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USAF Honor Guard Drill Team builds new routine, bonds
By Airman 1st Class Suzie Plotnikov, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs / Published February 08, 2019
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathan Leslie, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member, participates in the debut performance of the team's 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Prophet, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team superintendent, and Senior Airman Colby Marshall, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member, participate in the debut performance of the team's 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Prophet, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team superintendent, participates in the debut performance of the team's 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team debuts their 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team debuts their 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. They are the nation's most elite honor guard, serving the President of the United States, the Air Force's most senior leaders and performing nationwide for the American public. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team members meet with Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen following the debut performance of their 2019 routine on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
U.S. Air Force Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing commander, meets with Master Sgt. Jason Prophet, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team superintendent, following the debut performance of their 2019 routine for Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bryan Satterlee, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member, participates in the debut performance of the team's 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Colby Marshall, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member, participates in the debut performance of the team's 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
U.S. Air Force Honor Guard members practice their new routine inside the Roberts Consolidaated Aircraft Maintenance Facility at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Jan. 30, 2019. The Air Force Honor Guard spends five weeks at Keesler perfecting their routine they are going to use for the rest of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Suzie Plotnikov)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bryan Satterlee, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member, Master Sgt. Jason Prophet, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team superintendent, and Senior Airman Darren Lawrence, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member, participate in the debut of their 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Suzie Plotnikov)
The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team debuts their 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Suzie Plotnikov)
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Prophet, Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team superintendent, gives a command during drill team practice inside the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Facility at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Jan. 30, 2019. The Air Force Honor Guard spends five weeks at Keesler perfecting their routine they are going to use for the rest of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Suzie Plotnikov)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Nicholas Koerber, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member, practices their new routine inside the Roberts Consolidaated Aircraft Maintenance Facility at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Jan. 30, 2019. The Air Force Honor Guard spends five weeks at Keesler perfecting their routine they are going to use for the rest of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Suzie Plotnikov)
The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team debuts their 2019 routine in front of Keesler leadership and 81st Training Group Airmen on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2019. They are the nation's most elite honor guard, serving the President of the United States, the Air Force's most senior leaders and performing nationwide for the American public. The team comes to Keesler every year for five weeks to develop a new routine that they will use throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Jantzen Floate)
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --
"It's hard," said Senior Airman Darren Lawrence. "There's a lot of blood, sweat and tears that go into it."
Originally stationed in Washington D.C., the U.S Air Force Honor Guard drill team travels to Keesler Air Force Base for five weeks at the beginning of every year to develop and perfect their new routine. They practice formations, steps and sequences to prepare for the unveiling of the routine they will perform throughout the year all over the world.
As the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard drill team lead trainer, Lawrence is responsible for creating the routine from scratch. He teaches the rest of the team new sequences, how to perform them and where to step.
With such little time to perfect a routine, the members need to be focused day in and day out.
"When we're back at the squadron, people who are not on our team may distract us but when we're here it's just us," said Lawrence. "It's the drill team all working toward one common goal, which is perfecting the sequence that we're going to be doing for this year."
Before the drill team even comes to Keesler, Lawrence already has a drill routine in mind and mapped out on a piece of paper. Even though he is prepared for it on paper, not everything goes according to plan.
"They have a decent idea of what they want before they arrive, but then once we start putting all the pieces together and performing the routine, some things don't work out," said Master Sgt. Jason Prophet, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard drill team superintendent.
The first thing Lawrence did was come up with formations.
"In this drill we have about nine different formations," said Lawrence. "Once we have the formations, we put them in an order that makes sense to where you can get in the correct positions. After we figure out all the steps, we introduce some sequences, how we throw the weapon, and finally we put the whole thing together."
According to Lawrence, the five week drill camp is the best team-building event throughout the year. One that is necessary for the team's success.
"This gives us an opportunity to bond as a team because we really have to trust our teammates to spin a rifle in close proximity," said Prophet.
The team uses an M-1 rifle when practicing and performing their routine for the year which could cause injury if they're not careful.
"In the drill team you face injuries," said Prophet. "I mean you're spinning weapons and some of them sustain wrist injuries and shoulder injuries. We try our best to prevent those by resting, stretching, and simply by taking care of their bodies but minor injuries are inevitable in this duty. The only part worse than the injuries is seeing your Airmen that want to perform but can't because of their injury. They really enjoy working beside their peers."
Prophet adds that after five long, hard-working weeks, it is rewarding to perform the drill they came up with.
"My favorite part of camp is the camaraderie we build," said Lawrence. "It's just seeing people grow individually as drillers and seeing our team as a whole become more tight-knit."
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Islam Karimov, either watching somebody get boiled or feeling wistful for the last time he watched someone get boiled.
Uzbekistan is one of the former Soviet Central Asian republics but not the good one, which is obviously Turkmenistan (still waiting on that payment, you guys), although Uzbekistan is the birthplace of Timur-i Lang, one of my favorite historical figures. Uzbekistan is ruled by a fellow named Islam Karimov, a sprightly 75-year old who enjoys long walks, curling up with a good book, massacring protesters, building model trains, and torturing political prisoners before boiling them to death (although he seems to have transitioned to freezing them instead, so, progress). Islam is the first and, turns out, only president in Uzbekistan's history and, hey, even though he should have left office after his term limited second term ended in 2007, how can a guy just up and quit on his people when they love* him so much that they re-elected** him to an unconstitutional third term with over 90% of the vote***?
It's been widely thought for some reason that, once Islam finally shuffles off this plane of existence, he'll be succeeded by his daughter, Gulnara Karimova. Before you get excited at the prospect of a new female world leader, it's important to realize that Karimova is not so much like Sirimavo Bandaranaike or Golda Meir as she is like Paris Hilton, if Paris Hilton's dad ran a country instead of a hotel chain. Some folks blaze trails, others loot half a billion or so from their country's treasury and then get their dad to appoint them as their country's UN Ambassador so they have an excuse to be in America and Europe all the time, pretending to be a fashion designer/pop star.
Murky news trickling out of the capital, Tashkent, points to a campaign against the president's eldest daughter, Gulnara Karimova, whose omnipresence, suspect business dealings, and impunity earned her the sobriquet of "the single most hated person in the country" in a 2007 State Department cable published by Wikileaks. Long expected to succeed her ailing father, Islam Karimov, 75, who has ruled the country since 1989, Karimova is now embroiled in a clandestine flurry of backstabbing and skullduggery worthy of Game of Thrones.
Last week, Uzbek authorities announced that Fund Forum, a charitable organization Karimova established nationwide as an apparent independent power base, is under investigation for tax evasion. Then her television and radio stations mysteriously disappeared from the air. Opposition websites that frequently publish damning reports about her were briefly unblocked. And on Wednesday, her media holding company's bank accounts were frozen, Radio Free Europe reported.
Gulnara Karimova, the sister who just steals lots of money from the treasury, not the one who's been turned by witches.
Then, in September, Karimova's younger sister Lola gave a rare interview to the BBC Uzbek service, where she said she had not spoken to Gulnara in 12 years and viewed her elder sister's succession chances as "slim." Karimova responded by accusing Lola of being "friends with sorcerers" and trying to bedazzle their mother with the help of witches, a popular folk superstition in Uzbekistan.
I think we can all agree that, somewhere in this great land of ours, somebody's working on the "Barack Obama is a Warlock" story, can't we? But in all honesty, once the witches show up you're probably in for a long and very weird succession fight, so good luck to both sides and deep sympathies to the Uzbek people themselves, who get to bear the brunt of this stuff.


EGL USA still distancing itself from other EGLs, big robbery at Minneapolis rest stop, and other stories on industry's radar this week.
– Bustle likes lab-grown diamonds. Scio pinning turnaround on fancy stones. The Diamond Dealers Club of Australia ponders lab-grown marketing campaigns.
– Diamond dealer robbed at Minneapolis rest stop. Second suspect in November Diamond District robbery arrested.
– Indian authorities investigating Winsome Diamonds case.
– Woman's wedding ring returned after 55 years. Social media plea for return of lost wedding ring. Women donates ring to Salvation Army. Borsheims gives away ring meant for woman who lied about robbery.


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What's surprising about this "Traffic" concert is the degree of collaboration between choreographer August Tye and jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, who's performing live. Choreographers usually fit movement to a previously composed piece of music–and Tye has done this with some of Elling's repertoire. But they've flipped the process, too: Elling has written some new pieces (prose poems accompanied by his longtime partner, pianist Laurence Hobgood) for dances Tye previously composed. And they've built a few works from the ground up, agreeing on the germ of an idea and creating dance and music in tandem. Elling and Tye suit each other well: both produce work that's smart, sexy, and wonderfully inventive, and both know how to throw a line into disarray with a seemingly intuitive quirk, then let it snap back into place. Both have a gift for revitalizing their disciplines: Elling catapults his music off the hipster aesthetic of the 50s and 60s, and Tye uses the classic vocabulary to create structures ballet masters never envisioned. Her narratives run from the straightforward to the abstruse. To Elling's recent recording of the Irving Berlin ditty "The Best Things (Happen While You're Dancing)," she concocts a dance contest for five couples that both celebrates the song's romanticism and parodies it in the form of one hapless pair to whom the worst things happen on the floor. At the other extreme, working from the Elling-Hobgood setting of a Gwendolyn Brooks poem written to celebrate the unveiling of the Daley Plaza Picasso, Tye creates a series of abstract tableaux with the tensile energy of the sculpture itself. In addition to Elling and Hobgood, the concert features Elling's wife, Jennifer Carney Elling–a model of lithe rhythm–as guest soloist with Tyego Dance Project. Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted, 312-335-1650. Monday, February 15, 7:30 PM. $30.	–Neil Tesser
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Staying busy is key
LOS ANGELES. In a fight that's more than likely to go the distance, Mark Anthony Barriga must let his hands go and stay busy if he hopes to repulse Mexico's Carlos Licona for the vacant IBF minimumweight title at the Staples Center here this morning (Manila time).
Former WBC lightflyweight champion Rodel Mayol, who helps out Barriga's team, said it's time to walk the talk. Barriga likes to wear a shirt that has the words "Talk Is Cheap, Just Do It" on the front. Forget the talk, said Mayol, now is the time to let Barriga's fists do the talking.
Mayol said the judges must be thoroughly convinced to give Barriga the rounds he deserves. He mentioned that the judges are Esther Lopez of New Mexico, Tom Carusone of Connecticut and Edward Hernandez, Jr. of California while the referee is Jerry Cantu of California. Two judges are Hispanic. Licona was born in Mexico City but lives in California. His trainer Robert Garcia and manager Mikey Garcia both live in California like two of the judges.
"You can't help it but maybe the judges will give a lot of credit to Robert (Garcia)," said Mayol. "It's the respect. I was recently in the corner of Aston Palicte who's promoted by Roy Jones in the fight against Donnie Nietes. It was a close fight and I thought there were rounds that the judges gave to Aston more because of respect for Jones who hasn't produced a world champion in his new group. So my advice to Mark is to stay busy, not just throw one punch at a time like in the amateurs. This is now the pros. He has to time his punches in three seconds, like 1-2-3 then step out. Dapat masipag siya at maraming suntok. 'Yan ang hinahanap ng mga judges. Pasugod si Licona so he'll be standing right in front of Mark who has to be busier."
Mayol said he recalls Licona sparring with Nietes and Brian Viloria at the Wild Card Gym some years back. "It's a 50-50 fight," he said. "Mark just has to do more than Licona. When he comes in, Mark has to be ready to fire and throw a lot of punches. Combinations will score points. From a power point of view, Mark is stronger."
Mayol, 37, has lived in Los Angeles for 13 years. He retired from boxing in 2012 with a record of 31-6-2, including 22 KOs. The father of three (his oldest Bryce is now 15), Mayol spent a week in the Philippines to attend his 56-year-old father's wake in Mandaue and returned here last Wednesday. His father was a former security guard who made a living transporting passengers in a tricycle that Mayol gave him and tidying up Sen. Manny Pacquiao's house when he's called to do it. Now, Mayol trains fighters, mostly from J. C. Manangquil's Sanman stable, at the Wild Card Gym.
Instead of renting rooms in a hotel, Barriga's team is staying in an "airbnb" apartment with four bedrooms near downtown Los Angeles. In the team are Jimenez, IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas, assistant trainer Delfin Boholst, cutman Todd Makelim, Rio Olympian Charly Suarez and ring announcer Mark Lontayao. International matchmaker Sean Gibbons and his son Brendan are taking care of the Filipino entourage.


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£20,000 payout for woman who falsely accused her father of rape after 'recovered memory' therapy - 19th October 2007
A woman who falsely accused her father of rape after undergoing a discredited "recovered memory" psychotherapy has won a £20,000 payout from a local health authority.
Katrina Fairlie claimed a hospital psychiatrist almost ruined her life after he extracted false memories that her father, Jim, a former deputy leader of the Scottish National Party, had sexually abused her.
Miss Fairlie, who withdrew the baseless allegations months after making them, revealed during other sessions with consultant Dr Alex Yellowlees that she witnessed her father murder a child and named him and 17 other men, including two politicians, as paedophiles.
In 2005, she launched a £500,000 action for negligence against NHS Tayside asserting that its staff had failed in their duty of care to her by failing to check the likely truth of her allegations which have caused her and her family years of distress.
The case was due to be heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh this week, but at the eleventh hour, bosses at the trust offered the substantial out-of-court settlement instead.
Yesterday, 37-year-old Miss Fairlie said: "After so many traumatic years, I finally feel that I can put this nightmare behind me and start getting on with my life.
Dr Alex Yellowlees
"However, I am still extremely angry at the hospital and the consultant involved who all but ruined my life and damaged my family.
"To this day, they have never apologised for what they did to me and I would much rather have got no money just for the chance of seeing them squirm in court and admit what they did to me.
"However, my QC advised me that the best thing to do was accept the money. He said it would hurt them to have to pay out that much. I know they are not going to say sorry or admit liability, but I regard this payment as some sort of an acknowledgement by them, whatever they may say."
Miss Fairlie's ordeal began in 1994 when she was admitted to Perth Royal Infirmary at the age of 25 suffering from severe abdominal pains.
She was later referred to the psychiatric unit at the town's Murray Royal Hospital after doctors concluded she was imagining the pain following operations to remove her appendix and her gall bladder.
While a patient of Dr Yellowlees, Miss Fairlie says she underwent a form of Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT) - a controversial technique since discredited by the Royal College of Physicians.
The therapy claims to "unlock" memories so painful the patient has blocked them out of their conscious mind rendering them retrievable only through dreams and hypnosis.
The revelations which sprang from this former postal worker's therapy during five months of intensive treatment were shocking: a series of outlandish claims of sexual abuse against her father and a number of others while she was in a very disturbed mental state and on powerful medication.
She claimed she was the victim of a paedophile ring involving her father and described seeing him batter a six-year-old girl to death with an iron bar.
When Dr Yellowlees later told other family members that abuse had occurred, Mr Fairlie's previously unblemished reputation and close and loving relationship with his family had been damaged.
Police and social workers from Perth and Kinross Council were also called in, but Miss Fairlie withdrew all the allegations in 1995 and the police later dropped their investigation.
Three years ago, Mr Fairlie, now 66, of Crieff, Perthshire, lost his own bid for £250,000 compensation against the former Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust - now part of NHS Tayside.
The judge, Lord Kingarth, found against Mr Fairlie on a technicality after ruling that Dr Yellowlees only had a duty of care to his patients and not to their relatives.
In 2005, however, Miss Fairlie decided to launch her own separate legal action. She said: "I was determined to make people see what happened to me. I lost years of my life because of the opinions of psychiatrists.
"I am relieved that this is over and now I can move on. I am lucky because my family have stood by me and we have become closer because of this."
Last night, Mr Fairlie said the damage the council and the health board had done was irreparable and that over 1,400 cases across the UK similar to his daughter's had been reported to the British False Memory Society.
He said: "This decision really is a victory for Katrina and a vindication of what we as a family have been saying for so long, that the psychiatric profession acts as if it is a law unto itself and can do enormous damage to patients and their relatives.
"What happened to my daughter and me should not be allowed to happen to anyone else."
An NHS Tayside spokesperson said: "We can confirm that an out-of-court settlement was reached with Miss Fairlie without any admission of liability on the part of NHS Tayside, or its predecessor authorities, and that settlement was made purely on an economic basis."
Dr Yellowlees, who is now medical director at the Priory Clinic, Glasgow, was unavailable for comment.
Katrina Fairlie and dad Jim
...the labour government believes men shouldn't have the right to a justice system, they believe conviction rates should be set at specific levels. Another government quota. Thanks Harriet and co. How many innocent men would you like to put in prison, are you going to put a quota on that too?
- Simon, York
The problem is that this is only the tip of the iceberg. These cases are far more prevalent than is realised. The falsely accused should be compensated as most of the time they lose their partners, homes, jobs and reputation not to mention their freedom if they have been wrongly convicted.
- Helga, Lancashire
As a psychotherapist I have used similar techniques to this to 'unlock' memories. Unfortunately, unless the therapist knows exactly what he is doing and employs rigid discipline in his method of questioning it is far too easy to 'implant' false memories by leading the patient to give the answers that the therapist is looking for. I am not suggesting that this happened in this case, but it is possible.
It is vital that therapists approach this technique without any preconceived idea of may have happened.
- Dr David Vickers, West Lancashire
It's time this dangerous 'therapy' was banned. With no scientific basis it has destroyed countless lives around the world.
- Chris Downing, Yorkshire
Gordon Staker works for the Child Protection Unit in Eastbourne, East Sussex. He is involved in the so-called Herstmonceux Bunny Boiler case due to be heard in February 2008 ................... We are closely following this case and other similar cases, and please see our anatomy of an accusation coming soon......
Many of our readers will know that hundreds of men each year (many teachers) suffer accusations from girls with a grudge, many of which turn out to be false and revenge motivated.
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Many policemen are Masons. This can lead to corruption at high levels, where fellow Masons, members of the public, might obtain favours, charges dropped, or charges brought against someone, as examples. The law is quite often used incorrectly (illegally) to further the objectives of private causes. But who is there to investigate? Since many, if not most high ranking officers are Masons, in whichever force, even an outside force is unlikely to identify an officer who will make any effort to investigate a fellow officer. It's a club, for a favoured few.
A - Z of Sussex officer investigations
Joe Edwards
Paul Whitehouse
Sarah Jane Gallagher
Sir Ken Macdonald QC
The above is just a few of a number of persons likely to be investigated in respect of certain cases brought against Wealden Action Group members, on the instigation of known Masons, councillors, or planning officers, many of which are themselves Masons.
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If You Drive For a Living, Look for Another Career
Hamilton Nolan · 08/18/16 08:25AM
There is nothing wrong with planning for the future. If you are a cab driver, or a truck driver, or an Uber driver, now is the time to plan for what you will do when your job disappears. And for what we should do for you.
Man Kills His Boss Before She Can Report Him For Stealing Thousands
Aleksander Chan · 02/02/15 03:26PM
Randolph Sanders was arrested by Philadelphia police over the weekend after he confessed to killing his boss. He told police he decided to kill Kim Jones because he suspected she was planning to report him for allegedly stealing money from the child advocacy group they worked for.
BuzzFeed Pulls Writer's Employment Offer Over Leak Allegations
J.K. Trotter · 01/06/15 05:30PM
The small staff of Boston.com, the breaking-news site associated with The Boston Globe, is still reeling from weeks of internal unrest stemming from a series a viral posts about a Harvard professor and a Chinese restaurant published in early December, which resulted in a retraction, some disciplinary actions, and a suspension for one staffer. The turmoil's latest casualty, however, involves a previously unrelated party: a young journalist who was about to start a fellowship at BuzzFeed.
Did you know that if your coworkers quit, your chance of getting a raise goes up? There's a "'very clear' correlation between resignations and pay raises." I beg my coworkers to quit each and every day.
Want to Work for BuzzFeed?
J.K. Trotter · 08/26/14 11:54AM
End "On-Call" Part-Time Employment
Hamilton Nolan · 07/16/14 01:27PM
Since the Great Recession of 2008, the political focus has shifted in turn from widespread unemployment, to acute long-term unemployment, and, now, to the perils of widespread part-time underemployment. Does part-time work have to mean full-time poverty?
Rick Perry Is an Even More Dangerous Economic Moron Than We Thought
Earlier this week, Texas governor Rick Perry gloated that his "pro-business" policies allowed his state to steal 3,000 Toyota jobs from California. If true, that would be terrible public policy. But it now appears it's not true, which is even worse.
Interns Interning At A Lot More Internships
Dayna Evans · 02/16/14 01:15PM
Panic over the undetermined future of the millenial class continues as the New York Times reports on the overwhelming number of the post-graduate set who are still toiling at unpaid internships. Taking on two, sometimes three internships with no pay, many fear that interning has become its own career path, instead of a bridge to solid employment. As Alex Williams reports:
Man Shoots Up Other Employee's Car After They Win Worker of The Month
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 12/15/13 01:26PM
A Florida Wal-Mart worker shot up another employee's car after the other worker won employee of the month, investigators believe.
Burned: Michigan Man Fired After Helping Put Out Fire
A Michigan man was fired last month after he left his position greeting customers at the entrance to a store and rushed with a fire extinguisher to put out a car fire in the parking lot.
Study: Low Fast Food Wages Cost Taxpayers $7 Billion Per Year
The ongoing movement to raise the wages of fast food workers got a boost today from two new reports that attempt to quantify just how much those low wages cost society as a whole. It's a lot.
Company Sorry for Turning Job Interview Into a Daft Punk Dance-Off
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/09/13 09:06AM
Applicants for a mid-level job at a home appliance retailer say they were shocked when the store informed them their success hinged on their ability to defeat others in a dance-off set to Daft Punk.
True Stories From Wal-Mart Workers: "I Am Not a Slave"
In 2006, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance requiring large retailers to pay workers a "living wage" of $10 an hour, plus benefits. The mayor vetoed the bill. In a few months, Wal-Mart will open a new store in Chicago, with starting pay of $8.75 per hour. Who won? We offer you a new round of true stories from Wal-Mart employees to help you judge.
Most Americans Hate Their Job
Taylor Berman · 06/24/13 09:40PM
This is perhaps not the most surprising news but, according to a new study, most Americans are unhappy at work.
You Too Can Make $15 an Hour as a 'Hair Angel' in California
Mallory Ortberg · 02/03/13 11:45AM
The job description is simple enough:
It's Worth Getting a College Degree But Don't Expect the World, Okay?
It's well known by now that you can spend outrageous sums to get a college degree only to find yourself jobless, through no real fault of your own. But it's also well known that college degrees are a decent bet, statistically speaking. I guess what the latest report is saying is: We ain't promising you the moon, okay?
Writing a Bomb Threat on the Back of a Job Application: Savvy or Misguided?
Caity Weaver · 07/11/12 04:24PM
Both landing a job and finding a way to fulfill sexual fantasies can be difficult things to do. Sadly, after writing a bomb threat on the back of his restaurant job application, a man in Nebraska is no closer to achieving either goal.
It Is Just a Bad, Bad Time to Be a Law School Graduate
We joke around a lot in a good-natured fashion about how recent graduates of law school are fucked up, down, and sideways. "You guys are just straight fucked," we often say (joshingly). Well—imagine our surprise when we found out that, in fact, recent graduates of law school really are fucked. Yikes! Touchy subject.
Humbled Men Take the Jobs of Womenfolk
How bad is America's neverending recession? So bad that The American Man—mind enfeebled by Axe body spray fumes and Spanx-induced circulatory cutoff—now thinks nothing of taking a job that has traditionally been held primarily by women, so that he may earn money to pay for food, clothing, and shelter. The evidence is clear: "An analysis of census data by The New York Times shows that from 2000 to 2010, occupations that are more than 70 percent female accounted for almost a third of all job growth for men, double the share of the previous decade."
'I'll Make 250K This Year, While You're Unemployed LOL': Monster.com Recruiting Goes Horribly Wrong
Emma Carmichael · 04/12/12 06:44PM
A man we'll call Robert has a profile on the employment website Monster.com, and earlier today he received a message from a recruiter about a job in "beautiful Northwest Arkansas."


Christmas is just around the corner and we are already counting down the days until the 25th. The John Lewis Christmas ad has launched, the high street lights have been switched on and we've already heard Christmas songs being belted at every chance. All that's left is to finally put up the Christmas tree and get all the lights and decorations sorted.
This festive season we are drawing attention to the dangers that misusing Christmas lights can pose as well as the benefits of using a fake tree over a real tree.
62% of Brits say that at some time in their life, they have had a 'real' Christmas tree in their home for the festive season. This may seem like a more sustainable choice as many tree 'farmers' will plant a new tree for every sold, as well as the fact that a real one can be recycled, unlike its plastic counterpart. However, a real Christmas tree in your home can pose as a huge fire risk as they are prone to drying out. This means that if an electrical fire was to occur, it could reduce the amount of time you had to get yourself evacuated and safe. Millions of Brits are guilty of forgetting to water their tree or are simply unaware that they even need to be watered!
It gets worse though as our research has found that 1 in 8 people who enjoy a real Christmas tree spray hairspray on it to stop needles from falling off over the holiday period. Despite this being such an obvious fire hazard, it seems that many people are more concerned with the appearance of their tree and are quick to overlook basic precautions.
The safety risks don't stop at trees unfortunately. A massive 85% of people said that they will be putting up Christmas lights this year, however a huge proportion of these people could be in danger of an electrical accident if they don't maintain their lights properly. Worryingly, our research found that one in eight Brits own Christmas lights that are in bad condition and more than a quarter describe their lights as being "tangled", risking frayed wires or damaged insulation. Some people even said that they would be decorating their tree with lights that were up to 30 years old!
Always check your lights before using them as decorations, keeping an eye out for broken bulbs or frayed and damaged wires. If you come across a fault with your lights, stop using them immediately.
If you need to change a bulb, only use replacements of the same type and rating as those that were originally supplied with the lights.
Don't keep your lights in a tangled mess throughout the year – take the time to store them in a tidy manner.
Store your light safely and securely in a place that isn't prone to damp conditions – avoid places like a garage, shed or cellar.
Whether your lights are around the house or wrapped around your tree, make sure you are turning them off when you go to bed or are leaving the house. Our research found that around 1 in 4 people admitted to leaving their Christmas lights switched on when they were out or asleep in bed. Not only could this cause overheating but it would also mean that if a fire was to occur, you wouldn't be immediately alerted to it.
Make sure you buy outdoor lights if you are decorating the outside of your house as these have a higher duty wire coating and a seal on the bulb socket as they are manufactured to withstand cold and wet weather conditions.


Are you looking for that extra magic to make your presentations engaging and memorable? Metaphors might be the answer for you.
A metaphor is a figure of speech that asserts that a subject is similar in some way to an otherwise unrelated object or subject without using the word 'like' to join the two things.
In reality the two seemingly unrelated objects or subjects actually have something in common. A famous example of a metaphor is the saying, 'All the world's a stage'. Why is this a metaphor? Because the world is not a stage, and a stage is not the world. The world and the stage are unrelated at first thought. Interestingly, when you put them together they do share something in common and they help you to understand something extra about the qualities of both objects.
You can see in this example that metaphors most often link things we can sense with intangible thoughts or concepts. The world is an intangible concept but the stage has very tangible characteristics – we can see and feel it.
They convey a picture, object or meaning quickly – with only a few words.
They help explain something that would take way too many words to explain clearly and simply (or is too intangible to describe).
We react more readily to the emotional and visual than the rational, and metaphors often have an emotive or visual component.
Metaphors create an association between two tangible things to better convey how something looks, sounds, smells, works or moves.
Be patient. Crafting powerful metaphors takes time, patience and deep consideration, even for really experienced presenters.
Work out your main message or theme.
Develop some metaphors that will convey your meaning.
Make them short and sweet.
Don't use too many, and steer clear of annoying metaphors that you hear people overusing such as 'at the risk of calling the kettle black'.
Stick to one theme – they should make your key message more vivid.
Steer away from clichés that make your audience cringe.
Possibly place the metaphor in your icebreaker or opening, again in the body of your message, and again at, or near your close.
The founder of REVLON, is reported to have said the following to help people understand the cosmetic company's approach, 'In the factory we make cosmetics. In the store we sell hope'.
How can you to make using metaphors 'normal' behavior when you talk?
My favourite way to make using metaphors part of your every day practice is to have a little note book that you carry around with yourself where you can note down ideas that come to you. The act of writing the metaphor down will help you remember it. In addition, practice using metaphors with people who will be kind to you if it comes out wrong, or if you explain it incorrectly.


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Black Actresses Discuss Why Broadway Needs More Diversity Than 'Hamilton'
Danai Gurira, Danielle Brooks and Renée Elise Goldsberry break down the need for more plays by and for people of color.
Kenrya Rankin Jun 9, 2016 10:51AM EDT
While 35 percent of this year's Tony Award nominees are people of color, a new video from Vanity Fair makes it clear that Broadway still has a long way to go when it comes to telling the stories of people who aren't White and male. In fact, a Forbes report found that historically, just 4.7 of Tony nominees have been people of color—a figure that's pretty close to the Academy Awards' 3.6 percent.
In the new video, which was released yesterday (June 8), Black actresses Danai Gurira ("Eclipsed," "The Walking Dead"), Danielle Brooks ("The Color Purple," "Orange is The New Black") and Renée Elise Goldsberry ("Hamilton," "The Good Wife") break down the importance of telling diverse stories on the stage, the barriers that stand in the way of that representation and why having plays like theirs is a good start, but not enough.
"Once we see five plays out there in the course of half a year that have women creative teams, some of these things take care of themselves," Gurira says. "But if these women aren't being allowed, or people of color aren't being allowed to create or aren't getting the green light in Hollywood, how does the problem get solved? It just continues. It just replicates itself."
Watch the full conversation above.
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Ammoplanus kaszabi is een vliesvleugelig insect uit de familie van de graafwespen (Crabronidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1972 door Tsuneki.

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Federal workers protest government shutdown outside McConnell's office
Morgan Watkins
Courier Journal
Frustrated federal employees gathered outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office in downtown Louisville on Thursday to protest the government shutdown that has frozen their paychecks and prevented them from going to work.
More than 50 people joined the rally, which was led by the American Federation of Government Employees' local chapter. They waved signs with slogans like "We Want to Work" and "End the Shutdown Now" as passing cars honked in solidarity.
Related:I'm one of the workers who could go broke in the government shutdown
You might like this:IRS workers picket in Northern Kentucky over government shutdown
McConnell blocked Senate Democrats' attempt Thursday to move forward with legislation that would reopen government agencies that closed shortly before Christmas after President Donald Trump demanded over $5 billion from Congress for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. But the crowd at Thursday's rally shouted for the longtime Kentucky senator to "do your job," call a vote and help stop the shutdown.
More on the shutdown:Kentucky lawmakers should give up their pay
See also:Has the government shutdown affected you or your family? Talk to us
This week, federal employees are expected to miss their first paychecks since the shutdown began. Here's what some of the furloughed workers who were part of Thursday's rally had to say about the shutdown's impact.
Trouble with cancer co-pays
Kristy Demas works for the U.S. Census Bureau in Jeffersonville, Indiana, but she's on furlough right now.
She was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer and gets health insurance through her job, but she said it's still hard to cover prescriptions, co-pays and related expenses when she isn't allowed to work.
"I was already in the hole on the last paycheck, so now it's even worse," she said.
She said she applied for unemployment benefits in Indiana, where she lives, but hasn't received any yet.
"I'm three weeks in, and I haven't got the first penny," she told the Courier Journal.
Sorry, we're closed:How everyone is hurt when grocery stores shut down
Worried shutdown won't end
Robin Penick, who lives in Louisville and works for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said she's fortunate because her husband is still bringing in money with his non-government job and her children are already grown up, so she doesn't have to worry about covering the kinds of expenses parents with younger kids do.
Penick expressed concern for her colleagues, who may not all be able to weather the immediate financial impact of their furloughs. But if the shutdown drags on for another couple of months, it could start affecting her, too, she said,
When asked if she thought the shutdown could last that long, she replied: "This president? Yeah, I am worried."
Against the border wall
Anice Chenault, another Louisville resident who works for HUD, said her family has enough savings and her partner has a job, so they're not in financial straits.
"We're going to be OK," she said.
Chenault said she's torn because she knows a lot of other federal workers are living paycheck to paycheck, and yet she doesn't want a cent of government money to go toward Trump's wall. It's kind of a "Sophie's choice," she said, but it doesn't have to be.
"I think it's a racist policy," she said of the proposed wall. "We have no crisis at the border."
Furloughed HUD worker speechless
Sarah Andino, who lives in Southern Indiana and works for HUD, said she's been trying to keep busy while furloughed.
She's looking at doing some volunteering next week while she waits for the go-ahead to return to work. She's OK financially, she said, thanks in part to the support of her fiance, but she isn't planning any vacations or shopping sprees right now.
As for the political debates over the shutdown, Andino said she's pretty speechless.
"Honestly, it's extremely hard to watch," she told the Courier Journal.
Morgan Watkins: 502-582-4502; mwatkins@courierjournal.com; Twitter: @morganwatkins26. Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: courier-journal.com/morganw.


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Q: Warning/Error:- No tuples available at this result index PHP-APACHE-ODBC-MYSQL-CENTOS I have PHP sample code which will fetch the data from the MYSQL database through ODBC driver on Linux(CentOS) machine.
I have created DSN and same able to connect through following command
   isql -v
But when i try to same DSN through PHP code i am getting "No tuples available at this result index" due to which unable to read the data from database through PHP APACHE configuration.
If anyone provides the solution,It will more helpful for me to proceed further.
Below are my sample code and other details,Please correct if anything wrong on below configuration details-
Below is sample PHP code:
<?php
$conn = odbc_connect("DSN", "username", "password");

$sql = 'select * from tablename';
$rs = odbc_exec($conn,$sql);
echo "

";
echo "User Name
";
while(odbc_fetch_row($rs)) {
$user = odbc_result($rs,"fieldname");
 echo "
$user
";
}

odbc_close($conn);
echo "
";
?>

Below is odbc.ini file:
[DSN]
Description             = MySQL ODBC Database
DRIVER                  = MySQL
TraceFile               = /tmp/odbcerr.log
SERVER                  = 127.0.0.1
PORT                    = 3306
USER                    = username
PASSWORD                = password
DATABASE                = database
OPTION                  = 3
SOCKET                  = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

Below is odbcinst.ini file:
[MySQL]
Description             = ODBC for MySQL
Driver                  = /usr/lib/libmyodbc5.so
Setup                   = /usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so
FileUsage               = 1
UsageCount              = 3

A: The comments in the documentation for odbc_connect suggest that this can be caused by using an incorrect cursor type.  Try each of the three possible values as the fourth argument: SQL_CUR_USE_IF_NEEDED, SQL_CUR_USE_ODBC, or SQL_CUR_USE_DRIVER.
I am very curious as to why you're using ODBC to connect to MySQL.  PHP has many better ways to read from MySQL, including the excellent PDO class (which itself can connect via ODBC if needed).

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Viscoelasticity is the property of materials that exhibits both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation. In polymeric materials, the mechani- cal behavior is dominated by this viscoelastic phenomenon. Creating computational models for these materials can be quite complicated due to their frequency depen- dent and temperature dependent material properties. The research presented in this paper will use state of the art methods to fully develop a material model for a filled polydimethylsiloxane-polydiphenynlsiloxane (PDMS/PDPS) copolymer foam that has yet to be characterized. Mechanical properties of PDMS/PDPS copoly- mers are currently being studied to assess engineering performance, and to provide accurate models that can be used to gain a fundamental understanding of the ma- terial behavior. The properties for this material have been measured using multiple experiments. All of the parameters required to populate the Simplified Potential Energy Clock (SPEC) model were measured. The SPEC model can now be used to accurately predict the behavior of the material under different shock and loading environments.


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Coimbatore, August 3: A. Sharath Kamal, the original poster boy of Indian table tennis, upstaged teammate G. Sathiyan to be the highest working ranking Indian at No. 33. Thus, Sharath recaptured his prime position which was his alone for a long time.
He attained his best world ranking is No. 32 which was in May 2015. After the Suzhou World Championships where he suffered a hip injury saw a dip in his form but ever since he won his record-equally eighth national singles title at Ranchi, the 36-year-old has been coming into his own self.
Sathiyan, who is at No. 39, has shown a jump of just one spot while Sharath has gained 10 positions from his previous No. 33. Harmeet Desai, who was at 79 before the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, is very much in the top 100 but 20 places behind at No. 99.
The ITTF's world ranking list released today takes into calculation the two important events that Team India played recently in South Korea and Australia.
With three Indian male paddles in top 100, Manika Batra is the only female paddler that has been showing a steady improvement. She has gained 24 places to be at No. 57. She was previously at No. 81.
Among the young women players, Ayhika Mukherjee has been able to maintain her ranking somewhat as she lost just one spot to be at No. 118 from her previous No. 117.
Among U-18 Boys, Manav Thakkar continues to remain in No. 3 position while as many as four others—Manush Shah (19), Snehit Suravajjula (26), Jeet Chandra (34) and Parth Virmani (93)—have not only shown considerable improvement but are also in top 100 in world rankings.
In Under-21, Manav was ranked at 28 whilee Ayhika at 49.
As many as five Indian girls are among top 100 in world ranking with Archana Kamath clipping off two positions to be at No. 10. Selenadeepthi Selvakumar (No. 24), Yashini Sivasankar (38), Prapti Sen (65) and Swastika Ghosh (73) are following Archana, but way off the Karnataka girl.
In under-15, Payas Jain is at No 6 while Diya Chitale at No. 4, underlining the strong statements the young guns are making.


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The world-first personalized nutrition wearable device
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MDApr 28 2020
An Australian start-up has come with the world's first personalized nutrition wearable device. The device measures dietary biomarkers and helps manage the risk of diseases like Type 2 diabetes.
The company, Nutromics, based out of Melbourne, envisions a combined sophisticated sensing platform and stretchable electronics to help the patch fit the skin sensitively, according to researcher Sharath Sriram of RMIT's Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group. It works at the molecular level, painlessly assessing dietary biomarkers. The data is sent to an app that then advises users on dietary modifications to minimize their risk for lifestyle-related diseases, of which pre-diabetes could be a warning sign.
The significance of pre-diabetes
Pre-diabetes is a condition where blood sugar is higher than usual, but not high enough for a diabetes diagnosis. It is asymptomatic and can be normalized by lifestyle changes, weight loss, and medication. Left untreated, it is a forerunner of type 2 diabetes in 70% of people within four years.
Pre-diabetes is a global phenomenon, with more than 350 million estimated to be suffering from it, and half of the population in the US and China being diabetic or pre-diabetic.
Similarly, Type 2 diabetes, which occurs when the body fails to use insulin effectively to bring down blood sugar levels, remains a growing global threat. This type of diabetes can be controlled with lifestyle, dietary, and medication changes. The smart patch is aimed at such emerging lifestyle diseases, helping people take control of their diet before it's too late.
A proof-of-concept Nutromics smart patch. Credit: RMIT
Essential dietary advice
Nutromics co-CEO Peter Vranes stated that conflicting and generic nutritional advice too often confuses people when it comes to managing diet.
"Research has shown that what we eat affects us all differently; two people might have the same meal, but their post-meal response can vary wildly," he said. "People want to make healthy food choices, but with so much conflicting nutrition advice, many of us are confused about what that looks like."
This is where the patch comes in - it measures biomarkers to tell users exactly what effect their diet had on their nutritional levels. "Being able to monitor key dietary biomarkers easily will give you the knowledge to personalize your diet to suit your own body, to get healthy, and stay healthy," Vranes says.
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While wearable health trackers are not a new concept, with many already tracking markers like heart rate, physical activity, sleep, and more, Vranes believes the patch's strength lies in its precision.
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"Current wearable technologies can track your heart rate and steps, but they can't monitor your health at a molecular level. This new technology goes deeper, targeting the precise biomarkers that drive lifestyle-related diseases like Type 2 diabetes," he explains.
The patch utilizes cutting-edge technology and support from several leading research groups, including RMIT University, Griffith University, medical device manufacturer Romar Engineering, and Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC). The consortium is now involved in developing the technology needed to produce materials for the product.
Griffith University and Romar engineering will lead the fabrication of sample collection. Meanwhile, RMIT's advanced Micro Nano Research Facility will look into sensor integration and stretchable electronics fabrication. The patch would be manufactured with roll-to-roll (R2R) printing at RMIT to improve cost-efficiency.
"We've brought together a multi-disciplinary team of partners who are leaders in their fields to deliver Australian-made health technology that's personalized and powerful," Vranes said.
The pioneering technology will be designed and manufactured in Australia.
Implications for Australian medical manufacturing industry
Backed with funding from IMCRC, the project is estimated to require a total investment of $6.9 million, both cash and in-kind. Significant challenges faced will be additive manufacturing and large-scale production.
However, David Chuter, CEO and Managing Director at the IMCRC, is optimistic that the project would have long-term gains, helping to grow Australia's medical technology manufacturing segment, as well as boosting its capacity for competitive and sustainable advanced manufacturing products on a large scale.
It makes use of device fabrication skills as well as manufacturing expertise, user-friendly design for wearable sensors, and healthcare business innovation, from a well-rounded range of scientists and business people.
"The manufacturing challenges addressed by this project will not only help deliver a low-cost, high-tech smart patch but will also create technologies that are transferable to other Australian companies in the consumer and medical tech space," he said.
His thoughts were echoed by Alan Lipan, CEO of Romar Engineering. "Working with entrepreneurs, academics, and researchers to develop new medical technologies is essential to maintain Australia's international competitiveness and to build a strong domestic manufacturing skills base," he stated.
Griffith University researcher in micro- and nanotechnology, Nam-Trung Nguyen, referred to the Centre's fundamental work in microfluidics and wearable implantable microsystems as a basis for the new product.
There are many implications for the technology, including stress management, sleep health, sports performance, and early-stage viral detection, all relying on molecular-level tracking of biomarkers.
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Finding a pass rusher who intimidates and causes offensive coordinators to scheme around them isn't a given in the NFL. There are players from the past like Reggie White and Lawrence Taylor, Hall of Famers who were basically impossible to stop. The current crop includes players like Terrell Suggs, Vonn Miller and Aaron Donald, who will be playing in the Super Bowl for the Rams this Sunday.
Today we learned that another one of these great pass rushers was calling it a career, and his name is Julius Peppers.
After being selected by the Panthers with the number two overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft, Peppers rose to become one of the most feared pass rushers in the NFL. He made the Pro Bowl nine times and was selected to the first team All Pro three times. Over his seventeen year career, he reached double digits in sacks ten times, including 12 in his rookie year and a career high 14.5 in 2008. His 159.5 total sacks has him sitting in fourth place on the all time sack leader list behind Hall of Famers Bruce Smith (200), Reggie White (198) and Kevin Greene (160).
In his retirement announcement posted on The Player's Tribune today, Peppers reflected on his 17 year career and why it was the right time to hang up his cleats.
"Anybody who knows me knows I'm not big on words and I don't like to put myself out there, so I'm just gonna get right to it.
Peppers went on to reveal how he didn't want to be a football player as he preferred basketball. North Carolina born and raised, Peppers came from a humble household where hard work, not your mouth, spoke for you as an individual. So it's no surprise that the player he watched the most was Tim Duncan.
"I just remember how it didn't matter what happened in the game — whether he just dunked on somebody or he missed a jump shot, whether they were up by 10 or down by 10 — he was always the same guy. Always cool. Always humble.
When Peppers reached high school, he started playing football and was a running back. When he got to college at UNC, he played tight end, but being third on the depth chart meant he wasn't getting any playing time. So he decided to do something he rarely did, which is speak up.
"It was my freshman year at North Carolina. I played tight end, and I was buried on the depth chart behind Alge Crumpler and Allen Mogridge. Then I saw that our team was putting defensive linemen in the first round of the draft — guys like Greg Ellis and Vonnie Holliday. So I went to my coaches and told them straight up that I wasn't getting any reps at tight end, so I wanted to try defensive end. Because my goal was to get to the league, and the defensive linemen seemed to be getting there.
Peppers would go on to play in the League for 17 years with three different teams; the Panthers twice (10 years), the Bears (4 years) and the Packers (3 years). His final two seasons were back in his home state for the Panthers, where he amassed 16 total sacks in that time.
While Peppers didn't win that Super Bowl ring, as the Panthers lost to the Patriots by a field goal in Super Bowl XXXVII in 2004, he definitely had an amazing career, one that is Hall of Fame worthy for sure.
And, most importantly, he's happy.
"For my whole life, I've been so determined to be good at sports.
Congratulations on amazing career Julius.


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Yoo Seon Ho And SF9's Chani Travel To Malaysia For Reality Show
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Yoo Seon Ho and SF9's Chani will be showing how well they can do on their own while they travel in Malaysia!
On May 9, it was confirmed that Yoo Seon Ho and Chani are currently filming tvN's reality show "Leaving the Nest 3" in Malaysia. The pair have been seen by fans filming together on their travels.
Yoo Seon Ho also took part in the second season of "Leaving the Nest," while this will be Chani's first time on the show.
"Leaving the Nest" is a travel show that reveals what celebrity teenagers are really like when they're away from their parents, as they take on the challenge of going on a trip without anyone's help. Other young stars who will be appearing in this section of the show include Lee Eui Woong, Cheon Bo Geun, Yang Han Yeol, Hwang Sung Jae, and more.
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Some Technical Thoughts
December 30, 2011 Capital Flows, Currency Movements, Euro, Sterling, The Dollar, Yen
Euro: It has not closed above its 20-day moving average since late October. It comes in now $1.3120 and falling around 20 ticks a day. Ahead of there resistance is likely to be encountered in the $1.3000-50 area. The 50 day moving average crossed below the 200 day (golden cross) in early October. Volatility has trended lower most of the month, but the 3-month formed a base near 14%. It seems that a weaker euro is consistent with a decline in volatility. Note that the risk-reversals have seen the premium for puts over calls narrows considerably in recent weeks as the euro has fallen. The premium for puts is about 2.59% now and in mid-Nov hit a record 4.39%. One way to make sense of this is that the short-term market is short euros and bought some calls for insurance. A convincing break of $1.2850 area will bring the next target $1.2580-$1.2650 into view.
Sterling: It has lost about 0.7% against the dollar in Q4 compared with the euro's 3.3% slump in the same time. The 50 day moving average crossed below the 200-day moving average in late Sept, shortly before the euro's moving averages crossed. The 5 day average crossed below the 20 day average in the middle of the week. While the euro's lows for the year were just recorded, sterling was set in early Oct near $1.5272. A break of there may spur a move toward $1.50 and then $1.48. The $1.58 area now marks important resistance.
Yen: The record BOJ intervention on Oct 31 essentially took much of the volatility out of the yen. Just before Xmas, 3-month yen vol hit the lowest level since 2007. The JPY78.30 area marks an important cap, while support is seen near JPY77. That said, look for a test on the JPY76 area in Q1 2012. The yen has been the strongest G10 currency in 2011, appreciating almost 5% against the dollar. The euro is the weakest, losing 3.25%. In the fourth quarter, where the euro's losses for the year were recorded, the yen was largely flat (off 0.4%).
The Commitment of Traders is interesting to get a sense of short-term market positioning, but are not always very useful for market timing. The foreign currency market is primarily a cash/OTC market. The exchange traded products are quite minor compared with the average daily volume of $4 trillion. That said, net speculative short euro is near a record. There is nothing preventing a new record. Some patient players may look to sell into a short squeeze, though it may happen from lower euro levels.
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Was Michelangelo depicting lead neuropathy in The Creation of Adam?
10/10/2012 William Huynh	Leave a comment
We are all exposed to environmental sources of lead, particularly from the combustion of lead-based fuels, manufacture of lead-acid batteries, crushing and smelting of lead, and the rapidly expanding technology industry. And as the culturally-inclined are aware, the use of lead-based pigments facilitated the most inspiring paintwork during the renaissance era.
Wrist and finger drop as a manifestation of lead motor neuropathy, seen here in Adam's distal extremity in The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Amongst these, are the magisterial frescoes of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, particularly the epic artwork on the ceiling by Michelangelo that took 4 years to complete. Had we a copy of Michelangelo's CV, I'd say Neurologist would be listed amongst sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer because the 'drooping' posture held by Adam's outstretched wrist and fingers in The Creation of Adam (the most acknowledged piece on the ceiling) is the more common and early clinical manifestations of subacute lead motor neuropathy. Whether it was intentional or purely an inspired moment of appreciation for the dystonic form on Michelangelo's part, I can't help but humor myself over the irony of this painting being completely surrounded by other lead-laden artwork.
Back to the science, despite our environmental exposure, lead neuropathy remains rare and confined to workers in industries that use lead or in which lead is a by-product. The main routes of exposure are by ingestion and inhalation, although lead can be absorbed through the skin. Lead is toxic to multiple organ systems (haematological, gastrointestinal, renal, and hypertension) with isolated lead neuropathy being very uncommon. And because of this, our understanding of its pathophysiology has been rather poor.
Before 1970, many houses in Australia were painted with lead-containing paint, and renovations of these buildings placed people at risk including occupants, building contractors and neighbours. In our recent paper, we describe a case of a male who after undertaking paint-strip work on a century-old house, developed subacute lead neuropathy with progressive distal upper limb weakness without other systemic features. We used nerve excitability techniques that allowed assessment of biophysical axonal properties, and the results demonstrated impaired energy-dependent processes, likely ascribed to failure of the Na/K ATPase membrane pump and subsequent membrane depolarization.
Interestingly, similar clinical and excitability changes are observed in neuropathy secondary to acute porphyria and in fact, lead interferes with the heme metabolic pathway, in a manner similar to porphyria with the accumulation of heme precursors (aminolevulinic acid) that may subsequently affect the Na/K pump function. This raises the possibility that acute neurotoxic effects of lead may be related to elevated levels of porphyrin metabolites rather than a direct effect on peripheral nerve function.
This study has provided novel insight into the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the development of neuropathy following lead exposure. In addition, it also illustrates that neuropathy may occur as an isolated manifestation of lead toxicity and highlights the vulnerability of the peripheral nervous system to lead intoxication.
Dr William Huynh is currently completing a PhD investigating the mechanisms of neuroplasticity following stroke in human patients in the Kiernan Group at NeuRA.
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Outdoor Interests: Wilderness in Williamson County
Recreational activities and fun for the whole family await in Williamson County.
By Kelly Rogers on December 16, 2020
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In 2020, life as we knew it changed. With the global pandemic affecting seemingly every aspect of life, it was inevitable that there would be side effects – both positive and negative.
While social interactions and retail outings decreased dramatically, family time and outdoor adventures increased significantly. Tired of being cooped up indoors, many families took up hiking, biking and other outdoor hobbies to get some much-needed exercise, fresh air and family time. Williamson County offers countless opportunities for its residents to enjoy the outdoors.
Williamson County is ripe with options for avid hikers and cyclists, from the meticulously maintained Brentwood Trail System, which can be accessed at the Brentwood Public Library, to Natchez Trace Parkway, not to mention various park trails.
Crockett Park, Timberland Park and Marcella Vivrette Smith Park all offer incredible trails and greenways for residents to enjoy.
"Timberland Park is an extraordinary passive park," says Kerri Hudson, public information coordinator for Williamson County Parks and Recreation. "Guests to the park are in awe of the beauty of the area and intrigued by the surrounding wildlife."
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Alexander Trail in Thompson's Station features beautiful forestry and wildflowers. A bit shorter in length (1.4 miles), it's a great, easy option for kids.
One of the more exciting new developments in Williamson County is the opening of a new mountain biking trail in Franklin. The first in the county, this trail system spreads across 4.72 acres of scenic, hilly land and features beginner and intermediate routes. In the coming years, there are plans to expand the trail to adjacent areas.
When it comes to outdoor recreation, a day spent at one of the parks in Williamson County is a must, especially for families. Younger kids can enjoy the playground while the older ones can play with a soccer ball or toss around a Frisbee.
Williamson County boasts an extensive 16-park system, further contributing to the family-friendliness of the county as a whole.
Plus, for families looking for a little adventure, they can head over to SOAR Adventure Tower, a 50-foot-tall, a 10,000-square-foot ariel adventure park that opened in Franklin in August 2015.
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In addition to a vertical ropes course, SOAR offers an 18-hole mini-golf course with musical instruments and notes placed throughout the green.
Kevin and Colleen Vanderkolk opened SOAR and are the first people to bring this European-style ropes course to North America.
The more than 100 climbing elements available are keeping people of all ages entertained and eager to return.
For more information, visit soaradventuretowerfranklin.com.
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The community in Williamson County truly bands together to ensure that the area's parks are safe and in good repair. Friends of Franklin Parks, a nonprofit organization, works closely with the city and its parks department to help raise money for special projects. To learn more, visit friendsoffranklinparks.org.
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Ready for a quick hike on Alexander Trail? Here are a few bits of helpful information:
– Favorable for all skill levels
– Most enjoyable between February and October
– Dogs are welcome (just remember to bring a leash)
– 95% of Franklin residents rate the area's park system as important to their quality of life
If you'd like to learn more about the Williamson County area, check out the latest edition of Livability Williamson County, TN.
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But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
I just sing. You have to use it.
I sing around the house, in the shower.
I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.
Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.
When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.


Background: A couple weeks ago, brainiacfive quite logically decided that, since Man of Steel apparently went the "dark and gritty" route with Superman, clearly the only place left for them to go in adding Batman into the mix was for him to be Wacky Adam West Batman.
Me: Twitter is full of Ben Affleck being Batman.
Him: Wait. So Ben Affleck will be Wacky Adam West Batman?
Me: Apparently so. Which, actually, since just about the only character of his I particularly liked was the guy playing Mercutio in Shakespeare in Love... I mean, obviously not in the same way, but he is rather flamboyantly funny. But with snark.
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NAMED ORGANIC REACTIONS
< Mannich reaction Table of contents Michael addition : Exercises >
MICHAEL ADDITION
* The Michael reaction is the conjugate 1,4-addition of a resonance stabilized carbanion (michael donor) to an activated α,β-unsaturated compound (michael acceptor).
Michael donors:
The Michael donors contain active -CH2 (methylene) group or -CH group. The acidic nature of methylene group is enhanced by the electron withdrawing groups (EWG) like: keto, cyano, nitro, carboxylic acid derivatice etc.
E.g. Active methylene compounds like Malonates (e.g.Diethyl malonate), β-keto esters (e.g.Acetoacetic ester) etc., are some of the examples for Michael donors.
Michael acceptors:
Not only α,β-unsaturated ketones, however, and also esters; nitriles; sulfones; and compounds with activated double bonds can act as Michael acceptors. Vinyl ketones, alkyl acrylates, acrylo nitrile, fumarates etc., are some examples.
* A strong base is employed to generate enolate ion from Michael donor. The bases used in the reaction include: alkoxides, LDA, NaOH, KOH etc., in protic solvents like alcohols.
* Michael addition is a thermodynamically controlled conjugate 1,4 addition reaction and competes with kinetically controlled 1,2 addition to C=O. At low temperatures, 1,2 additon occurs predominantly. But at higher temperatures, the michael addition is the preferred route.
MICHAEL ADDITION : MECHANISM
* Initially a resonance stabilized enolate ion (nucleophile) is produced from Michael donor in presence of a strong base.
It is added to the 4th carbon of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound and thus by giving a new enolate, which usually yields the final compound upon hydrolytic workup.
Note: The final product formed in protic workup appears to be a 3,4-addition product.
* The conjugate 1,4-addition product is thermodynamically controlled and occurs predominantly at relatively higher temperatures. But a kinetically controlled 1,2-addition is also possible which is preferred at low temperatures as shown below.
1) Michael addition of diethyl malonate with methyl vinyl ketone followed by protic workup yields a 1,5-dicarbonyl compound.
Note: Hydrolysis of ester groups and decarboxylation occurs in the final step.
2) Ethyl acetoacetate (acetoacetic ester) can be used as michael donor.
3) In the following reaction, Michael addition of diethyl malonate to mesityl oxide yields a 5-Oxocarboxylic acid.
4) Usually more substituted alpha-carbon of Michael donor is involved in the addition.
5) Robinson annulation involves, the Michael addition followed by intramolecular aldol condensation as illustrated below.
6) Both cis and trans isomers are possible in Michael addition involving alkynes.
7) Michael additions to extended conjugate systems is also observed. Following is an example of 1,6-addition.
8) Nitroalkanes with α-hydrogens are excellent Michael donors. The Michael addition of nitromethane with acrylonitrile is one such example. In this case, three moles of acrylonitrile are involved in the addition.
9) Enamines are excellent Michael donors. These are usually generated by treating carbonyl compounds with pyrrolidine. The reaction of enamines with michael acceptors is also known as Stork-Enamine reaction.
10) Bicyclo[2.2.2]octane systems can be prepared by double michael addition as illustrated below.
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St Lawrence Surgery is celebrating 70 years of the NHS with a community event for everyone in Worthing.
Street doctors and nurses will be offering advice and there will be a cinematic experience showing videos of the NHS over the years.
The celebration will be on Thursday, July 5, from 2pm to 4pm, at the surgery, on the corner of St Lawrence Avenue and Rectory Road, Tarring.
Josiane Wadey, practice business manager, said: "We are open to all residents of Worthing, not just our patients on this day.
There will be resuscitation training, free health checks, refreshments, historic medical equipment, emergency vehicles and self-care education.
Late health checks will be available from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.