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Iowa AD Barta to Lead College Football Playoff Committee
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If you've been hoping Iowa's football team could eventually make it to the sport's "Final 4", the college football national championship playoff, keep hoping because they still have to play their way in. But this news is good for bragging rights, at least.
University of Iowa athletic director Gary Barta has been named Chairman of the College Football Playoff Committee.
2020 will be his second season as a member of the group who helps to determine the playoff picture, and he takes over as chairman from Oregon athletic director Rob Mullins.
In a report from CBS2, Barta was quoted as saying, "I had a terrific experience my first year on the committee. I have so much respect for the other committee members, and for Bill Hancock and the CFP staff. I'm honored to be asked to serve as committee chair and look forward to working with this group again in 2020."
His appointment as head of the selection committee only goes so far, as Iowa still has to play like a team worthy of being one of those put in the playoff field. But if they do, how cool would it be to have their own AD help put them over the top?
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Despite Pilate being a trending fitness method, many still don?t understand the concept behind it. There are several things that go into Pilate as a fitness strategy. Furthermore, one must understand the basics to decide whether it?s a nice career choice. After studies, the next step will be to get a certificate, and the final stage is to do the real thing. Two types of certification are available. One goes for the patient care where mat training is involved. The other is comprehensive and includes a use of equipment. Training, however, does not end with certification. Advanced training is available to those who look forward to specializing. Here is what you should learn from Pilate certification.
It?s a certification which means that there have to class before it. In the original training classes, there are those students who show proficiency in piloting. Such students deserve their chance of certification as they got something to offer to other amateurs. However, the certificate must be limited in such a way that the holder will not train certain advanced students or clients. One must be a student and qualify first before being awarded the certificate. In some certifying bodies, that is not a necessity. That?s quite unfortunate.
The mat certificate encompasses only the basics of Mat exercises and their modifications for training different sizes of students are the main things. Before the license is awarded, there have to be some qualifications. Those will involve a class exam as well as a demonstration. It doesn?t take long for one to qualify for a matted certificate. That?s because all you need is several weekends. The cost of certification is also cheap. However, students are advised to research on the certifying body they are considering just to make sure that they are standardized.
No basics here. It is expected that one has already the basics. If you are that class of the basics, your certificate is discussed up there. Instead of a mat, there is the real Singapore Pilates locations equipment in the complete set. As a matter of fact, it the ideal certification of what Pilate is. As you note down, Pilate was one unique fitness set of exercises. With time and as different instructors spread the gospel in different forms, plating has been considered distinct as well. Broad training including physiology and anatomy will have to be studied so as to deal with the facts. Understanding how the human body works help to make helpful movements and manipulations.
More time is needed to handle training alone for full certification to be complete. It can take up to a year. More hours for studio work need to be included. More charges are there for certification compared to the mat certification.


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Diplomacy, Economics
A world without America
While the United States grapples with its internal demons, the world and Asia are moving on without the sole superpower.
Written by Warren Fernandez
On Tuesday, the European Union and Japan signed the Japan-EU economic partnership agreement in Tokyo following a summit meeting in the Japanese capital.
The entering into force of the agreement will bring into reality a massive free trade zone that accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's gross domestic product, with a population of about 600 million, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun.
The pact — which both Japan and the EU aim to have come into force by early next year — will abolish or reduce tariffs on industrial products and agricultural items between the two sides and sets rules on investment, which is expected to help enhance opportunities for further two-way trade and investment.
The EPA "shows the unwavering political resolve of Japan and the EU to lead the world as a flag bearer of free trade amid growing protectionism," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a joint press conference Tuesday evening with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
The three leaders also issued a joint statement on Tuesday, reaffirming a shared policy of fighting protectionism in line with a similar expression in the communique adopted at the summit meeting of the Group of Seven major countries in Charlevoix, Canada, in June.
It was a direct rebuke to US President Donald Trump, who had refused to affirm the communique.
Trade, Trade, Trade
US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to change course on its global tariff policy that would hurt American businesses and consumers.
"The administration has implemented or threatened global tariffs on approximately $500 billion of goods," Hatch said on the Senate floor.
But despite these calls by members of Congress, even those from his own party, to reverse course, Trump has pushed ahead with tariffs against friends and foe alike in order to 'protect the American worker.'
These tariffs have sparked criticisms from all corners with the IMF on Monday saying that the tariff actions could lead to escalating and sustained trade conflicts that would derail the global economic recovery and dampen medium-term growth prospect.
"The risk that current trade tensions escalate further-with adverse effects on confidence, asset prices, and investment is the greatest near-term threat to global growth," Maurice Obstfeld, chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned. "Countries must resist inward-looking thinking."
These actions by the US government have made necessary allies out former foes and friends.
China has stepped into economic vacuums across Asia as the United States disengages from the region.
Beijing has released regular statements from its foreign ministry decrying protectionism – a stance that would seem highly hypocritical just two years prior.
On Monday, China's permanent representative to the United Nations said that unilateralism and protectionism are a threat to global growth.
"China stands against unilateralism and trade investment protectionism," Ma Zhaoxu said at UN headquarters in New York. "We believe trade disputes and frictions should be resolved in a reasonable manner.
"China will work with all parties to uphold free trade and multilateral trade system and maintain a common interest of all countries in the world," he said.
Beijing has also made a strong effort to court European nations with promises of a large consumer market and infrastructure investment in Eastern Europe.
Belt and Road Diplomacy
Beijing has used its Belt and Road Initiative to project soft power across the world, Asia notwithstanding. While this would normally be countered by US aid and diplomacy, Washington's engagement with its various trade disputes and the US's internal problems have seen China grow bolder in countries normally considered reliable US allies.
These erstwhile American partners have been lured by investment, uncertain security situations or a combination of both.
Thailand, the US' oldest treaty ally in Asia, has pivoted hard towards Beijing to counterbalance US criticisms of a military coup under Barack Obama and indifferent foreign policy under Donald Trump.
The Philippines, a former US colony and geopolitical ally, has also been courted by Beijing despite longstanding disputes with China over the South China Sea.
Under President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines have accepted Chinese investment under its belt and road program and for months, the Philippines has been drumming up a joint venture with China to explore for oil and gas in a contested area of the South China Sea.
China has also bought into the Philippine telecoms industry. Shenzhen-based telco ZTE is leading a consortium that plans to invest US$2 billion (S$2.6 billion) to build 50,000 microcell towers and compete with the two leading players.
Most big-ticket infrastructure projects in the Philippines have some level of Chinese involvement, according to economic analysts working in the country.
Tourists from China are also pouring in. The Chinese have dislodged the Koreans as the top tourists on the resort island of Boracay. Some 376,000 tourists from the mainland visited Boracay last year, compared with 375,000 from South Korea.
According to the Philippines Daily Inquirer, China's presence in the Philippines has never been more pronounced than it is now, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday joked that China could make the Philippines its province.
Taming the subcontinent
China's inroad into India is perhaps its most impressive feat, given the border disputes, mistrust and history between the two countries in the past fifty years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks in Qingdao, China, last month. It was the third face-to-face dialogue between the two leaders since September last year.
Through the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, over $1.4 billion has been spent on India – one of the highest shares among member countries.
A trade delegation led by Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan purchased goods worthy of 2.4 billion USD in India.
China has also become India's largest trading partner. Last year, the bilateral trade volume reached $84.4 billion. More than 800 Chinese companies are currently doing business in India. The two countries have set a new bilateral trade target of $100 billion by 2022.
Beijing has also waded into territory that it normally steers clear. In June, Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui attempted to calm tensions between Pakistan and India by proposing a trilateral summit between the three countries.
"If China, Russia and Mongolia can have a trilateral summit, why can't China, India and Pakistan?" he said.
As Indian newspaper the Statesman said in an editorial, "China's antagonism with the United States has been escalating over bilateral trade. It is obvious that Beijing is aiming at mending its strained relations with neighbouring countries, including India and Japan, to solidify its diplomatic foothold."
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/ Collinson Collection
The Collinson Collection
The Collinson Collection consists of three volumes of detailed watercolours of the flora of Northumberland and Durham. The albums are catalogued as being by Richard Collinson, and his name appears on their title pages.
Richard Collinson was the son of the vicar of Gateshead. He joined the Navy at an early age and left the North East, later becoming well known for his work in Arctic exploration and ending his career as Admiral Sir Richard Collinson. He is probably most famous for being in charge of a squadron that, while searching for the Franklin Expedition, was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage.
Richard Collinson may have given the albums to the library, but the identity of the artist is not known. Collinson himself was away at sea when some of them were prepared and was only 12 years old when the earliest dated one was drawn.
Against some of the species is the name of the donor, or collector of the flower. The name Miss Collinson appears against a few, indicating a connection by family or friendship. Two names are represented by initials: these are M.D. and F.D.
A large number of flowers originated in the Whitburn region. Although it is tempting to suppose 'M.D.' to be Charles Dodgson's sister (one of Whitburn's most famous residents), she was not born when the first drawings were made. The most likely candidates are the Misses Margaret Dale and Frances Dale, who (according to directories) lived in Whitburn over the whole period covered by the albums.
About Sir Richard Collinson


Let's suppose you were to navigate to the Web site of ThePhiladelphia Inquirer, a once proud broadsheet that in the extremis of chaos economics will now sell itself for a crack hit. Or let's say you were to blunder onto Mediaite, an aggregator that has never demonstrated any dignity to speak of in its brief, content-squatting life.
In either place (and many more) you might spy a provocative headline. No -- not the one that says "Could this be America's Next Blockbuster Cookbook?" which is pretty obviously a piece of "native advertising" clickbait sleazily designed to look like ordinary, pandering editorial clickbait. No, not that one.
Also clickbait, but presented as a standard headline suggesting The Philadelphia Inquirer and Mediaite have created or editorially linked to a piece of journalism. But lo and behold, this headline doesn't link to journalism at all -- it links to some dubious, for-profit peddler of doomsday investment strategies.
There's your native advertising for you. There's the revenue savior being embraced by Forbes, the Atlantic, TheWashington Post, TheGuardian, Business Insider and each week more and more of the publishing world. According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, sponsored content of various kinds was a $1.56 billion category in 2012 and growing fast.
That seems like a big number, but bear in mind that U.S. ad revenue in newspapers and magazines was $40 billion in the same year -- and that (rapidly diminishing) sum does not create profitability. Which means that publishers are not only selling their souls, they're barely extending the lives of their businesses in so doing. On the contrary, they are accelerating their own demise, because no reader will long patronize those who wantonly deal with the devil.
The natives are restless, and also feckless.
There would be nothing wrong with native advertising, of course, if it were clearly demarcated as promotional material created by an advertiser. But it is very seldom clearly demarcated, because that would defeat the very point: to obscure the content's commercial adulteration. The only variables are the degree of subterfuge.
Put aside the financial scammers and similar megasleazebags for a moment. Let's think instead about the most common label currently affixed adjacent to native advertising in the name of supposed transparency: "Sponsored Content." Those words tell us next to nothing, and certainly not the plain truth. The word "content" itself invites the audience to confuse such stuff with editorial matter created by journalists maintaining an arm's-length relationship with the subject. And "sponsored" doesn't reveal much, either.
Isn't genuine editorial matter also sponsored content? Yes, in the 300-year-old mass media/mass marketing covenant, the audience has always gotten the content for free (or heavily subsidized) and the advertisers have picked up the tab. But within that covenant, till now, it has been deemed categorically unethical for the advertiser to so much as influence the editorial, much less blur the lines between the advertising and the journalism.
Yes, I know. I know. Much of the magazine industry has been a brothel for a century. But not the news and public affairs part of it. And while some local newspapers have been intimidated by their big car-dealer, real-estate and supermarket advertisers, the firewall between the journalists and the business side at newspapers and news magazines of quality has been largely sacrosanct.
Until the chaos scenario began.
As the business models of magazines and newspapers collapsed, the firewalls toppled, too. It's a tragedy and a surprise; I had thought they were, in the architecture of journalism, extensions of the foundation.
10 comments about "The Natives Are Feckless: Part One Of Three".
Patricia Wilson from BrandCottage, August 5, 2013 at 8:39 a.m.
Thank you Bob. Someone had to say it.
The entire web will become one big sponsored piece of edit, which wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't disguised as "news" instead of advertising.
Al DiGuido from Optimus Publishing, August 5, 2013 at 8:58 a.m.
Bob...What you are seeing in the demise of newspapers & magazines in terms of advertising revenue is the demise of quality sales organizations. You should ask each and every publication that is in decline about the depth and scope of their sales training efforts. My sense is that this is NON EXISTENT. Publishers have become lazy and are no longer thinking about training sales organizations on demonstrating the real power within the intersection of quality content that engages a readers interest & need with advertising. As someone who has led sales and marketing organization for Ziff Davis and others...we trained our salespeople agressively and consistently...We sold advertising at high cpms because we were able to prove that the editorial environments were engaging..PUFF editorial like you describe isn't engaging anything but the ego drive of the marketer into the foolish belief that readers are valuing this presentation. There is a way to do Native Advertising & Special Interest Publishing. While I can't read your mind..I am sure we would be in agreement on the tactics to accomplish it.
Janet Chiu from CyberTurf Strategic Media, August 5, 2013 at 9:41 a.m.
When I sold ads for a newspaper, the firewall between news and advertising didn't serve the readers as much as the journalists claimed. The newsroom never examined the firewall and would seldom support new layouts and changes that could make the publication better for readers. Any serious discussion was an unthinkable breech. This current trend is pure irony.
Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston, August 5, 2013 at 9:42 a.m.
The subtext here is, of course, too obvious to type. Good thing my AdBlockPlus was turned on, or I'd have been offended, too.
James Webb from Massive Strategy, August 5, 2013 at 11 a.m.
Thanks for writing this, Bob. The publishing industry has now reached (or dropped to) the same status of elected officials in DC. I am so very disappointed in all of them.
Paula Lynn from Who Else Unlimited, August 5, 2013 at 11:12 a.m.
I could tell you some stories about the Inquirer and what brought them to their knees to now. It starts at the top including owners who are oblivious to/ignorant of publishing, their own agendas, squeezing profits, prestige and some have no place else to go. True, that many of the sales staff is inefficient but not for the simple reasons as AG above mentions. Although I am totally in support of the separation of editorial and advertising, editorial can get nasty and insulting. The attitudes of some of the management tore/tear departments apart. This is not the forum to dish more specifically. If there is interest for details, please contact me through MediaPost.
Melissa Prince from INSP Television Network, August 5, 2013 at 11:13 a.m.
Saw this over the weekend and had similar thoughts. However, I didn't articulate it NEARLY as well as you did, Bob. Hear! Hear!
Steve Hall from Adrants, August 7, 2013 at 1:02 p.m.
It really is that simple, Bob. Disclosure, The AdverPost advertorial unit on Adrants (which, by the way, has been around for over ten years and well before all this content marketing hullaballoo) has always carried the disclaimer, "The above is a paid advertisement or Adrants promotion." And the background sets it apart from editorial content.
Now I don't say this to pat myself on the back or anything. Only to boil this down to its simplest notion. Advertising is advertising and editorial is editorial. There may be a merging of the two in the form of content marketing and inbound marketing but the reader should easily be able to determine the difference.
As publishers struggle to maintain any kind of revenue stream, desperation will run rampant. And as Al mentioned above, the industry has become a bit lazy and unfocused regarding the approach to sales.
One can only hope this does not turn into more of a train wreck that it already is.
William Hodges from Tiny Circle LLC, August 7, 2013 at 3:22 p.m.
I made some similar points at OMMA recently during the Native summit. No one wants to hear it though because it's big $$. I think the real issue behind the issue is the fear advertisers and publishers have with creating a fair market value exchange with their consumers. Everyone has leaned on fake free publications for so long, the public really thinks it's free. Welcome to the land of devaluation. If consumers don't know why they should pay for it (with their attention and time), and advertisers and publishers are afraid to ask, then how else can this trend go? It will continue to devolve into animosity between the parties. You're dead on, native ads will escalate the mistrust and devaluation process of publishers more rapidly.
Brian Stemmler from Stemmler Productions, August 7, 2013 at 6:52 p.m.
If you use Reddit as your news reader, then you learn how to become a discerning consumer of information. I don't think any firewall will stop this tsunami. Perhaps the Paywall will give a publication the financial support it needs to turn down the more egregious forms of native advertising. In the end I think the consumer and the collective voice of social media factchecking will be responsible for delineating truth from fiction.


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Timberline Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
February 10, 2012 08:00 ET | Source: Timberline Resources Corp.
COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO--(Marketwire - Feb. 10, 2012) - Timberline Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:TBR)(NYSE Amex:TLR) ("Timberline" or the "Company") today announced consolidated financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011. A summary of selected financial results is presented in the following table:
($US 000's, except earnings per share) Quarter Ended December 31,
Loss from continuing operations $ (1,667 ) $ (1,851 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations 2,121 (153 )
Consolidated net income (loss) 454 (2,004 )
Consolidated net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted 0.01 (0.04 )
Mineral exploration expenses 1,056 1,493
Working capital 6,404 682
Timberline reported a consolidated net income of $0.45 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, and a loss from continuing operations of 1.67 million, including exploration expenditures of $1.06 million. The Company's exploration expenditures during the quarter were related primarily to our recently completed exploration drill program at the South Eureka Property in Nevada. As previously reported, this exploration program is expected to significantly increase the current Lookout Mountain NI 43-101 resource estimate.
As previously announced, in November 2011 Timberline closed the sale of its Timberline Drilling, Inc. ("TDI") subsidiary. The results of TDI are reported in the Company's financial statements under discontinued operations. The Company's consolidated results include income (loss) from discontinued operations of $2.12 million and ($0.15) million for the quarters ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The income from discontinued operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 includes a gain on the sale of TDI of $1.64 million.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of TDI was used to repay $5 million in convertible debt, which resulted in Timberline becoming debt-free. At present, the Company has approximately $6.1 million in both cash and working capital.
Timberline's President and CEO, Paul Dircksen, said, "Having accomplished the sale of TDI, we are concentrating on advancing our properties, expanding our gold resource base at South Eureka, and proceeding toward production at Butte Highlands, where our JV partner is completing the application for the required water discharge permit and finalizing the responses to the latest comments related to the operating permit."
Dircksen continued, "Our exploration expenditures at Lookout Mountain have yielded positive results and underline our intent to fast-track the project toward possible development. We continue to be pleased with the advancement of the Lookout Mountain project, as our efforts consistently yield drilling and metallurgical results that meet or exceed our expectations."
About Timberline Resources
Timberline Resources Corporation is exploring and developing advanced-stage gold properties in the western United States. The Company is primarily focused on the goldfields of Nevada, where it is advancing its flagship Lookout Mountain Project toward a production decision while exploring a pipeline of quality earlier-stage projects at its South Eureka Property and elsewhere. Timberline also features a 50-percent carried-to-production interest at its Butte Highlands Joint Venture where gold production is slated to commence in 2012. Timberline management has a proven track record of discovering economic mineral deposits and developing them into profitable mines.
Timberline is listed on the NYSE Amex where it trades under the symbol "TLR" and on the TSX Venture Exchange where it trades under the symbol "TBR".
Statements contained herein that are not based upon current or historical fact are forward-looking in nature. Such forward-looking statements reflect the Company's expectations about its future operating results, performance and opportunities that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. These statements include but are not limited to statements regarding the timing or results of the Company's drill programs at Butte Highlands and South Eureka, the timing of assay results from such drilling programs being released, the district-scale potential of the South Eureka project, the expansion of the mineralization at the South Eureka project, the timing of a production decision at the South Eureka project, the Company's 50/50 joint venture with Highland Mining LLC, the development and production of the Company's Butte Highlands project and South Eureka project, the targeted production date for the Butte Highlands project, possible growth of the Company and the Company's expected operations. When used herein, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "upcoming," "plan," "intend" and "expect" and similar expressions, as they relate to Timberline Resources Corporation, or its management, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, risks related to the timing and completion of the drilling programs at Butte Highlands and South Eureka, risks and uncertainties related to mineral estimates, risks related to the inherently dangerous activity of mining, and other such factors, including risk factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2011. Except as required by Federal Securities law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements.
Timberline Resources Corporation
Paul Dircksen
Timberline Resources Corp.


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Parkinson disease, neurobehavioral effects, and toxic water at Camp Lejeune
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Dec 17, 2015/ 0 Comments / in Legacy of war, Neurotoxicity, Solvents, Worker safety / by Raymond Singer, Ph.D., Fellow, American Board of Professional Neuropsychology
In legislation passed by the United States legislature – The Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 – veterans are eligible for VA health benefits if they served on active duty or resided (including family members) at Camp Lejeune for 30 days or more between August 1, 1953 and December 31, 1987. Qualifying health conditions include neurobehavioral effects. Neurobehavioral effects refer to a broad range of mental and neurological illnesses. As I have published in the past, the NeurotoxicitySyndrome can result in practically any neurological and psychiatric disease, so this designation is consistent with advances in neurotoxicological science.
VA Secretary Robert McDonald proposes to expand the diseases recognized as presumably caused by the toxic water to include Parkinson's disease, after talks with environmental health experts at the Veterans Health Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Parkinson's disease is proposed to be added as a "presumption of service connection". This is an important recognition that neurotoxicity can cause motor disorders ultimately diagnosed as Parkinson's disease.
"The water at Camp Lejeune was a hidden hazard, and it is only years later that we know how dangerous it was," McDonald said in the statement. "We thank ATSDR for the thorough review that provided much of the evidence we needed to fully compensate Veterans who develop one of the conditions known to be related to exposure to the compounds in the drinking water."
Based on my research in neurotoxicity, motor disorders such as Parkinson's disease can result from a number of neurotoxic substances. I urge doctors to consider this possibility when evaluating patients for motor disorders, as this recognition will result in earlier and more accurate diagnosis, and better treatment, including reduction of exposure to neurotoxicants.
Doctors also should consider neurotoxicity when evaluating patients for possible multiple sclerosis. I have evaluated patients who developed "multiple-sclerosis-like" conditions after exposure to solvents in household water, such as found at Camp Lejeune.
http://veterans.house.gov/HR1627
http://townhall.com/news/us/2015/12/17/va-proposes-expanded-eligibility-in-marine-toxic-water-case-n2094899
Committee on the Review of Clinical Guidance for the Care of Health Conditions Identified by the Camp Lejeune Legislation; Board on the Health of Select Populations; Institute of Medicine. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2015 Mar 26.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/lejeune/tce_pce.html
http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/camp-lejeune/#sthash.Qe2WodMB.dpuf
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This is the finished comic from the sketches I posted back in December. The actual drawing took only around a week, but it took a lot more editing - there are numerous endings I didn't use, but I won't bring them up (they weren't used for a reason). I ended up deciding on one that stuck the most to the original theme and made sense. There are probably some continuity errors, or even debate as to whether the Heart's Desire works like that; I'm aware, but just enjoy it for what it is. How about that?
The Little Prince and Up were my main inspirations.
EDIT 1: In just a day, this hit my most viewed, commented, and favourited piece. Thank you for amazing feedback! I'm glad it touched so many people. Also, I have reuploaded it with very slightly altered to text to hopefully avoid a bit of confusion it caused earlier.
almost wanted to make me cry.
I didn't sign up for a feels trip.
Dammit! The feels. I wasn't ready.
It must have been a long time since i last saw this comic. But it still touches me after all this time.
Yepp seen this when it first came out and come back and still hits me in the feels.
Yep, I saw this before and it STILL gave me .
*sniff* THIS- THIS IS *honk* BE- BEAUTIFULLLLLLL!
Oh, and is it okay if I were to do a joke dub of this too?
And now the UP song is playing...Why do you have to make me cry?
Raven: Where's the janitor? Gonna need him to mop up after this shmuck's tears.


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Hotonnes és un municipi francès situat al departament de l'Ain i a la regió d'Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps. L'any 2007 tenia 300 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Hotonnes era de 300 persones. Hi havia 128 famílies de les quals 44 eren unipersonals (20 homes vivint sols i 24 dones vivint soles), 32 parelles sense fills, 36 parelles amb fills i 16 famílies monoparentals amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 303 habitatges, 137 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 136 eren segones residències i 30 estaven desocupats. 201 eren cases i 100 eren apartaments. Dels 137 habitatges principals, 87 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 46 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 5 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 1 tenia una cambra, 13 en tenien dues, 15 en tenien tres, 31 en tenien quatre i 78 en tenien cinc o més. 95 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 73 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 55 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 201 persones, 153 eren actives i 48 eren inactives. De les 153 persones actives 143 estaven ocupades (83 homes i 60 dones) i 10 estaven aturades (5 homes i 5 dones). De les 48 persones inactives 21 estaven jubilades, 17 estaven estudiant i 10 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Hotonnes hi havia 138 unitats fiscals que integraven 315,5 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 17.848 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 29 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 1 era d'una empresa alimentària, 1 d'una empresa de fabricació de material elèctric, 3 d'empreses de fabricació d'altres productes industrials, 2 d'empreses de construcció, 3 d'empreses de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 7 d'empreses d'hostatgeria i restauració, 1 d'una empresa d'informació i comunicació, 3 d'empreses immobiliàries, 5 d'empreses de serveis, 1 d'una entitat de l'administració pública i 2 d'empreses classificades com a «altres activitats de serveis».

Dels 6 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 1 era un guixaire pintor, 1 lampisteria i 4 restaurants.

Dels 3 establiments comercials que hi havia el 2009, 1 era una botiga de més de 120 m² i 2 botigues de material esportiu.

L'any 2000 a Hotonnes hi havia 14 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 924 hectàrees.

Equipaments sanitaris i escolars
El 2009 hi havia una escola elemental.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Hotonnes a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Hotonnes a l'INSEE
 France par commune  Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis de l'Ain


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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Bike-lanes-considered-for-Sugnet-Eastlawn-6958448.php
Bike lanes considered for Sugnet, Eastlawn
Published 6:00 am EDT, Sunday, August 26, 2012
An effort to boost bicycling in Midland targeted Midland Community Tennis Center users last week. The Bike to Tennis initiative encouraged MCTC users to map their route each day as they biked to the center.
The initiative comes just ahead of the Midland City Council's consideration of adding bicycle lanes to Sugnet Road and Eastlawn Drive, which will take place Monday.
Participants were able to enter a drawing for rewards. In return for the entries, the cyclists received a $5 voucher good at MCTC, Ray's Bike Shop or B-Xtreme Cycle & Sport and an entry into a grand prize drawing for $40 in services or products at the bike shops.
Cameron Mills, 11, said he rode his bike more than a mile every day to get to the center, earning him five chances to win one of the four grand prizes. It paid off. Mills won $40 from B-Xtreme on Friday.
Midland County adds seven COVID-19 cases Thursday
His were among more than 70 entries, of which about one-third came from children.
David Waite, chairman of the Midland Non-Motorized Transportation Committee, said the event is part of the group's effort to encourage bicycling. He said encouragement is one of the keys to a successful introduction of bike routes, bike lanes and shared roads around the city, along with proper engineering, education, evaluation and enforcement.
Mapping the routes during the week showed the paths bicyclists took.
"I wanted to see what routes people used and if our design helped, and it did," Waite said.
The next step in creating safe routes in Midland is a proposal to add dedicated bike lanes on Sugnet and Eastlawn, providing more east-to-west routes through the city. Like the lane added to Swede Avenue last year, parking would be allowed along the route. The city council will discuss the plan at its 7 p.m. meeting at Midland City Hall, 333 W. Ellsworth St.
Waite said the routes and lanes create a full network for bicyclists.
"We can help you get wherever you have to go," he said.
Midland City Council member Marty Wazbinski attended the final prize drawing at the tennis center on Friday, praising the non-motorized transportation options.
"I think it's real good for the City of Midland," he said. "It's a quality of life issue and really adds to the city."
Brad Kaye, Midland's planning and community development director, said the event helped promote bicycling using the new routes.
"They're part of the overall 'complete street' approach the city has adopted," he said.
The policy requires the city to evaluate pedestrian and bicyclist needs when a road is upgraded or added to the city road system.


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Tony's been with us for eight weeks, and he's made himself at home. I often catch Max and Roc gossiping about the new kid behind his back…
The big boys are also not above tag teaming the little guy when they think they can get the best of him — but they never do. Tony always finds a way out…
I've found that having a cat named Tony Bourdain to supervise my cooking is almost like having the human still with us. That is, if Anthony Bourdain ever had big paws and no thumbs, a super-long tail he swished through all the food, and a terrible habit of leaping onto the counters.
At Thanksgiving, Tony didn't let my cranberry relish go into the oven until he made sure I'd used enough sugar….
Like his namesake, my Tony also loves French cuisine, never above trying to steal my breakfast croissants…
We're having a low-key Christmas this year, but Max and Roc are excited and have been filling Tony's ears with tales of what's in store because this is his first one. They've got him a little freaked out by the thought of a giant kitty coming down our chimney…
Because Christmas got crammed in so tight with Thanksgiving this year, I didn't put up the big tree with all the cat ornaments, so the kitties have been making do with our little fiber optic tree…
Roc enjoys hanging out with the tree during the day — whenever he can snag Max's rocker unoccupied…
…Like when Max goes off to play Elf on the Shelf. Here he is, taking pointers on from Fred Astaire on how to be a debonair spy…
Now it's Christmas Eve. The boys have all paws crossed that they've been good enough to earn a visit from Santa Kitty. They hope to find their stockings filled with toys and treats in the morning. We hung Adele's stocking one more time because she's our Christmas angel this year…
The extra things hung by Adele's and Tony's stockings are the 2019 Fancy Feast ornaments, which I've been collecting since the 1980s. They sent two this time, so it seemed they naturally should go to the kitty who left us and the kitty starting his new life with us.
All of us Cats Working wish you and yours a very happy holiday season, no matter where, how, or when you celebrate it. And thank you for sticking with us even when it's a long stretch between posts.
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By Max and Roc
Roc: Since we lost Adele on September 12, I've made Max's life hell. I didn't realize how much I depended on Adele for company, even though I annoyed the shit out of her most of the time. Max was taking the brunt of my frustration and loneliness.
Max: Karen was devastated to lose Adele, who'd been here over a decade before I ever showed up, which was the very day after Adele lost her BFF Yul to kidney failure. I think she wrongly connected dots on those two events and always blamed me for Yul's departure.
It was hard to live as Adele's prey. Once she was gone, I finally felt free and loved it. Then Roc started hounding me constantly to wrestle, which we haven't done since he was tiny and couldn't beat me.
Roc: Karen put up with our scrapping for about six weeks before she found me a new friend going by the name Kappa, but whom we'll call "The Kid" for now…
Max: The Kid and one brother were six weeks old and half dead when they were brought from Northern Virginia to the Richmond Animal League. There was no info on what happened to their mother. The Kid was malnourished, dehydrated, underweight, had ear mites, an upper respiratory infection and a heart murmur. The works.
RAL got him better and neutered him before placing him in a couple of foster homes. Then blood started coming out of his butt for no reason they could find.
Karen had hoped for a younger kitten; this one was nearly five months old now and on the verge of becoming a hard-to-place teen. But he was extroverted like Roc, so Karen decided he deserved a shot at a better life.
Karen had the Man Cave upstairs equipped for the slow introduction new cats are supposed to get. But once in the front door, The Kid shot out of his carrier and explored every inch of the house while Roc and I sat there going "WTF?" The Kid even ventured out on the beams!
To impress on you how dangerous this is, here's our living room. For us big cats, it's routine to leap from the beams to the kitty perch or the bookcases. It's an Evil Knievel move for a kitten. (The Kid did fall off the middle beam soon after, but miraculously missed the furniture on the way down and didn't miss a beat.)
Roc: The Kid and I were hanging out and playing within an hour of his arrival…
Max: With the heat off me, I could watch those two knuckleheads roughhouse from my comfy chair…
Roc: The Kid did spend his first night in the Man Cave just to calm him down. I spent the night camped outside his door to make sure he was OK. Who could resist this face?
Max: The next day, he wasted no time checking out Karen's desk, where he learned how fascinating a cursor can be…
Roc: He jumped right in helping us keep tabs on the neighborhood from the big kitchen window…
Max: I even let him help me with squirrel patrol on the deck…
Roc: It was nice to have company at meals again…
We were getting along great, but I'll admit I was surprised when The Kid followed me into the "locker room" to watch me do my "business!"
Max: Halloween night, Karen let him try a little 'nip. I think he liked it…
Then we all joined him on the kitchen table to get in on the action…
Roc: The Kid soon revealed an intense interest in all things culinary. Karen can't keep him off the counter. He has no fear whatsoever of the stove, on or off…
The Kid's first Sunday, Karen made a big pot of chili, which he had to inspect…
He was also desperate to try her homemade beer bread. That's right. Beer…
Max: The Kid can devour a 5.5 oz. can of Friskies Shreds in about two minutes (which means stealing Roc's half). Karen hasn't had a plate of food he hasn't attacked since he got here. This morning he went after her breakfast…
I know it looks like a puke on a plate, but Karen said it was Potatoes O'Brien with a couple of eggs thrown in and it was delicious.
Roc: After breakfast, The Kid stole Max's food (Max eccentrically eats in a mine field of Karen's junk, the coffee table)…
Max: Karen bought The Kid "Da Bee," a stick toy which was his favorite in his second foster home. He's already on his second bee after demolishing the first one. This is Karen's attempt to capture him playing cute with it…
She also tried for a nice portrait of him, but he preferred to look like he's in Witness Protection…
Roc: He's claimed the late Cole's favorite teddy bear. The teddy seems happy to have a kitty again…
Max: The Kid's got salt-and-pepper fur, a long, lanky physique, a daring and adventurous spirit, and a love of the kitchen, booze and cuisines feline and human, so we've named him…
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I'm deeply saddened to report that Adele passed away on Thursday, September 12. She was 19 years and 5 months old, the last of the original Cats Working team who inspired my book, How to Work Like a CAT.
Without missing a beat in her routine until the very end, Adele became yet another victim of chronic renal failure, which she lived with for over two years. In her lifetime, she watched four "brothers" who were her world also succumb to CRF — Rex, Fred, Yul, and Cole.
Adele and Yul
This past spring, Adele also began developing a tumor on her neck. It didn't hurt or bother her and seemed comparatively the least of her ailments, so she didn't undergo any aggressive diagnosis or treatment for it.
Cole and Adele
Adele drove the daily agenda around here until her days slowly became more bad than good. When most foods lost their appeal (and we tried them ALL) and her meds weren't helping, and even sleep didn't bring much relief, we knew it was time to let her go while she still had her dignity. Her death was very peaceful.
Max and Roc are adjusting like a couple of rebels without causes to the newly quiet house and Adele's empty favorite spots. They're facing life for the first time since kittenhood without their etiquette coach and disciplinarian. They are better cats thanks to Adele's tough love.
Max and Adele shared a bed
I'm missing my Delly so much, feeling the weight of accumulated grief from losing another decades-long companion to a scourge of epidemic proportions that veterinary medicine inexplicably seems to NEVER make any headway against. It's taken me days to bring myself to write this and I'm in tears as I type.
Roc and Adele
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Michelle Wolf Deserves Thanks, Not Dissing
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and comedian Michelle Wolf's serving of it at the White House Correspondents Dinner was as frosty and satisfying as her joke about Fox "News" defector Megyn Kelly…
"Megyn Kelly got paid $23 million by NBC, then NBC didn't let Megyn go to the Winter Olympics. Why not? She's so white, cold and expensive, she might as well BE the Winter Olympics."
Republicans are crying "Foul!" They claim they were verbally punched in the face while refusing to admit Dear Leader Trump's bullying and insulting tweets and lie-laced rants on Fox and at rallies have made it open season on mean.
Like all passive-aggressive bullies, Trump himself was too gutless to be there and face journalists he insults, threatens, lies about, calls the "enemy of the people," and says he'd like to jail. Instead, he had Sarah Huckabee Sanders take his place on the dais.
Sanders has been shoveling shit down our throats since her first day in the White House press briefing room. Wolf logically homed in on Sanders' incessant lying, and I thought her take-down about how Sanders creates her signature "smoky eye" look from the burnt ashes of facts was pretty mild, considering.
If Wolf had stooped to Trump's level, she'd have gone after the lank, style-free hair, the dumpy figure that makes a dandy Trump repellant, the lifeless, monotone delivery that makes Mike Pence seem like a court jester, and the pearls inspired by Marge Simpson.
Instead, Wolf went high. She let Sanders know what decent women think of her as Trump's mouthpiece…
"And I'm never really sure what to call Sarah Huckabee Sanders. You know, is it Sarah Sanders? Is it Sarah Huckabee Sanders? Is it Cousin Huckabee? Is it Auntie Huckabee Sanders? Like, what's Uncle Tom but for white women who disappoint other white women? Oh, I know: Aunt Coulter."
And now even the dinner's sponsor, the White House Correspondents Association, has turned on Wolf, saying her speech wasn't in "the spirit" of their mission.
Then why were they all there, to pay homage to the bloviating buffoon who keeps them scrabbling after tweets like street urchins chasing pennies tossed by a passing "noble" who otherwise kicks, taunts, and spits on them for having the gall to exist?
"Thank you, sir, may we have some more?"
If there's ANYWHERE those representing the media should get up in Trump's face and tell him…
"Enough's enough. You may fool Fox and your brainless base, but we know bullshit when we see it. We're going to call it out and continue to uncover the facts about your ignorance, bigotry, misogyny, corruption, and crime."
…the WHCD is it.
Michelle Wolf spoke truth to the idiot squatter in the White House and did their job for them. Their thanks is to feign the vapors over her crudeness and throw her under the bus.
That's gratitude, Trump-style.
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Trump's Strange Lack of Curiosity About Russia Explained
Melania may have a hard time tucking Donald into bed tonight in Hamburg on the eve of what's believed to be his first face-to-face with his idol, Vladmir Putin, at the G20 summit. It's hard to know for sure if they've ever met before because Trump's been lying for several years about their acquaintance.
By all reports, Putin's done his homework and is well-armed with facts and intelligence. Trump goes in with the mostly blank slate he calls his "good brain."
Trump has never asked about how Putin interferes in U.S. elections. I think it's because Trump already knows. During the campaign, his flying monkeys verbally kept him informed on how they coordinated Russia's efforts on Trump's behalf.
The White House couldn't get Trump up to speed on Putin because Trump's puny attention span allowed only a series of tweet-length bullet points. He's incapable of absorbing any more.
Putin also has an agenda, which likely includes getting back those two spying bases in the U.S. that Obama seized on his way out the door, and probably the lifting of financial sanctions.
Trump's attitude seems to be, "Ask not what Russia can do for you, but what you can do for Russia," because Trump requested a list of "deliverables" for Putin. Hey, why not? The man helped put Trump in the White House.
No one expects Trump to bring up Russia's meddling as a bad thing. Rather, Trump may drop to his knees before Putin in gratitude and ask him how he likes his blow jobs.
Nah, I go too far. It wouldn't be presidential, and it would take a crane to get Trump back on his feet. Maybe that's why he brought Melania.
As for the rest of the summit, it remains to be seen how gauche and boorish Trump will be this time. At least the other leaders know to expect some scolding and shoving.
Angela Merkel has made it clear she has no use for the arrogant man-baby, and Emmanuel Macron has already played Trump's childish alpha-male games.
When Trump's BFF, Chinese President Xi Jinping, strolls in, wanna bet Trump goes all sweet and gooey like chocolate cake, instead of ordering China to bring North Korea to heel, like he's been demanding in speeches to everyone else?
I don't see how Trump can possibly survive this summit with his ass intact. After Putin chews him up and spits him out, the other 18 leaders can steer around his bloated orange carcass like roadkill. On too many fronts, Trump has not only abdicated leadership, but his right to express an opinion. CNN did a succinct run-down on the major conflicts Trump has created with the other 19 18 countries. (Correction: One of the G20 members is a representative of the EU.)
It's sad that I actually want to see a president of the United States disrespected and demeaned in an international forum. But maybe being publicly bitch-slapped by other leaders will get his attention. Nothing will make him humble, but if the world stops listening to or believing him, it may minimize the damage Trump can inflict
1 Comment	| Cats	| Tagged: Angela Merkel, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, G20 summit, Melania Trump, Russia influence American election, Russia investigation, Russia sanctions, Vladmir Putin, Xi Jinping	| Permalink
What's in a Name? Trump Defies Description
Since we finally see the light at the end of this election tunnel and it may NOT be the Trump Trainwreck coming, I'm sharing my collection of ways people have tried to capture the putrid essence of Donald Trump.
We've got all paws crossed that the only name appropriate for Trump on November 9 is…
Biggest. Loser. Ever. YUGE! Unbelievable!
He's also been called…
National disgrace and an international pariah. —Colin Powell
Two-bit racist arsonist. —Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
Unwitting agent of the Russian Federation. —Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
Willful and abusive braggart. —General Barry McCaffrey (Ret.)
Dishonest demagogue with an authoritarian character. —Meg Whitman (Hewlett-Packard CEO)
Slick-talking, empty-promising, self-promoting, one-man wrecking crew. —Senator Tim Kaine (Hillary's running mate)
A black soul. —Khizr Khan (father of slain Muslim U.S. Army Captain)
A cheddar-faced crypto fascist. —Scott Feschuk (Canadian columnist)
Rear Adm. John Hutson (Ret.):
Walking, talking recruiting poster for terrorists
Not fit to polish John McCain's boots
Elizabeth Warren:
A man with a dark and ugly soul
Loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud
Thin-skinned racist bully
Large orange elephant in the room
Howard Dean:
An ignoramus who doesn't pay his taxes
A hate-monger and a fool
Leonard Pitts:
Overgrown frat boy trying to masquerade as a statesman
Flaming oil spill of a human being
Has epic coarseness, brazen mendacity, appalling ignorance, enormous narcissism and utter incompetence
Charles Krauthammer:
Boasting, bullying, bombastic, insulting, insensitive
An infantile hunger for approval and praise, a craving that can never be satisfied
Lawrence O'Donnell:
The most vile creature in the history of presidential campaigning
A sociopathic liar
Most ignorant and mentally unstable candidate in history
Bill Maher:
The tangerine nightmare
Whiny little bitch
Doing to politics what Bialystock and Bloom in The Producers did to Broadway. Purposely trying to have a flop so he could bilk the investors.
Samantha Bee:
A two-bit used hate salesman
A dick-waving Berlusconi knockoff
A Garfield-colored ignoramus
Lecherous lump of earwax
Tangerine Caligula
Sociopathic 70-year-old toddler
Bigoted alleged billionaire
America's burst appendix
Least qualified candidate ever to lurch into the public spotlight and shit on Gold Star moms while cradling Putin's sweaty sack
Stephen Colbert:
Screaming cantaloupe (said by cartoon Hillary to Colbert during interview)
Big orange coward
Angry Creamsicle
Trevor Noah:
Racist clementine
Traffic cone soaked in raw sewage
Cinnamon Hitler
Scrubby side of the sponge
Larry Wilmore:
Citrus-hued vomit bladder
Mango Mussolini
John Oliver:
Racist voodoo doll made of discarded cat hair
Two-bit bullshit artist conning America to help himself
Damaged sociopathic narcissist
Used condom filled with orange Gatorade
Used diaphragm from the Jersey Shore
Sriracha baboon anus
Deranged, narcissistic Oompa-Loompa. —Jordan Klepper (Daily Show reporter)
Don't forget to vote tomorrow. Your kitties are depending on you to do the right thing.
Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day
No, we are not making this up.
Even though we've had a two-legged black cat in the White House for almost eight years, the four-legged type continue to live under the shadow of human brainwashing about how evil we are.
We're harmless. Just ask Karen. If living with black cats were dangerous, she'd have been dead years ago. Eight of the ten cats she's adopted in her adult life have been black or black tuxedo. The only two exceptions were Adele and the late, great Fred, both pure white.
If you have a black cat, give him or her extra hugs and treats today. If you're thinking maybe you'd like to get a cat, go straight to your nearest shelter and take home the blackest cat they have.
It's a fact that black cats and dogs are the last to be adopted, even though we're just as loving and we need good homes as much as tabbies and calicos. We may even be smarter because we've managed to survive over the centuries in spite of so many people being out to kill us.
For example, Roc will troubleshoot problems with your TV for a reasonable fee.
And a tuxedo cat like Max makes a perfect plus-one at any elegant soirée.
We've got brains and good looks. Who could ask for anything more?
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	"github.com/graphql-go/graphql"
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)

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type ResolveHandler func(Resolver) (interface{}, error)

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type ScalarSerializeHandler func(interface{}) (interface{}, error)

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type ScalarParseValueHandler func(interface{}) (interface{}, error)

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type ScalarParseLiteralHandler func(ast.Value) (interface{}, error)

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type Schema interface {
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type Union interface {
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type UnionConfig interface {
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type EnumConfig interface {
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type EnumOption interface {
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The Good Stuff: Forever '30′
17-year-old Devin Myers, wearing number 30 for the Huntington Raiders basketball team, was shot to death on March 3, 2021,(Myers family)
By Doug Warner
Published: Mar. 11, 2022 at 9:51 PM CST
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Somehow, they did it.
The Huntington Raiders basketball team somehow navigated the emotions of losing their close friend and teammate, 17-year-old Devin Myers, to a fatal shooting, then just a day later, took the court in a playoff basketball game.
And won it.
Now for many of those players, including junior Kamron Evans, they're on a mission in honor Devin, number 30, for the Raiders basketball team.
"I knew he was changing," explained Kamron about his friend, sharing a series of text messages he shared with Devin just weeks before his shooting death.
KSLA News 12's Doug Warner meets with Huntington High School students after the shooting death of their friend, 17-year-old Devin Myers.(KSLA)
In response to Devin texting Kamron, "Tryna change my path bro," Kamron responded by telling him, "Man you're going to be able to tell so many kids about this, it's crazy!"
Sadly, Devin had only just begun his plight, telling Kamron he wanted to be baptized and that he knew that kids looked up to him, and that he wanted his words to get out and inspire people.
"We were both trying to do the same," explained Kamron, who has been open about a spiritual path he's been on for about a year now.
He says in February of last year, "Stuff started to go left for me." This was his way of describing he wanted to get his life moving forward on a new, spiritual path.
"I was praying, not telling anyone what was going on, but praying," he added.
17-year-old Devin Myers was fatally shot not far from his home on March 3, 2021.(Myers family)
Kamron says, personally and spiritually, 2021 was a big year for him. He was baptized in April and then developed a special friendship during the fall football season.
"We are the 'westside boys'", Kamron said, smiling, about the two quarterbacks representing two Shreveport schools on the west side of town.
"Our schools are just five minutes away," explained Evangel quarterback Peyton Fulghum, who developed and maintained a friendly relationship with Kamron. He even asked Kamron to join him for church one Sunday.
"I felt the Lord tell me, 'Invite him to church,'" which he did, and Kamron accepted.
Kamron says he now goes to Shreveport Community Church on a regular basis. His most recent visit may have been his most moving.
Evangel quarterback Peyton Fulghum, left, with Huntington quarterback Kamron Evans.(Peyton Fulghum)
In the days after Devin's slaying, Peyton was hesitant but eventually sent Kamron a text, checking on him but also inviting him to church.
"I said, 'Hey Bro, I know you've got a lot going on, but we've got church tomorrow,'" a text he says Kamron 'liked,' leading him to feel Kamron would be there.
The next morning, he was there but he didn't come alone.
While sitting with a number of his teammates and Devin's girlfriend, Jerimyah, Kamron explained how something came over him after receiving that text from Peyton.
"Something was telling me to invite all of them to church with me," motioning toward Jerimyah, teammates Decedric Webb, Dekaveon Taylor, Kentravis Green, Chris Carpenter, and team manager Cameron Calhoun.
"I told them 'It's going to be a beautiful thing when we all walk into church together,'" bragged Kamron.
Just three days after their friend Devin was shot to death not far from his home, Kamron and friends marched their way down the church aisle, straight to the front row.
"Kam gave me a hug and everybody just started giving everybody hugs," said Peyton.
Especially now, after Devin's death and just weeks after he opened up about his desire to "change his path," Kamron and his friends are more determined than ever to make sure Devin's message gets out.
"I feel like his mission was for us to open our eyes, to let us know that there's a better place to be than where we are right now," shared Decedric.


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Voice in 2021: 9 Trends to Watch + Our Predictions
2021 is primed to be a major year for voice's growth. Here are RAIN's 9 growth areas to watch in voice along with our predictions for these trends.
For nearly every facet of life, 2020 has been a year unlike any other in recent memory. For the business and technology world, 2020 has been more of a story of acceleration than of true novelty, and the same holds largely true of voice. The arrival of COVID brought newfound importance to touchless interactions and confined us to our homes, both boons to voice technology adoption in different ways, as we search for tools and technologies that allow us to more easily navigate new behavioral dynamics.
Even before the pandemic struck, we saw the forward march of voice adoption. In January, 60 million people (24% of the U.S. population) owned at least one smart speaker, with 24% using these assistants daily. Nearly 27% of the global online population uses voice search on their mobile devices, and by 2023, voice commerce is predicted to reach $80 billion.
Of U.S. smart speaker owners, 35% said they're now using them to listen to more news and information since the pandemic's outbreak, and 36% are consuming more entertainment and music on the devices. From January to April 2020, the number of worldwide internet users who said they used voice search and voice commands on any device increased to 45%. Amazon reported skills usage was up 65% worldwide over the past May-June 2020.
In previous years, RAIN has released "state of the union" updates on a number of hot topics, from search to commerce to advertising. This year, we're excited to share a new report on nine growth areas to watch in voice for the new year as well as our predictions for how these trends will develop. From new devices and integrations to emerging use cases including advertising, gaming and mobile, these are the hottest areas we're interrogating for our F500 clients from a strategic planning standpoint as brands look to seize first-mover opportunities in 2021.
Read the full report here and vote up the trends you think will be most impactful in 2021.
Our top trends to watch in 2021:
Advertising Primed for Growth
Mobile Meets Voice
Owned Assistants
Peripherals Come Into View
Brands' Presences Level Up
Retail Innovation
The New Way of Working
Beyond the Home
Gaming Gears Up
With 2021 less than a month away, the new year brings ample opportunities for voice to tap into the power of frictionless experiences. No matter where you work or what you do, voice is entering every industry, and it's here to stay. Innovation in voice is moving fast and the best time to get ahead is now.
If you're interested in developing a voice strategy or discussing one of the trends above, contact us at hello@rain.agency.


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Missing Link in Worm Evolution Found
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Illustration: Marianne Collins
What does the image above remind you of? I know! Acorns, right? That's how researchers found the evolutionary missing link of the modern-day acorn worm, a wee invertebrate that live on the seabed.
Because they lack hard bones, soft-bodied marine animals aren't typically well preserved in fossils, but a specimen was found in the early 1900s in the fossil-rich area of Burgess Shale, Canada. While past researchers in the Smithsonian staff missed the connection, evolutionary biologist Jean-Bernard Caron didn't dick around when it comes to realizing that this was the missing evolutionary link:
... [Caron] "stumbled on drawers full of these worms" at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. "I said, 'Oh my gosh.' I noticed a lot of these worms in bizarre-shaped rings, like mini Michelin tires in the rock," said Caron, a co-author of the study.
After Caron and colleagues looked more closely at the fossils, they realized the newfound worm "really connects a lot of dots" in the evolution of hemichordates.
Get loads more info over at this piece by Christine Dell'Amore over at Neational Geographic's Weird & Wild blog: Link
Tags: Evolution, Acorn Worm, Worm
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Kaz 4 • 21Mar13 9:16am • 2
What did I miss here? I was busy reading the post below with the big jugs....
Alex Santoso • 21Mar13 8:34am • 1
With a name like that, you said it WITH AUTHORITY!
Barking_Bud • 21Mar13 5:41am • 0
You're very welcome ;)
Bob Johnson 1 • 21Mar13 4:28am • 0
They didn't dick around so there's loads more info available.
"Missing Link in Worm Evolution Found"


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King Tee, ou King T, de son vrai nom Roger McBride, né le  à Compton en Californie, est un rappeur américain.

L'un des premiers rappeurs originaires de Compton, McBride signe au label Capitol Records, où il publie son premier album  en 1988 qui contient les singles à succès , ,  et . À la fin des années 1980 et début des années 1990, il s'associe avec DJ Pooh, et aide à la popularisation du groupe Tha Alkaholiks. T est également CEO de son propre label, King T Inc. En 2012, le magazine  classe McBride  dans sa liste des .

Biographie
McBride est né le  à Compton en Californie. Il commence sa carrière musicale sous le label Capitol Records en publiant son premier album  le . Certains de ses premiers morceaux sont produits par The Unknown DJ, qui a aussi produit les premiers titres d'Ice-T. L'album, qui contient les singles à succès , ,  et , se classe  du  200. Le , McBride publie son deuxième album, . L'album contient les singles ,  et , et se classe  du  200. Il suit en 1993 d'un troisième album, , classé  du  200. Chez Capitol Records, il apporte son soutien au groupe de rap Tha Alkaholiks.

Modérément connu, McBride est souvent cité pour avoir inspiré les premiers rappeurs gangsta rap du début et du milieu des années 1990 ; il collabore notamment avec les producteurs DJ Pooh et E-Swift, encore inconnus à l'époque. Par la suite, King T refait surface de temps à autre. Il signe au label Music Corporation of America (MCA) pour la publication de son quatrième album, , le . L'album, qui contient les singles ,  et , se classe  du  200.

En 1996, il signe sur le label Aftermath Entertainment de Dr. Dre et participe à l'album  puis à l'album 2001. Dre produit le cinquième album de King T, intitulé , en 1998, qui ne sera finalement publié qu'en 2002.

McBride quitte le label en bons termes en 2004, et signe par la suite sur celui d'Eazy-E, Ruthless Records. En 2006, il signe au label Boss'up Entertainment et publie une mixtape intitulée <ref name=mc-eiht-featured>{{lien web|lang=en|url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.22136/title.king-t-to-release-still-triflin-mixtape-xzibit-mc-eiht-featured|titre=King T To Release Still Triflin Mixtape, Xzibit & MC Eiht Featured|date=7 décembre 2012|site=HipHopDX|consulté le=11 novembre 2015}}.</ref>.

Vers 2009, McBride entre dans une profonde dépression après la mort de sa fille, et des problèmes conjugaux, qui l'empêcheront de se consacrer à la musique comme il l'explique lors d'un entretien en 2013 avec HipHopDX. Il reprendra finalement le micro, notamment, grâce au soutien de Dre et Xzibit et publiera une nouvelle mixtape en 2012 intitulée , titre qui s'inspire de son album .

En 2014, King T entre en conflit avec le rappeur Coolio, ce dernier ayant rappelé lors d'un entretien avec le magazine  une vieille confrontation de King T face à Tupac dans les années 1990 à laquelle il a assisté.

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Le , la fille de King Tee, Heaven McBride, est tuée dans un accident de voiture. Elle était âgée de 16 ans.

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The proposed permanent overnight closure of the Oamaru Breakwater is one step closer.
At a meeting of the Waitaki District Council's assets committee last Wednesday, its members recommended the full council formally consider the breakwater's closure at its meeting on September 13.
It is presently closed on a trial basis.
Since September 2016, when the Waitaki District Council agreed to leave gates open to allowing public access to the breakwater permanently, crowds have gathered every evening outside the ticketed Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony to watch blue penguins come ashore.
The number of people gathering to view the birds has increased over the past few months, prompting the council to consider action to ensure the people are safe and the welfare of the penguins is not compromised.
Concerns have also been raised about the amount of noise and flash photography while penguins come ashore.
Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher maintains the closure is not an attempt to restrict free viewing of the penguins coming ashore, as there are other areas around the harbour they can be seen.
He has also rejected suggestions the closure aims to maximise revenue through ticket sales at the colony, pointing to the fact the viewing stands are often full.
Mr Kircher said public safety was paramount, and that the council's move was necessary.
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He said the only option to keep the beach open but close the breakwater was to fence the latter off, which he felt "would not be appropriate at all".
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Steelers News: Martavis Bryant's mystery illness keeps him from meetings and media Monday
When the time came to face the music regarding his most recent comments, Martavis Bryant was nowhere to be found.
By Jeff.Hartman@BnGBlitz Oct 24, 2017, 5:37am EDT
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Like sand through the hour glass...so are the days of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
If you didn't know, that line has been the introduction to the soap opera 'Days of our Lives' for as long as I can remember, and it's seemingly what the Steelers are turning into right before our very eyes.
If it isn't Antonio Brown throwing a tantrum, Le'Veon Bell criticizing the game plan, or Martavis Bryant flipping out over wanting a trade, it's always been something with the Steelers this season.
And when Bryant continued to try getting out of the Steel City—thinking things would be brighter elsewhere—by saying some interesting things about his teammates, he was nowhere to be found for team meetings or media availability on Monday.
His excuse? He was sick.
Bryant very well could have been sick, but I doubt he finds many sympathizers from the Steelers' fan base. Either way, the team now has a new drama-filled question to answer leading up to Week 8 when they play the Lions.
I can't remember the last time I looked forward to a bye-week so much, but there will probably be a new chapter to this saga by that point.
Time to check on the Steelers news outside the walls of BTSC:
'Sick' Martavis Bryant a no-show at Steelers facility
After being absent from the stat sheet during much of the Steelers' 29-14 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, wide receiver Martavis Bryant was also absent from the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Monday, missing film review and team meetings.
"He was sick. He went to the doctor," agent Thomas Santanello told the Tribune-Review.
The timing of Bryant's illness was curious, considering it came about 12 hours after he criticized rookie wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster in a social-media message and a week after he reportedly had asked for a trade.
Bryant's frustration with his reduced role in the offense — he had one catch for three yards against the Bengals — boiled over when he responded to an Instagram comment that suggested Smith-Schuster, the precocious 20-year-old rookie, is a better receiver.
That seemed to strike a nerve with Bryant, who rejoined the Steelers this season after serving a one-year suspension for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy.
Wrote Bryant: "JuJu is no where near better than me, fool. All they need to do is give me what I want and y'all can have JuJu and whoever else."
The post later was deleted and replaced by one that was complimentary of Smith-Schuster, the youngest player in the NFL.
"JuJu is the future and got great talent and is going to be one of the best to play this game. I want him to get his. I just want mines, period, point-blank. Ain't nobody did nothing to get me back. I worked my ass off to get myself back with no help and little support, period. In due time the process will show."
At stake is Bryant's future earning potential. The Steelers hold his rights through the 2018 season. Any chance at an extension before Bryant hits free-agency would come after this season.
Teammates weren't happy that Bryant went public on social media with his unhappiness.
"I wish it didn't happen at all," defensive captain Cam Heyward said. "To each his own. I'm not going to judge him for how he feels. He's got to be smarter when it comes down to it."
JuJu Smith-Schuster has no hard feelings toward Martavis Bryant
Steelers rookie receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is the little brother in the Steelers locker room. No one really takes him all that seriously, but there's a reason he's universally liked by his teammates. He knows his place as a rookie but, at the same time, he's seamlessly become part of the fabric of this team.
It's a delicate balance, but he's handled the first half of his inaugural season in the NFL about as well as a 10-year veteran. The perfect example of that came on Monday afternoon when reporters were allowed into the locker room for the Steelers' weekly 45-minute, day-after-game media session.
One moment, Smith-Schuster was playing garbage can basketball with his teammates, joking around and having fun. The next, he was thoughtfully expressing his feelings on the firestorm he was thrust into Sunday night when Martavis Bryant threw him under the bus in an Instagram post.
Smith-Schuster won't turn 21 until next month. He's the youngest player in the NFL and yet he speaks with the maturity of a grizzled veteran.
"I understand where he's coming from," Smith-Schuster said. "I can put myself in his shoes. There's only one ball. It's tough. At the end of the day, we have to do what's best for our team. Just moving forward, hopefully we do get him the ball more. He's a great player, a great athlete. I would like him to be on our team. Moving forward, I think he's going to be big for us."
Paul Zeise: The Steelers are rounding into Super Bowl form
The Steelers defense gave up a few too many rushing yards in the first half of the team's 29-14 win against the Bengals. The Steelers offense again couldn't punch the ball into the end zone once it got to the red zone. The Steelers kicked five field goals, about three too many.
The Steelers can improve in those areas, but their list of issues continues to shrink each week. The Steelers looked miles away from Super Bowl contenders when Jacksonville left town, now they're right on the doorstep.
Ben Roethlisberger threw like an all-time great quarterback in the first half — he was accurate, on time and had more arm strength than in any game this year.
If Roethlisberger can continue to find the fountain of youth, the Steelers will be an extremely tough out. That's especially true if Le'Veon Bell stays healthy. He has found his groove and is once again making his claim as the NFL's top running back.
Bell ran the ball 35 times for 134 yards — 3.8 yards per carry — but was able to gash the Bengals throughout the entire game. He also added 58 yards receiving, including a short pass turned into a 42-yard reception highlighted with a stiff arm of Bengals defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick.
The Steelers defense was a tale of two halves. The Bengals scored both of their touchdowns in the first half, and tailback Joe Mixon ran seven times for 48 yards. They had a total of 160 yards in the first half, and it looked like the game might develop into a shootout. That never materialized because the Steelers defense showed up to shut the Bengals down completely. Mixon didn't even get a carry in the second half, and the Bengals had a total of 19 yards. Once the Steelers had a lead, the Bengals were forced to throw. That's the wrong approach against the Steelers' front seven.
The Steelers pounced, and Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was under fire the entire second half. The Steelers sacked him four times, but they pressured him more often into throwing quicker than he wanted. The speed of the Steelers' outside linebackers was evident. Dalton's frustration was clear, waving the white flag and throwing the ball away on a fourth-down play late in the game.
Kovacevic: How to shut up Burfict, part bazillion and one
Vontaze Burfict is an idiot.
For all else that's been so miserable about Marvin Lewis' miscreant Bengals for so long, he still somehow finds a way to sink below the lowest of sub-human standards.
That's Burfict going at Roosevelt Nix. Right in the skillet. After the whistle. Second snap from scrimmage, first mental snap for the idiot.
Minutes before that, Burfict refused to shake hands at the coin toss, holding them behind his back like a bratty child.
And three hours later, Burfict again refused to shake hands at game's end, simply sprinting toward the visitors' tunnel at Heinz Field alongside injured fellow idiot Pacman Jones.
Winners will win, and losers will ... gently give back your lunch money and beg forgiveness?
"He was kind of quiet all game, to be honest with you," David DeCastro would tell me later regarding Burfict. You'll recall those two collided like bighorn sheep last December in Cincinnati. "He just came to play football."
"No, really, he did."
But what about the kick?
"Ah, that was nothing. I'm telling you, he really wasn't a problem. None of them were. It was just a good football game, for once, and he wasn't really any different."
After a slight shake of the head, DeCastro added, "It was kind of weird, actually."
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Steelers retain 12 players with Reserve/Future contracts The Pittsburgh Steelers have retained 12 players as the offseason begins.
13 players mentioned by Mike Tomlin during Tuesday's press conference The Steelers head coach held his weekly press conference with the Pittsburgh media on Tuesday finishing up the 2021 season.
Mike Tomlin non-committal about the future of both Steelers coordinators The Pittsburgh Steelers have some tough decisions to make this offseason, and the future of their coordinators is near the top of the list.