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The expression level of MBD4 and its correlation with SLEDAI scores. a Comparison between the MBD4 mRNA expression levels in CD4+ T cells from SLE patients and healthy controls. b, c Comparison of MBD4 protein expression levels between the CD4+ T cells from SLE patients and healthy controls. Representative results of western blot are shown in (b), and quantitative analysis of the band intensities normalized to β-actin is shown in (c). d SLEDAI is short for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index. We can assess the severity of the disease according to the scores. MBD4 mRNA expression levels in the CD4+ T cells of SLE patients were negatively correlated with SLEDAI scores (r 2 = 0.2745, P < 0.01). Horizontal bars represent the mean ± SEM. **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05


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I don't think your policies sound bitchy at all. They make perfect sense.
Tracie: I don't know how you do it. Maybe it's because you always set strong rules in school, but I find it really difficult to stick to my own rules! i guess I operated better when the rules were "absolute" – you know, they came from the top down regarding what I could wear and how I could act in the classroom. Now that I'm trying to create my own rules, I'm finding the path to be much more confusing than i'd previously thought. In any case, I'm glad my rules don't sound bitchy. That's my own issues, right?
Renee, in business you must look after #1 while doing your best for "customer satisfaction & service" for the repeat business. The latter is much easier when you're passionate about your work, service, product — and obviously you got that!
Hey…..you're doing just great woman! Let it fly Girl!!!
Oh Professor! You always make me laugh. I just read your fabulous long email … and I accidentally deleted it. Me and my chubby fingers! Can I just say I'm glad to know you're still dancing! I'm definitely having a bit of an adjustment taking care of #1. I've never thought about myself in that capacity before. Being a teacher is a full-time caregiver gig, so I always had to put my needs second. And then I did it again when I had my son. In business…well…I'm finally learning that those policies are to save me a hassle later! I just had an uncomfortable situation come up today and it's 100% because I didn't follow through on my policy of collecting money at the start of a custom job. Of course, now that the piece is done, the person has changed her mind! Sooooo frustrating, but i only have myself to blame, right? Apparently sticking to my own rules is harder than I think!
Teacher selflessness? Know exactly what you mean. Refine it but don't ever repress it. Got it!?
Yes, your policies are perfectly reasonable! My friend owns an art gallery, and she has very similar policies in place. They give your customers structure and set expectations for both of you! To promote my professional growth, I'm now looking for full-time work in the writing field. Our daughter is almost finished with high school (we homeschool) so it's time. And I'm ready! Keep painting!!
Hi D: I know my policies are similar to those of others,, they just sound … I dunno…mean or something. That's my own issue. Glad to hear you're working on being gainfully employed for all this writing that you do. I'm doing that too! Congratulations on your daughter (almost) finishing high school. That is truly an accomplishment!
Your policies are perfect. It's not like you're asking anyone to pay you personally, with a cashier's check, while dressed in chiffon and doing the Hokey Pokey. You're asking for standard stuff!!
This is a hard thing for a lot of people. My dad made custom wood furniture for about 20 years. The first 15 years it was a side job. The last 5 it was his entire livelihood. He could get away with undervaluing his work those first 15 years but not those last 5. He never took the risk to raise his prices, and it was part of why he had to go get a regular job again.
Hi Jim: Thanks for your vote of confidence. So interesting about your dad. I think for lots of "crafty people," we like to give our things away. It feels strange to change.
If a person went to a store to find a similar piece of furniture, people would have expected to pay, right?
I'm learning that the things I do actually have worth, and I'm trying to believe that I'm worth it. Thanks for sharing your story with me.
Renee, Your new policies make perfect sense. The problem we artists have is that we can't believe we can get paid AND love our work. On top of that others also don't think we should get paid for something we enjoy, nor for something they believe is easy for us to do. We may have an aptitude for music, visual arts, poetry, dance, drama, but to be good requires work and discipline…which others do not see. Would a cabinet maker give his/her work away just because they enjoy working with wood? Should an obstetrician not charge for delivering babies because they love assisting women in childbirth? It is so unfair to expect artists of any discipline to be wishy-washy and poor business people. Artists are self-employed and need to take care of business because no one else will do it for them.
You have to have firm policies if it's a business. And I think you probably know yourself better now than you ever have in your life, which is a good thing. Know yourself, and be true to yourself. Part of being true to yourself is setting boundaries to protect yourself against being taken advantage of. As Nike says, just do it.
Totally normal and fair to have policies! Nobody would go into a store and pay whenever they felt like it. So impressed with the direction you've taken this business in such a short time. Your passions shows!
Let me tell you about selling a short story. I was over the moon when they said they were going to take it. After all, it was my first sale.
I spent a lot of time selling into the Fortune 500. I know a bit about contracts. This one had some oddities to it. Everyone else signed it. I questioned it.
Turned out that the editor loved my questions, and re-wrote the contract.
Point being, you have to look out for yourself. This was something I had problems with too. My parents grew up in the Great Depression, when any job, no matter how bad, was considered a good job. That's what they taught me, and that's what I believed for years. I never pushed for a raise, I was taught that you got a raise if you proved to the boss that you were worth it.
It was a long time before I was able to work past that, at least partially. I'm still not really good at doing things for me.
But hey, I'm getting better. So I know where you are coming from. Setting rules just isn't something you are good at. But the rules you've set sound good to me.
I just have to say that I'm happy you are volunteering, painting and feeling more confident! Miss talking to you, but am smiling knowing the sun is shining a bit brighter for you these days!
Thanks Naomi. Yes, I'm just starting to get back into the swing of things. I have to be careful. It's my nature to take on much too much too fast. It's okay to leave one day to relax or work out or meet friends. That's important, too.
Policies are not Bitchy. They are business practices that allow you to work effectively and without to much stress. Good for you!
Thanks Val. I know rules are necessary to make our lives less complicated, so we don't have to ask or answer the same questions over and over agin… but I guess I worry finding myself in that one situation that my policies don't cover. I guess that's when people have to take things on an individual basis, eh?
Hola, Amiga! I have been taking a bit of a blogging rest and thought I would come out of hiding and check on my peeps. 🙂 First of all, congrats on getting that part time job you were hoping to get!
I understand completely! I hate asking anyone for money. I'm horrible at soliciting donations for charities, and I'd be awful at telemarketing. I've also recently started my own business, and although what I'm selling is not my own creation, I still find it difficult to basically be asking people to buy stuff so that I can earn money. And I spend way too much of my own time trying to help my customers get the most bang for their buck. Twice now I've had customers place their orders and choose the wrong type of shipping (directly to them, instead of the host of the party they are buying through). I've caught it and then had to contact them, explain they are paying $10 too much, get their order canceled, create the new order, this time correctly, etc. I'm still working on my professional growth – I need to feel much more comfortable offering my business opportunity to others!
Hi Faith! Congratulations on trying something new in your life. I have been going thru very much the same things you are describing. Taking on a new business venture can definitely be daunting, and I admire you for taking on second job.
I think women, in general, have a hard time asking for money. We aren't socialized to be demanding in that area. Historically, we're supposed to rely on the men in our lives to take care of us, which is silly! I think for myself, I feel like people must think, "Oh, her husband makes all the money in the family. Isn't it cute that she's making a little 'pin-money' to spend." Um hello, no. I'm really trying to create a business out of my art and my writing. I wonder if you assume something similar, like: "Oh, she's probably doing this for fun, not the money." I'm sure you are enjoying the social part of your new business, but I'm also guessing you'd like to make money, too – yes?
It's all a learning curve, right? Thanks for chiming in.


JoyBound: Birth Story Part 2!
Part 1 ended with us on our way to the hospital. I had no idea if I was truly in labor and I was about 80% sure we would be back home within a few hours. As I mentioned in part 1, our birth plan was to labor at home as long as possible and I made sure my doctor was okay with me going home if labor wasn't progressing.
So we arrived at the hospital and I insisted that I walk with my husband through the front door so I refused to let him drop me off. Yes I was having contractions. Painful ones. But I wanted to walk as much as possible while it was still possible. The four of us (Me, Phillip, Mom and Aunt) met at the front doors and although I was IN THE MIDDLE of another contraction, I paused to.... TAKE A PICTURE. Haha. Like I said in part 1, I wanted to record these memories. And that's just what we did. We took pictures/videos all the way into the lobby, up the elevator, into the labor and delivery room.... you get the idea. Tons of pictures. Imagine the faces on the people in the emergency room waiting area. Stunned, shocked, thinking I'm nuts? Yup. Here I am huffing and puffing and having trouble walking but you better believe I posed about 5 times for pictures. Their mouths were literally open and some of the women were giggling/ gasping in amazement.
So we get to the counter to check in. My hubby says, "I think my wife is in labor". The lady says "okay have her sign right - OH MY SHE NEEDS A WHEELCHAIR" But guess what? She didn't have a free wheelchair! Yes. You read that right. In a hospital there wasn't a free wheelchair. Here's the craziest part. She then goes over to an elderly woman sitting in a wheelchair and tells her that I need the wheelchair. I was mortified. I WAS TAKING A WHEELCHAIR AWAY FROM A POOR OLD WOMAN. I even said, "no I don't need it". Well they didn't believe me so into the wheelchair I went. From the lobby to the elevator things progressed. THAT FAST. The man rolling me up was shocked at how I changed from one minute to the next. I think he even told me to stop talking at one point because I was in pain. Silly man. Little did he know I would be talking up until I was 9 centimeters... ya know, before the screaming began.
Once we were in the labor and delivery area I made sure they knew that I had a birth plan on file and that I wanted the room with the tub (to labor in).
We got checked in and the nurse checked me. I wasn't sure how far along I would be but I was hoping to be atleast 4 centimeters and close to 90% effaced. Well she one upped me because I was 5 centimeters and 100% effaced. BAM! I was in labor. This was happening for real. As soon as she checked me she asked, "so what are we doing for your pain management? We can get an epidurrr-" To which we quickly said "NO." in unison. Ha, I think we scared her and it probably sounded wayyy more dramatic than it needed to be but I was IN THE MIDDLE of another contraction and I had to stay strong. I told her, "we have a birth plan. I don't want anything for pain and we would prefer it if NOONE brings that option up again". I was nervous that I would cave once the pain got bad enough and if I had people suggesting it at just the right moment it could make it much more difficult to stay strong.
As soon as they gave me the okay we started walking around the halls. RIGHT THROUGH MY CONTRACTIONS. They were getting strong - fast! Every contraction was a little longer, way stronger and closer together. I was determined to keep walking even through the worst parts. I was succesful! I felt so strong. Stronger than I've ever felt in my life. Every time she checked me I was further along. Significantly.
It's funny how time seems to stand still when you're in that place. Every hour felt like 5 minutes. I wasn't even a little tired. At 3:41am I was 8 centimeters. I know this because I tweeted it. How crazy is that?! I don't know what I was on. My contractions were hurting like I never thought I could hurt but I was doing my best to either walk through it or completely relax my body no matter how bad the pain got. I breathed slowly and with as much control as possible. It was around this time when I was considering getting in the shower to have the water run on my back to help with the pain. I looked over at the door, back down at myself, over at the door - hold that thought, one more contraction - and then decided I did not have it in me. As close as my contractions were, I didn't have the time to make it to the bathroom. My doctor came through the door and it was like that's all I needed to let my body go. Within seconds my contractions got so bad I thought my body was going to levetate off the bed. My eyes were rolling back and the once calmish girl was gone. Crazy Eliza was in and ready for business!
When my doc checked me she let me know that although I was now 10 centimeters, the way the baby's head was pushing down was getting in the way from me being ready to push. I'm sure it's a bit more technical than that but I was in too much pain to fully get it. She gave me two options. Either I let her break my water or wait it out. Again, I was in too much pain to get it. It was like I was in some sick dream. A few minutes went by (or maybe an hour - who knows) and she looked at me and said, "I'm going to break your water now. Is that ok?". YUP. As soon as she broke my water I felt the warm gush of fluid and OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! The most intense, out of this world pain EVER!
"I NEED TO PUSH RIGHT NOW!!!!"
With the height of that contraction I started to push. I had no idea what I was doing or how it should feel. I pushed for about an hour and most of that hour I was thinking he would never come out. That and other things that I should NEVER REPEAT. I was determined to be nice to the people around me. Did that happen? I don't know. You'd have to ask my husband about that. I know that I used his fingers for pain management. It felt sooooooo good to crush his fingers. Doesn't that sound down right evil! I don't care. It felt amazing. I felt bad for him. sure. but oh boy did it feel good. Other than that, I tried not to say mean things. Oh and I flung a towel at him. What?! I asked for a cold towel and it was room temperature! But yeah other than THAT I was nice...ish.
I should add that while you're in that kind of mind-blowing agony you should be allowed to fling whatever you want at your significant other. RIGHT?! He didn't mind though. At least that's what he tells me.
Okay back to my story. Pushing. I've read how a lot of women think that's the easiest part. They say it's the most amazing sense of relief. What I want to know is what kind of crack those women were smoking (crack gets smoked right?). There was even a moment in there where I thought about how amazing a c-section would be. Other things I was thinking: how in the WORLD is this planet populated?!, who would do this TWICE?!.
But you know what? I would. I would do it twice, three times, as many times as I can because the end product is so so so amazing. And doing it natural? So worth it. I felt like SUPERWOMAN. And I did it all for this precious gift in my arms. AH, SO WORTH IT INDEED.
I pushed for about an hour. And yes, I felt EVERYTHING. I even felt his shoulders come through. A bit graphic I know. They brought in the mirror as he was about to come out (per my birth plan). The moment his head came out was so special but I only had half a second to catch my breath because in the blink of an eye his whole body was out. I can't explain the rush of emotions I felt. My baby boy, the one I cried to one day have, was here. He was about to be handed to me, crying and so very healthy. In that one moment our lives were forever changed. As they placed him in my arms all I could say was, "we waited so long for you". We had. So long. And here he was, in my arms. All 8 pounds 7.6 ounces of him. He looked up at us and even gave us a little grin. He was my baby and I was his mama and for a few minutes the world stopped. The doctor, the nurses, the cameras all faded into the background and it was just us. Our happy little family just the way we were meant to be.
so beautiful! What a beautiful story!!
Eliza this is such a beautiful story! I'm so thrilled for you!!!
Your story made me laugh and cry... maybe it's the pregnancy hormones. I love, love, love your story and it makes me feel so much better about my birth plan. I've been doubting myself (who doesn't) but hearing you do it without meds and without ACTUALLY breaking your husband's fingers makes me feel like I can do this... either that or I will return and call you a big fat liar in July. Either way, thanks for sharing!
Haha, I actually dont know how my husband made it through with his fingers in tact. I doubted myself a lot too. But you can do it! Our bodies are designed to do this.
that was the most amazing birth story I've read. I almost cringed in pain for you, I felt like I was there!
Im so glad you liked it. :) it was the most incredible day of our lives. That's for sure.
Haha, I laughed so hard when you talked about posing for pictures in the middle of contractions, that's exactly what I would do too. I could see that looking so nutty too! And...she kicked an old lady out of a wheelchair? What?
That sounds like an awesome (actually ideal - i know i say that now) birth experience. You must feel so blessed!
I absolutely loved reading your birth story. I am so happy for you and your family!
So sweet ... thank you!


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I love Dundee. It's funny, but even in the world of today where Dundee is vibrant with the development of the V&A and waterfront, its status as a UNESCO City of Design and top place in our very own Heritage Index for Scotland, this is a statement that can be met with a range of responses ranging from ridicule to incredulity, especially in the Central Belt of Scotland.
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The Grainger Town Project is widely regarded a demonstration of 'what works' and, perhaps more importantly, the town is now seen as the 'Pulsating Heart of Newcastle'.
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Eindhoven's heritage provides the basis for strong economic prospects, built around a unique brand as 'The City of Light'.
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Thousands forced to evacuate around San Francisco Bay Area as California fires rage
Alexa Mencia
Posted: Aug 19, 2020 / 11:55 AM CDT | Updated: Aug 19, 2020 / 12:08 PM CDT
A fire vehicle passes burning trees on Pleasants Valley Rd. near Winters, Calif., as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through the area on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
SAN FRANCISCO (NewsNation) — Thousands of people were under orders to evacuate in regions surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday as nearly 40 wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week. Smoke blanketed the city of San Francisco.
Police and firefighters went door-to-door before dawn Wednesday in a frantic scramble to warn residents to evacuate as fire encroached on Vacaville, a city of about 100,000 that lies between San Francisco and Sacramento. Fire officials said at least 50 structures were destroyed and 50 were damaged and that four people were injured.
Television footage showed some homes in flames and thick ash dropping in a rural area near Interstate 80 as the fire appeared to head toward more densely populated areas.
California battling power drain, wildfires during heat wave
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that blaze and others were exhibiting "extreme fire behavior" and challenging firefighters. There is rugged terrain in several of the areas and unexpectedly strong winds overnight fanned the flames.
"Throughout the state of California right now, we are stretched thin for crews" because of the fires, said Will Powers, a state fire spokesman. "Air resources have been stretched thin throughout the whole state."
To the south in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, about 22,000 people were ordered to evacuate because of a fire that was burning in dense wooded parkland but threatened communities, Cal Fire spokesman Jonathan Cox said.
"This is a very active timber fire burning in two counties with a serious threat to both public safety and for structures that are out in front of it," he said.
Thousands of homes and businesses were also threatened in the wine-growing counties of Napa and Sonoma in an area devastated by a series of deadly blazes in the last three years. At least seven fires were grouped together as one of two major Lightning Fires in Northern California, a nod to their origins just a day earlier.
Powers said much of the fire was burning through rural areas with steep terrain, making it difficult to get crews in.
Seen in a long exposure photograph, embers burn along a hillside as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through unincorporated Napa County, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heat wave continues. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
An outbuilding burns as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through the Spanish Flat area of unincorporated Napa County, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heat wave continues. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Matt Nichols tries to save his home as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through Vacaville, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heat wave continues. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Matt Nichols sprays water while trying to save his home as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through Vacaville, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heat wave continues. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Bill Nichols, 84, works to save his home as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through Vacaville, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Nichols has lived in the home for 77 years. Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heat wave continues. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Seen in a long exposure photograph, embers burn along a hillside above Lake Berryessa as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through unincorporated Napa County, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heat wave continues. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
State Sen. Bill Dodd said the fires burning in Napa and Sonoma counties were mostly affecting less populated areas.
"I think the people around here, even the people that have structures in harm's way, understand that they're in a more rural area and that the people in more densely populated areas have to get the resources first," said Dodd, who represents all of Napa and Solano counties as well as parts of Contra Costa, Sacramento, Sonoma and Yolo counties.
In the East San Francisco Bay, a cluster of 20 separate lightning-sparked fires threatened about 1,400 structures in rugged terrain with dense brush. Strong winds and low humidity made the firefight challenging.
Blazes engulfed rural and forest areas near the San Francisco Bay Area, near Salinas in Monterey County, around Oroville Dam north of Sacramento, forested areas west of Silicon Valley, in remote Mendocino County and near the Nevada state line north of Lake Tahoe.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued alerts through Wednesday, banning the burning of wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel due to the fires, NewsNation affiliate KRON-TV reported. The agency is also encouraging the public to stay indoors with windows closed is possible, particularly for those with respiratory issues.
Several fires were also burning in northern coastline areas and in Southern California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered a statewide state of emergency Tuesday, saying the blazes were "exacerbated by the effects of the historic West Coast heat wave and sustained high winds."
The cluster of wine country fires threaten an area that only last year grappled with another massive blaze that forced 200,000 to flee — a task made more complicated this year because of the pandemic.
Tuesday afternoon, the fire was moving toward an area called Atlas Peak that burned in 2017 in a blaze that killed six people and destroyed nearly 800 buildings. The California Highway Patrol said helicopter crews were unable to do rescues in the area because the smoke was too thick to fly in.
Robin Sisemore hosed down vegetation in front of her mother's adjacent house. Both homes were new, replacing ones that burned just three years ago.
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Dior comes from a French surname, apparently a locational name for someone who came from a Diors, Indre, in France. The name could perhaps be related to French d'or meaning "golden". It's also possible that it may be related to Greek dios meaning "of Zeus", though it could also be related to PIE *dyew" (sky, heaven, god; shining). Dior…
Theresa is a variant spelling of Teresa, a female given name of uncertain origin. The name seems to have first been used by the Spanish wife of St. Paulinus of Nola, a Roman poet, writer, and senator; her name was Therasia. The name may have come from the name of a Greek island, it's origin unknown. It could be…
Tessa is a diminutive of Teresa/Theresa, a name of uncertain etymology. It could be derived from Greek theros meaning "summer; harvest, crop; heat" or from Greek therizo meaning "to reap, cut". It could also possibly be related to Greek ther meaning "wild beast; beast of prey" or Greek thēráō "to hunt". Origin: Proto-Indo-European Variants: Tess (English, Dutch) Tessie (English) Teresa (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish,…
Tressa is a female given name, a variant of Theresa, a name of uncertain etymology. It could be derived from Greek theros meaning "summer; harvest, crop; heat" or from Greek therizo meaning "to reap, cut". It could also possibly be related to Greek ther meaning "wild beast; beast of prey" or Greek thēráō "to hunt". Tressa is also a Cornish female name which comes…
Fiera is a word in Esperanto meaning "proud"; it's also a word in Spanish meaning "wild animal, wild beast" and also "wild" which comes from Latin fera (wild animal, beast) via ferus (wild, savage; uncivilized) which ultimately derives from PIE *ǵʰwer- (wild; wild animal). Fiera is also an Italian word meaning "fair, exhibition" which comes from Late Latin feria (festival, holy…
Theron is an Ancient Greek male name derived from Greek therao meaning "to hunt", essentially meaning "hunter". It comes from Greek ther (θήρ) "wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion" deriving from PIE root word *ǵʰwer- (wild; wild animal). Potnia Theron is an Ancient Greek title meaning "Mistress of the Wild Animals", an epithet used for the Greek goddess of…
Tess is a diminutive of Teresa/Theresa, a name of uncertain etymology. It could be derived from Greek theros meaning "summer; harvest, crop; heat" or from Greek therizo meaning "to reap, cut". It could also possibly be related to Greek ther meaning "wild beast; beast of prey" or Greek thēráō "to hunt". Origin: Proto-Indo-European Variants: Tessa (English) Tessie (English) Teresa (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Finnish,…
Tracy is an English unisex given name derived from a surname originally from a place name in Normandy, France. It derives from Gallo-Roman given name Thracius with a locational suffix meaning "Thracian's settlement" or "domain of Thracius", Thracius being a Roman name referring to someone who came from Thrace or was a Thracian. The name comes from Latin thrax which may…
Terry is an English unisex name originally used as a diminutive of Terence (which comes from Roman family name Terentius which is of uncertain meaning though it could be derived from Latin terens meaning "rubbing, wearing away" from Latin terere (to rub, to wear out) though it might also be related to Sabine terenus meaning "soft") or Theresa ( comes from Greek Therasia, the name of…


The recent incident of an Asian doctor being dragged off a United Airlines airplane has opened a conversation about whether discrimination against Asians and the myth of the model minority may have played a role in how the man was treated.
David Dao refused to leave, explaining he was a doctor who had to see patients in the morning. Passengers reported that he complained that he was being singled out because he was Asian, passenger Tyler Bridges told the New York Times. Dao is Vietnamese American and he fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon, his family said.
Dao's family and attorneys held a press conference on Thursday and said that he suffered a concussion and had his nose broken and some teeth knocked out after Chicago Aviation Police forcibly removed him from a Chicago to Louisville flight. United Airlines said the crew had selected four passengers to remove from the plane to make room for employees who needed to be in Louisville.
The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus also called for an investigation into the incident on Wednesday, CNN reported.
The incident went viral worldwide, especially in China where more than 550 million people had viewed a blog post about the incident on the Chinese blogging website Weibo, said the New York Times.
Chinese American comedian Joe Wong questioned why of all the passengers, Dao was selected, and pointed on Weibo and Twitter that discrimination against Asians often gets ignored because many who are affected don't speak out, the New York Times reported.
Eric Chen,University of Washington Asian Student Commission Assistant Director, said it troubled him that the airline looked for "volunteers" to leave the flight, which Dao obviously was not. Chen wondered what would have happened if the Dao had been white.
Steven W. Thrasher, a columnist for The Guardian who writes on race, also questioned whether the idea Dao's ethnicity had played into how the incident escalated.
Tags: anti-Asian, Asian, Asian Americans, Chinese, Chinese Americans, discrimination, model minority myth, travel, United Airlines.


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/** @file frame_listener_impl.h Implementation of the frame listener classes. */

#ifndef FRAME_LISTENER_IMPL_H_
#define FRAME_LISTENER_IMPL_H_

#include <map>

#include <libfreenect2/config.h>
#include <libfreenect2/frame_listener.hpp>

namespace libfreenect2
{
///@addtogroup frame
///@{

/** Storage of multiple different types of frames. */
typedef std::map<Frame::Type, Frame*> FrameMap;

class SyncMultiFrameListenerImpl;

/** Collect multiple types of frames. */
class LIBFREENECT2_API SyncMultiFrameListener : public FrameListener
{
public:
  /**
   * @param frame_types Use bitwise or to combine multiple types, e.g. `Frame::Ir | Frame::Depth`.
   */
  SyncMultiFrameListener(unsigned int frame_types);
  virtual ~SyncMultiFrameListener();

  /** Test if there are new frames. Non-blocking. */
  bool hasNewFrame() const;

  /** Wait milliseconds for new frames.
   * @param[out] frame Caller is responsible to release the frames.
   * @param milliseconds Timeout. This parameter is ignored if not built with C++11 threading support.
   * @return true if a frame is received; false if not.
   */
  bool waitForNewFrame(FrameMap &frame, int milliseconds);

  /** Wait indefinitely for new frames.
   * @param[out] frame Caller is responsible to release the frames.
   */
  void waitForNewFrame(FrameMap &frame);

  /** Shortcut to delete all frames */
  void release(FrameMap &frame);

  virtual bool onNewFrame(Frame::Type type, Frame *frame);
private:
  SyncMultiFrameListenerImpl *impl_;

  /* Disable copy and assignment constructors */
  SyncMultiFrameListener(const SyncMultiFrameListener&);
  SyncMultiFrameListener& operator=(const SyncMultiFrameListener&);
};

///@}
} /* namespace libfreenect2 */
#endif /* FRAME_LISTENER_IMPL_H_ */

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To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.
This Act may be cited as the "Student Support Act".
SEC. 2. School-based mental health and student service providers.
"(1) The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service has found that although 1 in 10 children and adolescents suffer from mental illness severe enough to cause some level of impairment, in any given year fewer than 1 in 3 of these children receives needed treatment. The short- and long-term consequences of untreated childhood mental disorders are costly, in both human and fiscal terms.
"(2) School counselors, school psychologists, other qualified psychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, and school social workers are needed to help these children and to provide a variety of crucial support services.
"(3) Across the United States, there are insufficient resources for school-based counseling professionals, and often students do not get the help they need. The current national average ratio of students to school counselors in elementary and secondary schools is 471 to 1.
"(4) United States schools need more mental health professionals, and they need the flexibility to hire the professionals that will best serve their students.
"(C) students to school social workers is 250 to 1.
"(6) In some States, 1 school counselor typically serves over 1,000 students. Ratios for school psychologists and school social workers are also extremely high. In some schools, there are no school-based mental health and student service providers available to assist students in times of crisis, or at any other time.
"(7) The number of students is expected to grow significantly over the next few years. During this time, many school-based mental health professionals who currently serve the Nation's youth will retire.
"(8) Model programs using school-based mental health and student service providers have reduced school suspensions, reduced referrals to the principal's office, reduced the use of weapons, force, and threats, and increased students' feelings of safety.
"(C) One school social worker for every 250 students.
"(2) To provide school-based mental health and student services.
"(3) To remove emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial barriers to learning so as to enhance students' classroom preparedness and ability to learn.
"(4) To support school staff and teachers in improving classroom management, conducting behavioral interventions to improve school discipline, and developing the awareness and skills to identify early warning signs of violence and the need for mental health services.
"(5) To support parental involvement in improving the school behavior and academic success of their children.
"(1) CHILD.—The term 'child' means an individual who is not less than 5 years old and not more than 17 years old.
"(2) CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIST.—The term 'child and adolescent psychiatrist' has the meaning given such term in section 5421(e).
"(3) CHILD IN POVERTY.—The term 'child in poverty' means a child from a family with an income below the poverty line.
"(4) MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term 'mental health and student service provider' means a qualified individual who provides mental health and student services, including any individual who is a qualified school counselor, a qualified school psychologist or any other qualified psychologist, a child or adolescent psychiatrist, or a qualified school social worker.
"(5) MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT SERVICES.—The term 'mental health and student services' includes direct, individual, and group services provided to students, parents, and school personnel by mental health and student service providers, and the coordination of prevention strategies in schools or community-based programs.
"(6) OTHER QUALIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST.—The term 'other qualified psychologist' has the meaning given such term in section 5421(e).
"(7) POVERTY LINE.—The term 'poverty line' means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved.
"(C) holds a minimum of a master's degree in school counseling from a program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs or the equivalent.
"(C) possesses national certification by the National School Psychology Certification Board.
"(C) possesses a national credential or national certification as a school social work specialist granted by an independent professional organization.
"(11) STATE.—The term 'State' means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
"SEC. 5548. School-based mental health and student service provider grant program.
"(a) In General.—In accordance with this chapter, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible States to assist local educational agencies in those States in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.
"(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to 50 percent of such total amount as the number of children enrolled in public and private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary schools in the State bears to the number of children enrolled in all such schools in all States.
"(c) Minimum Grant.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), no grant under this section shall be for an amount less than $1,000,000.
"(d) Reallocation.—The Secretary shall reallocate to States that have received approval under subsection (e)(2) any funds allocated under subsection (b) to a State that fails to submit an application that is approved by the Secretary.
"(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
"(B) provides an assurance that the State will provide the matching amount required under subsection (g).
"(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this subsection, the total of the amounts made available to a State under this section and the amounts of the non-Federal match required under subsection (g) may only be used by a State to make grants to local educational agencies to assist such agencies in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.
"(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—In each fiscal year, a State may use not more than 5 percent of the assistance made available to it under this chapter for the administrative costs of the State in carrying out the State's responsibilities under this chapter.
"(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to 50 percent of such total as the number of children enrolled in public and private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary schools in the school district served by the local educational agency bears to the number of children enrolled in all such schools in the State.
"(4) MINIMUM GRANT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (3), no grant made by a State in accordance with this subsection shall be for an amount less than $50,000.
"(5) SOURCE OF DATA.—For purposes of paragraph (3), the State shall use data from the most recent fiscal year for which satisfactory data are available, except that the State may adjust such data, or use alternative child poverty data, if the State demonstrates to the Secretary's satisfaction that such adjusted or alternative data more accurately reflect the relative incidence of children who are living in poverty and who reside in the school districts in the State.
"(6) APPLICATION BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—A State may require that, in order to be eligible for a grant made by the State in accordance with this subsection, a local educational agency shall submit an application to the State at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State may require.
"(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, the Secretary shall require that a State provide from non-Federal sources an amount equal to the amount of the grant.
"(2) LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.—In making grants to local educational agencies in accordance with this subsection, a State may require that a local educational agency match a portion of the amount of the grant made to the agency.
"(3) FORM.—The non-Federal share required by this subsection may be provided in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, and may include facilities, equipment, or services.
"(h) Funds To Be Supplementary.—Assistance made available under this chapter shall be used to supplement, and may not supplant, Federal, State, or local funds used for employing school-based mental health and student service providers.
"(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year for which it receives assistance under this chapter, a State shall collect data describing how the assistance is used.
"(B) the ratio of students to school counselors, the ratio of students to school psychologists or other qualified psychologists, the ratio of students to child and adolescent psychiatrists, and the ratio of students to school social workers.
"(3) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—A State may use a portion of the assistance permitted to be used for administrative costs to carry out its responsibilities under this subsection.
"(4) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make data received under this subsection publicly available on an annual basis.
"SEC. 5549. Authorization of appropriations.
"There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2022.".
"Sec. 5541. Grants for the integration of schools and mental health systems.
"Sec. 5542. Promotion of school readiness through early childhood emotional and social development.
"Sec. 5548. School-based mental health and student service provider grant program.
"Sec. 5549. Authorization of appropriations.".


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Q: D3.js background gitter i wasnt quite sure what to call this question but so far i have been unable to find what im looking for.
First an image:

This is taken from chart.js
Right now im trying to create my own costum chart but i want it to feel abit like chart.js so  here is my chart created with D3:

Now on the image from Chart.js you can see the background has some sort of indexing. I was wondering how is that possible with D3?

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State and Federal legislation has wide-ranging impacts on the City of Longmont, its residents and businesses. The Longmont City Council closely follows a variety of legislative issues and sometimes weighs in to support or oppose pending legislation.
The Colorado General Assembly meets from January through May each year. When the Assembly is in session, this page is regularly updated with information on legislation in a variety of policy areas.
Legislative Policy Positions
In December, 2018, the Longmont City Council adopted the:
Colorado Municipal League (CML) Policy Statement,
City of Longmont Water Principles,
and the National League of Cities Federal Policy Statement
Legislative Tracking
Click here to see the list of bills tracked during the State legislative session.
View more information about federal issues on the National League of Cities website.
Send comments about specific legislation to City of Longmont staff:
Sandra Seader, Assistant City Manager
or contact your Council Member
Do Your Own Research
The Colorado General Assembly - Review bills, listen to live hearings.
The U.S. House
The U.S. Senate
Thomas - A federal legislation research tool provided by the Library of Congress.
Colorado Municipal League
Regulations.gov is the U.S. Government website that makes it easier for you to participate in Federal rule-making - an essential part of the American democratic process.


As a new parent, it can be hard to feel like you are making all the right decisions for your child. From the minute your child is born, there are so many things you have to think of. You only want the best for your child, so this is where organic and natural baby products come in.
Preschool is the start of your child?s academic journey. There are many benefits of preschool, like preparing your child for kindergarten, but it also allows your child to develop social and cognitive skills in a structured, yet creative, environment. But what does your preschooler do when they get home? Do they continue to learn and build different skills? As a parent, it?s part of your job to make sure your child continues learning at home.
Nearly 8000 square feet of living space.
The house itself includes seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms.
A swimming pool with a diving area, a pool house, and a tennis court are just part of the outdoor offerings.
Did you know you don't need a realtor to sell your home? With the Internet at your fingertips and a thousand methods of getting your house into people's hearts and minds, it's never been more possible to be your own agent. Real estate for sale by owner is becoming more of a common choice for many and could very well be the method you're searching for. To sell your own home is to be familiar with the ins and outs of home ownership, marketing and just what makes a home a home. For those that could use a few tips before getting started, you can't go wrong with brushing up on the basics.
Where Do You Go When You Are Looking for Relief from Pain in the Middle of the Night?
The pain in your shoulder is so intense that you have had to start yourself on a steady diet of pain killers. When that did not work, you decided to find the nearest ER care without the wait. Unfortunately, in your rush to find a solution for the pain, you did not think about either the cost or the consequences. In fact, your rush to find ER care without the wait left you in a situation where you may be paying for the bills for months, maybe even years, to come.
Are You Looking for a Home After Being Displaced After a Recent Storm?
Real estate agents across the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Florida may find themselves trying to find solutions to many problems in the next months, and maybe, years. One of the top priorities, however, will be finding a place for all of the misplaced people to stay. And while some will be looking for temporary home rentals until they can repair their homes and return. Others will be seeking permanent relocation. From apartments to town homes and from simple ranch houses to large two story homes, the real estate market will be intense.
Mnay people are doing a great deal more work from home these days than they have ever done before. The advances in technology and the workplace culture, in general, have made working from home more of a regularity and much less an anomaly that you only wish your company would allow you to do.
This week marks back to school for many students. After a long summer, students will dive back into the school routine. They will spend their days taking classes and socializing with their peers. To some, these classes may seem like a waste of time. However, if you enroll your child in the best schools in your area, you will find that they are a valuable part of preparing them for future success.


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Q: Fetch rows containing 9 digit numbers How can I fetch all the rows that contain 9 digits number from varchar2 columns in Oracle SQL?

A: You can use regexp_like().
SELECT nmuloc
       FROM elbat
       WHERE regexp_like(nmuloc, '[[:digit:]]{9}');

The POSIX class [:digit:] matches digits (alternatively the range 0-9 can be used). {9} is a quantifier requiring the quantified subpattern to occur nine times.

Edit:
To match strings, that consist exactly of nine digits:
SELECT nmuloc
       FROM elbat
       WHERE regexp_like(nmuloc, '^[[:digit:]]{9}$');

^ matches the beginning and $ then end of the string.


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Classic Cotswolds (Tour B)
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Enjoy the Cotswolds with this two-day/three-night tour winding through the pretty and scenic roads. This route includes small country towns, chocolate box villages and typically English countryside which covers the counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, northern Wiltshire, southern Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
"The most English and the least spoiled of all our countrysides" wrote JB Priestley in 1933.
The honey-yellow stone towns and villages of the Cotswolds have enchanted visitors for generations and it is a perfect touring area with quiet, meandering roads and quaint architecture. This region is an area of outstanding natural beauty and our suggested route will take you along the most scenic drives, and offers plenty to do and see.
The glorious towns and villages look as if they have strayed into the 21st century from another era. The sheep-shaped past here is appealingly evident in striking wool churches and manor houses built by wealthy textile merchants. Flourishes of later heritage include a fine legacy of the Arts and Crafts movement. The tour is based at one of the most fabulously comfortable and timelessly stylish hotels in the country.
Highlights of the Cotswolds
Stay at one of the Cotswolds most luxurious and indulgent country house hotels
Discover beautiful and traditional stone-built villages such as Lower Slaughter
Explore wonderful towns, full of history, such as Burford, Stow-on-the-Wold, Broadway, Tetbury & Winchcombe
Visit the amazing Snowshill Manor, now in the care of the National Trust
Be enchanted by the magnificent Hidcote Manor and Gardens
See the famous Arlington Row in the very pretty village of Bibury
Stop awhile at Barnsley House for coffee and to see the gardens
Enjoy a stroll around the superb Rococo gardens at Painswick
Spend quiet moments at the ruins of Hailes Abbey
See how the Romans lived at Chedworth Roman Villa
Sample gastronomic delights in a variety of pubs and restaurants
Price: Tour Book: £65 incl UK P&P
Suggested hotel costs from £700 for a room (two people) for two nights, subject to room category, availability and time of year.
Bedroom at Thyme
Arrive in Southrop any time after 3pm and check in to your room. For those arriving early, indulge in afternoon tea, enjoy a stroll through the village, relax in the Olive Garden or explore the kitchen gardens. Enjoy a dinner at The Swan just a moment's walk away.
Today's circular tour takes you round the northern part of the Cotswolds. Surrounded by rolling green hills, dotted with sheep that made the area so rich from the wool trade, visit the towns that prospered during those times. Start with lovely Northleach and then drive onto the stunningly pretty villages of Lower and Upper Slaughter. Head on to Stow on the Wold, a town that made its fortune on the medieval wool trade. Continue on to the quintessentially English, hilltop village that is Snowshill, owned by the National Trust and then the pretty village of Broadway, just over the border in Worcestershire, where the Cotswolds join the Vale of Evesham. Broadway makes a great place to stop for lunch in one of the fine restaurants dotted along the wide main street. Proceed to Hidcote and the famous gardens and then on to Chipping Norton and Burford, before heading back to Southrop.
Visit the beautiful village of Bibury, with its famed Arlington Row, before driving onto Barnsley, where Barnsley House (now a hotel) has gorgeous gardens by Rosemary Verey. Then it's on to the Cotswold Water Park followed by the lovely town of Tetbury. Westonbirt Arboretum is the next point of interest. Then turn north to Stroud and Painswick Rococo Gardens. Head onto Winchcombe and Hailes Abbey. Drive back towards Southrop, visiting Chedworth Roman Villa.
Depart for home at your leisure after a fabulous breakfast.
Thyme is a collection of 17th-century, honey-hued stone cottages scattered across the sprawling Southrop Manor estate and offers a classic country break in the Cotswolds. Well, almost: the green pastures, home-farmed cuisine and assorted heirlooms are present and correct, but look closer and you'll spy mod-rustic interiors and a cookery school prepping future Michelin-star holders. The rooms are situated in the houses and cottages around the courtyard to the north of the magnificent barns. They are a moment's walk away from the reception and Baa which sits adjacent to the beautiful Tithe Barn. The Baa is an elegant drawing room where teas, herbal infusions and coffees are served throughout the day. There is a wonderful wine and cocktail list which specialises in carefully selected English wines, sparkling wines and botanical cocktails which take seasonal inspiration from the herbs growing in our gardens, water meadows and hedgerows. With few exceptions, everything on your plate is grown or farmed on site. Thyme has a two-acre kitchen garden for herbs and vegetables; eggs come from the resident hens, quail and geese, and lambs and pigs are reared in the grounds. The hotel recycles and composts waste, heating comes from a wood-pellet-fuelled boiler or a ground-source heat pump (in the Tithe Barn and cookery school). Dinner is recommended at The Swan pub, just a few moments away in the village centre, a lovely pub-restaurant that has stayed true to its country-pub roots, championing localism (ingredients' ancestry is traced on the menu) and dishing up hearty portions. Dishes are mostly modern British, with a little Italian and French influence. Breakfast is served in the Tithe Barn.
We will contact you directly for more details after you make your initial enquiry.
Tour Price


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Using Cash Balance Plans to Reduce Taxes & Build Wealth
Scott McHenry, FCA, MAAA, MSEA November 22, 2021
David B. Mandell, JD, MBA November 22, 2021
SEASON 2, EPISODE 9 TRANSCRIPT
Listen as David chats with retirement plan expert Scott McHenry. David and Scott talk about Scott's career path – from a position inside a large firm to the transition to his own firm about 15 years ago.
David and Scott then dive into Cash Balance Plans (CBPs). They discuss how these plans can be more favorable than other qualified plans, such as pensions, profit-sharing plans and 401(k)s, and define the type of practice or physician that is a good candidate for a CBP.
They wrap up with key success factors in implementing CBPs, how CBPs can work with 401(k)s, what happens if a CBP is terminated and how Scott and his firm work with physicians and practices throughout the U.S.
Scott's personal history and how he gravitated to math and finance
Scott's decision to leave a large actuarial firm to create his own shop
What Cash Balance Plans (CBPs) are
How CBPs can be more beneficial than other types of retirement plans
The type of physician/practice scenario that is a good candidate for a CBP
The One Key Question to ask to see if a CBP is feasible
A misconception David had about CBPs before he learned more and saw client scenarios
Why CBP rules are unlikely to be phased out though politics and legislation
A few factors Scott thinks are crucial for a physician to understand about CBPs
How CBPs can be "layered in" with existing 401ks
What would happen to a CBP if a practice was merged or acquired
How Scott and his firm work with physicians and practices throughout the country
Scott McHenry Bio:
Scott McHenry is an Enrolled Actuary, a Fellow in the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, a Member of the American Society of Pension Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a graduate of Miami University of Ohio.
Scott founded McHenry Advisers in 2006 and has grown it into one of the largest retirement actuarial firms in the country currently servicing over 1,200 Cash Balance and Defined Benefit Pension Plans.
McHenry Advisers is recognized as a national leader and provider of innovative qualified plan designs and retirement tax mitigation strategies.
Scott has consulted with over 3,500 qualified retirement plans of all sizes over the past 25 years, including 401(k), Profit Sharing Plans, ESOPs, Defined Benefit and Cash Balance Plans.


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Two Houston Developments Show Two Approaches To Gentrification
A mile and a half apart, two Houston developments show two different approaches to address the neighborhood's rapid gentrification.
William Fulton Op-Ed December 14, 2022
A rendering of a patio at The Plant House, planned by Concept Neighborhood in Houston's East End. (Rendering courtesy of Cultivate Land)
This essay is adapted from William Fulton's latest book, "Place and Prosperity: How Cities Help Us To Connect And Innovate."
Located just east of Downtown Houston, the ZIP code 77003 is by some accounts the third-fastest gentrifying postal zone in the country.
The ZIP code encompasses East End, also known as the Second Ward, a traditionally Hispanic neighborhood that used to be a bustling center of blue-collar business and manufacturing. An old Maxwell House plant once infused the whole neighborhood with the smell of coffee. Navigation Boulevard is still a center of Hispanic life, revolving around the legendary Original Ninfa's Mexican restaurant. Just across Buffalo Bayou to the North, technically located in the Fifth Ward, lies a 150-acre site that formerly housed a sprawling complex for Kellogg, Brown and Root, Houston's legendary engineering giant.
Today, the neighborhood is changing quickly. A new light rail line running down Harrisburg Avenue puts the East End five minutes away from jobs-rich downtown Houston and Minute Maid Park. (In a nod to the neighborhood's history, one of the stations is known as "Coffee Plant.") Classic Houston-style townhomes – three stories, garage loaded from the street, with a foot or two in between them – are popping up everywhere in the neighborhood. If you hang around the East End long enough, you will hear stories of developers trying to frighten long-time homeowners to get them to sell out.
You'll also find two very different approaches to dealing with the gentrification problem. On the old Kellogg, Brown and Root site – perhaps the largest vacant site in any urban location in the United States – the mixed-use developer Midway is building a massive project known as "East River," with a nine-hole golf course and a traditional Texas "ice house." The first phase of the project will also include office space, apartments and upscale retail. It's the kind of project you'd see featured by the local Urban Land Institute chapter.
The Midway folks know that they are going to gentrify the neighborhood; they're very open about the fact that their project will drive up property values and there's not a whole lot they can do about it. To mitigate the damage, they've entered into a "Community Benefits Agreement" with the Fifth Ward Community Reinvestment Corporation – a legal agreement in which the developer promises to help the neighborhood in many ways. Among other things, Midway made a commitment to affordable housing, discounted rents for pop-up retail, participation in a newly formed Community Advisory Council, grants to area nonprofits, and efforts to work with local groups to identify neighborhood residents who might be able to work on construction of the project. Though it's not as extensive as some CBAs, it's a start.
"Place and Prosperity" (Courtesy Island Press)
A mile and a half away from the East River project, a smaller group of developers is taking a very different approach. The "Concept Neighborhood" group has acquired several parcels near the Coffee Plant light rail stop and plans on retrofitting older buildings for a wide variety of activities, including space for creative artists. In an old retail building along Harrisburg, they are nurturing small, locally-owned businesses: a restaurant, a wine bar, an 800-square-foot bodega, a popsicle factory. Some of commercial tenants are on a sliding scale of rents based on their sales and most of the items for sale are priced modestly, so longtime local residents can afford them. Jeff Kaplan, one of Concept Neighborhood's partners, says the idea is to create a neighborhood where residents can live car-free in this notoriously car-oriented city.
Of course, Kaplan and his partners know that no matter how they approach their properties, they too are gentrifiers. The value of their property will go up no matter what, to the detriment of some local residents. And they're occasionally criticized by the locals despite their sensitive approach. But the larger point is that East River and Concept Neighborhood are moving forward with investing in the East End – while addressing gentrification in different ways.
Gentrification is usually depicted as a black-and-white, good-and-bad problem: Place amenities are piling up in certain locations, affluent people are "place hoarding," and gentrification threatens longtime residents of neighborhoods with good bones and good locations.
There's certainly a lot of truth to this narrative: Affluent residents are taking over neighborhoods, and longtime residents of modest means are being displaced as a result. But as the Houston East End story shows, the solutions are more nuanced than the standard narrative suggests.
We've seen, for example, many neighborhoods resist gentrification by resisting investment. But deflecting investment is the last thing a long-ignored neighborhood should want. The question is not how to deflect investment – but, rather, how to ensure it benefits people who live in the neighborhood already as well as newcomers.
The acceleration of gentrification has changed the whole concept of economic development in the United States. Previously, the main philosophical battle was over subsidies — essentially, who pays. Now, the battle is over who reaps the benefits.
Twenty years ago – at the beginning of the internet revolution – economic development experts began to envision an entirely different type of U.S. economy than the traditional manufacturing-based economy of the past. The lodestone of this new vision was Richard Florida's 2002 bestseller "The Creative Class," which argued that the future of the U.S. economy depended on knowledge workers generally and the tech innovation sector in particular. The focus of economic development thus shifted from chasing smokestacks to chasing smart kids sitting in coffee shops wearing hoodies and working on their laptops. In the end, the idea was that everybody would benefit from this transition to a knowledge-based, high value-added economy.
As Enrico Moretti showed in his landmark book, "The New Geography of Jobs," even service workers were paid more in locations where the innovation economy was thriving. But making $14 an hour as a barista doesn't help much when the average house goes for a couple million dollars, as it does in Silicon Valley — and therein lay the problem.
The tech economy concentrated wealth in a few major cities — New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles — while the rest of the United States was left behind. Even within those cities, some neighborhoods became unbelievably prosperous, while others — only a few miles away or sometimes even a few blocks away — withered. And sometimes, strangely enough, both happened in the same location, with a booming economy laid atop a struggling neighborhood – as in Houston's East End.
This is the conundrum of economic development today. Places are improved by prosperity — indeed, places cannot thrive without prosperity. But in a society with deepening inequality, places (and people) can also be overrun by prosperity. So how do you restore the balance between place and prosperity in a way that is equitable? This question goes to the most fundamental question about cities today: Can they truly be a vehicle for upward mobility, or will they simply be a space shared by the rich and poor while middle-class folks — to the extent that they still exist — flee to the suburbs or even the exurbs?
No one knows the answer for sure. The Community Benefits Agreement approach taken by East River (and many other developers around the country) constitutes a kind of "mitigation" approach: Let's give something back to the community to make up for the harm we're doing. The Concept Neighborhood approach is more like a "do no harm" approach, or at least a "do as little harm as possible" approach: Let's give the neighborhood as many opportunities as possible.
Efforts to ensure affordable housing and job opportunities for residents in long-neglected neighborhoods are key to ensuring that those neighborhoods remain vital and diverse in the future. For cities to work, their markets have to work, and in a world where some people have a lot of money and most people don't, it's very hard for markets to work properly.
The anti-gentrification approaches taken in recent years sometimes seem like mere bandages, dulling the problem but not solving it. But that's why we need to keep trying different approaches, like the Concept Neighborhood idea, that take advantage of market trends – but respect the underlying culture and economics of gentrifying neighborhoods.
This essay has been corrected to reflect that some of the businesses at the Plant are on a sliding scale, not all of them. We regret the error.
William Fulton is a leading voice in urban planning. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to PFM Management and Budget Consulting and a Fellow at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley. He is the author of several books, including most recently "Place and Prosperity: How Cities Help Us To Connect And Innovate."
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Q: How can we conclude exponential decay from this Lipschitz bound?
Below I want to show that there is a $(\tilde c,\lambda)\in[0,\infty)\times(0,\infty)$ with $$\operatorname W_d(\delta_x\kappa_t,\delta_y\kappa_t)\le\tilde ce^{-\lambda t}\operatorname W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)\tag0$$ for all $x,y\in E$ and $t\in[0,t_0)$, which should be a rather simple conclusion.

Let $(E,d)$ be a complete separable metric space, $\mathcal M_1(E)$ denote the set of probability measures on $(E,\mathcal B(E))$, $\operatorname W_d$ denote the $1$-Wasserstein metric on $\mathcal M_1(E)$ induced by $d$, $(\kappa_t)_{\ge0}$ be a Markov semigroup on $(E,\mathcal B(E))$ and $t_0>0$ with $$\operatorname W_d(\delta_x\kappa_t,\delta_y\kappa_t)\le c\operatorname W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)\;\;\;\text{for all }x,y\in E\text{ and }t\in[0,t_0)\tag1$$ for some $c\ge0$ and $$\operatorname W_d(\delta_x\kappa_{t_0},\delta_y\kappa_{t_0})\le\alpha\operatorname W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)\tag2$$ for some $\alpha\in(0,1)$. We can extend both $1$ and $(2)$ to hold for $\delta_x,\delta_y$ replaced by arbitrary $\mu,\nu\in\mathcal M_1(E)$. From the extension of $(2)$, we easily obtain $$\operatorname W_d(\delta_x\kappa_{nt_0},\delta_y\kappa_{nt_0})\le\alpha^n\operatorname W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)\;\;\;\text{for all }x,y\in E\text{ and }n\in\mathbb N_0\tag3.$$ Now, let $t\ge0$ and $x,y\in E$. Define $$n:=\left\lfloor\frac t{t_0}\right\rfloor$$ and $s:=t-nt_0\in[0,t_0)$. By the extension of $(1)$ and $(3)$, we obtain $$\operatorname W_d(\delta_x\kappa_t,\delta_y\kappa_t)\le c\alpha^n\operatorname W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)\tag4.$$ But now I'm stuck. What I would like to achieve is bounding the left-hand side of $(4)$ by $$\tilde ce^{-\lambda t}\operatorname W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)\tag5$$ for some suitably chosen $\lambda>0$. We can clearly define $\lambda:=\ln\alpha$ so that $\alpha^n=e^{\lambda n}$, but that's not sufficient, since it clearly does not hot $\alpha^n\le\alpha^{\frac t{t_0}}$.

So, what do we need to do? If it's important for the conclusion, feel free to assume that for all $t_0>0$ there are such $c$ and $\alpha$.

A: Partial answer:
I think the claim is easy to prove when $t_0=1$ (unless I'm missing something): From $(2)$, we easily deduce $$\operatorname W_d\left(\delta_x\kappa_n,\delta_y\kappa_n\right)\le\alpha^n\operatorname W_d\left(\delta_x,\delta_y\right)\tag6$$ for all $x,y\in\mathbb N$ and $n\in\mathbb N_0$. If $t>0$, we may write $t=n+r$ for some $n\in\mathbb N_0$ and $r\in[0,1)$ so that $$\operatorname W_d\left(\delta_x\kappa_t,\delta_y\kappa_t\right)\le\alpha^n\operatorname W_d\left(\delta_x\kappa_r,\delta_y\kappa_r\right)\le c\alpha^n\operatorname W_d\left(\delta_x,\delta_y\right)\tag7$$ for all $x,y\in E$ by $(6)$ and $(1)$.
Now we only need to note that $$c\alpha^n=\frac c\alpha\alpha^{n+1}\le\frac c\alpha\alpha^t\tag8$$ (the last "$\le$" is actually a "$<$" as long as $c\ne0$) and hence we obtain $$\operatorname W_d\left(\mu\kappa_t,\nu\kappa_t\right)\le\tilde ce^{-\lambda t}\operatorname W_d(\mu,\nu)\tag9$$ for all $\mu,\nu\in\mathcal M_1(E)$, where $$\tilde c:=\frac c\alpha$$ and $$\lambda:=-\ln\alpha>0.$$

A: To generalize @0xbadf00d's proof to $t_0 \ne 1$, for $t>0$ we can write $t = n t_0 + r$ for some $n \in \mathbb{N}_0$ and $r \in [0,t_0)$.  Then $(7)$ stays the same, i.e. $$W_d(\delta_x \kappa_t, \delta_y \kappa_t) \le \alpha^n W_d(\delta_x \kappa_r, \delta_y \kappa_r) \le c \alpha^n W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)$$
for all $x,y \in E$.  Setting $\bar c := \frac{c}{\alpha}$ and $\lambda := -\frac{\ln \alpha}{t_0}$ gives $W_d(\delta_x\kappa_t,\delta_y\kappa_t) \le \bar c e^{-\lambda t}W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)$ for all $t$.
If we have that for all $t_0$ there exist such $c$ and $\alpha$, then this holds for all $t$ by simply applying the proof to an arbitrary $t_0$.  In fact, since we showed that $W_d(\delta_x \kappa_{nt_0}, \delta_y \kappa_{nt_0}) \le \alpha^n W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y) < \alpha W_d(\delta_x,\delta_y)$ we have if such $c$ and $\alpha$ exist for some $t_0$ then they also exist for $n t_0$ and so we can conclude that they exist for all $T$ sufficiently large.


The Bhairava Tantra is a conversation between the Goddess Who is the Creative Power of the Universe, and the God who is the Consciousness That Permeates Everywhere. For short, they call each other Devi and Bhairava, or Shakti and Shiva. They are lovers and inseparable partners, and one of their favorite places of dwelling is in the human heart. The teaching emerges from their love-play, reminding us that we are educated from within our own hearts in the spirit of love. The secret pathways in the body and the delicious energies that flow are revealed as one friend or lover would to another.
The conversation begins with the Goddess asking, "Beloved, tell me, how do I enter more deeply into the reality of the universe?" In reply Bhairava describes one hundred and twelve techniques of enlightenment through everyday life experience. Each of these is a way of attending to the rhythms, pulsations and sensuousness of the divine energy flowing through us always — and out of which we are made.
As we engage with these techniques, we are alerted to the presence of the sacred that is always permeating our bodies. All of these methods involve savoring the incredible intensity underlying the most common experiences. They work by activating the senses, extending their range further into the inner and the outer world. The basic dynamics of life – breathing, falling asleep, waking up, walking, loving, – all are used as gateways into alignment and enlightenment.
Each meditation is a dive deeper into life, into the underlying reality of what life is. Balance is there at every step: the unshakable serenity of the depths is used as a foundation so that we can tolerate the electrifying vastness of the universe. We are invited to cross the threshold, walk by the guardian of the gateway, face our terrors and make our way into the immense and timeless depths that are always calling us.
Many of these meditations are surprisingly informal: notice a powerful emotion, sensation, or desire, and enter into the awareness of that with total abandon, so that you go with it right into the root of the movement of the universe. When making love, put your awareness into the flame of passion flowing through the body, and become that flame. Falling asleep, pay attention to the transition from waking consciousness to unconsciousness, and catch a glimpse of what consciousness is in itself. Or go outside on a moonless night and be there for a long time, simply merging with the darkness and vastness of space.
The text also describes what we think of as traditional yoga meditation techniques – ways of savoring breath, sound and internal luminosity. The intimacy with the self implied in this teaching means that tantra is not a set of techniques imposed from outside. Rather, the techniques emerge naturally from one's relationship with the Self and with Life. The tone is playful and exploratory: jump in and experience for yourself. Lose yourself in intense experience, and find your Self.
Taken as a whole, this teaching is startling in its breadth, in the huge range of human experience that it encompasses. It shatters the picture we have of what meditation is, or how meditation teachers too often present it — as a way of dissociating from the human experience and trying to rise above it. There is not a hint of the usual life-denial which permeates and distorts spirituality East and West. This tantra is about going deeply into experience, embracing it fully, without reservation. Nature is embraced as is all of human nature. Lust and passion become fires that illumine, and gusto is taken to its most refined degree possible. Meditation is presented as the nexus or meeting ground of light and matter, spirit and flesh, and the meeting is to be consummated with great joy.
You'll find here in one place many of the essential techniques that are utilized in meditation traditions the world over. If some of the experiences the sutras describe seem familiar to you as you read this book, it may be because you have invented your own private meditation techniques, that you probably never tell anyone. Or you may have had inexplicable realizations in the midst of some life experience.
People who come for instruction in meditation often have one or more of these awareness practices already going on in their body spontaneously. Sutras such as these are there to remind us of what we already know. And they are there to invite us to go more deeply into the experience of being human.
It is likely that the same meditation techniques are invented or discovered independently around the world in different cultures, whenever people start paying attention to the subtle energies of the body. If this is true, then the Bhairava Tantra is a syllabus of the types of techniques that could be discovered anywhere. In my experience, they are discovered and rediscovered continually, by regular people and lovers.


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Rock band GRETA VAN FLEET have announced the first details of their debut album, titled "Anthem Of The Peaceful City." The record will contain 10 songs, including "When The Curtain Falls", which was made available earlier this summer. The band teased a 45-second social media clip for the video of "Anthem Of The Peaceful City" with an accompanying message reading: "Those of us who cannot hear it, feel it. At the dancing of a heartbeat, is a reminder that humans love. I know that first in darkness, like a great drum in a mother's chest. The anthem of a peaceful army. To save all the world." Greta Van Fleet is a true success story; having played in Michigan clubs for six years before rocketing to the top of the rock radio charts last year with "Highway Tune".
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Beulah I. Fraser
Beulah Fraser, age 73 of Ogallala, passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala.
Beulah was born November 30, 1940 at Lusk, Wyoming to Leonard "Ozro" and Viola (Vierk) Penfield. She attended school in the Lusk area.
On March 30, 1959, Beulah married Phillip Russell Fraser at Lusk, Wyoming. The couple was blessed with 4 children. After Phill's passing in 2004, Beulah made her home in Ogallala, to be closer to family.
In addition to her husband, Beulah was also preceded in death by an infant son, Phillip Scott.
Survivors include two sons, Calvin and wife, Kim of Brule, Troy and wife, Jayne of Arthur; daughter, Stani Murray of Etowah, TN; 4 grandchildren, Clay Fraser, Trinity Murray, Danual Murray and Jerri Rai Murray; 2 great grandchildren, Remington and Corbin; and 4 siblings, Mercedes Porter, Donna May Parmley, Bonnie Miller and Grant Penfield; and many other relatives and friends.
A memorial has been established in Beulah's memory. Condolences may be shared at prairiehillsfuneralhome.com.
Cremation was chosen, with a service to be held at a later date. Interment of cremains will be in the Lusk Cemetery in Wyoming.
Prairie Hills Funeral Home of Ogallala is in charge of arrangements.
The Lusk Herald
Phillip and Beulah (Penfield) Fraser
Graveside services for Phillip and Beulah (Penfield) Fraser will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sat., June 20, 2015, at the Lusk Cemetery.
Phillip was born October 20, 1936 in Van Tassell, Wyoming, and passed away September 25, 2004 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Beulah was born November 30, 1940 in Lusk, Wyoming, and passed away November 25, 2014 in Ogalala, Nebraska.
Pier Funeral Home is assisting the family.
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Menlo Park Planning Commission backs plan to add bike lanes to El Camino Real
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Bike lanes may replace on-street parking along Menlo Park's 1.1-mile stretch of El Camino Real as early as next year if the City Council follows the Planning Commission's recommendation.
Commissioners voted 7-0 on Monday to approve one of three alternatives presented in consultant Whitlock & Weinberger Transportation, Inc.'s draft El Camino Real corridor study report.
The consultant suggested making room for the bike lanes by removing most of El Camino Real's on-street parking and reducing the width of travel lanes, some of which are "wider than they need to be," according to Transportation Manager Nikki Nagaya.
The report proposes putting the bike lanes in both directions, "buffered from traffic by an approximately 3-foot-wide painted section." And it suggests altering the right-turn lanes north of Roble Avenue to accommodate these lanes.
Though northbound El Camino at Ravenswood Avenue is set to be widened to 21 feet to include a right-turn lane and bike lane, commissioners opposed adding a third travel lane.
The commission also recommended preserving heritage trees on the corner of Ravenswood and El Camino Real. "With their changes, seven street trees will be removed, but the 11 heritage trees will likely be spared — this would be accomplished by not including an additional lane in the northbound direction," Nagaya said.
Reducing traffic congestion on El Camino Real and boosting the safety of motorists, bikers and pedestrians emerged as a priority during the city's El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan development in 2012, Nagaya noted. The study was initiated in 2013 as part of Menlo Park's five-year capital improvement program W-Trans was awarded the contract in January 2014.
A draft report was released in early March after a series of community workshops and meetings with the Bicycle and Transportation and Planning commissions and city staff, she added.
W-Trans is now scheduled to revise the draft report, incorporating the community and commissioners' feedback. An updated version of its report will be publicized later this month and go to the City Council for consideration in early May.
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Nasscom on Monday rebutted claims made by a US official that Indian IT companies were cornering the majority of H-1B visas.
Nasscom on Monday rebutted claims made by a US official that Indian IT companies were cornering the majority of H-1B visas. Contesting the numbers, the IT trade body pointed out Indian software firms accounted for less than 20% of the 65,000 work permits issued annually. Nasscom president R Chandrasekhar told FE that the trend was likely to continue. "In FY16 and FY17 too, the number of visas granted to Indian IT firms was below 20% of the total," Chandrasekhar said.
The recent restrictive policies of the US government on the H-1B visa programme has impacted the number of applications. The number of applicants seeking H-1B visas dropped by 16% for 2017-18, with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) receiving 199,000 petitions for the year; applications are received in April to be processed for the current year. In 2016-17, the number of applications was higher at 236,000 and this is the first time since 2013 that the number of H-1B applications has fallen.
The USCIS — which has a fiscal year running from October to September — has temporarily suspended the premium processing of H-1B visas and it also clarified that an entry-level computer programmer would not generally qualify as a position in a speciality occupation.
A White House official had cited Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as examples of companies using a large share of H-1B visas through the lottery system. Nasscom said in a statement that these companies accounted for only 8.8% of the H-1B visas in FY15.
"In FY 2015, only six of the top 20 H-1B recipients were Indian companies. Further, among the companies named, the two Indian companies namely TCS and Infosys together received 7,504 approved H-1B visas, which is only 8.8% of the total approved H-1B visas," the lobbying body stated.
US President Donald Trump has already issued an executive order seeking to review the immigration laws, especially the H-1B visa system. There are also indications that the US may discontinue the current lottery system in deciding the H-1B visas so that the only technically qualified personnel are selected on higher wages.
According to Nasscom, there is a growing shortfall between the supply of and demand for computer science majors in the US workforce, especially in cutting-edge fields such as cloud, big data and mobile computing. The US Department of Labor estimates that there will be 2.4 million unfilled STEM jobs by 2018, with over 50% of these vacancies in IT-related positions.
However, Indian nationals get over 71% of the H-1B visas. "This is a testimony to the high skill levels of Indian-origin professionals, especially in the very coveted STEM skills category. The annual number of Indian IT specialists working on temporary visas for Indian IT service companies is about 0.009% of the 158-million-member US workforce," Nasscom said.
The consistent stance of Indian IT companies has been that they hire locally in the US and they only employ the H-1B visas temporarily only where there is a skill gap. According to them, the global delivery business model of Indian IT companies enables significant number of American corporations to be globally competitive.
"Indian IT Industry is a 'net creator' of jobs in the US and supports nearly half a million jobs directly and indirectly," Nasscom said.