Bass will eat something if you put it in front of them. At least that's the trap we find ourselves falling for in our game planning for our day on the water. How do we know what to fish from day to day, season to season? It's experience, trial and error, seasonal situations and more that lead us to the bass. And even then it can be a chore to find fish. A couple things anglers tend to forget are profile and pressure.
The pressure fish see from anglers, boat traffic, weather conditions and other variables changes their behavior as each season progresses. The more worms and crankbaits they see pass in front of their nose, the more they resist their impulses and ignore them. The profile of a lure is the easiest thing for bass to condition to. And it can be the easiest thing for an angler to change to get more bites.
Think about this scenario. The bass grouped up in an area. You catch them on a jig but they won't touch a plastic worm. Then you go to another area where they are grouped up but you catch them on the plastic worm and they won't touch your jig. Seems hard to explain other than the fish got conditioned in each area. Maybe fishing pressure did it. Maybe the type of forage in the area did. Maybe the conditions did but profile matters, and in certain situations, one profile is wrong.
We've delved into the topic of lure profile before, but you can take the standard profile of certain lures and change it with easy modifications and catch fish others miss. Spinnerbaits, vibrating jigs, and buzzbaits all have one thing in common—a silicone or rubber skirt. The skirt gives the lures bulky pulsating profiles.
In recent years, we've seen anglers like Bryan Thrift pull the skirts off these type baits and catch a lot of bass from areas other anglers have recently fished. He's known to put a bait like a Zoom Horny Toad on a buzzbait to catch bass. I watched him throwing it on Pickwick and also in the Forrest Wood Cup on the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh to catch some key fish.
We've experimented with the profile changes and have had a lot success changing out spinnerbait skirts for grubs and swimbaits, Chatterbaits with minnow type bodies and buzzbaits with grubs and soft plastic toads. The change in profiles gives the bait a different action and appearance in the water. Makes them easier to cast to tight targets or skip under cover.
One tip: use Super Glue or Loc Tite to secure your soft plastics to the head of vibrating jigs, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. You can fish all day this way without having to constantly fix your baits on the heads.
In smaller bodies of water when you often downsize your tackle, taking the skirt of a small spinnerbait or chatterbait and threading a Zoom Fluke Jr. on it can be a deadly presentation and surprisingly get you a lot of bites in tough conditions. Likewise with a small buzzbait.
You can change the profile of skirted baits to get more bites but as we said, they can be easier to fish too. A chatterbait with a swimbait on its body skips well. You can fire it under low hanging limbs or under and around docks. A Horny Toad on a buzzbait helps keep the buzzbait up and it seems to glide over grass a little better. You can make a spinnerbait look more like a fish head spin with a minnow type body on the head in clear water.
Simple changes can often yield big results. The fish see a lot and making them comfortable enough to eat around your lures makes them more likely to bite. The natural profile of the baits gives them more appeal to pressured and weary bass. Downsize and go natural and use the vibration and flash to draw them in and the natural profile to make them commit.


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A judge has sentenced William Atwood to nine months in jail after he pleaded guilty.
AUGUSTA — William F. Atwood was stopped on suspicion of shoplifting when he was leaving Kohl's department store Dec. 10 carrying pots, pans and dishes.
And when he was searched by police, they found needles filled with heroin in his jacket, Assistant District Attorney Joelle Pratt told a judge on Wednesday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
Pratt talked about the circumstances of the case shortly after Atwood, 37, of Windsor, pleaded guilty to two charges of theft by unauthorized taking, one relating to the Kohl's incident and one involving the Oct. 17, 2013, theft of two cartons of cigarettes from the Maine Smoke Shop, also in Augusta, and to unlawful possession of heroin and violating conditions of release.
Pratt said Atwood was on probation at the time for an earlier theft conviction in superior court in York County.
Atwood was sentenced to nine months in jail for the new offenses and ordered to pay $52 restitution for the Kohl's theft and $108 for the cigarettes. He was also fined $400.
Justice Michaela Murphy added a condition of probation prohibiting him from having or using alcohol or illegal drugs.
At a separate hearing, Darvent Emmanuel Cummings, 22, of East Stroudsburg, Pa., who was one of 10 people arrested during a raid by Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Augusta police officers at an Augusta home on Dec. 18, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of heroin. Cummings had been released from jail two weeks earlier and remained on probation on charges of aggravated criminal mischief.
The prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Katie Sibley said Cummings was a resident of the home and knew illegal drugs were there, but was not using them himself.
He was sentenced to six months in jail on the new charge, to be served at the same time as a six-month probation revocation, and fined $400.


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Jake Owen will soon have two daughters. In an interview with iHeartCountry Live on Thursday (Nov. 29), the singer revealed — by accident — that he's expecting a baby girl with girlfriend Erica Hartlein.
He'd been talking about the pregnancy and why he decided to give up drinking for 9 months, while Hartlein can't drink, when he spilled the news.
"[Giving up drinking] sounded like a good idea at the time. I was like, 'This is gonna be great! Both of us will go without drinking for nine months. I will be completely clear-minded for when this baby gets here,' and it's a girl," he said, pausing, according to Entertainment Tonight. "We just found out it's a girl. I just kinda threw that out there. People had been wondering. We found out it's a girl. I'm good at making girls."
Owen is already a father to 6-year-old Pearl with his ex-wife, Lacey Buchanan, who is also expecting a new sibling for Pearl with her new husband.
Baby Girl Owen #2 is expected to arrive in late spring/early summer 2019. The "Down to the Honkytonk" hitmaker shared the good news with his family during an the ABC News special called I'm Coming Home that aired on Nov. 22.
"This will throw you guys for a loop," he told his parents and fraternal twin brother, with Hartlein seated on his lap. "Erica and I will be having a little addition to our Owen family."
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What does it mean when your boyfriend wraps an arm around your shoulder in a group of people? What is your girlfriend trying to tell you when she greets you without her usual smile and hug? And what about committed relationships where the partners start out showing lots of affection and accommodation for each other but over the years begin to just interact automatically?
The issue of body language within intimate relationships is quite complex and one that is not easily broken down into specific, predictable definitions. It is much like a dance between two people, constantly in motion and combining with other aspects of the relationship to communicate a wide variety of messages.
In the beginning of an intimate relationship, body language is a primary means of communication. Two people who don't know each other very well will use non-verbal cues to express their thoughts when words seem too direct or uncomfortable. It is a relatively safe way to get the point across to each other with less risk of outright rejection or embarrassment.
The early stages are filled with flirting and testing each other's interest. Eye contact is important because it indicates interest; body position is also important because it helps to indicate comfort levels. For instance, two people who sit or stand very close to each other, find excuses to touch each other on the arm or shoulder, or position themselves side by side rather than facing each other, are showing each other that each is comfortable with the other.
As the relationship progresses, more and more touching occurs. This shows up as holding hands, hugging, leaning against each other, and the like. A woman who tilts her head and rests it on a man's shoulder, for instance, is using her body language to express closeness and invite more of the same. A man who takes a woman's hand as they negotiate through a crowded room is using body language to express connectedness, protection, and leadership.
When two people in an established intimate relationship use body language, it can take on far more subtle meanings. This is especially true if the relationship is troubled in some way or if there is poor verbal communication between them. On the other end of the spectrum, though, body language can become a special communication tool used to convey messages of love, connection, appreciation, and the like.
It is quite common for couples to use body language when they are unwilling or unable to talk about a conflict openly. Either person might withdraw physically or emotionally from the other, avoiding situations of physical closeness and keeping feelings inside. Or, either person might become quite physical by slamming doors, banging drawers shut, vigorously cleaning something, or the like. With all of these examples, the underlying cause may vary but the symptoms generally indicate the same thing – the couple needs to talk with each other, openly and honestly, about the real issue at hand.
Couples who have been together many years often develop a set of non-verbal cues specific to their relationship. For instance, in social situations it might only take deliberate eye contact, a tug on the elbow, or a tilt of the head to indicate when one person is ready to go. Parents also can become quite good at this process, using facial expressions to communicate when a child misbehaves or when one needs a break from the kids for some reason.
In general, body language in intimate relationships serves a vital purpose. It communicates specific types of information when a relationship is relatively young as well as when it is more established. It can bring a couple together, push a couple apart, or simply augment the verbal communication habits of the two people.
When it comes to communicating intimacy, though, body language is perhaps the most powerful tool available to couples. A touch of the hand, an arm around the shoulder, a tender kiss on the cheek, or a tender caress of the cheek are all great examples of ways couples express intimacy with each other. Learning about and understanding these kinds of non-verbal cues can go a long way toward strengthening and protecting the intimate connection between two people.
All too often body language can replace verbal communication when a couple has been together a long time. They know each other so well that words aren't necessary. It can be lovely to watch - they can often have an entire conversation with just looks and small gestures. Watch your parents or grandparents sometime to judge and you'll see. But be aware that it takes years to build up to that.


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Hate to Love It: 2JZ-Swapped Lawn Tractor on 30-Inch Tires
I mean, why not? Actually, don't answer that.
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There's a laundry list of engine swaps that have gotten stale over time—the Chevy LS, Honda K-Series, and Toyota 2JZ come to mind. That's not to say they're bad or any less worthy of powering high-output builds, but it takes creativity to make them into something special. Transplanting one into a lawn tractor should do the trick, then.
When the YouTuber crew at Grind Hard Plumbing Co. isn't fabricating custom parts for 85-mile-per-hour Barbie cars, they're working on something like this 2JZ Simplicity mower. It's still in the works right now with the latest update featuring an intricate wiring job in preparation for a Haltech Elite 2500 ECU.
If you're looking to get up to speed, they've documented the entire process from teardown and fabrication to actually rebuilding the engine, which required a second 2JZ to complete. Now, just to be clear, this is a 2JZ-GE—the non-turbocharged version that makes as much as 227 horsepower in stock form. I still wouldn't put it past these guys to boost it down the road, though, and it's still impressive as it sits.
The Simplicity rides on independent suspension and 30-inch tires, so expect it to be less of a turn-fast toy and more of a rowdy off-roader like some of Grind Hard's previous builds. Given all the work that's gone into the chassis, steering, and so on, it's really a custom rig with little more than tractor bodywork. Such is to be expected, of course.
One part I'm curious about is the curb weight of this...thing. It's certainly heavier than before with those chunky tires, and the 3.0-liter 2JZ GTE tips the scales at a little more than 500 pounds on its own. Hopefully, there's a roll cage coming, too, because no one wants to end up underneath this without some sort of protection.
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JERUSALEM, March 15 (Reuters) - Brazil expects a new free trade agreement with Israel to swell bilateral trade to more than $3 billion within five years, officials said on Monday.
Trade between Israel and Brazil slipped below $1 billion in 2009 from a peak of $1.6 billion in 2008 -- $1.2 billion of which were Israeli exports -- due to the global economic crisis.
But a new free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc -- Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay -- goes into effect in early April. Israel is the first non-Latin American country to sign such a trade deal with Mercosur.
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"We will triple trade between Israel and Brazil by 2015," Paulo Skaf, president of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo, said at a conference in Jerusalem attended by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Israeli President Shimon Peres and a group of Israeli and Brazilian business leaders.
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Lula said Israel was "an ideal partner" to help develop its semiconductor, nanotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
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In particular, Lula said he wanted to entice Israeli engineers to Brazil, in light of Israel's 4,000 engineers.
He said Brazil was seeking to widen economic ties with Israel ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Lula, who expects 2 million new jobs to be created in Brazil, said he would soon be launching a new investment programme and hoped Israel would take an active part.
"Although Israel and Brazil may be distant from each other geographically, we can grow close through economic and scientific cooperation," Peres said.
"Brazil has a strong and stable economy and we are willing and happy to cooperate with you in every sector including science, defense, high-tech, agriculture, and advanced space technologies," he said to Lula.
On Iran, Peres told Lula that "crippling economic sanctions" were needed to halt Iran's nuclear programme. But Lula has rejected Israeli and U.S. calls for sanctions. (Editing by Tova Cohen)


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A journalism ethics instructor at Mississippi State University compared a conservative student group to the KKK.
In a recent tweet, the instructor commented on a YAF event, saying "hoods and burning crosses optional."
A journalism ethics lecturer at Mississippi State University appeared to compare a conservative student group to the Ku Klux Klan in a recent tweet.
"Hoods and burning crosses" are "optional" at a gathering of the Mississippi State Young Americans for Freedom, Ryan Phillips wrote Wednesday, commenting on a video which was posted on Twitter by a journalist for Mississippi State's student paper, The Reflector. The video shows the Mississippi State Young Americans for Freedom chapter hosting an event with a "Build The Wall" display on the same day as Phillips' tweet.
"His social media comments aimed at these students were highly inappropriate, inflammatory, and patently unfair and intolerant."
Phillips is a lecturer at Mississippi State University in the Department of Communication and, according to his faculty bio, is the executive editor of two local newspapers in Mississippi, The Starkville Daily News and the Daily Times Leader.
"As a newspaper editor and as a part-time instructor in MSU's Department of Communication, Mr. Phillips should be particularly sensitive to free speech and assembly rights – his own and those of others," Slater said. "His social media comments aimed at these students were highly inappropriate, inflammatory, and patently unfair and intolerant. On any given day, students and faculty with widely divergent social and political views intersect on our campus and it is incumbent on all parties to maintain decorum and mutual respect in the conduct of those activities."
The spokeswoman also said that the school stands by its free speech and free assembly policies.
Phillips' Twitter account was locked, meaning only followers could see his tweets, at the time of this article's publication.


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Q: haproxy: how to prepare a server maintenance without kicking app sessions? The issue
I'm using haproxy to load balance web servers. I use session persistence with additional cookies as some applications use session files and these are not synchronized between servers.
I want to disable a server for maintenance, but without breaking sessions. So I would like to allow existing clients to continue their application session, but not accept new clients.
haproxy behavior

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*I set a server to "going to maintenance"

*if a client has the cookie set, use the server even if marked as "going into maintenance"

*if a new client (without cookie) come, it is directed to another server

*after all clients end their application sessions, no more client would have the cookie set to this particular server, and I'd be good to shut it down without user disruption.

Do you think this is achievable with some haproxy configuration?
Or is there a clever way to do it?
Other ways
Non exhaustive list of other ways to achieve this need:

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*synchronize session files between servers (needs a way to synchronize files between several servers, or a common single mountpoint)

*use database to store session information (needs to change application behavior)

More details
I use this kind of configuration:
frontend https-in
   bind xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443 ssl crt /etc/haproxy/ssl/_default.pem crt /etc/haproxy/ssl
   reqadd X-Forwarded-Proto:\ https

   acl APP1 hdr(host) -i APP1.atac.local
   use_backend APP1 if APP1

   default_backend _default

backend APP1
   redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
   mode http
   balance roundrobin
   cookie HAPROXY_SESSION insert indirect
   option httpchk HEAD /haproxy_test_page.php HTTP/1.0\nUser-Agent:\ HAProxy
   server SRV1 SRV1_IP:PORT cookie SRV1 check
   server SRV2 SRV2_IP:PORT cookie SRV2 check

If I just disable SRV1 (with haproxy cli command), I think all application sessions opened on SRV1 will break after the end of the current HTTP "session". Is that right?

A: Put the server in drain mode using the web management interface. That provides the exact functionality you're looking for.
For details on the web management interface - https://github.com/Aidaho12/haproxy-wi

A: For the future reader that wants to drain a backend from a HAProxy container...
docker exec $(docker ps | grep haproxy | awk '{print $1}') bash -c 'echo "set server backend_name/svc_name state drain" | nc -U /haproxy.sock'

Note:
The /haproxy.sock path is the one you have set in the haproxy.cfg file [eg stats socket /haproxy.sock mode 660 level admin]

A: If you use socat for communicate with your haproxy configurations, you can put a server in drain state of following way:
echo "set server backend/serv state drain" | sudo socat stdio /etc/haproxy/haproxysock
More commands here!
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I test that with haproxy 1.6.3 version :)

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Other ways
synchronize session files between servers (needs a way to synchronize files between several servers, or a common single mountpoint)

If your backend servers use PHP for the application(s) you can use Memcache to sync the sessions between them.
Also Couchbase-Server can do memcache replication out of the box.
Of course it's kind of overkill to use couchbase-server just for sessions replication :)

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The person, a little is needed for happiness. It's only love and attention. I can give you all this, but that we should be together. There are so many beautiful places on earth, but I believe that the best place on earth, is own home, where love and harmony. If a person is alone, in the house there is no happiness. In order to build harmony and love should be two loving hearts. I hope that you will become my heart and we will build the harmony and love.


2014 list of Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists with a net worth of $700 million, bringing him one step closer to becoming the game's first billionaire. He's held the top spot since the list started circulating in 2011.
This fiscal cycle, the Bad Boy Records mogul has seen his net worth increase by $120 million since the launch of his music channel, Revolt TV, last year.
Second on the Forbes' list is Dr. Dre, at $550 million. The reigning king of the headphones industry garnered most of his multi-millions from the success of Beats by Dre, and this year bested Jay Z for the No. 2 spot he held in 2013.
Still, Jay follows closely behind Dre with $520 million. He is the only name in the top five that can count personal record sales in his take home. Hov's deal with Samsung to exclusively release Magna Carta Holy Grail netted him a multi-million dollar paycheck last year, in addition to the money made from royalties, touring and his Roc Nation imprint.
Brian "Birdman" Williams took the fourth spot at $160 million, which is just over half of the $300 million Cash Money empire he splits with brother Ronald "Slim" Williams.
Lastly, holding his spot among the top five, is 50 Cent at $140 million. Fif's placement is credited to the windfall he pocketed from a Vitaminwater deal in 2007.


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It's cold and flu season, and once the symptoms hit, you feel listless, hoping that the disease will pass quickly, and run to the pharmacy to get medicine and a box of Kleenex. Even a cold that lasts just a few days can leave you weak for a week or more after the symptoms are gone, interfering with your activities. Fortunately, you might be able to relieve a cold in as little as 24 hours by following this guide.
New research offers powerful evidence of a link between air pollution and the risk of developing Alzheimers (a form of dementia).A recent study has found that older women who breathe in air that has been polluted by vehicle exhaust fumes and other fine particulates from other sources are nearly twice as likely to develop dementia. Furthermore, the cognitive effects of air pollution are dramatically more pronounced in women who carry the APOE-e4 gene that puts them at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
I'm an octogenarian and enjoying it. As I grew from childhood into adulthood I thought people were "old" who were 20 years older than I. That age kept advancing as I got older.


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Review - Titanfall 2
Titanfall 2 was released on October 28th, 2016 by Respawn Entertainment on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. And is a sequel to the 2014 video game called Titanfall. Titanfall 2 was published by EA, but the release of the game between Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty almost felt like they wanted the game to fail. We will never officially know, but I just feel as if releasing Titanfall 2 between two major games and expecting high sales seems a bit odd to me. This game would have been better suited earlier in the October month then the date EA picked.
But, besides the conspiracy theory how is the game? Titanfall 2 now has a single-player and that is one of the most exciting things about this sequel. You start off in a tutorial as a rifleman named Jack Cooper who is training to be a pilot (only pilots can use Titans). The short tutorial was well done and shows you how to play the game and use the features of Titanfall, such as sliding on the ground, running on walls, piloting a Titan, and so forth. After the short but well done tutorial you get thrown into the front lines of the war against the IMC. During the opening battle, your mentor Captain Lastimosa gets killed and transfers authorization of his Titan to you. BT-7274 a Vanguard-class Atlas Titan, but he is named BT for short. This is where the single-player gets interesting as you play along the campaign and form a bond with your Titan. I have to say I really enjoyed the single-player in Titanfall 2. It was well done, with excellent voice acting, interesting characters, a strong bond between you and BT, and a well done story.
Lets not forget the gun-play here, I mean Titanfall 2 is a FSP after all. The gun-play is very solid, didn't expect anything less from Respawn Entertainment. These guys created Call of Duty, so no complaints there. But the thing that hurts Titanfall 2 is a very short single-player. You can complete it in under five hours. This is pretty disappointing, but at least it is there and I had my most fun in the single-player.
As far as the multiplayer goes, I didn't see much of a change from the first game. Though it might just be me, but I felt the matches were way to short. Each match only lasted maybe 10 to 12 minutes, and for some reason after each match the game sends you back to the lobby to search for more players instead of just continuing on. I don't recall if this happened in the first game, but it was really annoying. Even more so since the player base is very low on the PC. It can take a bit of time to find players and start a multiplayer match again. Game modes can range between 5vs5 - 8vs8 and include Bounty Hunt, Last Titan Standing, Pilots vs Pilots, Attrition, Amped Hardpoint, and Capture the Flag. As you play the multiplayer Titanfall 2 has unlocks where you can get more guns, banners, and badges. I didn't really care to much to play the multiplayer, it was fun, but the short matches and looking for a new game after every match just got to me. Plus, it feels to much like Call of Duty's multiplayer. This is my opinion, but I prefer the longer battles in Battlefield 1 then the multiplayer in Titanfall 2.
Now for my final rating on Titanfall 2:
JB The Gamer's Final Rating on Titanfall 2: 3 out of 5 - Good Game.
Overall I felt the strongest part of Titanfall 2 was the single-player, but it only lasted for 5 hours. Respawn Entertainment created an awesome world, and I was left wanting more. The multiplayer wasn't for me, but I will admit it is fun to play. I just wish matches lasted longer then 10 minutes. The short single-player and not so exciting multiplayer is the reason why I gave this game a 3 out of 5. I just really wish they would focus more on the Titans then the Call of Duty style multiplayer. Titanfall 2 is not a bad game, it just didn't keep my attention for long.
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Familiar Face Returns to SEC as Two Commissioners Plan Exit
Commentary June 29, 2015 at 08:00 PM Share & Print
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A familiar face with deep roots on Wall Street has returned to the Securities and Exchange Commission to help the agency draft its fiduciary rulemaking just as two agency commissioners are planning to exit.
Commissioners Luis Aguilar, whose term expired on June 5, and Daniel Gallagher are planning to depart as the agency drafts a term sheet on what a fiduciary rule should look like.
Gallagher's five-year term was set to expire in 2016, but published reports say that the Republican commissioner plans to remain on the five-member commission until a successor is confirmed—which could take months.
A spokesperson in Aguilar's office told me that while Aguilar, a Democrat, "has indicated that he's not seeking another term, he has no current plans to leave." He could stay at the agency until the current Congress ends.
Duane Thompson, senior policy analyst at fi360, noted that one "convenience" of having both Aguilar and Gallagher leave at the same time is that it makes it easier for Congress to approve a Democrat and a Republican at the same time. That "keeps parity and avoids deadlock" at the commission, Thompson said.
However, if Aguilar left and Gallagher didn't, Thompson said there could be a 2-2 deadlock on a fiduciary rule vote during SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White's term as chair.
David Tittsworth, the former president and CEO of the Investment Adviser Association who's now with the law firm Ropes & Gray, added that "pairing a Democrat and Republican obviously enhances the chance for a smooth confirmation process in the Senate." Historically, "most SEC nominees have been approved by unanimous consent by the Senate during either the August or December recesses. But time is running short for the August recess scenario, given the fact that any potential nominee will be subject to a background check, and that a formal nomination will have to occur, followed by a Senate confirmation hearing."
Aguilar has been a very strong proponent of a fiduciary rule while Gallagher has vehemently come out against such a rule.
But just as Aguilar and Gallagher are set to depart, a familiar face is returning to the agency.
Prodigal Son Returns
White announced in late May that Andrew "Buddy" Donohue, former director of the agency's Division of Investment Management, would rejoin the agency as its chief of staff to help shape a fiduciary rule.
White said that Donohue's "deep knowledge of asset management" would be especially useful as the commission "advances its rulemaking agenda for addressing potential risks in asset management and considers a uniform fiduciary standard."
Donohue served as director of the agency's Division of Investment Management from May 2006 to November 2010. Since leaving the commission, he has been managing director, associate general counsel and investment company general counsel at Goldman Sachs in New York.
But critics complain Donohue's return reflects the ongoing revolving door of hiring Wall Street executives to SEC posts.
Americans for Financial Reform—whose partners include the Consumer Federation of America and AFL-CIO—told President Barack Obama in a June 15 letter that it's of "utmost importance" that he nominate candidates to replace SEC Commissioners Gallagher and Aguilar who have "a strong and demonstrated commitment to protecting investors and to moving ahead with needed reforms in our financial markets."
Too often, AFR told Obama, "nominees to serve on the SEC have been 'revolving door' insiders with a history of moving back and forth between Wall Street firms seeking to escape accountability and the agency charged with defending the public interest. At best, the revolving door creates a situation where key commissioners must repeatedly recuse themselves from critical enforcement or rulemaking decisions, which is highly problematic." At worst, AFR continued, it leads to decisions that are "systemically biased toward the interests of financial industry insiders and away from the public and investor interest. We need a dramatic change in approach as compared to the pre-crisis SEC."
Who Will Be New SEC Commissioners?
Hester Peirce, a senior research fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center and a former Senate Banking Committee lawyer, is said to be the leading candidate to replace Gallagher.
Published reports say that replacements being considered for Aguilar's spot include former SEC attorneys Keir Gumbs and Philip Khinda. Gumbs is a partner at law firm Covington & Burling in Washington, and Khinda is co-head of the securities enforcement practice at Steptoe & Johnson.
Tittsworth added that if the White House and Senate Democrats "can get their act together fairly soon" on Aguilar's seat, "there's a slight chance that both candidates could be confirmed when the Senate takes its August recess."
Dennis Kelleher, president and CEO of Better Markets, complained in a recent statement that the SEC's rehiring of Donohue to be the SEC chairwoman's "very powerful, very influential" chief of staff constitutes "an affront to the tens of millions of American families who suffered through the 2008 financial crash and are still struggling to recover today."
Kelleher also noted that Donohue worked at the SEC "when the agency was missing in action in the years leading up to the worst financial crash since the Great Crash of 1929."
Fiduciary Rule's Future
At a recent event in Washington, SEC Commissioner Kara Stein said she expects the commission to be presented with a uniform fiduciary rulemaking by White, and that "the devil will be in the details on what that proposal will look like."
If the proposal "were simple," Stein said, Congress would have told the SEC how to implement such a standard in the Dodd-Frank Act. She added that the commission has to think about both the "intended and unintended consequences" of a fiduciary rulemaking. She noted the DOL's fiduciary reproposal is looking at who would be a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. ERISA, she said, is "different" from securities laws under the SEC's purview.
Stein said it's important to have "robust policy debates" around the fiduciary issue, and that there is no "one silver-bullet solution."
Meanwhile, lawmakers continue to challenge Labor Secretary Thomas Perez's claims that DOL and the SEC have collaborated on DOL's fiduciary redraft under ERISA.
Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, and Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., chairman of the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee, told Perez in an early June letter that they were not satisfied with the answers Perez gave them after their previous requests for such information on March 4 and March 24. "On both occasions, the department failed to provide the requested information," Kline and Roe told Perez.
"Unfortunately, despite two previous inquiries, the committee has not yet received compelling information from DOL that meaningful coordination has taken place between DOL and the SEC," the two told Perez.
But Perez noted at a mid-June hearing held by the HELP Subcommittee the 827 pages of correspondence that he had provided to both lawmakers—a day early—at the "close of business" Monday, June 15.
Kline asked Perez at the hearing if the 827 pages were a "complete list," noting the "great deal of discussion" among lawmakers about whether the SEC should be the one leading a fiduciary rulemaking.
Replied Perez: "We've had extensive conversations with your staff" and have "offered to provide a briefing on the extent of the conversations" between DOL and the SEC. "We're still reviewing everything. This process has taken place over five years. We're continuing to work with your staff. We offered up a briefing to go over the coordination."
Added Perez: "I look forward to our staff's oral briefing. Were we [the SEC and DOL] talking? The answer is: a lot."


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benenden health – Advent Calendar
benenden health wanted to engage with its Facebook audience in the run-up to Christmas. With an advent calendar already planned for December, the fabl was tasked to make it stand out from the crowd and increase its community and activity on Facebook.
Our analysis of benenden's current members and Facebook followers showed that the target audience were predominantly women over 40. To appeal to this group, our content strategy was to create a story featuring a group of woodland creatures trying to get to Santa's Christmas party. We chose these partly to appeal to this specific audience, and because cute animals have the highest click rate on Facebook. Each day had a new prize for users to win – but unlike other calendars, we made benenden's story user generated. This meant that as well as likes and competition entries, we had genuine engagement from the audience.
Over the 25 days the competition ran, benenden's Facebook page likes rose by 174%, from 3,295 to 9,044. The week the calendar was launched was the busiest of the year in trems of benenden's engagement with users. The campaign received over 1600 comments over the 25 days.
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Q: I want Texts on this Colour-Filled Tikz I want to be able to write simple text, maths and reach text in this colour-filled tikz image. I want to be able to choose text colours, align the text and be able to shadow the text within the rectangular pane.
What I Have
Here is
\documentclass[border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{newtxtext}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text, fadings}
\tikzfading[name=fade out,
inner color=transparent!0,
outer color=transparent!5]
\begin{document}

    \begin{tikzpicture}

        % slant rectangle
        \shade[shading=ball, ball color = gray!10,rotate=30] (3.2,2.8) -- ++ (2.5,0) to[bend right] ++ (0.65,0.4) --++ (-.05,-1.4) to[bend right] ++ (-0.65,0.4) -- ++ (-2.5,0) -- cycle;

        %% small circles
        \shade[shading=ball, ball color = gray!10] (1.5,3.75) circle (0.4cm);
        \fill[Cyan] (1.5,3.75) circle (0.2cm);

        %%% Big Rectangles
        \shade[shading=ball, ball color = gray!10, rounded corners=10] (5.0,4.4) rectangle (11.6,7.6);
        \fill[Cyan,rounded corners=10]  (4.8,4.8) rectangle (11.3,7.3);

        %% big circles
        \shade[shading=ball, ball color = gray!10] (5.5,6) circle (1.6);
        \fill [Cyan](5.5,6) circle (0.9cm);

    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

What I Want
Here is a picture of what I want it to . I put this texts with Microsoft paint to illustrate what I want.

A: Just add node with text! For example, fragment with this node is:
    %%% Big Rectangles
    \shade[shading=ball, ball color = gray!10, rounded corners=10] (5.0,4.4)
        rectangle (11.6,7.6);
    \fill[Cyan,rounded corners=10]  (4.8,4.8) rectangle (11.3,7.3)
        node[text width=38mm, align=left,       % <--- added
             font=\small\sffamily, text=black,
             below left]
         {{\large\itshape\textbf{Heading}}\\
           This is a description of what I want to do.
           I also want to include math:\\
           $a^2+b^2=c^2$
         } ;

Styling of text I left to you :-)


You are warmly invited to the West Lancs CVS' AGM to be held on Wednesday 3 April 2019 at Evermoor Community Hub, Skelmersdale from 10am (9.30am registration) until 11.30am.
To book your place, please complete the booking form and return to Vicky Attwood.
Well done to all those who braved February's snow and made it to the CVS AGM and funding information event!
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will start to be enforced from May 25th 2018 and this has a number of implications for voluntary sector groups.
A number of you have asked whether we can provide training on GDPR so we have arranged a training course for Wednesday 28th March 2018 (venue to be confirmed). There may be a small charge for this but we will confirm this when we know how many are attending. Limited numbers are available so please book quickly to avoid disappointment. To book a place please email Jill Bradley or call 01695 733737.
For more information and resources about GDPR, please see our new information page.
The West Lancs CVS Annual General Meeting / Funding Information Event is being held on Tuesday 27 February 2018 at Evermoor Community Hub from 9.30am (registration) until 1.30pm.
If you would like to reserve a place / an information stand at the event please complete the booking form.
A new project is being launched to look at how the Tawd Valley, often described as the 'jewel in the crown of Skelmersdale' could be developed to improve its appeal and accessibility to local people. A wide ranging consultation will take place between now and October culminating in a Master Plan to guide future development and look at how the park can be sustainable.
The Tawd Valley, a lush wooded valley running for 2km through the heart of Skelmersdale is an underutilised local resource with huge potential to provide opportunities for both wildlife enthusiasts and those simply looking for recreational activities to enjoy.
As well as being a beautiful and restful country escape in the heart of the town, the valley is a haven for wildlife. Tests over recent years have indicated that the water quality of the river is generally very good, providing a healthy home and habitat for a variety of fauna. Last year, 1,500 fish, mainly Roach, Chub and Dace, were released into the Tawd in the Park. Kingfishers have also been spotted there in recent times. The hope is that the future development of the valley will further improve the natural environment including the creation of sustainable wetlands in specific areas beside the river to further improve the quality of the water running through the Tawd into the River Douglas.
As well as looking after the ecological interests of the valley, the Park needs to provide recreational opportunities for local people such as walking, jogging, and cycling, as well as fishing and bird watching. The overall aim of the project is look at how to provide opportunities for people to enjoy the valley to the full, whilst at the same time generating the financial resources needed for the area to be looked after and maintained.
The first phase of the project will involve a community consultation with local residents and people who already use or have an interest in the park including local primary schools, secondary schools and colleges, to see what direction future improvements should take. The results of these consultations will help to inform the content of a questionnaire that will be issued later in the summer to seek the wider views of other members of the public as to how the Tawd Valley might be developed.
Members of the public are invited to attend a consultation event being held by Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire and Merseyside, with support from West Lancashire Council for Voluntary Service on Wednesday 21st June, from 6.30pm in the main hall at the Ecumenical Centre, Northway, opposite the Concourse. As well as gathering people's views as to how the Tawd Valley should be developed, one of the main aims of the consultation event is to identify people with an active interest in the Park who might wish to go on to form a 'Friends of the Tawd Valley Park' group to look after the park in years to come.
The project is being led by West Lancashire Borough Council supported by a Project Steering group with representatives from the Environment Agency, County Council, the River Douglas Catchment Partnership, Groundwork CLM, West Lancs CVS and SHARES.
For more information on the consultation event on the 21 June, contact the CVS on 01695 733737.
The CVS welcomed 81 representatives from community, voluntary and statutory organisations as well as the public and private sectors, to the CVS AGM and Health Network Event at Haskayne Village Hall recently.
The event featured presentations from a variety of speakers including Greg Mitten, CVS Chief Officer, who outlined the ongoing struggles faced by the VCFS in the current climate. He detailed the role of the CVS as an umbrella body and highlighted the five core areas of CVS work: Volunteering, Funding Advice, Information, Training, and Partnership.
A full report of the day can be found here.
West Lancs CVS is working in partnership with Citizens Advice Lancashire West and West Lancs Borough Council to enable people to access help with using digital tools and getting to grips with navigating online.
The sessions will be held at the Digital Health Hub (next to Citizens Advice), Unit 47, The Concourse Shopping Centre, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 6LN.
Book your place through Citizens Advice 0344 2451294 or via the Eventbrite links in the course title.
If you are looking for information online, wanting to apply online or make better use of your smartphone, tablet or computer, Buzz-IT is offering one-to-one support.
This is a great way to share your digital knowledge and skills with others who may be less confident. There are two roles available, Digital Buddy and Digital Champion. Both volunteering roles involve supporting others to gain and develop digital skills, to understand Data protection and security as well as find information online. Training for both roles is provided.
To find out more, contact Jan or Sarah at West Lancs CVS on 01695 733737.
Everybody welcome – please drop in and find out what support is on offer for carers in West Lancs!
Download our general leaflet and all carers leaflet.


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Panama Covid-19 update – 627 more new cases today, taking us to 20,686 to date, with 8 more fatalities (437 to date) and 102 in ICU. To date there have been 68,280 tests, with a 25% being positive. The details for the latest 8 fatalities, show all were over 50 and had underlying medical complications, with 1 dying in the ICU and 1 at home. 5 were male and 3 female. It was also reported today that there had been 834 prosecutions for price gouging over face masks etc, there being a telephone tip-off line to inform on those profiteering.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANNING TO PROMOTE FINANCING OF OVERSEAS NUCLEAR PROJECTS
On 13 June, Executive Intelligence Review reported that the US International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) has opened a consultation on a proposal to lift restrictions on the US financing of civilian nuclear energy projects overseas. This would overturn an explicit prohibition of any nuclear power plant projects. The article also notes that a change in policy would permit the US to compete against China's and Russia's state-backed nuclear energy projects, singling out such companies as Russia's Rosatom, which builds nuclear reactors in many developing nations.
https://larouchepub.com/pr/2020/20200613_nuke_projects.html
VENEZUELAN OIL HIDDEN EN ROUTE TO CHINA AND BYPASSING US SANCTIONS
On 14 June, the Japan Times carried an article saying that last year China replaced the US as the number 1 importer of oil from Venezuela. Through the first six months of 2019, it imported an average of 350,000 barrels per day of crude from Venezuela. Following tightened US sanctions, the State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) stopped loading oil at Venezuelan ports in august 2019. China's import data showed purchases started to slow, and by late 2019, abruptly stopped. But China never stopped buying. Crude from PDVSA. It kept arriving at Chinese ports with the help of a Switzerland-based unit of Rosneft, Russia's state-owned oil company, and a roundabout delivery method that made it appear as if the oil's origin was Malaysia.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/14/asia-pacific/venezuelan-oil-us-sanctions/#.XuYwUbySmM8
COURT IN FRANCE TO RULE IN CORRUPTION PROBE TARGETING SYRIAN EXILE RIFAAT AL-ASSAD
On 14 June, Middle East Eye carried an article saying that a Paris court is to rule in the corruption trial of Rifaat al-Assad, 82, after a near 7-year investigation into the provenance of the exiled uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's multimillion-dollar property fortune. He is alleged to have misappropriated with hundreds of millions of dollars from Syrian state funds when he was forced out of the country in 1984 amid accusations that he had sought to organise a coup against his older brother Hafez al-Assad, Bahar Al-Assad's father.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-syria-rifaat-assad-corruption-trial-to-rule
KUWAIT: LOOPHOLE IN DUAL CITIZENSHIP ALLOWS MONEY LAUNDERING AND TAX EVASION
On 14 June, Gulf News carried n article claiming that a loophole in Kuwait's tax compliance laws relating to foreign accounts and the US FATCA may be resulting in money laundering and tax evasion. While Kuwaiti law require citizens to disclose any other nationality they might be holding, foreigners are not required to do so. Hence, it is said, foreigners who live in Kuwait have accounts in local banks bear details of passports of countries and have names other than the ones used otherwise in Kuwait or elsewhere. It gives the example from a recent case where a man entered and lived in Kuwait on an Armenian passport but also held a US passport, but did not disclose this, in an attempt to evade the jurisdiction of the FATCA.
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-loophole-in-dual-citizenship-allows-money-laundering-tax-evasion-1.72037155
CHINA PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY OFFICER CHARGED WITH VISA FRAUD WAS 'TRYING TO STEAL MEDICAL RESEARCH' FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
On 14 June, the Daily Mail reported that Xin Wang, a scientist and high-ranking military officer with PLA was arrested at LA International Airport, allegedly with stolen research material. Wang is said to have lied on his visitor visa application in 2018 and worked at the University of California's San Francisco lab.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8417779/Chinese-military-officer-charged-visa-fraud-trying-steal-medical-research.html
IRELAND: KINAHAN CARTEL "STILL POSES SERIOUS THREAT AND REMAINS ONE OF MOST DANGEROUS GANGS IN THE WORLD"
On 14 June, Dublin Live reported the comments of the Head of the EU anti-drugs smuggling agency, Michael O'Sullivan. He made the claim following the announcement that Daniel Kinahan – believed to be the cartel's leader, helped broker the heavyweight boxing clash between champion Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in the UAE. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar urged TV companies not to screen the multi-million euro bout if organisers go ahead with Kinahan's involvement.
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/kinahan-cartel-still-poses-serious-18417328
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/tds-look-to-land-knockout-blow-on-kinahans-boxing-ambitions-as-cartel-boss-tries-to-hide-behind-sport-39284174.html
OVER €2.4 MILLION CAUGHT AT DUTCH BORDER IN 2019
On 14 June, NL Times reported that the amount taken was only seized in situations where more than €10,000 was being carried over the border in cases where either money laundering or other illegal activity was suspected.
https://nltimes.nl/2020/06/14/eu24-million-caught-dutch-border-2019
UKRAINE SEIZES $5 MILLION BRIBE RELATED TO BURISMA FOUNDER
On 14 June, Axios and others reported that Ukrainian law enforcement officials have announced that they were offered $5 million in bribes to end a probe into Mykola Zlochevsky, the founder of energy company Burisma. It is said that the bribe had no connection to former Burisma board member Hunter Biden, the son of former US Vice-President Joe Biden. The case involving Zlochevsky involved allegations of bank fraud and 3 people have been detained over the alleged bribe, including a current and a former tax official.
https://www.axios.com/ukraine-burisma-bribe-09c70523-0548-45dc-a17c-c7afd9853a76.html
ALEX SAAB ARRESTED WHEN HIS BUSINESS JET, TRAVELLING FROM VENEZUELA TO IRAN, STOPPED AT CAPE VERDE TO REFUEL
On 14 June, in his blog, Kenneth Rijock reported more details of the arrest of Alex Saab Moran, a Colombian indicted in the US for alleged money laundering on behalf of the Maduro regime in Venezuela. He says that there is no extradition treaty between Cape Verde and the US, but Saab could be expelled by local authorities and taken into custody by US authorities.
https://rijock.blogspot.com/2020/06/alex-saab-moran-fugitive-colombian.html
JIHADISTS IN THE SAHEL AND NIGERIA
On 14 June, Lawfare carried a Foreign Policy Essay which sets out to provide a primer on the most important groups in West Africa and how they might respond to negotiations. It starts by pointing out that, while US involvement has reduced, France has boosted troop numbers in the region from 4,500 to 5,100. The increase came as a response to a January meeting with the G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) that affirmed the Sahel's top security threat is the Islamic State's local affiliate, popularly known as the Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS), which is formally part of the Islamic State's West African Province. It points out that al-Qaeda's regional affiliate, Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), shares an interest in combating and overcoming ISGS, and has expressed willingness to negotiate with the Malian government and possibly cooperate in countering ISGS. The Essay sets out to try to explain the complex situation.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/negotiating-jihadists-sahel-and-nigeria
JORDAN EXPANDS POWERS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY
On 14 June, The National in UAE reported that legislation amendments will grant the anti-corruption body greater autonomy and legal backing to investigate a wider scope of potential crimes, the government has announced at a press conference. Key amendments include giving the Jordanian Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission (JIACC) greater financial and administrative independence from the government and it will be able to independently investigate suspected money laundering, tax evasion, the improper exchange of "favours", as well as the right to "settle" with individuals and groups who return embezzled funds, with greater legal backing and tools to investigate political corruption.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/jordan-expands-powers-of-anti-corruption-agency-1.1033627
54 YEARS SINCE THE MIRANDA SUPREME COURT DECISION ON A SUSPECT'S RIGHTS
On 13 June, the American Bar Association noted that on that date in 1966 the Supreme Court decided the case of Miranda v Arizona, from which the mandatory "Miranda rights" advice derives.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/american-bar-association_scotus-activity-6677532502745206784-aKCP
LATVIA: POLICE RAIDS CONNECTED WITH POSSIBLE LAUNDERING OF SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF EUROS THROUGH ABLV BANK
On 14 June, LETA reported that the 45 raids carried out by the State Police are related to suspicions of the laundering of several hundred million euros through ABLV Bank. The police suspect an employee of a credit institution, as well as its management, of setting up the necessary infrastructure, supporting money laundering and facilitating it, and among the detainees are bank employees. In Malta, the raid on the bank are linked to questions about 17 Black, a gambling company ostensibly owned by RufutBaratzada, an Azerbaijani security guard who works in Baku and lives in a one-storey house,
https://www.leta.lv/eng/home/important/2EABA75C-88E6-4FD9-8CA1-96676B4C81D5/
https://lovinmalta.com/news/it-is-all-connected-latvian-bank-linked-to-17-black-raided-in-major-money-laundering-investigation/
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Pierce Buys Back The Dingley Press
LISBON, ME—The Dingley Press announced that it has been re-acquired by former owner, Christopher Pierce. The catalog printer was purchased from The Sheridan Group, a Hunt Valley, Maryland based print, publishing services and technology provider to publishers of scholarly journals, magazines, books and catalogs.
Pierce first became an employee of Dingley's back in 1972. Rising through the ranks, he was able to purchase the company in 1981. During the next 20-plus years, he grew the business beyond the $100 million sales mark, with more than 500 employees.
In 2004, Pierce sold The Dingley Press to The Sheridan Group. He stayed on with Sheridan, holding various leadership roles at Dingley, including CEO and chairman, until retiring in 2011. At that point, he assumed the deputy commissioner of finance position with Maine's Department of Health and Human Services. Earlier this year, Pierce approached Sheridan's leadership and expressed his desire to purchase the business.
"I am very excited to be reunited with the great people at The Dingley Press. The company has a unique niche in the catalog printing business, successfully providing sophisticated printing and mailing distribution services to over 140 nationwide catalog customers," he said. "I very much look forward to continued growth at Dingley in the years ahead."
The Sheridan Group


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Lighting Solutions offers this lighting assessment service completely complimentary and there's no obligation associated with it.
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They are also in a larger class of drugs called 'Antiarrhythmatic' or 'Antiarrhythmic' drugs that are supposed to prevent irregular heart rhythms. They are given to people with high blood pressure, heart rhythm problems called 'Ventricular Tachycardia', and Atrial Fibrillation. Additionally, their administration is the 'Standard of Care' for all cases of Heart Failure- meaning that doctors are obligated to put heart failure patients on beta blocker medication unless there is a medically justifiable reason not to.
Well, with the side effects of beta blockers that will be listed below, these seem like they just might be medically justifiable reasons not to give beta blockers, unfortunately the medical profession doesn't see it that way.
(burning, tingling, pain, numbness, or poor circulation in the hands and feet), claudication, hyperkalemia (muscle cramps), muscle fatigue, lowered libido, impotence,postural hypotension, raised triglycerides, lowered HDL, raised LDL, and hyperglycemia."
While beta blockers seem as though they should be life SAVING medications, this is not necessarily true and may even be more deadly, in certain people, than receiving no drug at all! Beta blocker medication can lead to a condition called Prolonged QT Interval which can lead to a deadly heart rhythm called 'Torsades de Pointes' which can occur in between 2.5 to 4% of all people that receive beta blocking medications.
Torsades de Pointes is a very specific heart rhythm that means your heart is not beating. Unfortunately, it LOOKS almost exactly the same on an EKG as a heart rhythm that requires emergency defibrillation. But Torsades does not respond to defibrillation, which makes it extremely deadly. While Beta Blocker medication helps with minor abnormal heart rhythms, they CAUSE more deadly ones that contribute to the extremely high rates of Congestive Heart Failure Death! Nice, huh!
beta-blocker based strategy to treat hypertension"
Unfortunately, this advice to 'think carefully' before giving beta blockers does not apply to those with congestive heart failure who are still under the standard of care to receive beta blockers on a routine basis. This is especially problematic because most people with CHF are elderly and already frail with multiple medical conditions. Having to also deal with new onset diabetes is not one of the beta blocker side effects that they should have to be subjected to.
The blocking of these two nutrients is particularly problematic because CoQ10 Depletion in Heart Failure is already seen as a BIG problem; and the depletion of melatonin can lead to increased aging and worsening sleep patterns in the elderly who often benefit from Melatonin for Sleep even when they don't have heart problems.
While you should ALWAYS have the cooperation of your doctor if you would like to get off of any drug, it's especially important that you are under the care of a cardiologist and are being monitored carefully for any ill effects if you decide that it is in your best interest to stop taking beta blockers.
also need niacin (B3) at rather high doses."
While it's great to know that there might be ways that you can safely get off of heart and blood pressure medications, unfortunately, just like Antidepressant Side Effects, symptoms of withdrawal can keep you in a trap of never being able to get off of these drugs, or having a very hard time when you try.
In the case of the beta blockers, particularly metoprolol, a phenomenon called 'rebound hypertension' can occur where the blood pressure goes up to levels even worse than they were before you took the medication in the first place.
Bursts of high heart rates, even at rest, are common, while anxiety, tremors, headaches, anxiety, depression, and general feelings of unwellness(4) can cause those taking the drugs to be stuck on them years longer than they need to be because they simply are unable to stop taking them without severe symptoms.
For those that experience these symptoms, 'weaning' off the drug gradually over a period of several months can help diminish the symptoms, but for those who are sensitive, they may experience problems for months and even years after stopping the drugs. Be cautious when starting these drugs, as beta blocker side effects are not benign, and you might be experiencing problems even years after you don't need the drugs anymore.


So you've been on your new training program for a while, following your nutrition guidelines and making those workouts count. But are you getting results? According to University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Edward McAuley, "almost 50 percent of people who begin an exercise program drop out in the first six months." His 2011 study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine found that celebrating your successes, adjusting your regimen specifically for you and asking others for help are key factors in making it easier for you to live a healthy lifestyle. As Eric Cobb, co-founder of Z-Health Performance Solutions, says, exercise should not be a one-size-fits-all attitude but a one-size-fits-you approach. Ask yourself the following eight questions to make sure your workout program is helping you get to your goals.
1 DO YOU LIKE THE WAY YOU LOOK?
If aesthetic goals are high on your list, then ask yourself, are you happier with the way you look? Are you getting leaner? Are you putting on muscle? Eric Cobb of Z-Health Performance Solutions has seen growing evidence that factors like genetics play a huge role in weight-loss plateaus. That means we're not in control of how we look as much as we'd like to think. Although these things can impact your aesthetic results, he believes that one thing contributing to this is the use of a standardized regimen that has not been designed or refined to suit an individual's genetics, age, diet requirements or activity level. If you're not achieving your aesthetic goals even though they're realistic, suited to your body type and maintain a healthy amount of body fat, making changes to your exercise and/or nutrition plan to suit your individual needs may be all that you need to start seeing progress.
2 DO YOUR WORKOUTS IMPROVE YOUR SENSE OF WELL-BEING?
If your training program is working, then it should be making you feel great. According to Harvard Health Publications, exercise may increase serotonin levels, which improve your mood and help you sleep better. With a healthy diet, the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition says that exercise also reduces stress, raises energy levels and improves self-esteem. So ask yourself: Are you happy? Is your self-confidence improving? How well are you sleeping? How are your stress levels? Do you have any physical pain? An exercise regimen that is well-designed for you should also improve the health of your soft tissues and joints. If you're you're low on energy, always sore and in pain, then it's time to adjust your workouts. Try keeping a journal of how you're feeling on a daily basis — this will help you see any changes and take action if necessary.
3 HOW WELL DO YOU MOVE?
A great program should help you move better, not worse. Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert, M.D., says in one of his TED Talks, "The brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement." Simply put, movement is our primary method for interacting with the environment that surrounds us. It's also required for a healthy brain. Functional neurology recognizes that each neuron in the brain needs two primary things to survive: fuel (glucose and oxygen) and activation. Every time a joint in the body moves, two things happen: The joint gets lubrication and blood supply (without which it will starve, decay and ultimately fuse to surrounding joints), and the sensors in and around the joint send information up to the brain. This input (called afferentation) is the basis for the activation the brain needs to function well and survive. An effective training program emphasizes both quality and variety of movement — in addition to quantity. Skills-based programs train and challenge you to learn new movement and coordination patterns.
4 HOW IS YOUR BODY FUNCTIONING AS A WHOLE?
Exercise creates a large amount of stress on the neurological and hormonal systems. When you exercise, you not only put stress on the bones and muscles, you also put stress on virtually every organ in the body. However, this stress is considered healthy and helps improve overall function. Too much exercise (or the wrong kind of exercise), on the other hand, is bad, particularly if you often train so hard you're unable to fully recover for weeks. This leads to overtraining syndrome, which can have drastic effects on long-term health and function. Here are some questions to ask yourself to gauge your overall day-to-day function: Are you in a constant state of soreness? Do you frequently feel tired and fatigued? Do you have trouble sleeping or frequently wake up during sleep? Do you get sick often? Are you losing your motivation or drive to work out? Are you losing your appetite? Is your heart rate often elevated? Do you feel anxious or irritable? Is it harder for you to concentrate? Do you feel like you are having to work harder, yet are underperforming in your workouts compared to normal? If you've been training hard and answered "yes" to any of these, then consider the possibility that you're overtraining. If you haven't been pushing yourself, consider getting checked out by your medical professional: There are other potential sources of metabolic stress that can cause any of the previously mentioned symptoms.
5 HOW WELL DO YOU REMEMBER THINGS?
It's long been known that exercise benefits the brain. A 2015 study published in the journal Gerontology found that greater muscular fitness of the legs was associated with improved cognitive aging. In addition, multiple research articles have found that those with higher fitness levels and physically active adults have greater brain volume in frontal and hippocampal regions than less fit and less active adults. Interestingly, the brain actually changes structure due to exercise — increasing in volume and size. A good workout program should help shift the trajectory of your brain health and function (barring any underlying medical conditions). Ask yourself if your memory, recall and ability to navigate and find things is getting better or worse over the long term. If you find it is getting worse, consider your workout program. A skills-based program that focuses on developing movement skills and cardiovascular fitness may provide the best brain support.
6 WHAT IS YOUR POST-WORKOUT RECOVERY LIKE?
If you're not recovering from your workouts quickly and completely, you're not likely to progress in your program as quickly as you could with a more complete recovery. The goal of any program should be to adapt to the physical stress created by a workout, resulting in increased fitness and function. Luckily, technology exists that helps us time workouts and decide how hard to push during the workout. Gavin Sandercock, director of the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Essex, says that monitoring small changes to your heartbeat, or heart rate variability (HRV), can be a powerful tool to assess the impact of stress on your health. Along with daily mental stress, exercise, too, places a large demand on the body. If recovery is inadequate, training can do more harm than good, leading to loss of sleep, lack of concentration, low immunity and muscle soreness. To help you track this, try Ithlete, a mobile app that allows you to record your heart rate throughout the day and make notes about your mood, diet, energy levels and sleep. This feedback loop allows you to ensure your training is improving your performance without over- or undertraining.
7 ARE YOU GETTING FASTER/STRONGER?
If you're seeing positive changes in your body composition, that's great! But if your performance isn't simultaneously improving, it's time to make some adjustments to your program. Keep track of your performance in a way that's relevant to your training goals. For example, record the weight you lifted, your running time for a given distance or the number of reps completed for a specific exercise. Heidi Godman, executive editor of the Harvard Health Letter, says that exercise improves memory, thinking skills and learning ability and reduces depression, stress and anxiety. So an effective personalized training program should not only improve your performance in the gym, but it should also let you reap benefits that cross over into your general life, allowing you to be more creative, foster healthy relationships and cope better during hard times. Ask yourself if your training is helping your performance at work and at home.
8 HOW OFTEN ARE YOU INJURED?
As Eric Stevens, NSCA-certified personal trainer, says, "For years, my goal was to kill it at the boxing gym and in the weight room every day. I beat myself up a lot in the process, always winding up in some sort of physical therapy along the way." We exercise to be healthier and improve our life expectancy, so why would we want to live sore and injured? Training should make your joints, tendons and ligaments more resistant to injuries as well as reduce your chance of a heart attack, says Z-Health Performance Solutions' Eric Cobb. A 2015 Danish study from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that people who overexercise have a mortality rate similar to those who do not exercise at all. Balance, therefore, is key. Schedule regular rest days and do activities that nourish your mind, body and soul, such as gentle stretching, massage and hiking or swimming. Listen to your body, and don't push through the pain thinking that this is the only way to create your gains. You need some soreness to know you're progressing, but you should never be injured as a direct result of your training program.
Just as your fitness program should be designed specifically for you, there are no set rules as to which tools you should use to measure the effectiveness of your training program. Tracking your progress should give you an overall view of your program. What you use to track that progress should be based on your goals and what works in your lifestyle. Many coaches, including Becca Borawski Jenkins, CrossFit Level III coach, recommends using a journal to make daily notes about your workout, mood, hours of sleep, energy levels and how you feel in general. You can also make a note of your weight, body-fat percentage, injuries and soreness levels in order to build a moving picture. Apps like MapMyRun and Fitbit are an easy way for you to watch yourself progress while highlighting areas for improvement. And for tracking your daily calories, give LIVESTRONG.COM's MyPlate app a try.
Is your training program working for you? Have you quit your training program because you didn't get results? Which of these questions indicate that your fitness plan has room for improvement? Have you monitored your training performance holistically and made relevant changes to suit yourself? Have you worked with a fitness professional who designed a plan that makes you look, feel and perform better while increasing your resistance to injury? We would love to hear about your experiences! Let us know by leaving a comment below.


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I grew up loving Irish Potatoes. These heavenly confections of delight only came around, once a year. Around St. Patrick's Day. Recently, I learned that Irish Potatoes originated in Philadelphia! Evidently, some sweet baker came up with the concoction and named them Irish potatoes. Not because they were made with potatoes. But, because they looked like potatoes!
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Welcome to the Hocken Collections Blog. This is a new initiative for 2010, the centenary year of the Hocken Collections being open to the public. We will use this blog to publicise our events and activities, update you on additions to the Collections and share some of our favourite collection items with you. We hope you will find it useful and feel inspired to comment on our posts.


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package net.q3aiml.dbdata.morph;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import net.q3aiml.dbdata.DataSpec;
import net.q3aiml.dbdata.model.DatabaseMetadata;
import net.q3aiml.dbdata.model.Table;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

public class SortDataSpecTest {
    DatabaseMetadata db = mock(DatabaseMetadata.class);
    Table beforeTable = new Table(null, "before");
    Table afterTable = new Table(null, "after");

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        when(db.tableByNameNoCreate("before")).thenReturn(beforeTable);
        when(db.tableByNameNoCreate("after")).thenReturn(afterTable);
    }

    @Test
    public void sortRowTablesTest() {
        when(db.tablesOrderedByReferences()).thenReturn(ImmutableList.of(beforeTable, afterTable));
        DataSpec dataSpec = new DataSpec();
        DataSpec.DataSpecRow afterRow = new DataSpec.DataSpecRow("after", ImmutableMap.of());
        DataSpec.DataSpecRow beforeRow = new DataSpec.DataSpecRow("before", ImmutableMap.of());
        dataSpec.tableRows.add(afterRow);
        dataSpec.tableRows.add(beforeRow);
        new SortDataSpec().sortRowTables(dataSpec, db);
        assertEquals(asList(beforeRow, afterRow), dataSpec.tableRows);
    }

    @Test
    public void sortRowTablesEmptyTest() {
        when(db.tablesOrderedByReferences()).thenReturn(ImmutableList.of());
        DataSpec dataSpec = new DataSpec();
        new SortDataSpec().sortRowTables(dataSpec, db);
    }
}


Robeson County's Only Privately Funded, Federally Licensed 501(c)3 "No-Kill"
Brick & Mortar Rescue Organization!
A faithful & tireless group of volunteers, members & staff who have been selflessly giving cats and dogs a new start in life. Showing these forgotten critters a better and more compassionate way of life.
We are a Federally approved 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping cats and dogs. We were founded to find loving homes for adoptable animals, and promote responsible pet ownership throughout the county with an emphasis on spaying and neutering.
The Robeson County Humane Society Animal Shelter's volunteers and staff provide care for adoptable dogs and cats that live there until appropriate forever homes are found for them.
Our primary goal is to rescue and find appropriate placement for homeless animals. Adoptable and treatable animals that demonstrate no signs of aggression will remain at our facility until the right home is found for them. We believe in educating our community about responsible pet ownership, and the humane treatment of animals. We also practice progressive spay/neuter and adoption programs. Adoption applications are not necessarily approved on a first come, first serve basis. Our goal is to find the right family for the right animal, and the right animal for the right family. Therefore, we reserve the right to approve applications that appear to be the best fit for both the adopter and the adoptee.