National broadcast personality Allyn Mark of Industry Visions presents the Green Global Award to Harrington Hoists executive team, with Carlo Lonardi, VP of Sales and Marketing, accepting.
MANHEIM, PA--(Marketwire - January 17, 2011) - Green manufacturing accomplishment was never more exciting than a recent press conference held at Harrington Hoist, Inc. (www.harringtonhoists.com) at their Manheim, PA plant located 60 miles west of Philadelphia. The event was attended by management and shop employees alike, who took a brief respite during a busy workday to gather on the plant floor to receive the prestigious Green Global award from Industry Visions, the nation's foremost industrial news program produced on the wire services and carried by media sources around the world.
News cameras rolled as the WVSN Reports team gathered images from the American hoist manufacturing facility whose history dates back to the 1800s. Harrington has recently ascended as an American icon of production process and profit in an otherwise abysmal year for American industrial concerns. Harrington has developed a reputation for their aggressive green manufacturing initiatives and their proprietary process of hoist crafting that removes all compounds that could be environmentally harmful.
Harrington Hoists meets the ROHS compliant requirements which is a stringent European standard of green manufacturing. Harrington has become the 'hoist of choice' for evolving clean energy projects that require a wide range of lifting solutions from production to maintenance.
Business Development Sales Manager Bret Lussow introduced Allyn Mark, host of Industry Visions Industrial News, who presented the award to the Harrington management team and said, "Harrington Hoist exemplifies American exceptionalism. Harrington leads by example with the versatility that's required for any industrial trend; it is Harrington's lofty endeavors that keep industry lifting greener with more efficiency and safety from their revolutionary product line."
President and CEO Ned Hunter, and Director of Operations Scott Miller, looked on as Carlo Lonardi, VP of Sales and Marketing, accepted the Green Global Award. "We at Harrington are honored to receive this Green recognition. Green manufacturing is something we take seriously -- from our ROHS certification to reducing our carbon footprint at the plant. Our ultimate pride is that when our customers join our revolution they too are propagating Green; with every lift they make increasing material movement efficiency using Harrington products."
WVSN Reports is a national industrial news program highlighting the accomplishments of American industry.


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Federal Member for Pearce, Christian Porter, has encouraged local small and family businesses to apply for the Liberal Government's Digital Champions program valued at up to $20,000.
The Digital Champions program will see 100 small and family businesses from a diverse range of sectors across Australia receive funding for digital transformation, enabling them access to the tools necessary to help them thrive in their particular field.
Mr Porter said, "Small and family businesses are the engine room of the economy and the lifeblood of our community. For these businesses, digital technology is the key to unlocking immense opportunities.
Of these 100 businesses, 15 will be selected to become Digital Champions. These Digital Champions will each be paired with a high-profile small business leader to mentor them, providing individualised advice to guide them on their digital transformation journey.
"I encourage all local small and family businesses to apply for this program so that they may realise their full potential," Mr Porter said.
Applications for the Digital Champions program are now open and will close on Monday 4 February 2019. To apply, or for more information, visit: www.jobs.gov.au/digital-champions.


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Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing (56) pulls the ball away from inebacker Bradie James (53) during a turnover drill at Texans training camp at the Methodist Training Center Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in Houston.
HOUSTON — Houston linebacker Brian Cushing has always tried to be a leader for the Texans.
That role is undisputed now that defensive stalwarts DeMeco Ryans and Mario Williams are gone.
Cushing was drafted in the first round in 2009 and piled up 133 tackles and the Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Instead of building on the momentum gained from his terrific first season, Cushing was suspended for the first four games of the 2010 season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances and had 76 tackles.
Last year was a bounce-back campaign for him, and he led the team with 114 tackles and had four sacks, two interceptions and forced two fumbles. His statistics far surpassed those of Ryans, a fellow linebacker who had 64 tackles, but the more veteran Ryans remained the most visible leader.
Cushing was unhappy that Ryans was traded to Philadelphia in the offseason, but realized that the departure meant the team would need even more from him.
Cushing devoured the teachings of defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, who joined the team before last season, to help the group become one of the best in the NFL. The 285.7 yards per game the Texans allowed in 2011 were second only to Pittsburgh, and their tough defense helped propel the team to its first playoff berth and win despite injuries to several key pieces of the offense.
The coaching staff isn't putting any extra pressure on Cushing this season because they know how much he expects from himself.
Watt dislocates elbow, should be OK: Defensive end J.J. Watt dislocated his left elbow Thursday and will miss some practice time, but the team doesn't believe his injury is serious.
Kubiak says "all the tests came back good" and they expect him to be OK in time for the team's opener Sept. 9 against Miami.
Practices: Only two more are open to public (Today, Wednesday, 8-10 a.m., gates open at 7 a.m). Free tickets can be downloaded at houstontexans.com.
Kubiak didn't rule out Watt playing in the preseason but isn't sure exactly how long he'll be out.
Watt started every game as a rookie last season and finished with 56 tackles and 51/2 sacks.


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Alder Bridge School was established in 1987 by a pioneering group of parents and has been running an Early Years, Kindergarten and Lower School provision to a minimum of class 5/6 ever since. We are a co-educational, fully comprehensive independent Steiner Waldorf school.
The school is situated in beautiful semi-rural surroundings and we are privileged to have our own woodland for the children to explore as well as a woodland classroom. Our grounds provide lots of play and learning opportunities, with vegetable plots, willow structures and simply space to run.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS (formerly Criminal Records Bureau) disclosure. All staff have to undertake Child Protection Training.
Alder Bridge School is located between Newbury and Reading in Berkshire, 5 minutes from Aldermaston Station, which is a 40 minute train journey from London. To get in touch please contact recruitment@alderbridge.org.uk or Tel: 0118 971 4471.
Class 4/5 Teacher (Full-time & permanent though job share considered)
Alder Bridge School is looking for a skilled and dedicated full-time Class Teacher (although a job share would be considered) to join our warm and welcoming Steiner-Waldorf community as soon as possible . The Class Teacher has overall responsibility for the pastoral care of the Class 4 / 5 and for much of the classroom work, supported in this by the Education manager / SENCo, Lower School Subject Teachers, Teaching Assistants and the ELSA. The successful applicant will have a proven ability to relate to and inspire children through creative delivery of the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum.
Actual Salary: £20,397 - £25,018 Per Annum dependent on qualifications and experience.
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This research is a participatory action research study which aims to (1) develop a health service network for elderly people in home-bound and bed-bound groups while the involvement of 3 main community parties (health service providers, social service providers, community/local service providers) was considered, and (2) develop information technology systems regarding home-bound and bed-bound elderly information to meet the needs of any use. Data were collected using quantitative and qualitative methods from persons and parties involved in the care of dependent elderly people in the communities of Hong Ha (Moo 1, 6, 7, and 8, Nam Cho Sub-district, Mae Tha District, Lampang Province). Involved persons and parties were (1) 62 elderly people with dependency and 62 relative caregivers of both home-bound and bed-bound, (2) 15 caregivers (CG) of elderly with dependency, and (3) 3 representatives from the main community parties (health service providers, social service providers, community/local service providers). More data were from best practice sources in Surin, Lampang and Chiang Mai Provinces. Quantitative data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the Effectiveness Index (E.I.) of learning. After verified, qualitative data were organized and used content analysis. Results: 1. Health Networking System for the elderly, home-bound and bed-bound groups In the responsible area of Hong Ha Health Promotion Hospital was summarized by a linkage of 5 components which are (1) assessing the condition of the elderly with dependency and the potential of the caregivers, (2) caring for the elderly with dependency by the community, (3) health service system, continuous care system and management information system & technology, (4) the policy formulation, the project plan and the budget from Nam Cho Subdistrict Municipality, and (5) the care of the elderly with dependency from other related organizations. 2. COC Link Program was an off-line system that had been developed to an on-line. It can transmit two-way information and link the continuum of follow-up care between Mae Tha Hospital and all Health Promotion Hospitals in its area. 3. Most of dependent elderlies were 78.15 years old female with chronic illnesses and hospitalized experience. Health problems included oral disorder (58.06%), reduced sight (66.13%), cognitive disorder (62.90%), knee pain and risk of falls (70.97%), lower standard BMI (38.71%), risk of malnutrition (66.13%), and urinary leakage or incontinence (37.10%). 4. For Effectiveness Index (E.I) in learning of the caregivers (CG), the value of developed skills and potential, after related knowledge and skills development, was at 0.4909, indicating that caregivers had gained 0.4909 related knowledge and skills on dependent elderly caregiving. It was accounted for 49.09 percent. It can be concluded that health care system in the community should respond to the needs of dependent elderly people and relative caregivers, taking into account on the differences of individuals. Dependent elderly people and caregivers should be encouraged with an ability to assess and care for themselves. It is recommended that the care direction should be integrated and substantial by people in the community, government agencies, and the private sector. Continuity and care linkage are considered while redundancy of health care roles can be reduced. Community and local resources planning is applied together in all community levels (personnel, materials and equipment, budget and allocation, management). The importance of information technology system development and introduction of new technologies should be recognized in elderly with dependency caregiving. It is to maintain and to achieve the goal of health care service for elderly people with dependency in order to have a good quality of life and to live with value and dignity of human beings.


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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Middlebury has offered 287 students early admission to the Class of 2018 from a pool of 686 applicants. The admitted students represent about 44 percent of a class that is expected to total just under 650.
The College deferred 96 applicants, who will be considered for regular admission in the spring, and denied admission to 303 students.
Acceptances offered under Middlebury's early decision program are binding, which means that students who apply are signaling that Middlebury is their first choice.
Last year Middlebury College received 699 applications for early decision and admitted 294, which accounted for 42 percent of the class.
Middlebury College Dean of Admissions Greg Buckles said that the 287 accepted students are from 35 states, Washington, D.C., and 19 countries.
"We're especially pleased with the success we've had in reaching out to international students," said Buckles. "As a group, they tend to apply regular admission, but this year we accepted 21 international students early decision, an increase of 50 percent over last year." International students represent about 10 percent of Middlebury's student body.
The College will award up to $3.2 million in need-based financial aid to students admitted early decision.
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Q: Can I run Scrapy on Windows with Python 3? Seems like Scrapy 1.1.0rc3 isn't working on Windows with Python 3.
When I run scrapy crawl dmoz command specified on Scrapy tutorial I get following exception:
D:\Copy From 2\Python Project\ZhihuPlan\tutorial\tutorial>scrapy crawl dmoz
2016-04-26 14:40:36 [scrapy] INFO: Scrapy 1.1.0rc3 started (bot: tutorial)
2016-04-26 14:40:36 [scrapy] INFO: Overridden settings: {'ROBOTSTXT_OBEY': True, 'SPIDER_MODULES': ['tutorial.spiders'], 'BOT_NAME': 'tutorial', 'NEWSPIDER_MODULE': 'tutorial.spiders'}
2016-04-26 14:40:36 [scrapy] INFO: Enabled extensions:
['scrapy.extensions.corestats.CoreStats', 'scrapy.extensions.logstats.LogStats']
Unhandled error in Deferred:
2016-04-26 14:40:36 [twisted] CRITICAL: Unhandled error in Deferred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\commands\crawl.py", line 57, in run self.crawler_process.crawl(spname, **opts.spargs)
File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\crawler.py", line 163, in crawl return self._crawl(crawler, *args, **kwargs)
File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\crawler.py", line 167, in _crawl
    d = crawler.crawl(*args, **kwargs)
File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\defer.py", line 1274, in unwindGenerator
    return _inlineCallbacks(None, gen, Deferred())
--- <exception caught here> ---
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\defer.py", line 1128, in _inlineCallbacks
    result = g.send(result)
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\crawler.py", line 72, in crawl
    self.engine = self._create_engine()
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\crawler.py", line 97, in _create_engine
    return ExecutionEngine(self, lambda _: self.stop())
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\core\engine.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.downloader = downloader_cls(crawler)
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\core\downloader\__init__.py", line 88, in __init__
    self.middleware = DownloaderMiddlewareManager.from_crawler(crawler)
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\middleware.py", line 58, in from_crawler
    return cls.from_settings(crawler.settings, crawler)
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\middleware.py", line 34, in from_settings
    mwcls = load_object(clspath)
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\utils\misc.py", line 44, in load_object
    mod = import_module(module)
  File "d:\anaconda\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _gcd_import

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 662, in exec_module

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in _call_with_frames_removed

  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\downloadermiddlewares\retry.py", line 23, in <module>
    from scrapy.xlib.tx import ResponseFailed
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\scrapy\xlib\tx\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from twisted.web import client
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\twisted\web\client.py", line 41, in <module>
    from twisted.internet.endpoints import TCP4ClientEndpoint, SSL4ClientEndpoint
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\endpoints.py", line 34, in <module>
    from twisted.internet.stdio import StandardIO, PipeAddress
  File "D:\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\stdio.py", line 30, in <module>
    from twisted.internet import _win32stdio
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2016-04-26 14:40:36 [twisted] CRITICAL:

Is there any way to fix this error? Can I run Scrapy on Windows with Python 3?

A: Unfortunately you cannot run Scrapy on Windows with Python 3.
Scrapy currently does not support Python 3 on Windows. See release notes here (scroll to limitations section) https://blog.scrapinghub.com/2016/02/04/python-3-support-with-scrapy-1-1rc1/ we're working on fixing this.
In the meantime you can try using different or different Python version.

A: Scrapy now works for on Windows 10 with Python 3. I tried it just now through conda prompt.
First, open conda and activate the environment to which you added scrapy.
conda activate <your environment>

Then run scrapy
scrapy runspider <path.to.file.py>

...and scrapy should run.

A: You can use scrapy runspider file_name.py -O file_name.csv to save in .csv

A: Scrapy works on the system Windows together Python 3.
Once you've installed Anaconda or Miniconda, install Scrapy with:
conda install -c conda-forge scrapy

scrapy crawl spider_name

Find the installation process here:
https://doc.scrapy.org/en/1.4/intro/install.html

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With Support From Eddie Van Halen, Jennifer Hope's Music Offers Growth While Keeping Her Artistic Vision
Is there room for originality in a music industry that spits out one hit wonders more than ever? Alternative artist, Jennifer Hope, says despite some obstacles, there is a lot of opportunity. Case in point. Hope has released tracks on her own label, Mystic Dreams Music as well as on Cleopatra Records. Her most recent EP, SINspirations arrived in January. Her earlier recordings Velvet Fire, and EP, X-Tremities, were sponsored by Eddie Van Halen and produced by Warren Huart. (The Frey, Aerosmith, Ace Frehley, James Blunt).
Access to recording music is easier and cheaper than it has ever been before, Hope says. "If you're different than what an A&R person is looking for, what the majority of people are listening to or are not the one in a million that is chosen to get signed and promoted, you can still create and release your art. There is the possibility of getting heard and building a sustainable fan base by yourself or with the help of others. And in experiencing the whole process first hand, artists develop on their own terms." It's about artistic freedom, she says.
Hope says Eddie Van Halen has been significant in her artistic growth, not only as a sponsor for her two CDs, but by offering her a platform to bounce ideas off of and by offering track and mix feedback.
"As an artist who writes and plays in ways that are different, I am able to understand Jennifer's unique approach to creating music. Artists who hear music in a new way stand out and help keep music evolving and relevant," Eddie Van Halen told Un-Block the Music.
Hope, who studied piano, clarinet and drums, says her influences have been
Sinead O'Connor, Heart, Pink Floyd, Type O Negative, NIN, Massive Attack, Delerium, Garbage, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure and Alice in Chains. She originally focused on writing songs for others to sing. "But then realized that the writing was much more the 'voice' of a particular artist. I realized that singing my own songs would be the complete artistic vision for me. I then went to the Vocal Institute in Hollywood. It was right after my time there that I began recording my songs."
Hope describes the songs on her new EP. Deadly Sin was written based on the FOX primetime television series, Lucifer. The track features Jeff Babko (Jimmy Kimmel Live Band Pianist/Keyboardist, Arranger and Composer) and was produced by Hope and Johnathan Bruns with executive producer Warren Huart (Aerosmith, The Fray, James Blunt).
The song Hurt began as a one-take performance in Eddie Van Halen's 5150 studio. Building on the original live track, Hope says she wanted to retain the freedom, energy and raw emotion of the performance as she produced and completed the song.
Bruce Springsteen's Dancing In The Dark was co-produced by Hope and Pete Strobl and includes guest vocals by Christopher Webb, who also sang on her single, Bring Me To Life. Linkin Park's My December is the fourth song on the EP. This follows its original release as a Download To Donate charity fundraiser formed to increase awareness and get contributions for Music for Relief's One More Light Fund in memory of Chester Bennington. Bennington committed suicide in July 2017. (See more about the fund at the end of this story.)
Hope's version of My December was produced by Hope and features Dolce Wang on cello and Tommy Reeves on piano. Reeves is another mentor of Hope's. He taught piano and other classes at the Musicians Institute when she attended. "He was accepting and supportive of the different kind of music that I performed while there. He ended up being the first person with whom I recorded."
Reeves and Hope have been making music together for years. "I've been making music with Jennifer for years now. From the very first session, the very first song, the very first note, she instinctively knew what her music sounded like. I might offer suggestions to make it more commercial, but she wasn't really interested in that. Her songs were already recorded in her mind. My job was to put together the musical pieces that matched her vision. Working with someone like Jennifer, who had such a clear, strong vision for her music, pushed me to be more creative. That really helped me grow as a producer. Jennifer is the most confident, dedicated and determined artist with whom I've ever made music with," Reeves says.
That confidence and keeping it all genuine is how to become successful in this business; and you have to be patient, Hope says. "Trust yourself and keep your artistic vision in focus. Keep experiencing, improving and evolving YOUR art for what it is, not what someone else wants it to be. It is very difficult to get honest and useful feedback in any case free of ulterior motives and competitiveness. It's even more difficult if you're not looking to grow and progress within the familiar box of a more defined measurable standard. Someone not only has to understand and connect with what you're doing but also know how to help move it forward for what it is."
To hear and to download music, go to http://www.jenniferhope.com/
Sidebar: The One More Light Fund
Music for Relief was founded by Linkin Park in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Throughout its first twelve years, Music for Relief responded to more than 30 natural disasters across four continents providing immediate relief and funding long-term recovery with a focus on sustainability. The One More Light Fund honors Chester and contributions will support environmental programs but will also shine a light on mental health and changing the way society thinks and talks about it.
For more information on the charity, and to donate, go to: http://musicforrelief.org/one-more-light-fund/
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Ann Coulter: Most Mass Shootings Performed By Third World Immigrants
February 22, 2018 Sean Adl-Tabatabai News, US 6
Over half of the recent mass shootings are conducted by 1st and 2nd generation immigrants, according to data compiled by Ann Coulter.
According to Coulter, a staggering 2 million unvetted third world immigrants have overstretched the FBI to breaking point, forcing them to contend with "Watch Lists" comprising nearly 2 million people.
Nearly half of recent mass shootings by 1st, 2nd generation immigrants
Anncoulter.com reports: In 2015, Director James Comey said that there were ISIS investigations in all 50 states — even Idaho and Alaska! And that's just one terrorist organization.
Maybe the FBI brass would still be a bunch of incompetent, PC nincompoops if we weren't dumping millions of psychotic and terrorist foreigners on the country. But even the most efficient organization would have trouble keeping track of the Nikolas Cruzes when our immigration policies require approximately one-third of the country to be constantly watching another third of the country.
Thanks to our Second Amendment, the United States has fewer mass shootings per capita than many other developed countries, including Norway, France, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium and the Czech Republic. (And 98 percent of our mass shootings occur in "gun-free zones.")
But imagine if we could cut our mass shootings in half?
There have been about 34 mass shootings since 2000. Forty-seven percent — 16 — were committed by first- and second-generation immigrants, i.e. people who never would have been here but for Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration act.
And the immigrant mass shootings have been some of the most spectacular ones, such as Fort Hood and San Bernardino. Two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, at Virginia Tech in 2007 and at the Pulse Nightclub in 2016, were committed by first- and second-generation immigrants, i.e., people who were in this country because Teddy was pouting in his room and refused to come out until he got his own legacy.
(Excluded from both lists: the Las Vegas shooting, because law enforcement has released nothing but lies about it, so that shooting remains unclassifiable; family dispute shootings; targeted assassinations of police officers; and shootings on Indian reservations.)
Here's the list of immigrant mass shootings, defined as a shooting at the same general time and location, not during the commission of another crime, that leaves at least four people dead — i.e. no gangland shootings, no "man kills family, then self" and no drug deals gone bad.
On account of the Rule of Journalism that permits the word "immigrant" to be used only in sentences with the word "valedictorian," you may not have heard of some of these mass shootings at all.
1) Omar Mateen, son of Afghan immigrants, killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016.
2) First- and second-generation Pakistani immigrants Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire at a community center Christmas party in San Bernardino, California, on Dec. 2, 2015, killing 14 people.
3) English immigrant Christopher Harper-Mercer killed 9 people at Umpqua Community College in southwest Oregon on Oct. 1, 2015.
4) Kuwaiti immigrant Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot and killed five people in attacks on two military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 16, 2015.
5) Second-generation Malaysian immigrant Elliot Rodger killed six people on May 23, 2014, around the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
6) Second-generation immigrant John Zawahri opened fire at his Southern California home and later at the campus of Santa Monica College on June 7, 2013, killing five in all. (The New York Times never mentioned that he was the child of Lebanese immigrants. The Times didn't even mention that his father used to beat up his mother, despite that paper's usual heightened interest in stories about men being mean to women.)
7) Cuban immigrant Pedro Alberto Vargas fatally shot six people in his apartment complex in Hialeah, Florida, on July 26, 2013.
8) Probable Barbadian immigrant Aaron Alexis shot and killed 12 people inside the Washington Navy Yard on Sept. 16, 2013. (See this.)
9) South Korean immigrant One L. Goh opened fire at Oikos University in Oakland, California, killing seven people on April 2, 2012.
10) Mexican immigrant Eduardo Sencion shot up an IHOP in Carson City, Nevada, on Sept. 6, 2011, killing four people — three National Guardsmen and a 67-year-old woman.
11) Second-generation immigrant Nidal Malik Hasan, son of Palestinian immigrants, killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009.
12) Vietnamese immigrant Jiverly Wong shot up the Binghamton, New York, American Civic Association on April 3, 2009, killing 13.
13) Bosnian immigrant Sulejman Talovic fatally shot five people at the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City on Feb. 12, 2007.
14) Seung-Hui Cho, a South Korean immigrant, slaughtered 32 people at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007.
15) Hmong immigrant Chai Soua Vang killed six hunters in northern Wisconsin on Nov. 21, 2004.
16) Mexican immigrant Salvador Tapia shot up the Windy City Core Supply warehouse in Chicago in 2003, killing six of his former co-workers.
If you missed your favorite immigrant mass shooting, please note that I excluded Jamaican immigrant Colin Ferguson (Long Island Railroad massacre in 1993); Nigerian immigrant Peter Odighizuwa (Appalachian School of Law shooting in 2002); Haitian illegal immigrant Kesler Dufrene (North Miami shooting in 2012); and Nigerian immigrant Henry Williams Obotetukudo (Bronx-Lebanon Hospital shooting in 2017). We are only counting mass shootings since 2000 that left at least four people dead.
First- and second-generation immigrants have committed more than 40 percent of all mass shootings since 2000. I know we've been admitting Third World immigrants at a breakneck pace, but I don't think immigrants make up nearly half the population yet.
Once we exclude the immigrant mass shooters, a clearer pattern emerges. The typical American perpetrator is a young man with paranoid schizophrenia — or, as we're now euphemistically calling it, "autism" — probably exacerbated by pot, a deadly combo platter.
An immigration moratorium and widespread deportations would not only cut mass shootings in half, but it would also free up the FBI's time to focus on these delusional young men with the terrifying stare, who hear voices no one else hears.
Young men like Nikolas Cruz.
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Orangefoot Pimpleback Pearlymussel
Plethobasus cooperianus
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The orangefoot pimpleback pearlymussel is a rare freshwater mussel believed to be found in the lower Ohio River in Illinois, the middle reaches of the Cumberland River, and the lower reaches of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama and western Tennessee. Freshwater mussels are marine mollusks that are able to move slowly through the sand, gravel, or silt of their aquatic habitat by means of a muscular foot. They have a close-fitting shell that protects them from predators and drying out when high up on the shore. The orangefoot pimpleback reaches up to 100mm in length, and it has a rayless, light brown shell that becomes darker as it matures. As its name suggests, the foot of the mussel is orange in color.
This mussel prefers clean, fast-flowing water in silt-free rubble, gravel or sand of medium to large rivers with steady currents. They can be found buried in sand or gravel in water as deep as 29 feet. Young mussels are born as "glochidia" (larvae) until they undergo metamorphosis into mussels. As larvae, they develop by attaching themselves to fishes for a short life as parasites. The process is further complicated because not only do the glochidia have to find a fish, but it has to be one of several fish species for the life cycle to continue. The main host fish of this species is unknown. As mussels, they attach themselves to the river floors and feed on plankton and detritus that they are able to filter from the water using specialized regions of their shells. The water is filtered over the gills and the food particles become trapped and eventually digested. In the spring, males release sperm into the water when the current is strong enough, allowing the sperm to travel and reach the eggs inside the shells of females. The fertilized eggs then develop into glochidia and grow inside the gill of the female until released into the water. In order to completely develop as mussels the larvae must find the host fish and attach themselves to its gills.
Many historic populations of this species were wiped out due to human disturbance of its aquatic habitat. River sections they inhabited were confined by the building of dams and reservoirs, flooding most of their habitat. This resulted in a reduction of gravel and sand and more than likely affected the population of their fish hosts. Threats to the remaining populations are water pollution and sedimentation due to deforestation, and competition with the introduced zebra mussel species. This species was listed as endangered in 1976, but currently, there are no recovery or habitat conservation plans.
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1. Leatherback Sea Turtle
Leatherback sea turtles have been around since pre-historic times. And unfortunately, if the species is allowed to vanish, scientists believe it will foreshadow the extinction of a host of other marine species. It is estimated that there are less than 5,000 nesting female leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean today, down from 91,000 in 1980.


This poem is dedicated to survivors of sexual assault, and comes with a trigger warning.
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girls too hungry to run.
with its sick, familiar smell.
they will not find us in Hell.
Claire Askew's poems have appeared in numerous places, including The Guardian, The Edinburgh Review, PANK, and on Radio 3's The Verb. Her debut collection, This changes things, was published by Bloodaxe in 2016, and shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award and the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award. Claire is also a novelist, and her debut novel in progress won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. She is currently at work as the 2017 Jessie Kesson Fellow, lives in Edinburgh, and can be found on Twitter @onenightstanzas.


For the past two weeks, S and I have been braving the total free-for-all that is apartment hunting in San Francisco. After attending fifteen minute (yes, really!) open houses, giving all our financial and personal identification information to complete strangers, and bickering while trying to find street parking all over the city, we've managed to find a new place!
We move into our new apartment in Noe Valley next weekend, and to celebrate, I wanted to host my first Etsy shop sale! It's spring, we're moving to a new apartment with space for a real studio, and I'm feeling pretty excited about this whole adventure!
You can get 15% off all prints and paintings in my Etsy shop by inputing the code MOVINGONUP15. I'll be running this sale until next Saturday, when our actual moving will begin!
I've been sharing the stories behind a couple of my paintings over the past few weeks, but I figured I'd share some of my personal favorites from the past six months of painting below!


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CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS Ep 002 Flash #129
Welcome to the second episode of the CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS PODCAST, a show dedicated to covering the stories chronicling the adventures and team-ups of the Justice Society of America of Earth-2 and their Earth-1 counterparts the Justice League of America. Each episode will be devoted to a single issue of one of these Crisis crossovers, so join me, your host Kyle Benning, as I chronologically work through the 8 volumes of Crisis on Multiple Earths and Crisis on Multiple Earth Team-Ups TPBs.
This time out I once again dive into the Crisis on Multiple Earths Volume 1 TPB to examine the second meeting of the Flash of Earth-1 Barry Allen and the Flash of Earth-2 Jay Garrick, as told in the story from Flash #129, titled "Double Danger on Earth." The issue originally went on sale April 19th 1962 and was written by Gardner Fox, penciled by Carmine Infantino, and inked by Joe Giella.
You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes under the King-Size Comics Giant Size Fun Podcast feed, or download the episode directly here: CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS EP 002 Flash #129
During the episode I read feedback from 4 listeners and mention their fine online blog & podcasting efforts. Please check out their respective blogs & podcasts at the below links.
Chris Franklin of the Super Mates Podcast and the Power Records Podcast located on the Fire & Water Podcast Feed
Professor Alan Middleton of the Relatively Geeky Podcast Network.
Tim Wallace of the Kord Industries Blue Beetle Blog and Legion of Super-Bloggers
And Van Zee, who posts a ton of great JSA related content on the Tales of the JSA Facebook Page
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Comic History 101 DC's 80 Page Giants
This is going to be the first of what is hopefully a semi-regular set of features spotlighting the publishing history of some of the "Giants" put out by Marvel and DC during the Silver and Bronze Ages. Some of these articles or essays first appeared a few years back on either the Outhousers website under "Retro Reviews" or on the website and weekly newsletter published by a comic shop that I frequented when I lived in Des Moines. I have gone back and tweaked some of the content, so hopefully they read as a better, more concise version of my original thoughts. The first one up in the DC 80 Page Giant from the 1960s and it's pre-cursor, the 80 Page Annuals.
In 1960, DC really pioneered the reprint concept that Marvel would later adopt in the mid 1960's (a period appropriately known as the 'Marvel Age of Comics') with series like Collector's Item Classic (which will be covered in the next essay). By 1960, DC had been running on full steam with characters like Superman and Batman for over 20 years, and Marvel hadn't even entered the Silver Age or debuted their properties like Fantastic Four (1961) or Spider-Man (1962). DC meanwhile, on the heels of their Silver Age Superhero resurgence courtesy of the 1956 makeover of the Flash in the pages of Showcase #4, had ramped up their Silver Age superhero output after it had taken a sharp decline in the late 40's as the Golden Age came to a close and Western, Crime, and Horror comics flourished in the Atomic Age from 1947-1956 (this time period is oft debated, and I think it, like most comic eras, are more dependent on individual characters than the industry or company as a whole, but that's a discussion for another time). To kick this off, DC introduced the "Annual" concept, printing 80 page books collecting stories from the Golden, Atomic, and early Silver Age of fan favorite characters. These newly coined Annuals were actually on a semi-annual release schedule, with Superman seeing two Annuals a year published in 1960-1963. In 1961 DC began to broaden their Annual publishing material, and in addition to the two new Superman Annuals this year, they also introduced two Batman Annuals as well as a Secret Origins Annual. In 1962 they diversified even further, adding a Lois Lane and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 80 Page Annual to the lineup that also included two Batman and two Superman Annuals. This trend continued, as DC put out 22 of these 80 page annuals through the beginning of 1964, when the series got an overhaul and a new name.
The 80 page Annual concept gave rise to a new series appropriately titled, 80 Page Giant. Each issue featured a specific character and reprinted between 5-7 classic stories ranging from the early Golden Age through the mid-Silver Age. Issue #1 of 80 Page Giant appropriately starred Superman, as this issue was originally advertised in comics a few months prior as Superman Annual #9. When DC instituted the 80 Page Giant series, they abandoned the Annual altogether. Since 80 Page Giant #1 took the content of Superman #9 and ended that annual series, we actually wouldn't see DC return to the annual format until they released a Superman Annual #9 a whole 19 years later in 1983! (Marvel on the other hand published Annuals pretty regularly from their inception in the early 60's through the early 2000's, only briefly putting the annuals on hold in favor of the "Giant-Size" books from 1974-1976. More on that in a future article.) 80 Page Giant ran for 15 issues, featuring all reprinted material, and each cover carrying the issue number in the G## format. The self-titled series ended with G15 Superman and Batman, before it underwent another transformation. The G## would continue, but now the 80 Page Giants would be special giant sized reprint issues that ran through popular ongoing titles. For example G16 would be Justice League #39, an 80 Page Giant that reprinted early exploits of the Justice League, including their first appearance in the pages of Brave and the Bold #28. This format lasted until 1971, ending with G89 which was Justice League of America #93. By the time the sub-series ended, the page count had dwindled to 64 pages (which is still a huge comic!) and the cover price had increased to 35 cents.
This 80 Page format included the front and back covers in the page count, and had very limited advertisements. Most of the ads were in the form of ¼ page house ads below the final panel of the story, or were written as full one page comic stories, so even if it was an ad, you were still getting some comic reading. Since trade paperbacks didn't exist at this time, (an almost inconceivable concept isn't it?!) this was really the only way that you could get your hands on past Superman and Batman stories. These stories were easy for DC to collect, as 99% of stories at this time were one and done 8-20 page stories. So readers would get six or seven stories for the small price of a quarter. It's hard to imagine a time when you couldn't just order a trade of those early golden age Superman stories, and this format offered newer readers a chance to read some of the classics from DC's past 20 years of publishing. It's too bad they didn't have the foresight to publish a Giant or two collecting the first few issues of More Fun Comics, which featured crime and adventure stories years before Detective Comics or Action Comics #1 would hit stands. It would've been cool for DC to release a volume collecting some of the first stuff they (National Publications) put out in the very early days of comic industry infancy. A lot of the stories reprinted in these are still fan favorites today, being collected in volumes such as "Best Joker Stories," "Superman in the 40's," and "The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told." And if you keep your eye on eBay, it's surprising how cheap you can score a number of these from the early 60's. I've picked up a few of these in VG condition over the past year for under $5 shipped. Not too bad for these classics. The Silver Age, especially at DC, I think is too often dismissed as an era of silly imaginary stories that lack direction or relevant content. While that may be the case for some instances, the stories that are usually reprinted in these were classics then, and still hold up today. Some of these stories are down right brilliant, and while fun and enjoyable for all age readers, many have adult themes and morals that are presented in better stories than current ones trying to share the same messages today (at least in this nostalgic reader's humble opinion).
If you're really interested in reading some of these, your best bet is probably to pick up a DC Showcase Presents "phone book" edition of a series you're interested in. I've been reading a lot of the early World's Finest team-ups lately, and most of these are a total blast. There are some real gems in here, I wish the current Batman Superman title would steal a page from these and try to capture that fun tone. Maybe I'm just an old comics curmudgeon but damn do I miss the days when Superman and Batman were best friends and got along.
So go out there and give the Showcase World's Finest vol. 1, Batman vol. 1, or Superman Family vol. 1 a try. With something like 500 pages for $17 bucks (or cheaper if you go the Instock Trades or Amazon route), you can't go wrong with these classics. Some are better than others, but I guarantee you'll walk away with hours of more reading, and a lot more satisfaction out of reading a volume of one of these, than you will in 5 issues of the current take on the characters for the same price.
Next week…Marvel's Collector's Item Classic Series.
Random Comic Showcase Ep 012 New Gods #12
Welcome everyone to the 12th episode of King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Presents: Random Comic Showcase. Join me, your host Kyle Benning as I spend a brief time discussing comics I've been reading recently. This time out, I talk about New Gods #12, from 1996 that was both written and drawn by John Byrne.
This podcast is on the same feed as the regular King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Podcast, so as always you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or download it directly here: Random Comic Showcase Ep 012 New Gods #12
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King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Presents: FREE COMIC SPOTLIGHT!! That's right, a podcast devoted to nothing but FREE COMICS!
In this second episode, join me host your Kyle Benning as I take a look at one of the many Free Comic Books I scored from Free Comic Book Day 2015, the Savage Dragon FCBD 2015 Special.
You can find the episode on iTunes on the King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Podcast Feed or directly download it here: Free Comic Spotlight 002 Savage Dragon FCBD 2015
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Random Comic Showcase Ep 11 Hercules Unbound #5
Welcome everyone to the 11th episode of King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Presents: Random Comic Showcase. Join me, your host Kyle Benning as I spend a brief time discussing comics I've been reading recently. This time out, I talk about Hercules Unbound #6, by Gerry Conway and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez (PBHN).
This podcast is on the same feed as the regular King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Podcast, so as always you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or download it directly here
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Where does Theresa May sit in the hall of fame for disastrous prime ministers?
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.22 June 2019
Opinion, Brexit, Conservatives, History, Theresa May, UK Politics
The much criticised PM has plenty of rivals for the title of worst leader.
It is, of course, too early to make a balanced judgement about Theresa May's legacy. That can really only happen once Brexit is resolved. But we already have some sense of where she will sit in the hall of fame dedicated to bad prime ministers.
Some ground rules for this discussion, first. It seems reasonable to exclude the 19th-century prime ministers, for a start. Some of them were truly awful, but they were not operating in anything that looks like a modern political system. However, even if we confine ourselves to the period since 1918, when something resembling a modern franchise was introduced, it's a competitive league for the title of worst prime minister.
Everyone has their view on who the worst prime minister is, but here are mine. I argue there are at least four candidates to consider before we look at May. The first would be Ramsay MacDonald. After heading two minority Labour governments in 1924 and 1929-31, he then became prime minister in the national government from 1931 to 1935. But as his health declined, effective power gradually flowed to his Conservative colleague and, subsequently his successor, Stanley Baldwin. It was 1945 before Labour was in office again.
For Labour supporters, MacDonald was synonymous with the word "betrayal". They felt he had sold out to financial interests, and the blandishments of King George V, and introduced a programme of austerity that deepened the recession of the 1930s. He seemed unable to grapple with the scope and depth of the problems he faced.
Ramsay MacDonald, 1935. / YouTube - British Pathé
Neville Chamberlain (1937-40) has his defenders. Like many men of his generation, he was understandably scarred by the experience of World War I and genuinely wanted peace. His advocates argue that by giving in to Hitler's demands and postponing war as long as possible, he gave the country more time to prepare and rearm.
The counter argument is that each capitulation simply encouraged Hitler to ask for more. It was remarked that Chamberlain had never met anyone like Hitler in Birmingham, where he came from. His experience was in municipal and domestic politics and his grasp of the imperatives of foreign policy in the late 1930s was limited, although that didn't stop him intervening. When he came back from the Munich talks with Hitler, he was a national hero, in tune with the pacifist mood of the country. However, opinion quickly changed and he was castigated as one of the "guilty men" of appeasement.
Neville Chamberlain, 1938. / YouTube - British Pathé
Anthony Eden (1955-57) also has his defenders, but the case is harder to make. He involved Britain in an invasion of Egypt to restore British control of the Suez Canal which ended in fiasco when American pressure led the UK to withdraw. Eden viewed the Egyptian leader Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser in rather simplistic terms as another Mussolini, whom he had dealt with as foreign secretary in the 1930s. Rather than reasserting British influence in the Middle East, Suez ended the belief that Britain was an independent great power. Eden did not reveal to the House of Commons that Britain had colluded with France to encourage Israel to invade the Sinai Peninsula to give the UK a pretext for intervention.
Anthony Eden, 1957. / YouTube - AP
Alec Douglas-Home (1963-64) was a surprise choice as prime minister who emerged because alternative candidates self-destructed. He had to give up his seat in the House of Lords to become prime minister. He had little understanding of economics which he said he used to work out with matchsticks. He was, however, only narrowly defeated by the modernising Harold Wilson in the 1964 general election.
Alec Douglas-Home, 1963. / YouTube - British Pathé
Edward Heath (1970-74) hardly covered himself in glory, ending his period in office among industrial chaos. The answer the electorate gave to his question he posed in the February 1974 general election "Who governs?" was "Not you". His main achievement, getting Britain into the then Common Market, is now likely to be reversed.
Edward Heath, 1973. / YouTube - UKTV History
Dealt a bad hand, handled deal badly
Theresa May was handed a poisoned chalice in terms of steering a deeply divided country and House of Commons to a Brexit settlement. However, she arguably made things worse by her own mistakes. The biggest was to fight a poor election campaign in 2017, which led to the loss of the Conservative majority and a reliance on the Democratic Unionist Party to govern.
Having failed to secure a majority, she then should have reached out to other parties to try to build a consensus on Brexit. Instead, as one might expect from someone whose whole public life has been built around the Conservative Party, she was relentlessly partisan, sticking obdurately to her "red lines". It might have been difficult for anyone else to get a better deal from the EU, but she allowed her unpopular deal to be humiliatingly defeated in the Commons three times, only reaching to other parties when it was too late.
As a consequence of the focus on Brexit, she was unable to do very much to help the working poor, which was her central objective when she came into office. She belatedly tried to promote a review of university financing as part of her legacy.
She is, of course, the fourth Conservative Party leader in succession to be brought down by issues related to the EU, with internal strife within the party the most important factor. But she could have been more flexible and more emotionally intelligent in dealing with colleagues and opponents. The magazine Private Eye gave its verdict by printing a blank page on the cover, presenting it as her "legacy in full". Harsh, but not unfair.🔷
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The Dizziness of Freedom: Thank God for 'Nurse Mode' | Dealing with Adrenaline Surges.
Thank God for 'Nurse Mode' | Dealing with Adrenaline Surges.
"Adrenaline is a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands and released into the bloodstream to serve as a chemical mediator. Adrenaline has many different actions depending on the type of cells it is acting upon, however the overall effect of adrenaline is to prepare the body for the 'fight or flight' response in times of stress. It increases heart rate, increases blood pressure, expanding the air passages of the lungs, enlarging pupils, redistributing blood to muscles and altering the body's metabolism"
Commonly experienced in those who suffer from anxiety, surges of adrenaline are released for no reason at all and can develop into strong anxiety or a panic attack. This weekend, I felt adrenaline being released at the right time for the right reason, for the first time in months.
I often get surges of adrenaline while i'm on my nursing placement due to the nature of the job. Having to be on the ball at all times, not only to structure my tasks and efficiently working throughout the day at fast pace, but to be ready to react to an emergency situation. I have experienced having to stop what i'm doing and jump into 'life saving mode' many times, with patients who have choked on their sandwich, elderly patients who have fallen and even a patient who went into cardiac arrest, so it is not uncommon for my adrenaline to fill me with the energy and strength I need.
After having to end my last clinical placement of 2nd year early due to my sickness, I experienced these surges of adrenaline more and more while sat watching TV, while on my phone or laptop, while talking with friends, for no reason, and although I had experienced what I like to call 'unneeded adrenaline' before, this was a lot stronger and a lot more difficult to control and calm down. These surges brought on panic attacks and strong anxiety that became noticeably difficult for me to shake off like I was used to being able to do. So since my last placement, around 10 weeks ago, I had not felt 'needed adrenaline', until this weekend.
My best friend text me Sunday morning telling me that following 2 head collisions during his game of rugby the Wednesday before (which worried me anyway!), that his nose had started bleeding, that his headaches had got no better, his hearing was muffled on one side and he had bruising behind one of his ears. The nurse in me, using the knowledge I've learnt from lectures and patients I've cared for myself, diagnosed this as a severe head injury - worse than the concussion he self-diagnosed himself with. Of course, I explained this to him and told him to go to his local walk in centre immediately. The walk in centre checked him over and told him he needed to go to A&E as the nosebleed shouldn't have happened under the circumstances and there could be some cranial damage. When he texted me all this, my adrenaline hit the roof. Baring in mind, my anxiety levels have been good for around a week now, it was a shock to the system. While walking down to A&E to meet him so he wasn't alone, such bad, irrational thoughts were crossing my mind. What if he collapses on his way here? What if he's left it too long to be able to help him get better? Should I have made him go to A&E earlier than today? When he got there, alive, I immediately felt better because he was orientated, alert, still able to make jokes and be on Tinder. He checked in and we were told to sit in the Minors waiting area. Surprisingly, over hearing the busy rush of A&E and the hospital in general calmed me and I felt like I was in familiar surroundings. It reassured me that the adrenaline rushing around inside of me was normal and okay and that settled me alot. An hour passed and he was called in by the doctor who told him he needed a CT scan on his head and neck to check for fractures and internal damage to the brain, and this news sent another surge of adrenaline around my body. Of course, I wasn't going to let him know this, but I was scared, probably more than he was, but like my Mum always tells me "Lucy, you know too much when it comes to health". I could feel myself buzzing and my feet were going tingly like they sometimes do when I'm about to have a panic attack. I unconsciously started tapping my feet to get rid of the horrible sensation and remind myself that he was in the best possible place but still I was thinking irrational thoughts. There's going to be something wrong with him. What if he collapses in the waiting area? Will I know what to do? I was scared, at this point that my anxiety I was feeling wouldn't calm down, but it was quite clear that he was in a lot of pain with another headache and although not showing it, must have been worried so my brain rationally clicked into nurse mode and I was fine again. No tingles, no irrational thoughts. I felt these surges throughout the night, sat outside the CT room, waiting for his scan to be finished, waiting for the results of it and finally when the nurse told him what was wrong. "You've fractured your mastoid bone". Now I knew what this was before he did - he'd fractured his skull, just behind his ear. It was big shock as it is very uncommon to break this part of the skull, and again I the adrenaline crept up on me, so much so I ended up almost dancing on the spot to try and shake it off and blamed it on feeling loopy and it being 2am. I was expecting slight bruising to the brain or something like that but not a skull fracture. This was causing the headaches, the bruising, the nosebleeds and the muffled hearing as it was pressing on his ear canal. While she was explaining it all to him, again, I clicked into nurse mode and felt absolutely fine again, like I was there as a nurse supporting a patient. Thankfully there was no cranial damage.
This time last month, I was so worried about what I'd be like having to walk back onto a ward of patients, many very ill, and have to deal with adrenaline surges again. Would I have to try really hard to direct it where it needs to go? What if I don't get them when I need them? What if I get them when I don't need them and I can't shake it off? After this weekend, I know that I can go back to what I love doing. I can use the adrenaline thrust upon me for a reason and use nurse mode to shake it off. Nurses need it, and I do sometimes wonder if maybe it doesn't help my anxiety that I am so prone to having moments where I need adrenaline fast. It's also taught me that I can handle my anxiety, and I can put others first, put a brave face on and come out with a genuine smile. I am so proud of myself for what I achieved Sunday night and it's shown how much I have developed with my anxiety and panic disorder. I was telling another friend about it all today and she said "8 weeks ago, there is no way you could have handled hearing that sort of news from him, let alone willingly support him through it all, especially with that sort of outcome" and it's true. I wouldn't have been able to, but now I know I can. I know that hospitals and helping those in need is were I belong and is where I feel most comfortable. It's where I can be me.


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Николай Вильгельм (; 20 сентября 1832, Бибрих — 17 сентября 1905, Висбаден) — германский аристократ, принц Нассауский. Офицер прусской армии.

Биография
Принц Николай Вильгельм родился в семье герцога Вильгельма I Нассауского (1792—1839) и его второй супруги Паулины Вюртембергской (1810—1856). Родной брат Софии, королевы Швеции и единокровный — Адольфа Вильгельма Нассауского и Терезии-Вильгельмины, жены принца Петра Ольденбургского.

В 1856 году Николай Вильгельм, как представитель княжества Нассау, приезжал на коронационные празднества по случаю восшествия на престол императора Александра II. На одном из светских раутов он встретился с Натальей Дубельт, дочерью поэта Александра Пушкина. Между ними начался роман. В это время Наталья Александровна была замужем за генерал-майором Михаилом Леонтьевичем Дубельтом (1822—1900) и имела трёх детей. Брак был несчастливым: заядлый карточный игрок, Михаил Дубельт промотал всё состояние, даже приданое жены (28 тысяч серебром); он ревновал жену и даже бил её. Совместная жизнь супругов стала невыносимой, и в 1862 году супруги разъехались. Но лишь в мае 1864 года Наталья Александровна получила свидетельство на право проживания отдельно от мужа без развода. Брак супругов был расторгнут 18 мая 1868 года.

19 августа 1868 года в Женеве Николай Вильгельм обвенчался с Натальей Александровной. Поскольку дочь Пушкина, как морганатическая жена принца, не могла носить фамилию особы королевской крови, зять Николая Вильгельма Нассауского, Георг Виктор, владетельный принц Вальдека и Пирмонта, пожаловал ей 17 июля 1867 года титул графини фон Меренберг.

К браку своего младшего брата принц Адольф относился одобрительно. Даже заняв великогерцогский престол в Люксембурге, он по-прежнему принимал у себя графиню Меренберг и её детей, часто бывал у них.

Семья проживала в Висбадене, в России супруги бывали редко. А. П. Философова писала в письме Ф. М. Достоевскому: «Так странно видеть детище нашего полубога замужем за немцем. Она до сих пор красива… очень обходительна, а муж немец — добряк, чрезвычайно добродушный господин…»

У Николая Вильгельма и Натальи Александровны Меренберг родилось трое детей:
 София (1868—1927) — морганатическая супруга великого князя Михаила Михайловича;
 Александра (1869—1950) — супруга (с 1914 года) Массимо д'Элиа;
 Георг Николай (1871—1948) — супруг (с 1895 года) светлейшей княжны Ольги Александровны Юрьевской (1873—1925).

Николай Вильгельм скончался 17 сентября 1905 года. Похоронен в родовом склепе.

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March 9, 2016 - 7:17 am EST 6 years ago
Golf Faces Retention Problem
Golf is attracting more new players than at any other time since the early 2000s, but the game can't keep those new golfers in the game, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week. Citing statistics from the National Golf Foundation, the WSJ said that the number of people who played golf at least once in 2015 were down once again.
The dicotomy of more people being brought to the game and less people playing at least one round is a retention problem, but not for the reasons that you commonly hear trotted out.
In what seems like annual obituaries written about golf, two factors often cited are time and money. Fewer people have the time and patience to slog through a five-hour round. And a shrinking middle class doesn't help a sport that can be expensive.
But the reality is that if golf could retain even a slight majority of the beginners it attracts each year, the sport would be growing. And in its surveys of people who quit the game, the NGF found that what really drives retention are two factors less often discussed.
One is comfort—how comfortable a beginner is both on the course and around other golfers—which is mostly a function of atmosphere. The assumption at most courses is that a person walking in is familiar with everything from the pre-round routine to the countless unspoken rules of etiquette. In fact, beginners understand little of it. People who quit often never get past feeling like an outsider in a club for insiders.
The other factor is competence. Most beginners who don't get hooked say they never felt "shot euphoria"—the thrill of the one great shot, however rare, that keeps even the most casual duffers coming back. By contrast, they almost surely felt the humiliation of hitting their first tee shot 10 feet while the starter watches on.
The blueprint for a more welcoming and improvement-centric model is Tiger Woods' new course outside of Houston, Texas — Bluejack National. Aside from a user-friendly big course that features no rough and very few chances to lose your golf ball, the retention angle is The Playgrounds, which Woods was on hand to unveil last week.
The 10-hole short course has holes that range from 35-108 yards and can be frequented by those who are just picking up the game. It's an option for those in the "competence" crowd who are more likely to leave the game due to being embarrassed by their lack of skill.
The game should be growing, but simply put, it isn't. It's up to the 15,000 golf courses and 20 million regular golfers to help grow the game by opening their courses to beginners and those interested in the game by not running people off who may not have the background in the sport that they do. As with anything, progress takes time, but the payoff will be beneficial to everyone.


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Securing Furniture to Prevent Tip-Over Accidents
The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a warning to parents, caregivers, hotels, resorts, businesses and other establishments. Responsible parties must make sure that they secure, anchor and stabilize TVs, furniture and other large appliances. By securing these devices, we can help to reduce the risk of tip-over accidents. Oftentimes, our little ones are using tables and dressers to climb to the devices and when a tip-over accident results — it can be tragic!
Our Martin County injury attorneys understand that nearly 350 people were killed in the last decade because of these kinds of tip-over accidents. Thousands more are injured every year.
More than 80 percent of the victims in these accidents were kids who were under the age of 9. Just last year, we recorded the highest-ever number of fatalities from tip-over incidents. There were more than 40 recorded in just one year. That's 10 more fatalities than from the previous year. Officials suspect that this number could increase as more reports trickle in.
"I urge parents to anchor their TVs, furniture and appliances and protect their children. It takes just a few minutes to do and it can save lives," said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum.
The news gets even worse. Officials with the CPSC also estimate that there are close to 45,000 people who are injured in these kinds of accidents every year, too. Close to 60 percent of these injuries occur to residents who are under the age of 18.
What Causes These Accidents? According to the most recent statistics, about half of the accidents that leave a resident with an injury are caused by falling furniture. The most common type of accident to cause death is when a television falls onto someone. These incidents account for more than 60 percent of all tip-over fatalities.
A child against a dresser is no fair match. It's the same unfortunate match up when comparing a small child to a television or a wall unit. When children are lucky enough to survive these kinds of accidents, they're oftentimes left with serious head injuries and other crush-related injuries. In more than 55 percent of the reported fatalities and close to 40 percent of the reported injuries, the child was actually hit in the head by the falling item.
A common problem in American households is that many families are making the move from those old-school, bulky televisions to the sleek flat screens. When families upgrade, the large TVs are usually moved to spare bedrooms and to children's rooms. They are hardly every properly secured, increasing the risks for a tip-over accident. Recent statistics prove that most of these accidents did in fact happen in bedrooms — 40 percent in bedrooms and less than 20 percent in living or family rooms.
Tips to Prevent Tip-Over Accidents:
-Secure furniture to the floor or to the wall.
-Make sure that all televisions are on low, sturdy bases.
-Push TVs as far back into a dresser or table as possible.
-Keep toys, remotes and other child objects off of TV stands and away from furniture.
-Place cable and TV cords out of sight and out of reach.
-Supervise children in areas where these safety precautions have not been taken.
If you or your child has been injured, contact Freeman, Mallard, Sharp & Gonzalez, LLC. Call for a free and confidential consultation to discuss your case at 1-800-561-7777.
Golf Cart Accident involving Rubio's Daughter Highlights Risks, South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog, November 2, 2012
Trampolines: More Dangerous than Fun for Kids!, South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog, October 9, 2012
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Last week I shared with you the need to have mentors. The value of having individuals who can listen to you and honestly critique you and critique your business cannot be measured. Even the best and most successful business persons I know, have people to critique them honestly. Remember there is no one you can lie to easier than yourself. I have been hired many times by businesses to review them, only to have to conclude that if they had been willing to have an honest review a year or so earlier, the business could have been saved, but now it was too late.
The first thing most individuals start with when building a business plan is the "Mission Statement." This is much more important than people think but I want to go right to the heart of things in this article: Money! For most of us, this is the reason we go into business. Before you move forward with opening the doors for your business you should have a handle on the business's money plan. Cash flow is the life blood of any business. If you are like many people who ask me to assist them, you are looking to start a business because the economy has cost you your job. You will need to know how much money you will need to start your new business, how much you will need monthly in order to pay your bills until your business becomes profitable, and how long it will take for you to become profitable.
Let's say that you need $3000 every month to cover your personal expenses. Then we will say that the monthly overhead to start your business is another $1500 and month. Finally we will project that you need $15,000 for startup cost. Now if you were buying into a franchise, these numbers would be greatly increased. I have assisted friends with startups that are a franchise and they had to come up with $250,000 to $1,000,000 just to get started. YOU MUST BE HONEST WITH THESE NUMBERS. For your personal expenses, figure housing, transportation, food, utilities, insurance, clothing, and any other regular expenses. If you have school-age children, figure into this money, school activities and recreational activities. I have seen individuals cancel their insurance in order to lower their monthly bills. I do not agree with this at all! I understand that health insurance is expensive but medical bills are much more expensive. Also, it's against the law to drive a vehicle without auto insurance. You need to be responsible.
When figuring out what your monthly overhead for the business will be, include rental space, such as an office or warehouse, phone lines, internet connection, web page placement, insurance, mail and/or shipping, transportation, and any employee costs. Remember that what you pay an employee is only a portion of what it costs to have an employee. In addition to the employee pay, you will have the employer portion of their payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workman's compensation, and other insurances. You should put together a spread sheet. Excel is a great product for doing this with. There are many software programs on the market that will walk you through this process. YOU MUST BE HONEST. Even the simplest businesses have expenses. I have asked many business owners what their monthly operating cost is and have tried to give me a number off the top of their heads. This will not work unless you are looking to go out of business.
When figuring out your start-up cost, the first thing I recommend that you do is to contact your local city, county, and state offices, to find out what licenses and permits are required to open a business. This is even true with businesses that are run out of your home. I have had long conversations with individuals who thought they could start a business out of their home without speaking to their local governing body and they ended up getting a letter in the mail with a sizeable fine. You will find that your local government wants to assist you and that it is much easier to do things correctly from the beginning. I can tell you that each city has different rules. I have had associates open business across the street from where they had planned because across the street was a different city and the cost for permits to run their business was thousands less by simply locating themselves 100 yards north. Do your homework up front and it can save you headaches and money.
Will you need equipment? How many computers will you need? Office equipment and supplies are always important. Now one of the ways to greatly save on start-up costs is to purchase used equipment and furniture for your business. About fifteen years ago I was asked to assist two different people with opening new restaurants. I advised both individuals to attend auctions for restaurants that had gone out of business. One of the owners listened to me and they spent around $11,000 to acquire everything they needed for setting up their restaurant. The commercial stoves, refrigerators, the tables, chairs, computerized register, and even the place settings were bought at auctions. The other owner refused to do this and instead purchased over $120,000 of equipment and furnishings on a lease with their home as the security.
The restaurant that purchased everything from auctions had a monthly debt load of $0 for the items they needed to start business. The restaurant that purchased everything brand new had a monthly lease payment that was over $5,000. Both opened their doors within a month of the other. The food was wonderful at both restaurants. The customers of the restaurant that had purchased everything they could from auctions, had no idea where the equipment and furnishings had come from any more than the customers for the restaurant that had all brand new stuff. Even though both restaurants had about equal the number of customers, the restaurant that had purchased everything brand new and on a lease, went out of business within a year. They had too much debt load to cover each month. The other restaurant is still open today in Castle Rock, Colorado and doing very well 15 years later.
Yes, we all like brand new stuff but I have learned from my own mistakes over the years and learned that new-used is just as good as brand new. There are auctions every week in Southern Nevada and Southern California. Do your research and take your time before you open your doors and it can make the difference between prospering and going out of business. We will be covering in greater detail the process for determining start-up costs and keeping your business afloat while you are striving for profitability in the weeks to come. I wanted to give you some food for thought in this article. Next week I will step back and discuss the formulating of your business plan. The week after that, we will cover marketing, promotions, and sales; and after this we will get back to the real work writing a short term and long term budget.
If you have any business questions please feel free to send those questions to editor@guardianlv.com.


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