There is mounting evidence that spinal fluid absorption takes place not only at the arachnoid villi, but also at several extracranial sites, which might serve as a reserve mechanism for, or be primarily involved in the absorption of CSF in hydrocephalus.
We compared the nasal lymphatic pathway in congenital Hydrocephalus-Texas (H-Tx) rats in unaffected and affected hydrocephalic (HC) siblings with that of control Sprague Dawley (SD) rat pups. The animals were examined after immediate post mortem injection of Evan's blue dye into the cisterna magna at 6 and 10 days of age. The specimens were evaluated for amount of dye penetration into the nasal passages.
We found more dye visualization in the olfactory regions of control SD (14/16 at P6, 14/16 at P10) and unaffected H-Tx (13/17 at P6, 13/16 at P10) compared with HC animals (0/14 at P6, 3/15 at P10). This difference was more pronounced at 10 days of age. The dye was not visualized in the cervical lymph nodes or venous channels in these acute experiments.
The results of this study suggest that nasal lymphatic cerebrospinal fluid absorption is reduced in the H-Tx rat hydrocephalus model.
Hydrocephalus is a lifelong condition of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) imbalance, leading to seizures, neurological and cognitive dysfunction, or death if left untreated. The condition is not a single pathologic entity, nor is it a simple, well-defined disease process; rather, it encompasses a diverse group of clinical situations sharing a common feature of increased intracranial pressure (ICP) resulting from an imbalance of CSF secretion and absorption. A better understanding of these as yet undiagnosed mechanisms may offer therapeutic options for rebalancing CSF dynamics before fluid accumulation occurs.
We must reconsider the conventional wisdom that primary CSF absorption occurs through the arachnoid granulations, since there is limited evidence concerning fibrosis or anatomic obstruction at these sites in hydrocephalus [1–4]. Yet there is increasing evidence for communication between the CSF pathways and the extracranial lymphatic system, mostly by the nasal lymphatics or the optic nerve sheath into the facial venous system, elegantly described by Johnston et al to be functional in most mammals, including humans [5–9]. This group found that approximately 50% of CSF is cleared from the cranial compartment by the nasal lymphatic vessels, which play a major role in bulk flow of spinal fluid into the venous system. Other studies confirm that CSF drains along cranial nerves eventually into the lymphatic channels [10–13]. Accumulation of excessive spinal fluid, especially under increased pressure, could implicate a problem in these mechanisms. [14–19].
We hypothesize that obstruction of CSF flow via the cribriform plate into the facial lymphatic pathways is related to hydrocephalus in the Hydrocephalus-Texas (H-Tx) rat model. We investigated nasal lymphatic pathways in hydrocephalus by injecting Evan's blue dye into the cisterna magna of Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, unaffected H-Tx rats, and their affected hydrocephalic (HC) siblings at post natal days P6 and P10, and studied the amount of dye penetration in the nasal regions.
The H-Tx rat was initially identified in 1981 by Kohn, et al. , and a colony from animals originally from the University of Florida is maintained at our institution by brother-sister mating. Although the genetic cause of the H-Tx mutation is unknown, it is a widely recognized animal model that mirrors the human condition. Hydrocephalus occurs in approximately 20–40% of each litter, with obstruction of the aqueduct on day E18 [21, 22]. The ventricular system dilates rapidly, as evidenced by an enlarged, domed dorsal cranium evident by 1–2 days of age . Most hydrocephalic rats die at 4–5 weeks of age if not treated by shunting procedures, which confer a normal life span [23, 24].
The Sprague Dawley rats were purchased from Charles River Laboratories (Cary, North Carolina). All experiments were performed under the guidelines of the Animal Care Committee at the University of Central Florida. The animals were housed under 12-hr day-night cycles and had free access to food and water. A total of 112 rat pups were used for this study (Table 1).
Evan's blue dye penetration into olfactory turbinates of control and hydrocephalic rats.
Numbers of postnatal rats with Evan's blue in the olfactory turbinates out of the total number of animals used. SD: Sprague Dawley, H-Tx: unaffected H-Tx, HC: hydrocephalic H-TX.
Ten-day old rat pups were anesthetized with isofluorane and immobilized in plastic tube restraining devices, T2-weighted 1 mm sagittal and coronal MR images were obtained using a Siemens Somatom 1.5 T magnet (Siemens, Berlin, Germany, Figure 1).
Photographs and MR scans of unaffected H-Tx and hydrocephalic H-Tx rat pups at P10. Phenotype of H-Tx pups at P10: A, unaffected H-Tx pup and D, hydrocephalic pup. Note the enlarged domed head, usually evident by 3 days of age in D. Representative sagittal MR scans of unaffected H-Tx (B) and HC animal (E) showing enlargement of lateral ventricles, and normal sized cerebellum. Coronal T2-weighted slices confirm small lateral ventricles of unaffected H-Tx (C) and the large lateral ventricles in the HC pup (F).
In order to compare experiments using anesthetized animals with those after CO2 euthanasia, initial experiments were performed using 10-day old pups (n = 18) anesthetized using pentobarbital (20 mg/kg, i p). Evan's blue dye (50 μL, 2% in PBS) was injected into the cisterna magna subarachnoid space. The animals were sacrificed after 20 min by an additional injection of pentobarbital (50 mg/kg).
Ninety four animals (47 at P6 and 47 at P10) were sacrificed by CO2 inhalation and underwent immediate post mortem injection (30 μL at P6, and 50 μL at P10) of 2% Evan's blue dye in PBS into the cisterna magna subarachnoid space.
After dye injection, pups were kept in head-dependent supine position at -20°C for 24 h prior to sectioning. Sections 1 mm thick were made by hand in coronal or sagittal planes on dry ice, and images at 40× magnification were obtained under a dissecting microscope (Zeiss, STEMI SV 11, Germany), and captured by a digital camera. These images were used to examine for dye penetration from the cribriform plate into the olfactory turbinates and nasal pathways. Alpha Imager 2200 software was used to quantify the amount of dye visualized in the nasal regions between the 3 groups of animals (Alpha Innotech Corp. CA). We arbitrarily assigned the average value of HC animals as reference (baseline of 1), and compared the SD and H-Tx groups against this value for relative dye intensity.
The hydrocephalic pups were phenotypically different with their characteristic domed shaped head (Figure 1), decreased spontaneous activity, and limb stiffness. Ventricular dilatation, which was confirmed by MR imaging (Figure 1) and at sectioning, was more pronounced at the older age (P10). In all groups, the Evan's blue dye was visualized in the subarachnoid spaces over the cerebral convexities and at the skull base (Figure 2a, d, g). The Evan's blue dye was visualized in the subarachnoid spaces, penetrating the nasal passages in the unaffected H-Tx and SD control animals, and less evident in the hydrocephalic rat pups.
Surface view of the frozen whole head showing distribution of 50 μl of 2% Evan's blue dye injected into the cistern magna of rats post mortem at 10 days of age. Note blue dye in the subarachnoid spaces over the cortex and the skull base in all 3 groups (white arrows). Top row: coronal views at level of lateral ventricles (a, d, g). Note enlarged lateral ventricles in hydrocephalic animal (g). Middle row: Olfactory region in the sagittal plane of SD (b), H-Tx (e) and affected hydrocephalic animals (h). The overlay grid indicates region of olfactory turbinates for semi-quantitative analysis between groups. Note the dye is present in the subarachnoid spaces around the olfactory bulb (OB) in all animals. The blue tracer passed through the cribriform plate (red arrows) into the olfactory turbinates (OT) of the SD (b) and H-Tx (e) pups. Less dye was observed in the olfactory turbinates of hydrocephalic animals (h). Bottom row: coronal sections showing the nasal regions, showing less dye in the hydrocephalic animal (i). White arrows indicate Evan's blue in subarachnoid spaces, red arrows identify cribriform plate. Reference scales are provided as a ruler (mm) or as a longitudinal bar.
Eighteen animals at P10 were initially utilized for live injection of Evan's blue dye under pentobarbital sedation prior to sacrifice. Adequate visualization of dye within the olfactory turbinates was seen in the six SD and six unaffected H-Tx pups, but no visible dye was noted in the six affected HC animals.
The larger series with 47 pups at P6 and 47 at P10 was performed using post mortem injection after CO2 euthanasia. Evan's blue dye was visible within the nasal passages of 14/16 pups at P6 and P10 in the SD animals. Similarly, in the unaffected H-Tx group, dye was visualized in 13/17 of pups at P6 and 13/16 at P10. However, there was no dye visible in the olfactory turbinates of 14 HC animals at P6 and only 3/15 had visible dye in the olfactory regions at P10 (Table 1, Figure 2). The dye was not visualized in the cervical lymph nodes or venous channels in these acute experiments.
The dye visualized in the hydrocephalic animals was arbitrarily assigned a baseline reference value of 1 (Figure 2h). We then compared the relative dye intensity in the other 2 groups (unaffected H-Tx and control SD animals) against this background value, to evaluate the relative expression of blue dye within the nasal sinuses and olfactory turbinates among the three subgroups (Table 2). Semi-quantitative analysis of the blue dye between the three groups at P6, identified an over 3-fold increase in dye concentration in the SD control and unaffected H-Tx siblings as compared with the hydrocephalic pups. This difference was more pronounced at the older age (P10), where the dye concentration was 5.7 times the HC values in the SD animals and 5 times greater in the unaffected H-Tx siblings (Figure 3).
Dye distribution in subarachnoid space of hydrocephalic animals after immediate post-mortem injection of 2% Evan's blue dye into the cisterna magna. Anterior is to the right in each picture. a) Parasagittal view of P6 hydrocephalic rat showing dye posteriorly in subarachnoid spaces (arrows), with large lateral ventricle (dashed lines). b) Higher magnification of frontal area in at P10, showing lack of dye penetration into the nasal passages. Note dye (red arrows) at skull base anterior and posterior to the olfactory bulb (OB) (white arrows). Also visible is the large ventricle containing frozen CSF (dashed lines). (1 mm marker above). Red arrows – Evan's blue dye in subarachnoid spaces. White arrows – olfactory bulb (OB).
Relative fold increase in Evan's blue dye concentration into the olfactory turbinates of control rats compared to hydrocephalic rats.
Evan's blue dye penetration of the olfactory turbinates was determined by an overlay grid (in the sagittal plane) and colorimetric values were analyzed. The dye concentration visualized in the HC animals was arbitrarily assigned a baseline reference value of 1(*). We compared the relative amount of dye visualized in the H-Tx and SD animals to this reference value. These two groups had several fold increase of dye concentration in turbinates compared to HC animals.
Initial concepts of hydrocephalus pathophysiology were based on a limited understanding of CSF dynamics, alternative flow pathways, and the compensatory mechanisms involved. While ongoing fundamental studies explore the complex mechanisms of normal brain development, those involved in the molecular basis of hydrocephalus remain unexplained. Thus, medical management of this lifelong condition remains elusive, with few research efforts in this direction.
Anatomical and tracer studies have identified CSF flow in the subarachnoid spaces surrounding the olfactory nerves into the cribriform plate into a network of lymphatic ducts in the olfactory turbinates [25–27]. The fluid is then conveyed into progressively larger lymph channels and ultimately deposited into the venous system in the cervical region [16, 17, 28]. In rodents, these associations are not observed until four days after birth, when CSF production significantly increases. Timing of this occurrence perhaps suggests a pressure-dependent mechanism to open and maintain these CSF outflow channels .
Recent studies by Nagra, et al. identified decreased flow in the nasal passages of rats with acquired hydrocephalus by kaolin injection, where intraventricular injection of Evan's blue dye did not penetrate the subarachnoid spaces and was not visualized in the nasal passages . Scarring or obliteration of the arachnoid spaces near the olfactory region may contribute to the diminished flow via these pathways in this induced hydrocephalus model. Evan's blue dye was used for its ease of handling, and the ability to assess the anatomic CSF localization in the post mortem animals . Evan's blue dye in PBS was found to be very effective in delineating the pathways and appears to be as effective as dye linked to protein (Johnston, M, personal communication).
In our animals, dye penetration was limited in the nasal passages, despite adequate representation of dye within the subarachnoid spaces in the basal cisterns and surrounding the cribriform plate (Figure 3). We therefore postulate that CSF in the hydrocephalic animals had access to the cribriform plate and the nasal passage for egress, suggesting a primary obstruction at these sites. Studies to identify further delineate the anatomic sites of blockage are necessary.
Although these nasal pathways for CSF absorption are known to exist in several species, this is the first study to document their connection with congenital hydrocephalus. Since hydrocephalus is a multifactorial condition, perhaps diminished nasal lymphatic outflow tracts increase the propensity to develop the condition. There might be a triggering factor which cannot be overcome in a certain number of animals leading to increased susceptibility to a stimulus such as infection or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
In animal experiments, obstruction of the cribriform plate reduces CSF clearance and leads to increased ICP, but it is unclear if it is involved in hydrocephalus [8, 15, 30]. Ludemann, et al. studied the ultra structure of CSF outflow along the optic nerve and identified pore-like openings in a thin neurothelial layer extending into the lymphatics, which might respond to elevated CSF pressure . Similar mechanisms might play a role in increased intracranial pressure in mammals.
In H-Tx animals the hydrocephalus is associated with aqueductal stenosis at E18, and the condition progressively worsens until death at 5–6 weeks of age . However, the nasal pathways for CSF absorption develop at post natal day 4 in rats, which calls into question the possibility of a causal relationship between CSF drainage pathways and hydrocephalus . It is plausible that the nasal lymphatic pathway is an outflow track dependent on pressure-driven mechanisms for proper development and function. This submucosal CSF egress might serve as a compensatory mechanism that fails when most needed. We studied the H-Tx animals at 6 days of age and later dates to assess the possibility of secondary, pressure-driven recruitment of these pathways. Dye penetration was more pronounced in normal animals at P10, and it was better defined in deeper ethmoid sinus regions of the older animals, suggesting some recruitment of these pathways over time. Evan's blue was not visualized in the cervical lymph nodes in these animals.
The nasal passages may constitute another route for CSF absorption that can be recruited either temporarily or permanently at times of increased intracranial pressure (such as hydrocephalus). Drugs administered intranasally may gain access to the brain via axonal transport along the olfactory receptor cells extending through the cribriform plate to the olfactory bulb . We hypothesize that pore-like openings responsible for extracranial olfactory CSF drainage are obstructed in the affected (hydrocephalic) H-Tx animal, and they may be reopened using newer therapeutic measures.
Our data suggest that the nasal lymphatic drainage pathway of CSF absorption is present in normal SD and unaffected H-Tx rat pups at 6 and 10 days of age and diminished or absent in hydrocephalic rat pups. The nasal lymphatic pathway is affected in rodents with congenital hydrocephalus, and may very well present a target for novel therapeutic agents in hydrocephalus. Future studies along these lines are warranted.
The authors thank Mr. Arnell Sevilla for MRI imaging, Dr. Miles Johnston for advice in sample processing, and Vijay Pattisapu for technical assistance. The H-Tx colony was initially obtained from Dr. Hazel Jones.
MR carried out the experiment, data acquisition and interpretation, and drafting the manuscript. MM Alpha Imager data acquisition and interpretation, manuscript revision. LP Data acquisition and manuscript revision. BB Data acquisition and interpretation. JVP Project conception and design, revision of experiments, drafting manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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Esther C. Fleetman, 92, of Lancaster, Pa went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Kadima Rehabilitation and Nursing at Lititz after a brief stay. She was the wife of the late Harry Fleetman, Jr. who passed away in 1991. Born in Minersville, Pa, she was the daughter of Robert and Esther (Beveridge) Stumpp. Esther graduated from Cass Township High School in 1946 and then opened her own beauty salon. After moving to Lancaster, she worked for Ormond's Clothing Store and Janell Berte' Bridal Designs. She enjoyed reading, sewing, playing the piano and organ, spending time with family, and watching the Philadelphia Phillies. Esther was a member of Calvary Church. Esther is survived by her children: R. Torrey, husband of Deborah; Paul W., husband of Kathy; and Linda S., wife of Charles Piper, all of Lancaster; seven grandchildren: R. Brian Fleetman, Heidi M. Patterson, Shawn B. Fleetman, Dr. Joshua P. Fleetman, Stephanie L. Mayer, Specialist Zachary D. Fleetman, and Abigail C. Piper; twelve great-grandchildren; and two sisters: Margaret L. Gauntlett, Pasadena, CA, and Nancy J. Telford, Lancaster. She was preceded in death by her sister, Martha E. Merwine, Lavelle, Pa. A private graveside service will be held at Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Church Benevolent Fund.
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A: Have a look at White spaces in postFields in PHP Curl which may answer your question.
The only issue here is the query param are not proper and '400' response is saying you so. In browser you you look the spaces are converted to '%20'.The browser has done that work for you. You have to do the similar thing i.e. encode your query parameter because of the spaces before doing the post request.
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Avengers: Infinity War pulls new box office record, now hotter than Star Wars
By James Manning
The Marvel film has become the third-biggest movie ever in Australia and is the fourth biggest in the world.
After five weekends in cinemas, the Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War has become the third-biggest ever movie in Australian cinemas.
The MPDAA has just revealed its earnings so far have been $58.96m, which moves it ahead of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which earned $58.05m in the months after it was released in December 2017.
• Val Morgan reports Avengers: Infinity War now second-biggest opening day ever
Avengers: Infinity War of course has been a global box office giant and so far has taken well over $2.5b. It currently sits at #4 on the all-time global list of biggest movies and is within striking distance of both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Titanic, meaning it could only trail Avatar.
And get this – the film is still earning big bundles of cash in Australia. This past weekend it took over $1m to rank #3 at the box office, behind only Deadpool 2 and the new release Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Although Solo has had the quietest opening of a Star Wars movie in recent times, the other three Star Wars movies that opened in the past two and a half years all sit in the Australian all-time top 10.
Top photo: Avengers: Infinity War (credit: Chuck Zlotnick / Marvel Studios)
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More and more presidents are objecting to unexplained time changes different than what this schedule indicates, so we are going to stick to the schedule unless I made a mistake or the school changes your location and/or day. NOR CAL RULES STATE NO SCHEDULE CHANGES ARE PERMITTED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE NOR CAL PRESIDENT AND IT WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED IF THERE IS A VALID REASON. If you make a change on your own you could end up FORFEITING any games you moved or changed.
Each association set their own game times over summer and will have to stick with what they have (unless for example a team drops and there is a 2 hour hole in the schedule due to a drop or forfeit which will need to be fixed). If you move to a different school or a different day the game times will remain the same. I received too many complaints last year about forcing hundreds of parents, coaches and kids to change their plan because (for example) a coach had a work schedule conflict. It will NOT be allowed this year.
SCHEDULE PRIORITIES: Keeping teams together, ensuring no team had 2 byes, limiting repeat games and ensuring no team is scheduled to play someone 3 times, not including the Jamboree, were the top priorities with the schedule. Unfortunately there were drops which had a major impact on the ability to keep your teams together. I know there may be weekends where your teams are scattered but it could not be helped due to all the drops. HOWEVER, OUR BIGGEST PRIORITY IS TO PLAY GAMES WHICH IS WHAT THE KIDS WANT – SO WHILE YOU MAY NOT BE HAPPY IF YOUR TEAMS ARE GOING IN DIFERENT DIRETIONS TO PLAY GAMES, THE KIDS ARE GETTING TO PLAY GAMES WHICH IS WHY WE ARE DOING ALL THIS WORK.
If you do not have a full set of 5 teams (TM to 14U) then you are obviously putting other associations into situations where their teams cannot travel together and/or they have to play repeat games. PLEASE BE CLEAR – YOU ARE FORCING OTHER ASSOCIATIONS TEAMS TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT FIELDS EVERY SINGLE WEEK SO WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOUR ASSOCIATION, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. In some cases we scheduled extra games at your field so the visiting associations could stay together. On other occasions due to drops and or an association not filling a full set of teams, visitors were not able to travel with their families. Also there are situations where associations are playing at home and due to a visiting association not having a team on a level, a team may have to travel to another location to play a game while the rest of the teams are at home. We tried to keep families together and in most cases were successful. However when families are not together it is because your opponent had drops and did not field a full family of teams. Unfortunately this also impacted the 6 associations that did field full families.
WHY DON'T MY TEAMS ALWAYS TRAVEL AND/OR PLAY TOGETHER?
As indicated above, most associations do not have complete families in their Tiny Mite to 14U family line up. We tried to keep teams together as much as possible and were successful in most cases, but if for example one association dropped a MM team and their opponent dropped a Cadet team, both opponents needed someone else to play so there is no way to keep everyone together.
Other than BYES at home which could not be helped, there is only one occasion when a team who should be home is on the road and that is to avoid another team having 2 byes at home. In this case the teams that dropped were visitors and the remaining teams were at home. In order to ensure the kids get to play a game one team had to give up a home game and was scheduled away so they get to play and to avoid multiple byes. We tried to balance it out so that everyone had 4 home games. Some teams may be impacted by a bye at home so the worst case is everyone will have at least 3 home games in spite of byes and lost home games.
If two teams on a level dropped and the teams they were supposed to play already played each other, we broke up other games where possible to avoid repeat games. However we could not take a team away from traveling with the rest of their family. We only have few repeat games (19 repeat games out of almost 350 scheduled games) during the regular season).


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The Life and Legacy of
The King James Bible
The Bible in the Middle Ages
Early English Bible Translations
Bible Wars: Competing Translations
Why the King James Version?
Translating the King James Bible
More Bible Wars: The Reception of the KJB
Transforming the Word: The Impact of the King James Bible
The LDS Church and the King James Bible
The Life and Legacy of The King James Bible is an exhibition in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University running August 2011 through June 2012.
Four hundred years after its first appearance in print, the King James Bible is considered a monument of English-speaking culture. This version of the Bible has shaped the religious experience, language, thoughts, beliefs, and expressions of generations of readers throughout the world.
Yet the King James Bible was itself shaped by a century of scholarship and controversy. Long before 1604, when King James I of England ordered a new Bible translation, scholars had struggled to bring the text of the Bible into common English. The story of the King James Bible is that of the process of transforming multiple translations into what the King James Version translators called "one principal good one." It is also the story of religious and political strife and the eventual ascendancy of a single translation—the King James Bible—in the religious and cultural life of Britain, the United States, and beyond. Finally, it is the story of the King James Version's impact on the literary output of four centuries of English-speaking authors and orators, whose thoughts, speech, and writings were shaped by the distinct cadences and style of the King James Bible.
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The second annual Bill Stewart Memorial Golf Scholarship Tournament is scheduled at the Sistersville Country Club Aug. 23 with an 8 a.m. shotgun start.
The entry fee is $240 a four-person team. Included are a golf cart, awards, and a tailgate party. The four-person scramble is limited to the first paid 18 teams that register. Seniors (70 or older) play from the gold tees, while the ladies will play from the red tees. All other golfers will tee off from the regular tees.
For registrations, call Dennis Balcerek at 304-455-4281, Ron Casto at 304-337-8474; or contact the Sistersville Country Club at 304-652-3005.
The scholarship will be awarded to a senior class member of the Fairmont State University Football Team who best demonstrates the moral character and dedication of Bill Stewart.
Chris Keller of New Martinsville got a hole in one at Riverside Golf Course in Sardis on Sunday. Keller performed the feat on Hole #18, a 125-yard par three. He used a seven iron and had three witnesses: Scott Keller, Gary Keller, and Jimmy Keller. It was his first hole in one.
The annual John Marshall Softball Golf Scramble will be held Aug. 16 at the Moundsville Country Club. The four-person scramble begins at 2 p.m., with registration at 1 p.m. Entry fee is $70 per person/$280 per team, and includes 18 holes of golf with cart, food, and beverages. Cash prizes will be presented to the top two teams, and there will also be individual awards. Registration forms can be downloaded at www.tinyurl.com/JMSoftballScramble. For more information, please contact Ed West at 304-845-1651 or email MonarchSoftballBoosters@gmail.com.


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Prince George and Princess Charlotte to be home-schooled amid coronavirus pandemic
Princess Charlotte and Prince George arrive for school last September.Aaron Chown/Getty Images
By Alexander Kacala
Prince George and Princess Charlotte, the two oldest children of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are going to be home-schooled.
All of the students at their private school, Thomas's Battersea in London, will be continuing their studies at home as the coronavirus pandemic drastically changes the way people across the world conduct their daily lives.
"Due to the increasing number of children and staff absent from school because of the coronavirus pandemic, Thomas's London Day Schools have decided to move to remote learning from Friday 20 March," a spokesperson for Thomas's London Day Schools told NBC News in a statement.
"From this date the curriculum will be taught through online learning platforms and we have asked parents to keep their children at home and to access their lessons through this system," the statement continued. "This will ensure that children have continuity of learning when they are unable to attend school."
The statement added, "In cases where families are not in a position to keep their children at home (those who are 'front line staff' in the medical profession, for example), the school will remain physically open until the last day of term, Thursday, 26th March. We appreciate the support of our school community as we continue to provide the best possible solution for our pupils during these challenging times."
Charlotte, 4, joined George, 6, as a student at the school last September.
How to home-school your young kids: 4th-grade teacher offers tips
Alexander Kacala


Over the last Council year we have been joining together to pray the prayer of Jabez. (IChron.4:10) In recent months I have sensed the Lord moving on my heart that our prayer emphasis for this Council year should be Psa.85:6. "Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?"
I believe that the same "Spirit" who inspired the psalmist to write these words will quicken us to fervently offer this prayer to our Lord on a daily basis.
Revival means to 'quicken, to strengthen, or to elevate life that already exists." After 102 years our denomination is still alive. However, we are at a critical point in our history when we must experience revival. We need to be revived and recommit to our basic Wesleyan/Arminian doctrine.
One of the evidences that revival is needed is when we lose the joy of the Lord. The joy of the Lord is our strength. Without it we don't have the strength we need to give birth to babes in Christ. The psalmist understood this and expressed the need for revival so the people could rejoice in the Lord once again. Revival must come first. When it does the joy of the Lord will come with it.
The kind of revival we need can only come from God. When the summer days are hot and dry one can water the flowers and the grass and it will help a little for awhile. When God opens up the windows of heaven and sends the rain, overnight, everything is refreshed and revived.
We live in a world that is literally on fire. All hell is breaking loose. At the same time vast segments of the church world are trying to discover what their message and mission should be. They are trying to re-invent themselves. What we need to do is repent of our backsliding and seek the face of God.
It is hard to imagine any situation being anymore bleak than the position the early church found itself in. Christ had returned to the Father leaving His work in the hands of uneducated ordinary men. They were left in a hostile and sinful world that had delighted in the crucifixion of Christ.
When the Spirit of the Lord fell on them they became like lions. Over night they became bold and powerful. They literally turned the world upside down.
Today, the church in North America is in desperate need of a fresh infilling with the Holy Spirit. We need a deep, genuine outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will result in a real history making revival.
Lloyd-Jones in his powerful book on revival lists four things that will happen when revival breaks out.
First, "There will be a fresh sense of God's presence and power." Within the body of Christ their comes a fresh sense of God's power and glory. His presence is so real it's like one could reach out and touch Him. It's as if He comes right down into our midst. Without question we need a fresh awareness of the awesome power of almighty God.
Secondly, "There is a fresh commitment to biblical truth." A few weeks before Pentecost the disciples were in confusion and very uncertain about their future. They were discouraged and ready to return to their old occupations. But once they were filled with the Holy Spirit, they had a new understanding of the truth. Immediately, they began to do great works for the Lord. The words of Christ came alive within them. Now, they were so convinced of the truth they were ready to die for the cause of Christ. They understood their message and their mission.
When revival comes we won't be wasting our time debating inerrancy or how much of the Old Testament is simply allegorical. We will sound forth a certain sound. All fuzziness and uncertainty concerning biblical truth will vanish.
Thirdly, "The church is set on fire with the fresh joy of the Lord."
There was great joy and much praise expressed in the New Testament church. It was attractive and winsome. When the church is in a state of revival you don't have to beg people or manipulate them to praise the Lord. You can't stop them because they are so filled with the joy of the Lord.
It's not superficial or manipulated by the lights, the sound system or the music. It is the power of the Holy Spirit that emanates through ones personality. It's joy unspeakable and full of glory. This is a great need in our holiness churches today.
Fourthly, "The church experiences fresh power and boldness to proclaim the truth."
Peter is a wonderful example of this. He went from being fearful and denying that he knew the Lord to becoming bold and courageous. In spite of being threatened and beaten he preached the resurrection of Christ with holy boldness. When he was on longer consumed with selfish ambitions he became fearless.
The things that happened on the day of Pentecost went deep. This was much more than a momentary emotional stir. It was a life changing event for thousands of people.
This is how God launched the New Testament church. It is how He has kept the church alive over the centuries. Right now we are in desperate need of another mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Will you join me this year in praying daily for a genuine, sweeping revival? Psalm 85:6 is our prayer theme for this Council year.
We will then rejoice in the Lord and give praise to the great I AM.


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La línia 3 és una de les huit línies del TRAM Metropolità d'Alacant, que serveix la zona metropolitana d'Alacant. Va entre la Plaça dels Estels (estació subterrània) i el Campello i, per tant, comunica el centre de la ciutat amb aquesta localitat passant pel nord de la ciutat (zona de la platja de Sant Joan).

Les unitats mòbils d'aquesta línia són trens-tram, que en la L3 circulen a un màxim de 80 km/h. El traçat es realitza en uns 25 minuts i la línia mesura 16 km.

Les parades d'aquesta línia són les següents, des del centre d'Alacant: Estels, Mercat, Marq-Castell (Marq-Castillo), Sangueta, la Illeta (La Isleta), Albufereta, Lucentum, Condomina, Camp de Golf (Campo de Golf), Costa Blanca, Carrabiners, Muchavista, les Llances, Fabraquer, Salesians, Pla Barraques, el Campello.

Les tres estacions inicials (Estels, Mercat i Marq-Castell) són subterrànies i compartides amb les línies 1, 2 i 4. A més, les parades Sangueta, la Illeta, Albufereta i Lucentum són compartides amb les línies 4 i 5 i també, excepte Albufereta, amb la línia 1. Finalment, la parada del Campello és compartida amb la línia 1.

De fet, una part important del seu recorregut és el mateix que el de la línia 1, però la línia 3 arriba només fins al Campello i, d'altra banda, compta amb 10 parades que la línia 1 evita (Albufereta, Condomina, Camp de Golf, Costa Blanca, Carrabiners, Muchavista, les Llances, Fabraquer, Salesians, Pla Barraques).

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Línies del TRAM Metropolità d'Alacant

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The best course of action a country should pursue is investing in its citizens since early childhood and along the life course and not only look at social policies as a cost and expenditure. The countries that did this ,while there was growth (such as the Nordic countries) came much better through the recent financial crisis but regrettably, today the exact opposite is happening in those countries with the highest need.
The quest for potential and, in many cases, harmful benefits of financial integration amongst EU states is focusing on the short time and sidelining the demand for social protection policies.
Why? I was presented with an explanation in a one-to-one conversation with Lieve Fransen, former Director, Europe 2020 Social Policies DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission and current senior policy advisor for Royal Philips Health, Plusvalue, Tiburg University, Bozar and the European Policy Centre among others. Doctor Fransen is a medical doctor and also holds a PhD. Her expertise spans from health and development, pensions, social protection, gender, employment, and social innovation.
What was supposed to be a standard Q&A interview, turned into a comprehensive state of the art on social issues in Europe. Very unconventionally for the caliber and background of the interlocutor, her discourse was not celebrative of the EU's undertakings with regards to social affairs. In all honesty, her views on current social affairs did not sound out rightly pessimistic, nor catastrophic. However, in the case that the EU does not change its course with regards to the pursuit of updated social inclusion and anti-poverty policies, our best days might be over.
The impression that European citizens had more promising prospects during the worst times the continent experienced just after the Second World War compared to the young generation's today, was mounting on me. A new course and social deal is needed. And it is needed big time.
As with all engaging conversations, Doctor Fransen's opening was on a positive note. «First of all in Europe we should be proud to have developed a welfare system and social policies. We often forget these achievements. We are the only area in the world with a functioning social protection system». Yet, she acknowledges that this system needs to undergo a process of innovation.
Translated into practice, this means allocating lots of resources for early childhood education programs and policies. Indeed, we would all benefit from the best outcomes and the best returns on the investment when it is endowed as soon as possible, in the early stage of each individual life span.
This is quite the opposite of the current state of affairs. «Instead» she argues «we keep following the purely economic financial model. With the argument of subsidiarity the EU advises less and less directly on social protections, social investments and social welfare, which in my opinion is a mistake. However indirectly the EU makes strong recommendations and sometimes even binding on budget allocations through the European semester exercise and other new instruments. A large part of the public finances of a country is however allocated to social policies, health and pensions and the EU indeed interferes without necessarily the right advise about those policies.
Back in the 50s, among the EU priorities, we Europeans pledged that we would move towards "upwards social convergence". Unfortunately it was never agreed on how to carry it out.
Intrigued by the notion that governments cannot be effective if overloaded with more responsibilities and obligations, I drove the conversation towards the role and the prospects of social entrepreneurs. Are they really protagonists in our society or is the subject just self - referential, and propaganda literature for the non-profit sector? I asked.
Do you regret something you did not foresee coming when you were working at the Commission?


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Home MLB Adrian Beltre Becomes 31st Member Of MLB's 3,000-Hit Club
Adrian Beltre Becomes 31st Member Of MLB's 3,000-Hit Club
Seth MacDonald
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Welcome to the club, Adrian Beltre.
With his fourth inning double off Wade Miley in yesterday afternoon's 10-6 home loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Beltre became just the 31st player in Major League history to record at least 3,000 hits. He's also now the only Dominican-born player part of the elusive club, and second active member (Ichiro).
Fittingly, the third baseman's milestone occurred on Hall of Fame Sunday; entering the 3,000-hit club is regarded by some people as a "lock" for induction.
Prior to Sunday's 1 for 5 performance, Beltre had been on fire, hitting .457 (16 for 35) in his previous nine games.
Beltre, 38, is one of 10 players to reach 3,000 hits by their age-38 season or younger, one of four to record 3,000+ hits, 450+ home runs, and 600+ doubles in their career (Musial, Aaron, Yastrzemski), and is the only member of the club to record 750+ hits for three teams.
If Beltre reaches 500 career home runs (currently at 454), he'd join Hank Aaron as the only other player with 3,000+ hits, 500+ home runs, and 600+ doubles. Currently with nine homers this year, let's say he hits eight more to finish the season with 17 and 462 for his career. Play at least two more years, average 19 dingers—so it's definitely possible!
What an incredible run it's been for Beltre, who's currently in his 20th Major League season. The Texas Rangers are his fourth team, having been with them since 2011. Prior to that, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2004), Seattle Mariners (2005-2009), and Boston Red Sox (2010).
Set to become a free agent after 2018, Beltre's career highlights include being a 4X All-Star, 5X Gold Glove winner, and 4X Silver Slugger; he's also one of four players to hit for a record three cycles. His best season was 2004 when he set career highs in hits (200), total bases (376), runs scored (104), home runs (48- led majors), RBIs (121), batting average (.334), and slugging percentage (.629).
With 605 career doubles, Beltre's in a three-way tie with Paul Molitor and Paul Waner for 13th most of all-time. His 1,607 RBIs are 35th most in history, and second among active players (Pujols- 1,880).
To cap off his offensive accomplishments, Beltre's finished within the top-ten in his league in home runs/RBIs four times, batting average/slugging percentage five times, and OPS six times.
A sure Hall of Famer, it's only a matter of when Beltre gets inducted. First ballot? That could very well be the case, as the credentials are without question there. He's also been a model of consistency his whole career. From 1999-2016, he appeared in at least 143 games in 14 of those 18 years, never making less than 111 appearances—all while playing the hot corner.
Some may point out Beltre's only been to the playoffs just five times in his career (four times in last six seasons) without ever winning a World Series, but that shouldn't lessen his chances of making it first ballot. Because he should. A true professional, as underrated as they come, liked and respected by his fellow players.
Baseball will definitely miss Beltre when he's gone, but hopefully he'll remain around for a while.
Entering Monday's home game against the Seattle Mariners, Beltre's hitting .307/.382/.534 with nine homers and 36 RBIs this year in 51 games (made season debut May 29- leg injury).
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A Massachusetts native for life, Seth was born into the love for Boston Sports. He played baseball for eight years growing up and has always been an avid fan of MLB. Other than writing, some of his hobbies include biking, landscaping, dancing, moving furniture, playing basketball, and going to the batting cages. Seth aspires one day to be a PA announcer in the NBA.


This week at Groveland our residents have enjoyed master classes in flower arranging and knitting; learning all the tips, tricks and techniques. We have some naturals at flower arranging and the residents really enjoyed the activity. Their flowers are now displayed around the home.
Also this week we have had live entertainment from James and his show 'Lipstick on my Collar'. James sang all of the classics and popular songs from the residents era and they particularly enjoyed his variety of costumes. As one month ends we are looking forward to May and are hoping that it brings some sunshine with it.


This cute button front cardigan makes the perfect layering piece for baby. Soft cotton fabric and printed details make this piece so special. Just right for cooler days, baby will be warm and cozy while looking adorable.


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Book Review, Empire of Ivory
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This article will review Empire of Ivory (the fourth book of the Temeraire series) and focus on what beginning novelists should take away from it to improve their own skill.
Pun Explanations
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Hello. A few of my readers asked me about the chapter titles. Did I mean ____ as a pun on ____? The answer is probably yes. I'll go through a few…
Gotta Kill 'Em All! is a dark play on Pokemon's slogan, "Gotta Catch 'Em All." The popular children's cartoon series, Hegemon, plays a prominent role in this chapter. A related pun… in politics, a hegemon is a completely dominant nation. Since the end of the Cold War, "the hegemon" has always referred to the United States. After all, what story about superheroes could be complete without a superpower?
How Many F's are there in Katastrofy? (Win a Pulitzer in 20 Minutes a Day!) is a play on the latest Superman movie, where a supposedly Pulitzer-calibre journalist (Lois Lane) wonders how many F's are in "catastrophe." Katastrophy is the name of the Hegemon that's clearly based on Mewtwo (he's in the header). For reasons that I will hopefully be able to reveal by the end of 2007, the real-world incarnation of said character decides to go by "Catastrophe" because you'd have to be a complete idiot to spell it "Katastrofy."
National Catastrophe is a phrase. In a book that already has a character named Catastrophe and Nation in the title, how could I resist?
Dr. Berkeley's name is actually a reference to George Berkeley, an 18th century philosopher who claimed that anything we perceive is necessarily real. (Mirages and The Matrix are both perceivable things that probably aren't real). The more obvious Berkeley association features a certain university in California, but that wasn't my main objective.
What Do We Do About Berkeley? This time the reference actually IS to the university. Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA) had been advised by his gubernatorial staff not to hit on the counterculture of UC-Berkeley. Reagan responded: "Look, I don't care if I'm [campaigning] in the mountains, the desert, the biggest cities of this state, the first question [I get is]: 'What are you going to do about Berkeley?' And each time the question itself would get applause." I amended the phrase to "What do we do…" rather than "What are you going to do…" because the title is already a bit long.
Forget Who's Watching the Watch-Man… Don't Leave Yourself Alone with Him is a play on the phrase "but who watches the watchman," and of course the comic book series The Watchmen, but most prominently Syler from Heroes. You definitely wouldn't want to find yourself alone with THAT watch-man.
The Empire State Strikes Back is an obvious play on Star Wars… not too tricky.
Gods and Supermen at Yale is a reference to God and Man at Yale, conservative William Buckley's seminal work on the relationship between faith and scholarship. In the context of Superhero Nation, the "Gods" are researchers… well, I shouldn't spoil a chapter I haven't written, right?
The Crisis of Infinite OSIs is a play on DC Comic's seminal series, The Crisis on Infinite Earths. Really, really devoted students of US government might know there is a separate Office of Special Investigations within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Air Force, and the legislative Government Accountability Office.
It Takes a Child to Raze a Village… the original is liberal Hillary Clinton's quote, "it takes a village to raise a child." I can't say any more without hopelessly spoiling the chapter. Suffice it to say that I hope you won't miss Greenwich. (Heh. A red herring, I assure you).
The First Draft of History is a reference to the quote that "journalism is the first draft of history."
Hegemonic Instability Theory. Maybe you've heard of "hegemonic stability theory," the theory that particularly strong nations contribute to world peace. Well, mental instability appears to be more relevant to the plot (and creation) of this novel, so I thought that was more appropriate. It's also a play on the Hegemon angle, if you've been paying attention. (Additionally, Orson Scott Card wrote a book called "Shadow of the Hegemon," which I might turn into something like "Shadowing the Hegemon")
The Last Oorah. "Oorah" is a Marine concept… hell, a way of life! Its origin probably derives from "heard, understood and acknowledged" (HUA), a general expression of enthusiasm (ahem… "anything and everything but no"). At one point, I had the chapter called The Last Huah because I wasn't sure whether the character that dies is a Marine or an [Army] soldier.
The pun is that there's a novel called The Last Hurrah, which is also a stage in Star Fox 64. (Wow, I am such a nerd).
A few of the chapters (Agents of Change, Agents of Destruction, etc.) play on the double meaning of "agent" as a federal employee (IRS agent, OSI agent) and a causative factor. The Free Agent plays on a sports-term for someone who currently has no employer.
Yep, that's most of it. I should add– well, it should be obvious that– a title that has to be explained is probably not working. So hopefully titles like A Free Agent or What Are We Going to do about Berkeley? work even if the reader isn't familiar with the inside joke. If they don't, then the author has needlessly alienated a lot of his readers. I think the titles would be effective even if the reader didn't know.
How I Would Rewrite Heroes
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I like the show Heroes a lot. However, I think that it's generally pretty poorly-written, at least flabbier than most shows I enjoy. So many characters are thrown at us that take up an episode but have no bearing on the plot. Like the woman that's able to access the Internet remotely… she was so insignificant that no one noticed that it looks like the writers forgot about her after her first episode.
I can't tell what the remaining episodes in this season will look like, so it's hard to tell which characters will become interesting and serve to drive the main plot, but I think that from the first four episodes we can start to tell which characters aren't working.
In the first season, we had several main clusters of characters. There's a lot of overlap. If one character could fit in several clusters, I tried to place him in the cluster that would be most affected by his removal from the script.
Peter and Nathan Patrelli (and their family)
The painter and his girlfriend
Hiro/Ando
Claire/Mr. Bennet and the other Bennets.
The Haitian and The Company employees
Linderman and his guys
Nicky, her kid and her husband
The L.A. cop, his family and the hot FBI partner. I'd also probably put the nuclear guy and the remote control woman here.
Syler
(I probably missed some people. Heroes has an enormous cast). Please forgive me for having a bad memory.
A few thoughts about the different clusters.
Peter was the main character– supposedly! But he does very little. He matters a lot more in terms of what he doesn't do, namely destroying New York.
Well, he's instrumental in saving Claire from Syler. But that doesn't matter very much, does it? Remember the episode that looks at five years in the future after Syler survives the stabbing (because he had Claire's regenerative powers)? At the end of that episode, five years after he survives the stabbing, Syler kills Claire and takes her powers. Most people didn't notice that glaring plot-hole, probably because saving the cheerleader didn't seem like a major element of the plot (because it wasn't).
I would give Peter a more prominent role in the fight against Syler. If he doesn't tie into that fight more directly, he should probably be removed from the plot entirely. His quest, to prevent NYC from getting nuked, really has nothing to do with Syler.
Syler is probably the character I enjoyed the most. "This is usually the point where people start screaming" is one of my all-time favorite TV quotes. As far as supervillains go, he has an interesting modus operandi and origin story.
I would, however, remove the scene where he kills his mother. It wasn't any MORE gruesome than anything else he did over the first season, but it just came out of the blue. Why did he kill his mother again? How did that advance the story? We already KNEW he was damn creepy and violent.
I'd remove the Nicky/son/husband cluster entirely. That ENTIRE cluster amounts to two relevant plot points: the device by which Petrelli is going to win the election and Nicky making a ridiculous cameo in the climactic fight against Syler. As far as supervillain plots go, trying to rig an election with a wunderkind hacker is stupid and ill-conceived.
Let's see… a candidate al0ready under federal investigation for mob ties moves from a 4-way dead heat to a "landslide" victory on the strength of bajillions of electronic votes. Wouldn't anyone get suspicious that precincts that presumably turned out pretty close in paper-voting produced enormous Petrelli majorities?
I like the Company, but it's never quite clear (to me, at least) why they're tracking the special people and what their eventual goal is. How does Linderman tie into the Company's goals? I assume that they aren't related. If so, what IS the Company trying to accomplish? Why does it attempt to take in Syler after it knows he's a serial killer? etc. Critiques of Superhero Nation frequently offer some variation of "I don't get the distinction between the Office of Special Investigations and the Social Justice League." I'd say that the Company-Linderman distinction is way hazier.
Suresh is OK, but do we really have to hear him narrate every episode?
I love the LA cop, but his role in the plot serves mainly to show what the law enforcement authorities are doing to stop Syler (not much, apparently). He also makes an almost-cameo in the climactic fight against Syler. I like this character a lot, but I would deemphasize his personal life– which is kind of trite– and emphasize the Syler connection.
The writers shot themselves in the foot with his hot partner. The writers REALLY want this to be a world where no one really knows about people having superpowers. To some extent, this suggests that the FBI is comically incompetent, but we'd have to believe that his partner is WILDLY stupid.
She knows that he can read minds. Ahem, he read HER mind and she knows that he is able to get all sorts of #$^# out of interrogatees. She eventually shrugs that off with a few lines that are so painful that I can't imagine they were written with a straight face.
Syler's kill scenes are distinctly unnatural. Stuff like a building being iced over is par for the course. Heads lopped off, etc.
Mr. Radioactive produces radioactivity without any logical scientific explanation. THEN Mr. Radioactive and his Homeland Security convoy are eliminated by something that threw the van down without leaving explosive residue or a collision impact.
The easiest way to resolve all of this would be to remove the scene where the cop (Parkman) exposes his ESP secret to his partner.
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How to Name Your Character–Superheroes and Otherwise
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This article will cover how to name characters effectively and how to avoid the most common naming problems.
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Combatting Cliches
Short post.
Character One: "Give it up or I'll pound on you."
Character Two: "Is that a threat?"
Character One: "No… that's a promise."
My Version
(Agent Orange speaking to a Social Justice League director about League mutants waging an insurgency against city sewer-cleaners)
Agent Orange: "The sewers, of course, teem with mutant alligators and rats and terrapins and whatever else is stupid enough to want to live in New York City but smart enough not to pay New York rent. Municipal sewer drills have been repeatedly attacked. I won't say that Leaguers were responsible and I definitely won't say that they weren't. But I will say that if a municipal employee is bruised, that the leathernecks that clean out the sewers won't be crocodiles."
Leaguer: "Is that a threat?"
Orange: "Fast on the uptake, aren't you?"
(In case you missed the pun, leatherneck can refer to either a Marine or a certain NYC-sewer-dwelling crocodile). I vaguely doubt that a third of my audience got the Marine reference and probably less know the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle character. However, I do expect that a large majority of my readers would get the TMNT references in "mutant alligators and rats and terrapins" living in the NY sewers even if they didn't know that a terrapin is a turtle.
A Brooklynite writes:
I don't know what you've got against New York's sewers. They're a lot cleaner than Chicago politics.
Touche. Go jump down some more pipes or something.


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'Gold Rush': Cannabidiol Industry Booms Amid Uncertain Regulation
by admin | May 30, 2019 | CBD oil | 0 comments
Shea Castleberry works in a time capsule of sorts. He walks through the aisles of the Family Video store he manages in Murray, Ky., a small city surrounded by rolling farmland about two hours north of Nashville.
Next to the movies and popcorn, there's a new addition to his store that surprises some of his regulars.
"A lot of people are like 'a video store selling CBD?' But it really does tie into our values. Which is, we're here for the community," Castleberry said.
Cannabidiol, also known as CBD, is a compound that is increasingly becoming popular because of the alleged health benefits users report, ranging from better sleep, reduced anxiety and pain relief. Yet clinical studies are lacking for most claims.
It's derived from a type of cannabis called hemp, and the latest Farm Bill signed by President Trump in December legalized the cultivation of the crop at the federal level.
Retailers across the country, including Walgreens and CVS, have invested in the CBD industry since that point. Castleberry said his Family Video store began carrying CBD oil, lotion, gummies, lip balm and water, in April. But he stressed Family Video isn't just selling CBD just to get extra profit.
While the video rental giant Blockbuster went bankrupt almost a decade ago because of competition from online streaming companies like Netflix, hundreds of Family Video stores remain across the country, still renting out DVD copies of movies and TV shows that line the walls of each store.
"I love digital stuff, but there's still this kind of quality — it's like vinyl," Castleberry said, cracking an empty DVD case. "I'll be honest with people. I'll tell them that hasn't gotten really good reviews. Or 'I didn't like it, it wasn't for me.'"
Castleberry claims the company's CEO became inspired to sell CBD in Family Video stores after the substance helped with the CEO's elbow pain, and that the company now wants to now help others with the substance while making a profit.
"Forty-one years in the same business, in a quote-on-quote 'dying business,' says something about the people that own this company. They're not afraid to try things. If they don't work out, they don't work out. And we move onto the next thing."
Castleberry said CBD sales added about an extra $1,000 in revenue the past month. Yet these sales just represent a small fraction of the overall sales being made.
New Frontier Data, a Denver-based analytics firm that studies the cannabis industry, estimates CBD product sales were worth $390 million in 2018. That could triple to more than $1.2 billion dollars by 2022.
Newly formed companies that extract and process CBD and farmers who grow the hemp are also betting millions of dollars on this industry, but uncertainty in federal regulation, particularly whether CBD should be in food, is creating doubts of how far this industry can go.
The CBD boom
About an hour farther north of Murray is the even smaller town of Kevil, Ky., where millions of dollars are being invested inside an unremarkable warehouse.
"Actually on Thanksgiving Day, this was an empty shell. Construction didn't begin until after Thanksgiving, so we've come along way pretty quick," Aerosource-H co-founder Nathaniel Pape, said. "It's pretty exciting to be in the hot market right now, you know?"
The warehouse that makes up Aerosource-H is now full of bags filled with pungent hemp. The cannabis is then moved into a bleach white laboratory, where $3 million worth of whirring machines and freezers turn the crop into purified CBD. Pape thinks it looks somewhat like flour.
"I think you'll eventually see CBD everywhere. From your lotions, to your beverages, to your food, to whatever. And that's a good thing," Pape said.
Like Family Video, Pape says Aerosource-H primarily wants to help people with CBD while also making creating revenue. And they make a lot of it: a kilogram of purified CBD sells for around $6,000.
"We're one of the small people, actually. There are a lot of larger entities coming online. You know, our focus is on being the best we can be, containing the highest quality, the highest consistency, basically finding our niche in a gold rush," Pape said. "But it's also a little scary. Because you know in gold rushes, a lot of the people lose."
Some of that fear comes from the uncertainty of how the Food and Drug Administration will regulate certain aspects of CBD, potentially restricting the market for the compound.
Prescription or food product?
The FDA currently bans CBD in food products; under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, it's illegal to add FDA-regulated drugs into food.
The agency is taking comments Friday in a public hearing on how CBD should be regulated. It's the agency's first step toward deciding whether CBD should be regulated as a dietary supplement that can be added in food products, or a prescription-required drug — or both.
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles said he wants CBD to be considered a dietary supplement because of the boost it could give to hemp farmers.
"We acknowledge the FDA has a wide range of possibilities with what they can do with these products. But we ask them not to regulate this growing industry to death," Quarles said.
And a lot of money is at stake. New Frontier Data Chief Knowledge Officer John Kagia believes the over $1 billion in sales predicted by his firm is largely dependent on if the FDA is lenient on regulation.
"While in the U.S., federal policy may be slow to move around marijuana, the clear kind of interest in advancing a national CBD policy means that there's an opportunity here for the U.S. to be a participant in this emerging global market," Kagia said. "The CBD market has clearly grown dramatically over the past 12 months. But we think this is still just the tip of a very large iceberg."
After the public hearing, the FDA plans to use the public comments to inform a federal working group looking "to explore potential pathways for dietary supplements and/or conventional foods containing CBD to be lawfully marketed."
Source: NPR.org


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Nevertheless, dead animals after a fierce fire in famous Chester Zoo
Animals of The fire Saturday raged in the Chester Zoo in the north of England, has a number of animals lives. According to the zoo is an unknown number of insec
Animals of The fire Saturday raged in the Chester Zoo in the north of England, has a number of animals lives. According to the zoo is an unknown number of insects, frogs, fish and birds become prey to the flames. They stayed near the fire.
The mammals in the affected Monsoon Forest-stay, such as macaques and orangutans, could in time be lured away with bananas and in safety. The zoo calls it "heartbreaking" to animals to lose, especially because there is a lot of time has been put into the breeding of these "beautiful species". About the cause of the fire is still not known.
The Chester Zoo has been known by the docusoap 'The secret Life of The Zoo. The program is now in its sixth season. Among other things, the VRT broadcasts the series in primetime. The viewers get a look behind the scenes of the popular zoo near Liverpool. the
On the internet, a successful crowdfunding launched to the ruins of the stay to recover. In 24 hours time the generous donors for nearly £ 100,000 (111.000 euros) is donated. The Chester Zoo is home to more than 21,000 animals.


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Q: database sql multiple image on content I want to make some blog editorial, this content contain multiple image. check this:
Table 1: blog

id | title | content | img
1 | test | lorem | 1

Table 2:img

id | img | img_id
1 | 1.jpg | 1
2 | 2.jpg | 1
3 | 3.jpg | 2

i get this eror.
General error: 1215 Cannot add foreign key constraint
what should i do?

A: You should do it this way:
Blog.php model
public function photos(){

   return $this->hasMany(Photo::class);
}

Then on your Photo.php model do like this:
public function blog(){

   return $this->belongsTo(Blog::class);
}

Then in your database migration files on blod_table add a column photo_id that way Laravel through the declared relationships knows the foreign key on the photo table, so you don't need to declare any foreign key on your migrations. That way you will not get the errors.
Or eventually go to database.php file and set mysql strict mode to false


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Jess Jonassen to have knee surgery
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Jess Jonassen had had an ongoing knee injury managed through the 2015-16 season © Getty Images
Jess Jonassen, the Australia Women left-arm spinner, is set to undergo surgery on her left knee later this month. Jonassen had been "managing" an ongoing injury through the 2015-16 season, the team's physiotherapist Kate Mahoney said, and the surgery has been scheduled for the off season.
"Jess is managing an ongoing left-knee injury, which she has been managing this season," Mahoney said. "She was reviewed by an orthopaedic surgeon after returning from the [team's] commitments at the Women's World T20 in India, and will require arthroscopy surgery later this month.
"Her rehabilitation and return to play will be more clear after the procedure, but we are hopeful that she will recover in time for the tour of Sri Lanka later this year."
Jonassen, 23, has turned out in 31 ODIs and 46 T20Is for Australia Women, taking 43 wickets at 21.23 and 33 wickets 22.27 in the two formats respectively. She has also played the one Test match, against England Women in 215. In the just-concluded Women's World T20, where Australia Women finished runners-up, she had picked up just the one wicket in six games.
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Q: Failure to reload from checkpoint directory When I tried reloading my spark streaming application from a checkpoint directory, I got the following exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requirement failed: Checkpoint directory does not exist: maprfs:/mapr/cellos-mapr/user/mbazarganigilani/checkpoints/22237996-da79-4f13-b142-3ab112b7c374/rdd-1009
    at scala.Predef$.require(Predef.scala:233)
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.ReliableCheckpointRDD.<init>(ReliableCheckpointRDD.scala:46)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext$$anonfun$checkpointFile$1.apply(SparkContext.scala:1226)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext$$anonfun$checkpointFile$1.apply(SparkContext.scala:1226)
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDDOperationScope$.withScope(RDDOperationScope.scala:150)
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDDOperationScope$.withScope(RDDOperationScope.scala:111)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext.withScope(SparkContext.scala:714)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext.checkpointFile(SparkContext.scala:1225)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStreamCheckpointData$$anonfun$restore$1.apply(DStreamCheckpointData.scala:112)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStreamCheckpointData$$anonfun$restore$1.apply(DStreamCheckpointData.scala:109)
    at scala.collection.mutable.HashMap$$anonfun$foreach$1.apply(HashMap.scala:98)
    at scala.collection.mutable.HashMap$$anonfun$foreach$1.apply(HashMap.scala:98)
    at scala.collection.mutable.HashTable$class.foreachEntry(HashTable.scala:226)
    at scala.collection.mutable.HashMap.foreachEntry(HashMap.scala:39)
    at scala.collection.mutable.HashMap.foreach(HashMap.scala:98)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStreamCheckpointData.restore(DStreamCheckpointData.scala:109)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStream.restoreCheckpointData(DStream.scala:515)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStream$$anonfun$restoreCheckpointData$2.apply(DStream.scala:516)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStream$$anonfun$restoreCheckpointData$2.apply(DStream.scala:516)
    at scala.collection.immutable.List.foreach(List.scala:318)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.DStream.restoreCheckpointData(DStream.scala:516)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.DStreamGraph$$anonfun$restoreCheckpointData$2.apply(DStreamGraph.scala:151)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.DStreamGraph$$anonfun$restoreCheckpointData$2.apply(DStreamGraph.scala:151)
    at scala.collection.mutable.ResizableArray$class.foreach(ResizableArray.scala:59)
    at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer.foreach(ArrayBuffer.scala:47)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.DStreamGraph.restoreCheckpointData(DStreamGraph.scala:151)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.StreamingContext.<init>(StreamingContext.scala:158)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.StreamingContext$$anonfun$getOrCreate$1.apply(StreamingContext.scala:864)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.StreamingContext$$anonfun$getOrCreate$1.apply(StreamingContext.scala:864)
    at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:145)
    at org.apache.spark.streaming.StreamingContext$.getOrCreate(StreamingContext.scala:864)
    at UnionStream$.main(UnionStreaming.scala:636)
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    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
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    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)

I wanted to know if there is any way to override this exception for example something like reloading from previous checkpoint data?


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While Etta Jones could not be placed into the very top tier of jazz singers, she was a good one. And as this compilation draws 18 tracks from the most commercially and artistically successful phase of her career, it might be the best place to start for hearing her work. Recorded between 1960 and 1963, these did all happen to be released on singles, as the title indicates, though it's sometimes forgotten that there were still jazz tracks being issued as singles in the 1960s. Of course, the most popular of those was "Don't Go to Strangers," which actually made the pop Top 40 in 1960. Jones was a warm and versatile singer with a bit more appeal to pop listeners than most, usually backed by good small combos on this mixture of ballads and up-tempo material, though Oliver Nelson arranged and conducted the strings on a most adventurous, eccentric "Unchained Melody." More satisfying than the ballads, though, are the sassier, faster, and slightly bluesier outings, like "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis," "In the Dark," the sultry "The Gal From Joe's," and (again with Nelson's strings) "Just Friends." The cha cha pass at "Nature Boy" is good, too, with Kenny Burrell handling one of the guitars. ~ Richie Unterberger
Artysta Etta Jones
Label Prestige
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Liczba utworów 18
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A DAILY LOOK 'TWEEN THE HEDGES
About BDB
Past Schedules/Results
A little Friday SECCG Misery
This is basically the way I want tomorrow's game to go:
"Do you see that score?!? We're up by 50 Mr. Saban!"
"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT I WANT MORE!!"
That and as much national chaos as the CFB Gods will allow. Have a great weekend Reader!
Hunker'd Down by Bernie at 6:34 AM
Dawg Tags: another reason gators suck, SEC Championship Game
Bowlin' with Santa
My general malaise has lifted enough to take some glimpses at possible bowl destinations for Kirby's first team. I've heard a lot of people making bold statements about wishing we weren't going bowling and making negative predictions about the number of fans that would show up.
I take a different track. First, say what you want about the season, but these seniors deserve a trip somewhere and to suit up one more time as a tackle football player for the University of Georgia. Also, a young team could use the extra reps in practice.
Well hell, the coaches could too for that matter.
Anyway, stumbled on this list for Georgia specifically. Durham lists the potential bowl games as: Music City, Texas, Belk, Liberty and Birmingham.
Personally, I think we can strike the Music City and Belk Bowls from the list. Sure, anything can happen when conference management and egotistical athletic directors get together on a conference call. And yes, we all know our own AD is just an overcooked angel hair noodle in a suit. But I'd place my bet on the Birmingham Bowl first and then possibly the Liberty.
There's been some murmurs about the Texas Bowl being willing to part with their SEC West team preference and take Georgia in. That'd be news if it happens. And the bowl rep is surely talking up Georgia nicely.
"Yeah, we absolutely will do whatever the SEC thinks is best for our event, and for the conference," Fletcher said. "It's tough not to love Georgia. A national brand, a great history, had a fantastic season on the field, has a lot of young talent. As you've seen with coach (Kirby) Smart, Houston has become more important – and really Texas as a whole – has become a more important market to try and build a base in going forward."
Fletcher said he also heard there was a "large contingent" of Georgia alums in the Houston-Dallas corridor. In fact, UGA has been holding fan days in those two cities over the past few years, including a Kirby Smart appearance in Houston last June.
McGarity of course deferred comment to the SEC offices. Perhaps those alumni in Houston can make a pitch to Sankey in our AD's stead. I'm one that actually takes some pride in our bowl streak, and it'd be cool to finish off a difficult season with a new bowl game to add to the resume.
But that's just me. Go Dawgs y'all!
Dawg Tags: AD McGarity, Bowl Season, Georgia Bulldogs Football
The 2016 season in one word
I was prepared to have even more of it when the fourth quarter began last Saturday. The odds seemed in our favor - https://www.topauscasinos.com.au/online-pokies/ . We had a three game winning streak. But what's more is that the team seemed to finally be in sync with the coaches and their game planning and play calling. What's even more is that we had just dominated the third quarter against Tech; the coaches had made adjustments at halftime which had pulled us out of the 14-14 deadlock.
I still have hope. But I'd be lying if I said it didn't take a hit walking away from Sanford Saturday afternoon.
Before the season began I was on a podcast with CorbinDawg, and Bulldog Bob asked us what we needed to see this season to reassure us for the future. For Corbin it wasn't a record or a specific win against a specific opponent. It was a moment when it was evident the team (and by default the program as a whole) had taken a step forward. He was looking for Kirby's stamp on the program that showed better days were ahead.
I took that nugget with me throughout the season and waited. I thought Corbin's approach to the question was good practice given the new direction under a new coach. So it may not have been crystal clear, but I thought I caught a glimpse against Auburn. That was a team win. It was a tighten the chin strap and go get 'em game. And they can say what they will about Auburn's injuries or whatever else they want, but it was a dominant performance by the defense. Best online casinos Johannesburg.
And it could've been what propelled the team to a potential 9-4 record and plenty of momentum heading into Signing Day and Winter workouts.
But as we've reminded ourselves for nearly a full year now, first year head coaches come with growing pains. They come with moments of both weakness and trepidation. Which has caused a lot of people to question the decision a year ago to run Richt off. And to be clear, I think it's a fair question. I don't believe that Richt could've won the East with this team, but there's an argument that the Tennessee, Vandy, and Tech losses might have played out to a different outcome.
It's all fair and bipartisan analysis. But I won't spend much time nor energy dwelling on it. Kirby is our coach. I've said all along that I'll support him just as much as I did our former coach and the ones before him. The only caveat is that it comes with a hard and fast deadline. Championship games must be in the near future or it is onto the next guy. That's just the program that we are now.
So, back to that one word. Do I still have hope? Yes. I do have hope even as the sting of Saturday's loss strikes so many nerves. I've listened to the theories of Kirby playing the long game - forgoing potential immediate highs in favor of doing it his way for the future. And there's plenty of evidence to back that theory up in game planning and even specific substitution patterns, especially on the defensive side of the ball.
Kirby's Way is one we're forced to trust. I have hope for what's ahead, but like many of you I'm concerned about some problems that Smart inherited, most notably our offensive line depth. And to be perfectly frank it's talent overall. That in particular is not an easy and immediate fix. There's no (official) free agent market in college football. And the fact is that any true freshman offensive lineman needs a year to redshirt and develop his body to the size required for this level of football. We lose two linemen to graduation, which means Pittman must develop next year's rotation and starting five from scratch, again.
Anyway, that's a big problem for a later date. I think the bigger struggle right now is that the season is over, and barring some huge performance in a minor bowl game, we're left at the finish line without something definitive to grasp a hold of and say "Yes, this is going to be fun to watch again soon!"
Until then, I think I still have enough hope left.
Dawg Tags: Coach Kirby Smart, Georgia Bulldogs Football
Sunday thoughts on the fourth quarter
The game was in hand. The players had made plays and the coaches had called a good game. We were running the ball well and the defense was limiting the triple option's effectiveness.
The game was in hand. And then it was not.
Sure, we can point to a bad pass, a drop, or a missed tackle. But that loss is 100% on the coaches. We got away from what was working and paid mightily for it. Hell, the third quarter was masterful as we stepped on them and opened up a thirteen point lead.
For 50 minutes Kirby and his staff had the better plan and the better adjustments. The last ten minutes was a clinic in what not to do to close out a ball game.
On a larger scale, I'm really disappointed because it seemed we had turned a corner. It seemed as if things were starting to click between a young coaching staff and their young players. It really just puts me at a loss for words.
I'm glad this season is over. And it makes me sad to type that.
Dawg Tags: Coach Kirby Smart, engiNerds, Georgia Bulldogs Football, this rotgut moonshine is making me sick
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Monks from Regensburg established the Marienmunster, the first and oldest church in the Bavarian forest, at Chammunster in the 8th century. The first reference to Cham as a city appeared in 976. Its first railway connection came in 1861. On April 18th, 1945, a British air raid on the western part of Cham caused 63 deaths. The entrance of several German war refugees from Silesia and the Sudetenland enlarged Cham's population from 5,860 to over 10,000.
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