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Q: Cosmos DB filter external array using collection I want to find which items in my array are NOT in the collection.  I can filter a collection based on an array, no problem.  But, can I filter an array based on the collection in a single query?
This document talks about constructing a join to 'external reference data' so you can include this data in your query:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/cosmos-db/nosql/query/subquery#mimic-join-with-external-reference-data
I can't figure out if its possible to select from an array, like the units table referenced in the link, and then filter this to NOT include items from the collection?  This type of query doesn't work:
SELECT * from (select value ["valueA", "valueB"]) as x
JOIN y in collectionName
WHERE x not array_contains(x, y.property)

It seems I HAVE to select from the collection first as in: select [whatever] from COLLECTION. I can't select from an array THEN join the collection like: select [whatever] from ARRAY() join COLLECTION?
Do I have to pull the ENTIRE collection (restructured docs, just the data I want) then filter the array in code?

A: Input:
[{
"id": "1",
"VariantNo": "1",
"brand": "XXXX",
"Consumer": "XXX_V2",
        "Assignments": [
{
            "Fruit": "Grape",
            "Owner": "Jason"
        }]
},{
            "id": "2",
"VariantNo": "2",
"brand": "XXX",
"Consumer": "XXXX_V2",
        "Assignments": [
        {
                 "Fruit": "Grape",
            "Owner": "Peter"
             }]
    },{
    "id": "3",
    "VariantNo": "2",
    "brand": "XXXX",
    "Consumer": "XXX_V2",
    "Assignments": [
           {
            "Fruit": "Grape"
           }]
},{
            "id": "4",
"VariantNo": "1",
"brand": "XXXX",
"Consumer": "XXX_V2"
},{
    "id": "5",
    "VariantNo": "3",
    "brand": "XXXX",
    "Consumer": "XXX_V2"
}]

When we try to perform join of collection with array, Cosmos DB doesn't support it. As Cosmos DB currently only support joins on single document of a collection. Please refer below screenshot, when we try to join array with collection, and we got error the identifier document (which is collection name) couldn't resolve.

Alternate to the above, below query will return the result where Assignment Array of collection contains property "Owner" and Value of Owner not equal to "Ritika".
Query

SELECT c.id,c.Assignments FROM c
join x in c.Assignments
where  EXISTS (SELECT value t from t in
c.Assignments where t.Owner not in('Ritika') or
not is_defined(t.Owner))


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Richard A. Bean is the past chair of the KCTCS Kentucky Community and Technical College System's Board of Regents.

In March 2009, he presided over the board's decision to eliminate tenure for new hires to the state's community college system. He supported the move by noting that it would allow greater flexibility in hiring and firing instructors as student demand varied.

Bean also led the board's decision to raise tuition for students while freezing salaries for faculty and staff in 2008. He defended the decision saying that "KCTCS is doing what the majority of households across that state are doing ... we are tightening our belts..."

In 2007, Bean responded to an outcry over the salary paid to the KCTCS system's president, Michael McCall, saying that McCall's $610,000 salary was "totally and absolutely justified."

Bean is a life director of the Home Builders Association of Kentucky. Now retired, he was a senior vice president of BB&T Bank and Chase Bank in Louisville.

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Wałachowo – osada kociewska w Polsce położona w województwie pomorskim, w powiecie starogardzkim, w gminie Skarszewy na Pojezierzu Starogardzkim. Osada wchodzi w skład sołectwa Wolny Dwór.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa gdańskiego.

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Trump acknowledges he is under investigation in Russia probe
by Opinion Contributor June 16, 2017 Updated November 5, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump acknowledged on Friday he is under investigation in a probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race and possible collusion by his campaign — and seemed to assail the Justice Department official overseeing the inquiry.
Robert Mueller, the special counsel named by the department to investigate the Russia matter, is now examining whether Trump or others sought to obstruct the probe, a person familiar with the inquiry said on Thursday.
"I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt," Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to his May 9 dismissal of James Comey.
Trump did not identify "the man" but appeared to be questioning the integrity of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department's No. 2 official who appointed Mueller on May 17, supervises the probe and wrote a memo to Trump critical of Comey that preceded Comey's firing.
Hours later, a source close to Trump's outside legal team said Trump did not intend his tweet to be confirmation of the investigation but rather was reacting to a Washington Post story on Wednesday about the probe. The source spoke on condition of anonymity.
Rosenstein has said privately he may need to recuse himself from matters relating to the Russia probe because he could become a witness in the investigation, ABC News reported on Friday. ABC said Rosenstein told Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand she would have authority over the probe if he were to step aside.
The Democratic National Committee called on Rosenstein to recuse himself from the Russia matter, but it said authority over the investigation should be given to Mueller and not another Trump appointee.
While the Trump administration initially said Rosenstein's letter was the reason the president fired Comey on May 9, Trump later said he did so because of the "Russia thing."
Comey told a Senate panel last week he believed Trump fired him to undermine the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Russia probe. Comey testified that Trump directed him in February to drop an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn relating to the Russia matter.
Comey testified it would be up to Mueller to decide whether Trump's action amounted to obstruction of justice, an act that could be cited in any effort in the Republican-led Congress to impeach him and remove him from office.
The Russia issue has cast a shadow over Trump's five months in office.
In another indication of the seriousness of the probe, Michael Cohen, a personal attorney to Trump, said he has retained attorney Stephen Ryan, a former assistant U.S. attorney, to represent him in the ongoing probes. Cohen has received a subpoena from one of the congressional committees looking into the Russia issue.
Rosenstein has authority over the inquiry because Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself on March 2 after revelations of previously undisclosed meetings with Russia's ambassador to Washington while he was a Trump campaign adviser.
Brand was confirmed as the No. 3 Justice Department official on a 52-46 vote in the Senate on May 18, with Democrats lining up against her.
From 2011 until her confirmation, she was an attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce business lobbying group's legal arm, which played a major role in marshaling legal opposition to environmental and labor regulations championed by Democratic former President Barack Obama.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Senate Intelligence Committee member, said she was "increasingly concerned" Trump would try to fire not only Mueller, but also Rosenstein.
"The message the president is sending through his tweets is that he believes the rule of law doesn't apply to him and that anyone who thinks otherwise will be fired," Feinstein said.
A Trump confidant said this week the president had considered firing Mueller. Rosenstein, who would be responsible for actually dismissing Mueller, told U.S. lawmakers he would fire him only with good cause.
U.S. intelligence agencies concluded in January that Russia interfered in the presidential race to try to help Trump win, in part by hacking and releasing emails damaging to his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
Moscow has denied any interference. The White House denies any collusion.
Trump kept up his criticism of the investigations, writing on Twitter, "After 7 months of investigations & committee hearings about my 'collusion with the Russians,' nobody has been able to show any proof. Sad!"
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And nearly 75% of UK's plastic demand could be met by recycled plastic.
Almost three-quarters of the plastic used in Britain could be supplied by plastic that's been recycled, according to a new report.
But it would require the government to take serious action to develop the UK's recycling industry, according to a new report by environmental charity and independent think tank, the Green Alliance.
Currently, the UK uses 3.3 million tonnes of plastic each year — and around two-thirds of that is sent abroad "with no guarantee that they will be recycled," reads the report, entitled "Completing the Circle".
That's because the UK, with the infrastructure as it is, is only able to recycle 9% of the plastic that is used. The majority of plastic waste ends up being burned, in landfill, or in our oceans.
But, according to the Green Alliance, just collecting plastic and sending it abroad for other countries to recycle it doesn't solve the pressing global issue of plastic pollution.
And one of the main problems? Single-use plastics.
"The government has promised leadership in tackling plastic pollution, but this is impossible while we continue to generate low-value plastics that cannot be used again," says the report.
"The UK does not have an adequate system to capture, recycle, and re-use plastic materials," the report adds.
But as well as highlighting the scale of the problem, the report also outlines the scale of the opportunity it presents in developing a market that can make use of recycled materials, including plastic.
It details several steps that Britain could take to encourage an extra 2 million tonnes of plastic to be recycled domestically. It aims to develop what's known as a circular economy — which means that materials that have already been used, instead of being thrown out and wasted, go back into the beginning of the loop, are processed and turned into new items, and used again.
A fund to stabilise the market for companies investing in recycling plastic domestically.
The problem with targets for recycling, according to the Green Alliance, is that they apply to one stage of the cycle: pushing recyclables into the country's waste collection system.
But just collecting the recyclable materials doesn't necessarily mean that they'll be used again. It also doesn't encourage designing products that can be recycled easily and cheaply.
China has previously played a very significant role in the global used plastic industry. It imports more of the world's used plastics than any other country, including from nations like the UK, the US, and Japan.
But, in July 2017, China said it would be refusing to import other countries' used plastics from 2018 — following a campaign against "yang laji" or "foreign garbage".
Britain has previously leaned heavily on China for disposing of its used plastic — exporting around two-thirds of its used plastic to China, which amounts to more than 2.7 million tonnes of plastic waste to China and Hong Kong since 2012, according to Greenpeace.
Meanwhile, dozens of British companies have indicated that they want to take action to reduce plastic pollution. In April, more than 40 retailers, government departments, trade associations, campaign groups, and more — together accounting for at least 80% of the plastic packaging supply chain — signed the UK Plastics Pact.
In signing, they agreed to a series of pledges that Wrap described as "world-leading", including: to make 100% of plastic packaging reusable, recyclable, or compostable; and to make sure 30% of all plastic packaging includes recycled material.
Global Citizen campaigns to achieve the UN's Global Goals, which include action on improving life on land and life below water, and creating communities and cities that are sustainable. You can join us by taking action here, including to call on governments and business leaders to say no to single-use plastics.


Lovely Fluffy Waffles (topped with warmed stewed apples, light and spicy sour cream, and maple syrup).
Waffles: Combine evaporated milk and water and add vinegar to sour (curdles a little).
Combine dry ingredients add egg, soured milk mixture and butter.
Whisk til batter is smooth.
Heat waffle iron and brush with oil or melted butter, pour in a little batter (not too much as it rises a bit)and cook til golden and a little crisp.
Sour Cream: Combine all ingredients and whisk til light and fluffy.
Serve waffles with warmed stewed apples, maple syrup and cream.
I also like to top my waffles with warmed apricot jam mixed with a little brandy and cinnamon, maple syrup and sour cream. The cream does not taste sour just a little tangy. The cream loses its volume when stored too long so make just before you need it, still tastes great though.


I wanted to write about how the Boston Bruins — fresh off an October that saw an 0-3 start, losers of their first four home games and their $7 million dollar goaltender sporting a save percentage somewhere near mine — how they battled back to win six of seven. I wanted to write about how they had won four in a row, including a weekend sweep of the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning down in the Sunshine State. I wanted to write about how they finished October with a respectable 6-4 record and how they were playing better overall.
I wanted to write about how, except for a shootout goal in last season's meeting with the Dallas Stars, Tyler Seguin had not scored against his former team!
But instead I will write about how you never know what you are going to get with the 2015-2016 edition of the Boston Bruins.
In Tuesday night's game the Bruins faced off against the Stars, Seguin flat-out put Dallas on his back and carried them to a 5-3 win. The former Bruin fired six shots on goal, and three found the back of the net for his seventh career hat trick — his sixth since being traded to Dallas.
Now tied for the NHL scoring lead with teammate Jamie Benn, Seguin says he liked beating the team that sent him packing two years ago.
It was a special kind of night for the No. 1 star of the contest, for sure. Two of his goals were on the power play from the top of the left circle, including a one-time blast that left Tuukka Rask with no chance to make a save.
Nevertheless, he made his former club pay, and he is happy about that.
He's also happy to be in Dallas now. His time in Boston was special but he has moved on and has tried to be show maturity — something the Bruins thought he was lacking when in Boston as a fresh-faced youngster.
"It's a young team here and right when I stepped in I had the opportunity to be a leader. First-line center, I've tried to grasp that and run with it since Day 1," Seguin said.
Seguin has 82 goals with the Stars in two-plus seasons and could be headed for a scoring title while his former team seems to not know which way they are headed right now. It will be interesting to see the results of both when April rolls around.
Just after 3pm Saturday, the patient, The Bruins, were on life support but they still had a pulse and all that was Black & Gold, we fans, were hoping against hope that it could happen. That season would be extended, even for just another week or so. The Ottawa Senators had defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in the afternoon and Boston had to win it's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning and pray that somehow, someway, the last place Buffalo Sabres could defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins and propel them into the second season.
Unofficially, it was over just after 9pm when the Pens Brandon Sutter scored in Western New York and there was no way they could get the defibrillators there in time. The official flat line was 9:43pm EDT. The 2014-2015 Boston Bruins were dead. It made no difference that the end was about a half hour later, when fittingly, the team would lose their game to the Lightning in a shootout. Their 14th of the year of which they won a mere four. Win a couple more of those and hey, who knows.
But we long time jaded fans knew that there would be no Cinderella slipper fitting the Boston toes. Those shoes had already been filled by that team from the National Capital of Canada.
Now the blame game begins. Who stays, who goes? Where did things go wrong? How did a team that had the most points in the league a year ago, not qualify for the playoffs, losing their final three games. General Manager Peter Chiarelli, commented on the lack of will by the team and said he failed to see it all season and yet, he failed to do anything to combat that. The malaise went on all season even though he felt the roster was still good enough to play better.
Usually there is a meeting of the minds between the GM and the Coach, but after Thursday's game, Claude Julien said "I don'€™t think we have the same team we'€™ve had in the past,"€ Julien said. "have a look at the roster. It'€™s not the same. We can'€™t live in the past. That'€™s what we'€™re trying to do here: work with the guys that we have. We'€™ve got a lot of young players and we'€™ve got a lot of players that haven'€™t played up to expectations right now.
Things between the two may not be on the same page anymore as losing can breed a bit of contempt.
It's been eight years since the Bruins were on the outside of the playoffs and in the Chiarelli/Julien era, they have never had to fight to the end for a playoff spot. This was new and not amusing for the team and definitely disappointing for the fan base. Chiarelli put the Bruins in a bad spot with questionable signings and trade deadline decisions or not which put the team in serious salary cap trouble. He traded away key blueliner Johnny Boychuk just before the season and got nothing (draft picks) in return. Had he waited to trade Boychuck at the deadline, he most certainly would have gotten a much better value for him and possibly the Bruins would have been in a better position where they would not have been struggling to get a spot in the playoffs.
And then there are the players who under performed. Patrice Bergeron led the team in points with a mere 55 points. Brad Marchand led the team in goals with 24. Injuries played a role also as David Krejci started the year on injured reserve and only played 47 games. Zdeno Chara was out for 19 games with a knee injury. But that was only part of the story. Too many nights, the Bruins had no desire, not drive, no fight to win games and what use to be their signature was third periods when they would shut the opposition down and win the game. Not so this season.
Then there is your goaltender who I think is the reason you were in a position to claim a spot in the playoffs. Did he have his bad nights? Sure, but don't put this on Tuukka Rask. Too many one goal, low scoring games were lost because of defensive blunders and inability to put the puck in the oppositions net. 67 starts for Rask and he appeared in 70 games, the most since Eddie Johnston in 1962-63. The Bruins inability to acquire a backup goaltender that they can rely on prompted overuse of your number one netminder.
Change for change sake is not a good thing, but there needs to be a major change in philosophy and how you want to progress in the ever changing world of the National Hockey League. Do the Bruins change the coach, GM, or both, we'll get the answer to those questions and more, very soon!
So here we are again. Right back to the spring of 2011. The Bruins were making their way to teh end of the season with so much doubt about what would happen once they got there. After the disappointment of losing to the Flyers in Game seven at home after leading 3-0 in the series as well as the game, how would they perform. There was tons of speculation that Coach Claude Julien would be fired should Boston not make it, AT LEAST, to the second round. And after dropping the first two playoff games of the year, at home, to hated rivals, Montreal Canadiens, not only was the handwriting on the wall, Gentle Giant movers had already been schedule to come to the TD and have the coaching staff and maybe even the General Manager shipped out immediately.
But, a funny thing happened on the way to the end of that years tournament. The ship was righted. Michael Ryder made a glove save, scored an OT goal. A puck glanced off Zdeno Chara's skate, Nathan Horton scored an OT Goal, and lest we forget Tim Thomas. The Bruins won the Stanley Cup and not only saved the coaching staff, but MANY of the on ice jobs were rewarded with fantastic contracts, for THEM, not so good for the Bruins as they are now in Cap jail.
Which brings us to 2015 and with single digit games remaining, the home team finds themselves on the outside of the playoffs looking in and hoping they get help from others along the way. This was not the way this season was supposed to be played out. But if you've been paying attention all year, this team has been a Jekyll and Hyde masterpiece.
The Bruins began October with a mediocre 6-6 record and everyone thought, yeah, it's early. They be OK. But you just knew that losing one of the core players of that 2011 team, Johnny Boychuk (traded to the New York Islanders before the season) would come back to haunt them. It did when Captain Zdeno Chara was lost for a number games to a knee injury, likewise David Krejci. November and January were Dr. Jekyll months as the Bruins had eight wins in 12 games in each of those months, while going 5-9 in December and a horrible Hyde-like 4-8 in February. Back to mediocre in March coming in so far with 6-7 after beating the Rangers at the TD Garden on Saturday. That win has them back in that eighth and final playoff spot as both Florida and Ottawa lost their games in overtime Saturday night and face each other Sunday.
Still no playoff spot is guaranteed as Boston is bunched up with the Senators and Panthers for final payoff spot. The Bruins still have two games to play against the Panthers which could decided the fate of either and they have to hope that the Sens have a collapse.
Two weeks to get things on the right track and look like the good Dr. Jekyll, otherwise Mr. Hyde could rear his ugly head and that would not be a good thing for the team and possibly coach and management!
In what could have been, and almost was, essentially the end of the season, the Bruins entered this past three-game home stand on the brink of disaster.
Having failed miserably once again in a shootout on Thursday against the Calgary Flames, the Bruins sat seconds away from losing the first of back-to-back matinees to the Philadelphia Flyers. But they were rescued by a power-play, pulled-goalie tally and an overtime goal, both by Brad Marchand, which gave the Bruins three of a possible four points prior to the visit from the dangerous and talented Detroit Red Wings on Sunday afternoon.
The Bruins promptly came out and dispatched Detroit and put more distance between them and the ever-creeping-up Florida Panthers and the aforementioned Flyers.
It certainly hasn't been easy for the Bruins. Coming out of the trade deadline acquiring Brett Connolly for draft picks and, in my mind, ridding themselves of Jordan Caron for veteran Maxime Talbot, the fandom had many questions. Among them: Why does Peter Chiarelli still has a job? Will he have a job come April? Likewise, should Boston fail to qualify to play in extra time at the NHL season's end, will Claude Julien?
After losing six in a row, Boston has now been victorious in five of their last seven. But the road ahead for the Bruins is paved with potholes just like the ones we have on the streets of Boston. The Black and Gold have 11 of their remaining 17 games away from TD Garden and their road record is a mediocre 13-12-5. Nine of those games are against playoff teams and three are against the Florida Panthers, who trail Boston by four points for that final wild-card spot.
We never know what to expect from this team lately, but they had better get their act together because time is running out and they have foes, hot on their tail.
And the wheels keep coming off the wagon.
First, the players are always accountable and Friday in St. Louis, from goal on out, they were awful. Goaltending, defense, offense, nothing was there and that is all on the players. More on them later.
What bothered me more started Wednesday. After calling up Malcom Subban earlier in the week, every one knew, or thought they knew that he would make his NHL debut against the second worse team in the National Hockey League, the Edmonton Oilers, which would also coincide with giving Tuukka Rask an evening off, something he hasn't had in what seems like forever. But no, Claude Julien chose to put Rask in net and what was supposed to be crucial two points for the Bruins, turned into one point and a loss, albeit a shootout loss for Rask. Something he is abysmal in and hates them.
Two days later Julien makes the brilliant decision to start the rookie Subban against one of the best teams in the league in their home building. After stopping three meek shots in the first period, the rookie let in a real softie, straight on, from the blue line, nobody in the path, off the glove and falls behind him and the flood gates were open as two more stoppable shots found their way to the back of the net. Three shots, three goals, enter Tuukka Rask. No rest for the weary, although he's young enough and should not be weary!
Julien's decision is mind boggling at best. Confidence starts when you have the best goaltending that you can have especially against better teams. To start what I think is the wrong goalie in the wrong games, shows lack of common sense. Earlier this year, Julien seemed to outfox himself when, he decided to play Niklas Svedberg against rival Montreal, because we all know the horrid record Rask has against the Canadiens. That didn't work out either. Outcome be damned, you play your best against the best, and since Tuukka has been the best Bruin on the ice most of the year, it MUST be Rask to go against the better teams.
This was an important road trip for the Bruins and from beginning to end, it has been a disaster. A no show in Vancouver, a three goal lead dissolved in Calgary resulting in an overtime defeat, a shootout loss in Edmonton, and the blitzkrieg in St. Louis. Adding insult to injury is the fact that David Krejci went down with what looks like a knee injury.
Losers of seven of their last eight and a six game losing streak, and the trading deadline a bit more than a week away, the Bruins are as close to ruins as you can get. The Big Bad Presidents Trophy winning Bruins of last year, are more like cuddly Panda bear cubs following momma bear along playfully. Where are the leaders that are supposed to lead. Lots of emotionless players on the ice nightly and unsure of themselves.
As they head to Chicago to face the high octane of the Blackhawks, will it get any better? Currently they have a one point lead over the Florida Panthers, yes the Panthers, for the final playoff spot. Will they find a way to resurrect the game they played in January where they were just about unbeatable? Will Claude Julien continue with bizarre coaching decisions regarding the goaltending? Will management determine, with the trading deadline looming, whether they are buyers or sellers. It's been a long time since we seen the Bruins as sellers, but what do they have of value that other teams covet? And with the salary cap situation they have put themselves in, can they wiggle around and get something of value or do they just blow it up. Sunday afternoon (Hockey Day in America) should give us a bit more insight as to where this team is going, but from these eyes, they won't be going far even if they do stay in their precarious eight spot.


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Edited Viral Hepatitis and SAM-E: How to Use SAM-E 8 years ago
A typical full dosage of SAMe is 400 mg taken 3 to 4 times per day. If this dosage works for you, take it for a few weeks and then try reducing the dosage. As little as 200 mg twice daily may suffice to keep you feeling better once the full dosage has "broken through" the symptoms.
However, some people develop mild stomach distress if they start full dosages of SAMe at once. To get around this, you may need to start low and work up to the full dosage gradually.
Recently, SAMe has come on the US market at a recommended dosage of 200 mg twice daily. This dosage labeling makes SAMe appear more affordable (if you're only taking 400 mg per day, you'll spend only about a third or a fourth of what you'd pay for the proper dosage), but it is unlikely that SAMe will actually work when taken at such a low dosage.
Edited Viral Hepatitis and SAM-E: Effect of SAM-E on Viral Hepatitis 8 years ago
SAMe may improve liver-related symptoms in hepatitis patients with cholestasis (backup of bile in the liver).
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Frezza M, Surrenti C, Manzillo G, et al. Oral S-adenosylmethionine in the symptomatic treatment of intrahepatic cholestasis. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Gastroenterology. 1990;99:211-215.
Edited Viral Hepatitis and SAM-E: Research Evidence on SAM-E 8 years ago
Some evidence suggests that SAMe might be helpful for a variety of liver conditions such as cirrhosis, chronic viral hepatitis, pregnancy-related jaundice, and Gilbert's syndrome.
In a 2-week, double-blind study of 220 individuals with cholestasis (backup of bile in the liver), use of the SAMe at a dose of 1,600 mg daily significantly improved liver-related symptoms as compared to placebo.49 Most participants in this study had chronic viral hepatitis.
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Chronic hepatitis can cause backup of bile in the liver, a condition called cholestasis. Use of the supplement SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) may help.
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The Veepies: Awards for Outstanding Stupidity on Public Display
People occasionally ask me how I keep coming up with ideas. My answer is, there are always far more ideas than I can actually cover. This week, there were a few that I just couldn't get to, but they seem worthy of note in short form. So, the first-ever Veepie Awards. Possibly a continuing series, but no promises. Or threats. The envelope, please…
Most Desperate Pushback Against Negative News Coverage. The winner is the Vermont Department of Corrections, which was on the bad end of a New York Times article outlining the toll of its Covid policies. In order to prevent outbreaks (at least a couple halppened anyway), DOC locked away exposed inmates in solitary confinement, the most extreme form of incarceration.
For weeks at a time… inmates were locked in 8½-by-10-foot cells in near-total isolation. They ate meals a few feet from their toilets, had no visitors, and spent as little as 10 minutes a day outside cells.
The strategy made the Vermont prison system one of the safest for contracting Covid, which is a dispiritingly low bar. But the cost, as the Times put it, has taken "a heavy toll on many inmates' mental health, and driven some to psychological despair."
And at least one to suicide. But hey, no Covid deaths!
The DOC's public relations patch job included an official department tweet that had Corrections Commissioner Jim Baker protesting that "We took it dead serious from the first day." Okay, maybe, but you know what you didn't do?
Convince the administration to prioritize inmate vaccination. This article provides yet another reason why the state should have vaccinated inmates as early as possible. Which would have been quick and easy to do and wouldn't have required all that many vaccines.
And no, the DOC doesn't get bonus points for giving those inmates "electronic tablets, books and puzzles." You can't spend 23 hours and 50 minutes a day doing Sudoku.
The Inspector Clouseau Award for Inadequate Policing. This one goes to the Barre Police Department and its unsuccessful effort to solve the disappearance, one full year ago, of city resident Ralph Jean-Marie. Police Chief Tim Bombardier and State's Attorney Rory Thibault staunchly defended the thoroughness of the investigation: "No single case has had more resources devoted to it by Barre City than the disappearance of Mr. Jean-Marie," said Thibault.
And then Seven Days reporter Colin Flanders poked a big fat hole in that assertion by… er… going for a walk.
Seven Days spoke with six people who live in different homes within 100 yards of the motel who had not been contacted by the police about Jean-Marie's disappearance.
That's right. The case that supposedly got more attention than any other in the city began with the police failing to do something that Lennie Briscoe did every time he hit a crime scene: Canvass the neighborhood. See if anybody saw anything.
Guess they don't watch "Law & Order" much in Barre.
Bombardier tried to backfill by saying his detectives would belatedly make the rounds, but he couldn't explain why they didn't take this elementary step in the first place. "I just think it escaped their thought process," he said. "Thought process" seems like a generous description.
The Swiss Cheese Award for Legal Lacunae. To the wise heads who left a huge loophole for a rogue fight promoter to amble through. Randy Felion (methinks the "I" is silent) of Rutland was taken to task for repeatedly holding unlicensed fight events that included children as young as six years old.
The penalty? An administrative fine of $22,500. Felion was charged with promoting fights without a license and violating state orders on Covid safety.
What, there's no criminal penalty for making kindergarteners fight for a paying crowd?
Here's hoping the Legislature has a nice long think about this at its earliest opportunity, and devises a new entry in the criminal code.
The Norman Thomas Award for Persistence in the Face of Repeated Failure. To good ol' boy Daniel Banyai of Slate Ridge, the illegal militia training ground in West Pawlet. It should be no surprise at all that Banyai has failed to abide by a court order to permanently close Slate Ridge and deconstruct all its unpermitted buildings.
It's also no surprise that Banyai is throwing gasoline on the fire. He's sent a series of hate-filled, barely literate emails to town attorney Merrill Bent. Like so:
You are a racist b—- that is a narcissist and controlling constitutionalist. For the last time while your entitlement serves you and the rest of the racist in this community no accountability cease and desist from contacting me directly."
And so:
"You are not my boss c— you are a piece of s— racist low life with daddy issues. Your messages threaten me. F— you."
He seems nice.
This turn of events was inevitable. It's not like Banyai was going to come to his senses and slink away quietly. In fact, it's hard to see any outcome other than a lengthy standoff and a violent denouement. This is a real dilemma that's not going to go away without a persistent and costly effort on the part of police, prosecutors and the courts.
This entry was posted in Covid-19, justice and corrections and tagged Colin Flanders, Daniel Banyai, James Baker, Lennie Briscoe, Merrill Bent, Ralph Jean-Marie, Randy Felion, Rory Thibault, Tim Bombardier, Vermont Department of Corrections on April 24, 2021 by John S. Walters.
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Gun Rights No Compromise April 24, 2021 at 5:16 pm
There is literally no lower piece of trash than a journalist who lies.
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Anybody out there do embroidery? I'd like this on a sampler.


But when a mission sours, Elixia's sister is caught in the crossfire: taken. Abandoned by those meant to protect her family, Elixia is left with only one option if she wants to retrieve her sister—a taboo option that goes against everything she believes in.
She must sell her soul.
Now, bound to a beast and living on borrowed time, Elixia has to navigate the demonic world to find her sister within a cesspool of human traffickers and serial killers. Enemies control her fate, the simplest truths are questioned, and misperceptions must be shattered. Only one thing remains consistent—Elixia must find her sister before time runs out. Or become the very thing she fears most: a soulless monster.
Emily Taylor is the debuting author of A Soul to Take from REUTs Publishing and the recent Conservatorium graduate of Music Technology. She's now in film school, and when she isn't writing, editing, staring at the ceiling, or teaching piano, enjoys making covers for self-publishing authors through Yonderworldly. She's a strong addict of chocolate and tea, and loves live music.
A Soul to Take is her first formally published work and Book One of The Soul Stealers Trilogy.


For managers and supervisors with limited budgets – or NO budgets! – it takes nothing to create a Wall of Fame in your office. And it's a great way for your employees to recognize each other and their hard work.
Post a public bulletin board where peers praise each other and managers post praise for employees.
Keep some index cards or sticky notes and pens nearby so that quick comments can be jotted down and posted easily.
Put a reminder in your calendar to post recognition on the Wall of Fame every week. It is up to you to keep this effort constant.
an employee (or you) more than having the CEO stroll down for a few minutes and take notice of what's being done in the department.
Spice up the bulletin board with photos. Catch employees doing something right or having fun and snap a photo. Post these on the Wall of Fame as well. You can also put up work samples that go above and beyond great.
Study after study on employee motivation shows that praise and recognition like this is worth more to most employees than money.
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New Orleans Voodoo
Li Grand Zombi
"The gregories bee things of great esteem amongst them, for the most part they are made of leather of severall fashions, wonderous neatly, they are hollow, and within them is placed, and sowed up close, certaine writings, or spels which they receive from their Mary-buckes, whereof they conceive such a religious respect, that they do confidently believe no hurt can betide them whilst these gregories are about them." ~ Richard Jobson, 1623
One of the most misunderstood traditions from New Orleans Voodoo is that of gris gris. The majority of little bags most folks sell on the internet touted as gris gris I can guarantee you have not been made according to proper protocol or understanding. More than likely, they are assembled like a mojo bag, a similar yet, distinct practice. Most of the time, the term gris gris is mispronounced (please . . . the "s" is silent!).
Gris gris (pronounced gree-gree) is a term used to describe the type of religiomagical system practiced by folks in the New Orleans Voodoo tradition. According to the New Orleans Voodoo Museum, the etymology of the word gris gris (gerregerys) derives from the Mande language groups a little to the north of Benin in what are today Senegal and Mali. With the transatlantic slave trade, the term became part of the Louisiana Voodoo lexicon. With its pronunciation so close to the French word gris meaning "gray," and given the influence of French on the language and culture in New Orleans, it stands to reason that this is why gris gris is commonly translated as "gray gray." And because gray denotes that which is between black and white, it also refers to the kinds of ingredients used in the creation of gris gris.
The term gris gris, like the word hoodoo, is a noun and a verb. The gris gris is the magick and the act of creating the charm, which can be in the form of a bag, doll, or powder (among other things). The person doing the gris gris is often called a gris gris man or woman. The resulting object is essentially a portable charm, prayer, or spell. As I explain it in my book, Voodoo Dolls in Magick and Ritual, gris gris is a form of talismanic magick and is based on principles of sympathetic and contagious magic. In the case of sympathetic magic, an object is created in the likeness of the person for whom the gris gris is intended. Most commonly, this type of gris gris is in the form of a doll. Contagious magick occurs when something belonging to the person for whom the gris gris is intended is added to the gris gris, such as a lock of hair, fingernails, or a piece of clothing. The personal item provides a magical link from the physical to the spiritual world of the person; thus, the gris gris is believed to influence that person's life in a very specific way.
In the New Orleans tradition, there's a gris gris for anything and everything. I was always taught that gris gris is whatever mixture of herbs and common household ingredients you concoct and whatever words you write and speak for whatever situation that arises. Gris gris can be a combination of powdered minerals, herbs, graveyard dust, roots, bones, and sacred words and seals written on paper with magickal ink. It can be used as a powder thrown in the path of an enemy, in an amulet or gris gris bag, in a doll, mixed with water and drunk, or used in a magickal bath. In the distant past, gris gris even included lethal powders and poisons. Whatever the form and method of deployment, gris gris is a complete religiomagical system that has remained relatively intact in New Orleans as it came from Africa by the first Senegambian slaves in the early 1720s. This makes it not only a unique characteristic of New Orleans Voodoo, but also an important aspect of New Orleans cultural history.
Between 1726 and 1731, thirteen slave ships arrived in French Louisiana; all but one from Senegambia. The others were from the Congo region and Benin (including Whydah, where the serpent aspect of the New Orleans Voodoo religion originates). Many of the major crops grown in Louisiana in the eighteenth century were brought from the Senegal valley—rice, corn, cotton, indigo, peas, and tobacco, to name a few. While the Africans learned much from the Native Americans about local botany and healing herbs, many of them, especially the Bambaran males, possessed knowledge of the plants, herbs, and roots, and knew how to create poisons, charms, amulets, and wangas (Hall, 1992). All of the introduced plants were integrated into Louisiana commerce and Cajun and Creole cuisine, as well as in gris gris magick and the New Orleans Voodoo hoodoo formulary. The popular myth that the Africans knew nothing of the botany of the region is debunked by historical evidence.
Some of the Africans who came to Louisiana were actually Muslim, and their religious leaders, called marabouts, made their living in Africa by teaching children and making gris gris. Even today, one can find folks wearing gris gris as a sort of amulet that is prepared by the marabout among the Senegalese. It is typically worn around the neck on a leather cord, around the waist in cases of infertility, and around the head, arms, and ankles according to the purpose of the gris gris. It is contained in elaborately etched or plain leather pouches that have either handsewn or handwritten text from the Koran inside them along with special numbers with mystical meanings. They are blessed with holy water and specific prayers are said over them before they are given to the wearer (Walter & Fridman, 2004). The marabout directs energy released through the spoken word towards a specific end. This energy is consequently attached to the gris gris amulet which may be held in secret or displayed publicly.
In terms of ethnicity, most (but not all) of the slaves who arrived in Louisiana were Bambara, a Mande people with a strong tradition of oral history. The Bambara resisted Islam and maintained their traditional culture and religion. Among them were the official storytellers, who helped preserve their culture by passing on the myths and legends of their cosmology via oral tradition. Both Muslim and non-Muslim Africans, however, utilized gris gris as part of their religious systems.
References to gris gris used by New Orleans slaves can be found in historical documents dating from as early as 1734. It was observed that when the slaves arrived in Louisiana, they did not want to part with their fetishes, charms, and gris gris. Even as they settled into the camps located in what is now the Algiers section of New Orleans, many of their illnesses could only be cured by African and indigenous healers. Some colonists turned to the Africans for healing certain illnesses; other colonists accused slaves of poisoning their masters and various commanders of the colonies. While the courts would not allow for the "superstitions" of the Africans, they nonetheless punished those believed to be poisoners, stating "perhaps it is poisons that do all the damage attributed to sorcery" (Superior Council, 1729.).
Actually, the colonists had good reason to fear the African's gris gris. It was routinely used as a weapon of war, as well as a protective defense. Because of the marabouts and their occult skills and military traditions, gris gris played an important role in numerous slave revolts as well as in the Haitian revolution (Diouf, 1998). One example of a gris gris poison was described by Dieterlen. Apparently, the Komo would dip the talons of a bird of prey into mud, snake venom, and ground copper. Even a small wound from talons covered with this mixture was reputed to cause death. Wade Davis and Bernard Diederich confirm that slaves in St.Domingue (now Haiti) and New Orleans made lethal powders from animal and plant matter during the eighteenth century. And yes, the powders were consumed by unsuspecting victims (Davis, 1983; Diederich, 1983).
There are a couple of other things to consider about gris gris and why things are done a certain way when it comes to its practice. Numbers and colors are significant. A person skilled in the gris gris tradition is knowledgeable in other occult arts such as numerology, divination, geomancy, astrology, and astronomy. When making gris gris charms, for example, you don't just put any number of things into it (as some purport to do with mojo bags). Everything goes into a gris gris for a purpose, and that purpose is closely related to the original Bambara cosmology and/or Islamic tradition. The number three, for example, is the minimum number of ingredients in a gris gris charm. According to traditional Bambara cosmology, the number three represents the male aspect (two testicles and a penis), while the number four represents the female (the four lips). The number seven is the perfect number, because it signifies the androgynous unity of the male and female principles. According to Islamic tradition, the number five refers to the Five Pillars, the five prayers, and the five holy persons (Mohammed, Aliu, Fatima, Hasan, and Useyn). The latter is often written to resemble an outspread hand, with each name on a finger, as a gris gris that protects against the evil eye (Diouf, 1998).
Let's take a look at the personal effects that are utilized in gris gris: hair, fingernails, and so on. Hair is not just a "personal effect;" it holds a much deeper significance when it comes to working gris gris. Hair represents an important part of the soul called ni. When you take a piece of a person's hair and work gris gris with it, you are working with a sympathetic link to that person's soul. Cowry shells are significant because they were not only used as currency and decoration, but are sacred today because they come from the deep waters from the bed of Faro, the androgynous water spirit whose job it was to reinstate harmony between the sexes. This reverence to the earth as Mother and sacredness is one of many beliefs that were held in common by the Africans and the Native Americans.
The importance of the materials used to write the words of power, seals, or symbols used in gris gris should not be underestimated. The marabout traveled the world in order to obtain the paper and ink that was required for transcribing words of power into their gris gris. Sometimes these words of power were deliberately written illegibly so that their secrets could be preserved. The prayers however, were - and still are - recited over and over for a prescribed number of times to keep the charm charged. Sometimes the material in which the charm is made and the time of day in which the verses are recited is significant. For example, one gris gris charm referred to as Aa'maal for Safety from Magic is required to be written on the hide of a deer and sewn in a packet and kept on the person to be safe from the evil conjures of others. Another traditional charm is to be written on a piece of paper and recited after sunset for protection from harmful animals like snakes and scorpions as well as from thieves and devils.
Over time, the number of marabouts diminished and the Arabic writing system was lost in New Orleans. Today, the adoption of the use of magickal alphabets in the gris gris of New Orleans as a means of cloaking petitions may have developed as the influence of European magic increased. New Orleans has a rich history of what is referred to by natives as Old New Orleans Witchcraft, and though it is a separate tradition, like everything else in New Orleans there is some overlap that has occurred and the incorporation of magical alphabets is a good example of this phenomenon.
The multitudes of enslaved Africans from the Kongo (called Bakongo) brought with them other spiritual and graphic communication in the form of symbols and traditional graphic writing systems. Over time, these writing systems were reconstructed through the Diaspora experience and may have also replaced the written Arabic texts. The creation of gris gris can entail the "calling down" of the spirit into the charm through the use of ritual symbols in conjunction with words of power. The vévés found in Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo draw upon cultural components of both Vodún in Benin and Togo and the Kongo in West and central Africa. Vévés are drawn as conduits through which the powers of the various Voodoo spirits are manifested in ritual. Vévés are often drawn and added to gris gris or drawn on the ground or other surface and the charm laid upon the symbol when the assistance of specific spirits are needed. In this way, the gris gris is made on the point of that specific spirit.
Davis, W. (1983). On the Pharmacology of Black Magic, Caribbean Review, XII, Summer.
Diederich, B. (1983). On the Nature of Zombie Existence, Caribbean Review, XII, Summer.
Diouf, S. A. (1998). Servants of Allah: African Muslims enslaved in the Americas. New York: NYU Press.
Hall, G. M. (1993). Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press.
Walter, M.N., Fridman, E. (2004).Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Volume 1, ABC-CLIO.
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Jose Prado December 22, 2012 at 7:18 AM
Beautiful work you have written here. I'm glad I subscribed to this page. Wonderful scholarly work. I'm a novice in Vodoun and Hoodoo as well as Santeria. So this helps me a lot. But what are the differences (listed) between Mojo and Gris Gris?
I have and treasure this book! It never stops giving information! It is a must have.
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BEGINNINGS Islamic tradition attributes the beginning of Mecca to Ishmael's descendants. Many Muslims point to the Old Testament chapter Psalm 84:3–6 and a mention of a pilgrimage at the Valley of Baca.
PILGRIMAGE The pilgrimage to Mecca attracts millions of Muslims from all over the world. There are two pilgrimages: the Hajj, and the Umrah. The Hajj, the 'greater' pilgrimage is performed annually in Mecca and nearby sites. During the Hajj, several million people of varying nationalities worship in unison. Every adult, healthy Muslim who has the financial and physical capacity to travel to Mecca and can make arrangements for the care of his/her dependents during the trip, must perform the Hajj at least once in a lifetime.
KAABA The Kaaba or Ka'aba (Arabic: الكعبة al-Kaʿbah IPA: [ælˈkæʕbɐ], "The Cube"), is a cuboid building at the centre of Islam's most sacred mosque, Al-Masjid al-Haram, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred point within this most sacred mosque, making it the most sacred location in Islam. Wherever they are in the world, Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba.One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim, who is able to do so, to perform the hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the hajj require pilgrims to make tawaf, the circumambulation seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction.
BLACK STONE The Black Stone (Arabic: الحجر الأسود al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building toward which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition, dates back to the time of Adam and Eve.
The stone was venerated at the Kaaba in pre-Islamic pagan times. According to Islamic tradition, it was set intact into the Kaaba's wall by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the year 605 A.D., five years before his first revelation. Since then it has been broken into a number of fragments and is now cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. Its physical appearance is that of a fragmented dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of millions of pilgrims. Islamic tradition holds that it fell from Heaven to show Adam and Eve where to build an altar. Although it has often been described as a meteorite.
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D. French-McCay, RPS Group Plc
C. J. Beegle-Krause, SINTEF Ocean
I. Berenshtein, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
J. Englehardt, University of Miami
T. Fiddaman, Ltd
H. Huang, Louisiana State University
M. Huettel, Florida State University
D. Justic, Louisiana State University
V. H. Kourafalou, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Y. Liu, University of South Florida
C. Mauritzen, Meteorologisk institutt
S. Murawski, University of South Florida
S. Morey, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
T. Özgökmen, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
C. B. Paris, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
J. Ruzicka, NOAA Fisheries Service
S. Saul, Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus
J. Shepherd, University of Southampton
S. Socolofsky, Texas A&M University
H. Solo Gabriele, University of Miami
T. Sutton, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
R. H. Weisberg, University of South Florida
C. Wilson, Louisiana State University
L. Zheng, University of South Florida
Y. Zheng, Florida State University
Environmental Modelling and Software
Deepwater horizon, Ecosystem, Numerical modeling, Oil spill, Oil transport and fate, Socioeconomic
Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GOMRI) has studied the oil spill from the perspectives of ocean environment, ecosystems, socioeconomics and human health. As GOMRI sunsets in its tenth year after the DWH oil spill, synthesis efforts recently took place to assess the accomplishments of the program. In this paper, we report on DWH modeling as part of GOMRI's Synthesis and Legacy effort. We compile a list of 330 published applications by GOMRI, the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA), and others studying the DWH oil spill and look at a wide range of subjects, tools, achievements, and integration with field research. We offer highlights and synthesis based on discussions and public webinars held in 2019 and 2020. We synthesize the significant achievements and advancements that have been made in integrating the various disciplines and domains from a modeling perspective. There was a large diversity of tools used, including at least 74 unique modeling systems. Most studies employed circulation models. These hydrodynamic models were often coupled to wave, river, and atmosphere models, as well as representations of high pressure physics and oil chemistry. Several research groups used Lagrangian transport models and statistical inference to track subsurface oil. Some coupled biophysical models were also employed to study oil fate and weathering, larval transport, biological effects, and population dynamics. In a few cases, such biophysical models were linked to marine populations and to humans through socioeconomics effects and ecosystem services. We consider models made for response planning and remediation, damage assessment, and restoration planning. There are relatively few socioeconomic or human health models, although those few examples make good use of biophysical modeling products. Our conclusions offer some insights on how the development of new tools has better prepared us for studying environmental management challenges in the Gulf of Mexico.
NSUWorks Citation
C. H. Ainsworth, E. P. Chassignet, D. French-McCay, C. J. Beegle-Krause, I. Berenshtein, J. Englehardt, T. Fiddaman, H. Huang, M. Huettel, D. Justic, V. H. Kourafalou, Y. Liu, C. Mauritzen, S. Murawski, S. Morey, T. Özgökmen, C. B. Paris, J. Ruzicka, S. Saul, J. Shepherd, S. Socolofsky, H. Solo Gabriele, T. Sutton, R. H. Weisberg, C. Wilson, L. Zheng, and Y. Zheng. 2021. Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill .Environmental Modelling and Software . https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/1222.
10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105070
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"Thank you, Pepperstar." purred Squeaktail.
"Squeaktail, Squeaktail, Squeaktail!" cheered Graypaw for the clan's new deputy.
Cherrymuzzle padded into the OwlClan camp, carrying coltsfoot in her jaws. She made her way to her den, placing the coltsfoot into the storage.
Dustheart pulled a bone from the fresh-kill pile and carried it over to Ebonytail to share.
Diamondfeather padded into the OwlClan camp, dragging a hawk in her jaws. She made her way into the nursery, dropping the hawk at the queen's paws with a dip of her head.
Owlpelt padded into the OwlClan camp, carrying a hare in his jaws. He made his way into the elder's den, dropping the hare at the elder's paws with a dip of his head.
Wolfpaw padded out at his father's yowl, his coat groomed to a gleaming white.
"I, Pepperstar, Leader of OwlClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn. Wolfpaw, Mousepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?"
"Then by StarClan, I give you both your warrior names." continued Pepperstar. "Wolfpaw, you will be known as Wolfalder. Mousepaw, you will be known as Mousewater. StarClan honors you both and we welcome you both as full warriors of OwlClan."
Wolfalder puffed his chest out in pride as the clan called out their new names.
Mousewater blinked a few times, listening to the clan calling out their new names.
"Wolfalder, Mousewater! Wolfalder, Mousewater!" cheered Brindlekit from her seat outside the nursery.
Raggedkit pulled a squirrel from the fresh-kill pile in the nursery and dragged it back to his nest to eat.
Cherrymuzzle padded out of the OwlClan camp, dragging the body of Diamondfeather her in jaws. She made her way to the clan burial grounds, placing the she-cat in a hole and covering her body with earth.
Mousewater pricked up his ears and padded over to hear what his father had to say.
"I, Pepperstar, Leader of OwlClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn. Clearpaw, Nettlepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?"
"Then by StarClan, I give you both your warrior names." continued Pepperstar. "Clearpaw, you will be known as Clearflight. Nettlepaw, you will be known as Nettleclaw. StarClan honors you both and we welcome you both as full warriors of OwlClan."
Clearflight sat up proudly as the clan called out their new names.
Nettleclaw puffed out her chest proudly as the clan called out their new names.


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