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NTU Singapore and Tan Tock Seng Hospital team up to enhance doctor-patient communication
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A joint study by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and clinicians at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has yielded insights into how doctors can better communicate the value of clinical investigations to patients.
The research team is one of the first groups in Singapore to use Conversation Analysis, a method for studying social interaction, in a hospital setting.
In Conversation Analysis, video recordings of interactions in an authentic setting are transcribed verbatim. Researchers analyse the verbal and non-verbal aspects during each person's turn to talk, paying attention to context and identifying recurring patterns of interaction.
This micro-analysis is richer in insights compared to retrospective interviews and surveys commonly used in health communication studies. Researchers can subsequently give clinicians specific recommendations in terms of what to say, and how to say it at a specific point, in order to enhance the communication process.
For example, when addressing a patient's concern about pain during a procedure, just explaining the use of anaesthetics may not be enough to reduce the fear. Instead, the doctor can share what his past patients said about their experience.
The research outcomes are expected to shape the design of medical communication modules for training of future urologists in TTSH.
The study which involved an analysis of 150 doctor-patient conversations at TTSH's Urology clinics was led by Professor Luke Kang Kwong Kapathy and Assistant Professor Lim Ni Eng, both from NTU School of Humanities, in collaboration with Adjunct Assistant Professor Png Keng Siang, Senior Consultant, Department of Urology, TTSH.
"Conversation Analysis is a fresh look into communication in healthcare which doctors were not previously exposed to. We are excited that our day-to-day doctor-patient interactions can shed so much insight through the use of this novel approach," said Adjunct Asst Prof Png Keng Siang.
"Current medical education already includes communication training, but we want to go a step further in looking at the actual interactions in the clinics. Studying the languages, responses and social psychology in the clinical setting gives us insights on what makes patients more receptive to doctors' recommendations, which may lead to patients being more willing to go through necessary tests and increased patient satisfaction," said Prof Luke, who is the Chair, School of Humanities, and Associate Dean (Research), College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences at NTU.
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The study involved filming 150 first-visit consultations at TTSH urology clinics. A preliminary study involving 50 patients and three urology consultants started in July 2016.
From the initial findings, a larger study involving 100 patients and clinicians from the urology department was conducted from mid-2017 to mid-2018. Patients had given their written consent to participate in this research project, which was approved by National Healthcare Group's ethics review board.
A common reason for patients to be referred to Urology clinics is the presence of blood in urine. As this can be caused by various reasons, a first-visit consultation often involves the recommendation of various diagnostic procedures, in order to pinpoint the exact cause behind the symptom. These tests may consist of a urine test, renal ultrasound, as well as cystoscopy which involves running a thin tube with lens to the bladder through the urethra.
Recurring scenarios include patients' expression of fear towards cystoscopy, and apprehension towards going through multiple tests. To enhance the communication process, doctors can be more aware of patients' subconscious signs of fear. To patients who may view the tests as being optional, they can also explain upfront that all the tests are needed to pinpoint the exact cause behind the symptoms, before going into test details.
NTU's Asst Prof Lim said, "Our study also brings up the question of how much patients know or do not know about the various medical procedures when they enter the clinic. How this knowledge affects patients' interaction with doctors and their decision-making process can be further studied."
Throughout 2018, the research team had presented their findings at several international conferences such as the Singapore Public Health & Occupational Medicine Conference, the International Symposium on Healthcare Communication, and the Global Health Histories Seminar jointly organised by the World Health Organisation and Sri Lanka's government.
NTU and Tan Tock Seng Hospital have been collaborating in advancing patient care through their engagement in the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Health City Novena.
The NTU team is part of a medical humanities research cluster at the university, which looks at the linguistic, social and cultural aspects of medical practice.
Other ongoing projects by the same team include enhancing communication in TTSH's Ophthalmology clinics and in the training of medical students. The researchers also aim to apply Conversation Analysis in palliative care in future.
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Tan Tock Seng Hospital
About Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, set up jointly with Imperial College London.
NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU ([email protected]).
Ranked 12th in the world, NTU has also been placed the world's top young university for the past five years. The University's main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and it has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) building projects comprising more than 230 buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Singapore's healthcare district.
For more information, visit http://www.ntu.edu.sg
About Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)
TTSH is one of Singapore's largest multi-disciplinary hospitals with more than 174 years of pioneering medical care and development. The hospital has 45 clinical and allied health departments, 16 specialist centres. It also has three institutes that are spearheading care, research and innovations in geriatric medicine, infectious diseases and ophthalmology. Powered by more than 8,000 healthcare staff, TTSH sees over 2,500 patients at its specialist clinics and some 460 patients at its emergency department every day. TTSH is part of the National Healthcare Group, providing holistic and integrated patient care. With a strong quality culture steeped in patient safety, TTSH constantly challenges itself to provide faster, better, cheaper and safer care for patients. To achieve this, the hospital keeps abreast and believes in investing in its staff, facilities, medical technology and system improvements.
More information is available at http://www.ttsh.com.sg.
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Surgery is an important treatment for many stomach cancers. The results of surgery have improved in the last ten years, because nowadays the cancer is often found and treated earlier, and because better surgical methods have been developed.
If the cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, a surgical operation may be all that is needed to cure it. This usually involves removing only a part of the stomach (a partial gastrectomy).
If all of the stomach is removed this is known as a total gastrectomy (see diagram below).
Often, the lymph nodes close to the stomach are removed at the same time to see if the cancer cells have spread into them. Depending on the extent of the cancer, some other organs in the area of the stomach may be removed during the operation. These may include the lower part of the gullet (oesophagus), the upper part of the small bowel (duodenum), the spleen or part of the pancreas.
If the lower part of the gullet has been removed the gullet is reconnected directly to the small intestine.
Occasionally, before the surgeon decides to operate on your stomach, they may pass a small tube with a light at the end, through a cut in the wall of your abdomen. This is known as a laparoscopy. This is to help decide whether to remove all or part of the stomach. The laparoscopy is done under general anaesthetic and the area will feel sore for a few days afterwards.
Sometimes the cancer may block the passage of food from the stomach to the bowel. If this happens, the surgeon may make a connection between the stomach and the small intestine to allow food to bypass the blockage. This is known as bypass surgery and will not cure the cancer, but can relieve symptoms.
After your operation you will be encouraged to start moving about as soon as possible. This is an essential part of your recovery. If you have to stay in bed the nurses will encourage you to do regular leg movements and deep breathing exercises. You will be seen by a physiotherapist who can help you to do the exercises.
A drip (intravenous infusion) will be used to maintain the body's fluids until you are able to eat and drink again.
You will also have a naso-gastric (NG) tube in place. This is a thin tube that passes down your nose into your stomach or small intestine and allows any fluids to be removed so that you don't feel sick. It is usually taken out within 48 hours.
Sometimes a small tube (catheter) is put into the bladder to drain your urine into a collecting bag. You may also have a drainage tube in your wound for a few days to make sure that the wound heals properly.
After an anaesthetic, the movement of the bowel slows down, so it is important that you only drink small amounts until it is back to normal. After about 48 hours you will probably be ready to start taking small sips of water. This will be gradually increased after a couple of days until you are able to eat a light diet, usually four or five days after your operation.
After your operation you may need to take painkilling drugs for a few days. These are usually very effective in controlling any pain. If you still have pain, it is important to let the ward nurses know as soon as possible. Your painkillers can be changed until you find a type and dose that is effective.
You will probably be ready to go home about two weeks after your operation, once your stitches have been removed. If you think you might have problems when you go home – for example, if you live alone or have several flights of stairs to climb – let the nurses or social worker know when you go into hospital, so that help can be arranged when you go home.
Some people take longer than others to recover from their operation. If you are having any problems you may find it helpful to talk to someone who is not directly involved with your illness.
The nurses at Cancerbackup are always happy to talk with you. They can also give you details of support groups in your area, where you can talk to other people who have had similar problems. You can contact the Cancer Counselling Trust to talk to a counsellor.
Before you leave hospital you will be given an appointment for a post-operative check-up at the outpatient clinic. This is a good time to talk to your doctor about any problems you may have after your operation.


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Described as "brilliant" by the San Francisco Classical Voice, San Francisco-based pianist Allegra Chapman is dedicated to engaging with new audiences as a performer, presenter, and educator. Allegra is founding Artistic Codirector and Executive Director of Bard Music West, an innovative new San Francisco music festival that explores the life and influences of a single twentieth-century or contemporary composer each year. She has performed at prestigious venues throughout the United States, Europe, and China, including Alice Tully Hall, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, the Bard Music Festival, the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum in Budapest, and Xi'an Concert Hall in Xi'an, China. Her performances have been broadcast on WQXR New York, WFMT Chicago, and KALW San Francisco.
An avid chamber musician and passionate advocate for contemporary music, Allegra performs regularly with San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and UC Berkeley's Eco Ensemble and has collaborated with members of International Contemporary Ensemble and the Eusebius, Orion, and Telegraph String Quartets. Allegra has also worked with composers Joan Tower and Charles Wuorinen and premiered the works of many young composers, including Dylan Mattingly, Benjamin Pesetsky, and Shen Yiwen.
As an educator, Allegra enjoys a thriving teaching studio and has coached chamber music ensembles at many institutions, including San Francisco State University and Xi'an Conservatory of Music. As a faculty member at California Music Preparatory Academy, her student ensembles received top prizes in regional and national competitions. Allegra is currently a faculty member at MTSY Studio in Xi'an China.
Allegra studied with Jeremy Denk and Peter Serkin at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, graduating in the inaugural class with degrees in piano performance and history. She continued her studies as a scholarship student at The Juilliard School where she earned her master of music degree with Seymour Lipkin and Julian Martin. Allegra previously studied with John McCarthy and has also worked with Dr. Sharon Mann at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

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If you're reading the CollegeVine blog as a 9th or 10th grader, you have probably already realized that in the college application process, it pays to start early. It can be difficult to get started when application deadlines seem distant, but resources exist to help you do so. A newly introduced college application system, the Coalition Application System (CAAS), aims to help students develop their applications over time rather than just facilitating the submission of applications.
While the CAAS Application is similar to the better-known Common Application in many ways, the CAAS Application offers additional tools that can help students stay on track throughout the process. The Locker function, which allows you to save documents and other information for later use in your applications, is one tool that can be extremely useful for students just starting high school as well as those currently applying to college.
Are you in your early years of high school? Do you intend to apply to college in a few years? Read on to find out how the CAAS Locker can help you prepare for the application process well before it begins.
The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success, often referred to as the Coalition or as CAAS, is an organization made up of colleges and universities that are working together to improve the college application process. They are particularly focused on improving access to higher education for all high school students, especially those who are under-resourced and would benefit most from changes to the application system.
The Coalition's main project has been its own college application system. Like other application systems, such as the Common Application and the Universal College Application, this system allows students to centrally manage online applications for a number of different member colleges. However, the CAAS Application is uniquely designed not only to streamline application submission, but also to provide tools that will guide applicants through the process of applying to college.
Currently, 95 public and private colleges across the United States are members of the Coalition. Of these, 49 colleges are offering the CAAS Application as an option for the 2016-2017 school year. The remaining 46 colleges will introduce their CAAS Application options for the 2017-2018 school year. A list of all the member colleges and when they will begin offering the CAAS Application is available on the Coalition website.
The CAAS Application system is a brand-new addition to the college application process; in fact, the 2016-2017 school year is its first year in operation. Therefore, many of its pros and cons remain to be seen. We don't yet know whether the tools developed by the Coalition will actually be helpful in improving college access, especially for disadvantaged students, and we don't know how popular the CAAS Application will ultimately become.
However, the CAAS Application has the backing of a number of well-regarded colleges and universities, and it has the potential to become a valuable alternative to existing college application systems. The unique Locker function is one feature of the CAAS Application system that demonstrates how useful it can be to high-school students who intend to apply to college.
What's the Locker, and what can I put in it?
On one level, the CAAS Locker is a storage system. Once you've signed up for a Locker account on the Coalition website, you can upload any documents or other items that you want to save for use in (eventually) putting together your college applications. Your items will be securely stored and password-protected, and you can access them on most devices that are connected to the internet.
However, the Locker isn't just for storage. It also contains tools that you can use to share and receive feedback on the the items stored in your Locker. While other options for file-sharing exist, the Locker's sharing system, known as the Collaboration Space, offers you considerable control over who is able to access your items, when they can do so, and for how long.
Mentors can use the Collaboration space to comment and offer feedback on your Locker items. For instance, you might upload a college application essay to your Locker and share it with your guidance counselor in the Collaboration Space for editing and advice. You may share one item with one mentor at a time, and that mentor is not able to share the item with additional collaborators.
You can store almost anything in the Locker as long as it fits within the system's format and size limits for electronic files. Items can be in the form of written documents (up to 50MB in size) , images (up to 100MB), audio files and videos (up to 500MB), spreadsheets (like Excel files, up to 50MB), or presentations (like Powerpoint files, up to 50MB).
Basically, it's up to you what you choose to upload to your Locker, as long as you remain within the given file size and overall storage limits. You'll want to save anything that could potentially be helpful later in assembling your college applications, and you might be surprised by how many items from your high school years may come in handy then.
How will my Locker help me later on?
As we've mentioned, since the CAAS Application and the Locker are new to the college admissions world, in practice, their long-term advantages remain to be seen. However, there's a lot to be said for the Locker and the ways in which it might help you to prepare for college application season.
If you've delved into admissions process yet, you likely know that college applications will require a great deal of information from you, from the names of the courses you took in high school to the dates of your involvement in extracurricular activities to the details of your most important accomplishments. Having this information already organized and stored in one place can be immensely helpful when you eventually fill out your applications.
Storing your important information in your Locker also carries some practical benefits. Even if you already have copies of these items stored on your home computer or an external hard drive, it's always a good idea to have a backup. If something happens to your computer or other storage media, you'll be glad to have another copy. It's also useful to be able to access your items if you're working on a school or library computer.
The sharing potential of the Collaboration Space can be a useful tool for helping your guidance counselor or other mentors to help you. Ultimately, however, you'll maintain your privacy and control over your information; no one can access any of your items without your explicit consent.
There are few downsides to storing items in the CAAS Locker. Signing up for a Locker account doesn't mean you're obligated to use the CAAS Application or to apply to any CAAS member colleges. You still have the freedom to apply to the schools that fit you best, and regardless of where you apply, you'll have access to all the features of the Locker and Collaboration Space.
Why should I start thinking about the CAAS Locker early in high school?
A major focus of the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success is providing students with the resources to prepare for the college application process before it formally begins. The Locker can help you to develop your resume and other application components over the course of high school rather than just in your senior year.
The Coalition recognizes that you need to start working toward your college goals early, especially if you're applying to competitive colleges. Their research indicates that early preparation can significantly impact college application rates, an effect that is particularly important when considering applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds.
We at CollegeVine have addressed the need to start early in the college application process many times. In fact, it's a feature of nearly every article we post. Applying to college is a long and complex path, and no matter what kind of background you come from, it's important to start learning about the process early so that you'll be as prepared as possible when application season rolls around.
While there's no need to start filling out applications—or even to decide where you want to apply—in your first year of high school, having a space to save important information and keep track of your progress will only help you later on. Using the Locker can help reduce future stress, keep your efforts organized, and ultimately ease the always-challenging process of finding and applying to the best college for you.


Benetton raises the curtains on its new flagship store on Oxford Street.
Informal, hi-tech spaces and a 'knitwear theatre' offer an ultimate brand experience that goes beyond the traditional idea of a shop. Large LED archways, a lounge area and touchscreen tables offering interactive content: the new United Colors of Benetton store opening in London marks a significant change of pace for the Italian fashion brand.
Located on the east side of Oxford Street, close to the new Tottenham Court Road station on the Elizabeth Line, the store is part of a rapidly developing area, destined to become a focal point and commercial hub of the city.
It is an outpost for Benetton in the United Kingdom, a market where the brand is present with 55 points of sale and where it plans to expand further its activity. Outside, an arched counter-facade invites passers-by to enter and dream. While the 12-metre-high arches recall classical architecture the innovative LED screen cladding showcase interactive content curated by Fabrica, playing with colour textures, images and illustrations. Once inside visitors are encouraged to explore.
Designed entirely by Benetton retail design department and furnished with natural materials such as wood, iron and stone, the 1,500 sqm store goes beyond the traditional shop concept to offer an ultimate brand experience. There is a 'knitwear theatre', where staff are on hand to present Benetton's vast knitwear collections.
In the lounge area, customers can relax while reading books and design magazines. In addition, a series of touchscreen tables allows visitors to interact with the entire collection as well as with the brand's most significant contents.
Customers can move fluidly across the three levels -dedicated to men's, women's and children's collections- thanks to a "loop" staircase that extends like a ribbon across the shop floors and leads to a series of scattered stations that replace traditional checkouts.
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Resilient entrepreneurs are disciplined individuals whose working hours, pace, workload and output are not controlled by something imposed upon them from the outside, such as an employment contract, peer pressure, a boss or the clock on the wall. Entrepreneurs set their own standards and targets – and set them high. Their 'boss' is their own psyche, which, more often than not, can be very demanding.
Resilient entrepreneurs constantly cultivate their networks of clients, suppliers, peers, friends and family, not only to promote their business and to support them emotionally, but also to learn, source new opportunities and keep updated with changes in the market.
Flashy high-flyers don't tend to last long in the world of owner-managed businesses. Resilient entrepreneurs tend to adopt low-key lifestyles. The frugality of resilient entrepreneurs is linked to their tendency to keep the cash flow through their business top of mind. They save and cut costs where they can, but they do so sensibly without choking the growth of their business. They are also constantly aware of who owes the business money, when they can expect income, how much money the business owes and to what extent the business is meeting its sales targets.
"All entrepreneurs have the ability to be resilient – it simply takes perseverance and dedication," concludes Van Wyk.


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Barry Mann "You're Still Inside Of Me" 10" Acetate Single (Screen Gems-Columbia Music 7/916, c. 1960)....
Barry Mann "You're Still Inside Of Me" 10" Acetate Single (Screen Gems-Columbia Music 7/916, c. 1960). Barry Mann was a contemporary of his fellow Brooklyn natives Neil Sedaka and Carole King, and like the two, became a songwriting dynamo, penning over 600 songs over the decades, most with his wife Cynthia Weil, including such wide-ranging classics as "Uptown" ( Crystals), "Magic Town" (Vogues), "Kicks" and "Hungry" (Paul Revere & the Raiders), "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (Animals), "Don't Know Much" (Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt), "Here You Go Again" (Dolly Parton), and the Righteous Brothers' two monster hits, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" and "You're My Soul and Inspiration". This 10" one-sided 45 rpm acetate is rare in its form and availability, but also that it's of a song that wasn't a hit! A copy of the words and music is included. Condition: EX 7.
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Home News BAT Wins Appeal in Ukraine
BAT Wins Appeal in Ukraine
British American Tobacco-owned Prylucky Tobacco Company won its appeal against Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee over a UAH450 million (US$16.1 million) fine. According to a press release, the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal examined the evidence and facts of the case and found the legal position of the court of the first instance erroneous and the qualifications of the Antimonopoly Committee groundless.
In October 2019 the committee imposed a fine of UAH6.5 billion (US$230 million) totally for anti-competitive concerted actions on cigarette manufacturers and distributors: namely UAH3.4 billion on Tedis Ukraine; UAH370 million on Philip Morris Sales and Distribution; UAH810 million on Philip Morris Ukraine; UAH430 million on PJSC JT International Ukraine; UAH490 million on PJSC JT International Company Ukraine; UAH170 million on Imperial Tobacco Production Ukraine; UAH290 million on Imperial Tobacco Ukraine; UAH80 million on British American Tobacco Sales and Marketing Ukraine LLC; and UAH450 million on PJSC A/T B.A.T. – Pryluky Tobacco Company. The committee also ordered these companies to stop violations.
On January 26 BAT Ukraine lost an appeal over the fine paid by the company. According to the company, the fine imposed by the committee was paid to avoid the accrual of penalties, although the manufacturer did not admit to any wrongdoing.
Shortly thereafter, on February 2, Tedis Ukraine won its appeal against the committee and the invalidation of its fine, which the company had not yet paid. The Supreme Court said that it upheld the ruling due to the impossibility of bringing any person to justice on the basis of decisions of the committee in other cases, without obligatory proof of guilt in each individual case and taking into account the erroneous legal qualification of actions of Tedis Ukraine.
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Issue Date: July 01, 2017
Published Online: August 07, 2017
Influence of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors on Transitional Services for Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities and Traumatic Brain Injury
Kelli Williams Gary, PhD, OTR/L; Adam Sima, PhD; Katherine Inge, PhD, OTR; Paul Wehman, PhD
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A study of youths with intellectual disability and traumatic brain injury showed no differences in receipt of transition services between minority and nonminority youths after adjusting for socioeconomic status. Informed occupational therapists can develop culturally responsive transition plans.
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Derby Wars loses court battle
By Ron Flatter (VSiN.com) Follow @ronflatter
The definition of gambling has reared its head again in a court case – this time involving a digital platform that hosts horse-race handicapping contests.
A federal court in Los Angeles ruled this week that the Derby Wars on-line competitions are illegal. District Judge James Otero's decision came in a lawsuit filed by the Stronach Group racetracks that include Santa Anita, Gulfstream Park and Pimlico – the site of Saturday's Preakness Stakes.
"The entry fees paid in contests offered by (Horse Racing Labs) on its Derby Wars website are wagers under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978," Otero wrote in his 14-page decision. The "defendant is operating an off-track betting system."
Otero's ruling opened the door for the Stronach Group to try and get money from the Kentucky-based Horse Racing Labs and even force the shutdown of its Derby Wars, which were still up and running on Thursday.
A Stronach Group executive told the Daily Racing Form that a trial is scheduled for next month. VSiN emails looking for comment from the Stronach Group and Horse Racing Labs had not been answered by midday Thursday.
Just like the legal cases against daily fantasy sports that mushroomed in 2015, the obvious bone of contention here is whether the Derby Wars contests are games of chance or skill. In fact this suit was filed by the Stronach Group around the same time Draft Kings and FanDuel had their reins pulled by the states of New York, Illinois and Nevada, all of which decided that daily fantasy sports were at the time an illegal form of gambling. New laws in New York and Illinois allowed Draft Kings and FanDuel – which are merging – to resume business under new boundaries.
Otero sided with the Stronach Group's belief that entry fees being paid to play Derby Wars are wagers, and that the percentage kept by the owner are like juice to a bookmaker. Horse Racing Labs unsuccessfully contended that their contests were at least in part games of skill.
Otero made the comparison that "while the wagers which form the pot in poker do not constitute a prize as defined by California law, the jackpot prize did." He wrote that a victory in games like poker – and Derby Wars – "depended solely upon the fortuity or random event of one person having the second-best hand and another person having the game's best hand at the same time."
"That's a judge who's done his homework," said Johnny Avello, who runs the race and sports books at Wynn Las Vegas. "The way I do business a booked race is basically a sports bet. If it's not going into a pool, a cut comes out, and the rest is distributed like a pari-mutuel race, it's a booked bet. It can't be anything but a booked bet."
A look at the Derby Wars website Thursday afternoon showed dozens of contests on offer with an entry fee ranging from $4 to $2,200 and firmly set prizes of $100 to $300,000. Games include racing versions of Survivor – eliminating contestants with each successive losing bet during a series of races – to more elaborate, multi-day competitions that rank players by the winning payoffs at the tracks where races are held. As long as two or more people were playing, the game was on.
If history – as in the daily fantasy sports model – is repeating itself, the end game may be a deal between Horse Racing Labs and the Stronach Group. Like other big track operators Stronach is looking to establish boundaries for the expansion of handicapping contests that are getting more and more popular in horse racing.
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Fanny Bolton 이라는 이름은 재림교인 김운혁님이 내게 가르쳐준 인물입니다.
읽어 보았습니다. 인터넷에서는 노란색으로 하이라이트 된 부분이 보입니다.
At the same time she told Merritt G. Kellogg, half-brother of John Harvey Kellogg and William K. Kellogg, that she was "writingall the time for Sister White." Furthermore, she said that most of what she wrote was "published in the Review and Herald...as having been written by Sister White under inspiration of God...I am greatly distressed over this matter, for I feel that I am acting a deceptive part. The people are being deceived about the inspiration of what I write. I feel that it is a great wrong that anything which I write should go out under Sister White's name as an article specially inspired of God. What I write should go out over my own signature[;] then credit would be given where credit belongs."
이것도 길면 이 한 문장이요.
I am greatly distressed over this matter, for I feel that I am acting a deceptive part.
Fanny Bolton이 자기가 남을 속이는 일에 가담하게 되어서 매우 분노하게 된다는 내용인데요.
찾아 보았습니다. 충분히 예상하던 내용이네요.
죄송합니다.) 이래서 재림교는 알게 되면 알게 될수록 정말 이상한 사람들이라는 생각입니다.
혹 문제 의식을 느낄지 궁금해 집니다.
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아무런 거리낌을 느끼지 못한다는 사실이 참 이상합니다. 화잇 여사가 아니고 옆집 여자가 이런 짓을 했다고 생각해 보세요.
그런 여자를 동네 사람들이 뭐라 부를까요?
근데 김장로님도 화잇을 선지자로 믿고 계신다고요?


When the family pet is suddenly ill, the need to find medical care quickly is a must. One of the best things to do is to transport the pet to the Animal hospital in Fort Wayne Indiana. Here is some idea of what to expect upon entering the facility.
When the owner brings a pet into the Animal hospital in Fort Wayne Indiana, he or she will be greeted and a staff member will collect information about what is happening with the pet. In short order, the animal will be in an examination room where a vet will begin to assess the condition of the pet. In the meantime, a member of the staff will be collecting additional information from the owner and providing reassurance the pet is in good hands.
Once a vet has examined the pet, he or she will talk with the owner about any tests needed to identify the exact origin. The vet will likely provide a preliminary diagnosis based on the examination while also reminding the owner that the tests will make it possible to determine exactly what is wrong. Outlining Course of TreatmentWith the test results back, the vet will discuss the issue with the owner and present the options for treatment. After going over all the options and what the anticipated outcome is for each one, it is possible to settle on a course of action and begin the treatments immediately.
If the pet must be admitted for treatment and observation, the owner can rest assured the animal will be monitored closely. For some procedures, it is common to keep the pet overnight for observation. During that time, an attendant will check on the pet several times during the night. If all goes well and the pet is in good spirits, there is a good chance the owner can take the animal home the following day.
To that end, they will provide excellent medical care and make sure owners know what is happening at all times.


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Q: What are the pros and cons to assigning the end point of a for loop? In various languages (I'm going to use JavaScript here, but I've seen it done in PHP and C++ and probably elsewhere), there seem to be a couple of ways of constructing a simple for loop. Version 1 is like:
var top = document.getElementsByTagName("p");
for (var i = 0; i < top.length; i++) {
...do something
}

Whereas elsewhere I've seen people construct the for loop like:
for (var i = 0, ii = top.length; i < ii; i++)

It seems like people do it without rhyme or reason - the same programmer will do both in the same script. Is there any reason to do one and not the other?
Cheers

A: In some languages, getting the length of an array or string may be an expensive operation. Since it doesn't change during the loop, doing it every time you test whether the iteration variable has reached the end is wasteful. So it's more efficient to get the length once and save it in a variable.
An example would be iterating over a string in C. In C, strlen() is an O(n) operation, because it has to search the char array looking for the terminating 0 element. If you wrote:
for (i = 0; i < strlen(string); i++)

your loop would be O(n2).
In languages like Javascript, getting the length is inexpensive, but programmers stick with their old habits. And programmers who have never even used those other languages learn idioms from the ones who did, so they use this coding style without even knowing the reason.
See this YouTube video for an explanation of how this type of thing happens in communities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4vJ8l2NfIM

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I was looking up a friend's address on Mapquest this morning, and I noticed this one neighborhood here in Vegas where the streets are named after designers.
If you could rename your street after a designer, or even a specific design, which one would it be?
I'd 100% for sure live on Vuitton Place...or maybe Cerises Alley.


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Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure is a travel documentary hosted by comedian Rosie Jones for Channel 4 in 2021. The concept of the show is that Jones travels to various locations in the UK alongside a guest star, and the first series of four episodes aired on 9 March 2021.

The guest stars and locations are Scarlett Moffatt (the Lake District), Joe Wilkinson (Whitby), Jamali Maddix (Norwich), and Jenny Eclair (Anglesey).

The show is narrated by Olivia Colman. Jones described the concept of the show as travelling to places that "aren't necessarily holiday locations [...] and [yet] finding the best out of that place. It's full of adventure and positivity, and it's making the most of this amazing, beautiful country [United Kingdom] we live in."

In March 2022, Trip Hazard was renewed for a second series by Channel 4 and premiered on 23 August 2022.

Episodes

Series 1 (2021)

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Production information
Rosie Jones said of the decision to have Olivia Colman narrate the show:

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Discussions of town counsel continue
News // Town Government
Hayden Turek
March 16, 2016 Updated: June 13, 2019 2:33 p.m.
Selectmen, who have been developing a plan to solicit bids for a redefined town counsel role, decided at their March 7 meeting to continue their discussions to a later date.
"I think there's still more discussions to be had, and I really would like to see models from other communities," Selectman Dick Dubow said.
"We'll go back and ask again," said Vanderslice. Earlier, she said she and Chief Financial Officer Anne Kelly-Lenz had already made an attempt at this that did not yield much in the way of information.
Second Selectman Michael Kaelin clarified that at the last meeting, he wasn't talking about hiring a staff attorney.
"Apparently, I wasn't so clear when I was talking about this last time, because a lot of people got the impression that I was proposing that we hire an in-town employee, and I'm not proposing [that]," he said.
"What I was talking about was focusing more on what the town counsel, as currently constituted under the charter, does, in terms of functions and responsibilities."


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Hastings' actor Louisa Faye has upped sticks to try and make it big in the movie capitol of the world, Los Angeles.
Louisa Faye, 26, began treading the boards at dancing classes aged three. By the time she was eleven she dreamed of a career based around performing. "I was at the The Orchard Youth Theatre (TOYT at the Mick Jagger Centre) ," she said. " A combination of dance, singing and acting seemed perfect.
"I remember all the 'older' girls and thinking - THAT is what I want to be, an actress!
Louisa's parents separated amicably when she was 4 years old and she divided her time between her mum and dad, who moved to Hastings when she was eight.
An average 9hr day of full-on training including acting technique, scene study, improvisation, mask work, voice, accent work, movement, Alexander technique, singing, and Shakespeare put Louisa through her paces.
At the end of each year Louisa and her fellow students had the opportunity to write, direct and act in their own showcase at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Louisa said that experience was the cornerstone for her future . "By that time (2011) RWCMD was causing a stir in the industry; we were 'the' drama school to be at. The fuss made over us all was very exciting and buzzy.
During her final shows and showcase, Louisa's talents caught the eye of an agent; she received a few offers and was invited to audition for Jerusalem which was set for a run at the Apollo Theatre. Though the audition went well and she was invited for a recall, the role was given to Sophie McShera, Downtown Abbey's maid Daisy Mason.
Louisa says both she and her peers swiftly learned that they hadn't been lied to in drama school, when they'd been told 'it's a tough life' as an actor.
"I was lucky enough to get regular auditions at the Royal Court, Young Vic and the BBC .
"I was in a play at the Union Theatre in 2012 called How's The World Treating You?, and a short film, Breath In The Wind.
Louisa said she had a desire to explore Hollywood and moved to LA. "I decided to enrol in a school, The Michelle Danner School of Acting, and take some classes, meet up with fellow actors etc and see how I like it.
Moving to LA has been a real eye opener for Louisa. She said: "It's a crazy city! Someone told me there's at least 200 shows being made at any one time out here.
"Despite the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, people work hard here - there are producers and casting directors at every other coffee shop discussing who they want to work with next or what they are trying to pilot as an idea.
In the short time Louisa's lived in LA she's already notched up some credits.
Louisa's other credits include a role in a movie called The Bandit Hound, working along side Judd Nelson (Breakfast Club/Empire), Lou Ferrigno (original Hulk), Paul Sorvino, and Joe Flanigan (Star Gate).
Louisa is due to fly home in September, but with some of the aforementioned roles in the pipeline she may end up staying a lot longer and admits to a touch of homesickness .
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The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys
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You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** **eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** *****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** Title: The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Author: Gulielma Zollinger Release Date: November, 2005 [EBook #9329] [This file was first posted on September 23, 2003] Edition: 10 Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE WIDOW O'CALLAGHAN'S BOYS *** E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, David Garcia, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys BY GULIELMA ZOLLINGER (1904, 10th edition) ILLUSTRATIONS Can't I depind on ye, b'ys? It's your father's ways you have For every one carried something "Cheer up, Andy!" he said Mrs. Brady looked at the tall, slender boy Pat donned his apron "I've good news for you, Fannie," said the General The General makes the gravy Pat doing the marketing Pat and Mike building the kitchen Up on the roof sat Mike with his knife Barney and Tommie a-takin' care of the geese The merchant turned to the girl clerk Mrs. O'Callaghan looked astonished Little Jim became downright sulky In they came at that moment Jim made a clatter with the dishes Open the oven door, Jim Look at that Jim work Three cheers for Jim O'Callaghan Pat and Mike were one on each side of him Chapter: I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI CHAPTER I When Mr. O'Callaghan died, after a long, severe, and expensive sickness, he left to his widow a state of unlimited poverty and seven boys. "Sure, an' sivin's the parfect number," she said through her tears as she looked round on her flock; "and Tim was the bist man as iver lived, may the saints presarve him an' rist him from his dreadful pains!" Thus did she loyally ignore the poverty. It was the last of February. Soon they must leave the tiny house of three rooms and the farm, for another renter stood ready to take possession. There would be nothing to take with them but their clothing and their scant household furniture, for the farm rent and the sickness had swallowed up the crop, the farming implements, and all the stock. Pat, who was fifteen and the oldest, looked gloomily out at one of the kitchen windows, and Mike, the next brother, a boy of thirteen, looked as gloomily as he could out of the other. Mike always followed Pat's lead. When eleven-year-old Andy was a baby Pat had taken him for a pet. Accordingly, when, two years later, Jim was born, Mike took him in charge. To-day Pat's arm was thrown protectingly over Andy's shoulders, while Jim stood in the embrace of Mike's arm at the other window. Barney and Tommie, aged seven and five respectively, whispered together in a corner, and three-year-old Larry sat on the floor at his mother's feet looking wonderingly up into her face. Five days the father had slept in his grave, and still there was the same solemn hush of sorrow in the house that fell upon it when he died. "And what do you intend to do?" sympathetically asked Mrs. Smith, a well-to-do farmer's wife and a neighbor. The widow straightened her trim little figure, wiped her eyes, and replied in a firm voice: "It's goin' to town I am, where there's work to be got, as well as good schoolin' for the b'ys." "But don't you think that seven boys are almost more than one little woman can support? Hadn't you better put some of them out—for a time?"—the kind neighbor was quick to add, as she saw the gathering frown on the widow's face. "Sure," she replied, 'twas the Lord give me the b'ys, an' 'twas the Lord took away their blissid father. Do ye think He'd 'a' done ayther wan or the other if He hadn't thought I could care for 'em all? An' I will, too. It may be we'll be hungry—yis, an' cold, too —wanst in a while. But it won't be for long." "But town is a bad place for boys, I'm told," urged the neighbor. "Not for mine," answered the widow quietly. "They're their father's b'ys, an' I can depind on 'em. They moind me loightest word. Come here, Pat, an' Moike, an' Andy, an' Jim, an' Barney, an' Tommie!" Obediently the six drew near. She raised Larry to her lap, and looked up touchingly into their faces. "Can't I depind on ye, b'ys?" "Yes, mother, course you can," answered Pat for them all. A moment the widow paused to steady her voice, and then resumed, "It's all settled. A-Saturday I goes to town to get a place. A-Monday we moves." The neighbor saw that it was indeed settled, and, like a discreet woman, did not push her counsel further, but presently took her leave, hoping that the future might be brighter than it promised for Mrs. O'Callaghan and her boys. "Aise 'em up an' down the hills, Pat, the dear bastes that your father loved!" Mrs. O'Callaghan and Pat were driving to Wennott behind the team that was theirs no longer, and it was Saturday. No need to speak to Pat. The whip rested in the socket, and he wished, for his part, that the horses would crawl. He knew how poor they were, and he did not want to go to town. But mother said town, and town it must be. Down across the railroad track, a little northeast of the depot, was a triangular bit of ground containing about as much as two lots, and on it had been erected a poor little shanty of two rooms. The widow knew of this place, and she meant to try to secure it. "'Twill jist do for the loikes of us, Pat, for it's a low rint we're after, an' a place quiet loike an' free from obsarvers. If it's poor ye are, well an' good, but, says I, 'There's no use of makin' a show of it.' For it's not a pretty show that poverty makes, so it ain't, an', says I, 'A pretty show or none.' I see you're of my moind," she continued with a shrewd glance at him, "an' it heartens me whin ye agree with me, for your father's gone, an' him and me used to agree wonderful." Pat's lips twitched. He had been very fond of his father. And all at once it seemed to him that town and the shanty were the two most desirable things in their future. "But, cheer up, Pat! 'Twas your father as was a loively man, d'ye moind? Yon's the town. It's hopin' I am that our business'll soon be done." Pat's face brightened a little, for he found the entry into even so small a town as Wennott a diversion. To-day he looked about him with new interest, for here were streets and stores that were to become familiar to him. They entered the town from the south and drove directly to its center, where stood the courthouse in a small square surrounded by an iron hitching-rack. Stores faced it on every side, and above the stores were the lawyers' offices. Which one belonged to the man who had charge of the place the widow wished to rent, she wondered, and Pat wondered, as she stood by, while he tied the horses. Above the stores, too, were doctors' offices, and dentists' offices, dress-makingshops, and suites of rooms where young couples and, in some instances, small families lived. "We'll jist be inquirin', Pat. 'Tis the only way. But what to ask for, I don't know. Shall I be sayin' the bit of a place beyant the tracks?" "Yes, mother. That's what you want, ain't it?" "Sure it is, an' nothin' else, nayther. It's your father's ways you have, Pat. 'Twas himsilf as wint iver straight after what he wanted." Pat's eyes beamed and he held himself more proudly. What higher praise could there be for him than to be thought like his father? It chanced that the first lawyer they asked was the right one. "Luck's for us," whispered the little widow. "Though maybe 'twouldn't have been against us, nayther, if we'd had to hunt a bit." And then all three set out to look at the poor little property. "Sure, an' it suits me purpose intoirely," declared Mrs. O'Callaghan when the bargain had been concluded. "An' it's home we'll be goin' at wanst. We've naught to be buyin' the day, seein' we're movin' in on Monday." Pat made no answer. "Did you see thim geese a-squawkin' down by the tracks?" asked Mrs. O'Callaghan, as she and her son settled themselves on the high spring seat of the farm wagon. Pat nodded. "There's an idea," said his mother. "There's more than wan in the world as can raise geese. An' geese is nice atin', too. I didn't see no runnin' water near, but there's a plinty of ditches and low places where there'll be water a-standin' a good bit of the toime. An' thim that can't git runnin' water must take standin'. Yis, Pat, be they geese or min, in this world they must take what they can git an' fat up on it as much as they can, too." The thin little woman—thin from overwork and anxiety and grief—spoke thus to her tall son, who, from rapid growing, was thin, too, and she spoke with a soberness that told how she was trying to strengthen her own courage to meet the days before her. Absorbed in themselves, mother and son paid no heed to their surroundings, the horses fell into their accustomed brisk trot, and they were soon out on the narrow road that lay between the fields. "Now, Pat, me b'y," said Mrs. O'Callaghan, rousing herself, "you're the oldest an' I'll tell you my plans. I'm a-goin' to git washin' to do." The boy looked at his mother in astonishment. "I know I'm little," she nodded back at him, "but it's the grit in me that makes me strong. I can do it. For Tim's b'ys an' mine I can do it. Four days in the week I'll wash for other people, Friday I'll wash for my own, Saturday I'll mind for 'em, an' Sunday I'll rist." A few moments there was silence. The widow seemed to have no more to say. "An' what am I to do?" finally burst out Pat. "An' what's Mike to do? Sure we can help some way." "That you can, Pat. I was comin' to that. Did you notice the biggest room in the little house we rinted the day?" Pat nodded. "I thought you did. You're an obsarvin' b'y, Pat, jist loike your father. Well, I belave that room will jist about hold three beds an' lave a nate little path betwane ivery two of 'em. It's my notion we can be nate an' clane if we are poor, an' it'll be your part to make ivery wan of thim beds ivery day an' kape the floor clane. Larry an' mesilf, we'll slape in the kitchen, an' it's hopin' I am you'll kape that shoinin', too. An' then there's the coal to be got in an' the ashes to be took out. It does seem that iverything you bring in is the cause of somethin' to be took out, but it can't be helped, so it can't, so 'Out with it,' says I. An' there's the dishes to be washed an'—I hate to ask you, Pat, but do you think you could larn cookin' a bit?" She looked at him anxiously. The boy met her look bravely. "If you can work to earn it, 'tis meself as can cook it, I guess," he said. "Jist loike your father, you are, Pat. He wasn't niver afraid of tryin' nothin', an' siven b'ys takes cookin'. An' to hear you say you'll do it, whin I've larnt you, of course, aises me moind wonderful. There's some as wouldn't do it, Pat. I'm jist tellin' you this to let you know you're better than most." And she smiled upon him lovingly. "If the most of 'em's that mean that they wouldn't do what they could an' their mother a—washin', 'tis well I'm better than them, anyway," returned Pat. "Ah, but Pat, they'd think it benathe 'em. 'Tis some grand thing they'd be doin' that couldn't be done at all. That's the way with some, Pat. It's grand or nothin', an' sure an' it's ginerally nothin', I've noticed." A mile they went in silence. And then Mrs. O'Callaghan said: "As for the rist, you'll all go to school but Larry, an' him I'll take with me when I go a—washin'. I know I can foind thim in the town that'll help a poor widow that much, an' that's all the help I want, too. Bad luck to beggars. I'm none of 'em." Pat did not respond except by a kindly glance to show that he heard, and his mother said no more till they drove in at the farm gate. "An' it's quite the man Pat is," she cried cheerily to the six who came out to meet them. "You'll do well, all of you, to pattern by Pat. An' it's movin' we'll be on Monday, jist as I told you. It's but a small place we've got, as Pat will tell you there. Close to the north side of the town it is, down by the railroad tracks, where you can see all the trains pass by day an' hear 'em by night; an' there's freight cars standin' about at all toimes that you can look at, an' they've got iron ladders on the inds of 'em, but you must niver be goin' a-climbin' on top of thim cars." At this announcement Andy and Jim looked interested, and the eyes of Barney and Tommie fairly shone with excitement. The widow had accomplished her object. Her boys were favorably inclined toward the new home, and she slipped into her bedroom to shed in secret the tears she could no longer restrain. CHAPTER II Sunday dawned cold and blustering—a sullen day that seemed hardly to know which way was best to make itself disagreeable, and so tried them all. The stock had been removed. There was no work outside for the two oldest boys, no watching indoors by the hungry little brothers for Pat and Mike to be through milking, and feeding, and pumping water into the trough, so that they might all have breakfast together. Yes, there had been a little work. The two horses which, with the wagon, had been kindly lent them for their next day's moving were in the barn. Mike had fed and watered them, Pat had combed them, and both had petted them. Many a time that day would Mrs. O'Callaghan slip out to stroke their noses and pat their glossy necks and say in a choked voice, "Tim's horses! Tim's horses! and we can't kape 'em!" And many a time that day would she smooth the signs of grief from her face to go into the house again with what cheer she could to her seven sons, who were gathered listlessly about the kitchen stove. Many a time that day would she tell herself stoutly, "I'll not give in! I'll not give in! I've to be brave for eight, so I have. Brave for my b'ys, and brave for mesilf. And shall I fret more than is good for Tim's horses whin I know it's to a kind master they're goin', and he himsilf a helpin' us to-morrow with the movin'? The Lord's will be done! There's thim that thinks the Lord has no will for horses and such. And 'tis mesilf is thankful that I can't agree with 'em." Occasionally, as the morning passed, one of the boys stepped to the window for a moment, for even to glance out at flying flakes and a wintry landscape was a relief from the depression that had settled down upon them all. That was a neighborhood of churches. Seven or eight miles from any town, it was remarkable to see three churches within half a mile of each other. Small, plain buildings they were, but they represented the firm convictions of the United Brethren, the United Presbyterians, and the Methodists for many miles around. Now all these people, vary as they might in church creeds, were united in a hearty admiration for plucky little Mrs. O'Callaghan. They all knew, though the widow would not own it, that destitution was at her door. The women feared that in taking her boys to town she was taking them to their ruin, while the men thought her course the only one, since a destitute woman can hardly run a farm with only seven growing boys to help her. And for a day or two there had been busy riding to and fro among the neighbors. The snow fell fitfully, and the wind howled in gusts, but every farmer hitched up and took his wife and children with him, and no family went empty-handed. For every road to every church lay straight by the widow's door. Short cuts there were to be used on general occasions, but that morning there was but the one road. And so it fell out that by ten o'clock there was a goodly procession of farm wagons, with here and there a buggy, and presently the widow's fence was lined with teams, and the men, women, and children were alighting and thronging up the narrow path to Mrs. O'Callaghan's door. There was no merriment, but there was a kindly look on every face that was beautiful to see. And there were those between whom bitterness had been growing that smiled upon each other to-day, as they jostled burdens on the path; for every one carried something, even the children, who stumbled by reason of their very importance. The widow looked out and saw the full hands, and her heart sank. Was she to be provided for by charity? She looked with her keen eyes into the crowd of faces, and her heart went up into her throat. It was not charity, but neighborliness and good will she read there. "I'd be wan of 'em, if somebody else was me, may the Lord bless 'em," she said as she opened wide the door. In they trooped, and, for a moment, everybody seemed to be talking at once. It sometimes needs a great deal of talk to make a kind deed seem like nothing at all. Sometimes even a great deal of talk fails to do so. It failed to-day. Tears were running unheeded down the widow's face. Not even her boys knew how everything was gone, and she left with no money to buy more. And everybody tried not to see the tears and everybody talked faster than ever. Then the first church bell rang out, and old and young turned to go. There came a little lull as one after another gave the widow's hand a cordial clasp. "My friends," said Mrs. O'Callaghan—she could be heard now—"my dear friends, I thank you all. You have made my heart strong the day." "I call that a pretty good way to put in time on Sunday," said one man to another as they were untying their teams. "Makes going to church seem worth while, for a fact," returned his neighbor. Not till the last vehicle had passed from sight did the widow look round upon what her neighbors had left her, and then she saw sufficient pantry stores to last even seven growing boys for a month. And among the rest of her gifts she found coal for a week. She had not noticed her sons as she busily took account of her stock, but when she had finished she said, "B'ys, b'ys! 'tis your father sees the hearts of these good people this day and rej'ices. Ah, but Tim was a ginerous man himsilf! It's hopin' I am you'll all be loike him." That night when the younger boys were in bed and only Pat and Mike sat keeping her company, the widow rose from her seat, went to a box already packed and took therefrom an account book and pencil. "They're your father's," she said, "but it's a good use I'll be puttin' 'em to." Writing was, for the hand otherwise capable, a laborious task; but no help would she have from either of her sons.
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Swallow your pride
by laurenemily
Pride. It's one of the worst Seven Deadly Sins. Apparently, it's the reason that Satan fell from heaven. Who knew?
Today, I think pride is usually used to describe someone's ego and what causes someone's refusal to apologize or admit they're wrong. It can be quite a beast. I've had my pride bruised pretty bad—and it sucks. It sometimes results in me strutting and pacing around the house as I declare others' wrongdoing and my infinite wisdom.
Luckily for me, that's usually the extent of my reaction to a bruised ego. But I've seen others take it to new levels of destructiveness. And it seems that once their pride monster has been awakened, it can be difficult to put back in it's place. Just like watching someone suffer from an addiction, all you can do is sit back and wait until they're ready to stop.
Then you have the pride that prevents you from admitting that you're wrong or refusing to take the high road in a fight. I think a whole lot of people suffer from this…myself included. Sometimes it's about not wanting to 'lose face' or lose the fight. Other times we may truly believe that we're right. "I wasn't wrong, so why should I apologize?" But I think a majority of times, it's simply not wanting to admit that we're Wrong.
The W word is very strong and extremely threatening to our pride. Why is that? Does the human condition make us fearful of being wrong by nature? I do feel like it's always been engrained in me. And I've definitely known people who would rather lose a limb that lose an argument.
But there are situations that force us to swallow our pride. I think we tend to learn that skill quickly upon entering the real world. Whether it's for your boss, a client, a partner, or even the DMV, it seems that ditching our pride becomes a vital survival skill. Humility and the ability to say "I'm sorry" are like tickets out of precarious situations. And maybe, just maybe, we even learn to admit to ourselves that we were Wrong.
Though this seems to be extremely difficult to do with your partner—and may get harder the longer you've been together. But hopefully by that point, you will have realized that there isn't just Right and Wrong. There are many many shades of gray between those poles….and just because you were wrong about something doesn't mean you were wrong about everything (necessarily).
I have come to realize that love means always having to say you're sorry. Sometimes saying those two words can melt away a fight and open the doors to communication in mere moments.
That is, if you manage to swallow that pesky pride first.
Famously bipolar
I had heard of the "typical" bunch of famous people who had/have bipolar disorder. You know, Vincent van Gogh, Virginia Woolf, maybe Jimi Hendrix, possibly Britney Spears.
But I didn't know about Catherine Zeta-Jones. And this is a bigger deal to me than others because she is bipolar II like me. I had no idea! It just happened last April, yet somehow I missed this news completely.
I do hope her bravery of facing the public about this did impact people. I hope it melted away some stigma in the public even just a little. People worship celebrities, so they really do have the power to make a difference. Certainly for mental illnesses, someone like Zeta-Jones can be a positive role model and example of someone proactively managing their condition.
Because lord knows, manic depression is a frustrating mess.
There are storms we cannot weather
When I was in college, my best friend's father was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer that had spread to his brain. It was very advanced and there was little they could do. It was devastating. My friend was one of six children and extremely close with her father. It was simply unimaginable that this was happening.
Once weekend when I was home, I was visiting my church (more on that later). My old youth group leader asked me how my friend's dad was doing, and I broke down as I told him. One of the things he said to comfort me has stuck with me throughout the years: "He never gives you more than you can handle."
As soon as he said it I knew I disagreed. It was a nice thing to say and is probably a nice thing to believe. But I don't…mostly for the reason that it's simply not true.
People are given more than they can handle all the time—that's why people commit suicide. That's why they quit, run away, and break down.
This has never been more true to me than now, after I've been fighting a losing battle with bipolar depression for months on end. I have come to truly understand what "too much" feels like and why someone would take their own life to escape.
So though it's not comforting, I prefer the truth found in Les Miserables' I Dreamed a Dream:
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I think sometimes just acknowledging the hard reality of things can be motivating in and of itself. And when it's not…there's always Glee.
bipolar depression life
I have a very distinct memory of being in my best friend's bedroom when w e were teenagers. We were just hanging out, listening to music, and giggling. Typical teen stuff.
Then my annoying neighborhood arch enemy intruded—moody and brooding as usual. I don't know what he wanted, but he ended up chastising us for, well, being teenage girls. Apparently hanging out and listening to music meant we didn't know there was a real world outside, with real problems…that there was more to life than what we were doing.
I remember being struck by the strangeness of his words then, and even still today. Because now I certainly have seen the real world and experienced some terrible things. No, you can't just live in a cocoon and hang out with your best friend and listen to music your entire life…unfortunately.
But funny enough, just the other night, my husband and our friend and I spent an entire night listening to music and laughing. (Mostly spurred by our friend critiquing my music library.) It was one of those nights where staying up super late wasn't planned…it just kinda happened because time flies when you're ignoring the real world.
So you know what? Give me nights of listening to music, hanging out, and giggling. Give me plenty of them. And certainly give me that over the real world any time.
Allow me to question your diagnosis
There are so many fun things about mental illness. It's a regular smorgasbord of awesome.
But one of my most recent faves is the diagnosis questioning. i.e., the complete devaluation of your medical condition.
Yes, medical condition. But that's the problem—people don't see mental illnesses as real, biological conditions. It goes something like this:
"Yeah, I know you were told you're bipolar II…but what if you're not?"
That's no different than saying, "I know you were told you have diabetes…but what if you don't?" But so many people don't see that.
And the worst part of it all is when the questioning comes from friends and family…the people who are on your side, who support you.
So shouldn't they understand? Why don't they get it? I don't know. Maybe it's because we never receive a real education about mental health; because of the stigma that continues to surround it; because it's a really scary concept to wrap your head around about someone you love.
Regardless of the cause, it hurts. I don't know how frequently this happens to other people, but I have to imagine it's not just me. And that's what makes me want to do something, anything, to make a difference on this issue…to raise awareness so that the stigma melts away just a little.
Suffering from a mental illness is bad enough—having it questioned on top of that just twists the knife even further.
moms and cookies and cats in hats
I am grateful for the little (and big) things that manage to peek through the depression—even if for a short moment—and give me hope, comfort, or even just a smile.
Today I'm grateful for Wegman's coconut macaroon cookies (combined with diet coke), my mom's words of support, and this cat wearing a hat's expression that actually made me laugh out loud.
how this chick manages to get these hats on her cats is beyond me….but it's hilarious. and for that, today, I am thankful.
I'll be all right…just not tonight
Sometimes the best way to express what's in our souls is through a song. But instead of boyfriends and exes, lately I find myself directing lyrics at my bipolar disorder.
Since I'm currently in a depression that's been haunting me for months, the songs I identify with do tend to be melancholy, however, sometimes there's also a hint of hope in the lyrics (thankfully I still have hope that I will find medications to make me feel and function like myself again).
The song of the night is Gonna Get Over You by Sara Bareilles.
I'll be all right, just not tonight,
I'm not the girl that I intend to be, but
I dare you darling, just you wait and see
How many women run your evil birth control manufacturers?
As I read Jezebel's piece on evil birth control manufacturers, I found myself wondering who exactly is running these malicious pharmaceutical companies? Is it, as I see it in my head, a bunch of old pasty men—not a vagina in sight?
I had a feeling I knew the answer, but figured I'd find out for sure.
Feast your eyes on the sausage fest that is Bayer's Executive Committee: 12 out of the 13 members are men.
Good ol' Pfizer does a little better—having a whole three women on their 13-member Executive Leadership Team. (Don't worry, though. Their board also has a whopping three women.)
Keeping with the rule of threes, Johnson & Johnson's board is 33.33% women.
Another trio of ladies sits on Merck's board—but they account only for 5.6% of this 17-member team. (Their Executive Committee doesn't make up for it.)
Jezebel couldn't find too much evidence of evil here. And there are no women to be found on their board. (Got the magic three on their Leadership Team, though.)
So what does this mean? Maybe nothing. Maybe pharmaceutical companies will inevitably be evil no matter what gender leads them. Maybe the lack of ovaries on their board of directors does make them more likely to fail at women's health.
I know not. But c'mon, folks…it certainly couldn't hurt to get a few more women leading your companies.
The sun goes down on Idol
I'm a glutton for punishment. Thus, I watched American Idol again tonight. Elton John night. Warning: high pun factor.
Country kid shouted out to his grandma. Corny but semi-cute. Whatevs. I'm bored.
Naima sang I'm Still Standing…she won't be for long. haaaaa.
Paul McCharlie from Always Sunny sang Rocket Man…yes, you'd better pack your bags, pre-flight.
Pia ROCKED her ish out. She shouldn't be losing anything.
[a good song makes Steven Tyler cry inside]
Stefano mumbled something about a Tiny Dancer.
Lauren could be a candle in the wind if she doesn't get some voice training ASAP.
Adam Lambert wannabe shocked me by being good until he did the screeching thing at the end.
Thia sings Daniel almost exclusively off pitch…must be the clouds in her ears. I think she can wave goodbye.
Weird, Dr. McCreepy can't sing when he's not screaming? Let me put this down in words: No song will ever be your song.
[Randy still thinks using their save on him was a good idea]
[Steven thinks singing different every time makes you a true artist]
I still adore Jacob and want to give him a hug…but it really was so sad. Sorryyyyy honey.
Haley and the Jets actually shook it loose pretty well. But a lil' less on the sexy voice growl thing next time.
[Steven: you. sing. sexy.]
I bet Simon Cowell is laughing his British ass off.
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"Lack of concrete evidence to merit a follow-up"
Posted: June 9, 2020 | Author: cathybroad | Filed under: Uncategorized |1 Comment
The Guardian reported that German media are focusing their attention on whether the federal police ignored warnings in 2013 from a local force that was on the trail of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Bruckner.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/06/madeleine-mccann-german-police-ignored-warnings-over-suspect-christian-bruckner
Investigators in Braunschweig who had been closely monitoring Brückner believed he should be viewed as a key suspect in the girl's disappearance. But their alert was reportedly ignored by Germany's Federal Criminal Office, the BKA, according to Der Spiegel, which has a team of 10 reporters working on the case.
Brückner was named as a possible key suspect following information received from several tipoffs out of the 500 calls made after the broadcast of German TV's Crimewatch equivalent, Aktenzeichen XY, in 2013, in which Gerry and Kate McCann appeared in person to appeal to the public for information.
Brückner's name was followed up by police in Braunschweig, where Brückner was registered as living and was well known due to his extensive criminal history. But the resulting report by the Braunschweig investigators was apparently not followed up, "much to the incomprehension of the local investigators", according to Spiegel.
Christian Hoppe, an investigator for the BKA, told last Wednesday's edition of XY, which made a renewed appeal to the German public based on fresh circumstantial evidence, which placed Brückner in Praia da Luz at the time of the disappearance, that there had been a lack of concrete evidence to merit a follow-up.
"The information we had then was not sufficient for an investigation, and certainly not for an arrest," he said.
The programme did not name Brückner, whose name subsequently emerged in media reports.
The development comes as reports on Friday said authorities were looking into connections with the disappearance of a six-year-old German boy in Portugal in 1996.
Bruckner ignored and Madeleine's parents crucified for many years and even named as suspects. Of course law enforcement made the insufficient evidence argument–insufficient for even an investigation of Bruckner. Nice work, boys. Quit the finger-pointing and do your fucking jobs.
A reader pointed out, this is a version of the same old story. Twenty-four years of Larry Nassar reports ignored (https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/1/25/16928994/larry-nassar-mckayla-maroney-gymnastics-me-too), 40-plus years of OCCK tips not even shared with victims' family members, Epstein being able to plead down his charges and be "on work [rape] release even as a registered sex offender. This astute reader also said: "Child Predators–no matter how many times they are reported, their "names" are not heard."
In the OCCK case, people are not telling the truth, not talking–and this in a child trafficking, child rape, child pornography, child murder case, involving at least four victims. Yes, the participants were/are monsters. But what about the people who covered this up, those that lied, those that never came forward, those that got paid off, those that "made this go away"? How do we describe them?
Detroit and Detroit suburbs (especially in Oakland County) were (and still could be) hubs of child exploitation. There are always reasons why crimes like this are allowed to flourish. This is a vital inquiry in the OCCK case.
Bruckner was not followed up on, "much to the incomprehension of the local investigators." Sound familiar?
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If you have any information about the abduction and murders of Mark Stebbins, Jill Robinson, Kristine Mihelich or Tim King, call the Michigan State Police tip line at 833-784-9425. Speak up. These four kids can't.
One Comment on ""Lack of concrete evidence to merit a follow-up""
bitamoney says:
Does everybody remember the viral media vomit regarding the McCann disappearance and her parents? The dogs detected human decomp! She was put into a cupboard for a period of time! There is decomp behind the sofa! It's a coverup orchestrated by MI5 (or is it MI6)! BREAKING NEWS! "What the Parents Didn't Tell !".
Right, and all the while this creep in Germany was ten times more likely to be involved than her parents.
What absolutely astonishes me is that his name and circumstances NEVER got leaked to any media in the world.
I lay the blame squarely at the feet of the German and Portuguese authorities. As you say, Cathy, nice job guys.
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