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Sports | College
Bison notebook: Price makes explosive play with big punt return
North Dakota State special teams make big plays, including blocking a PAT kick in fourth quarter
North Dakota State's Jayden Price breaks away on a punt return against Illinois State on Saturday, March 13, in the Fargodome. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
By Eric Peterson, Mike McFeely, Jeff Kolpack
FARGO — North Dakota State seems to be getting younger as the spring Missouri Valley Football Conference season is progressing. Or maybe it's younger players making more explosive plays.
One that got the Bison a lead they never gave up in the 21-13 win over Illinois State at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome Saturday afternoon was turned in by sophomore Jayden Price. He did it on special teams.
Price returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown early in the first quarter.
"Everyone had a key block," Price said. "It wasn't just me. I caught the ball, looked up and saw everybody was connected (with blocks) and I just made one person miss. That was it, I knew I had to run as fast as I could and ended up in the end zone. I had 100 percent trust in everybody with their blocks."
The return tied for third longest in school history, equaling Ryan Smith's return in 2013 against Missouri State. The record is 98 yards by Fritz Hanson in 1934.
"That was an outstanding play," said Bison head coach Matt Entz. "We put a large amount of time in practice on special teams. We put a lot of pride in it."
North Dakota State's Jayden Price sails into the end zone on a punt return against Illinois State on Saturday, March 13, in the Fargodome. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
Bison block critical fourth-quarter PAT
Illinois State had a chance to tie the game early in the fourth quarter before Bison defensive lineman Spencer Waege got his hands in the way.
The Redbirds cut the Bison lead to 14-13 after running back Tyler Pennigton powered into the end zone on a 1-yard scoring run with 11 minutes, 59 seconds to play in the fourth quarter. On the ensuing point-after attempt, Waege got penetration in the middle of the line of scrimmage and blocked Aidan Bresnahan's kick to keep the NDSU lead at one point.
"You can see the soul of a football team by the effort they give on PAT block," Entz said. "If you've got a team out there that doesn't go very hard, they're probably not very good."
Bison punter Garret Wegner also had a big game with five punts, averaging 51.8 yards per kick. He also had four punts downed inside the 20-yard line.
"He's one of the best punters in the country in my opinion because of situational things," Entz said.
The Bison did have a special teams gaffe late in the first half after the Redbirds recovered a muffed punt that hit NDSU's Cole Jacob, who was blocking when the ball bounced and hit his leg. ISU recovered at NDSU's 42-yard line with 1:06 to play in the half, but couldn't capitalize on the miscue.
"All of a sudden it becomes a stressful moment right there at the end of the half," Entz said. "We can't have that poor of communication. ... We need to do a better job."
North Dakota State's Christian Watson pulls in a pass against Illinois State on Saturday, March 13, in the Fargodome. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
Bison deal with multiple injuries
NDSU changed kickers after Jake Reinholz was successful with his two extra-point kicks in the first half. Entz didn't get specific on any injuries after the game, but he said he was hopeful Reinholz will be back for the University of North Dakota game next Saturday.
Wegner handled kickoff duties in the second half and Griffin Crosa was successful on the extra-point kick in the fourth quarter.
NDSU starting left guard Nash Jensen left the game in the second half. Senior Cordell Volson played his third position of the season, moving from right tackle to Jensen's guard spot. Redshirt freshman Jake Rock came in at right tackle.
The Bison did avert an apparent injury to star wide receiver Christian Watson late in the second quarter when Watson got popped on a tackle with 3:43 left before halftime. It appeared Watson took a blow to the head, but the NDSU training staff was looking at his leg. He hobbled off the field, but returned to full speed in the second half.
North Dakota State's Jasir Cox give high-fives to fans following the football game against Illinois State on Saturday, March 13, in the Fargodome. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
TV broadcaster Shawn returns to booth
NDSU television play-by-play announcer Brian Shawn returned to the football broadcast booth for the first time since last October's dome game against Central Arkansas.
Shawn, 42, had surgery for colon cancer in early February after being diagnosed Jan. 29. He missed some NDSU men's and women's basketball broadcasts, which he does for Midco Sports Network and didn't call the football team's first three games of the spring season. Lee Timmerman, usually Shawn's color analyst, took over play-by-play duties.
Shawn did some studio work for Midco in the meantime, but Saturday's game was his first live event since the Bison basketball team hosted Denver in mid-January.
"I'm just really excited to be back and feeling really good," Shawn said before kickoff. "It has been a wild month, but I am glad to be through that step and will get ready for the next one."
Bison tidbits
The first penalty of the game (that wasn't declined) was a crucial offsides call on NDSU when Illinois State was lined up to punt in the fourth quarter. ... Freshman safety Ty Satter from Fargo Davies switched uniform numbers from 13 to 32. ... NDSU was favored by 12.5 points, according to the online betting website Bovada.
North Dakota State takes the field for a football game against Illinois State on Saturday, March 13, in the Fargodome. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
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Q&A with UND junior defenseman Ethan Frisch
The blue liner from Moorhead talks about playing at Western Michigan and what he's learned by pairing with Jake Sanderson.
By Brad Elliott Schlossman
MSU Moorhead wrestlers fall short against Southwest Minnesota State
The Dragons are still looking for their first win of the season after a loss to the Mustangs on Thursday.
By Forum staff
Iowa hands Minnesota worst loss in program's NCAA history
Hawkeyes' 105-49 win surpasses previous margin of 55 points set in 1986 and matched in 2020.
By John Shipley / St. Paul Pioneer Press
Kansas City rallies in fourth quarter to defeat Bison women
Bison senior Dietz records 100th career start.
By Jeff Kolpack
South Dakota House committee nixes home-grown cannabis
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Decades-old accidental DC deaths reclassified as homicides
Written by AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. investigators ruled long ago that a deadly fire was caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette. A decade ago, a local paper reported an arsonist's confession that he set the fire. On Monday, D.C. police said they are now investigating the deaths of Bessie Mae Dunkin and Roy Picott as homicides.
Chief Peter Newsham says the case was revived after an inquiry received by the homicide unit's cold-case squad. The Washington Post reports no arrests have been announced in the January 1985 deaths, but police have a suspect: serial arsonist Thomas Sweatt.
Sweatt pleaded guilty to setting 45 fires in D.C., Maryland and Virginia in 2005. Now 63, he's serving life in prison.
The Washington City Paper reported in 2007 that Sweatt confessed to killing the couple.
Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com
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A Tiny, Green Beetle Is Killing Thousands Of Colorado's Trees. Why It Can't Be Stopped
By Matt Bloom • Oct 11, 2019
Bonnie Prushnok stands in front of an infested ash tree in her neighborhood in Longmont.
Matt Bloom / KUNC
The top of an ash tree in Longmont is thinning out due to an emerald ash borer infestation. Once infected, trees typically die within three or four years.
Small branches, or "suckers," grow out of the trunk in the tree's effort to stay alive after being infested.
Prushnok holds the leaves from an infested ash tree.
The emerald ash borer leaves grooves in the trunk of a dead ash tree in Prince George's County, Maryland. The beetle has killed millions of trees across the country. Thousands in Colorado are under threat.
Will Parson / Chesapeake Bay Program
In the spring of 2016, Bonnie Prushnok noticed a dying tree in the neighborhood across the street from her condo. It had a strange appearance, she said, like it was gasping for life.
Its branches on top were bare, as if dormant for winter. But the lower branches looked full and healthy. A few months later, dozens of mature ash trees in her neighborhood, Reynolds Farm in Longmont, took on a similar characteristic.
"Branches would just break off," said Prushnok, vice president of the Reynolds Farm Homeowners Association. "That was the beginning."
The culprit, she found out, was a tiny, green beetle.
KUNC's Matt Bloom reports on the emerald ash borer's spread in Colorado.
First discovered in Boulder in 2013, the emerald ash borer has since popped up in nine Front Range communities. Over the summer, foresters in Westminster and Broomfield found it in city limits. This month, just outside the town of Berthoud in Larimer County, local foresters discovered the bug burrowed inside an ash log.
Meanwhile, foresters in Denver guess it's only a matter of time until they find it in the state's capital, where there's an estimated 1.4 million ash trees.
The tree species makes up about 15% of the entire state's urban canopy — in other words, millions of trees along city streets, parks and in people's yards from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.
The borer's rapid spread is basically a death sentence for any ash tree in its path. Once a tree is infested, it has less than four years to live.
So far, no one's been able to beat it.
"It makes me sad that we haven't gotten a cure," Prushnok said, walking past an infested tree near her home, its top branches bare and broken. "It's frustrating."
The emerald ash borer is native to Asia and arrived in North America during the 1990s, according to the Colorado State Forest Service. Across the country, the insect has killed millions of ash trees in at least 35 states.
Immediately after local foresters discovered the bug in Boulder in 2013, the Colorado Department of Agriculture looked for ways to halt — or at least slow — its spread.
So, they established an emergency quarantine. It included all of Boulder County.
It worked. Kind of.
The boundary banned the sale and movement of ash saplings and untreated logs, lumber, wood chips, stumps, roots and branches. Anyone found moving ash would be fined up to $1,000.
Nevertheless, the beetle kept moving.
By the end of 2015, the entire city of Boulder was infested. In 2017, local foresters found it in Lafayette. The next year, residents spotted it in Lyons.
After a Broomfield homeowner discovered a dead borer lying on their sidewalk in September, state agriculture officials announced they would repeal the quarantine.
Laura Pottorff, plant health and certification section chief for the Colorado Department of Agriculture, told KUNC's Colorado Edition it would be lifted by the end of 2019.
"Once the insect had breached our quarantine area, it was clear that we couldn't stop it," Pottorff said. "It no longer makes sense or is economically feasible to place restrictions on the movement of wood."
Pottorff said the beetle beat the quarantine two ways: It simply flew from tree to tree. Humans also helped by moving infested ash.
But not all was lost, she said. The beetle would have traveled much faster without it.
"We're just glad we've given Front Range communities more time to better plan and prepare for its arrival," Pottorff said.
The emerald ash borer is native to Asia and arrived in the United States in the 1990's. Local foresters first detected the beetle in Boulder in 2013.
Credit Will Parson / Chesapeake Bay Program
Scientists have also tried to stop the beetle using the borer's natural enemy: wasps.
In 2014, John Kaltenbach had just started his job as a biological control specialist with the state. As local and state officials struggled to contain the new pest, he caught wind of a study the USDA was conducting.
The department — already battling the ash borer in other parts of the country — was breeding wasps from Asia in government labs. They planned to release thousands of them in communities across the country were the ash borer had taken hold.
Syracuse, New York and Naperville, Illinois were on the list. So, Kaltenbach thought, why not Boulder?
Five years later, the study is nearing its end. Official results haven't been published, but Kaltenbach said it's been somewhat successful.
In a bark sample taken from an infested ash tree in Boulder earlier this year, his team found that 28% of the ash borer larvae had been parasitized by one of the wasps.
"We also found that woodpeckers have discovered emerald ash borer," he said. "So, the combination of those two is killing a lot of them."
Despite the moderate success, the biocontrol won't be enough to spare Colorado's ash trees, he said.
"Probably our biggest problem is detection," he said. "We don't have a good trap and lure."
Typically, when foresters find the borer in a community, it's already been in town for a couple years, he said.
"And that makes management almost impossible because you just don't know where it is," he said.
Workers with the City and County of Denver's "Be A Smart Ash" program plant a new sapling in the city's Highland neighborhood.
Credit Matt Bloom / KUNC
More than two dozen communities along the Front Range are preparing for or are already dealing with the ash borer's invasion.
In Berthoud, the city is offering financial aid to residents who choose to inoculate their ash trees with pesticides.
In Broomfield, local foresters have already ripped out 1,500 trees from public spaces. There's also free app that helps homeowners identify if they have an ash tree on their property.
And in Denver, parks and recreation staff are on the defense, said Coleman Loughery, a forestry inspector with the city and county.
"There are no confirmed infested trees yet," Loughery said. "We're keeping our eyes open."
Loughery, through the city's Be A Smart Ash program, is overseeing the planting of 3,000 new trees each year — all of them non-ash species. The idea is to identify blocks with a lot of ash and plant a variety of trees before the borer arrives.
"We know that one-sixth of the canopy (in Denver) is going to go away because of this," he said. "So, we're trying to get ahead of that and plant diverse species."
Loughery said little moments, like planting a new tree, are a silver lining in an otherwise tragic environmental story.
Homeowner James Ganswin, who qualified for the program and received a free Rocky Mountain Glow Maple, said he had no complaints.
"I mean, a free tree is a free tree," Ganswin said.
The cost of managing an infested tree can range from a couple hundred dollars to several thousand, depending on the size.
For Bonnie Prushnok and the 57 other households in Reynolds Farm, the bill meant making a few adjustments.
"We're talking about almost $3,000 per tree just to take it down," she said. "Last year we had residents out shoveling snow to save our plow money to take them down."
Prushnok's advice to anyone who might be in this situation? Pick a few of the healthiest ash trees in your neighborhood and have them inoculated. It costs a couple hundred dollars every two to three years, even though the protection won't last forever.
Officials Start Process To Lift Quarantine Amid Ash Borer Concerns
By Amanda Andrews • Sep 13, 2019
Susan Greenhouse / California Department of Fish and Game
Colorado Forest experts confirmed they found the emerald ash borer in Westminster. This case is the second time the tree-killing beetle has been found outside of quarantine in Boulder County. The first confirmation was last month in Broomfield.
The Emerald Ash Borer Has Arrived In Broomfield. Here's What That Means
By Matt Bloom • Aug 20, 2019
Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program / CC BY-NC 2.0
It was the call Tom Wells had been dreading for years.
Earlier this summer, a Broomfield resident discovered a small, dead bug lying on the sidewalk outside of their home. They scooped the carcass up in an envelope and brought it to Wells, the city and county forester, at the public works department.


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Let's take a look! Pardon the photos, they look kinda cruddy.
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Alcohol - Health Committee Contents
From the seventeenth century to the middle of the twentieth
13. Striking images of drunkenness such as Hogarth's "Gin Lane" have encouraged a widespread belief that the English have always been a nation of drunks. To examine the truth of such beliefs we sought written and oral evidence from a number of historians of alcohol.[11] Their evidence shows that far from being a story of perpetual drunkenness, English drinking habits fluctuated widely around a long term trend which was downward to the mid 20th century before the extraordinary increase in consumption over the last 50 years. Dr Nicholls told us that:
It is important to bear in mind that in Britain drinking has had peaks but it has also
had troughs; it has had some very low troughs. My personal concern about this is
that if we overstate the idea that the British just like to drink that may have a negative
consequence in the sense that it reinforces a certain expectation.[12]
Figure 1: Estimated per capita consumption 1800-1935[13]
Source: G. Wilson, Alcohol and the Nation
14. The historians who gave evidence to us differed slightly in their emphasis but essentially presented the same picture which is summarised in the box below. We were told that there was a long decline in alcohol consumption from the late 17th century with a blip in the first half of the 18th century associated with the gin craze. Levels rose again in the mid-nineteenth century but fell rapidly and significantly later in the century. They reached low levels in the inter-war years and remained low until the 1960s. The last thirty or forty years have seen a significant shift in these long-term trends, not just because consumption levels are rising again, but because of the growing popularity of stronger drinks (wine and spirits).
History of alcohol consumption
1550-1650: commercialisation of domestic brewing industry; tobacco a commodity of mass consumption and an accompaniment to drinking; increased market for French wines—higher per head until present day [14]
1650-1750: the period 'when Europeans took to soft drugs', including coffee, tea and chocolate; the intermittent gin craze from the 1730s to the 1750s masks a stabilisation or decline in alcohol consumption over the period.[15] Beer was promoted by many anti-gin campaigners as the patriotic (and sober) alternative to gin. Despite this, beer consumption fell significantly throughout the 18th century, largely due to the increasing popularity of tea, coffee and chocolate .[16]
1750 to 1850: fall in alcohol consumption up to about 1840, particularly wine, increase in tea, which replaced beer as the popular staple of every day consumption.[17]
1850 to late 19th century: large increase in consumption; the 'consumption of beer, wine and spirits all peaked around 1875. The consumption of tea also grew'. These trends were associated with rising living standards.[18]
Late 19th century to mid-20th century: decline in consumption per head—associated with temperance movement, alternative leisure activities, including public parks and libraries.[19]
Mid-20th century onwards: increase in consumption from 3.5 litres per head to 9.5 (with slight falls in the early 1990s and 2005 onwards)
15. Like the myth that the English have always been drunk, the contrast between English drunkenness and civilised Mediterranean habits may also be something of a myth. While there is a good deal of literature in the past complaining about binge-drinking, the historians pointed out that little is known about the origins of the modern Mediterranean approach to drinking and it is therefore difficult to say how far back the contrast can be taken.[20]
16. Within the overall trends, different groups in Great Britain had very different drinking patterns. People in the countryside drank less than those in towns. Some groups were teetotal. According to the historian, James Kneale, it is not particularly helpful to talk of a 'British attitude to drinking', as there have always been large geographical variations in alcohol consumption:
there has been considerable geographical variation as well as a good deal of historical change. As noted above… Across the UK urban dwellers tended to consume more alcohol than their rural counterparts, and areas dominated by trades like mining and dock work also recorded higher levels. In 1900 the average per capita expenditure on alcoholic drink was estimated to be £4 10s 4d a year; the average dock worker was thought to spend 8s 4½d on drink every week…, nearly five times as much as the average figure for the country.[21]
17. We asked the historians about the causes of changes in consumption. They pointed to two main groups of, sometimes contradictory, factors:
Economics: the affordability of alcohol and the liberalness of the licensing regime have clearly had an impact on consumption: for example, the 18th century gin craze was linked to the Government's encouragement of gin production and restriction of brandy imports; the rise in consumption in the 19th century was associated with rising living standards. On the other hand, Government can bring about significant reductions in consumption:
the First World War, which marks a significant moment because of the Government's efforts to control alcohol production and consumption—the most sustained attempt to come to grips with drink in British history. Measures included shorter opening hours, higher duties on beer, and significant reductions in both the production and strength of beer. The amount of beer consumed in 1918 was nearly half of the pre-war total, despite rising incomes, and arrests for drunkenness in England and Wales fell from 190,000 to 29,000 between 1913 and 1918.[22].
Culture: some changes in culture have been encouraged by changes in affordability and availability, but at other times, changes in culture have nullified increases in affordability; Kneale observes the decline in drinking in the late 19th century:
By the 1880s there were many counter-attractions for working-class consumers (music halls, football, cigarettes, and holidays); this decline seems to be a question of changing tastes.[23]
He adds that in the inter-war years
While the Depression undoubtedly kept demand low in some areas, the majority of workers saw real wages increase between the wars. However, spending on alcohol did not increase, because drink had many rivals now: radios and gramophones, gardening, cinema and the pools.[24]
From the 1960s to the present day
18. Over the last half century there has been a massive increase in drinking, not just because consumption levels are rising again, but because of the growing popularity of stronger drinks, in particular wine and spirits and more recently strong white cider. As graph one shows, we now drink about three times more per head than in the years of lowest consumption.
Figure 1 - per capita alcohol consumption in the UK (litres of pure alcohol)
Source: Statistical handbook 2007 (British Beer and Pub Association, 2007)
19. The changes of the last half century have been associated by witnesses with the factors listed below, which are the same as the factors which influenced drinking in the past, ie. economics (affordability and availability) and changes in culture. They are discussed in more detail in the chapters below.
20. Affordability is a key influence on alcohol consumption and alcohol has become more affordable because of rising incomes, the failure of duty, notably the duty on spirits, to rise in step even with general inflation (let alone incomes) and aggressive promotions and discounts, particularly by supermarkets competing for business. It has been estimated that between 1980 and 2007 alcohol became 69.4% more affordable, relative to household incomes.[25] Alcohol has become more available because of the huge growth in the number of supermarkets which sell alcohol, an increasingly liberal regime for off-licence sales and a more liberal on-licence regime. There has also been a change in fashion over the last 40 years; as we have seen, in the 1940s young people preferred milk bars and coffee bars to pubs. These issues are discussed in more detail in the chapters below. [26]
21. We received a good deal of evidence about who drinks what. According to the Department of Health 10 million adults drink more than the recommended limits.[27] These 10 million drink 75% of all alcohol consumed in the country. 2.6 million adults (8% of men and 6% of women) drink above the higher-risk levels, ie more than double the Government's guidelines (6 units for women, 8 units for men daily), drinking a third of all alcohol consumed in the country.[28] Data on alcohol consumption from the latest General Household Survey showed that over a third of adults (37%) exceed the recommended maximum alcohol guidelines on their heaviest drinking day of the week.[29]
22. One of the biggest change in the last 50 years has been in the drinking habits of women and young people:
Whatever their social and cultural standing—i.e. Ugandan 'youths', medieval knights, the Victorian urban 'poor'; 20th century 'post-modernists', 16th century 'wits', Somali village elders—drinking, especially to excess, has been a masculine preserve. What is striking about current trends in Britain is that women are now engaging in many of the same drinking practices as men, and consuming similar if not more amounts of alcohol in the process.[30]
Teenagers drink twice as much as they did in 1990;[31] The following figure shows the sharp rises in consumption:
Figure 2 - mean alcohol consumption (units) in the last week, by sex in pupils aged 11 to 15, England, 1990-2006
Source: Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2006: headline figures (Information Centre for Health and Social Care, National Centre for Social Research, National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007)
23. Professor Plant, who has been involved in surveys of 15 and 16 year olds across Europe from Greenland to Russia., told us that British teenagers
have consistently reported very high levels of periodic heavy drinking, very high levels of intoxication, they also report exceptionally positive views of what their expectations are going to be about when they go out to drink
In the latest survey UK teenagers reported 'high levels binge drinking, intoxication and alcohol-related individual, relationship, sexual and delinquency problems', ranking third just after Bulgaria and the Isle of Man.[32]
24. The drinking habits of young people of university age is widely commented on. During the course of our inquiry, our attention was drawn to reports of student "binge drinking", particularly during the annual "Freshers' Week" in September. The most high profile of these reports featured the trial of one inebriated student that had urinated on a war memorial, while taking part in a commercially-organised student event. As a result of this and other controversies, we invited written evidence from university representatives and student events promoters.
25. The National Union of Students[33] argued that "students' unions are some of the most responsible retailers of alcohol". However, it accepted that unions needed to maintain alcohol sales in order to fund student services, and that this had led to drinks promotions and consequently binge drinking and anti-social behaviour in some cases.[34] Universities UK[35] insisted that universities "did not have a duty of care for their students" but it recognised that they had a "significant interest in their welfare". It accepted that there is "clearly a problem in some parts of the country with aggressive external promoters targeting young people".[36]
26. Varsity Leisure Group Limited is the owner of the "Carnage UK" brand which has become, unfairly or otherwise, a notorious example of a promoter of nightclub events for students. Despite the brand name, Varsity Leisure Group told us that "Carnage UK events are based around collective identity, meeting new people and having fun". It stressed that there were no offers on alcoholic drinks at its events, and soft drinks are provided to students free of charge. Nevertheless, the organisation concluded that "students are being immersed into a culture which is focussed around the culture of alcohol. The culture may need to change; the offering of cheap drinks promotions and alcohol-led events may need to be addressed".[37]
27. According to HM Revenue and Customs data, since 2004 when consumption peaked, there has been a slight decrease in alcohol consumption in terms of litres of pure alcohol. UK per capita consumption rose by 27% between 1995 and 2004, but then until 2007 fell by 3%. There has not been a clear and consistent pattern of falling consumption since 2003 as shown in the figure below. It is unclear whether the recent fall in consumption represents a watershed or is merely a temporary phenomenon. There was also a dip in the early 1990s.
Figure 3: Consumption of pure alcohol
Source: Data from BPA handbook but based on HM Revenue and Customs data[38]
28. The Portman group and industry representatives state that 29% of the male population drank more than 21 units a week in 2000, but that the figure was 23% in 2006.[39] On the other hand, the latest ONS figures show that hazardous drinking had in fact increased between 2000-2008 from 24% to 28% in men, and from 15% to 17% in women.[40] The BMA has urged caution in interpreting the recent figures as reflecting a real long-term change in drinking habits:
It is important to note that it is not yet possible to determine whether these recent trends in alcohol consumption are genuine long-term changes in drinking habits. It may be that there is an increased tendency to under-report consumption due to the recent extensive publicity about binge drinking and the dangers of heavy consumption. Data from future years will provide a clearer indication of any long-term trends.[41]
29. The history of the consumption of alcohol over the last 500 years has been one of fluctuations, of peaks and troughs. From the late 17th century to the mid-19th the trend was for consumption per head to decline despite brief periods of increased consumption such as the gin craze. From the mid- to the late 19th century there was a sharp increase in consumption which was followed by a long and steep decline in consumption until the mid 20th century.
30. The variations in consumption are associated both with changes in affordability and availability, but also changes in taste. Alternative drinks such as tea and alternative pastimes affected consumption. Different groups drank very different amounts. Government has played a significant role both positive and negative, for example in reducing consumption in the First World War as well as in stimulating the 18th century gin craze by encouraging the consumption of cheap gin instead of French brandy.
31. From the 1960s consumption rose again. At its lowest levels in the 1930s and -40s annual per capita consumption was about 3 litres of pure alcohol; by 2005 it was over 9 litres. These changes are, as in past centuries, associated with changing fashion and an increase in affordability, availability and expenditure on marketing. Just as Government policy played a part in encouraging the gin craze, successive Government policies have played a part in encouraging the increase in alcohol consumption over the last 50 years. Currently over 10 million adults drink more than the recommended limits. These people drink 75% of all the alcohol consumed. 2.6 million adults drink more than twice the recommended limits. The alcohol industry emphasises that these figures represent a minority of the population; health professionals stress that they are a very large number of people who are putting themselves at risk. We share these concerns.
32. One of the biggest changes over the last 60 years has been in the drinking habits of young people, including students. While individual cases of student drunkenness are regrettable and cannot be condoned, we consider that their actions are quite clearly a product of the society and culture to which they belong. The National Union of Students and the universities themselves appear to recognise the existence of a student binge drinking culture, but all too often their approach appears much too passive and tolerant. We recommend that universities take a much more active role in discouraging irresponsible drinking amongst students. They should ensure that students are not subjected to marketing activity that promotes dangerous binge drinking. The first step must be for universities to acknowledge that they do indeed have a most important moral "duty of care" to their students, and for them to take this duty far more seriously than they do at present.
33. Since 2004 there has been a slight fall in total consumption but it is unclear whether this represents a watershed or a temporary blip as in the early 1990s.
34. We now turn to look at how much of a problem the levels of drinking described in this chapter are. What health risks are people running in drinking over the recommended limit or even double the limit?
11 The historians were Dr James Kneale, UCL, Dr Angela McShane, V and A Museum, Dr James Nicholls, Bath spa University, Dr Phil Withington, University of Cambridge. Back
12 Q 67 Back
13 AL 59 Back
17 AL 57, AL 59 Back
29 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ghs0109.pdf Back
33 The national body representing 600 affiliated students' unions across the UK. Back
35 The representative organisation for the heads of universities. Back
38 The e-mail was sent from the BPA to our adviser, Dr Nick Sheron by Mark Hastings. Back
40 ONS, Drinking: adults' behaviour and knowledge in 2008, Opinions (Omnibus) Survey Report No. 39, 2009, table 2.1. Back
41 BMA, Alcohol misuse: tackling the UK epidemic. February 2008. Back
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Reuters reported that Riyadh will spend some $264 billion next year, or 990 billion riyals, as it battles a substantial deficit resulting from the latest oil price collapse.
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These paintings have recently been offered privately in Moscow and indeed a few sold already including works by Deineka and Pimenov. However, the Union has found it hard to sell its works primarily because they have been asking enormous prices and many questioned whether they had the right to sell paintings which had been given to them. Sotheby's will have checked the legality carefully before taking on these works and buyers can now be reassured that Sotheby's lawyers came away satisfied that a genuine sale can take place.
The book explains that in a desperate attempt to raise hard currency the Soviet State, between 1929 and 1935, sold off much of the treasure of the Orthodox Church and 24,000 artworks from the Hermitage Museum including many of the most important paintings in Russia. This book, which illustrates many of the treasures and gives their current location, must make painful reading for many Russians.
Georgy Nisski, 'Over Snowy Fields,' 1964, Est Pounds 500, 000 – 700,000, Sotheby's Russian Sale, June 2 -3.
The Auction rooms have long overlooked the Soviet period and it seems that Sotheby's have finally woken up to the potential of the art produced during this fifty year period. They started with the exhibition of Sporting Art in the New Year from the Institute of Russian Realist Art but that was not a good advertisement for Soviet Art as the artworks had been mainly selected for their subject matter as opposed to their artistic quality.
Yuri Pimenov, 'In a Theatre,' 218 x 167cm.
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I could talk about how Jonathan Bree and his whole band wear masks, it's the first thing anyone notices once you catch them live but after seeing them be the first act to dazzle Desert Daze this year, I began looking for less obvious characteristics in Bree and Co.'s performance. When Bree takes a step back to let one of the women in his band sing, his microphone dangles limply by the cord from his hand as he stands, almost as if in sleep mode. Then when the song requests him to return to vocals, he reboots in what makes for a methodically choreographed and unique show.
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Musically, Jonathan Bree and his band are enchanting. You feel various movements spanning the history of art across time, genre, and medium in his music. Baroque, futurism, chanson, cabaret, Fellini, Antonioni, Bowie, and Kandinsky, all wrapped up into playful, weirdo music. Combined with the visual of a band of white, mask wearing musicians led by a New Zealander, there's so much substance to take away from the show.
There's minimalism, then there's absence. White is the absence of color and a featureless mask is the absence of a face. These elements somehow make the music become the focal point of the show while having a visual element you can't take your eyes off of.
Bree has been making music since the late 90's but released his first solo work in 2013. Now, in 2019, it's as if Los Angeles is discovering him for the first time. He fits right into what young people in this city want: Connective music about disconnection.
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Young graduated from Columbia College (Missouri), where he attended on the only racewalking scholarship given in the United States.

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Blog Why Am I Not Losing Weight on the 21DSD?
One of the reasons I love the 21-Day Sugar Detox is because it focuses on getting your body to a place where it just feels better. Happier moods, fewer headaches and achy joints, improved sleep, better digestion…the list goes on. The desire to feel better is what made me try this detox in the first place, and the results are what made me become a coach.
But let's face it—a lot of people sign up for this detox to lose weight.
I'm not saying that's a bad thing! Losing weight is an important piece of overall health. A healthier mind and body go hand-in-hand with a healthier weight. It does feel good.
While many people lose weight with ease on the 21DSD, there are some people who find themselves stalling or not losing as much weight as they expected. Which can be kind of disappointing, despite the other life-enhancing results they may be experiencing aside from weight loss. (Which are equally, if not more important, in my opinion). But still—it can be disappointing.
Weight had always been an issue for me, and I can't say that I didn't enter into my first detox hoping to drop a size or two. I even completed the detox for a second time after a few months. While I appreciated the reduction in mood swings (and wouldn't trade it for any amount of weight loss!), the fact remained that I wanted to lose weight but found myself staying still around my I-can-sort-of-wear-these-jeans-but-I-hate-when-they-come-out-of-the-dryer setpoint.
So I started to consider why this was happening. Why I wasn't losing weight when I felt that I should be, especially because I had continued with the clean-eating lifestyle even between detoxes.
It came down to TWO major things.
Even though the 21DSD greatly reduced my mood swings, and therefore my need to eat emotionally, it didn't eliminate it 100%. My emotional eating had developed over years and years of stuffing feelings into food binges, and unfortunately our brains begin to habituate to these patterns even when moods are more stable.
If you have a history of emotional eating, the #1 thing you must confront to lose weight is your mindfulness around—you guessed it—emotional eating.
There are many strategies to gain control over your emotional eating patterns, and I used them all: mindfulness, meditation, food and mood journaling, and repeating mantras aloud to tell my brain when I was eating from stress, loneliness, worry, or frustration versus hunger. The more I did this, the easier it got. (Note: this takes a lot of commitment and dedication on your part. It is a long-term job and not meant to be a quick-fix. That doesn't mean you can't lose weight in the interim, but it is something you have to practice over time to set yourself up for maximum success).
I never liked food journaling. I don't know why. Even though it has always helped me, I tended to think of it as a chore.
Then I discovered an online app that practically did all the work for me. I just plugged the foods I was eating into a database and it magically calculated the macro and micronutrients in my foods so I could see, objectively, what I was eating every day.
It is very important to note here that counting calories is NOT a principle I subscribe to in general. The 21DSD is about focusing on foods that nourish our bodies and should not be seen as another version of calories-in, calories-out. It is So. Much. More. Than. That.
That said, the fact remained that I had been emotionally eating my way through 21DSD-compliant foods like avocados and nuts and coconut milk without stopping to realize that these foods, while extremely nutritious and nourishing, are very calorie-dense. Food is only nourishing in appropriate amounts. So even if you're overeating "healthy" foods, you are still overeating. And overeating is not a form of nourishment, any way you slice it.
The 21DSD does a great job of cutting away all the extra, "outside-of-you" complications that induce overeating in the first place, i.e. inflammatory foods like gluten, sugar, and processed junk. But the "inside-of-you" complications still lurk inside somewhere, for some people. Only you can truly get rid of that.
If you are still working on the "inside-of-you" stuff (see #1), you may need a tool to help you re-learn what qualifies as an appropriate amount of food to respect your body, and really yourself. This is something that trips up many well-intentioned emotional eaters who have lost track of what it means to "eat normally." Luckily, it can be relearned by logging your meals into an online food journal so you can see where you stand (there are a variety of apps for this—just do a Google or app search for "online food diary").
When I first did this, I realized that I was eating a hefty amount of food and computing it in my mind as appropriate simply because it was "healthy." Since tracking my intake, I have re-learned what a healthy portion really looks like and I have no trouble sticking to my daily intake goals while still feeling full and nourished. In fact, I feel even more in touch with my body and my food. I am so incredibly grateful for this practice within my 21DSD experience. I encourage you to try it – you may find yourself very surprised!
So for anyone out there who find themselves loving the 21-Day Sugar Detox but still struggling with weight loss, my suggestion is to examine your emotional eating patterns and begin practicing mindfulness strategies around them, and to start food tracking to keep foods within a healthy daily intake. It is really that simple! (Not easy, but simple.) This is how I shed my extra weight while maintaining all of the principles of the 21DSD.
Which means that I now have the best of both worlds: health AND my just-out-of-the-dryer-and-still-feels-good jeans.
Stefanie Bonastia is a 21-Day Sugar Detox Certified Coach and an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach based in Morristown, NJ. The founder of Evolve Well with Stefanie, she is a mother by day (and night) and a healthy lifestyle renegade in all the hours between. Stefanie's passion for health coaching is fueled by her own personal evolution from "living" to "thriving," and the desire to help anyone with an open mind & heart to do the same.
For more information about Stefanie or to enroll in her 21-Day Sugar Detox Coaching group (online programs available), please visit www.evolvewellwithstefanie.com/21dsd.
Thank you for this! It resonated a lot with me. I am currently on day 10 of the 21DSD. I am doing well but do notice my patterns of emotional eating and I've been turning to nuts and cheese…hmmm not good. I decided to do this now for several reasons – I recently lost my mom (3/1) and could see myself going down a slippery slope of emotional eating justification. The story I tell myself is that I am grieving, I deserve another cookie, glass of wine, treat…or what have you. I wanted to be completely present with this process without turning to putting something in my mouth…the 21DSD has absolutely helped me. There is no doubt – but I can't run away from myself. The desire to quell my emotions with eating is still there. But I see it. I am working with it and I will work through it. While my mom was sick I put on 30lbs. I will take them off in a healthy sustainable way. Thank you for your message.
That too is the place I fall into.
This article touches on the many things I learned by doing the 21DDx with Stefanie three times in 2016. January, May and August. The May detox didn't work out for me as I thought I knew too much and thought I could work around it. That is why I did August and was truly motivated at that time. This plan of eating does everything for me that is attributed to it in this article. I experienced all that and other health benefits. I am a post menopause women and have realized that sugar and maybe wheat and eggs were causing me some subtle changes that I felt so much better without. Try it, you have nothing to lose. Oh, I lost 15 pounds since January and I have been good at maintaining my new weight. I'd like to lose a few more but feeling healthy is the best.
Start off 2017 without sugar, and white flour, processed foods etc.
Great recipe, enjoyed the read. I was overweight for quite some time and I tried lots of different methods and none worked. 2 months ago I found an amazing detox tea that works for me really well, I lost 30 pounds already https://bit.ly/2nPnOJs I was fat before and unhappy with myself, nothing helped.. Finally my life is changing for the better now. Hope it helps someone else.
Nice post, As I'm also following the 21DSD plan. As I go through the article, I feel yes, we do the diet only for weight loss, but sometime it reflects a bad effect on our mood, as we start to miss the junk foods, unhealthy drinks & all. If we can have the easy healthy home remedies for just 21 days only, not even the whole month, I do believe that it will be highly beneficial.


Do you love Winter? I guess if I lived in Florida I may not mind it, but living in Indiana brings temperatures that just offend me. I always say, "Why do we live someplace where for 2 months you can't even feel your face?" It's like anything though, I'd miss it if I didn't have it. I think.
Let's talk about New Arrivals! Oh yeah, I'm excited about them. We have some great date night pieces (think Valentine's Day) and some fantastic casual pieces to help you survive the Winter no matter where you live!
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The Intimidator 1000 is designed to be excellent working machine. It comes with strong construction, to provide high rigidity and excellent working abilities. It is also a highly configurable model, which means that you can choose different variants. There are two main packages in offer, when it comes to equipment. There is a Base package, which already comes with features such as 27" tires, 14-inch steel wheels, headlights and tilt steering etc. The other package is XD4. This variant is well-equipped and comes with features like 14-inch aluminum wheels, Journey tires, electric bed dump, 2-inch front receiver hitch, high beam and regular LED headlights. When it is about colors, Intimidator 1000 in Base package is available in Realtree Camo and OD Green, while XD4 is comes in Realtree Camo, OD Green, Orange and Metallic Black. Also, beside standard body style, there is a model with four seats, and also a model that belong to the Truck series, which comes with larger bed and harder construction, for more payload, cargo and other working benefits.
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The Intimidator 1000 comes with excellent working capabilities. It features a 1000cc Kohler diesel engine, a liquid-cooled, and comes with advanced features such as electric fuel injection (glow plug assisted), electric starter etc. This excellent engine is paired with automatic CVT transmission, with low, high, neutral, reverse and park drive modes. With this engine, new Intimidator can go around 35 miles per hour, while max towing capacity is around 2100 pounds.
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It's that time of year when so many people are thinking about what lies ahead for them in the next year. I really like this time, when it feels like you have a blank canvas ahead of you and whatever you do feels exciting and new. However for me, it is the keeping it going beyond the first couple of weeks, or even the whole of January (if I'm lucky) that is the tricky bit.
Years back I used to make resolutions, and then always felt bad when they went to pot, so I put that to bed and in December 2013 I published a list of expectations for the year ahead and looking back now, I like that. It was full of positivity and to be honest if I re-published the same list for 2019, I wouldn't go far wrong.
2015 was supposed to be the year that I got #FitandFree, I used that hashtag for a while and the aim was to get fit and lose weight. Guess what? It didn't happen.
At the beginning of 2016 I wrote about the goals I'd like to achieve that year, and with the exception of the big one that has been evading me forever (the weight loss) I did well.
It appears that I didn't write an end of year, or start of year post for 2017 but I remember this was the year I changed to having a guiding word. My choice of word was Trust and this was about trusting God and trusting myself. Then for 2018, I did the same and chose a word, this time it was Believe - I had to believe I could do it. What was the it? Lose weight of course.
As I read over these old posts, it is very sad to see that my main goal at the end of every year is to be healthier and fitter, by losing weight and exercising more. It would be so easy to throw the towel in and say that I'm never going to do this, that experience shows I give up easily.
In last years post, I said by the end of the year I would be far more healthier and lighter than I was starting the year. If I just look at that, then it would be a fail, but I've always maintained that you don't fail, you win or you learn in life and if I look into that post further, I see that I published a list of what I would believe in. It is when you read these that I know I won last year, I made great progress, yes my outside body still looks fat and my physical health isn't great but my spiritual health is so much better. I do believe I am worth it, I believe I'm loved and that I make a difference and I end the year already a gym member who is actually using her membership each week and knowing that in 2019 I will lose weight. I start slimming world on New Years Day.
Today a spent a good couple of hours in the prayer centre as I was trying to focus on what my mantra should be for 2019. Now I know some Christians don't like the word mantra, but I'm not getting hung up on this. A lady I follow on Instagram - Ysette Guevara has been talking about mantras recently, and her first one was 'to rest in the palm of God' and this spoke so loudly to me. So I've been asking God where my focus should be and how do I tune into Him more and keep moving forward.
and I was feeling very positive with that and ready to move forward with it, as it spoke to me about getting rest, having quiet time with God, sleeping well, giving God the control and acknowledging I am a child who needs to be guided and is loved.
"marching in the light of love"
and this feels right for me too, as marching is doing and I need to be actively putting in to my exercise and weight loss journey, the light is God and I must rely on Him and He is love, so feeling supported and appreciated as I take these steps that have proved so difficult for over three decades!
I've recently been introduced to a Swedish company Coolstuff.com who have expanded in to the UK, their goal is to offer the most innovative, cool and fun gifts and gadgets on the market, and I think they're doing a great job. I had an enjoyable hour or so the other night browsing their site to see what I might like to buy and I was pleased to see that there is a real mix of items I actually need (and want) and quirky items, that I love but had no idea I wanted, or even that they existed! One of the items I've been hankering after for quite a while now is this collapsible wagon.
Look at my girls! It's these impromptu fun moments that make a childhood. Late last week we received this fab blue collapsible trolley (or wagon as they call it) and I'd been using it to take the recycling and rubbish up to our bin area, which is quite a walk, but they got home from school and had other ideas of what it should be used for, and why not it takes up to 100kg!
The wagon collapses down small and can be stored in your boot to always be available to help you bring the shopping in, or is great for when you go on holiday and have quite a walk to your lodge or mobile home. When we were staying with Eurocamp in France, every second family had one of these. It retails for £49.99 on Coolstuff.com and is available in red or blue.
Having babies is tough. Raising kids even harder. Looking after a house and organising everyone's time is hectic and stressful. Most of us also look back on our school days as being difficult, tiring and often overwhelming. And yet more women than ever are now choosing to take on higher education while they are raising young children, and maybe even holding down a job.
On paper, this can sound crazy. Surely there aren't enough hours in the day to do it all. But, it can be well worth it. Going back to school has many benefits, and the skills that you have picked up while looking after your family can be put to good use in your search for knowledge.
Going back to school can enrich your life. It can give you something away from the home and challenge your mind. It can help you to rediscover yourself away from your family and give you an enormous confidence boost. It can provide you with career options, both now and in the future, and perhaps most importantly, returning to education can set a fantastic example to your children.
Despite all of these advantages, there can be no denying that it is going to be tough. You're going to have trying times, it may wear you down and stress you out. You are going to have to work hard and battle for what you want, but, if further education is what you want then nothing can stop you.
My parents would love nothing better than to live on our doorstep. Well, OK, not actually that close but I know they'd love to have us in the same town, just a short walk or drive away and this has never been the case. It has meant that we have to be more intentional in our efforts to see each other regularly, which is a good thing but nothing beats just dropping in for a cuppa most days, without it having to be a big effort.
One of the reasons I started this blog a decade ago was so that my parents and other friends and family who lived away from us would be able to see and read about the kids regularly, so they didn't feel they were missing out, but over the years the kids have appeared less and less on here. Also, I find that people of my parents age tend to like a physical photo, rather than a digital one, so I have created some photo books over the years, but they do cost a bit and feel like a lot of effort if I'm honest.
However, I want to share with you a better way and one that won't break the bank. Even my husband's 94 year old Grandma can enjoy this way of sharing too, without a gadget in sight. Have you heard of the app Neveo? No, well I hadn't either until recently but we've been missing out.
Neveo is a brilliant app you can download (iOS or Android) for free or use directly on your laptop and it makes creating a monthly photo journal super easy. For £9.99 per month (including postage - anywhere in the world) you can upload 50 photos a month and caption them or even write a small essay with each and then on the first day of the next calendar month, your photos and personalised captions will be made into a beautiful photo journal for your loved ones, specifically in our case, the grandparents, to enjoy.
Right now, it sounds a lot like other photo book sites, doesn't it? But it isn't. The beauty of Neveo is that you have the whole month to add your photos and it takes literally minutes. So each time you take a photo you like, you can instantly upload it direct from your phone to the app and it is super quick, I found no lag time at all and I live in an area with rubbish Internet speed, as I'm in the middle of nowhere.


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import expect from 'expect';
import { getImageResponseMock } from '../mocks/DockerFacade';
import { ImageModel } from '../../src/models/ImageModel';

describe('ImageModel.ts', () => {
  let imageResponseMock;
  let image: ImageModel;

  beforeEach(() => {
    imageResponseMock = getImageResponseMock();
    image = new ImageModel(imageResponseMock);
  });

  it('should probably parse a valid image response into an image', () => {
    expect(image.id).toBe(imageResponseMock.Id);
    expect(image.name).toBe('test');
    expect(image.tags).toEqual([ '0.15', 'latest' ]);
    expect(image.arch).toBe(imageResponseMock.Architecture);
    expect(image.os).toBe(imageResponseMock.Os);
    expect(image.entrypoints).toEqual(imageResponseMock.Config.Entrypoint);
    expect(image.exposedPorts).toEqual([ {port: 9000, protocol: 'tcp'}, { port: 8080, protocol: 'udp'}]);
    expect(image.workingDir).toBe(imageResponseMock.Config.WorkingDir);
    expect(image.cmd).toEqual(imageResponseMock.Config.Cmd);
  });

  it('should be able to call actions (they should be passed to dockerode)', async () => {
    expect(imageResponseMock.history).toNotHaveBeenCalled();
    await image.getHistory();
    expect(imageResponseMock.history).toHaveBeenCalled();
  });
});

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Students will engage in an interactive presentation called "Guardians of Your Galaxy: Becoming a Good Steward of Your Mind" by Joanne Crough & Kathy Neill from the Meier Counseling Clinic. Our Special Guest Speakers will discuss ways to cultivate a positive self-image in Christ (among other topics). At 6:30 we will transition into a Steelers Football Party. Pizza, wings, etc. will be provided. Stay for all or part of the game.


Orchid, Dendrobium anosmum var alba seedling. The plant is now bigger than what shows in the photo.
Self collect in the North East at BuangKok MRT station. Reserved plants maybe released to the next buyer in the queue if the buyer of interests cannot commit a date for plants collection.
This is a mature plant which flowers every year. Plant reserved not collect promptly will be released to the next person of interest without notice.
Mounted on fern bark some time ago in Feb 2017. Healthy plant. Note: plant not collected in one week after reserved will be passed to the next buyer in the queue without notice. Thanks.
Moving out sale / Clearance Jasmine plant/tree (Horti)indian jasmine, gardening not indian borage plant.New shoot out and full of bud blossom, got so many flowers .selling $30 each . If buy more $25 each.


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A native from your target market, under the supervision of your Project Manager, will conduct keyword research in your target language, identifying keywords that are relevant to your themes and popular in your target region.
You will receive the list of keywords in an Excel format.


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United State of America
Adopting from USA
Ireland and the United States of America are signatories to the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.
Article 2 of the Convention states that it shall apply where a child habitually resident in one Contracting State (e.g. the USA) has been, is being, or is to be moved to another Contracting State (e.g. Ireland) either after his or her adoption in the State of origin by spouses or a person habitually resident in the receiving State, or for the purposes of such an adoption in the receiving State or in the State of origin. The Convention covers only adoptions which create a permanent parent-child relationship.
Under the Hague Convention the following procedures apply –
The Adoption Authority of Ireland* sends an Article 15 Assessment Report on the prospective adoptive parent(s) to the National Central Authority* of the country of origin.
The National Central Authority of the country of origin* matches the child with prospective adoptive parent(s) and sends an Article 16 Child Study report to the Adoption Authority of Ireland* for consideration.
The Adoption Authority of Ireland* sends an Article 17 Child Placement Agreement Notice to the National Central Authority* of the country of origin for the child to be placed with the prospective adoptive parents.
Following the granting of an Adoption Order the National Central Authority* of the country of origin issues an Article 23 Certificate confirming that the adoption has been effected in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 1993 Hague Convention.
*Under Article 22 of the Convention, the functions outlined in Articles 15, 16 and 17 of the Convention may be delegated to approved Accredited Bodies.
The US Department of State (the National Central Authority for the USA) has delegated the above functions to various Adoption Service Providers (ASPs).
The Adoption Authority of Ireland has delegated the above functions to –
Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency
Subsequently, the Adoption Authority of Ireland no longer sends Article 15 Assessment Reports to the USA. They are transmitted through Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency.
Common Programme Fee (HHAMA) €9,500
In-country programme fee (Various) Contact HHAMA
PROFILE OF CHILDREN AVAILABLE
Contact HHAMA for latest update
PROFILE OF PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS
No age limit applies
Single male and single female applicants may apply
Married couples (incl. same-sex married couples) may apply
Co-habiting couples (i.e. non-married couples) may apply
The number of children adopted into Ireland from the USA in recent years is as follows –
YEAR 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
NUMBER OF CHILDREN 7 9 14 6 5 7 19
Prospective adoptive parents should satisfy themselves that any persons acting on their behalf are duly authorised by the appropriate National Central Authority to carry out the functions for which they are engaged.
Prospective adoptive parents proposing to adopt abroad are advised to seek independent legal advice prior to effecting an adoption abroad.
When a child enters the State for the first time after his or her adoption, the adopters must notify the Child and Family Agency and the Adoption Authority of Ireland of the child's entry as soon as practicable and, in any event, not later than three (3) months after the date of entry. Failure to so notify is a criminal offence.
Not later than three (3) months after the date when a child first enters the State after his or her intercountry adoption in another state, the adopters must apply to the Adoption Authority of Ireland to have the particulars of the adoption entered into the Register of Intercountry Adoptions (RICA). Failure to do so is a criminal offence. Applications for an entry in the RICA must be accompanied by an Article 23 certificate issued by a National Central Authority or by an Accredited Body duly authorised to do so by a National Central Authority.
Any adoptions effected outside these parameters will not be recognised by the AAI.
Please click here for country specific information table for Prospective Adoptive Parents


SHIPPING WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.A. IS FREE.
YOUR PARCEL WILL BE DISPATCHED FROM BROTHERS+BRAWLERS WITHIN 48HOURS OF PLACING YOUR ORDER. WE TRY TO DISPATCH ALL ORDERS PLACED BEFORE 12:00PM ON THE SAME WORKING DAY.
STANDARD DELIVERY IS FREE ON ALL ORDER TO USA!
SHIPPING SHOULD TAKE BETWEEN 5-7 WORKING DAYS.
PRIORITY SHIPPING – YOUR ORDER WILL BE SHIPPED PRIORITY 3-5 WORKING DAY SERVICE!
YOU WILL RECEIVE A TRACKING LINK IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL!
ORDERS PLACED AFTER 12:00PM ON FRIDAY WILL BE DISPATCHED ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.
BROTHERS+BRAWLERS CAN NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DELAYS CAUSED BY THE COURIER HOWEVER WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET YOUR PACKAGE TO YOU ASAP!
YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE DISPATCHED FROM OUR WAREHOUSE WITHIN 48 HOURS OF PLACING YOUR ORDER. WE TRY TO DISPATCH ALL ORDERS PLACED BEFORE 12:00EST ON THE SAME WORKING DAY.
DELIVERIES TO UK MAY INCUR SOME CUSTOMS AND IMPORT CHARGES, WE CAN NOT PREDICT WHAT THESE MIGHT BE SO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CUSTOMS OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFO!
DELIVERIES TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MAY INCUR SOME CUSTOMS AND IMPORT CHARGES, WE CAN NOT PREDICT WHAT THESE MIGHT BE SO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CUSTOMS OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFO!
DELIVERIES TO ROW COUNTRIES MAY INCUR SOME CUSTOMS AND IMPORT CHARGES, WE CAN NOT PREDICT WHAT THESE MIGHT BE SO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CUSTOMS OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFO!
WHEN RETURNING GOODS TO B+B WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU SEND YOUR PARCEL USING A TRACKED SERVICE TO GUARANTEE WE GET IT, IF YOUR PARCEL IS SENT WITHOUT TRACKING AND WE DON'T RECEIVE IT WE CAN'T BE HELD LIABLE FOR THIS.
IF YOU ARE FOR ANY REASON UNHAPPY WITH YOUR B+B PURCHASE WE WILL HAPPILY ISSUE A REPLACEMENT OR REFUND PROVIDING YOUR GOODS ARE RETURNED TO US UNWORN, WITH ORIGINAL TAGS AND IN AN ORIGINAL RESALABLE CONDITION WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PLACING YOUR ORDER!
PLEASE RETURN YOUR UNWANTED GOODS FOR A REFUND OR EXCHANGE TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS.
THE COST OF RETURNING GOODS TO BROTHERS AND BRAWLERS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CUSTOMER UNLESS THE GOODS ARE DEEMED FAULTY ON OUR PART THEN WE WILL REIMBURSE YOU THE RETURN SHIPPING COST.
WHEN YOU RECEIVED YOUR GOODS YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A 'RETURNS FORM' IN YOUR PACKAGE, FILL THIS IN WITH DETAILS ON YOURSELF, YOUR ORDER AND WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE A REFUND OR EXCHANGE (INCLUDE YOUR DESIRED ITEM FOR EXCHANGING!). THEN MAKE SURE YOUR GOODS ARE WELL PACKAGED, MAKE SURE YOUR PARCEL IS WATERTIGHT. SEND US THE TRACKING OF YOUR RETURN.
UPON RECEIVING YOUR PARCEL WE WILL PROCESS YOUR REFUND OR EXCHANGE WITHIN 24 HOURS! DON'T WORRY WE WON'T CHARGE YOU A RESTOCKING FEE. IF YOU REQUESTED A REFUND PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 48 HOURS FOR THE FUNDS TO SHOW BACK IN YOUR ACCOUNT.
IF YOU REQUESTED AN EXCHANGE AND THE ITEM YOU WANTED ISN'T IN STOCK WE'LL BE IN TOUCH TO WORK THIS OUT FOR YOU.
HEY, EVERYTHING ABOVE STILL APPLIES TO YOU BUT WE DO ASK THAT YOU CLEARLY MARK THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR RETURNING PARCEL AND ANY PAPERWORK INCLUDED WITH THE WORDS 'RETURNED ITEMS'. THIS JUST PREVENTS YOUR PARCEL BEING HELD UP IN CUSTOMS AND ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGES BEING ADDED.
OUR 30-DAY RETURNS POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO 'SALE' ITEMS! INSTEAD WE OFFER A 7-DAY RETURNS POLICY FROM THE DATE YOU RECEIVE YOUR GOODS.
ANY SALE ITEMS RETURNED OUTSIDE OF THE 7-DAY PERIOD IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND OR EXCHANGE, DON'T WORRY… INSTEAD WE WILL ISSUE YOU A GIFT CARD FOR THE VALUE OF YOUR RETURN!
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SALE AND DISCOUNTED ITEMS, YOU'LL WANT TO READ THIS!
SALE ITEMS - WILL SHOW IN A SALE CATEGORY AS WELL AS NORMAL CATEGORIES, IF THE ITEM YOU BOUGHT SHOWED THE ORIGINAL PRICE WITH A LINE THROUGH IT AND THE NEW PRICE IN RED THEN THAT IS A SALE ITEM.
DISCOUNTED ITEMS – IF YOUR ITEM WAS FULL PRICE WHEN YOU ADDED IT TO YOUR BASKET AND YOU APPLIED A DISCOUNT CODE AT CHECKOUT THEN THIS IS A DISCOUNTED ITEM AND IS COMPLETELY ELIGIBLE FOR OUR 30 DAY RETURNS POLICY!


Hello Welcome to PDFradar.com, we hope you all will be fine so today we brought a most important book named Secrets of Shamanism PDF for all of our readers, this PDF is very useful and fruitful for those who always look to read this book, and the good thing is that you can download this book at free of cost, in this book author explained each and every thing very clearly, So if you want to read this book, hit the download button given below.
For untold centuries, the shaman was the tribe′s most revered and respected member, possessing the unique ability to tap into the universal source of wisdom by journeying deep within the self — seeking, and finding, answers to pressing questions, achieving profound understanding by avoiding the stumbling blocks of the outer material world.
Developing techniques for communicating with the innermost world of the spirit can be a valuable boon in these modern times with their contemporary problems and concerns. Through a series of easy-to-follow exercises, lessons, and rituals, psychologist Jose Stevens and wife, Lena, can show you how to identify your inner spiritual guides — and how, through a unique and powerful communication with them, you can achieve undreamed-of professional success, psychological enlightenment, and personal fulfillment … and completely change the way you live your life.
This book introduces shamanic practices in a way that the seasoned veteran or novice can gain insight and benefit.
This is a book of inner work and of listening to one's own inner truth without filter, social mandate, or hegemony of standards imposed by the status quo of cultural elites who think they can dominate your own values.
The book additionally offers contemporary practices that can jump start your own inner knowing.
Jose Stevens is an internationally known teacher, consultant in organizational effectiveness, and executive coach residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He holds graduate degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and from the California Institute of Integral Studies and a bachelor's degree from the University of Santa Clara. He is the author of nine books including Transforming Your Dragons: How to Turn Fear Patterns into Personal Power. Co-founder and trainer of Power Path Seminars™, he leads executive wilderness retreats focused on the principles in this book.


** Pictures from Seoul winning a World Cup game to get the highest level ever for Korea or an Asian team.
This site's Linguist and Language Page.
These web sites offer a window into the minds of protesters.
the current largest cafe -- "Fair and Square Republic of Korea"
"People's Action for Reform of Unjust ROK-US SOFA Agreement"
This page is a joint collaboration with S2Online.Info.org. It will be updated as I get time, and with YOUR input. Email us here. I have gone through the process. Send any questions you have, submit other helpful resources or tell us your experience. You may write in English or Korean.
The mission of this site is to make life easier for those marrying foreign nationals to do it correct, and make life easier for the S2s to tell the correct way for the administrative actions.
Also see: A story about the wedding process for the Korean wife, by a Korean wife (in Korean).
English language homepage of the US Embassy, Seoul.
Korean language homepage of the US Embassy, Seoul.
Immigrant visas (sometimes known as "green cards") are for persons who are immigrating to the U.S.; that is, persons who plan to live, work or study and remain permanently in America. Immigrant visas (IV) are a responsibility of the U.S. Department of State, Consular Affairs Bureau (CONS/IV). Most IVs require an underlying petition approved by the U.S. Justice Department, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) before any IV processing starts. If you have questions, please contact the responsible agency: CONS/IV or INS.
CONS/IV Seoul, Korea is open to the general public from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. IV applicants are seen by appointment only, Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 12:00. IV is closed to the public Wednesday afternoons and on both U.S. and Korean holidays.
IV information is also available by automated FAX from within Korea by calling 02-700-2510.
The American Embassy is closed on both U.S. and Korean holidays.
Ration Card, and ID card for Post.
Drivers License Pam 385-2 Guide to safe driving in Korea.
An individual applying at a foreign service post for an immigrant visa and alien registration, i.e., completes the Form DS-230 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, should answer "yes" to the questions 33a and 33b on the form if he or she wants an SSN assigned.
Something to help Analysts in S2 Offices and Security Managers everywhere!


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Smoke alarm activated, University Hall evacuated
Champaign Williams
University Hall was evacuated around 12:55 p.m. after the fire alarms went off.
While welding the ceiling in one of the rooms, a member of Physical Plant Management triggered the smoke alarms.
Nyla Jolly Dalferes, assistant director of the career center, said the building was evacuated for nearly 15 minutes.
"Anytime the alarm goes off we have to evacuate," Dalferes said. "Floor and department marshals are responsible for (checking the perimeter before letting everyone back in)."
Everyone was given permission to reenter the building around 1:15 p.m.
Champaign Williams, Author


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Q: I cant print a number inside a formatted MessageBox The following code does not work as it should.  %i does not connect with its variable.
#include<Windows.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<tchar.h>

/*       SCREENSIZE.C

    This project contains the code that Programming Windows
    book by Charles Petzold is using.

*/

int cdecl MessageBoxPrintfW(TCHAR *msgBoxTitle, TCHAR *msgBoxFormat, ...)
{
    //define buffer
    TCHAR msgBoxBuffer[1024];

    //define iteration pointer
    va_list argPtr;

    //start iteration
    va_start(argPtr, msgBoxFormat);

    /*int _vsnwprintf_s(
    wchar_t *const _Buffer,
    const size_t _BufferCount,
    const size_t _MaxCount,
    const wchar_t *const _Format,
    va_list _ArgList)
    */

    _vsntprintf_s(msgBoxBuffer, sizeof(msgBoxBuffer) / sizeof(TCHAR), (sizeof(msgBoxBuffer) / sizeof(TCHAR)) - 1, msgBoxFormat, argPtr);

    //end iteration
    va_end(argPtr);

    //Use return type to pass preconfigured MessageBox(0,"Text","Title",MB_OKCANCEL);
    //Whe we use L before a string example: L"text" it is considered UNICODE format.

    return(MessageBox(0, msgBoxFormat, msgBoxTitle, MB_OKCANCEL));
}

int WINAPI WinMain(
    HINSTANCE hInstance,
    HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
    LPSTR pCmdLine,
    int iCmdShow)
{
    int cxScreen, cyScreen;
    cxScreen = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
    cyScreen = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);

    MessageBoxPrintfW(TEXT ("SCREENSIZE"), TEXT("The screen is %i pixels wide by %i pixels high."), cxScreen, cyScreen);

    return(0);
}

Why does this happen?
Below is the output that I get:

A: TCHAR msgBoxBuffer[1024];
_vsntprintf_s(msgBoxBuffer,...
...
return(MessageBox(0, msgBoxFormat, msgBoxTitle, MB_OKCANCEL));

Note that you are writting to msgBoxBuffer, but you never use msgBoxBuffer. So your message box doesn't change anything. Try the following instead:
int MessageBoxPrintfW(const TCHAR *msgBoxTitle, const TCHAR* msgBoxFormat, ...)
{
    va_list args;
    va_start(args, msgBoxFormat);

    int len = _vsctprintf(msgBoxFormat, args) + 1; // add terminating '\0'
    TCHAR *buf = new TCHAR[len];
    _vstprintf_s(buf, len, msgBoxFormat, args);

    int result = MessageBox(0, buf, msgBoxTitle, MB_OKCANCEL);

    delete[]buf;

    return result;
}

For C version use malloc(len * sizeof(TCHAR)) instead of new, and use free instead of delete[]

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cask 'amazon-cloud-drive' do
  version :latest
  sha256 :no_check

  # d29x207vrinatv.cloudfront.net was verified as official when first introduced to the cask
  url 'https://d29x207vrinatv.cloudfront.net/mac/AmazonCloudDriveInstaller.dmg'
  name 'Amazon Cloud Drive App'
  homepage 'https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home/'
  license :gratis

  installer script: 'Amazon Cloud Drive Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Amazon Cloud Drive Installer',
            sudo:   true

  uninstall quit:   'com.amazon.clouddrive.mac',
            delete: '/Applications/Amazon Cloud Drive App.app'

  zap delete: [
                '~/Library/Logs/Amazon Cloud Drive/',
                '~/Library/Preferences/com.amazon.clouddrive.mac.plist',
                '~/Library/Application Support/Amazon Cloud Drive/',
                '~/Library/Cookies/com.amazon.clouddrive.mac.binarycookies',
              ]
end


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Almost £1bn raised by alternative finance in 2013
See the report here:
http://www.nesta.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_rise_of_future_finance.pdf
– Alternative finance intermediaries show 91 per cent year on year funding growth since 2012
– Alternative finance market predicted to reach £1.6bn in 2014
– First UK market data on alternative finance, from crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and invoice trading, published by Nesta, University of Cambridge and University of California, Berkeley.
£939m has been raised through alternative finance intermediaries* – including crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and invoice trading – in 2013, shown in new data published today by Nesta, University of Cambridge and University of California, Berkeley.
The UK's first figures on the size and growth of the alternative finance market are published today ahead of the Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on crowdfunding regulation closing next Thursday (19th Dec). The rapid growth of this sector highlights the need to strike a balance between protecting investors and enabling the alternative finance industries to expand.
Today's data shows that these new ways of finding and securing finance are increasingly popular and fulfilling the potential that many have predicted.
The survey** of UK based alternative finance intermediaries shows:
The UK alternative finance market provided £463m worth of early-stage, growth and working capital to over 5,000 start-ups and SMEs in the UK between 2011-2013.
Equity-based crowdfunding grew by 618% from 2012-2013.
Peer-to-business lending grew by 211% from 2012-2013.
The research team predict that in 2014 the UK alternative finance market will grow to £1.6 billion and provide £840m worth of business finance for start-ups and SMEs.
Liam Collins, a researcher on the project and policy advisor at Nesta , explains: "The data provides a timely snapshot of a booming UK alternative finance industry. Both the rapid growth and the diversity of this industry hold significant promise for the UK economy going forward."
Dr Richard Swart, another researcher on the project who directs crowdfunding research at UC Berkeley, adds: "With the cooperation of alternative finance intermediaries, the UK is leading the way in creating comprehensive and valuable data on this important new area of finance." 'The Rise of Future Finance' is available to download for free at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/rise-future-finance-results-uk-alternative-finance-benchmarking-survey
For media enquiries please contact Natalie Hodgson on 020 7438 2614 / 07929800765 or natalie.hodgson@nesta.org.uk
*The alternative finance market includes: peer-to-peer lending, peer-to-business lending, invoice trading, equity-based crowdfunding, reward-based crowdfunding, debt-securities, revenue/profit sharing, microfinance/community shares.
**This was a questionnaire-based survey that captured more than 95 per cent of all UK-based online alternative financing activities such as crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and invoice trading. Data was collected from more than 50 alternative finance intermediaries, including almost all members of the United Kingdom Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA) and the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA).
For further information on crowdfunding please see Nesta's report Working The Crowd http://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/working-crowd
Record breaking quarter for equity crowdfunding raising £111mn for 106 campaigns as main platforms announce merger