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Published: Saturday, 04 September 2010 08:00
Written by Michael Graves
In the three years since it began, my blog has been through a number of transitions. The most recent being just a few weeks ago. This is a little tale of that experience, offered to help anyone else who might be following a similar path. This little drama comes in the form of three acts. In this first act, we examine the history of the site that lead up to recent events.
My efforts at blogging began in fall of 2007 on the free hosting at WordPress.com. While a fine place to get started, I eventually wanted to tweak WordPress beyond the scope that was allowed on that service. In particular, the desire to include more multimedia content provided the motivation to move the site to a paid host.
Asking around about possible hosting companies, I was referred to BlueHost as being a suitable option. Based upon their apparently good reputation and very cheap pricing, I set up shop over there.
I took advantage of some down-time presented by the aftermath of Hurricane Ike to make the migration in September 2008. Yes, in the wake of Ike, we had about a week when working wasn't really possible. Even though we had no utility power our home & office, IT infrastructure was functional. So migrating the site gave me something to do.
The BlueHost site was on a shared server, so mine was one of many, many accounts on the hardware. I didn't have root access, which was likely a good thing ,since at that point I'd have caused more problems than I could solve.
The BlueHost server quickly became home. I tried a new theme framework, tweaking it to meet my needs. I also tried various WordPress plug-ins for Twitter integration, tracking traffic, database backups, etc. As time passed, traffic to the site grew slowly but steadily. For almost two years the site was pretty stable. The only down-time experienced was when system admins did software updates.
Then in Q2 of 2010, the site started to suffer a lot of down-time. Initially, I was told by BlueHost tech support that the problem was an issue with some aspect of my WordPress installation, possibly a plug-in misbehaving. They noted that my site was CPU throttled a lot, suggesting that something was over-taxing the server.
I experimented with various changes and eventually found that the Cross-Linker plug-in that I was using was very inefficient about its use of MySQL. I really liked Cross-Linker, as it automatically inserted links based upon a table of phrases. This was very convenient and made posts a lot more link laden. It gave me a way to include links to reference sites when I was using technical terminology. It also allowed me to direct readers to VUC sponsors when I was mentioning products and services.
I removed Cross-Linker and searched for something new to replace its functionality, eventually settling upon SEO Smart Links as a good alternative.
I also tinkered with the use of a page caching plug-in. This offloads work from the database by caching the pages as they are built. Subsequent access to pages in the cache bypass the database altogether, being effectively static html. This can dramatically speed up a WordPress site.
My suspicion is that when I opened my BlueHost account, the physical server that it was on was lightly loaded. It was essentially on the front-line as their business was expanding. As they added more and more new accounts, not only did it take on a heavier load, but it was subject to the programming foibles of some perhaps less than enlightened customers.
While my few changes helped to make the site a bit more stable, it was still suffering a frightful amount of downtime every week. In trolling through the server error logs, I kept seeing references to other sites on the server...other people's accounts. I eventually determined that another account on the server was inducing most of the problems.
BlueHost support was generally good about bringing the server back online after a fault. But I was seeing far too much down time...even for a very cheap hosting service. In frustration, I eventually decided that I was done with shared hosting...it was time to move to something more private. Happily, I was only a few months away from the end of a two-year prepaid hosting agreement.
Researching web hosting a bit, I found that there are various forms of private hosting, from a dedicated server to semi-private, where a limited number of accounts share a server. A dedicated server is costly, and beyond the scope of my requirements.
Semi-private seemed like a possibility, but still carries a considerable price. The most interesting, and seemingly applicable type of host was a "virtual private server" or "VPS".
A VPS is a virtualized instance of a server on a shared hardware host. Unlike my old shared host, virtualization ala VMWare, KVM or Xen is used to give you what looks & feels like your own server. But it's actually just one of a handful of accounts running on a big, robust, hardware platform.
Since each account runs it own OS, MySQL, PHP, etc., they are effectively separated. Erroneous settings made in your VPS will usually not impact other accounts on the hardware. You get root access to the OS and can tune, or even reboot your VPS at will.
VPS-based hosting also scales easily. You simply purchase more of the hardware resources of the machine on an as-needed basis. The underlying VPS software manages access to hardware resources. You can easily add more CPU power, more memory or more storage as you need it.
Perhaps best of all, a VPS is relatively affordable. It costs more than the cheapo shared hosts, but far less than even a lowly spec'd dedicated server. This seemed like a great solution to my needs.
In Spider Man, Peter Parker's uncle said, "With great power comes great responsibility." This is good advice to give anyone moving from a shared hosting environment into a private host. Whether real or virtual, this host is all yours. That means you must perform all the admin tasks that are typically done by sysops at the cheapo hosting providers.
When a MySQL update comes down the wire. you must install it and see that the site comes back online. Apache updates this week? Same thing. Hackers bombarding you from EC2? You have to take steps to keep them from compromising your server. There's a lot more maintenance to be done when the host is your own.
You can pay someone to perform all these maintenance tasks for you. For some, "managed hosting" is the best plan since it lets you get back to writing, which is why you have the blog, after all. In my case, I was hoping that I could count on the help of some Linux-savvy friends to guide me as I learned to DIY.
This brings me to the end of Act One, and sets that stage for Act Two, where our intrepid non-hero stumbles through an alphabet soup of TLAs, SLAs, VPS and OSS before eventually screaming WTF!
This article originally appeared on Graves on SOHO Technology.
© 2010 Michael Graves
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Dog tag Liberty, E...
Dog tag is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is a image of crossed-hammer and sickle with the motto of the French Revolution, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" in Russian and French.
Freedom – the ability to do anything that does not harm others.
Equality – means that all are equal before the law.
Brotherhood – do not do to others what you would not want to get myself, and do it in relation to other such good deeds, which would be in relation to themselves.
Sleeveless Telnyas...
A paratrooper's vest (Telnyashka) with light blue stripes, designed for the Soviet and then Russian Airborne Troops.
The fabric type – interlock stitch structure: double dense 100% cotton fabric.
A Telnyashka of such a fabric retains heat well, and is hypoallergenic, good to wear – elastic, does not stretch and shed, its texture looks very deserving, its right and wrong sides are the same.
Chest pin badge "E...
The chest pin badge was awarded to the soldiers, sailors, sergeants and warrant officers of the Border Troops for exemplary performance of duty, for the protection of the state border of the USSR, skillful actions aimed at the apprehension of the violators of the border and the border regime, displaying courage, perseverance, endurance, excellent performance in combat, political preparation and exemplary military discipline.
Common sleeve patc...
The common sleeve insignia of Soviet and Russian marines.
The patch is a modern replica of emblem of the USSR Marine Corps (standard of 1963).
The emblem is a circular black shield with a red piping. In the center of the shield there is a relief image of an a golden anchor braided with a rope.
The motto of the Russian Marine Corps: "There, Where We Go, There is Victory!"
Chest pin badge So...
The "Soviet Guards" is a chest pin badge of the Soviet Army and Navy servicemen.
The pin badge was handed to the commanders and soldiers up to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
Gymnasterka of the...
The blouse of the commanders of the Red Army with patch pockets. Designed in 1943.
Is made of cotton yarn dyed cloth – a thick olive (military green) fabric with relief sloping ridges on the front.
A sailor's vest (Telnyashka) with dark blue stripes, designed for the Soviet and then Russian Marines.
The fabric type – stockinette structure: a thin pleasant tissue, mostly for summer clothes, made of natural cotton. The right and wrong sides of such a tissue differ in texture.
The peculiarity of the vest of this fabric is that it runs breadth greatly, without losing its shape. But stretching it long will not work. In addition, this fabric is almost crease-resistant.
Button Soviet Star...
A fashion-style button of a goldish metal with a shank and a rim around the edges. The diameter of 55/64 inch (22 mm).
On the front is a relief image of the emblem of the Soviet Army – a five-pointed star with the hammer and sickle. On the back side – protrusion with a single hole to sew the button to the clothes.
Russian Battle Dre...
Summer field clothing (jacket and trousers ) Spetsnaz – the official uniform of the KGB Border Troops and Russian Army.
Coloration: "Autumn Leaf", also known as "Birch", "Partisan", "Border Guard "(official naming – KLMK- 2).
The costume is made of thick cotton fabric of the density of 320 g / sq m.
The Spetsnaz suit is designed specially for combat operations in the mountainous and border areas.
It is a set of masking summer colors with deforming the contours of a soldier's figure.
Elastics and ties on the costume are designed to protect from wind and dust.
Neck Scarf USSR (r...
A thick crocheted muffler of warm semi-woolen yarn, for informal clothes.
A twofold tube-shaped scarf with the fringe on the ends.
Length – 58 inch (1470 mm), width – 6 ½ inch (165 mm).
The scarf is decorated with a stylized image of the Soviet State Flag, covered with the Soviet symbols and slogans.
Chest pin badge Ho...
"Honorary Officer of KGB" is the highest departmental award of the State Security Committee of the USSR. The last awarding of the pin badge took place in 1990. During the period of its existing award 7,375 people were awarded with it.
The pin badge was awarded to military and civilian personnel of the Committee of State Security (KGB) and the Border Troops for their outstanding achievements in the service, displaying initiative and perseverance.
Long sleeve Telnya...
A sailor's long sleeve Telnyashka with dark blue stripes, designed for the Soviet and then Russian Navy.
Embroidered sleeve...
The round sleeve emblem with the hammer and sickle – the symbols of the Soviet state.
Chest patch of a P...
The chest insignia of a Soviet Space Pilot hosted on a spacesuit and overalls.
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• Across Canada and beyond, people associated with natural health are sharing the sad news of the loss of Siegfried Gursche, who passed away on October 2. They are also exchanging personal stories of being inspired, mentored and educated by a true pioneer and visionary. And while celebrating the remarkable accomplishments and legacy of the "father of the natural health movement in Canada," people are learning more about the myriad successes in his life. While extending deepest condolences, the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) referred to Gursche as a great man, a committed friend of natural products and a true pioneer, who will be missed and always remembered as a stalwart supporter.
"Siegfried… spent a lifetime enriching the lives of Canadians colleagues and friends through his dedication to furthering our industry. Founder and publisher of alive magazine, president of the Canadian Health Food Association (1983-84) and Pioneer inductee of the CHFA Hall of Fame are only a few of his many accolades," noted Canada's largest trade association dedicated to natural health and organic products.
At a celebration of Gursche's life on October 15 in Richmond, BC, his son Chris gave a chronology of his father's life while speaking on behalf of Siegfried's beloved wife and partner Christel and their family of five children, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Born in 1933 in Germany, the second of four children, the backdrop of Siegfried's early life was World War II. Siegfried became intrigued by three fields that shaped his life: natural health, photography and business. At age 10, he was fascinated by medicinal herbs, collecting and drying them while practising organic farming. Seven years later, he apprenticed in Health Food Retailing, specializing in biological medicine, herbs and natural cosmetics, but also incorporating training in business and commerce, all skills he would later draw upon.
Emigrating with his family to Canada, 19-year-old Siegfried pursued his passion for photography, working in studio/print shops in Winnipeg, then in Vancouver where he got involved in the local Christian community, becoming a founding member of Immanuel Baptist Church in 1956. Active in youth leadership, he spoke fondly of excursions around BC's trails and lakes. His deep commitment to Immanuel was life-long, serving as a board member from 1957 to 1964 and from 1996 until his death.
His entrepreneurial spirit was also evident early, when at age 20, he purchased a retail bookstore, the Fraser Book Nook. Because of Siegfried's young age his father had to sign official papers, touching off a series of business ventures focused around a central principle: seeing a need and offering a solution, despite any obstacles.
The store quickly grew into a centre for German culture and products and at the request of customers, he began providing herbal remedies that were unavailable elsewhere. At the Book Nook he also met his future wife and proposed on their first date.
While remaining owner of the store (until 1972), he began importing herbs in 1956, packaging "Flora" brand herbal teas in colourfully printed boxes. Success of these teas and other herbal remedies would lead to the introduction of many more firsts in the Canadian natural health industry, including devil's claw root, silica and evening primrose oil.
Increasing demand for photographs resulted in the creation of Teldon, a leading publisher and supplier of gift calendars. Along with his other ventures, it was a hands-on operation, taking scenic shots of landscapes and animals coast to coast – and making business connections – to produce the popular "Canada In Colour" calendar. By 1980, the Teldon line was the most significant of its kind in Canada, with 65 successful titles.
Well aware of the need for Canadians to become educated about natural health alternatives, he began alive Magazine: Canadian Journal of Health and Nutrition. It became – and still is – a landmark national natural health publication. Through alive and subsequent "Alive Tours and Healthy Vacations," Siegfried shared his own and others' expert knowledge on a large scale. His next bold step was book distribution through Alive Books, authoring, publishing and distributing natural health titles.
When Siegfried came to Canada, Canadians didn't have the choices or awareness regarding natural health alternatives that they do today. Tonn shared the legendary story of a 1975 CHFA meeting that changed the course of the natural health industry in Canada. Siegfried arrived, excited to hear an update about a long-anticipated newsletter. Instead, he quickly learned that was "not possible." His response was to fold his paper placemat and begin planning a magazine on the spot. Passing it around the table, he sold enough advertising for a 16-page publication. Just two weeks later, another need was filled when 30,000 copies of alive were printed and distributed, the first natural health magazine in the country. Canada's education in natural health had begun.
From day one, it was alive's philosophy to help readers take responsibility for their own health and to show them how to get the most benefit from whole food as well as the herbs and food supplements sold in health food stores. The highly trusted and widely read magazine has a circulation of 235,000 nation-wide.
Through the alive book department, Siegfried published and distributed dozens of practical health and nutrition guides offering the latest expert advice, authoring many himself, inducing Alive Health Guides. He worked with Udo Erasmus to publish editions of Fats and Oils. And in 1993 Gursche earned the Benjamin Franklin Award for publishing his gorgeous and comprehensive Encyclopedia of Natural Healing (60,000 copies in print). It was the first time the prestigious award was given to a health publisher. Remarkably, in 1992, he also created the Alive Academy of Nutrition.
Tonn reports, "I never heard Siegfried more excited than when he returned from the South Pacific with Christel and shared the story of visiting the DME Extra Virgin Coconut Oil pressing station, one of 19 locations. He happily described a journey by four-wheel drive and canoe to their destination, receiving an enormously enthusiastic welcome. They were the village's first visitors from North America, the first white people their hosts had ever seen, and they were proudly shown around the production facilities to see first-hand how the best grade of raw virgin coconut oil is produced.
I am grateful to have met Siegfried Gursche in person when he spoke (2011) to members and friends of the German-Canadian Benevolent Society of BC. The topic was . Passion, knowledge, care for his fellow human, love for the people in the poorer places of this globe, generosity and kindness was communicated in a most genuine absorbable way. We will not experience his passion around the topic of sugars. I regret this and his passing is a great loss yet his extraordinary great contributions will live on. With much gratitude for a life spent so freely and generously .
Somehow the topic of his lecture did not print in the text of my writing, probably because it was in brakets and in German.
I was privileged to work with Siegfried (and Christel) in a number of capacities over the years, and am not at all surprised at the accolades he has received, both before his passing and after. He wasn't perfect, but he was a man of faith, vision, and generosity — and will be very much missed.
This man was amazing to say the least ! I read many many of his articles , learning a ton of knowledge I will miss him dearly !!


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Junior Kamal Barnes asks Allison Lee, also a junior, to prom with a poster and flowers.
Prom is right around the corner, and with prom comes promposals.
Nowadays, it seems like everyone gets asked to prom with a cheesy pun scribbled on a poster and maybe some flowers. It wasn't always like this, though.
When did using your words become so lame? When did we start making extravagant gestures to ask somebody to prom?
The first time the word "promposal" was used, according to the Washington Post, was in 2001, when teens asked each other to the event over the loudspeaker. From there, promposals have only gotten more popular and more complex.
Now, there are social media accounts dedicated to posting cute promposals.
In 2017, MTV even aired a show called "Promposal" that followed a teen's journey to pull off an elaborate scheme to ask their special someone to the dance.
Adults today have seen how asking someone to prom has changed, and they have mixed opinions about this recent fad of promposals.
Although Spanish teacher Christine Dysert never got asked to her senior prom, she said she thinks promposals are a cute and fun idea.
"I think it's an exciting way to be asked to something that is one of the most important events of your young life, and it's gonna make it really memorable," she said.
Instead of going with a date, she went will all her friends, and she said they had a really good time.
"We've been friends for years, since like, elementary school, so it was kind of like a little last 'hoorah', we're all going our separate ways," said Dysert.
On the other hand, some adults, like social studies teacher Craig Bennett, have a totally different perspective on promposals.
Bennett said that he just simply asked the girl that he liked to prom. Nothing fancy.
He also said he had seen a promposal happen at Cambridge. It ended up going terribly.
"We had a football player that got arrested for stealing a goat a few years ago. He was gonna hold the goat and [hold a sign saying] 'Will you goat to prom with me?'. It was all over national news, so you can look it up and find it. I've seen the extremes," said Bennett with a laugh.
English teacher Jon Karschnik agrees with Bennett's stance on promposals.
"They're horrible, they're awful, they are the worst thing," he said.
Karschnik said that at the time of prom, he was dating, so it was a given that he and his girlfriend were going together. But everyone else merely asked. No posters, no nothing – just words.
Karschnik said the pressure of promposals is unnecessary.
He said there is also a major pressure put on girls who are approached with a promposal, too.
"They [promposals] put girls in a position of being in if they turn this guy down that does this, they are mean to him or something like that," Karschnik said.
In addition, Karschnik said that teenagers want to "do everything" in high school, and some special moments should be saved for the future, like a real proposal for a marriage.
Karschnik also said he wants to leave teens with a piece of prom advice.
"I always recommend — don't take a date to prom. I recommend — go with your friends, and have a bunch of people together, hang out, and it's infinitely more fun than trying to turn it into something romantic," he said.
Great article! Promposals are so overdone IMO! Just ask her or him.


You can install iSCSI Target Server role using either Server Manager or Windows PowerShell. Here, you are installing iSCSI Target Server role using Server Manager. Here, you are installing iSCSI Target Server role on KTM-TARGET server.
1. On KTM-TARGET, in Server Manager, click on Manage, and select Add Roles and Features.
2. In the Add roles and Features Wizard, on the Before to Begin page, click Next.
3. On the Select Installation type page, accept the default and click on Next.
4. On the Select destination Server page, ensure that Select server from the server pool is selected. In the Server Pool KTM-TARGET is highlighted and click on Next.
5. On the Select Server roles page, expand the File and Storage Services | File and iSCSI Services and select iSCSI Target Server check box. On the Add Roles and Features Wizard window, click on Add Features. Then click on Next.
6. On the Select Features page, click on Next.
8. Verify the feature Installation progress succeeded and click on Close.
1. On KTM-TARGET, in the Server Manager, in the navigation pane, click File and Storage Services.
2. In the File and Storage Services pane, click iSCSI. In the iSCSI VIRTUAL DISKS pane, click TASKS, and then click New iSCSI Virtual Disk.
3. In the New iSCSI Virtual Disk Wizard, on the Select iSCSI virtual disk location page, under Storage location, click volume Q:, and then click Next.
4. On the Specify iSCSI virtual disk name page, in the Name text box, type CSVDISK1, and then click Next.
5. On the Specify Iscsi virtual disk size page, in the Size text box, type 10, ensure that GB is selected, and then click Next.
6. On the Assign Iscsi target page, ensure that the New Iscsi target radio button is selected, and then click Next.
7. On the Specify target name page, in the Name box, type KTM-TARGET, and then click Next.
8. On the Specify access servers page, click Add.
9. Log On KTM –HOST1, In the Server Manager, on the menu bar, click Tools, and then, in the Tools list, click iSCSI Initiator.
10. In the Microsoft iSCSI dialog box, click Yes.
11. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Configuration tab, in the Initiator Name: copy the iSCSI qualified name (IQN).
Switch to KTM-HOST2, in the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Configuration tab, in the Initiator Name: copy the iSCSI qualified name (IQN).
12. On the Specify access servers page, click Add. In the Select a method to identify the initiator dialog box, click Enter a value for the selected type, in the Type list, click IQN, in the Value text box, type KTM-HOST1 iSCSI qualified name (IQN) and click OK.
13. On the Specify access server page, click In the Select a method to identify the initiator dialog box, click Enter a value for the selected type, in the Type list, click IQN, in the Value text box, type KTM-HOST2 iSCSI qualified name (IQN) and click OK.
14. On the Specify access servers page, click Next.
15. On the Enable Authentication page, click Next.
16. On the Confirm selection page, click Next.
17. On the View results page, wait until the virtual disk is created and then click Close.
18. On the iSCSI VIRTUAL DISKS pane, click TASKS, and then click New iSCSI Virtual Disk.
19. In the New iSCSI Virtual Disk Wizard, on the Select iSCSI virtual disk location page, under Storage location, click volume D, and then click Next.
20. On the Specify iSCSI virtual disk name page, in the Name box, type CSVDISK2, and then click Next.
21. On the Specify iSCSI virtual disk size page, in the Size box, type 200, ensure that GB is selected, and then click Next.
22. On the Assign iSCSI target page, select Existing iSCSI target, under Target Name verify KTM-TARGET, and then click Next.
23. On the Confirm selections page, click Create.
24. On the View results page, wait until the virtual disk is created, and then click Close.
Log on to Hyper-V Hosts (KTM-HOST1 & KTM-HOST2), in Server Manager, add the Multipath I/O features.
After the computer restarts, in Server Manager, on the Tools menu, click MPIO, and then verity that Device Hardware ID MSFT2005iSCSIBusType_0x9 is added to the list.
1. On the KTM-HOST1, in Server Manager, click Tools and then click iSCSI Initiator.
2. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Target tab, click Quick Connect..
3. On the Quick Connect dialog box, verified Discovered targets status is Connected and click on Done.
4. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Targets tab, click Connect.
5. In the Connect to Target dialog box, click Enable multi-path, verify that the Add this connection to the list of Favorite Targets check box is selected, and then click Advanced.
6. In the Advanced Settings dialog box, on the General tab, change the Local Adapter from Default to Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. In the Initiator IP list, click 192.168.10.101, and in the Target Portal IP list, click 192.168.10.100/3260. Then Click OK.
7. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Volumes and Devices tab, click Auto Configure.
8. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box, on the Targets tab, Discovered targets status is Connected and click OK.
Do the same on KTM-HOST2.
After connected to iSCSI virtual disk, log on to the KTM-TARGET, Open the Disk Management verify that iSCSI virtual Disks are listed as given below. Right-click on the new disks and click on Online.
You have installed the iSCSI Target Server features, configured iSCSI targets, installed and configure Multipath I/O feature, connected to the iSCSI targets and initialized the iSCSI disks. I hope this article will help to install and configure Windows Server 2016 server as an iSCSI Storage and initiator in Windows Server 2016.


This photo gallery showcases the beauty of the morel in its natural environment and is one of the more popular photo galleries on The Great Morel. Morels in nature make for some beautiful photos. Thanks to the contributions of the many great shroomers from all over the United States and other parts of the world, this gallery highlights some of the great photography work people have sent in. It is interesting to note the various ground cover in which they seem to grow.


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In content section. Select this link to jump to navigation a; * | Doss, Robert C.b | Sullivan, Christopher J.c
Affiliations: [a] Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9643, USA | [b] Minnesota Epilepsy Group, P.A., 310 Smith Avenue North, Suite 300, St. Paul, MN 55102, USA | [c] Minneapolis VA Medical Center, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Thomas A. Ala, MD, Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 19643, Springfield, IL 62794-9643, USA. Tel.: 217 545 7197; Fax: 217 545 1903; E-mail: tala@siumed.edu.
Abstract: A 70-year-old man presented to us in 1994 with a three-year history of worsening dementia. With the exceptions of a Mini-Mental State exam score of 20 and an inability to tandem walk, his physical and neurological examinations were normal. His past medical history revealed that in 1992 he had been evaluated at another institution for memory impairment and bifrontal headaches. A spinal tap had been done in 1992 showing elevated protein, reduced glucose, and a pleocytosis; his CSF fungal culture and cryptococcal antigen test were negative. He subsequently was lost to follow-up, and although his headaches had resolved, his mental status had continued to worsen. In 1994 his CSF cryptococcal antigen was positive, and his CSF fungal culture grew C. neoformans. He gradually improved with treatment for cryptococcal meningitis (CM). With the exception of mild memory impairment, in 2003 he and his family thought that his mental status had returned to normal. This case emphasizes that: 1) CM should always be kept in the differential diagnosis of dementia; 2) CM may be extremely insidious and difficult to diagnose; and 3) if one is to rule out unequivocally all possible reversible causes of dementia, one should perform a spinal tap.
Keywords: dementia, reversibility, Alzheimer's disease, cryptococcal meningitis, CNS infection, diagnosis, differential diagnosis
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2004-6507
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 503-508, 2004
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"I've seen a lot of speculation and I'd rather just clarify: Dylan and I have decided to end our romantic relationship," the musician, 22, shared via her Instagram Story on Wednesday, December 8. "We love and care about each other very much and that won't change as we enter a new phase of our lives."
The Regrettes frontwoman concluded her statement by asking that fans "please respect" the former couple's "privacy during this time."
Minnette, 25, did not comment on his and Night's split but seemingly deleted all of his photos from his Instagram account. The Louisiana native, for her part, still has photos of the pair posted to her own social media.
"I gotta crush on the 🎃," Night wrote via Instagram in October 2021 of the twosome dressed up for Halloween. A second carousel of images shows the "Hey Now" songstress and Scream actor posing together cozily in November 2021.
The former couple first sparked rumors of a romance in October 2018 when they were seen on an outing at Knott's Scary Farm. The "Barely On My Mind" singer made their relationship Instagram official when she posted a photo of herself and her ex-beau for the first time in November 2018. "Burrata buddies," she captioned the black and white selfie.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (March 15, 2018). Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter and Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh announced on Wednesday during a press conference at the State Capitol that the next method of execution in Oklahoma would be nitrogen hypoxia.
Oklahoma is one of the 31 states that has had lethal injection as the primary method of execute. Like other states Oklahoma is finding that the drugs needed are hard to get and often extremely expensive.
In April 2015, Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law a bill allowing nitrogen gas as a state execution method.
Hunter said, "If lethal injection is held unconstitutional, or is unavailable, an execution shall be carried out by nitrogen hypoxia. We are exercising that option. We can no longer sit on the sidelines and wait for drugs.
Critics were quick to point out one problem – no state has ever used this method of execution.
"We are concerned that Oklahoma is now pursuing a mode of execution that has not been tried anywhere before." said Rev. Don Heath, OK-CADP chair. "We do not know what kind of trials on human guinea pigs will be done. We are not familiar with the data that Attorney General Mike Hunter referred to about its use in assisted suicides. We are hopeful that the court challenges will take years and that executions will continue to be on hold until the appeals are completed.
"The move to nitrogen hypoxia apparently is based on the pragmatic recognition that reputable doctors and pharmacists will not supply the drugs needed to participate in lethal injection because it violates the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm," Heath added.
Oklahoma currently has 49 death row inmates, including 17 who have exhausted all appeals and are awaiting an execution date.
"There is significant documentary evidence, there's a good deal of experience based on inert gas inhalation used with regard to assisted suicide," Hunter contended.
Oklahoma's track record with lethal injection has been under scrutiny since April 2014 after the infamous botched execution of Clayton Lockett made headlines worldwide. After thrashing on the gurney, writhing and groaning, it would be 43 minutes after the drug was administered before Lockett died.
Ryan Kiesel, ACLU of Oklahoma Executive Director said, "In the time since a moratorium was placed on executions, the State has done absolutely nothing to inspire confidence that they are now able to successfully exercise the ultimate power of any government. Instead, Oklahoma's leaders have demonstrated new levels of incompetence. Now these same politicians are drafting plans to kill human beings with methods that are unproven and untested among enlightened societies.
Hunter said the administration of the gas would probably require the use of a mask placed over the inmate's head, but he said the details would have to be worked out.
"Who are the experts on nitrogen and nitrogen hypoxia who will be brought in?" asked attorney Dale Baich, a federal public defender and one of the attorneys representing Oklahoma death row prisoners who are challenging the state's execution protocol method.
"Instead of following the recommendations of the bipartisan Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission, the Department of Corrections chooses to take its own course by adopting an entirely new method of execution by nitrogen hypoxia," Baich said. "Oklahoma is once again asking us to trust it as officials 'learn-on-the-job,' through a new execution procedure and method. How can we trust Oklahoma to get this right when the state's recent history reveals a culture of carelessness and mistakes in executions?
According to Hunter, the time frame is 90 – 120 days to complete the protocol, then a 150 day stay for a federal court review and to inform the attorneys of those on death row. "Fairly simultaneously we will inform the court of criminal appeals. Do the math…you've got 3 or 4 months, then 150 days…that's the shortest period of time within which sentences could be scheduled," Hunter said.
"The question Oklahomans must ask is not whether they support the death penalty, but rather, do they trust this government with the power to kill its citizens," Kiesel said.
Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh (at podium) and Attorney General Mike Hunter (left) announce their decision to pursue a new execution protocol using inert gas inhalation, Photo by Darla Shelden.


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ACA enrollment slides even with state mandates
NJ.com raises a good point: New Jersey has done just about everything it can to counteract the Trump administration's cuts to the ACA. Yet ACA enrollment is down by about 16% this year in the state.
Between the lines: Enrollment is down across the board, compared to the same period a year ago.
Some critics and commentators have attributed to drop to the Trump administration's actions — including the nullification of the individual mandate; steep cuts to outreach and PR efforts; and the expansion of bare-bones "short-term plans" that could compete with ACA coverage.
But New Jersey has done more than any other state to preserve the ACA's intended structure. It has passed its own individual mandate; banned short-term plans; and gotten federal approval for a reinsurance program to reduce premiums.
It has also, per NJ.com, spent more than $800,000 to promote enrollment this year.
The bottom line: Trump's anti-ACA moves have gotten a lot of attention, so it's entirely possible some people in New Jersey don't know they're still subject to a coverage mandate.
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Manchester University / About Manchester / News / January Session 2019
January session gives Manchester students a world of experiences
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – January is a special time at Manchester University in which students have the choice to take a three-week course inside or outside of the classroom. And around the world.
From Jan. 3-23, students can concentrate on challenging materials in specifically designed courses on campus, such as Torchworking, Forensic Science or Cultures and Civilizations of Spain taught entirely in Spanish. For other students, January is a chance to do research or an internship.
Those who go off-campus can study abroad in Egypt, the United Kingdom and France, or Greece and Italy. They can join the Medical Practicum and work side-by-side with health-care professionals at a clinic in rural Guatemala. MU students will travel to Austin, Texas, and Walt Disney World in Florida for courses, too.
Dr. Justin Lasser, associate professor of religious studies, has led seven January session trips, traveling to Israel, Palestine, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Italy.
Lasser urges students to embrace this opportunity.
"I think they are the most important experiences," Lasser said. "One actually lives their education in a 24-hour/7-day-a-week investment. I know of no student that doesn't return with serious and life-changing insights."
Students will be posting pictures from their adventures at home and abroad at our social media hub. and Our View of MU (@ourviewofmu) on Instagram, starting in early January.
Manchester University, with campuses in North Manchester and Fort Wayne, Ind., offers more than 60 areas of academic study to nearly 1,600 students in undergraduate programs, a Master of Science in Pharmacogenomics, a Master of Athletic Training a four-year professional Doctor of Pharmacy and a four-year dual degree in pharmacy and pharmacogenomics. Learn more about the private, northern Indiana school at www.manchester.edu .
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Liberation Update
The voices of freedom are heard now inside Iraq and around the world. The enthusiasm of Iraqis as American and coalition troops help liberate their country is evident in this collection of their reactions to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
News accounts today paint a vivid picture of joy and relief inside Iraq. American and coalition troops are being welcomed by smiling Iraqis. Their voices have been silenced for too long, but now they are heard inside Iraq and around the world.
VOICES OF FREEDOM
"'Saddam has given us nothing, only suffering,' said Khalid Juwad, with his cousin, Raad, nodding in assent. Mr. Juwad said he had four uncles who were in Hussein's jails, and he said he had deserted from the Iraqi Army three times in recent years. 'If the Americans want to get rid of Saddam, that's O.K. with me,' he said. 'The only thing that would bother me is if they don't finish the job. Then Saddam will come back, like he did in 1991.'"
New York Times, 3-31-03
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We've been waiting for you for 10 years. What took you so long?' said an Iraqi man who, along with more than 500 others, surrendered near the Rumaila oil fields. Many had written such phrases as 'U.S.A. O.K.' on their arms or hands. Some even tried to kiss the hands of the nervous young Marines guarding them."
Newsday, 3-24-03
"Ajami Saadoun Khlis, whose son and brother were executed under the Saddam regime, sobbed like a child on the shoulder of the Guardian's Egyptian translator. He mopped the tears but they kept coming. 'You just arrived,' he said. 'You're late. What took you so long? God help you become victorious. I want to say hello to Bush, to shake his hand. We came out of the grave.'"
The Guardian, 3-22-03
"As Iraqi Americans reach out to their relatives in Baghdad and Basra, in Kirkuk and Irbil, some are hearing words they never thought possible: Iraqis are speaking ill of Saddam Hussein. They're criticizing him out loud, on the telephone, seemingly undeterred by fear of the Iraqi intelligence service and its tactics of torture for those disloyal to the Baath Party regime. 'I was shocked,' said Zainab Al-Suwaij, executive director of the American Islamic Congress, a nonprofit group in Cambridge, Mass., that promotes interfaith and interethnic understanding. 'It's very dangerous. All the phones are tapped. But they are so excited.'"
Los Angeles Times, 3-24-03
"'Me and my husband, an old man, have to stay at home because we are afraid. We want the American government to remove Saddam Hussein from power and kick these soldiers out of these hills.'"
Fatma Omar, San Francisco Chronicle, 3-24-03
"'We're very happy. Saddam Hussein is no good. Saddam Hussein a butcher.'"
Abdullah (only identification available), as he welcomed U.S. troops in Iraq
Associated Press, 3-21-03
"I have been waiting for this for 13 years. I hate him more than American government because I told you the Iraq government killed many people from Iraq. They just put (my brother) in jail for a year. After this, they killed him because he don't want to go to the army because his brother is American citizen, and his brother lives in United State."
Ayid Alsultani, WFIE-14 television station in Evansville, Indiana, 3-24-03
"'(The trip) had shocked me back to reality.' (Some Iraqis) told me they would commit suicide if American bombing didn't start. They were willing to see their homes demolished to gain their freedom from Saddam's bloody tyranny. They convinced me that Saddam was a monster the likes of which the world had not seen since Stalin and Hitler. He and his sons are sick sadists. Their tales of slow torture and killing made me ill, such as people put in a huge shredder for plastic products, feet first so they could hear their screams as bodies got chewed up from foot to head."
Kenneth Joseph, anti-war demonstrator who traveled to Iraq with Japanese human shield volunteers, UPI, 3-21-03
"I was shocked when I first met a pro-war Iraqi in Baghdad - a taxi driver taking me back to my hotel late at night. 'Don't you listen to Powell on Voice of America radio?' he said. 'Of course the Americans don't want to bomb civilians. They want to bomb government and Saddam's palaces. We want America to bomb Saddam.' … The driver's most emphatic statement was: 'All Iraqi people want this war.'… Perhaps the most crushing thing we learned was that most ordinary Iraqis thought Saddam Hussein had paid us to come to protest in Iraq. Although we explained that this was categorically not the case, I don't think he believed us. Later he asked me: 'Really, how much did Saddam pay you to come?'" Daniel Pepper in an article "I was a naive fool to be a human shield for Saddam,"
Sunday Telegraph, 3-23-2003
"As US forces push deep into Iraq, farmers and remote villagers are greeting them with white flags and waves. But the ground forces, backed by massive artillery and air support, are encountering pockets of resistance from Iraq's military. One man, about 30, yesterday ran from a field towards a US convoy shouting insults about Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Other men and boys stood in fields waving white flags. In keeping with the local Muslim custom, no girls or women appeared from their houses."
Lindsay Murdoch in southern Iraq, The Sun-Herald, 3-23-2003
"….The return of the Americans to Safwan was also an occasion for hope, even if mixed with wariness. 'Saddam finished!' shouted another young [Iraqi] man, who gave his name as Fares. 'Americans are here now.' His friend, Shebah, added, in broken English, 'Saddam killed people.'"
Washington Post, 3-23-03
"Coming into Basra as part of a massive military convoy, I encountered a stream of young men, dressed in what appeared to be Iraqi army uniforms, applauding the US marines as they swept past in tanks."
BBC reporter, 3-22-03
"Ajami Saadoun Khlis, whose son and brother were executed under the Saddam regime, sobbed like a child on the shoulder of the Guardian's Egyptian translator. He mopped the tears but they kept coming. 'You just arrived,' he said. 'You're late. What took you so long? God help you become victorious. I want to say hello to Bush, to shake his hand. We came out of the grave.'"
The Guadian, 3-22-03
"As hundreds of coalition troops swept in just after dawn, the heartache of a town that felt the hardest edges of Saddam Hussein's rule seemed to burst forth, with villagers running into the streets to celebrate in a kind of grim ecstasy, laughing and weeping in long guttural cries.
"'Oooooo, peace be upon you, peace be upon you, peace you, oooooo,' Zahra Khafi, a 68-year-old mother of five, cried to a group of American and British visitors who came to the town shortly after Mr. Hussein's army appeared to melt away. 'I'm not afraid of Saddam anymore.'"
"We've been driving since dawn today in southern Iraq, and so far we've come across scores of Bedouin herdsmen. We've been greeted by friendly greetings of 'inshallah' and 'salaam aleikum'…we've seen both women and men waving greetings and shouting greeting to the U.S. troops."
Radio Free Europe correspondent Ron Synovitz, 3-21-03
"They told me that Saddam Hussein is not allowing anyone to leave Baghdad. I don't fear the Americans. I was in Baghdad in the war in 1991 and I saw how surgical an operation it was. Saddam Hussein has persecuted everyone except his own family. Kurds, Arab Shiites, Turkoman - everybody has suffered. But our country was a rich country and we can be rich again.'"
Financial Times Information, 3-21-03
"These are US Marines being greeted if not with garlands, with hand shakes by residents of the town in the deep-south corner of Iraq."
CBS News, 3-21-03
"One little boy, who had chocolate melted all over his face after a soldier gave him some treats from his ration kit, kept pointing at the sky, saying 'Ameriki, Ameriki.'"
"Milling crowds of men and boys watched as the Marines attached ropes on the front of their Jeeps to one portrait and then backed up, peeling the Iraqi leader's black-and-white metal image off a frame. Some locals briefly joined Maj. David 'Bull' Gurfein in a new cheer. 'Iraqis! Iraqis! Iraqis!' Gurfein yelled, pumping his fist in the air...
"....A few men and boys ventured out, putting makeshift white flags on their pickup trucks or waving white T-shirts out truck windows....'Americans very good,' Ali Khemy said. 'Iraq wants to be free. Some chanted, 'Ameriki! Ameriki!'
"Gurfein playfully traded pats with a disabled man and turned down a dinner invitation from townspeople. 'Friend, friend,' he told them in Arabic learned in the first Gulf War.
"'No Saddam Hussein!' one young man in headscarf told Gurfein. 'Bush!'"
"Iraqi citizens were shown 'tearing down a poster of Saddam Hussein' and Dexter Filkins of The New York Times was interviewed, saying that Iraqis he had seen were 'hugging and kissing every American they could find.'"
NBC Nightly News, 3-21-03
"Here was a chance to stop and I clambered down, eager to get a first word from an Iraqi of what he thought of this whole affair. 'As salaam alekum,' I said in the traditional greeting, then ran out of Arabic and quickly added, 'Do you speak English?' No go. But with a fumbled exchange of gestures we slowly managed to communicate. Thumbs up for the American tanks, thumbs down for Saddam Hussein. Then he pointed north into the distance and said 'Baghdad.'"
Reuters, 3-21-03
"A line of dancing Kurdish men, staring directly into the mouth of the Iraqi guns less than a mile away, defiantly burned tires, sang traditional new years songs and chanted, 'Topple Saddam.'
"March 21 is the Kurdish New Year....And bonfires have long been a symbol of liberation in this part of the world. 'We're celebrating [Nawroz] a national holiday,' said Samad Abdulla Rahim, 22. 'But today we also celebrate the attack on Saddam.'
"Many expressed hope that deadly fire would light the night sky over Baghdad in the days ahead, bringing an end to the Kurd's epic 30-year struggle against Hussein and his Baath Party. 'I can't wait for the U.S. planes to come and liberate Kirkuk,' said Shahab Ahmed Sherif, a 33-year-old Kurd who had fled the oil-rich city four days earlier."
Copley News Service, 3-21-03
Unidentified Iraqi man: "Help us live better than this life. Let us have freedom."
ABC World News Tonight, 3-21-03
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What is the 'Dry Standard' in the water damage restoration field?
We use a lot of terms that may be foreign to most people. In fact, a lot of times it can seem like we have a completely different language. Add to that the fact that we're bring in equipment and systems that look like they were made for NASA, and it can be overwhelming for a lot of people.
If you've subscribed to our blog for any amount of time, you know one of the things we stress to customers is education. We want you to be knowledgeable about what we do, and we feel certain that when you are you are more comfortable with what is happening and more confident the work is being done correctly. So in this blog post, we're going to discuss a term known as the 'Dry Standard'. It's the ultimately aim for any water damage restoration project we're called to.
What is the 'Dry Standard'?
When you talk about water cleanup services, what you're really talking about is removing the water and then performing what we call structural drying. Anybody can remove standing water. Even you can with the right equipment. That's the easy part, and one we usually have done within a couple of hours of arriving to your property. The challenge is removing the last remaining moisture that has seeped into and under your home's surfaces. Structural drying is that part of the process, and with any job we have to achieve the dry standard.
Achieving the dry standard means returning every soaked surface to the same level of moisture content it had before it got wet. Most people think something is either wet or dry. The truth is every surface in your home, from the drywall to your wood floors to your cabinets and carpet, have some level of moisture in them. They need that moisture to maintain their functionality and appearance. So to get to the dry standard when drying out your home, we have to take moisture readings from 'dry' surfaces in your home, and then match the wet areas to those same moisture readings. Every type of surface needs a certain amount of moisture, so the challenge for us is not under-drying or over-drying.
What happens if the Dry Standard is not achieved?
If you don't dry the area to its dry standard, you'll end up with black mold. That's inevitable, and sadly it's something we see all the time in properties in which a 'professional' water damage company was hired to perform the work. If you've read our blog at all, you've heard us discuss the dangers of hiring the wrong mitigation company. Even some of the big name franchises (you know the ones always advertising on TV!) have some of the worst technicians in the field. If the property isn't dried fully, black mold will set in and begin feeding off of the cellulose found in your home's structures. One that happens, you've got a health crisis and a very expensive cleanup effort. Not good!
If the surface is over-dried, meaning the drying process goes well beyond the the moisture content found in the same surface in a dry area of the home, the surface can be ruined. This is especially the case with wood surfaces, like floors or cabinets. If you over-dry your wood floors, you'll start to see gaps in between the planks. Once you see that, they are ruined. You can either decide to live with them or you can decide to spend the money to have them replaced. Either way, you're talking about a matter of a few percentage points of moisture meaning the difference between black mold growth, success, and ruin. Do you think you've got the chops to pull that off? Then by all means, get to work.
But if not, please give us a call. We are students of our industry and are constantly studying the best ways to quickly achieve the dry standard for our customers. As a full-service water damage company, we promise to get your home completely dry so you can move on with your life and put this tragic event behind you once and for all!


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Every uniformed body has a place that, for better or worse, is their spiritual homes says Tom Daly. In Part One of a two-part series, he takes a look at the history of the Garda College
While Garda Headquarters is an architectural jewel and historical as the first purpose-built police training centre in the world, it is the Garda College that we come from and return to again and again, throughout our careers. Whether your memories are fond or fraught, Templemore is a constant in all our careers.
So, you've eaten the chicken, pounded the Square and acted the maggot at the guardhouse after curfew – but do you really know anything about the College, why it was built or who occupied it?
Ireland provided as many solutions as problems to the Westminster government when it came to where to recruit soldiers for an army with an insatiable need for men, and where to house them. In the years after the 1798 rising the country was restless, nowhere more so than Tipperary, which, in the absence of any national police (the Royal Irish Constabulary were decades away from being founded), was a violent and dangerous place.
The British War Office embarked on an ambitious barracks building programme, and resolved to build a substantial barracks for South Tipperary in Thurles, but a community of nuns vociferously objected to "licentious soldiery" being stationed next to their convent, so Richmond Barracks was constructed on a 57 acre site in nearby Templemore; begun in 1809 and being first occupied in 1813.
A barracks was more than a house for soldiers. It was first and foremost a training machine – the deadliest weapon of war of the time was the Line Regiment – a thousand to fifteen hundred mostly illiterate men of poor origins, officered by the gentry and subject to brutal, soul-crushing discipline to make them, collectively, deadly on a battlefield.
These regiments, quartered in places like Templemore, provided a garrison and security, but also attracted recruits, who could be trained to perfection on the two squares in the barracks and the nearby mountains. In modern terms, consider Richmond Barracks as the then equivalent in military technology of an aircraft carrier or stealth fighter – the ability to raise and train line regiments of red-coated soldiers of the quality that the British Army did set them apart from most other countries.
The Line Regiments of the British Army, in the main, were the instruments of the British Revolutionary Wars conquest, and these were very Irish. It was always a strong presence (at times about a third of the whole British Army was Irish). Over the centuries between Waterloo and WW1, almost every regiment in the British Army was stationed in Templemore, usually for a year or two, departing with a strong leavening of adventurous young men recruited from the hinterland of the barracks.
Templemore, likewise, prospered on the back of the Army presence. Like the current day College, the Barracks needed food, and all the other supplies required for daily life in garrison – and the town supplied it in spades.
By 1914 the Barracks was in decay, being mainly unoccupied by a shrunken military, cut enormously in the aftermath of the Boer War. World War 1 saw the Barracks used alternately as a training centre for units destined for the front, and, more oddly, as a prisoner of war camp for German prisoners. The Square we spent so much time on was once a maze of barbed wire compounds, with huddled huts full of Prisoners of War, who worked by day in the surrounding farms.
Richmond Barracks played a full and storied part in the Irish Revolution as Tipperary became again the hotbed of Republican revolt. By the time the British Army withdrew from the town in early 1922, the Barracks was intact and heavily fortified, but much of Templemore itself lay burned out and ruined. Occupied by Republican forces early in the Civil War, it was retaken by the Free State Army, who renamed it McCann Barracks.
The Irish Defence Forces continually occupied the Barracks, still having a presence at the rear of the College. Its existence remained quiet and tranquil, bar the years of the Emergency from 1939 to 1946, when it was fully occupied by the newly expanded army. But those years of quiet garrison duty were due to come to an end in 1964 when men wearing a different coloured uniform arrived…
Garda Tom Daly is a serving member based in Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford
Part two of this article will appear in December's edition of the Garda Review
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Since I dropped the ball on #WheeWednesday, I have to double down with some Dynamic Duo. The Korean hip-hop duo made up of Choiza and Gaeko, began as members of the hip-hop group CB Mass in 2000. They later left and formed Dynamic Duo, and founded their own label, Amoeba Culture, in 2006. Some might know the duo for upbeat hip-hop tracks like "Chulchek" from Enlightened (2007) or their work with pop singers like Chen from EXO on tracks like 2018's "Nosedive." Today, I'm sharing the Primary remix of "Art of Love," one of my favorite Dynamic Duo songs from Dynamic Duo 6th Digilog 2/2 9 (2012). Enjoy!
Video: Dynamic Duo – Topic. "Art of Love." YouTube. 27 Oct 2018. https://youtu.be/p-qItSUMOfo (12 Apr 2019).


Jesse Lingard climbed off the bench to complete Manchester United's comeback against champions Chelsea.
Jose Mourinho's men reclaimed second spot in the table.
But the afternoon did not start well for them at Old Trafford when Willian opened the first-half scoring for the visitors.
Romelu Lukaku levelled proceedings moments after though to make it all-square going into the break.
And the Belgium striker turned provider on 75 minutes when substitute Lingard headed home a cross to seal three vital points for the hosts.
Beaten at near post for opener. Fine angled save from Willian.
Pushed back by Alonso. Struggled defensively throughout.
Made crucial tackle on Pedro with United leading 2-1.
One of three players taken out by Hazard pass for opener.
Opener came down his flank but recovered well thereafter.
Tackled hard and recycled the ball in key areas against former club.
Justified continued selection. His ball to Lukaku helped set up the winner.
Beaten in air in build-up to opener. Gave ball away cheaply.
Set up Lukaku for equaliser. Bafflingly subbed.
Fluffed great chance just before half-hour mark.
Unplayable at times. Equalised then set up the winner.
Super fingertip save to keep out Lukaku volley.
Beaten to the ball by Lingard for United's winner.
Given the runaround by Lukaku throughout the game.
Won header that sparked the move for Chelsea's opener.
Diligent and industrious. Tested De Gea with long-range shot.
Booked for foul on Pogba. Busy but not as effective as usual.
Fine finish to beat De Gea at near post for opener.
Volleyed pass set up Morata for early chance.
Hit bar with early volley. Did little else of note.


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See EU later! US outstrips Brussels for first time as City exports shift in Brexit Britain
BREXIT BRITAIN'S financial and banking services exports to the United States have outstripped those to the European Union in the first time since the UK left the trading bloc
By James Lee
Boris Johnson to invest in food and drink trade worldwide
Around 34 percent of exports by banks and finance companies went to America in 2020, according to research by the banking lobby group TheCityUK, compared to 30 percent to the EU. The US was in pole position for the first time since it started collecting data in 2016. Experts said the shift is evidence of growing American interest in Britain as companies eye new opportunities.
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Trystan Tether, a lawyer at Bird & Bird, said he had also noticed a great deal of inward investment from the US into the UK, particularly in the financial technology industry where he said that "the UK continues to represent an attractive market".
Britain's overall trade surplus in financial and related professional services increased by 8.4 percent to £79.3bn in 2020 as a drop in exports to the EU was offset by a rise in those to the US.
The shift away from the bloc is likely to continue in 2021 as Brexit weighs on exports to the EU, and British trade negotiators make stripping down barriers to services a key focus of their efforts to strike fresh deals with other countries.
Politically, the UK is seeking to secure a trade deal with the United States.
However, US President Joe Biden has warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson that until the ongoing situation surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol is settled, the UK will remain at the "back of the queue."
The UK has snubbed the EU in raising trade with the US (Image: Getty)
London traders sell services and insurance to US investors (Image: Getty)
A recent report by Express.co.uk however revealed that Britain's tech industry is booming, with Cambridge becoming the EU capital for so-called Unicorn enterprises, namely, a company valued at over £850bn ($1bn).
Yet it is in banking and financial services that Britain is once again started to excel, particularly in relation to the US.
Total financial sector exports to the US - which include financial services, pensions and insurance - were just shy of £15bn in the first six months of the year, versus less than £11bn exported to the EU, according to calculations based on data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The reversal is likely to be seized on by Brexit supporters as a vindication of their claims that the City could prosper outside the bloc.
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Opponents argued that London's status as a financial hub would be at risk if Britain voted Leave, claiming as many as 200,000 jobs could be lost because banks and other companies would be shut out of the European market.
Although some financial institutions and staffers left London, the data emerging shows that London still remains an important global financial hub, as shown by the ongoing growth demonstrated with the US.
In fact, analysis by 'TheCityUK' shows that the capital remains much busier than any financial centre on the Continent.
The British banking industry had assets of £10.8 trillion at the end of June this year, ahead of France and Germany, while the UK's legal services market is the second-largest in the world after the US.
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Meanwhile, London accounts for 16 percent of cross-border bank lending - the largest share in the world - and handles 43 percent of the global trade in currencies, including more than twice as many dollars as America.
The insurance industry is the fourth largest in the world and the biggest in Europe.
Selling more services, particularly those provided by the City, will be crucial if Boris Johnson's government is to hit its ambitious target to reach £1 trillion of overall exports per year by 2030.
The UK's total exports of goods and services stood at about £601bn last year.
Britain is already the world's second-biggest exporter of services, but the pandemic has put the sector under pressure.
More than three times as many companies blamed the Covid crisis for their problems as Brexit, according to the ONS.
However, this phenomenon is not reflected solely in London or the UK, and has had a similar impact across the globe.
Traders are attracted to London due its buildings and location (Image: Getty)
The latest figures came as figures from Knight Frank showed that American investors have invested more than £1bn in London real estate since October.
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Shabab Qadar, London research partner at Knight Frank, said that big investment deals have been driven largely by US investors attracted by the improved outlook for the London economy and rising occupier demand for high-end buildings.
Added to this is the notion that London is geographically located between the US and Asia, making it an important physical and time-specific location for financial trading.
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Books About Cochran County Texas People and Places
What's Your Favorite Book about a Cochran County Texas Person, Place or Event? Here are some of our favorites about Morton, Whiteface and Bledsoe Texas.
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comanches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years in a cave, all but forgotten by his family.
"They found the women, children, and wounded men camped at Quemado (Silver Lake), a small salt lake in northern Cochran County, Texas . . . Read more Look inside
Life and Times of Alice Fay Joy Young-Bennett-Eldridge
"A few days later a man came up to the house on a motor bike stating that he was from the Western Union and he had a bus ticket for an Alice Fay Bennett. I was so glad to the that ticket. The ticket was for a town called Morton, Texas. Beth took me to the bus station she wished me luck and told me to write her. I knew then that Beth was a good sister. She had forgiven me for what I had done" . . . Read more Look inside
Howdy;: Stories About the Uncommon West Texans
Howdy! is a collection of brief stories concerning West Texans-some of long ago, others not-so-old-of people who have lived in this part of the Texas. The stories have been gathered by simple listening to those who either knew these people or actually lived the true-to-life adventures. . . . Thrill to the story about a homesteading wife and mother who lived and survived the rigors of living on a lonely claim in Cochran County . . . Read more
Historic Tales of the Llano Estacado
The distinctive high mesa straddling West Texas and Eastern New Mexico creates a vista that is equal parts sprawling lore and big blue sky. From Lubbock, the area's informal capital, to the farthest reaches of the staked plains known as the Llano Estacado, the land and its inhabitants trace a tradition of tenacity through numberless cycles of dust storms and drought. In 1887, a bison hunter . . . Read more Look inside
It's Not All Black and White:
From Junior High to the Sugar Bowl, an Inside Look at Football Through the Eyes of An Official
"If the Southwest Conference had called me when I was just starting out in Morton, Texas, and asked me to work SWC games without pay, I would have jumped at the chance. I'm sure 99 percent of the officials I've known would have taken that . . ." Read more Look inside
by David J. Murrah
"In 1970, While I was working on a master's degree at Texas Tech University and teaching in Morton, Texas, I needed a topic for my thesis. A colleague in Morton, Elvis E. Fleming, suggested that I examine the life of C. C. Slaughter and noted . . ." Read more Look inside
God�s Man: The Tales of a Reluctant Doctor
by Alfred Scherer, MD
Dr. Alfred Scherer's path to his true self and calling was not an easy one. His childhood was one of struggle, both personal and physical. Soon, the small, weak child learned to flex his intellectual muscles and curiosity. When a dedicated high school biology teacher took the bright young man under his wing, Alfreds potential took flight. He followed his destiny to become a healer . . . Read more Look inside
Quanah Parker and His People
"According to Harlie and Maxine Adams of Bledsoe , Texas , arrow heads , spear points and other Indian artifacts have been collected by generations of arrow head hunters around a spring - fed lake just east of Bledsoe Before Mackenzie's. . . "
Prairie Nights to Neon Lights: The Story of Country Music in West Texas
"While living in Whiteface, Billy Walker attended a Bob Will dance in nearby Morton and met Will's guitarist, the legendary Eldon Shamblin, who graciously showed the eager young Walker . . ." "Charlene Condray was born in in Morton. Both her parents were musical, and Charlene sang with her family at church singings from an early age" . . . Read more Look inside
Free Help from Uncle Sam to Start or Expand Your Business
" 40 percent of America's baseballs are covered with leather produced in Morton, Texas.
Ben Ansolabehere (he's of Basque origin) runs a company called Great Western Meat Company. When Ben first started, he got a boost from the SBA with $300,000 loan . . . Read more Look inside
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National Lawyers Guild Unanimously Passes Impeachment Resolution against Bush and Cheney
Saturday, November 3 2007
At the National Lawyers Guild 70th Anniversary Law for the People Convention, in Washington DC, the membership "unanimously and enthusiastically passed a resolution supporting the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. — Ed.
On Friday the National Lawyers Guild unanimously and enthusiastically passed the following resolution.
Resolution on Impeachment of Bush and Cheney
Whereas George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney:
1. deliberately misled the nation and doctored intelligence, as described in the Downing Street minutes, about the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war of aggression and an occupation of Iraq, as further described in House resolution H.Res. 333: and as listed in House Resolution H. Res. 635:
2. committed crimes against peace by initiating war against Iraq in violation of the UN Charter;
3. committed crimes against humanity in their conduct of the occupation of Iraq in which they killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and created millions of refugees;
4. killed over 3700 American soldiers and severely wounded nearly 30,000 more in the pursuit of an illegal, immoral, and unjust occupation of Iraq. While Bush and Cheney have stated no truthful noble cause for the war, one of the central purposes appears to be to take control of Iraq's immense oil reserves to financially benefit private corporate interests. See Bush's benchmark listing fact sheet released the same day Bush announced the "surge" that expressly called on the Iraq parliament to "enact hydrocarbons law to promote investment . . . " and;
5. committed further crimes against peace by threatening Iran in violation of the UN Charter, as described in House resolution H. Res. 333 and;
6. detained thousands of prisoners without charges and without providing the ability to confront their accusers at a fair trial;
7. condoned the torture of prisoners in violation of the Geneva Conventions, the US anti-torture statute of 1994, the US War Crimes Act of 1996, and the oath of office.
Bush's refusal to faithfully execute the laws prohibiting torture and his declaration on February 7, 2002 that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to prisoners in Afghanistan and in Guantanamo set the stage for torture there. The Rumsfeld approved Guantanamo torture techniques were then imported to Iraq in August 2003, where the International Committee of the Red Cross found "systemic" mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners in several facilities and where the Schlesinger Report confirmed in August 2004 that abuses were "widespread" and "serious both in number and in effect," and that there is both "institutional and personal responsibility at higher levels" ;
8. approved at least two different illegal electronic surveillance programs of American citizens without a warrant in violation of the fourth amendment and in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and repeatedly lied to the American people by stating that
no surveillance was taking place without a court order. The first program includes intercepting phone and email conversations without warrants and was exposed by the NY Times on December 16, 2005. After that program was exposed Bush said the program was carefully targeted to just include international calls and suspected members of Al Qaeda. Then, the second program was exposed by USA Today on May 11, 2006. It provides a wholesale attack on the fourth amendment by recording call identification information of tens of millions of purely domestic calls as well as international calls;
9. attacked basic human rights protections in the constitution including habeas corpus, fifth amendment freedom from loss of life, liberty and property without due process of law, eighth amendment freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and fourth amendment freedom from
unreasonable search and seizure ;
10. attacked the separation of powers in an effort to consolidate power in the executive;
11. attacked the messenger who revealed that Bush "twisted" intelligence "to exaggerate the Iraqi threat." Just as Nixon retaliated against former Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg, according to papers filed in court by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in April 2006, there was "concerted action" by "multiple people in the White House" to "discredit, punish or seek revenge against" former Ambassador Joseph Wilson for his July 6, 2003 NY Times op ed piece that ripped the cover off of Bush's false assertions in his 2003 state of the union address that Iraq was trying to buy uranium from Africa for building a nuclear bomb. In retaliation, and to silence other would-be critics, the White House collected information about Wilson and disclosed to reporters that his wife, Valerie Plame, was a covert agent in the CIA counterinsurgency division, putting her life, and the lives of her contacts, at risk in violation of a US law protecting intelligence personnel (The Impeachment of George W. Bush, by Elizabeth Holtzman) ;
12. as the sole person under the Federal Stafford Act with responsibility and authority to issue emergency orders to mobilize the military and any federal resources needed to aid and assist in a disaster (see Failure of Initiative, February 2006 report of the House Select Bipartisan Committee to investigate the Preparations for and the Response to Hurricane Katrina, Bush failed to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, violated the public trust, and demonstrated reckless and inexcusable indifference to human life before, during and after Hurricane Katrina. Bush knew but did not act until too late, and then he lied about it on national TV. Footage and transcripts from briefings Aug. 25-31 demonstrate that Bush was personally told well in advance of the "unprecedented strength" of the hurricane, the "devastating damage expected," and that "water shortages will make human suffering incredible," according to highly accurate predictions by the National Weather Service. The Associated Press reported that "in dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster
officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage." Yet Bush failed to muster resources to evacuate residents in advance and failed to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina hit. Then three days later Bush told Good Morning America, "I don't think that anybody anticipated a breach of the levees." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030202130.html In years before the storm Bush demonstrated inexcusable criminal negligence and violated the public trust by cutting the budget for hurricane defense, though the high probability of the breaching of the levees and the enormous risk to human life from a major hurricane hitting New Orleans were predicted and well known for years before the hurricane hit;
13. failed to take care that the laws be faithfully executed by issuing signing statements that claim the authority to disobey laws based on the president's own interpretation of their constitutionality, and then by taking action in violation of these laws, including the US law making torture a crime, laws regarding Congressional oversight that require providing information to Congress, laws regarding domestic spying, laws regarding civil liberties, and laws strengthening whistle blower protection, thereby expanding the president's own power by stepping into the legislative and judicial functions at the expense of Congress and the courts, upsetting the balance among the three Branches of government, and moving us away from the rule of law toward vastly increased executive power; and;
14. converted the Justice Department into an arm of the Republican Party by firing meritorious federal prosecutors who refused to base decisions on whom to prosecute on political considerations–to help Republicans win election, an offense James Madison discussed in a
speech to the Senate on June 17, 1789, in which Madison said, "The danger then consists merely in this, the president can displace from office a man whose merits require that he should be continued in it. What will be the motives which the president can feel for such abuse of his power, and the restraints that operate to prevent it? In the first place, he will be impeachable by this house, before the senate, for such an act of mal-administration; for I contend that the wanton removal of meritorious officers would subject him to impeachment and removal from his own high trust." and;
15. condoned criminal conduct and obstructed justice by commuting the sentence of convicted perjurer Scooter Libby to keep him silent and to demonstrate that Bush and Cheney will not allow high officials in the administration to be held accountable for their criminal acts;
16. obstructed congressional investigations of these and other acts by the administration by defying subpoenas from Senate and House committees seeking documents and testimony under oath by administration officials and former administration officials; and
Whereas the constitution requires the president to take the following oath of office: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States;"
Whereas the constitution provides that the president "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed;" and
Whereas the constitution mandates that "the President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors;" and
Whereas impeachment was so important to our founding fathers that it is mentioned six times in five different sections of the constitution; and
Whereas George Mason, a primary author of the Constitution, said that impeachment was the single most important part of the entire document. "Shall any man be above Justice? Above all shall that man be above it who can commit the most extensive injustice?" July 20, 1787; and
Whereas "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" is a term of art that means a serious abuse of power, whether or not it is also a crime, that endangers our constitutional system of government, or an abuse of public trust. (See Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment: Report of the House Judiciary Committee, 1974, articles by Elizabeth Holtzman who served on the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment hearings of Richard Nixon in 1974; and the book, The Impeachment of George W. Bush, by Elizabeth Holtzman)
Whereas each of the above listed acts meets or exceeds that standard; and
Whereas impeachment is the only constitutional method to protect Americans from a president intent on abusing power, violating the constitution, violating the laws, and breaching public trust;
Whereas Bush and Cheney threaten further crimes, including launching a war of aggression against Iran, and whereas sufficient time remains in their term of office for them to commit those crimes so allowing either or both of them to remain in office for that remaining time will facilitate these crimes, and whereas pretexts for attacking Iran have been issued, as described by a former CIA Middle East field officer and current Time Magazine columnist; and
Whereas failing to hold Bush and Cheney accountable not only condones their crimes but facilitates a future president committing similar or greater crimes; and
Whereas members of Congress swear an oath to "support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic," and no part of this oath permits exception for partisan advantage, the next election, political expediency, whether it is distracting from other issues, or how much time they have left in office; and
Whereas failure by Congress to initiate the one remedy–impeachment–provided by our founding fathers to protect the constitution from such serious abuses has put that constitution, the rule of law, civil liberties, our democratic form of government, the separation of powers, the lives of our men and women in uniform, and the lives of countless civilians at severe risk; and
Whereas citizen pressure led the Vermont State Senate and 87 cities and towns around the nation to pass impeachment resolutions; and
Whereas a poll conducted by American Research Group, Inc. on July 5, 2007 found that 54% of American adults want the US House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney while only 40% oppose, and
whereas the poll also found that 45% are in favor of the same thing for President George W. Bush while 46% oppose; and
Whereas in view of Congress' ongoing complicity with the war, the torture, the lies, the warrantless wiretapping, and the imprisonment without trial, and its failure to protect rights and civil liberties, it is up to the people themselves to defend the constitution and our civil liberties by building larger grassroots movements, including a movement for impeachment;
Therefore be it resolved that the National Lawyers Guild calls upon the U.S. House of Representatives to immediately initiate impeachment proceedings, to investigate the charges, and if the investigation supports the charges, to vote to impeach George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney as provided in the Constitution of the United States of America; and
Be it further resolved that the National Lawyers Guild will establish an NLG Impeachment Committee open to all members to coordinate action by the NLG in support of impeachment, to work with national and grassroots impeachment organizations, and to provide legal assistance for those efforts to strengthen the national campaign for impeachment; and
Be it further resolved that the NLG Impeachment Committee will help organize and coordinate events at the local, state, and national level to build public participation in the campaign to initiate impeachment investigation, impeachment, and removal of Bush and Cheney from office without further delay; and
Be it further resolved that the National Lawyers Guild calls on NLG members to ask their respective member of Congress to support H. Res. 333 to impeach Cheney and to introduce or support other impeachment resolutions; and
Be it further resolved that the National Lawyers Guild calls on all other state and national bar associations, state and local government bodies, community organizations, labor unions, and all other citizen associations to adopt similar resolutions and to use all their resources to build the campaign demanding that Congress initiate impeachment investigation, impeach, and remove Bush and Cheney from office without further delay; and
Be it further resolved that the National Lawyers Guild will forward a copy of this resolution to the Speaker and the Clerk of the US House of Representatives, to Representative John Conyers, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, to the various state and federal bar associations, to other peace and justice organizations, and to the news media.
Implementation: By the NLG Impeachment Committee established by this resolution, by interested local chapters, and by national officers.
Submitted by: James Marc Leas, jolly39@juno.com
The resolution cosponsors are:
Audrey Bomse, Marjorie Cohn, Laura Safer Espinoza, John Wheat Gibson , Eileen Hansen, Larry Hildes, Jim Klimaski, Jordan Kushner, Jim Lafferty, James Marc Leas, Kerry McLean, Bill Monning, Dorinda Moreno, Michael Ratner, Susan Scott, Jennifer Van Bergen, Aaron Varhola, Karen Weill
The resolution is here: PDF.
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The recent economic downturn has majorly affected the luxury good producers who are struggling to maintain sales momentum. Qatar has established a track record of buying so-called 'trophy assets' with its vast financial resources, however, the current acquisition is being made by Qatar'sroyal family and not the country's sovereign wealth fund.