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Arts & Entertainment | February 17, 2020 5:57 am
A Brief History of the Presidential Campaign Song
From Fleetwood Mac and Springsteen to ... more Springsteen
President Barack Obama alongside Bruce Springsteen waves to the crowd during a campaign stop in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, November 5, 2012. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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By Bonnie Stiernberg @aahrealbonsters
Last week, The Strokes made an appearance at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center Arena in support of Democratic presidential candidate (and eventual winner of the New Hampshire primary) Bernie Sanders, where they expressed their support for the 78-year-old senator and sang "New York City Cops" with an actual cop onstage.
Whether or not Bernie actually enjoyed a little bump in the polls from Julian Casablancas and company is up for debate, but the tradition of presidential candidates hitching their wagons to particular musicians (and vice versa) is a long, rich one that dates back all the way to the early 19th century.
The earliest known campaign song in American political history is "Adams and Liberty," a song with lyrics praising John Adams' re-election bid in 1800 by Robert Treat Paine, Jr., set to the tune of the Star-Spangled Banner.
In the years following Adams's presidency, some campaign songs were originals that featured lyrics penned specifically about the candidate rather than an existing song being repurposed. Presidents like James Madison ("Huzzah for Madison, Huzzah"), Abraham Lincoln ("Lincoln and Liberty") and Warren G. Harding ("Harding, You're the Man for Us") all employed this tactic.
While the '30s and '40s saw FDR and Harry S. Truman going the more traditional route (Roosevelt went with "Happy Days Are Here Again" in 1932, while Truman's 1948 campaign opted for "I'm Just Wild About Harry" from the Broadway play Shuffle Along), the candidate-specific-lyrics trend saw a brief comeback in 1960 when Frank Sinatra released a new version of his 1959 hit "High Hopes" tailored to his pal John F. Kennedy.
"Everyone is voting for Jack 'cause he's got what all the rest lack," Sinatra sang. "Everyone wants to back Jack, Jack is on the right track. 'Cause he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes, 1960's the year for his high hopes."
Choosing a song that will convey a candidate's message while still being innocuous enough to appeal to a wide swath of voters can be tough. Do you go for vague platitudes or try to score some cool points? Do you opt for a no-brainer like "This Land is Your Land" (George H.W. Bush) and "America" (Michael Dukakis), or do you try to bring in some star power like Bill Clinton did with Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" in 1992? (Or do you do what Ross Perot did, and fully lean in, choosing Patsy Cline's "Crazy"?)
Some candidates wind up choosing a mini playlist of sorts, rotating between several different choices instead of sticking with one single pick. Barack Obama, who to this day puts out an annual playlist of his favorite tunes, used nine different songs between his two presidential campaigns, including will.i.am's viral "Yes We Can," Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours," U2's "City of Blinding Lights," Aretha Franklin's "Think" and two Springsteen tracks ("The Rising" and "We Take Care of Our Own").
That more freewheeling approach can lead to controversy when the song in question is by an artist whose views don't align with those of the candidate. In 2016, Donald Trump received a cease-and-desist from The Rolling Stones after using "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at a rally (which, it's worth noting, is also a deeply weird sentiment to go for when you're trying to get elected). "The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately," a Stones spokesperson said at the time, though Trump ignored the request. George W. Bush, however, obliged when he received a cease-and-desist in 2000 from Tom Petty after using "I Won't Back Down," switching his campaign song to Billy Cyrus's "We the People" instead.
As for the 2020 race, November's still a long way away, which means we've got plenty of Democratic campaign songs still in the mix. While he's embraced the Strokes to the point of selling T-shirts with his name styled like the band's logo, Bernie Sanders has opted for a different early-'00s garage-rock revivalist for his campaign song — The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" (along with John Lennon's "Power to the People"). Elizabeth Warren has taken the stage to Dolly Parton's feminist, working-class anthem "9 to 5," while Pete Buttigieg shows off his emo bonafides with Panic! at the Disco's "High Hopes."
Joe Biden — perhaps in an effort to remind voters of his successful '08 and '12 campaigns with Barack Obama — has returned to Springsteen's "We Take Care of Our Own," while Amy Klobuchar's pick (Dessa's "The Bullpen") boldly declares, "Forget the bull in the china shop, there's a china doll in the bullpen."
Ultimately, they're all choices meant to allude to each candidate's values while appealing to their target demographics — carefully selected by politicians and campaign staff to cultivate image and get rally-goers appropriately riled up. In that sense, they're a far-cry from the old-fashioned "Huzzah"s of our country's early days.
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Harper Lee, whose 1960s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird became a guiding text of the racial troubles in America died at the age of 89, on 19th February, 2016; leaving all her fans disappointed. She didn't publish any other book until 2015.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author resided at the Meadows, in Monroeville in Alabama. Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama in April 28, 1926. She attended the Huntington College and the University of Alabama, but didn't complete a degree. She shifted to the New York City and worked as an airline reservation agent and in the spare time, she started writing fiction. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a masterpiece on which she has worked for several years and finally got published in the year 1960.
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In July, 2015, Lee's Go Set a Watchman was published by Harper Collins. It was a pleasant surprise to her fans. Though, it was written much before her famous To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Collins thought that they have lost the manuscript of Go Set a Watchman but much later, got hold of it and published it. It was widely promoted as the sequel of Mockingbird but now it's accepted as the first draft of the famous novel. At 89, Lee passed away peacefully in her sleep on 19th february,2016.


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On 11 June 2022, the National Ozone Unit of Armenia organized a study tour to the «Amberd» Ozone-Measuring Meteorological Station of "Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center" SNCO of ME of RA for students studying «Green Customs» in the «Customs Administration» master's course of Yerevan State University of Economics.
Series of awareness-raising activities in Yerevan kindergartens
The National Ozone Unit of the Ministry of Environment has launched a series of awareness-raising activities for children.
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On March 30-31, 2022, the first stakeholder hybrid meeting under "Armenia KIP Preparation'' Project took place in Tsakhkadzor. The meeting was personally attended by Mr. Halvart Koeppen, Coordinator of the Montreal Protocol Network for Europe and Central Asia, OzonAction, who introduced the participants to the Kigali Amendment, and goals, capacity and topicality of the project in his opening remarks.
Training of RAC specialists
On March 26-27, 2022, a training of RAC specialists was organized on the topic of "Manual Dismantling of Refrigerators and Air Conditioners" jointly with the Educational Center NGO «For Equal Rights» within the framework of the «Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building» Project.
Launching data collection in the framework of "Armenia-KIP Preparation" Project
The National Ozone Unit of the Ministry of Environment, with the support of the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, launched a series of activities on March 17, 2022, in Hrazdan, Kotayk province, aimed at data collection on HFCs and HFC-based equipment.
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On March 15, 2022, the Ministry of Environment, within the framework of international commitments under the Montreal Protocol, initiated a comparative analysis of the actual imports, exports and transit shipments of ODSs and HFCs, and import and export licenses issued by the Ministry in 2021.
Meeting on Data Collection Under the "Armenia-KIP Preparation" Project
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Trump's Personal Crusade Against Fake News
US President Donald J. Trump returns to the White House from Mar-a-Lago, Florida; in Washington, DC, USA, 10 December 2017. Earlier in the day, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that women who have accused President Trump of sexual harassment 'should be heard.' (Estados Unidos) EFE/EPA/JIM LO SCALZO / POOL
The US President wants Washington Post reporter David Wiegel fired over misleading tweet
by Andrea Rodes
By Andrea Rodés
Nobody doubts at this point that President Donald Trump does not like CNN, MSNBC, or any other liberal media that dares to criticize him. His personal crusade against the media - which he accuses of spreading false news - began during the election campaign and has spread throughout his first year in office.
And this crusade is here to stay. Especially since last Friday, when an error made by a Washington Post reporter gave him wings to continue his personal fight against the press.
The author of the mistake is David Wiegel, political reporter of the Washington Post, who last Friday tweeted a photograph of the half empty pavilion of Pensacola, Florida, where Trump was going to give a speech, under the message: "Packed to the rafters". The fact was that the speech was yet to start and there were many people waiting outside. The photograph echoed the social media, although it did not accurately represent the number of people who attended his Pensacola rally.
Realizing his mistake, Wiegel apologized and deleted the tweet, but it was too late. "The president pulled all his anger with the whip of his Twitter account," notes the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.
Despite Wiegel's apologies, Trump tweeted "I claim an apology and a retraction from fake news WaPo." On Saturday he went back to his Twitter account - which The New York Times defined on Sunday as the president's "Excalibur" - to add: "He should be fired."
Sure thing: I apologize. I deleted the photo after @dmartosko told me I'd gotten it wrong. Was confused by the image of you walking in the bottom right corner. https://t.co/fQY7GMNSaD
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) 9 de diciembre de 2017
"Past days have been bad for the press in terms of its relationship with Trump", observes La Vanguardia, mentioning two other blunders made by the American liberal press recently. ABC has decided to suspend Brian Ross for four weeks for having insinuated in front of the cameras that the president had conjured with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in the election campaign, via Michael Flynn.
CNN also made a mistake recently reporting that Trump and other charges of his campaign received in September 2016 an email to access pirated emails from Democrats in Wikileaks. The information has been denied (the email was received in September 2017, when Wikileaks already made public these emails and documents).
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Tomislav "Toma" Zdravković (Aleksinac, 20. studenoga 1938. – Beograd, 30. rujna 1991.) bio je jugoslavenski i srpski pjevač narodne glazbe. Iako je bio vrlo popularan kao pjevač, Toma Zdravković bio je poznat i kao skladatelj i tekstopisac.

Životopis
Toma Zdravković rođen je 1938. godine u Aleksincu, gdje je i kršten u tamošnjoj crkvi sv. Nikole. Obitelj Zdravković se tri mjeseca nakon Tominog rođenja preselila u Pečenjevce kod Leskovca, a kasnije i u Beograd u potrazi za boljim životom. Iako je bio svjestan svojih pjevačkih mogućnosti, estradna scena tog vremena nije prepoznala njegov talent. Prema povijesnim podacima Tomu je poznata folk-pjevačica Silvana Armenulić pronašla na jednoj klupi u Leskovcu, u trenutku kada je ostao bez novca. Upravo mu je ona pomogla stati na noge, a on joj je zauzvrat, zato što mu je omogućila nastupe na njezinim koncertima, napisao pjesmu "Šta će mi život", koju je nakon njezine smrti i sam otpjevao pod naslovom "Noćas mi srce pati". Ubrzo nakon toga započeo je samostalno nastupati po kavanama, a njegove pjesme vrlo brzo postale su hitovi.

Tekstove svojih pjesama uglavnom je pisao sam i većina tih pjesama su autobiografskoga sadržaja. Riječ je o kavanskim, ljubavnim pjesmama, koje uglavnom govore o neuzvraćenim ljubavima i patnjama. Iza sebe je ostavio mnogobrojne pjesme koje su i danas hitovi: "Da l' je moguće", "Danka", "Dotak'o sam dno života", "Ej Branka, Branka", "Tužno leto", "Sliku tvoju ljubim", "Kafana je moja sudbina", "Prokleta nedelja", "Jelena" i "Za Ljiljanu" samo su neke od njih. Veliki prijatelj Tome Zdravkovića bio je Kemal Monteno koji je za njega napisao pjesmu "Pesme moje".

Bio je boem u pravom smislu riječi, ženio se četiri puta, prijateljevao s alkoholom. Za njega kažu da je sve što je zaradio potrošio na kavanu, žene, kocku i piće. Njegov pokojni brat Novica Zdravković također je bio pjevač narodne glazbe.

Toma Zdravković umro je 30. rujna 1991. godine u Beogradu.

Diskografija

Albumi (izbor)
 Toma Zdravković - Amela (1971.)
 O majko, majko (1973.)
 Nikad neću da te zaboravim (1976.)
 Umoran sam od života (1979.)
 Mirjana, suze moje (1980.)
 Čekaj me (1981.)
 Prokleta nedelja (1982.)
 Dva smo sveta različita (1983.)
 Dotak'o sam dno života (1984.)
 E moj brate (1986.)
 Da li je moguće (1987.)
 Evo me opet (1988.)
 Kafana je moja sudbina (1990.)
 Folk zvijezda zauvijek (2008.) - best of
 Antologija (2015.)

Izvori

Vanjske poveznice
 Riznica srpska.net – Tomislav Toma Zdravković (1938—1991)
 Story.rs – Jelena Kulović: »Životna priča – Toma Zdravković: Sećanje na poslednjeg kralja kafane«
 Discogs.com – Toma Zdravković (diskografija)

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We are in the final week of our Rainbow Loom Project. I say "our" because several people from around the globe have contacted me. Others want to do a Rainbow Loom Project, too! How awesome is that?
Lately, going to my PO Box feels like Christmas morning. It is laced with lovely, soft packages of Rainbow Loom creations and monetary donations for AHOPE (which if you click here, you can donate to AHOPE, too...which would be amazingly lovely). Each package contains a note - usually a handwritten note from a child - a child reaching across the globe to another child in Ethiopia. How awesome is that? Totally, totally, unbelievably awesome.
It is amazing to me how one project and one incredible organization like AHOPE can bring people together - especially bring kids together. I've received packages from Missouri, Maryland, Ohio, California, Florida, North Dakota, South Carolina, to name a few. Some folks have just sent me a check for AHOPE - no Rainbow Loom anything - that's how supportive people are being.


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The past decade has seen both the number of and demand for referendums on a growing range of political issues increase throughout Europe, such as on membership of the European Union, independence for regions or countries, individual rights, or constitutional reform. This has in turn increased both interest in understanding how and why voters make decisions in referendums, and the number of opportunities to study such questions. This panel presents four papers that have taken advantage of such opportunities, and offers an extensive debate about how voters reach decisions in referendums.
In the first paper, Neema Begum examines the preferences of ethnic minority voters in the UK's EU Referendum. She shows that ethnic minority voters had a complex array of motivations for supporting remain or leave in the referendum, and that these reflect intersections between their ethnicity, social class, gender and national identity. Her conclusions challenge the simplistic notions that ethnic minority voters were essentially Remain supporters who have since the referendum become little more than passive victims of hate crime.
In the second paper, Arndt Leininger examines the choices of Italian voters in Italy's 2016 constitutional reform referendum, testing the applicability of models that emphasise economic factors in explaining vote choice in elections to this contest. His analysis shows that voters' short-term assessments of their economic circumstances were powerful predictors of vote choice, suggesting that the actual issues being debated in the referendum campaign may have been less prominent in shaping the result than is widely assumed. Joe Greenwood's paper also examines the role of economic capital in shaping referendum votes, but adds to the mix the role of cultural capital and perceived privilege. He examines how economic structural inequality affects perceptions of cultural and economic inequality, and how these in term shaped voters' decisions and participation in the UK's EU referendum in 2016. Arndt and Joe's respective papers offer new insights, therefore, into how voters make choices in referenda in ways that are related to their social, economic and political circumstances, posing the challenge that if voters' decisions are heavily influenced by such circumstances rather than the issue at the heart of the referendum itself, how reliable is a referendum result as an indication of voters' informed preferences?
Finally, Stuart Fox and colleagues examine the role of political socialisation and intergenerational transmission in the development of attitudes relating to voters' support for or opposition to Brexit in the UK's referendum on EU membership. Using the UK Longitudinal Household Survey, they explore how young voters' decisions were influenced by the Euroscepticism of their parents while they were growing up, and find that the offspring of very Eurosceptic parents were disproportionately likely to support Brexit – as long as those parents were also engaged with politics. Their analysis offers new insights into the role of longer-term factors stemming from political socialisation in shaping voters' choices in referendums .


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Brick Breaker Review
Terrence Sellers December 30, 2018
Again I find myself playing remakes and ports of classic games from my childhood on modern consoles. Oh what a wonderful time to be a gamer where new and old are intertwined through a system of convenient digital downloads. Today's classic is Brick Breaker by Sanuk Games. I remember when Brick Breaker, also referred to as Javanoid by many old schoolers like myself, was a default Windows game. Then it was an easily found browser title that I used to play in the library at school. It took me literally two years before I had mastered all the stages of the Windows version of the game. And that only had like 15 levels. This modern supped up version blows that old edition out of the water in just about every way.
What I didn't realize till I started up Brick Breaker is that it's actually meant to be played as part of a retro games collection by Sanuk Games. Visually, it's very close to Tetraminos, another game I recently reviewed in the collection. The game has a mildly sci-fi feel to it with a smooth finish. Making use of mostly blues, but also some green and purple as well, the game's main menu and few backgrounds are a blend of constantly moving patterns that look simple, but actually have a decent amount of detail. The menus are exactly the same as those in Tetraminos, with smooth-edged boxes and block text. As this is a simple brick breaking game, the gameplay isn't that fancy looking. The bricks come in many different colors and a number of different types. They have a clean texture and fit together well, which isn't that impressive in the first place.
The HUD in this game is very simple. You have level and lives in block text in the top left of the screen. On the top right you have score and ball speed. In the middle you see your combo which disappears when it ends and then quickly reappears when it starts up again. The font used for all text is an easy to read block text appearing in white or yellow in most cases. Unlike with Tetraminos, I can't say that this game runs completely smoothly. In normal play you won't experience any problems, but in certain stages where you can create large chain reaction combos, the screen will lag considerably often causing you to lose track of the ball and ultimately lose a life. This happened to me in several different levels. The loading times when starting and ending modes isn't great either. Outside of the lag, Brick Breaker is a pretty decent looking game for as simple as it is. I was especially impressed by the multiplayer layouts used for games with more than two players. The placement is extremely well-balanced.
The gameplay is quite simple. It's just brick breaking so you launch the ball with one of two fire buttons and then move the paddle with the stick or d-pad to hit the ball back up towards the bricks when it comes down. You also use the fire button to shoot the gun when you get that power up. All controller types work in Brick Breaker and they are all very effective due to the simplicity of the controls. You will at first have trouble lining up the paddle in sharper situations. But you will get used to it with practice. The ball can change direction sporadically during combos and that will ultimately be your downfall.
There are six different basic bricks, differentiated by color. Five of those can be destroyed without power ups but have different levels of endurance. Light blue bricks can be destroyed in one hit. Green bricks turn into light blue bricks when you hit them and then can be destroyed in one hit. This goes on with each color for a total of five. Dark blue bricks can't be destroyed without the fire-ball power up. There are five special bricks. Explosive bricks destroy adjacent bricks and can be used to cause chain reactions when in close proximity to each other. These scenarios usually cause lag. Bonus bricks give an item. Reveal bricks make all dark blue bricks breakable. Locked bricks can't be destroyed until all adjacent bricks are. Ghost bricks curse the ball and cause a de-buff when it hits the paddle. There are 13 different items that can be collected. Some help you by giving you upgrades such as multi-ball or enlarging the paddle and some hurt you by speeding the ball up or inverting controls. Upgrades can be stacked making it possible to have six balls on the screen all with fire if you can keep it all going. As you build combos, the ball will also speed up to a maximum speed of x10. This is very easy to build up to because the speed doesn't decrease until you die and builds every time you get a combo even if the combo doesn't last long. The max speed isn't that fast though so it's not really a problem.
The single player gameplay has two modes of play. Arcade mode gives you 100 levels to beat. You can continue from whatever level you've unlocked each time or go back to any past levels. You start every level with five balls. There is no time limit. You are scored based on combos and general performance. You can get a max combo of thirty which is really easy to build. Combo ends when the ball hits the paddle or you die. Each of the 100 levels has its own local leaderboard. There are prefilled scores that are easy to beat when you start each level. At the end of each level you are scored one to three stars and told the score you need to get the next star rank. Survival mode is exactly the same as arcade mode except you don't get your lives back after each level and you always start from level one.
While this game has a simple, but fairly good single player mode, it's the multiplayer that's really impressive. This is probably the most innovative brick breaker gameplay I've ever seen. There are three multiplayer modes, each supporting up to four local players. Versus mode works by having all players control a paddle. The number of balls is equal to the number of players but all players can hit all balls. Every time a ball goes behind a player's base line the other players add one point to their score and the player who missed the ball loses one point. At the end of the time limit, which can be up to five minutes, the player with the highest score wins. Rush mode has all players trying to destroy their bricks in order to hit the winning brick first. Each player has bricks corresponding to their color. The balls can only destroy bricks matching their color. The ball takes on the color of the last paddle it touched. Whatever color ball touches the winning brick first wins the game for the player of the same color. You can control multiple balls at once. Base defense mode has each player defending a set of bricks placed behind their paddle. You do not have to lose all your bricks to lose. You simply have to have the ball make it to the wall past your bricks. This was a smart choice because it prevents players from just camping and protecting one final brick. All in all the gameplay is good, but it's not like you can really screw up brick breaker to begin with.
The sound in Brick Breaker is good, but not original. It's literally the exact same one song from Tetraminos. There's only one song for quite possibly the entire retro games collection. The effects are good, but simple. There are different sounds for hitting each type of surface in the game: bricks, walls, and paddles. There's the same female robotic voice that gives you status updates like max combo and max speed. And that's basically it for the sound. Most of the audio experience is the sound of the ball hitting bricks.
The only writing in the game is the five tutorial slides. They're very simple yet informative. I found them to be perfectly written to efficiently and effectively explain how the game works.
As with Tetraminos, the single player is good, but will eventually get old. Brick Breaker has 100 levels so it will last quite a bit longer than the Tetris clone, but it's the multiplayer that really makes this game last. The problem of course being that it's local multiplayer only. Again Sanuk Games failed to deliver what could have been a very successful online experience that would have increased the value of their game considerably. While the $5 price tag is by no means unfair, the game will probably not last you very long once you beat the hundred stages unless you have people at home to play it with. The hundred stages will take you probably five to ten minutes each plus deaths so maybe about ten hours give or take.
Overall Brick Breaker works for what it is. Lag issues aside, it's pretty well done. But it's by no means a must buy. You can play a brick breaker game for free online at several different sites. This game basically comes down to if you have a desire to play a brick breaker game with a Nintendo controller or in a multiplayer scenario. Overall I say it's a hard purchase to justify, but not a regrettable one.
REVIEW CODE: A complimentary Nintendo Switch code was provided to Brash Games for this review. Please send all review code enquiries to editor@brashgames.co.uk.
Terrence Sellers
Terrence Sellers was given free games by Brash Games in exchange for his reviews. As such all reviews belong to Brash Games and must not be reproduced under any circumstances. (© 2010 - 2017 All Rights Reserved).
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This low brightness is the r The stars are also distributed over a relatively large area. LSB galaxies, like dwarf galaxies, have a high fraction of dark matter relative to the number of stars they contain. Astronomers still debate about how LSB galaxies formed in the first place. So, you heard yesterday that Hubble detected water vapor signatures in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system that resides in the "habitable zone. Follow along as Senior Project Scientist Dr.
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Jennifer Wiseman answers some questions. Saturn is so beautiful that astronomers cannot resist using Hubble to take yearly snapshots of the ringed world when it is at its closest distance to Earth. These images, however, are more than just beauty shots.
They reveal a planet with a turbulent, dynamic atmosphere. This year's Hubble offering, for example, shows that a large storm visible in the Hubble image in the north polar region has vanished.
Smaller storms pop into view like popcorn kernels popping in a micr Even the planet's banded structure reveals subtle changes in color. But the latest image shows plenty that hasn't changed. The mysterious six-sided pattern, called the "hexagon," still exists on the north pole.
Caused by a high-speed jet stream, the hexagon was first discovered in by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft. Saturn's signature rings are still as stunning as ever. The image reveals that the ring system is tilted toward Earth, giving viewers a magnificent look at the bright, icy structure. Hubble resolves numerous ringlets and the fainter inner rings. This image reveals an unprecedented clarity only seen previously in snapshots taken by NASA spacecraft visiting the distant planet. Astronomers will continue their yearly monitoring of the planet to track shifting weather patterns and identify other changes.
OPAL is helping scientists understand the atmospheric dynamics and evolution of our solar system's gas giant planets. For the first time, researchers have detected water vapor signatures in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system that resides in the "habitable zone," the region around a star in which liquid water could potentially pool on the surface of a rocky planet.
Astronomers at If confirmed by further studies, this will be the only exoplanet known to have both water in its atmosphere and temperatures that could sustain liquid water on a rocky surface. Liquid water would only be possible if the planet turns out to be terrestrial in nature, rather than resembling a small version of Neptune. Given the high level of activity of its red dwarf star, Kb may be more hostile to life as we know it than Earth, as it is likely to be exposed to more high-energy radiation.
That means the surface gravity on this planet would be significantly higher than on our planet.
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The authors of the paper, published in Nature Astronomy, believe that other molecules, including nitrogen and methane, may be present but they remain undetectable with current observations. Further studies are required to estimate cloud coverage and the percentage of atmospheric water present.
A paper from a different team of scientists using Hubble observations has been submitted to the Astronomical Journal.
When Hubble viewed the asteroid again on September 23, , the asteroid's appearance had totally changed. It looked as if the entire structure had swung around. One interpretation is that the asteroid's rotation rate was increased to the point where dust was falling off the surface and escaping into space, where the pressure of sunl According to this theory, the asteroid's spin was accelerated by the gentle push of sunlight.
The object, estimated to be no more than 1, feet across, had ejected dust for at least five months, based on analysis of the tail structure. Most galaxies are simply too dim and too distant to be seen with our current telescopes. The vast sea of galaxies seen in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is just a glimpse of what's really out there. Rather than a Universe filled with billion galaxies, there are likely 2 trillion galaxies in the observable Universe.
That's about galaxies for every man, woman and child on Earth.
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Imagine if you gave names to galaxies in the cosmos, and so did everyone else on the planet. There would still be billions of nameless galaxies out there. The Universe is vast indeed. Huertas-Company, et al. In this stunning picture of the giant galactic nebula NGC , the crisp resolution of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures various stages of the life cycle of stars in one single view. In , the Hubble Space Telecope took this true-color image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, located million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor.
In this picture, image-processing specialists have worked to provide a crisp, extremely accurate view of Saturn, highlighting the planet's pastel colors.
This image is centered near the location of the Pathfinder landing site. Dark sand dunes that surround the polar cap merge into a large, dark region called Acidalia. This area is composed of dark, sand-size grains of pulverized volcanic rock. This Hubble image of a spiral-shaped galaxy is more than just a pretty picture. A series of images like this allowed astronomers to measure its distance 60 million light-years from Earth 10 times more accurately than ever before.
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Not all children have fathers. In fact, an alarming number of children in the United States and beyond grow up in homes without fathers. Almost one in four homes in America are held together by single-mothers. In fact, the federal government spends close to $100 billion every year for programs to support father-absent homes. Astonishing, heart-breaking and completely unnecessary.
At our core, Restoration Project is about eradicating fatherless. We aim to reverse this horrifying trend of father-absence by calling men to heal their wounds, know their God, and restore their world. An audacious task. And yet in the midst of our attempts to change the course of the Titanic, we regularly encounter mothers who face the overwhelming task of raising sons…alone.
First, on behalf of all men, I sincerely apologize to you, dear one, for leaving you to carry a burden you were never meant to bear. We have failed you, hurt you, abandoned you and left you holding the weight of our sin. I am deeply, deeply sorry.
Secondly, we are here for you. There exists a growing tribe of men who recognize the failures of our brothers and refuse to allow future generations to be affected by their absence. You and your children are precious to us, and to the best of our ability, we will stand in the gap and offer what fathering we can to those who have only known absence. You are not alone.
Thirdly, there are a multitude of reasons and factors that result in single-mother homes. For some, fathers have passed away, leaving a widow and children to navigate life on their own. In other situations, women may have been at fault (or partially) for the break up of the family, and she may carry guilt or blame for the circumstances in which they now find themselves. For far too many, men have abdicated their responsibilities as husbands and fathers and abandoned or blown up their families. While mothers from all three situations could benefit from the following thoughts, I am primarily writing to those in the third category.
That being said, we regularly hear from single-mothers raising sons asking for guidance, insight and help. Without a present-father to make a man out of her son, many moms ask for assistance in where to start, what to do, and whom to contact. Therefore, I offer the following five foundational mother-directed man-maker movements for all you blessed single-mothers.
Far too often, boys who grow up in father-absent homes lack a vision of manhood. Simply put, he has no model to mimic, no positive schema for what becoming a man may be, and struggles to imagine himself as an adult. "Where there is no vision, the people perish" (Proverbs 29:18, KJV). Without a sense of who he will become, your son will either flounder in his own mire of confusion, or latch onto the pseudo-masculinities our culture so freely offers.
The more you can cast a vision of true, good, and redemptive manhood for him, the more you paint a picture of his future as a man who embodies the character of a godly man, the more you can inspire him to believe God has made him to become a deeply strong and tender man, the more he will heed your words and aspire to become that man. Every child hangs on the words and visions of his mother, and the more you can cast a vision of who he will become as a man, the more he will want to become him.
Every one of us has a story. And every one of us enters into an already-existing narrative – the story of our forefathers. Like being born on a moving train, we ride the rails of our parents' trajectory.
We are shaped by stories from the first moments of life, and even before. Stories tell us who we are, why we are here, and what will become of us. Whenever humans try to make sense of their experience, they create a story, and we use those stories to answer all the big questions of life. The stories come from everywhere–from family, church, school, and the culture at large. They so surround and inhabit us that we often don't recognize that they are stories at all, breathing them in and out as a fish breathes water.
You, his mother, are his most powerful story-teller. You offer him the life-giving nature of his narrative, and can ground him and orient him to the nature of his life by helping him know where he fits, where he has come from, and how he came to be. Rather than sour him to his past, you can offer him clarity on his story.
Some boys have no sense of who their fathers are. For others, they know all too well the pain meted out by an adult male who abandoned them to find their own way in life. As a result, mothers may be tempted to cut out (either figuratively by excluding him from the stories, or literally by cutting him out of pictures) the boy's understanding of his father. Yet it is vital for the boy's development into manhood to know his own story if he is ever to take up the pen and write a new ending.
Your pain is clear. You have been left, abandoned, abused, cheated-on, discarded, misunderstood and unseen. And while I cannot know the fullness of every single-mother's story, I am convinced that you have endured significant seasons of pain. Again, I apologize on behalf of the fallenness of men.
As another male in your home, you may be tempted to (most likely covertly, not overtly) pass your pain onto your son. He's male, and males hurt you. He may remind you of his father. He may act, respond, or sound like him, or he may have inherited some attitudes and beliefs that are demanding or demeaning. Keep in mind that your son is not his father. He is not the embodiment of your pain, but a young boy who is trying to navigate his maleness alone.
Tell him. Tell him about your pain. Tell him how you have been hurt, how the actions and words of his father have cut deep and wounded you. But do not make your son pay for his father's sins by conscripting him to bear your pain. If your hope is to free him from the entanglement of his father's failures, do not lay them on his shoulders to carry.
You, mother, are a valiant woman. You have struggled much, bear much, and believe much. And while you have so very much to offer your son, he still needs the sharpening presence of a man to raise him into the fullness of his manhood. Men become men through other men. Your son must have adult men who will intentionally and prayerfully take him beyond what you can provide.
Therefore, from an early age, surround him with trusted surrogates. Invite uncles, grandfathers, coaches, pastors, mentors, neighbors and friends to be part of his "man-crew." Normally, it is the father's role to gather a cadre of men who together will stand as his company. Without a dad in the picture, however, it falls to you. Seek out, ask and implore men to take up the mantle on his behalf. Have them read Man Maker Project, and ask them to fill the gap where his father should have been.
It is not weakness to ask for help. Oh no, it is actually a sign of great strength and fortitude. Ask. Expect. Demand.
And finally, your son has experienced fatherlessness first hand. He knows the wound far too intimately, and will carry it for the rest of his life. It is one of the most powerful wounds one can bear.
As his mother, pray. Pray for redemption and restoration in your son's life. Pray that the curse of fatherlessness be cut off here and now, and that future generations will never know this agony because it stopped here and now. Pray with your son, over your son, and beyond your son. Pray with other mothers. Pray with his surrogate fathers. Beseech the Lord, the ultimate Father of the fatherless, to bring an end to fatherlessness in your family right here and right now. Allow for the Warrior to rise within you to battle the forces of darkness that so desire to derail your family tree. Your prayers are by far the greatest gift you can offer your son and future generations.
Man-less mothers…may you come to know the goodness of the Father in your own life and your son's. Of anyone on earth, you are my greatest hero.


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The Open IPTV (News – Alert) Forum (OIPF) is taking aim at the connected TV environment with a profile aimed at implementing an HTML5, browser-based application environment for TV-related hardware inside the home.
It's mean to be a common profile specifically targeted to support interoperability between entertainment services and connected TVs via the Web browser.
"The browser is becoming the industry accepted platform for multiscreen media consumption, and HTML5 has been endorsed by the global technical community as the basis for interoperable services on connected devices," said Nilo Mitra, president of the Open IPTV Forum. "It was therefore important for the Open IPTV Forum to ensure that retail-connected TVs and STBs, which have been the main focus of the OIPF since its founding, take advantage of HTML5 and the latest Web technologies."
The profile targets the gamut of players: connected TV manufacturers, application developers, and content and service providers. If TV-makers build the spec into the hardware, and developers write for the platform, then the content providers and distributors can implement a seamless, standardized, IP-based way to leverage rich HTML5 applications with linear TV functionality.
Based on the latest stable Web technologies defined by the W3C (News – Alert), the profile avoids extensions or modifications to any of the specifications. Instead, it defines a subset of those specifications that have achieved a high degree of stability for the connected TV environment.
"Web standards have moved on since the first version of our specification was published in 2009," said Jon Piesing of TP Vision, the technical lead of the group that created the spec. "This work represents a broad update of our browser specification to be based on the new generation of Web specifications, not just HTML5 but also CSS3, DOM3 and a variety of other related technologies. This update should enable apps and services for connected TVs to be developed relying on the presence of a coherent and consistent set of up-to-date technologies. It should make it easier to re-use tools and libraries developed for the Web when developing for connected TVs."
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Developer: Seagull Fish Entertainment LLC
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Platformer games are always a favourite for any gamer. The advent of technology has bought it to our mobiles and tablets. These games revolve much around the players as they move, run and jump onto the objects of the game screen. All the controls of the mobile work well for any platforming game and moreover they come with a story line to add more interest. Released by Seagull Fish Entertainment LLC, which specializes in providing the artistic gaming experience, I came across 'Enter the Reveries'. It is an artistic cum adventure platformer and is an awesome way to while away the time.
Launched on November 13, 2019, 'Enter the Reveries' is an iOS app that belongs to the 'Games category' and you can play it on your iPhone or iPad. Into the story, you drop like the dead where you find the Pillow Place, an enchanted fairy tale kingdom of chivalrous knights, princesses, & dragons that breathe fire and a lot more. Start gaming and you can discover the terrible savage secret behind the pale white faces of the Imperial Court. As the game begins, you would be the Princess Trinket, who is the victim of her step-mother's anger being pushed into the mire and the story continues…
'Enter the Reveries' is hand illustrated by 8 distinct art styles by the digital artist Gary Adrian Randall. It is a blend of both art and technology with an interesting concept of different characters, storyline and mythology. The game has 8 different playable characters with 4 reveries in each level and a total summing up to 32 reveries. Your objective is to guide the eight characters called as the clumsies, via the 24 gorgeous stages. There are eight different districts in the game waiting for you to explore deeper.
The gameplay is not as simple as it sounds and it is very challenging. It puts your strategic skills to test and you need to adopt many different techniques to pass each level. The game offers you nice rewards each time you complete one difficult level. All the Lives you have, your score and other special power-ups are kept track at the left side of the screen.
The interface of the app is so nice and you can play without any hassles. The look and feel is completely different like never before and it gives you a whole new experience of gaming. The graphics of the game is simply superb and will be so pleasing to your eyes. Kudos to the team for having invested a lot of time and effort to the app details, storyline and design.
'Enter the Reveries' has in-app purchases where you can buy 1, 5, 10 and 20 Shards for $0.99, $3.99, $6.99 and $9.99 respectively. If you have any queries, you can contact the team on INFO@SEAGULLFISH.COM. The team is active on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube as well. By signing up with your name, email and birthday, you can get the updates, exclusive content and giveaways from the team. The app is suitable for all those above 17 years of age. It is free for download and is compatible with iOS 7.1 or later versions.
It is for sure the most addictive game and I would recommend it to all my friends and family who love mobile gaming. Unique by all means, 'Enter the Reveries' keeps the spirit alive and has a message in the end. With neat animation, side-scrolling experience along with some adventure and action elements, you will never feel bored with it. Go on! Enter all the Reveries before the melancholy spreads and save the Clowntown from the misery.
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The iOS 7 update includes changes to the overall design and interface, new features for the Camera and Photos apps, a new security system and an improved multitasking functionality. The update also adds a new voice to the digital voice assistant and includes an option to automatically update apps.
The changes to the interface did away with the skeuomorphic design for icons and apps and replaced the 3D effects with a flatter design and a pastel color scheme. The changes also introduced a new zooming animation, which replaced the dissolve effect featured in iOS 6, and a new parallax effect for the wallpaper, providing an illusion of distance to the wallpaper as the user moves his iPhone or iPad around.
IOS 7 added a feature called Control Center that displays the most commonly used settings on the front, allowing users to access them from any screen. Control Center also provides an option to access music controls, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings, and airplane mode by swiping up from the bottom of the display. The notification pull-down menu that's part of the Control Center includes three tabs that display alerts, messages and missed calls, and provides immediate access to camera controls and alarm settings.
One of the more prominent features of the iOS 7 update is the addition of AirDrop, a service that creates a local network between nearby devices with the iOS 7 update installed, allowing users to share files with their friends by simply tapping their pictures.
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Looking for a permanent solution in your home for those heavy groceries, endless laundry, or heavy firewood (not sure people are carrying a whole lot of firewood these days…)? For the business owners, are you finding that your employees are spending countless hours lugging heavy supplies up and down floors? Is productivity suffering because your delivery systems aren't as efficient in your older, historic hotel?
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A Dumbwaiter system is essentially a small elevator that moves up and down a shaft guided by rails, and controlled by an electric motor. There are dumbwaiters for homes, but the most popular use is dumbwaiters in a commercial setting such as schools, restaurants, hotels, and retirement homes. These lifts are built to fit any building or application with minimum added construction. Dumbwaiters range from 100-500 pound capacity and they can be used to move virtually anything.
Dumbwaiters for homes: For families with many generations living under one roof, such as grandparents, children, and grandchildren, laundry can become an issue. The solution is a dedicated laundry dumbwaiter with an easy to control system that will travel from the third floor where the kid's bedrooms are, all the way to the basement. Think of it as an organized, upgraded laundry chute!
Dumbwaiters for restaurants: For a two or three story restaurant, a dumbwaiter is a must have. When your kitchen is on the lower level, it doesn't make sense to have servers carrying heavy, hot plates up several flights of stairs! A dumbwaiter will save your staff and business time and money!
Able Access Elevator has a selection of quality dumbwaiter products that Utah residents can choose from. Our line of dumbwaiters are the most reliable, well-built lifts in the industry. We supply only the best which includes Harmar, Waupaca and Inclinator. With products from these manufacturers and your partnership with Able Access Elevators, we can make any dumbwaiter fit in your home or business! In many cases, a full day of installation time can be cut from the process. That's real savings!
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Your dumbwaiter comes with a 2 year warranty for parts, and 5 years for the drive train.
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If you have bipolar disorder, medication will most likely be a part of your treatment plan. Since finding the right drug and dose can be tricky, it's important to work closely with a specialist and re-evaluate your medication regularly. It's also important to remember that taking medication is just one aspect of a successful treatment program. Lifestyle changes, establishing a solid support system, and exploring therapy are also important in managing your symptoms and living a full, productive life.
If you have bipolar disorder, medication will likely be the foundation of your treatment plan. Medication can bring mania and depression under control and prevent relapse once your mood has stabilized. You may not like the idea of taking bipolar medication long term, especially if you're struggling with unpleasant side effects. But just as a diabetic needs to take insulin in order to stay healthy, taking medication for bipolar disorder will help you maintain a stable mood.
However, do not expect medication alone to solve all your problems. There are plenty of other steps you can take to manage your symptoms and reduce the amount of medication required. Medication is most effective when used in combination with other bipolar disorder treatments, including therapy, self-help coping strategies, and healthy lifestyle choices.
Avoid antidepressants. The treatment for bipolar depression is different than for regular depression. In fact, antidepressants can actually make bipolar disorder worse or trigger a manic episode. Try mood stabilizers first and never take antidepressants without them.
Take advantage of natural mood stabilizers. Your lifestyle can have a huge impact on your symptoms. If you make healthy daily choices, you may be able to reduce the amount of medication you need. Mood stabilizers that don't require a prescription include keeping a strict sleep schedule, exercising regularly, practicing relaxation techniques, and developing a solid support system.
Add therapy to your treatment plan. Research shows that people who take medication for bipolar disorder tend to recover much faster and control their moods better if they also get therapy. Therapy gives you the tools to cope with life's difficulties, monitor your progress, and deal with the problems bipolar disorder is causing in your personal and professional life.
It can take a while to find the right bipolar medication and dose. Everyone responds to medication differently, so you may have to try several bipolar disorder drugs before you find the one that works for you. Be patient, but don't settle for a bipolar medication that makes you feel lousy, either.
Once you've discovered the right bipolar disorder drug or drug cocktail, it may still take time to determine the optimal dose. In the case of mood stabilizing medications such as lithium, the difference between a beneficial dose and a toxic one is small. Frequent office visits to re-evaluate your medication needs and careful monitoring of symptoms and side effects will help you stay safe.
How often should I talk with my doctor?
Occasionally, brand-name drugs have different coatings or color dyes to change their appearance. In rare cases, these extra ingredients will make the generic form of the drug less tolerable, so if your condition worsens after switching from a brand-name to a generic drug, consult your doctor. In most cases, however, generic drugs are just as safe and effective as brand-name drugs, and a lot easier on your wallet.
All prescription drugs come with risks, but if you take your bipolar disorder medications responsibly and combine them with therapy and healthy lifestyle choices, you can minimize the risks and maximize your chances of treatment success.
Take your bipolar medication as prescribed. Before you make any changes to your bipolar medication, talk to you doctor. If you don't like the way the drug makes you feel or if it's not working, there may be other options you can try. And if you decide that medication is not for you, your doctor can help you taper off the drugs safely.
Keep track of side effects. Using a log, keep a record of any side effects you experience, when they occur, and how bad they are. Bring the log to your doctor, who may have suggestions for minimizing the side effects, decide to switch you to another drug or change your bipolar medication dose.
Be aware of potential drug interactions. You should always check for drug interactions before taking another prescription medication, over-the-counter drug, or herbal supplement. Drug interactions can cause unexpected side effects or make your bipolar disorder medication less effective or even dangerous. Mixing certain foods and beverages with your bipolar medication can also cause problems. Talk to your doctor, read drug labels carefully, or talk to your pharmacist.
Use a daily reminder/medication saver system to make sure you are taking all of the necessary medications.
Throw away old medications or those you are no longer taking.
Realize that medications work best when you are making other healthy choices. Don't expect a pill to fix a bad diet, lack of exercise, or an abusive or chaotic lifestyle.
Reduce or discontinue the use of alcohol. Alcohol is a depressant and makes recovery even more difficult. It can also interfere with the way your medication works.
Mood stabilizers are medications that help control the highs and lows of bipolar disorder. They are the cornerstone of treatment, both for mania and depression. Lithium is the oldest and most well-known mood stabilizer and is highly effective for treating mania. Lithium can also help bipolar depression. However, it is not as effective for mixed episodes or rapid cycling forms of bipolar disorder. Lithium takes from one to two weeks to reach its full effect.
Some of these common side effects may go away as your body adapts to the medication.
If you take lithium, it's important to have regular blood tests to make sure your dose is in the effective range. Doses that are too high can be toxic. When you first start taking it, your doctor may check your blood levels once or twice a week. When the right dose has been determined and your levels are steady, it's still important to get blood tests every two to three months, since many things can cause your lithium levels to change. Even taking a different brand of lithium can lead to different blood levels.
What can I do to avoid toxic lithium levels from developing?
Go for the blood tests whenever they're needed.
Keep the salt intake in your diet the same; it is especially important not to suddenly reduce your salt intake.
Drink plenty of fluids (8 to 10 glasses of water every day), more if you are exercising heavily or the weather is hot.
Avoid alcoholic beverages. They can make you lose water overall.
Keep your caffeine intake about the same. Less caffeine can cause your lithium level to increase; more caffeine can cause your lithium level to decrease.
Always tell any doctor or pharmacist that you are taking lithium before you are prescribed, or buy, any new medicines.
Originally developed for the treatment of epilepsy, anticonvulsants have been shown to relieve the symptoms of mania and reduce mood swings.
Valproic acid, also known as divalproex or valproate, is a highly effective mood stabilizer. Common brand names include Depakote and Depakene. Valproic acid is often the first choice for rapid cycling, mixed mania, or mania with hallucinations or delusions. It is a good bipolar medication option if you can't tolerate the side effects of lithium.
Although antidepressants have traditionally been used to treat episodes of bipolar depression, their use is becoming more and more controversial. A growing body of research calls their safety and efficacy into question.
Antidepressants don't work very well for bipolar depression. Mounting evidence suggests that antidepressants aren't effective in the treatment of bipolar depression. A major study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health showed that adding an antidepressant to a mood stabilizer was no more effective in treating bipolar depression than using a mood stabilizer alone. Another NIMH study found that antidepressants work no better than placebo.
Antidepressants can trigger mania in people with bipolar disorder. If antidepressants are used at all, they should be combined with a mood stabilizer such as lithium or valproic acid. Taking an antidepressant without a mood stabilizer is likely to trigger a manic episode.
Antidepressants can increase mood cycling. Many experts believe that over time, antidepressant use in people with bipolar disorder has a mood destabilizing effect, increasing the frequency of manic and depressive episodes.
What should I do if I'm currently taking an antidepressant?
First, and most importantly, don't panic! DO NOT stop taking your antidepressant suddenly, as this can be dangerous. Talk to your doctor about slowly tapering off the antidepressant. The tapering process should be done very slowly, usually over the course of several months, in order to reduce adverse withdrawal effects.
If you lose touch with reality during a manic or depressive episode, an antipsychotic drug may be prescribed. They have also been found to help with regular manic episodes. Antipsychotic medications may be helpful if you have tried mood stabilizers without success. Often, antipsychotic medications are combined with a mood stabilizer such as lithium or valproic acid.
Sexual and erectile dysfunction is a common side effect of antipsychotic medications, one that often deters bipolar disorder patients from continuing medication. However, a recent study has shown that the medication Sildenafil citrate (Viagra) is both safe and effective in the treatment of antipsychotic-induced erectile dysfunction in men.
Mood stabilizers can take up to several weeks to reach their full effect. While you're waiting for the medication to kick in, your doctor may prescribe a benzodiazepine to relieve any symptoms of anxiety, agitation, or insomnia. Benzodiazepines are fast-acting sedatives that work within 30 minutes to an hour. Because of their high addictive potential, however, benzodiazepines should only be used until your mood stabilizer or antidepressant begins to work. Those with a history of substance abuse should be particularly cautious.
Traditionally used to treat heart problems and high blood pressure, they also have a mood stabilizing effect. They have fewer side effects than traditional mood stabilizers, but they are also less effective. However, they may be an option for people who can't tolerate lithium or anticonvulsants.
People with bipolar disorder often have abnormal levels of thyroid hormone, especially rapid cyclers. Lithium treatment can also cause low thyroid levels. In these cases, thyroid medication may be added to the drug treatment regimen. While research is still ongoing, thyroid medication also shows promise as a treatment for bipolar depression with minimal side effects.
Therapy. People who take medication for bipolar disorder tend to recover much faster and control their moods much better if they also get therapy. Therapy gives you the tools to cope with life's difficulties, monitor your progress, and deal with the problems bipolar disorder is causing in your personal and professional life.
Exercise. Getting regular exercise can reduce bipolar disorder symptoms and help stabilize mood swings. Exercise is also a safe and effective way to release the pent-up energy associated with the manic episodes of bipolar disorder.
Stable sleep schedule. Studies have found that insufficient sleep can precipitate manic episodes in bipolar patients. To keep symptoms and mood episodes to a minimum maintain a stable sleep schedule. It is also important to regulate darkness and light exposure as these throw off sleep-wake cycles and upset the sensitive biological clock in people with bipolar disorder.
Healthy diet. Omega-3 fatty acids may lessen the symptoms of bipolar disorder. Weight gain is a common side effect of many bipolar medications, so it's important to adopt healthy eating habits to manage your weight. Avoid caffeine, alcohol, and drugs as they can adversely interact with bipolar medications.
Social support network. Living with bipolar disorder can be challenging, and having a solid support system in place can make all the difference in your outlook and motivation. Participating in a bipolar disorder support group can give you the opportunity to share your experiences and learn from others. Support from loved ones also makes a huge difference, so reach out to your family and friends. They care about you and want to help.
Authors: Melinda Smith, M.A., Lawrence Robinson, and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D. Reviewed by Damon Ramsey, MD. Last updated: November 2018.


While playing, stop (go sideways and stay put), type in Microsoft and hit Enter. You'll should see a sped up game.
This Egg is incorrect. All you have to do is hit the letter f (im guessing for Fast) to speed up the game.
well guys only f works, and you don't have to be stopped at all. You can just type f as you are skiing and off you go.
Apparantly this works if you just type t, as well as f. There is a theory going around that any of the letters in the word microsoft works, but I don't know if this is true.
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Konar Kuh (, also Romanized as Konār Kūh, Kenar Kooh, and Kenār Kūh) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Deylam County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 327, in 69 families.

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QUETTA, PAKISTAN: A bomb killed a senior Pakistani police official on his way to work and two others on Thursday in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan, an official said.
Balochistan was rocked by a series of attacks late last year that claimed over 180 lives and raised concerns about a growing terrorist presence, including fighters affiliated with Islamic State, which has claimed several bombings in the province.
The violence has raised concerns about security for projects in the $57 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor, a planned transport and energy link from western China to Pakistan's southern deep-water port of Gwadar.
"Three individuals have embraced martyrdom including (Additional Inspector General) Hamid Shakeel and his driver," provincial government spokesman Anwar Ul Haq Kakar told Reuters.
Shakil was on his way to work in the provincial capital, Quetta, when the bomb exploded, targeting his vehicle, Balochistan police Inspector General Moazzam Jah told Reuters.
Three police officials were seriously wounded, he added.


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Work closely with the Board Chair to ensure regular meetings, timely distribution of information to Board members, and compliance with the organizational by-laws and all relevant regulations and laws pertaining to non-profit corporations.
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Collaborate with Human Resources Director to ensure sound human resource practices and policies throughout the organization, maintaining a workplace environment that fosters a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Assure the developmental and training needs of the workforce are addressed.
Ensure the preparation of annual operating and capital budgets for Board approval.
Monitors SHFB's financial condition and ensures sufficient operating reserves and cash flow to meet the food bank's obligations.
Establishes and/or maintains an effective internal control system, and ensures that accurate and timely financial information is provided for internal and external use.
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Attend all necessary Feeding America meetings and conferences.
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Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Non-Profit Management, Public Policy or a related field; Master's preferred.
Experience working with a community based non-profit organization, as a board member or in a leadership role.
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