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When You Need to Laugh, These Series Deliver
by Gleana Albritton
The news has been a major drag for the past few months (or years, depending on your point of view). If you're like me, although you like "peak" TV, sometimes you need to engage in programming that helps you to take the edge off. As someone predisposed to watch a ton of shows — I work in the industry and also happen to be a television junkie — I've done my fair share of research and have put together the following lineup so you can laugh out loud and release a few endorphins. Think of streaming these shows as a form of self care, so it's a win-win situation.
Laughs With Action: HBO's Animals, Netflix's Crazyhead and Santa Clarita Diet
Animals is a crudely animated series that takes a comical look at the lives of mammals, reptiles and even insects. Currently in its second season, this subversive show slyly covers topics like coming of age, fertility, loss, and religion to great comic effect. Human subplots raise the stakes as our species is constantly impacting our fellow residents of Earth. The voice talent is killer (Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Wanda Sykes, Jessica Chastain…) as are the musical numbers like "The Fox Song" by Killer Mike and Big Boi in Season 2.
Crazyhead is a delightful British confection about two young women (Cara Theobold, Susan Wokoma) who band together to fight demons and quip their way through broken friendships, bad dates and therapy sessions. Think of it as a modern day Buffy The Vampire Slayer, with enough zany plot twists to keep you on your toes. There are plenty of fight scenes too as these young ladies are capable of kicking serious butt!
Santa Clarita Diet is a super-bloody zombie sitcom about Sheila (Drew Barrymore) and Joel (Timothy Olyphant), a husband-and-wife real estate duo with a creepy catch. The female half of this power couple is undead — and requires live flesh to eat. If you can get past the vomit and gore, this show's dialogue crackles not just with its two stars but also its supporting cast members. Whether their daughter Abby (Liv Hewson) gets infected or they get a cure for from one mysterious Czech grandmother is anyone's guess.
Laughs With a Bit of Heart: HBO's Crashing, Netflix's Lovesick, Amazon Prime's One Mississippi
In Crashing, real-life comedian Pete Holmes mines every painful detail of his struggle to make it in stand-up while his life implodes around him, starting with finding his wife (the brilliant Lauren Lapkus) in bed with another man. The show doesn't shy away from Holmes' sheltered Christian upbringing and many of the best moments happen when he tries to live "righteously." The season finale, during which Pete gets cursed out by a stripper about his hypocrisy, is unforgettable. Produced by Judd Apatow, this show has plenty of street cred, thanks to guest appearances by Artie Lange, Sarah Silverman and T.J. Miller.
Lovesick (previously called Scrotal Recall) is the story of Dylan (Johnny Flynn), an unlucky-in-love young Brit diagnosed with chlamydia. Yes, you heard that right. When he decides to inform all of his previous sexual partners about his disease, complicated backstories come to the surface through a series of flashbacks. Contrary to what you might guess, this show also has a sweet unrequited love story at its center. Indeed, one of Lovesick's finest — and funniest — moments comes when his friend Luke (Daniel Ings) uses Riverdance to win a dance battle for the affections of a girl he's crushing on.
One Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical look at standup Tig Notaro's life as she goes home to Mississippi to deal with the death of her mother after grappling with her own health issues. The comedy is dark (it's created by Diablo Cody) and isn't afraid to tackle health issues, dysfunctional family secrets, sexual abuse, career lows and clingy girlfriends. You might shed a tear in this show because there are some heavy moments, but there are plenty of funny moments to take the edge off like watching Tig react to the absurd medical procedure pitched to her by an eccentric doctor, which involved inserting someone else's fecal matter into her intestine.
Laughs With Straight Talk: Netflix's Chewing Gum and Amazon Prime's Fleabag
The British import Chewing Gum features Michaela Coel, a talented physical comedienne on the rise. Often shocking and raunchy, her character Tracey is looking to lose her virginity in a world where religion, class and race all come into play. Take for instance the episode in which she dresses in an African tribal costume for a young, wealthy white man who claims he's never dated a black woman before. Every episode, however, is peppered with Tracey's asides to the camera during which she rants a reality in complete opposition to what we've seen on the camera.
Another one from the U.K., Fleabag concerns a young woman (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) making her way through modern London one cringe-worthy moment at a time. Those moments can be pretty bold but Waller-Bridge has the talent to cover both the snarky commentary and the heartbreaking truths as her character juggles guilt over the loss of her best friend and strained relationships with her dad, step-mother and older sister. Happy Days this is not.
– Gleana Albritton
Photo Credit: Crashing courtesy of HBO.
TagsAmazon Prime • animals • Cara Theobold • Chewing Gum • comedy • Crashing • Crazyhead • CultureSonar • Daniel Ings • Diablo Cody • Drew Barrymore • Fleabag • Gleana Albritton • hbo • Johnny Flynn • laughter • Lauren Lapkus • Lovesick • Michaela Coel • Netflix • One Mississippi • Pete Holmes • Phoebe Waller-Bridge • Santa Clarita Diet • Susan Wokoma • television series • Tig Notaro • Timothy Olyphant • TV • uk
AboutGleana Albritton
Gleana Albritton is a pop-culture enthusiast obsessed with watching great TV shows. When she's not busy writing or trying to convince you to watch some new show with one of her marketing campaigns, you can find her wandering the streets of West LA with her young dog, Ginger, a rambunctious chiweenie (chihuahua-daschund). Follow some of Gleana's adventures in LA on IG or Twitter: @MsGlea
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Bay Journal - Article: Why not a state buy-back for crabbing licenses?
Why not a state buy-back for crabbing licenses?
Having grown up on the Lower Bay, I've seen the number of crabs decline dramatically without a decrease in fishing pressure—the number of crab pots I see in the river has actually increased! When I was a kid, I would see the watermen pulling pots routinely with 15–20 crabs. Now they average about five.
What's the best way to help the Bay's crab population recover and at the same time keep the waterman's lifestyle of hard work and independence intact? Attempts to restrict where and when waterman can work has had little effect while, naturally, alienating crabbers against the regulatory/scientific community trying to reduce fishing pressure.
Why not a system that reduces the number of commercial crabbing licenses through a buy-back from the state? Anyone holding a license would have the option of selling it to the state—for a pre-determined reasonable price—or passing it on to an immediate family member.
Licenses held by the state would be sold only when crab levels were deemed able to support the increased harvest pressure.
In this way, families with a tradition of crabbing could continue doing so while the total number of watermen, and hence fishing pressure, was being reduced by the state.
Combined with limiting the number of pots per license—which is already done—fishing pressure would be reduced over time without disrupting the way of life that is part of the Chespeake Bay.
Maybe it's time we actually did something to manage fishing pressure without trying to burden the waterman with regulations on where and when he can work. Has anyone ever considered this?


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using LeetCode;
using System;
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using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using static LeetCode.MaximumDepthofBinaryTree;

namespace LeetCode.Tests
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The article begins with the author's name, surname, title, status, position, scientific degree earned. The author's name and surname are in the middle : top of the paper with capital letters(Bold).


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Scott MacKenzie (* 21. Juli 1980) ist ein ehemaliger schottischer Snookerspieler, der zwischen 2000 und 2012 mit Unterbrechungen insgesamt acht Spielzeiten Profispieler war. In dieser Zeit erreichte er das Achtelfinale der China Open 2006 und Rang 59 der Snookerweltrangliste.

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Der aus Erskine kommende MacKenzie machte erstmals auf sich aufmerksam, als er Anfang und Mitte der 1990er bei einigen schottische Juniorenturniere sehr gute Ergebnisse erzielte. Dort unterlag er dem aufstrebenden Juniorenspieler Stephen Maguire. 1998 schaffte es der junge Schotte ins Achtelfinale der Europameisterschaft 1998, zwei Jahre später verlor er im Finale der Pontins Spring Open gegen Ian Preece. Zudem nahm er seit 1997 an der UK Tour teil. Seine Ergebnisse im Rahmen der UK Tour 1999/2000 reichten aus, um Platz 6 der Endwertung zu belegen. Damit konnte der Schotte im Jahr 2000 Profispieler werden. Seine Ergebnisse in der Debütsaison reichten aber nur für Platz 138 der Weltrangliste, sodass MacKenzie nach nur zwölf Monaten seinen Profistatus wieder abgeben musste. Danach stand er im Viertelfinale der U21-Amateurweltmeisterschaft 2001 und im Finale der Pontins Spring Open 2002. Entscheidend waren aber seine guten Ergebnisse auf der Challenge Tour, dem Nachfolger der UK Tour. In der Endjahreswertung der Challenge Tour 2002/03 belegte er einen guten Rang 7. So konnte er 2003 einen zweiten Anlauf auf der Profitour starten.

MacKenzies Ergebnisse in den beiden ersten Spielzeiten waren zwar merklich besser als beim ersten Mal, reichten aber nicht für die Top 64 der Weltrangliste aus. Damit kämpfte der Schotte stets um den Erhalt des Profistatus. So musste ihn 2005 die Ein-Jahres-Weltrangliste retten. Mehr Erfolg hatte er bei diversen Pontins-Amateurevents, wo er regelmäßig ein Halbfinale erreichte, wenngleich es für ein Endspiel nie reichte. Auf der Profitour verbesserten sich nach 2005 MacKenzies Ergebnisse ein wenig. Insbesondere eine Achtelfinalteilnahme bei den China Open 2006 sorgte dafür, dass MacKenzie knapp in den Top 64 geführt wurde. Als er nach einer maueren Saison 2007/08 aus diesen wieder herausrutschte, leistete ihm erneut die Ein-Jahres-Weltrangliste Schützenhilfe. Als aber die Saison 2008/09 eine Fortsetzung des negativen Trends brachte reichte auch nicht mehr die Ein-Jahres-Weltrangliste: MacKenzie wurde erneut zum Amateur deklassiert.

Nach einem Jahr Pause wurde MacKenzie zu zwei professionellen Turnieren eingeladen. Sowohl bei der 6-Red World Championship 2010 als auch bei der Scottish Professional Championship 2011 konnte er recht gute Ergebnisse erzielen. Noch besser verliefen seine Teilnahmen an Events der schottischen Amateurtour. Reichte es bei der schottischen Meisterschaft bereits für das Viertelfinale, so wurde er am Saisonende für seine Leistungen mit der Nominierung des schottischen Verbandes für die Profitour bedacht. Aus diesem Grund konnte MacKenzie in der Saison 2011/12 wieder auf der Profitour spielen. Trotz einiger guter Ergebnisse – vornehmlich bei Events der Players Tour Championship, aber auch bei den Australian Goldfields Open – belegte er am Saisonende nur Platz 90, weshalb er seinen Profistatus wieder verlor. Danach beendete er jegliche Ambitionen in Hinsicht auf das Profisnooker.

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 Scott MacKenzie beim Pro Snooker Blog (englisch)

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A fleet building application for the Star Wars Armada tabletop game by Fantasy Flight Games! Build your list by adding ships, assigning them upgrades, and adding squadrons and objectives. The app follows standard fleet-building rules and restrictions as you build out your fleet. Plus, you'll have all cards – ships, squadrons, upgrades, and objectives – available for reference in your pocket!
Bug Report: I am Making a Fleet with an Assault Frigate Mk II A; I can't seem to use a title card. There is an option called "Assault Mk II" that is empty, I think this is were the title option should have been.
Thanks for letting me know! The latest update should have this fixed!
Love the app! Thanks for tackling this. Please add Corellian Campaign objectives and squadrons ASAP … then it will be complete and fully operational.
Thanks! And yes Corellian Conflict will be updated in the next couple of days!
2. The ability to copy a fleet to quickly modify an existing fleet.
3. The ability to copy a ship with upgrades within a fleet so if I have a flotilla with comms net built, I can quickly copy it to have a second.
4. Win / loss tracker for each fleet.
Just some ideas but I love the app! THANK YOU!!!
Thanks Wayne! I'll figure out where Zertik flew off to and instruct him to return for court marshal. Thanks for the suggestions too! I'm actively working on the collection feature right now. That was part of the reason I wanted an iOS app in the first place! And the other two are definitely on my list of features to add. Fly safe!
Hi, not sure if this is the right place, but i've found i can't add a title to the assault frigate mk2 B.
The line i assume that is for that says the ship type insteas of title and doesn't bring up a list when tapped.
Great app, especially like the filtering so you have to follow the rules for upgrade.
One thing a lot of the web based builder are missing, a filter for what packs you own. E.g i don't want to see what is in the correlian campaign, because i don't have it. Might be a good addition.
Yes thank you! This was precisely the place to put this! I've fixed the issue in the DB so you should see the proper titles the next time you restart the app. And it's funny you should mention the filtering for what packs you own, because we just pushed an update to Apple for review that contains EXACTLY that feature, so expect that update next week sometime!
I love this app! I would love it even more if it had a print or export feature. Thanks for making it, it is really handy!
Thanks Reece! There a lot of people have been asking for a text export option, so there is a new version on its way with exactly that feature!
Bug report: as I scroll down on my larger fleets the app crashes. The last update says it fixed this but it is still happening. My app is up to date and did not start doing this until I downloaded the last patch.
Is this app still being developed? I put in a bug report almost 3 days ago and still have not had my post authorized. Also, an earlier comment in October about adding the Corellian conflict was replied to with "it will be added in the next few days". Has this app been abandoned?
Hi Heath! Sorry I've been away on vacation. Yes the app is most definitely still being developed. I'm looking into fixing the crash for larger fleets.
The Corellian Conflict squadrons and objectives should already be added too. Can you please verify that you are using the latest version of the app, and that the database has updated?
Confirmed. I am using app version 1.7. Still crashes for larger fleets.
I use the app all the time. But in the last few days, it crashes everyone I load a saved fleet. I've tried uninstalling and reinstall the app, and I get the same result. I click on a fleet, the app kicks me back to the home screen.
Hi all, just letting you know that there is a new version, 1.8 that resolves the crashing issue in the app store now. So if you have not updated, please do so and let me know if you run into any further issues!
And just an idea when you are browsing your lists and enter a list when you leave it returns you to the top mabey an option when you return out of a list that you resume from you last position?
Any chance of an update? Ships have been out for almost a week now.
Apple for some reason decided that this was the time to hassle me about having the words "Star Wars" anywhere in the app, so they've been screwing me around over all sorts of things and put me in the "extended review" track.
Bug Report: I am using Version 1.10 (IOS) and when adding cards to a fleet list the cards available are all doubled. The app still works, but seeing two of everything makes the interface twice as long to scroll through. This happens for ships, squadrons, and expansions. Limiting the interface to my collection doesn't change anything. Really like the app, but would love to see this fixed.
Great app!!!! Really need wave 7 included please. Like yesterday please.
Sorry, I see the previous comments above. Thanks for all you do!
Since the most recent update, app immediately closes, making it unusable.
Hi Scott, I have a new update that should resolve this crash waiting for review from Apple. It should be available in the next few days!
Saw the update and installed. Able to get in, however now I'm crashing randomly every few times I update a list. Seems to happen when I add an upgrade, but the upgrades themselves seem random. Happens the most when adding Leading Shots to an MC-75.
Will you be making one for sw legion?
Yes! I am definitely planning on making an iOS list builder for Star Wars Legion!
Hi, using the armada app and loving it! Great you created it! Think there is a feature that might have added value, hoping it can be added.
When buying separate cards (yes, one can), I cannot add such separate purchases. Could this feature be added, perhaps via the card section?
Perhaps a similar approach could be added when buying barebone ships (no cards) or separate fighter groups?
I read somewhere the max fighter loadout was 1/3 of the points, rounded up. Is this enforced at the moment, or possible to enforce?
Last request is real nerdy. When building a fleet, the app sees everything as 'available'. I guess there are those, like me, that have enough, deliberaty, to create 2 fleets. Can the app be made to 'see' what fleets need to coexist from the same collection, at the same time?
Hi Mark! These are some great ideas!
For the max fighter loadout, we show the total fighter squadron points at the top of the list, but we don't force the app to only show you squadrons that can still fit within the limit. An option to toggle that behaviour is definitely in my backlog of features to add though, so I will definitely get to it!
Is there a way to make it so you can build both a Rebel and Imperial fleet in the same list. I ask because I am trying to build versions of both fleets to be used for casual play but I have to remember which cards (that I have limited number of) were assigned to which ship between the teams – I don't want to use one copy of a card in two or more different places if I don't have physical multiples.
As it is currently, if I am building a imperial fleet – I've set in the app what expansions I have so it knows exactly what content I am using. If I have one copy of X card and I assign it to ship A, then I can't assign it to ship B because it's already been used. What would be nice is to have the option to use that same function between the rebels and imperial fleets. Maybe if they were linked somehow.
Also, having a upgrade card counter would be awesome. As you are assigning upgrade cards, have it show how many of each card are still available (currently unused/unassigned). That way you could decide which ships you wanted to assign the card to based on its scarcity.
Anyways, I really love the app. Thank you!
Bug Report: using Armada Fleet Builder and trying to add non-names squadrons and the +/- sign changes to Save and then when you tap the new save button, the app crashes. Thank you.
Thanks for the heads up on this. It should be fixed now in the latest update!


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reports Nine in Ten Adults get too Much Sodium from Common Foods
(BINGHAMTON, NY) – In the spirit of American Heart Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs report that stated Americans consume much more sodium than they should, and that most of the sodium comes from common restaurant or grocery store items.
The Vital Signs report listed 10 types of common foods that are responsible for more than 40 percent of people's sodium intake: bread and rolls; luncheon meat, such as deli ham or turkey; pizza; poultry; soups; cheeseburgers and other sandwiches; cheese; pasta dishes; meat dishes, such as meat loaf; and snack foods, such as potato chips, pretzels and popcorn. Foods that are consumed several times a day, such as bread, add up to a lot of sodium even though each serving is fairly moderate in sodium.
The study also notes that the average person consumes about 3,300 milligrams of sodium per day, not including any salt added at the table, which is more than twice the recommended limit for about half of Americans and 6 of every 10 adults. The U. S. Dietary Guidelines recommend limiting sodium intake to less than 2,300 milligrams per day. The recommendation is 1,500 milligrams per day for people aged 51 and older, anyone with high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease, and African Americans.
According to New York State Vital Records, Broome County has a high mortality rate for premature deaths associated with cardiovascular diseases (128.8 per 100,000 compared with a state rate of 103.9 per 100,000) and a higher mortality rate for stroke (37.7 per 100,000 compared with a state rate of 26.3 per 100,000). In addition, the percentage of Broome County adults reporting a diagnosis of high blood pressure exceeds the New York State Rate (28.9% compared with a state rate of 25.7%).
Too much sodium raises blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, killing more than 800,000 Americans each year and contributing an estimated $273 billion to health care costs.
Other key points in the Vital Signs report:
65% of the sodium we eat comes from food sold in stores.
5% of the sodium we eat comes from meals purchased in restaurants.
Reducing the sodium content of the 10 leading sodium sources by 25% would lower total dietary sodium by more than 10% and could play a role in preventing up to an estimated 28,000 premature deaths per year.
Here in Broome County grassroots efforts are being made to address this problem. In September 2010, the Broome County Health Department was awarded a three year Sodium Reduction in Communities grant from the CDC to support coalition building and policy strategies which create healthier food environments and reduce sodium consumption. Public health programs like the Broome County Sodium Reduction in Communities Project collaborate with community partners to create policy, systems and environmental changes to reduce morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases of the heart directly impacted by high dietary sodium.
Broome County is working with local grocers and the food industry to make lower sodium products more accessible and available to meet the growing consumer demand for these products.
"Consumers need to be aware that 65% of the sodium in their diets comes from processed and packaged foods purchased in food stores," said Claudia Edwards, Broome County Public Health Director. "By reading food labels, choosing products lower in sodium, and talking with grocery stores about increasing the availability of lower sodium products, consumers can influence the food industry to create an environment of healthier food choices," Edwards added.
People can lower their sodium intake by eating a diet rich in fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables (without sauce), while limiting the amount of processed foods with added sodium. Reducing sodium is also a key component of the CDC's Million Hearts™ initiative, an initiative that intends to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years.
To learn more about reducing sodium, Vital Signs or the Million Hearts initiative visit:
www.cdc.gov/salt
http://millionhearts.hhs.gov
http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns
CDC Vital Signs provides timely, high impact, and data-driven prevention information, linking science, policy, and communications to create a call-to-action. The full report and past issues of Vital Signs are available at www.cdc.gov/VitalSigns.
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Quinn and Dunham (1983) argue that the conventional methods of science cannot be applied to ecological questions because there is not just one cause; one effect and many factors act together to produce ecological changes. Discuss the problem of "multiple causes" and how scientists can deal with complex systems that have multiple causes. Assignment must be submitted in Turnitin.
As the years go by there has been an alteration in how living organisms interact with each other but also with their environment/surroundings which is known as ecological change. This phenomenon is said to have multiple causes such as environmental and behavioural causes. In the earlier years, we tend to notice how most tests/ investigations were constructed simply on the data that was available throughout their experimental periods. But, in today's society there is an increased availability to biological evolution which has increased the interest in the link between species kinship and the patterns of coinciding in an environment.
According to Quinn and Dunham (1983) argue that the conventional methods of science cannot be applied to ecological questions because there is not just one cause; one effect and many factors act together to produce ecological changes. The problem of "many causes" is that all these factors can contribute to an observed pattern. Due to all factors/causes having a role in the observed pattern then it results in none being disregarded when it comes to designing a proper experiment. This emphasizes that no single cause can be shown to account for all the observed variation in patterns and processes in natural communities (Quinn & Dunham, 1983). In this sort of case where there are "many causes" is better to assign relative importance's to the contributions of, as well as the interactions between each process that are assumed of contributing to some degree.
In complex systems a given effect is commonly the product of multiple causes and a given cause has multiple effects with a system (Mobus & Kalton, 2015). In most cases where complex systems are present there will be multiple causes which are not able to always be closely connected in space and time. As a result of this, one specific cause cannot be isolated and examined because it will enhance the chance of getting inaccurate perceptions. An example given by Titcomb (1998) about complex system and multiple causes mentions that if you watched one fish diverge in response to the approach of another fish, you might assume that the first fish was responding to the other fish approaching them. However, if you were to look at the entire school then you would notice that the reason why the fish diverge was influenced by a complex system where each member acts to keep the school together and moving in the same direction. As a final point, scientist that deal with complex systems that have multiple causes must never be sure of the outcome that an action will have on the entire system. Therefore, experiments are expected to value whether these hypothesized processes are consistent to the ecological dynamics that are present in the environment.
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Janakpurdham, Sept. 3: Home Minister Janardan Sharma has said that the polls environment in the province no. 2 for the third phase of local level polls scheduled for September 18 has become better due to participation of all political parties.
Minister Sharma also said that support and participation of all was expected to conclude the polls in a free and fair manner.
Minister Sharma said so while speaking at the two-day security management programme organized in Janakpurdham by targeting the September 18 local level polls in the Province No. 2.
During the programme, Regional Administrator, Inspectors General of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force, Nepal, Chief of National Investigation Department, Major General of Nepal Army and Chief District Officers of eight districts were present at the meeting that concluded on Sunday.


Purpose of review Efficacious treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), pain and weight loss for dementia patients is desperately needed. This review presents an up-to-date look at the literature investigating the use of cannabinoid for these symptoms in dementia.
Recent findings We searched electronically for publications regarding cannabinoid use in dementia, with a focus on Alzheimer's disease. Seven studies and one case report have been conducted to examine the use of cannabinoids for the treatment of NPS of dementia, and three of these trials reported on the effect of cannabinoids on weight. Five studies reported decreased agitation or improvements in sleep with cannabinoid use. One crossover trial found that cannabinoids positively impacted weight, whereas a chart review study found no impact on weight with cannabinoids, but an increase in food intake. There were no trials examining the use of cannabinoids for pain in dementia.
Summary Findings from trials with small sample sizes and various clinical populations suggest that cannabinoid use may be well tolerated and effective for treatment of NPS such as agitation as well as weight and pain management in patients with dementia. Additional studies are necessary to further elucidate the relative risks and benefits of this treatment.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry31(2):140-146, March 2018.


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New London Theatre Venue Information
New London Theatre
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Travel by train: Charing Cross. Nearest tube: Covent Garden/Holborn
The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corner of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden. The current theatre was designed by Paul Tvrtkovic and seats 960 on 2 levels, the building also contains an underground car park, a cabaret venue, a basement nightclub, shops and a residential tower.
New London Theatre History
The modern theatre is built on the site of previous taverns and music hall theatres, where a place of entertainment has been located site since Elizabethan times. Nell Gwynn was associated with the tavern, which became known as the Great Mogul by the end of the 17th century, and presented entertainments in an adjoining hall, including "glee clubs" and "sing-songs". The Mogul Saloon was built on the site in 1847, which was sometimes known as the "Turkish Saloon or the "Mogul Music Hall." In 1851, it became the Middlesex Music Hall, known as The Old Mo. This in turn was rebuilt as the New Middlesex Theatre of Varieties, in 1911 by Frank Matcham for Oswald Stoll.
In 1919, the theatre was sold to George Grossmith, Jr. and Edward Laurillard, refurbished and reopened as the Winter Garden Theatre. Grossmith and Laurillard also became managers of the Apollo Theatre in 1920. But expanding their operation caused Grossmith and Laurillard to end their partnership, with Grossmith retaining control of the Winter Garden.
The Vagabond King was produced at The New London Theatre, then still the Winter Garden, in 1927, and in 1929, Fred and Adele Astaire starred in Funny Face. In 1930, Sophie Tucker played in the Vivian Ellis musical Follow a Star, and in 1923, Gracie Fields appeared here in Walk This Way. In 1933, the theatre hosted Lewis Casson in George Bernard Shaw's On the Rocks, followed in 1935 by Love on the Dole, starring Wendy Hiller. The theatre closed in the late 1930s, reopening in 1942. In 1945, it hosted a Donald Wolfit season, and in 1953, Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution played. 1956 saw The Water Gypsies by Vivian Ellis and A P Herbert; Hotel Paradiso starring Alec Guinness, Douglas Byng, Irene Worth and Billie Whitelaw; and Tyrone Power starred in Shaw's The Devil Disciple. 1958 included The Iceman Cometh.
The theatre closed permanently in 1959 when it was sold by the Rank Organisation to a developer. It was then gutted and remained vacant until 1965 to be replaced in 1973 by the current building and rechristened as the current New London Theatre, London.
New London Theatre, London
The theatre's auditorium first opened with a television recording of Marlene Dietrich's one-woman show. The theatre officially opened on January 2, 1973 with a production of The Unknown Soldier and His Wife starring Peter Ustinov. It then hosted Grease, starring Richard Gere as Danny. Beginning in 1977, the theatre was used as a television studio for several years before returning to use as a theatre. The New London Theatre's biggest hit was the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn musical Cats, which premièred in the theatre on 11 May 1981. Closing in 2002, this production became the longest running musical in West End history, stretching the availability of the New London Theatre tickets to its limit with sellout shows during its long run.
The theatre hosted the 1977 BBC Sports Personality of the Year and the Masters snooker between 1976 and 1978. Also in 1977, the theatre hosted the BBC's A Song For Europe contest, the preliminary heat to choose the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. However, the show was blacked out on TV due to a last minute strike by technicians.
Even the famous video clip for the song We Are The Champions by the band Queen was shot in The New London Theater on October 1977, which folowed a minor 70-min. concert.
Between 2003 and 2005 the theatre hosted Bill Kenwright's revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This closed after a two and a half year run on 3 September 2005. The New London also played host to the London transfer of the off-Broadway production, Blue Man Group, which closed in June 2007, to make way for the Royal Shakespeare Company's repertory productions of The Seagull and King Lear, starring Ian McKellen. In Spring 2008, a new musical adaptation of Gone With The Wind ran for only two month. New musical Imagine This closed after only being open for one month. The current production is a transfer of the National Theatre's War Horse. The theatre has been owned since 1991 by Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatres.
New London Theatre Recent and Present Productions
Cats (May 11, 1981 - May 11, 2002)
Umoja (September 6, 2002 - February 8, 2003)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (March 3, 2003 - 3 September 2005) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, starring Stephen Gately, Ian Watkins and Darren Day
Blue Man Group (November 10, 2005 - June 24, 2007)
The RSC's King Lear (14 November 2007 - 12 January 2008) by William Shakespeare, starring Ian McKellen, Frances Barber, Romola Garai, Jonathan Hyde, William Gaunt and Sylvester McCoy.
The RSC's The Seagull (21 November 2007 - 12 January 2008) by Anton Chekhov, starring Frances Barber, Ian McKellen, William Gaunt, and Romola Garai.
Gone With The Wind - A New Musical (22 April 2008 - 14 June 2008) by Margaret Martin and Trevor Nunn, starring Darius Danesh, Jill Paice and Edward Baker-Duly
Imagine This - A New Musical (19 November 2008 - 20th December 2008 ) by Shuki Levy, David Goldsmith and Glenn Berenbeim
War Horse (31 March 2009 - ) by Nick Stafford, adapted from the novel by Michael Morpurgo
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock rocks the West End!
Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. While teaching these pint-sized prodigies what it means to truly rock, Dewey falls for the school's beautiful, but uptight headmistress, helping her rediscover the wild child within. (The New York Times says, "BE WARNED! There's a love story in this one.") Featuring 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber and all the original songs from the movie, this high-octane smash delivers face-melting guitar riffs and touching romance in equally awesome doses! The Daily News cheers, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER "AWAKENS THE EMPOWERING MESSAGE OF ROCK!" and Time Out New York raves, "SCHOOL's in – FOREVER!"
For your comfort and security, you may be subject to additional checks upon entering the theatre - we appreciate your patience and understanding while these are taking place. Please note that the theatre is unable to accept large items of luggage in their cloakrooms at this time. If you are travelling with such items, storage solutions are available throughout London.
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School of Rock Fan Reviews (40) 4.8
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Absolutely fantastic, the kids stole the show they were amazing!
Posted by Alana McGowan on 12/12/2017
We didn't want it to finish. The kids were amazing and really the whole cast was a pleasure. Very enjoyable
Posted by Ari Bick on 12/12/2017
Very well staged show. The cast was lovely, the children adorable and very talented! It's a really fun evening, lighthearted and lively - just what we needed to brighten our spirits! The musical numbers were wonderful all the way through, very cute choreography for the kids and school staff.
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Founded in 1850, the present parish is bounded by the Rottenrow (south), Petershill Road and Keppochill Road (north), North Hanover Street and Pinkston Road (west), and Wishart Street, Royston Square and Auchinloch Street (east). Since 1865 the parish has been in the care of the priests and brothers of the Congregation of the Passion (the Passionists).
In 1999 St Stephen's Parish, Sighthill, was united with Saint Mungo's.
Of the people who attend Saint Mungo's every Sunday, about half live in Townhead and Sighthill. Others come from as far as Dumbarton and Cumbernauld. On weekdays, Mass is celebrated 10am and 12.15pm.
There are three schools in the parish, Saint Mungo's, St Stephen's and St Kevin's.
For more than 40 years the parish provided the home for a day centre for retired adults where meals, classes, and other opportunities are available. On any weekday, around 50 people use this facility, which is open to all older adults in the neighbourhood.
As a city church, Saint Mungo's draws its congregation from a wide area. Its mission extends beyond geographic confines in part because of its proximity to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, to the busy Merchant City, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Strathclyde University. Because the church has been entrusted to the care of a religious order, the Passionists, the order's spirituality or charism also attracts many people who do not live nearby.
In our diversity of age and interests, we unite in prayer for the needs of the world around us and in reaching out to our community.
If anyone wishes to sustain their contributions to help with the upkeep and maintenance of the church, which still must go on, and would like to do so by Direct Debit, the bank details are:
St. Mungo's Retreat Parochial Account (Please include the name of the account)
Account Number: 00260489
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Creating a comprehensive conversational flow chart will feel like the greatest hurdle of the process, but know it's just the beginning. It's the commitment to tweaking and improving in the months and years following that makes a great bot. As Clara de Soto, cofounder of Reply.ai, told VentureBeat, "You're never just 'building a bot' so much as launching a 'conversational strategy' — one that's constantly evolving and being optimized based on how users are actually interacting with it."
As I tinker with dialog systems at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, primarily by prototyping Alexa skills, I often wonder what AI is still lacking to build good conversational systems, punting the social challenge to another day. This post is my take on where AI has a good chance to improve and consequently, what we can expect from the next wave of conversational systems.
Niki is a personal assistant that has been developed in India to perform an impressively wide variety of tasks, including booking taxis, buses, hotels, movies and events, paying utilities and recharging your phone, and even organizing laundry pickup and delivery. The application has proven to be a huge success across India and won the Deep Tech prize at the 2017 AWS Mobility Awards.
There has been a great deal of controversy about the use of bots in an automated trading function. Auction website eBay has been to court in an attempt to suppress a third-party company from using bots to traverse their site looking for bargains; this approach backfired on eBay and attracted the attention of further bots. The United Kingdom-based bet exchange Betfair saw such a large amount of traffic coming from bots that it launched a WebService API aimed at bot programmers, through which it can actively manage bot interactions.
Chatbots can strike up a conversation with any customer about any issue at any time of day. They engage in friendly interactions with customers. Besides, virtual assistants only give a bit of information at a time. This way they don't tire customers with irrelevant and unnecessary information. Chatbots can maintain conversations and keep customers on your website longer.
In the early 90's, the Turing test, which allows determining the possibility of thinking by computers, was developed. It consists in the following. A person talks to both the person and the computer. The goal is to find out who his interlocutor is — a person or a machine. This test is carried out in our days and many conversational programs have coped with it successfully.
Furthermore, major banks today are facing increasing pressure to remain competitive as challenger banks and fintech startups crowd the industry. As a result, these banks should consider implementing chatbots wherever human employees are performing basic and time-consuming tasks. This would cut down on salary and benefit costs, improve back-office efficiency, and deliver better customer care.
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If you visit a Singapore government website in the near future, chances are you'll be using a chatbot to access the services you need, as part of the country's Smart Nation initiative. In Australia, Deakin University students now access campus services using its 'Genie' virtual assistant platform, made up of chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI), voice recognition and predictive analytics.
Unfortunately the old adage of trash in, trash out came back to bite Microsoft. Tay was soon being fed racist, sexist and genocidal language by the Twitter user-base, leading her to regurgitate these views. Microsoft eventually took Tay down for some re-tooling, but when it returned the AI was significantly weaker, simply repeating itself before being taken offline indefinitely.
Facebook has jumped fully on the conversational commerce bandwagon and is betting big that it can turn its popular Messenger app into a business messaging powerhouse. The company first integrated peer-to-peer payments into Messenger in 2015, and then launched a full chatbot API so businesses can create interactions for customers to occur within the Facebook Messenger app. You can order flowers from 1–800-Flowers, browse the latest fashion and make purchases from Spring, and order an Uber, all from within a Messenger chat.
By 2022, task-oriented dialog agents/chatbots will take your coffee order, help with tech support problems, and recommend restaurants on your travel. They will be effective, if boring. What do I see beyond 2022? I have no idea. Amara's law says that we tend to overestimate technology in the short term while underestimating it in the long run. I hope I am right about the short term but wrong about AI in 2022 and beyond! Who would object against a Starbucks barista-bot that can chat about weather and crack a good joke?
Although NBC Politics Bot was a little rudimentary in terms of its interactions, this particular application of chatbot technology could well become a lot more popular in the coming years – particularly as audiences struggle to keep up with the enormous volume of news content being published every day. The bot also helped NBC determine what content most resonated with users, which the network will use to further tailor and refine its content to users in the future.
Chatbots can reply instantly to any questions. The waiting time is 'virtually' 0 (see what I did there?). Even if a real person eventually shows up to fix the issues, the customer gets engaged in the conversation, which can help you build trust. The problem could be better diagnosed, and the chatbot could perform some routine checks with the user. This saves up time for both the customer and the support agent. That's a lot better than just recklessly waiting for a representative to arrive.
Unlike Tay, Xiaoice remembers little bits of conversation, like a breakup with a boyfriend, and will ask you how you're feeling about it. Now, millions of young teens are texting her every day to help cheer them up and unburden their feelings — and Xiaoice remembers just enough to help keep the conversation going. Young Chinese people are spending hours chatting with Xiaoice, even telling the bot "I love you".
There is no one right answer to this question, as the best solution will depend upon the specifics of your scenario and how the user would reasonably expect the bot to respond. However, as your conversation complexity increases dialogs become harder to manage. For complex branchings situations, it may be easier to create your own flow of control logic to keep track of your user's conversation.
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In a particularly alarming example of unexpected consequences, the bots soon began to devise their own language – in a sense. After being online for a short time, researchers discovered that their bots had begun to deviate significantly from pre-programmed conversational pathways and were responding to users (and each other) in an increasingly strange way, ultimately creating their own language without any human input.
"Today, chat isn't yet being perceived as an engagement driver, but more of a customer service operation[…]� Horwitz writes for Chatbots Magazine. "Brands and marketers can start collecting data around the engagement and interaction of end users. Those that are successful could see higher brand recognition, turning user-level mobile moments into huge returns.�
Customer service departments in all industries are increasing their use of chatbots, and we will see usage rise even higher in the next year as companies continue to pilot or launch their own versions of the rule-based digital assistant. What are chatbots? Forrester defines them as autonomous applications that help users complete tasks through conversation.  […]
Ultimately, only time will tell how effective the likes of Facebook Messenger will become in the long term. As more and more companies look to use chatbots within the platform, the greater the frequency of messages that individual users will receive. This could result in Facebook (and other messaging platforms) placing stricter restrictions on usage, but until then I'd recommend testing as much as possible.
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Just last month, Google launched its latest Google Assistant. To help readers get a better glimpse of the redesign, Google's Scott Huffman explained: "Since the Assistant can do so many things, we're introducing a new way to talk about them. We're them Actions. Actions include features built by Google—like directions on Google Maps—and those that come from developers, publishers, and other third parties, like working out with Fitbit Coach.�
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As digital continues to rewrite the rules of engagement across industries and markets, a new competitive reality is emerging: "Being digital� soon won't be enough. Organizations will use artificial intelligence and other technologies to help them make faster, more informed decisions, become far more efficient, and craft more personalized and relevant experiences for both customers and employees.
A chatbot that functions through machine learning has an artificial neural network inspired by the neural nodes of the human brain. The bot is programmed to self-learn as it is introduced to new dialogues and words. In effect, as a chatbot receives new voice or textual dialogues, the number of inquiries that it can reply and the accuracy of each response it gives increases. Facebook has a machine learning chatbot that creates a platform for companies to interact with their consumers through the Facebook Messenger application. Using the Messenger bot, users can buy shoes from Spring, order a ride from Uber, and have election conversations with the New York Times which used the Messenger bot to cover the 2016 presidential election between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. If a user asked the New York Times through his/her app a question like "What's new today?� or "What do the polls say?� the bot would reply to the request.
Message generator component consists of several user defined templates (templates are nothing but sentences with some placeholders, as appropriate) that map to the action names. So depending on the action predicted by the dialogue manager, the respective template message is invoked. If the template requires some placeholder values to be filled up, those values are also passed by the dialogue manager to the generator. Then the appropriate message is displayed to the user and the bot goes into a wait mode listening for the user input.
I know what you're thinking – when will the world of marketing just stand still for a moment and let us all catch up?!?! No such luck, dear readers. No sooner have we all gotten to grips with the fact that we're going to have to start building live video campaigns into our content marketing strategies, something else comes along that promises to be the next game-changer. And so here we are with the most recent marketing phenomenon – chatbots.
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Aside from being practical and time-convenient, chatbots guarantee a huge reduction in support costs. According to IBM, the influence of chatbots on CRM is staggering. Â They provide a 99 percent improvement rate in response times, therefore, cutting resolution from 38 hours to five minutes. Also, they caused a massive drop in cost per query from $15-$200 (human agents) to $1 (virtual agents). Finally, virtual agents can take up an average of 30,000+ consumers per month.
One key reason: The technology that powers bots, artificial intelligence software, is improving dramatically, thanks to heightened interest from key Silicon Valley powers like Facebook and Google. That AI enables computers to process language — and actually converse with humans — in ways they never could before. It came about from unprecedented advancements in software (Google's Go-beating program, for example) and hardware capabilities.
To envision the future of chatbots/virtual assistants, we need to take a quick trip down memory lane. Remember Clippy? Love him or hate him, he's ingrained in our memory as the little assistant who couldn't (sorry, Clippy.).  But someday, this paper clip could be the chosen one. Imagine with me if you will a support agent speaking with a customer over the phone, or even chat support. Clippy could be listening in, reviewing the questions the customer is posing, and proactively providing relevant content to the support agent. Instead of digging around from system to system, good 'ole Clippy would have their back, saving them the trouble of hunting down relevant information needed for the task at hand.
A chatbot (also known as a spy, conversational bot, chatterbot, interactive agent, conversational interface, Conversational AI, talkbot or artificial spy entity) is a computer program or an artificial intelligence which conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods.[1] Such programs are often designed to convincingly simulate how a human would behave as a conversational partner, thereby passing the Turing test. Chatbots are typically used in dialog systems for various practical purposes including customer service or information acquisition. Some chatbots use sophisticated natural language processing systems, but many simpler ones scan for keywords within the input, then pull a reply with the most matching keywords, or the most similar wording pattern, from a database.


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Di Long or Dilong extract () is a medicinal preparation based on abdominal extracts from the earthworm species Lumbricus rubellus used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for a wide variety of disorders, from convulsions and fevers to rheumatoid arthritis and blood stasis syndromes.

Synopsis
Di Long comes in two variants, Guang Di Long native to Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and collected from spring to autumn, and Tu Di Long collected during the summer in many regions of China.  The abdomen of an earthworm of the L. rubellus species is cut open immediately after capture, whereupon viscera and extraneous matter are removed.  The abdomen is washed clean, and dried in the sun or indoors at a low temperatures.

It is also used in the treatment of blepharoptosis, or drooping of the upper eyelid, along with other Phlegm Herbs (such as Dan Nan Xing, Jiang Can, Ban Xia, Tian Ma and Bai Fu Zi).

According to TCM, Di Long is associated with the Bladder, Liver, Lung and Spleen meridians, and has Salty and Cold properties.  It is thought to work by draining Liver Heat and by clearing Lung Heat, and also by clearing Heat in the collateral channels.   Its "channel-opening" properties are thought to derive from its habits of burrowing through the earth, constantly searching out new spaces to slither.

Recommended dosage is 4.5 to 12 grams per day as an oral preparation.

References
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 Li Fu Wei, et al.  "One case of Di Long induced cutaneous pruritus", Shaanxi Journal of TCM 2000;21(1):26.
 Li Shu Lan, et al. "Research on Di Long's effect in lowering blood pressure", Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine Information 1995;12(3):22-24.
 Wang Zhong Wei, et al. "Research advances on earthworm bioengineering technology", Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2000;31(5):386-389.
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 Tang Ben Sui, et al. "Acute toxicity experiments on lumbricin", Journal of Shizhen Medicine 1999;10(9):652.
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 Zhang Fu Xia, et al. "Experimental research on products from earthworm's body that kills sperms", Shaanxi Journal of TCM 1996;17(5):234-236.
 Zhang Feng Chun, et al. "Di Long's enhancing effect on macrophages' immune activity", China Journal of Pharmacy 1998;33(9):532-535.
 Zhang Feng Chun, et al. "Research into Di Long's mechanism in its recovery effects on rabbit back injury", China Journal of Pharmacy 1999;34(2):93-96.
 Wang Ke Wei. "Forecast of research on anti-cancer effects of Di Long capsules (912)", China Journal of Clinical Research on Tumor 1991;18(3):131-132.
 Geng Xiu Fang, et al. "Effects of Di Long infusion at low temperature on ACE activity" Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine Information 1997;14(6):38.
 Ju Hyun Cho, et al. "Lumbricin I, a novel proline-rich antimicrobial peptide from the earthworm: purification, cDNA cloning and molecular characterization", Biochim Biophys Acta 1998 Oct 22;1408(1):67-76
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10. a. A pesticide, other than a low impact pesticide, may be applied on school property in response to an emergency, without complying with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of this act, provided the requirements of subsection b. of this section are met. b.	Within 24 hours after the application of a pesticide pursuant to this section, or on the morning of the next school day, whichever is earlier, the local school board, the board of trustees of a charter school, or the principal or chief administrator of a private school, as appropriate, shall provide to each parent or guardian of a student enrolled at the school, and staff member of the school, notice of the application of the pesticide for emergency pest control that includes: (1) the information required for a notice under section 7 of this act; (2) a description of the problem and the factors that qualified the problem as an emergency that threatened the health or safety of a student or staff member; and (3) if necessary, a description of the steps that will be taken in the future to avoid emergency application of a pesticide pursuant to this section. c.	The local school board, the board of trustees of a charter school, or the principal or chief administrator of a private school, as appropriate, may provide the notice required by subsection b. of this section by: (1) written notice sent home with the student and provided to the staff member; (2) a telephone call; (3) direct contact; or (4) electronic mail. d.	When a pesticide is applied pursuant to this section, the local school board, the board of trustees of a charter school, or the principal or chief administrator of a private school, as appropriate, shall post a sign warning of the pesticide application at the time of the application of the pesticide, in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of this act. e.	If there is an application of a pesticide pursuant to this section, the local school board, the board of trustees of a charter school, or the principal or chief administrator of a private school, as appropriate, shall modify the school integrated pest management policy of the school or school district if necessary, to minimize the future emergency applications of pesticides under this section. L.2002,c.117,s.10.


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Nepal | July 19, 2019
The Himalayan Times > Kathmandu > State bodies fail to submit delegated legislation
State bodies fail to submit delegated legislation
Published: June 14, 2019 8:30 am On: Kathmandu
Himalayan News Service
Kathmandu, June 13
Although the parliamentary Delegated Management and Government Assurance Committee directed ministries, Prime Miniter's Office and constitutional bodies to submit their delegated legislation within a month, all the ministries except one and constitutional bodies have failed to comply.
Except the Ministry of Defence, no ministries or constitutional bodies have submitted delegated legislation to the committee.
On March 24, the DLGA committee had directed all 22 ministries to submit their drafts of delegated legislation. As they failed to comply, the committee directed the ministries and constitutional bodies for the second time to submit delegated legislation on April 1.
"It is sad that only the defence ministry has submitted its delegated legislation," said committee Chair Ram Narayan Bidari.
Delegated laws incorporate office or institutional rules, regulations and bylaws. Based on the parent laws, ministries or constitutional bodies are entitled to draft delegated legislation. For example, if the government comes up with new citizenship law, the concerned ministry can draft regulations, rules and other laws, based on the parent citizenship law.
"As of now, there is no record of delegated laws in the country. It has not been verified whether the existing delegated laws are based on the parent laws," Bidari said. He explained that the committee had issued the directive as part of its plan to ensure that delegated legislation confirmed with parent laws.
In 1959, a system was in place to look after delegated legislation by the parliament. But the system short lived as the then King Mahendra usurped power from the democratic government in 1960. In 1991, the parliament of Nepal had initiated a culture of delegated legislation, but it too proved ineffective. After the country was declared a federal democratic republic in 2007, parliamentary committee was entrusted with the responsibility to look after delegated legislation. "But that did not happen," Bidari said.
This time a separate committee in the National Assembly has been formed to look after delegated legislation. "The current practice has been to formulate institutional laws on a whim, in contravention with parent laws," said Bidari, claiming that corruption will be reduced by 50 per cent if delegated laws formulated by following the parent laws, are enforced in the country.
Bidari said the committee will grant a week deadline for the third time to the ministries and constitutional bodies to submit those delegated laws. In case of their failure to submit delegated legislation, the committee will present a report to the House on the non-compliance by the concerned bodies, according to Bidari.
A version of this article appears in print on June 14, 2019 of The Himalayan Times.
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"His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty which shall never pass away, nor will his empire be destroyed" (Daniel 7:14). Christ is our King, and He rules like no other. The Roman Empire is no more, the British Empire is no more, but Christ's reign lasts for ever. And what sort of a reign is it? What sort of a King is Christ? In this country, the Queen is nothing more than a figurehead. She takes part in royal ceremonies, and addresses the nation at Christmas, but throughout the year, has no real power; the real ruling of the country belongs to Parliament. She has to agree with what Parliament decides, and if she decided to go against it, she might have to abdicate. That is not how Christ rules. Christ is not just about nice ceremonies, a few nice words at Christmas, and then to be ignored throughout the year. Christ's reign is about the whole of life.
Christ's reign is also a permanent reign. All of today's three readings mention this at the end of each of them. The first reading: "His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty which shall never pass away, nor will his empire be destroyed". The second reading: " 'I am the Alpha and the Omega' says the Lord God, who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty". The Gospel speaks of the timelessness of the truth Christ brings: "I came into the world to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice". The truth by which Christ reigns does not change from one thing to another from age to age. We might deepen our understanding of it, but it's still the same truth. Technology does not make it null and void. At the time of the Roman Empire, Christians were persecuted and put to death, but in the end, Christianity was legalised, and in the end, the Roman Empire fell apart. So many other empire and kingdoms (and republics too) have risen and fallen, but Christ remains. The Third Reich was supposed to last a thousand years, but didn't even manage fifty. Communism managed more than fifty, but in Western Europe it collapsed – the Church remained. In the East, the question is, when will Communism fall? The Church is being heavily persecuted – it's now illegal for anyone under the age of eighteen to go to church, and if you are a Christian you can lose your job and be refused medical treatment – all for being a follower of Christ. The Chinese government say they are trying to "Sinicise" religion, make it more Chinese – in other words they want to alter it to fit their ideas. We know that Christ will triumph in the end, it's just a matter of when. And in our own society, how long will it take before things turn a corner and we have a new springtime in the Church and in our country? We wait in joyful hope. But perhaps the most important thing is not to look at others, but to look at ourselves. How far do we allow Christ to reign in our lives, and how much do we want to be sovereign instead? That is a painful question.
In the Second Book of Maccabees, which is one of the books of the Old Testament, found in Catholic Bibles but not in all Protestant ones, Judas Maccabaeus made the following discovery: after one of their battles, when they were arranging to take their fallen comrades and bury them, they found that all those who had fallen were carrying amulets of the idols of Jamnia. If you're wondering what an amulet is, the Oxford Dictionary of English defines it as "an ornament or small piece of jewellery thought to give protection against evil, danger or disease". These were people of divided loyalty, who were supposed to be fighting for God, but were also trusting in idols as well. Maybe they thought God wasn't strong enough, or they just wanted to hedge their bets. If we look at our own hearts, we can find things in our lives that can be idols, that we perhaps trust in more than God, that make us people of divided loyalty.
When Judas Maccabaeus and his followers discovered what had happened, they didn't bitterly reject their compromised comrades that had fallen. Instead, they prayed to God for their sins to be forgiven, and arranged for a sacrifice to be offered in Jerusalem in atonement for their sins. We know that God is merciful. Today, we do something similar. In this month of November, dedicated to the Holy Souls, we pray for those who have died, light candles for them, and offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which is the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. We also hope that when we go, others will do the same for us. We don't claim to be any less needy of God's mercy than anyone else. But we give thanks for the ways in which Christ has reigned in us, and in our departed loved ones, and we look forward to the glory of heaven, where Christ reigns in all His fullness and splendour. As we know, "His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty which shall never pass away, nor will his empire be destroyed" (Daniel 7:14).


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New Hyundai Tucson For Sale in Reading, PA
The New Hyundai Tucson Arrives at Seidel Hyundai
The Hyundai Tucson is currently in its fourth generation, and it offers several changes to the previous model year in a bid to remain competitive. It has a new global platform, a more spacious interior and three powertrain options. Like most competitors, the new Hyundai Tucson offers a hybrid and a plug-in hybrid powertrain, which is sure to impress customers here in Reading, PA with its efficiency, making it a suitable daily driver. With its friendly price, stand-out design and high-tech driver-assistance features, the new Hyundai Tucson is suitable for buyers looking for their next SUV model.
The new Hyundai Tucson has varying powertrains depending on the targeted market. Base models will still use an internal combustion engine as the only engine option. The 2.5-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine joins the engine lineup and produces 187 horsepower and 178 pound-feet of torque. It pairs with an eight-speed automatic transmission and sends power to a standard all-wheel-drive system resulting in a 0 to 60 mph time of as little as 9.3 seconds.
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