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Public Health, Philadelphia, and the World: Caring and Curing
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This lesson provides interdisciplinary opportunities for students to investigate both past and current public health matters that have affected and continue to impact Philadelphians in a global setting. For example, students may want to probe the city's efforts to solve major health crises, view various institutional and corporate efforts to treat and/or cure patients, understand the social complexities of such events, investigate the international ramifications of public health policies, or even delve into how the arts can reflect and give historical context to the city's medical practices.
Essential Questions
How can the story of another American, past or present, influence your life?
How does continuity and change within Pennsylvania history influence your community today?
What role do multiple causations play in describing a historic event?
Understand several public health issues in Philadelphia's past and present.
Compare and contrast public health issues, how cities address them in both past and present, or across time and global regions.
Analyze how Philadelphia's past and present public health issues connect the city to the larger arena and concerns of global public health.
Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter of the American Red Cross in the Influenza Epidemic September-October, 1918
The Kind of "Assisted Emigrant" We Can Not Afford to Admit
A Case of Infectious Fever
Lazaretto Quarantine Station Glass Lantern Slide
"That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth," Fourth Liberty Loan poster, 1918
Dead House on the Schuylkill During the Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793
Bush Hill Mansion in 1737 watercolor
Committee to Attend to the Malignant Fever, minutes 1793-1794
Society for Crippled Children photographs, 1944-1945
Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania headquarters interior and exterior photographs, circa 1914
Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker Diary
Report of the Board of Health of the City and Port of Philadelphia for the Mayor for 1864
Report submitted to the Honorable J. Willis Martin, Chairman, Philadelphia Council of National Defense
Report on the Emergency Work of the National League for Woman's Services in the Recent Epidemic of Influenza
"Epidemics and Public Health in Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Legacies, Vol. 19, No. 1.
Suggested Instructional Procedures
Part A: The Past
1. This lesson can begin with the teacher helping students to define what a "public health crisis" is, what some of the related issues can be, and the historical setting for these crises/issues in Philadelphia. The teacher may wish to utilize/draw from short summaries of four major public health crises included in Part F: Yellow Fever, Influenza, Polio, and the Lazaretto Quarantine Station.
2. Small groups of students may select one of the topics to study based on their interest. The teacher should be sure that all four topics are covered.
3. Unless the teacher has already introduced some of the major historical aspects of each topic, each group may read and study the summary along with the primary document(s) that are included in this lesson, with the goal being to make a brief oral presentation on the topic to the rest of the class. Each group should mention how the city, various institutions and agencies, and individuals all sought to address the crisis/issue, as well as an international dimensions that are a part of each topic (such as the origin of the 1793 Yellow Fever outbreak or immigration at the Lazaretto Quarantine Station).
Part B: The Present
4. After these presentations, each student group should begin to investigate current public health issues that are affecting Philadelphians acoss all populations in our city, covering as many neighborhoods, ages, social classes, cultures, as well as ethnic and racial groups as possible. There are many interesting choices here, such as the opiod crisis, Type 2 diabetes, mental health, international immigration health concerns, the current anti-vaccine movement, etc.
5. Another dimension of current public health issues in Philadelphia is how our city's various governmental agenices, hospitals, and faith institutions address these matters.
6. Students may also learn about Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical corporations', educational institutions', and scientists' efforts to address major public health issues.
7. Students may also explore cities in other coutnries (particularly their urban settings) so that they can develop context for what Philadelphians face today regarding public health issues. Three examples are influenza, the continuing issue of Polio, and the Zika virus. Although cases of Polio have been rare in the U.S. since the 1970s, this incurable, highly contagious disease still exists in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. There is some fear that the recent anti-vaccine movement--which is active in Pennslyvania--may lead to an increase in the number of cases of Polio in our region. The Zika virus is active in many different countries. The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) tracks, assists in treatment and care, and works to eradicate many different diseases throughout the world and its resources would be a good tool to utilize in these investigations.
8. Students may also be interested in investigating the topic of medical education in Philadelphia's past and present, especially the international aspects of its practices and impact.
9. A special topic is immigration to Philadelphia. While the Lazaretto Quarantine Station no longer exists, its history prompts questions about the health and medical concerns of modern immigrants into the Philadelphia area from all over the globe. Of course, both historically and currently, there are many political dimensions to the topic of immigration. According to the federal Immigration and Nationalality Act, anyone who wishes to immigrate to the United States must undergo a medical screening in their home country before arrival. The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Einstein Hospital, and Temple Hospital all have refugee health programs.
Yellow Fever: In the summer and fall of 1793, when Philadelphia was the capital city of the new United States, yellow fever hit in epidemic proportions, killing approximately 5,000 people--more than ten percent of the city's population. The disease was likely carried to Philadelphia through infected ships and passengers from the West Indies. The 1793 outbreak was the deadliest and is the most famous, but similar epidemics also occurred in 1798, 1803, and more. Individuals and institutions reacted in many different ways. For some people, getting out of the city was the first response; others stepped in an offered their services as nurses, physicians, and other caregivers. Within two years, the city established a permanent Board of Health which enacted regulations to set up quarantine areas and new sanitation codes. With each outbreak however, only winter's colder temperatures actually ended the epidemic by eradicating the mosquitoes that transmitted the disease. Notable aspects of the 1793 epidemic include the stories of Richard Allen, Matthew Clarkson, Stephen Girard, Absalom Jones, and Benjamin Rush. Our city's story lays a solid foundation for investigation of the caring for and curing of many mosquito borne illnesses that are a part of the global community's past and present.
Influenza: When many of us catch the flu each year, we may not think much about the many varieties of influenza or the other viruses that have affected millions of people around the world for generations. In fact, Philadelphia's story provides many leads for an important and revealing investigation: We know that Philadelphians suffered worse than other urban residents during the worldwide epidemic that hit in 1918. 50 million people died around the world, including 700,000 people in the United States. Of that number, 16,000 were Philadelphians. Some major features of the timing of the 1918-1919 outbreak that worsened the situation in Philadelphia include the influx of people searching for employment due to WWI industrial manufacturing, limited number of medical caregivers (many were in Europe treating soldiers), misunderstanding of the virus's transmission patterns and potency, population density, and the Philadelphia Department of Health's limited response. So, who did help care for the people suffering from the flu in Philadelphia in 1919? Pennsylvania General Hospital and medical staff from the University of Pennsylvania cared for thousands, while numerous volunteers from civic associations and faith-based institutions worked alongside medical and nursing staff and students. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese participated too, with seminarians responding on care and burial teams. Unfortunately, many Philadelphians blamed recent immigrant and the city's poor for the epidemic.
Polio: Similar to the historical circumstance of the other topics considered in this lesson, polio's past is strongly connected to the Philadelphia area. While some teachers and students may know that Franklin Delano Roosevelt suffered from paralysis due to the effects of polio (or perhaps Guillain-Barre syndrome) throughout his presidency in the 1930s and 40s, the Philadelphia chapter of the story began much earlier. The 1916 Polio epidemic affected many thousands of people across the northeastern portion of the United States, including our city. Philadelphia's Department of Health created quarantine areas to isolate the sick, and the state health agencies closed schools to limit the spread of the virus. Within the next few decades, scientists in the region, including Hilary Koprowski, Jonas Salk, and Maurice Hilleman (among others) began to identify several strains of polio and then succeeded in creating a vaccine along with pharmaceutical companies, including Cutter Laboratories, Lederle Laboratories, and Merck. Numerous national organizations, such as the March of Dimes (which FDR founded) and international agencies such as the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have all sustained the effort to search for a cure, while continuously supporting the use of the vaccine. Polio was basically eradicated in the United States by 1970, but the disease still plagues Afghanistan and Pakistan. Polio is a topic that is especially visual because of the existence of historical photos of children whose limbs were affected by the virus, and so young people may be interested in the history of polio, as well as its current status and potential impact from the anti-vaccine movement.
Lazaretto Quarantine Station: At a time when immigration issues flood our daily news feed, Philadelphia's story of restrictions on people coming into the city and region takes on new importance. The first such restrictive effort came in 1700, when Philadelphia officials began to inspect ships arriving though the Delaware River. Shortly thereafter, permanent facilities and medical staff added further processes placed on both cargo and passengers. Starting in 1801 (and lasting until 1895) the Lazaretto Quarantine Station on Tinicum Island became the hub of immigration control in Philadelphia. This quarantine hospital is the oldest in the United States, and seventh oldest in the world. Given the almost 100 years that Lazaretto operated, many questions can be raised regarding the station's medical caregivers (both physicians and nurses), administrative staff, as well as the immigrants themselves. As we have asked of those who came through Ellis Island and Angel Island, we now turn to Lazaretto Quarantine Station and ask: Who were all these people? What were their experiences like? Where did they come from? What happened to them after Lazaretto? How did there experiences differ from global quarantine practices in the same era? According to some of the available records from 1847-1893, over 90 percent of the people suffering from illnesses such as typhus or yellow fever, actually survived; as such, it stands to reason that the care and practices must have been relatively good. Philadelphia's current status as a sanctuary may get students' attention too, as they seek understanding about the implications of its designation as such. Also, students can investigate the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Einstein Hospital, Temple University, and Lutheran Services of Pennsylvania, and many other local instructions, to learn about their refugee health programs.
Related Resources for Students
Cotton Mather's Speech on Inoculation
Samuel Gibson Dixon Papers
Letter from Doctor Edward Jenner
Hawkins Family Papers
Both Sides of the Vaccination Question
Guarding Against Alien Impurities
Edward Garrigues Diary
Anti-Vaccination League
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Sarah Sharp is the World Heritage Education Consultant at the Global Philadelphia Association.
Diagnosing and Treating Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, 1793
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Externally-funded research on health equity, holistic health, healthy aging and transforming care environments.
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IN ONE ALL-ENCOMPASSING SHOW, EI LIVE! WILL CHALLENGE INDUSTRY NORMS, PUSH THE BOUNDARIES, AND LAUNCH A PLATFORM ON WHICH A SMARTER BRIGHTER FUTURE CAN BE ESTABLISHED.
EI Live! 2019 is switching it up for its ninth year. Pre-empting the sheer scale of its new layout EI Live! show is moving to the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre – the South East's newest and best-equipped exhibition space. The venue, which has been newly built for mid-2018, provides the state-of-the-art facilities that the smart industry deserves while featuring all the popular requirements both exhibitors and visitors have come to know and love – free parking and ease of access.
The newly constructed show venue, not only boasts a major investment of £30 million – which is renowned for holding some of the most famous aviation events in the world including the Farnborough International Air Show – but also, has fast transport links covering every conceivable mode of transport.


Overview: Taking historical studies of the Mayan people and bringing them into current times, this lesson creates a vivid picture of Mayan life as it is today.
Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate the current lifestyle and issues facing the indigenous Maya in Mexico.
Students will realize that indigenous people are alive and well today, as opposed to being a group of people long extinct.
Students will make connections with other TOB lessons and gain a larger idea of indigenous life in Southern Mexico today.
Print out copies of the Notetaker.
Post the quote: "We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism."
Ask students to write down what they think it means. What can they tell about the person who said this? When they are finished writing, tell them that this was said by Rigoberta Mench'u Tum, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, and an indigenous Guatemalan woman who fights for the rights of her people.
The Maya Today website offers comprehensive information on the history, culture, and current affairs of the Maya. Divide students into groups and assign them to different sections; The Maya Today (divide into 2 groups), Maya Culture, Weaving, Ancient Kingdoms. They will be required to read the information and summarize in a 5-minute presentation. (If there is no internet available, print out copies for each group).
Have students switch groups jigsaw-style so that there is one representative from each of the original groups in each newly-formed group. Students present the information to each other in their new small groups and fill out the Notetaker.
Students may look for tortilla recipes online, do a report on them, and make them. Any other such projects that bring alive aspects of current culture would be appropriate here, depending on individual classroom accomodations and time available.


Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has partnered with Apple on a new clinical study on rheumatoid arthritis. The study relies on an iPhone app to collect data about arthritic symptoms from users as they go about their daily lives. That sounds great at first glance, but how well will it protect your privacy?
So far there are just a handful of ResearchKit apps tied to clinical studies, but the GSK partnership is the first time Apple has joined forces with a major drug company. The Patient Rheumatoid Arthritis Data from the Real World (PARADE) study will use its app to track the mobility of over 300 participants suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, including information on their level of joint pain, fatigue, and changing moods. No drugs are being tested. Rather, the app guides users through a simple wrist exercise, with the iPhone's built-in sensors recording data from that motion. That data may help Glaxo design better clinical trials in the future.
There are plenty of potential benefits to using the ResearchKit platform. It's a huge boon to recruiting viable participants for medical studies—which can take months or years, depending on the study—and it's cost effective, potentially saving millions of dollars. "Certainly you've also taken out the site costs, and the costs of having nurses and physicians explaining the studies to them and recording information," Rob DiCicco, head of Glaxo's clinical innovation and digital platforms group, told Bloomberg News.
But from the start, ResearchKit raised a host of ethical questions, particularly about protecting consumer privacy, and getting informed consent from all study participants.
Apple insists it never sees the data you provide through ResearchKit. But who the research institutions, hospitals, and doctors share that data with is up to them (within the constraints of laws like HIPAA.) And collected data is typically "anonymized" by companies like Sage Bionetwork, removing any possible identifiable information before sending the data to the institution conducting the study.
The first few ResearchKit apps seemed to improve on the usual one-on-one process for informed consent. With an asthma app designed by Mount Sinai Hospital, for instance, users must flick through 12 separate pages, each with big graphics, large 18-point font print, and simple words describing every possible risk and benefit of the study. Then users take a quiz to demonstrate they at least have a rudimentary understanding of just what they're agreeing to.
So how does the GSK PARADE app-based study address those concerns? We asked bioethicist Nicholas Evans of the University of Massachusetts Lowell to weigh in, based on his own cursory exploration of the app.
The biggest issue, according to Evans, is the app's approach to informed consent. Tapping the button to launch the consent process takes the user to a nine-page PDF document in 12-point font—the kind of thing that's really difficult to read on your iPhone. Then the user taps the "Agree" button in the bottom right hand corner. Voila! Instant informed consent. It's similar to those End User License Agreements that everybody agrees to without even reading them, because come on, we just want to use the damn app already.
UPDATE 7/21 6:45 PM: According to Mary Ann Rhyme, director of external communications for GSK in the U.S., the PARADE app does walk the user through several explanatory screens before prompting them with the PDF consent document. Users also have the option of emailing that document to themselves if they're having trouble reading it on the iPhone screen, and of contacting an independent support center if they have questions. Whether this is sufficient to overcome the cultural conditioning of users to just click "agree" will likely remain a point of contention for bioethicists.
According to Evans, the app didn't work with the usual university-based IRBs, but with a Seattle-based, private, for-profit IRB called Quorum Review.
Correction, 7/26/16, 5:00 PM ET: Corrects earlier version of this article to state that the GSK app, and not the Apple ResearchKit platform, worked with a private IRB.
Update, 7/26/16, 5:00 PM ET: This article has been updated to clarify the role of a private IRB in the development of the GSK app.


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This is the "Synaptic Darwinism" website of Paul Adams and Kingsley Cox, who work at the Kalypso Mind/Brain Center, and in the Department of Neurobiology at Stony Brook University.
"BIO 338 "From Synapse to Circuit: Selforganisation of the Brain"
Exploration of basic neural and synaptic mechanisms and the operation of representative brain circuits, using both theoretical approaches and experimental evidence. Particular attention will be given to Hebb's Rule ("cells that fire together, wire together"), its cellular basis, its consequences for circuit selforganisation, and its limits. The course is aimed at anyone with curiosity about the brain, who is willing to tackle a range of reading, including original research papers. A solid background in a mathematical, physical or biological science is desirable, though the course will be largely selfcontained.
The 2005 Syllabus for the course can be seen by clicking here.
Note on the Hebb Synapse.
interaction of the molecules of which it is composed.
(2) why is it that this special synaptic property can lead to "selforganisation" of extremely complex structures, such as the human brain? – structures which seem to have minds, even though the constituent molecules and synapses do not?
So the course both looks "down" from synapses to molecules and "up" from synapses to minds. The course starts out by considering 2 other examples of "looking both up and down".
Phase transitions: molecular interaction leads to unexpected properties such as the melting of ice and the magnetization of iron.
Life: Molecular selfreplication leads to even more unexpected properties: life.


About a year ago, TimkenSteel officially launched our Ultrapremium™ certified air-melt technology on a wide scale to our commercial customers. Now, real-world results are validating just how well our clean steel performs in the toughest applications.
Our Ultrapremium advanced processing can be applied to most grades of steel, and dramatically lowers the size and concentration of oxide inclusions, which contribute to early fatigue failure in engineered components like gears and bearings. The result – and the real benefit to customers – is optimum performance and longer life, at a fraction of the cost of re-melted steels. With Ultrapremium technology, customers experience an increase in power capacity at current component size, a reduction in size and weight at current power levels, and/or improved durability / fatigue life performance.
After years of problems with the performance of highly stressed gears made with steel produced to bearing-quality specifications, our first Ultrapremium customer thoroughly tested and began using the new material in their product's gears. The customer was so happy with the steel's performance that they've started to use it in other gear and pinion applications.
Per data received from the customer, the switchover increased torque capacity from 300 horsepower to 350-400 horsepower, through the same gear set, without changing any design components.
"These results not only exceeded the customer's expectations; they validated what our advanced modeling has predicted – steel made using our Ultrapremium technology provides the opportunity for a 10-35 percent power increase, with no other alterations to the design," said Peter Glaws, senior materials scientist.
In addition, the same customer switched their highest-stressed pinion from vacuum arc-remelted (VAR) steel – traditionally known as the cleanest (and often most expensive) available – to Ultrapremium, which is now yielding equivalent performance, at less cost than VAR.
With such success, the customer is now considering using the material in non-gear applications like shafts, where cleanness has a significant impact on performance.
Our ability to offer Ultrapremium means we can start new business discussions related to cleanness, and how the cleanness of steel is a factor in various applications. We're currently talking with customers in areas like gearing, fuel systems, crankshafts with heavy horsepower requirements and spring manufacturers about how our clean steel could benefit them.


The Eden Festival is a vibrant and boutique Scottish festival showcasing music, theatre and art on the stunning Raehills Meadows in Dumfries and Galloway.
Spread across eleven stages covering some of the greatest underground bands and DJs of the last 20 years from the worlds of roots, reggae, dubstep, drum and bass, folk, ska, gypsy and more, Eden Festival is an energetic celebration of music, dance, culture and most importantly, community.
Alongside the music, there will also be a host of other activities to get involved in, from the circus tent, drive-in cinema, comedy club, cabaret, workshops and kid's arena.
Eden Festival takes place in the stunning Raehills Meadows in Lockerbie, a small town in Dumfries and Galloway, just 20 miles from the English border.


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Лен утворено 1719 року. Скасований 31 грудня 1996 року після об'єднання з леном Крістіанстад у теперішній лен Сконе.

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Earth is a dynamic planet. The constituents of its various layers are in motion and subject to continuous changes with numerous interconnected and interdependent components. Earth's rocks are forced to change as they encounter new environments. This dynamic transition recurring through geological time forms a basic concept in geology referred to as 'The Rock Cycle'. This concept illustrates and explains how the three main rock types - igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary - are related to each other and how processes change from one rock type to another over time.
In this module you will learn about the natural processes responsible for the formation and transformation of the three main rock types. We will start by investigating the formation of our solar system, the origin of elements and the evolution of our planet Earth over time. We will look at the internal structure of our planet, the formation of magma and parameters controlling these processes. Exposure of rocks to the atmosphere leads to weathering and formation of sedimentary rocks which in turn, like volcanic rocks, transform with increasing pressure and temperature to metamorphic rocks.
This module will provide you with a practical introduction to the rock cycle using specimens and thin sections from our extensive collection. You will be expected to contribute to practical and seminars individually and as part of a team.


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Michigan Basketball News: Wolverines Expecting Road Environment vs. Loyola-Chicago In Final Four
By Brian Rauf March 30, 2018
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The Michigan Wolverines have a national fan base and have thousands of fans ready to cheer them on in San Antonio in the Final Four, but the players are not expecting a warm welcome when they step onto the court on Saturday night.
With them facing the tournament's Cinderella story in Loyola-Chicago, Michigan knows that a majority of the fans in attendance will be rooting for the Ramblers to beat them.
"It's definitely come up, it's a mindset," Michigan point guard Zavier Simpson said. "But we just want to stay inside the box. That's what's key right now. We've been doing that. We've been winning. We want to stick with that."
Loyola has been the biggest story of the tournament so far, becoming just the fourth No. 11 seed to ever make the Final Four while winning three of their four games on last-second shots. Of course, 98-year-old team chaplain Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt has become the single biggest star of the tournament.
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Each of the four schools received an equal allotment of tickets Final Four along with the tickets that are on sale to the general public, so while the Kansas and Villanova fans will likely be cheering for the underdog in Loyola, Michigan head coach John Beilein said he's not worried about the environment.
"We probably had 20 people at those (true road) games that had Michigan stuff on, maybe more. Maybe 50 people with Michigan gear on," Beilein said. "We're going to have thousands and thousands (on Saturday). Michigan will be here strong (this week). And I don't think that will bother us. I think that this is going to be a great basketball game with two teams that really have moments where they play really good basketball."
It should be noted that during Michigan's current 13-game win streak, 11 of those victories have come away from home on either a neutral court or in a true road game.
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Beilein also isn't taking the Ramblers themselves lightly. Loyola has been referred to as "Michigan's little brother" or "Michigan-lite" because of their similar style of play in a mid-major conference, and those similarities have Beilein's attention.
"I think there are a lot," he said. "[Loyola head coach] Porter [Moser]'s worked for a few coaches and he's been a head coach at Loyola and before, so I see the Rick Majerus influence. I see just tremendous individual defenders, so they don't have to give a lot of help, and we would like to think that we're similar in that way. I think we play the game efficiently at both ends of the floor, but both of us start with our defense. We really pride ourselves in playing good 'D.' But they're a lot like us. If you watch Mo Wagner, he'd have a monster of a game and then somebody else does it.
"They're all hard games. They've got one guy that can get to the foul line or shoot it, and you've got to key on him. He sees everything … that's hard. But you need five good defenders on the floor to guard these guys, because they'll find a weak guy."
Beilein also pointed to Loyola's unselfishness and team play as the biggest reason behind their Cinderella run.
Michigan and Loyola-Chicago will face off in the first Final Four matchup on Saturday night. Tip-off is set for 6:09 p.m. ET and will be televised by TBS.
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Crime prevention week aims to create safer communities
November 10, 2016 Lara O'Keefe
Toronto Police look to work alongside the community to increase neighbourhood safety. PHOTO: Submitted
November 7 marked the beginning of Crime Prevention Week and Jon Morrice, crime prevention and social media officer for Toronto Police's 55 Division wants your input on how to plan for safer communities.
With new changes for Toronto Police Service just around the corner, Morrice is aiming to work alongside the community to create safe neighbourhoods and prevent crime before it happens.
He'll be working to fulfill elements laid out in The Way Forward report — the interim report outlining the changes proposed for the police force — including the push to ensure "officers will be known, valued and trusted members of the community who have skills, knowledge, experience, and emotional intelligence to build strong relationships to keep communities safe."
Last week, Morrice called out to those in the 55 Division stating on the division's Facebook group, "I think we have a pretty good relationship on these [Facebook] groups, but it can be more effective. Let's plan together."
The focus of the week is about building partnerships between the public and Toronto Police that will lead to better access and delivery of services.
"I would like to strengthen my direct relationships with the community with information on crimes of importance to residents," he expressed in an email.
Morrice said he plans to improve communication by encouraging real-time chatting on social media and responding on his bike to complaints, in addition to promoting 'street captains' as a way to direct residents to the appropriate resources.
The Way Forward report has placed a heavy emphasis on improved communications and touch points between citizens and the police "through investing in mobile smart technology," it reads. "Officers will work in their neighbourhood sometimes on foot, bike and deliver services flexibly from appropriate locations, even a park bench by phone, email, text or social media."
A 'street captain' will be a person from the neighbourhood who is "community-oriented and concerned for the overall well-being of their immediate neighbourhood," explained Morrice.
Their role would be to communicate frequently with Morrice and the residents of 55 Division regarding safety issues including events such as break-ins or theft.
In his Facebook post, Morrice continued to say that "in the past I have come to neighbourhood dinner parties and sat down for an hour to talk about home safety … I have also gone for walks around a neighbourhood with residents identifying safety concerns. These are both very valuable and I would like to do more."
Toronto Police, including Morrice, are encouraging people to be vigilant in preventing crime by investing in strong door frames and locks, ensuring windows are secure, and developing close relationships with neighbours for shared accountability in crime prevention.
The hope is that by working together as a community, people will be more informed about crimes in their area leading to more vigilance when it comes to prevention and even the sharing of information that could help citizens solve crimes that take place.
"I think it's a good engagement idea and can have an impact on deterrence," said Morrice.
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Take that! It's no secret that Kim Kardashian loves sharing her opinions with her sisters on their family's reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians. But in a sneak peek for an upcoming episode, the reality star finds herself biting her tongue when she questions Khloe Kardashian's relationship with her estranged husband, Lamar Odom, after he was hospitalized.
Khloe's preaching to the wrong crowd though. Prior to tying the knot with Kanye West in May 2014, Kim had two previous marriages — one to Damon Thomas in 2000 and her famous 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries in 2011 — and she no longer keeps in touch with either of her ex-husbands.
Khloe, who is currently dating NBA star James Harden, has been very upfront about the status of her relationship with Odom since he was first hospitalized in October.
Watch the clip to see Khloe and Kim's conversation!


What happens when an artistic couple and an industrial-and-reuse-oriented architecture firm collide? Something like this: an otherwise-ordinary West Village townhouse turned into a light-filled live/work art studio … complete with pieces of old metal truck trailers protruding from the top and projecting out the front.
Lawrence and Alice Weiner wanted more room and daylight . Building codes lent a hand, allowing them to work with the architects of LOT-EK (famous for many offbeat refabs and a copious use of cargo containers) add another story to the top of their residence. The rigid structure of semi trailers makes sense for architectural use in general, while the linearity and consistent sizing lends itself to the sort of stacking used in this instance. Getting the notion of reused truck parts past the local heritage commission, though, sounds like it was a bit of a trick.
In the end, needs on all fronts were met. Grumbling neighbors gave in to the modifications, which are surprisingly subtle from a strict perspective of scale and fit to the neighborhood. The owners had more floor space and generous pop-outs in front, with a rooftop garden alongside two truck shells. And LOT-EK, as always, got to appropriate pieces of existing technology, trucking these parts to yet another destination.


Do you grab something sweet whenever you have a bad day at work or an argument with your partner? Do you feel guilty when you find that you have eaten a whole packet of salty snacks? Do you open the fridge many times per day without feeling hungry? If yes, then read on to learn more about emotional eating or binge eating and how to overcome it.
Important! Continuous emotional eating and binge eating habits can cause other health problems, so if you suspect that you have an emotional eating and binge eating habit, please consult a professional or your doctor.
What is emotional eating and binge eating?
Food is a necessity for us all. For some it is a way of satisfying hunger and maintaining health and energy, and for others it's a way to kill boredom, reduce stress or alleviate emotional pain. You can eat more and more food consciously and unconsciously.
Emotional eating is a habit of regularly consuming large quantities of food, usually fast, greasy or sweet foods as a result of other feelings rather than hunger. The proper definition of binge eating is disordered eating which is characterized by excessive and uncontrollable eating episodes which are often followed by feelings of guilt and shame.
Experts have estimated that 75% of overeating is caused by emotions. Many emotions like loneliness, boredom, anger, frustration and problems like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem can cause unconscious and uncontrolled eating.
Fortunately, there are many ways to turn away from dependency on food. Just have to have the desire and admit you have a problem.
How to identify that you have emotional eating or binge eating habit?
Experts warn that there are significant differences between physical and emotional hunger. When you have physical hunger, you're eating because you're really hungry, while the emotional hunger is caused by emotions.
Emotional hunger appears suddenly, while physical hunger increases gradually.
If you suffer from emotional hunger, you tend to eat certain foods like ice cream, salty snacks, pizza or food that can satisfy your cravings. If you eat because you're really hungry, you usually think of other options and you'll probably eat some healthier food.
Emotional eating doesn't stop when your hunger is satisfied and it continues until you overeat. When you're really hungry, you'll probably stop eating when you feel full.
Emotional hunger forces you to immediately eat any food that you desire, often in unlimited quantities. When you're physically hungry, you just want to eat something so you won't be hungry.
Emotional hunger begins in the head. You often can feel in your mouth the taste of pizza or ice cream, and your mind constantly thinks about the desired food. Physical hunger occurs in the stomach and are distinguished by a sense of emptiness, noise from the intestines and sometimes a very uncomfortable feeling.
Once you've satisfied your emotional hunger, you start feeling guilty and ashamed. If you're eating because you're actually physically hungry, there is no shame or guilt.
How to overcome emotional eating and binge eating habits?
Learn how to make a distinction between physical and emotional hunger. The differences that we've mentioned above will help you to determine whether you're really hungry or you are trying to satisfy some negative emotions with food.
Discover what causes the emotional and binge eating. Keep a diary of when, what, how much and why you eat. Over time you will determine what is the relationship between your mood and food. You'll find out which emotions and situations force you to reach unconsciously and uncontrollably for food.
Don't skip your regular meals. Don't fool yourself that if you skip breakfast, you'll consume fewer calories throughout the day. Breakfast, as experts have mentioned many times, is the most important meal of the day. It is generally known that if you eat breakfast rich in protein, you'll consume fewer calories during the day, because you'll avoid the constant nibbling and overeating.
Get rid of temptations. If you know that you suffer from emotional eating and binge eating, don't keep unhealthy food in your home like ice cream, salty and greasy snacks, chocolate and so on. Fill the fridge with healthy food, mostly vegetables and fruits, and healthy snacks like nuts and seeds.
Satisfy your hunger with healthy food. Make sure that your refrigerator is always stocked with fruits and vegetables like baby carrots or cucumber. Whenever you feel the desire to nibble on something, grab the veggies and fruits. Find a healthy food that you enjoy to eat, like grapes, baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, watermelon, strawberries etc.
Reduce stress. If stress contributes to your emotional eating and binge eating, try to reduce it with yoga, meditation or other relaxation technique.
Find an activity that will replace eating. It means whenever you feel hunger to ignore. When you feel emotional hunger and desire to get some to kill boredom or loneliness, then you need to react and learn how to avoid overeating. Replace this type of feeding walking, showering, cleaning or other activity where you have no access to food.
Don't get bored. Find a hobby that you'll be able to do whenever you feel bored. Going to the gym is a good choice, that way you'll stay healthy and fit and you'll have fun. You can also go for a coffee with your friends or walk your dog in the park.
Be physically active. Exercise helps the body to release endorphins, which make us feel good and increase our energy levels. Physical activity also reduces stress.
Have a good night's sleep. If you're tired, you'll always want to snack on something or have an excuse to eat a whole bar of chocolate in order to get more energy. Instead of filling your body with unnecessary calories, try to manage your time so you can have a good night's sleep.


Refrigerator is the core part of any kitchen. That is why it is extremely important to maintain and use it properly. In most households a fridge often turns into some sort of a black hole: some products are put inside of it and remain there unseen and forgotten until they get spoilt. There are several organized refrigerator ideas which will help you manage this appliance much more efficiently than most people do. A clean fridge with a better-organized space can contain more products and help them last longer and stay fresher. It also makes the whole process of cooking faster, easier and more pleasant.
Before doing a thorough cleaning you should make sure your fridge is unplugged. Then you should take out all products and foods, and thoroughly clean the interior including all shelves and drawers. Sort everything out: through away all products which are past their expiry date and decide how to arrange the remaining ones more efficiently. Dairy products should be placed on the upper shelves. The lowest shelves are perfect for meat and fish, and the drawers are the most suitable place for storing fruit and vegetables.
You should do such a comprehensive revision and cleaning of your refrigerator at least once a year, preferably more often.
If your fridge has several drawers you should use one of them for raw meat and fish and another one for cheese solely. You can also buy plastic storage boxes for that purpose. Keep uncooked meat and fish on the lowest shelve to avoid drips and leaks. Those products which have strong smell should be kept in hermetic boxes or containers.
It is important to know that some products should never be kept next to each other. For example, eggs should be kept away from products with strong smell because the eggshell easily absorbs any odor. As it was previously mentioned, you should isolate raw meat and fish from other products to prevent microbes from spreading around. You shouldn't keep any raw products close to leftovers and ready-to-eat foods.
If you keep your products in the fridge in boxes or baskets it will be very helpful to label them. In this case, you will always know where to put and find any product or food. It will also help to decrease the time when you keep the fridge door open which helps to sustain a more stable inside temperature.
Doors should be used for the products which do not get spoilt easily, since it is the warmest place in the fridge. They are perfect for juices, alcoholic beverages, and condiments, but they are not suitable for eggs or dairy. If you store eggs in the doors make sure you do not keep them there for long. As for milk, you can put it on the fridge door in case you are going to drink or use it in a few hours.
If you have some products of the same kind make sure you that those ones which expire soon are easier to reach. For example, after each trip to the groceries, place the purchased products at the back, while moving older fruit and vegetables forward.
It is also very useful to use special rotating plates inside you refrigerator. Due to this great invention no food will remain forgotten in the back of the fridge.
We are often mistaken about some products, keeping them in the fridge without any real need. For example, potatoes, onions and garlic are not suitable for a humid and cool fridge environment. They will do much better in a dry and well-ventilated pantry.
Some people keep bread in the fridge, though the best way to keep this product is to put it in a sealed plastic bag and leave it at a room temperature.
Honey does not spoil at a room temperature either, so there is no need to keep it in the fridge. The same is applicable to ketchup, cooking oils and peanut butter.
If you make a list of such products and stop putting them into the fridge, you will get a lot of extra space inside of it.
Organizing freezer space is also very important. You can use special sealed freezer bags to store products. They will occupy much less space than boxes and containers. It is also wise to labels the foods in your freezer stating its amount and the date of placement.
Divide the products into the portions you usually use for cooking so that you will not need to defrost everything at once.
Also, find out what products should never be frozen and keep them out of the freezer.
A well organized refrigerator space will help you keep and use products more effectively making sure you will not throw your foods away because of the misuse of this domestic appliance.


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Open a Google Doc and Title it with your name, 11AW Excel Project.
Open a Google Sheet and give it the same name.
Compare the constellations. Choose 3 or 4 constellations. Take a page for each constellation. For each main star, find distance in light years,other factors of interest.


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Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J Warren, 1976-1987
One of British genre cinema's most important and distinctive independent filmmakers, Norman J Warren made a series of horror films which were at the forefront of a new wave in British horror during the 1970s. Reflecting a period of permissiveness and fearlessness, Warren's distinctive stylings are far removed from the Gothic conventions of Hammer Films, deliberately upped the ante in terms of sex, violence and gore to create a new breed of horror that was designed to shock for shock's sake.
Five of Norman J Warren's horrifying chillers are presented here in new restorations and on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Containing a wealth of new and archival extras – including new appreciations by contemporary British filmmakers, new cast and crew interviews, audio commentaries on all five films, rare short films, outtakes and alternative scenes, and making-of documentaries – this stunning Limited Edition box set from Indicator is strictly limited to 6,000 units.
New 2K restorations of all five films, approved by director Norman J Warren
Original mono audio
The BEHP Interview with Norman J Warren (2018): an archival video recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the prolific filmmaker in conversation with Martin Sheffield
Satan's Slave audio commentary with director Norman J Warren and screenwriter David McGillivray, and a second commentary with Warren and composer John Scott
Prey audio commentary with Norman J Warren and author Jonathan Rigby
Terror audio commentary with Norman J Warren and screenwriter David McGillivray
Inseminoid audio commentary with Norman J Warren and assistant director Gary White
Bloody New Year audio commentary with Norman J Warren and film critic Josephine Botting
All You Need Is Blood (1976): a vintage 'making of' documentary for Satan's Slave, presented in High Definition for the first time
Creating Satan (2004): an archival documentary on the making of Satan's Slave featuring interviews with Warren, David McGillivray, actor Martin Potter, and others
Devilish Music (2004): an archival interview with composer John Scott
Satan's Slave alternative scenes
Keep on Running (2004): an archival documentary on the making of Prey featuring interviews with Warren, actor Sally Faulkner, producer Terry Marcel, and others
Prey: On Set with Norman J Warren (1977): location footage with new Norman J Warren commentary
Bloody Good Fun (2004): an archival documentary on the making of Terror featuring interviews with Warren, actors Carolyn Courage, Mary Maude, James Aubrey and Elaine Ives-Cameron, writer David McGillivray, and others
Interview with John Nolan (2019): the Terror actor recalls making the film
Terror deleted scene
Subterranean Universe (2004): an archival documentary on the making of Inseminoid featuring interviews with Warren, actors Stephanie Beacham, David Baxt and Barry Houghton, and others
Interview with Trevor Thomas (2019): a new interview with the Inseminoid actor
Inseminoid Girl (2004): an archival interview with actor Judy Geeson
Electronic Approach (2004): an archival interview with Inseminoid composer John Scott
Interview with Catherine Roman (2019): the Bloody New Year actor recalls making the film
Interview with Steve Emerson (2019): the actor and stunt coordinator discusses working on Terror and Bloody New Year
Norman J Warren: A Sort of Autobiography (2004): an archival career-encompassing interview
The Bridge (1955-57): surviving footage of an early short film directed by Warren, about a pilot on a mission to locate a bridge in Germany during World War II
The Making of 'The Bridge': rare and unseen behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Warren
Carol (1962): pilot tests for Warren's unrealised feature film about teenage pregnancy and backstreet abortion, with Georgina Hale and Michael Craze
Drinkin' Time (1963): a comic silent short directed by Warren
Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J Warren and the Ghost (2013): horror short produced for FrightFest, starring Warren, David McGillivray, and Yixi Sun
Interview with Yixi Sun (2019): an interview with the filmmaker and Warren collaborator
Trailers and TV Spots
Image galleries: promotional and publicity material
New English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with a new essay by Adrian Smith, archival interviews, articles and on-set reports, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits and more
World and UK premieres on Blu-ray
Limited Edition of 6,000 copies
All extras subject to change
Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Barry Stokes, John Nolan, Judy Geeson, Stephanie Beacham
Norman J Warren
2.35:1, 1.85:1
English SDH
Powerhouse Films
The Prey
American Horror Project Vol. 2
Prom Night (Limited Edition)


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MRS. ATHERTON'S SUIT FOR SLANDER HEARD; Her Brother, Sir Aubrey Paul, and Lady Paul Deny Saying She Was Asked to Leave a Hotel.


Some people are fidgety, always on the move, fiddling and doing something with their hands. Fidget toys are specially designed to provide tactile sensations and an outlet for that surplus energy.
Twiddling something in your hands can distract your attention away from stressful situations. They can be particularly beneficial for those with Autism, ADHD, Asperger's and Anxiety. But also great to help with hair twirling, thumb sucking, pencil flipping, nail biting, smoking and anything else you need a distraction from.
There are many companies that manufacture ranges of fidget toys, and "spinners" are high on the list. A spinner is simply something you can spin in / on your hand – and they come in all shapes and sizes.
The centre is a bearing from a skateboard. Skateboard bearings are really easy to get hold of (usually in your garage gathering dust). 22 mm bearings are perfect to fit.


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Will Walton Books In Order
Anything Could Happen (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Will Walton
Author Will Walton was born October 20, 1991. He is an independent bookseller in Athens, Georgia.
When he was a young kid, he liked Nancy Drew, and used to write fanfiction for Alex Mac, which his grandma would edit for him. He also loved reading the Olsen twins books.
The first novel he remembers loving was "Justin Morgan Had a Horse" by Marguerite Henry. The novel was his aunt's favorite book when she was a kid, so he felt a kinship to her as he read it. Having grown up on farmland, the book's setting felt familiar to him (even though the book is set in Vermont) and affirmed for him just how magic the outdoors truly are. Will also loved the protagonist, a hard-working and young kid that had a ton of emotion and agency.
Growing up, he was very suppressed. He wishes that hadn't been true. His upbringing was very religious, and grew up in a Protestant Christian town and went to a school that was Protestant Christian. It was something that he managed to suspend for a time, just about completely.
During high school, he was in love with his closest guy friend and best friend. He knew something was going on. With church not such a big part of his life anymore, he felt separate from his family in a way that was healthy. Once he made that space, he was able to begin being okay with it.
In his writing, he attempts to write about stuff that he has experienced and has made him feel a bit unseen or lonely. He thinks about somebody who knows what it is like to grow up in a volatile time in the South.
Will feels that writing a novel is the chance to have a private conversation in a safe place with a party that isn't judging you. It gives him the permission, being the author, to be willing to talk about some tough stuff.
When Walton grew up and moved away from Perry to Athens to attend the University of Georgia, he wrote "Anything Could Happen", his first book. Will says that his second novel was tougher to write, since he didn't believe the first one would even see the light of day. He was writing mainly about his own personal experiences, and it just flowed out. He didn't want to repeat himself, so he wanted it to be something new.
He began working as a volunteer moderator for Avid Bookshop's young readers' book club in the year 2012. He was hired the next year as a bookseller. Avid is the sole independent bookstore in Athens, Georgia that sells new books. Since 2013, he has worn many hats there, from events conductor to inventory manager. He has worked as an assistant buyer, and a bookseller.
Will never would have meet his publisher if he hadn't worked as a bookseller. He had finished the manuscript of his first novel when he was hired at Avid. Shortly after, he was introduced to the founding editor of PUSH (an imprint of Scholastic) named David Levithan.
"Anything Could Happen" was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.
Will's debut novel, called "Anything Could Happen", was released in the year 2015, and was published by PUSH. His work is from the young adult fiction genre.
"Anything Could Happen" is the first stand alone novel and was released in the year 2015. When somebody is in love with the wrong person for all the right reasons, anything is possible.
Tretch lives in a tiny town where everyone is in everyone else's business. It makes it tough for him to be in love with his straight best friend. Matt, for his part, is completely oblivious to just how Tretch. Tretch is unable to figure out if that makes things better or worse.
The trouble with living a lie is that the lie is able to slowly become your life. For Tretch, the trouble is not just with Matt. His family has got no idea who he truly is and what he is actually thinking. The girl at the bookstore has got no clue how off-base her crush on him really is. The guy at school who is a thorn in Tretch's side does not realize just how close to the truth he is.
Tretch has spent a lot of time dancing by himself in his room. Now, however, he must step outside of his comfort zone and into the wider world. Because like love, a true self is rarely possible to contain.
The book has witty dialogues and just a bit of humor. Reading about Tretch from his perspective with each of his struggles and thoughts made readers connect and admire him that much more. This is a poignant novel and depicts a teen gay character's life in a realistic way and captures the hearts of some readers for good. Will delivers a provocative debut novel that shows that sometimes you just have to allow for things to fall apart before you are able to make them whole again.
"I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain" is the second stand alone novel and was released in the year 2018. How does somebody deal with a hole in their life? Do they drink? Do they grieve? Do they make out wit their best friend? Do they question everything? Do they turn to pop songs and poets? Do they lash out or turn the lashing inward?
If you are Avery, you do each and every one of these things. Then you write it all down to try to comprehend what has happened. As well as what is happening to you.
The novel is a beautiful meditation on grief, heartbreak, addiction, love, and family; all of which is being recorded down by Avery. Will shares Avery's tale in a style and format that is entirely original and is a beautiful representation of a teen's inner emotional life. The novel shows how you create art through pain, and dealing with your pain in your art. Readers could not put this one down, and quickly gave themselves over to its beautiful oddness.
Book Series In Order » Authors » Will Walton
Writer of novels such as The Tenth Justice and Dead Even, Brad Meltzer is quite the busy man as host of his own television show, and as a comic book writer. His work on Justice League of America earned him an Eisner Award.


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Ali Donating His WWE Super ShowDown Earnings To Charity
Andrew Thompson Jun 7, 2019 9:12PM
Ali donating the money he made from Super ShowDown to charity.
SmackDown Live star Mustafa Ali competed at WWE's Super ShowDown event today in the 50-man Battle Royal and he was a part of the final six competitors in the match. Ali did not leave Saudi Arabia victorious but did leave with a great deal of respect from those who follow him on social media as he announced via Twitter that he is donating the money that he made at Super ShowDown to charity.
Earnings received today will be donated to @charitywater. Thank you.
— ALI / Adeel Alam (@AliWWE) June 8, 2019
Ali shared a moment with the Battle Royal winner Mansoor Al-Shehail and following the match, the two took a photo together and Mansoor noted that one of the best parts of his day was meeting Ali.
One of the best parts about tonight was meeting this man. It's rare to be shown such genuine kindness. https://t.co/03Pg5I2KvW
— Mansoor Al-Shehail (منصور الشهيل) (@KSAMANNY) June 8, 2019
Coming out of WWE Super ShowDown, four matches were made official for WWE's next pay-per-view entitled Stomping Grounds: Seth Rollins will defend the Universal Title against Baron Corbin, Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler will meet in a Steel Cage for the WWE Title, Roman Reigns versus Drew McIntyre was made official and Lacey Evans is slated to get her rematch against "The Man" Becky Lynch for the RAW Women's Championship.


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Dem Braley Apologizes For Warning 'Farmer' Could Run Judiciary Committee
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) apologized for warning that if Republicans won control of the Senate in the 2014 midterm elections, "a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school" could become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The apology, released by Braley's Senate campaign, came a few hours after video footage of Braley at a fundraiser in Texas surfaced. The comments were a clear shot at Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the committee.
Here's Braley's full statement:
I apologize to Senator Grassley and anyone I may have offended. I respect Senator Grassley and enjoy our working relationship even though we disagree on some issues.
But there is a clear choice in this race between Mark Jacobs and my other opponents who support policies that are bad for Iowa farmers, and the work I've done hand in hand with Iowa farmers to grow Iowa's farm economy and create good paying Iowa farm jobs.
My parents both grew up on Iowa farms during the Great Depression. It deeply influenced who they are and who I am, and gave me a profound appreciation for what farmers do for the world. One of my grandfathers was a charter member of the Iowa Farm Bureau. I grew up in rural Iowa, doing farm jobs and working a grain elevator. I have tremendous respect for Iowa farmers and appreciate how important they are to our state, and I'm grateful to have the support of hundreds of farmers across Iowa.
Watch the video of Braley's comments, by the Republican-leaning opposition shop America Rising, here.


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Home › Insects › Take The Bite Out Of Bug Season
Take The Bite Out Of Bug Season
We live in a world where there are bugs, and they bite. They cause us itchy, bumpy, rashes and sometimes, their bites can make us very sick. With the good weather finally here and outdoor activities are in full season, here are a few tips on keeping these pests away.
Insects can carry diseases. Most people who get a few mosquito or tick bites will not get sick. But some mosquitoes and ticks can carry bacteria and viruses that cause serious human illnesses. Some of those illnesses have recently become more common in the United States.
West Nile Virus: The mosquito-borne illness came to the United States in 1999. Since then, more than 17,000 cases have been reported, says the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While typical symptoms include headaches, joint pains and rashes, a few people have had serious neurologic symptoms and some die.
Chikungunya: This is a newer threat, but yet another viral disease spread by mosquit oes. In 2014, nearly 2,500 cases were reported on the U.S. mainland, mostly among people bitten while traveling. Eleven people were infected by mosquitoes in Florida. While chikungunya rarely kills, it can cause severe joint pain that lasts for months.
Lyme Disease: The most common is caused by a bacteria spread by ticks. The CDC has been tracking that disease since 1991, and says there are about 30,000 reported cases each year, but that the real number is likely ten times bigger.
Your risk depends largely on where you live (or travel). About 96% of confirmed Lyme cases occur in just 13 states, clustered in the Northeast and Midwest, CDC says. And the mosquitoes that carry chikungunya are tropical species, meaning only southern areas need to watch for local outbreaks, says Jonathan Day, a professor of medical entomology at the University of Florida. The fact that people in the United States spend so much time inside, with air conditioning and screened windows, may help prevent big outbreaks, he says.
Mosquitoes that can carry West Nile do live throughout the United States. But local conditions determine where epidemics catch fire, Day says. For example, a 2012 outbreak near Dallas was spurred by drought – which caused virus-carrying mosquitoes and birds to cluster around scarce water sources. Another outbreak in Arizona was linked to un-drained swimming pools in foreclosed houses abandoned during the recession, he says.
Some people get bit more than others. It's true: mosquitoes and ticks find some people especially attractive. Scientists disagree on the reasons. Day says he is convinced it's mostly about carbon dioxide: mosquitoes and ticks find their victims by detecting it and some of us produce more than others. That includes heavier people, pregnant women and exercisers. "The amount of carbon dioxide you produce depends on your metabolic rate," he says. But Uli Bernier, a research chemist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says he has seen evidence that other factors are at work over many years of exposing people to mosquitoes in his Gainesville, Fla., lab. He's seen different mosquitoes zero in on different people. He's also found that some people (himself included) seem to become more attractive to mosquitoes over time.
What you eat and drink may matter, Day and Bernier agree. Alcohol, in particular, seems to attract mosquitoes, they say. At least one study also suggested smokers were at higher risk – but probably because they spend so much time smoking outside, Day says.
Several repellents work well. CDC says you want one that includes DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or a chemical called IR3535. While DEET products have long been thought the most effective, recent tests by Consumer Reports gave the edge to picaridin and oil of lemon eucalyptus."It was really a surprise," and should be good news to people uneasy with the possible side effects of DEET, says the magazine's senior health and food editor, Sue Byrne. DEET has been linked with seizures and other serious side effects, mostly in people who swallowed it or applied heavy concentrations.
When used as directed, it's safe, Bernier says: "It's been around 63 years and has a remarkable safety record."
Other strategies can help.Wear long sleeves, pants, closed shoes and socks for a walk in the woods. You also can also spray a repellent called permethrin on clothing and gear. And check yourself for ticks when you go inside.
For an evening on your patio, try this: sit next to a fan running at high speed. Consumer Reports found that helped repel mosquitoes, and Day says it makes sense: "Mosquitoes do not have an ability to fly in wind conditions much more than 1 mile an hour."
Source: USAToday.com
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Kildare boss, Cian O'Neill, has led the tributes to Emmet Bolton who announced that he is to step away from the inter county scene after no less than 109 competitive appearances in the white of Kildare over an eleven year period.
Incredibly Emmet scored 9-43 when representing Kildare, some achievement from a player who was acknowledged as one of the most reliable defenders of his time.
"Emmet was one of the new breed of attacking half backs that struck fear into opposing half forwards with his attacking style of play as well as marshalling his defensive duties with fearless and fearsome dedication" said Cian O'Neill.
Adding "his consistent high standards on the field of battle led to him being named in the 2010 Opel GPA Team of the Year while in 2011 he was nominated for an All Star Award and was part of the Ireland team that won the International Rules Series against Australia.


You've probably noticed that the volunteers at RPS Towers in London are working tremendously hard to provide an action-packed programme this autumn. There's a lot happening at the moment, but we could do with some extra help to keep on top of everything. We're looking for some admin support for the next few weeks in the lead up to Capital Exposure Week.
Do you have about seven hours a week to spare between now and the 7th November? We're looking for someone who has good organisational skills, who can produce good copy for the programme and website, and who can liaise with the participating photographers.
If you can do any or all of the above, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at london@rps.org.


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Irene's Prom Closet
Siri Kunuthur, Reporter
Mrs. Maria Vallarino will be receiving the Loudoun 100 award this week as a result of her organization Irene's Prom Closet. The Loudoun 100 award is a project to recognize 100 people in Loudoun County that make positive contributions to the community.
Vallarino's non-profit organization was founded in honor of her daughter, Irene Rocio Picota. "I wanted to do something that would honor her memory, so I started Irene's Prom Closet, and it started here at Briar Woods," said Vallarino. The non-profit organization was founded in 2014 and has "helped over 7,000 kids already." Irene's Prom Closet provides dresses, suits, shoes, and much more for students attending prom and homecoming.
Many organizations such as Loudoun Now and Loudoun 100 have recognized Vallarino's efforts. According to Loudoun Now, "Irene's Prom Closet was praised for providing 4,239 economically disadvantaged Loudoun students with formal wear so that they could attend events such as the homecoming dance and prom.¨ Irene's Prom Closet received the Loudoun Make a Difference Award in 2019. "It's just amazing how [she] has help[ed] out so many people, and … it's just a great thing [that] [she is] doing," said Lauren Greenwood, a sophomore.
Vallarino will be hosting an event and partnering with the Salvation Army for this year's prom. "It's something to remember my daughter's memory but also [lets] the kids know that they are important; [they] matter." Not only does she work on her non-profit, but she also provides scholarships to students. Another non-profit organization created by Vallarino, Commission with Compassion, donates school supplies to several schools in need. "I donated around 480 school bags for elementary and middle schools, so I partnered with NorthWest Credit Union, and together we gave them over $10,000 worth of school supplies," said Vallarino.
On Thursday, September 16, Vallarino, partnering with the Walmart foundation, donated $350 worth of school supplies to the Briar Woods special education department as well as Sully Elementary and Sterling Elementary. "Through all this, I never knew people were checking or seeing what I was doing….it's really sweet to see that they value what [I] do… anything is possible because [of Loudoun] and people [with] good hearts," said Vallarino.
Irene, who tragically passed away on November 22, 2013 during a routine surgery, will never be forgotten. Her memory will continue to be cherished by the Vallarino family and all of the people who – in the spirit of her love and grace – wear beautiful clothing from Irene's Prom Closet. Irene was the life of the party and an amazing sibling, daughter, best friend, and coworker.
Maria Vallarino has gone to great lengths to provide and donate to our Loudoun community; she will always be honored by all the people she has helped.
If you would like to donate to Irene's Prom Closet: https://www.irenespromcloset.com/donate,


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Watch Wendy C. Ortiz Read an Excerpt from 'Bruja'
by CCM February 6, 2017
written by CCM
#CopingWith is CCM's interview series run by managing editor Joanna C. Valente
Wendy C. Ortiz's dreamoir, "Bruja," came out on October 31, 2016 from CCM. Of the book, Roxane Gay has said, "In Bruja, Wendy C. Ortiz deftly navigates the land of dreams in what she calls a dreamoir. By telling us her dreams, by revealing her most unguarded and vulnerable self, Ortiz is, truly, offering readers the most intimate parts of herself–how she loves, how she wants, how she lives, who she is. Bruja is not just a book–it is an enigma and a wonder and utterly entrancing."
Watch Wendy read a clip below. Don't forget to read her full interview here.
Wendy C. Ortiz is a Los Angeles native. She is the author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books, 2014), Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press, 2015), and the forthcoming dreamoir Bruja (Civil Coping Mechanisms, Oct. 31, 2016).
Her work has been profiled or featured in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, and the National Book Critics Circle Small Press Spotlight blog. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Hazlitt, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous Breakdown, Fanzine, and a year-long series appeared at McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
Watch Henry Hoke Read an Excerpt from 'The Book of Endless Sleepovers'
by CCM January 9, 2017
Henry Hoke's book,"The Book of Endless Sleepovers" came out on October 31, 2016 from CCM. Of the book, Maggie Nelson has said, "I love how Henry Hoke plays fast and loose with autobiography and genre. The Book of Endless Sleepovers is wry and finely-wrought, a philosophical fever dream studded with the pleasure of proper names and surprising turns of phrase, a lyric page-turner."
Watch Henry read a clip below. Don't forget to read his full interview here.
Henry Hoke was a child in the South and an adult in New York and California. He authored The Book of Endless Sleepovers (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016) and Genevieves(winner of the Subito Press prose contest, forthcoming 2017). Some of his stories appear in The Collagist, PANK, Gigantic and Carve. He co-created and directs Enter>text, a living literary journal.
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Leave Home – drugi album zespołu Ramones, wydany 10 stycznia 1977 roku przez Sire Records. Reedycja z czerwca 2001 (Rhino Records) została uzupełniona dodatkowymi utworami.

Lista utworów

CD 2001 (Rhino Records)
Utwory bonusowe na CD:

 Utwory nr 16–31 nagrano 8 grudnia 1976 podczas koncertu w klubie "The Roxy" w Hollywood.

Skład
 Joey Ramone – wokal
 Johnny Ramone – gitara
 Dee Dee Ramone – gitara basowa
 Tommy Ramone – perkusja, producent
 Tony Bongiovi – producent
 Ed Stasium – inżynier
 Greg Calbi – mastering
 Moshe Brakha – fotograf (front okładki)
 Arturo Vega – fotograf (tył okładki)
 John Gillespie – kierownictwo artystyczne
 Pat Chiono – projekt okładki

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Linki zewnętrzne

Albumy Ramones
Albumy muzyczne wydane w roku 1977
Albumy Philips Records
Albumy Sire Records
Albumy Rhino Records


The world's first financial advisor is Joseph, son of Jacob. He is doing asset management for the Egyptian Pharaoh and he also kind of invents the very first national pension system.
Pharaoh's assets are the lands themselves and the agricultural crop that can be produced from them. He is having nightmares about seven fat cows and then seven lean cows. Jacob, a prisoner at first, interprets these dreams to mean that seven bountiful years are coming but they will be followed by seven years of famine and pain.
Pharaoh appoints him as his financial advisor and allows him to commandeer a fifth of every Egyptian farmer's harvest to comprise an emergency store of grain. When the famine begins, Pharaoh's got the resources saved up to continue feeding his people, sort of like social security for citizens who are no longer able to earn a living. Joseph is paid in return for his advice to the ruler and his country – the Pharaoh tells him to send for his entire family and tribe of Jews from Canaan and to bring them to Egypt to settle.
Joseph guided the Pharaoh's portfolio and saved his assets from ruin. In exchange for his crucial advice, he was paid an asset-based fee – a portion of the farmland.
As of August 1st, my firm's tactical asset allocation portfolio, called Goaltender, has been 100% invested in US stocks for 25 straight months without interruption. Let me repeat that. This particular strategy has now gone 25 straight months of being 100% long US stocks. We take zero credit for having seen the any of the recent bull market coming in advance, as Goaltender is entirely rules-based and our own feelings do not enter into its allocation decisions.
How many other tactical strategies out there have been fully invested in US stocks since July of 2016 without any hedges or sales or "swings to cash" during that period?
How many investors would have run a strategy like this for themselves and stuck with it the entire time?
How many professionals can set up a rules-based strategy and then actually stick with it without making tweaks and changes?
Goaltender is the only tactical strategy I'm aware of that was built internally at a wealth management firm with the express purpose of managing investor behavior rather than trying to outsmart the markets, generate alpha or call tops and bottoms. Almost every tactical strategy we've seen in the wild is oriented toward impressing people, beating markets, making rapid moves and incorporating economic data, sentiment surveys, fundamentals and other bulls*** that doesn't actually work.
Ours is designed to make the trade that clients can't, at the moment they can't. The trades they won't make themselves. If we called clients a week after Brexit at the beginning of July 2016, with the controversial US election looming just a few months ahead, and said "We want you to go 100% long US stocks right here, right now, and hold them for the next two years straight, no questions asked," the response would not have been great. Which is why we are discretionary managers, running these strategies ourselves.
There are several reasons why financial advisors overwhelmingly charge clients for their services as a basis point fee on assets as opposed to hourly or on a monthly retainer.
One of the major reasons is that, at the end of the day, the financial advisor is going to be held responsible for what happens with the client's invested assets, regardless of whether or not the value-add on an ongoing basis is perceived to be the asset management or the financial planning work.
It's also possible to say that during 300 days a year it's the planning work that is worth the most to the client but during the other 65 days a year, it's the asset management that's going to make the difference. We don't know in advance which days will be the 300 and which will be the 65. The thing is, what goes on during those 65 days might have tremendous implications for the financial plan – positive or negative.
You're welcome to hold yourself out to clients as a financial planner, but the truth is that they're going to judge you on the portfolio you recommend. Even if you don't manage it yourself and turn it over to a TAMP. Even if you just default to a five-ETF portfolio using all Vanguard. Even if you recommend seven mutual funds and never make a change. Even if you charge solely for financial planning hours and do the asset management part for free. When all is said and done, you're going to keep or lose a client based on that asset management someday, and you're going to have to discuss it throughout the year come bull markets or bear. You're going to have to defend it at times when markets prove unfavorable to how you're allocated. You're going to have to defend it in light of underperformance or whenever some hot, new idea comes along that clients want to compare with what you're doing.
You may as well be paid for it.
As a financial advisor, you will own the asset allocation more than anything else, even if the personal relationship and the planning piece is a lot more meaningful than the fund selection.
This is regardless of what kind of people your clients are, what region of the country you serve, which type of firm you work at. That's also your biggest risk – that someone is furious about how their assets have been allocated. Shouldn't everyone in every profession be paid based on the thing that is their biggest risk? Why would a client want it otherwise? They're handing you their money to invest in the portfolio that you recommend. If you do a bad job, they're taking the money out of the portfolio you recommend. You have skin in the game now, in a way a retainer fee simply doesn't capture. This is actually what clients want. The best evidence of that is the incredible shift in investable assets away from almost every other channel of wealth management directed straight into the RIA channel.
There are now 18,800 retail-focused (Registered Investment Advisory) RIA firms in America. 687 of them manage over a billion dollars and account for 60% of the industry's total assets under management. These firms are the future. Trillions of dollars have moved to the RIA space. None of it at gunpoint, that I'm aware of.
People are voting with their dollars and their vote is for asset based fees in exchange for a relationship with a financial advisor who manages their portfolio.
I didn't make it this way, I'm just telling you how it works in the real world. I'm sorry if this doesn't align with how you feel it should be or what logic would dictate. Twenty one years in the game, my friends. When I see a reporter or a columnist opine on the compensation structure of financial advisors, I read it with an open mind. Perhaps there's some merit to what they're saying in some cases.
But then I remember that a true financial advisor doesn't really earn their fees until the big moment. That moment where a client wants to double their exposure to technology stocks after a 500% rally they feel they didn't get enough out of. That moment where someone with a thirty year retirement ahead of them is about to succumb to volatility and liquidate a stock portfolio after 8 months of a bear market. That moment where a client wants to shift to an all US stock portfolio precisely as international stocks are on the verge of going on a five year stretch of massive outperformance. That moment when a client is tempted to put five percent of their net worth into Bitcoin at $18,000 per…whatever, coin I guess?
And when these moments happen, the advice they get at that time is not simply worth a basis point fee. It's worth everything. It could be worth a lifetime's sanity every day thereafter. I've seen decisions made and consequences suffered the likes of which you couldn't imagine. Between 2010 and 2015, we would come across at least one or two investors a week who had been miserably sitting in cash since 2008 and didn't know what to do. None of these cases involved a client who had an advisor currently working with them. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in foregone gains (in some cases millions) had been left on the table due directly to the absence of professional help.
For those who have never been on the phone with a client – a human being – whose liquid assets and entire life savings are in a twenty percent drawdown, alarm bells ringing throughout the media and blood-red stock quotes everywhere they look, you really have no idea what fee is worth what amount, to whom, and why. If you've never sat with someone who is so utterly convinced that their family's future and their freedom is slipping away before their very eyes, you probably don't need to have a strong opinion about what they should or should not be willing to pay for help.
And for those who don't understand why the financial planning work and the asset management work that advisors do are inextricably linked – why they are not merely a la carte items on a buffet's steamer table, ready to be unbundled and consumed separately, in any particular order – I don't know what to tell you.
I'm not sure how you can invest someone's entire life savings without understanding how and when the money is ultimately going to be used. I'm not sure how you can construct a financial plan for someone and then act as though the way they reach their goals via the investment markets is somehow less relevant or worthy of attention.
Financial planning in the absence of an investment strategy designed to implement the plan is a f***ing fortune cookie. An investment portfolio absent the dictates of the goals from a financial plan is like building a house without a blueprint. Neither or these things is worth much without the other. But delivered in concert, they are essential and worthy of a fee for the people who are going to be overseeing both.
We don't take requests. We're not the wedding DJ.
People come to us and tell us what they want (or what they think they want) and it's our job to show them what they actually need instead. If we're talking to someone rational and intelligent, they get it immediately.
They're relieved to be told what they should be doing rather than being presented with a menu of options. They're excited about a future in which they can tune out virtually everything and focus solely on spending the money they've saved based on what's important to them. They like having their financial information organized and presented in a way that illustrates possibilities and priorities. They like the peace of mind knowing that they're making ongoing decisions in consultation with an advisor who understands their personalities, their spending needs, their tax situation, insurance coverage, estate plan and their future hopes and dreams. They also like having someone else be partly responsible for the burdens of investing large sums of money on behalf of other members of their family. The planning and the investing functions are integral to all of this value being created and enjoyed.
This is why the wealthiest, most successful people in America are working with wealth management firms and paying an asset based fee. It's why they always have and they always will. Gladly.
Talk to us about portfolio and financial plan here.
March 31, 2009 Joseph Cassano: Peekaboo!


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#BOXOFFICE: "THOR: THE DARK WORLD" EDGES-OUT TOUGH COMPETITION IN "THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY"
For a second straight week, Thor: The Dark World finds itself atop the Box Office, this weekend with $38.4 million from 3,841 theatres across North America. The Action-Fantasy starring Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth, continues to power-on for Disney in its second week, although it certainly wasn't an easy victory.
Universal Pictures' Toronto-filmed The Best Man Holiday, a Follow-up to Malcolm Lee's 1999 Comedy-Drama, opens in its debut with an over-achieving $30.6 million from 2,024 theatres. Its Predecessor in its debut managed only to muster $9 million and in its theatrical run made actually $34 million also domestically. Reviews have been positive for the Film which stars a talented Cast including Nia Long, Terrence Howard, Harold Perrineau, Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs and Regina Hall, with Critics giving it 64% on the Tomatometer, while earning a rare and coveted A+ CinemaScore from Audiences.
CBS Films/eOne Films' Last Vegas continues to go strong in its third week with $8.8 earned this weekend, its third week out, just ahead of Animated Feature, Free Birds in fourth with $8.3 million.
Oscar-contending 12 Years a Slave expands to 1,411 theatres, garnering $4.6 million for Fox Searchlight in eighth spot. Domestically, it has grossed $30 million in its run thus far.
About Time rounds-out the Top Ten for Universal Pictures with $3.1 million in its third week out.
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#BOXOFFICE: "BULLET TRAIN" UNSTOPPABLE IN SECOND WEEK
#BOXOFFICE: "BULLET TRAIN" FIRES FOR THE TOP
#BOXOFFICE: "DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS" IN UNLEASHED ON THE LEAD AT #1
#BOXOFFICE: "NOPE" IS A YES WITH MOVIEGOERS
#SPOTTED: CHRIS KATTAN IN TORONTO FOR PLAYSTATION 4
#SNL: HIGHLIGHTS OF LADY GAGA HOSTING "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"