Be employed at a work-site where the employer employs at least fifty (50) employees within a 75-mile radius.
All periods of absence from work due to or necessitated by USERRA-covered service is counted in determining the employee's eligibility for FMLA leave.
The birth of the employee's child (leave must be concluded within one (1) year of the date of birth).
The placement of a child with the employee for adoption, or foster care when foster placement is pursuant to State action (leave must be concluded within one (1) year of the date of placement).
The care of the employee's child (including biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or child of a person standing in loco parentis, who is either under age 18, or age 18 or older and is incapable of self-care because of mental or physical disability), spouse or parent (including a person who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a child -- but not parent "in-law"), who has a serious health condition.
The serious health condition of the employee that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of the employee's position.
Any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a military member on covered active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty) requiring deployment to a foreign country in support of a contingency operation. Such leave may include Rest and Recuperation leave up to a maximum of fifteen (15) calendar days.
Any qualifying exigency arising out of a military member's parent who is incapable of self-care when the care is necessitated by the member's covered active duty.
The care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness, if the employee is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of the service member.
Inpatient Care: Inpatient care (overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility, including any period of incapacity or any subsequent treatment in connection with such inpatient care.
Treatment by a health care provider on at least one occasion, which results in a regimen of continuing treatment under the supervision of a health care provider. The in-person treatment visit must take place within seven days of the first day of incapacity.
Permanent or Long-Term Conditions: A period of incapacity which is permanent or long-term due to a condition for which treatment may not be effective. The employee or family member must be under the continuing supervision of, but need not be receiving active treatment by, a health care provider. Examples include Alzheimer's, a severe stroke, or the terminal stages of a disease.
Multiple Treatments: Any period of absence to receive multiple treatments (including any period of recovery therefrom) by a health care provider or by a provider of health cares services under orders of, or on referral by, a health care provider, either for restorative surgery after an accident or other injury, or for a condition that would likely result in a period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days in the absence of medical intervention or treatment, such as cancer (chemotherapy, radiation, etc.), severe arthritis (physical therapy), kidney disease (dialysis).
Exceptions: Unless complications develop, a Serious Health Condition does not include cosmetic treatments, such as most treatments for acne or plastic surgery, the common cold, the flu, ear aches, upset stomach, minor ulcers, headaches other than migraine, routine dental or orthodontia problems, periodontal disease, etc. Treatment for substance abuse by a health care provider or on referral by a health care provider may be a serious health condition if the conditions of this policy are met. Absence due to use of the substance, rather than for treatment, does not qualify for FMLA leave.
Current Servicemember: A serious injury or illness for a current servicemember includes any illness or injury that existed before the beginning of the member's active duty and which was aggravated by service in the line of duty on active duty in the Armed Forces.
Treatment - Examinations to determine if a serious health condition exists and evaluations of the condition. "Treatment" does not include routine physical, eye, or dental examinations.
Health Care Provider - Includes doctors of medicine or osteopathy, podiatrists, dentists, clinical psychologists, optometrists, chiropractors (for limited purposes), nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, clinical social workers, so long as they are licensed (if required by state law) and are performing within the scope of their practice as defined under state law; Christian Science practitioners listed with the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts; any health care provider from whom an employer or a group health plan's benefit manager will accept certification to substantiate a claim for benefits; a health care provider as defined above who practices in a country other than the United States and is licensed in accordance with the laws of that country.
Regimen of Continuing Treatment - A course of prescription medication or therapy requiring special equipment to resolve or alleviate the health condition. A "regimen of continuing treatment" that includes the taking of over-the-counter medications such as aspirins, antihistamines, or salves, or bed rest, drinking fluids, exercise, and other similar activities that can be initiated without a visit to a health care provider, is not, by itself, sufficient to constitute a regimen of continuing treatment for purposes of FMLA leave.
Additional activities agreed upon by the employer and employee.
Covered Servicemembers - Any current member of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard or Reserves, and any covered veteran undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious injury or illness.
Covered Veteran - An individual who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable at any time during the five-year period prior to the first date the eligible employee takes FMLA leave to care for the covered veteran.
Instructional Employee - A person employed principally in an instructional capacity, whose principal function is to teach and instruct students in a class, a small group, or an individual setting, and includes athletic coaches, driving instructors, and special education assistants such as signers for the hearing impaired. The term does not include teacher assistants or aides who do not have as their principal function actual teaching or instructing, or auxiliary personnel such as counselors, psychologists, curriculum specialists, cafeteria workers, maintenance workers, bus drivers, or other primarily non-instructional employees.
General Rule: An eligible employee is entitled to up to twelve (12) workweeks of unpaid leave within a twelve-month period without loss of seniority or benefits. When both spouses in a family work for the District, they will be entitled to a total of twelve (12) weeks of unpaid leave (rather than 12 weeks each) for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child, or to care for a parent with a serious health condition.
The amount of leave available to an employee at any given time will be calculated by using a "rolling" 12 month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave.
All leave taken under the policy and leave for any other reason that would qualify under FMLA (e.g., worker's compensation leave that qualifies as a serious health condition), will be counted against the employee's leave entitlement under FMLA. Employees will be required to run all FMLA leave concurrently with other leaves available to the employee.
When an employee is not required to report for work for one or more weeks (e.g., instructional employees who do not report for work during Christmas/New Year holiday, or during the summer), such days will not count against the employee's FMLA leave.
Care of Covered Servicemembers Leave: An eligible employee is entitled to 26 workweeks of leave to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness during a single twelve-month period, which begins on the first day the eligible employee requests this type of FMLA leave. The employee may take leave to care for a covered servicemember and leave for one of the other FMLA-qualifying reasons; however, in no event may an employee take more than 26 weeks of leave in a single twelve-month period.
If an instructional employee seeks leave for any purpose, including the employee's own serious health condition, of at least three (3) weeks in duration and the requested leave would begin more than five (5) weeks prior to the end of the academic term (school semester), the District may require the employee to continue taking leave until the end of the school term, if the instructional staff member's return to employment would otherwise occur during the three (3) week period before the end of such term.
If the instructional employee seeks leave for any purpose other than the employee's own serious health condition, less than five (5) weeks prior to the end of the academic term, the District may require the staff member to continue taking leave to the end of the term, if the leave is greater than two (2) weeks in duration and the return to employment would occur within two (2) weeks prior to the end of the term.
If the instructional employee takes leave for any purpose other than the employee's own serious health condition, within three (3) weeks prior to the end of the term, and duration of the leave is greater than five (5) days, the District may require the staff member to continue the leave until the end of the term.
When an employee is required to take leave until the end of an academic term, only the period of leave until the employee is ready and able to return to work shall be charged against the employee's FMLA leave entitlement.
During a leave related to the employee's serious health condition, the employee shall exhaust all available paid sick leave, personal leave or vacation before continuing such leave on an unpaid basis.
During a family or medical leave provided under this regulation for all other FMLA-qualifying leave, an employee shall first exhaust all unused vacation or personal days before continuing such leave on an unpaid basis.
At the conclusion of any FMLA leave, an employee may elect to extend leave pursuant to the provision of other Board policies and regulations governing extended leave, so long as the employee is eligible for extended leave under such other policy or regulation. The amount of time taken for FMLA leave will be deducted from the period of leave available under other extended leave policies. Once the FMLA portion of the employee's leave has ended, and the employee has elected to continue on leave pursuant to another Board policy or regulation, the remaining portion of the leave will be governed by the provisions of the other policy or regulation with respect to compensation, benefits, reinstatement, and all other terms and conditions of employment as set forth in the other policy or regulation.
Serious Health Condition - When an employee requests a leave of absence for a FMLA-qualifying reason, the employee must submit to the Superintendent/designee, a written medical certification form (available in the Superintendent/designee's office). When the leave is for the employee's own serious health condition and District provides a list of the employee's essential job functions, the employee's health care provider must certify the employee is unable to perform an essential function of the employee's job.
Timing - Upon receipt from the District, an employee has fifteen calendar days to return a complete and sufficient certification of the serious health condition. If the certification is incomplete or insufficient, as determined by the Superintendent/designee, the District shall state in writing the nature of the deficiency and grant the employee seven additional calendar days to provide the District with a complete and sufficient certification. Failure to provide such certification within the specified time period may result in denial or delay of leave.
Under no circumstances will the employee's direct supervisor be permitted to contact the employee's health care provider to certify the employee's health condition. Should an employee deny the District the ability to communicate with the health care provider regarding an incomplete or insufficient certification, the employee will be denied FMLA leave.
Second/Third Opinion - The District reserves the right to require an employee receive a second (and possibly a third) opinion from another health care provider (at the District's expense) certifying the serious health condition of the employee or family member. Further, second and third opinions may be required for military caregiver leave certifications that are completed by health care providers, as defined in Section 825.125 of the FMLA, who are not affiliated with DOD, VA or TRICARE.
Fitness for Duty - Before returning to work, an employee who is on leave for the employee's own serious health condition, must submit to the Superintendent/designee a health care provider's written certification form that the employee is able to perform the essential functions of the employee's job. The process for verifying the employee's fitness to return to duty shall be the same as for the initial certification set out above. Failure to provide a complete and sufficient fitness for duty certification may result in the delay or denial of job restoration.
Recertification - During the employee's leave, the District may periodically seek a recertification, no less than once every thirty days, unless the duration of the leave is known to be longer, in which case the District will not seek recertification until the end of the known duration of FMLA leave. The general rule has three exceptions, which permit the District to immediately seek a recertification from the employee. These exceptions include the following: 1) the employee requests a leave extension; 2) the circumstances necessitating leave change; or 3) the District received information disputing the validity of an earlier certification.
Intent to Return to Work - The District may require an employee to periodically report on the employee's intent to return to work.
Family Relationship - Employees requesting FMLA-qualifying leave related to a family member may be requested to provide reasonable documentation of the family relationship.
Qualifying Exigency - The District may require an employee to provide it with a copy of the covered military member's active duty orders in support of a contingency operation, prior to permitting FMLA leave for a qualifying exigency. The District may also require the employee to certify, with reference to appropriate facts, that the reason for taking FMLA leave is permissible as it is one of the eight enumerated basis for taking qualifying exigency leave, as stated above. The process for any such certification shall adhere to the procedure outlined for serious health conditions, listed above. For Rest and Recuperation leave, the District may require a copy of the military member's Rest and Relaxation leave orders, or other documentation issued by the military setting forth the dates of the military member's leave.
Care for Covered Servicemembers - The District may require certification completed by the covered servicemember's health care provider prior to permitting an employee to use FMLA for the care of a covered servicemember. In addition to certifying the authenticity of the covered servicemember's serious injury or illness, any certification must also identify the injury or illness as occurring in the line of duty while on active duty. The process for any such certification shall adhere to the procedure outlined for serious health conditions, listed above.
Care for Military Caregiver - The District may require a Certification of Military Caregiver Leave, to be completed by a Department of Defense (DOD) health care provider, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care provider, a DOD TRICARE network authorized private health care provider, a DOD non-network TRICARE authorized health care provider or a health care provider, as defined in Section 825.125 of the FMLA who are not affiliated with DOD, VA or TRICARE. If the District requests certification, an employee may submit documentation of enrollment in the VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers as sufficient certification of the covered veteran's serious injury or illness. The documentation will be deemed sufficient even if the employee is not the named caregiver on the document. However, if the employee submits the documentation of the servicemember's enrollment in the VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, the District may require the employee to provide additional information, such as confirmation of the familial relationship to the enrolled servicemember or documentation of the veteran's discharge date and status.
Possibility of Waiver of Certification - The District, at its sole discretion, may waive the certification requirements set forth in this Regulation, as the circumstances of each FMLA-leave request may permit. Under no circumstances shall the District's exercise of its discretion be interpreted or construed as a permanent waiver of the certification requirements, but such requirements shall remain in full force and effect unless and until the District specifically modifies or eliminates this Regulation.
Birth or Placement - Leave taken under this policy for the birth of a child, the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, or to care for such child may be taken on an intermittent or reduced work schedule only with the approval of the Board of Education.
Non-Instructional Employees - FMLA leave, other than birth or placement of a child, may be taken on an intermittent or reduced-schedule basis when medically necessary. If an employee seeks leave on an intermittent or reduced-schedule basis, the employee must submit medical certification, as discussed above, and additional certification from a health care provider, that the intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is medically necessary.
The District may require an employee taking intermittent or reduced-schedule leave to transfer temporarily to an alternative available position for which the employee is qualified or may modify the employee's current position to better accommodate the employee's recurring periods of leave.
Whenever the need for the FMLA leave is reasonably foreseeable, the employee must make a reasonable effort to schedule the treatment so that it is not unduly disruptive to District operations.
Instructional Employees - Leave taken because of the employee or family member's serious health condition may be taken on an intermittent or reduced-schedule basis when medically necessary. If an employee seeks leave on an intermittent or reduced-schedule basis, the employee must submit medical certification, as discussed above, and additional certification from a health care provider that the intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is medically necessary.
Transfer temporarily to an available position for which the employee is qualified, which has equivalent pay and benefits and which better accommodates recurring periods of leave than does the employee's regular position.
The employee must make a reasonable effort to schedule the treatment so that it is not unduly disruptive to District operations. The District will not require the employee to take more leave than is necessary to address the circumstances that precipitated the need for the leave, and will calculate time lost in the same method used to calculate other types of absences, at an increment of no more than one hour.
During an employee's family or medical leave of absence, the District will continue to provide health, life, vision, and dental insurance coverage for employees who are eligible for insurance benefits. Voluntary deductions (employee contributions) for (dependent) insurance for health/life/vision/dental (and employee disability and/or supplemental life insurance) must be paid in full each month and received by the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the month. Payments are to be submitted to the insurance office. Failure to make payments in a timely manner while on FMLA leave may result in the loss of any and all insurance coverage provided by the District to its employees. Employees should contact the District administrator responsible for coordinating insurance benefits regarding specific arrangements for making the required payments.
Upon return from FMLA-qualifying leave in accordance with this Regulation, the employee will be returned to the same or an equivalent position with no loss in benefits that accrued prior to the leave of absence. An employee who does not return to work at the end of an authorized leave may be subject to termination.
If an employee fails to return to work after the termination of the leave period, the District may recover health insurance premiums paid under the group plan during the leave period, except in certain circumstances (e.g., continuing serious health condition of employee or family member needing care, or other circumstances beyond control of employee). The District may recover any other insurance premiums (e.g., premiums for supplemental life insurance or for dependent coverage), submitted on behalf of the employee, for which the District has not been reimbursed, either upon the employee's return to work or the employee's failure to return after unpaid family or medical leave has ended.
General Notice - A poster summarizing the FMLA entitlements shall be placed in an area accessible for employees and shall also be provided to each employee in the employee handbook.
Eligibility Notice - This Notice shall state whether the employee qualifies to take FMLA leave.
Rights and Responsibilities Notice - This Notice, issued in conjunction with the Eligibility Notice, will specify if a certification will be required from the employee, identify if paid leave will run together with the FMLA leave, address the procedure for making health insurance payments, the consequences of failing to make timely payments, and the employee's liability for repayment of health insurance premiums if the employee fails to return to work at the expiration of their FMLA leave. Finally, this Notice will explain the employee's right to return to the same or an equivalent job at the expiration of their FMLA leave. Both the Eligibility and Rights and Responsibilities Notices will be provided to all employees within five business days of when the District becomes aware of a potential FMLA situation.
Designation Notice - Within five business days of the District's receipt of sufficient information from the employee to make a determination, the District shall provide the employee with the Designation Notice, which shall inform the employee if the leave shall be designated as FMLA leave. This Notice will designate the amount of leave counted against the employee's entitlement, specify if the FMLA leave will run concurrently with any accrued paid leave, and notify the employee if a fitness-for-duty exam will be required prior to returning to work.
Employee Notification Requirements - Absent unusual circumstances, all employees seeking FMLA leave must follow the District's customary call-in procedure for reporting absences. An employee who can reasonably foresee the need to take FMLA leave is required to notify the District of the date of commencement and the expected duration of the leave at least thirty days in advance of the leave, or if the need for the leave is not foreseeable, as soon as practicable. When the need for leave is foreseeable, an employee's failure to provide thirty days notice prior to taking leave may result in denial or delay of leave. An employee requesting leave under this policy should submit a completed application for leave form (forms available in the Superintendent's office) to the Superintendent/designee. An employee's failure to follow the District's call-in procedure is grounds for the delay or denial of the employee's FMLA leave request.
The foregoing regulation represents compliance with the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and its revised regulations. Any employee desiring additional information or explanation of the rules and regulations of the Act, should review the District's General Notice Poster or arrange a conference with the Superintendent/designee.


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In front of South Houston High School there is a school zone with lights flashing in the morning and from 2 to 3 in the afternoon. If you are going north, the light is immediately past Fairmont and flashes only onto Shaver. There is no warning on Fairmont or Edgebrook to alert you to slow down. One must be very careful at all times as people make a left turn onto Shaver from Edgebrook because they think the two turns are legal.
20mph school zone to 40mph zone 2-4pm biker cop hides off right at end of 40mph zone behind a tree holding a radar gun. Walks out into fast lane and tells you to pull over into parking lot and slow lane to stop where he writes you a 36mph in a 20mph ticket. Same officer runs other speed trap in the Pasadena area.


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Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is one of the most famous and successful sports club's in the world. The club has grown from humble beginnings into one of the giants of British sport.
The town's first rugby Club was Wigan F.C. founded in 1872 by a group of members of the town's Cricket Club. Wigan F.C. played on Folly Field, near Upper Dicconson Street. Financial problems and an inability to recruit quality players led to a merger with Up Holland F.C. and the creation of a new Club, Wigan and District F.C. The new Club played its home games at the then Wigan Cricket Club, in Prescott Street. Eighteen months later, however, this initial foray into the world of rugby was over and the Club disbanded.
In 1879, a new Club called Wigan Wasps was formed following a meeting in the Dicconson Arms. This new rugby Club evolved into the current Wigan Warriors Rugby League Club we now know today.
The Club initially played in blue and white hooped jerseys before changing in 1886 to the now famous 'Cherry and White' hoops that are synonymous with the Club today.
In 1895, the Wigan Club became founder members of the Northern Union following the breakaway from the rugby union.
On 6 September 1902, the Club played at its new purpose built ground Central Park for the first time against Batley in the opening match of the Northern Union's newly formed First Division. An estimated crowd of 9,000 spectators saw Wigan beat Batley by 14 points to 8.
The tenure at Central Park lasted until 1999 when the curtain fell on the famous old stadium after a pulsating final clash between Wigan and arch rivals St Helens.
In between those years, the Cherry and Whites brought plenty of silverware back to Central Park, including one Super League Grand Final Trophy, 17 League Championships, the Challenge Cup on many occasions; including a record-beating eight consecutive times between 1988 and 1995, 20 Lancashire Cups and a plethora of other titles including three World Championship wins.
The first of those World Club Championship successes came in 1987, when Australian Club side Manly came to Central Park and were defeated 8-2 in a thriller in front of a crowd of over 36,895.
Other proud moments include a win by Great Britain in the 1992 test Series over Australia, when a pack of forwards made up entirely of Wigan stars pounded the Aussies into submission in Melbourne.
But ask most players about the best moment in a Wigan shirt and chances are that the answer will be the 1994 World Club Championship success, when Wigan beat Brisbane against all the odds at the ANZ Stadium in Australia.
A lean period saw the Warriors go without silverware for eight years during the 'naughties', however the Michael Maguire revolution brought immediate success with the Super League title success of 2010.
Wigan now grace the DW Stadium on a weekly basis and have been involved in many matches that have been listed as the best ever in the summer era of Super League. The DW Stadium and rugby league seems like a perfect match. Wigan at the DW Stadium - Super League doesn't get much better.
Maguire's legacy was continued by former Warrior Shaun Wane, who became Wigan's longest serving coach in Super League (2011-2018). In his time as Head Coach, Wane won three Grand Finals (2013, 2016, 2018), one World Club Challenge (2017), one Challenge Cup (2013) and one League Leaders' Shield (2012).
After leaving the Club at the end of 2018, Wane was replaced by Adrian Lam, who has taken over the reigns to lead Wigan to more success. The ex-Wigan half-back recently signed a new deal to be Warriors boss until at least the end of 2021.


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Last September, law enforcement agents from five counties in Southern California coordinated an operation to investigate, raid, and arrest more than 600 suspected sex offenders. The mission, Operation Protect the Innocentwas one of the largest such raids in years, involving over 64 agencies. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, it was coordinated using a free trial of an app called SweepWizard.
The raid was hailed as a success by Chief Michael Moore of the LAPD at a press conference the following week. But there was a problem: Unbeknownst to police, SweepWizard had been leaking a trove of confidential details about the operation to the open internet.
The data, which the LAPD and partners in the regional Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force uploaded to SweepWizard, included private information about the suspects as well as sensitive details that, in the wrong hands, could tip off suspects as to when they were going to be raided and cast suspicion on people who had not yet been convicted of any crime.
The SweepWizard app, built by a company called ODIN Intelligence, is meant to help police manage multi-agency raids. But WIRED found that it didn't just expose data from Operation Protect the Innocent; it had already leaked confidential details about hundreds of sweeps from dozens of departments over multiple years. The data included personally identifying information about hundreds of officers and thousands of suspects, such as geographic coordinates of suspects' homes and the time and location of raids, demographic and contact information, and occasionally's even Security numbers. All this data was likely exposed due to a simple misconfiguration in the app, according to security experts.
The Los Angeles Police Department said it was unaware of the problem until WIRED reached out for comment. In a phone call, Captain Jeffery Bratcher, commanding officer of the LAPD Juvenile Division and project director for the ICAC Task Force, said the department is concerned and is taking the matter seriously. "Operational security is always paramount to us. We don't want people to know when and if we are coming," he says.
In a separate statement, Captain Kelly Muniz of the LAPD's Media Relations Division, said the department has suspended the use of SweepWizard until a thorough investigation is complete. According to their statement, "the department is working with federal law enforcement to determine the source of the unauthorized release of information, which is currently unclear. At this point in the investigation, it has not been determined if the third-party application or another means is the source of the unauthorized release."
The exposed data contained the location and names of 5,770 suspects, mostly located in California. In some instances, the data included their height, weight, and eye color and indicated whether they were experiencing homelessness. For more than 1,000 of these suspects, SweepWiz exposed their Social Security numbers. According to the data, several of these suspects were juveniles at the time of the sweeps. Arrest records and press releases confirm that several people whose names appeared in the leaked data were arrested after the raid.


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It is coming to that time of the year where, on top of winding down the business year and all the pressures that come with having a break from that, we often also prepare to travel for family visits, Christmas parties and holiday retreating. Along with everyone else it would seem! So - how are you travelling?
Not only does this mean - what methods of transport are you taking? - but also - when you take them - do you feel calm, centred, focused and relaxed? If your answer is a resounding NO!, then this piece is for you. I have memories of really stressful moments with our family where mum and dad would have a very tense start to just about every trip. Goodness help any of us kids if we even broke wind in the backseat and cracked into a giggle within the first 10 km out of town! Believe me - the pressure was unbearable for so many reasons!
1. Whilst you are still in organization and work mode, start a few lists for preparing for your trip on things you progressively remember you will need to take. I often have a few lists with headings for me, my daughter, food/shopping, gifts to buy etc so I can separate out what is needed when. You may also like to have a master packing list, laminate it and use it year in, year out.
2. Pack a first aid kit that includes your favourite homeopathics for nerves, irritability, hangovers, food overs, late night overs, people overs (Nux Vomica usually covers all of these), as well as your probiotics and liver herbs for recovery sessions. This time of year in Australia it is also a good idea to pack some form of electrolyte formula. I prefer to use a powder so I can adjust the doses and dilutions for ages. Electrolytes are a must for jet lag, gastro and hangovers - try recovering those babies on a maccas burger and coke! Some homeopathic remedies can be also be handy for separation anxiety, food poisoning, summer colds, fevers and ear infections.
3. Don't try and do everything before you go, be prepared to move the goal posts around to reduce the pressure. If it can really wait till when you return, or is not going to create a cascade of pain whist you are gone, perhaps it can be either delegated, left or partially done?
4. Before you embark on your trip, make sure that your organization and final preps finish if possible before dinner the night before you go. This way, you are not up late doing panicked last minute things, getting poor quality and anxious sleep thinking about the things you haven't done and the little time left to do them and going into your travel day sleep deprived and seriously dangerous to be driving near!
5. If some of this was unavoidable then commit to having a great protein generous breakfast with a hit of green juice or smoothie and magnesium to power pack your body without dropping into a fatigue an hour later - something often experienced on a high carbohydrate/sugar/caffeine meal.
6. Pack plenty of water and commit to drinking decent amounts of it. Yes you will need to eliminate it out - consider it a forced driving rest that could save you and your family's lives. It will be worth it. After all, don't most racing car drivers stay hydrated when they hit the track? Too right they do, they just eliminate it differently - but driving does use quite a bit of electrolyte and water content from your blood.
7. Stretch before you get into the drivers seat to keep yourself nice and relaxed in the body - even an epsom salts bath the night before can be helpful.
Remember - your travelling plan can be cool, calm and collected if you are!


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Congratulations to our 2016 CFA Team
Congratulations to the Golden Griffin Fund (GGF) team who advanced to the Americas Finals in the 2016 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge. The competition was held in Chicago, IL yesterday, April 13.
More than 4,000 students from nearly 1,000 universities from all over the world competed in the challenge to show they have what it takes to be a successful investment management professional. Competing in the Americas Finals put the team in the top 2 percent in the world.
The Canisius team is comprised of five members: Richard Kubiak '16 (team captain), Mallory Murdie MBA '17, Daniel Suarez '16, Lee Huber '16, and Alexander Vienne '16.
The team advanced to the Americas Finals after winning the semi-finals.
"This competition provides our students with an opportunity to integrate their academic training in a team environment and become polished professionals at the very start of their careers," says Richard A. Wall, PhD, professor of economics and finance and faculty advisor to the Canisius team. Wall is joined by Matthew Krajna '12, MBAACC '12 who is serving as the Canisius team's CFA mentor throughout the competition. Krajna is a portfolio advisor with Nottingham Advisors.
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Altarboy is a story of passion and work that began in the cellars of Parioli, a district of Rome, where two sixteen-year-old boys spent the afternoons recording tapes of their Hip Hop mixes on a multitrack to make a good impression on the girls of the high school. The duo formed by Attilio Tucci and Sergio Picciaredda have been playing together since primary school. Grown on bread and vinyl, filled with POP from the 80's, Italo Disco and New Wave, inspired thebinterest of the phenomenon of the first Rave Party cradle of that innovative sound that came from London (Acid House) and Detroit (Techno), beginning to wonder how you could make music so simple and at the same time so modern and full of sound. They soon realized that the Atari was not only a console for lazy nerds who ate chocolate bars and played Ghostbusters, but it lent itself, by adopting the new MIDI system, to be one of the instruments that would revolutionize the method of composition and arrangement in music, especially electronic music. So they bought the first analog synths and the first Drum Machines and synchronizing them with each other they began to compose House music.
They made their first productions in the 90's and started to play as DJs in the most important clubs in Italy. Their productions, strictly on vinyl before and after the advent of digital download, can still be found in the best stores around the world from Tecnique-Tokyo, Hardwax-Berlin, Techno import-Paris, Amoeba Music-Los Angeles, Phonica-London, Remix-Rome, Serendeepity-Milan, Disco più-Rimini. After a break where their careers as Dj producers and composers traveled in parallel, in 2010 they met at the Forum Music Village Studio in Rome and decided to found Wonder Wet Records, an independent record label and to give life to the recording project Altarboy. They perform for four years back to back as resident DJ of the Vicious Club in Alchemy, the most alternative Saturday in the capital, offering their sets as their live electronics even in the most important national art galleries. In 2016, after years of walking the underground scene, they began to work on Way Beyond, their first album of electronic pop with a dreamy atmosphere that looks with interest at the film scoring.
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This unit of study provides the students with the opportunity to present the research findings of their major research project using several communication media appropriate for different audiences, for example, external stakeholders and /or popular media. Using poster and oral presentations students will communicate their research to the academic community in a professional conference environment. Students will also be required to attend the Faculty's seminar program that is relevant to their research topic. Students will build on their skills to use several modes of communication to demonstrate their ability to produce high quality results, draw reliable conclusions and identify future areas of research.


Facebook has become the logical consequence of reality TV. It could have been a tool for intelligence, sharing and culture. Instead, it has become the prerogative of mediocrity and zero-degree thinking.
Why do I say this? Because at its core, Facebook gives a dramatic form to my most trivial actions and sense to my existence. No matter how vacuous the content, I am my own star, my own director. And the addiction is total. I post therefore I am.
This to me is a shame because a reversal in the use of this network would make it a true vehicle for intelligence and open thinking. To that end, we have to make this mediocrity bubble pop and find the way back to what is humanly relevant. We need to eschew self-centredness and self-obsession for a real community spirit.
Unfortunately, the meaning of community has been distorted into a random accumulation of individuals who click X for "Like" purely so that X clicks and likes them back. The machine is expanding into a void, mostly free of thought-provoking content. This realization is as disconcerting as it is depressing.
We need to get back in touch with the people behind the pseudo players, who give themselves the illusion of "real" existence. After the burst of the financial bubble, it is now time to burst the bubble of individual emptiness. We need to re-embrace the pleasure and fulfillment of dialogue and thought, aimed at carrying out shared projects. Projects that put human considerations back in the limelight.
This means we must shun the illusory feeling of existing through pictures and posts. There's so much more we can do together as a true community on Facebook.
All told, there's a thin line between a picture of what's on your plate and what's in the toilet. Let's not cross it!
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Looking at Lamar Hunt: Color Blind
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One of the central themes of American Football League history is the AFL's whole-hearted inclusion of minority athletes. AFL teams went into the historically black colleges and drafted immense amounts of talent – Ernie Ladd, Buck Buchanan, Otis Taylor and Willie Brown – just to name a few. In the following article, Chiefs historian Bob Moore talks about Lamar Hunt and his staff's ideas and actions with black players. The Chiefs were one AFL team, along with the Chargers and Raiders in particular, who attempted to win with the best players they could find, not just the best white players.
Lamar Hunt: Color Blind
By Todd Tobias|2015-02-19T10:57:53-08:00February 19th, 2015|Kansas City Chiefs, Lamar Hunt|6 Comments
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Eddie Arminio February 19, 2015 at 12:47 PMLog in to Reply
Lamar Hunt's scouting department certainly showed the football world a few things. To this day, tough and great players can be found in all levels of college competition. They all are hungry and want badly to prove the experts wrong.
afl February 20, 2015 at 10:14 AMLog in to Reply
A nice article by Bob Moore albeit with two errors, as I understand things: Don Klosterman did 'not' sign Abner Haynes in 1960, to my knowledge – Klosterman was working for the Los Angeles (later San Diego) Chargers then & not the Dallas Texans. Too, Klosterman did 'not' take Willie Lanier in 1967 – Don was fired* by the Chiefs at the end of the 1965 season & went to work for the Houston Oilers in January 1966. Probably a result typos in these two referenced cases, but inaccurate just the same.
* Reportedly, Klosterman was 'released' (the same term the Chiefs used on their 1975 team highlight film to describe Stram's firing) for making a statement something to the effect that "Kansas City isn't so much Heaven or Hell as Purgatory".
afl (the blogger formerly known as 1967)
One other addendum: Don Klosterman was great, so too was Lloyd Wells – a name not mentioned who also was a member of the Chiefs talent department was Bobby Beathard, brother of former KC QB Pete Beathard.
Bobby Beathard joined KC in 1963, and aft a brief term working for the AFL, returned to KC in 1966. Thereaft, he worked for the NFL ATL Falcons, later the MIA Dolphins, WASH Redskins & SD Chargers, where he helped each of those teams reach and/or win Superbowl's.
Unsung would be the word.
Todd Tobias February 22, 2015 at 9:53 AMLog in to Reply
It's nice to see you back, 1967!
Kevin R February 23, 2015 at 12:21 PMLog in to Reply
I have been examining the issue of race and the AFL for a couple of years and I have a couple of observations.
I don't think there's any doubt that Lamar Hunt set up a system that identified the best talent from all corners of the country including HBCU. Similar to Paul Brown, when he organized his first team Cleveland Browns team in the All American Football Conference back in 1946, Hunt knew that, if his team was to be competitive with the other AFL teams and, eventually, with NFL teams, he would have to build the best team he could. If that meant building a team with more African American players than the average NFL/AFL team, Hunt would do it because first and foremost he wanted to win and stick it to the NFL (Not like Al Davis but in his own way!).
And as you say in your intro the idea of more open player selection was not just promoted by Hunt: several AFL teams signed larger numbers of Black players than was customary at the time.
Back in college, I had a professor who taught urban studies at University of Michigan named Donald Deskins who played on the 1960 Oakland Raiders. He told me that he remembered that, during several games, the Raiders fielded a defense with 9 or 10 African American players which would have been unheard of at that point. I have tried but been unable to confirm his recollection. Also, the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers seem to have a larger number of Black players than other teams at that time.
Finally, in watching the documentary series, Full Color Football, Abner Haynes mentioned that, a number of the Black players who were involved in the all star game boycott in 1965, were out of the league by the next year, and that he received some flak from the Chiefs for his role in the boycott. I've tried to verify Haynes claims without finding complete correlation. But if that is the case, I would offer that race blindness player selection in the AFL was a positive contributing factor to breaking down race barriers in sports and society as long as those players didn't make any waves.
afl February 23, 2015 at 2:23 PMLog in to Reply
It is 'interesting' if not necessarily suspect that Haynes was traded by the Chiefs to the Denver Broncos exactly 4 'DAYS' later, after the 1965 AFL All Star Game was played. Was it a coincidence?
Haynes was said by some to have never recovered (emotionally) from the death of teammate Stone Johnson, injured in a 1963 game… others said he was never the same player though in 1964 he bounced back from a subpar '63 season & averaged 5.0 yards per carry in '64. Haynes lasted just two seasons in Denver & ended his career in 1967 by playing for two different/other teams that season.
KC also traded another of their black All Stars Dave Grayson to the Raiders in exchange for another black & former All Star CB, Fred Williamson & the Buffalo Bills also traded Cookie Gilchrist to the Broncos after the All Star game as well. So, whether under the guise of 'football reasons' or fallout from the All Star Game boycott, some players did end up elsewhere albeit not out of pro football altogether save for two and for reasons not related (death/retirement).
For the record, far as the quote attributing to Haynes the comment [ "Haynes mentioned that, an number of the Black players who were involved in the all star game boycott in 1965, were out of the league by the next year" ], the record says otherwise.
From the West squad: Bell, Buchanan, Grayson, Hill & Haynes (all Chiefs), Ladd, Faison, Buncom, Westmoreland (all Chargers), Daniels & Powell (both Raiders) and Brown (Broncos).
From the East squad: Dubenion, Warlick, Gilchrist & Byrd (all from the Bills), Plunkett, Hill & Snell (all from Jets), Antwine & Garron (all from the Patriots) & Blanks (Oilers).
Of those 22 players, only two players did not return in 1966 (Hill, due his death at the end of 1965) and Warlick, whether due retirement or the ravages of time (he turned 34 in '66.) Of note, some were traded or became free agents: Ladd & Faison ended up in Houston with the Oilers & Miami with the Dolphins respectively in 1966 due variously to contract / tampering / injury issues, reportedly.
On the other hand, reading between the lines of the trade (link below), the impression left is that it did not come as a complete surprise, for whatever reason(s).
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19650121&id=LABWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-eIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6044,3891722
Too, the guy the Chiefs acquired for Haynes (Jim Fraser) was a backup LB/P in KC. Though he played starting RLB/P for the Broncos he wasn't going to / didn't beat out the Chiefs EJ Holub at RLB or KC's P Jerrell Wilson (despite Fraser leading the AFL in punting x 2, nod the altitude in Denver. He averaged 27.0 yards per punt (he had only 3) in KC, then 37.2 and 35.5 in his final two pro seasons with Boston and New Orleans.
The upshot of all of this: Haynes wasn't happy in KC it appears, and the boycott by black players probably hastened the Chiefs decision to trade him; ditto for some others who are referenced afore.
Long live the AFL its memories, mostly noble if with a bit of possible rancor, surmised.


A search and rescue team has recovered the bodies of two brothers previously missing in an airplane crash near Yellowstone National Park.
Another medical helicopter has been commissioned from eastern Idaho in order to respond to medical emergencies in Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park is now completely open for the summer season with the opening of the Dunraven Pass and the Beartooth Highway, connecting Red Lodge, Montana to the Northeast Entrance and Cooke City.
We've all seen the hundreds and hundreds of historic Haynes postcards and photos, but for a great look at the Park from a bygone era, check out these amazing Yellowstone 1920s movies.


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'Golden Flip Flops' Gifted to Safai Over Prop. 10 Vote
The Excelsior's supervisor is under fire from tenants rights advocates for not supporting the repeal of Costa-Hawkins in a recent Board of Supervisors vote.
Protesters talk to Sup. Ahsha Safai's aide Suhagey Sandoval about his vote on Prop. 10, Sept. 17, 2018. (Kevin N. Hume)
The largest tenant rights bill in decades rests in voters' hands this November, bringing with a real possibility of overturning a real 23-year-old law that blocks local governments from instituting their own rent control laws. In a city with more than 60 percent of the residents renting their homes, support from San Francisco should be a no-brainer, but a recent Board of Supervisors vote on whether or not to endorse the bill failed.
In the dissent was Supervisor Ahsha Safai, who was the target of a creative protest Monday afternoon. Tenants rights advocates — including representatives from the San Francisco Tenants Union, PODER, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and the Housing Rights Committee — gathered in Safai's office to gift him golden flip-flops, claiming he broke promises made during his campaign.
Safai refused to appear, so activists were left speaking to his aide, Suhagey Sandoval.
Excelsior resident Gilbert Williams pointed out that he'd had a year to read the text. "He came out against it, and we're asking him to come out in favor. Very simple. He doesn't have to have a meeting, he just has to do the right thing," he said. "The right thing in San Francisco, when we have the world's most expensive rent and families are suffering all over our neighborhood, where I was born and raised — that's not acceptable, I'm sorry. He needs to change his vote to yes."
"Safaí can return these flip flops when he decides which side he is on — tenants and community advocates fighting for our homes and neighborhoods, or the Wall Street landlords," says Varma. She says he won his election by a slim 400 votes, after promising to fight for tenants during his campaign. On his campaign page, which is still live, Safai promises to mandate that private developers offer housing for those making between 55 and 120 percent of the Area Median Income, which in 2016 was $41,450 to $90,500 a year.
Safai also voted yes on a resolution to support State Bill 1506 in 2017 to repeal Costa-Hawkins, which ultimately died in Assembly.
As the Chronicle previously pointed out, Supervisor Malia Cohen has also flip-flopped on Prop. 10. In her race for the Board of Equalization, she filled out questionnaires for the National Union of Healthcare Workers and the S.F. Latino Democratic Club that expressed her support for a repeal of Costa-Hawkins.
The group of activists hinted that they'd return later in the week — to serve a second set of golden flip-flops to someone else.


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I had noticed this previously and at this weeks update again: although my collection is uploaded up to date I do not see all changed profiles to vote on. Quite a few come up with the weekly update and were never there to vote on. One example for this week that I can recall: Ju Dou UPC 690445022424.
I check in twice a day to see any new conts to vote on, and a few days later when I go to update,, a third of the titles i never saw on the list.
Does nobody else think this is an issue?
I would like to see it fixed if it was an error. But maybe that's just me?
I recall it happening at IVS, but I don't pay attention that closely anymore.
Happens to me too... posted it in the "Contribution hickups" thread.
don't forget to upload your collection after any addition. You can only vote for profiles in your uploadded collection.
I have noticed this too; thought at IVS I must be missing something because it was few and far between. With the new updates (and CoO's coming out of the wazoo) it's a lot more obvious that there is a bug somewhere.
... and yes, it is important; there are few enough voters in my region (UK) but as the locales get less memebers missing a single person out could mean bad data getting in far too easily.


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This week in apps: Disney Clips, Firefox updates, and more
Don't miss out.
By Molly Sequin on July 23, 2017
Don't overlook the newest smartphone apps. Credit: lili sams/mashable
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Did you get too wrapped up in all the new Game of Thrones hype to pay attention to the new apps and updates of the week? If so, it's not a big deal. We remembered to keep track of it all for you.
SEE ALSO: Here's how to take photos even when your phone is out of storage
Every week we round up the most important app updates along with some of the coolest new apps to help you stay in the know. Here's what stood out to us this week (and if you've really been busy lately, take a quick look at last week's roundup, too).
Disney Clips
Everyone loves Disney, and Apple gets it. Disney and Pixar animations are now available on the Clips app(Opens in a new window), making all of our dreams come true. The "stickers" can be added as overlays to users' short videos. So if you haven't downloaded the mobile video editing app yet, you might just want to give it a try with the cute new stickers from your favorite childhood movies. Sorry, Android users. This one's only for the iPhone faithful, for now.
Alexa on Android
Android users can finally use Alexa. Credit: amazon/goole play store
Android users, get excited! Virtual assistant Alexa is now available on your Amazon shopping app(Opens in a new window). Before this update, Android users had to rely on a standalone Alexa app(Opens in a new window). It's been available for iPhone users for four months now, so it's about time the Android faithful get it, too.
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Editing photos in Photoshop Lightroom can be a bit tricky when you're on the go. But Lightroom for iOS(Opens in a new window) and Android(Opens in a new window) is hoping to make it a little easier with the latest update.
The update includes a new Selective Brush that lets artists selectively paint any enhancements onto any part of their images. There's also a new Details Tab to help users control sharpening and noise reduction. And the update gives the iPad a larger, touch-based interface. The update is pretty straightforward, so hopefully artists can keep doing what they love a little faster.
Firefox users get some new updates. Credit: firefox/itunes
Mozilla took a note from user requests and decided to update the Firefox experience. For iOS(Opens in a new window) users, there's a new tab interaction, which means you'll see a list of recently visited sites and highlights from previous web visits. You'll also get a new Night Mode and a built-in QR Code Reader. Android(Opens in a new window) users can look forward to full screen videos, a shortcut to open Firefox Focus, and better support for downloads. Firefox is trying making all of these updates in an attempt to deliver a better, faster, and more responsive site. It sounds like a move in the right direction for Mozilla, so if you're a Firefox user, be sure you've got the latest update.
Share fan reactions with all your friends. Credit: stardust/itunes
Do you ever feel like you need a specific place to gush about everything that's happening on your favorite TV shows, movies, or trailers? You can do this on social media, but there's also all the other clutter not related to your entertainment there. Stardust is a free new app(Opens in a new window) to gather all of your fellow fans and relive every second of that last episode of Game of Thrones. You can follow people interested in the same topics, post and share reactions, and create your own profile so other people can follow you. This is a great place to interact with fans like you and get a heads up on what might be the newest craze.
Mental prep can make sure you're ready for the day. Credit: primed mind/itunes
The right mental prep can be a helpful part of your morning routine. It can keep you confident and ready to tackle anything that gets thrown your way. Primed Mind is a mindset coach. You can start visualizations and learn new goal-setting techniques. The app(Opens in a new window) includes a personal mindset coach named Elliot, who takes you through all the exercises. There are six categories -- confidence, growth, determination, health, communication, and recovery -- to choose from based on your personal goals. Signing up for "Primeium" at a monthly cost gets you access to even more audio sessions.
Test your luck breaking out of prison with this game. Credit: the escapists/itunes
The Escapists game on the App Store(Opens in a new window) and Google Play Store(Opens in a new window) just got an update. Here's the premise: You're in prison and you've got to escape any way you can can. You can dig a tunnel under the prison or dress up like a guard while you try to make a break for it. The game gives you different tools to help your escape, but you have to hide them from the guards if you want your plan to work. There are lots of prisons and camps your character might end up in, so there's a good change of scenery available if you want it. The game will set you back $3.99, but it looks fun enough that the price just might be worth it.
And that's a wrap for this week. Don't forget to check back next week for the latest roundup.
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Molly is a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While there, she studied life sciences communication and conservation biology. Molly has worked in multiple communications positions at UW and recently acted as a science intern at Business Insider in NYC. She is a lover of all things science and tech related, and is always ready to take on a new challenge. When Molly isn't writing, she fills her time training for IRONMAN events, acting as the unofficial #1 Wisconsin athletics fan, and trying as many new foods as her budget will allow.
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Old Bailey reaches gender parity milestone for judges for first time
It follows the recent appointment of judges Rebecca Trowler QC, Simon Mayo QC and Alexia Durran
The image of Oxbridge-educated male judges dominating the courts has been toppled after the Old Bailey achieved gender parity for the first time.
An equal number of male and female full-time judges now sit at the historic criminal court in central London, including three mothers with school-age children.
Lead Old Bailey Judge Mark Lucraft QC said it was a "significant step in the right direction" but added more could be done on ethnic diversity.
The most recent appointees – judges Rebecca Trowler QC, Simon Mayo QC and Alexia Durran – bring a wide range of professional experience.
In 2012, Judge Wendy Joseph QC was the only full-time female judge sitting at the Old Bailey.
She had followed in the footsteps of Judge Nina Lowry – the first full-time female Old Bailey judge – and Judge Ann Goddard.
There are now seven female and seven male full-time judges, plus Judge John Hillen, who transferred following the closure of Blackfriars Crown Court.


The OnePlus 6 will support a "Super Slo Mo" camera mode, the Indian arm of the Chinese smartphone manufacturer confirmed as part of its product page teasing the launch of the upcoming Android flagship. The image that can be seen below explicitly mentions the existence of the shooting mode that's likely to be similar to the Super Slow-Motion capabilities of Samsung's Galaxy S9 lineup and Sony's latest Xperia XZ2-branded offerings. The last two OnePlus devices offered a "Slo Mo" feature which recorded 720p videos at 240 frames per second, with only custom kernels and tinkering being able to push their hardware to 480fps, albeit with inconsistent results. The new functionality is likely to be able to deliver 720p recordings and 960fps.
The OnePlus 6 is expected to retain the dual-camera setup of its predecessor but while possibly upping its resolution and repositioning the two lenses to the center of its rear panel instead of placing them in its top left corner. Portrait Mode should also be making a return with the new Android flagship, together with optional beautification capabilities meant to smoothen the skin tones and complexion of your subjects. The Shenzhen, Guangdong-based original equipment manufacturer recently confirmed the OnePlus 6 will be officially introduced on May 16, whereas its launch in China and India is scheduled for a day later due to time zone differences. The handset will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 and up to 8GB of RAM, with its most premium model also being set to ship with 256GB of storage space.
Besides the regular series, the OEM once again partnered with Disney and will be releasing a limited edition of the OnePlus 6 themed after Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War after launching a Star Wars-inspired OnePlus 5T in late 2017. The phablet will feature a display notch and a screen-to-body ratio of roughly 90-percent, as well as support for facial recognition authentication and iPhone X-like navigation gestures. The OnePlus 6 should begin retailing globally by late May and start at approximately $550, with the smartphone being widely expected to become the firm's best-selling product to date, much like all previous devices from the company outsold their direct predecessors.


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The Hunger Games #1: The Hunger Games
The TV game show only has one rule: kill or be killed. Katniss must play or die. But she won't give up without a fight…
In District 12, where Katniss Everdeen lives, life is harsh and brutal, ruled from afar by the all-powerful leaders of the Capitol. The climax of each year is the savage Hunger Games – where twelve boys and twelve girls from each District must fight to the death on live TV in a murderous showdown. When sixteen-year-old Katniss steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the Games, everyone regards it as a death sentence. Only one person can survive the horrors of the arena. But plucky Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature… Riveting, grisly and totally compelling, this is a publishing sensation of the most addictive kind.
Winner of the 2010 Red House Book Award.
"The Hunger Games is amazing." Stephenie Meyer
"I couldn't stop reading." Stephen King
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This was the most breathtaking book EVER, and I loved brave Katniss.Although I think this is a book for older readers, young ones that have good reading will enjoy it.
I hope I can read 'Catching Fire' and 'Mockingjay' !!!!
Suzanne Collins is the author of the bestselling Hunger Games trilogy.
Suzanne Collins has won many prizes and plaudits for The Hunger Games trilogy, including the 2010 Red House award, and the Silver Inky Award in Australia.
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Carbon nanotubes were grown on silicon and quartz substrates in a honeycomb configuration using self-assembly nanosphere lithography and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition methods. Photonic nanoarrays were fabricated with varying spacing and carbon nanotube height. Both periodic and nonperiodic arrays were produced and evaluated. Optical properties of the arrays were studied and related to array geometry. Three dimensional diffraction maps were created that reveal the manner in which the nanoarrays interact with visible light. The unique optical properties of the arrays combined with the excellent mechanical and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes indicates that these materials may find many uses in the field of optoelectronics.


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Dick's Sales Surge 119% as it Invests in Stores and Private Labels
Retail Dive | May 27, 2021
With ongoing in-store initiatives, Dick's Sporting Goods reported record sales for Q1, up 119% from last year and up 52% compared to 2019. E-commerce growth came on top of a 110% increase last year, but brick and mortar was the real star, as strong results justified investing more in store concepts and experiential elements. Net income was nearly $362 million, compared to a net loss of $143 million during the pandemic. Compared to 2019, net income surged 529%.
"Dick's is a growth company and we will continue to invest in our business to grow our lead as the nation's largest sport retailer," Executive Chairman and Chief Merchandising Officer Ed Stack said. "We see significant growth opportunities within Dick's and Golf Galaxy, as well as with House of Sport and Public Lands. We will continue to invest in our vertical brands, and with our key partners to elevate the athlete experience."
"Despite some very favorable conditions, Dick's also deserves credit for its success," Neil Saunders, managing director for GlobalData, shared. "The apparel offer, for example, is looking stronger than ever with a very good mix of big brands and own-labels. The introduction of new own-brands such as VRST has helped to elevate the proposition and has allowed Dick's to differentiate from rivals."
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Do Herbicides Destroy Soils in the Long Term?
People pitch when asked this question from many agendas. Some say all synthetic chemicals are evil and we should renounce them all as they are only serving the purposes of large politically manipulating multinationals. Others say they are essential products to modern agriculture under continual improvement and are tools that enable us to feed the world population.
As an agronomist now with some age I've learnt that there is more than one right answer. Certainly this is the case here. I'm sympathetic to most of the views here. Some are emotive and philosophical. I'll just add a few experiences to the discussion.
Once people get past food production for themselves we can call them a farmer. Before then they can use whatever system they like to grow food for themselves. Cost efficiency is not a large consideration. They can renounce conventional synthetic fertiliser and chemicals if they feel they need to, don't know how to or can't afford them.
Farmers being subjected to market forces however will use whatever technology and system to grow food available to them. They are competing against every other farmer on the planet usually on price and quite often on hygiene and appearance.
As featured on the SGU Podcast a few weeks ago some places on the planet are more greenhouse efficient to grow a particular food than others. Large farms in the right place with economies of scale can grow food doing less total harm to the planet than others a continent away with low yields. Twelve tonnes of grain per hectare grown in the right place is better than 3 tonnes grown in the wrong environment. Pumpkins grown in Queensland Australia is more efficient to sell in Japan than selling locally grown ones produced in Japan. Corn flour from the USA is more efficient than cornflour grown and processed locally in Hungry. I hope these examples help.
I give advice to clients on many sides of the fence. Advice to small farms to large corporate farms. Those who are organic and those who are conventional. I have many clients who integrate components of all systems. For example some use recycled organics and top up with synthetic fertiliser.
My main point in this post is that a lot of emotive energy is used to throw stones at the tools used by farmers to grow food. Faced with at least 100 years of the unrelenting cost-price squeeze farmers have to continually grow more or become non-viable. To stand still in farming is to go backwards. I am sure from working with and thinking with hundreds and thousands of farmers many of them would be delighted to relax a bit from their industrialised farming system. Unfortunately this will not happen with the people of the world wanting to pay less and less for food. As mentioned above there are also added costs of to farmers of traceability and visual point of sale food like fruit and vegetables farmers often tell me they cannot sell about 25-35% of their produce because of rejection due to the wrong size, shape or visual blemishes. These were not costs and issues 10 or so years ago. I'm not sure of the exact percentage points but I believe households of the developed world spend less than 10% of their incomes on food. In the 1950's that was around 40%. If people are willing to pay four times more for their food then we can do away with corporate farms, many synthetic chemical and fertilisers.
Now back to the original discussion question. I find it difficult to see direct soil destruction from herbicides. A one off application of glyphosate is a minimal amount of chemical in a hectare of soil 25cm deep. There are many agents in the soil that denature glyphosate very quickly such as clays and microorganisms. One kilogram of glyphosate from a typical application to 2.5 million kilograms of soil per hectare in the 25cm root zone is not an overwhelming challenge for these agents. I have read the recent publications on glyphosate in regard to mammal health and it is early days yet to jump to any panic linking it to human well-being. Glyphosate has been continually picked on for 30 years. Mud has not stuck very well as yet. So let's watch this space. We are not drinking glyphosate so presently I view this is as similar paranoia to human vaccinations. Celebrities scare people talking about their "mummy sense". How many children have died from this vaccination debate? How many people will die of starvation if we suddenly renounce herbicides?
A farm system reliant on herbicide use does damage soils by causing very efficient weed free fallows. Many symbiotic beneficiary soil organisms cannot survive for very long in viable populations without living plant roots feeding them exudates. VAM also called AM Fungi are an example group of organisms. Long fallow disease is the term used to describe crops in soils that have lost or depleted populations of these essential organisms.
Some herbicides can deplete soil microorganisms directly such as triazines but if these are used in rotation with other chemicals and if a farm system has enough rainfall or irrigation to avoid long fallows then these will recover. There are also commercially available soil microbe inoculums available to restore these populations. This is an unregulated part of the market so caution and scepticism is advised. As much as some readers have their concerns for AgChems and synthetic fertilisers, remember these are regulated.
Herbicide resistance has been mentioned in the posts. In Australia we had 37 populations of weed resistance in 2011. We would have more now. This is an extension issue. As with animal health drenches for parasites, antibiotics with humans a simple herbicide rotation ideally with a crop rotation strategy solves this problem.
As for the original question on soil health and herbicides a country like Australia with an unpredictable climate, a hot climate that naturally has soils low in organic carbon and with mostly shallow ancient soils we will not have not been able to continue growing crops without herbicides. Early in my career I experienced the introduction of minimum tillage that quickly evolved into zero-tillage. This has saved our soils from destruction. By the early 1980's farm land in Australia had washed out gullies, scalped topsoil, silted waterways and particulate soil matter plumes fanning out into our oceans and the Great Barrier Reef. Many of our crop soils had lost their top 10 cm.
Monsanto's glyphosate (Round-up) and ICI's diquat and paraquat (Spray Seed) were developed and used as the tools to stop the destructive cultivation on our fragile soils. We had no option for sustainability to continually use cultivation. If we were in a cooler country with deep glacial soils it may have been a different story. Both these companies made a huge investment in developing the system. Some may think large corporates are evil; my experiences are that they merely respond to market forces and have done a lot of good in this case. Any chemical used off label or abused can do harm. So can a gun.
Using minimum tillage and zero-tillage practices involve using a range of chemicals. Typically the same farms use synthetic fertilisers. Their use are the most cost efficient way of getting absent and consumed nutrients onto a farm. In Australia we have enough recycled organics to satisfy 3% of our fertiliser needs. They can be stretched to 8% of our farm land if we use lowers application rates per hectare with microbial inoculums and a top-up of synthetic fertiliser. The rest of our farms need synthetic fertiliser to stay viable. As I said above if the world populations want to pay Australian farmers 4 times more for their food then alternate proven methods can be used. I would suspect this is largely a similar case in other countries.
For the original question a final thing I want to share is the effect of a properly implemented farm system with herbicides and synthetic fertilisers. Those same grain farmers I consulted in 1990 who had soil organic carbon levels mostly between 0.6% and 1% had in 2010 their organic matter in the 3% and 5% range after using zero-tillage for 15-20 years. These were measured by research scientists in our Department of Agriculture.
My answer to the original question. If following the recommended farming system continually being developed that combines the use herbicides soil health is not destroyed.
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From a fellow blogger named Jane. Fantasy tale with words that skip on glittering water followed by "whirlpool of notes" and finally the ending. Lovely.
Here is the entire story—my glimpse of it anyway. I've added a final 100 words to make it a round 500.
Bejewelled and bedecked they trooped through the deep green light of the sea caves as if they were at court, accepting the homage of bass and flounder with blind arrogance, dead souls streaming from the wreck. Barnacles studded satins and silks; needlefish threaded through torn lace, bloodied and scorched.
"Where are you going?" the wanderer asked.
The voices trailed away into a gargle of bubbles as a chasm opened beneath their dead, mincing feet. The wanderer turned his face into the glittering morning sunlight, brilliant as a shoal of minnows, and continued his journey.


We have a wonderful opportunity to partner with other local churches in a ministry to HHS. It is a ministry that is in its 19th school year! We offer a free lunch to HS students and in return they listen to a short (5 minute) sermon/talk from us.
We would love the help, please talk to Amy to see where you can help!


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Swami X: Stand-Up Comedy on the Boardwalk
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Swami X: Stand-Up Comedy on the Boardwalk | KCET
Swami X belongs to an older generation of boardwalk performers from the 1970's. During that time he concerned himself less with making a dollar and more with scoring a girl. He once flowed poetic one liners soaked in sexual revelry, often participating in political animosity. While performing, he felt his intellect was on display and poetry on the boardwalk was more than a mere gimmick as he feels the boardwalk has become. He once drew crowds of fans, among them, the young present mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. The development surge of Marina del Rey in the late seventies, has turned him from entertainer to spectacle, and while he remains Swami X, the boardwalk has replaced it's raw performers with a more polished clientele. He retired in 1985.
I used to do stand up comedy for about twenty years. For me it was reentry into humanity, reentry into interacting with people because my mother split when I was twelve. I was disenchanted with life and people so I took a vow of silence.
Drawn to Life
"They are drawn to the life. The pilgrims were drawn to life in this country, and the Indians were live people, they loved life, they loved the earth, and they loved each other. The white man came over and wiped them out."
A Public Service
Bill Rosendahl - who's opened his home to me for the last thirty years - is a councilman. He persuaded the mayor to come down to present at Beyond Baroque a recognition of my public service.
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