When I first started hitting the gym during my weight loss kick, I didn't know where to start. I'd done research, but really needed someone with hands on experience to show me what to do.
I tried several types of exercises with varying weights and rep ranges, but the style I felt got the most results was powerlifting. The main reason that drew me to it is that the sets, although tough, were usually over quickly. However, what made me keep doing it were the results that I was seeing and how fast I could lift heavier and heavier weights.
If you're in good health, and have no known injuries, I suggest you try it.
By definition powerlifting is a competitive sport. It mainly consists of competing with your opponents over the three major compound lifts: Bench Press, Squat and Deadlift.
In competition, you are allowed to do each of these lifts three times, with your highest lift being counted in each category. The heaviest lifter wins, and lifters are grouped by their age and weight.
These lifts are performed either equipped, or unequipped.
Equipped means using articles of clothing that are tight and supportive around muscle groups which can make the lift easier to perform (for example, a bench shirt which offers more support to your shoulders while benching).
Unequipped means using no supportive clothing and lifting whatever your body can naturally.
What I find most interesting about powerlifting is that it is one of the few turn-based sports out there. Powerlifting meets can sometimes feel like a chess match. This is especially true when the opponents are evenly matched, by carefully selecting what weights to lift for their 3 turns in each category. A clever lifter can make an opponent under or overestimate what they're capable of. There's a lot of mind games and it's a lot of fun.
Just because you're interested in powerlifting, it doesn't mean you have to compete to do it. More people train in the style of the powerlifter than actual perform in competitions.
Powerlifting training comes in many shapes and sizes but the main aspects are that you are lifting heavy weights under a low rep range.
This style of training has a ton of benefits that can help your health and your overall physical performance.
One of the main benefits of doing powerlifting is that you're going to get stronger, a hell of a lot stronger.
You're concentrating all your efforts into lifting heavy weights only a handful of times. This makes your body get used to this kind of activity. If you're performing the big three lifts of Bench, Squat and Deadlift you'll train pretty much every muscle in your body.
This also helps your overall strength as your muscles learn to work together, which you don't get with isolated exercises. In doing so can also help with your body's coordination and fights muscle imbalances.
Lifting heavy weights takes a lot out of you. It needs your focus, power and of course, your energy. The amount of energy your body needs during and after a powerlifting session is great for promoting your overall fat loss.
Studies show that an intense powerlifting session can increase your overall caloric output by 15% over a 24 hour period.
A lot of this is factored into your repairing your muscles after the session and the amount of extra oxygen your body needs over the recovery period.
To repeatedly lift heavy weights, you need a lot of strength in your muscles to handle it. However, what you also need is a strong skeleton to support these lifts.
Powerlifting can help build up your overall skeletal health. Lifting heavy can help increase the overall bone and mineral density in your skeleton to prevent injuries when training.
Although it's a great sport and beneficial to your body – you need to know what you're doing and focus at all times.
A lot of the risks and dangers of powerlifting come to down to a lack of experience and not knowing when to stop. You can only chase a stronger lift for so long during a session until your form starts to suffer and you start to put your body at risk.
Back Problems – Not using proper form or lifting more than you're capable of can sprain your back muscles and even bulge the disks in your back. This happens more with squats and deadlift.
Overtraining – Powerlifting is addictive, especially when you start. You'll want to see results more and more. However, you should always take a rest. Not giving your body time off in the week can actually weaken your muscles rather than strengthen them.
Serious Injuries – Lifting too much weight with improper form can cause muscle tears, bone breakages and nasty sprains which can take months of recovery or more. Know your limits and be patient with your body.
Powerlifting is great for improving your overall strength and health. Make sure your are fully familiar with the lifts first before undergoing a rigorous powerlifting program.
It also wouldn't hurt to consult with a fitness expert or personal trainer in a 1-on-1 session so you can learn the basics.
Be smart about it. Taking unnecessary risks without full knowledge is definitely not advisable in powerlifting. You can hurt yourself if you don't know what you're doing.
Take full care, be patient with your lifts and keep lifting strong.


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namespace OnSecurityInterstitialShown =
    extensions::api::safe_browsing_private::OnSecurityInterstitialShown;
namespace OnSecurityInterstitialProceeded =
    extensions::api::safe_browsing_private::OnSecurityInterstitialProceeded;
namespace OnPolicySpecifiedPasswordReuseDetected = extensions::api::
    safe_browsing_private::OnPolicySpecifiedPasswordReuseDetected;
namespace OnPolicySpecifiedPasswordChanged =
    extensions::api::safe_browsing_private::OnPolicySpecifiedPasswordChanged;
namespace OnDangerousDownloadOpened =
    extensions::api::safe_browsing_private::OnDangerousDownloadOpened;

namespace safe_browsing {

TestExtensionEventObserver::TestExtensionEventObserver(
    extensions::TestEventRouter* event_router) {
  event_router->AddEventObserver(this);
}

base::Value TestExtensionEventObserver::PassEventArgs() {
  return base::Value(std::move(latest_event_args_));
}

void TestExtensionEventObserver::OnBroadcastEvent(
    const extensions::Event& event) {
  if (event.event_name == OnSecurityInterstitialProceeded::kEventName ||
      event.event_name == OnSecurityInterstitialShown::kEventName ||
      event.event_name == OnPolicySpecifiedPasswordReuseDetected::kEventName ||
      event.event_name == OnPolicySpecifiedPasswordChanged::kEventName ||
      event.event_name == OnDangerousDownloadOpened::kEventName) {
    latest_event_args_ = event.event_args.Clone();
    latest_event_name_ = event.event_name;
  }
}

void TestExtensionEventObserver::VerifyLatestSecurityInterstitialEvent(
    const std::string& expected_event_name,
    const GURL& expected_page_url,
    const std::string& expected_reason,
    const std::string& expected_username,
    int expected_net_error_code) {
  EXPECT_EQ(expected_event_name, latest_event_name_);
  auto captured_args = PassEventArgs().GetListDeprecated()[0].Clone();
  EXPECT_EQ(expected_page_url.spec(),
            captured_args.FindKey("url")->GetString());
  EXPECT_EQ(expected_reason, captured_args.FindKey("reason")->GetString());
  if (!expected_username.empty())
    EXPECT_EQ(expected_username,
              captured_args.FindKey("userName")->GetString());
  if (expected_net_error_code == 0)
    EXPECT_FALSE(captured_args.FindKey("netErrorCode"));
  else
    EXPECT_EQ(base::NumberToString(expected_net_error_code),
              captured_args.FindKey("netErrorCode")->GetString());
}

std::unique_ptr<KeyedService> BuildSafeBrowsingPrivateEventRouter(
    content::BrowserContext* context) {
  return std::unique_ptr<KeyedService>(
      new extensions::SafeBrowsingPrivateEventRouter(context));
}

std::unique_ptr<KeyedService> BuildRealtimeReportingClient(
    content::BrowserContext* context) {
  return std::unique_ptr<KeyedService>(
      new enterprise_connectors::RealtimeReportingClient(context));
}

}  // namespace safe_browsing

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The Mayflower
Ukraine Resettlement to Tyler Texas
01 Nov November Updates
Posted at 18:50h in Uncategorized by Freedom Seekers 0 Comments
Nov 1, 2020 STARFISH UPDATES
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Starfish Current Projects: 8 Starfish Resettlements and 1 Escape
RESETTLEMENTS
Starfish: Iraqi – Phase 5 on FSI's Resettlement Graphic
The four of them have traveled to their new homeland and are in their 1st year of resettlement. The boys, ages 10 and 14, are enjoying their new friendships and happy to finally go to school. (Because their father was a Christian they were never allowed to go to school in their homeland. Their father home schooled them as he could even during the five years they escaped and were in hiding.) Pray for the boys to catch up.
Starfish: Iraqi has found work and we are rejoicing. If you would like to write to them as one who has been praying for their safety and rejoicing over their safe resettlement, email us and we will provide you their address.
Starfish: Pak-Man – Phase 3 on FSI's Resettlement Graphic
Starfish: Pak-Man. Pak-Man is still separated from his wife and three children. We need strong prayer for them to be granted their Resettlement Interview. With the pandemic, many delays are occurring within all resettlement programs.
Starfish: TB – Phase 3 on FSI's Resettlement Graphic
Starfish: TB. Last fall we facilitated four separate escapes to reunite this family of seven. They have been separated for seven years and have enjoyed this reunion time immensely. We have submitted their paperwork in a Resettlement program and are awaiting their Interview with that country to finalize their approval. We must secure the balance of $33,000 to complete their financial commitments in that program. Pray for the funding and the Interview to come quickly.
Starfish: King David – Phase 1 on FSI's Resettlement Graphic
Starfish: King David and family of six. King David has prepared material about persecution that we plan to email out before the end of the year. We trust it will equip you in understanding the life of those persecuted in Christ and how we can support them. You will see part of their story on our website, bottom of the first page: www.seekfreedom.org. It is a story like so many of the other persecuted families we serve. This family is still in need of a Champion for their case and less than $22,000 in funding is needed to submit their paperwork in their Resettlement Program.
Starfish: Spanish Student – Phase 1 on FSI's Resettlement Graphic
There are four new Starfish and Spanish Student escaped from a communist country where she and her mother had been targeted, forced to listen to propaganda materials and her father had been imprisoned. Her commitment to Christ has made her a mark for persecution and we are working quickly to resettle her to safety. We have a Champion and a Sponsoring Resettlement Team for her; however, we still need an Approved Resettlement Organization (a SAH) and funding. Pray for these needs to be covered.
Starfish: Bluenan – Phase 1 on FSI's Resettlement Graphic
Also, one of our newest resettlement efforts, this family of five were from a communist country. The father had been kidnapped and imprisoned multiple times because of his Christian faith, putting his life in jeopardy. The family is in hiding and we are working to resettle them to safety. They need an Approved Resettlement Organization (a SAH) in the country they are trying to resettle to. Please pray for them too.
Starfish: June – Phase 1 on FSI's Resettlement Graphic
Starfish: June was hunted and imprisoned in a mental institute for a year. She is in hiding as we work on securing her an Approved Resettlement Organization (a SAH) so as to resettle her. Pray for us as we coordinate her request with a SAH and raise the funding she needs to be submitted into that program.
Starfish: Famous – Phase 1 on FSI's Resettlement Graphic
Starfish: Famous is still in hiding after escaping from a 17 year imprisonment for attempting to seek freedom for those in his country. He was labeled a spy and tortured. Pray for his health and our efforts to secure an Approved Resettlement Organization (a SAH) for his case so as to provide him a means to resettle in safety.
Starfish: Z – Escape Phase
Early this month we lost contact with Starfish: Z – two sisters and four young children. We are grateful that a separate underground church group discovered them and kept them safe. We are now working to move them to a nearby country where we will begin their resettlement paperwork efforts and eventually resettle them to a country where they will be free and safe. The widow in this group served faithfully with her husband in ministry in their homeland where they were persecuted. Her sister came to Christ through the couples' ministry and after his death the two sisters and four children escaped. Pray for the funding and means for them to be moved to safety so that we can begin with their resettlement paperwork. About $10,000 is required to move all six of them, to reoutfit them, and, to provide temporary housing and supplies for them to live until they are resettled.
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Studenterafhandling
Medium as Environment
A Materialist Approach
Ulrik Schmidt
Institut for Kommunikation og Humanistisk Videnskab
Publikation: Konferencebidrag › Paper › Forskning
BiographyKristin Veel is Associate Professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen and Research Fellow at the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen's University. Her research focuses on the impact of information and communication technology on the contemporary cultural imagination, with a particular interest in issues of information overload and surveillance, and the way in which these are negotiated in film, art and literature. She is PI of the collaborative project Uncertain Archives Adapting Cultural Theories of the Archive to Understand the Risks and Potentials of Big Data, and her forthcoming book A Tale of Two Towers:Gigantism in Architectural and Digital Culture, co-written with Henriette Steiner, will be out with MIT Press in spring 2020.Ulrik Schmidt"Medium as Environment: A Materialist Approach"This presentation will take the starting point in the simple observation that media has one of its etymological origins in Aristotle's concept of perièchon, roughly meaning 'that which surrounds, encompasses' (Spitzer 1942). This indicates a basic environmentalunderstanding of media that is still present –albeit often more implicitly –in many key thinkers of modern media theory, from Walter Benjamin and Marshall McLuhan to new (German) media philosophy (Kittler, Ernst, Berressem, Herzogenrath etc.) and media ecology (Fuller, Hansen, Terranova, Chun, Parrika, Bryant). In my presentation, I will, from a materialist and post-phenomenological perspective, discuss the aesthetic implications of this understanding of media as environments by exploring some of the ways media can function as affective, environmental framings of perception.
Udgivet - 4 jun. 2019
Media Archaeology – Media Philosophy – Media Aesthetics - Lund University, Lund, Sverige
Varighed: 4 jun. 2019 → 4 jun. 2019
https://portal.research.lu.se/portal/en/activities/media-archaeology--media-philosophy--media-aesthetics(75467718-5752-4042-8884-d3cd3676f04b).html
Media Archaeology – Media Philosophy – Media Aesthetics
Internetadresse
Schmidt, U. (2019). Medium as Environment: A Materialist Approach. Afhandling præsenteret på Media Archaeology – Media Philosophy – Media Aesthetics, Lund, Sverige.
Schmidt, Ulrik. / Medium as Environment : A Materialist Approach. Afhandling præsenteret på Media Archaeology – Media Philosophy – Media Aesthetics, Lund, Sverige.8 s.
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Self-compassion and the Tall Poppy Syndrome
29 April, 2015 Agneta Lagercrantz Leave a comment
They teach self-compassion around the world and get the same question wherever they come: in what way are we special compared to people in other countries? Here's what Michelle Becker and Steven Hickman respond and how they look at the Swedes.
Michelle Becker, Steven Hickman
"There's always one thing standing out: that we're so similar. Wherever we go, the deep human matter shines through", Michelle Becker explains.
"Even when the Swedes say …" Steven Hickman pauses, and tries to remember the expression he has picked up a few days earlier during the intensive Step 1-week near the town Ostersund. "What's the name of it again …?"
The Law of Jante? I propose.
The Tall Poppy Syndrome in Australia and New Zealand means that people disapprove of each others' successes as "the tallest poppy you cut down".
"Oh yes. But the tendency to disapprove of each others' successes exists in a lot of places. In English it's called the Tall Poppy Syndrome. Still everyone tries to persuade us that in their own country it's something special: 'Here, you see, we have a thing called… ', Steven laughs.
Steven Hickman and Michelle Becker were the first international teachers to give the intensive Mindful Self-compassion, MSC, course in Sweden. 29 participants from both Norway and Sweden met up for one week, many with a background in mindfulness. Some processes in the two methods overlap.
"When people pause to open up for what is going on inside, a lot of what's happening will be quite similar", explains Ashild Haaheim, a psychologist and mindfulness instructor based in Mid-Sweden and the organizer of the MSC-week. She thinks mindfulness is a first step to meet one's inner critic. The practice of self-compassion then adds being with one's own suffering and "embrace it with care and compassion".
"It's about to train ourselves in having a gentle and friendly attitude towards ourselves", Ashild Haaheim says. "But we often have difficulties with this, because we're so used to beat ourselves up and let the inner critic speak."
Center that provides self-compassion training world wide.
Steven Hickman, licensed psychologist and professor, and Michelle Becker, licensed family therapist, live in San Diego, California. Both are mindfulness instructors and became 2010 some of the very first teachers in Mindful Self-compassion, MSC. A couple of years later, along with the pioneers of self-compassion, Kristin Neff and Chirstopher Germer, they founded a center to provide training and workshops. Since then, the interest has been growing rapidly throughout the world. People in Europe, China, South Korea, Australia and the US can follow an eight week program, attend week-end retreats, go to the five day intensive workshop or add with the MSC Teacher Training, Step 2.
For Michelle personally, it started in the same way as for most of her work-shop participants – she discovered a harsh, inner voice as soon as she meditated. Through layer upon layer of "suffering", as she puts it, or different hard feelings inside, she heard her inner critic.
"And there I got stuck. I had such difficulties to have compassion for myself."
On the couch at my bus stop.
Are people as self-critic all over the world?
"Yes", Michelle replies, "it really permeates how people feel about themselves."
"And those who say they're not, are just not aware of their inner critics", Steven thinks. "In my mindfulness groups, it may be clear to the participants only at the end of the course. And then they wonder what to do with that nasty voice they have within themselves."
Is everyone self-critical, Michelle Becker?
"There is a lot of that kind of suffering in our part of the world", Michelle notes. She believes it is mostly caused by a lack of self-compassion. The shame behind self-criticism is allowed to take over.
"But we're not talking about it at all, not even in the psychologist training. Why has no one told me more about shame? It's as if we are ashamed of the shame."
Is the self-criticism particularly strong in our time, do you think?
"I think self-criticism has been around a very long time. We have learnt from our parents, who in turn learned from their", Michelle says.
"Today we're also more aware of that self accusations aren't good", Steven comments. "In the past, people suffered most in silence. We don't need to hide it anymore, even though many of us still think we're the only ones feeling bad and carry it as a shameful secret."
But don't we hide what we are ashamed of also today? In social media everyone seems to be so lucky …
"Everyone knows that no one posts things that they struggle with", Michelle says. "Social media is a venue that makes it easier to imagine that all the others live perfect lives and me myself is the only one struggling. I still think that kind of comparison mostly occurs on the surface."
"Perhaps we also see a setback from the self-esteem movement", Steven points out. "It has prompted many in the United States to believe that self-esteem is about being above average, better than others. That doesn't resonate with how they feel inside. That's how they begin to blame themselves."
"Most people long for the feeling of being valueable even when they fail", says Michelle. "But they never learned to like themselves during their mistakes and wrongdoings, that's why it's so hard. Self-compassion is just about this – to love oneself through all the difficult feelings."
Michelle summarizes: self-compassion is not to escape life's difficulties, but is needed just because life from time to time is difficult. The method has three components:
Mindfulness of hard feelings, the common humanity in being inadequate and kindness toward oneself. Practicing this attitude can help you build up a new kind of security – you are always in contact with your compassionate self and therefore never alone. You don't get the same experience of being the only one in the world having a difficult time.
"Self-compassion is not there in order to control or avoid the difficulties, but to support ourselves until it's over", Steven Hickman explains. "Accepting that 'it's hard right now' helps us through our setback. Brings us further. And then we can correct our thoughts."
What are the differences and similarities with what you teach in mindfulness?
"Mindfulness is great for being in the present moment, but when you become aware of your inner critic you get no method to practice compassion with yourself", says Steven Hickman.
Do your students understand what you mean by self-compassion?
"Yes, though we often start by asking them to imagine what it's like to support someone else they care about. Then we ask them to think about what it's like to receive another person's care – and ultimately how they could support themselves."
How do we practice self-compassion, Steven Hickman?
According to Steven Hickman, the Mindful Self-Compassion course is to 95 per cent built on experience, as practicing self-compassion while keeping one's attention in the experience. He believes that it is important to avoid a merely intellectual understanding.
"In our mindfulness groups, something else happens if the participants also have passed a course in self-compassion", says Steven Hickman. "They laugh more, cry more and become more talkative."
"It is not uncommon that our therapy clients get better more quickly", Michelle notes. "If they have access to their own compassion things happen a little more immediately. The same process may take longer in regular therapy."
Steven Hickman and Michelle Becker are currently experiencing an explosion in interest in self-compassion around the world. They believe that it is only the beginning.
"Self-compassion as an attitude touches upon something, a string. It is exactly what people need."
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We Swedes strongly believe that the Law of Jante only exists in Scandinavia. But "don't think you're somebody" is a universal attitude, only differently common in different cultures.
"Tall Poppy Syndrome" call Australians that social phenomena which are designed to attack, reduce or dismiss people for in any area is better than the other.
Tall Poppy Syndrome in English-speaking countries comes from the saying "the tall poppy gets cut down ", i.e. one should cut the ones that have grown high in the garden. Mostly used in Australia and New Zealand.
But also the Irish look down on each other and think enviousness is their national character. For the Scots, the saying "I knew your dad" has the same meaning. In the Netherlands there is a so-called maaiveldcultuur. All these sayings reflect the tendency to keep each other down.
The expressions derive from the ancient Greeks. Herodotus tells the story of the tyrant Periander as on the 500 's BCE sent a Messenger to the tyrant Thrasybulus for advice on how to rule the city. Thrasybulus then brings the Messenger with him through a corn field, on their way gathering all the ears that have grown above the others. When the Messenger relates what he has seen, Periander understands that he should decapitate the most influential and prominent citizens of Corinth. This will be the beginning of his tyranny.
The Etruscan king Tarquin the proud some 100 years later gave a similar advice to his son Sextus on how he should control Gabii, a town close to Rome that he had taken. Instead of explaining anything to his son's Messenger, Tarquin strikes a stick over the tallest poppies in his flower bed and thus cuts the highest ones. The Messenger recounts what he has seen, and Sextus understands that he should get rid of the most prominent in Gabii. (Source: Wikipedia)
"You shouldn't think you're somebody" is an ancient and still common attitude in the world. To this, we recently have added "so you'd better beat yourself up …" This is how Steven Hickman and Michelle Becker comment on the idea that we need an inner critic to motivate ourselves:
"Many people believe that those who achieve great results would be perfectionists and hard on themselves to succeed. But what distinguishes peak performing-people, according to neuroscientists (among others Liz Stanley who trains US Marine soldiers, my note), is focus, self-compassion and compassion with others.
1) They don't have as much wandering minds as others.
2) They are no control freaks, rather open to meet unforeseen difficulties.
3) They are as ambitious as anyone, but recover from failures faster.
4) They use their inner coach, their compassionate voice, to encourage themselves to move forward if they fail. This strategy helps them to learn something and get better the next time.
5) The vast majority of young people in the category of high-performance athletes is regarded as compassionate people.
"If you want to perform better, don't motivate yourself with criticism", says Steven Hackman. "It doesn't help to beat yourself up. Research shows that people are reaching further with self-compassion. They dare to take risks, because they can afford to fail. They try, they make mistakes, learn from the mistake – and try again."
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7-bill spending minibus clears House, retains Biden's proposed federal pay raise
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The House on Thursday cleared a $600 billion package of seven spending bills, a small step forward in boosting civilian agency funding next year.
The seven-bill "minibus" cleared the House on Thursday afternoon by a 219-208 vote.
The minibus is silent on federal pay for 2022, a silent endorsement of President Joe Biden's proposed 2.7% raise for civilian employees.
It includes $300 million to electrify the federal fleet, a key Biden administration priority, as well as $50 million for the Technology Modernization Fund and $18.8 million to stand up the new Office of the National Cyber Director.
With Thursday's vote, the House has passed nine of 12 appropriations bills, which fund the departments of Agriculture, Education, Energy, Interior, Labor, Transportation and Treasury, as well as the departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs. The minibus also includes funding for military construction activities, the Environmental Protection Agency and a variety of independent agencies.
The House passed two separate appropriations earlier this week, which fund the legislative branch and the State Department.
The Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce and Justice bills are outstanding in the House.
The process of funding the government for next year isn't nearly finished or close to complete. Senate appropriators haven't released their own spending drafts for next year, though the committee is expected to begin that process next week.
Congress must pass spending bills or some sort of short-term continuing resolution by Sept. 30 to keep the government running.
Under the House minibus, the IRS would see a $1.7 billion funding boost in 2022, with a significant portion going toward taxpayer services, enforcement and the agency's IT modernization needs.
The spending package also includes $42 million for the Office of Personnel Management over current levels and allows the agency to stand up an IT working capital fund.
OPM is still recovering from the loss of its former security clearance business, which brought in nearly $1 billion in revenue to the agency before the Defense Department took over the portfolio back in 2019.
The Department of Veterans Affairs would get an additional $8.7 billion in 2022 over current levels, which includes $2.6 billion for the agency's electronic health record modernization.
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In addition, the spending package injects more funding into EPA, USDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in part, to restore capacity and staffing at those agencies.
It also includes $3 billion in initial funding to set up a new research arm within the National Institutes of Health, known as the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H. It's less than half of what the president originally requested.
The House minibus also removes a long-held prohibition on abortion services in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program — a point of controversy for House Republicans during the appropriations process.
The legislation blocks agencies from prohibiting the use of official time or telework "when the health or safety of an employee is in question." It also prevents agencies from using federal funds to deny employees office space for "union activities," seemingly a direct response to the executive orders former President Donald Trump signed back in 2018 that Biden has since repealed.
The Biden administration took issue with part of it.
"The administration appreciates the committee's recognition of the crucial role played by the federal workforce and their employee rights, but is concerned that the telework specific portion … of the bill may impede the president's ability to manage executive branch functions," the White House wrote in a Statement of Administration Policy.
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Former Evanston mayor Lorraine Morton died Saturday evening, three months short of what would have been her 100th birthday.
Her death was announced early this morning by Mayor Steve Hagerty, who said, "Last night our city lost a remarkable woman."
Morton was the city's longest-serving mayor, serving four, four-year terms, as well as the city's first African-American mayor.
Mayor Hagerty added, "Her life was a life worthwhile and our community is so fortunate to have had her nearly 100 years of wisdom, inspiration and optimism shared with us so genuinely and generously."
Morton was born Constance Lorraine Hairston on Dec. 8, 1918, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the youngest child of Keziah Hairston, a schoolteacher, and William Patrick Hairston, who helped found the Winston Mutual Life Insurance Company.
She received a bachelor's degree in education in 1938 from Winston-Salem Teacher's College and a master's degree in education from Northwestern University in 1942.
She met her husband, Dr. James Thomas Morton, while they both attended Northwestern and they married on Dec. 28, 1941.
An excerpt from a forthcoming documentary about Morton's life.
After teaching in Tuskegee, Alabama, where her husband worked at the veteran's hospital, the Mortons returned to Evanston in 1953. Lorraine became a teacher in the District 65 school system, while her husband, who died in 1974, became a clinical psychologist at Evanston Hospital.
Morton initially taught at the segregated Foster School, and became the first black teacher at a school other than Foster when she moved to Nichols Middle School in 1957.
In 1977 she was named principal of Evanston's Haven Middle School. She held that position until she retired in 1989.
She served as 5th Ward alderman from 1982 to 1991 and was elected mayor in 1993, defeating Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, in a runoff election.
She served as mayor until her retirement in 2009. Shortly after her retirement, Evanston's aldermen voted to rename the city's civic center in her honor and her portrait was added to the building in 2013.
Artist Richard Halstead joined Morton and Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl at the unveiling ceremony for Morton's portrait in 2013.
She is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Morton Brasher, and two granddaughters, Elizabeth Keziah and Constance Moriah Brasher.
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She did not ! Time after time she said "No, it is too expensive and not needed and aimed at special interests" even when proponents it was "justice" for their Ward. She brought reason to the office.


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By Viv Mason
The letter ambiguously addressed to Mark Dale
A LETTER deliberately ambiguously addressed to a Craven chef and businessman has found its way to his home, thanks to the expert detective work of the postal system.
The letter was addressed to: "Chef Mark Dale, somewhere in the Yorkshire Dales. Likes 4x4 Pajeros, curly haired lad. Some Top hotel chef, might be where the lock in due to snow was. Not sure." Amazingly it found its way to Mr Dale's home within just a few days.
Mark, who lives in Settle, said he had posted 'a whinge' on his timeline on January 8 about a news story the BBC was carrying about how a letter got delivered with no real address. He said how he had received one a few years ago when he was working in Caversham which had been addressed to: 'The house in Upper Caversham with a broken down front wall and loads of lorries and trucks parked on the drive' - or something similar.
He said he couldn't understand why a recent letter delivered without a proper address had made national news when there was so much other worthy stuff going on.
One of his friends, Andy Pem, said he was going to send a letter to him with a recipe in and an 88p stamp to see if it made it to him as a test for Royal Mail and suggested a two-week time limit. He kept his word and posted one off.
Mark said three days later, on that same social media thread, a woman claiming to be a manager with Royal Mail said they had received the letter and could he send an address?
But Mark wanted to make sure the challenge was carried out to the letter and didn't give his location out. He added: "I said well, you're 90 per cent there finding me, so to get my address should be easy now ... and on Thursday it arrived special delivery.
"So well done Royal Mail, and thank you, Nicola Bielby, the lady who commented from Royal Mail, and put a compliments slip in."
Mark said he appreciated the effort they had gone to to find him.
A few of his friends said they too had either received or sent letters in the past which had managed to get delivered while others mused that Royal Mail could find him without an address, yet other parcel delivery companies operating locally were often failing to find homes with a full address and postcode.


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Posted: Jul 29, 2013 11:28 pm
Walt Disney Studios announced today that it's partnered with producer Harvey Weinstein to bring Artemis Fowl to the silver screen. The movie will be based on the first and second installments in author Eoin Colfer's best-selling children's fiction series.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix screenwriter Michael Goldenberg will pen the screenplay adaptation. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal will executive produce the film.
"With its balance of mystery, adventure and family appeal, Artemis Fowl is a natural fit for Disney," said Sean Bailey, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production. "We're looking forward to collaborating with Harvey on this exciting project."
"I feel as though everything is coming full circle considering Bob De Niro and Jane Rosenthal brought me this book while I was still at Miramax and within hours I told them I wanted the rights to the film," said Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairman of The Weinstein Company, in a statement. "This is a special project for me because my children absolutely love this book. This story is for everyone and there is no one better than Disney to make a film that will excite people young and old."
Artemis Fowl is about a 12-year-old Artemis who is a millionaire, a genius - and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy (Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit) to harness her magic to save his family. These aren't the fairies of the bedtime stories - they're dangerous."


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Improve the 5 skills important to putting. Hole more putts from short, medium and long range.
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Let's see you in context, on the golf course, where it really matters.
Look forward to seeing you all throughout the year. Details will be released 3/4 weeks before each clinic with further info.
Enjoy 2019 on and off the golf course.
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Golf Lessons Sussex – Reflection on 2017. Set Goals and Improve in 2018! Do it.
Golf Coaching Sussex – Reflection on 2017. Improve in 2018! Let's make it happen!
It's that time of year to reflect. 2018 is now here, albeit rainy and windy, but another year lies ahead. Can you make 2018 better than 2017? I think you can!
I've just been through this excerise myself, in my golf and in my coaching. I found it really beneficial, I think you will too!
I will look to do this with all of you when I next see you next, but till then I would encourage you start the reflection process yourself. I I don't get the chance to see you soon, crack on anyways.
So the things I want you to consider, did you achieve what you wanted in 2017? If so what was your strategy and formula, is it worth repeating again? Can you improve it further?
Do you want more in 2018? If so what strategies do you need to change, what new formulas, habits and behaviours must you now consider?
Don't be afraid to keep pushing to stay slightly above your current skill level; this is where maximise growth and learning take place. As I have described previously, get yourself in the 'ugly zone'. Brake out the comfort zone and embrace some new habits.
Celebrate your successes, what went well, what did you achieve?
For example, did you shoot a personal best, achieve a competition win, a handicap reduction, improved your G.I.R's, beat a family member, play more, or practise better.
The list is endless and indidivdual to you, so have a good think about it to define at least 3.
What were your biggest disappointments of 2017?
To move forward, you have to be upfront and honest about what didn't go well? We learn from our greatest failures and experiences.
What did you learn in 2017? – What discoveries did you make, what did you really learn, big or small?
What do you want to learn and master in 2018?
You might want to learn to shape the ball, or you want to take your range game onto the golf course. You might want to become a better putter from 10 foot or learn to control your nerves and anxiety better in competitions.
What is important to you? And what will make you better?
What do you really want to achieve in 2018? What are your key goals and aspirations?
Do you have some outcome goals, maybe improving your handicap, if so, what do you realistically think you can achieve? Could it be achieving a personal best, winning a club championship, or county order of merit?
What about some performance goals, improving distance off the tee, holing more short range putts?
And finally process goals – practising better, keeping statistics on your game, regular coaching, or just more fun!?
Consider what is important for you!? It's your choice.
I can then assist you further and then create some leverage and structure behind each goal. Creating new habits is more around design rather than just motivation.
This whole process is so vital for your clarity, purpose, vision and motivation. I really recommend you do it. It will help you get through the 'ugly zone' and make the most of 2018.
I would be really intrigued to hear your answers, so please let me know? Write down some thoughts and take action today!
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For me to help you improve your golf and achieve outstanding results I must understand how your mind and body works. I must see you game tendencies and your ball flight patterns to find that bridge, that missing link to fulfil your potential. As you know, your personality is unique to you, and it follows that you bring your own unique combination of core mental strengths and weaknesses to golf. Just by being you. After 60 minutes you will be presented with a suggested plan of improvement showing you the key areas of your technique and game that need improving to fulfil your potential and goals.
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The Chestburster is THE, I mean The ultimate weapon. It is a plasma weapon, uses energy rounds, is an automatic which uses 5 rounds per shot, and has a lethal embreyo which murders the person as a worm comes out of the opponents chest. As you use it you'll see. I had to beat Syra with the Captain, or the kings first form. It kills any enemy in one hit (I used it on Syra) and even if the person has the INVULNERABLE status. I know how to counteract the Embreyo, but you'll have to find out for your self. I got the captain or whatever by beating the game with the Fireborn. When you get it, only you can use it since it's on your data. I had to beat ALOT of people to get it. It will take over 6 months which it took me unless your quick. But, now that you know this, it will be fast.
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First, get 500 frags. At the main menu, go into control pak. Go into copy players and copy the person that has 500 frags into all four slots. Then, go into load players. Load all four players into all four slots. Go back into the main menu and presto! the game "thinks" you have 2000 frags!
You can get medals in multi-player mode by simply setting a frag limit and winning that match. You also get four medals in single player trial mode by defeating Bastille, Syra, Simbiont and Tal Set.
Successfully complete single player trial mode with Turok to unlock another character in single player trial mode. Each time that this is done, another character will also be unlocked in the multi-player mode.
At the title screen, press Z to display the cheat menu. Accumulate 2000 frags total with all the characters to unlock all the cheats in the menu. To unlock all the options quickly, build a saved game with a character that has over 500 frags. Copy that character into the three other slots on the controller pak. Then, load all four of these cloned players to the game. All cheats will now be available in the menu since the combined frag count will be over 2000.
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Since its launch in 2002, SpaceX has passed a series of major milestones over the years. The company, which was founded by lead designer and CEO Elon Musk, is famous for a number of achievements, for example being the only private company to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit.
Amongst Musk's many companies and ideas, SpaceX is surely one of his most successful businesses to date.
These are some of SpaceX's biggest achievements so far.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect accused of entering a Colorado gay nightclub clad in body armor and opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was charged by prosecutors Tuesday with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder. ...
Jamaica imposes state of emergency amid sharp criticism
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaica's prime minister declared a widespread state of emergency Tuesday to fight a surge in gang violence on an island with one of the highest murder rates in the region. The measure applies to certain communities in the capital of Kingston as well...
4 former prison officers arrested on ethics, bribery charges
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Four former officers at a north Alabama prison have been charged with bribery and ethics law violations, the state prison system confirmed. The four men face charges of using their public positions for financial gain and bribery, a spokeswoman for the...
Greece: Police officer appears in court over teen shooting
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Clashes broke out Tuesday at a police station outside Greece's second-largest city of Thessaloniki as residents of a nearby Roma settlement protested the police shooting of a teenage driver during a chase over an unpaid gas station bill. Protesters...
Iran officials sentence 5 to death for killing Basij troop
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing a member of a paramilitary force affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received prison sentences. The 13 men and three minors had been...
Suspect silent after knife attack on girls that killed one
BERLIN (AP) — A judge ordered a 27-year-old Eritrean man to be held in jail following a knife attack on two students in southwestern Germany in which a 14-year-old girl died and a 13-year-old girl was seriously injured, authorities said Tuesday. The man, who is accused of attacking...
Police arrest suspect in attack on worker who lost eye
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Police in the San Francisco Bay Area have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with an attack last month on a fast-food worker that cost her an eye. The employee was assaulted Nov. 12 when she tried to protect a boy with an intellectual disability who was...
Ex-Muncie cop admits attacking arrestees, falsifying reports
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former Muncie police officer has pleaded guilty to assaulting several people by kicking or punching them during arrests and then writing false reports to cover up his misdeeds, prosecutors said. Chase Winkle, 35, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in...
Ex-Miami US Rep. David Rivera arrested in Venezuela probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela's socialist government was arrested Monday on charges of money laundering and representing a foreign government without registering. David Rivera, a Republican who has been...
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from ietf.group.models import Group, GroupHistory, Role, RoleHistory
from ietf.iesg.models import TelechatDate
from ietf.ipr.models import HolderIprDisclosure, IprDocRel, IprDisclosureStateName, IprLicenseTypeName
from ietf.meeting.models import Meeting
from ietf.name.models import StreamName, DocRelationshipName
from ietf.person.models import Person, Email

def create_person(group, role_name, name=None, username=None, email_address=None, password=None):
    """Add person/user/email and role."""
    if not name:
        name = group.acronym.capitalize() + " " + role_name.capitalize()
    if not username:
        username = group.acronym + "-" + role_name
    if not email_address:
        email_address = username + "@ietf.org"
    if not password:
        password = username + "+password"

    user = User.objects.create(username=username)
    user.set_password(password)
    user.save()
    person = Person.objects.create(name=name, ascii=name, user=user)
    email = Email.objects.create(address=email_address, person=person)
    Role.objects.create(group=group, name_id=role_name, person=person, email=email)

def create_group(**kwargs):
    return Group.objects.create(state_id="active", **kwargs)

def make_immutable_base_data():
    """Some base data (groups, etc.) that doesn't need to be modified by
    tests and is thus safe to load once and for all at the start of
    all tests in a run."""

    # telechat dates
    t = datetime.date.today()
    old = TelechatDate.objects.create(date=t - datetime.timedelta(days=14)).date        # pyflakes:ignore
    date1 = TelechatDate.objects.create(date=t).date                                    # pyflakes:ignore
    date2 = TelechatDate.objects.create(date=t + datetime.timedelta(days=14)).date      # pyflakes:ignore
    date3 = TelechatDate.objects.create(date=t + datetime.timedelta(days=14 * 2)).date  # pyflakes:ignore
    date4 = TelechatDate.objects.create(date=t + datetime.timedelta(days=14 * 3)).date  # pyflakes:ignore

    # system
    system_person = Person.objects.create(name="(System)", ascii="(System)", address="")
    Email.objects.create(address="", person=system_person)

    # high-level groups
    ietf = create_group(name="IETF", acronym="ietf", type_id="ietf")
    create_person(ietf, "chair")
    create_person(ietf, "admdir")

    irtf = create_group(name="IRTF", acronym="irtf", type_id="irtf")
    create_person(irtf, "chair")

    secretariat = create_group(name="IETF Secretariat", acronym="secretariat", type_id="ietf")
    create_person(secretariat, "secr", name="Sec Retary", username="secretary")

    iab = create_group(name="Internet Architecture Board", acronym="iab", type_id="ietf", parent=ietf)
    create_person(iab, "chair")

    ise = create_group(name="Independent Submission Editor", acronym="ise", type_id="ietf")
    create_person(ise, "chair")

    rsoc = create_group(name="RFC Series Oversight Committee", acronym="rsoc", type_id="ietf")
    create_person(rsoc, "chair")

    iepg = create_group(name="IEPG", acronym="iepg", type_id="ietf")
    create_person(iepg, "chair")

    iana = create_group(name="IANA", acronym="iana", type_id="ietf")
    create_person(iana, "auth", name="Iña Iana", username="iana", email_address="iana@ia.na")

    rfc_editor = create_group(name="RFC Editor", acronym="rfceditor", type_id="rfcedtyp")
    create_person(rfc_editor, "auth", name="Rfc Editor", username="rfc", email_address="rfc@edit.or")

    iesg = create_group(name="Internet Engineering Steering Group", acronym="iesg", type_id="ietf", parent=ietf) # pyflakes:ignore

    individ = create_group(name="Individual submissions", acronym="none", type_id="individ") # pyflakes:ignore

    # one area
    area = create_group(name="Far Future", acronym="farfut", type_id="area", parent=ietf)
    create_person(area, "ad", name="Areað Irector", username="ad", email_address="aread@ietf.org")

    # create a bunch of ads for swarm tests
    for i in range(1, 10):
        u = User.objects.create(username="ad%s" % i)
        p = Person.objects.create(name="Ad No%s" % i, ascii="Ad No%s" % i, user=u)
        email = Email.objects.create(address="ad%s@ietf.org" % i, person=p)
        if i < 6:
            # active
            Role.objects.create(name_id="ad", group=area, person=p, email=email)
        else:
            # inactive
            areahist = GroupHistory.objects.create(
                group=area,
                name=area.name,
                acronym=area.acronym,
                type_id=area.type_id,
                state_id=area.state_id,
                parent=area.parent
                )
            RoleHistory.objects.create(
                name_id="ad",
                group=areahist,
                person=p,
                email=email)

def make_test_data():
    area = Group.objects.get(acronym="farfut")
    ad = Person.objects.get(user__username="ad")

    # mars WG
    group = Group.objects.create(
        name="Martian Special Interest Group",
        acronym="mars",
        state_id="active",
        type_id="wg",
        parent=area,
        list_email="mars-wg@ietf.org",
        )
    mars_wg = group
    charter = Document.objects.create(
        name="charter-ietf-" + group.acronym,
        type_id="charter",
        title=group.name,
        group=group,
        rev="00",
        )
    charter.set_state(State.objects.get(used=True, slug="approved", type="charter"))
    group.charter = charter
    group.save()
    DocAlias.objects.create(
        name=charter.name,
        document=charter
        )
    # ames WG
    group = Group.objects.create(
        name="Asteroid Mining Equipment Standardization Group",
        acronym="ames",
        state_id="proposed",
        type_id="wg",
        parent=area,
        list_email="ames-wg@ietf.org",
        )
    ames_wg = group
    charter = Document.objects.create(
        name="charter-ietf-" + group.acronym,
        type_id="charter",
        title=group.name,
        group=group,
        rev="00",
        )
    charter.set_state(State.objects.get(used=True, slug="infrev", type="charter"))
    DocAlias.objects.create(
        name=charter.name,
        document=charter
        )
    group.charter = charter
    group.save()

    # plain IETF'er
    u = User.objects.create(username="plain")
    u.set_password("plain+password")
    u.save()
    plainman = Person.objects.create(name="Plain Man", ascii="Plain Man", user=u)
    email = Email.objects.create(address="plain@example.com", person=plainman)

    # group personnel
    create_person(mars_wg, "chair", name="WG Cháir Man", username="marschairman")
    create_person(mars_wg, "delegate", name="WG Dèlegate", username="marsdelegate")
    create_person(mars_wg, "secr", name="Miss Secretary", username="marssecretary")

    mars_wg.role_set.get_or_create(name_id='ad',person=ad,email=ad.role_email('ad'))
    mars_wg.save()

    create_person(ames_wg, "chair", name="Ames Chair Man", username="ameschairman")
    create_person(ames_wg, "delegate", name="WG Dèlegate", username="amesdelegate")
    create_person(ames_wg, "secr", name="Mr Secretary", username="amessecretary")
    ames_wg.role_set.get_or_create(name_id='ad',person=ad,email=ad.role_email('ad'))
    ames_wg.save()

    # old draft
    old_draft = Document.objects.create(
        name="draft-foo-mars-test",
        time=datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=settings.INTERNET_DRAFT_DAYS_TO_EXPIRE),
        type_id="draft",
        title="Optimizing Martian Network Topologies",
        stream_id="ietf",
        abstract="Techniques for achieving near-optimal Martian networks.",
        rev="00",
        pages=2,
        expires=datetime.datetime.now(),
        )
    old_draft.set_state(State.objects.get(used=True, type="draft", slug="expired"))
    old_alias = DocAlias.objects.create(document=old_draft, name=old_draft.name)

    # draft
    draft = Document.objects.create(
        name="draft-ietf-mars-test",
        time=datetime.datetime.now(),
        type_id="draft",
        title="Optimizing Martian Network Topologies",
        stream_id="ietf",
        group=mars_wg,
        abstract="Techniques for achieving near-optimal Martian networks.",
        rev="01",
        pages=2,
        intended_std_level_id="ps",
        shepherd=email,
        ad=ad,
        expires=datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=settings.INTERNET_DRAFT_DAYS_TO_EXPIRE),
        notify="aliens@example.mars",
        note="",
        )

    draft.set_state(State.objects.get(used=True, type="draft", slug="active"))
    draft.set_state(State.objects.get(used=True, type="draft-iesg", slug="pub-req"))
    draft.set_state(State.objects.get(used=True, type="draft-stream-%s" % draft.stream_id, slug="wg-doc"))

    doc_alias = DocAlias.objects.create(
        document=draft,
        name=draft.name,
        )

    RelatedDocument.objects.create(source=draft, target=old_alias, relationship=DocRelationshipName.objects.get(slug='replaces'))
    old_draft.set_state(State.objects.get(type='draft', slug='repl'))

    DocumentAuthor.objects.create(
        document=draft,
        author=Email.objects.get(address="aread@ietf.org"),
        order=1
        )

    # fill in some useful default events
    DocEvent.objects.create(
        type="started_iesg_process",
        by=ad,
        doc=draft,
        desc="Started IESG process",
        )

    DocEvent.objects.create(
        type="new_revision",
        by=ad,
        doc=draft,
        desc="New revision available",
        )

    BallotDocEvent.objects.create(
        type="created_ballot",
        ballot_type=BallotType.objects.get(doc_type="draft", slug="approve"),
        by=ad,
        doc=draft,
        desc="Created ballot",
        )

    # IPR
    ipr = HolderIprDisclosure.objects.create(
        by=Person.objects.get(name="(System)"),
        title="Statement regarding rights",
        holder_legal_name="Native Martians United",
        state=IprDisclosureStateName.objects.get(slug='posted'),
        patent_info='US12345',
        holder_contact_name='George',
        holder_contact_email='george@acme.com',
        holder_contact_info='14 Main Street\nEarth',
        licensing=IprLicenseTypeName.objects.get(slug='royalty-free'),
        submitter_name='George',
        submitter_email='george@acme.com',
        )

    IprDocRel.objects.create(
        disclosure=ipr,
        document=doc_alias,
        revisions='00',
        )

    # meeting
    Meeting.objects.create(
        number="42",
        type_id="ietf",
        date=datetime.date.today() + datetime.timedelta(days=180),
        city="New York",
        country="US",
        time_zone="US/Eastern",
        break_area="Lounge",
        reg_area="Lobby",
        )

    # interim meeting
    Meeting.objects.create(
        number="interim-2015-mars-1",
        type_id='interim',
        date=datetime.date(2015,1,1),
        city="New York",
        country="US",
        )

    # an independent submission before review
    doc = Document.objects.create(name='draft-imaginary-independent-submission',type_id='draft',rev='00')
    doc.set_state(State.objects.get(used=True, type="draft", slug="active"))
    DocAlias.objects.create(name=doc.name, document=doc)

    # an irtf submission mid review
    doc = Document.objects.create(name='draft-imaginary-irtf-submission', type_id='draft',rev='00')
    docalias = DocAlias.objects.create(name=doc.name, document=doc)
    doc.stream = StreamName.objects.get(slug='irtf')
    doc.save()
    doc.set_state(State.objects.get(type="draft", slug="active"))
    crdoc = Document.objects.create(name='conflict-review-imaginary-irtf-submission', type_id='conflrev', rev='00', notify="fsm@ietf.org")
    DocAlias.objects.create(name=crdoc.name, document=crdoc)
    crdoc.set_state(State.objects.get(name='Needs Shepherd', type__slug='conflrev'))
    crdoc.relateddocument_set.create(target=docalias,relationship_id='conflrev')

    # A status change mid review
    iesg = Group.objects.get(acronym='iesg')
    doc = Document.objects.create(name='status-change-imaginary-mid-review',type_id='statchg', rev='00', notify="fsm@ietf.org",group=iesg)
    doc.set_state(State.objects.get(slug='needshep',type__slug='statchg'))
    doc.save()
    docalias = DocAlias.objects.create(name='status-change-imaginary-mid-review',document=doc)

    # Some things for a status change to affect
    def rfc_for_status_change_test_factory(name,rfc_num,std_level_id):
        target_rfc = Document.objects.create(name=name, type_id='draft', std_level_id=std_level_id)
        target_rfc.set_state(State.objects.get(slug='rfc',type__slug='draft'))
        target_rfc.notify = "%s@ietf.org"%name
        target_rfc.save()
        docalias = DocAlias.objects.create(name=name,document=target_rfc)
        docalias = DocAlias.objects.create(name='rfc%d'%rfc_num,document=target_rfc) # pyflakes:ignore
        return target_rfc
    rfc_for_status_change_test_factory('draft-ietf-random-thing',9999,'ps')
    rfc_for_status_change_test_factory('draft-ietf-random-otherthing',9998,'inf')
    rfc_for_status_change_test_factory('draft-was-never-issued',14,'unkn')

    # Instances of the remaining document types
    # (Except liaison, liai-att, and recording  which the code in ietf.doc does not use...)
    def other_doc_factory(type_id,name):
        doc = Document.objects.create(type_id=type_id,name=name,rev='00',group=mars_wg)
        DocAlias.objects.create(name=name,document=doc)
        doc.set_state(State.objects.get(type__slug=doc.type.slug,slug='active'))
        if type_id=='slides':
            doc.set_state(State.objects.get(type='reuse_policy',slug='single'))
    other_doc_factory('agenda','agenda-42-mars')
    other_doc_factory('minutes','minutes-42-mars')
    other_doc_factory('slides','slides-42-mars-1')

    return draft


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Q: Node Not Finding Global Module So I realize that this is a fairly generic title and question, but I've scoured through so many answers, but sadly none of them seem to be working for me. I'm hoping with a little more information from myself perhaps someone has a specific answer, or knows exactly which answer to redirect me to.
My problem: when I install node modules globally (e.g. npm install -g nightmare) I'm unable to access them in my project folder. I get the error:
module.js:471
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'nightmare'
...

From what I've read so far installing the module locally inside the project folder seems to be the preferred practice (is this true?), but for now during the development phase I'd like to be able to use the modules I have installed globally. I'm newer to node.js so I'm still discovering what the "usual practice" is for these things though. I first installed Node using Homebrew, but being as I had issues with how things were installing and the pathing (which people were saying is common when using Homebrew), I decided to try a clean slate, uninstalling Homebrew, then eventually Node and NPM as well. I reinstalled just Node and NPM via the site, but am still having no luck being able to access my global modules.
I'm pretty confused at this point because I have some node_module files and packages in some random spots, but not where my current global packages are being installed. I'm assuming leftover from a previous installation. That being said I've adjusted my $NODE_PATH several times in hopes that I could access the modules, but no such luck with that.
The current installation spot according to a --verbose install is /Users/<user>/.npm-packages/lib, which I thought was strange being as a lot of the people already answering this question are correcting their paths to things like /usr/local/lib/node_modules which has things in it for me, but not the modules installed. I'm assuming that (because of the 'local' file it's in) this is the local installing... maybe? To be honest I'm pretty confused at this point as far as why everything is installed where it is and why, even with changing the $NODE_PATH I'm unable to access the modules.
If I've missed something or need to include some other output please feel free to ask and prompt for more. I'm not sure what else is needed for more direction.
Thank you in advance!

A: You can not import packages that are installed globally.
You have 2 options, either installing locally:
npm install nightmare --save
Or creating a local link to the global package:
npm install -g nightmare
npm link nightmare

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UPDATE 1-Mexico celebrates Fitch's 'stable' outlook amid wave of ratings downgrades
(Adds comments from finance ministry statement)
MEXICO CITY, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Mexico's finance ministry on Wednesday celebrated Fitch Ratings' decision not to cut its sovereign rating, after widespread criticism of the government's refusal to unleash fiscal stimulus during the pandemic.
The ratings agency had earlier affirmed the sovereign rating of Latin America's second-largest economy at BBB-, one notch above speculative grade, or junk, with a stable outlook.
"This affirmation from Fitch comes in the context of unprecedented downward ratings adjustments that ratings agencies have made," a statement shared by Finance Minister Arturo Herrera on Twitter said.
In it, the finance ministry also reiterated its commitment of fiscal prudence and solid macroeconomic policies it said will pave the way for a sustained economic recovery.
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Fitch said in a statement that the BBB- rating is still constrained by "relatively weak governance and muted long-term growth performance".
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Aurora shooting: Victim identified as 20-year-old Juanya Booker; 4 others hurt
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