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Three young Hudson virtuosos and budding stars on stage in Valleyfield
PHOTO COURTESY SYLVIE GAGNIER Ember-Leah, Ashley-Maria, and Colton Reed photographed in their garden on the eve of a prestigious free concert in Valleyfield this Sunday, October 1.
They say that a family that plays together stays together. And this is certainly true of the Reed-Manuel family in Hudson. This Sunday, October 1, the Reed Trio - comprising Colton on viola and his sisters, Ember-Leah, a violinist, and Ashley-Maria playing cello and all of whom have been making music together since they were still in primary school - will be performing in concert in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield as winners of the Classival Grand Prix 2017 in the category of ensemble music.
While this most talented and dedicated trio, under the direction of Joan Milkson, has participated to date in several prestigious events including the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, has been a finalist at last year's Canadian Chamber Music Competition, and played in Vienna, Austria, in 2015 in collaboration with the Johann Sebastian Bach Musikschule, all three have nothing but praise for their parents Michelle Manuel and Doug Reed.
Says Ashley-Maria, "Through their encouragement, faith and patience, they are so supportive of us. They are selfless in giving of their time, be it driving or just listening to us to give a hand. We would not be where we are today in the music world without their love and support and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts."
It's a free concert being staged starting at 2 p.m. at the Chalet of the Delpha-Sauvé Park as part of the Journées de la Culture and it will also be starring two young violinists from another family, Jessie and Yu Kai Sun, as well as brilliant young pianist Jiajia Li winner of the Prix Jeanne d'Arc Ouellet in the 11-14 year old category. For more info, go to www.classival.org.


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When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have fire pits
Words you don't often hear together: "fire pit explosion."
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Police say a man standing near a fire pit at a North Carolina home has died after an explosion.
A news release from Fayetteville police says the explosion occurred Saturday night in the front yard of a home where several people were standing around a fire pit. Police weren't immediately able to elaborate on what kind of explosion happened.
They say that the man person was pronounced dead at the scene, and several other people had injuries that didn't appear life-threatening.
The others injured included two men, a woman and a girl. They were taken to an area hospital.
via Man dies after explosion by fire pit in North Carolina yard | Fox News.
Now, when we saw that, the first thing we thought was: Fayetteville = Army town = 82nd Airborne, various SOF, and some support elements, some of whom have rudimentary brain-stem functions only. Boy howdy, this sure sounds like a GI thinking it was clever to t'row a couple of artillery simulators in the fire. So… we got digging.
Turns out that our idea was dead wrong. The guy was not an Army guy playing with ordnance. Instead, it was just a family/neighborhood fire, using a fire pit and a metal stove, and some genius put a fuel like gasoline inside the wood burning stove. The fuel-air mixture did the rest, and shredded attendees and the nearby terrain with iron-stove-casing shrapnel. A further report:
Fayetteville Fire Department Battalion Chief Ron Lewis says investigators determined that someone poured a gas or gas mixture onto a log inside the front-yard fire pit to accelerate the burning. Lewis says combustible vapors built up in the belly of the stove and ignited after someone stuck a piece of paper inside.
After some time, more details began emerging:
Police today identified the victim who died in the blast as Martin Antoine Blossom, 28, who was visiting his grandmother and family member at the home where the explosion occurred.
Charles Wright, 37, said he was one of about seven adults and 10 children sitting around the fire pit in the driveway of Blossom's home at 6544 St. Louis St. There was loud conversation, dancing to music playing on a car radio and a little bit of beer, he said.
This local episode of The Big Bang Theory wasn't funny.
Neighbors said the explosion shook their home like an artillery boom from Fort Bragg.
Steven Kefauver, 12, who was at the fire pit at his next-door neighbor's house, said his sister, Brianna, 14, had shrapnel wounds on her arm and was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
Steven, who appeared to have been crying, had minor wounds on his leg.
"We heard a small boom, and then a big one," Steven said. "The whole thing blew up."
Even the light blue Fort Taurus parked nearby was heavily damaged. Wright said it "looked like somebody shot it with an Uzi."
Fuel-air explosions, and the energy in liquid fuels in general, are vastly underrated as a source of casualty-producing explosions. A novice error is to think the fuel explodes and douse the initiator or flame with a too-rich load of fuel. It's actually the fuel-air mixture that goes off (and it actally deflagrates, not detonates, which casualties like Blossom and the Wrights might see as an insignificant distinction).
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3 thoughts on "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have fire pits"
Y September 26, 2013 at 16:35
Are you sure gasoline fumes can't detonate?
Detonation vs deflagration .. it's all down to the speed of the burn. Gasoline fumes can detonate in engines, where it's not desired.
Ryan September 27, 2013 at 00:22
"Even the light blue Ford Taurus parked nearby was heavily damaged. Wright said it "looked like somebody shot it with an Uzi.""
Whoa! That car was really torn up! Uzis are so badass! . . .
Mr. Wright here doesn't sound like the most intelligent of the bunch.
Hognose Post author September 27, 2013 at 00:59
The three grades of weapons, as understood by people whose information comes from TV news:
AK-15 Assault Rifle
"What kind of Glock did Sumdood jack the 7-11 wif?"
"He had the Hi-Point Glock from the mailbox in that burned out house. The same Glock everybody else use when they jack the 7-11."
"Did you see the po-leeces come for him?"
"I did. They was all strapped with Uzis and AK15 Assault Rifles."
When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have hunks of pipe
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Our area guide to Westminster gives you a quick overview of the neighbourhood from its properties, public parks, local schools, council tax, public transport links to shopping and going out.
Westminster is in one of the most prestigious postcodes in London. Because of the House of Parliament much of the area is taken up with government buildings.
Home to the Houses of Parliament, much of this City centre area is taken up with government and public buildings. Very little housing is found in the area, with the exception of some properties around Victoria Street and Vauxhall Bridge Road. The City of Westminster however covers many districts where residential properties of all types can be found, including Pimlico and Marylebone. Smaller flats can be found on the Millbank Estate, nearer the river, a stone's throw from the world-famous Tate Britain art gallery.
An area with a high number of visitor attractions in the heart of Westminster including Buckingham Palace and Westminster Cathedral, leaves litle room for a large number of shops, bars and restaurants, but with easy access to many well known areas including Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, Piccadilly Circus, Jermyn Street and Oxford Street, you don't have to travel far to find some of the best restaurants, shops and entertainment in London. Over the past few years much investment has been ploughed in to the Victoria Street shopping area, with a new cinema, many more restaurants, and its own theatre - St James's Theatre, just north of Victoria Street. Don't forget Tate Britain down near the river which houses fine examples of British art and sculpture.
A vast array of London's best open spaces lie with The City of Westminster including Green Park, Hyde Park, St James' Park, Kensington Gardens and Regent's Park, all of which have a number of attractions and events running throughout the year. There are some nice places to walk along the embankment near the House of Parliament.
Districts in the City of Westminster include areas with some of the highest property prices in the country. Many leading global corporation Head Offices reside here and therefore properties are often snapped up by wealthy business owners or perhaps Members of Parliament, needing a pad in town. Smaller flats can be found on the Millbank Estate, nearer the river, a stone's throw from the world-famous Tate Britain art gallery. There are some lovely examples of mansion block flats to be found south of Victoria Street, in the vicinity of Westminster Cathedral.
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People wear face masks as they walk along a street in Montreal, Saturday, November 7, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
COVID-19 continues to surge in parts of Canada, new daily high reported in Ontario
Multiple spikes raised the national tally of confirmed cases to 259,136
The number of COVID-19 cases continued to soar in parts of Canada on Saturday, with Alberta and Ontario reaching new daily highs and British Columbia imposing significant new restrictions in the most populous part of the province.
Multiple spikes raised the national tally of confirmed cases to 259,136. That was largely driven by a record daily number of 1,132 new cases in Ontario, where officials also announced 11 new deaths linked to the novel coronavirus.
Alberta, too, saw a single-day high on Saturday, recording 919 new cases of the virus.
The government's website noted that due to technical issues, the numbers were preliminary and subject to reconciliation.
B.C. recorded 567 cases on Saturday. That figure, along with the 589 diagnoses documented on Friday, represent the highest case counts seen in the province to date.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said linear case growth turned exponential in the past two weeks in the Lower Mainland. She introduced new rules covering a two-week period for residents in two Metro Vancouver health regions.
The new restrictions prohibit residents from making social visits to other homes, halt indoor group fitness activities like yoga and spin classes, and "strongly discourage" non-essential travel to and from the region.
"This will give us a chance to stop the transmission, to have a break in that rising transmission rate we are seeing," Henry said during a rare Saturday briefing.
READ MORE: Lower Mainland residents face new restrictions after another 567 new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C.
Manitoba, meanwhile, recorded 271 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as officials reported that seven residents of Maples Personal Care Home who had the virus died over the course of just two days.
That brings the death toll at the Winnipeg long-term care facility to 22.
Winnipeg moved into the province's red zone earlier this week and the southern health region is set to go red on Monday.
In Quebec, 1,234 new cases and 29 more deaths were linked to the virus, with the Health Department saying 11 of those deaths came in the past 24 hours.
Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam noted Saturday that several regions are "experiencing accelerated growth" and urged Canadians to step up containment efforts.
She pointed to a growing number of people suffering severe COVID-19 illness as a worrisome trend that could further burden hospitals in the coming weeks, and warned that could be especially problematic as flu season intensifies.
"We need to retake the lead on COVID-19, by each reducing our close contacts to the best of our ability and employing key public health practices consistently and with precision," Tam said in a statement.
A new colour-coded assessment system launched in Ontario, where hot spots included Toronto, with 336 new infections, and Peel Region, with 258 new cases. Ottawa reported 78 new cases while Hamilton reported 55.
Only Peel Region, which has seen rising cases in recent weeks, was deemed a red zone, while other hot spots such as York Region and Ottawa were labelled orange.
But that region rejected the restrictions as too lax, instead imposing far stricter guidelines that include a prohibition on interacting with people outside one's own household.
Saturday's daily case count surpassed the previous provincial daily high of 1,050 cases reported on Tuesday.
In Quebec, Premier Francois Legault urged residents Saturday to maintain efforts to keep COVID-19 at bay this winter. In an open letter, Legault thanked Quebecers for showing solidarity and expressed hope that grandparents will be able to see their grandchildren at Christmas.
Quebec officials have said they are especially concerned about Saguenay, north of Quebec City, and Lanaudiere, north of Montreal — regions Legault has dubbed "the worst" in the province on a per-capita basis.
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Many of us ponder what the world our great-grandchildren will inhabit will resemble.
Indeed, the world we inhabit now would be mind-blowing to our great-grandparents. Only a hundred years ago they could have never fathomed the incredible technological advancements that we take for granted these days.
Our great-grandparent's generations made many wild predictions about our future, and occasionally some did come true. Therefore, we will attempt to do the same. Will our great-grandchildren believe we are way off the mark?
By examining the beginnings of technology that is still in its infancy, we can make some fairly accurate guesses as to how they will grow.
People have desired to change the weather since time immemorial. They have used rain dances, magic spells, and other rituals in an attempt to relieve things like droughts. How successful they were is purely anecdotal.
However, through the past several decades there have been more scientific approaches to weather modification. The most efficient method appears to be cloud-seeding.
Allegedly, China recently broke a long-term drought by utilizing a cloud-seeding technique. The Chinese claim that after shooting silver iodide rods into clouds, a wild snowstorm ensued.
Additionally, a travel company called "Oliver's Travels" claims it can guarantee a rain-free wedding if you purchase their cloud-seeding package for around $150,000. Spectacular claims indeed!
Clearly, as technology advances, weather modification will develop also. Weather modification will most likely be an everyday occurrence for our great-grandchildren.
In less than 60 years, the tiny state of Israel has converted arid desert to fertile farmland. Israelis have created desalination of sea water, drip irrigation, and other dramatic agricultural advancements.
Additionally, during that short period, Israel has managed to plant over 240 million trees. Furthermore, Israel is extremely keen to share their techniques with the world.
Wouldn't this be an amazing thing? Will our great-grandchildren see the deserts of the world turn green? More than likely. And a bonus cherry on top could be that they will finally witness the creation of peace in the Middle East.
Scientists are getting extremely close to creating the first nanorobots for use within the human body. They will be small enough to inject intravenously.
The possible uses would include diagnosing disease, as well as fighting it. These tiny robots could also administer medication and even potentially grow new organs.
Another crazy possibility is that nanobots will also have non-medical uses such as recording our memories. Our bodies could become integrated within technology through their use.
For almost a decade already, the US Army has been spending millions of dollars funding research into synthetic telepathy. Synthetic telepathy utilizes a computer to translate brainwaves from thoughts into words. Such technology is called electroencephalography.
Already, neuroscientists have made dramatic advances in thought communication technology. Researchers demonstrated one remarkable development when they taught monkeys how to manipulate robotic limbs merely by mental will.
Additionally, Elon Musk has developed what is called "neural lace". Already this technology has been injected into mice, and their brains are one with computers. Researchers hope that such technology could help not only with communication but become a cure for mental illness or Parkinson's disease.
Researchers estimate that such technology will be available within the next decade. Our great-grandchildren may no longer use what they will consider being outdated smartphones. Instead, they will satiate their technology needs using only the power of their minds.
Humans will find savvy ways to deal with population growth and climate change. There are several ideas of new structures that people will inhabit, that are likely to be a reality a century from now.
Skyscrapers will dwarf even the tallest skyscrapers we see today. Saudi Arabia is currently spending over a billion dollars developing a building that will reach a kilometer into the sky, containing 200 floors.
People will also build what "earthscrapers". Mexico is already in the works to develop these types of buildings. Architects there have designed a 75 story inverted pyramid to be set in Mexico City's old public square.
Bubble cities will also become a reality. These cities will be suspended under the ocean, and will actually contain technology that can absorb oxygen from the surrounding sea water. Those who inhabit will be very comfortable.
Humans will also realize their dreams of inhabiting other planets. Our great-grandchildren will most likely take vacations on the moon.
If you are old enough to recollect the Jetsons cartoon, you are old enough to one day have great-grandchildren who will live a similar life to theirs. We all can recall how the show included the family pressing buttons to have whatever their choice of food appear immediately.
"Natural Machines" is a company that is on the verge of releasing a 3D food printer called "Foodini". So far it seems they can create elegant designs from food purees that act as the "ink". However, their machine only does half the work, meaning that home cooking is not made obsolete by their technology.
Clearly, the potential is astounding. Antony Dobrzensky is the founder and CEO of "Food ink", a pop-up restaurant that 3D prints not only the food but also the cutlery, tables, and chairs!


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Fabrication and installation of wooden windows.
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The breakfast network events have been running on the final Thursday of every month for two years at Inox, one of the University of Sheffield's dining & event venues on the central campus.
The breakfast events have been a platform for informal & effective networking along with a different guest speaker every month. This network event has been rare in the Sheffield business environment for offering complimentary networking inclusive of a full English breakfast & has consistently been well attended, delegate numbers usually achieving an average of thirty guests per month.
The rationale for the events was to fundamentally offer a venue for networking to businesses & entrepreneurs within Sheffield City Region but more especially for withUS to showcase the facilities on offer at Inox – & across our venues – to the networking guests so as to engage with them & for these guests in turn to bring their conference, dinner, lunch & event enquiries to us. Although we maintained regular monthly footfall visitors it was only by reviewing our strategy did we start to gain from actual conference & event enquiries.
By re-focussing on the variety of & subject matters delivered by our guest speakers, ensuring they offered diversity, interest, engagement, information, business insight & contemporary & relevant presentations have we been able to increase the average number of monthly network attendees to fifty per month.
By additionally being very pro-active in presenting exactly what facilities are available both at Inox & across the University of Sheffield venues & highlighting our appetite to work pro-actively with our networking guests' we have seen a growth in event enquiries from guests which have included dinners, additional client breakfast events, Christmas parties & themed Dinners etc.
In addition to the content of each event we have also decided that a minimum of three months of event detail – inclusive of guest speaker profiles – will be available to view & register to attend on the Inox website at all times.


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Get armed, legally. If White America can attend gun shows, become registered gun holders, why can't African Americans? Why must African Americans be on the back burner when it comes to learning gun control and bring armed legally? Go get registered to have a hand weapon. Understand the laws about gun ownership and why it's important. Not saying use it to harm anyone but it is necessary to have protection especially against psycho men posing as help.
One of the first symptoms of toenail fungus is a discolored nail. Initially you may believe your toenails just need to be cleaned because of the discoloring. A noticeable giveaway with it, however, is those spots cannot be scrubbed clean. That inability to clean the discolored nail is something to bear in mind. You can clean and scrape but the dirty look of the nail does not vanish. Many of us have all seen what a smashed nail looks like, it grows dark or black; that is what the infection will develop into. You can quickly stop the toenail fungus with a medication you can purchase at the store, or maybe have your stablecoin provider treat the fungus.
FYI, if you're truly alarmed by a woman's low body weight, making cracks like "How are you ever going have babies with those tiny hips?" is completely pointless. If said skinny woman does in fact have an eating disorder, this is only going to send her further down the spiral of shame. If she's naturally thin, this can only come across as an insult. When you're on the receiving end of those remarks, you end up feeling like your very womanhood is under attack, which doesn't do a hell of a lot of good for your mental or physical health.


We read in the Book of Leviticus how the Lord tells Moses about the serious crime of offering children to Molech, referring to the Canaanite custom of sacrificing children to the god Molech. The little victims were first slain and then cremated. (Leviticus 20,1-5 and 18,21).
In the Americas, five centuries ago, cruel human sacrificing rituals were performed in the Aztec empire. Between 20,000 and 50,000 were sacrificed a year. The rituals included cannibalism of the victims limbs. Most of them were captives or slaves, and besides men they included women and children. The early Mexican historian Ixtlilxochitl estimated that one out of every five children in Mexico were sacrificed.
'Our Lady of Guadalupe' crushed this serpent in 1531.
Today, the ancient Serpent is certainly achieving big hits in its attack upon human life. Millions of unborn children are killed every year around the globe, in procedures that in some countries are not only legal but also officially supported and financed. In many cases the procedures follow the same rules as the sacrifices to the ancient god Molech: the slain and then cremation of the little children.
The Woman clothed with the sun, in the image of 'Our Lady of Guadalupe', Protectress of the Unborn, will crush this serpent again.
A Prayer for Abortion Victims.
Holy Mother of God and of the Church, 'Our Lady of Guadalupe', you were chosen by the Father for the Son through the Holy Spirit.
You are the Woman clothed with the sun who labours to give birth to Christ while Satan, the Red Dragon, waits to voraciously devour your child.
So too did Herod seek to destroy your Son, Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and massacred many innocent children in the process.
Holy Mother, we pray to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart for all mothers and all unborn children that they may have life here on earth and by the most Precious Blood shed by your Son that they may have eternal life with Him in heaven. We also pray to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart for all abortionists and all abortion supporters that they may be converted and accept your Son, Jesus Christ, as their Lord and Caviar. Defend all of your children in the battle against Satan and all of the evil spirits in this present darkness.
We desire that the innocent unborn children who die without Baptism should be baptised and saved. We ask that you obtain this grace for them and repentance, reconciliation and pardon from God for their parents and their killers.
Encyclical Letter "The Gospel of Life"
Given in Rome, on March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, in the year 1995.


A study of the Greek words pharmakeia (Strong's 5331) and pharmakeus (Strong's 5332).
"5331. pharmakeia ... from 5332; medication ('pharmacy'), i.e. (by extension) magic (literal or figurative)."
"5332. pharmakeus ... from pharmakon, (a drug, i.e. spell-giving potion); a druggist ('pharmacist') or poisoner, i.e. (by extension) a magician."
"pharmaceutical ... from Greek pharmakeutikos ... a medicinal drug."
"pharmaco- ... Greek pharmako-, from pharmakon ... medicine : drug."
"pharmacology ... the science of drugs."
"pharmacy ... from Greek pharmakeia ... the art or practice of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing drugs ... a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed ... DRUGSTORE."
The words in bold in the following verses, unless otherwise noted, are the King James Version translations of the Greek word pharmakeia, and represent every occurrence of pharmakeia in the New Testament.
The word in bold in the following verses is the King James Version translation of the Greek word pharmakeus, and represents the only occurrence of pharmakeus in the New Testament.


Acroerythrokeratoderma also called Mal de Meleda, is a rare genetic skin disorder where the hands and soles of feet become hard and callused. This condition begins in infancy and usually gets worse with time. This disorder is passed down from parent to child in an autosomal recessive manner, which means both parents need to have at least one copy of the changed gene to pass it down to their child.
Most often people with Mal de Meleda have thick skin on the palms, hands, feet, wrists, ankles, joints, and fingers. Short fingers and toes, red skin around the mouth, repeat fungal infections, and excessive sweating are also commonly reported. A doctor may observe these symptoms, along with an individual's family history in order to diagnose this disorder. There are many different treatments to help those with Mal de Meleda, including oral medicines and skin creams.
If you have been diagnosed with Mal de Meleda, talk with your doctor about the most current treatment options. Support groups are also good resources of support and information.


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The capital of the province by the same name, Cordoba sits in Andalusia, the southern part of Spain. Once a major Roman city and an Islamic center during the Middle Ages, the city lives in the shadow of its monumental past. Conquered by Muslim armies in the 8th Century, it became the capital of the Islamic Emirate and then Caliphate of Cordoba. An educational hub with an historical center named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the town comes to life every year from mid-April to mid-June during a mind-blowing festival time.
Known for the city's huge mosque from 784 AD, La Mezquita, with its dynamic columned prayer hall and Byzantine mosaics; it is one of the world's greatest Islamic buildings and a sight to behold. Cordoba is a city to embrace whilst riding a bicycle or treading its ancient thoroughfares through narrow streets adorned in old buildings with patios, quaint wine bars and the boisterous Plaza de las Tendillas packed with restaurants. Meander along the riverbanks of the Guadalquivir in front of the Mezquita and get caught up in the revelry of a tourists' mayhem.
Famous for its leather artisans, fine art and bullfighting paraphernalia, the town is littered with posters depicting the controversial art work of Julio Romero de Torres of flamenco dancers, gypsy women, bullfighters and plenty of nudes staring at you. His family home is now a museum attached to the Museo Bellas Artes that is worth poking your nose into. Oozing tradition and history, the town is a living museum of treasures to meander around, cafes to sip espresso in and flamenco dancing to watch. The Plaza de Potro is where animal markets were held in medieval times and Don Quixote referred to the former inn sitting in the plaza, the 15th Century Posada del Potro, as a "den of thieves".
The city may not be so well known for is its unusual museums such as the Galeria de la Tortura located in the Jewish Quarter where you can check out the torture instruments used during the 700-year Inquisition's inventive methods of forcing confessions out of harmless souls. Check it out if you are into a bit of blood, sweat and fears.
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Jennifer Grünwald worked at the New York Public Library in the foreign language department. A strange man speaking in an undetermined foreign language approached the 21-year-old Jennifer at work, as a hazy "drug-like" feeling washed over her. She heard the stranger speak to her in her mind in English, compelling her to follow him outside. In a back alley across from the library, Grünwald was rendered into a cloudy state of mental submission. The stranger, apparently a vampire, bit Grünwald on the neck. Grünwald remembered nothing else until awakening in her apartment that night, alone, disoriented, and apparently unharmed save for the two bite marks. She was scared to return to work, and embarrassed to go to the police. Yet, feeling she had somehow changed, Grünwald was compelled to understand what had happened to her. She agreed to allow Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich to interview her. However, Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson refused to print Urich's article.
Urich returned to Jennifer's Brooklyn apartment with additional questions. Jennifer appeared dramatically different from the previously seen modestly dressed library worker. She aggressively kissed Urich and bit his neck with pointed canine teeth. Urich failed to return home that night and was absent from work the next day. Peter Parker, who, as Spider-Man, had previously encountered what appeared to be a vampire in Manhattan, went to Jennifer's apartment to search for Urich. There, Grünwald fought a vampiric wolf for possession of the unconscious body of Urich. Spider-Man clashed with the wolf, when Morbius appeared asking Spider-Man to leave. She was killed in the ensuing fight when Morbius staked her through the heart saying he was sorry he couldn't save her.
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'Dumbo' is the latest live-action remake of the Disney films. This 1941 animated classic gets a new look and feel by the genius mind of Tim Burton. 'Dumbo' wasn't known as one of Disney's most influential films, therefore, anything Tim Burton could add to the story would improve it significantly, and he does just that. Included in this retelling is the magic that makes you feel as if you're watching an old-style Tim Burton movie. Maybe because he realized how important a story about elephants would be. With the circus industry taking a big hit because of animal abuse, especially toward the elephant, he had to send a strong statement that he wasn't condoning harming animals. He does this several ways. He gives you characters that both charm and please you. With his 'bad' characters, he gives you cruelty but only in the realm of suggestions. There's no genuine love for the circus whatsoever. This is clear from the beginning to the end. Especially the end, which you'll appreciate dearly. The animals are all CGI and he makes a point to let you know his story is a love letter to animals if nothing else… especially to the beloved pachyderm.
With every Tim Burton film comes a land of wonder and excitement to explore but what also appears is a note of hard reality and a ruthless villain to wake you from any trance-like state you could be in from his breathtaking visuals. 'Dumbo' has similar elements with an actual 'Dreamland' to try and seduce you. This is where it seems its most Burton like. The film is seen mostly through the lens of the children which is good and bad as it doesn't dig very deeply into the adult characters. To extend the length of the film, the original was only one hour and four minutes, Burton spun a yarn around a veteran and his children. Their mother has passed on, he was gone, and they were being raised on the road. They need to bond once again and become a family.
In the beginning, we meet Holt Farrier (Farrell) who was once a circus star and is now a war hero. After returning from war minus a limb, the owner of the circus he worked for, Max Medici (DeVito), rehires him to take care of the elephants. Holt's two children are more than happy to help when the female elephant gives birth to a bright, blue-eyed bundle of… big ears?!? Max bought the mama knowing that a baby would bring people to see him but when he sees what he calls a freak, he wants 'it' and the mother gone… and his money back! Already struggling to make ends meet, he can't afford more loss! As he stomps around, visibly angry, the mama gets very upset and goes 'mad.' He sells her, keeping her and her darling baby apart. The children see Dumbo breathe in a feather and sneeze wildly. When this happens, he flaps his ears and… and he flies! Good enough! When word of this gets out, an enthusiastic businessman named Vandevere (Keaton) talks Max into going into a partnership in his park called Dreamland; where they make the impossible, possible. He explains that the future of business isn't to have you packing up and traveling for the audience. If the audience wants to see what you've got to offer, they'll have to come to you. Keaton and DeVito. Batman and the Penguin. Together again. This will not get by the fans of the Burton directed, 'Batman Returns.' Nor will the appearance of Dreamland compared to that of Disneyland where they're already selling Dumbo toys in the remarkably similar theme park.
Vandevere's aerial artist, Colette Marchant (Green) sees that she and the little flying elephant can soar through the tent together and swoon the audiences below. Max closes his circus and joins Vandevere's Dreamland, managing to keep his entire troupe together in the process. While traveling through Dreamland, you'll see a somewhat spooky message about the 20th Century and about automation 'helping' humans. Watching the scene, I couldn't help but think how spot on he is. It has helped. But are we the better for it? Is Max better for getting into business with a snake? Time will tell.
If you're wondering why you should see this version of 'Dumbo,' Tim Burton is reason enough to attend, but he also brought along the magnificent Danny Elfman to score the film. Elfman's arrangement for the 'Pink Elephants on Parade' is simply sublime. It's quite distinctive from the original and the visuals are more low-key which I think may have been done so you could simply sit back and experience what Elfman offers your ears. The film is touching, it's sweet and magical. This is imaginative but now that they've opened it up, I'd like to see Disney attack the subject of what elephants are facing today with one of their Disney Nature films. The truth of it needs to be treated with utmost urgency.


HSN Community / Forums / Electronics / Upgrade available for hp office jet 4630?
Upgrade available for hp office jet 4630?
I am interested in purchasing today's special 096–073, but I recently purchased the HP OfficeJet 4630 which works with windows seven and eight. Will I be able to use that printer with the new computer? Would there be an upgrade driver available to make that possible?
Hi fashionista, Stephanie Duchaine can help with your question. You'll find her on the Get your tech questions answered September 20 thread.


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Instana instrumentation for github.com/sirupsen/logrus
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This module contains instrumentation code for [`github.com/sirupsen/logrus`](https://github.com/sirupsen/logrus) logger.

[![PkgGoDev](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/instana/go-sensor/instrumentation/instalogrus)][godoc]

Installation
------------

To add the module to your `go.mod` file run the following command in your project directory:

```bash
$ go get github.com/instana/go-sensor/instrumentation/instalogrus
```

Usage
-----

The `instalogrus.NewHook()` collects any warning or errors logged with `logrus.Logger`, associates them with the current span
and sends to Instana.

```go
// Create a sensor
sensor := instana.NewSensor("my-web-server")

// Register the instalogrus hook
logrus.AddHook(instalogrus.NewHook(sensor))

// ...

// Make sure that you provide context.Context while logging so that
// the hook could corellate log records to operations:
logrus.WithContext(ctx).
	Error("something went wrong")
```
[Full example][fullExample]

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[fullExample]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/instana/go-sensor/instrumentation/instalogrus#example-package

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Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality and self-improvement for years to come, leading readers to a new levels of consciousness and inner peace.
Taking off from the The Power of Now, which is a number one bestseller and has sold millions of copies worldwide, Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live. Shattering modern ideas of ego and entitlement, self and society, Tolle lifts the veil of fear that has hung over humanity during this new millennium, and shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness and health that every reader can follow.


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2015 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix Weather Forecast
Viknesh Vijayenthiran June 19, 2015 Comment Now!
The 2015 Formula One World Championship continues with round eight, which takes us back to the Europe after a brief stint in North America. This round is the Austrian Grand Prix, which rejoined the calendar just last year after an 11-season hiatus.
The race is held at the Red Bull Ring, whose high altitude (approximately 2,100 feet) means temperatures can be a bit cool. The peak temperature for Sunday's race is expected to be 67 degrees F (19 degrees C), and some scattered showers are also predicted.
The weather can affect tire strategy for teams: if ambient temperatures are warmer, we're more likely to see two stops, whereas if they're cooler the balance might shift towards a one-stopper. Pirelli has nominated its two softest tire compounds (Soft and Supersoft) for the race.
The first of the practice sessions got underway this morning, with Mercedes AMG drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton topping the timesheets. Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen and Williams' Valtteri Bottas were close behind, third and fourth fastest, respectively, in the session.
Unfortunately for McLaren, there appears to be no end in sight to its woes. Its star driver Fernando Alonso was handed a 20-spot grid penalty for Sunday's race for using more than the permitted four power units in a season. The Spaniard commented recently that he is more focused on the next season, so he's probably happy right now with any improvements the team can make. Infiniti Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo also faces a penalty for using a fifth power unit.
Going into tomorrow's qualifying session and Sunday's race, Hamilton leads the 2015 Drivers' Championship with 151 points. Rosberg is second with 134 points while Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel is third with 108 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes has a commanding lead of 285 points followed by Ferrari with 180 points and Williams with 104 points.
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Rob Stary: media operative?
Lawyers don't always make good public relations operatives, as demonstrated by the role of criminal lawyer Rob Stary in acting for his client, Jack Thomas.
Stary says that Channel Seven used deception to get an interview with his client. It's not the first time Stary has made these claims about reporters. The Four Corners interview, for which Stary did give permission, may yet be used against his client. In that case, Stary accused ABC reporter Sally Neighbour of breaking an agreement over when the interview would be screened. Neighbour denies this.
Clearly allowing the interview at all was a mistake from Thomas's point of view. But as is so often the case, the failure of spin may well mean the success of journalism.
The Four Corners transcript is both chilling and entirely consistent with a view of Thomas as a not very bright angry young man who got himself in to deep and dangerous waters. He does not emerge as a monster, but you can see why he was considered a threat.
As for the claims that Channel Seven was guilty of deception, how do they stack up against the fact that just the day before, Herald Sun reporter Mark Dunn got this interview complete with posed pictures of Thomas and his family? Versions ran in all News Limited tabloids. Dunn told Crikey yesterday that he arranged an appointment with Thomas, after talking to Stary.
There is a link to Dunn's story from the "Justice for Jack" site run by Thomas's brother. Clearly the family had no problems with Dunn's conduct, nor the result.
The head of news and current affairs at Channel Seven, Peter Meakin, says Channel Seven left a message with Stary before heading out to Thomas's house. The lawyer didn't call back and "a researcher from Today Tonight talked her way into the house and the news reporter went with her."
The interview, available in its fullest form on the Lateline site, shows Thomas taken by surprise by the arrival of reporters, who give an undertaking not to ask him anything that will get him into trouble. Thomas is then apparently not reluctant to talk, and says very similar things to what he told Dunn the day before. The interview is broadly favourable to Thomas, showing him as bemused, traumatised, but also a regular family man.
So did Channel Seven use deception as Stary alleges? Case not proven. As for Stary's media skills, in the case of the Four Corners interview at least, they may yet convict his client.
Stary did not return a call asking for comment.


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White History: Filippo Brunelleschi and the Rediscovery of Perspective
"Kars 4 Kids": Another Brazen Scam, Profiting Off White Sympathy and Empathy for Children to Enrich Jews
New Arrests in US Demonstrate Mass Illegal Immigration is always Non-Whites Invading White Nations
Russia: Jewish Oligarch and Henchmen Charged With Murder
Holocaust-Denying Bishop Plans Consecration Without Pope's Consent
Golden Dawn Distributes Literature at Greek Toll Booths
A Brief History of Virulence
The Necessity of Extremism
Bradford Hanson 2019-06-17
Bradford Hanson (Editor) · 17 June, 2019
by Karl Radl
We can see that 'extremist' is simply a propagandistic synonym for 'enemy of the System' while 'moderate' translates to 'friend of the System'.
EXTREMISM seems to be everywhere these days, from Animal Rights Extremists to Islamic extremists to Far Right Extremists, everything seems to be 'extreme'. The irony of this is that this identification tag of 'extremism' is extremely arbitrary since there is no way to definitely label one group 'moderate' and another 'extremist' other than to look at them as subjective expressions of value to the System.
In other words, when one is assigned the tag of 'moderate' then it is a positive valuation since 'moderate' means that one is willing to work with and promote ideological positions that are either less harmful to, or in sync, with those of the System. Therefore, when one is assigned the tag of 'extremist' then it is a negative valuation since 'extremist' means that one is willing to work with and promote ideological positions that are either harmful, or out of sync, with those of the System.
Thus, we can see that 'extremist' is simply a propagandistic synonym for 'enemy of the System' while 'moderate' translates to 'friend of the System'.
What in general makes an 'extremist' an 'extremist' in the eyes of the System is that they are unwilling to bend their ideology — be it religious, political, social and/or economic — to the ideological requirements of the System and are thus enemies of the System because they stand in opposition to the norms and forms that it wishes to establish. Therefore, what makes an 'extremist' an 'extremist' is uncompromising belief in their ideology that supersedes any loyalty they have to the System and therefore places them outside the System.
They are the opposite to those with the 'slave morality' that Nietzsche so deplored in that they are prepared to fight for what they believe in and they will not back down from a fight with the System if one is required. This is part of why 'extremists' tend to perform the best out of any group. While 'extremist' ideologies can lead to ideologically-based missteps — like Islamic State provoking the United States into a fight in Iraq and Syria based on their belief that it would trigger Allah to send them angelic reinforcements — if an 'extremist' ideology is based on reason and science (for example: National Socialism) rather than metaphysical speculation and established ritual (for example: Wahhabi Islam), then it will not likely make such mistakes, but instead stand tall, strong and true as a revolt against the modern world.
Those who want to 'compromise' ideologically are the sort of people who believe — seemingly seriously — that if you are 'nice' to homosexuals and Jews as a National Socialist then you are going to get somewhere because they'll be 'fooled' into voting for you since you are 'not so bad'. The problem — as exemplified by groups such as the 'Sweden Democrats' and 'Alternative for Germany' — is once you start doing this then your 'LARPing' turns out to be serious and all of a sudden your nationalist party has become a civic nationalist group promoting gay rights in Saudi Arabia.
In other words: you have become a 'moderate' and reinforce the myth of political choice that the system has created as a defense mechanism to keep the average citizen fat, happy and believing they are masters of their own destiny.
The other problem is that by not being 'extremists' then you cede the recruiting pool of young radicals — i.e. future activist cadre — to other groups who are willing to occupy that ground.
A good example of this: the French convert to 'radical Islam', Michaël Chiolo, who was behind the recent violent revolt at the Conde-sur-Sarthe high security prison. What you may not have picked up even if you saw the news concerning this event was that prior to converting to Islam and becoming an Islamic activist and proto-leader, Chiolo flirted with the French Nationalist scene (presumably that around Le Front National that has now become part of the System) and found it far too milquetoast for him without the answers he sought. So he looked into radical Islam and found his answers. Nationalism lost a potential activist and leader, while Islam gained one, and all because Chiolo realized that many so-called 'nationalists' do not truly believe in their ideals, let alone act on them.
Another example is the case of US Air Force Intelligence Officer, Monica Witt, who became disenchanted with US foreign policy towards Iran — and rightly so — and started to look for other answers; she found them, like Chiolo, in Islam. She then began working as a mole for Iranian intelligence and has since fled there and taken up a new life. Yet, if nationalism were extreme enough and offered her answers she would not have converted to Islam and begun working for Iran.
That is a pathetic state of affairs, isn't it?
Without extremism nationalism is nothing, and without nationalism there is no future for the peoples of Europe.
That is why extremism is necessary and is to be applauded, not deplored.
Therefore — to paraphrase Joseph Goebbels — the most extreme nationalist is today only just extreme enough.
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AfD-Putin Youth Linkup
Western Spring's Memorial Tribute to John Tyndall
Tags:ExtremismIdeologyKarl RadlNationalismThe System
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Chris Rossetti (Editor)
The Non-Jewish Origins of Krav Maga


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Q: Describing $Hom(\mathbb{Z}^2, G)$ as a subset of $G \times G$ I am asked to describe $Hom(\mathbb{Z}^2, G)$ as a subset of $G \times G$. I interpret this as describing a relationship between the two (i.e. showing they are isomorphic)
G is finite, not necessarily abelian
My intended approach is to generalize the fact that $Hom(Z,G) \cong G$ (which uses the fact that since 1 generates $\mathbb{Z}$ then we can identify each element of $Hom(\mathbb{Z},G)$ with the element $\varphi(1) \in G$ which gives way to an isomorphism between the two structures.
Now, in my case, I know that (1,1) does not generate $\mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}$, but perhaps I can use (0,1) and (1,0) as my 'basis' of sorts for $\mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}$; however, I feel there is something wrong with this logic so I would like to know if this seems like the right approach to take before proceeding.
Another idea I thought of was showing that $Hom(\mathbb{Z}^2,G) \cong Hom(\mathbb{Z},G) \times Hom(\mathbb{Z},G) \cong G \times G$
but I'm not sure about the last congruence

A: Note that the map is completely determined by the images of $(1,0)$ and $(0,1)$, but these commute in the domain, so their images must commute in $G$. This means such hom-set consists of commuting pairs of elements in $G$.
Your last observation is not correct, because $\mathbb Z\times \mathbb Z$ is not the coproduct of $\mathbb Z$ with itself in groups, so that isomorphism doesn't hold. It holds, however, if $G$ is abelian.

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A. What are the factors that determine the damage done by a major earthquake?
Is there a correlation between the magnitude of an earthquake and the number of people who die?
You are going to investigate this question and produce a report on your findings and the reasons for them.
1) Is there a link between the magnitude of an earthquake and the number of deaths?
Use the BBC article below to create a spreadsheet that you can use to investigate the correlation between earthquake magnitude and the number of fatalities. you can make a copy of the spreadsheet below and edit it for your investigation.
Use your spreadsheet to create a scattergraph and line of best fit of number of deaths against magnitude. Make sure the graph is complete with title, labelled axes and a key if needed. Think carefully about the minimum and maximum values on your axes.
Is there a correlation between magnitude and deaths? How strong is it?
What are the anomalies? Identify them and try to explain.
What other factors might be important?
2. Is there a link between how rich and country is and how people are affected by earthquakes?
Use the World Bank website to add GDP per capita data to your spreadsheet (make sure you know what GDP per capita is and how it is calculated!).
Draw a second scattergraph - Number of deaths against GDP per capita.
Copy and paste this into the same document and analyse it as above.
3. What are the factors that affect how many people die in an earthquake?
Investigate each of the aspects below and explain, using examples, how they can affect the number of people who die in a natural disaster.
Can you build an earthquake proof building?
How deep the earthquake is below the ground will have an effect on the strength of the shaking and on aftershocks.
Why is the depth of an earthquake important?
Check that you understand what is meant by population density. Explain how the density of population will have an effect on how many people will be affected.
Time of day at which the earthquake occurs. Why might and earthquake do more damage at 8.30am than at 11pm? Look for examples to help explain.
History of earthquakes in the area and the experience of local people (you could compare Haiti and Japan as an example here). Why might earthquakes kills fewer people in a place where they happen more often?


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Graphic Novel Review: Mighty Thor: The Asgard/Shi'ar War
The Mighty Thor: The Asgard/Shi'ar War
The Norse gods versus their Shi'ar equivalents, for the sake of the universe...
(Panini Books)
In the wrong hands, a multi-issue battle between opposing pantheons of gods, one faction not even from this planet, would end up an unintelligible mess of style over substance. But that expectation reckons without the talents of Jason Aaron, who continues to craft what can now justifiably be considered one of the all-time great Thor runs.
While her cancer continues to take its toll on her mortal frame, Jane Foster is still unable to resist the call of Mjolnir, even though her time as Thor is literally killing her one day at a time. The transformation into thunder god purges her body of the chemotherapy which might save her life, but she refuses to turn away when Thor is needed.
As the dark elf Malekith wreaks bloody destruction across the Ten Realms, the malevolent Loki is dispatched to distract Asgard from this impending threat by embroiling the Norse gods in a conflict against the deities of the alien Shi'ar.
Thor is press-ganged into competing in the Challenge of the Gods, which finds her embroiled in a series of world-shattering missions to win the faith of the Shi'ar people, something their own gods rely on fear and oppression to achieve.
But they reckoned without the nobility and compassion of the thunder god, which even inspires the warriors of Asgard to cross the stars and fight in her name, including he who once wielded the hammer, and is now known only as the Odinson…
Faultless storytelling which has cemented Aaron's position as one of the all-time great Marvel writers of the modern age, this series deserves its place in any and every graphic novel collection.
With the clock ticking for Jane, as her cancer continues to spread, the future looks grim for Thor, and as the events of this current volume reveal, possibly for her fellow gods as well. This impending tragedy appears to be part of Aaron's overarching game plan, and in his hands we can be confident that the resolution of Jane's story is delivered with the emotional depth it deserves.


can you please add "MacVim" as one of the possible external editors. MacVim is a Cocoa version of the popular vim edito. MacVim is a GUI version with support for tabs and such.
Sorry... changed the issue to enhancement instead of bug.
Currently we only support editors that support the ODB protocol (http://www.barebones.com/support/develop/odbsuite.shtml).
to test your implementation with Cyberduck.
Reverted in r3341. I need a confirmation about a publicly released version of MacVim which supports ODB then we can enable it by default. Also see #1399.
It doesn't work here using MacVim-snapshot-0712B.
It *does* work as of MacVim 0712B. Fixed in r3364.


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FDA issues new draft guidelines for 'appearance' of conflicts of interest
By Ed Silverman June 29, 2016
When it comes to conflicts of interest, the US Food and Drug Administration says appearances count.
For the first time, the agency issued on Tuesday a draft guidance spelling out circumstances when the appearance of a conflict of interest may preclude someone from serving on one of its expert advisory panels. Until now, the FDA had only circulated guidance for determining when an actual conflict exists.
The agency has been dogged periodically by concerns over conflicts of interest on its panels, which are also known as advisory committees. That's because each panel is populated with medical and scientific experts who make crucial recommendations about whether a drug or device should be approved for use. And so, much is at stake for patients and the companies that make these products.
In response, the FDA implemented rules for participation, such as a $50,000 threshold for financial holdings in manufacturers whose products are effected by meetings, in a final guidance on conflicts issued in 2008. The agency now requires panel members to submit disclosure forms, although exceptions are allowed, such as when a sufficient number of needed experts are lacking, a move that briefly prompted the agency to consider relaxing the rules.
Related: FDA sued for hiding too much info about its expert panel members
One watchdog says there have been fewer instances when financial conflicts have raised concerns recently, but welcomed the effort. "Appearances are almost as important as actual conflicts," said Dr. Michael Carome of Public Citizen. "If there are multiple instances where there are appearance questions, it can have negative consequences and undermine public trust in the review process."
Of course, the appearance of a conflict can be nuanced. So the guidance — which, unlike a regulation, is not binding — attempts to describe potentially problematic situations.
For instance, this might involve a panel member who has a relationship with a person or entity that is appearing before the panel. Examples might include a person with whom the panel members are or may be doing business; a person or entity for which the panel member has had a working relationship in the past year; or an organization in which the panel member is an active participant.
One hypothetical example found in the guidance: the panel member is dean of a medical school at a large university, which has a multiyear grant from the drug maker whose product is being reviewed at the meeting. Even though the grant is not related to the drug under review, the FDA writes "this is an interest or relationship that could cause a reasonable person to question the member's impartiality."
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The notion of an appearance of a conflict can also extend to a relative or someone living in the same household as the panel member and has their own relationship with a person or entity appearing before the panel. The concept may also cover past financial conflicts, not just current conflicts, which is the litmus test that is currently used.
There may also be instances when an appearance is a hindrance, even if a current financial relationship does not warrant a recusal. One possible example is if a panel member has a current consulting contract with a drug maker whose product is being reviewed by the advisory committee, but the contract is not related to that particular product or issue being considered.
The draft guidance, however, does not address the appearance of another type of conflict due to what the agency has previously called "intellectual bias." The phrase has been used to describe a situation in which a panel member who has a strong point of view about a medical product but appears unable to address the matter with an open mind. This sort of bias, however, may be harder to discern.
A infamous incident occurred in 2011 when the FDA removed Dr. Sid Wolfe, a senior adviser to Public Citizen, from an advisory committee prior to its review of birth control pills. He objected and was allowed to participate, but not vote. However, four other panel members had either done work for the companies that sold the pills or received research funding from them. And the FDA did not disclose their ties.
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pharmvet1 says:
Comment by pharmvet1 on June 30, 2016 at 8:27 pm
For one to be in full compliance one would essentially have to divest their portfolio. A simpler solution would be to put your securities in a blind trust. Aa for a definition of "appearance of conflict" look no further than a former president having an ex parts meeting with the current attorney general while his wife is under investigation by the FBI.


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function cachedDataToMASCtxt( settings )
%CACHEDPATHSTOMASCTXT Write goodSubFlakes to MASC txt files for Snowflake DB
%
%   The Snowflake Database (Snowflake DB/SDB) is a software product created
%   by the EA research group to compile data from multiple meteorological
%   instruments into one centralized database. The records from the various
%   instruments can be cross-referenced according to datetime. Currently,
%   the supported data sources are MET, MicroRain Radar (MRR), and the
%   MASC. The MASC data is divided into two separate tables, MASC and
%   FLAKE. MASC data associates an ID to each image recorded by the MASC,
%   as well as a particle ID if it is a cropped image taken from one of the
%   raw MASC images. This is also where the filename of the image is stored
%   so that the SDB client app can pull the image.
%
%   SUMMARY:
%       The purpose of this function is to write out a txt file of the MASC
%       data which can be parsed by the SDB server app and ingested into
%       the database.
%
%   INPUTS:
%       settings - A struct of all the settings defined in pre-processing
%
%   OUTPUTS: None
%

%% CONSTANTS
% Some constants that should really never change

% NEW MASC TXT VERSION (10/10/2016)
% This version of the MASC txt file for the SDB puts all of the Flake data
% with the masc data so they can be ingested into a single table in the SDB.
MASC_WRITE_STRING = [ ...
    '%s\t' ... % DateTime (yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS)
    '%s\t' ... % Milliseconds (FFF)
    '%s\t' ... % Site Name
    '%s\t' ... % Station Name
    '%s\t' ... % Image ID
    '%s\t' ... % Particle ID
    '%s\t' ... % Camera ID
    '%s\t' ... % Filename
    '%s\t' ... % Fall Speed
    '\\N\t' ... % Mass
    '%s\t' ... % Max Diameter
    '%s\t' ... % Equivalent Radius
    '%s\t' ... % Perimeter
    '%s\t' ... % Cross Section
    '%s\t' ... % Aspect Ratio
    '%s\t' ... % Complexity
    '%s\t' ... % Flake Angle
    '%s\t' ... % Focus
    '\\N\t' ... % Focus Variability
    '\\N\t' ... % Max Area Focus
    '\\N\t' ... % High Focus
    '\\N\t' ... % Accepted Flakes
    '\\N\t' ... % Total Particles
    '\\N\t' ... % Range Intensity
    '\\N\t' ... % Habit
    '\\N\t' ... % Location of flake from bottom
    '\\N\t' ... % Good Velocity
    '\\N\t' ... % # of Cameras that Pass
    '\\N\t' ... % No Flakes
    '\\N\t' ... % Pretty Flakes
    '\\N\t' ... % Part Area
    '\\N\t' ... % Part Cross-Section
    '\\N\t' ... % Three Good Images
    '\\N\t' ... % Flake Angle Variability
    '\\N\t' ... % Aspect Ratio Variability
    '\\N\t' ... % Flake Height Variability
    '\\N\t' ... % Low Total Flakes
    '\\N\t' ... % Volume
    '%s\t' ... % Total Pores
    '%s\t' ... % Mean Pore Area
    '%s\t' ... % Symmetry
    '%s\t' ... % Frac
    '%s\t' ... % Mean Intensity
    '%s\t' ... % Solidity
    '%s\t' ... % Radial Variance
    '%s\t' ... % Roughness (Col. 23)
    '%s\t' ... % Corners
    '%s\t' ... % Concave Number
    '%s\t' ... % Focus (Vola4 revised)
    '%s\t' ... % Focus (Normalized variance)
    '%s\t' ... % Focus (Variance)
    '%s\t' ... % Focus (Gaussian Diff)
    '%s\t' ... % Focus (Diff of Vola4 b/t Orig and Gauss)
    '\n' ... % END LINE
];

%% CONSTANTS
GOOD_SUBFLAKES_VAR = 'goodSubFlakes';

%% BEGIN FUNCTION
% Make sure the cached path exists for the masc txt files
path = [settings.pathToFlakes 'cache/MASCtxt/'];
if ~isdir(path)
    mkdir(path);
end

% Check for required settings
if ~isfield(settings, 'siteName') || isempty(settings.siteName)
    disp('Could not export MASC txt file:')
    fprintf('\tsiteName either missing or undefined in settings.\n\n');
    return;

elseif ~isfield(settings, 'cameraName') || isempty(settings.cameraName)
    disp('Could not export MASC txt file:')
    fprintf('\tcameraName either missing or undefined in settings.\n\n');
    return;
end

% Make sure that site/station directories exist
if ~isdir([path settings.siteName])
    mkdir([path settings.siteName]);
    mkdir([path settings.siteName '/' settings.cameraName]);
elseif ~isdir([path settings.cameraName])
    mkdir([path settings.cameraName]);
end
path = [path settings.siteName '/' settings.cameraName '/'];

% Use this to track which hourly text file we're on
curdate = 0;
fwid = -1;

% Loop through goodflakes, printing hourly txt files where the hour is
% within the specified date range
goodDates = get_cached_flakes_dates(settings.pathToFlakes, 'good');
for i = 1:length(goodDates)
    goodDateStr = datestr(goodDates(i), 'yyyymmdd');

    % Load the goodSubFlakes
    goodSubFlakes = {};
    fprintf('Loading data from file data_%s_goodflakes.mat in cache...', goodDateStr);
    load([settings.pathToFlakes 'cache/data_' goodDateStr '_goodflakes.mat'], ...
        GOOD_SUBFLAKES_VAR)
    fprintf('done.\n');

    % Make sure goodSubFlakes exists (if not, error)
    if ~exist(GOOD_SUBFLAKES_VAR, 'var') || isempty(goodSubFlakes)
        % Not a valid goodflakes mat file
        fprintf(['Encountered good flakes file without' GOOD_SUBFLAKES_VAR ' variable. Skipping...']);
        continue;
    end

    numGoodFlakes = find(~cellfun(@isempty, goodSubFlakes(:,1)), 1, 'last');
    if isempty(numGoodFlakes)
        % All cells are empty
        fprintf('No good flakes found in this file. Skipping...');
        continue;
    end

    % Initialize variable that will hold the timestamp for each flake
    % indexed in goodSubFlakes
    dates = zeros(numGoodFlakes,1);

    % Here, we want to go through and calculate a datenum for each of
    % the good flakes. We'll store these datenums in a separate array,
    % which will also hold the flake ID and the reference to the
    % goodSubFlakes array it exists in.
    for j = 1 : numGoodFlakes

        % Get the timestamp and ids from the filename
        timestampAndIds = regexp(goodSubFlakes{j,1}, settings.mascImgRegPattern, 'match');
        % 1 and only 1 string should be matched. If we get none, or more
        % than 1, we have a problem with this file.
        if length(timestampAndIds) ~= 1
            % If this error occurs, exit. Do nothing to fix it, don't try
            % to ignore it. If one file is "corrupt" or not MASC
            % compatible, then it's likely there are others.
            fprintf('\nERROR!\n');
            fprintf(['A corrupt filename was detected that does not have the expected\n' ...
                '\tformat. The format is documented in pre_processing, within the\n' ...
                '\tMASC-SPECIFIC FORMATTING cell. No data was modified during the course\n' ...
                '\tof this action.\n']);
            fprintf('Bad filename: %s\n', goodSubFlakes{j,1});
            fprintf('From mat-file: %s\n', ...
                [settings.pathToFlakes 'cache/data_' goodDateStr '_goodflakes.mat']);
            fprintf('Index of bad record in mat-file: %i\n\n', j);
            fprintf('Exiting...\n');
            return;
        else
            timestampAndIds = timestampAndIds{1};
        end

        % Add date
        mascImg = parse_masc_filename(timestampAndIds);
        dates(j) = mascImg.date;

    end
    clear d startindex endindex filename

    numFlakesToProcess = length(find(dates >= settings.datestart & ...
                                 dates <= settings.dateend));
    % Check if no flakes in date range to process
    if numFlakesToProcess == 0
        fprintf(['No flakes in the loaded data that are within the specified\n' ...
            'date range. Skipping to next good flake data...\n']);
        continue;
    end

    % If code makes it here, then it has some flakes within date range that
    % will be output to an hourly text file...

    for j = 1 : length(dates)
        if settings.datestart <= dates(j) && dates(j) <= settings.dateend
            % dates(j) is within date range
            if ~strcmp(datestr(curdate,'yyyymmdd_HH'), datestr(dates(j),'yyyymmdd_HH'))
                % Need to start a new hourly text file
                curdate = dates(j);
                if fwid > 0
                    % File currently open, so close it
                    fclose(fwid);
                end
                % Check if day directory exists
                curday = datestr(curdate,'yyyy.mm.dd');
                if ~isdir([path curday])
                    mkdir([path curday]);
                end
                % Open new hourly text file
                fwid = fopen([path curday '/' settings.siteName '_' settings.cameraName '_' ...
                    datestr(curdate, 'yyyy.mm.dd') '_Hr_' ...
                    datestr(curdate, 'HH') '.txt'], 'w');
                fprintf('Writing txt file for %s UTC\n', datestr(curdate,'yyyy/mm/dd HH'));
            end

            % Add dates(j) record to txt file...
            % Extract image ID and particle ID
            filename = regexp(goodSubFlakes{j,1}, settings.mascImgRegPattern, 'match');
            if isempty(filename)
                % Bad image name, skip
                continue;
            end
            filename = filename{1};
            file_contents = textscan(filename,'%s %s %s %s %s %s','Delimiter','_');
            flakeID = file_contents{4}{1};

            % Image ID
            imageID = flakeID(1:strfind(flakeID,'.')-1);

            % Particle ID
            particleID = flakeID(strfind(flakeID,'.')+1:end);

            % Extract camera ID
            camID = str2num(file_contents{6}{1}(1)); %#ok<ST2NM>

            % Extract Flake variables (10/10/2016)
            % Have to load variables first to check if they're NaN or empty
            num_pores =         goodSubFlakes{j,9};
            solidity =          goodSubFlakes{j,10};
            radial_variance =   goodSubFlakes{j,11};
            mean_intens =       goodSubFlakes{j,13};
            fractured =         goodSubFlakes{j,14};
            focus =             goodSubFlakes{j,15};
            max_diam =          goodSubFlakes{j,16};
            perim =             goodSubFlakes{j,17};
            xsec =              goodSubFlakes{j,18};
            req =               goodSubFlakes{j,19};
            complexity =        goodSubFlakes{j,20};
            aspectratio =       goodSubFlakes{j,21};
            roughness =         goodSubFlakes{j,23};
            corners =           goodSubFlakes{j,24};
            concave_num =       goodSubFlakes{j,25};
            fallspeed =         goodSubFlakes{j,26};
            flakeang =          goodSubFlakes{j,29};
            focus_vola_rev =    goodSubFlakes{j,30};
            focus_norvar =      goodSubFlakes{j,31};
            focus_variance =    goodSubFlakes{j,32};
            focus_gaussdiff =   goodSubFlakes{j,33};
            focus_gdiff_volarev = goodSubFlakes{j,34};

            if isempty(num_pores) || isnan(num_pores)
                num_pores = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(solidity) || isnan(solidity)
                solidity = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(radial_variance) || isnan(radial_variance)
                radial_variance = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(mean_intens) || isnan(mean_intens)
                mean_intens = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(fractured) || isnan(fractured)
                fractured = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(focus) || isnan(focus)
                focus = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(max_diam) || isnan(max_diam)
                max_diam = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(perim) || isnan(perim)
                perim = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(xsec) || isnan(xsec)
                xsec = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(req) || isnan(req)
                req = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(complexity) || isnan(complexity)
                complexity = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(flakeang) || isnan(flakeang)
                flakeang = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(aspectratio) || isnan(aspectratio)
                aspectratio = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(roughness) || isnan(roughness)
                roughness = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(corners) || isnan(corners)
                corners = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(concave_num) || isnan(concave_num)
                concave_num = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(fallspeed) || isnan(fallspeed)
                fallspeed = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(focus_vola_rev) || isnan(focus_vola_rev)
                focus_vola_rev = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(focus_norvar) || isnan(focus_norvar)
                focus_norvar = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(focus_variance) || isnan(focus_variance)
                focus_variance = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(focus_gaussdiff) || isnan(focus_gaussdiff)
                focus_gaussdiff = '\N';
            end
            if isempty(focus_gdiff_volarev) || isnan(focus_gdiff_volarev)
                focus_gdiff_volarev = '\N';
            end

            % Print to file
            fprintf(fwid, MASC_WRITE_STRING, ...
                datestr(dates(j), 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS'), ...
                datestr(dates(j), 'FFF'), ...
                settings.siteName, ...
                settings.cameraName, ...
                imageID, ...
                particleID, ...
                num2str(camID), ...
                filename, ...
                num2str(fallspeed, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(max_diam, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(req, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(perim, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(xsec, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(aspectratio, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(complexity, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(flakeang, '%.2f'), ...
                num2str(focus, '%.2f'), ...
                num2str(num_pores), ...
                '\N', ... % No mean pore area
                '\N', ... % No symmetry
                num2str(fractured, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(mean_intens, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(solidity, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(radial_variance, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(roughness, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(corners, '%.0f'), ...
                num2str(concave_num, '%.3f'), ...
                num2str(focus_vola_rev, '%.2f'), ...
                num2str(focus_norvar, '%.2f'), ...
                num2str(focus_variance, '%.2f'), ...
                num2str(focus_gaussdiff, '%.2f'), ...
                num2str(focus_gdiff_volarev, '%.2f'));

        end
    end

end

fclose('all'); % Make sure all files are closed

% Fill the txt file with:
%   1) Image ID
%   2) Particle ID
%   3) Camera ID
%   4) Date (yyyy.mm.dd) UTC
%   5) Time (HH:MM:SS.FFF) UTC
%   6) Image file name (NOT INCLUDING CROP_CAM/ IN THIS, see Developer Notes)
%   7) Fallspeed (Always NaN, for now)
%   8) Focus


text:
Q: Como arrumar a ordem das legendas erradas usando o ggplot2 no R Estou tentando gerar um gráfico com estações de monitoramento do IQA de 19 estações. Porém quando eu gero o o grafico a ordem dos grupos ficam erradas, pois ficam assim: 1, 10, 11 , 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,18, 19, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
segue meu código
IQA_2005<-quali3%>%
  select(Estacao2, IQA, Ano, Ano2, Epoca)%>%
  filter(Ano2=="2005-01-01")

ggplot(data=IQA_2005, aes(x=as.factor(Estacao2), y=IQA, fill=as.factor(Epoca)))+
  geom_col(position = "dodge", width=0.7)+
  scale_fill_manual(values=c("#08088A","#9F81F7"))+
  theme_light()+labs(fill="Período Chuvas", title ="Média IQA 2005", x="Estação", y="IQA Médio 2005")+
  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90))+
  geom_hline(aes(yintercept = 51, linetype = "51"), colour = "green", size=1.5) +
scale_linetype_manual(name ="IQA BOM", values = c('solid'))

Eu tentei usar as.factor(Estacao2) porem não obtive êxito
gráfico saída:

A: Por padrão, o R vai entender que caracteres devem ser colocados em ordem alfabética. Neste caso, uma sequência de caracteres de 1 a 19, ao ser ordenada, ficará como abaixo:
x <- as.character(1:19)
sort(x)
#>  [1] "1"  "10" "11" "12" "13" "14" "15" "16" "17" "18" "19" "2"  "3"  "4"  "5"
#> [16] "6"  "7"  "8"  "9"

Uma forma de evitar isso é criando um fator e explicitando seus níveis com o argumento levels:
factor(x, levels = 1:19)
#>  [1] 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
#> Levels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Created on 2021-06-20 by the reprex package (v2.0.0)
Agora basta colocar isso no contexto do gráfico e ele vai sair como deve:
ggplot(data=IQA_2005, aes(x = factor(Estacao2, levels = 1:19), y=IQA, fill=as.factor(Epoca)))+
  geom_col(position = "dodge", width=0.7)+
  scale_fill_manual(values=c("#08088A","#9F81F7"))+
  theme_light()+labs(fill="Período Chuvas", title ="Média IQA 2005", x="Estação", y="IQA Médio 2005")+
  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90))+
  geom_hline(aes(yintercept = 51, linetype = "51"), colour = "green", size=1.5) +
  scale_linetype_manual(name ="IQA BOM", values = c('solid'))


Can you make business connections when you're on vacation?
I just returned from a vacation in Las Vegas with my girlfriends. We all turned 30 this year and decided to celebrate in style. Vegas is a vacuum of excess and I'm amazed by the amount of money people flitter away on gambling and VIP areas at pool parties and nightclubs.
New business generation is an important part of my job at a social media marketing agency and I find whenever I'm in social settings where I meet new people, I can't help but wonder if they could be prospective clients.
While in Vegas, where strangers naturally talk to strangers, we met some important people in the business world – including owners of multi-million dollar companies – and it reminded me that vacations are an awesome, yet subtle way, to network.
There's a hard-working culture in the USA where vacation isn't as valued or encouraged compared to other countries. Yet, there are so many business savvy reasons why vacations should be encouraged, including that they're a natural way to make new business contacts!
Vacationing solo is actually one of the very best ways to meet people because you're more approachable to others if you're not in a group. I spontaneously went to Japan for a week a few years ago and met many kind strangers along the way. And at the same time, escorted group travel brings similar people meeting opportunities (with tour operators, such as G Adventures, where you join a group of strangers and travel with a leader) – you'll spend quality time with a group of new people who work in an array of industries. This type of interaction is impossible to replicate at an evening networking event, for example.
Serious networkers might want to consider downloading various travel apps that enable you to identify people meeting opportunities on flights, too. For example, Quicket, has a feature that lets you check out the Facebook pages of other passengers on your flight. Slightly creepy, yes, but it could be useful for business travelers going to a conference and wanting one-on-one time with an influential keynote speaker.
So, next time you're unsure whether to take that vacation because of work demands, just remember it could benefit your business!


Here are 10 things I think I think from the 2015 draft—plus, why not, 10 more.
1. I think it's foolish to believe the farce that says draft the best player available, not the best player who fits your need. An overwhelming majority of the time, teams don't actually follow this mantra—at least not in the early rounds. With a finite amount of roster spots, draft choices and cap space, it's simply not feasible. This draft was a perfect example. In the second and third rounds, three-fourths of the teams drafted a player who filled one of their two most important needs that we'd identified after Thursday night's opening round. (Which, by the way, was the least enthralling opening round in recent draft memory). What's more likely: that the Thursday night draft analysis was prescient (that sound you hear is sarcastic laughter cascading down), or that teams just blow hot air when they say they take the best player available? What teams mean is they take the best player available for them.
2. I think for NFL analysts and fans, grading a team's draft is a lot like breaking down a team's preseason. Everyone acknowledges it's a frivolous act, but many still can't help but engage in it. I know it's only the preseason, and we shouldn't take much away from it, BUT….and then the speaker proceeds to do exactly what he's just acknowledged is unwise. I Know you can't accurately grade a draft until at least three years later, BUT…and here comes the draft grade. You won't see that on this site.
3. I think it's risky for the Cowboys to replace their suspended veteran who once fell in the draft because of concerns about his mental stability with another player who fell in the draft because of reported concerns about his mental stability.
4. I think I like draft analyst Jon Gruden better than MNF analyst Jon Gruden. Draft analyst Gruden shows his critical side, which is his most entertaining and informative side. The only better Gruden than draft analyst Gruden is TV production meeting Gruden, who has even higher standards and expresses them bluntly and hilariously.
5. I think Carolina's second-round selection of wide receiver/tight end Devin Funchess—and last year's first-round selection of Kelvin Benjamin—will only pay full dividends if a true speed receiver is brought in to threaten coverages over the top. (Veteran Ted Ginn isn't a quality every-down player.) Conceptually, Carolina's array of plodding receivers (throw Jerricho Cotchery into the mix) is too easy to defend.
6. I think the Bears, changing over to a 3-4 scheme, entered this draft in need of 10—yes, 10—new defensive starters to go with second-year cornerback Kyle Fuller. Most likely, though, Chicago only found one defensive starter: Florida State second-round nosetackle Eddie Goldman.
7. I think by drafting offensive tackles Cedric Ogbuehi (Texas A&M) and Jake Fisher (Oregon), the Bengals declared this to be the last season for unreliable former No. 6 overall pick Andre Smith. And stalwart left tackle Andrew Whitworth will eventually slide to guard, where he was sensational down the stretch in 2013. That would likely mean a move to center for current left guard Clint Boling, in which case Cincy's first two selections could spawn upgrades at four offensive line spots.
8. I think the Browns believe their 32nd-ranked run defense last season was not due only to injuries and players adjusting to a new scheme. Hence the selections of NT Danny Shelton (first round), 250-pound OLB Nate Orchard (second) and DT Xavier Cooper (late third).
9. I think three teams really aided their passing attacks: the Colts (burner wideout Phillip Dorsett in Round 1), Texans (the sizable Jaelen Strong in Round 3) and the Ravens (receiver Breshad Perriman Round 1; tight end Maxx Williams Round 2).
10. I think it's empty rhetoric when GM John Dorsey says the Chiefs were comfortable drafting problem child cornerback Marcus Peters in the first round because the team has "a unique locker room." Every team believes it has a unique locker room. And a unique locker room (or "culture") is usually the first thing a team cites after letting talent trump character in its evaluation process. Not that I think there's anything wrong with that. The NFL first and foremost is about winning, not enriching a community.
11. I think it's amazing how every year, each head coach and GM seem to get exactly the player they wanted at every spot they picked. Or could that just be more empty post-draft rhetoric?
12. I think Minnesota's second-round pick, linebacker Erin Kendricks, will not be as good as his brother, Eagles linebacker Mychal Kendricks.
13. I think the Patriots' draft will be blindly praised because that's the standard protocol for analyzing any Patriots draft. I also think it's hard to understand how the Patriots could go defense with all four of their Thursday/Friday selections and yet manage to avoid addressing their glaring need at cornerback.
14. I think the Seahawks and Saints should both be happy with how the Jimmy Graham trade worked out. The Saints ultimately filled two of their costliest weak spots – inside linebacker (Stephone Anthony, pick 31) and center (Max Unger) – while the Seahawks turned their 31st pick into a difference-making tight end who is probably better than all but seven or eight players in this draft.
What Happens to Lau2019el Collins?
The LSU product went undrafted amid questions surrounding his connection to a murder in Baton Rouge, and his status remains up in the air.
15. I think Giants fans should be thrilled with their team's draft. First-round guard Ereck Flowers, second-round safety Landon Collins and third-round defensive end Owamagbe Odighizuwa fill the team's three biggest areas of need.
16. I think it's unclear what the Jets intend to get from drafting quarterback Bryce Petty in the fourth round. If they believed Petty could be a starter, they'd have taken him earlier. And they don't need a backup, since it's apparent that's what Geno Smith is to them.
17. I think Eric Rowe, the safety-corner hybrid from Utah, is, conceptually, a great fit for an Eagles defense that's very versatile and diverse, including in its coverage exchange concepts.
18. I think the Chargers have doubts about Manti Te'o. Why else would they draft an inside linebacker in the second round (Denzel Perryman) one year after giving starter Donald Butler a lucrative long-term contract?
19. I think the Seahawks truly like second-round defensive end Frank Clark, but it's puzzling that Seattle would basically decide to replace Bruce Irvin (whose fifth-year option will not be picked up) with a character-risk guy.


What could be a better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than to enjoy some chocolate mint dessert brownies which can also pose as awesome sundaes? Making your own chocolate mint dessert brownies sundae is easy, and is even a fun recipe for kids to help you with. Take a peek below at how you can get busy making your own.
You will find it is a sweet way to enjoy St. Patrick's Day with your family.
This may look like a long list of ingredients, but you will find that most of these items you already have on hand. If you wish, you can use a premade brownie mix instead of the from scratch recipe above. Just do which ever you prefer and works for you!
1. In a mixing bowl, mix the sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla, flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder. This will create the base of your brownie mix. Mix well.
2. Once the dry ingredients, eggs, and oil are mixed, you can add 1 teaspoon of your mint extract. Use more if desired. Or, if you prefer less, feel free to add less than the suggested amount.
3. Spray a 9×9 baking pan with cooking spray to avoid sticking. Pour the mixture into the pan and bake at 375 for 20-22 minutes. Use a toothpick to check if the mixture is done. When you remove the toothpick it should be clean.
4. In the meantime, mix the whipped cream with a teaspoon of mint extract. You can also add a few drops of green food coloring to give the cream a green hue if you wish.
5. Top the brownie with the mint infused whipped cream and finish with some rainbow sprinkles.
Your Chocolate Mint Dessert Brownies Sundae is now ready to be enjoyed!
It has the excellent flavors of mint throughout and as you can see, is quite visually appealing as well.
Gather your ingredients and make one of these Chocolate Mint Dessert Brownies brownie sundaes yourself. They are a perfect after dinner dessert to your corned beef and cabbage or other St. Patrick's Day meals.
Sounds like a yummy dessert idea for St Patrick's Day. I love chocolate and mint together.
These look wonderful 🙂 Thanks for sharing your recipe!!!
Thank you for sharing. I love to make recipes from scratch.


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