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The two have been selling their stuffed chicken wing creations in Columbia from their food truck for several years. Last year, OWN tested out a pilot for a reality TV show about them, at the time called "Wingmen." The one-hour special was meant to test the market for the docu-series. It ended up in the No. 1 time slot on ad-supported cable for African-American women 25-54, the network said.
The taping for "The Chew" took place from 11:30 a.m-2 p.m. and was filmed on the grass in front of General Sales on Huger Street. It drew a steady stream of customers, and as soon as one customer got food, more were getting out of their cars to hop in line.
The film crew gathered video of everything from preparations inside the truck to satisfied customers (not a single one had anything bad to say), while many more patiently waited for the wings that they've come to love.
Veteran customer Ashleigh Speaks, a 34-year-old Irmo resident who works in the University of South Carolina's financial aid office, knew what to expect when she stepped in line for her favorite order of jambalaya stuffed wings.
Others, who were first-timers, like local business owner Kevin Felder, wanted to show support for the young entrepreneurs.
Part of the draw for the truck is the two dynamic personalities behind the operation. Ramone and Simmons are well known for their infectious personalities and helpful nature.
Just over an hour after they started serving lunch, Simmons made the unfortunate announcement that the truck had run out of stuffed wings and they were offering only regular wings and chicken tenders.
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Lot Smith
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Name Lot Smith
Born 15 May 1830 Williamstown, Oswego, New York, USA
Died 21 Jun 1892 Tuba City, Coconino, Arizona, USA
Buried 23 Jun 1892 Tuba City, Coconino, Arizona, USA
Initiatory (LDS) 27556 Three or More Nauvoo Sources
Person ID I136365 Early Latter-day Saints
Father William Orville Smith, b. 31 Aug 1800, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA , d. 7 Jun 1849, Farmington, Davis, Utah, USA (Age 48 years)
Mother Rhoda Hough, b. 16 May 1802, Floyd, Oneida, New York, USA , d. 12 Jan 1845, Ambrosia, Lee, Iowa, USA (Age 42 years)
Family 1 Lydia McBride, b. 9 Feb 1832, Villenova, Chautauqua, New York, USA , d. 4 Apr 1908 (Age 76 years)
Married 1851 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Family 2 Jane Walker, b. 2 Aug 1832, Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, USA , d. 23 Mar 1912, Farmington, Davis, Utah, USA (Age 79 years)
Married 14 Feb 1852 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Family 3 Julia Ann Smith, b. 6 Mar 1837, Van Buren, Carter, Missouri, USA , d. 21 May 1923, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 86 years)
Married 25 Nov 1855 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Family 4 Laura Louisa Burdick, b. 8 Nov 1838, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA , d. 19 Dec 1895 (Age 57 years)
Married 3 Jan 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Family 5 Alice Ann Richards, b. 24 Mar 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Married 30 May 1868 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Family 6 Alice Mary Baugh, b. 28 Dec 1853, Birmingham, Warwick, England , d. 9 Jan 1947, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA (Age 93 years)
Married 29 Apr 1872 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Family 7 Mary Merinda Garn, b. 5 Nov 1852, Placerville,, California, USA , d. 17 Mar 1916 (Age 63 years)
Married 13 Jun 1879 St. George, Washington, Utah, USA
Family 8 Diantha Elizabeth Mortensen, b. 18 Mar 1861, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, USA , d. 6 Dec 1922, Central, Graham, Arizona, USA (Age 61 years)
Married 21 Oct 1880 St. George, Washington, Utah, USA
Married - 1851 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Married - 14 Feb 1852 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Married - 25 Nov 1855 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Married - 3 Jan 1858 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Married - 30 May 1868 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Married - 29 Apr 1872 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
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NAUVOO RECORDS:
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Members LDS, 1830-1848, Susan Easton Black, Vol 40 pp 65-76
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Treasures of Pioneer History, Kate Carter, pp 530-531
Mormon Battalion, BYU Biographies, 5 pages
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Tired of having the fruits of their labors confiscated by an overpowering British government, America's Founders declared themselves free and independent.
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Mrs Mbanefo said this during the 2018 International Sculpture Day celebration in Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka which was organized by the President and Founder of Awka Guild of Sculptors, Prof. Cliff Nwanna, a Professor of Fine and applied Arts UNIZIK.
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Mr Nnabuife encouraged the participants which comprises Undergraduates, Secondary School students and other artists to make the world know that there is dignity in labour which is what Sculpture represents.


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Dead Rabbit Hopes: reconsidering body image and suffering with purpose
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The Shoe – I'm Okay
I don't normally make a fuss over music videos (the only one that comes to mind is that Xiu Xiu video from a few years ago). And I was going to leave Stereogum to do the heavy lifting on the premiere of the "Dead Rabbit Hopes" video by The Shoe (you might remember the song from an older post), but ultimately, I decided to dedicate a fair bit of space to it anyway. My reason is two-fold: 1) we've been fans of The Shoe for a long time, and I'm not going to shut up about them just because someone else is willing to talk about it now; and, more importantly 2) it confronts much the same issue addressed in that Xiu Xiu video, but from a completely different angle.
First The Shoe (and, yes, I promise to do everything I can to avoid the all too tempting Xiu Xiu/Shoe puns). I'm not going to say a whole lot about the song itself since we already covered the premiere back in November. At the time, I said that "Dead Rabbit Hopes" felt indicative of a new direction for the band, not so much stylistically (it shares many characteristics with the band's earlier work), but there is an intentionality about it now that was not as prevalent earlier on when The Shoe were more focused on improvisation. And I stand by that. This is music with a purpose. The video for "Dead Rabbit Hopes" lends credence to that argument.
Stereogum's post debuting the video earlier this month came with an NSFW warning. Fair enough. The vast majority of the video features lead singer Jena Malone in a stylized state of edenic nudity. The key here, however, is that word "edenic". In Jena's own, recently oft-quoted words:
"I wanted to talk about a woman's beauty and sexuality in a way that felt very different from our highly manipulated and sexualized world. I actually wanted to desexualize my own naked body while upholding its own perfect eternal grace. I didn't want it to be about lingerie or booty shorts. I wanted it to be about the work of art that you are born with."
And in that sense, I think "Dead Rabbit Hopes" is a success. You don't need me to preach to you about the ubiquity of hyper-sexualized popular culture. If you've ever turned on a television or perused a magazine stand in most parts of Europe or North America, you've seen it for yourself. But the video is self-possessed and in control. It's easy to look at a video like "Dead Rabbit Hopes" with the same kind of aesthetic eye one would classical nudes hanging in an art gallery. And the public reaction seems to reflect that. The overwhelming majority of comments (the ones I've seen, anyway) have been positive.
Which brings me back to that Xiu Xiu video. My original post was instigated when, shortly after its premiere, YouTube removed the video for "Dear God I Hate Myself" for a terms of use violation. And, while I managed to find the video hosted on another website, that version too has since disappeared. Of course, since the internet is magic, a few more versions have popped up and I've embedded one below because I think now is a good time to revisit it. But it is also important that you read the next paragraph before you watch.
YouTube was quick to ban "Dear God I Hate Myself". For three agonizing minutes, band member Angela Seo forces herself to vomit multiple times while frontman Jamie Stewart stands, mostly out of shot, dancing and munching on a chocolate bar. The pain and disgust in her eyes is very real. It is relentless. Four years later, and this is still one of the most difficult videos I've ever had to watch.
The grounds for the video's removal were only later described as "shocking and disgusting content". The extant comment threads from the Stereogum premiere post are nearly devoid of positive reactions. Many reduce the video to pretentious art school shock tactics. Others insist that the video is an elaborate hazing ritual devised by Jamie Stewart to torture the new girl. To their credit, Xiu Xiu were quick to respond to the criticism. In a blog post (the link for which now appears to be dead) Angela Seo explains "I grew up around a lot of people who were bulimic…perhaps because bulimia was the most visible, prevalent, and even normalized form of self-destruction at a very impressionable age, I will always think of it as a major form of self-hatred". And yet, despite her insistence that "the video was my idea. Jamie didn't exploit me or coerce me or anything like that", audiences continued to see only coercion.
What I find troubling about it, however, is not the video. Yes, it is difficult, even painful to watch. But, what bothers me to this day—perhaps even more in the past few weeks than it has the last few years—is the swiftness of our collective condemnation of a valid and valuable artistic and philosophical statement. And now, in light of the most recent offering from The Shoe, I am hoping that we might be better prepared to reconsider Xiu Xiu.
The question we have to consider is not a simple one and will, in all likelihood, require us to confront certain questions about ourselves in the process. Why is one video more offensive than the other? In both videos, women have taken it upon themselves—uncoerced—to address issues pertaining to body image by portraying themselves on film in a manner of their choosing. But it is in our reactions to the two that we stand to learn the most about the issue in question and where we stand in relation to a solution.
With "Dead Rabbit Hopes", The Shoe aim to address the issue of body image in a positive light, to emphasize the importance of prizing the individual body as a work of art. (I would be inclined to extend the metaphor to encapsulate the whole of the person—body and mind, joy and suffering, etc.—but that is a philosophical and aesthetic argument no one wants to hear from me.) There is no discounting the degree of vulnerability inherent in most forms of public nudity, film or otherwise. And presented in a purely aesthetic, almost funereal manner more reminiscent of Vera Kholodnaya's final performance than Miley Cyrus at the VMAs, it is an important point well made.
Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian film star, February 1919
But the ironically harsh reality that we, as an audience, have to accept is that Jena Malone is still a beautiful woman. And I don't say that to discount the band or their message, both of which I fully support. The only person whose sincerity I am calling into question here is myself. We can shout our support at the tops of our voices, but how can I know I believe it—and I want to believe it—until I've been challenged by someone or something that isn't so easy to look at.
And Xiu Xiu's video for "Dear God I Hate Myself" is not easy to look at. Four years on, and it is still difficult for me to watch without averting my eyes at several key points during those three long minutes. All throughout this post I have been asking, albeit rhetorically, why this is the more offensive of the two videos. It is easy enough to identify what it is that people find offensive—in American culture, vomiting, as a rule, is considered a largely private affair. But then, so is nudity, and yet we have little difficulty extolling the virtues of a woman who is so comfortable in her own skin that she will take her clothes off in public (film is, after all, a public medium).
Where Xiu Xiu differs is in the suffering of it's protagonist, suffering which is then transmitted to the viewer through an unflinchingly tight shot. For her part, Angela Seo is the first to admit that her participation in the video was voluntary. It is when we factor in the element of the will that the video oversteps the bounds of the believable (or at least what we conceive as believable). Though her pain may well be real, her willing participation is an aberration in a society that actively prioritizes its own comfort (physical, emotional, ethical, or otherwise). It is the gastrointestinal equivalent of self-mutilation. She reasons, "perhaps some people don't understand that one can voluntarily choose to hurt themselves physically. Maybe some think it's just so stupid and dumb that one had to have been forced to do it?" Of course it is grotesque and disturbing—the fact that we see it that way is a boon to our humanity—but writing it off as a shock tactic and sweeping it aside helps no one.
Yes, it is an act of violence against oneself. There's a reason Seo, in her post about the video, called it an obvious act of self hatred. But censoring it, pretending the video never happened, solves nothing. The central action is still real, still a problem. It's clear the band have no intention of condoning or supporting the act. But to the same end, there is no reason for them to use the video to explicitly condemn such behavior, at least not in so many words. It's a participatory critique. There is no need for them to say "this is a horrible thing" because we, the audience, are perfectly capable of seeing that for ourselves.
And we should be glad that we are shocked by this. Our revulsion is a sign of life from our ever-dwindling sense of humanity. No, the ability to watch someone vomit without flinching is not a badge of honor or a mark of sophistication. No one is saying that, at least I hope not. When we watch Angela Seo willfully inflict pain on herself, we are forced to confront the reality that there are people, most of them young women, who do the same to themselves daily. But they do not do so in service to a greater good or even in the name of art, but in the pursuit of a false ideal—sacrificing themselves to a golden idol of fictional perfection.
Our disgust is a benchmark of our humanity. Xiu Xiu have been good enough to remind us of that. Rather than simply add their voices to a lock-step cacophony of condemnation, they have aroused in us pity and sympathy. We should not be able to watch a video like "Dear God I Hate Myself" and maintain our myth of self-superiority. Our visceral reaction is not to the images portrayed, but to seeing our own collective brokenness laid bare. It's uncomfortable, of course it is, but more importantly, it is a starting point.
If we are ever to view our bodies as works of art "in [their] own perfect eternal grace" as The Shoe have urged us to do with "Dead Rabbit Hopes", we must first identify and embrace the part of each of us that already feels that way.
The Shoe's LP I'm Okay will be released by Community Music on 3 June 2014. Xiu Xiu's LP Dear God I Hate Myself has been out for a long time. It is on Kill Rock Stars.


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AltaVista Search Engine's 25th anniversary
Odd tech facts
It has been 25 years since AltaVista, one of the first major Internet search engines, was made public. AltaVista was launched on September 15, 1995, by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). DEC's search engine aimed to show how powerful their new line of computers was. DEC was the leading supplier of computer hardware, software and services by then.
AltaVista Web Search Engine
AltaVista was the first search engine to allow natural language queries on the World Wide Web. Besides, it stood out for providing a very simple interface; while offering a degree of depth that most search engines didn't at that time.
AltaVista was initially composed of two hard disks in two servers — Scooter and Turbo Vista. On the one hand, Scooter had a 20 GB hard drive and 1 GB of RAM. It was responsible for crawling the World Wide Web. On the other hand, Turbo Vista had a 250 GB hard drive and 2 GB of RAM. It stored Scooter's findings and served them up to users. These servers are tiny compared to the current, high-performance servers we are used to nowadays. But, by that time, the WWW was considerably smaller than today's.
AltaVista's success is reflected in its constant traffic growth. It went from about 300,000 queries at the time of its launch to millions of queries one year after. It actually ranked until 2000 with Google and Yahoo. However, nobody at DEC thought of AltaVista as a business and, by 2001, Google surpassed it with its innovative system. Yahoo purchased AltaVista in 2003 (when purchasing Overture Services) and shut altavista.com down on July 8, 2013.
Nevertheless, AltaVista will always be part of the Internet's history, as other early search engines such as Archie. Since it was one of the first major web search engines, which made searching information on the Internet easier for regular users.
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Fidel Castro applauds Russian proposal on Syria
A mural with the images of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in Managua September 12, 2013. (Reuters)
Associated Press, Havana Sunday 15 September 2013
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has published an article applauding a Russian-backed proposal to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons. The U.S. and Russia reached agreement Saturday to implement the plan amid an ongoing civil war in the Middle Eastern country.
In an article published in Cuban press Saturday, the 87-year-old leader says "the intelligent Russian initiative" meant "the risk that the conflict explodes with its lamentable consequences seems to have diminished." The article is signed by Castro and dated Sept. 10.
Castro also lauds Russia as a "brave country" that "stayed firm before the unusual pretension of the government of the United States, threatening to launch an overwhelming attack against the Syrian defenses."
U.S., Russia strike deal on Syria chemical weapons arsenal
FSA chief says U.S.-Russia deal is a blow to Syrian uprising
U.S., Russia see Syria arms deal aiding peace talks
Russia gives U.S. Syrian chemical weapons plan
Russia and Syria urge U.S. to focus on peace talks, not strikes


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Saturday October 9 – 10th is the Cub-o-ree campout. This is a family campout available to the entire Pack. See Mr. Jonathan for further details. Sign-up by the Pack meeting, September 29th.
Popcorn orders are due at the Halloween Party, Wednesday October 27th. You may turn in any money you've collected at that time. Full payment is due December 1st.
The 2010 Webelos Extreme will be October 2-3 at Schoellkopf Scout Reservation, Cowlesville. Webelos are $15; if you bring a parent, the cost is $27.
The program will consist of one night of camping and a full day of activities on Saturday. Webelos will camp together as patrols with a Boy Scout Patrol and exercise the patrol-method of camping as much as possible.
The patrols will be judged on Patrol Flag and Yell, Leadership, Teamwork, Skill Demonstration and Scout Spirit. On Saturday afternoon, patrols will participate in fun activities with area Troops & learn more advanced skills taught by local Boy Scouts. Scouts will break camp and depart Sunday morning.
Each Webelos Scouts must bring at least one 1 liter or 2 liter soda-pop bottle.
Registration & payment is due at our next meeting: Wednesday September 15th!
We'll be in Session 4, August 1-7. Cost is $250 with $50 deposit due February 5th and balance due by May 5th.
On November 21st, 2009 Our Cub Scout pack 529 went on a field trip to the Buffalo State College Planetarium. It was fun, exciting and we all learned a lot about the constellations.
The planetarium is round and has a black ball that's on a long stick and it projects the stars on the ceiling. In addition to learning some basic constellations we also learned about: Orion, Nebula, and the Pleiades, light pollution, and the nearby galaxy, that's why I think planetariums are very interesting.
This post was written by Elijah Blumberg, a Webelo 1 in Pack 529.
On October 7th, the Webelos II will NOT meet at St. Paul's. Rather, we'll be meeting between Logan & Gettysburg on Sheridan Drive. This is near Anderson's or Demetris Family Restaurant. We will then hike down an old railroad line to Englewood and back again. This is a 3-mile hike as required for the Arrow of Light award.
The 3-mile hike should take us about an hour, so please arrive between 6:30 and 6:45. Pickup at the same spot at 8:00.
Dress for the weather! Bring water, a small snack, a flashlight (if you wish). See your Webelos book for other ideas on how to dress for a day-hike.
If you need to park in the area, please use street parking on either Logan or Gettysburg Ave.


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Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs, by Ben Mezrich
By Rita Welty Bourke on July 9, 2015 in Book Club 0
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the country embarked on a painful transition from communism to capitalism. By the mid-nineties, oligarchs had taken over. Foremost among them was Boris Berezovsky, a mathematician/car salesman who rose to dizzying heights with interests in oil, metals, and television. But it was a brutal world in which his life was constantly in danger. Body guards surrounded him wherever he went. He rode in bullet-proof limousines, and still he was not safe.
In order to do business in Russia, oligarchs like Berezovsky needed to control the government. They did it by cozying up to President Boris Yeltsin. With the government effectively in their pockets, they created monopolies, cornered markets, and controlled the media. When Yeltsin's health deteriorated, they devised a plan to replace him with Vladimir Putin.
They knew not what they were doing. The man they put in power ultimately turned against them. And he brought his own style of KGB savagery and corruption to the country.
The world was shocked when former KGB officer, Alexander Litvinenko, died of polonium poisoning in London in 2006. But that was only the beginning. The country has today descended into kleptocracy. Journalists are routinely silenced. Political opponents are gunned down in the streets of Moscow.
Mezrich's book can be read as a cautionary tale; if the oligarchs are allowed to control the government, as they did in Russia, who knows what havoc they may wreak.
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This week, more thoughts on the Fringe and its attendees.
It took me a while to figure out why the audiences at this year's IndyFringe festival were so friendly.
I don't mean friendly as in walking up to you, shaking your hand, and asking how your family's doing. I mean friendly in the sense that they seemed to warmly welcome whatever was being presented on stage.
Don't get me wrong: They didn't love everything they saw or feel obligated to give standing ovations if they didn't feel the shows or the performers warranted it. "Welcome," by definition, concerns greeting-the initial contact-and when a show didn't satisfy, the Fringe audiences weren't shy about discussing what they felt worked or didn't work. They were just, as I said, friendly about it.
Which was refreshing. To me, the audiences at IndyFringe say more about the potential for this city as a creative, cultural center than anything that I saw on stage during the fest. Having such an open-minded, savvy and, yes, critical audience is vital to a city's artistic health. It's what keeps companies pushing to improve, it's what encourages fledgling companies to stick around, and it's what builds institutions.
When I moved to Indy about 13 years ago, I was a little dismayed to find that most arts patrons here-at least the one's who went to homegrown productions-seemed to fall into two categories. There was the "It is my obligation as a citizen to love this" crowd. And there was the "This is local so it can't be good" crowd. I had trouble finding anything in between.
The reaction to the 3-year-old Fringe indicates that we've come a long way. Saying that a show didn't satisfy-taking to task weak writing or unfocused choices-wasn't perceived as being anti-Fringe. And saying that a show was "pretty good" wasn't tantamount to saying it was awful.
I think that's partially because patrons knew they could quickly move on to something else. If you found that a show was too experimental (or too conservative) for your taste or if you discovered that you prefer more formal productions to looser ones, you could pick the next one accordingly-and there it was, a half hour later.
Like bigger casts? Prefer more intimate shows? Want something more serious? There were plenty of other options readily available as your next choice.
Well, in a sense, Indianapolis has a festival going all year long. Sure, much of it isn't on the fringe-you won't see many chances being taken with yet another production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" or "A Christmas Carol." But Indy's got enough going on that there's no reason for those who enjoyed IndyFringe to hibernate until next August.
Dig experimental Fringe shows such as "Down-A"? Then go see what Butler University Theatre is up to. Like the oneperson shows? Then you might want to hit the Alley Theatre for local playwright Tony McDonald's new monologue "Lies My Father Told Me." Prefer the movement-based selections? Watch for the next move by Susurrus.
Enjoyed "Married to Magic" or one of the other variety aspects of the festival? Check out what Indy-based Blue Monkey Sideshow is up to. Have a taste for improvisation now that you've seen Cool Table and other Fringe visitors? Make a date to see what's going on at ComedySportz Theatre on Mass Ave.
And there's plenty more. If you found yourself attracted to the thrill of seeing a show where you have no idea what's going to happen next, well, the Phoenix Theatre has a stack of brand-new plays on its season schedule. And keep an eye on what the increasing number of small theater companies in the area are up to.
I'll be doing the same, and alerting you through the weekly IBJ Daily A&E email (you can subscribe for free at ibj.com) and through reviews here.
Just remember: You aren't obligated to like what you see. Just arrive in a welcoming mode.
And, by the way, welcome to the 2007-2008 arts and entertainment season. As a starting point, give a read to our Focus section beginning on page 19A.


Traveling from town to town is made unnecessarly difficult. Getting there is just frustrating with a new character, new players find it hard to find basic towns and dungeons. It would be great to introduce some sort of routs from one location to another, esspecialy on most commonly used paths. It would make our life easier and it would be even better for new players.


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Holidays Arrive Early for Baltimore Grandmother
Wins $30,000 Top Prize on Winter Green Scratch-Off
A Baltimore grandmother is already in the holiday spirit. The 74-year-old received three Winter Green scratch-offs from her grandson on Tuesday, one of which happened to be a top-prize winner. The grandson, who accompanied her to Lottery Headquarters to claim her $30,000 prize, said, "I'd won $40 on Pick 3, so I thought I'd get them for her."
Part of the Lottery's lineup of special holiday scratch-offs, the $3 ticket has a scratch-n-sniff feature with the winter green scent. "I chose that ticket because it was new," said the grandson. "I thought maybe there'd be some fresh winners." He then added, "She's always taking care of me. It was my turn."
The winner, who was alone when she discovered her good fortune, quickly called her benefactor with the news. When asked what her reaction was to the win, she simply said, "Unbelievable." Her grandson was equally skeptical and wasn't convinced they were $30,000 richer until receiving confirmation at Lottery Headquarters.
The happy twosome intends to save the winnings. "I see people really do win now," said the grandson. "Maybe she'll give me at least a dollar," he added. The winning ticket was purchased at Mel's Corner, located at 225 E. Eutaw St. in Baltimore City. There are still four $30,000 top prizes remaining on the Winter Green scratch-off ticket.
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Rosa Jorba, 23 April 2021
According to the World Tourism Organization, sustainable tourism is "tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment, and host communities ».
Tourism is closely linked to numerous SDGs, particularly Goals 8,12, and 14 which set tourism-specific targets. Tourism is one of the world's most significant sources of economic growth and employment. In fact, in 2019 the sector accounted for about 330 million jobs worldwide. Although it is a very important source of income, global tourism is also responsible for 8% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. The Covid-19 pandemic has largely harmed tourism-dependent countries.
However, it brought some positive impacts on wildlife, air quality and ocean waters as lockdowns and travel restrictions have restricted human activity. Consequently, environmental damage has fallen noticeably. Once the pandemic eases, pressure on the environment will resume. Yet, Covid-19 made us recognize the previous existing vulnerabilities in the tourism sector such as increasing pollution, biodiversity loss, crisis unpreparedness, and food insecurities. The pandemic has hit the sector, but it has also been a wake-up call for urgent and speedy action.
Hence, we have a clear opportunity to restart and reshape tourism as we knew it. This crisis offers an opportunity for transformation with a focus on building more resilient communities and businesses through innovation, circularity, digitalization, sustainability, and partnerships. Ensuring cooperation among regional governments, international institutions, business, civil society and other stakeholders are crucial to creating sustainable tourism worldwide. Thus, restarting tourism can also help in creating new business opportunities such as rural tourism, which has been an increasingly growing trend as people is becoming more conscious on the environmental effects of global tourism. Apart from raising tourist's awareness about sustainability, it is vital to maintain tourist satisfaction. Quantity does not equal quality, consequently, there has to be good management of tourism flows to ensure the best experiences.
Some countries have been putting lots of effort to become sustainable destinations. For instance, Costa Rica is known for being one of the leaders of sustainable tourism in the world, with nearly 30% of its territory protected as national park, wildlife refuge, or private reserve. Achieving sustainable tourism is an unceasing and extensive process that must be linked to the adoption and investment of renewable energy solutions. This shift has to embrace conserving natural heritage, biodiversity and respecting the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities. Above all, the future must be grounded on a balance between economic growth and sustainability which leads us to a common target: sustainable tourism.
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One of the most underrated areas in Sedona is Munds Wilderness. Many people in the past would take on this area because the predominant trail for this area, Broken Arrow, is adjacent to a heavily traveled jeep road.
A new day has arrived…while you still must hike a portion of Broken Arrow to get to Hogs, the trail departs from the jeep chaos and brings you atop of a ridgeline to brings Munds Wilderness into full view. To have the entire Hogs experience you must tie into 4 different trails—Broken Arrow, High on the Hog, Hog Heaven and Hog Wash. In all, you will be covering 3.5 miles.
As you leave High of Hog, you will pick up Hog Heaven which takes you through a scenic saddle as you descend down the back side of Twin Buttes. As you reach the bottom of this descent you will then pick up Hogwash which will wrap around and back to the trailhead parking.
Map: Click here for a map of Hogs Trail.


This 5.75 hour program was designed by experienced practitioners who know the most relevant and important topics in engaging important and emerging areas of Health Law. It is the final portion of the 18 hour Health Law Certificate program and is intended for those attorneys interested in seeing how the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act is changing the world of Health Care Law.
Kurt Boehl, Kitti Cramer, Tyler Goldberg-Hoss, Ashley Greenberg, Harold Malkin, Olga Owens, John Peick, Michelle Peterson, Brian Peyton, Commissioner Eric Schmidt, John Strait, Sarah K. Weinberg, M.D., Joanne Werner, R.N., M.S., J.D.
Topics include regulatory compliance, bioethics, malpractice, and of course, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Most importantly, during this program you will receive perspectives on topics from plaintiffs, defendants, and regulators.
Health Law is a growing area of practice. For those lawyers wanting to learn more about how to practice in this area or broaden the information they already have, this program was designed for you. Current practitioners will also gain an update on substantive issues facing the practice of health law, especially in regard to the impact of health law reform on established health care laws.
This 5.75 hour program is devoted solely to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its effects.
Get the full agenda here (PDF).


The E6B flight computer is a classic and time tested pilot tool. There is a learning curve, and one should practice regularly to stay proficient. Unfortunately we don't always have an E6B with us. Now you can have the application in your BlackBerry 10 smartphone. You could even use it for flight planning and in the plane if you need to.
For flight instructors the HDMI output built into the Z10 and Q10 will allow you to display the application on a high definition TV or Monitor to help your students grasp use of this important tool.
The circular slide rule presents the classic two dial calculator. Both dials are rotated using swipe gestures. To rotate the inner dial start with your finger just inside the outer edge of the dial and move it around the center. You don't need to stay inside the lines until you release your finger the gesture will stay bound to the inner dial. The outer dial is moved the same way, but the inner dial always moves with the outer dial. This is similar to rotating the whole E6B as a unit to put the part of the outer dial of interest at the top.
Once the appropriate positioning of the inner and outer dials is set for the calculation you may lock the rings together by pressing the Lock/Unlock button on the action bar. This will prevent accidentally changing the dial configuration. There are a number of pre-set computations available on the overflow menu. These position the two rings and lock them together.
The numbers inside the dials readout the values of the two dials at the top, the red number the outer dial, the blue number the inner dial. This makes reading the computer easier than trying to estimate values from the display.
Below are two images, on the left the overflow menu on a Z10, on the right the main display on a Q10.
On a separate tab you will find the Wind Computer. This should be familiar to most pilots. The grommet is represented by a blue circle, the wind dot by a red 'X'. The values associated with these two elements are displayed in the same colors.
Data entry is accomplished by swiping to move the compass rose, wind dot and the vector slider. What gets moved, and where the data goes depends on the values of two toggle buttons on the action bar. When the Wind/Slider toggle button is in the Wind mode the user may set the wind direction on the compass rose, and the wind velocity by swiping towards or away from the grommet. In this mode the wind dot only moves up and down so you can move your finger around the display to keep it out of the way.
Once the wind is set, pressing the Wind/Slider sets data input into the Slider mode. The user may set the True Track on the compass rose and drag the slider up and down to set the True Air Speed under the wind dot. Ground speed is read from under the grommet, the wind correction angle and Ground Speed is read under the wind dot. The pictures below show these two steps performed on a Z10. Wind values, set by the wind dot are red. True Track and Ground Speed are set by the compass rose and the slider under the grommet and are in blue. True Heading and True Airspeed are determined by the wind dot over the slider and are displayed in pink (blue + red).
The final mode is set by the Random Wind toggle. When this is enabled the user can place the wind dot anywhere. With the computer in Slider mode and the Track Made Good on the compass rose and Ground Speed set under the grommet allows the wind dot to be placed at the appropriate location for True Air Speed and Wind Correction angle. This computes an unknown wind.
The picture below shows the final configuration on a Q10. Some modification of the display was required to get all the information on screen and maintain the size of the wind computer display.


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Dr. Ciardullo has performed thousands of procedures with his anesthesiologists and is proud to say there has never been an anesthesia complication in his practice.
Dr. Joel Greenspan & Dr. James Spencer are both board certified anesthesiologists and have been practicing for 20+ years respectively. Dr. Greenspan has served as an attending at White Plains Hospital Center for several years in the anesthesia department and was Chief of anesthesia at St. Agnes Hospital. Dr. Spencer as well, has served several years in hospital anesthesiology. Both doctors have recommitted their practice of anesthesiology to out-patient services for Dr. Ciardullo's facility, as well as many other ambulatory surgery facilities in the White Plains and Westchester County areas.


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Q: what's the easiest way to add the value of two text fields to equal a sum to a label what's the easiest way to add the value of two textField to equal a sum to a label.
Here are the text fields and label I am using:
@IBOutlet weak var f1TextField: UITextField!
@IBOutlet weak var f2TextField: UITextField!

@IBOutlet weak var speedLabel: UILabel!

I want to add f1TextField with f2TextField and show the result in the "speedLabel".

A: If you have numbers on there use this:
if let num1 = Double(f1TextField.text!), let num2 = Double(f2TextField.text!) {
    speedLabel.text = "\(num1 + num2)"
}

A: You can use the power of functional swift like this:
if let textField1String = textField1.text, let textField2String = textField2.text {
    let arr = [textField1String, textField2String]
    let result = arr.compactMap({ Int($0) }).reduce(0, +) //Cast in Int value + using reduce to sum all the values of array
    speedLabel.text = "\(result)"
}

A: Simplest one is this wether it contains text or not.
speedLabel.text = "\(f1TextField.text)\(f2TextField.text)"
    print(speedLabel.text)

A: This code will execute even if one of the textfields are empty or if a number isn't inputed inside and replace the invalid fields with 0
speedLabel.text = "\((Double(f1TextField.text ?? "0.0") ?? 0.0) + (Double(f2TextField.text ?? "0.0") ?? 0.0))"

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Arkas Logistics Adds 40 new Ford F-MAX Trucks With ITOY Award By Investing 35 Million Turkish Liras in its Fleet
While Arkas Logistics continues with fleet investments, it also maintains its cooperation with Ford Trucks, the heavy commercial brand of Ford Otosan. Investing once again in 40 new Ford F-MAX trucks that have recently won the International Truck of the Year (ITOY) award, Arkas Logistics keeps renewing its fleet and reducing carbon emissions within this scope. After this new investment, the rate of vehicles of Arkas Logistics, which have eco-friendly Euro 6 engines, has increased to 50%.
With the aim to strengthen and renew its fleet as well as to increase its performance, the investments of Arkas Logistics continue this year, too, without slowing down. The company has added 40 Ford F-MAX trucks to its fleet by investing an amount of 35 Million Turkish Liras.
When we take into account that road transport causes 91.5% of carbon emissions in Turkey, increasing the use of eco-friendly technologies in the logistics sector is of great importance in terms of sustainability. Providing a complete logistics service by offering maritime, air, land and railway transport services as well as storage, distribution and special projects transport services, Arkas Logistics also considers sustainability in all its business processes while making investments particularly due to having the responsibility of a big land transport fleet. While the company makes sure that the fleet remains young and strong by renewing its vehicles every year, it prefers vehicles that are in accordance with environmental requirements of the sustainable world.
Serhat Kurtuluş, General Manager of Arkas Logistics, said the following words in his press release: "In pandemic conditions, the definition of the "complete logistics" service that we offer and the importance of its function has been clearly seen. On the other hand, the fact that we need green logistics has been underlined again; a topic that has been on our agenda for years now. Our primary strategy for the new period as Arkas Logistics is to offer fast solutions to our customers by extending the non-contact service model with digital solutions according to current conditions. In this way, we keep investing to expand our current services and use opportunities from new business areas.
Arkas Lojistik Genel Müdürü Serhat Kurtuluş
We are expanding our objectives with our self-owned fleet, which travels 30,500,000 km annually, and enhancing our service quality. We keep being the power behind logistics and creating value for our economy with our self-owned fleet, professional business partners and employees. At this point, we have a long-term cooperation based on trust with Ford Trucks, which we regard as our business partner. We are once again glad to add trucks to our fleet, which were completely developed by Turkish engineers and produced in Turkey. We are satisfied with our Ford F-MAX Trucks that we already have in our fleet not only regarding their performance, fuel consumption and technological equipment, but also the cost of ownership",
After this new investment, the rate of vehicles of Arkas Logistics, which have eco-friendly Euro 6 engines, has increased to 50%. Ford F-MAX trucks, which are compliant to the Euro 6 standard, reduce carbon emissions thanks to fuel-efficiency. The fuel consumption of new vehicles will improve by 5% on km per liter basis. It is estimated to travel 240,000 km with 40 vehicles per month. Every year, Arkas Logistics will save 117 thousand liters of fuel.
Stating that he is pleased to expand the cooperation with Arkas Logistics, one of the leading brands in the logistics sector, Ford Trucks Turkey Director Burak Hoşgören continues:
"As Ford Trucks, our cooperation with Arkas Logistics, which has been going on for years now, is growing stronger. We have a long-established relationship based on trust in both sales and after-sales services. Last year, we started a new chapter in this cooperation with our F-MAX truck that has won an international award. Now, we are increasing the number of Ford Trucks branded vehicles to 175, which we have delivered until today, by handing over 40 more F-MAX trucks to Arkas Logistics. The increasing number of Ford Trucks vehicles in Arkas Logistics' vehicle park shows that our cooperation is growing stronger. We believe that F-MAX, highly demanded in both domestic and foreign markets, will provide maximum efficiency for and contribute to Arkas Logistics with its advanced technological equipment and its high-performance engine, whose 500 PS engine power and low fuel consumption of draws attention. Having been the most preferred truck model of 2020 within its own segment in Turkey, F-MAX provides a 6% improvement compared to previous models with its superior aerodynamics, excellent performance in terms of transfer system calibration and fuel consumption. Furthermore, thanks to the ConnecTruck application, the fleet owners can see on the map where, on which route their trucks are and what they are doing at any time. They can also access all current and previous data on the vehicle. While F-MAX is reducing maintenance and ownership costs, it will also meet the needs of the masters of Arkas Logistics by offering them a broad and comfortable cabin. We would like to thank Arkas Logistics for their trust in us and our brand."


Understand the relationship between mass, force, and acceleration.
Use Newton's Second Law to make calculations.
Apply what you know about balanced and unbalanced forces to make advanced calculations.
Understand the difference between actual and apparent weight.
Understand Newton's Third Law and how it applies to real world situations.


Even in an electronic world, you still receive checks periodically. Fortunately, it's easy to get that money in your account without getting that piece of paper to the bank. Mobile devices with cameras allow you to snap a photo and deposit the check – and mobile check deposits are often faster and easier than any of your other options.
iPhone, Android, and Windows devices are often supported. Start from your bank's mobile website to be sure you get the legitimate app.
Include any endorsement required by your bank. Skipping the endorsement might lead to delays in getting your money (you might need to endorse and re-deposit).
You will need to provide a bit of information such as the amount of the check and where to deposit the funds.
The app will guide you through the process. You'll need separate pictures of the front and back (with your endorsement). Get a clear, well-lit photo that captures the entire check.
If you're having a hard time holding the camera still, brace your hand or elbow against a wall. Review the images to make sure everything is clear before submitting.
The app will read the numbers on the bottom of the check and ask you to verify that they were read correctly.
If everything looks good, submit your request.
Don't destroy the check immediately. If it helps to prevent confusion, make a small mark on the check to remind yourself that it has been deposited. Follow your bank's instructions on when to destroy the check. You'll generally get an email within a few minutes or hours confirming your submission, and there might be another email telling you that the deposit was accepted. Never re-deposit a successfully deposited check without speaking with SMCU first.
After you deposit your check, you may need to wait several days before spending the money. SMCU follows guidelines for placing checks on hold. Refer to the Agreement when signing up.
In order to reduce fraud, SMCU sets limits on deposits made with a mobile device. Refer to the Agreement when signing up.
Mobile check deposits are generally safe, and they even prevent certain old-fashioned methods of fraud. For example, nobody can steal checks that you're walking around with or waiting to deposit (they might alter the checks and cash them themselves).
Any reputable bank or credit union uses industry-standard encryption in their app, so your account details are safe. That said, it's best not to use public Wi-Fi for any sensitive information or anything requiring your bank password – use your own wired connection or your mobile phone's data connection if you want to avoid broadcasting information.


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Papurana kreffti est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Ranidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce se rencontre :
 aux Salomon ;
 en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée en Nouvelle-Irlande.

Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Gerard Krefft.

Publication originale
 Boulenger, 1882 : Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum, ed. 2,  (texte intégral).

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Notes et références

Anoure (nom scientifique)
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Меá брахóт ( — «сотня благословений») в талмудическом иудаизме — совокупность разнообразных благословений, которые всякий иудей обязан произнести Богу в течение дня. Строго установленный порядок благословений отсутствует, всякое благословение произносят в должное время, например, до препоясывания или после крика петуха. Не сделав что-либо не говорят благословение попусту. Зачитывать из сидура все 100 благословений подряд в синагоге — ошибка. Поскольку в шаббат благословений молитвы меньше, иудей обязан восполнить число 100 благословениями до и после съедания фруктов.

По легенде, евреи не видели благ Всемогущего в повседневной жизни и не прославляли Его. По этой причине случилась чума и ежедневно умирали по 100 евреев. Предположив о причине несчастья царь Давид повелел евреям ежедневно произносить 100 благословений Всемогущему, после чего чума, якобы, прекратилась.

Иудей — обязан благословлять [Всевышнего] сотнею благословениями ежедневно и еженощно

Поучал рáби Меир: «Иудей — обязан благословлять [Всевышнего] сотнею благословениями ежедневно, как говорится "итак, Израиль, чего требует от тебя Господь, Бог твой?"»

Набор
Набор 100 благословений в будни выглядит следующим образом:
 18 благословений: перед сном — биркат ха-мапиль и после стих «Слушай, Израиль: Господь — Бог наш, Господь — один» (), по пробужении утром, ещё лёжа в постели — Элохай нешама, просыпаясь утром от крика петуха —биркат ашер натан ла-сехви, перед одеванием, встав с постели — биркат мальбиш арумим, перед надеванием чалмы «кумта» — биркат отер исраэль бе-тифара, до потирания глаз ото сна — биркат покеах иверим, проснувшись и до усаживания на постели — биркат матир асурим, до опускания ног с постели на пол — биркат рокеа ха-арец аль ха-маим, до вставания с постели и выпрямления — биркат зокеф кефуфим, перед омыванием рук — биркат аль нетилат ядаим, перед умыванием лица — биркат ха-маавир хевле шена, до входа в уборную обращается к ангелам и после выхода произносит биркат ашер яцар, до подпоясывания себя — биркат озер исраэль би-гвура, перед обуванием — биркат ше-асита ли коль цорки, до выхода из дома — биркат ха-мехин мицаде гавер, радуясь, что не является гоем, произносит — биркат ше-ло асани гой, радуясь, что не является женщиной, произносит — биркат ше-ло асани иша, радуясь, что не является рабом, произносит — биркат ше-ло асани авед
 Ежедневные 3 благословения перед изучением свитка Торы: биркат аль дивре тора, биркат ха-меламед тора ле-амо исраэль, биркат нотен ха-тора и зачитывают биркат коханим и отрывки из Мишны и Барайты
 2 благословения псуке де-зимра: барух ше-амар, псалом 144 (и 145—150), иштабах
 7 благословений до и после шма (утром до шма — йоцер ор, ахава раба, после шма — эмет ве-яцив, вечером перед шма — маарив аравим, ахават олам, после шма — эмет ве-эмуна, хашкивену)
 2 благословения: перед надеванием талита с цицит на углах — биркат ле-хитатеф бецицит, до надевания тфилин — биркат ле-ханиах тфилин
 54 благословения — молитва «Амида» (18 благословений — шахарит, 18 — минха, 18 — арвит)
 14 благословений во время 2-кратной трапезы (7 благословений утром и 7 благословений вечером): благословение перед омыванием рук (нетилат ядаим), благословение перед съеданием пищи с хлебом (биркат ха-моци), 3 благословения после съедания (биркат ха-мазон), благословение перед питьём вина (биркат боре при ха-гафен) и благословение после (ме-эн шалош)

Литература
 Moishe Dovid Lebovits, Reciting One Hundred Berochos Daily, Halachically Speaking, Volume 11, Issue 9, (англ.)

Примечания

Ссылки
 Маймонид, Мишне Тора — текст на еврейском с переводом на русский

Еврейские молитвы и благословения
Еврейские законы и обычаи
Слова и фразы на иврите


San Francisco in 4 hours! / July 3, 2015 by Brian D.
The first stop is to grab $12 cash per person. The Cable Cars only accept cash and it is $6 each way. A favorite route of mine is the Powell Mason cable car route. We caught a ride outside the Sir Francis Drake Hotel on the corner of Powell and Sutter St.
The cable car service will end at Taylor and Bay St just four blocks from Fisherman's Wharf. During the morning the sun will provide excellent opportunities to catch beautiful iconic San Francisco photos like this one below! And with smaller crowds in the early morning, you can get a perfect shot with the Fisherman's Wharf sign.
But before exploring Fisherman's wharf pop in Boudin Bakery & Cafe to grab a quick breakfast and dirty chai...if that is your thing. Right outside the doors of Boudin you can find ticket sales for the Red and White fleet. Tickets are roughly $30 a person for the hour cruise, and kids under 5 are free. We took the first cruise of the day at 1000 and arrived back on the dock by 1105 to catch our 2:30pm flight from San Francisco International Airport. The Red and White Fleet really do provide some of the best views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. Have your camera ready for amazing views like these!!!
So there you have it...with little more than a morning (or afternoon), you can experience some of the best things San Francisco has to offer and still catch a 2pm flight. Best of luck!


Have You Ever Been Haunted By The Thought Of Yanking The Wheel And Crashing While Driving?
As a near-professional grade eavesdropper, I get to be privy to a lot of conversations. Just a few days ago I heard two people talking about how, when they're driving sometimes, they get these strange, persistent urges to just yank their steering wheel and crash their car, dramatically and disastrously. As I walked past, I allowed myself an indulgent moment of smugness. I rolled my eyes and thought about how those people were loons, not like me, so very sane and rational and free of any bad thoughts, habits, or qualities. That lasted about three steps, because I soon remembered, oh yeah, I've had that feeling, too. I'm no better than those pathetic bastards.
Actually, my incident was slightly different. I had been on a long, solitary road trip, and after about six or eight hours I was definitely getting a bit loopy. I remember hitting a bumpy patch of road, and momentarily feeling my Beetle's steering wheel bounce and move with the road surface. Doing about 70 or so, you could easily feel how almost any motion of the wheel had far more dramatic consequences (especially in such a light car), and, in that moment, the realization that it would only take one quick yank of my hand to send me into an uncontrollable spin.
It wasn't so much that I had an urge to do it, but more that I was now hyper aware that I could. I didn't want to die, of course, having so much to live for (freshly done laundry, 4 out of 6 punches on my Subway™ card) but it was still incredibly hard to just put the notion out of my mind and drive.
I haven't really felt anything like that since, but the feeling was strong enough that it came back to me when I rudely listened in on these people's conversation. And, if me and some random Los Angelenos have felt something like this, maybe it is, in fact, A Thing?
I've felt what you're talking about, but I would not call it an "almost overwhelming urge". More like a "terrifying realization that it would be so easy to do something horrible."
That's pretty close. In fact, even Edgar Allen Poe knew about this strange, destructive force, and called it (in a way that makes me think of that Disney gremlin) The Imp of The Perverse. Essentially, it's an urge to do the worst possible thing in a given situation just because you could.
Driving is likely the most consequence-laden situation any of us are in on a daily basis, and likely the only situation we're regularly in that involves decisions with life-or-death results. That's why I think it's a common playground for the Imp of the Perverse.
I really wanted to know how common this actually was, so I called up a psychologist, Rachel Toles. I asked her if she had patients that talked about the urge to deliberately crash while driving, and she said absolutely. She told me it stemmed from a "lack of ability to tolerate anxiety" and also from "feeling desparate or being out of control."
"Getting your hands on a gun is a lot more difficult than driving."
And, it turns out she's absolutely right. I'm not a particularly anxious person, but if I've felt it, I bet other people have. Interestingly, I've never heard about anybody who's actually acted on these crazy urges, so our brains must be pretty good at eventually doing the right thing. Which is good, because nothing's worse than your own brain telling you to do something so crazy in your car, especially when it's not even as much fun as doing donuts in a parking lot. That's why aside from splitting restaurant checks and the occasional advice during a Trivial Pursuit game, I never even talk to my brain.
What I'm really curious about is if anyone has ever experienced this as well? And, has anyone ever acted on these urges, or known anyone who has? Let's get into the comments and talk about this, how about?


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Sand GC är en golfklubb i Småland. Banan öppnade för spel (på 18 hål) i juni 2006, och ligger 10 kilometer nordväst om Jönköping.

Klubben har en stor driving range med grästee, ett övningsområde och två puttinggreener.

Historik och arkitektur
Sand GC kom till på initiativ av Martin Sternberg och Claes-Göran Wibreus, grundare av Hills GC utanför Göteborg. Arkitekterna som ritat banan är Arthur Hills och Steve Forrest. Banan började byggas i början av 2004 och var en av de första banorna i Sverige som byggdes med modern ytvattendränering. Banan är en så kallad inland links, den första i sitt slag i Sverige, och har omskrivits för sin extrema design där spelupplevelsen har fått all uppmärksamhet och där anpassningen till naturen fått stå tillbaks. En förutsättning för att bygga golfbanor på det här sättet är skickliga maskinförare. Bulldozerföraren Brian Smith var huvudansvarig för skapandet av det landskap som skapats vid byggandet av Sand GC.

Utmärkelser
När den amerikanska tidningen Golf Digest 2007 rankade världens bästa golfbanor placerade sig Sand GC på plats 82 bland banor utanför USA.

Historik
2004, Januari, Banan börjar byggas
2005, Augusti, Banan öppnar nio hål. Nuvarande hål 12-18 och 1-2 spelas.
2006, Juni, Banan öppnar arton hål.
2006, Oktober, Klubbhuset öppnas.
2010, April, Sand Golf Club Hotel invigs, 16 rum med plats för 35 personer 2014, Maj, nybyggda Sand Golfhotell invigs, 14 ytterligare rum med plats för 30 personer

Klubbmästare

Kuriosa
Bland kända medlemmar märks Göran Zachrisson, Fredrik Jacobson, Michael Jonzon, Thomas Waldenstedt, Jan-Gunnar Forsblad och Patrik Sjöland.

Sportklubbar i Jönköpings kommun
Sportklubbar bildade 2004


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Bernie Reusz
Sep 14, 2016, 13:56 PM
Issue Date/Month : December
Author : Rachel Azark
Bernie Reusz is on top of his game
Thirty-five years ago Bernie Reusz stood in his college dorm room thinking his roommate was nuts for asking if he wanted to referee a grammar school basketball game. But, perhaps it was the luck of having black pants and gym shoes and his friend's extra whistle and striped shirt that drew Dr. Reusz to the pastime of refereeing.
"I liked [refereeing] when I did it; I enjoyed it and I've been doing it ever since," said Dr. Reusz, a 1981 graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.
It takes a real sports enthusiast to enjoy being a referee. Dr. Reusz played baseball in college, and so he refereed baseball and softball along with basketball when he first started. He soon had to drop baseball when the schedule of the games didn't mesh well with his schedule as a dentist. For the past 15 years, Dr. Reusz has been doing strictly girls and boys basketball games. He is licensed by the Illinois High School Association.
"In the 35 years I've been doing this, probably north of I-80 there isn't a high school gym I haven't been in," Dr. Reusz said.
To be a ref, he added, you have to have thick skin and know that 50 percent of the time people will disagree with you. And remember foremost that the game is there for the enjoyment of the kids.
"People will challenge you, but you have to be confident, be poised and have composure," said Dr. Reusz.
Working a basketball game doesn't come without its dangers, though, whether it is students tossing popcorn or Skittles at Dr. Reusz or having pop spilled on him.
He's been lucky to have never been injured while refereeing a game.
However, in a rather intense girls basketball game a few years ago between Libertyville and Mundelein, Dr. Reusz ran in to call a foul following a shot. A player swung her arm up in a celebratory manner and clocked Dr. Reusz right in the nose.
"I did a half step forward, then a half circle and then went straight down to the ground. I shook my head and realized I was looking at the basketball floor. I didn't realize it but she had knocked me out for about seven seconds," said Dr. Reusz.
Despite the risks, there are many high points to refereeing. In 2003, Dr. Reusz was chosen to be one of three referees for the high school girls basketball state finals.
"That's what everyone [who is a referee] aspires to do, to become a state final official, and I was able to get through it and I made it," said Dr. Reusz. He also earned the Girls Basketball Official of the Year for Illinois 2009 Award.
But now that he has acc omplished that, Dr. Reusz's next goal is to referee the boys state final.
"The boys conference and the girls conference are two different entities. So I made it to the top of the girls conference, and I'm a little over a third up the ladder in terms of the boys sport," Dr. Reusz said.
There hasn't been just one moment that made Dr. Reusz realize why he enjoys refereeing so much. It's the atmosphere during a game and working with the kids that he enjoys the most.
"Your ideal basketball game is when you work up a good sweat, you're really running up and down the floor with them. You're having a great time, it's a good game, you can joke around with the kids. And when the game is over everyone is cheering their team on and nobody is yelling at the referees," said Dr. Reusz.
Ms. Azark is the editorial assistant for the Chicago Dental Society.


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February 28, 2014 by girlygirlbookreviews
Cover Reveal ~ Captive No More by Thomas Hunter Dillon
Below is the front cover of what stands to be the debut novel from author Thomas Hunter Dillon, writing as T.H. Dillon.
It is entitled Captive No More, and is
the first book in a thrilling trilogy.
Author: T.H. Dillon
Title: Captive No More
Series: The Jack Savage Trilogy
Volume #: 1
Genre: Romantic Suspense, blended with elements of Contemporary Romance
Length: TBD (Approx. 325 – 375 pages)
Expected Release Date: May, 2014
Content Rating: Mature (17+)
Availability: Paperback initially. eBook format to follow at a later date.
Pre-Order: Yes. First-run production copies can be reserved for $15 (US) or $25 (Int). Prices include S&H. Copies will come to you signed & inscribed by T.H. Dillon, with a serial # denoting the copy as a first-run production copy. If interested in reserving a copy for yourself, please contact Mr. Dillon directly via email: authorthdillon@gmail.com, to receive payment instructions. Orders will be fulfilled in the order they are received, so the earliest orders get the lowest available serial #'s. BONUS: Pre-orders of Captive No More, will receive a special limited production TJST promotional item, also signed by T.H. Dillon!
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The Jack Savage Trilogy, from author T.H. Dillon, is his debut trilogy chronicling the journey of a young man, Jack Savage, as he struggles to accept responsibility for his actions with past love, accept the truth about a present love, and fix himself for the sake of any future love.
In Captive No More, Jack is confronted with the accountability he faces for some horrendous decisions he made with two past loves. To make matters worse….Jack has no memory of the tragic events as they unfolded. Now, facing the threat of life in prison, Jack is relegated to a mental health facility to be evaluated before he can stand trial. Distraught by his lack of memories surrounding "the event", Jack is pressed to keep a daily journal in hopes that it might jog his memory…..and help to solidify the impending case against him.
When an unexpected encounter inside threatens to rip his heart out all over again, Jack must decide if he will own up to his crimes…or continue running from his own personal demons.
Synopsis: Jack Savage was not raised to be the sort of man that would want to hurt people. In fact, he was raised to be quite the opposite. But when he finally ventured out into the world as an adult, he began to experience just how truly cold and cruel the world could be. What should have been a fairly normal existence as an adult, began to decay into one of a dysfunctional nature. And it all began to unravel for Jack because of a love he never should have pursued.
Fast-forward several years and Jack finds himself waking up strapped to a bed on the 13th floor in a local institution named Effingham. With no memory of how he arrived at Effingham, or why there is a fair amount of blood on his clothes, he struggles to come to gripes with the reality that he has been committed to the psych ward for evaluation.
Along the way, Jack is told to begin a journal in which he should record his thoughts. The hope is that his daily entries will at some point jog his memory about the actions that led to his arrival on the secretive 13th floor at Effingham. But before he can recall those horrendous actions, a chance encounter with a female resident has Jack thrust into an entirely new romance in his heart.
In time, Jack's memories slowly start to return to him. But as the memories are slow to return, his heart is quick to be given away to the distraught beauty whom he shares a perpetual emotional suffering with. Jack's desire to be her "Knight in shining armor" may not mesh with her plans for them though. As he finally starts to receive glimpses of his breaking point, Jack faces the even harsher reality that he may never get the chance he so desperately wants to be happy.
When it becomes apparent Jack must choose between facing up to his actions, or risking everything for love once more…..Jack is unsure of who, or what, to trust. Most of all, he questions whether or not he can trust himself and the feelings he has for a woman yet again.
With vicious memories haunting him, and life inside of a psych ward starting to become the new reality he never wanted, Jack must become that part of him that he hates if he is to survive the 13th floor of Effingham. No one is safe in the mind of Jack Savage. And he'll do whatever it takes to make things right in his mind.
Only Jack knows what Jack is capable of…
**Author's note: Although Captive No More is the first book in an exciting trilogy, it is also intended to serve as a stand-alone story. As such, it is the intent of the author not to incorporate the common "cliff-hanger ending" technique. All of the titles in The Jack Savage Trilogy will seek to follow this mantra.**


As a migrainuer, I am quite aware of time. My guess is that most migrainuers are. Time spent with pain…. Time spent without pain. Sometimes I forget what life was like before the pain.
I find it ironic that we, as humans, are shaped by the sum of our experiences—yet all we have is this exact moment. When pain is your predominant experience, simply existing can become exhausting. Even though this is a reality for so many of us, it can be a difficult concept to fully grasp unless you have experienced it, or live with someone who does.
Before I continue, I want to clarify that I am grateful for my migraines. So much of my life would be different without them. They have given me a different way of viewing life, motivated me to go on a journey of self inventory and discovery, allowed me to connect with people all over the world that I never would have known otherwise, and last but not least, they have given me the power of experience.
I grew up with headaches. "Sinus headaches," headaches from stress, but when I got to college, my headaches became more frequent. A few Advil and cups of coffee later, I was almost as good as new. Then something changed. All the Advil and cups of coffee in the world could not touch the pain.
It was my third year of college, I had just transferred to a different school, and everything was brand new! A couple months later, one of my roommates, Kara, invited me to the Plant City Strawberry Festival in Florida. Of course I had to go. We left Friday, both of us ready to stuff our faces full of strawberries.
The headache started that Friday afternoon. I did my regimen of Advil and a Starbucks, but to no avail (I even ended up spilling the coffee all over some clothes at Banana Republic because of my migraine). I wasn't worried, though. Tough headaches need sleep, so I went to bed and expected to wake up the next day refreshed and headache free.
I felt worse than the day before. But you can't keep me away from food, so I went to the festival despite my physical state. Probably not the best idea, in hindsight. I was popping Advil like candy. We saw a concert at the festival and I thought I was going to pass out from the pain, but I held my resolve and kept going. By the end of the day, I was zombie Sarah. Kara and her family went to dinner, and I slept. I thought for sure I would be better by Sunday.
The whole car ride back to school was a blur. All I could do was put my head in my pillow and wait. That night, the music therapy society that I was a member of for school was hosting a fundraiser, and I was supposed to help. I knew I wouldn't make it. Singing and serving food at a fundraiser sounded like a depiction of hell at that moment. I had no idea that I was having my first migraine.
After that, my headaches lasted for months at a time, ebbing and flowing like waves. School became difficult. Living became difficult.
When I was diagnosed with migraines, I felt a wave of relief! Finally!
My migraines became manageable for a while with the help of my neurologist and triptans. But over the years, my stress began to accumulate, work became increasingly demanding, and life kept moving.
And then, I met Greg--fiancé and love of my life.
We took a trip to Europe last August where Greg proposed. It was magical…Except for having a migraine almost every day. These chronic migraines started before we left for Europe, but increased in severity and frequency during and after the trip. I had to cut back at work. I began doing yoga all the time to try and negate the continuous stress on my body. Greg became tired and worried (without letting me know). I became exhausted and confused. My migraines slowly took over our lives.
Then Greg and I had an idea that changed our lives.
We quickly saw that there is a gap in our society. So many people experience a life altering amount of migraines, but society as a whole still does not understand—it's not just a headache.
We hope to fill this gap with Om.
Migraines are isolating by nature, and without the incredible support of Greg, my family, and my friends, I don't know where I would be today. I understand that I am incredibly blessed to have a wealth of support. But even for those of us fortunate enough to have the support of the people around us, living with migraines is not easy. I can only imagine how difficult it would be to stay strong without my network of support.
Through months of self reflection, I have realized that I need to show myself the love I hope to show others. In taking care of myself, listening to my instincts, knowing my limits, I am able to strive toward my best self.
I encourage you to do the same. The way we love ourselves is the way we will love the people around us.
I finally realized that I am one person, but also a part of humanity. When I die, humanity will continue to exist without me, but it will change. Humanity is vast, but is composed of individuals like you and me. When we come together as a community, we become larger than ourselves, which is a beautiful thing.
By helping and loving myself, I am helping and loving a piece of humanity. And when I am able to love myself, I am able to love humanity freely.


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