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Four Each Day
Nulla dies sine linea. Four sentences every day. About whatever happened that day. Most of it's even kinda true. Written by Scott Lee Williams
We lay in the dark with the TV on. We've put a gate, one of those child-or-doge-proof ones, across the door so the cat can have free reign of the house without doge harassment. Stephen Colbert cavorts on the Late Show in flickering light, and Katie falls asleep to the sound of others staying awake around her.
Meanwhile, the dog stands in the doorway, staring out past the gate to the dark, empty hallway beyond, and periodically barks, a high-pitched, coughing sound, at the nothing she sees out there waiting for her.
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Used To It
"And did it freak you out," I ask my coworker, "when you found out your boyfriend had cancer?"
She thinks for a moment. "No," she says finally. "It was something that happened so much in my family that I was just, like, 'Well, this is what happens.'"
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"Creative"
The flowchart I created at the VP's request was not quite what she wanted, and while her notes were pretty extensive, what they had in volume, they lacked in clarity.
"Just make it pretty," she says, when I call her to explain. "You're the creative one."
I shuffle the boxes and fix the fonts, thinking the entire time, "I'm the creative one."
"So, Paul," I say as he's about to slide me into the MRI machine for the second time. "What do you like about your job."
It's quiet in the room now, but a few minutes ago the din of the machine buzzing and clacking, whirring and howling, unsettled me a little, until I finally got tired of startling and fell asleep.
"Well," he says after some thought, "I get to help people, and they're always learning new things, so that stays pretty interesting, but mostly it's just helping people."
The Acoustics of Wealth
The red plush fabric on the railings of the boxes in Carnegie Hall matches the upholstery on the seats, but it looks a little threadbare here and there. We're midway between the orchestra seats below, and the soft white ceiling inset with incandescent bulbs like jewels hanging airily several stories above, as the ensemble down on stage begins to play Beethoven.
I'm surprised: muscular, angular Ludwig, while still maintaining some of his momentum, sounds like he's had his edges sanded off, and the power of the 7th Symphony seems to have dissipated somewhat. I wonder at the acoustics of this room, if the men who built it specifically designed it to smooth out the rough spots so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of the wealthy patrons of the arts who once frequented these now frayed chairs for their weekly doses of art.
"One of the things I admire about you, about your work ethic," I tell Katie as we're sitting at her booth at the flea market, "is that you really finish stuff."
"Neil Gaiman, before he went crazy and married Amanda Palmer, used to say the way you get good at something it to finish lots of things," I continue, indicating the globes and centerpieces all around us. "You really finish things, and I wish I was more like you."
"Well, your work ethic is good, too," Katie says, but I can tell she's trying to think of a reply.
Rich People Medicine
The doctor's office is very nice, with its tasteful furniture, soft music and lighting, plush carpets, and friendly staff. Maybe a little too nice.
"Where's the desperation, the ambience of impatient despair?" I ask.
The woman behind the counter nods knowingly, waving towards the door as she says, "Out there."
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Where Does Depression Hurt?
After a long, difficult day, fighting with work, fighting with insurance companies, we come home and eat too much pizza, drink some wine, and watch a movie, but I still feel kind of terrible.
"Pookie," I say, hugging myself as we're getting ready for bed, "my skin hurts, and my joints, and everything."
"Well, you had kind of a hard day," she says, watching me sympathetically. "Maybe you're just depressed."
I'm Kinda the Worst
"That's a pretty engagement ring," I say to the young nurse taking my information. "How long have you been engaged?"
I instantly regret my question as her face grows sad and thoughtful, and she says, "Um, about a year?"
"Oh," I say, trying to play it off, "have you set a date?"
Rather than work on my current project, I go back to the kitchen to try and make it presentable before my friend comes to stay with us this weekend. I scrub the dishes that we keep trading out for new dirty ones, sweep the floor, wipe down the counters with bleach.
I stayed up too late last night, and so I suppose that I could tell you more about the process. Right now, though, in this moment, as I type these words, my eyes have slammed shut three times, maybe four, and I'm having a real hard time keeping them open.
"When I was growing up in Puerto Rico," our very laid-back server at the Mountain Goats show tells us, "who would have thought that I would get to take Sinead O'Connor's food order?"
"Who else have you met through this job that you never thought you would?" Katie asks.
"Prince came through one time - that was amazing. He stood next to me, and I'm five foot eight inches, and I'm telling you, that gave me confidence."
All's Well That Ends
"When you pushed your chair back from your desk," my coworker says, "you looked like you were going to die."
"You had a vein throbbing in your temple, and you just kept saying 'No, no, no,' over and over," she continues.
"Yeah, it was pretty bad," I say. "But then my boss said it was okay, and I guess it was, after all."
Let Me Know How it Works Out
Working at the flea market affords me a lot of time to people watch. Sometimes, I find myself wanting to introduce people with complementary tattoos.
"You, with the bad posture and the beautiful carp surrounded by lilies on your shoulders, I'd like you to meet this gentleman with the well-coifed beard and a branch of cherry blossoms over a sunrise. I feel like you might make some interesting bad decisions together."
The going away party is in full swing when Katie strolls by carrying a baby. It's a very Brooklyn moment: bar, beer, and babies.
The woman I'm talking to who is familiar with the mother of the baby smiles knowingly when she sees Katie and the baby moving from group to group around the bar. "You can always tell the second baby," she says, "because the first baby, mom wouldn't let her out of her sight, but the second baby, she passes her off to practically anybody and goes and gets a beer."
The dog is struggling down the stairs one at a time, with many pauses and looks back over her shoulder as she goes. I hand an extra wine bottle from upstairs to the guy bagging up our recycling for us and he looks at it in surprise.
"What's this, a double bottle?" he says slyly. "Isn't this a repeat from last week?
Facebook Disagreement
Katie lays her head on the dog to keep her from barking. "You'll never be right to the guy who changed your diaper," she says about her dad.
"I mean," she continues, "you literally knew nothing until he told it to you. To have you suddenly grow up and spout different opinions must be very...," the dog shifts her weight and sighs, "...disconcerting."
Unfair Advantage
There's a commotion at the foot of the bed, like someone throwing a sack of shoes at the floor, then quiet. I peer over the side to find the dog, her head and tail down in shame, watching out of the corner of her eye as the cat jumps up on top of the covers.
"You're only gonna hurt yourself," Katie chastises the dog as the cat stalks over her before settling in primly at our feet with a satisfied expression. "You know she's got nine lives."
When the project you're working on starts to click, it's a bit like falling in love. The world conspires to bring you bounty - ideas, tangents, information - all of it connected somehow to the thing you're working on, and every reinforcement serves as further evidence of the rightness of your path.
This morning, I'm thinking about giving my current project a binary star system to make the weather work correctly, and this afternoon I hear from a co-worker about the plan to send robots to Alpha Centauri to study the binary system there. This, of course, sends me to the Wikipedia page, where I discover artists' renderings of the way they think the sky will look on a planet with two suns, and which gets me thinking about what an equinox on a planet with two suns would even look like.
Too Cheerful
"So, at the meeting, I told them that sometimes I don't want to even say 'good morning' to people. And I said that you, sitting where you do where everybody walks by, you say good morning to everyone, and that it used to scare the shit out of me!"
"Oh my God, really?" I say, laughing.
"No, not really, but I didn't want it getting back to you from somebody else," she says.
During the critique of my story, one of the instructors says, "You know who your piece really reminds me of: Ursula K. Le Guin."
Now, there's no way for him to know this, but when I was a boy, I worshiped Le Guin; I read everything she wrote, and wrote Earthsea fan fiction when I should have been doing math homework.
I look away in embarrassment, afraid that he'll see my eyes welling up a little at a professional writer telling me I resemble, even a bit, one of my heroes.
"Oooh, looks like you really touched on something," one of my fellow writers says, laughing.
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I text Katie after the workshop: "On my way home!"
"Already!? Is that a good thing?"
Followed almost immediately by: "Wow! Okay! Yay!!"
She had no idea what time it was, I'm sure.
I'm helping one of the instructors from the writer's workshop I'm attending get to the place he's staying this weekend after our meet-and-greet at the bar. "Has anybody said your eyes look a little like David Bowie's?" he says, while we stand on the subway platform, waiting for a train.
"No, I don't believe they have," I say.
"We miss him, don't we?" he replies, mournfully.
The construction down at Atlantic Yards by the new stadium has the roads all screwed up, and crossing the street becomes an exercise in faith and recklessness.
When the guy turning left across traffic screeches to a halt only inches from the crosswalk, the two women behind me and I give him a look and continue on our way while he idles impatiently.
"I guess he forgot we had the light," the woman behind me mutters to her friend. "I wonder, does he really want to kill somebody today?"
Memento Mori (Again)
I'm scrolling through Facebook at lunch, scanning the posts, ignoring the ads, seeing if there's anything new since this morning.
"I have a finite life span," I think to myself.
Scroll, scroll, scroll.
"This is how I'm choosing to spend it?"
Tiocfaidh ar wha?
"Do you mind me asking where your ancestors are from?" the guy behind the counter at the Stop and Shop in Brooklyn asks me after telling me I "look English"
"Well, they're English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh," I say, "so I'm kind of a UK mutt."
"All those countries oppressed by the English," he says, shaking his head. "So, between you and me," he says, leaning in conspiratorially, "what do you think of the IRA?"
May I Have Another?
The critique of my story is going well, but not because my writing group particularly likes the thing.
"This version just seems a lot more...," one of the women says with an apologetic wince, "sentimental."
It stings a little, but she's right, and I know it, so it's nice to know I'm not getting away with anything.
"Thanks," I say, honestly, reaching for my third madeline cookie.
Trains are Heavy. Possibly Also Your Mother.
Katie and I are sitting at our booth at Brooklyn Flea on what seems to be the coldest day ever, and time absolutely refuses to pass.
In an effort to distract ourselves from the chill, Katie is reading me the news, and informs me that the Amtrak derailment earlier today was caused by someone parking a backhoe on the tracks.
"Oh my God, a backhoe is so heavy!" I say.
"Yeah, you know what else is heavy," Katie replies.
Impatience, Pt. 2
The worst employee at the van rental place apparently still works there, nearly a year later. My patience, meanwhile, has not grown one bit over the intervening time.
He examines my driver's license as if he's never seen one before in his life, until he finally says, "This isn't your license."
"Okay," I reply, my head in my hands, "whose is it?"
Bonus - Linger
I thought of this yesterday, but forgot about it, but then I remembered, so you get it today.
It's one of the oldest pieces of clothing I own: a once black, now gray tank top with an irregular, almost orange bleach stain over the belly. I remember the girl I stole it from in Tucson, after we went and saw a show at the Downtown Performance Center where they covered the audience in chocolate syrup, whiskey, flour, maybe urine? and other nameless substances while drums pounded the venue into a frenzy.
It took forever to get the smell out, and it lingered for years, the same way I remember her raspy voice and her constant, simmering rage, her combat boots and her prickly sensitivity; and while I don't miss her at all, I do remember her.
If A=B, and B=C, then A=C
"So where does your girlfriend live?" I ask my co-worker on our way to lunch. The streets are noisy and full of traffic, cars sparkle with sunshine, and we squint in the glare and lean in to hear each other.
"Well," he says in his hesitant way, "I live with my parents, and she lives with me."
"I'm sorry," I say, "I can't hear very well, but I thought you said she lives at your parents?"
I mean, what's the big idea?
Other Stuff I Made
I've got a story in this anthology
Learning Silence to Better Speak
My Music on MySpace
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Wałbrzych Dolny – zlikwidowana w 1920 roku stacja kolejowa w Wałbrzychu, w województwie dolnośląskim, w Polsce. Otwarta w 1853. Zamknięta dla ruchu pasażerskiego w 1868. Położona na linii kolejowej z Wałbrzycha Miasto do Wałbrzycha Fabrycznego.

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Kevin Lembo was elected State Comptroller in 2010 following decades of experience in government, finance and health care. Comptroller Lembo is determined to continue his advocacy as the state's fiscal guardian on behalf of the people of Connecticut. He is committed to help eliminate wasteful spending, strengthen budget transparency, deliver government services more efficiently and address the state's growing health care crisis.
Most recently, Comptroller Lembo served two terms as Connecticut's first Healthcare Advocate beginning in 2004.
As Healthcare Advocate, Lembo helped thousands of Connecticut residents navigate the complexities of the healthcare system every year. He advocated for patients and their families when they were denied coverage or treatment, and returned more than $25 million to consumers over six years. As co-chair of the state's health care reform effort –- SustiNet –- Comptroller Lembo has led the charge for more affordable and higher quality health care in Connecticut. Lembo previously served as Assistant Comptroller where he helped manage state finances and health care for state employees, retirees, municipalities, non-profits and small businesses. He also fought to increase the state's Rainy Day Fund to protect Connecticut taxpayers during difficult economic times. As a long-time supporter of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles –- GAAP –- Comptroller Lembo's experience will be critical as he helps the state transition to a new era of financial transparency and accountability.
Before coming to Connecticut, Comptroller Lembo served on a team that designed and implemented a successful long-term home health care program in northeastern New York. This innovative approach to home health care helped prevent premature and permanent admissions to nursing facilities and enhanced the quality of life for participants. Comptroller Lembo also served as Program Director of an AIDS education, prevention and primary care program partially funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) at a community health center. During that time, he was the co-chair of the Ryan White Care Network and charged with making funding recommendations to the federal government, and for monitoring the local coordination of services. Comptroller Lembo continues to serve as a clinical instructor at the Yale School of Nursing and holds a Master of Public Administration from California State University. He is a 2004 Toll Fellow of the Council of State Governments and has been honored for his leadership by the New York State Public Health Association, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the Chiropractic Association, Psychological Association, Radiological Society, and CT Association of Optometrists. The Connecticut Psychiatric Society named Comptroller Lembo "Citizen of the Year" for his work to improve mental health care access.
In 2004, former Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher commissioned Comptroller Lembo a "Kentucky Colonel" in recognition of his advocacy on behalf of children in foster care. Kentucky Colonel is the highest honor awarded by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to individuals in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to a community, state or the nation. A native of Paterson, New Jersey, Lembo resides in Guilford, CT with his spouse; they have three children.


Serious Play: Using Play Therapy to Address Depression, Anxiety, Self-harm and Suicidal ideation.
Many problems addressed in therapy are heartbreaking and difficult. As play therapists, we need to be equipped and confident in dealing with serious subjects. Therapists have to be willing to go to the "dark places" with our clients so they are not left alone in their suffering. The occurrence of self-harm and suicidal ideation is staggering. Using the curative powers inherent in play therapy, we can help clients can heal and thrive. Play therapists need to understand suicidal risk factors, effective assessments, and therapeutic interventions. The training will cover numerous play therapy methods to address depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation. Interventions will be taught using experiential and interactive methods.
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Holly Willard LCSW, RPT-S is the owner of Grandview Family Counseling, a private practice in Bountiful, Utah. Holly Willard completed her Masters in Social Work from the University of Utah in 2000 and received her LCSW in 2002. Since that time, she has worked in various clinical settings from school counseling, residential care, foster-care, outpatient clinics and private practice. Holly Willard has extensive background working with children, teens and families. She specializes in gender specific therapy and attachment issues. She is an adjunct professor at University of Utah and Westminster. Holly is a contributor to local television news and radio. She is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and presents nationally on play therapy topics. Holly Willard is currently the President of the Utah Play Therapy Board.


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Why the Harley Davidson Bronx is the most anticipated bike for 2021.
Personally, I am not somebody who has been a fan of Harleys particularly. Don't get me wrong, they have produced some motorcycles that are drop dead gorgeous, but they have always been focused towards producing cruisers and personally I am not a cruiser kinda guy. But when they announced that they are going to launch a brand new motorcycle to reach out to the other riders in the society, I was excited to see what they were going to come with. And then came the Bronx, and oh my word, that is one of best looking Harleys I have EVER seen.
My heart skipped a beat the moment I set my eyes on it and I fell in love. It was something that didn't speak the design mantra of Harleys, but in every way possible, looked and felt like a Harley. Sleek looking design, muscular tank, LED lights running all around and a brand-spanking new V-Twin. It looks scary enough to be ridden by a killer-for-hire and even if you aren't one, it'll make you look like the Terminator.
Let's start talking specifications. At the heart of this mighty, scary-looking beast lies a brand new 975cc V-Twin engine. According to multiple sources, it is estimated to produce somewhere between 120 to 130 bhp, which is more than enough to run a massive riot on city streets and scare the highway tarmac. The moment you pin the throttle hard, you know the V-twin is going to sing its heart out. The torque figure on this Bronx is said to be at 94 Nm, which is only 4 Nm less than what the Z900 from Kawasaki produces, not bad for Harley which is making a bike like this for the first time. Sources also state that Brembo made a new 4-piston calipers to accommodate the design of the bike, which makes the braking department pretty much sorted. The bike also features a trellis frame, 43mm upside down forks and a slipper clutch as well. Harley opted to choose a belt drive as their primary drive instead of a chain drive, which is found in many motorcycles of this category. Electronics also look great as its stated to have riding modes, traction control and the most important of all, ABS as standard.
Keeping all of this In mind, the Bronx is expected to be launched anywhere between 9-11 lakhs. Its main competitors are going to be the Street Triple series from Triumph, the z900 from Kawasaki, the Brutale 800 from MV Agusta and the GSX-S 750 from Suzuki.
The Bronx looks aggressive, scary and has a very devilish road presence. This is something very new for Harley and the way the specs are, it is a serious contender in the naked category. If you may think, it is somewhat like the eyes of the devil- you stare at it for too long, and your soul isn't yours anymore. I have never been a fan of Harleys, but this one can take my heart and soul for a ride any day.
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For the type of capacity and storage options this pack offers, the price is more than reasonable. We enjoyed taking this pack out for a test spin and loved how accessible our belongings were and how easy this pack is to store when you're on a bus, train, or in the air.
When you first come across the Mother Lode, you may think it looks like a suitcase with straps. This pack offers massive carry capacity at around fifty-four liters, which makes it bigger than its top competitor, Venture Pal Travel Backpack.
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Good afternoon. I want to begin by thanking Virginia Gordan and my dear friend Michael Barr for the invitation to the Law School. I must confess I have never been to this great university before, and it is long past time to rectify that. So I am most grateful for your warm welcome and am glad to spend some time with you discussing what I hope you will agree is an important topic.
When Americans see televised images of bone-thin African or Asian kids with distended bellies, what do we think? We think of helping. For all the right reasons, our humanitarian instincts tend to take over. But when we look at UNICEF footage or a Save the Children solicitation, does it also occur to us that we are seeing a symptom of a threat that could destroy our way of life? Rarely. In fact, global poverty is far more than solely a humanitarian concern. In real ways, over the long term, it can threaten U.S. national security.


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Is maternal influenza or fever during pregnancy associated with autism or developmental delays? Results from the CHARGE (CHildhood Autism Risks from Genetics and Environment) study.
Associations between maternal fever and influenza and congenital heart defects.
Validity of maternal and perinatal risk factors reported on fetal death certificates.
Chorioamnionitis as a risk factor for cerebral palsy: A meta-analysis.
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The Protectorate
For an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity, see Protectorate.
Commonwealth of England,
Scotland and Ireland¹
1653–1659 →
Flag Coat of arms
PAX QUÆRITUR BELLO
(English: Peace is sought through war)
Language(s) English; Irish; Scots; Scots Gaelic; Welsh
Government Commonwealth
Lord Protector
- 1653–1658 Oliver Cromwell
- 1658–1659 Richard Cromwell
Legislature 1st Parliament,
2nd Parliament,
3rd Parliament
- Instrument of Government (1653) December 16, 1653
- Resignation of Richard Cromwell May 25, 1659
Area 315,134 km2 (121,674 sq mi)
Currency Pound sterling
Today part of United Kingdom
¹ The Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland was commonly known as The Protectorate during the period when it was governed by a Lord Protector.
In British history, the Protectorate was the period 1653–1659 during which the Commonwealth of England was governed by a Lord Protector.
2 First Protectorate
2.1 Rule of the Major-Generals
2.2 Foreign policy
2.3 Oliver Cromwell's role
3 Second Protectorate
4 Aftermath: Second Commonwealth and the Restoration
Prior to the Protectorate, England (and subsequently Scotland and Ireland) had been ruled directly by Parliament since it had declared England to be a Commonwealth in 1649. The Rump Parliament had been forcibly dissolved in April 1653 by soldiers led by Oliver Cromwell, prompted by the perceived ineffectiveness of its rule and its refusal to dissolve itself.
Although the replacement, the Barebones Parliament (July–December 1653), was nominated by Cromwell and the leaders of the army, it proved just as difficult to control and was in addition a subject of popular ridicule.
First Protectorate
After the dissolution of the Barebones Parliament, John Lambert put forward a new constitution known as the Instrument of Government, closely modelled on the Heads of Proposals. It made Cromwell Lord Protector for life to undertake "the chief magistracy and the administration of government". He had the power to call and dissolve Parliaments but obliged under the Instrument to seek the majority vote of the Council of State. However, Cromwell's power was also buttressed by his continuing popularity among the army, which he had built up during the civil wars, and which he subsequently prudently guarded. Cromwell was sworn in as Lord Protector on 15 December 1653.
Rule of the Major-Generals
The first Protectorate parliament met on 3 September 1654, and after some initial gestures approving appointments previously made by Cromwell, began to work on a moderate programme of constitutional reform. Rather than opposing Parliament's bill, Cromwell dissolved them on 22 January 1655. After a royalist uprising led by Sir John Penruddock, Cromwell (influenced by Lambert) divided England into military districts ruled by Army Major Generals who answered only to him. The fifteen major generals and deputy major generals—called "godly governors"—were central not only to national security, but Cromwell's moral crusade. The generals not only supervised militia forces and security commissions, but collected taxes and ensured support for the government in the English and Welsh provinces. Commissioners for securing the peace of the commonwealth were appointed to work with them in every county. While a few of these commissioners were career politicians, most were zealous puritans who welcomed the major-generals with open arms and embraced their work with enthusiasm. However, the major-generals lasted less than a year. Many feared they threatened their reform efforts and authority. Their position was further harmed by a tax proposal by Major General John Desborough to provide financial backing for their work, which the second Protectorate parliament—instated in September 1656—voted down for fear of a permanent military state. Ultimately, however, Cromwell's failure to support his men, sacrificing them to his opponents, caused their demise. Their activities between November 1655 and September 1656 had, however, reopened the wounds of the 1640s and deepened antipathies to the regime.[1]
During this period Oliver Cromwell also faced challenges in foreign policy. The First Anglo-Dutch War which had broken out in 1652, against the Dutch Republic, was eventually won by Admiral Robert Blake in 1654. The Lord Protector became aware of the contribution the Jewish community made to the economic success of Holland, now England's leading commercial rival. It was this — allied to Cromwell's toleration of private worship of non-puritans — that led to his encouraging Jews to return to England, 350 years after their banishment by Edward I, in the hope that they would help speed up the recovery of the country after the disruption of the Civil Wars.[2]
Oliver Cromwell's role
Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.
In 1657, Oliver Cromwell was offered the crown by Parliament as part of a revised constitutional settlement, presenting him with a dilemma, since he had been instrumental in abolishing the monarchy. Cromwell agonized for six weeks over the offer. He was attracted by the prospect of stability it held out, but in a speech on 13 April 1657 he made clear that God's providence had spoken against the office of king: "I would not seek to set up that which Providence hath destroyed and laid in the dust, and I would not build Jericho again".[3] The reference is to Joshua's curse upon any man who would rebuild Jericho and to its fulfillment in Hiel the Bethelite, who according to 1st Kings 16:34 "laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub."
Instead, Cromwell was ceremonially re-installed as Lord Protector (with greater powers than had previously been granted him under this title) at Westminster Hall, sitting upon King Edward's Chair which was specially moved from Westminster Abbey for the occasion. The event in part echoed a coronation, utilizing many of its symbols and regalia, such as a purple ermine-lined robe, a sword of justice and a sceptre (but not a crown or an orb). But, most notably, the office of Lord Protector was still not to become hereditary, though Cromwell was now able to nominate his own successor. Cromwell's new rights and powers were laid out in the Humble Petition and Advice, a legislative instrument which replaced the Instrument of Government. Cromwell himself, however, was at pains to minimize his role, describing himself as a constable or watchman. However, Cromwell "had never gained the willing consent of the nation" and the Protectorate relied on armed force.[4]
Second Protectorate
Richard Cromwell.
After Oliver's death in September 1658, his third son Richard Cromwell succeeded as Lord Protector. The impression of strength and durability of the Protectorate when Richard succeeded proved deceptive; a lack of unity would destroy the Protectorate.[5]
Richard sought to expand the basis for the Protectorate beyond the army to civilians. He summoned a Parliament in 1659. However, the republicans "condemned Oliver's rule as a period of tyranny and economic depression", and engaged in "endless obstruction and filibustering" and attacked the 'quasi-monarchal' aspects of the Protectorate.[6]
Three things undermined the Protectorate: the "anxieties of the army, the irresponsibility of the Parliament and the rashness of Richard Cromwell"; what ultimately prevented the retention of the Protectorate was the opposition of the "junior officers" and "many of the common soldiers".[7]
Richard had proved he was unable to manage the Parliament nor control the army. On 7 May a Committee of Safety was formed on the authority of the Rump Parliament, displacing the Protector's Council of State, and was in turn replaced by a new Council of State on 19 May 1659. "Richard was never formally deposed or arrested, but allowed to fade away. The Protectorate was treated as having been from the first a mere usurpation".[8]
Aftermath: Second Commonwealth and the Restoration
After a chaotic short revival of the Commonwealth of England, the monarchy was restored in May 1660, largely through the initiative of General George Monck.
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The Differences Between Cognitive and Psycholinguistics
Felicia Lee - Updated May 17, 2019
Types of Linguistics
Cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics both deal with the relationship between language and the mind. Yet they approach this relationship from sharply different perspectives and differ in their goals, basic assumptions about the nature of language and methodologies.
Goals of Cognitive Linguistics and Psycholinguistics
While cognitive linguists study how language reflects the working of the mind, psycholinguists study how the mind handles the working of language. For instance, psycholinguistics can involve studying how language abilities are affected by strokes in different areas of the brain, while cognitive linguists would be more interested in studying whether different numbers of color words in different languages affect how speakers of these languages perceive colors.
Assumptions about the Nature of Language
Cognitive and psycholinguistics differ in their basic assumptions about the nature of language. Cognitive linguists see language as fully integrated with other cognitive functions, such as the ability to sort objects into groups or process social interactions. Thus, they assume that language can be viewed as both a reflection of these cognitive functions and a potential driver behind them. Much work in psycholinguistics, on the other hand, takes as its point of departure Noam Chomksy's view that language is an autonomous function, processed in the brain independently of other cognitive functions. As evidence for this view, psycholinguists point to the existence of people with otherwise normal cognitive functions but limited language ability and those with severe developmental disabilities but normal or better-than-normal language skills.
Methodologies in Cognitive and Psycholinguistics
Cognitive and psycholinguistics share many methodologies for gathering and analyzing linguistic data. For instance, both rely on data from recordings or transcripts of spoken language and statistical analysis of language patterns found in these materials. Both also rely on data from experiments. Some psycholinguists, however, avail themselves of another technique: asking experiment subjects directly about their perceptions about the grammaticality of sample sentences or the possible usages of certain words. Cognitive linguists, who believe that language cannot be separated from the context of its use, feel that speaker judgments about isolated language tokens cannot give an accurate picture of a speaker's knowledge and use of language.
Subfields of Cognitive Linguistics and Psycholinguistics
Cognitive linguistics encompasses many areas of linguistics and can be thought of as a general approach to linguistics rather than a distinct subfield of it: historical linguistics, language acquisition and semantics, the study of meaning, are all being researched from a cognitive perspective. Psycholinguistics covers areas such as language processing, which examines how the brain interprets spoken language and controls the production of speech, language acquisition and the study of language function in people with impaired language or intellectual abilities.
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Govt to computerise PDS to check leakage
posted Jan 17, 2012, 10:56 PM by Puneet Goyal
New Delhi, Jan 13, DHNS :
Significant progress made in digitisation of ration cards
As the National Food Security Bill was referred to a parliamentary panel, the Centre is now set to spend at least Rs 4000 crore for end-to-end computerization of the public distribution system to ensure that the highly subsidized grains to be guaranteed by proposed legislation do really reach intended beneficiaries.
The Union Ministry of Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has convened a meeting of the Food Ministers, Agriculture Ministers of all the States in New Delhi on February 8 and 9 next. Union Food Minister K V Thomas said that the two-day conclave would review the progress of the modernization of the PDS. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar would also interact with the ministers from the States during the meet, added Thomas.
The Government was also considering a proposal to create a Special Purpose Vehicle for movement of food-grains in collaboration with the Indian Railways and the Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth reviewed the progress in this connection in a meeting recently. The Food Minister said that the Government hoped to add 15 MT additional food grain storage facilities by the end of 2013.
Thomas introduced the National Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha on December 22 last. The proposed legislation seeks to give 75 per cent and 50 per cent of population in rural and urban areas legal entitlement to highly subsidized food-grains. The Bill has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs. The Government hopes to get it passed during Budget Session of Parliament.
The Bill has been close to the heart of the Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The Congress hopes to get as much political dividend from it as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act had delivered in 2009.
But skeptics – both within and outside the UPA – had several concerns over the proposed legislation, like huge additional financial burden that the legal right to subsidized food would impose on the Government and the leaky PDS that would continue to be used to reach cheap grains to the intended beneficiaries. In fact, in the Union Cabinet meet on December 18, the newly-inducted civil aviation minister Ajit Singh purportedly stressed on plugging the leaks in the PDS, before launching the scheme under the proposed legislation.
"We need to do a lot of work to modernize the PDS, including end-to-end computerization of the system," Thomas said on Friday. The Planning Commission had earmarked Rs 4000 crore for end-to-end computerization of the PDS, he added.
Union Food Minister told journalists that States like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Orissa had already made significant progresses in digitization of ration cards and PDS databases.
"The digitization has resulted in cancellation of a large number of bogus ration cards, bringing down the number of cards from 10.56 crore to 7.6 crore," said Thomas.
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Two years after being fired by the Louisiana State University Tigers, former head coach Les Miles has obtained a buyout of his contract.
Miles will receive a one-time payment of $1.5 million to erase the remaining $6.5 million on his deal that was extended through 2023. So now, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, The Mad Hatter returns. Kansas athletic director Jeff Long and Miles know each other from their time at Michigan in the 80's and 90's.
The Kansas Jayhawks were in the market for a new head coach to replace recently-fired David Beaty and Les Miles appeared to be the program's main target as they worked on finalizing a deal.
The national championship-winning coach has a history of success wherever he goes, but this one is different, both on the field and the recruiting trail. Because of location and program tradition, however, recruiting in Lawrence, Kan. is a little different from recruiting in Baton Rouge, La.
LSU is nicknamed DBU (Defensive Back University) for the wealth of talented that program wields at that position. However, Miles had a knack for finding and developing under-the-radar prospects. This is a trait that must be attractive to any AD looking for a coach, especially at a school with no little football history like Kansas.
Kansas is now is the only school in the country with national championship winning coaches in football and basketball. Miles is someone who brings instant credibility to the program. He went 28-21 with three bowl appearances in four years at Oklahoma State before taking the LSU job prior to the 2005.
He maintained LSU as a national power after taking over from Nick Saban with a 114-34 record and bowl appearance in all 12 of his seasons. LSU won ten or more games seven times when he was there, including the 2007 and 2011 campaigns when he guided the Tigers to national title games. In all, Miles, 65, has spent 16 seasons as a head coach and boasts a 142-55 record. Meanwhile, they haven't had a winning season since 2008 and are just 6-40 over the past four seasons.
Can Les Miles' madness work at Kansas? The fan base has been hungry for success in football to match the success of their basketball program. It will be a work in progress and everyone must be patient. This will not work overnight, but if any one is crazy enough to think they can turn the Jayhawks around, it's The Mad Hatter.


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The measles epidemic in Ohio continues to grow. Here's what to know about the measles vaccine and more
A measles outbreak in central Ohio has topped 80 cases, concentrated in unvaccinated children. According to data available Tuesday from the city of Columbus, 74 of the cases were in unvaccinated children, four were in partially vaccinated children who had not yet received their second dose, and another four were in children whose vaccination status was unknown.
Twenty-three of the cases were in children under the age of one, which is too young to be eligible for the vaccine.
In late November, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization warned of a huge disruption in childhood measles vaccinations. Nearly 40 million children worldwide missed their measles vaccine in 2021, health agencies said.
At first glance, less than 100 reported cases doesn't seem like a big deal, especially as we grapple with other illnesses, including COVID-19, the flu and RSV. But for Dr Steven Abelowitz, medical director of the pediatric medical group Coastal Kids, the current measles growth and under-vaccination of children around the world is "more than a canary in the coal mine".
In 2019, just before the pandemic, the United States had the most reported measles cases since the 1990s. The majority of cases were in underimmunized communities and 89% of people with measles were not vaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.
"Ironically, the silver lining of COVID was that we had 13 cases," Abelowitz said, referring to the CDC's official 2020 measles case count. "Now that we're starting to see this outbreak here, that's what we were very afraid of."
Measles has been considered eliminated from the United States since 2000, which means that although there have been isolated outbreaks, there has been no "continuous transmission of disease for over 12 months". In the decade before 1963, when the measles vaccine became available, 3 to 4 million people were infected and 48,000 were hospitalized each year.
There are a handful of measles cases each year in the United States, with small outbreaks occasionally occurring in communities with lower than normal vaccination rates. And while vaccinated children and adults have little to worry about when it comes to measles, vaccination delays and concentrated outbreaks once again draw attention to what happens when diseases infections find an opportunity to spread.
Ross Kedl, professor of immunology and microbiology at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus, said it's "no coincidence" that the measles outbreak in Ohio is focused on children not vaccinated.
"If it's in a susceptible population and in the right circumstances — which the holidays present quite well — it can grow quite quickly," Kedl said.
What is measles and what are its symptoms?
Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that causes fever, red rash, cough and red eyes. It's so contagious that up to 9 out of 10 people who don't have protection (either from vaccination or previous infection) will get it, according to the CDC.
Symptoms usually appear between seven and 14 days after an exposure, and the rash will follow three to five days after the first symptoms, according to the CDC.
Many people are at risk for complications from measles, including young children under 5, adults over 20, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems.
Abelowitz says that in terms of severity, measles is "significantly higher than most of the viruses we are exposed to."
According to the CDC, about one in five unvaccinated people who catch measles will be hospitalized.
An example of measles after three days with the rash.
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About the measles vaccine
Vaccination against measles is either covered by the MMR vaccine or by the MMRV vaccine. Both protect against multiple diseases, including measles, mumps, and rubella, but MMRV also includes varicella, which is the virus that causes chickenpox. For a full comparison between vaccines, see this table from the CDC.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC recommend that all children receive two doses of the measles vaccine: one injection between 12 and 15 months and another between 4 and 6 years of age.
Most people in the United States have been vaccinated against measles. This protection is considered permanent: one dose is about 93% effective and two doses are about 97% effective, with a range of 67% to 100%, according to the CDC. If not, or if you are unsure of your vaccination record, contact your doctor. You can get another dose of the MMR vaccine if you don't have documentation, according to the CDC.
And if you were born before 1957 – regardless of your vaccination status – you also have protection against measles in the eyes of the CDC, because you probably had it as a child.
What can you do about it
Vaccinated adults have very little to worry about measles. If you are in the Columbus area, the Ohio Department of Health has more information on where people may have been exposed and what to do.
But if you are the parent of a young child who has missed one or both doses of the measles vaccine, contact your pediatrician as soon as possible. To go further into the holiday season where even more people will be traveling, making that phone call is very important, according to Abelowitz.
This applies not only to children in the United States, but to people living in all countries.
"For three years, we have been sounding the alarm about declining immunization rates and the growing health risk to children around the world," said Ephrem Tekle Lemango, head of immunization at UNICEF, in a statement. press release last month. "We have a short window of opportunity to urgently catch up on lost ground in measles vaccination and protect every child. Now is the time to act decisively."
According to Kedl, the Columbus outbreak is "consistent with the next stage of things" when measles vaccination rates continue to drop, adding that "the next thing that's likely to happen is you'll see an increased frequency of outbreaks." ".
"It's not a problem that needs a solution," Kedl said. "It is a solution that must be accepted."
The information in this article is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended to constitute medical or health advice. Always consult a physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have about a medical condition or health goals.
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A new Halo 3 game is about to hit, but the Master Chief is nowhere to be seen. This all-new first person shooter has evolved into something much bigger than a mere standalone expansion pack and is now a fully-fledged prequel to the last game.
You no longer play as a Spartan super soldier, but as a sort of futuristic paratrooper with less high tech armour and abilities. Much of the game is told in flashback, as you search for your missing teammates in New Mombasa and discover more of the backstory of the Halo universe.
Of course this being Halo the multiplayer is just as important as the story campaign, with the basic modes being identical to Halo 3 and using all 24 current maps. New mode Firefight though is a four player co-op mode similar to Gears of War 2's Horde - perfect for Halo fans looking for more action.
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War without end: New Firefight multiplayer modes introduces four play co-operative action against an unending wave of Covenant forces.
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Attention Cheetah Olympians! All completed reading and math links for this summer's Cheetah Olympics must be turned in by Monday, September 19th. Prizes will be awarded at a celebration for all participants to be held the last week in September. If you have any questions, please email Annemarie Dumar at annemariedumar@gmail.com.
A big thank you to all our volunteers who have helped our new kindergarteners learn the routines over the last two weeks - your support is really appreciated.
Thank you also to everyone who joined us on Monday at our First HSA meeting of the year. It was great to see so many new faces.
1) Register your Price Chopper card to the school, our school code is 16358. Or you can send your details in to school and we can arrange registering your card to the school.
2) Use www.smile.amazon.com when making purchases on Amazon and register your account to Dorothy Nolan Home School Association, then 0.5% of qualifying purchase is donated to our HSA.
3) We are participating in the Hannafords Helps Schools program this Fall, from now through Dec 3rd.
Please support us by depositing your school dollars in our slot in the collection bin, AND by encouraging all your friends and neighbours to as well!
4)(Campbell's) Label for Education program is ending. We will still collect all labels for the full calendar year. The Company is not printing them on products anymore so there should not be many incoming. But we would love to have all that are sitting in drawers, pantries or on items.
Help support the 5th grade graduation class and the Dorothy Nolan HSA on Thursday, Sept. 22nd from 4 PM-9 PM. See our flyer below.
Our 3rd Annual Movie Night is on Friday 9/23 at Gavin Park. Gates open at 6:30 and movie starts at 7pm. We will happily accept donations for our concession stand (bagged chips, popcorn, water bottles, etc.) or a donation of your time to help set up. Volunteers are needed for a quick set up at 5:45, to work the concession stand from 6:30-7 (you won't miss the movie) and a few hands to help break things down at the end of the night. Don't forget to dress accordingly and bring a blanket/chair and flashlight. All children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times...or we may need to call in Officer Hopps! Please send your registration forms in by Tuesday, Sept. 20th. $5/person, $20/family of 4 or more.
Please contact dorothynolanhsa1@gmail.com if you are able to help out.
Our 1st Boxtops for Education contest is underway and ends on Friday, October 21st! Please remember to send your trimmed boxtops in a ziploc baggie labeled with the name of your child's teacher.
Thank you to all our sponsors for the event!
Hole-In-One Sponsor: Whiteman Chevrolet Inc. – win a new car!!
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Lunch Sponsor: Superior Coach, Inc. and Scott Varley Group Inc.
We have amazing silent auction items to bid on at the tournament (or during lunch, if you are not a golfer). A few of the many donations include: gift cards to Dicks Sporting Goods, Jacob & Anthony's, Saratoga Olive Oil Co., Upstate Transit of Saratoga LLC; tickets to a Tri-City ValleyCats game; basket of treats from Kilwins; overnight accommodations and breakfast at Pavilion Grand Hotel.
Not Golfing? NO Problem :) Volunteers are needed!
We need volunteers throughout the day of the golf tournament to make sure everything runs smoothly. Please consider helping us during as many sessions possible.
SUNY Adirondack Continuing Education is offering online youth programming for 3rd-5th graders this fall. Courses include Cryptozoology and Forensics: Prove It. Classes run from September 26th to December 9th. For more information or to register visit conted@sunyacc.edu.
The SNACpack Program is grateful for all those who helped pack and deliver over 800 bags of food over the summer months to our children in food insecure homes. Our program is continuing again as a weekly backpack that goes home on Fridays throughout the school year to students in all 6 elementary buildings, the middle and high schools. We welcome donations to be left in our front lobby of some staple items: mac & cheese, juice boxes and protein bars. We also welcome families to sign up to help pack each week at 4pm at St. Clement's Church, Lake Avenue, Saratoga. We ask families to sign up using our Sign Up Genius link. Thank you for all your support!
Please arrive at 4:00 pm at St. Clement's Parish Center on Thursday night to help organize and pack the food. St. Clement's address: 231 Lake Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY If you are signing up as a family please sign up each person in the family for an individual slot. ex: 4 people= 4 slots THANK YOU !!!


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