There is a part of ourselves we cannot see and therefore often overlook. It is called energy. Chinese medicine recognises the flow of energy in our bodies as being vital to balance and health. Reiki is an alternative therapy, a means of unblocking and rebalancing that energy flow. And Reiki can be beneficial if you have IBS.
During my experience with IBS there were times I felt like I had hit a wall. I was mentally and physically exhausted from flare-ups and the viscous circle of IBS These were times when my health took a turn for the worst, and it felt like my energy and my morale just fell through the floor.
One day I felt so desperate I decided to contact a Reiki practitioner I had been recommended. I remembered that a relative had found this really helped them with a medical problem. So I went along, not really knowing what to expect. I made the mistake of just going once and thinking it would work like some magic wand. Although I went just once, I came out feeling more grounded and appeased, emptied of superfluous thoughts and emotions. After a few days, I found I had more energy and my digestion had improved somewhat.
Inevitably those symptoms came back over time as the causes had not been resolved. But it was great to find something I could fall back on when I really needed it.
Reiki may look very strange and mystical, but it really isn't. It has its roots in quantum physics and has been used for centuries as an ancient healing technique. Everyone has access to this energy. Some people have a particular sensitivity to the energy in and around us and cultivate this, while others don't.
Depending on the practitioner you may be asked to stand and hold onto a chair while the person makes moves with his hands behind your back. This can feel and seem strange, but it is just part of a rebalancing process or a way of charging you with energy.
Generally you are asked to lie down fully clothed, as you would if you were having a beauty treatment. The Reiki practitioner will usually start by placing his hands over your eyes or above the crown of your head for a few minutes. They will then proceed to check each energy center (chakra) in the body. Many Reiki practitioners will not need to touch you, but just place their hands a few centimetres above your body. Others prefer to use a hands-on approach.
A session will often last from 45-60 minutes, the time for energy to be applied to all the chakras going from the head down to the feet. At the end, the practitioner will use both hands to "wipe" any remaining energy around your body down to your feet.
Since recovering from IBS, I have discovered the sensation of energy, and have become a Reiki Master. So I can tell you what I feel.
When energy is required in a person's body it creates a sensation in my hands. This can be tingling, or a rush of energy through the palms of my hands.
The rush is created when the energy in part of their body is imbalanced and needs or "calls" energy to help rebalance it. When the energy becomes balanced again, I lose the sensation in my hands and move to the next chakra.
If there is a physical wound or inflammation, the energy helps to relieve it by supporting the body's own healing mechanisms..
You may have some sensations that start up – or nothing at all. You may find you stomach starts gurgling, or you may have a tingling sensation in a totally different part of the body. Whether you have sensations or not, the energy is doing the necessary work of rebalancing.
Reiki energy can support you and appease mental and physical tension to a certain degree. When I went I felt very tired for the next following days. This may not be the case with you, but bear this eventuality in mind and plan the session at the end of your working week when you can find time to rest if needed. My clients often report feeling very tired the first time, but not so much (or not at all) in the following sessions.
The following sessions allow a deeper rebalancing, so it is really worth having at least 4 to sessions get the full benefit.
It can help reduce inflammation in any part of the body (including intestines and any part of the digestive tract) and supports the body's own healing mechanisms.
Reiki is not a magic wand but can bring you a certain degree of welcome relief.


A lawsuit has been filed in the case of a South Florida woman who was killed when she apparenty fell off the back of a motorcycle. An attorney for the family of 33-year old Jennifer St. Clair announced the civil suit against the alleged driver of the motorcycle and the man who owns the bike.
A lawsuit has been filed in the case of a South Florida woman who was killed when she apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle.
An attorney for the family of 33-year old Jennifer St. Clair announced the civil suit against the alleged driver of the motorcycle and the man who owns the bike.
The family says St. Clair fell off the motorcycle on Interstate-95 near Fort Lauderdale last week and was hit by several vehicles.
According to the family members and attorney, St. Clair met the man online and they went with two other couples on motorcycles to a restaurant and bar in Delray Beach. They were heading back to Fort Lauderdale when the incident happened.
Attorney Todd Falzone says the motorcycle driver was negligent and left the scene without rending aide to St. Clair: "He does not appear to have done anything to have rendered any aid to Jennifer who was in the lanes of oncoming traffic of I-95. He then left the scene."
According to Falzone as many as nine vehicles struck Jennifer.
"He failed to properly control his motor vehicle, he failed to keep his passenger intact and he left the scene at a time when we believe it is possible she could have been saved if he had rendered proper aid. He had a responsibility to operate a motor vehicle reasonably and safely. That does not include losing your passenger off the back of the motorcycle because of some event that takes place," Falzone said.
The attorney hopes the lawsuit will help him gain more information about what took place. He says the suit will also give him the ability to subpoena witnesses to conduct his investigation.
So far, the Florida Highway Patrol has not identified the operator of the motorcycle.
On Friday, FHP Lt. Alvaro Feola said in a statement "The only thing we can confirm is that she was a passenger on a motorcycle and ended up on the roadway. FHP is still investigating how she ended up on the roadway. The death of Ms. Jennifer St. Clair is an active and ongoing investigation, and therefore, it would be improper to disclose any details regarding the investigative activities engaged in by FHP at this time. "
The family and FHP are looking for witnesses and asking anyone with information to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.


Guerrero vs. Malignaggi, Shots Fired!
Below are the full statements by both.
For the past 3 months, you and your team have attempted to trick the media and boxing public into believing that you were on a short list to fight the best fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather. You also called out every Golden Boy Promotions boxer you could between 135 to 147 pounds, proclaiming your health after shoulder surgery and your readiness to step into the ring in a big fight on May 5th. Every time you had a big bowel movement, your publicist sent an email blast about it.
Two days ago, you and I were offered to fight each other on May 5th as an important supporting pay-per-view bout on the Mayweather vs. Cotto blockbuster PPV. I am sure you will agree that Mayweather vs. Cotto will be the biggest pay-per-view show of the year and on the biggest platform imaginable at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and on HBO PPV. Millions of boxing fans will have the opportunity to finally see if you can back up your recent widespread chatter on the internet.
Robert, I accepted the challenge to fight you within 2 hours of being offered the fight. But I have been informed by our promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, that you have categorically refused to fight me. This news was absolutely shocking to me because I have seen you transform yourself from a cute, soft spoken, California kid to well, someone like me. I give you props for trying to wake up the old boxing farts with sound bites like telling Mayweather to "Step Up Punk" or telling Victor Ortiz 3 days ago that "if you're really a true warrior, you'll step in the ring with me." But take it from an older and wiser Magic Man that has never needed to hide behind a publicist and has always backed up his words by stepping into the ring with the best fighters in the world, if you start talking the way you have been talking, you better be ready to accept whatever challenges come your way.
Robert, I know that you and your team have been present in the Arena for my past three fights and you have seen how good I have looked in dismantling my opponents. And maybe your advisors think that all the garlic in Gilroy won't protect you should we fight on May 5th. But you need to find the Mexican warrior within yourself and back up your hot air by stepping into the ring on the day of pride and heritage for your people, Cinco De Mayo. Because if you think you deserve to fight the elite boxers in this world, you need to earn it with more than just a trigger happy publicist. You are a paper Champion that has never fought anyone in the Top 100 of boxing. Beating a geriatric Joel Casamayor or the Australian punching bag that is Michael Katsidis does not earn you the right to call out Floyd Mayweather, Amir Khan, and Victor Ortiz. Beating me on May 5th might get you one step closer to that honor.
So come on, Robert. Don't become a big joke with the boxing world. Listen to your own words and step up punk. If you're really a true warrior, and not just some internet loud mouth, you'll step in the ring with me on May 5th. What are you afraid of? Coming off shoulder surgery? I have had more surgery on my hands than an aging Beverly Hills housewife. Are you for real or are you truly just a ghost with a good publicist?
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My photographic style: I don't know whether I have a style. Each Event whether its a Wedding or a Gig/Concert has to be handled differently and I adjust my style for each and every one to make sure I get the required results.
My greatest strengths: Making people feel relaxed whenever I am taking their photos.
I have been in photography: I have been a photographer for almost fourteen years.
How I got started in photography: I got started in Event photography because of some friends of mine who were in a group called Carnival Magic. I am very much in to the entertainment world, however, I can not sing or dance but found that I had the skill to take great photos of those who can. I got into Wedding photography by chance with friends and family making use of my skill as a photographer.
My photographic skills: The ability to understand the people and groups I am taking photographs of and producing exactly what they require.
Venues I frequently attend: With regard to Event/Entertainment I like Venues with a good stage and good Stage lighting. With regard to other Events and Weddings I like venues with good natural light.
I found inspiration from: I am inspired by all photographers in the fields of Event and Wedding photography.
Photographic training: Not much in the way of formal training, although I am looking to get a some training as soon a time and money allows.
My interests outside photography: My Family, Football (I support Ipswich Town FC), Snooker, Art (Drawing).
Why I like the SWPP: Brings together photographers and give anyone interested in finding a photographer one point of call to locate a photographer in their area.
Tagline: No Job to Small.
Future plans: I would like to become a full time photographer in the future Specialising in Event/Entertainment photography, not only going to gigs but having my own studio producing promotional photos for CD's, DVD's, Websites and more.


Let's face it, it's rare in the business world to see people putting their own agendas aside in favor of what's best for the majority. But I had the pleasure of witnessing such sentiments at NAR's Commercial Real Estate Industry Outreach Meeting last week in Washington, D.C.
NAR gathered representatives from 19 commercial real estate associations and firms to find solutions to the serious liquidity and credit issues facing commercial real estate. I'm talking below with Jan Sternin of the Mortgage Bankers Association and Blaine Walker (right), Chair of the REALTORS® Commercial Alliance.
From Coldwell Banker Commercial to the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association to The Real Estate Roundtable, I found myself overly impressed with the quality of all the participants and everyone's passionate commitment to finding a solution to revive the commercial industry.
I felt especially honored to sit with Congressman Paul Kanjorski, chairman of the Capital Markets Subcommittee, the night before at dinner. Rep. Kanjorski couldn't attend the meeting, but his candid remarks at dinner and openness to hearing all sides of the issue showed he's a true friend to REALTORS®. He not only understands the problems commercial REALTORS® are facing but is as committed as we are to finding a solution.
At the meeting, we talked about the difficulties we see, brainstormed ideas, and unanimously decided to draft a policy statement from which we can make recommendations to lawmakers. In the next two weeks, we will touch base again to fine-tune the statement.
Commercial real estate influences the residential market as well as plays a major role in the life of our entire economy. It's critical that we revive this sector of business. I'm thankful NAR took the initiative to convene this meeting and press towards a solution.


Is curiosity a skill which must be taught and nurtured?
Perhaps it is an innate characteristic of being human?
Is curiosity best left to its natural state of questioning?
I believe it's predominantly innate, yet at times needs a little extra nurturing. However, our society, especially that of formal education, rarely rewards curiosity in children. Adults dictate when and what children should think about and when and where they should be most hours of the day.
Adults have done all the thinking for them.
Those same adults then sit around wringing their hands and devising lesson plans about curiosity and critical thinking. Perhaps we should first do our best not to deaden the natural curiosity present in children?
If for some reason you've decided you would rather not have a curious child, here are six surefire ways to kill, or at least minimize your child's natural curiosity.
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Overscheduling seems more prevalent than ever before, as a society we want our children to do all the things and be "well-rounded." Or we want to give them every opportunity to meet their "full potential" in a particular activity. Travel sports teams anyone? What we're left with is an exhausted kid and family with little time to reflect and absorb.
Curiosity takes time, it may even require a little boredom, but if we never have a moment to reflect how can we ever wonder, marvel, and ask questions? Everyone needs downtime, even children.
I just want to make dinner, and my nine-year-old is asking me the 4,359th question of the day. Seriously. They never stop coming from this child, and I try to answer with a positive attitude, but at times I fail.
However, asking questions is healthy and conducive to developing a curious mind. We need to explain what we can and admit when we don't have an answer. Not knowing is the perfect opportunity to show our children how to research and find solutions.
If we shut down questions frequently, they will stop asking, and that is not the path to encouraging curiosity. We want them to keep asking those questions and trying new ideas, even when we would rather be making dinner in peace.
Homeschool parents can fall quickly into the trap of seizing upon everything as a teachable moment They're learning all the time, right, so we need to be ready and on our toes.
No, just stop. Sometimes you might just need to enjoy the history museum without the homeschool mom lecture about Manifest Destiny.
It will be ok, and they'll still benefit from the visit.
Over-explaining can be another method of shutting down questions. We sometimes give our children a lot more information than they were asking for. We see any question as the opportunity to unload a mound of information we've been waiting to bestow upon them.
Our goal should be to provide them with the information requested but leave them something to wonder about and perhaps their curiosity will grow.
Your son loves Minecraft, so won't this excellent Minecraft math curriculum get him to like math? Your daughter is all about princesses, so won't she be so excited about these princess alphabet printables?
Slow down a minute; this might not be the greatest idea.
Do we think they're that easily manipulated?
They typically see right through this ploy; it's still math. Let's say you love to knit, would you do random math problems just because they used numbers of skeins and stitches per inch? I don't think so.
Let's not co-opt their interests and try to make them "educational." Homeschool moms are masters of the rabbit trail and the unit study. However, if every time our children express an interest in a subject we look for ways to make it "count," they'll soon learn to keep their mouths shut.
Following a child's interests is an area where homeschoolers shine.
In school, a child rarely gets a say in what he'll do or learn on a given day or even the whole year, but we can follow our child's interests and reevaluate as those interests change.
Dictating what a child must be interested in all the time will eventually lead them to stop thinking for themselves. They'll wait for instructions on what to do, and then everyone laments their lack of initiative.
There are also those who wish to give their children what they didn't have. Playing the piano was their dream, and now they're hoping to see that fulfilled through their child. Instead of forcing piano on an unwilling student, get lessons for yourself.
Seeing an adult work, especially their parent, work toward a personal goal will have a greater impact on a child than demanding they meet goals prescribed by others.
Every mom could brag about their child's chess prowess and be validated by society, yet cringe when a child pulls out their Shopkin or Pokemon collection.
Are some interests and activities more valuable than others? Probably so, particularly since as an adult some activities can have dire consequences. A 10-year-olds love of Shopkins will probably not ruin her life.
Let's try to keep a little perspective.
Obviously, we don't want our children spending too much time on activities detrimental to their health and well-being, but lets not immediately criticize interests we don't quite understand.
So there are six ways to kill your child's curiosity. What do you think? Does curiosity need to be taught or just protected?
I believe most people are curious, although obviously about different things. The most important aspect for us as parents is to create an environment that doesn't hinder but instead supports and nurtures the natural curiosity of all people.
AMEN! Another spot-on post. I've been exploring a lot of these same issues over the years and have come to understand we are created by God TO SEEK Him. Curiosity is built-in and we're expected to use it.
I was guilty of co-opting interests and you are so right about it being a poor technique. When my son shows a strong interest in something, rather than gathering all I can about the topic and wracking my brain to develop math games, etc. related only to realize that he squashes the subject immediately, I now ask him if he would like to dive deeper and in what ways. He responds so much better this way and participates more with just general games and activities for "school". I also respect the point you made about over-educating during experiences. I am going to stop talking so much on our outings and let him ask more questions. Thank you for these important reminders. I definitely don't want to squash my little guys curiosity, and it's easy to do without realizing it.
It is easy because we want to be "good" homeschoolers and we think that means always giving a lesson. Glad you enjoyed it!


To be honest, stereotyping majors is useless and usually degrading.
Regardless of your major, I'm sure you're familiar with the demography associated with it. Business majors are football players. Physics majors are awkward loners. Political science majors are charismatic and truculent.
But how many people truly identify with these generalizations? And, if you do, how much do you want that to define you as a person?
Among the questions I dread being asked, "What are you studying?" ranks among the top three. As a humanities major with a pre-med minor, I have endured both the dismissal of humanities as viable fields of study and the assumptions of idealism and naiveté of pursuing a career in medicine. Rarely have I received a wholly positive response, except from peers. It seems almost customary to give unsolicited and often discouraging advice to college students. Perhaps this advice would seem less useless if it was not grounded on assumptions and stereotypes.
In one encounter with a relative I mentioned my interest in forensic psychiatry only to be immediately met with, "Those jobs aren't like Criminal Minds, you know." I stifled my indignation at the ridiculous assertion that I had based my professional interests on television programming rather than research and suitability to my skills, and, instead, responded with "I know. Reality is a lot less glamorous than what those shows present." He ended the conversation with a quick comment about how I should try to major in engineering since so few women are in the field, meaning I could easily get jobs and easily find a man. Money and men – what more could I possibly want?
The utter lack of multidimensionality is insulting and quite exclusive. If some aspect of your identity breaches these normative ideas, you're often seen as an outlier or believed to be a misfit who lacks the skills, personality or looks for the gig. Especially for majors traditionally considered dominated by a specific gender or race, breaches of norms are seen as anomalies.
If you're one of the exceptions, people tend not to believe your interests are organic. Female STEM majors or male theatre majors are assumed to be taking advantage of the job availability or salary benefits facilitated by the fields' gender gaps. Being defined by rarity rather than qualities like hard work, talent or genuine interest is utterly dismissive, and it perpetuates demographic homogeneity. Minorities that are not well represented in their fields are treated as exceptions to a rule. Alternatively, anomalies can become tokenized, proof of some achievement in diversity. Non-white students are frequently emphasized in publicity campaigns or forced to take on roles they may not want in order to prove to the world that the field of study is not as homogeneous as assumed. Stereotypes make majors seem predetermined, creating the stiff, unchanging populations that plague sectors of academia. Academics remain bland and stagnant if ideas, experiences, personalities and identities are too similar.
I do believe that college students are becoming progressively more aware of the dangers of stereotyping. As diversity measures are increased and people of different identities can explore fields that were previously deemed untouchable, stereotypes are steadily broken down. Still, this change in perspective is a conscious choice.
I can already sense people saying stereotyping is helpful for humans to categorize information about others and act accordingly. That's true to an extent, but we are at a liberal arts college in suburban Missouri in 2018. We don't need to make rash blanket assumptions about anyone and anything we come across in fear of being mauled by a lion or murdered by a rogue hunter. We have the time and resources necessary to have nuance. We're allowed to hold out and get to know people and construct as realistic evaluations as possible. Let's use those nifty critical thinking skills to view others as complex and nuanced individuals, not as automatonic spawns of fields of study.


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Los Angeles Philharmonic/Salonen – Sibelius 4
Symphony No.6 in D minor, Op.104
Sibelius, orch. John Estacio
Vilse, Op.17/4; Illalle, Op.17/6; Soluppgång, Op.37/3; Var det en dröm?, Op.37/4; Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op.37/5; Säv, Säv, Susa, Op.36/4; Svarte Rosor Op.36/1
Symphoy No.5 in E flat, Op.82
Ben Heppner (tenor)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Reviewed by: Nick Breckenfield
Reviewed: 10 November, 2007
Venue: Barbican Hall, London
So the Los Angeles Philharmonic and out-going music director Esa-Pekka Salonen completed their Sibelius symphony cycle at the Barbican Hall, as part of the Great Performers season, with their only all-Sibelius programme. Where the previous three concerts had included a contemporary centrepiece, here Ben Heppner sang seven Sibelius songs as orchestrated specially for the project by John Estacio.
Bizarrely, there was no introduction to Canadian composer John Estacio in the programme book – just a couple of lines referring to his 2006 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commission for Heppner.
In many ways, this was the most successful of the four programmes. I very much enjoyed Sibelius's songs and Heppner's singing of them. Perhaps curiously Estacio's orchestrations seemed to be deliberately non-Sibelian and with the folk subject-matter of some of them they seemed rather closer to Mahler than perhaps either composer might have acknowledged! "Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings mote" (The girl returned from meeting her lover) had exactly the sort of Grand Guignol basis (mother interrogates girl as to where she has got her red hands and red lips from, and eventually wants to know why she is, conversely, so pale – because her lover has been unfaithful) as many of Mahler's "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" settings.
Completely at home with the songs – only the second ("Illale") in Finnish, the rest in Sibelius's own first language, Swedish – Ben Heppner was superb, making up for the all-too dreary Saariaho pieces that Karita Mattila had sung the previous evening.
If there was a disappointment in the final programme it was the performance of the Sixth Symphony. It's the one I find most difficult and it seemed that Salonen was unsure of it, too, with none of the sure-footed trajectory he brought to his granite-hewn rendition of the Fifth Symphony.
In the latter, although quite malleable with tempos (the climactic peroration of the returning main theme in the finale, building up to the final, unevenly spaced tutti chords, taken much slower than expected), there was an iron grip to his conception that the orchestra followed to the letter. It was an awe-inspiring performance which ended the series on a high-note, with an intensity also carried over into the encore – 'The Death of Melisande' (from Sibelius's incidental music' – with searing string tone and eloquent playing all-round.
If the series as a whole was not an unqualified success, it was still a wonderful project. If I have a quibble, it's the fact that of all composers, Sibelius's symphonic trajectory has one goal – the one-movement synthesis that is his Seventh Symphony. Not to play them in order of composition dilutes this emotional and musical journey, but with Salonen shortly to take the reins at the Philharmonia Orchestra perhaps a future Sibelius cycle from him will follow the story from beginning to end.

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Red Bull angered by traction control talk
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has hit back at talk his team has been running some form of illegal traction control.
Sebastian Vettel's dominance of the Singapore Grand Prix has prompted speculation fueled by comments made by former team boss Giancarlo Minardi about the sound of the car that Red Bull could be breaking the rules. Horner said his team does not take such suggestions seriously, and thinks any team that tried to run traction control would be crazy.
"You would be fairly stupid to introduce traction control on to a car that is governed on a single ECU, which is done through a tender of the FIA and which is scrupulously checked by the FIA," said Horner. "So, I cannot image any team in the pit lane would do it."
Horner reckons that the emergence of the claims owes more to rivals needing to find an explanation as to just why Vettel and Red Bull were so quick in the last race.
"I think the problem is that Sebastian's performance was so dominant in Singapore , it will inevitably raise questions of how is that possible," he explained. "Other teams will be looking inwardly and the easiest conclusion to come to is that they [Red Bull] must be cheating.
"But these things are so tightly controlled that it is impossible. The facts are he drove an incredible race in Singapore. He had incredible pace. He maximized the most out of the car, and was a driver at absolute peak form. Is it [traction control talk] a distraction? No. Will we lose any sleep over it? Absolutely not."
Vettel himself also brushed off talk of his team doing anything illegal, and said that any clever engine mapping his team used was something he and his team should be praised for.
"We are pretty proud of the system we have because other people will never figure out how we've done it," he said. "Constantly we try to improve the car. That's part of the homework that we have to do."
ALONSO UNCONCERNED ABOUT RED BULL NOISES
Fernando Alonso, who is Vettel's main rival in the championship, said that hearing strange noises from the Renault engines in Singapore was nothing new.
"I think the different engine noise has been there all year with Red Bull," he said. "It's true that in Singapore it's maybe more obvious because it's a street circuit and people can watch in the corners.
"But if you went to the winter tests in Barcelona, in the corners, the Red Bull had a different sound. So they are using something different compared to the other teams, but it's something that is completely OK [legal].
"They pass all the checks in the races on Saturday and Sunday so they are completely OK and it's up to us to do a better job and to maximize the potential."


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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service | Scotland
FDA tells Scottish Parliament that prosecution service faces 'reliance on goodwill'
The Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee is taking evidence on the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), amid concerns over whether the department has the right resources to meet the increasing workloads and demands of the Service.
The Procurator Fiscal section of the FDA has provided written and oral evidence to the Justice Committee inquiry. The union's evidence highlighted to the Committee that the COPFS budget in the current year would mean a projected 21.5% cut in real terms between 2009-10 and 2017-18, stating that COPFS staff "have been set an unrealistic task".
FDA Vice President and Secretary of the Procurator Fiscal section of the union, Fiona Eadie, said: "We have long argued that the resources provided to public service departments must match the service commitments required of them. In our view, the continuing downward pressure on the COPFS's budget is incompatible with these increased demands and maintaining the world-class Scottish prosecution service.
"While we have welcomed the COPFS 's plans for new initiatives and approaches to our work, designed to enable the COPFS to deliver despite that financial pressure, there is an ever increasing reliance on the goodwill of prosecutors, which is not sustainable and risks decisions being made as to what work cannot be done."


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Following Iranian missile strikes, a surge in bitcoin
The price of bitcoin surged in trading Tuesday following reports of Iranian missile strikes in Iraq, taking the cryptocurrency to its highest point since mid-November.
Bitcoin hit as high as $8,438 at 8 p.m. EST before dropping slightly, to $8,306.05, a couple of hours later. Bitcoin had been trading below $8,000 since Nov. 22, dropping to a low of 6,584.04 Dec. 18.
Although bitcoin was up from its December low leading into its surge today, tensions in the Middle East are being attributed for most of its surge, the current mini-bull run starting following the decision by the U.S. to take out an Iranian general Jan. 3.
Joshua Green, head of trading at Digital Asset Capital Management, told Coindesk that the rally was a direct response to the unfolding events in Iraq. "You are also seeing oil and gold up strongly," Green said.
Josh Rager, a co-founder at Blockroots, tweeted that bitcoin was looking strong after the U.S. base attack news and "could continue to rip up through prior targets to short."
The direction of bitcoin going forward may continue to relate to how the crisis in the Middle East plays out, but as author and veteran trader Peter Brandt noted, the support for the bull run will also depend on what he refers to "cryptoculists" being shaken out.
What is quite clear is that bitcoin won't hit $1 million by the end of the year as previously predicted by John McAfee, who famously said in November 2017 that he would "eat his dick" if bitcoin didn't reach that level.
McAfee now claims his promise was a "ruse to onboard new users," and it worked. Not content with simply backtracking, McAfee went on to claim that bitcoin is now ancient technology and that "newer blockchains have privacy, smart contracts, distributed apps and more."
McAfee was still claiming in April that bitcoin would reach the mark, saying that "it is mathematically impossible for Bitcoin to be less than $1 mil by the end of 2020," then went on to support his prediction in July and in a video in October.
When challenged by one person on Twitter over the decision to withdraw the promise, McAfee responded in exactly the way you'd expect him to, writing, "Wake the fuck up. What idiot thinks anyone is going to eat their own dick ever? Especially in TV!! Are you that idiot? God … I hope none of my followers are that stupid."
source:siliconangle.com
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Austrian football club SK Sturm Graz was founded in 1909 by local working men.
SK Sturm Graz was an amateur club and played in the country's lowest divisions most of the time. In the early 1980s Otto Baric was appointed as the club's head coach, and the success came to the team. Under the new manager the club finished runner-up in the Bundesliga and qualified for the UEFA Cup. However, soon SK Sturm Graz faced financial problems which made key footballers leave the team, that's why the club's performance wasn't that successful.
In the mid-1990s a new powerful supporter revived SK Sturm Graz and started to strengthen the team. Under new head coach Ivica Osim the club considerably improved its performance.
SK Sturm Graz won three Austrian Bundesliga titles, became a four-time winner of the Austrian Cup, got into the final of this tournament four times, celebrated the victory in the Austrian Supercup three times and won the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup.


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Local coverage of GLSEN youth event
July 23, 2009 by Sue
This past weekend, GLSEN hosted a conference for LGBTQ youth. They received nice coverage from the City Paper The intriguing part of the article is the resiliancy and determination of the children to improve the quality of life for their fellow LGBTQ classmates.
Chess, a Hickory High School senior from Mercer County's Hermitage School District, says he has a gay relative who didn't come out until his late 20s.
"I came out when I was 16," Chess reports. "It's getting easier because it's out there now" — a landscape in which states are approving gay marriage, the president has said he favors ending several discriminatory rules, and top honors can go to a straight film actor portraying San Francisco's first gay elected official.
"The whole country at large has really come out of the closet and has made their presence known," says Chess. "Right now, if my phone were to ring, you'd hear the monumental words of Harvey Milk, urging people to come out."
And yet as each advance brings a new opportunity, it seems to present a new obstacle as well. As a high school junior this past year, Chess says he failed to win approval from either the school board or administration to start a Gay-Straight Alliance club, although there are more than 3,600 of them across the nation, in all 50 states.
It was officially submitted to the board as the Hickory High Delta Group – a more generic name, like a "Tolerance Club" or "Diversity Club," that sometimes has a better chance of succeeding, Chess realizes.
Hermitage Superintendent Karen Ionta says the problem with this and another unrelated but similarly rejected club was that the board simply didn't have enough information about it — neither constitution nor officers, for one. "I don't like people to think we're not accepting," Ionta says.
The students have a different interpretation of events.
"What they're hoping is we'll graduate without getting it passed and there will be nobody to follow up on our actions," says Kristen Sokac, 17, a straight Hickory student also trying to start the club. (Hermitage's superintendent did not return a call for comment by press time.)
Chess and several dozen other gay kids and their parents, as well as straight allies like Sokac, gathered July 17-19 Downtown for the first statewide gay youth conference held by the Pittsburgh chapter of GLSEN — the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. The group aims to make schools friendlier and safer for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) students.
I've been told that my hometown of West Mifflin is resisting permitting a GSA. I went to school in the mid-80s with a friend who was openly gay and witnessed firsthand the incredible abuse heaped upon him by the educators and administrators. Survival was his model of operation and he escaped with his sense of self pretty intact in spite of their best efforts. I have other friends who live their and continue to remain closeted for persona/family reasons as well as a lack of general community support. Sad.
The Post-Gazette did a nice piece on the documentary which opened during the conference. Called "Out in the Silence" it is the real life story about an Oil City young man. Check out the article for a compelling story.


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As the number one state for LEED certification in 2018, Illinois certified 172 green building projects representing 5.31 square feet of LEED-certified space per resident. This is the first time Illinois has taken the top spot since 2015. Washington and Texas also made triumphant returns to the Top 10 securing the highest rankings in each states' history. In addition, Colorado made notable strides in its LEED activity moving from number 10 in 2017 to number six on this year's list. The Top 10 list is based on 2010 U.S. Census data and includes commercial and institutional green building projects certified throughout 2018. The full rankings are as follows.


What a great day! We hiked the "Alto del Perdon" (Hill of Forgiveness) at an altitude of 790 metres and it wasn't hard at all. That could mean one of two things, or maybe even both: (1) that we are getting fitter or (2) that we aren't carrying a heavy burden of sin.
We left Cizur Menor just after 8 o'clock, the standard time for us to hit the trail. The first 6.2 km. was mostly through plowed fields and sunflowers that had seen better days.
About half way up the Hill of Forgiveness, we stopped at Zariquiegui for breakfast. By then we had worked up a good appetite for a cafe con leche, banana, and a pastry and sat at an outside table and conversed with two ladies from Minnesota. Many other peregrinos sat on the walkway with their backs against the wall as there weren't enough seats for everyone. It might have been the sign that read "WE SERVE THE BEST COFFEE!" that attracted so many peregrinos here.
Once we were well fortified we continued climbing, all the while enjoying the wonderful views back over Pamplona.
Just below the ridge is an ancient spring (usually dry). There is a story about a medieval pilgrim who reached this spot dying of thirst. The devil, disguised as a pilgrim, offered to show him a spring if he would only renounce God. The pilgrim refused and St. James himself miraculously appeared, revealing the spring and quenching his thirst with water served in a scallop shell. The scallop shell has become a symbol of the Camino.
Eventually we passed through the row of wind turbines that line the crest of the hill and came to the wrought iron representation of medieval pilgrims, heads bent to the west wind. We had fun posing amongst them just like Tom and his new friends did in the movie, "The Way." Looking down the other side of the ridge, we could see the villages we would soon be passing through, including the one we would be staying in, Uterga.
What goes up must come down! The way down was over loose rocks that threatened to roll and throw us off balance if we weren't careful. At least the loose rocks were dry; wet ones would have posed an even greater hazard. A fierce wind accompanied us all the way from the top of the hill down to Uterga, 3.7 km. away.
Rather than sleep in a dormitory with about 12 sets of bunk beds, we decided on a private room with shower. It wasn't great, but at least it was private.
We shared a simple pilgrim's dinner with two ladies from South Africa and two from Italy, and now are back in our room, trying to come to terms with some technological challenges. The Internet is awfully slow and one of our cameras is broken. We'll try to find a replacement, but we might just have to manage with one camera and hope it hangs in there. Is there a hidden meaning behind these challenges we are facing? What lesson can we learn?
It was the name of the hill that we were climbing that got me thinking about forgiveness. When we try to do our best but fail, is there any need to be forgiven? Can we put a positive spin on failures by treating them as lessons learned?
Judy, so enjoying reading your posts. Amazing photos and content. We all feel that we are there with you. The lazy woman's way to do the Camino! Keep safe. Keep walking and keep posting.
Hmmm . . . Still reading the blog – all in 1 go to day 11. Am starting to think I should talk Arnie into going . . . beautiful scenery . . . great exercise . . . Europa!
Talk Arnie into going! We arrived in Santiago after walking for 50 days. We highly recommend it!
Catherine, if you succeed with Arnie, please let me know. I'm working on Bob! I so want to be there with you, Judy and Dave.
Do it, Marg! We walked for fifty days and loved it!