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International African American Museum Receives New Markets Tax Credits from TD Community Development Corporation
Originally published on newscenter.td.com.
TD's investment will help the non-profit create 186 new jobs, exhibit space
TD Community Development Corporation (TDCDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Bank, N.A., announced today its allocation of New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, to assist in its construction project and opening. The substantial allocation results in an equity investment of more than $5.5 million from TD.
The International African American Museum is making a long-term investment in South Carolina by designing and building a $96 million state-of-the-art, interactive museum to educate the world on the under-told stories of African Americans. The museum will illuminate Charleston's role in the international slave trade and connect visitors to the past, demonstrating how enslaved as well as freed African Americans shaped the economic, political and cultural development of the nation. Additionally, the museum will include a Center for Family History, designed to be a leading national genealogical research center.
TDCDC's NMTC allocation will be used to fabricate a dynamic space to house the museum's exhibitions and create interactive educational galleries on African American history. The investment also helps create 186 new jobs in the Charleston community with benefits such as health insurance, paid personal time off, sick leave and retirement plans for full-time employees, along with apprenticeship, fellowship and wage-progression programs.
Once the Center is open (expected in 2022), visitors and researchers will have access to cutting-edge resources including a variety of databases and records to help individuals and families increase their understanding of their family's history and the role their ancestors played in shaping American history through genealogy testing and census research.
"TD is proud to invest in the International African American Museum, which will provide visitors an unprecedented view into African American history," said Will Richter, Vice President and Compliance Director, TDCDC. "The museum will extend vital access to educational resources for students and families in the region to learn more about the African American experience. We are honored to support the museum and its long-term investment in the Charleston community."
The museum anticipates serving approximately 145,000 visitors in its opening year alone. Furthermore, the $3 million Richardson Family Endowment, established by Jerry and Rosalind Richardson, will support field trips to the museum for underserved students from schools located in the Southeastern United States. These funds are expected to support travel and admission for approximately 20,000 low-income students annually.
"More than $96 million has been raised from individuals, corporations and foundations to construct the museum," said Dr. Elijah Heyward III, Chief Operating Officer of the International African American Museum. "We are so grateful to TD Bank for its leadership in securing a NMTC allocation to benefit the museum. This diversifies our funding sources, which is helpful as we move toward opening."
In 2017, the TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, also provided $250,000 to support the museum's Center for Family History.
"The Foundation grant and NMTC investment to the museum demonstrate TD's unique social purpose, leveraging the combined strength of our business, philanthropy and human capital to build an inclusive future for all," said Shelley Sylva, Head of Social Impact, TD Bank.
About TD Community Development Corporation
TD Community Development Corporation (TDCDC) is a certified Community Development Entity and wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Bank, N.A. Since 2007, TDCDC has been a five-time Allocation Award winner under the NMTC Program, investing in the revitalization of low-income, urban and rural neighborhoods across TD's Maine to Florida footprint. To date, TDCDC has deployed $385 million in NMTC allocation authority and leveraged over $500 million in project financing to support 39 projects. TDCDC's bifurcated deployment strategy helps commercial and industrial businesses create and retain high-quality, accessible jobs and helps community-based organizations improve and expand local services, resources and facilities.
In July of 2020, the U.S. Treasury's CDFI Fund awarded 76 Community Development Entities (CDEs) a total of $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits. Since 2003, the federal program has generated over 1 million jobs and financed nearly 6,000 projects around the nation. Historically, NMTC Program awards have generated $8 of private investment for every $1 invested by the federal government.
About the International African American Museum
The museum strives to foster empathy and understanding, empowering visitors with the knowledge of the past. The journey will challenge, illuminate, inspire and ultimately, will move people to action. The museum's exhibitions will share untold stories using classic techniques as well as new approaches driven by innovation, technology and digital interactivity. Themes will include connections across the African diaspora, the spread of African American culture and influence, and the movements for justice and equality. The Center for Family History will enable visitors to trace their genealogy, while changing exhibitions and special events will keep the museum energized. Educational programs will provide life-long learning opportunities for visitors both young and old.
The museum will open early 2022 and is seeking additional funds to further its mission. For more information or to contribute, please visit the International African American Museum website at iaamuseum.org or connect on social media @iaamuseum on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Why are exception specifications bad?
Back in school some 10+ years ago, they were teaching you to use exception specifiers. Since my background is as one of them Torvaldish C programmers who stubbornly avoids C++ unless forced to, I only end up in C++ sporadically, and when I do I still use exception specifiers since that's what I was taught.
However, the majority of C++ programmers seem to frown upon exception specifiers. I have read the debate and the arguments from various C++ gurus, like these. As far as I understand it, it boils down to three things:
Exception specifiers use a type system that is inconsistent with the rest of the language ("shadow type system").
If your function with an exception specifier throws anything else except what you have specified, the program will get terminated in bad, unexpected ways.
Exception specifiers will be removed in the upcoming C++ standard.
Am I missing something here or are these all the reasons?
My own opinions:
Regarding 1): So what. C++ is probably the most inconsistent programming language ever made, syntax-wise. We have the macros, the goto/labels, the horde (hoard?) of undefined-/unspecified-/implementation-defined behavior, the poorly-defined integer types, all the implicit type promotion rules, special-case keywords like friend, auto, register, explicit... And so on. Someone could probably write several thick books of all the weirdness in C/C++. So why are people reacting against this particular inconsistency, which is a minor flaw in comparison to many other far more dangerous features of the language?
Regarding 2): Isn't that my own responsibility? There are so many other ways I can write a fatal bug in C++, why is this particular case any worse? Instead of writing throw(int) and then throwing Crash_t, I may as well claim that my function returns a pointer to int, then make a wild, explicit typecast and return a pointer to a Crash_t. The spirit of C/C++ has always been to leave most of the responsibility to the programmer.
What about advantages then? The most obvious is that if your function tries to explicitly throw any type other than what you specified, the compiler will give you an error. I believe that the standard is clear regarding this(?). Bugs will only happen when your function calls other functions that in turn throw the wrong type.
Coming from a world of deterministic, embedded C programs, I would most certainly prefer to know exactly what a function will throw at me. If there is something in the language supporting that, why not use it? The alternatives seem to be:
void func() throw(Egg_t);
void func(); // This function throws an Egg_t
I think there is a big chance that the caller ignores/forgets to implement the try-catch in the second case, less so in the first case.
As I understand it, if either one of these two forms decides to suddenly throw another kind of exception, the program will crash. In the first case because it isn't allowed to throw another exception, in the second case because nobody expected it to throw a SpanishInquisition_t and therefore that expression isn't caught where it should have been.
In case of the latter, to have some last resort catch(...) at the highest level of the program doesn't really seem any better than a program crash: "Hey, somewhere in your program something throwed a strange, unhandled exception.". You can't recover the program once you are that far from where the exception was thrown, the only thing you can do is to exit the program.
And from the user's point-of-view they couldn't care less if they get an evil message box from the OS saying "Program terminated. Blablabla at address 0x12345" or an evil message box from your program saying "Unhandled exception: myclass.func.something". The bug is still there.
With the upcoming C++ standard I'll have no other option but to abandon exception specifiers. But I would rather hear some solid argument why they are bad, rather than "His Holiness has stated it and thus it is so". Perhaps there are more arguments against them than the ones I listed, or perhaps there is more to them than I realize?
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I am tempted to downvote this as "rant, disguised as question". You ask three valid points about E.specs, but why do you bother us with your C++-is-so-annoying-and-I-like-C-better ramblings? – Martin Ba Oct 14 '11 at 12:55
@Martin: Because I want to point out that I'm both biased and not up to date with all the details, but also that I regard the language with naive and/or not yet ruined eyes. But also that C and C++ are already incredibly flawed languages, so one flaw more or less doesn't really matter. The post was actually much worse before I edited it down :) The arguments against exception specifiers are also quite subjective and therefore it is hard to discuss them without getting subjective yourself. – user29079 Oct 14 '11 at 13:37
SpanishInquisition_t! Hilarious! I personally was impressed by the usage of stack frame pointer to throw exceptions and seems like it can make the code much more cleaner. However, I never ever actually wrote code with exceptions. Call me old fashioned, but the return values work just fine for me. – Shahbaz Oct 14 '11 at 14:28
@Shahbaz As one can read between the lines, I'm quite old-fashioned too, but still I have never actually questioned whether exceptions by themselves are good or bad. – user29079 Oct 14 '11 at 14:38
The past tense of throw is threw, not throwed. It's a strong verb. – TRiG Dec 8 '14 at 16:58
Exception specs are bad because they're weakly enforced, and therefore don't actually accomplish much, and they're also bad because they force the run-time to check for unexpected exceptions so that they can terminate(), instead of invoking UB, this can waste a significant amount of performance.
So in summary, exception specs aren't enforced strongly enough in the language to actually make code any safer, and implementing them as specified was a big performance drain.
DeadMGDeadMG
But the run-time check isn't the fault of the exception spec as such, but rather of whatever part of the standard that states that there should be a termination if the incorrect type is thrown. Wouldn't it be smarter to simply remove the requirement leading to this dynamic check and let everything be evaluated statically by the compiler? It sounds like RTTI is the true culprit here, or...? – user29079 Oct 14 '11 at 11:06
@Lundin: it is not possible to statically determine all of the exceptions which could be thrown from a function in C++, because the language allows arbitrary and non-deterministic changes to the control flow at runtime (for example via function pointers, virtual methods and the like). Implementing static compile-time exception checking like Java would require fundamental changes to the language and a lot of C-compatibility to be disabled. – user31664 Oct 14 '11 at 11:56
@OrbWeaver: I think static checks are quite possible - the exception spec would be part of a function's specification (like the return value), and function pointers, virtual overrides, etc. would have to have compatible specs. The main objection would be that it's an all-or-nothing feature - functions with static exception specs could not call legacy functions. (Calling C functions would be fine, since they can't throw anything). – Mike Seymour Oct 14 '11 at 12:01
@Lundin: Exception specs have not been removed, just deprecated. Legacy code that uses them will still be valid. – Mike Seymour Oct 14 '11 at 15:32
@Lundin: Old versions of C++ with exception specs are perfectly compatible. They will neither fail to compile nor run unexpectedly if the code was valid before. – DeadMG Oct 14 '11 at 19:06
One reason no-one uses them is because your primary assumption is wrong:
"The most obvious [advantage] is that if your function tries to explicitly throw any type other than what you specified, the compiler will give you an error."
struct foo {};
struct bar {};
struct test
void baz() throw(foo)
throw bar();
test x;
try { x.baz(); } catch(bar &b) {}
This program compiles with no errors or warnings.
Furthermore, even though the exception would have been caught, the program still terminates.
Edit: to answer a point in your question, catch(...) (or better, catch(std::exeption&) or other base class, and then catch(...)) is still useful even if you don't know exactly what went wrong.
Consider that your user has hit a menu button for "save". The handler for the menu button invites the application to save. This could fail for myriad reasons: the file was on a network resource that vanished, there was a read-only file and it couldn't be saved over, etc. But the handler doesn't really care why something failed; it only cares that it either succeeded or failed. If it succeeded, all is good. If it failed, it can tell the user. The exact nature of the exception is irrelevant. Furthermore, if you write proper, exception-safe code, it means that any such error can propagate through your system without bringing it down -- even for code that doesn't care about the error. This makes it easier to extend the system. For example, you now save via a database connection. Are you going to propagate throw(SQLException) in the function stack all the way up, or just class it as "error" and handle it properly already along with all the other things that could go wrong?
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@Lundin it compiled without warnings. And no, you can't. Not reliably. You can call via function pointers or it could be a virtual member function, and the derived class throws derived_exception (which the base class can't possibly know about). – Kaz Dragon Oct 14 '11 at 13:44
Tough luck. Embarcadero/Borland gives a warning for this: "throw exception violates exception specifier". Apparently GCC doesn't. There is no reason they couldn't implement a warning though. And similarly, a static analysis tool could easily find this bug. – user29079 Oct 14 '11 at 13:47
@Lundin: Please don't start arguing and repeating false information. Your question was already something of a rant, and claiming false things doesn't help. A static analysis tool CANNOT find if this happens; to do so would involve solving the Halting Problem. Moreover, it would need to analyze the whole program, and very often the whole source isn't available. – David Thornley Oct 14 '11 at 13:51
@Lundin the same static analysis tool could tell you which thrown exceptions leave your stack, so in this case using exception specifications still buys you nothing except for a potential false-negative that will bring down your program where you could have handled the error case in a much nicer way (such as announcing the failure, and continuing to run: see the second half of my answer for an example). – Kaz Dragon Oct 14 '11 at 13:54
@Lundin A good question. The answer is that, in general, you don't know whether the functions you are calling will throw exceptions, so the safe assumption is that they all do. Where to catch these is a question which I answered in stackoverflow.com/questions/4025667/… . Event handlers in particular form natural module boundaries. Allowing exceptions to escape into a generic window/event system (e.g.), is going to be punished. The handler should catch 'em all if the program is to survive there. – Kaz Dragon Oct 14 '11 at 14:46
This interview with Anders Hejlsberg is quite famous. In it, he explains why the C# design team discarded checked exceptions in the first place. In a nutshell, there are two major reasons: versionability and scalability.
I know the OP is focusing on C++ whereas Hejlsberg is discussing C#, but the points that Hejlsberg makes are perfectly applicable to C++ too.
CesarGonCesarGon
"the points that Hejlsberg makes are perfectly applicable to C++ too" .. Wrong! Checked exceptions as implemented in Java force the caller to deal with them (and/or the caller's caller, etc.). Exception specs in C++ (while pretty weak and useless) only apply to a single "function-call-boundary" and do not "propagate up the call stack" like checked exceptions do. – Martin Ba Oct 17 '11 at 7:37
@Martin: I agree with you about the behaviour of exception specs in C++. But my phrase that you quote "the points that Hejlsberg makes are perfectly applicable to C++ too" refers to, well, the points that Hejlsberg makes, rather than the C++ specs. In other words, I am talking here about versionability and scalability of the program, rather than exception propagation. – CesarGon Oct 17 '11 at 8:10
I disagreed with Hejlsberg quite early: "The concern I have about checked exceptions is the handcuffs they put on programmers. You see programmers picking up new APIs that have all these throws clauses, and then you see how convoluted their code gets, and you realize the checked exceptions aren't helping them any. It is sort of these dictatorial API designers telling you how to do your exception handling." --- Exceptions being checked or not, you still have to handle the exceptions thrown by the API you're calling. Checked exceptions make simply make it explicit. – quant_dev Oct 18 '11 at 9:53
@quant_dev: No, you don't have to handle the exceptions thrown by the API you're calling. A perfectly valid option is to not handle the exceptions and let them bubble up the call stack for your caller to handle. – CesarGon Oct 19 '11 at 16:01
@CesarGon Not handling exceptions is also making a choice how to handle them. – quant_dev Oct 20 '11 at 11:44
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New George Clinton album and Love Supreme appearance
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George Clinton and Parliament have just dropped their first new album since 1980, a surprise, digital-only recording called Medicaid Fraud Dogg, streaming now. Clinton, the deeply influential forefather of funk, formed Parliament in the early 70s as part of his famed Parliament-Funkadelic collective. The group teased this release earlier in the year with a single called 'I'm Gon Make U Sick O'Me', while Medicaid Fraud Dogg examines the shortcomings of America's modern medical institutions, in the funkiest way imaginable
Clinton and his Funkadelic-Parliament group are at this year's Love Supreme Festival. This could well be the last chance to see this one-of-a-kind mother from another, as he has indicated that he'll be calling time on touring next year. So, time to get funking!
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Marc Bamuthi Joseph doesn't shy away from politics. During a March 7 interview, he brought up the Republican Party several times: its opposition to climate change remedies, the "crazy anti-intellectual fervor" he says is demonstrated in the GOP presidential primary race, the contrast between Newt Gingrich and the congressional members who represent his home in Oakland (Barbara Lee) and workplace at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Nancy Pelosi). Fittingly, Joseph's new performance work—the Walker-commissioned red, black & GREEN: a blues (rbGb)–draws together in beautiful nexus several matters rarely seen as central to the Republican platform: environmental justice, the lives and communities of lower-income people and people of color (what Joseph calls "urban America" and "multicultural America"), public space, and community. For an artist like Joseph, who operates under the umbrella of relational aesthetics, his medium is the very fabric of social relations currently being effaced by politicians such as Mitt Romney who believes "corporations are people." In a moment where privatization is encroaching upon, displacing, and redefining the very notion of what it means to be a human being, Joseph's work vitally speaks out against this threat.
During Joseph's residency as part of the Walker's Open Field last summer, attendees were asked to share their perspectives on some of these emerging definitions. "'Sustainability' and 'community' ultimately come down to people and relationships. That's the bottom line," says DeAnna Cummings, executive director of North Minneapolis' Juxtaposition Arts.
Juxtaposition's role in Minneapolis is special because of its daily investment in the same issues that motivate red, black & GREEN: a blues. That investment points out not only "emerging definitions of environmentalism," but also emerging definitions of what art, and even an art center, should look and act like.
The question for larger arts institutions such as the Walker is how to be a vehicle through which things can be talked about that are, as Gates says, really important and urgent. These are constant questions at the Walker, where multidisciplinary programming and a summerlong Open Field initiative take a lead in making the Walker a place that engages some of the same concerns as Joseph's Life is Living Festival, especially the shared belief that "presenting can actually happen anywhere; we can take our ideologies and aesthetics and locate them where people are, without undermining the aesthetic quality of what we choose to present," as Joseph says.
Despite all of his work outside of arts institutions, with the Life is Living Festival, his performance work with the Living Word Project, and also as artistic director at Youth Speaks–the nation's largest spoken word organization for youth—he still believes in art institutions. "I still believe in the ritual of people gathering, in both well-lit and dark spaces, to share thoughts," he says.


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Q: More Ngrams than unigrams in a string I noticed the number of bigrams is higher than the number of unigrams and that there are more trigrams than there are bigrams. So basically, the number of ngrams are more than the number of unigrams. I don't understand how this is possible.
New Delhi is the capital of India.
No of unigrams - 7
No of bigrams - 6
No of trigrams - 5
Here I am clearly seeing that the number of unigrams will always be greater than ngrams.

A: People are talking about number of distinct n-grams.
Mississippi is a river in United States. It has four distinct unigrams (M, I, S, P); but five distinct digrams (MI, IS, SI, IP, PI) and six distinct trigrams (MIS, ISS, SSI, SIP, IPP, PPI).
Or look from theoretical side: alphabet {A, B} has two possible unigrams, four possible digrams, eight possible trigrams...

A: Number of Words in a bigram is greater than the number of words in a unigram. Similarly, number of words in a trigram is greater than the number of words in a bigram.
This is true if you would perform it on an actual dataset that contains many strings. If you would perform it on a single string then the result would be the opposite.
Let us understand it with the help of an example. Let us say string 1 contains: w1,w2,w3,w4,w5,w6 and string 2 contains: w1,w7,w3,w2,w5,w4,w6.
so total no of unigrams over here is {w1,w2,w3,w4,w5,w6,w7}. So total number of words in unigram is 7.
Now let us see in the case of a bigram. Total number of words in bigrams are:
 {(w1,w2),(w2,w3),(w3,w4),(w4,w5),(w5,w6),(w1,w7),(w7,w3),(w3,w2),(w2,w5),(w5,w4),(w4,w6)}

So total no of words in bigram over here is 11.
This happens because there are many words that repeat in case of unigram but in case of bigram fewer words repeat and in case of trigrams even lesser number of words would repeat. As you would increase the value of n in n-grams fewer number of words would start to repeat and hence the number of words increases as you increase in the value of n in n-grams.

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London is a good destination for bars and when you're organising a meeting in the capital, one of your considerations may be the bar. London Venues with super cool bars are a great place for delegates to unwind. Colleagues can catch-up on the day's events, review the ideas and inspirations which have formed from a productive day and look forward to new initiatives.
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Everyday Health Women's Health Menopause
Refocusing Your Identity in Menopause
It's not just about hot flashes and mood swings. Menopause can be the start of new awareness and freedom, if you allow yourself to be open to it.
By Eric Berlin, MD
Medically Reviewed by Niya Jones, MD, MPH
6 Surprising Hot Flash Triggers
Quick Fixes for Menopause Symptoms
Sign Up for Our Women's Health Newsletter
Menopause is synonymous with change. Of course, the most noticeable physical change is the end of your menstrual periods. But well before they fully stop, you may experience a wide variety of symptoms. The best known are hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings. These symptoms are due in part to changing hormone levels in your body, a normal part of this natural process, and they affect women very differently — from debilitating to bothersome to tolerable, or, for some women, barely noticeable.
But hormonal changes are not the whole story. Equally important is the emotional impact that menopause may have on you. While many women appreciate no longer having menstrual periods and worrying about birth control, others may find themselves questioning their identity and their womanliness.
Menopause, Change, and You
Some of these emotional effects are rooted in physical changes in the body, while others are not. Below are a few factors that can influence how you relate to yourself and others during menopause:
Depression and anxiety. In the past, changing hormone levels were thought to be the only reason for mood changes in women going through menopause. Now, life experiences, perceptions, and attitudes are considered major factors that affect your mood during menopause. For example, if you expect menopause to be a bad experience, have suffered from depression in the past, or are just stressed out about the change, you may be more likely to experience depression and anxiety. Your attitude can influence your emotional well-being for better or worseTalk to a friend or counselor or consider joining a women's support group to work on developing a more positive attitude about menopause.
Self-identity and changing roles. As a woman, you have likely assumed many roles in your life — wife, professional, mother, daughter, sister. A part of who you are, your identity, is wrapped up in each of these roles. Feeling good about yourself in the many different parts you play in your life can actually result in fewer menopausal symptoms. Understandably though, it can be overwhelming for some menopausal women to deal with a number of adjustments all at once. In addition to changes in your body, your children may be growing up and moving out, and your life at work may be changing as well. Luckily, you don't have to go it alone — there's a wealth of support available for women going through this transitional period. Talk to your doctor about what might be most helpful for you.
Feelings about childbearing. Some women become distressed because menopause marks the end of their childbearing years, while others feel relieved that their periods have ended. Friends or relatives who have already experienced menopause may be able to help you cope with your feelings related to loss of fertility in menopause.
Sexual relations and desire. While some women experience an increase in sex drive, due to decreased anxiety associated with the fear of pregnancy, others experience a loss of sex drive. In one study of menopausal women, participants reported that their sex drive was significantly reduced as a result of uncomfortable vaginal dryness. But there's no need to suffer needlessly. Many vaginal lubricants, moisturizers, and other remedies are available over the counter or by prescription to help combat this symptom of menopause. And keeping the lines of communication open with your spouse or partner by talking about your feelings and needs will help you to address any concerns you may have and avoid misunderstandings.
Physical appearance. It's not unusual for your body, and your body image, to change during menopause; hormonal fluctuations can lead to a redistribution of body weight and changes in muscle tone, and with age come other physical changes as well. This can add stress to an already stressful time. Keep in mind, though, that change isn't always a bad thing. Accepting the changes that menopause brings can help you become more comfortable with your body and allow you to maintain a higher level of self-esteem. Continuing to concentrate on your overall health by getting enough sleep and plenty of exercise can also help ease you into this transition more comfortably.
Menopause is an inevitable, natural, and normal part of life, and some women actually welcome the change. For many, menopause provides increased self-awareness and a stronger sense of personal identity. But if you are overwhelmed by the emotional, physical, or social impact of menopause, talk to your physician or join a support group in your community or online. There's never been a better time to reach out to others, share your feelings and concerns about menopause, and benefit from the feedback of women who have already experienced what you're going through today.
The Latest in Menopause
A New Way to Save Women's Knees? Some Osteoarthritis Symptoms May Be Avoided With Hormone Therapy, a Study Suggests
New research hints that HT may help protect joints and prevent knee osteoarthritis in postmenopausal women.
Treatments for Menopausal and Perimenopausal Symptoms
Need relief from midlife mood swings, hot flashes, and sleep trouble? Learn about how to treat, manage, and cope with menopausal symptoms.
Menopause and Perimenopause Resource Center
Fitness at 40 and Beyond: What to Know About Midlife Exercise Needs
Cancer Risks Increase Around Menopause
The milestone is a good time for women to re-assess health risks.
10 Symptoms of Menopause and Perimenopause
Perimenopause and Menopause: What's the Difference?
People often use the terms "menopause" and "perimenopause" interchangeably, but they are actually different phases of a woman's life.
Past Trauma Linked to Hot Flashes and Other Menopause Symptoms
High numbers of women report abuse and symptoms of PTSD.
FDA Approves New Drug for Treating Hot Flashes
Bijuva, a combination hormone therapy, offers relief for women experiencing menopausal symptoms with just one daily pill.
FDA Approves Diagnostic Test to Assess Menopause Status
Hormone test PicoAMH Elisa can help predict timing of "The Change," and facilitate preventive care discussions.
Mindfulness May Help Improve Menopause Symptoms
New research finds that being in the moment helps ease symptoms such as hot flashes and the stress menopause can cause.
Light Therapy May Give Women Quick Relief From Midlife Sleep Trouble, Research Shows
Combined with a "sleep shifting" approach, light treatments can help ease depression and sleep disruptions common in perimenopause.
Later Menopause Linked to Better Memory, Study Shows
Women who enter menopause at a later age have slightly better recall than women going through this change earlier, a new British study has found.
Can Hormone Therapy for Menopause Prevent Weight Gain?
Menopausal women who are on the treatment are less likely to gain dangerous belly fat — but there's a catch, a new study shows.
Timing of Menopause May Affect Heart Failure Risk
Women whose periods end early and those who never give birth seem at added risk, research suggests.
Early Onset Hot Flashes May Signal Higher Heart Risks
Study found link between menopausal symptoms in younger women and reduced blood vessel function.
Incontinence: The Below the Belt Reason for Avoiding Exercise
Menopause Before 40? Risk of Broken Bones May Be Higher
And traditional preventive treatments don't erase added danger.
Early Menopause Linked to Higher Heart Disease, Death Risks
Findings highlight need for certain women to discuss hormone therapy with their doctor.
Science Says Yes to Female Ejaculation


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Testimonials > "He really clicked with the program at Foundation House"
"He really clicked with the program at Foundation House"
As you know Sheryl and I came to pick up Evan this past weekend.
It was difficult to leave the place where he has had so much success. But it is time to move on.
We did not know about Foundation House before Evoke and Recovery Counseling recommended it. Indeed we were uncertain as to whether it was the right fit and Evan as you may know was skeptical as to whether there was much more he could accomplish there.
But as you know, it worked out tremendously well. We don't know what the future holds but we are confident Evan is in far better place than he was a year ago. He really clicked with the program at Foundation House.
There were many people there who were supportive and helpful in his accomplishments. Cort was great on helping him with the project he was working on in the woodshop. Many of the others were helpful in providing advice and direction.
Of course, Woody was a key part of the successes of the past number of months. I can see why other parents recommended him. His commitment to Evan and what needed to be accomplished was marvelous and we have sent him a separate note thanking him.
But none of the experiences and achievements of the past number of months would have happened if Evan did not go to Foundation House. It was not easy for us given we work in Canadian dollars and do not have unlimited funds. But your willingness to work with us on making sure we could find a way for Evan to not only go to Foundation House but to stay as long as he needed to made it much easier. We really appreciate how you made it as easy as you did.
Sheryl and Randolph H.
Parents of Foundation House Resident 2019


Sweet and savoury treats. Take time out to smell the roses.
Baking is back! This delightful class is full of decadent mouthfuls.
One of the highlights in this class is enjoying eating from towering plates of sweet and savoury finger food. Sip on fine teas or fresh coffee. Relish in a glass of chilled bubbly. A relaxed, elegant eating experience is wonderful to savour.
There are many baking techniques to be learnt during this special treat of a class. Every recipe has been designed to teach you a certain skill. You'll enjoy lots of fun learning whilst cooking these delicacies.
The High Tea ritual became popular in the 1800's. Guests entertained in this way could experience good manners and elegance – sounds very gorgeous, doesn't it.
We think that if this treat is experienced occasionally in your life, it may even assist to slow you down and offer a break from the frenetic pace of modern life. Spoil yourself.


Sunday, December 1, 2013, was World AIDS Day. I blogged about this last Monday, and today is the last day in my pledge to donate $1.00 for each of my Dreamspinner Press books sold on the Dreamspinner Press website for this week to help achieve a goal of zero new HIV infections. And to wrap up my observation of World AIDS Day, I thought I'd share a wonderful, short video my husband and his Duke University students and colleagues made about the Pratt Pouch, a delivery system for antiretroviral drugs to prevent mother to child transmission of AIDS in the Developing World.
As a reminder, because I find this figure particularly overwhelming and difficult to fathom: 25 million men, women, and children have died worldwide since AIDS was first discovered. The goal of doctors, politicians and engineers worldwide is ZERO new infections. Zero. That's one hell of a goal and one I hope I live to see.
You might know that for me, the fight against AIDS is personal. I knew men who died of AIDS in the 1980s (and have dedicated my latest book, Encore, to them). But it's also personal because my husband's work is in part focused on preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to child. His group won a prestigious USAID grant a few years ago, and the keynote speaker for the awards was Hillary Clinton. To say I was proud of him is an understatement. He amazes me with his work.
this packet is filled with anti-retroviral drugs that an HIV-positive mother can give her baby in the first day or so of his/her life to prevent the baby from being infected by HIV. Because in many developing countries, mothers give birth to their babies at home, where there are no medical professionals to administer the medicine. Armed with the liquid medicine, which will remain stable in the pouches without refrigeration, Duke University engineers are helping to decrease the number of new HIV infections worldwide. Here's the amazing video (starring my husband, Bob Malkin!) explaining how the pouch works: Duke University-Pratt Pouch Video.
The AIDS epidemic left an indelible imprint on the community of musicians I was a part of when I was singing opera professionally. My most recent release, Encore, is dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS, and in particular to one of my accompanist/coaches, who died of AIDS in the late 1980s. The music industry lost far too many talented men to this disease, and my book is dedicated in particular to David, my longtime accompanist, who died of AIDS in the late 1980s.
Just a reminder: the Blue Notes 2013 Holiday Blog Tour giveaway is still going on. Enter to win great prizes including a Kindle loaded with ebooks, a sterling silver music-themed necklace, and other fun stuff. You can enter more than once by tweeting, liking on Facebook, buying books, and commenting on tour posts. Click here for the Rafflecopter entry form: a Rafflecopter giveaway Giveaway ends on New Year's Eve!
Great post, Shira! The Pratt Pouch: what an INCREDIBLE invention!


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Amazon's best-selling books about "Russian Politics" are mostly about Donald Trump
Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
By Luiz Romero
Sean Spicer's book "The Briefing" is out this week and early reviews haven't been kind. The Guardian said "it rings like an audition for a talkshow," the Washington Post called it "a bumbling effort at gaslighting Americans into doubting what they have seen with their own eyes," and the Wall Street Journal said it's "littered with inaccuracies."
Despite a plug by Donald Trump himself, the memoir by the former White House press secretary hasn't cracked Amazon's Top 100 list. But in one area, Spicer's book has proved very popular: Russia studies.
Spicer's account of his short stint with the Trump administration is a best seller online in Amazon's "Russian & Former Soviet Union Politics" category. The physical version of the book topped the list this morning, while the digital version was number three.
Of course, best seller lists are flawed. They can be biased, their criteria can be murky, and they can be "hacked" by authors and trolls alike. Amazon's rankings have also been criticized for moving too fast; they are updated hourly, instead of weekly or monthly, which makes it easier to become a "best-selling" author—if only for an hour.
But Spicer's book is not the only book about Trump that is listed as a relevant bestseller on Russian politics. At time of writing, the entire category was dominated by books about the Trump era, with Malcolm Nance's "The Plot to Destroy Democracy", Alan Dershowitz's "The Case Against Impeaching Trump" and Jerome Corsi's "Killing the Deep State" all in the top 10.
So how did all these books about Trump get into the Russia category? According to Amazon, publishers set the category and search keywords for their books.
Update July 26: This story has been updated to clarify how book categories are selected.


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2014-05-16T13:00:01Z by Kurt Halfyard
New To Netflix: Miscellany Or Potpourri?
In this edition of our biweekly Netflix column, the complete lack of focus is exactly the point. From a huge Oscar-winning animated film to a micro-sized black and white period piece on the early days of computer chess, and...
2013-04-24T19:00:07Z by J Hurtado
Now on Blu-ray: Don Coscarelli Double Feature - PHANTASM II, JOHN DIES AT THE END
Don Coscarelli isn't a name that sends studio heads scrambling for their checkbooks, but if you're a fan of esoteric and bloody horror films, you know the guy's work. Coscarelli's largest contribution to the world of horror cinema in undoubtedly the...
2013-04-18T08:00:00Z by Brian Clark
During the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, I saw vengeful ghosts, vampire threesomes, transvestite killers, monstrous gorillas, giant spiders and at least a dozen decapitations. Just as entertaining though, were the multiple directors that I saw singing a cappella to...
Cineplex Entertainment and Raven Banner Launch New Monthly Horror Series SINISTER CINEMA
Good news for fans of horror film here in Canada. If you have been lamenting that some of the buzz titles from festival circuits or limited release films haven't been playing at a cinema near you then your day just...
2013-01-24T10:01:01Z by Peter Martin
Opening: JOHN DIES AT THE END, A Fun Ride That Fails to Fully Deliver
"David Wong can see things that other people can't. Strange things. Frightening things. Sometimes dead things and creatures from other dimensions. "So can his friend John, with whom he has set up something of a cottage business eliminating supernatural pests....
2012-12-19T11:00:46Z by Todd Brown
Coscarelli's JOHN DIES AT THE END Gets A Red Band Trailer
What's better than a movie revolving around the end of the world and rampant drug use? A trailer for a movie revolving around the end of the world and rampant drug use that includes breasts. Yes, Don Coscarelli's John Dies...
Stay Away From Red Meat And Watch The New JOHN DIES AT THE END Trailer
After a great deal of chatter and a lengthy festival run, Don Coscarelli's adaptation of David Wong's cult hit novel John Dies At The End hits iTunes December 27th prior to a January 25th theatrical release. And impending releases mean...
JOHN DIES AT THE END Lands Some Quality Poster Art
There's very little to say about Don Coscarelli's adaptation of David Wong's John Dies At The End that we haven't said already - check the links below - but here's a little something new: Final poster art for the film...
THIS BOOK IS FULL OF SPIDERS: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It!!!
Waitaminute! A trailer for a book? When that trailer is for the book sequel to David Wong's breakout cult hit John Dies at the End? Oh, hell. And yes. While reactions to the film adaptation of Wong's book have been...
TIFF 2012 Review: JOHN DIES AT THE END, An Initially Entertaining But Deeply Flawed Adaptation
David Wong can see things that other people can't. Strange things. Frightening things. Sometimes dead things and creatures from other dimensions. So can his friend John, with whom he has set up something of a cottage business eliminating supernatural pests....
Magnet Grabs JOHN DIES AT THE END for Worldwide Release
The worldwide distribution rights to Don Coscarelli's John Dies at the End have been acquired by Magnet Releasing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film's debut at Sundance earlier this year is now being described as a "work-in-progress" screening, as...
2012-02-02T21:33:55Z by Alex Koehne
Sundance 2012 Interview: Don Coscarelli talks JOHN DIES AT THE END
If you read my review of John Dies at the End, you know that I had a great time watching the movie, at midnight, in the Egyptian Theater during The Sundance FIlm Festival. Introduced by a bushy bearded Paul Giamatti who...
Sundance 2012 Review: JOHN DIES AT THE END
John Dies at the End is not a movie for everyone. In my opinion, that's a good thing. A film showing at a festival like Sundance should not only be allowed to be different and hold a unique perspective...
Don Coscarelli's JOHN DIES AT THE END Added To Sundance Lineup
Don Coscarelli - director of the Phantasm series and Bubba Ho-Tep - will be making the trip to Park City, his genre bending scifi-horror-comedy John Dies At The End having just been added to the Park City At Midnight lineup...
Fabulous First Trailer For Coscarelli's JOHN DIES AT THE END
It's a combination that has piqued out interest from day one, one that offers the potential of something truly remarkable. Bubba Ho Tep and Phantasm director Don Coscarelli has spent the past year hard at work on a film adaptation...
First JOHN DIES AT THE END Footage To Screen At Fantastic Fest!
Fantastic Fest attendees: Should you be present at the 9:15pm screening of Penumbra on September 25th there will be a wee treat in store for you. Bubba Ho-Tep and Phantasm director Don Coscarelli will be on hand to premiere the...
Doug Jones And Angus Scrimm Among Additions To Coscarelli's JOHN DIES AT THE END
Need more reasons to be excited for Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli's upcoming adaptation of cult scifi comedy John Dies At The End? Here are a few. With another round of shooting under way Coscarelli hass just announced a quartet...
Don Coscarelli's Latest Revealed As JOHN DIES AT THE END
Paul Giamatti is starring in a new film by Don Coscarelli and it's not Bubba Nosferatu. No, after a couple days of being teased by Coscarelli via his teaser account word is now out that the director's new film -...


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ARCHIVED - Alicante province returns to extreme risk: Covid Update July 20
14-day cumulative incidence rate leaps 73 points since Friday.
In just four days, 2,101 new Covid diagnoses have been recorded in Alicante province where the incidence rate now stands at 289 per 100,000 inhabitants - up from 216 on Friday.
The province is now classed as 'extreme risk' with Marina Alta and Marina Baixa the two comarcas which have experienced the largest surge in new infections.
Marina Alta: The average cumulative incidence rate is almost double the provincial average and now stands at 571 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Calpe remains the most affected municipality, with 318 active cases and an incidence rate of 1,363, followed by: Gata de Gorgos, with 961 cases per 100,000; El Verger, (807); and Teulada (638). Meanwhile, Denia, Javea, Benissa, Ondara, El Poble Nou de Benitatxell also exceed 400.
Marina Baixa: The average incidence rate has reached 406 cases per 100,000 people. Benidorm is the municipality most affected by the virus at the moment, with 356 active cases and a rate of 505.32. It's followed by Altea, with a rate of 403. The rate also just exceeds 300 in Villajoyosa, Alfaz del Pi and Finestrat.
Vega Baja: There are currently no municipalities in 'extreme risk', though many are still 'high risk'. Orihuela now has an incidence rate of 176; Callosa de Segura, 199; while the Torrevieja health area - including Pilar de Horadada and Guardamar - has an average of rate of 101 cases per 100,000.
General Hospital of Alicante and San Juan: 359 and 400 cases per 100,000 respectively.
General Hospital of Elche and Santa Pola: 355 and 375 respectively.
Elche-Crevillente (which includes Aspe and Hondon de los Frailes): The rate has risen to 322, though there are currently only four active cases.
The 14-day accumulated incidence rate across the whole region has now climbed to 495 cases per 100,000 of population; less than two months ago, the region was consistently reporting the lowest case rates in Spain with just 26 cases per 100,000.
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myturtleneck design primer series: logo vs brand. the distinction.
For those who don't know me, my name is Catherine Mangosing. I am the owner and chief creative of My Turtleneck Design. In the past 22+ years, I've worked on numerous brand identity projects, print, packaging, digital design, design consultation, etc both in-house for brands and at design studios and agencies. I've taken on independent projects over the years and continue to do the same for clients in the US, Canada, and elsewhere. I've often asked about my design process and I've written a little bit about it. I will be sharing some of what I know and how I work in a series of blog posts here on my blog. The primary goal for sharing is to help small businesses, startups or organizations who may not have worked with a designer before identify the key pieces of information that you'll need to consider before a designer, like myself, can successfully develop a strong brand identity. Hence, Design Primer Series. I hope you will take away something valuable to help you begin building your brand, establish clear goals as well as maximize your time with your designer. I will try my best to demystify the design process and break it down into digestible chunks.
My personal approach to design is a thoughtful one. I consider everything from the concrete to the nuanced information clients share with me about themselves and their companies. All of it helps me distill the knowledge down into a memorable visual representation.
A logo is a symbol for the brand – the brand's identity. A logo could be an icon or symbol, graphic and/or the typographic treatment of the company name – also known as a wordmark. It is a starting point and visual centre for any brand. One easy and very recognizable example to cite is Apple.
More than ever, we live in a design-savvy world. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the most recognizable brands out there also have great design. People today are passionate about design (case in point: Apple). Whether you love or hate Apple, the reason behind that passion is simple: Apple made good design matter to everyone – not just to designers.
A logo should be memorable and communicate a clear idea about a company. The Apple logo (and name) has always been about being simple, friendly, fun and approachable. Great logo design is a strong starting component in building that trust and brand loyalty. These days, brands can no longer afford to not prioritize design. Our visual landscape is saturated and the audience is more savvy. Great logo design undeniably adds value to your company. But it is also ONLY THE BEGINNING of your brand story.
Your brand is all those things and more. It's defined by how people feel about your company. The emotional connection people have with brands like Apple is what gives them power. That connection is built over time. Particularly in this age of social media, what gives shape to a brand is inextricably linked to the audience's experience of it – both positive and negative. The audience is vocal, for better or worse. A brand is an ever-evolving entity that requires trust from all who interact with it in order to thrive. Companies with the most loyal followers consider their brand design very carefully. It requires good management and consistency. The most successful brands have managed to have their audience fall in love with them. A great designer can put you on the road toward achieving that.


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Creators and Technology Converging: When Tech Becomes Part of the Story
Erin Kissane (Contents Magazine & OpenNews Source)
Todd Boss (Motionpoems), Louis-Jacques Darveau (The Alpine Review), Eli Horowitz (The Silent History), Kate Pullinger (Bath Spa University), Russell Quinn (The Silent History)
10:35am–12:10pm Thursday, 02/14/2013
Location: Astor Ballroom Level:
Presentation: Creators and Technology Converging_ When Tech Becomes Part of the Story Presentation [PPTX]
In this 2-session "mini-track," Erin Kissane leads a panel of artists (author, editor, designer/developer, poet, and multimedia producer) in exploring how technology is influencing art and authoring, and how the very nature of creation is being redefined by networked and other tech tools.
Topics for discussion:
How form influences the narrative – each technological decision informs the next, and therefore affects the content and reader experience.
How collaboration impacts story development.
The pros, cons and exciting possibilities when audience-generated content removes artistic control (sometimes changing the narrative and often extending the life of the project).
How creating for one platform/device versus many also affects the development of the story and the direction it will take.
Contents Magazine & OpenNews Source
Erin Kissane is co-founder and editor of Contents , an online magazine that draws connections between new forms of editorial work, publishing, and journalism. She also edits Knight-Mozilla's Source, a community site that highlights the work of data journalists and newsroom coders.
She is the author of The Elements of Content Strategy (A Book Apart, 2011), and has worked with clients including W.W. Norton, Thomson Reuters, and the US Patent & Trademark Office to develop unified workflows and tools for publishing on the web. She was formerly the editor of A List Apart magazine and editorial director of Happy Cog Studios.
She lives in Brooklyn and blogs infrequently at Incisive.nu.
Todd Boss
Motionpoems
Todd Boss is the literary director and co-founder of MOTIONPOEMS, a new poetry film company now partnering with Copper Canyon, Graywolf, BEST AMERICAN POETRY and other publishers. A 2013 premiere of new works will be screened at the Walker Art Center in April. Todd's poetry collections are YELLOWROCKET (W. W. Norton, 2008) and PITCH (2011).
Louis-Jacques Darveau
The Alpine Review
Louis-Jacques Darveau is Publisher and Editor of The Alpine Review, an ambitious new independent magazine that has been referred to as "a compendium of ideas for a world in transition".
A recovering lawyer and refugee from the land of boardrooms, Louis-Jacques consults independently to both public and private institutions, focusing on new ventures, innovation opportunities, product development and marketing. He has wide-ranging experience working with high-profile clients in Canada, the US and Europe, delivering performance-boosting solutions. His passions include issues of complexity, turbulence, good governance and good society. LJ is currently based in Montréal, where he lives with his wife and daughter.
Eli Horowitz
The Silent History
Eli Horowitz was the managing editor and then publisher of McSweeney's for eight years, working closely with authors including Chris Adrian, Salvador Plascencia, Deb Olin Unferth, Michael Chabon, Adam Levin, Joyce Carol Oates, and William Vollmann. He is the coauthor of The Clock Without a Face, a treasure-hunt mystery, and Everything You Know Is Pong, an illustrated cultural history of ping pong, and his design work has been honored by I.D., Print and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Before McSweeney's, he was employed as a carpenter and wrote science trivia questions tenuously linked to popular films. He was born in Virginia and now lives in San Francisco.
Kate Pullinger
Kate Pullinger writes for both print and digital media. Her most recent novel, The Mistress of Nothing, won Canada's Governor General's Award in 2009, and was published by Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, in 2010. Her online multimedia work, Inanimate Alice, has become an influential title, often cited as 'the future of children's literature'; the American Association of School Librarians named it as a 'Best Website for Teaching and Learning', 2012, and it has been included on the BBC/ACE digital initiative, The Space.
Pullinger's other digital projects and books can be found at her website; she blogs about the future of literature here.
Kate Pullinger is Professor of Creative Writing and Digital Media at Bath Spa University. Originally from British Columbia, Canada, she lives in London, England.
Russell Quinn
RUSSELL QUINN is a software developer, digital designer, and cofounder of the multinational digital agency Spoiled Milk. He began his career making tools for game consoles at Sony, and was most recently employed as McSweeney's Digital Media Director where he developed and implemented their e-book strategy, and relaunched their popular humor website and store. In 2009, he invented the first subscription-based iPhone app in the publishing industry. His work has been featured in TIME, Wired, Creative Review and Computer Arts. A native Englishman, Russell left the UK in 2005, eventually settling in California after periods in Denmark and Switzerland.


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Saw one of these for the other games in the series so I figured I'd start one.
I almost finished Spec 4 yesterday, still getting used to the car as it gets better and the courses are much different than I imagined so I'm still getting used to those too.
About time we start this.
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Got a few games in today for tuning, nothing major. Is there a final tune option for which motors you want? For example turbo, na, supercharged?
Yeah we've been discussing at the arcade how the car feels so much different going from spec to spec. Even now I'm 1 or 2 into Spec 5 and it handles nothing like I thought it would from watching videos.
people have been going around speculating which engine is the better one. but honestly, I feel that it makes no difference.
Don't know about D8 but in previous games there's very little difference between them.
Also note you would need to be like, 7-8 upgrades into SPEC 5 to feel like the online video kind.
Sega just replaced regular character part spins with some exclusive character slot items temparately. Looking to try my luck tomorrow and see maybe if I can get a cowboy hat or something.
Last week I got beaten by an E2 guy with 100+. Maybe in a few days will start making my first EXP card if i have money. Still consider whether want to get D.net or not.
just curious, where'd you play?
Still in the process of tuning my rotary babies. Only at Spec 2 for my FC. Quite slow but I'll get there slowly. Sorry if this has been asked before, but I wanna know how to choose the option to add character parts?
Other than that, its just FT-ing and completing the missions and back to online and TAs.
Sega Club Akihabara. Just created a JPN card for souvenirs sake since it's cheap to make a card here (half the price of the going rate in Malaysia in fact).
Even fought and lost to a guy in Singapore too.
Got a few more upgrades left in S5 still. Got to battle another player with a card (which is kinda rare considering not many know how to navigate menus yet). He had an S2 FC against my S5 2D86, picked Iro and he wanted boost off so I destroyed him by 300m.
recorded a few decent videos yesterday and probably going to do so today as well. the link to our team's Youtube channel is in the signature below; do support us!
awaken too godly le. Jiayou!
LOL achc that team sticker OAO!!! You don't really wanna know who's name is on it. OTL OTL.
Upgraded two cards from D7 today. Played some online matches and upgraded the cars a bit. Lost a few battles to players which I suspect we're using much higher tuned cars and a few close ones that were probably near me tuning wise.
I really like the fact that the Character Bar is back to Single Online Battle again.
Try to look out for roll cage in the interior of cars. Those are higher spec cars.


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Missionaries risk lives in fight against Ebola
Catholic priests and missionaries in western Africa are risking their lives in the battle against the Ebola epidemic, a papal representative reported in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
Archbishop Miroslaw Adamczyk, the apostolic nuncio for Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Gambia, told ACN that in Liberia alone, there have been over 2,000 cases of Ebola diagnosed in the past 6 months, and over 1,000 of the victims have died. He observed that "the Ebola virus disease doesn't show any signs of slowing down."
The archbishop paid tribute to the priests and religious who have cared for Ebola patients at St. Joseph's hospital in Monrovia. Four have died of the disease, while two others were infected by recovered. "These good missionaries paid the highest price for their service to the Church and the people of Liberia," he said.
Since August, the Church faithful in Liberia have been told not to shake hands during Mass at the Sign of Peace, in order to minimize the risk of contagion, the papal nuncio said. Basins of water mixed with chlorine have been placed at the entrances of every church to allow people to sterilize their hands.
Missionaries pay ultimate price in confronting Ebola in Liberia (ACN)
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Zeminar was founded by Dr Damien Clarke and Ian Fitzpatrick, and first took place in October 2016. The aim of the event is to provide young people, those part of Generation Z, with information on skills development, health and well-being and educational opportunities. Owing to the interests of the co-founders, the event has an emphasis on mental health issues that are prevalent amongst younger people. It is believed to be the world's only such event for this age group.

2016
In 2016 the event was attended by 14,000 students and young people, 850 teachers and 75 speakers and took place on 11 October. Speakers included Niall Breslin, Dr Rhona Mahony, Fr Peter McVerry, and Maria Walsh.

2017
In 2017 the event coincided with global mental health week, and took place on 10 to 12 October. Speakers included Paul and Gary O'Donovan, Blindboy of The Rubberbandits, Sinéad Burke, and author Eilís Barrett. In 2017 15,000 people attended the event.

2018
Speakers at the 2018 event included Panti Bliss, Kenneth Egan and Stella O'Malley. The event took place on 13-15 November.

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GOP governor breaks with Trump: 'We're not going to be up and running by Easter'
Trump has floated Easter as a target date to relax social distancing guidelines.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. | Scott Eisen/Getty Images
By STEPHANIE MURRAY
BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday his state will not be back to normal by Easter, bucking President Donald Trump's suggestion that the country could loosen social distancing guidelines by the April 12 holiday amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"The information we're getting from public health experts and from health care providers here in Massachusetts — yeah, no," Baker, a Republican, said during a Friday morning press conference in Boston. "We're not going to be up and running by Easter, no."
Citing the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump has floated Easter as a target date to relax social distancing guidelines. Some medical experts fear that date is too early and could exacerbate the spread of the virus.
Vice President Mike Pence on Friday called Trump's proposed Easter deadline an "aspirational goal," and said the administration will assess data on a county-by-county basis. Pence is in charge of the White House coronavirus response effort.
"The president said he would love to see it around Easter, but whenever that day is that we can responsibly begin to open up portions of the country," Pence said during a CNBC interview. "But let me be very clear, there's going to be areas of the country where we need to continue to lean into mitigation efforts."
Massachusetts reported 2,417 coronavirus cases as of Thursday afternoon, and 25 people have died from the virus. The state says it has tested more than 23,500 people.
Baker has taken aggressive steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. He ordered nonessential businesses to close, issued a stay-at-home advisory for Bay State residents and said public and private schools should remain closed until May 4.
On Friday, Baker announced all travelers arriving in Massachusetts should self-quarantine for 14 days. Travelers will be given informational fliers at major airports, train stations and rest stops, the governor said. The state will also display information on roadside message boards.
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In this reading lesson, students will read about two small book review passages about the Book of the World that provides information about different world countries. The book provides information for enthusiast travelers. Ss will engage in a discussion activity as a part of the reading.
To give practice in reading for gist, specific information and detail in the context of a book review.
To review modifying adverbs and strong adjectives. To give practice in speaking for fluency.
1. Pre-reading discussion. Discuss the question as a class. Find out how many learners read travel books and reviews, what for and where (e.g.) online or in newspapers and magazines). 2. Focus learners on the picture of the travel book. In pairs or as a class, learners predict information about the book. 3. Reading for main idea. Learners read to find out whether it confirms their predictions in 2.
Ss to be put in pairs to discuss the questions in ex 1. Learners will also do ex 2 as it makes a good prediction task as well as sharing a few ideas with each other in pairs.
Jigsaw reading 1. Ss will be divided into two groups – A and B. Ss will be sitting separately and in their groups. Group A reads the L.A. Seaden review to check if their ideas from ex 2 are correct. Group B reads the Aliya Bakaev review to check if their ideas are correct. Ss peer-check in their groups. T will monitor each group and listen to their general ideas – but no whole-class feedback to be taken yet. 2. Each group does ex 3b as a group to decide on the star-rating. 3. Each group to be given a different set of questions (3 or 4 questions for each group) e.g.  Group A What does Seaden think about the book? What does Seaden say about the organization of the book? Who does he think wrote it? Why? etc. How did the book effect Seadan? Group B What kind of book does Aliya Bakaev think it is? What does she think about the information in the book? etc. Where is Aliya from? How did Aliya describe the book in short clause? 4. Each group reads their review again and answers their questions. Ss also peer-check within the group. Ss in pairs to be monitored and checked that they are getting these right.
1. SS to be regrouped – into pairs – 1A + 1B. (and one group of 3 if there is an odd number). Ss tell each other about the review they read and compare what the critics thought. 2. T then takes some general FB.
Post-reading for either option: 1. Ss to do ex 4 – Ss work together to find the adjectives in both reading texts to go with the adverbs. T elicits some general FB from Ss and deals with any questions. 2. T drills some of the vocabulary. 3. Ss engage in a follow-up speaking task to discuss general questions about what they think of the review and then more generally about the books they read, etc. Ss to use a HO for this task or follow the questions displayed on a projector, e.g. •	Which review do you think is better? Why? •	Do you usually read book reviews before you read a book? Why/why not? •	If yes, do the reviews help you decide what to read? •	Do you like this kind of books? why/why not? •	Would you like to read this book? •	When you travel somewhere new, do you read about it first? etc. Ss discuss these in pairs/groups – T monitors while Ss are speaking and then takes some general FB.


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LCoM has been shortlisted for The Musicians' Development and Booking Agency - a specially tailored provision delivered by the Enterprise Team. The initiative consists of different strands, including support for musicians to gain paid work and experience performing in a range of settings; and a development programme which allows students to apply for funding and mentoring to help with anything from PR and publishing, to start-up funding for a new business.
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