On Nov. 4, 36 states across the country held their gubernatorial elections. In the East region, incumbent governors who were re-elected include Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
But in Pennsylvania, the Republican incumbent, Gov. Tom Corbett, lost his re-election to Democratic challenger Tom Wolf. And in Maryland, where Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley is term-limited, Republican candidate Larry Hogan won the gubernatorial race. In Massachusetts, where Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick opted not to seek re-election, Republican Charlie Baker was elected as the next governor.
In Rhode Island, Democratic Gov. Lincoln Chafee did not seek re-election and Gina Raimondo, another Democrat, was elected as the next governor. Additionally, in Washington, D.C., Democrat Muriel Bowser, who beat incumbent Mayor Vincent Gray in the April primary, won the general election.
In the East region, where most insurance commissioners and superintendents get appointed to their posts, the regulators are expected to stay on for the most part, an industry participant forecast.
"I don't see Nov. 4 elections resulting in a draconian change of regulatory leaders in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region," said Oyango Snell, counsel, state government relations, at Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.
One change that could take place is in Maryland, where Insurance Commissioner Therese Goldsmith, who was appointed by O'Malley in 2011, will see her four-year term end on May 31, 2015. "We do not expect that she will stay on more," Snell forecast.
In Massachusetts, where insurance commissioner serves at the pleasure of the governor, Governor-Elect Baker's plan for current commissioner Joseph Murphy is unknown at this time, said Snell.
In Vermont, the governor's race will be decided by the state legislature next January in accordance with the state's constitution because no candidate has received a minimum of 50 percent, plus one vote. Still, the legislature is likely to give the election to the Democratic incumbent, Gov. Peter Shumlin, since he received more votes than his Republican challenger. "Tradition dictates that the legislature choose the winner of the popular vote as the winner," said Snell. That means Susan Donegan, commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, who serves at the pleasure of the governor, is expected to return as well.
Other than these cases, "the rest, we believe, will probably remain the same" in the East region, said Snell. In Pennsylvania, Snell said it's "more likely than not" that Michael Consedine, who was appointed by Corbett in 2011, will stay on as insurance commissioner, adding that Consedine's national leadership would weigh heavily. Consedine currently serves as vice president at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). He also serves on the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance and is active in the ongoing efforts by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors to develop global insurance standards.
"It's a significant achievement for the state to have someone at the leadership level at a national organization like NAIC," said Snell.


Five Star Swim School was established by co-owners Darius and Boris. Coming from backgrounds of over 20 years of experience with aquatics, health, and wellness, they had both gotten into teaching swim lessons. They met in 2005 as they were mutually working at a local New Jersey swim facility. It was there that they realized their love for swimming and saw the joy it brought to families. They had a passion for excellence and decided to put their minds together to build their own swim school. After spending a great deal of time planning, they developed their curriculum and business model. Their idea became Five Star! The first location was opened in October 2010 in Eatontown, NJ. Since that time the business has expanded and grown. Locations opened in 2014 (Edison, NJ), 2016 (Lehigh Valley, PA), and 2018 (Princeton, NJ). The company is planning to continue growing in NJ and other states in the near future.
The owners understand the value of family. They both have their young children enrolled in swim lessons at Five Star. This allows them to see the business from the perspective of a parent. As fathers, they understand how important safety is and the many benefits you can get from aquatic activities.
They are grateful for their dedicated staff who have allowed them to focus on improving and expanding the business. Thanks to them, they are able to enjoy this entrepreneurial journey. They strive to be the most innovative swim school and be able to help families and their children achieve aquatic goals efficiently and effectively.


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Ground broken on 'world's biggest cricket stadium' in India
Indian construction firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been selected as the principal contractor for a project to redevelop the Sardar Patel Stadium in Gujarat, India.
SapuraKencana subsidiaries win orders worth $300M in Malaysia
Oilfield services company SapuraKencana Petroleum has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiaries secured contracts worth about $300M in Malaysia [Kuala Lumpur pictured].
ABB secures $640M order for Indian power transmission project
Swiss power and automation technology company ABB has secured an order worth over $640M from the Power Grid Corporation of India to construct a transmission link that will have the capacity to bring reliable electricity to more than 80M of people in India.
Samling-Ekovest JV chosen for $471.2M Malaysian highway
Ekovest Construction (ECSB) and Samling Resources (SRSB) have signed a joint venture (JV) and shareholders agreement to develop and upgrade a stretch of the Pan Borneo highway in Sarawak, Malaysia.
L&T's construction arm bags $446.8M worth of orders in India
The construction arm of Indian conglomerate L&T has bagged INR30.39bn ($446.8M) worth of orders across its various business segments.

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Q: Get N last rows from table with one stored procedure I want get N last rows from table with one stored procedure.
My stored procedure has some parameters like @PageNumber and @RowCount and etc.
I have 2 problems :

*

*I need to count the rows and results in my user interface because I want to limit my user when he is in last page and press next page.

*I want my user can press last page when he is in other page.
Tip: I don't want to execute my stored procedure twice to get the results and row count because it creates dynamic and need long time for execution.
For more description I most say that my sp is like :
Create Procedure TestSelectBill
(
    @PageNumber int = 1 ,
    @RowCount int = 5
)
As
Begin
    Select
        *
    From billing.BillMaster As BM
    Where
    ( Bm.SubscribeId = '12345674' )
    Order by SubscribeId
    OFFSET @PageNumber * @RowCount ROWS
    FETCH NEXT @RowCount ROWS ONLY;
End

A: You can use Row_Number() in your query and order SubscribeId descending and row[0]["RowNumber"] is total count
like this:
Select
        *  ,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( ORDER BY SubscribeId DESC) as RowNumber
    From billing.BillMaster As BM
    Where
    ( Bm.SubscribeId = '12345674' )
    Order by SubscribeId
    OFFSET @PageNumber * @RowCount ROWS
    FETCH NEXT @RowCount ROWS ONLY;

A: That is my solution:
Select
  COUNT() OVER ( ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) as RowNumber,
    *
From billing.BillMaster As BM
Where
( Bm.SubscribeId = '12345674' )
Order by SubscribeId
OFFSET (@PageNumber - 1) * @RowCount ROWS
FETCH NEXT @RowCount ROWS ONLY;

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After a decade in the hair and beauty industry, Kevin Gatto opened his upscale and eco-friendly boutique salon in chic Collingswood, New Jersey in 2007. A renowned stylist, in demand for TV and editorial, Kevin used his knowledge and skills to build Verde into one of New Jersey's premier salons. Kevin decided to attend ARROJO Expo in October of 2015 and, taking part in the business symposium, was inspired by Nick Arrojo's discussion on the business and the craft. So much so that he soon became an ARROJO Ambassador Salon. With the ARROJO Product Line now flying off the Verde shelves, we caught up with Kevin to see what's up. . .
How many stylists do you currently employ?
I'm happy to say we're a growing team. We have fourteen stylists, two associates, and two client coordinators who run the front desk. We've been in business 8.5 years and I'm proud of the team we've built.
What has been your greatest achievement within your business?
We have won numerous Best of's (Blowout, Mani/Pedi, Bridal, Holistic Salon, etc.) but for me personally it was being featured in American Salon Magazine. I look at American Salon as my bible in the industry and it was always a dream to be featured in it so seeing a story about us in it was a career highlight.
Overall though it's been amazing to see not only our growth as a company, but seeing my team grow personally and professionally.
As we close in our 10 year anniversary in 2017, I am looking forward to expanding my salon into a bigger location as well as opening others in the Philadelphia and Jersey Shore markets. We are in the planning stages now for several projects. Becoming an ARROJO Ambassador Salon has been and will continue to be a big part of our success as a company.
What has been your most exciting time as an ARROJO Ambassador Salon?
My introduction to the ARROJO culture was in October 2015 at the Business Success Symposium at Expo. I went in not knowing what to expect, and was blown away by how Nick brought us together not to sell us product, but to inspire us to be better versions of ourselves. Being able to network with like minded salon professionals who want to see others grow is unique in this industry. Nearly six months later, I am still moved and inspired by the talks given by Josh McMitchen, Jessica Walter, and Derek Maldonado. They energized me as an owner and inspired me to believe that maybe someday I too will be on that stage with Nick!
We as a salon team have attended a few Happy Mondays, and the Expose in Philadelphia. Each time we are left inspired and motivated for more success. I am looking forward to attending technical classes this year with my team and spending more time in NYC for other ARROJO events.
One of the most exciting moments for us was when Nick surprised us and stopped in the salon to meet the team. It was a busy Thursday evening and the clients and my stylists were beyond excited to see Nick just pop in. A local blog even commented on the major TV celebrity walking around town! To me that really speaks volumes on Nick's character, he loves meeting everyone, and making them feel a part of the ARROJO community. He could have chosen a bigger salon in the area to be an Ambassador salon, but knowing he genuinely appreciated our talent and culture as a salon gave us a sense of pride I had not felt in a long time.
What else would you like to say?!
Our journey with Nick and the ARROJO team has only just begun. In the short time we have been an Ambassador Salon we have seen a significant increase in our retail sales and overall shift in morale. We absolutely love being a part of the ARROJO family, and are excited about the future. I cannot say enough good things about how great it has been working with Nick and his right hand man, Gordon Nelson. They are both committed to not only our success with the ARROJO brand but as a business. Their insights are invaluable to me as I take my salon to the next level.
If you live, work, or travel though Collingswood, New Jersey, we highly recommend Verde for all your hair care services. Visit their Website, here.


Upcoming Events – Week of March 18th – https://mailchi.mp/043268501326/upcoming-events-week-of-march-18th Live Music with Montello North and Cupcake and Beer Pairing!
Plenty of cans available – stop by and grab a 4 pack for the weekend! Our bottled Russian Imperial Stout is also aging beautifully – make sure you grab some while they last!
Having a Conductor and watching football in NH.
Our Taproom will be open tomorrow, New Years Eve, from 12-5 with a selection of cans, Growlers and Pours available. Food will be limited to Pretzels only. Come get your fresh beverages for your New Years Celebrations!
We are open today from 12-5 and will have the Patriots game on. Come on by! We will also be open tomorrow, New Years Eve from 12-5 with a selection of cans, Growlers and Pours available. Food will be limited to Pretzels only. Come get your fresh beverages for your New Years Celebrations!
Tonight – Friday, December 28th from 8:00 -10:00pm, we have Trivia from the brain trust at TickTock Trivia! It's wicked fun! Make sure you come by and check it out!
Hats, T-Shirt's, Sweatshirts, Glasses & More! All available at the Brewery today! Bring in the New Year with Shovel Town Brewery swag!


MUNICH, GERMANY, August 27, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ — Known for its selvedge and innovation strengths, the US Group is now focusing on using technology to enhance more great denim styles from the past with new comfort, performance, sustainability and fashion benefits.
The US group has been around more than 40 years, Pakistan's top denim and twill exporter for 20, and at the leading edge of denim technologies for 10. Its brands – US Denim Mills for fabrics and US Apparel and Textiles for garments -have been building on their reputations for reliability to become recognized as fabric pioneers.
This year, the Lahore-based company's inventions are targeting the authentic styles that helped launch denim into the 1970s. A range of fundamental denim fashions, including rigid and office-smart as well as selvedge, are being re-imagined to create greater sustainability, refine vintage styles and take advantage of advanced fibers and weaves.
As well as revamping processes for dramatic reductions in water use, while moving to harm-free chemicals, US Group is boosting organic production of the Punjab's famous bottom-wear cotton to satisfy the fashion industry's increasing demand.
More recycled denim is being produced – including super-soft jeans that re-use the fluff that flies during weaving. Further techniques are being perfected to allow even more post-consumer up-cycling. And new fabrics are being invented to utilize discarded bottles, unwanted poultry down-feathers, and even collected spider silk!
With a huge collection of antique selvedge looms, the US Group is developing alternative-natural fiber, flex and high-tech options for this increasingly popular fabric choice.
New additions to US Group's catalogue of other old-school re-creations range from a laid-back look with custom yarn imperfections, to a subtle stretch office standard, to a new archetypal rigid defined by an evident twill line.
Lycra weaves are delivering numerous new stretch denim possibilities. Alternative natural fibers are being blended, spun and woven for coziness. And thermal-management yarns are being incorporated for seasonal warmth.
New additions to the US Group catalogue now allow designers to explore all kinds of stretch comfort for authentic denim styles. See us at Munich Fabric Start Bluezone September 2017 Booth #C-31 for a look at our latest SEASON-FREE Denim Character2 Collection.
US Denim harnessing the latest textile technologies for greater comfort, performance and sustainability in authentic denim looks.


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After 90 years, it's time for the ERA
Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Jackie Speier (D-CA)gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court Thursday morning to demand that the Equal Rights Amendment finally pass.
As Ms Magazine writes, "The congresswomen, along with Feminist Majority president (and publisher of Ms.) Ellie Smeal, NOW president Terry O'Neill and other feminist leaders and activists, called on legislators to codify women's equality in the constitution. As a reminder of the anti-woman rhetoric that has lately informed public policy, Rep. Speier quoted Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia, "Certainly the constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex, the only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn't."
"She continued,
A justice of the Supreme Court has said publicly that the constitution does not prohibit discrimination based on sex, and that is precisely why we need the ERA. Those words should haunt every woman in this country.
"The good news, she said, is that "equality is only 24 words away," referencing the text of the ERA:
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
"The congresswomen have each introduced ERA-related legislation. In March, Rep. Speier called on legislators to remove the deadline by which states must ratify the amendment (the last deadline was June 1982, and by that date the ERA was just three states shy of passing). If passed, her bill would give those last three states a chance to ratify the amendment. Continue reading "After 90 years, it's time for the ERA"
The Twitter and Google boy's clubs
From PC Magazine: "Twitter's global workforce is about as diverse as those of its big-name peers in the tech biz, which is to say, not very diverse at all. The microblogging site, following the lead of companies like Google and Yahoo, on Wednesday released some raw numbers about the gender and ethnic makeup of its roughly 3,000 employees. As with those companies, it turns out that Twitter's workforce skews very heavily male and white.
"To wit, Twitter's workforce is 70 percent male and 30 percent female. That disparity grows even more pronounced in tech-related jobs at the company, which are held by nine times as many men as women, while leadership roles at Twitter come in at 79 percent for men and 21 percent for women.
"Google, which released its own diversity data in May, reported the same 70-to-30 ratio of men to women among its own roughly 52,000-strong workforce. Yahoo reported last month that the gender diversity among its more than 12,000 employees also skews male but not as much—the company's worldwide workforce is 62 percent men and 37 percent women. Facebook also recently released a breakdown of gender and ethnic diversity in its workforce, reporting similar numbers to Twitter, Google, and Yahoo.
"If gender disparities at Twitter and other Silicon Valley companies are striking, the lack of ethnic diversity at those outfits is just as pronounced, if not more so, going by the self-reported numbers.
Before Twitter joined the party, both Google and Yahoo reported that their workforces were predominantly white and Asian— 91 percent at Google (61 percent white, 30 percent Asian) and 89 percent at Yahoo (50 percent white, 39 percent Asian). African-Americans and Latinos combined to make up just 5 percent of the employees at Google and just 6 percent at Yahoo.
Twitter's workforce came in at 59 percent white and 29 percent Asian, with African-Americans, Latinos, and people with other ethnicities representing just a fraction of those numbers.
"The current numbers may be stark, but Twitter, like Google and Yahoo before it, pledged to work to better diversify its workforce going forward."[R]esearch shows that more diverse teams make better decisions, and companies with women in leadership roles produce better financial results. But we want to be more than a good business; we want to be a business that we are proud of," Janet Van Huysse, vice president of Diversity and Inclusion at Twitter, wrote in a blog post.
"To that end, we are joining some peer companies by sharing our ethnic and gender diversity data. And like our peers, we have a lot of work to do."Van Huysse didn't lay out any specific plans for enacting more diverse hiring at Twitter but did list some "employee-led groups putting a ton of effort into the cause" at the company. These include affinity groups like WomEng (women in engineering), SWAT (super women at Twitter), TwUX (Twitter women in design), Blackbird (Tweeps of color), TwitterOpen (LGBTQ folks), and Alas (Latino and Latina employees), she said."
More at: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2461300,00.asp
Harassment in the sciences
Most women working in the sciences face sexual assault and harassment while conducting field work, according to a study released Wednesday that is the first to investigate the subject, MotherJones reports:
"The report surveyed 516 women (and 142 men) working in various scientific fields, including archeology, anthropology, and biology. Sixty-four percent of the women said they had been sexually harassed while working
at field sites, and one out of five said they had been victims of sexual assault. The study found that the harassers and assailants were usually supervisors. Ninety percent of the women who were harassed were young undergraduates, post-graduates, or post-doctoral students.
"Our main findings…suggest that at least some field sites are not safe, nor inclusive," Kate Clancy, the lead author of the study, said in a statement. "We worry this is at least one mechanism driving women from science." Many university science programs require students to complete fieldwork. Those who do work in the field are more likely to receive research grants. Consequently, women scientists "are put in a vulnerable position, afraid that reporting harassment or abuse will risk their research and a professional relationship often critical to their academic funding or career," the Washington Post noted.
"The study comes as Congress investigates the response of US colleges to campus sexual harassment and assault. Two out of five colleges and universities have not conducted any sexual assault investigations in the past five years, according to arecent survey by the office of Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).
"Men vastly outnumber women in the sciences. According to Census data, women make up only about a quarter of the workforce in science, technology, engineering and math fields."
More at: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/07/women-scientists-sexual-harassment-assault-plos-one
President Barack Obama will sign two new executive orders on equal pay for women Tuesday, Politico reports. The executive actions coincide with "Equal Pay Day" — the date that symbolizes
how far into 2014 women must work to earn the same amount of money men earned last year.
The Huffington Post reports that:"Both executive orders mirror provisions of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which Congress has twice failed to pass. One would prohibit federal contractors from retaliating against employees who share their salary information with each other. The provision is inspired by Lilly Ledbetter, the namesake of the first bill Obama signed on equal pay in 2009, who worked for nearly 20 years at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. before discovering that men in her same job with equal or lesser experience were earning significantly more money than she was.
"The second executive order will instruct the Department of Labor to create new regulations requiring federal contractors to report wage-related data to the government, in the hope that it will hold them more accountable for salary differences based on sex or race.
"Women who work full time in the U.S. make an average of 77 cents for every dollar men make — a number that has remained stagnant for a decade. Researchers who have taken into account factors that may contribute to that gap, including industry, education, college major and location, still find that men get paid 7 percent more than women, according to the American Association of University Women, a non-profit that works to increase equity for women and girls. The gap widens over the course of a woman's career, especially if she has a college degree. Continue reading "Equal pay day"
Hollywood's diversity problem
A new study by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University has
confirmedwhat so many critics have long-observed about diversity in Hollywood: even in 2014, it is virtually nonexistent.
Salon reports that the study says that "only 15 percent of the year's 100 top-grossing films featured women in leading roles, a rate that has barely changed from 2002, when the Center's executive director Martha M. Lauzen first began to study the numbers. Beyond lead roles, only 30 percent of speaking roles belong to women, which has risen by only a few percentage points in about 80 years. Lauzen explained the findings to the New York Times:
"We think of Hollywood as a very progressive place and a bastion of liberal thought," she said. "But when you look at the numbers and the representation of women onscreen, that's absolutely not the case. The film industry does not like change."
Ms. Lauzen also found consistencies over the last decade in the number of roles given to African-American, Latina and Asian actresses: last year they accounted for, respectively, 14 percent, 5 percent and 2 percent of all female characters. Those figures also have barely wavered from 2002.
Ms. Lauzen attributed the lack of growth in the number of leading female characters to the relative paucity of women in key roles behind the scenes: since 1998, she has found that women have consistently accounted for roughly 17 percent of writers, directors and producers.
"Lauzen's findings highlight why it's so important to have diversity not just on screen, but within the staff of a project. This is not just a problem in film, however; it is a problem that encompasses the entire entertainment industry: Offering a comprehensive look at the dismal record of diversity among leading television programmer HBO, the Huffington Post's Maureen Ryan wrote last week, "If one focuses only on the last dozen years at AMC, FX, Showtime, Netflix and HBO, around 12 percent of the creators and narrative architects in the dramatic realm were women."
More at: http://www.salon.com/2014/03/11/hollywoods_depressing_gender_problem_new_study_shows_its_barely_improving/
Not just about girls
If this 5-foot high schooler could create anything, it would be a machine. "The machine would remove the sexist attitudes of boys," Sophie tells me. Males walk in one end and come out the other free of macho thoughts. She laughs. As Richard Liu writes on MSNBC.com,
"That was after years of crying. Sophie had a tough childhood. She was the daughter that her parents gave away. Now the 14-year-old fights for gender equality, recently helping a friend with a 32-year-old man who was making advances.
"Sophie is part of Plan International's "Because I am a Girl" campaign to empower and educate girls about their equal rights to education, health care, and violence-free environments. One of the campaign's lessons is that the solution is not only in Sophie's or other girls' hands. Men and boys have a crucial leadership role in the fight for gender equality. One half of it. A half that is widely untapped.
"Noah, a high school graduate, is one exception. "I am part of society," he says. "If I change, I change society." Noah started a group for high school guys to speak out against gender violence. He believes the problem and solution starts with him – that stopping gender violence means stopping boys and men.
"Understanding gender inequality also means understanding political and economic power dynamics that favor men. Men control 81% of Congress. Men hold 95% of Fortune 500 CEO titles. Men occupy 70% of state judge seats. It's men and boys (soon to be men) in the driver's seat. It's men who are obligated to help create change. This isn't a gender war. Gender equality is not about women fighting men, about women taking from men, or men losing parts of themselves. When men speak out against gender inequality brought on by disadvantageous economic, cultural or legal contexts, it's a declaration that equality must be the result of a joint – not antagonistic – leadership effort. Continue reading "Not just about girls"
Oscar's gender
In an ideal world, there would be no Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.No Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress either. In this hypothetical Hollywood, recognition is bestowed for the most masterful performance of the year—gender regardless.
But as Pacific Standards reports today, "Obviously, we don't live in that world. Despite all the Jennifer
Lawrences and Melissa McCarthys, Hollywood is still dominated by a conspicuous gender bias. Swedish cinemas made news in November after several adopted the Bechdel test to identify gender bias in the material of various films—going so far as to exclude failing films from cinema lineups. It's certainly a problem worth addressing, but perhaps the gravest examples of Hollywood gender bias lie behind the scenes.
"The New York Film Academy compiled this helpful infographic to illustrate some of the more shocking statistics. Among them:
In the top 500 films produced from 2007 to 2012, only 30.8 percent of speaking roles are filled by women.
Only 10.7 percent of those films featured a gender-balanced cast (half of the characters being female).
There are 2.25 working actors for every working actress in Hollywood today.
Ninety-one percent of working directors are male.
Eighty-five percent of working screenwriters are male.
Eighty-three percent of executive producers are male.
Ninety-eight percent of cinematographers are male.
Only 35 women were nominated for Academy Awards in 2013, as opposed to 140 men. There were no women nominated for directing, cinematography, film editing, original screenplays, or original scores.
Seventy-seven percent of voters in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are male. (Seventy-seven percent!) Continue reading "Oscar's gender"
Abortion under siege across America
A three-year surge in anti-abortion measures in more than half the states has altered the landscape for abortion access, with supporters and opponents agreeing that the new restrictions are shutting some clinics, threatening others and making it far more difficult in many regions to obtain the procedure.
Advocates for both sides are preparing for new political campaigns and court battles that could redefine the constitutional limits for curbing the right to abortion set by the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and later modifications by the Supreme Court.
On Monday, in a clash that is likely to reach the Supreme Court, a federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments on a Texas requirement that abortion doctors have admitting privileges at local hospitals — a measure that caused one-third of the state's abortion clinics to close, at least temporarily. As the New York Times today reports:
"Advocates for abortion rights, taking heart from recent signs in Virginia and New Mexico that proposals for strong or intrusive controls may alienate voters, hope to help unseat some Republican governors this year as well as shore up the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.
"Anti-abortion groups aim to consolidate their position in dozens of states and to push the Senate to support a proposal adopted by the Republican-controlled House for a nationwide ban on most abortions at 20 weeks after conception.
"I think we are at a potential turning point: Either access to abortion will be dramatically restricted in the coming year or perhaps the pushback will begin," said Suzanne Goldberg, director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia University.
"The anti-abortion groups, for their part, feel emboldened by new tactics that they say have wide public appeal even as they push the edges of Supreme Court guidelines, including costly clinic regulations and bans on late abortions."
More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/04/us/women-losing-access-to-abortion-as-opponents-gain-ground-in-state-legislatures.html?_r=0
On women Navy SEALS
Last month, three women became the first of their sex to graduate from the Marine Corps' famously grueling Advanced Infantry Training Course.The Marine Corps was asking a simple question by running small groups through these courses in experimental test batches, two to five women at a
time: Can the female body withstand the rigors of infantry training? The answer, these women showed, is that it can, as discussed i a recent article in The Atlantic
"So far much of the debate surrounding integration has focused on the physical capabilities of women, as if this were the singular issue. Admittedly the strain of infantry training, or even combat, is relatively easier for a 6-foot tall, 180-pound man, but there are women fit enough to survive these punishing courses. As for combat, well, if we've proved anything over the last decade of war, it's that women can sustain its rigors.
So if the barrier to integrating women into the infantry isn't a physical one then what is it?
"It's cultural. And that's why the infantry may not be the best place to start in military gender integration. Instead, as counterintuitive as it might sound, the military should begin with its Special Operations Forces: elite units such as the Green Berets and SEALs. Although not the obvious move, starting here would likely make for a smoother transition over all.
"Instead of being dropped into infantry culture, these women would prove their mettle in a more liberal special operations culture—and one with more cachet when it comes to convincing infantrymen of their tactical prowess. Continue reading "On women Navy SEALS"
Without sports ABC gains female viewers
The first initial in the ABC television network stands for "American," but it might well stand for "asterisk."
Paul Lee, a top ABC executive, says the network is the most watched by the target demographic, "if you take sports out." As the New York times reports, "this amounts to a footnote: "not counting sports."
"Among the four big broadcasters, ABC has competed this fall with no help from the N.F.L. and virtually no help from sports programming at all.
"What does it mean for a network to try to survive on a largely sports-free diet? Mainly, it means building a lifeline to women. Television viewing is widely dominated by women — every broadcast network but Fox has a majority female audience, as do the vast majority of cable networks. The scale is unusually tipped at ABC, where much of its sports programming has moved to ESPN, which shares the same parent, the Walt Disney Company.
"About 62 percent of the ABC audience is female. (CBS is the next most female-skewed at 57 percent.) More strikingly, the top five most popular shows among women are on ABC, as well as seven of the 10 most popular. All of those shows have an audience that is more than 70 percent female. (No. 1 is "Grey's Anatomy" with an audience just under 76 percent female.) Continue reading "Without sports ABC gains female viewers"
Millennial gender pessimism
About 75% of young women believe the US needs to do more to bring about equality in the workplace, a new study finds, despite a narrowing pay gap and steady employment gains for women at higher levels of business and government, reports an article in The guardian today.
"Those women remain as pessimistic as their mothers and grandmothers regarding gender equality in the workplace, according to the report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.
"The study finds that women under 32 now make 93% of what young men earn, aided by women's higher rates of college completion. But the analysis of census and labor data also shows the gender pay gap will widen for women by their mid-30s, if the experience of the past three decades is a guide.
"That widening gap is due in part to the many women who take time off or reduce their hours to start families. Other factors cited in the report are gender stereotyping, discrimination, weaker professional networks and women's hesitancy to aggressively push for raises and promotions, which together may account for 20% to 40% of the pay gap.
"Even so, just 15% of young women say they have been discriminated against because of their gender. Continue reading "Millennial gender pessimism"
Return of the gender gap
For decades, women scaled Gender Gap Mountain. Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963. Women attended law school to become lawyers, not paralegals – studied for the MCAT to be doctors, not nurses. They ascended to the C-Suite and filled corner offices.
As The New America Foundation reports today, "Turns out the Mountain has more than one peak – and its climbers today seem to be stagnating on a plateau. Recently, Debora Spar, the president of Barnard College and the author of the new book "Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection," sat down with Liza Mundy, director of New America's Work and Family Program to discuss why America still struggles with gender equality. Women now make up 67 percent of college graduates. Four in ten American families look to a woman as their primary breadwinner (and that number is rising, according to Mundy's book "The Richer Sex"). And yet, at least in the very upper echelons of the professional world, women hold only 15-20 percent of leadership positions. Those numbers are mirrored in the federal government, where women occupy only 20 of 100 Senate seats, comprise 17.9 percent of the House, and have yet to wage a victorious presidential campaign. Why can't qualified and competitive women get out of what Spar calls the "16 percent Ghetto"?
"Part of the answer, both Mundy and Spar suggest, lies in a persistent cultural expectation that women should be flawless, well-rounded robots. To illustrate the point, Mundy recalled interviewing a close friend of Hillary Clinton's for a profile back in 1999. When she asked the source how Clinton achieved balance in the early years of her career—excelling as both a mother and full-time lawyer—the friend admitted that "she was an indifferent housekeeper." The comment betrayed an outmoded, yet still-pervasive view of gender roles: Even when women work 60-hour weeks, they're still to blame for dirty dishes. Somewhere along the way to equality, feminism became "perfectionism."
"Rather than getting rid of the old expectations that feminism tried to liberate us from, we've actually held on to the old expectations – so that girls should be sweet, and pretty, and sparkly and princesses," Spar said. "But we've added to them: and they should play soccer, and be really smart, and start their own NGOs." Continue reading "Return of the gender gap"
ADHD labels and gender
A girl with ADHD may be labeled Chatty Cathy — the enthusiastic school-aged girl who is always telling stories to friends. Or she could be the daydreamer — the smart, shy teenager with the disorganized locker, repots WebMD:
"But what happens when she grows up? Or when her ADHD isn't diagnosed until she's a woman? Is her experience different from what men with ADHD go through?
"In some people, the signs of ADHD seem obvious — fidgeting constantly, difficulty paying attention in school or at work, and leaving tasks unfinished. For others, particularly those without behaviors problems, ADHD may be more difficult to diagnose. The symptoms of ADHD may mimic those of other conditions, and sometimes the signs are subtler and harder to distinguish. One psychiatrist, Daniel Amen, MD, believes that to get a truly accurate diagnosis of ADHD, it is necessary to look inside the…
"The issues adults with ADHD have mirror those in the population as a whole, says Stephanie Sarkis, PhD, a psychotherapist in Boca Raton, Fla. For example, she says men with ADHD tend to have more car accidents, suspensions in school, substance abuse, and anger and behavioral issues, compared to women with ADHD. But men are more prone to these kinds of issues in general, regardless of ADHD. Women with ADHD are more prone to eating disorders, obesity, low self-esteem,depression, and anxiety. But they do in the general population, as well.
" These challenges also often play out in different areas of their lives. Men with ADHD may have problems at work, unable to complete their tasks or getting mad too easily at subordinates, says Anthony Rostain, MD, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Women, on the other hand, are more likely to see conflicts at home. Kathleen Nadeau, PhD, a clinical psychologist and director of the Chesapeake ADHD Center of Maryland in Silver Spring, says her female ADHD patients, especially mothers, come to her in a "constant state of overwhelm." Continue reading "ADHD labels and gender"
Who writes for the Times?
This past week 26 men and 10 women wrote for the New York Times. A new blog is keeping track of these numbers, as discussed below:
"The glaring disparity between men and women writers contributing to large, influential media publications has reared its ugly head once again. But this time, we can watch along in real time.
"Launched this week, Who Writes For The New York Times? tracks the bylines on the Times' online front page, breaks down the writers by gender and refreshes every five minutes.
Andrew Briggs, the creator of WhoWritesFor (its common designation), credits his inspiration for the site to reading a 2011 study by literary organization VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. "The Count," as it is called, annually charts gender disparities across media giants such as The Atlantic, Boston Review and Harper's. From i's beginnings in 2009 to its most recent 2012 report, VIDA has consistently found that men have more bylines, write more reviews and have more reviews written about their work than women do. Briggs explained his reaction to the study and his new site in an interview with The First Bound:
I think that was really the first time the idea of an imbalance in voice occurred to me. I don't think [The New York Times has] deliberately imbalanced voices, but rather this is the kind of thing that happens when the people in charge aren't really paying attention. Continue reading "Who writes for the Times?"
The gendered price of success
This is depressing, but not exactly shocking. New research suggests that many men get depressed when women in their lives thrive.
As the story in today's WebMD reports: "Men tend to feel worse about themselves when their wives or girlfriends succeed, with their self-esteem sagging rather than basking in the glory of their partners' accomplishments. That's the conclusion of a study published online recently in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
"A series of social experiments revealed that men's subconscious self-esteem bruises easily when their partner succeeds in a task, even if they're not competing against each other in that task, said study lead author Kate Ratliff.
"It makes sense that a man might feel threatened if his girlfriend outperforms him in something they're doing together, such as trying to lose weight," said Ratliff, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Florida.
"But this research found evidence that men automatically interpret a partner's success as their own failure, even when they're not in direct competition," she added in a news release from the American Psychological Association. At the same time, a male partner's success had no effect at all on a woman's self-esteem, the researchers found.
"We sort of expected that women would internalize the success of their partner and actually feel better if their partner succeeded, but we found that nothing was going on," Ratliff said. "It could be that women are used to the idea that men are expected to be successful, so when they are it's no big deal." The study involved 896 people in five experiments conducted in the United States and the Netherlands. The first experiment included 32 couples at the University of Virginia who took a problem-solving test. Then they were told that their partner scored either in the top or bottom 12 percent of all university students. Participants did not receive information about their own performance.
"The news of their partners' success or failure did not affect how participants said they consciously felt about themselves, which the study authors referred to as "explicit self-esteem." But, tests gauging "implicit self-esteem" — a person's unconscious and unspoken sense of self — found that men who believed that their partner had scored in the top 12 percent had significantly lower self-esteem than men who believed their partner had scored in the bottom 12 percent.
"I want to be clear — this really isn't the case that men are saying, 'I'm so upset my partner did well.' The men aren't acting different toward their partners. It's not like the men are being jerks," Ratliff said. "It's just hurting their sense of self to be in a relationship with someone who has experienced a success."
More at: http://men.webmd.com/news/20130830/in-showdowns-between-sexes-male-ego-bruises-easily?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Skin cancer more common in men
Cancer Research UK said each year, the most serious type of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, kills 1,300 men and 900 women, a gap expected to widen, reports the BBC.Far more men than women are dying from skin cancer, despite similar numbers being diagnosed with the disease, a report from European scientists suggests.
"A reason could be men delaying seeking help, but biology may also play a part. Prof Julia Newton-Bishop, a Cancer Research UK dermatologist, suspects women have stronger immune systems.German researchers have already identified a gene that appears to make men, but not women, more susceptible to melanoma. Prof Newton-Bishop, from the University of Leeds, said: "Research has suggested the difference between the sexes could be in part because men are more likely to be diagnosed when melanoma is at a more advanced stage.
"But there also seem to be strong biological reasons behind the differences, and we're working on research to better understand why men and women's bodies deal with their melanomas in different ways. "Stage for stage, men do less well with this cancer so there's something very important that this is telling us about how the body deals it. "We think it is something to do with the immune system rather than hormones because pre- and post-menopausal fare the same." Continue reading "Skin cancer more common in men"
This week in workplace discrimination
Fifteen percent of U.S. working women say they have at some point felt passed over for a promotion or opportunity at work because of their gender, while 85% say they have never felt that way, according to a Gallup report released today.
"These perceptions are similar by age, educational attainment, and employment in a professional or non-professional job.
"Republican women and conservative women are slightly less likely than all other groups of women to feel they
have been passed over for a promotion due to their gender. They are also less likely to have felt gender discrimination in obtaining raises. Liberal women are the only group to perceive more gender discrimination in both promotions and raises than their demographic or socioeconomic counterparts. Together, these findings reveal that there may be some political or ideological issues at play in perceptions of gender fairness in the workplace.
"Thirteen percent of U.S. working women say they feel they have been denied a raise due to their gender. But again, the vast majority of working women do not see this as an issue.
"These data, from Gallup's annual Work and Education survey, conducted Aug. 7-11, 2013, highlight workplace gender issues that have been feverishly debated recently — especially in the media. However, the data reveal that most women do not perceive that they have been a victim of gender bias at work when it comes to promotions and raises in particular.
"When Gallup asked working men the same questions, they were much less likely to say they felt they were denied a promotion or raise because of their gender. Eight percent of working men feel their gender has prevented them from getting a promotion and 4% believe they have been denied a raise for the same reason. Thus, this phenomenon is something that disproportionately affects women. Continue reading "This week in workplace discrimination"
Gender inequality in movie acting
While it's not surprising that women in the entertainment industry earn less than their male counterparts, the extent of that gender pay gap is extraordinary given that the combined earnings of this year's top actors is up more than 15% since 2009, and at its highest level in five years.
This year's Forbes' list of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors banked a collective $465 million, almost two and a half times more than what the top-paid actresses brought in. As Forbes reports: "With an estimated $75 million in earnings, Robert Downey, Jr. landed the #1 spot with a paycheck $10 million larger than the combined earnings of the five women who rounded out the top Actress' list. By comparison, the two actors who rounded out the Actors list, Denzel Washington and Liam Neeson, each collected $33 million – the same figure that propelled Angelina Jolie to the top spot for actresses.
"Forbes' list of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actresses is led by Angelina Jolie earning an astounding $33 million — and the #1 spot — thanks in large part to her upcoming role in Disney's"Maleficent," set to be released next summer. Big-budget films also helped to land starlets Jennifer Lawrence ($24 million) and Kristen Stewart ($22 million) into the top three, with Hollywood royalty such as Jennifer Aniston ($20 million), Sandra Bullock ($14 million), Charlize Theron ($15 million), and Julia Roberts ($11 million) all making the top 10.
"This type of earnings difference may not be unique to Hollywood, but comparing Tinseltown's top-paid talent underscores just how acute and pervasive gender inequities are in show business. What are the driving forces behind this pay gap? First and foremost, roles for women continue to remain scare, particularly in an industry where far too often talent remains defined by youthful good looks rather than acting ability. The majority of gigs are limited to secondary parts or indie films versus the big blockbusters or franchises that generate the kinds of exorbitant paychecks that landed many of this year's leading men into the top 10. Continue reading "Gender inequality in movie acting"
Gender and car shopping
Women are more likely to prioritize safety and affordability in shopping for cars, while men appear to seek out cars based on exterior styling and "rugged" reputations. From the ground-zero of car culture, the LA Times reports:
"Like comparing apples to oranges, men and women have different factors of importance when choosing a vehicle, influencing their brand research based on qualities that matter the most to them," said market intelligence manager Diana Duque-Miranda. She noted older men typically gravitated toward "heritage" brands they grew up with – Lincoln, for example, and Buick.
"Search data showed 76% of women in the study sought out safety features in their next new car purchase, compared with 61%. That surprised Arthur Henry, another Kelly Blue Book manager. "When I think of solid cars, I also think of safety," a priority analysts found more often in women's searches. The survey data showed men tended to gravitate toward models considered "rugged," Henry said. Twenty-eight percent of men were more likely to shop for such vehicles, compared with 19% of women, he said. Duque-Miranda noted women were more likely to seek out features once considered luxury – such as leather seats, USB ports and parking sensors – that are now becoming standard in lower-priced vehicles.
"Fuel efficiency also ranked high among 67% of women, compared with 48% of men. So how did brands fare in the battle of the sexes? Lincoln, Audi, Jaguar, Scion and Cadillac topped the list of 10 makes most likely to be sought out by men. Women were more likely to browse options from Volvo, Infiniti, Fiat, Acura and Nissan.
More at: http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-gender-differences-car-shopping-20130730,0,7235355.story
Why women live longer
There are many causes of women's longevity, some apparently biological (such as their more resilient immune systems) and some more man-made (such as lower rates of accidental, homicidal, or suicidal death).But the overall survival advantage is an outcome of social dynamics. The Atlantic discusses the factors:
"In the United States, women's advantage in life expectancy at birth is just less than five years, but it was almost eight years in the 1970s. Demographers have determined that the major driver of the 20th century trend was smoking (there is a similar pattern in much of Europe).
"Smoking is a big issue. More than 80 percent of American men born in 1901 did by the time they were in their thirties, which accounts for the early deaths of millions of men into the 1970s (in the 1950s Americans consumed about 12 pounds of tobacco per person annually, three times current levels). In contrast, young women's smoking rates never passed 55 percent, and their peak was later, in the 1970s. Since 1965 smoking rates have fallen by more than half, and the gender gap has dropped by more than two-thirds, so women's survival advantage may narrow further.
"Smoking is a major factor globally, and many countries could be going through what the U.S. did in the last century. The World Health Organization reports that smoking is more common for men than for women in every country except Austria, and in many countries the difference is huge. Continue reading "Why women live longer"
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Les prémolaires sont des dents positionnées entre les canines et les molaires et qui ont des qualités intermédiaires entre celles-ci. Chez l'être humain, elles sont au nombre de huit.

Des huit dents prémolaires, deux sont les maxillaires premières prémolaires, deux les maxillaires deuxièmes prémolaires, deux les mandibulaires premières prémolaires et deux les mandibulaires deuxièmes prémolaires. Les dents qui sont plus proches  sont dites premières prémolaires, tandis que celles qui sont plus éloignées du centre sont dites deuxièmes prémolaires.

La dentition primaire ne comporte pas de prémolaires. En faisant éruption dans la cavité buccale, les prémolaires permanentes remplacent les molaires primaires.

Quand des dents sont enlevées pour traitement orthodontique (dans 45,8 % des cas) il est plus courant que ça soit les quatre premières prémolaires - dans 48,8 % des cas - ou seulement les deux premières prémolaires maxillaires - dans 14,5 % des cas .

L'extraction des premières prémolaires est parfois aussi requise dans le cadre de la préparation à la chirurgie orthognathique.

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Esther Johnston's story is a classic tale of rags to riches and back again. Esther rose from the lowly status of a convict girl to 'first lady' of New South Wales, successfully managing properties in early Sydney until a family dispute left her with nothing.
Esther Abrahams was about fifteen years old and may have been pregnant when she was charged with stealing lace from a London draper's shop on 27 July 1786. At her trial at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), Esther was sentenced to seven years' transportation. She travelled on board the Lady Penrhyn in the First Fleet, and arrived to help establish the new colony of New South Wales with baby Rosanna in her arms. On board the Lady Penrhyn, she had commenced a relationship with Lieutenant George Johnston of the Royal Marines. The relationship prospered, and the couple had seven children together by 1806.
Esther adopted the surname Julian around 1800. The reasons for this are unclear, but it may have been the surname of the man who had fathered Rosanna. George Johnston finally married Esther in 1814, possibly under the influence of governor Lachlan Macquarie who was keen to see long-term relationships become legitimate marriages under Church of England rites.
By this time George had become a legendary figure in New South Wales. He had spent time as an officer on Norfolk Island, commanded a company in the New South Wales Corps, had helped put down a rebellion of Irish convicts at Castle Hill in 1804, and was a key figure in the overthrow of governor William Bligh in 1808. Major George Johnston then became lieutenant-governor, meaning that Esther assumed the unofficial role of first lady of New South Wales and performed vice-regal duties with her husband. Johnston was tried in London for his role in Bligh's overthrow, and was absent from the colony for four years. In this time, Esther successfully managed Johnston's large estates: Annandale (named after Johnston's birthplace in Scotland) and George's Hall, near Bankstown. She oversaw the convict servants, managed the finances of both properties and sold meat and grain to the government stores.
Following George Johnston's death in 1823, the Annandale Estate was bequeathed to Esther on the understanding that it would transfer to their son Robert on Esther's death. George's Hall, meanwhile, was bequeathed to son David. Robert Johnston was most unhappy with this situation, and claimed in 1829 that Annandale was in decline under his mother's management. A very public trial ensued, at which it was claimed that Esther's mental health had declined and that she had become an alcoholic since George's death. Esther was officially declared 'not of sound mind, nor capable of managing her affairs', and the property became Robert's. Esther lived the rest of her life at George's Hall, dying there on 26 August 1846. She was buried on the Annandale Estate, in accordance with her late husband's wishes, and her remains are now in the Johnston family vault at Waverley Cemetery.
The extent to which Esther's Jewish faith impacted on her life in Australia is unknown. However, Esther's grandson George Robert Nichols – son of Rosanna – was a lawyer and politician who forcefully argued that the colony's Jews and Christians should receive equal amounts of government assistance for public worship. Thanks to his efforts in 1853, the minister of the Sydney Hebrew Congregation was paid a stipend of £200 from government coffers.
Few convicts have left behind as detailed an account of their criminal careers as Michael Isaacs (1798-1833). Born into the Jewish faith in London, Isaacs' conviction at the Surrey assizes in 1818 for horse stealing was just the latest in a long list of criminal offences. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the Hibernia in 1819, Isaacs worked initially as Governor Sorell's stock keeper at Elizabeth River, where he was supervised by Thomas Scott. So intrigued was Scott by Isaacs's criminal past that in 1821 he asked Isaacs to dictate his whole sorry story. Eight pages of that narrative survive and, in the late nineteenth century, these were acquired by David Scott Mitchell .
The narrative is a 'warts and all' account of Michael Isaacs's criminal career, which began in London while he was still a teenager. After his mother's death, Michael's father became his first victim when the younger Isaacs robbed him of £75, and Michael's criminal activity escalated from there. Even joining the army failed to keep him out of trouble. His military career took him to France and America, and to Waterloo (in present day Belgium) only a few days after the defeat of Napoleon. On the battlefield at Salamanca, Spain, Isaacs robbed the bodies of his fallen comrades and, as the narrative tells, he continually failed to suppress the urge to steal whenever the opportunity arose.
get more elsewhere - then soon began to be very knowing, as good as themselves.
wd itching to be at my old game.
did not bring the money to light, that he wd flog me I made him no answer.
me he wd hang me.
to consist of 7 louis dors 65 dols 5 half dols & 27 francs.
& in the street fell in with a drunken Gentln I said now is our time to see what he has.
Portsmth on board the Ceylon E.Im [?] for America in May 1814.
then came to an officer belonging to one of the W. India Regt with part of his skull shot off.
in 7 days we landed at Ostend & to my joy I hd that the Battle of W'loo was over.
Frustratingly, the narrative ends suddenly - in mid-sentence - and concludes with Isaacs deserting his military post at Neuilly, near Paris. We do not know the events that led to Isaacs's eventual transportation, his voyage to Van Diemen's Land or about his exploits there.
While under sentence in Van Diemen's Land, Isaacs was further convicted for a string of misdomeanours such as disobedience, absence from work, forgery and fighting. It was only his sudden death in February 1833, at the age of 34, that freed Michael Isaacs from the rigours of convict life at the notorious Macquarie Harbour penal station.


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Caught in the Act Award Goes To Ray McGrede This Week
In a world where a lot of people seem to constantly ask the question, "What's in it for me?", it's so refreshing to find out there are still some really good people who never think of themselves!
One of those people is Ray McGrede. And once we spoke with Ray, we knew that shining a lot on his good deeds just embarrassed him to death.
And that's the biggest part of his appeal. He doesn't do these things for the accolades, but just simply because he's a good guy. To the core, a good guy dedicated to God and his neighbors.
Looking at Ray's nomination letter from his wife, Rachelle, you'll see how he was a shoe-in as this week's recipient of the Kiss Country Caught in the Act Award.
Today I would like to nominate my husband, Ray. I truly think he was sent to me straight from heaven and not sure what I ever did to deserve him. First off, he puts God before anything else in his life and thanks him for every blessing and trial we have. Even after working all day out of town he loves volunteering his time to youth at church and at camp in the summer. I can't tell you how many times he's taken kids to and from church and just listened to them when they had no one else. We hardly go anywhere where some kid doesn't holler "hey Mr. Ray" and gives him a big hug. He never tells what he does (even to me) but I have had people thank me for things he's done from buying groceries to getting hotel room stay for a family whose child was sick. We have even gone 2 hours to watch a kid, he met at church camp, graduate high school in case his family didn't make it. I'v e seen homeless people call him by name because he talks to them same way he would a bank President. This is a very short list of reasons I nominate him for "caught in the act". I know I can speak for our kids, daughter in laws and grandson when I say he's a Godsend for all of us.
Ray McGrede, thank you for being one of the "good guys" and being a big reason why this is the greatest place in America to live!
And because you've been 'Caught in the Act' the gang at Silver Star Smokehouse have a $100 Gift Certificate for you and the family to come have dinner!
Click here to nominate someone deserving of the Caught In The Act Award
Take a listen to the phone call we made to Ray to let him know that he was this week's Caught In The Act Award recipient.
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Q: Converting and Comparing times represented in strings Time is accepted in 24hr format HH:mm
I would like to compare two ranges of times, under the following conditions:
a) T1 > T2
b) T2 not in-between time range of T1
c) The T1 & T2 do not overlap

Are there any libraries out there or should I just cater to all the possible combinations and create my own script?

A: There are few . check out these dateTime libraries

A: Your options are:

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*A library, like momentJS.

*Convert the string to a standard javascript Date-Time and compare those objects instead of the strings. You need a dummy date.

*Roll your own, cover all the possibilities manually.
If you plan on simply making comparisons between two arrays over and over again (i.e. your JSON doesn't come in in different formats and you need more modularity in your code), I think you should just roll your own. Write a validation function with subfunctions for your three conditions, and return func1 && func1 && func3.
Also as there is a degree of 3 in all of them, especially if you have to learn a new library, I'd learn towards that. It has potential to be both the fastest and most performant for limited h:m comparison, especially as you get better with JavaScript.

A: I always prefer manual methods if I can, then you're in full control of what is being loaded into your page.
I suggest comparing getTime()'s, like so:
var Now = new Date(),
    T1 = {},
    T2 = {};
T1.Start = new Date(Now.getFullYear(), Now.getMonth(), Now.getDate(), 8, 30); // 8:30am
T1.End = new Date(Now.getFullYear(), Now.getMonth(), Now.getDate(), 12, 30); // 12:30pm
T2.Start = new Date(Now.getFullYear(), Now.getMonth(), Now.getDate(), 13, 0); // 1:00pm
T2.End = new Date(Now.getFullYear(), Now.getMonth(), Now.getDate(), 17, 30); // 5:30pm
T1.Length = T1.End.getTime() - T1.Start.getTime()
T2.Length = T2.End.getTime() - T2.Start.getTime()

if (T1.Length > T2.Length) { // Longer than

} else if (T2.Start > T1.Start && T2.End < T1.End) { // Inbetween

} else if (T2.Start < T1.End || T2.End > T1.Start) { // Overlapping

}


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The Emergency Department at Duke University Medical Center has an opening for a Physician Assistant. The Advance Practice Providers are utilized to their full potential including clinical coverage of the main ED, Fast Track, and Observation Unit. Clinical teaching is also required and research involvement is encouraged & available. Minimum requirements include 2 years of Emergency Medicine experience and Master Level or eligibility educational background. Appropriate North Carolina licensure and certification.
The Duke Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center provides state-of-the-art emergency care to patients and their families 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our outstanding and diverse faculty and staff treat acutely ill and injured patients and loved ones in an environment that is safe, respectful, and conducive to their health and well-being.
The mission of emergency medicine professionals throughout Duke University Health System is to provide the most sophisticated emergency care for patients and their families. We strive to achieve this goal by:
Immediately treating patients determined to be in shock or suffering from acute conditions that threaten life or limb Stabilizing and preventing complications in critical care patients. Providing patients with the appropriate analgesia needed to manage their pain. Delivering patient- and family-focused care in an environment that is safe, respectful, and conducive to health and well-being. Working with patients and families to develop timely, appropriate, and cost-effective care plans that adhere to emergency medicine standards of practice.
Each year, the board-certified physicians in Duke's Emergency Department (ED) treat more than 75,000 patients from Durham, Wake, and Orange Counties and surrounding areas. All three EDs in the Duke University Health System are fully staffed by emergency medicine physicians, nurses, and related medical personnel.
Patients arrive at the Emergency Department with illnesses and injuries that range from fairly minor to potentially fatal. Those suffering from acute physical or mental health emergencies, who are unstable, or who have life-threatening illnesses or injuries are immediately placed in the appropriate treatment unit -- Adult Emergent Care for patients older than 21 or Pediatric Emergent Care for patients younger than 21.
Their multidisciplinary teams conduct emergency evaluations, and perform the necessary resuscitation, stabilization, treatment, and/or post-resuscitation critical care.
Patients who come to the Emergency Department with less critical medical conditions are evaluated and prioritized by emergency care nurses. Patients are monitored until they are seen by a physician, who treats them and determines an appropriate plan of care. All care is delivered under the supervision of an attending physician.
The Emergency Department at Duke University Hospital also offers a dedicated unit for victims of sexual assault
One of only several Level 1 Trauma Centers in North Carolina, Duke University Hospital's Trauma Center opened in 1975 with the goal of improving the medical care of patients with critical and/or multi-system injuries. Since that time, the center has greatly expanded its size and scope of services, and our trauma physicians now admit some 1,500 patients from around the region to Duke University Hospital each year.
Our mission is to provide, within an organized framework, the most advanced, compassionate care available to seriously injured patients -- from pre-hospital through rehabilitation. Patient care is a coordinated effort between Duke's surgery, nursing, and ancillary services, and we strive to deliver it efficiently and seamlessly, using the most current knowledge, in our effort to save lives.
In addition to conducting research aimed at increasing survival rates and limiting disabilities in trauma patients, we are dedicated to creating a safer community by helping to prevent injuries due to violence and other means.
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Suicide Squad Spin-Off Birds of Prey Re-Unites Ewan McGregor with Mary Elizabeth Winstead
The reportedly newly formed couple and Fargo co-stars are going full superhero.
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Warner Bros. confirmed the rumor today that Ewan McGregor will be the latest villain to menace Gotham City in the Suicide Squad spin-off Birds of Prey. McGregor will be playing Black Mask—a relatively new Batman villain whose alter-ego, Roman Sionis, is a major crime lord in the city. McGregor will be menacing Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, Jurnee Smollett-Bell's Black Canary, Rosie Perez's Renee Montoya, Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Huntress, and an as-yet un-cast Batgirl a.k.a. Cassandra Cain. This marks a reunion of sorts for Fargo co-stars and rumored real-life couple McGregor and Winstead.
This isn't McGregor's first foray into either the land of villainy or franchise filmmaking. The Trainspotting star trotted out his best Alec Guinness impression way back in 1999 to play Obi-Wan Kenobi for the Star Wars prequels. Rumor has it he may slip back into the Jedi robes again for Stephen Daldry's Kenobi spin-off movie. (If indeed that film is still happening.) He's been cozily ensconced over at Disney studios appearing in both Beauty and the Beast and Christopher Robin but this new Suicide Squad spin-off will prove much harder fare.
Should director Cathy Yan's pack of heroes win the day, then we can expect McGregor to be on the receiving end of some punishing female-driven anger. He's no stranger to that either having taken a beating from M.M.A. fighter Gina Carano in Steven Soderbergh's Haywire (starting at 4:08).
It's quite another thing, one imagines, being on the other side of blows delivered by someone reported to be your fairly new girlfriend. But McGregor can perhaps count himself lucky, then, that Winstead's character Huntress usually prefers arrows over punches.
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Can't say enough nice things! Lyle does great work and results are amazing! My floor was stained 5 years ago and still looks awesome!
Highly recommended! Lyle goes above and beyond to make sure everything is perfect during the whole process.
Great to work with and have recommended him to relatives as well.


The Old Blue Last, that veritable bastion of indie music in London's increasingly hipster east end, has joined the fray and hosted their own one-day festival in nearby Shoreditch Park.
The UK is saturated with (and usually at) music festivals. Every weekend of the summer months there are festivals of every size and persuasion happening in fields up and down the country, including London's multifarious parks. The beauty of these London events is that there is no camping involved, and minimal travel for locals. You can't beat a day of great music in the outdoors, and then being able to sleep in your own (or someone else's) bed at the end of it.
The Old Blue Last is renowned for putting on bands that are on the cusp of bigger things – as well the occasional international stars – and usually for free. In the same spirit of generosity, advance tickets for the festival were a mere £5, and £10 on the day, for seven bands plus DJs for those who prefer their music recorded, rather than live.
Given the venue's track record, it was hardly surprising when the midday opening was delayed, but as there were barely enough people there to constitute a half-decent queue, this didn't present much of a problem. Despite opening act, Lou E, starting late, all other acts ran to schedule.
South London's Shame brought their punk ethos to the sun-drenched park. It was somewhat incongruous seeing them shouting and spitting beer in the early afternoon, when the hot-and-sweatiness usually comes from close proximity in a small, dimly lit pub.
For a change of pace, Falmouth's The Black Tambourines brought their surf-rock psychedelia, which felt more appropriate to the general audience vibe. Last-minute addition Johnny Lloyd played a more blues-rock set, and his band featured the only female musician of the day. Given how many female acts perform at The Old Blue Last venue, it was rather strange that there were none at the festival. Happyness added more pysch-tinged rock to proceedings, before the two headliners, and clearly the main attractions, Spector and Swim Deep, hit the stage.
The energy and excitement both bands brought certainly put a strain on the stage barrier and the stage security, but apart from a couple of minor incidents the good vibes carried on till the end, with a respectable nine o'clock finish, to be followed by after parties at the host's venue and other nearby locales, for those more nocturnal creatures.
All in all, it was a great afternoon out, with top music and a relaxed sunny atmosphere. It would be nice to see it happen again next year, but until then there are still at least another six weeks of festivals to go.


So you have your new eWON unit, and you're all set to have it registered and connected to Talk2M. However, you are faced with a choice: You must choose the type of account to register with, either Talk2M Free+ or Talk2M Pro. You may ask, "What's the difference, and how do I know what's best for my organization?" In this post, we will shed some light on the key differences in order to help you make the right choice.
Talk2M is a provider-hosted VPN service used to establish connectivity between remote users and their eWON units. With either Talk2M option, Free+ or Pro, you must register each of your eWON units to a Talk2M account.
Users: Both services allow you an unlimited number of machines and users so there is no need to worry about how many units you purchase or how many users will need access to this service.
The added value of Talk2M Pro is it allows multiple concurrent connections for multiple users to simultaneously log into one account with eCatcher and connect to different eWON units. This includes access control, which lets the administrator of the Talk2M account determine which users have access to not only Talk2M, but also to various eWON units.
Reporting: Both services provide connection reporting, which allows you to see who has been connecting to the Talk2M service and for how long.
Notifications: Both services provide SMS and e-mail relay for alarming. This means your eWON unit can send out notifications via text message or e-mail when a fault or outage occurs with your machines.
For all of its additional features, the Pro service comes with a small annual fee. If you're considering a Talk2M Pro account, please contact us to receive a quote.
Reference the chart below for a comprehensive side-by-side comparison of Free+ vs. Pro.


I would like to describe this engagement session as a typical American country side road trip than a well-planned shoot. And I would say that's the best part – - – being spontaneous. Our trip started from Northridge in Los Angeles going to Santa Barbara & Solvang. Santa Barbara which rings a bell, is home to many rich American celebrities and famous retirees. Solvang, on the other hand, is described as the Danish City in the US. Both places are no stranger to the couple. In fact their extraordinary love story started here.


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The Groomsmen es una película de comedia de 2006 escrita y dirigida por Edward Burns. Se estrenó en Nueva York y Los Ángeles el 14 de julio de 2006. El rodaje tuvo lugar en muchas localizaciones en City Island, Nueva York.

Trama

Un novio y sus cuatro padrinos de boda lidian con cuestiones como la paternidad, homosexualidad, honestidad y crecer en la semana previa a su boda.

Paulie (Burns), un escritor, está haciendo planes para su matrimonio con Sue (Murphy), su novia que está en su quinto mes de embarazo. En la vida real, la entonces novia de Burns, la supermodelo Christy Turlington, también tenía cinco meses de embarazo cuando se casaron en junio de 2003. Christy inspiró a volver a trabajar el manuscrito de esta película, que no había trabajado en muchos meses.

Paulie es fuertemente aconsejado por su hermano mayor Jimbo (Louge) en no seguir adelante con la boda. Jimbo, quien dirige una empresa en dificultades, está celoso de Paulie, en parte debido a que su matrimonio sin hijos se está desmoronando.

T.C. (Leguizamo), que dejó el vecindario sin explicaciones hace ocho años atrás, regresa para la boda. Aparentemente, antes de irse, T.C. le había robado una tarjeta de béisbol de Tom Seaver del primo de Paulie, Mike (Mohr). Mike todavía tiene resentimiento por la pérdida que inmediatamente comienza una pelea con T.C. Más tarde, T.C. vacilante, revela que dejó repentinamente el vecindario porque es gay y que le robó la tarjeta de Mike porque, a pesar de que eran mejores amigos, él lo odiaba por constantemente burlarse de los homosexuales.

El bar del vecindario es propiedad de Dez (Lillard), quien está casado con dos hijos y es el miembro más contento y funcional de la banda. Continuamente él está tratando de "juntar a la banda de nuevo". Incluso ha hecho que sus propios hijos aprendan a tocar la guitarra y se ha visto tratando de que sean mejores.

Jessica Capshaw tiene un papel pequeño en esta película. Su padrastro, Steven Spielberg, dirigió a Edward Burns en Saving Private Ryan.

Elenco

 Edward Burns...Paulie
 Jessica Capshaw...Jen
 Spencer Fox...Jack
 John Leguizamo...T.C.
 Matthew Lillard...Dez
 Donal Logue...Jimbo
 Jay Mohr...Mike (Primo de Paulie & Jimbo)
 Brittany Murphy...Sue
 Heather Burns...Jules
 John F. O'Donohue...Pops (Tío de Paulie & Jimbo)
 Joseph O'Keefe...Sacerdote católico
 Joe Pistone...
 Kevin Kash...
 Amy Leonard...Crystal
 Arthur J. Nascarella...Sr. B
 Shari Albert...Tina
 John Mahoney...Padre de Paulie & Jimbo

Taquilla

La película obtuvo críticas mixtas y sólo logró un lanzamiento limitado de 26 teatros en Estados Unidos. Recaudó más de un millón de dólares extranjeros y nacionales.

Referencias

 The Groomsmen Official Website
 Holden, Stephen. (2006, July 14). Growing Up Is Hard to Do, Especially When You're 35. The New York Times, p. B6


Erik Brown and Jamie North opened Amuse restaurant August 15, 2000.
Amuse is located at 15 N. First Street in downtown Ashland, conveniently a few blocks from The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Inns, and shopping.
Chef/Owner Erik Brown prepares a Northwest/French menu daily; utilizing organic, seasonal meat and produce. .In the summer months enjoy a relaxing dinner on the patio.
Days and hours of operation change seasonally, please call for current information.
Reservations are taken up to two months in advance and are not required but recommended.
Call (541) 488 - 9000 or book online with OpenTable.


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Q: Is there an easy way to hook a footer into multiple HTML pages for easy updating? I am not using Wordpress.  I am simply making a website locally with HTML/CSS/Javascript.  My client has asked me to "add a simple link to the footer navigation" but I have a whole bunch of pages and they're each individual HTML files.
Is there any way to make ONE footer file (while not using CMS systems) and then inject that footer over all these pages with a hook?  That way, I can make one change to one file and have it update all the HTML pages versus changing them all, one by one?
Thank you!!!

A: Ideally, you should use the PHP include_once function (providing PHP is installed on your workstation/server).
You would then create a file called footer.php and that file would simply contain the HTML which creates the footer.
Then, on the bottom of each page, remove the HTML footer and add:
<?php include_once("footer.php"); ?>

That will then include the footer HTML once. Then, when you make an edit to the footer.php file, the change will show site-wide.

A: I would not advise it, but you could do it with JavaScript: create a JavaScript file with the function which writes footer. You still would need to include the JavaScript file and the function call on every page.

A: I'm probably going to get some hate for this and I highly don't suggest this route, but if you don't want to go through the whole loading through JS route and you know the dimensions of your footer, you can use an iframe.


Not only the interviews could be humiliating. Also if the job requires a skills test and even if she performs better than any man competitor, she will have the disadvantage of being a woman.
In order to sustain this affirmation stay all the testimonies of all the women who had to face such situations. The South Korean women are not deprived of education. They have enough knowledge to activate in any activity field. Even so, there are far from being appreciated in their own country.
Beside these women testimonies, all these affirmations are confirmed by all the lawsuits against to all these big companies. What is shameful is the result of these lawsuits. They are not denying the discrimination existence, but they are quite easy on the punishments. Imagine that for such discriminatory act made by a powerful company, its owners had to pay less than $5000. They did not felt a thing. It was just like a $100 for them.
Besides that, these companies are not afraid to harm their reputation, because in South Korea most people have the same way of thinking and they manage things just as they do. For no reason they consider that women cannot have certain jobs. They do not deny their right to work, but they should not cross the line and pass in the men' world.
When it comes about the business area, sales, engineering, informatics technology and others similar areas, women have no chance to enter. If you are thinking about succeeding in such field I can say that you are dreaming. Even the leader of the country admits that this phenomenon is shameful and that such way of thinking should vanish somehow. The problem is that it is very difficult to change mentalities. It is very important that the leader of the country is trying to offer support to the South Korean women because this is an important step. The question is if this will be enough? Considering in what era we live in, I believe that in this part of the world things move too slow.
Since the oldest times, women had to face certain difficulties in their lives. They were never seen as equals to men. The peoples' mentality did not change that much even if there were made tremendous efforts to prove that women can do all the things that a man can do.


Now is probably a good time to share the announcement I mentioned a few weeks ago…. I'm officially the newest member of St. Louis County's Historic Buildings Commission!
I was recently appointed by the county council, joining eight other board members in the goal of preserving St. Louis County's historic buildings. So I guess it's only appropriate that I'm sending out this SOS: Somebody please save this fantastic house on Craig Road!
County records say it was built in 1930 but I suspect it may be older, likely Victorian era. Either way, this place is an absolute time capsule and it would be a crime to see it torn down.
It needs a LOT of work but the potential is incredible. The rooms are large, the ceilings are tall, the original woodwork is gorgeous, and there's a 2-car garage with a full apartment above it! Mid-century fans will also appreciate the colorful tiled bathrooms, the vintage wallpaper, and the huge knotty pine rec room built on the back of the house.
On the downside, the house is literally land-locked. The previous owners sold off the adjoining lots so the only driveway access is via easement on the neighbors' property. Also, there's a busy road out front, which will be a big NO for many people.
But if you're looking to revive a grand old house that still has gobs of original character, do not pass this place up. Homes in this size range in this zip code have sold for far more than the current list price.