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I'm pretty sure that yesterday (and the day before!) was the hottest day on the planet. It was so blazing hot, I felt like the air was thick enough to cut with a knife. I guess I'm just being a wimp because I'm not used to such heat…so I had think of ways to cool down. I drank a lot of water, wore shorts, sat in front of the fan, and ate a popsicle. (People, this is how it's done!) Thanks to this crazy delicious frozen treat my brilliant sister whipped up, I survived what I'm certain must be the hottest day of the summer.
This is a great summer treat for kids, instead of those garbage freezies, slushies, or frozen chemical concoctions that are loaded with sugar. The yogurt gives it a lovely creaminess, which I like! I grew up with my Mom always making homemade popsicles for us and I have such good memories of wandering about the yard all sticky with orange juice. Actually, I never liked being sticky. That said, I think they are just a wonderful, healthy way to beat the heat, especially since they're like 30 calories each!
*Test taste to the sweetness to what you like. You can also use honey, agave nectar, or any other natural sweetener. I like Truvia, because it is all natural and calorie free!
Mix all the ingredients together and pour into your popsicle molds. Freeze. And it's that simple. With the molds we used this made 12 popsicles.
Guess what I'm up to this week? I'm going on a little holiday with the family! We're going to a little cottage by a lake with some new friends and we're going to just hang out for a couple days. After that, our family band has to head out for a weekend of singing…so you might not hear from me for a few days. Rest assured I'm alive (unless my plans to learn windsurfing backfire!)…and probably having a blast swimming, tanning, and then off with the family band! We haven't gotten away in months, so this will be a nice change!
What's your favourite frozen treat? Have you had your summer holidays yet?
These look like a refreshing treat, and certainly a healthier alternative to the strawberry ice cream I seem to be indulging in the past few weeks! I used to make frozen juice pops when I was little. Enjoy your time at the lake!
simple and delicious – my fav! It's so hot right now, I want to jump through the screen and eat one!
Yum! It's really time for a popsicle here too, the heat is unbearable.
I can't wait to make these with my daughter. Thanks for sharing!
I've been on a huge popsicle kick with the weather being so hot and humid lately…these look tasty and super refreshing!
Yum! Aussie oranges have been so good this year, I might try making these with fresh oranges!


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Home PRESS RELEASES WEDC: Announces applications open Feb. 22 for second round of Workforce Innovation...
WEDC: Announces applications open Feb. 22 for second round of Workforce Innovation Grants
Up to $40.5 million in grants available to promote local and regional solutions
to workforce challenges
MADISON, FEB. 10, 2022 – Applications will open February 22, 2022, for the second round of Workforce Innovation Grants of up to $10 million to local and regional projects that will help meet the state's next-generation workforce needs, Governor Tony Evers announced today.
The Workforce Innovation Grant Program provides a total of $100 million to communities to develop groundbreaking, long-term solutions so businesses can find workers, workers can connect to jobs, and Wisconsin can thrive, Governor Evers said. In December, Governor Evers announced the first round of 12 Workforce Innovation Grant recipients, who will receive up to a total of $59.5 million.
"Wisconsinites are hardworking by nature — it's in our DNA — so, with record-low unemployment and the lowest number of people unemployed in state history, we're working to find creative, sustainable solutions to the most pressing workforce challenges facing our state," he said. "In the first round, this program provided critical funds to expand access to childcare for working families, increase opportunities for job training and reskilling, and foster entrepreneurship in communities. I look forward to awarding grants in this second round to projects that continue to tear down barriers to employment for workers across our state."
The first round of projects funded by Workforce Innovation Grants include public-private partnerships to train and attract health care workers throughout rural Wisconsin; develop next-generation advanced manufacturing employees in west-central and southeast Wisconsin; expand affordable, high-quality child care in Door County, Green County, and south-central Wisconsin; create pipelines of young, educated workers in Milwaukee; train construction and skilled craft workers throughout the state; foster a culture of entrepreneurship in Kenosha; and enable incarcerated individuals to earn undergraduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin System.
The Workforce Innovation Grant Program offers grants from $250,000 up to $10 million to regional economic development partners to design and implement innovative plans to tackle their communities' most pressing workforce challenges.
The grants, which are funded with federal American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) money, will be available to nonprofit or governmental entities to help implement collaborative, innovative plans to tackle a specific region's most pressing workforce challenge.
Grant funds can be used to meet local workforce needs, such as childcare, transportation issues, upskilling and re-skilling workers, or career counseling and coaching services, and may be used to support initiatives like training, planning, marketing, or developing pilot programs that can be applied in other communities. Grant funds cannot be used to replace existing public resources.
The grants are administered through an interagency effort between the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Department of Workforce Development (DWD).
WEDC secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, DWD secretary-designee Amy Pechacek, and other Cabinet secretaries have been meeting with recipients of the first-round grants to learn more about the projects and how the state can ensure they succeed.
"The most exciting part of these grants is the way communities have come together and really worked out unique, groundbreaking solutions that will meet their current and long-term workforce needs," said Secretary Hughes.
"To build on Wisconsin's unprecedented economic turnaround and fully utilize our potential talent, this next round of Workforce Innovation Grants will support regional partners in their efforts to tackle local challenges," said DWD Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek. "In addition to removing employment barriers, we're excited to see how these grants will be used to connect workers with in-demand skills and rewarding employment opportunities."
Grant applications, frequently asked questions, and program guidelines will be available on the WEDC website at wedc.org/workforce-innovation-grant. A webinar on the updated application process is scheduled for 12 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Feb. 15.
Applications for Round 2 grants are due no later than 5:00 p.m. CST on April 15, 2022, with awards announced in the summer of 2022.

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Upon smelting Infinium Ore it will provide you with one Infinium Nugget when when 9 nuggets are crafted together it will give you an Infinium Ingot with is needed to craft an Infinium Sword, an Infinium Chestplate, and the Infinity Sphere: Which can be used to Grant an Infinity tool Max upgrades!
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Although they have the same nominal voltage as the ML (Lithium Manganese Dioxide) series the charging voltage is slightly higher (3.25-3.55V instead of 2.95-3.25V). To obtain the higher charging voltage simply bridge D451 (the diode which points towards the battery) with a jumper wire.
I've recently replaced the battery on an MDS-JE520 with a Panasonic VL3032, these have higher capacity (100mAh instead of 25mAh) but cost less than £5 delivered. The inner edges of the solder tags can be trimmed with side cutters so that the new battery fits the existing battery mounting holes.
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Enhanced Endo's approach for evaluating free-surface Green's function with application to wave-structure interactions
Yingyi Liu, Peiwen Cong, Ying Gou, Shigeo Yoshida, Masashi Kashiwagi
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The Green function of the diffraction-radiation theory of time-harmonic waves under a moderate water depth is considered. The paper presents a newly developed enhanced algorithm based on Endo's approach, which employs a direct Gauss-Laguerre quadrature in the calculation of the principal value integrations. This methodology was firstly originated from Endo (1983), and had been subsequently improved by Liu et al. (2008) and Shan et al. (2019). Unfortunately, the latest version of Endo's approach still has two fatal problems with (1) incredibly large or small values at some "weird frequencies", and (2) nonsense values in the high-frequency region under a large depth. The present algorithm proposes special techniques for the removal of the singularities at these "weird frequencies", and provides special treatments to avoid exceeding hardware's limitation when the input parameter k0h is overlarge. The developed algorithm is thereafter tested against a variety of sea conditions, via a comparison with Newman's polynomial algorithm (Newman, 1985), certifying its good accuracy in various circumstances. By carrying out a benchmark test on the DeepCwind semisubmersible, through a comparison with Shan's algorithm (Shan et al., 2019) and the commericial software Hydrostar®, the cause of the occurrence of the "weird frequencies" is found, in association with other important findings. The computations demonstrate that the present enhanced algorithm is free from the preceding problems and is sufficiently accurate to compute wave loads in practice.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107377
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Liu, Y., Cong, P., Gou, Y., Yoshida, S., & Kashiwagi, M. (2020). Enhanced Endo's approach for evaluating free-surface Green's function with application to wave-structure interactions. Ocean Engineering, 207, [107377]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107377
Enhanced Endo's approach for evaluating free-surface Green's function with application to wave-structure interactions. / Liu, Yingyi; Cong, Peiwen; Gou, Ying その他.
In: Ocean Engineering, Vol. 207, 107377, 01.07.2020.
Liu, Y, Cong, P, Gou, Y, Yoshida, S & Kashiwagi, M 2020, 'Enhanced Endo's approach for evaluating free-surface Green's function with application to wave-structure interactions', Ocean Engineering, vol. 207, 107377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107377
Liu Y, Cong P, Gou Y, Yoshida S, Kashiwagi M. Enhanced Endo's approach for evaluating free-surface Green's function with application to wave-structure interactions. Ocean Engineering. 2020 7月 1;207:107377. doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107377
Liu, Yingyi ; Cong, Peiwen ; Gou, Ying その他. / Enhanced Endo's approach for evaluating free-surface Green's function with application to wave-structure interactions. In: Ocean Engineering. 2020 ; Vol. 207.
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Chapter 258: Spine Trauma
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Go S. Go S Go, Steven.Spine Trauma. In: Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski J, Ma O, Yealy DM, Meckler GD, Cline DM. Tintinalli J.E., & Stapczynski J, & Ma O, & Yealy D.M., & Meckler G.D., & Cline D.M.(Eds.),Eds. Judith E. Tintinalli, et al.eds. Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e. McGraw-Hill; Accessed January 20, 2021. https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1658&sectionid=109387434
Go S. Go S Go, Steven. (2016). Spine trauma. Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski J, Ma O, Yealy DM, Meckler GD, Cline DM. Tintinalli J.E., & Stapczynski J, & Ma O, & Yealy D.M., & Meckler G.D., & Cline D.M.(Eds.),Eds. Judith E. Tintinalli, et al. Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e. McGraw-Hill. https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1658&sectionid=109387434
Go S. Go S Go, Steven. "Spine Trauma." Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski J, Ma O, Yealy DM, Meckler GD, Cline DM. Tintinalli J.E., & Stapczynski J, & Ma O, & Yealy D.M., & Meckler G.D., & Cline D.M.(Eds.),Eds. Judith E. Tintinalli, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2016, https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1658&sectionid=109387434.
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY
PREHOSPITAL CARE
INITIAL ED STABILIZATION
TREATMENT AND DISPOSITION OF SPINAL COLUMN INJURIES
PRACTICE GUIDELINES AND USEFUL WEB RESOURCES
Trauma to the spine can cause a vertebral spinal column injury, a spinal cord injury, or both. A few studies have tried to estimate the annual incidence of spinal column injury in the general population with results ranging from 11.8 to 64 cases per 100,000,1,2 but no current figures are available for the U.S. population. In contrast, the estimated annual incidence of spinal cord injury in the United States is 40 cases per million or 12,000 new cases per year, with 81% male victims, a mean age of 42.6 years, and a 67% Caucasian predominance.3 Since 2010, the leading causes of spinal cord injury are vehicular (37%), falls (29%), and violence (14%). Lifetime costs for spinal cord injury victims vary according to age at time of injury, severity of injury, and socioeconomic status; however, estimates range in millions of dollars per patient.3
The vertebral column is composed of 33 vertebrae: 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 fused sacral, and 4 (usually fused) coccygeal. The axial vertebrae (C1 and C2) are anatomically unique in that they are designed for rotary motion. The odontoid (dens) of the axis (C2) is held against the atlas (C1) by the strong transverse ligament. The remaining vertebrae share some common anatomical features (Figure 258-1). A typical subaxial vertebra is composed of an anterior body and a posterior vertebral arch. The vertebral arch is comprised of two pedicles, two laminae, and seven processes (one spinous, two transverse, and four articular). These articulations enable the spine to engage in flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation, or circumduction (combination of all movements). The orientation of these articular facet joints changes at different levels of the spine and accounts for variations in motion of specific regions of the vertebral column. Due to its inherent flexibility, the cervical spine is the most commonly injured region of the spinal column, with most injuries occurring at the C2 level and from C5 to C7.4 The second most common region of injury is in the thoracolumbar transition zone.
FIGURE 258-1.
Vertebral anatomy. Each vertebra consists of a vertebral body and posterior element. Vertebrae are stabilized by an anterior longitudinal ligament, posterior ligament, and interspinous ligament.
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A series of ligaments serves to maintain alignment of the spinal column. The anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments run along the vertebral bodies. Surrounding the vertebral arch are the ligamentum flavum and the supraspinous, interspinous, intertransverse, and capsular ligaments. Between adjacent vertebral bodies are the intervertebral disks, consisting of a peripheral annulus fibrosus and a central nucleus pulposus. The intervertebral disks act as shock absorbers to distribute axial load. When compressive forces exceed the absorptive capacity of the disk, the annulus fibrosus ruptures. This allows the nucleus pulposus ...


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LSCC aims to improve
By Kevin Callanan and Special to the Sentinel
LEESBURG -- The calendar says it is still January, but Lake-Sumter Community College's schedule says it is baseball season.
The Lakers start their season today when they host Pensacola College at 3 p.m. in what is the first game in a two-game series between the two schools. They will play again on Saturday at 1 p.m. at LSCC.
There's always an added level of anticipation and fresh optimism when a season begins, and longtime Coach Mike Matulia is ready to cut the ribbon on the new campaign.
"It's going to be interesting to see what happens," Matulia said. "I like the makeup of our players and how they gel together as a team. They'll go out there and compete."
The Lakers are coming off a 19-24 record last season, and they'll square off again in the six-team Suncoast Conference against defending champ St. Petersburg College, runner-up Manatee, Hillsborough, Pasco-Hernando and Polk.
"St. Pete and Manatee are the teams to beat -- they always are," said Matulia. "But we've gotta beat them all."
Right-handed sophomore starter Ben Andrews maintains a poker-face on the mound, but he is wound up at the prospect of mowing down opposing hitters.
"It's been hard to sleep lately, thinking about the season," said Andrews, a Leesburg grad. "I've never been this excited about a team. Everyone's great; we're solid all around.
"We've got a long road ahead of us, that's for sure, but these guys are all committed to getting the job done."
Andrews is one of four returning pitchers on the Laker staff, along with Travis Rogers, Jason Durst and Max Keleher. Matulia is counting on the experience they gained last year to help them this season.
"We have a good group," Matulia said "We have sophomore pitchers to provide a lot of leadership and position players to help."
Andrews is eager to utilize his experience.
"You feel a lot better going into the season, knowing what to expect. That's a plus," said Andrews.
Rogers, a sophomore righty out of Okeechobee, is forecast to be an integral part of the starting rotation.
"Travis is a control guy who knows how to pitch," Matulia said. "He stays around the plate, changes speeds well and uses all his pitches effectively."
Apopka lefty Kevin Wabbe will get plenty of starting chances as well.
But if any starter finds himself in hot water, Matulia will feel confident calling down to the bullpen for his closer Durst, a 2006 Arizona Diamondbacks draftee and an All-Suncoast Conference first-team performer last season who also took home Fireman of the Year honors.
"He's a fastball-slider guy who throws 90-91 [mph] on a regular basis," Matulia said.
Local talent Kyle DiGiacomo of Tavares also will pull relief duty.
Left fielder Tim Dye and shortstop Cody Storey will be looking to drive in runs for the Lakers while hitting in the heart of the order.
"They're both big and strong. They'll be key guys in our lineup; they'll hit either 3-4 or 4-5," Matulia said. "Storey is a good runner with an arm. He's going to be a player. He's a pro prospect."
The coach also likes what he sees so far in Dye, a former football/baseball standout from East Ridge.
First baseman Tommy Huether, out of Bishop Verot in Fort Myers, is already a Lakers legacy. He follows two of his older siblings to become the third brother after J.D. and Bubba to wear the Lakers uniform. Matulia is counting on Huether to provide power and give protection to both Dye and Storey in the lineup.
Nick D'Amico is a returnee whose defensive versatility makes him a valuable commodity. D'Amico only committed one error last season despite seeing time at five different positions.


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The ACRPS has published the eighth issue of its quarterly peer-reviewed journal Omran, a journal dedicated to the social sciences and humanities. This issue of Omran is entitled "Zionist Colonialism in Practice: The Palestine Situation" and includes the following studies: "Zionism and Imperialism" (Elia Zureik); "Demography and Conflict in the Israel/Palestine Context" (Youssef Courbage); "Political Economy in the Analysis of the Palestinian Movement," (Tawfiq Haddad) and "Political Struggle and the Academy" (Illan Pappe); "Why Do We Care So Much About What Others Think? An Introduction to Sociological Epistemology (Hisham Khabbash) "The Formation of the Individual and the Constituents of Individuality in Tunisian Society" (Adel Belhage Rahouma). In the book review section, Walid Noueihed reviews a number of books recently published by the ACRPS relating to the Arab uprisings, and Yahya Bin Waleed presents readings from the Arabic translation of Moroccan Hassan Rachik's Le proche et le lointain: un siècle d'anthopologie au Maroc [The Proximate and the Distant: A Century of Anthropology in Morocco]. The ACRPS's Nerouz Satik reviews a group of works, including Amal Tantawi's "The Marginalized of Upper Egypt, Walid al Zabidi's Volcano: The Story of the Launch of the Iraqi Resistance", and Wajih Kawtharani's "The Problematics of State and Community and Issues of Methodology in Lebanese Historical Writing". The final book review is Ziad Mona's discussion of Records of Dispossession: Palestinian Refugee Property and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Michael Fischbach. The issue closes with a report on the ACRPS's Third Annual Conference of Social Sciences and Humanities, held in Tunisia from March 20 to March 22, 2014.
Elia Zureik
Theme of the Issue
Zionism and Colonialism
Zureik explores the nature of Zionism and its colonial practices, with the objective of demystifying the Zionist myth and narrative, claiming that Zionism is endowed with a uniqueness that sets it apart from the Western colonialism.
Youssef Kerbage
Demography and Conflicts in the context of Israel/Palestine. Forecasts for the future
The subject of demographic conflict in Palestine has recently received additional momentum after the January 2013 Knesset elections in Israel.
Toufic Haddad
Reinserting Political Economy into Palestinian Policy Analysis and Movement
Political economy analysis harbors powerful tools for conceptualizing the current state of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
Activism and Academia: The Case of Palestine
Sahera Bleibleh
Walking Through Walls: The Invisible War
Why Do We Care So Much About What Others Think? An Introduction to Sociological Epistemology
Adel Belhaj Rhouma
The Formation of the Individual and the Constituents of Individuality in Tunisian Society
Walid Noueihed
A Reading of the Arab Revolutions: Arab Societies between Acceptance of Revolution and the Potential of Counterrevolution
Yahia Ben al-Walid
Le proche et le lointain. Un siècle d'anthropologie au Maroc by Hassan Rachik
Records of Dispossession: Palestinian Refugee Property and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, a study in official archives and international sources
Nerouz Satik
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doctor in the house
Last Wednesday, Joe went up to Kentucky for his dissertation defense hearing. This was the day we had been anticipating for quite a while…like months. Years maybe.
Joe started the DMin (Doctor of Ministry) program at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky before we had kids. We went up to the campus for orientation and his first class in January of 2009. On his next trip I went again, but this time I was 8 months pregnant. The next time he went up, January 2010, Hannah was four months old. He has traveled up to Asbury twice a year for his coursework. That doesn't seem so bad. But the pre-course work (and the post-course work, too) was brutal. I can remember one of the trips being preceded by something like 15 books to read and write about.
The dissertation phase started nearly two years ago. Joe knew what he wanted to research and write about, a passion for him: health and fitness. And so the official title of his dissertation became: Improving Clergy Health through Scripture Reading and Exercise. Right up his alley, huh? And Lord knows clergy as a whole could stand to be in better health.
So for the last two years, he has worked painstakingly hard on this dissertation. Dissertation – a word that has been said so much in this house, Hannah first said it when she was just 2 1/2 years old {"I'm working on my dissertation," she'd tell people.} Joe has spent many "days off" at home, holed up in his office, working. And except for the occasional trip, two-day weekends have been few and far between.
In the course of this degree, we have had two children and moved to a new home (and new city). And obviously, Joe had a job change too: pastoring a new church. To say the last few years have been busy is a bit of an understatement. It's like this dissertation has taken on a life of its own (a very real and active life) and has, at the very least, been always-present in the backs of our minds.
The first milestone was the proposal hearing. Joe went up to Asbury in February for that. He came back home with some work to revise and lots, lots more to do in the months to come. For those that may not know (like me before I lived it), a dissertation is written in chapters. The "proposal" is chapters 1-3, which includes the background, the literature review, and the methodology. Discussion (data & results) and findings (analysis & summary) are chapters 4 and 5.
After finishing the work, sending to the editor, making necessary revisions, and sending to his mentor for final review, last Wednesday was the culmination. To defend his dissertation, Joe faced a committee of three: two professors & the head of the DMIN program, who would decide whether his dissertation was accepted, accepted with revisions (reworking), or deferred. I talked to Joe just as he went in the room at 2 o'clock, and anxiously awaited his call around 4. There was little doubt that he would do well. But how well was the question. What kind of questions would they ask? How many revisions would he have to make? We were confident he would be approved, but there was a wide range of possibilities in this 176-page document. Instead, the first thing he said to me was, "It couldn't have gone any better. No revisions!" What?! "Amazing" and "Radical" were two words they used to describe his work. When he walked back into the room, his mentor said "Congratulations, Dr. Buck." Praise God! Joe sounded so relieved and I was so happy.
I am relieved this phase of our lives is over. I am relieved that this is behind us and we can move on.
I am thankful that all of Joe's hard work has paid off and he did so well. I am thankful for the many prayers, thoughts, encouraging words, texts, and phone calls both Joe and I have received through this process and especially this last week.
I am excited about what this means for Joe's career in the ministry and what tools this degree has equipped him with to fulfill God's purposes for his life.
I am looking forward to the days ahead. I'm looking forward to weekends (which to us mean Friday-Saturday) where Joe can have the weekend to play, be with family, and start working on that honey-do list that has been building up. 🙂
Wednesday morning Hannah sent her daddy this video:
"I hope you have a good plane on your dissertation." Love it and love her. And yes, he did have a safe flight and did a good job on his dissertation. We are so proud of him!
There is a doctor in the house. Formally, it is The Reverend Doctor Joseph Alexander Buck, IV, but I think he'll accept Dr. Joe. 😉
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14 Spots for Late-Night Eats in Metro Phoenix
John Chakravarty and Cal Faber July 5, 2017 8:00AM
John Chakravarty
The Grand has a cozy feel, and good food, 24 hours a day.
Phoenix has a bad rep when it comes to late-night eats. We've all been there: You get out of a show, or meet up with friends for drinks, and then hunger strikes. Suddenly you are faced with the dilemma of where to get a bite without hitting a crappy drive-thru. Lucky for us night owls, options around the Valley are increasing. Now you can satisfy your late night cravings with everything from bibimbap to biscuits and gravy at these 15 open-after-dark restaurants.
Cornish Pasty Co. in downtown serves signature pasties sure to satisfy your late-night hunger.
Serves food until midnight; 2 a.m. downtown
Cornish Pasty Co. has been a staple of late-night cold drinks and warm, meat-filled pockets in Tempe since 2005. They now have five Valley locations (plus locations in Flagstaff and Las Vegas) Check out their new three-story location on Monroe Street in downtown Phoenix, where they serve until 2 a.m., and grab an Oggie, a traditional pasty stuffed with steak, potatoes, onion, and rutabaga, served with a side of red wine gravy or ketchup. Or go for a spicy Chicken Tikka Masala, if that's more your speed. Planning ahead? Order one par-baked to enjoy at home even later.
Enjoy sushi and hot sake after dark with Moira's late-night happy hour.
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Moira Sushi
Serves food until 2 a.m.
If you're in the mood for fresh sushi and hot sake after dark, Moira Sushi has you covered. On Friday and Saturday nights, the restaurant stays open until 2 a.m. with late-night happy hour pricing. They have a few noodle bowls, but the majority of their menu is dedicated to specialty rolls and sashimi. Located on Second and McKinley streets, it's perfect for a quick mood change after withstanding the pumping quarters at Cobra Arcade Bar. Built into the bottom of a brick building, the bar has a cool, blue vibe and large inviting windows for a chill, relaxing atmosphere.
Serves food until midnight on weekdays; 3 a.m. on the weekends
After closing a few months ago, Jobot is back in Roosevelt. The new spot, on Third and Roosevelt Streets, has big open windows and plentiful seating indoors and out. They can still be counted on to deliver tasty coffee and food into the wee hours of the night. In addition to Jobot's new hours (midnight on weekdays and 3 a.m. on weekends) Jobot also now offers a full bar. Their "all-day" menu features classics like Jo-biscuits and gravy, slathered in Schreiner's chorizo red gravy, topped with over-easy eggs, and served with a side of crispy potatoes, as well as plenty of vegan and options, like the basmati red lentil cake sandwich, a crispy patty cooked with yellow curry and fresh veggies and cilantro-lime sauce on a jalapeño challah roll.
Play some pool and enjoy a juicy wineburger at Harvey's until 2 in the morning.
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Harvey's Wineburger
Don't say there aren't options for a decent burger after dark: Harvey's Wineburger serves a juicy one for $7 to $10 every night until 2 a.m. You can't go wrong with the classic Wineburger, for which the patty is splashed with red wine while being cooked. If you're craving something fancier, try one of the specialty burgers, like the mushroom burger, topped with Swiss and a splash of Worcestershire sauce.
Bitter & Twisted serves mean cocktails and delicious late-night food in downtown Phoenix.
Evie Carpenter
Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour
Serves food until 1:30 a.m.
We already know that the folks at Bitter & Twisted shake a mean cocktail, but the B&T kitchen also stays open until 1:30 a.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Though not everything on the cocktail parlor's menu is available late, hungry guests can still get in on dishes like green chili mac and hurricane popcorn, a giant bowl of hot, buttery popcorn topped with garlic, sesame, and shichimi togarashi (a Japanese spice), along with spicy rice crackers and pieces of seaweed. In order to keep its food offerings fresh and exciting, Bitter & Twisted likes to switch up things from time to time, so be sure to discuss the available options with your bartender.
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The Munchies Cafe
Need some late-night brain food? The Munchies Cafe in Tempe serves Mediterranean food for dine-in or takeout every night until 3 a.m. Gyros, chicken shawarma salad, dolmades, and other vaguely Middle Eastern fast food items come at a price that is more than affordable, even on a student budget.
Cozy up on Welcome Diner's patio for some late-night biscuits and gravy.
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Welcome Diner
Sitting on the patio at Welcome Diner is like relaxing in a friend's backyard, except that Welcome Diner has fresh biscuits, burgers, and delicious snacks like poutine and watermelon salad. Open until 2 a.m. every day except Monday, Welcome Diner also has a long list of libations, including cocktails and canned beer. We think you should stick around, pet someone's dog, and meet a few of your neighbors in the — ahem — welcoming environment.


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H E L L
An Open Letter By the Editor
by W.B. Screws
The Pilgrim's Messenger
"Have a pattern of sound words which you hear from me, in faith and love
which are in Christ Jesus."--11 Timothy 1:13
Published Monthly By W. B. SCREWS, Glennville, Georgia
Twenty-five Cents a Year
Volume XX
Entered at the postoffice at Glennville, Ga., as second-class matter.
You say, "I must believe in an eternal hell, if I believe in an eternal heaven, which I do."
I suppose it has never occurred to you that, while heaven and hell are set in opposition to each other in theology, it is never done in the scriptures. Heaven and earth are often mentioned in the same breath, as in opposition to each other, but heaven and hell never.
You seem to believe that every time hell is mentioned in the Bible, it means the same place. And, the unbelief of Christendom is shown in its use of the phrase, "eternal hell" - a phrase never found, even in the King James Version of the scriptures. However, let me suppose, for the moment, that whenever hell is mentioned, it is proper to interpolate the word, "eternal," and see how you like it.
David spoke of the possibility of making his bed in eternal hell, and said if he did, he would find God there, Ps. 139:8. The soul of Christ went to eternal hell when He was crucified, and, contrary to your teaching, was brought out, Ps. 16:10; Acts 2:27. Jonah went to eternal hell, and prayed, and was brought out, also contrary to your teaching, Jonah 2:2. A man may call his brother a fool, and be in danger of eternal hell, Matt. 5:22. (By the way, didn't you say, once, that I had read the Bible so much that it had caused me to become a fool?) A man may escape eternal hell by a surgical operation, Mark 9:43-48. (I thought salvation to be by grace, not by surgery.)
How do you like this picture? You will know that, in the preceding paragraph, I am not stating my position. I am stating the conclusions that would be logical, if, every time hell is mentioned, it means "eternal hell."
It seems that you need a revised version of the Bible. You should have a version that reads, in Gen. 1:1, "In the beginning God created heaven and hell and earth." The version you have, and all versions, mention only the heavens and the earth. Yet, one would gather, from your words, that heaven is one planet, earth is another, and hell is another.
If that is not what you believe, then you must think hell is either on the earth, or else on one of the planets called the heavens. If it is a separate planet, why must it be eternal, in order for the heavens to be eternal? (You use the word, eternal, in the sense of endlessness.) Or, if it is on either the earth of one of the heavenly planets, would its discontinuance necessitate the annihilation of the heavenly planets? If a volcano on earth should burn out, would it cause the earth to be destroyed? When you make the eternity of heaven dependent on the continuance of hell, you remind me of the preacher who said in Augusta, Ga., in the course of a sermon, "When the fires of hell go out, heaven will be as dark as midnight." To this, the pastor of the church replied, "I never knew, before, that heaven is dependent on hell for its light!"
I have told you, many times, that three Greek words are translated "hell," in the King James Version. You could ascertain for yourself that this is true. "Hades, " which is the equivalent of the Hebrew word, "Sheol," means the Unseen. This is the hell in Ps. 139:8; 16:10; Acts 2:7; Jonah 2:2, and in many other passages. When I tell you that the soul of Christ went there, you should know it is not a place of punishment. It is never mentioned as such, except in a parable.
"Gehenna" is another word translated hell. The description of it in Mark 9:43-48, compared with the last few verses of Isaiah, shows us it is near Jerusalem, and is the place where worms will eat dead bodies while they are exposed to view, in the kingdom era. They will later be thrown into the fire. This is the hell in Matt. 5:22, and many other passage. "Tartarus," is the hell of II Pet. 2:4, and is for sinning messengers, (angels).
So hell is eternal, is it? I am reminded of a preacher in South Carolina, who had spent nearly an hour preaching on eternal hell, when a man in the audience arose and said, "Brother, turn to Revelation 20:14, and read where your eternal hell is to be burned up." The preacher said it was not true. "Turn and read it," the other dared him. He did so, and declared he would never again preach on eternal hell. The King James Version says hell is to be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. But first it must give up all who are in it. It is an empty hell that is cast into the lake. Those of whom it empties itself, stand in the judgment, and go into the lake of fire and brimstone, which is the second death, and which is to be abolished at the end, I Cor. 15:22-28, King James Version. When it is abolished, all will be make alive in Christ. If any man be in Christ Jesus, he is a new creature, says the King James Version, in II Cor. 5:17. If you believe the Bible, you are compelled to believe that when all are made alive in Christ, they will be new creatures. And if you believe the Bible, you are compelled to believe that, as in Adam all die, even so, in Christ shall all be made alive. Therefore, all mankind are to become new creatures in Christ. This will be done long after all hells have become inoperative, and when death is destroyed, or abolished.
Gehenna, being the garbage place of the kingdom, will cease operation when the thousand years have passed, Rev. 20. Tartarus will be no longer needed after the judgment of the great day, for angels are confined there until then, Jude 6.
However, I don't even believe the present heaven is eternal. But the fact that hell is not eternal has nothing to do with it. Your Bible says heaven and earth shall pass away, Matt. 24:35, and other passages. You have read it, but I dare say, you have never preached it. You have often spoken of the end of the world, meaning the earth, but you have never said a word about heaven passing away. In the mind of a sectarian person, nothing in the Bible "registers," except what he already believes. Hundreds of times, you have read, "Heaven and earth shall pass away," but you always preach, "Earth shall pass away." Is it not so? Perhaps you are afraid it will upset your theory of eternal heaven. But if you would do a little more reading, you would discover that there are to be new heavens and a new earth, Rev. 21:1, and other passages. These will be permanent. But you will, perhaps, be terribly disappointed at your failure to find that there is to be a new hell. But it is even so. The empty one that is to be cast into the lake of fire, will be the last one, and it will disappear before the new heavens and new earth come into existence.
The disregard - shall I say, the contempt? - that Christendom has for the word of God, is appalling. For instance, it is a proper in practically all the churches, and in the mouth of nearly all preachers, that, "Those who do not go to heaven, go to hell." The scriptures, however, teach us that those who do not go to heaven, enter the new earth. Not in just those words, to be sure, but just as plainly as if that very expression were used.
What is known as the Old Testament, abounds in promises of an earthly kingdom for Israel. Not until we reach the epistles of Paul, do we find promise of anyone being taken to heaven. In the epistles we have assurance that members of the ecclesia, (church, if you like that term better), which is the body of Christ, are to be taken into the heavens. The "New Testament" writings, with the exception of Paul's epistles, reiterate the "Old Testament" promises of a kingdom for Israel. I qualify this statement by saying that in the last two chapters of Revelation, we find the promise of the new earth. While the Old and New Testament scriptures tell of an earthly kingdom for Israel, they also tell of gentiles who are to be on earth at the time, and under the rule and blessing of Israel. In the last two chapters of Revelation, we find that both, Israel and gentiles will be in the new earth. for some time after the new earth comes into existence, many of mankind are in the second death. but when they are made alive in Christ, the new earth is their home. If not - then where will they live? Why is the new earth made without any sea, if not to make room for all mankind?
The ecclesia which is the body of Christ is to be in the heavens, not only during the "millennium," but in the last eon, as well. Paul says we have a house there "eonian," II Cor. 5:1. Whether we shall remain there after the consummation of the eons, no one can say. If not, we will be in the new earth. The heavens are already populated, Eph. 3:10. We will be taken there to be a blessing to the inhabitants.
I would love to know just what is your reaction to Rom. 5:18. You admit that all are in condemnation because of the offense of Adam. I wonder if the rest of the passage has ever impressed you. Probably not. Neither will it ever impress you, until now learn that your creed is not superior to the word of God. The rest of the verse says that through the righteousness of One, "the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." Verse 15 of the chapter tells us that by the offense of one, the many died, and I am sure you will admit that "the many" of that passage means all the human family. If it does not, what part of the human family was not effected by the offense of Adam? All right, if "the many" are all, then how do you know the next "many are not all? For we are told that the grace of God and the gift in grace, which is of the one, Man, Christ Jesus, abounds to the many. "Superabounds," would be a better word. Does the second "many" include the same number as the first? And in verse 18, is the second "all," the same as the first?
What is your reaction to I Tim.2:3-6? You say I should be non-fellowshipped, because I say, "God will have all men to be saved." You have no doubt that I am teaching that all mankind shall be saved. Do you doubt that the Bible means it, when it uses that identical language?
But I want you to be more careful about using the expression "eternal hell." You must find a hell after the white throne judgment, or else you will not find an eternal one. Can't you rejoice with me, that there will be new heavens, a new earth, but NO NEW HELL? God help you to do so.
A reader thinks I was stating my position when I said, in the last issue, "It seems the scriptures constitute a puzzle," etc. I thought everyone would know I was stating what seems to be the position I was opposing. No, I do not believe the scripture is a puzzle. Its solution is not left to the "smartness" of man.
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Closing your foreign account isn't a solution
What the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) means for Foreign Account Holders
Streamlined Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative entices more than it cures
Published by David Klasing at March 27, 2014
Topic: Foreign Accounts
The resurrection of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) for 2012 evidences the continued crack down on taxpayers with undisclosed foreign accounts. According to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman, "People are finding it tougher and tougher to keep their assets hidden in offshore accounts." Under the first two programs 33,000 disclosures were made that resulted in the collection $5 billion in back taxes. But more worrisome is the hefty civil penalties, fines, and possibility of jail time that taxpayers face if uncovered. Since the stakes are so high, taxpayers may find themselves wanting to sweep the issue away by discarding their foreign accounts.
Staying hidden forever is doubtful, so why not close the account and avoid the system altogether? Although tempting, at most a taxpayer is cutting off liability for future periods. To illustrate, if a taxpayer were to close his or her account tomorrow there is still income and reporting obligations from past years and even up to the closure date in the current year. Under the Internal Revenue Code there is a 6-year applicable statute of limitations. Moreover, quietly closing a foreign account and disposing the funds gives off the appearance of a consciousness of guilt and an additional badge of fraud. Therefore, just closing your foreign account isn't a solution.
Clearly, the problem won't go away on it's own. The best choice for taxpayers is voluntary disclosure. The voluntary disclosure program is designed to make strong progress in international compliance efforts that help ensure honest taxpayers are not footing the bill for those hiding assets offshore. To do so, the revived 2012 disclosure program has implemented some different wrinkles. Under the law, if a taxpayer challenges in a foreign court the disclosure of tax information by that government, the taxpayer is required to notify the U.S. Justice Department of the appeal. If the taxpayer fails to comply with this law and does not notify the U.S. Justice Department of the foreign appeal, the taxpayer will no longer be eligible for the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program. Further, eligibility for OVDP can be terminated once the U.S. government has taken action in connection with the taxpayer's specific financial institution.
This program – which helps bring people back into the tax system — will be open for an indefinite period until otherwise announced. Moving forward taxpayers must file a FBAR (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts) and report all foreign income earned.
Closing your foreign account isn't a solution was last modified: October 30th, 2016 by David Klasing


10th April, Beijing- OKCoin, one of the "Big Three" Bitcoin Exchange in China, released a statement today upgrading KYC/AML requirement, but failed to mention exact timing of BTC withdrawal processing. The statement was posted online around 1PM today, claiming the upgrade is to comply with AML regulation and risk-control concern and ask for customer collaboration.
Starting from January 2017, PBOC-led work group was deployed on site in the "Big Three" Bitcoin exchanges and bitcoin withdrawal were suspended on 9th Feb. One mother later, the suspension was announced to be extended.
Aside from the usual ID card or passport pictures, video verification requires customer to record a video with the user holding valid ID papers in front of a functional video-recording device cellphone, PC or iPaD etc.
The "certain amount" of balance is not specified in the statement and brings doubts and uncertainty to customer. If customer withdraw constantly and keep his balance at low level, will the customer be exempt from video verification?
OKCoin "strongly" advise customers to modify login passwords and Google 2FA key to further enhance account security. Users who failed to do so will be promoted to change their password regularly.
Also OKCoin users are given one-time-only chance to change their real-name info. After the modification, the real-name info will be permanently locked.
It's not difficult to infer that such policy is to accommodate those who didn't use their real-name in the very beginning. But they might need to do so if they still had balance in their account.
Despite the failure to mention specific date of BTC withdrawal processing, some did find a date in the statement. At the end of the statement, OKCoin says that the old deposit address for BTC and LTC will be abandoned gradually. Address with "1" or "3" initials will no longer be valid after 23rd April and multi-sig address will be adopted.
Far-fetching speculations on 8btc forum linked that date to the allowing of BTC withdrawal.
So far, 8btc received no updates from other major bitcoin exchanges like BTCC or Huobi.
As transaction volume withered on Chinese exchanges, so did people's hope.


The race is haunted by the specter of the 2016 presidential primary.
Former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez (center) speaks to Jaime Harrison (L) and Jehmu Greene during a forum in Baltimore, Maryland, on Feb. 11, 2017.
BALTIMORE ― Despite the candidates' best efforts, the race to chair the Democratic National Committee remains dogged by divisions between backers of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Hillary Clinton supporters ― progressive outsiders and more mainstream Democrats.
The moment at Saturday's DNC regional forum in Baltimore that most encapsulated that tension and the unwillingness of top DNC contenders to acknowledge it was when protesters interrupted the remarks of former Labor Secretary Tom Perez with shouts that were quickly quieted. Perez, who has strong progressive credentials, has been all but endorsed by former President Barack Obama and is viewed as an establishment favorite.
Yvette Lewis, a voting DNC member from Maryland who is backing Perez, asked the 10 chair candidates on stage to present their "formula for getting us past" the intra-party tension that the outburst represented.
But rather than share their proposals, Perez and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), his Sanders-backed rival to head the main party body, responded by downplaying Democrats' divisions.
"The way we move forward as a party is to remind ourselves what our values are. When we lead with our values, we win," Perez said.
"I want everybody supporting me to know I respect [Perez], I like him, he's my friend," he added.
Discussions with the voting DNC members and activists in attendance, however, revealed that the divisions remain real.
While not all of Ellison's supporters backed Sanders in the presidential primary, those who did view his candidacy as a test of whether the party is willing to welcome them in and show respect for their priorities. Clinton's devastating loss to President Donald Trump in the general election has affirmed their conviction that the party should be taking its cues from the more populist Sanders wing.
Ben Jealous, a former NAACP president who backed Sanders, implied at a rally for Ellison in the early afternoon that rejecting Ellison would mean repeating the mistake party members made by failing to nominate Sanders.
"All these good people in this room ― we know a good brother when we see him, we know a good leader when we see him. We tried to tell y'all before what a good leader looks like," Jealous told the hundreds-strong audience, drawing loud applause.
Many Sanders supporters believe the DNC favored Clinton's candidacy during the primary. Their suspicion is based in part on leaked emails that intelligence agencies believe were hacked at Russia's behest, which showed DNC officials musing about publicly attacking him.
Although there is no evidence these officials acted on their discussions, the contents of some of the emails solidified an impression in Sanders' camp that the DNC had denied the Vermont senator a fair shot at the nomination. Another source of tension was the DNC's decision to start its presidential primary debates well after the Republicans began theirs, and to schedule some on Saturday nights when fewer people were likely to tune in.
Ed Fischman and Wala Blegay, Maryland-based members of Our Revolution, an organization Sanders founded to promote the priorities of his campaign, said that if Ellison loses it would, at the very least, fail to bring into the party many independent progressives inspired by Sanders. Blegay suggested it could also alienate some people already active in the party.
Clinton supporters, by contrast, mostly insisted that the chairmanship should not be used to settle scores from the primary.
"I want someone who is going to unify our party from day one and I see some of last year's primary playing out a little bit here, which is unfortunate. I think we need to get past that," said David O'Brien, a voting DNC member from Massachusetts. O'Brien backed Clinton in the primary and remains uncommitted in the DNC chair race.
With exactly two weeks to go in the contest, the number of contenders for the chairmanship has grown to 10. In addition to Perez and Ellison, candidates for the top spot include South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg; Idaho Democratic Party executive director Sally Boynton Brown; New Hampshire Democratic Party chair Ray Buckley; South Carolina Democratic Party chair Jaime Harrison; media strategist Jehmu Greene; Robert Vinson Brannum, Veterans Committee chair of the NACCP's Washington D.C. branch; Milwaukee attorney Peter Peckarsky and Ohio activist Sam Ronan.
The 447 voting DNC members will gather in Atlanta on Feb. 25 to elect the next chair, vice chairs and other top positions.
Ellison and Perez remain the top contenders, but there is no clear front-runner. Buttigieg, an openly gay Afghanistan veteran, has also attracted attention for his mayoral record, unique life story and articulate speaking style.
This story has been updated to reflect that Yvette Lewis has endorsed Perez, and to provide additional details about the some of the reasons for Sanders' supporters' skepticism of the DNC.


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Reading Mike Jung's "Unidentified Suburban Object" with My Kids, Part I
In which we talk about confronting "weird questions" (or racial microagressions) with a little help from … an alien
The author's 11-year-old son Stevie with Mike Jung's novel Unidentified Suburban Object. Photo credit: Megan Dowd Lambert
When I started hearing buzz about Mike Jung's middle-grade novel, Unidentified Suburban Object, I moved it to the top of my list of books to read with my eleven- and ten-year-old children, Stevie and Caroline. It ended up giving us one of the most meaningful shared readings I've ever had as a mom. A favorite moment occurred at the big reveal (spoiler alert) when middle-school-aged protagonist Chloe Cho discovers that her parents did not emigrate to the United States from Korea as they'd always told her; they escaped from a doomed planet and are … aliens. When I read the scene with Chloe's revelation about her extraterrestrial heritage with my kids, Stevie shook his head back and forth as if rattling his brain around in his skull and said:
Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence: Part One
Experts in conversation with parents and educators
This very first EmbraceRace live conversation happened in July of 2016 in the immediate aftermath of the murders of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and 5 Dallas police officers. We convened by phone and over 700 people joined the call. For that conversation, EmbraceRace co-founders Andrew Grant-Thomas and Melissa Giraud frame and moderate this discussion between child psychologist Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith, educator Dr. Sandra "Chap" Chapman, and a group of parents, teachers, and other caregivers concerned about black and brown children. Listen to the full conversation or read an edited transcript below.
Please Don't Give the Half-Japanese Guy at the Sushi Bar a Fork.
I'm looking for something else.
People of mixed races float between cultures. There's usually one side of our heritage we identify more with, and then there's the other side. It's like a custody visit when I experience the food, art, people and spaces associated with my other half. It's a relationship. It's fluid. There are negotiated terms and there's an agenda for each interaction.
Consider my dismay when I was recently handed a fork while saddling up to a sushi bar. Not a big deal if you're a non-Asian person who's actually capable of using chopsticks — you just ask for chopsticks. For me, however, the mere presentation of a fork, specifically to me after seeing my face, is a disappointment. The gesture communicates that I'm not capable of handling this simple Asian thing, regardless of my ethnicity.
Something more is required of us now. What?
I have struggled to find words to express what I thought and felt as I watched the videos of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile being killed by the police. Last night, I wanted to say something that hasn't been said a hundred times before. It finally dawned on me that there is nothing to say that hasn't been said before. As I was preparing to write about the oldness of all of this, and share some wisdom passed down from struggles of earlier eras, I heard on the news that 11 officers had been shot in Dallas, several killed from sniper fire. My fingers froze on the keys. I could not bring myself to recycle old truths. Something more is required. But what?
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El Consejo para el futuro del mundo (en inglés: « World Future Council –WFC– ») surgió como una idea en el año 2000 impulsada por Jakob von Uexkull (político sueco-alemán y exmiembro del Parlamento Europeo). Esta idea comenzó a transformarse en realidad en el año 2004, gracias a la importante colaboración de Herbert Girardet (ecologista alemán).

El « Consejo para el futuro del mundo » (denominación traducida a veces como « Consejo Mundial Futuro » o como « Consejo Mundial sobre el Futuro ») representa y reagrupa los intereses de las futuras generaciones, ubicándolos al centro de las decisiones políticas. La idea es que este consejo se encuentre integrado por personalidades íntegras en el plano ético, respetadas y reconocidas por la opinión pública.

Historia
El « Consejo por el futuro del mundo » surgió como una idea del escritor y militante político sueco Jakob von Uexkull, en reacción a las tendencias políticas de todos los rincones del planeta, con frecuencia dominadas por el corto plazo y el pensamiento económico. La idea de crear un consejo mundial de este tipo, fue dada a difusión en el año 2000 a través de la radiodifusión alemana, e inmediatamente retomada por la televisión alemana, que expresó su interés en difundir las sesiones de este Consejo.

En octubre del año 2004, esta organización fue oficialmente impulsada en Londres, con el respaldo de fondos de donantes privados de Alemania, Suiza, Estados Unidos, y Reino Unido.

Y a partir del año 2006, la sede social se estableció en Hamburgo, donde el Consejo por el futuro del mundo fue registrado como una fundación de beneficencia. Filiales pronto fueron establecidas en Londres, Bruselas, Delhi, y Washington, D.C.. El consejo como tal sesionó formalmente por primera vez en mayo de 2007, en Hamburgo.

Este consejo trabaja en estrecha colaboración con las redes internacionales (alrededor de  de entre ellas de tipo parlamentario, y unas  integradas por organizaciones de la sociedad civil), con la finalidad primordial de identificar y difundir soluciones a largo plazo para las distintas problemáticas mundiales que se planteen.

Campaña respecto del clima
El cambio climático es una de las temáticas fundamentales que es abordada a través del consejo, cuya misión en este sentido es la de definir claramente las opciones de estabilización del clima como una necesidad fundamental, destacando la responsabilidad humana en cuanto a la estructuración de un mundo más justo, pacífico, y durable, a poder dejar a las futuras generaciones. Las actividades del consejo se centran principalmente en la transformación de los sistemas energéticos a nivel planetario.

El objetivo de esta campaña es el de promover una transición hacia energías renovables, limpias y seguras, de origen descentralizado, y al mismo tiempo y por algún mecanismo, de ir reduciendo la demanda mundial total de energía. Otras de las temáticas abordadas en la campaña clima son : las ciudades durables ; los sistemas alimentarios durables ; la conservación de la selva tropical ; la creación de una 'Agencia Internacional de la energía renovable'.

El desarrollo de esta campaña, ha dado lugar a resultados concretos, y entre ellos :
 Agencia Internacional de las Energías Renovables (en inglés: International Renewable Energy Agency –IRENA–) fue oficialmente creada en Bonn, el 26 de enero de 2009.

Consejeros
Los consejeros trabajan intentando encarnar « la voz de las generaciones futuras », y contribuyen a través de sus respectivas experiencias, a concretar proposiciones orientadas a asegurar la transición hacia un mundo más sano y agradable para el disfrute de nuestros descendientes.:

 Hafsat Abiola (1974-), activista nigeriana de derechos humanos
 Ibrahim Abouleish (1937-), químico egipcio, elegido consejero en 2007

 Maude Victoria Barlow (1947-), escritora y activista canadiense
 Rae Kwon Chung (1917-1994), embajador coreano del cambio climático

 Tony Colman
 Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
 Hans-Peter Dürr (1929-2014), físico alemán, consejero fundador desde 2006

 Nicholas Dunlop,
 Jared Duva
 El Hassan bin Talal
 Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
 Riane Tennenhaus Eisler (1937-), académica austriaca, escritora, abogada y activista social
 Scilla Elworthy
 Fabio Feldman
 Tim Flannery
 Rafia Gubash
 Olivier Giscard d'Estaing,
 Cyd Ho
 Wes Jackson
 Ashok Khosla
 CS Kiang
 Rolf Kreibich
 David Krieger
 Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011), Premio Nobel de la Paz, consejero honorario desde el 29 de julio de 2009, y fallecido el 25 de septiembre de 2011
 Rama Mani
 Stephen A. Marglin
 Manfred Max-Neef (1932-), economista chileno, consejero
 Frances Moore Lappé
 Youssou N'Dour (1959-)
 Katiana Orluc
 Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
 Martin Almada
 Vithal Rajan
 Vandana Shiva (1952-), físico cuántico, elegido en mayo de 2007
 Sulak Sivaraksa
 Count Sponeck
 Motoyuki Suzuki
 Pauline Tangiora
 Judge CG Weeramantry
 Francisco Whitaker
 Anders Wijkman

Bibliografía
  Jakob von Uexkull, Herbert Giradet, Shaping Our Future: Creating the World Future Council, editor Green Books, 2005, ISBN 1903998654 y 9781903998656.

  Herbert Girardet, Miguel Mendonça, A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality: A Report for the World Future Council, editor Green Books, 2009, ISBN 1900322498 y 978-1-900322-49-2.

  Geseko von Lüpke, Peter Erlenwein, Nobel alternatif: 13 portraits de lauréats, editor La Plage, 2008, ISBN 284221191X y 9782842211912.

Véase también
 Futuras generaciones
 Premio al Sustento Bien Ganado (Right Livelihood Award)
 Sostenibilidad
 Bianca Jagger

Referencias

Enlaces externos
  Sitio oficial del "Consejo para el futuro del mundo"

  Changement climatique : consensus en construction, sitio digital 'Le Monde', 2 de junio de 2015.

  Daniel Cerezuelle, Compte Rendu de l'ouvrage de Gilbert Hottois « Simondon et la philosophie de la "Culture Technique" », sitio digital 'Université Libre de Bruxelles'.

  Right Livelihood Award: The 'Alternative Nobel Prize', sitio digital oficial.

Paz
Medio ambiente
Desarrollo

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Logue: Iowa, Drake women play best game of the weekend
Andrew Logue
alogue@dmreg.com
Sorry, guys. The best basketball game in Des Moines this weekend took place at the Knapp Center — not Wells Fargo Arena.
The Iowa and Drake women's teams put on a show Sunday, keeping a crowd of 3,130 roaring even after Samantha Logic's one-handed bank shot with 3 seconds remaining gave the 23rd-ranked Hawkeyes a 100-98 victory.
"It obviously was a game of runs," Logic said. "We just had to get on a longer one than they did."
Sometimes, marketing gurus come up with a catchy titles like "Big Four Classic."
This really was a classic, highlighted by Drake's Lizzy Wendell scoring 43 points (setting a Knapp Center record for a 40-minute contest) and Iowa's Melissa Dixon hitting a school-record 10 3-pointers en route to 31 points.
"This was a tough one," Drake coach Jennie Baranczyk said of the Bulldogs' loss. "This a game where you hate being on this side of it."
It was highly entertaining and emotionally draining.
Wendell, a 6-foot sophomore from Blue Springs, Mo., punctuated her performance with a 3-pointer from the right wing, tying the score 98-98 with 9 seconds left — erasing what had been a 90-82 deficit entering the final 1:47.
Logic, a 5-foot-9 senior from Racine, Wis., answered with a drive to the basket, lofting the ball over two defenders and off the glass.
"I just tried to attack the rim," said Logic, who finished with 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. "Just trying to get any kind of shot at the rim."
Drake's Caitlin Ingle, who finished with 17 points and 10 assists, launched a potential winning shot from just inside half court as time expired.
It was on line, but short.
"I tried to get the ball up the floor as quickly as possible," Ingle said. "I didn't have enough time to get it where I wanted, ideally."
Both the Hawkeyes and Bulldogs shot over 50 percent, combining for 38 assists and a lower-than-might-be-expected 23 turnovers.
Iowa coach Lisa Bluder responded with a bah-humbug.
"Both defensive coaches should probably be fired," Bluder said. "This was just an awful defensive game by both teams."
Schematically, she probably has a point. But don't discount the fun factor.
In a sport where attention in fleeting, the Hawkeyes (9-2) play at an appealing pace, scoring 82.2 points per game.
The Bulldogs (5-6) are averaging 75.6, despite losing Kyndal Clark, the reigning Missouri Valley Conference player of the year, to a knee injury.
"I think you got to see who Drake is, as well," Baranczyk said.
The trick now is maintaining momentum.
Iowa has averaged 21.2 wins while making seven consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, but hasn't advanced to the Sweet 16 since 1996.
"We just want to maintain it through Dec. 28," Bluder said of Iowa's Big Ten opener against Penn State. "We're going to go home, have a couple days to prepare … and then, here we go."
The Bulldogs, meanwhile, regained a place on the short list of Valley title contenders.
"The silver lining is the fact we continue to grow and get better," Baranczyk said. "We're getting close."


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Shaheen, Hassan Join Senate Democrats in Introducing Urgent Legislation to Safeguard Key Women's Preventive Health Care Services from Administration Attacks on Birth Control Mandate
**The Save Women's Preventive Care Act would help shield preventive health care services—cancer screenings, birth control, domestic violence screenings, and more—from attacks by Trump administration**
**Senators say legislation is urgently needed, especially in light of political attacks on women's health and rights by President Trump, Congressional Republicans**
(Washington D.C.) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined 45 other Senate Democrats to introduce new legislation, the Save Women's Preventive Care Act, to ensure that coverage for preventive health care services, like breast cancer screenings, birth control, and domestic violence screenings, can't be revised or rolled back by the Trump administration. Today, 55 million women nationwide have access to birth control, screening and counseling for domestic violence, breast cancer screening, and other essential health care without any out-of-pocket costs due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
"Ensuring all women have access to affordable preventative healthcare should be a no-brainer, yet yesterday's vote by House Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the executive order issued by President Trump allowing employers to target women's health demonstrate that we cannot take women's access to healthcare for granted," said Senator Jeanne Shaheen. "The Save Women's Preventive Care Act would make permanent the protections that Granite State women have come to rely on for affordable well-woman care, contraception, breast cancer screenings, counseling for domestic violence, among other critical preventative services. Women's healthcare shouldn't be a partisan issue."
"Time and again, the Trump Administration and Washington Republicans have pursued a partisan agenda focused on restricting women's access to critical preventative health services, including cancer screenings, birth control, domestic violence screenings, and more," said Senator Maggie Hassan. "I will always fight to protect a woman's right to make her own health care decisions and chart her own destiny, and I will work to pass this important legislation that will guarantee that women continue to have access to essential preventative health services without any out-of-pocket costs."
The Save Women's Preventive Care Act is supported by the following organizations: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Academy of Women's Health, American Association of Birth Center, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Medical Student Association, American Nurses Association, American Psychological Association, American Public Health Association, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, March of Dimes, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, National Association of County and City Health Officials, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, National Coalition of STD Directors, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Society of Gynecologic Oncology, and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Fact sheeT—Save Women's Preventive CARE Act
About the Women's Preventive Services Guidelines
The Affordable Care Act ("ACA") helps make preventive care affordable and accessible to all Americans by requiring health plans to cover certain preventive services without cost-sharing—meaning insurers can no longer charge patients a co-pay, coinsurance, or deductible for those highly effective services.
During debate on the ACA, the Senate added a provision to ensure that women have access to additional preventive services that are necessary to address their unique health needs. The ACA directed the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to enumerate the comprehensive set of women's preventive services that should be covered without cost-sharing. The resulting HRSA guidelines ensure that women can receive comprehensive preventive care services.
To develop the original 2011 guidelines, HRSA commissioned a study by the National Academies of Medicine (NAM, formerly the Institute of Medicine) and leading experts on women's health care regarding what preventive services best support women's health and well-being. HRSA adopted the 2011 NAM recommendations in the original Women's Preventive Services Guidelines. In 2016, HRSA awarded a cooperative agreement to a coalition of expert academic, clinician, and other organizations to update the Guidelines to better reflect best clinical practice and advances in science.
The Save Women's Preventive Care Act Overview
The Save Women's Preventive Care Act codifies the December 2016 update to the ACA's Women's Preventive Services Guidelines issued by HRSA and related guidance on implementation of the coverage requirements. The legislation guarantees women continued access to these key services without cost-sharing. Once signed into the law, the Save Women's Preventive Care Act would prevent the Trump Administration from revising or rolling back parts of the Women's Preventive Services Guidelines.
The bill also codifies the HHS birth control accommodation as of January 1, 2017, which allows women in certain jobs to continue to benefit from the ACA's birth control provision without requiring their religiously-affiliated employer to provide or pay for it.
The following preventive services will be guaranteed by this bill:
Lactation support and counseling
Screening and counseling for domestic violence
Screening for gestational diabetes
HPV DNA testing
Counseling on STIs
Counseling and screening for HIV
All contraception methods approved by the FDA
Well Woman visits


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/* ====================================================================
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2002 The OpenSSL Project.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 *
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 *
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
 *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
 *    distribution.
 *
 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
 *    software must display the following acknowledgment:
 *    "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
 *    for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.OpenSSL.org/)"
 *
 * 4. The names "OpenSSL Toolkit" and "OpenSSL Project" must not be used to
 *    endorse or promote products derived from this software without
 *    prior written permission. For written permission, please contact
 *    licensing@OpenSSL.org.
 *
 * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSSL"
 *    nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without prior written
 *    permission of the OpenSSL Project.
 *
 * 6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
 *    acknowledgment:
 *    "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
 *    for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.OpenSSL.org/)"
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT ``AS IS'' AND ANY
 * EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR
 * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
 * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
 * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
 * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
 * STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
 * OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 * ====================================================================
 *
 * This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
 * (eay@cryptsoft.com).  This product includes software written by Tim
 * Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com). */

#include <openssl/ecdh.h>

#include <string.h>

#include <openssl/bn.h>
#include <openssl/digest.h>
#include <openssl/err.h>
#include <openssl/mem.h>

int ECDH_compute_key(void *out, size_t outlen, const EC_POINT *pub_key,
                     EC_KEY *priv_key, void *(*KDF)(const void *in, size_t inlen,
                                                void *out, size_t *outlen)) {
  BN_CTX *ctx;
  EC_POINT *tmp = NULL;
  BIGNUM *x = NULL, *y = NULL;
  const BIGNUM *priv;
  const EC_GROUP *group;
  int ret = -1;
  size_t buflen;
  uint8_t *buf = NULL;

  if ((ctx = BN_CTX_new()) == NULL) {
    goto err;
  }
  BN_CTX_start(ctx);
  x = BN_CTX_get(ctx);
  y = BN_CTX_get(ctx);

  priv = EC_KEY_get0_private_key(priv_key);
  if (priv == NULL) {
    OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(ECDH, ECDH_compute_key, ECDH_R_NO_PRIVATE_VALUE);
    goto err;
  }

  group = EC_KEY_get0_group(priv_key);

  tmp = EC_POINT_new(group);
  if (tmp == NULL) {
    OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(ECDH, ECDH_compute_key, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
    goto err;
  }

  if (!EC_POINT_mul(group, tmp, NULL, pub_key, priv, ctx)) {
    OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(ECDH, ECDH_compute_key, ECDH_R_POINT_ARITHMETIC_FAILURE);
    goto err;
  }

  if (!EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp(group, tmp, x, y, ctx)) {
    OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(ECDH, ECDH_compute_key, ECDH_R_POINT_ARITHMETIC_FAILURE);
    goto err;
  }

  buflen = (EC_GROUP_get_degree(group) + 7) / 8;
  buf = OPENSSL_malloc(buflen);
  if (buf == NULL) {
    OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(ECDH, ECDH_compute_key, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
    goto err;
  }

  if (!BN_bn2bin_padded(buf, buflen, x)) {
    OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(ECDH, ECDH_compute_key, ERR_R_INTERNAL_ERROR);
    goto err;
  }

  if (KDF != 0) {
    if (KDF(buf, buflen, out, &outlen) == NULL) {
      OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(ECDH, ECDH_compute_key, ECDH_R_KDF_FAILED);
      goto err;
    }
    ret = outlen;
  } else {
    /* no KDF, just copy as much as we can */
    if (outlen > buflen) {
      outlen = buflen;
    }
    memcpy(out, buf, outlen);
    ret = outlen;
  }

err:
  if (tmp) {
    EC_POINT_free(tmp);
  }
  if (ctx) {
    BN_CTX_end(ctx);
  }
  if (ctx) {
    BN_CTX_free(ctx);
  }
  if (buf) {
    OPENSSL_free(buf);
  }
  return ret;
}

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