Editor's Note: In the first of a five-part series, thirdAGE contributor Nancy Wurtzel (at left in the above photo) shares the ordeal her sister Barbara (at right in the above photo) is undergoing as she waits for a match for a lung transplant. Barbara's situation is complicated by the fact that her husband, Jim, has Alzheimer's. Additionally, the sisters' mother is suffering from dementia as well. Here is the story of a family on a frightening, grueling healthcare journey of the kind that will be all too familiar to millions of Americans. For an article by Nancy on the transplant issue overall, click here.
My older sister, Barbara, and I are having dinner at a local restaurant when her cell phone rings. Barbara doesn't recognize the number, and her hands shake as she answers. I hold my breath, but exhale when I realize the call isn't the one we've been anticipating.
Since the right match could take days, weeks or even months, we wait, practice patience, and reflect on my sister's healthcare journey.
The story of my sister's lungs began decades ago, but for most of those years, Barbara wasn't even aware she had a serious illness, only knowing that when she got a cold it always affected her lungs.
By the time she was in her late 40s, however, Barbara knew something was very wrong. Her lung infections had become more intense, frequent and prolonged. Sometimes she had a new infection before she had even fully recovered from the last.
Over the years, Barbara had been seen by several pulmonologists, yet her condition remained a mystery.
One day a friend told her that the Mayo Clinic would evaluate walk-in patients seeking a diagnosis, even a person without a referral or appointment (a policy that has since changed). A short time later, armed with her already-heavy medical record, my sister drove three hours south to Rochester, Minnesota, hopeful she might finally get some answers, but equally reticent about what she might learn.
The Mayo Clinic excels at solving medical puzzles. Within a few days, Barbara had undergone dozens of tests and been seen by a team of health care experts.
The diagnosis was sobering: Interstitial Lung Disease, caused initially by an underlying condition called hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), a toxic lung inflammation brought about by breathing in a foreign substance such as certain types of dust, fungus or mold.
If HP is not detected and treated promptly, it can become a chronic condition and eventually morph into another, even more serious disease, which is exactly what happened to Barbara.
Doctors have determined Barbara now has pulmonary fibrosis, which has caused her deep lung tissue to become inflamed, scarred and stiff. As the condition worsens, her lungs produce thick, sticky mucus which can trigger recurring infections. Additionally, the lungs stop producing enough oxygen into the bloodstream.
Her physicians wanted to know: What had she inhaled? When did it happen? How did she contract this awful disease?
Barbara had no answers, but the questions kept her awake at night. It would be years before she would know the root cause of her disease.
At the time of her diagnosis, Barbara learned her condition was incurable and irreversible. While it would progress slowly, the disease would eventually cut short her life.
Her first task was to begin eliminating the mucus build-up in her airways and lungs. At least once a day, Barbara mpw uses a bronchodilator to induce coughing. This "clearing" process takes anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes, and it leaves her sweaty, light-headed, out of breath and exhausted. Sometimes the coughing becomes so intense she vomits.
Treatment also includes an array of powerful drugs, including Prednisone, a steroid that helps Barbara immensely, but has many side effects, including significant weight gain.
Overall, Barbara's doctors were right. Other than yearly testing at the Mayo Clinic, her decline was indeed slow, and she was able to live a relatively normal life.
In fact, if you saw my sister during those years, you might never have guessed she was battling a terrible disease.
Barbara continued her work, designing jewelry and running a successful business selling her products across the country. Along with Jim, her husband of 26 years, she traveled extensively both for business and pleasure. Eventually, they bought a home in Florida and spent the winter months in the Sunshine State, enjoying the balmy winter weather, and the rest of the year in Minnesota, our home state.
Then, in 2012, life changed dramatically.
I'd been living in California for many years, but decided to move back to Minnesota to take care of our aging mother who had Alzheimer's disease.
As usual, Barbara and her husband arrived home later that spring to spend the summer months.
I was immediately startled by my sister's condition. She appeared pale and fragile, and she admitted her health had worsened. Jim's health was also a concern. His behavior seemed odd and he often appeared confused. Since our parents had both died from Alzheimer's disease we knew the warning signs.
Later that year, Jim was diagnosed as being in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
"Even though I was expecting it, I still felt sick hearing the neurologist say the words," Barbara said.
Could their situation get any worse? With both of them facing major health challenges, they decided to sell their Florida home and live permanently in Minnesota.
It was a dark time, and I remember sitting up late at night talking to her about Jim's cognitive condition and her own health battles.
However, my sister rarely indulges in self-pity for longer than a few minutes, a trait that has served her well, especially during the past few years.
While Jim's memory loss has progressed slowly, Barbara's lung disease has worsened quickly. In the space of six months, she has been hospitalized three times for pneumonia, and she's never fully recovered from those illnesses.
Today, her health continues on a downward spiral. She now requires a lot of sleep, increased medications and oxygen full-time. Activities must be planned carefully and spaced out. Simply going to the grocery store has become a challenge.
Without a transplant, doctors have told Barbara that she has only a few years to live.
Initially, she resisted the idea of a transplant.
After exhaustive transplant evaluations – first at the Mayo Clinic and later at the University of Minnesota – Barbara was assigned a high score, placing her near the top of the lung transplant list in our upper Midwest region.
At night when I'm trying to sleep, I often go over-and-over my sister's health journey. There is so much that we've been through and so much unknown about what is ahead. When I consider the whole picture, my throat starts to close up.
It's easier for me to recount the facts of her disease than it is to talk about my feelings and fears.
Instead, I focus on the next appointment, test or support group meeting. As my sister's primary caregiver, my job is to help keep her life moving forward. We've adopted a 'one foot in front of the other' coping strategy.
Last night, Barbara's cell phone rang. It was almost 10 p.m.
Was it the call? No. The man on the line was from her local cable company reminding her about some equipment that needed to be returned.
But the next call, we tell ourselves, could be the one.
Nancy Wurtzel, a frequent thirdAGE contributor, is editor of the blog www.datingdementia.com.


A cab driver from Greater Manchester has been jailed for life for ambushing and stabbing his wife to death. David Pawluk, 58, stabbed his wife Margaret Howlett, 63, multiple times after he found out she wanted to leave his name off of the deeds to their home. Pawluk, who had a heavy gambling habit, and had lost around £80,000 pound on his addiction, got into an argument with his wife and as she begged for his forgiveness he could be heard shouting 'you f***ing liar`. Pawluk then stabbed his wife in the face and neck and left her for dead on the kitchen floor. The court heard that Pawluk attempted to take his own life and then fled the scene in his taxi. Two days later he handed himself into the police. When police arrived at their home, they found Ms Howlett on the kitchen floor still wearing her coat. Pawluk had waited in ambush for her to come home from spending the day with friends. A friend of Ms Howlett confirmed that only a few weeks before her murder, she told her that she no longer loved Pawluk and that she only had £4,000 left over from her £24,000 savings. According to a report in the Daily Mail, investigations revealed that Pawluk had cashed in £40,000 of his pension and was overdrawn by £2,000 and held credit cards which were in a total debt of £20,000.
The court heard how Pawluk and Ms Howlett met in 2016 and soon married in Cyprus the next year.
The couple had planned to sell Ms Howlett's home and buy a bungalow together, but due to pawluk's bad gambling habits, Howlett decided that it would be best to have their new home covered in just her name. It was heard that Pawluk was very controlling of his wife, who soon became detached from her friends. Pawluk's ex wife also confirmed his serious gambling addiction and said he also was known for having a bad temper. She said that they were forced to remortgage their home four times to pay off debts he had built up. Pawluk admitted murder and was ordered to serve a minimum of 16 years and eight months before he would be considered for parole.


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What is Identity Check?
Identity Check is a safe and secure online identity verification service, developed by Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs to make it easier for New Zealanders to securely access the services they need and to protect them from fraud and identity theft.
Identity Check enables New Zealanders to prove who they are online by confirming the identity information they provide against their official records.
Te Tari Taiwhenua plans to pilot this service with a number of partner organisations over the next year. Our first pilot partner is Hospitality New Zealand. Applicants will use Identity Check to confirm their identity when applying online for Hospitality New Zealand's Kiwi Access Card. The pilot started in late September 2022.
Why was it developed?
People's ability to access services affects their lives and wellbeing. Making it easier for people to verify their identity and reducing or eliminating digital barriers enhances people's ability to participate in society.
Kiwis rightly expect to be able to access services easily and securely. They also want to know that their information is safe and used appropriately.
For several years, Te Tari Taiwhenua has used biometric technology to help make it easier for New Zealanders to safely apply for passports, citizenship, and RealMe verified identity. This technology has also proven to be an effective tool against forgery, fraud and identity theft.
The Department spent some years developing a model that would allow us to make this technology available as a service to other organisations, while ensuring we are keeping New Zealanders' data safe and not sharing it with third parties.
The result of this work is the Identity Check service.
When applying for a service where people need to prove their identity, applicants would usually have to physically visit an outlet, or provide a copy of identity documents like a passport, driver licence and birth certificate. Identity Check makes things easier by enabling people to prove their identity online.
Te Tari Taiwhenua will partner with organisations who need their customers to be able to prove their identity when accessing services. The process works as follows:
1. When people access a service, they will go online and log-in or apply as normal.
2. At a point in the process, they will be redirected to the Identity Check secure page where they will enter key details and use their
phone or computer camera to do a facial recognition check and a live image check.
3. The information and images will then be compared against the applicant's information in the New Zealand Passport or New Zealand
Driver Licence database.
4. If the identity check is successful, the partner organisation will receive a notification stating that the applicant's identity has been
verified.
This uses the same technology Te Tari Taiwhenua already uses to support New Zealanders when they apply for a passport, citizenship or a RealMe verified identity. This technology is proven, secure and designed to keep New Zealanders' information safe, and complies with all data protection requirements.
How will the pilot work with Hospitality New Zealand?
Hospitality New Zealand will use Identity Check to verify people's details when they apply for a Kiwi Access Card service, previously known as the 18+ Card. The Kiwi Access card is an approved evidence of age document under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.
The application process for a Kiwi Access card currently involves printing a form and dropping it at an authorised location. With the help of Identity Check, Hospitality New Zealand will be able to create an online application process, making it easier for Kiwis to access the service.
How does it ensure people's privacy?
Partner organisations do not have access to the New Zealand Passport or Driver Licence databases. All they receive is a confirmation that the information someone provides, matches the information held in those databases.
We don't allow anyone access to the databases that compare the images with passport or driver licence photos and we don't provide those photos to anyone. The system compares the image you provided automatically with the images held in the relevant database.
In addition, when someone uses the service, we only retain the transaction data for a limited time.
Finally, using this process means people don't need to carry around copies of their important identity documents. These documents can get lost or sit on physical files which opens people's information to theft and misuse.
What happens after the pilot?
The pilot began with Hospitality New Zealand in late September 2022 and will run for 12 months. During the pilot, Te Tari Taiwhenua will review the service with Hospitality New Zealand and other partners, conduct user surveys and will work with Māori and other stakeholders. These reviews and consultations will assist and inform the development and further uses of the service.
Privacy Impact Assessment
Below is the privacy impact assessment of the Identity Check online identity verification service:
Identity Check - Privacy Impact Assessment: Full Report - September 2022 (PDF, 5MB)
Go to Identity Policy

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QUEBEC - Mikhail Grigorenko scored a natural hat trick Tuesday as the Quebec Remparts defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 4-1 in a battle of the top two teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Patrick Walsh added the other goal for the Remparts (20-4-3), who got 25 saves from Louis Domingue. Frederick Roy added two assists.
Zack Phillips had the only goal for Saint John (21-7-1). Mathieu Corbeil stopped 29 shots in defeat.
The Remparts and Sea Dogs are tied atop the QMJHL standings with 43 points apiece, although Quebec has played two fewer games.
Grigorenko opened the scoring at 4:29 of the second on the power play and doubled the Quebec lead at 9:28. The Russian right-winger completed the hat trick with his 23rd of the season at 9:57 of the third and Walsh made it 4-0 just 12 seconds later.
Phillips broke Domingue's shutout bid at 15:20 with his 15th of the campaign.


Romanian girls are quite famous for their beauty. Miss Romania competitions have been organized since 1928. When the competitions started to be organized the rules were very strict. Only unmarried girls were allowed. They had to have a good reputation and to not wear revealing clothes or corsets.
The 1929 Miss Romania winner was Magda Demetrescu. She went on to win the 6th place at the Miss Universe competition in the USA, where she was awarded a watch and 100 dollars.
Mariana Mirica did not only win Miss Romania but also Miss Europe. She was praised by the French media who considered her the most beautiful woman in the world.
She won Miss Romania when she was only 17 years old. Unfortunately, she did not get to compete in the Miss Universe competition as there were some paperwork problems that prevented her to go.
After the 1930's in Romania no Miss competitions were organized due to the war and then due to the Communist era. In 1979 one competition was organized, however, it was named" Work, Youth, Beauty", but everyone considered it miss Romania. The winner was Matilda Pascal Cojocarita.


Martinsville contracts with First Piedmont Corporation to dispose of municipal waste using a transfer station on the site of the old City landfill. The transfer station is open to the general public for disposal of items not accepted during normal garbage collection.
Contact First Piedmont Corporation at 276-638-3792.
From Commonwealth Boulevard, take Liberty Street (Rte. 174 North), right at Jones Creek intersection stoplight onto Clearview Drive, stay straight on Clearview Drive approximately two miles, left on Arden Circle at transfer station/landfill sign.


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TV Interview: Blue Sky Days on MSNBC's NOW with Alex Wagner
A live television interview about my Blue Sky Days drone photo project and the corresponding publication in Harper's Magazine appeared on NOW with Alex Wagner on MSNBC on March 21. I was questioned about the long-running covert U.S. drone war overseas, the proliferation of U.S. government-operated drones over domestic airspace, and the ease of obtaining small civilian drones.
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Blue Sky Days: The largest photo essay published in Harper's Magazine's 164-year history
My project Blue Sky Days, which reveals a drone's-eye view of America, is the longest photo story which has ever run in Harper's Magazine since they started publishing in 1850. The April issue features a 16-page spread of black and white aerial images. The article's introduction text, written by Anthony Lydgate, is posted below. A subscription is required to access… read more.
Publication: NBC News, North Korea Escapees Break Silence
NBC News published my portraits and in-depth interviews of four individuals who have escaped from North Korea. Excerpts of the full article are below. . . . Shin Dong-hyuk's story is unique. He is the only North Korean known to have escaped alive after being born and brought up inside an internment camp. Shin doesn't know why his… read more.
Publication: National Geographic NL, Half Belgium
National Geographic magazine's Dutch language edition published a 23-page feature of my photos and writing about Belgium's language boarder in the September 2013 print issue. View Gallery
Publication: Harper's, Shenzhen, Instant City
Harper's magazine published a spread of photos from Shenzhen, China accompanying the article "Instant City" by Nicolai Ouroussoff in the June 2013 print issue. View Gallery
Radio Interview: Photos from the Edge on The Story
I was interviewed about my project tracing North Korea's borders by Dick Gordon on The Story. You can listen to the 18 minute radio segment here.
Review: NPR, Behind the Curtains book
NPR's Coburn Dukehart reviewed my book, Behind the Curtains of 21st Century Communism. The full review is copied below: I was a few minutes late calling Tomas van Houtryve for our scheduled interview because I couldn't put his book down. I was reading about how he entered North Korea with an illegal American passport and had to concoct an… read more.
Publication: TIME.com, The Alien Beauty of Socotra
TIME.com has posted my photo essay from Socotra island in Yemen:
Interview: The Great Leap Backwards on CBC Radio's Dispatches
An interview about my photography of Red Tourism in China was recently broadcast on Canadian Radio as part of the CBC foreign affairs program, Dispatches. CBC came across the photos published in the latest edition of Foreign Policy magazine. FP's edit can be seen at the link below: Foreign Policy: Maostalgia
Tomas van Houtryve is a non-fiction photographer & writer.
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What a cute idea! I made this unicorn into a card that could be used for just about any occasion.
White with a pink mane.
The unicorns are cut from white and black mat card stock. Two of the larger parts of the unicorn body are cut from sparkly dark pink card stock and the horn and wings from a light pink card stock.
The cards are dimensional and are joined together at the head with a brad. The inside of each of the cards is white and has been left blank.
The card measures 5 1/2" x 4 3/4".
The white unicorn card comes with a white envelope that has been lined with pink paper.


I graduated from Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine in the same class as my wife Patricia.
I enjoy skiing, golf, hiking and my work. Our family have always cherished our multitude of pets throughout the years. The majority of our pets have been rescues. Our two grown sons complete our active family both of which still live in San Diego.
I was honored to serve as our Veterinary class president, I was chairman of the San Diego County VMA Ethics Committee, served as the SDCVMA Delegate for the California State VMA and was awarded Director of the year by the Poway Chamber of Commerce.
I have been practicing in Poway since 1979. I have a special interest in medicine, dermatology, surgery, dentistry, and advanced laser surgery procedures.
I do not remember a time I did not aspire to be a Veterinarian. My academic loves are science, biology and medicine and I did my best to explore every facet of Veterinary medicine through my school years.
My undergraduate degree is a BA with Honors from Revelle College at UCSD. My Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree is from the University of California, Davis.
I am still fascinated and excited about medical research, scientific developments and their clinical applications. I consider myself to be a "medical nerd" so I got what I wished for in life.
I am very appreciative of the trust people place in us and I take that responsibility very seriously. Our pets are our family members and they deserve to be treated accordingly. I strive to live up to that trust..
It is an honor to be able to contribute to their care and to serve society.
Since graduating from Colorado State University's Veterinary School in 1978, I have never found my chosen career boring! The wonderful people and new animal friends I meet on a daily basis always keep it exciting. The quality of veterinary medicine knowledge, diagnostics, and treatments are state-of-the-art in San Diego. After practicing in an emergency hospital, a specialty referral hospital, and 23 years as the practice owner of Scripps Ranch Veterinary Hospital, I have seen the evolution of our veterinary community. I am currently enjoying this opportunity to serve as a Staff Veterinarian at Poway Animal Hospital. I especially love geriatric medicine and feline medicine. It is a gift to see many of our animal friends for their lifetime. My spare time is spent enjoying tennis, golf, skiing, and time with my sons when they are available.


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A form that must be completed by a market maker and filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to initiate or resume quotations for a security on the OTC Bulletin Board, OTC Markets or any similar quotation medium. Form 211 completion indicates that the market maker has satisfied all applicable requirements of SEC Rule 15c2-11, as well as the filing and information requirements of FINRA Rule 6432.
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Rule 144 is a regulation enforced by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that sets the conditions under which restricted, unregistered and control securities can be sold or resold. Rule 144 provides an exemption from registration requirements to sell the securities through public markets if a number of specific conditions are met. The regulation applies to all types of sellers, in addition to issuers of securities, underwriters and dealers.
Regulation A is exemption from registration requirements – instituted by the Securities Act – that apply to public offerings of securities that do not exceed $5 million in any one-year period. Companies utilizing the Regulation A exemption must still file offering statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), however, the companies utilizing the exemption are given distinct advantages over companies that must fully register. The issuer of a Regulation A offering must give buyers documentation with the issue, similar to the prospectus of a registered offering.
In December 2018, the SEC adopted rules to allow SEC reporting companies to use Regulation A to raise up to $50 Million in a 12-month period. Effective January 31st, eligible companies can file a Form 1-A to commence their offering.
Previously, Regulation A was not available to companies that were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Tier II Regulation A offerings are exempt from Blue Sky registration and are freely tradeable, making them an attractive alternative to a traditional IPO.
The new rules offer companies more flexibility and will allow them to benefit from 'testing the waters', general solicitation, and reduced underwriting fees. We believe that online capital raises will eventually become as mainstream as online trading has become for retail investors.
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The sale of a bond or other security directly to a limited number of investors. For example, sale of stocks, bonds, or other investments directly to an institutional investor like an insurance company, avoiding the need for SEC registration if the securities are purchased for investment as opposed to resale. Antithesis of public offering.
A non-profit organization that regulates auditors of publicly traded companies.
A self-regulatory organization that assists the SEC in regulating financial markets, notably exchanges and companies that deal with securities. Among other duties, FINRA enforces rules, arbitrates disputes, and provides training and licensing services. Contrary to the belief of some, it is not a government agency. It was created in 2007 with the merger of the National Association of Securities Dealers and the NYSE regulatory board.
EDGAR is an electronic database that contains all the corporate financial reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Any company with more than $10 million in assets and over 500 shareholders, or that is listed on a major exchange in the United States or quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) is required to file prospectuses, an annual 10-K -- or audited financial report -- three unaudited 10-Qs, notices of insider trades, tender offers, and other detailed company information. Smaller companies may file voluntarily. You can access all EDGAR filings free of charge on the SEC website (www.sec.gov).
A transfer agent is a trust company, bank or similar financial institution assigned by a corporation to maintain records of investors and account balances. The transfer agent records transactions, cancels and issues certificates, processes investor mailings and deals with other investor problems (e.g., lost or stolen certificates). A transfer agent works closely with a registrar to ensure that investors receive interest payments and dividends when they are due and to send monthly investment statements to mutual fund shareholders.
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DTC is the world's largest central securities depository. It accepts deposits of over 2 million equity and debt securities issues (valued at $23 trillion) from over 65 countries for custody, executes book-entry deliveries (valued at over $116 trillion in 2000) records book-entry pledges of those securities, and processes related income distributions DTC is a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, a limited-purpose trust company under New York State banking law, a registered clearing agency with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is owned by the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), which is in turn owned primarily by most of the major banks, broker-dealers, and exchanges on Wall Street.
A transaction involving a transfer of funds to another party for safekeeping
Investor relations (IR) is a department, present in most medium-to-large public companies, that provides investors with an accurate account of company affairs. This helps private and institutional investors make informed buy or sell decisions. A company's IR department also serves as a bridge for providing market intelligence to internal corporate management.
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Jesús is the Director of Telco and Media Solutions with Neo4j. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science ( AI / Knowledge Representation ) from the Technical University of Madrid.
His academic and profesional career has been permanently connected to Graphs. He did his Ph.D. research on relational-to-graph schema mappings with the Ontology Engineering Group between 2001 and 2007. After that, he moved to London to join Ontology.com and lead the design and construction of graph-based solutions for Tier 1 telcos around the world using the RDF stack. For the last 4 years he's moved to the LPG camp, leading Neo4j's efforts in the Telco and Media industry.
Given his expertise on both sides of the graph spectrum (RDF and LPG), Jesús has been publicly speaking/blogging/coding about how the two approaches can coexist and complement each other.
The Knowledge and the Graph, a deconstruction exercise
The combination of knowledge + graph has operated the magic and all industries are turning their heads to the new buzzword. However, there were graphs before the KG and similarly, there was Knowledge Representation before the KG.
In my talk, I propose :
An analysis of the two elements separately: Graphs (as in data models) and Knowledge (as in explicit semantics). This will lead to
A compared analysis of the two main approaches to implementing KG: Property Graphs and RDF Graphs. And finally,
I'll explore a number of ways in which the two approaches (LPG and RDF) can coexist and complement each other, like:* Import-Export of RDF data and metadata to-from Neo4j* Use of ontologies in Neo4j. As we know, ontologies serve two main purposes: One, being explicit definitions of shared vocabularies for interoperability and TWO, being actionable fragments of explicit knowledge that general purpose engines can use for inferencing/reasoning. I'll explain how Property Graphs can benefit from both by demonstrating how to map Graph DB data in Neo4j to public vocabularies like schema.org and how to run ontology-driven inferences in Neo4j.
Some of these have been considered exclusive of the Semantic Web/Linked Data community, but I'll show how Graph Databases like Neo4j can democratize their use by giving them a pragmatic angle.


Ummmm Burnt Toast is number one. Closely followed by Laura Secord, Women in Medicine, Signal Hill NFLD, and the Irish Orphans.
What about the comedy networks "Sacralige Moments"....those were freaking funny!!
I'd have to go through the list to decide on a favourite, but I don't have time at the moment. Thanks for the reminder on these. I had indeed forgotten, and they are wonderful vignettes!
I shall greet them wearing this!


ever-changing effects sure to come from the constant ups and downs in the business. MP3 files by themselves are not bad. MP3s are a great technological advantage and should be embraced, but not at the expense of the artists. MP3 software should be more highly regulated so that copies cannot be easily made and so that artists and companies get royalties. Perhaps enforcement of piracy should go so far as fines or jail sentences.


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Menswear is not easy, and formal menswear is an art, a truism that Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Boyega and Daniel Kaluuya can attest to. For some a tuxedo (Dinner-Jacket if you are from the UK) is much of a muchness, but as all of us ladies, especially those of us who have been known to fall apart at the sight of a man who really knows how to put the whole look together properly can attest (see, self-reporting), when it is done well…well, wow! As we have two more epic red-carpet shut-downs to look forward to in Awards Season (the BAFTAS on the 18th February and the Oscars on the 2nd March), one thought it only right and proper, in anticipation to chart three high-watermark outings and what made them spectacular-spectacular to behold. It's not only the girls who have fun on the red-carpet, formal menswear gives the guys many ways and means to dress and oppress.
In the beginning there was Chiwetel. Okay, maybe not quite. Our African-American brothers have been holding it down on the Oscar red-carpet for quite some time, thank-you very much, but you get the picture. Back in 2014, the talk and mega-buzz was about 12 Years A Slave, and he was the front-runner to scoop the best Actor award. But alas, there was no Hollywood ending. However, we did get the undisputed shut-down on the Dinner Jacket matter. I tried hard (very, trust me) to find a picture that was him alone, but what can one say? He was a gentleman to the bone, with his date by his side throughout…But back to the matter, deep research failed to identify the designer of said sick dinner-jacket, but this particular killer two piece had a strong whiff of the 'Row (that's London's Savile Row, the Mecca of menswear, bespoke tailoring in particular) about it. For the uninitiated observe the peak lapels, a particularly old-school touch, but Chiwetel kept it fresh and modern by dispensing with a waistcoat or cummerbund. Now onto the accessories, which was where he really showed he did not come to play. The bow-tie was sharp and angular, no foppish knots here. A splash of flash (perhaps embracing his shine-shine Naija roots?) was seen in the patent Christian Louboutin dress shoes. Before Cardi B there was Chiwetel E giving us red-bottom game. And then the complete how-to-make-your-boys jealous watch. Watches for men are like jewellery for women – a real separation of the wheat from the chaff occurs and it's a space where there is no margin for error. In this instance he made an interesting choice, a Montblanc Star Roman Date Automatic with an alligator strap. He was just a tad matchy-matchy with Montblanc cufflinks, but when you are giving us Old Hollywood Matinee Idol flavours, the Africa edition, as he did here, all is forgiven.
In 2016, a certain John Boyega lit the BAFTA red-carpet with a triple dose of talent (he scooped the EE Rising Star Award), swag (Peckham, South London by way of the maestros of Owambe fabulousity, Ogun and Oyo States, after all there ain't no party like a Yoruba party) and major-league dinner jacket game. In a nod to British tradition John chose Burberry and kept things contemporary with a shawl collar rather than the peak or notch lapels and a two button rather than single button on the jacket. For traditionalists who might be eye rolling, I submit the defense that he was 23 at the time, so this slimmer fit look completely works, and besides who wants to dress link one old Uncle when you are at the height of your fine-bobo powers? The ace in the card with this ensemble however, comes in fabric and colour choices. No bore-snore black for John, but instead the inspired choice of chocolate, and who wants to fade to nothingness in wool when you can look like the most luxe chap on the carpet in velvet? If ever a Red Carpet moment shouted 'Je suis arrivé" this was it. I would be smiling broadly too, if I knew I had completely and utterly slain all comers and that was even BEFORE the award was won. The naturalista inspired hair and grooming was equally au courant but he brought it back to classical with the choice of black patent dress shoes. The fact that colour and velvet have since become something of a signature look is evident that he is entirely comfortable with his Cool Kid on the Block credentials. If I had a young cousin, I would be strategising the hook-up.
Last but not least is this year's great hope for African Diaspora glory, Daniel Kaluuya. Let me admit my psychic fist-bumps right here, I feel an affinity because Daniel, like me is a Ugandan-British creative. However, I have never gone to the Golden Globes, much less been nominated for anything, so there our affinity ends. Up for a Best Actor Award in the BAFTAS and Oscars, for his break-out turn in Get Out, Daniel's given us a very relaxed but nevertheless thought through approach to the Red Carpet. Polo=necks, v-necks even t-shirts have been casually worn underneath dinner jackets in a manner that implies, 'I just remembered at the last minute that I have a premiere to attend' vibe. Pictured here at the Golden Globes, he came as close to super-formal as we have seen him, in a charcoal grey Ermenegildo Zegna single breasted shawl collar dinner jacket, but still brought insouciance to the table in his natty spotted bow-tie. The 'Time's Up' pin indicated solidarity with the ladies and the black patent shoes showed an element of compliance, but one still feels he could surprise in these final two outings. Will he give us a white dinner jacket? Will the trouser length be shorter than expected? Will the goatee be dispensed with? More tassled shoes to be rocked as he did at the SAG Awards? Questions, questions, but one thing is sure all eyes will be on him, and fingers and toes are crossed my end that he will give us the double whammy of award win and red-carpet slay.
If this little jaunt in the highs and what to look out for in formal menswear has not gingered you dear reader, I do not know what will. I for one am a firm believer that a man's formal wear choices indicate a lot about him. Is he a traditionalist or experimental? Is he a pay for the kids' school fees or for one-night-only chap? Has he understood his body and the power of proportion? So much to consider, and to assess, but the end result, you know, the wobbly knees, someone get me a drink to steady the swirl in the tummy when a man gets it completely right, is undeniable.


Officials in Washington State are relocating hundreds of mountain goats who roam across Olympic National Park by airlifting them out of the area. Teams used tranquilizer darts to capture the animals before they were blindfolded, placed in slings and attached to a helicopter. After landing, they were tagged and released into the wild. State officials began the process this week after plans were drawn up in June. InsideEdition.com's Keleigh Nealon (http://twitter.com/KeleighNealon) has more.


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"Engaging, interactive lessons are organized into four major domains: history, geography, government and economics," according to a news release. "Each lesson uses cognitive skill manipulatives to push students to think critically about topics being covered. Additionally, lessons include quick checks for understanding to recap main ideas, periodic reviews of relevant vocabulary and short quizzes for each topic. Each lesson concludes with a comprehensive test, which provides teachers a final summative measure of mastery."
Essentials, such as how to read a map scale, using longitude and latitude and reading an elevation map are all covered by the adaptive curriculum. Other skills covered include identifying cause and effect, summarizing, drawing conclusions, identifying fact and opinion, reading various graphs, charts and tables, conflict resolution and voting.
Useful as a primary curriculum or to supplement one already in use, the new social studies curriculum is aligned to most state standards, the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies.


I present a new approach for quantifying multiscale intermittency in complex natural systems with spatially extended degrees of freedom, including those commonly studied in solar- and space physics. The approach is based on spatiotemporal decomposition of a continuum time-dependent turbulent field into a set of discrete dissipation events similar to energy avalanches in sandpile models, and its subsequent filtering and analysis. The idea is illustrated by a variety of examples, including flaring activity in the solar corona, electron precipitation dynamics in the auroral zone of Earth's ionosphere, and bursty magnetic energy transport in turbulent MHD simulations. In each case, the proposed method provides significant new information on the scaling regimes, predictability, correlation patterns and the underlying thermodynamic states of the studied systems.


Ashley Meyers has over 10 years of experience in biopharmaceutical development that includes research and development of recombinant proteins and production of these products for pre-clinical studies. Ms. Meyers has been leading medical countermeasure research and development programs since 2012 and has collectively secured over $2.2 million towards advancing these programs. She has over five years of experience as a project manager for government-funded contracts for PlantForm Corporation.
Ms. Meyers completed a MSc degree in protein engineering in plants from the University of Guelph under the supervision of Dr. J. Christopher Hall, PlantForm's co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer.


I am sleeping a lot at the moment and working on my book when I'm awake - which isn't for very much of the day at all. So here's a brief update on Alexander, who I saw the weekend before last. As you can see, the child gets no less beautiful.
His vocabulary is very slowly building up and he can say all the numbers, though thankfully never in the right order (he's not yet three! - I keep having to say this, especially to his grandmother, who takes everything he says to heart - if she starts this now, she will be completely broken-hearted before he's ten).
He demanded to know what a Dalek was (Mum has Dalek coasters - she likes Daleks) and I explained about The Doctor and Davros and everything. "What are the buttons for?" he asked. I didn't know. What are all those lumpy bits for? I suggested sound-proofing, as the Daleks have very noisy digestive systems. He seemed happy with that and made a comment about "Windypops." which I thought was rather crude.
I also learnt that Alexander's favourite animal is a lion because it says "Roar!".
Incidentally, the instructions for the inflatable paddling pool my parents got for him included the warning "Do not place on top of sharp objects." Hmm.
Hmmm...my niece Jessica is four and a half years old. Do you think an arranged marriage would be a possibility? What are his prospects?
Just kidding! Loved the instruction for the paddling pool!
Look at the only-children-may-have gleam in those eyes!!
I know someone else who likes Daleks too. She uses one as her LJ icon.
An award is waiting for you on my blog. I hope that you will accept it!
Beautiful child...gonna be a heart breaker I think!
So glad I found your blog. Have a nice weekend!
It is a wonderful thing to surround yourself with life as you work on literature. Despite the hidden, drunk writer stereotype, when we engage - especially with children - our communication skills sharpen.
Happy Auntying, but keep writing.


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GRACE ON THE CASE: I am still waiting for £9k to be repaid by Funding Circle
In 2014 I invested £15,000 of my mother's life savings in Funding Circle – the peer to peer lending company. I managed this in her name using my Power of Attorney and a separate email address.
She sadly died in April 2020, just as the pandemic was escalating. Because of market volatility, Funding Circle suspended loan sales meaning individual investors can only get their money out when borrowers repay loans.
In September 2020 I sent probate documents and details of the new bank account. I was promised regular updates and repayments but despite repeated promises, Funding Circle only release money when I chase.
Currently there is still £9,000 invested and no end in sight for when it will all be repaid. What can I do? T.F., via email
A Funding Circle customer is waiting for their mother's funds to be repaid, a year after she died
Grace Gausden, consumer expert at This is Money, replies: Firstly, I am sorry to hear of your mother's passing and the stress you have endured, thanks to Funding Circle's slow responses.
So far, you have received £6,000 back of the life savings you invested on behalf of your mother but are still waiting for the majority of the money back.
You have continually chased the firm for updates for over a year.
Each time you have been given promises from various people but ultimately, you never receive any money until you chase them.
There were some extenuating circumstances with the pandemic halting loan sales for the company meaning it told investors it was waiting on borrowers to repay loans before it could dish out funds.
However, the situation was going on for months with no real information on when you could expect to be completely paid back.
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Another issue came when Funding Circle sent several distressing emails addressed to your mother, alerting her to the changes.
This is despite the company knowing you had Power of Attorney and that she had passed.
In this instance, you complained and were told it would not happen again and thankfully you say it hasn't.
You also complained about the service you received, asking what thought was given to dealing with dead investors when the decision was taken to suspend loan sales. However, you received no answer.
Instead, you were advised there are over 800 accounts in the names of dead investors and Funding Circle continue to take their transaction fees.
Throughout this issue, you feel shabbily treated at a difficult time, receiving only broken promises from Funding Circle with no one taking responsibility for proactive updates.
While you say you've been offered £100 compensation, you are so angry you have refused.
Funding Circle apologised for its errors and has since ensured the customer gets repayments
I contacted Funding Circle to find out why it was taking so long to pay back the invested funds and why it seemed unable to stick to its promises of giving you more information as and when needed.
A Funding Circle spokesperson said: 'We're pleased to have had the opportunity to reassure Mr F that any repayments received from the businesses his mother lent to will be returned to him each month.
'Tim will continue to receive further repayments each month until all loans are repaid.'
Fortunately, since we got involved you are now receiving monthly repayments to your account and so far, there has been no further issues.
You say the payments vary depending on how much is repaid by borrowers in any month.
For example, in October, the amount was £879 but in November it was £387 and in December you received £402. It's likely to take at least another year to receive all the money back – but at least you're finally receiving payments once more.
You still won't accept any compensation, which has now been upped to £200, as you are still angry at the treatment you received.
How does Funding Circle work?
At Funding Circle, investors lend to a portfolio of small businesses, typically in the hundreds. Each of these businesses borrows the funds for up to five years, but repays part of the loan with some interest each month.
When lending for individual investors was open, monthly repayments were then typically reinvested into new businesses.
Investors could choose to turn off automatic reinvestments, at this point the monthly repayments from borrowers accumulate in the account — typically at 3 to 5 per cent of the outstanding portfolio each month —a nd can be withdrawn by the account holder.
Previously investors could speed this process up by selling their loans to other investors. However, Funding Circle said it has always been clear this option is not guaranteed.
In April 2020, it paused the option to sell loan parts, alongside all lending/reinvestment for individual investors, as it took part in the Government's guarantee loan schemes.
Scheme rules prevent individual investors from taking part, so allowing loans to be sold in isolation would not provide purchasing investors with a balanced portfolio. Borrower repayments have continued as normal, and Funding Circle says it will review lending for retail investors when Recovery Loan Scheme ends in June.
An EDF customer has been hit with a high bill as the energy firm say she must pay it in one go
Hit and miss: This week's naughty and nice list
Each week, I look at some of the companies that have fallen short of expected standards as well as those that have gone that extra mile for customers.
Miss: This week, reader Jess, criticised her energy supplier, EDF.
She said: 'I receive monthly electricity bills which sit around £60 a month. However, I received a bill last month claiming I need to pay £662 as EDF has undercharged me since last October.
'It is demanding I pay the amount in full but how can this be correct procedure? Surely it is their responsibility to ensure the correct amount is being charged?
'I offered to provide the meter reading but it said it won't accept it and are estimating that I owe an extra £55 a month which would make my electricity bill over £100 a month when I live in a studio apartment that is 300 square foot. What can I do?'
It seemed unfair that even if you do owe EDF this money, it wouldn't let you give another meter reading or pay the amount in smaller chunks in a payment plan – especially in a time when many are in financial difficulty and struggling to pay their bills.
An EDF spokesperson said: 'We accepted a meter reading from Jess in November 2021, which identified that her estimated bills were not covering her actual energy use.
'We appreciate that getting a shock bill is never welcome and we'd be happy to discuss a repayment plan with her and also discuss whether she might benefit from a smart meter, which would automatically record her actual energy use.'
Fortunately, since I got in touch and you have spoken to EDF it agreed to reduce the outstanding amount to £300 and you agreed to pay in full in January.
Luckily, you no longer have to spend more energy on sorting this out – but it is a reminder to take regular meter readings to ensure you don't get a shock bill.
Hit: In happier news, another reader named Jess praised Apple's service.
She said: 'I purchased a lightening charger cable and plug directly from the Apple store in August and both stopped working.
'I contacted Apple on a Wednesday evening and the fantastic sales representative rang me back and arranged a replacement. They arrived this morning much to my surprise at this time of year.
'Kudos to Apple and their customer service. A happy customer.'
Sounds like the good customer service has made the firm the apple of your eye.
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Hepatitis still hurts
On that fateful Sunday, it was a coupon that took Richard and Linda Miller to the Beaver Valley Mall Chi-Chi's -- a coupon that turned out to be invalid for the lunch they planned on sharing.
Not a regular at the restaurant, Linda Miller raised the possibility of going elsewhere to eat on Oct. 12, 2003, but Richard thought they might as well stay.
The Millers went on to become two of the 660 people sickened with hepatitis A in the largest outbreak of its kind in U.S. history. Four Chi-Chi's patrons died from the disease and, short of those cases, Richard Miller's sickness might have been the worst. Hepatitis A forced him to undergo a liver transplant, and the Beaver County man continues to struggle with a host of health problems to this day.
"They say that time heals all wounds, but it will be a long time before this is healed," Miller, 58, said last week. "I'll never really recover."
Tomorrow marks the single day on which the greatest number of outbreak patients -- more than 50 -- started feeling sick last year. Most of those people have recovered, but from Richard Miller's home on a quiet street in the town of Beaver to the farms of northwest Mexico, the outbreak's impact still lingers.
$10 million to victims
A state Department of Health investigation linked the hepatitis A illnesses with consumption of green onions, and officials concluded that the scallions were contaminated before they arrived at Chi-Chi's. About six weeks before the Chi-Chi's outbreak was discovered, hepatitis A outbreaks involving green onions occurred at restaurants in Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
Four Mexican farms had shipped green onions to the restaurants, and the Food and Drug Administration began stopping green onions sent from those farms at the border last November.
Two of those firms have spent much of the past year trying to get back into the U.S. market. And one of them has been successful, gaining FDA clearance three weeks ago to resume shipping scallions here, after a lengthy application and inspection process. The company's scallions won't be back in the United States for some time, however.
The business aftershocks felt south of the border have reverberated in the United States too.
The Beaver Valley Mall Chi-Chi's is now closed. Chi-Chi's had filed for bankruptcy about one month before the outbreak was discovered, and in August the designation rights to the chain's remaining 76 restaurants were sold in a bankruptcy court proceeding.
Chi-Chi's is in the process of paying out about $10 million to roughly 350 of those sickened in the outbreak. That includes payments of more than $35,000 to each of about 50 victims -- larger claims that are subject to bankruptcy court approval, said David A. Ernst, a lawyer representing Chi-Chi's.
Ernst said fewer than 100 claims from hepatitis A victims have yet to be resolved through a special mediation process. But Bill Marler, an attorney for several people sickened in the outbreak, said several of the remaining cases -- including that of Richard Miller -- involve some of the most serious illnesses. Chi-Chi's has $51 million in liability insurance.
For its part, Chi-Chi's this summer sued two companies that supplied the restaurant with green onions, saying the presence of hepatitis A virus on the scallions rendered the product adulterated, unsafe and unfit for human consumption.
"That's a violation of the contract," said Fred Gordon, another attorney representing Chi-Chi's. "While at this point in time it is Chi-Chi's that is responding to the victims' claims ... [the company also is] seeking reimbursement not only for those costs but also the damage done to the Chi-Chi's brand."
For state health officials, the outbreak has lingered as a teaching tool about responding to public health emergencies.
Officials have been credited with a quick response to the outbreak, thanks initially to a doctor and nurse at The Medical Center, Beaver who quickly made the connection between hepatitis illnesses and Chi-Chi's. That enabled the state Department of Health to administer about 10,000 immune globulin shots to Chi-Chi's patrons who might have been exposed to the virus.
The shots can prevent people from developing hepatitis A illness, and the health department held a week's worth of clinics at the Beaver County Community College to get the treatments to patrons. But public health agencies don't maintain a stockpile of the shots, and that fact created some financial and logistical problems, said Joel Hersh, the director of epidemiology, during a recent symposium about the outbreak at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health.
The department had to order new supplies every afternoon, and the immune globulin was shipped overnight. The supplies arrived at the state health department's office in Beaver, but one shipment was inadvertently delivered to a nearby hot dog shop.
Workers tracked it down in about 30 minutes, Hersh said.
The health department also had to find about $145,000 to buy the immune globulin, and wound up taking money intended for education programs about hepatitis C. Noting that the immune globulin purchases might not have conformed with state regulations, Hersh said at the symposium: "This was one of those times when it was better to ask for forgiveness than permission."
The state filed a lawsuit in July seeking reimbursement, and Chi-Chi's agreed to pay $95,297 just last week.
The outbreak has lingered in an emotional way for George A. Daniels, a state Department of Agriculture worker who regularly performed food safety inspections at Chi-Chi's and spoke at the Pitt symposium.
Daniels lives two miles from the restaurant. Twenty people in his church ate at Chi-Chi's at a time when they could have been exposed to the virus.
Four wound up sick, including two who were hospitalized, but all spent agonizing days wondering when symptoms might hit them. Hepatitis A virus typically incubates for 28 days in an infected person, but some won't get sick for as long as 50 days after exposure.
Restaurant workers didn't cause the contamination, Daniels noted, and there was nothing that he could have done during his inspections to prevent the illnesses. Still, the outbreak hit so close that it has given Daniels a renewed sense of purpose in his work.
"Even after about a year, to think about what happened -- it's difficult," Daniels said, pausing to compose himself. "It almost hurts inside your heart."
Lifelong effects
Richard Miller still feels the pain, too.
In the kitchen of his Beaver home, a plastic tub filled with 11 pill tubes sits on the counter, a constant reminder of the many medicines he must take. Miller received a liver donated by a 24-year-old, and the organ is functioning very well. But the transplant requires him to take anti-rejection drugs, likely for the rest of his life, and cope with their side effects.
During the transplant surgery, Miller suffered a cardiac arrest, which cut the supply of oxygen to the brain. As a result, he has brain damage that sporadically affects his short-term memory.
Miller is quick to note, however, that he has nothing but praise for doctors and surgeons who cared for him at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Miller is sometimes afflicted by nightmares that take him back to the days he spent in the intensive care unit following the transplant. He takes medication to treat depression and anxiety. It's been a struggle to trade hopes of a complete recovery for accepting limitations, Miller said.
A variety of nerve problems leave him feeling different sorts of pain on both his left and right sides. His speech is largely back to normal, but Miller's vocal cords were injured while he was on a ventilator in the hospital.
That hospitalization lasted 27 days, and doctors tell him that health problems will likely require him to spend more time in hospitals through the years. Miller still lacks muscle mass and has trouble walking.
Hobbies such as golf, hunting and fishing are impossible, and Miller says he can't even mow his lawn. But what really hurts is not being able to work, he said.
Miller was general superintendent of railroads and civil construction for a railroad construction company. He was responsible for making bids on jobs and then managing the operation of those jobs once the company won bids.
"Work gives you purpose in life," Miller said. "Somewhere along the line, I have to find a way to find that again. But right now, I only have about two hours worth of work in me each day."


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Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op.38 - Final Movement,"Allegro"
Carnival of Animals (The Swan).
Carnival of the Animals: No. 13 "The Swan"
Ellens Gesang III, D 839, op. 52 no. 6 "Ave Maria"
Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: I. Mit Humor "Vanitas vanitatum"
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One thing's clear: If Trump's on board with the college football season, the majority of the country won't be. | Source: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Welp, Donald Trump Just Killed the College Football Season
September 23, 2020 UTC: 2:19 PM. August 10, 2020 UTC: 9:18 PM. by Travis Pulver
On Monday, Donald Trump praised a Trevor Lawrence tweet calling for the college football season to proceed.
College football's immediate future was already dicey.
With Trump on record calling for a season, we can be sure it's doomed.
When some people, like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, get involved with something, it turns to gold. For others – like President Donald Trump – that is not the case.
It doesn't matter if his intentions are commendable. Nor does if it even matter if he's right. When Trump talks – or tweets – many of his critics shut down.
They immediately turn against whatever position he takes – often for no other reason than because he advocated for it. It happens all the time.
Prepare for public support for the college football season to evaporate next – because Trump just weighed in:
Donald Trump tweeted out his support for the college football season, signaling its imminent doom. | Source: Twitter
Trump Backs Trevor Lawrence – And I Bet It's Going to Backfire
Trump's Monday afternoon tweet was a response to an earlier post from Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
Lawrence advocates for the college football season to go on as scheduled. He wants to play – as long as student-athletes have access to "universal mandated health & safety procedures and protocols."
After talking with stars from teams around the country, he tweeted their list of desires with the hashtag #WeWantToPlay:
Trevor Lawrence shared what he and many current college football stars would like to see happen this season. | Source: Twitter
While reactions to Lawrence's tweet have been favorable, the same has not been true of Trump's response.
Reactions range from blaming Trump for the pandemic – and possible cancellation of the season – to making fun of him for retweeting a student.
Many of them were just derogatory – not to mention profane.
The College Football Season Is Definitely Doomed Now
One thing's clear: If Trump's on board with the college football season, the majority of the country won't be.
Video: Sentiment is turning against playing college football this season.
And according to the latest rumors, the season may already be on the brink. UConn, the Big Sky Conference, and the Mid-American Conference already canceled their seasons. The Big Ten and Pac-12 are reportedly next.
Once those dominoes fall, there is a solid chance the rest of the Power Five conferences succumb to peer pressure.
That was true before Trump's tweet – but it seems even more of a given now that he's on their "side."
Paying $500,000 for Zion Williamson Rookie Card Is a Costly Mistake
Why Trevor Lawrence Could Make The Rock Look Like a Genius


Premier Developer Consultant Randy Patterson shares a tip to bypass authentication for the local Kubernetes Cluster Dashboard.
It's no secret that you can run a local version of Kubernetes on Docker Desktop for Windows, however, getting the Dashboard installed and configured correctly can be challenging. The problem is that the default installation requires you to manage an admin user and copy that user's bearer token into the portal to login. This process is fine for shared clusters but for a local cluster it just makes using the dashboard cumbersome. Fortunately, there is an easy workaround and this blog post will guide you through the process.
Once your local Kubernetes cluster is up and running, it's time to configure and install the dashboard with the ability to skip the login process.
First, open a PowerShell prompt and download the latest Kubernetes Dashboard YAML file.
Next, open the downloaded file in your favorite text editor, I'll use VS Code.
This configuration option can be used on any Kubernetes Dashboard installation including Windows or Linux deployments. Bypassing the dashboard authentication can be a real time saver when testing with the locally deployed Kubernetes cluster.


We offer two separate sessions of our Summer Fun program. This is a non-participation program with three teachers. You may sign up for one or both sessions. We accept children ages three through six (kindergarten-aged children may join us.) Children who are not students of Centennial are also welcome.
School hours are 9:00 am – 12 pm Monday through Thursday.
Parents are to provide a small snack and drink for their child each day. Also, send a towel with your child and either a swimsuit under their clothes or in clothing that can get wet, as we often participate in water play activities. Also, please apply sunscreen on your child before they come to school.


The sacroiliac joint is the joint which connects the hip bone with the iliac bone on either side of the lumbar spine. When there is inflammation of this joint it is called Sacroiliitis. Pain is usually worse after staying in one position for any length of time. Moderate movement is actually helpful.
Diseases that can cause sacroiliitis are psoriatic arthritis, spondylitis and reactive arthritis. A change in gait, trauma, post-operative fusions of the lower lumbar spine, laxity in the ligaments and muscles around the joint, obesity, and other inflammatory diseases in the body can also affect the sacroiliac joint. Sacroiliitis is often referred to as "low back pain" and is mistaken for spine pain because of its proximity to the spine.
Most people with sacroiliitis present with low back pain, usually worse on one side than the other, which often radiates into the buttock/leg on the affected side. This is when actually examining your patients is diagnostic, as most people suffering with sacroiliitis have exquisite tenderness over the joint and you can often reproduce the reported buttock and leg pain by pressing on the joint. Sacroiliitis is often mistaken for "failed back syndrome" or pain from the joints (facets) in the spine. This can be prevented by a physical exam and some diagnostic injections (lidocaine) around the joint or a spinal facet, in order to find the actual pain producer.
The treatment of sacroiliitis is very dependent on the cause, the basic health of the patient and the severity of the pain. Sometimes rest is enough, often physical therapy is valuable to strengthen the muscles and ligaments around the joint, making it more stable.
Treating the underlying cause is always the most important thing but ice and over the counter medicines like Ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatory drugs can be helpful. You can also use muscle relaxants like Flexeril for reducing muscle spasms at the affected area. Many physicians will also try a steroid injection in the sacroiliac joint under fluoroscopy (x-ray). This is to decrease the inflammatory effect on the joint and can often give relief fairly quickly.
If the cause of the pain is laxity in the ligaments and muscles, prolotherapy may be effective with some patients. This consists of injections of an irritant (usually Dextrose) into the area thereby increasing the inflammation and bringing healing cells to the area. The theory behind this is to increase the strength of the muscles and ligaments around the joint and thereby making it more stable. Surgery (fusion of the joint) remains controversial.
No matter how you treat it, sacroiliitis is a pain, for both you and your physician. Proper diagnosis, the most minimal effective treatment, and followup care such as physical therapy, including stretching and strengthening, can make it a temporary problem instead of something you have to tolerate for years to come.


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Here is a quick demo: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/VLLoEZ

A: This is not a bug but a normal behaviour.  tag is by default inline. You could solve this non-issue by either wrapping either your image or, better, your text into a block element. For example, a
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Note I use display:inline-block on li elements, taking advantage of both inline (putting things side-by-side, alignment,...) and block (fixed size, top/bottom margins) properties. Although it has a strange but easilly fixed "feature/issue", this is most of the time the best way to put elements side-by-side. display: inline or floating elements are also used but come with some other issues sometimes a bit trickier to be fixed.

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The Library's chief repository of children's books is the Cotsen Children's Library.
Cotsen Library
In the Graphic Arts Collection, there are three major holdings of children's books, First,there are the holdings of the Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books (q.v. under ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). There is also a large gathering of early American editions of Mother Goose in the Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books. For further details about illustrated children's books in the Hamilton Collection see: Dale Roylance, "The Graphic Art of Children's Book Illustration in America, 1840-1880" in thePrinceton University Library Chronicle XLV, 3 (Spring, 1984) pp. 256-266 [ full text] . Second,there are important Kate Greenaway books in Graphic Arts (from gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Cahn '33 in memory of DeWitt Millhauser) and in General Rare Books [from the Rankin library: see the Princeton University Library Chronicle XXV, 2 (Winter, 1964) p. 165 [ full text]]. Third, children's books in the Cruikshank collection, including drawings by George Cruikshank for editions of "Punch and Judy" issued in London during 1828 and later. [Note: the Hamilton Cottier '22 Collection consists of about 500 volumes acquired in 1979 and described in the Princeton University Library Chronicle XLI, 3 (Spring, 1980) pp. 256-257 [ full text] were transferred to Cotsen from Graphic Arts in 2004.]
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I finally purchased an S-2000 on Tuesday. I love the car! Except. . . . I noticed this right away but it has a strange noise coming from the engine area. It happens when I am both in neutral revving and between 1-2nd gear. I don't know if it does it any higher as it gets too loud to hear it.
I spent last couple days researching issues. I don't think it is the intake, I plan on changing the transmission fluid tomorrow (hopefully that will help.) I checked a rattle of the heat shield and it is fine. I also checked the main belt from the top and it seems tight. I have yet to try to clean the carb/transmission that the airbox connects to yet.
So anyways I am out of ideas and am nervous I got a car with an issue. I recorded a video today of the sound, It actually sounds accurate as well.
Any ideas on what this can be?
You may want to pull your valve cover and check the valve spring retainers. If it's ever been over rev'd they may have cracked and the valves slip down so the rockers slap the top of the retainer before the top of the valve. There's threads on here about it. Just my first thought when I heard the video. Good luck.
What year is your S...AP1 or AP2? I could be wrong, but sounds normal to me, just a difference in the pitch as the engine revs higher. This is a (loud) 4 banger after all.
Sounds normal to me. You might want to change the oil (if you haven't already) just for your own peace of mind. That way you know everything is fresh.
Well I just went to the dealer and asked when the last time the transmission fluid was changed and it was in December at it's 35k inspection. They said there was nothing wrong with the car then when they checked it. The guy also said it seems like a normal sound for this type of vehicle to make.
They offered to inspect everything for $75 but I thought I would check things out myself first.
And yea I plan to change the oil asap just so I can keep my own log.
It's just the first time I owned such a vehicle and so I got nervous when at 2900-3000 it would start making that sound. I will try to see if maybe the underbody heat shields are loose maybe that would be it. Either way I am loving this car!
This car makes a lot of gear noise...that's normal. This car makes a LOT of engine noise...that's normal. If you have 35k miles on a 2005, I would say just rev it up to 8k and don't worry too much. Maybe change fluids for peace of mind like Ken says.
May just be a bad case of lifter tick? Change your oil and see if it's still doing it. Also check for metal shavings and what not when you drain the oil.
Sounds like a TCT (timing chain tensioner) going out. Is the sound less apparent when the engine is cold? Then becomes pronounced when hot? Here's a clip of a TCT, see how it compares to your issue.
I was thinking this myself.
Billman is THE man!! Good guy and knows his $hit. Had him work on my car recently.
It seems TOO easy to change. I have a new one to go in but was going to wait until my guy does the valve seals and retainers at the same time.


Some would prefer to call it "JUMP SWING" but it's all the same, except for "THE RACE CARD" element of this story. It was this simple in 1946.
If the artist was WHITE, it was just Swing.
If the artist was BLACK, it was Jump Blues.
But generally the music resembled the same style.
The Jump style originated in the rural areas around the Mississippi Delta as a heavy Blues based style of Swing delivered to the urban areas like Kansas City in the 1930s. Since the 1930s, Black artist had been playing this style all along. Bennie Moten's "SAD MAN BLUES" from 1929 is a perfect example of early "JUMP" tunes in Swing. Earl Hines played it through out the 30's as well as others in Swing like Count Basie.
It wasn't until Benny Goodman picked it up in the mid 30's did Jump get any recognition. And in 1940, Glenn Miller would exploit the style in more of an over produced scale, perfectly designed for the majority white American with his classic "IN THE MOOD". But these artists were considered as Swing bands of the Big Band era and still are considered that to this day. But there Ideas and styles come directly from the blues sounds that where coming out of places like Kansas City.
Then came WWII, and the sound of swing saturated the airwaves of radios all over the country. While the sound of Swing was becoming more and more homogenized and the very sound of Swing began to sound less and less like Swing. And Jazz had to breakout somewhere, so it took to the ghettos of Harlem in the form of Bee Bop, which also came from Kansas City. Jump Blues in the late 1940s brought back the simplicity of jazz back to the ears of America by the use of new media like radio and records. Louis Jordan & His Timpani Five were one of the Grand Daddy's of it all. He brought back the real feel for Swing, Jump, and Blues all wrapped up in one.
The Jump era was a short but sweet period just paving the way for Rhythm & Blues.


Florida courts are so emphatic about both parents remaining actively involved in their child's life following a divorce or the end of a nonmarital relationship that they no longer use the terms "custody" or "visitation." Instead, the courts incorporate "time sharing" into a parenting plan, giving mothers and fathers equal rights to spend time with their child.
Additionally, the courts encourage parents to reach agreement on a time-sharing plan without court intervention. By doing so, parents avoid prolonged and heated disputes that can have serious and negative repercussions on children. What's more, the parents retain more control over the look and feel of their parenting roles going forward.
Of course, not all couples are able to resolve time-sharing issues outside of court. The Miami law office of Ronald H. Kauffman, A Professional Association, has a strong track record of helping individuals throughout South Florida resolve parenting plan issues both in and out of court. Ron is a trained mediator with a proven ability to help parties find common ground and resolve disputes, whether it concerns time sharing or another aspect of family law such as property division.
The firm helps clients get parenting plans right the first time around. However, the fast pace of change in today's mobile society often creates circumstances that require changes be made to existing time-sharing agreements. Ron can help you petition for a parenting plan modification or defend against a requested change.
If one parent seeks to move with a child more than 50 miles away from the child's other parent, a petition must be filed and approval received from a Florida court. Whether you are pursuing a relocation or want to prevent your child's other parent from moving away with your child, it is important to involve an experienced lawyer as soon as possible. The relocation process can take several months or even more than a year to resolve.
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megye Észak-Koreában, Észak- tartományban.

A megye területén  idején egy  nevű kis település volt, amely 1035-ben a  nevet kapta. 1369-ben  néven egy másik települést is alapítottak itt. 1402-ben aztán ezt a két települést egyesítették, és megyei rangra emelték ma is ismert nevén. A megyét 1438-ban  (도호부; 都護府) rangra terjesztették fel, azonban 1895-ben ismét megye lett. 1918-ban falusi rangra  fokozták le, megyei rangját 1952-ben kapta vissza.

Földrajza
Északról a -tó és Kína, északkeletről  megye, délkeletről  megye, délről  megye, nyugatról pedig  megye határolja.

Legmagasabb pontja az  méter magas .

Közigazgatása
1 községből (), 15 faluból () és 1 munkásnegyedből () áll:

Gazdaság
 megye gazdasága élelmiszeriparra, fonóiparra és gépiparra épül.

Oktatás
 megye egy mezőgazdasági főiskolának és számos általános, illetve középiskolának ad otthont.

Egészségügy
A megye ismeretlen számú egészségügyi intézménnyel rendelkezik, köztük saját kórházzal.

Közlekedés
A megye közutakon  és a szomszédos megyék felől közelíthető meg. A megye vasúti kapcsolattal nem rendelkezik.

Források

Észak-Korea megyéi


Singles and Holidays dont always mix. Thats why learning how to survive and thrive during the holiday season is an important thing for singles to learn.
Relationships are difficult to sustain. Very few relationships sustain for long with both partners totally happy. Most people carry through a relationship without any joy.
We all know that this world is full of women, but all are different. It is said that it is very hard to understand women that's why here are some true statements about how they communicate that you can learn from and see how it applies to your girlfriend, wife or other woman you know.
It's no secret that men and women are different. It is no news that they look for different things in a relationship. They all want different things, different men for their different personalities. What do women want from men? There are as many answers as there are types of women: young, old, fat, skinny, talkative, quiet, beautiful, not so beautiful. One thing that is clear is that everyone looks for a perfect relationship.
Dating is a necessary part of finding the perfect match for you. Its a selection process, that needs to be followed with some type of an idea of how to handle yourself. Everybody is interested in having a successful date that's why should follow some common rules available anytime and everywhere.
Relationships are based on trust, love and understanding. But, in many cases, after a long time this disappear and the couple argue more and more. If you want to end your relationship in a very easy way, without saying it to face, here are some essential things you should do.
We all know that every man would like to say that he met his Mrs. Right. That special, perfect woman that every man dreams to have. But does this really exist? Or it's just in the imagination of many men on how she should be. This is the key subject for many men, hoping that in one day they will find her.
The hardest love to fall for is long distance love. Relationships are hard work, but when you add distance between the two of you it can become even more complicated.


West Ham are to sign Newcastle outcast Jonjo Shelvey this summer, according to reports.
The former Liverpool midfielder is behind Isaac Hayden, Sean Longstaff, Ki Sung-yueng and Mo Diame in the pecking order.
Shelvey has been a regular starter under Rafa Benitez for the past two years, playing a crucial role in their Championship winning campaign and last season's top 10 Premier League finish.
The 27-year-old, whose season has been disrupted by injuries, was linked with a move to West Ham in January but Benitez refused to sell him.
But The Sun claim a £20million move to the London Stadium is back on.
Shelvey has been left out of matchday squads in recent weeks and is playing for Newcastle's Under-23 side to maintain his fitness.
On Friday, Benitez said: "He's somebody who is keen to be involved so that is positive.
"Then we have the same problem, though. There are still 24 players available and 18 places in a squad.
Shelvey has made 106 Newcastle appearances since joining the club in a £12million deal from Swansea in January 2016.
He has two-and-a-half years left on his deal at St James' Park.


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Gibbaeum heathii, es una especie de planta suculenta perteneciente a la familia de las aizoáceas.  Es originaria de Sudáfrica.

Descripción
Es una pequeña planta suculenta perennifolia de pequeño tamaño que alcanza los 6 cm de altura a una altitud de 430 - 700  metros en Sudáfrica.

Es una pequeña planta con forma de piedras que son dos hojas carnosas desiguales apretadas conjuntamente.

Taxonomía
Gibbaeum heathii fue descrito por (N.E.Br.) L.Bolus y publicado en Notes Mesembr. Pt. 3: 65. 1937.
Etimología
Gibbaeum: nombre genérico que deriva del latín gibba que significa "tuberculada".

heathii: epíteto
Sinonimia:
Gibbaeum dubium (N.E.Br.) H.Jacobsen
Rimaria dubia N.E.Br.
Rimaria heathii (N.E. Br.) N.E. Br.
Mesembryanthemum heathii N.E.Br. (1920)
Gibbaeum blackburniae L.Bolus (1937)
Gibbaeum comptonii (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
Rimaria comptonii L.Bolus (1932)
Gibbaeum luckhoffii L.Bolus (1931)

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Enlaces externos

 Imágenes en Google
 http://www.tropicos.org/Name/701950

heathii
Cactus y suculentas
Flora de África austral
Flora de África continental
Plantas descritas en 1937
Plantas descritas por N.E.Br.
Plantas descritas por L.Bolus