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It's Never Too Late to Rewrite Your Story: Addiction and the Power of Recovery Coaching
Posted by Lana B. | Jan 15, 2016 | Addiction, Articles, Recovery Coaching | 0
For those struggling with addiction, a recovery coach offers compassion and conscious conversation in a world that often demonizes addiction. Image Source: Flickr User taymtaym
Lana Baumgartner is an addiction recovery coach and co-founder of Psychedelic Times. Today, she shares her story about her experience with addiction and how her views about addiction changed when she got involved with recovery coaching.
Mikey overdosed on prescription painkillers and died October 20, 2008, at 28 years old. He was an incredibly skilled musician, among many other talents. He was deeply committed to his family and friends and maintained close friendships for years. Mikey was a character that would leave an impression on everyone he met, sometimes for the worse. As a deeply troubled individual, he struggled with authorities throughout childhood and, in later years, with addiction.
Mikey was my cousin — my uncle's son — but our relationship had more of a sibling dynamic. I spent the first twelve years of my childhood with Mikey in my grandmother's home as she took on the role of our mother. We would throw things at each other, scream and yell, and then make up over ice cream and Super Nintendo. Mikey played my protective older brother and introduced me to his world, as older siblings often do. Mikey also introduced me to the dark world of addiction.
Growing Up with Addiction
My grandfather, Robert Kundert — AKA "Pres. Bob" — was the President of the American Cannabis Society, so growing up, I was never a stranger to marijuana. Mikey made sure to be the first to formally introduce me to getting high. We pulled up to West Towne Mall in Madison, Wisconsin, and parked in the lot about fifteen parking spots away from the entrance. I was in the back seat of Mikey's old Cadillac with my best friend Yanya, who I spent nearly every waking moment with. Mikey and his girlfriend Laura were in the front seat, giggling and preparing the bowl as we sat in the parking lot.
Mikey looked over his right shoulder as he explained, "I'm going to light this, and you're just going to suck as hard as you can, okay?" I would do almost anything for his approval, and I nodded my head as he lowered the bong over the front seat in front of me. I watched the flame dive into the bowl as I sucked — the smoke seemed to enter my lungs just as fast as it had filled the glass tube. What felt like ten seconds later, I was choking and gasping for air with tears streaming down my face. I managed to squeak out, "I-I-I can't BREATHE!" Mikey's eyes widened and he began punching my thigh as I curled into a ball in the back seat as he told me, "Breathe! Just breathe!" I finally caught my breath, and Yanya pushed me out of the car into the rainy parking lot. Mikey looked out at me and asked if I was okay. I couldn't even speak.
This was a classic story in the adventures of Lana and Mikey. Despite all of our sibling quarrels, I loved and cared for him deeply. But the dynamic of our relationship changed as we grew older. Eventually, Mikey's recreational experimentation with drugs spiraled out of control. He brought Yanya along for the ride and, eventually, two other close friends of mine — they were shooting heroin together. I chose to distance myself to mitigate my feelings of despair.
Addiction was commonplace at this time in my life. I watched my mother struggle to kick smoking, and my father battled with his addiction to every narcotic he could get his hands on for over three decades. His parents were raging alcoholics throughout my childhood, and my grandfather on my mother's side died of emphysema from his smoking addiction. Another friend I became close with literally withered away due to her meth addiction. At nineteen years old, it felt like everyone close to me was addicted. I have my own personal story of abuse, but I never saw the day when stopping was not a choice. When I decided I was ready, I walked away from everything.
One thing I remember well about Mikey was that he responded to compassion and empathy. He would express his love and devotion he had for his girlfriends when they would argue or threaten to break up with him. He yearned for authentic love and understanding. I don't believe this is a desire sought by just Mikey, but of anyone who is struggling with addiction. Truly, all human beings seek compassion in one form or another — whether we realize it or not, we all want to be seen as worthy and loved in the eyes of others.
It was Mikey's path to end his life at the early age of twenty-eight. However, it's clear to me now that if he were approached with the understanding of an experienced recovery coach, he may still be here to tell his story of recovery.
Conscious Conversation and the Power of Listening
Growing up, I learned that I should shun and shame a loved one with addiction — that they should be scolded and made aware of their wrong doing. But I've never witnessed this approach to be effective or successful for the person struggling. I wasn't told that, no matter how low addiction brings a person, it's crucial to hold a divine vision of them. Maintaining an empathetic dialogue with them is imperative. People suffering from addiction are not doomed to a lifetime of addiction; they do not have to label themselves as an addict until death.
Becoming a recovery coach with Being True to You — which provides recovery services to people suffering from all kinds of addiction — began with a twelve-week training that has now evolved into a daily practice. This approach to interacting with others has illuminated every relationship in my life. In our recent interview with Deanne Adamson, founder of Being True to You, she said that one of the pillars of recovery coaching is conscious communication. Listening is the integral piece that allows for this deep kind of communication in any conversation.
Effective listening is a universal skill. There are levels of listening that can be observed in any conversation. These levels are actually not specific to any one modality, and they can be applied to almost all forms of communication. In conversation, the listener can be simply hearing without actually registering the speaker's words. Another form is selectively listening, in which the listener adamantly waits just to speak themselves. The greatest intention of a recovery coach is the highest level of listening. This is when the listener practices empathy and truly takes in every word that the speaker says. Conscious communication can occur with a clear channel of receiving and giving, when empathetic listening is being practiced authentically. This is a central practice of recovery coaching, although there are many other moving parts that come into play as the dynamic of a relationship unfolds.
What is the potential result of this higher level of communication? I can only imagine now what Mikey would have felt if he someone had listened to him with genuine empathy and compassion. Would he have felt more supported? Would have he felt understood? Maybe this was the connection that was lacking in his life. I can guarantee that Mikey was missing presence and conscious communication in his relationships. This wasn't because he was incapable, nor because of the social circle he kept, but because there was little or no awareness of what could facilitate a shift.
Conscious communication isn't a widely known practice for facilitating the process of recovery. Just this alone can be incredibly beneficial for someone struggling with addiction. Being addicted can feel very lonely and isolating. To allow someone in and develop an authentic dialogue can be the gateway from addiction to recovery, especially with the help of powerful plant medicines like ibogaine.
It's Not Too Late to Rewrite Your Story
It's too late for Mikey, but for the millions of people who suffers from addiction in the United States and around the world, there's still time. If someone you love is facing the challenge of addiction, never discount the importance of simply listening to them and offering them love and understanding; and, if you happen to be the one battling an addiction, it's never too late to rewrite your story.
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DNRT's Star of the Sea Reserve was extensively mined for sand and gravel and the old gravel pits, with all the top soil gone and excavated down to the water table in spots, is made up of grey birch, scrubby oaks and bayberry, the insectivorous sundew and cranberry growing in the poor soil conditions. In the eastern portion, rushes, orchids and Joe pye weed indicate some of the wetter areas, along with cacophonous groups of spring peepers.
The Reserve is adjacent to — and shares trails with — approximately 60 owned by the Dartmouth Conservation Commission. This parcel is dominated by oak and beech forest with deciduous wetlands made up of red maple and American holly. The trail system follows an old bridle path, built and used by a farm on Gulf Road, which path was specifically designed to train horses for trail riding. There remains an old stone reinforced causeway leading across the saltmarsh from the woodland to Star of the Sea Drive, including a stone bridge only accessible at low tide.
Directions: Take Russell's Mills Road to Star of the Sea Drive. The two trail heads are on the right hand side of the road. The first is at the split rail fence 0.35 mi. south of Russell's Mill Road. This part of the trail system is quite wet, and may be accessed in the late summer and winter only. Further down Star of the Sea Drive (0.5 mi. south of Russell's Mill Road) is the second trail head. This trail leads on to the adjacent Dartmouth Conservation Commission land and is a beautiful upland trail with some wide and some narrow trails.


London is home to more international retail brands than any other city in the world according to a new report.
CBRE's 2014 "How Global Retail" report shows that the city continues to attract new market entrants with 31 new retailers launching in the UK last year. Other cities in the top ten include Beijing, Moscow, Shanghai, Frankfurt, Taipei and Singapore.
The UK also retained the top spot as the most penetrated market by international retailers.
Eric Eastman, executive director, luxury goods & international retailers at CBRE, said: "London now attracts more international visitors that any other capital in the world. A flood of brand-hungry overseas shoppers, many from China, has swept into Central London. Space demand from luxury and international retailers has moved into hyperdrive as a result.
Paris was found to be the world's hottest global retail market attracting 50 new brands last year, while France is ranked as the leading country for new entrants, according to the report.
The findings reveal that retailers focused on fewer and larger markets in 2013 with 19 of the top 20 target cities considered mature markets compared with only 14 in 2012. Over 70% of the survey cities saw at least one new entrant throughout the year compared with 81% the year before. However, the top 20 target markets saw a 30% rise in new entrants.
The number of new entrants at city level was up by 25% year-on-year, with an increasing number of retailers crossing borders to grow their businesses. Paris welcomed 50 new entrants over the year, including 10 new luxury and business fashion brands. The French capital benefited from three new shopping centres in 2013, but it was the prime high street locations that attracted the most global brands.
France also topped the table of the "hottest" countries ahead of Japan and Hong Kong, with Paris the main point of entry for many retailers although some chose one of nine other French cities for their first store.
Tokyo was found to be the second most attractive city for global retailers with double the number of new entrants during 2013 than in 2012. Half of all new entrants (24) came from the US while a further 18 were from Europe. Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi were the third and fourth "hottest" markets with 43 and 35 new entrants respectively.
Jose Luis Martin, EMEA senior director of cross border retail at CBRE, said: "The improving economic prospects in Western Europe and North America is leading global retailers to refocus their expansion plans on mature markets and the world's major retail destinations, with Paris, Tokyo, London and Berlin the top targets. Retailers have also turned their attention to recovering European markets and Asian and South American cities where they are still under represented.


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Q: Interesting problem on uniqueness of polygon Given n points in a Cartesian system, prove that there is only one n-sided polygon that can be drawn through these points. It isn't a homework question, I thought of it myself.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: It is not true.  Below are three polygons formed from congruent sets of points.

A: You need to be a lot more specific.

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*Do the points have to be vertices of the polygon, or is it enough that some edge of it passes through the point?

*Does the polygon have to be non-self-intersecting/convex/regular/...?
You probably also have to require that no three of the points lie on a straight line.

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Barbara Roden continues on with local points of interest in the many provincial parks around us.
In the last instalment we visited some of the provincial parks in the northern part of Golden Country, ending up at Elephant Hill near Ashcroft. Now we head south down Hwy 1, where you can turn west onto Hat Creek Road to explore Cornwall Hills and Oregon Jack Provincial Parks, an area that we've already covered. However, on that occasion we followed the road to the top of Cornwall; this time we're going to take the right fork and pass through Oregon Jack Park to reach Bedard Aspen Provincial Park in Hat Creek Valley. You can glimpse Bedard Lake from the road up Cornwall, but the only way to access it is to enter the park (via logging roads; a good back country map is recommended) and use the one walking trail. Fun fact: the lake is popular with moose, so don't be surprised to find yourself sharing it with them.
South on Hwy 1 brings us to Epsom Provincial Park, which nestles below the pull-out with the "CN Last Spike" Stop of Interest plaque. The lower third of the road leading down to the park is only suitable for 4-wheel-drive vehicles (two-wheel drive vehicles might get down it, but probably won't get back up), and visitors should beware of poison ivy: "leaves of three, let it be". The park is one of the few places in this area giving public access to the Thompson; keep an eye out for river rafters during the summer.
There are Ecological Reserves on either side of Spences Bridge: Skwaha Lake to the west and Soap Lake to the east. Ecological Reserves are not intended for "consumptive" use: no fishing, hunting, or camping are allowed within them, although hiking, photography, and nature observation is allowed. Both Reserves can be approached by forestry road, but there are no roads within them, so be prepared to hike. Fun fact: Ecological Reserves provide the highest level of protection for the maintenance of physical and biological diversity. Skwaha preserves Interior Douglas-fir and Montane spruce ecosystems, along with many diverse meadow communities containing outstanding wildflower displays and rare plants, while Soap Lake protects an alkaline lake, its associated flora and fauna, and representative ecosystems of the Interior Douglas-fir Zone.
Three contiguous parks lie west of Lytton between that town and Boston Bar. The northernmost is Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, which protects the entire Stein River watershed. The park contains more than 150km of hiking trails and routes, which include four cable crossings and a suspension bridge. While there are some easy hiking routes at the lower end of the park, many of the routes are extremely challenging. The spectacular views and wealth of culturally important sites make it well worth a visit, however. Mehatl Creek Provincial Park is one of the province's newest protected areas, where hikers can enjoy scenic alpine ridges, sub-alpine meadows, and old-growth forest. A trail leads to Mehatl Falls, and hikers can also take the trail alongside the creek, which will take them spectacular views of the Mehatl Cascades. Nahatlatch Provincial Park lies in a transition zone that contains both coastal and interior trees and plants. The Nahatlatch River is popular with kayakers and river rafters, while the three lakes within the park are excellent for canoeing, swimming, and fishing. Fun fact: Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Park contains many ancient pictograph sites, ranging in size from a single image to one of the largest pictograph sites in Canada.
Last but not least, there's Tunkwa Lake Provincial Park, accessible from Logan Lake or Savona. The park features two large man-made lakes, Tunkwa and Leighton, and numerous watercourses provide views of the trout spawning in May. Unlike many provincial parks, which close during the winter, Tunkwa is a year-round park that's popular with cross country skiers and snowmobilers in winter. Fun fact: Tunkwa Lake is one of the top 10 trout fishing lakes in the province.
Finally, a note about a park we've visited before, Skihist just north of Lytton. Anyone knowledgeable about plant and bird species in the area can go to the Skihist website and print off lists of the plants and birds one can find in the park, then take them with you as you enjoy the 8km of hiking trails and see how many you can identify. If you know your Meadow Death Camus from your Shaggy Fleabane, or can spot a Pine Siskin at 100 feet, go to www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/skihist/ for the lists; and good luck!


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Let's do Lent!
How are you preparing to observe the Lenten season?
Mark H. Schewe
I'm sure you are preparing! The Lenten season begins the first week of this month, with Ash Wednesday on March 6. Pastors, worship planners, musicians, food volunteers, and many others have had plenty of time since the Christmas season to get at planning and preparation. All the questions to answer: Did the midweek bulletin covers come in? Did the piano tuner stop by for his annual visit? Are we using Evening Prayer or Compline for Wednesdays? Is the Junior Choir scheduled to sing? On which Wednesday will the youth group be cooking?
Reset your focus
If you're a veteran called worker or lay leader in your congregation, you might be tempted to jump in and begin grinding out plans and filling in the blanks for a busy season. If so, you need to start over. Even if you're a regular member of a church, your thoughts can't begin with the activities and services that you will do during Lent. Your Lenten walk of faith will be adversely affected if it starts out in mechanical fashion. In fact, it's possible to stand the season of Lent on its head altogether, finishing the season with relief simply because the extra planning and worship are over for the year.
Lent is not planning what to do for the season. To illustrate, our church has a subscription to an online church clip art program. This program has tens of thousands of images and Scripture verses that can easily be inserted into bulletins and newsletters. Very handy! But sometimes it can be a bit interesting or humorous what the Internet site suggests for appropriate clip art for Lent or any other season.
If you type "Lent" in the search box, a couple options invariably pop up posing the question, "What are you giving up?" One of these images even includes 20 suggestions within the clip art of what you can give up. Some suggested sacrificial items are common, ones we hear every year: chocolate, sweets, coffee, TV. But some newer ones have appeared: Facebook, credit cards, shopping, and Twitter. Yes, Twitter.
I know there are plenty of pious Christians who sacrifice something during the 40 days of Lent with a sanctified heart. It can be done properly, of course. But I'm also certain many people in the Christian world hear that the days of Lent are approaching and immediately think, Oh yeah, what am I going to give up this year? In other words, "How can I do Lent this year?" If that's your starting point, you're off on the wrong foot.
It can be the same for church leaders and called workers. Get ready to do Lent! More choir practices. Suppers to serve. More church services to plan and attend. Instruments to rehearse. More times to clean the sanctuary. More things to communicate. Extra sermons to complete. Communion to set up. Paraments to change from purple to black to white. An Easter vigil service on Saturday of Holy Week to prepare.
We have so much to do as we look forward to Lent. Or do we?
Remember what you did and what Jesus did
What do we do for Lent? The proper place to start is to ask, "What did we do for Lent?"
I was reminded of that when I served at a congregation in the state of Washington. It was my first Lenten season at the church. Our congregation worshiped in a sanctuary that was newly built. On one side were tall windows that faced a busy street. The Christmas tree had been in those windows during the holidays. It was a perfect spot, visible to worshipers and the community, and it made perfect sense to build a large, rugged cross to place there for Lent. It would be a striking scene for worshipers and commuters alike, draped in the appropriate color for the season.
One of our church members heard about the idea and offered to bring a tree that had fallen on his property, which could be cut and shaped into a cross. Perfect! After the delivery, we made some basic measurements, and the cutting, notching, tying, and erecting began. It's what we did for Lent that year.
But as I notched the wood and hammered the pieces together, it dawned on me: This is not the first cross I've made.
It was true that I had never constructed a physical life–sized cross before, but I had most definitely had a hand in making one already. It was a cross that I had never seen, but one that I had caused. My sin was nailed to it. It was the original cross of my Savior, who went the way of that cross so that my sin and guilt could be paid for. " 'He himself bore our sins' in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; 'by his wounds you have been healed' " (1 Peter 2:24).
How do we properly "do Lent?" We already did it. We caused it. And this is where a proper Lenten walk begins. Why must Lent come each year, that dark and somber season of the church year with its hymns in minor keys and ashes and blackness? We commemorate how the Son of God had to come in grace and mercy and pay the price that we could never pay. Lent is about what we originally did and continue to do as sinners. And it's about what Jesus did for us before we saw the light of day.
So, this year, how can we properly "do Lent?" Come. Come and marvel that there is nothing you must do, nothing that you must pay for your forgiveness. Come with a contrite and repentant heart to receive what God has to give. Be amazed at the love of your Savior.
As Lent begins, perhaps the best initial activity we could do would be to meditate on a portion of Scripture or a devotion that reinforces where the true action of Lent lies and points out how we are undeserving recipients of God's grace. Read through Isaiah chapter 53, Psalm 22, Psalm 51, or 1 John 4:9,10. Spend a few moments with the hymn "Jesus, I Will Ponder Now" (Christian Worship 98) and the many other hymns in the Lenten section of the hymnal that reinforce how we are "receivers" rather than "doers" during Lent. Go into your morning devotion with that intentional angle of emphasis, especially if you are a church leader consumed by how much there is to do during Lent.
Receive. Reflect. Be comforted. Soak in the Passion History as it's read. Come ready to hear the old, old story that gives us so much peace. Sing about it. Marvel at it. Come early to meditate a bit. Enjoy some food and time with fellow Christians pilgrims. Rejoice that God loved you enough to do it all to win your salvation.
Then, with the right perspective on your Lenten season, you can make a sacrifice to help you concentrate on the cross. After all, maybe you could do without those sweets or chocolate for a while. And that Twitter account.
Author: Mark H. Schewe
Issue: March 2019
Mark Schewe is pastor at St. Peter, Clovis, California.
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A co-ed therapeutic summer camp for kids aged 9-18.
Camp Firefly is presented in partnership with JCC's of Chicago. The camps are located just minutes from Wisconsin Dells at JCC's Camp Chi.
At Camp Firefly, we create a supportive, welcoming community for children, teens and young adults who oftentimes have difficulty connecting with peers and navigating social situations. Everything in our program, including the best of summer fun and exceptional therapeutic group activities, is designed to support campers on the autism spectrum and with other social challenges. By celebrating individual strengths and recognizing potential, campers develop self-confidence, improve self-esteem and enhance social skills. Participants explore who they are and come home with greater independence and meaningful life lessons and friendships.
What campers experience at Camp Firefly not only makes camp remarkably special, but the benefits continue long after the summer ends.
Our low staff-to-camper ratios create positive summer experiences for campers, positioning them for success within a broader typical camp environment. Our overnight camps take place at JCC Camp Chi Overnight Camp in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
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All the fun you could imagine while building autonomy and self-esteem.
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Euromed: Study reports UfM failure of action in Arab Spring
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(ANSAmed) - MADRID, JUNE 18 - The Union for the Mediterranean still hasn't replied to the expectations for an active role in contributing to the stability and progress in the region and for its action during 2011, the year of the Arab Spring, considered overall to be quite insufficient. The information has been presented by Euromed, commissioned by the European Commission at the European Institute for the Mediterranean (IEMed), which reflects the opinion of 700 experts and political figures of the two sides of the Mediterranean about the Arab Spring, the successes and the lack of EU politics in the region, plus the challenges and future scenarios envisaged. The results, made available by sources inside IEMed, together with the Mediterranean Annual Report 2011, have been presented to the European Parliament during a session presided by the European Commissioner for the Enlargement and European Neighbouring Politics, Stefan Fule, to which also the Euro MP Salvador Sedò and the Director General of IEMed Andreu Bassols took part in.
93% of those interviewed, between December 2011 and January 2012, asked for a greater role of the EU in solving conflicts in the region. The Euromed inquiry, in its third edition, printed in English, French, Spanish, Catalan and Arab, highlights that the UfM is seen as an institution which has great potential to contribute to the stability and the development in the Mediterranean by most of the people interviewed (5.2 out of 10) although its action during 2011 has been rated negatively, with a result of 3.8 out of 10. Also significant is the support given to the majority of the members of the northern presidency of the UfM, which in March last year substituted the French one. Also, many experts said they were favourable to the creation of a European financial instrument for countries in the South Mediterranean.
As far as the opinion on the Arab Spring, the survey's results indicate that Turkey is identified as the most active country, in front of the U.S.A. and Europe. And they highlight the perception of a difference in approach coming from the EU each time it is the moment to take action in the areas affected by revolts, according also to the type of country. On a general level, both the changes in the political scene and the financial response to the Arab Spring countries is indeed judged very positively. In particular, the Spring programme and other initiatives to improve employment and rural development, access to drinkable water, health systems and education.
However, the expectations for swift resolution to end the conflicts in the region are extremely low (between 2-4 out of 10), according to experts, political actors, institutional, diplomatic, NGO members, entrepreneurs, journalists and unionists interviewed all over the Mediterranean. (ANSAmed).
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Well, we have entered the stranger anxiety stage. Everytime we go somewhere now Jackson is sure to clinging to my our daddy's legs. It doesn't take him long to warm up, but it can be a little akward depending on what mommy is wearing. We went to a friend of Jackson's birthday party this weekend and I wore a cotton dress. Well, as soon as I put him down, he was running for the cover of my dress. Luckily I was able to manuever him out from under it before we were asked to leave for indecent exposure! We had a wonderful week with visits from Aunt Glo, Great Granddaddy and Peebo. Here are some pics. The first pic is Jackson and Mary in the ball pit. I was tickling both of them and they would just laugh! Jackson now says his version of Mary. As soon as we go over the railroad tracks to get to Brad and Kiera's house he starts saying Mamee. It is too cute!
Jackson and Mary heading up the stairs.
Watch out Aunt Sarah. Your bluebird record for eating the rice the fastest with chopsticks may be broken soon!
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After about a pint of strawberries. Delicious!
Jackson sure does love his Great Granddaddy. He would go and play for something for a minute and then run back to sit on his lap. It was so sweet!
He also loves his Peebo! We had the best visit with you guys and miss you already! Come back soon!!
Look how smart Jackson is...how many 1 1/2 year olds can manuever chopsticks??!! Happy Mother's Day!!!
It's on...let the chopstick rice race begin! I can't wait to see you guys!!!
Hmmm, a little stranger anxiety. Next, he'll be calling Greg home from work to return a pizza!
Jackson is so cute!!! Love the picture in the ball pit.


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A spinális izomatrófia vagy gerinc eredetű izomsorvadás (angolul Spinal Muscular Atrophy, rövidítve SMA) egy ritka öröklődő betegség, amit az SMN gén hibája okoz, és a gerincvelő mozgató idegsejtjeinek a fokozatos elvesztését eredményezi. Az idegsejtek pusztulása fokozatos izomgyengeséget, sorvadást okoz a kapcsolódó izmokban. A leggyakrabban és legelőször érintettek a nyak és a törzs tartását végző izmok, majd a láb és karok azon izmai, amelyek a mozgásért felelnek, végül a bordákhoz kötődő, légzést támogató izmok.

Diagnózis

Az SMA betegek általában teljesen normálisnak tűnnek születéskor. A tünetek a legsúlyosabb forma (1-es típus) esetén három hónapos kor környékén jelennek meg először. Közepesen súlyos (2-es típus) esetben egy és kétéves kor között, kevésbé súlyos esetekben később illetve ritkán már felnőtt korban jelentkeznek az első jelek. A betegség diagnózisát genetikai teszt alapján lehet megállapítani, amennyiben az izomvizsgálatok során az alapos gyanú felmerült.

Betegségtípusok

Az SMA betegek a betegség súlyossága szerint típusokra oszthatók. Az egyes típusok eltérő súlyosságát genetikai eltérések okozzák, azonban minden esetben ugyanaz a gén a felelős a betegségért, és azonos a hatásmechanizmus is. Az 1-es típusba (SMA I) tartozó betegek nem tudnak megtanulni ülni. A második típusba (SMA II) tartozó betegek képesek segítség nélkül ülni, esetenként állni is, de sosem tanulnak meg járni. A harmadik típusba (SMA III) tartozó betegek megtanulnak járni, azonban a betegség megjelenésével ezt a képességüket elveszítik és tolószékbe kényszerülnek. Létezik egy nagyon ritka, még enyhébb forma (SMA IV), ami csak felnőttkorban jelentkezik és izomgyengeséget okoz.

Kezelése

A Zolgensma nevű génterápiás gyógyszert 2019 májusában engedélyezték az Egyesült Államokban. Emellett az izom- és mozgásfunkció fokozódó romlása lassítható megfelelő gyógytorna segítségével. Elméletileg a betegség ellen hatásos lehet az elvesző idegsejteket pótló őssejt-kezelés, azonban ilyen kezelés egyelőre nem érhető el. Az Egyesült Államokban a közeljövőben terveznek egy erre vonatkozó klinikai tesztet elindítani.

A betegség genetikai sajátosságai alapján folyamatban van több ígéretes hatóanyag kutatása, ezekkel a klinikai tesztek várhatóan 2009-2010 körül kezdődhetnek el.

2005 és 2008 között az Egyesült Államokban klinikai teszten vizsgálták a valproinsav és karnitin hatóanyag együttes hatását II-es és III-as típusú betegek esetén. Bár általánosan pozitív eredményt nem találtak, azonosítottak egy betegcsoportot, ahol nagy valószínűséggel hatásos lehet a készítmény. Ez a betegcsoport azokból a gyerekekből áll, akik a kezelés megkezdésekor még nem érték el a hároméves kort, legalább egy éven keresztül kapták a készítményt, és nincsenek elhízva. Valproinsavat tartalmaz a Convulex szirup készítmény, amelyet epilepsziás betegek kezelésére használnak, de a fentiek miatt SMA betegek közül is többeknek felírták már. 2017 szeptembere óta az EU-ban is van elérhető gyógyszeres kezelés. Magyarországon 2018-ban kezdődött el az I-es II-es típusú beteg gyermekek kezelése, a nusinersen hatóanyagú SPINRAZA nevű gyógyszerrel. A kezelés a 0. 14. 28. és 63. napon lumbálisan beadott feltöltő kezeléssel kezdődik, majd ezt követően minden 4. hónapban ismételni kell a kezelést, a beteg élete végéig. A kezelést, Magyarországon, 2018 közepéig,körülbelül 16 gyermek  kaphatta meg a rendkívül magas ára miatt, ami ampullánként (kezelésenként) nagyjából 22.000.000,- forintot tesz ki.

Következmények

Minden SMA betegnek fokozódó mozgáskorlátozottsággal kell számolnia és a legsúlyosabban érintettek légzési komplikációk esetében is veszélyeztetettek. A korábbi tapasztalatok azt mutatták, hogy az ebben a betegségben született legsúlyosabb, 1-es típusú SMA-ban szenvedő gyerekek – az összes SMA beteg közel fele – nem érték meg a kétéves kort.

Külső hivatkozások
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Q: Finding algebraic expression for the equivalence Algebraically finding common values for division by modulus : $m \mid a^2 $
Now, given a range of integer values, say $a = \{1,...,m-1\}$ for modulus $m$, the values of squares ($a^2$) will range from $\{1,...,(m-1)^2\}$. If need find the remainder for $m \mid a^2$; then would need consider only the remainders from $1,..., \dfrac {m-1}{2}$, as the rest of the values will be repeated in the reverse order. For the purpose of question, have excluded the value of $a=0$ for odd value of modulus. As the value not being repeated in reverse, for odd modulus.
Say, m = 5 and need find remainder for $5 \mid a^2 \in \{1, 2^2, 3^2,4^2\}$. the values of remainders are: $ 1, 4, 4, 1$. So, $r = 1$ yields the same remainder as $m-r(=1) =4$.
I request finding an algebraic expression for stating the equal values of remainders after $\dfrac {m-1}{2}$. My attempt is as follows:
The remainders for
$m \mid r^2 => m \mod (m-a)^2 (= m^2 +a^2 -2ma)  => m -2a + (m \mid a^2)$  --(i)
But, the sum of the first two factors, i.e. $m - 2a$, cannot be stated by me to equal the 3rd factor ($ m \mid a^2 $) in the expression.
It is obvious that $a$ is same as $m-r$ in reverse order, i.e. the value of $a = 1$ for $r=4$, and a = 2 for $r =3$, and so on.
If substitute expression of $m - r$ for $a$, still get no progress.
I can think of like below (not successful) to get the equality:
a) Having the values of $m -2r$ being equal to $m \mid r^2$, i.e. $(m -2r) = \dfrac{r^2}{m}$. But, it is useless.
b) Take value of $\dfrac{m-1}{2}$, as found by putting values, and try to show algebraically that the values from $1..\dfrac{m-1}{2}$ yield the same remainder as for values from $(\dfrac{m-1}{2}+1)$ to $m-1$.


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Q: Submit Answer button not going to next step (fieldset), but next button click does I have simple multiform tab. It works fine and when i click next button inside each fieldset it will navigate to next fieldset. It works Great, but I have created a new button "Submit Answer" inside first fieldset which will call Angularjs function and upon completing of Submit Answer inside the success block I am trying to use same logic of next button which navigates to next fieldset. This is not working inside success block of submit answer. Is there anything I am missing? Outside next button in first fieldset works great.

        <fieldset>

                        Test

                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="txt-Answer" name="txt-Answer" maxlength="100" ng-model="testAnswer" style="width:120%;" />

                        <input type="button" name="btnSubmitAnswer" class="next action-button" value="Submit Answer" ng-click="submitAnswer(userInfo.UserSecurityQuestion[0].SecurityQuestionId);" />

            <input type="button" name="next" class="next action-button" value="Next" />
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset>

Test

Test

            @*<input type="text" name="twitter" placeholder="Twitter" />
        <input type="text" name="facebook" placeholder="Facebook" />
        <input type="text" name="gplus" placeholder="Google Plus" />*@
            @*<input type="button" name="previous" class="previous action-button" value="Previous" />
        <input type="button" name="next" class="next action-button" value="Next" />*@
            <input type="submit" name="submit" class="submit action-button" value="Submit" />
        </fieldset>
        @*<fieldset>

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            <input type="text" name="fname" placeholder="First Name" />
            <input type="text" name="lname" placeholder="Last Name" />
            <input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="Phone" />
            <textarea name="address" placeholder="Address"></textarea>
            <input type="button" name="previous" class="previous action-button" value="Previous" />
            <input type="submit" name="submit" class="submit action-button" value="Submit" />
        </fieldset>*@

Next button click - This is working
$(".next").click(function () {
            if (animating) return false;
            animating = true;

            current_fs = $(this).parent();
            next_fs = $(this).parent().next();

            //activate next step on progressbar using the index of next_fs
            $("#progressbar li").eq($("fieldset").index(next_fs)).addClass("active");

            //show the next fieldset
            next_fs.show();
            //hide the current fieldset with style
            current_fs.animate({ opacity: 0 }, {
                step: function (now, mx) {
                    //as the opacity of current_fs reduces to 0 - stored in "now"
                    //1. scale current_fs down to 80%
                    scale = 1 - (1 - now) * 0.2;
                    //2. bring next_fs from the right(50%)
                    left = (now * 50) + "%";
                    //3. increase opacity of next_fs to 1 as it moves in
                    opacity = 1 - now;
                    current_fs.css({
                        'transform': 'scale(' + scale + ')',
                        'position': 'absolute'
                    });
                    next_fs.css({ 'left': left, 'opacity': opacity });
                },
                duration: 800,
                complete: function () {
                    current_fs.hide();
                    animating = false;
                },
                //this comes from the custom easing plugin
                easing: 'easeInOutBack'
            });
        });

Submit Answer button Click - This is not working (not going to step 2 (fieldset)
$scope.submitAnswer = function ()
        {
                $http({
                    method: 'POST',
                    url: window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '/Home/SubmitAnswer'
                }).then(
                    function (response) {
                        //Response Message
                        if (response.data.isMatchedResult)
                        {
                            nextFieldSet();

                        }
                    }
                );
            }
        }

        function nextFieldSet()
        {
            if (animating) return false;
            animating = true;

            current_fs = $(this).parent();
            next_fs = $(this).parent().next();

            //activate next step on progressbar using the index of next_fs
            $("#progressbar li").eq($("fieldset").index(next_fs)).addClass("active");

            //show the next fieldset
            next_fs.show();
            //hide the current fieldset with style
            current_fs.animate({ opacity: 0 }, {
                step: function (now, mx) {
                    //as the opacity of current_fs reduces to 0 - stored in "now"
                    //1. scale current_fs down to 80%
                    scale = 1 - (1 - now) * 0.2;
                    //2. bring next_fs from the right(50%)
                    left = (now * 50) + "%";
                    //3. increase opacity of next_fs to 1 as it moves in
                    opacity = 1 - now;
                    current_fs.css({
                        'transform': 'scale(' + scale + ')',
                        'position': 'absolute'
                    });
                    next_fs.css({ 'left': left, 'opacity': opacity });
                },
                duration: 800,
                complete: function () {
                    current_fs.hide();
                    animating = false;
                },
                //this comes from the custom easing plugin
                easing: 'easeInOutBack'
            });
        }

A: You have use this inside your function nextFieldSet that doesn't refer any element. That's why nothing works inside your function. Instead you can use the progressbar to get the index of li which have class active as on clicked on .next button you are adding active class to it.
Then , use that index get the fieldset which is at that position using $("fieldset:eq(" + next_fs + ")") this will give you reference to the fieldset  which you need to  hide .Same you can do for the other fieldset which you need to show next.
Demo Code (In below code instead of angularjs i have simply use click event and have called nextFieldSet from there) :

$("fieldset:first").fadeIn(); //show first fieldset
var animating;
$(".next").click(function() {
  if (animating) return false;
  animating = true;
  current_fs = $(this).parent();
  next_fs = $(this).parent().next();
  //remove current active
  $("#progressbar li").eq($("fieldset").index(current_fs)).removeClass("active")
  $("#progressbar li").eq($("fieldset").index(next_fs)).addClass("active");

  next_fs.show();
  //hide the current fieldset with style
  current_fs.animate({
    opacity: 0
  }, {
    step: function(now, mx) {
      scale = 1 - (1 - now) * 0.2;
      left = (now * 50) + "%";
      opacity = 1 - now;
      current_fs.css({
        'transform': 'scale(' + scale + ')',
        'position': 'absolute'
      });
      next_fs.css({
        'left': left,
        'opacity': opacity
      });
    },
    duration: 800,
    complete: function() {
      current_fs.hide();
      animating = false;
    },
    //this comes from the custom easing plugin
    easing: 'easeInOutBack'
  });
});
//suppose submit button is click
$(".action-button").click(function() {
  //call function
  nextFieldSet()
})

function nextFieldSet() {
  if (animating) return false;
  animating = true;
  //get active li index
  current_fs = $("#progressbar li.active").index();
  //for next div add 1
  next_fs = $("#progressbar li.active").index() + 1;
  $("#progressbar li").eq(current_fs).removeClass("active") //remove current active
  //activate next step on progressbar using the index of next_fs
  $("#progressbar li").eq(next_fs).addClass("active");
  var next_divs = $("fieldset:eq(" + next_fs + ")") //find the fieldset eq
  var current_div = $("fieldset:eq(" + current_fs + ")")
  //show the next fieldset
  next_divs.show();
  //hide the current fieldset with style
  current_div.animate({
    opacity: 0
  }, {
    step: function(now, mx) {
      scale = 1 - (1 - now) * 0.2;
      left = (now * 50) + "%";
      opacity = 1 - now;
      current_div.css({
        'transform': 'scale(' + scale + ')',
        'position': 'absolute'
      });
      next_divs.css({
        'left': left,
        'opacity': opacity
      });
    },
    duration: 800,
    complete: function() {
      current_div.hide();
      animating = false;
    },
    easing: 'easeInOutBack'
  });
}
fieldset {
  display: none;
}

.active {
  color: red;
}
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

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          Test

          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="txt-Answer" name="txt-Answer" maxlength="100" ng-model="testAnswer" style="width:120%;" />

          <input type="button" name="btnSubmitAnswer" class=" action-button" value="Submit Answer" ng-click="submitAnswer(userInfo.UserSecurityQuestion[0].SecurityQuestionId);" />

    <input type="button" name="next" class="next action-button" value="Next" />
  </fieldset>
  <fieldset>

Test

Test

    <input type="text" name="twitter" placeholder="Twitter" />
    <input type="text" name="facebook" placeholder="Facebook" />
    <input type="text" name="gplus" placeholder="Google Plus" />
    <input type="button" name="previous" class="previous action-button" value="Previous" />
    <input type="button" name="next" class="next action-button" value="Next" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" class="submit action-button" value="Submit" />
  </fieldset>
  <fieldset>

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    <input type="text" name="fname" placeholder="First Name" />
    <input type="text" name="lname" placeholder="Last Name" />
    <input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="Phone" />
    <textarea name="address" placeholder="Address"></textarea>
    <input type="button" name="previous" class="previous action-button" value="Previous" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" class="submit action-button" value="Submit" />
  </fieldset>


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Tag: Penn State University
Joe didn't do anything wrong? Oh yeah, he did
The fact that he is who he is, and that he did what he did, makes it even worse than it already is.
For most of us who are not in western Pennsylvania, this came out of the blue last week: a grand jury indicted a former Penn State University football coach on accusations he sexually assaulted young boys. When I first saw the story in the paper last weekend, and read that head coach Joe Paterno had been told by an eyewitness that Jerry Sandusky assaulted a young boy in the shower and Paterno had relayed the information to his immediate superior but done nothing else about it, I felt like he should have done more. But then I turned the page, because I don't care about college football or Penn State, and because I didn't want to really think about what was actually going on here. Shame on me.
By Wednesday, the winningest coach in major college football history had been fired by his university, but he was not the only person in Happy Valley shamed by the incident. Far from it. More's the pity.
Sandusky, the long-time Penn State assistant coach who gets a lot of the credit for the team's history of turning out great defensive players—especially linebackers—stands accused of being a serial pedophile, of sexually assaulting at least eight boys over a 15 year period. He also founded a charitable organization called The Second Mile in 1997, which provided services to children in need.
One of the saddest ironies of the sexual abuse charges against Sandusky that stunned and sickened the nation last weekend is that if the allegations that he assaulted eight boys over a 15-year period are true, he may have been allowed to prey on those children in large part because no one at Penn State would go that second mile for his victims.
Sports Illustrated's Phil Taylor is one of many who've made the point: where the hell were all the adults at Penn State who should have done something about this? I'll tell you where—they were all busy protecting a wealthy university and its vaunted football program and its reputation, for surely those things were more important than the lives, and the futures, of pre-teenaged children whose parents had turned to Penn State for help. What is Sandusky accused of doing? McClatchy summarizes the timeline here, and it shows just how many people at Penn State didn't stand up for these kids.
Sandusky was cashed out as the team's defensive coordinator after admitting to having showered with a 10 year old boy, but the school and the coach only took his job away—Sandusky was allowed to keep using university facilities for his charity's activities.
In 2000 a janitor saw Sandusky having sex with a young boy in a campus football building and told his supervisor, but neither of them called the police.
In 2002 a graduate assistant (a former player; a grown man) saw Sandusky having sex with a young boy and did not do anything to stop the assault that was going on right in front of his eyes; he did not call the police, not even the university police; he went home and called his own father and asked what he should do; and it wasn't until the next day that he told Paterno what he'd seen. Paterno told the athletic director, and left it at that. About this time, school officials told Sandusky not to bring children to the campus any more, although he himself still used the facilities.
Paterno made a lot of his reputation for insisting that Penn State was different from other big college football programs, that Penn State did things the right way—it followed the rules, it graduated its student athletes, and it was successful on the field. Bull. Despite the high graduation rate and the championships and the bowl games, we now know that Penn State was just as sleazy as any other program. Maybe more so. Ohio State's in trouble for its players selling equipment to get discounts on their tattoos; Miami is in trouble (again) over impermissible benefits given to players by a booster. But no one else is in the news for making the conscious decision to protect their own ass by turning a blind eye to the alleged child rapist in their midst. For years.
Where was the "Hey, you can't do that" reaction the first time someone saw this man naked with a child? Where was the unconscious and visceral "stop that" response? Where was the call to the cops? Where is the humanity?
Yesterday, Penn State played its first football game in the post-Paterno era. It lost the game. But the university community may have taken the first baby steps to recognizing what's important in life, certainly more important than a university's bruised ego or loss of financial support.
"It felt like we all banded together. And it wasn't just about football," said Melissa Basinger, a 2005 Penn State grad who made the trip from Charlotte, N.C. "It was about coming together as a school, and showing the country, world or whatever that this does not define who we are."
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Is Stockton University As Fake, Dishonest, Corrupt & Evil As I Think It Is?
By Seth Grossman / 08/11/2020 08/12/2020
If not, please comment with facts proving me wrong!
Yuri Bezmenov was the highest ranking Russian Communist official to switch sides and come to America. In 1985, he gave this video interview where he explained what he did for most of his career. His mission was to engage in "active measures" for "ideological subversion" to change public opinion in non-Communist democracies. "Step 1" was "Demoralization", a process that normally took 15 to 20 years. During this step, Communists actively persuaded young athletes, artists, actors, writers, journalists, teachers and professors that their nation was evil and not worth defending. Later, these people became influential opinion makers as celebrities, media and Hollywood executives, union leaders, department heads and public school and college administrators. Click here or photo to view video.
Stockton University is sick. This is obvious to anyone who reads the details of how it is pursuing "bias incident" charges against one student who did nothing but openly display and defend his support for President Trump. If you haven't yet read them, please click here for NJ's Stockton U. Goes Full Fascist, Orwell & Kafka. Threatens Student With Suspension, Fine & Re-Education for Displaying Photo of President & Criticizing BLM.
That Orwellian and Kafka-like absurdity of those fake charges proves beyond any doubt that Stockton is no longer an institution of higher learning. It is a crude and corrupt indoctrination center. Stockton no longer has academic standards. It instead teaches many of its students high school reading, algebra, and geometry to increase its "diversity score". Stockton does not promote or tolerate diversity of thought. It does not tolerate critical thinking, open discussion or debate. Few if any of its courses give students the skills or attitudes they need to be productive, successful, independent and self-sufficient. It instead bullies them to obey and conform. It falsely teaches them that "political engagement" is the key to getting what they want in life. That includes falsely blaming others or "the capitalist system" whenever they don't get what they want.
Stockton's "bias free" bubble is also tearing families apart. Most students there are conditioned to hate, shun, or look down on anyone outside the bubble who disagrees with its "woke" hate-men, hate-America, hate-Israel, BLM agenda. Too often, this includes parents and grandparents who sacrificed for years to pay for this.
Stockton, together with most colleges today, is putting countless students and their families into life of economic hardship. It resembles indentured servitude, except indentured servants in colonial America were free after seven years. Stockton charges in-state students $27,468 per year for tuition, fees, room and meals. This does not include the ridiculously expensive books many professors often force their students to buy. This is in spite of the $18 million to $24.3 million Stockton gets each year from New Jersey taxpayers. A typical student takes home $3,500 from a summer job and would have to work nearly eight summers to pay for a single year at Stockton.
As a result, Collegefactual.com reports that 73% of incoming students borrow an average of $8,612 each during their first year at Stockton, and graduate with an average debt of $34,448.
In short, Stockton has become the opposite of what it was intended to be. It was supposed to help more young people in New Jersey enjoy the American Dream. It is instead ruining their futures and tearing their families and nation apart.
Stockton was supposed to provide a quality college education for an affordable price. Stockton did that for the first few years after it was built in 1971. Its tuition, fees, room and board (like most NJ state colleges) were less than $800 per year. A typical student paid for a year of Stockton with a summer of work on the Boardwalk with plenty of money left over to enjoy the vibrant night spots along the Jersey Shore.
This bust of Richard Stockton was once displayed publicly at Stockton University. As a devoted Quaker, Stockton and his family spent much of his fortune and energy to free black slaves. He and other Quakers often did this by buying black slaves, teaching them reading, writing, and other skills needed to lead independent lives, and then setting them free. In 2017, Stockton University removed this statue from public view when a handful of students and professors falsely claimed Stockton was a "racist" for legally owning black slaves.
Stockton was supposed to teach the basic values that made America great and exceptional. It was named after Richard Stockton, a New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence. Stockton and his family were also dedicated Quakers who worked tirelessly to free black slaves in America and around the world. Stockton California is named after Richard Stockton's grandson Robert. Robert Stockton commanded U.S. Navy ships that worked with the British Navy to end the trans-Atlantic slave trade and free countless black slaves during the early 1800s.
Stockton University now falsely teaches students that Richard Stockton was an evil slave owner. It removed his statue from public view in 2017. When LibertyAndProsperity.com volunteers handed out postcards quoting the Declaration of Independence that he signed at Stockton's "Get Involved Fair", one of its professors loudly shouted that she was offended by our "Nazi propaganda" and threatened to report us for committing a "bias incident".
Stockton's "political engagement" does more than advance a hate-America, hate-Israel "woke" political agenda. By helping powerful Democrats get elected and re-elected, Stockton administrators and professors also buy themselves protection from being held accountable for their excessive salaries and spending, mismanagement, favoritism, bias, and other abuse.
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Robert J Chester
Seth, let me share one point, After signing the Declaration of Independence, a couple years later he switched sides and was in poor health.
Although Richard Stockton had enemies who made that claim, it is most likely that they were confusing our Richard Stockton with a distant cousin having same name. Our Stockton was betrayed and arrested by the British. His health was ruined by poor diet and cold damp conditions in prison in British occupied Manhattan. He was released as part of a deal not to fight against British, but was too sick to do so anyway and soon died with he and his family in near poverty. The 56 patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence were serious when at the end they mutually pledged to each other their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.Seth Grossman
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The Special Relationship é um telefilme britânico-estadunidense de 2010 dirigido por Richard Loncraine e escrito por Peter Morgan. Trata-se do terceiro filme da informal "trilogia Blair" de Morgan, que dramatiza a carreira política do primeiro-ministro britânico Tony Blair (1997-2007), seguindo The Deal (2003) e The Queen (2006), ambos dirigidos por Stephen Frears.

O filme é estrelado por Michael Sheen reprisando seu papel como Blair, Dennis Quaid como o presidente americano Bill Clinton, ao lado de Hope Davis como Hillary Clinton e Helen McCrory como Cherie Blair. As gravações ocorreram de 20 de julho a 4 de setembro de 2009 em torno de Londres, Inglaterra. O filme foi transmitido pela HBO nos Estados Unidos e Canadá em 29 de maio de 2010, e transmitido na BBC Two e BBC HD no Reino Unido em 18 de setembro de 2010.

Sinopse
O filme se passa entre os anos de 1997 e 2001 e retrata a relação entre o primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido Tony Blair e o presidente dos Estados Unidos, Bill Clinton.

Elenco
Michael Sheen como Tony Blair, primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido
Dennis Quaid como Bill Clinton, presidente dos Estados Unidos
Hope Davis como Hillary Clinton, primeira-dama dos Estados Unidos
Helen McCrory como Cherie Blair, esposa de Blair
Adam Godley como Jonathan Powell, chefe de gabinete de Blair
Max Cottage como Euan, filho mais velho dos Blairs
Marc Rioufol como Jacques Chirac, presidente da França

Recepção
No Rotten Tomatoes, o filme detém um índice de 83% de aprovação, com base em 30 críticas, com uma nota média de 6,7 de 10. O consenso crítico do site diz: "Bem-feito e dirigido de forma convincente, The Special Relationship oferece uma visão inteligente da complexa dinâmica entre dois líderes mundiais". Metacritic deu uma classificação de 67 e afirmou que recebeu "críticas geralmente favoráveis".

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CBOE Global Markets, the owner of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, is looking to launch futures for Ethereum (ETH), Business Insider reported August 30.
Sources familiar with the situation told Business Insider that CBOE Global Markets is planning to launch ETH futures by the end of 2018. CBOE will reportedly base its ETH futures on Gemini's underlying market; the operator also based its Bitcoin (BTC) futures on the New York-based crypto exchange run by the Winklevoss twins.
The CBOE launched BTC futures trading in December last year. Futures represent an agreement to buy and sell an asset on a specific future date at a specific price, and enable investors to speculate on the BTC price without actually having to own BTC. BTC futures are not just for physical assets, they can be traded on financial assets as well.
A person familiar with the matter told Business Insider that the futures and options exchange is waiting on the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to give the project the go-ahead before its official launch.
Last month, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) released a report on BTC futures average daily volume, saying that it increased by 93 percent in the second quarter over the first quarter of 2018. The CME also stated that the rate of open interest or the number of open contracts on BTC futures has exceeded 2,400, which amounted to 58 percent increase in Q1.
The CME launched BTC futures trading on December 17, following the launch of BTC futures by the CBOE. Later in July, the CME CEO Terry Duffy said that the company will not introduce futures on cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin (BTC) in the near future, citing their volatility as the major reason.