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Victim, mother fight back against sex trafficking in SW Fla.
There are more than 20 million people denied freedom in the world today; many of them are children who are involved in sex trafficking. The issue hits home for one local mother, now speaking up and fighting back.
Friday, May 13th 2016, 7:57 PM EDT
It is the fastest-growing criminal activity in the world, and it's happening here in Southwest Florida.
There are more than 20 million people denied freedom in the world today, many of them children involved in sex trafficking. The issue hits home for one local mother who is now speaking up and fighting back.
Like many parents, Iris Sanchez had no idea that children right here in Southwest Florida are victims of human trafficking.
"Knowing now what I know, I would've seen a lot of the warning signs at an earlier age," Sanchez said.
She says the trouble began when her now 15-year-old daughter began running away from home when she was 12.
Her daughter Jane* says a rocky home life pushed her out to meet new people.
"I was living on the streets at 13 years old," Jane said. "I started hanging out with kids that were older than me."
Hanging out with the wrong crowd turned into something much worse.
"I was nothing more than just an object, like that you can just pass me around," she explained. "I tried to convince myself that I was being independent. I would say anything - just to myself not even to other people - just say anything to myself to make it OK."
She says she would stay at stranger's homes and sometimes they'd ask for favors in return.
"I felt worthless," she said.
For Sanchez, her worst fears were realized when she found her daughter's picture on a website popular with traffickers.
"Part of me died a little bit that moment," Sanchez said. "It was just really hard."
Sanchez's story is more common than you might think. Florida ranks third in the nation among states with the most human trafficking. Many victims of sex trafficking are girls like Jane -- averaging from 12 to 14 years old when they enter into "the life" as she calls it.
Melissa Turvey, a counselor with the Southwest Florida Human Trafficking Coalition, says in 2015, they received more than 1,200 calls to a local hotline about possible trafficking cases.
"Seventy-six percent of the calls that we have are minor victims of sex trafficking," she said.
Advocates say the problem can be hiding in plain sight.
"It can be anywhere in Florida," Turvey explained. "We're talking the motels and hotels that we go and visit as families."
Sanchez says she and her daughter now see the potential for trafficking in situations many people would look right past.
"I've driven around town here locally with my daughter and she's pointing out hotels where she would go," Sanchez said.
Now she's is fighting back with her daughter by her side, sharing her story, and hoping others will listen.
"For a long time, I was very quiet, but I'm just giving them power. I refuse to let them continue to control my life and my daughter," she said.
With the help of law enforcement, counselors, and family, Jane is now back home and healing.
She says she hit a turning point when she began to think about going back home and realized she was worried about other girls being trafficked with her. Jane says it made her realize how much her own family must have worried about her.
She's now working with her mom and speaking with other teens about the dangers and warning signs of human trafficking. Sanchez started a Facebook group, Defend Your Beauty, to help spread awareness. Right now, she's working to create a nonprofit.
Sanchez is also trying to spread the word about a special one-night screening of The Abolitionists. It's a documentary about the fight against worldwide child sex trafficking playing in select theaters nationwide on Monday, May 16th at 7:30 p.m.
There are several theaters in Southwest Florida showing the film. For a showing near you and to purchase tickets, click here.
*not her real name
If you or someone you know needs help, you can call the Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc. local hotline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 239-939-3112.
You can also call the national, confidential hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
Learn more about human trafficking by visiting the National Human Trafficking Resource Center.

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Line. 285-290: As when hollow rocks.....After the tempest.
At the assembly of the fallen angles in Hell, Mammon's advice to found an empire which should rival God's kingdom in Heaven won the widest approval. At the conclusion of his speech there was a great murmur of applause. Milton describes it in this simile.
The murmur of applause that filled the hall of the assembly was similar to the sounds of blustering winds which fill the hollows of a craggy coast, on the morning after a storm. The winds had blustered or blown violently all through the night, and caused great surges in the sea; but in the morning, when it was calm everywhere around, the winds which had entered the hollows of the rocky coast continued to whistle, and their umpleasant sounds lulled the overwearied mariners, who had anchored their boats or pinnaces alongside it.
The hollow rocks are said to retain the sound of the blustering winds, because occasional gusts continue to be distinctly audible, whistling through crevices along the rocky coast at time when elsewhere the winds had subsided. The description is distinctly reminiscential of certain lines in Virgil's Aeneid, where the winds which had been imprisoned by the god Aeolus in caverns are described as murmuring and howling to get free.
The only point of comparison in the simile is between the murmur of applause and the subdued sounds heard along a craggy coast on the morning after a tempest. The other parts of the simile are purely adventitious and form part of the poetic embroidery. In this respect Milton closely imitates Homer.
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Escaped inmate on run after correctional administrator found dead at Tenn. prison
Escapee on the run after correctional administrator found dead
By Janice Broach | August 7, 2019 at 10:47 PM EDT - Updated August 8 at 12:57 PM
HENNING, Tenn. (WMC) - A prison inmate is on the run and authorities believe he is responsible for the murder of a corrections employee.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a Blue Alert for Curtis Ray Watson escaped West Tennessee State Penitentiary.
A Blue Alert is issued when TBI needs help from the public to assist in apprehending violent criminals who kill or seriously injure law enforcement officers in the line of duty. The alert uses the same structure as an Amber Alert to disseminate the information.
The alert was sent to phones and is featured on TDOT signs on roadways across the state.
Thursday morning, TBI released two new pictures of Watson without facial hair in case he has changed his appearance since his escape.
UPDATE: We are releasing two of Curtis Watson's previous mug shots from his TDOC incarceration, in case he altered the appearance of his facial hair after his escape yesterday.
If you see him, do not approach. Call 911.
Thanks for helping us to spread the word! pic.twitter.com/4EhBnEK9J6
— TBI (@TBInvestigation) August 8, 2019
Watson was assigned to work as a farm worker at the prison. He is suspected of killing prison administrator Debra Johnson, who was found dead in her home around 11:30 on the prison grounds. Johnson worked for the department of correction for 38 years.
Escaped inmate is person of interest in homicide of TDOC employee
It is not clear when Watson escaped. Residents are on high alert since word got out that he escaped, taking off on a tractor.
"The officer came and knocked on my door a while ago and said, 'we'd like to search your house.' I said, 'that would be a good idea because I haven't even done that,'" said Ellen Strong, neighbor.
Ellen Strong lives down from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Lauderdale County.
"Immediately following, the facility was locked down. Official inmate count was conducted. At that time Inmate Curtis Ray Watson 363744 was found (missing)," said Tony Parker, correction commissioner.
Authorities launched a manhunt for Watson in the acres and acres of farm fields and woods surrounding the prison. The search was made difficult because of torrential rain. Cars driving on surrounding roads were also checked.
Burt Staggs worked with Debra Johnson for a little over a year more than a decade ago.
Debra Johnson (Source: Tennessee Department of Correction/Facebook)
"She was a really fine lady. What I knew of her there was never any conflict with her with staff or inmates. She treated everybody with respect," said Staggs.
Watson was convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping and and aggravated child abuse.
He is 5′11 and weighs 180 pounds. He could have changed his appearance but cannot hide the many tattoos of skulls and devils and other similar images on his body.
The TBI considers Watson extremely dangerous.
Copyright 2019 WMC. All rights reserved.
Janice Broach
Janice Broach has traveled the world covering stories for WMC Action News 5, from the Rwandan refugee crisis to medical missions in China and Vietnam. You can watch her weekdays at 10 p.m.


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My Lords, this amendment will place in the Bill the five-year duration for the rate relief scheme for new fibre. The scheme will apply retrospectively from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2022. The need to have the five years on the face of the Bill was discussed at Report. I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for raising this matter and agreeing to withdraw his amendment at that stage so that we could bring forward these changes.
The amendments will also allow for the period of the rate relief scheme to be extended by regulation using the affirmative resolution procedure. This will ensure that, if the Chancellor wants to repeat or extend the rate relief scheme, that can happen quickly without the need for another Bill but still with the approval of Parliament. I trust that noble Lords will agree that the amendment meets the commitment I gave on Report. I beg to move.
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth. I draw the House's attention to my interests as a local councillor in Lewisham and vice-president of the Local Government Association. As he said, we had a very fruitful meeting after I tabled my amendment at Report. I was very happy to withdraw that, and I am very pleased with what the Minister has brought back today. As he says, it has enabled the Government to put the dates in the Bill. If they want at some future point to extend the scheme, they can, without the need for primary legislation. It is a very sensible move.
My Lords, draw the House's attention to the register of interests as a councillor in Kirklees and another vice-president of the Local Government Association. As we discussed on Report, we agree with and support the amendments proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Bourne, and initiated by the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy. We thank the Minister for his very helpful meetings on the Bill. I have certainly explored a number of issues, although I have not got very far, and I do not intend to let them go. There is a growing need to think about the accessibility and affordability of broadband and mobile networks for people less well off than the majority, when they are going to rely on them for access to public services and other important aspects of their lives. That issue will not go away, and I hope Ministers will take that point away and think about it.
As for the amendments, we will obviously support them.
My Lords, I shall respond to the typically generous comments from the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, regarding the Bill in general. I also want to put on record a couple of other issues. First, I undertook that we would look at gaming, and after discussing the issue with Ofcom and Gamma Telecom—I have shared this with the opposition parties—they have concluded that there is no risk of gaming in relation to fibre, but we shall keep a watching brief on that issue. I also take note of what the noble Baroness said about rural issues and deprived and isolated areas that are difficult to get to. Again, we would want to take account of and pay special attention to that.
At Second Reading we benefited from hearing about the concerns about business rates of the noble Earl, Lord Erroll, and my noble friend Lady Harding. I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for their constructive approach to the Bill. I am also grateful to my noble friend and co-pilot Lord Ashton for the support and expert knowledge he has provided throughout the Bill's passage. I also extend thanks to the Bill team: Jonathan Denning, Nick Cooper, Pete McDougall, Stewart Kemsley, Thomas Adams and the ever-smiling Homaira Abdullah.
This Bill will help to close the digital divide and to get higher-quality, more reliable connectivity to households and businesses across the country, benefiting every sector of the economy. I beg to move.
Amendments 2 to 4 agreed.
Amendments 5 to 8 agreed.
Amendments 9 to 12 agreed.
My Lords, briefly, I want again to thank the noble Lord for handling this Bill in his usual courteous manner. It has broad support across the House and I have been very happy to work with the noble Lord and his colleagues on it. I also thank his Bill team—all the names that he mentioned. I have met a number of his officials and they have been helpful and courteous at all times.


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An interview with Daisy Facinelli
Conducted by Fatima Ahmed, Edited by Ishani Aziz
Credit: Darren Heath
Daisy Facinelli is an Italian Formula 1 photographer born and raised in a small town in Northern Italy, in the province of Trento.
Q: Where did your love for photography and F1 come from? When did you decide to merge the two?
A: When I was 14 I said to my mother "I want to be a photographer". I don't know where the love for photography came from because nobody in the family had this passion. I remember that at 4 we had a film camera and I managed to make Barbie and Ken stand alone in order to take a picture of them… and the film ran out. Mom got very angry because at that time developing the photographs cost a lot. Since I was a child I used to watch Formula 1 with my father and my brother when Michael Schumacher, Villeneuve and Barrichello were there… I remember how tears were yesterday for Senna's accident. Then I detached myself a little from this world ... only a little over a year ago it returned to be part of my life. I would say during the pandemic.
Q: What steps did you take to become an F1 photographer?
A: I studied photography at the Jhon Kaverdash academy in Milan, then I opened a photographic studio where I mainly deal with portraits and newborn children. I arrived in Formula 1 through a photographer friend who follows this world.
Q: Is it difficult to be taken seriously as a photographer in a male-dominated society?
A: This is one of the hardest questions. I could give conflicting answers. I think it's actually a difficult world even for a man because being able to create some shots that attract attention and differentiate from others, is quite difficult. There is a lot of work behind it and perhaps not sufficiently valued. An infinity of beautiful photographs vanishes into thin air at each GP. When I started I was very intimidated by being in a mainly male world. But perhaps it was also an extra incentive to do better to be noticed, to have the merit of being there. I must say that already at the second GP something has changed. I think it depends a lot on the personal character, obviously, there are men who ask themselves "is the girlfriend of whom?" but not all, fortunately.
Q: You've taken a lot of great photos. What is your favourite photo you took?
A: Thanks. I think my favourite photo is her focused face as she enters the hospitality at the Red Bull Ring. It's reflected in the glass and I think a driver has to have a lot of sides nowadays because the social / TV version has a lot of weight. In fact, I have many that I love… I also really like the embrace in the last French GP between Hamilton and Russel. I really like all those moments that make you breathe the humanity and sportiness of the pilots… who are idols for the world but the reality is that they are very young in a world of lions. It takes a lot of character.
Q: What is your favourite circuit to photograph?
A: I can't say I have one... I have to try them all first.
Q: The Monaco GP was your first GP right? How special was it to watch the most historic circuit as the first Grand Prix?
A: Monaco is Monaco. Probably the hairpin is the most vivid memory I have of the first GPs on TV. I think it all has a little special side dish. It is a place where even the public attire changes. What I brought home from my first GP was the "normality" of the riders. I was very excited and I felt out of place almost always, but they were there, ten cm from me, and they were very "calm"… a beautiful memory. It was really special when they released my first photographs.
Q: Besides photography, what else do you love? What do you do when you are not in the paddock?
A: I love life in general. I really love travelling and discovering the world and the various cultures and habits. I love my 14-year-old dog and all animals in general. I love the sea and sunsets. Two years ago I had a bad car accident and I think we should be grateful every day for life, if only because we breathe, but also for any challenge or journey it offers us. For me, being in F1 is a challenge with myself but how it goes is of secondary importance. If only I can make some women dream of being there and maybe open these doors a little more to the female world it will be a wonderful goal.
Despite Daisy only recently joining the F1 circus she has already established herself as an accredited photographer with much to offer!
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Terin had been walking deep in thought and because of this he didn't notice that pool in front of him. He fell and was horrified to find himself in the water, he never learned how to swim and was thrashing in the pool. The waters were thick and made it hard for him to move in it. He managed to get one of his hands out of the pool hoping that someone will help him.
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Suddenly Helga heard the sounds of desperate splashing. Turning to look over her shoulder, she almost fell into an equally deep puddle, barely stepping around it in time. She noticed the guy that was leading them heading in the same direction, though he fell into a similar puddle.
"Someone get that boy and pull him out!" he ordered, tugging at his leg to no avail. "Curse this damn muck!"
Since she was one of the nearest, Durnen turned and decided it was best to help the lad out. Maybe she could use him as a flesh shield later.
Dodging around pools of muck with less grace than most ladies, she finally made it to the boy and extended a rather short arm. If he was too far away, though, she made sure not to over extend herself.
"I'm not sure if I've got enough reach!" She called over her shoulder, "One of you people with long legs and arms get over here, would ya?"
"I'm not sure I've got enough reach!" "One of you people with long legs and arms get over here, would ya?"
Terin was able to make out from under the water, so he used up the last of his strength and kicked as hard as he could from under the water in attempts to reach her arm. He gave one last kick and felt her hand, he grabbed on and hopped that she would pull up to help him out of the water as he didn't have the strength to.
With a bit of extra effort from Terin, Helga Durnen was quite capable of grabbing the boy and pulling him from the water. Terin flopped onto dry land, his body soaked and his chest heaving. He turned on his side, coughing and spewing foul water as Helga watched. In a few moments he seemed to calm down, though he seemed quite shaken by the experience. Not far from them, Karrel of Braaswich had offered the bladed end of his axe to Kurtz, who grabbed it carefully and allowed himself to be pulled from the mud.
"Thank you, Karrel," said Kurtz, who had already taken the time to learn the names of his companions. "I hope to never be on that end of your axe in a less friendly encounter." He chuckled briefly, then looked towards Terin and Helga. "Good, our friend's alright. It'd be a shame to lose one so early on, though not surprising."
"Terin, try your best to get dried off. You don't want to be in wet clothes when night falls, not where we're going."
"Damit, I'm here for a few hours and I've already made everyone think bad of me. Now people are just going to know me as the halfwit boy that fell into a pool," Terin thought as he sat up from the water edge. " I've got to start focusing."
When Terin had caught his breath and spat out most of the foul water he went up to Helga to give her his thanks and to also repair some of his reputation.
"Um hello I just wanted to say thanks for getting me out of that pool", Terin said to Helga, with a smile. " I'm sorry that I made you go threw all the trouble."
Kragnar was apparently too busy daydreaming, or something, to leap into action when one of their fellows ended up trapped in some swamp muck. Just as he was making his way over to Helga to help her pull the lad out, he was safe again. Shaken up, to be sure, but still alive. Meanwhile, everyone in the group continued to prove that they were largely cynical mercenaries - at least on the outside. Kragnar didn't like it.
The dwarf rejoined Helga as they kept walking, and he was now being very cautious to watch his step... perhaps a little too cautious, but if a dwarf ended up in that kind of position, he might not have long to regret it.
Kragnar heard the boy who had fallen in speak to Helga with a smile: "Um hello I just wanted to say thanks for getting me out of that pool. I'm sorry that I made you go threw all the trouble."
"Jus' watch yer step, laddie," said Kragnar. "I'm certain there's worse than deep mud in this swamp. But there's no better time to be acquainted than before facin' dangers o' the wild together. I'm Kragnar Firebeard. And," he added with a friendly grin, "I woulda helped Helga get ye outta trouble if I'd had the chance, but she was too quick fer me."
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And they already came within (literal) inches of their first casualty. Jaysen hadn't made a move to save the kid, but he didn't need to. The dwarf lady got there first, and managed to pull the kid out of the muck.
The fact that the dwarf reacted as quickly as she did brought a small smile to Jaysen's lips. There were a few good people left.
Best part? She left Jaysen alone.
He kept walking alongside the one with the mask, as his presence seemed to keep the people away. And yet, there was something very unnerving about this guy. He hadn't spoken, not that Jaysen could tell, and barely seemed to notice their first little trouble.
Jaysen wasn't one to break the ice. But, he figured that Mask wasn't going to. At the very least, he could get a name. "Name's Jaysen. Quite a lot we got here, huh? Already one within inches o'dying."
'Jus' watch yer step laddie. "I'm certain there's worse then deep mud in this swamp. But there's no better time time to be acquainted then before facin' dangers o' the wild together. I'm Kragnar Firebeard. And..."I woulda helped Helga get you outta trouble if I'd had the chance, but she was too quick fer me."
"I intend to," as he laughed, "I'm afraid I haven't introduced myself, my name is Terin, its a pleasure to meet you," said Terin, holding out his hand for Kragnar to shake, "now as we have lots of hours ahead of us and talking will make it quicken, may I ask what made you join this group?"
Suddenly Helga's hand was grabbed by the drowning man's, and for a second she though that her armor wouldn't be enough to counter-balance the weight. Luckily, however, it was, and Durnen hauled the young human out of the water with plummeting in herself. After the two had time to breath for a second or two, the boy approached the ex-enforcer.
"Um hello I just wanted to say thanks for getting me out of that pool," The boy said to Helga, with a smile. "I'm sorry that I made you go through all the trouble."
A second before Durnen could answer, Kragnar came over and introduced himself.
"I woulda helped Helga get ye outta trouble if I'd had the chance, but she was too quick fer me."
"Damn right, old man," The dwarf woman gave Firebeard a playful punch on the shoulder, "You should exercise more often." She added with a grin.
"I'm afraid I haven't introduced myself, my name is Terin, its a pleasure to meet you," said the human, "Now as we have lots of hours ahead of us and talking will make it quicken, may I ask what made you join this group?"
"Well, as for me, I've been looking to have a decent adventure before my first century." Helga said after a short pause to think the matter over, "Got a couple more years before I get there, though."
The party walked and talked late into the afternoon, without any further incidents regarding the terrain. People seemed to be getting along well, if not quietly. The majority of the group had not spoken much since Terin was rescued from the swamp.
At dusk they had reached the edge of Blekmyr, the trees towering tall above them but laid out sparsely before them. A slim path of solid ground snaked into the swamp, flooded on both sides by stagnant marsh water thick with reeds and the foul stench of a hostile land. Visibility was limited to a few dozen yards ahead, at which point the overhanging trees blotted out the sun and submerged the swamp in foreboding darkness. Now and then a faint glow could be seen off in the distance, though this faded quickly and left behind a lingering feeling of hopelessness. Near the treeline one could feel a pleasant, inviting warmth...
"I suggest we rest here for the night," Kurtz said, standing between his party and Blekmyr. "We've got a long ways to go up ahead, and something tells me this swamp is not the ideal place to be resting once we've entered it. If we sleep now we may be able to knock out the swamp and forest after that in one day, and be rid of this nasty place quickly. However, judging by the darkness in that place now, I doubt it makes any difference whether we travel through the swamp by night or day. I'll leave it up to all of you."
Arthur was glad to have stopped for a bit, what with folks falling into the water and all, he was glad for the rest. The warmth of the swamp was eerily inviting, but as tired as he was, he wasn't sure that he was quite up for a romp into the bog just yet. He sat down, nearer to the Dwarves than anyone else and loosened his cutlass in case the need arose to draw it.
Arthur nodded and said, "can't say I can argue with your logic, and I'm in no rush to meet whatever foul things wait in the swamp. A good rest and full stomachs would do us all well today."
After walking for a while longer, the group stopped at the edge of a sinister-looking swamp.
"I suggest we rest here for the night," Kurtz said, "We've got a long ways to go up ahead, and something tells me this swamp is not the ideal place to be resting once we've entered it. If we sleep now we may be able to knock out the swamp and forest after that in one day, and be rid of this nasty place quickly. However, judging by the darkness in that place now, I doubt it makes any difference whether we travel through the swamp by night or day. I'll leave it up to all of you."
Helga rolled her shoulders. She was already starting to ache from all the walking while in full armor. If they were going to be attacked in a swamp like that, she wanted to be as close to her peak condition as possible. One of the men apparently agreed with this decision as well.
"Aye, let's rest here a while," Durnen said, lowering herself to one knee, "I'd rather be in peak condition if we get attacked in there, and a day's march takes a toll on everyone."
"Sturdywood?" the man said, "compensating for something?"
John shrugged his shoulders, as he had little idea of what the man was saying.
"Only kidding. My name's Arthur, seaman and swashbuckler, at your service."
John smiled, kicking the dust up as he walked.
A fine fellow this is. Swashbuckler, huh? He should be great for this mission!
As a child, John had aspirations to become a sailor, fighting who knows what on the high seas. He also fantasized they were very skilled at just about everything.
"Well then, Arthur! It's a mighty pleasure meeting you. Used to spy at the sailors in town trading sometimes, when I was buying," without pausing, he muttered a quiet "or stealing" trying not to offend the man, "...food and the like. It's a great skill to have!"
John had walked alongside Arthur, sometimes making attempts to have conversation, and sometimes standing the awkward silence. John was quite a merry companion, not as pleasant to be around as he was pleasant in nature. Finally, they took a break.
"I suggest we rest here for the night," Kurtz said. John was exceptionally pleased.
At last! We can sit down. A fire would be nice, I certainly know how to start one. We could cook our food in it, too.
"We've got a long ways to go up ahead, and something tells me this swamp is not the ideal place to be resting once we've entered it. If we sleep now we may be able to knock out the swamp and forest after that in one day, and be rid of this nasty place quickly. However, judging by the darkness in that place now, I doubt it makes any difference whether we travel through the swamp by night or day. I'll leave it up to all of you."
"can't say I can argue with your logic, and I'm in no rush to meet whatever foul things wait in the swamp. A good rest and full stomachs would do us all well today."
John nodded nonchalantly.
"Yes, I do believe sitting out here 'till morning is the best thing to do."
John sat a bit, and as the murmur of the people started out, he spoke out,
"How about something to eat? I can make a fire if you like."
Jaysen was glad for the chance to rest. He had had a very difficult time keeping up with the rest of them. The only signs he showed of his frustrated was a little extra sweat on his brow, her mouth set in hard concentration. Mask wasn't talking, and admittedly, that was fine by him. Jaysen found the task of walking requiring more focus than it should've.
Where does the time go?
When their leader announced that they would be taking a rest, Jaysen all but fell on his arse right then and there. Instead, he let himself lean on a tree, arms crossed while the others decided to what to do.
Seemed that laying low for a bit and resting was the general consensus, and Jaysen had agreed. Food would be nice, a fire for warmth would be even better. He let his body slide down the tree until he came to rest in a sitting position. He slung his pack off his shoulders, and took a moment to breathe. He needed to do so.
He regretted it instantly.
When you are tired, you can force yourself to keep going so long as you don't stop. Once you stop moving, it's far more difficult to begin again. Jaysen shouldn't've allowed himself that breather. His younger self wouldn't have.
With far more effort than should be necessary, he unshouldered his pack and began to rummage through it. "I've got spices for cooking," he said, holding up a can, and shaking it. "If someone finds us a rabbit, a few squirrels, hell, any kind of meat, I can cook us all a stew better than your momma used to make."
Terin walked with Kragnar and Helga for the rest of the time, making sure to watch his step and not fall into a pool.
"Well, as for me, I've been looking to have a decent adventure before my first century." "Got a couple more years before I get there, though."
"Haha, not exactly how I was joined in, Kurts made an offer i couldn't refuse, especially at the time," said Terin, "I had literally no money and no food, so when Kurts made his offer I didn't even have that much of a choice whether I wanted to or not."
"I suggest we rest here for the night," "We've got a long ways to go up ahead, and something tells me this swamp is not the ideal place to be resting once we've entered it. If we sleep now we may be able to knock out the swamp and forest after that in one day, and be rid of this nasty place quickly. However, judging by the darkness in that place now, I doubt it makes any difference whether we travel through the swamp by night or day. I'll leave it up to all of you."
"Aye, let's rest here a while,"
"Dame right we should rest for a bit, we've been walking all day, and I fell into a pool and almost died!" said Terin, those bad thoughts seeping back into his mind.
Terin sat on the ground and leaned on a tree, trying to block out the memory of falling into the pool.
"I've got spices for cooking," "If someone finds us a rabbit, a few squirrels, hell, any kind of meat, I can cook us all a stew better than your momma used to make."
"Ahh a bit of dinner and some sleep would do me nice after a day like this," thought Terin with a smile, "things may not be as bad as they seem."
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"I suggest we rest here for the night. We've got a long ways to go up ahead, and something tells me this swamp is not the ideal place to be resting once we've entered it. If we sleep now we may be able to knock out the swamp and forest after that in one day, and be rid of this nasty place quickly. However, judging by the darkness in that place now, I doubt it makes any difference whether we travel through the swamp by night or day. I'll leave it up to all of you."
The darkness didn't worry Lynaia, she was more at home in the night than in daylight, but the rest of the group desired to rest. She had to admit, it would probably be better to face the swamp rested, darkness or not. Spreading her cloak on a relatively dry spot of ground, she lay down to stretch out her tired muscles.
At the mere mention of resting for the night, at first, Kragnar only offered a giant grin. "Aye, let's rest fer the night," he said, as if it mattered to mention his opinion any longer; everyone was already settling down. "Per'aps, if we cannae bond in battle, we can bond o'er a nice campfire an' a warm meal."
"How about something to eat?" asked one man. "I can make a fire if you like."
"That'd be grand," said Kragnar.
"I've got spices for cooking," said the grouchy, pan-toting man as he sank against a tree. While he spoke, he held up a can and shook it. "If someone finds us a rabbit, a few squirrels, hell, any kind of meat, I can cook us all a stew better than your momma used to make."
"Hm," Kragnar stroked his beard, "I'd gladly be the one t' go get some meat, but I'm not much fer huntin'."
The others were largely quiet, which irritated Kragnar a little. How was this group ever to do anything if no one spoke? Their numbers would be reduced in less than a few days, if no one had the good sense to befriend each other and work together. Maybe he could help with that... or, if it just annoyed people into hating him, then at least they could hate him mutually. That'd be something to bring the others together, at any rate.
Kragnar removed something from his back, which was wrapped in thick cloth. With gentle care, he unwrapped it to reveal a beautiful lute, the sight of which made him smile. The dwarf glanced up at the rest of the group, wandering back to the area where one of the men was setting up a campfire.
"My ol' companions always enjoyed my songs," he said, settling down. "When we get a fire goin', I could see if any o' ye care fer a few. Might calm yer nerves."
Of course, the dwarf thought, they were more than likely thinking that he was a terrible performer and his music would just be an awful racket. Well, he would show them.
Terin had hunted only once and he had to admit he wasn't very good at it.
"I'd like to help you with getting the meat my fine fellow," said Terin to the old man, "but i must say it isn't one of my strong suits and I'd most likely ruin all our meals if I tried.
"My ol' companions always enjoyed my songs," "When we get a fire goin', I could see if any o' ye care fer a few. Might calm yer nerves."
Terin had always loved music in any form and wasn't going to the chance of hearing some now slip away.
"I think that a bit of music in a dark place like this is exactly what we need," said Terin, with a big smile, getting himself comfortable on the tree he was leaning on, "to lighten our moods and warm our hearts."
"My ol' companions always enjoyed my songs. When we get a fire goin', I could see if any o' ye care fer a few. Might calm yer nerves."
As Kragnar revealed the lute, Lynaia sat up. "If you play," she said to him, gesturing to the instrument, "I'd be willing to sing."
When it was decided they should rest, Kurtz immediately began putting his men to work. Jaysen offered to cook if someone found food, and John said he could start a fire if needed. Kurtz told John to collect firewood, and sent Arthur with him for safety. He tasked Cradoc with the duty of catching something to eat, since he seemed to be the one most suited to hunting. Terin jumped eagerly at the chance to tag along, and Karrel was sent with them in case anything went wrong.
"Careful," Kurtz warned everyone before they headed out. "Try to stay by the treeline, and if you must go into the forest at least make sure to find some solid footing." Nearby, Kragnar was tentatively plucking his lute strings. Kurtz looked at those who were going out in search of food and firewood, his eyes squinting against the setting sun. "If anything happens, yell as loud as you can."
As they set off, Kragnar's song played them out. A minute or so later, they could hear Lynaia's angelic, lilting voice carrying towards them from the distant camp.


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Written on July 11, 2019
White protestor attacks African-American passerby with American flag at a 1976 'anti-busing' rally in Boston. (Photo credit: NPR)
I have only a few distinct childhood memories of hearing someone utter the racial slur "N*****." To be honest, I do not doubt that there were more incidents than those I now remember, but some instances were so stark and hateful, so soul wrenching, that I could not forget them, even as the passage of time has come to be counted in decades.
One of my earliest recollections dates back to the fall of 1964, in my 6th grade class at St. Matthias Elementary School. The nun who taught the class had us research that year's presidential election, and each of us had to decide which of the major party candidates – Johnson or Goldwater – we would support. During the ensuing class discussion, a fellow student announced that she supported Goldwater, as he would keep "the Niggers from being bused into our neighborhood schools." Even as an eleven year old, I was stunned that this racial slur was used openly in a school dedicated to educating students in the values of the Catholic faith, and that the reaction of the nun teaching our class was to mollify, rather than admonish.
St. Matthias was located in Ridgewood, a neighborhood on New York City's Brooklyn-Queens border. In those days, Ridgewood was far to the right, a home to many who had been Nazi sympathizers and American Firsters during the 1930s and to others who had fled Eastern Europe at the end of World War II.[i] It was the anchor of the only assembly district in all of New York City to vote for Goldwater in 1964, and I was one of just two students in my large 6th grade class to support Johnson.
Three Questions Underlying The Debate About School Choice And Segregation
Written on January 11, 2018
The question of school choice and segregation has been a common recurring theme in education policy over the past 5-10 years (most recently in response to this Associated Press story).
Critics claim that school choice, specifically charter schools and private school vouchers, exacerbate segregation by income and especially race and ethnicity, primarily because more motivated parents with greater resources will exercise choice. Choice supporters, on the other hand, counter-argue that regular public schools are highly segregated due to the lack of choice (i.e., due to school assignment based on residence), and that school choice, which severs that tie, might lead to greater integration.
Given the proliferation of charter schools (and, to a lesser extent, vouchers) over the past 20 years, this is clearly an important debate. Yet the issue of choice and segregation entails three major underlying empirical questions that are sometimes blurred. It may be useful to discuss them briefly.
A Closer Look At Our Report On Public And Private School Segregation In DC
Written on November 6, 2017
Last week, we released our research brief on segregation by race and ethnicity in the District of Columbia. The analysis is unique insofar as it includes regular public schools, charter schools, and private schools, thus providing a comprehensive look at segregation in our nation's capital.
Private schools serve only about 17 percent of D.C.'s students, but almost 60 percent of its white students. This means that any analysis of segregation in D.C. that excludes private schools may be missing a pretty big part of the picture. Our brief includes estimates of segregation, using different types of measures, within the private and public sectors (including D.C.'s large charter school sector). Unsurprisingly, we find high levels of segregation in both sectors, using multiple race and ethnicity comparisons. Yet, while segregation in both sectors is extensive, it is not substantially higher in one or the other.
But one of our most interesting findings, which we'd like to discuss here, is that between 25-40 percent of total citywide segregation is actually found between the public and private sectors. This is not a particularly intuitive finding to interpret, so a quick explanation may be useful.
What Are "Segregated Schools?"
Written on August 23, 2017
The conventional wisdom in education circles is that U.S. schools are "resegregating" (see here and here for examples). The basis for these claims is usually some form of the following empirical statement: An increasing proportion of schools serve predominantly minority student populations (e.g., GAO 2016). In other words, there are more "segregated schools."
Underlying the characterization of this finding as "resegregation" is one of the longstanding methodological debates in education and other fields today: How to measure segregation (Massey and Denton 1988). And, as is often the case with these debates, it's not just about methodology, but also about larger conceptual issues. We might very casually address these important issues by posing a framing question: Is a school that serves 90-95 percent minority students necessarily a "segregated school?"
Most people would answer yes. And, putting aside the semantic distinction that it is students rather than schools that are segregated, they would be correct. But there is a lot of nuance here that is actually important.
Diversity Offers A Clear Path To Brighter Futures For All Children
Written on June 8, 2017
Our guest author today is John B. King Jr., president and CEO of The Education Trust, and former U.S. Secretary of Education during the Obama Administration. This essay was originally published as part of the materials for our June 2017 conversation, "School Integration by Race & Class: A Movement Reborn?" It was also published on the blog of The Education Trust.
Our children live in a more diverse country than ever before. And America is projected to become even more racially and ethnically diverse in the coming decades.
In fact, by some estimates, by 2055, the U.S. will not have a single racial or ethnic majority. This shift in our population will happen in our lifetimes — or, for many of us, at least in our children's lifetimes. In some communities, this already may be a reality. We also know that today, for the first time, our public schools now serve a majority of students of color.
But despite the increasing diversity of our communities and our nation, our schools are segregated by both race and class.
Indeed, more than 60 years after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that declared "separate but equal" schools unconstitutional, American public schools in many areas are more segregated now than in previous decades.
Three Important Details When Discussing School Segregation
Written on December 16, 2016
It sometimes seems as if school segregation is one of those topics that is always "in fashion" among education policy commenters and journalists. This is a good thing, as educational segregation, and the residential segregation underlying it, are among the most important symptoms and causes of unequal opportunity in the U.S.
Yet the discussion and coverage of school segregation, while generally quite good, sometimes suffers from a failure to make clear a few very important distinctions or details, and it may be worthwhile laying these out in one place. None of the three discussed below are novel or technical, nor do they represent a comprehensive list of all the methodological and theoretical issues surrounding segregation (of any kind).
They are, rather, just details that should, I would argue, be spelled out clearly in any discussion of this important issue.
Economic Segregation In New York City Schools
Written on September 28, 2016
Although student segregation by race and ethnicity is well documented in U.S. public schools, the body of evidence on the related outcome of economic school segregation (e.g., by income) is considerably smaller (Reardon and Owens 2014).
In general, economic segregation of students is increasing nationally over the past few decades, both between districts and between schools (Owens et al. 2014). It is inevitable that these aggregate trends vary widely by state, metropolitan area, and district. We were curious as to the situation in New York City, the nation's largest district, but were unable to find any NYC-specific results, particularly results that included different types of segregation measures.
We therefore decided to take a quick look ourselves, using data from the NYC Department of Education. The very brief analysis below uses eligibility for subsidized lunch (free and reduced-price lunch, or FRL) as a (very) rough income proxy, and segregation is measured between district schools only (charters are not included) from 2002 to 2015. In the graph below, we characterize within-district, between-school segregation using two different and very common approaches, exposure and dissimilarity.
Are U.S. Schools Resegregating?
Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report, part of which presented an analysis of access to educational opportunities among the nation's increasingly low income and minority public school student population. The results, most generally, suggest that the proportion of the nation's schools with high percentages of lower income (i.e., subsidized lunch eligible) and Black and Hispanic students increased between 2000 and 2013.
The GAO also reports that these schools, compared to those serving fewer lower income and minority students, tend to offer fewer math, science, and college prep courses, and also to suspend, expel, and hold back ninth graders at higher rates.
These are, of course, important and useful findings. Yet the vast majority of the news coverage of the report focused on the interpretation of these results as showing that U.S. schools are "resegregating." That is, the news stories portrayed the finding that a larger proportion of schools serve more than 75 percent Black and Hispanic students as evidence that schools became increasingly segregated between the 2000-01 and 2013-14 school years. This is an incomplete, somewhat misleading interpretation of the GAO findings. In order to understand why, it is helpful to discuss briefly how segregation is measured.
New Research Brief: Teacher Segregation In Los Angeles And New York City
Written on May 5, 2016
The current attention being given to the state of teacher diversity, including ASI's recent report on the subject, is based on the idea that teacher diversity is a resource that profits everyone, and that policymakers and administrators should try to increase this resource. We agree.
There is already a fair amount of research to indicate the significance and potential implications of teacher diversity (e.g., Dee 2004; Gershenson et al., 2015; Mueller et al. 1999). It's important to bear in mind, however, that the benefits of diversity, like those of any resource, are dependent not just on how much is available, but also how it is distributed across schools and districts.
Unfortunately, research on the distribution of teacher diversity or teacher segregation has, thus far, been virtually non-existent. A new ASI research brief begins to help fill this void. The brief, written with my colleagues Matt Di Carlo and Esther Quintero, presents a descriptive analysis of teacher segregation within the two largest school districts in the nation – Los Angeles and New York City. We find that teachers in these two districts, while quite diverse overall, relative to the U.S. teacher workforce as a whole, are rather segregated across schools by race and ethnicity, according to multiple different measures of segregation. In other words, teachers tend to work in schools with disproportionate numbers of colleagues of their own race and/or ethnicity.
Changing The Narrative: Leveraging Education Policy To Address Segregation
Written on April 19, 2016
Our guest authors today are Jennifer Jellison Holme, Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and Kara S. Finnigan, Associate Professor at the University of Rochester. Holme and Finnigan have published several articles and briefs on the issue of school integration, focusing on regional policy solutions to address segregation and inequality, and the link between segregation and low-performing schools. Recent publications include articles in Teachers College Record and Educational Law and Policy Review as well as a research brief for the National Coalition on School Diversity. This is the second in a series on this topic.
In our first post on this topic, we likened the education policy approach to low-performing schools to what happens when you ignore a decaying tooth: when you treat the symptoms (e.g., low achievement, high dropout rates) without addressing the root causes (e.g., racial and economic segregation), the underlying problem not only will persist, but is likely to worsen. In that post, we used demographic maps to show what this looked like in Milwaukee, illustrating how the approaches pursued by policymakers over several decades do not seem to have significantly improved achievement for students across the system, while patterns economic and racial segregation have worsened.
In this blog post, we outline a set of strategies based on our research that seek to address these issues through specific education policy leverage points: the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and two federal grants programs (Stronger Together and the Magnet School Assistance Program).


Health is wealth. It is easy to enjoy life if you are healthy. Only thing you have to balance life with work .
Today life is very busy, and every one can say this easily that I don't get time to keep me fit. Did you ever think that if you are working, means your body also working so in these 24 hours why you can not get time to stay your body healthy, just think and give few minutes from your schedule every day for your body only . Only few things you have to keep in mind and follow me regularly, you will be happy to see changes in your life positively.
Sleep– 6 hours sleep is very important for brain and body. The best time to sleep is between 10 pm to 4 am.
Water -Drinking water when you wake up –keep water overnight in a copper vessel and drink it in morning at least 4 glass of water. Drinking at least 10-12 glasses of water in a day is very good for health. Water plays a very important role in washout all the toxins from our body and maintains hydration.
Yoga and meditation-the way you approach your morning can set the tone for the day ahead. Plays a very important role in keeping our body healthy and fit. After a night of rest your mind is clear, and research shows that will power is greatest in the hours after waking. When we meditate our brain centers get activated to secret relaxin hormone, at least 20 minutes per day yoga is very important to keep your body healthy.Yoga activates your nervous system and boost up your energy. Yoga rejuvenates the mind, body and spirit.
Breakfast –We should always take healthy breakfast rich in protein ,fibers, and juices. Breakfast should be like a king. And the dinner should be the light meal of the day.
Posture –Body postures plays a crucial role here. By positioning the body correcting while sitting and standing, there is even pressure on the spine, its muscles and ligaments. Having good posture can reduce physical stress on the body. Headaches, neck pain and back pain can be lessened when the body maintains a good upright position.
Dietary habits– People can improve their overall eating patterns, the complete combination of foods and drinks in their diet, the eating pattern may be more predictive of overall health status and disease risk than individual foods or nutrients. Choose a healthy eating pattern at an appropriate calorie level to help achieve and maintain a healthy body weight, support nutrient adequacy, and reduce the risk of chronic disease. Say no to junk foods, only juices, whole fruits, food rich in fibers, water, sprouts, reduce sodium intake, low added sugar, low saturated fat. Avoid oily food, use whole grain food items, avoid frozen food.
We should not drink water after meal at least for 2 hour.
Dinner – Dinner should take at least 3 hour before going to bed.
Physical activity –at least 30 min /day for 5 days in a week. Physical activity associated with work, home, and transportation has declined in recent decades and can be attributed to less active occupations; reduced physical activity for commuting to work, school, or for errands; and increased sedentary behavior often associated with television viewing and other forms of screen time.
Thank you very much Dr Bhakti!!!
Thanks for the usefull advice……….
Useful health related tips, going to try some of those. thanks..
Thanks Dr Bhakti for the guidance, I love it!


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Canberra Airport opens new Taxiway Bravo
Imogen Hartmann, August 13, 2020 August 13, 2020 , ACT, Airport, Logistics, News, Project, Transport, 0
Canberra Airport's Taxiway Bravo is now open, following a 14-month construction period to update the aging taxiway network, boosting aircraft safety and reducing passenger travel times.
Michael Thomson, Head of Aviation at Canberra Airport, said this is yet another step forward for the airport's infrastructure.
"Taxiway Bravo aligns with our long term vision as a world-class, small international airport to be as safe and efficient as possible and provide the best travel experience we can help to facilitate, now and well into the future," Mr Thomson said.
Zarko Danilov, Head of Projects at Canberra Airport, said that he is proud of the team from Capital Airport Group, Huon (the main contractor for the project) and Spiire (the superintendent for the project) who have delivered a quality project on time and on budget.
"Around 150 people have worked tirelessly on this build to create a 1.6km taxiway enabling large international aircraft – and domestic planes – to move more safely around the airfield," Mr Danilov said.
"The taxiway will also allow aircraft to move quickly from landing back to the terminal in turn reducing travel time for passengers.
"It may just look like a large road to many, however, to build such a road capable of carrying planes in excess of 180 tonnes takes some serious engineering and a lot of hard work."
Taxiway Bravo is as wide as a four-lane highway, over 2m deep and required 115,000 square metres of select fill and gravel with special physical properties to be used as a road base.
"The existing taxiway network North of the terminal was built in the 1940s, so we were certainly due for an upgrade," Mr Danilov said.
"Taxiway Bravo eliminates the need for planes to cross the main runway (which is the current arrangement) and clears the path for more planes landing or taking off.
"In short – it makes the whole airfield safer and more efficient."
Two shortlisted contenders for METRONET's Morley-Ellenbrook Line
Imogen Hartmann, April 27, 2020 April 27, 2020 , Company news, Construction, Logistics, News, Planning, Project, Rail, Transport, WA, 0
METRONET has shortlisted two contenders to design and build the Morley-Ellenbrook Line, the new rail link to Perth's north-east...
New causeway for Rimbanda Road
Infrastructure Journalist, May 8, 2017 May 10, 2017 , Construction, News, NSW, Road, 0
A new causeway is being built on Rimbanda Road between Armidale and Tamworth in New South Wales, to improve...
Tenders for SA road network maintenance
Infrastructure Journalist, April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019 , Asset Management, News, Planning, Policy, Road, SA, spotlight, Transport, 0
The South Australian Government will soon release a tender for the modernisation of the state's entire 23,000km road network....
Government announces new future transport office
Infrastructure Journalist, October 8, 2018 October 8, 2018 , News, Technology, Transport, Urban Development, 0
The Federal Government has announced that it will establish a new Office of Future Transport Technologies to help prepare...
SA $5.4 billion infrastructure works presented at industry briefing
admin, December 3, 2018 December 3, 2018 , News, Planning, Road, SA, Transport, 0
More than 450 people attended an industry briefing at the Adelaide Convention Centre, where a $5.4 billion pipeline of...
Design starts on Queensland highway flood proofing project
Infrastructure Journalist, August 9, 2019 October 9, 2019 , Disaster Management, News, QLD, Road, 0
Design has started on the $103 million Bruce Highway-Saltwater Creek Upgrade project, north of Maryborough in Queensland, that will...
Bunbury Waterfront project tenders released
Infrastructure Journalist, June 1, 2018 June 1, 2018 , Construction, News, Bunbury, Causeway upgrades, Construction, Tenders, 0
Detailed designs for a $10.9 million upgrade of the Jetty Road Causeway at Casuarina Boat Harbour in Bunbury, WA,...
Rest area upgrades for the Golden Highway
Infrastructure Journalist, June 12, 2017 June 9, 2017 , Construction, News, NSW, Road, 0
Upgrades have begun on a number of heavy vehicle stopping bays along the Golden Highway in New South Wales...
Building resilience in the ports sectorNSW greenlights two freight rail projects


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Like many people in the new-media world, I follow a large number of industry news sources, both mainstream and blogs. Like many, I use Google Reader for this. And again like many, I feel burdened by the amount of time that this takes. On any given day my "new media" folder grows by some 300-400 unread articles. And while it's easy to discard the large majority of these, some 10% are close enough to my areas of interest that I feel I should at least take a look at them. That means 30-40 articles per day.
Of these 30-40 articles, most are waste a of time. This is not because I'm not interested in what they are talking about, but because they are not the ultimate sources for the stories they cover. Apart from providing links, they contribute little value beyond regurgitating other people's content. The 'ultimate sources' that I do want to read may be a publication (mainstream or not) where a story broke, an article with particularly insightful commentary, or a press release.
Now, the publications that I follow are all decent enough to provide links to their sources, but I waste a lot of time getting to those links and skimming my various sources' take on the same stories to realise what the key references are. When I'm done with this, only about 3-4 articles were really worth reading - and they are very rarely on the sites I follow.
It would be easy for Google to do this work for me - it is what PageRank is all about, and it is what Google News (but not Reader) already does. I am not suggesting that only the 'ultimate sources' be shown. Rather, I am suggesting that what all my sources say about a given story be shown in a threaded way, like the conversation that news is, with the opening statement at the top - even if it comes from someone I don't know.
There is value in content, and there is value in aggregation, but there is limited value in providing the two together. The value that I get from the 'aggregator' publications that I follow is rarely to do with their content and mostly to do with their aggregation - i.e. with their links. When they write too much content they are not giving me value - they are wasting my time.
By 'aggregating the aggregators' Google would not just be doing its users a favour. It would also help reward original content creators. Yes, mainstream media may stand to benefit from this, and if so that is their due (and yes, some pay-walls would get money from this). But it would also benefit anyone with something genuinely interesting to say.
First, you started this, so you can't complain about being aggregated away.
Second, as far as I'm concerned, you have little to worry about. My loyalty is to you, not to content creators, and this is worth money. You can show me advertisements, invite me to events and tell me about jobs. You can do this better than anyone because good aggregation is a great way of reaching a professional niche.
Just don't think it's about your content. It's not that sort of relationship. In fact, take it out, make me happier and save some costs.


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In many of Sheri's artworks, the small brush marks that she layers over colorful backgrounds have the appearance of pollen or dust floating over the scene. This technique is a really innovative way of creating a sense of movement in the works, and makes each of the paintings look like a photograph taken during a fast wind, where everything is leaning to one side or blurred and obscured by particles.
Sheri's 2016 paintings use a notably darker colour palette than many of her earlier works, and I find it works really well, particularly in the way she contrasts the light and sometimes pure white marks in the foreground. Each image has a fantastic kind of sparkle to it, covered over with bits of snow or perhaps cherry blossom petals.


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More Latinas screened for breast cancer after 'Promotora' visits
PORTLAND, Ore., April 1, 2016 -- Latina women were nearly twice as likely to be screened for breast cancer after they were visited in their homes by trained community health workers, known as Promotoras, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States and the leading cause of cancer death among Hispanic women. Hispanics are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to be diagnosed with breast cancer at later stages when the cancer is more advanced and resistant to treatment. There are many reasons for this, including lower levels of education, limited access to health care, lack of health insurance and no consistent primary care provider.
"Promotora visits are essential in educating Latina women about the importance of breast cancer screening," said Gloria Coronado, PhD, lead author and cancer disparities researcher at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon. "Our study showed a modest, but significant increase in screening rates. We are encouraged by these findings, and must continue to involve patients, clinics and communities in efforts to further reduce the inequity in breast cancer screening."
In Coronado's study, the Promotora visits boosted screening rates nearly 8 percentage points. More than 19 percent of Latina women who received the visits at home completed a mammogram within a year, compared to 11 percent who did not receive a visit.
"This research goes a long way toward understanding how to reduce disparities and improve care for our vulnerable populations," noted Ricardo Jimenez, MD, study co-author and medical director of Sea Mar Community Health Centers.
The study examined the "Fortaleza Latina" (Strong Latina) program, which recruited 536 Hispanic women, ages 42 to 74, from four Sea Mar Community Health Clinics located in the Seattle area. Researchers used electronic medical records to verify that the women had not had screening mammography during the previous two years. The women completed surveys at the beginning of the study in 2011 and at its end in 2014.
Eighty percent of the women were born in Mexico, and 92 percent preferred speaking Spanish. Slightly less than half were employed, and the majority earned less than $20,000 a year. Most had completed less than eight years of formal education, and nearly three-quarters lacked health insurance.
The women were randomly selected to receive visits from Promotoras or receive their usual care, which may have included reminders from their primary care providers that they were overdue for a mammogram. The Promotoras received at least three days of training on the use of motivational interviewing techniques as well as health information regarding breast cancer and the importance of mammograms.
The community clinics had some mammography resources on-site or nearby, mostly using wheeled-in mammography units. Two of the clinics added mobile mammography vans to make screening more accessible, but the vans did not boost overall screening rates.
The authors say the study illustrates the importance of including peer-to-peer education as part of an overall strategy to reduce the disparity in breast cancer screening.
Source: Kaiser Permanente


CAP Foundation has been carrying our Ramadan Food Packs Distribution for a number of years. The countries we distribute our Ramadan Food Packs include Bangladesh, Rohingya and Yemen.
So continuing the tradition in 2019, with the help of Allah, CAP Foundation will be distributing Ramadan Food Packs in various countries this year.
Our aim is to reach as many people as we can to share the blessings of Ramadan. Our Ramadan food packs will inn sha Allah help families spend their Ramadan without having to worry about the food for Sahoor and Iftar.
Last year we raised £522,000 we supported more than 20,000 people. But poverty in Bangladesh and around the world still exist., are we doing enough?


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Fisk University is a historically-black university in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. In 1952, Fisk was the first historically-black college or university to earn a Phi Beta Kappa charter. The world-famous Fisk Jubilee Singers started as a group of students who traveled to earn enough money to save the school and to raise funds to build the first permanent structure in the country built for the education of newly-freed slaves. They succeeded and funded construction of the renowned Jubilee Hall. On March 12, 2008, Nashville's Metro Council passed a resolution declaring March 19th Fisk University Day.
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Those  barristers who aren't already should join the Employment Law Bar Association. Their latest offering is a seminar on understanding tax in the context of Employment Law. That may or may not set your heart racing, but what will excite many is that the course is in Birmingham but you can join in remotely, and for free, over Skype. Now that's about as free as CPD gets. Let's hope that other courses put on by industry bodies (rather than private companies, who mastered this sort of thing ages ago) follow suit.


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Kyle: Outstanding Effort
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Youth Team Beat Oldham
Richie Kyle was immensely proud of his team's performance after Blackpool Youth defeated Oldham Athletic 2-0 yesterday.
Kyle's side was left short due to a number of reasons and the Head of Coaching was full of praise for his team, who produced a magnificent away victory against the odds.
"They were outstanding, especially considering our squad was stretched to the maximum," he said.
"We had a few unavailable and we couldn't get some of the younger lads out from school, which meant we only had two outfield players on the bench.
"We had to make sure that we got through the game first and foremost because of the numbers we had and the lads were terrific. Their work ethic, determination and desire not to be beaten was tremendous, and it's probably one of the most pleasing performances we've had all season."
The current campaign has seen Blackpool have one of the youngest sides in their league but Kyle can now see a competitive team emerging.
"We've been up against it all season in that we have been so young. With some of our lads going into the first-team it was a new group, a new group that had been playing against a lot of second years and needed time to develop.
"I knew the results would start coming, as we have been playing so well but still losing games. These young lads have grown into a team who can compete against the top teams.
"They've won their last three games and conceded no goals against good sides. We are unbeaten in a few games and we are now starting to turn all our performances into wins which is pleasing.
"They are getting into that habit that we had last year, which was winning games and winning constantly. At any level to win three games and to not concede a goal is an achievement and it's even more impressive because of how young they are."
With The Seasiders currently on a three-match unbeaten run, Kyle sees no reason why his side cannot have an extremely good finish to the season.
"I've challenged the boys to go and win every game. We've won the last three against good teams and there is no reason why we can't just go and finish the season off with winning every single game.
"I know they can do it, I know they're into the mentality of winning games and knowing how to win games. They like winning games, and once you start get into of habit of winning it's a good habit to get into," he added.


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