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St. Catherine's Annual Banquet 2022
Online registration is now closed. If you would like to purchase a ticket please call the clinic at 406-388-7035.
When: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 – doors open at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Commons at Baxter & Love Lane (Journey Church), 1794 Baxter Lane; East Bozeman, MT 59718
Dinner will be served. Enjoy an evening filled with fellowship, bid on our silent auction items and hear a powerful message from our Keynote Pam Tebow – the author of Ripple Effects: Discover the Miraculous Motivating Power of a Womans Influence.
Underwriting opportunities available please call Jaury at 406-388-7035. For questions, please call the office at 406-388-7035.
About Our Speaker, Pam Tebow
Former NFL star quarterback Tim Tebow was almost aborted, and would have been had his mom followed the doctor's advice. Tim's mom Pam Tebow related during a speech at the 2018 March for Life in Washington, D.C. how 31 years ago her doctor told her that if she did not abort her baby, she would likely die."From the beginning, it was a difficult pregnancy, profuse bleeding and cramping," Pam told hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates at the January 19 rally that filled Washington Mall. "We kept thinking we lost Timmy so many times."
"The best doctor in town did some tests. She determined that Timmy was a 'mass of fetal tissue – a tumor,' and I needed to abort immediately or I would die," she related. Pam said she and her husband rejected that option.
"Because of our love for the life in the womb, we chose to trust God and refused to have an abortion," she said, to sustained applause and cheering.
Pam Tebow was one of several speakers at the 45th annual March for Life, which had the theme "Love Saves Lives."
The March marked the Supreme Court Roe v Wade ruling that legalized abortion in the United States on January 22, 1973. The ruling has resulted in an estimated 60 million children killed in the womb.
The event was notable for President Donald Trump addressing the crowd via livestream video from the White House Rose Garden, the first time a sitting president has done so.
Pam Tebow related how her son's conception was an answer to prayer. The Tebows were on missionary work in the Philippines when Pam's husband Bob became so overcome with grief over the number of children aborted in the United States. She related how he "got on his knees" and prayed to the Lord, saying "'if you give us a son, we'll name him Timothy,' which means honoring God," she said.
"During this tough, difficult pregnancy I had no medical care, but I clung to our loving God," Tebow said. "And suddenly the bleeding stopped. My husband flew me to Manila and a wonderful, American-trained pro-life doctor save my life and the life of our son."
The doctor viewed Tim Tebow's birth as a "miracle" because "only a tiny piece of the placenta was intact."
"When Timmy entered the world, [the doctor] said, 'this is a miracle baby. I've never witnessed such a miracle,' Pam related.
The baby "was somewhat malnourished, though," Tebow said. "So we asked all of our family and friends in the States to pray that he would grow big and strong, and if you've seen him lately, you'll know God answered those prayers."
Tebow, a Heisman Trophy winner, stands 6'3" and weighs around 235 pounds. He is currently in spring training with the New York Mets with an eye to a post-NFL major league baseball career.
So strong are the Tebows' pro-life convictions they produced a 30-second commercial with Focus on the Family that, despite controversy, CBS aired during the 2010 Super Bowl.
"Timmy and I both have held babies that have been saved because of that commercial," Tebow told the crowd.
In one case, a teacher "watched that commercial for 25 times. On the 25th time, she chose life. She had a little girl and she named her Evita, which means life," she said.
Barna did a telephone survey across the country on viewers' response to the advertisement "and they found that over 5.5 million people said they had cause to rethink their stand on abortion, because of that simple commercial," Tebow said.
Tebow concluded with a paraphrase of John 13: 34: "Because God loves us, we ought to love one another just like He loves us," she said.
"So today, because 'Love Saves Lives,' we are going to stand together and march together in love to save lives," she added.
Tebow was also keynote speaker at the March for Life's Rose Dinner Friday night, where she exhorted pro-life advocates to keep fighting that unborn children will be protected.
"You need to have a mission – you need to be part of what God's doing. We wanted all our five kids to be part of a mission," she said, pointing out that at "the very first event I spoke at, a woman told me I didn't abort because you didn't."
"You may not get a reward for the things you do for the cause of Christ in this world but you will in the next – that's a reward that will last for all eternity," Tebow said.
Online registration is now closed. If you would like to purchase a ticket please email Jaury at [email protected] or call the clinic at 406-388-7035.
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Laws on Red-Tailed Hawks
By: Brenna Davis
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Red-tailed hawks are large birds of prey found throughout the United States. Their role in the ecosystem is extremely important and their habitats are threatened, so they are protected under several U.S. laws. The most significant of these laws, the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, provides protection to numerous species of other birds in addition to the red-tailed hawk, including egrets, geese and eagles. The red-tailed hawk is not classified as endangered or threatened.
Ownership and Possession
Red-tailed hawks can't be taken from the wild or purchased as pets. Their dietary needs, large territorial range and aggressive tendencies all make them unsuitable pet choices, even without taking into account the harsh penalties for ownership. The MBTA makes exceptions for wildlife rehabilitators and falconers. Falconers who own red-tailed hawks must be licensed by their state and are required to apprentice under an experienced falconer for two years. Wildlife rehabilitators must also be licensed and may only keep the hawk until it is ready to return to the wild. In the case of hawks who must live in captivity permanently, wildlife rehabilitators must provide ample space and an environment that mimics the hawks' natural habitat. Violation of this law is punishable by large fines and jail time.
Feathers and Nests
The MBTA bans the possession of parts of red-tailed hawks, including their feathers, nests and eggs. Hawk feathers are religiously significant to some Native American tribes, and the law allows members of these tribes to possess them. They cannot, however, sell the feathers to people for whom they are not religiously significant.
It is illegal to hunt red-tailed hawks. Hawks also may not be poisoned or trapped. People certified in wildlife rehabilitation are generally trained to trap and move red-tailed hawks who are injured or who are preying on domestic animal, and there are exceptions in the law that allow them to do so.
States are permitted to pass more restrictive laws regarding red-tailed hawks as long as they do not conflict with federal laws. States may, for example, prevent hunters from killing prey of the red-tailed hawk, ban the use of bird callers that confuse red-tailed hawks and enact other legislation to protect birds of prey.
"Animal Law"; David S. Favre; 2008
Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
Brenna Davis is a professional writer who covers parenting, pets, health and legal topics. Her articles have appeared in a variety of newspapers and magazines as well as on websites. She is a court-appointed special advocate and is certified in crisis counseling and child and infant nutrition. She holds degrees in developmental psychology and philosophy from Georgia State University.

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Q: import updated variable data from another script in python test.py
asd = ''

def upd():
    asd = 'Anything'

def hello():
    upd()
    print('hello')
    return asd

script.py
import test as tt

print(tt.hello())

how can i get updated 'asd' value in script.py ?
anyone please suggest

A: Try this
In test.py
asd = ''
def upd():
    return 'Anything'
def hello():
    asd=upd()
    print('hello')
    return asd

In script.py
import test as tt
asd=tt.hello()
print(asd)

A: You didn't update anything. upd created a new local variable that was discarded after the call returned.
If you mean for upd to update the global variable asd, you need to declare the name as global first.
asd = ''

def upd():
    global asd
    asd = 'Anything'

def hello():
    upd()
    print('hello')

Now, after calling tt.hello, you can access tt.asd like any other module attribute.
import test as tt
tt.hello()
print(tt.asd)

(I am intentionally ignoring the issue of whether a function should be mutating the global variable asd. There are reasonable use cases for doing so, and not enough context in the question to make any such judgement in this case.)

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My months away from WA has affected my rankings and everything else, obvious from the lack of new content on my websites. Also, my non-interaction with other members here. That has changed, I'm now have committed to spending 4 hours a day working on website and content. Now in the process of making some changes to the website and writing new content and will be publishing soon.
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Sorry for the delay in answering as my town, Laplace Louisiana was hit by a tornado and I was without electricity for a couple of days.
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Sean and Conor Price were two busking brothers from Blessington in County Wicklow. They auditioned for the X-Factor earlier this year and Simon Cowell described their performance of 'All Along the Watchtower' as one of the best he had ever seen.
Gavin caught up with the lads before they headed off to judges houses!


Emma did not have the funds to pay the cast or DP, so hired everyone from Craigslist for free. We made sure they had all the food and caffeine they needed. We did a Google search to find the cheapest props we could find. The lab coats were easy to find along with the red phone. Those were straight from Amazon. The smoke effects we were able to get through fake cigarettes. The class room was supplied to us by one of our college professors. The bulk of the money we spent went to renting equipment from adaroma.com, and most of that was purely insurance fees. We used cheap home depot lights and china balls for all of our lighting. The lenses and mic-ing equipment were all borrowed from friends. The movie on a whole roughly cost us a little over $2,000 between 2 people. It was tough, but well worth it all.


Vi har tillsammans med "Odla i stan" medverkat och skapa en idéträdgård på Sollidens Slottspark under sommaren 2017. OWB ansvarade för att bl a skapa barnavdelningen trädgården. Fyra idéträdgårdar tävlar om bästa trädgård. Vår trädgård kom på andra plats i tävlingen.
Vårt bidrag till tävlingen heter – Odling för alla i staden.
Together with "Odla i stan" we have participated and created an "idea-garden" at Sollidens Slottspark during the summer of 2017. OWB was responsible for creating the children's garden. Four idea gardens compete for the best garden during this event. The event are opened July 1st and are available until the end of August. Our garden came second in the competition.
Our contribution to the competition is called – "Cultivation for everyone in the city".
We have created a room in the city where everyone can enjoy and grow, from the youngest to the oldest. A delicious simple easy-to-eat food-producing garden for rest, coffee and party. As an inspiration for a space in the residential area, in a courtyard or in a residential garden with natural automatic self-watering from rainwater that minimizes the need for care even during the holidays.


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Hedge Fund Manager Didn't Know You're Not Supposed To Gamble And Lose Investor Money To Tobey Maguire, Paris Hilton's Sex Tape Partner, Et Al
You're a hedge fund manager running a Ponzi scheme in Los Angeles. You're pretty into poker and attend bi-weekly games with various actors who, as it unfortunately turns out, aren't half bad at cards. The buy-in's $100,000 but you don't have the cash. What do you do? If you're Brad Ruderman you use some client funds to cover it, as well as the money you lose to Spiderman and Co.
An FBI investigation into Brad Ruderman, the CEO of Ruderman Capital Partners, uncovered how he lost $25 million of investor money in clandestine poker games held on a twice weekly basis in suites at the luxury Beverly Hills hotel, Four Seasons, and the Viper Room on Sunset Boulevard. Tinsel town A-listers Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon also played in the no-limit Texas Hold 'em games which had a buy-in of $100,000, multiple members of the ring told Star. DiCaprio, Affleck and Damon are not being sued. Others who were part of the secret society and are facing hefty lawsuits include billionaire businessman Alex Gores, The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes, Welcome Back, Kotter star Gabe Kaplan, Paris Hilton's infamous sex tape partner, Rick Salomon, record label owner Cody Leibel and Las Vegas nightlife entrepreneur and real-estate developer Andrew Sasson, among others.
The games were "exclusive events, by invitation only, and that there was a regular roster of players consisting of wealthy celebrities, entrepreneurs, attorneys and businessmen," according to the lawsuit filed against Maguire in the United States Bankruptcy Court, in Los Angeles. Ruderman lost $311,300 to Maguire, including one losing hand of $110,000, on July 30, 2007, it's claimed. The Ponzi mastermind used clients' money to "pay for gambling losses at clandestine, high stakes poker games that were operated without any licenses or permits," the suit said.
In their attempt to win back Ruderman's losses, the trustee has claimed Maguire is "not entitled to receive the transfers from the Debtor, which transfers were compromised of improperly-diverted investor funds." In a deposition of the alleged ringleader of the operation, which took in tens of millions of dollars beginning in 2006 through 2009, Maguire is described as a "very, very frequent player," in the games, which ended in 2009. Maguire won as much as $1 million a month over a period of three years, one source told Star... "That means he could have made up to $30 to $40 million from these games," the whistle-blowing card shark predicted.
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A targeting computer (also called a target device) was a device used aboard starships to aid pilots in targeting their weapons. A target was considered vulnerable when it was aligned with the electronic crosshairs of a targeting computer's gun-sights.
They could be upgraded to advanced targeting computers.
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Shamrock Pinups Bring in the Gold for MDA
I started my fundraising career at the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1993. In February, I'd load my car up with Shamrock pinups and delivering them to bars, restaurants, department stores and anywhere else that had customers and a cash register. At the end of March, I'd circle back around and collect the money. Even today, when Shamrock season rolls around I see all those pinups hanging in stores and I think: "Boy, lugging those pinups around was a lot of work!"
But they were also lucrative. I remember raising thousands of dollars in restaurants and bars that I never thought would raise a hundred bucks!
Today, Shamrocks are still surprising everyone and raising a lot of money. My jaw dropped last year when Lowe's Home Stores raised $7.6 million selling Shamrock pinups.
I wonder how they'll raise this year?
Cause Marketing In Action
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For Menchie's Fundraising for Nonprofits Starts with a Smile
There's so much to learn from Menchie's Frozen Yogurt and their cause marketing fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association that this will have to be the first of several posts. Their program is so good, so rich, so creamy and so delicious it will require more than one serving for this cause marketer.
But like their frozen yogurt, I promise you'll enjoy it!
Menchie's promise to the planet is We make you smile. And this campaign is no exception. Here's how they put a smile on me and on every man, woman and child that has muscular dystrophy or supports MDA.
Menchie's pledged to make a difference. This was a first year program for the fast growing frozen yogurt chain and they could have easily started small with coin canisters at a few locations. They didn't. They took on the most lucrative type of cause marketing: pinups. With busy stores and 200 U. S. locations participating, it was the best way for Menchie's to raise a lot of money. They didn't disappoint. In four weeks they raised over $234,000.
Menchie's adopted MDA. As someone who tracks and writes about cause marketing programs for a living, I questioned whether MDA was a good choice for Menchie's. Let's be clear: I started my nonprofit career with MDA and admire their work - especially Jerry Lewis' unrecognized contribution to cause marketing.
But MDA is what I call an old world charity that's trying to find its place in a new world order. Perhaps Menchie's realized this as they didn't use MDA's signature Shamrock pinup. Instead, they created their own, which is as unique, colorful and fun as their brand.
"The tagline for the campaign It takes 13 muscles to smile and only one to make a a difference is right in line with the Menchie's promise to deliver a 'smiley experience,' explained Menchie's CEO Amit Kleinberger. "If customers like what we do as a business they'll like the cause we ask them to support."
Menchie's added toppings. Self-serve frozen yogurt chains such as Menchie's promise a delicious frozen yogurt that can be topped with just about anything. Captain Crunch, lychee and popping boba are just three of the dozens of choices Menchie's offers. They know the power of adding something special to their product, and it extended to their fundraiser for MDA.
First, Menchie's rewarded donors with a 15% off coupon for their next visit to the chain.
Second, they made the program fun by hanging the pinups throughout their stores and even used them to spell out words. One Hawaii store spelled out ALOHA! Another spelled out MDA in their front window. The pictures on Menchie's Facebook page feature customers and employees flexing their muscle for MDA and just having fun.
Many businesses see pinups as tacky and kitschy and won't display them in their stores. For Menchie's, the pinups were temporary wallpaper that tell a powerful story of a company that cares.
Menchie's listened to its heart and head.Menchie's pinup program is packed with heart, but Kleinberger used his head when he chose MDA. Menchie's senior management team didn't have a personal connection with muscular dystrophy. No one had a stricken daughter or son, or an ailing spouse or parent with Lou Gehrig's Disease - perhaps the most well known form of muscular dystrophy.
With no clear choice, Kleinberger treated the process like a hiring and interviewed three charities.
"MDA was very professional," he said. "They understood our business and what we were trying to accomplish. After meeting with them, we all believed that MDA had tremendous potential to do good in the world."
The program embodied the Menchie's mantra We make you smile. From choosing a cause that gave them and others joy to picking a tag line that celebrated our most important muscle, this program proves that cause marketing for companies of all sizes can be powerful, effective and fun.
It all starts with a smile.
A big thank you to my Los Angeles friend Filiberto Gonzalez for introducing me to Menchie's. He supplied me with the second picture in this post.
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3 Tips to Raise an Extra $300,000 with Pinups
September 12, 2012 / Joe Waters
Phillip Haid, founder and CEO of Public Inc., knows how to run a successful pinup program. Case in point: he just raised nearly a million dollars with a pinup program at Canada's Winners and HomeSense stores for the Sunshine Foundation. That's $300,000 more than they raised the year before without his help.
I asked Phillip what made this campaign so successful.
1. "We tried to take some of the pressure off of the sales associate by prompting the opportunity to Spread a Little Sunshine throughout the store," explained Phillip. "We did stickers on the mirrors in the dressing room, announcements over the PA, buttons on the sales associates and visuals at the register."
Phillip's tactics surprised me as I generally don't recommend signage or buttons. I'd rather focus on motivating the cashier to ask the all-important question: "Would you like to donate a dollar to X?" But Phillip and I agreed that with the ask firmly in place, low-cost forms of visibility can only help the program. I'd start with register signs. But I like Phillip's suggestion of using stickers in strategic locations, such as in dressing rooms.
2. "We drove online to offline and vice versa," said Phillip. "For every person that shared a sunshine message with a friend, posted via social media or viewed a sunshine video, T. J. Maxx [the parent company of the two chains] donated $5. The goal was to get to 25,000 shares in the month of August to fund a Sunshine Dream Lift - when 80 kids would go to Disney for the day. We then prompted people to visit stores and make a contribution. We hit the 25,000 with a week to spare."
I love the digital component of this program, and it doesn't require a lot of work or money.
3. "We used star power to drive media buzz and get people into the stores," said Phillip. "Naya Rivera (Santana on Glee) came to Toronto to perform with the Sunshine Choir and to launch the campaign. We assembled a choir from a school of the performing arts and had them perform sunshine songs as a pop-up choir on the subway throughout the city on the day of the launch. It generated a huge amount of coverage that in turn drove people into the stores and online."
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I loved Phillip's perspective on the celebrity connection with cause marketing. "Starpower is great, but it can be a distraction if you spend too much time chasing stars, or think a celebrity is all you need to be successful, said Phillip." He agreed with my comparison that celebrities were the cherry on the sundae. It looks great and completes the dish, but it's just one, small ingredient that people can live without.
Still, a celebrity can give a pinup program a boost, and Phillip expertly used his star power. It topped a successful and lucrative program. Congrats to Phillip and the team at Public, Inc.
Check out Phillip's guest post in HuffPost Impact: Charity Pin Ups: A Love Hate Relationship.
Learn more about pinups as a fundraising tactic in this CharityHowTo.com webinar on September 17th.
September 12, 2012 / Joe Waters/ Comment
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Raise More Money from Businesses with Shopping Days
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Are you a local nonprofit that has a downtown business district of mom and pop stores? Shopping days may be the fundraiser for you. Generally, there are three components to a shopping day program.
Purchase-triggered donations
Shop walk
Here's how they all work together.
Working with these small businesses you pick a day or weekend to have a shopping day event. Prior to the event, downtown businesses agree to sell pinups or donate a percentage or portion of sales from a product or service (or they could do both!). The goal is help raise money for your organization and to promote the shopping day.
To make this program work you'll need to secure one more thing from your business partners: a discount for shoppers that participate in the shopping day.
While your business partners are busy planning their fundraiser for you, you'll be busy recruiting walk participants. In a shop walk I did many years ago, we asked participants to raise a minimum of $250 to participate in the event. In exchange they got a pink canvas bag with the shop walk logo on it, which was all they needed to get discounts at participating stores.
Everyone wins with a shopping day. Your nonprofit raises money. The business owner gets new customers. Participants have a great time raising money for your organization and saving money on their purchases.
A good example of a shopping day fundraiser in action is a Shop Local for a Cause from the National Association of Local Advertisers (NALA) that will benefit The Greatest Generation Foundation. NALA is giving small businesses all the tools they need to host a shopping day event on August 18, 2012. Below is an example of a participating store from their website.
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The only piece missing from NALA's Shop Local for a Cause is the walk fundraiser. This is one area where local nonprofits have an advantage as they have boots on the ground - staff and supporters - in the community who can execute an event fundraiser.
Shopping days are fun and perfect for a downtown business district. Have you done a shopping day in your community? I would love to hear about it!
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Paper Pinups vs Credit Card Machines: Which One Raises More Money?
People always ask me if there's a good alternative to traditional paper pinups. The answer is maybe.
My friend and fellow cause marketer Scott Henderson sent me this picture of a register program at Radio Shack that prompts shoppers to support LIVESTRONG after they've swiped their credit card. I prefer the credit card machine because there is no paper waste from the pinups, which will all end up in the trash after the program is done.
There's one problem: promotions involving credit card machines may not be as effective and lucrative as paper pinups.
My former colleague Holt Murray and I discussed this on Twitter.
First, if there is no activation from the cashier (i.e. "Would you like to donate a dollar to fight cancer?") nothing will happen. But this is true with paper pinups as well. No ask, no gift.
Second, the credit card machine is not a place where shoppers want to linger. As Holt points out, he just wants to get through the transaction as quickly as possible.
Third, the credit card machine just seems a lot easier to opt-out of. One thing that's great about pinups is people have to acknowledge to the cashier - and everyone around them - that "Yes, I will donate a dollar." That's not the case with the credit card machine. It's interesting what people do when no one is looking.
However, there are almost as many good reasons to use the credit card machine. You'll save money not printing pinups. Ann Taylor, CVS, Auto Zone and Williams-Sonoma raise millions for charities with credit card machine programs. But these programs happen at thousands of stores and the volume of foot traffic work in the charity's favor. Credit card machines are also great for businesses that don't want to display pinups in the store.
But if you're doing a local program with a retailer you may want to test to see which one performs better. Half the stores could do pinups, the other half credit card machines.
It's definitely easier to swipe and donate, but it may be even easier to swipe and NOT donate. That's one sale you don't want to miss.
Have you used paper pinups and credit card machines? Which one has worked better for you?
Cause Marketing 101
cause marekting, credit card machines, pinups, register programs
Looking for an Alternative to Pinups? Try Coupon Books
A good alternative to pinups is a coupon book. The book pictured comes from Massachusetts-based pizza chain Papa Gino's and benefits The Jimmy Fund, the fundraising arm of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Last year this coupon book raised $90,000 for The Jimmy Fund. This year's program began July 1st and runs through the end of the month. The book sells for a buck and offers $100 in savings.
Here's some more info on coupon books. You should also read this post to fully understand why you should use coupons for cause marketing in the first place. As this coupon book does, you can even put other businesses' coupons in your book. We used to charge companies to include a coupon in our book. Another option was for them to sell the coupon book in their stores. Businesses loved the co-marketing.
While more expensive to produce than pinups, coupon books have an almost instant appeal with shoppers. Looking for a different kind of cause marketing program for at the register? Try coupon books!
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The History of NFL
When It All Begun, How It Continued& Where It Is Today
Even though football has been the most significant professional sports league for the 20th century, it hasn't always been like that.
Nowadays, we can't even comprehend the amount of money that football is today, but few of us know about its early and humble days.
1 Who established NFL for the very first time?
2 1920- A year to remember for the American Professional Football Association
3 The 1930s-1940s- New teams are coming along/ the first playoff
4 The 1940s-1950s- Trouble in paradise?
5 The 1960s- The First Super Bowl, the AFL, and the Merger
6 The 1970s- The only way is up
7 The 1980s-90s- USFL competition, the Franchise and Free Agency
8 The 2000s- The Patriots era and Goodell
Who established NFL for the very first time?
It was only 1892 when the first notable professional football event took place. Even though that's not the year when football came into the world, it was the game between the Pittsburgh Athletic Club and the Allegheny Athletic Association when the players got paid for playing.
People tried for a couple of years to create an official professional football league, and the first one to name would be the National Football League in 1902. With no money and fame, the association quickly vanished.
The Ohio League is a local league that knew success on some level, with Jim Thorpe as one of the most reputed athletes to name. At this point, football was slowly winning its fans but lacked the organization for thriving. Soon enough, the owners of teams from Indiana, New York, and Illinois created the American Professional Football Association. It's what we know today as the NFL.
1920- A year to remember for the American Professional Football Association
Fourteen teams were in the league in 1920, but the AFPA wasn't able to take the stand for the season. Unfortunately, the poor organization and the absence of a playoff system made the championship controversial. For instance, a game between the current Chicago Staleys and Buffalo turned into a tiebreaker, but it was Chicago winning the championships. The playoff system wasn't even born yet.
Throughout the 20s, other teams joined the AFPA, and some of them still exist. The New York Giants joined in 1925, whereas the Green Bay Packers in 1921. The Staleys (currently the Chicago Bears) and the Cardinals (in Arizona now) are still NFL teams.
In 1922, the AFPA turned into the National Football League and never changed the name to this day.
The 1930s-1940s- New teams are coming along/ the first playoff
1932 was a big year for both the NFL and the way the championship was given. By that time, the winning team would be the one with the highest winning percentage. For that year though, it was a tie for the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans.
The league had no other option but to void the rule against playoff games, and that's how the first NFL Championships Game happened. For your information, the Bears won 9-0.
Thanks to a successful ending, the league improved the system and divided the teams into the Eastern and the Western Division. The new format was very well received, and the division winners would meet in the Championship Game.
Fans started to like it even more, and the teams went through some changes too. Some vanished from the NFL, whereas others came into the scene on both divisions.
The 1940s-1950s- Trouble in paradise?
The segregation in NFL wasn't a common topic, but in the mid-1930s into the 40s, there were no black players in the league.
It was the current Los Angeles that broke the ice, even if it was by force, and the stadium wasn't going to be leased to a team that was entirely segregated.
Slowly, other NFL teams began to sign with black players, but it was only the beginning of the 50s when most teams would have at least one black player. Nobody was surprised that the Washington Redskins were the only ones not to integrate black players. They had no other choice but to sign black players in 1962 when the team was refused the lease on the stadium.
Integration, fantastic championship runs, and expansion improved the popularity, and football turned into a popular new sport.
The 1960s- The First Super Bowl, the AFL, and the Merger
Other leagues appeared, and they were competing against the NFL. In the 50s, the oil heir Lamar Hunt planned to develop an opponent football league, and the American Football League (AFL) was born in 1959.
For a while, the AFL made an impression, but it never truly become a threat to the NFL. However, in 1964 they signed a better deal with NBC, which brought more money, and teams were able to compete with the NFL for the players. Soon enough, the AFL became even more accessible, and the bidding wars became common.
Luckily for the football lovers, in 1966, a secret merger took place, and the new league would include 24 teams, reaching 28 units by 1970.
The "AFL-NFL World Championship Game" was what we know today as Super Bowl.
The 1970s- The only way is up
In the 70s, the NFL began to turn into what we all know today. Tampa Bay and Seattle joined the team, whereas the Boston Patriots turned into the New England Patriots. The Super Bowl gets stronger, with teams sharing their winnings.
The 1980s-90s- USFL competition, the Franchise and Free Agency
By now, the NFL is an institution, and more than 80 million people watch the Super Bowl every year. The United States Football League (USFL) didn't make it until the 4th season, and it was obvious that competing against the NFL wasn't easy.
San Francisco 49ers stole the show, whereas Chicago Bears and New York Giants managed to win the first Super Bowl Championship finally. Denver Broncos didn't stop and managed to win the Super Bowl twice.
The "franchise tag" is created, giving a team the possibility to select one player per free agency season. They could later on "tag" and provide an amazing one-year contract, with the chance of expanding it to more years.
The 2000s- The Patriots era and Goodell
It's the era of Patriots, with Tom Brady dominating the field and named the MVP in the Super Bowl. The elite team that the Patriots have become won people's hearts and didn't leave any room for the competition.
Ever since 2001, the Patriots participated in 8 Super Bowls, winning five of them (don't forget to check BetAmerica for SuperBowl odds).
In 2006, Goodell was voted the new commissioner for the NFL and helped the NFL expand exponentially.
Even if the television ratings are declining, the NFL didn't stop developing. Some controversies and public relations drama cast a negative light on the NFL, but there's no such thing as bad publicity, remember?
The 18-weeks lockout in 2011, the 2012 referee lockout, or the punishments for domestic abuse allegations by NFL players are only some to name. Despite all the scandals, the NFL still stands as one big powerhouse in American sports.
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This RFC is about how **users** create/manage **bricks**.

To comprehend better the keywords used in this document, [ read the dictionary.](https://github.com/inmarelibero/SymfonyBricks/blob/master/doc/dictionary.md)

## Purpose

A **user** must be able to sumbit to SymfonyBricks a arbitrary number of **bricks**.

## Structure of a brick

A **brick** has the following attributes:

- **title** (translated)
- **description**  (translated)
- **content**  (translated)
- **tags**: n:m relation with *tag* table
- **user**: the owner (linked to fos user)
- **created_at**
- **updated_at**

## Use case

When a user submits a **brick**, it happens the follow:

- **user** specifies the *title* (eg: *"How to integrate Botostrap in Symfony2"*), the *subtitle* and the *content* of the **brick**
- **user** specifies the *language* of the **brick**
- **user** (optionally) adds some **_tags_**
- **user** decides to publish the **brick** or to keep it as a draft

## _Content_ Syntax

To guarantee an high consistency among the syntax/format of the **bricks**, [Markdown format](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) is chosen. This means that the *content* attribute of a **brick** is always interpreted following the rules of [Markdown format](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax).

The preferred tool to achieve this is [KnpMarkdownBundle](https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpMarkdownBundle).

A set of syntax standards must be available for the **users**, to help him to create a **brick** following standard rules. This rules include the syntax to use when specifying a title, or a subtitle representing a step, or a block of code, etc...

## Translations

**Bricks** submitted in different languages are managed through [Translatable Doctrine Extension](https://github.com/l3pp4rd/DoctrineExtensions/blob/master/doc/translatable.md).

## Additional features

As the development goes further, a smart system to collaborate among users is higly desiderable.

Regarding a brick, a generic user should be able to:

- rate a **brick** (eg: from 0 to 5 stars)
- comment a line or a block of code/text
- comment the **brick**
- suggest a better implementation of the presented problem to solve
- suggest repeated or partially repeated **bricks**

## Collaboration

Introducing something like "roles" can be useful; regarding a **brick** there could be some different roles:

- **owner**: the user who created the **brick**; he can *edit*, *publish/unpublish* and *delete* a **brick**
- **collaborator**: a user marked as **collaborator** can *edit* and *publish/unpublish* a **brick**

## User actions

**Add to favorities**

A user should be able to mark a **brick** as *favorite*, in order to easily find it in his reserved area when logged.

## Discussion on github about this RFC

[RFC 1 - Brick](https://github.com/inmarelibero/SymfonyBricks/blob/master/doc/RFC/RFC_1_-_Brick.md) can be discussed in [issue #17](https://github.com/inmarelibero/SymfonyBricks/issues/17).


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Seton Hall slowed again by injuries, lose 75-63 to No. 19 Syracuse in Big East 2nd round
NEW YORK – Seton Hall got hit with the injury bug early and often this season. It kept affecting them right to the last game — a 75-63 loss to No. 19 Syracuse on Wednesday in the second round of the Big East tournament.
The 12th-seeded Pirates started well against the fifth-seeded Orange, leading by 10 points three times in the first half before settling for a 34-all halftime tie.
The Orange took control with a 19-2 run in the second half and it was another chance to play "What if?" for the Pirates.
"These guys did what they did all year long," Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said. "It's tough to explain, as a coach, to normal people how proud I am of these guys because no one's been in our locker room. No one's been in our practices, and these guys all year long gave unbelievable effort, unbelievable attitude, and we're playing like we did tonight, usually with six guys all year."
James Southerland hit five 3-pointers in the first half to keep Syracuse in the game and Brandon Triche keyed a big second-half run for the Orange.
Fifth-seeded Syracuse (24-8) extended its Big East tenure with the win and the Orange will play fourth-seeded and 17th-ranked Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Ironically, both Syracuse and Pittsburgh are ACC-bound after this season.
Syracuse, which had lost four of its last five games, looked more like the team that was second in the league in scoring (72.3). The Orange looked nothing like the team that managed just 39 points in a 22-point loss to Georgetown to close the regular season.
Syracuse, which managed the fewest points since a 36-35 win over Kent State on Dec. 1, 1962, matched its total from the Georgetown loss with its second field goal of second half for a 39-34 lead.
Southerland scored all but three of his 20 points in the first half, which finished in a 34-34 tie. Triche finished with 17 points and seven of those were consecutive points he scored in the 19-2 run that turned a 46-all tie into a 65-48 Syracuse lead with 4:41 to play.
Michael Carter-Williams, who is fourth in the NCAA at 7.58 assists per game, had 14, including two impressive alley-oop passes for dunks.
"Our offensive movement was the best it's been probably all year. We really moved the ball," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "Mike played, I think, his best game of the year. James kept us in it when we weren't playing well. And then Brandon and C.J. (Fair) got going the second half.
"For us to be effective, Mike has to make plays, and Brandon and C.J. and James have to score. That's what happened in this game."
Aaron Cosby had 22 points for the 12th-seeded Pirates (15-18), who beat South Florida 46-42 in overtime in the opening round on Tuesday.
"This morning we woke up, had breakfast, and kind of just had a walkthrough in a ballroom," Willard said. "You play probably as good a coached team as there is in the country and as talented a team as there is, we probably could have used a couple of extra hours, not only rest but just preparation."
Seton Hall couldn't match the depth of the Orange. When center Eugene Teague, who had 13 points, picked up his third foul early in the second half it was just minutes later that the Orange took off on their game-breaking run.
"I usually don't get emotional at the end of the year but this one hurts because it was such a frustrating year," Willard said. "I think I kind of knew how we could have been all year if we'd been healthy, and I feel bad for these guys because they really had to deal with a lot of negativity and a lot of frustration from the fact that it's hard to explain that you go into this league or any league with six guys, 5 1-2 healthy guys."
Willard ran off a litany of injuries this season and even tried some gallows humor.
"We took a vote who wasn't hurt this year, and I think (reserve guard) Tommy (Maayan) was the only guy that didn't get hurt, and he was coming off ACL surgery," Willard said. "So I'm just proud of them. I really am. I hate losing, but I love these guys."
Both teams had great games from beyond the 3-point line. Syracuse was 9 of 15 with Southerland going 6 of 9. The Pirates were 10 of 20 with Cosby making 4 of 6.
Seton Hall came into the game second in the league shooting 36.3 percent while the Orange came in shooting 31.3 percent, 12th in the conference.
Triche hit a 3-pointer to start his 7-0 run and when it went through he gave a fist pump, a rare show of emotion for the senior.
"I haven't made a 3-pointer in like a month. So I figured I'd celebrate a little bit," he said exaggerating the drought by 10 days.
Southerland had also been struggling from long range, going 1 for 13 in the last two games combined.
"I thought I did a good job of moving the ball. I'm capable of spreading out the floor," he said before looking ahead. "I know Pitt plays a physical game. We're going to go out and be physical and move the ball around. We'll be tough to guard."


Share this with your foreigner friends and check how many of the items below they agree to.
Filipinos are said to be some of the coolest people around. From their amazing Southeastern cuisine to their characteristic hospitality, it's always interesting being in their company.
You'll never eat so much in your life. Lahat na lang iaalok nila sayo. Madalas pa, they will cook something just so they can feed you.
They'll treat you with the utmost hospitality.
You'll never be without tsinelas on your feet whenever you visit. You'll have the best seat kapag inabutan mo silang nanonood ng TV. Napapa-instant linis pa sila dahil dumating ka.
They'll bring you to their epic Pinoy parties.
Whether it's a house party, debut or wedding, Filipinos know how to throw down.
They'll offer you leftovers that will last you an entire week.
Never forget to ask them to pack you some leftover pancit or lumpia. They are ready to prep your take-aways with their foil wrappers, plastic bags, even empty ice cream gallons.
They'll help you improve your stage presence.
Once they whip out the Magic Mic, you'll turn into a completely different person. Bawal humindi, everyone will take turns in belting out their tunes.
You'll gain an appreciation for even the corniest of jokes. Madlas pa nga, mauuna pa silang matawa sa punchline nila.
They'll introduce you to all of their cousins and siblings.
You automatically make 10 new friends when you befriend just one Filipino. Hindi sila papayag na kwento lang, kailangan makilala mo in person si ate, si manoy, maski si Dara.
They'll show you new ways to save money.
Whether it be cutting paper towel rolls in half or diluting dish soap, frugality is their specialty. Tandaan, isang patak, kaya ang sangkatutak. *winks!
They'll bring you some cool stuff from the Philippines.
A small corner of their Balikbayan box will be reserved just for you. They delight in pasalubongs and they will make you experience it, too.
They'll make you look good for being punctual.
Because they're always late. Nuff said.
They'll acquaint you with all sorts of unique food combinations.
Puto't dinuguan, champorado at tuyo. You'll soon realize that almost anything can serve as a sawsawan.
They'll almost always be down to go out.
A day at the park man yan to go food bingeing, out of town to go on a picnic, or simply stay at the beach and lounge; Pinoys love a good time!
They'll get you in touch with your artistic side.
They'll teach you fun new ways to communicate.
You'll be calling people "ate" and "kuya" and pointing with your lips in no time.
They'll accept you for who you are.
They'll always treat you like family.
I think Pinoys originally coined the phrase, "Feel at home!" When you're with Filipinos, you're with family.
Given these traits, how Pinoy are you?


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Q: Generalizing Ex6.14 from Atiyah-Macdonald: is $S^{-1}(M/N)\cong S^{-1}M/ S^{-1}N$? In doing exercise 6.14 from Atiyah-McDonald

Let $M$ be an $A$-module, and $a$ and ideal fo $A$. Suppose that $M_\mathfrak{m}=0$ for all maximal ideals $\mathfrak{m}\supset a$. Then $M=\mathfrak{a}M$.

We need the following fact:

$(M/\mathfrak{a}M)_\mathfrak{p}=M_\mathfrak{p}/(\mathfrak{a}M)_\mathfrak{p}$

This is not hard too hard to prove as $M/\mathfrak{a}M\cong M\otimes_A A/\mathfrak{a}$ and since localizing commutes with the tensor product we
$(M/\mathfrak{a}M)_\mathfrak{p}\cong M_\mathfrak{p}\otimes_{A_\mathfrak{p}} (A/\mathfrak{a})_\mathfrak{p}\cong M_\mathfrak{p}/(\mathfrak{a}M)_\mathfrak{p}$.
How much does this fact generalise? Is the following true?

Let $M$ and $A$-module. Let $N$ be an $A$-submodule of $M$. Then $S^{-1}(M/N)\cong S^{-1}M/ S^{-1}N$.

A: Yes: the functor $M\mapsto S^{-1}M$ is exact so that the image of the short exact sequence $$0\to N\longrightarrow M\longrightarrow M/N\to 0$$ under it is a short exact sequence $$0\to S^{-1}N\longrightarrow S^{-1}M\longrightarrow S^{-1}(M/N)\to 0$$ This shows that $S^{-1}(M/N)\simeq S^{-1}M/S^{-1}N$.


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Parasitoid wasps may turn spiders into zombies by hacking their internal code
by Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
A wasp getting ready to attack a spider. Researchers think that it will then use a hormone called ecdysone to change the spider's behavior so that it spins a special kind of web. Credit: Marcelo O. Gonzaga
Parasitoid wasps lay their eggs on a spider's back. This team proposes that by injecting the spider host with the molting hormone, ecdysone, the wasp induces the spider to make a special web for the wasp's pupa.
Setting off a startling chain of events, a parasitoid wasp can force a spider to weave a special web to suspend the wasp pupa just before it finishes killing its spider host. William Eberhard, staff scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Marcelo Gonzaga at the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia in Brazil have assembled wide-ranging evidence that 'zombification' involves hacking existing web-spinning mechanisms by hijacking the spider's own molting hormone, ecdysone.
In a new paper published in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society they combined a review of all known reports of different wasp species known to zombify different spider species around the world; the results from a molecular study in Brazil; and new observations of Costa Rican spiders to demonstrate several previously unappreciated patterns that suggest that the wasp larvae use ecdysone.
One puzzle the researchers address is how a single wasp species can induce an impressive diversity of changes in the webs of many different spider host species. In the most complex cases, the spider's web construction is affected at several different stages: from selecting a site to modifying several different key design elements that usually result in a sheltered, stable home for its pupal cocoon.
This feat is dramatic because the wasp larva does not have direct contact with the spider's nervous system: it is an external parasite, riding on the surface of the spider's abdomen. Its only access to the spider's brain is via injections of psychotropic substances into the hemolymph in the spider's abdomen, to then be carried by the spider's circulatory system to its central nervous system.
Now fully developed, the wasp larva proceeds to eat its host spider. Credit: Marcelo O. Gonzaga
"Several studies suggested that sometimes the webs induced by the wasps resemble the webs that unparasitized spiders build just prior to molting," said Gonzaga. "We combined that observation with a previous discovery that, in one genus, spiders that had just built cocoon webs had unusually high concentrations of ecdysone in their bodies, and predicted that the specificity of the wasp larva's effects may already be present in the spider's nervous system, in the form of its specific behavioral responses to the hormone that controls its own molting cycle. By hacking into this system, the wasps ensure the safety of their own offspring at the expense of their host."
"Now that we have a proposed mechanism, we can ask a new set of questions," Eberhard says. "Because the lines in spider webs represent precise records of their behavior, we could study "zombification" in unprecedented detail by looking at the lines in cocoon and molting webs. We discovered that both web types vary, and more importantly, that the variations only overlap partially.
After eating the spider, this wasp is now in its pupal stage and hangs from the spider's molting web. Credit: Marcelo O. Gonzaga
"The larvae probably tweak the spider's molting web construction behavior to gain added protection. The mechanisms by which these additional modifications are obtained may result from differences in the timing or amounts of ecdysone, or modifications in the ecdysone molecules themselves, but they remain to be documented," Eberhard continued.
Newly discovered wasp turns social spiders into zombies
More information: William G Eberhard et al, Evidence that Polysphincta-group wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) use ecdysteroids to manipulate the web-construction behaviour of their spider hosts, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2019). DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz044
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Citation: Parasitoid wasps may turn spiders into zombies by hacking their internal code (2019, April 29) retrieved 17 January 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2019-04-parasitoid-wasps-spiders-zombies-hacking.html
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(Golf Channel) Reigning men's NCAA golf champion Oregon and reigning women's NCAA golf champion Washington will headline the field this fall at the second annual East Lake Cup.
Days after breaking the PGA Tour's all-time, 18-hole scoring record, Jim Furyk was named the Payne Stewart Award recipient for 2016.
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Cohort members were observed for a total of 1,990,701 person-years, of which 6,912 person-years were PCV13 vaccinated. Overall, crude incidence rates (per 100,000 person-years) were 82.8 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 77.7–88.1) for pneumococcal pneumonia, 637.9 (95% CI: 599.0–678.7) for all-cause pneumonia and 2367.2 (95% CI: 2222.8–2518.7) for all-cause death. After multivariable adjustments, we found that the PCV13 vaccination did not alter significantly the risk of pneumococcal pneumonia (multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio [mHR]: 1.17; 95% CI: 0.75–1.83; p = 0.493) and all-cause death (mHR: 1.07; 95% CI: 0.97–1.18; p = 0.190), although it remained significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause pneumonia (mHR: 1.69; 95% CI: 1.48–1.94; p < 0.001). In stratified analyses focused on middle-aged or elderly persons and immunocompromised or immunocompetent subjects, PCV13 vaccination did not appear effective either.


I typically do not leave many reviews, but wanted to for any postal carriers out there. I have 3 bad thoracic (mid back) discs and this provides much needed support. Anyone who drives a LLV knows how incredibly poor the ergonomic design is for our driver seats. I've looked into numerous back supports and they are either too deep and leave little room for your posterior to seat comfortably or they are too flimsy to hold up to numerous dismounts throughout the day. The 3 point harness keeps the support in place fairly well. The only problem is that our seats have the integrated headrest that essentially makes the seat super tall (like a high back Executive chair). This causes the support to ride up on occasion. A few times throughout the day I have to readjust and push the support back down. A minor inconvenience considering the relief I get from having it. I'm not longer hunched over all day. I can sit up straight with support and my shoulders have room to roll back.
By far, one of the best investments I have made recently. If you add up all the hours spent driving and put a price tag on being more comfortable during that time, how much would you pay?
I bought this as a gift for a baby shower. It is beautiful and well designed. The functionality is great. My friend was amazed when she saw the gift for his soon to be daughter. It would be nice to see more gifts like this at stores. Really creative.


Studies have shown that depression is a common co-morbidity with chronic illness and that social support systems positively impact patients' symptoms of depression and those relating to chronic illness. Per the American Psychological Association, "Social support was associated with high self-esteem, which in turn increased optimism and was related to decreased depression" (Symister, Friend, Health Psychology Vol 22(2), Mar 2003, 123-129). We propose a panel discussion from the patient perspective regarding the prevalence of depression across chronic disease states.
The panel's goal is to bring attention to the role mental health plays in the overall management of one's health.
strategies for patients, online community leaders, and physicians dealing with mental health issues as related to chronic illness.
Q & A session to follow panel discussion.
Hugo Campos is a patient advocate who is passionate about participatory medicine. He has been featured on NPR and spoken at TEDX. Hugo also advocates for the rights of patients with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators to gain electronic access to the data collected by their cardiac devices. He moved to the United States from Rio de Janeiro in the early '90s to study graphic arts.
Erin Moore's work in the cystic fibrosis community began when her son was born in 2010. Her initial involvement was in fundraising and then she began working at the State Advocacy Chair for the Ohio Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In 2012, Erin started working with Cincinnati Children's Hospital in their Pulmonary Department on quality improvement work, bringing all stakeholders to the table in designing systems and tools to better meet the needs of patients, clinicians and researchers to improve health and care in the cystic fibrosis community. Erin is a member of the Committee for Patient Engagement at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and works on the Committee for Patient & Clinician Engagement on the New York CDRN. She also leads the patient engagement work for the development of a Collaborative Chronic Care Network (C3N) for Cystic Fibrosis.
Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD (University of Massachusetts Amherst), MPH (Harvard University), is Professor of the Master of Science in Family Therapy Program and the PhD in Counseling Psychology, College of Education & Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and is Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Deusto Stress and Resilience Research Team at the University of Deusto. Bacigalupe is President of the American Family Therapy Academy. Bacigalupe is co-principal investigator of a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Pilot research project: Influence and evidence: Understanding consumer choices in preventive care. He is research faculty in the Health Equity Scholars Program of the UMass Center for Health Equity Intervention Research, an NIMHHD P-60 5 years grant for a joint effort by the UMass Medical School and UMass Boston. He is also an Adjunct Professor with the University at Distance in Spain (UNED). Bacigalupe is strategic consultant of Regroup Therapy. His research with colleagues in Spain, Turkey, Mexico, and the USA, focuses on the impact of emerging media adoption on families, transnational/immigrant families, family health, and e-health. In conjunction with the Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation (o+Berri) and the Population Health Management Research Team atKronikgune, he evaluated the role of healthcare virtual communities of practice and the role of social networks in supporting patients with multiple chronic illness. As part of the Basque Prevención y Vida Saludable (PVS) research team, he collaborates in a practice outcome based research project to instill a population health model in primary care.


Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/24/18 Runs around yelling in excitement after putting on her pretty black dress and shoes. "It's Christmas!! We goings to aunties house!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 "Ohs so..meh normal." Giving a nod she wiped it from her nose and licked it. "It's yyummy!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 Gives a confused look "its nots?! How comes?
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 Laughs and tries to lick her nose. "Hehe I no reach!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 Puts cake on her mama's nose and giggles. "Look pwetty!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 Gives her aa big hug "meh wubswubs you!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 Giggles "buts why's nots?"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 Climbs on the chair. Starts to sing the birthday song.
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 I don't kknos yet. Buts Unkie and untie says he stay wid dems.
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/17/18 Tries putting the cake on the table "His name is Jacob bbut we callz him ratz."
Meh gotz a cake and...uncle says we can getz meh ffwiend. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Raven D Morningstar 12/17/18 Smashes her with a cupcake "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/15/18 Runs in the house with a big smile and jumoing up and down with excitement. "Mama..mama!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 "Buts.. Whats if pweple calls meh?"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 Sits on the floor and pulls out her doll. "I knos I knos.. I jus explain."
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 Shakes her head again. "I takes all of dem da minds der souls killz der bodies." Walks around with hands waving explain the whole thing to her mama.
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 Looks confused "whos dat mama?"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 "Can'ts I ish here nows cause of Ari. I pwomis I be goodz.
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 "Nooo! Wezz hads a deal. I get da souls and he gotz dem to torture in hellz."
Lucifer Morningstar 12/11/18 Knocks and waits for door to open. Looks at Lyl scratchs beard, while yawning. "Do you have a paint pan and roller?" He asked while still half asleep. "Demon arse hit my office." Surprisingly he wasnt mad or angry.Which normally worries people. But no he had gone through this already with the double-mint kids.
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 "Ooo I has something too.. Alester is in afiwca.
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 "Otay! Maybe nxts times!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 "Iz she means lady?"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 Shrugs her arms up shaking her head with her lower lip out some "Iz don't knowz!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 Shakes her head. "No juz da pwetty lady. When I gotz here"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 12/11/18 She had to remember "um da man wid da wingz and a dog" walking around in a circle explaining it all. " oh andz Lucifer da other lady whoz fee meh to da dog!"
Lucifer Morningstar 12/07/18 He snickers."Didn't say that. She only gets a choice of going back or getting a family. And she asked you a question."
Lucifer Morningstar 12/07/18 He chuckles and looks at Lyl. "Yeah well Killing it isnt something I can do. Looking like someone is gonna have to have a home."
Lucifer Morningstar 12/07/18 Lovely lovely lovely. He shakes his head and watchs the kid on the floor."what the hell do we do?"Glances from Sera to Lyl and back at the kid. Now picking up the whisky and drinking from the bottle.
Lucifer Morningstar 12/07/18 Shakes his head, while popping the Tylenol bottle lid. He pops three in his mouth and washs it down with the shot of whisky on his desk. He point behind him at the small demon and protective angel."I have a sitution. One the big guy is one of the lock ups that amen did. A no kill on fathers desk up stairs, but amen put him down anyway. Two that cte litle creature back there is number one on my demon hit list."
_Aurora_ 11/30/18 Tell you what.. If you came there are 3 over in NOLA we can use a forth!
_Aurora_ 11/30/18 Aww I will try my best! I'm with Raven. Might confuse me for chicken if she is hungry enough.
_Aurora_ 11/30/18 Ghh! Ok so here is the deal. Samil wasn't the only one to get free after Luci's fall. A few other did to. So we are on a hunt. Luci sent to get the one in Moscow. Me and Raven are headed to NOLA and Luci and Sera are headed to Africa.
_Aurora_ 11/30/18 Tried to call you. You in Moscow with Az aren't you. Kept going to voicemail. What would you like me to do leave a voicemail mail say 'oh you can't kill or kick Sam in the rear.' That would have gone great.
_Aurora_ 11/30/18 [Confused emoji] wait what?! My loss?!
We just found out yesterday. You was out of reach.
_Aurora_ 11/30/18 First: No! Just No!
Second:There is a full pardon on his aurs! Which means he can't be sent back or killed.
_Aurora_ 11/30/18 Thought of the day: Fvck My Life!
And what is it you are needing clarified?
Apparently I thought the same.. Something was triggered when Lucifer fell again. He said that you and the dog that follows you everywhere are not in hell.
Someone escaped his cell in hell and is hunting you down! Just ran Into Sammy!
Text me ASAP! I have good news for you!"
Nuff said! Let me finish in NOLA and we kill.
I am tickled with questions him me up when you done hunting!


Formerly Hawthorne Lane, the restaurant toned itself down for a less monied crowd while keeping the general ambiance. In a private side entrance, past a garage doorway along Hawthorne St., the many-tabled restaurant is centered around a modern bar in the middle taht sports a shiny, two-group Elektra machine. With it they pull shots with a darker brown crema of moderate thickness. It tastes mostly of smoky tobacco - what you might expect from Graffeo - but yet it's handled generally well. Especially well for a restaurant. Note: the chef plans to shut it down at the end of 2009.


This week we talk about the new Radical Heights, Xbox backwards compatibility updates, Fortnite down time, God of War, Facebook privacy, A Quiet Place, Stan Lee and more! Oh and we may diva out about LAGTV a bit. Again.


I want to take this opportunity to thank you for playing at my wedding. Your trio sounded fantastic and we were so happy to have you there. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you should ever need a reference.


A commander of the army and a diplomat seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum of foreign relations, but the two titles have been filled by one man: Karl Eikenberry.
In this episode of Conversations with History, Harry Kreisler is joined by Karl Eikenberry, who commanded coalition troops in Afghanistan and served as US Ambassador there.
Eikenberry is now the William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at Stanford University, where he continues to teach that the two roles have more in common than one might think.
He encourages people in the armed forces, particularly army and marines (those deployed on the ground) to have a strong liberal arts background in order to better understand and empathize the foreign cultures that they work within.
Watch "Force and Diplomacy with Karl Eikenberry" to hear Eikenberry give his expert opinion on the current situation in Afghanistan as the U.S. formulates an exit strategy, turning its attention towards China.
See who else has visited UC Berkeley to join Harry Kreisler on Conversations with History.


On Saturday, December 20, the second Rorate Coeli Mass of this Advent season was offered in Charlotte, North Carolina. As I have written about previously, this liturgical tradition returned to the diocese in 2012 following an absence of more than forty years.
A pre-dawn Mass offered in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary during Advent, the Rorate Mass is illuminated solely by candlelight, symbolically witnessing to He who will soon be born, the true Light of the world.
Saturday's Missa Cantata was offered by the Very Reverend Timothy S. Reid, pastor of St. Ann Catholic Church. An army of eighteen altar boys, St. Ann's Latin Choir and over a hundred faithful braved the cold and rain for the 6:30AM start time. The below photos are courtesy of Mr. John Cosmas of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community.