Like the decline in stem cell renewal, the age-dependent changes in intercellular communication are integrated effects of the other hallmarks of aging. In particular, senescent cells trigger chronic inflammation that can further damage aging tissues.
The cdc42 GTPase pathway, in addition to the NF-κB pathway, has been shown to increase inflammation in senescent cells; in fact, knocking down cdc42 expression actually increases longevity in C. elegans. GTPases also integrate signals from cell-cell junctions, which may break down in aging tissues.
At an organ system level, the aging hypothalamus drives changes in neurohormone signaling, which in turn affects food intake and metabolism. Since the hypothalamus also regulates sleep cycles, these changes can inhibit DNA repair, exacerbating the aging phenotype.
Hematopoetic Stem Cells (HSCs). Cdc42 and other pathways mediate signaling between aging HSCs and their niche (within the bone marrow). As HSCs age, they move further from the niche, lose cell polarity, and undergoe DNA damage.
Inflammaging is defined as chronic, low-grade inflammation that is seen with aging. Inflammaging differs significantly from acute inflammation in that it is low-grade, controlled, asymptomatic, and persistent or chronic. Most age-related diseases share an inflammatory pathogenesis, making inflammatory pathogenesis, making Inflammaging a significant risk factor in our health as we age.
Ito TK, Yokoyama M, Yoshida Y, Nojima A, Kassai H, Oishi K, Okada S, Kinoshita D, Kobayashi Y, Fruttiger M, Aiba A, Minamino T. A crucial role for CDC42 in senescence-associated inflammation and atherosclerosis. PLoS One. 2014; 9(7):e102186.
Paul C, Robaire B. Impaired function of the blood-testis barrier during aging is preceded by a decline in cell adhesion proteins and GTPases. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12):e84354.
Hunt NJ, Rodriguez ML, Waters KA, Machaalani R. Changes in orexin (hypocretin) neuronal expression with normal aging in the human hypothalamus. Neurobiol Aging. 2015; 36(1):292-300.
The Small GTPase Activation Kits provide a quick and easy method for detecting active small GTPases. These assays isolate the active (GTP-bound) form of the protein with the binding domains of their downstream effectors immobilized on agarose beads. The isolated active GTPase is then detected by Western blot using a GTPase specific antibody. Complete kits include GTPase binding domain coupled to agarose beads, primary antibody, GDP, GTPγS, and buffer necessary to perform 20 or 30 pull-down assays.


Hello and welcome to Topaz class. My name is Mrs Thompson, and I am the class teacher in year 4. I've been teaching for 18 years now, starting out as a secondary school teacher and switching to being a primary school teacher 3 years ago. Outside of school, I enjoy listening to music, baking and interior design. I also have a keen interest in foreign languages, being a former French and German teacher and I am the subject leader for MFL and PSHE at Rishton Methodist Primary School. I also enjoy spending time with my husband and my 2 sons and visiting my family in Nottingham. Helping me out in Topaz class is the wonderful Mrs Shuttleworth, who does a brilliant job as the class teaching assistant. Together we are going to work extremely hard to ensure the children have fun whilst they're learning.


Hearts have no fresh injuries ahead of Friday night's trip to Kilmarnock.
Striker Uche Ikpeazu (foot) and defender Peter Haring (hernia) remain on the sidelines although both are getting closer to comebacks.
Hearts had a quiet end to the transfer window with their dealings done earlier in January. That allowed Craig Levein to enjoy a night seeing Snow Patrol.
Provisional Hearts squad: Doyle, Smith, Godinho, Brandon, Berra, Garuccio, Mitchell, Souttar, Shaughnessy, Bozanic, Djoum, Mulraney, Lee, Clare, Cochrane, Morrison, Naismith, MacLean, Vanecek, Keena, Zlamal.
For the hosts, Kris Boyd is suspended for tonight's game after the appeal against his red card at Aberdeen failed.
Right-back Ross Millen has a foot injury.
New signings Alex Bruce and Conor McAleny go straight into the squad and 19-year-old Canada forward Liam Millar could follow subject to international clearance after moving from Liverpool on loan.
Yussuf Mulumbu's late return last night from Celtic further boosts Steve Clarke's options, although he isn't expected to feature tonight.
Provisional Kilmarnock squad: Bachmann, O'Donnell, Taylor, S Boyd, Broadfoot, Bruce, Findlay, Power, Dicker, Tshibola, Burke, Jones, Ndjoli, Brophy, McKenzie, Millar, McAleny, Byrne, Waters, MacDonald, Mulumbu.


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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 102 / Friday, May 27, 2005 / Notices Thursday, June 16, 2005. For specific dates, times, and agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. ADDRESSES: Meeting address: This meeting will be at the Wyndham Hotel, 700 King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801; telephone: 302–655–0400. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: 302–674–2331. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302–674–2331, ext. 19. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda items for the Council's committees and the Council itself are: on Tuesday, June 14, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee will meet to review the Monitoring Committee's recommendations for 2006 quota levels and associated management measures, and develop recommendations for 2006 quota specifications and associated management measures for Council consideration and action. The Tilefish Committee and its advisors will meet from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., to review and discuss comments received during the scoping process, review and discuss Amendment 1 options paper, and select management measures for inclusion in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in support of Amendment 1. On Wednesday, June 15, the Council will convene from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., to review the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee's recommendations and develop and adopt 2006 quota specifications and associated management measures; from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, the Council will approve the May Council meeting minutes and action items from the May Council meeting. The Council will also hear organizational and liaison reports, the Executive Director's report, and a report on the status of the MAFMC's FMPs. From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the Council will hold its first meeting for Framework 6 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP to review options regarding sub-regionalization of state jurisdictions for the recreational fishery and utilization of multiple years for data analyses, and review and address compatibility with ASMFC's Addendum 17; from 3 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., the Council will approve Framework 1 to the Spiny Dogfish FMP for submission to the Secretary; and, the Ecosystems Committee will meet from 3:15 p.m. to 5 p.m., to review draft background information for the public meeting VerDate jul<14>2003 16:42 May 26, 2005 Jkt 205001 document. On Thursday, June 16, the Executive Committee will meet from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., to review the Statement of Operating Practices and Procedures (SOPP) for needed changes; the Council will meet from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., to develop and adopt multi-year quota specifications and associated management measures for surfclams and ocean quahogs; and at 11:30 a.m., will hear Committee reports, and entertain any new and/or continuing business. Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before the Council for discussion, these issues may not be the subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council(s intent to take final actions to address such emergencies. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kathy Collins (302–674–2331) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Dated: May 24, 2005. Emily Menashes, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E5–2697 Filed 5–26–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 052305C] Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; public meetings. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory entities will hold public meetings. The Council and its advisory entities will meet June 12–17, 2005. The Council meeting will begin on Monday, June 13, at 1 p.m., reconvening each day through Friday. All meetings are open to the public, except a closed session will be held at 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. on DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 30703 Monday, June 13 to address litigation and personnel matters. The Council will meet as late as necessary each day to complete its scheduled business. ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1221 Chess Drive, Foster City, CA 94404; telephone: 650–570–5700. Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director; telephone: 503–820–2280. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items are on the Council agenda, but not necessarily in this order: A. Call to Order 1. Opening Remarks, Introductions 2. Roll Call 3. Executive Director's Report 4. Approve Agenda B. Administrative Matters 1. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes 2. Legislative Matters 3. Appointments to Advisory Bodies, Standing Committees, and Other Forums 4. Work Load Priorities and Draft September 2005 Council Meeting Agenda C. Groundfish Management 1. Preparatory Informational Briefing on Trawl Individual Quota (TIQ) Program Development 2. Initial Consideration of Opening Date of California Shore-based Whiting Fishery 3. Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Environmental Impact Statement - Final Preferred Alternative 4. Status of 2005 Groundfish Fisheries and Consideration of Inseason Adjustments 5. TIQ Program Development 6. Rebuilding Plan Revision Rules 7. Final Consideration of Inseason Adjustments, if necessary D. Salmon Management 1. Technical Basis for the Klamath River Fall Chinook Conservation Objective 2. Status Report on Reinitiation of Consultation for California Coastal Chinook E. Highly Migratory Species Management 1. NMFS Report 2. Draft Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution on Albacore Tuna 3. Status of Fisheries and Preliminary Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report 4. Response to Overfishing of Bigeye Tuna E:\FR\FM\27MYN1.SGM 27MYN1 30704 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 102 / Friday, May 27, 2005 / Notices 5. Exempted Fishing Permits 6. Management Regime for High Seas Longline Fishery F. Coastal Pelagic Species Management 1. Pacific Mackerel Harvest Guidelines for 2005/06 Fishery 2. Fishery Management Plan Amendment 11 - Sardine Allocation 3. SAFE Document and Five-Year EFH Review SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY MEETINGS SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2005 Groundfish Advisory Subpanel–1 p.m. Groundfish Management Team–1 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2005 Council Secretariat–8 a.m. Groundfish Advisory Subpanel–8 a.m. Groundfish Management Team–8 a.m. Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel– 8 a.m. Highly Migratory Species Management Team–8 a.m. Scientific and Statistical Committee–8 a.m. Special Session: Ocean Regime Shifts–9 a.m. Legislative Committee–9 a.m. Special Session: Rebuilding Plan Revision Rules Policy –10:30 a.m. Enforcement Consultants–5 p.m. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2005 Council Secretariat–7 a.m. California State Delegation–7 a.m. Oregon State Delegation–7 a.m. Washington State Delegation–7 a.m. Groundfish Advisory Subpanel–8 a.m. Groundfish Management Team–8 a.m. Scientific and Statistical Committee–8 a.m. Enforcement Consultants–As necessary WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2005 Council Secretariat–7 a.m. California State Delegation–7 a.m. Oregon State Delegation–7 a.m. Washington State Delegation–7 a.m. Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel– 8 a.m. Groundfish Advisory Subpanel–8 a.m. Groundfish Management Team–8 a.m. Scientific and Statistical Committee–8 a.m. Enforcement Consultants–As necessary THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2005 Council Secretariat–7 a.m. California State Delegation–7 a.m. Oregon State Delegation–7 a.m. Washington State Delegation–7 a.m. Groundfish Advisory Subpanel–8 a.m. Groundfish Management Team–8 a.m. Enforcement Consultants–As necessary FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2005 Council Secretariat–7 a.m. California State Delegation–7 a.m. Oregon State Delegation–7 a.m. Washington State Delegation–7 a.m. Enforcement Consultants–As necessary Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come VerDate jul<14>2003 18:44 May 26, 2005 Jkt 205001 before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Dated: May 24, 2005. Emily Menashes, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E5–2696 Filed 5–26–05; 8:45 am] Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this application should be mailed to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular request would be appropriate. Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301)427–2521, provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period. Comments may also be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for providing email comments is NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line of the e-mail comment the following document identifier: File No. 1518. BILLING CODE 3510–22–S FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay or Amy Sloan, (301)713– 2289. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 051305C] Endangered Species; File No. 1518 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Receipt of application. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Carlos Diez, Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Abmientales de Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 9066600, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00906–6600, has applied in due form for a permit to take hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research. DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or before June 27, 2005. ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s): Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–2432; phone (727)570–5301; fax (727)570–5320. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The subject permit is requested under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222–226). The applicant proposes to annually capture up to 250 green and 320 hawksbill sea turtles to provide information on the ecology and population dynamics of these species. The research would take place in the waters surrounding Puerto Rico and its adjacent islands including Mona, Monito, Desecheo, Caja-de-Muertos, Vieques and Culebra. Researchers would identify marine habitat, determine distribution and abundance, determine sex ratios, evaluate the extent of ingestion of marine debris, determine growth rates and sexual maturity, and quantify threats. All turtles would be measured, weighed, tagged, and blood sampled. A subset of animals would be lavaged and have transmitters attached to them. The permit would be issued for 5 years. Dated: May 20, 2005. Stephen L. Leathery, Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 05–10667 Filed 5–26–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S E:\FR\FM\27MYN1.SGM 27MYN1
[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 2005)]
[FR Doc No: E5-2696]
[I.D. 052305C]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
ACTION: Notice; public meetings.
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory entities will hold public meetings.
DATES: The Council and its advisory entities will meet June 12-17,
2005. The Council meeting will begin on Monday, June 13, at 1 p.m.,
reconvening each day through Friday. All meetings are open to the
public, except a closed session will be held at 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. on
Monday, June 13 to address litigation and personnel matters. The
Council will meet as late as necessary each day to complete its
scheduled business.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1221
Chess Drive, Foster City, CA 94404; telephone: 650-570-5700.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Donald O. McIsaac, Executive
Director; telephone: 503-820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items are on the Council
agenda, but not necessarily in this order:
1. Opening Remarks, Introductions
2. Roll Call
3. Executive Director's Report
4. Approve Agenda
B. Administrative Matters
1. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
2. Legislative Matters
3. Appointments to Advisory Bodies, Standing Committees, and Other
4. Work Load Priorities and Draft September 2005 Council Meeting
C. Groundfish Management
1. Preparatory Informational Briefing on Trawl Individual Quota
(TIQ) Program Development
2. Initial Consideration of Opening Date of California Shore-based
Whiting Fishery
3. Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Environmental Impact
Statement - Final Preferred Alternative
4. Status of 2005 Groundfish Fisheries and Consideration of
Inseason Adjustments
5. TIQ Program Development
6. Rebuilding Plan Revision Rules
7. Final Consideration of Inseason Adjustments, if necessary
D. Salmon Management
1. Technical Basis for the Klamath River Fall Chinook Conservation
2. Status Report on Reinitiation of Consultation for California
Coastal Chinook
E. Highly Migratory Species Management
1. NMFS Report
2. Draft Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution on
3. Status of Fisheries and Preliminary Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation (SAFE) Report
4. Response to Overfishing of Bigeye Tuna
5. Exempted Fishing Permits
6. Management Regime for High Seas Longline Fishery
F. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
1. Pacific Mackerel Harvest Guidelines for 2005/06 Fishery
2. Fishery Management Plan Amendment 11 - Sardine Allocation
3. SAFE Document and Five-Year EFH Review
SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY MEETINGS
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel-1 p.m.
Groundfish Management Team-1 p.m.
Council Secretariat-8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel-8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team-8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel- 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team-8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee-8 a.m.
Special Session: Ocean Regime Shifts-9 a.m.
Legislative Committee-9 a.m.
Special Session: Rebuilding Plan Revision Rules Policy -10:30 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants-5 p.m.
California State Delegation-7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation-7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation-7 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants-As necessary
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel- 8 a.m.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action will be
restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency
action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified
of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-
2280 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
[FR Doc. E5-2696 Filed 5-26-05; 8:45 am]

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Before the 1970s, athletic shoes had thin soles, no support, and zero heel drop. (1) Then, Nike popularized running shoes and an industry was born. (2) Dazzled by multi-million dollar advertising campaigns, we've become convinced that our feet need lots of support and cushioning to run effectively. But the belief that the modern running shoe is superior to your own two feet is slowly changing with the popularity of minimalist running shoes.
What is a Minimalist Running Shoe?
What started as a weird fad has exploded into a movement now backed by solid science. (3) As a result of this growing popularity, minimalist running shoes have suddenly been embraced by many everyday runners.
To give you an idea of how popular minimalist running has become, Vibram (the company who created the modern minimalist running shoe) had to ramp up production of their FiveFingers "toe shoes" just to keep up with demand (from 2006 to 2009, their annual minimalist shoe revenue jumped from $430,000 to $11 million dollars!).
The Vibram FiveFingers is an example of a minimalist running shoe.
Little to no support for the foot.
Large toe box (or individual boxes for each toe).
There are some shoes that don't strictly conform to the minimalist rules listed above, but are designed to allow a person to run, jump, and quickly move laterally with minimal support and a large toe box (in other words, a quasi-minimalist cross-training shoe). But these minimalist shoes will have a much thicker sole (to help blunt the impact of jumping) and a small heel drop. These shoes should only be used by those who have mastered good running form through barefoot running training.
The Reebok Nano 2.0 is a quasi-minimalist shoe designed for Crossfit athletes.
Because minimalist running shoes try to replicate barefoot running as closely as possible, they usually offer many of the same benefits as barefoot running. The biggest improvements you'll notice will be more feedback from the ground, fewer injuries, and a small bump in overall speed.
Because true minimalist shoes usually have no more than 6 mm of sole, your body gets enough feedback from the environment under your feet to allow for small unconscious adjustments while you are running (something that is impossible with modern running shoes due to their thick soles). These adjustments reduce impact, improve efficiency, and allow a person to run more naturally with very little training.
If you heel strike, all of the cushioning you get from modern running shoes can make it hard for you to realize that your joints are absorbing greater impact force than if you were running barefoot (and not heel striking). (4) This extra impact force can lead to many different kinds of foot, leg, and hip injuries.
Notice how heel striking (top) creates additional impact force that is missing from forefoot striking (bottom). This is true even on hard surfaces.
Since you are not fighting your feet and legs, minimalist running can be about 5% more efficient than running in regular shoes. (6,7) That might not seem like a lot, but over the course of a 1.5-mile run, improved efficiency can translate into a 1-2 minute reduction of your run time! That's a lot of extra points to pick up by simply buying a pair of shoes.
If you've run in normal shoes all of your life, and you heel strike, then you will probably have pretty weak feet and calves. That means that you will not want to just put on your new minimalist shoes and immediately run a 5K. You want to slowly get used to running with minimal foot support.
But, before you jump into minimalist shoes, I would recommend that you start running barefoot so that you can re-learn how to run. First, find a long, flat grass-covered field. On this field you will be running back and forth for about 100 meters, paying close attention to how differently you run while barefoot. You will do this for 12 weeks before putting on a pair of minimalist shoes.
For the first six weeks of your barefoot training you will run barefoot for about three minutes a day, three times each week (e.g., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). For the next six weeks of barefoot training, increase the amount of time that you run barefoot from three minutes to five minutes (the distance remains the same).
For two weeks after your 12-week introduction to barefoot running put on a pair of minimalist shoes and try to imitate your barefoot running form. Go back and forth between running in minimalist shoes and then barefoot until you can exactly replicate your barefoot running form while wearing shoes.
Once you have your form down, start putting some miles on your minimalist shoes. Every day for one week, start running no farther than .25 miles to allow your feet and legs to adapt to the lack of support of your minimalist shoes. Add an additional .25 miles each week after that until you get to your goal distance. So, if you were trying to build up to the 1.5-mile run, then it would take you 6 weeks to adapt to that distance.
Weeks 1-6: Run barefoot on a grassy field three times each week for three minutes each day.
Weeks 7-12: Run barefoot on a grassy field three times each week for five minutes each day.
Weeks 13-14: Start running in your minimalist shoes five days a week for 5-10 minutes each day. Run slowly and don't run more than .25 to .5 miles each day. Try to replicate your barefoot running form before increasing your mileage. Take your shoes off and run barefoot if you need to.
Weeks 15-20: This is when you start putting mileage on your minimalist shoes. Starting on week 15, for five days, run no more than .25 miles each day. On week 16, add another .25 miles to your run (for a total of .5 miles). Keep adding another .25 miles with each additional week. You should be able to run 1.5 miles by week 20.
After you have gotten used to your minimalist shoes you can then start training normally. If you decide to run for a longer distance, run an additional .25 miles each week until you reach your desired distance (for example, it would take you seven weeks to go from the 1.5-mile run to a 5K) .
My first foray into minimalist running was with the Nike Free 5.0. While the Free is not a true minimalist shoe (it has a thick sole and a heel drop), it was a big improvement over my older running shoes. Unfortunately, these new shoes didn't give me as much speed as I wanted. Desperate to make running fun so that I could improve my 1.5-mile run time (I love sprinting, but I hate running any farther than 100 meters), I purchased the odd-looking toe-shoes (a.k.a., Vibrams) based on the mountains of positive reviews.
I think it would be an understatement to say that I was an instant convert. Since I had been experimenting with barefoot running for a couple of weeks before I got my toe-shoes, it only took me about a week to get used to my new Vibram Bikila LS running shoes. On my first attempt at the 1.5-mile run I dropped my time from 12:15 to 11:26. While the speed improvement was great, the thing that impressed me the most was the fact that I didn't feel physically destroyed after my run.
Lately, I have started to do more crossfit-style training, which is almost impossible to do in true minimalist shoes (there isn't enough protection for my feet when I do jumping Burpees and frog hops). So I decided to try a quasi-minimalist cross-training shoe made by Reebok called the Nano 2.0. I was initially a little worried that I wouldn't be able to run in them because the Nano's soles are so thick, but I ran a 25:56 5K in them without so much as a peep from my shins!
So, I'm obviously biased towards the Vibram Bikila LS for minimalist running on asphalt. I also like the Balance Minimus Trail for cross-country running and the Reebok Nano 2.0 for cross-training. For opinions on other shoes, I will have to defer to the exceptional minimalist running web site birthdayshoes.com.
Great blog! I admired your article because it shares a lot of information and I learned so much. Not only about used shoes and also about the benefits of minimalist running shoes. Thank you for sharing this with us.


Chinmaya Vidyalaya is an English medium co-educational day school that educates students from ages 3 to 17 years in two separate sites.
The graduation of students from Primary to High and Higher Secondary Schools is facilitated upon successful assessment. It ensures that students get uninterrupted education throughout their school life.
Chinmaya Vidyalaya aims to develop the interests and talents of each child so that everyone excels in studies. We also aim to take note of their unique needs to make them feel that they are wanted and their abilities are appreciated.
The school has all modern educational facilities - it is equipped with latest technologies such as interactive white boards. The truly all-round education ensures that our students leave as confident, tolerant and ambitious individuals who are leaders and life-long learners.
Most of the students joining the Junior Nursery which is the first entry point, pass through the High School and the Higher Secondary School. New students are admitted in higher standards, when there are "chance vacancies".
The parents are entitled to receive relevant information concerning their children. Parents are expected to give their support and encouragement to the aims of the school, to uphold and promote its good name; to facilitate students to study at home and to ensure that students maintain appropriate standards in punctuality, behaviour, diligence, language, discipline and dress.
Chinmaya Vidyalaya P.A.C.Ramasamy Raja Matric. Higher Secondary School has a sprawling campus, about 37 acres of wooded site, at Ilanthope on the Rajapalayam-Tenkasi Road. The serene and spectacular grounds are home to outstanding facilities and excellent teaching. Academic rigour and thrust on co-curricular activities are the true hallmarks of the school.
This is a modern, purpose-built school that provides an attractive and dynamic learning environment for both the students and staff alike. The campus and the grounds are well maintained, offering our students the best possible academic and sports facilities. There is an indoor hall for table tennis and chess.
A quiet, yet an amazingly spacious campus.
Outside to the north flows a stream, while to the east the great Baobab tree, a species living for more than 700 years is rarely out of view, an altogether inspiring environment to study and grow up.
Large, open playground having tracks for athletics, courts for tennis, basketball, volley ball, ground for foot ball etc. is a unique asset that provides fresh air and space for students to practice sports.
There is a shrine for Vidya Ganapathy and Goddess Vidya Saraswathi.
The architectural speciality of our school is the clusters of three class rooms, built in a non-collinear formation that prevents noise from one room entering the other. The pyramid-shaped class room roofs eschew vertical expansion and keep it well under the green cover of trees. Thus the grove-atmosphere is preserved with diligence, to give the school the appearance of an ancient gurukulam. It is greenery that meets the eye wherever one looks.
The school has an efficient team of well qualified, affectionate and well paid faculty members who ensure dedicated service for the welfare of students. The teacher student ratio is 1:19 which enables individualized care to every student enrolled in our school.
The sylvan surroundings of the school with peafowls parading and dancing around have been a natural motivation for our students to acquire a love for nature and to participate in the Nature Club activities that include bird watching, trekking and participating in the Wildlife Census conducted by the Forest Department.
In short, this is a school that is dedicated to produce future citizens, who learn to live not only as responsible members of our society but also to appreciate environment and nature with its innumerable species of flora and fauna and to conserve and protect them for posterity.
At this Higher Secondary School, the day begins at 8.20 a.m. with Assembly and continues with eight periods of study until 2.50 p.m. and thereafter a games period until 4.30 p.m.


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Puja Peyden Tshering,Consumer Insights Specialist at Sight and Life
The global food system is recalibrating in the wake of many factors, one of which is the increasing demand for traditional proteins, driven in large part by low-or-middle-income emerging markets in the Global South (see Alternative Proteins: What's the deal?). What this has led to is the rise of a new category 'Alternative Proteins' encompassing everything from re-engineered plant-based legumes to lab-grown meats. The mushrooming of new brands in this category have been centered in the Global North, with some markets even reaching close to saturation point (read this to find out what all the hype is about). The market share is expected to change as the case for alternative proteins in the Global South gains traction.
At Sight and Life, we thought it would be interesting to study how some alternative protein brands have chosen to open conversations with their consumers in such a fresh, new category. It becomes easier to understand the way brands speak if one were to look at them through the archetype lens, providing the brand a more human feel. Similar to how fictional characters are written according to paradigms in order to help understand their actions, a brand archetype is a way of presenting a brand and define its symbology, values, behaviors, messages – as a persona, thus making it more recognizable and relatable to target audiences. We looked at the main sources of brand communications available to decode the semiotics – the official brand website, the major social media accounts, official digital/ television advertisements, if any, and digital banners.
Key messages:
– The novelty of the alternative proteins' category allows for bold claims, bold brand names, bold imagery
– The current marketing is for a consumer higher up in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs – looking for a greater sense of purpose to participate in, a future-forward perspective
– Improving the world is an often-cited end goal and functions as the gratification – the product sensory experience is not usually the show runner
– Most brands in this space tend to speak to the public the same way they would to an investor – however, Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat have evolved and struck up new conversations with the consumer
Innocent vs. Hero Archetype
First, we looked at Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, both based out of the United States. Both these brands stand out as more evolved in their marketing to consumers in that they attempt to engage the consumer in a less technical and more emotional conversation. This strategy could be because both brands are available in retail and need to do more than highlighting the scientific angle to their products.
Take Impossible Foods, for instance. The brand talks about respecting the magical moments we celebrate (all in the company of good food), without harming the planet. Impossible Foods has set out on a mission to create 'Paradise', a world where everything and everyone lives in harmony. When it talks about its mission (#MissionEarth and #MissionImpossible), much of the brand imagery alludes to elements of an ideal world – happy adults, happy youth, happy children, happy creatures, happy trees, and a blue sky. If you pay attention to the brand's vocabulary, you can see it is current, outspoken, and determined, and seems to speak to a younger audience – the millennials and Gen Z – fitting into the Innocent archetype. The Innocent is someone that dreams of the ideal, is an eternal optimist, and celebrates wholesomeness.
A screenshot of the Mission page on the brand's website. Source: https://impossiblefoods.com/mission/
Impossible Foods is not just for vegetarians; it is for meat lovers and the environmentally conscious and the flexitarians who may be a bit of all three. It also spotlights its science story, the champion being 'heme' – this is what makes the meat 'bleed' and gives it the right texture and flavor. Impossible Foods celebrates great taste, as much as the lack of environmental repercussions – which is significant since it shows that it understands the consumer is ultimately tempted by indulgence and not delayed gratification, no matter how noble the cause. It works hard to lend a sense of purpose to the Impossible Foods consumer in a vibrant, cool way – pops of color, flat icons, catchy hashtags et al. On social media, you can see Impossible Foods stand up for causes that are outside of environmental concerns. The leadership team even writes on Medium.com, a popular online publishing platform. In short, the brand continues to leverage every opportunity and every channel to reach its target consumer.
Now, let's look at Beyond Meat. This brand brings to mind the Hero archetype, looking to inspire others to do better, achieve more, truly test the limits, go beyond and not settle for the standard. The Hero is an archetype that strives for mastery, showing courage that improves the world and this is exemplified in Beyond Meat's communication. For starters, the brand logo is a buffalo that's wearing a cape. The Hero is all about action, and Beyond Meat is no exception.
Beyond Meat's homepage featuring Kevin Hart as the Beyond Ambassador. Source: https://www.beyondmeat.com/
Most of the brand's imagery is dark and grave – a great deal of black is used to convey the brand's bold personality, and the green bits pop up in places for greater emphasis. Much of the copy in the brand's videos and banners is serious or inspirational. Beyond Meat breaks down four main reasons to make meat from plants: improve human health, positively impact climate change, address global resource constraints, and improve animal welfare. It features well-known sports and television personalities who act as Beyond Ambassadors.
The Go Beyond page, which features inspiring stories from individuals and communities. Source: https://www.beyondmeat.com/go-beyond/
Here we see two brands communicating a sense of purpose to the consumer – Join #MissionImpossible or #GoBeyond. Impossible Foods does shine a spotlight on its all-star element, heme, assuring the consumer of an equally – if not more – fulfilling gastronomic experience. Still, the real hero is the consumer, who chooses to further this larger cause. Beyond Meat also places the responsibility on its consumer to challenge the status quo and find a better solution.
Talking Logic vs Talking Emotions
Let us now move to the last two brands we considered, which have not yet started speaking to consumers, but are looking to craft their identity. In Hong Kong, HK Avant Meats is a brand that has innovated the production of high quality, sustainable, and tasty fish products. The brand uses cell technology to harvest premium delicacies from our seas and oceans, without harming the water bodies. How well does the brand convey this to an outsider, a potential consumer? Based on the website, the brand's vocabulary is currently more scientific and functional than emotional, with terms such as 'cell technology', 'GMO-free', 'innovate', 'sustainable' etc. There are two products under the Avant Meats banner – Avie and Zellulin. The imagery for both is opposite to the clinical environment the brand sets up on its homepage: Avie feels like a lifestyle brand for younger millennials while Zellulin cues a luxury category such as cosmetics or perfumes.
HK Avant Meats advertising samples for Avie and Zellulin.
Lastly, there is Clear Meat, a start-up from India. The brand is resting on scientific credentials at the moment and does not yet elaborate on product experience. If we were to delve into the semiotics here, we see the process is celebrated more than the end product. This message is also apparent as the brand speaks of gratification and the emphasis on the process continues to overshadow the product.
From even a glance as cursory as this, we can see that given the novelty of the conversation, brands run the risk of speaking to consumers the same way they would talk to a potential investor. The consumer that these brands are targeting (potentially targeting – in the case of the last two) is ahead of the curve, someone who is aligned to the brand's journey and mission and advocates the cause and not the product alone. Such a consumer could appreciate the larger objective and may even be willing to compromise on indulgence. This leads us to question how alternative protein brands should be speaking to consumers in the Global South? Could we alter the manifestations of such archetypes such that they resonate with low-and-middle-income consumers? In the seesawing between purpose and indulgence, how much weight should each carry? Can the sense of purpose be made more personal and placed within the Global South consumer's direct needs? And lastly, will the product be the hero, or should the consumer be the hero?
You might also ask, what is the nutritional value of these products? Read more about this subject matter in the next post in this series Alternative Proteins: The nutritionists perspective.
Alternative Proteins: The nutritionists perspective


Welcome to the Cybersecurity Online Mobile Forensics Professional Course. If you have any questions about any of the curriculum, send us an email and we will explain in greater detail.
The CyberProtex "Mobile Forensics Professional" Course follows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Workforce Framework. The Framework is the foundation for increasing the size and capability of the US cybersecurity workforce. CyberProtex has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to implement the Workforce Framework through the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). A listing of modules for the Cybersecurity Professional is shown below.


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WHO requests China monitor COVID mortality as nation reports apparent surge in deaths
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 to gain a fuller picture of the impact of the surge in cases there.
China said on Saturday that nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a big jump from the figures it reported prior to facing international criticism over its COVID-19 data.
"WHO recommends the monitoring of excess mortality, which provides us with a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of COVID-19," the U.N. agency told Reuters in a statement when asked about China.
CHINA ACTS AGAINST COVID POLICY CRITICS, SUSPENDS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended China monitor excess COVID-19 mortality to gauge the severity of its latest surge in cases.
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"This is especially important during periods of surges when the health system is severely constrained."
WHO added that there was no fixed time for another meeting with Chinese officials after WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke with Ma Xiaowei, director of China's National Health Commission, at the weekend, but that it would continue working with China to provide advice and support.
NEARLY 90% OF PEOPLE IN ONE OF CHINA'S MOST POPULOUS PROVINCES INFECTED WITH COVID: REPORT
After criticising Beijing for not being forthright about the scale of the outbreak, WHO said on Saturday that Chinese authorities had provided it with information on hospital deaths and outpatient care that allowed for a better understanding of the situation.
Lawrence Gostin, a professor at Georgetown Law in Washington, D.C., who closely follows WHO, said China's decision to reveal more data had been down to "WHO prodding".
"Getting more accurate death tolls is refreshing," he said. "But it would be even more important to get full GSD (genetic sequence data) of circulating virus in China. That's the really big global concern."
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We are eagerly waiting for the OnePlus 9 series. The company has been teasing the key features of its upcoming flagship devices including the Hasselblad partnership, LTPO display, and fast wireless charging support. This year, the lineup will have three devices instead of the usual two. The third device in the OnePlus 9 series will be called OnePlus 9R. Let's learn more about the phone including all its rumors, leaks, and launch date.
OnePlus 9R Overview:
The existence of the third entry in the OnePlus 9 series was recently confirmed by the company's CEO Pete Lau in an interview with News18. News18 is an Indian news agency and the whole interview was about OnePlus' plans for India in 2021 and beyond. It was the perfect setting for the CEO to talk about the OnePlus 9R which he says will be exclusive to the Indian market.
The talk about the third device in the OnePlus flagship lineup is not something new. Last year, there were rumors of the OnePlus 8 Lite. However, the device turned out to be OnePlus Nord, a midrange device that is now its own lineup. Thus, it's a relief to have confirmation from someone like Lau about the OnePlus 9R which is expected to be a value flagship like Samsung's Galaxy S20 FE.
Talking about the device, Lau said that the OnePlus 9R is the company's effort on bringing the flagship-level experience to a wider audience. The device is said to be more balanced than Nord in terms of design, technology, and user experience. The major focus on the OnePlus 9R will be mobile gaming which is on the rise these days. According to him, the device will have all the must-have features of a flagship such as smoothing scrolling, immersive gaming, and superior viewing experience.
Rumored specs
As you can notice, there has been no mention of the camera prowess. Thus, it is safe to assume that the 9R will miss out on the Hasselblad camera technology. Earlier rumors suggest that the device will be heavily based on last year's OnePlus 8T. That means that the phone will be powered by Snapdragon 865. It could also turn out to be the Snapdragon 870. It will feature a Super AMOLED display with support for a higher refresh rate. However, we don't expect it to come with an LTPO screen as its bigger sibling.
OnePlus 9R Official Launch Date
OnePlus 9R will launch alongside the rest of the OnePlus 9 series on March 23rd. However, unlike its bigger siblings, it will be exclusive to the Indian market. If the previous rumors about the OnePlus 9 Lite are any indication, the phone will start at $600.
Smartphone Device Official Launch Date Expected Price
OnePlus 9R March 23rd $600
Meanwhile, check out our review of the OnePlus 8T.
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Sympistis greyi is a small (FW length 13 - 15 mm) gray moth with an H-shaped pattern of black lines on the forewing and smooth gray-brown on the distal wing - one of six similar species in the Sympistis atricollaris species-group in our region. The forewing is very smooth without mottling, powdery gray, slightly lighter on the costa, blending to darker brown-gray on the distal wing. A few black lines are present on the distal wing opposite the cell, longest and thickest between veins M1 and M2 (usually extending across the postmedial line). The basal line is a black spot on the costa. The antemedial line is black, thick on the anterior half of the wing, bent slightly with apex lateral where it joins a line in the fold joining it to the postmedial line across the median area. The postmedial line is thinner, black, smoothly excurved from the distal third of the costa around the end of the cell to meet the transverse line at mid-wing, bent sharply to meet the trailing margin at a right angle. The median line, subterminal line, and all spots are absent. The fringe is slightly darker gray than the terminal area. The hindwing is light gray with darker gray margin, veins, incomplete postmedial line, thin discal spot, and thin terminal line. The hindwing fringe is light gray with a darker gray base. The head and base of the collar are dark brown-black. The rest of the collar and thorax are gray. The male antenna is filiform.
Sympistis greyi can usually be told from the similar species in the Sympistis atricollaris species-group by the smooth forewing with gray-brown outer portion. It is most similar to females of Sympistis ragani, a species found only in southwestern Oregon in our area, but is slightly smaller, has a thinner black line between veins M1 and M2, has more brown on the distal wing, and a darker hindwing. Males of this species have a white hindwing unlike that of S. greyi. Sympistis semicollaris is also similar in general appearance, but its head is gray, not black.
This species is common throughout the Pacific Northwest in moist forest and riparian habitats. These include coastal rainforests and mixed hardwood forests at low elevations west of the Cascades, mixed hardwood-conifer forests at middle elevations in the Cascades, Siskiyou Mountains, and Rocky Mountains, and in moist ponderosa pine forests and riparian zones along creeks at low to middle elevations east of the Cascades.
Sympistis greyi is widely distributed in forests east of the Coast and Cascade Ranges as far north as central British Columbia. Unlike S. semicollaris it does not occur west of the Cascades north of Oregon. It has not been collected in the isolated mountain ranges of the Basin and Range Ecoregions of southeastern Oregon and southern Idaho. It occurs on the west slope of the Cascades and in the Siskiyou Mountains in western Oregon.
This species probably occurs in northern California outside of our area.
This species is a foodplant specialist feeding on snowberry (Symphoricarpos spp.) in the Caprifoliaceae.
Adults fly in the summer, most commonly in late June and July. It has been collected as early as late May in the Northwest. It is a nocturnal species and is readily collected at light.


It's not too late to celebrate the holiday season in another time-zone or find a clever travel-related gift idea for friends. Your readers will thank you for these one-of-a-kind gift guides, packages and experiences this holiday season.
Algodon Wine Estates for Barrels of Joy... Located in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, Algodon Wine Estates offers personalized wine barrels that can be custom-designed and come with the owner's private wine label. A choice of French or American oak barrels and of grape varieties such as Malbec, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Bonarda and Chardonnay make this an inventive indulgence. Each barrel provides approximately 300 bottles of wine and can be filled up to three times. The bonus: The program includes a two-night stay at the boutique winery. For more information, visit www.algodonwines.com.


The NSW Government First Home Plus Scheme finished on 31 December 2011. Previously, first home buyers were able to receive a full exemption on stamp duty on house purchases up to $500,000, and partial exemption on purchases up to $600,000.
From 1 January 2012, a new scheme came into force – First Home Owner Grant (New Homes) scheme. Under this scheme, first homebuyers will receive a $7,000 grant when purchasing an established property before 1 October 2012. If you purchase or build a new property the grant is $5,000 up to 1 October 2012.
After 1 October 2012, the grant will only apply to who build or buy a NEW home and will increase to $15,000. It then reduces to $10,000 from 31 December 2013.
There are caps that you need to be aware of. Up to 1 October 2012 under the First Home Owner Grant, you can buy or build a property valued up to $835,000 and be eligible for the $5,000 grant. From 1 October 2012, the cap reduces to $650,000 to be eligible for the $15,000 grant.
In addition to the grant, there are stamp duty exemptions that apply when you build or buy a new home (if you are a first home buyer). Full stamp duty exemptions apply for properties up to $550,000 and a partial exemption will apply for properties up to $650,000. The stamp duty exemption also applies to land purchases with the intention to build a house to live in. The land exemption is for purchases up to $350,000 and partial exemptions apply up to $450,000.
Buy or build a new property in NSW (up to $650,000 for houses and up to $450,000 for land purchase), and you may receive partial or full stamp duty exemption.
James Gerrard is a Financial Advisor in Sydney, NSW. He has provided financial advice to many Sydney first home buyers and helped them plan their finances so that they can purchase their first property. If you would like to meet with James in his Financial Planning practice for a free consultation about your situation, please go to www.financialadvisor.com.au.


April is Occupational Therapy Month and at Special Tree we're celebrating the many ways our Occupational Therapists (OTs) and Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTA) help our clients to become as independent as possible in their daily life.
Occupational therapy is an integral part of the rehabilitation process because it focuses on the activities and tasks we do on a daily basis for our self-care, work, and leisure. Special Tree's OTs and COTAs provide the therapeutic interventions to help our clients perform these daily activities in a more functional, successful, and independent way. The OT team is involved in every phase of recovery from helping clients and/or their caregivers learn basic tasks like dressing, bathing, and eating, all the way through returning to work, home management, and driving. In addition to helping clients regain meaningful everyday living skills, OTs and COTAs also specialize in vision therapy and sensory integration therapy to address visual perception and sensory issues that are common after a TBI.
We asked Special Tree's Ursula Kotzabassi to share her thoughts on being an Occupational Therapist.
Why did you decide to become an OT?
I was a college student at Eastern Michigan University and I hadn't chosen a major yet, but knew I wanted to do something to help people. I started investigating different types of therapy professions and found that occupational therapy fit best with my personality and the way I wanted to help people. I talked to a friend whose mother had had a stroke when we were in elementary school and learned about her experience receiving occupational therapy. She had to relearn how to care for herself and her family and went on to live an independent and fulfilling life. After that I decided that I wanted to help other people do the same.
When people realize they are still capable of doing things for themselves and for others in the face of losing nearly everything. I am excited about my job and the possibilities that exist to help people achieve independence to do the things that they want to and need to do.
What is the most important thing you've learned from clients?
Try not to take things for granted, life can change in a matter of seconds. Be open, flexible, stay positive and learn to adapt to situations as they change. Growth can come from adversity, but it takes time and the right mindset.
I love spending time with my family and friends: sharing a meal, watching a movie, playing board games or just talking. My second job is co-parenting a loving and rambunctious 3 year old boy, a geriatric great dane, two ridiculously playful kittens and a handful of well-behaved saltwater fish. I'd love to try some new hobbies so if you have a suggestion come find me in therapy!


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Fritzen v. Fritzen
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A-19-416 and A-19-417, Fritzen v. Fritzen
Gage County District Court, Judge Rick A. Schreiner
Attorney for Appellant: Daniel E. Klaus (Rembolt Ludtke LLP)
Attorney for Appellee(s): Tony J. Brock (Brock Offices, P.C., L.L.O.)
Civil Action: Dismissal for Lack of Prosecution
Action Taken by Trial Court: In October 2012, Terry Fritzen (Terry) sued his father, LaVern Fritzen (LaVern), and two employees of Fritzen Trucking, Inc. (Fritzen Trucking) for their alleged defamatory remarks that Terry had improperly taken money from Fritzen Trucking (A-19-416). The same day, Terry filed a separate complaint, individually and on behalf of Fritzen Trucking, against LaVern for allegedly removing him as an officer/director, denying him access to corporate records, mishandling assets, and refusing to provide an accounting (A-19-417); LaVern raised several counterclaims (e.g., misapplication of corporate funds for personal use). Terry said he was a minority shareholder in Fritzen Trucking and LaVern was the majority shareholder of the same.
In February 2019, in both A-19-416 and A-19-417, the district court entered orders for the parties to show to the court why the proceedings should not be dismissed for want of prosecution. In 2017, (related to A-19-417) the parties had been ordered to agree on an expert witness who could provide a financial accounting; an expert witness was thereafter appointed and apparently completed a report in January 2019. However, Terry's counsel claimed a final report to cover certain outstanding issues could not be addressed by the expert witness (a Certified Public Accountant) until after tax season.
In March 2019, a hearing took place on the pending orders to show good cause, which matter was taken under advisement. In the event the cases were to remain on the active docket, in A-19-417 trial was set for August and the matter of A-19-416 was continued pending results of any trial in A-19-417. On April 2, the court entered separate orders dismissing each case without prejudice for lack of prosecution and an absence of good cause.
Terry appeals from the dismissal of both cases.
Assignments of Error: Terry claims that the trial court erred by dismissing his actions in both cases.
Pirtle, Bishop, and Arterburn, Judges


Here are some hints and tips to get the best results from Mungoswells Farm Milled Flour. If you have tried and tested our flour and would like to share some of your own tips with us, then please get in contact.
First things to do when baking is read through your recipe and get all the equipment and ingredients out which you require.
When baking accuracy is very important. Too much or too little of one ingredient or the wrong ingredient used can mean the recipe will not work.
The temperature of the ingredients can also effect if the recipe will work, some need to be chilled, some room temperature or some warm, so if the recipe says room temperature and you normally keep it in the fridge make sure you take it out the fridge in advance to reach room temperature.
Not only is the temperature of your ingredients important but also the temperature of the oven. Ensure to preheat your oven to the correct temperature for the recipe. The timing is also crucial, if you give your baking too little or too much time then you will have a poor result. Use your instinct here, to judge when something if ready in the oven, you can tell if it smells right, if it's browned or is crisp or spongy/springy.
To be a great baker be patient and pay attention to detail. To get even better results it's key to get the seasonings, flavouring and colourings right.
If you get a great result remember to wright down what you did, because when it comes to making it again you won't remember what you did.
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First and foremost, you do not need a background in education or child care in order to be considered for a Kiddie Academy® franchise opportunity. We are proud to say that our franchisees are a group of talented individuals from diverse backgrounds. The one thing our successful franchisees do have in common is an ability to follow Kiddie Academy's proven systems.


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Our Dangerous Children: The Global Risks of Neglect The world's uprooted children will ignite a new generation of wars. Can we prevent it?
Dr. Kathleen Kuehnast Ph.D is the director of Gender Policy and Strategy at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where she has worked since 2008. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. As a socio-cultural anthropologist, Kuehnast has focused on the different gendered impacts of violence and conflict on both men and women.
Intermittently, images spring from the news to shock us with the suffering of children brutalized by war or their families' desperate flight as refugees. Three years ago, the body of Alan Kurdi, a Syrian boy drowned on a Turkish beach, administered that shock. Central American children uprooted by the violence of Honduras or El Salvador now underscore the same message—that amid the world's people scarred by war and violence, a special danger is children. Among the 65 million people torn from their homes, most by warfare, roughly half are children. Many in conflict zones are sickeningly brutalized—enslaved, raped, forced to kill. As many as 1.7 billion children, three out of four on the planet, endure interpersonal violence, from assault to rape to corporal punishment.
Child soldiers released in South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS / Isaac Billy
These numbers are shocking not only for their scale, but for their novelty. Only now are governments and international organizations beginning to measure the extent of global abuse and neglect of children. So only now can we see the looming specter it raises: the massive portion of our global youth vulnerable to replicating in adulthood the violence they have suffered.
Unless governments and leaders fundamentally re-shape our policies to help children, the world will reap a terrible harvest of greater violence in the coming generation. The U.N. Security Council t took a step in the direction we need, urging governments to rehabilitate, rather than detain and prosecute, children who are recruited as soldiers in conflicts.
Seeing 'Small People'
People in Northern Ireland, still recovering from the 30-year communal conflict they call "The Troubles," speak about "small people" and "tall people"—saying that both deserve respect. They are talking about children and adults.
This framing captures what we need in international policies toward children. Until we see children as fully formed (if immature) human beings, we will continue to subject them to the abuses of the powerful—corporal punishment, enslavement, trafficking and brutalization by armed actors and violent extremists. It is no wonder that the world is caught in a never-ending cycle of violence. The small people, victimized by the tall people, repeat the abusive patterns they have learned as they mature.
"Children in danger are indeed dangerous children," notes Djibouti's Ambassador Mohamed Siad Doualeh. Yet the world has what it takes to repair broken lives of abused children and reduce the dangers they pose to the world.
Schooling is Vital
Syria—the land whose war uprooted the young Alan Kurdi—is the unavoidable example. Five years of war have driven half of its children from their homes and schools. A growing crisis is Central America. Hundreds of thousands have fled the violence—of rampant criminal gangs, drug and other trafficking—of the region's "northern triangle" (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras). Displacement there has exploded into a 16-fold increase in six years, including many children.
Amid our world's displaced millions, the largest such population ever, only 61 percent of refugee childrenattended any kind of school in 2016. Less than 1 percent of refugee youth reached a university. This is a critical failing, for education is the first, most effective preventer of abuse.
Refugee children who receive schooling are significantly less likely to be radicalized, forced into child marriage, or otherwise exploited. Only education offers a new generation the critical thinking skills that can allow them to resist extremists' propaganda and recruitment. Thus, even for wealthier, more secure populations in American and Europe, the education of refugee children is a long-term protection for their own security and for international stability.
Basic education is not rocket science. Governments and nongovernment organizations should commit greater resources to education within refugee populations.
Sex as a Weapon
Whether in Syria, Iraq or Nigeria, extremists use girls as a strategic commodity to recruit boys or men with promises of virgin wives and sex slaves. ISIS and Boko Haram have kidnapped, enslaved, bought and sold girls as property to compensate those groups' fighters.
This kind of trauma inflicts permanent scars, yet such girls and women have shown the strength to heal when offered some safety and help. In the Pakistani province of Punjab, the government has created "one-stop shops"—centers run by women to help victims of sexual and gender-based violence through rehabilitation and recovery. This kind of help is needed for uprooted populations, in and out of refugee camps, worldwide.
To help prevent children from becoming dangerous adults, we must develop, fund and implement the best trauma counseling and healing assistance possible for all victims of sexual violence. This means humanitarian services and protections for boys and girls in every kind of war and every refugee population.
It also means opposing the particular abuses of those who turn children into weapons of war. A recent U.N. report found that 57 armed groups and nine governmental armed forces last year recruited an estimated 8,000 children worldwide as fighters.
Trained to Kill
ISIS and other violent extremist groups have used small people to commit suicide attacks, execute prisoners, and spy on families and neighborhoods.
Under ISIS rule in Iraq and Syria, boys as young as six were groomed and recruited as "lion cubs of the Caliphate." Lured with bribes of toys or candy, they were shunted from schools or orphanages to training camps where they learned first to behead dolls, and then to execute human hostages.
For adolescent boys, extremists promise a violent short-cut to adulthood, giving them a fighter's job, gun and a child bride.
Taliban factions in Pakistan have committed similar abuses. The U.S. Institute of Peace sponsors a program in Pakistan's Swat Valley that gradually deradicalizes these youth at a rehabilitation center and reintegrates them into their families, communities and productive lives. This is the kind of intervention that we need to support small people during times of war.
We need to figure out a way to develop age-sensitive "exit ramps" for children and youth who have been entangled in the web of violent extremists' control and brainwashing. We cannot simply jail them, especially with adults, a choice that often provides their next course in radicalization.
Charles Dickens' Prophetic Vision
Our global violence, uprooted populations and extremist contagions arise amid our tectonic social changes of globalization, instant digital communications, and chasms of wealth and poverty. Two hundred years ago, Charles Dickens observed his society amid a similar chapter of upheaval—the Industrial Revolution.
Dickens saw the truth that we now miss: neglected or abused children pose a special danger to our society and thus merit our special attention. Dickens forced that attention upon his readers in Victorian England through the fictional-but-real stories of the orphaned Oliver Twist, the crippled Tiny Tim, and the doomed Little Nell.
We need to see and hear the modern equivalent of Dickens' stories, and their demand that we rethink our complacency.
A generation of women's movements has forced basic rights and equal treatment for women into the policies of governments, organizations and the United Nations. In the same way, we must move the global community to confront the abuse and neglect of children. Without urgent interventions, we will continue to stitch the violent experiences of today's "small people"—the largest such population in human history—into the DNA of our next generation.
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As many as 1.7 billion children, 3 out of 4 on the planet, endure interpersonal violence, from assault to rape to corporal punishment.
The Elders in Zimbabwe
Mary Robinson and Kofi Annan attend Citizens Manifesto event in Zimbabwe in July 2018. (Credit: The Elders)
Winds of Change in Ethiopia
Transformational Leadership and Change from London based Greenwich.In 2017, Abiy received his PhD as a Doctor of Philosophy
Syria: the challenges of parenting in refugee situations of immediate displacement
The way parents care for their children during displacement plays a key role in children's emotional and behavioural outcomes
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The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity was created as a framework to explain the reactions of people to cultural difference


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Techapella is an annual showcase of a cappella music hosted by members of tech companies in Silicon Valley, California. The event was started in 2013 by Laolee Xiong and Aaron Roan, founders of Facebook's The Vocal Network and Google's Googapella, respectively.

The event has been emceed by a cappella personality and Sing-Off producer Deke Sharon, and is used as a fundraiser for local charities Music for Minors and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Participating groups have included Googapella and Alphabeat (made up of Google employees), The Vocal Network (Facebook), The Pintunes (Pinterest), InTune (LinkedIn), Songbirds (Twitter), The Square Registers (Square), Syncopation (Dropbox), Airbnbeats (Airbnb), The Keynotes (Apple), The Chromotones (23andMe), and Scalesforce (Salesforce).

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RDM Mentoring Scheme
RDM have introduced a mentoring scheme for all members of staff. The aim of the scheme is to assist all staff to achieve personal and professional growth through a mentoring relationship that provides support as they progress and develop within the University.
All staff and students in RDM can register to be mentored and all staff and graduate students with at least 12 months experience in RDM or within the University can register to be a mentor. The RDM Mentoring Scheme Handbook is available which provides all the necessary information about the mentoring scheme. Full details about the mentoring scheme can be found on the mentoring page of the RDM website.
New study reveals role of lymphatic system in bone healing
Bones were thought to lack lymphatic vessels, but new research from the Kusumbe Group published in Cell not only locates them within bone tissue, but demonstrates their role in bone and blood cell regeneration and reveals changes associated with aging.
New Studentship honours Enzo Cerundolo
A new Studentship has been announced in memory of the late MRC HIU Director and MRC WIMM Group Leader.
Doug Higgs awarded the 2023 Genetics Society Medal
The award recognises Professor Higgs' major contribution to our understanding of how mammalian genes are switched on and off, and using haematopoiesis as a model to understand how genes function.
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Ka Buke Moʻolelo o Honorable Robert William Wilikoki (The Biography of the Honorable Robert William Wilcox)
On July 30, 1889, Robert W. Wilcox mounted a failed attempt to overthrow the Cabinet of the time, and return to the throne powers that had been diminished through the "Bayonet Constitution" of 1887, which had stripped the Hawaiian monarchy of its power. This is the account of that one-day battle, of the legal trials that followed, and of the man who led the only armed rebellion during the Hawaiian monarchy.
Edited by Thomas K. Nakanaela
Foreword by M. Puakea Nogelmeier
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
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Kevin Costner Closes Deal to Join 'Superman'
Kevin Costner has closed a deal to join the cast of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' new Superman movie being directed by Zack Snyder.
Costner will join a group of actors that so far includes Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel and Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Superman's adopted Earth mother.
The actor will portray Jonathan Kent, the hero's adoptive father.
In comics lore, the Kents are portrayed as the two people who most influence Superman, helping give direction to his moral compass and teaching his honorable values. In varying runs of the many comic books, Jonathan Kent is portrayed as having passed away after Clark Kent graduated from high school to being alive and well when the older Clark has his adventures as Superman.
The part of Pa Kent was famously played by Glenn Ford in the Richard Donner Superman movie; the character suffered a heart attack, lending the movie some of its poignancy.
Whether Costner will have an on-screen death is being kept very tightly under the cape by Warner Bros. and producers Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Deborah Snyder.
Costner, repped by WME and One Talent Management, last starred in The Company Men with Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones.
UPDATE: Warners has confirmed our story, issuing a press release with the following statement from Snyder: "Jonathan Kent is the only father figure Clark has ever had, the man who was there to help Clark understand what he was meant to do in the world as Superman. Kevin will be able to communicate the quiet strength of this rural American man who raised the greatest superhero of all time."
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Throw that man the ball.
It's crazy. Then you turn up sound and realize he's calling out hands and colors.
That's America's got talent worthy.
99.99 percent of humans can't.
As a physical therapist the amount of variables added to this activity are mind blowing. My department is freaking out like huge nerds over this.
That's what enables Kamara to do this.
Btw in the first second of the clip Brees sees the defense and turns to Kamara and says it's coming to you.
Kamara jumped into my section (127) after that TD.
The young consummate pro. Gotta love it !


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"Baby Einstein" will turn your kid into anything but
New research suggests that baby-brain DVDs stunt infants' verbal skills, transforming your kid into Pauly Shore rather than Einstein.
By Farhad Manjoo
Published August 8, 2007 4:21PM (EDT)
The market for baby-brain DVDs -- titles like "Baby Einstein," "Brainy Baby" and others that make up what's been called the Baby Genius Edutainment Complex -- is huge: striving parents spend hundreds of millions every year on videos that are marketed as giving tots a leg up in the IQ wars that are sure to dominate tomorrow's robot-led wasteland. And hey, why shouldn't parents believe the promise that these DVDs are HGH for the mind? After all, even President Bush recommends them, going so far as to honor Baby Einstein founder Julie Aigner-Clark at a State of the Union address.
But new research shows that Baby Einstein might better be named Baby Paul Shore. Babies who watch the videos are less verbally proficient than those who do not; researchers found that for every hour that an infant between 8 to 16 months old spends watching a brain DVD, he understands, on average, 6 to 8 fewer words than a kid who didn't do Einstein.
Pediatrician Frederick Zimmerman and his colleagues at the University of Washington discovered the discrepancy through a telephone survey. They called up a thousand parents and asked them to ask their kids a list of common words -- things like "truck," "cookie" -- and to note which ones the infants understood. The baby DVDs seemed to have no effect on the vocabularies of older kids -- toddlers over 17 months. But younger tykes just couldn't place as many words as their non-DVD-addled fellows. The researchers controlled for all other likely factors -- such as the parents' education -- showing the finding was correlated closely with DVD-watching.
The researchers are careful to note that their study doesn't prove that the DVDs are the cause of reduced infant vocabularies; it could be that parents who are buying such DVDs are doing so because their own verbal skills aren't strong, and that this weakness is being reflected in the kids' confusion over words like "cookie."
But Zimmerman tells Newsweek that it's possible that DVDs are causing the verbal slippage. "It might be that the baby videos are just displacing time that the child would otherwise spend with a parent or another adult caregiver, or even with an older sibling -- all of whom can help the child develop language by interacting with them," he says. "That interaction could be reading books, or telling stories or just getting down on the floor and playing."
Zimmerman also cautions that much of the hype surrounding these DVDs is just that -- marketing puffery. "You can produce a video in your basement and tell people that anyone who watches it will definitely turn into Mozart -- and no one will stop you from saying that," he tells Newsweek. "And those claims are effective. At the population level, about a third of parents have bought into those claims. So parents should just realize that people are making a lot of money off this."
The study is published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Also see The New Scientist's coverage.
[Flickr picture by Mrs. Reed.]
Farhad Manjoo is a Salon staff writer and the author of True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society.
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The deadline to apply for Georgia Southern University's July 2-17 study abroad program in Havana, Cuba, is Feb. 15.
The Cuba program is open to Georgia Southern students and other University System of Georgia students who register as transient students for the program, which offers college credit. Students must be at least 18 and have a grade point average of 2.5.
Courses in the program include "Study Abroad: Cuba" and "Comparative Societies, Politics & Institutions: Cuba." The cost of the program is $4,200, including round-trip airfare, local transportation, lodging, tour and excursion fees, some meals and medical travel insurance.
For more information, go to academics.georgiasouthern.edu/international/society-in-cuba.


Keri Lynn Hilson (born December 5, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, and spent most of her youth working with producer Anthony Dent, as a songwriter and background vocalist for several R&B and hip hop artists. By the age of 14, Hilson had secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who later disbanded. She attended Oxford College of Emory University and Emory University in Atlanta, while she continued writing songs for artists, including Britney Spears and Mary J. Blige, with the production and songwriting team, The Clutch. In 2006, Hilson signed with American rapper and producer Timbaland's record label, Mosley Music. Her breakthrough came the following year after appearing on Timbaland's single, "The Way I Are", which topped charts around the world.


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3 gay Republicans trying to make election history
PUBLISHED: January 19, 2014 at 6:19 a.m. | UPDATED: November 3, 2015 at 12:48 p.m.
MANCHESTER, N.H.—Dan Innis' husband persuaded him to run for the U.S. House.
It didn't matter that Innis, a former business school dean, faced an aggressive Democratic incumbent, GOP colleagues who oppose his right to marry, and history—no Republican ever has been openly gay when first elected to Congress.
"He said, 'You've got to do this,'" recalls Innis, running in the 1st Congressional District, which covers most of eastern New Hampshire. "He said, 'You need to take this opportunity and see if you can make a difference.'"
Innis plays down his sexuality as a campaign issue, but acknowledges the historic undertones. He is among three openly gay Republicans nationwide expected to run in this year's midterm elections. None has an easy path to Washington.
Each ultimately must unseat a Democratic incumbent, overcome brushes with hate and confront passionate divisions within the GOP about the way they live their lives. The Republican Party is trying to soften its tone on divisive social issues, but many religious conservatives see homosexuality as immoral.
Innis is married to a man, as is former state Sen. Richard Tisei, R-Mass., who is expected to run again for the northeastern Massachusetts congressional seat he narrowly lost in 2012 to Democratic Rep. John Tierney.
In San Diego, former Republican city councilman Carl DeMaio is challenging first-term Democratic Rep. Scott Peters.
"You can't focus on any of the nasty comments or attacks—not just from far right, also from far left," DeMaio says.
During his unsuccessful 2012 Republican mayoral campaign, DeMaio and his male partner of six years were booed as they walked hand in hand in San Diego's gay pride parade.
"Every once in a while we'll get some hate that is truly over the top—a truly venomous voice mail message. Every time we need a lift-me-up, we play it and chuckle," DeMaio says. "It's just a reminder that what we're fighting for matters."
He is fighting his own party, too.
The GOP's formal platform, as set in its 2012 national convention, declares that "marriage, the union of one man and one woman, must be upheld as the national standard."
Republican opposition to gay marriage has become less visible recently as the GOP works to improve its image and polling suggests that most Americans support same-sex marriage.
Prominent social conservatives such as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Ralph Reed, former leader of the Christian Coalition, declined to be interviewed for this story.
As a senator in 2003, Santorum, a leading candidate in the 2012 presidential primary, compared homosexual acts to child molestation and bestiality.
Last month, U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., drew national attention for pressuring the House Republican campaign arm not to support openly gay candidates. That led House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to pledge public support for gay Republicans.
Boehner traveled to Massachusetts in 2012 to help raise money for Tisei, who notes that more than 70 members of Congress supported his last campaign.
Still, Tisei says the GOP must do more to change the perception that "we're the party that wants to deny people their rights and interfere with their personal lives."
In particular, he says Republicans need gay members in their ranks to help shift their mindset on key policies. "It would be a lot harder to take positions that discriminate against people when you have (gay) people in the room you work with on a daily basis that you like and know," Tisei says.
Democrats currently have eight openly gay members serving in Congress, including Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who last year became the nation's first openly gay senator.
There have been no openly gay Republicans in Congress since Rep. Jim Kolbe of Arizona retired in 2006. First elected in 1984, Kolbe didn't disclose his sexual orientation until 1996.
Rep. Steve Gunderson of Wisconsin served more than a decade before a Republican colleague publicly disclosed Gunderson's sexual orientation on the House floor in 1994. Gunderson did not seek re-election in 1996.
In the 2014 election, the number of openly gay House candidates overwhelmingly favors Democrats, according to a list compiled by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which works to elect gay candidates at all levels. Of 14 openly gay candidates expected to run, 11 are Democrats, including six incumbents and high-profile challenger Sean Eldridge of New York, the husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes.
Considered top-tier challengers, Tisei and DeMaio recently teamed up to raise money in joint appearances across the country for a newly formed political action committee known as the Equality Leadership Fund. Last month, they traveled to Washington, New York and Florida and expect another tour in the spring.
In New Hampshire, Innis is trying to unseat Democratic incumbent Carol Shea-Porter. But he must first survive a Republican primary contest against Frank Guinta, a former congressman unseated in the last election. With long ties to the business community, Innis is expected to have strong financial backing in an election he says will be decided on fiscal issues.
"The best history we could make would be moving the budget toward balance and getting ourselves to a position where we could invest in our future again," he says.
New Hampshire GOP strategist Jamie Burnett says he doesn't know whether candidates' sexual orientation helps or hurts their electoral prospects.
"Some social conservatives might object, but many Republicans might not care at all and perhaps see it as softening the party's image," he says. "This is unchartered territory in recent New Hampshire Republican politics."


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St. Pete election: Robert Blackmon & Ken Welch
October 5, 2021 by Seán Kinane and filed under Elections, News and Public Affairs.
The St. Petersburg election for Mayor and for City Council seats is four weeks away: Tuesday, November 2nd.
Tens of thousands of mail ballots have already been sent out.
WMNF will focus on the city council races later this month. But Tuesday morning, we spent the hour hearing from the two candidates for St. Pete mayor: Robert Blackmon and Ken Welch.
They participated in a forum last week. It was organized and sponsored by USF St. Petersburg campus Student Government, USF St. Petersburg campus Center for Civic Engagement, the League of Women Voters of the St. Petersburg area, the St. Petersburg Downtown Business Partnership and LocalShops1.
It was moderated by Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan, a professor of political science and director of the Center for Civic Engagement at USF's St. Petersburg campus.
A mayor in St. Pete can serve two 4-year terms. Current Mayor Rick Kriseman is term-limited out.
The deadline to register to vote in the St. Pete election has already passed. But you can find out more information at votepinellas.com.
Listen to the full show here:
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Reese Witherspoon Explains Her Ideas For Legally Blonde 3
She definitely wants to make it happen.
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If you've ever wondered what Elle Woods might be up to 15 years later, you're definitely not alone. In fact, Reese Witherspoon herself has been wondering the same thing, and she's game to find out with another Legally Blonde movie.
While appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden yesterday (Wednesday, March 15), the topic of everyone's favorite Delta Nu came up in conversation. When asked if a third Legally Blonde film would be something she's interested in, Reese replied enthusiastically. "Yeah! I think it would be kind of cool to see her 15 years later. Like, what's she doing now? What do you think? I don't know. But I need a good idea."
James was quick to jump in with suggestions. "She could be the President of the United States," he said. "She'd be the first female president." (After all, Legally Blonde 2 ended with Elle looking up at the White House and then winking at the camera, so it would certainly seem like a plausible storyline.)
As for Reese, she thinks anything is possible for Elle: "She could be a Supreme Court Justice, or she could be a really great, powerful attorney — or she could be in prison! She could be anything!" We have just one questions: when is this happening?!
Related: Stop Everything: Legally Blonde Merch Is HERE
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Paul Albert Grawitz (ur. 1 października 1850 w Zerrin, zm. 27 czerwca 1932 w Greifswaldzie) – niemiecki lekarz patolog.

Studiował medycynę na Uniwersytecie Fryderyka Wilhelma w Berlinie, jeszcze podczas studiów został asystentem Rudolfa Virchowa i był nim do 1886 roku. Grawitz był teściem Ottona Bussego.

W latach 1886-1921 wykładał na Uniwersytecie w Greifswaldzie i kierował tamtejszym Instytutem Patologicznym. Historycznie, rak nerkowokomórkowy określany jest jako guz Grawitza.

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 Die Medizin der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen, 1923
 Die Lösung der Keratitisfrage unter Anwendung der Plasmakultur. Halle: Niemeyer, 1919
 Anleitung zum Selbstudium der pathologischen Anatomie. Greifswald: Adler, 1919
 Abbau und Entzündung des Herzklappengewebes. Berlin: Schoetz, 1914
 Auswanderung der Cohnheimischen Entzündungsspieße aus der Cornea. Greifswald: Adler, 1914
 Erklärung der Photogramme über zellige Umwandlung von fibroelastischem Gewebe im Museum des Greifswalder pathologischen Instituts. Greifswald: Adler, 1914-16
 Über Zellenbildung in Cornea und Herzklappen. Greifswald: Hans Adler, 1913

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Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
The first keeper of Boston Light, Boston's historic lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, was hired in 1716.
Two short years later, he and his family drowned in 1718 on their way back to Little Brewster Island from attending church on the mainland.
Several days later, the man's replacement drowned as well. The strange double-tragedy inspired young Benjamin Franklin to write and distribute his ballad, The Light House Tragedy.
This triple headstone can be found near the center of the cemetery, and serves as a memorial to this strange and tragic week in Boston Light's history.