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Time evolution of frozen-in field during poling of fiber with alloy electrodes
Niklas Myrén and Walter Margulis
Niklas Myrén1 and Walter Margulis2
1Laser Physics and Quantum Optics, KTH,106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
2Acreo, Electrum 236, 16440, Stockholm, Sweden
N Myrén
W Margulis
Niklas Myrén and Walter Margulis, "Time evolution of frozen-in field during poling of fiber with alloy electrodes," Opt. Express 13, 3438-3444 (2005)
Lithium niobate
Phase contrast
Nonlinear optics (190.0190)
Nonlinear optics, fibers (190.4370)
Original Manuscript: March 21, 2005
Revised Manuscript: April 21, 2005
Manuscript Accepted: April 21, 2005
Twin-hole fibers were provided with Au-Sn alloy electrodes and thermally poled at 255 °C. The evolution of the depletion layer was studied by etching fibers poled at varying poling temperatures. The electro-optic response was measured for different poling times. When the depletion region did not overlap the core the direction of the recorded field was opposite to the applied poling field. Poling for a longer time made the depletion region extend through the core and changed the sign of the recorded field.
Wide wedge-shaped depletion region in thermally poled fiber with alloy electrodes
Niklas Myrén, Håkan Olsson, Lars Norin, Niclas Sjödin, Per Helander, Jan Svennebrink, and Walter Margulis
Opt. Express 12(25) 6093-6099 (2004)
Real-time χ(2) evolution in twin-hole fiber during thermal poling and repoling
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J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 26(7) 1412-1416 (2009)
Study of thermally poled fibers with a two-dimensional model
Alexandre Camara, Oleksandr Tarasenko, and Walter Margulis
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Arentoft, J.
Berlemont, D.
Birch, R. D.
Blazkiewicz, P.
Brueck, S. R. J.
Claesson, A.
Dong, L.
Faccio, D.
Fleming, S.
Fokine, M.
Fujiwara, T.
Helander, P.
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Kazansky, P. G.
Kjellberg, L.
Krummenacher, L.
Kudlinski, A.
Li, L.
Lo, K.-M.
Long, X.-C.
Margulis, W.
Martinelli, G.
Mukherjee, N.
Myers, R. A.
Myrén, N.
Nilsson, L. E.
Norin, L.
Olsson, H.
Pannell, C. N.
Payne, D. N.
Pruneri, V.
Quiquempois, Y.
Russell, P. St. J.
Ryan, T.
Sjödin, N.
Svennebrink, J.
Wong, D.
Xu, W.
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Fig. 1. After poling, when the voltage bias is switched off, positive charges are attracted from the metal surfaces of both anode and cathode to shield the field in the metal. If the negative charges recorded in the poled fiber are closer to the cathode side, the field outside the depletion region is larger than inside it [8].
Fig. 2. Spatial evolution of the depletion region measured by etching, temperature is increasing from upper left to lower right picture. The overlap with the core improves with increasing temperature until the region encompasses the entire core. Note the substructure in the lower right picture indicating that the core is slowing down the evolution of the depletion layer.
Fig. 3. (left figure) Intensity vs. voltage response to find recorded field. The arrow indicates a symmetry point in the Mach-Zehnder interferometer where the applied voltage cancels the recorded field. (right figure) Time evolution of the recorded electric field. The recorded field first has negative sign. After 23 minutes of poling the recorded field is zero after which the sign changes to be the same as that of the applied voltage.


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The 2022 West Lothian Council election took place on 5 May 2022. Elected positions in all 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 were up for election, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote (STV) system form of proportional representation, with 33 Councillors being elected in total.

Background

2017 results

Following the 2017 West Lothian Council election, the Labour and Conservative groups worked together in the chamber to hold a majority, although both parties denied this claim. This agreement led to Cllr Lawrence Fitzpatrick being appointed Council Leader and Conservative Cllr Tom Kerr was appointed Provost of West Lothian.

There were two by-elections in 2021 which saw each main party field candidates. The Livingston South by-election held in March 2021 following the retirement of SNP Cllr Peter Johnston resulted in the SNP retaining the seat. Meanwhile in the October 2021 East Livingston and East Calder by-election which was called following the death of Labour Cllr Dave King resulted in a gain for the SNP. In the weeks following the by-election Labour Cllr Angela Doran-Timson joined the Conservatives.

In November 2021, SNP Councillors tabled a motion of no-confidence against Cllr Fitzpatrick's administration. The motion failed following support from the Conservatives.

Retiring Councillors

SNP Councillor Frank Anderson was deselected by his party. He announced that he would stand as an Independent candidate in East Livingston and East Calder.

Candidates standing

Results

Ward summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
!%
!Cllrs
!%
!Cllrs
!%
!Cllrs
!%
!Cllrs
!%
!Cllrs
!%
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" |SNP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" |Lab
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" |Green
!colspan=2 bgcolor=""|Conservative
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" |Lib Dem
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|Others
|-
|align="left"|Linlithgow
|bgcolor="" |26.26
|bgcolor="" |1
|19.54
|1
|13.22
|0
|19.83
|0
|20.33
|1
|0.33
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh
|bgcolor="" |41.88
|bgcolor="" |2
|29.61
|1
|4.35
|0
|17.73
|1
|3.72
|0
|2.71
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Livingston North
|bgcolor="" |48.60
|bgcolor="" |2
|23.75
|1
|4.48
|0
|20.68
|1
|3.85
|0
|1.95
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Livingston South
|bgcolor="" |38.99
|bgcolor="" |2
|32.38
|1
|4.34
|0
|11.68
|1
|2.21
|0
|10.40
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|East Livingston and East Calder
|bgcolor="" |41.79
|bgcolor="" |2
|21.12
|1
|6.62
|0
|18.29
|1
|3.31
|0
|8.87
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Fauldhouse and the Briech Valley
|38.33
|1
|bgcolor="" |40.16
|bgcolor="" |2
|3.65
|0
|14.16
|0
|2.33
|0
|1.38
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Whitburn and Blackburn
|bgcolor="" |38.62
|bgcolor="" |2
|37.37
|2
|3.10
|0
|18.50
|0
|2.41
|0
|colspan="2"
|4
|-
|align="left"|Bathgate
|bgcolor="" |40.42
|bgcolor="" |2
|38.73
|2
|3.79
|0
|14.14
|0
|2.02
|0
|0.90
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Armadale and Blackridge
|22.05
|1
|14.12
|1
|2.59
|0
|10.56
|0
|0.95
|0
|bgcolor=""|49.73
|bgcolor=""|1
|3
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|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom"
!align="left"|Total
!37.86
!15
!28.57
!12
!5.27
!0
!12.12
!4
!4.78
!1
!7.61
!1
!33
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Wards

Linlithgow

 2012: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
 2022: 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Liberal Democrat
 2017-2022 Change: 1 x Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh

 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2022: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Livingston North

 2012: 2 x SNP, 2 x Labour
 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2022: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Livingston South

 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2021 (by-election): 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2022: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2017-2022 Change: No Change

East Livingston and East Calder

 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2021 (by-election): 3 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
 2022: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Fauldhouse and the Briech Valley

 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
 2022: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Whitburn and Blackburn

 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
 2022: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
 2017-2022 Change: 1 x SNP gain from Conservative

Bathgate

 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
 2017: 2xLabour; 1 x SNP; 1 x Conservative
 2022: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
2017-2022 Change: 1 x SNP gain from Conservative

Armadale and Blackridge

 2012: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
 2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
 2022: 1 x Independent, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Aftermath
Although the SNP won the most seats, Labour were chosen to run the council after doing a deal with the Conservatives. The council resembles the set up after the previous election, with Labour running a minority administration with loose coalition support from the four Conservative councillors, the Independent Stuart Borrowman and Liberal Democrat, Sally Pattle.

In response to the announcement, former Labour councillor and MSP Neil Findlay, who represented Fauldhouse and the Briech Valley from 2003 to 2012, called his own party "shameful [for] voting Tories into office", saying the Conservatives were "the enemy of my class".

Notes

References

West Lothian
West Lothian Council elections

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Rooting for the under-horse: New children's book celebrates hope and courage
Fortunate: The Fabulous, Fantastic Filly, written by Debbie Brady Shellady and illustrated by Victoria Peterson Laird, is the latest children's book published by the Write Place. It tells the true story of Fortunate, a foal that is born three weeks before she is expected. Small and shivering, Fortunate is soon rushed to the Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center at Iowa State University, where she stays for three weeks. When Fortunate returns home to West Branch Horse Farm, her mother and their human friends work together to help her grow big and strong.
Like Shellady's first book—The Horse That Ate Christmas, which was published by the Write Place in 2016—Fortunate is based on actual events. Shellady is an avid rider and has boarded her horse at the real-life West Branch Horse Farm for many years. One chilly March morning, a foal—named Fortunate—was born almost a month premature. After receiving medical care, Fortunate eventually became a champion horse and had a foal of her own.
"This book has an inspirational message of hope for the underdog," said Shellady. "I think Fortunate's story may be especially appealing to children who are facing difficult illnesses. Some young readers may be able to relate to her struggles and her success through courage and hard work."
In the future, Shellady plans to keep writing children's books based on the adventures of the horses at West Branch Horse Farm. "I feel children enjoy the fact that these are true stories," she explained. "There have been many interesting escapades at the farm over the years that would make great books."
Debbie Brady Shellady worked as an educational consultant for the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency for 35 years. She also served as a school counselor for Bennett Community Schools. Shellady has a Bachelor of Arts from Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa, and a Master of Arts from the University of Iowa. She currently lives in Iowa City.
Fortunate: The Fabulous, Fantastic Filly is available for purchase on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com.

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Grog Rox news
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Let me tell you a bit about my first release, In Plain Sight, in a blog stylee.
As an Englisher living in the US you can't avoid noticing the abundance of religions here, and the prevalence of cults. I got fascinated and started researching, after finding out we used to live opposite the location of the Source restaurant, ran by Father Yod (worth a google).
First let me state loud and clear I think everyone should be allowed to believe in whatever they want as long as it doesn't cause suffering. People have lost their grasp of the true meaning of worship - religious groups were made as vehicles to unite us, not to divide, or as a means to get rich and so powerful you become untouchable. I can see why the opportunity to take advantage of a culture that encourages spiritual freedom, and get a tax exempt status as a religious movement here is irresistible to a certain type of psychologically impaired ego maniac.
Grog Rox - still from 'In Plain Sight' video shoot
Some movements start out innocently and turn into an epic nightmare, some start with good intentions and just don't work out. But some set out intentionally to prey on the weak and vulnerable to gain power and make money, turning them into slaves with brainwashing and threats for those who question.
I met some lovely people who had bravely made their escape from such a group but still have children inside who are not allowed to contact them. I took part in a peaceful protest with them which was an intense and at times fairly scary experience. When my research took me to the most evil details of full blown cult behaviour I was moved to write about it, it's unbelievable and outrageous to me that this can carry on day to day 'hidden in plain sight' and so I hope the song might also help to spread some awareness. This was the starting point for the lyrics and it soon became clear they would continue to increase in pertinence with escalating global civil unrest, racial disharmony, terrorist brainwashing, not to mention political propaganda with the practice of blatant lying we're seeing to win campaigns. This is a time when more than ever before we need to strive for unity, learn to trust our instincts, stand up for our principles in peace, rise to our light and refuse to live in any kind of fear.
Songs speak for themselves and I'll leave it up to you to make your own associations, I did have a bit of fun making the video.
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Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon – Audiobooks,MP3
Diana Gabaldon's fans will be delighted to find Jamie and Claire as spirited and endearing as ever in this fourth installment of this magnificent saga. Romance, history, and time travel blend once again as the couple builds a new life together in the wilderness of pre-Revolutionary America.
Twice Claire has used an ancient stone circle to travel back to the 18th century. The first time she found love with a Scottish warrior but had to return to the 1940s to save their unborn child. The second time, 20 years later, she reunited with her lost love but had to leave behind the daughter that he would never see. Now Brianna, from her 1960s vantage point, has found a disturbing obituary and will risk everything in an attempt to change history.
Davina Porter's narrative talent adds a special vibrance and resonance to Gabaldon's complex, colorful characters.


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M&E security: The killer in your chiller
The conversation about cyber security of electrical and mechanical equipment is progressing slowly – but it is progressing
Max Smolaks
Data centers often flaunt their physical security measures, erecting tall fences, blocking entrances with man-traps, and running blanket CCTV coverage to impress the occasional visitor. Servers inside are protected with firewalls and an assortment of software tools, running under the watchful eye of the security operations center.
But there is one aspect of data center security that is rarely talked about, and yet presents a growing problem: the gaping security holes in the mechanical and electrical kit that powers and cools the IT equipment.
The fact that operational technology (OT) systems like chillers and diesel gensets are vulnerable to attacks over network connections is no secret - DCD has reported on the subject repeatedly throughout the years. It ties into the broader debate about the security of industrial control systems (ICS) - the same types of attacks that could be used against data centers could also disable power grids, hospitals, or manufacturing facilities.
Why is the problem still there?
"ICS and SCADA infrastructures are increasingly becoming vulnerable to attack, which can have disastrous consequences for mission-critical infrastructures," Massimiliano Falcinelli, head of Security Infrastructure at the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned us back in 2016.
At first glance, it should be simple enough to fix – so how come the problem is still there?
Anything you put on a network instantly becomes a target, whether that's a corporate laptop, a baby monitor, or an air handler. For a simple illustration of this principle, see Shodan – the much-beloved search engine that can track down virtually any Internet-connected device, from sex toys to power plants. The ability to browse random CCTV footage has long been one of its main attractions.
The project was started in 2009 by bioinformatics graduate John Matherly as a way to track the popularity of software tools used on the Internet. The fact people are putting millions of unsecured devices online was discovered almost by accident.
"I wish I could say that I had the foresight that refrigerators would get connected to the Internet, but I didn't," Matherly admitted in a recent interview with The Daily Swig. "And I got lucky that people in the security community discovered Shodan."
Shodan is often used to prove just how many industrial facilities fail at the most basic aspects of security. 'Industrial control systems' is a perennially featured category, along with misconfigured databases that are exposed for the whole world to see.
Edge increases the attack surface
As well as potentially unique challenges around physical security, Edge locations require greater considerations around data security
Exploits are available
Once a networked device is discovered, a potential attacker can start researching specific vulnerabilities and exploits to take control, looking to deploy something like the Triton malware, that can trick systems into initiating emergency shutdown.
Gaining access can sometimes be as easy as entering the default password set by the manufacturer. Some of the Internet-accessible ICS used in industrial settings don't require any authentication at all - having been installed before the Internet went mainstream.
Today, pretty much every piece of data center equipment is networked: this includes CRACs, PDUs, and UPS systems, and the technical space is only going to get more connected.
For example, much-hyped predictive maintenance, in which a machine learning system monitors the state of the equipment and notifies the owner when individual parts appear to be at the end of their lifespan, relies on a tonne of data being exchanged between the piece of equipment and the monitoring system. At the same time, robots are entering the data center, allowing a potential attacker to wreak havoc on a much more granular scale.
Luckily, the list of reasons to physically disable a data center is really short, since conventional cyber criminals are likely to focus their attention on more profitable endeavors. Possible motives include corporate sabotage, hacktivism, and terrorism - and in the current political climate, it is the last option that gets the gears moving.
Data is private, but data centers are often shared. That's the issue colocation security methods must contend with, now and in the future
Closing the holes
In the US, the efforts to close holes in ICS security were spearheaded by the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT). In 2018, the organization became part of a brand new federal agency, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), explicitly tasked with protecting the US from "terrorist threats" and armed with a sizeable annual budget of $3 billion in 2020.
Its responsibilities include developing "a comprehensive national plan for securing the key resources and critical infrastructure of the United States, including power production, generation, and distribution systems, information technology and telecommunications systems (including satellites), electronic financial and property record storage and transmission systems, emergency communications systems, and the physical and technological assets that support those systems."
CISA continues to issue alerts and advisories on ICS attacks and vulnerabilities, but is temporarily in a state of disarray, following the dismissal of its first director, Christopher Krebs, via tweet - ostensibly over suggesting that there was no evidence of any issues with the voting systems used in the recent elections.
In the European Union, a similar role to CISA is fulfilled by the EU Agency for cybersecurity (ENISA) and a network of dedicated Cyber Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) in every member state, established in line with the requirements of the 'Directive on security of network and information systems' (NIS Directive) adopted in 2016.
Among other things, the directive asked member states to draw up lists of 'operators of essential services' that would be required to pay special attention to cyber security measures, or face penalties – including organizations in energy, transport, banking and finance, healthcare, drinking water distribution, and of special interest to this publication – digital infrastructure. Even though data centers specifically did not fall under the scope of the directive, five EU countries labeled them 'essential' anyway.
While Western governments were busy creating new specialist agencies, the security industry responded to the warnings of an impending IoT-pocalypse with a new generation of software tools aimed squarely at ICS systems. Many familiar names went after the slice of the ICS pie, including Check Point, Kaspersky, Tripwire, and Tenable. Schneider Electric partnered with Nozomi Networks for industrial security. Emerson developed a proprietary Power and Water Cybersecurity Suite.
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As the final piece of the puzzle, there are now plenty of opportunities to update professional skills to face ICS threats in the data center, thanks to training courses and certifications that simply didn't exist five years ago, from organizations like the SANS Institute and even Datacenter Dynamics' own DCPro training division.
After nearly a decade of talking about the problem of OT equipment security, it remains in the twilight zone. While there's broad consensus that attacks against critical infrastructure, including data centers, are possible and would have dire consequences, there is a lack of notable examples of carnage brought by weaknesses in ICS – beyond instances like Stuxnet and alleged attacks against Ukrainian power grids.
This means it gets treated as a problem for another day - a bit like the subject of the safety of Soviet nuclear reactors before the Chernobyl disaster. After all, there are other, less complicated ways to disrupt data centers, like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that simply clog up the network with bogus traffic.
The good news is data center operators don't have to wait for the equivalent of an open-air reactor core fire to bolster their defenses against these new threats. The techniques developed to secure manufacturing equipment can be applied in data centers, and even the basic measures can go a long way.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recommends using firewalls or unidirectional gateways to stop network traffic from passing directly between the corporate and ICS networks, applying security patches as soon as they are tested in field conditions, blocking all unused ports, assigning user privileges only to people who are authorized to use the systems, and having a robust incident response plan in place in case the equipment is actually disabled.
For a more thorough understanding of vulnerabilities, an audit of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems might be in order – and several cyber security firms now offer a professional assessment as part of their ICS security services.
Cyber security of OT equipment in a data center is still a relatively recent field, and its many problems are not going to be solved overnight – but the pressure to secure more visible parts of national critical infrastructure in highly uncertain times will undoubtedly have a knock-on effect on how server farms handle their chillers and PDUs.
Thermal attacks in multi-tenant data centers
Although not a direct attack on the mechanical and electrical systems of the data center, a thermal attack, described in a 2018 paper published in Performance Evaluation Review, is a fascinating tactic that seeks to overload the cooling system by injecting additional thermal loads into a rack of servers.
Colocation data center operators normally monitor each tenant's server power usage on a per-rack or even per-server basis, thus ensuring that each tenant's power stays below its subscribed power capacity. However, they cannot measure power consumption behind-the-meter – which could be bolstered by something like a distributed UPS system that conceals a small battery in every server.
Batteries hidden in servers could be used by a malicious actor as a supplemental power source to run compute-intensive workloads, considerably increasing the heat produced and eventually triggering a shutdown, with the attack remaining all but invisible to power monitoring software.
The authors suggest that this might be the first ever instance where data center batteries have been leveraged for an adversarial purpose. The same team built a system that 'listens' to data center noise to detect periods of high server utilization in order to maximize the damage from any potential attack on the power supply.
A First Look at Thermal Attacks in Multi-Tenant Data Centers by Zhihui Shao, Mohammad Atiqul Islam, and Shaolei Ren - Performance Evaluation Review 2019
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"Appropriate" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Jeff Mikoni and produced by Diego Maramba is now playing at Silver Spring Stage in Silver Spring, MD. The play premiered in 2013 and won an Obie Award for Best New American Play for the 2014-2015 season.
The three Lafayette siblings arrive to sell the family plantation where their father spent his last 20 years after raising his family in Washington, D.C. The trio does not come alone. Toni (Maura Claire Harford) brings her wayward soon Rhys (Conor Donahue), Bo (Sam Lunay), his wife Rachel (Kate Shea), his teenage daughter Cassie (Kerala Bannister) and his young son Ainsley (Michael Greenleaf) and Frank ((David Dieudonne) his fiancée, the spiritual River (Rebecca Cohen).
Frank has been estranged from his family for over ten years when he dealt with addiction and a troubling past which is not revealed until the end of the play. Toni is still bitter from a divorce and dealing with her troubled son while coping with her dying father for whom she was the main caretaker. Bo's wife Rachel has never felt accepted by this family due to her religion -Jewish- while Bo has shouldered a great deal of his father's financial responsibilities during his illness. Both Bo and Rachel have to deal with their smart but somewhat apathetic daughter.
Tensions rise when an old photo album is accidentally discovered. The horrific pictures lead to an examination of their father's real soul, and their own feelings of their father which range from deep respect by Toni, the oldest, to loathing by Frank, the youngest. Bo seems to have the most realistic view of his father, perhaps his perspective from being the middle child.
However, it doesn't matter how you pronounce 'Appropriate.' It is definitely an opportune allocation of your time. Try not to miss it.
Harford's Toni Lafayette not only carries the family's burdens on her shoulders, but Toni is the pivotal character in the drama. Everything seems to revolve around her. As she exposes her thoughts to her family, we see her has the most introspection into her own flaws even when she exhibits childish behavior. In her scenes with her son, she is caring and hurt and with her brother Frank, biting and harsh.
Lunay has a hard task because Bo is a man who has really been in the background most of his life. The child who was very successful (attended Yale and had a fine career), but whose father favored the other siblings. His wife also requires emotional work. He struggles to be a good father, but even Bo has skeletons he would rather remain in the closet. Lunay succeeds in making Bo a person with whom we can identify.
Dieudonne, a regular at SSS, recreates the arc the playwright has written for Frank. He is at first quite sympathetic. Later as his past is revealed, we may even despise him and, finally, we hope he can conquer his demons. The scene where Frank tries to apologize to his siblings is filled with tension wonderfully recreated by the three actors.
As the family outsider, Rachel, Shea's final scene with her Bo, allows the audience to see how toxic this family can be. She tells her husband how the Lafayettes have always brought out the worst in her. On the other hand, she, too, has a blind eye to her husband's failures and her children's flaws, and Shea's interpretation expresses that to the viewer.
Cohen, as the ethereal River, keeps the character's feet most solidly planted on the ground. We feel her devotion to Frank and her optimism even when surround by all this pessimism. Her scene with the shrewish Toni who tries to shake River's love and tear off her façade is one of the highlights of Cohen's performance.
As the new generation, Donahue does an excellent job as the brooding Rhys who we want to like but, like his wayward uncle, is not always just a rebel, having his own dark side. Bannister successfully portrays the apathetic teen, Cassie, who fearlessly confronts her parents and often stages clever rebellions. Greenleaf does a fine job as Ainsley who is too young to absorb some of the enormity of the revelations happening around him.
Mikoni's direction helps grab the audience's attention right from the start. He tactfully deals with some of the strong material as "Appropriate" is also about racism, drug and alcohol addiction and child abuse.
The set by Andrew S. Greenleaf deserves this rave review. Greenleaf recreates the former opulence of this family, the shabbiness of this once large plantation and the negativity that lurks in its walls. Greenleaf is also credited with the surprising special effects at the end of the show.
Vanessa Lam's lighting design, Jeff Goldgeier's sound design and Kristen Lue's costume design complement this most impressive set.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the drama is that Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an Afro-American writing about a southern white family, and not just any family but one whose ancestors owned slaves. Seeing things from this perspective is enlightening.
During intermission, there was some discussion in the audience whether you pronounce the title of the play as the adjective or the verb. It actually fits in either way. However, it doesn't matter how you pronounce "Appropriate." It is definitely an opportune allocation of your time. Try not to miss it.
Advisory: Strong language, adult subject matter including racism and child abuse, and violent scenes.
"Appropriate" plays weekends through April 28, 2019, at Silver Spring Stage – 10145 Colesville Road, in Silver Spring, MD, in the Woodmoor Shopping Center. For tickets, purchase them online. There will not be any performances on the weekend of April-20.


Grunberg will be joining fellow returning 'Heroes' Jack Coleman (who will be reprising his role as Noah Bennet aka HRG), Mai Oka (reprising his role as Hiro Namamura) and Jimmy Jean-Louis as The Haitian.
Those familiar with the original 2006 NBC series may remember that Parkman started off as the good hearted police officer who tried multiple times to become a detective before realizing he had the power to read minds. His mental powers increased as the seasons went on and soon he was able to exert a type of mind control over other people in addition to his increased telepathic abilities.
The supernatural phenomenon begins again with a fresh crop of inspiring heroes who take on the ultimate struggle between those with extraordinary abilities and those with nefarious motives to hunt and harness their powers. Epic adventures await these newly empowered allies as they cross paths with some of the original characters unlocking the mysterious fate of the universe and their place within it.
Unfortunately when it comes to the original characters the synopsis mentions, it doesn't include Zachary Quinto as he's passed on the project or Hayden Panettierre who was not asked to return.
Apparently at the NBC upfronts, an unreleased trailer for the show was screened which stated many of the original show's characters were hiding or dead with a shot of Clair Bennet's face on a memorial. Whether this is just a rouse and Clair is actually in hiding but HRG wants the world to think she is dead (after all, she is immortal) or is actually dead will have to wait to be seen when the series airs.
Among the cast of new Heroes the show will introduce will be Zachary Levi, Judith Shekoni, Robbie Kay, Henry Zebrowski, Kiki Sukezane, Ryan Guzman, Danika Yarosh, Toru Uchikado, Eve Harlow and Gatlin Green.
'Heroes Reborn' is currently in production so expect to see more news as the weeks come!
Heroes Reborn will air Thursdays at 8pm on NBC this fall.


Go to a Caps' practice!
The Washington Capitals practice above the parking garage at Kettler Capitals IcePlex at the future site of Ballston Quarter. Admission is free and you can get up close and personal with some of the best hockey players in the world.


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What Is Yo-Yo Dieting?
Why Yo-Yo Dieting Is Risky
How to Stop Yo-Yo Dieting
Every other day there appears to be a new weight-loss program or meal plan that hits social media and promises fast and impressive weight loss results. While it may be tempting to hop on the bandwagon of something new, experts warn that some of these diets are unsustainable and may result in an individual gaining back the weight once they are no longer following that regimen.
This back and forth of starting and stopping diet plans is what is sometimes known as yo-yo dieting. If this sounds like something that happens to you from time to time, keep reading. Below we explore what yo-yo dieting is, why it can be risky, and what you can do to end the cycle of yo-yo dieting once and for all.
Yo-yo dieting is a term that is commonly used to describe the pattern of starting a new diet, losing weight, stopping the diet, and regaining the weight that was lost, explains Kayley Myers, MS, RDN, LD, a registered dietitian nutritionist.
Sometimes yo-yo dieting is referred to by the clinical term "weight cycling," which refers to this process of losing and regaining weight as a result of starting and stopping diets on a continual basis. While anyone is susceptible to yo-yo dieting behaviors, it is most often seen in individuals who struggle with their relationship with food and body image, explains Myers.
"Usually, new diets claim that their plan will help you look and feel your best, which can entice someone who believes that their life would be better if they lost weight," she says. "The problem, however, is that this type of dieting often catapults the individual back into the weight loss-weight gain cycle."
Sometimes society places so much of an emphasis on a person's weight, or a person's BMI (body mass index), that dieting starts to sound like a good thing to do for your health. While maintaining a healthy weight for your age, sex, and body type is important, how you get there is just as important.
Unfortunately, some popular diets that are perpetuated on social media, are not sustainable or are overly restrictive, which can result in yo-yo dieting because they cannot be followed long term. When this happens on a consistent basis, it can produce some negative consequences. Here is a look at some of the primary reasons yo-yo dieting can have a negative impact on your health.
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a dated, biased measure that doesn't account for several factors, such as body composition, ethnicity, race, gender, and age.
Despite being a flawed measure, BMI is widely used today in the medical community because it is an inexpensive and quick method for analyzing potential health status and outcomes.
May Slow Your Metabolism
The human body requires nutrients and calories from food to adequately function, explains Lindsay Wengler, MS, RD, CDN, CNSC, a registered dietitian who specializes in eating disorders. Consequently, it is natural that reduced nutrient and hypo-caloric intake from yo-yo dieting has a variety of detrimental effects, she says.
"Your body responds to under-eating by increasing hunger hormones and slowing metabolism," Wengler says. "[This practice] can lead to reduced thyroid function, reduced stamina, increased fatigue, and mood changes—there is a scientific explanation for hangry after all."
Research suggests that weight loss is often accompanied by a slowing of resting metabolic rate (RMR). This phenomenon is sometimes called "metabolic adaptation" or "adaptive thermogenesis" and acts to counter weight loss and potentially contribute to weight regain.
Several studies have been conducted on participants in the reality television show, "The Biggest Loser" and its effects on weight loss, weight regain, and metabolism. What researchers found was that the metabolic adaptation that the participants experienced persisted for many years following the competition.
What's more, RMR remained suppressed at the same average level as at the end of the weight loss competition, making it challenging for the participants to lose weight again. Even the participants who were most successful at maintaining their weight loss after six years also experienced greater ongoing metabolic slowing.
Consequently, the researchers indicate that long-term weight loss requires people to combat against persistent metabolic adaptation that counters their ongoing efforts to reduce body weight. To do that, you should be mindful of your food intake, increase your physical activity level, and be kind to yourself.
Further, if you are struggling with maintaining your weight, or with healthy weight loss, it is strongly recommended to follow up with a healthcare professional who can give you a more individualized plan based off of your unique situation and needs.
May Increase the Risk of an Eating Disorder
Besides taking some of the joy out of eating, Wengler warns that yo-yo dieting also can increase the risk of developing an eating disorder. In fact, research has shown that a continued unhealthy and unbalanced relationship with food can lead to disordered eating and even place a person at risk for an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia.
May Increase the Body's Buildup of Abdominal Fat
Candice Seti, PsyD, a clinical psychologist, certified nutrition coach, certified weight management specialist, and certified expert life coach, warns that frequent yo-yo dieting can encourage the build-up of visceral fat in the mid-section.
In fact, one scientific review found that 58% of studies reported a link between a history of weight cycling and increased weight around the midsection or abdomen. Unfortunately, visceral fat, or fat that builds up in the center of the body, is associated with a myriad of life-threatening conditions, including heart disease, stroke, and heart attacks.
May Put You at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
While being overweight in general can increase your risk for diabetes, yo-yo dieting can have the opposite effect—even increasing your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
"A restricting or binging eating pattern common in weight cycling can lead to chronic blood glucose spikes that may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes," explains Wengler.
May Reduce the Body's Muscle Mass
Muscle mass is important for providing us with strength, mobility and healthy aging, but yo-yo dieting can sabotage our body's muscle mass and existing body fat, warns Robert Herbst, CPT, a weight loss coach and powerlifter.
"When people talk about losing weight, what they really want to do is change their body composition by losing fat through burning more calories than they take in, while either not losing any muscle or gaining muscle in the process," Herbst explains. "If a person loses a pound of fat, but gains a pound of muscle, their weight will stay the same, but their body composition will be more healthy because their percentage of body fat will be lower."
6 Tips for Building and Maintaining Muscle
If you're someone who has leaned on diets for years, or even decades, as a means to lose weight, it can be hard to stop the cycle of yo-yo dieting. But it is important to find an eating plan that you can follow long-term. Here, experts share their best tips for putting an end to yo-yo dieting.
Stop Labeling Foods "Good" or "Bad"
Depending on your thought process regarding food, you might be tempted to label certain foods as "good" or "bad." But, doing so can cause your view of what is and isn't nutritious to become distorted. When it comes to many of these foods, however, Dr. Seti points out, that it is often not the food itself that is the problem, but rather how much or how often we eat them.
"The problem is that, by making them off-limits, you give them absolute power and take away your perception of self-control," she says. "The key is to allow foods back in moderation and to let yourself know that you are allowed to have them, which takes the restriction power away along with the fear that you will never be allowed to have them again."
Incorporate Intuitive Eating
Intuitive eating is the opposite of dieting. It involves tuning into your body's natural cues, including hunger, fullness, and any side effects that might result when you consume certain foods. Research shows that intuitive eating habits lead to improved health, including a reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes.
"Intuitive eating guides balanced and diverse food choices by tuning into your body's unique and individual needs without restriction or deprivation," says Wengler. "Honoring our hunger and fullness cues leads to greater satisfaction and enjoyment than yo-yo dieting."
Focus on Self-Care and Stress Management
When we are stressed out, we tend to have less energy to put toward living a healthy lifestyle. Incorporating self care and working on reducing our stress level can help and even increase our quality of life.
"When our metaphorical cup is empty and we're overstressed, we generally turn to food for energy," says Dr. Seti. "A solid stress management plan, that incorporates stress-relieving activities such as meditation, yoga, and journaling, can actually become a yo-yo dieting prevention strategy."
Exercise: The Best Stress Relief
Consider Seeing a Medical Professional
Whether it be a registered dietitian or mental health professional who specializes in unhealthy eating behaviors, seeking the help of a healthcare provider can help you create a nutritious, balanced, and individualized meal plan for your needs.
"Getting to the root of your desire for weight loss and understanding the thoughts that drive food decisions can help stop the cycle of weight cycling," adds Myers.
Differences Between a Dietitian and Nutritionist
A Word From Verywell
When it comes to yo-yo dieting, keep in mind that it is not a single instance of weight loss, but rather a repetitive behavior that can put you at risk for a myriad of health issues. While it can be challenging to break the cycle of yo-yo dieting—especially if you have been participating in it for a while—making small changes and taking steps toward improving your relationship with food can make a big difference over time.
If you are struggling with yo-yo dieting and are not sure how to change your eating habits, you may want to consider talking with a mental health professional or registered dietitian. They can help you evaluate your goals, create new habits, and develop an eating plan you can follow for life.
Does yo-yo dieting ruin your metabolism?
Research suggests that yo-yo dieting can have a negative impact on your metabolism. Low-calorie dieting, in particular, increases your body's levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, which can then, in turn, have a slowing effect on your metabolism. These changes can linger long term, but your metabolism can speed up as you eat more calories.
Learn More: What Is Metabolism and How Do I Change It?
Does yo-yo dieting cause insulin resistance?
While there are many factors that can influence insulin resistance, research has shown that the weight fluctuations and inflammation associated with yo-yo dieting can play a role.
Learn More: Can You Prevent Diabetes With Diet and Exercise?
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The pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry recently has come under significant scrutiny by the Trump administration. Historically, payments from manufacturers to PBMs receive protection under the group purchasing organization safe harbor, and down-stream payments to end users are protected under the discounts safe harbor. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) made this position clear in its pharmaceutical manufacturer compliance guidance in 2003. Sixteen years later, the regulatory agencies are beginning to question whether existing safe harbors that seek to achieve transparency work.
Accordingly, on January 31, OIG released a proposed rule that, if approved, may have broad implications for pharmaceutical manufacturers and PBMs, and may change the structure for drug pricing. OIG is seeking comments on the proposal by April 7, 2019 in advance of issuing a final rule.
OIG's proposed rule would make three main changes to the current regulations governing pricing of prescription pharmaceutical products. It would: (1) eliminate safe harbor protection under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) for rebates paid by manufacturers to PBMs; (2) create a new safe harbor for discounts provided directly to beneficiaries at the point of sale; and (3) create a second new safe harbor for certain fixed administrative fees paid by manufacturers to PBMs. The elimination of safe harbor protection for rebates paid to PBMs is slated to go into effect on January 1, 2020, while the point-of-sale safe harbor will take effect 60 days after promulgation of a final rule. No effective date has been set for the administrative-fee safe harbor.
In the fact sheet accompanying the release, OIG characterizes the proposal as the "most sweeping change to how Americans' drugs are priced at the pharmacy counter, ever, by delivering discounts directly to patients at the pharmacy counter and bringing much-needed transparency to a broken system." This proposal is one of a series of initiatives undertaken by OIG to advance the president's May 2018 Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs, including a rule proposed in October 2018, which requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to include the list prices of their drugs in all direct-to-consumer advertisements. Both proposals seek to increase transparency into drug pricing and create incentives for lower list prices.
OIG contends that the current pricing structure is hurting beneficiaries because the rebates between manufacturers and PBMs are generally not applied at the point of sale to offset the beneficiary's deductible or coinsurance or otherwise reduce the price paid at the pharmacy counter. OIG also notes that the current system leads PBMs to favor drugs with higher rebates over drugs with lower costs, and discourages the use of lower-cost brand and generic drugs, all of which increase the burden on federal health care programs. OIG also opines that, to the extent rebates are paid to buy formulary position, these payments are not protected by the AKS statutory exemption for discounts, and will no longer have protection under the rebate safe harbor.
The proposed rule raises many questions and is likely to have far-reaching implications. For example, even OIG's impact statement predicts that the changes will cause health insurance premiums to rise for all Medicare Part D participants and out-of-pocket costs to rise for 70 percent of those participants, but OIG predicts that, in the aggregate, costs will decrease. In addition, although the new rules only directly apply to Medicare and Medicaid plans, many states will apply these rules to private plans, making it necessary for manufacturers to apply the rules to both government and commercial plans. Further, HHS Secretary Alex Azar has called on Congress to pass legislation applying the rule changes to private payers. Not only will pharmaceutical manufacturers be required to restructure their agreements with PBMs, they will also need to analyze the impact the changes will have on their list prices and their obligations under other federal programs, such as AMP and best-price calculations under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.
OIG is seeking comments from stakeholders on multiple issues relating to the proposed rule and its impact, including whether the amendments will have their intended effect (e.g., will the point-of-sale discount safe harbor incentivize manufacturers to provide such discounts; will declining to protect PBM rebates affect beneficiary access to prescription medications due to cost or formulary placement) and whether the amendments will have any unintended collateral consequences (e.g., will the transparency requirements in the new safe harbors implicate competitive concerns, and how might OIG address them). Manufacturers and PBMs should review the rule and consider submitting comments on how the changes will affect their agreements and prices, any concerns regarding the timing and structure of the amendments, and any insight into the overall impact on federal government programs and beneficiaries.
John W. Jones Jr. and Hyung P. Steele are partners in Pepper Hamilton's Health Sciences Department, a team of 110 attorneys who collaborate across disciplines to solve complex legal challenges confronting clients throughout the health sciences spectrum. Suzanne Forbis Mack is an associate in the Health Sciences Department.


"From the opening sound effects of an airplane-"This is your pilot speaking"-this is an engaging recording. What would we do without punctuation marks? Mr. Wright and his class explore this notion as they begin a class read-aloud that has no punctuation. ... John Beach rises to the challenge of giving each punctuation mark its own distinctive vocal sound. He articulates each postcard from each vacationing punctuation mark with its specific sound effect. The results are hilarious when Mr. Wrongo's class writes an urgent letter, and the punctuation ends up in entirely wrong locations. It will take several "listens" before the vocals add to the humor of this story and are not a distraction, but it's well worth making the effort."
"Robin Pulver's clever picture book (Holiday House, 2003), illustrated with Lynn Rowe Reed's vibrant, child-like acrylic paintings, shows youngsters exactly what would happen if there were no punctuation marks. Mr. Wright's class discovers the value of punctuation and just how difficult life can be without the little fellows. Feeling distinctly unappreciated, the commas, question marks, periods, and apostrophes take a well-deserved vacation to Take-a-Break Lake, leaving the school in big trouble. Mr. Wright and his charges find that "Nothing makes sense without punctuation." The punctuation marks finally return, and the book ends with a list of punctuation rules. John Beach narrates in a gleeful, ebullient tone. Chris Kubie composed the sprightly music. This is that rare audiobook that truly makes the print version come alive. The sound effects alone are priceless, with homage to Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin. If you've ever wondered what punctuation marks sound like, Beach provides hilarious voices and sound effects for each one. A masterful, creative, amusing, must-have production that simplifies the rules of punctuation."


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local los = require 'lift.os'
local task = require 'lift.task'
local config = require 'lift.config'
local stream = require 'lift.stream'
local request = require 'lift.request'

-- Returns the contents of an URL
local function fetch(url)
  local buf = {}
  request(url):pipe(stream.to_array(buf)):wait_finish()
  return table.concat(buf)
end

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  local ps = fetch('http://www.lua.org/images/lua-logo-label.ps')
  ps = ps:gsub('(powered by)', label)
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end

-- Creates SVG file by converting 'lua-logo-label.ps' from PostScript
function task.generate_logo()
  local label = config.label or 'Lift'
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  local convert_program = assert(los.find_program('convert'))
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    stdout = 'inherit', stderr = 'inherit'}
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end

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Fox News' Stuart Varney is citing revisions to economic projections for 2012 to revive the myth that the 2009 stimulus failed. In fact, independent economists agree that the stimulus significantly raised employment and increased GDP, and experts say it is the winding down of stimulus spending that is causing a "fiscal drag" on the economy.
Even the C.B.O. says, however, that "economic output over the next two years will average 6.8 percent below its potential." This translates into $2.1 trillion of lost production. "Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity," declared Mr. Obama on Thursday. Well, he was actually understating things.


…with coffee and cream, thanks." I say.
The words flow out of my mouth as easily as tomato sauce from a refill carton when you've remembered to punch an air hole in the opposite side from which you're pouring. The words are quick, practiced from having been said almost every week for the last year, and concise, with the 'thanks' part added for courtesy, just because.
But as much as I enjoy this beverage, caramel frappuccinos have become something other people negatively assess my character on.
I can't remember when people started getting judged by their coffee preferences. On second thought, maybe it's always been that way; there does seem to be that kind of thing happening when people mention the beers they drink of the wines they like. You mention any drink that you like and you can easily see the cogs behind the other person's eyes turning, thoughtfully putting you into a box of 'people who like this kind of drink'. In my case however, that box is usually right next to 'people I may need to conjure up excuses around so I can get away from them' and other such categorizations that let-off a kind of distasteful mental smell.
It's served-up by a large corporate entity (-1000 points).
It doesn't help that my alcohol preferences tend to follow similar routes. I don't drink a lot, or very often, but when I do I tend to drink the more 'mainstream' beers, and I'm of the opinion that all white wine tastes like all other white wine, and all red wine tastes like all other red wine (which in turn tastes like cough syrup).
Food: some will really take a dig at how meals are presented and how they taste, whereas I'm just happy to be eating.
TV shows: when's the next season of Once Upon a Time coming out?
Books: bring on the sequel to Dead Until Dark (aka: True Blood book #1)!
I like so many mainstream/popular things and am not a connoisseur of anything that I rack-up a ridiculous amount of negative points in everybody's mental scorecard - I basically need a massive social handicap just to break even.
Yet despite everything I've written so far, this is actually something I care very little about.
I got through the whole don't-care-what-other-people-think-and-be-comfortable-with-yourself thing a long long time ago, and I find it amusing and a little sad that lots of people around my age still put such great importance on these trivial things.
For example, I have several friends who go through great lengths to pick and choose the photos of themselves that end-up on Facebook, personally vetoing anything that shows a mundane or every-day side of themselves. I want to shout at them and say that the every-day side that they're so afraid of revealing is the side of them that I and their friends have long since accepted, and whose company we enjoy; not the all-smiles and good clothes version of them that only seems to exist in still-frames online.
Why don't you want to show that side of yourself?
So instead I wait, and hope, that they'll see it themselves; only then will they be willing to listen.
But until then, they spend far too much time and energy on trying to present this curated version of themselves that is less like who they are and more like an emaciated version of their personality with a nice sheen on it. ie: a carefully crafted and very fragile lie.
I think that's what got to me to not fall victim to this same trap in the end: it's all just a form of lying or bending the truth that requires far too much personal investment for very little payback. When thinking about how it would all play out in the long term, it just didn't seem like it was worth it.
I really enjoy spending my time with others who have come to a similar conclusion and have settled, not just into being proud of who they are, but also into not letting the opinions of others shape who they want to be. These sorts of people are so many steps closer to really being happy, and it shows: the clarity that I can see on their faces, the reduction in worries that weigh down on their shoulders, and the amount of honesty that flows from the conversations I have with these people are just so comfortable and fulfilling at the same time. There are virtually zero faux pas that can occur between us because we've long since accepted each other, but more importantly, we've long since accepted ourselves.
When it comes to newer people in my life, then I present the same person to them as I do everybody else. If they don't like what they see in those first couple of meetings, then at least they can dismiss me quickly and move on to other people. If they do like what they see, then at least they have a much better idea of who they're associating with now, leading to far fewer surprises later down the track.
So… hi, my name is Emanuel, I like caramel frappuccinos, I think The Hunger Games are a wonderful series of books and movies (screw Battle Royale), and I look forward to seeing Taylor Swift in concert when she comes to New Zealand later this year.
That's just a little bit of who I am.


Dr. Boyd began his training at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay where he received his undergraduate degree in Psychology in 1997. He then moved to Edmonton where he did his PhD in Neuroscience, examining the role of neurotrophic factors and their receptors in peripheral nerve regeneration. After its completion in 2001, he moved to Kingston for a post-doctoral fellowship, investigating the potential role of glial cell transplantation in spinal cord injury. In 2002, he began his clinical training, completing his MD at Queen's University in 2006, which was followed by a residency in Neurology (2011) and a fellowship in Critical Care (2013). Dr. Boyd is currently working as a clinician-scientist in the Department of Medicine at Queen's University, practicing both neurology and intensive care medicine. His translational research uses proteomic approaches to identify novel serum biomarkers that will help predict neurological recovery after critical illness, particularly cardiac arrest. His clinical research program uses non-invasive techniques, such as continuous electroencephalography and near infrared spectroscopy, to monitor brain function in critically ill patients. He is interested in how critical illness affects acute and long-term neurological function.


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75,248 is an even composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.
What does the number 75248 look like?
This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 10 divisors.
75248 is an even composite number. It is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of ten divisors.
Prime factorization of 75248:
24 × 4703
(2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 4703)
See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 75248 from the Numbermatics database.
Names of 75248
Cardinal: 75248 can be written as Seventy-five thousand, two hundred forty-eight.
Scientific notation: 7.5248 × 104
Factors of 75248
Sum of prime factors: 4705
Divisors of 75248
Number of divisors d(n): 10
1 2 4 8 16 4703 9406 18812 37624 75248
75248 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (70576) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 4672
Bases of 75248
Binary: 100100101111100002
Hexadecimal: 0x125F0
Base-36: 1M28
Squares and roots of 75248
75248 squared (752482) is 5662261504
75248 cubed (752483) is 426073853652992
The square root of 75248 is 274.3136890495
The cube root of 75248 is 42.2180646365
How big is 75248?
75,248 seconds is equal to 20 hours, 54 minutes, 8 seconds.
To count from 1 to 75,248 would take you about twenty hours.
A cube with a volume of 75248 cubic inches would be around 3.5 feet tall.
Recreational maths with 75248
75248 backwards is 84257
The sum of 75248's digits is 26
Number 75248 - Facts about the integer
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The purpose of Play Mile High is to have fun. As an adult volleyball player, it is your personal responsibility to never allow yourself or your teammates to cross that line between fun competition and unsportsmanlike behavior. Our 6v6 League is designed to be more social and is for players of any level.
Referees are there to rule on unclear plays, settle disputes, keep the game moving and ensure player safety. While they will at times call a fault, a lack of call by a Referee does not remove your obligation to abide by the Honor System.
All players must be at least 21 years of age prior to participating in any Match and must be registered and in good standing with Play Mile High (herein: the "League").
Rosters must include no fewer than 9 players (minimum of 1 woman) but may have as many players on the roster as a team chooses with no other restrictions. NOTE: If a team of "free agent" registrations is assembled by the League, it will have no more than 12 players.
Each team may have 6 players on the court at one time.
There may not be more than 4 men on the court at a time.
As long as two members of the team are present during the regular season, a team may use substitute players who are registered and in good standing with the league to field a full team.
During the playoffs, teams may only use players on their roster.
Teams may be asked to provide 1 referee for games before or after their own match to act as a referee (there will be a schedule).
Referees' primary responsibilities are to serve as an arbitrator for difficult calls, start and maintain game flow, ensure safety of all participants and spectators, and enforce the Sportsmanship Code. It is the PLAYERS' responsibility to identify faults when they occur.
The team Captains will use rock-paper-scissors to determine the choice of serving first or choosing a side for the first game.
Teams will switch sides for the second game and the team who did not serve to start the first game shall serve to start the second game.
A 45-minute time limit will be placed on all games. If time expires in the middle of a game, the team with the most points will be declared the winner of that game. If less than a two point difference exists between scores the referee or league host will set a cap and the teams will play to that point.
Teams will forfeit 1 game for every 10 minutes past the designated start time that they do not have the legal amount of players.
If a team does not have the minimum number of players present 10 minutes after the designated start time, the entire match will be forfeited and the team that is present will be declared the winner.
Playoff Eligibility: teams that notch 2 or more forfeits in 1 regular season will not be eligible for the playoffs.
A game ball will be provided by Play Mile High. Only balls provided by the League will be allowed in play.
Players must wear the t-shirts provided by Play Mile High at all times during League play.
Rec Scoring: Games will be played to 21 points with a cap of 25 points. A team must win by 2, unless both teams are tied with 25 points. Rally Scoring will be used.
The third game will be played to 15 points with a cap of 18 points. A team must win by 2, unless both teams are tied with 18 points. Rally scoring will be used.
Scores should be called out loudy before each serve.
Minimum of 3 total players on the court with 1 female on the court at all times.
The player in the back right hand corner of the rotation will be designated to serve and continue to rotate clockwise.
No part of the body may touch the net at anytime, unless a ball or person driven into the net causes the contact.
When executing a block or spike, a player may follow through over the net, as long as the individual doe not interfere with players on the other side of the net.


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'Krunker' has landed. How will your school defend itself?
Move over Fortnite. There's a new free-for-all game that's blowing up in schools and homes all over Australia. Think Call of Duty-style first-person shooter with a Roblox-like aesthetic that anybody can play free in their browser, on almost any device - no downloads required.
Gamers are loving Krunker.io for its fast and furious pace and funky graphics. Parents and teachers not so much.
Why schools should worry
It's all about gun violence
It's a first-person shooter, after all. Krunker.io players can choose to arm themselves with assault rifles, rocket launchers, revolvers, light machine guns and pretty much everything in between.
It features chat with adult strangers
And like all such games, abusive, offensive or just plain aggro voices abound. When your students play during school-time, that puts your duty of care at risk.
It's only free til it's not
Developers do not release "free" games out of the goodness of their hearts. They do it for one reason only: to make money through in-app purchases. (That's how Fortnite, another "free" game, managed to earn US $2.5 BILLION last year.)
The game also features sneaky embedded ads, none of which can be turned off with an ad-blocker, some of which promote offensive content.
Its age verification is non-existent
Krunker.io's online "Information for Parents" states, "Your child should always be honest about his age." And its self-awarded age rating is 8 years old.
How Family Zone can help
Family Zone's School Manager makes it easy to vanquish Krunker - and any other game that's launching an attack on your students' focus and attention.
Topics: Cyber Safety, Cyber Experts, online gaming, Fortnite, primary school, krunker
Where do your students really go when they go online?
Family Zone Classwize: Your superpower for managing student internet


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Retiring rabbi sets sights on book, tour project
Ryan Mancini
Rabbi Ron Hauss sits in Sisk Plaza outside Congregation Beth Shalom. Ryan Mancini/The Signal
As he and his wife, Randie, consider it less of a retirement and more of a transition, Rabbi Ron Hauss is looking forward to his new life following his 70th birthday May 27.
"I have always imagined that there was a second life, a different life out there for me after I've finished my (tenure as rabbi)," he said. "I've enjoyed it thoroughly."
Hauss has served as a rabbi for the last five decades, much of that time leading on and off at Congregation Beth Shalom. He committed himself to retiring at 70, looking ahead at new projects and personal time he could have more focus on. Born in New York City, he moved to the Santa Clarita Valley in 1975. The synagogue started with 33 families, Hauss said, which had swollen to 125 families by 2013.
He considered that change to have began with a "whole new, radical idea."
"Through a lot of fortuitous circumstances, building the new sanctuary, my coming back (and) a new concept of membership, which did away with membership dues and basically said, 'If you're a member of the Jewish community in Santa Clarita, you are a part of Beth Shalom,'" he said. "'We welcome you, membership dues are not an issue. You come, you (take part) in our services, and whatever you would like to contribute, that's your contribution.'"
One of Hauss' upcoming projects will be to write a definitive history of the SCV's Jewish community that dates back to the early history of Jewish settlement in California. After 40 years of collecting information, he feels that now he'll have the time for serious research.
His other project entails a formal tour program of Jewish Los Angeles. It would include a monthly bus tour driving around the city and taking guests to historic Jewish sites across LA. As the city with the third largest Jewish community in the world, it's the only major city to not offer such a program, Hauss said.
Hauss also said he plans to travel more with his wife, though he will still reside in Santa Clarita and attend functions at Congregation Beth Shalom.
With his eye toward the Santa Clarita Valley, he looked at the city as "an island of normality and peace within a very troubled world."
"It is the place that grounds me, the place that I consider home," he said. "It is the place that reassures me in difficult moments that the evil in the world and the people who do evil in the world are not the majority. They're a small fraction. We can't lose sight of the good in the world as represented here in Santa Clarita."
As a tribute to Hauss and his wife's time with the synagogue, Congregation Beth Shalom will hold a gala and dinner on June 1. Individual tickets will cost $95, while couples can attend for $215. The gala is set to begin at 7 p.m.
For more information about the gala itself, go to cbs-scv.org/annual-gala-tribute-dinner/
Ryan Mancini covered local news for The Signal. He joined in May 2018 and previously worked as a reporter and editor for The Sundial, Scene Magazine and El Nuevo Sol while enrolled as a student at California State University, Northridge, where he studied journalism and political science.


The All Ireland Schools Combined Athletics were held yesterday in AIT Athlone. Athletes competed in high jump, long jump, hurdles, shot putt and an 800mtr. Ballyhaunis Community School was represented by Niamh O Neill and she finished 2nd. In doing so she was selected on the Irish School girls team and will travel to Scotland in November for an International. Niamh will be joined by Chloe Casey from Loughrea. These are the only Connacht athletes to be selected.


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Let Sleeping Germans Lie
May 28, 2012 February 21, 2013 victorhanson
The newly elected French Socialist president, Francois Hollande, is warning Germany that Mediterranean ideas of "growth," not Germanic "austerity," should be the new European creed. No surprise there — reckless debtors often blame their own past imprudence on greedy creditors, especially if the latter are supposed to be guilt-ridden over causing two world wars.
All over Europe, the gospel is that tight-fisted Germans are at the root of the European Union meltdown: They worked too hard, saved too much, bought too little and borrowed not at all. All that may be true, in theory. But, in fact, faulting thrift and industry is a prescription for incurring anger and guaranteeing backlash — especially in the case of the Germans, who are now asked to provide even more capital to help other European economies to recover.
There is one general rule about the history of the modern state of Germany since its inception in 1871: Anytime Germany has been both unified and isolated, armed conflict has inevitably followed.
We often scoff at such quaint historical laws — forgetting that World War I followed from the inability of the French to harness German nationalism after the Franco-Prussian War. World War II was a result of the inability of the victorious allies either to dismantle the unified German state or incorporate a defeated Germany into some sort of continental alliance.
After World War II, the allies swore that they had at last come up with a novel tripartite solution: Germany would be split apart. West Germany was to be a member of both NATO and, eventually, the new European Union. France, Great Britain and the United States would be nuclear powers, but not so Germany, where nuclear physics and rocketry were born.
Seventy years of peace followed — an abnormality in two millennia of Western civilization in Europe. But now, insidiously, the WWII-era constraints are eroding. Germany is united and very rich. The rest of the European Union is quite poor and beginning to crack apart. A ragtag NATO is confused by the new "lead from behind" America.
Yet the catalysts for the German wars were not just Europe's inability to contain and surround a naturally powerful German state. German fears and emotions counted too.
There were lots of causes of the First World War. But one was German propaganda that France, Britain and Russia were thwarting a growing imperial Germany's natural right to expand and colonize.
Who knows all the sick reasons why desperate Germans turned to nutty ex-corporal Adolf Hitler in the 1930s? But among them was that ancient paranoia that the Allies once more had rigged the European system to keep Germany divided, weak, poor and on the defensive.
In other words, serially hurt pride and a loss of deterrence seemed to have been keys to the outbreak of three German wars. And now? The very thought of an armed, powerful — and increasingly exasperated — Germany, furious at its neighbors for a fourth time, seems silly, especially given its success and security.
But Germans certainly believe that they have played by all the postwar rules. They paid $2 trillion for their own reunification without asking for handouts. The European Union turned into a Ponzi racket in which poorer southern members cooked their books to get German cash — only when caught to blame their indebtedness on German mercantilism and callous, export-driven profit mongering. Perpetual war guilt decreed that Germans must be apologetic about their own success and discreet about the reasons for others' failures.
Beneath the recent election of a socialist president in France and the rise of various extremists in southern Europe is a common theme. After four years of austerity, no poor European country still believes that it can — or should — sacrifice to pay back much of what it borrowed from a far wealthier Germany, which supposedly undermined the European Union by not spending and borrowing more.
Of course, the EU always claims it will survive. Of course, all 21st-century Europeans know that nationalism and military preparedness are the fossilized notions of more primitive peoples.
But let's wait and see what happens when Europeans not only default on lots of German-backed loans, but also defiantly announce that they should not have been given them in the first place — and thus should not have to give them back at all. Injury for Germany is one thing; insult on top of it might be quite another.
History is quietly whispering to us in our age of amnesia: "I would not keep poking the Germans unless you are able to deal with them when they wake up."
GermanyEurope, France, Germany, Global Economy, History, Hitler, Imperialism, Mediterranean, NATO, Socialism, The EU, WWII
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DES MOINES– The Spartans had their chances, but couldn't put enough runs on the board.
Solon fell to No. 1 seed Waverly-Shell Rock, 3-1, in a Class 3A quarterfinal game at Principal Park Tuesday.
Solon entered the tournament as the No. 8 seed.


Best Laid Plans is a romance novel. I don't normally read this genre of book, but I have to admit, I forgot how nice romance is. This romance book has all the staples: the love story, climax, conflict, and an optimistic ending. In sum, alpha male chases strong smart female, female tries but can't resist his genuine charm combined with his handsome good looks; male won't stop pursuing until he wins the female's love.
This novel is part of a series of books that center on the stories of the members of a highly successful family. Each book tells the story of a different family member. As a result of not having read any of the other books in the series about the Madaris family, the reference to the stories of other family members was a bit tricky to follow at times; the Madaris family is quite large! Thanks to the author for providing a family tree in the front-matter of the book to help make sense of the family linkages and other books in the series. I found myself flipping back to this section several times.
The story is predictable and has a few modest attempts at plot twists. What I'm not fond of in this story is the main female and male character's perception that being tender-hearted is somehow a compromise of their intelligence and success. Being vulnerable to love is perceived as a weakness, and it takes their persistent elder family members to encourage their companionship. I found this frustrating and a false belief.
If you need a sweet simple story, this is it. The characters are likeable, and the love story is acceptable. This is a very quick easy read; for example, I was able to get through this book on a long haul flight. I gave this book a rating of 3 because I could not rationalize the character's success and intelligence with their naïve response to their attraction and admiration for one another. It seemed a bit too disconnected from reality.


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Mike Duijser is executive vice president and chief supply chain officer for Ecolab Inc. He oversees Ecolab's global supply chain operations, including more than 400 manufacturing plants, warehouses and other supply chain facilities around the world.
Mike Duijser is executive vice president and chief supply chain officer for Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and vital resources.
In this role, Duijser oversees Ecolab's global supply chain operations, including more than 400 manufacturing plants, warehouses and other supply chain facilities around the world.
Previously, Duijser served as the chief supply chain officer for Reckitt Benckiser (RB) Group plc, where he was responsible for its global supply chain operations including procurement, manufacturing and distribution. Prior to this, Duijser served as the vice president of Worldwide Engineering for Amazon. Duijser began his career at Nestlé leading product development, manufacturing and integration initiatives across many businesses and in developing markets.
Duijser has a master's degree in Physics Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.


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Dorothy Graves Mason, 89, of Alcoa, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Born May 21, 1922 in Etowah, TN to the late John and Viola Bookout Graves, she was a member of Central Baptist Church Alcoa for over 60 years. Beginning her career at the Aluminum Company of America, she later retired after 22 years as secretary at Alcoa High School. She was a beautiful, gracious lady who exemplified the qualities every Christian woman should strive for in her personal life and appearance, in her family life, and within her community.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Glenda Mason Brown, and great-granddaughter, Brooke Lafollette.
Survivors include her devoted husband of 68 years, William Glenn Mason of Alcoa, and daughter, Betty Jane Burris and husband, Bill of Kingsport. Grandchildren include Melissa Lafollette and Jason Brown of Maryville; Bradford Burris of North Carolina; Blake Burris and Barton Burris of Johnson City. Great-grandchildren include Olivia Lafollette, Haley Brown, and Caleb Brown. Additional family members include, brother, Chester Graves of Alcoa, beloved aunt, Ina Gilbert of Maryville; and uncle, G. B. Bookout of California.
A memorial service and celebration of Dorothy's life will be held Friday, July 29th at Central Baptist Church Alcoa at 5:00 p.m. with Rev. Jason Brown and Rev. George Gilbert officiating. Friends will be received immediately following the service. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Central Baptist Church Alcoa, 962 Springbrook Road, Alcoa, TN 37701.
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