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South Lyon, Lyon area news in brief
Dinner, auction
The Salem Area Historical Society will hold its 2016 annual Dinner and Auction on Saturday, April 2, at Fox Hills' Classic Log Cabin Fox Club House, 8768 N. Territorial Road. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
Silent auction will run before and during dinner with a live auction starting after. Auction item range from tickets for local and national attractions (Tipping Point to Disney World) to local services, restaurant gift certifcates and more.
Prepaid tickets are $33 for historical society members and $38 for non-members. but tickets online at via PayPal or send an email request to salem_area_hs@yahoo.com.
All proceeds will be used by this non-profit to maintain the Jarvis-Stone School Local Historic District, which is on the northwest corner of North Territorial and Curtis roads. This historic district consists of the South Salem Stone School, the Dickenson Barn, a small ball field and adjoining grounds.
When you're heading out on vacation, make sure you're hitting the road with the South Lyon Herald. Snap a picture at whatever location you are traveling with your hometown paper. When you get back, email the photo to pallmen@hometownlife.com with information on where you went or what you did, and we'll get it in the paper, so you can brag to your friends about the cool places you've been.
Recycle app
The Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County released "The Recycling Directory" to make it easier for residents of its nine member communities to learn how to properly handle their unwanted materials. Typing keywords into the "Recycling Directory" provides users with RRRASOC specific information and tips on recycling, composting, reuse or disposal.
"We want to make it easy for our residents to know what to do with their unwanted items," said Mike Csapo, RRRASOC general manager, "so we're making this searchable Recycling Directory available from the RRRASOC website and as a mobile app. With these new tools residents have around the clock access to information on how to recycle, compost, reuse and manage household waste."
Find The Recycling Directory online at www.rrrasoc.org or via a free mobile app, for both Android and Apple platforms.
The cost for starting a case in the Oakland County Circuit and Probate courts have increased, following changes to state law. The fees include a mandated $25 electronic filing system fee.
For civil cases in Circuit Court, whether filing electronically or by paper, the previous filing fee of $150 will now appear as $175 without a jury demand and $260 with a jury demand. In Probate matters, except for actions filed under MCL 700.3982 or under the Mental Health Code, the fee to commence a case will be $150 plus the $25 electronic filing fee.
The electronic filing system fee also applies to cases field with the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and the Court of Claims.
Exceptions to the electronic filing system fee include appeals to the circuit court from the probate court or district court and any case filed by a governmental agency. If the court finds that a party is indigent or unable to pay the filing fee, the additional electronic filing system fee will be waived as well.
Child car seat checks
South Lyon police offer free inspections and installations of child car seats. The service is available to anyone regardless of their residency.
Call South Lyon police at 248-437-1773 and ask for officer Tim Rapp, who is certified to conduct the inspections.
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Poakalani Christmas Party December 13 - Hawaiian Quilting With Poakalani & Co.
Aloha to our Quilting Family and I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving but Christmas is just around the corner and you know what that means… It's time for our annual Poakalani Quilting Class Christmas Party. Please mark your calendar, it's next week Saturday December 13th at 10:00am at the Old Archives Building. No class just holiday singing, games, food and presents. Don't' forget to bring a hot dish or dessert to share(Potluck) and a grab bag gift priced no higher than $15.00. Any questions please give me a call 808-223-1108. And yes John will be there with his quilt patterns.


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Five Cookie Recipes to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
We love sweet things; we don't make it a secret. But, with blood sugar concerns, the traditional desserts aren't something we can afford to indulge in very often. That's why we love low-carb cookie recipes. We have shared some in the past, but we think you can't have too many great, low-sugar cookies in your life! Today, we are revisiting the subject with five that we love. All of them are under seven grams of carbs, and the highest in calories is still under 250!
Keto Mint Thins
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Most people eagerly anticipate Girl Scout Cookie season. But we avoid it. That doesn't mean we don't like the taste; it's just the high amount of sugar! These copycat cookies really hit the spot and make it so that we don't miss the real thing! They aren't exactly alike, but they are pretty darn close. Each cookie has 35 calories and 2.4 grams of carbs. Get the recipe.
Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
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Walking past the Mrs. Fields in the mall can be torturous. But these cookies are so good: you won't even be tempted! These soft, chewy cookies are just three ingredients mixed and baked. And they taste amazing! Each cookie has 82 calories and three grams of carbs. Get the recipe.
Cream Cheese Cookies
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The name alone makes us say, "Yes, please!" These "sugar" cookies don't have any sugar. It's almost like a shortbread, but with a sugar cookie texture. Unlike sugar cookies, these don't spread very much, so make them the thickness you like before putting them in the oven. Each cookie has 106 calories and three grams of carbs. Get the recipe.
Ultimate Low-carb Chocolate Chip
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Our favorite kind of chocolate chip cookie has a crispy edge and chewy center, and these deliver! We also like that it uses chopped chocolate because they're a nice deviation from the norm. Of course, you can use whatever sugar-free chocolate you like! Each cookie has 132 calories and 3.6 grams of carbs. Get the recipe.
Low Carb Chocolate Cookies
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Sometimes chocolate chip doesn't cut it, because it's not chocolatey enough! These have plenty of chocolate while remaining wheat-free, grain-free and free of added sugar. Plus, we love the texture of the desiccated coconut in the cookies. These, unfortunately, are heavy hitters compared to the other recipes on the list: each cookie has 217 calories and 6.7 grams of carbs. But when you want chocolate cookies, they might be the only way to scratch the itch. Get the recipe.
We hope you enjoy these cookies, and we would love to hear from you if you try them! Email us at socialmedia@neulivenhealth.com.
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RATING 10 out of 10!
FULL REVIEW: Kozmo Magic with Garrett Thomas and Doc Eason present The Anniversary Waltz with a specially designed deck of cards made just for this classic card trick. How clever of Kozmo to give away the hour plus tutorial for free to entice you to buy the cards. Brilliant!
Anything with either Doc or Garrett's name on it is worth taking a look. Here, both superstar magi perform, teach and brainstorm different versions of the Anniversary Waltz. No one will deny the power of this effect! For those that are not familiar with this trick, two spectators participate and pick and sign a card in turn. After both cards are returned to the deck they are located and have fused together as a single inseparable card! This card classic can be performed to young couples in love (using the King and Queen of Hearts) or even just friends or business associates using many of the other cards.
The hour long tutorial, which is available as a free download, is mostly shot in studio with Doc and Garrett. Both perform their version of the trick to recently engaged couples and you can see the emotional responses when the couples are given a souvenir of their love; the magical fused and signed card. Both Doc and Garrett have their own version of the trick and each are great. Garret demonstrates a more direct version and both magicians share their war stories which we can all learn from.
Each magician also runs through the steps of their presentations with the other magician and then teaches it step-by-step. The production is excellent and the teaching is top notch. Both Eason and Thomas discuss the history and evolution of the trick and credit the origin and development.
This trick is not difficult to learn or perform, but does require some basic sleights and card handling skills. The angles are pretty good as long as the cards are tabled or controlled with some basic audience management. This is great for table hopping and you can perform this trick several times in a row as long as you have a few of the purchased cards in your pocket. It should only take a split second to set up and you are ready to go.
With your purchase you get a specially gaffed deck of cards. Every time you perform this trick, you will use one card. Included in the deck are 16 double facer Queen of Hearts/King of Hearts, 7 Eight of Diamonds/Four of Hearts, 7 Four of Clubs/Six of Diamonds, 7 Three of Hearts/Two of Spades, 17 Ace of Hearts/Two of Hearts and two Bicycle rider backed double backers (one red and one blue). The Queen/King cards are clearly for couples in love, engaged or just married. The Ace and Two of Hearts also fit that bill. The other cards referenced above have a nice contrast to it and work in other situations. These cards were picked because they have room for the spectators to sign their name across the faces.
At the time of the writing of this review the deck of cards costs $19.99. which means that each performance costs you 37 cents. Not a bad price for an amazing miracle!
This legendary trick is available at your favorite Murphy's Magic retailer.
This is a Grand Slam card trick and gets a perfect score!
I got this and agree with your fantastic review. Thanks Stuart!
This is SUCH a good trick. I saw it performed for a couple celebrating their anniversary, and they were blown away. The emotional reaction this trick can generate is massive!
The video instructions are actually being given away for free, courtesy of Kozmo Magic and Murphy's Magic.
Scroll down that page, which will bring you to a link to the tutorial videos [ link ].
I just recently checked out the tutorial at Reel Magic. I really like Doc's handling and, in fact, used it at a recent wedding reception gig. The bride and groom LOVED it. The use of a DBer really makes Doc's handling extremely natural.


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Dividida em várias etapas, a edição 1992 do Campeonato Brasileiro de Rugby foi a 29ª edição do torneio foi vencido pelo time do Alphaville Tênis Clube, teve como 4º lugar o Niterói Rugby.

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Estatísticas da Edição 1992 - Masculino

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Campeonato Brasileiro de Rugby
Rugby de 1992 no Brasil

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DJ Life Reflex Blue
Meganeura
PGE001
1x Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM EP
Progressive House Tech House
Welcome the debut offering from Program Earth. 5 Wonky club tracks from label heads DJ Life & Reflex Blue that will send you spinning back in time. 'Tripped out resonance and turbulent bass push us into the danger zone as we scoot across our perilous surroundings. The lava thickens with various peak time moments as we slow our descent into safer grounds. Blissed out pads and soaring vocals guide us the way as we continue our journey into uncharted territories. With grazes, cuts and a few close calls, we nally reach the dig site.
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Da Creepin' Wasp (Wonky Mix)
Glacier Run
MOY ReKaB Garrett David Moody Waters
A new label, run by an old head, Paul Wise aka Placid is the driving force behind 'We're Going Deep'. Known to many who inhabit the realms of underground House and Techno, the imprint sprang to life at the tail end of 2020 from his hugely popular Facebook community under the same banner.Born out of a lifelong affair with the many shades of deep electronic rhythms, coupled with a thirst for collecting records since 1988, Paul's mission is all about sharing and releasing new music for the dance floor, front room or even just your headphones. Rather than staying hung up on the past, his reputation for digging into the annals Acid, Electro, Techno, Deep House alongside the odd slice of Downtempo precedes him, as he readies the third WGD volume for release.Bubbling up with another 4 track EP comprised of cuts from equally brilliant artists, the opening shots are fired on Side A with the unmistakeable sounds of Moy "Ouroboros". A finely crafted slice of robotic acid funk entices you into the wilds and waves of moody 303 action as machines collide with precision accuracy. Bringing you back to a calmer vision and seas of tranquilty, Rekab aka James Baker's "Summer Dreams" demonstrates just how blissful ambience and slowing the pace in these testing times can soothe the soul. Leading Side B, fans of Chi-town grooves will not be disappointed with Garrett David's "Cruisin Through". A Smart Bar resident and Gramaphone Records employee, he's no stranger to sumptuous jackin' edged house jams packed full of bouncing beats. Blending an irresistible rump funking groove to synth-led melodics that build and build, the total sum of these parts will not fail to get you out of your seat. Signing off in style, Moody Waters takes us into hypnotic house territory as low slung beatdown vibes meet mysterious atmospheres and vocal fx, emerging from the haze of that 5am smog that all too often glazes your inner mind.
Flesh Of The Gods…
Ness has been on a mission for many years now, to bring back the psychedelic depth, warmth and subtle ecstacy of the original Trance sound into a contemporary Technoid context. With this, his second and long awaited, LP he has perfected his unique vision, with new influences, crystal clear production and a broadened sound pallette.Aptly titled "Flesh Of The Gods", this is a musical journey for body, mind and spirit to harmonize, individually and collectively; internally and externally. He has found a solid and mature way of honoring legends of the past, yet steering the ship towards a bright, multicolored future. Weigh anchor, captain!
Organizatsiya
Vlug…
After two archival releases, Raakvlak appears in the frontline of contemporary sonics, and it is the French collective Organizatsiya that gets the label's feet wet.Vlug, Dutch for rapid, is a work marked by a sense of being in transit. Bent under lockdown circumstances and corresponding feelings, all tracks were created in a car (!) and on the road throughout various places in Europe. Haunted by good old escapism, yet already too remote from anything to really drive away from. This translates to a dreamlike album that provokes the past and the present by taking elements of both, and stirring it up until something in-between comes out. The organic and the digital blend effortlessly, as acoustic guitar and bass sit next to intelligent electronix and similar FX. Sometimes this takes centre stage, while at others it forms a natural canvas for spoken words.On Akzident and Een Lied Voor Jou these words are provided by that other lyrical maverick, Rik van Boeckel, whose archives had been subject of Raakvlak's second release Deze Hoofden Praten. Here too, old and new blend, into an in-betweenness that forms an entity of its own.
Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici
GMM Suite LP…
Mannequin Records is elated to present for the first time on vinyl the reissue of Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici's first video soundtrack, originally released in 1984 as an audiotape in less than one hundred copies. Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici (literally Mundane Mechanical Youth) or GMM was one of the most unclassifiable audiovisual experiences to emerge from Italy in the 1980s. Maurizio Dami a.k.a. Alexander Robotnick, a pivotal member of GMM, was responsible for the group's music output.Founded in 1984 by Antonio Glessi and Andrea Zingoni in Florence, GMM was an art collective whose production represents the quintessential expression of postmodern transmedia hybridity. GMM pioneered the genre of computer comics, created video installations, developed "multiple identity" performances, and was involved in fashion, media, and music productions, and later on produced cyberdelic environments, artificial reality projects, and proto-memes.Alexander Robotnick's first contribution to GMM was this soundtrack for the group's eponymous first video, the animated version of a computer comics they coincidentally published on legendary Frigidaire magazine. Restored by Dami and reissued here for the first time by Mannequin Records, the composition was also split into two "suites" and released as an audiotape distributed by Materiali Sonori, also responsible for other releases by both Robotnick and GMM.Determining in this work is Dami's adoption of the alphaSyntauri, also known as the first affordable digital synth (priced less than $2000 when it was released in 1980), which was playable through its own software, "alphaPlus," on the Apple II computer. The same computer was used by Glessi to "draw" the 3-bit strips scripted by Zingoni recounting the joyrides of the Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici, three merciless cyborgs in black suit and sunglasses dividing their time between nightclubs, rapes and murders.As Robotnick, Dami developed an innovative formula of Italo disco that was attractive to the dance floor yet at the same time highlighted the expressive properties of the instruments he used, notably Roland drum machines and Korg synthesizers. For the soundtrack of GMM's videos and installations, he left aside the danceable synth rhythmics in favor of ambient sounds that produced rarefied atmospheres, psychological tensions, and enhanced states of consciousness.Dami's scores for GMM's artworks could be associated with Italian avant-garde music of the 1970s and 1980s, ranging from composers who adopted electronics flirting with pop and songwriting to minimalist musicians exploring seriality and drones, including Franco Battiato, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Francesco Messina, and Riccardo Sinigaglia. Analogies could also be traced with the playful and humanizing approach to personal computers that characterizes the music output of Marcello Giombini and Doris Norton.The futuristic escapism of minimal synth and ambient music's psychological nature is infiltrated by drifting harmonics typical of new age, as if in search of a spiritual dimension of technology. Characteristic of the postmodern ethos of GMM Suite, in line with the humanizing approach to technology that is at the base of GMM's computer comics, is the melancholic take at speculative dystopias in which human beings would find themselves increasingly trapped into identity crises: a true cyborg's melodrama.Limited edition of 500 copies, (orange vinyl)
UCC Harlo NY Graffiti
Let's See / UN…
UCC Harlo and NY Graffiti team up for the second release on Peace Anthem Records. Alternating between bleary-eyed impressions and tightly articulated expression the artists forge a path laden with plangent sound, muted color, and circular forms. Ketamine-paced grooves, baroque miniatures, hazy-humid sonics, and dub inflections populate this domain. Each delivers one original and a remix of the other's track.
Silverlining
Forest Dreams EP…
If there were a parallel universe, Silverlining would surely inhabit it as a devoted silviculturalist (one who cares and cultivates forest trees; a forester), empowered with superpowers to converse with the plants. But in this realm, the South Londoner can only daydream about a life in the woods from the warmth of his log cabin-inspired studio in the depths of the urban sprawl, accented with the aromas of forest air freshener. His latest Forest Dreams EP channels his pining for pine onto yet another slice of black PVA for your listening and dancing enjoyment. "The Lumberjack's Call" laments the woodcutter's cry for "timber" (or is it saying "deeper"?), stripping a disco-tinged house groove through a metaphysical sawmill, punctuated by Motor City-inspired synths. "Tepozteco", named after the neotropical national park and mountaintop pyramid outside Mexico City, draws inspiration equally from US house grooves of Mood II Swing as it does the ethereal synthetics of early Warp Records. The release closes off with the title track "Forest Dreams" where the latter earthly tones are swept aside to meet the demands of dayglow techno sprites that haunt the electrics of Silverlining's studio.


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Business owners in Christchurch largely failed to take advantage of their business interruption cover. Here are some tips from our experience with those who did well.
Take photos of everything, before the clean-up if possible.
Understand the cover that your particular BI policy provides. Your broker or your lawyer will help if they have had previous BI insurance experience (if not then get an advisor with experience). Most BI policies will pay for all claims preparation costs including legal and accounting advice. Good advice will make a very sizeable difference to your claim.
Business interruption cover usually only lasts 6-12 months starting from the date of the damage. Plan to make ALL the business adjustments you can within that period. That way the insurer will pay.
Possible policy responses may include re-establishing the business elsewhere, or changing the focus of the business.
Many BI policies cover staff wages and increased costs of business.
You can often obtain an interim payment from the insurer if you can clearly show a loss covered by the policy. A decent payment at this time allows more options and better decision making.
Decide to muddle through and think about it later. If you do that, your cover will expire and you may get nothing.
Make large changes to your business at your own cost without understanding what your BI cover provides for. BI cover is frequently more than expected.
Make decisions based on advice from someone who has not read your full policy wording.


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Locals take the glory on stage 5 at Absa Cape Epic
Renaissance men Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys from South Africa shrugged off a disastrous first five days to win The Queen Stage of the Absa Cape Epic from Oak Valley Estate to Stellenbosch University
Beukes and Buys
Renaissance men Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys from South Africa shrugged off a disastrous first five days to win The Queen Stage of the Absa Cape Epic from Oak Valley Estate to Stellenbosch University. Former South African cross country champion Candice Lill, teamed with German Adelheid Morath took centre stage at the women's category awards ceremony.
The PYGA Euro Steel pair is the first South African team to stand on the top step of an Absa Cape Epic stage podium since they performed the same feat way back in 2015.
Quite poetically they were racing for Scott Factory Racing back then. On Friday, Buys and Beukes finished just ahead of Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing, who rode their way back into the Yellow Jerseys and a 5:13 buffer on overnight GC leaders Cannondale Factory Racing.
With his wife and daughter at the finish, an emotional Beukes confirmed that this victory was indeed that much sweeter than Stage 4 in 2015.
"This is really special after quite a disappointing race so far," he said. "We came here with an overall podium as a goal, but it didn't quite work out."
According to Beukes they took it easy on the Time Trial and decided to target a stage in the last three days. "To do it on the Queen Stage is amazing," Beukes confirmed adding that it was by no means easy.
"To be honest I didn't feel that great today with dead legs from the start this morning."
"I had to dig so deep and it was just a mental thing to keep suffering and not give up and I'm really proud that we won that battle."
Indeed, the flagship stage lived up to its moniker and provided no shortage of action and drama. In the Men's race it started right from the gun at Oak Valley Estate, when Henrique Avancini of Cannondale Factory Racing went out hard. The usual suspects went with him including KROSS-SPUR (who claimed yet another Dimension Data Hotspot).
By the first water point at Eikenhof Dam (24-kilometres in), KROSS-SPUR had blown and Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing and Pyga Euro Steel were out in front. They duly controlled the race from there.
"The plan was to make it hard from the beginning and put the pressure on Cannondale," Nino Schurter said afterward, explaining how they got away early only for Lars Forster to puncture. "We lost some time, but managed well and then we had the perfect situation in the front with Pyga."
"They are racing for the (Absa African) Red Jersey and we are racing for the Yellow," he said.
"It was nice to spend the day out with them," Phil Buys agreed. "The plan was to be in the front, but to be up there with the World Champ and the European Champ was great."
Downplaying the gravity of the occasion too was Trek Selle San Marco who took third on the day, further solidifying their spot on the GC podium. "We had to stop at the tech zone and change a saddle," said Samuele Porro, explaining how they felt strong on the King's Climb and made back all their time there.
Overnight Yellow Jersey wearers Cannondale Factory Racing had a tough day out. Despite's Avancini's early surges the ever-popular pair took a few tumbles and resorted to a day of defence in order to limit their losses. Fumic had to dig particularly deep. They would eventually finish fourth on the Coetzenberg sports fields at Stellenbosch University.
Their crash was indicative of a day filled with spills as the fatigue toll started setting in across the field. Cannondale Factory Racing live to fight another day however, not so fortunate are Centurion Vaude. Jochen Kaess had a race-ending crash which saw him unable to continue.
Centurion Vaude's demise saw SpecializedFoundationNAD Alan Hatherly and Matthew Beers move up into fifth place on GC. They remain firmly in the Absa African Men's Jersey after another solid performance. Saturday's penultimate stage is bound to be another brutal challenge with 2 650 metres of climbing over 89 kilometres.
South African Candice Lill and her German partner Adelheid Morath became the Queens of the Queen Stage when they won the 100km Stage 5 from Oak Valley Estate to Stellenbosch University on Friday.
The Summit Fin pair were able to temporarily halt the victory march of the Investec-songo-Specialized team of World Champions Annika Langvad and Anna van der Breggen who had convincingly won every other day of racing.
Lill and Morath finished the stage in a time of 5:20:42, just over four minutes ahead of Langvad and Van der Breggen, with Silverback-Fairtree's Jennie Stenerhag and Mariske Strauss finishing third, seven minutes further back – despite a big crash for Strauss when a rider went down in front of her near the finish.
Going into Saturday's and Sunday's final 159km of racing, the Investec-songo-Specialized duo still hold a 21-minute lead over Lill and Morath with Ariane Lüthi and Maja Wloszczowska (Kross-Spur Racing) third, another 30 minutes further back.
Lill and Morath broke away with the race leaders soon after the start and at the first water point the two teams had already established a significant lead over their rivals. Van der Breggen then crashed and punctured which meant the South African and her German partner were able to build a two-minute lead at the halfway point.
With Van der Breggen struggling to get back into a rhythm after her crash and the compulsory portage down the Gantouw Pass, Investec-songo-Specialized opted to ride a steady pace and minimise their losses. Their decision to back off from chasing the stage win allowed Summit Fin to double their lead to the finish.
"It was very hard out there today," said Lill after the finish. "Those little bumps on the route profile never seemed to end. It just felt like non-stop climbing today.
"Anna had a crash in front of me on an early descent and we got a gap and then just kept it steady until the end."
The South African was very pleased to have made it a double win for South Africa, in both the Men's and Women's categories, on the Queen Stage.
"The spectators were amazing out there … they really got me through today. It is awesome for South Africa with Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys winning too. With Stellenbosch being a cycling hub for South Africa, there were so many spectators out there – I got tears in my eyes with them all shouting for me.
"We did not expect to win the stage. We knew the climbing suited us, but Annika and Anna are a pretty formidable pair, so to pull off this win is pretty special."
Van der Breggen had no obvious reason for her struggles after the Investec-songo-Specialized dominance before Friday.
"The beginning was fine," said the Olympic Road Race Champion as she waited for the podium presentation. "But after my crash I just felt really bad. Then when we fixed the tyre we stood still for a while. All of that and then after the portage, I just felt really bad.
In the race for the Absa African Women's Jersey, Theresa Ralph and Sarah Hill of team Galileo Risk finished the stage as the sixth women overall and maintained their big lead in the competition.
Saturday's penultimate stage starts and finishes in Stellenbosch and sees riders complete an 89km out-and-back course on the trails around the historic town.
PYGA Euro Steel 7-1 Philip Buys (South Africa) 7-2 Matthys Beukes (South Africa) 04:19.29,5
2. Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing 4-1 Nino Schurter (Switzerland) 4-2 Lars Forster (Switzerland) 04:19.30,2 +0,7
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It's been only seven months since Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey returned to the company as interim CEO–and three months since that role was made permanent–but we've already seen major changes taking shape at the social network. And we're not just talking about Dorsey's epic beard. As Twitter molds its product (and overall strategy) in an effort to jump-start its stagnant growth, we'll undoubtedly see even more shifts throughout 2016.
In the wake of a major executive shake-up at Twitter this week, here are the most notable developments of Dorsey's latest tenure far, annotated by–what else?–tweets.
Feature by feature, Twitter is slooooowly shifting away from its strictly reverse-chronological timeline. And why shouldn't it? With so much noise flowing through the social network, who's to say that this paradigm is really the most useful way to tap the firehose of information, conversation, and snarky one-liners?
In early October, Twitter unveiled Moments, a collection of curated tweets tied to specific events and news stories. Although the little blue dot accompanying the new Moments tab in the Twitter app drove some people insane, the feature has become an easy, at-a-glance way to see how the major events of the day are unfolding on Twitter.
A year ago, Twitter started resurfacing slightly older tweets that users may have missed while they were away. This seems to be an extension of that incremental shift away from the timeline. In an earnings call last year, Dorsey said that Moments represented "a real shift in our thinking," so stay tuned for other features that aim to tame the raging river that is your Twitter timeline.
Like it or not, Twitter isn't afraid to tinker with its oldest, most established features. For evidence, look no further than the death of the fave. In November 2015, Twitter officially swapped out the star-shaped "fave" button in favor of the more Facebook-esque, heart-shaped "like" button.
As one might expect, many Twitter users were vocally upset about the change. Such a reaction is inevitable anytime a heavily used product makes even the most minor change (See: Facebook). But, as it turns out, the new like button has helped engagement, which is exactly what the team was going for.
The Death Of 140 Characters?
This one is more of a rumor, but can't be ignored: Twitter is reportedly thinking about breaking out of the 140-character limit and extending the maximum length of tweets to 10,000 characters. The seemingly dramatic shift, which Dorsey has acknowledged is a real possibility, naturally provoked outrage. But as many users–including Dorsey himself–pointed out, extending the character limit wouldn't kill the traditional 140-character display, but rather let people post longer bits of text without having to take a screenshot from elsewhere. Right now, these screenshot blurbs are invisible to Twitter's search engine, not to mention the ads team and Cortex, the team working on artificial intelligence at Twitter.
Like its competitors, Twitter relies on user eyeballs to generate cash from advertising. Promoted tweets and users were an obvious place to start building out Twitter's social ad business, but they're not going to single-handedly propel the company to massive profits.
It didn't take long for Twitter to start pumping ads into Moments, its new event-specific tweet-curation effort. Evidently, the new Moments tab is garnering enough eyeballs to justify the risk of turning users off with more ads. But it doesn't stop there: The company is experimenting more and more with commerce, allowing users to buy things right from the Twitter timeline.
Video advertising is another crucial new frontier for Twitter, and the company seems to be mimicking YouTube's model for ads.
The tinkering doesn't stop at new ad formats. Some so-called "VIP" users are reporting that they're seeing fewer ads on Twitter than other users see. Could an ad-free experience be the new blue "verified" checkmark?
Of course, you can't always redirect the ship with the same crew in place. Earlier this week, five Twitter executives abruptly left the company. Head of media Katie Jacobs Stanton, head of product Kevin Weil, engineering VP Alex Roetter, human resources VP Brian Schipper, and Jason Toff, head of Vine, all left the company.
As unexpected as it may have seemed, the shake-up was reportedly part of a restructuring that has been planned for some time. Today, Twitter announced that its long hunt for a chief marketing officer came to an end with the hiring of Leslie Berland, who comes to the company from American Express.
We suspect these aren't the last headlines about Twitter leadership changes we'll see in 2016.


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When push comes to pike
October 6, 2005 10:04 PM - Posted by Robartes - Category: Game report
Last week, Alan and myself played another game of Armati II. The initial intent was to continue with the Bartholomeus Sinister Grassus campaign, but in a spur of the moment decision, we (well, I) decided to break out two Macedonian armies and do a Successor battle. Alan opted to play 'that one eyed guy' (Antigonos) while I took 'that paranoid fellow' Lysimachos. The intent was to see what Armati would do with a pike shoving match.
We used, among others, the Macedonian figures I had bought from JP some years ago. These are very nicely painted figures, but they come with a definite handle with care cautionary statement. To avoid the spaghetti pike syndrome, JP likes to replace the cast on pikes (and any other weapons, for that matter) with wire versions. In se, that is not a problem. The problem is that the wire has actual razor sharp points. Taking these figures from their storage boxes is best done the way hedgehogs scratch their backs — very carefully. I swear I could hear JP chuckling in the background as I was unpacking the figures :).
We decided to use 30 bonus point armies (Armati armies consist of a certain number of core units, which you have to take, and a variable amount of individually costed bonus units). My Lysimachid army was the usual pike phalanx, supported by three cavalry units and some light stuff (skirmishers and Thracian peltasts):
Combat values
Phalanx 4 7[0]0 H1
White shield phalanx 1 8[0]0 H2
Asiatic phalanx 1 6[1]1 H2
Heavy cavalry 2 4[0]0 H3
Companion cavalry 2 4[0]0 H3
Thracian Peltasts 2 4[1]2 L1
Bow armed skirmishers 2 2[1]1 L3
Sling armed skirmishers 1 3[1]2 L3
Javelin armed skirmishers 2 2[1]1 L4
In Armati, only key units count towards the defeat of your army — non key troops can be killed to ones heart's content, but to win the game, you have to destroy a certain number of key units. In general key units are the heavy units of an army, and these armies are no exception: for both Alan and myself, phalanxes and heavy cavalry are the key units. This virtually ensures that the game will be decided by a good old fashioned shoving of pike.
And that is more or less what happened. Alan set up with, from his left to right, a bunch of light troops (peltasts and skirmishers), a line of pike, an elephant, some more pikes and two heavy cavalry units. Behind the line was Antigonos himself with a unit of Companion heavy cavalry. My own setup mirrored his, except that I had no elephants, I had light troops on both flanks and my three cavalry units were together on the far right flank. I kept no reserves were kept behind the line (a mistake, in hindsight).
The game turned out to be a pike slug fest (with a side dish of elephant and general), while on the respective right flanks the cavalry broke through. I initiated contact in the center when I charged a pike unit with Lysimachos himself attached into the elephant who got some help from Antigonos himself. Over the next few moves, while the generals were hitting each other over the head with pike and tusk, the rest of the phalanxes got into contact with each other as well.
On my right flank, my cavalry swept through some light troops (ably helped by the rightmost of the pike units), subsequently disdainfully ignored some skirmishing light horse (a bit of a stretch, that, as said light horse managed to kill one of my cavalry by way of a sneaky flank attack), only to run up against Alan's reserve cavalry. Drat.
The Antigonid cavalry, on the other hand, also broke through on the other flank and I had no reserves to stop them (bad general!). My flight forward with the pike was partly to increase the distance Alan's cavalry had to travel to reach their rear, but the Antigonid cavalry did reach the rear of my pike line in the end.
Luckily, while I did lose one pike unit to the marauding Antigonid cavalry, I managed to kill four of Alan's key units before he did so to me (but only just, as the last die roll of the last turn decided which of us would win), so it was a Lysimachid victory after all!
Again, Armati proved itself to be a very good game that gives historical results (not that I would recognise a historical result in this period, of course) and was very tense and exciting till the end in this case.
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AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS.
The Department of Homeland Security is establishing minimum standards for State-issued drivers' licenses and identification cards that Federal agencies would accept for official purposes on or after May 1 1,2008, in accordance with the REAL ID Act of 2005. This rule establishes standards to meet the minimum requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005. These standards involve a number of aspects of the process used to issue identification documents, including: information and security features that must be incorporated into each card; application information to establish the identity and immigration status of an applicant before a card can be issued; and physical security standards for facilities where drivers' licenses and applicable identification cards are produced. This final rule also provides a process for States to seek an additional extension of the compliance deadline to May 1 1, 2011, by demonstrating material compliance with the core requirements of the Act and this rule. Finally, taking into consideration the operational burdens on State Departments of Motor Vehicles, this rule extends the enrollment time period to allow States determined by DHS to be in compliance with the Act to replace all licenses intended for official purpose with REAL ID-compliant cards by December l, 2014 for people born after December 1,1964, and by December 1,2017 for those born on or before December 1,1964.
DATES: Effective Date: This rule is effective [INSERT 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
Compliance Dates: Extensions: Effective May 11,2008, Federal agencies cannot accept drivers' licenses or identification cards for official purposes, as defined herein, from States that have not been determined by DHS to be in compliance with the REAL ID Act unless a State has requested and obtained an extension of the compliance date from DHS. States seeking extensions must submit a request for an extension to DHS no later than [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. Effective December 31, 2009, any initial extension will terminate unless a State, no later than October 11, 2009, submits to DHS a request for an additional extension and certification that the State has achieved the benchmarks set forth in Appendix A to part 37. Effective May 11, 2011, drivers' licenses and identification cards will not be accepted from States that are not in full compliance with the provisions of REAL ID.
Want to Fly? Get Real ID by Ben Bain.


China Trust is at an all-time high among both the informed public (82%) and general population (73%), and China, surprisingly, now sits at the top of the Edelman Trust Index. Trust has increased in all four of the institutions of business (12 points), NGOs (17 points), media (9 points) and government (4 points) since 2015.
However, despite an overall higher state of trust, there still remains gaps between the public's expectations of business and its leaders to engage in wider societal and economic issues.
"This is a positive sign from the public that they are willing to let these institutions into their lives," said Bob Grove, CEO of Edelman North Asia.
In spite of double-digit increases in trust, business is now the least trusted of the four institutions with both China's informed public (80%) and general population (70%).
Kevin Wang, managing director of Edelman China's Corporate Practice, said CEOs will play a critical role to bridge the trust gap.
"Leadership must recognise the importance of taking action and do so in a way that resonates with their audience.
CEOs are well positioned to address wider societal issues, as the Chinese general population is trusting of CEOs (80%) and now considers CEOs to be the second most trusted creator of social content (78 percent) behind "my friends and family" (90%).
In China, big business remains the most trusted type of business (79%) ahead of state-owned (73%) and family-owned (59%).
As for the trust in media, traditional media continues to be the most trusted source for news (76%), just ahead of search engines (75%) and online-only media (72%) in China.
Social@Ogilvy has sealed a global partnership with Unmetric to enhance social media offerings. ..
Lexus elaborates HKTV's "The Election"(選戰) storyline in its new commercial featuring title character Cheung Kwai-Lung (張癸龍). ..


Marrakech is a crazy place. It took us 24 hours to begin to get to grips with how to handle it. The stall holders in the souks are not pushy and accept your "non merci" with good grace and move onto the next tourist. (An easy species to spot with Northern European sun-denied skins and floppy rucksacks ready to be filled with leather slippers, kaftans and wooden camels.) We quickly learned to walk on the right and keep close to the walls of the narrow streets filled with donkeys, carts, motorbikes, bikes and people.
We also learned to be wary of the "guides" who pounce as soon as you stop walking and look around to get your bearings. Theirs is a cynical skill to get you as lost as completely as possible so you are reliant on them to get you back to the main square and give them "money present". We got ourselves lost several times but managed to get ourselves out of it again without giving in to these unofficial guides and without paying for the privilege. At one point we hooked up with a lost German family and a couple of French girls and by combining our maps and newly acquired street wisdom made it back to the main square.
You can't stop to take in everything around you or not from street level anyway so you either take pics while on the move (see above example!) or find a cafe with a terrace panaromique where the mint tea is hot and sweet and get your pics from there.
The people we've met have been warm, friendly and welcoming. They want you to enjoy their town and are delighted when they learn it's your first trip. "Enjoy, enjoy!"


Which is one more reason to shift from a strategy of Duragraha, confrontation, to a strategy of Satyagraha, molding our environment by changing it through changing ourselves. Or, as Gandhi put it: "we need to convert our enemies instead of fighting them!" It appears to me that only in this way, we can put the seeds into the human consciousness which could spawn a new cycle of civilization, a cycle that maintains a practical balance between the individual quest for freedom and fulfillment and the needs of ALL humans as part of a collective super-Being.
YES!It is a one on one process, for it must come from deep understanding that all humans operate by trial and error. Thus: no judging > forgiveness > LOVE. Via mindfulness. Thank you for this beautiful article.


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Evoked Triggers are not Provoked Emotional Responses
Posted on October 20, 2016 by James B
Engaging with the discussion of Trigger Warnings in 2016 we are talking about a mesh of old and new understandings. The old understanding is from the area of mental health with specific relation to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Trigger Warnings are used to make someone suffering from PTSD that the material or event that they are going to be exposed to will potentially onset a traumatic episode. The new understanding presented by Intersectional Feminists and Liberals alike is that trigger warnings are needed to bring warning to potential provoked emotional responses of disdain or discomfort. This new understanding has taken over the old understanding by using it as a hostage for politics within higher education and the narrative that higher education needed a change to be more inclusive and a safe space.
When we talk about provoked emotion we talk about emotion that is transferred with intention from one person to another through a medium. Take for instance the medium of film – horror films (e.g. Wolf Creek) provoke the feeling of fear through scare tactics. Comedy (e.g. The Rat Race) films provoke the feeling of happiness through comedic behaviour and timing, and drama films (e.g. Bridget Jones's Diary) provokes the feeling of sadness. These emotions felt are understandable through the context for which they are transferred. Which in this case is the genre of film and the engagement of the person watching. This engagement is individual choice. We have the choice for how we engage with film and to what extent. We have the choice to make how much the movie affects us and in what way. This choice is not presented what it comes to evoked emotion. Evoked emotions are brought on through subconscious mind from external influences. For example different smells can influence the emotions by evoking emotions of past experiences. Like the smell of baked goods and reliving the emotion of going to grandmas and enjoying her baking. Music also is a powerful tool to evoke emotion. Songs can take people back to when they went to their first live concert and experience the emotions felt. Songs can take people back to their wedding day to experience the emotions of getting married or the song they had their first dance to as husband and wife. Evoked emotions are not controllable, they are in the subconscious and react to things that we can not control – they can happen wherever and whenever. What can cause evoked emotions is anything and it is unpredictable. A provoked trigger warning is to control a sense of what to experience, an evoked trigger warning is a preventative measure to not have someone with PTSD experience an episode. These warnings and these emotions are exclusive but they are being meshed together to fight for change in higher education.
I have mentioned in past blogs about academic and proud feminist Christina Hoff Sommers has provoked the Third Wave Feminists and Liberals alike into imposing trigger warnings and safe spaces with her speeches and presentations around American Universities. Many other presenters suffer from the same opposing force when talking on American campuses – Milo Yiannopoulos, Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder are further examples. As there is a belief that Sommers is a threat to the mental health, well-being and safety of the students – so measures were needed to have taken place. Take into consideration the old understanding of trigger warnings around PTSD and analyse the behaviour which is presented publicly in many online videos (this is just one of many – Georgetown) where Sommers has talked. And the behaviour at which people who oppose her want the new understanding of trigger warning introduced. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a serious issue for which people suffer – there is no control over what can trigger a PTSD episode as it is an evoked subconscious reaction. To push for the new trigger warnings on people who are presenting opposing information to the ideology of only a section of the student populace questions the importance of this specific agenda.
The individual well-being is questionable when you know you are going to a speech by someone who has a different viewpoint to your own. How are you going to engage with the fight for the new trigger warning understanding when you silence those that wish to engage different points of views – views that you present to be 'triggering'. Psychotherapy is a solution to PTSD which has been found to be a success in treating and getting rid of PTSD. One therapy within psychotherapy is exposure therapy where the patient who has PTSD – under the guidance of a trained professional exposes themselves to their trigger in which they can engage and understand the difficulties around that trigger and then to further be cured of that trigger. The introduction of the bastardized version of trigger warning is meant to be seen as a preventative measure to the old meaning of trigger. To have a trigger warning on content that is a trigger of an evoked emotional response does not get rid of the trigger. It presents the person with PTSD a chance to decide on the engagement with the trigger, but if they so choose to engage there is no certainty that an evoked emotional reaction will not happen. This 'preventative measure' is not a solution to curing a patient of PTSD but an attachment to the new understanding of trigger warnings. There are disciplines on university subjects where people will have to engage with material that is seen to be a trigger (both old understanding and new). Law students have to engage with criminal law and the cases that involved rape. This can be a trigger for evoked emotions but it is a necessary engagement in the field of law. There is no way around the degree where someone can not learn about rape with regards to the law. To understand this, to engage with the material, yet require a trigger warning is not understandable as there is a difference between professors using intense examples to explain a point compared to a requirement in the field of study that has to be learned.
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Measures vs. Capability and, Individual Action
Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces are perceived solutions to the problem of mental health issues in higher education facilities. Trigger warnings are to prepare students for possibly "triggering" information ahead and Safe Spaces are a place where anyone ('anyone' changes to marginalized depending where you get the information from) on campus can go to in which they escape away from fear – fear of personal identity being challenged. While it is simple to understand the basics there are a number of factors that I find makes these solutions unnecessary. To engage with a solution of mental health on campus is to find a solution that is not just a preventative solution (like trigger warnings) but to find an individual, case by case solution for which the triggers for mental health are stable and under control. Safe Spaces are problematic as they do not address the issues of mental health or 'fear' at hand. They just provide an escape for which people will go out of their way to avoid potential harm and difficulties so they can collect themselves. This is not a long term solution.
Trigger warnings are used to warn people who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that the information they are continuing to be exposed to may trigger their PTSD. To create these warnings is to say they are needed in higher education. Looking at the facts and figures there has been an increase in which University students are developing mental health issues (PTSD being one of those issues) over the years. Though the rate in which cases of PTSD have been triggered on University campuses specifically by information being taught is yet to be known, as there are ethical and personal issues incorporated into University policies that prevent this information from being released. This is not to justify that students need to have a mental breakdown in public in order for solutions to be solved. But shows the significance of what University represents and that higher education facilities have an understanding about the solutions that are provided and those solutions are adequate in capability – of stabilizing and of aiding help to people who suffer from mental health issues like PTSD.
The idea of trigger warnings is to give people a heads-up about the potential harmfulness of information being spread. Though there is an understanding that the students who suffer from mental illness (like any students who do not) like PTSD have a responsibility to the university also. When going to University the responsibility of the engagement is on the student. Students choose the subjects that want to learn, students choose the field that they want to go into and students choose the degree for which they are exposed to the content being presented. Knowing you are going into a field where topics are uncomfortable like wanting to be lawyer and having to learn the law around rape cases. It is a responsibility of the student wanting to be a lawyer to engage with the full scope of the law. If the mental health of a student is not capable of understanding that there are topics in which have to be learned in order to get a specific degree, then the fault of harm rests with the student and not the University. The preventative case of creating trigger warnings only keeps them 'safe' on university campuses and not anywhere else. The engagement of trigger warnings only prevents PTSD sufferers from getting triggered by content but not by engaging with the student populace. When people see trigger warnings and have an episode is to say the treatment and methods in which that person is taking care of themselves and treating their PTSD is sub-par or not happening. While this may sound harsh there are treatments in which PTSD sufferers are able to engage with their triggers with which they once had. Mental Health America mentions that PTSD can be treated with success. Psychotherapy, with the help of a trained mental health professional can ease the pain of PTSD and create a successful exposure to once triggering symptoms. It is the individual obligation to seek treatment as that is the first step to recovery. The constant in the individual's life is the individual.
Safe Spaces are seen as a restorative measure as a way for people who have felt offended or in fear for their well-being are able to escape to a space on campus and relax – free from opposition of any kind. But that opposition is seen to be the problem and this measure of creating a safe space in order for the perceived 'victims' to escape to does not prevent people from further imposing on people's identity. When we look at cases for which Safe Spaces have been created much like in America with academic Cristina Hoff Sommers and her talk at Georgetown University. It was the opposing view that Sommers was presenting that caused for the creation of a safe space. Sommers as a well-known academic in her field talked about her opposition of intersectional feminism ideals that are present in today's Universities. While there were protests of Sommers to appear on campus the extent for which one opinion can upset an entire university into creating safe spaces is a reflection of the importance on intellectual diversity on university students. While the students creating the safe spaces and protesting Sommers are not a representation of the entire university. The scope at which is has become prevalent on American University campuses begs the question to what extent can today's university students be logical, reasonable and educated in their discourse of intellectual material without the need for emotional uproar. When someone's well-being has been compromised by another and they have gone to a safe space to collect themselves, there is no one-time solution to what caused that problem to the begin with. That person in the safe space is going to most likely hear the same opposing views again and again. Again their well-being will be compromised. How is the creation of safe spaces an appropriate solution to intellectual diversity which is expected on every higher education institute? Once someone has left their safe space on campus they are opened to the same material that put them in there in the first place – whether it be an individual concern or a group one. Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces are not a long term solution to this [perceived] problem.
[There are a number of incidences around American University (like one in video below) campuses that hijack the original representation of Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces from what they were in the past – this has added to the challenge for the discussion. Though at least there is a discussion of some sort]
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Equality for the individual?
Posted on October 3, 2016 by James B
For or against trigger warnings and safe spaces there is a constant trend in fighting for the rights of individuals that are marginalized or seen as different in today's society and those that do not have the voice or capability to fight for themselves. This behaviour of fighting for those that can not fight for themselves – like children or animals. Presents an interesting discourse on what it means to be in a marginalized or group minority and how the law and society are needed to change this. In accordance to trigger warnings and safe spaces the debate has stemmed from the ideology and agenda of intersectional feminism and the continuing fight for the LGBT community. Though I ask how small do groups have to be in order to justify an appropriate reaction and measure for equality?
The social movement from the LGBT community started in the 1940s. This was a charge for equality and acceptance that is still being fought for today. One measure for this equality is based on the amount of people that are, identify, or know of someone that is a part of the LGBT community. In 2011 it is estimated that 8 million Americans which is 3.5% of the entire adult population identify in the LGBT community. In 2013 Australia reported that 11% of the population have a diverse sexual orientation, gender or identity. Within this fight for LGBT rights there has been individual fights for equality and justice around social issues. Australia has had the fight for transgender specific toilets (much like America and the United Kingdom). Brought on by the innocence of a child at primary school winning the legal battle to be recognized as a girl (being born a boy) though having to use the disabled toilet.
Activists have argued that even as an adult there is a transphobic atmosphere still around that needs to be addressed and this is the next phase in equality for LGBT. To deal with this issue it was put forward that to start making transgender and transsexual people feel welcome in society. There is a need to create transgender bathrooms or modify current bathrooms to be unisex or gender neutral. That are as accessible as regular male and female bathrooms currently are – such as in clubs, malls, theatres and parks. The feasibility and economical use of these toilets is seen to be unreasonable as the population of transgender people in the Australian adult community is estimated to be about 0.3%. 0.3% of Australia's adult population is estimated around 54,000 people. The amount of toilets that activists are fighting to be created in order to justify an acceptance of transgenderism is seen to be over reaching as the geographical spread for trans is in main LGBT friendly areas that promote greater influence, activism, and a higher engagement of LGBT community members. The amount of traffic that is intended for a public toilet does not correlate to the small group of society that identify as trans. While the creation of neutral gender toilets is perceived to cater to the needs of everyone. The majority are reluctant to cater to this minority as they do not want to share bathrooms with the opposing gender, do not like change or see it as a waste of taxpayers' money (or a waste for whomever is going to pay for it).
While the battle for equality is fought there are instances where the combination of a marginalized individual and the legality of the law are not clear and the change for the law to be accepting for equality is put at a greater challenge. Example of this is the case of perceived mental health and the function of standard societal morality in regards to Stefonknee Wolscht. A 52-year-old man who now lives his life as a 6-year-old girl in Toronto.
Stefonknee who was once called Paul, married to a wife and has seven children but now has moved away from that life and lives with adoptive parents in Toronto, Canada. Has come under the limelight of the public. While the issue of being a trans person is acknowledged there are aspects of Stefonknee's identity that would challenge current laws and peoples personal understandings. The freedom to live how ever one wants, is up to the individual, how they identify, what they do and how they do it. It is all on them. But when what that individual chooses to be challenges the perception of what is normal to the majority then issues arise. Stefonknee as someone who is trans gender and trans age presents an interesting understanding for what social justice and acceptance offers larger society. Gender dysphoria is accepted as a medical issue that has been researched and understood (as best as it can currently). There is a known difference between a male and female brain. Though for someone to be trans-age; the science behind a medical justification is still to be discovered. (Even the internet has no leads for me and my Universities database of academic sources comes up with nothing that can justify this trans-age identity.)
With such a rare public case such as Stefonknee's our perception of what it means to be accepting of marginalized people becomes skewed. With identifying as a 6-year-old yet gleefully mentioning that she makes out with bikers and has a full time job ploughing snow. Where does the law fit into this identity? On one side for a 6-year-old to have a full time job is against Child Labor Laws and for a 6-year-old to make out with bikers is Child Abuse. If we correlate the understanding that the difference of the brain makes people either a man and a women and Stefonknee further identifies as a 6-year-old girl where can people stand to make Stefonknee feel that she is not marginalized for the way she lives her life. When even science has no medical understanding for this identity. Science does claim that in order to develop your public-self you must become social about your private self. As self-representation is a reflection and also an aide with mental health. Which provides the understanding of why people would come out as "different" from the majority.
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As the warmer weather falls upon us, we see nothing but sunny days in the forecast. May is Skin Cancer Awareness month and rightfully so as it brings temperatures fit for backyard barbeques and blazing beach days. Although it's understandable that we impatiently wait to have fun in the sun, it's important to remember that there are major risks associated with overexposure to UV rays.
Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the United States alone. According to the Cancer Treatment Centers Of America, there are more than 5 million skin cancer diagnosis each year and rising. On average, one in every five people will develop some form of skin disease in their lifetime.
Skin cancer awareness is pivotal to our overall health. Not only is it important to be "skin-conscious" for the warm, sunny seasons but, rather, all year round. Many individuals are under the assumption that the cooler months are not a cause for concern and, oftentimes, forego applying SPF. However, any exposure to the sun, especially over an extended period of time, can be harmful to the skin.
Although skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer, it is important to note that it is not only treatable when detected early on, but is also the most preventable disease in both men and women. Areas of the body that are most frequently in the sun are the head, neck, face, ears, lips, hands and scalp. Additionally, we tend to expose more areas of our body to the sun during the summertime, i.e. the back, shoulders, stomach, chest, and legs.
By following and sharing these few steps, you not only potentially protect yourself from this disease but can help bring awareness to the severity of skin cancer in all forms.
Throughout the entire month of May, we can all work collectively to shed light on the importance of proper skin protection. Also known as melanoma awareness month, it is a reminder to keep the conversation of safe sun exposure buzzing all year round. Skin cancer awareness is extremely vital to our overall health and while we coined May the official month to share and expand our knowledge, we can all work to ensure that we keep ourselves protected each and every day.


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Human Rights Watch Asks FIFA to Urge Qatar to Enforce Outdoor Work Restrictions
FIFA claim construction is "advancing rapidly" at all Qatar 2022 World Cup stadiums. Photo: Qatar 2022
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has claimed that FIFA should encourage Qatari authorities to "adopt and enforce adequate restrictions" on outdoor work to protect the lives of migrant construction workers.
One of the main criticisms leveled at the Qatar 2022 World Cup organizers has centered on the treatment of migrant workers who are helping construct the stadiums.
The build-up to the event has been littered with suggestions by Amnesty International that FIFA and Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy have persistently done little to address "rampant migrant labor abuse".
However, Qatar 2022 organizers did mandate work-to-rest ratios in 2016, depending on the risk posed by heat and humidity for the workers building stadiums for the tournament.
HRW's Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson has now called on football's world governing body to urge Qatar's Government to make nationwide "life-saving changes".
"Limiting work hours to safe temperatures – not set by a clock or calendar – is well within the capacity of the Qatari Government and will help protect hundreds of thousands of workers," she said.
"If Qatar's World Cup organizers can mandate a climate-based work ban, then the Qatar Government can follow its lead as a step towards providing better protection from heat for all workers.
"Qatar sought the spotlight by bidding for the 2022 World Cup, brought in hundreds of thousands of migrant workers to build roads, stadiums, and hotels, and then shelved key recommendations from their own consultants to investigate migrant worker deaths.
"FIFA and national football associations should make clear they expect life-saving changes to law and practice that could set a Gulf-wide example of how to save construction worker lives now – and in the future."
According to HRW, Qatar has a migrant labor force of nearly two million people.
Approximately 40 percent, or 800,000, of these workers are employed in the construction sector.
Current heat protection regulations in Qatar only prohibit outdoor work from 11:30am to 3pm during June 15 to August 31.
HRW has claimed that climate data shows weather conditions in Qatar outside those hours and dates frequently reaches levels that can result in potentially fatal heat-related illnesses in the absence of appropriate rest.
"Qatari authorities should immediately replace the work ban limited to midday summer working hours with a legally binding requirement based on actual weather conditions consistent with international best practice standards," HRW have said.
"This should include rest-to-work ratios commensurate with the risk from heat and humidity exposure, access to shade, plentiful hydration, and the prohibition of work at all times of unacceptable heat risk.
"The authorities should engage heat-stress specialists in drafting legislation, which should include meaningful sanctions for non-compliance."
insidethegames have contacted FIFA for comment.
By Max Winters
Republished with permission from insidethegames.biz.
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As you have learned, partitions created on basic disks are fixed in size. Dynamic storage, on the other hand, allows you to add space to existing volumes by extending a volume. Let's say you have a volume on an 80GB hard drive that's dedicated for storing home movies and pictures. Originally, you made this simple volume 20GBs in size, thinking that would be plenty. But that was before the new digital camera and before your uncle asked you to convert all his 8mm tapes to digital format. Now you need to take that 20GB storage space and double it.
When you extend a volume, you take a single simple volume and add more storage area to that volume with free space from the same physical drive. Other than that, nothing else will change when accessing a volume that has been extended. The drive letter will remain unchanged; only the volume's capacity will have changed.
To extend a volume, however, the simple volume must be formatted as NTFS. Now you see why the NTFS file system is significant, and why we need to spend a couple chunks talking about file system considerations. This is precisely one of those considerations.
To extend a volume, right-click on the existing simple volume in Disk Management and choose Extend Volume (see Figure 4-14). Designate how much space you'll add to the volume and which disk the space will come from. Disk Management reflects any changes made.
Figure 4-14. Extend a simple volume.
You also cannot extend a system or boot partition, so this option will not be available on most C:\ drives.


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Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) API . projects . locations

Instance Methods

  ekmConfig()

Returns the ekmConfig Resource.

  ekmConnections()

Returns the ekmConnections Resource.

  keyRings()

Returns the keyRings Resource.

  close()

Close httplib2 connections.

  generateRandomBytes(location, body=None, x__xgafv=None)

Generate random bytes using the Cloud KMS randomness source in the provided location.

  get(name, x__xgafv=None)

Gets information about a location.

  list(name, filter=None, pageSize=None, pageToken=None, x__xgafv=None)

Lists information about the supported locations for this service.

  list_next()

Retrieves the next page of results.

Method Details

    close()

Close httplib2 connections.

    generateRandomBytes(location, body=None, x__xgafv=None)

Generate random bytes using the Cloud KMS randomness source in the provided location.

Args:
  location: string, The project-specific location in which to generate random bytes. For example, "projects/my-project/locations/us-central1". (required)
  body: object, The request body.
    The object takes the form of:

{ # Request message for KeyManagementService.GenerateRandomBytes.
  "lengthBytes": 42, # The length in bytes of the amount of randomness to retrieve. Minimum 8 bytes, maximum 1024 bytes.
  "protectionLevel": "A String", # The ProtectionLevel to use when generating the random data. Currently, only HSM protection level is supported.
}

  x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
    Allowed values
      1 - v1 error format
      2 - v2 error format

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # Response message for KeyManagementService.GenerateRandomBytes.
  "data": "A String", # The generated data.
  "dataCrc32c": "A String", # Integrity verification field. A CRC32C checksum of the returned GenerateRandomBytesResponse.data. An integrity check of GenerateRandomBytesResponse.data can be performed by computing the CRC32C checksum of GenerateRandomBytesResponse.data and comparing your results to this field. Discard the response in case of non-matching checksum values, and perform a limited number of retries. A persistent mismatch may indicate an issue in your computation of the CRC32C checksum. Note: This field is defined as int64 for reasons of compatibility across different languages. However, it is a non-negative integer, which will never exceed 2^32-1, and can be safely downconverted to uint32 in languages that support this type.
}

    get(name, x__xgafv=None)

Gets information about a location.

Args:
  name: string, Resource name for the location. (required)
  x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
    Allowed values
      1 - v1 error format
      2 - v2 error format

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # A resource that represents Google Cloud Platform location.
  "displayName": "A String", # The friendly name for this location, typically a nearby city name. For example, "Tokyo".
  "labels": { # Cross-service attributes for the location. For example {"cloud.googleapis.com/region": "us-east1"}
    "a_key": "A String",
  },
  "locationId": "A String", # The canonical id for this location. For example: `"us-east1"`.
  "metadata": { # Service-specific metadata. For example the available capacity at the given location.
    "a_key": "", # Properties of the object. Contains field @type with type URL.
  },
  "name": "A String", # Resource name for the location, which may vary between implementations. For example: `"projects/example-project/locations/us-east1"`
}

    list(name, filter=None, pageSize=None, pageToken=None, x__xgafv=None)

Lists information about the supported locations for this service.

Args:
  name: string, The resource that owns the locations collection, if applicable. (required)
  filter: string, A filter to narrow down results to a preferred subset. The filtering language accepts strings like `"displayName=tokyo"`, and is documented in more detail in [AIP-160](https://google.aip.dev/160).
  pageSize: integer, The maximum number of results to return. If not set, the service selects a default.
  pageToken: string, A page token received from the `next_page_token` field in the response. Send that page token to receive the subsequent page.
  x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
    Allowed values
      1 - v1 error format
      2 - v2 error format

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # The response message for Locations.ListLocations.
  "locations": [ # A list of locations that matches the specified filter in the request.
    { # A resource that represents Google Cloud Platform location.
      "displayName": "A String", # The friendly name for this location, typically a nearby city name. For example, "Tokyo".
      "labels": { # Cross-service attributes for the location. For example {"cloud.googleapis.com/region": "us-east1"}
        "a_key": "A String",
      },
      "locationId": "A String", # The canonical id for this location. For example: `"us-east1"`.
      "metadata": { # Service-specific metadata. For example the available capacity at the given location.
        "a_key": "", # Properties of the object. Contains field @type with type URL.
      },
      "name": "A String", # Resource name for the location, which may vary between implementations. For example: `"projects/example-project/locations/us-east1"`
    },
  ],
  "nextPageToken": "A String", # The standard List next-page token.
}

    list_next()

Retrieves the next page of results.

        Args:
          previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
          previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

        Returns:
          A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
          page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.

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Hey everybody! Today's show marked the broadcasting debut of Trevor Strong's Aliens in the Soda Machine and Other Strange Tales. I was joined in the studio for a little while by Dr. Ham (of Dr. Ham's Dance Party). He gave the song two thumbs up! Yay!
Anyone out there in the blogosphere know a song by a band with something about the word postal in the name and has stuff about the moon landing in it? Asking for a listener… Dr. Ham and I wracked our brains and could not figure it out.
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Providing care for the whole family is a key to practice growth. When you become part of the whole family's healthcare regimen, you are able to reliably see multiple members of the same family annually for exams and other needs. That ensures sustained patient care, and a strong revenue stream.
My five-OD practice in Nashua, N.H., has seen 1,957 patients under 18 for exams year-to-date. Nineteen percent of our office visits year-to-date are for patients under 18. I have seen 568 patients who are under 18 year-to-date.
Our average per-patient revenue in 2017 is $420.12. Most kids don't generate as much in revenue from product sales as older patients, so I would estimate $385 per pediatric exam. That would be $218,680 for myself and $753,445 for the office year-to-date. Projected out per annum would be: $904,134 for the office, and $262,416 attributable to me.
The revenue comes from exams, ancillary testing, contact lens fittings, annual supplies of contact lenses, vision therapy, standard eyeglasses and sports glasses. We are between 65-70 percent daily disposable lenses overall, and probably higher in the younger patients, and that drives up revenues. Kids eyes and heads change a lot as they grow, so they replace glasses more frequently than adult patients. We fit many kids in progressives to address conditions like digital eye fatigue syndrome, and that also helps drive revenues. We do not offer Ortho-K at our office, but refer those patients elsewhere.
Our practice has been around since the 1940's. We are entering our fourth generation of ownership currently. Pediatric patients in our community are under-served. There is a great demand, and my practice partner, Kelly MacDonald, OD, and I, both enjoy seeing young children. I also think we are both quite good at it.
It's important to remember that those children grow up. They become contact lens wearers, and in many cases, are patients for life. We have patients who have been coming to our office for more than 40 years. In an age when young adults and Millennials are a key, and difficult, demographic to reach, we have many because they started with us years ago. It is also a daily occurrence to see more than one person in a family in a given day. If we did not see those kids, we would not have the pleasure of seeing their parents.
The portion of the optical in Dr. Huffer's office devoted to children's eyewear. Dr. Huffer says it's worth showing families that you care enough to set aside optical space for children.
We use M&S Technology charts, which have good optotypes for measuring visual acuity in children. M&S also has a movie clip you can show children while testing, which is excellent when you need a child to maintain fixation. In addition, we have a few small hand-held toys in the exam rooms for entertaining younger children. We have a retinoscope and retinoscopy rack in each room, but I think this is pretty standard at most practices.
Doctors should be comfortable and proficient examining young children, or send them to someone else. Fortunately, there are educational resources readily available to assist you. The new AOA Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination guideline is a good start.
We have a small, specially decorated area in our optical with children's eyewear. We also have a few lines appropriate for teens, but they are mixed throughout our adult frames. Our opticians are great at guiding patients in the right direction, including teens who may have specific styles in mind.
In our waiting room, we have a small nook with children's toys and books. To keep parents comfortable while they wait, we have an industrial Keurig in our waiting room with coffee, tea and hot chocolate. Our staff is very good at caring for all patients, including the youngest among them. For instance, a staff member recently brought crackers to a cranky toddler, and it immediately cheered him up. That same staff member cleaned up the cracker crumbs before the mother even had a chance to worry about it. She later commented that this staff member was the office's "resident grandmother." It helps to have staff members who like and understand young children.
The children's waiting area in Dr. Huffer's office. Having toys, or games, to occupy children while they wait for their appointments makes both your staff's, and patients', lives easier.
Parents are some of the easiest converts when making recommendations. Often, parents will not convert to daily disposable contacts themselves, but will purchase daily disposables for their children. We explain lower complication rates, and less hygiene demands for daily disposables, and parents are usually sold on their children wearing them.
Eyeglass costs are sometimes an issue, as some kids are impressively destructive. I explain our quality and warranties will often save them money for multiple pairs relative to the low-cost eyeglass options available online. I also cite reports showing inaccuracies in prescriptions in online glasses companies, and show reports of safety concerns with online glasses not meeting minimum thickness standards.
I tell parents that if they do the unthinkable, and buy glasses online, to bring them in and have the prescription checked for accuracy. Kids will not complain generally that they are not seeing right.
I make it more likely that parents will return annually with their children for comprehensive exams by explaining that their children's eyes are changing just as quickly as everything else about them.


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