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A Complete Modern Olympic Games History
The very first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week of April 1896. Since the Greek government had been unable to fund construction of a stadium, a wealthy Greek architect, Georgios Averoff, donated one million drachmas (over $100,000) to restore the Panathenaic Stadium, originally built in 330 BCE, with white marble for the Olympic Games.
Since the Games were not well publicized internationally, contestants were not nationally chosen but rather came individually and at their own expense. Some contestants were tourists who happened to be in the area during the Games. Athletes wore their athletic club uniform rather than a national team one.
Pole vaulting, sprints, shot put, weight lifting, swimming, cycling, target shooting, tennis, marathon and gymnastics were all events at the first Olympics. The swimming events were held in the Bay of Zea in the Aegean Sea. Gold medalist, Alfred Hoyos Guttmann described it: "I won ahead of the others with a big lead, but my greatest struggle was against the towering twelve-foot waves and the terribly cold water."Approximately 300 athletes participated, representing thirteen countries.
Interesting Note Of Modern Olympic
The Official Olympic Flag
Created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914, the Olympic flag contains five interconnected rings on a white background. The five rings symbolize the five significant continents and are interconnected to symbolize the friendship to be gained from these international competitions. The rings, from left to right, are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The colors were chosen because at least one of them appeared on the flag of every country in the world. The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games.
In 1921, Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, borrowed a Latin phrase from his friend, Father Henri Didon, for the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius ("Swifter, Higher, Stronger").
The Olympic Oath
Pierre de Coubertin wrote an oath for the athletes to recite at each Olympic Games. During the opening ceremonies, one athlete recites the oath on behalf of all the athletes. The Olympic oath was first taken during the 1920 Olympic Games by Belgian fencer Victor Boin. The Olympic Oath states, "In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams."
The Olympic Creed
Pierre de Coubertin got the idea for this phrase from a speech given by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot at a service for Olympic champions during the 1908 Olympic Games. The Olympic Creed reads: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."
The Olympic Flame
The Olympic flame is a practice continued from the ancient Olympic Games. In Olympia (Greece), a flame was ignited by the sun and then kept burning until the closing of the Olympic Games. The flame first appeared in the modern Olympics at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. The flame itself represents a number of things, including purity and the endeavor for perfection. In 1936, the chairman of the organizing committee for the 1936 Olympic Games, Carl Diem, suggested what is now the modern Olympic Torch relay. The Olympic flame is lit at the ancient site of Olympia by women wearing ancient-style robes and using a curved mirror and the sun. The Olympic Torch is then passed from runner to runner from the ancient site of Olympia to the Olympic stadium in the hosting city. The flame is then kept alight until the Games have concluded. The Olympic Torch relay represents a continuation from the ancient Olympic Games to the modern Olympics.
The Olympic Hymn
The Olympic Hymn, played when the Olympic Flag is raised, was composed by Spyros Samaras and the words added by Kostis Palamas. The Olympic Hymn was first played at the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens but wasn't declared the official hymn by the IOC until 1957.
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Real Gold Medals
The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912.
The Olympic medals are designed especially for each individual Olympic Games by the host city's organizing committee. Each medal must be at least three millimeters thick and 60 millimeters in diameter. Also, the gold and silver Olympic medals must be made out of 92.5 percent silver, with the gold medal covered in six grams of gold.
The First Opening Ceremonies
The first opening ceremonies were held during the 1908 Olympic Games in London.
Opening Ceremony Procession Order
During the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the procession of athletes is always led by the Greek team, followed by all the other teams in alphabetical order (in the language of the hosting country), except for the last team which is always the team of the hosting country.
A City, Not a Country
When choosing locations for the Olympic Games, the IOC specifically gives the honor of holding the Games to a city rather than a country.
IOC Diplomats
In order to make the IOC an independent organization, the members of the IOC are not considered diplomats from their countries to the IOC, but rather are diplomats from the IOC to their respective countries.
First Modern Champion
James B. Connolly (United States), winner of the hop, step, and jump (the first final event in the 1896 Olympics), was the first Olympic champion of the modern Olympic Games.
The First Marathon
In 490 BCE, Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, ran from Marathon to Athens (about 25 miles) to inform the Athenians the outcome of the battle with invading Persians. The distance was filled with hills and other obstacles; thus Pheidippides arrived in Athens exhausted and with bleeding feet. After telling the townspeople of the Greeks' success in the battle, Pheidippides fell to the ground dead. In 1896, at the first modern Olympic Games, held a race of approximately the same length in commemoration of Pheidippides.
The Exact Length of a Marathon
During the first several modern Olympics, the marathon was always an approximate distance. In 1908, the British royal family requested that the marathon start at the Windsor Castle so that the royal children could witness its start. The distance from the Windsor Castle to the Olympic Stadium was 42,195 meters (or 26 miles and 385 yards). In 1924, this distance became the standardized length of a marathon.
Women were first allowed to participate in 1900 at the second modern Olympic Games.
Winter Games Begun
The winter Olympic Games were first held in 1924, beginning a tradition of holding them a few months earlier and in a different city than the summer Olympic Games. Beginning in 1994, the winter Olympic Games were held in completely different years (two years apart) than the summer Games.
Because of World War I and World War II, there were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940, or 1944.
Tennis Banned
Tennis was played at the Olympics until 1924, then reinstituted in 1988.
In 1960, the Winter Olympic Games were held in Squaw Valley, California (United States). In order to bedazzle and impress the spectators, Walt Disney was head of the committee that organized the opening day ceremonies. The 1960 Winter Games Opening Ceremony was filled with high school choirs and bands, releasing of thousands of balloons, fireworks, ice statues, releasing of 2,000 white doves, and national flags dropped by parachute.
Russia Not Present
Though Russia had sent a few athletes to compete in the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games, they did not compete again until the 1952 Games.
Motor boating was an official sport at the 1908 Olympics.
Polo, an Olympic Sport
Polo was played at the Olympics in 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, and 1936.
The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek root "gymnos" meaning nude; the literal meaning of "gymnasium" is "school for naked exercise." Athletes in the ancient Olympic Games would participate in the nude.
The first recorded ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BCE with only one event - the stade. The stade was a unit of measurement (about 600 feet) that also became the name of the footrace because it was the distance run. Since the track for the stade (race) was a stade (length), the location of the race became the stadium.
Counting Olympiads
An Olympiad is a period of four successive years. The Olympic Games celebrate each Olympiad. For the modern Olympic Games, the first Olympiad celebration was in 1896. Every four years celebrates another Olympiad; thus, even the Games that were cancelled (1916, 1940, and 1944) count as Olympiads. The 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was called the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad.
Controversies In Olympics
Dow Controversy (2012)
Even before the start of the event, controversies revolving around Dow Chemical Company, Games' official sponsor, hit the 2012 London Games with many calling for the withdrawal of the said company as its sponsor. Critics argued that the top Olympic sponsor should not be involved in the project because of its links to a company accused in the 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India.
Jesse Owens (1936)
The 1936 Olympic Games, now known to many as 'Hitler Olympics', was also noted for the infamous snub by Hitler to American athlete Jesse Owens. Owens won four gold medals in the Games, a feat in clear contrast to Hitler's views as he had intended the 1936 games to showcase his Aryan ideals and prowess. Owens' medals included: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team. Hitler later refused to shake his hand or hand him his medals.
Black Power salute (1968)
The black power salute is considered as one of the most powerful political statements made in the history of Olympics. It was a protest made by two African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City on October 16, 1968 by raising their fists at the podium after the 200m race. Tommie Smith won the 200 meter race in a world-record time of 19.83 seconds, with Australia`s Peter Norman second and the US` John Carlos in third place. The two US athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty. Smith wore a black scarf around his neck to represent black pride; Carlos had his tracksuit top unzipped to show solidarity with all blue collar workers in the US.
Olympics boycott (1980)
1980 Moscow Olympics was marred by the boycotting of the United States and a number of other countries because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Then American president Jimmy Carter issued an ultimatum on January 20, 1980 that the US would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month. According to reports, sixty-five countries did not participate in the Olympics despite being invited. While most of these did not go to Moscow because of the boycott, a number didn`t participate for economic reasons.
Top of Form
Bottom of Form
Ben Johnson (1988)
Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of the title after he was tested positive for stanozolol three days of setting a world record and winning the 1988 Olympic gold. Johnson beat Lewis in the 100m final at the Olympics on September 24, lowering his own world record to 9.79 seconds. He won one gold and two bronze medals during the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Later, he admitted to doping when he set world record in 100m sprint during the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.
Munich massacre (1972)
A Palestinian group Black September held hostage members of the Israeli Olympic team on 5th September and eventually killed during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The Palestinians demanded the release of 234 prisoners held in Israeli jails. In the process the kidnappers had killed eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer.
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Argentinian forward Lautaro Martinez has revealed that he is on the verge of joining Serie A side Inter Milan.
The 20-year-old starlet, who's scored 10 goals in 14 appearances in Argentina's Superliga this season, has been picked up by Inter's radar and all seems to be set for him to complete a move to the San Siro.
Martinez, now at Racing Club, could make his first appearance for Argentina this week, having received his first-ever call-up from Albiceleste boss Jorge Sampaoli, and he could also have his move to the Italian outfit signed off on after the international break.
"Everything is almost set," he told reporters on Tuesday (H/T Goal). "There are some final details to be worked out but when I come back to Argentina there will be a meeting with my agent and everything will be settled.
"I keep repeating though that right now my only thought is about Racing. I want to give 100 percent for this club and help achieve our objectives.
"Everything happened very quickly. It came as a bit of a surprise [to receive the call-up]," he said.
"I worked very hard to get here and I'm happy I get to experience something I have always dreamed about. I can't wait to meet the whole group, not just Lionel Messi."
Martinez has also been likened to Manchester City star Sergio Aguero by former Inter and Argentina striker Hernan Crespo.
"Coming to Inter isn't easy, he'll need to be helped and protected," Crespo warned. "Then hopefully he can show all of his qualities from the beginning, but it won't be a disaster if he needs a little time to settle in.
"He can play with Icardi, I don't think there will be any problems. He reminds me a little bit of Aguero in some ways, like with his low center of gravity, but he's Lautaro Martinez."

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Angie Price coaching Dancing Blues to recent and sustained success
Angie Price sat at the top of the arena at a national dance competition and listened to the results. The coach was optimistic but still ready to console her team after another year of disappointment. Her oldest daughter, Josie, sat with her Dancing Blues teammates down below.
"They started from the bottom and went all the way up to first place," said Angie, aa '88, aa '89, b music '89.
"They announced sixth place and it wasn't us," said Josie, b music '13. "They announced fifth place and it still wasn't us, and we were like, 'Oh, we did pretty well.'"
The announcer continued to not say Washburn University.
"They announced third placed and we were like, 'Oh my gosh, we got second place,'" Josie said. "And then they announced second place and it wasn't us. We couldn't believe it. We started crying."
The 2013 national championship was the ultimate culmination to her Washburn dance career.
"We had some trials and tribulations leading up to my senior year," Josie said. "We worked really hard and felt like we hadn't been recognized until that moment."
Married and now Josie Dease, she's a first-grade teacher at Logan Elementary School in Topeka. Angie's other daughter, Abby Price, ba '19, is a philanthropic services associate at Topeka Community Foundation.
"Dancing for my mom was my favorite thing I did at Washburn," Josie said. "I was so proud to be part of that first championship."
Including that first championship, the Dancing Blues have won national titles at the American Dance/Drill Team event in five seasons. This year, they won in jazz and hip-hop routines, as well as an overall championship. The expectation for success has grown since Angie started coaching the Washburn dance team 31 years ago in 1988.
"It wasn't a competition dance team back then," she said. "I had to change the reputation from it being some girls who get together for fun and perform at games to being a high-quality, competition dance team."
The Dancing Blues now rehearse in a studio in Petro Allied Health Center, they receive scholarships through the music department and have a solid group of fans and donors. Before the recent success, Angie would have to seek dancers just to try out. Now, they contact her.
"The University has been extremely supportive of the Dancing Blues," Angie said. "I tell my team each year, 'You're not just a Dancing Blue at games. You're a Dancing Blue all the time. People are going to recognize you. You're representing all of us and Washburn.'"
Josie was a part of the first national title and she has choreographed four championship routines. Abby was on the team the last three years, competing in two national championships.
"As you're walking around campus or in the community, people will say, 'Hey, you're a Dancing Blue,'" Angie said. "It's a constant feeling of being a representative of the University. It's really cool to have people approach you like that."
As Angie continues growing the program, she must balance the artistic side with the technical side of putting together championship routines.
"The technique expected now has increased dramatically," she said. "Just doing a lot of turns is not necessarily that entertaining. However, when you get to a competition, you have to put in those things to increase your score."
Angie co-owns Infinity Dance Studio with Josie. She has also choreographed community musicals – one of many ways she gets to have fun with the artistic side of dance.
"Dance is an art and you should be able to choreograph how you want," she said. "When we perform at basketball games, the main objective is to entertain the crowd. Generally, the routines are fast, energetic and designed to get the crowd excited. At football games, we complement the movements of the marching band and enhance their show."
Angie's husband, Scott Price, ba '88, rounds out a family of four Ichabods. The two met in high school at Kansas All-State Choirs. After getting a Washburn degree in communications, Scott worked in radio for 10 years and then worked as a firefighter for 24 years before retiring as a battalion chief. He supports Angie and their daughters and is proud of what they've accomplished.
"It's a family business for sure," Scott said. "I'm very proud of both my daughters and all of their accomplishments. They've taken their education much farther than I have."
Like her daughters, Angie remembers loving dance since early childhood.
"I asked my mother recently, 'Did I ask to take dance lessons, or did you just put me in it?' And she said, 'You asked over and over until I put you in.'
"And I've always loved it," Angie said.
Dancing Blues National Championships at the American Dance/Drill Team Collegiate Championship
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Habakkuk 2:5 And as wyn disseyueth a man drynkynge, so schal the proude man be, and he schal not be maad feir; for as helle he alargide his soule, and he is as deth, and he is not fillid; and he schal gadere to hym alle folkis, and he shal kepe togidere to hym alle puplis. Habakkuk 2:6 Whether not alle these puplis schulen take a parable on hym, and the speking of derk sentencis of hym? And it schal be seid, Wo to hym that multiplieth thingis not his owne; hou longe, and he aggreggith ayens hym silf thicke clei? Habakkuk 2:7 Whether not sudeynli thei schulen rise to gidere, that schulen bite thee? And thei schulen be reisid to-teerynge thee, and thou schalt be in to raueyn to hem; and thin aspieris in yuel schulen wake. Habakkuk 2:8 For thou robbidist many folkis, alle schulen robbe thee, whiche schulen be left of puplis, for blood of man, and for wickidnesse of lond of the citee, and of alle men dwellynge in it.
Habakkuk 2:9 Wo to hym that gaderith yuel coueitise to his hous, that his nest be in hiy, and gessith hym for to be delyuered of the hond of yuel. Habakkuk 2:10 Thou thouytist confusioun to thin hous; thou hast slayn many puplis, and thi soule synnede. Habakkuk 2:11 For a stoon of the wal schal crie, and a tree that is bitwixe ioynturis of bildyngis schal answere.
Habakkuk 2:12 Wo to hym that bildith a citee in bloodis, and makith redi a citee in wickidnesse. Habakkuk 2:13 Whether not these thingis ben of the Lord of oostis? For puplis schulen trauele in myche fier, and folkis in veyn, and thei schulen faile. Habakkuk 2:14 For the erthe schal be fillid, that it knowe the glorie of the Lord, as watris hilynge the see.
Habakkuk 2:15 Wo to hym that yyueth drynk to his frend, and sendith his galle, and makith drunkun, that he biholde his nakidnesse. Habakkuk 2:16 He is fillid with yuel fame for glorie; and thou drynke, and be aslept; the cuppe of the riythalf of the Lord schal cumpasse thee, and castynge vp of yuel fame on thi glorie. Habakkuk 2:17 For the wickidnesse of Liban schal kyuere thee, and distruccioun of beestis schal make hem aferd, of bloodis of man, and of wickidnesse of lond, and of the citee, and of alle men dwellynge ther ynne.
Habakkuk 2:18 What profitith the grauun ymage, for his makere grauyde it, a wellid thing togidere and fals ymage? for the makere therof hopide in makyng, that he made doumbe symylacris. Habakkuk 2:19 Wo to hym that seith to a tre, Wake thou; Rise thou, to a stoon beynge stille; whether he schal mow teche? Lo! this is kyuerid with gold and siluer, and no spirit is in his entrails. Habakkuk 2:20 Forsothe the Lord is in his hooli temple, al erthe be stille fro his face.


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Adding Daratumumab to Bortezomib, Dex Prolongs PFS in Multiple Myeloma
Adding daratumumab to bortezomib and dexamethasone prolonged progression-free survival in relapsed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.
Adding daratumumab to bortezomib and dexamethasone prolonged progression-free survival, in contrast with bortezomib and dexamethasone alone, for patients with relapsed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.1
For this phase 3 trial, investigators enrolled 498 patients with relapsed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma and randomly assigned them to receive bortezomib and dexamethasone alone or with daratumumab.
The 12-month progression-free survival rate was 60.7% in the daratumumab group, in contrast with 26.9% in the control arm.
With a median follow-up of 7.4 months, median progression-free survival was not reach for daratumumab-treated patients, and was 7.2 months in the bortezomib and dexamethasone alone group, corresponding to a 61% reduction in the risk of progression or death with daratumumab (hazard ratio, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.28-0.53; P < .001).
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The overall response rate was also higher in daratumumab arm versus the control arm (82.9% versus 63.2%; P < .001), as were the rates of complete response or better (P = .001) and very good partial response or better (P = .001).
Infusion-related reactions were reported among 45.3% of patients treated with daratumumab, with most being grade 1 or 2, and occurring during the first infusion.
Palumbo A, Chanan-Khan A, Weisel K, et al. Daratumumab, bortezomib, and dexamethasone for multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med. 2016; 375:754-766.
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Once a movie has been made then there is that small matter of getting people to see it. How do you grab peoples attention? how do you make them want to see a certain film? what techniques are frequently used to advertise films? how has the advertising of film changed over time?
One technique that is frequently used when advertising films is showerings its poster and trailer with quotes. These quotes come from critics and can sometimes make up 90% of a films advert. It is no coincidence that the quote will be in huge, bold letters, dominating the screen while its location is hidden in small text. Infact sometimes when the quotes come from respected sources, the location of the quote is very recognizable. In the trailer for Up In The Air they were proud to show off Time magazine being kind about their film.
Another aspect of film advertising is linking the film to successful films of the past. You will often hear those who made the film say something along the lines of " its a mix of Gladiator and Pirates of the Caribbean" they take two successful films and make you believe that their film will give you a similar experience. This is also evident with the quote tactic mentioned above, trailers will have large quotes basically saying "It's like that film you loved and that other film you loved" The frequent use of quotes and comparison is a big marketing tactic when trying to get people to see a film. Next time you see a poster, a trailer or a promotional interview for film look out for any comparisons that are made and be sure to look at where the quote is coming from.
One way Studio bosses hope a film makes money is by having big name actors or actresses in it. When these "Star Vehicles" are advertised the names of the actors are almost bigger than the name of the film and their bodies dominate all the films posters and promotional images. However is the age of movie stardom dead? it used to be that simply putting big stars in your movie guaranteed box office success...but who is the "big star" in Avatar? Perhaps this is a technique which is fading, especially if you look at the box office failure of films like Salt and Knight and Day. Leonardo Dicaprio and Johnny Depp are now probably the two actors whose name alone could probably generate people to see it. We now seem to be moving more into an area of advertising where its those who made the film that become more important.
From that trailer you are basically given the entire story of the film up until the very end which you can guess. However Avatar is the highest grossing film of all time, so clearly the advertising worked? well it seems like one of the most explicit trailers in terms of giving the story of all time resulted in the highest grossing film of all time. What does that say about us? are we more prepared to go and see something in safe knowledge of what we are seeing? are we now afraid to just go into a film not knowing what to expect? do we need everything defined for us and set out before we commit? what does movie advertising and its results say about us and our psychology? our need for safety and reassurance. Avatar made more money than the films above, the films above which had more mysterious trailers.
Perhaps the change in how movies are advertised is linked to the increase in money available in the industry. Rising ticket prices means that a huge amount of money is available in the film industry. With the possibility of such money, perhaps that is the reason why trailers are becoming more safe, predictable, long and annoying. Ultimately a rise in ticket prices and our human need for safety and knowledge could be cited as the two main reasons for the lack of secrecy in modern movie advertising.
What do you think of movie advertising? what things have you noticed? what kind of trailers do you prefer? do you agree that star power is dying? and what do you think about movie trailers possibly telling us something about human nature and being indicative of the money now present in Hollywood? be sure to leave your opinion in the your say section.


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I am a little in shock that Thanksgiving in only a couple days away. Today is my last day in the office this week and I feel like I have a hundred things to not only wrap up here at the office but to do in order to prep for Thursday. I love Thanksgiving dinner because it is one of the few times each year when my entire family including numerous cousins, aunts, and uncles get together. Dinners around my house and with my family are typically extremely casual affairs but I always look forward to everyone getting a little dressed up for the Thanksgiving feast. That is what I have to together for this week's #whattowear. Nothing too fancy but the sparkly accessories like this and this paired with a chic skirt make the look feel a little special. Also, I need to point out how pretty these shoes are.
I feel thanksgiving snuck up on me too. Love the outfit you picked out though, so cute!
indeed those shoes are so cute!
This is gorgeous! I really want that necklace.
Really pretty outfit! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
That sweater is so cute! I love the outfit you pulled together.


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Twitter buys another mobile start-up, Cloudhopper
Twitter is starting to go on a mobile acquisition binge, as for the second time in one month it has bought out a start-up developer that specializes in mobile messaging.
On Friday, Twitter posted a message on its official blog that it has purchased Cloudhopping, a company that specializes in mass texting campaigns for advertisements and product promotions.
"Twitter processes close to a billion SMS tweets per month and that number is growing around the world from Indonesia to Australia, the UK, the US, and beyond," wrote Twitter in its blog post.
For a company that generates so much usage over the mobile space, Twitter has been surprisingly lax in devoting a lot of resources to mobile phone infrastructure. It simply made its platform open to all developers, and let individual app makers do the work. That is, until recently.
Earlier this month, Twitter bought out the maker of the #1 mobile Tweeting app, and this most recent acquisition gives the company a very solid standing in its push to expand the mobile market.
As part of the acquisition, Twitter receives all of Cloudhopper's infrastructure, and both of the people behind the small start-up will become official Twitter employees.
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What Other Countries Can Learn From Italy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Women wearing face mask disinfect their hands in central Piazza Venezia, in Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday for its northern regions, igniting travel chaos as it restricted the movements of a quarter of its population in a bid to halt the new coronavirus' relentless march across Europe. AP Image.
In the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Italy has been hit very hard, with 110 574 documented cases and 13 155 documented deaths related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection as of April 1, 2020. The number of cases and deaths cannot be explained simply because of the epidemic starting in Italy earlier compared with other countries besides China. It is important to understand why death rates were so high in Italy to learn how to best prepare and how to plan for optimal actions in other countries. Some contributing factors may be immutable (eg, age structure of the population), but even these need to be laid out carefully in preparedness assessments. Some other contributing factors are potentially modifiable.
Some factors pertain to demographics and background disease in the population. Italy has the most elderly population in Europe and the second most elderly population in the world after Japan. COVID-19 has a strong age dependence for the severity of the infection and the risk of death. The median age of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 who are dying in Italy has been 80 years, and the average age of patients requiring critical care support has been 67 years. Moreover, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality is strongly dependent on the presence of concomitant serious diseases, and Italy has a high proportion of patients with history of smoking and high rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischemic heart disease. The corollary is that preparedness for needs of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and estimates of expected deaths should consider the age structure and chronic diseases of the population served by each health care system. Taking this adjustment into account, burden of disease may be expected to be much less in most areas in the United States, with variability across states and hospital catchment areas. For example, the proportion of the population older than 65 years is 9.5% in Alaska as compared with 19.1% in Florida and 23.1% in Italy.
A second set of factors in Italy is the increased burden of cases that presented themselves to the health care system. The proportion of people infected must have been very high in specific areas that were highly affected. In the town of Vò, all 3300 residents were tested the day the first case was detected in the third week of February, and 3% were found to be infected. Following aggressive testing, the epidemic was extinguished. However, elsewhere in Italy, it is likely that the prevalence of infection was several times higher in the absence of effective public health intervention. For example, it is likely that the health care system was overwhelmed in Bergamo owing to massive viral transmission during the Champions League match on February 19, 2020 (Atalanta vs Valencia), where a third of the population of Bergamo attended and continued celebrations overnight. Italian life is famous for its socialization and frequent congregations and clustering. It is possible also that in early stages, there was not much adoption of standard hygienic measures, and instructions to stay at home proved difficult to accept, with many complaints registered with the police. Accordingly, a higher level of preparedness should be considered for areas where mass gatherings have occurred or where there is extensive social intermingling.
A third set of factors pertains to the standard capacity of the health care system and decisions made during hospital management of the presenting cases. Italy has a highly competent state-run health care system, but it has only a modest number of ICU beds and very few subintensive care beds. Overall, 5090 ICU beds (8.4 per 100 000 population) are available in Italy, and 2601 beds in coronary care units (4.3 per 100 000 population), as opposed to much higher numbers (36 ICU beds per 100 000 population) in the United States.
Given the little experience in dealing with the new virus, it is unavoidable that some strategic mistakes were made about which patients should be hospitalized. In the winter, hospitals tend to run close to full capacity, with 87% average occupancy in Italy during the flu season. Apparently, many patients with relatively modest symptoms were admitted; by the time more patients with severe cases started to arrive, there were limited reserves.
Hospital overcrowding may also explain the high infection rate of medical personnel. As of March 30, 2020, 8920 medical personnel had been found to be infected in Italy, leading to further loss of capacity for hospitals to respond. Moreover, early infection of medical personnel led to the spread of the infection to other patients within hospitals. In Lombardy, SARS-CoV-2 became largely a nosocomial infection. Nine percent of infections in Italy occurred among health care personnel. Characteristically, the first patient with COVID-19 visited the emergency department twice, thus exposing all of the personnel and patients in that area before the infection was recognized.
Italy is a decentralized country; thus, preparedness and containment may have been hampered. There was a delay from the first case detection (February 21, 2020) to the first containment decree from the government that closed the relevant villages 3 days later. The lessons relevant to other countries are the need to (1) avoid bringing patients with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection to the hospital, except when they clearly require hospital care; (2) maintain strict hygienic procedures in the hospital environment; and (3) act swiftly in case of exposures of medical personnel to avoid loss of personnel capacity.
Stochastic factors should also be considered. Not all of Italy, but a few cities among hundreds of cities and towns have carried most of the burden of the epidemic and have seen their hospitals crash. The Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, and Veneto regions carry the highest numbers of infected individuals and account for 46%, 13%, and 9% of all Italian cases, respectively. The most affected provinces are Bergamo, Brescia, Milan, and Cremona, which together account for 33% of all Italian cases. There is heavy seasonality of deaths (even more so in countries with high proportions of the elderly and people who smoke, like Italy), with 25% more deaths in winter as compared with summer. Many of the excessive deaths are related to respiratory infections and are an annual occurrence. Although the infections are typically related to influenza, in 2020, SARS-CoV-2 is also a key contributor. In fact, in the 3 months prior to the outbreak, there were fewer deaths than is typical for the winter months in North Italian cities, thus leaving a larger pool of susceptible, elderly individuals. The seasonal peak of deaths varies across hospitals, and it may be difficult to predict which hospital will have the maximal burden. The corollary is that some reserves of resources, such as ventilators, should be in a stand-by allocation with the ability to assign them rapidly to hospitals that saturate their capacity.
In the absence of prevalence and incidence data, including the results of serology testing, it is difficult to predict the effects of specific major public health decisions, such as lockdowns, on the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, it is not known whether implementing a lockdown at a time when many people can infect others could lead people to spend more time in close quarters with the elderly and those who are susceptible. Similarly, it is not known whether a new epidemic wave may emerge when lockdown measures are removed. There are also unanswered questions about whether the stress and panic of a public crisis leading to major disruption and lockdown may have increased the susceptibility of elderly and frail individuals to a respiratory virus. Countries with aggressive early contact tracing and extensive laboratory testing (eg, Taiwan and South Korea) seem to offer examples of successful containment. By comparison, in Italy both contact tracing and laboratory testing were more limited, and lockdown had to be used as a last, blind measure of desperation. It is important to study the effects of the policies that are adopted first on the expected wave of patients with severe illness who will need hospitalization.
Finally, a major question that should be answered is the causal contribution of SARS-CoV-2 infection to related deaths. It is difficult to differentiate between deaths with SARS-CoV-2 infection and deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection because the vast majority of patients who have died had 1 or more other major pathologies (98.8% with at least 1 comorbidity, and 48.6% having 3 or more diseases) that contributed to their death. Also, the lost quality-adjusted life-years of patients who died and any long-term consequences for patients who survive should be formally studied. Through this research, the relative burden of disease from COVID-19 can be better understood, and resources in overburdened health care systems during periods of crises can be better allocated.
Corresponding Author: John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc, Stanford Prevention Research Center
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Nick awoke wearing a collar in a gilded cage with only kibble to eat, which alternatively tasted like spam or his mom's fried chicken.
It wasn't all bad, Nick thought to himself, scratching his balls through the Victorian-era chastity device he wore between his legs. Sure he didn't have the freedom to leave his cage or to masturbate, but the two-pound weighted nipple clamps weren't all that heavy, and his little cell had a big-screen supernatural TV that let him see all sorts of kinky shit.
It was better than HBO.
Nick had already watched his parents have sex on three or four occasions (once they engaged in kinky role-playing that made him blush), watched Damien fuck his girlfriend while she sat on her awesome German WW2 motorbike and confirmed the rumor, started by their press manager, that the new ultra hot twin pop-princesses Kit and Slug Fairchild were in fact lesbian lovers.
Nick had watched the twins have sex a number of times in various bizarre and kinky positions, both betting very wet and aroused in the process, and enjoying many blissfully powerful climaxes as they twisted and writhed together.
Sometimes the twins included a fellow named Michael, a gay guy with no balls, in on the action, though even having watched a couple of times Nick wasn't sure exactly how THAT worked, and he rarely focused on the boy long enough to figure it out. The appeal of tongue on clit was enthralling, and there was teeth on nipples, and fist in cunt to be had besides!
Besides their active and insanely entertaining sex life, the rock-star twins were also natural-born witches with very powerful guardian spirits, but that interested Nick a hell of a lot less. Hot lesbian action.. steaming hot pop teen porn DUDE!!!
The lights in the chamber flickered off and on like a kindergarten classroom and Nick felt a electric shock that was like a kick in the groin with one of Laila's biker boots. He knew from experience that this meant his mistress, the demon who he had made the failed pact with, was approaching to torment him.
That wasn't so bad.
Most of the time she whipped him lightly, never enough to leave permanent marks, just bright red blotches, and once in a while she drew a little blood. What really got his goat was that she brought the moonchild with her, his son, who she held by the hand like a prized pet.
He didn't like to remember the part his seed had played in the creation of this monster, even though the sex HAD been good!
Under the command of his mistress, Nick had already been involved in various disturbing and often disgusting carnal acts: gang rape, urine and blood-play, and a few other things that are not fit to write here and which I will leave up to my foul-minded readers to imagine for themselves.
Needless to say, Nick was insanely humiliated, and because of the chastity device, horny beyond all human conception. In short, he really wanted to go home and get laid.
He missed fucking Elisabeth, the smell of her young cunt. The feel of her silky red hair on his shoulder, the texture of her nipple when he pinched it. The way she'd squeal delightedly in orgasm. It was almost more that he could take! He wanted to tear and rip the device from his poor imprisoned genitals. He wanted to cry out in agony and freedom, as his large and relatively talented manhood filled out to its full length and sensitivity. He wanted to thrust his poor, underused member into any hole that could accommodate him. He would have killed to see his own seed burst forth in climax, he would have been glad to kill. But it did not burst forth.
Hell wasn't that bad.
Sometimes, especially when he was being gang-raped by a particularly foul-smelling herd of goat-demons with dicks the size of tree-trunks, he felt as though his soul was flying away from this dismal place and back into the world which he was supposed to inhabit. The sensation was so pleasant it made precum leak onto his pant legs and the device dig into his tender man flesh.
From these little magickal excursions, Nick knew that his body was in the city hospital, and that the doctors believed he had had a drug-related seizure, even though his toxin screens kept coming back negative. The doctors did not expect him to survive.
He knew also that Elisabeth came to his room every day after school and sat by his bed and cried, or chanted healing spells in Enochian, or anointed his forehead with a mixture of fertile soil, cum and pussy juice to draw his spirit back from the beyond.
In hell, Nick's mistress, wearing a skin-tight red body suit with function zippers over the breasts and genitals, opened the cage door with a sensual wave of her red press-on-nailed hand.
She was already a pro at bondage tying, having been a dominatrix in hell since her drawn-out death by gonorrhea a thousand years before, though Nick did not know it. She took her time tying her toy firmly to the bars, breathing down his neck heavily while she worked and tied izmit escort his hands and feet very tightly, taking little trouble to save Nick pain. She smiled when he moaned as the ropes gut into his skin. He whimpered plaintively and his mistress chuckled.
The moonchild stood completely silent just outside the bars, and though his eyes were only half-formed, Nick felt them burning into him, ruthlessly witnessing his pain and humiliation. The life his son would have had flashed before his eyes like some sort of twisted anti-abortion advertisement. His first day at school, red backpack and boxed lunch with Cookie Monster on the front, his first kisses with a beautiful redhead with pigtails, his first and last fuck, which are regrettably censored.
Nick winced. He hated the little bastard, heart and soul, for the guilt and self-hate he was filling him with. It was too much, he just couldn't take it. He couldn't stand who he was and couldn't change fast enough to forgive himself for his sins. Without saying anything, the boy was already demanding too much of him.
He shut his eyelids to keep from seeing his dead demon child, the product of his godforsaken lust and black magick, but it did nothing to rid him of the insane pressure of those half-formed globes. Nick was every inch the kind of repentant sinner hell was famous for.
It was one thing to be his mother's sex-toy behind his father's back, and constantly bang her after school when you're supposed to be studying math, but quite another to gang-rape her with his little sister and her lesbian playmate, in order to knock her up.
That was just plan wrong. Twisted, perverse, oddly arousing and very, very wrong.
The device dug into his battered manhood. A cold sweat dribbled down his back as he remembered how easily he has slid in and out of Susan, how deliciously her unconscious body had reacted to his relentless thrusts.
The demon began flogging Nick with "the wrath of God" a special reproduction of the cat o' nine tails with which The Lord struck Satan during her fall from heaven. It was designed to inflict pain on a purely spiritual level.
If Nick had been much more than a horny teenager with a major zipper problem, eager to get in the panties of any hot woman he came across, her blows would have been very severe indeed. But as it was, there was only the moonchild he repented, and the strokes had an almost pleasurable effect on his sex-starved body.
The monster continued to drill into his flesh with his horrible half-formed eyes, and the lashes continued to snap across his back, leaving their red marks on Nick's boyish flesh.
He thought about the Fairchild twins, entwined together on the floor of their condo apartment, their cunts overflowing with their fluids, their eyes wide with shock as he slid his dick into first one and then the other, like a dipstick testing their pleasure. He would make them forget their fag friend. What they needed after all was a real man. God damn, did he want it to be him! His dick was begging for a little action.
It was very hard for him to fit in the tiny chastity belt into which he was bound. His desperate member was writhing, pleading on hands and knees to be let free from its captivity. The ejaculation fantasy, which filled his fitful nights, was taking over him, gripping his poor abused body and twisting it to its will. He could see the spray of cum glistening in the air like precious jewels. It winked at him like a coy lover, teased him like Elisabeth and her vibrator. Each and every stroke made it that much worse. Holy shit, he was horny. He would have given anything for just two minutes to wank.
His mistress, with a cackle, jammed a large pink glass dildo up his ass, and his anus swallowed it like a kitten lapping up milk. Oh damn, oh damn!
It hurt his male pride to be so willfully penetrated, violated like a woman. He had seen over and over on his kinky hell-TV that many straight men enjoyed anal stimulation. But he couldn't wrap his brain around it. In his childishness he felt so guilty and alone. What was left of his self-image was completely shot. His mistress's fiery tongue licked his swollen rosebud. God damn! He really was a pathetic little man whore.
His mistress's body temperature was so high that he was being burnt. His face was pressed up against the bars to the point where his cheeks were indented, but he could tell from his beautiful mistress's deep sensuous bestial moans that she was somehow stimulating herself. Maybe the glass plug was in fact a strap-on, or perhaps she was wearing some sort of magickal device that allowed her to get off on other people's sensations. Nick cursed under his breath, though the bars cut into him so deeply it came out more of a grunt. He felt himself slipping away from himself, slipping into his dark inner insanity.
The cage left red strips across his face. He could feel the dildo pounding in and out of him, milking his prostrate and causing his penis to strain once again, so desperately, against the izmit escort bayan unyielding confines of the damn device. Each moan was adding to his pleasure and agony. Each gasp fucked him to the core. The floor of the cage where his mistress was standing was beginning to get soaked with warm demon juices, which smelt heavily of vodka and chili peppers and stung his feet and filled his lungs with fire.
He was completely out of his mind with horniness, a screaming, writhing, smoldering bundle ultra repressed teenage desire, with a sadomasochistic twist.
He moaned sluttily, biting down on his lip to stem the tide of raw lust and frustration that was coursing through him. The taste of blood refreshed him. It was so rare that he tasted anything but kibble, urine, or demon meat that his soul had almost forgotten. The lining of his nose, and pit of his belly, were burnt by the demon juices.
The demon-child watched on.
His mistress came, emitting an undead cry like a lemur monkey, which struck Nick like a the knife of an unskilled surgeon in some deep dark part of his body. He felt unnaturally cold and hollow and yet elated, as if he would will himself to heaven itself with a thought.
Nick felt his body of light rock in place as Elisabeth mouthed the worlds of a very old prayer to return wayward souls, but he was trapped against the bars and the only change was that he felt a little heavier, a little more real, more human.
His mistress came again. This time Nick thought of a cat being hit by a car, but his poor sex-starved brain found a way to make even that erotic. He was drugged out if his mind with his own neurotransmitters. His soul tore between returning to his juice-soaked body back down on earth and the insane penetration that was lighting his whole soul on fire. His sister's will struggled weakly against the demon who held him. He was grabbed, held and paralyzed with the sensation of light and dark, hunger and satiation, desire and fear. The sensation was so overwhelmingly powerful that it was actually crippling, like a wipe-out on a boogie board that sends you spinning.
Nick had never been so aroused, or if he had, it was light-years from his mind. There was nothing else, nowhere else. The battle that held him, the sensation was all there was left with him he was a pool of desire. Even the chastity device that dug into his tender flesh and the plug that filled his bottom so impossibly did not exist. There was only the sensation.
For the next two days, Nick didn't have the strength to hit a button on the remote of his hellish television; he sat in the corner of his cage not thinking, not eating, not even being. If someone had left a burning cigarette in his right hand, it would have burned down to ashes and welts without ever being noticed.
All this time, he had a sloppy grin on his face, like someone who took the short bus to school.
Nick's little sojourns home were becoming more and more frequent as the days passed, and the size and number of the demon dicks that penetrated him became larger and more perverse. He knew in his soul that it was only a matter of time before he was home again, no matter how grim the doctor's prognosis.
His EEG still showed coma-like patterns, but his breathing and heart rate were improving and there was some spontaneous movement (often accompanied by spontaneous erections, and sometimes, regrettably, spontaneous ejaculation). He was getting better.
Elisabeth seemed to know too. Her mood was becoming more and more cheery each day, and her dresses more and more bizarre and subtly slutty, the way they had been before the three of them had messed themselves up by gang-banging their mother in a black magick ritual.
Her pink checkered summer dress with the lace trimmed pockets made an appearance at his bedside, as did the little white cockeyed number which exposed the thong she wore under it. The orderlies, a couple of male nurses, and a female doctor or two, had a way of waiting for visiting hours to tend to their chores in Nick's room. Poor Nick. This often meant he had to wait longer for his bed pan to be changed, or for the cum to be sponged off his belly (and once off the ceiling).
Amber lived at a cross-roads in a little occult shop run by a woman named Victoria, who also taught her magick. No window door or cabinet opened to the same place twice. Once, the large store window in the front opened to a magical forest with trees that sprouted branches like dildos, and then a minute later, into the women's shower at the local YMCA.
The cabinets connected to random cupboards around the world without worrying you ahead of time which one. But this wasn't frustrating; your hand simply found whatever it needed at the moment, and the trick was to realize that that vial in your hand, not the dragon's blood or wormwood you were scrounging for, was the proper ingredient for that which you really ought to be making.
Sometimes Amber's fingers found themselves clutching izmit sınırsız escort a dildo or a vibrator she didn't remember picking up. This was a sign from the cosmos that she had done quite enough work for the moment and really ought to be getting off for an hour or two on one of the soft pelts in the backroom, before going back to her daily grind.
Once, about three days after Amber had arrived, she had spent an entire week doing nothing but fucking herself with various toys she happened upon, though the shop was very busy. Which you think would get on the nerves of any red-blooded business woman. Victoria, however instead, quickly found, that Amber's fresh young bosom body was such a draw that she could charge for admission into the store and still have enough customers to keep her hands from being idle.
The money was pretty good too, as was the taste of Amber's chocolate pussy.
All in all, the two witches made a fair living making potions and giving tarot readings to people from various lands around the world, some of whom had inhuman characteristics, such as an extra appendage you could sometimes glimpse out of the corner of your eye (or feel crawling under your skirt), the wrong number of breasts, or an unnaturally large bulge in their pants. Victoria really enjoyed eyeballing the last sort. Amber had seen her drooling once or twice.
When Victoria shut the thick wooden door for the night, or perhaps the morning or afternoon, they would sit together on pelts and weave spells just for the fun of it, sometimes with needle and thread, sometimes with tongue or dildo. Their spells were always deliciously erotic, whether they were for health, money, or just for a stronger climax. Sometimes they talked or sang instead, though that, too, was rarely innocent.
Sometimes Amber and her mistress were joined by the witches Kit and Slug Fairchild and their supernatural familiars, who brought silk and jewels or exotic fruit, often things that were only thought to exist in fairy tales. They left these gifts at Victoria's feet without saying anything, and then picked up their own sewing needles and joined the chant, or listened to the bard's tales Victoria spun.
For once the Nymph Queen, a beautiful woman with golden blond hair on her head and none on her pussy, was not out corrupting chaste maidens or celebrating life at a decadent orgy. She was lying in the sweet-smelling grass with her husband, an old fisherman who had a bit of trouble thinking with the larger of his two heads (though he had recently developed a peculiar taste for theoretical physics). Her hands and his feet dug into the earth non-self-consciously. Their cries rang into the heavens and the stars answered and sent their love. Their fluids fed the roots and the trees smiled down at them and took their part in the fun. The grass tickled their backs, the dirt clung to their hair, and they tumbled endlessly, sky and stars, man and woman, tree, root, grass and earth.
In Hell, Nick was playing voyeur again. He loved his devilish TV the way a toddler might love her blanket.
Slug's tongue was firmly wedged up her sister's eager pussy, and Kit was moaning and writhing against the futon passionately, her arms stretched up over her head, her body gyrating viciously with every thrust.
Slug had to wipe her sister's juices off of her face every half a minute or so to keep them from going up her nose. Her sister's pussy was the same savory sweet taste as her own, which she was finger-fucking. She didn't know whether it was diet, genetics or the fact that they couldn't keep their hands off themselves and each other, that made them taste the same, but it was a total turn on. It was almost as though they were connected by the groin: one great big lesbian tryst that lasted their entire lifetime.
Slug kissed her sister roughly on the mouth, their tongues fencing, the taste of their sex still on their lips. Kit fought her sister's movements, to plant lustful kisses on her twin's cheek, neck, and chest, while Slug began to skillfully weave herself into the sinful dance, pressing her tongue and teeth against Kit's nipple, then her belly button, then nipping and playfully massaging the area above her sister's groin, heightening her arousal.
Nick moaned like a whore. His cock would have been rock-hard if it wasn't for the damn chastity device that was constantly denying him his pleasure. He whimpered a little bit as his soft tender young flesh rebelled futilely against its unjust captivity. He saw his little obsessive ejaculation fantasy out of the corner of his eye, but it couldn't distract him too much from what was on the tube.
The twins were still at it. Repositioning themselves so they lay on their sides in a 69 position, they were lapping at each other's wet cunts, playfully racing each other to climax, though they were both writhing so forcefully that their mouths tended to slip off each other's clits and down their thighs instead.
It was almost like a slapstick comedy, watching them go at it, and Nick thought it very arousing. The two girls did too, apparently, because they came very quickly despite the sloppy work. Kit came first, crying out in a high-pitched voice that would have clung to the church rafters at services.
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Years of Fub Part 8That night as my late father,s guests of honour at the veterans club was a Wednesday...


There comes a point when you are so exhausted that sleep becomes something you can feel, a sensation in the limbs that you recognise from its lack thereof. Combined with the smell of fabric softener on the sheets and the sound of your partners breathing, the faint gurgle of the dishwasher and the occasional passing person outside, a picture is created within your senses about what sleep is and then your body screams for it through angry, painful withdrawal.
When I was a small child my brother and I would argue with my mum that listening to the radio was not tiring. We couldn't recognise that she was being honest when on certain occasions she claimed to be too tired to listen to music while driving the car. In addition to my brother and me, my mum at that time cared for 14 horses on our stud farm, kept a clean and tidy home and produced two servings of dinner as my father got home too late for us all to eat together.
I'm no stranger to feeling tired. At 18 I caught a virus that it took me over four years to recover from. ME or Post Viral Fatigue is devastating. It's a level of exhaustion where at your worst you can't read or focus on a television program. You lie in bed struggling to make coherent sentences from a sluggish brain to speak through a mouth where every movement tires the jaw. I can appreciate why Lynn Gilderdale wished to end her own life. My own experience left me with a profound gratitude that my own case hadn't been worse and that I recovered in a relatively short period. ME is an illness however, the tired I feel now is not.
I've worked fairly solidly throughout my twenties but have been completely unprepared for a 40 hour week with an hour's commuting each day. Sitting with your laptop on the sofa in thick socks isn't true work. Taking a walk and stopping for a coffee to clear your head isn't true work. Feeling a bit tired and watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy then making an early start on the risotto you fancy for tea is not true work. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't have a nicer place of employment; I start at ten so I miss the morning traffic, I drive out along country roads to a small town to an office in a listed building where the gardener makes pots of fresh coffee, I then work in a small office at a job I love, before leaving at six and once again missing the traffic. But from half past nine to half past six I am doing something and lunch is rarely more than ten minutes snatched to heat and eat a bowl of soup.
One night last week I got home, changed and headed over to my boyfriends flat. I started cooking without sitting down because I feared I wouldn't be able to get up again. He always puts music on for me; that night I requested silence. I could cook. I wasn't unhealthily tired in a post viral way but I was exhausted. I was happy to cook the meal I'd promised but music was one thing too much.
The weekend that followed began around 7am each day as my boyfriend's youngest announced his waking via the baby monitor. Of course, the rent I pay on my own flat entitles me to weekends with as much sleep as I could possibly desire but then I don't live to work and the weekend is the time I have to really be myself, the woman I only truly became acquainted with while sitting on the floor playing whatever game caught the children's imaginations that week. I was delighted to make toast on Sunday; pressing my stamp into pieces of bread to reveal 'I love you' messages in dark brown detail for my guys.
Just like my mother, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I love my life right now but I'm tired. I was close to not appreciating all that I have when I read a statement by Joshua Ferris in the Observer magazine; 'As far as I'm concerned, writing a book is the most preposterous thing a person can do. Because it's so all-consuming. Even a mediocre writer has done something really difficult. You can dismiss a book as a bad book, but you can't dismiss the achievement as a bad achievement.' This relates to so many things, perhaps I'm not a great academic but I have written 100,000 words of academic text and while it may not change the world, my PhD thesis will earn me my doctorate. I may make a terrible stepmother to my boyfriend's kids but I will be there and I'm patient and interested in them and the things they say and no matter what happens I'm on their side unconditionally. Considering that my ME once meant I was nearly bedridden for a number of months, that I'm living the life I am is an achievement.
My exhaustion is temporary. Just like starting school, starting ones career is tiring stuff but we adapt and get used to it. What is important is that we note the victories and enjoy our time. I have never believed that our school days are the happiest of our lives; I'm a far happier adult than I ever was a teenager but the sentiment is right. A life busy with work and family and friends is wonderful when written down like that. Lest I harbour overly fond memories of 2009, I was unsure what direction my life was going in. Now I have a career path and it is good to stop, take stock and feel grateful for this point in my life where I'm on my path but it could still lead anywhere.
Still, despite the fact it's only 9pm, I think I'm going to turn in. This column is the last thing on today's to-do list.
It's true that when we still are children, we often disregard the importance of sleep. We would rather spend our time playing or doing something rather than sleeping. Never did we realize that sleeping could be this much needed when we were on our college and professional days! That's why as early as know, it's good to orient the young ones about the importance of this matter! Right now, I wanted to sleep because I feel so tired!


Harvesting is of course the preferred option but for some producers finding a market for mouldy or corn with high levels of DON content can be difficult this year as well as it takes time to find alternative uses or streams for this corn. Livestock producers, especially those with hogs, cannot feed high DON corn to their animals without considerable blending or additives.
If corn contains low to moderate DON levels, grain cleaning with rotary screen type or gravity-based cleaners for example has been shown to be effective in reducing mycotoxin levels in the remaining grain. The resulting high-DON screenings will be lower volume and easier to deal with than the entire grain mass.
Storing grain until harvest is complete will allow the market to get a better picture of the entire 2018 harvest. Once pressure from harvest eases, it may be easier to assess marketing opportunities for lower-quality grain.
Corn infected with DON can potentially be used as a feedstock for anaerobic biodigesters. However, only a limited number of digesters capable of handling grain corn exist in the province. Grain corn will likely require grinding prior to feeding a digester, as whole kernels will simply sink to the bottom of the digester.
Ethanol plants would seem to be a logical delivery point. However, the ethanol distillation process concentrates DON in the dried distillers grains (DDGs) 3 times higher than the original grain. DDGs are sold for livestock feed, and account for significant revenue for ethanol plants. High DON levels may render the DDGs unsaleable.
Composting grain is impractical and requires significant water addition and active management.
Landfilling contaminated grain is costly and impractical. Costs in excess of $100 / tonne can be expected from municipal landfills.
Burning compromised grain to produce heat is a possible alternative. Corn as a heating fuel is 3 times less expensive than propane or heating oil. However, specialised furnaces or boilers are needed and therefore this is unlikely to be feasible unless the heating system already exists.
Crop destruct of either the grain or standing crop is an option although an unpleasant option. Grain retains a significant fertilizer value, and could be ground up and land-applied as a last resort. Grinding before land applying accelerates breakdown and prevents germination of volunteer plants. This may be the most practical method for handling large volumes of unmarketable grain. Mowing and incorporation of the corn residues have been used in US Midwest states when they have had similar ear rot and mycotoxin issues.


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David Cameron plans reshuffle to boost women at the top of the Tory party
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Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to announce a reshuffle of his top ministers today, as he seeks to boost the number of women in the upper ranks of the Conservative party ahead of the 2015 general election.
The reshuffle comes on the same day as a highly critical report into equality in parliament is published, revealing that women have been selected in just 18 per cent of target seats by the Conservatives, compared to 53 per cent and 34 per cent by Labour and the Liberal Democrats respectively.
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Women is calling for a government review into sexism in the media, as well as a Women and Equalities select committee in order to improve female representation.
Cameron, who is widely known to dislike reshuffles, is expected to keep most of his senior ministers in place, instead favouring a few smaller shifts to promote key faces and allow others to move to the side.
Current employment minister Esther McVey has been tipped for promotion to the Cabinet, alongside Penny Mordaunt, the MP for Portsmouth North and Navy reservist, who could move into a role in the Ministry of Defence.
Margot James, currently junior to trade minister Lord Green, could see her stock rise, especially given her strong background in business. Women's minister Nicky Morgan could also be promoted still further, following her appointment in April.
Sir George Young's departure in the whips' office is likely to spell promotion for Osbornite Greg Hands, while Harriet Baldwin or Anne Milton could step up to fill Hands's shoes as deputy.
Ken Clarke is said to have accepted his departure from the top table, while Grant Shapps, who had been tipped for a sideways move, is expected to stay in post as chairman of the party.
Outside bets include Iain Duncan Smith leaving his role as secretary of state for work and pensions and Eric Pickles moving out of the department for communities and local government.
RESHUFFLE RUMOURS
■ Employment minister Esther McVey has been widely tipped for promotion to the Cabinet, despite ending up in the Prime Minister's bad books over her comments when Maria Miller resigned.
■ Another woman on the up is Penny Mordaunt, a Royal Navy reservist and MP for Portsmouth North. Rumours abound that she could be on her way to the Ministry of Defence.
■ There are certain to be changes in the whips' office, with chief whip Sir George Young making way for Osbornite Greg Hands to take his place. Both Harriett Baldwin (pictured)and Anne Milton, both in the whips' office already, have been touted as replacements for Hands.
■ Not much in the way of curve balls this year. Some have been whispering about Eric Pickles making way for change at the top in DCLG, while Ken Clarke is widely expected to leave his post.
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Q: How do I get player Depth from the data Kinect SDK C#? Doing a group project trying to make something happen when the player (specifically the player) is near/far so we wrote this function. (We're not allowed to use the skeleton features)
private void FindDepth(DepthImageFrame depthFrame)
    {

        short[] rawDepthData = new short[depthFrame.PixelDataLength];
        depthFrame.CopyPixelDataTo(rawDepthData);

        Byte[] pixels = new byte[depthFrame.Height * depthFrame.Width * 4];

        for (int depthIndex = 0; depthIndex < rawDepthData.Length; depthIndex++)
        {
            int player = rawDepthData[depthIndex] & DepthImageFrame.PlayerIndexBitmask;
            int depth = rawDepthData[depthIndex] >> DepthImageFrame.PlayerIndexBitmaskWidth;

            if (player > 0)
            {
                playerDepth = rawDepthData[depthIndex];
            }

        }

    }

Why doesn't this properly grab the player's depth by grabbing one pixel?

A: A depth pixel is represented as 16 bits. The lower 3 bits provides the player index and rest 13 bits provides the depth e.g. {depth bits}{player index bits}
{0100 1011 1001 0}{010}
thus in order to find player index we AND by DepthImageFrame.PlayerIndexBitmask as displayed below
(0100 1011 1001 0010) AND (0000 0000 0000 0111) = 0000 0000 0000 0010 = 2 i.e. 2nd player
and in order to find distance we shift right by 3 bits which return 13 bits as displayed below
0000 1001 0111 0010 = 2418 i.e. 2418 mm

A: It is important to remember that the player number values are only added to the depth image if
skeleton tracking is turned on. If skeleton tracking is turned off, the player number in every depth
value is set to 0.

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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt,
When it comes to our streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands, the waters we love deserve to be protected.
But the Trump administration has made clear their intentions to roll back essential protections to our clean water like the Clean Water Rule, which protects the drinking water sources of 117 million Americans.
I want stronger, not weaker clean water protections. That's why I'm calling on you to defend the waters Americans love, and uphold the Clean Water Rule.
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I am SO excited to finally be talking about CBD with you guys. Awhile back I shared that in the recent year I have struggled with anxiety. An anxiety that is hard to predict (unless I am flying because I know that is going to happen), and at times it can be crippling. If you want to know a bit more about my struggle with it, check out this post where I share a few personal things, anxiety and seasonal depression being one of them. From my experience with anxiety, I have never been medicated and I really don't want to be if I don't have to. If I can, I try and take a route that is more natural and doesn't include pharmaceuticals. Granted, I know this is not the case for everyone, but I am lucky enough that so far what I have been doing is working. I have learned a few tricks and things that really help when my anxiety gets bad, including essential oils, spa music, deep breathing, and meditation, but the thing that truly helps me is CBD. It's something that I have a hard time describing to people because the feeling isn't something you would recognize if you haven't tried it. For me, it is an almost instant calmness that rushes over my body. I like to equate it to a gentle hum that helps calm me down and be at peace.
In this post I am going to outline what CBD is, it's benefits, some FAQ, what CBD I use, and personal stories you guys have shared with my on Instagram. So let's get right into it.
CBD stands for cannabidiol and it is one of the 104 chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant. However, unlike THC (also one of the chemical compounds of the cannabis plant), CBD is not psychoactive. Okay, to go a little deeper, here's some more info, it can be confusing, but stick with me.
likelihood of developing certain conditions increases.
system balances our cells and organs – it's the yin and yang of the body.
It is important to note that research of CBD is still quite new but the following benefits have been documented and recorded by many.
For me, it totally helps me manage my anxiety. Like I said above, it is hard to explain, but truly believe in it. I carry my CBD around incase I ever feel it coming on. For example, actually this morning, I woke up feeling totally anxious FOR NO REASON, I took some of my Daily Dose, and it helped tremendously and I was able to get my day started on the right foot. Before, if that would happen I wouldn't really be able to shake it and all day I would be a panic stricken mess.
Totally do your own research but you can check out this site for a little more info on its benefits.
I use Green Roads CBD. There is a lot of research I have done and it can be confusing finding the right brand to choose from. You want to make sure you are getting the best and purest CBD out there. After researching MANY companies I decided on Green Roads because they not only produce the highest quality CBD products on the market, but they are also pharmacist-formulated and put a HUGE focus on quality – all products are held to the highest standards and are tested regularly which is a huge key.
My favorite part is that they totally believe in transparency. Their CBD oil comes in a box with a QR code printed on it that you can scan and it will redirect you to a third-party lab sheet which allows you to make sure that what's on the label is what's in the bottle.
Perhaps one of the most important things though is that CBD does not give you a "high" effect, because it does NOT have THC. The only reason the product is allowed to be sold is because Green Roads CBD is derived from the hemp plant and has a THC concentration of 0.3%. They LOWER that concentration by doing a process called CO2 extraction which makes the CBD 99.9% pure with NO THC in it.
bottle comes with a dropper diagram that you can refer to!
Love the froggies, coffee, & tea!
I love the Daily Doses (blueberry OG) which are pre-filled droppers that comes with their CBD Terpene formula. A terpene is basically CBD oil with flavor added to it. A terpene is a special compound that gives fruits and plants their flavor and aroma; it's what makes them smell and taste a certain way.
I actually reached out to them and they were so kind to give me a 15% off with code for you guys! Use code "MORGAN15" over at greenroads.com!
Can you fly with CBD?
YES! No problem at all. I have done it and you can also read about flying with it here.
NO. It does not contain THC and is non-psychoactive, meaning it doesn't negatively impact your mind or mental process. In other words, CBD does not get you 'high' or stoned. There is no mental slowness or haziness caused by CBD.
You have to use a CBD with non-detectable THC. This is why doing your research is SO important. Some CBD companies are not pure CBD and that's why I use Green Roads because their CBD has Non-Detectable THC in their products. Drug tests will not detect such low levels of THC.
I asked you guys to share your experiences with CBD and I wanted to share some of those with you!
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