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Магдебу́рзьке пра́во (німе́цьке, або тевтонське, міське́ пра́во) — одна з найпоширеніших правових систем міського самоврядування у Центральній Європі у середні віки, яка поширилася і на українські населені пункти, починаючи з XIII століття.

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Історія українського права
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You should know the stories that go with the coffee.
Melody, May 12, 2017 0 7 min read
This week at my neighborhood Starbucks store, I saw that Gold Coast was brewing as the dark coffee. Gold Coast has a good story that goes with it. Starbucks blended it to honor the opening of the first store in Chicago in 1987. Twice, at two different stores in downtown Seattle, I said to the register barista, "Do you know the story that goes with Gold Coast Blend? What city was it blended to honor?" One partner had no idea what I talking about and the other said, "Chicago."
All of the core Starbucks coffees have some story that goes with it. Some of those stories are better known than others. Some you might have to really dig to figure out.
The other part of the story is that I've always thought it's great to be curious about the coffees. Go be your own investigator. Go find the stories. I think I've been influenced by parents who would say to me things like, "Don't ask me a question until you have at least looked for the answer yourself first…" I tend to think that's good life advice. I've probably pissed off more than one barista by saying things like, "You should Google, 'Espresso Roast and Kenya'" or "You should Google 'Breakfast Blend and Milder Dimensions.'" It's a thing that some people have no interest in using Google.
I'll get you started on a few stories. Hopefully you'll find more stories along the way of your coffee journey, and if you do, I want to hear them!
Gold Coast Blend: According to Starbucks, "When Starbucks opened its first stores outside of Seattle, in 1987, it wanted to introduce a blend to honor one of its new locations in Chicago. Starbucks master coffee blenders brought together the heft of beans from Latin America and Indonesia with a bit of sweetness from our dark Italian Roast. This created a taste every bit as sophisticated as the neighborhood it is named after – the Gold Coast Historic District."
Gold Coast was briefly sold under the name Morning Joe coffee in about 2009 – 2010!
Espresso Roast has a history that's very much tied to Kenya coffee. Espresso Roast was formulated and created by Dave Olsen, famous for being an integral part of Starbucks from nearly the beginning. He actually started blending Espresso Roast for his independent coffee house, Cafe Allegro as well as the original founders of Starbucks. Dave Olsen joined forces with Howard Schultz, coinciding with about the time that Howard took over the company in 1986 or 1987. (By the way, I think that Wikipedia page is wrong about when Dave Olsen joined Starbucks. That Wikipedia page suggests he joined Starbucks in May 1987, but I think it had to have been earlier because in October 1986, the Eggnog Latte was his idea for a new drink.)
Dave Olsen wanted Kenya to be a large component of his new Espresso Roast blend. From an official Starbucks blog: "And who could tell the story about Espresso Roast better than the man who created the blend? Dave Olsen described how he and the original founders of Starbucks were at the roasting facility near Fishermen's Terminal. They talked about what would be needed for a coffee that could carry its distinctive flavors through 6 to 12 ounces of steamed milk.
As Dave tells it, "We all loved Kenya coffee for its very distinctive flavor and acidity. We probably started with something around one-fourth Kenya in the blend, and it might as well have been 100%! Those great qualities of the Kenya completely overwhelmed the other coffees, mostly Central Americas. So we reduced and then further reduced the proportion of Kenya coffee in the blend, finally determining that the right proportion of Kenya was … zero!"
Caffè Verona holds the distinction of being the first Starbucks coffee blended for a restaurant. Sadly most Starbucks partners learn the erroneous story that it was blended for a chocolate dessert. Mick McHugh, the co-founder of the restaurant Jake O'Shaughnessy's (which is the restaurant Starbucks blended this coffee for) remembers clearly: Jake's Blend was fabulous in an Irish coffee, featuring Irish whiskey, and not sourced for a special dessert.
If you want the true Verona story, you need to make yourself an Irish coffee and learn about its history dating back to 1975.
Komodo Dragon has a hearsay story that gets told now and then by partners of old. It's the "mistake blend". I can't totally vouch for this story's accuracy. The story goes that the Starbucks master coffee experts at the headquarters were cupping a coffee blend for quality. Only they noticed it something was off. It was a blend where the roaster had used the wrong coffee components and formulation. It was a mistake. So the lore goes, just then a bigwig walked into the coffee quality room and tried it and said, "This is a great coffee! What is it?" And that was the birth of the big, spicy coffee which is Komodo Dragon.
Yukon Blend has an interesting history of being one of the very first blends. Indeed, it was mentioned in the Seattle Times in a 1971 review about the new Starbucks store at Pike Place Market. The official Starbucks Yukon Blend story goes like this:
"Starbucks lore tells the tale of Yukon Blend® as a coffee created for one of our original customers – the captain of a fishing boat. He asked us to make a coffee blend for his crew that could stand up to the frigid mornings and long days fishing in the cold waters where the Yukon River feeds into the Bering Sea. We created Yukon Blend®: a hearty, bold, well-rounded coffee that can withstand any adventure the day might throw at you … even icy waves over the bow."
Yukon Blend has the distinction of being in the coffee lineup and then removed from the lineup between sometime in 2008 to about August 2009 when it was reintroduced as an organic coffee. I can't think of another coffee that started out as a core coffee, pulled from the shelves to be reformulated as organic, and re-introduced as an organic core coffee. This grizzly blend has been around since 1971 and well loved ever since.
Yukon Blend was also a favorite of La Boulange founder Pascal Rigo. Back when Starbucks operated La Boulange stores, their house coffee offering was indeed Yukon Blend, though not called that. Speaking of Yukon Blend being sold under different names, this coffee was at one time sold in Texas under the name "Big Hat Blend."
Breakfast Blend has been around since 1998. Up until Willow Blend and Veranda Blend were introduced into the core whole bean lineup, this coffee held the distinction of being the lightest roast profile coffee.
Breakfast Blend was introduced with words "Milder Dimensions" on the Flavorlock whole bean packaging. It was one of four coffees launched and branded as "Milder Dimensions." The four coffees were as follows:
Light Note Blend
Decaf Light Note Blend
Serenade Blend
If you take a very close look at the current Breakfast Blend package, you'll see in faint letters, the words "Serenade" and "Milder Dimensions" on the back side of the bag. The packaging pays tribute to the original 1998 packaging, and the now-gone lineup of 'Milder Dimensions' coffees which included four coffees: Serenade, Light Note, Decaf Light Note, and Breakfast Blend. Breakfast Blend is the only remaining of the four Milder Dimensions coffees.
There are so many more stories out there. You can dig and find an interesting history behind a number of the seasonal Starbucks coffees too, like Casi Cielo and Thanksgiving Blend.
I don't think this would be complete without a great Via Instant coffee story. When Via was in development, before its national launch in 2009, it was sometimes called by the nickname "JAWS" by partners at the Starbucks Support Center. Even before it was launched nationally, it was known in the Starbucks headquarters as "JAWS" which meant "Just add water stir"! I have heard stories of executives asking the coffee department to get some of that "JAWS" coffee for them for traveling on a trip and wanting to have an easy cup of coffee on the go!
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Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour)
Maurice Louca
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Maurice Louca, one of the most gifted musicians and composers on Egypt's thriving underground music scene, announces his new album Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour), to be released September 24, 2021 via Northern Spy and Sub Rosa.
The forthcoming full-length album draws voraciously on Arabic music, psychedelic folk, and free improv and the lead single "Bidayat (Holocene)" mesmerises with a feral groove centered around percussion, guitar, and violin.
The title "Saet el Hazz" is a coded saying in Egypt to refer to a good time and usually implies a great deal of debauchery. "When you mention to someone that you've had a saet hazz, there are no questions asked. It is what it is."
The initial spark for Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour) was Louca's desire to collaborate with "A" Trio, the Lebanese improvisational group featuring Mazen Kerbaj on prepared trumpet, Sharif Sehnaoui on prepared guitar, and Raed Yassin on prepared double bass. "When the three of them come together they create a sonic cosmos entirely their own. I started by composing music that I wanted to have exist within this sonic world— at times in harmony, or clashing with it, and all the emotional ranges in between."
Just as "A" Trio served as the spark, a commission from Mophradat, an arts organization based out of Brussels, was the tinder. The commission was for a new composition to be performed using instruments that Louca would modify to play microtonally. This led him to Turkey and Indonesia. In Istanbul, he worked with a Lutheran to custom-make a guitar. In Surakarta, he ended up with an instrument maker tuning a Serang—referred to as the Indonesian xylophone, part of the family of Gamelan tuned percussion instruments.
These new modified instruments opened up the compositions to new tonal possibilities which drove Louca to expand his line up to include Khaled Yassine, a longtime collaborator and versatile percussionist and drummer, Christine Kazaryan, a dynamic harpist whom he met via Praed Orchestra, and Anthea Caddy, a cellist who came highly recommended from the Berlin free improv scene.
"There is something about linking luck to decadence that resonates with me, and even if I can't fully articulate it in words, the drive behind the music of this album and how it came to be, and the energy between us at the studio rehearsing and recording it, was in a lot of ways for me a saet hazz."
Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) is a long form composition of six movements, recorded over the course of a week in August 2019 at A/B studios in Brussels.
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Its not hard when you know how and in about 30 mins I connected an Oculus camera to one of the flying Leap Motion samples. Orientation of palms used to steer ship.
I'm just getting a feel for what works and how to program these technologies. I'm not sure we can use the Oculus in our games for rehab work (certainly in games with movement of the camera) due to vertigo and similar issues, but its really interesting and fun to work with.
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As many of you know by reading my stories, I like messing around with different concoctions, potions and make-it-yourself projects. I previously made and wrote about toilet bombs and this project is similar. Many of us put a box of baking soda in our refrigerator to keep it fresh inside and to absorb odors. I did too, until recently. I came across a recipe for making baking soda disks. They can be put anywhere you would like to absorb odors. I put them in the cabinet where I keep the trash basket and recyclables.
It looks like a lazy susan.
But it's a trash/recycle center.
I put them in the refrigerator, in shoes, closets and cabinets. For those with a baby in cloth diapers, some diaper pails have a spot in the lid for a deodorizer. The disks fit perfectly. I usually put them in a little dish or container in case they deteriorate and crumble a little. There is nothing caustic in them but if you have pets or kids, a container with holes in the lid might be a good idea.
I had this little covered container with a lid for air flow.
About every month you replace the disk with a new one and crumble the old one in the sink with a little vinegar. It bubbles up and helps clean the drain. It's like two for the price of one.
1. Combine baking soda, 1/2 cup water, and essential oils into bowl.
2 1/2 cups of baking soda. It's about 1 1/2 boxes. Baking soda only costs about 50 cents per box.
About 15 drops of essential oil.
I like citrus scents, either lemon, grapefruit or orange. I also made a batch with peppermint. I heard that mice don't like the smell of peppermint. I put a few disks in the basement. So far so good. There are no critters that I can see.
To make these, all you do is mix the essential oil into the baking soda. Then you add enough water to make a wet sand. If it is too dry, the disks will crumble. If it's too wet, the baking soda will dissolve and it will take forever to dry. Next press into a form. I have a silicone mini muffin pan. These work great because you can just pop them out of the form. With a rigid form, you may have to urge it out with a knife. The only secret is to let them dry for 2 or 3 days. I took them out too soon and they did crumble on the edges. They aren't pretty but work well.


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15-year-olds arrested for allegedly shooting security guard to try to get into Apple store
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(ATLANTA) -- A 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl have been arrested for allegedly shooting a security guard at an Atlanta mall to try to get into the Apple store after hours, authorities said.
The security guard, a man in his early 40s, was in "critical but stable condition" on Monday, Atlanta police Deputy Chief Charles Hampton said at a news conference.
The guard was shot in the torso at the Lenox Square Mall at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.
The mall had closed at 6 p.m. Police believe the teenagers' "end goal was to try to gain access into the Apple store" after the shooting but were unsuccessful, Hampton said.
After the shooting, the teens "were definitely trying to hide their clothing" and discarded some items as they fled, Hampton said.
Witnesses at the mall gave officers a description of the suspects, and within 10 minutes, police said they found the two teenagers outside a nearby Westin.
Police said the teens were arrested and charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, possession of a firearm by a person under 18 and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
A gun has been recovered, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, Hampton said, adding that police are looking to identify the driver of a small blue car who may have taken the teens to the mall.
"We are working very closely with the Fulton County District attorney's office as we move forward to the prosecution," Hampton said.
The Lenox Square Mall said in a statement, "We cannot find words strong enough to condemn this violent and unprovoked action against a valued member of our security team who was providing afterhours patrol outside the mall. Our hearts go out to this officer who was brutally attacked, and we are praying for his full recovery."
"We are immensely grateful to the APD for their strong partnership," Lenox Square added. "Because of our longstanding work together and effective response plans, they were on the scene within minutes, rendering critical aid to our colleague and swiftly capturing the criminals involved."
Monday, June 14, 2021 at 4:34PM by Emily Shapiro, ABC News Permalink


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Secure Electronic Transactions (SET) is an "open, vendor-neutral, non-proprietary, license-free specification for securing on-line transactions". It leverages off the existing payment-card infrastructure and card-base. It is a collaborative initiative, spear-headed by Visa and MasterCard, but including other important players such as Microsoft and Netscape.
This document provides an overview and tentative assessment of the SET specification.
Visa and MasterCard are seeking to protect and exploit their current dominance of the world's payment mechanisms, and their members' investments in payment-processing infrastructure and market-share in transactions and funds management. To do this, they are proposing a means whereby card-details can be used over an open network such as the Internet, with a far higher level of fraud-prevention than is available with manual (flick-flack) and even data-capture at POS arrangements.
The scheme involves the use of digital signatures based on public key encryption, as a means of authenticating all participants in a card-based payment transaction.
The SET initiative is claimed to be, and appears to be, collaborative in nature, but it creates a platform upon which competitive services can be offered. In addition, to Visa and MasterCard (which have about 50% and 25% of the world's card-based payment processing respectively), AmEx has signalled its intention to use SET.
A preliminary version of the specification was published in mid-1996, and `reference code' (i.e. a restricted prototype implementation) is to be available by the end of 1996. A revised and extended version of the specification is intended for early-mid 1997.
The operation of SET depends on software that implements a series of protocols being installed in the workstations or servers of four kinds of people and organisations.
The processes involved are complex, because of the need for multiple security risks to be addressed, for multiple parties to authenticate one another, for the approaches of multiple payment processing services providers to be accommodated, and to reflect the needs and practices of multiple countries around the world.
the conduct of a payment transaction.
Each of the participants has to create a key-pair, store the private key in a secure manner, and make the public key available to organisations that seek it.
a CA run by each card-issuer that certifies its cardholders.
A cardholder will (quite probably unconsciously) acquire a certificate from the CA of their card-issuer, a copy of which they can provide whenever they make a purchase. Each card-issuer will acquire a certificate from the CA of each payment-processing organisation that they use. Each payment-processing organisation will acquire a certificate from the root CA.
the merchant sends the card-holder confirmation that the payment has been accepted.
The scheme uses accepted technologies (including public-key encryption, digital signatures, and certificates) and established protocols (including the secure hashing algorithm - SHA, RSA's asymmetric encryption algorithm, DES symmetric encryption algorithm, and X.509 version 3 certificates).
It promises secure transmission, and a considerable level of confidence that the participants have the authority to undertake the transaction.
SET has been designed with credit-card transactions in mind, and does not support transmission of PINs. The early versions of SET can therefore not be used to support debit-card transactions (at least in countries like Australia for which PIN protection is obligatory). On the other hand, SET transactions are potentially more secure than PIN-based transactions, and SET could in due course become accepted as a means of conducting payments against a revolving line of credit, or the card-holder's own funds.
The scheme is complex, and depends on many participants conforming with the specification.
The scheme contains nothing that manages participants' private keys. It appears that these will need to be stored on participants' workstations and servers, or additional peripherals installed on workstations and servers to handle a secure token (probably a chip-card).
The scheme says nothing about the apportionment of responsibility for losses. A great deal of this is already addressed in the existing systems. However the payment-processing organisations and banks may seek to make card-holders responsible for transactions undertaken using the card-holder's private key. Given that no workable solution exists whereby card-holders can secure their private keys, consumers would be at risk of someone breaking into their premises, or taking control of their workstation from a remote site, and spending the card-holder's money without their knowledge, and without recourse.
Card-based payment is only one of the ways in which transfers of funds are likely to be effected over the net (although, hope Visa, MasterCard and AmEx, perhaps the dominant one).


BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gary Blackston had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Dennis Jones scored 11 with eight assists to help Prairie View A&M beat Southern 82-73 on Saturday night in the Southwestern Conference opener for both teams.
Jones hit a 3-pointer to spark a 14-5 spurt that gave Prairie View a nine-point lead with seven minutes left in the first half and the Panthers used a 12-2 run over the final five minutes to take a 41-25 lead into the break. They stretched the advantage to 27 points before Blackston's 3 made it 71-46 with 6 ½ minutes to go. Southern scored 19 of the next 23 points to trim its deficit to 75-67 with 1:33 remaining but got no closer.


Once you've entered the Office head over to the board to collect the Report: About "G" file, then grab the High-Powered Rounds (SLS 60) from the table before exiting. Collect the Submachine Gun Ammo from the northeast, then drop down and follow the corridor around and drop down again to the Lower Waterway, walk across and climb up to find a Blue Herb. Now drop back down and hug the left side to find a High-Grade Gunpowder (White), then follow the path along and head through the door and climb the ladder to the Control Room.
Note: Once you're inside the Control Room there will be three Zombies near each other, use this opportunity to round them up and throw a grenade in the middle to kill them all at once. This will unlock the Trophy/Achivement Zombies Roundup.
Inside the Monitor Room, you'll be able to find the Sewers Map to the left of the window and some Large-caliber Handgun Ammo on the table, then head to the west side of the room to find a table with the Sewers Company Pamphlet next to the video player. Now head to the south section of the room to find the Unlocking the U-Area Door file alongside a clue to unlock the door pinned up on the board.
You currently don't have all the chess pieces needed for the puzzle but to make matters easier, take all the pieces from the plug sockets and examine them to reveal the correct name, now place the Bishop Piece into the middle socket on to the left wall, then head over the other side and place the Knight into the socket closest to the back wall, and the Pawn in the socket furthest to the right.
Head to the east side of the room and head outside, make your way over to the lever and interact with it to bring up the bridge to allow you across. Firstly, take the left route to find yourself a Red Herb sitting on the floor by the fence, followed by the T-Bar Valve Handle alongside Leon's Note that's by the computer, now go downstairs to collect the Delivery Receipt file from the table.
Make your way to the south of the room where you'll see a Safe, you'll find the combination engraved in the right side Left 2, Right 12, Left 8, inside will be the Reinforced Frame (SLS 60) attachment for the Handgun. Finally, grab the Blue Herb that's sitting by the barrels and head through the exit door before proceeding down stairs, once at the bottom, take a left and follow the path down. Use your T-Bar to unlock the path and head across the bridge to collect the Sewers Key from the wall. Head back up the stairs and grab the Green Herb before using the lever to open a shortcut to the Lower Waterway.
Firstly, head left and keep to the left side to find a Hand Grenade, now to the Workroom Lift and use the T-Bar again to open the path, collect some High-Powered Rounds (SLS 60) from the barrel and interact with the lift to head up to the Workroom. Inside you'll be able to find another Roll Film from the middle table, some Large-caliber Handgun Ammo from the south side work station, finally a Hip-Pouch from a desk on the north side of the room, unlock the door and enter the corridor.
Head over to the Workers' Break Room and unlock the door with the Sewers Key, inside you'll find Gunpowder on the table alongside the Jazz Festival Flyer and Large-caliber Handgun Ammo from the locker. Now head over to the right side of the large locker and interact with it to reveal a lift, use the lift to be taken back up to the Underground Facility. Grab the High-Powered Rounds (SLS 60) off the buckets and head up the stairs to unlock a door to the Underground Stairs, collect the Hand Grenade off the floor before heading further up the stairs until you reach another lift, use it to be taken up to the Police Station Secret Room, and save.
Note: The Jazz Festival Flyer holds the combination for the Control Room locker.
Note: You should have two Roll Films available, take both with you to the Dark-Room to reveal the 3F Floor Locker combination alongside the Hidden Tresure locations.
Inside the Station make your way to the Dark-Room with the Roll Films in your possession, place the Roll Film into the sink to reveal two hidden spots that contain items, for the first photo make your way to the S.T.A.R.S Office to find a desk with a Wooden Box in the drawer in the Northwest room of the Office. Examine the box and rotate it until you can interact with it to retrieve the High-Capacity Mag. (MQ 11) attachment, combine it with your MQ 11 in your inventory. For the second photo, head to the Press Room and make your way to northwest corner of the room to obtain some Needle Cartridges, this will unlock the Trophy/Achievement Treasure Hunter.
Head back to the Secret Room and head towards the lift, go down to the lower level, then take the lift back down to the Workers' Break Room. Exit the room and head over to the Water Injection Chamber, use the key to unlock the door to collect a Gunpowder (Large) alongside a High-Grade Gunpowder (White) before exiting the room and heading across the bridge to collect the Rook Plug. Head downstairs to the Upper Waterway and collect the U.S.S Digital Video Cassette before dropping down, now go west until you see a spot where you can climb up to use your T-Bar to unlock a shortcut to the Bottom Waterway.
You'll need to drop down and collect a Green Herb off the Zombie and then make your way over to the Supplies Storage Room. It would be easiser for you to dodge all the enemies whilst using the Mixed Herb to help prevent poison and damage. Once you've gotten past all the enemies and entered the Supplies Storage Room, head upstairs and shoot the Raccoon that's hiding behind some boxes at the end of the corridor, now continue onwards to collect a Red Herb that's sitting on a yellow shelf before heading down the stairs to face a puzzle.
Firstly, head inside and take the Queen Plug out of the socket, then make your way to the west side of the room to find a Blue Herb. Use the Queen Plug to open a door that will give you access to the upstairs, head upstairs and remove the King Plug and then drop down. Head east and place the King Plug into a socket to open a door to the Spark Shot alongside a shortcut, open it and make your way back into the corridor to take back the King Plug. Recover the Queen Plug and reinsert it back where you originally found it and head left to insert the King Plug to open a different door which will allow you to collect the Queen Plug permanently. Finally, take back the King Plug and make your way back to the Monitor Room.
Note: There is some Submachine Gun Ammo that can be found along the right wall.
With the three pieces needed to complete the puzzle that will open the door, place the Rook between the Knight and Pawn, then place the King to the right of the Bishop and the Queen to the left. Head through the door and downstairs to find a Blue Herb on the floor alongside a Green Herb a bit further in. Make your way to the Main Power Room to turn on the power, once inside collect the Red Herb and then interact with the panel, here you'll need to flip the switches until the two dials are in the red. You can do this by having the all the switches turned on other than the far left one.
Note: Insert the U.S.S Digital Video Cassette into the Video Player for a cutscene.
After the power is back on, make your way towards the Garbage Room, unfortunately an unknown enemy has caused a blaze so now you'll need to keep moving around the room dodging his attacks until it comes through the shutter.
Note: This will guide you through the Boss fight with the goal to unlock the Trophy/Achievement, Gotcha!
Once the boss has barged his way through the shutter, dodge his attack and follow the corridor to the Proposed Water Purification Room, drop down and quickly run towards the control pannel to collect a Stun Grenade and a Combat Knife from a barrel. Head to the left side of the panel and grab some Large-caliber Handgun Ammo before finally interacting with the panel to get the crane in position.
In order to unlock the Trophy/Achievement, you'll only be able to use the crane once so you'll need weaken him yourself by focus firing on his eye, using the SLS 60 as it's really powerful against the G (Two to Three Shots to his eye with the SLS 60 will cause him to fall). Continue shooting his eye until it changes from a yellow color to a dark orange which can take between three to four falls before you're ready to stun him and use the crane.
Whilst you're weakening him, you'll have to watch out for his attacks. Being at a distance from the boss will cause the boss to go in for a lunge attack so make sure you're constantly ready to quickly sprint out of the incoming danger. Keeping close to the boss isn't a safe option either because it will put you at risk of his grab attack which will do a chunk of damage.
After you've defeated the G for the second time, head over to the south of the room to grab some Submachine Gun Ammo. Head across the recently constructed bridge and up the stairs to unlock a door back to the Garbage Room, now interect with the lever to open the door to Sherry. Take Sherry to the Cable Car and interect with the lever to be taken to the lab.
Point of No Return Warning! Once you enter the Cable Car and head to the Lab, you wont be able to come back to any of the previous areas so make sure you're confident and ready to proceed.
Once you've interacted with the lever you'll enter a cutscene, after, head to the Security Room where you'll receive the ID Wrsitband.


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Victoria couple wed in hospital after devastating diagnosis
Wherever they would go for a hike, Nicala Hicks and Dennis Stacey would inevitably find their happy place.
"We've been so busy doing life," Nicala says. "We've got four teenagers."
Although they couldn't afford the time or expense of ever getting married, the couple would strive to stay connected through nature.
"It became soul-nourishing," Nicala smiles.
Until the hike the other day, when Dennis felt so breathless, his chest so tight, he went to emergency.
"They were surprised I had walked in there," Dennis laughs. "They thought I should probably have died."
It turns out there's a tumour cutting off 98 per cent of the blood flow between Dennis's heart and lungs. He was told it was likely aggressive cancer and definitely too risky to remove.
"That's when you start seeing the darkness seeping towards you," Dennis says.
Especially when everything you had planned to do with your family during a seemingly endless series of tomorrows is suddenly cancelled by being placed in palliative care today.
"As a dad, you need to look your kids in the eye and tell them all the things you need to tell them," Dennis says. "And say goodbye."
And then you turn to your partner for the past 14 years and propose.
"I said, 'I think we should get married,'" Dennis says, smiling at Nicala from his hospital bed.
"She was like, 'Absolutley!' And ran out the door."
Dennis says he didn't know where Nicala went. "When she came back, there was a wedding."
Thanks to help from a nurse going above and beyond, within three hours they had found a minister, bought a marriage licence at a drug store and borrowed golden gowns from the mental health unit.
Then, surrounded by a handful of friends and family in a hospital courtyard, with others watching from across the country on Zoom, Nicala and Dennis exchanged vows.
When I ask why they didn't get married years sooner, Dennis replies: "We just thought we had time. You don't. So we did."
Their guests started a GoFundMe to support the family.
Before they said 'I do,' Dennis's doctor unexpectedly whispered in his ear: "I think I can find a way to do the surgery."
"He came and gave that to me for my wedding gift."
Dennis says it's a long shot, but there is now hope.
Now as Nicala and Dennis spend their honeymoon in the hospital, they say they're grateful to know that no matter what happens next, their family has learned you can transform the worst days of your life into the most beautiful.
"If this hadn't happened we would be so blind to all of the things that are right in front of us that are so beautiful that we're missing," Nicala says.
"Say 'I love you.' Say 'I forgive you,'" Dennis says with tears welling. "Before you know it, you're lifted up by it and you're living in pure light and joy."
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The Chevy Cruze is a compact car made by Chevrolet since 2008. The Cruze is available in both a compact sedan and hatchback models. The Cruze is spacious, tech-savvy, versatile, fuel friendly, and will outperform any car within its league, and it has the features to prove it. The 2018 Cruze a one of a kind gem that knows how to have a fun time with its turbo-diesel engine that will give you 52 mpg highway. When it comes to formulating the perfect balance of sporty and classy the 2018 Chevy Cruze won't be beaten.
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The 2018 Chevy Cruze does not want to seem like its nothing but a Prima Donna, so it has been engineered with the best tech-savvy features in the automotive business. Never let your journey to wherever the road takes you become bland with the 2018 Cruze's awesome infotainment system with a seven-inch touch display. The four speaker system will let your blast all the best music. You can also use this system to stay safe and connect by making hands free calls since the Cruze now offers Apple and Android compatibility through Bluetooth and USB.
You can always power up your system even further to go from basic tech nerd to a genuine tech savant. With a click of a simple upgrade button, you can get amazing navigation, wireless charging for those smartphones you love, automatic climate control to keep you cool, and a Bose nine-speaker system to really show the world what music you can't live without.
New for 2018, the Chevy Cruze is now available in an additional color, Satin Steel Gray Metallic. Another change is that hatchback models are now available with a diesel engine. There are more updates for the 2018 Chevy Cruze model year that are trim specific.
Additional options for the 2018 model include an upgraded 8-inch touchscreen, a sunroof, a nine-speaker Bose sound system, heated rear seats, automatic climate control, and wireless phone charging.


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Lester V. Cooke, 96, of Ellensburg died Thursday in Kittitas Valley Community Hospital. He was born January 27, 1890, in a house on the banks of Coleman Creek north of Ellensburg. He parents were early Kittitas Valley pioneers Mode and Isabella (Fulton) Cooke.
After graduating from Ellensburg High School in 1910, Mr. Cooke entered Washington State College, where he received a bachelor of science degree in agriculture in 1914. While attending school he was well known as a sprinter and competed in track events, attaining undefeated status.
He married Mary B. Edwards in Drain, Oregon, in 1917, and they farmed in Fossil, Oregon, until 1928, when they moved to the Kittitas Valley to establish a farm. He first wife died in 1931.
He married Gladys (Thoman) Haskins in South Cle Elum June 14, 1935. She died in 1960. Mr. Cooke later retired and moved to Ellensburg.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include a brother, Francis Cooke of Prescott, Ariz.; two sons, William Cooke of Spokane and Charles Cooke of San Mateo, Calif.; two stepsons, Keith and Kenneth Haskins, both of Wenatchee; eight grandchildren; and several great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery.
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman
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White, Judy Wallis. Kittitas County, Washington Obituaries. Published by AccessGenealogy.com. Copyright 1999-2013, all rights reserved.


MWC 2017: Preparing V2X technology for series production. CYBERCOM (Sweden) and NORDSYS (Germany) announce a strategic partnership.
At the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona from 27th February to 2nd March 2017 two renowned companies, specialised in vehicle communication and infotainment in the automotive and mobile industry, form a new alliance to combine their V2X competences.
This cooperation brings together Cybercom's knowledge and long experience of software development as well as support for series production vehicles, fielding over 30 million car installations with its Bluetooth software application framework blueGO, and Nordsys which brings its profound V2X know-how and core stack technology waveBEE®. Through this partnership Cybercom will offer a generic V2X application framework product named osCar, a platform agnostic software solution offering a complete foundation for robust, secure and easy integration of V2X functionality in clients´ products. The osCar product encapsulates the road-tested Nordsys dual mode stack for ETSI ITS-G5 and IEEE/ SAE WAVE as well as safety applications and software for vehicle integration, offering a high level API minimizing the effort for system application development.
"Through the V2X pioneer Nordsys we've found the ideal partner for our new product osCar. contributing with its leading V2X core stack technology, their position in V2X standardization activities as well as their test and verification tools like waveBEE TOUCH® we are really equipped for meeting our customers' needs says Mr. Kristian Palm, V2X Business Responsible at Cybercom.
"Automotive OEMs and tier 1 suppliers will benefit from this partnership getting a V2X software application framework which will meet all requirements of the automotive industry for fast and easy integration based upon a mature and proven V2X system software with a defined interface for basic V2X functionality" adds Mr. Manfred Miller, MD, Nordsys.
V2X communication uses a dedicated wireless network frequency where its participants (vehicles or infrastructure) broadcast messages and allows new types of driver information and driver assistant systems. Besides the optimisation of traffic flow, road safety is of extreme importance, like generating warnings for emergency vehicles, hazardous roads or broken down vehicles.
"V2X communication is one of the key technologies for connected, autonomous vehicles of the future which will save lives and contribute to a sustainable environment" says Niklas Flyborg, CEO, Cybercom.
Cybercom is an IT consultant that assists leading companies and organisations to benefit from the opportunities of the connected world. Our consultants, and the solutions we create, take us all the way from public sector e-services in Sundsvall, Stockholm and Helsinki to operators and mobility in the Caribbean islands, via the UN Global Compact, driverless cars, national electronic identification, connected sewing machines and elevators. The company's areas of expertise span the entire ecosystem of communications services and security. Cybercom's domestic market is the Nordic region, and in addition the company offers global delivery capacity for local and international business. With our software products blueGO and osCar we serve the worldwide automotive industry with state-of-the-art connectivity solutions. Cybercom was founded in 1995. Find out more at www.cybercom.com.
NORDSYS GmbH, based in Braunschweig – Germany, has over 12 years of experience in communication technology for the automotive industry and is one of the leading companies for the development of software system architectures for V2X communication. This profound V2X knowledge build the basis of the waveBEE® V2X product line featuring development platforms, road side units and analysis systems as well as highly specialised software like complex V2X simulation and the company's own V2X stack. As partner of prestigious vehicle manufacturers NORDSYS has its key competences in driver assistant systems, infotainment, future mobility solutions and complex simulation. Find out more at www.nordsys.de.


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Q: ImageIO can only write PNGs, fails for other formats (with no errors reported) With the following methods:
  @FXML
  public void exportSideImage() {
    File imageLocation = ImageExport.display();
    WritableImage image = SideView.getInstance().snapshot(null, null);
    BufferedImage bImage = SwingFXUtils.fromFXImage(image, null);
    try {
      ImageIO.write(bImage, getFileExtension(imageLocation), imageLocation);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  private String getFileExtension(File file) {
    String name = file.getName();
    int lastIndexOf = name.lastIndexOf(".");
    return name.substring(lastIndexOf + 1);
  }

my program will only write an image if a "png" image is specified. I've tested this on multiple platforms (Linux, Windows) but the issue persists. Anyone know what's going on here?

A: I suggest that you check the result code from ImageIO.write => it can report false, and also print the file extension to confirm that it is one of the set:
ImageIO.getWriterFileSuffixes()

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Enrico Caruso (Italian pronunciation: (February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921) was an Italian tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and North and South America, appearing in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Caruso also made approximately 290 commercially released recordings from 1902 to 1920. All of these recordings, which span most of his stage career, are available today on CDs and as digital downloads.
Caruso's 1904 recording of Vesti la giubba was the first sound recording to sell a million copies.
On September 16, 1920, Caruso attended Victor's prime recording venue, Trinity Church, at Camden, New Jersey, for the final time. He recorded several discs over three days, including the "Domine Deus" and "Crucifixus" from the Petite Messe Solennelle by Rossini. These discs were to be his last.
During a performance of L'elisir d'amore by Donizetti at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on December 11, 1920, he suffered a throat haemorrhage and the performance was canceled at the end of Act 1. Following this incident, a clearly unwell Caruso gave only three more performances at the Met, the final one being as Eléazar in Halévy's La Juive, on December 24, 1920. (Also appearing that night was the Australian coloratura soprano, Evelyn Scotney, who had sung with Caruso a number of times.) By Christmas day, the pain in his side was so excruciating that he was screaming. Dorothy summoned the hotel physician, who gave Caruso some morphine and codeine and called in another doctor, Evan M. Evans. Evans brought in three other doctors and Caruso was finally correctly diagnosed with purulent pleurisy and empyema.
Caruso's health deteriorated further during the new year. He experienced episodes of intense pain because of the infection and underwent seven surgical procedures to drain fluid from his chest and lungs. He returned to Naples to recuperate from the most serious of the operations, during which part of a rib had been removed. According to Dorothy Caruso, he seemed to be recovering, but allowed himself to be examined by an unhygienic local doctor and his condition worsened dramatically after that. The Bastianelli brothers, eminent medical practitioners with a clinic in Rome, recommended that his left kidney be removed. He was on his way to Rome to see them but, while staying overnight in the Vesuvio Hotel in Naples, he took an alarming turn for the worse and was given morphine to help him sleep.
Caruso died at the hotel a few minutes after 9:00 am local time, on August 2, 1921. He was 48. The Bastianellis attributed the likely cause of death to peritonitis arising from a burst subrenal abscess. The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, opened the Royal Basilica of the Church of San Francesco di Paola for Caruso's funeral, which was attended by thousands of people. His embalmed body was preserved in a glass sarcophagus at Del Pianto Cemetery in Naples for mourners to view. In 1929, Dorothy Caruso had his remains sealed permanently in an ornate stone tomb.


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Blog: Recognize the signs of SND in your patients
By Jade Coats, OD
Salzmann's nodular degeneration can be identified by its blue-grey elevated nodular appearance of the cornea.
The views expressed here belong to the author. They do not necessarily represent the views of Optometry Times or Multimedia Healthcare.
As one of my mentors once said, "It's not rare if it's in your chair."
Usually affecting Caucasian women in the fifth or sixth decade of life, Salzmann's nodular degeneration (SND) is a slowly progressive corneal condition that can be identified by its blue-grey elevated nodular appearance.
The disease affects females in 72 to 88 percent of reported cases, and often presents near the limbus or mid-peripheral cornea of males and females of all ages. About 63 percent of SND cases present bilaterally.1
Although this corneal degeneration can be sight threatening, recognizing the condition and identifying the underlying etiology is important. If identified and treated properly, SND has a positive prognosis.
Previously by Dr. Coats: GPC leads to contact instability
In one particular case, a 66-year-old Caucasian female presented with a gradually worsening foreign body sensation, epiphora, and light sensitivity. Compared to previous manifest refractions, she had acquired more irregular astigmatism, and her best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) had decreased from 20/25 to 20/40.
Upon slit lamp examination, a diagnosis of SND was made on the basis of the characteristic blue-grey bowtie appearance as well as the clinical history of progressively increasing irregular astigmatism associated with worsening of BCVA.
It is thought that Salzmann's nodular formation is associated with inflammatory or non-inflammatory events involving trauma to the cornea, resulting in excess collagen or hyaline plaques replacing Bowman's layer.2
One hypothesis suggests that an enzymatic breakdown or destruction of Bowman's membrane occurs with this initial corneal trauma, which can result in keratocytes from the posterior stroma migrating forward to create the superficial nodular areas.2
Microscopy of these nodules has the appearance of disorganized subepithelial collagen fibers and abnormally elongated basal epithelial cells.2
Common causes of chronic corneal trauma causing SND include meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), keratoconjunctivitis sicca, chronic blepharitis, pterygium, exposure keratitis, trachoma, and interstitial keratitis.
Related: Why ODs should add meibography to their practices
According to one report of 180 eyes identified with SND, chronic MGD was the most common comorbidity observed.1
Other causes of SND have been associated with epithelial basement membrane dystrophy (EBMD), soft monthly disposable contact lens wearers, and previous ocular surgery.1
Recent research findings have indicated an extremely high association between patients diagnosed with SND and osteoporosis, which suggests that SND may indicate an abnormality of the patient's mucopolysaccharides.3
Anther case report suggests that SND may also be associated with chronic inflammatory diseases, such as Crohn's disease.4
Unfortunately, SND does not spontaneously resolve. It often ends up needing some level of treatment.
For asymptomatic patients, management can range from conservative observation to lipid-based lubrication (such as Systane Balance [Alcon], Refresh Optive [Allergan], and Tears Plus [Oasis Medical]).
Treatment options for symptomatic patients include a regimen of ointments, topical corticosteroids (loteprednol 0.5% [Lotemax, Bausch + Lomb]), and topical NSAIDs (bromfenac [Prolensa, Bausch + Lomb]) to relieve inflammation and pain.
For long-term treatment, topical dry eye therapies (cyclosporine 0.05% [Restasis, Allergan] and 0.09% [Cequa, Sun], lifitegrast 5% [Xiidra, Shire]) may be added to the regimen. These therapies have been shown to be effective in my clinic to help relieve symptoms for patients who are suffering from dry eye disease and/or MGD as the underlying culprit.
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Depending on the underlying etiology, oral doxycycline may also be beneficial to reduce chronic inflammation.
Successful surgical options include superficial keratectomy (SK), with a subsequent phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) if irregular astigmatism is causing visual disturbances or if anterior haze persists. The recurrence rate of SND following PTK is low and estimated to be about 20 percent within 12 years of surgery.5
Other procedures-such as lamellar or penetrating keratoplasty-are reserved for nodules with deep stromal scarring. After removal of the nodules, amniotic membranes (Prokera [Bio-Tissue]) may help to restore corneal surface integrity by promoting healing and preventing haze.
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Before a patient is referred for cataract surgery, superficial keratectomy of the astigmatism-inducing Salzmann's nodules should always be performed.
Keratometry readings should be stable for four to six weeks in order to proceed with reliable intraocular lens (IOL) calculations. Premium and toric IOLs are usually avoided because of the risk of recurrent nodules and induction of postoperative astigmatism.
The patient mentioned earlier was able to undergo a successful superficial keratectomy procedure. Her vision has stabilized at 20/25 with a small myopic shift.
ODs may come across several cases of SND in their careers, so knowing what to look for and properly treating the underlying problem in a timely manner could influence a patient's visual prognosis.
Disclosures: Dr. Coats is a member of Shire's advisory board and speaks on behalf of the company.
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4. Roszkowska AM, Spinella R, Aragona P. Recurrence of Salzmann nodular degeneration of the cornea in Crohn's disease patient. Int Ophthalmolol. 2013 Apr;33(2):185-7.
5. Das S, Langenbucher A, Pogorelov P, Link B, Seitz B. Long-term outcome of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy for treatment of Salzmann's nodular degeneration. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005 Jul;31(7):1386-91.
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On November 19, 1930, a group of sixteen men who shared an interest in books, fine printing and the book arts were called together by Frank K. Walter, rare book librarian at the University of Minnesota and Arnett W. Leslie of the John Leslie Paper Company, Minneapolis, to form a book club.
For the first five years of its existence Ampersand was known as the Unnamed, or No-Name Club. In 1934 Harold Kittleson, who was working for Powers Book Department in downtown Minneapolis, invited the prolific New York-based author Christopher Morley, who was in town for a book-signing engagement at Powers, to a club luncheon. This was Morley's introduction to the club, and it was at his suggestion that it be named The Ampersand Club. The name indicates, in the words of Emerson G. Wulling, a charter member of the Club, "the miscellaneous components of the group and its literary and typographical amity."
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Pride And Prejudice: Chicago Fire vs New England Revolution, MLS Week 15 Preview
The Fire will be looking to claim a win over the Revs despite tired legs, poor form at home, and a potentially near-empty stadium
By Bridget Gordon@thaumatropia Jun 8, 2018, 3:00pm CDT
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It feels kind of stupid writing about this game given everything that's going on right now.
Please see the following statement from the ISA on the banning of section 101 by @chicagofire and our response to these bans. https://t.co/qa6u7BTf22 #cf97 pic.twitter.com/5gKqSyST8T
— Section 8 Chicago (@Section8Chicago) June 8, 2018
We're going to have more to say on the Sector Latino ban a little later today. But this week has done a lot to illustrate how frustrating and sad it can be to support the Chicago Fire Soccer Club sometimes. It's a testament to Fire fans who stick with the club even as they speak out against the actions of the front office. You have to really love this team to put up with the kind of bullshit that comes along with it. What you're seeing now on CF97 Twitter is longtime fans who love the club and love Chicago Soccer reacting with genuine pain after being effectively told that the feeling isn't totally mutual. That's a terrible thing to reckon with.
So, here we are. The Fire are taking on the Revs at home tomorrow night. The club will be hosting its annual corporate Pride promotions. Many die-hard fans will be somewhere else.
"Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair."
Chicago Fire all-time MLS record vs New England Revolution: 26W-11D-21L, 82 GF / 77 GA, 89 pts out of 174
Chicago Fire home MLS record vs New England Revolution: 16W-8D-5L, 54 GF / 35 GA, 56 pts out of 87
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Unbeaten in their last three league games but still smarting from getting knocked out of the Open Cup in midweek by lower league opposition. Hard to tell which version of the Revs we're likely to get tomorrow night.
Sanchez; Vincent, Lillard, Kappelhof, Ramos; Schweinsteiger, Adams, McCarty; Katai, Campos, Nikolic
I'm not sure about bringing back so many players who put in a lot of minutes in Columbus. But we're short on options and, if players are healthy enough to suit up, we need them.
Suck It Up, Buttercup: This game after the grueling endurance trial in Columbus on Wednesday and ahead of another game next Wednesday. Everyone's tired. Everyone's hurt. There's no help coming. The Fire are just going to have to power through 90 more minutes. There's no clever trick here, no brilliant play. They just have to do the thing. That means playing smart rather than hard, and not over-exerting themselves, and not trying to play Hero Ball. Do the job that's in front of you and get through the night.
Reclaim The Midfield: With Bastian Schweinsteiger getting some rest on Wednesday and Dax McCarty evidently back from injury, the Fire have an opportunity to reassert themselves as a dominant midfield presence. Those two back at 100% (or even 80%) with Mo Adams could serve to run New England out of the game.
Lock It Down: The backline has to deliver tomorrow. So does Richard Sanchez. They need to do whatever they need to do to get their shit together and keep the Revs out of El Gato's net. Don't count on a Niko hat trick to bail everyone out.
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Over the centuries and even in our own time, educational systems, forms of government, philosophical and religious traditions have been deceiving us away from, rather than towards the knowledge and guidance we seek. Hence, when we begin to seek authentic spiritual guidance, we come to an impasse, because of insufficient orientation, preparation or guidance.
At some auspicious time in your life, one begins to question the meaning and purpose of life in a profound and conscious way. When that question and urgent need for an answer is awakened in you, your search for spiritual guidance begins.
Spiritual guidance and apprenticeship is a path of learning and remembering who you are, what your meaning, purpose and mission in life are. On the spiritual path, a True Teacher and Guide is the best friend of your true self, the one who helps you to train for and to realize Self-Transformation. You must "seek" sincerely and constantly until you "find" him or her, and begin your conscious awakening with the directed intention to discover the way of return to your true being.
Following are the natural phases one goes through in order to find a live spiritual guidance from an evolved being or Master Teacher. He or she will guide you toward your Self-Transformation and Enlightenment. Study these stages, heed your intuitive insights, and follow your heart's direction.
A living Master Teacher and Guide is a rare find, especially in these times of such great misunderstanding and confusion between Knowledge and Information. With sincere and honest purpose to seek and to find, you become aware of this basic reality: "That which you are searching and looking for is also looking for you." So, the advice is to increase your awareness, sharpen your sensitivities, so you can recognize the signals, messages, and finally your True Teacher.
This process may take a long time or a short time. It may take 'no time' at all. It depends on the degree of readiness and willingness, aligned with your heart, feelings and mental attitude. Focus and become aware of how you instigate this search; read, practice, meet others, go to workshops, speak to family and friends. Explore and examine your life, your thoughts and actions, in order to make your self ready to recognize your Living Master, Teacher and Guide.
Above all, do not tell anyone you are searching for a Teacher, but FEEL and SENSE this urgent need and live it within you, hermetically sealed and permeating within you. This attitude will speed up your search and will make you sensitive to recognize and be ready for your Teacher. Recognizing this is your precious treasure and private to your inner life.
Listen to your inner voice and examine your responses when you search for your future Teacher. Do you feel you can trust the words or the way he or she speaks and is? Do you sense that the Teacher can guide and inspire you to be free and true to your self? Do you sense the Teacher can be a good example and share that knowledge with you? Trust your insights and act with certainty.
Approach the Teacher with simplicity and respect. Participate in the Teacher's activities. Make your presence felt. Be clear and direct when asking to become his or her student. Observe the answer. Be ready to be tested and examined in very unexpected ways to find out if you are really honest and sincere in your quest. You will know the embrace of acceptance and friendship extended toward you with loving attention and gentle heart.
Once this step is done, now is the time to begin studying and exploring the true relationship between Teacher and Student. Develop an attitude and practice of listening. Reflect on the true meaning of the words: "Surrender," "Discipline", "Submission".
The student now experiences and examines his tests and trust in the Teacher, reflecting on character, motive and determination to walk forward, overcoming all "seeming difficulties" on many levels between you and your self, and between your Teacher and your self.
When you become a candidate at the Threshold, you begin to learn about "Active Mirroring" - how all your thoughts and actions are mirrored constantly by your teacher; and how you react or respond to this relating. You can learn to use this "mirroring" as an effective tool for communication between you and your teacher.
Your relationship with your teacher is a very unique relationship of trust and total conscious knowing. Your conditioning until now can be unlearned. Begin the process now, which is known as "To Learn How to Learn." When you learn how to learn, all possible doors open wide before you, and you acquire a very powerful means to journey the path safely with a trusted guide.
This phase is very important now, because you are engaged on this path. Your behavior and self-observation are of the utmost importance.
There may be a ceremony or initiation, which marks this stage of the relationship and to express the acceptance of you as a student. You may have to write a pledge or an agreement expressing your dedicated commitment to learning. This will establish a connection or bond between you and your Teacher.
During the ceremony, you may be given an exercise, an object, a word, a touch, and a glance from your Teacher. Your gratitude or response to the teachings will reflect support of the Teacher. This can be an expression of appreciation, a gift of words to serve him or her. This also can be a financial offering on a regular basis, monthly or even weekly, and at the time of your initiation ceremony.
Remember that regular financial support of your Teacher is not a compensation for the knowledge you receive. This is for the OCCASION to be in the PRESENCE of your TEACHER. And, so the flow from the "river of knowledge" can occur for the "time" your teacher invests within you, both visibly and invisibly during all your unique and creative relationship. By making this energy flow, you will have access to infinite knowledge and wisdom.
Also, this is one of the genuine ways to demonstrate your sincerity, devotion and dedication to being a receptive student. An empty vessel can receive this practical knowledge from the Teacher. In other words, "be like clay, willing to be shaped." Remember, "In order for the container to be filled, it must be emptied first." So, you will need to learn how to "empty your self" for the "drink" to flow in.
This phase is a very precious state in which to produce this unique and benevolent relationship. Celebrate every moment with your heart full of gratitude and humility.
R E M E M B E R !
"False giving is giving to get.
True giving is not give and take.
True giving is unconditional and does not need thanks."
During this stage, you will develop a personal, closer and even more intimate relationship with your Teacher. It is important to learn how to receive the teachings and put them into practice according to the Teacher's instructions and exercises.
Listen attentively to the Teacher's discourses, spoken or written words, and follow the practices that can change your life gradually or, sometimes, all at once. This is to your benefit. You may be given daily spiritual and physical tasks or exercises to do and practice.
You will be guided toward "new" understanding and realizations. Many subjects may come up as you learn and know how to learn. This will help you advance on your path with your Teacher's guidance, attention and being.
This period of learning may take "time" and with your patience and practice, you will master these teachings. DO NOT limit your self in "time". You may at some time even be asked to become an assistant to help other disciples and students who are in their first steps of learning and becoming. This can help in mastering the teachings, which can prepare you to go on your own with the blessings of your teacher.
As you begin to feel the benefits of the teachings, you may find it necessary to introduce some of your friends or those whom you think may be ready for these teachings or really need a teacher. You must, however, prepare them in such a way that they appreciate the importance of the opportunity. You may also ask your teacher if he wants to accept the candidacy of your friend and arrange a meeting between them to begin the process of enlarging the "Inner Circle of Knowing," while assisting your Teacher in his or her work.
With time, perseverance, and acute self-observation, the student learns to recognize sources of knowledge and wisdom, and begins to use the inner guidance. Using intuition, insight, dreams, special movements, physical signs and others, the student now begins to become aware of the Teacher Within, The Inner Guide.
When one develops a new rapport and special relationship with the self, this allows for a new dimension of accessing the Guide Within, to navigate new territories of knowledge and creative living. This is a turning point discovery and should be celebrated in many ways.
Being aware of this "Invisible Guidance" and how it works makes one aware of a beautiful and comforting presence, which is a great companion in many ways in life. When one has tapped this unlimited source of creativity, one begins to feel a strong independence to make one self-ready to go on their own way, separating one self from the Teacher who is now a friend and a great mentor, your spiritual address.
This is a very interesting and dangerous period also. It is like a child who has learned how to walk with the help of a parent and must now walk on his or her own. "'The Eagle-to-be practices flying with its wings." In this phase, you will understand how your living teacher reflects your own inner teacher, maintaining a special relationship, yet separated from his or her immediate vicinity and immediacy.
Now you are really on your own. You begin to attract certain expressions of human needs and respond accordingly, trusting your own inner guidance of which to accept as your student, how you will transmit to them the knowledge you acquired during the long years of your apprenticeship with your true teacher.
You become a sculptor of human shape, an author of new lives, a shaper of destinies. This is a great responsibility to observe and always maintain. You create new paths for those in need, and who "call" on you to assist them with your loving responses. You will help heal and restore life everywhere that there is an urgent need.
There are many dangers here of self-importance and arrogance which, if you are not aware of them, can harm you and others. You will lose all the learning and knowledge you worked so hard for. The right attitude toward teaching is to be constantly aware to avoid material seductions, false hopes and self- delusions. You must now be ever vigilant with utmost honesty in heart and mind to make your way across the waters and navigate with the wisdom of your teacher and your self, assisting the needs of humanity and recognizing the needs and fulfilling them with a gentle heart and unconditional love.
These observations and suggestions are just a hint of the infinite possibilities, because every human being is unique in his or her needs at any given time in life.
These stages of learning and embarking on the path for self-discovery and self-transformation are just suggestions, as I said. You will discover how to recognize and find your guide, a teacher who will be just for you and your needs, one who is at the service of investing in the human spirit with total dedication, creative and unconditional way of living. Your heart will know and you must trust that sign and go toward that which is already looking for you.
I encourage you to walk with awareness, honesty and self-confidence. Be aware of every step of the way, and above all, enjoy the beautiful and beneficial process. This way will open before you many new dimensions of being, becoming and living creatively with every thought and action.
R E M E M B E R!
There is nowhere to arrive.
Y O U ARE already H E R E.
Y O U contain all the great Intelligence you need.
Y O U ARE the M A P.
YOU ARE the W A Y.
Y O U ARE the T R A V E L E R.
Be well, my friend, and thank you for being here. If we should happen to meet on the way again, visibly or "invisibly", may we TURN within each other's orbits, to share and to do some precious work together. I am here to serve you in whatever way you need to be fulfilled and soar to your infinite possibilities to be.
Dare to discover new possibilities, to live 100% and realize your infinite potential. Dare to seek. I am confident you will find.
And finally, remember this way of learning is associated with joy and playfulness, unlike the "popular wisdom," "no pain, is no gain." In other words, the false idea that, one must suffer to learn.
W I T H P L A Y F U L N E S S A N D J O Y.
* Note: Please see the continuation of this article in "The "Presence" of the "Living Teacher" and The Emanation of Energy".


Katy Kropf, DO, (she/ her pronouns) is a family medicine physician at OhioHealth Family Medicine in Athens, Ohio, and an Assistant Professor at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She started providing gender affirming hormonal care in 2010. This inspiring work prompted her to educate others to provide care for transgender and gender non-conforming people. She earned her bachelor's degree in Biology and Gender and Women's Studies from Grinnell College and her Osteopathic degree from Ohio University.
In this session we will consider some of the challenging clinical scenarios that you will encounter in the holistic care of transgender and gender non-conforming patients. How do you discuss future fertility and birth control concerns with patients who are starting hormones? How do you take into consideration co-occurring mental health issues before and during medical transition? How do you approach screening guidelines such as pap tests and mammography? We will discuss these issues and more from the perspective of current guidelines and evidence as well as sharing clinical experiences from the presenter and the attendees.
2) Discuss approaches to clinical challenges that arise in the care of gender diverse patients.