Aziz Kadmiri is Moroccan born artist. In 2012, he landed in Atlanta and hit the ground running to the American art scene. His keen artistic sensibility and sense of design were recognized early and many people encouraged him to consider taking art as a career. His mother began collecting his drawings when he was a child, but he hasn't checked if her mother kept them. Kadmiri's art is informed by a hunger and curiosity for everything the visual world offers. The artist is equally drawn to architecture, fashion, landscapes, graphic design, animals, people and cityscapes. He admits that his first serious love was that of painting beautiful women. Kadmiri's favorite museum is the Louvre. It's here that he frequently visits to admire and learn from the arts of other artists. He considers Rome to be the most aesthetically stimulating city in the world. Kadmiri's imaginative vision is as diverse and broad just as his background.
The artist grew up in Casablanca, and attended the Hotel school of Lausanne in Switzerland. After his graduation, he moved to Paris where he went for his post graduate studies and received a master's degree in hotel management at the University of Paris-Dauphine. Kadmiri has lived in Rome, Barcelona, and has homes in Marrakesh, Morocco and Paris. He has made Atlanta his permanent residence. His striking use of color, dramatic flair, bold images and painterly effects create a range of emotions within the viewer. These allow the viewer to transcend the present moment and venture into a dreamlike place within the mind. He carries an internal world of American, European and Arabic influences. This gives his work its universal appeal.


As Christmas is approaching so is the deadline for our new season catalogue! As some of you may know we were looking for little models to join us on our trip to Brittany for our Spring Summer 2013 catalogue shoot. We recruited some lovely little models and they're even lovelier Mum's, and in some cases Dad's, came along for the adventure that is the JoJo shoot!
This year we went to Brittany, Northern France, the birth place for JoJo and a fitting celebration for our 20th anniversary next year. During the first week we had the best weather we could ask for and the whole JoJo team ended up sunburnt! I can't complain though, the weather made shoots down on the beach even more enjoyable and the kids got to enjoy splashing around and building sandcastles. Brittany is stunning, the agriculture means many parts are still green and when you live and work in London this is quite beautiful! I mean I'd forgotten how amazing clouds could be!
My role on the photo shoots is to make sure all the families know as much information as possible before we depart and make sure everything is arranged for their trip. Once we're on location I take on the role of children's entertainer! There's a lot of jumping, running, singing and my favourite…..cuddles!
One of the many challenges faced when doing a photo shoot with very small children is trying to get the little ones to wear their hats. I'm constantly popping hats on heads for them to be yanked off… check out the adorable Lawson he was running his own anti-hat campaign! Still great shots that Lawson's Mummy will get to keep forever and we even managed to get that all important shot with his hat on.
We had some special moments with little Poppy, I taught her her first word… ."Cheese". I don't know what else I expected! We also tried to capture her first stand on camera, so close!!!
It's such a privilege to work with such lovely parents, children and our marvellous JoJo shoot team. I've made some really great friends with some of the parents and children on the shoots and have even babysat when we've returned. It's such a treat to share these special moments.
When we returned it was onto the look book shoot, this was shot in our London studio, some of the children who were with us in Brittany came along to help out, it was lovely to see them all again and the new design looks amazing. Here's some behind the scene shots for you to see…. and a little sneaky peak of some new designs for next season. Enjoy! We hope you like the new collection as much as we do.
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Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd becomes a CILEx Honorary Vice-President
Posted By Legal Futures On November 30, 2017 @ 4:27 pm In associate news | Comments Disabled
Lord Thomas, honorary Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
Former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd has been made an honorary Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) [1] in recognition of his support of and close association with the Institute.
Following his appointment, Lord Thomas said: "I am delighted to join CILEx as their Honorary Vice-President. In my career I have seen the growth in status of Chartered Legal Executives across England and Wales, and their mission to provide an accessible and affordable route to a legal career is one I share.
"As specialist lawyers, Chartered Legal Executives have an important role to play in the legal landscape. I have been heartened to see new opportunities open up to them in recent years – from independent practice rights, to setting up their own law firms, or entering the ranks of the judiciary. The importance of ensuring we have lawyers that are reflective of the society they serve should not be underestimated for its vital contribution to maintaining the rule of law and ensuring access to justice. I hope I can help CILEx to continue in its achievement of this wider impact."
Lord Thomas retired as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in October of this year. In addition to his roles as chair of the Justice in Wales Commission, and chair of the Financial Markets Law Committee, his role as honorary Vice-President of CILEx means he will be an ambassador for the institute and its members.
CILEx President, Millicent Grant said "I am thrilled that Lord Thomas has accepted the invitation to be CILEx's Honorary Vice-President. It is a great honour for us."
He joins CILEx's other honorary Vice-Presidents; former Supreme Court Justice Lord Clarke, and former long-standing Council member Joyce Arram.
Lord Thomas, CILEx Honorary Vice-President, answers a few questions put to him by CILEx Journal. You can read the article here [2].
URL to article: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/lord-thomas-cwmgiedd-becomes-cilex-honorary-vice-president
[1] Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx): https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/services-directory/chartered-institute-legal-executives-cilex
[2] here: http://www.cilexjournal.org.uk/webviewer/#cilexjournaldecember2017/lord_thomas_becomes_a_cilex_honorary_vice_president

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Leslie R. Stern, is a partner in the firm's Boston office and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Leslie is a lead partner in the Securities Practice Group and focuses her practice on representing institutional investors on matters involving federal and state securities and securities-related laws.
Leslie also co-chairs the firm's New Case Investigations Team. The team investigates possible securities law violations, gauging clients' damages and evaluating the merits of cases to determine the best course of legal action. She has been evaluating and/or litigating securities fraud and derivative claims at Berman Tabacco for more than 19 years. Leslie has significant expertise in evaluating matters involving federal and state securities law violations, as well as potential breaches of fiduciary duties by corporate directors. Her case development duties include preparing detailed case analyses and recommendations, and advising clients on their legal options.
Leslie also oversees the firm's portfolio monitoring program and supervises the firm's team of portfolio analysts as they refine calculations of investment losses suffered by the firm's public pension and other institutional clients. Leslie serves as the main point of contact for many of the firm's institutional clients, advising them about a host of issues from litigation, to potential losses/recoveries, to helping them with other unique issues relating to the clients' investment portfolio.
Leslie is a seasoned litigator with almost two decades of experience. Prior to joining the firm in 1998 and being named partner in 2003, Ms. Stern practiced general civil litigation. In law school, Leslie served on the Suffolk University Law Review's editorial board and authored three publications.
Member of the litigation team representing Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System as co-lead counsel in Carlson v. Xerox Corp., No. 99-cv-02374 (D. Conn.), which settled for $750 million. The fraud implicated operating units around the world and spanned five annual reporting periods.
Member of the litigation team on In re Bristol-Myers Squibb Sec. Litig., No. 02 Civ. 2251 (S.D.N.Y.), on behalf of Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association, which settled for $300 million. The action stemmed from Bristol-Myers improperly booking billions of dollars of revenue from inventory and artificially inflating the company's earnings through a host of accounting gimmicks carried out at the end of quarters to meet sales targets.
As part of the litigation team in Giarraputo v. UNUMProvident Corp., No. 2:99cv00301 (D. Me.), Leslie helped secure a $45 million settlement in a lawsuit stemming from the merger that created UNUMProvident.
Leslie was an integral member of the litigation team in a derivative suit brought against the directors of Oxford Health Plans Inc. As co-lead counsel in the case, Leslie and the firm represented individual investors seeking to recover damages sustained by the company because of its directors' breaches of their fiduciary duties, gross mismanagement, corporate waste of assets and breach of duty of loyalty with respect to self-dealing stock transactions.
Leslie has also served on several trial teams, including In re Biogen Sec. Litig., No. 94-cv-12177 (D. Mass.), and In re Zila Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 99-cv-00115 (D. Ariz.), which settled during trial preparation.
Represents several public pension and Taft Hartley clients in a number of books and records demands under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Organizes firm's participation in the Massachusetts Legal Food Frenzy
Coordinates firm's support of the Greater Boston Food Bank
Publications, Presentations & Appearances
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, Florida Public Pension Trustees Association Winter Trustees School, presenter (Feb. 2015)
SEC Regulatory Update Florida Public Pension Trustees Association Fall Trustees School, presenter (Sep. 2013)
Leslie R. Stern Partner
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P 617 542 8300
Emaillstern@bermantabacco.com
Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1995)
American University (B.S., Finance, 1991)
Designated a Local Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation in 2013, 2014 and 2015
Recognized among the Benchmark Plaintiff Top 150 Women in Litigation
Ranked as a Recommended Attorney in Securities Litigation by The Legal 500 (U.S. edition 2017-2019)
State Bar of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of California
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
First Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals
Boston Bar Association
National Association of Women Lawyers
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National Association of Public Pension Attorneys


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Viewers can catch the biggest stars and hottest names in Korean entertainment, from young and trendy idol dramas to popular soap operas, along with the current variety buzz and the top K-pop hits. In addition, ONE has also regularly brought South Korean artistes on promotional tours to meet with fans. Successful events have included stars like Kim Rae Won (Doctors), Kang Ha Neul (Scarlet Heart), Ricky Kim and kids (Oh! My Baby), Joo Won (The Gang Doctor), Zo In Sung (That Winter, The Wind Blows), Lee Hyun Woo (To the Beautiful You), Lee Dong Wook (Scent of a Woman), Kim Sun-A (Scent of a Woman), Jang Hyuk (Midas), and K-pop boy group BTOB; as well as the resoundingly successful Running Man fan meet in Singapore and Malaysia.
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Kworld TV tuner (or others)?
Sony Minidisc and Net MD?
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video card? FC3 on a Dell PowerEdge SC420.
No sound, Core 3, hp nx9030, complete noob!
linuxant Downloader Wireless Driver FREE for TI Chipsets.
Does FC3 linux care about my computer?
SCSI drive not detected ?
Can anyone recommend a SATA/Ultra ATA controller that works with FC 3?
Wow, Thinkpad R40 suspend/hibernate/etc all working!
should I trust these Asus Sound Drivers?
ati drivers and tux racer?
Unable to login after "yum update"
How do I exclude the ipw2200 drivers in the new kernel?
Cyberphone K with Linux: disables keyboard(s) when removed!?
Unable to resize ntfs partition.
FC3 issue Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-120 and LG CD-RW CED-8080B not supported???
Time going ahead after memory suspend.
Processor Type... comp got it wron?!?!
FC3 wireless linksys PCMCIA card installation?
ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Driver 8.10.19 is OUT!
GeForceMX4000 AGP on FC3 what's wrong ?
Activating Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT?
How to make PCI-E ATI Card work in FC3 2.6.10?
My ATI 9200 isn't recoganized!
Ipod firewire 20GB G4 ??hotplug??
Where is the volume control bar?


Want to learn more about the mountain dulcimer?
The dulcimer is a unique and beautiful instrument, and it's also a lot of fun to play. I was fortunate enough to have several friends and family members help me discover the world of mountain dulcimer music, and now, with over 8 years of playing experience, I would like to share any tips or techniques that I've picked up.
The dulcimer is also an extremely versatile instrument, and I can help fellow players branch out into new genres and methods. I have considerable experience playing jazz, classical, and rock songs; playing in ionian, dorian, mixolydian modes; with fingerpicking, two-handed "tapping," and clawhammer techniques; and with transcribing, composing, and arranging music. I think that everybody can enjoy making their very own type of music through the dulcimer, and I would like to help!


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package packages

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"strings"

	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
	"github.com/Uninett/appstore/pkg/appstore"
	"github.com/Uninett/appstore/pkg/chart"
	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"

	helmchart "k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
)

const (
	thirdPartyResourcesFile = "resources.yaml"
)

/*
 When returing information about a package to a user, we want to return some
extra information, such as which version are available, and which repo the
chart came from. We call this a package, as this may be easier to understand
for the end user.
*/
type Package struct {
	Values              map[string]interface{}        `json:"values"`
	Repo                string                        `json:"repo"`
	AvailableVersions   []string                      `json:"available_versions"`
	ThirdPartyResources map[string]ThirdPartyResource `json:"third_party_resources"`
	*helmchart.Chart
}

var PackageNotFound = errors.New("Package not found")

func (p *Package) Simplify() *Package {
	// We want to exclude the templates for now.
	p.Templates = nil
	p.Chart.Values = nil

	deleteDependecyTemplates(p.Dependencies)

	return p
}

type ThirdPartyResource struct {
	Options map[string]interface{} `json:"options"`
}

func deleteDependecyTemplates(deps []*helmchart.Chart) {
	if deps == nil {
		return
	}

	for _, dep := range deps {
		dep.Templates = nil
		deleteDependecyTemplates(dep.Dependencies)
	}

}

func LoadPackage(name, repo, version string, availableVersions []string, settings *appstore.Settings, logger *logrus.Entry) (*Package, error) {
	c, err := chart.LoadChart(name, repo, version, settings, logger)
	if err != nil {
		if strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), fmt.Sprintf("Failed to locate chart: %s", name)) {
			return nil, PackageNotFound
		}
		return nil, err
	}
	return CreatePackage(c, repo, availableVersions), nil
}

func extractValues(chart *helmchart.Chart) map[string]interface{} {
	if chart.Values == nil {
		return nil
	}

	vals := make(map[string]interface{})
	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(chart.Values.Raw), &vals)
	if err != nil {
		logrus.Errorf("error: %s", err)
		return nil

	}

	return vals
}

func CreatePackage(chart *helmchart.Chart, repo string, availableVersions []string) *Package {
	thirdPartyResources := make(map[string]ThirdPartyResource)
	for _, f := range chart.GetFiles() {
		if f.TypeUrl == thirdPartyResourcesFile {
			v := f.Value
			err := yaml.Unmarshal(v, &thirdPartyResources)
			if err != nil {
				logrus.Errorf("Failed to parse resources file associated with %s, error: %s", chart.GetMetadata().Name, err)
			}
			break
		}
	}

	vals := extractValues(chart)
	p := &Package{Chart: chart, Values: vals, ThirdPartyResources: thirdPartyResources, Repo: repo, AvailableVersions: availableVersions}
	return p

}

type PackageMetadata struct {
	Repo string `json:"repo"`
}

func GetPackageMetadata(values map[string]interface{}) (*PackageMetadata, error) {
	md := new(PackageMetadata)
	for k, v := range values {
		switch k {
		case "repo":
			repo, ok := v.(string)
			if !ok {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid package metadata")
			}
			md.Repo = repo
		}
	}

	return md, nil
}

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Mortality in the United States, 2017
Questions and Answers from the authors of the recently released 2017 mortality data. The data can be found in the following reports, "Mortality in the United States, 2017, " "Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2017, " and "Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999–2017."
Q: Why did life expectancy decline in 2017?
A: Mortality rates increased for 7 out of the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S., including a 5.9% increase in the flu/pneumonia death rate, a 4.2% increase in the accidental/unintentional injury death rate, and 3.7% in the suicide rate. Many of the accidental/unintentional deaths were from drug overdoses, which continued to increase in 2017.
Q: Isn't this the third straight year that life expectancy declined?
A: Estimated life expectancy at birth in 2017 was 0.3 years lower than in 2014 and 0.1 years lower than in 2016. The 2016 life expectancy estimate was revised to 78.7 years, up from an estimated 78.6 years, which was reported a year ago. This means that the 2016 life expectancy estimate is the same as the 2015 estimate, which also was revised to 78.7 years, down from an estimated 78.8 years, originally reported two years ago. As a routine matter, for the highest degree of accuracy, NCHS blends Medicare data for people ages 66 and over with our vital statistics data to estimate life expectancy. However, the two data sets are released on different schedules. When Medicare data for a year aren't available at the time we release our final mortality statistics, we use the most recent Medicare data available at the time. We later revise life expectancy estimates when updated Medicare data become available.
Q: How many deaths in 2017 were attributed to opioids?
A: In 2017, 47,600 drug overdose deaths mentioned involvement of any type of opioid, including heroin and illicit opioids, representing over two-thirds of all overdose deaths (68%).
Q: Why is the 70,237 number of overdose deaths smaller than what CDC has previously reported for 2017?
A: The 70,237 number is a final, official number of overdose deaths among U.S. residents for 2017 whereas the previously reported (and slightly higher) numbers were provisional estimates. In August of 2017, CDC began calculating monthly provisional data on counts of drug overdose deaths as a rapid response to this public health crisis, in order to provide a more accurate, closer to "real-time" look at what is happening both nationally and at the state level. These monthly totals are provisional counts, and they include all deaths occurring in the U.S. – which include deaths among non-residents (i.e., visitors here on business or leisure, students from abroad, etc). These counts also do not include deaths that are still under investigation. As a result, the monthly numbers are provisional or very preliminary, and the final 2017 number of 70,237 deaths is an official number that only include deaths among U.S. residents and account for any previously unresolved deaths that were under investigation.
Q: Does this mean that the 70,237 total does not include deaths to undocumented immigrants here in the U.S.?
A: We don't get immigration status off the death certificates, so we wouldn't know how many of the deaths were to undocumented immigrants.
Q: In comparing the 2017 numbers with 2016 and past years, is the crisis of drug overdose deaths growing or about the same?
A: From 2016 to 2017, the number of drug overdose deaths increased from 63,632 deaths to 70,237, a 10% increase, which is a smaller increase compared to the 21% increase from 2015 to 2016, when the number of drug overdose deaths increased from 52,404 deaths to 63,632 deaths. Over a longer period of time, from 1999 through 2017, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased on average by 10% per year from 1999 to 2006, by 3% per year from 2006 to 2014, and by 16% per year from 2014 to 2017. So the trend is continuing, although the increase in 2017 was not as large as in previous years.
Q: Are there any other trends of significance when looking at the types of drugs attributed to overdose deaths?
A: The rate of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, which include drugs such as fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, and tramadol, increased 45% in one year, from 6.2 per 100,000 in 2016 to 9.0 per 100,000 in 2017. In 2017, 40%(?) of all drug overdose deaths mentioned involvement of a synthetic opioid other than methadone.
Q: Has fentanyl overtaken heroin as the major cause of overdose death?
A: The data brief on drug overdose deaths does not specifically address fentanyl. However the rate of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl, increased 45% 2016 and 2017 whereas the overdose death rate from heroin did not change (4.9 deaths per 100,000).
Q: There is a lot of stark news in these three reports. Are there any positives to report?
A: The cancer mortality rate declined between 2016 and 2017, and although estimated life expectancy declined in 2017, life expectancy for people at age 65 actually increased. Also, regarding drug overdose deaths, the rate of increase in drug overdose deaths slowed between 2016 and 2017, although the increases that occurred were still very significant.
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Infant Mortality by Age at Death in the United States, 2016
Questions for Danielle Ely, Ph.D., Health Statistician and Author of "Infant Mortality by Age at Death in the United States, 2016"
Q: What made you decide to focus on the age when infants die in this new analysis of infant mortality in the United States?
DE: We focused this study on the age when infants die for a number for reasons. Age at death is an important factor in the risk of infant mortality. One important statistic is that infants are more likely to die before 28 days of age (neonatal deaths) than infants who live to 28 days and older (postneonatal deaths.) By presenting infant mortality rates by age at death, we show the differences in the likelihood of death between these two infant groups — information that can help inform the U.S. Public Health Community, families, and physicians on this critical age factor in infant lives and deaths.
Q: What sort of trend data do you have for the demographics and the cause of death data in your new study on infant mortality at the age of death?
DE: We have interesting trend data here in this report, as well as other public-use resources that are available for further research and data. Our new report looks at the overall trends in infant, neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates from 2007 (the most recent peak in infant mortality) through 2016. For 2016, we looked at infant mortality rates by mother's race and Hispanic origin and age and cause of death.
Q: Was there a result in your study's analysis of infant mortality at the age of death that you hadn't expected and that really surprised you?
DE: An important finding in this study is the lack of improvements to infant mortality. Since infant mortality had been on the decline in the United States for much of the last two decades, it was surprising that the infant mortality rate did not show significant declines from 2011-2016. Another recent report also showed a similar lack of improvement in fetal/perinatal mortality rates from 2014 through 2016.
Q: What differences, if any, did you see in infant mortality among race and ethnic groups, or any other demographics?
DE: The sometimes substantial differences among race and Hispanic origin groups in this report on infant mortality are noteworthy. We found that infants of non-Hispanic black mothers continue to have total, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates that were more than two times as high as infants of non-Hispanic white, Asian or Pacific Islander, or Hispanic mothers. Infants of American Indian or Alaska Native mothers had the next highest rates and had postneonatal mortality rates that were similar to infants of non-Hispanic black mothers.
DE: The most important message from this data brief is the lack of improvement in total infant mortality rates since 2011. Neonatal infants of all race and Hispanic origin groups we examined have higher mortality rates than postneonatal infants. Further, infants of non-Hispanic black women continue to have a higher risk of mortality than infants of non-Hispanic white, Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, or Hispanic mothers. This information can further our understanding of current infant mortality trends and provide information on where improvements can be made.
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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–June 2018
A new report from NCHS presents selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population based on data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey, along with comparable estimates from previous calendar years. Estimates for the first 6 months of 2018 are based on data for 39,112 persons.
In the first 6 months of 2018, 28.5 million persons of all ages (8.8%) were uninsured at the time of interview—not significantly different from 2017, but 20.1 million fewer persons than in 2010.
In the first 6 months of 2018, among adults aged 18–64, 12.5% were uninsured at the time of interview, 20.0% had public coverage, and 69.2% had private health insurance coverage.
In the first 6 months of 2018, among children aged 0–17 years, 4.4% were uninsured, 43.4% had public coverage, and 53.6% had private health insurance coverage.
Among adults aged 18–64, 69.2% (137.1 million) were covered by private health insurance plans at the time of interview in the first 6 months of 2018. This includes 4% (7.9 million) covered by private health insurance plans obtained through the Health Insurance Marketplace or state-based exchanges.
The percentage of persons under age 65 with private health insurance enrolled in a high-deductible health plan increased, from 43.7% in 2017 to 46.0% in the first 6 months of 2018.
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Fact or Fiction: Is yoga is the fastest-growing complementary health approach among children and adults in the United States?
Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2012 and 2017
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db324-h.pdf
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Use Of Yoga and Meditation Becoming More Popular in U.S.
The use of yoga and meditation has increased in the U.S., according to two new reports released by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
The first report "Use of Yoga, Meditation, and Chiropractors Among U.S. Adults Aged 18 and Older" examines changes from 2012 to 2017 in the percentage of U.S. adults that used yoga, meditation and chiropractors in the past 12 months. Of the three complementary health approached presented, yoga was the most commonly among U.S. adults in 2012 (9.5%) and 2017 (14.3%). The use of meditation increased more than threefold from 4.1% in 2012 to 14.2% in 2017.
The second report released today, "Use of Yoga, Meditation and Chiropractors Among U.S. Children Aged 4–17 Years," reveals that U.S. children aged 4-17 years who used yoga in the past 12 months increased significantly from 3.1% in 2012 to 8.4% in 2017. Further examination of 2017 data showed that girls were more likely than boys to have used yoga in the past 12 months (11.3% vs. 5.6%).
Other findings documented in the reports:
In 2017, the use of yoga among U.S. adults aged 18-44 (17.9%) was more than twice that of adults 65 years and older (6.7%).
In 2017, non-Hispanic white adults were more likely to use yoga (17.1%) and see a chiropractor (12.7%) in the past 12 months compared with Hispanic (8% and 6.6%, respectively) and non-Hispanic black (9.3% and 5.5%, respectively) adults.
The use of yoga, meditation and chiropractors saw a significant increase from 2012 to 2017, among U.S. adults.
Use of meditation increased significantly for U.S. children from 0.6% in 2012 to 5.4% in 2017.
Older U.S. children aged 12-17 were more likely to have used meditation (6.5%) and a chiropractor (5.1%) than younger children aged 4-11 (4.7% and 2.1% respectively) in 2017.
There was no significant difference in the use of a chiropractor for children from 2012 to 2017.
The two reports, "Use of Yoga, Meditation, and Chiropractors Among U.S. Adults Aged 18 and Older" and "Use of Yoga, Meditation and Chiropractors Among U.S. Children Aged 4–17 Years" are available on the NCHS web site at www.cdc.gov/nchs.
"Births: Final Data for 2017" Released
The comprehensive report on final births data for the United States was released on November 7, 2018, documenting a total of 3,855,500 births registered in the United States, down 2% from 2016. Compared with rates in 2016, the general fertility rate declined to 60.3 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44. The birth rate for females aged 15–19 fell 7% in 2017. Birth rates declined for women in their 20s and 30s but increased for women in their early 40s. The total fertility rate declined to 1,765.5 births per 1,000 women in 2017. Birth rates for both married and unmarried women declined from 2016 to 2017, and the percentage of babies born to unmarried women (39.8) did not change between 2016 and 2017. Many of these findings were documented in a May 2018 provisional release of 2017 data.
The final data are contained in the new publication "Births: Final Data for 2017."
Some new data for 2017 are included for the first time in the new report:
The percentage of women who began prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy rose to 77.3% in 2017.
The percentage of all women who smoked during pregnancy declined to 6.9%. Percentages dropped for all race/ethnic groups from 2016 to 2017 except for Hispanic mothers (no change) and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander mothers (a 0.1 percentage point increase).
Medicaid was the source of payment for 43.0% of all births in 2017, up 1% from 2016.
Twin and triplet and higher-order multiple birth rates were essentially stable in 2017.
The average age of U.S. mothers at first birth in 2017 was 26.8 years, an increase from 26.6 years in 2016 – and a new all-time high.
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QuickStats: Percentage of Residential Care Communities by U.S. Census Region — National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2012–2016
During 2012–2016, the percentage of residential care communities located in the West increased from 36.4% to 40.8%.
Throughout the period, a higher percentage of residential care communities were located in the West compared with other regions.
The percentage of residential care communities declined from 30.6% in 2012 to 28% in 2016 in the South and from 10.1% to 8.6% in the Northeast. In the Midwest, the percentage was 22.9% in 2012 and 22.6% in 2016.
Source: National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2012–2016 data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsltcp/index.htm.
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The National Space Council meets in Huntsville, Alabama. US Vice President Mike Pence announces a goal to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024.
India destroys a weather satellite in an ASAT test, creating space debris in the 300 km range, elevating the risk level to the International Space Station. The incident may touch off an international boycott of ISRO launch vehicles.
OneSpace OS-M1 premiere launch at Jiuquan 0929 UT fails to deliver Lingque-1B to orbit due to an upper stage problem.
Rocket Lab Electron Flight "Two Thumbs Up" launched from Māhia 2327 UT.
NASA and ESA officially announce Lunar Exploration partnership.
JAXA announces remote-control robot concept for lunar base construction.
ISS EVA215 (Hague, McClain) replaces an additional set of batteries.
ESA shows off its CHEOPS exoplanet probe in Spain before departure to Kourou.
Saturday Night Live featured a parody of the spacesuit issues at the International Space Station.
LM3C launches Tianlian-II-01 commsat from Xichang 1630 UT.
PSLV-C45 launch from Sriharikota 0357 UT.
Virgin Orbit "Cosmic Girl" flies loops over the Pacific and the Mojave. VO also released test stand footage of a 330 kN LauncherOne engine burn.
Canadian government begins collecting $20/t carbon tax in 4 provinces that do not assess them locally.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein meets with the House Science Committee to discuss the NASA budget. Though the committee is not necessarily opposed to accelerating exploration of the Moon and Mars, no updated NASA budget request was available to deliver on a recently proposed 2024 Moon landing. The committee pointedly did oppose budget cuts to STEM Engagement and WFIRST.
NASA briefed the public on the upcoming EVA216 spacewalk with McClain and Saint-Jacques. One of the new Lithium-Ion Battery modules has failed already. One of the Nickel-Hydrogen batteries recently retired will be put back into its place. A ground spare Lithium-Ion battery will eventually be sent up, but NASA has not yet determined which resupply mission will deliver it.
ESA is holding an online competition to select a 30-second audio clip to take along on the ExoMars mission. The clip will be transmitted to Earth from Mars after landing.
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Is it Illegal for Employers to Ask about Salary History?
In addition to numerous federal, state, and local employment laws, which prohibit gender and racial discrimination against employees, several states and cities are banning inquiries into salary history in an effort to address pay inequities for women and minorities. Employee advocates claim that, in determining an employee's salary based upon their previous salary, employers exacerbate earning disparities such that they actually rise to the level of discrimination. According to Emily Martin, general counsel for the National Women's Law Center, "We know that when employers see some past salary, they're likely to take that into account" in setting the employee's starting pay, and "too often, when women are paid less than men, that pay disparity can follow them from job to job."
Philadelphia's Wage Equity Law
Philadelphia was the first city in the U.S. to adopt a comprehensive "wage-gap" law, called the Wage Equity Law, which prohibits employers from making any inquiry into a job applicant's wage history during any stage of the employment process. However, the City of Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has an ongoing lawsuit asserting that Wage Equity Law violates employers' 1st amendment rights to free speech, and makes it harder for companies to determine employee wages and attract talent. New York City enacted a similar law prohibiting private employers from asking about a job applicant's salary history until after an offer of employment has been made, and preventing employers from searching public records for the purpose of gaining salary history.
Legislation Against Salary History Is Growing
Other cities, states, and even Congress are considering similar legislation. Massachusetts has also passed a salary history ban that prohibits private employers from asking applicants to disclose pay history until after the employer makes an offer, which will go into effect July 2018. Several other states, including Delaware, Oregon, New Jersey, California, Illinois, and Maryland have recently passed similar salary history laws. Cities such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C., as well as at least fifteen other states (Georgia, Maine, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington), are considering similar laws. Notably, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (Dem.-DC) has proposed making salary history questions illegal at the Federal level, with the Pay Equity for All Act of 2017, which would make salary history questions illegal in all 50 states.
Employers must be aware that violations of the new salary history laws may be reported by employees or applicants, and may result in fines or even jail time. For example, in New York City, the fine could be as high as $250,000 and under the Philadelphia law, the fine could be $2,000 per violation, plus 90 days in jail for repeat offenses.
An Attorney Could Help You Develop Measures for Compliance
Employers, employment agencies, and recruiters must be cognizant of these new laws, and work with an attorney to develop measures for compliance, including updating employment policies, training employees involved in the application process, and removing salary inquiries on job applications. Furthermore, Lydia Frank, Vice President of PayScale has advised employers to price the position, not the person. "You're trying to fill a certain role. What you should be doing is understanding the market rate for that role."


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Kiwanis Club of Valley gets a lesson on love
By Wayne Clark
Published 10:18 am Friday, February 16, 2018
VALLEY — Wednesday's noon hour speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Valley had an appropriate topic for Valentine's Day. Ursula Davis, the activities director at EAMC-Lanier Nursing Home talked about love.
She spoke of one of the most famous definitions of love ever written.
"In First Corinthians, St. Paul talks about love being patient and kind," she said. "He tells of love never being jealous, never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or seeks its own advantage."
St. Paul's view of love, Davis said. does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but finds joy in truth.
"It does not take offense or store up grievances," she paraphrased First Corinthians. "Love is always ready to make allowances, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes."
Davis talked of the four types of love in the Christian tradition: eros, or romantic love; love of family; phials, or love of your fellow man and agape, divine love from God that may involve a sacrifice.
"It's the way that Christ led his life," Davis said. "This kind of love is bigger than you or I. It's unpredictable and irrefutable. Love is free. It's can't be bought, sold or traded. You can love people you don't even like. You can't be made to love someone or to make someone love you. Real love always comes from the heart. It can't be manipulated or restrained."
Davis said that Wednesday was one of the big days of the year for EAMC-Lanier Nursing Home. It was the day of the annual Valentine's Ball and the crowing of a Valentine King and Queen.
It took place during the 7 p.m. hour, and the nursing home's dining area was overflowing with residents, family members and staff. The selections are made by popular vote of the residents. Howard McCants is this year's king and Mary Lowe the queen. A married couple, Charles and Betty Duffey were the runners up for king and queen.
"We've been married 67 years," Mr. Duffey said. "We got married in 1950. That was a LONG time ago!"
Right now, EAMC-Lanier Nursing Home is a few residents short of capacity. There are 96 people staying there at the present time. The maximum number is 103.
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I wanted to publish this page on another page as a web part .
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PM's address at valedictory function of the 2nd National Youth Parliament Festival
Namaskar!
First of all, I congratulate these three young men wholeheartedly, who made the presentation in a very effective, fluent and precise manner. Their personality was full of self-confidence. My heartiest congratulations to these three young winners! Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla ji, Minister of Education Shri Ramesh PokhriyalNishankji, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Shri KirenRijijuji, and my young colleagues from all over the country, wish you all the best of the National Youth Day.
The birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda today gives a new inspiration to all of us. Today is also special that this time the Youth Parliament is being held in the Central Hall of the country's parliament. This Central Hall is witness to our Constitution. Many great people of the country made decisions for a free India here and reflected on the future of India. Their dream of a future India, their dedication, courage, strength and efforts still resonate in the Central Hall. And, friends, the seats that you are occupying today are the seats on which some distinguished great personalities of this country sat when the process to draw the Constitution was going on. Just imagine the seat on which you are sitting was once used by the great men of the country. The country has so many expectations from you. I am sure all the young colleagues who are sitting in the Central Hall now must also be feeling the same.
The debates and brainstorming sessions done by you here are also very important. I congratulate and convey my best wishes to the winners of the competition. And when I was listening to you, I got the idea and, therefore, I decided that I would tweet your speeches from my Twitter handle today. And it is not that I will only tweet the speeches of you three only. If there is recorded material available, I will also tweet the speeches of all those who were in the finals so that the country knows how our future India is taking shape in this Parliament complex. It would be a matter of great pride for me to tweet your speech today.
What Swamiji has given to the country and the society, is beyond time and region, and is going to inspire and guide every generation. You must have noticed that there is hardly any village, city or a person in India which does not feel connected with Swamiji and is not motivated by him. Swamiji's inspiration also gave new vigour to the war of independence. The long period of subjugation had disconnected India from the sense of its strength of thousands of years. Swami Vivekananda reminded India of its strength, made it realize, revived its mind and awakened the national consciousness. You will be surprised to know that the people who were fighting the war for independence either through the path of revolution or peace at that time were inspired by Swami Vivekanandaji. At the time of his arrest, the literature associated with Swamiji definitely reached the police. Then it was studied as to what is in the thoughts of Swami Vivekanandaji, which inspires people for patriotism, nation building and to die for the cause of freedom, and how it impacts the minds of every young man so much. Time passed by and the country became free, but we still find that Swamiji is among us, inspires us every moment and his influence is visible somewhere in our thought process. What he said about spirituality, what he said about nationalism, nation building, national interest and his thoughts from public service to the service to humanity continue to flow in our hearts. I am sure you colleagues must also be feeling the same. Though you can't imagine, whenever you see the pictures of Vivekanandaji, a sense of reverence would develop inside you and your head would bow to him.
Swami Vivekananda has given another precious gift. This gift is the creation of individuals and institutions. It is very rarely discussed. But if we study, we will find that Swami Vivekananda has also taken forward the institutions which are still doing the job of building personality and evoking his values, service and dedication. The creation of an institution from the individual and the creation of a number of people from the institution is a continuous, unchecked and steady cycle, which is going on. People come under the influence of Swamiji, take the inspiration to build institutions and from those institutions emerge people who embrace the path shown by Swamiji and connect with the new people. Today, this cycle from individuals to institutions and from institutions to individuals is a great strength of India. You guys hear a lot about entrepreneurship. That again is something like this. A brilliant individual makes an outstanding company. Later, many brilliant individuals emerge from the ecosystem that is developed in that company. These individuals go ahead and create new companies. This cycle of individuals and institutions is equally important for every sphere of the country and the society.
The major focus of the new national education policy of the country is also on building better individuals. This policy of nation building from individual building gives top priority to the desires, skills, understanding and the decisions of the youth. Now you can choose any subject, combination or stream. You can start another course by giving a break to a course. Now it will not be that the effort you have made for the previous course will be wasted. You will also get a certificate for what you have studied and it will help you.
Today, an ecosystem is being developed in the country, in search of which our youth often used to look for abroad. Their modern education, better enterprise opportunities, talent recognition and respectful systems naturally attracted them. Now, we are committed and are also striving for the system which should be available to our young colleagues in the country. Today, an environment is being developed and an ecosystem is being created where our youth can develop themselves according to their talents and dreams. Everything is being given priority whether it is the education system, social system or the legal details. Swamiji also emphasized on something that we should not forget. Swamiji emphasized on physical and mental strength. He used to say "Muscles of Iron and Nerves of Steel". It is because of his inspiration, special focus is being given to the physical and mental fitness of the youth of India today. Whether it is the Fit India Movement, yoga awareness or the creation of modern sports infrastructure, these are strengthening the youth mentally and physically.
Nowadays, you must be hearing some terms again and again — Personality Development and Team Management. You will also be able to understand its nuances more easily after studying Swami Vivekananda. His mantra for personality development was 'Believe in Yourself'. His mantra for leadership was: 'Believe in all'. He used to say: "According to old religions, atheists are those who do not believe in God. But the new religion says that atheists are those who do not trust themselves." And when it came to leadership, he relied on his team even before himself. I read it somewhere and I want to share that anecdote with you. Once Swamiji went with his fellow Swami Shardanandaji for a public lecture in London. All preparations had been made, the listeners had gathered and naturally, everyone came to hear Swami Vivekananda. But as soon as his turn came, Swamiji said that he would not give the speech today but his colleague Shardanandaji! Shardanandaji had not even imagined that he would be assigned this role. He was not even prepared for it. But when Shardanandaji started speaking, everybody was amazed and influenced by him. This is leadership and the power to trust your team-mates! Today, as much as we know about Swami Vivekanandaji, a huge credit goes to Swami Shardanandaji.
It was Swamiji, who said in that era that fearless, frank, clean-hearted, courageous and ambitious youth are the foundations on which the future of the nation is built. He believed so much on the youth and the youth power. Now you have to stand the test of his faith. The task of taking India to new heights and making the country self-reliant is to be done by all of you. Now some of you may think that we have not yet been so old. This is the happy-go-lucky time. Friends, when the goal is explicit and there is the will, the age never becomes a hindrance. Age doesn't matter so much. Remember this always that during the time of subjugation, the freedom movement was commanded by the younger generation. Do you know what the age of Shaheed Khudiram Bose was when he was hanged? He was just 18-19 years old. When Bhagat Singh was hanged, what was his age? Just 24 years. When BhagwanBirsa Munda was martyred, what was his age? Barely 25 years. That generation was determined to live and die for the freedom of the country. Lawyers, doctors, professors, bankers and the young generation from different professions came out and brought us freedom.
We have been born in the period … I am also born in free India. I have not seen slavery and all of you who are sitting in front of me have also been born in free India. We did not have the opportunity to die for the independence of the country, but we have got the opportunity to take forward the free India. We don't have to lose this opportunity. My young colleagues of the country, the forthcoming 25-26 years are very important in the journey of 75 years of independence to 100 years of independence. There will be 100 years of independence in 2047. These 25-26 years of journey are very important. Friends, you also think, the age in which you are and the period which is starting now is the golden period of your life, the best period and the same period is taking India to 100 years of independence. It means that your personal growth and the achievements of the 100 years of independence are in sync and there is a great synergy between the imminent 25-26 years of your life and the country which is of great importance. Give the country the highest priority and to the service of the country in these years of your life. Vivekanandaji used to say that this century belongs to India. You have to make this century the century of India. Whatever you do, whatever decision you make, think about what will be the interest of the country?
Swami Vivekanandaji used to say that our youth should come forward and become the destiny of the nation. Therefore, it is your responsibility to lead the future of India. And your responsibility is also towards the politics of the country. Because politics is a powerful means of bringing about meaningful change in the country. Like every sphere, politics also needs a lot of youth. New thinking, new energy, new dreams and new zeal are very much needed in the politics of the country.
Earlier in the country, there was a perception that if a young man turned to politics, his family used to say that the child was going astray, because politics represented fights, violence, loot and corruption! It was labeled by several names. People used to say that everything could change but not the politics. But today you see, the people of the country, the citizens of the country, have been so aware that they support honest people in politics, give chance to honest people. The common people of the country stand firm with politicians, who are honest, dedicated and have a sense of service. Honesty and performance are becoming the first essential condition of today's politics. This pressure has been created in the country due to awareness. Corruption, which was a legacy for some, has become a burden for them today. And it is the power of awareness of the common citizen of the country that they are not able to overcome it even after a million attempts. The country is now bestowing love to the honest, blessing the honest, putting everything for the honest and reposing its trust on them. Now, the public representatives are also beginning to understand that if they have to face the next elections, their CV should be strong and their work should speak. But friends, there is still need for some changes, and the youth of the country have to bring about these changes. One of the biggest enemies of democracy is flourishing and that is the political dynasty. Political dynasty is a challenge before the country which needs to be uprooted. It is now true that the days of those that won elections only on the basis of surnames are ending. But in politics, this disease of dynasty has not ended completely. There are still people whose ideas, thoughts, goals are all about their family's politics, and the preservation of their family in politics.
This political dynasty burdens the country with inefficiency besides promoting a new form of dictatorship in a democracy. Political dynasty solidifies the feeling of 'only me and my family' instead of the nation first. This is also a big reason for political and social corruption in India. Those that have grown from the dynasty think that if the corruption of their earlier generations was not accounted for, then nobody will be able to do anything to them. They see successful examples of that in their homes. Therefore, neither do these people have any respect for the law, nor do they have any fear of it.
The responsibility to change the situation is on the awareness of the country, on the shoulders of the younger generation who have to live with the mantra of राष्ट्रयाम जागृयाम वयं, i.e., we will keep the priestly nation alive and awake. You should come to politics in large numbers and take part in it. Come with the intention of doing something, not with the intention of doing something for personal interests. You should move forward with your thinking and your vision. Work together and firmly. Remember, unless the youth of the country comes into politics, this poison of dynasty will continue to undermine our democracy. You need to come into politics to save the democracy of this country. Young friends should discuss the issues of the country together at forums like Mock Parliament which are being run by our youth department. The youth of the country should be brought to the Central Hall of India. The purpose behind this is to prepare the new young generation of the country so that they come forward to lead the country in the days to come. You have a great guide like Swami Vivekananda in front of you. If young people like you come into politics drawing inspiration from him, the country will be stronger.
Swami Vivekanandaji used to give a very important mantra to the youth. He used to say, "More important than a disaster or a problem is to learn from that calamity." What did you learn from that? We also need restraint as well as courage in disasters. Disaster also gives us the opportunity to think how we re-create something that has been impaired or lay the foundations for a new building afresh. Sometimes, we think of something new after a crisis, a disaster, and then see how that new thinking changed the whole future. You must have felt it in your life too. I want to share an experience with you today. Everything was destroyed in a few moments when the earthquake struck Kutch in Gujarat in 2001. In a way, a sheath of death had enveloped the entire Kutch and all the buildings were flattened. Seeing the situation, people used to say that Kutch has now been ruined forever. A few months after this earthquake, I was entrusted with the responsibility of being the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Everybody around was saying that Gujarat has been finished forever and has been ruined. We worked with a new approach, moved forward with a new strategy. We did not only re-build the buildings, but took the pledge to take Kutch to a new height of development. There were no roads, no electricity system, no water was readily available. We improved every system. We made hundreds of kilometres long canals and brought the water from the pipeline to Kutch. The condition of Kutch was such that nobody could think of tourism there. On the contrary, thousands of people migrated from Kutch every year. Now, the situation is such that the people who left Kutch years ago have started returning today. Today, lakhs of tourists arrive in Kutch to enjoy the Rann Festival. That is, we found an opportunity to move forward even in the calamity.
At the same time, there was another major work which was carried out during the earthquake, which is not discussed much. Nowadays, in the wake of Corona, you hear a lot about the Disaster Management Act. During this time, all government orders were issued on the basis of the same Act. But there is also a story behind this Act, it has a relationship with the Kutch earthquake and I will also tell you about that and you will be pleased.
Earlier, disaster management in our country was considered to be the work of the Agriculture Department only, because disaster meant floods or droughts in our country. Heavy rains meant disaster; insufficient rains meant disaster; compensation for farming in the event of floods; these were the primary tasks of the disaster management. But Gujarat created the Gujarat State Disaster Management Act in 2003 drawing lessons from the Kutch earthquake. It was for the first time in the country that disaster management was taken out from the Agriculture Department and was entrusted with the Home Department. Later, learning from the same law of Gujarat, the central government formulated the Disaster Management Act for the entire country in 2005. Now, with the help of this Act, the country has fought such a great battle against the pandemic. Today, the same Act helped save the lives of millions of our people and became the basis to bail out the country from such a big crisis. Not only that, when disaster management was confined only to compensation and relief materials, the world is today learning from the disaster management of India.
The society that learns to make progress even in crises writes its own destiny. So, today, India and the 130 crore Indians are writing their own destiny. Every effort that you make, every single service work, every single innovation, and every single honest resolution is laying the foundation of a strong future. My best wishes to you for succeeding in your efforts. Lakhs of the youth of the country and the officers of the department deserve appreciation for taking forward this youth movement by organizing this face-to-face or virtual event simultaneously. All the youngsters taking part in this event deserve felicitation and my best wishes to all the winners. You all have to ensure that the things that you have spoken about go to the roots of the society. My best wishes as you move ahead on it successfully. I pause to my voice by expressing gratitude to the Hon'ble Speaker once again for organizing this programme inside the Parliament House.
Many many thanks!
Addressing the National Youth Parliament Festival. https://t.co/OtaqUrBnZS
समय गुजरता गया, देश आजाद हो गया, लेकिन हम आज भी देखते हैं, स्वामी जी का प्रभाव अब भी उतना ही है।
अध्यात्म को लेकर उन्होंने जो कहा, राष्ट्रवाद-राष्ट्रनिर्माण को लेकर उन्होंने जो कहा, जनसेवा-जगसेवा को लेकर उनके विचार आज हमारे मन-मंदिर में उतनी ही तीव्रता से प्रवाहित होते हैं: PM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 12, 2021
स्वामी विवेकानंद ने एक और अनमोल उपहार दिया है।
ये उपहार है, व्यक्तियों के निर्माण का, संस्थाओं के निर्माण का।
इसकी चर्चा बहुत कम ही हो पाती है: PM
लोग स्वामी जी के प्रभाव में आते हैं, संस्थानों का निर्माण करते हैं, फिर उन संस्थानों से ऐसे लोग निकलते हैं जो स्वामी जी के दिखाए मार्ग पर चलते हुए नए लोगों को जोड़ते चलते हैं।
Individual से Institutions और Institutions से Individual का ये चक्र भारत की बहुत बड़ी ताकत है: PM
ये स्वामी जी ही थे, जिन्होंने उस दौर में कहा था कि निडर, बेबाक, साफ दिल वाले, साहसी और आकांक्षी युवा ही वो नींव है जिस पर राष्ट्र के भविष्य का निर्माण होता है।
वो युवाओं पर, युवा शक्ति पर इतना विश्वास करते थे: PM
पहले देश में ये धारणा बन गई थी कि अगर कोई युवक राजनीति की तरफ रुख करता था तो घर वाले कहते थे कि बच्चा बिगड़ रहा है।
क्योंकि राजनीति का मतलब ही बन गया था- झगड़ा, फसाद, लूट-खसोट, भ्रष्टाचार!
लोग कहते थे कि सब कुछ बदल सकता है लेकिन सियासत नहीं बदल सकती: PM
लेकिन आज राजनीति में ईमानदार लोगों को भी मौका मिल रहा है।
Honesty और Performance आज की राजनीति की पहली अनिवार्य शर्त होती जा रही है।
भ्रष्टाचार जिनकी legacy थी, उनका भ्रष्टाचार ही आज उन पर बोझ बन गया है।
वो लाख कोशिशों के बाद भी इससे उभर नहीं पा रहे हैं: PM
कुछ बदलाव बाकी हैं, और ये बदलाव देश के युवाओं को ही करने हैं।
राजनीतिक वंशवाद, देश के सामने ऐसी ही चुनौती है जिसे जड़ से उखाड़ना है।
अब केवल सरनेम के सहारे चुनाव जीतने वालों के दिन लदने लगे हैं।
लेकिन राजनीति में वंशवाद का ये रोग पूरी तरह समाप्त नहीं हुआ है: PM
अभी भी ऐसे लोग हैं, जिनका विचार, जिनका आचार, जिनका लक्ष्य, सबकुछ अपने परिवार की राजनीति और राजनीति में अपने परिवार को बचाने का है।
ये राजनीतिक वंशवाद लोकतंत्र में तानाशाही के साथ ही अक्षमता को भी बढ़ावा देता है: PM
राजनीतिक वंशवाद, Nation First के बजाय सिर्फ मैं और मेरा परिवार, इसी भावना को मज़बूत करता है।
ये भारत में राजनीतिक और सामाजिक करप्शन का भी एक बहुत बड़ा कारण है: PM
नेशनल यूथ पार्लियामेंट फेस्टिवल, 2021 की प्रथम पुरस्कार विजेता उत्तर प्रदेश की मुदिता मिश्रा ने वोकल फॉर लोकल पर अपनी स्पीच में प्रभावशाली तरीके से बताया कि 'भारत अब जाग उठा है'... pic.twitter.com/b1rnpDPIcM
I was delighted to hear Ayati Mishra, who hails from Maharashtra, talk about the need to make India self-reliant and boost prosperity among our citizens. pic.twitter.com/tENcHFRkbm
I admire Avinam's lively and passionate speech. He hails from Sikkim and spoke at length about India's development. Do listen. pic.twitter.com/bsta9SRpHU
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We have all been on the front lines of the convergence of marketing and communications, but the transformation has not been without challenges: cultural challenges, organizational design challenges and measurement challenges. At the recent Growth PR Conference from AirPR, leadership from E*Trade, Dolby, BitGo, and Bank of the West shared their personal experiences and thoughts on what works… and what doesn't.
"I got an MBA and went into advertising back when we basically had general advertising agencies that did your research, media planning and buying, and creative, and we had direct marketing agencies. At a point in time, we started worrying about integration and how we integrate what we do for our clients. I actually traded jobs for a year to get an understanding of the other side. Then when I went to run marketing at Visa, I had responsibility for all of marketing but PR rolled up into global communications and then up to the CEO. So again, I took my integrations skills, and we spent a lot of time meeting to ensure we were aligned. I went to Schwab and had responsibility as CMO, which included corporate communications as well as for PR, basically everything but Investor Relations. Analytics was still at the early stage. We could do marketing mix optimizations and even ROI, but PR was always on the outside of that.
"I feel like I landed a dream job where there were absolutely no people, no processes, no infrastructure, no tech stack… People said, 'We need marketing, please come in here and do this for us and just tell us how this is going to work.' I'm in a rare situation where I'm actually not surrounded by people who think they know how to do my job better than I do. I'm sure we've all encountered that.
"I thought that this was really a great opportunity for an entire marketing organization to be led by a communications person. I think that's such an incredible opportunity because so often we feel like communication ends up either under marketing, but it's not somebody who really understands the potential of what the function can be, or, it ends up completely separate from marketing which can create silos. I'm fortunate to be able to take an approach where we say, 'All right, we're starting with storytelling, and we're starting with what we want to accomplish. We're looking at our audiences and how that translates across demand generation, communications, website and brand, and how are we going to measure the effectiveness of whatever we're trying to do across channels.
"I think one of the big impetuses of my interest in convergence was when they started calling PR and social 'Earned Media.' When you think about the context of Paid, Earned and Owned Media, has been completely blurred. Given we're in the business of message consistency, the convergence between them is just incredible. People said, you know, Facebook's not social media, they're media. I think the lines between what is editorial and what is paid has been completely blurred. And I think, given that we're in the business of message message consistency, the job is to integrate all of it.
"For me, currently, at Dolby, our PR function actually sits in the marketing organization. I report into the chief marketing officer. I have a quasi dotted line into the rest of the executive leadership team. When I first joined, I was wondering what the heck I was going to do in a marketing organization. I've always worked for the CEO and I spent my first few months wondering how we were going to show value and just really fit in. I've since come to learn is that it really doesn't matter where you sit within the organization. Quite frankly, I have just as much access to the CEO as the CMO. Wherever you sit in the organization, you can still show the value.
Regardless of whether PR and communications is currently a part of your marketing organization, or whether your measurement is currently aligned, it remains fundamentally clear that marketing and communications teams that make efforts to align across channels, measure effectively within the marketing mix, and build a culture that works across functions is a recipe for success.


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Hands-on: Super Mario 3D World scratches an all-too-familiar itch
The latest Mario platformer isn't groundbreaking, but it's all in good fun.
Andrew Cunningham - Jun 12, 2013 3:53 pm UTC
"Play the game."
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime repeated these words over and over at the start of the company's small, private E3 presentation on the first day of the show. The (relatively) intimate gathering, an invite-only event held in lieu of the company's traditional press conference, was centered entirely on the games that Nintendo will be bringing to its platforms in the next year or so. In fact, the presentation part of the event was so short that Nintendo didn't even bring chairs to its booth.
"It was our decision to minimize the time from when we said 'good morning' and you getting to play the game," Fils-Aime said.
To that end, the company's floor space was devoted almost entirely to Wii U kiosks, each set up to give attendees a taste of the software that the flagging console so badly needs. One of Nintendo's biggest guns was undoubtedly Super Mario 3D World, and we spent around 20 minutes with the latest entry in the company's long-running platformer series.
A quick peek at Super Mario 3D World gameplay footage at E3 on June 11, 2013.https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/bcvids/636468927001_2474563173001_Super-Mario-3D-World-gameplay-footage.mp4
Super Mario 3D World is a sequel of sorts to the 3DS' Super Mario 3D Land. In this case, the "3D" in the title is a bit misleading, since without the 3DS' display, the Wii U game lacks the pop-out 3D effects of its portable predecessor (and a Nintendo rep confirmed that no 3D TV support was planned). However, World retains Land's general style of play—you can move in three dimensions, but the camera is mostly fixed. Depending on the angle at which the camera is positioned, this can make individual levels (and sections of levels) feel quite different from one another.
Five levels were playable on the showroom floor—three "standard" Mario levels, one boss battle, and one level in which you ride a dinosaur down some rapids set to that slide song from Mario 64. All of them feel like all 3D Mario platformers feel: you have to run, jump, stomp, and headbutt your way from the start of the level to the flagpole at the end. As is often the case, World introduces one new gameplay tweak via a power-up: a new golden bell will transform you into a cat that can climb walls for a brief period of time as well as flip to defeat enemies.
Another more significant addition comes in the form of multiplayer co-op in the style of the New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New SMB U 2D games (with all of the fun and frustration that entails). Up to four players can grab a Wii remote (held sideways, as in New Super Mario Bros.) or the Wii U's GamePad to play through levels simultaneously as either Mario, Luigi, Toad, or Peach, and players can bounce on each others' heads and toss each other around to make some of the game's challenges slightly easier.
Enlarge / A new power-up will change you (and up to three of your friends) into wall-climbing cats.
Each character also has a specific play style, à la Super Mario Bros. 2. Luigi has a higher, slower-falling flutter jump but is slightly more difficult to move, Toad can sprint faster than the other characters, Peach can float through the air for a brief period, and Mario is the consummate all-rounder.
As in the New Super Mario Bros. games, though, the multiplayer mode may prove frustrating for players of different skill levels. The game's camera tends to follow the player who is the furthest ahead in the level, making it difficult for all four players to get through levels at their own individual pace—there is, however, a built-in catch-up mechanism that automatically rescues players who fall too far behind, moving them up to the frontmost player's position.
Players using the Wii remotes are also stuck moving around with the directional pad, which is a little less precise than an analog stick for moving in three dimensions (a Nintendo rep told us that no Nunchuk support was planned). The player with the Wii U gamepad will have a slightly easier time of things—they'll be able to use an analog stick to move, and they'll also be able to use the touchscreen to stun enemies, pick up some coins and items, and reveal hidden blocks (among other things).
If you played and enjoyed Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, or New Super Mario Bros. Wii U, Super Mario 3D World looks like a successful synthesis of the elements that made those games fun. Fans of precision platforming will show up for the single-player mode; fans of hectic, potentially friendship-ruining multiplayer will stay for the co-op. Super Mario 3D World is slated to ship in December.
Aurich Creative Director et Subscriptor
The Wii U is the first Nintendo console I probably won't have. NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, had them all. A new Mario title was often all you needed to go out and buy the new system. It just seems like those days are gone. I'm sure this is fun, but I honestly never finished any of the Mario titles on my Wii, which I never turn on. Maybe it's me, but I just don't get excited seeing this stuff now. I suspect it's not entirely me though, it just feels like we're retreading the same paths over and over now.
24354 posts | registered Jun 8, 2001
Michael.phoenix Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
See I'm just the opposite. THe Wii U is going to be the only one i get this generation. I've pretty much given up on console gaming and am sticking with PC for the foreseeable future. I don't need generic shooter #311234. However my wife absolutely adores any and all mario games. I hand her a controller and it will keep her distracted for days.
It frees me to get in more Civ time. Just one more turn man! JUST ONE MORE TURN!
CrookedKnight Ars Scholae Palatinae
Jeez, about time they brought Peach back. Two Toads in NSMBWii/WiiU was just weird.
sword_9mm Ars Legatus Legionis
Aurich wrote:
not just you. i won't get a wiiU either, nor a xbone. ps4 maybe at 299 or less in a few years depending but will probably just completely transition to PC for the few things i do play.
getting older i guess. how many call of duties or marios or halos can we really get all impressed with? i know it's 'in' to bitch on Nintendo for rehashes but the whole mess of gaming is the same shit over and over except for some indie devs that is. big publishing for games is no different than movies. keep feeding them the same over and over.
15376 posts | registered Oct 3, 2000
Daros Ars Tribunus Militum
Castanova wrote:
Mario 64 was the last great Mario game.
If you ignore New Super Mario Bros, Mario 3D Land, and Galaxy 1 & 2, you are correct.
Edit: especially the Galaxy games. They are incredible.
albeec13 Ars Scholae Palatinae
I'm sort of in the same boat as you. I've owned everything up until the Wii, except for the handhelds.
Usually, what sold me on the new systems was a new Zelda or Mario game, and I have yet to finish Skyward Sword, but I completed all the N64/GC/Wii Zelda games up until Skyward Sword (which I should hopefully finish in the near future when the mood strikes.) I played/loved Super Mario Galaxy (only the first one, not SMG2) and it was also the best Mario game since Mario 64 for me, but the newer side-scrolling Mario games aren't really doing it for me. The last sidescrolling Mario games I loved were SMW and Yoshi's Island, but I've felt like the newer ones are missing something.
In any event, I also don't see myself ever buying a Wii U, and the sad part is if they'd just added GC game support and better backwards compatibility, I'd probably buy one. As it is, I'm ok with just my old Wii.
tenoch Ars Scholae Palatinae
December? They need this now. This is the type of title that Nintendo needed at launch or within a few short months. By the time this comes out you'll have people looking to spend their money on an alternate console. It just feels that Nintendo has no urgency to put out the must have games while it still has a lead before the PS4 and XB1 are available to market.
OoklaTheMok Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
Hooray! As CrookedKnight said, about time!
sword_9mm wrote:
Gotta agree with you. I had mostly transitioned to PC gaming by the time Xbox360/PS3 came around, and mostly had a Wii for nostalgia purposes.
As of right now, I have such a huge backlog of indie games from humblebundle, indieroyale, indiegamestand, Steam sales, etc. I'll probably never finish them, but I feel no great desire to play most of the mainstream titles like the CoDs and Halos anyway. They all seem like more of the same to me.
I should also add that I probably paid a fraction of the cost of one big-budget mainstream title for all these games, which really sweetens the deal.
Last edited by albeec13 on Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:23 am
FrankTheHuman Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
One of the biggest failings of the Wii U (from a system owner's perspective) is the unnecessary limitations placed on which controllers are supported by which games/apps. The selling point of Monster Hunter was, for me, pro controller support. The fact that you can't use *any* controller other than the GamePad to navigate the eShop is mind boggling. And restricting 1st party titles like this to uncomfortable and awkward sideways wiimotes is just backwards. Wrong directions all around! It seems to directly contradict the point of having all these options when we are not free to choose, and makes me question the value of the $$ spent on the peripherals.
LimpBagel Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor
tenoch wrote:
There was a Mario game at launch and it's getting DLC in 8 days.
11697 posts | registered Jun 23, 2000
iconmaster Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
Players 2 through 4 have to navigate these 3D levels with a D-pad?
That... sucks.
famousringo Ars Scholae Palatinae
It's mostly just you. New Super Mario Bros and New Super Mario Bros Wii are the 2nd and 3rd best selling Mario games of all time after the one that was bundled with almost every NES made. I'm sure there are other people who are bored with it, but they seem to be getting replaced faster than they retire.
945 posts | registered Dec 2, 2010
BkMak Ars Centurion
Michael.phoenix wrote:
Man you don't know what you are missing, GS 311234 Is an incredible game. I am especially fond of the plot twist near the end.
JGoat Ars Tribunus Militum
Galaxy 1/2 are standouts. I still enjoy the new entries in the old franchises, but it makes sense that they're not for everyone.
LucidCG Ars Praetorian
Nintendo used to strike a balance between creating entirely new games / properties and making sequels, re-boots, updates and re-releases. At some point the pendulum began to swing to far towards focusing on the latter. Maybe it began this move when they took Rare's Dinosaur Planet and patched Starfox onto it. It's unfortunate that Nintendo, at one point the greatest game developer, seems unable to craft new software.
Less focus on "innovating" with peripherals / controllers and more on creating the real reason people buy these things (games) would lead to greater success for them and gaming for the public.
For context: Why do I own a Wii U? Irrational exuberance.
I bought mine in February, after hemming and hawing and ultimately not pre-ordering (and smugly congratulating myself after reading about day 1 issues). At the time of my purchase I had just relocated cross country, this big exciting life decision, and I had been visiting with friends in my new home city who had also purchased Wii U's. I was already on a shopping spree, having bought a new TV, a new couch, etc... What better time to accessorize my living room?
And if I'm buying one, might as well get the deluxe! And some extra controllers!! And games!!! And a points card!!!! (What did Pratchett say, five exclamation points is a sign of madness?)
Of course, it was over a week before I unpacked it. And then all I did was the initial firmware overnighter. Another week or two before I got around to playing a game... So I was well entrenched before I realized all of the small, little mentioned UI/UX issues that really make the system far from effortless or inviting.
Please let me click seven times to get through a menu when three should suffice. Please force me to use the big ungainly controller that adds no real value, and doesn't hold a charge after a week of not being used.
Months later, my other Wii U owning friends and I have never played together. This week we will probably visit each other in Animal Crossing... On our other Nintendo devices.
Jackstar Seniorius Lurkius
Daros wrote:
You forgot to exclude Super Mario Sunshine... but it's understandable, as I tend to think many gamers skipped this game.
7 posts | registered Aug 22, 2012
StilesCrisis Ars Praetorian
Very disappointed that they chose 3D Land instead of Galaxy for the Wii U.
Pretty much the only game that could get me to trade in my Wii for a Wii U would be a new Super Mario Galaxy. SM3DL on the 3DS did nothing for me. It just felt like NSMB with a Z plane.
krimson Seniorius Lurkius
Looks good to me. I was waiting for a nice new multiplayer 3d mario on the Wii U. I bought mine for these kinds of games, not shooters... I'll stick with my PC for those, thank you.
Don't forget, this is the only "next gen" console with backward compatibility... now, whether or not you want to argue if this is truly next gen or not... that's a different story.
The best thing I got from this video has to be the new [?] blocks... I like that you now can hit it one time per person... and each of you get one item... instead of hitting it once, having 4 items go out, and 1 person getting all four of them...
2 posts | registered Dec 18, 2007
nomeacuerdo Seniorius Lurkius
3D Land was amazing, hopefully this won't be "let's deliver the same exact game but with a new powerup and a bunch of old ones" as happened with NSMB2 and NSMBU.
6 posts | registered Jan 3, 2013
IntergalacticWalrus Ars Tribunus Militum
Why Nintendo, why? Galaxy 1 and 2 were spectacularly brilliant games, why aren't you continuing in that direction??
3D Land was very meh for me on the 3DS, it was basically a mix of 2D and 3D Mario that has only taken the worst of both worlds. Its only redeeming value was the excellent use of stereoscopic 3D (that I usually hate and turn off, but didn't in this game), which was very well reflected in its level design. But of course this is a moot point for the Wii U.
Really disappointed.
Sigh... still going to buy it though I guess...
Jackstar wrote:
I had fun with that one. The setting wasn't great, though it was pretty at times, but the controls were great and it was fun bouncing on the ropes and using FLUDD's powerups - the spray gun wasn't so fun though.
IntergalacticWalrus wrote:
I dunno. It still reminds me of Galaxy, but involving Mushroom Kingdom instead of planets. Similar restricted 3D stuff, with occasional full 3D motion.
I adore Sunshine, but a lot of people don't agree with that so I excluded it on purpose. The game was hard as hell, too.
mrabb34 Ars Praetorian
Agreed. Sunshine was crazy hard. The pachinko level almost made me lose my mind.
Double post.. sorry.
Last edited by mrabb34 on Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:27 pm
Super Blah Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
FrankTheHuman wrote:
It's so easy! Happy go lucky!
Yatta!
God I'm old.
mrabb34 wrote:
The final level, using the pack to ride down a river of lava... ugh. Almost broke a controller on that one.
Asquian Seniorius Lurkius
I got the WiiU for my kids, although I've put some(a freaking lot) of time into Lego City Undercover. Monster Hunter is another good title for it, but there's where the list kinda ends for me.
This looks good, I'll likely get it when it comes out.
Windwaker HD sold my wife on a Wii U. Waiting for the holiday price drop.
Was hoping for a new Double Dash. Have not touched Mario Kart Wii.
3DS has a great library now and is getting bigger and bigger. Wii U has a lot of catching up to do.
BoogerGooberBoober Ars Centurion
http://xkcd.com/1187/
Awesome! Let me know when it comes out on PS4.
monkeyrun Ars Scholae Palatinae
I think you just don't have time for games anymore.
Castanova Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
The Galaxy games were incredibly linear and restrictive. In Mario 64, each level was an open world with stars you need to find. In the Galaxy games, every level is a series of mandatory little planets to beat. What a snore. And, sorry, but doing a rehash of the classic sidescroller Mario games with newer graphics and multiplayer doesn't count as "great." It counts as a fun diversion.
Mario 64 is the last Mario game that broke new ground.
That ray gun in GS 311235 is so innovative.
ssiu Ars Scholae Palatinae
I also like Galaxy better than 3D Mario Land. Per IGN article http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/06/11/e ... o-galaxy-3 the choice is because they want to make 4-player multiplayer (implying it would be hard to make it work for Galaxy-type game). I guess this is still not bad, and maybe their next 3D Mario game will be more Galaxy like.
Interestingly, the 2D Mario Wii outsold Galaxy 1 + 2 combined. I wonder if if it is "more gamers prefer 2D Mario than 3D Mario", or more "casual" consumers buying 2D Mario (because of familiarity / easier game, buying as gifts etc.) but only "hardcore" gamers buy 3D Mario. I like 3D Mario more.
amackert Seniorius Lurkius
This isn't the next Mario 64 or Galaxy-styled game I was hoping for (i.e., something TRULY amazing), but this still looks great. Good, simple fun, with very creative level design. I especially like the Super Mario Bros. 2 throwbacks, such as being able to hover momentarily as Peach. Good stuff!
Zomboe Ars Scholae Palatinae
Agreed. I really miss the way that you could grab ANY of the stars on each Mario 64 level. It was far less directed and discrete.
Linear doesn't necessarily bother me, but the "series of little planets" style of Galaxy really ruins the pace. That game just felt so slooooow and hand-holdy.
I really liked the linear Mario 64 Bowser levels and the Mario Sunshine "Secrets of" levels. I've heard that Super Mario 3D Land is similar to these, anyone know if that's the case?
Also, in this new game, does anyone know if the cat suit has a time limit? The time limited powerups in Galaxy were a major disappointment to me and really defeat the purpose.
The lack of nunchuk support is just baffling...
EDIT: It actually looks like a lot of fun to run around as Cat Mario (seems fast at least), but it got me thinking. Why not just make a NEW game with a NEW cat character? How many 3D platformers feature feline protagonists? Or if they are super lazy, at least make it Pikachu (or Meowth). A Pikachu 3D platformer could actually be pretty awesome.
Last edited by Zomboe on Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:28 pm
1126 posts | registered Aug 9, 2011


Jack and I are still confined to home. The temp is around 0º C and we're still getting freezing rain. Everything is covered in a thick layer of ice and just stepping out on the porch is an adventure in slipping and sliding. The trees are creaking and groaning under the weight of all that ice and several trees on my street have lost big branches. I fear that the big grandmother trees in our little forest will also suffer loss of limbs or even life. One heavy ice storm about 10 years ago uprooted 18 giant trees in 2 days. In places they fell like dominos.
Jack does need to get outside, though, so we bravely ventured as far as the front lawn where I took a few photos. They didn't turn out very well because the light was weak, the sky is an unrelenting concrete gray and I was bobbing and wobbling like an egg on an escalator.
I'm going to take a page from rq's book and leave you with a song today.
Wow, you've gotten the ice a lot worse than we did. By late morning here, most of the ice on the streets and other paved areas had melted, and the ice on the trees is mostly gone now. I hope you get some above freezing temperatures to melt it soon! Keep safe.
Those pictures are amazing, I've never seen ice like that. I can't even tell what the ?seedhead? in the fourth picture is, but the way the small spots of colour behind the birch branch pop in the first one is neat and the grass too.
There was a storm that came through our area on Christmas Eve I think in 1998. It was all freezing rain. The buildup on the trees continued all day. During the extended family evening meal, we started hearing the trees start breaking. It started kind of slowly, but as it got worse, the power finally went out as some of the branches took out the power lines. It was a devastating storm, and the power was out for more than a couple of days. Freezing rain is WAY worse than snow or sleet.
Oh dear, I hate such weather. Take care!
The pictures are amazing and I find the weather phenomenon fascinating. I've never seen anything like that. It looks beautiful and dangerous.
Brings back memories of '97.
I love the grass photo the best. Take care of yourselves, be careful out there!!! Nothing so slippery as freezing rain.
I remember having such ice one year. We went ice skating on the street.
Glassy grass. The pictures look lovely, but I'm happy to hear that the ice has melted.


Turkey season is quickly approaching, and what better way for hunters to showcase their excitement than by sharing humorous, profound, and ironic memes?
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