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Putin's Gamble on Ukraine
Biden administration, blinken, Diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, war
In the aftermath of Russia's illegal 2014 seizure of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine, I had a chance opportunity to ask a senior Russian official what President Vladimir Putin's objectives were in Ukraine. The response was one word, and memorable: "Kiev."
Putin had taken the opportunity to annex Crimea at a time when conditions made it relatively easy. The Putin-backed president of independent Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, had fled to Russia as months of street protests in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv (the Ukrainian transliteration vs. the Russian-language Kiev) reached a crescendo. The protestors had been outraged at Yanukovych's decision to reject a potential association with the European Union and turn to Moscow instead, so the demonstrations signaled not only a political realignment but also a cultural shift to the West that likely further spurred Putin's ire. There was chaos and confusion. And Putin probably was confident of public approval at home for a seizure of Crimea, an approval that he in fact received. Even some Westerners made arguments along the lines of, "Well you have to understand, Crimea is part of the essence of Russia."
The United States and the EU were caught off guard, and only months later began to muster some weapons and intelligence support for the Ukrainians in the war in the east. But the U.S. and its allies never seriously entertained applying their own military force in a conflict that has killed more than 14,000 people.
In that regard, today seems similar: a direct Western military response isn't seen as likely, despite U.S. and EU sanctions rattling. President Joe Biden is preparing for a virtual meeting with Putin tomorrow and said on Dec. 3 that he is preparing what "will be the most comprehensive and meaningful set of initiatives to make it very, very difficult for Mr. Putin to do what people are worried he may do,"
But Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, had helped Russia on Ukraine by stirring uncertainty with his threat to withhold U.S. military aid that had finally become more robust. Biden has withdrawn U.S. forces from Afghanistan, ceding control to the Taliban, and has signaled a distinct disinterest in military ventures abroad, though Congress has allotted $400 million this fiscal year for military aid to Ukrainian forces. Furthermore, Biden's Democratic majority in Congress is highly vulnerable to a resurgence of Trump's Republicans in the 2022 midterms. And that's not to mention a potential return to the campaign trail for Trump himself for the 2024 presidential elections. Biden is nearing Trump's lows in public approval ratings, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight of multiple poll results as of Dec. 3. So Putin would appear to have little to fear in terms of military consequences.
The Russian official's description to me of Putin's goal was echoed recently by the Washington Post's David Ignatius in a Nov. 18 column: "Putin's goal seems to be restoration of Moscow's Soviet-era hegemony over Kiev." Hegemony over Kiev – and possibly a large chunk of Ukraine more broadly – could come to Russia in one of two ways, by invasion or via a coup that topples Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and establishes a puppet regime. Zelenskyy recently cited signs of such coup planning, but such signs also might stem from Russian dezinformatze to distract the West from a focus on a direct military threat.
Complicated Scenarios
One might think the Western response to an invasion might be stronger and less controversial than responding to a coup. But that may not be the case – both scenarios are complicated. U.S. and European diplomats have been warning Putin for some time to pull back what looks like an invasion force – now said to be plans and movements geared for launching an all-out attack on Ukraine as soon as early next year, with 175,000 troops backed by armor and artillery units. The U.S. and European diplomats threaten "harsh consequences from a U.S.-led coalition," as Ignatius put it. This sounds reasonably strong, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken seemed to suggest a firm response on Nov. 10 in a joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Saying he was speaking for Biden, Blinken declared, "Our commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty, to its independence, to its territorial integrity is ironclad."
CIA Director William J. Burns also had paid a visit to Moscow earlier in November to meet with senior Russian officials, and warned them that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would prompt the United States to impose serious economic measures and eliminate any hope of better relations with the West. Blinken then reiterated the threat of "high-impact economic measures" during meetings of NATO foreign ministers in Riga, Latvia, earlier this month, though he gave no details. The reference might signal the possibility of ejecting Russia from the SWIFT banking system, which manages international transactions in dollars. This indeed would be a severe penalty, one that the West considered but declined to impose on Russia in 2014. And Germany might balk this time, too, if Russia proclaims in turn that it would be unable to provide its usual gas supplies.
Yet, it could be that more economic sanctions, even the prospect of expulsion from SWIFT, would not deter Putin from attempting to win back Ukraine, which Russian nationalists consider their jewel in the crown. Putin once declared that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the "greatest geo-strategic catastrophe of the 20th Century." And he might think that U.S. and EU political conditions are ripe for a weak response.
In addition to the above-mentioned factors constraining Biden, the U.S. president appears to want to continue holding high-level talks with Russia to improve relations overall and to revive the arms control process. For his part, Putin has floated a variety of security assurances that he suggests might ameliorate his supposed sense of threat from NATO. Some, such as a formal agreement that NATO would forego any further expansion and that Ukraine will never join NATO, are nonstarters because they would amount to a Russian veto over NATO and Ukrainian decisions in the future and because it is exceedingly difficult for one U.S. administration to bind future administrations on such issues. Some analysts also have noted that Ukraine in the 1990s gave up its nuclear arsenal, the third-largest in the world, after the breakup of the Soviet Union in return for assurances from Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom in what was known as the Budapest Memorandum, a pledge that Putin reneged on when he invaded Ukraine just 20 years later in 2014.
Further evidence that Putin has an even larger invasion in mind includes a long article he published on the Kremlin's website in July, in which he expounded that Russians and Ukrainians are "one people — a single whole." He argued that "true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia." This, of course, would come as a surprise to Ukrainians, considering Russians never considered them to be anything more than an inferior people in either the former Russian Empire or the Soviet Union. And as far as sovereignty with Russia, Ukraine would recall the terrible purge of Ukrainians under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev on Stalin's orders in the late 1930s. The fact is that Russians have never treated Ukrainians equally since the fall of the Kievan Rus and its incorporation into Russia in the 17th Century.
Putin Talks About Ukraine Like China's President Xi on Taiwan
It is notable that Putin speaks of Ukraine in much the same way as Chinese President Xi Jinping does of Taiwan when demanding reunification. To add to Putin's ominous exposition, former Russian President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a Putin tool, published an article in the Russian news outlet Kommersant in October excoriating Ukraine as a "vassal" state and its president, Zelenskyy, as "`weak,' `ignorant' and `unreliable'," according to the Moscow Times.
And now Belarus is in the picture. The highly unpopular longtime dictator who has been in office since 1994 and consolidated his own power just a few years later, Alexander Lukashenko, played Putin off against the West for decades until succumbing to Putin's influence entirely in desperation last year, when his rule appeared threatened by months-long protests in the wake of another rigged election. Taking lessons or direction – it's hard to tell which — Lukashenko has since waged an unprecedentedly violent crackdown on his opponents, even going so far as to intercept a Ryanair passenger plane mid-flight last spring, forcing it to land in Belarus so his goons could abduct an opposition journalist who was living in exile in Lithuania.
Now Lukashenko has expressed support for Putin's invasion of Ukraine, signaling that he could deploy Belarusian forces to his own border with Ukraine to help out. If Putin incorporates both Ukraine and Belarus along the way, his mission to reestablish the Russian Empire might begin to look vaguely practical. In any case, forces coming from Belarus as well as Russia could complicate things further for the West.
If new Russian troops do cross the Ukrainian border and start moving toward Kiev and Odessa and if troops start coming from the north – Belarus — as well, NATO will need to make important decisions very quickly. The United States and NATO are talking as if they are foreclosing any direct military action and instead plan to rely on economic sanctions alone. This could set a bad precedent for other adventures that Putin and Xi might have in store for Europe and Asia, including Taiwan.
In the worst-case scenario of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine that reaches the Dnieper River and Kyiv, the U.S. could consider not only imposing severe sanctions but also sending a contingent of special operations forces to Western Ukraine and announcing that it would not cross the Dnieper River but would stay in Western Ukraine until Putin is prepared to make a deal. Putin seems to care little about Western Ukraine, perhaps largely because it wasn't under Russian influence before it was pulled into the Soviet Union with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939. That also might provide a safe haven for the legitimate government of Ukraine, should it be forced out of Kyiv.
But the United States should never let Russia seize Ukraine or successfully overthrow the government from within. As the Washington Post's editorial board says, American diplomacy will succeed only if it is "backed up with political, economic and military strength" The United States will have many such challenges in the years ahead, primarily from Russia and China — they are not going to change into peaceful partners. So the U.S. and its partners will have to learn how to suppress moves like the one Putin apparently is contemplating.
IMAGE: Russia's President Vladimir Putin is shown at a desk, attending a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus on Unity Day, via teleconference call, in Sevastopol, Crimea, on November 4, 2021. (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Q: Electric Field Strength vs Electric Potential This is the simple thing I'm confused about.
As I understand it, the electrostatic force from a charge out to a certain distance is inversely proportional to the distance squared (and electric field strength is in the units Newtons per Coulomb or volts per meter).  But electric potential, or voltage is inversely proportional to the distance (r).
Now I get the general idea that electromagnetic signals/forces reduce in strength or energy they can transmit by the distance squared.  However, doesn't voltage also produce force and power from a distance?  In other words, can electrostatic/electromagnetic energy be transmitted inversely proportional to the distance and not the distance squared?

A: The difference between electric potential at two points is proportional to the work done by moving charged particle in a present field. The work is the force multiplied by the distance: $F \cdot s$, or more generally $\Delta U \propto \int_P \vec{F} \cdot d\vec{s}$.
Given that the force scales as $\frac{1}{r^2}$ it should be easy to see why multiplying it by distance in units of $r$ we expect to get a potential that scales as $\frac{1}{r}$.
This process works in reverse too, the field (which is proportional to the force on a particle) is basically a derivative of the potential: $\vec{E} = -\vec{\nabla} U$. So changing potential in a region will result in force acting on a charged particles in this region.

For energy transfer - take a look at Poynting vector. It describes the flux of energy through the area.

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doesn't voltage also produce force and power from a distance?

Almost: it's the variation of potential that produces force. In 1D:
$$ F \propto -\frac{dU}{dx} ,$$
and, since
$$ \frac{d}{dx}x^{-1} = -x^{-2}, $$
it becomes clear that $U(x)\propto x^{-1}$ is compatible with $F(x)\propto x^{-2}$.

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He-Man Returns to Comics
By Russ Burlingame - April 6, 2012 10:26 pm EDT
0comments MTV Geek
is reporting that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, the massively successful '80s cartoon which maintains a strong cult following on the Internet, will return to comics as a six-issue miniseries coming in July from DC Comics. Written by James Robinson and featuring art by Philip Tan and Ruy Jose, the story begins in an alternate timeline, where Skeletor has managed to manipulate time and space to set himself up as the ruler of Eternia. With no memories of their previous lives, He-Man and his fellow heroes (now powerless peasants) must rise up to accept their destinies after Adam begins having dreams that point him in the direction he needs to go. James Robinson, who acknowledges the cheesiness inherent to the property in the MTV interview, says that nevertheless he sees its value. "A certain generation of people, who grew up at the right time, hold genuine affection for Masters of the Universe," said the writer. "The challenge is to write something that raises the standard for the series, with a cool, modern story that nevertheless honors the fans of the animated series and toy line." Robinson says that he doesn't have any idea whether the comic is an end unto itself or a proving ground to see whether He-Man and the Masters of the Universe could work again as a TV series, movie or toy line, but that he expects rights owner Mattel would be keeping a close eye on the success of the series. Robinson, of course, has a history of bringing dignity to properties that other creators may scoff at; his reinventions of Starman and the Justice Society are legendary with DC fans. DC, meanwhile, have had success in the recent past adapting properties like Fringe and Burn Notice as digital comics (with Smallville coming soon), but often have struggled to find success with adaptations from other media in the print market.

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Fabio Bonci (born January 31, 1949 in Modena) is a retired Italian professional football player.

Bonci played for Serie A's Parma during the 1970s.

His father, Iro Bonci, and uncles Adler Bonci, Emilio Bonci and Remo Bonci all played football professionally.

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1949 births
Living people
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Serie B players
Serie C players
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Juventus F.C. players
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Mantova 1911 players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
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Potential 2013 opening for Whole Foods in Savannah
Submitted by Drew on Tue, 2012/07/17 - 12:00am
By Adam Van Brimmer
For those counting the days until Whole Foods opens its first Savannah store, the wait may be significantly shorter than anticipated.
Officially, the high-end grocer is sticking to its original targeted opening date of fall 2014 for its planned 35,000-square-foot market at the former Backus automobile dealership on Victory Drive. But the developer is to turn over the space to Whole Foods next April, and marketing materials for the site list Oct. 15, 2013 as the market's opening date.
The sale of the Backus property and five other neighboring parcels closed Friday. Crews were on site Monday doing utility work, and demolition of the existing buildings on the site could commence as soon as the end of the week.
Eight buildings, including Backus' trademark pink showroom and mechanical shops, will be razed to make way for the 65,000-square-foot shopping center to be known as Victory Station.
"We're very excited to get going on this thing," said Ian Smith, a spokesman for the project's developers, Atlanta-based Knightswood and S.J. Collins Enterprises. "We've been working on it since fall 2010, so it has been a long complicated project. But we are excited to have the green light now."
PetSmart also plans to open a store in the center, according to marketing materials. The pet supplier, which already operates a Savannah store on the southside, will occupy almost 14,000 square feet, leaving 15,200 square feet for other tenants.
Smith would neither confirm nor deny PetSmart's lease but did say additional tenant announcements will be made in August.
Alterations to Victory Drive and other streets around the property will also begin next month. The developers have secured permits from the Georgia Department of Transportation and the city of Savannah to install a traffic light at Victory Drive and Dixie Avenue and alter the Victory Drive median between Dixie Avenue and the Truman Parkway.
Motorists traveling westbound on Victory Drive would not have direct access to the site and would instead be routed down Dixie Avenue. Shoppers leaving the development would use Dixie to access westbound Victory Drive as well.
Whole Foods signed on as Victory Station's anchor tenant in May, ending more than a year of speculation about the specialty food retailer's future in Savannah. The company's regional vice president hailed Savannah as a "terrific location" as Whole Foods expands its presence in the Southeast.
The Backus property's location helped attract Whole Foods. More than 25,000 vehicles a day pass the site along Victory Drive and another 22,000 drive by on Truman Parkway, which stretches along the eastern edge of the site. More than 130,000 residents live within five miles of the site.
"The ability to pull in people from four directions is key," said David Sink, a commercial real estate agent with Colliers International. "The Truman Parkway being limited access means you can move along quickly and easily and it will draw in the shoppers from the north and south who don't regularly travel along Victory."
Sink was one of several locals involved in brokering the deal. Others included Rhett Mouchet and Michael Bone of Kulp Mouchet, W.H. Johnson of W..H. Johnson Realty and Trip Tollison of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce.
The Backus site has been vacant since October 2009 when General Motors revoked the Backus dealership's franchise agreement as part of larger cost-cutting measures. The Backus family had sold Cadillacs and Pontiacs on the site for 54 years.


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William O'Neill dit Billy O'Neill, né le  à Cardiff et mort le  dans la même ville, est un joueur gallois de rugby, évoluant au poste de pilier pour le pays de Galles et essentiellement pour les clubs de Cardiff RFC et Aberavon RFC.

Biographie

Billy O'Neill dispute son premier test match le , contre l'équipe d'Écosse de rugby à XV. Il joue avec le Pays de Galles le tournoi britannique de rugby à XV 1905 et il remporte la triple couronne. Alors qi'il est disponible pour disputer le  une rencontre de prestige contre les All Blacks en tournée, les sélectionneurs gallois mettent au point une tactique pour contrer devant les Néo-zélandais et ne le retiennent pas. Billy O'Neill gagne une nouvelle triple couronne en 1908 et dispute son dernier test match le , contre l'équipe d'Irlande de rugby à XV.

Palmarès
 Victoires dans le Tournoi britannique de rugby à XV 1905 et 1908
 Triple couronne en 1905, 1908

Statistiques en équipe nationale
 11 sélections pour le pays de Galles
 Sélections par année : 2 en 1904, 3 en 1905, 2 en 1907, 4 en 1908
 Participation à quatre Tournois britanniques en 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908

Notes et références

Liens externes

Joueur international gallois de rugby à XV
Joueur gallois de rugby à XIII
Joueur international de rugby à XV et de rugby à XIII
Joueur du Cardiff RFC
Joueur du Aberavon RFC
Pilier (rugby à XV)
Naissance en juin 1878
Naissance à Cardiff
Décès en avril 1955
Décès à Cardiff
Décès à 76 ans


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Q: how to search in address book using phone number ios I am new in IOS Programming. In my simple app I am storing first name,last name and phone number in NSMutableArray.I have a UITextfield where I get the phone number.I wanna search first name and last name according to mobile number.I am storing firstname, lastname and phone number in different Mutable arrays so how to search firstname and lastname in stored array.
This is my code
     ABAddressBookRef addressBookRef = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);

    _firstname = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
    _lastname = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
    _number = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
    _fullname = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
    _arrContacts = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
    if (ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus() == kABAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined) {

        ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBookRef, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
            ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate( );
        });
    }

    else if (ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus() == kABAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {
        CFErrorRef *error = NULL;

        ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, error);

        CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);

        CFIndex numberOfPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook);

        for(int i = 0; i < numberOfPeople; i++) {
            ABRecordRef person = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex( allPeople, i );
            NSString *firstName = (__bridge NSString *)(ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty));
            NSString *lastName = (__bridge NSString *)(ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty));
            if (firstName != nil) {
                [_firstname addObject:firstName];
            }
            else{
                [_firstname addObject:@"Not Found"];
            }
            if (lastName != nil) {
                [_lastname addObject:lastName];
            }
            else{
                [_lastname addObject:@"Not Found"];
            }

            ABMultiValueRef phoneNumbers = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty);
            [[UIDevice currentDevice] name];
            NSArray *numbers = (__bridge NSArray *)(ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phoneNumbers, 0));
            if (numbers != nil) {
                [_arrContacts addObject:numbers];
                NSLog(@"Numbers:%@",_arrContacts);
            }

            for (CFIndex i = 0; i < ABMultiValueGetCount(phoneNumbers); i++) {
                NSString *phoneNumber = (__bridge_transfer NSString *) ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phoneNumbers, i);
                _addressBookNum = [_addressBookNum stringByAppendingFormat: @":%@",phoneNumber];
            }
        }

        // NSLog(@"AllNumber:%@",_addressBookNum);

    }

    else {
        // Send an alert telling user to change privacy setting in settings app
    }

    CFRelease(addressBookRef);
    NSLog(@"This is Name: %@",_firstname);
    NSLog(@"This is LastName: %@",_lastname);
    NSLog(@"Number: %@",_arrContacts);
}

Please suggest some idea to do this

A: Instead of saving name last name and number in different array store it in single array with dictionary. Suppose NSMutabelArray *details
create dictionary having three values name lastname and number, and add this dictoianry into array,
 so it will be easy for you to further use


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PPV Predictions: WWE Summerslam 2018
Pre-Show:
Rusev & Lana vs Andrade Cien Almas & Zelina Vega
WWE Cruiserweight Championship:
(c) Cedric Alexander vs Drew Gulack
Raw Tag Team Championship:
(c) B-Team vs The Revival
Finn Balor vs Constable Corbin
I don't really have much to say about this match not because of the fact that it seems like these two are very directionless and that after this feud is over I believe there is a question if they will be doing anything. Honestly I don't know what the company has planned for Corbin or Balor, but I will point out that both these men have a bright future to be at least some sort of a reliable opponent for Roman after he wins the World title.
Smackdown Tag Team Titles:
(c) Bludgeon Brothers vs New Day
At this point I think the company is using Luke Harper and Erick Rowan in the best way they can because these two have great chemistry with each other. Speaking of chemistry I don't think we have seen a team with more chemistry then the New Day in this decade. I do think that it might be getting to the point where the company needs to begin coming up with ideas for each member once the stable has run it's course because each member will have a lot of momentum once it happens. Overall I think they need to keep building Harper & Rowan's run for right now and that's why they should retain.
Money in the Bank Briefcase on the Line:
(c) Braun Strowman vs Kevin Owens
At this point I have to deliver props to the company for really trying to keep this feud going longer then I'm sure most people thought it could. Someone said it best when they said that it seems like WWE is afraid to put the title on Braun Strowman which may impact the match, but I think not giving him a shot would be looked at as major missed opportunity. Much like Roman, Finn, and Baron the futures of these two will be dependent on what happens next with the Brock Lesnar saga. I would like this one going either way, but I will go with Braun getting the win.
WWE United States Championship:
(c) Shinsuke Nakamura vs Jeff Hardy
Finally they are giving Nakamura his fair shot to run with a title belt it just happened that they got some cold feet with him being World Champion and gave him a step below. Though I think the booking of the Intercontinental title has better a lot better then the recent booking for the US Title it has been interesting seeing names like Jeff Hardy, Randy Orton, and Nakamura fighting for the title; if only they could mix in some other names I think the title would be better. However, knowing that Jeff might not be 100% I think it might be fair to think he will come up short again tonight. With that being said Nakamura will retain his US Title for now.
WWE Intercontinental Championship:
(c) Dolph Ziggler w/ Drew McIntyre vs Seth Rollins w/ Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler has been directionless and uninteresting for the last couple of years at this point and to see his booking improve as much as it has in recent months is incredible. The change in interest with Dolph shows the magic a pairing can have as I think they have high hopes for Drew and are making Dolph look better because of the future benefits it could provide. When Brock Lesnar leaves the Universal Title picture will blow wide open I think that Seth Rollins could move into one of the free spots. However, the rumor earlier in the year pointed to Dean turning heel to feud with Seth and I hope for Ambrose's sake that is still the plan because his face stick is boring at this point and he needs a change. I have also enjoyed Dolph as IC Champion so far and would like to see where the company will go with him after Seth Rollins. Dolph retains.
Daniel Bryan vs The Miz
I will keep this one short because I think it would be better to talk about this feud in it's own article rather then here so that's what I will be doing at a later date. Looking at this match though it is clear to me that this just the start of the in-ring portion of the feud and it will be ending for a very long time. Though fans might not agree or like it I think this match will also show some evidence to the question of if Daniel will resign, because if he loses that could show everything we need to know right now. However, I will go with logic and I think either way The Miz could get the win, but my popular choice is Daniel Bryan because logical thought isn't WWE's forte.
Smackdown Women's Champion:
(c) Carmella vs Charlotte vs Becky Lynch
For most Carmella's reign as champion has been lackluster I just think that people forgot what it was like to have a heel champion on Smackdown considering Alexa was the last heel Women's champion on the brand and that was a while ago. Looking around though it is good to see one brand booking the women well enough to have a match like this unlike Raw. Speaking of Carmella's reign I think it has reached it's expiration date and that one these other women need the win. My pick is Becky Lynch to really change things up for the division.
Raw Women's Champion:
(c) Alexa Bliss vs Ronda Rousey
Having Alexa shockingly grab the title back from Nia and having her get in the ring with Ronda is a change of pace from Rousey's last match and a great decision. This not to say Nia isn't good it's just that for Ronda to have a good match she needs someone to bump around the ring for her and sell. Both ladies have done an amazing job building this match up and I think it isn't as once sided as some might have thought, but I don't think anyone doubts the outcome. Ronda will win the title tonight.
Universal Championship Match:
(c) Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman vs Roman Reigns
I think the best thing for WWE to do with this match is to not have it main event the show as then it would allow the actual main event or whatever other matches that are left to win the crowd back. In the build to this match I have talked about the aftermath and the match in general more than any other match in a long time, because this will change things. I'm not sure how WWE will go and I don't think anyone will know for sure until the end of the match because WWE wants it that way. But I don't think that Brock has a chance to keep the title this time around as it would do too much damage to Roman letting Brock keep the gold. Roman will get the win and finally become Universal Champion.
WWE Championship Match:
(c) AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe
The match that I think should be the main event, because the two men involved in the match absolutely earned the honor to do so. It is crazy to think that back in 2005 Joe, Christopher Daniels, and AJ Styles were main eventing a TNA PPV for the X-Division title and now 14 years later 2/3's of that match is in the WWE and fighting at Summerslam for the richest prize in the company, wrestling is incredible sometimes. The ride that we have all been on with these not just since their WWE arrivals, but in some cases since the start of their careers has been incredible to watch and see how far they have come. There is no doubting the WWE has not only protected Samoa Joe, but his choke as well for the last year or so and look no further then his feud with Brock Lesnar when the protecting started. However, I don't think anyone tops the booking of AJ Styles since his arrival in WWE two years ago I mean he has almost been WWE champion for over a year which is incredible to think about. Overall I think that it might be time to give someone new a run on top and the sight of Samoa Joe being WWE Champion is surreal, but I think it will happen. Joe will get the win tonight and become WWE Champion.


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Q: Doctrine Query Builder not registering parameter? I have the following code which is throwing the exception Invalid parameter number: number of bound variables does not match number of tokens. Yet when I print the registered parameters, my parameter is showing up.
public function getUnitPriceFor($entityType,$entityID,$qty,$configuration_id)
{
    $this->qb = $this->getEntityManager()->createQueryBuilder();
    $this->qb   ->select($this->_entities[$entityType]['select'])
                // for Base this would be ->select(array('t','c','w','g'))
                // for the other cases below, like website, it's array('t','w')
                ->from('AcmeBundle:PriceTier', 't');

    switch($entityType) :
        case 'base' :
            $this->qb   ->leftJoin('t.customers','c')
                        ->leftJoin('t.customergroups','g')
                        ->leftJoin('t.websites','w');
        break;
        case 'website' :
            $this->qb   ->join('t.websites','w','WITH','w.id = '.$entityID);
        break;
        case 'custgrp' :
            $this->qb   ->join('t.customergroups','g','WITH','g.id = '.$entityID);
        break;
        case 'cust' :
            $this->qb   ->join('t.customers','t','WITH','t.id = '.$entityID);
        break;
    endswitch;

    $this->qb           ->where('t.printconfiguration = :configuration_id');
    $this->qb           ->setParameter('configuration_id', $configuration_id);

    print_r( $this->qb->getParameters() );

    $dql = $this->qb->getDQL();

    echo"
";
    print_r($this->getEntityManager()->createQuery($dql)->getArrayResult());
    echo"
";
}

Printing $this->qb->getParameters(); shows me Array ( [configuration_id] => 1 ), and removing my where and set parameter clauses prevents the exception from occurring. Finally, (and get this), if I remove my where clause but keep the parameter set, no exception occurs. I'm rather confused.

A: Apparently $dql = $this->qb->getDQL(); will not pass parameters.
I needed to change
$dql = $this->qb->getDQL();

echo"
";
print_r($this->getEntityManager()->createQuery($dql)->getArrayResult());
echo"
";

to
$query = $this->qb->getQuery();

echo"
";
print_r($query->getArrayResult());
echo"
";


Jesus, eh. The Son Of God. The Light Of The World. The Womb Watcher.
It seems like, lately, Jesus just can't get enough of watching wombs. And can you blame him? Visiting priests and virgins gets a bit boring, you know? Jesus wants to get on that unborn hype. Check in with the foetuses. Let them know what's up.
At least this is what one pregnant woman named Fanny (we're not laughing, you are) wants us to think.
Fanny, from Argentina, spotted Jesus in an ultrasound scan of her daughter Alfonsia. Fanny also claimed she saw visions of Jesus whilst preggers, which is really nice for her, we suppose.
Despite the fact that forensic researchers recently found out what Jesus would have looked like, and it's actually nothing like the long-haired, angelic image Fanny found on her ultrasound, we're willing to give this story a fair chance. Let's settle it the proper way, shall we? With an ill-informed popular vote.


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Margarinotus birmanus är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Lundgren in Johnson et al. 1991. Margarinotus birmanus ingår i släktet Margarinotus och familjen stumpbaggar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Twin Cities Daily Planet (https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/killings-ethiopia-outrage-minnesotas-oromo-community/)
Killings in Ethiopia outrage Minnesota's Oromo community
By Ibrahim Hirsi (MinnPost) | May 9, 2014
Members of Minnesota's Oromo community plan to rally Friday in St. Paul and are calling for a hunger strike to mourn the deaths of student demonstrators gunned down last week by Ethiopian security forces in Addis Ababa.
Oromo students and others in Ethiopia have been protesting since April 26 a plan to develop the capital Addis Ababa, saying the proposal will displace farmers in the city outskirts, erase significant landmarks and dismantle the rich culture and identity of the ethnic Oromo people. Because the Oromia region surrounds Addis Ababa, an expansion of the city will mean a further blow to the region and its people, who have been marginalized for decades, they say.
Addis Ababa city officials argue the plan will develop and improve the city — one of the fastest growing cities in Africa — and its surrounding suburbs.
Thousands of people, mostly university students, took their anger and frustration to the streets of Addis Ababa to express their disapproval of the plan unveiled in April. The ongoing demonstration erupted in violence May 1, the day U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Ethiopia as part of a tour of Africa.
There are conflicting reports about casualties, with government officials saying the death toll has grown to 11 and witnesses counting nearly 50 dead.
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Hassen Hussein, an assistant professor at St. Mary's University of Minnesota and a longtime Oromo community activist, said in an interview Thursday that the regime has killed more than 75 demonstrators and wounded up to 200.
Whatever the case, Nasser Mussa, a Minneapolis Oromo-American activist, noted that the demonstrators have been peaceful and were attempting to exercise freedom of expression and demanding their rights.
"Killing unarmed protesters is unacceptable and should not be tolerated," Mussa said. "The Ethiopian government says they are democratic, but they have been doing undemocratic things for years, including the killing of innocent people and committing other serious human rights abuses.
"The current situation there is making me feel terrible," said Mussa of the unfolding political tensions and violence in Ethiopia. "Those killed are like brothers and sisters to me."
Friday protest at state Capitol
Members of the Oromo community in Minnesota will assemble Friday outside the state Capitol to call attention to the killings and condemn the Ethiopian regime. At the rally, which will run Friday to Sunday, demonstrators plan a hunger strike and a 24-hour vigil.
Right: Hassen Hussein (Courtesy of Hassen Hussein)
"Although experience of oppression at the hands of the Ethiopian government is not new to the Oromo population in the Twin Cities, nothing in my recent memory has moved the community as much as the killings of peaceful protesters these past two weeks throughout the vast Oromia region," said Hussein.
An estimated 40,000 Oromos live in Minnesota, the largest concentration outside Ethiopia. Hussein, who is organizing the protest, and other demonstrators hope the event will raise awareness.
"The regime is a strong ally of the United States," Hussein said. "We want the U.S. government to reconsider its policies."
The United States provided the Ethiopian government more than $135 million for humanitarian aid this year. Hussein and Mussa said that aid isn't used to assist vulnerable populations. Instead, they said, it's used for human-rights abuses.
"We need to stop our tax dollars from killing innocent people, our children," Mussa said. "We need to hold the Ethiopian government accountable for what they're doing."
Human-rights abuses
According to a 2013 report by the U.S. Department of State, the most common human-rights abuses Ethiopian forces commit include suppressing freedom of expression, harassment and intimidating journalists and politicians. The report added:
Left: Nasser Mussa (Courtesy of Nasser Mussa)
The East African country has more than 80 ethnic groups, according to the report. It has a federal-government system, with its boundaries generally divided into ethnic groups. Likewise, its political parties largely remain ethnically segregated. Other human rights problems included arbitrary killings; allegations of torture, beating, abuse, and mistreatment of detainees by security forces; reports of harsh and, at times, life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention; detention without charge and lengthy pretrial detention; a weak, overburdened judiciary subject to political influence; infringement on citizens' privacy rights, including illegal searches; restrictions on academic freedom; restrictions on freedom of assembly, association, and movement; alleged interference in religious affairs; limits on citizens' ability to change their government; violence and societal discrimination against women and abuse of children; trafficking in persons; societal discrimination against persons with disabilities.
The Oromo ethnic group makes up about 40 percent of Ethiopia's 94 million people, the largest ethnic group in the country.
BBC World News report on the Oromo protests.
Related stories in TC Daily Planet:
NEWS DAY | Minnesota connections with kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, protesting Oromo college students (Mary Turck)
THE ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS | "Little Oromia" unites to advocate for justice and human rights in Ethiopia (Amy Bergquist)
COMMUNITY VOICES | Statement of the Igbo Women League of Minnesota regarding the abduction of over 200 school girls from their school in Chibok, Bornno State, Nigeria (Ugo Ukabam)
THE ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS | Oromo diaspora mobilizes to shine spotlight on student protests in Ethiopia (Amy Bergquist)
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5 Best Widgets For Pixel 3 To Customize Your Home Screen
Last Updated on: November 24, 2021 by Brad Coleta
So you got a new Google Pixel 3, and now you're ready to start customizing the smartphone to really make it "you." There's a lot of ways that you could go about doing this — you could use icon packs
It goes without saying, the Galaxy Note 9 has an absolutely massive display. It has a beautiful and vivid 6.4-inch Infinity Display, which gives you tons of room for customizing your home screen — there's a whole lot more that you can place on here than, say, a 5.5-inch display. So what do you customize your Galaxy Note 9's screen with? You have all of the standard options — custom icon packs, custom launchers, skins, and more; however, another way that you can customize your Galaxy Note 9 is through widgets. Widgets offer some extra quick access functionality right on the home screen so that you don't have to open an app to use it.
So if you're ready to take full control over your home screen, then be sure to follow along with us below. We've assembled the five best widgets for your Galaxy Note 9 to make your smartphone really stand out and be an image of who you are! Let's dive right in.
If you need an easy way to manage your schedule and upcoming activities, Google Calendar is an excellent app to have on hand. With a clean user interface, you can easily manage your days, weeks, months, and even years. However, you don't always have to pop into Google Calendar to manage your activities — the app comes with its own widget so that you can access your upcoming activities straight from your home screen. You won't have to open the Google Calendar app ever again! Google Calendar gives you all different types of grid sizes that you can choose from so that you can make the widget fit alongside the other apps on your screen. Since you have the bigger Galaxy Note 9 display, you might even be able to fit a larger calendar grid size on your screen.
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Coming up next, we're looking at Spotify. If you do any sort of music streaming, Spotify is one that you likely already have on your smartphone. Download it on your Galaxy Note 9, and you instantly have access to millions of different songs. Almost any song you can think of can be search for and played instantly; however, sometimes when you're on the go, it's frustrating trying to get your music to just play. You don't really care what it plays, but you just want something to play. Luckily, with the included Spotify widget that you can place on your smartphone, you can just press the Play button to instantly get started. You can play and pause music directly from the widget, and you can even skip or play a previous track.
AccuWeather is another great choice for those looking for daily weather updates, especially with winter now in full force. AccuWeather will show you your daily temperatures, highs and lows, whether it's going to snow or rain, and will even provide you with weather advisories, if it's applicable, at least. Not only that, but AccuWeather even gives you access to a radar so that you can see systems in real time. That's all information available from the app itself, but AccuWeather does include a widget that you can place on your home screen for quick weather access on temperatures and forecasts.
Google Clock comes in as the second choice on our list, providing you with a nice and clean way that you can place a large digital clock on your screen. The app itself provides you with a bunch of functionality, but the included widget is easily the best part of Google Clock. The widget also allows you quick access to alarm clocks, timers, and more! Depending on the grid size that you choose, you can even manage multiple timers and alarm clocks.
Google News comes in as first up on our list, and is an excellent way to really customize your home screen with easy news access. There's a lot of clutter out there as far as news goes, and unfortunately, the news has a way of keeping your attention on things that really don't matter. With Google News, you can place a widget on your home screen that only immerses you in the highlights that you need to know.
As you can see, there are a lot of excellent apps that come with widgets to customize your Galaxy Note 9 home screen. Any one of these isn't really better than the other, it all just depends on the type of customization and functionality that you're looking for. Do you have a favorite widget you use on your home screen? Let us know what it is in the comments section below. We'd love to hear from you!
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Motherhood books come in two types, generally. The 'rules' type of books, which often becomes the bible of new mothers, only for them to learn that while they may know the rules by heart, their babies don't and those brats would do anything they want. Moms of more than one kids may prefer those that have mommy authors sharing anecdotes about the whole experience, poking fun at instructional manuals and telling one another that, you know, it's okay if you sometimes fantasize about running away from the family – everyone has that fantasy once a while, and you're only human if you do.
Just Let Me Lie Down, subtitled Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom, belongs to the second category. By the time she wrote the book, the author is the editor of the eye-rolling fluff magazine Real Simple, and she had her third kid when she was in her forties. This book is written in the style of a glossary, with each section listing down a word or a phrase beginning with a certain alphabet, and the author's definition for each entry. These entries are all related to the motherhood experience, of course.
The good thing about this one is that it is light, breezy, and only funny enough to make me smile – a good thing as I read this under some medications that seem to operate under the assumption that drowsiness is the key to wellness. So I never laugh too hard or wince too strongly to get my head throbbing. Okay, so I don't find it that hilarious, despite what the marketing materials and the many blurbs insist, but I'm cutting this book some slack as, you know, I'm sick and all.
I also like how the author doesn't shy away from the thoughts and feelings that moms may entertain and feel guilty as a result. She uses humor to normalize the sense of panic or suffocation that may make moms sometime think yearningly of those times when they have some time to themselves and life was perfectly under their control. But those moments are often temporary, of course, as at the end of the day, most of us really don't want our kids to vamoose. Right? No, don't answer that. I'm not sure whether this is intentional on the author's part, but I also sense that she's often conflicted between her career and her kids – she's arguably at a good place, career-wise, when she had her third kid, and I get this feeling that a part of her is still reconciling with the compromises and even concessions she has to make now that she is a mother to a small kid again. But that's okay – I can relate to that too, and I suspect many working moms will too.
The downside is, as I've mentioned, this one being "just" a pleasant, chuckle-inducing read when all the hype led me to believe that I would be getting some side-splitting book with hilarious, unconventional insight into motherhood. This one is none of that – it's just a mom who is probably richer and more successful than most of us, sharing her experiences to make fellow moms smile and nod knowingly now and then. Not that this is her fault – this time, it's all me – but her background and status nonetheless create a sense of distance between her and me. Reading this book is like watching a sitcom – I may relate to some of the funny moments, but I don't relate to the author. And that kind of holds me back from truly enjoying this one.
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27 years ago in Metro Times: A cover story finds MT writers gearing up for Tiger baseball 1983. Michael Betzold hazards a prediction: "Under manager Sparky Anderson, the Tigers have been a perfect mathematical regression leading inexorably to the pinnacle of mediocrity, .500 ball, which they will reach at their current pace in 1984 — the last year of Sparky's contract." The story's headline? "Another spring and another set of fearless predictions." What was happening: Richard "Groove" Holmes & His Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge and Aretha Franklin at Joe Louis Arena.
13 years ago in Metro Times: Lisa Martino writes, "Let's face it. The climate for historical buildings in Detroit has not been very promising. They get about as much respect as a Beta videocassette on a shelf full of laser discs." She goes on to profile the pending structural additions to the historic Cornice & Slate building, home to Metro Times since 1994, but built in 1897. The building, recently featured in Model D's "Look Up: Top 10 Downtown Buildings," had its facade retouched just last year and looks better than ever. What was happening: De La Soul at St. Andrew's Hall, Vic Chesnutt at the 7th House, and Liza Minnelli at the Fox Theatre.
7 years ago in Metro Times: Brian Smith and Chris Handyside document their weekend of debauchery at South by Southwest. A "much-ballyhooed 'Detroit' booth" shows that Detroit's music scene can grab as far as the hip Texas town. Smith and Handyside dish on the Fags, the Electric Six, John Sinclair, Sponge and Supergrass, among others. 2010's SXSW features more than 30 Detroit-area groups, including Death, Mayer Hawthorne, Human Eye and the remaining members of Slum Village. What was happening: Quiet Riot at Harpo's, and Techno: Detroit's Gift to The World, an exhibit showcasing Detroit's development of electronic music, at the Detroit Historical Museum.
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Brighton Gardens of Northville
15870 Haggerty Road, Plymouth, MI 48170
Brighton Gardens provides assisted living in an apartment-style setting that offers the simple pleasures - nutritious food, comfortable surroundings, and the support of a warm, caring and competent staff. A separate Special Care Center for residents with Alzheimer's or other memory related...
Hutcheson Manor
21620 Middlebelt Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48336
Hutcheson ManorYour Home away from HomeYour Nursing Home AlternativeWelcome!Hutcheson Manor is your home away from home. We are your alternative to a nursing facility—we are quite the opposite. What makes us different?Quality Care You ExpectOur home is a small, licensed adult foster care home for...
Bickford of Canton NOW OPEN
5969 N Canton Center Rd, Canton, MI 48187
The community offers assisted living and memory care services. Bickford strives to meet the individual needs of their residents, through an individualized care plan.
Kayd's Elderly Care Home
51 Endicott, Howell, MI 48843
Home for the elderly. Basic to Hospice Care. Five private rooms — 3 semi-private. Trained staff — 24 hour care. Music and crafts. Home style meals. Laundry. Home is in excellent location. Close to Hospital.
Glen Abbey Assisted Living & Memory Care
445 North Lotz Road, Canton, MI 48187
Welcome to Glen Abbey Assisted Living & Memory Care! We are happy to be part of the Canton community! Our mission is to honor God by providing high-quality senior lifestyle services that promote every person's value and dignity. We do this by providing personalized care to our residents in a...
Anthology of Novi (Opening Fall 2020)
42400 12 W Mile Rd, Novi, MI 48377
Aiello Adult Foster Care
26071 Denning Road, New Boston, MI 48164
Aiello Adult Foster Care, a 6 bed ranch residential home, is located in a quiet neighborhood in New Boston, MI. Our mission is to provide a safe, secure, and loving home environment for seniors, allowing them to maintain as much self sufficiency as possible, while giving you peace of mind that...
A & R Premiere Care
12245 Allison Road, Milan, MI 48160
We are an adult foster care family home located in a country setting that takes care of elderly, disabled, mentally ill and developmentally delayed residents. We provide assistance with personal care, meals, household services, medications, and transportation to appointments. We accept both men...
Commerce Comfort Care (Opening Fall 2020)
100 Decker Rd, Walled Lake, MI 48390
Commerce Comfort Care will be offering Assisted Living and Memory Care in Phase I of their construction, to open in early 2020. Residents will be treated to restaurant style dining with many other amenities throughout the community.
Vibrant Life Superior Township
8100 Geddes Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
Deering Street Living and Respite
18700 Deering, Livonia, MI 48152
Sometimes a family becomes aware that an aging loved one can no longer live on their own. Many families may not have the training, or skills to provide the care that may be needed for an aging person. At Deering Street Living and Respite we can offer many levels of care as senior begins to show...
Grace HomeCare Livonia
36457 Ann Arbor Trail, Livonia, MI 48150
Grace HomeCare Livonia, the unparallel residential care home in the northwestern part of Wayne County, MI is only 15 miles from downtown Detroit. Livonia boasts many outing spots of excellence. At the Grace HomeCare Livonia, you are only a short distance away from a walking trail or playground....
Serenity Elderly Care
27816 Kendallwood Dr, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Serenity Elderly Care is a Michigan State Licensed small scale assisted living with high quality of care with almost 2500 sqft living spce. Open floor plan and wheelchair accessible. The Home is conveniently located in 12 Mile & Orchard Lake Rd in Farmington Hills.Serenity Elderly Care is a...
Balfour Ann Arbor
2830 Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
The first Balfour community outside of Colorado, located in Ann Arbor down the street from the campus.
First & Main of Commerce Township
2500 Martin Parkway, Commerce Charter Twp, MI 48390
This is senior living like you've never seen it before. Where people remain connected to each other and fully engaged in the things they enjoy. Nestled in a developed, walkable neighborhood and designed to bring people together, First & Main of Commerce Township is a warm, upscale living...
Rose Senior Living at Providence Park
47400 Heritage Drive, Novi, MI 48374
American House Westland Venoy Senior Living
1660 South Venoy Road, Westland, MI 48186
A comfortable, convenient one-story community, American House Westland-Venoy is ideally situated near family, friends, shopping, and familiar medical professionals in Westland, Wayne, Garden City, and Livonia. American House Westland-Venoy is also located close to hospitals including St. Mary...
StoryPoint Saline
6230 S State St, Saline, MI 48176
At StoryPoint Saline, we love being a part of the greater Ann Arbor area. Our beautiful community offers independent living, enhanced living, assisted living and memory care options. We take pride in making each moment very special for each and every resident because we know that it is the small...
Syracuse TLC
31415 Conway, Westland, MI 48185
Waltonwood Cherry Hill
42600 Cherry Hill Road, Canton, MI 48187
When only the best will do…Look to Waltonwood for Luxury Senior Living. At Waltonwood, our goal is not to be just another Senior Community. But rather, our goal is to ensure each resident and family member is treated with dignity and respect while striving to exceed their expectations. We are...
Blessed Assisted Living
29531 John Hauk, Garden City, MI 48135
Blessed Assisted Living is a residential care home located in the attractive region of Garden City, Michigan in Wayne County. We are a proud community of healthy seniors due to our positioning in a clean neighborhood. Our residence has all the facilities and conditions necessary to support the...
Sunshine Home for Special Needs
20000 Vining Rd, New Boston, MI 48164
New Boston MI is the home of Sunshine Home for Special Needs. Here senior citizens with special needs will find that they have a friend who understand what they are going through and is going to do everything in their power to ensure that the elderly are treated with respect. Assisted living for...
Anthology of Northville
44600 Five Mile Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170
Hampton Manor of Dundee
123 Waterstradt Commerce Dr., Dundee, MI 48131
Sasse AFC Home
5972 Par View Drive, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
We have been in business since Nov 2012 when we received our license from the state of Michigan. We serve the elderly from ages 50+. This is a family run home and both my husband and i have more than 16 years of experience each taking care of the elderly. We are not part of any chain or company...
Aspen Assisted Living
32406 W Seven Mile Rd, Livonia, MI 48152
Our goal as Aspen is to provide our residents with exceptional 24 hour care, respecting each individual's personal needs, in a safe and trusted home, encouraging independence, and improving quality of life.?We are focused on providing assistance in warm and nurturing environment to ensure your...
Brighton Manor Assisted Living and Memory Care
1320 Rickett Rd, Brighton, MI 48116
Beechwood Living Center
10470 Beech Daly Rd., Taylor, MI 48180
Beechwood Living Center is a small caring assisted living facility located in Taylor Michigan, just southwest of Detroit. Our facility has accommodation for 12. It is small enough to have a home feeling, yet has enough residents to enable socialization at home. The rooms are clean, spacious, and...
Atria Park of Ann Arbor
1901 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Atria Park of Ann Arbor provides older adults with an active lifestyle filled with daily opportunities for fitness, fun, personal growth and connecting with others. This welcoming, thoughtfully designed community offers charming wraparound porches and beautifully landscaped grounds with walking...
Brookdale Farmington Hills North
27950 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331
This is home base for a life of safety without sacrifice.Our memory care residents and their families need the comfort of a community that puts safety first. But they deserve so much more. Here, they get to live in an environment built for the challenges of memory loss and Alzheimer's. But they...
Addington Place Memory Care Northville
42010 7 Mile Rd, Northville, MI 48167
When your parent or family member is no longer able to live independently, you can feel comforted knowing that now there is a place nearby that has been designed especially for them. Addington Place offers seniors the privacy they want, along with the care they need. Our focus is on providing...
Peaceful Manor
31202 Westhill St, Farmington Hills, MI 48336
Peaceful Manor is a licensed AFC home located on a beautifully landscaped one acre lot in Farmington Hills with a modern state of the art facility and a professionally decorated interior. We are located east of Orchard Lake Road and south of 10 Mile Road in Oakland County Michigan. Our goal here...
Heartfelt Sheldon Home
9270 Sheldon Road, Plymouth, MI 48170
Heartfelt Residential Care is a resident-centered assisted living facility, licensed for 6 residents with all private suites. The home serves the medically fragile elderly and younger disabled adults. There is a behavioral component, allowing us to serve those with mental and developmental...
Canfield Care Manor
23065 Canfield Avenue, Farmington Hills, MI 48336
Canfield Care Manor is a family owned business that is guided by our uncompromising core values of honesty, quality, respect, teamwork, potential, and balance. We believe it's our job to provide you or your loved one with a safe and secure home where they can live comfortably for the later years...
Sunrise of Northville
16100 North Haggerty Road, Plymouth, MI 48170
In elegant, residential environments, we deliver the finest in senior care, and are recognized internationally for both quality and innovation. Guided by our Principles of Service, Sunrise affords families peace-of-mind by providing today's seniors with a range of personalized assisted living...
American House Farmington Hills Senior Living
Providing apartments in the main building and ranch-style independent living 'Villas' in the campus beyond, American House Farmington Hills is ideally situated near family, friends, shopping and familiar medical professionals in Farmington, Farmington Hills, Southfield, Redford, and Livonia. We...
University Senior Living
2865 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
University Living University Living is an assisted living community located in a beautiful area of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. With gorgeous walking paths and an even more beautiful courtyard, it is a wonderful place to live. There are benches outside for when those wish to have nice...
Courtyard Manor of Farmington Hills
29750 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Courtyard Manor of Farmington Hills is a licensed facility specializing in Alzheimer's, Dementia, and the frail elderly. We are proud of our reputation for providing a safe and secure home where our residents are treated with dignity, enjoy quality of life, and received loving care from a devoted...
Embrace Group Home of Novi
45350 West 10 Mile Road, Novi, MI 48375
Cedar Woods Assisted Living
44401 South I-94 Service Drive, Belleville, MI 48111
Cedar Woods is an assisted living community that specializes in 24 hour care for seniors requiring assistance with medical/physical and/or dementia care. We provide a locked and secured community for the safety of our residents. We have a secured/enclosed courtyard for all residents to enjoy the...
Brookdale Ann Arbor
2190 Ann Arbor Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
A little more care. A lot more luxury.There are a lot of reasons to choose our vibrant, first-class community for you or your loved one's next place to call home sweet home. Visit and you'll find one of the most luxurious senior living settings in Michigan. But you'll also find a vibrant group of...
Brookdale W. Eisenhower Pkwy
750 West Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
More Than Memory CareOur community in Ann Arbor, Michigan specializes in enriching the lives of seniors through memory care. We value the safety and security of our community, but we also treasure them as the wise and wonderful people they are.We understand the importance of familiarity and...
The Gilbert Residence
203 S Huron St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Crystal Creek Assisted Living and Memory Care
8121 N Lilley Road, Canton, MI 48187
Crystal Creek Assisted Living is a warm assisted living community located in Canton, Michigan of Wayne County. Conveniently located near popular attractions such as the Shish House, Ichiban Steakhouse and beautiful Lyon Oaks County Park, Canton is the perfect location for residents and their...
Waltonwood Twelve Oaks
27475 Huron Circle, Novi, MI 48377
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Memory care services offer aid to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other types of memory problems. A memory care community employs caregivers who have received trained annually in caring for seniors with memory care, an inability to make basic healthcare choices, and Alzheimer's. This type of community offers 24-hour monitored care with meals, recreational opportunities, and health management for inhabitants. Basic services offered in memory care may include: exercise and physical therapy programs, medication management, 24-hour staffing and personal assistance, and housekeeping and laundry service. Typically, residents in memory care require assistance with bathing, medications, and dressing. The annual median cost for a private room is around $111,508 and the cost for a semi-private room is around $100,481 . The state of Michigan has a number of stipulations associated with this kind of community. The The Department of Human Services licenses licenses this type of community.
Local Hospitals and Health Care Providers
For many seniors, particularly those who have chronic disease or those needing continuing care, access to medical communities could be a major component when choosing which community is right. In total, there are 2 hospitals located in Ann Arbor which offer emergency services and other healthcare. The top hospitals that service Ann Arbor include University Of Michigan Health System and St Joseph Mercy Hospital.
The total cost of living is a major factor in choosing which destination is the best fit for your family. In terms of resources, Ann Arbor has a grocery price index of 90.7 and a cost-of-living index of 127.1. These index scores are based on a system where 100 is the average score and any amount above 100 is considered costlier than said average. The sales tax in Ann Arbor is 6.00%.
Regional Climate and Weather Information
Weather and climate is a big factor in choosing which destination is the right fit for your family. During the summer, the air temperature in Ann Arbor is approximately 69F. The low summer temperature is roughly 54F in the month of June. The summer high temperature is at around 84F in the month of July. Over the winter months, the temperature in Ann Arbor drops to about 26F. The winter high gets to about 38F during the month of December. The lowest winter temperature will rise to approximately 15 F during the month of February. On average, the humidity level for Ann Arbor is around 58%. Humidity ratings peak during the month of December at around 65%. On average, the air quality index rating in Ann Arbor is approximately 43.5. The average air quality conditions are rated as good. This means that there is no health advisory associated with the air quality for this destination. The air quality index rating reaches its peak during December at about 62.9. During this time, the average air quality conditions are rated moderate. This means that those who are unusually sensitive should consider limiting the amount of time spent on outdoor exertion. Ann Arbor has a hot-summer humid continental type of climate. Monthly, Ann Arbor gets around 3 inches of precipitation. The most precipitation historically occurs in May with an average of 4 inches in a month. In terms of snow fall Ann Arbor receives on average 43.00 inches of snow.
In Ann Arbor, 2.9% of the population are veterans of the United States military. Ann Arbor is considered very friendly to members of the LGBTQ+ community. Ann Arbor has a population density of 1,680 people per square mile. The current population of Ann Arbor is growing at a rate of 0.002%. During the last presidential election, 67.6% voted Democrat, 26.6% voted Republican, and 5.8% voted for a third party candidate in Washtenaw county. Out of the total city population, 49.7% are male and 50.3% are female. The median age of Ann Arbor is 28 years old. In Ann Arbor, 19.8% of the population are over the age of 55, 8.4% are over the age of 60, 4.6% are over the age of 70, and 2.9% are over the age of 80. In Ann Arbor, 3.5% do not have health insurance, 6.9% have some form of disability, 61.7% participate in the labor force, and 22.1% live in poverty. In terms of education, 74.2% have a college degree, 44.7% have a graduate degree, and 7.4% have a high-school diploma. In terms of crime, Ann Arbor has 22.0 property crimes per 1000 residents and 2.4 violent crimes per 1000 residents. In Ann Arbor, 67.1% are nonbelievers. In terms of non-Christian denominations in Ann Arbor, out of the total population 0.9% practice Judaism, 0.3% practice an Eastern religion, and 1.3% practice Islam. In terms of Christian denominations, out of the total population of Ann Arbor 12.7% practice Catholicism, 3.1% are Methodists, and 3.0% are Presbyterians. Demographically, Ann Arbor is 7.0% black, 4.2% mixed race, 15.9% Asian, 0.5% other or not specified, 4.4% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.0% Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, and 72.0% white.
An overview of Michigan
Residents of Michigan enjoy its natural beauty which ranks 29th in the United States. Overall, Michigan ranks 33rd in quality of life and 24th in healthcare compared to other US states. Out of a national average of 100, Michigan has a cost of living index rating of 89, a grocery index rating of 89, and a housing index rating of 75. There are 148 hospitals and 259 health centers that service a population of 10,015,421. The top three hospitals in the state are considered to be University Of Michigan Health System, Mercy Health Muskegon, and Holland Community Hospital.
The median age in the state is 40, and 31% of the population is over the age of 55. In the last presidential election 47% of Michigan residents voted Democrat and 48% voted Republican. Thirty-three percent of Michigan residents regularly attend a religious service from one of the state's 9,521 different congregations. The top three Christian denominations in the state are Evangelical Protestant-25%, Mainline Protestant-18%, and Historically Black Protestant-8%. The top three non-Christian denominations in the state are Jewish-<1%, Muslim-<1%, and Buddhist-<1%. In Michigan there are 351 masonic lodges. The state of Michigan ranks 36th in the country for diversity.
The average monthly precipitation for the state of Michigan is around 2.76 inches. The most precipitation occurs in June with an average of 4.76 inches of precipitation a month. On average, the humidity rating for Michigan is around 72%. Humidity levels tend to reach their peak in the month of December at around 81%. On average, Michigan has an air quality index rating of around 38.1 AQI. The highest seasonal air quality index rating occurs in the month of May with a rating of 54.5 AQI. During the winter, the average temperature in Michigan drops to around 23F. The average high winter temperature is around 37F in the month of February. In the winter months, the average low temperature falls to around -2F during the month of January. The average temperature in the summer rises to around 67F. Over the summer months the average high temperature peaks at around 85F during the month of July. In the summer, the average low temperature drops to around 44F during the month of June. While residents of Michigan mostly enjoy pleasant conditions, it's important to be aware of inclement weather as well, which in Michigan can include tornadoes.
Wildlife to be found in Michigan
The state of Michigan has a diverse array of plant and animal life. Local plant life can consist of hemlock, white oak, birch, and eastern cottonwood. While venturing throughout the state, you might see animals such as the coyote, the catfish and bullheads, the wolves, or the Atlantic salmon. The state animal of Michigan is the white-tailed deer.
Frequently asked questions about Memory Care facilities in Michigan
How many memory care facilities are there near Ann Arbor, Michigan?
There are 50 memory care facilities near Ann Arbor, Michigan. See the full list.
What are the top rated memory care facilities near Ann Arbor, Michigan?
Vanderhaeghen AFC LLC, Hutcheson Manor and Aiello Adult Foster Care are the top rated memory care facilities near Ann Arbor, Michigan. See full list of communities.


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