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International US: POCUS Training in Liberia
In many institutions across the United States, emergency medicine (EM) is the spark to ignite point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) education throughout the hospital, leading or collaborating in training a wide range of trainees from other specialties. This truth is not limited to the United States.
Today, whether through the African Federation of Emergency Medicine's (AFEM) ultrasound presentation bank, Point-of-care Ultrasound in Resource-limited Environment's (PURE) training sessions, or the myriad of other targeted educational programs, EM – as a field – is helping to lead POCUS education across the globe.
In the 2016-2017 academic year, 12 resident physicians engaged in a yearlong interdisciplinary POCUS education training program implemented by Boston Children's Hospital as an academic partner to the Health Workforce Program (HWP) in Liberia. The program was led by several EM-trained POCUS educators, with a curriculum targeted to 'train-the-trainers.' Two pediatricians, 2 general surgeons, 2 obstetrician/gynecologists, 3 family medicine physicians, and 3 internal medicine physicians engaged in learning a comprehensive but tailored mix of POCUS applications. Considering an EM training pathway is not yet present in Liberia, emergency ultrasound applications were tailored as relevant to trainees in each of these specialties.
Now, almost two years after the completion of the initial training program, these trainees continue to train other providers within their respective specialties. Most of the resident physicians who were in the training program teach their faculty, co-residents, interns, and medical students both through lectures and hands-on teaching at the bedside through image acquisition, interpretation, and clinical integration. Two of the pediatric resident trainees subsequently traveled internationally to host a training session for other pediatricians in Ghana.
Like a wildfire, it can be challenging to identify the initial source of the blaze, but for now it's clear: Emergency Medicine helps fan the flame of both interest and expertise in POCUS education worldwide.
Sally Graglia, MD, MPH
UCSF-SFGH
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Pennsylvania Warns On The Naked Polling Booths
By Nikki Attkisson
In Philadelphia, the top election official reports that in November, thousands of mail-in ballots might be tossed out unless changes are made to the secrecy envelope rules — second sleeves that help keep poll workers from seeing how anyone voted.
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that officials should refuse so-called naked ballots that are obtained without the veil of secrecy. State election officials had previously given instructions reminding counties that naked ballots should be counted. According to Philadelphia city commissioner Lisa Deeley, based on error rates in previous elections, that may mean more than 100,000 mail-in ballots are at risk. President Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by just over 44,000 votes in 2016, a central swing state.
Deeley wrote a letter Monday to House Speaker Bryan Cutler of the Republican state and Senate President Joseph Scarnati of the Republican government, calling for immediate legislative action to remove the confidentiality sleeve provision. She argued that the provision could cause the state to be the subject of severe legal controversy after the election, such as we had not seen since Florida in 2000. Deeley wrote that he hopes you consider this letter to be like me being a canary in a coal mine. Pennsylvania Republicans were warned by an official who manages elections in Philadelphia that as many as 100,000 voters could be disenfranchised if the state legislature does not amend a confidentiality law on mail ballots by November.
In a letter to Republican legislative representatives, City Commissioner Lisa Deeley wrote that the rules of the state requiring officials to refuse naked ballots or ballots submitted without a second inner secrecy envelope would set Pennsylvania up to be the subject of a significant legal dispute after the election, such as we had not seen since Florida in 2000. Mike Straub, the spokesman for Cutler, said there is no intention to adjust the criteria. In their decision, the Supreme Court was explicit that the secrecy envelopes served an essential role in maintaining every vote's confidentiality, Straub said. This was made official by the court. We have no plans whatsoever to take it up again.
The Keystone State is one of only 16 states that still need a hidden envelope or sleeve. About 6.4% of absentee ballots were naked in the 2019 General Election. A rate that could mean 30,000 to 40,000 votes could be tossed out in Philadelphia alone and over 100,000 nationwide when applied to the November election. The hidden sleeves or the secret sleeves are a vestige of the past and are not required in this case because Deeley wrote, the ballots are no longer counted at individual polling places. Machines that process 12,000 votes per hour in secret envelopes are now counting the votes and 24,000 per hour without the personal envelope.
There is no chance at these speeds to pause or even slow down and identify how a person voted, Deeley said. The envelope of confidentiality remains now only as a way to disenfranchise well-intentioned citizens in Pennsylvania. Secretary of State Kathy has no system for repairing ballots that arrive without the secret sleeves. According to communications director Wanda Murren, Boockvar plans to provide revised guidelines on naked ballots. Immediately after the ruling Thursday, the advice on naked ballots was deleted from our website, and counties were told that it was withdrawn.
Voting experts and election officials are not worried about significant voting fraud from this pandemic-hit election's increased use of mail-in ballots, but user errors are a real concern. And it's a growing worry in Pennsylvania, a central swing state, that mail-in votes obtained without a second secrecy envelope inside will be thrown out after the state Supreme Court ruled last week. Philadelphia's top election officials cautioned Monday that the disqualification of these naked ballots would cause electoral uncertainty, leading to tens of thousands of discarded votes and serious post-election legal conflict, something we haven't seen since Florida in 2000. In 2016, President Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,000 votes, and this year the state is so important, FiveThirtyEight says, our model gives Trump an 84 per cent chance of winning the presidency if he wins the state. If Pennsylvania goes blue, it provides Biden with a 96 per cent chance of winning.
The disqualification of naked ballots of 100,000 or more could tip the election. But voters concerned that the confidentiality envelope may have been left out may track their mail-in ballot via a state website, votesPA.com / MailBallotStatus, to ensure that counted or remedial measures are taken. If you know how to take it, the use of both envelopes is not an onerous move. The Pennsylvania Secretary of State's office put out a short video to walk through the steps (in English and Spanish) with new (or experienced) mail-in voters. The two-envelope rule is not included in Colbert's video, so it's not clear how well he understands the Pennsylvania ballot. But, if you need to learn how, where, and when to cast your one precious vote, his site has links to every state's election site. It would cost little to abolish the provision, Deeley said, saving tens of thousands of dollars instead.
Failure to act would cost taxpayers heavily, she said, adding that in reaching out to voters to remind them to provide the double envelope, the state will have to invest heavily. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, sixteen states in total need hidden envelopes, including key countries such as Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, and Texas. The margin by which President Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 was determined by a margin as low as 44,292 votes, but few. With the elections coming near the chaos is growing every day. Though this happens every time, the US has a presidential election, but this time the things are different. People are more vigilant and clear about what they want. Both the sides are supporting their candidates, and it is not going to be a small war. The battle is all set, and the guns are all loaded.
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Antonio María Esquivel – Portrait of a Diplomat - 1849
Antonio María Esquivel y Suárez de Urbina (8 March 1806, Seville - 9 April 1857, Madrid) was a Spanish painter who specialized in portraits.
Born into a family of noble lineage, he began his studies at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville. There, he became familiar with the pictorial techniques practiced by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 17th century Spanish Baroque painter. In 1831, already married and in need of work, he moved to Madrid and enrolled at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, becoming a merit scholar. He was also involved in the intellectual life of Madrid and, in 1837, was an active participant in founding the local "Artistic and Literary Lyceum", where he gave classes in anatomy, a subject that he would later teach at the San Fernando Academy.
His official recognitions include the "Commander's Cross" of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. In 1843, he was named Court painter and, in 1847, a Professor at the San Fernando Academy. He was a founding member of the "Society for the Protection of the Fine Arts" and wrote a book on art theory: Tratado de Anatomía Pictórica. His sons Carlos (1830-1867) and Vicente (fl.1860s-70s) also became painters. He died in Madrid, aged 51.
Esquivel's paintings, especially Romantic style portraits, are present in numerous Spanish museums, such as the Prado Museum, the Naval Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Romanticism, among others.
Source: Wikipedia.
Artist: Antonio María Esquivel (1806-1857).
Signed and dated bottom right: A. Esquivel, 1849.
Condition: Excellent condition.
Dimensions: 124 x 93 cm / 48 3/4 x 36 1/2 in.
Frame: Sold without frame.
Origin: Spain.


Common source outbreak of relapsing fever - California.
In August and September 1989, six persons who had each at different times spent the night in the same cabin at Big Bar Lake, San Bernardino County, California, developed sudden onset of high fever with severe headaches, prostration, nausea, and vomiting. Four patients were initially considered to have viral gastroenteritis and received no antibiotic therapy. When fever recurred, relapsing fever was suspected and confirmed serologically in two of these patients. Two of the four patients were treated with tetracycline and recovered. Two recovered without treatment after three relapses.
The Santa Barbara and San Bernardino county health departments were advised of the outbreak and conducted an epidemiologic and environmental investigation of the Big Bear Lake area and the cabin used by each of the six patients. The investigators noted a large population of California ground squirrels and chipmunks and the widespread practice by visitors of feeding these animals. Inhabited ground-squirrel burrows were found under the cabin. The cabin was fumigated to kill vectors (ticks). No other cabins were known to be associated with illness. In the spring of 1990, educational literature about relapsing fever and prevention of the disease was distributed to cabin owners in the Big Bear Lake area.
Editorial Note: In the United States, relapsing fever results from infection by the spirochetes Borrelia hermsii and B. turicatae. The disease, which occurs in the western United States, is transmitted to humans principally by the bites of the infected ticks Ornithodoros hermsi and O. turicata buut possibly also by O. parkeri and O. rudis (1-6). These ticks normally inhabit the burrows and nests of rodents in which the natural infection cycle proceeds without apparent disease in the rodents.
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Reported by: WC Koonce, MD, S Abbott, MD, S Hosea, MD, E Hunt, MD, W Morton-Smith, MD, Santa Barbara; L Harris, Santa Barbara County Dept of Health; San Bernardino County Depts of Public Health and Environmental Health, California. Bacterial Zoonoses Br, Div of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC.
Nursing home outbreaks of invasive group A streptococcal infections - Illinois, Kansas, North Carolina, and Texas.
Football-related spinal cord injuries among high school players - Louisiana, 1989.


Austin Bowles, a member of Stillwater, Eagle Heights, previously served as Pistol Pete.
That became Austin Bowles' goal starting his freshman year at Oklahoma State University (OSU). As a sophomore, Bowles tried out and was selected as one of two people to be OSU's mascot.
Throughout his two-year commitment as Pistol Pete, Bowles estimates that he made more than 500 appearances. In the midst of his busy schedule, he explained that God taught him a lot of small lessons.
"I learned that time isn't everything," he said. "As busy as we were, we always felt crunched for time, and that there weren't enough hours in the day.
Bowles grew up attending Duncan, First with his family. Upon moving to Stillwater, he plugged himself into Stillwater, Eagle Heights. He credits his church involvement as one key help to staying strong in his faith.
"For me, a lot of my ability to stay committed to my beliefs (in college) was anchored by being involved at Eagle Heights. It is important to be plugged into a church and a core group of believers who are going to hold you accountable. Accountability is huge in tempting situations," Bowles explained.
Bowles also understood the importance of growing his personal relationship with God each day.
Austin Bowles served for two weeks in the Dominican Republic and put on a Vacation Bible School for children.
As Pistol Pete, Bowles searched for opportunities to minister to others.
"I really wanted to use it as a tool to try to show that I was a 'light in a dark place.' I wanted to be there to answer any questions and just be a go-to guy. Pete is around a lot of worldly things.
Feeling a call to ministry in high school, Bowles serves as much as he can. One summer he spent each week serving at a church camp in Northeastern Oklahoma; another summer he spent two weeks in the Dominican Republic and put on Vacation Bible School activities for children, he also worked at Kids Across America and interned at Kingfisher, First.
"My call to ministry is fairly unique. I feel led to work primarily with churches. So many towns/cities in Oklahoma have dealt with the problem of church splits and separation. So often communities are split apart by the church rather than united behind it, and I feel like that's not how the body of Christ is to look according to Scripture.
His next step in his life adventure includes a big move to Seattle to work with Union Gospel Mission under the Serve Seattle emphasis to learn the skills he needs to unite churches so he can one day bring his calling back home to Oklahoma.
"The Mission brings in 40 students between the ages of 18-25 and they plug you in to an internship somewhere in the city that is something you are passionate about, whether it be working with the homeless community or human trafficking or youth or anything like that. My internship specifically will be learning how they coordinate all their churches to serve together regardless of denomination.


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Amaarae (feat. Kali Uchis, Moliy), 'SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY (Vigro Deep Amapiano Remix)'
By Otis Hart
By now, Western ears have had plenty of chances to jump on the Amaarae bandwagon. The original version of "SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY" was released in 2020, and the remix featuring Kali Uchis landed on numerous 2021 best-of lists (including ours). So why are we covering it again in 2022? Because it might just be the Trojan Horse we need to introduce amapiano to America. The rising style of dance music out of South Africa is a spacious, mid-tempo form of deep house music that is slow enough to chill to, but dramatic enough to fill dance floors. It's only relatively new, emerging 10 years ago in KwaZulu-Natal and catching fire across the African continent two years ago. The remix here is provided by Vigro Deep, a 20-year-old producer who's already secured a foothold in the U.K. and has said explicitly he's ready for a worldwide audience. We're listening.
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In this session, Sierra Ferrell talks about her life and adventures so far. Plus, you'll hear live recordings of her performances from last years XPoNential Music Festival.
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Resultados do Carnaval de Manaus em 2013. A vencedora do grupo especial foi a escola Mocidade Independente de Aparecida.

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Prof. Hans Boas on the Texas German Dialect
On Thursday, October 27, Bosch alumni Jenny Hoff and Renuka Rayasam (Bosch XXVII) gathered a group of about 20 Germanophiles at the Easy Tiger beer garden in Austin, Texas to learn about the history of Germans in the state. Attendees included the curator of the Elizabeth Ney museum, which shows the work of a German sculptor who settled in Austin in nineteenth century and documentary filmmaker who is putting together a film about Germans in Texas.
Over beers and bratwurst, University of Texas professor Hans Boas spoke about how and why Germans came to Texas and how their culture evolved through the generations. Professor Boas, a linguistics and German professor, stumbled on the topic when he was driving from Berkeley to Austin. He stopped in Fredericksburg, Texas and heard people speaking a dialect of German he had never heard before. He learned that the dialect had developed as generations of Germans from across the country settled in the Lone Star State.
Germans fell in love with Texas' wide open plains. And Boas talked about how they became an important immigrant group, comparing their story with the story of immigrants in the United States today. In the civil war, for example, Boas said that most Germans opposed slavery. At one point there were hundreds of German language newspapers, dozens of German language churches across settlements in Texas, and even an entire literary genre of novels written by Germans about life in Texas. Professor Boas told the assembled group that in the early nineteenth century, the German language held the same place in Texas as Spanish does today.
But in the twentieth century, two World Wars pushed German out of favor. Locals changed their names and stopped teaching their children the language at home.
Professor Boas is currently trying to record the last remaining "Texasdeutsch" speakers in the state. You can learn more about his project here: http://tgdp.org/
And read more about his work in this article: http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/auf-wiedersehen-to-a-dialect/
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No matter how near or far you are from home, a recommendation for a good restaurant or bar is always nice to have. EATS is a collection of places that I've enjoyed during my travels.
I found Ober Mama by accident and am glad I did. Very glad. First by its kitschy name and proximity to the trendy Marias neighborhood. Then by the stunning photos and reviews online and finally by its oh-so-amazing menu of fresh seasonal pastas, Neapolitan-style pizza and clever cocktails, including make your own Negroni. Sold. I'm clearly not the only one who experienced this love-at-first-sight feeling, as I read rumors about a line wrapping around the block as opening time approaches each night (the restaurant does not take reservations – first come, first seated). We arrived about 15-20 minutes early and joined the crowd of hungry people vying to snag a table. At 7pm on the dot the waitstaff threw open the doors with a big, boisterous "Buona sera!" And somehow after all of the build-up, luck smiled upon us and we were seated by 7:15pm.
Ober Mamma's interior is eclectic chic, with a gorgeous marble and copper bar offset by big antique mirrors, mismatched furnishings, painted ceramic plates. After ordering cocktails we set out to tackle the food menu (which proudly boasts that everything is homemade with products sourced directly from Italy), starting with a burrata caprese salad consisting of tomatoes in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors topped with ooey, gooey cheese, pine nuts and a drizzle of pesto. We followed this with a Margherita pizza (the only true way to judge the quality of a restaurant's pizza) and Ober Mamma's "famous" truffle pasta. Needless to say, the food was sublime (no room for dessert, although we wish we had after watching tiramisu be served from a casserole dish by the scoopful to the table next to us), the service was laid back and the overall experience is definitely worth the wait.
One of the most common dishes at brasseries throughout Paris is steak frites – literally steak and fries – and at Le Relais de l'Entrecôte it's the only thing that's served. Seriously, there's no menu until you get to dessert, but let's not jump ahead. This family-run institution dates back to 1959 (now with multiple arms and locations around Paris and the world) and since then very little has changed, right down to the black and white uniforms worn by the waitresses. Le Relais de l'Entrecôte is another place I would advise you to arrive early to get a spot in the line that's sure to stretch down the block (we dined at the Saint-Germain location and still had to wait despite the pouring rain).
After being seated the waitress took our drink order (we opted for a house red wine) and ask only one other question – how we wanted our steak cooked – noting our preference with a flick of her pen on the paper table cloth. The meal began with a simple salad tossed with walnuts and a mustard-based vinaigrette. Then no sooner had we finished the starter, one of the women in black emerged from the kitchen with a big platter of thin-cut fries and sliced steak topped with a butter-based "secret sauce" (we overheard the table next to us say the recipe is so secret that it's not even made on the premises). Working from warming stations strategically placed around the restaurant, we watched in awe as the waitresses moved from table to table serving hearty portions of what I would characterize as "all you should eat" steak and fries (tip: go hungry). And once a person manages to clean their plate – this is where things get even more interesting – the waitresses magically reappear like clockwork to refill it with a second and equally as hearty serving of both (another tip: if you don't want more you can always pass, or graze on your fries and only have a second serving of steak).
Feeling like we've eaten for two, the waitresses materialized once more to tempt us with one (or more) of the many dessert options presented in large colorful pictures on a menu (third tip: which should be the first, save room for dessert). We ordered a pistachio cream cake that was not shown on the menu but was in the display case next to our table, which was was nothing short of sublime, and a chocolate cake with ice cream and whipped cream. At this point a long walk along the Seine was in order, but our experience at Le Relais de l'Entrecôte was definitely a fun and memorable one.
I don't remember how I first stumbled upon Grazie but I do know that it's been on my list for the better part of 5 years despite multiple visits to Paris during that period. Every time we've tried to eat at this hip pizza place on the fringe of the Marais neighborhood, reservations were either already booked up or the waiting list was considerably too long. A good indication of the restaurant's popularity? One would hope. With this past history in mind, we made it a point to get a table during our last trip to Paris, diligently making our reservation a few weeks in advance for a weeknight around 7:30pm. There were already several tables seated when we arrived and the remainder of the restaurant filled up quickly.
If you don't know what you're looking for it's easy to walk right by Grazie thanks to its dark and discrete exterior with big windows and punches of bulb lights that bears no name or signage. The interior is also dim with a laid back vibe reminiscent of a favorite neighborhood dive bar. Its menu offers a handful of creative seasonal cocktails, antipasti and wood oven pizzas made from Italian-sourced ingredients. Following cocktails, we ordered a carafe of red wine (brought to us in a laboratory beaker) along with a zucchini and arugula salad. For pizza we opted for the spicy sausage-topped Babbini and the Crudaiola with cherry tomatoes and more arugula (so much arugula!). The pizzas were delicious and definitely hit the spot but I have to admit that they were eclipsed by others that we had during the same trip.
Street food is often some of my favorite food when traveling, and L'As du Falafel (the Falafel Ace) was no exception. This Kosher Middle Eastern restaurant is located in Paris' Jewish Quarter in the heart of the Marias that dates back to 1979. If you happen to miss the green storefront, the long line stretching down the block is a dead giveaway that you've come to the right place. While L'As du Falafel offers both dine-in and walk-up service, we decided to join the masses and order our food to take away.
Over the years, a handful of other competing businesses have popped up in the area, each claiming to have the best falafel in town. Not for the faint-hearted, you must keep your eye on the prize you make your way past the restaurants promoters that line Rue des Rosiers, husting to attract hungry passerbyers to their establishment. It's an experience that reminded me of my childhood visits to Little Italy in New York where each restaurant had its own "guy" outside pushing a 3-course lunch special.
The line at L'As du Falafel moves along efficiently as one of the aforementioned guys comes by to take your order and payment while you wait, so all you need to do is hand over the ticket with your selection when you reach the window (tip: look at the posted menu and know what you want before getting in line). Although the menu has a variety of different falafel, schawarma and other dishes, we went with the standard falafel special – crispy fried chickpea balls, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and roasted eggplant topped with a spicy sauce and creamy tzatziki stuffed in a fluffy oversized pita pocket. We barely made it a few steps away from the window, leaning against a building on the street to indulge in this beyond amazing creation. Looking around, we weren't the only ones who couldn't resist as other people were doing the same. Grab a fork and lots of napkins, you'll need them.
After our falafel something sweet was in order, which led us to Glace Bachir. This Lebanese ice cream shop is the first of its kind in Paris located a stone's throw from the Pompidou Center. While the family-run business dates back to 1936, the Paris location only recently opened in January 2017 as the first shop outside of Lebanon. I was first seduced by photos of its towering pastel-colored ice cream on Instagram and couldn't wait to try it for myself.
What makes Glace Bachir unique is its simplicity and focused selection of 100% organic flavors – rose, strawberry, mango, lemon, vanilla, pistachio, almond, milk and dark chocolate and coffee – from which you can choose as many as you like in one of 3 different sizes of cups or cones. That and the specialty glace achta (pronounced with a "sh" sound), a milk-based ice cream with hints of orange blossom and pine-flavored mastic, which is then rolled in chopped pistachios and topped with homemade whipped cream. While the achta is what we came for, we also couldn't resist trying a few other flavors and ordered a cup with a scoop each of almond, pistachio, dark chocolate and rose. We sat on the wooden benches outside under the shop's awning while we enjoyed our frozen treats, a brief haven from the drizzly Paris afternoon. I highly suggest you seek out Glace Bachir as it was such an enjoyable and unexpected experience that can be summed up with one word: sublime.
While on the subject of sweets, there is no shortage of tempting treats in Paris and another to add to the list is chocolate mousse at Chapon. Founded by Patrice Chapon, who stakes his clam as the only full-time chocolatier in France to roast his own cocoa beans to produce his chocolate (a process he calls "bean to bar"), the shop elicits that kid-in-a-candy-store-like feeling that everyone can relate to. Among all of the beautifully displayed confections is the bar a mousses aux chocolats, featuring 5 different types of chocolate mousse made from single-origin cocoa beans. Much like an ice cream shop, you can ask to sample a flavor or two before making your selection, which is served in a paper cone (or larger containers to take home) with a rolled wafer cookie and the option of a handful of simple toppings. We indulged at Chapon on Rue de Bac in the 7th arrondissement, however the shop has several other locations around the city to get your sweets fix.
One more pizza place to add to the list, Mokus l'Écureuil is a good standby option near the Trocadero. It's not necessarily a place I would have found on my own, rather we were meeting some local friends for dinner who suggested this restaurant. The interior has an edgy feel thanks to red-hued neon lights, cow hide booths and exposed brick and metal details. The service was laid back and friendly and the menu has a broad range of offerings including pasta and hamburgers with a focus on its pizze rosse and pizze bianche, along with beer, wine and a full bar of spirits. We ordered several different pizzas, noteworthy because of their perfectly chewy crusts. Leaving no room for dessert, we soon discovered another selling point of Mokus l'Écureuil – its convenient location for a post-dinner walk around the Champs de Mars and Eiffel Tower. So if you find yourself sightseeing in this in this area of Paris and are looking for a reliable lunch or dinner spot, then look no further.
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Yes! Keep it on your list, it was so delicious and Ober Mamma was seriously one of the best meals I've ever had. Both were worth the wait!
Yum! You're making me hungry for food and travel!
Both are always a good idea!!!


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FOR KING AND COUNTRY Being a Record of Funds & Philanthropic Work in Connection with the South African War 1899-1902
A very detailed record of funds received by various organisations during the South African War 1899-1902 with reference to distribution and expenditure. With some 448,435 imperial troops, the vast majority of them British deployed, and over 75,000 of them invalided home as sick or wounded (nearly 22,000 died). War on this scale far exceeded the capacity of the both regular army to provide the necessary troops, and the state to provide care for the wounded and support for soldiers' families.
FOR KING AND COUNTRY Being a Record of Funds & Philanthropic Work in Connection with the South African War 1899-1902 quantity
Encyclopaedic record of the multitude of voluntary organisations (around 100 in all) that sprang up throughout the Empire to raise funds, & to provide a range of amenities from soldiers' comforts to entire hospitals, hospital ships & trains, convalescent homes, ect., during the Boer War. Contains descriptions of the origin, raising, organisation & work of each body, many with quite detailed statements of funds raised et cetera. A representative sample (from the well known to some more obscure): The Mansion House Fund; The Soldiers' & Sailors' Families Association; Medical & Surgical Aid for Sick & Wounded Officers (The Duke of Abercorn's Fund); Golder's Hill, Hampstead (Brigade of Guards); Absent Minded Beggar Fund; Lady White's Ladysmith Fund; Mafeking Relief Fund; Lord Loch's Horse; The Indian Followers' Relief Fund; Tasmania Transvaal Patriotic Fund; Wounded Officers Fund (Cannes); Boer Women & Children's Clothing Fund; Transvaal Clergy Relief Fund; Soldiers' Graves (Victoria League). A handsome & very rare work in its original edition.
Col. James Gildea CVO., CB.
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OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 compiled by the Direction of His Majesty's Government. Complete in four volumes together with four volumes of full colour maps.
NEW ZEALANDERS IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902
FIRST OR GRENADIER GUARDS 2nd and 3rd Battalions IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902
DIARY OF SERVICES OF THE FIRST BATTALION THE ROYAL SCOTS DURING THE BOER WAR
COMMISSION OF HMS TERRIBLE 1898-1902
OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY CONTINGENTS TO THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA


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Nicholas J.G. Winter
I study American politics—with focus on public opinion, political psychology, and gender, race & politics—and methodology—with focus on statistical analysis, research design, and experimental methods. I joined the department at UVa in the Fall of 2006; prior to that I held a tenure track position in the Government Department at Cornell; worked as a policy researcher at Policy Studies Associates in Washington, DC; and worked as a political campaign consultant, also in Washington. I received my Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan, where my fields of study included American politics, methodology, and social theory.
My first book develops and tests a theory to explain the process by which public opinion can be shaped by implicit race or gender considerations (Dangerous Frames: How Ideas About Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion, University of Chicago Press). My work has also appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Politics & Gender, Political Behavior, Political Science Research & Methods and Political Psychology.
Hostile Sexism, Benevolent Sexism, and American Elections
Politics & Gender (2022)
Gendered (and Racialized) Partisan Polarization
In Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy (2020)
The Shape of and Solutions to the MTurk Quality Crisis
Political Science Research and Methods (2020)
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Political Behavior (2010)
Dangerous Frames: How Ideas About Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion
University of Chicago Press (2008)
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Ryder is the lider of the Paw Patrol and now he can not stop playing this addicted summer game, Pokemon Go. Help him to find 10 pokemons that are hidden at Adventure Bay. Move your phone all around the screen until and find all Pokemons.


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Parents Matter
Sometimes people in the life of teenagers, can feel like their voice does not matter. This campaign was designed with parents, other professionals and community members who want to celebrate the parents in our community who have important conversations with their teens and inspire them to continue having these important conversations.
With the passing of I-502 which legalized marijuana in our state the young people in our community have been thrust into a new environment. It is even more important now to open the door for conversations with the teens in our lives. They need to know the facts and science says that they are more likely to not abuse substances when their parents and trusted adults set clear standards and healthy beliefs.
There is good news! Most teens said: (1)
Their parents set clear standards about drug and alcohol use.
They have adults in their life they trust and can talk to about important issues.
Their parents tell them they are proud of them.
Most young people have caring adults in their lives! We want to challenge you talk early and talk often, set clear standards and find ways to celebrate the strengths of your teen!
1) Washington State Healthy Youth Survey, Thurston County. (2014). www.askHYS.net
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How to talk with teen
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Solicitor General Mike Farnworth authorized redeploying RCMP resources in response to Coastal GasLink's injunction
by Charlie Smith on March 5th, 2020 at 7:58 AM
In late January, B.C.'s "top cop", Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, concluded that gathering opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline constituted a "provincial emergency" under the B.C. government's agreement with the Mounties.
So, under article 9.1 of the Provincial Police Services Agreement with the RCMP, Farnworth authorized "the internal redeployment of resources within the Provincial Police Service to the extent necessary to maintain law and order, and to ensure the safety of persons, properties, and communities in the area".
This is revealed in a January 27 letter that Farnworth wrote to Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Strachan, the commanding officer of E Division in Surrey.
Farnworth's letter was in response to a January 14 letter from the RCMP about the "potential police response required" to enforce the B.C. Supreme Court injunction obtained by Coastal GasLink.
Farnworth acknowledged the RCMP's insistence that "opposition to the pipeline construction near Houston, BC has intensified and evolved and the local jurisdictional police do not have sufficient resources to deal with this situation".
"The operational deployment of resources and operational decisions are solely within the internal management and control of the RCMP; however, I ask that you please continue to inform the ministry of planned actions and any further developments through established channels between executive Policing and Security Branch and RCMP staff," Farnworth wrote.
He ended his letter by declaring his appreciation for "the urgency of these situations and look forward to receiving a report on the actual redeployment that was required, the composition of the members redeployed, including any equipment that was required".
"I understand the costs related to emergencies are tracked and monitored separately and I look forward to receiving a detailed accounting of these costs," Farnworth stated in his concluding sentence.
Solicitor General Mike Farnworth was satisfied that there was a "provincial emergency" when people gathered on traditional Wet'suwet'en territory to support hereditary chiefs' opposition to a pipeline.
On March 3, Premier John Horgan's envoy to the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, former NDP MP Nathan Cullen, declared over Twitter that it isn't in the job description of a prime minister to call in or call off the police with regard to blockades.
Cullen's tweet made no mention, however, of the authority of the NDP solicitor general in B.C. to authorize the redeployment of police resources in response to a court injunction obtained by a corporation.
https://twitter.com/nathancullen/status/1234921948276117504
The B.C. government announced that Cullen would be the provincial liaison between the province and the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs on January 27—the very same day that Farnworth wrote to Strachan authorizing the redeployment of police resources.
The Mounties deployed massive firepower as they cleared peaceful protesters and created an enormous exclusion zone along the Morice West Forest Service Road in early February.
This occurred on unceded, traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, whose hereditary chiefs objected to the RCMP "invasion". The hereditary chiefs say the pipeline project violates Wet'suwet'en law.
In one memorable video, an RCMP officer appears to be pointing a rifle at Tlingit member Anne Spice and Gitxsan member Denzel Sutherland-Wilson while they were on a tower. Sutherland-Wilson is heard pleading with the officer to stop pointing the rifle.
https://twitter.com/Gidimten/status/1228001028752265216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1228001028752265216&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.straight.com%2Fnews%2F1360166%2Fwetsuweten-nation-sympathizers-occupy-attorney-general-david-ebys-constituency-office
The RCMP enforcement action prompted the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs to amend a complaint to the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP.
According to these two groups, a police decision to restrict movement from beyond the road's four-kilometre mark was outside the scope of the B.C. Supreme Court injunction.
"There is absolutely no legal precedent nor established legal authority for such an overbroad policing power associated with the enforcement of an injunction," the two organizations wrote. "The implementation and enforcement of the RCMP exclusion zone in Wet'suwet'en territory is unlawful."
The presence of so many Mounties in the area led Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs' sympathizers to set up blockades at Canadian ports, railways, and roads, causing economic disruptions.
Long read: John Horgan's envoy to Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs needs to come clean on carbon capture and storage
RCMP prepares to crack down on Wet'suwet'en Nation as bottom falls out of LNG market in Asia
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs reject ruling by B.C. Supreme Court judge to extend Coastal GasLink Pipeline injunction
Wet'suwet'en accuse RCMP of invading their territory; Mounties claim metal spikes placed on forest service road
Capilano University filmmaker Doreen Manuel's Unceded Chiefs tells historic tale of Indigenous resistance


When the option to Create a Class becomes available in Black Ops 4.
Black Ops 4 Create a Class is a staple feature in Call of Duty, allowing you to create a custom loadout to take into multiplayer matches.
However, it's locked when you first start the game, and takes a little time and effort for you to access it.
Create A Class is featured prominently on the multiplayer menu when you first load up the game, but is locked. Hovering over it doesn't reveal any further information, so initially is a bit of a mystery of how you access it.
Simply put, you need to play multiplayer matches with the game's preset character classes and level up until you reach rank five.
From level five, Create a Class will then unlock, allowing you to create a custom loadout. To be clear, you have to play multiplayer matches; progression is tied to each specific mode, so reaching Echelon level five in Blackout doesn't unlock anything in multiplayer, for example.
Even if you struggle to get wins in multiplayer, then you'll get XP for simply completing matches, so you'll get to rank five in time.
If for some reason you reach rank five and it doesn't unlock, then restarting the game might do the trick (thanks to reddit for the tip).
Why the game doesn't outline the Create a Class unlock requirement clearly from the off we don't know, but there's your answer - play enough matches and it's yours.
Until then, it's probably a good chance to try out the various character classes available, and get a feel for type of abilities you want to try before creating a custom build of your own.


A California Naval base shutters, and contamination lingers decades later | "Global Possibilities"
SAN FRANCISCO – It seemed like the ideal redevelopment play. The Treasure Island Naval Station, erected on a picturesque strip of land in the middle of San Francisco Bay in 1942, was closed by the U.S. Navy in 1997. The city of San Francisco eyed the property as the centerpiece of a plan for easing the technology hub's housing crisis.
It looked like a win for all, except for one neglected detail: the toxic legacy the Navy left behind.
Across the country, the U.S. military has shuttered hundreds of bases under a plan to consolidate operations and save money. Often, a legacy of environmental harm festers long after the armed forces depart: Nationwide, more than 1 of every 10 of the country's top-priority toxic-cleanup sites belong to the Department of Defense. The Treasure Island cleanup, conducted under yet another federal toxic remediation program, shows the problems that can resurface.
What went wrong in San Francisco Bay? A Reuters examination – built from nonpublic meeting recordings, interviews with former regulators, and thousands of pages of public documents including engineering reports and state correspondence – shows that, year after year, the Navy understated the extent of contamination. The Navy kept limiting its scope of remediation, only to expand it again and again as regulators and residents raised alarms.
"I don't think you have a clue what is buried under the ground," a state health physicist told the Navy in 2010.
The Navy insists there was never unacceptable risk to residents' health, citing the depth and concentration of buried contaminants. It has been removing pollutants "out of an abundance of caution," said Reginald Paulding, Navy Base Realignment and Closure environmental coordinator.
The effects of this exposure aren't known. Scores of people who lived on the island have banded together on Facebook complaining of mysterious maladies. Public records obtained by Reuters show residents for years have complained to state authorities of asthma, rashes, lumps, children's hair loss and cancers. But there have been no epidemiological studies that demonstrate a link between these complaints and the pollutants on Treasure Island.
The contamination has had clear social and economic consequences, though: It has delayed a city blueprint to provide quality housing. On Treasure Island, San Francisco plans up to 8,000 new residences, hotels, shops and offices. Transfer of the property to San Francisco, nearly 20 years behind schedule, won't finish until the end of 2021.
The city's Treasure Island Development Authority also cites litigation for delaying construction, and notes San Francisco didn't adopt a development plan until 2011. Housing construction won't break ground for another year.
"It's hard to trust the Navy at this point," said San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who was part of an unsuccessful 2011 lawsuit that tried to halt development, citing concerns over the Navy's environmental evaluation.
After the expo closed, the Navy took control of the island just as the country entered World War II. Naval Station Treasure Island supported air operations, managed a major communication center and processed over 12,000 men daily for Pacific assignments.
After the war, the Navy established a training center for radiological decontamination on site, where the mock ship USS Pandemonium helped Navy students prepare for radiological warfare. The land-based vessel contained sealed pouches of cesium-137, a radioactive isotope. Students practiced decontamination by scrubbing the ship clean.
Over the next 30 years, the Navy dumped radioactive material and other contaminants in large rubbish pits. Starting in the 1960s, Navy families lived in housing on base.
On the corner of Avenue E and 11th Street, the Navy discarded used equipment and vessels in the "South Storage Yard." That dumping ground later became an elementary schoolyard. On the corner of Avenue D and 11th Street, where the island's daycare center is now located, the Navy buried trash and "burned debris," a Navy survey found. Elsewhere, the Navy repaired ships containing glow-in-the-dark gauges covered with radioluminescent paint. The gauges were tossed in pits.
Reuters spoke with over a dozen former military families, none of whom were aware at the time they were living atop hazardous disposal pits.
When the military shuttered the base in the 1990s, San Francisco was eager to develop. Until redevelopment started, city residents could rent the old military homes. Under a redevelopment law, one-third of homes would be offered to San Francisco's homeless.
Others were more concerned. In 1993, the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board wrote the Navy about possible 1950s-era "disposal of radium dials," public records show. The board wanted assurances the radiation had been investigated. The Navy told Reuters it was unable to locate a specific response to the water board.
In the late 1990s, just as city residents began moving in, the Navy started testing the soil. Right away, results showed elevated levels of lead, dioxins, DDT – an insecticide that disrupts the human endocrine system – and other contaminants beneath the schoolyard, daycare center and yards of some homes.
The Navy said its landlord disclosed the contamination and maintained there was no health threat. Still, residents were advised not to garden or otherwise disturb the soil.
In 2000, the Navy sent California regulators a soil analysis that showed "chemicals of concern" in some backyards. The state warned residents to avoid tracking dirt inside. "If you have children or pets we strongly advise you not to allow them to enter the backyard," the state wrote.
Beneath the elementary schoolyard, which operated until 2005, the Navy found high levels of lead, dioxins, motor oil pollutants and benzo(a)anthracene, a carcinogenic chemical.
In one sample, the lead concentration was measured at levels 22 times above field screening guidelines. Another sample showed concentrations of DDT 31 times above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's limit.
A Navy survey in August 2003 found chemical and heavy metal contamination throughout the neighborhood. Workers detected elevated radioactivity near Bo Ross's old home on Expedition Drive and a cluster near apartments at 1413 Flounder Court.
In 2006, the Navy published a lengthy report that would shape the cleanup of Treasure Island. The Navy identified a handful of places to check for radiation, including the yards of homes thought to be above old rubbish pits. Checking elsewhere "would be purely speculative," the Navy told state regulators.
The 2006 report – based on information collected prior to June 30, 2003 – did not disclose the radiation found in August 2003 near homes on Expedition and Flounder. Nor was there mention of a historical engineering report warning of "radioactive and poisonous wastes" near housing.
"At that time, there was no information that the debris in the [pits] presented a radiological risk," the Navy's Pauling said.
Children played in the dirt while testing continued, and residents kept moving in.
Kathryn Towne moved to Treasure Island in 2005 with her husband and three kids. The island offered an uninterrupted view of San Francisco's skyline and endless adventure. Sometimes her kids came home with small items they'd found in the dirt: beads, metal buttons, rusted disks. The girls, 5 and 7, stored their findings in a small jewelry box.
In January 2014, the Navy unearthed a round piece of metal with low-level radioactivity next to their home. Towne recalls her daughters suffering rashes, asthma, thyroid issues. At 10, one daughter was diagnosed with ovarian cysts. There is no telling whether these conditions were related to the nearby pollutants.
Violet Andry, then a 22-year-old art student, moved into an apartment at 1325 Westside Drive in 2006. A few months later, she found a notice on the front door saying workers would be digging nearby and would place tarps over windows and doors. Andry could exit her lease or stay and pay reduced rent. She stayed.
Robert McLean, a radiation technician who worked for Naval contractor New World Environmental, said he uncovered radiological debris during his first day onsite in 2007. "I found the first piece at the playground," he said.
Workers piled the radioactive debris in bins next to the administrative building. Later, when the pieces were inventoried, one scrap of foil measured so radioactive that standing a foot away would be the equivalent of receiving one chest x-ray every 10 minutes.
Some radiation health experts say such levels are unlikely to cause lasting health impacts so long as residents aren't in direct contact with the materials. "Being just a little bit away from these objects, the exposure rate is quite low," said John Gough, Swedish Health Services' radiation safety director.
The report marked the beginning of a years-long struggle by the state to get the Navy to share its cleanup details. By 2010, the state's frustration boiled over, according to communications and recorded calls reviewed by Reuters.
That December, state health physicist Victor Anderson berated the Navy, which had given the state a 13-page list of radioactive items found – gauges, buttons, and bits of metal – but did not provide the levels.
Laurie Lowman, an engineering program manager for the Navy's radiological agency, replied: "Have we determined the extent of this? No." She said her agency was seeking more information. Lowman did not reply to interview requests.
Problems were popping up across Treasure Island. In February 2011, the Navy found radioactive items beneath the schoolyard, an area it had vowed had no contaminants.
The state soon conducted its own scan and discovered more radiological contamination, including some near the old apartment of former art student Violet Andry on Westside Drive. "It's terrible that people are living there and walking their dogs while this is happening," she said.
Later in 2011, the state health department slapped the Navy's lead contractor, Shaw Environmental, with 16 violations, including failing to survey excavated soil for radiation. "I'm just waiting for some little kid to find it in his backyard and walk around in his pocket and then show mom this cool thing he found," state health physicist Gene Forrer told the Navy.
The contractor told the public not to worry. In August 2012, a Shaw radiation safety officer told residents, "I could drape myself in that amount of material … dribble it all over myself, and I'd be okay." Aptim Holdings, which owns Shaw, did not respond to interview requests. Previously, Shaw said it was following Navy guidance.
The next year, San Francisco approved transferring parts of the island from Navy control to the city. The housing area is slated to transfer to San Francisco last in 2021, a year after new residential construction groundbreaking, allowing the Navy more time for cleanup.
To date, Navy contractors have uncovered 1,289 low-level radioactive items under the streets and sidewalks, playgrounds and yards. More than 50 objects, if held one foot away for less than a day, would expose residents to more radiation than the annual public limit.


I decided to have a bike ride up to Chartershall seeing as it was a nice day again, like the previous ride a few weeks ago, I didn't get far, (Brucefield's golf course again) when I spotted a buzzard.
Was this the buzzard I had seen before ?
I quickly got out my camcorder and filmed it as it watched on the fence post, then it disappeared. Shortly I spotted it on my left side high in the trees. I just manged to catch it dropping onto the ground in the undergrowth and briefly filmed it through the grass.