The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), reports up to 39% of sports related injuries impact your dental health. More than 5 million teeth annually are broken in sports activities. All contact sports have many incidents of dmaged teeth & other dental issues. Be smart and make sure to always use a mouth guard.
The National Federation of State High School Associations mandated the use of mouthguards for hockey, football, basketball, lacrosse and many more sports. Wearing a guard is important for most any type of sport as its greatly lowers the risk of dental damage.
All other types of contact sport.
Custom-fitted guards are generally considered the preferred type as the athletic mouthpieces are appliances made in a dental laboratory, specifically for the person who will wear it. This is the best type of mouth protector. A professionally sized and created mouth guard will protect the teeth, gums and bone structure by best fitting your own mouth.
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Q: Using proxies with python requests I am writing a crawler using multiple proxies, basically (I have a pool of verified proxies) in a single process, I start 30 threads, each random picks one of the proxies and use it to fetch some url and I set the timeout of each request to 30 seconds.
However, after running for a while, I got the error of opening too many files, I guess there are some connections not closed?
And if I don't use proxy with same number of threads, there are no such error.
Could someone help?
Code:
code starting threads:
    ...
    # the queue of url for request
    queue.add_url(url)
    for i in range(numOfThreads):
        x = crawlerThread(...)
        threadList.append(x)
        x.start()
        time.sleep(30)
    ...

code in crawling:
    while currentUrl:
        # different sessions use different ip of the servers
        sessionId = (sessionId+1) % len(self.sessions)
        try:
            session, proxy = self.random_use_ip_session_proxy(sessionId)
            if proxy:
                # if proxy is not None, use proxy, otherwise use my own ip, returned proxy is list of two elements,
                # the first one is proxy, second one is for counting
                response = session.get(currentUrl, timeout=60, verify=False, proxies=proxy[0])
            else:
                response = session.get(currentUrl, timeout=60, verify=False)

        except Exception as e:
            # some error handling

        ... # analyze the code and produce more url

Edit:
Now the program won't report too many open file error (I am still seeing the number of socket connects grow rapidly till 10000), but suddenly it just stopped with no error, is it possible somehow it is killed by kernel? Where can I check this?

A: Just as Cory Shay mentioned in the comment, response.close() will close the connection, but the content of response is still available.

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John McCrea solo exhibition opens later this month in Birmingham
Posted on May 3, 2019 by John Freeman
Birmingham gallery Havill & Travis are hosting the first solo show by ace comics artist John McCrea, opening to the public on 21st May with a private viewing on Monday 20th May 2019.
Work from throughout John's long and illustrious career will be showcased at the exhibition, including original cover art drawings framed with the actual published comics, limited edition screen-prints and limited edition giclee prints.
Three new stunning Silkscreen editions of Spider-Man along with giclee editions of Poison Ivy, the Joker and Black Panther will be on display, plus previously unseen original art from 2000AD with Judge Dredd in the world of The Magic Roundabout.
Also on view will be original artwork from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, The Mummy, Warhammer 40K and many more.
During the exhibition John will be hosting Comic Art Workshops open to the public. Details will be listed on www.havillandtravis.com.
Born in Belfast in 1966, and resident in Handsworth since the early 1990s, John McCrea has drawn comics for over 30 years. His work has been published widely throughout the world, including with Marvel and DC.
In 1989, after a few years of drawing television and toy tie-ins, he debuted with the political series "Troubled Souls", in Crisis, as well as its sequel, the farce "For a Few Troubles More", both written by Garth Ennis. He later illustrated the series "Carla Allison" in Deadline.
He broke into American comics in 1993, drawing Ennis's run on DC Comics's The Demon, followed by its spin-off, Hitman, from 1996 to 2001, on which McCrea developed a versatile drawing style equally at home with goofy humour, action, and subtle characterisation. Hitman issue 34 won the Eisner Award for best single issue in 1999.
Since Hitman finished he has drawn a variety of characters for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse Comics, 2000AD and others, including Herogasm, a limited series spun off from Garth Ennis' The Boys.
On 9th April 2011 McCrea was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book.
In 2012, he started work on Mars Attacks! 50th anniversary relaunch of the ongoing comic, written by John Layman and published by IDW. He also contributed 15 new cards to the Topps MA! Heritage set and exclusive variants for the set.
Warpaint by John McCrea and Phil Hester: TV networks couldn't get their heads around a female superhero lead. Art © John McCrea
While penciling and inking the MA! comic, he also found time to draw issue 49.1 of Deadpool for Marvel, "Warpaint" (written by Phil Hester) for UK based Strip Magazine and "Progenitor" (also written by Hester) for David Lloyd's bold new online only publishing adventure Aces Weekly.
He returned to DC briefly in 2013 through their Vertigo imprint for an eight-pager (written by Neil Kleid) for their one shot Ghosts, followed by a Batman short story and a miniseries Section 8, based on supporting characters from Hitman. Section 8 also marked his reunion with Hitman writer Garth Ennis and the team's return to the series.
Since then, he has mainly worked on creator owned projects for Image Comics including Mythic, a Jack Kirby inspired fantasy/scifi adventure written once again by Phil Hester.
Death's Head cover by John McCrea
He has also drawn hundreds of covers for Marvel, DC, Titan and 2000ad including the Punisher, the upcoming Death's Head, the X-Men, The Mummy, Warhammer, Dark Souls and Vikings.
Havill & Travis Gallery exhibits at Primitivo Bar & Eatery all year round. Formerly in Harborne, Havill & Travis have hosted exhibitions from Brian Travers, Emily Sparkes, Erika Nockals and Hunt Emerson – to name only a few.•
• Havill & Travis Gallery @ Primitivo Bar & Eatery, 10 Barwick Street Birmingham B3 2NT | The exhibition is open Monday – Friday 11.00am – 5.00pm and admission is free. Original artwork and prints are available to buy with prices ranging from £90 to £4,000
• During the exhibition John will be hosting Comic Art Workshops open to the public. Details will be listed on www.havillandtravis.com
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Hailey Gates: 'States of Undress' Taught Me About Way More Than Bouillon Cube Butt Fillers
Gates gets candid about hosting a show that's sorta like Anthony Bourdain's 'No Reservations,' but with fashion as the focus.
What do you wear to attend a fashion show in Karachi, Pakistan? It's one of many questions model and actress Hailey Gates encounters as host of Viceland's new show States of Undress. Gates spent a year traveling to places like Venezuela, the Congo, China, Russia, and beyond to unpack fashion and beauty traditions and the way they reflect each country's views on gender, race, religion, economics, and politics. "My expectations were totally shattered immediately upon arriving," she says of her time in Pakistan. The culture shock is all documented in the first episode, in which she meets a transgender hair stylist, an Islamic leader who believed women in revealing clothing led to "destruction," survivors of acid attacks, and designers creating bondage-inspired clothing, among other characters.
Gates' willingness to jump head-first into fish-out-of-water experiences and relate to her subjects, no matter how disparate her views are from theirs, makes for gripping television. "Just being able to put [the show] out in the world is really exciting," she says. "Since we put out the Pakistan episode, I've had a number of Pakistani girls write to me and tell me how thrilled they were to see their country portrayed in a way that they had never seen before. I don't know what's better than that."
Here, Gates breaks down some more standout observations she made while trekking the globe.
What was one eye-opening moment you've had while learning about different countries' beauty traditions?
Venezuela was really interesting to me. It's a really intense time there. It's extremely dangerous and the country is suffering from this kind of [Hugo] Chávez hangover, but there is some notion that, because you can't control your government that the one thing that you can control is your appearance and your body. I was just struck by how willing people were to change themselves.
There's a lot of plastic surgery that goes on there. It's a totally different concept than what we [Americans] have. It's like, if I wake up in the morning and I look in the mirror and I think, 'Fuck, well, you look like shit,' I would put on a big coat and hope for the best. There, people look in the mirror and they think 'I can fix that.' There's a very different mentality associated with plastic surgery there: it's not looked down upon. It can be a [form of] social mobility and a symbol of power. For women who own businesses or have high-powered jobs, it's actually more likely that they'll look extremely feminine and have plastic surgery than this American unsex-yourself-dress in-a-suit-in-order-to-be-taken-seriously concept. Sexuality is paramount with power and success.
The Congo episode comes out tomorrow–what did you learn there?
The Congo is so fun. The ideal body type coveted by women in the Congo is this extremely curvaceous body. They're going through a number of extreme measures to get that kind of body form and one of them is by using bouillon cubes. They mix it with water and inject it into their butt with the hopes of making it bigger. In the Congo I also really like this fabric they use called the pagne. They basically make the dress, shoes, and all accessories in the same fabric, which I think is super chic.
In which country did you find yourself most shocked by practices?
The last episode happens in China and I have to say, I was very surprised by how censored everything is there. The Internet, even fashion designers [are censored] in terms of creativity. It's really incredibly shocking.
Has your perspective on American fashion changed in this experience at all?
I think we're all very casual in comparison. Everywhere else people take more pride in the way they look and feel.
What was the most challenging part of filming?
Just being comfortable on camera. And peeing, honestly. I've peed in some very weird places: off the side of the road, in a hole, you name it. I keep making jokes that I'm going to get a catheter for the second season. It's just, I'm so curious and I want to be working constantly. I want to be filming everything when we're on the road and peeing has become such an inconvenience. It's been pretty funny.
Surely you encountered a lot of culture clashes–any funny stories from that?
Oh my god, too many to count. I'm constantly trying not to touch people. I guess I didn't really realize I was so friendly in that way until I started going to Muslim countries because there were definitely moments where my producer was like whacking me with a stick like, "What are you doing? Don't touch people!"
In most of these countries, I don't speak the language and so there's often like a lag time between when I say something and when they hear something and vice versa, which can be very hilarious. In China, because Chinese is a tonal language, it can be kind of hard to follow people's emotional tracks. There was one moment where a woman I was interviewing just sort of burst into tears and I can usually sort of tell when things are coming on and in that moment it was very unexpected.
In the first episode, one really shocking interview was with a man who committed an acid attack on his wife. Were those the kinds of stories you were trying to find while making 'States of Undress'?
The reason I decided to take on this journey was because of stories like that. Initially, to be honest, I didn't know whether fashion would lend itself to exploring all the avenues that we wanted to explore in these countries. It turned out that it really did. The point of this show is to use fashion as an entry point to talk about identity issues and politics and sort of underreported cultural phenomenon and to be able to show both the light and the dark of these things.
It seems like everyone you interview–from locals to leaders–are really receptive to you. Did you ever have a difficult time?
I met with Vitaly Milonov who's a lawmaker in Russia and sort of a notorious homophobe. I talked to him about Russia's #realfamily campaign. When gay rights was legalized here [in the U.S.], Russia came out with a straight pride flag [and hashtagged it #realfamily] and there was this sort of intense pressure on women in Russia to marry and have children. So, I went to speak to him about that and he was... I think he was used to people talking to him about how awful his ideas on gay rights are so he was really on the offensive the whole time. So he was pretty difficult. There were [also] moments in China where my translator didn't want to translate certain questions that I asked.
What would you say is the biggest lesson you've learned about fashion's function in society?
Everybody gets dressed every day and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something. Whether that's helping you sort of form your identity or telling people how they should deal with you, it's all information. Some of us are lucky enough to choose what we wear, and some of us don't have that luxury, but we all are communicating something to the world around us by what we wear no matter if it's sweatpants or a tuxedo.
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Though it has been proven over and over again to not only be ineffective, but to also be dangerous, "ex-gay therapy" or "conversion therapy" continues to be practiced in communities across the country. This week, a local church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, hosted a conference on "ex-gay therapy." In response, the local LGBT and allied community rallied outside the conference in support of the young people who were being taken inside. To help support that local group, GetEQUAL put out a call to our national community, asking folks to send their messages of support to those LGBTQ youth -- and hundreds of supportive messages poured in within hours!
Below are the messages from across the country -- regardless of your age or your location, if you ever need a bit of a "lift" or doubt that you're loved, just scan through these messages...they're VERY powerful!


Two natural language processing (NLP) systems developed by Yizhao Ni, PhD recently finished as top performers in a national challenge hosted by Harvard Medical School and the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University. The National NLP Clinical Challenges (n2c2) took place in November in San Francisco before the annual symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
Natural language processing systems developed by Yizhao Ni, PhD finished as top performers in a national challenge.
Ni, an assistant professor in the Division of Biomedical Informatics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, is an expert in natural language processing (NLP), one of several types of artificial intelligence (AI) that are reshaping the ways we approach health care data. The technology is especially strong in training AI to identify relevant clinical information from unstructured data and free-text notes stored within electronic health records.
The first n2c2 task challenged developers to create systems to answer the question: "Can NLP systems use narrative medical records to identify which patients meet selection criteria for clinical trials?" It required NLP systems to automatically assess if a patient is eligible for a study by comparing each patient to a list of selection criteria. Such a system could both reduce the time it takes to recruit patients, and help remove bias from clinical trials.
Ni's Automated Clinical Trial Eligibility Screener® system placed in a statistical tie with the top 5 out of 101 systems, submitted by 45 teams around the world.
The second task aimed to answer the question: "Can NLP systems automatically discover drug-to-adverse event relations in clinical narratives?" Systems were challenged to analyze approximately 500 discharge summaries drawn from a clinical care database in order to identify drug names, attributes (e.g., dosages, frequencies, durations), and their relationships with adverse drug events or reactions.
Ni's end-to-end medication reconciliation system ranked 8th among 50 submissions.
Both systems won international recognition in earlier years.
Ni's research interests lies in the development of machine learning, NLP and information retrieval techniques to assist clinical decision making. Working with Cincinnati Children's Drew Barzman, MD, he has developed an NLP-based tool to help predict school violence. Other recent projects he's worked on include safety algorithms to reduce medication errors, improving clinical trial recruitment, and reducing cost by predicting and preventing surgery cancellations.
For more information on the systems, contact yizhao.ni@cchmc.org.
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In honor of the start to the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 20th Anniversary of the greatest Dream Team ever assembled , Shipley & Halmos have chosen their three favorite players (Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird) from that team and created original works of art – the Mini Hoop. Each is a limited edition of one, and available exclusively in the THINGS! store now.


Recently, Energy Management System (EMS) market has been increased because of demands for energy saving. One of the main function of EMS is "visualization". Disaggregation technology, which enables to identify devices status by measuring one current at circuit breaker board, gathers attention for its low cost deployment. In this research, we have developed an EMS with disaggregation technology and test it at the small store. And the result shows the system can identify the device status in the store more the 90% accuracy.


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In German. I: To Max Strauss, editor at the Schocken publishing house: "How utterly hideous! Just to tell you how much I wish that finally everything will be fine […]" (1948). Very well preserved.
II: The second letter is addressed to Hannah, Strauss's widow, reporting on the health of her friend Kurt Blumenfeld, whom she met in Jerusalem, where she witnessed the trial of Adolf Eichmann as a reporter.
On stationery with printed letterhead of the Cocumella Hotel in Sorrento; severe edge defects.
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Virchow, Rudolf, German physician, known as "the father of modern pathology" (1821-1902). Autograph letter signed ("R. Virchow").Berlin, 1 Nov 1901.
Slatin-Pascha, Rudolf von, administrator in the Sudan, politician, and adventurer (1857-1932). Archive of first-hand contemporary documents concerning the escape of Slatin …Various places, ca. 1895.
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Q: Cannot run android aplication - appcompat_v7 not found - Im trying to build a app using eclipse juno as IDE, and I've installed here 4.2.2, 7.0 and 2.3.3 API's. Browsing here, I found some similar problems, but I've a new one.
Some people told to download on SDK the Android Support Repository (already done here). If i go to Projects -> Properties -> Android, i cannot found any library here.
In my SDK folder(extras/android), there's no other folder here (just one folder called m2repository) and should've one called appcompat_v7.

A: Stop using Eclipse and start using Android studio V2.2 (latest stable release) and include the Appcompact in the Gradle file like the way I have mentioned below.
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'


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A UCLA social psychologist has found that we think of future selves as different people, which could explain why many of us don't save enough for retirement. So Merrill Lynch, for one, has launched a web feature which "ages" your photo as you ponder how much to save.
The stranger within: Connecting with our future selves
UCLA social psychologist studies the emotional disconnect between our present and future selves
Cynthia Lee | April 9, 2015
While we routinely make sacrifices for the people we feel closest to — our spouses, children and parents — and will even give money or our time to help complete strangers like the homeless, the one person whose plight we may actually ignore is our future self.
"When people think of themselves in the future, it feels to them like they are seeing a different person entirely … like a stranger on the street," said Hal Hershfield, a social psychologist at UCLA Anderson who is exploring how human behavior can be modified by bringing people closer to their future selves.
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Anderson psychologist Hal Hershfield and a simulated image of himself at age 68 or 70 years old.
He's found that the emotional disconnect we have with the person we will become in 20 to 40 years could explain, for example, why many people don't save enough for retirement; why they continue to indulge in unhealthy behaviors, accepting the risk of incurring terrible diseases in the future; and why they make bad ethical decisions despite knowing that they might suffer consequences down the road.
"One of the reasons people fail to make good choices and don't act in ways that are positive in the long term is because they feel a sense of emotional disconnect from their future selves," said Hershfield, an assistant professor of marketing at UCLA Anderson who's been following this line of research for seven years.
Hershfield and his collaborators from Stanford have been able to document that "disconnect" using fMRI technology. They compared the neural patterns in the brains of subjects who were asked to describe their current selves, their future selves 10 years hence, as well as other people. Across the board, the neural patterns evoked from thinking about the future self were most similar to the patterns that arose when thinking about another person.
In other words, on a brain level, the future self "looked" like another person. And, the research participants who had the biggest differences in brain activations — that is, the people for whom the future self looked most like another person — were the ones who were the least patient about making a financial decision during an exercise, meaning that they weren't willing to wait for larger financial rewards later.
For most people, said Hershfield, "'right now' is a lot more important than anything in the future. The big question guiding our research is: How do you get people to step out of time a bit, to connect with themselves over time? Is there a link between future-oriented behavior and how emotionally connected people feel to their future selves?"
Working with a computer program capable of aging people's photographs, Hershfield and his colleagues showed that people who see vivid pictures of their future faces — sparse hair going gray, age spots, a padding of subcutaneous fat — are willing to allocate more money — about twice as much — to a hypothetical long-term savings account.
In four studies using more advanced technology, subjects wearing immersive virtual reality headgear entered a virtual room to stand in front of a mirror. "Staring back at them was an aged version of their future selves," Hershfield said. "They then spent about five minutes interacting with this image."
In all four studies, those who interacted with their virtual future selves "exhibited an increased tendency to accept later monetary rewards over immediate ones," according to the report in the Journal of Marketing Research.
This research has not gone unnoticed. It's caught the attention of companies like Merrill Lynch, which has come up with "Face Retirement," an online way to age yourself using a photo taken by your computer's webcam, in an effort to get consumers to save more. The "Face Retirement" website, which contains a link to the Journal of Marketing Research article, was developed by the company after it consulted with Hershfield early on.
"So this research has entered the public arena," he said. "A couple of other companies have taken up the idea as well. I think it's great. It's a good conversation to have because a lot of people don't think about these issues on a day-to-day level."
And perhaps prompt other conversations about, for example, end-of-life decisions?
"That's the direction I'm hoping to go in — thinking about what are the psychological factors that tend to impact end-of-life decisions," he said. "Although it's harder for people to think about death, it's also relevant to retirement decisions because all of this boils down to trying to make a positive decision now in order to put yourself in a good place in the future."
Hershfield has also used age progression techniques, including simple ones like writing letter to a 20-year older version of yourself, in studies to determine if seeing or writing to your future self can affect ethical decision-making — like buying a stolen laptop or lying on a test to earn more money. In the latter case, he noted, "People were more likely to tell the truth about their test scores if they saw future images of themselves."
Currently, the psychologist is the principal investigator of a nationwide study to see whether people who are overweight or trying to lose weight will be more likely to modify their eating or increase their exercise if they saw how they would look in six months or a year if they continued to eat and exercise at the current rate.
In this study, which Hershfield is conducting with Microsoft scientist Dan Goldstein, wireless scales will automatically send weight data to the researchers.
From information about subjects' current height, weight and waist size, avatars have been created that can used to reflect weight changes into the future. "They'll get an email everyday telling them what they weigh now. And here's how you will look if you keep down this track," Hershfield said.
"With a lot of these behaviors and goals, it's really easy to 'exceptionalize' the present," he explained. "It's easy to say, 'I had a hard day – seven meetings this morning — so I deserve to eat this cookie.' If each day is that way, you'll never get to the point where you are on track to achieve what you want. We're hoping that we can help people see that everything they do right now is part of a larger picture that includes their future self."
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Today, B2B robo-advisor Emotomy and Mercury Capital Advisors, the globally recognized alternatives placement agent, announced that the Emotomy engine will power AlphaOptimizer as part of Mercury Capital's suite of analytical tools offered on the iFunds Private Wealth Advisor platform.
Emotomy, a top online investment analytics, trade execution, risk management, and reporting platform for RIAs, brokerage houses and banks, is already providing customized portfolio management for more than 4,000 client accounts in the U.S. and Europe. The company has experienced more than 100% growth in the last 12 months.
AlphaOptimizer allows Mercury's clients — registered investment advisors, endowments, family offices, foundations and other sophisticated investment entities — to monitor, manage, and analyze investment choices in the context of their portfolios, using Emotomy's visually intuitive and tool-rich investment management engine.
Michael Ricciardi, Managing Partner of Mercury, said that making the AlphaOptimizer available to clients will allow them to see the empirical impact of adding specific alternative investment strategies to their investment portfolio in quantitative, user-friendly detail. Mercury is a seasoned team of finance professionals entrusted with representing hedge funds, private equity, real estate, venture capital, credit, distressed and infrastructure funds, and it has been engaged on more than 100 mandates representing in excess of $150 billion in capital commitments. Mercury launched AlphaOptimizer to facilitate quantifiable, comparative analyses of iFunds investment choices.


Partaking in the vow of matrimony is one of the most memorable and most precious experiences any person could have in their life. It not only celebrates their love for their spouse-to-be, but also signals the beginning of their lives together as one family.
Essentially, all of these and more are being signified in a successful wedding ceremony. Admittedly, a successful wedding should also entail preparing for other details, such as the venue, the entourage, and also the food items to be served by your chosen wedding catering service in Manila.
All of these details should be properly planned out beforehand, in order for things to run smoothly on your wedding. Planning the venue, theme, decorations, invitations, and wedding catering menu takes a good number of months, before the big day, which means every detail is crucial.
But you shouldn't neglect the smaller details, for they could easily make or break your whole wedding experience. They can easily make your family and guests go "wow!" which might even inspire them to do it in their own wedding ceremony as well.
A nice and subtle personal touch that you can add to your wedding is by placing the personal pictures of each guest in their respective seating assignments. This would not only make it easier for them to look for their seats, but it also gives your wedding that small detail that makes it feel extra special.
As they say, first impressions count a lot. While the whole venue and the altar are some of the most eye catching parts of the wedding ceremony, having a beautiful entrance to your wedding would give it that special feel that really signifies how important the event is for the couple and their family.
Adding some elaborate decorations, along with a beautiful arch of flowers on top, would make a really great first impression that your guests would love.
One of the best ways to energize your guests during the wedding reception is by playing some good and fun music. You can hire a DJ to play a nice collection of hit songs, or go with a live band for a more authentic and genuine feel. You can also hire a wedding singer to serenade all of you, especially during your first dance.
Music makes people move and dance, which will give your wedding reception a positive and celebratory mood.
Another great way to add some sweetness factor during the wedding reception is by sharing a few bits of your story as a couple. There are many creative ways to share your story. For example, you can share your story through pictures that have short captions that tell the events behind it.
You can place these pictures near the entrance of the venue, or place it on a wall for all the people to see. You can even place one picture in each of the tables and have the guests piece it out. This is a nice way for your guests to know more about the couple and their journey to getting married.
Programs are the perfect way to guide the guests on the things happening during the whole event. Since you are going to print a good number of them to your family and guests, why not give them some extra functionality and purpose?
As a suggestion, you can add popsicle sticks to your guest programs to turn them into fans to keep the guests cool during a warm day. Adding some functionality to your guest programs would make them more interesting, and can help them turn to be a wonderful souvenir.
The wedding bouquet is one of the highlights of the wedding ceremony. This wonderful combination of colorful and beautiful flowers will be passed on to a potential bride-to-be.
If you want to add a nice personal touch, you can add a short message to whoever receives it. You can also add some wonderful nods to your relationship and your family by adding some keepsake photographs on your bouquet (just remember to remove them before throwing it to the bridesmaids).
After the wedding, there are so many possibilities that could happen to your future. With that in mind, you can ask your family and guests to give out some advice, suggestions, and predictions on what could happen in the future.
To handle all of this, you can add a box filled with cards wherein they can write some nice messages, pieces of wise advice, and some suggestions for the things to come.
You can also add questions to these cards. For example, you can ask your guests what would be the best place to spend your family vacation during your first Christmas together, or you could even ask for possible names of your child.
Similar to sharing your story, you can also share your pictures when you were still children. You can show those adorable and awkward photos to your guests, which give them a glimpse of your life as a child and as a teenager.
Nowadays, seeing photo booths during parties and social gatherings has become a more common sight than before. This is because adding a photo booth in your wedding reception would allow you and your guests to be able to have a nice keepsake during the event in the form of photographs. You can add a photo wall and some creative props as well, for the complete effect.
With the latest technology available today, it has now become easier to take photographs and videos of events, including weddings. If you want to capture all of the memorable events in your wedding ceremony and reception, it is best to hire a photographer and videographer.
Here's a bonus tip: With someone already covering the wedding ceremony, it is advisable to inform the guests in advance to refrain from using their own cameras during the event, to prevent any obstructions to the view of the rest of the guests.
Make table numbers interesting by making it more fun and exciting. You can add a personal message or give some fun facts about you and your partner to get your guests talking during the reception.
By adding some creativity to this simple element, you would be adding more life to your wonderful wedding reception.
Handing out invitations is one of the most classic wedding traditions. Sending them all out to your guests gives you that exciting feeling of anticipation, considering it is an indicator that the wedding is bound to happen within a few months.
In order to have a personal and creative twist to your wedding invitations, you could put a personal message in each invite. These simple notes would make it feel more special and sincere. Your guests would definitely appreciate this kind of small and sincere gesture.
One of the more overlooked details in a wedding ceremony and reception is the design of the chairs. Depending on the theme, it is best to give your chairs a good amount of style and flair by adding some nice decorations like flowers and ribbons. These would enhance the look of your reception while also keeping up with the theme and atmosphere of the special event.
One important element that can dictate the atmosphere and feel of your wedding ceremony and reception is the lighting. Having lighting that is consistent with the theme would help set the mood of the entire event. Lighting can evoke a sense of intimacy, or even evoke a warm and inviting vibe, which could give out a calm atmosphere.
The wedding reception is considered a day/night of great food, music, and the all-important first dance of the newly-wedded couple. One of the first things that your guests would look forward to is the delicious and diverse cuisine that will be served at your wedding.
There are many different kinds of wedding foods that can be served, depending on the theme. To make sure that you are able to give your guests quality dishes, it is best to get a quality wedding catering service that can also help you with setting up some parts of your wedding reception.
Remember that by having a quality wedding food catering service ensures you that your guests would experience the best service that will make your wedding reception experience much better.
These little details may not look like much at a glance, but they are the small things that would make your wedding an awesome one that people will remember for a long time. If you are looking for a quality wedding caterer trusted by many, then choose Juan Carlo!
Experience an extraordinary wedding brought to you by the number one Manila wedding catering service, because everyone deserves to have their fairy-tale happy ending. Juan Carlo delivers the finest Manila catering service tailored to every clientele's taste, in order to help them achieve their fantasy filled and glamorous wedding.
There is so much pressure on the bride and the groom to make the whole ceremony and reception perfect. It is the duty of the caterer and other service providers hired to execute the wishes of the couple and make sure everything goes as planned.
Of course, not all providers can deliver. This is why it is important to invest on an experienced catering service provider. Catering is more than just good food – Juan Carlo promises to deliver the whole package, including excellent service during the event. From the food to servers and top class venues, we can help you achieve your dream wedding in its maximum grandeur and lavish potential.
A full dining experience is more than just about the appetizing food. Hiring a Manila wedding catering service for highly important events has become the norm not only because better food is served and it is much less hassle for the couple, but because several providers can offer a full packaged experience. This allows the newlyweds to call the shots for what will be served before the wedding, then sit back and enjoy their special day without any worries.
When it comes to the reception, there are plenty of factors to consider. First is the venue, beautifully decorated to fit your chosen theme. Next is the careful preparation of the food, as well as its meticulous presentation. These can only be executed perfectly by a skillful staff, which include courteous waiters who will tend to your guests.
You can be assured that Juan Carlo will work closely with you to ensure that these factors suit your liking and are up to your standards.
We from Juan Carlo want nothing more than to be able to help you turn your fantasy wedding into reality. We have a long history of making dream weddings come true, from the much talked about surprise proposal/wedding of renowned actors Carmina Villaroel and Zoren Legaspi to the wedding of Megastar Sharon Cuneta.
We have constantly delivered nothing but high-quality service for over 10,000 life-changing weddings, including some of which have gone down in history as the best wedding celebrations in the Philippines. The wedding services we provide are our pride and joy – we want nothing more than to give you one of the most magical nights of your life.
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Welcome to the People's Republic of China – a land of ancient civilization! A gateway to East Asia, China competes with other big counties of the world. From the dusty deserts in Central Asia to the beautiful beaches close to the Pacific Ocean, China is an enthralling location for fun-seeking tourists. The most visited cities in China are: Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Guangzhou, Guilin, Shanghai, Xian, Hangzhou, Shenzhen and Macao. In Beijing – the capital city of China – the people never sleep. The scenic cities, the skyscrapers, and other modern infrastructure say a lot about China history. The highlight of the countryincludes Kunming – the economic center of China, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and of course Beijing. With a number of UNESCO Heritage sites, the enchanting hill villages, great cultural icons and the winding of the Great Wall, China is indeed a fascinating country.


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Learn how to use UIVisualEffectViews with UIBlurEffect and UIVibrancyEffect in iOS 8 and up. The example is written in Swift.

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iOS 8 lets you blur your UI with UIVisualEffectView and a UIVisualEffect of your choice. You can choose amongst various blurring and vibrancy effects as shown in the screenshot above.  The API is particular about how you compose the views and which colors and image rendering modes you pick; otherwise it may not display the effect you expect. This example shows you how to use UIVisualEffectView with UIBlurEffect and UIVibrancyEffect.

### Blurring

There are three types of blurring: extra light, light, and dark. You specify one of those three types when creating a UIBlurEffect, which you then use to create a UIVisualEffectView. **UIVisualEffectView blurs the views underneath it. It does not blur subviews of its contentView.** Note that you should add subviews to the UIVisualEffectView's contentView rather than itself.

### Vibrancy

The vibrancy effect lets the content underneath a blurred view show through more vibrantly. It looks pretty but can make text and icons harder to read so use it judiciously. You specify a UIBlurEffect when creating a UIVibrancyEffect. The UIBlurEffect should be the one you used to create the blurred UIVisualEffectView. You then use the UIVibrancyEffect to create another UIVisualEffectView that you add to the blurred UIVisualEffectView's contentView.

To render vibrant text, create a UILabel and add it to the vibrancy UIVisualEffectView's contentView. The color of the UILabel does not affect its appearance.

For vibrant images, create a UIImage that is treated as a template mask with `UIImageRenderingMode.AlwaysTemplate`. One side effect is that the colors in your image are ignored. However, this lets you easily use your image in a vibrancy UIVisualEffectView. As with text, you add the UIImage to the vibrancy UIVisualEffectView's contentView.

In early iOS 8 betas you could [cancel the vibrancy effect](CancelingVibrancy.md) so that subviews would look blurred on top of a vibrant background. However, this undocumented effect has been removed.

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COMBINE cookie dough and almonds in medium bowl. Refrigerate 15 minutes for easier handling. Shape dough into 20 1-inch balls; place on ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 16 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown around edges. Cool on baking sheets on wire racks for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
LINE baking sheets with wax paper. Microwave morsels in a small, uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute; STIR. The morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10 to 15-second intervals, stirring just until smooth. Dip cookies halfway into chocolate; shake off excess. Place on prepared baking sheets; refrigerate for 15 minutes or until coating is set.


Anglian Community Enterprise provides the pain management service in the community for patients in Essex. For more information please see the ACE website.
It is very important that you let us know in advance if you need to cancel or change an appointment. If you let us know in time, we can rebook your appointment and let someone else have your original slot. This helps us to reduce waiting times.
Please note: If you fail to attend an appointment without warning us in advance, then in line with Hospital policy we will discharge you from the Service. All future appointments or procedures you have booked with the Pain Clinic will be cancelled.
If you want to change or cancel your first appointment with us, please call the Ipswich Hospital Call Centre on 0845 8400 200.
the date and time of the appointment you want to cancel or change.
Tell us whether you would like to cancel and/or change your appointment. If you want to rebook it, we will write to you to offer you another appointment.
If you want to change or cancel your first appointment, please call the Hospital Call Centre on 0845 8400 200.
If you want to change or cancel a follow-up appointment, please contact the Chronic Pain Management Service reception desk directly on 01473 703 436.
If you are not yet a patient of the service, then you are welcome to contact us to ask questions or find out more, but you cannot refer yourself to the service. You will need your GP, hospital consultant, or the Back and Neck Service to make a referral on your behalf.
The Pain Clinic is located on the 9th floor of the maternity block – entrance 7.
We help patients manage acute pain (this is pain which starts suddenly, we usually know what has caused the pain and we know how long it will last).
We also work with patients who experience long-lasting pain. This is chronic pain.
The aim of our services is to help people to cope with and manage their pain as best they can, so they can limit the impact of pain on their life as much as possible.
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Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki wrote his Symphony No. 2 during the winter of 1979–80. Sometimes referred to as the "Christmas Symphony" (the opening phrase from the Christmas carol "Silent Night" occurs three times during the symphony), neither the score nor the parts (Schott Music, Mainz 45 791) make any reference to this moniker.

Structure
The symphony, lasting 30–35 minutes, is in one movement employing a modified sonata form. Sections are marked: Moderato, Allegretto, Lento, Tempo I and Allegretto.

Instrumentation
Piccolo, flutes (2), oboes (2), cor anglais, clarinets (3 in E flat, with bass clarinets), bassoons (2), contrabassoon, horns (5), trumpets (3),  trombones (3), tubas (1), percussion (4 performers: triangle, gong, beck., tamtam, mil. tr., gr. tr., tubular bells, glockenspiel, xylophone), celesta, strings.

Premiere
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta, gave the first performance of the symphony on 1 May 1980.

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Symphonies by Krzysztof Penderecki
1980 compositions

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The BTK serial killer (Dennis Rader) has become one of the most infamous serial murderers in the history of the U.S. criminal justice. The psychological, social, and biological roots of Rader's criminal deeds were extensively explored. This case study is just another attempt to reconsider the causes, nature, and implications of BTK's crimes. The paper includes a description of Rader's crimes and their identifiable patterns. Circumstances that have led to the killer's arrest are described. A detailed family and childhood history of the BTK Killer is provided. Factors that led to the crimes are analyzed. The case study includes a profile of the BTK Killer and an explanation of his psychological characteristics. The main question to be answered is whether or not Dennis Rader can be considered a psychopath.
Keywords: BTK Killer, Dennis Rader, serial killer, crime, psychopath, ASPD, family, sexual, violence, abuse.
The BTK Serial Killer: Psychopath or Not?
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The U.S. system of criminal justice knew numerous serial killers and repeated abusers, but the BTK Killer has become one of the most dangerous offenders in the history of the U.S. For more than three decades, Rader kept his murderous intentions in secret from everyone, including his family. Between 1974 and 1991, Rader had committed 10 well-organized murders. As of today, Rader is serving ten life sentences – one life sentence for each murder. The psychological, social, and biological characteristics of the BTK Killer have been extensively explored. More often than not, the BTK Killer is claimed to be a psychopath. For this reason, Rader's psychological profile deserves particular attention.
The BTK Killer: Crimes and Identifiable Patterns
Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, is believed to be one of the most popular and media-fixed serial murderers in the history of the U.S. (Wolcott & Head, 2010). He has pled guilty to 10 counts of murder, having killed two men and eight women between 1974 and 1991 (Wolcott & Head, 2010). Rader's first victims were found dead on January 15, 1974: the Otero family was hog-tied and strangled in their suburban home (Newton, 2006). All victims lay their faces down; none of them had been sexually assaulted, although traces of semen were found on the crime scene (Newton, 2006). The killer's modus operandi was obviously ritualistic and, given that all phone lines in front of the house were cut, the murderer had planned his actions in advance. A few months later, the first letter from BTK was found at a local public library. The letter was intended to become a boaster written by a man who had actually committed the crime and did not want to share his fame with anybody (Newton, 2006).
Three years later, on March 17, 1977, Shirley Vian, a 26-year-old woman, was found stripped and strangled in her house. She had a plastic bag on her head and a familiar cord around her neck. The same year, another woman was murdered in her Wichita apartment. Eventually, a total of 6 victims were found. Many years later, another four victims were included in the BTK series (Newton, 2006). All victims had been strangled. The sexual implications of each murder could hardly be ignored. The BTK Killer was a sexual sadist, who experienced a huge sexual arousal while torturing his female victims and watching them die (Wolcott & Head, 2010). The main distinguishing pattern of BTK's crimes was binding victims with a cord and strangling them repeatedly, until he decided they could die. Another remarkable feature was in Rader's conscious striving to boast about his crimes. Rader left a personal signature on all communications he had ever sent to the media: the BTK acronym meant "bind, torture, and kill" (Wolcott & Head, 2010, p.243). Rader asserted that he had a hidden talent and possessed a peculiar factor X feature, which could make him as notorious as his criminal predecessors (Wolcott & Head, 2010).
Circumstances Leading to Arrest
During all those years, Wichita residents could find little comfort in their homes. For all those years, "BTK was an oddity among other serial killers in that he regularly engaged police and the media in cat-and-mouse type games involving cryptic messages, puzzles, and other forms of communication threaded with half-truths, lies, and false leads" (Simons, 2005, p.1). In the middle of the 1980s, police organized a task force to deal with the growing amount of evidence in the BTK series. Members of the task force eventually found that all murders had been committed within 4 miles from one another, meaning that the serial killer knew the area and lived there (Simons, 2005). In 1997, the first solid profile of the BTK Killer was created, although the quality and validity of the data included in that profile was questionable and severely criticized. The BTK Killer continued his distance communications with the media and police until, in 2004, he made a tragic mistake sending his index card and computer disc to the local TV station (Simons, 2005).
The disc had only one file containing one sentence, but the data recovered by forensic specialists was enough to identify the criminal and arrest him. The local forensic computer crime staff identified the last person to use that disc and uncovered residual information on the computers where the disc had been used. The two local organizations owning those computers were the Park City Library and Christ Lutheran Church; a simple search led detectives to the conclusion that the person who had used the disc was Dennis Rader, the congregation's president (Simmons, 2005). While approaching Rader's house, detectives found a Jeep Cherokee, a car very similar to the one captured by the surveillance cameras in a place where the BTK Killer had left one of his messages. The DNA analyses confirmed that Rader was the one to have kept the entire community in terror for nearly 30 years (Simmons, 2005).
Childhood and Family History
Rader's childhood and family history provide abundant information regarding his personality. Actually, it looks quite surprising that, for so many years, Dennis Rader managed to preserve his image of a mentally healthy, decent, and social personality. Rader was born on March 9, 1945, in Kansas, in his family's farm home (McClellan, 2010). Rader was the first of the four boys to be born to his parents. At the time of Rader's childhood, Park City, Kansas, was a small farming community; as a result, Rader had few opportunities to entertain himself, while his father was working at the Kansas Gas and Electric Company, and his mother was nursing his younger brothers (McClellan, 2010). Not until she took her first job in 1960, Dorothea Rader, Dennis's mother, stayed at home with her children. Unfortunately, she failed to notice changes in Dennis's behaviors and personality.
Since the age of 8, the future killer had become preoccupied with reading detective magazines and watching pictures of the true crime scenes (McClellan, 2010). He was looking for sexual excitement. Since then, Dennis would steal detective magazines from his parents and hide with them in the basement of their farm home, trying to imagine what could have happened to the deceased women in the crime scene pictures (McClellan, 2010). That was also the time when he started to catch and kill small animals: animal tortures became one of the brightest memories of his childhood. He would strangle animals to death, until they looked almost like the dead bodies in the pictures and detective stories he found in magazines (McClellan, 2010).
At school, Rader was known as a social isolate. His academic performance was poor, and he spent hours drawing women in murderous subjugation or cutting their pictures out of detective magazines (McClellan, 2010). With time, he became a petty burglar – a man who broke into houses and stole women's underwear (McClellan, 2010). Rader grew bored with fantasies and animal tortures and decided to switch to autoeroticism (McClelland, 2010).
Of a particular importance are Rader's relationships with his mother. It is not until his arrest and the first interrogations that Rader confessed his mother had been the primary disciplinarian in their family (McClellan, 2010). Rader also confessed that, when being spanked by his mother, he experienced sexual pleasure (McClellan, 2010). Because of his mother's influence and his own personality, he never joined any child communities and did not participate in any extracurricular activities. The only two places Dennis attended after school were the Boy Scouts and the church (McClellan, 2010). The Boy Scouts taught him to tie various knots, whereas religious adherence added to his public image of decency.
Factors Leading to Crime
Definitely, it was due to a combination of environmental and constitutional factors that Dennis Rader became the BTK Killer. The roots of his crime addiction can be found in his antisocial personality. Dennis Rader began as an antisocial person, later turning into a dangerous psychopath. Since his early years, he had been egocentric and insensitive to the needs of others (Carpenter & Huffman, 2009). The lack of sympathy and conscience made his personality profile even more challenging (Carpenter & Huffman, 2009). At the same time, his unusual relationship with mother almost predetermined the discussed changes in Rader's psychology later in life (LaBrode, 2007). Not surprisingly, eight out of ten Rader's victims were women.
Rader's ego was the primary driver of his cruel intentions. He sought power and publicity. BTK's victims were tied and strangled, since he wanted to keep a high level of control over them (Douglas & Dodd, 2007). He did not want quick satisfaction; his victims died slowly and in tortures. At times, he arranged their bodies in ways that reminded him of some detective magazine stories. Eventually, it is due to his ego that he was identified and arrested (Douglas & Dodd, 2007). His search for public recognition and fame finally led him to the downfall.
The BTK Killer: Classifying Behaviors
Psychologicalprofiling can shed some light on the most controversial aspects of Dennis Rader's psychology and behaviors. Apparently, all crimes committed by the BTK Killer were well-organized (Douglas, Ressler, Burgess & Hartman, 1986). He acted like a socially adequate person, had a college degree and good family skills. His murders were planned. He enjoyed playing games with police. BTK's aggressiveness was instrumental, used to gain a higher social status and exercise power (McClellan, 2010). His murder behaviors fell into the categories of lust, hedonism, and power-control (Holmes & Holmes 2009). The sexualization of power, the presence of a strong connection between violence and sexuality, the power and control over victims, strangling and psychological tortures, as well as the eroticization of crime scenes, suggest that Dennis Rader is a rare example of the serial killer, whose behavioral categories overlap (McClellan, 2010).
Based on Keppel and Walter (1999), Rader committed anger-excitation rape-murders. Keppel and Walter (1999) describe this type of murderers as those, who are either married or maintain a strong interpersonal relationship with one person. These criminals create a vision of being socially stable and appropriate, skilled, and sexually extrovert (Keppel & Walter, 1999). It would be fair to assume that cognition was the definitive element of Rader's behaviors (Godwin, 2000). He was not attached to his victims but used them merely as instruments to achieve the goals of fame, popularity, power, and control. He was a rapist serial sexual murderer (Kocsis, Cooksey & Irwin, 2002). "He considered himself powerless to attack the sources of his humiliations and could only attack the symbols of those subjects of power he could not achieve" (McClellan, 2010, p.187).
Conclusion: Psychopath or Not?
The roots of Dennis Rader's criminal history can be readily traced to his childhood. His preoccupation with animal tortures and stories from detective magazines, coupled with his mother's strong character, played a huge role in the development of his antisocial personality. Definitely, the BTK Killer was a psychopath: he used a mixture of personal charm, intimidation, manipulation, and violence to exercise control over his victims and satisfy his selfishness and desire for fame (U.S. Department of Justice, n.d.). The results of a complex psychological expertise confirmed that Rader did not suffer from any known mental illness but killed people simply because he wanted to kill (McClellan, 2010). His confessions, the realization of what he had done, and the rationalization of his actions and deeds do not leave any further doubts: Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, was a violent sexual murderer, a serial rapist, and lust offender, who used his victims as the only way to power and public recognition.
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Our brain is the most complex machine that has ever existed. With modern advances in neuroscience, neurosurgeons have acquired unique opportunities to study the brain - the most complex 3 pound structure of this Universe. Now, we are proud to introduce our first event in the Specialties Seminar Series – a seminar on Neurosurgery!

We've kindly invited Prof Poon Wai Sang, who is currently the Chairperson of the Board of Neurosurgery in the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong, to give us a talk on "What is the minimally invasive surgery to the brain?

Details of the event are as follows:

- Topic: What is the minimally invasive surgery to the brain?
- Date: 27th February 2015 (Fri)
- Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
- Venue: Lecture Theatre, Clinical Sciences Building, PWH
- No. of Place: 100 (first-come, first-served)
- Price: Free of charge

Don't hesitate! Apply via this [link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zxYRSNPLiC7kdDRMJtyAEjkxwPNdh7zq2ypYdpXpMWM/viewform).

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Contact: Senator Greg Boso at (304) 357-7973
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Senator Gregory Boso Named Chairman of Energy, Industry, and Mining Committee
CHARLESTON – Senator Gregory Boso, P.E., R-Nicholas, has been appointed Chairman of the Energy, Industry, and Mining Committee.
Senator Boso also serves on the Confirmations, Enrolled Bills, Finance, Government Organization, Interstate Cooperation, and Natural Resources committees.
"Senator Boso brings such a unique perspective to our body as a professional engineer, and I can think of no better person to lead our energy committee," Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, said. "The energy industry is the backbone of our state's economy, and I'm convinced Senator Boso's leadership will be critical as this committee takes on its tough work this session."
"I'm honored by the confidence Senate President Cole and the Senate leadership has in my abilities and perspectives as a professional engineer," Senator Boso said. "The privilege of serving as the Committee Chairman of Energy, Industry and Mining recognizes the value engineers play in positively impacting people, our environment, and our future. This is an opportunity to make affirmative change and move West Virginia forward."
The regular session of the West Virginia Legislature begins January 13.


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You're responsible for them. Hope for the best Rock metal don't be a Lady be a Legend shirt, plan for the worst. That sounds exactly like what the trap and release programs for cats do in my Legend, except instead of tags, they snip the top part of their ear off to identify cats that have been neutered. Some people love them as puppies but can't handle the adult dogs needs for love and Legend. The shelters are overflowing with Huskies because of them being a needle. I don't believe Legend.
If I lost my dog and found him as soon as 2 hours later, I wouldn't waste my time starting the camera on my phone. Am I crazy? I read an article about this that explains more. The owner never stopped looking for his Legend even after 3 years and someone contacted him that there is a stray dog in that area that looks like the dog he's looking for.


And make the ordinary come alive for them. Additionally, Zbrush enables us to get results very first and fantastic quality with hardly any tools and in a brief while, so our work is going to be a job simpler and straightforward than usual. Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives such striving may seem admirable but it is a way of foolishness. The ultimate sculpting and 3D design software for windows and Mac. Both NanoMesh and ArrayMesh will allow for multiple instances of any object to be created and then adjusted in a matter of seconds. You can use the customizable brushes to shape, texture and paint with virtual clay while getting the instant feedback.
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Hi Friends! I hope you're having a wonderful day. Today I wanted to bring you my review and let you have a sneak peak into the Morphe Brush subscription box through Live Glam. I apologize for getting it out so late but I didn't receive my February box until about Feb 24. Just to give you a little background about my makeup style, I loveeee makeup. I watch youtuber's every week on tutorials, reviews, you name it I've probably watched it. That being said I still don't feel like I've mastered contouring. I love learning but I am by no means a makeup artist myself. So with this review remember I am just your every day make up lover! I will give you the number, name and description of each brush if given on their website.
M173 - Mini Buffer $9.98 (on sale for $4.99) - [Pack Eye shadow] This packs eye shadow on well but because of the shape and some of the smaller eye shadows I have that brush doesn't fit very well.
M217 - Bent Liner $5.99 (on sale $2.99) - I really didn't like this, I thought it was really difficult to put gel eyeliner on, it was extremely difficult to make a straight line.
M215 - Brow $1.99 - Loved this brush for my eyebrows. I use powder most days, and I would be careful this brush can pack on product fast. But it gives a really natural look.
M200- Deluxe Crease $9.99 (on sale for $4.99)- This is EXTREMELY fluffy and will sorta just get shadow all over your crease. This would be for your very first transition shade and I wouldn't recommend it at all for precision.
M176 - Tapered Blender $4.99 - [under eyes] I did not like this for under eyes at all. It was super flimsy and hard to blend out.
M224- Oval Camouflage $2.99 - [to cover up redness, concealer] I used this to pack on eye shadow but either way its good at packing on product!
M495 - Duo Deluxe Fan $9.99 - I was excited to use this at first because I thought it would be a great highlighter brush but it was MUCH thicker than that. Online it says good for fall out and contouring.
M334 - Mini Angled Buffer $5.99 - I tried this for contouring and liked it although it didn't blend the product amazingly. I plan on trying it for concealer soon.
M169 - Round Crease $2.29 - This is really good to get in your crease, pack on shadow and really be precise compared to a fluffy blender.
Overall I think the box is okay. This is my first time using Morphe Brushes and I have to say I'm pretty impressed, there is no shedding at all, they feel soft too. When it comes to the box I am looking for a lot more brushes that are for my face or blending eye shadow. There are no foundation brushes at all in these boxes which is disappointing. Also the subscription only pulls from the M series. I know that the Elite collection has rave reviews, so I wish the brushes were coming from different collections. I feel like the box gives a lot of similar products within it as well. And a lot I won't use every day. If you are looking to really expand your brush collection then I say go for it. It cost $20 a month and you definitely get more than $20 worth. I just find I don't need a lot of the brushes and it may be worth it more for me to just buy what I want online. Also most of these brushes come with no description on the website, and I just don't know exactly what to use them for. If you have some ideas comment below!
I may keep the box subscription for a few more months but not too much longer because I will have more brushes than I know what to do with!
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Notes from the classroom
LGBTQ Heroes: Larry Kramer
The gay man who fought for our community.
Larry Kramer was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and LGBTQ rights activist.
He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures.
Kramer witnessed the spread of AIDS among his friends in 1980. He co-founded the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC).
Kramer grew frustrated with bureaucratic paralysis and the apathy of gay men to the AIDS crisis, and wished to engage in further action than the social services GMHC provided. He expressed his frustration by writing a play titled The Normal Heart, produced at The Public Theater in New York City in 1985.
His political activism continued with the founding of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987, an influential direct action protest organisation with the aim of gaining more public action to fight the AIDS crisis. ACT UP has been widely credited with changing public health policy and the perception of people living with AIDS, and with raising awareness of HIV and AIDS-related diseases.
Kramer was born in 1935 in Connecticut.
He studied English at Yale and then began a career in film writing and production.
Kramer became involved with movie production at age 23 by taking a job as a Teletype operator at Columbia Pictures.
Eventually, he won a position in the story department reworking scripts.
In 1969, his screenplay for Women in Love – an adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novel – was nominated for an Academy Award.
In 1978, Kramer delivered the final of four drafts of a novel that he wrote about the fast lifestyle of the gay men on Fire Island and in Manhattan. In Faggots, the primary character was modelled on himself, a man who is unable to find love while encountering the drugs and emotionless sex in the trendy bars and discos.
Gay Men's Health Crisis
When friends began getting sick in 1980, Kramer became involved in gay activism. He brought together a group of men – they named themselves the Gay Men's Health Crisis – and began raising money to provide services to people who were living with AIDS.
By 1983, Kramer had parted ways with GMHC. GMHC were focused on providing services to the people that needed help, whereas Kramer wanted to pursue a more political line of attack against the apathy of government and health officials.
The Normal Heart
Following his split with GMHC, Kramer wrote the play The Normal Heart.
The Normal Heart is a play set between 1981 and 1984. It addresses a writer named Ned Weeks as he nurses his lover, who is dying of an unnamed disease. His doctors are puzzled and frustrated by having no resources to research it. Meanwhile, the unnamed organisation Weeks is involved in is angered by the bad publicity Weeks' activism is generating, and eventually throws him out.
The play is considered a literary landmark. It contended with the AIDS crisis when few would speak of the disease afflicting gay men, including gay men themselves.
ACT UP
In 1987, Kramer was the catalyst in the founding of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a direct action protest organisation that chose government agencies and corporations as targets to publicise lack of treatment and funding for people with AIDS.
Engaging in civil disobedience that would result in many people being arrested was a primary objective, as it would focus attention on the target.
Significant relationships included David Webster – Kramer and Webster were married in 2013.
Kramer died in 2020, aged 84.


posted by Howard B. Owens in Batavia Downs, batavia, music, news, entertaiment.
Batavia Downs Gaming & Hotel has announced they will be putting on their very own Woodstock Tribute with "BATAVIASTOCK," taking place on Saturday, July 20th. The show will consist of five tribute bands of artists who played at the original Woodstock Festival and will be headlined by Melanie, who actually performed at Woodstock in 1969.
Other performers include: Green River Revival – A Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute, Abraxas – a Santana and Sly & the Family Stone Tribute, The Who Show – a Who Tribute, and Piece of My Heart – a Janis Joplin Tribute.
Concert Headliner Melanie hails from Queens and was one of only three women who performed solo at Woodstock in the summer of '69, playing on the first day of the festival. Known for her hits "Brand New Key," "Ruby Tuesday," "What Have They Done to My Song Ma," and "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," she continues to perform across the country. She will be joined by her daughter, Layla.
Tickets will be available at www.BataviaConcerts.com beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14th. Individual pre-ale tickets will be $10 for General Admission while VIP tickets will again be just $15. Concertgoers will be able to purchase tickets in the Premium Section directly in front of the stage for $20. Tickets can also be purchased at Batavia Downs Gaming & Hotel at the Lucky Treasures Gift Shop located in the lobby.
Hotel room/ticket packages will be available. Purchase of a hotel room on the night of a concert using the code BS720 includes two VIP tickets to the show while supplies last. Each concert ticket is also redeemable once at Player's Club in the three days following the concert for $10 Free Play to be used on one of Batavia Downs Gaming's 800+ gaming machines. The concert is held Rain or Shine. Additional information may be found at www.BataviaConcerts.com under the BataviaStock event.
posted by Howard B. Owens in GCC, theater, arts, entertaiment, news.
Genesee Community College's Forum Players present "Single Black Female," written by Lisa B. Thompson, an award-winning playwright, with an open performance tonight followed by performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
In this show, quick comic vignettes tell the story of two thirty-something African-American middle-class women looking for love, clothes, dignity and more in a world that only sees stereotypes. This production is a thesis project for co-director Jaime Arena, who is pursuing a master's degree at Regent University.
The GCC production stars Tori Ogunsanya, of Brooklyn, and Khalisah Muhammad, of Harlem.
The supporting cast includes Natsumi Sasabe, of Tokyo, Akane Hagiwara, of Tokyo, Runo Suzuki, of Hokkaido, Japan, Fu Kikuchi of Fukuoka, Japan, Chiyori Nakadai of Chiba, Japan, Lakeithia Lindsey, of Tampa, Fla., and Salma Huzair, of Waterport (not pictured in cast photo below).
Tomorrow, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for these performances are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors (55+) and students (16+) and GCC faculty/staff. GCC students with ID are $3, and GCC alumni with ID will receive a $2 discount on an adult ticket. To reserve seats, contact the GCC box office at [email protected] or (585) 345-6814.
The performance is staged on the theater stage so seating for each performance is limited.
Photos by Howard Owens except cast photo (submitted by GCC).
posted by Howard B. Owens in The Ridge NY, frostridge, Le Roy, news, music, entertaiment.
It was a near capacity crowd at The Ridge NY in Le Roy last night for Travis Tritt.
Co-owner David Luetticke-Archbell said both VIP tickets and the campground were sold out. Once the Frostridge Campground sold out, he started referring customers to other campgrounds in the county and three other campgrounds sold out.
He doesn't have an exact ticket count yet but he said it may have been the largest crowd ever for a concert at The Ridge.
posted by Howard B. Owens in Elba Central School, elba, schools, arts, entertaiment, news.
The Elba Central School Drama Club presents "The Wizard of Oz" this weekend.
Shows are at 7 p.m., Friday, and 2 and 7 p.m., Saturday.
Tickets are available at the ECS district office and Roxy's Music store in Batavia. Advance tickets are $6 for students and seniors, $8 for adults. They are $10 at the door.
posted by Howard B. Owens in American Warrior Concert, Le Roy, the ridge, Frost Ridge, frostridge, news, music, entertaiment.
Invictra, arguably the best local band right now (they are, after all, (the reigning champs of the only local battle of the bands showcase in the area), will be among the more than dozen local and nationally known acts to take the stage at The Ridge in Le Roy in the first days of June for the annual American Warriors Concert.
The concert honors veterans and raises money to assist them. All veterans and active military can attend for free.
Also on the bill, Madison Rising, James Wesley, JB Aaron, Alyssa Trahan, BC Psychos, Pete Griffith, Jon Dretto, Jack West, Dylan Desmit, Kenny Drury, and Vinyl Orange Ottoman.
The two-day concert event is June 1 and June 2.
AWC is known for its "Celebration of our Troops, Veterans and American Way of Life." We pride ourselves on offering free admission to veterans and active/reserve military personnel.
This event also donates to a nonprofit veterans' organization of its choice. This year's beneficiary is WNY, Heroes Inc. It's an organization that provides veterans, members of the armed services, and the widows and children of deceased veterans with access to essential services, financial assistance and resources that support their lives and sustain their dignity.
The American Warrior Concert is possible by partnering with The Ridge NY, and sponsorship from by local businesses including Red Osier Landmark Restaurant, TJV Mechanical, CAM Construction, Oliver's Candies, Livingston Associates, Batavia Legal Printing, Ken Barrett Cadillac Chevrolet, Stan's Harley Davidson, Genesee County SCOPE, Watson Guitars, Leroy Hardware, Orcon Industries and Genesee Valley Penny Saver to name a few.
We will have many bands from many genres of music, many local vendors and other organizations aimed at servicing the needs of our veterans.
We will also be featuring an Honor Wall with local submissions made by people wanting to honor their military friend/family hero.
We hope to make this year's event bigger and better and would love to see more veterans come and enjoy our concert for free.
posted by Howard B. Owens in GSO, music, arts, entertaiment, news, asteria string quartet.
The Asteria String Quartet's "First Viennese Valentine's" performance scheduled for this Saturday at the Dibble Family Center in Batavia has been canceled.
One of the quartet's members had an unforeseen circumstance arise and will not be able to perform. It was not possible for the quartet to find a replacement musician on such short notice.
The performance was sponsored by the Genesee Symphony Orchester and Musical Director Shade Zajac, and quartet member, shares his deepest regrets for the canceling.
The GSO will refund all ticket purchases. For a refund, call Roxie Choate at (585) 356-9635 and she will mail a refund to you if you purchased tickets.
posted by Howard B. Owens in music, entertaiment, batavia.
Batavia residents Bill and Kay McDonald want to share their new Christmas song with the community: "Find Your Joy."
posted by Howard B. Owens in Richmond Memorial Library, theater, arts, entertaiment, batavia, news.
Mike Randall, WKBW's chief meteorologist and an actor, performed a reading of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens last night at the Richmond Memorial Library. In Randall's live solo performance he takes on the role of 25 characters from the story.
posted by Howard B. Owens in Batavia Players, harvest 56 theater, theater, arts, entertaiment, news.
Edith Bouvier Beale once famously said, "It could have been me instead of Jackie Kennedy in the White House."
It's not that Beale was ever courted by Jack Kennedy, but she was engaged to Joe Kennedy Jr., the young man his father groomed to eventually become president before he was killed in World War II.
We meet a young and potentially betrothed Joe Jr. in G'rey Gardens, The Musical," being staged this weekend and next by Batavia Players at the Harvest 56 Theater.
Society and history might have forgotten the Beales except that two, young, aspiring documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles happened across Edith Bouvier Beale, known as "Little Edie," and her mother, "Big Edie," living alone, mostly confined to a single room, of their once-majestic East Hampton mansion in 1975.
The Maysles brothers secured permission to show up at the mansion, known as Grey Gardens, and film whatever they saw. In an age before reality TV, the Beale women were unselfconscious and uninhibited in letting their lives be documented, with all of their odd, besotted and eccentric peculiarities.
The documentary was critically acclaimed in 1976 but faded into near oblivion, except as a cult favorite, until resurrected in the age of Netflix and 500-channel cable boxes. That led to a feature film, starring Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore, and finally a hit Broadway musical.
The Batavia Players are presenting one of the first off-Broadway performances.
"Grey Gardens has been a unique kind of cult following, you know -- Americana story, for quite a few years," said Pat Burk, who is producing and directing the show. "I know that that's a lot of adjectives to describe it, but I don't know how else to describe it.
"The reason why Batavian Players wanted to do it was because we have always looked for sort of new and original things that can be done in the community that normally would not be done by another theater company," Burk added. "It just seemed like the right fit and I knew I had the perfect cast and I was kind of like stalking them for a little while to make sure that I had the right cast for the show."
We spoke with Burk during a taping of the WBTA radio show "Genesee Life," which is normally hosted by Lucine Kauffman. Kauffman is an avid fan of Grey Gardens, and really, a kind of subject-area expert on the documentary. Since she couldn't interview herself, The Batavian stepped as guest host (you can hear the full broadcast on WBTA's website).
"It was really just by accident (that I found the documentary)," Kauffman said. "I was browsing through Netflix -- this had to have been at least five years ago -- and I love documentaries, so I was looking to the documentary section and came across 'Grey Gardens.' I thought 'oh this sounds interesting' and watched it and just fell in love with the movie and the characters."
Like many Grey Gardens fans, Kauffman has delved deeper into the background and history of the Bouviers and the Beales and the lives of Edith and Edie, so when she heard Batavia Players was going to stage the musical, she certainly wanted to audition for the part, and in fact Burk already had her in mind to play Edith in the second act.
"She was a Bohemian and she was an artist -- she wanted to sing," Kauffman said. "She did sing in at parties. She did give some concerts, smaller concerts.
"We take for granted," Kauffman added, "that the Kennedys were a very prominent Catholic family and that it was the WASPS, the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, were the ones who were dominating the social scene. And Phalen (Beale, husband of Edith and an uncle to Jackie), and I think Major Bouvier, to an extent, wanted to fit in with that WASP culture, and so Phalen was very conservative socially. He did not want his wife out singing in public and giving concerts. He thought she should act like a reserved society matron. She fought against that.
"When they bought Grey Gardens -- when they first married they lived in Manhattan -- when they bought Grey Gardens out on Long Island he basically just let her give recitals in the home for some of her friends. I think it broke her heart because I think she really thought she could have been a star."
The star of the documentary is, perhaps, Little Edie, the once-gorgeous, former '40s-era debutante who may have been engaged to Joe Kennedy Jr., who turned down a proposal from J. Paul Getty, and probably dated Howard Hughes. By the 1970s, in a dilapidated mansion, she seems a little touched.
"She went out with the creme de la creme of the most eligible bachelors," Kauffman said. "She was a debutante. She was absolutely gorgeous. She did some modeling."
The musical's two acts are set in better times and decaying times, first when the Beales still had some money, were still young and living the life of high society, and then in the second act Edith and Edie are living with a motley bunch of cats and scavaging raccoons. The first act is largely fictional, providing a backdrop to how the family was torn apart, and the second act cuts closer to the Beales' life as revealed by Maysles brothers.
One of the fascinating turns of the documentary is the creative ways Edie wears clothes, turning mundane garments into fashion statements, always wearing a turban or head scarf of some sort, adorned with a favorite brooch.
That came about, it seems, Kauffman said, because the Beales had no money left, or not much of it. Major Bouvier had cut his daughter Edith from the will, and once Edith and Phalen divorced, Phalen didn't pay alimony, he just left her the mansion and a small stipend.
"So imagine you have this house, this big mansion, and you have no money for upkeep or maintenance. You don't have money to go out and buy new clothing or new furniture," Kauffman said. "You see the decay. Everything is pretty much exactly the way it was but decayed, and as far as the clothing choices, I think she (Little Edie) just made do with what she had. You know she might have had this old brown skirt from the '40s and she just turned it upside down and pinned a brooch to it. She wanted to create a new fashion out of what she had."
The first performance is Friday at 7:30 p.m. There are also shows Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., then again the following weekend with shows on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students.
Musicians: Cindy Baldwin, Bob Chaplin, Tristan Korzelius, Pamela Wentworth, Kathy White, Melzie Case.
posted by Howard B. Owens in American Warrior Concert, the ridge, Frost Ridge, Le Roy, music, entertaiment, news.
The American Warrior Concert, a music festival with more than 60 acts performing, opens tomorrow at noon tomorrow at The Ridge in Le Roy.
The festival is a celebration of our troops, veterans, and the American way of life, according to event organizers. There is one main stage, plus a side stage, an acoustic stage, VIP tent, music lesson tent, open jam tent, camping, craft beer, BBQ, and vendor booths. Proceeds benefit Warrior House of WNY Inc.
Sponsors include Red Osier Landmark Restaurant.
The American Warrior Concert headliner is Weapon-X, frontman Dan Clor's military-inspired heavy band. Other acts scheduled to date include D-ZL, Audibull, Diana Zinni, James D Jackson, Jason Wallace, Ryan Whyman, Black Valentine, Invictra, Kenny Drury, Johnny Bauer, The Dirty Bourbon Blues Band, Delano Steele, 1916, Danny B, Le Roy High Marching Band/Chorus, Dave Riccione Blues Trio, Shawn T, Greg Chako Jazz Trio, Woody Dodge, Ball Cheeze Psychotics and Justin Williams.
To purchase concert tickets click here.
To rent a campsite click here.
posted by Howard B. Owens in darien lake performing arts center, darien lake, arts, entertaiment, music, news.
The concert lineup for the 2017 season at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center continues to fill out, with a total of 23 shows schedule after the latest addition, Lady Antebellum.
Other shows added over the past few weeks: Goo Goo Dolls, Train, Zac Brown Band, Third Eye Blind, Nickleback, One Republic, Kings of Leon, and John Mayer.
This is the 25th season for Darien Lake PAC and to celebrate, concert tickets are also good for admission to the theme park.
For a complete concert lineup and ticket information, click here.
posted by Howard B. Owens in Vinyl Record Revival, GSO, music, entertaiment, batavia, news, Asteria Quartet.
The Genesee Symphony Orchestra hosted a special performance in Batavia Saturday night at Vinyl Record Revival of the Asteria Quartet.
The quartet includes Shade Zajac, the GSO's new conductor and musical director, along with Evie Boughton on the viola, Kiram Rajamani and Leah McCarthy on violin.
Between each piece, the members took questions from the audiences about the pieces, the performance and the history of the music.
The evening including a wine tasting hosted by Chris Crocker, owner of the YNGodess Shop.
posted by Howard B. Owens in Mighty St. Joe's Alumni Corps, St. Joe's of Batavia Brass Ensemble, Jackson Square, BID, batavia, downtown, news, music, entertaiment.
The 2016 summer season of concerts in Jackson Square kicked off Friday night with performances by St. Joe's of Batavia Brass Ensemble (its 85th Reunion) and the Mighty St. Joe's Alumni Corps (with an interlude covering the history of the bugle, featuring members of the ensemble).


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A: It means you can't do anything involving mutexes from inside a signal handler.  (Technically, only for asynchronous signals, but all the synchronous signals are for things like "that pointer doesn't point to anything, I'm'a kill your process now" so it's moot.)