Was a time of great celebration at the Congregational church on the completion of the installation of the new windows in the church. As it was near Burns Night that was the theme of the meal served complete with Haggis, Scottish beef, raspberries and shortbread. One of the church members, Mrs Jennifer Kingsnorth, is a direct descendent of Robbie Burns, she provided poems and readings. Everyone's knowledge of Scotland was tested in a quiz and Mr. Tom Rainey played Scottish songs for everyone to sing along and enjoy. The evening concluded with Auld Lang Syne. The next social is on March 25, more details later.


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Opposition to Obama is forming up fast
His politically dangerous overreach, pushing an ambitious domestic agenda in a time of severe economic downturn, has galvanized Republicans
Ted Van Dyk
/ March 3, 2009
Mitt Romney (Romney campaign)
Last weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference, and the ensuing media coverage, have focused attention only six weeks after President Obama's inaugural on a fast mobilizing political opposition. This is record short time, after a national election defeat, for a rallying of the out-party.
After Sen. Barry Goldwater's much more one-sided defeat by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Republicans took a long time before they finally formulated a coherent alternative platform of their own. Richard Nixon won the Presidency in 1968 and 1972 not because of such a platform but because of moderate voters' dissatisfaction with a big-government liberalism they identified with the Democratic candidates. It was not until 1980 that the party found a winning agenda and voice with the nomination and election of Ronald Reagan.
Democrats, likewise, won the Presidency in 1976 more because of Republican unpopularity than because of Jimmy Carter's alternative views. Carter, in fact, had few formed views and entered the White House as an undefined populist. In 1981, shocked by the one-sided Reagan victory, Democrats went into a general ideological drift, nominating traditional liberal candidates Walter Mondale and Mike Dukakis in 1984 and 1988 despite apparent public fatigue with such liberalism. When Bill Clinton won in 1992, his platform was populist and he shunned identification with liberalism.
As a lifelong Democrat, I am concerned that President Obama could come out of his first 100 days decidedly weaker than when they began. His November victory was not as strong as anticipated, given the unpopularity of the outgoing Bush administration, a weakening economy, and an often inept McCain-Palin Republican ticket. Yet Obama has proceeded as if he were a landslide winner, like Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and Reagan in 1980, and has pushed forward a costly and ambitious domestic agenda even though we remain in a severe economic downturn.
Obama's audacity — I consider it politically dangerous overreach — has energized Republicans and, in particular, conservatives as they would not have been had Obama followed the bipartisan, consensus path he promised on taking office. The politically polarizing economic-stimulus package and his proposed federal budget have done it.
Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has drawn the most media attention, and White House counterfire, after the CPAC conference. Almost no notice, however, has been given to the fact that post-conference polling among the some 8,000 conservative participants found that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was their most favored candidate. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the author of the 1994 Contract With America, also made a strong showing. Romney, runnerup to Sen. John McCain in the 2008 nominating race, would have run a far stronger general-election campaign than McCain — especially since his financial/economic credentials were far stronger than McCain's. Those credentials, now, make him a natural spokesperson for the out party in a time of financial/economic crisis.
Why has Obama rushed forward with a costly domestic agenda when the country is in economic crisis and when federal deficits already are at record level? I am mystified. The proposals in the Obama budget are, mainly, those he made during his campaign and in his nomination-acceptance speech in Denver. But that was before the country had been overtaken by hard times. Surely, I thought, he would revise his agenda to take into account the new situation. But he has not.
In any case, the net effect has been to worry moderates and all but the most partisan Democratic voters — and to speed the opposition's efforts to regroup.
A Republican and conservative renaissance remain distant. But the partisan stimulus package and budget have gotten last fall's losers moving. It would be a mistake to take Limbaugh too lightly. Yes, he is only a talk-show host. But he has a devoted following of millions and is not a policy dummy. Limbaugh is being treated by Democrats now as my own generation of Democrats treated Ronald Reagan in 1979 — as an articulate but lightweight performer who would be overwhelmed once he entered the main ring. We were wrong. Romney and Gingrich should also be taken quite seriously. We shall see, in the period immediately ahead, whether congressional Republicans will hold their discipline as they did in opposing the Obama stimulus package.
We thought the end of the Bush years might also end a period of fierce partisanship. That does not appear the way we are headed.
What happened after the Jan. 6 confrontation in Olympia?
Since the 2021 attack on the capitol campus, security has increased, two people have faced prosecution and reporters continue to feel the shock.
Andrew Engelson
/ January 6 /
Updated at 5 p.m. on Jan. 13
Ted Van Dyk has been active in national policy and politics since 1961, serving in the White House and State Department and as policy director of several Democratic presidential campaigns. He is author of Heroes, Hacks and Fools and numerous essays in national publications. You can reach him in care of editor@crosscut.com.

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The Nissui Group, in FY2009, commenced activities to raise environmental awareness with the mission of promoting efforts to increase environmental awareness so that every one of the Nissui Group's employees can take eco-friendly actions. Each employee is engaged in activities that are closely connected to the regional community and to our everyday lives.
The Nissui Group has been engaged in ongoing initiatives to raise the environmental awareness of its employees by providing accessible field experience. In FY2013, such initiatives included the hands-on river preservation lecture held for Nissui employees and their families at the site of the Tama River; the 6th Cleanup Project, in which 1,177 people from 75 business locations of the Nissui Group took part to clean up the areas surrounding their business locations; and the hands-on forest preservation lecture held at Utsunuki Green Zone, which is adjacent to the Nissui Tokyo Innovation Center.
In addition to initiatives involving marine resources, the Nissui Group contributes to the conservation of biodiversity through various activities.
For example, at its Anjo Plant, Nissui has set up a biotope and has recreated an ecological system consisting of fish, aquatic insects and plants.
The biotope is used for water-quality monitoring and for environmental education for the community. Nissui also articipates in activities to conserve the Utsunuki Green Zone, which is adjacent to the Tokyo Innovation Center in Hachioji, Tokyo, and cooperates in the conservation of the forest.
are also related to the conservation of biodiversity.
The Nissui Group once again conducted its "Cleanup Project." In FY2012, the operation was conducted twice, in June and in November. In June, 1,077 employees from 86 business location and in November, 1,216 employees from 74 business locations participated in the operation and cleaned up areas surrounding their respective business locations. Through these activities, Nissui intends to continue raising the environmental awareness of its employees as well as building good relationships with the regional community.
As part of Nissui's activities to raise environmental awareness, a nature observation tour was held in the Yatsu Higata in Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture on November 10, 2012. Employees of Nissui Group companies joined 32 of their elementary school-age children at the Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center to learn about various living organisms including wild birds that live in the mudflats and the importance of protecting the lives of plants and animals.
Nissui also promotes voluntary activities by the employees of the plants and business locations. The Nissui Kashima Plant once again planted a "green curtain" that surrounded the premises this year. The Kashima Plant entered and won an incentive award at the Kamisu City Green Curtain Contest. Mogami Foods Co., Ltd. is also continuing its environment slogans. Through such accessible activities, Nissui intends to continue raising environmental awareness.


You'll need to use an Air Brush type of nozzle. In order to get enough flow and pressure, over the tip, you'll need to use a funneling type of Vortec in front of the nozzle to create dispersion/atomization. ALSO, forget alcohol! It burns too cold and will provide you with many headaches. Diesel, thinned with 20% Kerosene, burns really well and makes a great smoke show when first fired off. Once you get up to speed, you could use an after burner and a second nozzle to really boost your output. Just make sure you are pointed in the right direction if you do! The fuel tank will need, one way venting so the fuel will draw automatically and be placed almost level to the engine. This means a scatter shield between the tank and the engine. Not something I would recommend but that is how it worked for me. Then I changed over to propane, it is already gas and works easier! use a steel pipe to feed the fuel and wrap it around the lead area of the exhaust so it gets heated some. Understand, not the HOTTEST part of the output, the cooler end of the output thruster. Warmed fuel doesn't smoke because it burns more completely! Good luck and goodness sake, be careful!
i would use something like like biodiesel p.s. i'm making an rc jet an actual jet like an f-22 raptor so any tips?
i don't wanna use propane. i' m making a ethanol (alcohol) and i wanna use that as a jet fuel...so if somebody know how to use or how to compress it in a bottle or a tank to become a gas, i would like to tell me???
You need a pump and a carburetor or fuel injector. I'm not sure that ethanol has enough 'umph' for a jet-the fuel has to be near-explosive so that it burns fast enough to provide thrust. A quick test would be to try to make a jam-jar jet with what your fuel.


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Count Christian of Nassau-Siegen (16 July 1616 – 1/11 April 1644), , official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was a count from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau. He served as an officer in the Hessian Army and the Imperial Army successively.

Biography
Christian was born at  on 16 July 1616 as the sixth son of Count John VII 'the Middle' of Nassau-Siegen and his second wife, Duchess Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.

The will and testament of Count John VII 'the Middle' of 1621 bequeathed John Maurice and his younger brothers from their father's second marriage the district of Freudenberg, some villages in the Haingericht and a third part of the administration of the city of Siegen. After his older half-brother John 'the Younger' had accepted the homage of the city of Siegen for the entire county of Nassau-Siegen on 12 January 1624 and had voluntarily ceded the sovereignty over the Hilchenbach district with  and some villages belonging to the  and Netphen districts to his younger brother William on 13/23 January 1624, Christian and his brothers, with the exception of the oldest two brothers John Maurice and George Frederick, accepted only modest appanages.

Christian studied in Leiden in 1631. He attended the Siege of Maastricht in 1632. In 1633 he entered the Hessian service. He was wounded in the fight for Hanau in 1636. In 1642 he entered the imperial service and became colonel of the cuirassiers. He was killed in action near Düren on 1/11 April 1644 and was buried in the  in the  in Dillenburg on 4/14 June 1644. At a hitherto unknown time his body was transferred to Siegen to be interred in the  there.

Marriage
Christian married around 1641 to Anna Barbara von Quadt-Landskron-Rheinbach (from the noble family ). The marriage remained childless.

Ancestors

Notes

References

Sources

  (1994). "Die nassauischen Begräbnisstätten in der ev. Stadtkirche zu Dillenburg". In:  (Hg.), 650 Jahre Stadt Dillenburg. Ein Text- und Bildband zum Stadtrechtsjubiläum der Oranierstadt (in German). Dillenburg: Verlag E. Weidenbach GmbH + Co. KG. p. 119–125.
  (2004). "Die Fürstengruft zu Siegen und die darin von 1669 bis 1781 erfolgten Beisetzungen". In:  u.a. (Redaktion), Siegener Beiträge. Jahrbuch für regionale Geschichte (in German). Vol. 9. Siegen: Geschichtswerkstatt Siegen – Arbeitskreis für Regionalgeschichte e.V. p. 183–202.
  (1994). "Beisetzungen in den 15 Grabstellen der Dillenburger Nassauergruft". In:  (Hg.), 650 Jahre Stadt Dillenburg. Ein Text- und Bildband zum Stadtrechtsjubiläum der Oranierstadt (in German). Dillenburg: Verlag E. Weidenbach GmbH + Co. KG. p. 115–118.
  (1979). "Genealogische gegevens". In:  (red.), Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis (in Dutch). Alphen aan den Rijn: A.W. Sijthoff. p. 40–44, 224–228. .

  (1882). Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden (in Dutch). Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff/Utrecht: J.L. Beijers.

External links

 Nassau. In: Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, compiled by Charles Cawley.
 Nassau Part 5. In: An Online Gotha, by Paul Theroff.

1616 births
1644 deaths
German Calvinist and Reformed Christians
German military officers
German people of the Thirty Years' War
Christian of Nassau-Siegen
Military personnel of the Thirty Years' War
Military personnel from Siegen
17th-century German people

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Lexapro side effects. Side effects Lexapro first week. Side effects Lexapro withdrawal cold turkey.
Lexapro, or Escitalopram, is a powerful SSRI-class antidepressant, that is used by millions of patients worldwide. As any antidepressant, Lexapro should be taken with care, because of its strong effect on psychic and physic state of the patient. However, thanks to its mechanism of action, dosage form and other features, side effects Lexapro for anxiety or depression are usually much milder than of most other drugs. Comparing side effects Lexapro vs Celexa and Xanax, you can find that even a significant overdose of Lexapro is relatively safe, though it can result in such complications as tachycardia, agitation and others. Other SSRI drugs may not be so stable and safe.
Lexapro side effects in women/men/adults/children/elderly and other groups of patients (particularly, depending on the renal or hepatic impairment conditions) may vary. It's not recommended to give increased dose of Lexapro to children or elderly, and the patients with severe renal impairment should receive special attention of medical specialists, while taking Lexapro. In most cases it is enough to avoid overdosing the medication, and determine individual hypersensitivity / intolerability to the medication components, to significantly reduce the risks of Lexapro side effects manifestations.
During the first week, it's important to observe the state of the patient taking the Escitalopram (Lexapro) and never increase the dosage, even if it doesn't seem to have the desired therapeutic effect. In children, side effects Lexapro first week may come unnoticed, and thus the observation period should be increased to at least three weeks. After that, patients may ask their doctor to adjust the dosage of the medication to their individual response, which may result in increase of the dosage from 10 mg to 20 mg of the drug once daily.
Most of the side effects of Lexapro occurring during the first week are related with individual intolerance to the drug, or improper use. After that, there is no sign of adverse effects in most patients, unless they significantly overdose the medication. There are no Lexapro side effects weight loss/gain can be associated with, making this drug one of the safest and the friendliest antidepressants in the world.
However, there is one certain complication that the users of Lexapro may face. You shouldn't discontinue the drug abruptly unless you want to face side effects Lexapro withdrawal cold turkey. The medication is psychically addictive (like most SSRI drugs), and abrupt discontinuation may lead to Lexapro side effects depression/tired/heart/sweating/anger/shaking and of other nature. Particularly, patients who have experienced the withdrawal syndrome, report "brain zaps", or similar electric shock sensations, acute depression / irritability, dizziness and akathisia. One of the known Lexapro side effects alcohol can interfere. It happens rarely, but patients withdrawing Lexapro cold turkey can have problems with alcohol, caused by their unstable psychic condition.


Add all ingredients in chopper and mix them well.
Then give smoke of charcoal and put it in fridge for some time.
Then skew on skewers and cook little bit on direct fire to settle down kebab shapes. In this stage you can freeze them or cook in pan with little bit of oil or BBQ or grill.
If you want to BBQ kebabs, then you don't need to give them charcoal smoke.


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In this series of before and after pictures, patients were diagnosed by our orthodontist to have an anterior crossbite. An anterior crossbite, also known as an underbite, occurs when any teeth of the upper jaw are located on the inside of the lower jaw.
Elastics, also known as rubber bands, are used to apply pressure to the teeth to correct the bite.
Check out the before and after pictures of patients treated with Elastics to correct their anterior crossbite!
In this series of before and after pictures, patients were diagnosed by our orthodontist to have Class II Malocclusion. A malocclusion is a misalignment between the teeth of the two dental arches when they approach each other as the jaws close. Class II malocclusion is one of the most common orthodontic issues seen.
Class II Elastics are rubber bands that go from upper the canine/vampire tooth to the lower molar (the last tooth with a bracket). Class II Elastics are used to treat Class II Malocclusion.
Check out the before and after pictures of patients treated with Class 2 Elastics!
Forsus uses constant pressure to slowly move your jaws and teeth in order to properly align your smile. Forsus are placed in one simple appointment and they begin correcting your bite immediately!
This appliance is a restraint device that will improve the alignment between the upper and lower teeth. It is an alternative method to headgear. Check out the before and after pictures of patients treated with Forsus!
Class II Malocclusion sometimes requires teeth extraction in order to ensure that the treatment balances the facial aesthetics with the function of your jaw and teeth.
Take a look at our before and after pictures of patients that needed teeth extractions!
In this series of before and after pictures, patients were diagnosed by our orthodontist to have Class III Malocclusion. A malocclusion is a misalignment between the teeth when the jaws are closed. Class III malocclusion, also known as an underbite, occurs when the lower jaw protrudes forward, causing the lower jaw and teeth to overlap the upper jaw and teeth.
An (RPE) is used to expand and make the upper jaw wider. For best results is it suggested to use before the palatal sutures fuse together which is usually around ages of 13-15.
Early expansion can prevent asymmetric growth and can decrease the incidence of canine impacts on the upper jaw.
Take a look at our before and after pictures of patients that needed a rapid palatal expander to achieve that beautiful smile!
Surgical orthodontic treatment is for non-growing adult patients with severely improper bites and those with facial aesthetic concerns.
Surgery is performed in the hospital by an oral surgeon, and can take several hours, depending on the amount and type of surgery needed.
Take a look at our before and after pictures of patients that needed surgical orthodontics!
Class III Malocclusion is associated with misalignment of the teeth and jaw. Elastics are generally used to correct the bite and alignment of the jaw. Class III Elastics are placed from the lower canine, also known as the vampire tooth, (the first front bracket with a hook) to the upper last tooth with a bracket.
Take a look at our before and after pictures of patients that we used Class III Elastics for their Class III Malocclusion!
In this series of before and after pictures, patients were diagnosed by our orthodontist to have Crowding. Crowding of teeth means that there is not enough space in the jaw for the teeth to develop properly. The teeth may be twisted or displaced. Generally, there is a misalignment of the tooth and jaw which causes crowding to occur, in turn, causing the teeth to be displaced.
Crowding sometimes requires teeth extraction in order to ensure that the treatment balances the facial aesthetics with the function of your jaw and teeth.
Take a look at our before and after pictures of patients that needed teeth extractions to create space in the jaw for proper teeth development!
Interproximal Reduction (IPR) involves reducing outer enamel surface between two teeth next to each other. This helps to create space in order for proper tooth alignment. This could also be called slenderizing, enamel reduction, and reproximation.
Take a look at our before and after pictures of patients that required IPR to create space in the jaw for proper teeth development!
In this series of before and after pictures, patients were diagnosed by our orthodontist to have a deep overbite. A Deep Overbite, also known as a a closed bite, occurs when the upper front teeth excessively overlap the bottom front teeth.
A Bite Plate helps correct a deep overbite. It is an appliance that impact the upper front teeth and help your teeth move in their correct positions. This is placed on the upper teeth to build a barrier against the upper incisors. This lets the lower incisors to open the bite allowing for the teeth in the back to erupt properly.
Take a look at our before and after pictures of patients that used a bite plate to correct their overbite!
Bite Ramps are small bumps that are added to the upper teeth to help deep overbites. This appliance is placed on the inside of the upper teeth making them invisible. Bite Ramps are used collaboratively with braces and elastics.
Take a look at our before and after pictures of patients that used bite ramps to accelerate the correction of their overbite!
In this series of before and after pictures, patients were diagnosed by our orthodontist to have an open bite. You can spot an open bite when you see an a vertical space between the front upper and lower teeth when the patient fully bites down. The back teeth touch before the front teeth have a chance to come together.
Check out the before and after pictures of patients treated with Elastics to correct their open bite!
Open Bites sometimes require teeth extractions in order to ensure that the treatment balances the facial aesthetics with the function of your jaw and teeth.
Check out the before and after pictures of patients treated with extractions to help correct their open bite!
In this series of before and after pictures, patients were diagnosed by our orthodontist to have a posterior crossbite. This means that the top back teeth bite down inside the bottom back teeth.
An (RPE) is used to expand and make the upper jaw wider. This appliance helps correct posterior crossbites. For best results is it suggested to use before the palatal sutures fuse together which is usually around ages of 13-15.
Early expansion can prevent asymmetric growth due to posterior crossbites and can decrease the incidence of canine impacts on the upper jaw.
Check out the before and after pictures of patients treated with a rapid palatal expander to help correct their posterior crossbite!
A Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion (SARPE), also known as Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion (SARME), is a technique used to expand the maxillary arch. This means that the orthodontist surgically helped expand the patients upper jaw.
Check out the before and after pictures of patients treated with surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion to help correct their posterior crossbite!
Invisalign Clear Aligners are removable orthodontic appliances that uses a series of plastic trays to straighten teeth over time. Each Invisalign tray makes small adjustments to the position of the tooth. You will receive a new Invisalign tray on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Similar to traditional metal braces, treatment with Invisalign can last anywhere from six to twenty four months.
Generally, wisdom teeth are impacted teeth; however, any permanent tooth can be impacted because it did not properly erupt. Permanent teeth that are impacted will have a greater noticeable effect on the patient's mouth, smile, and its function. In particular, the upper canines, when impacted are completely covered by the bone and visible only in x-rays.
Patients suffering from this should consult an experienced orthodontist that has experience that has treated similar complex issues. The patient is sent to the oral surgeon for the uncovery and they uncover the tooth and place a bracket on it. Then, the tooth is slowly pulled down into the appropriate space. This is known as a surgical tooth uncovery and chain-and-bracket procedure.
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On our way over to Greece we decided to spend a few days in London England, Jeff had been there before but I never had. I am obsessed with discovering new places and from the moment our plane touched at Gatwick airport Jeff knew he was not going to get a moments rest. We spent the next four days exploring the entire city of London, even with the non stop rain it was absolutely gorgeous and so fascinating! After chatting with a few locals we found out that we need to come back in the summer to really see London in all it's glory. I can't wait to return!
Wondering how to get a photo at a popular tourist site without millions of people in it? Get up at a ridiculously early hour!


It is no secret that people are busy, time goes by all to fast, especially when you are a business owner. Finding time to get on Facebook to update your page can often all on the bottom of the to do list. Establishing and maintaining a Facebook page requires constant new updates, posts, and responses. Sporadic posting is the last thing a business should do, especially when they are trying to promote, reach out, establish and maintain relationships. Luckily, a new Facebook features allows you to schedule Facebook posts ahead of time. All you need to do is find convenient time to schedule all your Facebook page posts, at once. This will help your business Facebook page stay consistent.
Step 1: You need to make sure your Facebook page is ready to schedule posts. This is important because you need to enter the state date for your business. If you do not know if you have done this before, all you need to do is just click the status box as if you were going to write a post. Next, click the clock icon located on the bottom left, if your page is ready to schedule you will see the option to add the year for the schedule date. All you need to do is click the clock icon. If this isn't the case, "When Did Your Page Begin?" box will pop up. You just need to enter and save the correct information, and then you will be all ready to start scheduling.
Step 2: Just as you would post any other status, enter a status. Under your status, you will see a new option containing a year, month, date and time. This is where you are able to put in the time you would like the status to post. When everything is how you want it, post schedule.
Step 3: You will see a confirmation of the date and time your post is scheduled to post. You are always able to delete, or reschedule postings.
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Дирк Стиккер (; 5 февраля 1897, Винсхотен, Нидерланды — 23 декабря 1979, Вассенар, Нидерланды) — нидерландский государственный и политический деятель, дипломат, министр иностранных дел Нидерландов (1948—1952), Генеральный секретарь НАТО (1961—1964).

Биография
Родился в семье биржевого брокера Уипко Стиккера (Uipko Obbo Stikker) и Иди Мерсинг (Ida Meursing). Его семья переехала из сельской местности в Гронинген, когда ему было десять лет. Дирк довольно часто болел во время учёбы в гимназии, поэтому лечился в швейцарском санатории. Из-за слабого здоровья он не прошел срочную службу в армии. Во время Первой мировой войны его отец поддерживал Германию, Дирк — Великобританию. В 1922 году завершил обучение в университете Гронингена, где изучал право. 2 мая 1922 женился на Катарине Паулине ван дер Шир (Catharina Paulina van der Scheer). У пары было два сына, ещё один сын и дочь умерли в младенчистве.

С 1922 по 1948 год он занимал различные должности в банковской сфере и промышленности. С 1 июля 1935 по август 1948 работал директором пивоваренной компании «Heineken».

23 марта 1946 стал соучредителем и до 24 января 1948 был членом Партии свободы. 24 января 1948 года стал соучредителем и до 1954 года был членом Народной партии за свободу и демократию.

С 20 ноября 1945 до 7 августа 1948 он был членом Сената Генеральных штатов. В 1946 представлял Нидерланды на конференции Круглого стола о состоянии Нидерландской Вест-Индии, а в 1948 — Индонезии. С 1948 по 1952 был министром иностранных дел Нидерландов. В 1950 году стал политическим Посредником Организации экономического сотрудничества и развития (ОЭСР), а затем её председателем. Он был послом в Лондоне с 1952 по 1958, а затем в Республике Исландия.

С июля 1958 года Дирк Стиккер был назначен постоянным представителем Нидерландов в Североатлантическом совете. В апреле 1961 года Североатлантический совет выбрал его Генеральным секретарем НАТО и председателем Североатлантического совета после Поль-Анри Спаака. 1 августа 1964 он ушел в отставку в связи с плохим состоянием здоровья, его преемником стал Манлио Брозио. Дирк Стиккер умер в 1979 году.

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Highlights from the event included Medal of Honor recipient John Baca kicking off the race as the official starter and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton signing autographs and posing for photos with race participants. The San Diego Padres' mascot, the Swinging Friar, and the Pad Squad were also in attendance, posing for photos and helping to motivate the crowd prior to the start of the race.
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With the completion of the 5K races, we have raised a total of $54,706 for our partner Veteran organizations, with 995 runners participating! Thank you to all those who participated and donated!
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But hey, if the games will go on, so will the picks, despite the fact that neither John nor Joe is particularly good at making them. Presumably, the lack of a hometown team in the field will increase the chances of them actually getting things right. There's only one way to find out…to the picks!
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#6 Los Angeles Rams at #3 Seattle Seahawks
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#7 Chicago Bears at #2 New Orleans Saints
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Joe: In past playoff years, the Saints would be resting and awaiting Seattle, Tampa Bay, or Washington in the next round. This year, they have to take on the Bears, led by Mitch Trubisky. And, when he's 4-of-22 for 27 yards and two interceptions at halftime, Nick Foles. I think the Saints could very easily come out of the NFC, so it follows that this is my Lock of the Week; New Orleans will roll over Chicago like one of those pavers that's supposed to fix the pothole but instead just makes it a different color than the rest of the street for a week until it begins to settle and makes the road uneven again and within a couple months it's like they never did anything at all. I digress. Pick: Saints (lock)
#5 Baltimore Ravens at #4 Tennessee Titans
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#6 Cleveland Browns at #3 Pittsburgh Steelers
Joe: These two teams met a week ago, and Pittsburgh was a two-point conversion away from tying it late…with Mason "The Guy Myles Garrett Tried to Decapitate with His Own Helmet" Rudolph at quarterback in a game that Cleveland absolutely had to win. It's cool that the Browns don't suck, but I feel like they need to show me something before I go and pick them to win a playoff game on the road. Pick: Steelers
John: No NFL team got screwed by the league more often than the Steelers in 2020. These teams went 1-1 against each other in the regular season, but the Browns barely squeaked by in a quasi-bye week effort from Pittsburgh. Pick: Steelers
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Squaw Valley Olympics 1960. (Photo: parks.ca.gov)
Famed Squaw Valley Ski Resort Changes Name to 'Palisades Tahoe'
Change due to controversy over the use of 'squaw' slur in name
By Evan Symon, September 15, 2021 11:11 am
The famed Lake Tahoe-area ski resort and the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley, announced on Tuesday that it is changing its name to Palisades Tahoe after just over a year of deliberations.
Local Native American tribes have been working for ears to rename the famed resort. While "squaw" is an Algonquin word that means "woman," it has been used as a derogatory slur against Native American women since the 1800's and has been called both misogynist and racist.
While some changes have happened in recent years, such as many areas like the post office changing their name to "Olympic Valley" and many other locations across the United States removing or changing the name, Squaw Valley had been a more difficult case because of it's historic and Olympic associations, as well as trademarks around the name. However, the George Floyd protests last year rapidly changed the minds of many and the resort finally approved a name change.
"More than one year ago, we came to the conclusion that it was time to change our name," said the new Palisades Tahoe on their website on Tuesday. "The reasons were clear—the old name was derogatory and offensive. It did not stand for who we are or what we represent. And we could not in good conscience continue to use it. So we began a long and difficult process."
"We spoke extensively to the local community, heavily researched local history, and went through countless rounds of creative exploration. We dug hard and deep to find a name and identity that would do justice to this place and its legacy."
'We are very proud of our resort's new name. It encompasses both of our mountains, captures the individuality of our people, and welcomes all guests to take part in our new chapter."
A new name in Lake Tahoe
New Palisades Tahoe logo (Photo: palisadestahoe.com)
In a statement, Palisades Tahoe President and COO Dee Byrne also said "While this may take some getting used to, our name change was an important initiative for our company and community. At the end of the day, 'squaw' is a hurtful word, and we are not hurtful people."
Native American tribes around Lake Tahoe approved of the decision as well.
"The word itself is a constant reminder of the unjust treatment of the Native people, of the Washoe people," noted Washoe Tribe Historic Preservation Office representative Darrel Cruz. "It's a constant reminder of those time periods when it was not good for us. It's a term that was inflicted upon us by somebody else and we don't agree with it."
Washoe Tribal Chairman Serrell Smokey added in a statement that "The Washoe People have lived in the area for thousands of years. We are very pleased with this decision; today is a day that many have worked towards for decades."
"It's a positive step forward. There's been a lot of progress but there's still a lot of work to be done. We need to continue to capitalize on that progress and continue to push forward."
Locals in and around the now name-changed Squaw Valley had a more mixed reaction on Tuesday and Wednesday. While some wanted to keep the name due to its historical origins and ties with the Olympics, others agreed with the resorts and tribes of the need for the change. Many more fell in somewhere in between.
"Part of me is going to miss the old name," noted longtime area resident Charles Carter, who worked as a car attendant during the 1960 Olympics and has seen the area grow with the number of resorts over the years, to the Globe on Wednesday. "But, if you ask anyone here, the name doesn't matter so much as these mountains. Are they taking away skiing? Are they getting rid of the hotels? Is this hurting the economy? Will the new name tear down a bunch of trees? It's not, so a lot of people are ok with it there."
"It's been a big issue here, but if a lot of people, especially those that the name covers, says it's offensive and hurts them, I guess it's time for a change. Place names change all the time anyway."
While Squaw Valley will still be referred to such in historical context, both the Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts will now be Palisades Tahoe. Within the area, Olympic Valley will be used largely to discuss the areas past.
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Evan V. Symon is the Senior Editor for the California Globe. Prior to the Globe, he reported for the Pasadena Independent, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and was head of the Personal Experiences section at Cracked. He can be reached at evan@californiaglobe.com.
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18 thoughts on "Famed Squaw Valley Ski Resort Changes Name to 'Palisades Tahoe'"
How about SnowFlake slopes?
Bob Makohin says:
Palisades Tahoe is just the trade name for a ski resort combining Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley.
What about Squaw Creek that runs through the valley to the Truckee River? Or Squaw Peak? Will they be changed on the USGS topo maps? How about The Inn At Squaw Creek? Or Granite Chief — the stunning mountain that hovers over the former site of the Olympic Village? What about Apache Ct, overlooking the same view from the opposite side, with its spectacular views looking up at Granite Chief? Will all these names need to be changed too?
MDP says:
A culinary conundrum…..Squaw Bread.
It will always be Squaw to us, our grandchildren won't know where or what Squaw Valley is.
John the Patriot says:
HOW ABOUT WOKE VALLEY FOR THE WHOLE AREA! GOOD GOD LOOK WHAT HAS HAPPENED!
Vader says:
Can someone post a Woke Valley logo for us all to use?
Is the removal to Native American names and words really a benefit to the native american heritage? It seems this woke thinking is just going to erase that heritage more than anything else… sad day.
VICB3 says:
And everybody will still call it Squaw Valley. Except for the people who don't know that it is Squaw Valley. In which case they'll treat it as just another hotel they've never heard of, i.e. nothing special.
It's called 'Branding' folks. And once a brand is established, you don't change it on the consumer. Think: Would consumers still buy as much Coca-Cola if they decided to change their name because it sounded too much like drugs? Or what would happen if Ford changed the Mustang name to something else because somehow it abused animals or some such nonsense? (Or changed the company name away from Ford because Henry didn't like Jews, something not so farfetched in these woke times?)
Stupid move made to placate a bunch of malcontent and self-involved bullies who will only view it as weakness.
VicB3
Full Stop says:
Were there any actual Indians that were offended or did the use of the word squaw just make modern white people uncomfortable. Can't have that.
HarveyMushman says:
Dumbing down of America. Political correctness imposed on the majority by a very vocal and hostile anti-American minority…..
Do the American Indians find Squaw Valley offensive ? Answer NO Next will it be squaw bread ?
Did anyone in Squaw management bother to look up the definition of palisades? In colonial America a palisade is a wooden wall erected to keep out indigenous people and wild animals .This is what we get when the woke aren't awake! I suppose it's time to rename the plant, squaw carpet. All you snowflakes need to go down the hill and melt.
Side note, In the SV village and in Genoa there is a larger than life statue of Snowshoe Thompson ,an American legend, tough as they come. He was an amazing part of our history. He once joined with Genoa Rangers and Silver City Guards to battle Native Americans warriors .Is his statue next on the chopping block of wokeness? You can't rewrite history .It is what it is.
I got it ,Elizabeth Warrenland.
Who works for ears?
JHS says:
So why could they not use the Indian name for the area to acknowledge who was there before instead of some name that doesn't even suggest anything mountain like?
Tahoe Skier ⛷ says:
Enough, you can't please everyone all the time. But I wonder who's gonna be offended now, cause I'm sure somebody will step forward. After all I just wanna go skiing.
btw: how about Northern California Ski resort. Guess they should all be numbered?
Marvin Gardens says:
Woke culture is SICK.
Pittsburgh says:
I can accept that squaw was once a slur but by the time the area adopted it as part of its name I would think that it had taken on a neutral reference for a female Indian (as I had thought of it for several decades before the squaw furor arose). Who would ever choose to use a slur in naming their home town? The problem would seem to have arisen when some etymologically minded person explored its origin and then broadcast to everyone that it was once very problematic (and with his "help" is once again).


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Acclaimed journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges is one of the great moral voices of our age. He has the rare combination of decades of experience reporting from conflict zones in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, and the erudition one would expect from a student of Christian ethics and the classics at Harvard University. He prizes the truth over news and facts. And in the pursuit of truth he has risked his career even his life. I never sought to be objective," he writes. How can you be objective about death squads in El Salvador, massacres in Iraq, or Serbian sniper fire that gunned down unarmed civilians including children in Sarajevo? How can you be neutral about the masters and profiteers of war who lie and dissemble to hide the crimes they commit and the profits they make? How can you be objective about human pain? And finally, how can you be objective about those who are responsible for this suffering?" The World As It Is is a collection of Hedges essays originally published by Truthdig, the Webby award-winning progressive news website. Hedges lyrically and fearlessly dissects the most controversial issues of the day: America's wars of self-destruction in Iraq and Afghanistan, the decay of American empire (at home and abroad), Israel's ghettoization of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and the failure of American liberalism. His essays draw on his extraordinary experiences as a journalist but also his conviction that the centres of power in America have been seized and hijacked by corporations, something the American media pays deference to. Because the press is not concerned with distinguishing truth from news, because it lacks a moral compass, it has become nothing more than courtiers to the elite, shameless hedonists of power and absurd court propagandists."Chris Hedges insists that unless we begin to stand fast around moral imperatives, ones we cannot abandon and must be willing to fight the formal systems of power to advance, we will be complicit in our self-annihilation.
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Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He spent nearly two decades as a correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Empire of Illusion Death of the Liberal Class War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, which he co-wrote with Joe Sacco. He writes a weekly column for the online magazine Truthdig. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.


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Podcast Episode #46: A "Green" Triathlon, Vitamin D, and How To Convert Fast-Twitch Muscle to Slow-Twitch Muscle.
…Local and sustainable extend to food, as well. Organic produce is used for aid stations and pre-race, and locally sourced food is served at the post-race meal. Recycling and composting are integral….
-Magnesium Oil update: I just started my weekly soak in a 1:1 mixture of aluminum free baking soda from the grocery store and the 100% absorbable magnesium flakes from Ancient Minerals. My body feels amazing, and my joint soreness and "stale" legs have almost completely disappeared. I am augmenting this with a spray of magnesium oil on both arms prior to my workout, which I can immediately feel surging through my body. Click here to visit the website where I got this stuff, and also listen into Podcast #45 for the interview with Dr. Mark Sircus, which talks about how magnesium works and why magnesium works. I guarantee you'll become an instant expert on magnesium. If you find this information intriguing, and you as a coach, athlete or weekend warrior want to learn even more about the topic, Dr. Mark Sircus's impressive book "Transdermal Magnesium Therapy"is available by clicking here.
Listener Nick calls in with a question on fast-twitch to slow-twitch muscle fiber conversion.
Click here for a link to the study mentioned in my response to Chris.
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Lesley Kubik has been appointed executive director for the County Appointed Juvenile Advocates (CAJA) of Marshall County by its board of directors.
She succeeds Sherry Willis of Union Grove, who resigned earlier this month.
Kubik and her family live in the Mt. Hebron community and she comes to CAJA with nearly seven years experience in counseling, college administration and office and communications management.
She was most recently employed at the Marshall Medical Centers as a psychiatric screener, and at the Dayspring Center for Christian Counseling where she practiced as a professional counselor.
Kubik was previously employed at Snead State Community College for more than six years in various positions including two years as director of admissions, recruiting and student support.
She is an active member of the American and Alabama Counseling Associations and also serves as a volunteer counselor at Real Life Pregnancy Center.
Kubik is a member of the Marshall County Schools Advisory Council and previously served on the board of directors of the Marshall County Education Foundation and Dayspring Center for Christian Counseling.
She received degrees from Rutgers University and Jacksonville State University.
In announcing its selection, the board of directors reported that the choice of Lesley Kubik came easily.
CAJA of Marshall County is a non-profit organization that trains community volunteers to advocate for Marshall County's most serverly abused and neglected children. CAJA is supported by the United Way of Marshall County, court fees and by direct contributions form individuals, corporations and agencies interested in CAJA's mission.


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7 Idols Who Are Now Filthy Rich After Working Their Butts Off
These idols have become a huge success at a young age.
1. Seungri
Seungri began as a member of BIGBANG and expanded his career into other businesses including his successful Japanese ramen restaurant chain Aori Ramen, private bar Monkey Museum, and club Burning Sun.
As a result, he has become a massive CEO who is expecting to earn approximately $25 million USD this year.
2. Yoona
Yoona began acting before she debuted as a member of Girls' Generation. She has since made a successful debut in a Chinese drama called God of War, Zhao Yun and is rumored to have made about $50,000 USD per episode.
The historical drama consists of 60 episodes so if rumors were true, she would have made a total of $3 million USD from the drama alone.
3. IU
IU is a singer/actress who is nicknamed "walking corporation". One fan calculated a rough estimate of how much she made as a singer with album sales, streaming and music downloads and came up with the figure $6 million USD.
IU in the drama "Producers"
On top of this huge amount, she also has income from advertisements as well as her acting gigs.
Suzy began as a member of miss A and gained more fame after she appeared in the movie Architecture 101.
She participated in a total of 22 advertisements in the 14 months after the movie was released. Experts have said that "Suzy's income from the advertisements she did in 2013 alone probably adds up to about $10 million USD". Suzy, who is only still only 23 years old certainly has a bright future ahead of her.
5. Dok2
Dok2 is living a life of luxury with the money he made on his music alone. He currently lives in a huge hotel penthouse.
The penthouse costs about $6,500 USD for a one-day stay and people have been guessing that renting the place would cost approximately $200,000 USD per month. Dok2 said that "living in a hotel is cheaper because you don't have to pay for heating, electricity. and utilities", and while we don't know exactly what apartments he's been trying to rent, we're pretty sure that's not true.
6. Jiyoung
Jiyoung debuted as a member of KARA when she was only 14 years old. By 2011, KARA earned a profit of approximately $73 million USD in the year alone through their popularity in Japan.
However, Jiyoung left KARA in 2014 and is now pursuing acting in Japan.
7. Hyeri
Hyeri made her debut as a member of Girl's Day in 2010. She revealed on a broadcast that she earned "about $1 million USD through advertisements in 2014."
She appeared in the hit drama Reply 1988 soon after, which added to her increasing popularity.
Source: Dispatch and Insight


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After the park, we headed downtown to have dinner. The Southern Ground Festival was this weekend and we walked across the pedestrian bridge that overlooked it. We heard some great music, saw a couple of stars and the boys loved looking at the boats on the river.
Just a fun pic from the Pedestrian Bridge that I took..


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The London Borough of Lewisham is home to Bellingham which consist mostly of council housing that was built in the nineteen twenties. Many residents have purchased their homes on the Right to Buy Scheme but the majority of homes are still rented out by the Borough of Lewisham.
Rapid Response Plumbers are available round the clock. When we say that we offer our services 24/7 we mean just that. We are available every single day of the year, including holidays and weekends. Our emergency numbers are manned at all times with professional staff that will make sure that a response team is dispatched immediately. We can react very quickly because we are located right on your doorstep.
It is very important to deal with emergencies immediately. Even small problems can quickly escalate into big faults that can cause extensive damage and inconvenience to the household. We are equipped to deal with any type of emergency and our call-out teams carry all the tools and parts that are necessary to act upon emergences decisively.
Most households enjoy the luxury and convenience of gas boilers and many other gas appliances. It is of the utmost importance, however, to make sure that these appliances are safe and that they operate optimally. If regular maintenance is not carried out the boiler and other appliances can become fuel inefficient and even dangerous. That is why it is law that plumbers that install, maintain and repair such appliances are Gas Safe registered.
All our plumbers are Gas Safe Registered. We are qualified and experienced in conducting safety inspections and in advising households about potential problems.
Every household will need the services of a plumber from time to time. It is best to establish a relationship with a contractor that will get to know the property. In this way maintenance can be more efficient. Rapid Response Plumbers are in your area and we can tend to any imaginable plumbing problem. We not only fix leaking taps and blocked drains, but we also install appliances and we offer a comprehensive maintenance service. The old adage "prevention is better than cure" certainly hold true and it saves money while preventing inconvenience.
We stock a large range of spare parts and we use only the best tools and the latest techniques. This allows us to provide the very best service. That is why every task undertaken by us is fully guaranteed.
Because so many of the buildings in this area were built more than eighty years ago, it is only natural that drains and sewage systems give problems from time to time. Rapid Response plumbers are fully equipped and qualified to deal with any drainage problem or blockages ranging from blocked baths and basins to overflowing drains and blocked pipes.
We use the latest technology to ensure that drainage systems function properly and can even conduct a survey of a drainage system with the use of advanced CCTV technology. We can descale and reline pipes to prevent further seepage and leaks and we can of course replace damaged pipes.


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Q: Postgres split timestamp column to time column and date column Hi as the title says I have a column named healthtime in my table which is of type timestamp without timezone i.e.
Healthime
2012-02-02 08:15:00

I would like to split this into two new columns in the same table, one date column and one time column i.e.
Date        Time
2012-02-02  08:15:00

Please can someone advise me how to do this (preferably in a single query),
Thanks,
James

A: Not one query, but one transaction... should be fine as well:
My table looks like:
CREATE TABLE d (t timestamp);

Code for changing the table:
BEGIN;

ALTER TABLE d ADD COLUMN dat date;
ALTER TABLE d ADD COLUMN tim time;

UPDATE d
SET
    dat = t::date,
    tim = t::time;

ALTER TABLE d DROP COLUMN t;

COMMIT;

A: SELECT Healthime::date from tbl_yourtable as date
SELECT Healthime::time(0) from tbl_yourtable as time

PostgreSQL Version: >= 10

A: select fake_table.healthtime
  , cast(to_char(fake_table.healthtime, 'YYYY-MM-DD') as date) as "Date"
  , cast(to_char(fake_table.healthtime, 'HH24:MI:SS') as time) as "Time"
from (select current_timestamp as "healthtime") as "fake_table"

output:
healthtime                  Date        Time
timestamp with time zone    date        time without time zone
==========================  ==========  ======================
2022-04-22 14:20:25.678-04  2022-04-22  14:20:25

tested on PostgreSQL 9.3.25, compiled by Visual C++ build 1600, 64-bit running on Windows 8.1


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Understanding the Art of Science Communication
Science communication experts share tips on getting the most out of your communications plan.
"Your work no longer speaks for itself. The world speaks for and of your work," warns Sree Sreenivasan. It is sobering news for any scientist or researcher who's seen their work misrepresented in the media or by decision-makers. Sreenivasan is an expert science communicator and thought leader in social media. He tells webinar audiences. "Science is made for social media, and social media is made for science. But the world at large is overrun by misinformation, fake news, and charlatans. You can dictate how the world sees your research by being intentional with your communications."
But what is the best strategy for sharing your findings? Paul Baltes, Director of Communications at Nebraska Medicine, says, "It's helpful to know your audience. If you're talking to a group of scientists, you might use different language than if you're engaging the public. Most people we're developing communications for don't have a lot of knowledge of science or the scientific method. We craft all of our messages at the 8th-grade level."
Laura McCallister gives similar advice. "How you talk about your science depends on the audience. If you're speaking to other members of the science community, you're welcome (and even encouraged) to talk at a high level. I have a communications background, so I ask the researchers to explain things to me in the simplest terms so that I can understand it as best as I can and explain it to others," McCallister says. She's a Research Communication Specialist at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
McCallister says it's important to remember the human element of your research. "When I tell a researcher's story, my goal is to put a face to the research, either through those participating in the study or the teams conducting the study. If you're speaking to other members of the science community, you're welcome (and even encouraged) to talk at a high level."
McCallister gives a checklist of questions every researcher should answer when devising a communications plan: What prompted you to conduct this study? What does this study mean for patients? What is the take-away for physicians? For parents?
McCallister told us, "Not everyone understands what happens in research and how the results of that research can affect things in the future. Sometimes the researcher has a personal story about why they were inspired to conduct that specific study or focus on that specific area of science. Our goal is to paint a picture for the audience to make research easier to understand and thus appreciate hopefully."
Baltes urges scientists to start with a goal in mind. "Think about what you want to accomplish and all the different methods to accomplish that goal. If you want to activate feeling and emotion, video is the best medium. If you want to get a straightforward message across, consider written communication."
Sreenivasan advises using different social channels for various purposes. "Don't ignore LinkedIn," Sree says to use LinkedIn to develop a network of people you know, want to know, and people you should know.
"Twitter is more conversational than other platforms," Sreenivasan says. Use Twitter's hashtags to join conversations about your area of interest. "Twitter conversations can often turn into real-life meetings."
"Facebook is the world's largest social media platform." Sreenivasan advises using Facebook's tools to live Facebook Live to share live video of the behind the scenes life in your lab. "People want to connect with other people, not brands."
Instagram is a place to be yourself and have fun. Sreenivasan says we should be using Instagram Stories to share the details and the stories of people making science happen.
For more social media and messaging advice, check out the American Chemical Society's great "Scientist's Guide to Social Media." Also visit Sree Sreenivasan's science communications webinar for the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.


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US HR events
Is HR biased against childless employees?
The question has prompted fierce debate among workers
BY Rachel Ranosa 08 Sep 2020
There's a new divide emerging in our workplaces: between employees who have children (and are given additional benefits) and those who don't.
Childless employees have taken to various online forums and are questioning company leaders over the supposed lack of similar benefits for their segment of the workforce.
Facebook, Salesforce and Twitter employees raised their concerns in a report in The New York Times.
For working parents, however, such benefits only served to ease the pressure they were facing from work and their families when COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were imposed.
"The time off that parents are getting isn't a vacation," one commenter said. Working parents have pointed out that the additional benefits they've received aren't exactly perks.
School and day care closures in the early months of the pandemic left many parents, who were then shifting to remote work, with very few options for childcare.
Read more: Microsoft and Google expand COVID-19 leave benefits
The challenges prompted some of the largest tech companies to respond by expanding their parental support programs: parents working from home needed to meet the demands of the job and cope with the stress of telecommuting – all while attending to their children's needs.
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The benefits range from additional leave credits to free and unlimited access to a wide range of online educational and entertainment programs for kids.
Microsoft and Google were among the first to extend their paid leave programs by 12 to 14 weeks to give working parents greater flexibility as they adjusted to government plans to shut down schools for extended periods.
Amazon, meanwhile, gave a total of 650,000 full-time and part-time Amazon and Whole Foods employees 10 days of subsidised emergency family care support.
"We know it's challenging to balance home and work," said Beth Galetti, Amazon's senior vice president of HR, when the plans were announced.
Read more: Amazon workers to receive backup childcare benefit
For its part, Facebook gave all workers a stipend of $1,000 which they could use to cover childcare costs or buy equipment to set up their home office. On top of these perks, all employees have up to 50 days of pandemic leave if they need to care for a sick family member.
However, in a company-wide video conference, some 2,000 employees voted to ask Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg about the company possibly expanding support for workers who have no children.
Sandberg said the recent benefits – including the $1,000 bonus – didn't simply focus on the needs of parents but were inclusive of all Facebook employees.
"I do believe parents have certain challenges," Sandberg said. "But everyone has challenges, and those challenges are very, very real."
All Facebook employees are given 21+ days of vacation leave annually and an unlimited number of sick days. But the company also wants to bring attention to the unique challenges that employees with family care duties face.
"In too many workplaces, trying to hide the added difficulties of caregiving or well-being is yet another burden people have to carry, and we don't want that to be the case at Facebook," a company spokesperson said.
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Augie March are one of this countrys finest bands and with their 3rd album; Moo, You Bloody Choir, have debuted the album at # 10 on the National Aria chart this week.
With rave reviews across the board for the album, a national tour that is fast selling out and a nomination for the coveted Triple J 'J Award' for Australian Album Of The Year, Augie March are certainly making their mark as one of this years finest offerings.
Augie March will hit the road in support of the release of Moo, You Bloody Choir in late April and May.
In addition to the already fast selling tour, more dates have now been added.


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STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 2.
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Bristol Herald-Courier
320 Bob Morrison Blvd.
Bristol, VA 24201
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Carl Esposito
J. Todd Foster
Heather Provencher
The Story of the Bristol Herald-Courier
Daniel Gilbert
A bronze newsboy outside the Herald-Courier honors a great tradition, but the newspaper no longer employs individual, school-age carriers to deliver the papers.
The state line dividing Tennessee and Virginia runs through the middle of Bristol. The offices of the Bristol Herald-Courier are in Virginia; the printing facility is in Tennessee. The Herald Courier has a "converged" newsroom with WJHL-TV in Johnson City, Tenn., and together they produce online and broadcast news for Northeastern Tenn. and Southwestern Va. Both operations provide content for TriCities.com, a subsidiary of Media General's Digital Media Department.
Carl Esposito, publisher of the Bristol Herald-Courier, believes that their newspaper's watchdog role is the most significant contribution they make to their communities; two of their seven reporters are dedicated to investigative reporting. J. Todd Foster, former managing editor, (he departed in August 2010) says that investigative reporting is, "the niche that will save American newspapers."
During the 2009 recession, they chose to stop serving low penetration regions of their circulation area, so they wouldn't have to cut as many of the newspaper's reporting staff. While the newspaper lost 10 percent of its circulation, it improved customer service and, according to Esposito, saved the majority of their newsroom jobs. That commitment paid off for the newspaper when the Bristol Herald-Courier won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. (See Daniel Gilbert's bio and the links to his prize-winning series, "Underfoot, Out of Reach," on the conflicts over Southwest Virginia's natural gas wealth, and information about the Investigative Reporters and Editors fellowship Gilbert established.)
One of the most successful cost saving changes the paper made in recent years was building its new state-of-the-art, narrow (11-inch) web, three-wide press facility in 2006. In addition, it reduced font size from 9.5 to 9 in order to reduce newsprint and maintain its content on each page. Another change, scheduled to occur in January, is the consolidation by Media General of the Herald-Courier's news operations' copy-editing function off site.
The publisher, Carl Esposito, stresses the newspaper's support for local non-profit organizations as one of its greatest contributions to the community. The managing editor, J. Todd Foster, raises the flag for the strategic value of investigative reporting both to serve the community's needs and to distinguish the value of the newspaper in the marketplace. And, the TriCities.com content coordinator, Heather Provencher, explains how the newspaper's converged newsroom provides more information to the newspaper's and the website's readers with its expanded news staff.
-- Sara Brown & Paul Steinle