Shared Parenting keeps children from being inevitably embroiled in the Mommy vs. Daddy saga that often recreates through the child's future family dynamic.
Shared parenting allows children to have not one "full time parent" and one "weekend parent", but two loving parents who can be pushed into cooperating with each other for the sake of the child.
NO PARENT WINS. NO PARENT LOSES. And that's how it should be in custody court, if both parents are fit and stable.


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Flexible all-rounders – hides and skins
by Martin Schultz | Dec 28, 2021 | Arctic, Arctic, Art, Culture, Guest article | 0 comments
Fig. 1: Anorak, 2002, Reindeer fur, dog fur, leather, cotton, zipper, Size: 40
Valentina Veqet, Anadyr, Chukotka AO, Russia. (Fotokredit: Museum Cerny)
When you think of the Arctic, you automatically think of warm clothing. And of course this is vital. But clothing in the Arctic also has to meet other criteria – depending on its use, it has to be windproof and waterproof. Usually, when you think of warm clothing, one immediately thinks of fur. Polar bears, wolves, seals and reindeer (or the wild form known as caribou) are arguably the most important suppliers. Reindeer is the most important supplier of fur in Europe and Asia (Fig. 1), While in North America it is generally the seals.
Fig. 2: Anorak, 1967, Sea mammal intestines, leather, seal fur, feathers, sinew.
unknown, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. (Fotokredit: Museum Cerny)
What is less well known is that warm and even windproof clothing is also made from various birds, for example eider ducks. Even fish skin is used. Probably the most unusual for us Europeans is the use of various marine mammals' intestinal skin, trachea and esophagus, that are made into waterproof and windproof jackets and can be found from Greenland to Eastern Siberia. One such piece can be found in the collections of Museum Cerny that was commissioned on site in 1967 by a Bern expedition to Alaska. (Fig. 2) Richly decorated with feathers and coloured leather strips, such pieces are worn for ceremonial occasions.
In Bern (more precisely at the Bernese Historical Museum) there is also one of the oldest surviving specimens, which was collected also in what is now called Alaska during James Cook's third voyage in 1778. The public library in Bern has a leaflet from 1578, which shows one of the earliest images of Inuit from the area of Southwest Greenland or Baffin Island and their clothing, presumably made of seal skin or fur.
Fig. 3: Umiak, ca. 1900, Seal skin, wood, ivory, antler, cotton, thead, hair, H16 x W14 x L77 cm
Unknown, Greenland. (Fotokredit: Museum Cerny)
In order to prepare the skin of a freshly hunted animal for further processing, it must first be removed and stretched to dry, then cleaned of fat and meat residues. Further processing takes place depending on its intended use. The hides are tanned to make clothing. In the Arctic, primarily, variants of fat tanning are traditionally widespread, along with vegetable tanning. Both forms serve to soften hides and skins so that they can be further processed into clothing and everyday objects. The thickness of the skin differs depending upon the animal. The walrus skin is so thick that it can be split open to make two thinner skins. Walrus skin is used, for example, to make umiaks, (Fig. 3) the large Inuit boats.
Fig. 4: Wall Hanging, Scenes from Daily Life, 2012, Beads, caribou wool, thread, H163 x B105 cm.
Lucy Ivunirjuk, Arviat, Nunavut, Canada. (Fotokredit: Museum Cerny)
In addition to clothing, tents are made from seal and caribou fur. Organ skins are used, among other things, to make containers, bags and drum skins. Even the skin of some whales was used, for example as the sole for boots. The buoys used to hunt marine mammals were usually made of whole seal skins. Filled with air, they prevent the harpooned animals from diving or, while swimming on the surface of the water, reveal their location to the hunters. Finally, the lines for dog sleds were made from thick rawhide, as were the whips to drive the dog teams.
To this day, hides and skins have hardly lost their importance – but new tanning methods have replaced the old ones and the forms of use have also changed due to new materials. In addition, contemporary art in the Arctic makes use of hides, skins and leather. For example in the forms of wall hangings (Fig. 4) and stencils for prints on paper. The artist, Jesse Tungilik, recently received much international media attention with a spectacular new work currently on view at the Winnipeg Art Gallery – a sealskin spacesuit (https://www.wag.ca/event/inua/) with the Nunavut flag.
There are no limits to innovation and in a constantly changing environment, new ways of using and processing one of the oldest materials known to man are likely to continue to be found.
Martin Schultz, Museum Cerny / Translation by Martha Cerny
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Discussion in 'Tour Forum' started by Cody, Sep 24, 2018.
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I think you posted somewhere that you might be touring the south in the winter. If so, and you guys make it somewhere close to Dallas TX, I'll likely come out to a show. Please keep us posted... and best wishes on the road.
NYC venue is now Hank's Saloon!
Where is The Courtroom in Chicago?
hiii we're not coming to dallas, but we're doing some TX dates and Norman OK if it's any consolation!
Unfortunately I probably won't be able to make it out but I'm marking Houston and Austin on my calender just in case. Have a great tour and *fingers crossed* I can catch you sooner than later.


Trade offers the opportunity to expand the role of California's exports. As one of the top economies in the world with a gross state product of more than $2.7 trillion, California exported $171.9 billion to approximately 229 foreign markets in 2017.
The U.S. Senate should confirm Ex-Im Bank President/Chair nominee Kimberly Reed and continue the process to restore the quorum and full authority to the Ex-Im Bank before any more harm is done to U.S. exporters and the workers they employ.
Please visit www.calchambervotes.com for a sample message and write or call your senators. Tell them to vote in support of the Ex-Im Bank.


UNICEF (UN Children's Fund) released a report today showing that two years after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti on January 12 2010, the situation for children in the country is slowly improving though critical challenges remain.
Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director at UNICEF NZ, said: "As we know from our own experiences here in New Zealand, the road to recovery from a large-scale earthquake is long-term and complex from a practical and from a human perspective.
· Constructing 193 safe, earthquake-resistant schools for 80,000 children to attend classes.
· Helping more than 750,000 children return to school, such as by providing learning materials.
· Enabling over 120,000 children to enjoy structured play in one of 520 child friendly spaces.
· Helping 95 rural communities launch new programmes to improve sanitation.
· Supporting 314 therapeutic feeding programmes which have provided more than 15,000 malnourished children with life-saving care.
In the area of child protection, a major step has been that the government of Haiti has strengthened its legal framework for institutionalized children. Prior to the earthquake the government did not know how many children were living in institutions - or even where they were.
Now, with UNICEF's support, the first ever Directory of Residential Care Facilities has been launched; so far more than half of the country's 650 centres have been assessed; and over 13,400 children (out of an estimated 50,000 living in residential care) have been registered. The government has also signed the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption, which protects the rights of children, birth parents, and adoptive parents by establishing minimum standards for adoptions. This is significant in protecting children from trafficking and abuse.
The report notes that with 4,316,000 children under 18, most of them still only have limited opportunities for survival, development and protection. Although they begin 2012 with a long-awaited new government and national budget, children are affected by the various challenges which remain for a country where the scars of disaster are still visible on the infrastructure, institutions and social systems.
More than 500,000 individuals still shelter in over 800 different displacement sites across the earthquake-affected area. Some 77 per cent were renters before the earthquake, meaning most have no homes to return to. An outbreak of cholera in the period after the earthquake continues to place an additional burden on already severely limited infrastructure and services.
UNICEF, in the last year of its "transitional programme" for earthquake recovery, continues to implement a mix of humanitarian relief, capacity development for institutional re-building and advocacy simultaneously, in order to address both acute and chronic challenges that prevent the realisation of child rights. However, funding gaps still remain. UNICEF is appealing for US $24 million for immediate humanitarian needs in 2012 to support vulnerable children through five key projects in health, nutrition, water and sanitation, education, and child protection. Another US $30 million is needed for longer term development assistance.
McKinlay added, "Over the past two years Kiwi dollars have actively helped UNICEF to 'build back better' in Haiti, creating real and long-lasting change for the country's children. Yet, as is true of Christchurch also, there is still a long way to go in re-building bricks and lives and this must be a shared effort.


Preheat the hot plate on High with the Takoyaki pan on it. It will take quite a while to heat up.
Make the batter by putting the eggs and the stock in with the flour and mix. Make sure it's not too thin, almost like a pancake batter will do.
Know that after the Pan has heated up, grease the pan with oil (sesame or rice bran oil is best), and well! After pan is greased, half fill the Takoyaki pans holes with batter, and then put in the other ingredients. After that, fill up the rest of the Takoyaki pan's holes with batter.
Look to see that when the top of the batter is brown, turn the Takoyaki over with a skewer of some sort (use two, one in each hand, if necessary). Keep turning them over.
Serve on a plate with okonomi sauce, mayonnaise, grounded Nori (seaweed) and bonito (fish) flakes.
It takes a lot of Practice to turn over the balls while cooking, but if you grease the Takoyaki pan really well, it will be easier. But remember, they will never be perfect.
If you would like, you could do the same steps, but instead of cooking them in the Takoyaki pan, you could use Muffin tins in the oven. Just cook them at whatever heat you cook muffins at. Every oven is different, so i don't want to recommend anything.
If you can't find some of the ingredients listed, see if you could find subsitutes!


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Indiana puts perinatal 'levels of care' standards into state law to reduce infant mortality
Monday, September 17, 2018 at 04:21 PM
Earlier this year, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed SB 360, making Indiana the third Midwestern state to enshrine in state law a perinatal "levels of care" rating system for hospitals and birthing centers.
National Percent of Uninsured Unchanged, 2016 to 2017, but 14 States Had Increases
Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 11:03 AM
Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau released a report with 2017 data on health insurance status in each state. In 2017, 28.5 million people (or 8.8 percent) did not have health insurance at any point during the year. The uninsured rate and number were not statistically different from 2016. In some states the uninsured rate change between 2016 and 2017 was statistically significant. In three states – California, Louisiana, and New York—the percentage of people without insurance decreased, but in 14 states the percentage increased. The states where the uninsured rates increased are Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia.
Book of the States 2018, Chapter 9: Selected State Policies and Programs
Heather Perkins
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Chapter 9 of The Book of the States 2018 contains the following tables:
CSG Hosts Medicaid Leadership Academy, Sept. 2018
For three days in September 2018, state legislative leaders in the health arena will meet at the CSG Medicaid Leadership Academy to hear from federal government representatives and officials from health policy organizations and state Medicaid programs about innovative programs in states that are improving health outcomes and reducing health care costs.
Presentation topics will include dementia-competent care in Virginia, a telehealth diabetes monitoring program in Mississippi, a proposal in Oklahoma to move to value-based...
Supreme Court to Decide Whether State Law Claim against Drug Manufacturer is Preempted
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 08:49 AM
The Supreme Court has long resolved whether and when state law claims against drug manufacturers are preempted by federal law. The Third Circuit ruling in Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht is very favorable to state-law claims and likely will be modified, if not reversed, by the Supreme Court.
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of a drug warning label does not necessarily insulate drug manufacturers from state-law failure-to-warn claims. In Wyeth v. Levine (2009), the Supreme Court held that state failure-to-warn claims are preempted when there is "clear evidence" the FDA would not have approved the warning a plaintiff claims was necessary. In Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht, Merck claims there was such "undisputed" evidence in this case but the Third Circuit improperly allowed the case go to a jury for "conjecture as to why the FDA rejected the proposed warning."
Family Caregiving, State programs
Jay Phillips
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 09:36 AM
The cost of nursing home/assisted living care has continued to rise. The average daily cost of nursing home care in the United States is $235, with a high of $800 per day in Alaska, and a low of $147 in Oklahoma. The increasing cost of care for loved ones has placed burden on the federal and state governments, as well as the American people searching for cheaper alternatives.
State Strategies to Address Opioid Abuse
Friday, August 17, 2018 at 11:12 AM
The opioid crisis has devastated families and communities across the nation. As a result, the federal government has begun drafting potential policy solutions that could help mitigate the effects of widespread opioid use. While Congress debates their options, they would do well to look to the states for guidance on the matter.
Several states have adopted innovative strategies that have allowed them to expand access to medication-assisted treatment, or MAT. MAT combines Food and Drug Administration-approved medication—...
Michigan will require lead service lines to be replaced starting in 2021
As part of what state officials say is the strictest set of lead and copper standards in the nation, Michigan will require all of the state's public water systems to replace their lead service lines. Starting in 2021, the Detroit Free Press reports, each public water system must replace, on average, 5 percent of its lead service pipes per year over a 20-year period, with water customers paying for most of the estimated $2.5 billion price tag.
School-based mental health care seen as way to better identify students in need, improve access
For his first job out of college, psychologist Mark Weist went to work at a mental health center, splitting his time between providing services at the center and a local school. The differences in the two settings were dramatic.
"At the mental health center, people weren't showing up," Weist, a professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina, said during a presentation at this year's Midwestern Legislative Conference Annual Meeting. "We'd be scheduled to see six or seven families in a day, for example, and only somewhere between one and three showed up.
"But in schools, there was this tremendous pent-up need for services."
That experience nearly 30 years ago has led Weist to become a national leader in efforts to bring the mental health system into the schools, allowing community practitioners to work alongside school psychologists, nurses, social workers and counselors. He listed multiple benefits of school-based mental health: better identifying students in need, improving service access and use, and reducing barriers to learning.
Midwest's legislators adopt resolution calling for greater mental-health supports for people living in rural areas
Myriad signs point to the need for better connecting farmers to services that help them deal with stress, depression and other mental health challenges. First, there is the history of the problem: In a study examining various industries between 1992 and 2010, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found that farm operators and workers had the highest suicide rate.
Second, many rural U.S. communities struggle with shortages of mental health professionals: 65 percent don't have a psychiatrist and 47 percent lack a psychologist, according to a 2018 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Third, many of today's agricultural producers are dealing with high levels of stress, due to factors such as low commodity prices and decreased farm incomes.


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El huevo militar de acero es uno de una serie de aproximadamente 50 huevos de Pascua rusos enjoyados creados con supervisión del joyero ruso Peter Carl Fabergé para la familia imperial rusa. Este huevo en particular fue entregado a Alejandra Fiodorovna, la zarina rusa, en la víspera de Pascua de 1916 en nombre del último zar de Rusia, Nicolás II, por el hijo de Fabergé, Eugène, mientras Nicolás II estaba en el frente ruso de la Primera Guerra Mundial. El propio Carl Fabergé estaba ocupado entregando el otro huevo de Pascua de 1916, el Huevo de la Orden de San Jorge, a la madre de Nicolás, la emperatriz viuda María. Es uno de los diez huevos imperiales Fabergé que no se vendieron después de la Revolución Rusa y la subsiguiente ejecución de la familia imperial Romanov, y ahora se encuentra en la colección de la Armería del Kremlin.

Descripción
Su exterior está hecho de oro y acero, a diferencia de muchos huevos anteriores, el exterior no tenía piedras preciosas incrustadas en ninguna parte, y una vez estuvo recubierto solo con esmalte vítreo, mientras que el interior está forrado de seda y terciopelo. Se encuentra sobre una base cuadrada de jade y está sostenido por cuatro proyectiles de artillería de acero en miniatura.

Originalmente, el acero del huevo estaba ennegrecido por todas partes. Sin embargo, no mucho después de su entrega, comenzó a oxidarse y la capa negra se deterioró (una evaluación del huevo realizada por Christie's en 1927 también señaló que los proyectiles de artillería mostraban daños definidos por oxidación). Como resultado, el acero se pulió para detener este proceso y ahora tiene un color plateado espejo. Fue diseñado por uno de los parientes de Carl Fabergé, Gustav Shkilter, y fabricado principalmente en la planta siderúrgica Putilovskii, conocida por la calidad de su acero.

Como tales regalos de Pascua entre el zar y la zarina, el huevo militar de acero a veces se considera banal y kitsch en su estilo austero y apariencia comparativamente suave, en su mayoría incolora, especialmente una vez que la superficie ennegrecida se ha pulido para que parezca cromo. Gran parte de esto no es un reflejo de un cambio en el estilo o la intención artística de Fabergé, sino más bien de los recursos y trabajadores cada vez más escasos que Fabergé todavía tenía a su disposición para crear el huevo: fue el último que su taller creó y entregó con éxito a la zarina antes de que el zar fuera depuesto, el gobierno ruso colapsara y la nación entrara en la indigencia financiera. Aunque Fabergé continuaría fabricando dos huevos más para 1917, no se entregarían con éxito a los destinatarios previstos y Fabergé se iría de Rusia a Alemania en 1918, amargado y frustrado por no haber recibido ningún pago y su taller había sido completamente nacionalizado por los bolcheviques.

Sorpresa
El accesorio "sorpresa" que contiene es una pintura en miniatura de Vassilii Zuiev sobre un caballete de oro y acero. El caballete está revestido de esmalte vítreo y el marco de la pintura está forrado con diamantes. La pintura representa al Zar y su hijo apenas adolescente, el zarevich Alexei, con pesados abrigos rusos estudiando detenidamente mapas con ocho altos oficiales rusos junto a un árbol y un par de caballos al frente de la Gran Guerra.

En ficción
Aparece en The Strangelove Gambit, una novela de Nikolai Dante de David Bishop .

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On a New Year's Eve night, former WVU guard Miles "Deuce" McBride made his first career NBA start for the New York Knicks.
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Starting guard Kemba Walker was dealing with a knee injury before the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, which led to head coach Tom Thibodeau giving McBride the start. McBride played in 24 minutes, scoring seven points. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native shot 3-of-9 from the field in a 95-80 loss, on Friday night.
McBride has played 12 games in the NBA, with now a start under his belt. The former Mountaineer is averaging 3.0 points, 1.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.7 steals in 9.8 minutes per game.
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Co-parenting is a situation where the parents are not in a marriage or romantic relationship with one another but make a commitment to share in the responsibilities of parenting their children. More often than not, the circumstances are acrimonious and stressful which can make the co-parenting relationship a bit challenging. However, it is possible to develop an amicable working relationship with your ex and steer the conflict away from the children.
Divorce can be devastating for children and they need both parents' unconditional love and support. The object of effective co-parenting is to provide your children with the highest quality care with minimal scarring.
In addition, observing how their parents are working out conflict gives kids healthy examples on effective problem solving in the future. Keep in mind that one day you and your ex will probably be grandparents and want to "share" the grandkids, so it really is to your advantage to find a way to work together now.
Sometimes, even with the most amicable of splits, establishing an effective co-parenting plan with your ex can be difficult. And, in a high conflict relationship, therapeutic intervention is almost always needed. Besides, it can be very helpful getting an outside perspective to help improve and blend your co-parenting relationship. A qualified mental health professional can provide parenting and dispute resolution coordination, and post-divorce family therapy for all members of the family. For problematic high-conflict situations, parallel parenting is another option for parents who don't wish to communicate with one another, but share responsibility in the parenting of their children.


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Micklash, Hezekiah honoured by Canada West
Nathan Liewicki
Published on: March 7, 2019 | Last Updated: March 7, 2019 12:13 PM EST
East St. Paul product Faith Hezekiah of the University of Winnipeg Wesmen was named a first-team Canada West all-star for the 2018-19 season. Nathan Liewicki / The Selkirk Journal
East St. Paul's Tory Micklash was named a Canada West women's hockey first-team all-star on Feb. 20, one of a handful of Tri-S area athletes to be recognized by the conference for their outstanding seasons.
In 19 games, the third-year UBC Thunderbirds goaltender posted 13 wins, a 1.01 goals-against average, .950 save percentage and six shutouts.
Unfortunately for Micklash and the T-Birds, they were ousted from the playoffs following a series sweep at the hands of the defending USports champion University of Manitoba Bisons in Winnipeg on Feb. 23.
On the hardwood, fourth-year University of Winnieg Wesmen guard Faith Hezekiah was named a first-team women's basketball all-star on Feb. 21.
The five-foot-11 East St. Paul forward led Canada West in scoring with 23.8 points per game, and steals per game with 3.1. She also finished second in the conference averaging 10.3 rebounds per game.
The Wesmen earned the 12th and final post-season berth and bounced the fifth-seeded T-Birds with a 67-64 win in
Vancouver on Feb. 9. Winnipeg was then swept by the top-seeded University of Saskatchewan Huskies in a best-of-three quarter-final series in Saskatoon on
Feb. 14 and 15.
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The Russian Sociological Review, an international peer-reviewed academic journal published by the National Research University — Higher School of Economics, invites contributions from philosophy, social sciences and cognate fields for the special issue entitled Spontaneous Orders and New Forms of the Social: Between the Mundane and Institutions.
Abstract submission deadline: June 20, 2017.
We agree that today's global phenomena such as flows and networks cover the world and horizontal connections continue to be omnipresent like any other new global social institution. Yet nowadays, radical changes are taking place that will become more sophisticated on the global scale, and will question and reduce the importance of what has been used to be a symptom of globalization. This is exemplified through the new reinforcement of the State, the reducing power of the international law institutions and the authority of the international organizations, the emergence of new forms of spontaneous order everywhere, and the growing avalanche of information on various episodes of social interaction.
Globalization is questioned with respect to the process of the blurring of political borders of states and other territories. Where social events take place, states gain their role as a main social unity anew. Still, they are permeated by global flows. The interaction of the global and the local takes a new shape. Furthermore, new forms of social interaction emerge, and it is not possible to definitely classify them as global or local. Neither traditional institutional nor newer network- and flow-inspired languages of description can be used to make sense of them. These interactions—often spontaneous, slightly formed, and embedded in the routine practices—may emerge and then quickly dissolve. However, they may become the origin of the yet-unknown future.
New forms of social order may reveal themselves in various configurations of order and disorder, in unprecedented or partially transformed situations, or in episodes of social life in time and space. The novelty may be traced in unexpected eventsor in issues of communication, in the distribution of sourcesand in the shifting of centers of activities, or in the composition of new types of inert communication. Spontaneous orders relate to the shop floor of the social where new forms of interaction emerge and are tested. The times and situations, when the dominant tendencies are not yet defined, and the future is still open, are the most favorable to these orders.
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Norris F. Krueger, Jr.
University of Phoenix.
Estados Unidos da América do Norte
PhD in Entrepreneurship. Research Fellow da School for Advanced Studies,University of Phoenix, Arizona, (USA).
Deborah V. Brazeal
Polytechnic University in Pomona.
PhD in Entrepreneurship and Psycology, Teacher California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California, (USA).
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Potencial Empreendedor e Empreendedores em Potencial
Norris F. Krueger, Jr., Deborah V. Brazeal
Antes de haver a possibilidade de empreendedorismo, é fundamental que haja potencial para tal, seja em uma comunidade buscando o desenvolvimento, ou em uma organização de grande porte que busca a inovação. Porém, o potencial de empreendimento precisa de um empreendedor em potencial. Este trabalho trata dos antecedentes de tal potencial e propõe um modelo baseado no modelo de Shapero (1982) do evento empreendedor. Portanto, tratamos deste modelo sob a luz de evidências embasadoras de duas perspectivas diferentes: empreendimento corporativo e desenvolvimento empresarial. (Inserido sob permissão da editora.)
Empreendedor; Empreendimento corporativo; Desenvolvimento empresarial
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For 2017 the Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) will prioritise high quality programs particularly, but not exclusively, across any of the three cross-cutting themes: youth; gender, diversity and inclusion; and innovation.
Projects must demonstrate collaboration between Japanese and Australian partners, including through financial and other (e.g. in-kind) contributions.
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Oil prices surge, stocks slip after US kills Iran general
BEIJING (AP) — Oil prices surged and most major global stock markets declined Friday after an Iranian general was killed by U.S. forces in Iraq. Stock indexes in London, Frankfurt and Paris fell, as did Hong Kong's earlier. Shanghai was little-changed and Japanese markets were closed.
A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Asian stocks were mixed Friday and oil prices surged after an Iranian general was killed by U.S. forces in Iraq.
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Asian stocks were mixed Friday and oil prices surged after an Iranian general was killed by U.S. forces in Iraq.
News that Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, was killed in an air attack at the Baghdad international airport prompted expectations of Iranian retaliation against U.S. and Israeli targets.
"A big fat dollop of geopolitical uncertainty has landed on investors desks," said Jeffrey Halley of Oanda in a report. There was no immediate indication how Iran would respond, but Tehran has seized oil tankers in the past and shot down a U.S. military drone.
The U.S. government blames Iran for attacks on tankers and a September assault on Saudi Arabia's oil industry that temporarily cut its production by half. Brent crude, used to price international oils, was $2.48 higher at $68.73 per barrel in London after being up nearly $3 at one point.
Benchmark U.S. crude climbed $2.19 to $63.37 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In Europe, Germany's DAX tumbled 1.7% to 13,154 and Italy's FTSE MIB droped 1.1% to 23,566. Both countries are net oil importers with big manufacturing sectors. France's CAC 40 fell 0.5% to 6,012 while London's FTSE lost 0.3% to 7,584.
On Wall Street, futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index and Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.1%. Both had hit new records Thursday. In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.3% to 28,451.50. The Shanghai Composite Index was off 1.5 points at 3,083.79. India's Sensex lost 0.5% to 41,413.36 and Singapore also declined.
Seoul's Kospi was up 1 point at 2,176.46 and Australia's S&P-ASX 200 advanced 0.6% to 6,733.50. The price of gold, which investors buy in times of uncertainty as a safe haven of value, was up 1.4% at $1,548.80 per ounce.
Before the escalation in Mideast tensions, investors had been encouraged by expectations of stronger global economic growth in 2020 and the planned signing of an interim U.S.-Chinese trade agreement. Investors are waiting for Washington and Beijing to formalize the deal that has helped ease market jitters over their 18-month-old fight over China's technology ambitions and trade surplus.
The "Phase 1" pact calls for Washington to roll back punitive tariffs on Chinese goods and for Beijing to buy more American farm products. This week, President Donald Trump tweeted he will sign the deal at the White House this month.
In currency markets, the dollar declined to 108.09 yen from Thursday's 108.56 yen. The euro edged down to $1.1140 from $1.1171.
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Nursing is an honorable profession. It offers opportunities to help others and lead out in community health. Although there are several paths to becoming a registered nurse, the associate's degree in nursing remains the most popular as candidates seek to get the credential in the fastest possible time. However, more and more prospects are enrolling in a BSN degree program to enhance their employment opportunities and facilitate future studies. Even registered nurses, who initially completed the associate's degree, count their education as a stepping-stone. There's a huge demand for nurses with a BSN or above, so enrolling in a baccalaureate program will lead to major career advantages.
In today's complex healthcare environment, a nurse's expanded role incorporates providing, managing, and coordinating patient care. The BSN degree not only opens the door to positions in administration and management but also a higher salary that comes from filling the demands of the best employers. Entry-level nursing may be rewarding, but it's also predictable. Through advanced training in leadership, communication, and community care, BSN graduates can move into new areas of interest that will pave the way for personal satisfaction and growth. By combining their experience and credentials, many registered nurses carve their own niche and function as consultants in various aspects of health.
The BSN degree may not be the only pathway to registered nursing. However, the American Association of College of Nursing (AACN), along with other leading organizations in the industry, would like it to be the minimum educational requirement for professional nursing practice. By covering a broad spectrum of areas, the curriculum prepares graduates to work as case managers, supervisors, or leaders in community care.
Careers in upper-level management and education appeal to many nurses, especially later on in their careers. These positions typically require a master's degree with a focus in the area of specialty. The BSN provides the key to graduate study and advanced practice nursing. There's a nationwide shortage of nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse midwives, so advanced practice nursing gives RNs an opportunity to take their career in a different direction. The growing need for nurse educators provides a different opportunity for nurses to move into and make a difference in the lives of future generations.
Whether your motivation is professional advancement, improving patient care techniques and social welfare skills, or being a positive role model, you'll receive greater satisfaction with a BSN degree. The changing healthcare system brought on by an aging population with more complicated conditions demands professionals who are versed in information technology and possess advanced clinical and leadership skills. Given the cost and length of the BSN program, it would be wise to compare schools and search for financial resources that would help to decrease out-of-pocket costs.
Following is a list of the various types of BSN programs available in Colorado.
LPN to BSN: An individual with a licensed practical diploma from an accredited institution, a license to practice as an LPN, and experience as a practical nurse may qualify for advanced placement in some BSN programs. The general education, science, and nursing courses may be transferable after review. LPNs can typically earn a BSN degree in 2 to 3 years depending on the former education.
RN to BSN: Registered nurses with an associate's degree or diploma are finding that their career depends on their willingness to go back to school. Many hospitals in Colorado and across the country require nurses to have a bachelor's degree at minimum. The shift in requirements leads to a proliferation of RN-BSN programs and a corresponding surge in enrollment in by nurses seeking to upgrade their education. Courses are available online for flexibility and convenience. Many community colleges now partner with four-year schools to facilitate the seamless transition from the ADN to BSN degree.
Traditional BSN: The traditional BSN curriculum is designed to accommodate any individual who may not have a prior education and training in healthcare. However, a background in math and science may be advantageous. The student begins with the general education and science requirements before commencing the core nursing courses, which accounts for about 50 percent of the total credit hours. The traditional BSN program takes approximately 3 to 4 years to complete the general education and nursing requirements.
Fast-track BSN: Accelerated programs allow individuals with a degree in another discipline to fast-track their way into a career in nursing. With a degree from a nationally accredited institution, the student will commence the program with core nursing courses, provided the school transfers in the general education and science courses. Students enrolled in an accelerated program can earn a BSN degree in12 to 24 months.
Graduates of the LPN-BSN, accelerated BSN, and traditional BSN programs are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN for licensure as a registered nurse.
The BSN program includes a balance of general education and nursing theory and practical experiences for students to acquire the knowledge and skills to function as a practitioner of nursing.
Review the list of programs approved by the Colorado Board of Nursing and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) below to find a program that meets your budget and goals.
Throughout the program, students will receive didactic instruction with coordinated clinical experiences in patient care in a variety of health care settings. The general education courses provide a foundation for the core nursing courses, which may follow a defined sequence.
Traditional routes usually require a full-time commitment although the pace may be adjusted to meet other responsibilities and commitments. The goal of the curriculum is to prepare graduates to administer patient-centered care, apply evidence-based practice, focus on patient safety, promote teamwork and collaboration, use patient care technologies, and be accountable for actions and decisions. Upon completion of the program, the graduate will be eligible to write the NCLEX-RN exam for registered nurse licensure.
Secure admission to the university as a degree-seeking student.
Obtain a passing score on the admissions test.
Submit a copy of official transcript of education.
Possess a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above on prerequisite courses.
Once accepted into the program, you may have to complete BLS for Healthcare Providers, pass a criminal background check, and carry personal health insurance.
The accelerated BSN program is a second-degree program targeted to individuals who want to complete the BSN in a fastest possible time. The applicant must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. With the transfer of credits, the student can complete the requirements to earn a bachelor's degree in nursing in 12 to 18 months. To enroll in this pathway, the student must complete the general education courses and prerequisite requirements with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above.
Enrollment requirements may include submission of official transcripts from each institution attended, competitive scores on the HESI A2 pre-admission exam, pass a personal interview, and submit a report of a certified background check. Graduates are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN to practice as a registered nurse.
Once you've decided to enroll in a BSN program, you'll have to take stock of your finances to determine if they will pose a potential barrier to completing your degree. There's no denying that college costs money, so you'll have to figure out how to pay for your education. Enrolling in a public school can help to lower the cost of your education. Fortunately, there are several excellent nursing programs at public universities in Colorado.
Before you submit your application, it is essential that you evaluate your financial need for the time you will be in school. The cost of attendance is a reflection of your expenses while you're a student and includes living expenses, tuition, transportation and books. Nursing students also have to factor in the cost of health insurance, clinical apparel, testing fees, and lab fees. A financial aid officer at the school will use your cost of attendance to determine your financial aid package, so assess your financial needs beforehand and plan accordingly.
Financial aid incorporates all the financial resources that will help you to pay for your education. It takes into consideration sources of funding from the government, your school, family support, scholarships, grants, and private loans. Scholarships and grants should be your first stop as these are sources of funding that you won't have to repay. Funding from family and friends may represent interest-free loans that you may have to repay at an agreed time. If you're employed in health care, your employer may be interested in your attempt to further your education and may offer tuition reimbursement, tuition remission, or loan repayment. Some employers may cover the entire cost if you commit to working at the institution for an established period. The approximate cost of completing a BSN degree at a public university is $42,400.
Nursing is a rewarding profession that offers a competitive salary and range of options to advance your career in health. Career advancement opportunities are primarily available to nurses who complete the BSN degree and advance their education in easy, manageable steps. Registered nurses with a bachelor's degree have the best opportunities, higher salaries, and are often placed in a position to supervise other nurses and take on administrative duties.
Before you choose a program, consider your options for schooling, making sure that you choose an accredited institution, your finances, and personal commitments. With your plan laid out, you can traverse the path to a career in nursing that will lead to numerous job opportunities, excellent pay, career advancement, and job satisfaction.
Review the list of Board-approved registered nursing programs with NCLEX-RN pass rates in Colorado and choose the one that's right for you.


I consider Asiago Pancetta Stuffed Shells to be better than eating spinach dip. I know that sounds crazy, right?! This creamy shell is beyond my wildest dreams of a stuffed shell. Surprised in the best way possible when I reheated these beauties, they were even better later that evening. Giving them time to sit allowed the cream and oil to blend perfectly. This dish has captured my heart and I could not be happier, in love!
Don't you just love Giada De Laurentils (She is amazing) and I adapted this recipe from her. Giada has that passion for food that only food lovers can understand. I adapted this recipe by reducing the amount of spinach and increasing the amount of pancetta. Who doesn't love more pancetta! Using less spinach allows you to taste more of the delicious asiago cheese in these stuffed shells. I paired this recipe with my dill roasted carrots and oh the harmony of flavors, I cant stop thinking about them. Thank you Giada for inspiring me, without your recipe I wouldn't have been able to create my new favorite dish.


Home » Galleries » Past Shows » 2015-2016 » Preus Library » "Photos of Vietnam"
A gallery reception will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 4:00 - 5:50 pm in the Hovde Room of Preus Library. The reception, hosted by Clara and Karl Knudson, is in conjunction with an exhibition of photographs created by Clara's brother, Tuan (Don) Phan. All are welcome to attend.
"Photos of Vietnam" gives an intimate look at modern life in Vietnam and closely connects with the upcoming January-term study abroad class, "Paideia 450: Stability and Change in Vietnam" that will be offered to Luther students. The class, combining elements of economics and political science, will travel to several regions of Vietnam, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta to experience different aspects of Vietnamese culture. Several of those locations are featured in Phan's photographs. The class will be led by John Moeller (political science) and Steve Holland (economics). Both professors will be present at the reception.
Photographs by Tuan (Don) Phan have been included in nearly 30 international exhibitions and received multiple awards. In 2003 alone he received 15 international awards, including top ten rankings in both black & white and color (large print divisions) photography. Don came to the United States from Vietnam in 1975 and attended Luther College, graduating in 1977. He then enrolled in graduate school at the University of Iowa, where he earned an accounting degree in 1979. His show at Luther will feature images of Vietnam, including some locations that may be visited by current students during a January 2016 study-abroad course (Paideia 450: Stability and Change in Vietnam - see above). Don currently lives and works in California and is the brother of Decorah resident Clara Knutson.


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Gardening: Spring brings new blooms along with…
Gardening: Spring brings new blooms along with fresh excitement
Photo by Joshua Siskin
A study in yellow and green: mother-in-law's tongue planted with Guzmania bromeliads.
By Joshua Siskin | perfectplants18@yahoo.com |
The sages taught that whenever you see a beautiful tree (or animal, or human being), you should bless God for having created it.
This instruction was recorded nearly 2,000 years ago in the Babylonian Talmud (Berachot, 52b), a text that was compiled in Sura, a city that exists today in southern Iraq.
Such a blessing seems fitting — many times over — as winter turns to spring and long-dormant trees of every description, both deciduous and evergreen, begin to bloom.
It is said that poets are people who are forever looking at the world with new eyes, that each time they see something, no matter how familiar, it is as though they had never seen it before.
This poetic tendency is found among plant lovers in general and within the souls of gardeners in particular.
No matter how many times you may have observed irises when they first begin to bloom, for example, you cannot contain your excitement when encountering them anew. They are as opulent as orchids, require zero maintenance in the garden, yet reliably burst into silky bloom each year between late winter and early spring.
If this was not enough of an attraction, irises multiply vegetatively by rhizomes and are easily divided and dispersed throughout the garden in full to partial sun exposures. Looking for a gift for a friend who has everything? Dig up some of your iris rhizomes and transplant them into your friend's garden or into their patio/balcony flowerpots.
Typically, a plant achieves fame on account of its flowers. But some ornamental plants have nondescript flowers and are regaled instead for their foliage, their decorative fruit, their bark or their fragrance.
The leaves of lemon verbena (Aloysia citrodora) have a stronger lemon scent than those of any plant, yet this species could easily be missed during a garden stroll. Its growth habit is haphazard and its form is devoid of symmetry. Leaves are pale green and sprays of white flowers are unremarkable.
Moreover, lemon verbena gives no hint of its potent fragrance, since its leaves emit their mellifluous scent only after being crushed, torn or bruised, and then brought right up close to your nostrils.
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon spp.) is even more of a conundrum, since its appearance is positively weedy, growing as a tall, clumping grass. Yet it is highly desirable for flavoring dishes of every description and is a widely used condiment in Asian cuisine.
Lemongrass is also used as an insect repellent in both ornamental and vegetable gardens. But if you have lemongrass in your garden and just want to enjoy its scent, here, also, the leaves must be crushed to emit their fragrance.
It is ironic, you might think, that these lemony plants are not only devoid of visual interest but that their outstanding aromatic quality should be hidden, too. But then hiddenness might be related to holiness, since the sense of smell was the only one of the five senses not corrupted in the Garden of Eden.
The forbidden fruit was attractive to the eye and pleasant to touch. The voice of the serpent, downplaying the prohibition of consuming this dangerous fruit, had an appealing sound, and the taste of the fruit was sweet.
Only smell will forever remain beyond corruption since, according to Bnei Yissachar, it is sensed by the same nostrils through which God blew into Adam the holy breath of life.
Getting back to plants recognized for their physical beauty, occasionally you come across a trifecta — a species with three simultaneously noteworthy aesthetic attributes. This time of year, I am always mesmerized by Arbutus trees, known commonly as madrones or strawberry trees. Their flowers are tiny upturned urns, white or cream or pink in color; leaves are lush and pendant; and bark exfoliates to a smooth, dark cinnamon bronze.
There is even a fourth quality on display, especially in Arbutus andrachne, as the tree's form is symmetrically fountainesque, a result of multiple trunks emanating from a single point. Later, orange to red fruit will adorn the trees. The fruit is edible but rather bland and, fittingly, there is a common strawberry tree species that goes by the Latin name of Arbutus unedo.
Unedo means "I eat one" and refers to the fruit, which despite its appealing look is barely palatable and you will be deterred from eating more than one.
Marina's strawberry tree (Arbutus marina) is an increasingly planted hybrid, one of whose parents is Arbutus unedo. Marina's popularity stems from its pink flowers and large, lush foliage, as well as a relatively rapid growth rate to a mature height of 40 feet.
Sometimes it is the combination of colors or characteristics among a grouping of plants that invokes a feeling of awe.
Not long ago, I saw a yellow daffodil, a burgundy cyclamen with heart-shaped foliage adorned with white markings, a trailing mauve bacopa, and a silvery dusty miller sharing garden space in proximity. Each color benefited from those around it, each serving to highlight the others.
Red (Turk's cap) and purple (lilac vine) pandemonium (Photo by Joshua Siskin)
About a month ago, I encountered a red and purple spectacle involving the uncontrolled eruption of Turk's cap (Malvaviscus arboreus drummondii) alongside that of coral pea or lilac vine (Hardenbergia violacea). I am sure that whoever planted these two together had no idea that they would one day look as they do now, a gleeful pandemonium of red and purple.
And then, in a planter box, I noticed a pink geranium with the deepest green, nearly black foliage, touching the lacy, light green leaves of some anemones, whose bulbs had been planted in the fall. Even without their flowers, which should be opening shortly, the finely cut, parsley green anemone foliage is a perfect contrast to the dark-lobed geranium leaves.
Last but not least, in an indoor planter, I witnessed a brilliant juxtaposition of two species that, generally grown indoors, will thrive in an outdoor environment such as that provided from Camarillo west to the ocean. The planter featured a collection of mother-in-law's tongues (Sansevieria laurentii), which are conglomerations of sword-shaped leaves thinly outlined along their edges in yellow, interplanted with yellow Guzmania bromeliads, the combination providing a keen horticultural study in green and yellow.
Correction: I want to thank Dean Armentrout of Laguna Beach for pointing out the correct spelling of praying (with an a, not an e) mantis.
For more information about area plants and gardens, go to Joshua Siskin's website at thesmartergardener.com. Send questions and photos to Joshua@perfectplants.com.
Anthurium (Photo by Joshua Siskin)
If you want an indoor plant whose inflorescences display their color nonstop, consider Anthurium.
This indestructible beauty consists of large lush leaves and spathes, or modified leaves, that are heart-shaped and look and feel like plastic.
Each spathe, which may be white, pink or red, encircles a spadix, a yellow or flesh-colored flower spike.
The actual flowers appear as tiny bumps up and down the length of the spadix.
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Joshua Siskin | Gardening columnist
For more information about plants and gardens, visit Joshua Siskin's website at www.thesmartergardener.com. Send questions and photos to joshua@perfectplants.com.
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2. Points are not usually put in legislative acts or in deeds: Eunom. Dial. 2, Sec. 33, p. 239; yet, in construing them, the courts must read them with such stops as will give effect to the whole. 4 T. R. 65.
At that instant the projectile will have no weight whatever; and, if it passes that point, it will fall into the moon by the sole effect of the lunar attraction.
It is a point of cunning, to wait upon him with whom you speak, with your eye; as the Jesuits give it in precept: for there be many wise men, that have secret hearts, and transparent countenances.
A crowd of men, women, and children, was collected on the memorable Point Venus, ready to receive us with laughing, merry faces.
The little squadron of canoes set sail with a favorable breeze, and soon passed Tongue Point, a long, high, and rocky promontory, covered with trees, and stretching far into the river.