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NEWS: Governor vetoes resurrected Bill 204
by Office of the Governor | Feb 4, 2016 | Press Releases
Governor Calvo vetoed Bill 204, which failed last November and was resurrected by the Democratic leadership at the Legislature.
"The reason for my veto is simple. The integrity of the Hay study, which set the salary adjustment for the entire government, should be maintained. This has been my consistent message from the day my office submitted the plan two years ago," the Governor wrote to Speaker Won Pat in the veto message.
"I argued against politicizing the effort to ensure parity, but the Democratic leadership did just that and bifurcated the bill. And now, with the election 8 months away, we are again revisiting this issue."
This bill brings our community back to the issue of paying for the talent and drive required to operate the government, and its executive agencies effectively. This is a common practice in the private sector, and in autonomous agencies within the government of Guam. As noted by the administration, as well as in a recent KUAM story, some people within the government — such as the General Manager of the Guam Power Authority and the president of the University of Guam — receive compensation EXCEEDING $200,000.
The idea behind compensation is to pay people for the work they are expected to complete and the weight of the responsibility they are expected to bear. We require talented professionals to manage a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars that ensures tax refunds are paid out in a timely manner, oversee the island's health and safety, and execute the laws Senators create.
To compete with the private sector and autonomous agencies to attract and retain talented individuals able to bear the weight of huge responsibilities, we must offer appropriate compensation. Not having the right human infrastructure in place means we are throwing money at a problem and, in essence, wasting money. Having the right people means we can fix the problem.
"The resurrection of this issue at this time is nothing but political maneuvering," the Governor stated. "If the Legislature is indeed sincere in its desire to help, it can easily do so on its own. The Legislature can appropriate the more than $1 million hoarded in lapsed sums to areas where they believe the government's finances are lacking. Or they can simply volunteer to reduce their own salaries."


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Wide Receiver to Distinguished Professor: a Carolina Journey
Peter Blair Henry grew up wanting to play Pac 12 football. His football scholarship didn't materialize, but Peter had hedged his bets: he interviewed for Carolina's Morehead Scholarship. He won that competition; then he discovered economics in Chapel Hill and has never looked back.
Today, Peter is Dean Emeritus and William R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Finance at NYU's Stern School of Business. Formerly, he was a tenured professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and served as an economic advisor on Barack Obama's Presidential Transition Team. He is also the author of a well-received book on macroeconomic policy, Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth (Basic Books, 2013), as well as numerous articles published in leading academic journals.
Asked how his time at Carolina prepared him for his top-shelf career, he told us, "UNC really captured my imagination. I arrived at Chapel Hill as a student-athlete who wanted to get good grades, and I left as a young scholar with a love of learning and a desire to use that learning to try to make the world a better place."
Economics was a revelation for him: a discipline that offered him the perfect way to combine his appreciation of fact-based analysis with his more subjective interest in social issues. Why did some places on earth have significantly higher standards of living than others? (Peter's family emigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica when he was nine, making global economic inequality a very personal area of inquiry).
"I vividly remember walking into Gardner Hall and my International Economics class on November 9, 1989, the day I and my fellow Tarheels learned that the border guards at Checkpoint Charlie were being dismissed. The fall of the Berlin Wall arguably provided the single most important impetus to the phenomenon we now call globalization. First experiencing that with students from all over the world, in a class that launched my career as an investigator of the costs and benefits of economic integration — who could ask for more?"
Peter found lifelong mentors in UNC's Econ Department. He is especially grateful that he enrolled in classes taught by Professor William (Sandy) Darity, Jr., who supported his interest in the field and shared some of his own articles on development and economic history. When Peter found some of the math challenging, Professor Darity recommended several classes to accelerate his learning. By senior year, he had urged him to apply to the prestigious doctoral program in economics at MIT, where Peter earned his Ph.D. after attending Oxford University for two years as a Rhodes Scholar (also thanks to Professor Darity's encouragement).
"Strong mentorship is critical for success," Peter says, "especially for minorities in the field." He recommends that all students take time to seek mentors actively, both in and outside UNC. He also urges Econ majors to take more math classes. "Whether you want to get a Ph.D. in economics or work in the private sector, you can never have too much analytical training. For that reason, I would suggest taking courses in linear algebra, differential equations, and probability theory in addition to the core calculus sequence."
Indeed, intensive mentoring and enhanced math coursework are pillars of a new research fellowship program in economics, the Ph.D. Excellence Initiative, which Peter established at NYU Stern with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The two-year post-baccalaureate program provides research training and career guidance for high-achieving minority scholars who seek admittance to top-tier doctoral programs in economics. "Paying forward some of the advantages I received during my years at Carolina by supporting a rising generation of minority economists is something that makes me very proud."
While life since receiving his B.A. in Economics from Carolina has been, and continues to be, full of rewarding endeavors, Peter admits to moments of nostalgia. "If I could, I'd transport Polk Place from Chapel Hill to my current home in New York, because 'Magnolias in Manhattan' has an especially nice ring to it!"
And for those who wonder about the athletic aspirations that started his journey — Gardner Hall was only one piece of his Carolina experience. Peter walked onto the football team as a wide receiver, reached the finals of the 1991 campus-wide Slam Dunk competition, and was recently honored as one of UNC's Tarheel Trailblazers.
He hopes that you'll forgive his "NYU purple" tie in this picture: he'd much prefer to be wearing Carolina blue.
Well done, Peter!

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BTS Shares Dreamy Second Teaser of 'Boy With Luv' Music Video With Halsey
By Liz Calvario 1:25 PM PDT, April 10, 2019
BTS fans are anxiously awaiting a major day!
Ahead of the release of their forthcoming album, Map of the Soul: Persona, the K-Pop mega group shared a second teaser of their new collaboration with Halsey, titled "Boy With Luv," on Wednesday.
The almost 30-second clip does not feature the American singer, yet shows the group sharply dressed in white at a movie theater and then dancing on a brightly lit stage that has a 'Love' sign and a slew of dancers all around them.
All seven members are also shown wearing pastel ensembles and doing their impressive choreography at a diner. The highly anticipated visual is set to drop on April 12, the same day their new LP is also released.
The first look at the music video came on Sunday, which included an orange-and-pink-haired Halsey chilling in a movie theater ticket window while sucking a lollipop. She quickly closes up shop and dashes across the street in light pink shorts, crop top and sheer cardigan ensemble when she spots the BTS boys who are all sporting pink suits.
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NOTE: The author interviewed survivor Alan Shard in person in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The British 5,216-ton motor ship Putney Hill was built in 1940 by William Doxford and Sons Limited of Sunderland, England. Her first and only owners were Counties Ship Management Company of Oakley Court, Windsor. The ship was 130.3 meters long, 17.2 meters wide and was propelled by an oil-fired engine at 12 knots.
The 38-man crew of the Putney Hill was led by Captain Donald MacWilliam Hughson, a man neither well liked nor well regarded by some of his Apprentices in light of his perceived severity. Captain Hughson was more charitable towards his crew in his reports to both US and British interrogators, commending them highly. There were four Naval Gunners and two described simply as "military" who must have come from the army artillery. The ship was armed with a 4-inch gun, another 12-pounder, two Marlin machine guns, two strip Lewis machine guns and rockets and kites.
It was towards the end of a long voyage from Haifa, Israel in the Red Sea via Suez and Cape Town South Africa for bunkers. The ship was only a week away or so from her destination of New York. In New York she was to load a military cargo for a convoy to Archangel or Murmansk, Russia. Up until that point her only voyage was to the west coast of Canada and back to the UK via Panama in convoy HX 72. Then the cargo to the Middle East which precipitated this trip. At the time of her demise Putney Hill was travelling in ballast.
U-203 under the youthful Rolf Mutzelburg came across Putney Hill quite by chance according to her crew, at 12:50 pm. This began a pursuit of nearly twelve hours. At about 1 pm the sub plotted the ship's speed at 12 knots in partially cloudy and rainy conditions as it struggled to keep up with the ship on the surface – undetected by the men on the merchant ship. At 2:12 pm the sub crash dived and at 2:35 fired a torpedo at an angle of 90 degrees from 3,300 feet and 10 feet of depth. It missed as Mutzelburg had overestimated the ship's speed. He noted in the submarine's log book that "due to broaching of torpedo the miss was probably detected," however it appears to have been missed by the four lookouts on the Putney Hill.
The position at the time of the second attack, which began late on the 25th of June, 1942 was 24.20N by 63.16W. This is roughly midway between Anegada and Bermuda, and 450 miles northeast of San Juan. At 11:24 pm the submarine fired another torpedo, which detonated amidships. The ship was mortally struck. The submarine was so confident that it surfaced only six minutes later to finish the job by shelling. In that short time the freighter had already been abandoned.
Oddly enough, even though the ship was hit on the port side, she assumed a list to starboard. This has to do with the fact that the ship was in ballast – when a large hole was ripped into the port side below the water line, all the water ballast spilled out, some of the water being replaced by air, which was buoyant, whereas the starboard tanks had only been mildly ruptured, and remained largely intact. As the starboard tanks started to drain into the half-empty port tanks, the ship gradually equalized its trim. In the meantime the guns, whose platforms had been damaged in any event, were pointing at useless angles.
Shard tried to figure out how he had missed seeing the torpedo, and concluded that it must have streaked down one of the moonbeams. There was a slight sea with a northeasterly wind blowing roughly 12 knots. The Putney Hill had been making 11 knots in a northwesterly direction – 279 degrees. She had been zig-zagging for three weeks since leaving Cape Town. Though equipped with degaussing equipment as an early warning system to detect U-boats, it was not activated at the time.
Captain Hughson dashed from one deck below to the bridge and quickly recognized that his ship would not remain afloat for long. He noted a vivid blue light which he attributed to fuel gasses traveling throughout the entire ship from the oil stored in double-bottom tanks throughout the length of the vessel. The explosion of the torpedo destroyed the galley and started a fire in the engine room. Both port lifeboats were smashed beyond repair, one of them with its back broken. The starboard side of the deck was bulged upwards and a crack or "split" spread down the ship's side and half way across her deck. Gun posts, hatches, and beams had all collapsed and were in disarray on deck. Five minutes after the attack Hughson ordered abandon ship.
The only boats available to the 38 men were the starboard lifeboat and a small workboat designed for shuttling in enclosed harbors which is called a Jolly boat. The three Radio Operators (Cunningham, Stringfellow, and Greaves) managed to send as many SSS or SOS messages before leaving. Three rafts were let go in addition to the boats. Hughson became the twelfth man in the Jolly boat. Because the boats had never been launched, the wood was dried and water poured in between the seams. As a result the Jolly boat filled with water and became unstable. When the men in it became fidgety ("panicky and restless"), the boat capsized, and the men were forced to struggle onto the nearby rafts.
"I think the submarine spoke to the men in tone of the rafts, they asked the Captain to help them right their buat but he simply said You'll be alright." After putting her searchlights on to the lifeboats she cruised along at 5 or 6 knots, towards me; I was swept aside by the bow we and managed to catch hold of one of the slots along the side about three-quarters of the way from the after end to the conning tower. I climbed on deck an domes German sailors came along and helped me up, and on reaching the deck I collapsed.
When it was time for the submarine to submerge and leave the scene there were some awkward moments, as Hancock was strident to Mutzelburg about not being able to swim. There was no problem with communication, since Mutzelburg demonstrated that he knew Hancock's neighborhood of Chelmsford very well, and claimed to have lived in East London for six years. The problem was that Hancock was not satisfied with the options the submariners gave him. The first raft they found was empty and half sunk, so they moved to another which was manned by eleven men. Hancock said they would never take him, but Mutzelburg got them to agree to do so. Second Officer J. D. MacKenzie then swam over to meet Hancock about halfway between the sub and the raft. Then the submarine motored off to the south.
Captain Hughson recognized that the first order of business was to right and bail out the lifeboat and Jolly boat. Leaving the non-swimmers on the raft, he obtained eight volunteers to turn the large boat broad-side to the swell and rock the boat upright. Hughson heaped praise on Able Seamen W. Dutton and D. Barry, and Greaser A. Turnbull for their efforts in righting the boat. Once that was achieved after "twenty minutes of real hard work" they succeeded, and Hughson and other began the laborious task of bailing and pumping the boat as dry as they could get it until the seams swelled together eight hours later. At dawn they repeated the process for the Jolly boat.
Once they had rounded up all the men on the rafts – including Hancock – and taken a roll call they realized that only two men were missing; Banks, who Hancock had seen drown, and Campbell, who several men on the raft had seen perish on the propeller. The Fourth Engineer, K. T. Cowling, was badly burned by scalding steam in the engine room. He was being looked after in the captain's lifeboat by his brother, Third Engineer H. C. Cowling. There were 23 men in the lifeboat and 12 men on the Jolly boat, which had lost its oars and sailing equipment. The rafts were stripped of all food and water and anything useful, as a result of which the lifeboat had 36 gallons of fresh water and the smaller boat 14 gallons.
The boats set of together for the West Indies, the larger boat towing the smaller with a 90-foot line. Fortunately rained on the first three days and slaked the crew's thirst. According to Shard the nights were cool but the scorching days were harder. Men who tried to cool their feet in the water found that they swelled. Although sharks were sighted, it was more frustrating to see fish sheltering underneath the boats and not be able to catch them. Two flying fish landed in the boats, and the Bosn, H. Davies ate one of them whole. Three of the Apprentices (Shard, Hancock, and J. R. Pearse) covered themselves with some torn canvas from the lifeboat cover until Third Mate Jenson ("a hulking Dane") opted to liberate it from them. They didn't object.
Seven days into the voyage Kenneth Cowling, the Fourth Engineer who had been scalded, died at the age of 28 on July 2nd. Oil from a burst pipeline in the engine room had burned him over two thirds of his body. His brother saved his gold wedding band and his body was committed to the deep. Two days later, on the afternoon of the third of July, a Royal Navy Corvette (Flower Class) named HMS Saxifrage came cautiously towards them, at first mistaking their boats for the conning tower of a submarine. When the learned that the men had been adrift over a week they stopped and pulled their countrymen aboard.
In San Juan two men were hospitalized at the Presbyterian Hospital. They were suffering from the exposure and shock. All of the experience an earthquake while on the island. Some were interviewed by E. F. Wilmerding, Lieutenant, Junior Grade in the US Naval Reserve. From San Juan Shard and others embarked on the United Fruit Company steamer Veragua, which took them to Norfolk Virginia. From there they spent "three glorious weeks" in New York City, where Mrs. Spalding ran the British Apprentice Club. Their repatriation to Europe took place under the designation 'DBS' for Distressed British Seamen, and was accomplished aboard the Norwegian N. T. Nielsen Alonzo, which took them to Greenock, Scotland.


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Posted by Ang on May 28, 2014 in Party Balance | 1 comment
Screaming doesn't always help, but it can make you feel better.
One of the fantastic things about being a gamer are the communities that we create as we join together in celebration of shared, nerdy interests. Especially in this digital age, almost every nerd-centric thing out there has some sort of community built up in love and support of it. Whether you're part of a loose collection of fans swirling enthusiastically around a Tumblr dedicated to your favorite TV show or a member of an MMO guild dedicatedly logging in every day to play with friends and take down some ubermobs, there is a very real sense of community to the way we gather together. It is a fantastic and amazing thing to be part of one of these communities, but I offer a word of caution: don't get too comfortable because that golden sense of security you feel may be a false one.
While it seems like whatever community you're part of is a collective "OURS", created by and owned by the fans, they're usually not quite so egalitarian. It is absolutely true that these communities couldn't exist without fan investment, but even for something as unofficial as a Tumblr, there are still moderators and owners that run the show and pay the bills. When you get into something officially owned by a corporation, like an MMO, many decisions are completely out of the hands of the players, even though it couldn't survive without them. Sometimes the people in charge make decisions that the members of the community don't agree with and ultimately there's not much we can do about it. Sorry, it's not a democracy.
If you've been reading any of my recent posts, you know I've been avidly playing Neverwinter for the past few months. At first it was casual and tentative re-exploration of the MMO world, but once I joined a guild, I was swept up into the excitement of playing a game with people that I really liked. Yep, I'm a little bit of an addictive personality and the game and my guildmates definitely qualify as shiny objects. Recently, though, I ran face first into an issue that rudely reminded me that the players are only playing at the whim of the game's owners and moderators.
One of my guildmates, in the middle of running an instance, was dumped unceremoniously out of the game. When he went to log back in, he got a message that his account had been banned. This was so out of the blue, it took both him and many of us in the guild by complete surprise. Once he finally got a hold of customer service, he was told the ban was the result of 'suspicious activity'. Over the course of a week and a half, that was pretty much the only explanation he got out of customer service. Never once was he given any concrete examples of what he had done to earn a ban, not even when they lifted the ban and told him he was on 'probation'.
This player is someone I count as a friend and I like to think of myself as a good judge of character, so while it's possible he could have been doing something knowingly and deliberately against the game's user agreement and pulling the wool over my eyes, it would go completely against what I know of him. His ban felt incredibly unfair and the fact that it took so long to get customer service to so vaguely resolve it added even more insult to injury.
It may not help, but crying like a baby can be cathartic.
I've been around the internet for a long time and I've been part of many different digital communities, so this situation shouldn't have shocked me as much as it did. You hope that the owners of the community you're part of will be fair and just, but there is always the possibility that they won't. It is a very cold dash of reality to have something you've felt so much a part of be jarringly disrupted by something so unexpected and unfair. I've seen this happen on both small and large scales: moderators who throw a hissy fit and shut a forum down with no warning, overtaxed but stubborn admins letting a roleplaying MU* die rather than share power with additional staff, faceless corporations shutting down a game to cut overhead despite a small but loyal player base, and so on. Having your heart broken so many times can make you wonder why you even bother getting involved in the first place.
Despite it all, the connections formed are real and that occasionally tenuous sense of community is what makes our geek culture so strong. It can be incredibly frustrating and terrifying to think you'll lose friendships you've made because someone in a position of power is having a bad day, but I think it's worth it. Ultimately, there are no guarantees in life and you have to take chances on experiencing the bad stuff to get the best out of the good stuff. My life is richer for having been part of these communities, no matter the ultimate outcome.
It's important to note that we are not completely without agency in these situations. The last thing I am suggesting is that we lay down and take the abuse of a callous company or a power mad moderator. Speak up and defend yourself and your friends, but be prepared for the possibility that you may need to leave to ultimately resolve the problem. If the caretakers of these communities do not nurture and care for them, they wither and die as people leave, both loudly and quietly. Just because they don't need to listen to us doesn't mean we shouldn't speak up when something unfair happens. I acknowledge my inability to make a private company or group adhere to my interpretation of fairness, but I also refuse to keep silent and just 'take it'. They will know exactly how I feel before I take my business elsewhere.
Also, like the phoenix rising from the ashes, it's hard to keep a good nerd community down. Many new groups are founded from the ashes of previous communities. How many guilds do you know that migrate from one game to another with a core membership base intact? What about forums that were created when a large percentage decided they were done with the abuse from out-of-control moderators? Nerds have a way of finding one another no matter what gets in their way.
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Swedish Palaces off Dubai
Dubai's first purpose-built luxury area for UAE residents to own a holiday property in their own country is being developed at The Heart of Europe islands
Looking for luxurious second homes in the vibrant city of Dubai? Look no further than the truly ultra-high-end properties on The Heart of Europe, a cluster of six islands on The World in Dubai.
Kleindienst Group, developer of The Heart of Europe, is offering Sweden Beach Palaces comprising nine luxurious palaces, plus one super-sized version, set in the beautifully landscaped, lush green surroundings of Sweden Island of the cluster.
Each property will have its own private section of beach, and unique to the palaces, a fully-owned piece of the marine area plot, including a private coral reef.
The properties have been designed as second homes – Dubai's first purpose-built luxury area for UAE residents to own a holiday property in their own country.
The second home market is a new concept for Dubai. While New York has The Hamptons and multiple cities in Europe have their own countryside and seaside getaway spots, Dubai has lacked an area where people leave their primary property and head to a second home for the weekend.
Josef Kleindienst, Chairman of Kleindienst Group, said: "The Heart of Europe is a unique and ambitious project aiming to develop Dubai's luxury freehold second home market in an idyllic island location. Kleindienst Group, the biggest European real estate company in Dubai, is committed to playing a key role in the economic development of the UAE and support Dubai's vision of becoming the world's leading tourism destination. Catering to residents and visitors who are looking for a dynamic, cultural experience, our developments at The Heart of Europe will boost tourism in the UAE. It will also offer investors the opportunity to choose from a range of high quality holiday properties that will be part of a vibrant touristic destination that includes hotels, restaurants and world-class attractions.
"Our journey to date has taken us to the unveiling of the Sweden Beach Palaces, one of the most luxurious freehold second homes in the UAE. Our vision is now turning into reality as we make real progress towards completing our project."
The first Sweden Beach Palace features seven plush bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom. Five of the palaces will be fitted out with Bentley Home interiors, while the remaining properties will be bespoke to the individual owners.
Each property will incorporate a full gym and fitness centre including weights, cardio machines and stretching area, while the standout relaxation features include the Swedish temperature-controlled sauna, massage and spa room for therapy treatments, plus an extra special snow room that can be set as low as minus 5 degrees Celsius. This brings residents the health benefits of traditional Swedish hot and cold therapy.
There will be an entire floor dedicated for guests, including plush rooms encouraging natural light and panoramic vistas. The master floor incorporates the master bedroom which has an exquisite freestanding bath made from a single piece of Italian marble. A stunning dressing room, with finely-finished wardrobes leads from the en-suite bathroom, featuring waterfall rain experience showers and a large multi-jet Jacuzzi.
Residents may choose from multiple options for relaxation and for hosting. The ground floor has a large open-plan area that is suitable for dining and unwinding, combined with breathtaking floor-to-ceiling windows and French-doors. These glass doors slide open onto a pool terrace, ideal for entertaining guests on a beautiful evening. Stretching out from the terrace is a 115 sq m infinity pool, with separate plunge pool and outdoor Jacuzzi/whirlpool. Surrounding the whole property are 67 varieties of plants, flowers and trees, creating a green canopy around the property and embedding the feeling of being away from the stresses of modern life in your very own tropical paradise.
For larger get-togethers, the pièce de résistance is a 570-sq-m roof floor, with 360-degree views of The Heart of Europe, the Arabian Gulf and the twinkling skyline and coast of Dubai. The roof itself has been designed to mimic the upturned hull of a Viking boat, harking back to the roots of Sweden and its heritage. Residents and their guests may even head higher to the top of the roof, where there is a 75-sq-m open-air rooftop lounge terrace, ideal for stargazing and watching the world go by.
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The Script, one of Ireland's hottest new bands, has announced that they will be opening for Paul McCartney's much anticipated concert at Shea Stadium in New York.
In a press conference at Ireland's Oxegen Music Festival on Friday, the Irish trio, made up of lead singer Danny O'Donaghue, guitarist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen Power, revealed that Ringo Starr may join Sir Paul on stage as well.
"Just to even get a chance to play on the same stage for us is amazing and we're hearing rumors that Ringo may play with him as well," the Dubliners said.
McCartney will be performing at the newly renovated home of the New York Mets baseball team as an official reopening of the stadium, now called Citi Field, Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18.
McCartney has a long history with the Mets. The Beatles were the first act to play at Shea in 1965, and McCartney made a special appearance at Billy Joel's "Last Play at Shea" show that closed the stadium last year.
The Script's O'Donaghue pointed out that though people are saying that Paul McCartney is reopening Shea Stadium, his band should get some credit as well. "We're like – 'We're on before him,'" he told the press conference jokingly.
The Irish pop-rock band admits that they've never been to an American baseball game. "I don't like baseball to be honest it's boring. I hate it," O'Donaghue said.
To add fuel to the fire for New York sports fans, the band then gushed about how that sat front court at a Boston Celtics game, and loved it.
The Script's Citi Field performance is not the only huge gig the band will be playing this summer – they'll also open for U2 at their 360 Tour stops in Dublin's Croke Park.
The Irish band is already well-established in Ireland and Britain, where they reached multi-platinum sales with the release of their album in August 2008. They released the CD in the U.S. on St. Patrick's Day this year to rave reviews, and their songs "We Cry" and "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" are popular hits worldwide.
The guys have spent a lot of time in the States promoting their music, which has been featured on VH1's "Sober House" and CBS' "Ghost Whisperer." They've played sell-out concerts around the U.S., where they say Irish people show up in droves, waving their flags and supporting their band.
"It's been brilliant," O'Donaghue said. "The reception has been fantastic for us over there. But it's a huge country, man…it takes time to get over there."
A big indicator of The Script's American success is their appearance in an episode of MTV smash reality hit "The Hills."
"I had no idea how massive it was," O'Donaghue said.
After the guys appeared on the TV show, they say they were constantly recognized on the streets of L.A. and New York.
"They don't even know we sing, they've just seen us on 'The Hills' and they're like 'Oh my God,t here's that guy from 'The Hills'!" said O'Donaghue.
The popular Irish group also announced summer concert dates in Ireland, saying they want to "really give back to our Irish fans."
They'll play five shows at Dublin's intimate Olympia venue from August 25-30, two shows in Belfast on September 1 and 2, and a show in Killarney on September 5.
O'Donaghue explained: "A lot of bands come in, they do Ireland as a warm up gig for the rest of Europe, where as we're using the rest of Europe as a warm up gig for our Irish dates."


Motor development is a sub-domain of the Physical Developmental area. Look out for the rest of the area's articles!
Motor skills, like everything else, are learned and practice is key. In order to develop her motor skills, your baby needs opportunities to strengthen her muscles and coordinate her actions. In her first few months, this will come down to getting enough "tummy-time", which will strengthen the upper body muscles. When lying on her back, your baby may start lifting her head momentarily and turn her head from side to side. Test her grasp reflex –you can place your finger in her hand, she'll automatically curl her fingers around it!
Watch how your baby's head starts to stay upright when you hold her in a sitting position. In no time, she'll be able to sit up herself and she'll gain more and more control over her head by month four. Sitting will also provide some practice in balance and coordination, which will come in handy when she is ready to walk! To prepare her even more for this big step, try holding her in standing position. She'll start to bear some weight on her legs.
Beginning in month five, your baby might start rolling from her stomach on to her back –even though she might not be able to get back on her stomach again. Crawling is another exciting milestone, and great to get your baby exploring her environment and improving her spatial perception. However, this new mobility means that if you haven't already baby-proofed your home, the time is now. She'll keep getting more and more mobile with time, and in only a few short months, she might start holding herself up with furniture or other objects, and finally give that first step that we've all been waiting for. Make sure to capture it –that one's has to go on her Moments page.
Remember that every baby develops differently. These are just guidelines for development and they are by no means definitive. The only baby you should compare your baby against is herself! However, activities such as catching and throwing, swimming, or climbing will provide more opportunities for improving hand-eye coordination and general motor skills in your child! Kinedu has a bunch of ideas – check out the video for an example!
In order to develop her motor skills, your baby needs opportunities to strengthen her muscles, and coordinate her actions.


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AliAnalysisTask *AddTaskReducedTreeNuclei_mh(bool doTri=true, bool doHypTri=false)  {
   //Get the current analysis manager
   AliAnalysisManager *mgr = AliAnalysisManager::GetAnalysisManager();
   if (!mgr) {
      return 0;
   }

   AliAnalysisTaskReducedTreeNuclei *task = new AliAnalysisTaskReducedTreeNuclei("TaskNuclei");

   // //    task->SelectCollisionCandidates(AliVEvent::kINT7 | AliVEvent::kHighMultV0);

      task->SelectCollisionCandidates((AliVEvent::kHighMultV0 | AliVEvent::kINT7));

   task->FillTritonTree(doTri);
   task->FillHypTritonTree(doHypTri);

   mgr->AddTask(task);
   TString Filename = mgr->GetCommonFileName();
   AliAnalysisDataContainer *cQA     = mgr->CreateContainer("QAHistograms", TList::Class(),AliAnalysisManager::kOutputContainer,Filename.Data());
   AliAnalysisDataContainer *cOutput = mgr->CreateContainer("Results"     , TList::Class(),AliAnalysisManager::kOutputContainer,Filename.Data());

   Filename	+= ":Trees";
   AliAnalysisDataContainer *cHeliumTree      = mgr->CreateContainer("reducedTree_Helium",      TTree::Class(),AliAnalysisManager::kOutputContainer,Filename.Data());
   AliAnalysisDataContainer *cTritonTree      = mgr->CreateContainer("reducedTree_Triton",      TTree::Class(),AliAnalysisManager::kOutputContainer,Filename.Data());
   AliAnalysisDataContainer *cHypertritonTree = mgr->CreateContainer("reducedTree_HyperTriton", TTree::Class(),AliAnalysisManager::kOutputContainer,Filename.Data());

   mgr->ConnectInput(task,  0, mgr->GetCommonInputContainer());
   mgr->ConnectOutput(task, 1, cQA);
   mgr->ConnectOutput(task, 2, cOutput);
   mgr->ConnectOutput(task, 3, cHeliumTree);
   if (doTri)    mgr->ConnectOutput(task, 4, cTritonTree);
   if (doHypTri) mgr->ConnectOutput(task, 5, cHypertritonTree);

   AliAnalysisDataContainer *cTreeEventSelection = mgr->CreateContainer("TreeEventSelection", TTree::Class(),AliAnalysisManager::kOutputContainer,Filename.Data());
   mgr->ConnectOutput(task, 6, cTreeEventSelection);

   return task;
}

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Adult males have a much longer and broader head with small odontodes on the sides of head, more odontodes on pectoral fin spine and on the whole body, a bigger dorsal fin and normally a prettier colouration.
Can co-habit with smaller lively catfish, but avoid larger Plecos as there may be territory issues. Do not keep with very small fish as they may be viewed as food, can be kept with medium-sized Tetras and South American Cichlids.
Will accept most foods including prawns, shrimp and snails. Will also take pellets, flake, and sinking catfish wafers.
Will hide during the day so hiding places amongst wood and rock is appreciated.
Not a fish that you will see out and about much. Nocturnal and secretive.
An attractive Pleco which is dark in colour with many small pin-pricks of yellow spots across the whole body and into the fins.


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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal finally certified; 60 days until law is officially gone
The Georgia Voice Editors
National, News
That certification came today, starting a final 60-day countdown to repeal that was also specified in the legislation. Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a nonprofit that lobbied for repeal and aids those impacted by the policy, said he received a call from the White House on Friday afternoon letting him know the certification had been issued.
"The final countdown to repeal begins today. Service members celebrate this historic announcement, and they are ready for this change," said Sarvis, an Army veteran, in a press release this afternoon.
"Our nation's top military leaders have testified that commanders see no significant challenges ahead, and now the President, Secretary Panetta, and Chairman Mullen have certified to Congress that the armed forces are prepared for the end of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'" Sarvis said.
Sarvis said SLDN calls on President Obama to issue an executive order for the military barring discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
"The work of advancing military equality marches forward after repeal. At SLDN, we will represent and defend those who may face harassment or discrimination as we oversee implementation; when necessary and timely, litigate in the courts to bring about full LGBT equality in America's military; advocate for legally married service members to receive the same benefits as their straight counterparts; and assist veterans to correct or upgrade their discharge paperwork," Sarvis said.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was passed by Congress in 1993 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. More than 14,500 lesbian and gay service members have been discharged under the law.
The Pentagon has said that those discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will be able to reapply after the repeal is final, though they must still meet enlistment requirements, the military newspaper Stars & Stripes reported.
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Chelsea Handler makes her mark at Outwrite
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CDC says HIV treatment drugs can aid disease prevention
LGBT Military: 'AMPA' becomes saving grace for ATL couple
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Change College Affordability To Encourage Responsible Behavior, Not Obviate It
Ryan Craig Contributor
In college, my roommates and I did many things for which we had little interest in taking responsibility. Top of mind: Leaving a hulking old refrigerator in the middle of Old Campus, trying to get the School of Organization and Management to organize our bookshelf, and calling the direct line of the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, impersonating Ross Perot, and demanding to be called back. But there's an equally long list of bad things for which we were happy to be held accountable. These include convincing the girls next door that the moldy pizza in the stairwell was an effort to make medicine for an ill roommate who couldn't afford antibiotics, moving Political Union elections to an annex office in a somewhat dangerous New Haven neighborhood in order to depress turnout, and – not unrelated – running our roommate Alex for College Council President with the memorable campaign slogan "A Little Less Gunplay."
If we were in school today, I doubt the lists would be close to equilibrium. As a loving critic of our system of higher education, I'm highly sympathetic to the plight of today's students pertaining to credentials, programs of study, completion, employability and especially affordability. I'm also self-aware enough to recognize that criticism of "kids today" from someone like me tends to come across like a crazy old man yelling "Get Off My Lawn!" But neither of these sentiments will stop me from asserting that today's students are a country mile from prior generations in taking responsibility for solving their own problems.
The Yale campus last year is a good example. Students confronted faculty members in a range of settings – several receiving national attention – as a result of a legitimate sense that they had suffered discrimination; when the Yale Daily News dug in and surveyed students, between 27% and 54% of minority students reported discrimination. But the source of this discrimination was overwhelmingly (95%) other students, not faculty or university staff. What should be done? Survey results indicated majority support for ten different university initiatives including renaming buildings, doubling funding for cultural centers, more mental health services, a new academic center for race and ethnicity, and improving financial aid; there was no indication that students felt they were best positioned to address – or bore any responsibility whatsoever for – student-on-student discrimination.
Writing in The New Yorker last fall, Harvard Law Professor Jeannie Suk noted that today's protests are the opposite of prior generations. Whereas their parents' protests were aimed at figuratively "killing the father," today's protests are expressions of a "need for care from authority figures." Colleges are expected to care for students as parents did at home. Suk points out how the tropes of safety and home figure prominently in students' lexicon: "my home is being threatened."
We should be concerned about student homes, but more so the ones they can't afford to buy as a result of excessive student loan debt. So while it shouldn't come as a surprise that today's students are asking for the government to solve the problem, it's noteworthy that the reaction to student financial insecurity is not whether to accede, but how much, and how quickly. Whether it's free college, borrower defense to repayment, or – most defensible – loan forgiveness for students who attended Corinthian or ITT schools (where Senate Democrats have begun pushing for a new first: automatic discharge), these new high-profile initiatives now dwarf prior efforts to inculcate financial responsibility in students.
These efforts can't have been particularly effective as, according to the New America Foundation, there are almost 1,500 colleges and universities where the majority of students who borrowed federal loans are making interest-only payments on their loans, or no payments at all. How is this possible? All schools – not only for-profits – encourage students to take advantage of an ever-lengthening list of options for avoiding default, including forbearance or deferment programs, and increasingly income-driven repayment programs. With regard to affordability and student loan debt, we have created a culture of non-payment and non-compliance – a culture that contributes to and is informed by the broader problem of failing to take responsibility for solving one's own problems.
Most, if not all of the blame here should be assigned to parents and educators, not to students themselves. We parent much differently than our parents did. Helicopter parents program their children and solve more of their problems than our parents did for us. And at most colleges and universities, a boomlet in deanlets means care and feeding of students in ways that were unimaginable 20 years ago. As a result, while today's college students are more advanced than prior generations in many respects, they're behind in learning to take responsibility and solve their own problems.
Why, for example, are we debating a new rule around forgiving student loans, but not a new rule that would require all institutions receiving Title IV funds to provide at least 10% of funds received in the form of an institution-based Income Share Agreement? Doing so would align the interests of institutions with students, require both to be accountable for outcomes, and teach financial responsibility.
What's most ironic about this is that a primary reason students are insecure – on campus and after graduation (or especially after dropping out) – is employability. Meanwhile, among the competencies employers find most lacking among today's students are leadership, taking initiative and problem solving. It's no wonder that 50-80% of students are unemployed at graduation, and 5 million jobs remain unfilled.
Even more than employability, today's students face unparalleled financial challenges around college affordability and student loan debt. So there's no question of holding students to the same standards of financial responsibility as prior generations. Not even close. But as we evaluate ways to change the college affordability environment, we must do so in ways that are not only fiscally responsible, but so as to facilitate responsible behavior – not to obviate responsible behavior. If students aren't learning to take responsibility at home, college is where they must learn this. Otherwise millions of new college graduates will be wholly unprepared for work and life, which will further undermine employer confidence in the entire higher education enterprise.
To the activists and policy makers behind initiatives like free college, borrower defense to repayment and loan forgiveness: your heart is the right place. But we need to remember that no matter how we might parent our own children, we are educators first and foremost. Caring is good; educating is better. And rather than preparing the road for students by solving problems for them, education requires preparing our students for the road ahead (a road that winds pass my house, where I'm outside in boxers and an undershirt, jumping up and down, yelling at students, and their parents and teachers, to "Get Off My Lawn!").
Ryan Craig is the author of College Disrupted (2015) and A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College (2018). He is also an investor reimagining the future of highe...


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{-# LANGUAGE PatternSynonyms #-}
-- For HasCallStack compatibility
{-# LANGUAGE ImplicitParams, ConstraintKinds, KindSignatures #-}
{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-unused-imports #-}
module JSDOM.Generated.StaticRange
       (getStartOffset, getEndOffset, getStartContainer, getEndContainer,
        getCollapsed, StaticRange(..), gTypeStaticRange)
       where
import Prelude ((.), (==), (>>=), return, IO, Int, Float, Double, Bool(..), Maybe, maybe, fromIntegral, round, realToFrac, fmap, Show, Read, Eq, Ord, Maybe(..))
import qualified Prelude (error)
import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
import Data.Traversable (mapM)
import Language.Javascript.JSaddle (JSM(..), JSVal(..), JSString, strictEqual, toJSVal, valToStr, valToNumber, valToBool, js, jss, jsf, jsg, function, asyncFunction, new, array, jsUndefined, (!), (!!))
import Data.Int (Int64)
import Data.Word (Word, Word64)
import JSDOM.Types
import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
import Control.Monad (void)
import Control.Lens.Operators ((^.))
import JSDOM.EventTargetClosures (EventName, unsafeEventName, unsafeEventNameAsync)
import JSDOM.Enums

-- | <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/StaticRange.startOffset Mozilla StaticRange.startOffset documentation>
getStartOffset :: (MonadDOM m) => StaticRange -> m Word
getStartOffset self
  = liftDOM (round <$> ((self ^. js "startOffset") >>= valToNumber))

-- | <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/StaticRange.endOffset Mozilla StaticRange.endOffset documentation>
getEndOffset :: (MonadDOM m) => StaticRange -> m Word
getEndOffset self
  = liftDOM (round <$> ((self ^. js "endOffset") >>= valToNumber))

-- | <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/StaticRange.startContainer Mozilla StaticRange.startContainer documentation>
getStartContainer :: (MonadDOM m) => StaticRange -> m Node
getStartContainer self
  = liftDOM ((self ^. js "startContainer") >>= fromJSValUnchecked)

-- | <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/StaticRange.endContainer Mozilla StaticRange.endContainer documentation>
getEndContainer :: (MonadDOM m) => StaticRange -> m Node
getEndContainer self
  = liftDOM ((self ^. js "endContainer") >>= fromJSValUnchecked)

-- | <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/StaticRange.collapsed Mozilla StaticRange.collapsed documentation>
getCollapsed :: (MonadDOM m) => StaticRange -> m Bool
getCollapsed self
  = liftDOM ((self ^. js "collapsed") >>= valToBool)


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WHICH DISCOUNTS DO YOU QUALIFY FOR?
You, much like everyone else in the market, are out for the best lease deal you can get. But you, unlike everyone else in the market, might be able to qualify for certain leasing discounts that other people wouldn't qualify for. While incentives and rebates that save you money change month-to-month, your personal competitive edge is something that is static. If you qualify for any of the below discounts, you should definitely bring that up to whoever you're leasing a car from to ensure that you're paying the lowest possible price you could be paying.
Loyalty discounts are great because they can save you several hundred dollars just because you happen to really like a specific make! Here, manufacturers reward those who stay within their brand and want to lease a car within the same make of their previous lease.
Conquest discounts are pretty much the exact opposite of loyalty discounts. Here, manufacturers will reward consumers who are coming off of a different brand car. The reason is the manufacturer is pretty much trying to buy out their competition and giving you a discount to lease with them instead.
Corporate discounts are cool because you don't even have to do anything to qualify for them – your job does the work for you. If you work for a big company, chances are they have an agreement with a particular car brand and if any of the employees within that company lease a car with them, they get a corporate discount. This can be up to a couple thousand dollars off your MSRP.
This one pretty much speaks for itself. If you're currently a student, you could qualify for a student discount on your lease, which could knock down a couple hundred off your MSRP. At least school's good for something, right? (kidding – stay in school, kids).
Again – super self-explanatory. If you graduated from a university or college, you could qualify for a college grad discount.
These are pretty interesting. In the unlikely case that you, for some reason, need to lease a bunch of cars at once, you would probably qualify for a fleet discount. If, let's say, your 3 kids all need to renew their lease around the same time; fleet discounts are up your alley.
All in all, make sure you're getting the lowest possible price for your lease by asking your leasing company if they applied all the necessary discounts that you qualify for.


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Osteoblastoma: Clinicopathologic study of 306 cases
David R. Lucas, K. Krishnan Unni, Richard A. McLeod, Mary I. O'Connor, Franklin H. Sim
The clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features of 306 osteoblastomas were analyzed. Seventy-five were Mayo Clinic cases and 231 were from consultation files. Males outnumbered females two to one. The age range was 6 months to 75 years (mean age, 20.4 years). The vertebral column including the sacrum was the most frequent site (32%). Pain was the usual complaint and neurologic findings were asso ciated with vertebral tumors. Although most tumors were well circumscribed, cortical expansion and destruction were common radiographic findings (39%), and 12% had features suggestive of malignancy. Large, epithelioid osteoblasts were seen in 24% and were the predominant cellular element in 10%. A distinctive epithelioid multifocal pattern was recognized. Recurrence rates were 16% (Mayo Clinic cases) and 21% (consultation cases). Tumors involving the central neuraxis were associated with greater morbidity and mortality. Aggressive behavior is within the biologic spectrum of osteoblastomas, and histopathology alone does not appear to be a reliable predictor of aggressiveness. The most important differential diagnosis is osteosarcoma.
Neurologic Manifestations
Osteoblasts
aggressive osteoblastoma
Lucas, D. R., Krishnan Unni, K., McLeod, R. A., O'Connor, M. I., & Sim, F. H. (1994). Osteoblastoma: Clinicopathologic study of 306 cases. Human Pathology, 25(2), 117-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/0046-8177(94)90267-4
Osteoblastoma : Clinicopathologic study of 306 cases. / Lucas, David R.; Krishnan Unni, K.; McLeod, Richard A.; O'Connor, Mary I.; Sim, Franklin H.
In: Human Pathology, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1994, p. 117-134.
Lucas, DR, Krishnan Unni, K, McLeod, RA, O'Connor, MI & Sim, FH 1994, 'Osteoblastoma: Clinicopathologic study of 306 cases', Human Pathology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 117-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/0046-8177(94)90267-4
Lucas DR, Krishnan Unni K, McLeod RA, O'Connor MI, Sim FH. Osteoblastoma: Clinicopathologic study of 306 cases. Human Pathology. 1994;25(2):117-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/0046-8177(94)90267-4
Lucas, David R. ; Krishnan Unni, K. ; McLeod, Richard A. ; O'Connor, Mary I. ; Sim, Franklin H. / Osteoblastoma : Clinicopathologic study of 306 cases. In: Human Pathology. 1994 ; Vol. 25, No. 2. pp. 117-134.
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Bollywood Kannada malayalam malayalam movie Sunaina Tamil tamil actress tamil hot tamil movie tamil movies telugu telugu movie telugu movies Sunaina - Kollywood Actress
Sunaina - Kollywood Actress
by Faraz on August 22, 2010 in Bollywood, Kannada, malayalam, malayalam movie, Sunaina, Tamil, tamil actress, tamil hot, tamil movie, tamil movies, telugu, telugu movie, telugu movies
This actress is a slight departure from the usual ladies here.
Sunaina is an Indian film actress, but she works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films, not Bollywood.
She was born on April 17th, 1987 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
As I said, she has appeared in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam movies, but the bulk of her work is in Tamil cinema, which is nick-named Kollywood.
The industry is based in the Kodambakkam district of Chennai, so Kollywood is Kodambakkam and Hollywood ran together, like Bombay and Hollywood make Bollywood.
Kollywood is the third biggest film industry in India after Bollywood and Tollywood.
Anyway, back to Sunaina...
She made her acting debut in the 2006 Telugu film "Something Special", and has appeared in tweleve films so far.
You can see Sunaina and more Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada stars here:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Indian-Film-Actresses-18-Bollywood-and-More
Sunaina - Kollywood Actress, posted to http://bollywoodwomen.blogspot.com/ on August 22nd, 2010
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Lavender: the most magical of all herbs, has been revered, used and cultivated since the beginning of recorded time. Its virtues are limitless and its allure captivating. No other herb incites such emotion as that of lavender. Whether you love the herb for its fragrance, healthful properties or beauty, its magical qualities are ever present.
The lore of lavender is deeply rooted in the early discovery of the general pleasantness of the plant and the medicinal properties of its essential oil. It was discovered early that if clothing was washed and left to dry on lavender bushes, the scent would permeate the fabric. Once the clothes were donned, the wearer would develop a sense of claim and well-being.
The common name Lavender is believed to have its roots from the latin "lavare' meaning to wash. Additionally, some theorists have suggested that it came from an early spelling of the word, "livindula," which is latin from the word "livid" or "bluish".
Legends prescribe that when Adam and Eve were exiled they took lavender with them from the Garden of Eden, as it was thought to provide safety against evil. Legends continue to perpetuate the theory that lavender from the Garden of Eden contained no significant scent until Mary, mother of Jesus laid his clothing on the bush to dry.
Lavender is referenced throughout the Bible by the name spikenard, which was the Greek name for lavender. For example, John 12 1-10: reads, "Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment." Spikenard was used as one of the Eleven Herbs for the Incense in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. A cross fashioned out of lavender was often hung over Christian household doors for protection in biblical times.
It has been well documented in ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics that lavender was used for cosmetics, mixed with bees wax and placed under wigs to melt over the head to release the perfume, as well as in embalming and mummification ingredients.
In ancient times, bundles of dried lavender were given to women in labor for squeezing during contractions as the fragrance released was known to calm the pain and facilitate an unencumbered birth.
Lavender posies or sachets were given to couples as marriage gifts to bring good fortune and peace to the newly formed household. Later lavender became the main constituent in posies during the black plague to ward off the evil pestilence and mask the stench of decaying carrion.
Lavender sachets continued to be prevalent in more recent times as a linen scent and a moth repellent in England and colonial America. Additionally, it was well known in colonial America that throwing wet linen and clothing over lavender bushes would absorb the scent of lavender as they dried, bringing pleasant results.
More modern medicinal validation came in the early 1900's, when French chemist Rene Maurice Gattefosse burned his hand severely while working in his lab. His initial reaction was to submerge his hand and he did so in a nearby beaker of lavender essential oil. This act relieved the pain; his hand healed quite fast and did not scar. This observation led him to continue more comprehensive research on lavender essential oil which is still going on today. We still have yet to fully understand the medicinal benefits of this magical herb.
Lavender belongs in the vast mint family. There are many species and varietals with a multitide of different fragrances, uses, colors and flavors. True lavender is a native plant of the mountains of the Mediterranean region. Its cultivation and use has travelled far and wide as its popularity grew. Contrary to popular belief, English Lavenders are not native to England, but acquired the name due to its popularity in England during the Medieval and Renaissance periods.
lavenders but a hybrid. Their popularity stems from their ability to produce a large amount of essential oil, have a failry fast growing cycle, and are immune to many diseases.
Lavender is a timeless herb with limitless possibilities. We encourage you to experiment, taste and enjoy the presence of lavender in your life.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.02 square miles (2.64 km2), of which 1.01 square miles (2.62 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. The Nottawa Creek, also known as the Nottawa River, flows through Athens.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,024 people, 387 households, and 279 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,013.9 inhabitants per square mile (391.5/km2). There were 424 housing units at an average density of 419.8 per square mile (162.1/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 95.4% White, 0.5% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.8% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.
There were 387 households of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.9% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.08.
The median age in the village was 38.9 years. 24% of residents were under the age of 18; 10% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25% were from 25 to 44; 26.9% were from 45 to 64; and 14.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,111 people, 397 households, and 298 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,115.7 per square mile (429.0/km²). There were 424 housing units at an average density of 425.8 per square mile (163.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.48% White, 0.27% African American, 0.81% Native American, 0.27% Pacific Islander, 0.09% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.89% of the population.
There were 397 households out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.23.
In the village, the population was spread out with 32.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $42,083, and the median income for a family was $49,375. Males had a median income of $36,618 versus $26,875 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,409. About 3.7% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
^ Romig 1986, p. 32.


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What the European election means for health care
The European Parliament election is sure to shake up health care issues as newly elected MEPs jockey for positions following the departure of some key members.
While some familiar faces are sticking around, theres a notable vacuum when it comes to one of the most controversial files that will carry over to the next Parliament — health technology assessment legislation — as many of the rapporteurs are now gone.
An influx of Green party candidates will likely ramp up pressure on industry, including pharmaceutical and chemicals manufacturers, and also ensure stronger ties between environmental and health issues.
MEPs will elect a new Parliament president and confirm the committees at the first plenary sitting scheduled to begin July 2. The committees will hold their first meetings in July, when theyll elect their chairs and vice-chairs.
Romanian European Peoples Party MEP Adina-Ioana Vălean, the most recent chair of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI), is returning to Parliament.
Here are our four takeaways for health:
1. Greens want EU to do more on health
Big Pharma and Big Chem better watch out. With Green parties picking up at least 15 more seats, theyre going to have greater strength in numbers when pushing their environment and public health agenda, which they believe the current European Commission is not delivering on.
"DG SANTE is not sufficiently standing up against the pharmaceutical industry, industrial farming, and the chemical sector," Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout, Greens co-candidate for Commission president, said in an emailed statement.
Thats good news for health care groups, which in their manifestos to candidates asked for a bigger EU role in health, including the possibility of a Commission vice president for health in all policies. Eickhout said he thought a VP for health "makes sense," as long as the job came with concrete policies rather than just a title. The Commission should have a bigger role in many issues, including "protecting patients, stimulating research, making sure medicines have an added value and are affordable, aligning trade and health policy, and ensuring that products are safe," he said.
Commission Secretary-General Martin Selmayr said at a POLITICO event on Monday he "would expect the green wave will have a strong impact on the program of the next European Commission president."
Its worth noting though that while the Greens made gains in Western European countries, such as Germany, France, Finland and Luxembourg, they didnt win any seats in Southern or Eastern Europe.
One new face in the Greens sure to be heavily involved in health care issues is Belgian MEP Petra De Sutter, a former senator in Belgiums parliament and a physician who runs the department for reproductive medicine at Ghent University. De Sutter told POLITICO shed be interested to serve on the parliamentary committees for health and justice following her election Sunday night, particularly on issues related to endocrine disruptors and female genital mutilation.
2. HTA needs a new shepherd
One of the Parliaments trickiest health files needs a new leader.
The elections saw a mass exodus — both by choice and by chance — of the rapporteurs of the health technology assessment legislation.
Lead rapporteur Spanish Socialist MEP Soledad Cabezón Ruiz wasnt on her partys list this time around and European Peoples Party shadow rapporteur French MEP Françoise Grossetête and ALDE shadow rapporteur German MEP Gesine Meißner both called it quits. Belgian ALDE MEP Lieve Wierinck, who led the opinion for the Industry, Research and Energy Committee, wasnt reelected.
The Greens shadow rapporteur Michèle Rivasi, from France, declared a win Sunday amid her partys success. And it looks like Romanian European Peoples Party MEP Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, who led the HTA opinion for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, will eek out a win. He was No. 9 on the National Liberal Party (PNL) list in Romania and provisional results predict they will win 10 seats.
German EPP MEP Peter Liese was also reelected. A vocal proponent of EU-level HTA, Liese may try to take up the mantle for his party.
3. Medical device champions remain
Many of the MEPs who worked on the new medical device regulations last session are returning, including Liese who was co-rapporteur on the file.
While the new rules were agreed in 2017, some MEPs and Council representatives have suggested the Commission has been dragging its feet on implementation and hasnt done enough to ensure readiness as the 2020 deadline looms. Industry has been sounding the alarm as there aRead More – Source
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Man dies in A30 crash between a tractor and car while teenager fights for her life in hospital
The incident happened late last night and involved a tractor and a car
Philippa Jenkins
A man died at the scene of a crash on the A30 last night between a tractor and car while a teenager girl has been left fighting for her life in hospital.
The incident happened just after 11.30pm last night (Saturday) at Mount Pleasant Roche, St Austell, Cornwall Live reports.
A blue coloured BMW was travelling west on the A30 but lost control for reasons unknown and strayed into the eastbound carriageway, colliding with a tractor and trailer.
First image of the scene of crash involving a tractor on the A30 at Victoria (Image: Cornwall Live)
Now, police have confirmed the BMW was driven by a 20-year-old male, from the Truro area, who tragically died at the scene.
His front seat passenger was a 17-year-old female, from Camborne, who is currently critically ill with life-threatening head injuries, at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
The incident saw the A30 being closed by police for more than 12 hours while they investigated the scene.
Fire crews, paramedics, the air ambulance and highways were also all at the scene.
The eastbound carriageway was reopened by just after 2.30pm this afternoon once the central reservation barrier had been repaired. The westbound carriageway had been opened at 12.20pm.
The volunteer 4x4 drivers who are on hand to help when the Beast from the East strikes
They left Plymouth and travelled across the Tamar Bridge at about 10.50pm , they continued on the A38, joined the A30 at Bodmin and then the BMW collided with the tractor at 11.38pm.
Anybody who may have information that is pertinent to this investigation is requested to phone Devon and Cornwall Police on 101, quoting log number 886 of 24th February 2018.


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Whether you're importing or exporting cargo, arranging insurance through a broker or adviser in New Zealand puts you in control.
If you're selling goods to an overseas buyer on Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) terms, you have control over arranging marine insurance for the goods in transit.
Using CIF terms of sale can give exporters many advantages. Most insurance brokers will recommend that exporters sell on these terms.
If you have a claim that occurs overseas, the survey reports we obtain can assist with your future risk management and allow you to plan for any potential marketing issues.
It's often a good idea for importers to arrange marine transit insurance for their goods. In the past, having their own insurance has often proved crucial for New Zealand importers.
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Here's Why 'La La Land' Was Announced As Oscars Winner
By Katie Corvino
Sunday's Oscars ceremony ended unexpectedly when presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced the incorrect winner for Best Picture at the end of the night.
The "Bonnie and Clyde" actors read off the name "La La Land," even though "Moonlight" was the true winner of the award.
It was a terribly awkward and uncomfortable moment, to say the least, and it'll definitely go down in awards show history.
Steve Harvey, you're old news now! Congrats, brother!
So what really happened? How could someone mess up the most CRUCIAL moment of the night?
Well, Beatty blamed it on the envelope, of course. He claimed he was handed the wrong card and told the audience,
I opened the envelope and it said, 'Emma Stone, 'La La Land.'' That's why I took such a long look at Faye and then you. I wasn't trying to be funny.
Emma Stone was awarded Best Actress In A Leading Role moments before the Best Picture nominees were read off.
After the show, Stone told the press,
I don't mean to start stuff, but whatever story that was, I had that card, so I am not sure what happened.
HMMMM, interesting.
According to the accounting firm that runs the Oscars balloting for the last 83 years, PwC, there are two different sets of winning envelopes for each category.
Brian Cullinan and Martha L. Ruiz are reportedly the only two people who know the list of winners before the show.
Cullinan explained,
[We] select the cards for the winners and put those into the respective envelopes ... on Friday and Saturday, and then bring the briefcase carrying those envelopes to the red carpet and to the show on Sunday, where both of us stand backstage, one on each side of the stage, and we hand the envelopes to the presenters right before they walk out... When we close the envelopes, that's the only place that the winner is written down.
He continued,
From a security perspective, we double up everything. That's why there's two of us. We have two briefcases, that are identical, and we have two entire sets of winning envelopes. Martha carries one of those briefcases, I carry the other.
The security is obviously intense, because you know, the two are literally holding a briefcase filled with secrets. Cullinan added,
We go to the show separately with police escorts. I used to think it was for our security, it's really for the briefcase. We take different routes to get there just because of the kinds of things that can happen in LA traffic. We want to make sure that no matter what happens, one of us gets there. We've never really had a problem with that.
Cullinan also said he and Ruiz have to memorize the full list of winners just to be extra sure.
Even with all that information, "La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz still has no clue who had the correct Best Picture envelope.
He retold the experience to ET and said,
So there suddenly appeared a guy on the stage, one of the guys with the headsets, and he started looking for the envelope because it felt like something was wrong... And I don't think anyone really knew because we were still sort of having our celebration and accepting [our award]. He asked for the envelope that I had been given when I walked up there and he opened it and it said, 'Emma Stone, 'La La Land.'' I mean, how that happened, I have no idea, but then a search for the correct envelope started happening.
Hmm, seems kind of fishy, doesn't it?
I'm sure the entire thing was just one big misunderstanding, but I do feel bad for how the night went down.
I guess it's safe to say Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway will never be presenters again. It's OK, guys. Happens to the best of us.
Citations: Oscars Best Picture Mix Up (ET Online)


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At SkySwitch, we value innovation and camaraderie—and at Bacolod's DevFest this past weekend, over 100 participants experienced both.
DevFest is an initiative created by the global Google Developer's Group (GDG). This year, the GDG community has hosted over 500 DevFests around the world in over 80 countries in an effort to learn, share and build new things together. Each DevFest brings together tech-savvy students and professional developers all within a local community to engage in coding sessions and other informative talks about Google and its products.
The GDG's Bacolod City Chapter hosted their DevFest on November 24th, 2018, and SkySwitch was proud to be a gold sponsor of the event in continued support of students, local developers and the IT community. The city of Bacolod, also known as the Philippines' City of Smiles, is home to our Service Delivery Center that includes Technical Support, LNP and Software Development teams.
The SkySwitch team supporting DevFest.
In addition to sponsoring the event, some of our SkySwitch developers were there to showcase our unique technologies. A couple demonstrations included overviews that explained the capabilities of Sallie the SMS bot and the benefits of using our ReachUC integration.
Developer explaining how Sallie the SMS bot works.
We had a great time supporting this group of forward-thinking individuals and look forward to seeing what next year's DevFest will have in store!


The Secret Service is trying to determine who fired shots outside Vice President Joe Biden's home in Delaware on Saturday night, the Washington Post reports.
The Secret Service said a vehicle fled the area after firing the shots at the home in the small, wealthy suburb of Wilmington.
Neither Biden nor his family were home at the time.
About 35 minutes after the shots fired at 8:25 p.m., federal authorities arrested a driver who refused to yield to secure perimeter.
It wasn't clear this morning whether that person was involved in the shooting.
"The Secret Service is working closely with the New Castle County Police on investigating this incident," according to a statement released by the Secret Service.
Biden's office declined to comment, referring questions to Homeland Security.
Posted: 1/20/15 at 8:25 AM under News Story.