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Pain never goes away for family of domestic-related homicide
Dakota Steagall shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, Kaitlyn Carroll-Peak, 22, on March 8, 2017. He later turned the gun on himself.
Pain never goes away for family of domestic-related homicide Dakota Steagall shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, Kaitlyn Carroll-Peak, 22, on March 8, 2017. He later turned the gun on himself. Check out this story on mansfieldnewsjournal.com: https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/2019/05/07/pain-never-goes-away-family-domestic-related-murder/3591822002/
Mark Caudill, Mansfield News Journal Published 11:37 a.m. ET May 7, 2019 | Updated 9:07 p.m. ET May 7, 2019
Lisa Carroll cries as she recalls the day her daughter Kaitlyn Carroll-Peak was murdered by Kaitlyn's boyfriend Dakota Steagall. (Photo: Jason J. Molyet/News Journal)
EDITOR'S NOTE: News Journal reporter Mark Caudill pored through hundreds of court and police documents involving local domestic violence cases, and interviewed victim's advocates, law-enforcement and court officials for this series that delves into a prevalent crime that too often goes unpunished.
Third and last in a series
MANSFIELD - Until recently, Lisa Carroll visited Brookwood Way Apartments, where her daughter was killed by an ex-boyfriend two years ago, every Wednesday.
"For some reason, it makes me feel closer to her," she said.
Kaitlyn Carroll-Peak, just 22 and a new mother, lost her life March 8, 2017, when ex-boyfriend Dakota Steagall shot her. It was a Wednesday.
Early the next morning, after leading authorities on a high-speed chase, Steagall, 20, shot and killed himself in a vehicle on a U.S. 30 exit ramp in Wayne County.
It was the end of a volatile, on-and-off relationship and an extreme example of domestic violence.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women, causing more than car crashes, muggings and rapes combined, according to New Hope Inc.
One-third of homicide victims are murdered by their former or current partner.
Mansfield police and Richland County sheriff's deputies were called about threats or violence involving Steagall and Carroll-Peak at least eight times between November 2014 and February 2016.
In that span, Steagall spent four days in the county jail for his part in the incidents.
Carroll says she doesn't think authorities did enough to protect Carroll-Peak.
"My daughter begged for help for 2½ years, and nobody helped her," she said.
Eight days before the homicide, Carroll-Peak was living in the Heatherwood Apartments on Cranberry Court.
According to a computer-aided dispatch, in which authorities do not file an official report, a woman at the apartment complex called sheriff's deputies to report a suspicious person.
She said the person, identified as Steagall, looked like a "zombie" and appeared to be intoxicated or on drugs.
According to the CAD, a deputy talked to Steagall's probation officer, who said Steagall was going to report the next morning to go for treatment.
That never happened, and Carroll-Peak was dead a week later.
Kaitlyn Carroll Peak (Photo: Submitted)
Relationship begins
Carroll said her daughter and Steagall began dating in August 2012, when both were teenagers.
"He seemed like a decent kid at first," Carroll said.
Over time, she started to "notice things," possible warning signs. Carroll said Steagall, whom she referred to as the kid, never by his name, was possessive of her daughter.
When Carroll-Peak graduated from Ontario High School, the family took a vacation to North Carolina to celebrate her 18th birthday. The family brought Steagall along.
While there, Carroll said Steagall tried to break her daughter's fingers. She left Steagall in North Carolina, calling his mother to pick him up.
Attempts to reach Steagall's family were unsuccessful.
"From then on is when the little things started about him being mean to her, the way he would talk to her," Carroll said. "It was the downfall of their relationship."
Carroll said Steagall had a troubled family life and struggled with mental health issues. He threatened suicide on more than one occasion, according to police reports.
On Feb. 19, 2016, police took a report about Steagall threatening to "shoot up" the home of Carroll-Peak's grandparents. He sent a picture of himself holding a gun.
"All's you had to be was be honest and id (sic) just kill myself," Steagall wrote. "You'd rather lie and cause your grandparents to die."
Four days later, Steagall barricaded himself inside his Brookwood Way apartment for five hours while police tried to convince him to come out without harming himself. Police called Carroll-Peak to talk to him.
Steagall eventually was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
That was another ongoing problem. Carroll said Steagall was admitted to the hospital before but always got released after three days because he had no money or insurance.
"I hate this kid for what he did to my daughter, but he was failed, too," she said.
Mansfield Police Chief Ken Coontz, surrounded by area law enforcement, holds a press conference for media from around the state of Ohio on Thursday regarding the murder of Kaitlyn Carroll-Peak by Dakota M. Steagall. (Photo: Jason J. Molyet/News Journal)
Ongoing connection
Carroll-Peak and Steagall ended up living together on Brookwood Way for about six months.
On May 8, 2015, Carroll-Peak called police to say Steagall came home drunk and had to be at work the next morning. When she tried to wake him, she said he punched her in the left eye.
She told police she didn't want to get Steagall in trouble and declined to press charges.
Less than two months later, on July 1, Carroll-Peak called police again, saying Steagall pushed her off the bed after pulling her hair. Steagall said she was keeping him awake.
Carroll-Peak had no visible injuries and declined to file charges.
About two weeks later, on July 16, Steagall said Carroll-Peak pushed him into a doorway. He didn't want charges, but police filed on his behalf.
Carroll explained what she believed happened that night.
"He (intentionally) split his head open on a shelf in their apartment and called police on Kaitlyn," she said.
Carroll-Peak spent eight hours in jail. Charges were eventually dismissed.
"Kaitlyn and this kid was together for, like, three years," Carroll said. "Their relationship ended up where they were arguing all the time."
They dated other people, but Carroll-Peak said she would always always love Steagall and would help him if he needed her.
"He kept using that against her," Carroll said of Steagall. "He knew that Kaitlyn would help him.
"Kaitlyn had this big old heart. She wanted to save the world and everything in it."
A new arrival
Carroll-Peak seemed to have moved on from Steagall when she formed another relationship and had a baby, named Kinsley, on Jan. 21, 2017.
Carroll said the relationship with the baby's father "didn't work out." She currently shares custody of the little girl, now 2, with Kaitlyn's father.
"When the baby came, that put him (Steagall) over the edge, we think," said Dianne Carroll, Carroll-Peak's grandmother.
Carroll moved in with her daughter on Cranberry Court for six weeks after Kinsley was born.
"She didn't know nothing about babies," Carroll said. "I was teaching her to be a mother."
During that time, Steagall never came around.
While Carroll spoke to a News Journal reporter, Kinsley, resplendent in a pink sweatshirt over a Sesame Street skirt, watched Nickelodeon. The energetic toddler referred to a big rubber spider as "bug."
Carroll cherishes her granddaughter as a way to have a piece of Carroll-Peak, but the toddler is also a constant reminder that her daughter is no longer here.
"Kinsley feels like she's mine. She does know who Kaitlyn is because I show her pictures and videos," Carroll said. "I don't really want her calling me Mom, but I don't correct her."
The fateful night
Carroll said Steagall had been trying to win Carroll-Peak back, but she didn't want him.
"She was moving on with her life," her mother said. "She was different."
She had studied radiology at North Central State College and was working as a receptionist at Avita in Ontario.
On the day before the homicide, Kinsley would not stop crying.
"I was going to stay the night," Carroll said. Instead, she went home to be able to take her younger daughter to school the next day.
She would never see Carroll-Peak alive again.
Carroll started to cry, thinking she might have been able to prevent the murder.
"You don't know how bad I kick my ass over that all the time," she said.
Carroll last talked to her daughter at 7:04 p.m. on March 8, 2017.
"At 7:35, my daughter was dead," she said.
No one will ever know for sure what happened, but Steagall showed up at Carroll-Peak's apartment on Cranberry Court and took her and Kinsley back to Brookwood Way in her car.
People reported hearing arguing from inside the parked car after they arrived at Brookwood Way.
The first shot grazed Carroll-Peak's forehead, leaving what her mom called a burn mark. Steagall shot at her as Kinsley sat in an infant car seat in the back.
Carroll-Peak got out of the car and tried to run, but she didn't make it.
"He literally shot my daughter nine times at close range," Carroll said.
Carroll found out about the shooting not from authorities, but on Facebook. She frantically called her daughter and went to her apartment.
"As soon as I turned the corner and her car wasn't there, my heart just dropped," Carroll said.
She said the apartment was a mess, showing signs of a struggle.
Carroll and husband Kevin rushed to Brookwood Way, where they saw their daughter's body lying on the ground.
"That's an image you'll never get out of your mind," she said.
Steagall had fled the scene with Kinsley in tow. After several hours, the infant was found safe with some of Steagall's family members in Ashland.
Police reaction
While saying she couldn't discuss specifics of the case, Mansfield police Capt. Shari Robertson recalled the night of the shooting.
"For me and I know for our detectives, that night was very difficult and frustrating for us," she said. "The fact that once we realized who it was and the prior dealings we had had, it was just frustrating to see it end that way.
"Our biggest concern was trying to find where the baby was at. We immediately began the process for an Amber Alert."
At least Kinsley was OK.
"It kind of culminated a very stressful and emotional night for everybody," Robertson said. "Two families were devastated by the outcome."
The devastation continues. Numerous crumpled tissues sat next to Carroll on the couch as she replayed the story that goes through her mind every day.
"To me, it feels like it just happened an hour ago," she said. "This is never going to go away. Our lives are never going to be the same."
Kinsley was sucking on a pacifier while Carroll talked.
"Eventually, I'm going to have to tell her what happened," Carroll said.
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Michigan Medicine Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at Michigan Stadium
ANN ARBOR — Forced to close its gates to fans during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Big House will reopen to play a critical role in the efforts to quickly vaccinate as many people as possible.
Hundreds of University of Michigan health care workers and students who work in health care settings are scheduled to receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Michigan Stadium today. This is not open to the public, and by appointment only for those that fall into the vaccine priority group Phase 1A category.
Michigan Medicine has already vaccinated nearly 7,000 health care workers and, through the opening of the Stadium and other planned locations, aims to deliver all vaccine doses received from the state quickly and safely.
Currently, Michigan Medicine is vaccinating frontline health care workers and students who fall into the vaccine priority group Phase 1A, following guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Phase 1A includes paid and unpaid persons serving in health care settings who have direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials and are unable to work from home, as well as residents of long-term care facilities.
As more vaccine becomes available, the Michigan Stadium site is expected to eventually be able to support up to 2,000 vaccinations a day — with 2,000 more vaccinations provided daily on the medical campus and in other patient care facilities.
First five frontline workers to receive vaccine. Photo by Joe Hallisy, Michigan Medicine
"We are committed to protecting critical healthcare infrastructure and those who are most vulnerable to severe COVID-19 first. The Stadium site affords an opportunity to safely and efficiently scale up our ability to use all of the doses we are provided and ultimately save lives," says David Miller, M.D., incoming president of the University of Michigan Health System, the clinical operation of the University of Michigan's academic medical center.
Once Phase 1A is complete, U-M will coordinate with the state and local government to move into Phase 1B, which includes people 75 years old and older and frontline essential workers. Timing of this phase and later phases depends on several factors, including the amount of vaccine allocated to the state from the federal government and distribution.
"We, as a state, have a big mountain to climb with regards to the number of people who need to be vaccinated, so it is fitting that the University of Michigan has opened up the Big House for this effort," says Preeti Malani, M.D., M.S., chief health officer at U-M and professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases.
"Every health care worker we can vaccinate gets us closer to offering vaccines to all. Michigan Stadium helps us increase that capacity to vaccinate."
Although vaccinations are not available to the general public yet, Miller says it's important to be informed about the benefits of being vaccinated.
"We hope that everyone will be ready to get their shot when it is their turn.," Miller says.
"The vaccine is safe and effective. It is wonderful that we are kicking off the new year distributing this life-saving shot at one of Michigan's most recognizable buildings – The Big House."
Information about vaccine safety, efficacy and related topics can be found at https://www.uofmhealth.org/coronavirus/vaccine-info-update.
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"""
:mod:`lib_packet_pcb_test` --- lib.packet.pcb unit tests
========================================================
"""
# Stdlib
from unittest.mock import patch

# External packages
import nose
import nose.tools as ntools

# SCION
from lib.packet.pcb import ASMarking, PCBMarking, PathSegment
from lib.types import ASMExtType, RoutingPolType
from test.testcommon import create_mock_full

_ISD_AS1 = 1 << 20 | 1
_ISD_AS2 = 1 << 20 | 2
_ISD_AS1_BYTES = _ISD_AS1.to_bytes(4, 'big')
_ISD_AS2_BYTES = _ISD_AS2.to_bytes(4, 'big')

def mk_pcbm_p(inIF=22):
    return create_mock_full({
        "inIA": _ISD_AS1, "inIF": inIF, "inMTU": 4000, "outIA": _ISD_AS2,
        "outIF": 33, "hof": b"hof"},
        class_=PCBMarking)

class TestPCBMarkingSigPack5(object):
    """
    Unit tests for lib.packet.pcb.PCBMarking.sig_pack5
    """
    def test(self):
        inst = PCBMarking(mk_pcbm_p())
        expected = b"".join([
            _ISD_AS1_BYTES, bytes.fromhex(
                "0000000000000016 0fa0"), _ISD_AS2_BYTES,
            bytes.fromhex("0000000000000021"), b"hof"])
        # Call
        ntools.eq_(inst.sig_pack5(), expected)

class TestASMarkingFromValues(object):
    """
    Unit tests for lib.packet.pcb.ASMarking.from_values
    """
    @patch("lib.packet.pcb.ASMarking.P_CLS", autospec=True)
    def test_full(self, p_cls):
        msg = p_cls.new_message.return_value
        pcbms = []
        for i in range(3):
            pcbms.append(create_mock_full({"p": "pcbm %d" % i}))
        exts = []
        exts.append(create_mock_full({"EXT_TYPE": ASMExtType.ROUTING_POLICY, "p":
                    {"polType": RoutingPolType.ALLOW_AS, "itf": 0, "isdases": [_ISD_AS1]}}))
        # Call
        ASMarking.from_values(_ISD_AS1, 2, 3, pcbms, "root", "mtu",
                              exts, ifid_size=14)
        # Tests
        p_cls.new_message.assert_called_once_with(
            isdas=_ISD_AS1, trcVer=2, certVer=3, ifIDSize=14,
            hashTreeRoot="root", mtu="mtu")
        msg.init.assert_called_once_with("pcbms", 3)
        for i, pcbm in enumerate(msg.pcbms):
            ntools.eq_("pcbm %d" % i, pcbm)

class TestASMarkingSigPack8(object):
    """
    Unit tests for lib.packet.pcb.ASMarking.sig_pack8
    """
    def test(self):
        pcbms = []
        for i in range(3):
            pcbms.append(create_mock_full({
                "sig_pack5()": bytes("pcbm %i" % i, "ascii")}))
        rpe = create_mock_full({"routingPolicy": bytes("exts", "ascii")})
        inst = ASMarking(create_mock_full({
            "isdas": _ISD_AS1, "trcVer": 2, "certVer": 3, "ifIDSize": 4,
            "hashTreeRoot": b"root", "mtu": 1482, "exts": rpe}))
        inst.iter_pcbms = create_mock_full(return_value=pcbms)
        sgp3 = create_mock_full({"sig_pack3()": bytes("exts", "ascii")})
        inst.routing_pol_ext = create_mock_full(return_value=sgp3)
        expected = b"".join([
            _ISD_AS1_BYTES, bytes.fromhex("00000002 00000003 04"),
            b"pcbm 0", b"pcbm 1", b"pcbm 2", b"root",
            bytes.fromhex("05ca"), b"exts"])
        # Call
        ntools.eq_(inst.sig_pack8(), expected)

class TestPathSegmentSigPack3(object):
    """
    Unit tests for lib.packet.pcb.PathSegment.sig_pack3
    """
    @patch("lib.packet.pcb.PathSegment._setup", autospec=True)
    def test(self, _):
        asms = []
        for i in range(3):
            asms.append(create_mock_full({
                "sig_pack8()": bytes("asm %i" % i, "ascii")}))
        inst = PathSegment(create_mock_full({"info": b"info"}))
        inst.is_sibra = create_mock_full()
        inst.iter_asms = create_mock_full(return_value=asms)
        inst.sibra_ext = create_mock_full({"sig_pack3()": b"sibraext"})
        expected = b"".join([
            b"info", b"asm 0", b"asm 1", b"asm 2", b"sibraext"])
        # Call
        ntools.eq_(inst.sig_pack3(), expected)

class TestPathSegmentGetPath(object):
    """
    Unit test for lib.packet.pcb.PathSegment.get_path
    """
    def _setup(self):
        asms = []
        for i in range(3):
            pcbm = create_mock_full({"hof()": "hof %d" % i})
            asms.append(create_mock_full({"pcbm()": pcbm}))
        info = create_mock_full({"up_flag": True})
        inst = PathSegment(create_mock_full({"info": info}))
        inst.iter_asms = create_mock_full(return_value=asms)
        return inst

    @patch("lib.packet.pcb.SCIONPath", autospec=True)
    @patch("lib.packet.pcb.InfoOpaqueField", autospec=True)
    @patch("lib.packet.pcb.PathSegment._setup", autospec=True)
    def test_fwd(self, _, info, scion_path):
        inst = self._setup()
        info.side_effect = lambda x: x
        # Call
        ntools.eq_(inst.get_path(), scion_path.from_values.return_value)
        # Tests
        scion_path.from_values.assert_called_once_with(
            inst.p.info, ["hof 0", "hof 1", "hof 2"])

    @patch("lib.packet.pcb.SCIONPath", autospec=True)
    @patch("lib.packet.pcb.InfoOpaqueField", autospec=True)
    @patch("lib.packet.pcb.PathSegment._setup", autospec=True)
    def test_reverse(self, _, info, scion_path):
        inst = self._setup()
        info.side_effect = lambda x: x
        # Call
        ntools.eq_(inst.get_path(True), scion_path.from_values.return_value)
        # Tests
        scion_path.from_values.assert_called_once_with(
            inst.p.info, ["hof 2", "hof 1", "hof 0"])
        ntools.eq_(inst.p.info.up_flag, False)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    nose.run(defaultTest=__name__)

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Q: How to re-open same activity after application forcly stopped? In my Android application i have a requirement to re open the same activity from where the application shut down or we manually force stopped it.
I can able to display the same activity but my application is losing all the datas. If you have any solution then please post.
Thanks

A: Yes, You can do that create your own Exception Handler, whenever app crashes you can redirect to any activity of your Application...

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Q: Mule MEL check for NullPayload vs null According to the following ticket: https://www.mulesoft.org/jira/browse/MULE-6427 For NullPayload I should be able to use :
<when expression="#[payload == null]">

but that fails. So instead I have to use:
<when expression="#[payload is NullPayload]">

Am I doing something wrong? Or is this the correct way for checking for null or NullPayload?

A: In theory, this should be fixed, but it doesn't looks like so. I'm using CE 3.4.0 and the expression #[payload == null] doesn't work for NullPayload.
I've found this link that shows how to check if payload is NullPayload correctly:
#[payload is org.mule.transport.NullPayload]

I actually needed to know if payload was not NullPayload, so my expression was:
#[!(payload is org.mule.transport.NullPayload)]

Works like a charm. :)

A: In Mule 3.7, (Studio 5.2) for a NullPayload, #[payload == null] now returns true.  Interestingly, #[payload is NullPayload] returns false.

A: Try this to check:
#[payload == empty]

A: This works on version 3.5: #[payload is NullPayload]

A: This seems to be still true in the very lastest version of Mule as per this code.
This won't work if you are at a version < than 3.4

A: This is quite interesting.
The expression which is not working for you is working for me:
<when expression="#[!(payload == null)]">

and interestingly the other suggestions (listed below) are not giving the expected results:
<when expression="!(payload instanceof org.mule.transport.NullPayload)">
<when expression="#[!(payload is org.mule.transport.NullPayload)]">
<when expression="#[!(payload is NullPayload)]">


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Q: Why isn't this valid Java? Surely this should be valid Java? Have I got the syntax slightly wrong?
return (url != null) ? url : (throw new NotFoundException("No url"));

If not I suppose I'd have to do this:
if(url == null)
    throw new NotFoundException("No url");
return url;

Anyone have anything more succinct?

A: Because you're not fulfilling the return:
return <comparison> ? <value1> :(else) <value2>

In your case, you're fulfilling the value1 but not value2 and instead you're throwing a new exception.
Your actual first code would be translated to
if (url != null) {
    return url;
} else {
    return throw new NotFoundException("No url"); //makes sense?
}

A: The ternary operator takes (as is clear from its name) three arguments. The first is the comparison (the value of which is converted to a boolean). The second two must share a type (or be convertible to the same type), namely the type that is the type of the entire statement.
The problem in your code is that throw new NotFoundException("No url"); is a statement. Statements don't have a value and as such, do not share a type with anything else. That's the reason why statements aren't allowed in the second or third argument of the ternary operator. It doesn't matter here because the part that's a statement happens to be a throw statement, but that's coincidental. For the ternary operator to make sense in general, the two values need to have the same value and thus can't be statements.
(Do note that in Java, all objects inherit from java.lang.Object and java has special (and complex) rules for conversion if one of the two values in a ConditionalExpression (as it's called in the language definition) is a primitive, so if neither of the two arguments is a statement, it's going to work.)

A: It's not valid because it doesn't conform to the BNF:
Expression:
    Expression1 [ AssignmentOperator Expression1 ]

 Expression1:
    Expression2 [ Expression1Rest ]

Expression1Rest:
    ? Expression : Expression1

A: There is a way around this, if you really, really like succintness (I do!). Declare a method
public static <T> T trhow(RuntimeException e) {
  throw e;
}

Then just write trhow(new MyException()); instead of throw new MyException();. How well this will infer your type in the middle of a ternary operator, I'm not sure, but maybe you can get away with a concrete instead of generic type.
Also, if you want this to work for a checked exception, it's going to be even more trouble. There is an idiom allowing you to throw any checked exception without declaring it, but that would defeat the point of it being checked in the first place.


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Video Premiere: BLACK STONE CHERRY's 'My Last Breath'
Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY have released a music video for their song "My Last Breath". The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Family Tree", which came out in April 2018. As was the case on 2106's "Kentucky", the BLACK STONE CHERRY members opted to produce and track "Family Tree" at David Barrick's Barrick Recording in Glasgow, Kentucky, the same studio where the four-piece recorded its eponymous debut.
BLACK STONE CHERRY said in a statement: "We're so pleased to share our new video 'My Last Breath' today.
"This video is incredibly special and personal for not only ourselves, but to so many others around the world! The fact that so many people opened up their hearts and shared some of the most emotional and personal messages on camera is what makes this so touching, vulnerable, and in our opinion, one of a kind.
"We truly hope this song will resound in your hearts and in your souls, and stir up that overwhelming, yet beautiful thought: 'If all I had left was my breath, here what I'd spend it on.'"
BLACK STONE CHERRY is in the middle of a 27-date U.S. tour in support of "Family Tree". The trek includes festival stops at Rocklahoma, Thunder Mountain Music Park and the Tail Winds Music Festival.
BLACK STONE CHERRY vocalist/guitarist Chris Robertson told Germany's Rock Bottom about "Family Tree": "I've always considered a record to be a snapshot of the band's life from the conclusion of the [previous] record until the time they put the newest record out. So there's an eight-month period in there where you're finishing up touring the previous record… 'Cause you evolve and change as people every day. And I think that's why none of our records have ever been the same. They've always brought something different each time. I don't know, man… It's just like a snapshot of who we are. So if you listen to 'Family Tree', that's the perfect representation of who we were when we were making that record. We're different even now. But those songs… We don't write songs just to write songs. Every song has a feeling or a meaning behind it — whether that be just rock and roll in general or whether it be a song like 'My Last Breath' that talks… the whole song is kind of me talking to my little boy. All the songs mean something. It's not just a song to be a song."
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The standard features of the Kia Telluride LX include LAMBDA II 3.8L V-6 291hp engine, 8-speed automatic transmission with overdrive, 4-wheel anti-lock brakes (ABS), integrated navigation system, side seat mounted airbags, curtain 1st, 2nd and 3rd row overhead airbag, driver knee airbag, airbag occupancy sensor, automatic air conditioning, 18" aluminum wheels, cruise control, Smart Cruise Control with Stop & Go (SCC w/S&G) distance pacing, ABS and driveline traction control.
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Book Review: BLOOD OF HEIRS by Alicia Wanstall-Burke
There are certain books that you just know within the first 25 pages are going to be simply amazing. I could tell right away just from Alicia Wanstall-Burke's writing style that I was going to enjoy BLOOD OF HEIRS. Then I was introduced to two incredibly special characters, both with their own unique story line and I was absolutely hooked. The action in BLOOD OF HEIRS, the first book of The Coraidic Sagas, mainly takes place in two countries. Hummel is the first, where Lidan is heir to be chief of her father's clan if only by default since his multiple wives have not been able to provide a male heir. That could change very soon however. Orthia is the other city where Ran is a commander stationed with his troops guarding the mountain pass that separates his homeland from their bitter enemy the Woaden Empire. We join his story as the Woaden are making serious inroads in an attempted invasion that is taking all of the Orthian troops' efforts to hold back. The book alternates between these two main stories and does so very effectively in my opinion. They are also independent of each other but one has a sense that at some point in the future, they will eventually converge. Lidan is a conflicted character as all she really wants to do is ride horses and become a Ranger protecting her clan and home like her father. Her mother Sellan has other plans however, and goes to great lengths to see to it that Lidan is protected in order that she ascend to the position of power that is her birthright. Sellan is often brutal with her daughter and their relationship is one that can only be described as turbulent at best. Things are further thrown into flux when one of the wives of Lidan's father becomes pregnant. If the child is a boy it could threaten Lidan's place as the next clan leader and complicate her position with the clan. But before that can happen, something unthinkable occurs and Lidan is thrust at the forefront of a threat that neither she or her family could ever foresee.
At the Orthian front, Ran's forces are being pummeled into a retreat by the invading Woaden horde. The arrows that rain down onto the attacking army are being dissolved in midair before they can even reach their targets, and the battle seems to be tilting in the direction of the enemy. It soon becomes evident that the Woaden have enlisted the aid of a powerful mage who cuts a violent path through the Orthian troops and directly toward Ran himself. In his attempt to fight back the mage's advances, Ran conjures a magic of his own that he did not know he possessed and kills the Woaden mage in an explosion of sorcery. When he returns to his home his father questions him on how he could kill such a powerful mage by himself and he is forced to reveal that he indeed did use magic to do so. As the Orthians are extremely superstitious of magic and it is strictly against their laws to practice, Ran's own father imprisons him in a dungeon. There he awaits the swift and decisive judgment that are sure to result from his actions. Ran's only hope is to escape somehow and flee before he can be executed. Could his newly-found magic be a tool to help him achieve this? What future lies ahead for Orthia if the Woaden invade again, this time with even more mages leading the charge and ones armed with even more devastating powers? Ran is torn between his loyalty to his homeland and protecting his own neck as he faces certain death for his unspeakable crime of performing forbidden magic.
BLOOD OF HEIRS is a book that just floored me from the start and then had me obsessively burying my face into every free reading moment that I had. These are the types of books that make me thankful to be a reviewer because I get to be exposed to new independent authors who write amazing stories like this one. For one thing, the battles are extremely bloody and merciless. Alicia Wanstall-Burke goes into great detail with every arrow launched, every sword thrusted, and every fireball conjured. I was really impressed with the way in which she makes you feel as if you are directly in the middle of the action, reflexively ducking to dodge that incoming enemy hammer smash. The world-building was so unique in that the two main locations where the story takes place couldn't be more different and yet the characters faced very similar personal issues. Hummel, where Lidan's clan lives, is a very late Stone Age and pre-Bronze Age type of society where weapons are quite crude and basic. Ran's country of Orthia on the other hand, employs much more advanced weapons and is more of a medieval type of society as far as technology and social structure goes. Yet as I said, both characters face issues within their respective families that force them to make incredibly difficult choices. So both in a way are very similar even though they come from totally different backgrounds and places in the world. This is where I thought the true brilliance of this book came through. Virtually anyone can relate to the theme of two people who appear very different at first glance, but in reality are much more similar when you get right down to it.
I really loved this book on so many levels and the characters just served to raise this story to another level as we see them put in terrible situation after terrible situation. Yet I always felt like they would persevere no matter what the odds were. One thing I will say is this is a very dark book and by no means a light read. Be prepared for violence aplenty, crude language, and some villainous characters who literally have no redeeming qualities at all. That being said, it is a book that I absolutely devoured in a short period of time and felt sad when I came to the final page. The only consolation I can take away is that I know that we are not done with this story and that Alicia Wanstall-Burke has much more to tell in future books. This is a series that has so many more questions that I need answered and I cannot wait until the next book comes out. In closing I just want to say that if you are looking for a really action-packed fantasy book with incredible magic and world building, then look no further than BLOOD OF HEIRS. You will find much to enjoy in this beautifully-written story. Alicia Wanstall-Burke is definitely a new author to watch. Get this debut book now, because it's a cracking good read!


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Uber Driver Kills 6 People, Injures 2 More in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN – The gunman accused of killing six people and heavily injuring two others on Saturday has been identified. A State Police spokesperson described Jason Dalton as a 45-year-old Uber driver. Apparently, he gave multiple rides throughout his 4-hour shooting spree.
via worldnow.com
Implications For Uber
State police officials told WOOD-TV they were still investigating whether Dalton drove customers that night. Meanwhile, multiple witness reports imply that he was.
via reviewjournal.com
A number of people saw the gunman drop off Uber fares near the Cracker Barrel, in Battle Creek. This was the last, and the bloodiest, of his three crime scenes.
Dalton entered and fired at everyone in sight. He killed four women, also injuring a 14-yearold girl. The teenager is still in critical condision, though doctors say they're optimistic about her recovery.
Uber isnt responsible for the drivers' actions but they claim to respond to customers. So, even their close compliance with police don't make up for what happened with Matt Mellen.
The Senseless Tragedy Could Have Been Prevented
Mellen spoke to WWMT (CBS's affiliate TV news network), revealing that Uber was warned about an out-of-control driver. Matt says he attempted to contact them after trying to alert the police. Neither party took any steps to locate Dalton. An hour later, the gunman fired his first shot, wounding a woman near an old apartment building.
wxyz.com
Mellen, a long-time Uber customer, was picked up by Dalton at about 4:15 p.m. He introduced himself by a fake name and began recklessly speeding through red lights. Mellen says Dalton drove right on the median of a two-way street at 50 mph. Then, he drove along a suburban sidewalk, showing no intent to slow down. When the car ripped apart a lawn, the driver finally slowed down. Matt got out when it fully stopped.
Dalton's Motive
The suspect picked targets at random. A middle-aged woman, a father with his son, four women in their 60's and a high-school freshman – they had nothing in common.
Dalton carried the semi-automatic pistol legally. As such, he was deemed to have no mental health issues. The Uber driver has no criminal record and 0 red flags came up in a background check.
courtesy of npr.org
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A first aid and safety photo gallery to help you learn how to keep your kids safe, review hidden dangers, and be prepared when your kids get hurt.
See photos of kids after getting common cuts and scrapes, a dog bite, sprains, and after being treated with basic first aid, including using an ice pack and getting stitches.
Also review common safety hazards including mistakes parents make with car seats, pool safety hazards, and other things to make sure your home is childproofed and your kids are safe.
Butterfly stitches can be a good alternative to regular stitches for mild cuts and lacerations.
If your child gets cut, after you stop the bleeding and clean the wound, if the edges of the wound don't easily stay together and are gaping open, then he may need stitches. A butterfly bandage can be an alternative for minor wounds that aren't quite deep enough for stitches but still need something to keep the edges together.
Even for deeper cuts, butterfly bandages or stitches can help to temporarily bring the sides of the cut together until you can get to the ER or your doctor.
This photo of a baby reaching for a hot stove shows how easy it is to forget about common safety hazards when childproofing your home.
A stove guard would be a good way to help you childproof the stove from this baby. That way, she will be less likely to be able to reach up and touch the burners, touch hot pots and pans as she gets older, or have hot water or oil spatter out on her.
Other childproofing items that would help make this stove safe include an appliance strap to keep the oven locked and covers for the stove dials so that she can't turn the gas on by herself.
An appliance strap to 'lock' the stove the wall would also be a good idea, just in case she does open the oven and step onto the oven door, which could otherwise cause the whole stove to tip over on top of her.
Using a 'layers of protection' strategy, in addition to the above safety tips, you might also have safety gates keeping the kitchen off-limits, so that she can safely walk around and explore the rest of the house.
Is this child ready for seat belts?
Is this child ready for seat belts? He is clearly not, since the shoulder belt is across his neck and the lap belt in on his tummy.
Although many parents use car seats for their infants, toddlers, and preschool age children, many drop the ball and take their kids out of their child's booster seat way too early.
Remember that older kids should usually be in a booster seat until they are about 4-feet 9-inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years old, when a car's regular seat belts will usually fit them well.
Signs that seat belts fit your child include that the shoulder belt fits across your child's shoulder, does not go on his neck, and you don't have to put it behind him. Also, the lap belt should fit low on his hips and not on his abdomen.
According to the latest car seat guidelines, kids should move to a belt-positioning booster seat when they reach the weight and height harness strap limits of their forward-facing car seat. Again, the move to regular seat belts should not occur until kids are "old enough and large enough" for the seat belts to protect them properly, which usually isn't until they are 4 feet 9 inches tall (57 inches) and are between 8 and 12 years old.
Children often hurt their wrist after falls playing sports or riding their bike, etc., causing sprains and sometimes a broken wrist.
While your child may just have a sprained wrist if he has fallen, it is important to make sure that it isn't actually broken instead. If your child can't move his hand or wrist, is in severe pain, has numbness, or the bone 'looks' broken, then see your pediatrician or go to the emergency room.
During the winter, when many kids wear extra clothing, these extra layers can pose a 'hidden hazard' as you try to use your child's car seat correctly.
One of the basics of correct car seat installation, in addition to buckling the car seat tightly into your vehicle, is that your child is 'buckled snugly' into the car seat itself. If the harness straps are loose, then your child can be injured or could even fly out of the car seat if you are in a crash.
Remember that the American Academy of Pediatrics advises that "It's OK to adjust the straps to allow for thicker clothes, but make sure the harness still holds the child snugly. Also, remember to tighten the straps again after the thicker clothes are no longer needed."
Keep in mind that this will likely not apply to very thick and heavy winter coats with car seats, though, which may become compressed under the harness straps in a crash, become too loose, and may allow your child to become injured or even ejected from the seat and/or car.
Stitches can help a wound heal faster and leave less of a scar.
Although some minor cuts heal on their own without stitches, it can be hard for parents to judge when they do or don't need to go get stitches when their child is cut.
Because of the risk of scaring, when in doubt about whether or not a cut on the face needs stitches, you should usually have it evaluated by a doctor.
A photo of a child's nose after getting a bitten by a dog. She is ready for surgery.
This child was attacked by her neighbor's dog who got through their fence.
As many experts report, half of dog bites are from a dog that the child may be familiar with, either the family's own dog or that of a neighbor, as in this case.
In addition to basic first aid and cleaning the wound, your child may need antibiotics, a tetanus shot, and/or rabies vaccination after a dog bite. You should seek immediate medical attention for multiple or serious bites, especially in younger children and bites that involve your child's head and neck, such as this dog bite on this young girl's nose.
A child's nose after her dog bite has been surgically repaired.
Dog Bite 'After' Picture. Surgery was a great success.
Securing the stairs in your home with gates, which seem to be missing in this photo, to prevent falls is another essential part of childproofing your home.
Having gates on stairs is an important way to childproof your home, especially if you have an infant, toddler, or preschooler in the house.
An ice pack can be helpful for many sport's injuries.
While your child may just have a sprained wrist, knee, or ankle if he has fallen, it is important to make sure that it isn't actually broken instead. If your child can't move his arm or leg, is in severe pain, has numbness, or the bone 'looks' broken, then see your pediatrician or go to the emergency room.
Compression with an ace bandage, etc.
It is also important that you teach your kids that they shouldn't play through their pain.
Although he seems comfortable, if the car is moving, the car seat isn't really providing any protection for this sleeping child if there is a car accident.
If this was a moving car and there was an accident, the child would either be ejected from the vehicle or have serious abdominal injuries because of where the shoulder strap is located.
Remember that your child's safety is always the most important thing to consider, whether you are on a long trip or just driving home from the store and your child's car seat doesn't provide full protection unless you use it correctly.
Although parents often remember common 'choke foods,' like hot dogs, peanuts, and hard candy, they forget that young kids can choke on uncut spaghetti.
The American Academy of Pediatrics warns that certain foods are a choking hazard for kids under age four unless it is chopped completely (which isn't practical or possible for some foods, like popcorn, nuts, or chewing gum).
This photo of an electric outlet with a pair of scissors and paint brush in it offers a good example of how your child views your home.
If you want to truly childproof your home, it is best to get on all fours, at your child's level and think like your child.
In addition to common safety measures, like putting latches on cabinets, covers on doorknobs, and gates on stairs, thinking like your child will help you find hidden dangers in your home.
Mesh pool fences are becoming a popular alternative to more traditional permanent pool fences become they are less expensive and are removable.
Although newer mesh pool fences are becoming even more attractive because they can include self-closing and self-latching gates, they remain a second-best option for most families because they are removable.
Unless you truly use your removable mesh pool fence like a permanent pool fence and never take it down, not even at parties, then you will always be removing one layer of protection around your pool, which could put your child's safety at risk.
A mesh pool fence partially removed at a party.
Even when they have the best of intentions, people who have a removable mesh pool fence often take them down, especially when they have a party.
This removes one of the layers of protection around your pool, especially if the party moves inside, you forget to put the mesh pool fence back up completely, and a young child gets out of the house and into the pool.
A permanent pool fence, unlike this partially removed mesh fence, can be a good part of your layers of protection plan around your pool.
The 'layers of protection' has broken down around this pool, as the removable mesh pool fence has been partially taken down at this pool party, people are drinking, and kids may get into the pool without proper supervision.
All parents would benefit from learning basic first aid on how to treat a scraped knee.
A scraped knee might look like a minor injury, but it can be painful and may seem like major trauma to your child, depending on how sensitive he is.
Like other minor wounds, when treating a scraped knee, you should first stop any bleeding by applying pressure to the wound with a bandage or clean cloth. Next, rinse the wound with water and wash the area around the wound with soap and water. Try to remove any dirt, rocks, or other debris from the wound.
Lastly, apply an antibiotic ointment to the wound and cover it with a bandaid or other dressing.
If the wound can't easily be cleaned or begins to show signs of infection, such as redness, swelling, or drainage, then be sure to see your pediatrician.
What about hydrogen peroxide? Remember that experts no longer recommend that you apply hydrogen peroxide to a wound anymore, as it is now believed that it can actually delay healing.
A healing scab on a child's scraped knee.
A child with a healing scab on her scraped knee.
With a scraped knee or other wound, it is important to remind your child to not remove the scab.
Removing the scab will only delay the healing process and may make it more likely that your child develops a scar.
A bandaid over the wound, in addition to protecting it from getting dirty, may help keep your child from 'playing' with the wound and picking the scab off.
Remember that a helmet, wrist guards, knee pads, and elbow pads, are not just for beginner rollerbladers.
Whether riding rollerblades, skateboard, or scooter, kids should always wear proper safety equipment, including a helmet, knee pads, and elbow pads. Wrist guards should also be used when skateboarding and rollerblading, but may make it difficult to grip the handles of a scooter.
Most experts consider floaties or inflatable arm bands to be toys and not proper pool safety equipment.
A Coast Guard approved life vest or life jacket is a safer option than floaties or inflatable arm bands for your child in the pool.
While these flotation devices can be fun in the water, if your child doesn't know how to swim, be sure to also use a Coast Guard approved life vest or life jacket at the same time. And stay within arms reach when your younger child is in the water.
Even superheroes need booster seats!
According to the latest car seat guidelines, kids should move to a belt-positioning booster seat when they reach the weight and height harness strap limits of their forward-facing car seat. The move to regular seat belts should not occur until kids are "old enough and large enough" for the seat belts to protect them properly, which usually isn't until they are 4 feet 9 inches tall (57 inches) and are between 8 and 12 years old.
Signs that seat belts fit your child include that the shoulder belt fits across your child's shoulder, and does not go on his neck and you don't have to put it behind him. Also, the lap belt should fit low on his hips and not on his abdomen.
If your child has outgrown his forward-facing car seat, keep him in a booster seat until he really is ready for regular seat belts.
Like other minor wounds, when treating a scraped knee, you should first stop any bleeding by applying pressure to the wound with a bandage or clean cloth.
When childproofing, don't forget electrical cords and other hidden dangers.
In addition to pulling this electrical cord out of the outlet and then putting something else into the outlet and getting a shock, your child could pull on the other end and have a heavy appliance fall on him.
Be sure to keep electrical cords out of reach of your children when childproofing your home.
Kids often cross the street in the middle of the block, where it isn't safe, so it is important to teach them traffic safety.
To help avoid accidents, it is important to teach younger kids to cross the street with supervision and to only cross at an intersection with a crosswalk or traffic signal.
In addition, it is very important that your kids always look for traffic by looking left, right, left, and over their shoulder for traffic, and then continue to look while crossing the street.
Most importantly, train your kids so that they don't assume that cars will stop for them and always wait for cars to stop before entering an intersection and crossing the street.
An infant smiling as he gets buckled into his car seat.
The harness clip or chest clip holds the shoulder straps in place.
Since having the harness clip in the wrong position is a common car seat mistake, this photo of a child in a car seat with the harness clip at the mid-chest, armpit level, is a good reminder of how to correctly install your child's car seat.
There is nothing wrong with letting your child nap in his car seat, just as long as he is safely and snugly strapped in.
Sleeping in a Car Seat Safely?
Is this child sleeping in his car seat safely?
Not without the harness clip that should always be used with a car seat that has a five point harness, whether or not a child is asleep. A missing harness clip or having it in the wrong position is a common car seat mistake.
AAP Policy Statement. Prevention of Choking Among Children. PEDIATRICS Vol. 125 No. 3 March 2010, pp. 601-607.


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Here's a 717-Gigapixel, 5.6-Terabyte Photograph of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch"
by Brandon Zech January 6, 2022
An extreme detail of Rembrandt van Rijn's "The Night Watch"
Generally, seeing art on a computer screen is never as good as seeing art in real life. At Glasstire, we've always espoused this statement, and I do firmly believe it still. However, there are certain times when seeing an artwork online — and the capabilities offered by digital technologies — comes close to eclipsing the live experience.
Maybe this isn't for me to judge, as I've never been to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, but the institution's recent online offering of a 717-gigapixel (that's 717,000,000,000 pixels) image of Rembrandt van Rijn's The Night Watch (1642) is very compelling, and perhaps even better than seeing the nearly 15-foot-wide canvas in person.
Rembrandt van Rijn, "The Night Watch," 1642, Oil on canvas, 379.5 cm × 453.5 cm. Collection of the Rijksmuseum
There's been a lot of work done on and press about the painting recently. In June of last year, Artnet News reported that, with the help of artificial intelligence, museum experts were able to reconstruct missing sections of the painting, which were lost after the work was trimmed so it could fit inside Amsterdam's Town Hall in 1715. This was just the latest revelation during the Rijksmuseum's ongoing effort to conserve and restore the painting, which began in 2019. Likely because the piece is so well-known (and because the public wouldn't want it to disappear for years into a back room), conservators worked on the painting in a glass chamber, in full view of the public.
The process of how this 717-gigapixel photo came to be is stunning, and the level of detail it makes legible is more stunning still. See information about the process below, via the Rijksmuseum. And see (and zoom into!) the photo here.
This is the largest and most detailed photo ever taken of a work of art. It is 717 gigapixels, or 717,000,000,000 pixels, in size.
The distance between two pixels is 5 micrometres (0.005 millimetre), which means that one pixel is smaller than a human red blood cell.
The team used a 100-megapixel Hasselblad H6D 400 MS-camera to make 8439 individual photos measuring 5.5cm x 4.1cm. Artificial intelligence was used to stitch these smaller photographs together to form the final large image, with a total file size of 5.6 terabytes.
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Obviously, Luke has his eye on the road…. Look at that serious expression!
Oh what a great shot! Perhaps Luke should begin riding "shotgun" just in case he needs to pounce on the brake! Luke gives new meaning to "watch dog"! Good boy!
This picture really gave me a chuckle! You got your husband in print now, it's great. I love Luke!!! Have a great day, you've made mine!
HA! Priceless! Thanks for the laugh!
My first thought was "priceless" but then I glanced up and saw that Kelly T already used that word!!!
Time for Luke to have driving lessons so he can take over. This was such fun to see…although I would think Jack might feel it isn't funny. Thanks for the huge grin!
What a great picture! I want a magical day like yours Mary. Love to all today.
like someone said, god is my co-pilot, i mean of course, dog is my co-pilot! good that luke was at the helm. one of your dear felines may not have been so astute. fetching photo, and it just brought me to smiling.
may we all have the best day we can, minute by minute.
I hope Luke got an extra doggie treat yesterday! Can't you imagine a cartoon balloon over his head, – "someone's gotta keep an eye on things in this family!" Jack is a good sport too!
That is quite funny – a very vigilant Luke, sweet boy – you can just imagine him taking the wheel.
Thanks for the heads up. No wonder Jack never waves back when i meet him on the road !
Great shot Mary. Maybe Jack was only resting one eye.
Thank goodness for watch dogs.
Love the look on Luke's face – he is such a wonderful dog.
I also was going to comment "priceless". But I see it has been voluminously used prior to this.
I felt great that today I was actually able to put the mundane aside and do some "living"as you often speak of. Jon K. speaks this too. My dau. asked me this am to go on a spontanious kayak trip down our river here in Eastern MA. I hemmed and hawed.Thought of the bills I was going to pay,the planned trip to the bank and errands.Then I thought "Live your life, make your own stories." So I said yes and had a lovely few hours on the river with 68degree temp,nature and my daughter. It doesn't get much better than this.
I am so happy to read about your day, Cindy! So Sweet, seize the moment with your daughter! flow with the rapids. lovely!
Thank you Cindy! Sounds like a great day!
This is what caught my attention, Mary. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at. Some people don't find it as easy as others. Even though I was an only child, I grew up with my mother's four brothers ribbing the heck out of me. From English parentage, my uncles soon taught me not to take myself too seriously. I also drive with two co-pilots, my Aussies. Wouldn't be without them. I suspect you caught your husband in a 'blink'. It's a fun picture with Luke intently riding shotgun.
No kayaking today but I gave myself the nudge to get out and "live". It was 65 degrees here so I did the bare essentials; dishwasher,bed and brought in firewood period. Then I brought my bike out and enjoyed more time with nature. I am so out of shape, the ride was difficult coming up the long,gradually steep hill on the way back. I had to walk the bike for a bit. But I kept thinking."No shame. No shame." Got back on and rewarded myself by stopping at the Alpaca Farm a few doors down from me. I love the Alpacas. They exude such peace and comfort. The endorphins were flowing!
Mary, your post in which you mention "a relaxing wave"…you should copyright that term. (ha!) Perhaps it's "out there,"…but I've been trying to explain it to friends recently. When discussing a problem with a friend and I'm sad, anxious, stressed, etc. and they give me feedback…make a point that resonates…I can feel my body relax. I've been trying to explain the sensation…your term is perfect. Love those waves!


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Geosicientists support bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri Hills
BHUBANESWAR: Criticising undue political interference and NGO activism, a Odisha-based geoscientists' body today favoured bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri Hills, saying it would in no way affect the lifestyle of tribals and their century-old socio-cultural and religious practises.
"With adequate safeguards provided for protection of environment, forests, rights and traditions of tribal people, mining of bauxite, which is eco-friendly, should be permitted for larger interest of the state and its backward region," Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGTA) advisor B K Mohanty told reporters here.
Optimistic of bauxite mining at Niyamgiri despite stiff opposition from different groups, Mohanty said, "We hope the political class and NGOs will allow this to happen."
Rejecting fears that bauxite mining may led to drying up of rivers and streams, he said under no circumstances it would affect flow of water from the streams downhill.
Studies by Central Mining Planning nd Design Institute (CMPDI) show that mining will not affect the water regime, he pointed out.
On possible impact on the abode of Niyam Raja, the presiding deity of Dangaria tribals, SGTA said proposed mining area is about 10 km away from the place of worship.
There is no possibility of mining operations affecting the religious rites of the tribal population of the area and neither the abode of the deity will be in any way affected, he maintained.
Setting aside apprehension of mining affecting wildlife and bio-diversity of Niyamgiri, the geoscientists said the area proposed for mining was neither a wildlife sanctuary, national park nor a biosphere reserve.
Besides, the population of wildlife in the area is very thin as revealed by Wildlife Institute of India.
Alleging that the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and Rural Development and NGOs were working overtime to stall mining of bauxite at Niyamgiri Hills, SGAT asked, "Why these people did not all these years ever contribute anything to improve the lot of Dangoria Kondha tribals?"
The geoscientists also claimed bauxite being a major mineral, issues relating to it could not be dragged to the ambit of PESA (panchayat extension of scheduled area) Act.


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Arthur Singer, one of America's best known bird painters, was born in 1917 in New York City. His fascination with wildlife began early, with regular visits to the Bronx Zoo. By his mid-teens, Singer had already created a substantial body of early work, compositions drawn from first-hand observations of big game animals and birds at the zoo. His interest in wildlife art led him directly to the work of Audubon and Fuertes as well as a vision of what he later hoped to accomplish. After a formal art education at the Cooper Union and 4 years of service in the war, he settled into family life and a job as an art director, while pursuing his dream of being a wildlife artist. After the set of prints State Birds comissioned for the American Home Magazine had achieved enormous success, Singer was offered several contracts to illustrate books on birds. The year was 1958 and Singer became a full-time bird painter.
During the late 1950's, Singer began a project with Robert Porter Allen entitled the Giant Book of Birds. The Western Publishing Co. saw the high quality of the illustrations and decided to expand the idea into a serious volume to be known as Birds of the World . Written by Oliver Austin, the volume was a critical success and sold hundreds of thousands of copies (it was translated into eight languages.) With the success of Birds of the World many projects followed and the 1960's saw Arthur Singer's reputation solidly established in the first rank of the world's finest bird artists. His guide Birds of North America (Bruun, Robbins & Singer) was the first real challenge to the Peterson Field Guides and has remained a best seller ever since. With over 6 million sold since first publication, Birds of North America is still regarded as his best known work. Families of Birds (Austin & Singer), the field guide Birds of Europe, (Bruun & Singer) Zoo Animals and the large volume of Birds of Europe were also published during the 1960's.
The decade of the 1970's saw the artist turn his attention increasingly toward painting. During this period Singer painted a number of oil and gouache paintings as well as over twenty prints for Frame House Gallery. His passion for travel, especially to wild areas took him to Africa, South & Central America, the Mid East and Europe, always in the pursuit of seeing new species in their habitat. The Seventies also saw the publications of Birds of the West Indies (Bond, Eckleberry, Singer), The Life of the Hummingbird (Skutch, Singer), Cats (Fitch, Singer) and the never-published Birds of the Ocean, and Birds of the Seven Continents.
As he devoted more of his attentions to painting, Singer took on fewer publishing projects and after Greenland Fauna and the book State Birds, his time was almost entirely given over to easel painting. Exhibits in 1982 and 1984 at the Hammer Gallery were very successful. Among colleagues in attendance at the Hammer exhibits were his friends Don Eckleberry, Guy Coheleach, Roger Tory Peterson, Al Gilbert, Guy Tudor, Dean Amadon and John Bull, a Who's Who of bird artists and ornithologists.
Over his career, Arthur Singer illustrated more than 20 books & guides, several series of prints, porcelain plates, the hugely successful Postal offering Birds & Flowers of the Fifty States (selling over 500 million sets of 50 stamps) as well as numerous oil and watercolor paintings. He had earned an international reputation and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson's Master Bird Painter award in 1981, the Audubon Society's Hal Borland Award in 1985 and Cooper Union's first Augustus St. Gaudens medal for lifetime achievement. Since his death in 1990 there have been six retrospective exhibits, including a major retrospective at the Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin and no the new book Arthur Singer Wildlife Art of an American Master.


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Baylor, Louisville, Notre Dame and UConn earn top seeds in latest women's basketball tournament top-16 reveal
March is here to bring the madness in women's basketball
In the second top-16 reveal by the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee, it was announced that four schools that have won six of the last seven national championships would occupy the No. 1 seed line, as Baylor, Louisville, Notre Dame and UConn all would have earned top seeds if the season ended today.
Oregon, Mississippi State, Stanford and Iowa are currently No. 2 seeds. Teams rounding out the top-16 seeds included NC State, Maryland, Oregon State and South Carolina on the three line, while Miami (FL), Iowa State, Syracuse and Texas A&M were No. 4 seeds.
In addition, the committee designated region assignments for all 16 seeds, with Baylor the No. 1 seed in the Greensboro Regional, while Louisville would be the top seed in the Chicago Regional, Notre Dame in the Portland Regional and UConn in the Albany Regional.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RANKINGS: Baylor also No. 1 in AP Poll
UConn would be joined by Mississippi State, Oregon State and Miami (FL) in the Albany Region. The Chicago Regional includes Louisville, Stanford, Maryland and Iowa State. In the Greensboro Regional, Baylor, Iowa, NC State and Texas A&M would be assigned. The Portland Regional would include Notre Dame, Oregon, South Carolina and Syracuse.
"Since our first reveal on February 11 there has been significant movement on all of the seed lines," said Rhonda Lundin Bennett, chair of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee and senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at the University of Nevada. "We have two teams that have elevated from No. 2 seeds to the one line in Notre Dame and UConn and other teams moving up or attempting to play their way to higher seeds. We look forward to conference tournament play over the next two weeks that will go a long way to determining which teams are in contention for not only top-seed consideration but at-large bids as well."
Baylor, 27-1 overall and 17-0 in Big 12 Conference play, has won 19 straight games, including a historic 68-57 home win over UConn on Jan. 3 that ended the Huskies 126-game regular season winning streak that had spanned more than four years.
Louisville, 27-2 overall and 14-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, also defeated UConn, 78-69 on Jan. 31 at home. The Cardinals have won 13 of the last 14 games, with the only loss during that stretch coming to Miami (FL) on Feb. 17 at home, 79-73.
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Defending national champion Notre Dame, 27-3 overall and 14-2 in the ACC, was one of the two teams moving from a No. 2 seed in the first reveal to a No. 1 seed. The Fighting Irish have won six straight games.
Louisville and Notre Dame shared the ACC regular season championship with 14-2 records, with the Fighting Irish the No. 1 seed going into this week's ACC Tournament.
UConn, 27-2 overall and 15-0 in the American Athletic Conference, has wins this season at Notre Dame and over South Carolina.
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Judah steps up and provides the assurance Joseph needs. He puts his neck out on the line for his brother – the opposite of what happened with Joseph. Why? What is the only thing that changed (aside from the famine) while Joseph was away? The story of Tamar. Judah grew as a man by taking on not just truth, but responsibility. And he demonstrates it here and changes the future of the family.
If we think of Avraham as connecting to others, Yitzchak as connecting across generations, Yaacov as fighting Fate, Yosef as planning and purpose then Judah can be thought of as taking responsibility.
Joseph immediately tells the brothers not to worry about selling him (which they didn't actually do). Why shouldn't they worry? Wouldn't he seem to have been vengeful and cruel up to this point? In fact, he has been testing, but not cruel. He has been gathering data and making plans. Fundamentally, Joseph only looks forward. Potiphar doesn't suffer, Potiphar's wife doesn't suffer, his brothers don't suffer. Joseph has no hatchet, he is too focused on the future. The past exists only as a data point.
For the second time, we have a reference to Joseph as the 'father of Pharoah'. Earlier, they call out AvRech (father of the King) when he is promoted. It seems to be a standard position in Egypt. I'm reminded of the Toyoda clan, which adopts adult men into the family to carry on the family name. Why? Because the actual genetic stock might not be up to snuff. Egypt had tremendous dynasties. Perhaps this was enabled by having AvRech – a smart administrator who could guide the less than perfect Pharoah. A regent, like Bismark, answerable to the King. The post disappears with Joseph – by giving so much property and power to Pharoah, he changes the fundamental nature of Mitzraim.
Jacob seems unable to believe that Joseph was alive. But we saw in the ealier gift to the man in Egypt, that he suspected this was true. The wagons convince him of what he already suspected. This highlights the difference between hope and reality. Normally Jacob must fight for a reality better than the image of the future. Now, his image matches his reality – it can be hard to accept. He is not fighting Fate, but realizing Hope.
Hashem promises Yaacov that Joseph will 'place his hand on your eyes.' The image I have is of death – the hand closing the eyes. But the line between the personal and national is obscured in this passage: "I will make you into a great nation…" And this gives another image – of the Jewish people placing their hands on their eyes for Shemah Yisrael. The character of Yisrael (Yaacov's name) is fundamentally one of fighting Fate. It is the arm of Joseph – which represents purpose and planning – that enables us to close off our apparent reality and focus on the reality of Hashem and our greater purpose. The hand of Joseph covering the eyes enables Yisrael to shema – hear and live up to our Avot. Joseph may not be an Av, but he is an enabler and that is reassuring to Yaacov.
The wives of the brother's are not named. The emphasis is on all being the descendants of Yaacov. But there is one exception – Joseph's wife is named, as is her father. The tradition is that Potephera is the same person as Potiphar. Joseph's wife, the daughter of Potiphar, was assigned to him by Pharoah. In so doing, Pharoah shamed Potiphar (changing the second part of him name from multiply to commoner). But Joseph does not shame Potiphar – Joseph does not choose his wife and Potiphar remains the governor of On. Joseph also has two amazing children who are focused not on ego, but on the future. His wife doubtlessly played an important role in raising the children (he was busy travelling and running Egypt). By seeing past the shame and the ego and by playing a key role in instilling those forward-looking values in her children, Asnath becomes a member of the Bnei Yisrael. And her father, by remaining an effective governor of On, earns the same honor.
Why name every member of the family now? When Hashem redeems the people from Egypt, he pulls slaves from another society. Slaves tend to be a hodgepodge of peoples all mixed for the purpose of hard labor. One might argue that Hashem simply rescues slaves because they are slaves. With the entire family being named, it is clear at the beginning of their transformation they were all descendants of Yisrael – and the Canaanite blood in them is irrelevant. The Jewish people are not rescued because they are slaves, they are rescued because they are the children of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaacov and every one who leaves is connected to those who came.
Pharoah asks 'how many are the days of your life?' Yaacov gives a long response. He identifies two lengths – the length of sojourning and the length of life. He has soujourned – a ger or stranger, fundamentally unsettled – for many years. But the years of his life are short and bad. How can we square these? They key is in this distinction. Life is first ascribed to animals – and one gets a sense of life being undomesticated or free. Jacob has always been constrained – yes, he's fought the constraints – but his life is defined by battle. When he says his days of freedom/life haven't 'achieved' what his forefather's days of freedom achieved, he is saying that his days of freedom have been neither numerous nor productive. But his days of struggle are many indeed – and they have been productive.
Joseph buys the land of Egypt and thus the people. He transfers them to cities and he sets them to work as tenant farmers – like blacks after the civil war. Joseph enslaves Egypt. Just as the baker is imprisoned, so too is Egypt. His changing of Pharoah deprives Egypt of a respect for what came before and his changing of Egyptians deprives them of the experience of productivity. The become neither Good nor Holy – they become a people Hashem can punish because they have lost all redeeming qualities.
Joseph tries to set the Jewish people up so they can live well in Egypt. But it doesn't work. Their very wealth and success become the reasons the Egyptians can't afford to let them go. Joseph ends up playing a key role in enslaving the Jews while also demonstrating the limits of plans. Fate can be defied, but Hashem's edicts are greater than any Fate.
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El nevus melanocític congènit és un tipus de nevus melanocític que es troba en els nadons al néixer. Aquest tipus de marca de naixement es produeix en un 1% aproximat de nadons a tot el món; es troba a la zona del cap i del coll un 15% de les vegades.

Signes i símptomes

El nevus melanocític congènit apareix com a màcula o placa circumscrita, marró clar a negre, potencialment molt heterogènia de consistència, que cobreix qualsevol mida de superfície i qualsevol part del cos.

En comparació amb un nevus melanocític, els congènits solen tenir un diàmetre més gran i poden tenir un excés de pèl terminal, una trastorn anomenat hipertricosi. Si es major de 40 cm de diàmetre (en l'adult) i amb hipertricosi, de vegades s'anomena nevus pilós gegant; més generalment aquestes formes més grans es coneixen com a nevus melanocític congènit gran o gegant. La prevalença estimada de les formes més grans és del 0,002% dels naixements.

Els nevus melanocítics sovint creixen proporcionalment a la mida del cos a mesura que el nen creix. Llavors, sovint desenvolupen gruix i augmenten, encara que aquestes característiques també poden estar presents des del naixement. Sovint es formen pèls importants, sobretot després de la pubertat. Amb la maduresa, el nevus pot tenir variacions de color, i la superfície podria tenir textura amb creixements proliferatius.

Classificació

Els nevus melanocítics congènits es poden dividir en els següents tipus:
 Nevus melanocític congènit de mida petita es defineix com un diàmetre inferior a 2 cm.
 Nevus melanocític congènit de mida mitjana es defineix com un diàmetre de més de 2 cm però inferior a 20 cm.
 Nevus melanocític congènit gegant (també conegut com a "nevus pilós gegant" i "nevus pigmentosus et pilosus") es defineix per una o diverses màcules grans, pigmentades foscament i de vegades peludes.

Tractament
L'excisió quirúrgica és l'estàndard assistencial. Algunes persones defensen l'ús de làser per a la depilació per al tractament dels nevus congènits. Tot i que això és probable i eficaç per a petits nevus congènits, l'eliminació amb làser per a lesions més grans pot suposar una responsabilitat per al dermatòleg que l'utilitza si la malignitat es desenvolupa a partir d'un component profund (dèrmic) del nevus al qual no s'afecta pel làser. La repigmentació després del tractament amb làser dels nevus congènit o curetatge superficial confirma aquest problema.

Molts s'eliminen quirúrgicament per estètica i alleujament de la càrrega psicosocial, però també s'aconsella l'excisió per a la prevenció del càncer, encara que el benefici és impossible de valorar per a un pacient en concret. Els nòduls proliferatius solen ser biopsiats i solen ser, però no sempre, benignes. Les estimacions de transformació en melanoma varien del 2-42% en la literatura, però es considera que es troba més aviat a l'extrem baix d'aquest espectre a causa de l'actuació precoç dels metges (amb l'excisió preventiva).

Pronòstic
Els nevus congènits grans i especialment els gegants tenen un risc més elevat de degeneració maligna a melanoma. A causa del potencial premaligne, és una pràctica clínica acceptable eliminar els nevus congènits de manera electiva en tots els pacients.

Referències

Enllaços externs

Neoplàsies de la pell
Malalties i trastorns congènits

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