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Cannabis and Marijuana News
Medical Pot Sellers Will Be Prosecuted In Ore.
By bobandtorey,
June 6, 2011 in USA News
Sale of marijuana in Oregon for any purpose, including medical use, is illegal and will be prosecuted, warned a tough-worded crackdown notice sent out Friday by U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton and 34 district attorneys from across the state.
"Oregon and federal law make it illegal to sell marijuana — period, end of story," said Holton.
"The breathtaking surge in manufacture and distribution of marijuana in Oregon is putting marijuana in the hands of more and more healthy kids — and dispensaries are fueling this crisis," he argued.
A "Notice to Owners, Operators and Landlords of Oregon Marijuana Dispensaries" spelled out in harsh Nixon-era language what appears to be a no-tolerance policy.
The Beaver State adopted, in 1998, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, which is designed to protect medical marijuana users from state criminal prosecution for pot possession.
But the voter-passed law "does not restrict seizure of marijuana plants, nor does it protect individuals or organizations from federal criminal prosecution" said the "Notice to Owners."
"The sale of marijuana for any purpose — including as medicine — violates both Federal and Oregon law and will not be tolerated," it added. "People and businesses that conduct sales of marijuana face the risk of prosecution, civil enforcement action and seizure of assets . . ."
"Prosecuting individuals and organizations involved in the cultivation and distribution of controlled substances, including marijuana, are core priorities of the United States Department of Justice."
One name is notably absent from the notice — Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schrunk, whose jurisdiction includes Portland, the state's largest population center.
In a letter to Holton, the Portland DA argued that "under present circumstances my understanding of the investigative priorities of local police agencies is that combating this cannot be termed a critical priority when balanced against others."
District attorneys from Lane County, which includes the University of Oregon, as well as Washington and Clackamas Counties west and south of Portland signed the Notice.
A U.S. Department of Justice release, quoting local law enforcement, talked of an "outlaw atmosphere" and attacked medical marijuana dispensaries as fronts.
"Drug traffickers are hiding behind the medical marijuana law to protect their sham operations: We have to rein in this outlaw atmosphere before any kid can walk into a storefront on Main Street in any town in Oregon and buy marijuana illegally," said Walt Begalu, District Attorney for Marion County (Salem) and president of the Oregon DA's Association.
Attorney General Eric Holder, early in the Obama administration, indicated that the federal government would not make marijuana prosecution a top priority in states which have removed penalties for medical use of cannabis.
Holder, in Rhode Island Thursday, promised that the policy will be made more specific. "We're going to bring clarity so that people understand what this policy means and how this policy will be implemented," said the Attorney General.
The Oregon statement on Friday argued that its threats and warmings are "in keeping" with the guidance offered by Holder.
"That guidance articulates the Department's balanced approach, which effectively focuses the limited federal resources on drug traffickers and organizations as opposed to individuals with serious illnesses who use marijuana as part of a recommended treatment . . .," it said.
But, added the statement, "The guidance also makes clear that federal officials will not tolerate those who hide behind claims of compliance with state laws to mask activity that is clearly illegal."
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/03/pot-sellers-will-be-prosecuted-in-oregon/
peanutbutter
LocationDexter
I wonder why the children are more in danger now than during the last decade ..
greenbuddha
LocationHimalayan mountains in my spare time.
The harassments and arrests by the anti-MMJ agencies will eventually cause the voters to pass a 'full legalization' of the use of 'cannabis'.
It will be on the ballot in at least two states come the elections in 2012.
The Razors edge...newspeak... your safe ...not really
my paranoia is worse now as a legal patient-i should be suing over the stress and suffering i am being caused by these GOONS!
Edited June 6, 2011 by MORE COWBELL
Iceman081
Lets get it going here too!!!! They keep messing with this MM law so bad I guess this is our only recourse, lets get it on the ballot and vote on it!!!! I truely believe that if we had a push to get the younger generation out TO VOTE this would pass by a landslide. ITS TIME TO FREE THE WEED!!!!!! And Find out if our vote really does count>
sarazorz
Yeah seriously. If a kid wants to smoke some pot, they're gonna do it regardless of how or where they get their bag from. Kids have been doing this since the beginning of humanity. Experimentation is part of being human, it's a learning mechanism. Kids don't always do what they will because they are troubled, stubborn or unruly, it's often because they're smart and instead of following the flock they want to try things out for themselves. Governments use children to stir up fear in parents. "The kids, it's all about the kids!!!" Everyone knows that's a load of crap. It's all about control, and instilling fear in parents is a way of manipulation for that control. Governments don't like experimentation one bit because people who question them end up learning the truth: To not be a sheep in the flock, to question authority, and in the case of cannabis, to smoke it and realize that it's and absolutely harmless/medicinally useful miracle plant that saves people's lives.
Sorry for the rant. I can't say how discouraging it is reading articles like this. I read a lot of them, and every time it makes me want to run through the streets screaming PLANT THE LAND, or pack my bags and flee to Canada or something. *grumble*
CedarSpringsCG
LocationSee Above...
Hmm, if I were a parent, would I prefer my kid smoking a joint once in a while at a party, or huffing glue or snorting bath salts? I think I would rather he smoked some pot.
I knew a kid that huffed a lot of glue. He has never been the same, it fried his brain to the point of no return all just to get a buzz. If he just had safe easy access to MJ, he would still be a productive member of society.
I know, I would rather have my kid smoking pot than drinking or any other drugs.
Croppled1
LocationWashtenaw County
very disturbing situation if public support for this exists leaving patients without safe , legal , inexpensive access solutions that keep money circulating in their local communities not the black market or overseas . .


Hands up all those who don't like a little slice of retro indie music …come on, all of you. Well you folks should stop reading here, because this is definitely not for you! But for those of us who love a bit of sunshine that hearkens back to a great era of British music, then Italian (and no less authentic) group Harringtones with their new video release, This Is The New Age, should be just the ticket. Floating along on classic jangly guitars, washed-out vocals and a hook and feel that will stick in mind long after the track has subsided, This Is The New Age is unashamedly blissful without losing it's edge. Check it out below …and watch out for the lemons!
Harringtones released the EP This Is The New Age in 2016 on Sliptrick Records and the disc beautifully captures their emotive 60's psychedelic come Brit Pop style. The songs were recorded in collaboration with the legendary British musician Steve Cradock (Ocean Colour Scene, The Specials). Cradock contributed guitars, piano and auto-harp to the tracks.


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Kamerun nahm an den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1980 in Moskau mit einer Delegation von 25 Athleten (22 Männer und 3 Frauen) an 23 Wettkämpfen in fünf Sportarten teil. Ein Medaillengewinn gelang keinem der Athleten.

Teilnehmer nach Sportarten

Boxen
 Joseph Ahanda
 Bantamgewicht: im Achtelfinale ausgeschieden

 Jean-Pierre Mbereke-Baban
 Federgewicht: in der 1. Runde ausgeschieden

 Paul Kamela
 Halbweltergewicht: in der 1. Runde ausgeschieden

 Jean-Paul Nanga-Ntsah
 Halbschwergewicht: im Achtelfinale ausgeschieden

Judo
 Gerard Tom-Tam
 Halbleichtgewicht: im Achtelfinale ausgeschieden

 Maurice Nkamden
 Leichtgewicht: in der Hoffnungsrunde ausgeschieden

 Philippe Simo
 Halbmittelgewicht: in der 1. Runde ausgeschieden

 Henri-Richard Lobe
 Mittelgewicht: in der Hoffnungsrunde ausgeschieden

 Essambo Ewane
 Halbschwergewicht: im Achtelfinale ausgeschieden

Leichtathletik
Männer
 Grégoire Illorson
 100 m: im Halbfinale ausgeschieden
 200 m: im Vorlauf ausgeschieden

Frauen
 Ruth Enang Mesode
 100 m: im Vorlauf ausgeschieden
 200 m: im Vorlauf ausgeschieden

 Agnès Tchuinté
 Speerwurf: 17. Platz

 Cécile Ngambi
 Fünfkampf: 17. Platz

Radsport
 Joseph Evouna
 Straßenrennen: Rennen nicht beendet

 Joseph Kono
 Straßenrennen: Rennen nicht beendet
 Mannschaftszeitfahren: 22. Platz

 Thomas Nyemeg
 Straßenrennen: Rennen nicht beendet

 Nicolas Owona
 Straßenrennen: Rennen nicht beendet
 Mannschaftszeitfahren: 22. Platz

 Charles Bana
 Mannschaftszeitfahren: 22. Platz

 Toussaint Fouda
 Mannschaftszeitfahren: 22. Platz

Ringen
 Victor Kede Manga
 Federgewicht, Freistil: in der 2. Runde ausgeschieden

 Victor Koualaigue
 Leichtgewicht, Freistil: in der 2. Runde ausgeschieden

 Isaie Tonye
 Weltergewicht, Freistil: in der 2. Runde ausgeschieden

 Zachée N'Dock
 Mittelgewicht, Freistil: in der 2. Runde ausgeschieden

 Jean-Claude Biloa
 Halbschwergewicht, Freistil: in der 2. Runde ausgeschieden

 Bourcard Binelli
 Schwergewicht, Freistil: in der 2. Runde ausgeschieden

Weblinks

Kamerun
Sommerspiele 1980

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Product: Vermiculite 6X economy 1 oz 800 pellets
Vermiculite 6X. Vermiculite is used for joint and bone ailments with inflammation. Vermiculite is also known by the term Mineral. Vermiculite 6X potency in an economy 1 oz bottle with 800 pellets.
A paper printed in the British Homoeopathic Journal and also Dr. Andrew Lockie have reported on benefits of this medicine made from vermiculite, a mica-like mineral, with the 6X potency.
(web source http://www.industryinet.com/~ruby/vermiculite.html) "Vermiculite the Miracle Mineral Medicine. Extracted from HOMOEOPATHICA the journal of the New Zealand Homoeopathic Society Volume 19 No.3 June 1999
Behzad Schroff and Gool Cama presented a paper at an international homoeopathic congress in Brighton, printed in the British Homoeopatbic Journal in July that year, in which experiences with the 6x potency of a medicine made from Australian vermiculite (a mica-like mineral) were related. The mineral had been sold in its pulverised crude form as a naturopathic dietary supplement, but the proprietor of the business thought there might be more money in it in potentised form. The authors were asked to compare the properties of the crude form in capsules and the 6X version. To further confirm its efficacy, the least hopeful cases were carefully chosen, and with their full consent 6X was administered: 4 tablets four times a day. The first dose was administered, on 9 July 1980, to an elderly lady who had developed osteoarthritis since the death of her brother ten years ago. Her knees had been first affected and then the other joints in the lower extremities. In spite of extensive treatment and care, the disease was progressive. The wrists became painful and the fingers gradually flexed. Heavy doses of painkillers only gave momentary relief from the agony and discomfort. Ten days later, on 19 July she came personally to report on the action of 6X. All that she kept repeating was, "Look at my fingers!" There was no pain nor discomfort and the fingers were straight. Since the action of the drug had started, she was advised to discontinue medication, so as not to interfere the drug's beneficial action. But in vain. Her knees were still aching constantly, so she persisted with the medication. After a month she was able to step into the bathtub on her own. This was first noticed by her niece, as to her it had become an automatic movement. Nine months later unfortunately, she had a fall, resulting in the impacted fracture of the neck of femur. The part had to be replaced which meant a month of immobilization. When she was first made to walk, to everyone's surprise she did so, and without pain or stiffness, which was firmly attributed by her and her relations to the continuation of 6X. It is over a year now since she has stopped taking painkillers. However, initial movements are often painful-more so in the mornings-and an acute bout recurs when she unduly exerts herself, such as walking for a long time or climbing many steps.
The second recipient was a lady in her early thirties, who was greatly deformed by osteoarthritis and who had undergone prolonged traction, even surgery. She was on drugs not yet officially marketed by the pharmaceutical concern. 6x was taken by her as and when she remembered or pleased(!) but after ingesting 20 of 6x she reported feeling much lighter, less pain and oedema, more free and easier movements. Relatives observed listlessness being greatly reduced. Everyone who took 6x for osteoarthritis reported feeling better, livelier and lighter. Everyone noticed a reduction in swelling around the joints, and that movements were easier. Improvement was more rapid in smaller joints than in larger joints. Some felt lameness or looseness at joints. This was due to a reduction in abnormal fluid around the joint. This was explained by a lady who took 6X. She was on cortisones for the past 18 months. To counter the side effects, she took antacids and diuretics. On taking 10g of 6X she found her joint pains were the same. However, she felt lighter and her "puffiness" was less. She discontinued her diuretics of her own accord, as her urine output was also good. An increased urine output had also been noticed by another recipient earlier, but was not emphatically mentioned.
A lawyer walked in one day, asking for 6x. Incidentally he was the first male recipient. He had a severe backache. He had taken all kinds of medicines to rid himself of his backache. He had also resorted to physiotherapy, naturopathy, massages and yoga. The most demoralizing factor was having stopped his jogging, for fear of deterioration. 80 to 90% of improvement was brought on by ingestion of 6X for three months. In another three months, he was quite well. However, the X-ray appearance was as before. Since February 1981 he has not taken any medicine, yet he is very well and does all his routine work which involves climbing stairs. He jogs daily for an hour.
Vermiculite is also known by the term Mineral. Vermiculite 6X potency in a family economy size 1 oz bottle of 800 pellets with 265 doses. Pellets base is sucrose and cornstarch.
SUGGESTED DOSE: One dose is 3 to 6 pellets taken at one time. Slowly chew and dissolve pellets, or place under tongue.
Symptom relief: Take one dose 3 times a day. Use with less frequency as improvement is made.

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Q: Machine epsilon vs least positive number What is the difference between machine epsilon and least positive number in floating point representation?
If I try to show the floating point number on a number line .Is the gap between exact 0 and the first positive (number which floating point can represent) ,and the gap between two successive numbers, different?
which one is generally smaller? and on which factor these two values depends(mantisa or exponent)?

A: For the IEEE 754 we have the binary64 with:

*

*sign : 1 bit

*exponent: 11 bits

*significand : 53 bits

The smallest representable number depends on the exponent. For 11 bits we can go to aprox. 10^-323.
Using python:
0.0 == 1e-323 # False
0.0 == 1e-324 # True

The machine epsilon depends on the sigficand and is related to relative rounding error. For 53 bits we have epsilon of aprox. 1e-15.
1.0 == 1.0 + 1e-15 # False
1.0 == 1.0 + 1e-16 # True

A: Machine epsilon is actually the relative error in a floating point number system representation.
Using this you can find the absolute errors. How?
see eg in IEEE754 you have 23 bit mantissa and 8 bit biased exponent .
As per the definition of epsilon you can find it by putting all zero in exponent
we get 2^-23
we now have least positive number for which 1+epsilon not equals 1
So to find absolute error of any range of number we just multiply it with the exponent of that number.
Whereas least number is the lowest number that a number representation can represent. eg all zeros in IEEE754 representation.
Both are different things...

A: 7The most common definition of machine epsilon is the distance between 1.0 and the next representable number. For normal/normalised numbers the most significant bit of the significand is always 1, meaning the machine epsilon depends only on the number of bits in the significand. The standard 64-bit IEEE double has one implied and 52 actual bits there; flipping the least of them gives you an epsilon of 2^-52. That's also what you tend to get as DBL_EPSILON (float.h) since many compilers use the IEEE format.
The value of the least significant bit in the significand - and hence the difference between two successive floats - is sometimes known as an ulp (Knuth). Hence the machine epsilon is the ulp @ 1.0.
The smallest representable normalised double has a 1 bit before the radix point, the rest all zeroes, and the smallest possible (regular) exponent. Thus it depends only on the possible exponent range. For the standard double that's 2^-1022 (DBL_MIN).
Non-normalised (denormal/subnormal) values can get smaller. The smallest of them has a single lone 1 bit in the last position of the significand and the smallest possible exponent (which tends to be reserved for denormals and NaNs), and thus depends both on the exponent range and the number of mantissa bits. For the standard double that's 2^-1074.
The wiki article has nice diagrams, all the gory details, and links to the relevant standards.
The spacing between floats is regular as long as the exponent stays the same, and it doubles when the exponent increases.
For all standard double denormals it is 2^-1074, and that's the tightest spacing that you can get for that type (in absolute terms). From DBL_MIN onward it's 2^-1073, and so on.
From 2^53 on the spacing is 2.0, meaning you can use doubles as ersatz integers for counting on oddball platforms only up to 2^53 inclusive.

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IT News - June 2012
The Latest On Our IT Experience
Tips to Extend the Battery Life of Your Smartphone
Business Technology | June 29, 2012
We all love our smartphones, how did we live without them? They can do so much, but the one thing they can't do is last for more then a couple days without the battery dying, if that. It's one of the main problems smartphone users everywhere have.
Get Rid of Spam With Filters
Most of us get a lot of spam, but we don't need to waste our time sorting through it on a daily basis. By using filters, we can do a lot to regulate what gets into our inbox.
Get Swift Help from Your IT Department
We have all experienced our computer crashing. We will be in the middle of an email or a report and everything will shut down. What about when your computer starts freezing or is functioning at a snails pace?
Tablet Computers and Your Small Business
Running a small business is hard, and you want to make sure you are doing as much as you can to really make it successful.
Tech that will Fade with Time
We all love our gadgets. And when new ones appear, we can't envision how we lived without them.
Retina Display Advancements
The country's technology leaders never stand still and they are always improving their products. It's why major players like Apple, Microsoft, and Google remain at the top of a competitive industry. The Power of the Retina Display One recent example of a company who is doing this right is Apple.
Working From Home: The Grass is not Always Greener
Business Technology | June 8, 2012
Commuting to the office is a drag, and those that do it every day envy people that get to work from home. They don't have to endure the hassle and cost of a commute
Google Patents: A Picture of the Past and Present
Interested in a smartphone that flashes LED lights at you when you have an incoming call? How about a mug that looks like a crayon? Good news
Google Maps vs. OpenStreetMap
Google has been the leader of online mapping with Google Maps for awhile.


A day of mindfulness is being held at a Northumberland nature reserve.
On Saturday, the North East based School of Mindfulness will be hosting an event at Northumberland Wildlife Trust's Hauxley Wildlife Discovery Centre at Druridge Bay, from 10am to 3.30pm.
A Day of Mindfulness is being led by Michael Atkinson, director of the school, and is open to everybody, from those new to mindfulness meditation who just want to dip their toe in the water, to people who have prior mindfulness experience. Whichever, they will find the day calming and energising.


The Easter Oratorio (BWV 249) is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with Kommt, eilet und laufet ("Come, hasten and run"). Bach composed it in Leipzig and first performed it on 1 April 1725.
The first version of the work was completed as a cantata for Easter Sunday in Leipzig on 1 April 1725, then under the title Kommt, gehet und eilet. It was named "oratorio" and given the new title only in a version revised in 1735. In a later version in the 1740s the third movement was expanded from a duet to a four-part chorus. The work is based on a secular cantata, the so-called Shepherd Cantata Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a which is now lost, although the libretto survives. Its author is Picander who is also likely the author of the oratorio's text. The work is opened by two instrumental movements that are probably taken from a concerto of the Köthen period. It seems possible that the third movement is based on the concerto's finale.
Unlike the Christmas Oratorio, the Easter Oratorio has no narrator but has four characters assigned to the four voice parts: Simon Peter (tenor) and John the Apostle (bass), appearing in the first duet hurrying to Jesus' grave and finding it empty, meeting there Mary Magdalene (alto) and "the other Mary", Mary Jacobe (soprano). The choir was present only in the final movement until a later performance in the 1740s when the opening duet was set partly for four voices. The music is festively scored for three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, oboe d'amore, bassoon, two recorders, transverse flute, two violins, viola and continuo.
I created this arrangement of the opening Sinfonia for Small Orchestra (Piccolo Trumpet, Bb Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Flute, Oboe, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola & Cello).


I am working with plc5.
I am using the CPT function but getting errors.
The level of the silo is inputed at F51:031. The silo cuft is 3393 with 30' overall height. I need this computed and then I will multiply the Bulk Density to get total tons in the tank.
(17'-0)*(3393-0)/(30-0)+0 = 1922.7 cuft of material in silo at 17' in a 30' tank where the cuft of the tank volume is 3393.
Try using | (Right above the enter key on your keyboard) instead of / for divide.
First question is the bottom of the silo flat or is there a cone ?
The | for divide solved my error for the equation. I am able to scale the silo's that are linear (flat bottom). I have figured the silo capacity for a non linear with a cone but of course with the current method above that I am using, when I get to the lower range of the silo I am off some tons.
I have lot's of tanks with varying sizes. Is there a way to scale nonlinear possibly just for the cone volume. I can do the logic to control how I read once it gets down to the cone hopefully. I am trying to avoid programming multiple level points in the PLC5.


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Амстердамский турнир 1976 года — второй международный предсезонный футбольный турнир, состоявшийся в честь 701-летия города Амстердам. В нём принимали участие четыре команды: бельгийский «Андерлехт», английский «Лидс Юнайтед», нидерландский «Аякс», а также немецкая «Боруссия» из Мёнхенгладбаха.

Победу в турнире одержал клуб «Андерлехт», который обыграл в финале амстердамский «Аякс» со счётом 3:1.

Полуфиналы

Матч за третье место

Финал

Лучшие бомбардиры

Примечания

Ссылки
 Турнир на сайте rsssf.com

Сезоны Амстердамского турнира
Футбол в Европе в 1976 году
Август 1976 года
Спорт в Нидерландах в 1976 году


Obviously by the three C's I mean corgis, Costco, and conditioning. Duh.
Last week I turned 32, which seems pretty impossible. I constantly wonder how it's even feasible that I'm considered an adult, much less a REAL adult. Like… confirmed. Like… solidly into my 30's now. I'm pretty sure I like unicorns too much to be a full fledged adult… I feel like I need to call a time out while we get this sorted because surely there was a mistake somewhere.
My immaturity was evidenced in full force by our Costco trip on Friday night. (Ok I know what you're thinking – going to Costco on a Friday night seems like a pretty grown-up thing to do. It was Rob's idea. He's an actual adult.) Rob is over there putting spinach and Tillamook and socks into the cart, and my two contributions were Poptarts and Black Beauty. Because who can resist 48 Poptarts for $6? And you have to admit this edition of Black Beauty is pretty awesome… the cover is a kind of rubbery texture with engraved lettering.
In other news, I'm happy to report that Quinn is settling in really well. I think he's figured out that we're his people now and he's gotten pretty snuggly and sweet. Except for when you bathe him. It's hard to accurately describe what it's like to wrestle this furball into the tub, but my best comparison would be that it's something akin to trying to dip a miniature grizzly bear in battery acid.
who, me??? But I'm so cute and cuddly.
RWAR just kidding, grizzly bear mode!
This is the life, y'all. Does that count as adulting?
I also spent some time at my parents house this weekend with family, and went through some old stuff. My dad found a ring that my Grandpa made for me just before he died 15 years ago. It's gorgeous and miraculously (albeit barely) fits. I'll have to figure out what the gemstone is… it's deep green kinda like an emerald but there's a very definite blue hue to it. Almost like a super dark teal.
I did ride Henry both days this weekend, one of which was a fairly awful dressage ride and the other of which was a fairly good long conditioning ride. I've been focusing a lot more on conditioning and fitness lately, and a new goal that I've made for next year makes it even more important, so I spent some time writing down a plan going forward. I'm going to talk more about both later this week so there's not much Henry to be had in this post except for his opinion of hot summer days.
And in case anyone was wondering, Merlin is still a terrorist. Poor Sadie. I have photos from their RPSI inspection that I need to post at some point… he's such a good looking colt, when he's not kicking his mother in the head.
Adulting is totally overrated. I'm about to turn 50 ( O_O ) and I still haven't figured out how to adult. It's not really high on my priority list if I'm to be totally honest.
I definitely think it's optional. And no one can make me.
Being a unicorn is way better than being an adult. Just saying.
My stone knowledge is not wonderful, but I Jane wielded in a jewelry store at least part time for the last 6 years. The color looks similar to am alexandrite. Those are pretty rare though, the ones we have in the store are chatham, such just means they're manmade. One unique thing about alexandrites is that they have a color change property and depending on the light you're in will be a blue green or a red violet. That's probably not too helpful, but figured I'd mention it. That's a really pretty ring.
Aquamarine would be my guess – since it comes in many hues of blue or blue-green. And can be found in pieces big enough to cut a cabochan that size.
The first time I bathed my corgi, he ripped the drain out of the tub (it's never been the same) and I had to have hubs hold him down while I scrubbed. He was ~12 weeks old. 6.5 years later, he CAN be bathed, but he's not going to make it easy for you.
He doesn't know he's getting an appointment with a groomer this week. MUWAHAHAHAHA!
My corgi loves to sit in puddles but hates baths. Take him to a dog wash. 100x easier. I feel you on the liquid poop. Totally been there and cleaned that up.
I can get him in but he sticks his stumpers out as far as they'll go and wiggles like I might drown him. Because, ya know, I'm a dog killer. Then once he's in he just stands there and stares at me like I've betrayed him.
Glad to hear that Quinn is doing better and settling in. He's so cute. That ring is gorgeous, I love the colour.
Being an adult is hard – end of story.
I'm glad that Mr Q is settling in well. He has such an expressive face!
And lol at Henry's tongue and Merlin kicking his mom in the head. Silly ponies!
If there is one "trick" I am glad I insisted Guinness learn when I moved in with Eric and his 20 lb shepherd puppy, it was "Get in the tub." I quickly realized that Guinness was going to be probably close to 100 lbs when grown if not over and there was no way I was going to wrestle with that trying to give him a bath!
I'll trade you bathing a Corgi for bathing a 105 lb Pyr. Any day.
The 165lb English Mastiff gets bathed like the other horses. And he loves it, thank goodness. Lord knows what kind of rodeo that would turn into (I am 115lbs).
i would guess aquamarine for the stone too – regardless tho it's beautiful! glad the creatures are all doing well (even if Merlin's kinda rude to his mother lol) and looking forward to hearing more about your plans/goals for next year!
I've posted that on my facebook because it sums up my ability to adult perfectly. And I'm going to be 35 in a few weeks. Being an adult is overrated.
i can't believe I have 2 daughters!! Seriously where did adulthood come from?!
We played the poop game with our dog. The cure? Rx dog food that is $60 for a ridiculously small bag. Sigh.
I've been making our own food for him now and so far so good!


Mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses are "deliberately designed to block Americans from effective means of vindicating their rights" and are "having profound effects on American life," according to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray in a recent address at the American Constitution Society in Washington, D.C.
In October 2015, the Bureau announced that it is considering a proposal that would prevent consumer financial companies from using "free pass" arbitration clauses that would prevent consumers from bringing class action lawsuits to obtain relief. These arbitration clauses are typically buried in contracts for consumer financial products and deny consumers the right to sue companies in groups. Companies can use the "free pass" to avoid class action lawsuits from consumers that would require them to hand out big refunds, according to CFPB.
Cordray noted that judicial doctrine on arbitration has evolved to favor arbitration, but Congress still has the authority to adopt laws to regulate the dispute resolution process.
Congress also directed the CFPB to conduct a study (released in March 2015) on the use of pre-arbitration clauses in consumer financial contracts; Cordray spoke extensively of the 728-page study in his address, noting that it was based on extensive information compiled from thousands of federal and state court cases and also data analyzed from the country's largest arbitration forum. The CFPB's study revealed that "tens of millions" of American consumer are covered by one or more arbitration clauses, and that the "vast majority" of these consumers did not even know the clauses exist.
He stated that the results of the report "show that arbitration clauses severely limit consumers' options to pursue a just resolution of their disputes, to their detriment and without their knowledge." Cordray said based on the findings of the study, the Bureau has decided to launch a rulemaking process to protect consumers by limiting the extend to which arbitration clauses can be used.
Click here to view the full text of Cordray's address.
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Hire the Right Physicians. Position Them for Success.
Physicians are facing new challenges and changing expectations. Some organizations are taking a more deliberate approach to selecting and developing providers, to ensure they have career satisfaction and can support the organization's goals. What tools and strategies will improve the hiring and development process?
Learn how an organization can support each provider's goals.
Learn about a more effective, objective, and efficient way of selecting front line staff, nurses, managers, physicians, and leaders. Incorporate "evidence-based" hiring approaches to build the workforce you need for success. Our panel shares their expertise and experiences – practical advice about what works, and what doesn't.
Practical advice on how to use objective data to drive hiring decisions – at every level of the organization (including physicians).
Go beyond basic, generic hiring tools and build a system tailored to healthcare, and your organization.
Build a better relationship between HR and hiring managers and improve the candidate experience.
Gain organizational buy-in and demonstrate ROI.
DaVita, a Fortune 500 organization, lives its mission. They build an innovative, deliberate approach to nursing selection by targeting candidates most likely to support its culture. The company's nursing branding and hiring strategy have improved nursing performance and reduced turnover.
Understand how to "operationalize" culture and its impact on patients and organizational success.
Customize your recruiting efforts and message to reflect your brand.
Customize your hiring processes to target the behavioral skills that make a difference.
Understand the variables that impact turnover and a deliberate, targeted approach to improving retention.
Today's challenges mean that leaders are thinking differently about talent – how to select, engage and develop people at every level who will support the organization's goals. This interactive panel discussion will explore how senior leaders view talent, today. What's changed? What strategies work to build an effective leadership team, medical staff, and front line care providers who can communicate and put patients first? How do you maximize and coordinate employee engagement, talent acquisition and organizational development, and what does the future hold? Learn the answers to these questions in this webinar.
What is emotional intelligence? What's its role in facing today's healthcare challenges? Listen to a distinguished panel for an interactive discussion about how emotional intelligence impacts patients, organizational success, and physician career success. More importantly, they'll discuss practical lessons and recommendations about how to augment your current efforts with healthcare-specific emotional intelligence tools and strategies.
Patient safety, patient experience, and innovation demands mean that talent is more important than ever. Building a more efficient and effective approach to selecting the right candidates is one way for HR to make a direct contribution to the organization's broader goals and bottom line. How do you solve the selection challenge in a way that brings real value and how do you communicate that value to leadership and gain organizational buy-in to the impact of talent acquisition strategies? Hear about the role of culture and behaviors in McLeod Health's Patient Satisfaction and patient safety initiatives.
• Tie behavioral selection efforts to outcomes, including patient satisfaction & safety.
• Understand cutting edge talent selection strategies.
• Gain organizational buy-in by engaging the workforce in defining the culture and organizational needs.
In an April 15 webinar hosted by Becker's Healthcare, two presenters — Michael Rose, MD, Vice President, Surgical Services, McLeod Health and Ted Kinney, Ph.D., Director of Research and Development, Select International — gave a background on the role of behaviors and talent in patient safety and organizational culture.
In this webinar, you'll learn about when surgical checklists work, and when they don't. Essentially, the checklist needs to be part of a larger initiative that engages physicians and operating room staff at a personal level so that specific behaviors are expected and rewarded. Creating a culture where patient safety and improved performance is the ultimate goal – rather than merely completing a checklist.
Process improvements and service excellence programs can help build a patient-centered culture, but patient-centered care, at its core, is about individual behaviors. This webinar examines emotional intelligence, a collection of behavioral skills that play a critical role in effective patient and colleague interaction. Emotional intelligence often determines the ability to communicate, collaborate and function as part of an organization. It plays a role in provider career satisfaction, patient outcomes and organizational success.
In this webinar, the presenters address how emotional intelligence impacts the interactions between provider and patients, and interdisciplinary teams; as well as how it's measured and developed in the healthcare setting.
Traditional hospital talent strategies are proving ineffective in the face of today's challenges. It has been established that communication and collaboration skills impact patient safety. Hospitals struggle to ensure all employees, at all levels, demonstrate compassionate behaviors. Clinicians are expected to display LEAN competencies. Hospitals need innovative leadership at all levels. HCAHPS has everyone focused on patient-centered care and every organization struggles to create a culture that can adapt to these changes.
Culture, more so than technology or process, drives performance. Cultural change is a long and painful process and success is hard to achieve. It requires a deliberate effort to define what it means, the willingness to only select those who fit the profile and remove those who don't, diligent development and engagement of staff and leaders, and new levels of accountability.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh faced a unique challenge: Build a workforce with cutting edge technical skills that is able to work in a stressful environment, while still creating a patient and family-focused culture of caring and optimism. At the same time, CHP was keenly aware of increasing EEOC/OFCCP scrutiny and civil discrimination suits. The solution was a coordinated, comprehensive approach to selecting the best candidates while actually enhancing the legal defensibility of the hiring system.
Organizations often miss the lifeblood of process improvement initiatives - the human resources strategies that help build a lean, high-performance culture. Culture change is always a challenge, nowhere more so than in healthcare where, traditionally, professional autonomy is valued above all else. Resistance to change is the norm. Leadership at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, has taken a unique approach to laying the cultural groundwork for their Lean transformation. This Webinar provides invaluable insight into how you can build Lean as a core value into your workforce and engage employees in the process.


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Dr. Hernandez, MD is a practicing Orthopedic Surgeon in Dixon, IL. Dr. Hernandez graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago in 2003 and has been in practice for 12 years. Dr. Hernandez also specializes in Pediatric Surgery. He currently practices at Katherine Shaw Bethea Medical and is affiliated with Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital. Dr. Hernandez accepts multiple insurance plans including Aetna, Humana, and Medicare.


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Global Microsoft outage brings down Teams, Office 365 and Outlook
Microsoft has said it is investigating an outage that brought down Microsoft's cloud-based office services including the meetings software, Teams, worldwide.
Microsoft reported issues with authentication for its cloud services at around 9.25pm UTC, meaning people were having issues logging into the online services Teams, Outlook and Office.
The outage had affected services worldwide.
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Microsoft said people who were logged into an existing 365 session were still able to keep using the service.
"We've determined that a specific portion of our infrastructure is not processing authentication requests in a timely manner. We're pursuing mitigation steps for this issue," the company said in a status update.
"In parallel, we're rerouting traffic to alternate systems to provide further relief to the affected users."
On Twitter, the company blamed a recent update to the service for causing the outage, and said the update would be rolled back to mitigate issues.
At 3am UTC, Microsoft reported the services were mostly restored, but small subset of customers in North America and Asia Pacific were still unable to access services.
In the midst of the pandemic, services like Teams have been vital for people to continue to work from home. In April, Microsoft reported 75 million daily active users on Teams as a result of more people working from home.
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On the second Sunday in each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, SupremeAdvocacyLett@r, to which you may subscribe.
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Located on Washington Avenue, one block south of Highways 59 and 175.
The city park has new playground equipment (2005), electrical hookups, water facilities near the restrooms (cold water only), grills and picnic tables. There is a dump station in the park. No showers available.
Camping permits are required and can be obtained at the City Clerk's office in City Hall at the corner of Third and Main streets. The cost is $8.00 per night for electrical hook-up and $3.00 per night for primitive camping. Restaurants, grocery and convenience stores, and the banks are nearby.


John Beard, Jr., newspaper editor and politician, was born in Salisbury, the son of Lewis and Susan Dunn Beard. He was graduated from Yale University and was elected to the House of Commons from Salisbury in 1818 shortly after his graduation. An ardent Federalist, he represented Federalist views in declining to call for a constitutional convention in 1818. He served in the state senate in 1826–27 and 1833–34. Changing his political stand and becoming a follower of Jeffersonian principles, he was again elected to the state senate, over the popular Thomas G. Polk, in 1834.
While he was in the senate, the constitutional convention question again arose and he was appointed chairman of the committee to which the question was referred. Beard's report for a convention to change the outmoded 1776 state constitution was carried, and the convention was subsequently called.
In local affairs, Beard was no less active. He was appointed in 1824 one of the commissioners to build a bridge across the South Yadkin River; he was elected secretary of the Rowan Agricultural Society in 1826 and was a member of the building committee for Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in 1827. He was elected county trustee in 1828.
In 1833, Beard purchased the Western Carolinian from Burton Craige. After three years of giving journalistic support to John C. Calhoun and later the Whig party and Senator Willie P. Mangum, he relinquished the paper to John W. Hampton in 1835. He was in this year unsuccessful in his attempt to purchase half interest in the Raleigh Star.
In the last issue of the Carolinian, Beard took leave of his readers by announcing his intention of removing to the Southwest. He first went to Missouri and then in 1838 moved to St. Augustine, Fla. Between 1838 and 1845 he held the offices of clerk of the U.S. Court and U.S. marshal.
After Florida became a state in 1845, he was elected registrar of public lands and moved to Tallahassee, the new state capital. His bid for Congress in 1850 was not successful because of his opposition to the admission of California as a "Free State." Following this attempt, he was elected comptroller of the state but resigned in 1854 to accept the agency of the Appalachicola Land Company.
A member of the Florida Secession Convention of 1861 he later did all in his power for the cause of the South. After the war he was appointed again to the comptroller's office.
In 1869, Beard was attacked by vertigo and gave up his position. He died in Tallahassee.
Beard first married Maria Kelley, who died in 1830. There were nine children of the marriage. In 1838 he married Maria William Anderson, daughter of George Anderson of St. Augustine, Fla.
Salisbury Western Carolinian, 25 May 1824, 17 Oct. 1826, 16 Jan. 1827, 27 May 1828, 12 Oct. 1830, 10 June 1833, 12 Aug. 1833, 28 Feb. 1835, 22 June 1838, 17 and 24 Aug. 1876.
H. T. Shanks, The Papers of Willie Pearson Mangum, 5 vols. (1950–56).
Makers of America: An Historical and Biographical Work by an Able Corps of Writers, Volume 2: Google eBook.
John Beard, 6th Florida Comptroller. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Available from http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/144147 (accessed April 3, 2013).


At ADS Plumbing & Heating Services, we offer a full range of services to domestic homeowners. Our company has an excellent reputation and prides itself on word of mouth recommendations. Our team consists of highly skilled and qualified engineers working in Derby and Derbyshire areas.
I have used ADS on several occasions for boiler and heating jobs. I would have no hesitation in recommending ADS as Adam and his team provided a professional and courteous service and kept me advised at all stages.
A new boiler was relocated fitted with minimum of disruption by a fantastic set of workmen. They were always willing to go that extra mile, nothing was too much trouble. I am delighted with advice given and the workmanship behind the project. Thank you! I have no hesitation in recommending this company. Will use again!
I decided to organise having a new combi boiler fitted for my daughter as a surprise. ADS plumbers have completed work for other members of my family, therefore, along with their good reputation and value for money the decision was made. I requested that if possible the work could be completed before my daughter and her family arrived home. The lads worked relentlessly and left with 5 minutes to spare. ADS plumbers are efficient, professional, courteous and excellent value for money. Also everything was left clean and tidy. I cannot recommend them highly enough.
ADS is a really excellent company. The initial survey with Adam was very thorough and gave me huge confidence that he knew what he was talking about and would fix my various heating issues. The two guys that came to do the boiler installation and repair were both friendly, tidy and highly professional and explained everything very clearly and well. ADS also organised for sub-contract electricians to come out exactly when they needed them so that the whole job went smoothly. Finally Rita dealt with billing and other enquiries very quickly and efficiently. Also approx £600 cheaper than my British Gas quote. Great job - a pleasure to deal with from start to finish and I'd recommend them to anyone.
ADS helped quickly and efficiently to my request for a boiler repair. They will be my go-to company for any help I need in the future.
On 2 occasions I had a problem with my toilets. Both times I had the best service and would gladly recommend them.
Had our bathroom refurbished by ADS. They did a excellent job. Highly recommended.
I had a boiler replaced. They helped us decide which boiler to choose as I hadn't a clue. They were very efficient and cleaned up after themselves once the job had been finished. I would have no hesitation in recommending them and will use them again myself should the need arise.


to die than those with the lowest intakes.
The researchers commented that vitamin D may have heart protective effects which support health in gene- ral. They noted that the used calculations of nutrient intake were crude estimates of vitamin D status based on food questionnaires. As people in general are not very good at recording what and how much they eat, vitamin concentrations in blood, tissue or urine are the most accurate reflection of the nutritional status. An earlier meta-analysis of 12 studies reported a 20 nmol/L increase in blood serum vitamin D3 concentrations was associated with an 8% decrease in all-cause mortality (2).
Kojima G. et al. Low dietary vitamin D in mid-life predicts total mortality in men with hypertension: The Honolulu Heart Program. J Am Coll Nutr. Published online April 2014.
Schottker B. et al. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and all mortality. A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Ageing Res Rev. 2013; 12(2):708-718.
A new US study reports that adults with increased intakes of folate may reduce their risk of developing an age-related eye disease which can lead to glaucoma.


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This Essay examines America's death penalty forty years after Furman and provides a critique of the Supreme Court's existing Eighth Amendment case law. Part I briefly summarizes how the Court, to date, has approached death sentences, while Part II highlights the incongruous manner in which the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause has been read. For instance, Justice Antonin Scalia-one of the Court's most vocal proponents of "originalism" conceded that corporal punishments such as handbranding and public flogging are no longer constitutionally permissible; yet, he (and the Court itself) continues to allow death sentences to be imposed. The American Bar Association ("ABA") has yet to fully weigh in against the death penalty, though it has taken notice of the bevy of problems associated with it. The ABA's two death penalty-related projects, as well as the justice system's considerable experience with capital cases, plainly show that the reality of the death penalty's administration differs substantially from consideration of capital punishment in the abstract.
Modern American society is very different from American life in the eighteenth century, yet executions, though increasingly rare, remain. This is so even though other harsh bodily punishments once used and tolerated in the penal system -- among them, ear cropping and the pillory -- have not been used for many decades. Part III highlights the rarity of American executions in the 21st century along with the public's heightened unease with them, while Part IV summarizes the Framers' similar unease towards death sentences. Although corporal and capital punishments were meted out in eighteenth-century America, many Framers, history reveals, were fascinated by the potential of penitentiaries and the viability of alternatives to capital punishment. Many of America's founders, in fact, were heavily influenced by Cesare Beccaria's 1764 treatise, On Crimes and Punishments, which spoke out against torture and executions in favor of life sentences. After Part V describes the continued and growing ambivalence of the American public toward executions -- ambivalence shared by many U.S. jurists -- this Essay concludes that the U.S. Supreme Court should declare the death penalty unconstitutional.


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Reading Lists, Activities, and Resources
Videos/Films to Watch
1619 Podcast
"Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. "1619," a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of that fateful moment." ~ nytimes.com/1619podcast
"From the author behind the bestselling Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, comes a podcast that takes the conversation a step further. Featuring key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today." ~ https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/
"What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story." ~ https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
The Diversity Gap
"When it comes to diversity, good intentions are only the beginning. Join Bethaney Wilkinson as she explores the gap between good intentions and good impact as it relates to diversity, inclusion and equity. On The Diversity Gap podcast, we'll be learning from thought leaders, authors, creatives and more about the diversity gaps in society and culture. Our goal is to discover promising practices for closing diversity gaps in our everyday lives and work!" ~ Spotify description
Intersectionality Maters!
"Intersectionality Matters!, a new podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, is an idea travelogue that brings the concept of intersectionality to life by highlighting the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars, exploring the hidden dimensions of some of today's most pressing issues, and helping listeners understand politics, the law, social movements, and even their own lives in deeper, more nuanced ways." ~ https://www.patreon.com/intersectionalitymatters
"Justice in America is a podcast for everyone interested in criminal justice reform—from those new to the criminal justice system to experts who want to know more. Each episode we cover an issue related to the criminal justice system. We explain how it works and look at its impact on people, particularly poor people and people of color. We'll also interview activists, practitioners, experts, journalists, organizers, and others, to learn. By the end of the episode, you'll walk away with a better understanding of what drives mass incarceration and what can fix it." ~ https://theappeal.org/topics/justice-in-america/
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
"Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice. Co-hosts Chevon and Hiba give their unique takes on race and pop culture, and uplift narratives of hope, struggle, and joy, as we continue to build the momentum needed to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Build on your racial justice lens and get inspired to drive action by learning from organizational leaders and community activists." ~ https://www.raceforward.org/media/podcast/momentum-race-forward-podcast
Pod for the Cause (The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
"We've joined the airwaves to help spark conversation and activism on some of the most critical issues of today. From the courts to immigration, we're seeing unprecedented attacks on the values we hold near and dear. At Pod for the Cause, we're going to tackle these issues and more. Our friends in the movement will be stopping by to have these conversations, and they promise to be real, straightforward and honest. This podcast was created for those of you wanting to effect change, who understand the importance of restoring our democracy and want to engage in deep conversation around the issues." ~ https://civilrights.org/podforthecause/
Pod Save the People
"On Pod Save the People, [organizer and activist] DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with Sam Sinyangwe, Kaya Henderson and De'Ara Balenger. They offer a unique take on the news, with a special focus on overlooked stories and topics that often impact people of color." ~ https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people/
Antiracist Allyship Starter Pack: Resources & Tools Regading Racism & Anti-Blackness & How to be a Better Ally
This extensive list of reading, resources, and tools offers information on the many facets of systemic and institutionalized racism in the United States. For those looking to deepen their understanding and strengthen their acts of allyship.
Black Lives Matter Syllabus
Syllabus crafted by NYU focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Conscious Kid Resources
From their website: "We are an education, research, and policy organization dedicated to equity and promoting positive racial identity development in youth. We support organizations, families, and educators in taking action to disrupt racism in young children."
Fighting Anti-Blackness Resource List (Harvard Women In Tech + Allies)
This resource list, compiled by HarvardWIT+, covers some of the ways in which non-black folks can support the current #BlackLivesMatter movement against police brutality and state violence. We include resources from the BLM movement (including bail funds and other ways to support or donate), reading lists and videos on systemic racism and anti-blackness, and information on how tech communities can commit to address anti-blackness.
Fighting Police Abuse: A Community Action Manual
Provided by the ACLU, this comprehensive guide can help communities take local action to fight against police abuse and brutality.
Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT)
How the White Latinx Community Can Demand Racial Justice
Steps toward anti-racist action in the Latinx community.
Innocence Project
From the website: "The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice."
Justice in June
This month-long study guide and workbook is intended as a starting point for those working toward becoming better allies. Activities are broken down by how much time you have to devote that day: 10, 25, or 45 minutes. Activity lists include additional resources.
Living Cities Resources
From their Website: "We are committed to sharing resources and tools that are useful to changemakers...Founded in 1991, Living Cities is a collaborative of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions. We foster transformational relationships across sectors to connect those who are willing to do the hard work of closing racial income and wealth gaps."
National Police Accountability Project (NPAP)
From the website: "NPAP was created as a non-profit to protect the human and civil rights of individuals in their encounters with law enforcement and detention facility personnel. The central mission of NPAP is to promote the accountability of law enforcement officers and their employers for violations of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
The New Jim Crow: Study Guide
A companion guide to The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. This guide will help you assemble and successfully run a reading and discussion group around this critical text. This ca also be used for those reading The New Jim Crow alone and are looking for journaling prompts and supplemental resources.
Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry Workbook
The Southern Poverty Law Center gathered hundreds of stories of everyday bigotry from people across the United States. Their experiences have been documented in this handbook for people to read and learn a) how everyday bigotry is still alive and strong in this country, and b) how best to respond to similar situations in their own lives in a way that interrupts harmful narratives that hurt people daily.
Stolen Lives
From the website: "The mission of the Stolen Lives Project is to assemble a national list of people killed by law enforcement agents from 1990 to the present...The Stolen Lives Project aims to restore some dignity to the lives lost. Though their lives have been stolen from us, we will not allow them to be forgotten."
From the National Museum of African American History & Culture. Includes discussion topics, tactics, and resources. From their website: "Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. We are here to provide tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation."
Unlawful Shield
From the website: "A Cato Institute Website Dedicated to Abolishing Qualified Immunity."
1Hood Media Videos (Facebook)
Tune in to 1Hood's panel video series, like "This Week in White Supremacy" and "1Hood Power Hours" to hear relevant topics discussed by prominent local voices.
Racism in America (PBS)
Explore films and new specials from PBS focused on race. This page will be regularly updated.
Talks to help you understand racism in America, TED
A playlist by TED. From the website: "From passionate pleas for reform to poetic turns of phrase, these talks take an honest look at everyday realities of Black Americans and illuminate the way forward."
American Son (2019)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
The Color of Friendship (2000)
Dear White People (2017–Present)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Get Out (2017)
The Hate U Give (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Just Mercy (2019)
Marshall (2017)
Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker (2020)
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Santa House evolves, welcomes second generations
Richard Carter
For the Times Record News
If you go:
What: Santa House
When: Wednesday, Nov 29 to December 8
Where: Kell House Museum, 900 Bluff St.
Admission: $3, children 2 and under are free
Information: (940) 723-2712 or facebook.com Santa House 2017
The 35th annual Santa House at the Kell House Museum is back opening at 9 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 29 and ending 8 p.m. Friday Dec. 8 on the first floor of the museum.
Santa House tours run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays. On the weekend, it expands to 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday.
There will be a special VIP event from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov 28. Participation is by reservation only at (940) 723-2712.
"We're now reaching the kids of the kids who first came here 35 years ago," said Stacy Flood, Kell Museum curator. "The event has evolved over the years. We dropped our short play for a while and then brought it back a decade ago, and we're so happy. It's so interactive and fun for the kids.
"We're always trying to bring new things into Santa House."
Groups enter every 15 minutes, and the 45 minute to an hour tour includes watching a live 10-minute play in the parlor, a visit with Santa Claus in the library, a visit and a cookie from Mrs. Claus, and then making a Christmas ornament that kids can take home with them.
The play for 2017 is "The Magical Rocking Horse, part 3," the final part of their annual production set in Tuggle's Toy Shop. "The two main characters are Mimi the doll and the Tin Soldier, both dolls who come to life when there are no people in the toy shop.
"The play is just long enough to give young visitors a glimpse of live action theatre and for some kids the opportunity to participate. There are lots of toys played by young actors, but not all of them have lines," she said.
The Actors Creating Together group through 4H does the production. There are 10 to 15 actors who rotate in and out of each showing. The two leads are from ages 12 to 15 and the elementary-aged actors play toys or sometimes a Kell child. Following the play, the kids visit with Santa Claus. During the days, Santa will read his guests a story, she said, while at night he will visit with his guests. Then, everyone goes to have a cookie with Mrs. Claus.
The final stop on the tour, Flood said is the children making an ornament to take home for their Christmas tree. "It's an easy ornament for little, little hands to make," she said.
Santa House is really for everyone, she said, from ages 3 to 103. "We've had high schoolers come in. Everyone is welcome.
"It's so worth it, when you have people come in and they talk about how that magical experience they had here, when they were a kid, kept their belief going for years, even when they were starting to lose faith in the magic of Christmas."
The Kell House Candlelight Tour will return to the museum from 6 to 8 p.m. December 23. The cost is $5 a person, and the tour features the whole Kell House. "It's decorated for Christmas, and we turn the overhead lights down and let the Christmas lights shine through."
There is also a VIP Santa House preview event will from 6 to 8 p.m. November 28. There are a limited number of tours available, and groups are smaller (six children maximum). The enhanced event includes a photo and possibly marshmallows and hot cocoa. The cost is $25 for one child and one adult. Please make reservation through the Facebook.com Santa House 2017 or call the Kell office. Flood said the VIP Santa House event sold out last year.


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Crop Bioprotection Research: Peoria, IL
NCAUR Homepage
ARS Home » Midwest Area » Peoria, Illinois » National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research » Crop Bioprotection Research » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #335399
Title: Colwellia agarivorans sp. nov., an agar-digesting marine bacterium isolated from coastal seawater
XU, ZHEN-XING - Shandong University
ZHANG, HENG-XI - Shandong University
HAN, JI-RU - Shandong University
Dunlap, Christopher
Rooney, Alejandro - Alex
MU, DA-SHUAI - Shandong University
DU, ZONG-JUN - Shandong University
Submitted to: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Publication URL: http://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/5934960
Citation: Xu, Z., Zhang, H., Han, J., Dunlap, C.A., Rooney, A.P., Mu, D., Du, Z. 2017. Colwellia agarivorans sp. nov., an agar-digesting marine bacterium isolated from coastal seawater. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67(6):1969-1974. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001897.
Interpretive Summary: ARS researchers from Peoria, IL collaborated with scientists from Shandong University in Weihai, China to characterize a novel bacterium found in marine environment. This manuscript reports on the characterization of a new species of bacteria Colwellia agarovorans, that is able to a digest agar. This species may possesses novel and unusual biochemical characteristics, which makes it attractive for various agricultural and biotechnological purposes. As such, this strain was accessioned into the Crop Bioprotection Research Unit's culture collection where its potential for biological control applications can be assessed in future studies.
Technical Abstract: A novel Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, yellowish and agar-digesting marine bacterium, designated strain QM50**T, was isolated from coastal seawater in an aquaculture site near Qingdao, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences revealed that the novel isolate represented a member of the genus Colwellia and exhibited the highest sequence similarity (97.0 %) to the strain Colwellia aestuarii SMK-10**T. Cells of strain QM50**T are approximately 0.3–0.6 × 0.8–2.5 µm in size and motile by means of a polar flagellum. Growth occurs in the presence of 1.0–6.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2.0–3.0 %), at pH 6.5–8.5 (optimum, 7.0) and at 4–37°C (optimally, 28–30 °C). Strain QM50**T was found to contain ubiquinone 8 (Q-8) as the predominant ubiquinone and summed feature 3 (C16:1 w7c and/or iso-C 15:0 2-OH), C16:0 and C17:1 w8c as main cellular fatty acids. Phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified lipid were found to be major polar lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain QM50**T was determined to be 35.7 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic and phenotypic data, strain QM50**T represents a novel species of genus Colwellia, for which the name Colwellia agarovorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is QM50**T (= KCTC 52273**T = MCCC 1H00143**T).


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UNMAINTAINED: I don't recommend anymore, the bootstrap (and this repo's) approach of pre-creating 100s of CSS classes whether it ultimately used or not. Please check out my newer and compact approach https://github.com/Munawwar/flexbox-simplified

# flex-grid

Grid system using CSS3 flexbox (inspired from bootstrap)

grid.less gives a 12-column grid system like Bootstrap. Also allows to reorder elements in mobile site.

NOTE: Bootstrap 4 is going to use CSS3 flexbox. So..this project is soon going to be obsolete and redundant.

### Usage
The CSS is meant to be used along with [flex-helper](https://github.com/Munawwar/flex-helper).

First add flex-helper.css and then grid.less.

### Syntax

Note: The device/viewport naming is like bootstrap (i.e. xs, sm and md). And the viewport cut-off sizes are defined like bootstrap as well (i.e sm is>= 768px and md >= 992px).

Just like bootstrap the CSS priority is "mobile first". i.e. if you apply f-col-xs-12, on an element, then it applies to all device widths unless another higher-width CSS is applied (like f-col-md-6).

CSS classes defined are as follows:
```
f-col-xs-1 to f-col-xs-12     - Makes element a column of size 1 to 12, for all sizes, unless
                                overridden by tablet or desktop column class.

f-col-xs-auto                 - Makes column width auto.

f-order-xs-1 to f-order-xs-12 - Order of element would be explicitly set for mobile size and above.

f-hidden-xs-up                - Makes element hidden on mobile an above.

Corresponding classes for tablets (sm) and desktop (md) are also defined.
```

In addition to the grid classes, the follow classes are modified versions of flex-helper.
i.e. I've added 'f-' prefix (to be same like the above CSS classes) and xs,sm & md suffix like bootstrap.

```
f-vbox-xs          - Stack child items vertically (the "main axis" for child items is now
                     the vertical axis)
f-hbox-xs          - Stack child items horizontally (the "main axis" for child items is now
                     the horizontal axis)
f-flex-xs          - Stretch item along parent's main-axis
f-auto-xs          - Fit item to inner content along parent's main-axis, except when there is
                     no space available (making inner content overflow).

f-main-start-xs    - Stack child items to the main-axis start
f-main-center-xs   - Stack child items to the main-axis center
f-main-end-xs      - Stack child items to the main-axis end

f-cross-start-xs,
f-cross-center-xs,
f-cross-end-xs     - Similar to the 'main' counterparts, except that
                     these decide the stacking of child items along the cross-axis.
f-cross-stretch-xs - Stretch child items along the cross-axis

f-stretch-self-xs  - Stretch item along parent's cross-axis. Overrides any cross-* class behavior
                     on parent.
f-center-self-xs   - Centers item along parent's cross-axis. Overrides any cross-* class behavior
                     on parent.

f-wrap-xs          - Wrap child items to next line on main-axis. hbox wraps by default so no need to
                     add this classes for hbox.
f-nowrap-xs        - Prevent wrapping of items to next line on main-axis.

All of the above are for mobile. Corresponding classes for tablets (sm) and desktop (md) are also defined.
```

### Examples

See [examples.html](https://munawwar.github.io/flex-grid/examples.html).

### RTL support

Setting CSS `direction: rtl;` on body tag should cause all rows to be reversed in order. This is part of the flexbox specification. Nothing special needs to be done. If you have any case where row shouldn't be reversed, then set dir="ltr" on the hbox div.

### BUGS!

One notable bug in IE 10-11, is that using min-height/min-width along with flex box doesn't work as expected.

There are other bugs documented at [flexbox-bugs](https://github.com/philipwalton/flexbugs).
Note: However flex-grid doesn't use all of the flexbox syntax, so some of them are not relevant.

### Credits

Thanks to [Umar](https://github.com/w3debugger) for reviewing and helping.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Are Minnesota's green buildings really saving money?
Minnesota is going to learn how green its green buildings really are this summer.
The Minnesota chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has teamed up with EnergyPrint, a St. Paul energy consulting firm, to study the energy and water use of more than 150 buildings in the state that have the council's well-known LEED certification for energy efficiency and sustainability.
EnergyPrint, headquartered in Energy Park, will use its software program to sift through years of utility data on each building. It puts the data on a dashboard for its clients to use to monitor daily.
If the building was remodeled to get LEED certified, EnergyPrint will look at the bills for before-and-after snapshots of its efficiency.
The buildings also will be compared to non-LEED buildings similar in size and type, and most of the comparisons will take place in about a 10-mile radius to make sure the structures were subjected to the same weather conditions.
"We try to answer a few key questions," said Mike Williams, EnergyPrint's chief operations officer.
EnergyPrint, which is donating its services, is in the process of soliciting permission from LEED building owners to examine their utility data. Preliminary results should be available by midsummer, he said.
The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council created LEED — which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — in 2000 to encourage energy efficiency. LEED has since become one of the best known of green seals of approval, with more than 9 billion square feet of building space participating in its program.
Minnesota has nearly 190 LEED-certified buildings, ranging in size from small offices to the Minnesota Twins' Target Field, said Sheri Brezinska, executive director of the state's USGBC chapter.
The Minnesota study by an outside third party will enhance the value of the certificates, she said.
While there have been nationwide LEED studies, they compared buildings with a model of expected behavior, not actual usage, Williams said.
Meanwhile, studies by large property owners were limited to their own LEED buildings. There has never been a regional study like this one, Brezinka said.
"We can say, 'Here's the evidence to show you that it's actually true,' " she said.
The more important result of the study will be the database of the performance of the state's LEED buildings, said Peter Dahl, a member of the Minnesota council's board and the lead sustainability specialist for the engineering firm Sebesta Blomberg in Roseville.
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Check out pictures from the kickoff event at V-Gallery in Basel, Switzerland on February 12, 2006.
Brilliant! It reminds me of the 2000Bricks project, which is also starting to take off.


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Hydrogen peroxide has a non-planar structure. The molecular dimensions in the gas phase and solid phase are shown in fig.
It is stored in the presence of traces of alcohol, acetanilide or sodium pyrophosphate which slow down the rate of decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.
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Facing Amalek in Our Time
March 5, 2015 by Moshe Kempinski
Benjamin never did and never would bow down to Esau.
The story of Esther ends with the following words;
"For Mordecai the Jew was viceroy to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and accepted by most of his brethren; seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all their seed."(Esther 10:3).
One is struck by the words "and accepted by most of his brethren" By 'most of his brethren' but not 'by all' .This is meant to teach us that some members of the Sanhedrin distanced themselves from him" (Megillah 16a).
There have been many and varied thoughts as to the reason that some of the leadership would keep Mordechai at a distance. Some offer the theory that Mordechai's involvement in the politics of the king's court may have distanced him from the loftier aspects of Sanhedrin Torah based activities
Yet it is clear to all that Mordechai's lifesaving activities pushed aside all other pursuits.
There are others who point to the theological decisions made by Mordechai not to bow down to Haman a decision that triggered the dangers and conflicts described in the book of Esther.
"After these events, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite and advanced him, and placed his seat above all the princes who were with him. And all the king's servants who were in the king's gate would kneel and prostrate themselves before Haman, for so had the king commanded concerning him, but Mordecai would neither kneel nor prostrate himself.( Esther 3:1-2)
When approached by the King's servants regarding this unusual activity, Mordechai offers no response.
Our sages explain that Mordechai could not bow down as it would be construed as a form of idolatry. This was true, either because Haman was wearing some form of an idol or because he saw himself as some type of elevated deity. The text hints at this when it describes "but Mordecai would neither kneel nor prostrate himself.( esther 3:1-2) the term "kneel nor prostrate " is only used to describe worship to the one true G-d "Come, let us prostrate ourselves and bow; let us kneel before Hashem, our Maker."( Psalm 95:6)
Yet there is a deeper layer here as well. The text makes a point of giving us Mordechai's lineage. "There was a Judean man in Shushan the capital, whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish, a Benjamite,"( Esther 2:5). Why would such a genealogy be relevant?
Joseph in Egypt gave his younger brother Benjamin 5 sets of clothing instead of the amount he gave the other brothers "He gave them all, to each one [several] changes of clothes, and to Benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces of] silver and five changes of clothes."( Genesis 44:22) .This act seems a little disconcerting considering that Joseph himself ended up being sold to slavery because of a preferred treatment he received symbolized by the gifting of a special garment. Why would Joseph fall into the same potential hazard?
The midrash explains that Joseph ,whether consciously or not ,acted out of a prophetic spirit that whispered of a future victory of Benjamin's descendant Mordechai . Mordechai walks out of the palace triumphantly dressed in five royal garments; "And Mordecai left the king's presence with royal raiment, blue and white and a huge golden crown and a wrap of linen and purple, and the city of Shushan shouted and rejoiced."( Esther 8:15)
Yet being a descendant of Benjamin carried another important spiritual strength and virtue.
When Jacob returns from the house of Laban with his wives and children they encounter Esau and his army. Jacob and his whole family and entourage stand before Esau and bow down before him. ( Genesis 33:1-7). This was true of all the children of Jacob… except for one. Benjamin was yet to be born in the land of Israel. Benjamin never did and never would bow down to Esau
What does Esau then stand for and represent. Despite the miraculous events in Egypt and the cataclysmic experience at the Reed Sea we read "Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim."(Exodus 17:8 ). Regardless of all the facts on the ground, Amalek, the descendant of Esaucould not countenance the success of Jacob's descendants. Everything would be ignored on the altar of hatred for this people.
It is that exact unending passion of the descendants of Esav (Esau) to replace and destroy the descendants of Jacob that led to the Divine declaration; "And he said, For there is a hand on the throne of the Eternal, and there shall be a war for Hashem against Amalek from generation to generation. (ibid 16).'
That is what Haman, a descendant of Amalek and Esau, represented. Mordechai, a descendant of Benjamin, would not or could not bow down to him.This "Benjamin attitude" born and bred in the land of Israel could not countenance this "enemy of G-d".
It is not coincidental that during the week wherein we read the story of Amalek and then enter into the festival of Purim, another Benjamin is being positioned. He is being asked by destiny to stand straight and not bow down to all the pressures by the spirit of Amalek which abounds in the world. He was positioned to stand before the American Congress and as a result before the whole world.
It is there that he spoke out against the evils being planned by the Persian Hamans of our day. Evils that are being sanctioned and/or ignored by those stymied by the spirit of Amalek.
With Hashem's help this Benjamin will succeed as well.
LeRefuat Yehudit bat Golda Yocheved
THE BOOK OF JONAH STUDY ( session #7)
The Therapeutic Joy of Purim


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Kerguéhennec château, built in 1710, stands resplendent in its grounds. Visitors are free to explore every inch of the place whatever the time of year, including its recently restored interior. The sculpture park is a rarity in France and one of the most significant in Europe. It began life in 1986 as a result of an initiative by the regional arm of the French Ministry of Culture (the 'Drac') and the Breton regional contemporary art fund (the 'Frac',) and now includes over twenty works by major artists. The château itself regularly hosts temporary art exhibitions, all featuring contemporary art.