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Loneliness, what it is, how it makes you sick, and how to cure it
By Andrew Masterson
June 22, 2017 — 11.09am
"Look at all the lonely people," instructed the Beatles, pondering where they all came from. Elvis Presley opined that he was so lonely he could die. Back in 1802, William Wordsworth wandered lonely as a cloud.
Perhaps because of its enduring poetic attraction, loneliness in the public discourse is generally regarded as a sad, but transient, state. Among the young, it is seen as a temporary consequence of adolescent hormonal moodiness, or, worse, an artefact of fey existential posturing.
All the lonely people: the Eleanor Rigby Statue in Liverpool. Credit:iStock
Among the old it is seen as the melancholy but unavoidable consequence of outliving one's peers. Either way, it's a symptom, not a cause, of personal malaise.
This prevailing view is starkly at odds with the opinions held by scientists – psychologists, neuroscientists, geneticists, epidemiologists and physicians – who study the condition. To them, loneliness is a killer and a crisis, a leading cause of widespread individual misery and massive social and medical cost.
Loneliness is characterised by a lack of meaningful friendships. Credit:iStock
"Loneliness is a major social, educational, economic and health issue that will reach epidemic proportions by 2030," said Professor Stephen Houghton, director of the Child and Adolescent Related Disorders at the University of WA.
"At the moment there are no interventions. Where are they? I can't find any."
Houghton studies the clinical effects of loneliness in young people, but his comments are pertinent across all age groups. Although some charities, such as the Red Cross, strive to provide regular contact with people – particularly the elderly – who are living alone, loneliness has not been formally recognised as a public health issue, as it has been in some other countries. Yet conditions linked to it, particularly chronic diseases and mental health, place a heavy burden on health services across the age range.
Numbers and estimates vary, in part because the identification of loneliness is wholly dependent on people describing themselves as such. In part, too, loneliness is often inferred from other, more easily quantifiable conditions, such as social isolation and depression. These are blunt instruments, at best.
Attempts to identify the causes of loneliness have traversed matters such as living alone, poor social skills, and lack of parental bonding during childhood. Credit:Greg Newington
"Some may be socially isolated but content with minimal social contact or actually prefer to be alone; others may have frequent social contact but still feel lonely," wrote a team of researchers led by psychologist Julianne Holt-Lunstad from Brigham Young University in Utah, US, in a landmark 2015 study.
The research, a meta-analysis of 70 existing papers, was the first to conclusively identify loneliness as a significant cause of death. People who self-identified as lonely, the scientists found, had a 26 per cent greater chance of dying in any given period than people who did not.
People who self-identified as lonely have a 26 per cent greater chance of dying. Credit:iStock
The chances were complicated – and increased – if the loneliness was combined with the loosely associated conditions of social isolation and living alone.
One of the principle difficulties Holt-Lunstad and her colleagues encountered was that many studies for which loneliness was a focus purported to assume it was a product of something else: solitary life, or mental health issues such as depression.
It's mistaken to think young people can't be lonely because they are surrounded by school-mates and use social media.
Because of these problems, they excluded more than 1300 studies from their analysis. It's a position with which Houghton has considerable sympathy.
"One of the big problems in the past is the instruments that have been used to measure loneliness," he said.
One researcher characterised loneliness among old people as 'a silver tsunami'. Credit:Anne de Haas
"A lot of people have assumed that loneliness is the same for everybody, regardless of age or gender or where you live. They've assumed it's uni-dimensional and only needs one way to measure it.
"But we know that loneliness is multi-dimensional: we experience it in different severities, different extents and different ways."
You can have 30 friends and still be lonely because they're not quality friends.
And therein lies the challenge. Attempts to identify the causes of loneliness have traversed matters such as living alone, poor social skills, and even lack of parental bonding during childhood.
Tackling the issue in 2000, US researcher Professor Richard Booth concluded that "in the final analysis, people appear to feel their loneliness, even though they may not fully understand it".
As a clinical assessment, the position is closer to Elvis Presley's than Houghton's or Holt-Lunstad's. All researchers in the field, however, tend to agree on one measurement point: loneliness is characterised by a lack of meaningful friendships.
"Loneliness is a subjective experience," said social work professor Dr Mark Hughes, from Southern Cross University in Queensland.
"It's the feeling that you don't have sufficient social connections. It's an internal, emotional response to your life situation. I think measures will always be based on self-reporting of the experience of loneliness."
With that in mind, how prevalent is it?
In a recent interview with Fortune magazine, leading US loneliness researcher John Cacioppo from the University of Chicago's Centre for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, quoted figures as high as 45 per cent for retirees, and 26 per cent in the general population.
In Australia, in 2016, Lifeline conducted a survey and reported that 60 per cent of respondents said they "often" felt lonely. The organisation also revealed that 55 per cent of callers to its crisis line (13 11 14) lived alone, "often without strong support networks".
There may well be factors in the design of the survey that produced such a high percentage of self-reports, so declaring Australia to be the loneliest country in the world would be unwise. Completely dismissing the finding, however, would be equally foolish.
There is broad consensus among researchers that loneliness is an increasing problem around the world. (And one major study found it to be worse in family-orientated rather than individualistic societies.)
And while the term "loneliness epidemic" seems to be much more popular with headline writers than scientists, the scale of the problem does from time to time generate a certain degree of academic metaphor. Cacioppo recently described loneliness among old people as "a silver tsunami".
Yet if loneliness resulted only, or even primarily, in individuals feeling miserable while staring at the television, perhaps a Trumpesque self-interested civil society could simply ignore it.
But it doesn't. Loneliness induces a surprisingly wide range of physical problems – from chronic heart disease to genetic malfunction – that make sufferers proportionately heavy users of health system resources. Take note, therefore, Trumpites: reducing loneliness levels will save billions of dollars.
A 2016 study led by US psychologist Dr Turhan Canli of New York's Stony Brook University found that chronic loneliness permanently changes the way hundreds of genes work.
Conducting post mortem research on 26 people, all with "known loneliness measures", Canli's team found abnormal function in 1599 genes. These genes, they reported, were "previously associated with behavioral processes, neurological disease, psychological disorders, cancer, organismal injury and skeletal and muscular disorders".
Loneliness has long been linked (variously, as cause and effect) with depression, but a 2016 project by Cacioppo also showed that it significantly altered other brain functions. Using magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) his team found "robust associations" between loneliness and parts of the brain responsible for alertness and impulse control.
Another 2016 study, led by Nicole Valtorta of the University of York in Britain and published in the British Medical Journal, looked at previous papers and found lonely people to be 26 per cent more likely to have heart disease and 32 per cent more likely to have a stroke.
The study concluded: "Our work suggests that addressing loneliness and social isolation may have an important role in the prevention of two of the leading causes of morbidity in high-income countries."
It might also help in other fields – one as prosaic as getting places. A study published this year by Dr Aparna Shankar and colleagues from the University of London found that loneliness, quite literally, slows people down.
Shankar's team found that over a six-year period, lonely people walked ever more slowly, and experienced increasing difficulties with day to day tasks.
Personality, too, can be affected, to the point of being less, well, likeable. A study this year led by Dr Julie Aitken Shermer of the University of Western Ontario in Canada found that lonely people are likely to develop a sense of humour that is "aggressive and self-defeating".
And this month, Cacioppo's team reported that some lonely people develop a level of self-centredness that, while protective in the short term, makes them harder to get to know and thus risks exacerbating their social isolation.
"That does kind of make sense," said Mark Hughes.
"Loneliness is associated with living alone, not being in a relationship, experiencing mental health issues, and having fewer social connections."
Another factor that can have a significant effect on a person's vulnerability is the make-up of the society in which he or she moves, and the levels of acceptance thus experienced.
Hughes' research centres on the health and wellbeing of LGBTi people in New South Wales. In a 2015 study, he reported that loneliness within that community was associated with "higher psychological distress and lower mental health".
And while, perhaps, that sort of linkage may be expected in lonely people from any background, he found the risk of it developing was higher than usual in his target group.
"There are risk factors associated with LGBTi people's lives," he said. "But those risk factors may relate to stigma and exclusion – and a range of risks for health factors have been identified as resulting from social exclusion.
"Also, there are life patterns among LGBTi people that might make them more predisposed to loneliness. For instance, older gay men are more likely to live alone than older heterosexual men."
There are life patterns among adolescents and children, too, it turns out, that also induce loneliness. Stephen Houghton finds one of his toughest arguments is breaking down the dominant adult belief that young people can't be lonely because they are typically surrounded by school-mates, and use social media a lot.
He quotes one of the many children he's interviewed, who told him that "school was the loneliest place in the world".
His current research has shifted focus from teenagers to younger children, and, among other findings, he and his colleagues are discovering that children with learning difficulties – as a result of ADHD, for instance – report much higher levels of loneliness than others.
"Definitely loneliness is a major public health concern," he said.
Research showed, he added, that a child able to ameliorate loneliness by developing just a single robust friendship potentially saves the heath system large amounts of money across his or her lifetime because loneliness-derived physical and mental conditions are less likely to arise.
In 2011 in Britain, recognising the financial and social burden of inaction, a coalition of advocacy groups and local councils combined to launch the Campaign to End Loneliness.
No such strategy exists in Australia, but most researchers in the field, you get the feeling, would wholeheartedly support one.
As well as providing direct help to people in the community whose marginalisation is both hidden and ignored, such a campaign would also provide a valuable data stream to help scientists better understand the fine weave of 21st century social isolation.
"You've got both the lifespan patterns of loneliness and the life-course experience of loneliness," explained Hughes.
"These can be quite different. For some people, it might be going in and out of periods of loneliness, for short amounts of time, whereas for others it might be more continuous and long term, and underpinned by deeper exclusion from communities."
Despite researching at different ends of the country, and at different ends of the age spectrum, Hughes and Houghton both found that the primary treatment for loneliness was meaningful social connection.
"You can have one great friend and not be lonely," said Houghton.
"But you can have 30 friends and still be lonely because they're not quality friends. That's a thing that comes out with our research into adolescents: it's about having friends you can trust, that make you feel part of a group. It's about quality."
The other thing common to almost all relevant research around the world is the discovery that loneliness isn't a one-way journey. The condition is reversible.
"Without doubt," agreed Houghton. "If I didn't think that then I'd give up."
So while it is always prudent to doubt psychological advice given by musicians, after identifying the condition in Eleanor Rigby, in another song the Beatles identified the cure.
We can all stay well and healthy – with a little help from our friends.
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Nutritional Supplements Guide, Issue #001 -- Is Obesity killing you and your children?
A new article came out on the wire service today that I thought you might be interested in. It talks about how the average life expectancy today is age 78. But………for the first time in 2 centuries, scientists are predicting that will start to change. The life expectancy will start to decrease.
Why? Obesity in Adults and obesity in children. 2/3 of American Adults are considered overweight or obese, with no decrease in this percentage predicted.
With the devastating predictions of health problems that will arise in adults that start out as obese children, this is a critical issue. An unprecedented rise in children of type 2 diabetes has already begun.
Since obesity increases the risk of heart disease and cancer also, the effects could prove disastrous. Kidney failure is another serious disease that could increase as a result of obesity starting in children.
Not only are children becoming much more inactive because of the computer, tv and video games, but at the same time they are eating more junk food than ever before. Our American lifestyle involves being constantly busy and to eat whatever is easily available, no matter what this is costing us in terms of our health.
Take time starting today, to watch what you eat and what your children are eating. Don't risk the future for a quick fix today.
Eat healthy for yourself and as an example to your children.
If you have excess weight to take off, be disciplined, and start right now. This is something that will affect every area of your life.


Rustenburg - The Rustenburg municipality and the South African Police Service (SAPS) have worked together to shut down brothels and drug dens in Rustenburg, mayor Mpho Khunou said.
"We enjoy the best relationship we ever had with the SA Police Service; we had difficulties in the past, but today, as the municiplaity, we are extremely happy. We enjoy the best type of relationship with the SA Police Service," he said at the SAPS 8th annual provincial service excellence awards ceremony on Friday night.
"Earlier this year there was a lot of instability in Rustenburg when the community took the law into their own hands, because there was a sense that government was not doing enough to deal with human trafficking, to deal with drug trafficking. We are pleased that today Rustenburg is a much better place because of this collaboration between the municipality and the SA Police Service. We worked together, we closed brothels, we closed drug houses, and arrested suspects," he said.
On January 10, 2018, minibus taxi drivers went on the rampage "raiding" buildings occupied by Nigerian citizens. They claimed the houses were drug dens and brothels. This followed the death of a taxi driver a few weeks after he was allegedly stabbed by nyaope addicts on December 15, 2017.
The taxi driver went missing on December 15 and was found bound and seriously wounded in a bushy area in Meriting on December 27, 2017. He was taken to hospital where he died on January 3, 2018.
During the subsequent violent raid by minibus taxi drivers, eight "guest houses" were set alight. On January 21, 2018, a group of Nigerian men were arrested for public violence after they blocked the entrance to the Rustenburg police station, complaining that they were being attacked and police were not protecting them.
Various charges against them were later reduced to being in the country without the relevant documents, and those who did not have proper documents were deported.


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Michigan high school soccer state championship predictions
There could be as many as three repeating state champions this weekend in the Michigan high school girls soccer state finals.
Michigan high school soccer state championship predictions There could be as many as three repeating state champions this weekend in the Michigan high school girls soccer state finals. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://on.freep.com/2JLHiIi
Special to the Detroit Free Press Published 10:33 p.m. ET June 13, 2018
Jansen Eichenlaub and her Marian teammates head into the Division 2 tournament as the defending state champion.(Photo: File photo)
Consider this the year of the rematch for the state girls soccer finals.
Three of the four title games this weekend will be rematches from last season, and taking it a bit further, Novi will be the only one of the eight finalists that wasn't in a title game last year.
Here's a breakdown of each title game in all four divisions.
Defending champion: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central. The Rangers graduated Miss Soccer Bailey Korhorn among other seniors and were eliminated by Rockford in a district final, 1-0.
Championship teams: Grand Blanc — Making its second straight trip to the final (lost 2-0 to Forest Hills Central last year) and fourth overall under Greg Kehler, the Bobcats are in search of their first title; Novi — Perennial power that won five titles from 2005-2011, this is Novi's first appearance in the title game since 2011.
Player to watch: Morgan Metzger, Grand Blanc. There is a lot of talent on the Bobcats, but the Valparaiso-bound Metzger, a first team all-state player last year, is the leader both on and off the field.
State champ: Grand Blanc. History may be on Novi's side, but with seven players committed or signed with Division I college programs, the talent is with Grand Blanc. The Bobcats get their first title.
Photos: Detroit Free Press Sports Awards
Nominated athletes poses for photos with their friends and family during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Girls Bowler of the Year Danielle McBride poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Boys Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Year David Cleason meets Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Girls Skier of the Year Olivia Weymouth poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Gymnast of the Year Cate Gagnier poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Boys Bowler of the Year Ryan Reid poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
I AM SPORT Award recipient Haley Nelson poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Girls golfer of the year Mikaela Schulz poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Volleyball player of the year Erin O'Leary poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Team of the Year recipient Paul Moggach, coach of Brighton boys hockey, poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate, right, meets with Detroit Free Press editor Peter Bhatia during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Girls Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Year Ashley Turak poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate and his wife, Elise, show the audience their daughter, Londyn, during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press Sports producer Kirkland Crawford talks with bowler Cheyenne Washington of Lake Orion High School during theDetroit Free Press Sports Awards onFriday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Boys soccer Player of the Year Michael Melaragni poses with Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate talks to Free Press Lions beat reporter Dave Birkett during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Host Jamie Samuelsen speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Girls Basketball Player of the Year Rickea Jackson poses with Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate during theDetroit Free Press Sports Awards onFriday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Play of the Year recipient Julia Ayrault poses with Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Courage Award recipient Sean English poses with Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Wrestler of the Year Mike Mars poses with Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press
Detroit area athletes and their families pose on the red carpet during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Sean Work, Special to the Detroit Free Press
Amanda Moceri, Regional Director of Detroit Area Honda Dealers, speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Courage Award winner Sean English speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Girls Basketball Playerof the Year Rickea Jackson speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Boys Skier of the Year James Wenzloff speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Wrestler of the Year Mike Mars speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
The student athletes look on during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Girls golfer of the Year Mikaela Schulz speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Girls Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Year Ashley Turak speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Free Press columnist Jeff Seidel presents the Courage Award to Sean English during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Free Press editor Peter Bhatia speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Gymnast of the Year Cate Gagnier speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Girls Skier of the Year Olivia Weymouth speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Year David Cleason speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
I Am Sport Award winner Haley Nelson speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Volleyball Player of the Year Erin O'Leary speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Boys Soccer Player of the Year Michael Melaragni speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Boys Bowler of the Year Ryan Reid speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Girls Bowler of the Year Danielle McBride speaks during the Detroit Free Press Sports Awards on May 18, 2018 at The Fillmore Detroit. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
Defending champion: Birmingham Marian. The Mustangs are back in the final looking not only for a repeat, but their seventh title since 2003.
Championship teams: Birmingham Marian — Only twice since 2008 a state final hasn't featured Marian, so it seems like a rite of June that the Mustangs are back playing for a title. Marian is unbeaten with just one tie this year after going 24-0 last season; Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern — This will be the third straight trip to the final for Northern, which lost to Oakland County opponents both times (Notre Dame Prep in 2016, Marian in 2017). It is coming off a 2-1 overtime win over Richland Gull Lake in the semifinal.
Player to watch: Jansen Eichenlaub, Marian. One of the top juniors in the country, Eichenlaub is a goal-scoring force — she scored 32 goals this year — who has committed to national powerhouse Virginia.
State champ: Marian. Forest Hills Northern will be plenty ready and inspired, but superior skill usually prevails and that will be the case again with Marian finishing off a second straight unbeaten season.
More: Michigan state high school baseball, softball and soccer scores
Defending champion: Flint Powers. The Chargers are in the championship game for the third straight season, losing two years ago and winning last year.
Championship teams: Flint Powers — In search of back-to-back titles and third since 2011, Powers is a lethal offensive team that scored at least six goals in every postseason game until its semifinal against Warren Regina, which Powers won in penalty kicks after the teams played to a 0-0 tie in regulation and overtime; Freeland — The Falcons also can score, as evidenced by the six it scored in a semifinal win over Grand Rapids Catholic Central. Freeland lost to Powers in the championship game in 2017, 4-0, after falling behind 3-0 at halftime.
Players to watch: Sophie Bubnar and Rachel Rasins, Flint Powers. The two leading scorers for Powers, both are returning all-state players who are a handful to keep off of the scoreboard.
State champ: Powers. Freeland made its first appearance in the final last year and the nerves that cost it three goals early in the game last year shouldn't be as prevalent, but Powers still has a little too much offensive punch to deal with and will repeat.
Defending champion: Lansing Christian. After becoming the first team from the Lansing area to ever win a girls soccer state title last year, the Pilgrims are back searching for a repeat.
Championship teams: Lansing Christian — The expectations have been high from the start of the season for the Pilgrims, who returned a majority of its roster from last year's title-winning team. They haven't seem to burdened by the hype and are back in the final; Kalamazoo Christian — The Comets lost in last year's final to Lansing Christian, losing in a shootout after tying the game with just under four minutes remaining in the second overtime period. Kalamazoo Christian is coming off a shootout win in the semifinals over North Muskegon.
Player to watch: Kasey Jamieson, Lansing Christian. A goal-scoring machine who has signed with Liberty, she will be marked by multiple Kalamazoo Christian defenders.
State champ: Lansing Christian. Kalamazoo Christian will have plenty of motivation to avenge last year's heartbreaking loss in the final, but Lansing Christian has too much depth, firepower and experience to overcome.

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PresbyCan Daily Devotional » Blog Archive » What A Journey!
I was told that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. However, as a young girl, I was not very domesticated, and the kitchen was an unexplored terrain that I did not desire to explore. That left me severely lacking when it came to winning my man though his "stomach". Now, my mother was most skilled in the art of wonderful meals, so really, she won my man's heart for me!
He had heard that if the girl's mother could cook, then he could rightly assume the girl to be a good cook too! Well, that myth was soon expelled when I presented many "burnt offerings" that were supposed to be dinners. That was over forty years ago, and I am happy to announce that my kitchen skills have vastly improved. But there are still some meals that my patient and gentle husband will eat, then remark, "Boy, your mother was some good cook, wasn't she? Maybe next time you could try to make that [stew/steak/roast] like she did." (One would think that after forty-plus years, he would know that isn't going to happen, but as I said, he is a patient and gentle man!) In spite of this, our relationship is strong and full of love.
God desires that on our journey of faith, we live in peace with a gentle confidence that we are not alone — ever!
Prayer: Dear Father, thank You for Your gentle patience with each one of us. Help us daily to allow You to guide us on our journey of faith. Fill us with Your love and peace so that we may shine for You. Amen.
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So, I'm back. For the last month, I have been intentionally disconnected from blogging and social media, both personal and professional. I called this period "going dark," and I turned the lights back on this past Tuesday, Sept. 12 (read my full explanation of "going dark" here).
The day has come. The caged bird has been set free, my friends, for it is her time to fly.
Uncage My Brave: Pray Brave, Fly Free is officially for sale on Amazon right this hot minute!
As my dream-chasing adventure unfolds, I find myself in this weird, uncomfortable position. One foot in familiar territory and one stepping toward that which I cannot see or really even imagine.
So, so, so much time have I spent fretting over this question. I know I'm in good company.
Jeremiah 17:9 tells us "the heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure." In light of this truth, it's no wonder we struggle knowing if our dream is from God. How easily our hearts lead us to desires we are not meant to have.
The heart is where Jesus lives, but it is the first thing to fall to pride.
So how do we know if our dreams align with His will?
Last week, we talked about the often-misunderstood Biblical directive to avoid selfish ambition.
As a godly dream chaser, the very phrase "selfish ambition" strike fear into my heart. I spent many years fearing my dream was selfish, to the point of not moving forward with the dream God had laid on my heart.


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using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Http;
using Microsoft.Practices.Unity;
using System.Security.Principal;
using System.Threading;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;

namespace ServerProcessDashboard
{
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        protected void Application_AuthenticateRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
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            {
                var encryptionService = UnityConfig.GetContainer().Resolve<IEncryptionService>();
                var sessionService = UnityConfig.GetContainer().Resolve<ISessionService>();

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The Information Professional Management Association (IPMA) Board and LeaderPath Committee are excited to announce that we are gearing up for the LeaderPath Class of 2020. IPMA is planning the return of LeaderPath and we have invited Robert Jeffers and Melanie Reynolds back to deliver the next program beginning September 2019.
Planning for the next LeaderPath class begins with a half-day learning event that includes a leadership refresher and reunion for all LeaderPath graduates. Alums are encouraged to bring a guest who may be interested in joining the next LeaderPath class. We'll see you in class!
Other guests are welcome, too. If you are interested in learning more about the LeaderPath program, and want to consider joining the Class of 2020, please be our guest at this learning event. We look forward to meeting you!


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About Sixty: Battle Internationale.
Sixty stories enter. One story leaves.
About Sixty: Why Every Sherlock Holmes Story Is The Best has been a book at war with itself. Not as in "Civil War," which generally just has two sides. No, About Sixty has so many competitors coming at each other, from so many angles, to prove each of the sixty Sherlock Holmes tales deserves to stand atop the heap of its defeated fifty-nine foes.
And by the time we get to "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," Thierry Saint-Joanis is bringing the entire country of France into the battle for story superiority. It is the first story in About Sixty with an actual anthem, written to the tune of the Marseillaise, to play as it enters the fray. And what is the French way to say "The game is afoot!" -- well, even that is included, and if the final battles of this tournament were being held in Paris instead of Las Vegas, Thierry might just get "Carfax" the title belt just on national pride alone.
But a dark cloud is descending upon the arena, and with it, Diane Gilbert Madsen conjuring the power of "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" to stamp out its competition. But the tale's Sherlock Holmes is in a weakened state, and that definitely lowers the case's chances to last long against healthier foes.
"His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" would promise to be one of the healthiest of those, but Thomas Drucker gets "Last Bow" to take a more cerebral attack. A Euclidean something is brought to bear here, but the little gray cells of this wrestling fan are far too low in census counts to fully digest. About the time I'm starting to get it, Socrates and Plato are invoked, and my brain, simple with weariness, starts to wander and my eyes look to the program . . . will some bruiser come in next to toss this egghead?
The opponent Leah Guinn introduces is not a muscle-bound hulk, however, but the dangerous power of an unwise choice of lover. And that means "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" has come to toy with our affections. Leah makes it personal from the get-go, and there is advantage in that. And "Illustrious Client" was always a stand-out among the scuffling sixty, with a problem for Holmes that touches the heart of anyone who has seen someone they care about fall under a malefactor's power. It makes this tale a top contender -- it's motivated!
With "Illustrious Client," the tournament has slipped into its final phase -- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes combatants. And the heart of so many of these competitors is really starting to show. Some have exhibited great staying power, even in the face of fresh new entrants.
Eleven stories left to enter the ring . . . and one is my personal favorite. Get ready for a rumble of a weekend!
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Without anyone claiming ownership, it is difficult to lay suspicions at the doorstep of any particular group, writes Damon Perry, a PhD student who is in Bangkok.
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652 Petaluma Ave., Suite B
Mon - Fri: 3 - 6 p.m. (Last walk-in patient at 5:30 p.m.)
Santa Rosa - After Hours Care
510 Doyle Park Dr.,
Mon - Fri: 5 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Last walk-in patient at 8:30 p.m.)
Sat - Sun: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Last walk-in patient at 1:30 p.m.)
Wednesday, July 3, 2019: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. - CLOSED
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Thursday, July 4, 2019: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Last walk-in patient at 1:30 p.m.)
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1621 W. Imola Ave.,
Mon - Sun: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Lab Hours: Mon - Fri: 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Holiday Hours: Dec. 7 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Dec. 24 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m; Dec. 31 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: Memorial Day, 4th of July, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President's Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day
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17043 Main Street,
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Closed on Saturdays and Sundays
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Fri., Dec. 29: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 30: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Closed: Dec. 31; Mon., Jan. 1: 12 - 4 p.m.
Mission Viejo - Urgent Care
26800 Crown Valley Pkwy., Suite 150
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1450 Medical Center Cr.,
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Holiday Hours: 9 a.m - 2 p.m.
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Laguna Niguel - Same Day
27231 La Paz Rd., Suite A
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
For needs outside of our hours, please visit our nearby Mission Viejo Urgent Care.
Labor Day Schedule
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Wed., Nov. 27 - 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Wed., Dec 24 - 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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2212 E. Fourth St., Suite 103
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2501 E. Chapman Ave., Suite 101
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12550 Hesperia Rd., Suite 100
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8911 Lakewood Dr., Suite 13
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2251 N. Harbor Blvd,
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Today (Wednesday) is the first day of an expected two-day public workshop on the Delta Stewardship Council's staff draft determination that there is not enough evidence in the record to support the Department of Water Resources' determination that the California Water Fix project is consistent with the Delta Plan.
Legislators who worked on the bill and supported its passage understood the need for long-term conveyance improvements in the Delta. The legislation established the Delta Stewardship Council as a governance structure to act as a check to ensure conveyance improvements would be implemented in a way that furthers the coequal goals and respects the Delta's unique cultural, recreational, natural resource and agricultural values.
It's disappointing that the November 8 draft determinations prepared by Council staff fail to acknowledge the Legislature's intended vision for addressing long-term conveyance improvements under the Delta Reform Act.
In fact, the draft determinations appear to demand a standard for substantial evidence that no conveyance project could ever meet – even one that has been subject to 12 years of analysis, study, negotiation, public engagement and collaboration.
The Legislature made it clear that improving the state's water supply reliability is equally as important as protecting and restoring the Delta ecosystem. The WaterFix project is designed to do both. Draft determinations that dismiss water supply reliability undermine the Legislature's intent and abrogate the Act's coequal goals. I respectfully urge the Council to preserve the spirit of the Delta Reform Act and base its decision on the project's consistency with that intent.
Their letter discusses and rebuts staff's draft determination on the issues of reduced reliance on the Delta, sea level rise, water quality control plan criteria, and Delta land use impacts.
On behalf of the Southern California Water Coalition (SCWC), congratulations on your successful election as the new governor of the great state of California. As you prepare to take office and lead California toward a bright future, we are pleased to extend our support and stand ready to discuss with you California's water needs and the state's water resources.
Over the next couple of months, we're available to meet with your transition team and any early appointees regarding key water issues, including water supply, conservation, water quality, ecosystem restoration and more. We're also happy to organize key tours of Southern California water management facilities, operations and water districts.
The Southern California Water Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization comprised of leaders from business, cities, agricultural groups, labor unions, environmental organizations and water agencies. Our organization is dedicated to informing Southern Californians about their water — its critical importance to our daily lives and robust economy, and the increasing threats and challenges to our most precious and finite resource. Through strong leadership and collective expertise, SCWC and its members contribute ideas, resources and viable strategies to statewide water issues.
Given California's limited water supplies, aging infrastructure and new climate realities, securing a safe, reliable and affordable water supply is more important now than ever. Here in Southern California, we pride ourselves on being leaders in water supply management and efficiency, and we are focused on driving innovative solutions that benefit all Californians, our economy and the environment. As you develop water policies and consider critical water infrastructure projects, such as California WaterFix, we look forward to working with you and your administration.
As you may be aware, we support California WaterFix as the best and most cost-effective long-term solution to securing a reliable and efficient water supply — a vital project for California's future. After more than a decade of extensive technical, environmental and academic review, WaterFix is clearing key project milestones and advancing on the path to construction with resounding support from the California public and our coalition. Attached to this letter is a list of more than 300 organizations that stand united in support of WaterFix. Our coalition represents vastly diverse and prominent constituencies statewide from labor and business to public agencies, environmental, nonprofits and agriculture.
On behalf of our coalition, we look forward to engaging in a thoughtful dialogue about this project in the coming months. We look forward to building a relationship with you and your future administration as we partner to solve the state's most pressing water challenges.
NOTE: The Southern California Water Coalition today also released a new Fact Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions document on the California Water Fix project.


Hey CLE friends. Another great fall week in the 216 and another stunning exhibit by the talented team at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Painting the Modern Garden : Monet to Matisse is now open to the public…and you've got to see it.
It's not everyday that an exhibit can bring you to tears but I promise this one just might. Room after room filled with paintings one after another filled with gorgeous examples of work representative of the artists gardens, travels and creative adventures.
From the realist work of Claude Monet (Chrysanthemums featured above) to the more abstract work of Picasso there is something for every art lover taste.
The exhibit will be at the museum now through early January and you really should make a date to see it not once, but a handful of times. One of my favorite part of the exhibit was learning about each artists and how their gardens played such an important role in their work…it's always great to see where inspiration comes from.
Thank you to the staff at the museum for extending the invitation to me to attend the opening and preview the exhibit in order to share some images and my thoughts with you. Honestly it's not everyday that A) I get an evening away from my young family B) I am moved so whole heartily from an art exhibit and C) that I strongly urge you not to miss this show, it's really amazing.
Happy art, happy gorgeous paintings to you!
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I've heard of bloggers that attend this one. Maybe I will someday!
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High-income nations like Australia have made good reductions in hypertension, but worldwide the problem is bigger than ever, new research shows.
The most comprehensive analysis of worldwide trends in blood pressure to date, published in The Lancet, shows that in the past 40 years, there has been a large increase in the number of people living with high blood pressure worldwide because of population growth and ageing—rising from 594 million in 1975 to over 1.1 billion in 2015.
The largest rise in the prevalence of adults with high blood pressure has been in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in south Asia (such as Bangladesh and Nepal) and sub-Saharan Africa (such as Ethiopia and Malawi).
High-income countries (such as Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden, and Japan) have made impressive reductions in the prevalence of adults with high blood pressure, according to the analysis.
Recent research suggests that the risk of death from ischemic heart disease and stroke doubles with every 20 mmHg systolic or 10 mmHg diastolic increase in middle and older ages.
Over the past four decades, the highest average blood pressure levels have shifted from high-income western countries and Asia-Pacific countries to LMICs in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and some Pacific island countries.
High blood pressure remains a serious health problem in central and eastern Europe (such as Slovenia, Lithuania).
"High blood pressure is the leading risk factor for stroke and heart disease, and kills around 7.5 million people worldwide every year. Most of these deaths are experienced in the developing world," says lead author Professor Majid Ezzati from Imperial College London, London, UK.
"Taken globally, high blood pressure is no longer a problem of the Western world or wealthy countries. It is a problem of the world's poorest countries and people.
The findings come from a comprehensive new analysis of global, regional, and national trends in adult (aged 18 and older) blood pressure between 1975 and 2015.
This includes trends in average systolic and diastolic blood pressure, as well as prevalence of high blood pressure. The Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration pooled data from 1479 population-based studies totalling 19.1 million men and women aged 18 years or older from 200 countries (covering more than 97% of the world's adult population in 2015).
The authors note that the findings are based on available data, estimates, and modelling and point out that some countries had few or no data sources, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.
Canada, the UK, Australia, the USA, Peru, South Korea, and Singapore had the lowest proportion of adults living with high blood pressure in 2015 at below or around 1 in 8 women and 1 in 5 men.
At the other extreme, more than a third of men have high blood pressure in several central and eastern European countries including Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, and Slovenia; whilst around a third of women living in most countries in west Africa (eg, Niger, Chad, and Mali) have high blood pressure.
In 2015, over half (590 million) of adults with high blood pressure lived in east, southeast and south Asia—of whom 199 million lived in India and 226 million in China.
In 2015, systolic blood pressure levels were lowest in South Korea and Canada, at about 118 mmHg for men and 111 mmHg for women.
Average age-corrected systolic blood pressure levels are highest in central and eastern Europe (eg, Slovenia, Lithuania, Croatia), sub-Saharan Africa (eg, Niger, Malawi, Mozambique), central Asia (eg, Georgia, Mongolia, Armenia), and Oceania (eg, Palau, Vanuatu), reaching 138 mmHg for Slovenian men and 133 mmHg for Nigerien women in 2015.
Men had higher blood pressure than women in most world regions in 2015.


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Robert Louis Stevenson State Park
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park Description
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is the place where the famous author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped spent his honeymoon in 1880. Although nothing remains of Stevenson's cabin, the site is identified on the trail to the summit. The area features rough terrain, with evergreen forests in the canyons on north-facing slopes and chaparral on the south-facing slopes. There is a five-mile hike to the top of Mt. St. Helena from which one can see much of the San Francisco Bay Area. On good days the top of Mt. Shasta can be seen, 192 miles in the distance.
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: 5,272 acres (21.34 km²)
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: 4824 Lake County Hwy #4774, Calistoga, CA 94515
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Q: OAuth Connected App without Identity Provider Enabled Working on a project where the client wants to be able to use OAuth to login to an external website backend.  The documentation for setting up OAuth doesn't actually mention enabling the IDP so I'm wondering if it is a requirement to use oAuth?
My concern is they currently don't have custom domain enabled (requirement for IDP), and doing so is likely to cause issues across their org (static links in email templates, etc).

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