Do antiperspirants cause yellow stains on underarms of mens white shirts? if so, what is the best kind of deodorant to use?
I also use a Deodorant Crystal it works and doesn't stain. It is a little more exp. but lasts a long time, over a year. It also does not include aluminums which is suppose to be harmful.
Aluminum is the active ingredient in most anti-perspirants and is responsible for the stains. If you switch to a strictly deodorant product you won't have the same problem. Usually the only aluminum-free products out there are of the all-natural variety; some of them don't work well and can have scents that are worse than BO, but I really Tom's of Maine deodorant stick in the Lemongrass scent. No stains or stinkiness so far!
Well I think that the best result for not getting those nasty yellow marks on shirts is LEMON! Use lemon after you shower for about a week. It will stop the yellow marks and you wont stink.
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It causes a bit of irritation though. I usually use it a day or two days shavings .
I tired Jean's suggestion about soaking clothing in dish detergent and it ruined my shirt. no hard feelings, Jean :-) just wanted to warn everyone.
DONT USE DOVE! it has ruined every white shirt I have and I cant figure out why.
I am so frustrated. It leaves rings after a couple of washes that are tannish brown. anyone have any idea what it is?
I bought the clear thinking that it wouldn't cake up etc. Well it won't cake up, it will just do something else. Today I noticed that on a baby blue shirt, there were literally white spots on anywhere the deodorant touched. Almost like I bleached it. That was the WORST thing ever. If anyone can offer any tips, I would greatly appreciate them.
Secret Platinum clear gel deodorant/antiperspirant stained/bleached my shirt!
I had sweat problems with DOVE!!
All four of us in our family use a different antiperspirant and have the same crusty yellow underarm stains on all clothes. On another site, someone mentioned turpentine as a solution. That is close , as it takes a petroleum distillate to dissolve the greasy stains.
I use Goof off! It is available in liquid or spray and can be found at Home Depot in the paint department. I spray the stain and rub real well. Do this outside because of fumes. Leave outside overnight (in the garage is ok), then wash. It may take 2 treatments, and I wouldn't use it on silk.
Dove is the best deodorant. I did an experiment on it, and out of lady speed, degree and dove, it won.
Tawas is potassium alum and is widely used in Asia as a deodorant and anti-perspirant. Frequent use also whitens armpits (and groins too!). They come in powder form or in a smooth solid stone you can just rub on after a shower/bath and before drying. Been using it for decades.
I used Old spice and it is bad!. Most of my colored shirts have weird stains. It worked well on my white shirts though, cause you can't really see any stains. I changed to Rexona Dry Spray and it didn't stain any of my clothes but it doesn't last long.
I switched to Degree and it works awesome with the smell problem and doesn't stain colored clothes, but it does ruin white ones!
You can use any anti-perspirant with aluminum in it, just let it completely dry before putting your shirt on or before sweating. This will stop the staining. I ruined many shirts but since I've been doing this I've solved that problem! So let it dry and don't put too much; just a little is enough, try it!
Try cider vinegar on underarms and other areas of the body as a natural deodorant. Will not stop perspiration (which is not healthy anyway) but will neutralize odor.
If you don't want stained clothing. Try Axe dry wait five minutes and no stains.
Axe doesn't last that long but it sure does smell great.
I found what might be the "HOLY GRAIL" of stain free deodorants and a method that fixes the problem!
I have spent so much money on new work shirts, new casual shirts, and new undershirts. Finally, a friend of mine who had the same problem did several experiments with different products, and figured out a combination.
First (and foremost), before you wear a shirt, wash it and use vinegar in the washing cycle and never use either Liquid OR Dryer sheets for softener on the shirts that have issues. Predominantly, shirts that contain cotton will have the most issues, since cotton fiber is like velcro, and everything clings to it, and any sort of softener only makes it 'stickier'.
Then, right after you get out of the shower, cool your body off then squeeze a lemon wedge around the entire area surrounding your armpit. Let it set for a couple minutes then completely dry the underarm area thoroughly.
The deodorant that does not cake up on cotton or materials is called "Herbal Clear". I use "Sport" fragrance or sometimes "Outdoor", because it smells really good like the major name ones. It contains Tea Tree Oil, so it also helps with any minor irritations, and says it's Hypoallergenic. The company is out of Tempe, AZ, and the back of the stick has the website: 21stcenturyvitamins.com , but I buy it at WinCo Foods, Trader Joe's or Albertson's. WinCo sells it for about $3.50, but TJ's or Albertson's sell it for $5, so I always stock up at WinCo. I noticed that it comes in 4 fragrances and one fragrance free.
I just made a homemade deodorant. We can't believe how well it works. It does provide antiperspirant protection, too!
My husband who has hair under his arms (doesn't shave like some swimmers or bodybuilders or bikers) said to me--if this stuff works this well, why are people using the other stuff? My answer: our ancestors used this. Commercialism and profits created a new market.
The recipe is as follows. I use a cream "base" but my husband just uses the powder. Pennies to prepare. Smells fresh and incredible.
Melt above ingredients in micro or in a glass container. Whisk well.
Store in container. Product will harden but upon body contact with fingers will melt. Spread on moist or dry underarms--doesn't matter prior to using powder. Do not use this alone. It works best with powder below. Coconut oil is natural anitbac and tea tree is antibac, antifung, etc. Rosewater is optional but smells nice!
Mix in a small airtight container. Apply with kabuki brush or cotton ball my pressing, not brushing onto above cream or moist, not dry underarms. Leave the bay leaf in container--it smells lovely. I add a mint tea packet also--it also imparts a great fragrance.
*This is the best deodorant I have ever used in my life. My 10 year old son is ordor free for the first time. We don't like using dangerous chemicals or antiperspirants. This provides antiperspirant qualities as well.
Enjoy. Does not stain. Any stains , if they would happen, would wash away. Baking soda will only soften your water. Cornstarch dissolves easily. I have never noticed any staining. Also great to use as body powder.
I avoid the deodorants that you get in the stores, the aluminum based chemicals in them are seriously toxic.The body is supposed to sweat, and blocking that ability with anti-perspirants is actually very unhealthy. I use a simple mixture of water and baking soda, and only have to use it once a day. There is absolutely no odor.
Also, sweat stains have alot to do with diet as well. Your body doesn't absorb everything you put into it...so it has to go somewhere. Drink lots of water and eat lots of fruits and veg...shocking but it really does affect it.
The absolute best solution is to dampen a sponge, sprinkle on baking soda, and apply to underarms. It works great and is very inexpensive. It won't stain clothing and eliminates any body odor issues. Simple and cheap!
I was reading all of the posts about deodorant and realized how lucky I am. I live in Mexico now and for many, many years have been buying a natural rock at the hardware store that is used to help clean swimming pools here. Potassium alum or sulfate of aluminum and potassium, it's a crystal. It's very inexpensive, it never stains my clothing. It's good for two to three days (no bath) and best of all, it works!! I just rub the crystal in the drops of water in the sink and rub on my armpit. (I keep it in a glass basket so it dries well.) It's never failed me. If you can find it, it's great.


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With Amazon about to ship a new Kindle and Onyx teasing new models, everyone is wondering whether they should wait for new devices that may or may not be in the pipeline.
Do you think there will be major developments in the world of ereaders next year? i.MX 7, ACep, other E-ink screen…? What does your intuition tell you?
Is that I like the new kindle Oasis… but I would hate that next year there would be important news.
My recent record of predicting new hardware is mixed (for example, I was only half right on my Kindle prediction from January). That's why I am hesitant to speculate about what is coming next, but I can relate what we know is coming.
For starters, there's no evidence to suggest that we'll see amazing new tech showing up in ereaders. This includes Freescale's i.MX 7 CPU, E-ink's color ACep screens, or the new and as yet unreleased screen tech from ClearInk.
Edit: I goofed; it turns out the new Kindle Oasis has an i.MX7 dual-core chip.
Yes, there's all sorts of hype, speculation, and promises by component makers, but the simple fact is that no ereader maker has committed to using the tech in their devices.
Sure, new tech would be spectacular, but without a firm commitment from a device maker we might as well be talking about rainbows and unicorns.
Here's what we do know is coming, and also what we can reasonably expect to be released.
Amazon is going to ship the new Kindle Oasis at the end of October. It has a 7" E-ink screen, costs $249, and will be one of the two best ereaders on the market the day after it is released.
That Oasis is most likely the only new Kindle we will see this year, but a lot of hope being pinned on the Kindle's tenth anniversary on 19 November. Many think Amazon will release a new Kindle on that day; however, there are no rumors or leaks to suggest that will happen.
Kobo's latest ereader, the Aura One, features a 7.8" screen and was released about five months ago.
Edit: I goofed. The latest Kobo ereader is the Aura H2O2. The Aura One was released last summer.
There are no current leaks or rumors to suggest that Kobo is going to release a new device this year. That said, Kobo has a history of releasing a new device in the late spring or early summer, and I would expect to see one then.
This Chinese ereader maker is at the same time both the awe-inspiring and the most disappointing. Yes, Onyx has new devices in the works and they look awesome but we also do not know for sure when the new models will hit the market.
The Note and the Max2 are going to run Android 6.0 on a quad-core 1.6GHz CPU with 1GB RAM.The Canvas is going to run Android 4.4 on a 1GHz single-core CPU with 1GB RAM.
All three models will have both an electromagnetic stylus and a capacitive touchscreen as well as a speaker, mike, headphone jack, and USB-C.
Edit: And here's something new: Booxtor, the German retail partner, said that Onyx had matched the Floyd mode on Dasung Paperlike Pro. Onyx has "implemented the Floyd-Steinberg Dithering". This is a different algorithm than what Dasung uses, and it's not clear how they compare.
There is no official schedule yet. At least Onyx doesn't reveal it. Internally I was promised to get a small quantity of the first batch of new devices in the first weeks of 2018.
B&N stopped developing their own ereaders years ago, and now licenses them from Netronix. The last Nook model was released in 2015, and there's no way to predict if or when B&N will license a new design.
Boyue (AKA Boeye) is a Chinese OEM and Icarus is a Dutch retailer that rebrands ereaders.
Boyue has an irregular release schedule, making it hard to predict when their next model will show up.
This Ukrainian company used to be one of the more innovative ereader makers, but they kinda dropped out of the race. They updated three models in the past three years but have released nothing new in that time.
I don't expect to see new hardware from Pocketbook any time soon.
This brand from Poland's Arta-Tech primarily licenses and rebrands 6" ereaders from Chinese companies. It is hard to say whether it will release new models, but my guess is that they will not have cutting edge tech.
When you say the new Oasis will be one of the two best ereaders on the market, are you indicating you think the Aura One is the other?
I do love my Aura One, but I was glad to see the new Oasis. I won't buy one (at least not until my current Paperwhite dies), but I'm glad to see Amazon is still paying attention to eInk. It will be a sad day for me if eInk goes the way of the dinosaur.
At this time, yes, the Aura One is the other best ereader.
I don't like it, though. I like the Aura H2O more.
Thanks for this summary. I have my eye on the Aura One when my Touch dies, partly because an ereader with a bigger screen appeals.
Amazon has a history of ignoring product anniversaries. However, Kindle is their oldest hardware that wil be ten years old next month so maybe they will have a sale on Kindles or a similar promotion.
I would have guessed that Onyx's implementation of Floyd's is the impressive dithering we saw with the Onyx Boox Max Carta, which allows to watch video pretty well on E-paper and that which has better quality than the algorithms Freescale chose to embed in the EPD controller of the i.MX 6SoloLite.
For what the other algorithm/s that root into Floyd's publications, and used by Dasung, I would be happy to obtain more information, because I don't understand how "shortest path" applies to "minimal screen" update. Is it certain it is not, again, dithering?
Why wait? In buying new hardware your decision should be based on what is available NOW, what you can afford, what you need (or want). Like with Laptops and now to a lesser degree desktop-computers, there will always be the next thing just as a rumor or around the corner.
Waterproof/resistant, frontlight, 300ppi and more than 4 GB RAM so, that is reason enough for me to think about buying a new reader, 7″ or 7.8″ being a plus, if weight is ok.
Currently I am using two Kindle Voyage, one of them is showing signs of breaking down – frontlight has 2-3 bright spots, but these are only visible when that point is supposed to be dark and do not disturb me too much. Next week I will enter a Thalia shop and hopefully take a look the new Epos, weighing it in hand. I read a few comics and these are not so great on 6 inch eInk, I read them on an iPad mini (which is getting slow and the Memory is full, no new mini in sight).
So I might buy the Oasis 2 (do not like the asymmetric design) or the Epos. Do not like Kobo as a shop or as a company, but might take a look at their reader, but would really like to have one in my hand before buying, and currently there is no chance of that (Germany). If there where better reports regarding the Software I would take the plunge and buy a reader blind on import. As most of my ebooks are from Amazon for Kindle, even with DeDRM I lean towards the Oasis.
Well, if someone wanted a 13″ device and knew for certain one was coming in December, they might wait.
This pot endeavors to remove the uncertainty.
Kobo's latest is actually the H2O2, released 5 months ago. The Aura One was released a year ago.
The KA1 is still the Best of Breed, though. I've ordered an Oasis2 but I'm not expecting it to replace my KA1. Love that thing.
Maybe now that they have developed new wink readers running Android 6 they'll begin releasing new models with this firmware, I mean Onix and Boyue. The new models are these big 13″ and 10″ screens, so it might appear new 6″ and 7″ models.
I am not sure I understood what you meant, but I will assume it could be rephrased as "If big screen devices will be released with Android 6, maybe also small screen devices will".
Being firmly in the 6″ camp (and likely to stay there until bezels shrink nearly to the point of non-existence), I don't see much to interest me here.
But then again, it's likely to be a year or two at least before I need to look at upgrading my current Onyx Kepler Pro.


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Q: Html triangle with 100% width I want to create a blurred triangle shape on each selected thumbnail image in a grid.
For now I'm doing it like this (the triangle and it's div container):
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          width: 0;
          height: 0;
          border-style: solid;
          border-width: 0 400px 200px 0;
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    .dashboard-image-selected__container {
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        top: 0;
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        width: 100%;
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My issue is the width of the triangle. If the image is too large the triangle don't fill the width.
How can I use something like 100% width for this triangle shape so that it fills exactly the width of it's parent ?

A: You can use vw to make the css triangle responsive. It will set the width of the triangle based on the width of the screen.
It may be better to use something like calc(30vw + 100px) and calc(15vw + 50px) if you need to set a minimum width for any reason. However this will make the triangle larger than the container so you'll need to use overflow: hidden in this case.

.blurred-triangle {
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  height: 0;
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}

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  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 30%;
  height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: red;
}

A: Do you mean something like the following:

img {
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Plans call for the 1920 brick YMCA building to be used to create apartments downtown. The taller 1960 YMCA structure behind will be torn down after the Y moves to its new building on Everett's Colby Avenue. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Celebrate Y's past, ghost or no ghost, and usher in future
Contents of 1920 YMCA time capsule to be revealed before walk from downtown to new building on Colby.
by Julie Muhlstein
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:13am
Local NewsEverettJulie Muhlstein
An exercise room was busy Monday and kids were arriving for swim lessons, but a walk through the old Everett Y building wasn't a workout. It was a trip back in time.
"It's important to us, people's attachment to it," said Gael Gebow, senior program director at the Everett Family YMCA. "It's been here longer than most people have been living."
On Saturday, the YMCA of Snohomish County will celebrate its nearly 120-year history and its soon-to-open new home in Everett with free public events. The day will start with a 10 a.m. decommissioning ceremony at the old Y building downtown, complete with a keepsake giveaway and the unveiling of a time capsule's contents.
From there, intrepid walkers will join in an 11 a.m. trek south to Everett's new Y building at 4730 Colby Ave. A free block party starting at noon at the Colby site will include tours of the $33.5 million Y building, still under construction, hot dogs and hamburgers, games, membership sign-ups and more.
Everett YMCA senior program director Gael Gebow (left) walks along a banked wooden track high above the old gymnasium in the 1920 Y building. Looking on Monday are marketing coordinator Zac Jagow (back) and member services director Kristy Kentch. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
The oldest part of the Everett Y has been at California Street and Rockefeller Avenue for nearly a century. The Georgian-style building was erected in 1920 and opened in 1921. A developer's plans, announced earlier this summer, call for the four-floor brick structure to be repurposed as a 51-unit apartment building.
Seattle-based Trent Development, Inc., also plans to tear down the newer part of the Everett Y, built in 1960, to build a new apartment building. And 169 more apartments are planned for across the street.
The 1920 building wasn't the first Y on the downtown site. According to Larry O'Donnell's book, "The First 100 Years: An Illustrated History of the YMCA of Snohomish County," a 1920 fire claimed the original 1901 building, which was designed by noted architect August Heide.
Monday's walk-though was a link to the past.
"This is where you came in with your kids," said Michelle Pitzer, the Everett Y's senior program director of child care and family, pointing out the door that opens onto California Street. My two older children, now 36 and 32, went to a combined preschool and swim class in the 1920 building.
A sport court in the 1920s Everett Y building is now used for storage. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Off limits Monday were dormitory rooms on the upper floors, once temporary housing. A ghost named "George" has been a longstanding legend of the old place, Gebow said.
After the 1960s pool opened, the basement pool in the 1920s building was covered over.
"You're now entering the '60s," Gebow said as we stepped into a gym where my son played Biddy Basketball as a kindergartner.
Still a showplace is the '20s gym. Its banked track, a level above the gym floor, is a gleaming wooden beauty crafted of fir. A falcon painted on the gym wall designates what were once the local Y's Falcon basketball teams.
Donny Willeto, the Y's director of mission advancement, said Saturday's events are meant to be "a celebration of this monumental event," a way to recognize a place loved by generations and to usher in a new era.
The move will mean "a gap between service" for users of the Y's athletic facilities, Willeto said. A two-week closure will precede the new Y's scheduled Dec. 1 opening. A ribbon cutting is scheduled for Nov. 23.
A lifeguard keeps an eye on swimmers in one of the indoor pools in the 1960 Everett Y building. Soon, swimmers will take their dips in new pools at the Y's brand-new facility. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Kristy Kentch, the Everett Y's member services director, said the facility now has about 2,500 adult and family memberships, with 1,000 more expected by opening.
Accessibility will be a key improvement. The old building has six flights of stairs and no elevator. The new Y has two indoor pools, one for competition, the other with a lazy river and a zero-depth entry point. There's also an indoor track, space for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County and a full-size gym, plus room for exercise classes and a drop-in day-care facility.
Kentch said donors Mike and Barb Fulcher purchased a unique item at a Y auction — the first dip in the new pool.
Julie Muhlstein: 425-339-3460; jmuhlstein@heraldnet.com.
Construction continues at the new Everett Y on Colby Avenue. The new building is scheduled to open Dec. 1. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Y celebrations Saturday
YMCA of Snohomish County will host free events Saturday.
Decommissioning ceremony: 10-11 a.m. at the 1920 YMCA building, 2720 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. Includes speakers, a keepsake giveaway, and unveiling of contents from a time capsule. The building will be in use for nearly two more months.
Ceremonial walk: 11 a.m.-noon, a group walk from the current Everett Y to the new Y building at 4730 Colby Ave.
Block party: noon-2 p.m., tours of the new facility, hot dogs and hamburgers, games, face painting, door prizes and membership sign-ups.
A "Home of the Falcons" painting still graces the bricks high on a wall at one end of the Everett Y's 1920s gym. Long ago, the Falcons were YMCA basketball teams. From left Gael Gebow, Kristy Kentch and Zac Jagow, all Y staff members, look down on the vintage gymnasium from a wooden running track. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
The Everett Y's senior program director Gael Gebow is enthusiastic about the upcoming move to a new facility, and looks forward to a group walk to the new digs Saturday. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
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Foundation teams with gaming properties to put Las Vegans to work
JENNIFER CASEY, Program Director, Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow — March 13, 2019
Work — and the dignity it brings — is the simple, noble calling card of the Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow (FIT), the Las Vegas-owned and operated nonprofit organization founded by Janet Frasier Blumen in 1997.
In this column, FIT's collaboration with the Las Vegas tourism sector is laid out by its program director, Jennifer Casey. A licensed social worker who earned her bachelor's degree in social work from UNLV and her master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California, Casey is passionate about helping formerly incarcerated people and, in 2012, designed and implemented a re-entry program to address the workforce needs of adults with criminal backgrounds.
Here, she tells of FIT's mission through the inspiring triumph of "Franklin," one of the organization's many success stories.
FIT's mission is to assist unemployed and underemployed Southern Nevadans to return to work. While FIT has helped job-seekers find gainful employment in almost every field in Nevada – from renewable energy and construction to teaching and information technology (IT) — there is perhaps no place that FIT has partnered with more than Nevada's all-important tourism community.
FIT has collaborated with hotels and casinos up and down the Strip and Downtown, including Caesars Palace, The M Resort, MGM Grand, Four Queens hotel-casino, Binion's Gambling Hall, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and Boyd Gaming properties.
Few places were hit worse by the Great Recession of 2008 than Las Vegas, where countless workers found themselves suddenly laid off and in desperate need of work. While the economic downturn shook the Las Vegas community to its foundations, FIT was on hand to provide seamless career services. Through FIT, thousands of clients have been trained for new careers, guided in job search strategies, and supported by a team of passionate case managers each and every step of the way.
Though the economy is thriving once more and unemployment is at a historic low, challenges still face many Southern Nevadans seeking employment. Some job-seekers are hampered by criminal records. Others are grappling with the effects of past substance abuse or long-term joblessness. Regardless of the barrier, FIT excels in providing specialized services for anyone trying to build a future for themselves in the Vegas Valley, and there's no better example of that than "Franklin." (Editor's note: FIT is withholding his real name and employer to protect his privacy.)
Jennifer Casey
When Franklin first came to FIT, he knew that he wanted something better for himself but wasn't sure where to start. An Iraq War veteran, Franklin was injured during his time of service and returned home with a dependency on painkillers. Already struggling with the adjustment to civilian life, Franklin's dependency soon spiraled into addiction, followed by a string of petty offenses, followed by time in prison. It was there that Franklin became determined to take back control of his life, and it was at FIT that his dream began to become reality.
Franklin's caseworker worked closely with him to find not just a job but a career that he could truly grow and thrive in. After careful consideration, Franklin enrolled in culinary training — with his tuition, uniform, knife set and textbooks all entirely funded by FIT. During Franklin's training, FIT partnered with industry experts and local businesses to ensure that Franklin wouldn't just be qualified, but would be the exact employee they were looking for.
After graduating from training, Franklin quickly found a place for himself in Las Vegas' legendary hospitality industry, working his way up to the position of sous chef at one of the finest restaurants on the Strip. Not only is Franklin employed, but he is looked to by his coworkers as a leader and by his managers as an example of dedication and diligence.
To this day, Franklin credits his success to the support and empathy he found at FIT, and as striking as Franklin's story is, it's just one of many in a proud record of successful partnerships between FIT and the hospitality industry. Whether it's in the front of the house or the back of the house, on the floor or in the office, FIT is connecting clients with employment, and employers with an enthusiastic workforce.
It's our privilege to foster our clients' creativity, commitment and perseverance. After 22 years of serving the people of Southern Nevada, we believe, now more than ever, that everyone deserves a chance to contribute to making Las Vegas a wonderful place to visit and a fantastic place to live.
To learn more about us, or to get involved, visit lasvegasfit.org.
Voices of Vegas features guest columnists from all walks of public life in Las Vegas. With columns touching on local cultural, historical, social, civic, educational and humanitarian topics, among others, they weave a tapestry of perspectives that emphasize the dynamism, depth and benefits of the Southern Nevada tourism industry.
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Q: Directories have disappeared from git repo I'm having trouble with git on Windows. I've lost some directories, and others are listed as untracked in git even though they've been part of the repo.
One directory literally does not exist on my machine, but it exists in origin/master. However, running git pull origin master yields "Already up-to-date." And git reset --hard HEAD doesn't change anything. My HEAD is the same as the origin's HEAD.
How do I get my directories back into my local repository? Checking out earlier commits still doesn't restore these folders. Nor does git checkout origin/master. I've tried creating the directory myself and git adding it, but the change doesn't show up in git status.
I have no .gitignore file.

A: Make sure you are in a branch before attempting any pull:
git branch -avv
git checkout master

An "Already up-to-date." generally means you are in a detached HEAD.
You can try also to clone again your repo and check if those folders are indeed there in the new local clone


1. Open the hood and remove the 10mm hex nuts across the top of the grille shell and the 10mm hex bolts on the side bracking and remove the grille from the hood (not shown).
2. Remove the protective tape from the stainless steel grille inserts and remove any tape residue using a mild solvent followed by glass cleaner or alcohol.
3. Apply masking tape to the face fo the grille and the Ford oval to protect the finish (not shown).
4. Align the E&G grille inserts into the grille openings and use masking tape to hold them in place while installing the mounting hardware (Step 5).
5. Install the supplied black plastic washer and 8- 32 ESNA half nuts to secure the E&G grille sec tions. Do not overtighten the ESNA nuts or you will indent the grille sections. Tighten only until you can not rotate the washers.
6. Remove the three (3) lower 8mm hex head bolts that secure the lower air dam to the bottom of the metal bumper that line up where the lower grille mounting brackets line up (start with the center bolt and skip the next bolt to the left and right then remove the following left and right bolts). This photo was taken from inside the front bumper.
7. Carefully pass the lower "Q" grille through the existing opening in the metal bumper, making sure that the lower mounting brackets line up with the mounting holes in the metal bumper.
8. Reinstall the factory 8mm hex bolts to secure the lower grille into place. Make sure that the lower section is tight against the lower bumper opening as you tighten the bolts.
9. Reinstall the assembled upper grille back onto the hood to finish.


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Calling 9/11 a "sad but notable day in the history of our country," Jones reminded his listeners of the continuing war with terrorists that faces us every day in the headlines.
"We are almost into it again," he said. "I ask the church to pray for our young men and women who are now serving overseas and especially around the Syria area."
He noted savagery of the foe but the strength of our cause and ally.
"Early on it was Al Qaeda, but there's a new group now that's worse," he said. "I will stand fast on the positives of our God. You'll stand fast. He is so good about answering our call."
Then he said, "if I could say anything to our president I would say to him 'Be sure and tell the nation to keep on praying.' ... We remember 9/11, yes. But I am thankful that God is still on our side. We are blessed.
"I was born between World War I and World War II, so I have not known anything else but war for our nation one way or another. We prayed in World war II. We will pray now."
Jones shared the pulpit with Williams, a veteran of service in the Louisiana Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force, who expanded on the theme of "God is on our side" in Psalm 124.
"9/11 was a tragic experience," Williams said, noting that keeping faith that God is with us can be challenging. "Being a committed Christ follower in the 21st century is not easy. ... It's hard being a committed follower of Jesus Christ. America, we need God. In our hearts, we need God. We need the word of God."
The service included presentations by Junior ROTC color and honor guards, Boy Scouts, candle-lighting, the posting or a memorial wreath and the performance of "Taps" and "Amazing Grace" by saxophonist Jeremiah Furlow.
One congregant, retired Caddo Parish Schools teacher C.D Stinson, was pleased with the two-hour-plus service that echoed with strong singing, thunderous responses to the preachers' exhortations and calls for prayer.
"Everything was extraordinary, very uniquely presented to the congregation," he said. "And the congregation responded very well to the presentations."


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His Dark Materials Season 2: Why It Won't Release This Fall?
While the fantasy series His Dark Materials received some mixed reaction, fans are speculating whether there will be a second season after all or not? We might have some new details regarding the second season. Let us take a closer look at some of the exclusive details.of the upcoming season.
His Dark Materials Will Be Returning For Season 2! Here's What We Know.
It seems like two networks BBC and HBO have teamed up and went ahead to renew the show for a second season as well. Not only that, but it is reported that even filming has started on the second season as well. The second season will be taking up some material from The Subtle Knife, which is Pullman's second book.
A Cast Member Has Already Shared A Post Thays Says That Season 2 Filming Is Almost Done! Have a Look.
Moreover, actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, who plays Lee Scoresby in the show, posted a short teaser on Twitter and announced that the second season filming is finally done, and it's a wrap! Take a look at the Twitter post given below. With filming almost done, we can expect the second season is coming sometime around the end of this year itself. The post suggests that the filming is almost done for the second season as well!
That's a season 2 wrap on Lee Scoresby & Hester!
You'll see season 1 in November!#HisDarkMaterials
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 27, 2019
Fleabag star Andrew Scott is going to be the newest addition in the show as the globe-trotting Colonel John Parry. Moreover, Wilson teased a bit of what's about to happen in the second season. He described the second season is going to be darker and bigger and better as well. While Andrew Scott is the newest character, one of the familiar characters won't be returning, and it is Lewin Lloyd.
Andrew Scott Is Going To Join The Show From Season 2 Onwards!
With the story going further, fans can expect to see Magisterium playing a bigger role this time in the second season. While no release date has been announced yet, the second season might be airing anytime sooner. We surely are eagerly waiting for the second season to come soon enough and unveil the journey further.
See also Love Is Blind Renewed For Season 2 On Netflix


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è il secondo singolo della band visual kei giapponese 【FIGURe;】, pubblicato il 23 febbraio 2005 dalla TUXEDO PRODUCTION.

Il disco
Made in kanojo è la seconda uscita discografia dei 【FIGURe;】, band creatasi dopo lo scioglimento dei Dué le quartz. La title track è stata inclusa anche nell'unico EP da loro prodotto Kashikoi kanojo no oroka na sentaku.

All'interno del booklet è contenuta come omake una trading card fotografica facente parte di una serie esclusiva disponibile solo acquistando il singolo.

Tracce
Tutti i brani sono testo e musica di Sakito.
Dopo il titolo è indicata fra parentesi "()" la grafia originale del titolo.

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Formazione
 Sakito: voce
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Collegamenti esterni

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SD confirms 29 new COVID deaths over weekend
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota health officials on Sunday confirmed 15 deaths due to the coronavirus in the last day, lifting the totals to 29 over the weekend, 97 in January and 1,585 since the start of the pandemic.
Data complied Saturday by The COVID Tracking Project ranks the state fifth highest per capita in the country at 178 deaths per 100,000 people. The death count is 39th highest nationwide.
The number of people hospitalized increased by three in the last day, to 237
The update showed 321 positive tests Saturday, and 417 positive tests Sunday, increasing the total number of cases to 103,318. There were 62 children under 19 and 77 people in their 20s included in the new group of positive tests, the state's COVID-19 dashboard showed.
Over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases has increased by more than 63, or about 17%, Johns Hopkins University researchers reported.
Over the weekend Lawrence County recorded 18 new cases and two new deaths.
Meade County reported 24 new cases, and Butte County reported five new cases and two new deaths.
A total of 37,575 people have received doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 6,498 who have received both required shots.


After days we are back! It is most definitely not a slow news day. We discuss recent events and other stuff, including movies and films. Leigh has finally got his laptop fixed, he uses it for skype.
Cynmac (one of our illustrious webmistresses) gives us a voicemail expressing her dissatisfaction at Leigh being away.
Leigh explains his absence for the past couple of days, the grumpy old git is apparently the cause of this issue.
digitalrhapsody.net is LIVE and has awesome light graffiti on it.
LoneSQRL calls in to rant and explain how things are going.
Some german researchers have created a passive aggressive system that allows people to call up and swear and rant. A watershed idea is proposed by Leigh.
An Austrian applauded for catching a 7.5 ft boa constrictor has been found out as a fraud. Apparently he couldn't get a grip of his snake.
A man in florida has allegedly shot and killed a door to door salesman on his property.


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The Vernon Township Council was split over how to proceed with the business of recreational marijuana since it was legalized by state referendum last November.
At the council's June 14 meeting, Councilwoman Toni Cilli asked that the item be put on the agenda for discussion. She said doing nothing, which would result in an automatic "opt-in," would be a bad idea.
"I'm not opposed to growers and processors," Cilli said. "But I don't think our town should have a distribution center."
The township, if were to allow licenses for cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, or delivery services, can charge a 2 percent tax on five of these license classes. Wholesalers can be taxed at 1 percent.
"That could be a significant amount of money that could help reduce and/or stabilize property taxes for homeowners," Mayor Howard Burrell said.
Burrell said he did not favor opting out of marijuana sales because he didn't believe that would prevent anyone from obtaining or misusing it. People who want marijuana will simply buy it elsewhere and bring it back, he said.
Councilwoman Kelly Weller said marijuana is a gateway drug that could lead to other drug abuses.
"I don't want it being sold for the very small percentage of tax money that it's going to give us back," she said. "I'm not really sure we should be willing to surrender our town to that."
Councilman Andrew Pitsker said Vernon needs to have some type of control, whether on businesses or growers.
Council President Harry Shortway noted that 70 percent of Vernon voters said yes to legal recreational marijuana. He said he favored controlling it.
According to the county board of elections, 9,415 Vernon voters said yes and 4,032 said no.
Shortway floated the idea of limiting the number of licenses based on population. He suggested tying it to the laws that regulate public drinking, and make it so marijuana can't be consumed in public.
"I believe some controls can be put in, and if someone puts an ordinance together, I'll put it on the agenda and we'll move it for a vote," Shortway said.
Township residents Peg Distasi and Natalie Buccieri both spoke in favor of opting out.
"It does not go with a family-oriented town with healthy activities like hiking, biking, skiing, and snowboarding," Buccieri said.
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act regulates the recreational use of marijuana by adults 21 and older and establishes the licensing scheme for operations, use, and possession.
Although municipalities can regulate five of the license classes, they can't interfere with township residents having marijuana delivered to them.
The law allows municipalities to prohibit the operation of one or more of the five licenses as long as they do so by Aug. 22. Failing to opt out means that cannabis may be sold and resold in all industrial zones, with retail sales a conditional use in commercial and retail zones.
"I don't want it being sold for the very small percentage of tax money that it's going to give us back. I'm not really sure we should be willing to surrender our town to that." Councilwoman Kelly Weller
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Visitors are welcome daily between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. according to patient preference and care needs.
There is free public Wifi. To request access, send an email to wifi@cbdha.nshealth.ca requesting connection information. There will be an automated reply with the information required.
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PI Appoints Dave Rego its New President of North American Operations
From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KGJan 29 2020
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a worldwide leader and solution provider in motion control and precision automation systems, announces Dave Rego as the new President of PI's North American Operations.
Rego has been with PI for 19 years, having grown within the sales operations and proven himself as a leader in progressive sales management. He built excellent relationships with key customers and gained a solid understanding of PI's manufacturing capabilities, an important factor in PI USA's future growth. Rego possesses a substantial and knowledgeable background in precision motion technology, leadership, and project management.
Rego holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering, a BA in German from the University of Rhode Island, and an MBA from Babson College.
PI congratulates Dave Rego!
Source: https://www.pi-usa.us/en/
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With contributions from Duncan Double, Consultant psychiatrist Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and founding member of The UK Critical Psychiatry Network, a platform for debate, discussion, lobbying and publication to critique the contemporary psychiatric system. Alastair Morgan, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, Sheffield Hallam University. Morgan's perspective encompasses critical theory and clinical practice, having worked as a qualified nurse in community adult mental health with marginalized and excluded groups. Angela Woods, Durham University. An inter-disciplinary medical humanities researcher and author of The Sublime Object of Psychiatry: Schizophrenia in Clinical and Cultural Theory.
Editor's note: this blog was originally posted here on the BMJ's blogsite.
Medical innovation appears to be similar—many failed attempts, but progress through testing and recording these. A recent systematic review found that proposed new treatments are about as likely to be worse as to be better than the current standard. Djulbegovic and colleagues  examined 743 trials from four cohorts of registered studies where they could get all the results—published or not (avoiding the positive spin of publication bias). For survival the average advantage was a relative improvement of just 5%, whereas for the primary endpoint it was a relative improvement of 9%. However, there was a wide spread around this small advance: sometimes new treatments could be much worse. The key lesson is to have humility about our innovations, and to put them to rigorous testing. We can then progress by finding the occasional incremental advance, and the even rarer breakthrough.
The history of chemotherapy for childhood leukaemia illustrates this process well. In the 1940′s in Boston, the pathologist Sidney Farber thought folate might arrest the development of childhood leukaemia. However, the children he treated appeared to get worse, not better. Failure? Only temporarily. Reversing this idea suggested anti-folate drugs (such as methotrexate) might work, which did lead to some remissions, but which were only short lasting. However, that a drug might treat cancer was a paradigm shift that was then honed by trials of different doses, durations, combinations, etc. Most showed no improvement, but some did, so that over three decades of experimentation survival went from 0% to over 80%.
So innovation is vital, but must go hand-in-hand with careful evaluation. Most of the improvements are sufficiently small that only rigorous testing will reliabily detect them. Without testing we end up, as with managerial re-disorganisation, in a random walk that may go nowhere.
2. Djulbegovic B, Kumar A, Glasziou PP, Perera R, Reljic T, Dent L, Raftery J, Johansen M, Di Tanna GL, Miladinovic B, Soares HP, Vist GE, Chalmers I. New treatments compared to established treatments in randomized trials. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Oct 17;10:MR000024.
3. Spain P, Kadan-Lottick N (2010). Observations of unprecedented remissions following novel treatment for acute leukemia in children in 1948. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation (www.jameslindlibrary.org).
Paul Glasziou is professor of evidence based medicine at Bond University and a part time general practitioner.
Originally posted in the International Health Humanities Network blog on 10 January 2013.
Forgive me for the personal preamble to this blog post – but I want to contextualise what will follow.
I was recently admitted to hospital for planned surgery, at the Queen Elizabeth Woolwich which comes under South London NHS Trust in the UK. I have a chronic health condition which has required many surgical procedures over the past 12 years. Prior to this operation, I had spent many months in a huge amount of pain. This had a great impact on my day to day life. Having worked in the NHS for many years, I now educate nurses as a lecturer. As with most healthcare professionals, I struggle immensely with being a patient, finding it anxiety provoking, and an experience I am not comfortable with – I border on phobic with hospital admissions. Hence, I was very, very frightened about this procedure, necessitating a longer stay and with greater complication potential than my previous surgeries.
I need not have worried. Every single member of staff who cared for me, from domestic staff through to the nurses who were on duty during my admission and the medical staff, was outstanding. The nursing care was without fault – the nurses were compassionate, caring, had extremely good communication skills and demonstrated excellent clinical competence in terms of their pre and post operative care. Similarly, during the arranging months, I had much contact with administrative staff across both sites. All of these staff members were fantastic – polite, organised, supportive and calming at a time when I was struggling from a physical perspective and anxious about the procedure itself and the longer term implications of this. These staff are all a credit to the Trust, and were absolutely without fault in every communication I had with them. They really did go above and beyond their remit in helping us.
The particular Trust that I was admitted to is undergoing a well-publicised and very challenging time – as indeed are most NHS services in the age of austerity. Is spite of this, the care I received was fantastic.
Which got me to thinking the following – what was it about my care (aside from the physical benefits that have resulted) that meant I had such a positive experience? How does this relate to the IHHN's core philosophy – 'Bringing the Human Back into Health'? What could people take away from hearing about this? And how could I thank the staff, en masse, aside from the letter I wrote?
HUMANITY….At every stage, I felt like I was treated as a human being, as Charley Baker, who has anxieties and aspirations, a life outside of the hospital setting and the condition, rather than as a number, a patient, a mere body to be mended.
COMPASSION….The staff demonstrated genuine warmth and caring – the nurse who admitted me took the trouble to sit with me and put an arm around my shoulders when reassuring me about what was to come. This was a welcome tactile intervention in an otherwise coldly clinical environment.
COMMUNICATION….The nursing and care staff did not appear to be too busy to listen, though I have no doubt that they were incredibly busy. Procedures were explained in full to me, and to my husband, and we were given ample time to ask questions. My Consultant Surgeon excels in this area, as did every member of nursing and care staff. This made a huge difference. I also witnessed the care they provided for the other women in my bay of five – and it mirrored mine in positivity.
CONTINUITY….I have been under the care of Mr L. for many years, despite relocating to Derbyshire six years ago. On discussion with Mr L. and with family, we decided to keep my care at the London-based hospital. This continuity of care is vital in any long term condition.
COMPETENCE….I have every faith in my consultant's competence – and the care staff carried out every intervention and procedure competently, kindly and swiftly. One issue with educating nurses is that inevitably I scrutinise procedures and results – a little knowledge is a dangerous thing! But I did not need to have worried.
These are simple things, and things which I am sure I do not need to preach about to healthcare professionals at all levels. But they are things that can be hard to achieve in a time when staff numbers are being reduced, the drive for economic efficiency is at the forefront of developments, and when the caring professionals – in particular, nurses – are facing what seems to be a barrage of criticism at times in the press.
I wanted to write this blog post to celebrate the care I received, to thank the care teams involved, and to add my own small contribution towards buffering the seemingly relentless negativity that can surround issues such as these. I wrote to thank the hospital and the Trust, and also contacted them prior to writing this blog. As one of their communications officers said, while many people do experience good care, these are not the stories that make headline news, or are often acknowledged at a wider level. I'm glad to be in a position to celebrate the contributions that staff are making, in spite of incredibly challenging times. Thank you to them all.
Originally posted in the HSJ blog Leadership in Mental Health, 17 December 2012 and re-posted in the Centre for Mental Health blog on 3 January 2013.
From Leadership in Mental Health.
Sean Duggan is chief executive at the Centre for Mental Health.
This month the NHS has been reminded from all directions of the scale of the financial challenge it faces. While much of the focus of debate about the NHS continues to be the structural changes that are now taking shape, the bigger question remains how the health and care system is going to cope with the financial pressure it faces in the coming years.
At the beginning of December, the chancellor's autumn statement announced the government's intention to continue to maintain health spending up to 2015/16 while most other departments are likely to continue to experience real terms reductions in their funding.
But a report by the Nuffield Trust the same week warned that the NHS could face a "funding gap" of up to £54 billion by 2012/22 without real terms funding increases.
In the shorter term, it warned, the NHS faces the prospect of cutting services or reducing the quality of care by 2014/15 as the prospect of making continued productivity gains begins to tail off − in other words, many of the more painless methods of saving money are going to be exhausted.
The challenges facing the NHS are to some extent much less acute than those of many other public services. Local authority budgets, the police and welfare spending are all falling much more rapidly. But taken together with social care, the NHS and its partners face the longer term trend of steadily rising demand as the population ages and chronic illness and disability take up an ever larger proportion of its funding.
Whether the scale of the "Nicholson challenge" is £15 billion or £54 billion, the implications for the health and care system remain much the same. Small-scale, one-off efficiency savings are not going to do the trick. The entire system has to reform itself, not so much structurally as in the way it supports people's health, wellbeing and independence.
Artificial divides, be they between health and social care, physical and mental health, or primary and secondary care, need to be dismantled.
We have heard a lot about integration this year but too often it has been two dimensional and focused on only part of the picture. From the perspective of the service user, any form of dis-integration is unhelpful and sometimes disastrous.
One of the biggest forms of dis-integration in our system continues to be that between physical and mental health support. Yet this year the Centre for Mental Health reported clear evidence that up to 10 per cent of the NHS budget is spent on the extra costs of treating long-term physical illness caused by the coexistence of mental health problems.
From having liaison psychiatry teams in general hospitals to better collaborative care arrangements in the community, much of this cost could be saved.
The first clinical commissioning groups to be authorised will begin to face some stark choices in the way they spend their money next year. Most are already grappling with these dilemmas as they consider how to cut costs.
Perhaps uniquely among public service commissioners, they do not have to make dramatic immediate cuts to their spending. They have the opportunity − the necessity in fact − to take their time; to reform patterns of service provision and established ways of working; to shape health services on a different footing.
A decade of austerity may in the end spur on some long overdue fundamental changes to our health and care system. To do otherwise is to risk the health and wellbeing of every one of us in the years to come.


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Supreme Court Upholds Federal Law to Keep Domestic Abusers From Owning Guns
This ruling just made everyone a little safer.
By Emma Sarran Webster
While Congress struggles to come to a consensus on the topic of gun control and protect American citizens from gun violence, it seems as if the Supreme Court is up to the task of regulating gun ownership — or at least, reinforcing important laws that are already in place.
After two men convicted of domestic violence argued that they should be allowed to own guns, the Supreme Court voted 6-2 to uphold a federal law that prohibits just that. According to Broadly, Stephen Voisine and William Armstrong were both charged with violating the federal law, after they were convicted of misdemeanor domestic assaults in Maine. Both men believed that they should be able to own firearms because the nature of their crimes was qualified as "reckless" rather than "knowing or intentional abuse," the latter of which is considered more severe in Maine. "With reckless conduct, the notion is that you have a good idea of the risk your conduct will cause, but have consciously chosen to disregard it," Lauren Wille, a criminal defense attorney in Maine, told Broadly. "The offense becomes domestic violence when it involves a family or household member. The argument being made here was whether 'reckless' conduct qualifies under the firearm prohibition."
The Supreme Court made it clear that it does, in what Everytown for Gun Safety called, in a statement, a "victory for public safety, especially for the women and children most commonly affected by domestic violence." Had the court ruled in Stephen and William's favor, it would have sent the message that what may start as "reckless" or "unintentional" abuse can't turn into fatal abuse. That a man who slaps his girlfriend or shoves his wife into a wall, as the two plaintiffs were charged, respectively, with doing, isn't dangerous enough to warrant taking away his gun. But as the Everytown statement pointed out, "Access to a gun is what often turns domestic abuse into murder" and, "Research shows that the presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation makes it five times more likely that a woman will be killed."
Today's ruling reinforced the importance of gun control laws that keep firearms out of the hands of the wrong people, whether in the context of domestic violence, hate crimes, or terrorism. As Everytown for Gun Safety noted in its statement, "The Supreme Court's rejection of dangerous arguments that would have eviscerated federal gun laws and allowed dangerous convicted abusers to legally possess guns in more than two-thirds of states is so significant."
Related: How to Impact Gun Control Reform in One Simple Step
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Shoigu Says NATO and Terrorism Russia's Top Challenges
By Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber
Terrorism and NATO's expansion at Russia's borders are the country's two main security threats, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Saturday, hinting at a renewal of the armed forces' strategic and doctrinal direction after years of failed reforms.
During an interview broadcasted on Rossia 1, Shoigu cited Syria, Afghanistan, Mali and Libya as "hot spots" of international terrorism, a threat Russia also faces domestically.
The minister's declaration comes one week after President Vladimir Putin introduced prison terms of up to 10 years for training to engage in terrorist activity, and made terrorists' family members liable for the damage incurred by terrorist attacks.
The Russian government has faced increasing pressure to tackle domestic terrorism following a suicide bombing in the southern city of Volgograd that claimed the lives of six people on Oct. 21 and in the run-up to the Sochi Olympics, which will be held near the volatile regions of Chechnya and Dagestan.
Apart from Russia's concern over terrorist attacks, Shoigu's comments also highlighted apprehensions about NATO's expansion and its increasing influence beyond the country's borders, just several days after NATO hosted its biggest military exercises in seven years in the Baltic countries.
"The continued expansion of NATO, in our view, is absolutely unwarranted," Shoigu said.
Russia's uneasiness over NATO's expansion resulted in Zapad-2013, a large-scale joint military exercise with Belarus held on Russia's border with the Baltic states in September. More than 13,000 servicemen, 250 combat vehicles and 60 aircraft were deployed in a display of military might that Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said was meant to simulate "conquering the Baltic states."
Alexei Mukhin, the general director of the Moscow-based Center for Political Information, said Shoigu's statements about the country's biggest threats were accurate.
"I completely agree with the security threats outlined by Shoigu," Mukhin said by phone, adding that "Shoigu's declaration gives the military an orientation."
During the televised interview, Shoigu also confirmed that with the enrollment of 60,000 servicemen in the past year, the Russian army's 2013 recruitment objectives had been surpassed.
"Our territory is too large to maintain a full professional army," Shoigu said. "We need to be able to mobilize, and therefore need mobilization resources."
Military service in Russia, which currently is compulsory for males aged 18 to 27, facilitates the defense minister's stated objective of ensuring the army's rapid, full-combat response capacity.
Shoigu was appointed as defense minister in November 2012 after Putin dismissed Anatoly Serdyukov over the selling of the ministry's assets at below-market prices through Oboronservis, a state-run defense holding company.
While Serdyukov launched many military reforms during his tenure as defense minister, his initiatives were tarnished by corruption and a lack of transparency.
Shoigu's first year as defense minister — during which he strove to "decommercialize" the military apparatus — has increased the level of trust among senior officials and within the armed forces, according to Mukhin.
Under Shoigu, Russia has also renewed its military presence in the Mediterranean and pushed towards expanding its presence in the Arctic, assuaging the country's injured pride about its power and grandeur.
Russia is also proceeding with its 23 trillion rubles ($704 billion) commitment to modernize its weaponry over the next decade, despite a worldwide trend of reducing defense spending.
Even with signs of a renewed strategic outlook, Mukhin warned that the overhaul of Russia's military under Shoigu remains at an embryonic stage.
"I think it is too early to assess Shoigu's achievements," Mukhin said. "We need to see more results before we can really judge his performance."
Contact the author at g.tetraultfarber@imedia.ru


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SO you wanna be an EXPEDITION CAVER?
SO! You wanna be an EXPEDITION CAVER?
A motley crew of 40+ cavers, with a range of ages, will descend upon the Austrian Alps for the Dachstein summer Caving Expedition 2015. This is literally all the low down on the cave exploration scene in the Alps. It is as well renowned for its deep, tortious and hard alpine cave systems, as the Austrians are for lederhosen and beer. A staggeringly high peak of 2995m, the possibility of a 2500m deep entrance point to the water table below is tantalisingly closer than ever before. And YOU could be part of the team that is part of this historical event!
The Winter project requires dry, frozen, stable conditions to enter the 100km long, 1.1km deep single monster cave at the main project to the far west (Sahara), deep snow, and involves a breath-taking 2-6 hour approach hike. This is however not for the light hearted, a 10-18 hour caving trip in extreme cold conditions is the likely scenario, and trust me when I say these cavers are literally rock hard and (sorry), rather insane!
As for THIS summer, the project involves connecting the hysterically named "Wat have U-got-Pot" and the Hirlatz (yes I think its German). So for the fit and keen there will be the opportunity to take part in the exploration of the mighty Wot-U-Got Pot (800m+ deep and 6km long) which requires camping underground for 4 days at a time. But do be warned, this is a dangerous, cold, flood-prone pothole that demands skill, ability, bloody-mindedness & a twisted sense of humour which I must say was provided by the bucket load this weekend (I can't remember or understand most of it, but do join us if you want to hear some).
It is this cave that gives Joel and his team the best hope of breaking into and connect to the massive Hirlatz Hole from WUG Pot- then it will become a 1.5km deep monster system and mastercave (1.5km+). Recently over the past few years teams have shortened the distance between these two mega cave systems to under 500m. If the connection is made the journey from top to bottom could well be the ultimate adventure sports challenge involving winter mountaineering, abseiling, caving and cave diving taking several days to complete.
The team are insistent that it's not necessary to be a pro but the willingness to train and have a go! I think I may be going to simply take the photographs, document the expedition and have a nice hike and climb until I feel ready to undertake the caving trip- so if you fancy a nice sight-seeing holiday, come along! It's not just all about that hard-core exploring, there's plenty of other activities to do and get involved with, including prospecting in the mountains looking for new caves, continuing the exploration of previously discovered caves, assisting with the re-rigging as all the ropes and much of the metal work needs to be replaced.
And if deep dark caves aren't your thing, there's even an ice cave nearby that makes for a stunning tourist trip, just so you can pose with those new ice picks you've bought (lads), and girls yes you can pretend to be Elsa.
For all you animal lovers out there, Joel tells me there are marmot colonies near by, gams in the hills at dawn (similar to chamoix), foxes, snakes, etc… Where you'll be based at 1850m its about 100m below the transition from the superlative carpeted green slopes to more bare alpine scenery- a haven for wildlife, and wild ADVENTURE!
First of all, before you go jet-setting to the Alps with your shorts, T-shirt, trainers and multi coloured running leggings… there's a few things you need to know about surface gear and caving gear, as well as the health and safety aspects to the trip. I'll try and make it as painless as possible I promise!
DO NOT BRING JEANS TO CAVE IN!!!!!!
Fleeces are ideal to cave in as they are warm and drain relatively quickly when wet.
Very good for keeping you warm in wet caves. (A cheap set can be made with any tight fitting top e.g. modern rugby tops and a pair of thick tights (yes even for the blokes) looks silly? yes Warm? Definitely. I mean, who can resist a guy in tights? (Definitely me…guys don't go for the 1D look outside of caving, only wimps wear girly tights for fashion).
To sleep in. No really.
So you can find your way to your bunk/ back from the pub. Oh and the cave.
PLEASE bring this guys to wash with. Don't bother with beatifying stuff (hair straighteners), but perhaps a hint of mascara and eye liner..oh and concealer for those equally dark eye circles around the eyes from days of no sleep. Trust me everyone will thank you for it. Shower gel- many cavers don't even bother to shower after a trip, merely washing will make you look like a god/goddess compared to the other muddy and smelly cavers.
There will normally be quite a few drinks had Friday and Saturday night. We normally stop on the way at a supermarket. Even if you don't drink alcohol it will probably be worth bringing some coke/ squash to quench your thirst. Missing something? The club has some spare kit it can lend (particularly wellies).
A length of foam mat to keep you of the tent floor and hence much warmer.
Some caves have some great (if cold) swimming opportunities. Chances of using one is slim but swimming in crystal clear pools deep underground is worth the effort of packing it. Please don't pack your bikini.
A giant adult sized fleece baby grow. Known universally by cavers as furries they are also sometimes used by sailors and divers under dry suits. These are the crème de la crème of caving insulation and many cavers' first purchases. They can be very expensive so if yours is a non-caving one for use under a dry suit you use it at your own risk.
Oh! I almost forgot. Warm underpants…I'm not fooling around here, its vital to keep yourself nice and snug down there. Nothing worse than soggy bottoms is there Mary?
Well that's all from me, write up on first aid and cave photography soon!
Alex Jones is wildlife cinematographer, producer, presenter, editor and extreme adventurer, who has created his own remarkable blue-chip documentaries as well as work on a whole host of films, TV shows and adverts. His unique skills using the EPIC Red have not gone unnoticed and he has recently won a prestigious Panda Award at the Wildscreen Film Festival, as well as his footage being used in a major new BBC series. I got the chance to chat to him about where his enthusiasm and love for wildlife all started.
Growing up in California, he has always been passionate about wildlife- picking up snakes at age of 9 in his backyard, and has been filming ever since he can remember. It surprises me when he mentions that he really aspired to become an entomologist, having seen him as a full-on explorer and cameraman, it is seemingly difficult to imagine Alex sat in his room pinning down another Panagaeus cruxmajor to his collection rather than being armed with an SD card and another 6 hours' worth of footage.
And yet this makes sense; when you begin to look at his work. He has carried this love for what many would consider their worst nightmare over to what he loves filming- macro. His latest fascinating clips of a jumping spider, award nominated Curious snail and Sand-crabs were shot in his custom made set and studio which he built with his colleagues. They're looking to get some sequences on side-winders as well as a variety of other hard-to film species, or those whose lives are largely left untold.
"To get the best quality footage, you've got to be able to get the lens ontop of them and have control the elements such as light, wind- except the behaviour of course!
He tells me about the most varied things he gets up to on a day to day basis. Deliberately seeking out danger, nothing seems to phase The Adventurer– going into caves, old mine shafts inhabited by a myriad of snakes and bats. One particular place he went to, which was even too extreme for Alex, was a cave powdered with volcanic ash.
The most dangerous encounter? Without question- Crocodiles. He was wrestling one which had caught him from under the water, he says it was an incredibly intense moment, particularly since it was 8ft crocodile Vs an 5ft 6 Alex. He describes the moment where he was in the water when it brought him down, his friend and fellow cameraman came to the rescue, but even he admits it was a close shave.
He loves all aspects of wildlife filmmaking. Everything he does currently is reflected by what he has seen with the enigmatic blue-chip series, such as Blue planet. In terms of presenters, he used to present more hands-on like his childhood hero Steve Irwin. However, the more inclusive and poignant reminisces of Attenborough have inspired him to take on a more "BBC" approached style of presenting to camera, although I still believe the acting lessons will slip out now and then when he is overcome with excitement by a dangerous snake- more Steve Backshall then!
What else does he get up to? He tells me he's working all the time, editing, researching animals to film, scenery shots with friends. However when he does have the time, he enjoys hiking, extreme surfing, rock climbing, spelunking in Thailand, Africa, California. His seemingly limitless supply of energy emanates through to his camerawork. The EPIC Red that he praises highly, is easy to programme to his specific needs, looks beautiful, sharp, and a professional "work horse," which can cope with extreme conditions- rain, sand.
"It's the elements that you don't see behind the scenes, that's tough on any camera."(He's of filming sand dunes).
He offers us his top tips if you're filming out in extreme conditions.
The equally talented Emma Blackwell with Alex Jones.
What the most technically challenging shoot? The most challenging to film he tells me is his award nominated elephant seals of California.
He also tells me that it was emotionally hard sometimes to witness the helplessness of the seal pups being smothered by the testosterone pumped and over-amorous males which will crush anything and anyone in their way.
"They're the 2nd biggest, cause more deaths that any other snake- its very aggressive. My favourites are side-winders. I found it in a cave (200ft)." Just the day to day itinerary of a cameraman!
Having already secured one award under his belt, Nevada is next with his curious snail nomination. (See it here:).
I am officially "batty" now- I have descended into the depths of a cave and followed my fellow subject of research!
This is the second time I've been in a cave this summer…but this time I was actually ascending and descending it with karabiners, cows clips, descenders, hand and chest jammers, D-ring and a WHOLE load of rope! This stunning cave is located within walking distance from the Horton in Ribblesdale train stop in the Yorkshire Dales of roughly 2km. We left the Leeds train station at a later time of 9:10am, tickets will cost you £16 for a return, a with a rail card around £13. The weather, as usual was changeable with sheets of light piercing even the darkest of nebulous clouds, the occasional shower then patches of rather pleasant sun. ALWAYS take your rain jacket and thermals, that's one thing I've leant the hard way! I keep forgetting that summer in the UK is rather different to a Spanish one! The walk to the site was equally as changeable, but nonetheless breath-taking. I felt quite safe with the three caving members of the Leeds University Union Speleological society, Michael, who has been caving for over six years, Katey who has been on more than 60 trips and Brendan who had recently joined the society a year ago, but nevertheless experienced.
The climbing team looking summery in their shorts!
They were all so welcoming and helpful, and exceedingly patient with my sometimes futile efforts! I literally had a crash course in Single rope technique (SRT) and vertical climbing/ascending/descending the day before with Michael and Kristian… then thrown into the deep end!
Selgil cave, the dry route which we decided to try out.
There were two entrances, the wet route is to the right hand side of the walk from Ribblesdale where the stream thunders down into a waterfall within the cave, or to the left is the dry (more like dry-ish) route which is the one we selected. We got dressed in the open into our oversuites and hooked up all our kit, including a cave helmet.
Katey, rearing to get going! (above). Mike posing for the camera with all the kit.
The wet route is advisable only in dry weather! The route was all rigged by Katey and Brendan; we descended from the entrance 6m down into the cave with a 15 meter rope. It was a little daunting at first, I must admit, trusting in the gear away from the safety of The Edge! But I was always in safe hands and so trusted everyone and the gear. It was rather fun! We got to the bottom, and could hear the discernible roar of the waterfall tumbling down in torrents. I am SO glad I put my camera in the water tight daerum drum, the spray was a bit of a nightmare for any photographer… I was also lucky that the only damage to my camera was scratches on my 600D screen!
We then moved on to the second pitch where we were carefully picked our way along the route with cows tails and avoided accidentally dislodging any loose rock. The route to the left side was far drier, which we opted for! This was only 12m down, (we had 20m rope) but still a little daunting for a first timer like me! It was a good feeling though as you glided gracefully (well, perhaps not me!) down on the rope using the descender. It takes a bit to release your hard lock then soft lock because your life is literally handing on that rope, if you slip up, its a long way down….
Once at the bottom, I could hear the others further down the third pitch, then we descended ourselves. This was the furthest one down and required two steps of getting to the edge, then staying clear of the water falling from above. This was definitely the more daunting of the two pitches, and as I peered over the edge, I was glad I had misplaced my contact lenses! It was however, really beautiful, once I was off and descending, light flickering from my helmet painted the cave with an orange glow and light danced off the wet surface of the limestone rock. The spray hung in the cave like a blanket and created a slight haze.
Mike had to shout commands to me as I neared then end as the thunderous downpour of the waterfall echoed and resonated throughout the cavern. Whilst he was doing something technical further up the pitch, I waited gazing at the bottom with the scenes of what once was an ancient sea floor. I even saw fossilized remnants of coral on one of the slabs. All around me, I could see new sections of the cave forming with soft sediment being deposited at the sides. Katey and Brendan then reappeared from the bottom which was an easily accessible hop-down into a walkable section of the cave. When Mike joined us we decided to take a couple of cave shots and used our head torches as flashlights.
The depths of Selgil, Mike shines his torch and the wet surface of the cave reflects with enough light for my long 30 second exposure. Some more light painting in the dark with Kate as our model.
I used ISO 6400 to get some cave portraits, and then used flash for some other closer up shots. Then we took long exposures (30 seconds), of Katey and the cave, whilst the guys acted as flash assistants. They did blur but they were certainly fun to take! I couldn't progress any further without my camera get wet, so I returned it to the daerum drum and headed down with the guys to complete the walk. The source of the noise and spray became apparent as I hopped down and the waterfall was visible in all its resplendent glory. It was truly breath-taking, admittedly I was very cold and wet due to inappropriate underclothes, but even that didn't dampen my spirits! The trip wouldn't be complete without #CaveSelfies which we eventually got right!
Cave selfie! We got it just about right, but Brendan was just out of the shot, sorry man!
We eventually reached the "Duck", which as the name suggests, requires you to duck and crawl through to the other side. I decided to wait with Brendan, I was too wet and quite cold, and didn't want to get soaked! But the cavern itself was lovely to look at, as was being silt being deposited with shining particles that glinted and danced in that light emanating from our head torches. We switched them off to fully appreciate how dark it was, 70 meters underground, I literally could not even see my hand in front of my face- most certainly an adept description of pitch black!
As Mike returned we then headed back up to the 3rd pitch to start ascending. Now the hand and chest jammers were used rather than the descender. This was the point at which I began to get nervous as I ascended with my hand jammer, which seemingly 'jammed,' and fear began to creep in! Mike reassured me I was fine and doing well, as well as encouragement from Katey and Brendan down below. Then, what seemed an age, I eventually reached the top, a little shaken but relieved. It is very enjoyable and rewarding, and I will be back for more! But it was scary as a first timer, and I feel good to have gotten over my fear of swinging from heights! When we stepped out of the entrance after a good 45 minutes (due to my inability to shimmy up the rope with the same speed and agility as the others), a gorgeous border collie greeted us, with his mane being whipped up by the blustering Yorkshire wind.
I was glad to be out, I was pretty cold and hungry but also exhilarated by a fantastic trip. I never felt in any real danger with experienced people, more of a heightened panic moment. We played with the dog, who apparently took a shining to Brendan's yellow oversuit!
We got undressed then headed back down the track to the pub for a well-deserved cup of tea and sandwich. What a day! I will most certainly be joining this September. The next social is go-karting in September which will be great fun, will keep you updated on all the caving- I am officially known as Bat woman now!


In Turkey, mainstream media is owned by conglomerates such as Demirören Group, Doğuş Group, Zirve Holding (Kalyon Group), Ciner Group, and Albayrak Group. Besides the media sector, these groups are active in construction, energy, finance or mining, for example. Revenue from these other business sectors provides financial resources for their media operations.
The most significant change in the media sector in Turkey was the sale of all media assets of Doğan Group to the Demirören Group in March 2018. The Doğan Group is no longer in the media business.
On the state-owned media part, TRT is mainly funded through electricity tax which amounts to 70% of its annual budget.
Private advertising is an important component of media revenues. Some of the big companies conduct their own surveys. Nevertheless, according to experts MOM has consulted, some of the private companies tend to give advertisements to pro-government media outlets in spite of their low or inflated levels of audience data for political concerns.
An important source of print media income stems from official advertisements distributed by the state-run Press Advertising Authority (BIK). However, fair distribution of official advertisements, which are especially crucial for the existence of small-scale newspapers, is controversial. For instance, Serhat Albayrak, brother of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son-in-law (now Energy Minister) Berat Albayrak and CEO of Turkuvaz Media of Kalyon Group, is a member of Press Advertising Institution.
How much advertising revenue each paper gets is determined according to the paper's circulation, and, it is largely claimed that free newspapers are also included in the circulation data of newspapers and that circulation numbers are inflated for more advertisement.
BİK has refused to answer a freedom of information request by MOM to disclose advertising handed out to newspapers in the past 12 months, claiming this information was a "trade secret".
In 2018, Hürriyet, Sabah and Posta were the top three newspapers in advertising revenue (September 2018). Despite the fact that Sözcü is high as a circulation (the third, following Hürriyet and Sabah), it was reported that the number of its advertisements is limited due to its oppositional stance. By September 2018, the most popular daily newspapers were Hürriyet, Sabah, Posta, Türkiye, Takvim, Sözcü, Milliyet, Yeni Şafak, Akşam and Güneş.
Advertisements in newspapers are determined by circulation. Some sources speak of allegations of high circulation in order to get more advertisements. They claim that free newspapers are also included in the circulation.
The significant change in the media sector in 2018 was the Doğan Group's withdrawal from the media sector by selling its media assets to Demirören Group. With this change, Demirören Groups now owns four newspaper including Vatan daily whose print edition was halted on October 31, 2018, and it became weekend supplement of Milliyet newspaper but it still goes online.
In addition, the print edition of Ciner Group's Habertürk was closed in July 2018 and it goes digital only.
Ethem Sancak's ES MEDYA was also sold to Zeki Yeşildağ who has close tie with President Erdoğan, and they are now known as Türk Medya (T Medya Yatırım San. ve Tic. A.Ş).
Except Burak Akbay's Sözcü, all newspapers in the top 10 list belong to groups known to be close to the ruling AK Party. All owners except for one (Burak Akbay) have major investments outside of media that depend on state contracts, such as in energy and construction.
As of January 2019, Demirören Groups own three daily high circulated newspapers (Hürriyet, Posta, Milliyet), Kalyon Group (Sabah ve Takvim) and Türk Medya (previously known as ES Medya) has two dailies (Akşam ve Güneş). İhlas Group (Türkiye), Estetik Yayıncılık (Sözcü) , Albayrak Group (Yeni Şafak) each owns one newspaper.
The Press Advertising Authority (BIK) General Assembly accepted a new regulation on 5 October, 2016, which stated that if the owners or majority of partners of media organizations have a case against them, based on "crimes against constitution" or "anti-terror law", their right to receive state advertising would be seized until the case is resolved. Based on the same regulation, media employees who have committed crimes that are in the scope of the above-mentioned crimes will be dismissed from their positions within five days. Media outlets that do not abide by this regulation will lose their right to state advertising.
With this regulation, officially distributed advertising is now used as a threat against editorial independence and job safety.
On 29 March 2016, Cumhuriyet daily was issued an advertisement ban by BIK for 18 days. The reason for the penalty was because the daily had printed a photo of a prosecutor while he was being held hostage by an outlawed leftist group (DHKP-C) and because the daily published cartoons from Charlie Hebdo in solidarity with the magazine, after mass shootings of the magazine's employees.
Experts contacted by the MOM team expressed concerns regarding unfair distribution. These concerns, if they are only concerns, can only be eliminated if official institutions or media outlets share information regarding advertisement distributions.
According to the report published by the Advertisers' Association in March 2019, media investments increased 2.9 percent in 2018, compared to the previous year, reaching almost USD 2.272. In 2018 the television sector held the highest share of advertising revenues by 47%.
Online advertising represented the fastest growing sector and held the second largest share by 28,9% with a 14,8% growth. However, this increase in digital media sales does not necessarily affect "news portals" only, except for the websites of a couple of popular newspapers, but mainly goes to freemail-providers and other portals.
Newspaper is the most popular media after TV. According to data made public by Advertisers' Association, the sector declined by 19 percent in 2018 so newspapers only got 9,5 percent share of advertising.
The estimates of 2018 show that Hürriyet, Sabah, and Posta are expected to get the top three largest shares.
A new law passed in 2011 - "The Law on the Establishment and Broadcasting Services of Radios and Televisions", introduced restrictions on media ownership: "In the case of multiple media service providers held by a shareholder, the annual total commercial communication income of media service provider enterprises where a real or legal entity has direct or indirect shareholding may not exceed 30 % of the total commercial communication income of the sector for the relevant year." Article 19/F under this law also states that foreign capital of a media company cannot exceed 50% of the capital receipts of this company (income received by the company which is nonrecurring in nature).


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