Learn how to SCUBA Dive with Dive On It Scuba. (say that real fast 🙂 ) We offer nearly the entire range of PADI classes and can get you started on your fun journey beneath the sea. Beginning with a "Discover SCUBA" lesson you can get a brief taste of what it's like to breathe underwater in our pool using high quality Aqua Lung & Hollis Dive Gear! If you know you're ready to get your full certification, our "Open Water SCUBA Diver" classes run at least once a month (more during peak seasons).
Our Discover SCUBA intro costs $60 per person, with $30 credited to your Open Water class if you sign up within 30 days.
Are you ready to take the plunge and explore the other 70% of the Earth? Great! Stop in the shop or give us a call at 401-333-0002 to inquire about class schedules and availability.
Once you're signed up we'll give you a set of materials (books, logbook, swag, etc) to get you going. You'll attend 2 - 3 classroom sessions at the shop then we'll have pool sessions to learn and practice the necessary skills. And of course, we make sure there is some playtime in each pool session!
You'll also need some personal gear. While we'll supply the necessary "life support" gear for you to take the class such as Buoyancy Compensator, Regulators, SCUBA Cylinder & weights, you will need to supply some "personal" items. The Personal Items are SCUBA quality Mask, Snorkel, Fins and Boots (for the SCUBA Fins). We offer all of these items in our shop and can make sure you're properly sized and everything fits comfortably and properly (and looks good too! ). If you already have some or all of these items, Great! However, please keep in mind that non-SCUBA masks may leak or be uncomfortable at depth (many snorkeling masks are fine at the surface but don't hold up so well at 30+ feet), and we do require SCUBA pocket fins that utilize a bootie or boot.
Want to get started right away? Begin the classroom session with PADI e-Learning! e-Learning will give you a head-start on the class and let you out of having to goto one to two of our in-shop classroom sessions. e-Learning is an additional cost that is not required to participate in the Open Water SCUBA Class.
Buy your "Personal Dive Gear" items from us along with a class and get a free Aqua Lung Snorkel! That's right, if you buy your new mask, fins & booties from us we'll let you choose an Aqua Lung snorkel for free! You can pick either a SideDraft ($35 value) or an Impulse 3 ($50 value and the easiest breathing snorkel in the industry).
We have a few options for our Open Water SCUBA Classes.
Must attend class sessions on specific assigned dates.
Fees apply for changes/missed classes or dives.
Fees may apply for additional class/pool/dive time if desired.
5% discount on Core Diving Gear purchased for 30 days after completing course.
May attend any appropriate, scheduled class, pool or dive.
Ideal for those who have often-changing or complicated work/life schedules.
Additional fees only apply to additional class/pool/dive time if desired.
Will schedule to your needs.
Best for those which special scheduling requirements or want exclusive attention.
Rate is for single student. Contact the shop for special Private Group pricing.
Includes up to 3 class/pool sessions at your schedule.
Includes 4 Open Water dives over 2 days at your schedule.
10% discount on "Full Kit" Purchase prior to course start or before 1st Open Water Dives.
~ = Custom Options Available, call or stop in for details.
Required for all Students and not included in class pricing.
Other shop fees are not included and are completely separate from ours.
See our Calendar for class schedules. We may not have all classes listed so if you don't see one here, call the shop and ask. We also tend not to schedule more then 2 months out due to weather. Also please note the calendar only shows the current month of activities at a time. To see another month use the navigation arrows in the calendar to move around.
Our New VIP Valet Service will begin in March of 2018.
For a fixed fee of $125 per student we will handle transporting your gear to the pool & dive sites as well as cleaning it afterwards. Great for those with a busy schedule or who may wish to not deal with moving the heavy & wet dive gear around. Gear cleaning normally ranges $25 - $45 each time depending on number of items. So in addition to having us take care of the 'dirty work', we'll also transport the heavy stuff. We do require however that you maintain control of your own personal property. So we will generally not transport or clean masks, snorkels, fins and boots. However if you have purchased a 'Full Kit' from us for the class we'll keep everything together for you and clean all items as part of this service.
The Final Big Test - Open Water Dives!
We do our Open Water Dives in Jamestown, RI at Fort Wetheril State Park. When you enter the park, follow the signs saying 'SCUBA Area' to the left of the entrance. Park in the lower parking lot next to the boat ramp. There are restrooms available for your use. Please bring water & snacks with you as you'll definitely want them after diving.
E-Learning is optional at Dive On It for most classes. However if you'd like to skip the classroom portion of your Open Water class free free to sign up by clicking the image below. Please note there is an additional charge for this which is payable directly to PADI. To insure proper credit of work done in E-Learning please make sure to select Dive On It SCUBA in Cumberland, RI as your dive shop when ordering the class.


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Hey, why is everyone is acting like a child about the "Nokia vs. Samsung" thing?
I've been a Nokia user for 5 years (1100, 2100, 6600, 7610, 6630, 3250) but now I'VE HAD IT! I waited for Nokia for 3 years to release a mobile that doesn't go to the customer service almost every day or doesn't have to be formated or doesn't crash!
I know that people now will say that I don't know how to use the Nokia mobiles properly or I broke them but HELL NO! All of them are in a great shape (only physically) and they look like new ones but NOT WORKING!!
I hope that the Samsung innov8 doesn't disappoint me like nokia, and I hope that it last with me like the other samsung & siemens phones!
the price is very very high.
wow a nice phone which is advantage of nokia other phones.i always use the most valuable smart phone of the world but its create me a different thinks of phone.
-Nokia N96 is a great software package that comes in an utterly user-unfriendly shell. The ergonomics of the device are so poor (except for video watching) that operating it is a chore, rather than fun.
-The 2.8" treat of a screen is probably the best way for Nokia N96 to salvage some pride. Excellent picture is a perfect complement to its generous size. In all fairness, brightness has been slightly reduced compared to Nokia N95 8GB but still keeps a very high level.
-The picture quality of Nokia N96 is decent but, much to our surprise, not as good as any of the Nokia N95 versions. It is quite obvious that a smaller sensor have been used in Nokia N96 resulting in a reduced dynamic range. The handset also has a strong tendency to overexpose photos which brings in quite prominent highlight clipping. The clipping of a single color channel, resulting in loss of detail is also quite common.
-The right side of Nokia N96 features the volume rocker and the dedicated camera key. Those controls are a blatant attempt to defy user-friendliness. While the rigidity of the volume key is almost forgivable, the camera key is beyond belief. It's so uncomfortable that it renders taking any kind of decent photos with the N96 almost impossible.
-No cap over the USB slot means it can fill up with dirt - we've been there already with both N95 and N95 8GB.
-There's no protection for the camera lens, either. It is not even sunk a millimeter as on Nokia N95 8GB.
-Battery life was one of the most troublesome aspects of the original Nokia N95 and, after the 1200 mAh BL-6F upgrade in the 8GB version, we almost cannot believe Nokia went back to it.
Anonymous, 24 Oct 2008Come on man.... I'm not saying that N96 is an innovating phone, or if it looks 2 great, or st... more"...to the crappy samsung OS, out-dated even by the first Symbian phone..."
Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2, except it has a better camera, battery and uses a faster processor.
N96, N85 and N79 are quite disappointing products from Nokia. These are just more or less exact replicas of N95 8GB, N95 and N82. They don't differ much in terms of functionality. They are created to give customers plenty of options to choose from. So, Samsung is taking the lead this time with their all-in-one multimedia powerhouse Samsung INNOV8 and their touchscreen flagship device, Samsung OMNIA. Nokia loses to Samsung this time. I think Nokia should fire the engineers and designers who developed N96, N85 and N79. Nokia is always behind other mobile phone companies when it comes to innovation. APPLE which is not even a mobile phone company was the first to revolutionize touch based screen devices. And it took 2 long years for Nokia to create their iPhone version! Nokia is stuck with 5MP camera phones. While all other mobile phone companies have their 8MP camera phones already released in the market. Nokia is paying attention to lousy innovations that don't matter like DVB-H. Nobody needs it since its not yet widespread and I think it will take at least 5 more years to become fully available globally. N96 was released too late. 16GB cards is now available. N96 should've been released a year ago when news about 16GB cards was not yet flourishing so people would be excited about it.
Anyways, don't get me wrong. These are just my opinions and I believe everybody is entitled to his/her own opinion. And Nokia should listen to my opinion because I believe my opinion is right!
And don't get me wrong again. My remarks are constructive criticisms unlike most opinions here which are purely rubbish! Hahaha!
Nevertheless, I still love Nokia. And I'm still going to buy an N85 because I'm a Nokia fangirl. Hahaha!
JOJO, 23 Oct 2008Don't make a WAR between (nokia & samsung) it's wrong,In all my life i never bought a samsung ... moreI respect u r opinion, but that is just u r personal opinion like this is just mine personal opinion. I allways buy every other phone except Nokia. The most of them was Samsungs (x120, D500, D600, D800, D900, u900...) but there was some Sony, Ericson, Sagem, Panasonic ...etc.. My phone for now is Moto V8. I just want some nice looking and in first place excelent construction and quality of materials , LOUD talking sound-because phone is for talking in first place. All that with fair price. Nokia ...... not single one of that. Mass production , childish cheapoplastik look , allways overpriced...NO THANKS. Never in this live.


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THANKSGIVING SHOULD HAVE SPECIAL MEANING TO R.J. SWINDLE
On this Thanksgiving eve, it appears former Northern League and Atlantic League hurler R. J. Swindle has something for which he can be really thankful.
It may be his own persistence, as a matter of fact.
Agent Paul Hunt told MLB.com nine teams were interested in his free agent client, including his former team, the World Champion Phillies. "He wanted a 40-man roster spot and the (Milwaukee) Brewers stepped up," Hunt told reporter Adam McCalvy.
The 25-year-old southpaw has been signed to a major league contract, a rarity for someone recently released and with only three appearances in the majors under his belt.
"He gets left-handed hitters out," Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin told MLB.com. "He's more of a situational guy, not necessarily a full-inning guy."
Swindle, a Canadian who now calls Charleston, SC home, is one of only two southpaw relievers on the Milwaukee roster at this time. He is anything but a hard thrower, but the Brewers were impressed with his record of a strikeout-per-inning and his stingy walk ratio (63 in 353.2 minor league innings) in his five professional seasons. He walked only eight hitters and fanned 67 in 53.0 innings between AA and AAA this summer.
One year after being drafted by Boston, Swindle found himself at Schaumburg, IL in the Northern League for the 2005 season. He was with the Flyers for time in '06, and with Newark, NJ in the Atlantic League for nine games in 2007.
What a 2008 for Swindle. He also pitched for Team Canada in the Olympics, debuted in the National League and now is in the Venezuelan League. Being signed by the Brewers could well top it all.
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DODGERS AND D-BACKS ADD FORMER INDY HURLERS TO COVETED 40-MAN ROSTERS
Please overlook any cheering in the offices of the Kansas City (KS) T-Bones (Northern League) and the Southern Illinois (Marion) Miners (Frontier League) today. They are allowed.
Both Independent Baseball teams had one of their graduates promoted to the prized 40-man rosters of major league teams, which means they are recognized as bonafide prospects and will be in spring training with the big boys in Arizona come February.
Travis Schlichting is a 25-year-old righthander with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Clay Zavada is a 24-year-old lefty with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Schlichting, listed at 6-foot-4 and only 190 pounds, was Tampa Bay's fourth round draft choice in 2003, and played third base in the minors for nearly four years with modest success. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim gave him a five-game look on the mound in the rookie Arizona League in 2006, and he became a nearly fulltime pitcher with the T-Bones a year later.
The Dodgers thought enough of his arm after 51 Northern League innings in 2007, despite 72 hits, 29 walks and 11 wild pitches, that he was on their Double-A Jacksonville, FL farm club by late May of '08. The hits went down to one an inning and the walks also slowed (18 in 59.2 innings) that with a 6-4 relief record and 3.77 ERA over 33 appearances were sufficient they knew the Round Rock, TX resident should be protected on the major league roster.
Zavada has even less professional experience, going 2-3 with a pair of saves and a 3.10 earned run average in the Pioneer League in 2006 in the D-Backs system, then coming back from a year off the diamond for personal reasons to limit hitters to a .137 batting average in the Frontier League in a month this summer. The 6-foot-1 resident of Streator, IL struck out 22 in 15.2 innings, and impressively walked only four in his dozen appearances out of the bullpen. Zavada posted a 2-1 record with four saves and a 1.72 ERA for Southern Illinois.
He was even more dazzling when Arizona purchased his contract and sent him to South Bend, IN of the Class A Midwest League. Zavada allowed a mere six hits in 35.1 innings while striking out 54 and walking only five. The .056 opponent batting average and 0.51 ERA combined with a 3-1 record and eight saves plus a perfect earned run average over the last 21 of his 24 appearances must have made it an easy decision to promote him.
WHICH CITIES WILL COME NEXT
We could not help but think as we finished Thursday's lengthy subscriber-only Independent Baseball Insider column in which we outlined the 2009 Independent Baseball map about some of the cities which have been mentioned in various quarters where Indy teams may one day play. It is not a short list.
Which--if any--of these cities will come next? Lee's Summit, MO, Ypsilante, MI, Topeka, KS, Burnsville, MN, Champaign-Urbana or Normal, IL and Brighton or Commerce City, CO all are among areas that pop up from time to time.
Our I.B.I. projection was for a minimum of 57 teams in '09 with the count potentially swelling as high as 66 if the United League returns and the Golden and Continental Leagues complete potential expansion.
We slipped up on one point, saying Avon, OH was replacing the Midwest Sliders in the Frontier League. The Sliders will continue until they become the Oakland County (MI) Cruisers in 2010. Avon, of course, replaces Chillicothe, OH, a charter member of the FL.
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AN ARRAY OF THOUGHTS FOR 98 RELEASED PLAYERS AND PITCHER/CANCER PATIENT GREG MONTALBANO
While more needs to be clarified, it appears both the Atlantic League and the Can-Am League will have the much-needed even number of franchises again next summer without resorting to a travel team to fill out the schedule.
The Atlantic has announced its schedule, which once again includes Newark, NJ, now that a contingent named the Bases Loaded Group has signed a letter of intent to purchase the Bears and pay off some debts. And the Can-Am has a media conference scheduled for Wednesday (November 19) in Ottawa, Canada, with every indication the Rapidz will play for a second season. Commissioner Miles Wolff will attend, and presumably will have something to say about who will foot the bill.
It is our hope to sort out as much of the total 2009 Independent Baseball lineup as possible by the time we finish our Independent Baseball Insider column next Thursday, although one would have to believe the status of the United League will remain unclear and the Golden, Continental and perhaps even the Northern League will not have placed a final stamp on their rosters of cities and produced schedules.
NEARLY 100 PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SET FREE
Our master list of former Independent players tied to major league organizations undergoes changes almost daily, with one version of that roster at present totaling exactly 250. That includes 23 players we show on major league rosters.
But nearly 40 per cent--98, by our calculations--are in no man's land these days now that the 30 organizations have conducted most of their annual trimming down of those they have under control.
Many of these released players will get an opportunity with another major league organization, and some will even end up with non-roster invitations to big league spring training camps. This will represent a fresh start and hopes of joining a system which will provide them with a major league opportunity. We can point out about 10 cases from '08 which resulted with a player appearing in regular season major league box scores for the first time.
Some will end up back in Independent leagues to continue perfecting their skills. Unfortunately, some of the 98 will not be heard from again on professional diamonds.
Names on the "released" list which many fans will recognize include Eliezer Alfonzo, Bobby Brownlie, Jay Gibbons, John Lindsey, Brian Mazone, Jason Phillips, Bret Prinz, Dan Reichart and Joe Valentine, the latter both signed out of the Atlantic League and released twice this summer.
TEAMMATES STEP UP; SO CAN YOU
Greg Montalbano told The Boston Globe recently "I am a tumor machine. I make tumors. I have no idea why".
Montalbano's story, unlike too many others that are not so widely told, was of special interest in New England in that he once was named Minor League Pitcher of the Year by the Boston Red Sox. Boston drafted him in the fifth round of the free agent selections in 1999.
Montalbano, 31, who last pitched in the Can-Am League for his hometown of Worcester, MA in 2005 and 2006, has fought one form of cancer or another since 1996. He is currently facing an experimental clinical trial cancer treatment.
Many friends and former teammates of the Northeastern University Hall of Fame lefty, including Ben Beck, who reached out to this typist, are getting together for "Monty Madness: The First Annual Corntoss for a Cure" in Brockton, MA Sunday afternoon, November 23. The fundraiser will be held at the Shaw's Center, which is connected to Campanelli Stadium, better known as the home of the Brockton Rox of the Can-Am League.
Open to the public, the first 128 two-person teams may sign up at $100 per team to compete for cash prizes while everyone else pays $25 to watch the fun and support the cause. Beck encourages signing up via www.PayPal.com which has an account linked to his email address, benjamin_beck@ml.com. He can be reached via telephone at 617 270-5066.
GARY CARTER AND BRIAN DAUBACH BACK ON FAMILIAR TURF
A potpourri of late developments plus thoughts, facts and quips, we just could not fit into this week's Independent Baseball Insider.
Gary Carter had to really, really want the Long Island (NY) Ducks managerial job in the Atlantic League when he surrendered what had to be a comfortable position of leading the Orange County Flyers in his hometown of Fullerton, CA. The Hall of Fame catcher had taken the Golden League position in part to be closer to some of his relatives, he had developed what from all accounts had been a great relationship with Flyers Owner Alan Mintz, and he brought the league title to Orange County in his very first season (2008).
This is not in any way to diminish the fact he now will be in a full-season league with more experienced players and the Ducks' reputation could not be much better with the nightly full house and the management team led by Frank Boulton and Carter's New York Mets teammate Bud Harrelson.
One can only hope Carter is not talking himself into the fact since he will be managing in the Mets' back yard he will be better positioned to one day take over the National League team, a role he has openly coveted in the past. The Mets already had his phone number and knew his credentials if they decided to hire him.
BRIAN DAUBACH TAKES THE REIGNS IN NASHUA
Add one more former major leaguer to the already lengthy list of Independent Baseball managers.
Brian Daubach will lead the American Defenders of New Hampshire, the previous Nashua Pride, in the Can-Am League under Dan Duquette. It was Duquette who brought Daubach to Boston as a free agent when he was the general manager of the Red Sox. Daubach drove in 73 runs in only 110 games when he was getting his first solid major league opportunity and trying to take up at least a good part of the slack for the departure of Mo Vaughn at first base. Daubach homered 21 times in each of his first two seasons.
A friend tells me Duquette was very open during a radio interview he and Daubach did on Boston's WEEI that he still hopes to get back into a major league position.
Duquette reminded this reporter recently before officially promoting Daubach from hitting coach to manager that this onetime effective left-handed hitter had played for and learned under two of the major league managers generally regarded as among the best in Tony LaRussa and Jim Leyland.
THE FUNNY THINGS COSTE AND HINE DID IN FARGO
Steve Hine had so many funny and memorable things to say about things he and Chris Coste did when they were teammates at Fargo, ND in the Northern League. I could not fit them all into the Independent Baseball Insider, which I was interviewing the former second baseman for at his busy Steve Hine School of Baseball in Orange, CT.
The best story might have been about Coste ordering pizza loaded with sausage, bacon and extra cheese. The thing is, when the pizza arrived the health-conscious catcher would scrape everything off. "He would only eat the dough," Hine remembered. Why? "Too much fat", was Coste's response. The flavor in the dough had to be pretty tasty. I may have to try it.
Hine recalls of his friend back in 1998 and 1999 when they first played together, "to him, playing in Fargo was like he was playing in the big leagues."
And Coste soon will have his Philadelphia Phillies World Series championship ring as a reminder of everything he experienced along the way.
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Meg Ryan Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
Meg Ryan with her cropped hair style at an event in 2015
Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Meg Ryan had attended St. Pius X Elementary School in Fairfield. It is the same school where her mother was one of the teaching staffs for sixth grade.
The actress graduated in 1979 from Bethel High School and pursued journalism as an undergraduate. She had been to both, the University of Connecticut and New York University to complete her education. However, she dropped out of college, a semester before graduation to follow an acting career.
Father – Harry Hyra (Maths Teacher)
Mother – Susan Jordan (née Duggan) (Former actress and English teacher)
Siblings – Andrew Hyra (Brother) (Musician), Annie Hyra (Sister), Dana Hyra (Sister)
Meg Ryan is currently attached to ICM Partners (Talent and Literary Agency), USA.
126 lbs or 57 kg
Boyfriend / Spouse
Meg Ryan is romantically linked with –
Anthony Edwards (1986-1987) – The actor and director, Anthony Edwards met Ryan during the shooting of 'Top Gun.' He had proposed to the actress after dating each other for some time. The couple had also moved in together, however, the relationship did not work out.
Dennis Quaid (1988-2001) – The actor Dennis Quaid and Ryan started dating in 1988 and moved in together after some time. They got married on February 14, 1991. The couple has a son named, Jack Quaid (b. April 24, 1992). The couple separated in the year 2000, and officially divorced on July 16, 2001.
Russell Crowe (2000) – The New Zealander actor and musician Russell Crowe was RUMORed to be in a relationship with Meg Ryan during the shooting of 'Proof of Life' in 2000.
John Cusack (2002-2003) – Meg shared a short-lived romance with her Anastasia co-star John Cusack.
Matthew Perry (2007) – RUMOR
John Mellencamp (2010-2019) – The rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter, and occasional actor, John Mellencamp started a relationship with the actress in 2010. He announced his divorce from his then-wife Elaine due to this relationship. However, the couple once separated in August 2014, but reunited in September 2014 (the very next month), according to sources. The couple finally decided to separate after being together for almost 9 years. The separation happened somewhere in November 2019.
Meg Ryan walking with boyfriend John Mellencamp
Meg Ryan is known to have Polish, Irish, and German ancestry.
Sparkling personality
Bold walking style
35-25-35 in or 89-63.5-89 cm
6 (US) or 8 (UK)
Meg Ryan attends the 'Lucky Guy' Broadway Opening Night at The Broadhurst Theater on April 1, 2013 in New York City
11 (US) or 8.5 (UK)
Brand Endorsements
Meg Ryan has endorsed many brands in the past and has appeared in various TV commercials and print ads for Japanese, Spanish and American audience. She has also appeared in several national commercials for Barbie and other products as a teenager.
The actress has appeared in TV commercials for GDI Dingo cars, Mitsubishi Dingo, Pure Skin Beauté Crème and Nescafé for Japanese audience.
She has filmed a TV commercial for Freixenet in Spain in 1997.
AIM toothpaste, Tickle Antiperspirant and Burger King fast food chain are other commercials in which the actress can be seen. She has also appeared in a print ad for Ebel.
Meg Ryan was raised a Catholic, but she does not speak about her faith in public.
It is reported that the actress is impressed by the Buddhist religion. She has been influenced by the spirituality that the religion preaches.
Meg Ryan is best known for her role as Sally Albright in the 1989 release When Harry met Sally...
She has also been the leading female character in the 1990s romantic hits like Sleepless in Seattle (1993), You've Got Mail (1998), French Kiss (1995) and Kate & Leopold (2001).
Meg Ryan was featured at the age of 18 in the 1981 drama film Rich and Famous as Debby Blake.
In 1982, Meg Ryan appeared as Betsy Stewart Montgomery Andropoulos in the CBS's soap opera As the World Turns. This series aired for 54 years until 2010.
She has also been featured as Jane in the NBC's sitcom One of the Boys in 1982.
Meg Ryan has received training under Michael George who has also trained celebrities like Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore, and Dennis Quaid.
The trainer is known to blend Eastern and Western philosophies to impart good health and better posture. His training includes Yoga, martial arts, strength training, and core training. Meg Ryan is also reported to endorse healthy eating habits in order to stay in shape.
Meg Ryan poses for photographers ahead of the premiere of 'Biutiful' during the 63rd Cannes Film Festival
Meg Ryan Favorite Things
Genre – Romantic Comedy
Source – IMDb
Meg Ryan Facts
Meg Ryan registered herself with the Screen Actors Guild during her graduation year. She changed her name to 'Meg Ryan,' 'Ryan' being her grandmother's maiden name.
She was popular in middle school and high school. Meg was voted the 'cutest' girl in school. She was also chosen as the homecoming queen during her senior year in high school.
The actress publicly supports the environmental protection programs and causes. This is one of the reasons that she extended her support for the Democratic Party.
The actress was ranked #57 in the '100 Most Powerful People in Hollywood' list by Premiere (USA) magazine in June 1999.
In April 1998, People Magazine mentioned her as the 'Most Favorite Female Movie Star.' The results were decided by their readers and online users.
She has been dedicated a full song 'All Around Me' by the band Savage Garden. The band's composer Daniel Jones had a crush on her and hence, the song was written about her.
The actress has a son and a daughter, whom she adopted from China in January 2006. Her daughter's name is Daisy True.
An asteroid is named after the actress and is christened as 8353 Megryan.
The actress started a production company named, Prufrock Pictures in 1994. However, it was closed down in 2000.
Connect with Meg on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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It's not often the national media vindicates me
So I am sure as hell going to post on it.
The Martin/Incognito affair has officially jumped the Narrative:
First, Martin was a victim and Incognito was a bully. Now, teammates say they were best friends. Incognito is a respected teammate and Martin is portrayed as a head case and an outcast who's turned on his team.
At the onset, Incognito was an insensitive racist. But not only are teammates now denying that description, they're saying Incognito is more black than Martin, according to The Miami Herald.
In fact, he's apparently considered an honorary black man in the locker room.
"Richie is honorary," one player who left the Dolphins this offseason told the Herald's Armando Salguero. "I don't expect you to understand because you're not black. But being a black guy, being a brother is more than just about skin color. It's about how you carry yourself. How you play. Where you come from. What you've experienced. A lot of things."
Martin, who's biracial, attended Stanford and is the son of two lawyers. FOX Sports' Coy Wire, who also played at Stanford, wrote this week of the challenges "smart guys" can face in the NFL culture.
"There is a culture in the NFL that is hard to break into. If you don't fit into the mold, and the culture in the locker room, you won't last," another former NFL player who went to Stanford told Wire. "You do get a lot of respect [being from Stanford] because of your perceived intelligence, but you have to overcome a stigma that you may not be tough enough. Sometimes, in a gladiator sport like football, intelligence can be perceived as being soft."
Yet again, we see how political correctness makes people stupid. Incognito is the established NFL vet, on the team's leadership council, warrior "sleeves", well-paid and respected by his peers in a very physical and "black" environment. Martin is a rookie, upper-middle class, from Stanford, no tats, cherubic face--wait a minute, you mean I'm not describing a white guy?
What do sportswriters think goes on with these teams--Incognito was up there in the owner's suite, secretly being instructed by Da Man to keep a smart brutha down?
They could have just asked me, or they could have just watched Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday.
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The US Transportation Sector
The transportation of people and goods is in many ways a necessary evil. You rarely hear any person outside of car company advertisements bemoaning that their commute to work is too short, or that they wish it took a little longer to pick up bread and milk at the grocery. You never hear a business exalting that getting some parts or inputs from a distant location took especially long or required an especially high cost. Of course, there are sensible reasons why not all economic activity happens at one location and most people do not live immediately beside where they work; in effect, transportation is the cost we pay for the benefits that arise from this diversity of locations. Clifford Winston writes \"On the Performance of the U.S. Transportation System: Caution Ahead,\" in the most recent issue of the Journal of Economic Literature (51: 3, pp. 773–824). (Full disclosure: The JEL is a sibling journal of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, where I work, both published by the American Economic Association. The JEL is not freely available on-line, but many in academia will have access through library subscriptions or through their AEA membership.)
Winston summarizes some facts about the sheer size of the US transportation sector in 2007 an eye-opening paragraph (as usual, footnotes and references are omitted for readability):
\"[C]onsumers spent $1.1 trillion on gasoline and vehicles commuting to work, traveling to perform household chores and to access entertainment, and traveling for business and vacations, and spent an astronomical 175 billion hours in transit, which averages out to about 100 minutes per day for each and every American,valued at some $760 billion. Firms spent $1 trillion shipping products using their own and for-hire transportation, while the commodities that were shipped absorbed 25 billion ton-days in transit, valued at roughly $2.2 trillion. Local, state, and federal government spending on transportation infrastructure and services contributed an additional $260 billion, bringing total pecuniary spending on transportation up to 2.4 trillion, or 17 percent of GDP in 2007, which is as much as Americans spent on health care, and total annual money and time expenditures to more than $5 trillion! Finally, transportation looms large in American life because both the public and private sector have made huge investments in the transportation capital stock, which (after deducting depreciation) is valued by the U.S. Department of Commerce at nearly $4 trillion …\"
Many of these costs are not immediately apparent. After all, the transportation costs of firms are not costs that most of us see directly, but instead costs that are wrapped into the final cost of goods and services. The costs of time spent in traffic are not monetary costs. The link from transportation capital stock paid for in is government budgets and the tax revenues that ultimately support such spending is not especially clear.
Our public conversation about transportation policy often boils down to a claim that more government spending is good: fix and expand the road system, fix the bridges, build more mass transit, and so on. The transportation legislation that emerges from Congress every few years is perhaps the classic case of pork-barrel spending, usually with juicy tidbits for almost every legislative district. As one might expect, Winston takes a disciplined perspective: how can we set up institutions so that the transportation system works more efficiently, and so that additional infrastructure spending occurs when benefits are balanced against the costs, in a way that makes society more likely to focus on projects that have a higher payoff. Some of the possibilities that go beyond pouring more concrete include:
Cars should be charged for driving during times when traffic is congested. When you drive during a time when congestion is high, you of course experience the costs of having lots of other drivers on the road. But you also play a role in imposing those costs of time and delay on others.
Most big cities charge too little for street parking, at least during peak times For economists, when street parking is all taken for blocks around, and people are cruising the streets looking for a spot, it seems clear that the quantity of parking demanded is exceeding the quantity supplied at the existing price–and so the price should rise.
\"The gasoline tax that truckers are charged for highway travel does not adequately account for their damage to pavements because that damage depends on a truck's weight per axle (for a given weight, trucks with more axles inflict less pavement damage) and for their stress on bridges, which depends on a truck's total weight.\" Higher charges would provide an incentive to use trucks with more axles, which would save wear and tear on roads and bridges.
\"The charge that an aircraft pays public airports to land (they are not charged to take off) is based on its weight and generally does not vary by time of day. But the volume of aircraft traffic, which determines the length of time that a plane must wait on the ground or in the air, does. Efficient takeoff and landing (marginal cost) congestion charges that vary by time of day could significantly reduce air travel delays, generating a $6.3 billion annual welfare gain, accounting for the time savings to travelers and reduced operating costs to airlines …\"
\"[U]sers of urban bus and rail transit pay fares that are set by transit authorities below marginal cost, some even ride at discounts from those fares, and some federal employees ride free. As pointed out later, such subsidies are hard to justify on distributional grounds because transit users generally live in households with incomes that are above the national average …\"
\"Most highways in major metropolitan areas operate under congested conditions during much of the day, yet highway design standards are based on free-flow travel speeds. Policymakers could therefore reduce the cost of delays by expanding the range of alternative highway designs that, for example, could raise speeds during peak travel periods by increasing the number of lanes, although speeds during off-peak travel periods may be slower because lanes and shoulder widths would be narrower. Technology exists to install lane dividers that can be illuminated so that they are visible to motorists and that can be adjusted to increase or decrease the number of lanes that are available in response to traffic volume.\"
\"[I]nvestments in highway durability—that is, pavement thickness—should minimize the sum of initial capital and ongoing maintenance costs. They determined that building roads with thicker pavement at an annualized cost of $3.7 billion would generate an annualized maintenance saving of almost 4 times as much—$14.4 billion—for a net annual welfare gain of $10.7 billion. Roads could also be made more durable by implementing innovations such as tack coats between pavement levels and thicker bottom layers of asphalt to avoid buckling, both of which can extend the functional life of a highway at little extra cost. But state departments of transportation award construction contracts on the basis of the minimum bid, not on the technological sophistication of the contractor …\"
For many economists, suggestions like these sound obvious. For many non-economists, they sound near-heretical, because they don\'t involve large government spending programs to pour concrete, lay railroad track, expand seaports and airports, and the like. Winston is by no means opposed to additional infrastructure spending, but he seeks to turn the conversation toward how the existing transportation grid can be used more efficiently, and how the all-too-real costs of potential infrastructure expansions can be fairly evaluated along with the potential benefits. After all, we know that government involvement in the airline industry led over many decades from the 1930s up through the 1970s to a strangling of competition, high profits for airlines, and high fares for consumers. We know that government management and ownership of many mass transit systems around the country has led to systems that are not covering even their marginal costs, and seem to require ever-higher subsidies. We know that the existing government methods of funding repair of roads and bridges has allowed many of them to fall into serious disrepair. The US transportation sector is the outcome of a large number of decisions about building and pricing, many of the them either made for short-term political reasons or just unexamined. It needs a conceptual shake-up.
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daemelii
Black Rockcod, Epinephelus daemelii (Günther 1876)
Other Names: Black Cod, Black Rock Cod, Saddled Cod, Saddled Rock-cod, Saddletail Cod, Saddletail Grouper, Saddle-tailed grouper, Southern Rockcod, Spotted Black Grouper
Black Rockcod, Epinephelus daemelii. Source: Dave Harasti / http://www.daveharasti.com/. License: All rights reserved
A large cod with a variable colour pattern ranging from uniform dark greyish-black, to a blotched or banded pattern. Juveniles and subadults have a black blotch or 'saddle' on the upper tail base and 5 dark diagonal greyish to black bands that fade with growth. Individuals in clear waters tend to be banded, whereas those in estuaries are usually darker.
Once widespread along the New South Wales coast, Black Rockcod populations declined from the 1950s until the later 1970s due to heavy targeting by spearfishers.
Great video of Black Rockcod in the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park.
Video of Black Rockcod in New South Wales.
Video of young black cod in rock pools along the coast, including Port Stephens in New South Wales – home to the state's largest population.
Video of a Black Rockcod at Fish Rock, South West Rocks, New South Wales.
Video of two large Black Rockcods (aka Spotted Black Grouper) at West Macauley Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
Large Black Rockcods (aka Spotted Black Grouper) in the Kermadec Islands.
Bray, D.J. 2020, Epinephelus daemelii in Fishes of Australia, accessed 02 Feb 2023, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4667
Found in warm temperate to temperate waters of south-eastern Australia, from southern Queensland to Mallacoota, Victoria (rarely further westwards), Tasman Sea islands and seamounts – Norfolk Island, Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, Lord Howe Island, to New Zealand – the Kermadec Islands, the North Island and the Poor Knights Islands. Depth range 1-50 m.
Inhabits caves, gutters and crevices usually to depths of 50 m, although individuals have been collected from below 100 m. Juveniles are found inshore, often in coastal rockpools and estuaries.
Black Rockcod are very territorial and individuals have relatively small home ranges. Smaller individuals are regularly seen in caves and gutters around Lord Howe Island.
Large individuals over a length of 50 cm have distinct canine teeth on both sides of the upper and lower jaws.
Grows to about 1.6 m and a weight of 81 kg in Australian waters, and to about 2 m in New Zealand.
Highly variable in colour, and able to rapidly change from a uniform dark greyish-black to a blotched or banded pattern. Young fish usually have a distinct black spot or saddle on the upper tail base, and five sloping greyish to black bars which break up and fade towards the belly. Fish in estuaries are uniformly dark, whereas those on coastal reefs are usually banded.
Carnivore - adults feed on fishes, crustaceans and molluscs such as cuttlefish and octopus. Juveniles reportedly feed on crabs and small fishes.
Like many groupers (family Serranidae), the Black Rockcod is a protogynous hermaphrodite, meaning that individuals change sex from females to males during their life cycle. In New Zealand, females change sex at 100 to 110 cm in length.
Once common in New South Wales, including the Sydney region, the Black Rockcod was considered a valuable food fish. Declining numbers due to angling and spearfishing resulted in protection of the Black Rockcod. It is illegal to sell the species in New South Wales.
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
EPBC Act 1999: Vulnerable
NSW: Vulnerable (NSW Fisheries Management Act 1994 - August 2013 list)
In the past, Black Rockcod were heavily targeted by anglers and spearfishers, resulting in the decline of this speciesand its 1983 protection in New South Wales waters.
A recent study (Harasti & Malcolm 2013) found that numbers of Black Rockcod remain low despite being protected for about 30 years in New South Wales.
Roughley (1916) reported that "at one time it was fairly plentiful in the vicinity of Port Jackson, but has become very scarce in recent years, owing to the havoc wrought by fishermen…"
Black Rockcod are secretive and usually retreat into caves and crevices when approached.
Serranus daemelii Günther, 1876, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 17(43): 391. Type locality: Sydney, Australia.
Appleyard, S. & Ward, R. 2007. Genetic connectedness between black cod (E. daemelii) collections along the NSW coast and the Elizabeth & Middleton Reefs Reserve — Final report to the Department of Environment and Water. CSIRO, Canberra.
Aquaculture, Conservation and Marine Parks Unit, Port Stephens Fisheries Institute. 2012. Black Rockcod (Epinephelus daemelii) recovery plan. NSW Department of Primary Industries. 37p. PDF
Ayling, T. & Cox, G.J. 1982. Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand. Collins, Auckland. 343 pp.
Choat JH, Herwerden L, Robbins WD, Hobbs JP 2006. A report on the ecological surveys undertaken at Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, February 2006. Report by James Cook University to the Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp.
Doak, W. 1978. Fishes of the New Zealand Region. Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland. 33 pp.
Francis, M.P. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, Southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Scientific 47(2): 136-170.
Francis, M., Harasti, D. & Malcolm, H. 2016. Surviving under pressure and protection: A review of the biology, ecology and population status of the highly vulnerable grouper Epinephelus daemelii. Marine and Freshwater Research 67: 1215-1228. 10.1071/MF15099.
Gill, A.C. & Reader, S.E. (1992) Fishes In: Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific, by The Australian Museum. Kowari 3: 90-92. ANPWS, Canberra.
Griffiths, S.P. 2003. Spatial and temporal dynamics of temperate Australian rockpool ichthyofaunas. Marine and Freshwater Research 54: 163-176.
Günther, A. 1876. Remarks on fishes, with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 17(43): 389-402
Harasti, D. 2011. Distribution, relative abundance, habitat use and seasonal variation of Black Cod (Epinephelus daemelii) within the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park. Unpublished Report to the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority. NSW Marine Parks Authority. PDF
Harasti, D., Gallen, C., Malcolm, H., Tegart, P. & Hughes, B. 2014. Where are the little ones: distribution and abundance of the threatened serranid Epinephelus daemelii (Günther, 1876) in intertidal habitats in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology DOI: 10.1111/jai.12446. Abstract
Harasti, D. & H. Malcolm. 2013. Distribution, relative abundance and size composition of the threatened serranid Epinephelus daemelii in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 83: 378–395.
doi:10.1111/jfb.12179, available online at wileyonlinelibrary.com
Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1999. Family Serranidae. pp. 2442-2548 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 2069-2790 pp.
Hutchins, B & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia - Complete Field Guide for Divers and Anglers. Swainston, Perth, Western Australia, 180 pp.
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Families Serranidae, Callanthiidae. pp. 528-548 figs 469-485 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs
Leadbitter, D. 1992. Special Fauna (B) Black Cod Survey. In: Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific, by The Australian Museum. Kowari 3:103-106. ANPWS, Canberra.
Lincoln-Smith, M.P., Bell, J.D., Pollard, D.A. & Russell, B.C. 1989. Catch and effort of competition spearfishermen in Southeastern Australia. Fisheries Research 8: 45-61.
Malcolm, H. & Harasti, D (2010). Baseline data on the distribution and abundance of black cod Epinephelus daemelii at 20 sites in Northern Rivers marine waters. Unpublished Report to the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority. NSW Marine Parks Authority.
Marine Parks Authority NSW. 2009. Monitoring distribution and abundance of Black Cod (Epinephelus daemelii) within the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park (PSGLMP). Final Report to NSW Department of Primary Industries and Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority. PDF
NSW DPI (2011) Black Cod (Epinephelus daemelii) Recovery Plan. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Threatened Species Unit – Port Stephens Fisheries Institute.
Oxley W.G., Ayling A.M., Cheal A.J. & Osborne, K. 2004. Marine Surveys undertaken in the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve, December 2003. Report produced for Department of the Environment and Heritage. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. pdf
Paulin, C. & Roberts, C. 1992. The Rockpool Fishes of New Zealand. Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
Pogonoski, J. 2005. Black Rockcod. Nature Australia 28(6): 20-21.
Pogonoski, J.J., Pollard, D.A. & Paxton, J.R. 2002. Conservation overview and action plan for Australian threatened and potentially threatened marine and estuarine fishes. Environment Australia, Canberra, Australia. 375 pp.
Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 1991. Revision of the Indo-Pacific groupers: (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae): with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 20: 1-332.
Roughley, T.C. 1916. Fishes of Australia and their Technology. Technical Education Series no. 21. Government of New South Wales, Sydney. 296 pp.
Shuk Man, C. & Ng Wai Chuen (Grouper & Wrasse Specialist Group) 2006. Epinephelus daemelii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 May 2012.
The Fisheries Scientific Committee. Recommendation Epinephelus daemelii - Black Cod. Ref. No. FR4 File No. FSC 99/12. http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/5286/Black-Cod-FSC-Recommendation.pdf.
Thomson, J.M. 1977. A Field Guide to the Common Sea and Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Collins, Sydney.
van Herwerden L, Klanten OS, Choat JH, Jerry DR and Robbins WD (2009). Connectivity of black cod Epinephelus daemelii between Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs (as measured by population genetic structure based on microsatellites). Final Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Molecular Ecology and Evolutionary Laboratory, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland.
Whitley, G.P. 1937. The Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. The Australian Zoologist 8(4): 199-231 figs 13-14 ( p. 222, as Epinephelus forsythi)
Conservation:EPBC Act Vulnerable; IUCN Near Threatened
Max Size:200 cm TL; 68 kg


Ensuring your pet has a quality sleep is just as important as a healthy diet and regular exercise. The amount of sleep your dog or cat needs depends on many factors including their breed, age, size and general health and wellness. On average, dogs sleep for around 12-14 hours a day, while cats can sleep for up to 16-20 hours a day!
Cats are either lazy or SUPER energetic. There is no in between! So why do cats sleep for such extended periods of time? Well, because they can! Cats in the wild need to hunt their prey by stalking and chasing in order to eat and of course that burns A LOT of energy. Sleeping helps their body conserve energy between meals. Even though we give our pets the food they need, they still have those natural instincts to chase and pounce on things that interest them!
On average, dogs will sleep 12-14 hours a day. Large breeds, puppies and senior dogs can sleep up to 18 hours a day! Larger dogs like St Bernards, Great Danes and Bull Mastiffs have a tendency to just be reaalllly lazy, making them surprisingly ideal apartment dogs. Puppies and senior dogs, on the other hand, need a decent sleep for healthy body development.
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Here's a peek at one of the items you'll create in my Spring Flowers Class. I created a flip lid style box to hold some note cards (templates included with class fee)- perfect for Mother's Day gift giving. You'll also be creating a few other projects using the Afternoon Tea Designer Series Paper that's included in the class fee.
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What Does the Bible Say About Enemies?
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
And we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.


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Memogate shows U.S. still has no idea what to do with Russia's meddling online
Nobody seems to have much of an idea how to stop a similar campaign from happening again — whether by Russia or anyone else.
by Greg Walters
Congressional Democrats declared the U.S. to be under "ongoing attack" from Russia via social media in a furious letter sent to the heads of Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday. The Silicon Valley giants, they demanded, must investigate yet another instance of possible Russian interference in American democracy and report back by Friday.
Their freakout centered on a hashtag — #ReleaseTheMemo — that third-party research suggested was being deployed by the Kremlin's infamous army of Twitter trolls and bots to "intervene and influence our democratic process."
Yet the fury and accusations on Capitol Hill reveal a stark truth, experts said: Over a year after the U.S. intelligence community determined Russia had indeed sought to influence the 2016 American presidential election, nobody seems to have much of an idea how to stop a similar campaign from happening again — whether by Russia or anyone else.
"Russian activity is the canary in the coal mine for a much bigger problem," said Ben Scott, an adviser to the State Department under former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for internet freedom, cybersecurity and the role of social media in public diplomacy. "The tools the Russians are using are built for advertisers, which means they are available to anyone."
Last week Twitter began sending out messages to 677,775 people informing them they had inadvertently followed, retweeted or liked a tweet sent by a Kremlin-linked account. Facebook has said 126 million people in the U.S. may have seen at least one of the 80,000 posts produced by Russian-government-backed agents.
"I think social media companies have a much broader problem than Russia on their hands."
But amid the soul-searching in Silicon Valley and accusations from Capitol Hill, "Memogate" and its subsequent hashtag — #ReleaseTheMemo — illustrates the complicated trade-offs between security, authenticity, and free speech involved in trying to make Twitter and Facebook safe for democracy, analysts and experts told VICE News.
"I think social media companies have a much broader problem than Russia on their hands, in that they need to decide how they want to be used," said Olga Oliker, head of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, D.C.
"Russia's current involvement in U.S. politics and media is part of long history of political powers using information to shape public opinion, both domestically and internationally," said Karina Alexanyan, a researcher studying technology and society at Stanford University's MediaX with a background in Russian social media. "The difference today is in the methods and tools being used — namely the internet and social media."
"A foreign government tried to influence the American election, yes, but that's not actually that weird."
Russia does appear to have tried to mess with the American electorate online, experts and intelligence officials agree. But now, the specter of "Russian intervention" seems to have taken on a life of its own in U.S. politics, Oliker said.
"A foreign government tried to influence the American election, yes, but that's not actually that weird," Oliker said. "Governments try to influence elections all the time."
Memogate stems from a a still-classified memo written by Republican congressional staff that, supposedly, accuses the FBI of an orgy of spying.
Republican members of Congress claim the document contains damning conclusions, and are calling for it to be released — a cause first taken up in right-wing congressional and media circles, where the likes of Sean Hannity railed about the memo being "far bigger than Watergate," without specifying exactly what's in there.
With apparently unintended irony, Republican Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said the memo's contents remind him of the Soviet secret police: "You think about, 'Is this happening in America, or is this the KGB?' That's how alarming it is."
The hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo exploded in Republican social media circles.
But its engagement wasn't, apparently, entirely organic. A tool set up by the German Marshall Fund called Hamilton 68, dedicated to tracking Kremlin-linked twitter accounts, registered a massive spike in the hashtag among Russian bots and trolls. That was enough to prompt the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, and the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dianne Feinstein, to demand that social media platforms conduct an in-depth forensic examination.
"You're looking at a fog of data and trying to pierce the fog to see the different shapes moving through it."
Yet even the group that first registered the spike on Twitter called some of the media coverage on the phenomenon overblown, and stressed that only a fraction of the activity on Twitter could be attributed to Russian cyber bots.
"The overall context and nuance has been lost in much of the reporting," said Bret Schafer, an analyst who works on the Hamilton 68 project. "Yes, Kremlin-oriented accounts were heavily engaged, but they likely represented a very, very small percentage of the overall engagement with the hashtag."
In other words, the Russian government may have jumped on the #ReleaseTheMemo bandwagon, but didn't single-handedly launch the campaign, he said.
And there's the rub. Nobody — not the government, and not the social media companies — seems to really know for sure how much activity is being directed by real individuals as opposed to Kremlin-linked propaganda, said Ben Nimmo, information defense fellow with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, who tracks Russian propaganda efforts online.
"You're looking at a fog of data and trying to pierce the fog to see the different shapes moving through it," Nimmo said. "But even today, the lack of clarity about what's going on in these platforms is as bad as it was in 2015-2016. It's still a fog bank for everybody. And I think that includes the platforms themselves."
The sheer volume of activity on social media platforms makes it difficult for anyone, including the companies, to even know exactly what's happening. Last June, Facebook, which employs about 20,000 people, announced it had finally grown to 2 billion user accounts worldwide.
"There's no possible way you can have a human being policing all those accounts," Nimmo said. "You can only do it by algorithm."
Cover image: Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes, a California Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 29, 2017. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
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DRM became aware that patients were being denied emergency mental health care at Central Maine Medical Center and at St. Mary's Hospital, both in Lewiston.
Disability Rights Maine (DRM) is the nonprofit that has been assigned by the federal government to protect and advocate for people with disabilities, including people with mental illness, in Maine hospitals Last Spring, DRM became aware that patients were being denied emergency mental health care at Central Maine Medical Center and at St. Mary's Hospital, both in Lewiston.
So managing attorney Kevin Voyvodich says the group filed a complaint with the state and with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS.
"In the cases cited in the complaint, those individuals were either turned away, refused or law enforcement was called and they were arrested," says Voyvodich.
Central Maine Medical Center went so far as to notify local law enforcement officials that they should not bring anyone experiencing a mental health crisis, suicidality or both to its emergency department unless the person was also experiencing some type of physical trauma. Voyvodich says that on at least two occasions patients were sent to jail, and they continued to experience the same or worsening symptoms for which they sought help in the first place.
"The criminalization of mental illness is a huge issue because correctional facilities are not where these individuals should be treated," he says. "They should get assistance in psychiatric facilities or in emergency departments."
Last November, one person who was arrested at St. Mary's and booked into jail was placed on suicide watch as a result of what a mental health representative said was the patient's "deteriorating mental stability." The next day records indicate the same patient was naked in the locked cell, delusional and screaming that he/she/they was dying after falling through four floors.
"Jail is obviously not the appropriate place for a lot of those folks," says Captain Jeff Chute, the administrator for the Androscoggin County Jail.
He says the jail has been seeing an increasing number of people experiencing mental health crises showing up at its doorstep. He says these episodes are what often leads to a person's interaction with police, who are limited in where they can take them for help.
"People have come in, in obvious crisis and having, you know, breakdowns and not really understanding what they've done or where they are," he says. "But, I'm glad to see that it's being addressed and hopefully it can be fixed. It's something we've been dealing with in corrections for many years."
Both hospitals were found to be in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act which could have jeopardized their Medicare funding. But both have since adopted policies and plans to ensure that mentally ill patients in crisis are not turned away. These measures include training for staff and improved screening and tracking of patients, as well as a letter sent by CMMC to law enforcement agencies and emergency responders clarifying that the hospital will serve all patients who show up in the emergency department.
CMMC did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story.
In a written statement, a spokesperson for Covenant Health, which oversees St. Mary's, said the hospital takes the situation "very seriously" and is "always looking for opportunities to improve our processes and our operation."


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Minot Vet Center is Moving.
The Minot Vet Center will be CLOSED Sept. 24-28 due to moving to their new location in Southside Plaza at 3300 S. Broadway, Minot ND 58701. They will reopen at their new location on Oct. 1.
The Minot Vet Center will also have FREE FLU SHOTS for VA-enrolled Veterans available at their new location on Oct. 11 and 18, from 12 to 4 p.m.
Car Show in Hebron benefits Service Dogs For America. Cars with a Cause
The 3rd Annual Charity Car and Vendor Show benefiting Service Dogs for America and ND Veterans will be hosted in Hebron August 11, 2018. Vehicles can be registered between 10am and noon for $10. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies will be awarded in three categories. Vendors and crafters will be displaying and selling products and the Bismarck Vet Center will be onsite to answer questions. There will be door prizes, DJ entertainment will be providing great music and a 50/50 raffle will be benefiting the Service Dogs as well.
VA to hold Mental Health Summit in Jamestown for Mental Health providers
The Fargo VA will be hosting a Mental Health Summit in Jamestown from 8am to 2:30pm on August 30, 2018 at the Quality Inn and Suites.
The purpose of this FREE summit is to bring together key stakeholders in the community with a goal of enhancing access to mental health services and address the mental healthcare needs of Veterans and their family members residing in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
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VA Releases National Suicide Data Report
Analysis Part of VA's Comprehensive Examination of More Than 55 Million Death Records
WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released findings from its most recent analysis of Veteran suicide data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
This report yields several important insights:
VA Launches Telehealth Program for Rural Vets with PTSD
WASHINGTON — With a focus on improving access to mental health care for Veterans living in rural areas, today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it has launched a pilot telehealth program that will give rural Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remote access to psychotherapy and related services.
President Donald J. Trump signs Executive Order to Improve Mental Health Resources for Veterans Transitioning from Active Duty to Civilian Life
WASHINGTON – Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order titled, "Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition From Uniformed Service to Civilian Life." This Executive Order directs the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security to develop a plan to ensure that all new Veterans receive mental health care for at least one year following their separation from service.
VA to Provide Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Some Veterans with Chronic PTSD
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will offer Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) as a treatment option for a small number of Veterans with persistent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms resistant to standard options.
New VA Online Tool Helps Veterans Learn About and Compare Effective PTSD Treatments
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a new online tool this week that will help Veterans compare various treatment options for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The PTSD Treatment Decision Aid is a free, interactive online tool that helps educate patients about effective treatment options for PTSD and encourages them to participate actively in decisions about their care.
VA Secretary Announces Intention to Expand Mental Health Care to Former Servicemembers With Other-Than-Honorable Discharges and in Crisis
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin while testifying in a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on March 7, 2017, announced his intention to expand provisions for urgent mental health care needs to former servicemembers with other-than-honorable (OTH) administrative discharges. This move marks the first time a VA Secretary has implemented an initiative specifically focused on expanding access to assist former OTH servicemembers who are in mental health distress and may be at risk for suicide or other adverse behaviors.
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My first semester studying abroad at CityU Hong Kong has finally finished. It's been a wonderful experience and I've learned a lot from this journey, which I decided to pursue at the beginning of this 2013.
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Another thing that I have for sure learned during this first semester abroad is that I should stop working such a long hours and start dedicating more time to the people I enjoy talking to, hanging out with, and specially to the people I love.
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I'm Cassie of @superfitbabe and welcome to my blog! Here I present my lifestyle, philosophies about health and fitness, reviews of certain brands, products and places, as well as documentations of my adventures. Nutrition and fitness in a very sacred place in my heart, and this platform serves as my safe haven for enjoying both of them freely!
I wasn't always so revved up about being active. In sixth grade, I was diagnosed with epilepsy, which accounted for my migraines, deja vu and dizziness when it was boiling hot outside, if I didn't drink enough water, and especially if I played sports. I had seizure episodes at the swimming pool twice, vomited after horseback riding and had to lie down every time after running. I'd spend nights at the hospital, sick and miserable. Scared for my life, my parents and my doctors strongly discouraged me from playing sports. Isolating myself from athletics led me to adapt a sedentary lifestyle with little exposure to social life.
Let's just say everything slowly started to fall downhill from there. Every day I was a ghost, ostracized for my appearance and differences; none of the other girls and boys conversed with me as a friend. Meanwhile at night when I'd come home from school, all my loved ones only felt sorry for me which led me to feeling sorry for myself. I found myself drowning my self-pity through food. Shopping for clothes, a hobby many girls at my age loved, only made me even more different. 99% of my wardrobe was black since it was the only flattering color on me, all size large or extra large.
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It wasn't until I thought to myself, I am done. Completely done with this sh*t. I don't see a point to life anymore–nobody cares about me, and if they do I'm an embarrassment. I needed a way out of my mental black hole.
Then there came the importance of eating cleaner and exercising. I don't know what I would do or where I'd be if my dad never helped me kick my journey into gear. Every workout and clean meal was another step to my personal gain. Before I knew it, I ran to the gym every Sunday morning at 7:30 A.M. and ate food that came just from Mother Nature. Over the past years, however, I've been learning to develop a stronger sense of balance in my lifestyle. I never fail to incorporate as many sweet potatoes and greens into my diet as possible, but I know I can happily enjoy plenty of dark chocolate and a couple of vegan cookies and sorbet here and there.
I'm not going to lie, though, losing weight was not easy. I hit a plateau. I lost motivation and sight of what I really wanted. Oh yeah, and I was judged the whole way through. I thought I'd gain friends, but people looked at me weirdly because healthy to them was different. To this day I still get weird glances when people see me excited about kale salads. But it was worth every single moment of the ride. I was one step closer to confidence. Each squat and healthy swap counted. Sooner I knew my family and friends were inspired to do the same! I gleam with joy whenever they send me their healthy creations, ask to workout with me and tell me about their progress and enjoyment of simply being more mindful.
Now, I want to emphasize that being healthy is not abnormal. It is therapeutic and saves lives–it definitely saved mine. I realized that there's a whole new world out there who loves the same way of living as I do. Being a representative of what it means to be healthy and fit is a dream come true.
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Hello Cassie, I am so impressed and inspired by this impactful blog. So much wisdom, integrity, and commitment expressed by someone your age. I am older than you (as in…you could be my daughter) and just recently have begun to give serious thought to the life path that you have chosen for yourself. When I get up the courage, I will watch the documentary. I wish you the best of luck in your studies…your success will bring many blessings to this world.
I have been in your shoes on several occasions, and it's a heartbreaking feeling to realize that your vision of "healthy" is actually detrimental to your body. Staying active but exercising less intensely is a wise decision. Luckily you know how to create yummy nutritious recipes, so have fun indulging in extra avocados, dark chocolate, and lots of other delicious foods. Be kind to yourself and remember that healing and changing your mindset is a constant process. A roller coaster, for sure, but well worth it. Much love and happiness to you in 2017!