Senior care workers are on my mind as Labor Day approaches. I am reminded of the innumerable home caregivers and the protective legislation challenges they face.
2011 is known as the first year of the "age wave", in which every eight seconds, an American will turn 65. And while an emphasis on aging well—keeping our brains and bodies fit—can help forestall the inevitable, there is no denying that that home care is one of our nation's fastest growing industries.
Senior caregivers provide the essential care that allows seniors to age in place by providing aid and assistance in their own homes. Very broad U.S. Department of Labor regulations have ensured that home care workers are excluded from basic minimum wage and overtime protections. Exempt "companionship" services have morphed into the wholesale exclusion of workers in the home care industry.
The Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act – a bill that would help create a "more stable, valued direct care workforce" was introduced to Congress on June 23, 2011 and would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to include basic labor protections for home care workers.
Regulation revision suggests two significant reforms: (1) it should provide that workers employed by a home care agency or other intermediary are not exempt; and (2) it should narrow the definition of "companionship" and exclude workers who perform other types of duties such as providing assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).
This legislation takes major steps towards ensuring the "health, autonomy and well-being of more than 13 million Americans with long-term care needs today and an estimated 27 million by 2050".
Labor Day, the national holiday observed on the first Monday of September, was first proposed by the Central Labor Union in 1882 to celebrate "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community and was intended as a workingman's holiday. At that time, the industrialized workforce demanded "Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest, Eight Hours for Recreation." There are agencies and alliances who are now working toward the same for a growing labor force—the home health care industry.
Learn more about these national initiatives: National Domestic Workers Alliance and their Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, Caring Across Generations: a campaign to "transform long-term care in the United States, those who rely on the support of caregivers to meet their basic daily needs, the workers who provide the support, and the families who struggle to find and afford quality care for their family members." The National Employment Law Project (NELP): Fair Pay for Home Care Workers: Reforming the U.S. Department of Labor's Companionship Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act are a few.
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And from Caregiverlist, happy end of summer!
When a magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the East Coast on August 23, my thoughts immediately went to my elderly aunt living alone in Manhattan. A lifelong denizen, she refuses to leave the island. You know the type—she declined to leave even after the September 11 attacks. I imagined buildings shaking around her, and although this episode wasn't nearly as bad as it was in my imagination, I wondered how she would fare had it been worse.
I remember the plight of the elderly when Japan suffered its July 2007 earthquake. All of the 10 people killed were older than 65.
Life expectancy, according to the U.S. census, is projected to increase from 76 years in 1993 to 82 years in 2050. We've seen a dramatically greater rate of growth in the most vulnerable elderly population. Over the last decade, the number of elderly (age 65+) with mobility limitations grew by 40 percent. The oldest old (persons 85 years old and over) is the fastest growing segment of the elderly population.
Disasters, natural and otherwise, make the challenges of an aging society become very apparent. I decided it was important to create a family "disaster" plan.
According to the American Red Cross, "forty-five states and territories in the United States are at moderate to very high risk of earthquakes, and they are located in every region of the country." They post an Earthquake Safety Checklist. Go over it with your family members, especially your seniors living alone.
Make sure they know the safest place in their home for each type of emergency. Speak to your elderly family's neighbors—perhaps someone would be willing to help them evacuate if necessary. If they need special foods or medications, be sure to have them store several days' worth. Make sure they know to contact you to let you know that they are safe.
Post-disaster, seniors especially can fall prey to scam artists looking to take advantage of the misfortunes of others. Look for legitimate assistance for services through your family member's State Agency on Aging.
And if you live a distance away from your senior loved one, you might consider hiring a Home Care Agency so that someone is nearby, knows your loved one, and is ready to help.
Many elderly need assistance even in normal times. In a disaster, they can become absolutely helpless. You can help by preparing them and yourself.
Basetball coach Pat Summitt, age 59, has lead the Tennessee women's basketball team to 8 national titles and has won more games than any major-college basketball coach. She paved the way for women's basketball at the college level, starting her coaching career before the women's game was played in a national championship and before scholarships were given to women players. She announces she has early-onset Alzheimer's diseae at age 59, bringing visibility to the challenges the disease presents as she also announced she will continue to coach as long as she is able.
"Obviously, I realize I may have some limitations with this condition since there will be some good days and some bad days, she said in a video statement. There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease. Summitt began showing symptoms last season, when she would forget when meetings were scheduled and blanked out during games. Now she has answers and by managing the disease's progression can also better manage the symptoms.
Alzheimer's disease progresses at different rates with each person. More than 35 million people worldwide suffer from the disease. Early detention definitely helps the senior as well as their family members better prepare for the emotional aspects of the disease which is often called "the long goodbye".
Find resources for Alzheimer's disease to be able to identify early signs. You may also review caregiver training to assist with caring for those with memory loss, as these skills greatly benefit both the caregiver and the senior.
Finding professional caregiver training can be a challenge. Certified Nursing Aide training requires admission to a C.N.A. school and a couple month's course work which will include field in-service training (student will work at a hospital or nursing home).
As senior caregivers often have a wide range of schedules which may incorporate early mornings and evenings, finding a training program that they can attend can be a challenge.
Professional senior caregivers may now secure a certification training online, which meets the training requirements created by the department of health in a few states who now require licensed senior home care agencies to provide a minimum amount of training for caregivers.
Caregiverlist's 10-hour online training allows caregivers to take the courses at their own speed, reading and learning each training module and then taking the quiz. Upon completion at a pass rate of 80%, a certificate is granted and the caregiver's name is added to the certified caregiver database. The caregiver certification, provided by aQuire Training, a leader in providing department of health approved certified nursing aide, caregiver and assisted living CEU training, provides a formal training program for senior caregivers.
Many caregiving jobs do not require professional caregiving experience but senior home care agencies do train caregivers to provide quality care, by understanding age-related diseases and the emotional issues, elder-abuse signs and professionally documenting care needs.
National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) provides educational and operational resources for home health care and hospice agencies nationwide. As Medicare does pay for home health care and hospice services for seniors who qualify, the NAHC also has a lobby advocating for Medicare legislation in Washington, D.C.
NAHC's 30th annual meeting will be in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Caregiverlist CEO Julie Northcutt will present on sales, recruitment and training tools for the home health and hospice agencies on October 4th.
Senior home health care and hospice professionals may register for the meeting at the NAHC's Meeting website.
Family caregiving is growing in the United States.
According to a recent Gallup poll, 7 out of 10 working Americans say they are actively caring for an elderly parent over the age of 75. An average of 13 days per month is spent on errands and day-to-day chores such as doing laundry, going shopping, and providing transportation. And a typical day finds caregivers dedicating a whopping 5 hours (that's per-day!) on basic supervision and companionship.
All this help takes its toll in stress and strain for the caregiver. Caregiver burnout is certainly a great concern.
Just as parents of children are encouraged to hire babysitters to get out of the house for an evening, the same is suggested for those caring for senior family members. But how does one find skillful respite care? We suggest utilizing a quality home care agency for your family's intermittent care needs.
The best home care agencies will evaluate your family's requirements and provide an appropriate level of care. This can range anywhere from simple companionship and homemaking help to nursing care, such as administrating medication, dressing and bathing. A quality agency will also do the vetting of respite caregivers by way of a thorough criminal background check. A senior home care agency, as an employer of the caregiver, will take care of all the payroll taxes as required by law. And an agency's Worker's Compensation Insurance will cover any on-the-job injuries, should the need arise.
The role of senior family caregiver is a challenging one and, although it can provide a great deal of personal satisfaction, it can be overwhelming. Although it may cause some feelings of guilt or anxiety, the family caregiver should seek out help for their own well-being.
If you find yourself in the position of caring for an aging parent, you can begin your family's needs evaluation with Caregiverlist's Checklist: Choosing a Home Care Agency to see how you can give yourself a much-needed and well-deserved break by bringing in some respite assistance.
Starbuck's founder and CEO Howard Schultz has always been an innovator. I read his first book called Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time and then decided I would be an advocate for health insurance for senior caregivers. Many senior home care agencies do not provide health insurance benefits for caregivers.
This seems rather astonishing, right? The caregiver providing senior caregiving does not receive health insurance for their own care needs. But the reason is actually justified, to an extent, because of the way the current health care system works in the U.S.A. Some senior home care agencies simply cannot find a health insurance plan to provide benefits for them as a small business. Most people who have always worked for large corporations and always had health insurance as a company benefit don't realize that health insurance plans do not want to provide benefits for part-time workers and that they require 75% of the employees to participate in order to provide a health insurance plan. Large companies will have employees who are young and single as well as older workers and will be able to more easily spread out the risk as well as garner enough health plan participation as the majority of their employees are full-time.
Senior care presents unique challenges for health insurance benefits. Most senior caregivers are women. Many work part-time. This makes them a class of employees which is considered to be high-risk by health insurance companies because women of child-bearing age cost more to insure and because health insurance companies don't like the additional costs of paperwork for insuring part-time workers, who usually are shorter term employees, in company group health plans. In addition, if a woman is already opting-in on her husband's health insurance plan, she won't want to participate in her senior care company's health insurance plan which makes it more difficult for the senior care company to reach the 75% employee participation rate requirement.
While some people are complaining about the current health care legislation that was passed, it is important to remember that it is very difficult to find affordable group health insurance plans for small businesses, to qualify for a group health insurance plan as a small business and it is also tough for individuals to be insured if they have pre-existing conditions.
This is why change in the current health care benefits are needed and while the current legislation is far from perfect, it is a start in the right direction. Having health insurance exchanges is cool because that does bring competition to the mix and will result in preventive care. Senior caregivers and medical doctors will tell you that many of their senior clients would not be in the poor health conditions they are in if they ate properly and exercised. Right now their is no incentive for preventive health care. And having access to health insurance for all is also much needed and very much welcomed because many who want health insurance simply don't have access to it right now, including some senior caregivers.
Now back to Howard Schultz, Starbuck's CEO. When I owned a senior home care agency, after reading his book and learning that his family struggled with poverty as he grew up, simply because his Dad did not have health insurance benefits through an employer, I very much wanted to be able to provide health insurance for my senior home care agency's caregivers. Howard Schultz made it his mission to make sure all Starbuck's employees had health insurance and I figured if he could find a way to do it, so could I. Even though the Starbuck's employee pay was only around $8.00 and change for coffee baristas, when Starbuck's started out, he still made sure they received health insurance benefits. Caregivers were paid more than this and there had to be a way to find a health insurance plan for the company.
I now realize how huge it was for Starbucks to offer health insurance as a benefit to all employees after finding out how difficult it is to find group health insurance for a small business with high-turnover in employees (seniors will get better or die and no longer need care so high turnover is a given and as high as 50% or more for the senior care industry) and with part-time employees. I finally found a health insurance company that insured lots of restaurants and was experienced with part-timers and high turnover and basically would not audit the senior care agency for 75% participation rate in order for the senior care agency to qualify for the plan. Opting-in for health insurance then became a benefit for Chicagoland Caregiver's caregiver employees. But we were a rare senior care company in offering health insurance to caregivers. Now I knew why.
Senior caregivers should have health insurance. The job is demanding both physically and emotionally and there is also a great benefit in preventive health care. Companies with health insurance can often receive discounted rates if they provide exercise programs, encourage walking on lunch breaks and provide educational clinics about healthy diets and exercises. This makes life better for everyone.
A geriatric medical doctor once told me that I would be shocked if I knew how many seniors do not have health insurance until they retire and go onto Medicare or Medicaid. He said imagine the health savings we would experience in Medicare and Medicaid if seniors would have had proper medical care their entire lives.
Starbucks has stayed the course with providing health insurance, even when major shareholders complained about the costs.
We seem to forget that anyone can walk into the emergency room at a hospital and be treated, even if they can't pay for the care. Everyone who has health insurance, who in the U.S.A. is mostly those individuals who are insured through their companies, is paying for this luxury of emergency room service through higher insurance premiums and health care costs. There has to be a better way. And we have to wonder how many people use the emergency room bandaid simply because they have no other access to health care.
Caring for caregivers should include health insurance benefits along with worker's compensation insurance benefits and all payroll taxes which include social security and unemployment insurance. This way the caregiver will be able to collect unemployment benefits while they are looking for a new job if the senior passes away and they also have protection with worker's compensation insurance if they are injured on the job, which does happen. Caregiverlist advocates for quality senior care and provides information on what to look for when hiring a senior home care agency, including meeting the licensing requirements in the state. In addition, Caregiverlist provides a 10-hour online caregiver training course for senior caregivers which arms caregivers with information on how to manage the care safely and effectively.
Howard Schultz knew that his family was unable to live above poverty because they did not have health insurance to pay for his father's health care. Starbucks spends $300 million per year on health insurance benefits for employees. The company believes everyone shares in the success of the company and taking good care of your employees means they will take good care of your customers. Senior caregivers deserve to be well taken care of by their employers too.
Schultz now is asking Americans to let their voices be heard to move legislation forward that does not just include the special interests. Only around 41% of Americans who are eligible to vote did vote in the last mid-term elections.
No matter what side of the table you are on, Schultz is right in that it is time to let your voice be heard in order for innovation to take place. The deficit can be changed by slashing waste (there has been $6 billion in fraud in Medicare and Medicaid alone) and by adding taxes for those who haven't been paying.
Read and learn and let your voice be heard. Don't just listen to the sassy tweets and sound bites which often leave out the real meat of the information. Here is one of America's wealthiest individuals, Warren Buffett, asking the government to start taxing the rich more fairly. He shares that he paid just 17% of his taxable income while his employees paid from 33% to 41% of their taxable income. Remembering that there are usually hard-working employees behind anyone who is truly rich, it makes sense to ask them to pitch in and pay their share of taxes so that they can keep the government running smoothly for their employees so they can keep working hard and making them rich.
Send an e-mail to your Senator or Congressman and let your voice be heard. You can find out the e-mail addresses of Congressman and Senators nationwide in this online Congressional directory.
It is always nice to see someone with the success of Howard Schultz make a move to bring his leadership to other areas that are in need and perhaps with more voices being heard, innovation can begin to happen in the U.S. government too. You may read about Schultz's email to Starbuck's employees here and how he is asking our elected officials to act like leaders.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes has critics divided in their reviews. For me, more honestly disturbing than the images of an ape overthrow is the movie's depiction of the ravages of Alzheimer's disease.
John Lithgow gives a moving performance as genetic scientist Will Rodman's afflicted father. James Franco is at his most real when interacting with Lithgow—portraying a son's desperate attempts to return his father to the man he once was, and the painful realization that he cannot. Says Franco of his character, "His father Charles is suffering from dementia so he moves into his father's house, which was once Will's childhood home, to take care of him. Being a caregiver is a role Will has never had to perform before." The film truthfully conveys the immense frustration experienced by both patient and caregiver.
Of course, the movie also gives us villainous Gen-Sys, a large pharmaceutical corporation that's more interested in turning profit than developing a cure.
Perhaps the proactive movement toward Alzheimer's and dementia prevention is prescient. While researchers continue to "race toward the cure" (with better results than the movie's, one hopes,) there is a growing focus on risk reduction and brain protection.
Guest blogger and Geriatric Care Manager Charlotte Bishop neatly summarizes University of California, San Francisco's report on possible Alzheimer's reduction in her latest blog Preventing Alzheimer's Disease? Proponents say that by leading a brain-healthy lifestyle, you may even be able to prevent the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
I hope this movie helps bring Alzheimer's and dementia into the popular discussion. Charlton Heston, star of the first Planet of the Apes movie, himself suffered symptoms of the disease. And although Lithgow's depiction is heart-rending, it cannot truly impart the relentless daily battle faced by those affected.
Caregiverlist has partnered with Terra Nova Films to provide training videos to support caring for seniors with memory loss, including Alzheimer's Disease.
Until a real cure is found, prevention and successful caregiving are the most effective tools we can use.


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Temple Square provides update on renovations, completion date extended
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Renovation updates on Temple Square have been announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
As of December 2021, the project completion date has been extended. The Salt Lake Temple has been closed to the public for massive renovations since December 2019. The Church Office Building plaza closed in February 2021 for an upgrade as well.
So far, the North Visitor's Center has been demolished and will be transformed into a garden space with Temple views. This area is on track to be completed in January 2022.
Concrete is currently being laid along with vertical drilling taking place inside the temple's tower and wall columns.
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The Christus statue replica has been removed for preservation and will be reinstalled on Temple Square when renovations are completed.
"The seismic strengthening of the Salt Lake Temple and the extensive remodel of the Temple and surrounding area are sacred and significant undertakings," says a statement by the First Presidency. "As the project has progressed, we have learned a great deal about the condition of the temple and its surroundings. The work is truly remarkable and is being guided by the First Presidency. Inspired modifications and additions to the project and scope have been made so the temple and Temple Square can serve many generations yet to come. It is anticipated that the temple and its surroundings will be completed in 2025. We look forward to welcoming the world at that time to visit, tour and learn about this sacred temple and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
Utah gives #9 UCLA a scare, but Bruins hand Utes 7th straight loss, 63-58
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) - For a while, it looked like Utah was going to pull off by far its most impressive victory of the year.
But the Utes could not close out #9 UCLA, extending its longest losing streak in ten years with a 63-58 loss to the Bruins.
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Former Blackhawks star Patrick Sharp on his TV work: 'I'm still pretty uncomfortable'
By Phil Rosenthal
Mar 21, 2019 | 12:55 PM
So steady and smooth on the ice for 15 NHL seasons, 11 with the Blackhawks, Patrick Sharp admits he's not entirely at ease off it.
Not on TV anyway.
"To be honest, this wasn't something I thought I would do right away, or even do at all," said Sharp, who has slid into a new role this season as a Blackhawks studio analyst for NBC Sports Chicago and, occasionally, the national NBC Sports Network. "I'm still pretty uncomfortable when the red (camera) light's on, but at least I feel like I'm getting a little better."
Whether you've noticed or not, but Sharp has been thinking about almost every aspect of how he presents himself on camera.
"Way overthinking the process," he said.
He may no longer be as self-conscious as he was at first about what to do with his hands when he is standing or how it looks when he leans on the desk. But Sharp said he still sometimes struggles for the right balance of detachment from his former teammates.
Talking about hockey is easy. Sharp has been doing that for years. Knowing what to do with his empathy is another matter.
"Maybe that's because I still think of myself as a player rather than as a broadcaster," Sharp said.
"The hard part I've found is commenting on my former team, just one year removed from being with a lot of those players and having so many great memories. It's like, I enjoy watching the game. But at the same time I don't want to say too much (when) I have a feeling about what's going on, if that makes any sense."
Friday night at the United Center, Sharp will push himself a little further, but in a somewhat different job and direction.
He's making his debut as a game analyst alongside Chris Boden during NBC Sports Chicago's coverage of the Illinois high school hockey championship between Loyola Academy and New Trier.
"I just want to make sure I do the research and have all the information I need," Sharp said. "I feel like I'm up to date with what's happening at the NHL level. But to be honest with you, I'm not too knowledgeable about high school hockey (although) I've been paying a lot more attention as of late.
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"I just want to make sure I do a good job because, for these kids, this is a huge game. It's the state championship game, It's on TV. It's at the United Center. I just want to make sure that I can add to the experience here."
Not just add to the experience just for the players, their family, friends and other viewers, but for himself as well.
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Q: Adding ArcGIS Mapserver layer - query returned no layers I am attempting to connect to an ArcGIS Mapserver that has worked without any problems in the past and now for some reason when trying to connect to the service it indicates "query returned no layers". I have contacted the administrator and the url I was using now redirects to the one listed below but other than that it works on his end with ESRI products.
Can someone verify the url and check to see if it works?
https://nsgiwa.novascotia.ca/arcgis/rest/services/BASE/BASE_NSODB_10k_WM84/MapServer

A: Using QGIS 3.6 (Noosa) had to get the WMTS layer data to pull in to QGIS
(The MapServer/FeatureServer doesn't seem to be setup quite right for QGIS. Hence
I had to use the WMTS layer)

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			inline Time::Ratio Initialize()
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"This Is Us" star Mandy Moore — against the musician "sickening and embarrassing."
Adams was accused of abuse by several women in a New York Times report published last week. It featured interviews with multiple women accusing Adams of behavior ranging from emotional manipulation to sexual misconduct, including accounts from his ex-wife Mandy Moore, Phoebe Bridgers, singer-songwriter Courtney Jaye, and others. Adams denied the allegations, addressing the Times report on Twitter.
Todd Wisenbaker, Adams' guitarist, also shared a statement about Adams. In a post on Instagram, he wrote, "this is incredibly hard for me to do but Ryan please get help." "There were times when I chose to believe his insane version of the truth because it was easier than believing that anyone is capable of being this much of a monster," Wisenbaker continued. "I've recently learned that pretty much everything he's ever told me is a lie upon a lie upon a lie. There are excuses and denials for everything." Read Wisenbaker's statement in full below.
He continued: "I've recently learned that pretty much everything he's ever told me is a lie upon a lie. There are excuses and denials for everything.


The Lean Hospital Leader Training category contains the courses related to the training and certification of Lean leaders in a hospital environment. The various courses and lessons will allow hospital staff to progress at their own pace in acquiring and applying the knowledge and tools required to become an active Lean leader.
This 90 minute overview covers the basic elements of Lean in a hospital environment, and is considered required learning for everyone in the hospital.
This course is aimed at the busy OR Professional, providing tangible tools and knowledge in short lessons that will enable you to make substantial contributions to your Perioperative Services department. You can learn at your own speed and become a more valuable member of your OR staff. The content of the Lean in the OR course was developed based on the instructor's hands-on experience implementing the tools and principles of Lean in Perioperative Services departments across the United States.
You may also download a detailed course syllabus, including a description of each lesson and learning objectives by clicking here.
Value Stream Mapping is a widely accepted flow-charting method used to document all of the process steps required to deliver a product or a service to a customer. By documenting the "current state", the way that the value stream performs today, a process improvement team can analyze the many opportunities to improve the work-flow and create a Master Plan for change. The Value Stream Mapping method is something that everyone involved in Lean for hospitals needs to know well.
This online course covers all of the elements of a Value Stream Analysis project, including the development of the Current State VSM, the application of Lean Thinking and the creation of improvement ideas or "Kaizen Bursts", the documenting of a time-phased Master Plan, and the drawing of a Future State Value Stream Map. The flow-chart therefore forms the foundation of an improvement plan that cuts across departmental boundaries to deliver true value to the patient or customer.
The course is over 3 hours long, broken up into 15 lessons. It is based on the book Value Stream Mapping in the OR by Richard Rahn and Gerard Leone.


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Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Dapo Abiodun, has emerged as governor-elect of Ogun State.
Mr Abiodun overcame stiff competition from Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement to win the race.
The Returning Officer for the election, Professor Idwo Olayinka, declared him the winner and returned him elected after announcing that he got 241,670 votes as against Mr Akinlade's 222,153 votes.
Candidate of the ADC, Gboyega Isiaka, emerged third with 110,422 votes, while Senator Buruji Kashamu of the Peoples Democratic Party was fourth with 70,290votes.


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What is your favorite online Telugu news source? Which ones do you regularly visit? Vote below. You can select multiple news sources.
Post your reasons, etc as comments.
వార్త కూడా వుంది గా మీరచ్చినదాంట్లొ"?
Major Online presence ఉన్నవని చూపించి అడగండి.
ఆప్పుడు ఇంకా వివరంగా వుంటాయి మీగణాంకాలు. నివేదికలు.
ప్రజాభిప్రాయం ప్రకారం వార్త ని అదర్స్ లో పడేసి, ఆంధ్రజ్యోతి ని పెట్టండి.
I would keep Vaartha and, add Andhra Jyothi to the list.
I would add http://telugu.webdunia.com/ to the list,idi chala baaguntundi.Meeru choodandi.
Def. ga telugujournal.com ke naa vote. Endukante antha comprehensive news coverage and quick updates inka evvaroo ivvatledu. Adee kaaka… valla font kooda chaala spastam ga untundi. Modatlo antha follow ayyevadni kaadu kaani tarvata tarvata chaala serious ga follow avutunna.


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Q: Why did Rick burp less frequently in season 2? In the brilliant sci-fi cartoon Rick and Morty, one of Rick's most obvious idiosyncrasies is his constant, mid-sentence burping.  However, this quirk was far more pronounced in the first season than the second.

Have Dan Harmon (co-creator) or Justin Roiland (co-creator and the voice of Rick) commented on why Rick burps less in season two?

A: According to this random link, Justin Roiland said:

The pilot, that was the worst. For some reason I was like, 'Rick has to burp every fucking line.' So I was in there for four hours recording Rick, and just swallowing air and doing every single line with a burp take. I left that studio with the worst stomach ache. I went home and laid in bed and thought I was going to fucking die or have to go to the hospital, it was seriously bad. And the irony is that we cut the radio play together and Harmon was like, 'There are way too many fucking burps in this,' and I was like, 'Oh fuck, you're right! This is disgusting.

Mainly, burping is painful to Roiland, and they probably decided that just a few very well placed burps could do better than some frequent eructing.

A: I think Rick's burping and vomiting were a major stumbling block to fully enjoying that otherwise amazing show. Rick's burping and vomiting was probably the crack in the overall structure of the show that started to drive viewing down, preventing the show from becoming a longer running series like The Simpsons, or Family Guy. I have made posts in my social media about Rick and Morty, and talked to friends about the show, and complaints about Rick's burping and vomiting were the most common complaint.


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Family Life in NOLA
Jean LaFitte National Park, in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.
Paul and the kids have been several times before (visits were a favorite outing of Paul's while I worked on my dissertation), but yesterday's walk was a compliment Kate's unparalleled music class, which had been studying the bayou and marsh.
This little guy is along the likes of what you might normally see on a walk through the bayou. He was one of several of his size we saw.
But THIS guy, this 13-footer, HE was the main attraction. Not just because of his size…
But because he was eating another alligator. And doing is RIGHT off the path.
He had killed the little gator the day before. It's normal for them to hide the carcasses between meals. He was pretty irritated with us (hissing, growling, rising out of the water like so) because he wanted to hide his meal… and he couldn't do it with us watching!
Further down the trail is a floating dock. Alligators like to sun themselves here… but there weren't any when we found it.
Canoe and kayaking is not possible in the bayou right now, because of the invasive species of lilly that is in the water (see the green?) They cut it completely out last summer — and it's already filled it to choke out boats.
Our friend moved to a more secluded spot. He was still pretty pissed when we walked by on our way out.
I tried to explain to Will that this was a Mommy alligator eating her 8-year son for not listening, but he wasn't paying any attention.
Also, the ranger explained that this was a male alligator. They are pretty territorial. Females, however, are highly maternal — they protect baby gators for the first three years of life, keeping the bigger males away from the area where they have young.
Jean LaFitte offers several hiking paths through different south Louisiana ecosystems, as well as dedicated and friendly park staff. A beautiful visitors center, entertaining and informative movie, and detailed educational programs are extra lagniappes for the visitor. A great place for families!
Life in New Orleans
Bacchus, Sunday night.
Bacchus was wild.
We were not prepared for just how wild.
Okay, so we're not completely oblivious. Breesus was presiding as King, so we knew it was going to be a mad-crazy event. The Saints homecoming parade drew the biggest parade crowds of any event, ever, according the local media.
We volunteered to work the school parking lot (a block off of Napoleon, which is the street where the parade was to begin). Though the Archdiocese demanded a hefty sum of 50% for us to use the parking spaces the school rents from them (ahem) it is always worth it to help our little nonprofit school bring in funds, so of course we wanted to help. At first, the plan was for me to bring the kids home after the morning parades for nap and let Paul walk up to the school. But the fun of the morning put us into some sort of ecstatically-impaired state of mind where our sensibilities left us completely. We threw the ladders and wagon and bags and signs and kids into the truck and illegally rolled ourselves slowly down back streets until we arrived at the school.
Then the plan was to meet up with friends who we knew were on the route and let the kids run around until parade time (it was still more than 2 hours before the parade start time). Paul would work parking until right before the parade and then join us. In a normal situation, this would work perfectly. Except that it was Bacchus and the people were already DOZENS deep. The streets were already filled with Mardi Gras mess, and the people were Very Serious about their tent cities.
Thank goodness we found Emmy and the kids — and thank goodness that her friends, Erin and Chuck, were kind enough to 1. share the space; 2. help watch the kids, and 3. accommodated Will, who instantly fell in love with their adorable baby boy and tried multiple times to fold him up and put him in his pocket (Honestly though, who could blame Will? That kid is great.) Chuck masterfully maneuvered our ladder and wagon in with the mix so that all the kids could sit up safely — nearly eye-level with many of the riders — allowing them to see and keeping them safe from the crowds. I stood beside on a step stool, often with one of the kids standing with me, talking to the kids and keeping an eye on the straps and bars (I get a little freaked out when the kids get antsy.) Still, the crowd was so tight that one man held on to the side of my step stool to keep from getting shifted too much in the jostling crowd.
Or, maybe because he wanted to be that close to the view of my rear-end, depending on your perspective.
Despite the crowd, it was a fun night. The energy was amazing and for the most part, the people were all friendly and thoughtful. Another child in the crowd joined into an open seat in our ladder set-ups (another unwritten rule — when you have open seats, you ask other families if their kids want up — one more small child out of the crowd lets us all breathe easier) and he was hilarious. ("Here are your guesses for the next float, Ms. Holly. A porcupine, a giant heart with letters, or chickens in a pot of soup.")
The parade itself was mostly standard fare of floats and parades and riders — with added coolness of confetti, search lights into the night sky, and several "mega" floats pulling dozens of riders with several connected units. Combined with the incredible crowd, it was sort of breath-taking to be there. Especially at the start of the parade.
A woman nearby had a mini-Lombardi trophy. Several folks came over to take pictures with it — including these kids. The cuteness!
What we didn't see was that further up the parade line, friends of ours had made a NINE FOOT LOMBARDI TROPHY. (Photo from Cade's collection.)
We heard that Breesus himself bowed down to it upon passing, that Sean Peyton acknowledged it, that folks are leaving signed mementos on it, and others are showing up to get photos with it. Here's an interview showing the statue and talking with them about it.
But back to the parade. Breesus went right on by us, just like that.
A friend of mine from college is shocked that Paul doesn't get stopped in the streets regularly for being mistakenly identified as Drew Brees. I wasn't sure there was much resemblance and then I saw Breesus's new Dove commercial. (Note: this is really worth watching.)
After seeing that shower scene, I whole-heartedly agree. Paul is a dead ringer for Breesus.
Being a big Krewe, the mega-bands were out, too.
It was a beautiful night, full of crazy energy and madness. A wonderful way to cap off our Mardi Gras parades for the season!
Sunday Morning Mardi Gras Magic
I know what you think.
You think it's not for you, this Mardi Gras thing. Maybe you don't see yourself as much of a drinker. Maybe you're a little put-off by the whole girls-gone-wild thing; you weren't the type to want to do Spring Break in South Beach even when you were in college. So you figure that Mardi Gras isn't for you. And also? That city? New Orleans? Well, you saw the pictures and heard the stories and it's a mess. You can't figure out why people would even want to live there, let alone visit.
You've thought at least some of those things, I feel certain. I fully admit that until I moved here, I thought THE VERY SAME THING. Actually, both Paul and I did. And now we can say that we were very wrong.
New Orleans is an absolutely fantastic place to be, especially during Carnival season — and especially for families. As an example, here is our family, enjoying parades this past Sunday morning. Music, laughter, conversation, floats, horses, football, dancers, prizes, and of course, beads.
Krewes of Okeanos, Mid-City, and Thoth. Vantage on Magazine Street.
Sunday night, 9pm.
School Mardi Gras? Oui!
Too cold for the parade in the park, so the kids' donned their class-made costumes and home-brought throws to an indoor audience. Paul made Will's parade (bonus: live band); I made Kate's (bonus: singing by Kate's class).
All photographs were taken with an Iphone. None involve live animals.
If you're the sensitive type, the kind that can't handle any sort of recognition of the fact that we all own private parts, or worse, sometimes bring them out to play, then I urge you to stop reading now. Because this may press a button or two. Not because I'm talking about something related to our current Carnival season. Because I'm going to talk about my cat.
The cat likes stuffed toys. Scout has been with us for over 11 years now, since that snowy February night when he was rescued from an abandoned lot, less than a pound and only a few weeks old. From the start he has been a knead-er, pushing his little paws and purring until he is content to curl up and sleep. Often, he does this on a blanket or bed. But when we're not around, he likes to knead stuffed toys. We'll come home to find tufts of fuzz in a trail through the house, leading to where Scout has kidnapped Snoopy or left Pluto in a mess of polyester orange fur. Making sure anything soft and impressionable is off the floor is important in our house; lest the cat decide to get cozy and half of your teddy bear goes bald.
It seemed like a fairly benign quirk. Then a few weeks ago, Paul and I entered our bedroom one afternoon to find Scout on our bed, kneading away at a stuffed Lady, from Lady in the Tramp, one of Kate's favorite toys. We quickly pulled Lady away from the assault and accidentally flipped Scout over in the process.
He landed on his back with his belly up. Showing clearly that he was very very visibly… excited.
And then. With us there staring away at his little red thing pointing up at us, he started to shake. SHAKE. I am not making this up. The bottom half of that damn cat was TREMBLING.
O. M. G. The cat was getting off on our daughter's stuffed dog.
All this time, and the cat was going to our kids' synthetically-filled plushies to get laid.
<I know, I need a moment, too…. but I promise, just stick with me, a chaser is coming.>
Since then, our efforts to protect the kids toys from the love, I mean loooooove, of our cat have improved. But we still find him occasionally curled up on Will's pillow, surrounded by rolling paper with catnip scent in the air, laying a little TOO close to that Ugly Doll. During Mardi Gras, the volume of throws being brought in by the kids makes it more difficult to keep the house to a PG rating.
So when Will walked in tonight from the Morpheus parade, I think I heard Barry White go into overdrive in the cat's head:
As Kate would say, I KNOW.
So here's the story of Long-Fellow (as named by Will.)
It started earlier today when I spontaneous cut a piece of cardboard, painted it black, and started cutting up beads. This was the result.
The sign was a huge hit with Kate at d'Etat. But Kate got cold. Granted, it was pretty cold out tonight, even if we did bundle the kids as warmly as possible.
Yes, Kate wore a princess nightgown over her layers and coat. It was a compromise.
Anyhow, towards the end of d'Etat, Kate got a little tired and cold, so the sign went to Will. I walked home with Kate while Paul stayed with Will to watch Morpheus.
A rider passed Will a stuffed toy and Will said "Merci" and showed the sign. Then, he blew her a kiss. The float stopped and she melted.
She motioned him over to the edge and pointed him our directly so that everyone would know that she had something for him. Then she pulled out the snake's head and handed it down to Will. But she kept pulling and pulling and pulling and Will turned in circles as the snake wrapped around him.
And that was how Will came home — completely wrapped up in a stuffed snake now known as Long-Fellow.
Will was not the only one to take home a prize throw. Kate, who rebounded after the home-visit, requested "The Girls Parade." So we piled up and went back out to take in Muses. Muses was on the main parade route and had many, many more people than the previous parades. It was packed!
Kate got a shoe. It's her second.
Happy Mardi Gras, Y'all!!
Recovery and Rebirth
So there's the one job that is going really well but applications for the new fellows are due Friday and the questions and the calls and meetings and the board and ad hoc committees and event planning and current Fellows and writing articles and doing interviews, well, it's a busy work time — but then the other job is gearing up again, too, so Sunday I did the design layout for 15 or so groupings for this conference next month, but there are meetings and measurements and emails and phone calls to confirm all that — and then the dissertation, which I'm really working on for real and have to call back my committee chair after seeing him out at a bar last weekend so I owe him a call but can't get over to do it — and then we bought a mattress for the first time ever yesterday and it's a Keetsa and we're so excited — and we also got a 'returned, no box' TV on big time clearance from Sam's because we're hosting the Superbowl party on Sunday and yes I ordered fajitas from Whole Foods and picked up some chips and drinks but need to clean out the back room of dangerous tools and other things so that the kids can play — and my mother-in-law and her friend arrive on Friday and she's a gardener and all the flowers are dead from the freeze and still sitting there dead on the porch can you imagine the horror — did you call Sears, the ice maker is broken and it's under warranty — and it's Carnival season, which is actually a whole season, not a day, sort of like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, and the Fourth of July, all wrapped up together except that they go on every day for more than two weeks — and there's sittings for photography clients, yes clients, how did that happen? — wait, did you see this video, you have to see it — who dat nation united — and oh, the kids have appointments and school conferences and nightly homework, and soccer practice and soccer games — and Paul just signed on for more work — and then after the more work, an old boss calls and wants Paul to contract for even more work — Will, do you have clean uniform shirt to wear to school today — oh, by the way, maybe I'm in DC the week of Mardi Gras — and can I come and have a meeting at the school of social work about more teaching? — and did we put cash in the envelope for the field trip, I don't know — what's for dinner — did you pick up the drycleaning, I didn't know there was drycleaning — he hit me Mommy and I didn't do anything — Paul why is the phone not working — have you seen the warranty for the ice maker anywhere, I swear it was in this file — wait, is the vacuum clogged again, can you check it is making this sound — why is the fridge thumping — taxes, taxes, did you sign the forms wait I'm not done where are the forms — did you hear the dryer buzz– oh no, Kate, that took paint off the wall — it was my night to make dinner, why didn't you tell me — the cat just threw up on our bed — let's go buy a TV, why not — my head hurts, take some medicine — it's just a lot right now but I'm okay, thanks for asking.
Party Crashers
Last week, I joined A-M, an actress/singer friend of mine, to take part in an "Improv Anywhere" style event. On the request of another friend, we crashed her hospital nursing department's Employee of the Year luncheon. A-M was the crazed fan. I was the paparazzi. The shtick was that A-M (character name: Nola Bee) was a hospital volunteer and completely head-over-heals for the Employees being honored at the event. Mz. Nola Bee brought a book — complete with staff pictures and areas for signatures — and dutifully requested each to sign with me snapping away ("she's photographing for my documentary"). A matching red-wig for me and a few practice sessions and I think we could have pulled a Sweeney Sister routine out, too.
I can officially check "Crash a formal event" off of my bucket list. Maybe even add it to my resume?
Carnival is gearing up. Krewe du Vieux was over the weekend. Krewe du Vieux is one of the earliest parades and is known for its satirically-oriented adult theme. It's not the parade to bring the kids to, particularly if you child wants to know why the Governor is in THAT position, for-goodness-sake. The whole leaving the kids at home situation has made it tough for us to go in the past. This year, a friend graciously offered her 16-year old for sacrifice: he watched 4 kids (ages 2, 3, 4 and 6 — two were his younger siblings, two were ours) waaaaay past their bedtimes. It felt a little like babysitting crashing; which, for the record is very worth it.
For us, Krewe du Vieux was a great night out with many friends.
Costumes are encouraged, of course, so we obliged. I wore my favorite purple wig (Kate: "Mommy, why isn't your hair white?" Me: "Because I thought I'd make it LAVENDER, that's a fancy word for light purple!") I also used a purple and gold feather boa as a scarf (it was cold) and left purple plumes flying behind me wherever I went. Paul wore a Fleur-di-Lis cape and helmet. To my knowledge, no one got a picture of us and for that, I admit, I lose 2 points and do not pass go.
To be fair, we were busy. Friends, socializing, drinks, food, and parade and all.
The bar where we collected ourselves for the start of the night had food for sale outside, including FRITO PIE. I had never heard of this culinary delight before and I can honestly state our horizons have been significantly broadened. Open up a bag of Fritos, dump in a scoop of your favorite chili, and viola! FRITO PIE. A friend demonstrates it's goodness:
It really IS good. I'm still craving it two days later. And with the assortments of bagged junk foods available, the creative options are endless.
After the parade and after-parades filed through, we made our way down Frenchman and eventually ducked into Maison, the very location of the coming Krewe du Vieux and Krewe du Jew (no, I'm not making this up) after-parties. A great brass band was playing and eventually we found drinks and headed up to the (relatively) quiet upstairs where we snagged chairs at the balcony.
The place was actually quite cleared out for over an hour (the crowded area shown above had a kid hulla-hooping in it for awhile).** We enjoyed more bar-eats and general conversation. And then I saw my Committee Chair. Yup, the very person who holds all the cards in my game of doctoral degree-seeking. Then he and his girlfriend joined us for awhile. At first, it felt a little like being out at a party with your parole officer, but hey, it's Carnival time in New Orleans.
Crashers welcome.
** We left when the Krewes were arriving — had to clear out to get back to the kids — but here's a video of the fun when the Krewes entered!
Bleeding Black and Gold
It's playoff day. The entire city is buzzing. Everyone is happy. Even people in work uniforms are wearing black and gold.
Football? What's that? I'm talking about the Saints!
We go blue in the face talking about this adopted home of ours and in light of the questions — How can you live in New Orleans? Why do you stay there? How IS New Orleans these days? — I was hoping to find some words to describe what it's like to be here right now. In this season, this day, this moment, where every living thing is thinking and wishing and hoping for the same thing. This particular marvel of unified thought and energy is actually quite common in New Orleans — we all come together each and every Mardi Gras Day, when we reach up hopeful hands for a Zulu Coconut — but in this instance, in this time and place, we are coming together in a whole different way. This is something that we can be proud of on a National scale. In a way and with a spirit that is unique. The examples are everywhere, but it's still hard to explain; take this, written last month while we were still undefeated:
… These are strange and beautiful days in New Orleans, and they must be seen to be believed. … Last week, when I went down to experience the mania over the Saints' undefeated season firsthand, I found myself not sure whether every street was a dream. Some moments made me laugh, and others were so full of a desperate love that I had tears in my eyes.
Where do you even begin? Maybe you describe the couture shops that have replaced the latest fashions on the storefront mannequins with Saints T-shirts? Maybe you tell how vampire novelist and native New Orleanian Anne Rice, never much of a football fan and now living on the West Coast, recently ordered a Drew Brees jersey with "Anne" on the back. Maybe you use numbers: 84 percent of the televisions in town were tuned to the recent Monday night game against the Patriots. Maybe you use bizarre trends, such as an NOPD cop telling me the 911 calls almost stop when the Saints play …
There are other things, too. The Cinderella story of our Saints resonates far beyond the football fan base. Read any article about New Orleans then go to the comments and it all makes sense. We see the hate: the assertions that the city should be left to rot, the value judgments on our population, the incredible lack of compassion and ignorance of fact. Yeah, we know it's some Ditto-head in dark, lonely basement apartment, spewing hate while some porn site loads on another browser window. But we also know that this loser isn't spouting off thoughts that haven't occurred in the minds of more reasonable people. The fact that our team is composed of players who were similarly doubted, or misjudged, or miscast is simply part of our shared history, where defeat, resurgence, rebuilding, and celebration are all part of the package:
" … They are a motley group, undrafted guys and late-round fliers, players cast off from other teams. Brees landed in town after an injury convinced the Chargers that his best days were behind him. "When we came here," he has said, "I was in the process of rebuilding, as well."
Running back Mike Bell was out of football. So was cornerback Mike McKenzie, who watched the games from the stands with a mouthful of food before getting the call a few weeks ago. Darren Sharper arrived unwanted and has resurrected his career. Running back Pierre Thomas wasn't drafted. Star wide receiver Marques Colston wasn't drafted until the seventh round of the 2006 draft, and his college football program, Hofstra, just folded.
It goes on and on. This is a team of underdogs. …"
I know that folks love their home teams, their home cities, and all stuff that comes with it. Every place has something special about it. But today? This season? Well, the professional sport writers put it best:
May I root against the New Orleans Saints?
No, you may not. Rooting against the Saints is like rooting against Elin Nordegren. They're the Sentimental Team of the Century; if Dick Enberg were calling the NFC championship game, he'd need a trailer truck of Kleenex. Even if you forget everything that New Orleans endured during Hurricane Katrina—and how could you?—they're the Saints, the former Aints, one of the most hard-luck franchises in the history of hard luck. Not long ago, newborns came into the world in New Orleans hospitals with tiny grocery bags on their heads.
If the Saints win this weekend, we expect the Louisiana Superdome to levitate off the ground, stop at Parkway Bakery & Tavern for a roast beef po'boy and fly straight to Miami for the Super Bowl.
Around here? We're preparing for take-off.
Wanna come along? This will help out.
Or, if you need to ease into it, go with the U.S. Marine Corps Band.
Geaux Saints!


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django-pudb
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PuDB integration for Django <https://github.com/akanouras/django-pudb>

Installing
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1. Run ``pip install django-pudb``
2. In your ``settings.py``:
   - Add ``'django_pudb.PudbMiddleware'`` at/near the end of your ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES``
   - Set ``DEBUG_PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS = True``
3. Run ``./manage.py runserver --nothreading``

Now you should see PuDB pop up in your console window whenever a view
raises an exception.

Notes
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- This package has zero requirements on purpose, so that you can install it
  (system|user)-wide, and still get to install Django in your virtualenvs.
- As PuDB doesn't support threading (yet, hopefully), django-pudb doesn't either.

Changelog
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0.1.0 (2014-05-06)

- Initial version.
  Just the middleware; zero magic.

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Lexus has finally gotten around to doing what it arguably should have done in the first place and released a seven-seat version of its sharp-looking RX SUV. Called the RX L, it sits alongside the five-seat variant with only minimal changes to the rear-end styling to accommodate those additional seats. The smooth-running hybrid drivetrain is unchanged and, with question marks over the future of diesel, this new model should be good news for Lexus.
Some might say it's the car that Lexus should have launched from the start, but now the RX L offers buyers of the company's flagship hybrid SUV the choice of seven seats for the first time. Its engineers have done so by redesigning the rear to make it more accommodating for a third row of seating.
To glance at you'd hardly notice the difference such is the kindness the design team has shown in executing the changes. Those all lie aft of the rear doors, where the car grows by 110mm in length. The new tailgate is more upright to free up headroom, too. Other changes see the rear wiper move down to the base of the glass and there's a 'smart' tailgate that can detect the presence of your hand and open. It should be better than trying to wave your foot around underneath the rear bumper as many other cars currently make you do.
As for the third row, there is just about enough room for an adult of average height to fit in back there, but the seats are best suited to children, maybe teenagers if they aren't too tall. The middle row seating splits 60/40 and can slide forward by up to 150mm to add to the legroom for those behind. Accessing the rearmost seats isn't too tricky, though, and passengers can keep cool thanks to their own air conditioning controls. When not required, the third-row seats can be folded down electrically, but even when erected the Lexus still offers a useful 211 litres of boot space.
The interior up front remains unchanged, which overall is no bad thing. Traditionally, the mainstream Japanese car manufacturers have tended to lag behind the premium European brands when to comes to cabin quality - in particular, materials - but the interior of the Lexus is excellent in both fit and finish. Only the infotainment system seems to let it down in how it looks and the user experience. However, we can't fault the 12.3-inch display, nor is it too far from your field of view, so your eyes quickly adjust to it when driving.
While adding more seats, Lexus hasn't added anything new to its powertrain. It retains the same 3.5-litre petrol V6 combined with its proven hybrid system and continuously variable transmission. Usually, the very mention of CVT should signal a car about to receive something of a kicking, but in this application, it works relatively well. That is on the basis that you drive it with the most modest of throttle inputs. Do so, and you'll find yourself wafting around in a bubble of sound-insulated refinement.
While plug-in hybrids may be the choice of other premium SUV manufacturers, the 'self-charging' system used by Lexus does away with the need to plug anything in, while delivering fuel consumption figures that shouldn't give you much of a fright. Over the course of our time with the car we were achieving around the mid-thirties mpg. Although that's shy of the official figure, we weren't driving especially economically, and it was over some very steep terrain. If you tend to stick to mostly urban routes, then you should still see good fuel figures appearing on the trip computer, and with lower average speeds the car should make greater use of its battery power to ease it along with the electric motor.
Regardless of the drive, the one thing the RX L doesn't appear to lack is refinement. Even on the largest 20-inch wheels, it soaked up the few surface imperfections we encountered and transmitted little in the way of road noise into the cabin. It doesn't feel as sporty to drive as some other SUVs, but it doesn't encourage you to push it that way in the first place. This car is very much about appreciating the comfort and enjoying the cosseted feeling you get inside it.
Having the choice of seven seats does improve the Lexus' case without doing much to detract from the original appeal of the regular RX. With the rising uncertainty over the future of diesel, more may now look to the like of a hybrid as an alternative and without the need to plug anything in, the Lexus RX L could be the right fit for a lot of people.


Starring: Dakota Johnson (Anastasia Steele), Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey), Eric Johnson (Jack Hyde), Eloise Mumford (Kate Kavanagh), Rita Ora (Mia Grey), Luke Grimes (Elliot Grey), Victor Rasuk (José), Max Martini (Taylor), Jennifer Ehle (Carla), Marcia Gay Harden (Grace Grey), Bruce Altman (Jerry Roach), and more.
I give the Fifty Shades Freed Blu-ray a B+.
Yes, I'm one of those people that read all the books. I was curious to see what all the hype was about only to get lost within the pages of the books myself. I know most people say the book is better than the movie which is true because a book can go more in-depth with a character's thoughts or paint a picture of a scene. I felt that this franchise always stayed true to the book. It's a perfect example of the author of the book (E.L. James) being involved with the film. I felt the vision of the book was portrayed perfectly on screen.
I always felt that Dakota Johnson was the perfect fit for Anastasia Steele. She is definitely how I pictured the character as I was reading the book. It took me awhile to see Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey but in this film, I felt that he fit the character gave a great final performance as Christian Grey.
This film concluded the franchise beautifully. There were some scenes that I don't remember being in the book (but then again, its been 3 years since I read it). One of my favorite scenes is when Christian lets Ana drive one of his expensive Audi sports cars. I think I would have done the same thing as Ana. I love how she is an independent woman and doesn't want to be in Christian's shadow. I was kind of disappointed that they left one scene that was in the book out of the movie. They did show the scene where Christian is playing with his son and Ana is pregnant with their second child but they didn't show a scene where Taylor (Christian's head of security) and Mrs. Jones (House Keeper) were actually a couple. I loved that part in the book as Taylor was one of my favorite characters. It was cool to see that he had gotten a happy ending as well and that they weren't only employees but family.
Catch Fifty Shades Freed out on Blu-ray, Digital, & DVD May 8th!
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN out on 4K Ultra HD May 8th!


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Vice President & Secretary
Marc Levy serves as a Vice President and Secretary of Anubis Advisors. He also serves as a Senior Managing Director of Island Capital Group, which he joined at its inception in 2003. Levy works with Island Capital's acquisition and investment banking activities. Furthermore, he leads the acquisition and investment banking activities of Island Global Yachting, an affiliate of Island Capital Group.
Prior to joining Island Capital Group, Marc Levy served as a Senior Managing Director of Insignia Financial Services, which is the investment banking subsidiary of Insignia Financial Group. Levy's primary area of concentration was on principal investment opportunities, mergers and acquisitions and real estate finance transactions. Before Insignia, Levy was a corporate attorney with the New York City law firm of Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance), where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and real estate private equity transactions.
Marc Levy earned a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A., cum laude, from Tufts University.
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Small, ugly and brilliant, Lord Nefarid is the most cunning of Darth Angral's apprentices. The Force was never particularly strong in him, and few thought he would survive his training–much less rise to become Angral's favored servant. Unable to match his peers' raw power, Nefarid has endured by keeping to the shadows and using pawns and spies to carry out his wicked schemes. He delights in sowing terror and paranoia among the frightened masses, but his true passion lies in besting those who believe themselves more powerful than him. The universe has treated Nefarid like garbage, and that has only made him more determined to prove his superiority.


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Two Foot Jokes
What do you call a two foot amputee?
Defeeted
Two foot fetishists are sitting in the back of a police van.
One turns to the other says:
"I think we got off on the wrong foot."
For those of you that never heard an ending to Bender's joke from the movie The Breakfast Club.
A naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm and a two foot salami under the other. She sets the poodle down on the bar and the bartender says "I suppose you won't be needing a drink." The blonde says "as a matter of fact, make it a double scotch on the rocks! I was just drying off af...
John is playing golf with the vicar
He misses a three foot putt, and says "damn, missed the buggar."
The vicar warns him "keep talking like that and God will open up the heavens and strike you dead with lightning."
John then misses a two foot putt, and repeats "damn, missed the buggar."
Sure enough, God opens th...
A man goes into the confessional at church one afternoon...
"Father, I have sinned. I took the Lord's name in vain, today."
"My son, that's a very egregious sin. Perhaps you could tell me the circumstances that led up to this."
"Well, Father, I was golfing this morning- on the 16th green, two under par, when I chipped off into the rough."
A man runs into a bar...
A man runs into a bar, and demands to the barkeep: "Quick! How tall do penguins grow?"
"About two foot sir" replies the bartender
"Shit. I've just run over a nun."
My dad went to play golf...
On a sunny Saturday afternoon and was randomly paired up with a priest. On the first hole, dad missed a three foot putt for par and said to himself "G*d damn it, I missed!"
The priest said to him "My son, please do not take the lord's name in vain."
On the second hole, my dad missed a...
The end to Bender's naked lady joke in The Breakfast Club...
A naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm and a two foot salami under the other. She lays the poodle on the table.
Bartender says " I suppose you won't be needing a drink"
Naked Lady says ..... (*Bender falls through ceiling*)
**"Well, my boyfriend and I were just ab...
Mr. Smith died (Rus. Trans.)
A doctor comes to work one day, and sees one of the nurses crying.
"Why are you crying, Mary?" he asks her.
"Don't you know doctor? Mr. Smith died."
The doctor doesn't know who Mr. Smith is, so he asks the nurse but she just goes on crying.
The doctor, mystified, goes to his office, and ...
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Yet Another Flawed "Placebo Controlled" Study in Crohn's Disease?
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Jun 2015, Vol. 12, No. 6: 545-550.
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Jun 2015, Vol. 12, No. 6: 536-544.
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Jun 2015, Vol. 12, No. 6: 492-499.
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Apr 2015, Vol. 12, No. 4: 335-344.
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Apr 2015, Vol. 12, No. 4: 323-326.


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Computer Emergency Response Team of Mauritius>ROCA Vulnerability Threatens RSA Encrypted Devices
ROCA Vulnerability Threatens RSA Encrypted Devices
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability that could be exploited to circumvent RSA encryption. The vulnerability exists in the way RSA keys are generated and used by a software library adopted in cryptographic smartcards, security tokens and other secure hardware chips. The vulnerability known as Return of Coppersmith's Attack (ROCA) allows practical factorization attack in which an attacker computes the private part of an RSA key. The attack is feasible for commonly used key lengths, including 1024 and 2048 bits, and affects chips manufactured as early as 2012, that are now commonplace.
The vulnerability (CVE-2017-15361) infects vulnerable keys found in about 760,000 in products from major vendors including Microsoft, Google, HP, Lenovo, and Fujitsu who have already released software updates and guidelines for a mitigation and is caused by cryptographic chips produced by Infineon Technologies AG, according to an advisory detailing the attack.
SC Magazine
https://www.scmagazine.com/roca-proof-of-concept-attacks-threaten-rsa-encrypted-devices-as-far-back-as-2012/article/700886/
Centre for Research on Cryptography
https://crocs.fi.muni.cz/public/papers/rsa_ccs17
Team Cymru
www.team-cymru.org
contact@cert.ncb.mu
Mauritian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-MU)
National Computer Board
7th Floor, Stratton Court
La Poudriere Street


I dunno why, but I feel like November is going to be great, and December…even greater!!
Holiday season is upon us…and…just knowing it's November makes me want to go find a Christmas tree to put up. I know it's early, I just…don't care. I'm excited for my first holiday season as a mommy. I know the shark won't remember this, but I'm psyched to make the memories for John and I. ….and take loads of pictures to show Sharkie later.
October was weird. I worked out about 1/3 of my planned amount, I worked a lot on business, but saw less results than the month before, I felt like time slipped away from me faster, even though I was doing my normal things. I was taking a little morning time for faux meditation (meaning just quiet time, not trying to clear my mind and actually meditate), and do some affirmations, reading, etc…but my manifestations were not as…pronounced. I guess I'll chalk it up to October being a month of lots of good stuff simmering just under the surface. As I wrote this paragraph it dawned on me that I didn't do my daily journaling this month…that usually keeps me feeling right as rain. Ah ha!! Definitely rectifying that for November.
If I remember, I think I'll end all my November posts with what I'm grateful for right at the moment.
How was your October, what are your plans and goals for November?
I feel the same way about November and December!!
Shark is adorable!! Love that picture!!
I love this time of year and I already have a ton of family events planned for my little family and I as well. I need to finish getting rid of a lot stuff that I've put in boxes to take to thrift store but just the thought of carrying those boxes down the stairs deters me a bit.


Artist Tim Doyle was hired to create the official poster for the SXSW 2019 Gaming event!
This print measures 18×24 and is hand-printed right here in Austin, TX!
Logo design by the always amazing JESSE PHILIPS!
What it looks like with the lights off!
Available exclusively at the Convention Center here in Austin, during the SXSW conference! Nakatomi will also have a TINY amount at our annual Flatstock booth, this Thursday through Saturday!
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UnReal Estate: Secret Headqarters Opens 2/2/19 at SpokeArt San Fran!
UnReal Estate returns! SpokeArt in San Francisco will be hosting artist Tim Doyle and his sixth (and final?) UnReal Estate solo art show!
Featuring all new work (and some select archive prints) on display and and available for purchase first at the gallery opening!
This time around, all the new prints will focus on the theme of a Secret Headquarters- be it a refuge, a home, a gathering place, or quite literally- a SECRET HEADQUARTERS!
The gallery opening will be from at Spoke Art at 816 Sutter St in San Francisco from 6-8pm on Saturday, February the 2nd. The artist will be in attendance.
OPENING NIGHT BONUS- while you're there, bring out your copy of the UnReal Estate book (or pick one up at the gallery) as Doyle is doing free doodles in every book that evening!
SpokeArt will have all remaining prints for sale on their store page HERE on Thursday February 7th. Join our Mailing list HERE and we'll let you know the exact time of the drop!
Thank you all so much, and see in you in San Francisco!
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Available HERE on Tuesday 12/11 at 2pm Central time!
Artist copies of Monday's sold out VIP poster for the Metallica show in Fresno are coming to Nakatomi!
This print is illustrated by artist Tim Doyle.
These 18×24″ hand-printed 6-color silkscreen gigposters are hand marked in a limited AP edition. Features metallic silver ink.
Note- the prints at the show were off-set / litho prints- these are the ONLY screenprinted versions of these prints available.
See the variant below after the jump!
Umphrey's McGee Foil print available today!
UMPHREY's McGEE Chicago by Doyle!
Artist Tim Doyle was commissioned to design and print the exclusive poster for the Chicago date for the Umphrey's McGee tour!
This 18×24 hand-printed silkscreen poster features 3 (!!!) split fountains, and is printed on Iridescent Foil stock. Photos here are of the actual print, not digital mock-ups!
Available HERE in the Gigposter Section of the Nakatomi store.
See more pics and read more after the jump!
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This is crazy nerdy, but I can't put this on social media and have someone read it by accident, so here it is where you've been adequately warned.
This is what I am currently thinking will happen in Avengers 4, and Guardians of the Galaxy 3.


"Unbought and unbossed" – Shirley Chisholm for President.
Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas. Ed. Sam Durant. Rizzoli, 2007.
Today's blog by Dyana Saad is about Shirley Chisholm, the first African American and first woman to run for presidency. She was endorsed by the Black Panther Party. But not many people know of her. During October, which is both Black History Month and marks the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, we share her history.
"As we approach the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, and the upcoming American presidential elections, I found it fitting to celebrate an iconic trailblazer; a figure who was so greatly supported by the Black Panther Party, and a figure who deserves more attention than history afforded her – Shirley Chisholm.
The Black Panther inter-communal news service: 1967-1980. Ed. David Hilliard. Atria Books, 2007.
'every Black, poor and progressive person in the country to help elect her'.
'I have no intention of just sitting quietly and observing. I intend to speak out immediately in order to focus on the nation's problems'.
Find out more about our series of Black History Month events, taking place throughout October.


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Uwe Messerschmidt (ur. 22 stycznia 1962 w Schwäbisch Gmünd) – niemiecki kolarz torowy i szosowy reprezentujący także RFN, srebrny medalista olimpijski oraz srebrny medalista torowych mistrzostw świata.

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Pierwszy sukces w karierze Uwe Messerschmidt osiągnął w 1980 roku, kiedy zdobył złoty medal w wyścigu punktowym podczas mistrzostw świata juniorów. Cztery lata później wziął udział w igrzyskach olimpijskich w Los Angeles, gdzie w tej samej konkurencji wywalczył srebrny medal, ulegając jedynie Rogerowi Ilegemsowi z Belgii. W wyścigu punktowym zdobył jeszcze jeden medal na arenie międzynarodowej - na mistrzostwach świata w Wiedniu w 1987 roku ponownie był drugi. Wyścig ten wygrał Marat Ganiejew z ZSRR, a trzecie miejsce zajął Francuz Pascal Lino. Brał również udział w igrzyskach olimpijskich w Seulu w 1988 roku, gdzie rywalizację w swojej koronnej konkurencji zakończył na szóstej pozycji. Messerschmidt startował także w wyścigach szosowych, ale nie osiągnął większych sukcesów. Wielokrotnie zdobywał za to medale torowych mistrzostw kraju, przy czym dziewięciokrotnie zwyciężał.

Bibliografia
 Profil na cyclingarchives.com

Medaliści Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1984
Niemieccy kolarze szosowi
Niemieccy kolarze torowi
Niemieccy medaliści olimpijscy
Urodzeni w 1962
Ludzie urodzeni w Schwäbisch Gmünd

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Weighing up which supplements you should take can be confusing. In short it should come down to nutrient density, or bioavailability (how well its absorbed by the body in its supplemental form) and should have consistent well proven research. Overwhelmingly the majority of supplements are a waste of money.
Vitamins and/or minerals you suspect you are lacking are obviously important. Particularly if you follow a diet that omits certain food groups. If you're certain you cant make up these deficiencies by changes in a whole food diet (or by getting some sunlight in the case of vitamin D) then supplementing is key. But so is quality. Don't buy the cheapest supplements, buy them from a brand with a good reputation and whose products are independently tested.
These are recommendations based on my own personal experience and clients i've worked with. Just remember how much we all vary as humans. The best way to work out what you need is to get full blood reports and a consult with a nutritionist or functional medicine practitioner. Think of my list as an insurance policy in terms of what your body needs most and will make the biggest impact on your overall health. I've listed the supplements below in order of what I deem the most important.
This is the hormone we manufacture ourselves from exposure to the sun: Practice the minimal effective dose of 15 minutes a day so that you don't risk sunburn. If you live somewhere that has limited sunshine at any point during the year, it may be better to supplement with vitamin D. People with darker skin can be more at risk of vitamin D deficiency. I wrote about vitamin D deficiency here as well as the best food sources to get it from.
A good quality Protein powder is extremely helpful being that it IS the most important macronutrient. 'Proteos' in Greek literally means 'of most importance'. Protein is very satiating making it less likely for people to over eat providing they eat enough for their bodies needs. Protein intake needs to be higher in active populations.
Between 1.6-2.2 grams of protein per Kg of body weight is the scientific consensus for active people. Even 3grams/kg is completely fine so long as there is no pre-existing kidney disease. These higher amounts can be effective for those that find it hard not to over eat due to the satiety effect. Protein also costs a lot metabolically to break down so you burn more calories doing so. I recommend a good quality plant-based blend protein powder to help you reach adequate protein intake but make sure the blend has a full amino-acid profile -this allows those amino acids to be combined into protein your body can use.
These are not replacements for not eating your veggies. However they are more like an insurance policy for busy lives to ensure we're getting enough antioxidants from the real superfoods: vegetables. Studies also show that due to industrial crop farming season after season on the same soil, many soil minerals are significantly depleted. This means we should probably be eating far more than the often quoted '5 a day'. Greens powders also contain fibre which most of us eat too little of.
You'll notice I don't include and 'multi-vitamins' in my list. Again I think its more important to find out specifically which nutrients you're deficient in and supplement with top-quality bio-available forms of those individual nutrients rather than waste money on lower quality combinations.
Did it help your energy levels?
Notice an improvement in your immune system during the winter months?
I personally did a 12 week course with symprove and i definitely think it helped.
Decide on what one suits you best, or alternatively increase your intake of fermented foods. Sauerkraut, kombucha, kefir, and naturally low fat, low sugar greek yogurt.
The next few are more orientated towards maximising your progress in the gym. Having said that, because the influence aspects of your hormonal profile towards fitness, they will benefit your overall health as well.
Creatine is one of the most researched sports supplements and is proven to help with lean mass gain and both athletic and aesthetic goals. Its suitable for both men and women. So it will help build muscle, as well as 'tone' muscle.
is a combination of Zinc, Magnesium and vitamin B6 and has been shown to aid recovery and help sleep. In doing so it helps optimise our natural testosterone levels. Yes ladies your natural levels of testosterone should be optimised too. Sugar and white flour (wheat) has been shown to lower blood levels of zinc and magnesium so its another reason to ditch the wheat.
I personally prefer to take a these separately, insisting on a good quality zinc supplement and a good quality magnesium supplement. B6 is a co-factor in converting the amino acid tryptophan into serotonin: our feel good hormone. However its rare that one needs to supplement with B6 if they follow a Common Sense Approach diet (Just like the PR1MEBODY 'Balance' and 'Fast Track' diets included in my 12 week Online Transformation plan... Obviously) however having said that many vegans need to keep a look out for low B6.
is another pre-cursor to serotonin and is more effective at increasing or natural serotonin levels. I prefer and recommend 5-HTP combined with zinc and magnesium before bed. However consult your GP before you take 5-HTP as it can interfere with other drugs such as SSRI anti-depression medication.
has been shown to have some improvement in insulin regulation so it can help those that may have a deficiency to help them lose weight.
The only true well researched 'fat burner'. It will increase your metabolism slightly to burn a few more calories and can also give your workouts a little extra kick. It has numerous health benefits from heart, brain and anti-cancer properties. This is most likely due to the huge antioxidant load of organic, freshly roasted coffee beans. As with everything, the secret is in the dose. Have no more than 2-3 cups a day to ensure good sleep and not risk adrenal fatigue due to heightened cortisol levels (cortisol is our stress hormone and is stimulated by caffeine). This is also why you shouldn't have caffeine after a workout when youre supposed to be relaxed in 'repair and rebuild mode'.
Avoid pre-workout supplements that contain cheap filler and tend to have hyper-doses of caffeine to make you 'feel it'. Getting your caffeine from good quality coffee beans will ensure you get all the longevity health benefits.
If you have any further questions about supplements, get in touch!


Audiotapes.com is proud to present the following recordings from Adult ADD Conference 1997, which was sponsored by ADDIEN -- ADD Information Exchange Network. All titles were recorded 5/16/1997 at Ann Arbor, MI USA.
1. A Day in the Life?
13. Coaching 101: What is ADD Coaching all About?
16. Do I have to Take that Medicine?
23. I Didn't Hear a Word She Said!


Omega's #3 Metallic Nylon is the same size as #2 with an added metallic strand. Each spool is 3.4 oz, has 196 yards, and comes in 30 colors. Recommended hook steel #5/6.
New crocheted bag pattern Barbara Uses 1 strand #3 Omega Nylon Metallic and 1 strand #5 Omega nylon Just enough glitz to show off your talent!
Look at these amazing ornaments made by Kathy. How creative!
Aristocrat This cute little clutch or swing purse was made with 2 rolls of Omega Nylon Metallic size 3 in #79 lilac/silver. The pattern is a variation on the shell stitch. Here's the pattern.