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Cory's Corner: Aaron Rodgers' toughness cannot be questioned
Posted on December 30, 2014 by Cory Jennerjohn
Ever since Aaron Rodgers came to the Packers in 2005 the biggest knock on him was his toughness.
Of course it didn't help that he was following the toughest player to put on NFL pads. Brett Favre started a record 321 straight games — 297 in the regular season and 24 in the playoffs. Favre was, and still is, the metaphor for toughness in all of sports.
So it's understood that Rodgers could not catch a break in the toughness department.
And then Sunday happened.
Rodgers came into the season finale with a calf injury that he suffered at Tampa the previous week. Even though he obviously wasn't 100 percent, everyone knew he was going to play. The Packers needed this game to guarantee a postseason matchup at home.
And he looked fine, until the 2:24 mark of the second quarter. He hit the Lambeau Field turf like a wheel of cheddar. But before he hit the ground, he was able to zip a 4-yard touchdown pass to Randall Cobb to put the Packers up by 14.
After that, Rodgers was carted off the field. The most important position in all of sports is quarterback and Rodgers is the best quarterback in football. So, it makes sense if the Lambeau faithful were starting to wonder if a deep playoff run was still in the cards for a Packers team that scored 30 or more points eight times this year.
Then, Matt Flynn came in. The talent disparity that was on display when Rodgers missed seven games with a broken clavicle last year, showed itself again. Flynn attempted two passes. One was caught by Eddie Lacy for six yards and the other was a sack for a loss of seven.
Rodgers strolled back onto the field with a victorious swagger. His playground became even more electric when the "MVP" chants started to echo throughout the Lambeau Field hallways.
He came back in the game with 7:34 left in the third and the score knotted at 14. The Lions just scored and appeared to have grabbed momentum. Rodgers didn't attempt a pass until his fourth play back, but it turned out great. He had no mobility with his bad left calf, which meant he threw a lot of balls off his back foot, but he found Cobb over the middle that he turned into 29 yards.
After skipping to the line of scrimmage to avoid putting weight on his bad leg, he found Cobb for a 13-yard touchdown three plays later.
But it was the quarterback sneak that cemented his status as a tough quarterback. After engineering an eight-play, 41-yard drive on a noticeably bad wheel, Rodgers called his own number and awkwardly got into the south end zone. Ironically, that's the same end zone that Bart Starr snuck himself into for the "Ice Bowl" win 47 years earlier. The gutsy call turned Rodgers into a hero and gave the Packers at least one more home game.
"He came out and showed that he's more than just a good mind and a good brain; he's a tough son of a gun," fullback John Kuhn said. "To be able to do that, I know he strengthens everybody. Everybody, when you see what he did, you can't help but lay everything else out on the line yourself because you the guy who's leading this team is doing just that."
Rodgers' toughness could have been questioned before. But after hopping around Lambeau on one healthy leg, he instantly became another Packers definition of toughness.
Cory Jennerjohn is from Wisconsin and has been in sports media for over 10 years. To contact Cory e-mail him at jeobs -at- yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter: Cory Jennerjohn
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29 thoughts on "Cory's Corner: Aaron Rodgers' toughness cannot be questioned"
marpag says:
Rodgers is the better quarterback. But Favre was tougher.
Bearmeat says:
True. But that doesn't mean Rodgers isn't tough. Favre will probably hold the all-ironman trophy for the existence of the NFL.
Agreed, Rodgers is better, but Favre was tougher. Took Rodgers 7 weeks to heal from a clavicle fracture. Most Qb's play in 3-4 weeks after the same injury. Also, Favre would've finished the game with the fractured clavicle. Favre took some hits that most men would still be laying on the turf. Favre was dumber than a box of rocks but tough as nails. If Favre lost a finger on his throwing hand he would tape it back on and finish the game. Rodgers is the superior QB in every aspect except toughness. Rodgers girly friend came to him at halftime and rubbed on his calf and promised him something special after the game if he went out and won one for her. So yeah that's motivation…
I concur Big T, Favre is a Meat Head. He was once asked How many feet are in a yard? His reply "That depends on how many people you have in your backyard"
WKUPackFan says:
The names of those QBs coming back in 3 to 4 weeks from a broken collarbone would be helpful. The normal recovery time for anyone is 6 weeks, and that's the minimum (personal experience is involved here). Foles went out for the year. The idea that AR should have come back earlier is ill-informed.
Tony Romo was back in 4 weeks. Don't recall the other 2 that were back in 4 weeks.
Tony Room suffered a broken clavicle Oct. 25, 2010, against the Giants. Romo didn't play again (replaced by Kitna) and was placed on IR Dec. 21, 2010. Room played only 6 games in 2010.
Romo, sorry, darn auto-spell.
TedTomsin says:
Yes, Favre was tough but he'll pay for it the rest of his life. He already looks 10 years older (67) than his real age which I believe is 56 or 57 not sure. Favre is real and he's tough like his Wranglers. I do commend him for that.
Aaron Rodgers is built Ford tough according to the commercials. He knows when to step on the gas and knows when to shut the truck off and let the mechanics deal with any issues rather than going nonstop and not checking the dipstick (like Favre).
I'll take Rodgers though any day over Favre. I prefer smart to tough. That's just me. You can't go wrong with either. Well, yes you can with Favre. Never mind.
Favre is 45….
Yeah. I hope I'm wrong, but I bet he wont be around at 65. He beat the hell out of his brain and body for 25 years between football and substance abuse. 🙁
montana83 says:
The NFL under Goodell is a farce:
Suh gets to play but it's a $70,000 fine. So imagine if this were the real world. The judge says that's 10 years in the slammer for attempted murder. Oh wait, you got money. Hey, no problem. That will be $500,000 and you're good to go.
OK – so maybe it's ok if the Lions win.
Montana, believe me, I tried as well but the majority people here are just too scared to talk about it.
I'm GLAD that Suh gets to play…
1) It takes away any cry-baby excuses that the Lions might have after they lose, and
2) If DET can pull off an upset vs. DAL I think that's good for GB in a number of different ways.
Jersey Al - ALLGBP says:
Totally agree with #1. Don't care about #2 – I think Dallas is a bit overrated and no way their D can stop GB at Lambeau.
LOL. I just saw that USA Today is actually running a story titled: "Is Ndamukong Suh a dirty player or just really stupid?"
What… isn't it possible that he could be both?
He's definitely both.
GBPDAN says:
Don't feel like getting into the Favre/Rodgers QB debate. I'm just glad they both played for the Packers. I'm also glad that Suh will be playing at Dallas next week. Don't get me wrong, I dislike Suh a lot and felt that he should have been suspended for a few games, but, I want to see Dallas get knocked out of the playoffs and have Detroit go to Seattle (and with Suh Detroit has a better chance). That leaves the Cardinals or Panthers coming to GB for Rd 2. Maybe Detroit could beat Seattle, also? NFC championship game in Lambeau? !! Go Pack!!!
Savage57 says:
Always a riot to read all the people dogging on Favre, the same ones that had a bromance going on when he was the man for the Pack, leading them out of the desert. But now that there's a new guy who's as good, but in a different way, it's time to throw Brett under the bus for his shortcomings. AR stands on his own merits, Favre on his. And when it comes to tough, which is the subject of the article, Favre wrote the book. AR at this point is just an addendum.
Imagine how much y'all would be pining for the good old days of Favre had SF, or the 22 teams following them taken AR. Pack would still be trying to figure out if Brian Brohm was really a NFL caliber starter.
personally, I'm pining for the fjords…
First, AR is a superior QB to Favre in every way, and that's not taking away from Favre's greatness. Second, those of us who don't care for the way Favre conducted himself late in his career have plenty of reasons for that opinion. Essentially, BF tried everyway he could to sabotage the Packers, not to mention his personal conduct. Those things are Favre's business, but it doesn't mean certain fans have to like it.
My 23 year old daughter recently asked me what I thought about BF. I said I didn't have a very high opinion. She said, but Dad, he's the Packers QB I grew up with. I said I know, but there are things you don't know.
If you have a butt-hurt view of the situation, you're going to come to a butt-hurt conclusion. He made a $25MM business decision to play for the team that wanted him.
If you tell me you wouldn't have done the same thing in the same circumstances, you're either delusional or a liar.
I don't think most people care that he wanted to play elsewhere, I think most people were pissed at how he deliberately put Aaron Rodgers in a horrible situation before he even took his first starting snap. Not only that but he also pissed on Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy.
He was a dick then for doing that and he's still a dick by coming out 6 or 7 weeks ago and claiming Tom Brady is the best qb in the NFL today. Tom Brady!! not Aaron effin Rodgers!! Are you kidding me?
He claims he wants to be a member of the Packers family and still acts like a total dick head and is unwilling to give Aaron Rodgers his due!! For Christ sakes, Aaron Rodgers had death threats and little 5 year old kids telling him behind the fence at practice that he "effing sucks". Thanks Brett!!
Yeah, I'm still pissed!!
Since '61 says:
To me Aaron is the combination of the best of Bart Starr and the best of Favre. Neither Starr nor Rodgers were/are as tough as Favre but both are in their way as Rodgers demonstrated Sunday. Beyond that Rodgers is smart like Starr in play calling, reading defenses and very rarely hurting the team (5 ints, 3 off of receivers in a 16 game season, unbelievable!) and better than Starr accuracy. Rodgers can also make any throw from anywhere on the field like Favre and he is more mobile than Favre and extends plays like Favre did. While Favre is probably the toughest of all time Rodgers throws better on the run than any QB that I have seen and I go back to Fran Tarkenton with the Viqueens. Rodgers will be ready to tough it out again next week. Go Pack Go! Thanks, Since '61
Favre was the dumbest qb to play the game. Not much between the ears at all. Physically he was the toughest to play the game. He was a joy to watch because no matter who you were playing there was always a chance to win. He was competitive and played his azz off. Sometimes ignorance is bliss… He didn't know he was supposed to lose to superior teams. He was and will be the only qb that mentally challenged to be that successful.
Bah. Your old nemesis, Hyperbole, is getting the best of you again. Favre was not even close to "the dumbest qb to play the game."
Vince Young (who scored a 6 on his Wonderlic) was so stupid he didn't know which end of the center to duck under, and eventually bombed out of football because he was too brickheaded to learn a playbook or understand a defense. Jeff George needed help tying his own shoes. And there have been a lot of others just like them.
But even great QBs could be something less than Rhodes scholars, and a lot of them were even "dumber" than Favre. Terry Bradshaw, Dan Marino, Randal Cunningham, Jim Kelley and Donovan McNabb were all very well known for being about as thick in the head as the Great Wall of China. And now they're all TV analysts, which ought to tell us something…
Favre's an ordinary guy with a pretty quick wit. Not a genius, but not stupid by any stretch.
I'd say this is an accurate assessment…
I am guessing he sent you a picture of his junk so you are giving him a pass…


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European Tian Guo Marching Band Performs in Athens
November 01, 2019 | By a Minghui correspondent in Europe
(Minghui.org) The European Tian Guo Marching Band performed in Greece for the first time on October 11-12, 2019, giving four performances in Athens.
The Tian Guo Marching Band is composed entirely of Falun Gong practitioners. Through the band's performances, practitioners hoped the Greek people would sense how beneficial Falun Gong is and become aware of the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
The European Tian Guo Marching Band held four performances in Athens, Greece, on October 11 and 12, 2019.
The Tian Guo Marching Band parades through the Plaka, the historical part of Athens, and the city's commercial district.
The band paraded through the Plaka, the old historical part of Athens, on October 11, starting from Kotzia Square at noon and passing by Syntagma Square, the Church of Panagia Kapnikarea, Monastiraki Square. The band completed its five-hour-long route at Thissio around 5:00 p.m.
A Falun Gong practitioner introduces Falun Gong and the Tian Guo Marching Band in both Greek and English at Syntagma Square.
Syntagma Square, also known as Constitution Square, is the central square of Athens and is an important place for local people to gather for celebrations and commemorations.
Performance at Monastiraki Square, Athens
A Greek man named Lanidas joined the parade. He held a banner all the way to the end of the route, and though he was not a Falun Gong practitioner, he said he wanted to participate in the parade to support Falun Gong and oppose the persecution.
"Keeping silent about the persecution is dangerous. Everyone should believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. I believe this is the truth," Lanida said, "Communists heavily brainwash people. People should not be persecuted for their belief."
Monastiraki, means "small monastery" in Greek, and is a flea market neighborhood in the old historical area of Athens. The area is considered one of the principal shopping districts in Athens.
Nikos, a student of political science, said he liked the Tian Guo Marching Band's music very much because the group is peaceful and performers are in good harmony. "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance are the values of the world," Nikos said.
A woman said she felt a strong energy field from the performance. "The music is very beautiful. This is my first time to feel an energy field in music. My heart felt very pleasant," she said, adding, "Forced organ harvesting is a tragedy. Everyone is entitled to freedom of belief."
Riben (left), a chef from London, and Jasper, who works in a library, said everyone could benefit from the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. "Much of the suffering and unhappiness in life are because people have ignored these great principles," Riben said.
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Transatlantic Update: Key Milestones Amid Global Pandemic
By Sally A. Painter and Pero Jolevski
On March 27, North Macedonia became NATO's 30th member. A few days earlier, EU member states approved the start of EU membership talks with the country. These two developments mark a crucial milestone for the Alliance in this era of Transatlantic skepticism—particularly after the historic failure of the 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit when North Macedonia's accession was vetoed and Georgia and Ukraine's Membership Action Plans (MAP) were rejected.
North Macedonia's long lasting Transatlantic accessions finally came to an end after the country's two decade dispute with Greece over the "name issue" was resolved when the two countries signed the "Prespa" agreement.
In Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presided over the ceremonial accession of North Macedonia to the Alliance, saying, "I welcome the support from several NATO Allies to our newest member. This is Allied solidarity in action. Thirty flags will now fly together, a symbol of our unity and our solidarity."
While nations struggle in the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic, NATO is determined to continue playing its part in supporting these efforts. Secretary General Stoltenberg noted that NATO Defense Ministers have met in an extraordinary video conference session to discuss how NATO can support civilian efforts in the fight against the pandemic.
Recently, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg appointed a group of experts to study ways to further strengthen the political dimension of the Alliance, as was agreed during the leaders' meeting in London last year. Turkey's Ambassador, Tacan Ildem, who currently serves as NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, will be among the group of five male and five female experts from other NATO countries.
The group "will offer recommendations to reinforce the Alliance's unity, increase political consultation and coordination between Allies, and strengthen NATO's political role," noted a NATO statement. Additionally, "the group will engage with Allied capitals and the North Atlantic Council, NATO's decision making body, and other relevant stakeholders," it added.
Thomas de Maiziere, member of the German Bundestag and former German defense minister together with Wess Mitchell, former U.S Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs will chair the group. Poland is the only new NATO member country represented, leaving out all Baltic and Balkan members.
With respect to the European Union, Ministers of Foreign Affairs from EU member states met on March 24 by video conference and approved the start of EU membership talks with both North Macedonia and Albania. Germany's State Secretary for European Affairs Michael Roth called the decision "good news in these gloomy times."
In the midst of a global pandemic, the UK leaving the European Union, the France-led resistance to defer starting EU talks for new member states, and the U.S. ambivalence towards NATO, these new developments are an inspiring sign of the strength of the EU and Transatlantic partnership and their vision of a united Europe, "whole and free."


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Is Air Pollution Getting Worse or Better?
by Jeanine Barone
Michael Jerrett, PhD, is professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is internationally recognized as an expert on the health effects of air pollution. Here he discusses what we know about the state of air pollution and its effect on health in the U.S. and other parts of the world.
Is air pollution in the U.S. getting better or worse?
Overall, air quality is improving nationally. We've seen an improvement in carbon monoxide. Particulate matter has been reduced in most locations by significant amounts, oftentimes by about 50 percent over the past 30 years. But there is a problem with pollutants that are very difficult to control because of various chemical processes that occur in the atmosphere. A good example is ozone. More than 150 million Americans live in areas that are above the ozone standard. While we've seen declines in heavily polluted areas like Southern California in terms of most of the other pollutants that are regulated under the Clean Air Act, we have not seen the levels of decline in ozone that we would expect.
Air pollution is a public health concern in areas that are close to roadways. Roadways are like the smokestacks of the 21st century. There are higher levels of nitrogen dioxides that come either directly from the tailpipe or from the atmosphere as a result of emissions. There are also ultrafine particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs and even bypass the blood barrier, traveling to major organs in a matter of minutes to hours. Diesel exhaust, another pollutant, is a carcinogen. And, though diesel exhaust has been heavy regulated and its levels have come down in many places, areas near major roadways and near airports and seaports have elevated levels. People who spend a lot of time in their cars or people who are active (biking or walking) near roadways are likely to be exposed to elevated doses.
When there's traffic congestion, pollution emissions tend to go up. Those are areas where we still have a lot of work to do. The other problem is that these major roadway areas are often inhabited by people of lower socioeconomic status, who are more likely to be overweight or have diabetes or other health problems. So they face additional burdens on their health because these illnesses make them more susceptible to a given level of air pollution.
Is global air pollution getting better or worse?
We're facing one of the largest public health crises of the 21st century when we look at air pollution in places like New Delhi and Beijing and many similar cities in Southeast Asia. You have a confluence of very large populations and dramatically increasing levels of air pollution because of a number of things, including governments' not knowing how to formulate public policies to combat the air pollution that comes with the increasing growth, and dramatic increases in economic wealth leading to people purchasing private automobiles instead of using public transit or bicycles. In areas like New Delhi and Beijing, we're seeing levels of pollution that are almost historically unprecedented—not seen since the 19th century in industrial England and other parts of Europe, when people were burning coal in the houses and the industries were right in the center of the city. And there are many places in South America and Africa that are also experiencing dramatically increasing levels of pollution.
What we see in a lot of these places is that people still rely on burning wood, cow dung, sugar cane, and other solid fuels to cook in their houses. Huge emissions come from these sources. This affects indoor air quality, and it's also a big factor in terms of the outdoor air. In China and India, you have a double threat: You have the air pollution that comes from burning solid fuels combined with pollution from the rapidly expanding industrial capacity and a shift to driving automobiles. The levels of air pollution might be five to 10 times higher than what you find in American cities. During one recent extreme pollution event in New Delhi in late 2016, the levels were more than25 times the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) standard. Even in highly polluted areas in the U.S. like Houston or L.A., it would be rare to have a day where you have much more than 1.5 to 2 times that standard.
We don't know how this affects health, but we suspect there's a very large burden of illness associated with these exposures. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 6 million people are prematurely dying every year from the combined effect of household air pollution and ambient air pollution. Most are living in Southeast Asia.
How much of the increases in asthma that we're seeing in developed or high-income countries are related to air pollution?
In many of the wealthier countries of the world there have been increases in asthma over 20 or 30 years. The rapid pace and increase in prevalence has raised the concern that there must be an environmental contributor. It's not resolved that all of this increase is due to environmental factors; it may be due to increases in diagnosis. But it's rapid enough and large enough that many people think there are environmental causes at work.
The EPA considers that both ozone and nitrogen dioxide exacerbate asthma. That's what's been found in all the epidemiological literature as well as animal and lab studies. There's a suggestion that asthma incidence in children is related to nitrogen dioxide, which is a traffic-related pollutant. But it's bundled in a package with ultrafine particles, diesel, and black carbon. So it's not clear if it's nitrogen dioxide itself or some of these other pollutants. We also have evidence that when air pollution goes up in the span of one to two days, we observe many more admissions to hospitals for respiratory systems and an exacerbation of asthma symptoms.
How does air pollution affect society?
There are several impacts of air pollution on society. One of them is productivity. We have strong evidence from well-controlled studies from Southern California that when there are elevations of air pollution, children's absences from school go up. We also know that once people have asthma, they may be more likely to miss work. And, if you look at how much the person can contribute to society over the life span, essentially when life is cut short or they live years with a debilitating disease, people are less likely to contribute productively. Parents may not be willing to let their asthmatic children go out and play on days when there's high air pollution. This may make these children more prone to obesity. Adults with asthma may be less inclined to do physical activity outdoors
In addition, fixing air pollution at the tailpipe and at the factory are usually very expensive solutions. As a result, consumers will have to pay quite a bit more for products than they would if those industries or automobiles were designed with pollution controls in the first place. When we have to pay more to regulate cars, that money could've been spent on something else that's more productive and makes people better off. Instead, it's being spent to try to restore air quality to the healthier levels we had before. It diverts a lot of our resources away from more productive uses that could benefit people's welfare as we compensate for the damage that's being done to the environment.
Does wearing a surgical mask outdoors, as many people do in China, help keep out pollutants?
Unless the masks are specifically approved to remove fine particles or gases, such as ozone, by the National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health or similar agencies, they're probably not doing very much. Most of the particles will pass through easily.
Aside from respiratory problems, are there any surprising negative health effects of air pollution?
Air pollution affects health throughout the life course, starting even before we're born. When we look at the effects, in utero exposures are well documented. People who are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke or high levels of ambient air pollution are more likely to have babies with low birth weight and congenital abnormalities. There's convincing evidence that air pollution contributes to atherosclerosis in adults.
Some of the more recent evidence points to air pollution contributing to diabetes. There are at least five studies that have carefully tracked people over time and looked at the incidence of diabetes in the population in relation to air pollution exposure. For both nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter, we see that the effects of air pollution are significant, increasing diabetes risk by about eight to 10 percent. Almost half the U.S. adult population is affected by diabetes or prediabetes. So if you have a pervasive environmental exposure that's contributing to this devastating disease, this is a major shift in our understanding.
There is also some evidence that air pollution can affect obesity, something we didn't expect. In two studies—I was the lead author on one, and co-author on the other—we tracked children over eight years and we controlled for 50 variables. And we found that children living in areas of higher air pollution have a higher body mass index (BMI) than those living in less polluted areas. I wouldn't say it's causal at this point, but it follows the same metabolic pathways that we see with diabetes.
Finally, there's an emerging literature that air pollution over time is leading to earlier cognitive decline in adults as they get older. The influence of air pollution on the blood vessels in the brain and the autonomic signals from the heart and the nervous system could be responsible for this. But this is still a new, active area of research.
This opinion does not necessarily reflect the views of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health or of the Editorial Board at BerkeleyWellness.com.
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And thanks to you, the #ShareKindness campaign surpassed its goal of one million acts of kindness, inspiring 1,114,622 acts of kindness in the month of December.
From TODAY's partner LEGO — who donated $1 million worth of toys to Toys for Tots — to the 500 fans on the TODAY plaza who made signs celebrating kindness, the good deeds flew fast and furious.
"If you practice little acts of kindness, they build together to make something really awesome," said LEGO's Michael McNally on TODAY.
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Fans on the TODAY Plaza waved 500 kindness signs.
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City of Kindness, a coalition of organizations, committed 54,470 acts.
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I. Locks prisoners in cell after searching for weapons, valuables, or drugs.
II. Serves meals to prisoners and provides or obtains medical aid if needed.
III. Prepares arrest records identifying prisoner and charge assigned.
IV. Questions prisoners about medical conditions and general health.
V. Escorts prisoners within the facility (ie. to and from visiting rooms, recreation yard and medical offices).
VI. Controls entrance of jail and screens visitors to jail.
VII. Distributes commissary items purchased by prisoners such as personal hygiene items, and records delivery on vouchers.
VIII. Books prisoners into the jail, after receiving them from arresting officers.
IX. Photographs and fingerprints prisoners during booking.
X. Documents, and places booked prisoner personal into property bags/tubs (ie. clothing, jewelry and money).
XI. Controls unruly or combative prisoners with verbal and/or physical force if required.
XII. Any additional duties as prescribed by the Sheriff.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, and individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.


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Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) – szerokopasmowy standard komunikacji, realizujący przesył pakietów poprzez łącza wirtualne. Wybór drogi (routing) jest dokonywany tylko raz, przy zestawianiu łącza. Wszystkie pakiety należące do jednego połączenia wirtualnego są wysyłane tą samą trasą. Jest stosowany w sieciach MAN i WAN. Informacja w tym standardzie przesyłana jest w postaci komórek składających się z nagłówka 5 bajtów i  pola informacyjnego: 48 bajtów.

Interfejsy w sieci ATM
W standardzie ATM zdefiniowane są dwa podstawowe rodzaje styków (interfejsów) UNI i NNI.

 UNI (ang. User Network Interface) – styk użytkownika z siecią szerokopasmową, styk umieszczony pomiędzy sprzętem użytkownika a zakończeniem sieci, w którym są realizowane protokoły dostępu do sieci.
 NNI (ang. Network-to-Network Interface) – styk umieszczony w węźle sieci wykorzystywany do połączenia z innymi węzłami.

Kanały i ścieżki wirtualne

Pomiędzy stacją źródłową a docelową zostaje zestawione logiczne połączenie zwane kanałem wirtualnym VCC (ang. Virtual Channel Connection). Kanały o tym samym węźle docelowym tworzą tzw. wirtualną ścieżkę VPC (ang. Virtual Path Connection). W komutatorze ATM ma miejsce multipleksacja statystyczna poszczególnych kanałów. Kanały i ścieżki wirtualne są rozróżniane przez części nagłówka ATM – pole VPI (ang. Virtual Path Identifier) i pole VCI (ang. Virtual Channel Identifier).

Użycie ścieżek wirtualnych znacznie upraszcza zarządzanie całą siecią. Wynika to z faktu, że liczba ścieżek wirtualnych jest mniejsza od liczby kanałów wirtualnych. Dzięki temu zestawienie połączenia w węźle pośrednim, przez który przebiega dana ścieżka, wpływa na przyspieszenie zestawiania nowego połączenia, wykorzystującego ścieżki wirtualne.
Kanały wirtualne, które należą do jednej ścieżki wirtualnej muszą charakteryzować się jednakowym poziomem wymaganej jakości usługi QoS.

Budowa komórki w standardzie ATM
Struktura komórki w standardzie ATM dla styku UNI i NNI przedstawione zostały na rysunku obok.

Poniżej została przedstawiona zawartość poszczególnych pól nagłówka:
 GFC (ang. Generic Flow Control) – pole zawierające 4 bity, występujące tylko w styku UNI. Służy do zarządzania przepływem pakietów pomiędzy elementami sieci użytkownika. W przypadku gdy procedura GFC nie jest wykorzystywana, pole nadpisywane jest czterema zerami.
 VPI (ang. Virtual Path Identifier) – wielkość pola zależna jest od styku (w UNI – 8 bitów, w NNI – 12 bitów). Pole identyfikuje nawiązane połączenie ze ścieżką wirtualną w łączu fizycznym.
 VCI (ang. Virtual Channel Identifier) – pole zawierające 16 bitów, identyfikujące kanał wirtualny w ścieżce wirtualnej. Możliwość utworzenia do 65536 kanałów wirtualnych w każdej ścieżce.
 PT (ang. Payload Type) – 3 bitowe pole określające typ komórki ATM.
 CLP (ang. Cell Loss Priority) – pole zawierające 1 bit, określające priorytet pakietu. Jeśli CLP=1 pakiet może być utracony w sytuacji natłoku. CLP=0 podnosi priorytet komórki względem utraty ale nie gwarantuje niezawodnego dostarczenia do miejsca przeznaczenia.
 HEC (ang. Header Error Control) – ośmiobitowe pole protekcji przed błędami transmisji. Dzięki niemu chroniona jest zawartość całego nagłówka poprzez wykrywanie błędów i korygowanie pojedynczych błędów.

Pole informacyjne jest przeznaczone na informacje użytkownika, ma długość 48 bajtów. Wielkość pola przeznaczonego w rzeczywistości na przesyłanie informacji właściwej użytkownika zależy od zastosowanej wersji warstwy AAL.

Architektura ATM
Model protokołu ATM składa się z trzech warstw: warstwy fizycznej, warstwy ATM i warstwy adaptacji ATM. W modelu można także wyróżnić "płaszczyzny" o budowie warstwowej: płaszczyznę użytkownika, płaszczyznę sterowania oraz płaszczyznę zarządzania.

Warstwa fizyczna
Warstwa fizyczna dzieli się na dwie podwarstwy:
 podwarstwę PM (ang. Physical Medium Sublayer, medium fizycznego) – realizuje funkcje ściśle związane z wykorzystaniem medium transmisyjnego (transfer bitów, zarządzanie informacją synchonizującą itp, transformacja optyczno-elektryczna, kodowanie liniowe (jeśli występuje)),
 podwarstwę TC (ang. Transmision Convergence, zbieżności transmisji) – realizuje funkcje adaptacji strumienia pakietów do przepływu podstawowych elementów danych w fizycznym medium (obliczanie nadmiaru kodowego dla każdego pakietu i umieszczanie go w polu HEC nagłówka, weryfikacja nagłówka w odebranym pakiecie, dokonywanie skramblingu pola informacyjnego, umieszczanie pakietu w ramce transmisyjnej oraz wydzielanie pakietu z ramki transmisyjnej).

Warstwa ATM
Warstwa ATM jest zespołem funkcji niezależnych od medium transmisyjnego, dostarczających możliwości przeźroczystego transferu informacji użytkownika. Pomiędzy warstwą adaptacji ATM a warstwą ATM są przesyłane pola informacyjne pakietów tj. ciągi 48-bitowe. Podstawowymi funkcjami tej warstwy jest multipleksacja i demultipleksacja pakietów w komutatorach, tworzenie i rozpakowywanie nagłówka pakietu, realizacja doboru trasy dla pakietu, realizacja procedur sterowania przepływem.

Warstwa adaptacji ATM
Warstwa adaptacji ATM (ang. ATM Adaptation Layer) stanowi warstwę pośrednią pomiędzy warstwami wyższymi protokołu ATM a warstwą ATM. Wyróżnia się dwie podwarstwy:
 podwarstwa CS (ang. Convergence Sublayer, zbieżności) – podwarstwa CS zależy od wybranej usługi, jakie prowadzi poprzez punkty udostępniania usług AAL-SAP, będące adresami aplikacji.
 podwarstwa SAR (ang. Segmentation And Reassembly, segmentacji i składania) – podwarstwa SAR segmentuje pakiety PDU z podwarstwy CS i składa komórki warstwy ATM w pakiety CS PDU.
Ze względu na różnorodność charakterystyk przepływu danych zostały wydzielone klasy usług, z każdą z klas związana jedna z warstw adaptacji AAL. W tabeli przedstawione są podstawowe parametry opisujące klasy usług realizowanych w środowisku szerokopasmowym przy wykorzystaniu techniki ATM.Przeprowadzenie takiej klasyfikacji jest podstawowym warunkiem realizacji połączeń w technice ATM dla usług dowolnego typu. Warstwa AAL stanowi rodzaj "filtru", który na podstawie typu pochodzącego zgłoszenia, pomaga określić możliwości jego realizacji przy aktualnym stanie zasobów sieci oraz dostosowuje jednostki informacyjne warstw wyższych do sposobu przesyłania informacji w standardzie ATM tzn. w postaci krótkich pakietów.

Nie wszystkie kombinacje cech mają znaczenie w środowisku telekomunikacyjnym (np. usługi realizowane w trybie bezpołączeniowym nie wymagają istnienia zależności czasowych pomiędzy komunikującymi się terminalami).

Powstała także (niezdefiniowana w tabeli) klasa X o zasadniczo różnym charakterze w stosunku do poprzednich klas usług. Klasa X jest definiowana przez użytkownika i oznacza prostą transmisję komórek.

Płaszczyzny
W modelu protokołu ATM można wyróżnić następujące płaszczyzny:
 płaszczyzna użytkownika (ang. User Plane) – dostarcza funkcje, które realizują transfer informacji użytkownika przez sieć ATM oraz dodatkowo takie działania, jak sterowanie przepływem strumieni informacji, powrót do sytuacji nominalnej po wystąpieniu błędu, itp.
 płaszczyzna sterowania (ang. Control Plane) – płaszczyzna odpowiedzialna za sterowanie realizacją zgłoszeń oraz połączeń. W tej płaszczyźnie są zawarte funkcje sygnalizacyjne, które odpowiadają za zestawianie, nadzór oraz rozłączanie połączeń.
 płaszczyzna zarządzania (ang. Management Plane) – odpowiedzialna za realizację funkcji nadzoru nad siecią ATM. Płaszczyzna ta jest podzielona na funkcje zarządzania warstwą (ang. Layer Management) oraz zarządzania płaszczyzną (ang. Plane Management):
 funkcje zarządzania warstwą realizują zarządzanie zasobami oraz parametrami obiektów istniejących w protokole,
 funkcje zarządzania płaszczyzną realizują działania odniesione do systemu jako całości oraz koordynację międzypłaszczyznową.

Bibliografia

Zobacz też
 Integrated Services Digital Network
 ATM Adaptation Layers
 ATMARP

Sieci komputerowe
Standardy telekomunikacyjne

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package de.tu_berlin.cit.intercloud.occi.sla;

import java.util.HashMap;

import de.tu_berlin.cit.intercloud.occi.core.annotations.Attribute;
import de.tu_berlin.cit.intercloud.occi.core.annotations.Category;
import de.tu_berlin.cit.intercloud.occi.core.annotations.Attribute.AttributeType;
import de.tu_berlin.cit.intercloud.occi.core.annotations.Link;
import de.tu_berlin.cit.intercloud.occi.core.annotations.LinkCategory;

/**
 * This link points to a service. Furthermore, it not only links to and describes
 * the service, but it also evaluates the target based on the attributes that describes
 * the service within this link.
 *
 * @author Alexander Stanik <alexander.stanik@tu-berlin.de>
 */
@Link(schema = SlaSchemas.SlaSchema, term = ServiceReferenceLink.ServiceReferenceTerm,
		relation = Category.CategorySchema)
public class ServiceReferenceLink extends LinkCategory {

	public final static String ServiceReferenceTitle = "ServiceReference Link";

	public final static String ServiceReferenceTerm = "servicereference";

	public ServiceReferenceLink() {
		super(ServiceReferenceTitle);
	}

	public ServiceReferenceLink(String title) {
		super(title);
	}

	/**
	 * Service Description Terms that the instance target have to fulfill
	 */
	@Attribute(name = "intercloud.sla.servicereference.sdt",
			type = AttributeType.MAP,
			mutable = true,
			required = false,
			description = "Service Description Terms that the instance target have to fulfill (i.e. key = attribute, value = value)")
	public HashMap<String, String> serviceDescriptionTerm = null;

	/**
	 * Assessment interval to check the SDT compliance in seconds
	 */
	@Attribute(name = "intercloud.sla.servicereference.assessmentinterval",
			type = AttributeType.INTEGER,
			mutable = true,
			required = false,
			description = "Assessment interval to check the SDT compliance in seconds")
	public Integer assessmentInterval = null;

	public enum State {
		undefined,
		violated,
		fulfilled
	}

	/**
	 * Current state of the instance
	 */
	@Attribute(name = "intercloud.sla.servicereference.state",
			type = AttributeType.ENUM,
			mutable = false,
			required = true,
			value = "undefined",
			description = "Current state of the instance: Enum{undefined, violated, fulfilled}")
	public State state = State.undefined;

	/**
	 * Human-readable explanation of the current instance state
	 */
	@Attribute(name = "intercloud.sla.servicereference.message",
			type = AttributeType.STRING,
			mutable = false,
			required = false,
			description = "Human-readable explanation of the current instance state")
	public String message = null;

}

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If I turn off the firewall then everything works fine, but if I activate the firewall then no IPTV for me.
I really need some helps if someone know how to make it work under ESET Smart Security.
If you enable logging blocked connections and then check the firewall log, are there some connection attempts logged as blocked?


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Яйчникът () е чифтен орган до тазовата стена, непосредствено под средата на linea terminalis или малко зад нея. Разположен е в добре изразената ямка (fossa ovarica) на париеталния перитонеум. Отгоре е покрит от надвесилата се тръба и мезосалпинкса.

Структура
Яйчникът е основният орган на половия апарат на жената. Той определя принадлежността на даден индивид към женския пол, като му придава съответните полови признаци, които отличават жената от мъжа. Липсата на яйчници оказва голямо влияние върху целия организъм.

Яйчникът на полово зрялата жена има форма и големина на бадем (дължина 3 – 4 см, ширина 2 – 2,5 см и дебелина 1 – 1,5 см; тежи 6 – 8 гр). Цветът му е белезникавоматов, повърхността му е неравна вследствие изпъкването на зреещи фоликули и вдлъбването в местата на цикатриксите от пукналите се фоликули.

За закрепване на яйчника служат:
 Ligamentum infundibulopelvisum (plica suspensoria ovarii) – съединява горния полюс на яйчника с тазовата стена. В него протичат кръвоносните съдове и нервите за яйчника.
 Ligamentum ovarii proprium (chorda uteroovarica) – плътна кръгла перитонеална връзка (хорда), която съединява долния полюс на яйчника със страничния ръб на матката зад и малко под тръбата.
 Mesovarium – част от задния лист на широката връзка, която се залавя за предния ръб на яйчника. Това е мястото, където влизат и излизат съдовете и нервите (hilus ovarii) – врата на яйчника.

Задният ръб на яйчника е свободен. Връзките на яйчника са еластично отстъпчиви, така че при опипване се констатира известна подвижност на органа.

На разрез на яйчника се различават два слоя: външен специфичен и вътрешен неспецифичен. Специфичната яйчникова тъкан (паренхиматозен слой) обхваща като подкова вътрешния слой (zona vasculosa).

Специфичната яйчникова тъкан се състои от повърхностен епител, под който се намира съединителнотъканният пласт (tunica albuginea), който преминава без строга граница в кората, т.е. зоната на фоликулите. Те се намират в най-различна степен на развитие: преди да започнат да узряват, яйцеклетките се намират във формата на първични фоликули; срещат се зреещи фоликули до предназначен да даде узряло яйце фоликул, т. нар. Граафов фоликул (folliculus vesiculpsus Graafi). След пукването на зрелия фоликул се формира жълтото тяло (corpus luteum), което след различни фази накрая преминава в пълно обратно развитие (corpus albicans).

В неспецифичния слой се намират кръвоносните и лимфичните съдове и нервите. В него не се установяват фоликули. Яйчникът, макар и разположен в коремната кухина, не е покрит с перитонеум.

Средно към 45-48-годишна възраст яйчниците изпадат в атрофия, свиват се, теглото им намалява, стават плитки, плътни и с дълбоко набраздена повърхност. В менопаузата все още се срещат фоликули. Към 60-годишна възраст вече не се намират фоликули.

Яйчников резерв
Този термин се използва за да се определия запаса от яйцеклетки (ооцити) в яйчника в даден момент. Между 20 и 30 години при жената се достигат най-високи нива на фертилност. Съответно в този период овариалната ѝ функция е най-силна. С течение на годините тази функция отслабва и се губи напълно около 50-годишна възраст. През целия период основният двигател на овариалната функция е оста хипоталамус-хипофиза-яйчник, която през годините претърпява промени. Възможно е и по-ранно прекъсване или намаляване на функцията – например при кисти на яйчника, поликистоза или развиване на злокачествен тумор.  Според специалисти в днешно време "репродуктивният прозорец" на жената намалява все повече. По статистика от 2016 г. 145 000 двойки в България имат проблем със зачеването. От тях едва 5% са се обърнали към специалист.

Има редица изследвания за определяне яйчниковия резерв при жената. Едно от тях е т.-нар изследване на Антимюлеровия хормон. Това е кръвен тест, който може да се направи по всяко време от менструалния цикъл. Този хормон се произвежда от малки фоликули, в периода на тяхното развитие в яйчниците. Чрез изследването се измерват броя на фоликулите в определен момент и се разбира състоянието на яйчниковия резерв. Методът се използва и при Синдром на поликистозните яйчници. Ниските нива на хормона могат да се тълкуват като сигнал за яйчникова недостатъчност или предстояща менопауза. Повишените нива са индикатор за поликистоза на яйчниците.

Други изследвания за определяне на яйчниковия резерв са:

 Определяне на базалните стойности на серумните FSH нива
 Определяне на базалните стойности на серумните inhibin B нива
 Кломифен цитрат провокационен тест (СССТ)
 GnRH агонист стимулиращ тест (GAST)
 Гонадотропин стимулиращ овариален резерв тест (EFORT)
 Ултразвукови тестове

Източници

Вижте също
 Женски полови органи

Репродуктивна система
Акушерство и гинекология


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April 9, 2021 by Rob
We watched Raya and the Last Dragon twice, over two weekends. I really enjoyed, SHE WHO WILL NOT BE BLOGGED enjoyed it, the kid really enjoyed it. The animation was varied and beautiful. My kid and I watch a lot of animation and there is so much that is just "flat," especially digital animation, that it's a bit shocking to see animated characters in Disney/Pixar films appear to be imbued with actual spirit. Raya's characters felt lifelike, even the Con-baby, Noi, and her monkey helpers.
Siso looks like Awkwafina, but less animated.
Heck, even Sisu, the titular dragon, both in her human and animal forms, had facial expressions that mimicked convincingly those of the actress who played her.
There's a part of me, a big part, that really hates Disney. As a media corporation, they hold an outsized influence on what TV shows and Films get made. With the purchase of Fox, Disney's intellectual property holdings are too deep and wide to be of any benefit to the world. Disney has for years embargoed films, holding back huge chunks of their catalogue from DVD/Blu-ray distribution, TV, and second run or revival theaters. They've extended this to the Fox world. Unless you've got the DVD lying around, thousands of movies are not available to view until Disney says so. They're goosing scarcity. Disney executives are not creatives in any real sense. They're not filmmakers or artists. They are asset managers.
Still, I can't help it. I do look forward to a Disney film. Most of my childhood movie memories are focused on Disney films. Tron was my first VHS. My Dad loved the shorts and Fantasia. I have very fond memories of family trips to both US parks. So we ponied up the $29.95 (after the barrage of commercials on Kid Youtube, this amounts to extorsion) to view the film early from our Covid Bunker.
If you haven't seen the trailer or read any of the blogs or seen tweeters tweeting about sticker shock or Awkwafina's accent as Sisu, the Last Dragon:
500 years earlier, the land of Kumandra – a world that's design was heavily influenced by East Asian cultures – fractured. Each tribe – Fang, Tail, Spine, Talon, and Heart – longed for the power of the Dragon Gem, the last remaining bit of magic from Dragons, all turned to stone by dark monsters knows and the Droun. The legend told that the dragon Sisu had crafted the Gem from her own magic and used it to defeat the Droun, saving the world for humans. The tribes fought for control of the Dragon Gen and Heart won. Pre-Droun harmony never returned.
Young Raya and Tiny Tuk Tuk Work Together
Raya, the protagonist and one of the film's heroes, and her father, Chief Benja (Daniel Dae Kim) are the protectors of the Dragon Gem. She's spent years training for her role and she knows one day she'll take over for her father. Her first big test, as a protector of the Gem and as a tribal leader, is a meeting in Heart of all the tribes, a rare and exceptional event. Benja has a dream to reunite the people of Kumanadra. Raya has her doubts; she has a healthy distrust of the tribes, especially Fang. Still, she respects the dreams of her father and does all she can to build bridges by taking Namaari, Fang princess, in hand.
Fang, though, has no desire to make peace. Namaari takes advantage of Raya's offer of friendship and let's Fang soldiers into the vault where the Dragon Gem is kept. In the fight over the Gem, it shatters shatters into 5 pieces, each tribe takes a piece, and the Droun are released from the Dragon magic containing them. They again turn the people to stone, including Raya's father.
Kumandra reunification is now more distant that it was before.
6 years later, an older Raya (now voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) and a now-giant Tuk-Tuk1 are on the hunt for the Dragon Gem pieces. To put them back together and free the world from the Droun, she needs a Dragon, and the tales she has heard from Fang is that Sisu is still alive. Together, Raya and Sisu start to but Kamandra back together.
Fantasy stories where the protagonist acquires her skills through learning in practice – rather than given by a benevolent god-creature or some as-yet-unknown core essence – are incredibly important to me and I love sharing them with my girl. And, of course, I'm a sucker for any story where a daughter learns core ideals from her parents, and uses those skills and ideas to blaze her own path. Moana is a great template; she's her own woman at the end of that movie, not a mini version of her father, the Chief. My girl has power, but it's our job together to build it up.
Raya worked hard to earn her power, helped along by a framework and instruction that valued bringing people together to find a solution to common problems, rather than simply vanquishing her enemies or, worse yet, helping some dude realize his full potential and supporting him as he does violence in service of peace.
Face Off…our Hero Doesn't Do Well…
What's more interesting is that Raya is not an unstoppable force. She doesn't have all the answers, is often wrong, and her skills are rusty. And that's okay. Namaari hands Raya her ass during their first real battle. It's not her fists or hits that get her out of that jam. It's her traveling companions – her friends – who work together to help her out. This theme is carried throughout, up to the end. No matter how strong one person is, we can't do it alone. Raya can't save the world by herself; the tribes do have to come together to defeat the Droun. She has to let go of her doubt and believe that even her sworn enemy will do the right thing if she has faith in them. This is powerful stuff.
A angry woman in a film is unfortunately too rare.
This is a strange comparison, but I really love the film Olivia Wilde's Booksmart. I don't think I had really recognized until I saw that film that most films, even Hollywood "female" movies, cater to my "gaze." Booksmart didn't give two shits what *I* thought about the women portrayed or their complicated relationships and I have tried to seek out more films that do the same.2 Raya and Namaari, and Namaari and her own mother, have complex relationships I am glad that my girl can see in a movie all the ways that women can interact with each other, with out worrying about how a man perceives them.
Lastly: Daniel Dae Kim and Kelly Marie Tran have authentic, believable voices. Honestly, they should do all the voices in everything. All of the podcasts, all of the documentaries.
Alan Tudyk is the "voice" of Tuk-Tuk. He was also the voices of Hey Hey in Moana, K-2SO in Rogue One, and the odd-little Duke in Frozen. He's also the only person of European heritage in the cast. Everyone else is of East Asian heritage. This is good. ↩
Obviously I haven't written about them yet. ↩
Filed Under: Friday Fun Family Movie Night Tagged With: alan tudyk, animated, animation, awkwafina, benedict wong, daniel dae kim, disney, dragon, gaze, gemma chan, hero, izaac wang, kelly marie tran, myth, sandra oh, tuk-tuk


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St. Teresa of Calcutta & St. Faustina Kowalska: Glory Stories CD Vol 4
Includes an all-new BONUS TRACK: "What's a Saint?"
--Explains the Catholic Church's canonization process and why it is so important to have a relationship with the saints in heaven!
Mary from MN told us: "Our next door neighbor listened to the St. Teresa CD and now knows the 'Gospel on five fingers'. His parents were so impressed he listened that they have now listened to almost all of our Glory Stories. Now we have to get more for gifts!"
Allow your children to be inspired by these stories of the lives of the saints. Watch as your children's imaginations are captured as they listen to these professionally produced dramatizations. The Glory Stories tell the true stories of the lives of holy people of God and are catechetical and entertaining (to both children and adults)! Every story teaches a truth of the Catholic Faith and listeners get to know saints who set inspiring examples for youngsters to emulate in their early walk of Faith.
This CD includes:
The Gospel on Five Fingers - Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta: This remarkable story teaches Mother Teresa's summary of the Gospel in a way a child (and adult) will never forget. Do you know what Mother Teresa told her Missionaries of Charity is, "The Gospel on Five Fingers?" Beginning with Teresa as a child learning from her mother, all the way to her finding her "call within a call", this CD inspires families to live out the Gospel in their own families just as Mother Theresa did on the streets of Calcutta.
Jesus, I Trust in You! - The Story of Saint Faustina Kowalska: the Divine Mercy saint. Children love learning about this saint and about how we are to trust in Jesus, no matter what! Not only is this story is a great aid to preparing children for First Confession, but it is helpful to any child who needs a little courage now and then.
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This can be a fun Halloween project or just a fun interactive way to learn about bats. Used as a class or group project each child's bat is uniquely their own.
Lesson Plan Ideas: Bats are the only mammals on Earth capable of powered flight. Their scientific name, Chiroptera, means "hand-wing," and, like the children's hands that make up the wings of this bat, a real bat's wings are made up of the animal's elongated finger bones.
Making the Wings and Body: With a pencil trace each child's right and left hands on Pacon® Classic Black Card Stock. Cut loosely around the hands to create the bat's wings. Next using the bat pattern, (Bat_Pattern.pdf), cut ears, head and body also out of Black Card Stock.
Assembling the Body: Lay the wings, pencil side down (Remember to put the thumbs pointing up). Glue body on top of wings. Glue ears to the back of the head and then glue head on top of the body.
Finishing Touches: Add Wiggly Eyes to give it life and a 1/2″ Pom Pom for a nose. Then add any other embellishments (Beads, paint, etc.) to finish it off.


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IF YOU GIVE A GIRL A BIKE
by Hayley Diep and Braden Hallett (illustrator)
This book features fearless girls mountain biking, skateboarding, rock climbing, and surfing. Let's get more girls into these sports!
Free Shipping in the United States on orders $30 or more. Enter the code "FreeShipping" upon checkout. 10% of proceeds are donated to select nonprofits.
If you are an educator or coach and would like to purchase several copies of the book for your students, feel free to contact me for a possible discount.
If You Give a Girl a Bike (Paperback)
If You Give a Girl a Bike (Hardcover)
I love everything about this book! We need to support a younger generation of women who have no boundaries around what is possible. Falling down and getting back up is all part of the process of becoming your best.
Kelli Emmet - Juliana Bicycles Brand Manager
Highly Recommend - An Empowering Storytime Selection
Page by page, the possibilities grow. From mountain biking to surfing and nearly every sport in between, this picture book promotes female inclusion of often male-dominated independent sports.
Great as a family read aloud book, gift for a baby shower/birthday, or just something you get you want to remind the girl in your life that she truly can do anything she sets her mind to. It's no wonder my little cousins have made this their new bedtime story of choice!
Both avid sports fan and picture book reads alike will love adding "If You Give A Girl A Bike" to their bedtime story collection.
As the author puts it best in her dedication, this book is truly a reminder for all the girls out there to be bold and be brave.
Alex Helmer - Barnes and Noble Marketing Coordinator
Nonprofits that your purchases support
The Be Good Foundation
The Be Good™ Foundation creates opportunities for outdoor exploration, personal discovery and humanitarian service at local, national and global levels.
Priorities include removal of UXO, or unexploded ordnance, throughout Laos, protecting public lands for recreation and access to all, and partnering with other cycling related nonprofits to fund impactful change in their communities.
The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) - NICA develops mountain biking programs for youth and communities across the United States and supports over 26,000 student-athletes in developing strong minds, bodies, character and communities.
One of NICA's programs, Girls Riding Together (GRiT) program is focused on bringing more girls and women into the cycling community to close the opportunity gap for current and future generations.
Through its core values of fun, inclusivity, equity, respect, and community, NICA envisions a future where every youth is empowered to be part of a thriving and engaged cycling community.
Good Karma Bikes
Good Karma Bikes is a network of nonprofit full-service bike shops open to the public. We specialize in supporting people who's bicycle is their primary transportation: low-wage workers, couriers, commuters, and the un-housed. We have been voted Best Bike Shop five years straight.
Our programs include: free outreach repair clinics, work-for-a-bike, women's night, and employment in our shop for the employment-challenged.
But Good Karma Bikes is not about bikes, we're about people and empowerment.
Brown Girls Surf
Brown Girl Surf works to build a more diverse, environmentally reverent, and joyful women's surf culture by increasing access to surfing, cultivating community, amplifying the voices of women of color surfers, and taking care of the earth.
Skate Like a Girl
Skate Like a Girl creates a more inclusive community by promoting confidence, leadership, and social justice through skateboarding. With chapters in Seattle, Portland, and the SF Bay Area, and a global online presence, Skate Like a Girl reaches over 12,000 people each year. Follow them at @skatelikeagirl


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Finsthwaite, Cumbria
Explore the southern tip of Windermere, where there's always something to do, come rain or shine.
England's longest lake escapes its confines at Newby Bridge. Here, Windermere becomes the River Leven, tumbling over a weir close to the ancient bridge that gives the village its name. It then scurries over cataracts and falls through the Backbarrow Gorge before sweeping into Morecambe Bay.
It's an area of crags, tarns and wooded fells, lovely walking country generously sprinkled with visitor attractions that guarantee a fine family day out whatever the weather.
Take a leaf out of actor Michael Caine's book and head first for Haverthwaite, at the southern end of the Leven's lively gorge. This is one terminus of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, the old Furness Railway that once connected Windermere's steamers to the main line at Ulverston. In Victorian times, wealthy industrialists with mansions close to Bowness and Ambleside travelled the lake on their private vessels, changing on to personal rail carriages for onward travel.
Nowadays, it is home to a family-friendly steam railway, with an impressive collection of rolling stock. In 1988, Caine featured as Sherlock Holmes in the film Without a Clue; scenes were shot on the railway near to Newby Bridge and at the northern terminus, Lakeside.
Naval gazing
If you're keen to escape the crowds, then take a walk to Finsthwaite Tower. The steep, waymarked path from the railway bridge at Newby Bridge snakes up through woods to this hidden stone structure, built by a local landowner to commemorate naval victories such as the battle of the Nile in the Napoleonic Wars.
Views through the woodland stretch across Windermere to Gummer's How and the distant line of the Pennines. The woodland hereabouts, home to red squirrels, was managed to provide wood to make bobbins for the cotton industry.
Making bobbins is one of those industries that largely passed the world by; fortunately at Stott Park Bobbin Mill, immediately north of Lakeside, it is preserved a working wonder of the industrial age where millions of bobbins were shaped between 1835 and 1971. This 'live' museum is an extraordinary look back to a lost world.
Lake it or not
Of course, it's impossible not to take advantage of mighty Windermere. Families with a sense of adventure should hot-foot to the far side of the lake's foot opposite Lakeside (there's a little ferry across every half-hour), where, at Fell Foot Country Park, you can hire rowing boats and two-person kayaks.
Back at Lakeside, the lake's renowned steamers continue to offer the most relaxing views of the enfolding countryside. While even die-hard landlubbers can join in at the Aquarium of the Lakes, beside the quay.
From secluded Finsthwaite's sleepy village to Lakeside's bustling quay, Windermere's southern tip is the epitome of a family day out.
Finsthwaite is in the hills at the southern end of Windermere. Head for Newby Bridge, on the A590, There are car parks at nearby Lakeside. Bus route 6/X6, between Kendal and Ulverston, serves Newby Bridge.
Go Windermere
www.gowindermere.co.uk
Café Ambio
Backbarrow LA12 8TA
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Hillcrest Country
Newby Bridge LA12 8QP
www.hotelnewbybridge.co.uk
Walk: Buttermere and Rannerdale Knotts, Cumbria
Take a boat to see Wordsworth's daffodils at Ullswater
Elterwater, Lake District, Cumbria
Walk: Levens Hall, Cumbria


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Tag Archives: Black and Tans
Police behavior matters: America, 2020 & Ireland, 1920
U.S. President Donald Trump caused an uproar earlier this summer by sending federal agents, indistinguishable from soldiers, to Portland, Oregon, and Seattle to quell Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality. State and local officials said the unrequested agents acted like "outside agitators" with tactics that included grabbing protesters from the streets and forcing them into unmarked vans. The images flashed instantly around the world on social media.
"Many of those federal agents aren't easily recognizable as law enforcement officials, nor do they act like them," The New York Times editorialized.1 "Even the military is concerned about the public confusion sown into society when heavily armed federal agents dress like soldiers. All the more reason that the federal agents on the streets of American cities be required to wear uniforms that clearly identify themselves and their civilian agency."
A century ago, the irregular uniforms and heavy-handed tactics of hastily-trained Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) recruits caused in uproar in revolutionary Ireland. Though press coverage wasn't nearly as fast as today, the "Black and Tans" soon became notorious.
The nickname is attributed to Christopher O'Sullivan, a reporter for the Limerick Echo, who encountered an early group of the recruits at a local train station. In a March 25, 1920, story, he applied the nickname of a local hunt club's pack of foxhounds to describe their mismatched dark green and khaki uniforms.
The Limerick Echo is not included in the Irish Newspaper Archive of nearly 90 titles. The earliest use of the name that I found in the database (besides adverts for shoes and other leather goods) was a July 1, 1920, story in the Freeman's Journal. It mentioned the train boarding of "armed soldiers and khaki policemen now-known in the country as 'Black and Tans.'"2
Within two months, however, the name was in wide circulation. It became notorious after the Sept. 21, 1920, sack of Balbriggan, when Black and Tans rampaged in revenge for the Irish Republican Army murder of RIC officers (and brothers) Peter and William Burke. A week later, the Belfast Newsletter published a statement from the Irish Office in London responding to press inquiries about the "exact relationship" between the Black and Tans and the RIC. It said:
The Black and Tans, so-called because of their hybrid uniform of dark green and khaki, were recruited solely on account of the shortage of men in Ireland. They are, it is stated, genuine recruits to the Royal Irish Constabulary, and it is due only to the lack of Royal Irish Constabulary uniforms that they appear in their present dress. The suggestion that these men are in any way connected with the military was denied at the Irish Office yesterday. The auxiliary division of the Royal Irish Constabulary, also named Black and Tans on account of their uniforms, were recruited for the purpose of instructing the existing men of the Royal Irish Constabulary in the defense of their barracks.3
Black and Tans in Dublin.
The term Black and Tans began to appear in U.S. newspaper reporting of Ireland by mid-August 1920. The source appears to be an Associated Press story datelined from Dublin, July 30: "The recruits from across the Channel and soldiers specially detached for police duty are nicknamed 'Black and Tans.'"4
As in Ireland, press use of the name became frequent after Balbriggan. The New York Times, no supporter of Irish independence, editorialized:
Violence, arson, murder by Sinn Feiners have of late been not repressed, but provoked and imitated by a series of reprisals. To private tumultuary lawlessness a sort of official tumultuary lawlessness has responded. The police have been driven into a natural but none the less unpardonable frenzy. Apparently some English recruits and demobilized army officers, hastily and unnecessarily impressed of enlisted for purposes of defense, have had a hand in the series of 'Black and Tan' raids. Private war prevails.5
Earlier this year the Irish government planned to recognize the RIC and Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP), most of whom were Irish-born men who carried out their duties with honor at a troublesome time, as part of the country's "Decade of Centenaries." The event was cancelled, however, after days of protest that it would honor the still-notorious Black and Tans.
This entry was posted in History, Irish War of Independence, Journalism and tagged Associated Press, Balbriggan, Black and Tans, Black Lives Matter, Donald Trump, New York Times, Royal Irish Constabulary on August 10, 2020 by admin.
Cancellation of police force remembrance stirs debate
The Irish government has cancelled plans to recognize British police forces–many of them born in Ireland–who fought against pro-independence rebels a century ago. The commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP), was set for Jan. 17 at Dublin Castle, former seat of British administration in Ireland and now a historical site used for state events.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's center-right government noted that not only were many members of the police forces Irish, but also some were sympathetic to the cause of independence. Others suggested the ceremony was part an effort to understand pro-British unionists in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom and is now convulsed by Brexit.
Opposition party members and the mayors of several Irish cities said they would boycott the event. One suggested that no other state would commemorate those who facilitated the suppression of national freedom, especially the brutalities of the Auxiliaries and Black and Tans, the RIC's special reserve and paramilitary units.
Commemorating Ireland's bloody War of Independence (1919-1921) "will prove delicate for the Irish state for many reasons," John Dorney, editor of The Irish Story, writes in The perils of reconciliation. "One being the potentially antagonistic result of evoking the political violence of the era. But another is that the suggestion that the commemoration of such a bloody and polarizing time can be about 'reconciliation', like the 2016 commemoration of the Easter Rising, is probably wishful thinking."
At The Irish Times, columnist Fintan O'Toole wonders, Why do we fear the ghosts of dead policemen?:
Is it obscene merely to remember such men? Must there be a hierarchy of victims in which they remain, not just at the bottom but even lower down, in the underground darkness of oblivion?
We have, supposedly, been trying to rise above such mentalities, to accept that history, when it turns violent, sweeps all sorts of human lives into the gutter. A society that has moved beyond violence does not leave them there.
Dorney, however, concludes that "value-free commemorations" of the War of Independence, partition of the island, and Civil War (1922-1923) "in general are not possible. It is not 'mature' to impose a false consensus but rather to understand the political differences that led to bloody strife in Ireland 100 years ago and how they shaped the Ireland of today."
Historian Diarmaid Ferriter suggested "an academic event – a conference or seminar – that would look at the issue of policing in Ireland during the revolutionary period" was more appropriate than a state commemoration.
Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) inspection.
This entry was posted in History, Irish War of Independence, Politics and tagged Auxiliaries, Black and Tans, Brexit, Dublin Metropolitan Police, Fintan O'Toole, John Dorney, Royal Irish Constabulary on January 12, 2020 by admin.


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Deep Purple to release boxed set, golden deluxe edition of 'Now What?!'
In honor of Deep Purple's 'Now What?!,' record sales, Ear Music and Eagle Rock Entertainment will release a limited-edition, 2-CD set and 6-disc boxed set.
Goldmine staff
In honor of Deep Purple's Gold record sales of "Now What?!," Ear Music and Eagle Rock Entertainment will release a limited-edition, 2-CD Golden Deluxe Edition of the studio album, as well as a boxed set Jan. 21, 2014.
(Producer Bob Ezrin helps Deep Purple channel its past with 'Now What?!')
Released in 2013, "Now What?!" achieved Gold sale levels in Germany, Russia, the Czech Republic and Poland, and made it into the British Top 20 for the first time in 20 years. The Golden Deluxe Edition will retail for $20.98; the boxed sell will be released exclusively via Amazon.com for a retail price of $59.98.
(Roger Glover is content to get back to basics with Deep Purple)
The first disc of the gold edition CD set features the studio album's original 11 tracks ("A Simple Song," "Weirdistan," "Out Of Hand," "Hell To Pay," "BodyLine," "Above and Beyond," "Blood From A Stone," "Uncommon Man," "Aprés Vous" "All The Time in the World" and "Vincent Price") plus two bonus tracks: Jerry Lee Lewis' "It'll Be Me" and the B-side "First Sign of Madness," which previously only was available digitally and on the CD single "Vincent Price." The second disc, "The Now What?! Live Tapes," contains more than 70 minutes of unreleased, high-quality live recordings made while the band was on tour in 2013. The track listing is: "Strange Kind Of Woman" (Live in Rome), "Hard Loving Man" (Live in Aalborg), "Vincent Price" (Live in Aalborg), "Contact Lost" (Live in Aalborg), "All The Time in The World" (Live in Milan), "No One Came" (Live in Gaevle), "BodyLine" (Live in Rome), "Perfect Strangers" (Live in Gaevle), "Above And Beyond" (Live in Milan), "Lazy" (Live in Gaevle); "Black Night" (Live in Rome); and "Smoke On The Water" (Live in Rome). A brand-new booklet, with notes by Ian Gillan, rounds out the package.
(Steve Morse makes his way once again as the new kid in the old school)
The "Now What?!" six-disc boxed set includes the limited-edition CD+DVD; the live performance recording; "Now What?! The Singles" ("All The Time in the World," "Vincent Price," "Above And Beyond"); a collectible sticker and a size large T-shirt and poster exclusive to the boxed set.
Gallery to exhibit the work of famed album cover artist Ioannis
The new Sky Cries Mary album will blow your space suit off
Fabulous Flip Sides In Memoriam – Ronnie Spector
New Hawkwind box tells the whole story - plus boxes for Ministry, Oi!, 1979 and Brumrock.
Alex Lifeson announces album release of new project, Envy Of None
Monkey brings his own style of music across the pond
Guitarist Joe Satriani goes down a different creative path with abstract painting
Jazzology
Jazzology: Rich Halley, Alexander Hawkins, Coltrane as Reimagined by Dave Wilson & More
By Mike Greenblatt
"Rockets of Love" is a worthy power pop compilation


Remember Me game is a new open-world action-adventure with stealth elements, that is going to be released in May, 2013. The game is developed by Capcom studio, and its plot will take place in New-Paris of 2084. Here every person has a special chip, where all his memories are stored. Using this chip, you can share your memories or somebody can steal them.
Hilin - the protagonist of Remember Me game - is a hacker, and she can stole any memory from any chip. But someone erased her own memories, and now she is going to find out the truth and fight against the system.
Remember Me game will be released for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in May, 2013. And the other day the developers revealed new Remember Me trailer. Enjoy and don't forget, that on our YouTube channel you can find more interesting gaming videos and lot of content is waiting for you in Facebook community.