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Smash It is a small business success story that began operations in December 2019 in downtown Ogden. Even during the pandemic, a second location was opened in Salt Lake City, with a third location planned for Logan.
Smash It is owned by wife and husband team Madison and Braeden Furgeson. Having lived on the east coast, the young couple saw that there was a trend for people wanting to smash things in a "rage room," and that it wasn't being done as a stand-alone business in Utah. In late 2019, two or three other entrepreneurs suggested the same concept, but the Furgesons made it happen by jumping in full-time and being the first to market it. They bootstrapped the concept with no outside funding using credit cards and reducing their personal expenses. They worked to find lower-rent opportunities, the cheapest inventory/supplies (things to smash that people want to get rid of), and a vision that each location would operate by empowering employees to oversee the operation so they could still enjoy family time.
Smash It is owned by wife and husband team Madison and Braeden Furgeson.
Smash It is considered an SBDC success story because of the number of partners involved in helping the owners along the way. Ogden City referred them to the SBDC, where it was suggested they present to 1 Million Cups, and more connections were made. The SBDC also introduced them to local landlords with vacant space, potential funding sources such as the Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund (UMLF), and crowdfunding that included consultation from another SBDC location. They were then introduced to venues such as axe throwing companies that also made introductions to the basics of social-based businesses. Smash It has made good use of the many connections and resources the SBDC has to offer.
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Two Albuquerque Men Plead Guilty and Two Others Sentenced for Violating Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Laws
Defendants Four of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal "Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative
ALBUQUERQUE – Two Albuquerque men pled guilty and two others were sentenced today in federal court for violating federal drug trafficking and firearms laws. Simon Shields, 37, pled guilty to a methamphetamine trafficking charge, and Adrian Hammond, 30, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jovas Brown, 30, was sentenced to 36 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction, and Andrew Kyle, 36, was sentenced to time served followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Shields, Hammond, Brown and Kyle were arrested during an ATF-led investigation that resulted in the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 104 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. The investigation began in mid-April 2016, when ATF personnel from throughout the country joined forces with federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies in New Mexico to combat the high rate of violent crime in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. The investigators utilized a number of investigative techniques, including undercover operations, historical investigation and targeting of multi-convicted felons in possession of firearms.
The investigation was undertaken in support of a federal anti-violence initiative that targets "the worst of the worst" offenders for federal prosecution. Under this initiative, the U.S. Attorney's Office and federal law enforcement agencies collaborate with New Mexico's District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to target violent or repeat offenders for federal prosecution primarily based on their prior criminal convictions with the goal of removing repeat offenders from communities in New Mexico for as long as possible.
Shields and his co-defendant Ray Martinez, 45, were charged in an indictment with conspiracy and methamphetamine trafficking offenses. The indictment was subsequently superseded on July 28, 2016, to include David Corral-Valenzuela, 45. The superseding indictment charged Martinez and Shields with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine on June 13, 2016, Shields and Corral-Valenzuela with conspiracy and distribution of methamphetamine on June 21, 2016, and Corral-Valenzuela with being an alien in possession of a firearm and illegal reentry into the United States on July 6, 2016. The superseding indictment included forfeiture provisions requiring the co-defendants to forfeit $6,550 to the United States. During today's proceedings, Shields pled guilty to Count 2 of the superseding indictment charging him with distribution of methamphetamine and admitted that on June 13, 2016, he aided and abetted his co-defendant by transporting approximately 56.8 grams of methamphetamine, which was later sold to an undercover law enforcement agent. Shields further admitted that he assisted another co-defendant in selling methamphetamine on June 21, 2016. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Shields will be sentenced within the range of 87 to 108 months in prison.
Hammond was charged in a criminal complaint on June 27, 2016, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition on June 26, 2016, in Bernalillo County. Hammond was subsequently indicted on the same charge on July 12, 2016. According to the indictment, Hammond was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because of his prior felony convictions for theft by taking, obstruction of law enforcement officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm, false imprisonment and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. During today's proceedings, Hammond pled guilty to the indictment and admitted that he was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition on June 26, 2016, because of his status as a convicted felon. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Hammond will be sentenced within the range of 36 to 40 months in prison.
Brown and his co-defendant Brent Williams, 35, were charged in an indictment with conspiracy and distribution of methamphetamine on May 16, 2016, distribution of crack cocaine on May 26, 2016, and Williams individually with distribution of methamphetamine on May 23, 2016 and June 7, 2016. On Dec. 7, 2016, Brown pled guilty to a felony information and admitted that on May 16, 2016, he distributed approximately 58.8 grams of methamphetamine.
Kyle was charged by indictment on July 28, 2016, with being a felon in possession of a firearm on June 22, 2016, in Bernalillo County, N.M. Kyle was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because of his prior conviction of possession of a controlled substance. Kyle pled guilty to the indictment on Nov. 4, 2016, without the benefit of a plea agreement.
To date, 42 of the 104 defendants have entered guilty pleas and 15 have been sentenced. The remaining defendants have entered not guilty pleas. Charges in indictments are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.
These cases were investigated by the Albuquerque office of ATF. Shields is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberly A. Brawley and Paul Mysliwiec; Hammond is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Presiliano Torrez; Brown was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David M. Walsh and Norman Cairns; and Kyle was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rumaldo R. Armijo.
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If the Shoe Fits, Wear it
Let's go on an epic journey of earthly proportions to a promised land and into the world of fairy tales. If the shoe fits, wear it! The Little Glass Slipper (Cinderella) is the shoe I'm talking about here.
There is a passage from The Way of Kabbalah by Z'ev Ben Shimon Halevi that sets the stage for our adventure.
"Stories of glimpses into the promised land abound in world folklore although often in a watered down and distorted form… The tale of Cinderella is another version of natural man's encounter with the upper worlds and gives a detailed account of the powers and worlds involved. Cinderella, the rightful heiress (or soul) of her father's house, is made to live in the kitchen (the body) while her stepmother's (ego's) ugly daughters (personas) usurp her place. However, with the aid of her fairy godmother (teacher), a pumpkin (the vegetable soul) and some mice (the animal soul) are transformed into a coach and horses (Ezekiel's Merkabah or chariot) which will convey Cinderella to the ball (the next world). Her rags are changed into a fabulous gown (she shifts from the natural to the supernatural). In this state of Grace she is raised from Asiyyah up into Yezirah, where she meets the prince (spirit of Beriah). After various difficulties with the claims of the ego and the personas, the soul and the spirit are united in marriage, much to the pleasure of the king (Adam Kadmon of Azilut)."
The passage speaks not to a new concept but a timeless tale of raising the consciousness to that place somewhere over the rainbow. You'll discover where the shoe (the little glass slipper) fits on the Tree of Life first. Secondly, how do you discover if this particular tale fits your path? What is your calling? Stories abound with analogies to the process of transformation throughout history and cultures. However, if you're not familiar with this particular fairy tale, here's an overview from Wikipedia.
Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper (French: Cendrillon, ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre, Italian: Cenerentola, German: Aschenputtel), is a European folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé published by Charles Perrault in 1697,[1] and by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms' Fairy Tales.
Although both the story's title and the character's name change in different languages, in English-language folklore "Cinderella" is the archetypal name. The word "Cinderella" has, by analogy, come to mean one whose attributes were unrecognized or one who unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect. The still-popular story of "Cinderella" continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions, and tropes to a wide variety of media.
The Aarne–Thompson system classifies Cinderella as "the persecuted heroine". The story of Rhodopis about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt is considered the earliest known variant of the "Cinderella" story and many variants are known throughout the world.
Once upon a time, there was a widower who married a proud and haughty woman as his second wife. She had two daughters, who were equally vain and selfish. By his first wife, he'd had a beautiful young daughter, a girl of unparalleled goodness and sweet temper. The stepmother and her daughters forced the first daughter into servitude, where she was made to work day and night doing menial chores. After the girl's chores were done for the day, she would retire to the barren and cold room given to her and would curl up near the fireplace in an effort to stay warm. She would often arise covered in cinders, giving rise to the mocking nickname "Cinderella". Cinderella bore the abuse patiently and dared not tell her father since his wife controlled him entirely.
One day, the Prince invited all the young ladies in the land to a ball, planning to choose a wife from amongst them. The two stepsisters gleefully planned their wardrobes for the ball and taunted Cinderella by telling her that the maid was not invited to the ball.
As the sisters departed to the ball, Cinderella cried in despair. Her Fairy Godmother magically appeared and immediately began to transform Cinderella from house servant to the young lady she was by birth, all in the effort to get Cinderella to the ball. She turned a pumpkin into a golden carriage, mice into horses, a rat into a coachman, and lizards into footmen. She then turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful jeweled gown, complete with a delicate pair of glass slippers. The Godmother told her to enjoy the ball but warned that she had to return before midnight when the spells would be broken.
At the ball, the entire court was entranced by Cinderella, especially the Prince. At this first ball, Cinderella remembers to leave before midnight. Back home, Cinderella graciously thanked her Godmother. She then greeted the stepsisters, who had not recognized her earlier and talked of nothing but the beautiful girl at the ball.
Another ball was held the next evening, and Cinderella again attended with her Godmother's help. The Prince had become even more infatuated, and Cinderella, in turn, became so enchanted by him she lost track of time and left only at the final stroke of midnight, losing one of her glass slippers on the steps of the palace in her haste. The Prince chased her, but outside the palace, the guards saw only a simple country girl leave. The Prince pocketed the slipper and vows to find and marry the girl to whom it belonged. Meanwhile, Cinderella kept the other slipper, which did not disappear when the spell was broken.
The Prince tried the slipper on all the women in the kingdom. When the Prince arrives at Cinderella's villa, the stepsisters tried in vain to win over the prince. Cinderella asked if she might try, while the stepsisters taunted her. Naturally, the slipper fitted perfectly, and Cinderella produced the other slipper for good measure. The stepsisters both pleaded for forgiveness, and Cinderella agreed to let bygones be bygones.
Did you happen to notice that the glass slipper was an important plot element in this story?
Since The Way of Kaballah did not elaborate on the missing glass slipper and the prince in search of the owner of the slipper, we're going to drill down a bit deeper. Let's start with the diagram of the Tree of Life as shown below. At the bottom of the diagram, in the tenth position, is Malkhut, which relates to the glass slipper in our fairy tale. Beneath the diagram is a definition of Malkhut from Wikipedia.
Malkuth or Malchut ("kingdom"; ملكوت ;מלכות), or Shekhinah, is the tenth of the sephirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. It sits at the bottom of the Tree, below Yesod. This sephirah has as a symbol the Bride which relates to the sphere of Tipheret, symbolized by the Bridegroom.
Unlike the other nine sephirot, it is an attribute of God which does not emanate from God directly. Rather it emanates from God's creation—when that creation reflects and evinces God's glory from within itself.
Malkuth means Kingdom. It is associated with the realm of matter/earth and relates to the physical world, the planets, and the solar system. It is important not to think of this sephirah as merely "unspiritual," for even though it is the emanation furthest from the divine source, it is still on the Tree of Life. As the receiving sphere of all the other Sephirot above it, Malkuth gives tangible form to the other emanations. It is the negative node of an electrical circuit. The divine energy comes down and finds its expression in this plane, and our purpose as human beings is to bring that energy back around the circuit again and up the Tree. (Grounding)
Some occultists have also likened Malkuth to a cosmic filter, which lies above the world of the Qliphoth, or the Tree of Death, the world of chaos which is constructed from the imbalance of the original sephirot in the Tree of Life. For this reason, it is associated with the feet and anus of the human body, the feet connecting the body to Earth, and the anus being the body's "filter" through which waste is excreted, just as Malkuth excretes unbalanced energy into the Qliphoth. Another way to understand this is that when one is sitting, as in a meditative state, it is the anus that makes physical contact with the Earth, whereas when one is standing or walking, it is the feet that come in contact with the Earth or Malkuth.
The highlighted aspects include "the sephirah has as a symbol the Bride, it is associated with the realm of matter/earth, and the feet connecting the body to Earth." What is not included are other various symbols used to describe Shekhinah such as female, Moon, or rainbow. As stated in The Essential Kabbalah by Daniel C. Matt, "In Kaballah, Shekhinah becomes a full-fledged She: daughter of Binah (the Divine Mother), the bride of Tif'eret, the feminine half of God." "...these figures of speech should not be taken literally; they are organic symbols of a spiritual reality beyond normal comprehension."
It is important to note there are only two unions on the Tree of Life. The upper union between Hokhmah and Binah, called the man and women, king and queen, father and mother, and the lower union between Tiferet and Malkhut called prince and princess, or bride and bridegroom. The essence of "As above, so below, as within, so without" applies here.
Now, it's not hard to figure why a woman would obsess over shoes, or why the fairly tale Cinderella uses a glass slipper as a plot device. The reason I asked the question what's your calling is that the word "calling" will assist in the process of discovery. Lynyrd Skynyrd expresses the heart of the matter (if the shoe fits, wear it) in the song What's Your Name - Little Girl.
However, I'm going to show you how to find the path of destiny in numerology, which is derived from your name. I'll give an example using my name to demonstrate the process. The number value will then be placed on the tree as shown below.
"The biblical books of Ezekiel, Enoch, and IV Ezra contain mystical revelations of hidden knowledge, including speculation about the mystical import of numbers and letters."
Numerology and the Divine Triangle by Faith Javane and Dusty Bunker are the sources for the above passage and for discovering my path of destiny.
"Your personal numbers are determined by the numbers in your birth date (life lesson) and the letters in your name you are given at birth (and the names by which you are called) to arrive at the numerical vibration of names; each letter in the alphabet is given a number value." The alphabet contains 26 letters and requires reducing the double digits to one number. For example, the number 12 is then written as 12/3. Master numbers such as 11, 22, 33, and 44 are not reduced when determining the total value.
Betsy 2+5+2+1+7 = 17/8 Ann 1+5+5 = 11 Malone 4+1+3+6+5+5 = 24/6
8 + 11 + 6 = 25/7 are my path of destiny numbers, which does not fit for Malkhut but is placed at Netsah.
Use the double-digit number if you want a more in-depth look at the path of destiny as shown in the Synthesis of Numerology, Astrology, and the Tarot below.
Dwelling on the spiritual side of life is my true calling. Life is happier when you are on the right path. I'm currently working on the way to assist others in finding their personal fairy tale using a synthesis of elements. More to come...
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way around this? Like a command line parameter or something?
Another thing: how can one BREAK out of a script/query while it's running?
halt the program. Ctrl-Break/Ctrl-C etc. doesn't seem to work... Any ideas?
> able to halt the program. Ctrl-Break/Ctrl-C etc. doesn't seem to work... Any ideas?
Paradox just "tunes" everything else out.
works. However, like queries, Paradox sometimes chooses to ignore you.
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The company says it was made aware of the spill last Friday afternoon (April 21) after workers from Imperial Oil discovered the leak during routine maintenance. Crews managed to contain the spill before it reached the North Saskatchewan River.
The leak originated from the Cold Lake pipeline, which transports 558,000 bbl/day of diluted bitumen from in-situ operators in the Cold Lake region to both the Edmonton and Hardisty Terminals. Shippers on the line include Cenovus, CNRL and Imperial Oil.
The affected segment of pipe has since been isolated but the rest of the line remains operational. The company expects repairs will continue over the next few weeks. There were no impacts to production or crude deliveries on the line.
Inter Pipeline estimates the volume of crude released was approximately 141 cubic meters (or about 900 barrels), 85% of which has already been recovered. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) also reported some impacts to wildlife. The company expects remaining volumes to be fully removed over the next week.
Inter Pipeline says it is collaborating with both the AER and Environment Canada. The cause of the pipe failure is still under investigation.


When a collection of Ghostbusters videos showed up on YouTube last week it started quiet the speculation. Was this a real game or did somebody have way to much time on their hands? Well the mystery didn't last long as development house ZootFly came forward to identify the videos as prototypes for a new 360 title. Taking it to the people seemed to be the only way to get an uninterested publisher to get the IP in order. ZootFly CEO Bostjan Troha did a little Q&A time with Gamespot to better explain.


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Information about Physical Therapist program at Concordia University Wisconsin
Concordia University Wisconsin (A4, D6, F1, PR)
Last Updated by Program: 04/04/2007
Address: Department of Physical Therapy
12800 North Lake Shore Drive
Admissions/Student Inquiry Phone: (262)243-4300
Financial Aid Phone: (262)243-4427
Web Address: http://www.cuw.edu/dpt
Program E-mail: louise.mollinger@cuw.edu
Louise A Mollinger-Riemann, PT, MS
Interim Co-Director
INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION:
Accreditor:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Carnegie Classification:
Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM ACCREDITATION:
Date of Initial Accreditation:
Master's degree, April 1997 (no longer offered) DPT degree, July 2002
Current Accreditation Status:
Next Visit
Five Year History:
DEGREE CONFERRED:
Doctor of Physical Therapy
GENERAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The entry-level DPT program at CUW is a full-time three year program.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCES:
All students participate in a total of 34 weeks of full-time clinical experience, starting with a 3-week experience after the first semester in the professional program. During the summer after year one, a 5-week course in clinical decision making includes faculty-supervised patient care in a pro-bono clinic and in the community. In the second year, patient care opportunities are integrated throughout the curriculum in the form of patient labs and pro-bono clinic experiences as well as a 3-week and a 10-week full-time clinical. The last semester of the third year consists of 18 weeks of full-time placement in varied clinical settings, usually as two 9-week experiences. The University has over 250 clinical sites in Wisconsin and throughout the United States. Students also have the opportunity to apply for a year-long, paid internship as their final experience.
There are 8 full-time faculty. Five of the core faculty hold doctoral degrees. Six part-time faculty supplement the core faculty in teaching and lab assisting. The majority of the faculty engage in clinical practice. Faculty produce publications in peer-reviewed journals and present at national, state and local conferences. The faculty to student ratio in labs is 1:12.
The University has a total enrollment of more than 5,000 students. The entry-level physical therapy program has three classes and accepts 24 students each year.
Before application to the program all students must have the following science course work completed or in progress: chemistry (w/labs) 8 cr., biology (w/labs) 8 cr., physics (w/labs but does not have to be calculus-based physics) 8 cr., and advanced human physiology 4-5 cr. Additional required pre-physical therapy course work includes 6 credits in psychology, and 3 credits in statistics. The minimum grade requirements include a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and a minimum science GPA of 3.0. Students not meeting the GPA requirements may be admitted as a special student on a provisional basis. Graduate Record Examination scores are not required. Applicants are required to have work or volunteer experiences that provide them with direct contact with individuals with physical or cognitive disabilities. No set amount of time is required. All students must have a confirmed BS/BA degree prior to entering the DPT program. Concordia University Wisconsin offers eleven undergraduate majors that coordinate with the graduate program in physical therapy, including athletic training, Spanish, math, biology, theology, nursing, music, history, communication, sports medicine, and psychology. Students who already have an undergraduate degree need only complete the science, psychology and statistics prerequisites. The Registrar's office decides which transfer credits will be accepted by CUW. Students from abroad must have their transcripts evaluated by a recognized credentialing service in the United States. Students who do not possess a bachelor's degree from a post-secondary institution where English is the principal language must demonstrate competence in English by scoring a minimum of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or 213 on computer-based version.
In the last three years, 98% of the graduates passed the licensure exam, all graduates responding to the graduate surveys are employed, and 82% of admitted students graduated from the program.
TUITION, FEES AND FINANCIAL AID:
A three-year flat rate tuition of $21,400 per year has been set for all DPT students entering Fall 2007. This means students who enter the program and complete it as planned in three years will pay $64,200. There are no activity, lab, professional liability or parking fees. As graduate students, students qualify for financial aid in the form of federal subsidized loans and scholarships from CUW. Concordia University Wisconsin is a Federal Direct lending school participating in the Wm D. Stafford Federal Loan Program offering both subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Alternative loan programs such as Wells Fargo MedCAP-XTRA are also available to students. For more information contact the Financial Aid Office at 262/243-4569 or the Admissions Office at 262/243- 4248.
STUDENT LIFE:
The CUW campus is situated on 155 acres on the shore of Lake Michigan just 15 minutes from downtown Milwaukee, the largest commercial center in Wisconsin. This thriving metropolitan area gives students many opportunities for visits to local hospitals and clinics, inservices, state and local conferences and guest speakers. The graduate program in physical therapy at CUW began in 1994. A new building was added for physical and occupational therapy. Students have access to five labs that have a wide variety of new equipment, including a gross anatomy cadaver laboratory. A full range of services is available to graduate students including tutoring, health services, counseling, sports, fitness, drama, music, religious life, clinicals abroad, , and cultural activities. A fitness center has recently been added to the campus. Parking at CUW is convenient and free to students. Information regarding housing can be obtained from the Resident Life Office by calling 262/243-4328.
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So I cancelled the wedding.


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Discussion in 'Politics' started by McRocket, Jan 9, 2019.
We won't forget who stands for our security and country, and who stands against it.
How about you guys return to the Dimocrat position of not so many years ago, and lets get some increased border security going ?
Oh... They forgot about that! They also forgot about Obama using tear gas. That stuff never happened.
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Researchers and evaluators use various methods to assess how efficiently a program or project converts inputs into outcomes, often referred to as "value for money." For example, for every $1 invested into an accelerator program, how many jobs were created? How much additional revenue did businesses earn?
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A Thirtysomething Newlywed Was Diagnosed With a Rare Form of Dementia
"There is nothing behind her eyes. It's this glazed look."
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A 31-year-old newlywed from the U.K. was diagnosed with dementia only months after her wedding day—and is one of the youngest cases her doctors have ever seen, People reports. Becky Barletta is suffering from frontotemporal dementia, a rare form of the disease that affects the front and sides of the brain and leads to issues with behavior and language.
Before her decline, Becky was a ski instructor with a reputation for being friendly and attentive to her clients. She had studied photography and even volunteered at an orphanage in Nepal. "I was always so proud of her, so proud to say: 'My sister is a ski instructor'. I wasn't jealous of her but she was like 'the blonde bombshell' compared to me," sister Sophie Gilbert told the Cambridge News. "She was authentically beautiful. She was outdoorsy and outgoing. Everybody loved Becks, she was beautiful. She still is." She had been looking forward to getting married and having children with her husband, Luca.
But as her wedding approached, something changed in Becky. She became obsessive about fitness, and neglected to take care of her skiing students in the way she used to. Her friends thought it was just wedding jitters at first, but things kept getting worse. At first she resisted medical care, but her sister ended up convincing her to get checked by volunteering to get tested herself, too.
Becky was diagnosed with dementia on August 24, 2016, when she was just 31 years old. And the condition is hereditary; her uncle died from the same disease in his 50s, and her cousin also succumbed to it in her 40s. Frontotemporal dementia tends to start at a younger age than dementia, and most cases are diagnosed in people ages 45 to 65, according to the UK's National Health Service.
Now 32, Becky is receiving 24/7 care at her parents' home, and her sister lives next door with her own family. Luca, who works in Switzerland as a ski instructor, flies to see her once a week. Her condition has rapidly declined, and now she apparently makes inappropriate comments and repeats stories over and over again. "There is nothing behind her eyes. It's this glazed look," Gilbert told People. "You wonder what is going on in her head. I just hope she's happy in her own little world." Her disease is likely to affect her ability to communicate, then even swallow; she is not predicted to live longer than 10 years.
Becky's family is raising money for the U.K.'s Alzheimer's Society through a crowdfunding campaign. "While unfortunately this will not help Becky, we know she would want us to try and halt this vile disease in its tracks for the benefit of the future generations in our family and other families who have been affected by dementia," the JustGiving page reads. So far, they have raised more than £7,000 ($9,200).
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New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal's rival in next month's Delhi election is a London School of Economics graduate who fought her last election in college. Nupur Sharma, 30, the BJP's candidate in the New Delhi assembly seat, says "this will be an election being fought to be won."
Ms Sharma, a lawyer, is a member of the BJP's youth wing, and a former Delhi University Students Union president. She calculates that this gives her seven more years of political experience on Mr Kejriwal, who launched his Aam Aadmi Party in 2012.
"If you are trying to say I am a scapegoat, no I am not. Mr Kejriwal won an election and ran away," she told NDTV, offering it up as her biggest weapon against a rival who is widely believed to have been handed a walkover win by the BJP.
"When you betray people's trust then it shows your own intention of serving the people," she added.
Ms Sharma is one of the two names that drew maximum attention when the BJP last night released a list of 62 candidates for the February 7 Delhi assembly polls. The other prominent candidate is Kiran Bedi, who is contesting from Krishna Nagar.
In a departure from its template for other state polls, the party has named Ms Bedi as its chief ministerial candidate, a move that many say is the BJP's assessment of a new kind of voters in Delhi, who don't follow traditional election arithmetic.
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Wild Arms 4: The 4th Detonator - PlayStation 2 (2005)
This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series Wild Arms
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Wild Arms 4: The 4th Detonator takes the series in a new direction. Although series' staples remain and while it and the fifth game remain distinctively JRPGs, they show a different approach to style and gameplay than the last four games. This entry streamlines travel and exploration, introduces platforming elements, and hybridizes the traditional turn-based combat with strategy RPG mechanics. It is probably the least Wild Arms-y of the series, as it reduces the Wild West aesthetic in favor of techno-fantasy trappings that feel more like they came out of a mecha anime.
For all that, Wild Arms 4 is actually probably one of the most accessible. It's definitely the one to recommend for younger teens since it's so difficult to get lost or stuck. It also serves as one example of a bridge in JRPG history, as it informs later popular developments in genre design, perhaps best symbolized by Final Fantasy XIII: A more linear experience balanced by a focus on combat mechanics on the one hand and more intensive character and plot scenes on the other.
One day Ciel is attacked by a military force that literally breaks through the sky. It turns out that Yulie has the power to control ARMs, which are, as always, extremely powerful weapons that this military is bent on exploiting. It is also revealed that Jude himself can wield an ARM, as he "bonds" with one during a battle with the military organization. The four teens travel Filgaia, intermittently running away from and confronting their adversaries, searching for ways to protect Yulie and find peace.
Jude Maverick
A young boy living in the town of Ciel, which exists isolated in a floating sphere in the skies above Filgaia.
Jude infiltrates one of their ships to find Yulie Ahtreide, a girl held captive in one of their cells.
They team up with Arnaud G. Vazquez, a Drifter hired by the military and subsequently betrays them due to ethical differences.
Raquel Applegate
Escaping Ciel and getting to the surface of Filgaia, the team later runs into Raquel Applegate, another Drifter on a quest seeking "beauty in the world".
As alluded to before, this isn't the Filgaia we're used to. Filgaia is still mostly green, still rife with forests, not the desert wasteland of WA3 nor the steampunk-tinged realm of WA2. Nor, for that matter, is it especially medieval-influenced like the original. It's instead a wartorn landscape of bombed-out towns and desecrated natural environments. Battleships, tanks, weaponry of all sorts litter the areas you'll walk through. Due to how alive the ecosystems seem to be, one might think it's set much, much earlier than other games, if we are to assume that they share a continuity. At one point though you walk through the ruins of a Baskar Colony, suggesting that it could in fact be set much later after other games. An offhand line from an NPC also mentions a great warrior of long ago who retired from combat to start a bakery, which might refer to Ashley from WA2. This is probably just a fan reference, though. Continuity between games has never been important in this series, so it's not worth thinking about too hard.
The setting, more stereotypical though it may be, doesn't look bad, graphically or aesthetically. The graphics are in fact much better and cleaner than Alter Code F. The main drawback is that it no longer has that unique Wild Arms charm to it. Where WA5 and WAXF, despite their changes, still at least feel like Wild Arms, this one doesn't quite have the same vibe. It has just a dash of the Western in it, just a taste of desert punk, rather that being completely immersed in them.
The story starts out promising, getting into some of the more complicated and darker elements of warfare that WA2 grasped at. The big two thematic currents are the repercussions of war and genetic engineering. It has a bit of that disturbing body horror from WA3, with people taking drugs to force themselves to "bond" with arms and causing grotesque changes to their forms. There's also a strong youth versus elder theme running throughout, that people in touch with the millennial/baby boomer divide might be interested in. Essentially, the game posits that the younger generation believes in striving toward peace, while the older generation believes that humankind is predisposed to war and should embrace it as a fact of life. It's also the first Wild Arms game to actually have a weapon called a Wild Arm.
The worldbuilding toward the start of the game is superb, but it fizzles out as the narrative narrows in toward the conclusion. Earlier portions of the game discuss how the world got so torn apart by the war between government entities known as the Global Union and the Congressional Knights, who stood for dictatorship and parliamentarianism respectively. This history unfortunately gets waylaid and watered down to the point of being forgotten the more you go into the game.
This might in part be an unintentional effect of the structure of the game, in that you don't go back to a previous towns or areas until the very, very end. A proper worldmap is gone, replaced by dot-and-line paths. The effect of this is it no longer feels like a cohesive world, more like a series of set pieces. Revisiting old locations over and over again in JRPGs can be tedious, but it's great for worldbuilding because you get to see the subtle changes every time you go back. Like the Baskar Colony in WA3 or Adlehyde in WA. If you can't go back, you don't really ever get to know a place, don't really get to feel a stake in them. The stories that you learn about places toward the beginning of the game are never returned to like they should be.
Presentation-wise, Wild Arms 4 cleverly cuts production corners in its limited use of 3D character models. It's almost part visual novel. Whenever the game cuts for dialogue, the screen blurs and brings up 2D anime portraits of the characters. They move around like in a visual novel, using comic book-like cuts to signify action, and each character has a set of half a dozen expressions or so. This was actually a smart move, given how much dialogue there is in this game. And besides, despite how clean the character models look this time around, they just aren't as expressive as the anime portraits can be.
The big strength of the writing is the character interactions. Characters will frequently pause in the middle of dungeons or towns to chat, bicker, figure out what to do next. They're a lively team. A nice addition is the "Meeting" option you can have at the save points in town. "Meeting" gives you the options of gathering as a group to talk or for Jude to have personal chats with each individual member. These are some of the most delightful examples of dialogue and subtle character development in the game, often lighthearted and brilliantly showing off each character's personality. None of the characters are especially original, but they have small details that make them stand out (Raquel in particular). They serve the story well and their dynamics work. The Meeting function is a welcome addition, considering how much depth it adds to the main party, and one wonders how well such a function would have served earlier games in the series. Certainly the cast of WA3 had plenty to talk about.
This is the first Wild Arms game with voice acting. It's not good. Not unlistenable either, to be fair. If you're used to anime dubs, you could certainly find worse. It's just something one might be a bit embarrassed to hear. At least there's nothing quite as bad as WA5's Carol.
There's a lot of off-the-walls ridiculous, shounen anime feats of strength in this game, which might turn off some players. A character punches a torpedo to destroy it at one point, for instance. A side villain has an "anti-tank chainsaw", a ludicrous weapon that he uses in one scene to cut an entire traincar in half. One scene has Jude racing after a train on a bicycle and somehow catching up with it. Another has a character wield an enormous metal pillar and drop it over a ravine to use as a bridge. In general, everything action oriented in the cutscenes and combat seems a little exaggerated. Raquel's sword would give Cloud Strife's weaponry a run for its money (though the size of it is in line with how incredibly overpowered she is compared to the rest of the team), and it seems like every ARM you come across just gets bigger and bigger.
Platforming is one of the more entertaining innovations. It's never especially difficult, but makes the game world more engaging to interact with. Locations are either fully explorable in all directions or they're fixed at a side view. Side view areas are usually more platform-oriented, 360 movement areas more puzzle-oriented. You can run, jump, double-jump, slide, and stomp on the ground. Jude also has an "Accelerator" that allows you to move extra-fast, which comes in handy when trying to dodge obstacles like turbines, flamethrowers, and lasers. The Accelerator, which slows down the rest of the world and filters everything a bluish shade, also reveals extra gella, which you can gather up in sequence to gather more. Each little bag of gella is only 10g, but it is multiplied by 2 every time you gather them within the same use of the Accelerator.
Permanent tools have been eliminated, replaced by ones you'll find scattered throughout the environment. You'll find here many of the staples of the Wild Arms series: Bombs, a flame staff, a teleportation staff, a mist cloak, etc. The most common you'll use are the sword and the crate, which you mostly use to hit switches.
Sadly, the ENC gauge is gone, replaced by the familiar random encounter. As a consolation, though, most save points have a "Break" function in them, wherein you have to defeat an especially difficult battle and afterward get the option to turn battles on or off in that area.
Combat is now based on the "Hex" system. Whenever an encounter occurs, your player-characters are set onto a grid of seven hexagons, six surrounding one in the center. To deliver most attacks you have to be in an adjacent hex. Jude, since he has a gun, can shoot from afar, but only if it's in a straight path from his current location. Most magic can be cast on any hex, meanwhile, giving Arnaud an advantage, provided he has enough MP (we again are set with scarce magic-healing items in this one, though full-heal savepoints are numerous). Other skills may allow you to hit multiple hexes are once. One of Raquel's skills, for example, has her slashing all surrounding hexes. Status effects also now effect hexes instead of targets.
In addition, any given battle will have three elemental hexes, which you can take advantage of to exploit weaknesses for extra damage. A fire hex will infuse Arnaud's Blast ability with fire power, making water-based enemies more susceptible. It works both ways however, as sitting in an elemental hex will make you extra susceptible to its opposing element, and even random encounters can wipe out your team with an unlucky draw of elemental hexes.
Force Abilities are back, again limited to one per character. Jude has Mystic this time around, the first time a male character has it in the series. (One small consolation in a game fraught with questionable gender politics, but we can't get into that without spoilers.) Raquel has an ability that allows her to take two consecutive actions. Arnaud can Jump, which means going to any given hex on the grid and taking another turn. Yulie can summon Mediums, which can only be cast when she's in the corresponding elemental hex. They can, at times, be gamebreakingly powerful.
Characters now have combo abilities too. These are powerful skills that multiple characters do together as long as they're standing on the same hex. They gain these at random. Occasionally characters will "discover" a combo ability and if enough FP is available, they can unleash powerful attacks together. Most are two-person abilities, but further into the game you'll discover three or even four person abilities.
Wild Arms 4's combat suffers balance issues. It can swing from being laughably easy to ludicrously hard at a moment's notice. Some battles you might find yourself dying from a cheap series of lucky strikes before you even get a turn. Characters don't really gain too much HP and MP as they level, HP usually staying somewhere in the 2000s and MP in the 150 to 200s range if you don't take advantage of the sliding GC scale (which I'll explain soon), and most players probably won't. Unfortunately, enemy damage does increase, so at a certain point in the game monsters can hit for half your health in one go. Graciously, Wild Arms 4 has a simple and forgiving game over system. Gimel Coins have been eliminated, and you can replay battles as many times as possible. Your HP also regenerates after every battle.
Leveling up actually doesn't increase stats. What it does do is give you more GCP, or Growth and Customization Points, which are what you use to allocate personal skills. Your amount of GCP is equal to your level. Personal Skills are no longer dependent on accessories, and rather a set list of skills that you gradually go down and master. Personal Skills are now mostly just regular abilities, some passive and some active. Jude's first two personal skills, for instance, are Phantom Line, an attack that deals damage to two hexes in a straight line, and Defender, which is an automatic guard against physical attacks that protects other party members in the same hex. Mixed in with these are Class Level Ups, the real way you gain stats, as they give you 100+ HP, 10+ MP, and 10+ on all status parameters. These are more rare, and most players will probably only reach about the fifth Class Level Up.
The sliding GC scale is a way to reallocate your stats, most visibly HP and MP. Depending on how many GCP you have in reserve (ie not being using on Personal Skills) you use them instead to gain higher HP and MP. Each GCP in reserve gives you a little boost, and you can slide a scale to get either more HP and less MP or vice versa. This function can be handy for the strategic thinker, but most players will probably just want to master their Personal Skills. It makes the game a bit easier if exploited, but it isn't necessary. The best tactic here is probably to just not put any GCP toward Personal Skills until you know you have enough to learn them. That way, you always have a little GCP on reserve, so you thus always have a little stat bonus.
Sidequests exist in this game, but they're all crammed in at the very end like in Alter Code F. There's an arena, a series of minigames, and numerous secret bosses, but again you can't really access them till the end of the game. This creates a lopsided experience, in which all the non-linearity suddenly appears when you're expecting the game to end soon. It kills the tension to go back and do the quests. You literally have to leave the final dungeon when you're in the middle of it. A lot of the sidequests in the first three Wild Arms games appear toward the end too, but they're staggered and allow you to complete them back-and-forth with the main quest. Ragu O' Ragla appears again, but unfortunately you have to either play the game twice or import completed data from Alter Code F over to get to it. Millennium Puzzles are gone, replaced by a series of platformer minigames that require more reflex than critical thinking.
The music is lovely as always for the series, still infused with Ennio Morricone Western influence. Michiko Naruke returns as composer, though she contributes songs alongside others like Masato Kouda, Nobuyuki Shimizu, and Ryuta Suzuki, all of whom imitate Naruke's style. The Western influence, while certainly still present throughout a number of songs, is more muted this time around, setting along with the rest of a game a more typical mood for a fantasy JRPG.
This sequel was a jarring change for the series, but arguably a welcome and needed one. As mentioned in the WA3 article, the old structure felt like it had already peaked, and as Alter Code F proved, there's only so much further you can elaborate upon the old mechanics. So Wild Arms 4 isn't perfect, might not even be good according to some. But it clearly tried to keep the series going by reinventing it, and this reinvention, whether you appreciate it or not, was worth trying. The hex system, the platforming, and other new additions to the series were refined still further in the fifth mainline game.
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Q: Create general symbolic array using MATLAB I want to generate array or 1 x M matrix with variables such as (please note that sum goes from i=1 to m-1):

Because I want to use Obj later as a general array depends on given M for some optimization purposes. I tried following code in MATLAB but that symbolic L does not support:
function testSymbolic
M=3;
Obj = ones(1,M);
L = sym('L', [1 M]);

tempL = log(1-L);
for m=1:M
    Obj(1,m) =  log((L(m))/(1+L(m))) + sum(tempL(1,1:m-1),2);
end
Obj

However, when I see that following when I run separately:
L = sym('L', [1 3])
L =
[ L1, L2, L3]

L(1)
ans =
L1

can some one please help me to fix this issue?

A: Try
M = 3;
for i = 1:M
    L(i) = sym(['L(' num2str(i) ')'])
end

tempL = log(1-L);
for m=1:M
Obj(1,m) =  log((L(m))/(1+L(m))) + sum(tempL(1:m-1));
end

This yields e.g.
Obj(3)

ans =

log(L(3)/(L(3) + 1)) + log(1 - L(1)) + log(1 - L(2))

EDIT:
Considering you want to calculate the maximum of the Obj-vector I would suggest this:
clear;
M = 3;

L = sym('L', [1 M]);

tempL = log(1-L);
for m=1:M
    Obj(1,m) =  real(log((L(m))/(1+L(m))) + sum(tempL(1:m-1)));
end

F = matlabFunction(Obj,'vars',{L})
ft = @(v) (max (-F(v)));

Now you can optimize ft.

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WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the Obama administration, has deleted almost all references to HIV/AIDS. The Civil Rights section of the site has no HIV/AIDS references, although as recently as two days ago it had two long paragraphs of promises.
The Civil Rights section also was the home of all the promises to the LGBT community, which filled half the page. Here's what currently remains regarding LGBTs:
"President Obama also continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and believes that our anti-discrimination employment laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity. He supports full civil unions and federal rights for LGBT couples and opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. He supports changing Don't Ask Don't Tell in a sensible way that strengthens our armed forces and our national security, and also believes that we must ensure adoption rights for all couples and individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation."
OK, not terrible. However, one thing more than any raised my eyebrows. "He supports changing Don't Ask Don't Tell ..." Huh? Previously, "we need to repeal the don't ask don't tell policy" was the language. There's a world of difference between repeal and change.
There are changes throughout the Issues pages on WhiteHouse.gov replacing lists of promises with text highlighting progress. So since there's been no tangible progress on HIV/AIDS policy yet, it explains why HIV/AIDS was deleted.
It will be a great day when WhiteHouse.gov will be able to update the progress on HIV/AIDS policy by stating the implementation of a national AIDS strategy. Until then, it's a waiting game and the players are getting restless.
(Click on the image to the right for the complete list of promises for LGBTs and HIV/AIDS on WhiteHouse.gov as of April 23, 2009.)
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Q: How to add more colors to elementor´s image carousel I would like to ask you for help. I´m building wp site with elementor (I don´t know how to code) and I would like to add different colors to image borders or to text of the image captions. Support won´t help me with css...
I can change border color of all images in carousel with
selector img { border: 5px solid red; }
but I would like to add 6 images with 6 different color borders or with different colors of the captions of the images. (no idea what css to use)
There is written this under custom css tab:
Use "selector" to target wrapper element. Examples:
selector {color: red;} // For main element
selector .child-element {margin: 10px;} // For child element
.my-class {text-align: center;} // Or use any custom selector

Thank you
Garik

A: There are a few different ways this can be done, but selector isn't a real element so it may be hard to pinpoint exactly what is needed. For instance, the selector would have to be an HTML element like div.
You can:
1: look for the IDs for those images (#my-id)
or
2: look for specific class names (.my-class, the . signifies that it's a class) for those images (if they are there)
3: use the pseudo-selector like first-child, last-child, nth-child
Let's look at the second option since that's closer to best practice:

*

*you'll want a general CSS rule like the selector image one, but we won't have the color on it.

div img { border: 5px solid; }

// Below would be better because the above looks at ALL images in a div tag ... So that can turn into ... all images on a page.

.container-class-name img { border: 5px solid; }

All images in a div will have a solid border of 5px. It'll default to black without the next part.

*Now the individual images. Let's say each has a class with image-{number}, so those classes would be like image-one, image-two, etc.

.image-one { border-color: red; }
.image-two { border-color: blue; }
.image-three { border-color: yellow; }

Hex color codes are better than using browser ones like red, blue, yellow and etc. If you don't know what those are I would highly suggest reading up on them.
You have to be both very general and specific when it comes to CSS and learn where each idea needs to be used.


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Lee Jones Resigns From Cake Poker
Published on December 28th, 2010 10:39 pm EST
Earlier tonight, Lee Jones made a brief statement on Twoplustwo.com in which he announced that he had stepped down from his position at Cake Poker.
Lee's statement:
"Hi all -
This is a brief announcement to let you know that, as of yesterday, I have resigned my position at Cake Poker and will not be making any further posts here. Their management has made some strategic decisions with which I'm not comfortable. Please direct any questions or concerns to the Cake support staff; they are top-notch people.
Lee Jones"
The statement can be read here.
Lee Jones was named Cake Poker's card room manager in May of 2009.
The line "Their management has made some strategic decisions with which I'm not comfortable" has made people a bit nervous - hopefully there is some clarification in the coming days.
Serge "adanthar" Ravitch also announced that he was stepping down from his position at Cake Poker in the same thread:
"It sincerely pains me to say that, for the same reasons, I am also no longer affiliated with Cake in any way.
I wish them the best of luck going forward.
Adanthar"
Lee Jones served as the cardroom manager for Pokerstars between October 2003 and April 2007. Since stepping down from this position in 2007, Jones has worked with the EPT (European Poker Tour), Cardrunners.com and, most recently, Cake Poker.
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CIWEM Column
18 February 2005, source Water & Wastewater Treatment
Have we lost the instinct to value and protect all that is best about our wonderful coastline? Is managed retreat just a euphemism for throwing in the towel and walking away? CIWEM executive director Nick Reeves asks if we should be disturbed by the King Canute factor that seems to influence thinking on coastal defence.....
King Canute, as every school child knows, was the Danish king of England who was carried on his throne to the sea and commanded the waves to retreat - and was thought completely mad. Of course, the point he was trying to make was that when faced with the forces of nature there is a limit to what mere mortals can do.
Government ministers, faced with the same forces of nature and reports of crumbling coastline, go into Canute mode and ask why taxpayers should fund short-term solutions when the sea will, ultimately have its way and do its worst - which is fair enough. It is entirely right to ask if the public interest is best served by pouring concrete (and public money) into shoring up a coastline or cliff.
No-one doubts more questions of this kind will have to be asked as we are forced to deal with the impact of climate change and rising sea levels. However, all the talk of 'managed realignment' in Making Space For Water, the government's recent consultation paper on coastal flooding, is causing concern. Not least because it fails to use straight language. The title really means 'flooding'.
The subject is important and will be of real interest to those whose lives and property are the subject of managed retreat, and those who have wider public interest in the heritage, ecology and recreational aspects of our coastline. We deserve to be 'given it straight'. The flooding of land is seldom an 'act of God' these days.
It is the result of decisions not to reinforce existing sea walls and the consequence of development decisions. No-one disputes the need to defend London from flooding. If we did not, lives, heritage and billions of pounds worth of property would be lost to floods. But what about our rural coastline, some of it not far from London? It is a much harder call deciding which bits should be abandoned.
The factors involved are complex and hard to quantify in strict financial and economic terms. Some pundits are suspicious government has invented a formula for 'scoring' proposed coastal defence schemes that is not a system for coastal defence at all. They see it as a treasury-driven excuse for doing absolutely nothing where something has been done before.
I have been reminded of the case of the Martello tower - a landmark I know quite well and which deserves wider appreciation. The tower sits on the Suffolk coast at Bawdsley and is a Napoleonic fort that is also a scheduled monument. It is on moveable shingle coastline in an area of outstanding natural beauty and attracts a lot of wildlife. It is on a key strategic point of the whole coast, just as it was in Napoleonic times and in both world wars.
In 1997, around 50 yards of beach was washed away and there is every chance the crumbling concrete walls and rock will be breached this winter. If this happens, the tide will roll inland for miles and Aldeburgh could become an island. At the same time, the port of Felixstowe, ten miles to the south, could be completely clogged up.
Flood defence experts agree the policy for the area should be to hold the line and initiate immediate and urgent works. Unfortunately, the government's scoring system (designed, some say, to divert funds from the coast to protect new communities in flood plains proposed as part of the unsustainable Sustainable Communities Plan) means there is no money to fund the urgent work required. There is no fall-back position, no plan, no nothing. The policy looks like unmanaged retreat. Privately, I and others have been told by officials the scoring system has no robust way of evaluating things like history, heritage, visual attractiveness, local community attitudes and recreational value. To the great unwashed, it looks like a treasury-driven solution that is patently inadequate for defending the realm.
Hopefully, once these inadequacies are understood the scoring system will not last as long as the crumbling sea defences at Bawdsley. King Canute, having secured the throne of England, spent most of his time expanding and protecting his interests abroad. Fast forward to 2005 and has anything really changed?
Flood defence is an emotive issue and has attracted its fair share of national press hyperbole. However, I believe it is fair to say that Ministers in successive governments, like King Canute, have spent several fortunes defending our 'interests' overseas while forgetting to defend much that is unique and beautiful about our interests and assets at home.
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ASBCA Drops a Knowledge Bomb on the Navy, Succinctly Explains Summary Judgment Standard in Claims Appeal; Appeal of Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc, ASBCA No. 61320
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Navy's motion for summary judgment on contractor's claims is, for the most part, denied. The board found that the Navy misunderstood the standard for summary judgment. In its motion, the Navy argued that it was entitled to judgment based on the preponderance of evidence. But the board does not weigh evidence when considering a summary judgment. To avoid summary judgment, a claimant does not need to establish its claims by a preponderance of the evidence; instead, they only need to establish facts that would support judgment in its favor. Here, the contractor had sufficiently established issues of material fact that precluded summary judgment.
Chugach Federal Solutions had a contract with the Navy to provide facility support services. Chugach lost money during performance and submitted a claim to the Navy alleging that its losses were caused by statements the agency made during contract negotiations. The Navy denied the claim. Chugach appealed to the ASBCA.
The Navy first moved for partial summary judgment, arguing that one of Chugach's count's alleging superior knowledge was barred by judicial estoppel. The board denied that motion. The Navy then moved to dismiss several of Chugach's counts for lack of jurisdiction and failure to state claim. The board denied that motion, too. Now, the Navy moved for summary judgment alleging that Chugach's losses were caused by Chugach's aggressive bidding and inefficient performance, not by the Navy's actions.
The board noted at the outset that "the Navy significantly misapprehend[ed] the standard of review." Throughout its motion, the Navy argued that it was entitled to summary judgment under the preponderance of evidence standard. But the board does not weigh evidence when considering a summary judgment motion. To avoid summary judgment, the board posited, a claimant does not need to establish its entitlement to recover by a preponderance of the evidence. Rather, the claimant simply needs to establish the existence of a set of facts — with all inferences drawn in its favor — that would be sufficient to support judgment in the claimant's favor.
The Navy moved for judgment on Chugach's claim for negligent negotiations. The Navy contended that Chugach could not establish by a preponderance of the evidence that it would have increased its staffing if the agency had conveyed different information during negotiations. The board found this missed the mark. Chugach did not need to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that it would have increased its staffing. Instead, it only needed to provide facts that supported judgment in its favor, which it did. Chugach had provided testimony showing that the Navy had continued with the procurement after it concluded that Chugach could not perform the contract with its proposed staffing levels.
The Navy also sought judgment on Chugach's claim of superior knowledge. Again, on this count, the Navy suggested that the Board should weigh evidence by considering the credibility of witnesses. The board reasoned that it may consider the credibility of witness after an evidentiary hearing, but at this stage, it only needed to determine whether Chugach had submitted evidence that would support entry of judgment in its favor. Once again, the board found that Chugach had provided documents and deposition testimony that indicated there were material factual issues as to the Navy's superior knowledge.
Next, the Navy requested summary judgment on Chugach's mutual mistake claim. Yet again, the Navy invited the board to weigh witness testimony. The board declined and simply found that Chugach had established a material issues of fact concerning the parties' beliefs.
Finally, the Navy moved for summary judgment on Chugach's claim for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. But this time, the Navy did not ask the court to weigh evidence. Rather, the Navy argued that the claim was based on conduct that occurred during the negotiation of the contract. The duty of good faith and fair dealing applies to conduct during performance not negotiations. Chugach argued that facts learned during discovery about the Navy's post-award conduct confirmed that the Navy violated its duty. The board found, however that these alleged facts were not presented to the contracting officer as part of the claim and thus the board lacked jurisdiction to consider the breach claim on appeal.
Chugach is represented by Richard R. O'Keefe, Jr., William A. Roberts, III, Gary S. Ward. Cara L. Lasley, and Lindy C. Bathurst of Wiley Rein LLP. The Navy is represented by Craig D. Jensen, David Marquez, Anthony Hicks, and Robyn Hamady.
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From hormone imbalances to crash diets, there are many things that may trigger hair loss in women.
If you've been shedding hair, don't worry.
Read on to learn 10 tips for how to stop hair shedding. You might be surprised- it's not what you think!
If you are noticing that you are losing a lot of hair all of a sudden, don't dash to the store to stock up on beauty products.
If it's been less than a few weeks, you should wait a bit longer before you assume there's a problem. In fact, humans tend to shed hair most in autumn. Thank our caveman ancestors for that one.
If your hair loss equals more than approximately 100 hairs a day and has been going on for several weeks, it's time to investigate.
The first thing you should do is think about the past 6 months. Have there been any big lifestyle changes?
Have you started taking or stopped taking a new medicine? Did your diet change? Has your period changed in any way?
Hair loss is a symptom of many medical conditions such as an autoimmune disorder. Book an appointment with your doctor to get to the bottom of what's causing your excessive hair shedding.
Women often don't get an adequate amount of protein each day. And this can affect hair loss.
When your body is undernourished (and yes, protein deficiency counts) you may suffer from nutritional hair loss.
Women need at least 46 grams of protein a day. Keep in mind that this is the minimum! Most women need more for optimal health, especially if they are active.
If you are getting this much and still are losing hair, up your protein for a couple of weeks to see if it makes a difference.
If you've recently changed shampoos and now you are noticing increased hair loss, it's probably the shampoo.
Not everyone reacts well to a particular kind of shampoo. Choose one that is nourishing and gentle for your locks and scalp.
Conditioner is vital for keeping your hair hydrated. Without it, your hair will become brittle and dehydrated.
Plus, conditioner makes your hair easier to comb. This means that you won't have to tug as hard to get the tangles out.
Look for conditioners that contain the moisturizing ingredient glycerin for silky locks.
Your scalp is directly related to how healthy your hair is.
A clean and hydrated scalp leads to healthy hair follicles. Healthy follicles are less likely to drop their hair.
In the shower, make sure you take the time to work the shampoo and conditioner into your scalp. Think of how good it feels when you get a wash at the salon. Try to give your scalp that level of care at home.
Hair shedding is sometimes caused by dandruff. If you see dandruff on your hair or shirt, buy a shampoo that has zinc pyrithione. This is the ingredient that prevents dandruff.
By now you're starting to see that healthy hair is all about hydration. So that means that you must up how much water you drink.
Aim for at least 2 liters of water or eight 8-ounce glasses each day.
If you aren't getting enough water each day your tissue growth is stunted. You might be surprised to learn that your hair shaft is mostly made up of water.
Avoid soda an sugary drinks and instead sip on cool, refreshing water. Go ahead and add a twist of lime or some berries if it means you'll drink up.
Get ready to see a lot of improvements to your skin and health by sipping water. Your nails will get stronger, you'll have radiant skin, and you will stop having cravings.
This may be the hardest tip for some women to commit to keeping. If you want to stop shedding hair, however, it's important to listen.
Stop using bleach on your hair to get a certain color. If you want to color your hair, stick to 1-2 shades lighter or darker than your true color.
After you hop out of the shower, gently towel dry your hair. Then, use a wide-toothed comb (not a brush) to lightly get rid of tangles. Don't pull or tug your hair.
Avoid using heating tools on your hair. These will make your hair roots weak. Take a break from using a flat iron and curling rod for a while.
It's best to let your hair air dry. But if you can't, then use your blow dryer on cool or low heat. And avoid blow drying it every day.
Don't yank your delicate locks into tight ponytails or overly-tight buns. Before you style your hair think about how much stress that style is putting on the scalp.
Check out these 6 cute messy hairstyles that you can do to avoid using irons on your hair.
Many times, hair loss is due to excess stress. The good news is that regardless of the circumstances of your life, you can control how much stress you experience.
Now would be a good time to start yoga, deep breathing, and meditation practice.
Regular exercise has so many health benefits you've probably heard about. One of them is that sweat unclogs the pores on your scalp. Then the oil and dirt that has built up in those pores can be washed away when you clean your hair.
So there you go! One more reason why you should grab your running shoes and hit the gym.
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Vitamin E floods your cells with extra oxygen. Which, you guessed it, means healthier hair. Vitamin E is found in seeds, broccoli, spinach, and vegetable oils.
There are also various minerals that your hair needs to thrive. Iron, Copper, Magnesium, and Calcium are just some of them.
If you don't think your meals are providing the necessary vitamins, take a daily mineral and vitamin supplement to ensure your body, skin, and hair are getting what they need to be healthy.
We hope you found this article helpful. You'll notice that most of these tips for how to deal with hair shedding are not about products to buy. That's because healthy hair starts with how well you treat your body inside and out.
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Ohio Military Institute was established in 1890, on the site of what had been Belmont College. Freeman Carey, a graduate of Miami University at Oxford (Ohio) had established Carey Academy in his home on the family farm in 1832. It was a success, and within a few years, Carey built a small brick school building, apparently on the site of what later became Carey Hall. Carey Academy was "the leading private school west of the Alleghenies". Dr. Robert H. Bishop, first president of Miami University, joined the faculty of Carey Academy during its final year in 1846.
In 1847, the academy became Farmers' College, and it was at this time that Carey Hall was erected. This combination class-room building and dormitory would serve for the next 111 years. Dr. Bishop laid the cornerstone and stayed on to fill the chair of Philosophy and History in the faculty of the college. Shortly before his death in 1855 (at almost 80 years of age), he ask that his body and that of his wife "might find a final resting place on the College grounds." [Old Boys will remember the Bishop burial mound, which was located at the edge of the woods directly behind Henshaw Hall. This gymnasium/drill hall was built in 1949. When the school closed in 1958, the remains of Dr. and Mrs. Bishop were dis-interned and reburied on the grounds of Miami University. There was, it turned out, no truth to the rumor that Dr. Bishop's horse had also been buried with him!] Farmers' College claimed that "its distinctive feature [was] the practical character of its course of instruction.... to qualify our youth for a higher position in any of the industrial pursuits." (This vocational focus was markedly different from the "classical" model of higher education which prevailed at most colleges at this time. It was not until the late 1860's that the "land grant" colleges established by the U.S. congress would seek to equip its students for specific careers.) With the coming of the Civil War, fully two thirds of the student body rushed to enlist in the Union or Confederate forces. Farmers' College was forced to close, but not before it became a stop on the "underground railroad", assisting escaped slaves to migrate to the north. After the war the school re-opened as Belmont College, offering a curriculum more typical of the classical model of education. But Belmont debuted just as the land grant colleges were beginning to demonstrate that modern "vocational" education at the collegiate level was of more immediate utility in the dawning Industrial Age than was a classical education of philosophy, Greek, Latin, etc. With a shrinking student body, the school began to shift toward the education of younger men. In 1890, Belmont College closed, and the Ohio Military Institute opened on the same site in 1890. But the past was not completely abandoned: Portraits of Mr. Carey and Dr. Bishop hung on opposing walls of the main Study Room in Carey Hall until the buildings were torn down in 1958.
in the lower story of Bishop Hall - a dormitory(!). Not much is known now (circa 2000) of these early days at OMI. The original Old Boys have long since passed. We do know that Clarence B. Wood, the Commandant when he died, devoted 43 years of his life to OMI before passing away on 20 November 1950. Albert M. Henshaw, Superintendent, pre-deceased Wood, having passed away on 20 June 1950. Certainly his service to OMI was notable and, probably, as lengthy. (In 1950, four of the nine school trustees still carried the name of Henshaw, and were almost-certainly related to Superintendent Henshaw, whose widow continued to live in the small house at the western end of the parade ground until, at least, 1954.) Other faculty members with long years of service at OMI included: Philip A. Andrus (1924-1958), C.A. Wile (1924-1951), Frank Thornton (1931-1958), Colonel Donald D. Davis, USAR (1936-1958), Harold D. Heard (1943-1958), and Captain F. Pete Derrick, USAFR (1928-1954).
A school catalogue from 1950 described the grounds as "[N]ear enough [to Cincinnati] to enjoy all the educational advantages which only large populations centers ,,, afford, and yet it is far enough away to avoid any sinister influences," Originally, the grounds comprised about ten acres of woodland, fronting on Belmont Avenue and extending westward to a deep ravine. To this was later (date unknown) added a large tract of virgin forest land, nearly sixty acres in extent, surrounding the original property on three sides. This land had originally been part of the Carey farm and was acquired by that family from John Symmes, who secured the grant from the U.S. Government at the close of the Revolutionary War. In 1950 the school catalogue could still boast that "since that time these woods have not known the sound of the woodsman's ax. Many of the original trees, hundreds of years old, are still standing." Harrison Hall (the old Daller House), which was used as a dormitory and recreation building for Lower School cadets, was acquired sometime in the late 1940's, and yet another four acres to the campus. The school buildings included Carey, Belmont, Bishop, Perry, Henshaw and Harrison Halls. Of these, only Henshaw Hall remains and it is apparently still used as a community center for basketball. The other school buildings were razed to make way for Aiken High School, which opened in 1961.
Below are pictures of Cary Academy Founder, Freeman G. Cary; Farmers College Chairman of Philosophy and History, Dr. Robert H. Bishop; Ohio Military Institute Superintendent, Colonel A. M. Henshaw, and Commandant, Major C. B. Wood, followed by an article about the closing of Ohio Military Institute that appeared in the "Cincinnati Enquirer" on June 10, 1958.
"High Costs Bring OMI End"
"High School Plans Are In The Making"
"Military Institute With 126 Year History Is Victim Of Inflation"
circumvent the ever increasing spiral of inflation affecting us all."
repairs, services and salaries rising faster than the ability of the school to adjust it's modest tuition equitably, and a financial loss from current operations again apparent, closure becomes an economic necessity, the trustees statement said."
The board promised parents of cadets it would help them place their sons in other military schools if they desired.
the school's new armory-gym and athletic field will be kept for the new high school.
according to Joseph Beckman, administrative assistant to the superintendent of the Cincinnati school board.
until the 1961/2 term, he added.
The new school may be named for Albert Melville Henshaw, who was OMI superintendent from 1906 until his death in 1950. One of the sale terms was that the school board "give serious consideration" to honoring Henshaw in this way. The board also agreed to microfilm and store records of the OMI students and to preserve and display certain mementos from the school's past. The 30 OMI employees, including 12 faculty members, were notified yesterday of the sale. Some will be retained for an inventory, Birch said.
underground railroad, and fugitive slaves were hidden in the cellar and attic of Cary Hall.
When girls were admitted after the Civil War, the name was changed to Belmont College.
In 1890 it again became an all-boys school. Military courses were added and the present name was adopted.