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March 29, 2012 News » Cover Feature
An Unnatural State
A battle is raging in Arkansas between the natural gas industry and recreation interests.
by Joe Boone
Aerial photos courtesy of Save Greer's Ferry Lake Inc.
Drilling pads, quarries, and trucks are sources of sediment.
A drilling pad sits south of Greer's Ferry Lake in Heber Springs; Maurice Lipsey.
Heber Springs, Arkansas, has been a recreation and retirement destination for Memphians since the 1960s. Located just 134 miles from the Bluff City, the mountains, the waters of Greer's Ferry Lake, and the abundant trout on Little Red River are the basis not only of a tourism industry but the retirement plans of many Memphians.
"We call this Little Shelby County. Memphis is our main draw," Heber Springs mayor Jackie McPherson says.
But now McPherson's city sits at ground zero in a battle between two economic forces: On one side is a community built on natural beauty. On the other is the natural gas industry, an economic juggernaut that employs thousands and is a source of income to a historically poor region.
Maurice Lipsey, whose name will ring a dinner bell to Memphians who remember his family's fish markets, owns Fat Possum Hollow, a 250-acre resort on the Little Red. His website touts its natural amenities (the river, trails, horses, hunting) and the luxury accommodations. It's his home and his vocation.
"Most of my customers are from Memphis — I'd say 90 percent," Lipsey says. "Most of the people who own property around here on the river are from Memphis. Myself included."
Lipsey is among many here who see an industry of outsiders running rampant and jeopardizing the natural beauty and economic engine of the area.
"On my property, right across the street, they have fracked, drilled six wells," Lipsey says. "They have started back up again for the last week, and 24 hours a day, seven days a week, they are bringing trucks in and out of there — at all hours of the night. You can't sleep."
It can be said that the town of Heber Springs owes its existence to large-scale environmental exploitation. The dam impounds the Little Red River and creates Greer's Ferry Lake, which provides hydroelectricity and drinking water for the region. The dam's dedication ceremony was President John F. Kennedy's last public appearance before his fatal appearance in Dallas in November 1963.
The power station was commissioned in 1964. The lake itself is an energy-production by-product. But since its creation, it has supported a local economy with incomparably clear water and a bounty of bass, walleye, and striped bass.
The Little Red River is managed for the 79 miles from the dam output to its confluence with the White River. Its cold, clear waters are a legendary draw for trout fishermen
Heber Springs lies on the eastern edge of the Fayetteville Shale, a "play" as the natural gas industry calls it. Heber Springs is merely a drop in a giant bucket into which the industry has poured more than $2 billion of investment since 2009. Despite a nosedive in natural gas prices, developments in extraction technologies have opened up reserves once thought unprofitable at much higher prices.
"We are very proud that they are here. Those are good-paying jobs," McPherson says about the drilling companies.
The city of Heber Springs leased about 450 acres to Chesapeake Energy for an initial payment of just under $2 million and a 20 percent royalty on the gross income. The city used the funds to develop its most congested intersection.
"Now we have national chains looking at that intersection. Those are new retail businesses that pay taxes, increase employment, and it helps our traffic flow," McPherson says. "The royalties should help us grow and invest without raising taxes."
Similar benefits come to thousands of property owners who lease their mineral rights to drilling companies. The income was essential for some in this hardscrabble country. For others it was gravy on luxury property. Either way, few complained, initially.
"Originally it was manna from heaven. Those folks in those old rocky farms — they were happy," Greg Seaton says. Seaton is a retired Little Rock native. He works as a fishing guide on the Little Red River.
The Commodity
Rising energy prices drove new techniques for natural gas extraction, particularly horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. These opened up new plays, most importantly the Barnett Shale of Texas in 1999 and the Marcellus Shale in the northeast around 2005.
The Fayetteville Shale runs across Arkansas at depths from 1,500 to 6,500 feet and ranges in thickness from 50 to 325 feet. In the early 2000s, Southwestern Energy found similarities between the Barnett Shale and the Fayetteville Shale. This set off an oil rush throughout Arkansas. In 2004, there were 13 wells worth $640,000. By 2007, 603 wells produced gas valued at $651 million, according to a study done by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas.
The economic benefits in that study were based on price estimates of around $6 per MMBtu (one million British Thermal Units). Prices peaked at more than $8 in 2008. The warm winter of 2011-2012 led to a glut in gas, with inventories 41 percent higher than last year. The average price for 2012 is estimated to be $3.17 per MMBtu by the Department of Energy.
"They continue to turn a profit even with low prices," study author Kathy Deck says. "It still costs more money to invest, but the industry has gotten really good at identifying where to drill to get bang for the buck."
But even at the low prices, the scale of activity is overwhelming. Chesapeake Energy sold its Fayetteville Shale holdings to BHP Billiton Petroleum in February 2011 for $4.75 billion.
The other major player in the area is Southwestern Energy, a conglomerate with subsidiary interests in exploration, extraction, and transportation. Southwestern spends $2.8 million per well and invested more than $2 billion in 2011 and 2012.
Both companies were asked to provide local sources that had found work with the industry. Calls and emails to Southwestern were not returned. BHP supplied a link to the 2008 study.
Natural gas drilling is a complex and expensive job involving several processes, including: exploration, obtaining mineral rights, installation of drilling equipment, drilling operations, extraction, field processing, gathering, and transportation.
"Fracking," or hydraulic fracturing, involves millions of gallons of highly compressed fluids blasted into rock formations, creating fractures that allow natural gas to escape. The entire process can require three to five million gallons of fresh water.
The fluids are saline mixes and other chemicals, many of which are considered proprietary trade secrets. The fluids and the by-products of the gas extraction are collected in a pool and disposed of by four common methods: treating the water and returning it to surface water, injection into deep water formations, recycling, and even spreading onto roads for dust suppression.
"The reason I enjoy owning property here is to enjoy fishing on the Little Red River," says Jim Julian, a Little Rock native and former president of the Arkansas Bar Association.
"We are close enough to a rig that we can hear construction and the sound of the drilling at times. Those things are somewhat noisy. It depends on the time of day," Julian says. "My concern is that the science of how this effects the habitat of the trout has not been done. They are taking water out, and it's probably getting back in."
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission grants the permits required to get water from state waters for operations. In 2007, the commission received three requests to move water from rivers for use at other locations. The next year there were 121 requests, and the number has remained above 400 every year since 2009.
"You've got the road kicking up dust. In fact, when I drove over here, it looked like there was a fire burning. But it's not a fire. It's the dust from what they are doing over there right now," Lipsey says.
This dust presents a second risk: sediment.
Clinton, Arkansas, in the more heavily exploited, adjacent Van Buren County, recently had its water supply tainted due flooding and sediment. While normal development creates sediment that impedes watersheds and changes the chemical make-up of aquatic habitats, the problem has dramatically increased as gas companies have cleared roads and "pads" covering several acres for operations.
"They started drilling about eight months ago, and that's when I started discovering the methane in my water," Lipsey says. He's had to abandon his own well and have his property placed on the municipal water system.
Shale gas is typically comprised of over 90 percent methane.
Two studies have confirmed the role of drilling activities in the contamination of water wells. One by Duke University on drilling in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that "methane concentrations in drinking-water wells increased with proximity to the nearest gas well" and were 17 times higher in extraction areas than in those without drilling activities.
An EPA study of water supplies in Pavillion, Wyoming, found methane, petroleum hydrocarbons, and other chemical compounds "consistent with migration from areas of gas production." Although the levels were "below established health and safety standards," the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services later reviewed the EPA's data and advised the well owners to use alternate sources of water for "drinking and cooking, and ventilation when showering."
"There may have been methane in the well, but it's nothing like it is now," Lipsey says. He worries that it will decrease the value of his property. "You're going to have to disclose that you've got methane in your water well."
"We want local judges and politicians to think about the retirement and recreation," Seaton says. "[The gas companies] had their guns drawn and their ducks in a row when they hit the state. They wanted to try to get as much done as possible before the agencies could act."
The federal government granted the industry exemptions from the major regulatory acts including the Safe Drinking Water Act. That leaves the monitoring and rulemaking up to the state. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality regulate natural gas wells.
Shane E. Khoury is the deputy director and general counsel for the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC). He thinks there is sufficient regulation.
"The Oil and Gas Commission is serious about doing all we can to ensure that drilling and fracking is done in a safe way in Arkansas. Although accidents may occur, we have passed many regulations to ensure that the practice in Arkansas is highly regulated in an effective manner," Khoury wrote in an email.
AOCG has nine members and, by law, a majority of members must have experience in the development, production, or transportation of oil or gas.
"Drilling and/or 'fracking' does have a potential to cause contamination. I am not saying that issues didn't arise or that they weren't serious events. I am just saying that they are often taken out of context and reported as global problems for fracking everywhere," Khoury wrote.
He points to shallow production wells in Wyoming and a blow-out on a Chesapeake site in Pennsylvania where fluids spilled or discharged onto the surface due to poor regulatory oversight.
"The state allowed frack flowback to be treated and released into streams and other surface waters. This same fresh water flowed downstream and was eventually used for drinking water. This issue was caused by surface discharge, not the fracking process."
Khoury points to Arkansas regulations such as a moratorium on disposal wells following increased seismic activity, requiring additional seismic data for disposal wells. Arkansas is the only state to impose a statewide noise regulation and amended casing and construction requirements to protect water supplies.
Khoury notes that Arkansas is the second state to require the disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing: "The reported fluids, additives, and/or chemical constituents are submitted to the AOGC under penalties of perjury." However, the state regulation on fluids exempts any fluid declared a trade secret.
When Teresa Marks, director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), came into office in 2007, the department was overburdened. Seventeen regular water inspectors responded to complaints, in addition to regular duties including wastewater treatment and oversight of industry.
"They had a full plate without the burden of the Fayetteville Shale," Marks says. ADEQ was overwhelmed by the number of complaints as the companies were laying the groundwork: making roads and constructing pads.
Help came, ironically enough, when the Arkansas Game and Wildlife Commission leased some its land for drilling and used a portion of the funds to underwrite four additional ADEQ inspectors and another supervisor dedicated to permitting and inspection duties.
Marks says industry has made efforts to clean and recycle water, something that was not done before. Sand mining (for use in the fluid mix), sediment, and air pollution are also concerns.
"It's in the industry's best interest not to have those fugitive emissions. They are very difficult to see. It would be nice to do more testing, especially with the compressor stations," Marks says. She would like to do more data gathering and additional testing of ground water and adjacent waterways. While drilling has dropped off since Marks arrived, there is still concern about the disposal.
Treatment centers, where fluids are treated and released to local surface water, are regulated by ADEQ. Injection wells, which pump fluids deep into geological layers, are regulated by AOGC and ADEQ. Recycled fluids can be re-injected into wells as fracturing fluid. Recycling is not regulated by permit but is subject to AOGC rules. Spreading water on local roads for dust mitigation is unregulated unless it otherwise presents a threat to state waters.
Even the industry's harshest critics concede that some dialogue has taken place.
"We are not at all in disagreement with ADEQ or ANR [Arkansas Natural Resources Commission]. They were overrun. But we need better regulations, and it has to come from the legislature," Greg Seaton says. He has met with Southwestern, Chesapeake, and others. "They are taking notice. Some have been helpful. They have worked with us on best management practices. I don't want to muddy that up."
In 2011, Chesapeake Energy conducted tests on Greer's Ferry Lake and set off a groundswell of community concern. The issue surrounded the Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District's release of the permit. The Corps has responsibility for Greer's Ferry Lake.
"We appreciate people's concerns, and we share those concerns. It is a possibility that a gas company could drill under the lake. The Corps of Engineers did not always buy the mineral rights," says Laurie Driver of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Local attorney Richard H. Mays sued the Bureau of Land Management — which administers the mineral rights — along with the Forestry Service and the Corps of Engineers to place a moratorium on drilling under the lake and in the national forest until an environmental impact statement can be completed in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
"We are in the process of trying to settle. But I don't think they have the leases issued. And I have a close relation with them, because I have sued them a lot," Mays says.
Mays downplays the threat of drilling under the lake and sees drilling in the forest, threats to the Little Red River, and wastewater containment as more important threats.
"I don't think there is immediate cause for concern," he says of drilling under the lake. "There would be a public uproar."
Mays' concerns are for the river and the forest.
"It takes 2 to 3 million gallons of water per well. That's taken out of the water cycle," Mays says — adding that there is probably improper disposal going on and that some companies are probably getting away with it.
"I don't have much confidence in the regulators, because they don't have enough people to do it."
Most here will have to live with the bargain that the industry will get its way until something catastrophic happens. If nothing catastrophic happens, the industry will call their operations a success. Whatever the final outcome, the anxiety of the risk and the day-to-day burden of trucks, dust, and noise all take their toll on the notion of a placid, secure retirement or a livelihood based on natural settings.
"This property is in jeopardy because of what they are doing," Lipsey says. "This is a resort property, where people come to get away from the rigors of, say, Memphis, Tennessee."
Maps of drilling sites from the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (Requires Google Earth): http://www.aogc.state.ar.us/Maps.htm
Photos of drilling near Greer's Ferry Lake: http://gotowebbuilder.com/savegreersferrylake/photo-gallery.html
The Economic Impact of the Oil and Gas Industry in Arkansas: http://cber.uark.edu/369.asp
U.S. Energy Information Agency's natural gas page: http://205.254.135.7/naturalgas/
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality: http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/
EPA study on hydraulic fracturing and drinking water: http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/
Duke University study on methane: http://www.biology.duke.edu/jackson/pnas2011.pdf http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/cgc/
EPA study on Pavillion, Wyoming: http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/pavillion/index.html
Army Corps of Engineers Press Release: http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/news&info/news/2011/008-11.html
BHP Billiton: http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/Pages/default.aspx
Southwestern Energy: http://www.swn.com/Pages/default.aspx
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Kazakhstan: Union Leader Gets 2-Year Jail Sentence
Aigerim Toleukhanova May 18, 2017
A labour union leader in Kazakhstan who helped mobilize oil workers into defending their right to independent union representation has been sentenced to two years in jail on charges including embezzlement.
Speaking briefly after the verdict in an Astana courtroom on May 16, Amin Yeleusinov expressed despair at the outcome of his trial.
"What to do? What choice is there?" he told a reporter with RFE/RL's Kazakhstan service, Radio Azattyk.
In addition to finding Yeleusinov guilty of stealing 14.6 million tenge ($46,700) from his employer, Oil Construction Company (OCC), Judge Gulzhan Ubashayeva also ruled that the union leader had offended public officials, disobeyed a public official, and used force against a public official. On top of his prison sentence, Yeleusinov is being ordered to pay $26,000 in damages.
Yeleusinov, 55, was arrested in January as part of a crackdown that brought a close to the weeks-long strike in western Kazakhstan mounted by OCC workers determined to keep their own independent union instead of being compelled to join one given the blessing of the authorities. He has denied all the charges leveled against him.
Human Rights Watch has described the case against Yeleusinov as politically motivated and part of an "ongoing crackdown on independent labor movement in Kazakhstan."
"Yeleusinov is the second trade union leader to be imprisoned in Kazakhstan in the last two months," Mihra Rittmann, Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. "Kazakh officials should know that imprisoning trade union leaders in retaliation for legitimate trade union activities is a serious violation of the right to freedom of association."
The circumstances surrounding Yeleusinov's arrest and subsequent treatment in prison have raised concerns about violations of the union leader's legal rights.
A note surfaced online in February purporting to be a signed confession by Yeleusinov. In the letter, Yeleusinov appears to state that he agreed with an accountant at his company to go halves on 14 million tenge belonging to the union that he led. Yeleusinov later disavowed the letter, and his lawyer, Gulnar Zhuaspayeva, registered her protest at how the confession had been drafted in the absence of a legal brief.
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> Medals from the Collection of Peter Duckers
> Lot 809, 17 July 2019
Medals from the Collection of Peter Duckers
Date of Auction: 17th July 2019
Sold for £3,600
A Great War 'Western Front' M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Francis, 11th Sikhs, late 47th Sikhs and East Lancashire Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches and twice wounded in Mesopotamia during the Great War, later becoming Commandant of the 4/11th Sikhs
Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. R. F. Francis, 47/Sikhs); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major. R. F. Francis.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Maj. R. F. Francis. 4-11 Sikh. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, lacquered, good very fine (8)	£1,000-£1,400
M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1916.
Reginald Frankland Francis was born in 1886 in Dharwar, India, and commissioned into the East Lancashire Regiment in 1905. In 1907 he transferred to the Indian Army, was posted to the 47th Sikh Regiment and advanced to Lieutenant. He saw service during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1914, and was promoted Captain on 27 September 1914. The following month, on 23 October, the 47th Sikhs first came under shellfire and sustained casualties at Fauquissart. He remained in that theatre until the Indian Corps were withdrawn in the winter of 1915. During that time the 47th Sikhs were present at many significant actions including La Bassee, Armentieres, Givenchy, Neuve Chapelle, Second Ypres, St Julien, Aubers Ridge, Festubert and Loos (at Pietre). It seems reasonable to conclude that Francis managed to survive these actions without becoming a casualty on account of his duties as regimental quartermaster. Every other British officer who first landed in France with the regiment had either been killed or wounded by March 1915. However, the harsh conditions did see him succumb to sickness for one year from October 1915 after which time his regiment had transferred to Mesopotamia. For his services in France and Flanders, Francis was awarded the Military Cross and Mentioned in Dispatches (London Gazette 1 January 1916).
In November 1916 Francis re-joined his regiment in Mesopotamia as Double Company Commander and served in the operations which led to the capture of Kut, including the capture of Khadaire Bend during which he was wounded during fierce fighting on 11 January 1917:
'Just after the attack began, men of the 2/124th – mainly Hazaras – were seen running in great confusion along the Turk second line towards our picquet at J14H. Captain Francis commanding D Company tried to rally them. It appeared that when the attack of the 9th Brigade had failed, owing to enfilade fire from the left bank of the river, the Turks counter-attacked across the open against the right of the 9th Brigade, and the Company of the 2/124th on the left of the 8th Brigade line. The latter broke, some towards D Company, some over the open to the rear, while some attempted to surrender to the Turks. These last the Turks bayoneted. About 100 of the enemy, emboldened by this success, advanced on J14H but were soon stopped by our fire. A second and larger party entered the trench north of K15A and advanced northwards. They were stopped, after hand-to-hand fighting, by men of the 2/124th who had not panicked, assisted by our bombers sent by Captain Francis. Casualties on both sides were heavy, 50 dead Turks were counted and about the same number of 2/124th. Eight of our regimental bombers were involved, 2 were killed and 5 wounded. Captain Francis was also wounded at this time, and 2nd Lieut. Clive took over command of D Company.' (47th Sikhs in the Great War 1914-18 refers).
Francis was wounded for a second time on 21 May 1917 during the search of a Khazraj house at Sumaikah, a village in hostile Arab territory, but was able to return to his unit on 15 June 1917. The following year he saw out the war in Mesopotamia on a series of Staff appointments. He was Mentioned in Despatches a second time for these services (London Gazette 21 February 1918).
Post-War, Francis served as GSO 2 with various commands between 1920-22, including as Intelligence Officer to the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, 1920-21, and DAQMG to Delhi Brigade, 1921-22 (including the Royal Visit section). Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in 1931, he was appointed Commandant of the 4/11th Sikhs in that year and remained in office until retirement in 1935. He briefly saw staff service again during the Second World War, and died in Kensington in 1955.
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Looking back on her days as an OB nurse, Shari Arner recollects the joys and challenges of her job. She graduated from LPN school in 1973 and became a registered nurse in 1977. Shari's nursing career took her from Michigan to Arizona and lasted 41 years, most of which she worked in the L&D unit. She received her bachelor's degree in nursing and spent some time in management as well as taught OB nursing students at the local community college.
Shari worked at a community hospital in Arizona for 21 years before retiring in 2013. Then, the hospital was a level II OB unit with no OB/GYNS in-house. She worked the night shift for her first three years there and it was quite the shock.
"Coming from teaching hospitals, I always had residents as backup, and all of a sudden it was just me and the patients," said Shari.
Shari came from a setting where residents did most of the exams and said that the biggest difference was not having a physician there for big medical emergencies such as bad heart tones or a prolapsed cord.
"I had delivered babies before when the resident couldn't make it to the room in time, but it got to the point where it became a fine art of making sure that I got a doctor there," she said. "I needed to get them there in time for the delivery but not too early, where they would be waiting around for a couple of hours."
She recalls times when a patient would have bad heart tones and her team would take the mother to the C-section room and get them prepped and draped and just wait for the doctor to come.
"Looking back on it, I think the nurses made a lot of decisions that weren't really nursing decisions," said Shari.
She said that they triage unit was very busy and although her team kept in phone contact with the physicians, most patients left without ever seeing a physician.
"This put an added responsibility on nurses," she said.
Although she never got the opportunity to work with an OB hospitalist program, she thinks it could have many benefits.
"It would have to make patient safety better because there wouldn't be delays in care," she said. "When there wasn't a physician in-house and a patient had bad heart tones, we would just wait for someone to get there. It's pretty scary for the patient and the nurses."
Shari also said that having a physician in-house would be beneficial for the interpretation of fetal monitor strips.
"You could show the same strip to multiple people and everyone might see it differently because it's open to some interpretation."
Although the benefits to nurses and community OB/GYNs is clear, the public has shown some skepticism.
"I think patients think there is a much more intimate relationship with their OB/GYN than physicians or nurses think there is. This is their job! They don't sit up at night waiting to hear from you!" said Shari.
Shari also pointed out that due to higher risk potential, emergency rooms don't want to deliver babies, so there would be an advantage of having a hospitalist there – when the unexpected happens.
During one of her last shifts before she retired, Shari had a patient come in who had intrauterine fetal demise (stillbirth). The ultrasound technician performed an ultrasound, and there was no heartbeat. The patient and her husband were both semi-hysterical. Because the nurses aren't supposed to deliver this type of news, they had to call a physician and wait for him to arrive to the hospital.
"To me, this is just torturing the patient."
An OBHG hospitalist not only provides immediate care for patients in emergent situations, they provide a safety net for community OB/GYNs and nurses. Highly skilled OBHG hospitalists close the gap in time delays and are ready to take action 24/7 so that the responsibility does not fall to the nurses on shift.


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WHO team tours Wuhan market linked to COVID-19 outbreak
A World Health Organization team investigating the roots of the coronavirus visited the Chinese food market that was previously linked to many early infections.
Health workers spent about an hour at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan Sunday.
Scientists once suspected animals sold in the market were linked to the December 2019 outbreak there. That theory has since been largely ruled out, but WHO workers say the site could provide hints as to how the deadly virus spread so quickly.
"Very important site visits today — a wholesale market first & Huanan Seafood Market just now," Peter Daszak, a zoologist with the U.S. group EcoHealth Alliance and a member of the WHO team, tweeted. "Very informative & critical for our joint teams to understand the epidemiology of COVID as it started to spread at the end of 2019."
Before visiting the Huanan Seafood Market, team members were joined by a large entourage of Chinese officials for a walk through the Baishazhou Market — one of the industrial city's largest food-selling venues, which was a distribution center during its 76-day lockdown.
The visit was politically charged, as Communist Party leaders look to avoid blame for missteps in the country's early response to the outbreak. China had previously blocked the scientists' planned entry into the market. It reversed the decision earlier this month after WHO leaders accused the country of hampering the investigation.
The international team of veterinary medicine, virology, food safety and epidemiology experts also toured two hospitals at the center of the early outbreak, and a museum exhibit about the early history of COVID-19.
Before visiting the Huanan Seafood Market, WHO team members were joined by a large entourage of Chinese officials for a walk through the Baishazhou Market.Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
One WHO team member flashed a thumbs up sign to a reporter who inquired about the success of the tours.
However, a single visit by the team is unlikely to generate answers. Typically, years of research involving animal samples, genetic analysis and epidemiological studies is needed to determine the origins of an outbreak.
Chinese officials have floated an unconfirmed theory that the outbreak started from imported frozen seafood, but a more viable possibility is that a wildlife poacher passed the virus to traders who brought it to Wuhan.
Wuhan accounted for most of China's 4,635 COVID-19 deaths, but reports being free of outbreaks since the lockdown was lifted last April.
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Humble Mobile Bundle 4 Is Now Live, Get 6 Exciting Android Games
by Chad Updated March 4, 2014
Are you tired of downloading those free Android games that come with a lot of ads but don't want to spend a lot on the premium version of a game? Humble Bundle has just the solution to your problem as it is running a new sale called Humble Mobile Bundle 4 which comes with 6 exciting Android games. You get 4 games by paying whatever amount you like while paying above the average price gets you two additional games.
Here's how the system works. You can pay any amount you want to get the games and even set how the amount is going to be divided. You can split your payment to charities, the developers, or tip Humble Bundle. If you pay above the average price of $3.47 you get to access two additional locked games. Sounds good right?
Here are the games you can get by paying any amount.
Catan: This strategy game is sure to provide you with fun and excitement wherever you are. This is basically a game where you must compete to have the largest army, the longest road, and the most settlements. You will meet worthy opponents in the game such as pirate Jean who does not compromise, Vincent the Merchant who has never been cheated, and Sean the Knight who takes what he wants.
Vector: This is an arcade style game where you play the role of a runner in a totalitarian world where freedom and individuality is gone. You use your parkour skills as you run, climb, vault, and slide across the urban landscape as "Big Brother" chases you.
Riptide GP2: If you are into online multiplayer races then this game is definitely for you. You get to control rocket powered hydro jets as you race around futuristic tracks. You will be able to perform several stunts and tricks while the new career mode will definitely keep you coming back.
Zombie Gunship: You get to be a gunner in a mean looking AC-130 ground attack aircraft. Your job is to fire your gun on the onslaught of zombies making sure to protect the remaining survivors on the ground. This is definitely one of the reasons why you should be subscribing to this bundle as the game has been given a 9/10 rating by IGN.
Here are the two extra games you can get by paying above the average price.
BADLAND Premium: This version comes with all in-app purchases unlocked. This award-winning side-scrolling game takes place in the forest. Players take control of a forest dweller to discover what's going on in the area. The game follows a physics based system and has beautiful graphics and audio.
Breach & Clear: This is an intense tactical strategy game where you get to assemble your own special operations team. You will then need to plan and execute several missions using your selected team.
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Anderson Lewis says:
yeah. 60 hours of your life spent on a video game is priceless but I'd say the fun I had playing the game too was priceless.haha
It's interesting how time flies when we have fun.
vis_android says:
You have nothing to worry about the fun you get playing Vector. Its an awesome game. You'll definitely enjoy it. I've been playing this for quite sometime now.
android_fanboy3 says:
I had actually never heard of Vector before. Seeing it for the first time now, mentioned here. I hope its good. The video on the Play Store is interesting. And spending 60 hours on a smartphone game is huge. I'm downloading it now. Lets see.
I'm glad Vector is included in this bundle. I've personally spent over 60 hours on this game and i'm still playing it from time to time.
The chase is almost always fun when your timing is accurate.
speak2nexus says:
Badland is one awesome game. I've played it so many times. Its so engaging and fun. Even my kinds love it so much. That's the only game which is played on a daily basis on our Nexus 7.
shawn_gardner says:
I've only played Riptide and Zombie Gunship, and I love the two games. I hope the others are good enough. But its good to know that these games are coming as a bundle. No more ad supported games which ruin the whole fun of gaming.
Ok, this Humble Bundle is actually exciting. Many in the past have been fairly underwhelming. In this one, Riptide GP2, Vector AND Catan? Wow! Can't wait to see what the other ones will be, as they usually add a few in the mix half way through the bundle.


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Leominster residents get spooky for Halloween
By Monica Busch | mbusch@sentinelandenterprise.com | Sentinel & Enterprise
LEOMINSTER — Alexis Testa's husband, Nicholas Testa, has built her new Halloween decorations every year since they moved into their George Street home in 2005.
"My only rule when we started the Halloween thing was that [he] can't scare kids," she said.
The couple, who were both born and raised in Leominster and knew each other from high school, have two children, she said.
When they first bought the house, Testa said, she had asked Nicholas to help make sure that their home had "fancy" Halloween decorations. Suffice to say he took the request and ran.
Less than two weeks away from Halloween, their small front yard was crowded with satirical gravestones and lined with a homemade faux iron fence, along with several other handmade creatures that loom more than six-feet above passersby. The vast majority of the decorations were designed and constructed on site, and many of them move. There are new additions each year.
Nicholas is a mechanic who works on large machinery, Alexis Testa explained from the front porch of their house on Thursday, and he puts his professional skills to work each year when Halloween comes around.
His efforts don't go unnoticed. Their first year in the house, she said, they ran out of candy one hour into trick-or-treating, she said.
Halloween is coming and decorations are springing up all over Leominster.This sign hangs at the home of Nicholas and Alexis Testa on George Street in Leominster. On the house behind you can see some spiders and their webs. SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE/JOHN LOVE
"He's always been a doer," Testa said of her husband.
Meanwhile, on Washington Street, Leominster native Kathy Arsenault has also been steadily building her Halloween decor collection.
"Every year gets more elaborate," she said from her front lawn on Thursday. She's been working on her collection of some 50 decorations for 23 years.
Arsenault's front porch is stuffed to the brim with an array of life-sized characters, ranging from cinematic icons to the just blatantly creepy. She's always rearranging them, she said.
By Arsenault's estimate, her home attracts some 500 visitors every year on Halloween. And her neighbors, she said, tend to love it.
Halloween is coming and decorations are springing up all over Leominster. Nicholas and Alexis Testap pose with their daughter Anya, 10, behind one of the decorations at their home in Leominster on George Street. SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE/JOHN LOVE
Arsenault explained that the display tends to slow down traffic, which one parent across the street particularly appreciates.
Unlike at the Testas, however, she said her decor does tend to scare young children who don't want to walk through the multitude of motion-activated and noise-making figures. To compensate, she said, each year she brings a cauldron full of candy down to her front walkway, where she greets trick-or-treaters while in costume.
"I've been a fairy, sometimes a scary fairy," Arsenault said. But she wouldn't divulge her costume plans for this year; those who are curious will just have to stop by next week.
Just around the corner from Arsenault is Troy LeBlanc, who owns a large blue house on Orchard Street. The house is so old, LeBlanc said, that he's been unable to determine its age since buying it in 2002.
Halloween is coming and decorations are springing up all over Leominster. Troy LaBlanc talks about his home on Orchard Street and how it will be decorated for holiday. They have some decorations up but will put tons more up just day's before Halloween. SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE/JOHN LOVE
Currently, his two porches are dotted with swinging white ghosts. But this is just a preview, he explained. Much more will come as the holidays nears, he said.
For him, Halloween decorating is a family affair. Each year, he said, his children, family and friends get together to determine a decorating theme. In the past, he said, they have gone with clowns, zombies and the circus.
LeBlanc said he's been in love with the holiday for all of his life.
"When you're a kid, that's the only time you can really experiment with being different," he said.
His house, which he spends two-straight days decorating right before the October holiday, might exude Halloween spirit all year long. LeBlanc explained that his house is haunted — so much so that it appeared in a 2008 episode of "Ghost Hunters."
He described hearing phantom footsteps, mysterious voices and seeing inexplicable figures looking down from the house's windows. But while such reports might scare others away, LeBlanc just shrugs it off.
He's focused on Halloween.
"It's just fun," he said.
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Rivers United technical manager, Stanley Eguma said he tweaked his tactics at the break to get the job done in their 4-0 win over AS Real Bamako in the second leg clash of the CAF Champions League preliminary round in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
A devastating second half display, full of energy and cutting edge, proved to be the catalyst for 'The Pride of Rivers' after playing scoreless draw away February 11 in Mali.
"They surprised us by changing their tactics from the first leg. It was a bit difficult for us in the first half but we had to change our plans for the second half. It paid off as we were able to score four goals," Eguma told the club's website after the game.
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) outfit had held the Malian club to a scoreless draw in the first leg of the preliminary round clash in Bamako a week earlier and knew an outright win in Port Harcourt would guarantee them a place in the next round of the competition.
Bernard Ovoke set them on their way to a resounding win with a well-struck penalty on the half hour after a Malian defender handled in the box. Esosa Igbinoba doubled the hosts' advantage at a frenzied Yakubu Gowon Stadium on 56 minutes while Ovoke completed his brace to put United 3-0 up in the 69th minute with another well-struck penalty.
Igbinoba scored his second goal of the day late on to complete a comprehensive victory for the 'Pride of Rivers' which handed them a ticket to the first round of the competition. United will now meet Sudanese club, Al Merreikh in the next round of the competition over two legs with the winner progressing to the group stages.


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Ducati Confirms Checa For 2013, Althea Out
By Troy Siahaan	October 29, 2012 0
As the Ducati Factory World Superbike team finalizes its plans for the introduction of the 1199 Panigale into the series, two things are certain: 2011 champion Carlos Checa will be the team's lead rider, and Team Althea Racing, who have worked with Ducati since 2010, will not be the team's sponsor.
The first bit of news shouldn't be a surprise, as Checa has been helping the Bologna factory develop the Panigale since mid-year. Checa won the 2011 championship with a masterful display of domination on the 1198, a model many believed to be dated and an underdog before the season began. Details of Checa's new contract with Ducati have yet to be released other than his role in continuing to develop the 1199 and being the team's lead rider next year.
A bigger surprise is the split between Ducati and Team Althea Racing, as the two seemed to be enjoying a healthy partnership. Despite winning the 2011 Manufacturer's and Rider's championships in both Superbike and Superstock, neither party could reach an agreement for next year. However, it was an amicable parting between the Bologna factory and Team Althea owner, Genesio Bevilacqua, so don't rule out a future partnership.
In case you've forgotten, Ducati deliberately postponed fielding a 1199 in the World Superbike Championship until 2013 in order to use the time to test and develop a worthy contender for the title. With most of Ducati's plans finalized for 2013, expect more details to be released soon.
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Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt among the top three presidents for their handling of the Civil War, the Great Depression, and World War II.
By contrast, the string of catastrophes that trailed George W. Bush, from Iraq to Hurricane Katrina to his obliviousness to warning signs in the housing market before the 2008 crash guarantee that he will have a permanent place in the bottom tier of presidents.
Also certain to be at or near the bottom of that list is Donald Trump.
Trump has been able to maintain 40% approval ratings by effectively manipulating the lizard brains of white Republicans, but even before COVID-19 hit, Trump was considered one of the worst presidents in the two surveys of scholars done in 2018.
Donald Trump could possibly face criminal tax fraud charges, 'if the records don't match up,' expert on the president David Cay Johnston tells Joy Reid, adding that in his opinion allegedly, 'They won't.'
On President Donald Trump's calls to open schools and White House efforts to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan says, "The real travesty here is that there is no body count high enough for the president to actually pay attention to science. We could lose another 10,000. We could lose another 50,000. We could lose another 100,000. Nothing would compel him to listen to Dr. Fauci and others who are actually fighting to try and save lives." Regarding opening schools, Duncan went on to add that Trump 'doesn't care whether you live or die.'
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Francis Andrew Maggitti
October 4, 1938 ~ December 24, 2020 (age 82)
Francis Andrew Maggitti 82, passed away on Dec. 24th. 2020 of Fallston MD, formally from Highlandtown
He was battling Stage IV Lung Cancer since March 2015. He was rushed to Upper Chesapeake Hospital on Sunday December 20th where he was tested positive for COVID 19 and Pneumonia. He passed away peacefully at the hospital on December 24th, 2020.
He was born to the late Andrew Maggitti and Laura Graziaplana Maggitti. He was the youngest of five. He was a loving brother to the late Marino Maggitti and his late wife Helen Maggitti, the late Josephine Maggitti-Pietrogiacomo and her late husband Vincent Pietrogiacomo, Ida Maggitti-Ruggiero and her late husband James Ruggiero, the late Lucy Maggitti-Wright and her late husband George "Bob" Wright. Also survived by a host of loving nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews, relatives and good friends.
Francis Andrew Maggitti was the devoted and loving father of his three daughters, Laura Marie Maggitti- Willard, her husband Donald "Chip" Lee Willard, Michele Angero Maggitti and Angela Joyce Maggitti. He was a loving and devoted Grandfather of his three Grandchildren, Meghan Marie Willard- Phillips and husband Eric Phillips, Brandon Lee Willard and wife Sarah Willard, Aaron Willard and girlfriend Kristalynn Brinkley. He was a loving and devoted Great Grandfather of, Alayna Grace Phillips, Jacob Ryan Phillips and the newest addition Noah Lee Willard. They all meant the world to him.
Dad graduated from Patterson High School in 1957. He was a likable chap! As stated in his high school yearbook. He enlisted in the Marines 1958. He worked at H & S Bakery and Bethlehem Steel. When he stopped working at those jobs, he started working at The Baltimore Sun full time in 1976-2013 and Montgomery Ward full time in the 1970s-1990s. Do not know where he got his energy from with working 2 full time jobs at the same time. He also helped some friends at Local 19 Stagehand whenever they needed it. Dad has always been such a hard worker and dependable they would always call him when they needed an extra hand. When Montgomery Wards closed in the 1990's dad started working full time at Gardiner Furniture at that time, where he met his new work family. He worked there until 2018 which at that time he was forced to stop working because of his health issues. He started treatment in 2015 which he continued to work through it all.
Francis Andrew Maggitti loved his sports, especially baseball. He inflicted his love of baseball on all who knew him. He was an avid Oriole fan. He was also a history buff who loved to read history books and loved to travel. He would talk to you about the history of Baltimore and all over the world.
My dad Francis Andrew Maggitti was my hero. Some of you known him as DAD, GRANDPOP, FRANCIS, FRANK, FRANKIE, FRANNIE AND MIDGE. He was the hardest worker I've known. He always was working hard to provide for his family and to give us a good life, which he did. He was made to work and that is what he did. We love you TREMENDOUSLY dad and you will be in our hearts always and forever.
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Sheikh Sina was founded by an EU initiative intended to equip Bedouin guides with hospitality management and language skills. The overall aim of the project is to improve mountain tourism operations in South Sinai by raising the quality of the already existing mountain hikes. Safety is of utmost importance, as are a stress on lowered environmental impacts. We also take the empowerment of local guides seriously and make sure that they are securing livelihoods through Sheikh Sina. Hikers will have a rich experience interacting with the Bedouin guides and experiencing South Sinai nature. The initiative has also assisted in building several Ecolodges in the South Sinai region.
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The End is Nigh, and Yonder: Cloud Catcher Chronicles
The End is Nigh, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
This week, Yahtzee reviews The End is Nigh and Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles.
You know, in this age of fear-mongering, populous takeover, increasing class divide, and Ed Sheeran cameos in Game of Thrones, a lot of people seem to take comfort in the fact that the mushroom cloud will probably drop soon and burn our eyes out while the radiation agonizingly dissolves our bodies from the inside out. Well, it's a lovely fantasy, millennials, but sadly we're an infuriatingly adaptable bunch, and if nuclear stormfire couldn't save us from the Bay City Rollers, it's not gonna save you from - discreetly Googles current Billboard Top 40 - Imagine Dragons. You're probably just gonna have to tough it out, but in the meantime, there's no harm in a bit of wholesome escapism with Edmund McMillan's new game, The End is Nigh.
Edmund McMillan is a game designer forged in the old 2000's Newgrounds Flash game era when everyone was learning that lack of censorship plus extremely low barrier for entry equals an awful lot of super-violent, poorly drawn cartoon games and animations about poo. McMillan stood out by making such games as Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac, actually quite well-designed super-violent cartoon games about poo. McMillan's hallmarks, besides poo, include high difficulty, a simplistic but highly animated art style mainly centered around squashy blobs of flesh, an obvious enthusiasm for retro games, and a grandiose apocalyptic sort of thing, so The End is Nigh represents all of his squishy blood-leaking poo monsters coming home to roost, so to speak.
It begins as a squashy blob of flesh retro playing video games before realizing he has to step into the grandiose apocalyptic setting to make things highly difficult for himself. The game is a 2D platformer with much of Super Meat Boy about it, except slower-paced and is theoretically open-world as opposed to Super Meat Boy's level-based structure. In practice though, each room is an individual challenge and there's not much point in coming back to each one once you have the bandage- I mean, tumor, so it might as well have been level-based for all it mattered. Well, I suppose you might want to come back if you get off on watching water balloons full of gravy explode, but there are plenty of places where you can enjoy that particular spectacle, such as every square inch of the fucking game!
Hey, look at me, world! I'm about to say that this high difficulty game is too hard! That's right, now you have a whole brain cell dedicated to me saying that and you'll never get it back! Yeah, genius, it's supposed to be hard, but a slower difficulty ramp-up would be nice. Difficulty curve, not difficulty wall, not difficulty overhang slick with eagle jizz.
Feels like every time a new element is introduced, it's demonstrated precisely once and then we're immediately called upon to pixel-perfect footsie-jump off it with the exact timing necessary to miss a gargoyle's deadly swinging bellend piercing by one eighth of an inch. And if that's what you want, then I can recommend The End is Nigh, as well as possibly hiring a therapist to work through your self-destructive urges.
I like hard games, you know that, but The End is Nigh just isn't grabbing me, and I think it's because I don't get a sense that there'll be any reward for putting myself through the trials. I repeatedly pound my testicles with a hammer because I'm trying to save money on a vasectomy, not just for the sake of it. Super Meat Boy had stuff to unlock, a squashy flesh-blob princess to rescue, a dizzying array of secrets, a lively air of fun, and a varied pallette of blood-reds and poo-browns, and End is Nigh just feels like Super Meat Boy with none of any of that. Your only reward is more harder challenges. Fucking hell, at least Sisyphus was getting regular exercise!
In brief, I don't think The End is Nigh has enough going on. I turn on, it goes "Hello, everything has gone to shit. I'm shit, you're shit, the world is shit, why don't you come outside and see how shit it is and will continue to be whatever you do?" And then I turn off the TV news and play The End is Nigh instead which gives a very similar vibe, and I don't feel particularly motivated to stick with it. I'm not saying it needs to promise me chocolate buttons and snuggles under a rainbow, just something other than more opportunities to get remorsely pounded like I'm a turd that's trying to stomp through a shower drain.
I thought I'd better play something from the opposite end of the open-world spectrum as well this week, if only to stave off the voices, and Steam obligingly belched up the rather ungainly titled Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, an open-world, crafty-explorey, hoarding time-wasty, ooh-nicey-strokey-animals game.
The vibe I was getting from it was Harvest Moon by way of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: build a farm inside a freely explorable sandbox world, and help lots of people who are all perfectly alright, except they're missing five moose scrotums for their husband's sausage factory. Also, the art style reminded me of a Playmobil pirate ship I used to have when I was a kid, especially at the beginning when you're on a pirate ship although thankfully this one didn't have the spring-loaded cannons with the projectiles that get lost in the carpet for the guinea pig to one day choke to death on.
A ship in an intro sequence to a fantasy exploration game is of course an equivalent to a helicopter in the intro to an action game, so naturally it's wrecked for no adequate reason and we're deposited on a beach to start our quest. What was our quest again, Yonder: The Cow Tipper Chronicles? "Uhhhhh... pick up some stuff." Anything else? "Uhhhhh... talk to those guys." I talked to those guys, Yonder, and they told me to pick up some stuff. "Well, there you go then."
I think the key phrase that sums up the Yonder experience is "What the fuck am I supposed to do with this?" It is the final destination for every path that you take.
You explore the island, find a hidden ore vein in a cave, mine it for copper, then you have some copper. What the fuck am I supposed to do with this?
Oh look, a place where I can build a bridge if I bring it twenty sticks, ten vines and a tube of Pritt Stick. It leads me to an island with a treasure chest containing a vajazzling kit. What the fuck am I supposed to do with this?
I think we're supposed to be setting up farms, so we search the land and find the places where farms can be built and build farms on them. What the fuck am I-
"Wait, now we can find a wild cow, wave a Curly-Wurly under its nose and lead it back to the farm to make it your cow."
Okay, what the f-
"Tu-tu-tu-tu-tah. Now find an NPC whose face you particularly don't like and you'd like to go away. Feed it the entire contents of your fridge and they'll go off and run your farm for you. There, you see? Now you got free milk coming out of the farm whenever you want it."
And what the fuck am I supposed do with-
"Look, if you like directions so much, maybe we can get you a fucking kaleidoscope!"
As far as I can tell, Yonder is a game about becoming the island's random crap baron on the offchance that some of the random crap will be required for one of the many fetch quests or crafting recipes, thus resulting in you having even more random crap. You can't even sell the random crap 'cos the shop will only exchange it for different random crap! It's like dealing in fucking Bitcoins!
Honestly though, Yonder's main fault is a failure to commit. Either do the free exploration scavenger hunt or the farming sim because they don't mix well. One is about constantly moving on, and the other sitting in one place, behind a cow, elbow-deep in colon like the sorter at a punctuation factory.
The end of this video is nigh: Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
Of course not every Newgrounds Flash game is about blood or poo, some of them have tits as well
Funny how no one talks about 'I Wanna Be That Guy' anymore
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Among the most defining characteristics of our species is our capacity for a rich sense of self and depth of our social cognition. How does the human brain build models of ourselves and other people, and how do we use this information to guide our behavior in the real world? My research aims to better understand the biological mechanisms and individual differences in these domains of psychology. Specifically, I am interested in the shared and dissociable psychological processes that underlie self-representation and social cognition and their representation in the brain. Employing methods such as multimodal neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI and DTI) and machine learning, my work investigates how these processes are reflected in the structure and function of specific networks of the brain and how they predict individual differences in each domain. As such, work in my lab broadly draws on theoretical and methodological approaches from personality and social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary theory, and data science.
Chavez, R.S., Heatherton, T.H., & Wagner, D.D. (2017). Neural population decoding reveals the intrinsic positivity of the self. Cerebral Cortex, 11(1), 5222-5229.
Chavez, R.S., Heatherton, T.H., & Wagner, D.D. (in press). Neural population decoding reveals the intrinsic positivity of the self. Cerebral Cortex.
Chavez, R.S. & Heatherton, T.H. (2017). Structural integrity of frontostriatal connections predicts longitudinal changes in self-esteem. Social Neuroscience, 12(3), 280-286.
Chavez, R.S. & Heatherton, T.H. (2015). Multimodal frontostriatal connectivity underlies individual differences in self-esteem. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(3), 364-370.
Chavez, R.S. & Heatherton, T.H. (2015). Representational similarity of social and valence information in the medial pFC. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 27(1), 73-82.


When designing volunteer training, your biggest challenge may be how to create a complete program that doesn't scare volunteers away.
Often, organizations have daunting amounts of information volunteers must learn in order to perform with confidence. Programs must be assured that volunteers know their role so that they can manage risk. Volunteers want to learn new things, have fun, and deliver on their missions with pride.
So, how can volunteer and program needs be balanced? By developing training that works with the brain, not against it.
Wondering what your volunteers think about your training?
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This two-page form assesses learners confidence, the instructor, facilities, methods and media, and general satisfaction and includes fields for gathering open-ended comments.
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Based on how our brains learn, try these strategies to help volunteers learn without being overwhelmed.
If we practice the wrong thing for too long, we form "bad habits" that become ingrained. So, it is very important to get timely feedback before habits solidify.
The "stair step" structure is the most effective learning architecture for novices and is a great way to integrate timely practice into learning. With this approach, the instructor explains the concept, illustrates how to do the skill, invites learners to try it, and finally gives supportive feedback.
Interactivity is the key. It's not about designing for individual "learning styles" (a long-held training myth that has been debunked by research).
Case studies and scenarios lend themselves to this type of architecture and give volunteers the chance to practice before they try their new skills out in the real world.
Learning is also an emotional process that is fueled by hormones, three in particular.
Adrenaline, fueled by anxiety and our "fight or flight" response, makes it hard for the neurotransmitters to carry messages across the synapses in your brain; this causes some people to "blank out" on tests.
Dopamine is released in the brain when something is perceived as new, exciting, or rewarding. Dopamine also helps regulate movement and emotional responses; it enables us not only to see rewards but to also take action to move toward them. If dopamine levels are low, new information goes in one ear and out the other.
With these hormones in mind, build activities into your training that help volunteers relax and have fun, and be sure to reward them for achievements with praise as well as new information that piques their interest.
If we flood learners with too much information, mental overload occurs. In fact, research estimates that only 3-5 pieces of information can be stored in the working memory at a time. If our working memory is corrupted by cognitive overload, we are unable to store knowledge into our long-term memory.
Metacognitive skills make us aware of our own knowledge, the ability to understand, control and manipulate our own cognitive process. In short, it is how we learn to learn.


If you really don't like the idea of allowing age or prior injuries stop you from doing the things that you love, you have to find a way to stay strong and increase your level of flexibility even in the face of those factors. In that case, you might be interested in practicing a set of five different exercises that are commonly referred to either as the Fountain of Youth or the Five Rites. Similar in many ways to yoga, yet separate from it, these exercises are a great option for a youthful body. The best part is that they only take a few minutes to complete and they can help you increase strength, flexibility and help relieve pain. They also serve as great energy boosters to help you get through a long and demanding day. When you are just starting out, try five or so repetitions of each exercise. As you become stronger and more flexible, you can build up to around 21 repetitions.
Stand up with your arms straight out to the sides and your feet a shoulder width apart. Stare straight ahead and spin clockwise. Remember, you should only spin a couple of times when you are first getting started. This might be enough to make you dizzy. If it is, point your thumbs toward your heart and stare at that particular spot. If necessary, make sure that there is a comfortable place to sit down nearby just in case. Remember to breathe deeply, inhaling and exhaling as you spin.
Lie flat on the floor with your arms straight out at your sides, so that they are almost touching your legs. Inhale, raising your legs straight up together and bringing your chin to your chest. If possible, try to pull your legs over your head. The idea is to pull your legs toward the upper part of your torso while keeping them straight until you start to feel your muscles pull. Hold the position for a moment, then return to your starting position as you exhale.
Kneel with your hands on the back of your thighs. Inhale as you force your hands straight down while simultaneously lifting your head up. Exhale and return to your starting position. This exercise will open up your upper back, helping to relieve pain and stiffness in the area.
Sit on the floor with your legs extended straight out. Put your palms on the floor directly in line with your shoulders. Inhale and lift your torso so that your knees are bent and you are perpendicular to the floor. Hold this position for a moment while simultaneously holding your breath. After a few seconds, exhale as you return to the starting position. Don't get discouraged if you find this particular exercise particularly challenging. As you build up more strength and flexibility, it will get easier. Push yourself, but only to the point that you can do so safely. The last thing you want to do is suffer some type of injury that will only cause an additional set back.
Lie on your stomach with your palms down, in line with your shoulders. Inhale while forcing your upper body straight up. If you are familiar with yoga, you will know this as the cobra pose. Next, slide your feet forward as you draw your hips inward and upward into the downward-facing dog position. Slowly, return to the starting position as you exhale. This exercise is great for building strength in the arms and shoulders, not to mention increasing flexibility in your lower body and opening up any tension that might exist in your back. It also serves as a great exercise for enhancing abdominal muscles and strengthening your core.
The last thing you might want to do is practice body rolling. You can purchase a device made just for this purpose, or you can use one of those foam noodles that are so popular in swimming pools or even a piece of PVC pipe. The idea is to roll the device over all of the major muscle groups in your body. There are many benefits to doing this, including increased blood flow, thereby promoting better healing of injuries. It also breaks down scar tissue and helps provide you with better flexibility. In the end, it can reduce the amount of soreness that you experience from this or any other workout program.
Who doesn't want to have better flexibility and a stronger body? The idea that you can get stronger and more flexible from doing these exercises should make everyone want to participate. Even when you incorporate body rolling, you only have to spend a few minutes each morning doing these exercises. Some people incorporate them in the morning and in the evening as their sole exercise routine. Even if you only have a little time to spare, you owe it to yourself the get up just 15 or 20 minutes earlier so you can accomplish these Five Rites. Before you know it, you can feel stronger, less sore and more flexible. Soon, you will understand why they call these exercises the Fountain of Youth.


San Jose's iconic light tower, which last stood more than a century ago, has returned downtown as a new addition to Christmas in the Park this year. Related ArticlesDecember 3, 2015100 years ago today, San Jose's landmark Electric Tower collapsedCounting its bases — which look like big toy blocks — the metal tower stands about 40 feet high, a far cry from the original, which was 237 feet high, or even the replica at History Park, which is 115 feet high. Otherwise, the new tower captures the right look, with a few extra touches. Its frame is lined with LEDs instead of incandescent bulbs, and the new tower is topped with a starburst lamp — which looks a little more festive than the original. In addition to a solid white light, the tower can be programmed to display multiple colors that seem to dance up and down.
Easystreet, they say, was a "party in a box.", Easystreet was feathers and fishnets, sequins and spandex, fog machines and face-painting and glitter, Gobs and gobs of glitter, Easystreet was "Italo-disco meets techno meets house with pop sensibility," said one fan, and "just wild passion — all your dreams combined into this ballet necklace- dancers gift- sterling silver- ballerina jewelry- recital gift- dance coach- ballet slipper- dancers necklace wild, crazy experience," said another, Easystreet was Velvet Chang and Michael Blitzen, aka Chelsea Faith Dolan and Travis Hough — two among the 36 who perished at the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland nearly a year ago..
Of course, some may be so dazzled by the show's eye candy that little else matters. The dancing anthills, the swaying grassland headdresses, the stilt-walking giraffes and the 13-foot-long elephant are endlessly enchanting as they cavort up and down the aisles. One caveat: While I am a huge believer in introducing children to the magic of the theater, toddlers might be too young. Short attention spans may well melt down before the final curtain, so 6 and older is a safer bet. Also, make sure to get to the theater early, as lines for the restroom are long. Packing a snack will save you from having to choose between the potty and the concessions at intermission. And be to pick up one of the booster cushions the theater offers so that your little theater-goer can drink in the lavish visuals as well as any grown-up.
Despite all that, Reeder points out that "Bus Barn has never been in debt — and this is our 17th season.", Likely the most innovative approach to easing theater money problems is the one taken by Hillbarn Theatre's Lee Foster, With two master's degrees (business administration and fine arts) under her belt, Foster says that money management is "what I'm best at.", Hillbarn also has a leg up on many other theater companies, because a few years ago "We paid off the mortgage on our building, It's a wonderful feeling not to have ballet necklace- dancers gift- sterling silver- ballerina jewelry- recital gift- dance coach- ballet slipper- dancers necklace that hanging over your head."..
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The town, founded in 1995 by the Rosemary Beach Land Co. and its president Patrick Bienvenue, is a vacation hot spot that was recently named one of the top places to visit this summer by tripadvisor.com.
According to visitors, the charm, tranquility and the shops make Rosemary Beach special.
Michael Ann and Becky Crawford were window shopping recently at Tracery Interiors, a small interior design shop. Although the sisters were staying in Destin, they chose to drive the 30 minutes to Rosemary Beach to get a vacation from their vacation.
The people who visit aren't looking for water parks or the party scene. Instead, they are drawn to the town's quiet appeal.
With its brick roads and Bohemian feel, Rosemary Beach has a small-town handshake with the pulse of a vibrant city. On any given day you'll see colorful bikes strewn across a lawn, children playing in the sprinklers, an art show at World Six Gallery or people enjoying one of the many restaurants.
For tourists Katherine Godwin and her boyfriend Ed Brink, Rosemary Beach was a definite spot to hit.
"We're actually staying in Panama City Beach, but we wanted to get away and come here for the day because it has more charm," Godwin said.
Neither of them was surprised to hear that Rosemary Beach is rated one of the top places to visit this summer.
"We like it here because it's peaceful and quiet," Godwin said.
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Washington Post Reporter Patricia Sullivan, Who Covered Arlington and Alexandria, Retires
Matt Blitz January 6, 2021 at 11:45am
(Updated on 1/8/20) Long-time Washington Post reporter Patricia Sullivan, who covered Arlington, Alexandria, and much of Northern Virginia, has retired from the paper.
Some personal news: I'm retiring from the Washington Post today. Feeling lucky because so many better journalists didn't have this choice. Please support journalism by subscribing to your local newspaper, news site or news station. It's imperative for our democracy.
— Patricia Sullivan (@psullivan1) December 31, 2020
The retirement was effective as of January 1. Sullivan started with the newspaper in 2001 as the local technology editor. In 2012, she became the go-to reporter for everything related to D.C.'s closest Virginia suburbs.
She's covered everything from why more than 2 million Northern Virginia residents lost 911 emergency service after a 2012 summer storm to Arlington's success in housing military veterans to Amazon's arrival in the region.
Sullivan would also occasionally be taken off the local beat by the Post to cover major national news events, like hurricane landfalls.
Prior to her time covering Northern Virginia at the Washington Post, Sullivan wrote obituaries for the paper's Metro section, was the local technology editor covering tech companies in the D.C.-area, and helped teach the newsroom new content management systems.
She began her career as an intern at the Milwaukee Journal. Since, she's worked and reported at the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Missoulian, San Jose Mercury News, and the Industry Standard. She was awarded a John S. Knight Fellowship in 1992.
In total, her career spanned more than four decades.
Sullivan's replacement on the beat has not been named as of yet, according Washingtonian's Andrew Beaujon, though the paper plans on filling the role.
I asked the Washington Post whether it had named a replacement for @psullivan1 on the Arlington/Alexandria beat. The Post tells me it plans to fill her role but didn't offer any names.
— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) January 4, 2021
Sullivan herself noted on social media this could take a few months, but current staff will fill-in in the meantime.
When reached via Twitter messenger, Sullivan declined an interview.
A memo regarding Patricia Sullivan's retirement from Post Local editors was sent to the Washington Post newsroom staff. The full memo from the Post is below.
We are sad to announce that Patricia Sullivan is retiring after 19 years at The Post.
Pat started at The Post in September 2001 as the local technology editor in Business. She then worked in Metro, writing news obituaries on the biggest names of the day — pastors to potato chip purveyors, scientists and socialites. "Somewhat to my surprise, it's incredibly interesting and wide-ranging," Pat once said of the role. She went on to help train the newsroom in Methode before she returned to reporting for Metro, where she has been covering Arlington and Alexandria for the past eight years.
Pat's deep well of sources and diligent reporting landed numerous scoops, including that Amazon had chosen Crystal City as a site for its much-coveted East Coast expansion. Her contributions strengthened and deepened The Post's stories on Amazon's development, and she wrote movingly and authoritatively about the potential effects of the deal on the surrounding neighborhoods. Pat wrote compelling pieces about life in two of the District's most densely populated and liberal suburbs, including fights over a "spite house" in Del Ray and a gun shop in Arlington. She penned several memorable stories about the slave trade in Alexandria. She traveled to West Virginia, where she produced a poignant story about one community's division over a new Rockwool plant, played a lead role in chronicling the historic passage of the ERA in Virginia and was a stalwart member of Team America's hurricane and natural disaster response team.
Always a kind and unfailingly generous colleague, Pat happily pitched in on stories that needed a team effort, whether it involved Virginia politics or the daily ledealls on the novel coronavirus.
Pat began her journalism career as an intern at the Milwaukee Journal before moving on to roles at the Joliet Herald News, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, the Missoulian, the San Jose Mercury News and the Industry Standard. She was a John S. Knight Fellow in 1992-1993, a longtime Journalism and Women Symposium leader and role model for female journalists. She also was a pioneer in developing a website for the Missoulian and one of the first email newsletters of tech news for the Mercury News.
We will miss her and we wish her well on her next adventure.
Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu, courtesy of The Washington Post.
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Brain sex differences clue to disease
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Men and women really do have different brains - although the reasons for this and the effects remain uncertain, researchers reported yesterday.
A Cambridge University study found significant differences between men and women in the average sizes of different parts of the brain.
Researchers found that on average men have larger brain sizes than women - by about 13%.
But there were also regions of the brain which, on average, were larger in women than men.
The researchers, reporting in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, say the findings have implications for the study of psychiatric diseases.
The findings come from an analysis of some 126 articles published over a 20-year period reporting on brain sizes.
Researcher Professor Simon Baron-Cohen said: "Although these very clear sex differences in brain structure may reflect an environmental or social factor, from other studies we know that biological influences are also important, including prenatal sex steroid hormones (such as foetal testosterone) as well as sex chromosome effects.
"Such influences need to be teased out, one by one."
Fellow researcher Amber Ruigrok said: "For the first time we can look across the vast literature and confirm that brain size and structure are different in males and females.
"We should no longer ignore sex in neuroscience research, especially when investigating psychiatric conditions that are more prevalent in either males or females."
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The children of ep1 red here at Varee Chiangmai International School are currently reading The Elves and the Shoemaker.
In order to enhance their learning and understanding of this text could you please ensure your child watches the short YouTube video below.
This short animated story uses similar graded vocabulary as their reading book.
The children will receive a new reading book in approximately 2 weeks.
EP1 Red's current reading book.
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Thank you very much for your beautiful and very positive comment. It has been my pleasure to teach your son Gerrard. I will miss him very much. Thank you again!
Dear Jia Jia's Mother. Thank you very much for your beautiful words. It has made me feel very happy and proud to read them. It has been an honour to teach your daughter this year and I will miss her dearly! I would like to take this opportunity to wish you your family and especially young Jia Jia all the very best in life. Thank you again!!!