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(CNN)In separate letters, extra than 300 public-fitness corporations entreated Acting Secretary Eric Hargan of the Department of Health and Human Services to disregard a pronounced limit on personal' use of 7 particular phrases as they put together price range documents for the President.
However, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Health and Human Services both denied this week that any language regulations exist.
In a letter Tuesday, the heads of five fitness businesses — which includes the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Psychiatric Association — acknowledged Fitzgerald's declaration, however seemingly it became now not enough.
"While any idea made to the state's main public fitness and prevention business enterprise to limit scientific and scientific vocabulary would be regarding, the suggestion that the CDC dismiss the importance of technology and proof in public-dealing with files is unacceptable," Tuesday's letter says.
A similar letter dated Thursday turned into signed by using masses of companies, which includes the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association.
This letter did no longer well known both Health and Human Services' or Fitzgerald's statements. Instead, the institution letter expressed situation.
Yet Fitzgerald reassured CDC personnel this week that "science is and will stay the inspiration for our work." She also tweeted her comments to the public at huge.
"HHS will preserve to apply the pleasant scientific proof to be had to improve the fitness of all Americans. HHS also strongly encourages the use of outcome and proof statistics in software reviews and finances decisions," the statement reads.
The writers of Thursday's letter had been aware of the statements made by way of Fitzgerald and through Health and Human Services, said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.
"It is critical to be aware that during their suave reaction, HHS and the CDC never denied that those seven precise phrases (vulnerable, evidence-based totally, and so on.) have been singled out," Benjamin said, adding that they acknowledge a difference of opinion as to what become stated and how. "One has to put this document of language limit in the context of numerous other management movements to change agency communications." He said this includes "internet web page language" and prohibiting public displays via scientists.
"All agencies have a process and policy in place that personnel is to comply with when communicating to the press or while giving clinical presentations and what now not," he defined. "But that doesn't restrict them from in the long run having the ability to speak to the clicking or give presentations.
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BPA, an artificial estrogen having commercial and dental programs, is the chemical that has been shown to leach into meals inclusive of child ingredients and formulation from BPA plastics and cans which might be lined with BPA. This author will now not pretend to offer know-how on the issue. I actually have none. However, the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as of this writing, each submit online over 300 technical entries on BPA. I'm sure different federal businesses may additionally cope with this critical depends on public fitness situation. The complete non-technical reporting on Bisphenol A is supplied by the donation-funded Environmental Working Group (EWG.Org) and the search engine of the Center For Science In the Public Interest (CSPINET.Org) also presents subjects of the subject on Bisphenol A whilst maverick physicians like Joseph Mercola, D.O. (mercola.Com) overtly talk online the risks posed by BPA.
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There was plenty of art that felt quite natural on the walls of Beaver Lake Nature Center. I took a moment or two during break from staff day from the library to capture the beauty of the work. Congratulations to all artists who earned a spot at this fabulous homage to our world.
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omg that scarf! i know you've been wearing for a while but i have material just like it!
I just started following your blog, and I love the photos, love the outfits, love the layout design, and love the words.
I feel creatively drained, but I really like how you kept things in perspective. Thank God for the survivors.
I seriously just blogged about my breakdown as well. I think winter is just a universally horrible season for students. really hope things get better for you and I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT.
I always try to remember that I'm lucky, because I am. I'm lucky to have a home, a family, money, a well-functioning brain and the ability to wiggle my toes on top of a load of other things that are easy to take for granted.
Lovely outfit as usual! I'm really itching to try a colour scheme next time I paint my nails.
It's always good to keep yourself busy as bee! Life needs balance in order to flourish. Good to see you're ok and back with yet another cool look! Love your hair like that by the way.
Awesome look! I love your scarf and jacket.
i sort of laughed, because i know how design/school/work/life in general can overwhelm us to the point of thinking our life is crazy and out of control. inevitably (and thankfully) though, perspective manages to knock me on my head. not a great cycle, but at least we "get it" eventually lol.
chic and effortless, as usual.
parka and scarf are amazing!
I totally understand that feeling of being overwhelmed by freelance/work/study… but disasters like Haiti put it in perspective.
As a graphic designer (with more than a passing interest in style/fashion) I'm really curious to see some of your work. Do you have an online personal portfolio or can you share some of your work in the future?
Hi! I love your outfit! This military stuff is so "in"! I saw that various brand had developped that spirit for the next winter, for woman and man. For man, U-NI-TY's collection has a kind of Irish military resistance spirit, I saw it at Tranoï this weekend. For woman it's Balmain who did it. I can't wait to wear some pieces!
this doesn't apply to just this post.
Shini? Can you read Korean on your computer?
yaeh as long as youre thankful for everything!
totally asinine comment for a serious post, but i love the alternating nail polish colours!
that is perhaps the bestestestestest satchel i've ever seen.
it's good to appreciate what you have in the end, even if going through it seems somewhat tought. it's all relative i'd say.
Good idea with the scarf! I had a similar breakdown just as I was finishing school, and I try to remind myself how lucky I am all the time too.
this makes me smile. I recently decided i was going to revive my army surplus jacket which i have not worn for at least 5 year. Part of the reason was because there was a spider crawling on it one day WHILE I WAS WEARING IT. I fell out of love with it on that day.
Now because of you i want to wear it every day… well not EVERY day but near enough.
i looove the boots and that army green jacket is great!
LOVE LOVE LOVE yur jacket!!!!
when i see your nails i think i definetly need to go n get some yellow nailpolish. tomorrow.
Good luck with uni and work! I'm sure things will work out fine.
i always have to relearn the lesson: you're not superwoman and you can't do everything.. alone.. in a week. it's a hard one, so i totally know where you're coming from. and we're all entitled to a breakdown every once in a while-sometimes a good cry helps me solve all my deadline problems lol.
but i just hope that i can look as chic as you do in these photos next time i have one (and judging by the weather and the earths alignment with the sun, should be any day now..). but seriously, you look fabulous, i love all the pieces in this outfit!
Achieving balance in life is always the challenge, isn't it? I always end up looking back at the most frantic times as being the most creative, too. Love the manicure colours!
i really like this outfit. i know exactly what you mean. we really must be thankful for His mercy and grace. He's on top of those to-do things, i'm certain.
Your layering is so amazing and I looove that bag!
Yellow and blue nail polish is the best.
Love your metaphor for work here, with your perfect flower pots of insanity! so nice to read quirky little bits as part of blog posts sometimes!
This is an awesome outfit, I love the green parka type jacket, especially with all those little laser cut holes!
Colourful nails have never looked so good.
Your blog keeps getting better, having such a personal style is a great luck, so envious!
Anyway i used a picture from here in my "blog", but if you don't i agree i'll delete it, just tell me!
That's fine! Thanks for letting me know, although that photo is by Gary Morget!
Btw, really love that song you have as bg on your blog!
So cool. I love your blog!
I love it all. And your nails make me real happy.
this post sounded like me when I fail to follow thru with the schedule prepared in my head for whatever project needs to be done, then they start pilling and I freeze to improductivity until its like 2hrs for deadline and finish it decently but not as good as what had planned, then the guilt comes, its such a vicious circle but yeah we should be greatful for all we have and stop complaining so much. Btw luv your blog!
Love this great slouchy glam look, really awesome!
you're going to be just fine… plus you are a talented individual. keep up the good work and it all pays off.. literally!
I really like your parka!!
What an amazing outfit… those boots and jacket work so well together, I want to be wearing that RIGHT now!!!


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Little William lived for only 11 days before dying from heart abnormalities.
By Caroline Picard Published: Jan 12, 2017
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Even though he lived for 11 short days, little William Brentlinger was considered a miracle. Doctors believed the baby boy, a twin, would be stillborn after discovering heart abnormalities. But when Lyndsay and Matthew Brentlinger welcomed their two children to the world on December 17, both looked wide-eyed and beautiful.
While his sister Reagan developed typically, one side of William's heart didn't work properly. The condition meant he would go home in hospice care, but the Brentlingers could still spend some precious time together as a family of four. "They were the happiest 11 days of my life," Matthew told 13abc.
As a heartfelt Christmas gift, family friend Mandy Edward reached out to photographer Lindsey Brown for a last-minute session. "Being only a few days before Christmas and not being previously booked well in advance, she was hoping due to the circumstances, I'd make an exception," Brown told CNN. Luckily, she found space in her busy schedule for a special shoot.
It was almost harder, Brown says, that William appeared so healthy. "I could not believe how perfect they both looked," she told Good Housekeeping. "William was extremely alert, as if he was trying to take it all in, while little Reagan slept and barely opened her eyes. It was extremely bittersweet the entire time I was there."
While it was a tough assignment, the photos ended up meaning the world. "I cried the first time I looked at them. I still cry sometimes," Lyndsay told 13abc. "They are beautiful and he is beautiful. In some of them, you can see he is wide awake with his big beautiful eyes. It's something we will definitely cherish."
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Having an aquarium and keeping it stocked with tropical fish seems like a pretty straightforward proposition, doesn't it? Just go to the pet store, pick out and buy some fish you think are pretty, and taken them home. You're in business, right?
There are a lot of factors that go into selecting and maintaining an aquarium, and if one doesn't do their homework and take some special care, a dream hobby can quickly become a nightmare. A hasty purchase or one made from a less-than-reputable vendor can put your fish in peril of dying, and that can get expensive!
So make sure you explore all of your options, conduct some research, and make an educated decision about your purchase. Where you buy your fish is an important consideration so let's take a look at the options.
Online or in the store?
At first glance, the number of options you have for purchasing freshwater aquarium fish can be a bit daunting. Aside from the major pet store chains and the "mom-and-pop" neighborhood pets shops, you can buy direct from a tropical fish breeder or through the Internet from an aquarium supply outlet. Each option has it's up-side; each also has a downside. So it behooves you to take the time and do your due diligence before deciding where to buy.
So let's look at buying your fish in a store versus buying online. The first and most obvious advantage of buying your fish in a store is that you actually get to see what you are buying and you often can even pick the specific fish. This really doesn't mitigate the fact that any fish purchased from any vendor can look healthy and there are no guarantees that a healthy looking fish is in fact a healthy fish. But it does give you some control over the process.
Buying from an online store or from a breeder means giving up that personal selection, but there is an advantage to this method of stocking your tank. Tropical fish from pet stores are often already stressed from the shipping process that got them to the store, and the trip from the store to their new home at your house may just be too much for them. Fish purchased from a breeder, however, eliminates those intermediate shipping steps that can stress your fish to the edge of expiration.
And while fish purchased from an online vendor or from a breeding farm may arrive in better shape than those from the local pet store, they also come with a higher price tag. And in addition to paying a premium price for the fish, you also may pay more for priority shipping to get them to you in an expeditious manner.
Not all online retailers and breeders will charge exorbitant fees; some may adjust the cost of the fish to help soften the shipping costs, and some even offer flat rate shipping, as well as bulk discounts. And reputable breeders will offer customers free replacement for any fish that succumb in transit. Of course, those same breeders and online vendors usually strive to ship their best, healthiest tropical fish to give them every chance of surviving the trip.
No one wants to spend time and money picking out and buying fish only to have them die within days of their arrival in your aquarium. Apart from the aquarium ecosystem itself, which requires attention to maintaining a high level of water quality, there are a few steps you can take to make sure your new pets enjoy a long, happy life. And that starts with picking out healthy tropical fish.
Start when you first arrive at the pet store. Wander around and look at the tanks, really look at them. Ask yourself some questions: Are the tanks clean, or are they slick with algae. Is the water level good, or are the tanks low? More importantly, are the tanks well-stocked or is there a limited selection?
One dead giveaway (no pun intended) is the presence of dead fish in the bottom of the tank, or dead fish stuck to the filters. If either of those to conditions exist, chances are the other fish in that ecosystem are headed to the same fate. If those conditions exist in multiple tanks, you may want to try another store, as this may indicate a variety of problems, from staff negligence to poor water quality to an inferior quality of fish.
You also want to look for tropical fish that are lively and active. Obviously, avoid the top floaters, and stay away from those fish swimming slowly around the bottom of the tank as well. It is a good idea to find out when the store feeds their stock, and arrive in time to observe them during feeding time, and look for the fish with the healthiest appetites! Also, look for fish that have their fins intact, those that are not swollen, showing any redness around their gills and whose eyes are clear. Also look for growths, discoloration ot any signs of bloat; if you see any of those sign, do not buy those fish.
As important as choosing the right vendor may be, purchasing the right fish also means knowing which fish can inhabit the same ecosystem, and which ones cannot. Some species are more aggressive than others, so choosing fish that are compatible is just as crucial as buying ones that are healthy.
With the proper research and deliberation, buying fish for your aquarium can be as fun and rewarding as tending to and nurturing your new pets. So take the time and do your homework. It will pay big dividends in the long run.


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What a heartbreaking night of darts last Thursday. We were 1 maximum and one leg short of a perfect 4-0 night. Instead, thanks to Kevin Painter pulling out some more amazing checkouts and Gary Anderson not firing on all cylinders when it came to his scoring, we went 2-2, losing us a fraction of a unit on the night, which puts us at 2-6 after two week sof the 2012 Premier League. So, so close, yet so, so far. But that's the way darts betting goes sometimes, as I'm no doubt you're well aware. Still, we've got some interesting matches tonight in Week 3 of the 2012 PDC Premier League Darts season.
Four of darts' biggest names face off in the last two matches of the night, with Gary Anderson facing a man looking to get his first point(s) of the 2012 Premier League season, James Wade. Then we have old foes Raymond van Barneveld and Phil Taylor squaring off in the last match of the night. Before that, we have early pacesetter Andy Hamilton facing the resurgent Simon Whitlock, and then "checkout king" Kevin Painter taking on the World Champion, Adrian Lewis. Maybe not the most mouthwatering of line-ups, but it's still got the makings of a classic night.
Kevin Painter versus Simon Whitlock.
Simon Whitlock will take to the stage in Belfast as the Premier League leader after two weeks of play. He's managed a credible draw against Barney in Week One, then almost whitewashed James Wade in Week 2, so he's playing some of his best darts in a long, long time. It's a welcome return to form, as I love watching Whitlock play. As you know, his scoring is always solid, but it's his checkouts that tend to push him over the finish line. Whitlock's averages have been 95.8 and 96.27, so he's playing consistently. Add in the floor results in the early part of this PDC season, and you're looking at the PDC's Mr Consistency. However, his highest checkout has only been 96 in the 15 legs that he's won, so that might just have to change against The Artist tonight.
Kevin Painter shocked everyone in Week One, punishing the awful Gary Anderson, then almost pulled off one of the shocks in Premier League history when leading Phil Taylor 4-1 last week in Aberdeen. The key to his game has been his finishing, as his average of 89.84 shows that his scoring isn't the strongest point of his game. He did average 97 exactly last week, but his 82.67 against Gary Anderson was incredibly weak. So his checkouts of 134, 128, 127, 123 and 114 show the strongest point of his game at the moment.
For me, this looks like it's done and dusted for Simon Whitlock. The Aussie is playing solid darts, and the only reason he didn't win 8-0 or 8-1 last week is simply because he got a bit complacent. He gets off to the same start this week and I don't think he'll be as kind to Painter. The problem here is the price of Whitlock – 1/2. It's no value in this format. However, I want to look at the highest checkout market, because Painter has been solid in the first two weeks, while we know how well Whitlock can be at the combination checkouts. The line is 121.5 and the fact Kevin Painter has managed this in both his previous matches means there's a great chance that at least one of these men will hit the big out. If you add in Whitlock's ability, the line is low and the price is generous.
Highest checkout in Whitlock versus Painter match over 121.5: 5/6 @ 888.com.
Recommend: 3 units.
Andy Hamilton versus Adrian Lewis.
The rematch of the 2012 World Championship Final comes sooner rather than later for us darts fans. While the Final ended up being a procession for Jackpot, Andy Hamilton will be looking to rectify that and do what he did to James Wade in Week 1.
The Hammer has been impressive in his first two matches, even though he lost 8-2 in Week 2 to Gary Anderson. His performance in Week 1 against James Wade was the perfect start to Premier League life, with an average of 98.90. Yes, his 84.28 in Week 2 wasn't impressive in the slighest, the 5 180s he hit compared to his opponent's 2 summed up that he's got his eye in for the maximums, a fact underlined by his 10 in total for the Premier League, putting him joint top of the 180 count with Phil Taylor. But Hamilton will need to finish well, on top of scoring well, to get the result he wants against Lewis. His highest checkout of 93 indicated he's going to have to up his game a bit in that department.
Adrian Lewis has started well in the 2012 Premier League. His 104.05 average in Week One aganist Phil Taylor in a 7-7 draw, followed by a 99.32 in a 7-7 draw against Raymond van Barneveld is no surprise to anyone. His scoring his been exceptional, his finishing has been solid and he looks the part of a World Champion. A highest checkout of 140 and a tournament average of 101.69 after two weeks is a marker for everyone bar The Power. He's also been keeping his head in matches, not imploding as has been the case in previous Premier League outings.
The prices for this match sum it up. Hamilton is around the 3/1 mark, while Lewis is as short as 4/7 in places. The form and the stats all point towards Adrian Lewis, and I don't see why he can't get his first win of the 2012 Premier League season. So, like our previous match, we aren't going to get rich off such a short price in this format. But there is somewhere else we can look. Lewis has a 180 count of 9, Hamilton has a count of 10, so we've got an average of 9.5 per week between the two of them. The line is 6.5, which is low, even if the match becomes a blow out, simply because Hamilton maanaged 5 in the 10 legs he played against Gary Anderson, and I think Lewis is capable of just as many. There are bookies going for 7.5 at a bigger price, but we'll keep it nice and safe taking the easier line to beat, as it's not much of a difference in price considering the risk.
Over 6.5 180s in Andy Hamilton versus Adrian Lewis match: 8/11 @ 888.com.
Gary Anderson versus James Wade.
Two of the games elite face off in what could be a cracking game of darts. Both men haven't been playing to the best of their abilities, with Gary Anderson losing to Kevin Painter in a Week One humbling, and James Wade losing to Andy Hamilton and Simon Whitlock. The one redeeming thing is Anderson's 8-2 win over Andy Hamilton last week. Although he did average 84.98, so not exactly playing world class darts.
Anderson's weakness so far has been his scoring. While usually firing in maximums for fun (and breaking Premier League records in the process), he's only managed a total of 3 in his first two matches. So an average of 1.5 180s a match. Not the usual Gary Anderson stats. The 128 checkout is a bit better than usual, admittedly, but even his combination finishing has been poor. However, the 8-2 win over Hamilton was a solid performance, very workmanlike and it's a sign that the Scotsman shouldn't be discounted just because of a couple of poor weeks in terms of scoring.
James Wade needs to get his head screwed on right. He was almost humiliated 8-0 by Simon Whitlock last week, and even though he came back to win 5 legs, and averaged 96.08, the performance wasn't good enough for a former Premier League Champion. He just hasn't been at the races in his first two matches, and although the stats show a decent average, and 6 maximums, the fact is he just seems to be asleep for most of the game, then turn on flashes of brilliance. The fact he's score the least 100+ scores in the league (28) shows that between the big 140s and 180s, he's putting in junk.
This might come back to haunt me, but I like Gary Anderson here. The bookies have it quite close, and I just think Wade's head might not be in the game at the moment, as when he's on a downward spiral his game really suffers for weeks. Anderson simply has to come good, and last week's win really helped him. The crowd should also be on his side, as we all know a Scotsman will be welcomed into Northern Ireland a lot more readily than an Englishman. So, back the Scotsman to keep the momentum going from last week and everything should be good.
Gary Anderson to beat James Wade: 10/11 @ 888.com.
Recommend: 1.5 units.
Raymond van Barneveld versus Phil Taylor.
A clash of the darting titans to finish the night in Belfast. While Barney might not be the same player he was several years ago, he's shown some signs recently that he's back into some kind of form, and he'll be wanting to push his nemesis all the way. It's a great way to finish off the night, and I have a feeling the Northern Irish crowd are going to be right behind the Dutchman.
Barney has had a resurgence in recent weeks. He got a good point against Simon Whitlock and also Adrian Lewis. His tournament average is 98.64, he's hit 9 maximums and has a highest checkout of 126, so the signs are that he's playing exceptionally well since his "comeback" of sorts at the World Cup at the start of the month. He'll be confident he can keep his unbeaten start to the 2012 Premier League going, even though his record against Phil Taylor makes for grim reading.
Whoever writes Phil Taylor out of contention EVER must be out a fair few bucks, especially over the last two weeks of Premier League darts. Starting off the season with an average of 112.79, then hitting a 9-darter in Week 2 and averaging 108.27 sums up his intentions when it comes to regaining his Premier League crown. Yes, he's second in the league behind Simon Whitlock, but it's on leg difference, plus it's still early doors, and there's no doubt Phil Taylor will be topping the Premier League table at some point, it's just a question of when.
While it's nice to see Barney back to some kind of form, you can't argue with the fact Phil Taylor has put in two awe-inspiring performances to start his Premier League campaign. While Barney is looking good average-wise, it might not be enough to beat Phi Taylor. The one consolation is that Taylor seems to be starting slow, so if Barney can get out the blocks quickly, he'll give Taylor one hell of a game.
As you can imagine, Taylor is incredibly short – around 4/11 – so he represents no value at all. Looking at Taylor, he's favourite by around 3 legs, and I think that could be in trouble here. Painter managed to take 5 legs off him, while Lewis managed to get the 7 needed for a draw. Barney is playing to a standard that shows he's capable of getting at least 6 legs, which would be somewhere in between the performances of Painter and Lewis, which is where his averages suggest he is right now. Taylor's slow starts should also allow Barney to get a few legs on the board, and I like the look of the Dutchman on the handicap at +2.5 legs.
Raymond van Barneveld +2.5 legs to beat Phil Taylor: Evens @ 888.com.
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Jon Anderson Is Writing New Songs In Case There's A YES Reunion
Progressive rock legend Jon Anderson has proclaimed his interest in reuniting with his former band, Yes, after more than a decade apart.
With respect to the fact that things are really complicated between the two versions of the band, there seems to have been plenty of good will between all parties over the past several years (with the exception of the one time Anderson's manager got involved).
Anderson performed joyfully with the Steve Howe and Alan White-led version of Yes at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2017. After the ceremony, he announced his intension to begin using the Yes moniker again for his own group featuring Rick Wakeman and Trevor Rabin — as was his right as the band's only living co-founder.
Now, Anderson tells Rolling Stone that there's never been more good will between himself and the other Yes, thanks to his collaboration with Howe on his upcoming solo album, 1,000 Hands - Past, Present, Future, Part 1.
"I'm very open to it," Anderson told Rolling Stone. "It's been 50 years now. You think something has got to happen. To me, a great album has to be made. That's what I think. I don't know how it's going to be made, but the final Yes event should happen."
The singer continued: "I've talked to a couple of people and they get it. I really want to do this. I've even written eight songs for the record that I'm thinking would work with a full orchestra and a choir."
He added that Howe's opinion on the idea remains unclear.
"Maybe he'll read this article and say 'Yes' or 'No,'" Anderson added. "I don't know."
Anderson also said that there are no plans to bring back Yes Featuring ARW (his band with Rabin and Wakeman). He cited "mismanagement" of the band, and the fact that the three of them couldn't agree on whether to do a new album or stick to playing music from their back catalogs.
Breaking away to complete 1,000 Hands so many years after he started it amounted to a weight off of his shoulders.


If there is one thing I learn from consulting and mentoring others it is that they are missing the life experience here because they get so caught up in mental masterbation,. Stinking thinking is how John Rogers puts it! It may sound harsh but it is what I perceive as the issue. Stuck in thinking, not doing or doing based on their thinking that isn't clear, reality or is a imposed belief is a huge issue. I understand it for I was there too. The world trains us this way and thank goodness I was visited by those Masters of Energy so long ago on my farm. They totally shifted my experience of what is happening here.
The mind is a magic tool when used right. Most don't use it right and it is all they use. The beliefs we have, the unconscious stories and ties we created when we were small, are just not real or correct. Self awareness is realizing we have alot of BS in our minds and we get to chose what rules, ideas, beliefs we operate with. If it is not working, then find a new one! We have stories upon stories of what is real and most of it is not. We had this and that happen and we came to a conclusion that is not based in reality often. It was a protection, a small child's interpretation, a misread, a incorrect conclusion based in the light of greater awareness. We spend our whole life realizing this greater awareness of things.
I believe mind has it's place and if it is the only tool we use, we are going to have problems. We have many other tools and it is a blending of all perceptions that are going to give us the best accuracy if there can even be one. We all have different realities and operate from our own center. We often think others are coming from where we are and that is not the case. There are as many perspectives as there are people.
A key to self care is to use all of your being to make sense of this experience. No one else has the answers for us but ourselves. They have opinions that can support us maybe, maybe not. They have tools and wisdom that may work for us or may not. We get to determine what those ideas and tools are and it is our own experiment. If you don't get to know yourself, what inspires, what lifts, what lightens you are at the whim of others ideas and thinking which most likely won't bring forth your brilliance. We were made unique for great purpose. We are the only one like us, so these ideas need to be owned, determined, claimed and lived by us individually.
If you just stay with thinking, I can tell you from my experience working with others, you are missing a whole world of experience that has nothing to do with thinking and joy will elude you. We have 6 senses that are continually giving us feedback about the world that when put together give us the most accurate summation of things. Your thinking is often wrong when put with the mix of other guidance and sensing of the world. Being em-bodied, present, noticing and seeing, feeling, hearing and sensing is the way to live a life fully.
Thinking changes, perspectives shift, experience alters how we think and what we think. It is not so stable to be a one tool show. We were given a body with emotions, senses physically as well as thinking. Not using 2/3 of your tools seems to be imbalanced and inaccurate. We are in an experience here that involves a body with emotions and senses. Thinking they are not part of the purpose or equal in evaluation of the world just seems down right silly.
I encourage all of my clients to get present and notice the world and the real truth that is occurring. Make your ideas if you must about it but do notice with all your tools, all your body, what is occurring. First off, you get to experience such fun, pleasurable sensations in the simpliest of tasks. Eating is yummy. Smelling the fresh air and scents turns on the brain to greater clarity. Hearing what people are really saying because you are listening rather than thinking of stuff supports understanding. Seeing what is about you in beauty and magic brings in higher states of joy and emotion. Sensing with your intuition gives you (to me the greatest information) that what's in front of you is not always as it appears. It allows you to discern situations with what feels like a magical talent.
My message of self care today is to get out of your head and into your body. You are missing so much beauty, joy, love, kindness, fun and laughter. It is a beautiful world full of many lovely things. If you are not experiencing them or engaging in them, my guess is that you are thinking too much. You are not doing, noticing, experiencing and simply being. You can't think happiness for it is an emotional state. Or joy or love or fun or enthusiasm. They are energy. Thinking is not energy in the same way and it often is very sedentary!
Open up to all of the magic you are! Feel the world, smell the world, hear the world, see the world and experience the world. You can make thoughts about all of that but certainly don't miss the other things. You can have great joy with all those others things and thinking doesn't even need to occur! So put that in your thinking cap and smoke it! Teehee!
It is not right for anyone to think out loud and we should also learn how balance things in life so that there will be no more space for any sadness and anxiousness. We will be stronger if we are smart in dealing with the problems that we have, I know that they may seem impossible to solve some of them, but if we have faith, then there will be no space for any worries in our mind. We just need to be patient for that day.
Thank you for your comments. Yes, patience and it begins with ourselves.
One of my professors before told us that the greatest enemy that we can have is ourselves. We can be lost by finding another person, we can be lost trying to fit into the society we cannot fit. I guess finding yourself and having peace within is one of the hardest things to do on Earth. Changes are the only constant in this world and we have to continually grow by adjustment thru time. Loosing ourself is more dangerous because it feels like a torture.
Thank you for visiting. Yes ti is interesting how the mind can stop us from truly experiencing the wonder of life!


I wait, cutters poised in mid-air above both. Status reports scroll through my eyeline, but I ignore them. Every previous time I've dealt with an Improvised Explosive Device of this design, I've cut the red wire.
The IEDs look simple — but looks can be deceptive. The terrorists are getting trickier, making up for our superior equipment and training with ever more inventive boobytraps. So doing what worked last time isn't necessarily a good idea.
A gust of wind comes out of the desert, hot and dry, and blows sand over the IED. I use my airbrush to clear it off again. I've always been a stickler for a clean work surface, and that's even truer now.
In the midst of the silence, unbidden, the face of my wife, Samara, floats into my mind. It's the same memory as always.
We hadn't actually agreed on a name for our unborn daughter yet. But after my younger sister Belinda died in the food riots of '22, I'd vowed to keep her memory alive if I got the chance. I hadn't convinced Samara yet — she thought it mawkish –- but I was working on her.
She balanced on tiptoes, I bent my knees, we met in the middle and I kissed her goodbye.
"See you in a couple of days," I said, then shouldered my kitbag and walked to the jeep outside.
That was the last time I saw Samara.
"Cut the blue wire, Jon." The hiss of the radio message cuts into my reverie like a scalpel; it takes me a couple of seconds to register what Control said. So the insurgents have switched their MO. That's fine; so have I.
I cut the blue wire.
I come to, confused and disorientated. Large amounts of startup code scroll across my eyes, and I can hear dialogues between internal subsystems.
"Damage?' I ask, though I already know the answer.
"Just as well you sent me, rather than a human, then," I say.
It's a sore point for everyone. Especially me. I'd been the last bomb disposal technician to "die" — here in the guerrilla wars in Afghanistan at least — some fifteen months earlier, when the terrorists changed their bomb design and I found out the hard way. My body was critically injured, but the reinforced helmet I was wearing protected my brain and they managed to save that.
As I found out afterwards, the government had become increasingly worried about the number of casualties we were taking from IEDs, and the effect this was having on morale back home. The politicians leaned on the top brass to do something. They started by working us bomb disposal guys harder, but that just led to mistakes. Fatal mistakes. That's when DARPA — the Army's resident eggheads — got involved. They'd been developing robotic supersoldiers for the war in Brazil. The project had failed. The robots lost every firefight, too bulky and slow for combat. But when one of the DARPA guys heard about our IED problem, he realised he had the answer.
They took the bomb-disposal knowledge and experience locked up in my brain, downloaded it onto a memory chip and married it to one of their robots.
Bomb disposal engineers don't need to rush around, or beat the other guy to the draw. Bulky and slow is fine for us, as long as we can manipulate delicate mechanisms. So my robotic fingers are as sensitive as a concert pianist's.
It took months for me to learn how to use them. Longer to accept what had happened. Eventually I did both. What choice did I have?
I'm still doing the job I always loved. But now, if anything goes wrong, I simply wake up in a new body.
There's just one problem. Samara can never know, because the programme is top secret and the brass want to keep it that way. She thinks I'm dead, killed in the line of duty. They had a funeral and everything.
It's my daughter Belinda's first birthday next week. I'd love to see her open her presents. But I can't. Not if I don't want to be decommissioned — permanently.
Mind you, this new Mark Three body is much less bulky than the Mark Two. I could almost pass for human now. Enough to sneak over to the crèche without being noticed? I dedicate some processor time to the question. I'll think about it properly later.
For now, I pull myself together, put those thoughts back in long term storage, along with the rest of my human memories, and get back to business.
Patrick Mahon works on environmental policy by day, and scribbles when he should be in bed. He has previously been published in Every Day Fiction and Jupiter SF magazine. He lives in leafy Buckinghamshire in the UK with his long-suffering wife and two children. He's on Twitter as @PJMahon.


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What is human?
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Wednesday, October 10, 2018 ~ Adam Kotsko
Note: This essay was my contribution for an issue of the Turkish publication Sabah Ülkesi on the very broad topic "What is human?" Knowing the text would be translated, I aimed for a simple style, but readers of Turkish will have to judge how much I facilitated the translator's work.
When philosophers and theologians attempt to define what is human, they almost always end up talking about what is not human. That is to say, most definitions of the human proceed via contrast or negation. So one might say that a human being is not simply an animal, nor is it a god, an angel, or a jinn. In this procedure, we learn that animals are lower than us, and gods, angels, and jinn are higher—but what we actually are remains a mystery.
Some thinkers have attempted to turn this negative definition of humanity into a positive one by claiming that humanity is a microcosm. In this view, what defines humanity is the way that it reflects all aspects of creation in an ideal balance. For instance, we include an animal element in our bodily existence, but we also contain a higher form of spirituality and intellect, so that the whole range of life is present in us. Here again, though, the attempt to define humanity directs our attention away from humanity and toward all the other things that we can see in humanity. Humanity is defined as including everything other than humanity, which leaves humanity strangely redundant—we already have a universe, so why do we need a smaller version?—and without any distinctive content of its own.
More formal definitions that draw on Aristotle's methodology may initially seem more helpful. Here the procedure is to place humanity in a general category and then single out the distinctive trait that marks us off from other members of that category. One popular definition along these lines is that humanity is an animal (the general category) that possesses reason (the distinctive trait).
Finally, we seem to have something specific to hold onto. Yet when we ask what reason is, we most often find that it is defined negatively in terms of animal behaviors that seem to be similar. For instance, it is claimed that reason allows us to reflect and deliberate upon our actions, while animals are driven by instincts that cause them to operate in a more mechanical or automatic way. Or we may learn that humans have a special capacity for meaningful language, whereas animals that appear to communicate using some kind of symbols (such as bees, who communicate with each other using dance) are not properly using language, but utilizing a purely pragmatic form of code that is instinctively "hard-wired" into them.
When I hear arguments like that, I always want to ask these philosophers how they know so much about animals. How do we know that their actions are mechanical and "hardwired"? How do we know that symbols are purely utilitarian for them? Anyone who has lived with a cat or a dog will have a hard time believing these reductive accounts of animal life. Dogs and cats often appear to hesitate or deliberate between options, and dogs sometimes seem to try to hide their misdeeds (or at least hope their owner doesn't notice). While cats do not generally respond to commands, dogs have a complex relationship to the symbols we teach them, including non-utilitarian ones that express approval or disapproval ("good dog!" "bad dog!").
We could say that all of this is still "pure instinct" and that we are misinterpreting the dog's behavior by making them seem too human. But these counterarguments are tautological. They start from the assumption that human behavior is unique and then attempt to explain away any animal behavior that seems to fit.
What is striking in these types of definitions is the way that animal behavior is often defined as a "downgraded" version of human behavior. This is most explicit in the work of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, who defines humanity as "world-forming" and animals as "poor-in-world." Drawing on the work of the biologist Jakob von Uexküll, Heidegger claims that animals experience the world as a limited number of stimuli, which fully absorb their attention whenever the animal encounters them. One of Heidegger's most grotesque examples involves the bee's desire to suck nectar. If a bee is placed in front of a supply of nectar, it is possible to remove the bee's abdomen without the bee noticing—and then the bee will continue sucking on the nectar indefinitely, because it will never feel full. Only the immediate stimulus is real for the bee, and everything else, even its own bodily integrity, falls to the wayside.
By contrast, Heidegger claims that human beings are able to direct their attention to a whole range of stimuli, including the network of meaningful symbols and activities that make up our shared social "world." Far from simply responding to natural phenomena, human beings are able to create their own new stimuli—hence the definition as "world-forming." Interestingly, though, Heidegger argues that this seemingly positive capacity of human beings, our ability to create a rich and full world for ourselves in contrast to the impoverished world of an animal, is actually founded on a negative experience: profound boredom.
In an analysis that, appropriately enough, extends through hundreds of tedious pages, Heidegger describes boredom as a state where no stimulus can hold our attention, where nothing energizes us and sets us to work. This incapacity to act is what allows us to choose and even create the stimuli we will respond to. In other words, our open-ended relationship to the world depends on an experience where the world completely closes itself off to us.
We can say, then, that for Heidegger, the human being is the animal who gets bored. Heidegger's analysis has been taken up and developed by the contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, who repeatedly emphasizes the importance of our incapacities. Human beings only have abilities because we are able not to use our abilities. For instance, a piano player is only a piano player because he can choose not to play—a piano player who could do nothing but play piano all the time would not be a human, but some kind of bizarre piano-playing machine. More than that, he argues that what defines the human being is its inoperativity, meaning its lack of any set task or job. This inoperativity does not mean that human beings are lazy or idle, however. Instead, it is what prompts us to constantly burden ourselves with tasks.
From this perspective, we could say that the human being is the animal that makes work for itself. And on the question of language in specific, Agamben takes a similar approach when he points out that human beings appear to be the only animals that have to learn our language through explicit instruction. In fact, if children are not taught language by a certain age, they will never be able to learn it—the capacity can be lost if it is not used. Hence even if we concede that other animals have something like language, humanity's relationship to its language is distinctive.
I find this kind of definition interesting because it doesn't define humanity by any supposedly unique behavior or trait, but by its unique relationship to its behaviors or traits. Even if we could find examples of animals doing all the same kinds of things that we do—and I think that we can, from language usage to building structures to playing games—that would not take away from humanity's distinctiveness.
At the same time, this is a very strange type of distinctiveness. Whereas traditional definitions emphasize humanity's superiority to the animals and its participation in the sphere of the divine, these definitions seem to present humanity as an animal that became somehow broken or deranged. All of our behaviors and traits are nothing but animal behaviors and traits. What makes us human is the specific way in which we are alienated from our animal behaviors and traits—and hence have to regain them again and again. What comes naturally to animals—figuring out what to do with our lives, communicating with others—is a laborious achievement for us.
It may seem that this approach still defines humanity negatively in relation to animals, but I think it is more accurate to say that they define us in relation to ourselves. And this brings me to another classic definition of the human from Aristotle, namely that the human being is a political animal. This definition, like the ones drawn from Agamben, has nothing to do with the "content" of our lives, which does not necessarily differ from that of animals, but instead concerns its "form"—our relationship to our own activities, capacities, and fellow human beings. We are human because we form human communities, in which we give ourselves a variety of tasks and responsibilities, by means of human languages that we pass on and teach to other human beings. The human being is the animal that engages with humans, as a human.
This definition is admittedly tautological, but it is tautological in a way that fits with the human form of existence. Humanity is not a property we possess or a substance that we are made out of, but an ongoing project undertaken in collaboration with other human beings. Humanity's distinctive task is to define its own tasks, just as its distinctive type of language is one that it develops in dialogue with fellow human beings and passes along to fellow human beings.
From one perspective, this definition seems open-ended and hopeful—humanity has no set boundary or limit! But from another perspective, it may seem dangerous, because one thing that we can always rely on human beings to do is to make mistakes. Thus if human beings are in charge of defining humanity, there is always the danger that they will unjustly exclude their fellow human beings from the human community by treating them as something less than or even other than human. And this does in fact happen all the time, from the outright hatred of war and slavery to the everyday realities of social and racial hierarchy.
Humanity does define humanity wrongly, and the only solution is for more human beings to become involved in the fight for the full recognition of their fellow human beings' humanity. What basis do we have to dispute the reigning definition of humanity? Our own ability to recognize ourselves and others as human. This allows us to say, for instance, that the master should recognize the humanity of his slave or that the torturer should recognize the humanity of his victim—or even that he is lying to himself if he claims not to. It allows us to fight for our dignity and that of our fellow human beings against those who aim to deprive us of it. It may even allow us to justify excluding from the human community those who consistently refuse to recognize the humanity of others.
In short, humanity is not only a project but a struggle—at once a project among human beings and a struggle against human beings. Attempts to define humanity by some trait or capacity, from reason and language to a certain sequence of DNA, are all-too-human attempts to deny and avoid the profound responsibility and conflict that structures our very existence. We can never define once and for all what humanity is. We can only fight for what we believe that humanity can and must be.
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lila1jpw says:
Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 1:33 pm
Over fifty years ago I decided to rail against the song that clalimed "love make the world go 'round." No, trust is what makes the world go 'round; love is what makes us human. I stand by that to-day.
Cameron Freeman says:
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 2:28 pm
This conclusion is not dissimilar to Laurelle's notion on the human "as such" as always, already enfleshed in the place of radical resistance to those hegemonic powers that pretend to universality in the profound ontological struggle of the human against everything that attempts to capture, dominate, control, regulate, subjugate, normalize, subordinate or rule the human… (The Future Christ: A Lesson in Heresy)


From Theresa's 2013 installation as co-pastor, with John Anderson. The table cloth and stoles were created in worship by the congregation. The table cloth came from a ribbon prayer wall hung outside and the stoles were made from blessings written on ribbons from the congregation.
Theresa Cho is co-pastor at St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. She is currently working on her D.Min at Fuller on Leading Change in Congregations. She blogs at www.theresaecho.com.
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Corals are marine animals in class
Class (biology)
In biological classification, class is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order...
Anthozoa is a class within the phylum Cnidaria that contains the sea anemones and corals. Unlike other cnidarians, anthozoans do not have a medusa stage in their development. Instead, they release sperm and eggs that form a planula, which attaches to some substrate on which the cnidarian grows...
of phylum
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Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 9,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic and mostly marine environments. Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that they use mainly for capturing prey. Their bodies consist of mesoglea, a non-living jelly-like substance,...
typically living in compact colonies
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of many identical individual "polyp
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s". The group includes the important reef
Coral reefs are underwater structures made from calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Coral reefs are colonies of tiny living animals found in marine waters that contain few nutrients. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, which in turn consist of polyps that cluster in groups. The polyps...
builders that inhabit tropical ocean
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s and secrete calcium carbonate
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to form a hard skeleton.
A coral "head" is a colony of myriad genetically identical
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polyps. Each polyp is a spineless animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in length.
What is the scientific name for Bamboo Coral?
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On the day of Icelandic Language we presented our project "The Women's Table". Huldumál (Student association of Icelandic as a second language at the University of Iceland) and Mímir (Student association in Icelandic, general linguistics and sign language at the University of Iceland) organised the event. Thanks for the invite!
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Icelandic Language Day: "Tala íslensku með hreim" & The Women's Table
W.O.M.E.N. is proud to support this initiative by the students of Icelandic as a second language at the University of Iceland! The association will be presenting the Women's Table project at 16:30. Come join us to celebrate Icelandic with an accent! Speaking Icelandic with an Accent is a series of events around the theme, Icelandic …
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W.O.M.E.N. and the Rede de Pares Network : improving the protection of victims of violence against women
For the past three years W.O.M.E.N in Iceland has participated in a collaborative project forming the The Rede de Pares Network. We were asked to participate through an Open Call#4 'Projects to improve the protection of victims of violence against women and domestic violence, promoted by ISPA – APPsyCI, funded by the EAA Grants. Organization …
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The World Garden visits a flower farm
On 14th August, the Nordic House invited the members of The World Garden project on a trip to visit an organic farm and a flower farm. What a wonderful and inspiring day! Nick from the Flight Song Farm and Axel from Espiflöt had us spellbound with their passion and energy. We would like to thank …
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The panel discussion was organised by artist Nara Walker on Saturday 7th of May at the Reykjavík Feminist Film Festival. Nichole Leigh Mosty, chair of W.O.M.E.N. Association of women of foreign origin, led the discussion. Writer Shantaye Brown (deputy to the board W.O.M.E.N.), laywer Claudia A Wilson, Ph.D candidate Katrín Ólafsdóttir and writer Þórdís Elva …
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Our Final Event from the Garden!!
Despite the weather, all summer many ladies came with their young plants and here below are pictures from one such gathering on the 30th of May. We started our day by sharing our favorite plants based on our personal stories. It was nice to get to know each other, especially inside the warm, cozy greenhouse …
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Would you like to participate in research?
Interested in helping? ASÍ is looking for participants. NEET (not in employment, education or training) project sponsored by ASÍ putting out a call for participants in a focus group! ! ASÍ is looking for participants in a research project about the experiences and reality of young women with a foreign background who have at one …
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24 ladies and 1 child gathered again on the 16th of May and worked on the growing bed. New soil was added to the growing bed and we sowed carrots and turnips. We thank Gæðamold for their kind support. The weather was once again fantastic and the new owner of Nordic House Coffee Shop SONO …
Updated on May 24, 2021 May 24, 2021 Cooperation Events General News Projects
This winter we received a request we are really not accustomed to receiving. Bergþóra Jónsdóttir and Icelandic graphic designer contacted us offering to donate the proceeds form a very special exhibit to our organization. The Sisterhood II exhibit was put forth first in Dalvík and just recently here in Reykjavik as part of Design March. …
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W.O.M.E.N in Iceland along with ISPA – Instituto Universitário have the pleasure to invite you to the next Workshop online of Peer Network on "Involvement of men in violence against women prevention programs: possibilities and perils" with Eric Mankowski. Eric Mankowski, Ph.D., a community psychologist, is Professor in the Department of Psychology and Affiliate Faculty …


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Surrey sign Somerset all-rounder James Burke
September 1, 2014 by Steve Jennings
Surrey have signed all-rounder James Burke from Somerset on a two-year deal.
Devonian Burke, 23, has been playing regularly for Somerset's Second XI as well as representing Devon in the Minor Counties tournaments and England at Under-17, Under-18 and Under-19 levels.
He played in three of Somerset's NatWest T20 Blast fixtures this season, scoring four runs in his only innings but not being asked to bowl in any of them.
Somerset Chief Executive Guy Lavender said: "We are sorry to be losing James, but wish him well for the future with his new club."
Surrey Director of Cricket Alec Stewart said: "James is a genuine all-rounder of great potential. We look forward to welcoming to him to the club."
Burke will link up with his new county at the end of the current season subject to medical clearance.


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Premier League Playback: Will Chelsea's kids get the chance to be stars?
By Joe Prince-WrightMay 11, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT
CHELSEA'S KIDS ARE OKAY, BUT WILL THEY GET A CHANCE?
Every time Ruben Loftus-Cheek touched the ball on his full debut for Chelsea against Liverpool on Sunday, the home fans cheered and their eyes were transfixed on the 19-year-old. Loftus-Cheek put in an assured display in the heart of Chelsea's midfield as the 6 foot 3 inch teenager didn't give the ball away once and made several interceptions during his 60 minutes on the pitch.
[ RELATED: Three things we learned from Chelsea vs. Liverpool ]
Chelsea's fans desperately want a new homegrown hero to call their own. The last academy member to break through and become a regular was John Terry. That was 17 years ago and on Sunday Terry headed home Chelsea's opener to become the highest scoring defender in Premier League history with 39 goals. Remarkable. Chelsea's fans aren't asking for another virtuoso talent like Terry to emerge from their Cobham training ground, but they do want to see kids given the chance to become regulars.
[ RELATED: Mourinho says youngsters will play in final games ]
Speaking after the game, Jose Mourinho praised Loftus-Cheek and revealed more youngsters will play a part in Chelsea's final few games of the season now the PL title is wrapped up.
"He [Loftus-Cheek] is going to be a Chelsea player, there is no doubt," Mourinho said. "I have other kids that I also believe they can possibly do it. Good work at academy level, good cooperation with us when the players go into the zone where they are almost there, but not yet there. Hopefully we have more in the future."
There will be more in the future. Nathan Ake, Isaiah Brown, Patrick Bamford, Lewis Baker (both on loan this season) and Dominc Solanke are all on the fringes of Chelsea's first team squad. Mourinho has high hopes for Ake, Brown and Baker and in an interview back in July 29, 2014, he said the following about that particular trio of talented Chelsea youngsters.
"My conscience tells me that if, for example, Baker, Brown, and Solanke are not national team players in a few years, I should blame myself," Mourinho said. "They are part of a process the club started without me. In this moment, we have players who will be Chelsea players. And when they become Chelsea players, they will become England players, almost for sure."
[ RELATED: Rodgers slams Fabregas as Liverpool's top four hopes over ]
After stating that Loftus-Cheek and these other England international youngsters will be "Chelsea players" in the future. What does Mourinho mean? We have seen other Chelsea youngsters come and go a Ryan Bertrand failed to become a regular and is now making waves at Southampton by being the PFA Team of the Year, while Josh McEachran and Nathaniel Chalobah were both destined for greatness but their ascendance has been interrupted by changes in managers and various loan deals. That theme is all too often as Chelsea currently has 23 young players out on loan to foreign teams and only a handful have a realistic chance of returning to the Bridge and getting close to Mourinho's first team squad. In essence the Blues take a gamble that one or two of those youngsters will play for the first team but the rest can be sold on for a few million here and there to help manage the new restrictions UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules have brought in. That may seem cynical, but that's the way it seems to be playing out.
[ RELATED: Watch full match replays ]
But hearing Mourinho talking glowingly about the likes of Loftus-Cheek, Brown, Ake and others means that things could be changing at Chelsea. For so long the west London club haven't had the patience to nurture its own talent and since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich arrived in 2003, if they ever needed a player they would go out and spend millions on someone who could slot in right away, instead of giving a youngster the chance to develop and become part of the setup. We have seen the transfer strategy altered in the past two seasons as a one in, one out policy has arrived. That fact, coupled with Mourinho saying he wants to keep the vast majority of his current squad together for next season, means more opportunities should arise for the Chelsea stars of the future as young Englishman will get the chance to play for the Blues against West Brom next Monday.
"The last game I am going to play with the players with more minutes in the Premier League, the players that were the base of the team," Mourinho said. "But against West Bromwich, and especially because West Bromwich is safe and nobody is waiting for a result, I am going to play him [Loftus-Cheek] and Nathan Ake deserves to play and be champion. I think also Izzy Brown. He comes from West Bromwich so it will be special for the kid to play a bit at home. The boys deserve it, all of them, but I can't give the special day to all of them."
With winning always of paramount importance to Chelsea's Portuguese boss, will Mourinho really give these youngsters their "special days" and let them carve out special careers at the Bridge? Let's wait and see.
Premier League Schedule – Week 36
Recap & Highlights
Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham Recap and watch here
Arsenal 0-1 Swansea City Recap and watch here
Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool Recap and watch here
Crystal Palace 1-2 Man United Recap and watch here
Everton 0-2 Sunderland Recap and watch here
Hull City 0-1 Burnley Recap and watch here
Leicester 2-0 Saints Recap and watch here
Man City 6-0 QPR Recap and watch here
Newcastle 1-1 West Brom Recap and watch here
Stoke City 3-0 Tottenham Recap and watch here
AGUERO'S HEROICS UNNOTICED
Little Sergio Aguero is the Premier League's top scorer with 25 goals in 31 games.
That's right, he is. Honestly. The reason for the surprised tone is that amid the disappointing season Manchester City has been enduring, their Argentine striker has been banging goals in for fun. Aguero scored a hat trick on Sunday in City's 6-0 rout of QPR as Manuel Pellegrini's continue to chase second place.
[ RELATED: Premier League stats ]
It has almost gone unnoticed as Aguero is leading Harry Kane by five goals and is a near certainty to win the PL's golden boot as the highest scorer when the next two games are over.
Aguero's 26 goals is his highest total in a single season in the PL and he has recovered from the rust that built up during his two injury-hit spells in the winter months which severely hampered City's charge in the UEFA Champions League.
We said it last month when the PFA Team of the Year was announced, the fact that Aguero wasn't among the best 11 players in the Premier League was shocking. His current form has only reinforced that.
Harry Kane and Diego Costa have taken the striking plaudits in the PL season with the former scoring 20 times and Costa scoring 19 times despite hardly playing in the second half of the season.
Aguero doesn't seem to care about not getting the credit he deserves but at the age of 26, will he soon seek a new challenge after spending four seasons at City and leading them to two PL titles?
City's fans will hope not and its likely Aguero will remain in Manchester to try and win silverware next season. But if another trophy-less season occurs, Aguero's talents may go elsewhere as one of the best finishers the PL has ever seen needs to be challenging for the biggest trophies at the peak of his career.
GERRARD GETTING READY TO RIP IT UP IN MLS
As Steven Gerrard walked off the pitch at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, over 15 years of hatred from Chelsea's fans dissipated, if only for a few seconds.
[ VIDEO: Gerrard nods home equalizer vs. Chelsea ]
In the video above you can see exactly what Gerrard thought about that ovation from the fans, as before and after his substitution the Liverpool captain was receiving abuse from the home fans via a song which celebrates his costly slip against Chelsea at the tail-end of last season which ultimately led to Liverpool not winning the Premier League title. There were also chants of "Have you ever seen Gerrard win the league?" towards Liverpool's fans and plenty of signs being held up like the one on the left, below.
[ VIDEO: Premier League highlights ]
Gerrard, 34, continued his celebratory swansong by netting the equalizer in Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Chelsea and although the Reds pushed for a winner late on, Brendan Rodgers' side had to settle for a point which all but ends their chances of finishing in the top four and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. Rodgers admitted afterwards that a summer of heavy recruitment is needed but without having the UCL as a carrot to dangle in front of the faces of potential new players, Liverpool's manager must rely on enticing players with the aim to return this grandiose club to its former glory. Let's see how many players leave clubs in the Champions League to move to Liverpool. My guess is that it won't be many.
Chelsea v Liverpool – Premier League
But back to Gerrard… The inspirational Liverpool captain has been a leader for his hometown club for almost two decades and the void he will leave behind this summer when he moves to the LA Galaxy will be insurmountable. His current boss knows it.
"I've said before, he is irreplaceable really," Rodgers said. "One way or the other whether that is players coming in or players that are here taking a step forward. It is going to be crucial. He is a player who makes the big contributions when needed and has done for many years."
[ RELATED: Mourinho hails "dear enemy" Gerrard ]
The Liverpool and England legend will make his final appearance at Anfield on Saturday against Crystal Palace and after 17 years at the club he grew up supporting, it will be an emotional occasion for Liverpool's captain. But now, the attention is already shifting towards his next move as Major League Soccer and LA gets ready for Gerrard to arrive in California.
Despite being rested at times this season by Rodgers, especially following the announcement he'd be joining LA, and suffering injuries, Gerrard is still Liverpool's top goalscorer with 12 in all competitions after two goals in his last two PL outings. When he eventually arrives in MLS, Gerrard will prove he still has plenty of goals, assists and greatness to offer.
Does anybody think Liverpool should have fought a little bit harder to keep him at Anfield?
TIGERS SEEM DOOMED AFTER BIG WEEKEND FOR BOTTOM FEEDERS
Wow. What another mad weekend at the bottom we just witnessed as three relegation battlers ground out crucial wins as the race to stay out of the final relegation place continues.
[ RELATED: Latest Premier League standings ]
Wins for Sunderland, Aston Villa and Leicester City complicated matters, while Hull City's costly defeat at home to Burnley means Steve Bruce's side is now in serious danger of seeing their two-year stay in the PL ended as they need to win at least one of their final two matches against Tottenham and Manchester United. Not looking good in east Yorkshire.
[ RELATED: Premier League schedule ]
Newcastle United's draw with West Bromwich Albion at least stopped the rot after eight-straight defeats but the Magpies are only two points above the bottom three with two games to go. Aston Villa made it three wins in four as Tim Sherwood's side beat West Ham 1-0 to go four points clear of the bottom three. As for Leicester City, they are three points clear with two games left after securing their sixth in in seven by beating Southampton on Saturday. The Foxes travel to Sunderland in a huge game on Saturday as the winner of that match could be safe ahead of the final match of the season.
As for Sunderland, Dick Advocaat's side somehow beat Everton 2-0 away from home to give their own survival chances a massive boost. Advocaat was almost apologetic after the victory at Goodison Park as Everton dominated possession and squandered several chances, while Sunderland's two goals came courtesy of two fortunate deflections. The Black Cats finally seem to be getting a bit of luck.
Villa, Leicester, Newcastle, Sunderland and Hull will do battle to stay up, but both Burnley and Queens Park Rangers were relegated straight back to the Championship over the weekend. In the video below Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe discuss whether or not current QPR manager Chris Ramsey should remain in charge next season after he stepped in for Harry Redknapp for the final few months of this season. As for Burnley, Danny Ings speak of their disappointment despite a brave, battling season.
Premier League Playback comes out every Monday as PST's Lead Writer and Editor takes an alternative look at all the action from the weekend. Read the full archive, here.
Tags: Brendan Rodgers, Burnley, Cardiff City, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Danny Ings, Diego Costa, Harry Kane, Harry Redknapp, Isaiah Brown, John Terry, Josh McEachran, Lewis Baker, Liverpool, Manchester City, Nathan Ake, Nathaniel Chalobah, Patrick Bamford, Premier League, Premier League Playback, Queens Park Rangers, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ryan Bertrand, Sergio Aguero, Southampton, Steven Gerrard, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion
Free from New York, Holgersson finds a home in England
By Nicholas MendolaFeb 5, 2014, 12:30 PM EDT
Seven points out of the playoffs with two matches-in-hand on its Championship competition, Wigan Athletic have found defensive reinforcements with a former MLS defender.
Swedish back Markus Holgersson has found a home with the Latics after 67 appearances with the New York Red Bulls over the past two seasons, but became a free agent after the season.
Holgersson, 28, joins a Wigan squad that features players like Callum McManaman, Emmerson Boyce and James Perch.
"Markus had a few options available to him," said Latics manager Uwe Rosler. "We are delighted he has chosen to come to Wigan Athletic. He brings a wealth of experience, together with the versatility to play in a number of positions because of his good technical ability.
"The defense is an area where we needed strengthening and Markus will definitely help the squad moving forwards."
The BBC points out that Wigan has now added five players to its ranks since the start of 2014, including Tyias Browning, Nicky Maynard, Josh McEachran and Martyn Waghorn.
Tags: Callum McManaman, Cardiff City, Chelsea, Emmerson Boyce, Everton, James Perch, Josh McEachran, Markus Holgersson, New York Red Bulls, Newcastle United, Nicky Maynard, Tyias Browning, Wigan Athletic
Premier League transfer window grade: Chelsea
By Mike PrindivilleJan 31, 2014, 7:15 PM EDT
Window Shopping: Chelsea were one of the busiest clubs this month selling big name players Juan Mata (to Manchester United) and Kevin De Bruyne (to Wolfsburg) and bringing in winger Mohamed Salah (from FC Basel), defensive midfielder Nemanja Matic (from Benfica) and center-back Kurt Zouma (St. Etienne – to remain there on loan for the season). The club also made the bittersweet decision to set long-time servant Michael Essien loose (to AC Milan), as well as to loan out players with potential futures at Stamford Bridge like Ryan Bertrand (to Aston Villa) and Josh McEachran (to Wigan).
Players In: Mohamed Salah from FC Basel (£11M); Nemanja Matic from Benfica (£21M); Kurt Zouma from St. Etienne (£12.5M); Bertrand Traore from JC Bobo Dioulasso (undisclosed).
Players Out: Juan Mata to Manchester United (£37M); Kevin De Bruyne to Wolfsburg (£16M); Michael Essien to AC Milan (free); Ryan Bertrand to Aston Villa (loan); Josh McEachran to Wigan (loan); Sam Walker to Colchester United (undisclosed); Bertrand Traore to Vitesse Arnhem (loan); Nathaniel Chalobah to Middlesborough (loan); Patrick Bamford to Derby County (loan); Matej Delac to FC Sarajevo (loan)
Grade: B+. It could be argued that selling Mata, and doing so to a fellow Premier League club, was a mistake. But United are not competitors of Chelsea this season and the influence of Mata will only serve to frustrate Chelsea's true competitors, Arsenal and Manchester City, who have yet to face the Red Devils for a second time.
In the future Mata may come to roost but the facts now are that Jose Mourinho wasn't playing him, already has Oscar, operates in a club flush with cash and made a £14M profit (after three trophies in three years) in selling the Spanish attacker. That profit, however, went directly to the purchase of Matic, who Chelsea previously sent to Benfica as a makeweight for the £25M purchase of David Luiz in 2011, meaning they took a heavy loss in bringing him back to Stamford Bridge. The sprawling Matic will be a huge defensive boost to the holding midfield, and, in time, the 19-year-old Zuoma will blossom into a beasting center-back for the Blues.
Finally, it could be argued that Mourinho failed to address his greatest need, that being for a proven striker. While Fernando Torres or Samuel Eto'o (and to a lesser extent, Demba Ba) could catch fire, The Special One claims that the issue of buying a world-class striker will be addressed in the coming summer (likely in a swap deal of Thibaut Courtois for Diego Costa). If, however, Chelsea fail to win the Premier League this season, Mourinho's failure to do the business in January could be seen as a major oversight. Only time will tell.
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Tags: Bertrand Traore, Cardiff City, David Luiz, Demba Ba, Fernando Torres, Josh McEachran, Juan Mata, Kevin De Bruyne, Michael Essien, Nathaniel Chalobah, Oscar, Patrick Bamford, Ryan Bertrand, Sam Walker, Samuel Eto'o, Transfer window
Mourinho hopes Chelsea's winter window 'done', will not bring in a new striker
By Richard FarleyJan 26, 2014, 4:37 PM EDT
One day after long-time Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien completed his move to AC Milan, Blues' boss José Mourinho said his team is "hopefully" done in the January transfer window.
With the arrivals Benfica's Nemanja Matic and Basel's Mohamed Salah offsetting the exits of Essien, Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg), and Juan Mata (Manchester United), it's been an active window for the Blues, but six days before the transfer deadline, Mourinho said his team wasn't planning to add to the team's list of transactions.
"Hopefully we are done," Mourinho said on Saturday, one day before the team eliminated Stoke City from the FA Cup. "We are not bringing in a striker in this window."
That means Chelsea will persist with the Fernando Torres, Samuel Eto'o ,and Demba Ba trio that has been the subject of speculation since August. Collectively, however, the trio has produced 11 league goals – a one goal-per-180 minutes ratio that becomes workable when you're getting production from Oscar (six) and Eden Hazard (nine).
Chelsea have also made a number of small deals in January. Josh McEachran was sent on loan to Wigan, with Bertrand Traoré (Vitesse), Ryan Bertrand (Aston Villa), Ben Clifford, and Sam Walker (Colchester) also making short-term moves away from them club. The club also saw 20-year-old Pam Bamford arrive from MK Dons before begin loaned to Derby County.
"We need that mixture of young players growing up and experienced players giving stability to the team," Mourinho said, explaining the club's bigger transfers of the January window.
"We are doing that. You can see what we're trying to do. Nemanja is 26, Salah 21, so we are trying to build a team for the future."
Tags: Cardiff City, Demba Ba, Eden Hazard, Fernando Torres, Josh McEachran, Juan Mata, Kevin De Bruyne, Michael Essien, Oscar, Ryan Bertrand, Sam Walker, Samuel Eto'o
Full list of every transfer made by Premier League clubs during the Summer Transfer Window September 1, 2015 8:19 pm Premier League Playback: Will Chelsea's kids get the chance to be stars? May 11, 2015 5:30 pm Free from New York, Holgersson finds a home in England February 5, 2014 12:30 pm Premier League transfer window grade: Chelsea January 31, 2014 7:15 pm Mourinho hopes Chelsea's winter window 'done', will not bring in a new striker January 26, 2014 4:37 pm Done deal: Transfer activity from January 23 January 23, 2014 8:59 pm


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San Terenzo es una localidad perteneciente a la comuna de Lerici sobre el Golfo de La Spezia (o Golfo de los poetas), en la Versilia, Italia.

Desde el medioevo existió como país independiente de pescadores y marinos, centro del comercio del vino y el aceite de oliva.

Desde 1800 la Villa Magni fue meca de artistas e intelectuales comenzando por Percy Shelley y Mary Shelley- la autora de Frankenstein - en 1822.

Otros ilustres visitantes o residentes fueron Henry James, Lord Byron, Virginia Woolf, Paolo Mantegazza, Sem Benelli, D. H. Lawrence, los pintores Arnold Böcklin y Oreste Carpi, etc.

En la Villa Marigola se hospedaron Gabriele D'Annunzio y Sem Benelli, quien escribió allí La cene delle beffe y bautizó al golfo como Golfo de los poetas.

Enlaces externos
 Pro Loco di S.Terenzo
 Lerici
 Frazione di San Terenzo
 Villa Magni

Localidades de la provincia de La Spezia

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The words "Cloud" and "Gaming" do not usually get along too well. The services that have appeared in recent years to try to unite and promote these two concepts have not been lucky, but Google could take the cat to the water with a project aimed precisely at these platforms. In The Information reveal how the company is developing a service codenamed 'Yeti' that would involve the introduction of a video game streaming service. Everything points to the games running on the Android platform through devices such as the Chromecast or even a new console from Google still in development.
Android games directly retransmitted on your TV Google in fact seems to have already prepared part of that platform thanks to both Google Play Games and its Google Cloud Platform, which for a long time made available to developers with specific solutions for games. Sources close to the company reveal that the service could allow Google to finally enter a segment that generates annual revenues of 109,000 million dollars, and according to the information this would strengthen the position of the company at home after the launch of Google Home and the success of your Chromecast.
The hypothetical console would be accompanied by hardware controls to complete that gaming experience and compete with other platforms in this area. There are few Cloud Gaming platforms that have been able to survive in the market. The failure of the ambitious OnLive was exploited by Sony to buy the service patents and mount PlayStation Now, and recently we were able to attend the birth of GeForce Now, an interesting but expensive proposal from NVIDIA.
Unlike the proposal of Sony (with games for PlayStation) and NVIDIA (with PC games), in Google Yeti it seems that we will find games for the Android platform, something that could reinforce the role of Chromecast and that would also be an interesting element of sale for those "Android consoles" that according to the original news would be in development. Maybe in the next Google I / O that is celebrated in May we will be presented with a service that would be an interesting alternative in a market, that of the mobile game, which would try to conquer our home like this.