The University of Oregon has joined SCOAP3.With the University of Oregon, SCOAP3 counts already 18 U.S. institutions which have pledged to re-direct their subscriptions to High-Energy Physics journals to the initiative.About 15% of the U.S. contribution to SCOAP3 has already been collected, a number which is poised to increase in the coming weeks.
Watch the videos of the SCOAP3 U.S. focal meeting!
The videos of the SCOAP3 U.S. Focal meeting held on February 29, 2008 at the University of California at Berkeley are now available on YouTube.
Berkeley SCOAP3 focal meeting, the slides are available online!


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September always feel like the start of a new year, thanks to the back-to-school vibe and shift in seasons. Adding to the excitement is a full slate of events taking place in our Scouted cities. From a four-day-long food, wine, and music festival in Greenville, South Carolina, to a world-class polo classic in Hunt Country, Virginia, to a not-to-be-missed wildlife art auction in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, here's what we're looking forward to next month.


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Q: Track user activity from different domains (but same site) with google analytics I've got a site that has many domains and subdomains. They all go to the same pages and do the same stuff. The only thing that changes from domain to domain is the images and colors of the site. So I wanna track the users activity and started using google analytics. I changed the google script to this:
<script>
      (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
      (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
      m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
      })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

      ga('create', 'UA-XXXXX-X', 'auto', {'allowLinker': true});
      ga('require', 'linker');
      ga('linker:autoLink', ['domain2.com'] );
      ga('send', 'pageview');

</script>

But this only gives me the data from all activities in the browser no matter from which domain it came. I wanna know if it's possible to also separate which domain had more hits and stuff like that. Is it possible? Is there any other tool where this is possible?
Thanks :)

A: Sounds like you are tracking all (and any) of your domains with that code snippet you provided. Some best practices are to

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*set up a view for each domain (with the appropriate Include filter applied) and also

*set up a Roll-up view that contains data for all your domains, and you would definitely need an Prepend hostname filter so you can see which domain traffic comes in from.

*set up a Raw view that is completely unfiltered,

*and finally set up a Test view for testing out new configurations.

Edit: Here's a screenshot of how you would include a filter for a specific domain:

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What exactly is the difference between 'Edit CSS' and the Editor > Styles.css?
Are the Edit CSS changes overiding the sytles.css of the child theme which then overide the Volatyl css?
Where do you have "Edit CSS"? That's not part of the WordPress core. Could you be referencing the Jetpack CSS feature? I think that's the case. If so, there is no real difference.
The way CSS works is that it can be tied to your HTML content in multiple ways. It can be inline placed directly in your HTML. It can be linked in the head of your document to a remote file. It can be pasted directly into the head of your document.
No matter what, though, as long as it is tied to your HTML, it all follows the rules of CSS. So what you place in Edit CSS has to compete with what you place in WordPress style editor. If what's in the style editor is stronger than Edit CSS, the style editor CSS wins. The reverse is true as well.
So what it really comes down to is how you want to organize your CSS. Placing CSS in the style editor ties your CSS directly to the theme you are modifying. Placing it in the Edit CSS for Jetpack will stay with your site no matter which theme you're running as long as you have that module activated in Jetpack. That's not bad at all if you don't switch themes. If you do, though, you'll end up with useless CSS that the browser has to run but serves no purpose.
Also, if you have the same exact CSS in the style editor as you do in the Edit CSS panel, the Edit CSS panel's CSS will have the final word as it is always ran after the theme's CSS files.
So, I'm free to make changes to the Vibrant css?
as a matter of interest I recently added my site to CloudFlare to test this whole CDN lark.
I mention this because I noticed my FTP client needed tweaking to allow backend access.
Whether that matters or not…?
Sorry for the delay! That is exactly right… your CDN needs to be purged.
CloudFlare has a feature that allows you to switch on a development mode and it's only open for a certain amount of time. When you have it on, your cache will clear and changes will take effect immediately. Once development mode is off again, yes, you'll have to clear your cache/purge your CDN after making changes.
No worries I am learning as I go….though I read your latest blog post on letting pros take control so I hope you're not rolling your eyes too much.
Oh no not at all. You didn't buy a ready made theme that was supposed to be an end product and try to turn it into a shortcut for creating your own custom design. You're doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing here. Remember the "Yay, Google" parts? That's what this is. Learning what is what and how to do it. You're learning the exact way that I learned. I was talking specifically about the people who are supposed to be satisfied with the design they bought, but they want to find a way to cheat the system.
Thanks Sean. I just don't want to come across as if I expect you to style the skeleton because I currently can't.
I'm having fun tinkering and learning as I go and this is so much easier than what I previously had installed.
I'll struggle away like a small farmer.
There is one thing that is driving me nuts. On your Volatyl site the site title has a applied to color an element of the text. For the life of me I can't figure out how to apply that in WordPress.
and there is a class span that is colouring the element but where I struggle is how you actually got the h1 to have inserted in the first place.
But, I'll figure it out if it kills me. Half the fun.
What I actually did was disable my site title in the Volatyl options and built my own header inside of the vol_header_top hook. The reason I did it this way is because, like you've noticed, you can't put HTML in your site title field for WordPress. That's what makes hooks so awesome.
Here's the code I used. It's PHP and should be pasted into your child theme's functions.php file. I wrote up a description in the PHP itself that explains the code. Let me know if it makes sense.
P.S. You're learning the right stuff.
Haha I'm glad it's working for you. The WordPress interface for Volatyl is nice and very flexible but once you get into writing PHP, things get real and the true power of frameworks is revealed. Don't hesitate to ask more questions!
That PHP code breaks the menu responsiveness?
Here's the css I added to the skeleton….
It's all still inventing but I thought I'd share in case this has broken my menu?
Is your site live, Rich? If so, can I have a link? I need to see exactly what is broken about the menu responsiveness.
Are you on the most updated version of Volatyl, 1.1.6? If you just upgraded, have you seen the new responsive CSS options? Shoot me some more info and I'll get the issue taken care of.
P.S. You can forever go back to Volatyl Themes and download the latest version of the skeleton that has already been checked to ensure capability. As stated in the comments of the skeleton CSS file, you'll want to grab the latest version of the skeleton before every time you do a new job with it. So if it's been a while since you've touched it, you may have missed some major updates.


An isolated person may experience loneliness or low self-esteem. Over time, a person may develop social anxiety, depression, or other mental health concerns. The right therapist can help individuals build social skills and connect with others. Therapy can also help people recover from the effects of isolation.
Does Social Media Cause Isolation?
Social isolation is an absence of social relationships. It is distinct from solitude, which is simply the state of being alone. Social isolation can occur in solitude or in the vicinity of others.
Avoid social interaction due to shame or depression.
Spend extended periods of time alone.
Experience social anxiety or fears of abandonment at the idea of social interaction.
Have only limited or superficial social contact.
Lack important social or professional relationships.
Develop severe distress and loneliness.
Emotional isolation occurs when someone is unable or unwilling to share their emotions with others. Someone may be reluctant to discuss anything but the most superficial matters. Without emotional support, they may feel "shut down" or numb.
Emotional isolation can occur due to social isolation. Yet a person may feel emotionally isolated despite having a social network. Even though relationships are necessary for our well-being, they can trigger negative feelings and thoughts. Emotional isolation can act as a defense mechanism to protect a person from distress.
Someone in an intimate relationship can still experience emotional isolation. One or both partners may feel alone within the relationship, rather than supported and fulfilled. Infidelity, abuse, and other trust issues often cause such feelings. A couples counselor can help partners identify the source of their distress. The couple can then work to improve communication and rebuild trust.
Solitude, isolation, and loneliness are similar terms, but they have distinct meanings.
Solitude is the state of being alone.
Isolation is a lack of social relationships or emotional support.
Loneliness is a craving for social contact. It is often linked to feelings of sadness and emptiness.
Spending time alone is not inherently bad. Solitude can be a healthy, rejuvenating experience. It can allow people to reconnect with their needs, goals, and feelings.
Some people require more solitude than others. Introverts, for example, enjoy spending lots of time alone and can feel drained through social interaction. Meanwhile, extroverts often need more social interaction to feel fulfilled. Circumstances that feel isolating or lonely to one person may be healthy for another.
27% feel they don't have people who truly understand them.
47% do not have meaningful in-person social interactions (such as quality time with family) on a daily basis.
Research suggests isolation is highest at both ends of the lifespan. It first peaks in adolescence and young adulthood. The survey above found Generation Z is currently the loneliest generation (represented by adults ages 18-22 years old in the study). As people make families and advance in their careers, isolation will often decline.
But as people pass middle age, isolation can increase. An American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) study found 35% of Americans over the age of 45 are lonely. Lonely individuals tended to be more isolated. Lonely people were less likely to be involved in social community activities, such as attending religious services or volunteering.
Isolation often peaks a second time as people reach their senior years. Spouses and friends may die over time. Among elders, mobility and other health impairments can make it difficult to reach out to others. In 2014, 26% of people over the age of 65 lived alone.
The role of gender in isolation is complex. Men tend to be more isolated than women. A British survey found 2.5 million (1 in 8) male Britons have no close friends, and 51% have two or fewer close friendships.
Despite this isolation, men are less likely to admit feeling lonely. A 2012 study found men were more socially isolated than women. However, women and men reported similar satisfaction with their social support network. The study authors suggest the discrepancy is due to gender socialization. The men may have been reluctant to admit they were lonely for fear of showing vulnerability.
Some research suggests toxic masculinity—restrictive norms about how men should think and feel—can play a role in male isolation. Western cultures often socialize men to be tough and stoic, even at the expense of emotional connection. Homophobia can deter men from seeking out friendships with other men. Sexism may cause them to devalue friendships with women.
Cultural and social factors can also isolate women. When women are the minority at work or school, they may feel left out. Research consistently finds that motherhood can be deeply isolating. In most families, child-rearing disproportionately falls to the woman. Recovering from childbirth can further isolate women, as can the demands of breastfeeding, the logistics of bottle-feeding, and the physical challenges of traveling with an infant or young child. This motherhood-related isolation can be a risk factor for postpartum depression. A 2013 study suggests reducing isolation and loneliness among new mothers can lower their risk of postpartum depression.
A person's gender may be a risk factor for isolation when they don't identify with the dominant model of gender. People who are genderfluid or nonbinary may feel isolated or lonely, especially when people around them don't accept or understand their gender.
Social media promises to help users feel more connected. Research suggests it may have the opposite effect for younger users. A 2017 study of young adults ages 19-32 years old found frequent social media users had higher levels of perceived social isolation. The most frequent users were three times as likely to feel isolated as the least frequent users.
These results don't mean social media use is always harmful or that all people who use social media feel isolated. For some people, social media offers access to a sense of community and belonging. This can be especially true for marginalized individuals who might have trouble connecting with people in their physical location.
Social media may be a factor in loneliness when it replaces in-person connections or when fleeting online interactions substitute for more substantive conversation. When social media is just one form of interaction, or when it increases access to meaningful relationships, it may reduce isolation.
Higher levels of stress hormones and inflammation.
Heart disease, including high blood pressure and coronary artery disease.
A heightened risk of developing a disability.
Increased vulnerability to chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes.
Social isolation may even increase one's risk of premature death. A 2015 study found social isolation increases a person's risk of death by about 30%.
Isolation can increase the risks of mental health issues such as depression, dementia, social anxiety, and low self-esteem. Isolation and mental health issues can also interact with one another in a feedback loop. For example, a person might develop depression because of intense loneliness, then feel even more isolated because of their depression.
Extreme isolation can have catastrophic effects on mental health. Humans are social animals who need human contact to thrive—and sometimes even to survive. Infants who don't get enough physical contact may fail to thrive and die. Inmates held in solitary confinement, especially for extended periods of time, may experience hallucinations, insomnia, posttraumatic stress (PTSD), and difficulty telling time. More than 80,000 men, women, and children are held in solitary confinement in American prisons and jails.
If you or a loved one is experiencing isolation, you can find a therapist here. A mental health professional can also treat any mental health issues which may be contributing to the situation.


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EuropeOct 8th 2005 edition
Turkey and Armenia
Even we wish you well
Armenians back Turkey's hopes for a European future
IF THERE was a country in the world that wished the Turks ill, you might think it would be Armenia, where most citizens say their people suffered genocide at the hand of the Ottomans in 1915—and wish Turkey would admit this. But in fact, Armenians cautiously welcome their neighbour's Euro-success.
Armenia's problems with the Turks are not just historical. Since 1993, the Ankara authorities have sealed the Turkish-Armenian border, in solidarity with their kin in Azerbaijan, part of whose territory is occupied by Armenians.
But people in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, assume that joining Europe will make Turkey change its ways: both its view of history, and its treatment of its neighbours. And the city's weary residents feel they need a break from tough regional realities. An isolated Armenia has had to find partners wherever it can. From Moscow to Los Angeles, the diaspora sends remittances; America's government also gives aid—$75m this year. But for ordinary people, life is hard.
The economy has grown on paper but produces little. In what was once a medium-sized Soviet city, the centre is full of craters where mass housing has been torn down to make flats for rich exiles. In the words of a foreign-ministry adviser, "there is no alternative to getting on with our neighbours."
Arsen Ghazaryan, who co-chairs an association of Turkish and Armenian businessmen, is frustrated by the blockade. Braving the cost of transit through Georgia or Iran, he says, Turkish businessmen do around $100m worth of trade with Armenia annually. Every summer, thousands of Armenians catch the rays on Turkish beaches. But Mr Ghazaryan thinks of what might be: with its deep ports and vibrant internal market, he sees Turkey as a natural partner.
In their attitude to Turkey, there are differences between local and overseas Armenians. While Armenia's government hails Turkey's breakthrough, many in the diaspora called it an undeserved reward for an unrepentant nation. "It's easy to be principled in the diaspora," retorts a young woman in Yerevan. "They don't have to live between Turkey and Azerbaijan."
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline "Even we wish you well"


There's an old urban legend about the Candyman.
If you're foolish enough to call his name in front of the mirror five times, he will appear.
There are lots of variations on the story, one of the most popular being that he's an ex-slave with a hook for a hand.
In my painting, I chose to reimagine the Candyman as a kind of eldritch abomination-- a creature of unspeakable horror whose very presence can induce insanity in an individual. Somehow, I find that much more frightening than some lunatic with a hook for a hand.


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Bernabé may refer to:

People

As a given name
 Bernabé Ballester (born 1982), Spanish footballer
 Bernabé Barragán (born 1993), Spanish footballer
 Bernabé Cobo, (1582–1657), Spanish Jesuit missionary and writer
 Bernabé Ferreyra (1909–1972), Argentine footballer
 Bernabé Ndaki, Gabonese politician
 Bernabé "Berny" Peña, (born 1980) Costa Rican footballer
 Bernabé Ramos y Miranda, Governor of Melila 1688-1691
 Bernabé Williams also known as Bernie, (born 1968) former Major League Baseball outfielder

As a surname
 Adrián Bernabé (born 2001), Spanish footballer
 Ángel Bernabé, (born 1987), Spanish footballer
 Franco Bernabè (born 1948), Italian banker
 Jean Bernabé (1942–2017), Martinican writer and linguist
 Mònica Bernabé (born 1972), Spanish journalist
 Pascal Bernabé, (born 1942) French SCUBA diver

Places
San Bernabé (Monterrey Metro)

See also
Barnabas
Barnaby (disambiguation)
Bernabei (disambiguation)

Spanish masculine given names

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SCOTT CITY — Wyatt Hayes scored five times, leading the Scott City Beavers to a 34-7 win over visiting Beloit Friday to advance in the Class 3A playoffs.
November has been a good month for the Scott City in the last dozen years. Since 2006, the Beavers are 22-11 in state playoff games in November, with a title to show for it in 2012 to go with three more from 1988-1991.
This year's team is looking to add five more wins to the November numbers as they took out Beloit 34-7 in round two of the state Class 3A playoffs. Hayes racked up 194 yards on 20 carries to lead the Beaver attack.
Nearly a month ago, the Beavers, ranked third in state, knocked out the Trojans 55-12, and Friday night at their home Darnell Stadium, it was much of the same.
Ironically, Hayes also had a 5-touchdown game then, as well.
Hayes scored four rushing touchdowns to account for all of Scott City's first-half points Friday, the first on the longest play from scrimmage this season, a 70-yard run in the first quarter. That followed his 71-yard run called back on a face mask call two plays earlier.
The senior scored again in that opening quarter, this time on a 4-yard run for a 13-0 lead. His next run came from 3 yards out in the second, and his fourth was from 2 yards.
He almost picked up a fifth following a Hunter Yager interception that Yager ran back to the Beloit 4-yard line, but the Beavers failed to get it in from there.
The Beavers racked up 200 yards of offense, 189 of that on the ground (166 by Hayes). The defense held the Indians to just 79 and forced a fumble and interception.
Scott City went 60 yards on 12 plays on its second series of the second half and failed to score at the goal line again as the Beloit defense stood strong.
But the Beaver defense held Beloit to a three-and-out, forcing a punt, which Hayes returned 39 yards to set up first-and-goal, and this time Hayes ran it in for his fifth score from five yards out.
A Moses Hinojos field goal, his fourth of the game (and 30th of the season), gave Scott City a 34-0 lead with 2:37 to play in the third period.
Beloit's lone score came in the final quarter when Grant Arasmith hit Vincent Palen in the back of the end zone for a 38-yard scoring play. Scott City finished the game with 294 total yards (252 on the ground) while holding Beloit to 252.
The win makes the Beavers at 3-1 over Beloit with the only blemish coming in a 36-13 loss in 2013.
Assistant coach Landon Frank said the defense really stepped things up this night to complement the offense output.
Hayes' performance was special, as well, he added.
The run game allowed the passing game to be successful as Parker Gooden was five of seven with no interceptions.
With the win, the Beavers (10-0) make another November move as they travel to Andale to face the top-ranked Indians.


Experience from a telestroke network reveal metrics that help pinpoint where changes can be made to speed up processes of care.
Long transfer times between community-based 'spoke' hospitals and large, tertiary 'hub' hospitals reduce the likelihood of receiving endovascular thrombectomy, one study shows.
A patient's chance of having thrombectomy decreased by 1% for each additional minute of transfer time over 60 minutes, with the most pronounced transfer delays occurring at night.
Leslie-Mazwi and colleagues conducted a retrospective study to look at how transfer time in a hub-and-spoke telestroke network affected outcomes among patients with suspected large vessel occlusions. The study, published online April 30, 2018, ahead of print in Stroke, included 234 patients transferred to a single hub hospital from 2011 to 2015.
All patients had onset within 12 hours of arrival at the hub hospital and had a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 6 or greater. About half were transferred to the hub via ambulance (51%) and half via helicopter (49%). Twenty-seven percent underwent endovascular therapy, with about one-third (37%) achieving a modified Rankin Scale score of 0-2 by 90 days.
Ideal transfer times were calculated using an algorithm that accounted for distance to the hub, traffic, and telestroke consult time, treatment and stabilization of the patient, and preparation for transport. The median actual transfer time was 30 minutes longer than the median ideal transfer time (132 vs 102 minutes). In logistic regression analysis, longer transfer time was associated with decreased odds of thrombectomy (OR 0.990; P = 0.003).
Patients with transfer times within 60 minutes had a 44% chance of undergoing thrombectomy, with decreases in that percentage for each additional minute of transfer time.
Night transfer between 6 PM and 6 AM was associated with delays of about 20 minutes longer than transfers that occurred during the day. Intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) delivery at the spoke hospital was not associated with any significant delay, nor was being treated on a weekend.
Lead study author Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA), told Neurovascular Exchange that the situation is a common one, since patients with large vessel occlusions often need to be transferred from a hospital without endovascular thrombectomy capabilities.
"Our paper proposes an algorithm for individualizing transfer metrics based on the geography of each spoke," he added. It includes separate air and ground algorithms that account for activation time, geographic distance, and typical travel speeds to customize time metrics for each center with a referral network, he and colleagues explain in the paper.
Regenhardt RW, Mecca AP, Flavin SA, et al. Delays in the air or ground transfer of patients for endovascular thrombectomy. Stroke. 2018;Epub ahead of print.
Regenhardt reports being supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Leslie-Mazwi reports no relevant conflicts of interest.


On November 23, Disney will be releasing its newest PRINCESS movie, Moana! My kids (and me) are so darn excited. I am thrilled to share with you some Disney exclusive coloring pages and activity sheets.
Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows exactly why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes "Moana," a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana (voice of Auli'i Cravalho) meets the mighty demigod Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson), who guides her in her quest to become a master wayfinder. Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she's always sought: her own identity. Directed by the renowned filmmaking team of Ron Clements and John Musker ("The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," "The Princess & the Frog"), produced by Osnat Shurer ("Lifted," "One Man Band"), and featuring music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i, "Moana" sails into U.S. theaters on Nov. 23, 2016. For more information, visit http://disney.com/moana.
"Walt Disney Animation Studios' new feature film "Moana" is about an adventurous teenager who, with help from demigod Maui, sails out on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder and save her people."
Are you excited to see the Coloring and Activity Sheets? Click on the following links and you can print them!
I know that my kiddos are thrilled about the new movie, what are you excited to see?


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Q: Fullwidth div inside a non-fullwidth I would create something like this jsFiddle.
I have a container, with a 1024px width. Then I would create in the middle of the page a fullwidth-div, with for example an image.  In the example the yellow div should cover the blue one (that simulate my screen width ).
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A: You should close .red before you open .yellow otherwise .red will be the parent of .yellow and if you put width:100%; on .yellow it will take the width:200px; from .red instead of .container.
Here is a JSFiddle.

A: Try out thinking different changing css parameter instead of using background-color. I have tested it with :box-shadow parameter:
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Take a look at live example: fullwidth blue section here: http://kreditka.testovi-site.pw
Regards,
Max


A true understanding of the reasons why certain people are homosexual seems more important now than ever before. Gay people are still fighting for their right to marry. Providing the answer to why religions, and society as a whole, have been homophobic for centuries, Crossovers: The Origin of Homosexuality Revealed is not only a long overdue history lesson, but may also help to reunite families who have been torn apart by bias and a lack of understanding.
On March 16, 1978 an ascended spiritual master, the Angel Without A Name (AWAN) spoke for the first time, with Carl Hewitt, a well-respected psychic medium. This book chronicles Rick's journey of accepting his homosexuality. Rick was on the verge of committing suicide, when he sought counseling from Rev. Carl R. Hewitt. Awan intervened and offered to teach Rick the origin of homosexuality and the reason for religion's homophobic attitudes, provided that Sidney Schwartz was present to record and document these sessions. The author literally found the verification of Awan's explanation of the origin of homosexuality carved in stone!
Crossovers: The Origin of Homosexuality Revealed will answer the following questions: Why are some people gay? What is the true meaning of holy? Who were the true targets of the priests' campaign of homophobia? Why Christians cannot use the Bible to justify their homophobic attitudes? Why are many clergymen gay?


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8 Things You Should Know If You Get Recurrent UTIs
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The absolute worst.
By Carolyn L. Todd
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Getting a UTI (urinary tract infection) sucks. You know what sucks even more? Getting a sucky UTI over and over again.
They're called recurrent UTIs, and they can make you feel like you spend half your life running to the bathroom. If that sounds like you, listen up. There are a few things you should know about what qualifies as a recurrent UTI, why they happen, and what you can do about them.
What is a UTI?
Before we talk about the recurring UTI, let's talk about the one-and-done UTI.
A UTI is an infection in any part of your urinary tract, the Mayo Clinic explains. The infection usually starts when bacteria normally found in your bowels gets into the urethra, where pee exits from. Instead of getting flushed out by urine or fought off by your immune system like it's supposed to, the bacteria begins to colonize the urinary tract, according to the the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Most UTIs stay in the urethra (called urethritis) and bladder (called cystitis), per the Mayo Clinic. They can cause symptoms like pain or burning with urination, a strong and persistent urge to urinate, frequently peeing small amounts—are you sensing a theme here?—and pressure or discomfort in the pelvic or lower stomach area. A simple UTI, diagnosed with a urinalysis or urinary culture, can typically be easily treated with antibiotics, the Mayo Clinic explains. (If it moves up the tract and results in a kidney infection, causing serious symptoms like a high fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and flank pain, you may require hospitalization for IV antibiotics, according to the Mayo Clinic.)
Sometimes a UTI keeps coming back, and we call it a recurrent UTI. "Most people would say a true recurrent UTI is either two within six months or three within a year," Sandip Vasavada, M.D., urologic director of the Center for Female Urology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic within the Glickman Urological Institute, tells SELF.
Here's everything you need to know about recurrent UTIs, including how to treat and prevent them.
1. Recurrent UTIs are very common for people with vaginas.
Studies estimate that 30% to 44% of women who get a UTI will get a second one within six months, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). And most of these people will be healthy individuals who have perfectly normal urologic anatomy.
In fact, basic anatomy in itself may be the single biggest risk factor for UTIs, urologist Elodi Dielubanza, M.D., assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and associate surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, tells SELF.
The reason is simple. The majority of UTIs are caused by the bacterium E. coli, which is native to the GI tract (and poop), but can cause an infection if it gets to your urinary tract. The genital anatomy of someone with a vagina is conveniently set up in a way that makes this trip very quick and easy for that bacterium. Basically, the distance between the anus and the urethra is extremely short (seriously, have you ever looked?), as is the length of the urethra, which basically acts like a short ladder that E. coli can climb up into the bladder, Dr. Dielubanza says. In comparison, people with penises tend to have a greater distance between their anus and their urethra, which makes these infections less likely (but still possible).
2. Sex puts you at greater risk of recurrent UTIs.
Being sexually active is a UTI risk factor, and having sex three or more times a week or having new sex partners or multiple partners can especially put you at risk of recurrence, according to the AAFP.
Sex can jostle around the bacteria down there and make it more likely that the wrong guys will end up in the wrong place (your urethra). "Vaginal penetration can push some bacteria around [the anus or vagina] up into the urethral area," Dr. Vasavada says. But it's not just vaginal intercourse. Sexual activity involving "fingers, toys, or anything that causes movement of bacteria" can increase the odds you'll develop a UTI, Sovrin M. Shah, M.D., an assistant professor and attending physician in the Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, tell SELF.
That's why peeing after sex is such common UTI-prevention advice, in case any bacteria has gotten up there. "If a patient voids after [sexual activity], that can help flush the contaminated urine out," before bacteria get the chance to colonize, Dr. Vasavada says. (And yes, you can have sex while you have a UTI that's being treated with antibiotics, although you may not want to if it's uncomfortable.)
3. Menopause is another risk factor.
Because UTIs are sometimes thought of being a problem for young people with active sex lives, older people are surprised to find they start getting more UTIs after they go through menopause, Dr. Vasavada says. This is thanks to a postmenopausal decline in estrogen. This estrogen deficiency alters the vaginal pH and flora in such a way that make it more hospitable to the kind of bacteria that cause UTIs, according to the AAFP.
Topical estrogen is one option for postmenopausal people to reduce the likelihood of recurrent UTIs, Dr. Vasavada says. So if you've gone through menopause and keep battling UTIs, it's definitely worth talking to your doctor about.
4. Some medical conditions make you more prone to recurrent UTIs.
While there are a "variety of anatomic and functional scenarios that put you at risk," the most common ones involve urinary retention, or an impaired ability to empty your bladder fully and frequently, Dr. Vasavada says. This results in stagnant urine, which lets infection-causing bacteria linger.
That includes someone with a spinal cord injury or nerve damage around the bladder who might have trouble emptying their bladder, or someone with a kidney stone that blocks the flow of urine, according to the NIDDK.
Another common example is diabetes, where several factors can make recurrent UTIs more likely, Dr. Vasavada explains. First, nerve damage in the bladder can reduce the sensation of having to go and the ability to fully empty the bladder, per the NIDDK. A weaker immune system makes people generally more susceptible to infections, per the Mayo Clinic. Plus, bacteria can feed on the excess amounts of sugar that spill out into the urine when someone has high blood sugar, Dr. Vasavada explains.
5. Some people are just more prone to recurrent UTIs.
"Even if someone doesn't have any of these factors, they may just keep getting UTIs," Dr. Vasavada says. Their increased susceptibility may come down to inherited and genetic factors. For instance, having a first-degree relative with a history of having five or more UTIs is a risk factor for recurrent UTIs, according to the AAFP.
One specific genetic variation occurs in the clinginess of the cells that line your bladder. "Certain people have cells with receptors that bacteria can 'stick' to more easily," Doreen Chung, M.D., a urologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, tells SELF. "In layman's terms, we say the lining of their bladder and ureter is more like Velcro," Dr. Vasavada says.
Dr. Chung points to a 2009 study published in PLOS One that looked at 1,261 women ages 18 to 49 with recurrent UTIs and kidney infections. The study found that genetic variation in a kind of receptor called Toll-like receptors (TLRs) is associated with an increased risk of both kidney and bladder infections.
6. There are a few preventive measures that might help.
If you've even gotten one UTI before, then you've probably heard these tips: Drink a lot of water, don't hold your pee in, and wipe front to back. "These are simple measures and maneuvers that may or may not help [prevent your UTIs]," Dr. Vasavada says. "But we generally recommend them because [they're] not too onerous and they're good habits anyway."
Drinking enough water and emptying your bladder frequently (and after sex) are helpful for preventing bacteria in stagnant urine from colonizing, the NIDDK explains. And wiping from front to back helps stop fecal matter (which contain UTI-causing bacteria) from making its way from the anus to the urethra.
7. Repeat after us: Cranberry juice cannot treat UTIs.
According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), cranberry juice will not treat an existing UTI. However, there is some research suggesting cranberry juice could help prevent UTIs in the first place, according to the NCCIH. An ingredient in cranberry juice and supplements called proanthocyanidins, or PACs, may help prevent bacteria from sticking to the lining of the urinary tract and bladder, Dr. Vasavada says.
But the evidence is a pretty mixed bag. For instance, a meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) including more than 1,600 subjects, published in JAMA Internal Medicine in 2012, found evidence of a link between cranberry-containing products and a protective effect against UTIs. However, the authors cautioned that there was significant heterogeneity across the studies, in terms of both variables like the dosages used and the size of the results.
And a 2012 Cochrane review of 24 studies including 4,473 women found that although some smaller studies suggest a preventive effect, particularly in women with recurrent UTIs, the body of evidence as a whole doesn't suggest a statistically significant difference. "So it's sort of up to you," Dr. Vasavada says. "If someone takes it and they think it benefits them, great."
8. You could be a candidate for prophylactic antibiotics.
If you're basically a walking UTI, you do have options: prophylactic antibiotics, which is a fancy way of saying preventive antibiotics. The idea is to nip any UTI-causing bacteria in the bud before they can even think of colonizing your urinary tract.
"If someone's had multiple culture-proven infections and we have no other sources or factors we can find, then we will consider prophylactic antibiotics," in some form, Dr. Vasavada says. There are a few ways to go about this, depending on the doctor and the patient, Dr. Vasavada says.
One option is low-dose antibiotics taken for daily for something like six months, per the Mayo Clinic. However, doctors are increasingly cautious to prescribe routine antibiotics unless all other options are exhausted, because of side effects and the potential for developing antibiotic resistance, Dr. Vasavada says.
Another route is a single dose of the antibiotic that you take every time you have sex. "That's often time enough to prevent the infection from settling in," Dr. Vasavada says. Another method is basically self-started or self-directed treatment using a standing prescription. Whenever you think you may have a UTI, you reach out to your doctor, who may want you to drop off a urine sample or may just tell you to go ahead and take the meds if you've recently tested positive and are feeling the symptoms again, Dr. Vasavada explains.
So if you're suffering from recurrent UTIs—and you've been suffering—talk to your doctor. There's hope.
Additional reporting by Laura Adkins.
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Carolyn is a journalist covering all things health and wellness at SELF. She specializes in mental and behavioral health, and is endlessly fascinated with the human mind. Her definition of wellness includes yoga, mindfulness meditation, and being around animals as much as possible. She graduated with a B.A. in Communications/Journalism... Read more
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Making a Sensory Ribbon Baby Tag Blanket with KAM Snaps and Pacifier S – I Like Big Buttons!
Cut the Fabric and Minky material to 12"x12" squares and cut your mix of ribbon 8 in 5" lengths, 7 in 8" lengths, and 1 in 12" length.
Lay out your ribbons in a random pattern, 5 pieces on each side, and some of each length on each side.
When you are happy with how it will look, pin each ribbon good sides out, wrong sides together on the the right side of Minky. At this point add the Pacifier Supplies of your choosing, I put 1 of each kind as an example, you can do as many or as few as you like. Also, I left one side of the 12" long ribbon hanging (I pinned it in the middle out of the way) as it will later be attached with a KAM Snap so that it can be opened and closed around a car seat handle or other.
Lay the Cotton Fabric right side down on top of the Minky and ribbons.
Sew a 1/4" seam around the piece, back stitch at the start, stop sewing about 3-5" or so from completing the square and back stitch again. Leaving a hole so that you can turn the Tag Blanket right side out.
Turn the Tag Blanket right side out.
The opening will have a couple unattached ribbons.
Make sure to push the corners out well so that they are as square as possible.
Carefully, fold over and pin the opening closed and the last 2 ribbons in place like so.
Stitch all the way around the Tag Blanket with a 1/4" seam allowance, remembering to back stitch at the beginning and end. When I reached the ribbons that hadn't been sewn in earlier, I back stitched over them to give them extra strength.
Seal the end of the loose 12" ribbon with a lighter or Chef's Torch. Then use some Fabric Tac to fold the ribbon over and reinforce it where the KAM Snap will be placed.
Install the KAM Snap Cap and Stud in the ribbon end.
Install the KAM Snap Cap and Socket in the base where the ribbon and blanket overlap.
It will look like this and can be snapped to your car seat handle, stroller or other so that your little one won't throw it away. The KAM Pacifier Clip in Meadow Green is another alternative that I added for attaching to your child's clothing or car seat cover for the same benefit.
I have added this Tag Blanket to my list of favorite things to make. It is fun, functional, easy to make, and very attractive.


I'll definitely be making these vegan spinach & cheese pizza rolls appetizers for upcoming holiday parties. They're so appetizing and tasty, I'm confident these cheesy, garlicky little pinwheels will go fast. They look and smell fantastic, and with a side of pizza sauce for dipping, I think they're gonna be irresistible.
They're so easy to eat, they'd be great for game-day or movie-night get-togethers, too. And they're just the right size to pack for lunch. Just warm them a bit in the microwave—and don't forget the dipping sauce!
Store bought fresh pizza dough comes in all different sizes. You can probably get away with a little more or less pizza dough, but I'd recommend at least 18 ounces. Or, feel free to make your own! (Most store-bought crusts have at least a small amount of oil, so if you're 100% oil-free, you'll probably need to make your own.) For even thickness, I like to use a rolling pin to roll out my dough. I shape it by hand into a small rectangle first, about half the finished size. Then I use the rolling pin to finish. Tips for getting even-sized sections. I use a tape measure and follow these directions. This will produce large cinnamon-bun sized rolls. (Or, you can probably just wing it and they should turn out fine as long as the sections are at least 1 1/2inches.) For a 9 inch round pan: Roll out dough to 16 inches wide. After you roll into a log, divide the long roll in half first, then divide each half in half again. You'll now have 4 even pieces. Divide each of these segments into half for a total of 8. • For a 9 inch square pan: Roll out dough to 15 3/4 inches wide. Find and mark the center of the roll. Cut a 1 3/4 piece out of the center, so that you have 2 equal size sections on either side. Cut the 2 remaining sections in half, and then in half again. You'll now have a total of 9, 1 3/4 size pieces. • For more/smaller rolls: I'd recommend cutting into sections no smaller than about 1 1/2 inches and fitting them into a round pan.


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Obituaries for Oct. 22, 2019
James "Jim" E. Smith, age 81, of Woodlawn passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019. He was born January 24, 1938 in Woodlawn. He was raised in Woodlawn the son of the late Matthew and Arie Smith of Woodlawn.
He graduated from Woodlawn High School in 1955 and was a lifelong resident of the Woodlawn Community. Mr. Smith was an artist and drew the first Woodlawn Bear mascot for the yearbook. He retired from International Paper Company in 1995 after 30 years of service.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman and a member of Pine Bluff Bass Club. He enjoyed playing his guitar with his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife of 30 years Marie A. Smith of Dumas, one son Jimmy Dale Smith of Woodlawn, three great-grandchildren, one brother, Curtis Lee Aud of Woodlawn and two sisters JoAnn Miller and Geneva Peterson both of Woodlawn.
He is survived by his three daughters, Vickie Goodman and her husband Greg of White Hall, Kathy Oxner and her husband Mike of Woodlawn, Tracy Mizell of Woodlawn, 9 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, one brother, Will Smith of Woodlawn, one sister, Joyce Campbell of Pine Bluff and a host of nieces, nephews and other family and friends.
Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday, October 21, 2019, at Buie Funeral Home in Rison.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Buie Funeral Home in Rison with Bro. Charles Woolley officiating. Interment will follow in Friendship Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home of Mr. Jim Smith in Woodlawn.
Arrangements by Buie Funeral Home of Rison (870) 325-6216. Sign online guestbook at www.buiefuneralhome.com.
Roberta Roberts
Alta Roberta Roberts, 79, of White Hall, died Friday, October 18, 2019, at The Waters of White Hall. She was born August 11, 1940, in Stonewall, Mississippi, to the late William Edward Mozingo and Alta Lois Kennedy Mozingo Murphy.
Survivors include her husband, Bruce Roberts of White Hall, whom she married September 11, 1960; daughter, Andrea Mixon of White Hall; son, Brad Roberts (Rosemary) of White Hall; step-daughter, Terri Greenlee of Missouri; step-son, Marc Koonce (Cindy) of Pine Bluff; sisters, Gail Bell (Buddy) of Rison and June Hughes of Crossett; three granddaughters, Ashleigh, Mallory and Hayley; three step-grandchildren; and 7 step great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were her three brothers, Howard Mozingo, Wayne Mozingo and Joe Mozingo.
Roberta wished to be cremated. Her ashes will be buried during a private service. The family wishes to express gratitude to the staff of The Waters of White Hall and to Arkansas Hospice Foundation. Online condolences at www.rfwhitehall.com.
Linda Chastain
Linda C. Graves Chastain, 76 of Star City, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2019, at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. She was born March 25, 1943 in Jefferson County to the late Edward R. Graves and Bernice Stroble Hurst.
She was of the Baptist faith and was a retired store room clerk for International Paper, which she loved. She was a member of the Jefferson County Extension Homemakers Club and loved her family.
Also preceding her in death were her first husband, Billy Joe Davis, Sr.; her second husband, Jerry Chastain; son, Billy Joe Davis, Jr.; 2 grandchildren, Mandy Law and Kourtnie Chastain; and a great-grandchild, Jayden Davis.
Survivors include 4 daughters, Susan Beard, JoAnna Hankins, Tammie (Anthony) Healey and Renaye (Leonard) Cortright, all of Star City; 3 step-sons, Ronnie Chastain of Pine Bluff, Kevin Chastain of Bryant and Keith (Amy) Chastain of Star City; 4 brothers, Ray Taylor of Flippin, Mike Graves of Star City, William Hurst of Pine Bluff and Donnie Hurst of Star City; 3 sisters, Ann (Doug) Heird of Pine Bluff, Sheila (Nicky) Austin of Star City and Tracie Houser of Monticello; 16 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are 2:00PM Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at Griffin Funeral Chapel with Bro. Joseph Pemberton and Bro. Shawn Foster officiating. Visitation is 6:00-8:00PM Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial at Shady Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers are Joe Hickerson, Jordan Turner, Hunter Turner, Joey Chastain, Kyle Chastain, Bryson Haynes and Kevin Chastain.
Arrangements by Griffin Funeral Service in Star City. Online guestbook at www.griffinfuneralservice.net.
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Cooksongold makes their online store sparkle with personalization
With a range of 19,000 products across a number of categories, the ability to personalize the customer experience is important to Cooksongold. But limited IT resources meant they needed a solution to help them achieve their personalization goals. The company turned to Fresh Relevance. "The Fresh Relevance team and its technology is a vital element of our marketing and eCommerce team. In fact, everything we have ever asked of them has been answered and addressed the same day," says Jonathan Broadhurst, Ecommerce Executive at Cooksongold.
The UK's largest one-stop shop for the jewellery maker with over 19,000 products.
Solutions Used
13% Increase in sales with cart and browse abandonment emails
112% Increase in sales with product recommendations
15% Increase in voucher redemption
Abandonment emails
The first port of call for Cooksongold was their cart and browse abandonment emails. The company worked with Fresh Relevance to implement triggered emails in conjunction with their ESP, dotdigital. "We've seen 13% uplift in sales year on year with our cart and browse abandonment emails," explains Jonathan.
The success of the abandonment program led Cooksongold to put major plans in place to use the Fresh Relevance platform to its full extent. "We initially used Fresh Relevance for browse and basket abandonment emails, but quickly realized that Fresh could allow us to undertake initiatives that might have taken IT months to find time to work on and then weeks to implement," says Jonathan.
The Cooksongold team took advantage of the Fresh Relevance Site Editor to speed up the process of making changes to their website. Jonathan comments: "The Site Editor is fantastic! It places the power to positively impact the performance of our website firmly in the hands of our marketing and eCommerce team, freeing up the valuable time of our IT department in the process."
The Site Editor gives the Cooksongold team total control over what content is presented on the website, but also how and where it is displayed, using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. "The Site Editor gives us speed, agility and control. It means that we can build, test, trial and even implement a new customer-facing initiative, whether it be a countdown timer or social proof, in a single day," adds Jonathan.
The team started by optimizing their product pages with the high-converting social proof tactic popularity messaging, using real-time browse data to display how many other shoppers are looking at the item on the product page. They also added automated brand logos and highlighted any discounts, clearance items and free delivery.
Additionally, the team made use of Fresh Relevance's product recommendation functionality to highlight recently browsed items on product pages, enabling them to present products likely to be of specific interest to the customer. "We've seen a 112% year on year sales uplift thanks to onsite product recommendations," says Jonathan.
"We've seen a 112% year on year sales uplift thanks to onsite product recommendations."
Jonathan Broadhurst, Ecommerce Executive, Cooksongold
These tactics were then extended to the category pages, along with links to helpful blog articles.
On their shopping cart page, the team used Fresh Relevance to add a countdown timer, providing a valuable reminder to visitors to apply their discount voucher code. Jonathan notes its direct impact: "We have seen voucher redemption increase from 35% to 50%, which not only helps to drive sales but also boosts engagement with our customers."
Jonathan adds: "All of these initiatives led to improvements across the board - including our original basket abandonment emails!"
Experience Management
Cooksongold is making use of Fresh Relevance's Experience Management tool to tailor the experience for visitors to their site based on location.
The company's localization experience enables them to identify whether website visitors are based in the UK, EU or the rest of the world and display a tailored welcome offer and free delivery information depending on where they are based. "Previously we had to set localization across all the slots independently, whereas now we set the experience and change it directly within the tool when necessary," explains Jonathan.
The team have set up a similar British Summer Time (BST) experience, which automatically adjusts time-specific web content, such as opening hours and sale start times, depending on whether the UK is in BST or not.
"The Experience Management tool has reduced our work load, made us more efficient and has taken away a lot of the risk of human error. And it took us less than a day to set up the experiences" says Jonathan.
When it comes to future plans with Experience Management, Jonathan is keen to optimize their homepage further. "We'd like to use Experience Management to display different category advertising depending on which audience segment the visitor belongs to," says Jonathan.


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Betting Stocks Soar as Wall…
Julio Jones' Contract Extension Not The 'Tipping Point' For Guaranteed Deals That Some Believe
Julio Jones signed a three-year fully-guaranteed contract extension with the Falcons that will make him the highest paid wide receiver in football (and the first to earn more than $20 million/season). The $66 million deal, which includes $64 million at signing, will keep the star pass catcher in Atlanta through the '23 season; he'll earn $21 million over the next two years before the new pact takes effect.
Fully guaranteed contracts are uncommon by National Football League standards and no non-quarterback has ever received a greater percentage of their money up-front than Jones will (97%), leading some to speculate "this is the first legitimate step to [NFL players receiving] NBA [like] contracts." ESPN's Adam Schefter wrote that one league executive told him "Julio might actually be the tipping point for the NFL to follow the NBA [in terms of guaranteeing contracts]." To be clear, guaranteed contracts are not collectively bargained – guarantees are awarded during individual player contract negotiations. There's nothing in the NBA CBA that entitles players to a guaranteed contract.
Howie Long-Short: Former Packers GM Andrew Brandt disagrees with Schefter's source. He says that while Jones' deal may establish a new normal for the elite player, the plug and play nature of the NFL game means that most players lack the leverage necessary to demand 'guarantee language' in their contracts. "If [an NFL player is] going to make noise with a contract holdout, he better be special – or he's going to be replaced. Perhaps Jones' deal sets a template for other top ten players in the league [but not for the majority]." Case in point is Melvin Gordon. The Chargers RB made the Pro Bowl last season (he also made it in '16), is currently holding out for a new contract and "the team has basically told him to do what he wants, they're moving on." Los Angeles didn't miss him in Week 1. The RB duo that replaced Gordon (Austin Ekeler and Justin Jackson) combined for 115 yards and a TD.
In addition to being an elite talent, Jones had the leverage in negotiations; the club had vowed to extend his deal after staving him off with a $2.9 million salary bump in 2018. While theoretically the Falcons could have reneged on the promise, Jones reported to camp on time and is considered a model teammate (i.e. he's not Antonio Brown). Failing to reward a well-respected team captain would have cost the front office – ownership tandem the trust of the players.
There are certainly some who believe "the greasy wheel gets the oil", but Brandt who spent four years as a certified NFL agent before crossing the street says, "turning the team into an adversary will never work long-term [for a player]; [acting out] may get a reaction and result in some immediate money, but [non-compliant behavior] is going to have a lasting effect [on the relationship]." 'The Monday Morning Quarterback' columnist believes that doing things the right way – as Jones has – is the most effective way for a player "hoping, requesting, demanding" a new contract to receive one.
Fan Marino: Speaking of Brown, he'll make his New England debut this weekend, but Brandt isn't expecting the troubled wide receiver to impact the Patriots offense the way Randy Moss (another WR who forced his way out of Oakland) did back in '07. Aside from his belief that "the best predictor of future performance is past performance" (i.e. Brown will quickly wear out his welcome in N.E.), he simply doesn't see the former Steeler as the all-time great talent Moss was.
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Home Digital Transformation Women in Tech: Gciniwe Dlamini, Research Engineer at IBM
Women in Tech: Gciniwe Dlamini, Research Engineer at IBM
Gciniwe Dlamini is a Research Engineer at IBM Research. She is currently working on developing robust machine learning and statistical models to analyze and derive insights from real healthcare data.
In conjunction with machine learning algorithms, she is using natural language processing tools to analyze medical reports in text format and digital signal processing techniques to analyze acoustic signals.
ITNA's Jenna Delport had the opportunity to chat with Dlamini about her role at IBM and what it takes to make it as a woman in this male-dominated industry. Here's what transpired:
What is your typical day as a Research Engineer like? Does that even exist for you?
The field of AI is moving at breakneck speed at the moment with incredible results being published weekly. So my typical day attempts to read a few of these papers, especially those that are aligned to my current research field in computational genomics so that I stay up-to-date on the latest research trends. As a research engineer, I work on building reliable models through the implementation and interpretation of research results.
When I'm not coding away, I attend several meetings a week. These cover presentations made by other researchers and brainstorming on the team's latest patents.
On atypical days, which are equally exciting, I travel internationally for conferences and other project-related engagements. Of note is my trip to Uganda a few years ago where I spent a few weeks with more than 40 oncologists from a dozen countries to get feedback about how AI can help them meet more patients and provide better care.
This experience led to the development of the free Cancer Guidelines Navigator tool. I'm proud to have been involved in this high-impact project, which makes my job as a research engineer all that more fulfilling.
It's been a crazy six months. What's been your biggest learning curve during COVID-19?
Most of us had to abandon our many daily routines when all the lockdown restrictions were put in place. This pandemic has definitely brought new meaning to "survival is for those who are flexible"! So, being able to adapt to the new normal has been one of my biggest learning curves.
How does it feel to be a woman in a male-dominated field?
First and foremost, I feel grateful to be in a field that I am passionate about, as intimidating as it may be sometimes. A few things beat waking up in the morning to do what you enjoy doing.
But like many women, I do sometimes suffer from imposter syndrome and other inferiority complexes – and what helps during those difficult moments is my solid support system. I also do feel a sense of responsibility to other women and girls who aspire to be in this field, a responsibility to pay it forward, to let them know that their dreams are valid and that they can become a reality.
So my advice to them is to dream big, but more practically, find a strong mentor.
What kind of challenges or barriers to entry do women face in the tech industry, especially in South Africa?
At the secondary and high school levels, one of the barriers to entry is the perceived degree of difficulty of the STEM subjects. And as such, many females shy away from selecting subjects that may eventually lend them a career in tech.
Fast forward to the tertiary level, only a few females have the necessary background to pursue a STEM degree in the first place. And of that few, the number that eventually graduates with the STEM degree is even lower. So the retention rate is not very impressive, and this could be attributed to perceptions of what careers in tech or STEM look like.
I know that there is the thinking that outside academia, there aren't many opportunities for STEM-degree holders. And this is false. So I think a lot needs to be done in terms of creating awareness of the vast opportunities that are available in STEM.
How has the IT sector changed throughout your working career, in terms of greater gender equality? Is there one thing you would like to see changed?
I've been working in this space for four years now, and to be honest, I am seeing a change, it's steady, but it is most certainly there. Case in point, at IBM Research in Johannesburg, the research teams are being managed by two brilliant female Research Scientists!
Before my generation, there weren't very many female (let alone black) researchers in academia or industry or the tech sector in general. Currently, we are actively being sought out. It is rare now to find a female developer or scientist out of a job. In fact, the challenge now is to fill those positions that have been reserved for female scientists and developers.
What needs to happen to support the currently existing framework is a focus on female education and outreach programs, such as GirlCode and Kode With Klossy – wherein the government collaborates with industry for the express purpose of recruiting female scientists and developers from school to formal employment and entrepreneurship.
What advice would you give to women who are looking to take on the world of tech?
If you are a woman who is interested in tech but you do not have the necessary qualifications, the good news is that there are many opportunities to learn tech and tech-related skills at a post-graduate level. There are many accredited online courses you can take at your own pace to get your foot in the door! So not all is lost if a STEM degree is not what one obtained at a tertiary institution.
Whether or not you're in a position to immediately take on a tech role, one key piece of advice is that you get a mentor who is already in the field. Having someone to share with you their experiences, challenges, and how they overcame those challenges is invaluable. And having that mentor will be an encouraging reminder that indeed it is possible to attain success.
Gciniwe Dlamini
Gciniwe Dlamini Research Engineer at IBM
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So it is no surprise that it is a question that I'm often asked when meeting with couples to talk about their marriage ceremony. Teasers about the 2019 season of Married at First Sight includes the question, and someone putting their hand up to make an objection.
It might make interesting television, but there is absolutely no need to worry about this if you're being married by a civil celebrant in Australia. There is no legal requirement to ask any such question. And I definitely don't.
All that is legally required is that the marrying couple makes a declaration that each is free to marry. This declaration has the catchy title Declaration of No Legal Impediment to Marriage, and needs to be made in the presence of the officiating celebrant fairly close to the wedding date.
and there is no other circumstance that would be a legal impediment to the marriage - which basically translates to no fraud, they are each entering into the marriage of their own free will, and they both understand what marriage means.
What happens if the question is asked and someone does object?
Only an objection about the legality of the marriage is an issue. If someone objects on any other grounds, such as the couple have only just met, as per Married at First Sight, it would be disruptive, would ruin the romance of the moment, but would not require any action to halt the ceremony. Worst case scenario, however, is that the grounds for the objection would raise questions about whether the marriage would be legal and therefore the ceremony would have to be stopped and could not go ahead until the facts of the matter were clarified, which might require a legal opinion or a determination by the Family Court.


According to friends and family our past photographs do not do Estelle's size justice. She really is tiny, but did you expect anything else?! We had some fun with David's sports equipment while he was busy working.
I love this picture- she has her eye on the ball!
She's gonna be in the WNBA! Her eye is on the ball! UNBELIEVABLE! IT'S (an) AWESOME BABY!


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Tag Archives: linguistics
A Poem about being photographed in 1890s Tripoli
The earliest work on a Libyan Arabic variety was written by Hans Stumme (1864-1936), a diligent German linguist who studied a number of language varieties in northern Africa. In his Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis in Nordafrika (Folktales and Poems from the city of Tripoli in North Africa, 1898), he describes the speakers he interviewed for his research and relates an interesting detail.
Arriving in Tripoli in 1897, Stumme was put in touch with a certain Sidi Brahim bin Ali al-Tikbāli, who he describes as a 45-year old inhabitant of the old city and a skilled poet. Sidi Brahim became Stumme's main interlocutor for his study of the Tripoli dialect and provided the majority of the texts Stumme transcribed in his book (10 khurrafas and 7 poems). A second speaker, whom Stumme praises as a "walking dictionary", was a 15-year old black Libyan named Mhemmed bin Jum'a Breñgāli. Besides being Stumme's guide around the city and general explainer-of-things, Mhemmed provided 3 additional poems which Stumme transcribed. A third person, a Tunisian named Hmed al-Susi who apparently lived in Tripoli, helped translate when Stumme's knowledge of Tunisian Arabic didn't suffice to be clearly understood by his Tripolitanian interlocutors.
Stumme's transcription of Sidi Brahim's poem
This entry was posted in blogposts and tagged arabic dialects, linguistics, ottoman era, poetry on 20 June 2020 by AB.
"Non-site" Fieldwork on Libyan Languages
For the past several decades, linguistic fieldwork in Libya has been extremely difficult, even at times downright impossible. This has certainly been the case for foreign researchers: not only was it nearly impossible to get research permits for Libya from the 1980s to 2000s, and fieldwork that did occur was heavily monitored and restricted, but there has been so little work on Libya in general, and scholars of Libya in Western institutions, that interested students usually have no place to start or advisors with whom to work. But this also to a great extent true for Libyans as well: Libyans with linguistic training have typically returned to work in universities teaching translation studies or foreign languages and only a few have published research in Libya on Libyan languages. Up until 2011 it was illegal to openly research anything other than Arabic—the regime's official position was that Amazigh is a dialect of Arabic, and numerous researchers (not to mention activists) were thrown in jail for trying to write, teach, or research Amazigh in Libya. And now, although the activism and dedication of numerous Libyans has led to the increased visibility of the Amazigh and Tebu languages in Libya, actual fieldwork and research remains difficult for everyone due to the current political and military struggles.
I've always assumed that fieldwork during the colonial era and during the kingdom was, in contrast, much easier. Foreign researchers could simply have taken advantage of colonial power structures to go where they wanted, and indeed many did. Or after independence they were given permits to do so. And this is largely the case for research on Libya up until the early 1970s in a variety of fields—anthropology, linguistics, history, urban studies and so on. But, on examining a bunch of older linguistic works more closely, I was surprised to find that many of them were not actually done in the place the language was actually spoken at all—some of them not even in Libya. Of course, these studies were still carried out within colonial power structures. But, it's likely that French scholars, for example, weren't as easily able to travel to then-Ottoman Libya as they were able to travel within French colonial domains, and therefore took advantage of what opportunities they had to produce knowledge on the region. I've gathered some of these sources together under the rubric "non-site fieldwork", the opposite of "on-site fieldwork". Continue reading →
This entry was posted in blogposts and tagged amazigh, colonial era, linguistics on 13 June 2020 by AB.
Dissertations on Libyan Languages
When you do research in a particular field, over time you become acquainted, naturally, with the general trends of that field, what studies are considered the most important, what gaps there are, and with individual scholars and their works. But it often isn't until you can sift through a large bibliography that you can really see what has or hasn't been done, what's completely lacking, and what works have been totally overlooked.
One of the major surprises to come out of my bibliographic work on Libyan languages (you can see the complete bibliography here) has been how many MA and PhD theses were written on Libyan Arabic or Berber (there are no theses, nor any academic publications at all, on the other languages of Libya), primarily by Libyan students in Western universities. Not only is the number higher than one would expect, but in most cases these theses were never published, their authors returned to Libya, and their theses were not circulated among linguists and hence rarely, if ever, cited. Although most of these theses have been almost totally overlooked, several of them are quite valuable and deserve wider attention. So, the purpose of this post is to first and foremost make them all more accessible. This isn't a detailed review of any particular work, rather just an effort to simply show how they, and the scholars who wrote them, represent unused potential for broadening and deepening scholarly knowledge of Libyan languages. A complete listing is posted at the end, but first I want to briefly examine the bibliographic data.
This entry was posted in blogposts and tagged amazigh, arabic dialects, linguistics on 1 June 2020 by AB.
Book: Tunisian and Libyan Arabic Dialects
A new volume containing linguistic studies of Arabic dialects in Libya and Tunisia has just been published:
Tunisian and Libyan Arabic Dialects: Common Trends – Recent Developments – Diachronic Aspects, edited by Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2017.
The publisher's description reads: "This tripartite volume with 18 contributions in English and French is dedicated to Tunisian and Libyan Arabic dialects which form part of the so-called Maghrebi or Western group of dialects. There are ten contributions that investigate aspects of Tunisian dialects, five contributions on Libyan dialects, and three comparative articles that go beyond the geographical and linguistic borders of Tunisia and Libya. The focus of "Tunisian and Libyan Arabic Dialects" is on linguistic aspects but a wider range of topics is also addressed, in particular questions regarding digital corpora and digital humanities. These foci and other subjects investigated, such as the syntactic studies and the presentation of recently gathered linguistic data, bear reference to the subtitle "Common Trends – Recent Developments – Diachronic Aspects"."
Several essays in the book deal with aspects of Libyan Arabic dialects, in particular the following:
Adam Benkato, "Vowels in Benghazi Arabic: Maghrebi or Bedouin?", pp. 291-300.
Najah Benmoftah & Christophe Pereira, "Preliminary Remarks on the Arabic spoken in Al-Khums (Libya)", pp. 301-326.
Dominique Caubet, "A Tentative Description of Aspect and Modality in the Fezzan: W. and Ph. Marçais' Texts Revisited", pp. 327-350.
Luca D'Anna, "On the Development of Conditional Particles in the Arabic Dialects of the Fezzān", pp. 351-370.
Maciej Klimiuk, "The Particle rā- in Libyan Arabic Dialects (with emphasis on the Arabic dialect of Msallāta)", pp. 371-386.
This entry was posted in Resources and tagged arabic dialects, books, edited volumes, linguistics on 22 June 2017 by AB.
Article: "Sokna re-examined"
A new article discussing some old materials about the Berber (Amazigh) language of Sokna, an oasis in central Libya:
Souag, Lameen, "Sokna re-examined: Two unedited Sokna Berber vocabularies from 1850". Quaderni di Studi Berberi e Libico-Berberi 4 : La lingua nella vita e la vita della lingua. Itinerari e percorsi degli studi berberi. Naples: UNIOR, pp. 179-206, 2015 [actually appeared 2016].
Abstract: "The Berber variety of Sokna, in west-central Libya, is rather unusual and not very well described. In 1915 it already had only five fluent speakers, and today only the old still remember a few words. The two vocabularies gathered by the English traveller James Richardson in 1850, previously unpublished, are thus important for the study of this variety, and by extension for the study of Libyan Berber more broadly. This article presents them for the first time, with transcription, commentary, and comparisons with the few previously published materials."
(Anyone interested in a copy of the article, please contact the author)
This entry was posted in Resources and tagged amazigh, articles, linguistics, sokna on 15 December 2016 by AB.
Annotated recordings in the Tripoli dialect | تسجيلات مشروحة في لهجة طرابلس العربية
Several recorded texts in the Arabic dialect of Tripoli are available freely online as part of the database COCOON ("collection of digital oral corpora" in English), originally from CorpAfroAs ("Corpus of Afro-Asiatic Languages"), a France-based project for the description of languages of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
The recordings were made by Christophe Pereira, a specialist in Libyan Arabic, whose linguistic annotations and translations are also available.
These recordings are useful for linguists who want an idea of how Tripoli Arabic sounds or need a few transcriptions for comparative research, as well as for those teaching courses about Arabic dialects who could benefit from some material from Libya (of which there is not enough!).
This entry was posted in Resources and tagged arabic dialects, digital resources, linguistics on 15 October 2016 by AB.
Article: An annotated bibliography of Arabic and Berber in Libya
A new article, "An annotated bibliography of Arabic and Berber in Libya" by Adam Benkato and Christophe Pereira, is now available online (at this link) and will be published in print in the next issue of the journal Libyan Studies, to appear this Fall. Though the final online version is available only to subscribers, the a draft version is available here for any interested readers.
The Libyan varieties of both Arabic and Berber are among the least researched in their respective fields. In order to facilitate the study of these varieties, we present an annotated bibliography of all relevant research that could be identified up until the middle of 2016. With this, we aim to identify both the gaps in current and the possibilities for future research. Studies are grouped into Arabic and Berber sections, and subgrouped according to region. For Arabic, dialects of Tripoli and western regions, Benghazi and eastern regions, Fezzan and southern regions, as well as Jewish dialects, are treated. For Berber, varieties of Zwara, the Nafusa mountains, Sokna and El-Foqaha, and Awjila, and Tuareg are treated. Short introductions highlighting the most important studies precede bibliographic references and brief comments are given when of interest.
ان اللهجات الليبية العربية والامازيغية هي من المواضيع الاقل دراسة وبحثاً في مجالهما. ومن اجل تسهيل دراسة هذه اللهجات، نحن نقدم فهرساً مذيلاً لكل الابحاث المتعلقة بذلك والتي يمكن تحديدها حتى منتصف عام 2016. بهذا، نحن نهفد الى تحديد الفجوات في الدراسة الحالية وبحث امكانية دراسات مستقبلية. جميع الدراسات مصنفة تحت بابي العرب والامازيغ ومن ثم مصنفة حسب المنطقة. بالنسبة للعربية فقد تم تناول لهجات طرابلس والمناطق الغربية، وبنغازي والمناطق الشرقية، وفزان والمناطق الجنوبية، اللهجات اليهودية ايضاً. اما بالنسبة للامازيغية فقد تم دراسة اللهجات من زوارة، وجبل نفوسة، والسوكنة والفقها واوجلة، ولهجة الطوارق . كما ادرجنا مقدمات قصيرة تسلط الضوء على اهم الدراسات تسبق المراجع الببلوغرافية وتعليقات مختصرة كلما دعت الحاجة لذلك .
This entry was posted in Resources and tagged amazigh, arabic dialects, articles, linguistics on 28 September 2016 by AB.
Article: Attrition and revival in Awjila Berber
Marijn van Putten & Lameen Souag, "Attrition and revival in Awjila Berber", Corpus 14 (2015), pp. 23-58.
Abstract: Awjila Berber is a highly endangered Berber variety spoken in the East of Libya. Only minimal material is available on the language. This is unfortunate, as that material reveals that the language is in some respects very archaic and in others grammatically unique, and as such is of particular comparative and historical interest. Fieldwork has been impossible for decades due to the political situation, leading to uncertainty about whether the language was even still spoken. With the rising popularity of Facebook, however, more and more Berber speakers are taking to Facebook to converse in their own language. Several inhabitants of Awjila have accordingly set up a Facebook page Ašal=ənnax "our village" where they communicate with one another in the Awjila language. The authors have collected a corpus of the conversations on this Facebook page, which have been transcribed and translated. Analysis of this corpus adds substantially to our knowledge of Awjili and its situation. The posters' discussion of their motivations for using the language cast light on the language's prospects for survival, while the posts themselves yield many previously unattested words. At the same time, the corpus provides a case study in language contact. Examination of the grammatical and lexical features of this "Facebook-Awjili" language reveals that these speakers' usage is heavily influenced by Arabic, showing extensive language attrition absent from earlier data. The resulting constructions show parallels with other contact-heavy varieties, notably Siwi. In both respects, this study casts light upon the uses and limits of social media as a source of linguistic material.
The article is not yet available online, only in the print version, but we will link to a PDF as soon as one is available.
This entry was posted in Resources and tagged amazigh, articles, awjila, linguistics on 22 June 2016 by AB.
Book: The Arabic dialect of Tripoli | لهجة طرابلس العربية
Pereira, Christophe. 2010. Le parler arabe de Tripoli (Libye) | لهجة طرابلس العربية. Estudios de Dialectología Árabe 4. Zaragoza.
This book is the most recent linguistic description of the Arabic dialect spoken in Libya's capital, Tripoli. Based on fieldwork over the course of several years, it provides a detailed look at the dialect of Tripoli from the viewpoint of Arabic dialectology, but goes beyond the usual approaches in including a thorough description of syntax. Furthermore, it is the only book to be written on a variety of Arabic in Libya since the early 1980s. Christophe Pereira is a Maître de Conférences at INALCO in Paris.
This entry was posted in Resources and tagged arabic dialects, books, linguistics, tripoli on 24 May 2016 by AB.
Book: The Arabic dialect of the Jews of Tripoli | لهجة يهود طرابلس العربية
The city of Tripoli in western Libya was home to a thriving Jewish community until about the early 1970s, when various political and social factors pushed the remaining members of the community to emigrate, completing the process of Libya losing its Jewish communities begun several decades earlier. Now, Jewish Libyan communities are still thriving, but in the diaspora, principally in Italy and Israel.
Since many members of the community still speak their Arabic dialect at home, it is still possible to do linguistic fieldwork and describe Jewish Libyan dialects. However, so far no dialects except that of Tripoli have received attention.
The most important study of Jewish Libyan Arabic is The Arabic dialect of the Jews of Tripoli (Libya) by Sumikazu Yoda (Harrassowitz, 2005). Yoda's work is the only detailed description of a Libyan Jewish dialect that exists. Although written for a linguistic audience, it also contains the transcription and translation of a fairy tale ("The Sultan and the three sisters") as well as a glossary, both of which are useful for the non-linguist reader who might want to get an idea of what the Jewish dialect of Tripoli was like.
Fortunately, Yoda also made his recording of that fairy tale available online, which you can listen at this link. It was narrated by Mere Hajjaj Liluf (میري حجاج ليلوف), who was born in Tripoli in 1925, and recorded in Israel in the 1990s.
For those who speak Libyan Arabic, the main differences to note are that t ت becomes ch چ, h ه disappears, and q ق is pronounced q and not g. So for example انتا is pronounced انچا and تعالى sounds like چَعْلا che3la. Or instead of hada هدا you hear ada ادا. I'd be interested to know how much is understandable!
This entry was posted in Resources and tagged arabic dialects, books, libyan jews, linguistics on 2 May 2016 by AB.